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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Morning.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It is the roy West Radio Show right here on
Am five sixty k l v I.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
I am your guest host and my name is Debbie Bridgman.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
This is a side gig I usually am at Beaumont ISD,
so we do have some BSD news coming your way.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Also, we're going to hear from Beaumont Animal Care.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
We're going to see what's going on there all the
cats and dogs that are looking for a home and how.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
You can help out this great resource for Beaumont.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
We're also going to talk to the Lucas Foundation see
what's going on with them. And we are also going
to be talking to the Chamber of Commerce for the
upcoming clothing You for Success Dressed for Success, a big
event that's coming up in April. So lots of stuff
going on right here at the roy West Radio Show.
But we're kicking it off today with the one, the only,
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Chantel Mangum and she is the assistant director for Community
and Media Relations at Beaumont ISD.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
We work together. It's all good. We got a lot
going on, So Shantella, welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Thank you so much, Devian, thank you so much for
that amazing introduction.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
I feel like a superstar today.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
So we have a couple of events coming up.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Spring is never a dull moment at Beaumont id and
one of the granddaddies of them all is Teacher of
the Year. So tell us a little bit about the event.
You know, what is it about.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I mean, this is the tenth.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Annual eleventh last year we had.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
This is the year eleven, so we're moving even bigger
and past the ten year anniversary.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
So what's the basis of the event and what's it
all about?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So each year bisD has the amazing opportunity to celebrate
some of the best and most amazing teachers at our campuses.
So this year's.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Theme is a tale as old as time, the magic
of teaching.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
It's a play on fairy tales because sometimes what our
teachers are doing in their classrooms every day seems like
a fairy tale, Like how do they make that happen.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
With every single student every single day? And they do.
They have a very magical touch.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
So this year's event is going to take place on Friday,
May second at six o'clock PM at the Beaumont Civic Center,
and we're celebrating twenty three outstanding bisD teachers.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Will have live music, a wonderful catered meal.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
It's a very formal event, just the time to celebrate
the teachers for all of their hard work.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
And what I love about this event is that this
is like the Oscars for our teachers because they do
dress like to impressed to at and they should. This
is their night. It's a chance to honor them. I know,
we show a video of each one at the event,
so anybody attending, you get to learn a little bit
about each one of our nominees for Teacher of the Year.
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But it's quite the process and it starts like back
in December. So how do we determine who is the
Teacher of the year.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Absolutely, the process does start in December, so each campus
has the opportunity to solicit nominees on their campus peers.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
So all of the staff get.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
To vote and nominate people, and then the principals form
a committee actually at each of those campuses who then
goes through all of those nominations, creates a ballot, and
the Teachers of the Year are selected by their peers,
which I think is the biggest testament to them being
the teacher of the year representative for their campus because
if the people you're working around every single day can
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see the impact that you're making and they feel that
that impact is great enough for you to be recognized,
that is a huge deal. So one of those campuses
select those Campus Teachers of the Year. Then they move
on to the next round, which would then we have
some amazing Teacher of the Year selection committee members that
are going to read through all of those applications and
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select the top five candidates for Elementary and Secondary Teachers
of the Year, and those ten individuals will then go
on to be interviewed by the selection committee, and finally,
the selection committee will determine who our Beaumont ISD Teachers
of the Year are for Elementary and Secondary.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
And we hold on to that secret and to the.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Event on Friday and May second, and they will be
announced there.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
And it really is a secret because it's the committee.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
It's not us. It's the committee that gets to pick
who the winners are.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
And what a rewarding process because they get to read
through all these applications and they can see the passion
of our educators and then when they meet them in
person sometimes I know they even get a little choked
up because you know, you can just feel how much
they love pouring into our students. So it's rewarding for
our selection committee and it'll be rewarding for everybody who
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comes to the event. So we want sponsors, We want
people to come to the event.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
How can they get tickets?
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Absolutely, So first of all, we need everyone, everyone who
is anyone to purchase a ticket to come to this
galve on May second and celebrate.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
And the process is very simple.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
We have an online ticketing system, so that's bmtisd dot
com slash tickets. You can just visit that website and
purchase as many tickets as you'd like, come out and
show off for our amazing educators. And of course I'm
glad you mentioned sponsorship. We would not be able to
put on this, like you said, it's like the Oscars.
We would not be able to put on this production
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that our teachers deserve without the help of.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Our amazing sponsors.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
And we have sponsorship opportunities to fit the needs of
any budget, so large corporations, small mom and pop shops,
anyone can be a sponsor for Teacher of the Year.
And we also have a very seamless easy process for
you to sign up to become a sponsor as well,
and that's just bmtid dot com slash t Y twenty five,
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so Teacher of the Year twenty five.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So hopefully we'll have lots of people there because we
really want to celebrate all of our educators.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
And it is a very magical night.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
So that is coming up May second at the Beaumont
Civic Center.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
But we've got some other things going on.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
To one event that I've never actually been on, but
I know it really makes the huge impact is Doctor
Allen hosts the Community Caravan.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
So let's talk what exactly is that.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Absolutely, so this is going to be our fourth community Caravan.
We host one in the fall and one in the spring,
and we kick this off last school year. And what
it is this is an opportunity for business leaders, community
members and parents to actually see firsthand some of the
amazing things that are happening in our campuses. So we
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will select campuses at different levels to make sure that
everyone who attends the Community Caravan gets to see what's
happening at elementary, middle and high school because it's different
at each level. Doctor Allen always kicks things off early
in the morning with some great coffee, good quick check
in to see how you're feeling what you already know
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about both my is Then all of the members have
an opportunity to a yellow dog that's what we call them,
a nicey yellow school bus that's driven by one of
our amazing bisD transportation bus drivers, gonna take you around
the city to three of our locations, and you get
to visit with the campus principal, visit actually some of
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the classrooms, and the best part about the community caravan.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Is that it's not scripted. It's not stage.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
So the campus principals and teachers, they're notified that we're
coming to their campus, but that's it, so they don't
know where we're gonna go exactly, and everyone who's on
the tour gets to see what's really happening. There's a
lot of chatter on social media sometimes and the website sometimes,
so we want to make sure that we have an
opportunity to not just tell our story, but to show
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our bisD story firsthand. Once they conclude attending those three
different locations, we come back to the admin building.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
We have lunch provided for everyone and we just talk
and you know.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Discuss exactly what they saw because we're always seeking feedback
from our community because we are the best and we
want to continue to be the best school district offering
amazing opportunities for our students. So we chat and we
talked about what you saw and we asked you to
invite more people to join for the next caravan.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
And that's exactly it. Anyone is welcome.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
So I know we have pastors, we have parents, we
have pta members, we have business partners, we.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Have community members.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Our mayor has been on a caravan, so some councilmen
are welcome. Judges are welcome, police chiefs are welcome. Anyone
is welcome to come. And what I've liked too is
I've heard some of the comments in the past and
one of the last ones, Odem was one of the
schools that was visited, and one of the parents said
that they loved that these kids were so polite, so respectful,
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and that this wasn't stage like you said, this was
just them in their everyday school atmosphere and they were
just being fantastic students and the teacher educators they're on
their game.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
That's what they do all the time.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
So you're absolutely right for anyone that's like, well, I
heard this or I've seen no come and see it
for yourself.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I think it's a great opportunity.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Absolutely, And like you said, anyone is welcome to sign
up to come and participate in this event, and there's
an easy online sign up for so if you are interested,
which I hope everyone is interested to come and see
the amazing things happening in Bomant ISD, you can just
visit our website at bmtisd dot com slash caravan and
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sign up by March twelfth, so that way you're ready
for the tour that is.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Actually going to take place on March nineteenth. And again,
you know, this.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Is just another opportunity to foster a relationship with the
school district.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
You know, our district.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Serves the entire community, so it makes sense that the
community would want to see what's happening there. And you'd
be surprised some of the amazing things that are happening,
some of the programs that are taking place, just the
things the kids do every day that it will be
impossible to highlight every single thing. This community caravan gives
you an opportunity to see that for yourself.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
So we've got the caravan coming up March nineteenth, We've
got Teacher of the Year and May Sewid some of
the other big events that are on the horizon.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
It is not a dull time.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
But we're going to do a big luncheon for our
business partners and our top volunteers. So that's coming up
in April. It's always a huge event to showcase and
just thank everybody. Thank everybody for walking into our students,
our campuses, our educators.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
I know that's coming up.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Top Graduates another big program that'll be on the way.
So what exactly is Top Graduates?
Speaker 3 (10:41):
So Top Graduates is an opportunity for us to highlight
and just thank the students who are the top graduates
from Bomant Early College High School, Bomat Westbrook High School,
and Beomont United High School. So those students in the
top percentage of their class, they get to come listen
to an amazing speaker that's going to motivate them to
continue on to the next level, meet with our board members,
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our superintendent, have an amazing meal, and of course we
are always seeking sponsorships to help send the kids off
with some swag.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Send them off with some nice gifts and prizes and debvid.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
You know, that for sure because they can contact you
to share that information with the top grad So.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Just such an exciting time the spring.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
Always it's fast and furious, but it's all excitement.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
So I'm excited about it.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Very very exciting. So we got thirty seconds left. One
more time. How can people get tickets for Teacher of
the Year and sign up for the caravan last time?
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Get your tickets at bmtisd dot com slash tickets for
the Teacher of the Year Gala and sign up for
the caravan by March twelfth by visiting bmtisd dot com
slash caravan.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Look at you, you go girl?
Speaker 2 (11:50):
All right, lots of stuff going on in Beaumont, ISD.
And we will be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show right here on Am five sixty KLBI. And
we're back with the Roy West Radio Show on AM
five sixty k l V. I.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I am Debbie.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Bridgeman, your guest hosts for today. We just talked to Beaumont, ISD,
and now we're going to be talking all things fun
and furry with Beaumont Animal Care. Please welcome the Marketing
and foster Coordinator with Beaumont.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Animal Care, Vivian A. Lopez. How are you good. How
are you very good?
Speaker 2 (12:25):
So let's talk a little bit about Beaumont Animal Care.
As the president of Spindletop Rotary Club, we just had
you in as a speaker a couple of weeks ago
and we had the chance to go volunteer at the shelter,
which was fantastic.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
And it's all because of.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Former Beaumont Police Chief Jimmy Singletary, who is going to
be our roast d at our annual rotary roast that's
coming up. And we let our roast d choose a
charity that they want to support, and he chose Beaumont
Animal Care. So we were able to go and actually
go to your facility and help.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Out a little bit and then learn a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
So let's talk about everything that Beaumont Animal Care does
and doesn't do, so let's hear all about it.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
So we are the animal control for the of Beaumont.
We handle a wide variety of issues for residents within
city limits, varying from stray pickup, cruelty investigations, bite cases,
owner surrenders, and even less pleasant things like dead pickups.
So we're really who our residence would turn to if
they have an issue. With animals within the city limits.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
And I think most people when they think Beaumont Animal Care,
they think that's where we're going to go when we
want to adopt an animal. And right now you have
a lot to choose from, but not overwhelming, which is
a good thing to have.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
Yes, we're really fortunate that our numbers aren't too bad
right now. As of eight a m. This morning, we
had a total of about sixty one dogs in the shelter.
Our max capacity is ninety six and we're almost always
over that into the hundred. So we're really glad that
we've been able to keep those numbers low right now,
which we can probably think to a couple of things
such as our foster's adopters and our transport program.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
So let's talk a little bit about the transport program.
So what exactly does that entail and what does that mean?
Speaker 5 (14:09):
So our area is so heavily saturated with strays just
due to the lack of spay neuter laws that we
have here in Texas. Northern states don't have that same
issue because they have stricter spay neuter laws, so they
don't see strays constantly running around like we do here
in Texas. So we're really fortunate that our rescue coordinator
has been able to make contact with a lot of
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out of state rescues and they've been able to take
our dogs. The biggest transport we've had was about one
hundred dogs, and all of those animals already had either
adopters or fosters waiting for them out there, so they
weren't going back into a shelter environment.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
That's really good.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
And I guess for people that want to volunteer, being
a transport driver is something you guys really need.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
Yes, right now, we have a great couple of the reads.
They have been volunteering to drive all of those longer transports,
which has been amazing of them. Trust them to get
the dogs there safely. But even if you can't volunteer,
maybe your entire weekend. We do have other shorter transports
as well. We work with rescues throughout Texas such as Houston, Austin, Dallas.
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A lot of times the dogs just need a ride.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
They just need a ride.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
So other ways that people can get involved, of course,
is also fostering, So how can somebody help by fostering animals?
Speaker 5 (15:25):
So fostering goes hand in hand with a lot of
the things that we do. If we have a rescue
that can take two of our dogs, but we need
about a month to set up transport for them, we
start looking for a foster who can house them for
that month. That way, they're not taking up space at
the shelter and we have more space for incoming animals.
So we're always looking for both short term and long
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term fosters.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
So they can get involved by transporting, fostering, and volunteering.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
How can people just volunteer at the shelter.
Speaker 5 (15:56):
Yeah, if you can't volunteer to transport, there's still plenty
of other ways we can could use our volunteers. With
the amount of animals we have, there's constant laundry, blankets,
toys that need to be washed, litter boxes as well,
and some of the funner part of volunteering, of course,
is getting to actually interact with the animals, so people
can come in, walk the dogs, socialize with them in
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the playyard. There's just tons of ways to help out
here at the shelter.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
So we got a chance to go and we were
helping to dry out some of the kennels that had
just been washed down, and then walk some of the dogs,
and one of the dogs walked me, which.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
Was sometimes yeah, sometimes some manners really excited.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
And then there was that sweet dog. Bruce found a home.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
Bruce is still here. He's still here with Clover. They're
still together in their kennel where fingers crossed. Bruce gets
out of here soon. He's such a sweet boy.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Bruce was so sweet. He didn't want to go for
a walk, he didn't want any treats. He just wanted
some love. That's all I want.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
And I was happy to help, especially because I had
just gotten walked by the other dog. But so there's
tons of ways to get involved. And you did mention
the laundry and the blankets. I know one of the
big things that you guys were saying that you go
through so quickly our towels and blankets for the beds
for the dogs. So the one lady that was helping
us when we were there volunteering was saying, even just
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the five dollars Walmart regular blanket is perfect.
Speaker 5 (17:27):
Absolutely, yeah, we go through. It doesn't need to be
the most expensive name brand thing you have. It can
be from Walmart, dollar store. It doesn't matter if it's
a comforter. We're going to put it to use. The
dogs go through them so quickly. Sometimes they do have
a bad habit of chewing through them. So it doesn't
have to be brand new in a package, doesn't have
to be name brand. The dogs will happily use whatever
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is given to us.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Love that.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
So something that you guys do that I was able
to take advantage of is your spee in Neuter voucher program,
which I think is fantastic stick because I had a cat.
I still have her, but she showed up at my
house and basically adopted.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Me and said, you will take care of me.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
But I knew about your program and it was really
helpful because I did want to make sure that I
got her taken care of since she's an ount door cat.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
So tell us a little bit more about this voucher program.
Speaker 5 (18:17):
Yeah, so, our space hooter program is personally one of
my favorite programs. It's any resident within city limits is
eligible to apply for one voucher. It's per household, per year.
It's completely free to get your cat or dog spadeer neotered.
All you have to do is bring in your ID
and utility bill, the name and address on both must
match and list an address within city limits. We urge
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people to come in and fill out that application as
soon as they can because the appointments are scheduled on
enough first come first or basis. I think right now
the surgeries are actually being scheduled into May already. That's
how many people we've had come in to apply.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Well, that's a great program because it does cost a lot,
and like you were saying too, with an adoption, there
is a fee, but the fee takes care of so much.
Like it's a really good deal. So the adoption fee
is seventy dollars.
Speaker 5 (19:06):
Correct, Yes, seventy That covers the spare neoter microchip, first
at a vaccines, we prevention and de warmer. We've been
try to have adoption events at least once a month.
That reduces that feet of twenty dollars and everything is
still included.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
I mean, that's a fantastic deal because we don't know
if we go to the VET.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
It's not cheap, not.
Speaker 6 (19:26):
Cheap at all.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
I wish I could have spent twenty to have all
that done to mine.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Yeah, so what are some of the other things that
you guys are doing. I know when we were there
you were encouraging us to take pictures of the dogs
when they were.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
You know, maybe had their little wetter on or they
were walking.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
You know, because we don't really want people just to
see pictures of dogs and kennels. You want to see
them when they're outside. So when you say get social,
you know, how can we help with that?
Speaker 5 (19:51):
Yeah. We also kind of ties in with that volunteer
program is our Doggy Day Out program, where people can
come in, take a dog out for the day in
the morning, bring it back before we close, and that
extra exposure helps the dog a lot. Even if they
don't get adopted by someone who met them while you
were out, we still get those pictures and videos that
we can post to our Facebook and Instagram, and we
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can also send those out to our rescue partners. It
doesn't just help the adopters see what the dog is
like outside of the shelter environment. Also helps the rescue
see what they're like, how they interact with males, females, kids,
other dogs, cats. It helps a wide variety of things,
and so even when volunteers come in person, even if
they don't take the dog out with them, we always
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ask that they send us any pictures they get because
we can send them to other people and at the
end of the day, it helps market that dog.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Right And I do I want to commend you guys.
Your social media page is really good.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
It shows on the animals, you know.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
It just makes you be like, Oh, I wish I
had a farm and could like take in all of
these dogs, you know, and cats. And you said you've
had some other animals before.
Speaker 5 (20:57):
Too, Yeah, cats and dogs for adoption, but we have
occasionally gotten inother animals too. Right now, with spring coming up,
we get a lot of wildlife possums, raccoons, birds, snakes
even so there's there's a wide variety of things we
get in. We've had people owners surrendered guinea pigs and
rabbits before. So whatever you're looking for, give us a
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call because there's a chance we could have it.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
We've done about thirty seconds left, So tell us Viviana
one more time. How can people get in touch with
Vaumont Animal Care and what's the best way to get information?
Speaker 5 (21:30):
So they could give us a call at four zero
nine eight through eight three three zero four, or if
they want to send us an email. All of that
can be found on our web page Beaumont, Texas dot
gov slash Animal Care. Also, our Facebook page is probably
one of the quickest stories you can get a response
if you just send us a message. It's just Beaumont
Animal Care. We're on Instagram as well. We try to
be as accessible as possible for people to reach out
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when they need help.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Love it, Viviana, Thank you so much for being a
part of the show.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
And we'll be Oh you bet, we'll be right back
at the.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Roy West Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I.
And we're back with the Roy West Radio Show on
AM five sixty klv I. I'm your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman,
and our next guest she's been a guest host too,
April Tolvert.
Speaker 7 (22:19):
What's up, hi, Debbie Ridgmand. Great to see you. Thank
you for having me on as a guest. I love
being on this side.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Yeah, a little bit easier, but we are both on
the committee for the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce WHEN Group,
which is the Women Entrepreneurial Network, and we've got these
four events that we're doing this year.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
We've already done.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
One and our next one is coming up. So tell
us about dress or success.
Speaker 7 (22:47):
All right, we have actually, as you said, four events
this year. We honored some remarkable business women. In January
and April the eighth, we are doing this really fun
style show right Dressed for Success. We're calling it Closing
the Deal, Closeing the Deal. Thank you Paula Bothie for
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that beautiful a little play on words there for our
April eighth event, But it's going to be at the
Holiday Inn Walden Road, and y'all it is going to
be something to see. We've got four local boutiques that
are participating and donating their time to come be a
part of this. We have how many celebrity models, Debbie,
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you know.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Well, April, I'm glad you asked.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
So.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Our celebrity models. We have Kimberly Rusleie.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
From KFDM, she's the evening anchor. We have Caitlin Bain,
she is the editor of the Beaumont Enterprise. We have
Erica Harris, who is the weekend anchor at KFDM, Tracy
Kenneck who's the communications director for the City of Beaumont.
We also have Tia Johnson, she is the morning anchor
for twelve News. Cameron Bruchette is also a part of
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the morning team at twelve News. We have Christy Dodd
who is with the Examiner, and we also have shot
at Cheek who is always chic and she's with the
Port of Eumont. So we do have eight celebrity models
and then the four boutiques. We have Estella Ella and
Scott Lati Da and the mail room.
Speaker 7 (24:24):
That's right. So we are so excited to bring some
fun and some local businesses as you know the Greater
Beaumont Chamber of Commerce. That's what we do right. We
love to help support local business, do business local support
four o nine businesses and that's part of what the
Women Entrepreneurs Network is here to do. To help women
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in business, women professionals. Maybe you don't own a business,
but maybe you know you're an executive in a business,
or you're in a marketing position. You know, if any
women professional women, that's who we are here to support.
And we this Dress for Success event on April v
eighth at the Holiday Inn is going to be a
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fun one come network meet other professional women. While we
have some fun, it's gonna be some what what two wears?
But also I know Debbie has been working on putting
together some cute with these particules, some what not to
wears that are going to be kind of funny. So
you know, for you know, some people, they may be obvious.
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Some people like me, I may go, oh my goodness,
I think I wore that last week to something. But
you know, we'll hopefully get a laugh out of that
and just come have a good time and again network
with professional women and and see some styles that maybe
you might not have thought put about putting together before
and and you know, make it a luncheon of professional development.
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You can go to the chamber website Beaumont CEOC dot org.
Is that right, Debbie, I know SOOC dot calm, Yes, okay,
BMT COC dot org dot y b MTCOC dot org. Uh,
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and you'll find under the upcoming events you'll find the
Women Entrepreneurs Network Dress for Success event April the eighth
at the Holiday Inn, and we would love to have
you there. And there's a couple of other events that'll
be coming up, one in June and one in September.
If we have a minute to talk about those, Debbie.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
We sure do that. I will see this one of
the things.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
That I'm looking forward to with Dress for Success is
we're gonna have a couple of styles like interview, after hours, meeting, casual,
and this could be something where, you know, April, you
and I were busy.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
We're just some busy ladies and sometimes you don't have
time to go home and change.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
So there's gonna be some tips on if you are
going to work for your normal workday, what can you
add to an outfit or just change a cup, you know,
a jacket or add something to it so that you
can go to your after hours or you can go
to that banquet at night. So I'm looking forward to
that because I can always use tips on just little
things that I can do to kind of spruce up
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an outfit or whatever it might be.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Because you know, we're.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Going for meeting to interviews, to doing chamber mixers and
doing all that, and then all of a sudden we're
at a banquet and it's like we don't have time
to go home. So and like you said, professional development,
it's a great time to grab all the ladies in
your office. You know, I'll get a ticket and that
way you can kind of talk to each other, you
you know, and just kind of like, hey, we could
do this or hey, you know, because we're busy ladies,
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we're out there representing the community. We're mixing, we're mingling,
we're all in this together. So yeah, I think it's
it's going to be fantastic. But our one that's coming
up in June, so we're we're talking about mental health
a little bit.
Speaker 7 (27:56):
Yes, actually all of women's wellness as a whole. And
Regina Tate, who's with New Path Wellness here in Beaumont,
as well as Jennifer Siegler who is Beaumont Wellness for Women,
have teamed up to chair that particular event for us
for the committee on June the seventeenth, and that one
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is being it's called to see. The name that came
up with was Beautiful, Flourish and Bloom a woman's Wellness
Journey And what the thought behind that is is that
we want to help. As Debbie was just saying, busy women, right,
we run back and forth. We are you know, we're
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ten thousand places in a day, you know, with one
hundred thousand things on our mind every day and putting
ourself in the forefront is not natural for a lot
of us. Something we actually have to work hard at
taking care of ourselves as women, we work hard on
taking care of everyone surround us, and this Flourish in
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Bloom Woman's Wellness Journey on June seventeenth is really going
to be a half day event. Now you know, it's
going to start at eight am and there's going to
be some breakout sessions and then it's going to all
come together at eleven thirty four of luncheon. So if
you can only get away from work for the luncheon
from eleven thirty to one, please come join us. If
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you can take your half day and come join us
from a to one, I think that you will really enjoy.
You'll get a lot of knowledge, and we've got some
professionals that are going to be there that are going
to give you some real life tools, tips and tricks
that we can use in our busy life to help
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keep us well physically, mentally, emotionally, all of the things
well rounded women's health. So this isn't one of those
clinical where you go in and trying to give you
a pill or a compliment, or you know, it's nobody's
trying to sell you anything. You know, nothing like that.
This is truly put together by professional women to help
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other professional women stay well in their busy lives. So
we would love to see you at that event. That's
also at the Holiday Inn on Walden Road. That's June seventeenth,
and right now we do have sponsorships and tables still
available for that one, so you can contact the Chamber,
the Beaumont Chamber for tickets for that and sponsorships for
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any of these. Actually that's four O nine eight three
eight six five eight one four O nine A three
eight six five eight one, or you can go to
b mtcoc dot org. But the Chamber is also a
great resource if you want to call for that one
that's in June, and then in September. Debbie, I'm sorry,
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I'm taking it. I'm taking all the.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
Wellness.
Speaker 7 (31:06):
Yeah, say one more time. I'm sorry. The wellness event
in June, on June seventeenth, and then in September, we've
got the Financial Success for Women event. Okay, September the thirtieth,
we will do same thing. How do we as busy women,
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how do we manage because we know most of us
manage our households, we manage our finances. We you know,
we have to make smart choices and so we've got
some professionals in the local finance world that are going
to help us give us tips and tricks on things
that we can do to be successful financially as well.
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So that's when journey for this for this year. So
we'd hope that you will join.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Us definitely, And once again, the website is b MTCOC
dot org for tickets for any of these events, but
the big one coming up April eighth.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
Dress for Success Clothing Clothing Us. What does Paula say?
Closing deal? That's right, all right, thank you so much, April.
Speaker 7 (32:15):
Thank you. We'll be right back to the Roy.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
West Radio Show on a M five sixty k lb I.
Welcome back to the.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Roy West Radio Show on AM five sixty k l
v I. I'm your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman, and in
our next segment we're going to be learning more about
the LUPUS Foundation of America. My guest please welcome. Event
manager Amanda Crane. Hello, and we have the CEO, Ann
Marie black Kitter.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
How are you doing.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
I'm great, how are you? Thanks for having us?
Speaker 2 (32:51):
So, I think the most important thing that we need
to start with is what is LUPUS.
Speaker 6 (32:57):
Yeah, that's the that's the big question. So lupus is
actually an autoimmune disease that can attack the body from
inside out, top to bottom. I like to call it
the equal opportunity organ destroyer. So essentially it means that
the total opposite of something that is a subdued immune
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system like an HIV or AIDS, this is hyperactive. And
instead of just saying, oh, there goes a cold, let
me go fix that, it's actually going to go attack
everything that's normal, hair loss, skin rashes, kidney impairment, lung impairment,
joint impairment. It can attack anything, anytime, anywhere.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
So who does it affect?
Speaker 6 (33:47):
You know, it's really interesting. It's a situation where of
the people that have loopis the last count was twenty
sixteen by the CDC, and at that point we understood
that those who were getting it, only ten percent of
them were men and less than thirty percent of them
were white. So when we pull that out into the community,
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we understand that the majority of the people that are
getting it are actually those who are the most vulnerable
in our communities.
Speaker 4 (34:15):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
So Amanda, you were telling me you have lupus.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
I do.
Speaker 8 (34:21):
I was diagnosed ten years ago, and it's a kind
of a funny story. I was training for a marathon
and thought I was in tip top shape and gave
my body a couple of weeks to heal after a
half marathon, and I was not feeling great. I had
joint pain and I had very tough tension headaches, I
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had light sensitivity.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
And it just I was at myself.
Speaker 8 (34:51):
So I got to my doctor and I said, we
need to fix this because I've got a marathon a run.
And they did some blood work and I had some
high numbers and so they recommended that I go to
a rheumatologist. She then run some tests, some A and
A blood work and I described a lot of my
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symptoms and we came to the conclusion that I have lippus.
But I am ten years into it and I'm doing great.
I met Anne Marie when I was training for the
Houston Marathon the half marathon last year, and I got
in touch with her because I wanted to run for
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Lupas and raise some money for Lucas. So I got
in touch with her and we started talking and I
wanted to see what kind of opportunities there were for
me to get involved with the foundation, and she mentioned
that she was looking to possibly hire someone and it
just seemed like it just came full circle and it
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seemed like a great opportunity.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
So getting involved.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
I guess if you never would have been feeling the
symptoms you were feeling, this would have never come to fruition.
And so the best way I guess to test for
lupas is blood work.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
Blood work, and you also have to communicate to your
doctor about your symptoms that you're having. They will go
through a list of typical symptoms for LUCAS patients and
they go off of those symptoms. So you have to
make sure and communicate what you're feeling exactly and where.
Speaker 6 (36:29):
Yeah, it's really challenging. There is actually no definitive test
for lupus, and that in and of itself is a
difficult problem. What we do recommend is that everybody keep
a health journal. This is one that we give to
our LUCAS warriors when they reach out and make contact
with us. We provide that to them because doctors love data, right,
(36:54):
And I'm just as guilty as everybody else when my
doctor says, hey, well how long have you been feeling
that way?
Speaker 5 (36:59):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (36:59):
You know, a while. Well, that's not data for them.
So because there's no definitive test for lupus, what we
want to do is number one, we want to know
what our symptoms are that we're going in with and
let the doctor know I have these symptoms. They go,
they come back, they go, they come back, especially the
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mylar rash otherwise known as a butterfly rash. Not every
loope's patient gets it, but those that do. It is
the only disease that has that particular rash. Every other
symptom from lupus can be attributed to something else. Wow,
and that makes it Yeah, that makes it super challenging.
That's why we want to track what those symptoms are
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and understand. And then the second big thing is you
kind of have to ask, what if it's loopus? Right,
Amanda was very lucky to get a diagnosis as quickly
as she did. On average, it can take our patients
up to twelve years to get a diagnostic and as
you know, when you don't get a diagnosis for something,
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that means you're not getting the help, which means the
disease is chugging on along and that's not good either.
So the sooner we can say, hey, these symptoms don't
make sense. What if it's loopus. Then we can look
at the test, which is an A and a panel
and the reason it's not definitive. It has a thirty
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three percent failure rate and the terrible you.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
Have some challenges.
Speaker 6 (38:30):
Yes, that would be like a D in college. Right,
So we want to not only have the panel, we
also want to have the symptoms that we're experiencing, which
for loupes can be hair loss and I don't mean
I took a shower and there's a little bit chunks,
chunks of hair will come out the mila rash on
the face. Some of our loopus warriors have issues with
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their teeth or their eyes. We can have heart issues.
Some of our loopus warriors experience blood clots and stroke.
Some of our lupus warriors encounter reduced lung capacity. Lupus
loves the kidneys, so we may end up with protein
in the urine. When we go to the restroom, you're
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going to notice something is off. We may have joint inflammation.
It's usually my brother would call it by handeler, but
that means bilateral that it can be in both hands
at the same time. So you might slam your hand
in a door, which I've done. Don't do that which
flames up one hand. But when it's two, now something's
going on. So we want to be able to ask
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those questions, what if it's lupus, and that way, with
those symptoms and then any history of autoimmune disease in
our family and the test, we can get an answer.
Speaker 2 (39:46):
So we've got about thirty seconds left. I mean, thank
goodness for your foundation, because there just seems to be
so much that people have to learn about lupus. For
somebody that wants to get more information, get in contact
with you. We're the best way for them to get information.
Speaker 6 (40:03):
I tell you what the easiest thing to do is
to go out on any platform and Google or look
up Luke Texas. We're on Instagram, Facebook, the other thing
e LinkedIn. We also our website will go to if
you look up Lupas Texas, it'll find us there. And
I want to share with you, miss Debbie. There are
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thousands of Lucas Warriors in Beaumont and Port Arthur and
Jefferson County thousands, and so to be able to participate
with us would be such such a great gift.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
Well, Thank you so much, Amrie and Amanda.
Speaker 2 (40:39):
You guys have provided so much information that everybody needs
to know. So thank you for the foundation and thank
you for being a part of the show today.
Speaker 6 (40:48):
Thanks for having us, having us all.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
Right, we'll be right back on the Roy West Radio
Show on AM five sixty klv I.
Speaker 1 (40:58):
And that's a wrap.
Speaker 2 (40:59):
We're back at the Roy West Radio Show on AM
five sixty KLBI. I am Debbie Bridgeman, your guest host.
Thank you so much for being along for this ride.
For the last hour, we kicked it off with Beaumont
ISSD and Shantel Mangum talking about Teacher of the Year,
a great opportunity to recognize our educators. That event is
coming up May second at the Beaumont Civic Center. Tickets
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and sponsorships are available now. We also talked about the
Community Caravan. Our superintendent, doctor Shannon Allen, takes along community members,
business partners, volunteers, parents, anybody who would like to see
what's going on inside Beaumont ISSD. And it's free and
it's coming up March nineteenth, So if you would like
to go, visit BMTISD dot com and sign up.
Speaker 1 (41:42):
It is absolutely free.
Speaker 2 (41:44):
We also talked with Beaumont Animal Care and Viviana Lopez
talking about how you can volunteer, how you can foster
an animal, transport an animal.
Speaker 1 (41:52):
Give a donation. Lots going on at Beaumont Animal Care.
Speaker 2 (41:55):
We talked with April Tolbert Chamber Commerce the Dress for
Success luncheon that's coming up Tuesday eighth at the Holiday
in Plaza. Tickets are available now b mtcoc dot org,
so make sure you get hooked up for that. A
great day for ladies, what to wear and what not
to wear. And we also closed it out with the
Loupus Foundation of America. They do have an event that's
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coming up in Beaumont on March twenty ninth, so if
you would like to do the walk with them March
twenty ninth in Beaumont, visit Lupustexas dot org.
Speaker 1 (42:27):
That's a wrap.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Thanks for being along for the ride and Roy West
Radio show airs every noon every Sunday at noon right
here on klb I Am five sixty.
Speaker 1 (42:39):
Have a great week,
Morning.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It is the roy West Radio Show right here on
Am five sixty k l v I.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
I am your guest host and my name is Debbie Bridgman.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
This is a side gig I usually am at Beaumont ISD,
so we do have some BSD news coming your way.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Also, we're going to hear from Beaumont Animal Care.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
We're going to see what's going on there all the
cats and dogs that are looking for a home and how.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
You can help out this great resource for Beaumont.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
We're also going to talk to the Lucas Foundation see
what's going on with them. And we are also going
to be talking to the Chamber of Commerce for the
upcoming clothing You for Success Dressed for Success, a big
event that's coming up in April. So lots of stuff
going on right here at the roy West Radio Show.
But we're kicking it off today with the one, the only,
(00:47):
Chantel Mangum and she is the assistant director for Community
and Media Relations at Beaumont ISD.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
We work together. It's all good. We got a lot
going on, So Shantella, welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Thank you so much, Devian, thank you so much for
that amazing introduction.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
I feel like a superstar today.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
So we have a couple of events coming up.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Spring is never a dull moment at Beaumont id and
one of the granddaddies of them all is Teacher of
the Year. So tell us a little bit about the event.
You know, what is it about.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I mean, this is the tenth.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
Annual eleventh last year we had.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
This is the year eleven, so we're moving even bigger
and past the ten year anniversary.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
So what's the basis of the event and what's it
all about?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
So each year bisD has the amazing opportunity to celebrate
some of the best and most amazing teachers at our campuses.
So this year's.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Theme is a tale as old as time, the magic
of teaching.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
It's a play on fairy tales because sometimes what our
teachers are doing in their classrooms every day seems like
a fairy tale, Like how do they make that happen.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
With every single student every single day? And they do.
They have a very magical touch.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
So this year's event is going to take place on Friday,
May second at six o'clock PM at the Beaumont Civic Center,
and we're celebrating twenty three outstanding bisD teachers.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Will have live music, a wonderful catered meal.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
It's a very formal event, just the time to celebrate
the teachers for all of their hard work.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
And what I love about this event is that this
is like the Oscars for our teachers because they do
dress like to impressed to at and they should. This
is their night. It's a chance to honor them. I know,
we show a video of each one at the event,
so anybody attending, you get to learn a little bit
about each one of our nominees for Teacher of the Year.
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But it's quite the process and it starts like back
in December. So how do we determine who is the
Teacher of the year.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Absolutely, the process does start in December, so each campus
has the opportunity to solicit nominees on their campus peers.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
So all of the staff get.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
To vote and nominate people, and then the principals form
a committee actually at each of those campuses who then
goes through all of those nominations, creates a ballot, and
the Teachers of the Year are selected by their peers,
which I think is the biggest testament to them being
the teacher of the year representative for their campus because
if the people you're working around every single day can
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see the impact that you're making and they feel that
that impact is great enough for you to be recognized,
that is a huge deal. So one of those campuses
select those Campus Teachers of the Year. Then they move
on to the next round, which would then we have
some amazing Teacher of the Year selection committee members that
are going to read through all of those applications and
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select the top five candidates for Elementary and Secondary Teachers
of the Year, and those ten individuals will then go
on to be interviewed by the selection committee, and finally,
the selection committee will determine who our Beaumont ISD Teachers
of the Year are for Elementary and Secondary.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
And we hold on to that secret and to the.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Event on Friday and May second, and they will be
announced there.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
And it really is a secret because it's the committee.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
It's not us. It's the committee that gets to pick
who the winners are.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
And what a rewarding process because they get to read
through all these applications and they can see the passion
of our educators and then when they meet them in
person sometimes I know they even get a little choked
up because you know, you can just feel how much
they love pouring into our students. So it's rewarding for
our selection committee and it'll be rewarding for everybody who
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comes to the event. So we want sponsors, We want
people to come to the event.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
How can they get tickets?
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Absolutely, So first of all, we need everyone, everyone who
is anyone to purchase a ticket to come to this
galve on May second and celebrate.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
And the process is very simple.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
We have an online ticketing system, so that's bmtisd dot
com slash tickets. You can just visit that website and
purchase as many tickets as you'd like, come out and
show off for our amazing educators. And of course I'm
glad you mentioned sponsorship. We would not be able to
put on this, like you said, it's like the Oscars.
We would not be able to put on this production
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that our teachers deserve without the help of.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Our amazing sponsors.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
And we have sponsorship opportunities to fit the needs of
any budget, so large corporations, small mom and pop shops,
anyone can be a sponsor for Teacher of the Year.
And we also have a very seamless easy process for
you to sign up to become a sponsor as well,
and that's just bmtid dot com slash t Y twenty five,
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so Teacher of the Year twenty five.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So hopefully we'll have lots of people there because we
really want to celebrate all of our educators.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
And it is a very magical night.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
So that is coming up May second at the Beaumont
Civic Center.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
But we've got some other things going on.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
To one event that I've never actually been on, but
I know it really makes the huge impact is Doctor
Allen hosts the Community Caravan.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
So let's talk what exactly is that.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
Absolutely, so this is going to be our fourth community Caravan.
We host one in the fall and one in the spring,
and we kick this off last school year. And what
it is this is an opportunity for business leaders, community
members and parents to actually see firsthand some of the
amazing things that are happening in our campuses. So we
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will select campuses at different levels to make sure that
everyone who attends the Community Caravan gets to see what's
happening at elementary, middle and high school because it's different
at each level. Doctor Allen always kicks things off early
in the morning with some great coffee, good quick check
in to see how you're feeling what you already know
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about both my is Then all of the members have
an opportunity to a yellow dog that's what we call them,
a nicey yellow school bus that's driven by one of
our amazing bisD transportation bus drivers, gonna take you around
the city to three of our locations, and you get
to visit with the campus principal, visit actually some of
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the classrooms, and the best part about the community caravan.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
Is that it's not scripted. It's not stage.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
So the campus principals and teachers, they're notified that we're
coming to their campus, but that's it, so they don't
know where we're gonna go exactly, and everyone who's on
the tour gets to see what's really happening. There's a
lot of chatter on social media sometimes and the website sometimes,
so we want to make sure that we have an
opportunity to not just tell our story, but to show
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our bisD story firsthand. Once they conclude attending those three
different locations, we come back to the admin building.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
We have lunch provided for everyone and we just talk
and you know.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Discuss exactly what they saw because we're always seeking feedback
from our community because we are the best and we
want to continue to be the best school district offering
amazing opportunities for our students. So we chat and we
talked about what you saw and we asked you to
invite more people to join for the next caravan.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
And that's exactly it. Anyone is welcome.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
So I know we have pastors, we have parents, we
have pta members, we have business partners, we.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Have community members.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Our mayor has been on a caravan, so some councilmen
are welcome. Judges are welcome, police chiefs are welcome. Anyone
is welcome to come. And what I've liked too is
I've heard some of the comments in the past and
one of the last ones, Odem was one of the
schools that was visited, and one of the parents said
that they loved that these kids were so polite, so respectful,
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and that this wasn't stage like you said, this was
just them in their everyday school atmosphere and they were
just being fantastic students and the teacher educators they're on
their game.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
That's what they do all the time.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
So you're absolutely right for anyone that's like, well, I
heard this or I've seen no come and see it
for yourself.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I think it's a great opportunity.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Absolutely, And like you said, anyone is welcome to sign
up to come and participate in this event, and there's
an easy online sign up for so if you are interested,
which I hope everyone is interested to come and see
the amazing things happening in Bomant ISD, you can just
visit our website at bmtisd dot com slash caravan and
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sign up by March twelfth, so that way you're ready
for the tour that is.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
Actually going to take place on March nineteenth. And again,
you know, this.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Is just another opportunity to foster a relationship with the
school district.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
You know, our district.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Serves the entire community, so it makes sense that the
community would want to see what's happening there. And you'd
be surprised some of the amazing things that are happening,
some of the programs that are taking place, just the
things the kids do every day that it will be
impossible to highlight every single thing. This community caravan gives
you an opportunity to see that for yourself.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
So we've got the caravan coming up March nineteenth, We've
got Teacher of the Year and May Sewid some of
the other big events that are on the horizon.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
It is not a dull time.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
But we're going to do a big luncheon for our
business partners and our top volunteers. So that's coming up
in April. It's always a huge event to showcase and
just thank everybody. Thank everybody for walking into our students,
our campuses, our educators.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
I know that's coming up.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Top Graduates another big program that'll be on the way.
So what exactly is Top Graduates?
Speaker 3 (10:41):
So Top Graduates is an opportunity for us to highlight
and just thank the students who are the top graduates
from Bomant Early College High School, Bomat Westbrook High School,
and Beomont United High School. So those students in the
top percentage of their class, they get to come listen
to an amazing speaker that's going to motivate them to
continue on to the next level, meet with our board members,
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our superintendent, have an amazing meal, and of course we
are always seeking sponsorships to help send the kids off
with some swag.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Send them off with some nice gifts and prizes and debvid.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
You know, that for sure because they can contact you
to share that information with the top grad So.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Just such an exciting time the spring.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
Always it's fast and furious, but it's all excitement.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
So I'm excited about it.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Very very exciting. So we got thirty seconds left. One
more time. How can people get tickets for Teacher of
the Year and sign up for the caravan last time?
Speaker 3 (11:35):
Get your tickets at bmtisd dot com slash tickets for
the Teacher of the Year Gala and sign up for
the caravan by March twelfth by visiting bmtisd dot com
slash caravan.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Look at you, you go girl?
Speaker 2 (11:50):
All right, lots of stuff going on in Beaumont, ISD.
And we will be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show right here on Am five sixty KLBI. And
we're back with the Roy West Radio Show on AM
five sixty k l V. I.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I am Debbie.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Bridgeman, your guest hosts for today. We just talked to Beaumont, ISD,
and now we're going to be talking all things fun
and furry with Beaumont Animal Care. Please welcome the Marketing
and foster Coordinator with Beaumont.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Animal Care, Vivian A. Lopez. How are you good. How
are you very good?
Speaker 2 (12:25):
So let's talk a little bit about Beaumont Animal Care.
As the president of Spindletop Rotary Club, we just had
you in as a speaker a couple of weeks ago
and we had the chance to go volunteer at the shelter,
which was fantastic.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
And it's all because of.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Former Beaumont Police Chief Jimmy Singletary, who is going to
be our roast d at our annual rotary roast that's
coming up. And we let our roast d choose a
charity that they want to support, and he chose Beaumont
Animal Care. So we were able to go and actually
go to your facility and help.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Out a little bit and then learn a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
So let's talk about everything that Beaumont Animal Care does
and doesn't do, so let's hear all about it.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
So we are the animal control for the of Beaumont.
We handle a wide variety of issues for residents within
city limits, varying from stray pickup, cruelty investigations, bite cases,
owner surrenders, and even less pleasant things like dead pickups.
So we're really who our residence would turn to if
they have an issue. With animals within the city limits.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
And I think most people when they think Beaumont Animal Care,
they think that's where we're going to go when we
want to adopt an animal. And right now you have
a lot to choose from, but not overwhelming, which is
a good thing to have.
Speaker 5 (13:41):
Yes, we're really fortunate that our numbers aren't too bad
right now. As of eight a m. This morning, we
had a total of about sixty one dogs in the shelter.
Our max capacity is ninety six and we're almost always
over that into the hundred. So we're really glad that
we've been able to keep those numbers low right now,
which we can probably think to a couple of things
such as our foster's adopters and our transport program.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
So let's talk a little bit about the transport program.
So what exactly does that entail and what does that mean?
Speaker 5 (14:09):
So our area is so heavily saturated with strays just
due to the lack of spay neuter laws that we
have here in Texas. Northern states don't have that same
issue because they have stricter spay neuter laws, so they
don't see strays constantly running around like we do here
in Texas. So we're really fortunate that our rescue coordinator
has been able to make contact with a lot of
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out of state rescues and they've been able to take
our dogs. The biggest transport we've had was about one
hundred dogs, and all of those animals already had either
adopters or fosters waiting for them out there, so they
weren't going back into a shelter environment.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
That's really good.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
And I guess for people that want to volunteer, being
a transport driver is something you guys really need.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
Yes, right now, we have a great couple of the reads.
They have been volunteering to drive all of those longer transports,
which has been amazing of them. Trust them to get
the dogs there safely. But even if you can't volunteer,
maybe your entire weekend. We do have other shorter transports
as well. We work with rescues throughout Texas such as Houston, Austin, Dallas.
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A lot of times the dogs just need a ride.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
They just need a ride.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
So other ways that people can get involved, of course,
is also fostering, So how can somebody help by fostering animals?
Speaker 5 (15:25):
So fostering goes hand in hand with a lot of
the things that we do. If we have a rescue
that can take two of our dogs, but we need
about a month to set up transport for them, we
start looking for a foster who can house them for
that month. That way, they're not taking up space at
the shelter and we have more space for incoming animals.
So we're always looking for both short term and long
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term fosters.
Speaker 2 (15:48):
So they can get involved by transporting, fostering, and volunteering.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
How can people just volunteer at the shelter.
Speaker 5 (15:56):
Yeah, if you can't volunteer to transport, there's still plenty
of other ways we can could use our volunteers. With
the amount of animals we have, there's constant laundry, blankets,
toys that need to be washed, litter boxes as well,
and some of the funner part of volunteering, of course,
is getting to actually interact with the animals, so people
can come in, walk the dogs, socialize with them in
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the playyard. There's just tons of ways to help out
here at the shelter.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
So we got a chance to go and we were
helping to dry out some of the kennels that had
just been washed down, and then walk some of the dogs,
and one of the dogs walked me, which.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
Was sometimes yeah, sometimes some manners really excited.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
And then there was that sweet dog. Bruce found a home.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
Bruce is still here. He's still here with Clover. They're
still together in their kennel where fingers crossed. Bruce gets
out of here soon. He's such a sweet boy.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Bruce was so sweet. He didn't want to go for
a walk, he didn't want any treats. He just wanted
some love. That's all I want.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
And I was happy to help, especially because I had
just gotten walked by the other dog. But so there's
tons of ways to get involved. And you did mention
the laundry and the blankets. I know one of the
big things that you guys were saying that you go
through so quickly our towels and blankets for the beds
for the dogs. So the one lady that was helping
us when we were there volunteering was saying, even just
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the five dollars Walmart regular blanket is perfect.
Speaker 5 (17:27):
Absolutely, yeah, we go through. It doesn't need to be
the most expensive name brand thing you have. It can
be from Walmart, dollar store. It doesn't matter if it's
a comforter. We're going to put it to use. The
dogs go through them so quickly. Sometimes they do have
a bad habit of chewing through them. So it doesn't
have to be brand new in a package, doesn't have
to be name brand. The dogs will happily use whatever
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is given to us.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Love that.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
So something that you guys do that I was able
to take advantage of is your spee in Neuter voucher program,
which I think is fantastic stick because I had a cat.
I still have her, but she showed up at my
house and basically adopted.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Me and said, you will take care of me.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
But I knew about your program and it was really
helpful because I did want to make sure that I
got her taken care of since she's an ount door cat.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
So tell us a little bit more about this voucher program.
Speaker 5 (18:17):
Yeah, so, our space hooter program is personally one of
my favorite programs. It's any resident within city limits is
eligible to apply for one voucher. It's per household, per year.
It's completely free to get your cat or dog spadeer neotered.
All you have to do is bring in your ID
and utility bill, the name and address on both must
match and list an address within city limits. We urge
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people to come in and fill out that application as
soon as they can because the appointments are scheduled on
enough first come first or basis. I think right now
the surgeries are actually being scheduled into May already. That's
how many people we've had come in to apply.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Well, that's a great program because it does cost a lot,
and like you were saying too, with an adoption, there
is a fee, but the fee takes care of so much.
Like it's a really good deal. So the adoption fee
is seventy dollars.
Speaker 5 (19:06):
Correct, Yes, seventy That covers the spare neoter microchip, first
at a vaccines, we prevention and de warmer. We've been
try to have adoption events at least once a month.
That reduces that feet of twenty dollars and everything is
still included.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
I mean, that's a fantastic deal because we don't know
if we go to the VET.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
It's not cheap, not.
Speaker 6 (19:26):
Cheap at all.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
I wish I could have spent twenty to have all
that done to mine.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Yeah, so what are some of the other things that
you guys are doing. I know when we were there
you were encouraging us to take pictures of the dogs
when they were.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
You know, maybe had their little wetter on or they
were walking.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
You know, because we don't really want people just to
see pictures of dogs and kennels. You want to see
them when they're outside. So when you say get social,
you know, how can we help with that?
Speaker 5 (19:51):
Yeah. We also kind of ties in with that volunteer
program is our Doggy Day Out program, where people can
come in, take a dog out for the day in
the morning, bring it back before we close, and that
extra exposure helps the dog a lot. Even if they
don't get adopted by someone who met them while you
were out, we still get those pictures and videos that
we can post to our Facebook and Instagram, and we
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can also send those out to our rescue partners. It
doesn't just help the adopters see what the dog is
like outside of the shelter environment. Also helps the rescue
see what they're like, how they interact with males, females, kids,
other dogs, cats. It helps a wide variety of things,
and so even when volunteers come in person, even if
they don't take the dog out with them, we always
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ask that they send us any pictures they get because
we can send them to other people and at the
end of the day, it helps market that dog.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Right And I do I want to commend you guys.
Your social media page is really good.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
It shows on the animals, you know.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
It just makes you be like, Oh, I wish I
had a farm and could like take in all of
these dogs, you know, and cats. And you said you've
had some other animals before.
Speaker 5 (20:57):
Too, Yeah, cats and dogs for adoption, but we have
occasionally gotten inother animals too. Right now, with spring coming up,
we get a lot of wildlife possums, raccoons, birds, snakes
even so there's there's a wide variety of things we
get in. We've had people owners surrendered guinea pigs and
rabbits before. So whatever you're looking for, give us a
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call because there's a chance we could have it.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
We've done about thirty seconds left, So tell us Viviana
one more time. How can people get in touch with
Vaumont Animal Care and what's the best way to get information?
Speaker 5 (21:30):
So they could give us a call at four zero
nine eight through eight three three zero four, or if
they want to send us an email. All of that
can be found on our web page Beaumont, Texas dot
gov slash Animal Care. Also, our Facebook page is probably
one of the quickest stories you can get a response
if you just send us a message. It's just Beaumont
Animal Care. We're on Instagram as well. We try to
be as accessible as possible for people to reach out
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when they need help.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Love it, Viviana, Thank you so much for being a
part of the show.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
And we'll be Oh you bet, we'll be right back
at the.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Roy West Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I.
And we're back with the Roy West Radio Show on
AM five sixty klv I. I'm your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman,
and our next guest she's been a guest host too,
April Tolvert.
Speaker 7 (22:19):
What's up, hi, Debbie Ridgmand. Great to see you. Thank
you for having me on as a guest. I love
being on this side.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Yeah, a little bit easier, but we are both on
the committee for the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce WHEN Group,
which is the Women Entrepreneurial Network, and we've got these
four events that we're doing this year.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
We've already done.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
One and our next one is coming up. So tell
us about dress or success.
Speaker 7 (22:47):
All right, we have actually, as you said, four events
this year. We honored some remarkable business women. In January
and April the eighth, we are doing this really fun
style show right Dressed for Success. We're calling it Closing
the Deal, Closeing the Deal. Thank you Paula Bothie for
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that beautiful a little play on words there for our
April eighth event, But it's going to be at the
Holiday Inn Walden Road, and y'all it is going to
be something to see. We've got four local boutiques that
are participating and donating their time to come be a
part of this. We have how many celebrity models, Debbie,
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you know.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Well, April, I'm glad you asked.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
So.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Our celebrity models. We have Kimberly Rusleie.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
From KFDM, she's the evening anchor. We have Caitlin Bain,
she is the editor of the Beaumont Enterprise. We have
Erica Harris, who is the weekend anchor at KFDM, Tracy
Kenneck who's the communications director for the City of Beaumont.
We also have Tia Johnson, she is the morning anchor
for twelve News. Cameron Bruchette is also a part of
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the morning team at twelve News. We have Christy Dodd
who is with the Examiner, and we also have shot
at Cheek who is always chic and she's with the
Port of Eumont. So we do have eight celebrity models
and then the four boutiques. We have Estella Ella and
Scott Lati Da and the mail room.
Speaker 7 (24:24):
That's right. So we are so excited to bring some
fun and some local businesses as you know the Greater
Beaumont Chamber of Commerce. That's what we do right. We
love to help support local business, do business local support
four o nine businesses and that's part of what the
Women Entrepreneurs Network is here to do. To help women
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in business, women professionals. Maybe you don't own a business,
but maybe you know you're an executive in a business,
or you're in a marketing position. You know, if any
women professional women, that's who we are here to support.
And we this Dress for Success event on April v
eighth at the Holiday Inn is going to be a
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fun one come network meet other professional women. While we
have some fun, it's gonna be some what what two wears?
But also I know Debbie has been working on putting
together some cute with these particules, some what not to
wears that are going to be kind of funny. So
you know, for you know, some people, they may be obvious.
(25:29):
Some people like me, I may go, oh my goodness,
I think I wore that last week to something. But
you know, we'll hopefully get a laugh out of that
and just come have a good time and again network
with professional women and and see some styles that maybe
you might not have thought put about putting together before
and and you know, make it a luncheon of professional development.
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You can go to the chamber website Beaumont CEOC dot org.
Is that right, Debbie, I know SOOC dot calm, Yes, okay,
BMT COC dot org dot y b MTCOC dot org. Uh,
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and you'll find under the upcoming events you'll find the
Women Entrepreneurs Network Dress for Success event April the eighth
at the Holiday Inn, and we would love to have
you there. And there's a couple of other events that'll
be coming up, one in June and one in September.
If we have a minute to talk about those, Debbie.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
We sure do that. I will see this one of
the things.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
That I'm looking forward to with Dress for Success is
we're gonna have a couple of styles like interview, after hours, meeting, casual,
and this could be something where, you know, April, you
and I were busy.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
We're just some busy ladies and sometimes you don't have
time to go home and change.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
So there's gonna be some tips on if you are
going to work for your normal workday, what can you
add to an outfit or just change a cup, you know,
a jacket or add something to it so that you
can go to your after hours or you can go
to that banquet at night. So I'm looking forward to
that because I can always use tips on just little
things that I can do to kind of spruce up
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an outfit or whatever it might be.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Because you know, we're.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Going for meeting to interviews, to doing chamber mixers and
doing all that, and then all of a sudden we're
at a banquet and it's like we don't have time
to go home. So and like you said, professional development,
it's a great time to grab all the ladies in
your office. You know, I'll get a ticket and that
way you can kind of talk to each other, you
you know, and just kind of like, hey, we could
do this or hey, you know, because we're busy ladies,
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we're out there representing the community. We're mixing, we're mingling,
we're all in this together. So yeah, I think it's
it's going to be fantastic. But our one that's coming
up in June, so we're we're talking about mental health
a little bit.
Speaker 7 (27:56):
Yes, actually all of women's wellness as a whole. And
Regina Tate, who's with New Path Wellness here in Beaumont,
as well as Jennifer Siegler who is Beaumont Wellness for Women,
have teamed up to chair that particular event for us
for the committee on June the seventeenth, and that one
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is being it's called to see. The name that came
up with was Beautiful, Flourish and Bloom a woman's Wellness
Journey And what the thought behind that is is that
we want to help. As Debbie was just saying, busy women, right,
we run back and forth. We are you know, we're
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ten thousand places in a day, you know, with one
hundred thousand things on our mind every day and putting
ourself in the forefront is not natural for a lot
of us. Something we actually have to work hard at
taking care of ourselves as women, we work hard on
taking care of everyone surround us, and this Flourish in
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Bloom Woman's Wellness Journey on June seventeenth is really going
to be a half day event. Now you know, it's
going to start at eight am and there's going to
be some breakout sessions and then it's going to all
come together at eleven thirty four of luncheon. So if
you can only get away from work for the luncheon
from eleven thirty to one, please come join us. If
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you can take your half day and come join us
from a to one, I think that you will really enjoy.
You'll get a lot of knowledge, and we've got some
professionals that are going to be there that are going
to give you some real life tools, tips and tricks
that we can use in our busy life to help
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keep us well physically, mentally, emotionally, all of the things
well rounded women's health. So this isn't one of those
clinical where you go in and trying to give you
a pill or a compliment, or you know, it's nobody's
trying to sell you anything. You know, nothing like that.
This is truly put together by professional women to help
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other professional women stay well in their busy lives. So
we would love to see you at that event. That's
also at the Holiday Inn on Walden Road. That's June seventeenth,
and right now we do have sponsorships and tables still
available for that one, so you can contact the Chamber,
the Beaumont Chamber for tickets for that and sponsorships for
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any of these. Actually that's four O nine eight three
eight six five eight one four O nine A three
eight six five eight one, or you can go to
b mtcoc dot org. But the Chamber is also a
great resource if you want to call for that one
that's in June, and then in September. Debbie, I'm sorry,
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I'm taking it. I'm taking all the.
Speaker 1 (31:04):
Wellness.
Speaker 7 (31:06):
Yeah, say one more time. I'm sorry. The wellness event
in June, on June seventeenth, and then in September, we've
got the Financial Success for Women event. Okay, September the thirtieth,
we will do same thing. How do we as busy women,
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how do we manage because we know most of us
manage our households, we manage our finances. We you know,
we have to make smart choices and so we've got
some professionals in the local finance world that are going
to help us give us tips and tricks on things
that we can do to be successful financially as well.
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So that's when journey for this for this year. So
we'd hope that you will join.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
Us definitely, And once again, the website is b MTCOC
dot org for tickets for any of these events, but
the big one coming up April eighth.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
Dress for Success Clothing Clothing Us. What does Paula say?
Closing deal? That's right, all right, thank you so much, April.
Speaker 7 (32:15):
Thank you. We'll be right back to the Roy.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
West Radio Show on a M five sixty k lb I.
Welcome back to the.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Roy West Radio Show on AM five sixty k l
v I. I'm your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman, and in
our next segment we're going to be learning more about
the LUPUS Foundation of America. My guest please welcome. Event
manager Amanda Crane. Hello, and we have the CEO, Ann
Marie black Kitter.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
How are you doing.
Speaker 6 (32:48):
I'm great, how are you? Thanks for having us?
Speaker 2 (32:51):
So, I think the most important thing that we need
to start with is what is LUPUS.
Speaker 6 (32:57):
Yeah, that's the that's the big question. So lupus is
actually an autoimmune disease that can attack the body from
inside out, top to bottom. I like to call it
the equal opportunity organ destroyer. So essentially it means that
the total opposite of something that is a subdued immune
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system like an HIV or AIDS, this is hyperactive. And
instead of just saying, oh, there goes a cold, let
me go fix that, it's actually going to go attack
everything that's normal, hair loss, skin rashes, kidney impairment, lung impairment,
joint impairment. It can attack anything, anytime, anywhere.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (33:44):
So who does it affect?
Speaker 6 (33:47):
You know, it's really interesting. It's a situation where of
the people that have loopis the last count was twenty
sixteen by the CDC, and at that point we understood
that those who were getting it, only ten percent of
them were men and less than thirty percent of them
were white. So when we pull that out into the community,
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we understand that the majority of the people that are
getting it are actually those who are the most vulnerable
in our communities.
Speaker 4 (34:15):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
So Amanda, you were telling me you have lupus.
Speaker 4 (34:21):
I do.
Speaker 8 (34:21):
I was diagnosed ten years ago, and it's a kind
of a funny story. I was training for a marathon
and thought I was in tip top shape and gave
my body a couple of weeks to heal after a
half marathon, and I was not feeling great. I had
joint pain and I had very tough tension headaches, I
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had light sensitivity.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
And it just I was at myself.
Speaker 8 (34:51):
So I got to my doctor and I said, we
need to fix this because I've got a marathon a run.
And they did some blood work and I had some
high numbers and so they recommended that I go to
a rheumatologist. She then run some tests, some A and
A blood work and I described a lot of my
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symptoms and we came to the conclusion that I have lippus.
But I am ten years into it and I'm doing great.
I met Anne Marie when I was training for the
Houston Marathon the half marathon last year, and I got
in touch with her because I wanted to run for
(35:33):
Lupas and raise some money for Lucas. So I got
in touch with her and we started talking and I
wanted to see what kind of opportunities there were for
me to get involved with the foundation, and she mentioned
that she was looking to possibly hire someone and it
just seemed like it just came full circle and it
(35:55):
seemed like a great opportunity.
Speaker 1 (35:58):
So getting involved.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
I guess if you never would have been feeling the
symptoms you were feeling, this would have never come to fruition.
And so the best way I guess to test for
lupas is blood work.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
Blood work, and you also have to communicate to your
doctor about your symptoms that you're having. They will go
through a list of typical symptoms for LUCAS patients and
they go off of those symptoms. So you have to
make sure and communicate what you're feeling exactly and where.
Speaker 6 (36:29):
Yeah, it's really challenging. There is actually no definitive test
for lupus, and that in and of itself is a
difficult problem. What we do recommend is that everybody keep
a health journal. This is one that we give to
our LUCAS warriors when they reach out and make contact
with us. We provide that to them because doctors love data, right,
(36:54):
And I'm just as guilty as everybody else when my
doctor says, hey, well how long have you been feeling
that way?
Speaker 5 (36:59):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (36:59):
You know, a while. Well, that's not data for them.
So because there's no definitive test for lupus, what we
want to do is number one, we want to know
what our symptoms are that we're going in with and
let the doctor know I have these symptoms. They go,
they come back, they go, they come back, especially the
(37:20):
mylar rash otherwise known as a butterfly rash. Not every
loope's patient gets it, but those that do. It is
the only disease that has that particular rash. Every other
symptom from lupus can be attributed to something else. Wow,
and that makes it Yeah, that makes it super challenging.
That's why we want to track what those symptoms are
(37:42):
and understand. And then the second big thing is you
kind of have to ask, what if it's loopus? Right,
Amanda was very lucky to get a diagnosis as quickly
as she did. On average, it can take our patients
up to twelve years to get a diagnostic and as
you know, when you don't get a diagnosis for something,
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that means you're not getting the help, which means the
disease is chugging on along and that's not good either.
So the sooner we can say, hey, these symptoms don't
make sense. What if it's loopus. Then we can look
at the test, which is an A and a panel
and the reason it's not definitive. It has a thirty
(38:24):
three percent failure rate and the terrible you.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
Have some challenges.
Speaker 6 (38:30):
Yes, that would be like a D in college. Right,
So we want to not only have the panel, we
also want to have the symptoms that we're experiencing, which
for loupes can be hair loss and I don't mean
I took a shower and there's a little bit chunks,
chunks of hair will come out the mila rash on
the face. Some of our loopus warriors have issues with
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their teeth or their eyes. We can have heart issues.
Some of our loopus warriors experience blood clots and stroke.
Some of our lupus warriors encounter reduced lung capacity. Lupus
loves the kidneys, so we may end up with protein
in the urine. When we go to the restroom, you're
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going to notice something is off. We may have joint inflammation.
It's usually my brother would call it by handeler, but
that means bilateral that it can be in both hands
at the same time. So you might slam your hand
in a door, which I've done. Don't do that which
flames up one hand. But when it's two, now something's
going on. So we want to be able to ask
(39:35):
those questions, what if it's lupus, and that way, with
those symptoms and then any history of autoimmune disease in
our family and the test, we can get an answer.
Speaker 2 (39:46):
So we've got about thirty seconds left. I mean, thank
goodness for your foundation, because there just seems to be
so much that people have to learn about lupus. For
somebody that wants to get more information, get in contact
with you. We're the best way for them to get information.
Speaker 6 (40:03):
I tell you what the easiest thing to do is
to go out on any platform and Google or look
up Luke Texas. We're on Instagram, Facebook, the other thing
e LinkedIn. We also our website will go to if
you look up Lupas Texas, it'll find us there. And
I want to share with you, miss Debbie. There are
(40:23):
thousands of Lucas Warriors in Beaumont and Port Arthur and
Jefferson County thousands, and so to be able to participate
with us would be such such a great gift.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
Well, Thank you so much, Amrie and Amanda.
Speaker 2 (40:39):
You guys have provided so much information that everybody needs
to know. So thank you for the foundation and thank
you for being a part of the show today.
Speaker 6 (40:48):
Thanks for having us, having us all.
Speaker 2 (40:50):
Right, we'll be right back on the Roy West Radio
Show on AM five sixty klv I.
Speaker 1 (40:58):
And that's a wrap.
Speaker 2 (40:59):
We're back at the Roy West Radio Show on AM
five sixty KLBI. I am Debbie Bridgeman, your guest host.
Thank you so much for being along for this ride.
For the last hour, we kicked it off with Beaumont
ISSD and Shantel Mangum talking about Teacher of the Year,
a great opportunity to recognize our educators. That event is
coming up May second at the Beaumont Civic Center. Tickets
(41:19):
and sponsorships are available now. We also talked about the
Community Caravan. Our superintendent, doctor Shannon Allen, takes along community members,
business partners, volunteers, parents, anybody who would like to see
what's going on inside Beaumont ISSD. And it's free and
it's coming up March nineteenth, So if you would like
to go, visit BMTISD dot com and sign up.
Speaker 1 (41:42):
It is absolutely free.
Speaker 2 (41:44):
We also talked with Beaumont Animal Care and Viviana Lopez
talking about how you can volunteer, how you can foster
an animal, transport an animal.
Speaker 1 (41:52):
Give a donation. Lots going on at Beaumont Animal Care.
Speaker 2 (41:55):
We talked with April Tolbert Chamber Commerce the Dress for
Success luncheon that's coming up Tuesday eighth at the Holiday
in Plaza. Tickets are available now b mtcoc dot org,
so make sure you get hooked up for that. A
great day for ladies, what to wear and what not
to wear. And we also closed it out with the
Loupus Foundation of America. They do have an event that's
(42:16):
coming up in Beaumont on March twenty ninth, so if
you would like to do the walk with them March
twenty ninth in Beaumont, visit Lupustexas dot org.
Speaker 1 (42:27):
That's a wrap.
Speaker 2 (42:28):
Thanks for being along for the ride and Roy West
Radio show airs every noon every Sunday at noon right
here on klb I Am five sixty.
Speaker 1 (42:39):
Have a great week,
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