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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Good afternoon, and welcome to the roy West Radio Show
right here on klv I AM five sixty. I am
your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman, and we have an hour
packed full of amazing guests including Joe Evans, Chelsea Tipton,
and Micah Lee talking about the rotary pollinator projects. So
a full show, but we're kicking it off with the
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best time of the year.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The YMBL Fair is on the way and Donnie Warner
joins us today.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Hey Donnie, how are you well?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Good morning, I'm very well. What a beautiful day it is.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Definitely so it is time for the fair. So Donnie
tell everyone what is your role with the YANBL and
then let's talk everything about the fair.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I am excited to again serve as the YMBO Rodeo chairman.
The rodeo will be the first weekend, which is the
twenty seventh, eighth night excuse me, the twenty eighth, ninth,
and thirtieth, and then the following weekend we'll have a
bull ride the fourth and fifth. So this will be
my fifth or sixth year to chair the event, and
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I'm excited to do it for our organization and our community.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Well, the community absolutely just embraces the ynbl Fair. We
get so excited, we mark the calendar, we're ready to go.
So what you know, I mean, we all know there's rides,
we know there's fair food, we know there's a rodeo,
we know there's so much going on.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
What's going to be a little different about this year?
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Well, anytime we bring the fair to town, it's a
little different because there's a little bit of change of rides,
there's a different there's more food that we can offer,
there's more exhibitors that we can offer. Our patio stage
this year is choker block full of entertainers that'll be
there starting on the first night all the way through
the end, and it's it's just a fun and environment
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and every year it gets bigger and better.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well I did see that lineup of music and I
was like, wow, you guys do have something every single night.
I've got my calendar already marched for Catalina Catalina Wine
mixer coming.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
You got is it?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
La Ross?
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Yeah? Boy?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So much entertainment, so absolutely so. For anyone who's not
familiar with the fair, I know that's weird, But anyone
who's not familiar with the fair, just kind.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Of give us the rundown. What can people.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Expect for those people that are not familiar with the fair.
I want to welcome to Southeast Texas, right. Yeah, So
the line b L has been putting the pharaohm for
eighty seven years. The money that we raised goes back
into the community, and we truly do help the community.
I've been involved in this organization since as a child
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working at Baptist Hospital, and that's my way to give
back into the community. We help from the Red Cross
of the Heart Association, but also the Boys and Girls Haven,
we help the Humane Society. We help of such a
wide spectrum and anyone can look and find out where
our money goes back in the community by logging onto
wayanbill dot org and we listed we're very to help
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our community. So the dollars that you spend, that ten
dollars Ferret mission ticket that you pay for helps Boys Haven,
that ten dollars ticket helps the Heart Association. And I'm
so proud to help our community in that way.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I love it so one big thing that you guys
have done that. Now that I'm back with Beaumont ISD,
I'm so excited for the YMBL Fair day.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
For our kids.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
It's in a magnific I mean, I just the excitement
that these kids have for doing the right thing and
getting good grades and showing up at school and getting
to go to the fair when a lot of those
kids would never have the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
How did that all come about?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Tony Well, the superintendent and our fair chairman at the time,
got together and discussed ways that we can incentivize the
children to do the right thing. And we're so proud
of them because these are our future leaders, and we're
so appreciate to the Woman Independent School District and our relationship.
We have a special day where the vendors come out,
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they open their booths, and this is only to the children.
This is a day dedicated to them, and so they'll
have opportunities to ride, they'll have opportunities to see and
get the full fair experience as our gift and our
way of saying thank you to them for what they do.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
And we look.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Forward to it paying back in our community by they
one day being members and or leaders in the community.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
So what a way to help.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
It is a fantastic day. And I mean I'm just
as an individual, I'm so appreciative of the vendors that
do come out during the day. On those two days,
we do elementary one day and then we do secondary
which is middle in high school on the second day
and for them to you know, provide an opportunity for
the kids to have some fair food and then you know,
some of the rides and just seeing the kids walking around.
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Like I said, some of them just don't get the
opportunity to go. And it might be they just don't
have a ride to get there, or they just don't
have those extra dollars.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
So it is an amazing opportunity.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, well, it's what the linebill does for our community.
We help in so many different ways. A few years
ago and not to just jump back into but a
few years ago, we dedicated one day to help our
special needs children in the area by putting on a
special rodeo for them to attend, and with that, we
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packed the house. They get a hot dog and a
soft drink, and they get to see quality entertainment that
they're not used to getting to see and or attending.
And everybody dedicates their time, from the stock contractor to
the announcer to the clowns. That's a free Day. Well,
the PRCA, the Rodeo Association kind of picked up on
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what we were doing here and that's become kind of
a standard event across the country with the special Day kids,
with our what we call our slack performance, which are
the extra the extra contestants c enter of the rodeo
that are not in the actual two hour performance that
you see. So it's another way that the winebill reaches
out to our community.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
So tell us a little bit about some of the
rodeo things that will be going on for just the
regular community to come in and see. And I know
that's usually the first weekend, but you said something's going
on the second weekend too.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Absolutely, Well, we'll start off Thursday night. This is open
to the public, but it's not a rodeo performance, you know.
It's an event called mutton Busting. Children get on the
back of sheep and ride and they ride for a prize.
We give two hundred and fifty dollars in a belt
buckle each night to the winter. So Thursday night, the
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opening night of the fair, we will actually have our
mutton Busting qualifier. We have over one hundred children that
are registered and they will compete and then we'll take
ten a night for the five performances, three nights of
rodeo and two nights of bull riding. Each night we'll
award a champion which will again receive a buckle and
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cash rewards. So that's kind of exciting to see. It's
become very popular in the rodeo in the rodeo world.
For an entertainment value, we'll kick off the rodeo starting
Friday night. We'll have a performance Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
and then the following weekend we're doing a bull ride
for Friday night and Saturday night. And I tell you,
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our stock that we have is outstanding. We're associated with
Jerry Nelson and JMP Production, which is the owner of
Frontier Rodeo. Jerry is currently the tenth reigning champion p
RCA Stock Contractor of the Year. So it doesn't get
any bigger in the rodeo world than Jerry Nelson in
Frontier Rodeo and we're excited to be associated with him.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Very cool.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
So you've got the rodeo, you've got the bull riding,
and of course you know when you visit the fair,
one of my favorite things I like walking around and
seeing the cow and the bulls and everybody, you know,
so you can go and do that.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
We've got the rides. So about how many rides are there?
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Oh my goodness. So they classify these rides as major, medium,
and then youth. So big major rides are like the
Himalay and that goes fast it makes you just dizzy
as can be, and the one that goes up in
the sky and spins. But then we have intermediate for
like the younger children. And then we have a kids
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zone that specifically bounce houses and merrygo rounds and petting
zoos and things like that that they can enjoy but
yet still be in a very safe environment not get
trampled by the crowd that's out on the big midway.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Right.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
I would definitely call those big rides you mentioned that's
for the kids, for the big kids, because my son
tries to get me on that and I'm like, no,
I don't think so, you know, can.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
You imagine going forward or sixty feet in the air
and then spinning on the on a swing chain. I
just I can't. I can't see myself doing it. It looks
scary just from the ground, but I know it's an exciting.
It's exciting for those to get on it. I have
a brother in law that he stays on it the
whole time he's on the fair ground, so it's it's fun.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Well, I think I think it's good for everyone that
likes it. But just make sure you eat the fair
food after you ride those rides. Speaking of fair food,
you know, what do you what do you think is
going to be one of the most unique items that
they're offering this year?
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Anything bizarre that you've heard about bizarre?
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Let's see, Well, you know, everything on a stick, right,
you know you can't go wrong. I'm just an old
time fair guy, so I like corn dogs, but I too,
you know, we certainly have cracklings we have. I've seen
ball shrimp, I've seen bail crab, I've seen baill crawlfish.
I've seen oreos that are covered. I've seen twinkies that
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are covered. You know, you name it, we have it.
There's an old adage that we have lambham ram and spam,
riddle snake, chocolate cake, lemonade made in the shade. I
think everything in the world but a ball headed girl,
and I heard we had her order, So I don't
know that goodness, Yeah, they have that. That's the way
that cornibal vendors bark, is what they call it. They
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try to see what they can do to make you
stop at their booth. So, uh, you know, it's fun
to listen to those guys are as you're walking around
the fairgrounds because the louder that they talk and holler,
the more interested you becoming stopping at her booth. And hey,
the food is fantastic as well.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
It is fantastic.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
I can't wait to go and like like your saying,
I'm old school, just give me a corn dog and
a lemonade and a funnel cake.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Absolutely, absolutely, you know, de Wie. We also we have
over one hundred and fifty exhibitors that will be on
the grounds, both inside and out. They're selling everything from
keychains to show the hats you send it items. But
also always remember we're a family fair, so we're not
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going to sell anything that's vulgar. We don't allow any
type of that because it is a family event, and
so we invite everybody to come out and enjoy it.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Yeah, we got about thirty seconds, Donnie, So tell us
where can we go to get all the information about.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
The fair YMBL dot org. If you go to YNBL
dot org, you will find anything that you need to know,
from the openings to the specials that we have that
you can take care of. You can take advantage of
discount of tickets and wristbands traffic. You can find anything
you need to know, including the history of the Y
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and b L where we donate our money. YMBL dot org.
Tickets are ten dollars twelve dollars for a reserve radio seat.
We invite everybody to come out and look forward to
having you and thank you for your time.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
All right, Donnie, thank you so much for being a
part of the show.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Absolutely anytime, and tell the mayor hello, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Missing I sure will.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
We'll be right back with the Roy West Radio Show
on AM five sixty k lv I. And we're back
with the Roy West Radio Show right here on AM
five sixty klv I. I am your guest host, Debbie Bridgman,
and now we are blessed with the presence.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Of the one, the only.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Mister Symphony of Southeast Texas himself, Chelsea Tipton.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
Great to be here with you. Thank you so much
for having me I always appreciate the Mayor invited me
to his program, and it's great to work with you
this time around. And we've got some great that We've
had some great things with the Symphony. It's been a
great season and we're about to hit our season finale
on April fifth with the Symphonia Southeast Texas.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
So last night y'all had a big show. Everything went well,
and now you've got just one more show.
Speaker 6 (13:01):
And it's been quite a season. It's been a really
We had our soul full concert and we had.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Like ooh, baby baby.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
So you're going to miss my loving and easy from
the Commodoores. All this great music that that people just
really love it you kind of damn to, you know,
and that era the seventies the eighties, and I had
to break out a disco jacket as well, you know,
great tunes and great melodies and great themes. And it
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goes to show the versatility of the Symphony of Southeast
Texas and our musicians that they can go from playing
the Commodores to playing Lionel Richie all the way to
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which is one of the truly great masterpieces,
which we have coming up April fifth. It's been a
it's been a really great season, so we're looking forward
to kind of winding things down and then retooling. We
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kind of retool things over the summer.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Well, what I love is that the Symphony of Southeast
Texas partners with Beaumont id And now that I am
back with school district excited because you know, our kids
they need the arts. They need music and art and
everything that you know involves with with choirs and playing
instruments and learning so much and having musicians come to
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the campuses and playing for the kids and letting them
see these instruments, especially on an elementary level when a
lot of them are going to be going to middle
school and that's the first time they may pick up
an instrument, you know, to kind of get an idea
of what they may want to want to do. But
I think that's an amazing partnership and I guess you
guys are going to continue doing that for as long
as you can.
Speaker 6 (14:36):
Well you know, that's the DNA of arts organizations. That's
we don't even we don't advertise that, we don't publicize it.
It's just what we do. And I just recently was
appointed as a new job, an additional job which won't
take it away from Beaumont, but with the Greensboro Symphony
as their principal guest conductor. Greensboro is where I grew up.
In Greensboro is where my musical career began. And I'd
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go to this symphony, I'd go to the opera, I'd
go I was in the youth orchestra, I was, and
all these different musical music education initiatives, and that was
part part of where it started for me, and I
wanted to bring that to Beaumont and it's been something
that we've been doing, bringing in, busting in fifth graders
to come and see the orchestra, to create remembrances. We're
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not trying to create music majors, we're not trying to
create professional musicians, but to have to expose the young
people to the arts. And on this year's concert, we
had the visual arts. We had elementary kids to do drawings,
we show those at the concert. We also had a
dance group from one of the schools to come and
dance with us. In addition to the music, so we
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hit all we hit a numerous art forms, visual arts
of musical arts and the and dance. So we're not
just about you know, the symphonies out these Texas. We
support all of our different arts genres. And that's what
I love about this community is so vibrant with the arts.
We just had the mural.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yes, that's what I was going to say.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Recently, and wow, I went over to that and these
artists from all around the world coming to Beaumont to
beautify our downtown and to also for young people to
see other young people performing. One of the things we
do in our education concerts we have our Concerto competition
winner who this year was an eleventh grader, a pianist.
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It's important for these young people. And the eleventh grader
seems like really old to a fifth grader, but to see, wow,
maybe I could do that.
Speaker 5 (16:32):
Maybe I could.
Speaker 6 (16:33):
If I dedicate myself to practice, and I dedicate myself
and focus and discipline myself, I can do great things
in whatever passion I might find. So education, music education
is really important and that builds audiences and it's just
important to show beauty in our community. I'm going off.
Let me just comment back down.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
No, No, you're all good. Because music is such a
big part of my life. I mean, I I just
love all kinds of music and go into a live show.
They're just whatever it might be. If it's a rock concert,
if it's a symphony, I mean live music. I mean,
that's where it's at.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
It beat it.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
And the thing about it is, you know, we have
lots of different platforms for creating music and for having
music in your house, but there's nothing like being in
an auditorium when the audience gets the audience is into it,
and that feeds us on stage. When the audience is
feeling it, it makes us want to play better. That
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you cannot replicate that in your home. And there's nothing
wrong with having you know, recorded music and that that
type of thing and Netflix and all those different platforms
that you can enjoy entertainment at home, but there is
something about going out into the community. And I just
really I love this organization. I love the Semio Southeast Texas.
We've got a great team working for us now and
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the orchestra is sounding dynamite. They're really We've got great
players and people like each other in the orchestra and
that's also a nice thing, you know. So we'll see,
we'll see what this final concert, we're doing betamsn Symphony,
which is interesting about that on April fifth is my
first season sixteen years ago. That was the we did
that piece at the end of my first season. It
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calls for you know, orchestra, for vocal soloists, choir, and
it's a great coming together of the community. We are
about trying to bring the community together. And you know,
the choir is from our community. Our soloists, some are
from the community and some of are from far away.
But we like to feature the members of the musicians
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in our community and artists in our community as well.
So it's a great celebratory way, a difficult way, and
it shows showcases the the artistry of the orchestra. Now,
the first half of the concert, let me just say this.
The first half of the concert is going to be
conducted by Ron White, and that was planned like a
year and a half ago. Ron White is our assistant
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conductor and he's always when I've gotten sick, when I've
had to not be able to do a concert, He's
jumped in for me at the last minute and conducted
those concerts. So we wanted to feature him on the
first half. So he's going to be conducting the first
half of the program, and then I'll come out and
conduct the second half. But he's a wonderful clarinets, a
wonderful musician, and been a wonderful friend to me over
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these years. And we met at band camp forty two
years ago in Oh my goodness. And then we just
happened to run into each other here and we were
in the same concert band at Interlock in Michigan, and
I teach up there in the summers, and so we've
had we had this wonderful connection.
Speaker 5 (19:43):
And he's an amazing musician.
Speaker 6 (19:44):
So he's going to do the first half and I'll
come out and do the Beethoven on the second half.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Well, and so and that's going to be April fifth.
Now there's always the traditional summertime show that you guys
do for July floor, So tell us any big surprises
for July fourth.
Speaker 6 (20:00):
This year, you're still formulating what we're gonna do. But
what I love about the concert is, I guess they
used to do this on the barge before I got here,
on the river, which sounds like, in the heat, kind
of a difficult, miserable thing to do. So we moved
it into we moved it indoors and so there's air conditioning,
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there's no mosquitoes, and the program lasts about forty five
minutes and then everyone goes outside and watches the fireworks.
So we usually do about five or six pieces and
I talk, I might have a might come out in
little costume to celebrate the occasion. But it's a wonderful
way to get bring people together, and we always have
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a very enthusiastic crowd. So the summertime for the orchestra
and for a lot of orchestras, it's just kind of retooling,
getting things back together, getting things ready for the fall.
Our season goes like a school year, so from September
to around April, and then we try to get everything
done in that period so we can really be ready
to go when things kick off in September. We've got
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a great season. I'll come back and talk to Ch'll
feel about that. For our twenty five to twenty sixth season,
we've got some great things happening.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Well, you guys always have great things happening.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
So for the April fifth show coming up, the last
of the season, we've got the fourth of July show
coming up, which is on a Friday, which is nice
perfect always like that fourth of July Friday. So if
anybody needs more information about the Symphony of Southeast Texas,
where do they need to go eight.
Speaker 6 (21:31):
Ninety two to four oh nine eight nine two two
two five seven. You can give deb a call at
the office, or you can go to SOT dot org
and we will get you straight for the concert. You
don't want to miss this April fifth. It's just an incredible,
incredible program and it really really showcase what an incredible
work is we have with our Symphony of Southeast Texas.
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And we appreciate you come. Thank you letting me talk
about the orchestra. You know, I get excited about it.
We appreciate your support.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Anytime, anytime. Chelsea Tipton, thank you so much for being
a part of the show today.
Speaker 6 (22:02):
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
All Right, we'll be right back with the Roy West
Show right here on AM five sixty klv I. And
we're back with the Roy West Radio Show right here
on AM five sixty klv I. My name is Debbie Bridgeman.
I am serving as guest host and our next guest boy.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
This guy's everywhere everywhere you go. You see. Joe Evans,
welcome to the show.
Speaker 5 (22:30):
Thanks for having me. It's always a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
So I know you've got your hand and a little
bit of everything. But you and I mostly know one
another because you serve on the Beaumont ISD. School Board
and I work at Beaumont ID And so how long
have you been on the school board?
Speaker 2 (22:47):
Now?
Speaker 7 (22:48):
So this year completes my first term or my fourth year.
So I'm up for re election right now, and the
blessing is that I don't have an opponent, so I
can just stay focused on, you know, all things bomon
ISD and out of the political arena at least for
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this cycle.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
So that's a blessing.
Speaker 7 (23:10):
And I appreciate, you know, the City of Beaumont, and
of course my own constituents and District one for giving
me the opportunity to serve at least another four years.
So four years at this point, it's how long I've
been there.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
All right, Well, Joe, you've definitely made an impact, and
I know the school board works so hard, and like
you said, it's nice to go into an election season
where you don't really have to worry too much but
just support the others that have the same beliefs and
values as you. And yeah, because the election arena for Beaumont, Texas,
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it is on fire right now.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
Well not only a Boumone Texas, you know the entire
county because Beaumont has a highly contest the races. Needland
has howly contested races. You know, same with Port Arthur.
So you know, the entire counting is really rocking. So
hopefully we can get some really good vote to turn
out because so many different things are happening in so
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many different local communities, school boards and and of course
city city elections are really really, really important and a
lot of people don't get as excited because it's not
like the president or some huge name, but you know
a lot happens on the local level and you know
your life can be greatly impacted on who you elected
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locally exactly.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
So we do encourage everybody to get out to vote
make their voice heard.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
So with the.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
ID you just came out of the trip from Austin.
Speaker 7 (24:47):
Yes, Yes, yes, very productive true that yeah, very productive trip.
We're blessed to have a great local delegation representative manual
represent the feeling. Senator Craig Set of the Nickels. You know,
they're all accessible, and if not completely accessible, we had
access to the office and to their staff, and so
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that was very comforting to know that at least someone's
listening to you and you know, giving you the opportunity
to share your your your opinions, your beliefs, your values,
and what ultimately will impact your district, which is their district.
So that was a good thing. I think that when
it comes to the vouchers, I don't think that, you know,
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I think that's a foregone conclusion. I think that we're
going to get some form of vouchers or educational savings
or whatever you want to call it.
Speaker 5 (25:41):
We're going to get some form of that. So that
wasn't really our focus.
Speaker 7 (25:44):
Our focus was primarily on how can we ask for
things that would directly impact Beaumont and Beaumont I is
d our district is very very unique. Our district doesn't
look like any other district in the state. You know,
we have growth areas where other cities and districts don't
have growth, and we have declines in areas where other
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cities don't have declines and disparities.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
So our district.
Speaker 7 (26:10):
Is uniquely diverse and I think that it's a disservice
to our district to have to, you know, be forced
into this cookie cutter type of situation, because one size
does not fit all. Each community is different, and our
community is definitely a unique and different community, and I
think that's what makes us strong and in my opinion,
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just a little bit biased.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
But that's what makes us better.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah, So it was a very productive meeting, and I
know basically everybody on the school board and our superintendent
were able to go to Austin.
Speaker 7 (26:42):
Yes, one of our members could not make it, but
he was definitely there with us in prayer spirit and
we echoed his sentiments. And that's what's been good about
the board is that we've been able to unify and
it behind these issues and you know, no no partisan politics,
no ulterior motives, no personal agendas. It's truly what's best
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for our district and what's best for our children and
our educators.
Speaker 5 (27:09):
And we've been united.
Speaker 7 (27:10):
And that's a very good feeling too, because you know,
when you can unite behind a common a common goal
and you secure those small victories, you know, it propels
you into the future, so you can start to have
the confidence to win those really big victories.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Well, I definitely think that you guys have a good camaraderie.
What's going on right now. We've got a big event
that's coming up after spring break and that will be
the another community caravan, So you know, that's always a
great opportunity for our community to come and spend time
with you guys and with doctor Allen, get on a
school bus and go to three different campuses. So we
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do invite our community to sign up business partners, parents,
you know, city council people, anyone who's interested in learning
more about Beaumont id and you know, going into a school,
going into three schools, you really get a first hand look.
So anything you might offer for anyone that hasn't been
on a community caravan.
Speaker 7 (28:08):
Yet, you know, I encourage anyone who can go on
a community caravan get a first hand look at what
happens on our campuses. See our teachers and instructors and actions,
see our students eager and excited about learning, and you
can really feel that there's been a cultural shift in
terms of you know, how people feel in the morale
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of the district. So I think I think the community
needs to experience that and not only experience that I
continue to, you know, ask our community to you know,
just pour into our our district and our children. Give
the best of yourself to our kids in some form
of service. If you can read to our kids, if
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you can volunteer on our campuses, or if you can
just reach back into your own neighborhoods and families and
just take up a little time to just read or
share the gift to your talent with that child. And
I guarantee if we give our best to our children
in our communities, it'll it will reward us, and we'll
get the district and our kids' best effort in return,
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and that that'll that'll make us a better community, in
a in a bigger and brighter city.
Speaker 5 (29:17):
So I just encourage.
Speaker 7 (29:19):
People to continue to, you know, find a way to
get involved, and don't make this a singular issue where
it only belongs to the teachers, or it only belongs
to the superintendent and the school board. You know, this
is Beaumont Independent School District. This district belongs to Beaumont
and the people who live in Beaumont, who work in Beaumont,
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whose children you know, go to school and are educated
in Beaumont. This is our so let's all figure out
a way from one minute a week to to to
one hour a month. Whatever you can do to give back,
just consider doing it and bring the best of yourself
to the table, and I guarantee you will quadruple those.
Speaker 5 (29:57):
Efforts to community.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
The caravan that's going to be on Wednesday, March nineteenth,
and if anyone is interested in joining us, it's b
mtisd dot com that you can go on and sign
up for that. So, Joe, you're also involved with juvenile justice.
We've got about two more minutes, so tell us just
real briefly what's going on with that.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
So for juvenile justice, another area that I'm very passionate,
passionate about and deeply involved in and it's the cause
I take deeply personal. So I oversee two programs, Inspiring
Courage Achieved, which is a program that partners with juvenile
probation to help make sure that juveniles successfully complete the
terms and condition of their probation and hopefully stay on
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track beyond that to live a wholesome adulthood. And then
I also direct the program called Revision Southeast Texas that
partners with the faith based community and this program a
lot like IA works with Juvenile Justice Involve Youth, but
in this program we try to take a more preventive approach.
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Referrals can come from community members, parents, and we work
with volunteers from the faith based community but the community
at large to try to increase the number of positive
interactions our youth have with you know, positive role models.
We ask mentors to make a one hour a week
commitment for six months to a year. And you know,
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we just hope that by placing a positive role model
in front of these children that can give them something
to look forward to and change their lives forever and
change the trajectory of their family's lives by learning skills
and picking up the necessary tools to you know, live
up like I said, a wholesome adulthood. And you know,
we do a lot of mentorship at the Minnie Rogers
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Juvenile Attention Center. We do a lot of mentoring at
the Jefferson County Youth Academy. We're on most of our campuses, Beaumont, Port, Arthur, Needle,
import Nations. We work throughout the county to just to
do everything to providing mental mental health assessments. We do
needs assessments for children who may be in crisis. Whatever
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we can do to try to help or bridge the
gap to services. That's what that's what we're all about.
And it's it's purely a personal and spiritual calling for
me because I know how it is and you know
it's a good thing.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Well, Joe, we appreciate everything that you do in the community.
Thank you for serving on the bid board, and thank
you for your time today.
Speaker 5 (32:34):
Yes, ma'am, thank you. You have a great day. Debbi,
it's always good to be with you.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
We'll be right back on the roy West Radio Show
right here on AM five sixty k l v I.
Speaker 5 (32:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Welcome back to the roy West Radio Show right here
on AM five sixty k l v I. I am
your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman, and now we're getting outside
for this next segment. We're going to be talking and
about planting and pollinating and fun like that. Please welcome
Micah Lee to the show.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Good morning, say hello.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
So Micah is.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Part of the Spindle Top Rotary Club, which I am
a part of as well, and we've got this big
project where we've teamed up with the Rotary Club of Beaumont,
so Better Together, Big Project Pollinator Project.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
How did this all come about? Okay?
Speaker 8 (33:26):
Well, Rotary International has seven areas of focus and one
of them is the environment, and there's another sub program
under that called Operation Pollination. And actually our club was
the first in our district to sign up for Operation Pollination.
Speaker 4 (33:42):
Oh yay.
Speaker 8 (33:44):
And it's just to encourage people to plant pollinator plants
because several years ago when the bee colonies started to collapse,
people got real nervous when we all learned that without
bees we go away too, because they provide pollination for
our food and for everything we do, so we have
to save them.
Speaker 4 (34:01):
And from that it was well, the monarchs are.
Speaker 8 (34:04):
About to go extinct, so we have to save the monarch.
So people started to learn a lot about pollinators.
Speaker 4 (34:09):
So it's a big deal. Now everybody's planting pollinator gardens,
which is great for us in this area with with
our Rotary. Uh the president elect of the we call
the Big Rotary because they're so much bigger than we are.
Beaumont Rotary. Ulanatlowski escape just.
Speaker 8 (34:29):
Love her came up with the idea to plant pollinator,
to do a pollinator garden at that Terror Park Nature Center.
Speaker 4 (34:38):
So she approached us to partner with them. We have
absolutely yes. So it's also a partnership with the.
Speaker 8 (34:44):
Cv B in the city of Beaumont. Back in November,
we went out as two clubs as a group and
built pollinator containers, big nice containers and they're all set
up in front of the nature center around the corner.
So this past Saturday we went out planted all those
lovely gardens and it's gonna look really good.
Speaker 4 (35:05):
We've got parsley and dill in finnyl.
Speaker 8 (35:08):
You can plant that right now, and that attracts swallowtail butterflies.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
That's a host plant. So you need host plants and
you need nectar plants.
Speaker 8 (35:16):
So the host plants are very specific, like the three
I mentioned, we'll attract swallow tails.
Speaker 4 (35:21):
And so when you see those caterpillars on it and
there it's been eaten up, that's the point.
Speaker 8 (35:25):
You want them to come and eat that down. And
then the babies form a chrysalis. Do you know the
difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon?
Speaker 2 (35:33):
No, I don't tell us, Micah, I will tell you.
Speaker 8 (35:37):
Butterflies form a chrysalis, and that's a complete metamorphosis of
their body moths form cocoons which that actually spin something
around their body and then they change inside of that.
So all these butterflies will go into chrysalis and then
emerge as a swallowtail or a gulphertillery or whatever they are.
Speaker 4 (35:56):
So that's a little bit of trivia for you here today.
Speaker 8 (36:00):
So we've planted things, Like I said, the herbs Salvias
are wonderful to attract bees.
Speaker 4 (36:08):
Gay feather is a good thing for the fall.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
We put in Texas cone flower, just a wide variety
of pollinators, and then I'll be available for you to
see that. It'll take a while for them to grow,
of course, but then everybody in the community is welcome
to come out and take a peak.
Speaker 1 (36:25):
I think that's just awesome. So we had fun building
the planters. Like you said in November, that was I
think the first time I'd ever used a drill, So
that was right.
Speaker 4 (36:36):
You're so excited.
Speaker 1 (36:38):
I was like, yeah, I got this. But you know,
I mean, the whole nature center out there. I don't
think that some people even know that that there is
a nature center out at Arrell Park and that it's
it's pretty much within the last what last two years
that it's been so yeah, and it's it's very educational.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
There's lots of great materials there are.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
Fellow Rotarian Rebecca Woodland is the one that runs it
and she's always doing activities with different kid groups and
having things on Saturdays and now people can come and
see these planters.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
So we did do we do ten eight eight eight? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (37:17):
Yeah, fight across the front, three across the or yeah,
three around that corner, that back corner.
Speaker 2 (37:22):
Okay.
Speaker 8 (37:23):
There's a lot of free stuff going on at the
Nature Center in the summer. Every Tuesday in June, she
has what she calls Nature Quest and it's open to
everybody to come out and I'm also part of the
Master Naturalists and we help with that and it's just
free lessons. There's a different topic every Tuesday, and kids
come and they have a game, an interact and like
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an interactive demonstration and then a craft to take home
to to really get that lesson down.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
So that's really she does a lot of good stuff
out there.
Speaker 8 (37:54):
But the Pollinator Garden is going to be a lot
of fun. Pollinator gardens by nature are not real tidy,
so once you start planting that, if you if you're OCD,
you don't want to do this. They go, you know,
they'll get tall, they'll get One of the men that
has actually helped us with building the boxes is a
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retired engineering He was asking me, well, now, are you
going to have a chart when we get out there
of where to put these plants in the ground. I
said no, because you know, we can make a suggestion
and mother nature takes it from there. So some things
will get bigger than we want, some things might not grow.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
It's just all an experiment.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
So what was the thing that we did, like two
years ago when there were some butterflies that were going
to be coming through and we were all planning something
to make sure they had food for their trip.
Speaker 4 (38:46):
It was milkweed for monoys.
Speaker 8 (38:48):
So monarch butterflies winter over in one specific place in
Mexico and then through I think three different populations, they
wind up in Canada. And then that those that wind
up in Canada lived for eighteen months and fly all
the way back to Mexico. That's like a super supergroup.
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So they they only eat milk weed. And many years ago,
when there were millions and millions of monarchs, there were
fields of milkweed. Well, now those fields are covered up
with houses and parking lots and it's not available for them,
so we're losing some from that. And then also that
area in Mexico where they overwinter has been hit by
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several hard freezes because of climate change, so they've been
dying out. So people have been encouraged to plant milkweed
for them to come along to you know, eat along
the way, so they should be kind of through here
soon they'll come back through up through southeast Texas. Their
first I can't remember what it's called, a generation. First
generation comes from Mexico to here and they lay their eggs.
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That generation dies. The rest of them keep going a
couple of times until they get to Canada, and then
they fly all the way back, those little butterflies flat
all the way back to Mexico.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
Gosh, that's crazy.
Speaker 4 (40:03):
But milkweed is the thing now.
Speaker 8 (40:05):
The tropical milk weed that we see often here is
not the best milk weed. It sometimes it's not native,
and it sometimes has a spore that will actually kill
the monarch, so it's best to get There's an antelope
horn milkweed and a giant milkweed that are healthier.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
So wow, yeah, everything you always wanted to know about
monarch butterflies and pollinating and so we've just got a
couple of seconds left, but we encourage everyone to go
to the Beaumont Rotary Facebook page. Also spindle toop Rotary
Facebook page. We'll have pictures of the planters and what
we did over the weekend and then as things progress.
Speaker 8 (40:45):
And one more thing, we are raising money for signs
out there. Rebecca's got some beautiful sign that you picked out,
so you can go on to the the Beaumont Rotary
website and look that up. Sponsorships for five hundred dollars
to one sign, or you could just make a donation
and we'll be listed.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
All right, Micah, thank you so much for joining the show, ma'am.
Speaker 2 (41:04):
All right, we'll be.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
Right back on the Roy West Radio Show on AM
five sixty klv I. And we're back with the Roy
West Radio Show right here on AM five sixty KLVI.
It has been a packed show. I'm so happy to
serve as a guest host. My name is Debbie Bridgeman.
Thank you for being along for the ride. Today we
kicked off the show with Donnie Warner. He's with the
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YMBL and that means if we're talking YMBL, we're talking
about the fair, and the fair is going to be
kicking off on March twenty seventh and runs through April sixth.
You know, there's the rides, the food, the rodeo, the
bull riding.
Speaker 2 (41:43):
There is live music every single night.
Speaker 1 (41:45):
If you need details, all you gotta do is go
to YMBL dot org and you can find out everything
you needed to know about the fair. Tickets, discount days, parking, traffic, everything.
But don't miss out on the fair. That's always a
good time. We also just talked to Chelsea Tipton, the
director for the Southeast Texas Symphony and they have got
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their last show coming up April fifth, so make sure
you check it out. Also their fourth of July show,
So always a good time with Chelsea Tipton. We talked
with Joe Evans, he's on the Bowl School Board for
Beaumont ISD, talking about his recent trip to Austin and
everything that's going on with education. So thanks to Joe.
And we just wrapped up with Michael Lee. She's with
Spindletop Rotary and they are teaming up with the Beaumont
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Rotary Club for a pollinator project. So next time you're
out at Terrell Park, head over.
Speaker 2 (42:33):
To the Nature Center.
Speaker 1 (42:34):
You can see all the planners and how we are
doing what we can for nature.
Speaker 2 (42:39):
It's all good.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
So thank you again to all the guests, thank you
to Roy West, and thank you to you for listening.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
This is Debbie Bridgeman.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
I'm your guest host for the Roy West Radio Show
right here on AM five sixty klv.
Speaker 2 (42:51):
I have a great Sunday.
Good afternoon, and welcome to the roy West Radio Show
right here on klv I AM five sixty. I am
your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman, and we have an hour
packed full of amazing guests including Joe Evans, Chelsea Tipton,
and Micah Lee talking about the rotary pollinator projects. So
a full show, but we're kicking it off with the
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best time of the year.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
The YMBL Fair is on the way and Donnie Warner
joins us today.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Hey Donnie, how are you well?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Good morning, I'm very well. What a beautiful day it is.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Definitely so it is time for the fair. So Donnie
tell everyone what is your role with the YANBL and
then let's talk everything about the fair.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I am excited to again serve as the YMBO Rodeo chairman.
The rodeo will be the first weekend, which is the
twenty seventh, eighth night excuse me, the twenty eighth, ninth,
and thirtieth, and then the following weekend we'll have a
bull ride the fourth and fifth. So this will be
my fifth or sixth year to chair the event, and
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I'm excited to do it for our organization and our community.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Well, the community absolutely just embraces the ynbl Fair. We
get so excited, we mark the calendar, we're ready to go.
So what you know, I mean, we all know there's rides,
we know there's fair food, we know there's a rodeo,
we know there's so much going on.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
What's going to be a little different about this year?
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Well, anytime we bring the fair to town, it's a
little different because there's a little bit of change of rides,
there's a different there's more food that we can offer,
there's more exhibitors that we can offer. Our patio stage
this year is choker block full of entertainers that'll be
there starting on the first night all the way through
the end, and it's it's just a fun and environment
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and every year it gets bigger and better.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well I did see that lineup of music and I
was like, wow, you guys do have something every single night.
I've got my calendar already marched for Catalina Catalina Wine
mixer coming.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
You got is it?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
La Ross?
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Yeah? Boy?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So much entertainment, so absolutely so. For anyone who's not
familiar with the fair, I know that's weird, But anyone
who's not familiar with the fair, just kind.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
Of give us the rundown. What can people.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Expect for those people that are not familiar with the fair.
I want to welcome to Southeast Texas, right. Yeah, So
the line b L has been putting the pharaohm for
eighty seven years. The money that we raised goes back
into the community, and we truly do help the community.
I've been involved in this organization since as a child
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working at Baptist Hospital, and that's my way to give
back into the community. We help from the Red Cross
of the Heart Association, but also the Boys and Girls Haven,
we help the Humane Society. We help of such a
wide spectrum and anyone can look and find out where
our money goes back in the community by logging onto
wayanbill dot org and we listed we're very to help
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our community. So the dollars that you spend, that ten
dollars Ferret mission ticket that you pay for helps Boys Haven,
that ten dollars ticket helps the Heart Association. And I'm
so proud to help our community in that way.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I love it so one big thing that you guys
have done that. Now that I'm back with Beaumont ISD,
I'm so excited for the YMBL Fair day.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
For our kids.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
It's in a magnific I mean, I just the excitement
that these kids have for doing the right thing and
getting good grades and showing up at school and getting
to go to the fair when a lot of those
kids would never have the opportunity.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
How did that all come about?
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Tony Well, the superintendent and our fair chairman at the time,
got together and discussed ways that we can incentivize the
children to do the right thing. And we're so proud
of them because these are our future leaders, and we're
so appreciate to the Woman Independent School District and our relationship.
We have a special day where the vendors come out,
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they open their booths, and this is only to the children.
This is a day dedicated to them, and so they'll
have opportunities to ride, they'll have opportunities to see and
get the full fair experience as our gift and our
way of saying thank you to them for what they do.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
And we look.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Forward to it paying back in our community by they
one day being members and or leaders in the community.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
So what a way to help.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
It is a fantastic day. And I mean I'm just
as an individual, I'm so appreciative of the vendors that
do come out during the day. On those two days,
we do elementary one day and then we do secondary
which is middle in high school on the second day
and for them to you know, provide an opportunity for
the kids to have some fair food and then you know,
some of the rides and just seeing the kids walking around.
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Like I said, some of them just don't get the
opportunity to go. And it might be they just don't
have a ride to get there, or they just don't
have those extra dollars.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
So it is an amazing opportunity.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Yeah, well, it's what the linebill does for our community.
We help in so many different ways. A few years
ago and not to just jump back into but a
few years ago, we dedicated one day to help our
special needs children in the area by putting on a
special rodeo for them to attend, and with that, we
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packed the house. They get a hot dog and a
soft drink, and they get to see quality entertainment that
they're not used to getting to see and or attending.
And everybody dedicates their time, from the stock contractor to
the announcer to the clowns. That's a free Day. Well,
the PRCA, the Rodeo Association kind of picked up on
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what we were doing here and that's become kind of
a standard event across the country with the special Day kids,
with our what we call our slack performance, which are
the extra the extra contestants c enter of the rodeo
that are not in the actual two hour performance that
you see. So it's another way that the winebill reaches
out to our community.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
So tell us a little bit about some of the
rodeo things that will be going on for just the
regular community to come in and see. And I know
that's usually the first weekend, but you said something's going
on the second weekend too.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Absolutely, Well, we'll start off Thursday night. This is open
to the public, but it's not a rodeo performance, you know.
It's an event called mutton Busting. Children get on the
back of sheep and ride and they ride for a prize.
We give two hundred and fifty dollars in a belt
buckle each night to the winter. So Thursday night, the
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opening night of the fair, we will actually have our
mutton Busting qualifier. We have over one hundred children that
are registered and they will compete and then we'll take
ten a night for the five performances, three nights of
rodeo and two nights of bull riding. Each night we'll
award a champion which will again receive a buckle and
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cash rewards. So that's kind of exciting to see. It's
become very popular in the rodeo in the rodeo world.
For an entertainment value, we'll kick off the rodeo starting
Friday night. We'll have a performance Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
and then the following weekend we're doing a bull ride
for Friday night and Saturday night. And I tell you,
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our stock that we have is outstanding. We're associated with
Jerry Nelson and JMP Production, which is the owner of
Frontier Rodeo. Jerry is currently the tenth reigning champion p
RCA Stock Contractor of the Year. So it doesn't get
any bigger in the rodeo world than Jerry Nelson in
Frontier Rodeo and we're excited to be associated with him.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Very cool.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
So you've got the rodeo, you've got the bull riding,
and of course you know when you visit the fair,
one of my favorite things I like walking around and
seeing the cow and the bulls and everybody, you know,
so you can go and do that.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
We've got the rides. So about how many rides are there?
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Oh my goodness. So they classify these rides as major, medium,
and then youth. So big major rides are like the
Himalay and that goes fast it makes you just dizzy
as can be, and the one that goes up in
the sky and spins. But then we have intermediate for
like the younger children. And then we have a kids
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zone that specifically bounce houses and merrygo rounds and petting
zoos and things like that that they can enjoy but
yet still be in a very safe environment not get
trampled by the crowd that's out on the big midway.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
Right.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
I would definitely call those big rides you mentioned that's
for the kids, for the big kids, because my son
tries to get me on that and I'm like, no,
I don't think so, you know, can.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
You imagine going forward or sixty feet in the air
and then spinning on the on a swing chain. I
just I can't. I can't see myself doing it. It looks
scary just from the ground, but I know it's an exciting.
It's exciting for those to get on it. I have
a brother in law that he stays on it the
whole time he's on the fair ground, so it's it's fun.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Well, I think I think it's good for everyone that
likes it. But just make sure you eat the fair
food after you ride those rides. Speaking of fair food,
you know, what do you what do you think is
going to be one of the most unique items that
they're offering this year?
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Anything bizarre that you've heard about bizarre?
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Let's see, Well, you know, everything on a stick, right,
you know you can't go wrong. I'm just an old
time fair guy, so I like corn dogs, but I too,
you know, we certainly have cracklings we have. I've seen
ball shrimp, I've seen bail crab, I've seen baill crawlfish.
I've seen oreos that are covered. I've seen twinkies that
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are covered. You know, you name it, we have it.
There's an old adage that we have lambham ram and spam,
riddle snake, chocolate cake, lemonade made in the shade. I
think everything in the world but a ball headed girl,
and I heard we had her order, So I don't
know that goodness, Yeah, they have that. That's the way
that cornibal vendors bark, is what they call it. They
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try to see what they can do to make you
stop at their booth. So, uh, you know, it's fun
to listen to those guys are as you're walking around
the fairgrounds because the louder that they talk and holler,
the more interested you becoming stopping at her booth. And hey,
the food is fantastic as well.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
It is fantastic.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
I can't wait to go and like like your saying,
I'm old school, just give me a corn dog and
a lemonade and a funnel cake.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Absolutely, absolutely, you know, de Wie. We also we have
over one hundred and fifty exhibitors that will be on
the grounds, both inside and out. They're selling everything from
keychains to show the hats you send it items. But
also always remember we're a family fair, so we're not
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going to sell anything that's vulgar. We don't allow any
type of that because it is a family event, and
so we invite everybody to come out and enjoy it.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Yeah, we got about thirty seconds, Donnie, So tell us
where can we go to get all the information about.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
The fair YMBL dot org. If you go to YNBL
dot org, you will find anything that you need to know,
from the openings to the specials that we have that
you can take care of. You can take advantage of
discount of tickets and wristbands traffic. You can find anything
you need to know, including the history of the Y
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and b L where we donate our money. YMBL dot org.
Tickets are ten dollars twelve dollars for a reserve radio seat.
We invite everybody to come out and look forward to
having you and thank you for your time.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
All right, Donnie, thank you so much for being a
part of the show.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Absolutely anytime, and tell the mayor hello, and I'm.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Missing I sure will.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
We'll be right back with the Roy West Radio Show
on AM five sixty k lv I. And we're back
with the Roy West Radio Show right here on AM
five sixty klv I. I am your guest host, Debbie Bridgman,
and now we are blessed with the presence.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Of the one, the only.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Mister Symphony of Southeast Texas himself, Chelsea Tipton.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
Great to be here with you. Thank you so much
for having me I always appreciate the Mayor invited me
to his program, and it's great to work with you
this time around. And we've got some great that We've
had some great things with the Symphony. It's been a
great season and we're about to hit our season finale
on April fifth with the Symphonia Southeast Texas.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
So last night y'all had a big show. Everything went well,
and now you've got just one more show.
Speaker 6 (13:01):
And it's been quite a season. It's been a really
We had our soul full concert and we had.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Like ooh, baby baby.
Speaker 6 (13:08):
So you're going to miss my loving and easy from
the Commodoores. All this great music that that people just
really love it you kind of damn to, you know,
and that era the seventies the eighties, and I had
to break out a disco jacket as well, you know,
great tunes and great melodies and great themes. And it
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goes to show the versatility of the Symphony of Southeast
Texas and our musicians that they can go from playing
the Commodores to playing Lionel Richie all the way to
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which is one of the truly great masterpieces,
which we have coming up April fifth. It's been a
it's been a really great season, so we're looking forward
to kind of winding things down and then retooling. We
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kind of retool things over the summer.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Well, what I love is that the Symphony of Southeast
Texas partners with Beaumont id And now that I am
back with school district excited because you know, our kids
they need the arts. They need music and art and
everything that you know involves with with choirs and playing
instruments and learning so much and having musicians come to
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the campuses and playing for the kids and letting them
see these instruments, especially on an elementary level when a
lot of them are going to be going to middle
school and that's the first time they may pick up
an instrument, you know, to kind of get an idea
of what they may want to want to do. But
I think that's an amazing partnership and I guess you
guys are going to continue doing that for as long
as you can.
Speaker 6 (14:36):
Well you know, that's the DNA of arts organizations. That's
we don't even we don't advertise that, we don't publicize it.
It's just what we do. And I just recently was
appointed as a new job, an additional job which won't
take it away from Beaumont, but with the Greensboro Symphony
as their principal guest conductor. Greensboro is where I grew up.
In Greensboro is where my musical career began. And I'd
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go to this symphony, I'd go to the opera, I'd
go I was in the youth orchestra, I was, and
all these different musical music education initiatives, and that was
part part of where it started for me, and I
wanted to bring that to Beaumont and it's been something
that we've been doing, bringing in, busting in fifth graders
to come and see the orchestra, to create remembrances. We're
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not trying to create music majors, we're not trying to
create professional musicians, but to have to expose the young
people to the arts. And on this year's concert, we
had the visual arts. We had elementary kids to do drawings,
we show those at the concert. We also had a
dance group from one of the schools to come and
dance with us. In addition to the music, so we
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hit all we hit a numerous art forms, visual arts
of musical arts and the and dance. So we're not
just about you know, the symphonies out these Texas. We
support all of our different arts genres. And that's what
I love about this community is so vibrant with the arts.
We just had the mural.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yes, that's what I was going to say.
Speaker 6 (16:02):
Recently, and wow, I went over to that and these
artists from all around the world coming to Beaumont to
beautify our downtown and to also for young people to
see other young people performing. One of the things we
do in our education concerts we have our Concerto competition
winner who this year was an eleventh grader, a pianist.
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It's important for these young people. And the eleventh grader
seems like really old to a fifth grader, but to see, wow,
maybe I could do that.
Speaker 5 (16:32):
Maybe I could.
Speaker 6 (16:33):
If I dedicate myself to practice, and I dedicate myself
and focus and discipline myself, I can do great things
in whatever passion I might find. So education, music education
is really important and that builds audiences and it's just
important to show beauty in our community. I'm going off.
Let me just comment back down.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
No, No, you're all good. Because music is such a
big part of my life. I mean, I I just
love all kinds of music and go into a live show.
They're just whatever it might be. If it's a rock concert,
if it's a symphony, I mean live music. I mean,
that's where it's at.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
It beat it.
Speaker 6 (17:12):
And the thing about it is, you know, we have
lots of different platforms for creating music and for having
music in your house, but there's nothing like being in
an auditorium when the audience gets the audience is into it,
and that feeds us on stage. When the audience is
feeling it, it makes us want to play better. That
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you cannot replicate that in your home. And there's nothing
wrong with having you know, recorded music and that that
type of thing and Netflix and all those different platforms
that you can enjoy entertainment at home, but there is
something about going out into the community. And I just
really I love this organization. I love the Semio Southeast Texas.
We've got a great team working for us now and
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the orchestra is sounding dynamite. They're really We've got great
players and people like each other in the orchestra and
that's also a nice thing, you know. So we'll see,
we'll see what this final concert, we're doing betamsn Symphony,
which is interesting about that on April fifth is my
first season sixteen years ago. That was the we did
that piece at the end of my first season. It
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calls for you know, orchestra, for vocal soloists, choir, and
it's a great coming together of the community. We are
about trying to bring the community together. And you know,
the choir is from our community. Our soloists, some are
from the community and some of are from far away.
But we like to feature the members of the musicians
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in our community and artists in our community as well.
So it's a great celebratory way, a difficult way, and
it shows showcases the the artistry of the orchestra. Now,
the first half of the concert, let me just say this.
The first half of the concert is going to be
conducted by Ron White, and that was planned like a
year and a half ago. Ron White is our assistant
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conductor and he's always when I've gotten sick, when I've
had to not be able to do a concert, He's
jumped in for me at the last minute and conducted
those concerts. So we wanted to feature him on the
first half. So he's going to be conducting the first
half of the program, and then I'll come out and
conduct the second half. But he's a wonderful clarinets, a
wonderful musician, and been a wonderful friend to me over
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these years. And we met at band camp forty two
years ago in Oh my goodness. And then we just
happened to run into each other here and we were
in the same concert band at Interlock in Michigan, and
I teach up there in the summers, and so we've
had we had this wonderful connection.
Speaker 5 (19:43):
And he's an amazing musician.
Speaker 6 (19:44):
So he's going to do the first half and I'll
come out and do the Beethoven on the second half.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Well, and so and that's going to be April fifth.
Now there's always the traditional summertime show that you guys
do for July floor, So tell us any big surprises
for July fourth.
Speaker 6 (20:00):
This year, you're still formulating what we're gonna do. But
what I love about the concert is, I guess they
used to do this on the barge before I got here,
on the river, which sounds like, in the heat, kind
of a difficult, miserable thing to do. So we moved
it into we moved it indoors and so there's air conditioning,
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there's no mosquitoes, and the program lasts about forty five
minutes and then everyone goes outside and watches the fireworks.
So we usually do about five or six pieces and
I talk, I might have a might come out in
little costume to celebrate the occasion. But it's a wonderful
way to get bring people together, and we always have
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a very enthusiastic crowd. So the summertime for the orchestra
and for a lot of orchestras, it's just kind of retooling,
getting things back together, getting things ready for the fall.
Our season goes like a school year, so from September
to around April, and then we try to get everything
done in that period so we can really be ready
to go when things kick off in September. We've got
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a great season. I'll come back and talk to Ch'll
feel about that. For our twenty five to twenty sixth season,
we've got some great things happening.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Well, you guys always have great things happening.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
So for the April fifth show coming up, the last
of the season, we've got the fourth of July show
coming up, which is on a Friday, which is nice
perfect always like that fourth of July Friday. So if
anybody needs more information about the Symphony of Southeast Texas,
where do they need to go eight.
Speaker 6 (21:31):
Ninety two to four oh nine eight nine two two
two five seven. You can give deb a call at
the office, or you can go to SOT dot org
and we will get you straight for the concert. You
don't want to miss this April fifth. It's just an incredible,
incredible program and it really really showcase what an incredible
work is we have with our Symphony of Southeast Texas.
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And we appreciate you come. Thank you letting me talk
about the orchestra. You know, I get excited about it.
We appreciate your support.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Anytime, anytime. Chelsea Tipton, thank you so much for being
a part of the show today.
Speaker 6 (22:02):
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
All Right, we'll be right back with the Roy West
Show right here on AM five sixty klv I. And
we're back with the Roy West Radio Show right here
on AM five sixty klv I. My name is Debbie Bridgeman.
I am serving as guest host and our next guest boy.
Speaker 2 (22:24):
This guy's everywhere everywhere you go. You see. Joe Evans,
welcome to the show.
Speaker 5 (22:30):
Thanks for having me. It's always a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
So I know you've got your hand and a little
bit of everything. But you and I mostly know one
another because you serve on the Beaumont ISD. School Board
and I work at Beaumont ID And so how long
have you been on the school board?
Speaker 2 (22:47):
Now?
Speaker 7 (22:48):
So this year completes my first term or my fourth year.
So I'm up for re election right now, and the
blessing is that I don't have an opponent, so I
can just stay focused on, you know, all things bomon
ISD and out of the political arena at least for
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this cycle.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
So that's a blessing.
Speaker 7 (23:10):
And I appreciate, you know, the City of Beaumont, and
of course my own constituents and District one for giving
me the opportunity to serve at least another four years.
So four years at this point, it's how long I've
been there.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
All right, Well, Joe, you've definitely made an impact, and
I know the school board works so hard, and like
you said, it's nice to go into an election season
where you don't really have to worry too much but
just support the others that have the same beliefs and
values as you. And yeah, because the election arena for Beaumont, Texas,
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it is on fire right now.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
Well not only a Boumone Texas, you know the entire
county because Beaumont has a highly contest the races. Needland
has howly contested races. You know, same with Port Arthur.
So you know, the entire counting is really rocking. So
hopefully we can get some really good vote to turn
out because so many different things are happening in so
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many different local communities, school boards and and of course
city city elections are really really, really important and a
lot of people don't get as excited because it's not
like the president or some huge name, but you know
a lot happens on the local level and you know
your life can be greatly impacted on who you elected
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locally exactly.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
So we do encourage everybody to get out to vote
make their voice heard.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
So with the.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
ID you just came out of the trip from Austin.
Speaker 7 (24:47):
Yes, Yes, yes, very productive true that yeah, very productive trip.
We're blessed to have a great local delegation representative manual
represent the feeling. Senator Craig Set of the Nickels. You know,
they're all accessible, and if not completely accessible, we had
access to the office and to their staff, and so
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that was very comforting to know that at least someone's
listening to you and you know, giving you the opportunity
to share your your your opinions, your beliefs, your values,
and what ultimately will impact your district, which is their district.
So that was a good thing. I think that when
it comes to the vouchers, I don't think that, you know,
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I think that's a foregone conclusion. I think that we're
going to get some form of vouchers or educational savings
or whatever you want to call it.
Speaker 5 (25:41):
We're going to get some form of that. So that
wasn't really our focus.
Speaker 7 (25:44):
Our focus was primarily on how can we ask for
things that would directly impact Beaumont and Beaumont I is
d our district is very very unique. Our district doesn't
look like any other district in the state. You know,
we have growth areas where other cities and districts don't
have growth, and we have declines in areas where other
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cities don't have declines and disparities.
Speaker 5 (26:08):
So our district.
Speaker 7 (26:10):
Is uniquely diverse and I think that it's a disservice
to our district to have to, you know, be forced
into this cookie cutter type of situation, because one size
does not fit all. Each community is different, and our
community is definitely a unique and different community, and I
think that's what makes us strong and in my opinion,
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just a little bit biased.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
But that's what makes us better.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
Yeah, So it was a very productive meeting, and I
know basically everybody on the school board and our superintendent
were able to go to Austin.
Speaker 7 (26:42):
Yes, one of our members could not make it, but
he was definitely there with us in prayer spirit and
we echoed his sentiments. And that's what's been good about
the board is that we've been able to unify and
it behind these issues and you know, no no partisan politics,
no ulterior motives, no personal agendas. It's truly what's best
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for our district and what's best for our children and
our educators.
Speaker 5 (27:09):
And we've been united.
Speaker 7 (27:10):
And that's a very good feeling too, because you know,
when you can unite behind a common a common goal
and you secure those small victories, you know, it propels
you into the future, so you can start to have
the confidence to win those really big victories.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Well, I definitely think that you guys have a good camaraderie.
What's going on right now. We've got a big event
that's coming up after spring break and that will be
the another community caravan, So you know, that's always a
great opportunity for our community to come and spend time
with you guys and with doctor Allen, get on a
school bus and go to three different campuses. So we
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do invite our community to sign up business partners, parents,
you know, city council people, anyone who's interested in learning
more about Beaumont id and you know, going into a school,
going into three schools, you really get a first hand look.
So anything you might offer for anyone that hasn't been
on a community caravan.
Speaker 7 (28:08):
Yet, you know, I encourage anyone who can go on
a community caravan get a first hand look at what
happens on our campuses. See our teachers and instructors and actions,
see our students eager and excited about learning, and you
can really feel that there's been a cultural shift in
terms of you know, how people feel in the morale
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of the district. So I think I think the community
needs to experience that and not only experience that I
continue to, you know, ask our community to you know,
just pour into our our district and our children. Give
the best of yourself to our kids in some form
of service. If you can read to our kids, if
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you can volunteer on our campuses, or if you can
just reach back into your own neighborhoods and families and
just take up a little time to just read or
share the gift to your talent with that child. And
I guarantee if we give our best to our children
in our communities, it'll it will reward us, and we'll
get the district and our kids' best effort in return,
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and that that'll that'll make us a better community, in
a in a bigger and brighter city.
Speaker 5 (29:17):
So I just encourage.
Speaker 7 (29:19):
People to continue to, you know, find a way to
get involved, and don't make this a singular issue where
it only belongs to the teachers, or it only belongs
to the superintendent and the school board. You know, this
is Beaumont Independent School District. This district belongs to Beaumont
and the people who live in Beaumont, who work in Beaumont,
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whose children you know, go to school and are educated
in Beaumont. This is our so let's all figure out
a way from one minute a week to to to
one hour a month. Whatever you can do to give back,
just consider doing it and bring the best of yourself
to the table, and I guarantee you will quadruple those.
Speaker 5 (29:57):
Efforts to community.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
The caravan that's going to be on Wednesday, March nineteenth,
and if anyone is interested in joining us, it's b
mtisd dot com that you can go on and sign
up for that. So, Joe, you're also involved with juvenile justice.
We've got about two more minutes, so tell us just
real briefly what's going on with that.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
So for juvenile justice, another area that I'm very passionate,
passionate about and deeply involved in and it's the cause
I take deeply personal. So I oversee two programs, Inspiring
Courage Achieved, which is a program that partners with juvenile
probation to help make sure that juveniles successfully complete the
terms and condition of their probation and hopefully stay on
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track beyond that to live a wholesome adulthood. And then
I also direct the program called Revision Southeast Texas that
partners with the faith based community and this program a
lot like IA works with Juvenile Justice Involve Youth, but
in this program we try to take a more preventive approach.
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Referrals can come from community members, parents, and we work
with volunteers from the faith based community but the community
at large to try to increase the number of positive
interactions our youth have with you know, positive role models.
We ask mentors to make a one hour a week
commitment for six months to a year. And you know,
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we just hope that by placing a positive role model
in front of these children that can give them something
to look forward to and change their lives forever and
change the trajectory of their family's lives by learning skills
and picking up the necessary tools to you know, live
up like I said, a wholesome adulthood. And you know,
we do a lot of mentorship at the Minnie Rogers
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Juvenile Attention Center. We do a lot of mentoring at
the Jefferson County Youth Academy. We're on most of our campuses, Beaumont, Port, Arthur, Needle,
import Nations. We work throughout the county to just to
do everything to providing mental mental health assessments. We do
needs assessments for children who may be in crisis. Whatever
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we can do to try to help or bridge the
gap to services. That's what that's what we're all about.
And it's it's purely a personal and spiritual calling for
me because I know how it is and you know
it's a good thing.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Well, Joe, we appreciate everything that you do in the community.
Thank you for serving on the bid board, and thank
you for your time today.
Speaker 5 (32:34):
Yes, ma'am, thank you. You have a great day. Debbi,
it's always good to be with you.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
We'll be right back on the roy West Radio Show
right here on AM five sixty k l v I.
Speaker 5 (32:44):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Welcome back to the roy West Radio Show right here
on AM five sixty k l v I. I am
your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman, and now we're getting outside
for this next segment. We're going to be talking and
about planting and pollinating and fun like that. Please welcome
Micah Lee to the show.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Good morning, say hello.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
So Micah is.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
Part of the Spindle Top Rotary Club, which I am
a part of as well, and we've got this big
project where we've teamed up with the Rotary Club of Beaumont,
so Better Together, Big Project Pollinator Project.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
How did this all come about? Okay?
Speaker 8 (33:26):
Well, Rotary International has seven areas of focus and one
of them is the environment, and there's another sub program
under that called Operation Pollination. And actually our club was
the first in our district to sign up for Operation Pollination.
Speaker 4 (33:42):
Oh yay.
Speaker 8 (33:44):
And it's just to encourage people to plant pollinator plants
because several years ago when the bee colonies started to collapse,
people got real nervous when we all learned that without
bees we go away too, because they provide pollination for
our food and for everything we do, so we have
to save them.
Speaker 4 (34:01):
And from that it was well, the monarchs are.
Speaker 8 (34:04):
About to go extinct, so we have to save the monarch.
So people started to learn a lot about pollinators.
Speaker 4 (34:09):
So it's a big deal. Now everybody's planting pollinator gardens,
which is great for us in this area with with
our Rotary. Uh the president elect of the we call
the Big Rotary because they're so much bigger than we are.
Beaumont Rotary. Ulanatlowski escape just.
Speaker 8 (34:29):
Love her came up with the idea to plant pollinator,
to do a pollinator garden at that Terror Park Nature Center.
Speaker 4 (34:38):
So she approached us to partner with them. We have
absolutely yes. So it's also a partnership with the.
Speaker 8 (34:44):
Cv B in the city of Beaumont. Back in November,
we went out as two clubs as a group and
built pollinator containers, big nice containers and they're all set
up in front of the nature center around the corner.
So this past Saturday we went out planted all those
lovely gardens and it's gonna look really good.
Speaker 4 (35:05):
We've got parsley and dill in finnyl.
Speaker 8 (35:08):
You can plant that right now, and that attracts swallowtail butterflies.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
That's a host plant. So you need host plants and
you need nectar plants.
Speaker 8 (35:16):
So the host plants are very specific, like the three
I mentioned, we'll attract swallow tails.
Speaker 4 (35:21):
And so when you see those caterpillars on it and
there it's been eaten up, that's the point.
Speaker 8 (35:25):
You want them to come and eat that down. And
then the babies form a chrysalis. Do you know the
difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon?
Speaker 2 (35:33):
No, I don't tell us, Micah, I will tell you.
Speaker 8 (35:37):
Butterflies form a chrysalis, and that's a complete metamorphosis of
their body moths form cocoons which that actually spin something
around their body and then they change inside of that.
So all these butterflies will go into chrysalis and then
emerge as a swallowtail or a gulphertillery or whatever they are.
Speaker 4 (35:56):
So that's a little bit of trivia for you here today.
Speaker 8 (36:00):
So we've planted things, Like I said, the herbs Salvias
are wonderful to attract bees.
Speaker 4 (36:08):
Gay feather is a good thing for the fall.
Speaker 8 (36:10):
We put in Texas cone flower, just a wide variety
of pollinators, and then I'll be available for you to
see that. It'll take a while for them to grow,
of course, but then everybody in the community is welcome
to come out and take a peak.
Speaker 1 (36:25):
I think that's just awesome. So we had fun building
the planters. Like you said in November, that was I
think the first time I'd ever used a drill, So
that was right.
Speaker 4 (36:36):
You're so excited.
Speaker 1 (36:38):
I was like, yeah, I got this. But you know,
I mean, the whole nature center out there. I don't
think that some people even know that that there is
a nature center out at Arrell Park and that it's
it's pretty much within the last what last two years
that it's been so yeah, and it's it's very educational.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
There's lots of great materials there are.
Speaker 1 (37:00):
Fellow Rotarian Rebecca Woodland is the one that runs it
and she's always doing activities with different kid groups and
having things on Saturdays and now people can come and
see these planters.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
So we did do we do ten eight eight eight? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (37:17):
Yeah, fight across the front, three across the or yeah,
three around that corner, that back corner.
Speaker 2 (37:22):
Okay.
Speaker 8 (37:23):
There's a lot of free stuff going on at the
Nature Center in the summer. Every Tuesday in June, she
has what she calls Nature Quest and it's open to
everybody to come out and I'm also part of the
Master Naturalists and we help with that and it's just
free lessons. There's a different topic every Tuesday, and kids
come and they have a game, an interact and like
(37:45):
an interactive demonstration and then a craft to take home
to to really get that lesson down.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
So that's really she does a lot of good stuff
out there.
Speaker 8 (37:54):
But the Pollinator Garden is going to be a lot
of fun. Pollinator gardens by nature are not real tidy,
so once you start planting that, if you if you're OCD,
you don't want to do this. They go, you know,
they'll get tall, they'll get One of the men that
has actually helped us with building the boxes is a
(38:18):
retired engineering He was asking me, well, now, are you
going to have a chart when we get out there
of where to put these plants in the ground. I
said no, because you know, we can make a suggestion
and mother nature takes it from there. So some things
will get bigger than we want, some things might not grow.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
It's just all an experiment.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
So what was the thing that we did, like two
years ago when there were some butterflies that were going
to be coming through and we were all planning something
to make sure they had food for their trip.
Speaker 4 (38:46):
It was milkweed for monoys.
Speaker 8 (38:48):
So monarch butterflies winter over in one specific place in
Mexico and then through I think three different populations, they
wind up in Canada. And then that those that wind
up in Canada lived for eighteen months and fly all
the way back to Mexico. That's like a super supergroup.
(39:09):
So they they only eat milk weed. And many years ago,
when there were millions and millions of monarchs, there were
fields of milkweed. Well, now those fields are covered up
with houses and parking lots and it's not available for them,
so we're losing some from that. And then also that
area in Mexico where they overwinter has been hit by
(39:30):
several hard freezes because of climate change, so they've been
dying out. So people have been encouraged to plant milkweed
for them to come along to you know, eat along
the way, so they should be kind of through here
soon they'll come back through up through southeast Texas. Their
first I can't remember what it's called, a generation. First
generation comes from Mexico to here and they lay their eggs.
(39:52):
That generation dies. The rest of them keep going a
couple of times until they get to Canada, and then
they fly all the way back, those little butterflies flat
all the way back to Mexico.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
Gosh, that's crazy.
Speaker 4 (40:03):
But milkweed is the thing now.
Speaker 8 (40:05):
The tropical milk weed that we see often here is
not the best milk weed. It sometimes it's not native,
and it sometimes has a spore that will actually kill
the monarch, so it's best to get There's an antelope
horn milkweed and a giant milkweed that are healthier.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
So wow, yeah, everything you always wanted to know about
monarch butterflies and pollinating and so we've just got a
couple of seconds left, but we encourage everyone to go
to the Beaumont Rotary Facebook page. Also spindle toop Rotary
Facebook page. We'll have pictures of the planters and what
we did over the weekend and then as things progress.
Speaker 8 (40:45):
And one more thing, we are raising money for signs
out there. Rebecca's got some beautiful sign that you picked out,
so you can go on to the the Beaumont Rotary
website and look that up. Sponsorships for five hundred dollars
to one sign, or you could just make a donation
and we'll be listed.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
All right, Micah, thank you so much for joining the show, ma'am.
Speaker 2 (41:04):
All right, we'll be.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
Right back on the Roy West Radio Show on AM
five sixty klv I. And we're back with the Roy
West Radio Show right here on AM five sixty KLVI.
It has been a packed show. I'm so happy to
serve as a guest host. My name is Debbie Bridgeman.
Thank you for being along for the ride. Today we
kicked off the show with Donnie Warner. He's with the
(41:27):
YMBL and that means if we're talking YMBL, we're talking
about the fair, and the fair is going to be
kicking off on March twenty seventh and runs through April sixth.
You know, there's the rides, the food, the rodeo, the
bull riding.
Speaker 2 (41:43):
There is live music every single night.
Speaker 1 (41:45):
If you need details, all you gotta do is go
to YMBL dot org and you can find out everything
you needed to know about the fair. Tickets, discount days, parking, traffic, everything.
But don't miss out on the fair. That's always a
good time. We also just talked to Chelsea Tipton, the
director for the Southeast Texas Symphony and they have got
(42:06):
their last show coming up April fifth, so make sure
you check it out. Also their fourth of July show,
So always a good time with Chelsea Tipton. We talked
with Joe Evans, he's on the Bowl School Board for
Beaumont ISD, talking about his recent trip to Austin and
everything that's going on with education. So thanks to Joe.
And we just wrapped up with Michael Lee. She's with
Spindletop Rotary and they are teaming up with the Beaumont
(42:29):
Rotary Club for a pollinator project. So next time you're
out at Terrell Park, head over.
Speaker 2 (42:33):
To the Nature Center.
Speaker 1 (42:34):
You can see all the planners and how we are
doing what we can for nature.
Speaker 2 (42:39):
It's all good.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
So thank you again to all the guests, thank you
to Roy West, and thank you to you for listening.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
This is Debbie Bridgeman.
Speaker 1 (42:46):
I'm your guest host for the Roy West Radio Show
right here on AM five sixty klv.
Speaker 2 (42:51):
I have a great Sunday.
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