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Welcome to the roy West Show.I'm your host, Zach Styles. Do
we have the best show put togetherfor you today? Quite possibly? We
always have the best guest right hereon the Royal West Radio show on News
Talk five to sixty k l VIIevery Sunday at twelve o'clock. But enough
about us, let's get this showstarted with the one and only Sean web
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Locke, realtor extraordinaire. Welcome tothe show, Sean. Thank you,
Zach, and thank you for havingme. I'm glad to be here.
We love having you on the show. And you know, for those folks
that don't know, I just wantto throw this out there, a little
roy West Radio Show trivia. Seanwas actually the first radio show guest that
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I being the host whenever that wasin twenty twenty or twenty twenty one,
was got to uh interview Sean,and she was my first and it was
amazing and she made me feel sogood about myself. So I'm always grateful
for Sean for that. Thank you, Zach. I was honored to be
your first guest. Well awesome.Well, Sean, you know, most
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of everybody I think probably knows whoyou are and what you do here in
Southeast Texas. You have a greatmarketing presidents and you're always just so plugged
in with the community. But forthose few people that may be listening or
watching, talk to me a littlebit about Sean Weblock and who you are
and your real estate team and kindof some of the areas that you service.
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Yeah, awesome, thank you,so of course I am like you
introduced me. I'm Sean Sean Weblockof the Seawan Soldier real Estate team here
under the American Real Estate Umbrella,and we service out of the Beaumont office.
We service all of Southeast Texas thoughfrom Orange all of the Golden Triangle
all the way to Houston in theareas in between. We are a team
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of professional, experienced realtors that arecomprised of myself, Sean got Rashauna Harrison
on the team, Jamie Smith,Melanie Smith, and Jennifer Odam. We
make up an amazing team. We'rehere to service all of your needs.
We service, like I said,all of the Golden Triangle and even have
extended into the Houston area now andwe work with some great lenders and other
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real estate professionals such as Guild Mortgage, and we're here to service your needs
homeselling and home buying. Actually yeah, and you know, I always love
working with Sean's team. They're socommunicative and they're always looking out for their
clients to make sure that everybody understandseverything. It's just really great working with
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somebody that really pays attention to thewhole transaction, not just getting somebody under
contract. Your team is always reachingout, you know. It makes it
really easy for the transactions to kindof to work, which is obviously the
goal. So Sean, you know, right now, you know, market's
a little crazy. I mean we'reseeing an uptick. We're seeing more people
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wanting to apply to get loans andthings like that, which is obviously going
to trickle, uh, you know, to more transactions, contracts, things
like that. But with all thatbeing said, it is a little bit
of a weird market right now.What are you seeing Let's talk about on
the sales side right now, Like, what are you seeing out there as
far as the Beaumont kind of GoldenTriangle market? Yeah, as far as
our market here, Zach. Onthe selling side, I'm seeing sellers being
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um more cooperative, you know,as far as selling their homes and in
terms of repairs and negotiating and thingsof that nature. You know. Um,
you know, shortly after you know, we had the storms and the
you know, before the interest ratecrisis so to speak. You know,
sellers had way more leverage, youknow, because we had way more buyers
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out there, you know, thanwe had inventory, and so sellers had
leverage at that time, where um, you know, they didn't have to
have be as cooperative with certain repairsand negotiating sell price and things of that
nature. Whereas we're seeing a shiftin the market now, um, where
they're being more cooperative. Um,I'm seeing sales price. I'm seeing I'm
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sorry, reductions and sales prices.To be honest with you, you know,
sellers on wanting you know the purposeof putting a house on the market
is to get it sold. Youknow, nobody wants their home to sit
for an extended period of time.So I am seeing sellers be more logical
and more reasonable with sales price andeven entertaining those reductions in order to get
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those homes moving. Um, whichis Um, it's beneficial for buyers,
you know, right, Yeah,And and I mean I always think it's
a great time to buy right,even with higher interest rates, because if
you are currently renting or you don'town your home, I mean you're paying
one hundred percent interest right because you'renot building equity in anything. So yeah,
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interest rates are a little high,but it's like I tall, folks,
you know right now is a littlebit better if you're buying because you're
not necessarily running into as many competingoffers. You are getting some seller concessions.
We're starting to see that again,whereas in twenty twenty, twenty one
and twenty two you didn't hardly seeseller concessions. In fact, I mean
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you may not see a lot ofpeople you can go for faha loans things
like that, And now we're seeingthat. So I tell people like,
hey, look, you're not buyingat the top of the market either,
right where, and you're not necessarilyhaving to go over like who we're seeing
in twenty twenty, twenty twenty oneand twenty two. Yeah, your rate
maybe a little higher, but youknow, we're going to refinance and we
service all of our own loans,so I mean it's easy for us to
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do a refinance to get that ratedown. Whenever they start coming back down.
So really, I think it's agreat time to buy all the time,
but it really is a good timeto buy now because you're no,
you're not going to be necessarily overpayingfor the property from what I can see.
No, You're absolutely right, AndI'm glad you brought that up about
the seller concessions. You know,that's another part of sellers being more cooperative
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in these transactions and in these dealsthat I'm seeing these days, is like
you said, there aren't you know, we're not up against that multiple offer
situation at least not, you know, as much as we work previously in
previous months. We're not competing withother offers as much, and so sellers
are more cooperative, and they're likesaying, okay, we can provide you
know, seller concessions. We can, we will give a flooring allowance if
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necessary. We will you know,agree to certain repairs that they may not
have agreed to when you're in ayou know, competing offer situation, um
and seller concessions is actually a prettybig deal, you know. And I
try to explain that to my sellerswhen we're listing their home. You know,
hey, just be prepared because sellerconcessions are closing cost assistance as we
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call it um. It's a prettybig deal to buyers, especially when you're
when you're you know, you're dealingwith a buyer who may have, you
know, be on a budget orhave a fixed income and have a certain
amount saved that they can allocate towardsbuying a home. Well, you know,
as a seller, you being willingto allow seller concessions or contribute to
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that buyer's closing costs even if it'syou know, two three thousand dollars.
I mean, they have no ideahow how huge that is for the buyer
and helping them to facilitate the homebuying process and get into that home right
Yeah, And whether it's first timehomebuyers or repeat customers, that little bit
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can go a long ways because there'softentimes the ideas that they have in their
head to do with your home afterthey've purchased it. So, you know,
it's neat to be able to seethat again and see some of those
negotiations happening again, Sean, whilewe're talking about the sales side, So
if somebody who's listening listening to theshow and they're like, man, you
know, like I've thought about youknow, maybe selling my house, but
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I don't know, you know,talk to me a little bit about some
services that you may offer, likeas far as going out to the house,
maybe doing a free appointment with themto talk to them about those types
of things just to ease their mind. What are some things that you do
there? Yeah, absolutely, weget those phone calls all the time ZAC
where we have sellers that are thinkingabout contemplating you know, how does this
work? I kind of want tosell my home. I'm thinking about it.
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And what we do is we dooffer free home valuation consultations where we
can give us the information on yourhome, number of bedrooms, bathrooms,
you know, the location, theaddress and whatnot, and we run a
market analysis and it's free. It'sa free service that we provide that my
team and I provide. We runa market analysis and we can run a
preliminary market analysis based on the dataand the information that you provide to us,
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or if you want us to actuallycome out to the property and do
a visual assessment and walk the propertyand give you an even more accurate market
analysis to provide you and estimated marketvalue for your home so that you know
what to expect if you put yourhome on the market a reasonable sales price
if you put your home on themarket, and then of course we can
also go over the actual listing processof what it entails and give you some
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tips and some pointers on how tomake your home marketable, especially for the
different types of financing. You know, are you wanting to sell your home
as is? Are you willing tomake for parents? You know, we
come out and look at it anddetermine if it will qualify for certain types
of finance it, will it qualifyfor VA, will it qualify for MHA,
bud dancing, and give you somesome tips and pointers on how you
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should sell your home. Yeah.Absolutely, and that's such a cool thing
that you'll do for folks and havea real estate professional come to your home,
look at your home and be ableto say hey, look, and
also I know what you'll do isyou'll give them tips of hey, you
know, you may want to paintthat, or hey you may want to
get that fixed, because it maycost you one hundred bucks to fix it.
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But a seller is going to comeour buyer is gonna come in and
one a thousand dollars on the salesprice. For a hundred dollars fixed,
you know, and those are thingsthat you and your team specialize in.
So oftentimes, like I'll have conversationswith clients are like, wow, I
don't really know and you know,and I'm like, well, if you
talk to a real estate professional,well no, it's going to cost me
all this money. And it's like, well, maybe you know, but
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you also don't know what you don'tknow, and you could potentially end up
helping them make a more educated decisionto move forward or not move forward,
just based on their situation, becauseno situation is ever going to be the
same, right, So I highlyrecommend getting in touch with Sean and her
team or any questions that you mayhave. They're fantastic, Sean. If
people want to reach out to you, what's the best way for them to
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reach you? First things up,they want to reach out to myself or
any of my team members, ourphone number is four zero nine five five
four six five nine nine. That'sfour zero nine five five four six five
nine nine. You can call ortext, or you can reach us at
our website and that's Sean Sold ateam all one word Sewn Sold at team
dot com. You can reach usthere. You can reach us. We're
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on Facebook, We're on Instagram,I'm on TikTok, so you can reach
us on just about any social mediaplatform you can. You can reach us.
You can find myself or any ofour team members and that Sean sold
at Team dot com. Sean Soldat Team dot com. I'm telling you,
folks, to give him a call. There your one stop shop for
buy and selling or honestly, justif you have questions, like for real,
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if you're just thinking about potentially buyingsomething in the near future, just
give him a call. And don'tmake a mistake of not calling a real
estate agent, especially one like Sean, because they really are not They're gonna
help you. They're gonna help makethings a lot easier, make the process
better. So, Sean, wegot about thirty seconds left, one more
time, give me the website andgive me the phone number. Yeah.
Absolutely, So that's the Sewan solda real Estate team, and our phone
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number is fort zero nine five fivefour six five ninety nine caller text.
You can also find us on ourwebsite, Sean sold at Team dot com.
That's Shawn Seawan sold a Team dotcom. We're located at sixty four
seventy Feeling Boulevard. Here in Beauma. We are two doors to the left
of Exogen Jim. There you go, folks. Sean, thank you so
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much for being on the show.We appreciate you and all you do in
our community, even outside of thereal estate out of things. Thanks again,
Sean for being on the show.Thank you back. Welcome back to
the Royal West Show. I'm yourhost, Zach Styles. We've had a
great show so far because we alwayshave the best guest and we're gonna keep
it rolling with the one and onlySherry Pierce. Sherry Welcome with boys Haven.
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Welcome, Welcome, Thank you.I'm excited to be here. We
always enjoy having you on the show. We always enjoy more talking about boys
Haven and the amazing things that BoysHaven does right here in our community in
Southeast Texas. I love talking aboutBoys Haven. It has become part of
my heart and in the last yearsince I've been on that board, so
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um. What Boys Haven does isbasically, we provide a safe haven for
boys that have come from some ofthe abuse you just would not believe,
and we provide just the everyday thingsthat they need and the so called parenting
that we can do that for theboys. Um, I've been doing it
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since nineteen forty five, the Optimistloves so we're doing UH. For the
longest time, it was all privateplacement, and now we have since twenty
eleven, I believe it is.We've we've got UH state placement with boys
and there. So we try tostay within Region five, but we will
take boys from anywhere five to eighteen, so well up to twenty one.
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We can keep kids till twenty one. But you know, boys, I'm
eighteen, I might here. That'strue, and they do that. We
can't do anything about it. That'sit. Yeah, but we offer them.
We offer them parenting and family andtraining and as much as we can
the things that they they are arenot getting when they've been removed from their
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homes. Yeah, and Boys Havenis for folks who don't know their local
here in Southeast Texas. UM,where's y'all's location again, we're all major
drive. I don't even know theexact address, but it's like right there
at the end of Felsome almost that'sright. Actually, the property that the
Baptist churches own we sold them yearsago. Okay, that's right, that's
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right. I mean, the moremoney you have, the more boys that
you can support and uh, youknow with them because oftentimes, um,
you know, y'all are trying toreach a need and you don't necessarily know
what that needs going to be.Every single year. Oh absolutely, it's
it's a it's a month to monththing with us. Um we managed to
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we managed to make it. Butit's it's um, we squeaked buy.
And that's why this Crawfish Festival isso important because it's our biggest fundraiser.
Yeah, and and let's talk alittle bit about that. That's coming up
right around the corner on May six, maya six, at the Events Center
at the Great Line at the EventsCenter. It's um the hours or ten
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to six. We uh, we'regonna have crawfish and lots of other food.
We have chicken and um let's seethe guys from my church are gonna
do hot dogs with chili and Friedo'sa Friedo pie. You can you can
do that, says, I don'tneed crawfish, but there's a lot of
people that no, I don't evenlike. Well, if somebody will peel
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one for me and hand it tome, I'll eat it, but I'm
not peeling those things. No,but but I love to watch other people
enjoy it. And um, andI know that, you know, I'm
probably you know, one of thevery few in the in this area that
do not do it. But likeI said, I hate them, but
I'm not feeling them. But uh, there's fifteen dollars a box for crawfish
and you will buy a food ticketand you can go get crawfish with it,
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or you can get a like achicken quarter plate that with all the
stuff on that. Um, we'regonna have a shrimp on a stick.
We had shrimp on a stick lastyear and it was a hit. I
think they sold out pretty early,so them, you got to bring more
this this time. Uh let's seewhat else where the other things we're gonna
have, uh well, riple astick and we may have some other stuff.
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We're we're still you know, hey, we'll we'll do it last minute.
So somebody wants to set up andbring some food. You know,
y'all y aren't turning anybody down.So we'll call us. Know we may
have to call us. Yell,yeah, call call boys and get and
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get you know, tell them youwant you would like to provide something,
don't you show up? No?No, okay, y'all are going to
have live entertainment correct. Oh yeah, we have bands all day. Um,
and this year we're going to havea DJ in between, because there
was you know, the bands willplay for a little while, then you
have a little while while they changeand set you know, change set up
and everything. So this year we'regonna have a DJ and they'll be playing
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some really fun stuff that in betweenwe we're talking. You know, there's
a big area that do live dancingor people. People just get out and
dance no matter what. But thedjild kind of filled that space and make
it, you know, just makethe atmosphere a little different. So,
um, let's say the bands youwant to hear what we got. We
got Kenny and the Classics. We'vegot King Kameira. I don't know them,
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but I went and listen to someof them. Music that sounds fun
besides Jack Wagons, Um, thoseare the bands that we're gonna be having
those and those are all fun bans, so good, and then you're gonna
have stuff for the kids' kids friends. The next thing on my list,
we have a free kid zone.Um, we'll have some inflatables. We're
gonna have Marsha's Petting Zoo, whichwas a huge hit last year. She
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does a that's just a great pettingzoo and um, it's it's a lot
of fun. We've got Megatronics comingout that van with all the gaming and
stuff. They're gonna be out there. Uh, Gator Country is gonna be
there. And I would like tomake an offer if any nonprofit. We
are allowing nonprofits, if you wouldlike to come and offer a game,
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some kind of little activity for thekids to do, and you might you
know, slip in some of yourinformation about it, if you would like
to do that. Uh called BoysHaven. It's a let me make sure
I get the number right eight sixsix two four zero zero um, and
just make sure you know, getthem, let them know and we'll give
you a space. We're not gonnaprovide a tent. If you want a
tent and tables and stuff, bringit yourself, but we will let you.
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We will let you do that ifyou prefer, you know, similar
advertisement for your nonprofit. If youwould like to do that, people can
contact me too. I kind ofknow people down there I can hook them
up well. Being on the board, I mean, you know, I
hope I'd like to think that it'sa whole lot more important than it really
is. I would come on,well man, it's gonna be a great
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day, folks. It's going tobe an amazing day. Um. Something
else that we are offering is UMvendors if you have something you want to
sell. Not we don't want anybodygoing in there cooking because we got our
own food. We want to makethe money off the food. But if
you have something that you would liketo sell, UM a vendor. A
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vendor, I say, booth,but you got to bring your own stuff
two hundred and fifty dollars and youcan sell it, and we would like
you to take some of your profitsand make a donation to the Haven.
It's not required, but there isdefinitely an application for that, and you
need to call be Haven. Youcan call you can call them at that
at eight sixty six two four zerozero or email. Let's see I wrote
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it down. It's Nicole at boishndot com and they will send you the
application for the vendor. We thoughtwe've got all of that space. Last
year we would was our first yeardown there, we've got all that space
we could allow, you know,have a more festival atmosphere than what we
have even um and you know,if you got something you want to sell,
got in there. Oh, Mabel'sice cream is going to be that.
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That's the one of the food thingwe're offering. So uh okay,
I have a dumb question. Dumbquestion only because I've got If I have
an answer, I'll make something up. So whatever, that's what I love
about you, So that's perfect.Oh do people need to bring like their
own chairs for like sitting like onthe Great Line. I didn't get to
go last year. You are welcometo do that. Some people did last
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year. We do have a hugetent for with tables for eating under if
you would like to so. Ohand something else we have a something else
new this year. We've always hada VIP tent for our big sponsors get
VIP passes UM. This year wedecided to sell VIP tickets UM so instead
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for for forty dollars, you canget access to the VIP tent where a
runner will go get your food foryou. You give them your ticket,
they go get your food and adultswill get a bracelet with UM three.
I believe it is tickets for beeror wine and I'll drink some water or
for unto there too. So ifyou would like a VIP ticket to purchase
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one, uh, contact the Havenor contact me. Find me on Facebook.
Come Sherry Pierce on Facebook. I'measy to find and I'm all over
the place. But um that,we thought we've got a bigger tent for
VP now than what we used toand we thought, well, why not
make use of it? And yeah, you come and sit down and have
a beer and let somebody go getyour crawfits for you. Hey, I
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mean, that doesn't sound all bad. I mean and it's not. Yeah,
and I've already heard it's going tobe an amazing day. As far
as the weather, We've ordered somebeautiful weather, you know, mid seventies
and the light breeze and sunshine.That's right, That's right, that's what
I heard. So May six,folks, ten o'clock to six pm.
Events Center. A great line,Sherry. We got to wrap it up,
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but thank you so much for beingthank you. Hey. We appreciate
y'all. We appreciate y'all letting uspromote this. Thank you so much.
All right, see you out thereabsolutely all right. All right, thanks
Sherry more to come on show.All right, welcome back to the Royal
West Show. I'm your host,Zach Styles here on News Talk five sixty
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KLVII. We always have the bestguests and we're gonna keep it rolling today
with the one and only Diane Thompsonwith the Big Thicket Association. Welcome to
the show, Diane. How youdoing today? I'm great, Thank you,
Zach. It's good to be backon the Royal West Show again and
I thank you for having me.Well, we are super excited about having
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you on the show again, andI'm really excited not only about what you're
going to talk about, but learninga little bit more about the Big Thicket
Association. So with that, forthose that may not know, talk about
what y'all do here locally within ourcommunity, Happy Happy to. Big Thicket
Association is a frame group of theBig Thicket National Preserve and so we do
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projects, a lot of projects tohelp support them in any way we can,
and be it monetarily or volunteerism,helping them plant trees and grasses as
they reforce the Big Ticket in areaswhere it was decimated years ago, so
we help them anyway we can.We have several projects that we do and
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our mission is really to conserve andpreserve the Big Ticket region of Texas for
future generations and current you know,and we want to get the message out
there about the Big Thicket. It'sa beautiful, bio very biodiverse area.
And so we do environmental education forstudents on board are both the Ivory Bill
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and that's free to all students,all classes schools in the eight county surrounding
the Big Ticket Region. And thenwe also do public charters every Saturday from
ten to twelve. Then we doprivate charters you know, at the customers
request what day and time then.So that's our Natures River Adventurous program that
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we do. And then we doour Nature's River Valley, which we'll talk
about more today, and that's abig paddling event that we put on every
year. We have Big Ticket Day, which is really a celebration with the
community for the founding of our organizationand then the founding of the Big Thicket
National Preserve. So we have thatprogram project. We have the Field Research
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Station out in Saratoga where we hostresearchers that come from all over to study
flora and fauna in the Big Thicket, and we have Thicketed Diversity, which
is an all taxa inventory of allthis research that is going on because they
discover new things and things that youknow, you might not even know we're
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here in the Big Ticket. Sothose are some of our programs that we
do, and y'all do a lot. We do. We're very busy.
Yeah, well that's great. Imean, and the Big Thicket is such
a large area to cover and peopleprobably don't necessarily realize as how many counties
you know, it touches and allthat kind of stuff. And then obviously
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you have to have funds to payfor those types of things, and that's
kind of where the Nature's River Rallycomes in. So talk a little bit
about the Nature's River Rally and whatpeople are going to be experiencing on that
fantastic day, I may add,but go ahead, talk to us a
little bit about it, and thenI'll tell folks about my experience. Oh
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good, okay. So typically wehave the rally in September after Labor Day,
but this year we moved it upfour months and it's May sixth We're
having it at the same place asthe Nature's River Saltwater Barrier at sixty seven
ninety Bigner Road in balmat And we'redoing the same paddling trail. It's Cook's
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Lake to Scatterman paddling trail and itis a four point eight mile loop trail.
So where you start, you gothrough this beautiful Cyprus to below swamp,
through the trees and you're in avery biologically diverse area of the big
ticket National Preserve. Beautiful eat willsee flowers even out there on the water.
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It takes just a few hours,as you know, the paddle that
trail, and a beginner could doit. There are no rapids, it's
flat water, so it's an easypaddle. Yeah, really, it really
is, folks. And I'll jumpin there. And so I had zero
paddling experience and I'm alive. AndRoy West also had no paddling experience,
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and we did it last year andwe've took my two oldest So I had
a five year old in the boatwith me, and he had a six
year old in the boat with him, or a seven year old in the
boat. I don't know whatever timethat was. Anyways, my point is
now they didn't help much, butwe were able to make it all the
way through the loop. It's afantastic time. Last year it was like
a blue bird day. You couldsee the birds. If you're into bird
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watching, you're going to see allkinds of just nature. It really is
and it's a great workout. Sothen you know you don't have to feel
bad about eating a healthy breakfast atmorning or a great lunch that afternoon.
So anyways, go ahead, Diane, what can what other things can people
expect out there? Because I knowyou'll had lots of things going on.
Okay, we did um. Wewill have river guides again all throughout the
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trail, just to help people theirmarkers on trees, but we'll have river
guides in case someone needs assistance inany way and just to keep you on
track and the route. We'll havethe Big Thicket. They'll have rangers out
there. They'll have their law enforcementboat. Also on land, a Big
Thicket Preserved will be there and they'llhave their gifts, some of their things
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from their gift shop if people wantto purchase things from there. The National
Parks Conservation Association will be there andwe think there might be some other booths
there also, so you have tocome and check it out. We do
offer very launch times. Our firstone starts at eight and we go through
ten o'clock, so every thirty minuteswe're sending out another group. So everybody's
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not trying to launch together. It'snot a race. It's an adventure,
that's right, and it is sucha good adventure. And another thing I
just gotta say, so you're notgonna get lost, right, And again
I can't say this enough if you'venever done it before. We don't even
let that bother you. The kids, they're gonna be out there. They're
gonna make sure you know where you'regoing. But I mean, there is
one thing that I saw that Ididn't even know existed in Beaumart. But
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and you may know the name ofit, but as you get towards probably
like the midway mark, there isa tree that is shaped like it has
the Nativity scene inside it and theMadonna. It is so cool. I
mean it's like really really neat,and my kids thought it was amazing.
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So I mean there's just things aboutBeaumart you know that you may not even
know exist, And this is oneof those ways A very unique way to
be able to see something like absolutely. And you know what a lot of
people don't realize is when you're outthere on the Nature's River and you're in
the woods there and the swamp,you're in the big ticket national preserve,
they don't realize it comes all theway down here into Beaumat and then right
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there in Orange County as well,because you're entering Orange County also, so
people really don't realize it's right herein their backyard and they don't know even
maybe that the paddling trail is there, but it is, as you saw,
a beautiful place and you can seethe Madonna tree out there and wildlife
and it's just a beautiful day andit's a family friendly event, so we
encourage you to bring your kids.We part of your admission gets you the
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of course admission. Then you geta Hamburger lunch. We have cooks on
site that will be cooking, andyou get the goodie bag and the Valley
t shirt, and you know,we'll have different booths there people can go
to also after their paddle will motheand likely have the tour of the Saltwater
Barrier, the Lower Nature's Valley authoritygave us that last year, and so
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you can learn about why do wehave a saltwater barrier, what is its
function, and get a little historythere. Then also, oh, I
can't remember what it's gonna tell you, but to register, you need to
go to Big Thicket dot org andgo to Nature's River Rally. That's the
main thing right now. It's earlybird registration, that's what it was.
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It's and that's closing April twelfth.So if you want a discounted rate,
you need to register now because earlybird registration is about ten dollars cheaper.
Also, if you need to renta boat, we have an outfitter in
the area, Big Thicket Outfitters,and if you call Big Thicket Outfitters,
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they will help you get the boatthat's right for you. Some people want
a two person kayak or one personkayak, or maybe they want a canoe.
But Gerald Certa is with Big ThicketOutfitters and he will talk to you
and you know, learn about whatyour needs are for voting or you a
beginner, what do you want tofeel the most comfortable in So he's there
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to help you with that. Also, So go to dot org to register
for our event. It's May sixand starts at eight o'clock for the first
launch time May six, eight o'clock. It's going to be a great day.
And honestly, folks, if youdon't have a boat, don't worry
about it. Called outfitter. Hehooked growing up last year. He knew
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exactly what we needed. He hookedus up with the life jackets that we
needed. I mean, they're reallyjust five stars. It's really the whole
event. It's just an amazing event. So Diane, thank you for being
on the show. Go to bigThicket dot org, backslash rally, get
your registration, get your boat,get it all signed up. May six,
folks, don't forget that day.Diane again, thank you for being
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on the show. Thank you somuch for having me. Chack stay tuned
for more on The Royal West Show. Welcome back to the Royal West Show.
I'm your host, Zach Styles.We've had a lot of fun today
with various guests. But we're gonnaend the show with the one and only
Polly Foxworth, marketing specialist for theCity of Beaumont. Probably maybe not just
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the City of Beaumont, probably aspecific department, but Polly, welcome to
the show. Thank you so muchfor having me, Zach, I appreciate
it. Okay, so marketing specialistsfor the city or for events? What
is it? So it's for BeaumontEvents Services, which is perfect akam events
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there you go. All right,See they I got it right. So
now that we have the fancy schmancytitle out of the way, we got
some great events right around the corner, folks coming at you, because Beaumont
rocks and Beaumont's a great place tobe. And if anybody ever told me
there's nothing to do with Beaumont,I'm just gonna tell them wrong. And
I'm a say, so, whatdo we got coming up? Start hearing
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this Friday? So this Friday wehave classic movie nights, starting out with
elm We have a double feature featuringEl Mariachi and Desperando at the Jefferson Theater
Um. Doors will open at sixpm. We will have a guitarist in
the lobby playing some tunes and thenthe film will start shortly after at seven
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pm. Nice, and this iskicking off the City of Beaumont Hispanic Heritage
Festival Weekend. Coming at you.El Mariachi and Desperado doesn't get much better
than that. I'm telling you that. Yeah, Yes, it's gonna kick
off our Viva Beaumont Hispit Hispanic HeritageFestival that's going to happen on Sunday,
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April thirtieth, and that's gonna beamazing. And it's gonna be from three
o'clock to eight o'clock. And where'sit gonna be. Yes, it's gonna
be at the Main Library outdoor Plaza, which is on Main Street in between
the Julie Rogers Theater and the MainLibrary, so across from City Hall.
Those two streets will be closed offso people can walk in between get some
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food from the local food trucks.There will also be tress letchas to Mollie's
all everything that you can possibly imaginethat's going to be delicious. There's also
going to be live music from Houstonbased band Sandy G along with a local
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band, Grupo Kinto Potter, andthey will be out there as well.
In addition, there will be yes, so many amazing things, including lucha
libre wrestling. Okay, so forreal folks, if you don't know what
which wrestling is, wait till theend of the show, but then google
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Google and or YouTube Librae Wrestling andit's gonna blow your mind. Uh.
And it's the wrestling with the guyswith the masks and they're all colorful and
they're in spandex and it's just gonnablow your mind. That's happening right here
in Beaumont on April thirtieth, folks, So just clear your day, clear
your schedule. You're going to VivaBeaumont Hispanic Caritage Festival April. I'm sorry,
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I just had to. Yeah,there's gonna be tons of things for
families to do. Wrestling is gonnabe amazing as well as there's gonna be
tons of kids activities, um,creating bookmarks and different art pieces that they
can paint. Um. It's gonnabe so much fun, very family friendly.
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Um. In addition, they'll alsobe dancers and salsa dancing lessons.
Man, you don't want to seeme sausa dancing, but somebody else I
can do a great job at it, especially with a little bit of lessons
there. So I guess probably themost important part and the coolest part is
the admission is free, free,free, free. It is free,
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completely free and open to the public, guess are encouraged to bring lawn chairs
so they can sit under the treesand it'll just be a beautiful weekend to
just enjoy with the family and enjoya really wonderful community event put on by
the city. I love it.I love it. April thirtieth, Folks,
be there b Square downtown Beaumont.It's going to be a great day.
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The weather is already gonna be perfect. I've already been told, so
y'all just get ready. It's gonnabe fun. Yes, And where can
they learn a little bit more informationabout that? So you just visit our
website at Bomont Events, TX dotcom slash Viva Beaumont to find all that
information about the festival. There's anfaq that will tell you about where to
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park. We're the best place toif there's wheelchair accessible, there's places for
that to drop off as well.But all your questions can be answered on
there. And this wouldn't be possiblewithout our sponsors Exomobile, Telemundo del Papa
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Giglio and Hunday of sillsbeing Man.That is awesome. That is a great
sponsor. Is great local folks supportinglocal Hispanic heritage. I'm loving it.
It's gonna be great. So let'sjust keep it going. I mean,
Polly, you're just full of goodnews and that's why. I mean,
all you're gonna bring up is justgreat news. So talk to me about
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some Sundown concert series. What's happeningin there. We have a wonderful Sundown
concert coming May eleventh. It's gonnafeature East Texas band Joint Custody and Buckston
Brewing will be there giving out samples. We're gonna have the Bread Buzz out
there serving delicious food, and thenwe'll also have ConA ice. If anybody
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they want to cool down a littlebit, they can have a snow cone
or two. I love it.I love it. Now. Send Down
Concert Series. Is that that's gonnabe family friendly? I assume enjoy the
place. Yes, family friendly.It's from six to eight pm on May
eleventh. It's going to be rightthere near the event Center Lake And it's
just a great It's just a greatevent just to see downtown feed, the
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ducks go on the playground. Justvery family friendly. It's just a great
way to enjoy the summer in Texas. Yeah, and just so you know,
if you'll want more information about that. Agambo and events uh TX dot
com. Check on their events JointCustody. Uh. You know they're kind
of like a rock and roll kindof from the South kind of vibes.
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Feel all that you're gonna have ablast and kids friendly. I mean,
you don't have anything better to do. I promise it's gonna be the best.
You gotta go there, you don'thave anything better to do. It's
telling you so Joint Custody. That'sMay eleventh from six to eight pm.
Man, you know, it's beengreat talking to you, Polly. You
are a wealth of just great funinformation. We got about a minute left,
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so kind of last thoughts. Canpeople find out about this obviously in
the website, Facebook, things likethat, Yes, definitely. We also
have a app that they can downloadto get the latest events right straight to
their notifications on their smartphone. Ifyou download Bonmon Events app, it goes
and they get notifications weekly. Theycan also go to our website to subscribe
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to our newsletter at Bonmon Events TXdot com slash subscribe perfect. Man,
I am excited. This is gonnabe a great time. Y'all got so
much fun stuff going on. Checkout the events people are working hard to
make sure that we have plenty ofthings to do right here in Southeast Texas.
Huge shout out to Polly, bigshout out to Emily Wheeler. She's
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the bomb too. Y'all. Justhave a wonderful rest of y'all's day.
Polly, thanks again for being onthe show. Thank you for having me.
Zach I appreciate it all right morecoming up on the Royal West Show.
Welcome back to the Royal West Show, A News Talk five sixty ko
V I, I'm your host,Zack Styles A man. Have we had
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a great show or what I'm tellingyou? We always have the best guests,
and you know this day show waslike no other. I mean,
it's just so much fun having allthese wonderful folks right here in Southeast Texas
on the show. I mean,and just I gotta say, it never
gets old because I get to meetand talk to some of the best people
in our community. So, withoutfurther adode, let's do a two minute
wrap up. We got to talkto the one and only Rashaan Weblock with
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the Sean sold At Real Estate teamwith American Real Estate. Call her for
all of your listing selling, buyingreal estate. Needs her fund numbers four
O nine five five four six fivenine nine, give her a shout today.
Then we got to move into awonderful conversation with Shery Pears with the
Boys Haven organization there and they're havingtheir Crawfish Festival fundraiser on May six,
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ten o'clock at the Events Center,Great Lawn, fifteen dollars a box,
free admission, live entertainment, freekids area. It's gonna be a great
day. So that's on May six. Then we got to visit with Nyanne
Thompson with sheet Is with the BigThicket Association and they're having their annual Nature's
River Rally on May six. Getyour canoes, get your paddle is ready
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for a fun day on the NaturesMay six. Sign up at their website.
You can go to Big Big anddot org or a little bit more
about their information. Again, that'salso happening on May six, Big Day
on May six. Last week wegot to talk to Polly Foxworth with the
City of Beaumont talking about Viva Beaumont, which is happening on April thirtieth,
three to eight pm. Hispanic CarriageFestival. Lots of things going on.
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There's no excuse to say you're born. Hey. The show has been put
on by the roy West team atGuild Mortgage for all of your mortgage needs,
where the three finance and buying anew house, f HA, bas
USDA, all the types of loans. We're here for you. Four nine
eighty six one nine zero one.Hey, We'll see you next week on
the Royal West Show. Stay classy, Beaumont
Welcome to the roy West Show.I'm your host, Zach Styles. Do
we have the best show put togetherfor you today? Quite possibly? We
always have the best guest right hereon the Royal West Radio show on News
Talk five to sixty k l VIIevery Sunday at twelve o'clock. But enough
about us, let's get this showstarted with the one and only Sean web
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Locke, realtor extraordinaire. Welcome tothe show, Sean. Thank you,
Zach, and thank you for havingme. I'm glad to be here.
We love having you on the show. And you know, for those folks
that don't know, I just wantto throw this out there, a little
roy West Radio Show trivia. Seanwas actually the first radio show guest that
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I being the host whenever that wasin twenty twenty or twenty twenty one,
was got to uh interview Sean,and she was my first and it was
amazing and she made me feel sogood about myself. So I'm always grateful
for Sean for that. Thank you, Zach. I was honored to be
your first guest. Well awesome.Well, Sean, you know, most
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of everybody I think probably knows whoyou are and what you do here in
Southeast Texas. You have a greatmarketing presidents and you're always just so plugged
in with the community. But forthose few people that may be listening or
watching, talk to me a littlebit about Sean Weblock and who you are
and your real estate team and kindof some of the areas that you service.
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Yeah, awesome, thank you,so of course I am like you
introduced me. I'm Sean Sean Weblockof the Seawan Soldier real Estate team here
under the American Real Estate Umbrella,and we service out of the Beaumont office.
We service all of Southeast Texas thoughfrom Orange all of the Golden Triangle
all the way to Houston in theareas in between. We are a team
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of professional, experienced realtors that arecomprised of myself, Sean got Rashauna Harrison
on the team, Jamie Smith,Melanie Smith, and Jennifer Odam. We
make up an amazing team. We'rehere to service all of your needs.
We service, like I said,all of the Golden Triangle and even have
extended into the Houston area now andwe work with some great lenders and other
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real estate professionals such as Guild Mortgage, and we're here to service your needs
homeselling and home buying. Actually yeah, and you know, I always love
working with Sean's team. They're socommunicative and they're always looking out for their
clients to make sure that everybody understandseverything. It's just really great working with
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somebody that really pays attention to thewhole transaction, not just getting somebody under
contract. Your team is always reachingout, you know. It makes it
really easy for the transactions to kindof to work, which is obviously the
goal. So Sean, you know, right now, you know, market's
a little crazy. I mean we'reseeing an uptick. We're seeing more people
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wanting to apply to get loans andthings like that, which is obviously going
to trickle, uh, you know, to more transactions, contracts, things
like that. But with all thatbeing said, it is a little bit
of a weird market right now.What are you seeing Let's talk about on
the sales side right now, Like, what are you seeing out there as
far as the Beaumont kind of GoldenTriangle market? Yeah, as far as
our market here, Zach. Onthe selling side, I'm seeing sellers being
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um more cooperative, you know,as far as selling their homes and in
terms of repairs and negotiating and thingsof that nature. You know. Um,
you know, shortly after you know, we had the storms and the
you know, before the interest ratecrisis so to speak. You know,
sellers had way more leverage, youknow, because we had way more buyers
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out there, you know, thanwe had inventory, and so sellers had
leverage at that time, where um, you know, they didn't have to
have be as cooperative with certain repairsand negotiating sell price and things of that
nature. Whereas we're seeing a shiftin the market now, um, where
they're being more cooperative. Um,I'm seeing sales price. I'm seeing I'm
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sorry, reductions and sales prices.To be honest with you, you know,
sellers on wanting you know the purposeof putting a house on the market
is to get it sold. Youknow, nobody wants their home to sit
for an extended period of time.So I am seeing sellers be more logical
and more reasonable with sales price andeven entertaining those reductions in order to get
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those homes moving. Um, whichis Um, it's beneficial for buyers,
you know, right, Yeah,And and I mean I always think it's
a great time to buy right,even with higher interest rates, because if
you are currently renting or you don'town your home, I mean you're paying
one hundred percent interest right because you'renot building equity in anything. So yeah,
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interest rates are a little high,but it's like I tall, folks,
you know right now is a littlebit better if you're buying because you're
not necessarily running into as many competingoffers. You are getting some seller concessions.
We're starting to see that again,whereas in twenty twenty, twenty one
and twenty two you didn't hardly seeseller concessions. In fact, I mean
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you may not see a lot ofpeople you can go for faha loans things
like that, And now we're seeingthat. So I tell people like,
hey, look, you're not buyingat the top of the market either,
right where, and you're not necessarilyhaving to go over like who we're seeing
in twenty twenty, twenty twenty oneand twenty two. Yeah, your rate
maybe a little higher, but youknow, we're going to refinance and we
service all of our own loans,so I mean it's easy for us to
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do a refinance to get that ratedown. Whenever they start coming back down.
So really, I think it's agreat time to buy all the time,
but it really is a good timeto buy now because you're no,
you're not going to be necessarily overpayingfor the property from what I can see.
No, You're absolutely right, AndI'm glad you brought that up about
the seller concessions. You know,that's another part of sellers being more cooperative
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in these transactions and in these dealsthat I'm seeing these days, is like
you said, there aren't you know, we're not up against that multiple offer
situation at least not, you know, as much as we work previously in
previous months. We're not competing withother offers as much, and so sellers
are more cooperative, and they're likesaying, okay, we can provide you
know, seller concessions. We can, we will give a flooring allowance if
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necessary. We will you know,agree to certain repairs that they may not
have agreed to when you're in ayou know, competing offer situation, um
and seller concessions is actually a prettybig deal, you know. And I
try to explain that to my sellerswhen we're listing their home. You know,
hey, just be prepared because sellerconcessions are closing cost assistance as we
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call it um. It's a prettybig deal to buyers, especially when you're
when you're you know, you're dealingwith a buyer who may have, you
know, be on a budget orhave a fixed income and have a certain
amount saved that they can allocate towardsbuying a home. Well, you know,
as a seller, you being willingto allow seller concessions or contribute to
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that buyer's closing costs even if it'syou know, two three thousand dollars.
I mean, they have no ideahow how huge that is for the buyer
and helping them to facilitate the homebuying process and get into that home right
Yeah, And whether it's first timehomebuyers or repeat customers, that little bit
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can go a long ways because there'softentimes the ideas that they have in their
head to do with your home afterthey've purchased it. So, you know,
it's neat to be able to seethat again and see some of those
negotiations happening again, Sean, whilewe're talking about the sales side, So
if somebody who's listening listening to theshow and they're like, man, you
know, like I've thought about youknow, maybe selling my house, but
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I don't know, you know,talk to me a little bit about some
services that you may offer, likeas far as going out to the house,
maybe doing a free appointment with themto talk to them about those types
of things just to ease their mind. What are some things that you do
there? Yeah, absolutely, weget those phone calls all the time ZAC
where we have sellers that are thinkingabout contemplating you know, how does this
work? I kind of want tosell my home. I'm thinking about it.
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And what we do is we dooffer free home valuation consultations where we
can give us the information on yourhome, number of bedrooms, bathrooms,
you know, the location, theaddress and whatnot, and we run a
market analysis and it's free. It'sa free service that we provide that my
team and I provide. We runa market analysis and we can run a
preliminary market analysis based on the dataand the information that you provide to us,
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or if you want us to actuallycome out to the property and do
a visual assessment and walk the propertyand give you an even more accurate market
analysis to provide you and estimated marketvalue for your home so that you know
what to expect if you put yourhome on the market a reasonable sales price
if you put your home on themarket, and then of course we can
also go over the actual listing processof what it entails and give you some
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tips and some pointers on how tomake your home marketable, especially for the
different types of financing. You know, are you wanting to sell your home
as is? Are you willing tomake for parents? You know, we
come out and look at it anddetermine if it will qualify for certain types
of finance it, will it qualifyfor VA, will it qualify for MHA,
bud dancing, and give you somesome tips and pointers on how you
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should sell your home. Yeah.Absolutely, and that's such a cool thing
that you'll do for folks and havea real estate professional come to your home,
look at your home and be ableto say hey, look, and
also I know what you'll do isyou'll give them tips of hey, you
know, you may want to paintthat, or hey you may want to
get that fixed, because it maycost you one hundred bucks to fix it.
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But a seller is going to comeour buyer is gonna come in and
one a thousand dollars on the salesprice. For a hundred dollars fixed,
you know, and those are thingsthat you and your team specialize in.
So oftentimes, like I'll have conversationswith clients are like, wow, I
don't really know and you know,and I'm like, well, if you
talk to a real estate professional,well no, it's going to cost me
all this money. And it's like, well, maybe you know, but
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you also don't know what you don'tknow, and you could potentially end up
helping them make a more educated decisionto move forward or not move forward,
just based on their situation, becauseno situation is ever going to be the
same, right, So I highlyrecommend getting in touch with Sean and her
team or any questions that you mayhave. They're fantastic, Sean. If
people want to reach out to you, what's the best way for them to
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reach you? First things up,they want to reach out to myself or
any of my team members, ourphone number is four zero nine five five
four six five nine nine. That'sfour zero nine five five four six five
nine nine. You can call ortext, or you can reach us at
our website and that's Sean Sold ateam all one word Sewn Sold at team
dot com. You can reach usthere. You can reach us. We're
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on Facebook, We're on Instagram,I'm on TikTok, so you can reach
us on just about any social mediaplatform you can. You can reach us.
You can find myself or any ofour team members and that Sean sold
at Team dot com. Sean Soldat Team dot com. I'm telling you,
folks, to give him a call. There your one stop shop for
buy and selling or honestly, justif you have questions, like for real,
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if you're just thinking about potentially buyingsomething in the near future, just
give him a call. And don'tmake a mistake of not calling a real
estate agent, especially one like Sean, because they really are not They're gonna
help you. They're gonna help makethings a lot easier, make the process
better. So, Sean, wegot about thirty seconds left, one more
time, give me the website andgive me the phone number. Yeah.
Absolutely, So that's the Sewan solda real Estate team, and our phone
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number is fort zero nine five fivefour six five ninety nine caller text.
You can also find us on ourwebsite, Sean sold at Team dot com.
That's Shawn Seawan sold a Team dotcom. We're located at sixty four
seventy Feeling Boulevard. Here in Beauma. We are two doors to the left
of Exogen Jim. There you go, folks. Sean, thank you so
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much for being on the show.We appreciate you and all you do in
our community, even outside of thereal estate out of things. Thanks again,
Sean for being on the show.Thank you back. Welcome back to
the Royal West Show. I'm yourhost, Zach Styles. We've had a
great show so far because we alwayshave the best guest and we're gonna keep
it rolling with the one and onlySherry Pierce. Sherry Welcome with boys Haven.
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Welcome, Welcome, Thank you.I'm excited to be here. We
always enjoy having you on the show. We always enjoy more talking about boys
Haven and the amazing things that BoysHaven does right here in our community in
Southeast Texas. I love talking aboutBoys Haven. It has become part of
my heart and in the last yearsince I've been on that board, so
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um. What Boys Haven does isbasically, we provide a safe haven for
boys that have come from some ofthe abuse you just would not believe,
and we provide just the everyday thingsthat they need and the so called parenting
that we can do that for theboys. Um, I've been doing it
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since nineteen forty five, the Optimistloves so we're doing UH. For the
longest time, it was all privateplacement, and now we have since twenty
eleven, I believe it is.We've we've got UH state placement with boys
and there. So we try tostay within Region five, but we will
take boys from anywhere five to eighteen, so well up to twenty one.
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We can keep kids till twenty one. But you know, boys, I'm
eighteen, I might here. That'strue, and they do that. We
can't do anything about it. That'sit. Yeah, but we offer them.
We offer them parenting and family andtraining and as much as we can
the things that they they are arenot getting when they've been removed from their
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homes. Yeah, and Boys Havenis for folks who don't know their local
here in Southeast Texas. UM,where's y'all's location again, we're all major
drive. I don't even know theexact address, but it's like right there
at the end of Felsome almost that'sright. Actually, the property that the
Baptist churches own we sold them yearsago. Okay, that's right, that's
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right. I mean, the moremoney you have, the more boys that
you can support and uh, youknow with them because oftentimes, um,
you know, y'all are trying toreach a need and you don't necessarily know
what that needs going to be.Every single year. Oh absolutely, it's
it's a it's a month to monththing with us. Um we managed to
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we managed to make it. Butit's it's um, we squeaked buy.
And that's why this Crawfish Festival isso important because it's our biggest fundraiser.
Yeah, and and let's talk alittle bit about that. That's coming up
right around the corner on May six, maya six, at the Events Center
at the Great Line at the EventsCenter. It's um the hours or ten
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to six. We uh, we'regonna have crawfish and lots of other food.
We have chicken and um let's seethe guys from my church are gonna
do hot dogs with chili and Friedo'sa Friedo pie. You can you can
do that, says, I don'tneed crawfish, but there's a lot of
people that no, I don't evenlike. Well, if somebody will peel
(15:24):
one for me and hand it tome, I'll eat it, but I'm
not peeling those things. No,but but I love to watch other people
enjoy it. And um, andI know that, you know, I'm
probably you know, one of thevery few in the in this area that
do not do it. But likeI said, I hate them, but
I'm not feeling them. But uh, there's fifteen dollars a box for crawfish
and you will buy a food ticketand you can go get crawfish with it,
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or you can get a like achicken quarter plate that with all the
stuff on that. Um, we'regonna have a shrimp on a stick.
We had shrimp on a stick lastyear and it was a hit. I
think they sold out pretty early,so them, you got to bring more
this this time. Uh let's seewhat else where the other things we're gonna
have, uh well, riple astick and we may have some other stuff.
(16:11):
We're we're still you know, hey, we'll we'll do it last minute.
So somebody wants to set up andbring some food. You know,
y'all y aren't turning anybody down.So we'll call us. Know we may
have to call us. Yell,yeah, call call boys and get and
(16:32):
get you know, tell them youwant you would like to provide something,
don't you show up? No?No, okay, y'all are going to
have live entertainment correct. Oh yeah, we have bands all day. Um,
and this year we're going to havea DJ in between, because there
was you know, the bands willplay for a little while, then you
have a little while while they changeand set you know, change set up
and everything. So this year we'regonna have a DJ and they'll be playing
(16:55):
some really fun stuff that in betweenwe we're talking. You know, there's
a big area that do live dancingor people. People just get out and
dance no matter what. But thedjild kind of filled that space and make
it, you know, just makethe atmosphere a little different. So,
um, let's say the bands youwant to hear what we got. We
got Kenny and the Classics. We'vegot King Kameira. I don't know them,
(17:17):
but I went and listen to someof them. Music that sounds fun
besides Jack Wagons, Um, thoseare the bands that we're gonna be having
those and those are all fun bans, so good, and then you're gonna
have stuff for the kids' kids friends. The next thing on my list,
we have a free kid zone.Um, we'll have some inflatables. We're
gonna have Marsha's Petting Zoo, whichwas a huge hit last year. She
(17:41):
does a that's just a great pettingzoo and um, it's it's a lot
of fun. We've got Megatronics comingout that van with all the gaming and
stuff. They're gonna be out there. Uh, Gator Country is gonna be
there. And I would like tomake an offer if any nonprofit. We
are allowing nonprofits, if you wouldlike to come and offer a game,
(18:03):
some kind of little activity for thekids to do, and you might you
know, slip in some of yourinformation about it, if you would like
to do that. Uh called BoysHaven. It's a let me make sure
I get the number right eight sixsix two four zero zero um, and
just make sure you know, getthem, let them know and we'll give
you a space. We're not gonnaprovide a tent. If you want a
tent and tables and stuff, bringit yourself, but we will let you.
(18:26):
We will let you do that ifyou prefer, you know, similar
advertisement for your nonprofit. If youwould like to do that, people can
contact me too. I kind ofknow people down there I can hook them
up well. Being on the board, I mean, you know, I
hope I'd like to think that it'sa whole lot more important than it really
is. I would come on,well man, it's gonna be a great
(18:49):
day, folks. It's going tobe an amazing day. Um. Something
else that we are offering is UMvendors if you have something you want to
sell. Not we don't want anybodygoing in there cooking because we got our
own food. We want to makethe money off the food. But if
you have something that you would liketo sell, UM a vendor. A
(19:10):
vendor, I say, booth,but you got to bring your own stuff
two hundred and fifty dollars and youcan sell it, and we would like
you to take some of your profitsand make a donation to the Haven.
It's not required, but there isdefinitely an application for that, and you
need to call be Haven. Youcan call you can call them at that
at eight sixty six two four zerozero or email. Let's see I wrote
(19:33):
it down. It's Nicole at boishndot com and they will send you the
application for the vendor. We thoughtwe've got all of that space. Last
year we would was our first yeardown there, we've got all that space
we could allow, you know,have a more festival atmosphere than what we
have even um and you know,if you got something you want to sell,
got in there. Oh, Mabel'sice cream is going to be that.
(19:56):
That's the one of the food thingwe're offering. So uh okay,
I have a dumb question. Dumbquestion only because I've got If I have
an answer, I'll make something up. So whatever, that's what I love
about you, So that's perfect.Oh do people need to bring like their
own chairs for like sitting like onthe Great Line. I didn't get to
go last year. You are welcometo do that. Some people did last
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year. We do have a hugetent for with tables for eating under if
you would like to so. Ohand something else we have a something else
new this year. We've always hada VIP tent for our big sponsors get
VIP passes UM. This year wedecided to sell VIP tickets UM so instead
(20:41):
for for forty dollars, you canget access to the VIP tent where a
runner will go get your food foryou. You give them your ticket,
they go get your food and adultswill get a bracelet with UM three.
I believe it is tickets for beeror wine and I'll drink some water or
for unto there too. So ifyou would like a VIP ticket to purchase
(21:03):
one, uh, contact the Havenor contact me. Find me on Facebook.
Come Sherry Pierce on Facebook. I'measy to find and I'm all over
the place. But um that,we thought we've got a bigger tent for
VP now than what we used toand we thought, well, why not
make use of it? And yeah, you come and sit down and have
a beer and let somebody go getyour crawfits for you. Hey, I
(21:25):
mean, that doesn't sound all bad. I mean and it's not. Yeah,
and I've already heard it's going tobe an amazing day. As far
as the weather, We've ordered somebeautiful weather, you know, mid seventies
and the light breeze and sunshine.That's right, That's right, that's what
I heard. So May six,folks, ten o'clock to six pm.
Events Center. A great line,Sherry. We got to wrap it up,
(21:48):
but thank you so much for beingthank you. Hey. We appreciate
y'all. We appreciate y'all letting uspromote this. Thank you so much.
All right, see you out thereabsolutely all right. All right, thanks
Sherry more to come on show.All right, welcome back to the Royal
West Show. I'm your host,Zach Styles here on News Talk five sixty
(22:08):
KLVII. We always have the bestguests and we're gonna keep it rolling today
with the one and only Diane Thompsonwith the Big Thicket Association. Welcome to
the show, Diane. How youdoing today? I'm great, Thank you,
Zach. It's good to be backon the Royal West Show again and
I thank you for having me.Well, we are super excited about having
(22:30):
you on the show again, andI'm really excited not only about what you're
going to talk about, but learninga little bit more about the Big Thicket
Association. So with that, forthose that may not know, talk about
what y'all do here locally within ourcommunity, Happy Happy to. Big Thicket
Association is a frame group of theBig Thicket National Preserve and so we do
(22:56):
projects, a lot of projects tohelp support them in any way we can,
and be it monetarily or volunteerism,helping them plant trees and grasses as
they reforce the Big Ticket in areaswhere it was decimated years ago, so
we help them anyway we can.We have several projects that we do and
(23:17):
our mission is really to conserve andpreserve the Big Ticket region of Texas for
future generations and current you know,and we want to get the message out
there about the Big Thicket. It'sa beautiful, bio very biodiverse area.
And so we do environmental education forstudents on board are both the Ivory Bill
(23:37):
and that's free to all students,all classes schools in the eight county surrounding
the Big Ticket Region. And thenwe also do public charters every Saturday from
ten to twelve. Then we doprivate charters you know, at the customers
request what day and time then.So that's our Natures River Adventurous program that
(23:59):
we do. And then we doour Nature's River Valley, which we'll talk
about more today, and that's abig paddling event that we put on every
year. We have Big Ticket Day, which is really a celebration with the
community for the founding of our organizationand then the founding of the Big Thicket
National Preserve. So we have thatprogram project. We have the Field Research
(24:22):
Station out in Saratoga where we hostresearchers that come from all over to study
flora and fauna in the Big Thicket, and we have Thicketed Diversity, which
is an all taxa inventory of allthis research that is going on because they
discover new things and things that youknow, you might not even know we're
(24:42):
here in the Big Ticket. Sothose are some of our programs that we
do, and y'all do a lot. We do. We're very busy.
Yeah, well that's great. Imean, and the Big Thicket is such
a large area to cover and peopleprobably don't necessarily realize as how many counties
you know, it touches and allthat kind of stuff. And then obviously
(25:06):
you have to have funds to payfor those types of things, and that's
kind of where the Nature's River Rallycomes in. So talk a little bit
about the Nature's River Rally and whatpeople are going to be experiencing on that
fantastic day, I may add,but go ahead, talk to us a
little bit about it, and thenI'll tell folks about my experience. Oh
(25:26):
good, okay. So typically wehave the rally in September after Labor Day,
but this year we moved it upfour months and it's May sixth We're
having it at the same place asthe Nature's River Saltwater Barrier at sixty seven
ninety Bigner Road in balmat And we'redoing the same paddling trail. It's Cook's
(25:49):
Lake to Scatterman paddling trail and itis a four point eight mile loop trail.
So where you start, you gothrough this beautiful Cyprus to below swamp,
through the trees and you're in avery biologically diverse area of the big
ticket National Preserve. Beautiful eat willsee flowers even out there on the water.
(26:11):
It takes just a few hours,as you know, the paddle that
trail, and a beginner could doit. There are no rapids, it's
flat water, so it's an easypaddle. Yeah, really, it really
is, folks. And I'll jumpin there. And so I had zero
paddling experience and I'm alive. AndRoy West also had no paddling experience,
(26:38):
and we did it last year andwe've took my two oldest So I had
a five year old in the boatwith me, and he had a six
year old in the boat with him, or a seven year old in the
boat. I don't know whatever timethat was. Anyways, my point is
now they didn't help much, butwe were able to make it all the
way through the loop. It's afantastic time. Last year it was like
a blue bird day. You couldsee the birds. If you're into bird
(27:02):
watching, you're going to see allkinds of just nature. It really is
and it's a great workout. Sothen you know you don't have to feel
bad about eating a healthy breakfast atmorning or a great lunch that afternoon.
So anyways, go ahead, Diane, what can what other things can people
expect out there? Because I knowyou'll had lots of things going on.
Okay, we did um. Wewill have river guides again all throughout the
(27:25):
trail, just to help people theirmarkers on trees, but we'll have river
guides in case someone needs assistance inany way and just to keep you on
track and the route. We'll havethe Big Thicket. They'll have rangers out
there. They'll have their law enforcementboat. Also on land, a Big
Thicket Preserved will be there and they'llhave their gifts, some of their things
(27:48):
from their gift shop if people wantto purchase things from there. The National
Parks Conservation Association will be there andwe think there might be some other booths
there also, so you have tocome and check it out. We do
offer very launch times. Our firstone starts at eight and we go through
ten o'clock, so every thirty minuteswe're sending out another group. So everybody's
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not trying to launch together. It'snot a race. It's an adventure,
that's right, and it is sucha good adventure. And another thing I
just gotta say, so you're notgonna get lost, right, And again
I can't say this enough if you'venever done it before. We don't even
let that bother you. The kids, they're gonna be out there. They're
gonna make sure you know where you'regoing. But I mean, there is
one thing that I saw that Ididn't even know existed in Beaumart. But
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and you may know the name ofit, but as you get towards probably
like the midway mark, there isa tree that is shaped like it has
the Nativity scene inside it and theMadonna. It is so cool. I
mean it's like really really neat,and my kids thought it was amazing.
(28:52):
So I mean there's just things aboutBeaumart you know that you may not even
know exist, And this is oneof those ways A very unique way to
be able to see something like absolutely. And you know what a lot of
people don't realize is when you're outthere on the Nature's River and you're in
the woods there and the swamp,you're in the big ticket national preserve,
they don't realize it comes all theway down here into Beaumat and then right
(29:14):
there in Orange County as well,because you're entering Orange County also, so
people really don't realize it's right herein their backyard and they don't know even
maybe that the paddling trail is there, but it is, as you saw,
a beautiful place and you can seethe Madonna tree out there and wildlife
and it's just a beautiful day andit's a family friendly event, so we
encourage you to bring your kids.We part of your admission gets you the
(29:41):
of course admission. Then you geta Hamburger lunch. We have cooks on
site that will be cooking, andyou get the goodie bag and the Valley
t shirt, and you know,we'll have different booths there people can go
to also after their paddle will motheand likely have the tour of the Saltwater
Barrier, the Lower Nature's Valley authoritygave us that last year, and so
(30:06):
you can learn about why do wehave a saltwater barrier, what is its
function, and get a little historythere. Then also, oh, I
can't remember what it's gonna tell you, but to register, you need to
go to Big Thicket dot org andgo to Nature's River Rally. That's the
main thing right now. It's earlybird registration, that's what it was.
(30:26):
It's and that's closing April twelfth.So if you want a discounted rate,
you need to register now because earlybird registration is about ten dollars cheaper.
Also, if you need to renta boat, we have an outfitter in
the area, Big Thicket Outfitters,and if you call Big Thicket Outfitters,
(30:49):
they will help you get the boatthat's right for you. Some people want
a two person kayak or one personkayak, or maybe they want a canoe.
But Gerald Certa is with Big ThicketOutfitters and he will talk to you
and you know, learn about whatyour needs are for voting or you a
beginner, what do you want tofeel the most comfortable in So he's there
(31:10):
to help you with that. Also, So go to dot org to register
for our event. It's May sixand starts at eight o'clock for the first
launch time May six, eight o'clock. It's going to be a great day.
And honestly, folks, if youdon't have a boat, don't worry
about it. Called outfitter. Hehooked growing up last year. He knew
(31:32):
exactly what we needed. He hookedus up with the life jackets that we
needed. I mean, they're reallyjust five stars. It's really the whole
event. It's just an amazing event. So Diane, thank you for being
on the show. Go to bigThicket dot org, backslash rally, get
your registration, get your boat,get it all signed up. May six,
folks, don't forget that day.Diane again, thank you for being
(31:56):
on the show. Thank you somuch for having me. Chack stay tuned
for more on The Royal West Show. Welcome back to the Royal West Show.
I'm your host, Zach Styles.We've had a lot of fun today
with various guests. But we're gonnaend the show with the one and only
Polly Foxworth, marketing specialist for theCity of Beaumont. Probably maybe not just
(32:21):
the City of Beaumont, probably aspecific department, but Polly, welcome to
the show. Thank you so muchfor having me, Zach, I appreciate
it. Okay, so marketing specialistsfor the city or for events? What
is it? So it's for BeaumontEvents Services, which is perfect akam events
(32:43):
there you go. All right,See they I got it right. So
now that we have the fancy schmancytitle out of the way, we got
some great events right around the corner, folks coming at you, because Beaumont
rocks and Beaumont's a great place tobe. And if anybody ever told me
there's nothing to do with Beaumont,I'm just gonna tell them wrong. And
I'm a say, so, whatdo we got coming up? Start hearing
(33:06):
this Friday? So this Friday wehave classic movie nights, starting out with
elm We have a double feature featuringEl Mariachi and Desperando at the Jefferson Theater
Um. Doors will open at sixpm. We will have a guitarist in
the lobby playing some tunes and thenthe film will start shortly after at seven
(33:28):
pm. Nice, and this iskicking off the City of Beaumont Hispanic Heritage
Festival Weekend. Coming at you.El Mariachi and Desperado doesn't get much better
than that. I'm telling you that. Yeah, Yes, it's gonna kick
off our Viva Beaumont Hispit Hispanic HeritageFestival that's going to happen on Sunday,
(33:53):
April thirtieth, and that's gonna beamazing. And it's gonna be from three
o'clock to eight o'clock. And where'sit gonna be. Yes, it's gonna
be at the Main Library outdoor Plaza, which is on Main Street in between
the Julie Rogers Theater and the MainLibrary, so across from City Hall.
Those two streets will be closed offso people can walk in between get some
(34:15):
food from the local food trucks.There will also be tress letchas to Mollie's
all everything that you can possibly imaginethat's going to be delicious. There's also
going to be live music from Houstonbased band Sandy G along with a local
(34:37):
band, Grupo Kinto Potter, andthey will be out there as well.
In addition, there will be yes, so many amazing things, including lucha
libre wrestling. Okay, so forreal folks, if you don't know what
which wrestling is, wait till theend of the show, but then google
(35:00):
Google and or YouTube Librae Wrestling andit's gonna blow your mind. Uh.
And it's the wrestling with the guyswith the masks and they're all colorful and
they're in spandex and it's just gonnablow your mind. That's happening right here
in Beaumont on April thirtieth, folks, So just clear your day, clear
your schedule. You're going to VivaBeaumont Hispanic Caritage Festival April. I'm sorry,
(35:24):
I just had to. Yeah,there's gonna be tons of things for
families to do. Wrestling is gonnabe amazing as well as there's gonna be
tons of kids activities, um,creating bookmarks and different art pieces that they
can paint. Um. It's gonnabe so much fun, very family friendly.
(35:45):
Um. In addition, they'll alsobe dancers and salsa dancing lessons.
Man, you don't want to seeme sausa dancing, but somebody else I
can do a great job at it, especially with a little bit of lessons
there. So I guess probably themost important part and the coolest part is
the admission is free, free,free, free. It is free,
(36:07):
completely free and open to the public, guess are encouraged to bring lawn chairs
so they can sit under the treesand it'll just be a beautiful weekend to
just enjoy with the family and enjoya really wonderful community event put on by
the city. I love it.I love it. April thirtieth, Folks,
be there b Square downtown Beaumont.It's going to be a great day.
(36:30):
The weather is already gonna be perfect. I've already been told, so
y'all just get ready. It's gonnabe fun. Yes, And where can
they learn a little bit more informationabout that? So you just visit our
website at Bomont Events, TX dotcom slash Viva Beaumont to find all that
information about the festival. There's anfaq that will tell you about where to
(36:52):
park. We're the best place toif there's wheelchair accessible, there's places for
that to drop off as well.But all your questions can be answered on
there. And this wouldn't be possiblewithout our sponsors Exomobile, Telemundo del Papa
(37:14):
Giglio and Hunday of sillsbeing Man.That is awesome. That is a great
sponsor. Is great local folks supportinglocal Hispanic heritage. I'm loving it.
It's gonna be great. So let'sjust keep it going. I mean,
Polly, you're just full of goodnews and that's why. I mean,
all you're gonna bring up is justgreat news. So talk to me about
(37:37):
some Sundown concert series. What's happeningin there. We have a wonderful Sundown
concert coming May eleventh. It's gonnafeature East Texas band Joint Custody and Buckston
Brewing will be there giving out samples. We're gonna have the Bread Buzz out
there serving delicious food, and thenwe'll also have ConA ice. If anybody
(37:57):
they want to cool down a littlebit, they can have a snow cone
or two. I love it.I love it. Now. Send Down
Concert Series. Is that that's gonnabe family friendly? I assume enjoy the
place. Yes, family friendly.It's from six to eight pm on May
eleventh. It's going to be rightthere near the event Center Lake And it's
just a great It's just a greatevent just to see downtown feed, the
(38:22):
ducks go on the playground. Justvery family friendly. It's just a great
way to enjoy the summer in Texas. Yeah, and just so you know,
if you'll want more information about that. Agambo and events uh TX dot
com. Check on their events JointCustody. Uh. You know they're kind
of like a rock and roll kindof from the South kind of vibes.
(38:45):
Feel all that you're gonna have ablast and kids friendly. I mean,
you don't have anything better to do. I promise it's gonna be the best.
You gotta go there, you don'thave anything better to do. It's
telling you so Joint Custody. That'sMay eleventh from six to eight pm.
Man, you know, it's beengreat talking to you, Polly. You
are a wealth of just great funinformation. We got about a minute left,
(39:09):
so kind of last thoughts. Canpeople find out about this obviously in
the website, Facebook, things likethat, Yes, definitely. We also
have a app that they can downloadto get the latest events right straight to
their notifications on their smartphone. Ifyou download Bonmon Events app, it goes
and they get notifications weekly. Theycan also go to our website to subscribe
(39:31):
to our newsletter at Bonmon Events TXdot com slash subscribe perfect. Man,
I am excited. This is gonnabe a great time. Y'all got so
much fun stuff going on. Checkout the events people are working hard to
make sure that we have plenty ofthings to do right here in Southeast Texas.
Huge shout out to Polly, bigshout out to Emily Wheeler. She's
(39:52):
the bomb too. Y'all. Justhave a wonderful rest of y'all's day.
Polly, thanks again for being onthe show. Thank you for having me.
Zach I appreciate it all right morecoming up on the Royal West Show.
Welcome back to the Royal West Show, A News Talk five sixty ko
V I, I'm your host,Zack Styles A man. Have we had
(40:13):
a great show or what I'm tellingyou? We always have the best guests,
and you know this day show waslike no other. I mean,
it's just so much fun having allthese wonderful folks right here in Southeast Texas
on the show. I mean,and just I gotta say, it never
gets old because I get to meetand talk to some of the best people
in our community. So, withoutfurther adode, let's do a two minute
wrap up. We got to talkto the one and only Rashaan Weblock with
(40:37):
the Sean sold At Real Estate teamwith American Real Estate. Call her for
all of your listing selling, buyingreal estate. Needs her fund numbers four
O nine five five four six fivenine nine, give her a shout today.
Then we got to move into awonderful conversation with Shery Pears with the
Boys Haven organization there and they're havingtheir Crawfish Festival fundraiser on May six,
(40:59):
ten o'clock at the Events Center,Great Lawn, fifteen dollars a box,
free admission, live entertainment, freekids area. It's gonna be a great
day. So that's on May six. Then we got to visit with Nyanne
Thompson with sheet Is with the BigThicket Association and they're having their annual Nature's
River Rally on May six. Getyour canoes, get your paddle is ready
(41:22):
for a fun day on the NaturesMay six. Sign up at their website.
You can go to Big Big anddot org or a little bit more
about their information. Again, that'salso happening on May six, Big Day
on May six. Last week wegot to talk to Polly Foxworth with the
City of Beaumont talking about Viva Beaumont, which is happening on April thirtieth,
three to eight pm. Hispanic CarriageFestival. Lots of things going on.
(41:45):
There's no excuse to say you're born. Hey. The show has been put
on by the roy West team atGuild Mortgage for all of your mortgage needs,
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USDA, all the types of loans. We're here for you. Four nine
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the Royal West Show. Stay classy, Beaumont
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