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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good afternoon, Southeast Texas. You're listening to the Roy West Show,
heard every week from noon to one pm right here
on News Talk five sixty k l v I and folks,
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(00:21):
I have with me today fellow city councilman Mike Williams
with Longhorn Liquor. But we're not talking about city council
and we're not talking about Longhorn Liquor today. We are
talking about the fourth Whiskey Fest that is coming up
January tenth. Welcome to the show, Mike, Thanks for having me.
Roy absolutely tell people a little bit about how Whiskey
(00:43):
Fest came about and also the reason that it came about,
if you would, Mike.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Sure. Yeah. So, in huh, late twenty twenty one, my
son Hudson, who was but two and a half at
the time, was was diagnosed with Dushin muscular dystrophy, which
is a rare form of muscular dystrophy that that comes
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on and at an early age for mostly boys. And
you know, like anybody who receives a diagnosis for their child,
we were reeling and and googling frantically, and and you know,
it was it was scary. And you know, with a
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with a diagnosis like that, there's not a whole lot
you can do there. There's not a lot of treatments
there there. I mean quite literally there, there are none
outside of steroids. And so uh we decided to uh
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find uh, you know, a cause or organization that was
kind of moving the needle, and we found that and
cure rare disease. It's a organization, charitable organization that that
focuses mainly on neurological disorders. And what they do is
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they fund research and clinical work and studies for these
extremely rare diseases that that large pharmaceutical companies might not
see a financial benefit from pursuing a treatment. And so
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we we got hooked up with them, and being in
the liquor business, we kind of uh leaned into what
we knew and and and at that time and still today,
whiskey is is a large part of our business and
a large part of you know, Texas culture, American culture.
(03:02):
And we created Southeast Texas Whiskey Fest as a as
a way to raise money and and move the the
needle forward for you know, not just our son, but
every every kid out there will benefit from from the research.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Well.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
And that that's a powerful story because for anybody that
has kids or grandkids, that their heart goes out to you.
But y'all didn't sit on the sidelines. Y'all got involved.
And and I can imagine I can only imagine, I
can empathize that if you're up against something that there's
not a community that's already working towards or that's easy
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to find, you kind of find yourself on an island
in a very difficult situation. And and y'all recognize that
just didn't happen just to y'all, but to other people
as well.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Oh it is, and there are you know there you
have to understand who there are rare diseases, and you
say rare, and you kind of think that, Okay, it's
not that common, but uh, you know this, I might
butcher the numbers a little bit, but I'm close. I mean,
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I want to say douchein muscular dystrophy impacts like one
in four or five thousand boys, which you know it's rare,
but still, I mean, I mean one in a thousand.
That's a lot of kids, and and you know, to
essentially be told that there's nothing that can be done,
it was just it's hard to swallow. And and like
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you said, it's it's not easy, but you know, you
have to do what you can. And we feel really
good about our efforts and where the funds are going.
I mean, we see it. I mean I've been to
uh Toronto, to a hospital up there, and to some
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labs and uh at Yelle where they're doing some research,
and then also in the Greater Boston area and met
with doctors up there, and and it's going to for one,
when it's your kid, you're gonna be hands on. But
then when you get in these labs and and you
see the actual work and research and and and you
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just kind of accept the fact that you know, we're
gonna have faith that it will help us, but you
at least can have some comfort in knowing, if not us,
maybe somebody in the future. Because it's just like you said,
and when it comes to your kids, it's, uh, it's tough,
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and you're gonna fight with with everything you have, but
it's turned out to be a great event. It is.
You know, some might find it crazy to hear, but
you know, outside of Bourbon Country in Kentucky, I mean,
this is the largest whiskey event in the country. I mean,
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there is not one like it. We we pack out
the Civic Center and it's a good crowd and we've
got eighty plus vendors, distilleries and different uh, suppliers from
around the around the world that that come to Beaumont
for it. And you know, there's food, there's there's live music.
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It's a it's really a great, great event. And uh,
I mean, as you know, when we both serve this
this city, in this area, it's kind of cool to
see the community how giving they they really are, and
how they can make make your cause their own. It's
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a very humbling experience.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Well, and I have to applaud you and your wife
because that was I can't even imagine all the emotions
going into it, just because you know, out of a
relatively fresh diagnosis, what's that's going to mean to your family,
But then creating this this event that has really like
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you said, it's a huge event, and I mean it's
a great event because you get to see the community
come together and it does create awareness sure, which we're
certainly a community that cares about one another, but sometimes
we have to be informed in order to be able
to respond.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Now, it was, you know, we kind of got the
I would say, got the official diagnosis in December of
twenty one, and so you go then you go into
the next year twenty two. We had the first event
in January of twenty three. And while Catherine has experience
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and uh being on committees and putting events on uh,
I had never as so much as even planned a
birthday party myself. So it was kind of you know,
learn trial by fire and and uh. But but it
came together and and then you do it once and
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and you find yourself trying to improve and and really
wanting to be an event that gives value and and
and help people buy into the cause. And and it's worked.
I mean, we have a small group of people. It's
it's not you know, we don't have a big committee
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or different chairs. It's literally me, Catherine, my dad, and
then a couple of guys that work with us at
Longhorn that kind of do the planning throughout the year.
And and then we've got some volunteers that that come
through for us every year to kind of help at
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the event and it's good. And with that said too,
it is kind of two events and one because Friday
night we do more of your traditional gala ball type
event where where people buy tables and live auction things
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of that, and so we plan that and then Saturday
is the Whiskey Festival where your vendors are set up.
And I think last year we had about thirteen hundred
people come through the Civic Center. So it's been good.
I mean, it's good for the cause. You know, we're
raising money, we're raising awareness, and then it's good for
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the industry that I'm in to introduce people to different
spirits and whiskey and a good way for them to learn.
And it's just turned into a really good community event
that also so that does draw people from out I
mean we've seen people from Louisiana and Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
and then of course all over Texas that have traveled in.
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So it's been a good way to support something that
means so much to us, and to do that on
the backs of people that we've built a working relationship
with over fourteen years. It just you know, every year
that we've done it, I just leave it speechless. Every time.
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I mean, it's just the high of having that support
and having people care about your family. No, there's no
other feeling like it. And when you're facing something like this,
it's hard to come out of your shell. But whenever
you see how many people are standing with you, it
really puts a smile on your face.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Well, Mike, we're about a minute out. How do people
get tickets if they and get tickets for both events
are just one?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Yeah, I mean Friday night that is more of a
it's it's somewhat more exclusive. We have a couple of
tables left. And and if anybody listening, if they know
me that they could reach out to me directly, or
if they know you, you can get them in contact
with me and figure that out. But for Saturday, for
the Whiskey Festival, they can get tickets at the Civic
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Center box office, of course, or through ticket Master and
just search Southeast Texas Whiskey Fest and and bomb bomb
through there. And there are VIP tickets which get you
in an hour early. There might be a few of
those left and you can beat the crowd. And that
starts at five and then general admission opens at six
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o'clock and it's a great night and look forward to
seeing everybody there.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
All right, Mike, we're out of time, but thank you
so much for being on the show today, and I
know it's gonna be another event. And thank you and
your wife for that commitment here to Southeast Texas in so.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Many thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I appreciate it. Roally, all right, talk to you later.
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
News Talk five sixty k l v I, and I'm
with Brooke McDaniel with as she is the director of
Henry's Place that is associated with some other place. Brook,
welcome back to the show.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Hey, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Well, it's my pleasure and here we are. This show
is Aaron the Sunday before Thanksgiving. So the holidays is
a promise here and and certainly Henry's Place operates all year,
but the holidays, you know, people get in a can
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get in a different mindset, a little bit more giving
or thinking of others. So tell people how they might
be able to help Henry's Place if there, if they're.
Speaker 5 (12:59):
So in absolutely so, the holidays can be pretty rough,
especially when you are unhoused, not only because you don't
have that family element that a lot of people are
really taken in and enjoying at that time, but also
because the weather is starting to decline and being unhoused in.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Cooler temperatures can be pretty hard.
Speaker 5 (13:19):
So between both the factors of the isolation and loneliness
that comes with being unhoused as well as the you know,
actually being exposed to the elements, both are really difficult
times of the year for our community. So we really
try to rally around that and make it as easy
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or compassionate as it can possibly be, you know. So
we will have a small Thanksgiving situation done on Wednesday
as well as Thursday, just to really push that through,
and then we're planning some Christmas stuff as well. Of course,
the community can always help us along with that as
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far as donations, clothing, blankets, hats, gloves, you name it.
It's a little it's warmed up a little bit, but
we are going to see a cooler temperatures here in
the future, so we just want to be prepared for
that for sure.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Well, and I'm sure financially that's always something that can
be used.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Definitely, yeah, definitely, there is never enough to go around.
It's very unfortunate, but yeah, so you know, donations always
greatly accepted, whether they're monetary or items. Either way, we
are very appreciative for the support that we gather from
the community. You can always donate by going to some
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other place Umont dot com there is a giving link
on there, or bring in donations strictly, you know, directly
to our facilities is always such a blessing.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Besides just our unhoused community. You know, we do do.
Speaker 5 (15:03):
Our Thanksgiving Drive and our Christmas Giving Tree, and those
are both coming up rapidly, so we do want to
be prepared to help the less fortunate.
Speaker 4 (15:13):
In our entire community, not just our own.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Housed well and on there also is there's a volunteer
form in programs because oftentimes too this is a time
that people think they may have more time and it's
like where should I give back? And certainly some other
place in Henry's place is something that's been making a
difference here in Beaumont in Southeast Texas for quite some time.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Yeah, so you can definitely sign up to volunteer.
Speaker 5 (15:42):
Mis Caitlin will coordinate that in what program you'd like
to volunteer in, or if there are specific days and
times that are available or if organizations want to come
in and help with our Thanksgiving and the Giving Tree
and things like that. We do have a lot of
interest in different organizations wanting to come help us prepare
those things or rat presence and stuff.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
So that's always tremendously appreciated.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
So that it can be something that if you're part
of a group or something and y'all want to do
something together, oftentimes if you plan it out a little bit, y'all,
can you can find something to do?
Speaker 5 (16:21):
Oh absolutely, And I mean even not just with some
other place. There are a lot of organizations out there
that could use some volunteers. It's really easy to sign
up to volunteer at the SEALTHI Sexis Good Bank in
a group setting. They have a pretty cool program that
does that. But there are quite a few organizations that
you can get in touch with and do volunteer work
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here in South East Texas if you want to make
a difference for.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Sure, well, and I know that Henry's place. Y'all have
made great strides in the past year in terms of
how to be most effective in helping the unsheltered that
want to be trends or want help be able to
get that help because you've made you've kind of brought
services to them.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
Oh absolutely, I mean beyond just the basic services of mail,
laundry showers, the partnership with Spindletop for mental health, the
partnership with ten for you know, their regular checkups and
screenings and things. You know that all the collaboration that
Miss Tiffany does for case management to really try to
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help these people navigate what that looks like for them.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Well, and oftentimes, I know I run across people that
want to help the homeless, but there's uh and that's
a that's a good quality to have. But also in
terms of whether you're helping them or enabling them can
be kind of a fine line. And and I know
one reason to work with Henry's Place in some other
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place is you know, y'all y'all do have systems in
place that help people navigate through you know, whether it's
mental health issues and having spindle Top come in there
are tan for health problems, you know, bringing services to
people and also help them accomplish the task that they
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need to get out of the situation they may find themselves.
Speaker 4 (18:23):
Yeah, so ideally it's kind of a one stop shop.
Speaker 5 (18:26):
You know, there is limited transportation when you already don't
have a house, you usually also don't have a vehicul
So having those kind of services on site is a
tremendous help to get the people what they are needing
at that time that may help them better navigate that
transitional situation that they're having in assessing those situations on
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a case by case level, because every single situation is
very different. Every single person came here for or because
of a different reason. So kind of sitting down and
figuring out what brought them into homelessness and how we
can how we can get them out of that and
keep them out of that in a long term way
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is crucial and vital to to navigating the situations of
case management, and having these these services on site is
very important to help speed that process along as much
as possible.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Well, I want to applaud your leadership. I know they're
at Henry's place because oftentimes thinking about how to do
this and implementing it can be two different things. First
of all, just uh, you know you're dealing with a
clientele or people that you know are going through a
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lot of life change and uh. And then but secondly,
being able to bring the resources together, uh to a
central location, which is something y'all been able to accomplish.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
Yes, and and there are a lot of more things,
you know, in in the process. We recently were able
to secure a donation to get some lockers on site
to maybe alleviate you know, some people's concerns with having
their their things out in the roadway or the potential
of you know, having those items taken or having to
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take them from place to place as they do actively
try to you know, go get a job or secure
housing and things like this, and they're having to take
this whole bag that they have that's everything that they own.
Will now you know, here in the next few weeks,
we'll get our lockers brought in and they'll have a
safe way to store their items while they're working on
transitioning out of their situations, and we won't have as
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much of that being an outside occurrence. So it's it's
looking up and we're implementing a lot of things that
are really gonna just help this community thrive.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
Well.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
And Brook, I know we're about a minute out and
I want to run through all the different avenues where
people can get the information. But again, like the lockers,
that y'all are always thinking ahead. It's often things that
people just view as a challenge that y'all are coming
up with solutions for and I just want to applaud
you for that. But again, some other place, Beaumont dot
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com is a great landing.
Speaker 4 (21:20):
Page, thank you, yes, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
And there you can make donations and also find out
about the various programs as well as volunteer, so be
sure to check them out and their phone number over
at some other places four nine eight three two seven
nine seven six and that's over at five to ninety
Center Street. So and well, Brook, I just know that
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this is a busy season for you at Henry's place,
so it'd certainly be keeping y'all in our prayers and
know that y'all work hard to take care of so
many that are going through difficult times.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
Well, thank you for having me, mister mayor.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
All right, my pleasure, and we'll talk again soon.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
All right, you have agreed to.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
news top five sixty k l V, and I have
with me John Manfredi with Stages of Southeast Texas formerly
of Beaumont Community Players. And John, you have been here
now several years and you've really taken Stages of Southeast
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Texas to the next level. And it's an incredible community
theater that brings together amazing talent, so many people that
are involved in this, but also so many great shows
throughout the year, and during the hol of time holiday season,
it really ramps up.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
Yeah, it's super it's super busy.
Speaker 7 (22:57):
We're we're busy all the time and during there we
are even busier. We'll have like you said, I'll have
well over one hundred people in and out of the
building volunteers working throughout the holiday so we can put
up two shows. So we do our production of a
Christmas Carol, which is the Dickens classic that we do
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every year and that's now a holiday tradition. We have
great people, great people that come and do that, and
our lobby is beautifully decorated for Christmas and people come
in and every single eighth grader at BID comes to
see that show. And at the same time, in our
smaller space, we have a world premiere production called A
Very Beaumont Christmas, which we're so excited about it. It's
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basically a Hallmark movie set in Beaumont and it's performed
by four people. It's so much fun. It's a first
time director inn so lest is doing it. So we've
got a lot of exciting people in it.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
It's a it's a great time to be here at
the Betty Well.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
I'll tell you I love coming to the theater and
I love seeing the productions. And you know, I've come
over the years, and you know, as you know now
I have a granddaughter and I have a son in
law that are involved, and you know, I get to
see behind the curtain a little bit more just because
they're involved and dropping off granddaughter and picking her up
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from play practice and other things and attending and you know,
it is one thing really so exciting about community theater
is it gives our kids, our grandkids, and certainly the adults,
you know, a chance to connect with the community in
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a way they may not have otherwise and are even
a love that they may not know that they have
until they get involved with it.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Oh.
Speaker 7 (24:48):
Sure, we have very many first time people on stage
with us this year, which is always exciting to us.
The fact that the families are involved is always such
a and riching experience for everybody that's involved. That when
we're involved in the production and people that are in
and out and stay with us, and once we I'm
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always fond of saying that once I get you, I
keep you. You know, once we get ahold of you,
we would like to keep you and keep you involved.
I have the people who are involved in the show
because their kids are involved. I have kids who are
involved because their parents are involved. It's it's it's it's
this truly this family thing. And we've always thought at
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Southeast t EXAs States that, but we are our mission is
not only to provide great entertainment, quality family entertainment that
people can come and see, but we want to be
that outlet for people to come and do the shows,
like you talked about, to come and be a part
of the production team, whether you want to be on
stage or backstage, or or or or or work the
concession stand. I mean, there's a million ways to come
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here and be involved in you know, what we have
going on here.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
Well, and that that's such an important uh fain to
realize and that you know, and if you're a parent,
you know, because being a part of the community means
being engaged, and this is a great way to be
engaged because you know, we all have different gifts and
graces and sometimes you know, some people say, well, I
don't know that I have a gift. Well, you may
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need to explore a little bit more to find out.
And you know, uh, the Stages at Southeast Texas is
a great, great way to do that because there's so
many different ways to participate, whether it's on stage, whether
it's backstage or building sets or volunteering in the lobby.
I mean, there's something for everybody.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
There is something for everybody to do that doesn't I mean.
Speaker 7 (26:45):
And and if you you may not think you have
a talent, but if you have come and see us,
we'll find it. Well, well, well you know, we'll pull
that talent out of you and we'll and we'll we'll
use you.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
I mean.
Speaker 7 (26:54):
One of the greatest things that I like, one of
my favorite things that happens in this building is that
I have parents who come and drop their children off
with us. They like us, though they're sore, they feel
so safe with us, and they feel so that it's
such a nice and family atmosphere and everything.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
Is so well supervised.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
People are so well taken care of that they drop
their kids off and they watch them walk in the door,
and they know we're gonna watch them walk to their
car at the end of the night. And in the
time that they're with us, they're gonna have a really
good time, and they're gonna be uplifted, and they're gonna
sing some songs and we're gonna have a great time.
And so the whole atmosphere of being involved here is
is is very.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
Family centric and very community centric. That's why we.
Speaker 7 (27:35):
Are you know, a community theater as opposed to you
know the lecturer or you know a place that brings
shows in.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Well, and let's talk about it, because y'all got a
great website s e. T XS dot org dot or right,
and you've got a show opening this Friday. Uh, So
you can buy tickets online. You can buy see them tickets.
Everything is very affordable. You can become a member.
Speaker 7 (28:03):
Yeah, it's super it's super affordable. The best way to
go is to get a flex pass. Become a member.
You get this that you get the cheapest ticket price.
You can get a four pack of tickets. You can
use them all on one show or spread them out.
I mean it. It is really the best bang for
your buck entertainment wise, because the tickets are you know,
they they come in relatively cheap once you get everything
said and done, and you know you're gonna have a
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great time when you come.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
And see us in the evening.
Speaker 7 (28:26):
You'll be treated great from the minute that you walk
into our door to the minute that you leave.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Well and uh so, folks, this is the time to
get these tickets. And we're I'm sitting here looking at
your calendar starting uh you know with the Christmas Carol
on November twenty eighth. It just doesn't end.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
No, we go, we go, we go right through December.
We continue to go.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Where where or just a little machine between the two
shows that we have that is going on.
Speaker 7 (29:00):
Now, what a lot of people don't realize is that
while those two shows are going on, we're also in
production for the two next shows. So while those shows
are performing, are the next two shows are getting ready
to go on because we really only have about a
week of downtime in between our productions and our next show,
which is a song for Corretta, is the show that
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we tour to uh Boman Independent School District for Black
History Month.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
So it's a you know, it's a it's a busy time.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Well, and and that is why people you know, when
we talk about Boma and what in Southeast Texas, clearly
you know what an incredible place it is to live.
It's because of opportunities like this. You know, I go
to our symphony, which is incredible for a community our size,
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You go to you go to Southeast Texas stages again,
so incredible. But it's but it works because pe people
participate in it. So it requires your participation in all
we're doing right now is encouraging you to give it
a chance, because we know that if you give it
a chance, you're gonna love it.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
Yeah, I mean, it really is. It is. It is
one hundred percent user driven. You put that very well. Yeah,
we are.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
We are only as strong as the people who come
and participate, and we want people to come and participate.
We want everybody to come and participate. We you know,
I have a very strong board of directors and our
mission is clear that we you know, we strive to
be the biggest tent in Texas. We strive to have
everybody come and be with us. We have strong ties
in the deaf community and the gay community, and we
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will you know, we work throughout Southeast Texas to do
to you know, to broaden the access to the arts
for everyone.
Speaker 3 (30:47):
So that's that's really our goal.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
And as you pointed out, you know your eighth graders
come to the Christmas Carol then y'all tour in b
I s D in January. So you're very engaged with
the schools to give the kids a taste of what
community theater and what is in their backyard that they
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can be involved in. So y'all are doing your part.
We as a community need to do ours.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
You know, folks, you can go to s E t
X s dot org. It can't be at Southeast Texas
Stages is what it stands for. You can buy your
tickets today. You can become a member today. And John,
I just yeah, that's right. And if and if you're
because y'all are a five O one three C we
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are a nonprofit. Absolutely well, John, I want to thank
you for all that you do. You've got so many
opportunities here and y'all are you and Uh, Southeast Texas
Stages are making such an impact here, you know, all
the way from your kid community scholarships and all the
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different things that you do across the community. I just
want to thank you.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
Well, you're very welcome. It's a lab of love. We
love it.
Speaker 7 (32:08):
We love it here in Southeast Texas and we want
everybody to love it here in Southeast Texas well.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
John, thank you so much, and it's always a pleasure
to talk to you.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
Thanks Roy, thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Yes, sir, we are back with the Roy West Show
here on News Talk five sixty k l V. I
and I am with Katie and Hunter with the Blue
Jug Health Market. Welcome back to the show.
Speaker 8 (32:34):
Thank you, thank you again for having us.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
Absolutely well here we are in the holidays and you know,
I don't know that we get any sick or during
the holidays, but perhaps we do just because of weather changes.
But uh, you know, and certainly it seems like because
the families being together, there's also things need to move.
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Amok'st family more and y'all provide a lot of different
services that could be helpful with that.
Speaker 2 (33:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (33:05):
Absolutely, So something that we like to focus on here
is cellular wellness, but not just cellular wellness. We want
to find the root cause of things. So something that
I specialize in. So again my name is Hunter. I
am a holistic health practitioner. I have been in a
holistic space for about seven years now and I got
my certification. Something that I do that's a little different
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is I have a machine that's called a quantum biofeedback
machine that kind of get in line with the frequencies
in the body. So everything on this earth has a frequency,
and that has everything to do with our body as well.
So everything in a side of our body also has
a frequency. And when say an organ or a vitamin,
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a mineral or something just isn't going right or not optimize,
that frequency is off and you can test that and
get that.
Speaker 4 (33:56):
So not only can we kind of see.
Speaker 9 (33:58):
What is going on with the body at that particular time,
we can see maybe what the root causes are. Sometimes
people don't realize that their symptoms, their problems, their pain
isn't quite what they thought it was. And usually when
we know what it is, we know how to support
it at that cellular level that they can start healing again.
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So a big thing that I do is I promote
the body's way of healing again.
Speaker 4 (34:25):
I'm not putting.
Speaker 9 (34:27):
Medications on people to mask things. We're retelling the body
and retraining the body on that optimizing to heal itself.
Speaker 4 (34:35):
So I do that through.
Speaker 9 (34:36):
Sessions, and then we also have an ionic foot detox
that just helps the lymphatic system, helps all systems in
the body kind of get rid of that gunk that
talks and that just kind of gets sat in the
body too long. Other than that, we have just a
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whole host of things in here that kind of build
on top of of each other, especially for this time
of year right now when we're getting colder, we're not
getting as much sunlight, Like you said, seeing loved ones
that we haven't in a while who maybe brought sickness
on with it.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
A big one is I.
Speaker 9 (35:14):
Think the biggest one we see is probably like sinus.
Speaker 4 (35:17):
Yes, So the salt chamber.
Speaker 9 (35:19):
Is also an amazing one to add on to services
or just come and do, because salt is so incredibly
just healing to the respiratory system. It's just a ten
minute little sashion that you sit in and when you
get out, I tell people all the time, you literally
feel like you're breathing with your whole body because you.
Speaker 4 (35:42):
Feel so clear.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
Yeah, and that is something y'all have on site.
Speaker 9 (35:48):
Yes, Yes, we have a little it's like a little
booth that you sit in. It kind of looks like
our sauna, which sauna is also what we have.
Speaker 10 (35:57):
Yeah, that sauna is great for detoxing as well. That's
usually about a twenty minute treatment on the sauna. Another thing,
through the holidays, people are starting to turn their wills on.
Once we've you know, gorged ourselves on all the sweets
and treats and delightful desserts, they start thinking about January
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and January we start thinking about.
Speaker 8 (36:22):
Health and wellness and looking at.
Speaker 10 (36:26):
Detoxing and trying to maybe take off those pounds that
we put on through the holidays with all the treats
and sweets. We have a groundbreaking weight loss assessment that
we do here.
Speaker 8 (36:39):
It's called Penoi p n O. It's a metabolic V two.
Speaker 10 (36:47):
Measurement that gives us a reading based off of twenty
three biomarkers for the patient. So it's very customized to
a cellular level and how it tests and analyzes how
the patients body burns fats, carbs, proteins. For example, it
identifies what's blocking weight your weight loss. We've had people
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come in hundred nine both they meal prepping, they are
doing a workout at the gym.
Speaker 8 (37:17):
Four days a week.
Speaker 10 (37:18):
They are doing everything known to mankind and they're just stuck.
The weight loss will not move. This is a great
tool to assess at a cellular level and take a
deep dive into the metabolic system to see what is
blocking that weight loss, and it gives us a customized
plan for sustainable weight loss. So it's not just a
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fad that's going to phase in for January February. This
is a plan that will last and sustain as we
also do health coach here with the patients and clients.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Well, I'm on y'all's website site right now, so we
all offer an amazing amount of services and uh you
can find out about a lot of those services online
as well as can you make appointments online.
Speaker 10 (38:11):
Yes, our website is www dot Blue jug Offneederlin dot com.
We are on Facebook and on Instagram. You can also
give us a call at four oh nine seven two
eight zero eight one if you have any questions.
Speaker 8 (38:29):
Sometimes people don't actually.
Speaker 10 (38:31):
Know what halo therapy is, so if they get on
the website, like what in the world is halo therapy?
Speaker 8 (38:36):
There are explanations to each service on the website.
Speaker 10 (38:39):
However, we're always here to answer questions and help people
assist with making appointments or coming up with a customized
plan for their goals and their healthcare needs.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
And I see that you do have some some wellness
memberships as well, so you know this is that you
could actually whether you get online and study it a
little bit or come by y'all shop and check it out.
Speaker 8 (39:06):
That's right, we are on Neederland Avenue.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
Well, I just want to I know you've you've come
a long ways, Katie. I congratulate you on your business.
And y'all also do infusions and come to people's houses
for those needs as well.
Speaker 10 (39:23):
Yes, sir, we still offer the mobile side of the service,
which we've been doing four and a half years. The
storefront just hit one year here on Neederland Avenue at
Blue Drug Health Market. We're going to be rolling out
our hyperbaric oxygen chamber for the new year as well.
If you've ever heard the word bio optimization, people just
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trying to live a healthier, fuller, more productive life. That
hyperbaric oxygen chamber is excellent for cognition, health and function.
It's very excellent at helping the body repair and heal
after illness or injury and it proves cellular energy and
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can regenerate new vessel growth after say heart attack or stroke.
So there's a lot of power behind that Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Speaker 1 (40:21):
Well Blue jug Health Market over on Neederlin Avenue. You
can find them on the website and on Facebook, and
we'll talk again soon.
Speaker 8 (40:32):
Thank you, y'all have nice holidays.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
We are wrapping up another Roy West show here on
News Talk five sixty k LV, and folks, it has
been another incredible show. We started out with Mike Williams
talking about the upcoming Whiskey Fest that is in January.
Get your tickets soon. It's usually a sellout event there
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in January and it raises funds for diseases, so be
sure to check that out. There's information on social media
and Facebook. Then I was talking to Brook with Henry's
Place over attached to some other place. They do a
lot of homeless ministries and how you as a community
can help participate with them and all the services that
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they provide locally. Then I talked to John Manfredi with
Southeast Texas Stages and he is he runs the place
over there, but man, they are so busy and they
need so many volunteers, but they have one show after another.
We've got this this Friday starts at Christmas Carol and
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the show is just run back to back. You can
go to s e TXs dot org for more information
and you can buy your tickets there and it's always
a great deal. And then I had with me Katie
with Blue Jug Health Innovations. They do ivy solutions, but
they provide all types of services and during these holiday
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seasons it seems like we get sick a little bit easier.
We certainly have fluctuations of temperature. We're in gatherings with
lots of people, so be sure to check out Blue Jug.
You're going to be glad that you did, and all
the different services that they offer. And folks, as I
wrap up, I like to remind people that how we
do this is through the Roy West team of Guild Mortgage.
We do home loans. Whether you're buying your first house, refinancing,
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moving up, moving down, buying second homes, we can help you.
And until we talk again, God bless you all
Good afternoon, Southeast Texas. You're listening to the Roy West Show,
heard every week from noon to one pm right here
on News Talk five sixty k l v I and folks,
you can certainly hear at any time if you download
the free iHeartRadio app or Apple podcast, Android podcast in Spotify.
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I have with me today fellow city councilman Mike Williams
with Longhorn Liquor. But we're not talking about city council
and we're not talking about Longhorn Liquor today. We are
talking about the fourth Whiskey Fest that is coming up
January tenth. Welcome to the show, Mike, Thanks for having me.
Roy absolutely tell people a little bit about how Whiskey
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Fest came about and also the reason that it came about,
if you would, Mike.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Sure. Yeah. So, in huh, late twenty twenty one, my
son Hudson, who was but two and a half at
the time, was was diagnosed with Dushin muscular dystrophy, which
is a rare form of muscular dystrophy that that comes
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on and at an early age for mostly boys. And
you know, like anybody who receives a diagnosis for their child,
we were reeling and and googling frantically, and and you know,
it was it was scary. And you know, with a
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with a diagnosis like that, there's not a whole lot
you can do there. There's not a lot of treatments
there there. I mean quite literally there, there are none
outside of steroids. And so uh we decided to uh
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find uh, you know, a cause or organization that was
kind of moving the needle, and we found that and
cure rare disease. It's a organization, charitable organization that that
focuses mainly on neurological disorders. And what they do is
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they fund research and clinical work and studies for these
extremely rare diseases that that large pharmaceutical companies might not
see a financial benefit from pursuing a treatment. And so
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we we got hooked up with them, and being in
the liquor business, we kind of uh leaned into what
we knew and and and at that time and still today,
whiskey is is a large part of our business and
a large part of you know, Texas culture, American culture.
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And we created Southeast Texas Whiskey Fest as a as
a way to raise money and and move the the
needle forward for you know, not just our son, but
every every kid out there will benefit from from the research.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Well.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
And that that's a powerful story because for anybody that
has kids or grandkids, that their heart goes out to you.
But y'all didn't sit on the sidelines. Y'all got involved.
And and I can imagine I can only imagine, I
can empathize that if you're up against something that there's
not a community that's already working towards or that's easy
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to find, you kind of find yourself on an island
in a very difficult situation. And and y'all recognize that
just didn't happen just to y'all, but to other people
as well.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Oh it is, and there are you know there you
have to understand who there are rare diseases, and you
say rare, and you kind of think that, Okay, it's
not that common, but uh, you know this, I might
butcher the numbers a little bit, but I'm close. I mean,
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I want to say douchein muscular dystrophy impacts like one
in four or five thousand boys, which you know it's rare,
but still, I mean, I mean one in a thousand.
That's a lot of kids, and and you know, to
essentially be told that there's nothing that can be done,
it was just it's hard to swallow. And and like
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you said, it's it's not easy, but you know, you
have to do what you can. And we feel really
good about our efforts and where the funds are going.
I mean, we see it. I mean I've been to
uh Toronto, to a hospital up there, and to some
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labs and uh at Yelle where they're doing some research,
and then also in the Greater Boston area and met
with doctors up there, and and it's going to for one,
when it's your kid, you're gonna be hands on. But
then when you get in these labs and and you
see the actual work and research and and and you
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just kind of accept the fact that you know, we're
gonna have faith that it will help us, but you
at least can have some comfort in knowing, if not us,
maybe somebody in the future. Because it's just like you said,
and when it comes to your kids, it's, uh, it's tough,
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and you're gonna fight with with everything you have, but
it's turned out to be a great event. It is.
You know, some might find it crazy to hear, but
you know, outside of Bourbon Country in Kentucky, I mean,
this is the largest whiskey event in the country. I mean,
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there is not one like it. We we pack out
the Civic Center and it's a good crowd and we've
got eighty plus vendors, distilleries and different uh, suppliers from
around the around the world that that come to Beaumont
for it. And you know, there's food, there's there's live music.
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It's a it's really a great, great event. And uh,
I mean, as you know, when we both serve this
this city, in this area, it's kind of cool to
see the community how giving they they really are, and
how they can make make your cause their own. It's
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a very humbling experience.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Well, and I have to applaud you and your wife
because that was I can't even imagine all the emotions
going into it, just because you know, out of a
relatively fresh diagnosis, what's that's going to mean to your family,
But then creating this this event that has really like
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you said, it's a huge event, and I mean it's
a great event because you get to see the community
come together and it does create awareness sure, which we're
certainly a community that cares about one another, but sometimes
we have to be informed in order to be able
to respond.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Now, it was, you know, we kind of got the
I would say, got the official diagnosis in December of
twenty one, and so you go then you go into
the next year twenty two. We had the first event
in January of twenty three. And while Catherine has experience
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and uh being on committees and putting events on uh,
I had never as so much as even planned a
birthday party myself. So it was kind of you know,
learn trial by fire and and uh. But but it
came together and and then you do it once and
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and you find yourself trying to improve and and really
wanting to be an event that gives value and and
and help people buy into the cause. And and it's worked.
I mean, we have a small group of people. It's
it's not you know, we don't have a big committee
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or different chairs. It's literally me, Catherine, my dad, and
then a couple of guys that work with us at
Longhorn that kind of do the planning throughout the year.
And and then we've got some volunteers that that come
through for us every year to kind of help at
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the event and it's good. And with that said too,
it is kind of two events and one because Friday
night we do more of your traditional gala ball type
event where where people buy tables and live auction things
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of that, and so we plan that and then Saturday
is the Whiskey Festival where your vendors are set up.
And I think last year we had about thirteen hundred
people come through the Civic Center. So it's been good.
I mean, it's good for the cause. You know, we're
raising money, we're raising awareness, and then it's good for
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the industry that I'm in to introduce people to different
spirits and whiskey and a good way for them to learn.
And it's just turned into a really good community event
that also so that does draw people from out I
mean we've seen people from Louisiana and Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
and then of course all over Texas that have traveled in.
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So it's been a good way to support something that
means so much to us, and to do that on
the backs of people that we've built a working relationship
with over fourteen years. It just you know, every year
that we've done it, I just leave it speechless. Every time.
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I mean, it's just the high of having that support
and having people care about your family. No, there's no
other feeling like it. And when you're facing something like this,
it's hard to come out of your shell. But whenever
you see how many people are standing with you, it
really puts a smile on your face.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Well, Mike, we're about a minute out. How do people
get tickets if they and get tickets for both events
are just one?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Yeah, I mean Friday night that is more of a
it's it's somewhat more exclusive. We have a couple of
tables left. And and if anybody listening, if they know
me that they could reach out to me directly, or
if they know you, you can get them in contact
with me and figure that out. But for Saturday, for
the Whiskey Festival, they can get tickets at the Civic
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Center box office, of course, or through ticket Master and
just search Southeast Texas Whiskey Fest and and bomb bomb
through there. And there are VIP tickets which get you
in an hour early. There might be a few of
those left and you can beat the crowd. And that
starts at five and then general admission opens at six
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o'clock and it's a great night and look forward to
seeing everybody there.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
All right, Mike, we're out of time, but thank you
so much for being on the show today, and I
know it's gonna be another event. And thank you and
your wife for that commitment here to Southeast Texas in so.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Many thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I appreciate it. Roally, all right, talk to you later.
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
News Talk five sixty k l v I, and I'm
with Brooke McDaniel with as she is the director of
Henry's Place that is associated with some other place. Brook,
welcome back to the show.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Hey, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Well, it's my pleasure and here we are. This show
is Aaron the Sunday before Thanksgiving. So the holidays is
a promise here and and certainly Henry's Place operates all year,
but the holidays, you know, people get in a can
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get in a different mindset, a little bit more giving
or thinking of others. So tell people how they might
be able to help Henry's Place if there, if they're.
Speaker 5 (12:59):
So in absolutely so, the holidays can be pretty rough,
especially when you are unhoused, not only because you don't
have that family element that a lot of people are
really taken in and enjoying at that time, but also
because the weather is starting to decline and being unhoused in.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Cooler temperatures can be pretty hard.
Speaker 5 (13:19):
So between both the factors of the isolation and loneliness
that comes with being unhoused as well as the you know,
actually being exposed to the elements, both are really difficult
times of the year for our community. So we really
try to rally around that and make it as easy
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or compassionate as it can possibly be, you know. So
we will have a small Thanksgiving situation done on Wednesday
as well as Thursday, just to really push that through,
and then we're planning some Christmas stuff as well. Of course,
the community can always help us along with that as
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far as donations, clothing, blankets, hats, gloves, you name it.
It's a little it's warmed up a little bit, but
we are going to see a cooler temperatures here in
the future, so we just want to be prepared for
that for sure.
Speaker 1 (14:21):
Well, and I'm sure financially that's always something that can
be used.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Definitely, yeah, definitely, there is never enough to go around.
It's very unfortunate, but yeah, so you know, donations always
greatly accepted, whether they're monetary or items. Either way, we
are very appreciative for the support that we gather from
the community. You can always donate by going to some
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other place Umont dot com there is a giving link
on there, or bring in donations strictly, you know, directly
to our facilities is always such a blessing.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Besides just our unhoused community. You know, we do do.
Speaker 5 (15:03):
Our Thanksgiving Drive and our Christmas Giving Tree, and those
are both coming up rapidly, so we do want to
be prepared to help the less fortunate.
Speaker 4 (15:13):
In our entire community, not just our own.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Housed well and on there also is there's a volunteer
form in programs because oftentimes too this is a time
that people think they may have more time and it's
like where should I give back? And certainly some other
place in Henry's place is something that's been making a
difference here in Beaumont in Southeast Texas for quite some time.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
Yeah, so you can definitely sign up to volunteer.
Speaker 5 (15:42):
Mis Caitlin will coordinate that in what program you'd like
to volunteer in, or if there are specific days and
times that are available or if organizations want to come
in and help with our Thanksgiving and the Giving Tree
and things like that. We do have a lot of
interest in different organizations wanting to come help us prepare
those things or rat presence and stuff.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
So that's always tremendously appreciated.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
So that it can be something that if you're part
of a group or something and y'all want to do
something together, oftentimes if you plan it out a little bit, y'all,
can you can find something to do?
Speaker 5 (16:21):
Oh absolutely, And I mean even not just with some
other place. There are a lot of organizations out there
that could use some volunteers. It's really easy to sign
up to volunteer at the SEALTHI Sexis Good Bank in
a group setting. They have a pretty cool program that
does that. But there are quite a few organizations that
you can get in touch with and do volunteer work
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here in South East Texas if you want to make
a difference for.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Sure, well, and I know that Henry's place. Y'all have
made great strides in the past year in terms of
how to be most effective in helping the unsheltered that
want to be trends or want help be able to
get that help because you've made you've kind of brought
services to them.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
Oh absolutely, I mean beyond just the basic services of mail,
laundry showers, the partnership with Spindletop for mental health, the
partnership with ten for you know, their regular checkups and
screenings and things. You know that all the collaboration that
Miss Tiffany does for case management to really try to
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help these people navigate what that looks like for them.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Well, and oftentimes, I know I run across people that
want to help the homeless, but there's uh and that's
a that's a good quality to have. But also in
terms of whether you're helping them or enabling them can
be kind of a fine line. And and I know
one reason to work with Henry's Place in some other
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place is you know, y'all y'all do have systems in
place that help people navigate through you know, whether it's
mental health issues and having spindle Top come in there
are tan for health problems, you know, bringing services to
people and also help them accomplish the task that they
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need to get out of the situation they may find themselves.
Speaker 4 (18:23):
Yeah, so ideally it's kind of a one stop shop.
Speaker 5 (18:26):
You know, there is limited transportation when you already don't
have a house, you usually also don't have a vehicul
So having those kind of services on site is a
tremendous help to get the people what they are needing
at that time that may help them better navigate that
transitional situation that they're having in assessing those situations on
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a case by case level, because every single situation is
very different. Every single person came here for or because
of a different reason. So kind of sitting down and
figuring out what brought them into homelessness and how we
can how we can get them out of that and
keep them out of that in a long term way
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is crucial and vital to to navigating the situations of
case management, and having these these services on site is
very important to help speed that process along as much
as possible.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Well, I want to applaud your leadership. I know they're
at Henry's place because oftentimes thinking about how to do
this and implementing it can be two different things. First
of all, just uh, you know you're dealing with a
clientele or people that you know are going through a
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lot of life change and uh. And then but secondly,
being able to bring the resources together, uh to a
central location, which is something y'all been able to accomplish.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
Yes, and and there are a lot of more things,
you know, in in the process. We recently were able
to secure a donation to get some lockers on site
to maybe alleviate you know, some people's concerns with having
their their things out in the roadway or the potential
of you know, having those items taken or having to
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take them from place to place as they do actively
try to you know, go get a job or secure
housing and things like this, and they're having to take
this whole bag that they have that's everything that they own.
Will now you know, here in the next few weeks,
we'll get our lockers brought in and they'll have a
safe way to store their items while they're working on
transitioning out of their situations, and we won't have as
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much of that being an outside occurrence. So it's it's
looking up and we're implementing a lot of things that
are really gonna just help this community thrive.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
Well.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
And Brook, I know we're about a minute out and
I want to run through all the different avenues where
people can get the information. But again, like the lockers,
that y'all are always thinking ahead. It's often things that
people just view as a challenge that y'all are coming
up with solutions for and I just want to applaud
you for that. But again, some other place, Beaumont dot
(21:17):
com is a great landing.
Speaker 4 (21:20):
Page, thank you, yes, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
And there you can make donations and also find out
about the various programs as well as volunteer, so be
sure to check them out and their phone number over
at some other places four nine eight three two seven
nine seven six and that's over at five to ninety
Center Street. So and well, Brook, I just know that
(21:49):
this is a busy season for you at Henry's place,
so it'd certainly be keeping y'all in our prayers and
know that y'all work hard to take care of so
many that are going through difficult times.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
Well, thank you for having me, mister mayor.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
All right, my pleasure, and we'll talk again soon.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
All right, you have agreed to.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
news top five sixty k l V, and I have
with me John Manfredi with Stages of Southeast Texas formerly
of Beaumont Community Players. And John, you have been here
now several years and you've really taken Stages of Southeast
(22:35):
Texas to the next level. And it's an incredible community
theater that brings together amazing talent, so many people that
are involved in this, but also so many great shows
throughout the year, and during the hol of time holiday season,
it really ramps up.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
Yeah, it's super it's super busy.
Speaker 7 (22:57):
We're we're busy all the time and during there we
are even busier. We'll have like you said, I'll have
well over one hundred people in and out of the
building volunteers working throughout the holiday so we can put
up two shows. So we do our production of a
Christmas Carol, which is the Dickens classic that we do
(23:18):
every year and that's now a holiday tradition. We have
great people, great people that come and do that, and
our lobby is beautifully decorated for Christmas and people come
in and every single eighth grader at BID comes to
see that show. And at the same time, in our
smaller space, we have a world premiere production called A
Very Beaumont Christmas, which we're so excited about it. It's
(23:38):
basically a Hallmark movie set in Beaumont and it's performed
by four people. It's so much fun. It's a first
time director inn so lest is doing it. So we've
got a lot of exciting people in it.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
It's a it's a great time to be here at
the Betty Well.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
I'll tell you I love coming to the theater and
I love seeing the productions. And you know, I've come
over the years, and you know, as you know now
I have a granddaughter and I have a son in
law that are involved, and you know, I get to
see behind the curtain a little bit more just because
they're involved and dropping off granddaughter and picking her up
(24:19):
from play practice and other things and attending and you know,
it is one thing really so exciting about community theater
is it gives our kids, our grandkids, and certainly the adults,
you know, a chance to connect with the community in
(24:40):
a way they may not have otherwise and are even
a love that they may not know that they have
until they get involved with it.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Oh.
Speaker 7 (24:48):
Sure, we have very many first time people on stage
with us this year, which is always exciting to us.
The fact that the families are involved is always such
a and riching experience for everybody that's involved. That when
we're involved in the production and people that are in
and out and stay with us, and once we I'm
(25:10):
always fond of saying that once I get you, I
keep you. You know, once we get ahold of you,
we would like to keep you and keep you involved.
I have the people who are involved in the show
because their kids are involved. I have kids who are
involved because their parents are involved. It's it's it's it's
this truly this family thing. And we've always thought at
(25:31):
Southeast t EXAs States that, but we are our mission is
not only to provide great entertainment, quality family entertainment that
people can come and see, but we want to be
that outlet for people to come and do the shows,
like you talked about, to come and be a part
of the production team, whether you want to be on
stage or backstage, or or or or or work the
concession stand. I mean, there's a million ways to come
(25:53):
here and be involved in you know, what we have
going on here.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
Well, and that that's such an important uh fain to
realize and that you know, and if you're a parent,
you know, because being a part of the community means
being engaged, and this is a great way to be
engaged because you know, we all have different gifts and
graces and sometimes you know, some people say, well, I
don't know that I have a gift. Well, you may
(26:19):
need to explore a little bit more to find out.
And you know, uh, the Stages at Southeast Texas is
a great, great way to do that because there's so
many different ways to participate, whether it's on stage, whether
it's backstage or building sets or volunteering in the lobby.
I mean, there's something for everybody.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
There is something for everybody to do that doesn't I mean.
Speaker 7 (26:45):
And and if you you may not think you have
a talent, but if you have come and see us,
we'll find it. Well, well, well you know, we'll pull
that talent out of you and we'll and we'll we'll
use you.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
I mean.
Speaker 7 (26:54):
One of the greatest things that I like, one of
my favorite things that happens in this building is that
I have parents who come and drop their children off
with us. They like us, though they're sore, they feel
so safe with us, and they feel so that it's
such a nice and family atmosphere and everything.
Speaker 3 (27:11):
Is so well supervised.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
People are so well taken care of that they drop
their kids off and they watch them walk in the door,
and they know we're gonna watch them walk to their
car at the end of the night. And in the
time that they're with us, they're gonna have a really
good time, and they're gonna be uplifted, and they're gonna
sing some songs and we're gonna have a great time.
And so the whole atmosphere of being involved here is
is is very.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
Family centric and very community centric. That's why we.
Speaker 7 (27:35):
Are you know, a community theater as opposed to you
know the lecturer or you know a place that brings
shows in.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
Well, and let's talk about it, because y'all got a
great website s e. T XS dot org dot or right,
and you've got a show opening this Friday. Uh, So
you can buy tickets online. You can buy see them tickets.
Everything is very affordable. You can become a member.
Speaker 7 (28:03):
Yeah, it's super it's super affordable. The best way to
go is to get a flex pass. Become a member.
You get this that you get the cheapest ticket price.
You can get a four pack of tickets. You can
use them all on one show or spread them out.
I mean it. It is really the best bang for
your buck entertainment wise, because the tickets are you know,
they they come in relatively cheap once you get everything
said and done, and you know you're gonna have a
(28:25):
great time when you come.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
And see us in the evening.
Speaker 7 (28:26):
You'll be treated great from the minute that you walk
into our door to the minute that you leave.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Well and uh so, folks, this is the time to
get these tickets. And we're I'm sitting here looking at
your calendar starting uh you know with the Christmas Carol
on November twenty eighth. It just doesn't end.
Speaker 7 (28:49):
No, we go, we go, we go right through December.
We continue to go.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Where where or just a little machine between the two
shows that we have that is going on.
Speaker 7 (29:00):
Now, what a lot of people don't realize is that
while those two shows are going on, we're also in
production for the two next shows. So while those shows
are performing, are the next two shows are getting ready
to go on because we really only have about a
week of downtime in between our productions and our next show,
which is a song for Corretta, is the show that
(29:21):
we tour to uh Boman Independent School District for Black
History Month.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
So it's a you know, it's a it's a busy time.
Speaker 1 (29:29):
Well, and and that is why people you know, when
we talk about Boma and what in Southeast Texas, clearly
you know what an incredible place it is to live.
It's because of opportunities like this. You know, I go
to our symphony, which is incredible for a community our size,
(29:50):
You go to you go to Southeast Texas stages again,
so incredible. But it's but it works because pe people
participate in it. So it requires your participation in all
we're doing right now is encouraging you to give it
a chance, because we know that if you give it
a chance, you're gonna love it.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
Yeah, I mean, it really is. It is. It is
one hundred percent user driven. You put that very well. Yeah,
we are.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
We are only as strong as the people who come
and participate, and we want people to come and participate.
We want everybody to come and participate. We you know,
I have a very strong board of directors and our
mission is clear that we you know, we strive to
be the biggest tent in Texas. We strive to have
everybody come and be with us. We have strong ties
in the deaf community and the gay community, and we
(30:39):
will you know, we work throughout Southeast Texas to do
to you know, to broaden the access to the arts
for everyone.
Speaker 3 (30:47):
So that's that's really our goal.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
And as you pointed out, you know your eighth graders
come to the Christmas Carol then y'all tour in b
I s D in January. So you're very engaged with
the schools to give the kids a taste of what
community theater and what is in their backyard that they
(31:11):
can be involved in. So y'all are doing your part.
We as a community need to do ours.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
You know, folks, you can go to s E t
X s dot org. It can't be at Southeast Texas
Stages is what it stands for. You can buy your
tickets today. You can become a member today. And John,
I just yeah, that's right. And if and if you're
because y'all are a five O one three C we
(31:38):
are a nonprofit. Absolutely well, John, I want to thank
you for all that you do. You've got so many
opportunities here and y'all are you and Uh, Southeast Texas
Stages are making such an impact here, you know, all
the way from your kid community scholarships and all the
(32:00):
different things that you do across the community. I just
want to thank you.
Speaker 3 (32:04):
Well, you're very welcome. It's a lab of love. We
love it.
Speaker 7 (32:08):
We love it here in Southeast Texas and we want
everybody to love it here in Southeast Texas well.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
John, thank you so much, and it's always a pleasure
to talk to you.
Speaker 3 (32:16):
Thanks Roy, thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
Yes, sir, we are back with the Roy West Show
here on News Talk five sixty k l V. I
and I am with Katie and Hunter with the Blue
Jug Health Market. Welcome back to the show.
Speaker 8 (32:34):
Thank you, thank you again for having us.
Speaker 1 (32:37):
Absolutely well here we are in the holidays and you know,
I don't know that we get any sick or during
the holidays, but perhaps we do just because of weather changes.
But uh, you know, and certainly it seems like because
the families being together, there's also things need to move.
(32:58):
Amok'st family more and y'all provide a lot of different
services that could be helpful with that.
Speaker 2 (33:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (33:05):
Absolutely, So something that we like to focus on here
is cellular wellness, but not just cellular wellness. We want
to find the root cause of things. So something that
I specialize in. So again my name is Hunter. I
am a holistic health practitioner. I have been in a
holistic space for about seven years now and I got
my certification. Something that I do that's a little different
(33:27):
is I have a machine that's called a quantum biofeedback
machine that kind of get in line with the frequencies
in the body. So everything on this earth has a frequency,
and that has everything to do with our body as well.
So everything in a side of our body also has
a frequency. And when say an organ or a vitamin,
(33:48):
a mineral or something just isn't going right or not optimize,
that frequency is off and you can test that and
get that.
Speaker 4 (33:56):
So not only can we kind of see.
Speaker 9 (33:58):
What is going on with the body at that particular time,
we can see maybe what the root causes are. Sometimes
people don't realize that their symptoms, their problems, their pain
isn't quite what they thought it was. And usually when
we know what it is, we know how to support
it at that cellular level that they can start healing again.
(34:19):
So a big thing that I do is I promote
the body's way of healing again.
Speaker 4 (34:25):
I'm not putting.
Speaker 9 (34:27):
Medications on people to mask things. We're retelling the body
and retraining the body on that optimizing to heal itself.
Speaker 4 (34:35):
So I do that through.
Speaker 9 (34:36):
Sessions, and then we also have an ionic foot detox
that just helps the lymphatic system, helps all systems in
the body kind of get rid of that gunk that
talks and that just kind of gets sat in the
body too long. Other than that, we have just a
(34:56):
whole host of things in here that kind of build
on top of of each other, especially for this time
of year right now when we're getting colder, we're not
getting as much sunlight, Like you said, seeing loved ones
that we haven't in a while who maybe brought sickness
on with it.
Speaker 4 (35:12):
A big one is I.
Speaker 9 (35:14):
Think the biggest one we see is probably like sinus.
Speaker 4 (35:17):
Yes, So the salt chamber.
Speaker 9 (35:19):
Is also an amazing one to add on to services
or just come and do, because salt is so incredibly
just healing to the respiratory system. It's just a ten
minute little sashion that you sit in and when you
get out, I tell people all the time, you literally
feel like you're breathing with your whole body because you.
Speaker 4 (35:42):
Feel so clear.
Speaker 1 (35:44):
Yeah, and that is something y'all have on site.
Speaker 9 (35:48):
Yes, Yes, we have a little it's like a little
booth that you sit in. It kind of looks like
our sauna, which sauna is also what we have.
Speaker 10 (35:57):
Yeah, that sauna is great for detoxing as well. That's
usually about a twenty minute treatment on the sauna. Another thing,
through the holidays, people are starting to turn their wills on.
Once we've you know, gorged ourselves on all the sweets
and treats and delightful desserts, they start thinking about January
(36:20):
and January we start thinking about.
Speaker 8 (36:22):
Health and wellness and looking at.
Speaker 10 (36:26):
Detoxing and trying to maybe take off those pounds that
we put on through the holidays with all the treats
and sweets. We have a groundbreaking weight loss assessment that
we do here.
Speaker 8 (36:39):
It's called Penoi p n O. It's a metabolic V two.
Speaker 10 (36:47):
Measurement that gives us a reading based off of twenty
three biomarkers for the patient. So it's very customized to
a cellular level and how it tests and analyzes how
the patients body burns fats, carbs, proteins. For example, it
identifies what's blocking weight your weight loss. We've had people
(37:12):
come in hundred nine both they meal prepping, they are
doing a workout at the gym.
Speaker 8 (37:17):
Four days a week.
Speaker 10 (37:18):
They are doing everything known to mankind and they're just stuck.
The weight loss will not move. This is a great
tool to assess at a cellular level and take a
deep dive into the metabolic system to see what is
blocking that weight loss, and it gives us a customized
plan for sustainable weight loss. So it's not just a
(37:42):
fad that's going to phase in for January February. This
is a plan that will last and sustain as we
also do health coach here with the patients and clients.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
Well, I'm on y'all's website site right now, so we
all offer an amazing amount of services and uh you
can find out about a lot of those services online
as well as can you make appointments online.
Speaker 10 (38:11):
Yes, our website is www dot Blue jug Offneederlin dot com.
We are on Facebook and on Instagram. You can also
give us a call at four oh nine seven two
eight zero eight one if you have any questions.
Speaker 8 (38:29):
Sometimes people don't actually.
Speaker 10 (38:31):
Know what halo therapy is, so if they get on
the website, like what in the world is halo therapy?
Speaker 8 (38:36):
There are explanations to each service on the website.
Speaker 10 (38:39):
However, we're always here to answer questions and help people
assist with making appointments or coming up with a customized
plan for their goals and their healthcare needs.
Speaker 1 (38:52):
And I see that you do have some some wellness
memberships as well, so you know this is that you
could actually whether you get online and study it a
little bit or come by y'all shop and check it out.
Speaker 8 (39:06):
That's right, we are on Neederland Avenue.
Speaker 1 (39:10):
Well, I just want to I know you've you've come
a long ways, Katie. I congratulate you on your business.
And y'all also do infusions and come to people's houses
for those needs as well.
Speaker 10 (39:23):
Yes, sir, we still offer the mobile side of the service,
which we've been doing four and a half years. The
storefront just hit one year here on Neederland Avenue at
Blue Drug Health Market. We're going to be rolling out
our hyperbaric oxygen chamber for the new year as well.
If you've ever heard the word bio optimization, people just
(39:45):
trying to live a healthier, fuller, more productive life. That
hyperbaric oxygen chamber is excellent for cognition, health and function.
It's very excellent at helping the body repair and heal
after illness or injury and it proves cellular energy and
(40:08):
can regenerate new vessel growth after say heart attack or stroke.
So there's a lot of power behind that Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Speaker 1 (40:21):
Well Blue jug Health Market over on Neederlin Avenue. You
can find them on the website and on Facebook, and
we'll talk again soon.
Speaker 8 (40:32):
Thank you, y'all have nice holidays.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
We are wrapping up another Roy West show here on
News Talk five sixty k LV, and folks, it has
been another incredible show. We started out with Mike Williams
talking about the upcoming Whiskey Fest that is in January.
Get your tickets soon. It's usually a sellout event there
(40:57):
in January and it raises funds for diseases, so be
sure to check that out. There's information on social media
and Facebook. Then I was talking to Brook with Henry's
Place over attached to some other place. They do a
lot of homeless ministries and how you as a community
can help participate with them and all the services that
(41:20):
they provide locally. Then I talked to John Manfredi with
Southeast Texas Stages and he is he runs the place
over there, but man, they are so busy and they
need so many volunteers, but they have one show after another.
We've got this this Friday starts at Christmas Carol and
(41:43):
the show is just run back to back. You can
go to s e TXs dot org for more information
and you can buy your tickets there and it's always
a great deal. And then I had with me Katie
with Blue Jug Health Innovations. They do ivy solutions, but
they provide all types of services and during these holiday
(42:05):
seasons it seems like we get sick a little bit easier.
We certainly have fluctuations of temperature. We're in gatherings with
lots of people, so be sure to check out Blue Jug.
You're going to be glad that you did, and all
the different services that they offer. And folks, as I
wrap up, I like to remind people that how we
do this is through the Roy West team of Guild Mortgage.
We do home loans. Whether you're buying your first house, refinancing,
(42:29):
moving up, moving down, buying second homes, we can help you.
And until we talk again, God bless you all
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