December 13, 2024 • 42 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
You're listening to the Roy West Show here on News
Talk five sixty k l v I, and folks, if
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You can catch this show live through that media. And
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(00:22):
Spotify and all those platforms. And I have with me
real estates are Charlie Foxworth, Remax one, Welcome back to
the show.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Charlie Man, thank you, thank you. I just appreciate you
continuing to tolerate me.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Well, here we are wrapping up another year, twenty twenty four.
We're you know, we're in December and we're looking forward
to lots of changes in twenty five. There's always lots
of changes sometimes who don't know what those are going
to look like, as times have showed us in the past.
But we still plan ahead, we still execute. People still
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have to find places to live, Businesses continue to perform,
and you know you're you have a large real estate footprint,
your brokerage all the way over the Woodlands, Mount Bellevue,
clearly all over Southeast Texas. So you have your finger
(01:21):
on the pulse of things, But you're also very involved
in general economic development for Southeast Texas, so i'd love
to get your feedback today.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Oh yeah, Well, you know, baseline is economic development is
of interest to all of us, and I think you
can relate to that because that one job that gets created,
that net new job, the idea is that it brings
a family with it, and then when the family comes,
then they're demanding services from most of us who operate
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within a given community. So being out on the front
of that to try and make sure we've got infrastructure,
try and make sure we've got a land available, buildings,
whatever it takes. Then ultimately you're going to end up
with demand for residential real estate, and then you're going
to have demand for, you know, along with the home purchase,
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a mortgage insurance, and then you've got grocery stores, you've
got stockbrokers, you've got the whole thing trickles down from there.
So it's it's a particular interest to us here on
the Gulf Coast because we've been blessed the last few
years with these gigantic projects that are coming in. So
it was what three four years ago, it was fifty
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four billion dollars I've heard as much. So I sit
on the Southeast Texas Economic Development Foundation, which hosts the
group of economic developers from municipalities or counties in our
region covers five or six different counties. I attend this
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stuff in Montbelle, you and obviously towards the north side
of Houston over there with the woodlands and all of
it is good because when you see the petrochemical development,
you see what I refer to as George Jetson development,
where that now everything's so high tech and they're so
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able to filter emissions and this, that and the other.
That we generate fifty thousand construction jobs. That leaves one
hundred or ten in that case of permanent jobs. And
what we don't talk about are the maintenance jobs. The
contractors that are required to constantly be in there, checking, replacing, monitoring,
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making sure that those are okay. So we have industry
here that is somewhat transitory with the construction workers, but
then we have these contracting companies that are coming in
and they're growing like crazy. They're building buildings, they're employing
people and bring and families in.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So it's all really good.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
And as we finished this year, I'm very optimistic about
next year and what next year can bring because there's
even more projects and the fundamental goal is to continue
on the path of exploring industrial expansion. But also at
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the same time of thinking and maybe you can speak
to this, are sales tax from a municipality and from
a state. Like if I go on and I click
Amazon and I get next day delivery, I think that's
coming from somewhere here. In fact, it's coming from a
warehouse that's in another county, that's in another place that
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gets driven over here. The sales tax funnels not locally
to where I am, but is paid through the state
to the county that that warehouse is located. Right, That's correct,
So when you talk about local our next project needs
to be looking at our advantage with infrastructure from water, rail,
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interstate highway access to get located here. However, we need
to do it these large warehouses to distribute to either
something like a Dollar General or an Amazon Delivery, which
you've seen these last mile delivery locations in malls that
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have gone dormant or things like that. But the real
focus is on what we can offer, in my opinion,
to those kind of distributors that can distribute this part
of Texas and into Louisiana so that we can receive
and take advantage of because certainly we have you know
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what's happening with l T in all of their locations,
with truck driving schools, with our ability to deliver people
that can make the deliveries for these kind of services,
that we have it all here, I mean, so from
top to bottom. The only thing we lack is the
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actual warehouse itself and the goods that go in it.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Was that you you know in your spot on because oftentimes,
you know, we just live in changing times and this
isn't new.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
But things are changing more rapidly.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
And you know, as a as a city and you
know county, we get our revenue from property tax and
sales tax, and a lot of people don't realize that
half our revenue comes from sales tax.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
But cities Beaumont size across the nation are having declining
sales tax because of exactly what you said, online purchasing.
And I think most of our listeners certainly realize they
buy a lot more online than they did probably a
year ago, but certainly a whole lot more than four
or five years ago. Because it is extremely convenient, and
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there's also cost things that you know, they're they're losing
retail storefronts and they're able to create savings. But so
how is a community that we respond to that we
may there's certain things we may not like, but they
are our realities. And your point is, so let's be
solution based.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
How absolutely, how are we going to be a city
that thrives in this new environment?
Speaker 1 (07:37):
And uh, and I certainly agree with you. Well, I
think the infrastructure is here, and.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I think now it's a matter of figuring out what
what are the symptoms of what they're looking for in
that environment in order to put that kind of warehousing,
and how can we create a solution and proactive about it.
You know, there was rumors years ago about BUCkies. The
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one in Baytown was supposed to be in Orange County. Well,
BUCkies comes and BUCkies doesn't play. They know what they
bring to the table, and they're saying, not only are
you going to give us this land so we will
construct on it, but we want to share in your
sales tax revenue. And we said no, we're not going
to share. Well look what we got. We got zero
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and zero percent of zero last I checked was zero,
and so you really got to make a decision. And
this is a this is a well thought out, financially
calculated if you're trying to pull people off the freeway
to get that sales tax or you're trying to get
a warehouse, two different things. Obviously, I'm just saying, our
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whole mode of thinking needs to start in the present
and move forward with how do we do this with
the mindset of zero percent of zero equals zero because Louisiana,
you know, it is a whole different animal when it
comes to economic development and what they offer and what
they try and do to entice people in. Because the
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thinking has to be long term. It has to be
long term. But also just as a side note here,
and I don't know how much time we have left,
but realizing that the internet is not our enemy the
Internet and a lot of cases, how many of you
have walked into a store trying to get service at
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a local store and you have employees that are on
their phones and it's just as easy for you to
walk home, click click, click, and it's done, it's wrapped,
it's at your house, free shipping, no questions asked, and
you really have a hard time. I mean, so it's
an investment on all of our parts. And I'm not
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saying everybody's that way, but I am saying that we
do need to. I had this experience with an Apple Store,
of all places, where I was going to get my
hands on feel and buy some equipment in the Apple store,
not the one here locally, but I was with the
kids and wherever they're in college, and we were walking
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through and I want to get them something, and anyway,
ultimately we couldn't get anyone to help us. So I
just came home and clicked through and had it delivered
to their house.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Well, and you know, and the point I think your
point is there. Things are changing. We don't have to
like that they're changing. That's but as a business, as
a city, as a community, if we want to continue
to thrive, we want to stay relevant, be a place
where people want to be. We have to make adjustments
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in how we do things to reach that. And I
know that we are blessed because of the petrochemical industry
having such a large presence here in our pipelines and
our port and Interstate ten and our rails. You know,
we have things that other people cannot reproduce, so there
is no reason in us not thriving. But for we're
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we're up on about thirty seconds. How do people get
in touch with Remax one because when it comes to
buy or sell in real estate, that's the place to start.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Yeah, start r m x O n E dot com
is the website and that's short for Remax one, but
it's our mxone dot com. I'm today in the Beaumont
office and if you're listening locally here the phone numbers
four O nine eight six oh thirty two hundred had
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been that way since nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Charlie fowkx Worth, owner broker Remax one and also just
real estates are for Southeast Texas. Thank you so much
for being on the show.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
I just care I know you do.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Talk to you later.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
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and I have with me the Better Business Bureau. I
got bondy with me with the Better Business Bureau, and
we are talking. You know, this is a time where
the world continues to change. Everything's a little bit different,
being relevant, staying involved, being a trusted source in the community.
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There lots of opinions out there, but sometimes you know,
people don't know where to go, and that's where the
Better Business Bureau.
Speaker 5 (13:07):
Comes in, right exactly.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
So, yes, we've been around for one hundred and twelve
years and trust, being able to trust the businesses that
you're dealing with is more important now than ever, and
it's getting increasingly difficult to find out which businesses you
can trust. So with a Better Business Bureau, we encourage
consumers to go to BBB dot org look at the
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businesses before they deal with them, and they can find
out if they are dealing with a company that's trustworthy.
And for the businesses, we want them to showcase that
BBB seal, so consumers can just see that seal and
know right away that they are dealing with a business
that they can trust, that this business has passed the
BBB eight Standards of Trust. In order to receive that seal,
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they do have to qualify. We do evaluate them to
make sure that they are a business that consumers can trust.
And then we also report on those businesses that don't
do business right that are trying to take advantage of us.
So we do encourage consumers to definitely go to be
beat Up Org and look those businesses up before they
have a transaction with them.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
And living in today's world, I mean, fraud is a
lot more rampant because of technology and the way things
can be done, and you know, and things can appear
to be slick and really neat, and it's like this
is easy and you're going to lose you know, if
you don't act now, you're going to lose out. And
you know, there's you know, there's certain things. It's often
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times when you think you're getting something for nothing. You
know that just that it doesn't make sense. So it
is about using, you know, good using the resources that
are available to you. And that doesn't always mean just
googling things, because people can pay search engines to get
fanes and oftentimes the reviews you're reading are you know,
(14:58):
purchase reviews and uh, that is you know, that's just
a port part of the market. So but for businesses too,
it's important that they get qualified and become you know,
and join the Better Business Bureau. And you know, and
I've had people ask me, and I know from talking
in the past, it's not that everybody's going to be
(15:20):
perfect all the time. The idea is it's about how
we communicate in about solving problems, being solution based. Yes,
you know, because businesses exist to meet customers' needs. Uh
and and you know there's times customers can be unreasonable
and uh, you know, and but it also helps businesses
(15:42):
respond to the challenges that do exist and also to
help minimize those kind of challenges in the future.
Speaker 5 (15:51):
Right, you're exactly right.
Speaker 6 (15:53):
So yes, the old adage if it's too good to
be true, if it sounds too good to be true,
it probably is.
Speaker 5 (15:58):
So we do always go that. And you're right.
Speaker 6 (16:01):
Google reviews, all of those places can have skewed reviews,
and plus they can go from from the least happy
to the most so it's it's hard to judge just
from reviews. BBB has partnered with Amazon to help minimize
fake reviews because we know it's so rampant out there.
We also have the BBB Scam Tracker where people can
(16:23):
go on the BBB dot or go to the scam
Tracker page and look up, you know, if they suspect
something as a scam, they can search it see if
someone else has been scammed by it before, and they
can also report a scam. If they've been scammed, they
can put it on there, and of course we investigate
it make sure that it's real, but it does help
people avoid being scammed, especially if it's something like I said,
(16:46):
if it sounds like it's too good to be true,
go to that scam tracker page, type it in there,
see see that if it's been going around before. So yes,
it is very it's a difficult job, but we try
to put in as many scams as we can so
people are aware, and we provide that service because of
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our accredited businesses. Our credited businesses help support that, and
we're always very grateful for that because it does save
a lot of people a lot of heartache and a
lot of headache and a lot of loss of money.
So we're always very grateful and we try and encourage
consumers to definitely go check the business. Check the scam
page scam packer.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Well, and you know BBB dot org couldn't be much
simpler than it is. Uh, you know, so you can
certainly go there because you know, in today's world of technology,
people say, well, how does that work? It knows where
you are and then if you've got location services and
just to ask you where you know to locate where
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you are so when you search things, you can get
things that are relevant to the area that you're in.
And you know, we as businesses, I know, we want
to whether it's the mortgage industry or whatever industry, we
want to protect that integrity because as people take advantage
of people in certain industries, people begin to trust distrust
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the whole industry, which you know isn't fair. But that
is why in today's world we need to use the
tools that are available to us. And sometimes people don't
like the fact that technology is such a part of it.
And I understand that people may not like it, but
there's just certain realities. If you're going to stay relevant,
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you need you need to be aware.
Speaker 5 (18:32):
Absolutely.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
Yes, some of the top searched industries on BBB or
roofing contractors, they're almost always in that top two position.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Because we need them around here.
Speaker 6 (18:44):
There's been so many that have taken advantage of our
citizens and we don't We don't like that, so we
do encourage people to definitely search and that is one
of the top search roofing contractors, coin dealers, general contractors,
auto repairers, plumbers, air conditioning, homebuilders, attorneys, restaurants, uh all
that those are consistently in the top searched areas. So
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but no matter what industry it is, search it before
you do any business with them, search it and make
sure that they do have a good good score.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
We will and for those that are in the community.
The BBB also has educational you know, lunch and learns
and provides real information to businesses and it allows networking
because you know, in communities the signs of bone money.
It becomes important to you know, know people in other
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businesses that are like minded, that want to be better,
that want to improve. We want to continue to learn
because it's hard to stay up with everything. So accessing
resources become important.
Speaker 5 (19:49):
Yes, it does, and there's a lot even on our website.
Speaker 6 (19:52):
We have a tab called Resources for Businesses and there's
just a ton of stuff there that helps businesses learn
how to do business right, so it helps them to
see tax tips, different things that customer service related. There's
BBB Learning where they can actually take courses and be
certified in things. There's a lot on that page resources
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for business on BBB dot org that really helps our
community to be strong, helps the businesses be strong, so
our community can be strong.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
And if there's a business out there listening and they
want to be a part of BBB, you can just
go to BBB dot org and you know you can
begin there.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
Yeah. Absolutely, there's a tab.
Speaker 6 (20:34):
I think it even says apply BBB get started or
get accredited something like that. It's really it's right on
the first page. It's very very simple, and it's a
very simple application.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
And there's I'm on it right now. And there's also,
as you pointed out, look up and report scams. There's
the business resources, there's the popular categories which you were
alluding to earlier that you can just there's parental guide
to say the inefficient holiday shopping, you know, the things
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that everybody needs to know that sometimes you may not
be aware of. And and then clearly the BBB Accredit
Nation tab right there where you get accredited. So I
know we got about a minute left, but that people
can also if they don't want to go online, they
can also call that make in course.
Speaker 5 (21:21):
Yes, yep, they sure can. My direct line is four
O nine eight.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (21:26):
Oh, I've better not say it's either eight three eight
five A six eight five eight.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
Well, and I'm looking at the website and I know
the main number four O nine eight three five five
three four eight fast and uh. But if you start
online you're going to get a response back as well.
Yes and uh and sometimes that can you know, move
through the quickest. Well, we're about out of time. I
want to thank you for taking the time to come in.
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Wish you a very happy holiday season as we are
in the midst of December and certainly a great time
of year. But people are doing lots of shopping, so
they need to stay aware. Yes, make smart decisions and
don't buy something that you think youre getting for cheap
because without really checking it out.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
Absolutely. Yeah, there's a lot of shopping tips there.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
Thank you so much, Bonnie. We'll talk again soon.
Speaker 5 (22:18):
Thank you, Roy appreciate mayor.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Good afternoon, Southeast Texas. You're listening to the Roy West
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make it super easy for you. And I've got with
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me Molly More of the Natures River Festival. Welcome back
to the show.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
Molly.
Speaker 7 (22:48):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
It's a pleasure. And we are here in December, but
you know it's going to be January before we know it.
And then the springs here and nature Sure River Festival
has been going on for decades here in southeast Texas
for people that might be new to the area or unfamiliar.
Can you give people a little bit of what Nature's
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River Festival is.
Speaker 8 (23:14):
Yes, So our festival was started in nineteen forty nine
with a bunch of the Beaumont leaders and they decided
they wanted to draw a bunch of attention to our resources,
which is our youth and our Natures River.
Speaker 7 (23:27):
So here came the.
Speaker 8 (23:29):
Natures River Festival. And now we're in our seventy seventh
year and we're really proud of the growth that we've
made and that we have all of the community involved,
and so it's a really fun experience for seniors in
high school which participate as princesses and escorts, and then
juniors or seniors in outlaying communities they are able to
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participate as duchesses and duchess escorts. And so we have
a big number participating this year.
Speaker 7 (23:57):
We're really excited about it.
Speaker 8 (23:59):
We have ninety princesses and they have ninety escorts, and
then we have thirty duchesses from the surrounding areas well.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
Is this about as large? I mean, I was in
it in nineteen seventy nine and I've been to several
of them. That sounds like a large number. I don't
know if it's typically that many or not.
Speaker 7 (24:21):
In recent years.
Speaker 8 (24:22):
This is our largest number, But back in the early
two thousands when I was in it, we had about
this number and ebs and flows.
Speaker 7 (24:32):
But we're really proud of.
Speaker 8 (24:33):
The growth and that we have a lot of volunteers,
we have a lot of participation. So we're having a
really good stretch of years and we just want to
keep growing and having the community come out and join
us for the festival.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Well, it's a lot of fun, a lot of fun
activities and for the young people that are involved. It
gets them an opportunity to meet a lot of people,
get exposed to a lot of things that and some
and get educated in some areas they might be unaware of,
and build these relationships and which I think is so important.
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And it was such leadership back in nineteen forty nine
for them to you know, come up with this and
for this to be able to continue for all the
all these years is really incredible. And so seventy six years,
that's that's amazing. And you know, in of course the
Nature's River Baumat wouldn't be what Beaumont is without the
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Nature's River, and because it gives us support and so
much others things. So let's you the first event that
will be kicking it off is for the public is
February twenty second, right, Yes, that's.
Speaker 7 (25:48):
Our Capes and Crowns five k.
Speaker 8 (25:50):
And you know we're really proud of this one too,
because all the proceeds go to support our nine scholarships
that we give out the night of the coronation which
is April twelve.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Well, and so how do people sign up? And the
Turkey trot registration when people were getting their shirts, Molly
was there. She was signing up with some of those
dedicated runners, and I was impressed that you were there
because this was, you know, right before Thanksgiving, and they
had a good crew and they had a lot of
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serious runners too, because I know I participate in five k's,
but my participation usually involves me walking, but you can
run as well well.
Speaker 8 (26:31):
We've gotten a great support from the Sea Room Striders.
They have supported our run and they have helped us
get started, and that was back in our seventy first
year at the Nature Festival. So this is our sixth run,
and I'm just proud of this run because it's a
great way to get your family out there, and we
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invite all the participants to run, and it is a
timed five k and we also do it timed one
mile for kids.
Speaker 7 (27:03):
So we'll start with the kids at.
Speaker 8 (27:04):
Eight thirty and then we'll start our five k at
nine and you can sign up at Natures Riverfestival dot com.
We'll have a five k tap and everything's done through
run sign up and it's just a really fun day
with music, face painting. We have really cute shirts and
coosies and bags this year, and your registration includes a bag,
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a metal and a T shirt.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
So you get it all and you're going to have
a lot of good fellowship. And so then what does
the rest of the calendar look like and kind of
give a little bit of a view for people, because
the public gets to be engaged in a number of
events with the Nature's River Festival, but the young people
that are involved in there's a number of other things
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that they get to participate in.
Speaker 8 (27:55):
Yes, so we have a bunch of community partners within
Beaumont and they put on different events for these participants,
which includes the Junior League, the Links, and the Symphony
of Southeast Texas. We also do an interview process with
them and that's how our Royal Court is selected. In
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each one of these community partnerships that the events they do,
they provide a really awesome day or party for these participants.
Speaker 7 (28:28):
All are a little bit different, but.
Speaker 8 (28:32):
It's just it's a great way to get the other
community groups involved with the Nature's River Festival and that
that goes on throughout the whole spring. But our first
public besides the five k, our first public event is
our King's Arrival and Citizen of the Year presentation and
that's on a Wednesday, and that is on April second,
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and we have that at the Event Center and everybody
is invited to that. And then we have our big
per in downtown Beaumont and that is on April eleventh.
It's going to be in the evening. So at five
point thirty we have a street party which everyone's invited to.
We'll have food and again face painters, music, and then
the parade starts at six.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
Well, and then the coronation is the next day.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
And coronation, yes, the coronation and ball will be the
next day.
Speaker 8 (29:22):
And again the coronation is a public event, and our
ball you just.
Speaker 7 (29:26):
Have to purchase your tickets through our website.
Speaker 8 (29:28):
And that's going to be the night of April twelfth,
and so you can see all of our beautiful princesses
and escorts and everybody presented at the Julie Rogers Theater
and then our ball is at the Civic Center.
Speaker 7 (29:41):
Across the street. So it's just a lot of fun.
Speaker 8 (29:44):
And we will present those nine scholarships the night of
the coronation, and again that's that's what the five K funds.
So when you buy an entry into our five K,
all of the proceeds go to fund those scholarships. So
it's you know, not only are you doing something healthy
for your body or doing something great for the community.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
That's right give where you live and y'all. Your website
is Naturesriverfestival dot com and there it has all the
dates you can make if you want to attend the
coronation ball and the coronation you can get your tickets
there is that, right yes, so, and it has phone
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numbers and you can ask questions. It's super easy to
interact with and you know, this makes a real difference
for our kids, but it also connects us as a community.
And I know with social media now you know kids
might be able to interact with that personal connection and
meeting people from other schools. I know for me, you know,
growing up that was it was cool because you got
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to meet kids from all other high schools. And this
is right before you're either going off to college or
entering the workforce. So it helps you learn how to
you know, do bat do better at networking and uh
so there's all kinds of skills for our young people
as well as get winning the possibility of winning scholarships.
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So uh and it brings the community together because this
uh the Natures River Festival certainly is Beaumont and it
is the surrounding counties. I know some people come from
much further away, but it's it's a great time and
uh there's a lot of generational involvement in it.
Speaker 7 (31:28):
There is, and you know, we're really lucky.
Speaker 8 (31:30):
The lm VA has also partnered with us and so
we spend a day on the Natures River. So these
participants can you know, see what the river does for
us And the lm VA does a really good job
explaining that to them. So you know, we're just we're
lucky to have such great support here in our community.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Well, we're about out of time. I just want to
run through the day so you can go. Can you
register for the Capes and Crowns five k on the website?
Speaker 8 (31:54):
Yes, I will have a link that will connect you
to the run sign up and that would be the
easiest way, or you can just google our five k,
but we do have all of that accessible on our website.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Well, Molly, thank you so much and thank you for
your leadership with Nature's River Festival. It's a great event
and a great event for all the Southeast Texas. I'll
talk to you Sin. Thank you all right, I'll killer
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
News Talk five sixty KLV, and I have with me
(32:28):
Joe Evans, the new executive director to a brand new
five O one C three right here in Justin County
called Revision, and it Joe tell people about Revision.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Yes, sir, thank you so.
Speaker 9 (32:41):
Revision is a is a mentorship program that partners with
the community and primarily the faith based community to work
with young people who have become either involved in the
juvenile justice system or are very vulnerable to become involved.
Speaker 4 (32:58):
In the juvenile justice system.
Speaker 9 (33:01):
And one of the primary focuses is that we try
to pair and a mentor with a child to make
a you know, six months to one year commitment to
meet with that child thirty minutes to one hour per week.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
And the ultimate goal is to increase.
Speaker 9 (33:18):
Positive interactions between you know, positive adult figures in the
child themselves. And it's a positive interaction that doesn't come
from an authority figure, doesn't come from a parent, doesn't
even come from a teacher or a coach, but just
the person that's a that's a willing and able listening
ear and you know, someone prepared to give some guidance
on real.
Speaker 4 (33:39):
Life situations and scenarios.
Speaker 9 (33:41):
So and of course along with that, we do some
programming out at the Juvenile Detention Center, We do some
work over at the Jefferson County Youth Academy, which is
the boot camp, and then of course we're piloting a
program at Charleston Pollard right now. But we're trying to
do some work to start working with these young people earlier,
(34:02):
especially when we know the environments that they're coming from
are conducive, conducive of putting them in situations that will
ultimately lead to them being involved with the juvenile justice system.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Well, and you know, oftentimes people when they hear about mentoring,
they may feel ill equipped. But what has been shown
and then you're using a model that has been used
successfully around around the country, and it's because what we're
seeing is so many of these juveniles, these young people,
(34:38):
these kids, let's call them what they are, you know,
don't have the life's skills to navigate through and oftentimes
don't have hope, hadn't had anybody show an interest in them.
So they, you know, their approach to life so a
whole lot different. And this is a chance to show
people that they matter and giving them some skills to
(35:01):
help them navigate through life in a more productive way,
which it in rocket science. You're not teaching you're not
having to teach them math or spelling. You're just talking
to them about their their challenges and things that you
might things that you might be able to offer them
that help them be more successful.
Speaker 4 (35:22):
Right right, You're absolutely correct.
Speaker 9 (35:24):
And something that you touched on was, you know, we
wanna we want to increase those positive interactions with children
who may not ever come in contact early in life
with adults who are doing positive things and things that
probably come as second nature to you and I, you know,
getting up to go to work, getting up to go
(35:46):
to church, working in the community, just doing something positive
with themselves and for others. You know, we want to
we want to make sure that we're exposing our kids
to those types of situations versus some of the things
that they may encounter in their neighborhoods or in their community.
So once again, like so you you touched on it,
but I want to reiterate it's increasing those positive interactions
(36:09):
and imparting whatever wisdom and God as you can. And
and for those who feel ill equipped.
Speaker 4 (36:15):
You know, trust me, you're equipped to listen.
Speaker 9 (36:21):
And it could be just you know, I have mentors
that come play chess. I have mentors that come talk
about horses. I have mentors who come talk about you know,
pipe fitting and welding, and so I have law enforcement
who come in and don't even talk about the law
enforcement aspect of their lives. But you know, they just
(36:42):
talked to the kid about what they've been through and
then once again listen, just to listen.
Speaker 4 (36:47):
And one of the.
Speaker 9 (36:48):
Things I like, I'll brag on on Chief Dante Miller
with the Sheriff's Department. He comes in and he's not
in his full uniform, but it's very apparent that he
is law enforcement because he's got a shirt or something.
And he teaches our young people how to interact with
law enforcement because so often there's this negative you know,
(37:10):
or surrounding law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (37:12):
Especially in the black community.
Speaker 9 (37:13):
Well, he teaches young men and women that you don't
have to be afraid of law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (37:20):
Law enforcement should be respectful to you. You should be
respectful for law enforcement.
Speaker 9 (37:24):
We're all humans, and at the end of the day,
there's a right and or wrong with interact with people.
So that's been very fruitful because it warms our young
people up to law enforcement to let him know that
law enforcement is not the bad guy.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
Right right, And oftentimes the culture that we're around, I mean,
we all are a victim of what we see every
day and what we hear, and oftentimes we believe that
is the reality of situations and sometimes it's just not.
And but the only way you're going to know that
is by being informed. And I know, you know, people
(38:00):
say you've got to earn the right to be heard,
and I think that's true. And I think by showing
up and just by playing chess, by listening to the kid,
you're building a rapport with them that they see that, hey,
you've got no reason to take time out of your
schedule to come listen to me. So you're showing them
that they matter.
Speaker 9 (38:19):
Right, absolutely, absolutely, and that that means a lot to
show a kid that they matter and that they can
depend on you. And that's another thing too. We try
to tell mentors. Don't don't feel the need to over commit,
you know, just be honest and say, hey, listen, I
won't be here next week, but the following week I will,
or something comes up. Just be honest, but you know,
(38:41):
don't overcommit because a lot of times the kids are
already disappointed and so you don't want to be another disappointment.
But you know, I find that when you're honest and upfront,
it always works really well with them.
Speaker 3 (38:52):
Well, we've got just about a minute and a half left.
But this holiday season, this Christmas season, oftentimes people and
as they approach the new year, it's about, you know,
I want to live a more significant life. I want
to make a bigger impact in the world that I
live in. And not everybody has a bandwidth, but if
you have some extra time, it doesn't take much. And
how do they reach out to Revision to find out
(39:15):
how they might volunteer in what hours are available?
Speaker 4 (39:19):
In all of that?
Speaker 9 (39:20):
Sure, so the best way to reach out to Revision
is is one is through email. It's info at Revision
s e t X dot com. Of course we're on
social media on Facebook Revision Southeast Texas. And then of
course if you if you want to call me, I'm
always open to phone calls. I may not answer right away,
(39:41):
but send me a text and that's four o nine
four four four eight zero four eight give me a call.
But we would love to have you. We need you
on board, and this program does not work with our
community involvement, so we encourage people to, you know, consider
volunteering with Revision and we know that.
Speaker 3 (40:00):
It does work. And that's the exciting point is let's
do something that's going to make a difference in these
young people's lives and let's change the direction of their lives,
which also helps change the direction of our community and
decision being made. Joe Evans, thank you very much, and
I wish you a merry Christmas.
Speaker 4 (40:18):
Yes, sir, thank you.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
We are back and we are wrapping up another show
in folks Man. It is in the middle of December,
great time of the year. Wishing every body a very
merry Christmas. In our first segment, I talked to Charlie Foxworth,
who's the owner broker of Remax one here that is
not just in Southeast Texas now in Mount Bellevue and
(40:45):
the Woodlands as well. Then I spoke with Bonnie with
the Better Business Bureau about the services they provide to
the general public as well as to accredited businesses. So
it's so important to be involved in pay attention because
there is so much fraud in Today's World. Then I
(41:06):
spoke with Molly Moore. But the Natis River Festival, they
have a five k coming up on February twenty second,
Capes and Crowns in the Natures River Festival, who has
been going on for seventy six years here in Southeast Texas,
serving the youth of Southeast Texas, giving scholarships and also
(41:29):
promoting and educating people about the area. So they do
a great job. I wrap things up with Joe Evans
with Revision of Southeast Texas, which is a new not
for profit that is working to mentor kids that are
at risk, and they work in the juvenile justice system
(41:49):
through schools and through various agencies, and they need volunteers
and you can find out more by googling them or
finding on faith Facebook at Revision of Southeast Texas. You
can also look for Joe Evans. They're making a real
difference here in Southeast Texas and it is such an
(42:09):
important ministry that is happening. And folks, until we talk again,
God bless you all.
You're listening to the Roy West Show here on News
Talk five sixty k l v I, and folks, if
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(00:22):
Spotify and all those platforms. And I have with me
real estates are Charlie Foxworth, Remax one, Welcome back to
the show.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Charlie Man, thank you, thank you. I just appreciate you
continuing to tolerate me.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Well, here we are wrapping up another year, twenty twenty four.
We're you know, we're in December and we're looking forward
to lots of changes in twenty five. There's always lots
of changes sometimes who don't know what those are going
to look like, as times have showed us in the past.
But we still plan ahead, we still execute. People still
(01:00):
have to find places to live, Businesses continue to perform,
and you know you're you have a large real estate footprint,
your brokerage all the way over the Woodlands, Mount Bellevue,
clearly all over Southeast Texas. So you have your finger
(01:21):
on the pulse of things, But you're also very involved
in general economic development for Southeast Texas, so i'd love
to get your feedback today.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Oh yeah, Well, you know, baseline is economic development is
of interest to all of us, and I think you
can relate to that because that one job that gets created,
that net new job, the idea is that it brings
a family with it, and then when the family comes,
then they're demanding services from most of us who operate
(01:50):
within a given community. So being out on the front
of that to try and make sure we've got infrastructure,
try and make sure we've got a land available, buildings,
whatever it takes. Then ultimately you're going to end up
with demand for residential real estate, and then you're going
to have demand for, you know, along with the home purchase,
(02:14):
a mortgage insurance, and then you've got grocery stores, you've
got stockbrokers, you've got the whole thing trickles down from there.
So it's it's a particular interest to us here on
the Gulf Coast because we've been blessed the last few
years with these gigantic projects that are coming in. So
it was what three four years ago, it was fifty
(02:37):
four billion dollars I've heard as much. So I sit
on the Southeast Texas Economic Development Foundation, which hosts the
group of economic developers from municipalities or counties in our
region covers five or six different counties. I attend this
(02:58):
stuff in Montbelle, you and obviously towards the north side
of Houston over there with the woodlands and all of
it is good because when you see the petrochemical development,
you see what I refer to as George Jetson development,
where that now everything's so high tech and they're so
(03:20):
able to filter emissions and this, that and the other.
That we generate fifty thousand construction jobs. That leaves one
hundred or ten in that case of permanent jobs. And
what we don't talk about are the maintenance jobs. The
contractors that are required to constantly be in there, checking, replacing, monitoring,
(03:43):
making sure that those are okay. So we have industry
here that is somewhat transitory with the construction workers, but
then we have these contracting companies that are coming in
and they're growing like crazy. They're building buildings, they're employing
people and bring and families in.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So it's all really good.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
And as we finished this year, I'm very optimistic about
next year and what next year can bring because there's
even more projects and the fundamental goal is to continue
on the path of exploring industrial expansion. But also at
(04:24):
the same time of thinking and maybe you can speak
to this, are sales tax from a municipality and from
a state. Like if I go on and I click
Amazon and I get next day delivery, I think that's
coming from somewhere here. In fact, it's coming from a
warehouse that's in another county, that's in another place that
(04:49):
gets driven over here. The sales tax funnels not locally
to where I am, but is paid through the state
to the county that that warehouse is located. Right, That's correct,
So when you talk about local our next project needs
to be looking at our advantage with infrastructure from water, rail,
(05:16):
interstate highway access to get located here. However, we need
to do it these large warehouses to distribute to either
something like a Dollar General or an Amazon Delivery, which
you've seen these last mile delivery locations in malls that
(05:39):
have gone dormant or things like that. But the real
focus is on what we can offer, in my opinion,
to those kind of distributors that can distribute this part
of Texas and into Louisiana so that we can receive
and take advantage of because certainly we have you know
(06:02):
what's happening with l T in all of their locations,
with truck driving schools, with our ability to deliver people
that can make the deliveries for these kind of services,
that we have it all here, I mean, so from
top to bottom. The only thing we lack is the
(06:22):
actual warehouse itself and the goods that go in it.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Was that you you know in your spot on because oftentimes,
you know, we just live in changing times and this
isn't new.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
But things are changing more rapidly.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
And you know, as a as a city and you
know county, we get our revenue from property tax and
sales tax, and a lot of people don't realize that
half our revenue comes from sales tax.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
But cities Beaumont size across the nation are having declining
sales tax because of exactly what you said, online purchasing.
And I think most of our listeners certainly realize they
buy a lot more online than they did probably a
year ago, but certainly a whole lot more than four
or five years ago. Because it is extremely convenient, and
(07:13):
there's also cost things that you know, they're they're losing
retail storefronts and they're able to create savings. But so
how is a community that we respond to that we
may there's certain things we may not like, but they
are our realities. And your point is, so let's be
solution based.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
How absolutely, how are we going to be a city
that thrives in this new environment?
Speaker 1 (07:37):
And uh, and I certainly agree with you. Well, I
think the infrastructure is here, and.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
I think now it's a matter of figuring out what
what are the symptoms of what they're looking for in
that environment in order to put that kind of warehousing,
and how can we create a solution and proactive about it.
You know, there was rumors years ago about BUCkies. The
(08:06):
one in Baytown was supposed to be in Orange County. Well,
BUCkies comes and BUCkies doesn't play. They know what they
bring to the table, and they're saying, not only are
you going to give us this land so we will
construct on it, but we want to share in your
sales tax revenue. And we said no, we're not going
to share. Well look what we got. We got zero
(08:30):
and zero percent of zero last I checked was zero,
and so you really got to make a decision. And
this is a this is a well thought out, financially
calculated if you're trying to pull people off the freeway
to get that sales tax or you're trying to get
a warehouse, two different things. Obviously, I'm just saying, our
(08:54):
whole mode of thinking needs to start in the present
and move forward with how do we do this with
the mindset of zero percent of zero equals zero because Louisiana,
you know, it is a whole different animal when it
comes to economic development and what they offer and what
they try and do to entice people in. Because the
(09:15):
thinking has to be long term. It has to be
long term. But also just as a side note here,
and I don't know how much time we have left,
but realizing that the internet is not our enemy the
Internet and a lot of cases, how many of you
have walked into a store trying to get service at
(09:35):
a local store and you have employees that are on
their phones and it's just as easy for you to
walk home, click click, click, and it's done, it's wrapped,
it's at your house, free shipping, no questions asked, and
you really have a hard time. I mean, so it's
an investment on all of our parts. And I'm not
(09:57):
saying everybody's that way, but I am saying that we
do need to. I had this experience with an Apple Store,
of all places, where I was going to get my
hands on feel and buy some equipment in the Apple store,
not the one here locally, but I was with the
kids and wherever they're in college, and we were walking
(10:21):
through and I want to get them something, and anyway,
ultimately we couldn't get anyone to help us. So I
just came home and clicked through and had it delivered
to their house.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Well, and you know, and the point I think your
point is there. Things are changing. We don't have to
like that they're changing. That's but as a business, as
a city, as a community, if we want to continue
to thrive, we want to stay relevant, be a place
where people want to be. We have to make adjustments
(10:56):
in how we do things to reach that. And I
know that we are blessed because of the petrochemical industry
having such a large presence here in our pipelines and
our port and Interstate ten and our rails. You know,
we have things that other people cannot reproduce, so there
is no reason in us not thriving. But for we're
(11:20):
we're up on about thirty seconds. How do people get
in touch with Remax one because when it comes to
buy or sell in real estate, that's the place to start.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Yeah, start r m x O n E dot com
is the website and that's short for Remax one, but
it's our mxone dot com. I'm today in the Beaumont
office and if you're listening locally here the phone numbers
four O nine eight six oh thirty two hundred had
(11:52):
been that way since nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Charlie fowkx Worth, owner broker Remax one and also just
real estates are for Southeast Texas. Thank you so much
for being on the show.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
I just care I know you do.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Talk to you later.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
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(12:35):
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and I have with me the Better Business Bureau. I
got bondy with me with the Better Business Bureau, and
we are talking. You know, this is a time where
the world continues to change. Everything's a little bit different,
being relevant, staying involved, being a trusted source in the community.
(13:00):
There lots of opinions out there, but sometimes you know,
people don't know where to go, and that's where the
Better Business Bureau.
Speaker 5 (13:07):
Comes in, right exactly.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
So, yes, we've been around for one hundred and twelve
years and trust, being able to trust the businesses that
you're dealing with is more important now than ever, and
it's getting increasingly difficult to find out which businesses you
can trust. So with a Better Business Bureau, we encourage
consumers to go to BBB dot org look at the
(13:30):
businesses before they deal with them, and they can find
out if they are dealing with a company that's trustworthy.
And for the businesses, we want them to showcase that
BBB seal, so consumers can just see that seal and
know right away that they are dealing with a business
that they can trust, that this business has passed the
BBB eight Standards of Trust. In order to receive that seal,
(13:53):
they do have to qualify. We do evaluate them to
make sure that they are a business that consumers can trust.
And then we also report on those businesses that don't
do business right that are trying to take advantage of us.
So we do encourage consumers to definitely go to be
beat Up Org and look those businesses up before they
have a transaction with them.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
And living in today's world, I mean, fraud is a
lot more rampant because of technology and the way things
can be done, and you know, and things can appear
to be slick and really neat, and it's like this
is easy and you're going to lose you know, if
you don't act now, you're going to lose out. And
you know, there's you know, there's certain things. It's often
(14:36):
times when you think you're getting something for nothing. You
know that just that it doesn't make sense. So it
is about using, you know, good using the resources that
are available to you. And that doesn't always mean just
googling things, because people can pay search engines to get
fanes and oftentimes the reviews you're reading are you know,
(14:58):
purchase reviews and uh, that is you know, that's just
a port part of the market. So but for businesses too,
it's important that they get qualified and become you know,
and join the Better Business Bureau. And you know, and
I've had people ask me, and I know from talking
in the past, it's not that everybody's going to be
(15:20):
perfect all the time. The idea is it's about how
we communicate in about solving problems, being solution based. Yes,
you know, because businesses exist to meet customers' needs. Uh
and and you know there's times customers can be unreasonable
and uh, you know, and but it also helps businesses
(15:42):
respond to the challenges that do exist and also to
help minimize those kind of challenges in the future.
Speaker 5 (15:51):
Right, you're exactly right.
Speaker 6 (15:53):
So yes, the old adage if it's too good to
be true, if it sounds too good to be true,
it probably is.
Speaker 5 (15:58):
So we do always go that. And you're right.
Speaker 6 (16:01):
Google reviews, all of those places can have skewed reviews,
and plus they can go from from the least happy
to the most so it's it's hard to judge just
from reviews. BBB has partnered with Amazon to help minimize
fake reviews because we know it's so rampant out there.
We also have the BBB Scam Tracker where people can
(16:23):
go on the BBB dot or go to the scam
Tracker page and look up, you know, if they suspect
something as a scam, they can search it see if
someone else has been scammed by it before, and they
can also report a scam. If they've been scammed, they
can put it on there, and of course we investigate
it make sure that it's real, but it does help
people avoid being scammed, especially if it's something like I said,
(16:46):
if it sounds like it's too good to be true,
go to that scam tracker page, type it in there,
see see that if it's been going around before. So yes,
it is very it's a difficult job, but we try
to put in as many scams as we can so
people are aware, and we provide that service because of
(17:06):
our accredited businesses. Our credited businesses help support that, and
we're always very grateful for that because it does save
a lot of people a lot of heartache and a
lot of headache and a lot of loss of money.
So we're always very grateful and we try and encourage
consumers to definitely go check the business. Check the scam
page scam packer.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Well, and you know BBB dot org couldn't be much
simpler than it is. Uh, you know, so you can
certainly go there because you know, in today's world of technology,
people say, well, how does that work? It knows where
you are and then if you've got location services and
just to ask you where you know to locate where
(17:46):
you are so when you search things, you can get
things that are relevant to the area that you're in.
And you know, we as businesses, I know, we want
to whether it's the mortgage industry or whatever industry, we
want to protect that integrity because as people take advantage
of people in certain industries, people begin to trust distrust
(18:09):
the whole industry, which you know isn't fair. But that
is why in today's world we need to use the
tools that are available to us. And sometimes people don't
like the fact that technology is such a part of it.
And I understand that people may not like it, but
there's just certain realities. If you're going to stay relevant,
(18:30):
you need you need to be aware.
Speaker 5 (18:32):
Absolutely.
Speaker 6 (18:33):
Yes, some of the top searched industries on BBB or
roofing contractors, they're almost always in that top two position.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Because we need them around here.
Speaker 6 (18:44):
There's been so many that have taken advantage of our
citizens and we don't We don't like that, so we
do encourage people to definitely search and that is one
of the top search roofing contractors, coin dealers, general contractors,
auto repairers, plumbers, air conditioning, homebuilders, attorneys, restaurants, uh all
that those are consistently in the top searched areas. So
(19:04):
but no matter what industry it is, search it before
you do any business with them, search it and make
sure that they do have a good good score.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
We will and for those that are in the community.
The BBB also has educational you know, lunch and learns
and provides real information to businesses and it allows networking
because you know, in communities the signs of bone money.
It becomes important to you know, know people in other
(19:37):
businesses that are like minded, that want to be better,
that want to improve. We want to continue to learn
because it's hard to stay up with everything. So accessing
resources become important.
Speaker 5 (19:49):
Yes, it does, and there's a lot even on our website.
Speaker 6 (19:52):
We have a tab called Resources for Businesses and there's
just a ton of stuff there that helps businesses learn
how to do business right, so it helps them to
see tax tips, different things that customer service related. There's
BBB Learning where they can actually take courses and be
certified in things. There's a lot on that page resources
(20:12):
for business on BBB dot org that really helps our
community to be strong, helps the businesses be strong, so
our community can be strong.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
And if there's a business out there listening and they
want to be a part of BBB, you can just
go to BBB dot org and you know you can
begin there.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
Yeah. Absolutely, there's a tab.
Speaker 6 (20:34):
I think it even says apply BBB get started or
get accredited something like that. It's really it's right on
the first page. It's very very simple, and it's a
very simple application.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
And there's I'm on it right now. And there's also,
as you pointed out, look up and report scams. There's
the business resources, there's the popular categories which you were
alluding to earlier that you can just there's parental guide
to say the inefficient holiday shopping, you know, the things
(21:03):
that everybody needs to know that sometimes you may not
be aware of. And and then clearly the BBB Accredit
Nation tab right there where you get accredited. So I
know we got about a minute left, but that people
can also if they don't want to go online, they
can also call that make in course.
Speaker 5 (21:21):
Yes, yep, they sure can. My direct line is four
O nine eight.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (21:26):
Oh, I've better not say it's either eight three eight
five A six eight five eight.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
Well, and I'm looking at the website and I know
the main number four O nine eight three five five
three four eight fast and uh. But if you start
online you're going to get a response back as well.
Yes and uh and sometimes that can you know, move
through the quickest. Well, we're about out of time. I
want to thank you for taking the time to come in.
(21:53):
Wish you a very happy holiday season as we are
in the midst of December and certainly a great time
of year. But people are doing lots of shopping, so
they need to stay aware. Yes, make smart decisions and
don't buy something that you think youre getting for cheap
because without really checking it out.
Speaker 5 (22:12):
Absolutely. Yeah, there's a lot of shopping tips there.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
Thank you so much, Bonnie. We'll talk again soon.
Speaker 5 (22:18):
Thank you, Roy appreciate mayor.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Good afternoon, Southeast Texas. You're listening to the Roy West
Show here on news Talk five sixty KLV. And remember
you can always download the free iHeartRadio app, stream the
show live wherever you are, or catch this show or
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make it super easy for you. And I've got with
(22:44):
me Molly More of the Natures River Festival. Welcome back
to the show.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
Molly.
Speaker 7 (22:48):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
It's a pleasure. And we are here in December, but
you know it's going to be January before we know it.
And then the springs here and nature Sure River Festival
has been going on for decades here in southeast Texas
for people that might be new to the area or unfamiliar.
Can you give people a little bit of what Nature's
(23:11):
River Festival is.
Speaker 8 (23:14):
Yes, So our festival was started in nineteen forty nine
with a bunch of the Beaumont leaders and they decided
they wanted to draw a bunch of attention to our resources,
which is our youth and our Natures River.
Speaker 7 (23:27):
So here came the.
Speaker 8 (23:29):
Natures River Festival. And now we're in our seventy seventh
year and we're really proud of the growth that we've
made and that we have all of the community involved,
and so it's a really fun experience for seniors in
high school which participate as princesses and escorts, and then
juniors or seniors in outlaying communities they are able to
(23:51):
participate as duchesses and duchess escorts. And so we have
a big number participating this year.
Speaker 7 (23:57):
We're really excited about it.
Speaker 8 (23:59):
We have ninety princesses and they have ninety escorts, and
then we have thirty duchesses from the surrounding areas well.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
Is this about as large? I mean, I was in
it in nineteen seventy nine and I've been to several
of them. That sounds like a large number. I don't
know if it's typically that many or not.
Speaker 7 (24:21):
In recent years.
Speaker 8 (24:22):
This is our largest number, But back in the early
two thousands when I was in it, we had about
this number and ebs and flows.
Speaker 7 (24:32):
But we're really proud of.
Speaker 8 (24:33):
The growth and that we have a lot of volunteers,
we have a lot of participation. So we're having a
really good stretch of years and we just want to
keep growing and having the community come out and join
us for the festival.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Well, it's a lot of fun, a lot of fun
activities and for the young people that are involved. It
gets them an opportunity to meet a lot of people,
get exposed to a lot of things that and some
and get educated in some areas they might be unaware of,
and build these relationships and which I think is so important.
(25:13):
And it was such leadership back in nineteen forty nine
for them to you know, come up with this and
for this to be able to continue for all the
all these years is really incredible. And so seventy six years,
that's that's amazing. And you know, in of course the
Nature's River Baumat wouldn't be what Beaumont is without the
(25:33):
Nature's River, and because it gives us support and so
much others things. So let's you the first event that
will be kicking it off is for the public is
February twenty second, right, Yes, that's.
Speaker 7 (25:48):
Our Capes and Crowns five k.
Speaker 8 (25:50):
And you know we're really proud of this one too,
because all the proceeds go to support our nine scholarships
that we give out the night of the coronation which
is April twelve.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Well, and so how do people sign up? And the
Turkey trot registration when people were getting their shirts, Molly
was there. She was signing up with some of those
dedicated runners, and I was impressed that you were there
because this was, you know, right before Thanksgiving, and they
had a good crew and they had a lot of
(26:22):
serious runners too, because I know I participate in five k's,
but my participation usually involves me walking, but you can
run as well well.
Speaker 8 (26:31):
We've gotten a great support from the Sea Room Striders.
They have supported our run and they have helped us
get started, and that was back in our seventy first
year at the Nature Festival. So this is our sixth run,
and I'm just proud of this run because it's a
great way to get your family out there, and we
(26:53):
invite all the participants to run, and it is a
timed five k and we also do it timed one
mile for kids.
Speaker 7 (27:03):
So we'll start with the kids at.
Speaker 8 (27:04):
Eight thirty and then we'll start our five k at
nine and you can sign up at Natures Riverfestival dot com.
We'll have a five k tap and everything's done through
run sign up and it's just a really fun day
with music, face painting. We have really cute shirts and
coosies and bags this year, and your registration includes a bag,
(27:26):
a metal and a T shirt.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
So you get it all and you're going to have
a lot of good fellowship. And so then what does
the rest of the calendar look like and kind of
give a little bit of a view for people, because
the public gets to be engaged in a number of
events with the Nature's River Festival, but the young people
that are involved in there's a number of other things
(27:52):
that they get to participate in.
Speaker 8 (27:55):
Yes, so we have a bunch of community partners within
Beaumont and they put on different events for these participants,
which includes the Junior League, the Links, and the Symphony
of Southeast Texas. We also do an interview process with
them and that's how our Royal Court is selected. In
(28:18):
each one of these community partnerships that the events they do,
they provide a really awesome day or party for these participants.
Speaker 7 (28:28):
All are a little bit different, but.
Speaker 8 (28:32):
It's just it's a great way to get the other
community groups involved with the Nature's River Festival and that
that goes on throughout the whole spring. But our first
public besides the five k, our first public event is
our King's Arrival and Citizen of the Year presentation and
that's on a Wednesday, and that is on April second,
(28:55):
and we have that at the Event Center and everybody
is invited to that. And then we have our big
per in downtown Beaumont and that is on April eleventh.
It's going to be in the evening. So at five
point thirty we have a street party which everyone's invited to.
We'll have food and again face painters, music, and then
the parade starts at six.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
Well, and then the coronation is the next day.
Speaker 7 (29:18):
And coronation, yes, the coronation and ball will be the
next day.
Speaker 8 (29:22):
And again the coronation is a public event, and our
ball you just.
Speaker 7 (29:26):
Have to purchase your tickets through our website.
Speaker 8 (29:28):
And that's going to be the night of April twelfth,
and so you can see all of our beautiful princesses
and escorts and everybody presented at the Julie Rogers Theater
and then our ball is at the Civic Center.
Speaker 7 (29:41):
Across the street. So it's just a lot of fun.
Speaker 8 (29:44):
And we will present those nine scholarships the night of
the coronation, and again that's that's what the five K funds.
So when you buy an entry into our five K,
all of the proceeds go to fund those scholarships. So
it's you know, not only are you doing something healthy
for your body or doing something great for the community.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
That's right give where you live and y'all. Your website
is Naturesriverfestival dot com and there it has all the
dates you can make if you want to attend the
coronation ball and the coronation you can get your tickets
there is that, right yes, so, and it has phone
(30:26):
numbers and you can ask questions. It's super easy to
interact with and you know, this makes a real difference
for our kids, but it also connects us as a community.
And I know with social media now you know kids
might be able to interact with that personal connection and
meeting people from other schools. I know for me, you know,
growing up that was it was cool because you got
(30:49):
to meet kids from all other high schools. And this
is right before you're either going off to college or
entering the workforce. So it helps you learn how to
you know, do bat do better at networking and uh
so there's all kinds of skills for our young people
as well as get winning the possibility of winning scholarships.
(31:09):
So uh and it brings the community together because this
uh the Natures River Festival certainly is Beaumont and it
is the surrounding counties. I know some people come from
much further away, but it's it's a great time and
uh there's a lot of generational involvement in it.
Speaker 7 (31:28):
There is, and you know, we're really lucky.
Speaker 8 (31:30):
The lm VA has also partnered with us and so
we spend a day on the Natures River. So these
participants can you know, see what the river does for
us And the lm VA does a really good job
explaining that to them. So you know, we're just we're
lucky to have such great support here in our community.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Well, we're about out of time. I just want to
run through the day so you can go. Can you
register for the Capes and Crowns five k on the website?
Speaker 8 (31:54):
Yes, I will have a link that will connect you
to the run sign up and that would be the
easiest way, or you can just google our five k,
but we do have all of that accessible on our website.
Speaker 3 (32:06):
Well, Molly, thank you so much and thank you for
your leadership with Nature's River Festival. It's a great event
and a great event for all the Southeast Texas. I'll
talk to you Sin. Thank you all right, I'll killer
We are back with the Roy West Show here on
News Talk five sixty KLV, and I have with me
(32:28):
Joe Evans, the new executive director to a brand new
five O one C three right here in Justin County
called Revision, and it Joe tell people about Revision.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Yes, sir, thank you so.
Speaker 9 (32:41):
Revision is a is a mentorship program that partners with
the community and primarily the faith based community to work
with young people who have become either involved in the
juvenile justice system or are very vulnerable to become involved.
Speaker 4 (32:58):
In the juvenile justice system.
Speaker 9 (33:01):
And one of the primary focuses is that we try
to pair and a mentor with a child to make
a you know, six months to one year commitment to
meet with that child thirty minutes to one hour per week.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
And the ultimate goal is to increase.
Speaker 9 (33:18):
Positive interactions between you know, positive adult figures in the
child themselves. And it's a positive interaction that doesn't come
from an authority figure, doesn't come from a parent, doesn't
even come from a teacher or a coach, but just
the person that's a that's a willing and able listening
ear and you know, someone prepared to give some guidance
on real.
Speaker 4 (33:39):
Life situations and scenarios.
Speaker 9 (33:41):
So and of course along with that, we do some
programming out at the Juvenile Detention Center, We do some
work over at the Jefferson County Youth Academy, which is
the boot camp, and then of course we're piloting a
program at Charleston Pollard right now. But we're trying to
do some work to start working with these young people earlier,
(34:02):
especially when we know the environments that they're coming from
are conducive, conducive of putting them in situations that will
ultimately lead to them being involved with the juvenile justice system.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Well, and you know, oftentimes people when they hear about mentoring,
they may feel ill equipped. But what has been shown
and then you're using a model that has been used
successfully around around the country, and it's because what we're
seeing is so many of these juveniles, these young people,
(34:38):
these kids, let's call them what they are, you know,
don't have the life's skills to navigate through and oftentimes
don't have hope, hadn't had anybody show an interest in them.
So they, you know, their approach to life so a
whole lot different. And this is a chance to show
people that they matter and giving them some skills to
(35:01):
help them navigate through life in a more productive way,
which it in rocket science. You're not teaching you're not
having to teach them math or spelling. You're just talking
to them about their their challenges and things that you
might things that you might be able to offer them
that help them be more successful.
Speaker 4 (35:22):
Right right, You're absolutely correct.
Speaker 9 (35:24):
And something that you touched on was, you know, we
wanna we want to increase those positive interactions with children
who may not ever come in contact early in life
with adults who are doing positive things and things that
probably come as second nature to you and I, you know,
getting up to go to work, getting up to go
(35:46):
to church, working in the community, just doing something positive
with themselves and for others. You know, we want to
we want to make sure that we're exposing our kids
to those types of situations versus some of the things
that they may encounter in their neighborhoods or in their community.
So once again, like so you you touched on it,
but I want to reiterate it's increasing those positive interactions
(36:09):
and imparting whatever wisdom and God as you can. And
and for those who feel ill equipped.
Speaker 4 (36:15):
You know, trust me, you're equipped to listen.
Speaker 9 (36:21):
And it could be just you know, I have mentors
that come play chess. I have mentors that come talk
about horses. I have mentors who come talk about you know,
pipe fitting and welding, and so I have law enforcement
who come in and don't even talk about the law
enforcement aspect of their lives. But you know, they just
(36:42):
talked to the kid about what they've been through and
then once again listen, just to listen.
Speaker 4 (36:47):
And one of the.
Speaker 9 (36:48):
Things I like, I'll brag on on Chief Dante Miller
with the Sheriff's Department. He comes in and he's not
in his full uniform, but it's very apparent that he
is law enforcement because he's got a shirt or something.
And he teaches our young people how to interact with
law enforcement because so often there's this negative you know,
(37:10):
or surrounding law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (37:12):
Especially in the black community.
Speaker 9 (37:13):
Well, he teaches young men and women that you don't
have to be afraid of law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (37:20):
Law enforcement should be respectful to you. You should be
respectful for law enforcement.
Speaker 9 (37:24):
We're all humans, and at the end of the day,
there's a right and or wrong with interact with people.
So that's been very fruitful because it warms our young
people up to law enforcement to let him know that
law enforcement is not the bad guy.
Speaker 3 (37:37):
Right right, And oftentimes the culture that we're around, I mean,
we all are a victim of what we see every
day and what we hear, and oftentimes we believe that
is the reality of situations and sometimes it's just not.
And but the only way you're going to know that
is by being informed. And I know, you know, people
(38:00):
say you've got to earn the right to be heard,
and I think that's true. And I think by showing
up and just by playing chess, by listening to the kid,
you're building a rapport with them that they see that, hey,
you've got no reason to take time out of your
schedule to come listen to me. So you're showing them
that they matter.
Speaker 9 (38:19):
Right, absolutely, absolutely, and that that means a lot to
show a kid that they matter and that they can
depend on you. And that's another thing too. We try
to tell mentors. Don't don't feel the need to over commit,
you know, just be honest and say, hey, listen, I
won't be here next week, but the following week I will,
or something comes up. Just be honest, but you know,
(38:41):
don't overcommit because a lot of times the kids are
already disappointed and so you don't want to be another disappointment.
But you know, I find that when you're honest and upfront,
it always works really well with them.
Speaker 3 (38:52):
Well, we've got just about a minute and a half left.
But this holiday season, this Christmas season, oftentimes people and
as they approach the new year, it's about, you know,
I want to live a more significant life. I want
to make a bigger impact in the world that I
live in. And not everybody has a bandwidth, but if
you have some extra time, it doesn't take much. And
how do they reach out to Revision to find out
(39:15):
how they might volunteer in what hours are available?
Speaker 4 (39:19):
In all of that?
Speaker 9 (39:20):
Sure, so the best way to reach out to Revision
is is one is through email. It's info at Revision
s e t X dot com. Of course we're on
social media on Facebook Revision Southeast Texas. And then of
course if you if you want to call me, I'm
always open to phone calls. I may not answer right away,
(39:41):
but send me a text and that's four o nine
four four four eight zero four eight give me a call.
But we would love to have you. We need you
on board, and this program does not work with our
community involvement, so we encourage people to, you know, consider
volunteering with Revision and we know that.
Speaker 3 (40:00):
It does work. And that's the exciting point is let's
do something that's going to make a difference in these
young people's lives and let's change the direction of their lives,
which also helps change the direction of our community and
decision being made. Joe Evans, thank you very much, and
I wish you a merry Christmas.
Speaker 4 (40:18):
Yes, sir, thank you.
Speaker 3 (40:22):
We are back and we are wrapping up another show
in folks Man. It is in the middle of December,
great time of the year. Wishing every body a very
merry Christmas. In our first segment, I talked to Charlie Foxworth,
who's the owner broker of Remax one here that is
not just in Southeast Texas now in Mount Bellevue and
(40:45):
the Woodlands as well. Then I spoke with Bonnie with
the Better Business Bureau about the services they provide to
the general public as well as to accredited businesses. So
it's so important to be involved in pay attention because
there is so much fraud in Today's World. Then I
(41:06):
spoke with Molly Moore. But the Natis River Festival, they
have a five k coming up on February twenty second,
Capes and Crowns in the Natures River Festival, who has
been going on for seventy six years here in Southeast Texas,
serving the youth of Southeast Texas, giving scholarships and also
(41:29):
promoting and educating people about the area. So they do
a great job. I wrap things up with Joe Evans
with Revision of Southeast Texas, which is a new not
for profit that is working to mentor kids that are
at risk, and they work in the juvenile justice system
(41:49):
through schools and through various agencies, and they need volunteers
and you can find out more by googling them or
finding on faith Facebook at Revision of Southeast Texas. You
can also look for Joe Evans. They're making a real
difference here in Southeast Texas and it is such an
(42:09):
important ministry that is happening. And folks, until we talk again,
God bless you all.
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