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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello, and welcome to the Roy West Radio Show right
here on Am five sixty klv I. I am your
guest host for today. My name is Debbie Bridgman, and
we have a full show packed of great information, including
info from Girls Haven and an event that they have
coming up. We'll also talk to Southeast Texas stages. They
have Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, big production that is
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going to be kicking off, or actually did kick off
this weekend, but you still have a chance to see it.
And then we're also going to talk to the Beaumont
Heritage Society and see what's going on with the John
Jay French Museum and a big celebration that's going on
over there.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
But to kick things off, we're talking Better.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Business Bureau Southeast Texas and Bonnie is it Reva Reva Reva?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
All right, Bonnie is with us.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So Bonnie tell us what is your title and how
long have you been at the BBB.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I am the director of Marketing and Communications and I
have been here for about a year and a half. Okay,
it's been very a year and a half.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Well, the good thing about BBB is I was there
for ten years, so I'm very well worsed on Better
Business Bureau and I am a full supporter.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Of all things BBB.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
But to kick things off, let's just kind of talk
a little bit about you know, for anybody who doesn't
know what is the Better Business Bureau?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Okay, sure? So at its core, the Better Business Bureau
is all about building trust in the marketplace. We're a nonprofit,
which kind of surprises some people, and we've also been
around for over one hundred years. I think we're about
one hundred and thirteen years this year, and we've been
helping consumers connect with businesses that operate with integrity. And
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we do that by getting businesses accredited, to getting them
to qualify to become accredited, and with dispute resolutions, scam
tracking things like that. So it's really about helping people
make confident, informed choices, whether you're hiring a roofer, choosing
a mechanic, buying a car, or donating to a charity.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Even well, you.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Guys do a lot, and I know that for a fact.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
You know, you guys, you know there's maybbs all across
the nation, But what specifically does Southeast Texas focus on.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
So here we are really very hands on in our community.
We serve a huge area. We serve eight and a
half counties from Beaumont to Jasper to Dayton and then
the half county is the ball Over Peninsula, and so
we work with both the businesses and the consumers in
all of their territory. For businesses, of course, we offer
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the accreditation, but we also offer training and helpful resources
to help them to do business right, even some educational courses,
some that you can even become certified in. So we
just kind of help the businesses be able to do
the business. That helps our community be strong. And then
we also let people know what businesses are credited, so
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they you know, consumers can know who's who's helping them
stay safe because we we report on scams and things
like that and all of that's supported through our accredited businesses.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Well, and I think you know, I mean I know
when I was there that you know you have accredited businesses,
you have non accredited businesses, And some people think, oh,
you know there is a difference with the accreditation. You
know that business is going to do everything possible for
a consumer. And I know we would have businesses that
would call and they would be so upset when they
got a complaint. But I was like, it's how you
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handle that complaint, you know. So BBB does so much
and you when you look at it too, you have BBB,
but you also have the Consumer Education Foundation, So tell
us a little bit about what you know, the difference
and what's going on there.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
So, yeah, the Education Foundation is our five oh one
C three and it helps to create a community of
trustworthy businesses, just like the BBB side, but and also
through education, networking, development recognition programs like some that we
have coming up soon. And it also gives out scholarships
to eight students every year, and then we also have
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endowments to our local universities. So all of this gives
businesses the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of our
future leaders by being involved with our Education Foundation.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
I love that. I just absolutely love that.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
And I've noticed, really, you know, in the last year
or so, you guys are out all the time doing something,
whether it's a brunch and learn or if it's you know,
your big events that are on the way. Your seal
reveals there's so much going on, So tell me a
little bit about some of the events that are on the.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Way, So yes, we do have and it's new, the
seal reveal. It's kind of like a Chamber of Commerce
riven cutting, but it's just kind of a fun and
exciting way to let the public know who is now
qualified to be accredited, has become credited and supporting the community.
So it's just kind of a fun exciting thing to
do for them. And then we have our coffee and connections,
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and we have our like you said, brunch and learns,
and then we have our big event coming up on
June fifth, our Torch Awards. So that's one of our
favorites and it's kind of a favorite for all of
Southeast Texas really.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Well, I mean it's a staple, you know. I mean
the Torch Awards.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I mean you're you're honoring businesses that are.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Doing things right, and it really has become quite the
big event that.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Is going on every year.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
So, uh, Torch Awards on the Way, tell us a
little bit about I mean, it's it's it's almost like
an award press, I mean, like the Academy Awards.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
It's it's pretty big.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Yes, it's it's almost exactly like everybody gets glammed out.
It's it's really exciting. Businesses are nominated from people in
the community and the winners are announced that night, and
you know, we have the red carpet, champagne, great meal.
It's it really has become the mis event of the
year in Southeast Texas because it is just so exciting.
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So when the winners are chosen, you know, everybody explodes.
It's really a fun, fun event. I mean, then they
do have it literally a carpet. It's really a way
to recognize the businesses that really do go above and
beyond and that they are operating at that highest standard
of ethics with great excellency. And it's a great way
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to recognize them.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I think one of the best things too, is that
you know, it's not a popularity contest.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
You know, this is you have to be nominated.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But that business is the only one that can really
supply the information that's needed to show how they operate ethically.
This year, I was actually asked to write one of
the recommendation letters, which I was very very happy to do,
and that business is a finalist, so I'm keeping my
fingers crossed. But it was also a good learning process
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for a lot of businesses because you know, there's certain
things that you need, you know, even if it's just
your privacy policy or are you putting that on your
website or you know, so a lot of times I
think businesses were kind of like, this is a really
good process. You know, you're nominated, that feels good, but
then going through the steps and seeing everything you know
and showing how you are a great business you know
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in Southeast Texas exactly.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Yes, you're you're right. It really is a way for
the business to realize, like you said, you know, we
do need to have this in place with them, and
it is a good learning process for them. And even
if they've been in business for a long time, maybe
they've let something lapse, maybe they've forgot to replace, you know,
it really helps them dive into their own business and
continue doing business at the highest level that they can. So, yeah,
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it is it is a great process. And then of
course winning is always fun too, but just bed, that's
a good thing too well.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
And I just like how it's evolved over the years too,
because you know, when I was there, it was basically
large and small, ya that's it.
Speaker 5 (08:00):
You know.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Then we added the nonprofit, which was a big deal,
Like we didn't understand there for a while. Why can't
credit unions enter the contest? Well, credit unions, a lot
of people don't realize are nonprofits. So having that nonprofit
and even for like the hospitals as well, they're nonprofits.
So it was good to add that. And I think
you guys do like a rising star like yes something.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yes inspire I think is what it's called. But yes,
they have added a lot like now they have micro
and they have Mega and they have Industrial Excellence Awards,
So it really has encompassed the whole of what we
have in this area because you know, there's a lot
of industrial and that wasn't a part of it before
but it is now. So yes, it's it's it's just
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so much fun.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Well and it's just all about good business, but sometimes
there's a little bit more than than business with the BBB,
and it's all about the ladies.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
So I know you have the big Women's conference.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Do we have a d Do we know when?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
That's coming?
Speaker 3 (09:02):
September twenty fifth this year, and we're kind of continuing
on with last year's theme of venture and Wait. So
it's it's a really fun theme as well. And this
year they're kind of changing a little bit up where
the public can actually come into the vendor booths for free.
They don't have to buy a ticket to go shop
at the vendor booths, and there's going to be a
lot more vendor booths this year. But it's also about
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helping women come together. No men can come to whether
or not excluded, but it's helping women become better leaders.
And the breakout sessions, Wow, they are just incredible and
it really is just and they can pick and choose
which breakout session you want to go to, what you
think you might need more work on, or what you
want to learn more about, and it's just a really
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great way to help empower the women of our community
and help them to just develop into the better leaders
that they want to be. So it's also fun.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Boy, BBB does does not stop. I love it.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
I love it and I love I think a lot
of people don't get this, but when you're working at
BBB Southeast Texas that it's a family.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
It is really a family. It is.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
From day one, I felt that, and then everyone that
has been hired on since I've been here has said
the same thing. Everyone here is just so welcoming and
so kind and so helpful. We are really a great team.
We work really well together. There's never a cog in
the wheel, there's never just everything flows really well. And yeah,
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it is definitely a family here for sure. And then
our credited businesses that come in we welcome them as
part of our family too. So it is a great organization.
I'm really proud to be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
So we got about a minute left for anybody that
needs to look up a business, needs to find out
about all these events that are going on, what's the
best way to connect with BBB.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
So you can always go to BBB dot org because
you can always put the address, you know what area
you're in in the little search bar. But and then
you can always just search for BBB Southeast Texas to
get to our local page and that has our events,
that has everything on it, and then if you want
to search for credit credited businesses there, it's really simple
to do. You can also file complaints, read reviews, look
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up scams, report scams. So there's there's a lot of
resources there for both businesses and consumers.
Speaker 6 (11:27):
Well.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
I love how the BBB just looks out for the community,
whether it's informing about a business, doing an event, or
helping protect consumers.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
You know, I absolutely love it. So bbbbbb dot org
the place to go for everything.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
All right, Fannie, thank you so much for joining us
on the program today.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Oh, I appreciate it very very much. Thank you. I
appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
All right, and we'll be right back with the Roy
West Radio Show right here on AM five sixty k
l v I. And we're back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I. I am
your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman, and now we're talking about
Girls Haven. So please welcome Kaylee Henry to the show.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Hi, Kaylee, how are you.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
I'm doing good?
Speaker 4 (12:16):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Very very good?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
So first off, before we get going, tell us a
little bit about your role with Girls Haven and what
is girls Haven for anybody that doesn't know.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
Yes, ma'am, I am the development and public relations director
over at Girls Haven. For those of you who don't know,
we are a foster home for young ladies between the
ages of six and eighteen. So we are located in Beaumont.
We can house up to twenty two girls at our
facility and so all of our girls are in CPS.
They've been pulled from their homes from abuse, neglect, severe
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family dysfunction, and so they come to foster care homes
or group homes like Girls Haven, and we offer them
not only basic care like shelter and food, clothing, but
also therapeutic care. We have a licensed counselor that is
on staff. We also have case management, and then we
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also offer education, so we have full wrap round service
with our Earhart Charter School, so they can go there
from it's K through night currently, and so they're able
to go to school as well when they attend Girls Haven.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
So you guys do a lot for the community.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
And you guys have been around for many, many many
years to thirty.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Years, yes, ma'am thirty wow.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
And I guess for me, like when I think Girls Haven,
besides what you're doing, I always think about the gumbo.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Good goth that you guys do. Yes, when is that
normally held in the fall.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
It's going to be happening December sixth of this year.
So yes, we're trying to find that perfect window where
it's not warm and it's not freezing. So hopefully we
found the right one this year.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Okay, good, Well, I know you guys have something big
that's coming out at the end of this month.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Tell us a little bit about Haven for her future.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Yes, ma'am. So. On May twenty ninth, on it's a Thursday,
at five point thirty, we will be having an event
at Girls Haven. It's on our campus in the gym,
so it's in the Airhart Gym at our campus, and
it's going to be a mix and mingle, but we're
also going to have a really big announcement, so it's
going to be a press conference. We're inviting all of
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the media to come out. Mister Joe Pinlan will be
there speaking and we'll also have several other presenters speaking
at this event. And we have a really big announcement
that has to do with Girls Haven and air Heart
Charter School, some things that we have coming up very soon,
and we want the public to know about it and
to be involved, so we want it's a completely free event,
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so we want anyone and everyone to come out. We'll
have light refreshments. It'll be a great time to mix
and ming with other people and to also learn more
about what we do at Girls Haven, what they do
at the air Heart Charter School and what we have
coming up in the very near future.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Well, I know that fundraisers are extremely important for any nonprofit,
and there's a lot of nonprofits that are in Southeast Texas.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
So going back a little bit about what you guys do.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
So you know, when you just say you're a citizen,
we're citizens, and you see a girl that might be
in a bad situation, I mean, what's the best way
to handle something like that.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
If you see a situation where you think that there
might be abuse or anything like that happening in a
family dynamic, you should definitely call the hotline, the DFPS hotline,
and CPS will take care of that situation and assess
the situation, see if the resident needs to be pulled
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from their home, and if they do, they'll get placed
sometimes with other family members if that's a safe environment.
And then it could be you know, locally at Girls
Haven in our group home. It could also be in
a foster home. It just depends on their situation. But
I would definitely call the hotline and get involved. You know,
if you see something, definitely say something. Don't ever, you know, hesitate,
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just to be.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Sure exactly so, and with your partnership with with the
Aarhart Schools, So we know that the girls are getting education.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
What else do you guys do to help the girls
that are staying with you?
Speaker 4 (16:32):
Yes, So, like I said, we have not only basic care,
so we have you know, shelter at our facility. We
also have food. We have a full kitchen staff that
we have for the girls. We have a clothing boutique,
so we get a lot of donations of clothing shoes
and we set it up in our boutique so the
girls can actually kind of go in and go shopping.
And then we also take the girls shopping, so we
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get a lot of monetary donations thankfully that help us
to go and get clothing that really fits the girl
and makes them feel very confident, which is you know,
as a girl, you know how important that is, especially
you know, going to school the first day of school.
You really want to fill your best and sometimes that
means looking your best, so going and getting them things
that fit, and so we do that for them. And
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then we also, like I said, offer therapeutic care. A
lot of our girls have suffered pretty severe trauma, and
so we have a licensed therapist that's on staff with
the girls and she does individual therapy, group therapy sessions,
and then we have case management and then on top
of that the education through the charter school, and so
they have really a full wrap around service with us.
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We try to include everything that we possibly can to
give them the most you know, personalized care that we
can because going into the charter school, it's definitely a
smaller classroom environment, it's one more one on one we have.
The staff is getting trained in trauma informed care, so
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they know how to handle you know, triggers and things
like that that come from residents who have been through
pretty severe trauma. So being able to have that for
all of the residents is really important and it helps
us to be able to shape them and grow them
into adulthood because you know, they can come at six
years old, they can come at fifteen, and they age
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out with us sometimes and so actually the large majority
of the time they'll age out. So when they turn eighteen,
we want to make sure that they're ready for the future,
they're ready for adulthood, and we continue offering them resources
even when they turn eighteen and they age out. We
help them through that part because that's a huge part,
is that transition, and so a lot of them. Through
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being in CPS, they're able to go to college for free,
so we help them apply and get into different colleges
and get the education that they need. So we just
offer anything and everything that we can.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
So when they turn eighteen, if they're currently a senior
in high school, I mean, do you guys kind of
wait till they graduate and know their path or is
it like you're eighteen by.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
Yeah, they'll they'll finish. They'll graduate high school, even if
they turn eighteen at the beginning of the year or
if they've been held back, we let them finish high
school and then you know, those last few years, we
offer a lot of skills in the community. We have
a lot of community resources that offer us skills classes,
so they teach them anything from cooking to taxes to banking.
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You know, we had a resident fairly recently who she
was with us, and we helped her apply for jobs
and so she got a job, and then with the
job she got, we helped her get a bank account.
She saved up money through her job, was able to
purchase her own vehicle. We helped her get her license,
and then she also we helped her apply for schools
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and now she's actually at Texas State, so you know,
it's just help being with all of those different things
and then continuing to be a resource. We also have
a mentor program, so all of our residents get matched
up with a mentor, and the mentor you know, tends
to stay with them even when they turn eighteen, So
just kind of being the other person that they can
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call and talk to and ask for, you know, help
if they have any questions about what they need to do.
Because when you turn eighteen, that does not make you
an adults. Even if the state says that it does,
you know, you still need a lot of help. And
so we continue to offer resources and we're really blessed
that the community steps up and helps us to continue
offering those resources.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Well, and I thank y'all so much for what you're doing,
because you're right, I mean, some of the girls they
need a little extra help. But then it's not just
your eighteen you know, it's scary when you get out
in the real world, you know, and giving them resources
and those tips to get them acclimated. So we got
about a minute left. Once again, tell us about the
event that's on May twenty ninth.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
Yes, we have an event on May twenty ninth, that's
at the Girls Haven campus. This is going to be
a mix and mingle, but it will also have a
very big announcement. It's a press conference, but it is
open to the public, so we want anyone and everyone
to come out. It's completely free and so come out
and hear about what we're doing at Girls Haven, what
they're doing at Earhart Charter School, and what we have
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coming up very soon. So so big things.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
And for more information about Girls Haven, what is the website.
Speaker 4 (21:30):
It's girls Haven Inc. Dot org. And that's the same
thing for all of our social media too, it's girls Haven, Inc.
So we're constantly posting on there. You can find out
more through there. Message us on Facebook really anywhere. We're
anywhere and everywhere.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Well, Kaylei, thank you so much for joining the program
and we will see you at the big event May
twenty ninth.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Okay, perfect, Thank you so much. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
All right, we'll be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five six d klv I.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Thank and we're back with the.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Roy West Radio Show on AM five sixty k l
v I. I am your guest host Debbie Bridgeman. And
not only do we have Julia from Southeast Texas Stages
joining us, but.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
We have really walka in the house. This is exciting. Hey, Julia,
how are you doing for you? All right?
Speaker 1 (22:21):
So tell us Southeast Texas Stages. You guys have all
these great performances, but you just kicked off this awesome,
awesome play. Tell me a little bit about Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
Absolutely, Willie Wonka himself speak first.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Okay, So Willie tell us about the production.
Speaker 7 (22:45):
Well, I think people are going to be very surprised
by our show. This is a very unique way that
we tell our story.
Speaker 6 (22:54):
It's nothing like in the movies you've seen, so luckily,
people are really going to get a new experience. This
story kind of falls a little long with Willy Wonka's story,
and it kind of interjects with Charlie. He's found that
he's kind of lost his way and he's lost his
touch as a candy maker. So he goes out into
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the world and tries to find an inspiration and what
he ends up finding is a new successor. But it
takes a bit of a trip and to get there,
and we take the audience along the entire way.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
So this one is going to be a little bit
closer to the Timothy shallow May Willy Wonka that came
out just a couple of years ago, not necessarily what
we remember growing up from the seventies with Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory.
Speaker 7 (23:41):
Well, the production itself is based a bit from the
Gene Wilder film, but a lot of things have changed
the way that they tell the story, especially with the
different kids that tore the factory, so you get to
see a lot of a lot of things never really
seen before in this.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
So it is I mean, if if the frame of
reference for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the three
movies that are out the Tim Burton, the Gene Wilder,
and the Timothy shallow May, it is closer to the
gene Wilder version certainly musically, but it is you know,
like like Brian is saying a different spin on the show.
So people, it's the same story, but it goes in
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different directions to keep it fresh for an audience who
might have seen and loved all of those movies.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Well, I will say for me, I mean I remember
growing up having you know, Sunday night you get to
go home and see Charlie and the Chocolate Factor. This
is before DVDs and streaming services, so when it came on,
just like The Wizard of Oz, you made sure that
Sunday Night you were home a classic.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Loved it to death.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
The Johnny Depp Tim Burton version good, but the Timothy
Challo May I.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Was actually really surprised.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
I really enjoyed that one, but just the overall concept,
the whole thing because as a kid growing up to
think there would be a candy factory that, you know,
and that scene where Gene Wilder walks in and everything
is edible and he says, you can eat this, you
can eat this, and it's just oh and the Chocolate River.
Speaker 7 (25:14):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Loved it.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Loved the story so many How many people are in
the cast. How long have you been preparing? You know,
tell me a little bit more about the production.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
So the there are thirty one actors in the cast,
and then there's about ten people backstage doing and sound.
We have a live musicians in the pit and there's
about eight or nine of those. So it's a large
group of people in the community coming together and telling
the story. And y'all auditioned in March, middle of March,
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so they've been working on it for the last eight weeks.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Oh wow. And the director on this one, Dexter Brusard. Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
And the good thing I guess about Southeast Texas stages
either all or most of it.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
I mean everyone is.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
From Southeast Texas that's either helping or in the play.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Nice. We love that. So you guys just had a successful.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Opening weekend and we have two more weekends coming up
to come and see the production.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Like, what are the times?
Speaker 4 (26:17):
Cost?
Speaker 2 (26:17):
How do we get tickets?
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Sure?
Speaker 5 (26:20):
So all that information is on www dot sxs dot org.
The shows we have this upcoming weekend, we actually have
four shows. We have a Thursday pay what you can,
which is just how it sounds. You can name the
price on your ticket. Then we have Friday night. We
have two shows on Saturday, a matinee at two pm
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which we'll have the ASL interpretation and seven thirty that
night and tickets all fees included are thirty dollars or
if you're a senior citizen, twenty eight and if you
have a kid under the age of twelve, which we
hope we bring, you bring all of your Kids is
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fifteen dollars.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Nice.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
I absolutely love that it's all people from Southeast Texas.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
I think that is awesome.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Let's talk a little bit about what you guys do
in the summer, because I mean, we talk about Southeast
Texas and we always talk about pouring into the next generation,
but you guys do some summer kind of things for kiddos.
Speaker 5 (27:25):
Yeah, So open right now is registration for the Kid
Community summer camps. And actually several of the kids see
on stage in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory show
have participated in our camps and have grown up through
our camps and cultivated their talent that you're going to see.
So we have those registrations up now from fourth graders
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to a graduating seniors. So we have four camps, including
one for children that are neuro diverse or on the spectrum.
And each of those camps are about five or six
weeks long, under three hundred dollars, and they put a
show up on the end at the end, and really
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it's a really special program in Southeast Texas and we're
really excited to gear it up again for summer.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Have you ever had any kids that have gone through
kidmmunity and they come back like say for summer vacation,
they've graduated, they've gone on to college, maybe they've gone
to a theatrical school. But do you have any kids
that have come back and have really like honed their
skill a lot from what they learned from either kidmmunity
or just being involved with the productions that are right
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here in Southeast Texas.
Speaker 7 (28:39):
Oh. Absolutely.
Speaker 5 (28:40):
A lot of the feedback that we get from from kids,
especially kids who do not go heter in some way,
is that the community helped them one learn how to
quickly make friends and adapt to new environments, and two
have the confidence to, you know, say whatever it is
they need to say, whether it's like a report in
school or you know, like standing up for themselves or
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you know, whatever the situation may be, gaining a lot
of confidence and using their own voice and you know,
propelling them into their future, into their future. We have
a couple of recent graduates who have gone into like
political science, and one young lady attributes her time in
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community to helping her be on a very successful path.
Speaker 7 (29:26):
To being a lawyer.
Speaker 5 (29:27):
So it's there's a lot of opportunities in being involved
in theater arts beyond you know, just the people who
have aspirations to be on stage.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
I mean I talked to someone the other day just
about just communications in general and that.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
You know, sometimes when you say communications.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
People think that's a specific thing, but really every job
that you have nowadays, you're giving a presentation, or you're
having to lead a meeting, or you know, whatever it
might be, but having good communication skills and I think
being in production certainly, because like I even know, like
if I had to get up in front of like
a couple of people, I would be super nervous.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Like a whole bunch.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
I don't know, but I know a friend of mine
was in the nine to five production that you guys did.
I guess it was maybe two years ago, and she
was really nervous, but boys, she nailed it was it
was fantastic. So, I mean, I love seeing local talent.
I think it brings more to when you go to
a play at Southeast Texas stages, when you see some
of your friends and you can go and really support them.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
I think it's super cool.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
So tell me what other productions do you guys have
on the horizon that are going to be on the way.
Speaker 5 (30:38):
So that after Charlie and the Chocolate Factory closes, we
have our summer program and we have announced our upcoming
season and you can find out more information about the
show's coming up.
Speaker 7 (30:49):
But we'll be.
Speaker 5 (30:50):
Doing things like Little Women the Musical, We'll be doing
Christmas Carol, a song for Corita, and we're ending the
season with Disney's Aladdin. So it'll be a really fun
season with a little bit of something for everybody.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Fantastic. Well, we've got about a minute left, so one
more time. Tell us where people can go to get
tickets and the productions that are coming up for the
next two weekends.
Speaker 5 (31:18):
Sure, so all the information is online. You can also
call the box office if you're having trouble navigating. It's
four O nine eight three four sixty six four. Everything's
at www dot s E t XS dot org.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Fantastic and so we've got product you said, there's a
Thursday that's coming up this week Friday, two performances on Saturday,
and then Sunday.
Speaker 5 (31:42):
Correct, not this Sunday, but there is a Sunday the
week following.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Okay, okay, fantastic.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
Well, Charlie in the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka, thank you
so much for being a part of this. This is
pretty exciting for me to say that I've met Willy Wonka.
Speaker 7 (31:56):
You appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
And we're looking forward to seeing you these next two weekends.
Julia Willie, thank you so much for being a part
of the show.
Speaker 7 (32:05):
Thank you, thank you, and we'll be right.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Back with the Roy West Radio Show on AM five
sixty klv I. And we're back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I. I am
your guest host Debbie Bridgeman, and we are talking now
about Beaumont Heritage Society and joining me is Ainsley Thompson.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
How are you, Ainsley, I'm good, it's glad.
Speaker 5 (32:31):
I'm happy to be here.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
So before we get started, what exactly is your role
and what is Beaumont Heritage Society.
Speaker 8 (32:40):
So I am a site development manager at Beaumont Heritage Society.
And Beaumont Heritage Society is an organization. We're a nonprofit
here in Beaumont, and we're organized to educate and engage
the public on historic preservation in Beaumont and kind of
engage the community in our preservation initiatives.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
So like when I think Beaumont Beaumont Heriage is society.
What I immediately think of is.
Speaker 2 (33:05):
The John J.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
French Museum, Like I mean, through cub Scouts or whatever.
I've been through it, you know, So that's what I
kind of think about. But I know Beaumont Heriage society
involves so much more. So what are some of the
different things that you guys have going on?
Speaker 8 (33:20):
So primarily, like you said, we do own and operate
our Claim to Fame as our eighteen forty five John J.
French Museum, and we also operate the Chambers House Museum
on behalf of the Seahomer and Edith Fuller's Chambers Foundation.
So those are our little historic house children that we
have there. We're kind of parenting those houses. But we
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try and also do a lot of events where nothing
without the community involved, and with historic preservation, there's no
point in preserving these amazing places, in these amazing stories
without the community's ears and eyes on it. So in
recent years especially, we've really tried to lean into our
educational programming, our community events, getting ways to get other
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businesses involved with BHS and really reach out and try
and allow people to get the inside look into historic
preservation locally.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
So what are some of the educational programs that you
guys have going on.
Speaker 8 (34:20):
So we have an amazing museum educator named Carly and
she has developed an awesome Teaks to Ligne programming, so
all of our educational programming can actually be signed to
meet Texas curriculum standards for public schools. We have a
brand new children's exhibit that was really a labor of
love by all the staff. It is an interactive, sensory
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friendly exhibit. The children can come and play in the
French trading post replica, and then there's a children's tour,
so it's a whole tour just like our normal ones
if you've ever taken our tour at the French or
Chambers Museum, but it's catered towards children and is a
little more hands on and interactive for them. So those
are some of the really great things that we're really
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pushing and really into right now here.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
So the Chambers House is the one that's off Calder.
Speaker 8 (35:09):
Yes, ma'am. That one is kind of near where the
McFadden Warhouse is.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Okay, fantastic. So I know that you guys, like you said,
you do a lot of different events. I'm thinking there's
like a happy hour or something that you guys do.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
Can you tell me a little bit about that?
Speaker 8 (35:24):
So we do heritage happy hours. This is an awesome
This is one of my favorite things we do here.
It's typically held every other month, the third Thursday of
every other month, and it's at a different historic site
every time, and we try to never hit the same
place twice unless it's many years later. And by popular demand,
we actually have one coming up, not this Thursday, but
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next Thursday, May fifteenth, and it's going to be at
for the Record in Beaumont, which is a pretty much
brand new record store that is owned by one of
our amazing board members, and we're so excited to be
able to go over there. But we try and do
it at all sorts of different historic locations so that
we're not only sharing the stories of the homes that
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we operate, but also the homes and the sites in
the relevance of other historic areas in Beaumont. Last month,
or not last month, the month before last, we had
it at Magnolia Cemetery, which is a home of the
burial home of many historic residents from Beaumont, and we
get to really see a large scope of history in
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that way and engage the public with that.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
So and when we talk about the John Jay French Museum,
you know the house, I mean, it's been there for
quite a while. So, like I think, you've got a
big anniversary event coming up to celebrate, we.
Speaker 8 (36:42):
Do so this year. So it is actually the one
hundred and eightieth anniversary of the home being built, which
is just insane to think about. We have trees out
here that we know we're planted by the Frenches, that
are one hundred and eighty years old, and it's amazing
that with all the time and all the hurricanes and
now disasters and things that have come through this area,
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that this home is still standing better than ever. So
of course we have to throw a little soiree, and
I say little, we want it to be a big blowout.
It's going to be the one hundred and eightieth anniversary party.
This is going to be June fourteenth, twenty twenty five,
so on a Saturday, and it's going to be ten
am to two pm, so kind of a morning to
mid day situation. But we're going to try and have
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so many awesome things for everybody, all ages to be
involved in We're partnering with the Big Thicket Outlaws, which
is a local reenactment group, and they're going to do
some live reenactments out there on the museum. We're going
to have live animals, We're going to have blacksmith demonstrations,
we'll have crafts, and of course the.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
Home will be open for walkthroughs.
Speaker 8 (37:44):
And it's just going to be a really great way
for us to kind of engage with that history and celebrate, honestly,
the miracle that is this home standing so strong after
all these years.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
And you're absolutely right.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
I mean, with all the natural disasters that have happened
to this area, the house is still standing there.
Speaker 5 (38:03):
You know.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
I know, like from the cub Scout tours that I
went on, the biggest question for little boys.
Speaker 4 (38:09):
Where's the bathroom?
Speaker 2 (38:10):
Where's the bathroom?
Speaker 8 (38:11):
You know?
Speaker 1 (38:11):
I mean, is there anything that really stood out that
you're that was really funny from a tour or something
that you know, just from a kid's perspective.
Speaker 8 (38:20):
So the kids always are baffled at the chores that
the children had to do. That's the number one thing
that whenever I give the kids tours, they you know,
you go through there were the chores that they had
nowadays that they have nowadays are not don't hold a
candle to the chamber pots the little ones would have
to empty in the eighteen fifties. And so whenever I
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love telling the kids, I always love saying, guess whose
job that would be?
Speaker 4 (38:47):
And they get it after.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
A little bit.
Speaker 8 (38:49):
They're like, oh, the kid's job, and they're always just
saying it. I'm like, I know, see, and aren't you grateful?
Now taking out the trash doesn't seem so bad, does it?
And so I always love hearing them talk about that.
So they're always a fun It's always so fun to
hear them. I always say that whenever kids come here,
it's really hilarious to me because sometimes you'll get the
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younger ones, especially kind of the ten, eleven, twelve year
old group, and they'll come in and you can tell
they think it's going to be so boring and they're
not excited. And then I love watching their faces slowly
light up throughout the tourists they realize that this is
a really cool experience.
Speaker 4 (39:25):
So that's one of the best parts of the job.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
That's awesome. Well, we've got less than a minute left.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
Once again, tell us about the Happy Hour and the
big anniversary that's.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Coming up and where can people go to get it more.
Speaker 8 (39:35):
Information of course, yes, So, like I said, Happy Hour
is going to be this next Thursday, May fifteenth at
for the Record in Beaumont from five thirty pm to
seven thirty pm. It's ten dollars entry for twenty one
and up and free for members. So and then, of
course every one hundred and eightieth anniversary party is going
to be Saturday June fourteenth, twenty twenty five, from ten
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am to two pm here at the grounds of the
eighteen forty five John J. French Museum. For all lot information,
you can visit our website www dot Beaumont Heritage dot
org and we're also very active on social media under
Beaumont Heritage on pretty much all platforms.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
So awesome, Ainsley, thank you so much for joining the show.
Speaker 8 (40:14):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
It was a great time, all right, and we'll be
right back to wrap things up on the Roy West
Radio Show right here on AM five sixty KLVI. And
we're back with the Roy West Radio Show on AM
five sixty KLVI. I am Debbie Bridgeman. I have served
as your guest host.
Speaker 2 (40:33):
Today.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
We had a great show. We kicked it off with
the Better Business Bureau. They do have their Big Torch
Awards event that's coming up on June fifth. Tickets you
can get online at BBB dot org dot or I'm
sorry slash Local Dash BBB slash Southeast Texas. You can
also google BBB Southeast Texas.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
They also have.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
A BBB seal reveal and ribbon cutting they're doing at
the new location of the Beaumont Enterprise that is coming
up this third Tuesday, this Tuesday, May thirteenth, so be
on the lookout for that. They also have a lunche
and Learn on May fourteenth. Never a dull moment.
Speaker 4 (41:07):
At the BBB.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
We also talked with Girls Haven. They have the Haven
for her future mixa mingle and big announcement coming up
May twenty ninth.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
Details at girls Haveninc. Dot org. Then we talked with
Willie Wonka YEP.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
Southeast Texas Stages, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. There are
two more weekends for you to catch the show, so
that's coming up this weekend and then the next.
Speaker 2 (41:29):
You can go to se.
Speaker 1 (41:30):
TXs dot org to get your tickets and get all
the Times and all that good stuff for Charlie and
the chocolate factory. And then we just finished off with
the Beaumont Heritage Society. They have the Heritage Happy Hour
which is coming up this Thursday, May fifteenth. They also
are going to be celebrating the one hundred and eightieth
anniversary event for the John Jay French Museum, so you
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definitely don't want to miss that. That is coming up
June fourteenth. All the details at Beaumont Heritage dot org.
So thank you to all my guests, and thank you
for listening to the Roy West Radio Show
Speaker 2 (42:05):
Right here on AM five sixty k l v I
Hello, and welcome to the Roy West Radio Show right
here on Am five sixty klv I. I am your
guest host for today. My name is Debbie Bridgman, and
we have a full show packed of great information, including
info from Girls Haven and an event that they have
coming up. We'll also talk to Southeast Texas stages. They
have Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, big production that is
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going to be kicking off, or actually did kick off
this weekend, but you still have a chance to see it.
And then we're also going to talk to the Beaumont
Heritage Society and see what's going on with the John
Jay French Museum and a big celebration that's going on
over there.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
But to kick things off, we're talking Better.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Business Bureau Southeast Texas and Bonnie is it Reva Reva Reva?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
All right, Bonnie is with us.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
So Bonnie tell us what is your title and how
long have you been at the BBB.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I am the director of Marketing and Communications and I
have been here for about a year and a half. Okay,
it's been very a year and a half.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Well, the good thing about BBB is I was there
for ten years, so I'm very well worsed on Better
Business Bureau and I am a full supporter.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Of all things BBB.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
But to kick things off, let's just kind of talk
a little bit about you know, for anybody who doesn't
know what is the Better Business Bureau?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Okay, sure? So at its core, the Better Business Bureau
is all about building trust in the marketplace. We're a nonprofit,
which kind of surprises some people, and we've also been
around for over one hundred years. I think we're about
one hundred and thirteen years this year, and we've been
helping consumers connect with businesses that operate with integrity. And
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we do that by getting businesses accredited, to getting them
to qualify to become accredited, and with dispute resolutions, scam
tracking things like that. So it's really about helping people
make confident, informed choices, whether you're hiring a roofer, choosing
a mechanic, buying a car, or donating to a charity.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Even well, you.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Guys do a lot, and I know that for a fact.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
You know, you guys, you know there's maybbs all across
the nation, But what specifically does Southeast Texas focus on.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
So here we are really very hands on in our community.
We serve a huge area. We serve eight and a
half counties from Beaumont to Jasper to Dayton and then
the half county is the ball Over Peninsula, and so
we work with both the businesses and the consumers in
all of their territory. For businesses, of course, we offer
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the accreditation, but we also offer training and helpful resources
to help them to do business right, even some educational courses,
some that you can even become certified in. So we
just kind of help the businesses be able to do
the business. That helps our community be strong. And then
we also let people know what businesses are credited, so
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they you know, consumers can know who's who's helping them
stay safe because we we report on scams and things
like that and all of that's supported through our accredited businesses.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Well, and I think you know, I mean I know
when I was there that you know you have accredited businesses,
you have non accredited businesses, And some people think, oh,
you know there is a difference with the accreditation. You
know that business is going to do everything possible for
a consumer. And I know we would have businesses that
would call and they would be so upset when they
got a complaint. But I was like, it's how you
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handle that complaint, you know. So BBB does so much
and you when you look at it too, you have BBB,
but you also have the Consumer Education Foundation, So tell
us a little bit about what you know, the difference
and what's going on there.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
So, yeah, the Education Foundation is our five oh one
C three and it helps to create a community of
trustworthy businesses, just like the BBB side, but and also
through education, networking, development recognition programs like some that we
have coming up soon. And it also gives out scholarships
to eight students every year, and then we also have
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endowments to our local universities. So all of this gives
businesses the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of our
future leaders by being involved with our Education Foundation.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
I love that. I just absolutely love that.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
And I've noticed, really, you know, in the last year
or so, you guys are out all the time doing something,
whether it's a brunch and learn or if it's you know,
your big events that are on the way. Your seal
reveals there's so much going on, So tell me a
little bit about some of the events that are on the.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Way, So yes, we do have and it's new, the
seal reveal. It's kind of like a Chamber of Commerce
riven cutting, but it's just kind of a fun and
exciting way to let the public know who is now
qualified to be accredited, has become credited and supporting the community.
So it's just kind of a fun exciting thing to
do for them. And then we have our coffee and connections,
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and we have our like you said, brunch and learns,
and then we have our big event coming up on
June fifth, our Torch Awards. So that's one of our
favorites and it's kind of a favorite for all of
Southeast Texas really.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Well, I mean it's a staple, you know. I mean
the Torch Awards.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I mean you're you're honoring businesses that are.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Doing things right, and it really has become quite the
big event that.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Is going on every year.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
So, uh, Torch Awards on the Way, tell us a
little bit about I mean, it's it's it's almost like
an award press, I mean, like the Academy Awards.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
It's it's pretty big.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Yes, it's it's almost exactly like everybody gets glammed out.
It's it's really exciting. Businesses are nominated from people in
the community and the winners are announced that night, and
you know, we have the red carpet, champagne, great meal.
It's it really has become the mis event of the
year in Southeast Texas because it is just so exciting.
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So when the winners are chosen, you know, everybody explodes.
It's really a fun, fun event. I mean, then they
do have it literally a carpet. It's really a way
to recognize the businesses that really do go above and
beyond and that they are operating at that highest standard
of ethics with great excellency. And it's a great way
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to recognize them.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
I think one of the best things too, is that
you know, it's not a popularity contest.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
You know, this is you have to be nominated.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But that business is the only one that can really
supply the information that's needed to show how they operate ethically.
This year, I was actually asked to write one of
the recommendation letters, which I was very very happy to do,
and that business is a finalist, so I'm keeping my
fingers crossed. But it was also a good learning process
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for a lot of businesses because you know, there's certain
things that you need, you know, even if it's just
your privacy policy or are you putting that on your
website or you know, so a lot of times I
think businesses were kind of like, this is a really
good process. You know, you're nominated, that feels good, but
then going through the steps and seeing everything you know
and showing how you are a great business you know
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in Southeast Texas exactly.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Yes, you're you're right. It really is a way for
the business to realize, like you said, you know, we
do need to have this in place with them, and
it is a good learning process for them. And even
if they've been in business for a long time, maybe
they've let something lapse, maybe they've forgot to replace, you know,
it really helps them dive into their own business and
continue doing business at the highest level that they can. So, yeah,
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it is it is a great process. And then of
course winning is always fun too, but just bed, that's
a good thing too well.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
And I just like how it's evolved over the years too,
because you know, when I was there, it was basically
large and small, ya that's it.
Speaker 5 (08:00):
You know.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Then we added the nonprofit, which was a big deal,
Like we didn't understand there for a while. Why can't
credit unions enter the contest? Well, credit unions, a lot
of people don't realize are nonprofits. So having that nonprofit
and even for like the hospitals as well, they're nonprofits.
So it was good to add that. And I think
you guys do like a rising star like yes something.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yes inspire I think is what it's called. But yes,
they have added a lot like now they have micro
and they have Mega and they have Industrial Excellence Awards,
So it really has encompassed the whole of what we
have in this area because you know, there's a lot
of industrial and that wasn't a part of it before
but it is now. So yes, it's it's it's just
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so much fun.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Well and it's just all about good business, but sometimes
there's a little bit more than than business with the BBB,
and it's all about the ladies.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
So I know you have the big Women's conference.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Do we have a d Do we know when?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
That's coming?
Speaker 3 (09:02):
September twenty fifth this year, and we're kind of continuing
on with last year's theme of venture and Wait. So
it's it's a really fun theme as well. And this
year they're kind of changing a little bit up where
the public can actually come into the vendor booths for free.
They don't have to buy a ticket to go shop
at the vendor booths, and there's going to be a
lot more vendor booths this year. But it's also about
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helping women come together. No men can come to whether
or not excluded, but it's helping women become better leaders.
And the breakout sessions, Wow, they are just incredible and
it really is just and they can pick and choose
which breakout session you want to go to, what you
think you might need more work on, or what you
want to learn more about, and it's just a really
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great way to help empower the women of our community
and help them to just develop into the better leaders
that they want to be. So it's also fun.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Boy, BBB does does not stop. I love it.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
I love it and I love I think a lot
of people don't get this, but when you're working at
BBB Southeast Texas that it's a family.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
It is really a family. It is.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
From day one, I felt that, and then everyone that
has been hired on since I've been here has said
the same thing. Everyone here is just so welcoming and
so kind and so helpful. We are really a great team.
We work really well together. There's never a cog in
the wheel, there's never just everything flows really well. And yeah,
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it is definitely a family here for sure. And then
our credited businesses that come in we welcome them as
part of our family too. So it is a great organization.
I'm really proud to be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
So we got about a minute left for anybody that
needs to look up a business, needs to find out
about all these events that are going on, what's the
best way to connect with BBB.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
So you can always go to BBB dot org because
you can always put the address, you know what area
you're in in the little search bar. But and then
you can always just search for BBB Southeast Texas to
get to our local page and that has our events,
that has everything on it, and then if you want
to search for credit credited businesses there, it's really simple
to do. You can also file complaints, read reviews, look
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up scams, report scams. So there's there's a lot of
resources there for both businesses and consumers.
Speaker 6 (11:27):
Well.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
I love how the BBB just looks out for the community,
whether it's informing about a business, doing an event, or
helping protect consumers.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
You know, I absolutely love it. So bbbbbb dot org
the place to go for everything.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
All right, Fannie, thank you so much for joining us
on the program today.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Oh, I appreciate it very very much. Thank you. I
appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
All right, and we'll be right back with the Roy
West Radio Show right here on AM five sixty k
l v I. And we're back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I. I am
your guest host, Debbie Bridgeman, and now we're talking about
Girls Haven. So please welcome Kaylee Henry to the show.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Hi, Kaylee, how are you.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
I'm doing good?
Speaker 4 (12:16):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Very very good?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
So first off, before we get going, tell us a
little bit about your role with Girls Haven and what
is girls Haven for anybody that doesn't know.
Speaker 4 (12:26):
Yes, ma'am, I am the development and public relations director
over at Girls Haven. For those of you who don't know,
we are a foster home for young ladies between the
ages of six and eighteen. So we are located in Beaumont.
We can house up to twenty two girls at our
facility and so all of our girls are in CPS.
They've been pulled from their homes from abuse, neglect, severe
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family dysfunction, and so they come to foster care homes
or group homes like Girls Haven, and we offer them
not only basic care like shelter and food, clothing, but
also therapeutic care. We have a licensed counselor that is
on staff. We also have case management, and then we
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also offer education, so we have full wrap round service
with our Earhart Charter School, so they can go there
from it's K through night currently, and so they're able
to go to school as well when they attend Girls Haven.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
So you guys do a lot for the community.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
And you guys have been around for many, many many
years to thirty.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Years, yes, ma'am thirty wow.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
And I guess for me, like when I think Girls Haven,
besides what you're doing, I always think about the gumbo.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Good goth that you guys do. Yes, when is that
normally held in the fall.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
It's going to be happening December sixth of this year.
So yes, we're trying to find that perfect window where
it's not warm and it's not freezing. So hopefully we
found the right one this year.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Okay, good, Well, I know you guys have something big
that's coming out at the end of this month.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Tell us a little bit about Haven for her future.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Yes, ma'am. So. On May twenty ninth, on it's a Thursday,
at five point thirty, we will be having an event
at Girls Haven. It's on our campus in the gym,
so it's in the Airhart Gym at our campus, and
it's going to be a mix and mingle, but we're
also going to have a really big announcement, so it's
going to be a press conference. We're inviting all of
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the media to come out. Mister Joe Pinlan will be
there speaking and we'll also have several other presenters speaking
at this event. And we have a really big announcement
that has to do with Girls Haven and air Heart
Charter School, some things that we have coming up very soon,
and we want the public to know about it and
to be involved, so we want it's a completely free event,
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so we want anyone and everyone to come out. We'll
have light refreshments. It'll be a great time to mix
and ming with other people and to also learn more
about what we do at Girls Haven, what they do
at the air Heart Charter School and what we have
coming up in the very near future.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Well, I know that fundraisers are extremely important for any nonprofit,
and there's a lot of nonprofits that are in Southeast Texas.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
So going back a little bit about what you guys do.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
So you know, when you just say you're a citizen,
we're citizens, and you see a girl that might be
in a bad situation, I mean, what's the best way
to handle something like that.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
If you see a situation where you think that there
might be abuse or anything like that happening in a
family dynamic, you should definitely call the hotline, the DFPS hotline,
and CPS will take care of that situation and assess
the situation, see if the resident needs to be pulled
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from their home, and if they do, they'll get placed
sometimes with other family members if that's a safe environment.
And then it could be you know, locally at Girls
Haven in our group home. It could also be in
a foster home. It just depends on their situation. But
I would definitely call the hotline and get involved. You know,
if you see something, definitely say something. Don't ever, you know, hesitate,
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just to be.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Sure exactly so, and with your partnership with with the
Aarhart Schools, So we know that the girls are getting education.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
What else do you guys do to help the girls
that are staying with you?
Speaker 4 (16:32):
Yes, So, like I said, we have not only basic care,
so we have you know, shelter at our facility. We
also have food. We have a full kitchen staff that
we have for the girls. We have a clothing boutique,
so we get a lot of donations of clothing shoes
and we set it up in our boutique so the
girls can actually kind of go in and go shopping.
And then we also take the girls shopping, so we
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get a lot of monetary donations thankfully that help us
to go and get clothing that really fits the girl
and makes them feel very confident, which is you know,
as a girl, you know how important that is, especially
you know, going to school the first day of school.
You really want to fill your best and sometimes that
means looking your best, so going and getting them things
that fit, and so we do that for them. And
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then we also, like I said, offer therapeutic care. A
lot of our girls have suffered pretty severe trauma, and
so we have a licensed therapist that's on staff with
the girls and she does individual therapy, group therapy sessions,
and then we have case management and then on top
of that the education through the charter school, and so
they have really a full wrap around service with us.
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We try to include everything that we possibly can to
give them the most you know, personalized care that we
can because going into the charter school, it's definitely a
smaller classroom environment, it's one more one on one we have.
The staff is getting trained in trauma informed care, so
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they know how to handle you know, triggers and things
like that that come from residents who have been through
pretty severe trauma. So being able to have that for
all of the residents is really important and it helps
us to be able to shape them and grow them
into adulthood because you know, they can come at six
years old, they can come at fifteen, and they age
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out with us sometimes and so actually the large majority
of the time they'll age out. So when they turn eighteen,
we want to make sure that they're ready for the future,
they're ready for adulthood, and we continue offering them resources
even when they turn eighteen and they age out. We
help them through that part because that's a huge part,
is that transition, and so a lot of them. Through
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being in CPS, they're able to go to college for free,
so we help them apply and get into different colleges
and get the education that they need. So we just
offer anything and everything that we can.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
So when they turn eighteen, if they're currently a senior
in high school, I mean, do you guys kind of
wait till they graduate and know their path or is
it like you're eighteen by.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
Yeah, they'll they'll finish. They'll graduate high school, even if
they turn eighteen at the beginning of the year or
if they've been held back, we let them finish high
school and then you know, those last few years, we
offer a lot of skills in the community. We have
a lot of community resources that offer us skills classes,
so they teach them anything from cooking to taxes to banking.
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You know, we had a resident fairly recently who she
was with us, and we helped her apply for jobs
and so she got a job, and then with the
job she got, we helped her get a bank account.
She saved up money through her job, was able to
purchase her own vehicle. We helped her get her license,
and then she also we helped her apply for schools
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and now she's actually at Texas State, so you know,
it's just help being with all of those different things
and then continuing to be a resource. We also have
a mentor program, so all of our residents get matched
up with a mentor, and the mentor you know, tends
to stay with them even when they turn eighteen, So
just kind of being the other person that they can
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call and talk to and ask for, you know, help
if they have any questions about what they need to do.
Because when you turn eighteen, that does not make you
an adults. Even if the state says that it does,
you know, you still need a lot of help. And
so we continue to offer resources and we're really blessed
that the community steps up and helps us to continue
offering those resources.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Well, and I thank y'all so much for what you're doing,
because you're right, I mean, some of the girls they
need a little extra help. But then it's not just
your eighteen you know, it's scary when you get out
in the real world, you know, and giving them resources
and those tips to get them acclimated. So we got
about a minute left. Once again, tell us about the
event that's on May twenty ninth.
Speaker 4 (21:00):
Yes, we have an event on May twenty ninth, that's
at the Girls Haven campus. This is going to be
a mix and mingle, but it will also have a
very big announcement. It's a press conference, but it is
open to the public, so we want anyone and everyone
to come out. It's completely free and so come out
and hear about what we're doing at Girls Haven, what
they're doing at Earhart Charter School, and what we have
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coming up very soon. So so big things.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
And for more information about Girls Haven, what is the website.
Speaker 4 (21:30):
It's girls Haven Inc. Dot org. And that's the same
thing for all of our social media too, it's girls Haven, Inc.
So we're constantly posting on there. You can find out
more through there. Message us on Facebook really anywhere. We're
anywhere and everywhere.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Well, Kaylei, thank you so much for joining the program
and we will see you at the big event May
twenty ninth.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Okay, perfect, Thank you so much. We appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
All right, we'll be right back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five six d klv I.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Thank and we're back with the.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
Roy West Radio Show on AM five sixty k l
v I. I am your guest host Debbie Bridgeman. And
not only do we have Julia from Southeast Texas Stages
joining us, but.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
We have really walka in the house. This is exciting. Hey, Julia,
how are you doing for you? All right?
Speaker 1 (22:21):
So tell us Southeast Texas Stages. You guys have all
these great performances, but you just kicked off this awesome,
awesome play. Tell me a little bit about Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
Absolutely, Willie Wonka himself speak first.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Okay, So Willie tell us about the production.
Speaker 7 (22:45):
Well, I think people are going to be very surprised
by our show. This is a very unique way that
we tell our story.
Speaker 6 (22:54):
It's nothing like in the movies you've seen, so luckily,
people are really going to get a new experience. This
story kind of falls a little long with Willy Wonka's story,
and it kind of interjects with Charlie. He's found that
he's kind of lost his way and he's lost his
touch as a candy maker. So he goes out into
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the world and tries to find an inspiration and what
he ends up finding is a new successor. But it
takes a bit of a trip and to get there,
and we take the audience along the entire way.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
So this one is going to be a little bit
closer to the Timothy shallow May Willy Wonka that came
out just a couple of years ago, not necessarily what
we remember growing up from the seventies with Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory.
Speaker 7 (23:41):
Well, the production itself is based a bit from the
Gene Wilder film, but a lot of things have changed
the way that they tell the story, especially with the
different kids that tore the factory, so you get to
see a lot of a lot of things never really
seen before in this.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
So it is I mean, if if the frame of
reference for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the three
movies that are out the Tim Burton, the Gene Wilder,
and the Timothy shallow May, it is closer to the
gene Wilder version certainly musically, but it is you know,
like like Brian is saying a different spin on the show.
So people, it's the same story, but it goes in
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different directions to keep it fresh for an audience who
might have seen and loved all of those movies.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Well, I will say for me, I mean I remember
growing up having you know, Sunday night you get to
go home and see Charlie and the Chocolate Factor. This
is before DVDs and streaming services, so when it came on,
just like The Wizard of Oz, you made sure that
Sunday Night you were home a classic.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Loved it to death.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
The Johnny Depp Tim Burton version good, but the Timothy
Challo May I.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Was actually really surprised.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
I really enjoyed that one, but just the overall concept,
the whole thing because as a kid growing up to
think there would be a candy factory that, you know,
and that scene where Gene Wilder walks in and everything
is edible and he says, you can eat this, you
can eat this, and it's just oh and the Chocolate River.
Speaker 7 (25:14):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Loved it.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Loved the story so many How many people are in
the cast. How long have you been preparing? You know,
tell me a little bit more about the production.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
So the there are thirty one actors in the cast,
and then there's about ten people backstage doing and sound.
We have a live musicians in the pit and there's
about eight or nine of those. So it's a large
group of people in the community coming together and telling
the story. And y'all auditioned in March, middle of March,
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so they've been working on it for the last eight weeks.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Oh wow. And the director on this one, Dexter Brusard. Okay.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
And the good thing I guess about Southeast Texas stages
either all or most of it.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
I mean everyone is.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
From Southeast Texas that's either helping or in the play.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Nice. We love that. So you guys just had a successful.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
Opening weekend and we have two more weekends coming up
to come and see the production.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
Like, what are the times?
Speaker 4 (26:17):
Cost?
Speaker 2 (26:17):
How do we get tickets?
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Sure?
Speaker 5 (26:20):
So all that information is on www dot sxs dot org.
The shows we have this upcoming weekend, we actually have
four shows. We have a Thursday pay what you can,
which is just how it sounds. You can name the
price on your ticket. Then we have Friday night. We
have two shows on Saturday, a matinee at two pm
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which we'll have the ASL interpretation and seven thirty that
night and tickets all fees included are thirty dollars or
if you're a senior citizen, twenty eight and if you
have a kid under the age of twelve, which we
hope we bring, you bring all of your Kids is
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fifteen dollars.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Nice.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
I absolutely love that it's all people from Southeast Texas.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
I think that is awesome.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Let's talk a little bit about what you guys do
in the summer, because I mean, we talk about Southeast
Texas and we always talk about pouring into the next generation,
but you guys do some summer kind of things for kiddos.
Speaker 5 (27:25):
Yeah, So open right now is registration for the Kid
Community summer camps. And actually several of the kids see
on stage in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory show
have participated in our camps and have grown up through
our camps and cultivated their talent that you're going to see.
So we have those registrations up now from fourth graders
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to a graduating seniors. So we have four camps, including
one for children that are neuro diverse or on the spectrum.
And each of those camps are about five or six
weeks long, under three hundred dollars, and they put a
show up on the end at the end, and really
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it's a really special program in Southeast Texas and we're
really excited to gear it up again for summer.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Have you ever had any kids that have gone through
kidmmunity and they come back like say for summer vacation,
they've graduated, they've gone on to college, maybe they've gone
to a theatrical school. But do you have any kids
that have come back and have really like honed their
skill a lot from what they learned from either kidmmunity
or just being involved with the productions that are right
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here in Southeast Texas.
Speaker 7 (28:39):
Oh. Absolutely.
Speaker 5 (28:40):
A lot of the feedback that we get from from kids,
especially kids who do not go heter in some way,
is that the community helped them one learn how to
quickly make friends and adapt to new environments, and two
have the confidence to, you know, say whatever it is
they need to say, whether it's like a report in
school or you know, like standing up for themselves or
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you know, whatever the situation may be, gaining a lot
of confidence and using their own voice and you know,
propelling them into their future, into their future. We have
a couple of recent graduates who have gone into like
political science, and one young lady attributes her time in
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community to helping her be on a very successful path.
Speaker 7 (29:26):
To being a lawyer.
Speaker 5 (29:27):
So it's there's a lot of opportunities in being involved
in theater arts beyond you know, just the people who
have aspirations to be on stage.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (29:39):
I mean I talked to someone the other day just
about just communications in general and that.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
You know, sometimes when you say communications.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
People think that's a specific thing, but really every job
that you have nowadays, you're giving a presentation, or you're
having to lead a meeting, or you know, whatever it
might be, but having good communication skills and I think
being in production certainly, because like I even know, like
if I had to get up in front of like
a couple of people, I would be super nervous.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Like a whole bunch.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
I don't know, but I know a friend of mine
was in the nine to five production that you guys did.
I guess it was maybe two years ago, and she
was really nervous, but boys, she nailed it was it
was fantastic. So, I mean, I love seeing local talent.
I think it brings more to when you go to
a play at Southeast Texas stages, when you see some
of your friends and you can go and really support them.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
I think it's super cool.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
So tell me what other productions do you guys have
on the horizon that are going to be on the way.
Speaker 5 (30:38):
So that after Charlie and the Chocolate Factory closes, we
have our summer program and we have announced our upcoming
season and you can find out more information about the
show's coming up.
Speaker 7 (30:49):
But we'll be.
Speaker 5 (30:50):
Doing things like Little Women the Musical, We'll be doing
Christmas Carol, a song for Corita, and we're ending the
season with Disney's Aladdin. So it'll be a really fun
season with a little bit of something for everybody.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Fantastic. Well, we've got about a minute left, so one
more time. Tell us where people can go to get
tickets and the productions that are coming up for the
next two weekends.
Speaker 5 (31:18):
Sure, so all the information is online. You can also
call the box office if you're having trouble navigating. It's
four O nine eight three four sixty six four. Everything's
at www dot s E t XS dot org.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Fantastic and so we've got product you said, there's a
Thursday that's coming up this week Friday, two performances on Saturday,
and then Sunday.
Speaker 5 (31:42):
Correct, not this Sunday, but there is a Sunday the
week following.
Speaker 2 (31:45):
Okay, okay, fantastic.
Speaker 1 (31:47):
Well, Charlie in the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka, thank you
so much for being a part of this. This is
pretty exciting for me to say that I've met Willy Wonka.
Speaker 7 (31:56):
You appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
And we're looking forward to seeing you these next two weekends.
Julia Willie, thank you so much for being a part
of the show.
Speaker 7 (32:05):
Thank you, thank you, and we'll be right.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Back with the Roy West Radio Show on AM five
sixty klv I. And we're back with the Roy West
Radio Show on AM five sixty klv I. I am
your guest host Debbie Bridgeman, and we are talking now
about Beaumont Heritage Society and joining me is Ainsley Thompson.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
How are you, Ainsley, I'm good, it's glad.
Speaker 5 (32:31):
I'm happy to be here.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
So before we get started, what exactly is your role
and what is Beaumont Heritage Society.
Speaker 8 (32:40):
So I am a site development manager at Beaumont Heritage Society.
And Beaumont Heritage Society is an organization. We're a nonprofit
here in Beaumont, and we're organized to educate and engage
the public on historic preservation in Beaumont and kind of
engage the community in our preservation initiatives.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
So like when I think Beaumont Beaumont Heriage is society.
What I immediately think of is.
Speaker 2 (33:05):
The John J.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
French Museum, Like I mean, through cub Scouts or whatever.
I've been through it, you know, So that's what I
kind of think about. But I know Beaumont Heriage society
involves so much more. So what are some of the
different things that you guys have going on?
Speaker 8 (33:20):
So primarily, like you said, we do own and operate
our Claim to Fame as our eighteen forty five John J.
French Museum, and we also operate the Chambers House Museum
on behalf of the Seahomer and Edith Fuller's Chambers Foundation.
So those are our little historic house children that we
have there. We're kind of parenting those houses. But we
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try and also do a lot of events where nothing
without the community involved, and with historic preservation, there's no
point in preserving these amazing places, in these amazing stories
without the community's ears and eyes on it. So in
recent years especially, we've really tried to lean into our
educational programming, our community events, getting ways to get other
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businesses involved with BHS and really reach out and try
and allow people to get the inside look into historic
preservation locally.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
So what are some of the educational programs that you
guys have going on.
Speaker 8 (34:20):
So we have an amazing museum educator named Carly and
she has developed an awesome Teaks to Ligne programming, so
all of our educational programming can actually be signed to
meet Texas curriculum standards for public schools. We have a
brand new children's exhibit that was really a labor of
love by all the staff. It is an interactive, sensory
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friendly exhibit. The children can come and play in the
French trading post replica, and then there's a children's tour,
so it's a whole tour just like our normal ones
if you've ever taken our tour at the French or
Chambers Museum, but it's catered towards children and is a
little more hands on and interactive for them. So those
are some of the really great things that we're really
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pushing and really into right now here.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
So the Chambers House is the one that's off Calder.
Speaker 8 (35:09):
Yes, ma'am. That one is kind of near where the
McFadden Warhouse is.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
Okay, fantastic. So I know that you guys, like you said,
you do a lot of different events. I'm thinking there's
like a happy hour or something that you guys do.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
Can you tell me a little bit about that?
Speaker 8 (35:24):
So we do heritage happy hours. This is an awesome
This is one of my favorite things we do here.
It's typically held every other month, the third Thursday of
every other month, and it's at a different historic site
every time, and we try to never hit the same
place twice unless it's many years later. And by popular demand,
we actually have one coming up, not this Thursday, but
(35:46):
next Thursday, May fifteenth, and it's going to be at
for the Record in Beaumont, which is a pretty much
brand new record store that is owned by one of
our amazing board members, and we're so excited to be
able to go over there. But we try and do
it at all sorts of different historic locations so that
we're not only sharing the stories of the homes that
(36:07):
we operate, but also the homes and the sites in
the relevance of other historic areas in Beaumont. Last month,
or not last month, the month before last, we had
it at Magnolia Cemetery, which is a home of the
burial home of many historic residents from Beaumont, and we
get to really see a large scope of history in
(36:28):
that way and engage the public with that.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
So and when we talk about the John Jay French Museum,
you know the house, I mean, it's been there for
quite a while. So, like I think, you've got a
big anniversary event coming up to celebrate, we.
Speaker 8 (36:42):
Do so this year. So it is actually the one
hundred and eightieth anniversary of the home being built, which
is just insane to think about. We have trees out
here that we know we're planted by the Frenches, that
are one hundred and eighty years old, and it's amazing
that with all the time and all the hurricanes and
now disasters and things that have come through this area,
(37:02):
that this home is still standing better than ever. So
of course we have to throw a little soiree, and
I say little, we want it to be a big blowout.
It's going to be the one hundred and eightieth anniversary party.
This is going to be June fourteenth, twenty twenty five,
so on a Saturday, and it's going to be ten
am to two pm, so kind of a morning to
mid day situation. But we're going to try and have
(37:25):
so many awesome things for everybody, all ages to be
involved in We're partnering with the Big Thicket Outlaws, which
is a local reenactment group, and they're going to do
some live reenactments out there on the museum. We're going
to have live animals, We're going to have blacksmith demonstrations,
we'll have crafts, and of course the.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
Home will be open for walkthroughs.
Speaker 8 (37:44):
And it's just going to be a really great way
for us to kind of engage with that history and celebrate, honestly,
the miracle that is this home standing so strong after
all these years.
Speaker 2 (37:54):
And you're absolutely right.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
I mean, with all the natural disasters that have happened
to this area, the house is still standing there.
Speaker 5 (38:03):
You know.
Speaker 1 (38:03):
I know, like from the cub Scout tours that I
went on, the biggest question for little boys.
Speaker 4 (38:09):
Where's the bathroom?
Speaker 2 (38:10):
Where's the bathroom?
Speaker 8 (38:11):
You know?
Speaker 1 (38:11):
I mean, is there anything that really stood out that
you're that was really funny from a tour or something
that you know, just from a kid's perspective.
Speaker 8 (38:20):
So the kids always are baffled at the chores that
the children had to do. That's the number one thing
that whenever I give the kids tours, they you know,
you go through there were the chores that they had
nowadays that they have nowadays are not don't hold a
candle to the chamber pots the little ones would have
to empty in the eighteen fifties. And so whenever I
(38:43):
love telling the kids, I always love saying, guess whose
job that would be?
Speaker 4 (38:47):
And they get it after.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
A little bit.
Speaker 8 (38:49):
They're like, oh, the kid's job, and they're always just
saying it. I'm like, I know, see, and aren't you grateful?
Now taking out the trash doesn't seem so bad, does it?
And so I always love hearing them talk about that.
So they're always a fun It's always so fun to
hear them. I always say that whenever kids come here,
it's really hilarious to me because sometimes you'll get the
(39:10):
younger ones, especially kind of the ten, eleven, twelve year
old group, and they'll come in and you can tell
they think it's going to be so boring and they're
not excited. And then I love watching their faces slowly
light up throughout the tourists they realize that this is
a really cool experience.
Speaker 4 (39:25):
So that's one of the best parts of the job.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
That's awesome. Well, we've got less than a minute left.
Speaker 1 (39:30):
Once again, tell us about the Happy Hour and the
big anniversary that's.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Coming up and where can people go to get it more.
Speaker 8 (39:35):
Information of course, yes, So, like I said, Happy Hour
is going to be this next Thursday, May fifteenth at
for the Record in Beaumont from five thirty pm to
seven thirty pm. It's ten dollars entry for twenty one
and up and free for members. So and then, of
course every one hundred and eightieth anniversary party is going
to be Saturday June fourteenth, twenty twenty five, from ten
(39:55):
am to two pm here at the grounds of the
eighteen forty five John J. French Museum. For all lot information,
you can visit our website www dot Beaumont Heritage dot
org and we're also very active on social media under
Beaumont Heritage on pretty much all platforms.
Speaker 1 (40:11):
So awesome, Ainsley, thank you so much for joining the show.
Speaker 8 (40:14):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
It was a great time, all right, and we'll be
right back to wrap things up on the Roy West
Radio Show right here on AM five sixty KLVI. And
we're back with the Roy West Radio Show on AM
five sixty KLVI. I am Debbie Bridgeman. I have served
as your guest host.
Speaker 2 (40:33):
Today.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
We had a great show. We kicked it off with
the Better Business Bureau. They do have their Big Torch
Awards event that's coming up on June fifth. Tickets you
can get online at BBB dot org dot or I'm
sorry slash Local Dash BBB slash Southeast Texas. You can
also google BBB Southeast Texas.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
They also have.
Speaker 1 (40:53):
A BBB seal reveal and ribbon cutting they're doing at
the new location of the Beaumont Enterprise that is coming
up this third Tuesday, this Tuesday, May thirteenth, so be
on the lookout for that. They also have a lunche
and Learn on May fourteenth. Never a dull moment.
Speaker 4 (41:07):
At the BBB.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
We also talked with Girls Haven. They have the Haven
for her future mixa mingle and big announcement coming up
May twenty ninth.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
Details at girls Haveninc. Dot org. Then we talked with
Willie Wonka YEP.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
Southeast Texas Stages, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. There are
two more weekends for you to catch the show, so
that's coming up this weekend and then the next.
Speaker 2 (41:29):
You can go to se.
Speaker 1 (41:30):
TXs dot org to get your tickets and get all
the Times and all that good stuff for Charlie and
the chocolate factory. And then we just finished off with
the Beaumont Heritage Society. They have the Heritage Happy Hour
which is coming up this Thursday, May fifteenth. They also
are going to be celebrating the one hundred and eightieth
anniversary event for the John Jay French Museum, so you
(41:52):
definitely don't want to miss that. That is coming up
June fourteenth. All the details at Beaumont Heritage dot org.
So thank you to all my guests, and thank you
for listening to the Roy West Radio Show
Speaker 2 (42:05):
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