Beaumont Journal

Ozen student honored for national win

05/14/2008

A video created by Wylan Rucker, 17, a student at Clifton J. Ozen High School in Beaumont was selected to receive a first place award in C-SPAN's annual "Student Cam" competition.

Walters Agency, Claybar receive Torch Awards

By FRED DAVIS SPECIAL TOTHE JOURNAL — 05/14/2008

Good ol' fashioned customer service. It still exists, even in 2008, and it was a big reason The Walters Agency and Claybar Funeral Home won the 2008 Torch Awards from the Southeast Texas Better Business Bureau.

Colorful Celebrations

05/14/2008

A young girl displays the life-size self-portrait she created at Cinco de Mayo on the Bayou Family Arts Day at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas on May 3.

'Climates' to display soon at Art Museum

05/14/2008

From May 17 through July 13, 2008, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas is excited to present Climates, two separate and impressive, largescale installations by internationallyrenowned artist Sharon Kopriva. Southeast Texans are invited to come and meet the artist and learn about the exhibit and its political undertones at the opening reception from 6-8 p.m.

ExxonMobil presents LU with matching gift check

05/14/2008

ExxonMobil employees who are alumni of Lamar University made good use of the company's generous matching gift program in 2007. Kathleen Jackson, public affairs director for ExxonMobil in Beaumont, presented Lamar University President James Simmons with a matching gift check of $103,470 Monday.

Patriot Profiles

05/14/2008

Tracy Shipley Army National Guard Spec. Tracy A. Shipley has returned to the 133rd Field Artillery, San Marcos, Texas after being deployed to an overseas forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S.

Scouts Honor

05/14/2008

Zach Holt of troop 85 picks up his copies of Rick Perry's 'On My Honor' after the governor signed them at Barnes and Noble on Monday, May 5. Perry's book discusses the American values of the Boy Scouts.

Sharks exhib opens in Galveston

05/14/2008

Galveston - Sharks In Depth, a new summer exhibit in the Aquarium Pyramid at Moody Gardens, will explore shark fact versus fiction, anatomy and behavior through a series of hands-on activities.

Group supports visually impaired

05/14/2008

The Visually Impaired People (V.I.P) Membership Club of Greater Beaumont is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing assistance and support through the adjustment period that is associated with sight loss during adulthood.

Vincent-Beck tailgate party

05/14/2008

BEAUMONT - Lamar University alumni will do some red-hot grilling - Cardinal style - to warm things up for the Lamar-McNeese State University baseball game Friday, May 16, at Vincent-Beck Stadium. The tailgate party will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., featuring food, baseball giveaways and free tickets to the game.

Community Calendar

05/14/2008

Art "IMAGES OF TEXAS: CELEBRATING THE TEXAS EXPERIENCE THROUGH ART," an exhibition by local and regional artists, opens with a reception 2-4 p.m. May 10 and will be on view through June 4 at the East Texas Regional Art Center, 364 N. Austin St. in Jasper. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Free. (409) 384-2404.

CAPITOL COMMENT

Kay Bailey Hutchison — 05/14/2008

The Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, Daniel Yergin, has summed up what many of us are thinking: "We are living in a new age of energy anxiety." No one feels this anxiety more than the American families who are shouldering the burden of nearly $125 per barrel oil.

CONWELL'S COMMENT

Kent Conwell — 05/14/2008

I'm sure you won't be surprised to know there's over a dozen theories of the origin of Mother's Day. They range from the ancient Greece festival of Cybete to Anna Jarvis of West Virginia after the Civil War. While the origins of most memorial days, Mother's Day included, are usually murky, it is the one that ever soul in the world should honor.

HISTORY JOURNAL

By Penny Clark SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL — 05/14/2008

In the 1920s when a free public library was established in Beaumont, segregation was a fact of life in the United States. While everyone--black and white--paid taxes to the City of Beaumont, only whites were allowed to use the public library.

Horoscope

05/14/2008

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Taking advice isn't always easy for self-assured Rams and Ewes who think they know what's best. But it wouldn't hurt to listen to what close colleagues have to say. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You know how to balance life's practical aspects with the poetic.

Danny Minton's Popcorn Perspectives

05/14/2008

REDBELT (B) Starring Chiwetal Ejiofor, Tim Allen, and Emily Mortimer Written and Directed by David Mamet (State and Main) Rated R for strong language Appropriate for ages 17+ The Story: Through a series of freak occurrences, a top martial artist (Ejiofor) that hates competition in his sport, is forced to compete in order to save his studio and his family.

LIT enrolling for summer minis

05/14/2008

BEAUMONT - The Lamar Institute of Technology currently is enrolling students for its May mini-semester, and Summer I, II and II semesters. "It isn't too late to enroll for the mini-semester or any of the summer sessions," said Chris Castillo, LIT spokesman.

International Feast

05/14/2008

Students from Billie Tucker's seventh grade class step to the Kalamatiano, one of Greece's oldest dances. The dance is part of St. Anthony's Annual International Feast.

Phi Kappa Phi initiates 96

05/14/2008

BEAUMONT - Ninety-six Lamar University juniors and seniors were initiated into the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi during the organization's annual spring ceremony Tuesday (April 29, 2008) in the Setzer Student Center Ballroom.