[PROCLAMATIONS]
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. SURE IS IT SURE IS A PLEASURE TO SEE EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WELCOME TO OUR PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION PRESENTATION. TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2026. AND IT'S ALSO ELECTION DAY. IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL PLEASE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PRAYER. WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE. FIRST, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND GOD BLESS. AMEN. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS DAY. FOR BEING ABLE TO GATHER. I GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS CITY AND FOR THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN IT, AND FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY. WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON OUR CITY AND THESE ORGANIZATIONS, AND GUIDE AND DIRECT ALL THAT WE DO. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN.
ALRIGHT, TODAY WE HAVE FIVE PROCLAMATIONS AND I WILL CALL THE NAME OF THE GROUP. PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR PROCLAMATION AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FROM THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND ANYBODY WITH YOUR GROUP, PLEASE COME UP THERE, PLEASE COME UP AS WELL. AND THE FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS NATIONAL CRIME STOPPERS AWARENESS MONTH. AND I HAVE MR. MIKE CAMPBELL, MR. RICHARD VASSAR, AND MISS LISA JARDINE. AND IF ANYBODY ELSE IS WITH CRIME STOPPERS, FEEL FREE TO COME UP. AND IF YOU COME UP HERE AND RECEIVE THIS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GET A PICTURE AND THEN THANK YOU, SIR RICHARD. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. HERE YOU GO. GOOD TO SEE YOU. PLEASE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SCOOT OVER HERE. THANK YOU. KENNETH, WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN FOR THE PICTURES TOO, TODAY? ABSOLUTELY. HERE WE GO. KIND OF HIDE ME. WE CAN SHIFT SOME HERE. THERE WE GO. RIGHT THERE. IF I COULD HAVE YOU FOR. JUST SCOOT THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT, I THINK IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE MORE CENTERED. THERE WE GO. OKAY. ONE. TWO. THREE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRACY'S GOTTEN REAL HANDY WITH THAT CAMERA, TOO. CRIME STOPPERS HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR MANY YEARS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. OVER THE YEARS FROM INCEPTION, WE HAVE HAD 32,910 TIPS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC. FROM THOSE TIPS, THERE WERE 4895 ARRESTS MADE. WE HAVE CLEARED 7612 CASES FROM TIPS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC. OF THOSE CASES CLEARED, THERE WAS OVER $8 MILLION RECOVERED FROM THOSE CASES CLEARED, WE HAVE AWARDED 1000 116,302 REWARDS SINCE OUR INCEPTION. JUST LAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAD 1600 TIPS RECEIVED WITH 73 ARRESTS, WITH 135 CASES CLEARED AND $30,000 RECOVERED, AND TOTAL REWARDS OF $37,650. SO CRIME STOPPERS IS WORKING WELL FOR OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 8TH, 2026 IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. AND ACCEPTING WILL BE MISS GEORGENE GUILLORY, FOUNDER OF PIONEERING WOMEN, AND MISS VELMA GUIDRY, PRESIDENT, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED. ALPHA OMEGA OMEGA CHAPTER. AND IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO ONE BIG PICTURE, OR WE CAN DO WE CAN DO IT HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT TO, WE CAN DO IT. THREE DIFFERENT PICTURES, TWO DIFFERENT PICTURES. ONE PICTURE. Y'ALL DECIDE, BUT Y'ALL NEED TO COME UP AND GET YOUR
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PROCLAMATIONS. I'M TWO AND ONE. YES YES YES. I PUT A PICTURE FIRST. YEAH. COULDN'T MAKE IT SO. NO SUBSTITUTE HERE. ARIEL. HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? GOOD. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. COORDINATED AND EVERYTHING. IT WORKED. ALRIGHT.
AND WE NEED TO SCOOT DOWN HERE SOME. OH YOU DON'T EITHER. YEAH. MAYBE SCOOT A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY. LITTLE BIT. OKAY. THAT'S 123. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS FRIENDS. I KNOW.
123. TO KEEP HOLDING. 123. AND 123. THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU. SO I'M MARLENE GUILLORY WITH PIONEERING WOMEN. AND FOR MANY MANY YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AND ALL THOSE LITTLE NOOKS AND CRANNIES, ALL THE SHEROES IN OUR AREA COVERING THE ENTIRE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND OUTLYING AREAS. THERE ARE SO MANY, MANY WONDERFUL, INTELLIGENT, SMART, GENEROUS WOMEN THAT ARE DOING GREAT THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT HAS BEEN OUR PLEASURE TO HONOR THEM FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND THE THING THAT'S REALLY ODD TO US, WE'RE USUALLY DOING THE RECOGNIZING. BUT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS SOMETHING THAT WE TRULY APPRECIATE, IT FEELS GOOD, IT'S MOTIVATING. AND WE THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED, ALPHA OMEGA OMEGA CHAPTER, WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS RECOGNITION. DURING WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL MONTH. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1908 ON THE CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, AND OUR SORORITY WAS ORGANIZED BY VISIONARY WOMEN WHO BELIEVED IN SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE, SISTERHOOD, AND UPLIFTING COMMUNITIES THAT WERE OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND UNDERSERVED.
HERE IN BEAUMONT. OUR CHAPTER WAS CHARTERED IN 1933, AND FOR THOSE YEARS, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE, SCHOLARSHIP, AND SISTERHOOD. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HONORING US TODAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026 IS INTERNATIONAL GROTTO MONTH, AND ACCEPTING WILL BE MR. HARRISON ROOT WITH THE CAPTION GROTTO GROUP. AM I GETTING ANY OF THAT RIGHT? OH MAN, I LOVE IT WHEN I GET IT RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE THIS. ALL RIGHT.
THERE YOU GO. YEAH. YOU GOT MORE BLING. YEAH. YOU GOT SOME BLING THERE. ALRIGHT. Y'ALL WANT TO SCOOT OVER? I SEE A MONARCH THOUGH. HE'S. OH HE'S GOT THE MOST BLING. HE'S THE MAN IN CHARGE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU SCOOT THIS WAY JUST A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT MORE. KEEP GOING. SCOOT OVER HERE. RIGHT THERE. NOW WE'LL BE CENTERED OKAY. 123.
OKAY. LOOK. GOOD. THANK YOU. SHOULD HAVE OPENED IT UP. AND. MAYOR. WITH YOU, MR. MAYOR.
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COUNCIL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CACHET AND GROTTO ITSELF. THE LOCAL GROTTO WAS FORMED IN 1916, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN STRONG. WE WORK WITH THE SHARKIE CENTER HERE IN BEAUMONT, AND THE SHARKIE CENTER HAS TAKEN OFF LIKE A ROCKET RIGHT NOW. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THE SHAWKI CENTER WORKS WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THE LADIES THAT ARE THERE, THEY THEY'RE FANTASTIC. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THERE, SO THAT'S WHY I'M TUNING THEIR HORN. BUT OUR INTERNATIONAL GROUP, THE GROTTO INTERNATIONAL, WE WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND WE HELP THEM WITH THEIR DENTAL WORK. AND ANYONE FROM WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FROM 3 TO 21 YEARS OLD. WE WILL HELP THEM, WHETHER THEY HAVE INSURANCE OR NOT. WE WILL HELP THEM TO GET THEIR DENTAL WORK BECAUSE IT IS A. A THING THAT THEY IT MAKES THEIR LIVES BETTER. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. AND I DO WE DO APPRECIATE THIS HONOR.AND I WANT TO THANK VIRTUE. AND FREDDIE WHO HAS HELPED US. THEY'VE REALLY HELPED US IN THE PAST AND WE REALLY WE ARE BEHOLDEN TO THEM FOR THE HELP THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE CITY OF BEAUMONT AND FROM THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH, AND ACCEPTING WILL BE MISS KIMBERLY KLEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOUTHEAST TEXAS, DEEP EAST CHAPTER. YEAH, IT WAS CLOSE. CONGRATS. YES, YOU. YOU TURNED IT AROUND. YEAH, RIGHT.
OKAY. READY? AND ONE. TWO. THREE. GOOD MORNING. I AM KIMBERLY KLEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR SOUTHEAST CHAPTER. WE SERVE 17 COUNTIES IN OUR TEXAS GULF COAST REGION FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS TODAY FOR SIGNING THIS PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. THE RED CROSS MISSION IS SIMPLE, BUT IT'S VERY POWERFUL. WE ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE FACE OF EMERGENCIES. WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEERS. IT'S NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS, AND WITHOUT THEM, WE COULD NOT DO THIS MISSION. WE HAVE ONE GOAL IN MIND AND THAT IS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS PREPARED AND NEVER ALONE WHEN THEY FACE CRISIS. SO TODAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE GENEROSITY OF OUR DONORS WHO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. THANKS SO MUCH. AND OUR LAST PROCLAMATION TODAY IS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 21ST AND 22ND, 2026 IS BEAUMONT MURAL FESTIVAL DAYS AND ACCEPTING WILL BE JOHN AND FREDDY ON BEHALF OF MEN DAY AND J MUSIC, FOUNDERS OF THE BEAUMONT MURAL FESTIVAL. OKAY.
I'M TELLING YOU, I EVEN USE MY ROTARY TODAY. I KNOW. OKAY, FIRST RIGHT HERE AND ONE, TWO, THREE. OKAY. AND ONE. TWO THREE. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I KNOW THE
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FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS MEN DIE AND JAMES WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE, BUT MEN'S BUSY AT WORK PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THIS FESTIVAL. LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE ON MARCH 21ST AND 22ND. THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH YEAR. YOU KNOW, FREDDY ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT I THINK, IF NOT ALL, MOST OF THE GROUPS IN THIS ROOM THE CVB HAS WORKED WITH AND I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH MURAL FEST THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN PARTICULARLY REWARDING TO SEE IT GROW. AND I KNOW THAT'S LARGELY IN PART TO THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR THAT. WE'VE ADDED OVER 60 DISPLAYS OF PUBLIC ARTWORK THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT 10 TO 15 MORE, INCLUDING TEMPORARY WALLS AND MURAL CUBES. AND NOT ONLY DOES THIS ADD BEAUTIFUL ART TO DOWNTOWN, BUT IT ADDS IMPORTANT ASSETS THAT WE CAN USE AT THE CVB TO PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, TO SPECIFIC NICHE MARKETS FOR AN ARTS AND CULTURE, FOR LEISURE TOURISM. SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FESTIVAL THAT'S SEEN FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, OVER 10,000 PEOPLE ON THE WEEKEND. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NEXT PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION PRESENTATION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH, 2026. SO THAT'S A MONTH OFF. SO UNTIL THEN, YOU'RE WELCOME BACK. ANY EVERY OTHER TUESDAY FOR OUR MEETINGS. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.