The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Page: 1 of 15
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Wednesday
November 8
2006
Silsbee Texas
77656
Vol. 90 ■ No. 45 ■ 18 Pages In Two Sections
The Silsbee Bee
50 Cents
Highway
projects
ongoing
While studies on what will best
improve the highway system in Hardin
County continue, work projects by the
Texas Department of Transportation are
rolling along in neighboring communi-
ties.
Work to improve mobility in Texas has
hit an all time high with the TxDoT
awarding a record $5.3 billion in con-
struction projects in fiscal 2006.
Local projects that began during the
12-month period include the widening
and reconstruction of IH-10 in Vidor
including the SH 12 interchange, upgrad-
ing and widening SH 105 from Batson to
Moss Hill, upgrading US 96 (a hurricane
evacuation route) to a 4-lane divided
highway between Jasper and Kirbyville,
and numerous projects to widen many
narrow farm-to-market highways in the
eight county area as part of a statewide
safety improvement program.
“We are working every day to reduce
congestion, enhance safety, expand eco-
nomic opportunity, improve air quality
and increase the value of transportation
assets,” said Mike Behrens, TxDOT
executive director.
The $5.3 billion in transportation proj-
ects easily surpassed the previous yearly
total of $ 4.5 billion in fiscal 2005 and
nearly doubled what was spent statewide
just four years ago.
Cars collide in Lumberton
lit'"*1
An accident involving two
vehicles took place at the inter-
section of U.S. Hwy. 96 and
Chance Cut-off in Lumberton on
Tuesday morning.
Emergency Medical
Technicians were securing at
least one occupant of one of the
two vehicles for transport to a
local hospital.
Further details about the acci-
dent were unavailable at press
time.
Bee photos by Gerry L. Dickert
First LIT classes set in Silsbee
See HIGHWAY on Page 6, Section 1
Tigers rolling along...
The Silsbee Tigers football team came
away with a big district win over
Kirbyville. But there’s nothing more dan-
gerous than this week’s rivalry game
against the Jasper Bulldogs.
See Section 2, Page 1
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto..
Kountze High School’s robotics team
dominated the competition during a recent
showdown, giving them the right to
advance to the state-level competition
coming up in Lubbock.
See Section 1, Page 10
Time for Prayer
Lord,
Thank you for the blessings You have
bestowed upon our lives. We take so many
wonderful blessings for granted and yet
come to You in our times of need. We know
that you hear us in our grief, but hear us also
in our praise during good times.
In Jesus1 name,
Amen
Contact The Bee
Main number............385-5278
Fax number..............385-5270
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A Lamar Institute of Technology
(LIT) satellite campus in Hardin
County will offer its first continuing
education courses beginning in
November.
LIT at the Frank Robinson Center in
Silsbee is offering day-long training
sessions to the public in Basic
Computer skills, including Email and
the Internet, along with 8-hour courses
in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
and Web Page Design.
“If the demand is there,” said
Desiree Bryant, Director of LIT’s
Workforce Training Department, “the
Robinson Center will add more
detailed, evening courses in computer
studies.”
Bryant said that on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings through Dec. 19,
Lamar Institute of Technology at the
Robinson Center is also offering East
Texans an introduction to Homeland
Security.
With the help of grants totaling
$100,000 from the Silsbee Economic
Development Corporation, LIT has
installed a wireless computer system,
two new computer labs, and remod-
eled classroom space at the Robinson
Center.
A cooperative agreement with the
Silsbee Independent School District
allows LIT to use the district’s vacant
elementary facility...rent free. The
college pays utilities and maintains the
10-acre campus.
The center was designed to make
attending college more convenient and
cost-efficient for students from all
across East Texas and to provide
workforce training tailored to meet the
needs of business and industry in the
region.
“With the start of our spring semes-
ter in January, we hope to introduce
continuing education courses in car-
pentry, weapons of mass destruction,
AutoCAD and Geographic
Information Systems to the Robinson
Center in Silsbee,” said Bryant.
AutoCAD is a leading program for
See LIT on Page 6, Section 1
Reci pe lands
Silsbee lady
in cookbook
By STUART PRESTIDGE
The Bee
Local woman Brenda Williams’ love of
cooking and the creative process of conjur-
ing up that delicious entree has been
rewarded with publication in the Reiman
Publication, Country Woman Christmas
2006 Edition.
The book is a beautiful hardback publica-
tion printed on glossy full color pages and
features 90 Christmas recipes. Along with
the food there are tips on decorating the
home for the holidays and designs for cards,
jewelry and other festive projects.
Williams had estimated that she had prob-
ably submitted four or five recipes to the
book but had long forgotten about them.
“When I first received the book I
thought ‘I didn’t order this,”’ said Williams.
The process from submission was a long
one the recipe being placed in the mail in
May of 2005.
Brenda has been an active cook for many
years and overall has submitted a dozen
recipes to various books and magazines.
I have been cooking a long time. I have
been married for 30 years so at least that
long,” said Williams.
Featured below are the previously pub-
See COOK on Page 6, Section 1
Edward M. Gore Jr. of Silsbee killed a 16-point buck at Beech
Creek Hunting Club on opening day at 5:30 p.m. He used a .270
at about 50 yards to take the buck which is estimated to be
about 3 1/2 years old. It had a 15-inch spread. The buck was
rough scored at 189 1/2 points.
More deer photos ~ Section 1, Pages 5,7 & 9
Car chase
in Silsbee
ends up in
Orange Co.
A high-speed chase through three
counties ended in a collision and the
arrest of an Evadale man.
Orange County deputies arrested
Robert Donald Clark, 51, after a pursuit
involving several law enforcement agen-
cies.
According to reports, Clark’s 1994
GMC pickup was repossessed and
returned to Silsbee Muffler. About noon
Friday, Clark allegedly stole the pickup
and headed to Evadale.
Detective Chad Ainsworth of the
Silsbee Police Department spotted the
truck on Highway 96 and activated his
lights. Clark refused to pull over and
reached speeds up to 80 mph.
“At one point I attempted to block him
in behind an 18-wheeler and he swerved
at my patrol car,” Ainsworth said.
Ainsworth continued his pursuit into
Jasper County and then into Orange
County.
Once the pursuit entered Orange
County on Highway 105, the Orange
County Sheriff’s Office became
involved, along with Silsbee PD and the
Hardin County Sheriff’s Office.
The pursuit went from Highway 105 to
FM 2802 and then to Highway 62, said
Mike Marion, chief deputy at the Orange
County Sheriff’s Office. Finally the pur-
suit ended at Highway 62 and Highway
12 in a minor collision when Clark struck
an unmarked Orange County Sheriff’s
Office vehicle.
Clark was taken into custody and
charged with unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle and evading arrest. He was also
found to have warrants for his arrest for
Class C misdemeanors from justice of
the peace Precinct 4 in Orange County.
Are you
ready?
Flu shots help
stop miserable
winter ailment
If you’re looking for a flu shot, you
have to make a call first.
The Hardin County Health
Department is taking appointments for
flu shots this season. Call 246-5188 to
make an appointment.
Cooler weather brings seasonal
events: football, falling leaves and flu
shots.
Influenza is not an easy condition to
self-diagnose, said Texas Cooperative
Extension experts in a recent edition of
Health Hints Newsletter. Many other
diseases and conditions start with the
same flu-like symptoms of fever,
headache, extreme tiredness, dry
cough, sore throat, nasal congestion
and body aches.
“One of the ways influenza can be
distinguished from other viruses, such
as a common cold, is that flu usually
comes on suddently, said Dr. Carol
Rice, Extension health specialist.
A doctor will be able to provide an
accurate diagnosis, Rice said. “If you
do have the flu, your doctor will not
prescrive antibiotics durgs like peni-
cillin because antibiotics can only treat
bacterial infections, not viral infec-
tions, said Janet Pollard, Extension
associate for health.
See FLU on Page 6, Section 1
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