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TxDOT StudyMeetings for I-10

TXDOT is conductingfour public study meetingsto discuss the future of I-10,with possible changes andenlargement. Dates are:

Feb. 13, Barber Hill HSFeb. 15, Goose Creek

Memorial HSFeb. 20, Channelview HSFeb. 22, Mickey Leland

College.

Pilot ClubBunco fundraiser

Friday, March 23, 2018,6:00 - 10:00 p.m. at FlukingerCenter, 16003 Lorenzo in Chan-nelview. Enjoy an evening ofdinner, bunco and silent auc-tion while raising funds for theSan Jacinto Pilot Club. Ticketsare $25 in advance/$30 at thedoor. Table sponsorships areavailable for $100.

By Allan Jamail

Galena Park, TX- Feb-

By Allan Jamail

February, 9, 2018Representative AnaHernandez leads the se-niors in a line dance.Seniors from seniorclubs all across District143 were bused to theGrayson CommunityCenter for food, music,dancing and door prizes.Hernandez began theannual Valent ine ’ sevent in 2007 with 250seniors coming; now it’sgrown to over 400 par-ticipants.

Firemen RefurbishAntique Fire Truck

By Allan Jamail

Galena Park, TX. – Feb-ruary 6, 2018 at the regu-lar council meeting MayorEsmeralda Moya recog-nized and commendedFiremen Sam Henry andRobbie Beall for their vol-unteering to restore thecity’s first fire truck.

Because of the invalu-able volunteer service of

Galena Park restores 1936 Fire Truck

Photo by Allan Jamail

Mayor Moya giving a engraved plate to firemen Henry and Beall with their names on it to be attached to the truck. L – R:Fire Chief Paul Gregory, Mayor Esmeralda Moya, Sam Henry and Robbie Beall.

See Fire TruckRestored, page 2

Galena Park & Jacinto City seniors enjoy Valentine’s party

Photo by Allan Jamail

Seniors and organizers at the first Annual Valentine’s Dance Party.

ruary 13, 2018 citizens ofGalena Park and JacintoCity came together to pro-vide area seniors with a

Valentine’s Dance Party.Jose Ramon one of the

organizers said, “This isour first year to provide a

Valentine’s party for theseniors and we’re hopingthis will become an annu-al event.”

Seniors enjoyed danc-ing, food, refreshmentsand door prizes.

Rep. Ana Hernandez 11th annual senior’s Valentine’s dance

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTLyondellBasell Channelview Complexopens new administration building

LyondellBasedll officials joined Pct. 2 Commissioner Jack Morman on Wednesday, to cut the ribbonopening their new administration building. Helping with the scissors are site manager Kim Foley andEVP Dan Coombs, center.

Galena ParkSenior Dance

Senior Dance is every Mon-day at the Alvin D. Building,1302 Keene St., Galena Park.7 pm - 9 pm. No cover charge.Live band Country music. Callfor more information: 713-455-7335.

North ShoreSenior Dance

North Shore Seniors holdsa dance every Thursday from 1- 4 pm at the Grayson/BaldreeBuilding, Corpus Christi street.Live bands and refreshments.Cost is $ 5/per person. For moreinformation call 713-455-3660.

The BuckshotJamboree

Enjoy Classic Country musicevery Saturday night from 7 pm- 10 pm with The Buckshot Jam-boree at 7414 Hartman nearOld Beaumont Highway. Moreinfo, call 281-458-0729 or 832-444-5000.

CHANNELVIEW, Texas– Feb. 14, 2018 -- TheChannelview Complex ofLyondellBasell (NYSE:LYB), one of the largestplastics, chemicals and re-fining companies in theworld, today opened thedoors to a new, state-of-the-art administration build-ing. The site beganconstruction of the $70million, 96,347 square footbuilding last year as partof ongoing safety enhance-ments for the complex.

Harris County PrecinctTwo Commissioner JackMorman and several oth-er local community leadersand residents joined Lyon-dellBasell employees andExecutive Vice President

of Global ManufacturingDan Coombs to celebratethe opening of the three-story building during a rib-bon-cutting ceremony.

“This building invest-ment represents our com-mitment to putting safetyfirst in everything we do,”said Coombs. “As a compa-ny, we are always seekingways we can improve thesafety of our sites. Thisbuilding, with its enhancedsafety features and newlocation, showcases ourcontinued focus on this ef-fort.”

The new building is lo-cated away from operatingunits and features a num-ber of safety and work en-hancements for the site,

including on-site security,security card-access to of-fices and improved firesuppression systems. Italso has an on-site HealthCenter and a room for newmothers.

In addition to relocatingthe administration build-ing, the site also moved theoperations control room forthe north plant and main-tenance department to thenew campus.

Kim Foley, ChannelviewComplex site manager, re-marked, “This project cre-ates a safe environment forour employees, contractorsand visitors as well as im-

See LyomdellBasellNew Building, page 3

Port of HoustonTribute to SmallBusinesses

Tribute to Small Businesson the 15th Anniversary of thePort’s program. GRB ConventionCenter, Feb. 27, 6-8:30 pm, byi n v i t a t i o n . C o n t a c tsmallbusiness@poha.com formore information.

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Henry and Beall the 1936Ford Seagate fire truckwas restored for $14,000compared to the $124,000price tag quoted by a com-pany specializing in firetruck restorations. Theirwork took 22 months tocomplete with the help oftwo local companies. Am-Spec restored the chrome,Burbank Barrel polishedthe brass and San JacintoCollege painted it. The an-tique truck is only usednow for parades or on dis-play at city events.

Fire Chief Paul Grego-

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ry said Galena Park fire-men and a pol icemandrove this fire truck to aidin the historical Texas Citydisaster. It was an indus-trial accident that occurredApril 16, 1947, in the Portof Texas City. It was thedeadliest industrial acci-dent in U.S. history, andone of the largest non-nu-clear explosions. Originat-ing with a mid-morningfire on board the French-r e g i s t e r e d v e s s e l S SGrandcamp, her cargo ofapproximately 2,200 tonsof ammonium nitrate det-

onated, with the initialblast and subsequentchain-reaction of furtherfires and explosions in oth-er ships and nearby oil-storage facilities. It killedat least 581 people, includ-ing all but one member ofthe Texas City fire depart-ment.

Gregory said the Gale-na Park firemen stayed atthe disaster for days doingrescue work and the Gale-na Park police officer wasplaced in charge of the on-site temporary morgue.

HIGHLANDS – JackieYoung conducted themonthly meeting of theSan Jacinto River Coali-tion of THEA last Tuesdaynight, February 6th, andbrought the audience up-dates on activities at EPAheadquarters in Washing-ton D.C. and at a publicmeeting presentation byEPA in Galveston.

Young was invited to at-tend a very interestingmeeting at the EPA inWashington, with the di-rector Scott Pruitt andsome of his departmentheads. Young was part of agroup of environmentalactivists from variousparts of the United States,with their own pollutionproblems that they neededthe agency’s help to solve.

Pruitt has indicatedthat he wants to put his“Top Ten” projects on a fasttrack, to get action in thenear future. To that end, hehas appointed an overseeron his staff, Albert Kelley,formerly an Oklahomabanker. His job will be tomove the waste pits projectahead faster than the nor-mal Superfund process

EPA updates Galveston residents on Waste PitsAgency responds to request, but attendance is low

An Environmental group meets with EPA director Scott Pruitt(at far end of table) to discuss the agency’s recent initiativesto speed up the clean-up process for projects throughoutthe United States, including the San Jacinto River Waste Pits.Seated at left, in blue sweater, is Houston’s environmentalactivist Jackie Young. At right, a stack of papers is the actualletters and comments that were submitted to EPA regardingthe waste pits. Most of the comments asked for completeremoval of the toxic material.

At February’s meeting of the THEA/San Jacinto RiverCoalition, director Jackie Young brought the group up todate on her trip to the EPA in Washington, DC and the publicupdate meeting that the EPA held in Galveston on January30th at the request of those residents. Present at themeeting were EPA regional superfund manager John Meyer,and Technical Manager Gary Miller, who presented a slideshow similar to the one presented in Highlands in December.Then they answered questions from the audience.

takes, according to Pruitt.They said that Kellley willmeet every three monthswith the activist group, toreport on progress.

One of the environmen-tal activists that waspresent at this meetingwas Lois Gibbs, known na-tionally for exposing thetoxins at the Love Canalsite, a landmark environ-mental project.

Young learned that al-though EPA has not hadtheir own funds for clean-up purposes since a pollut-er fee was abolished byCongress in the 90’s, thereis now a bill in Congress toreinstate the “kitty” andhave more money forclean-ups.

Young then showedslides of the court docu-ments that led to the reve-lation that the PRP(Potential ResponsibleParties) of the waste pitshad been funding severalgroups that were claimingto be independent citizensvoices. These included the-San Jacinto CitizensAgainst Pollution, with aKeepItCapped website,and the Galveston Mari-

time Business Association.The GMBA is headed by

J. T. Edwards, who in aninterview with FOX26television newsman GregGroogan, claimed that hisorganization was fundedby independent trial law-yers. When he learned

from court documents thatthe PRP had paid for PRwork against the removalof the toxic waste, he alleg-edly said he did not see aproblem with that money,and would welcome addi-tional support, presumablyfrom the PRP.

Edwards has been a vo-cal opponent of the EPAdecision to remove the tox-ins from the site, saying “Ithink it’s going to be goodfor the community,” refer-ring to a cap instead of re-moval. Edwards issupposedly a former em-ployee of Waste Manage-ment, although that hasnot been confirmed.

The January 30 meetingin Galveston was held atthe request of a number ofthe public who had been atthe December EPA meet-ing in Highlands, and felt

that the possibility of tox-ic material washing downthe river to pollute the bayat Galveston deserved con-sideration and explanationin a meeting close to aff-fected people in Galveston.The meeting was well pub-licized, and held at the OldGalveston Courthousehearing room. However,only about 30 persons werepresent at the meeting,many of them EPA staffand related public employ-ees in other agencies. Itwas noted that only a fewof the public that com-plained in Highlands inDecmeber were present tohear about the informationthey had requested.

At the February SJRCmeeting, Young went on topresent further updatesthat she had learnedabout. She mentioned that

the river had attempted tocut a new channel west ofthe pits during HurricaneHarvey, showing the pow-er of the river.

She also said that thepublic had been advised ofTxDOT plans to improve I-10 in the area of the pits,with more lanes and a new,higher bridge over the riv-er. If that happens, the pitscould not stay in theirpresent location, she not-ed.

Young reminded thatgroup of the schedule ofworking, saying that Nego-tiation with the PRP wouldtake the next 6-9 months,then Engineering design 6-9 months, and the Clean-up removal of the wasteswould be 12-15 months.

The next SJRC meetingis scheduled for March 13.

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TXDOT meetings to studychanges to I-10

The Texas Department ofTransportation (TxDOT) Hous-ton District will hold a series ofpublic meetings regarding theI-10 East Planning and Envi-ronmental Linkages (PEL)study. The study encompassesI-10 East from I-69 in HarrisCounty to SH 99 (Grand Park-way) in Chambers County. TheI-10 East PEL study is a high-level, early-planning process.The goal of a PEL study is togather feedback during plan-ning to inform the environmen-tal review process, includingthe National EnvironmentalPolicy Act (NEPA).

The public meetings will beheld on four separate nightsand will be open house formats(no formal presentations) from5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, February 13,2018, Barbers Hill High School,9696 Eagle Drive, MontBelvieu, TX 77580

• Thursday, February 15,2018, Goose Creek MemorialHigh School, 6001 East Wallis-ville Road, Baytown, TX 77521

• Tuesday, February 20,2018, Channelview HighSchool, 1100 Sheldon Road,Channelview, TX 77530

• Thursday, February 22,2018, Mickey Leland CollegePreparatory Academy for YoungMen, 1700 Gregg Street, Hous-ton, TX 77020

The purpose of the publicmeetings is to introduce the I-10 East PEL study and receivecomments on information col-lected to date. Additionally, Tx-DOT would like to receive inputon issues and ideas for futurecorridor goals.

Maps of the study corridorand exhibits will be available atthe public meeting. This infor-mation will also be available forreview by appointment Mondaythrough Friday from 8:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m., excluding stateholidays, at the TxDOT Hous-ton District Office, 7600 Wash-ington Avenue, Houston, TX77007. To schedule an appoint-ment, please contact Pat Hen-ry, P.E. at (713) 802-5241.Project information can also beviewed at h t t p s : / /www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/houston/hous-ton-pel-i-10.html.

Written comments may besubmitted at the meeting; bymail to the TxDOT HoustonDistrict Office, Director ofProject Development, P.O. Box1386, Houston, TX 77251; orelectronically to HOU-PIOWebMail@txdot.gov or athttps://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/houston/houston-pel-i-10.html. Pleasereference Project No: 0912-00-535. Written comments must bepostmarked or submitted elec-tronically by Friday, March 9,2018.

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Channelview Falcon offensive lineman Lonnie Taylor signed a letter of intent on NationalSigning Day on Wednesday, Feb. 7 to play football for Grand View College in Des Moines,Iowa this fall. Academically, Taylor plans to major in education. Pictured with Taylor, fromleft, are his mother Kimberly Taylor, CHS Head Football Coach Averion Hurts and fatherLonnie Taylor Sr.

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proves the process safety ofour site by relocating ourcontrol rooms and othercritical functions.”

The building will houseover 300 employees andcontractors including sitemanagement, human re-sources, accounting, pro-cess safety, operations,engineering and medical

personnel. Employees atthe complex will have ac-cess to a workout facilityand gymnasium as well asa newly renovated meetingand event venue locatednext to the new adminis-tration building.

“I am pleased to sharein this celebration with Ly-ondellBasell. This is anoth-

er example of the ongoinginvestments they are mak-ing in the Houston area,”said Commissioner JackMorman. “This new build-ing represents more thanjust bricks and mortar, itrepresents a better ap-proach to safety at our in-dustrial facilities.”

LyondelBasell Opens NewAdministration Building,CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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LYONDELLBASELL’S NEW OFFICES IN CHANNELVIEW were officially dedicated on Wednesdayof this week. The building is the first of eight that LyondellBasell plans to build, to movenon-operating personnel away from the refining process to a safer environment. The buildingcost $70 million dollars, and is over 96,000 square feet in size. The building will houseover 300 employees and contractors.

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JUDGEEMMETT:Passage ofCongressionalDisaster ReliefFunding

Harris County Judge EdEmmett’s statement onCongressional passage of abudget agreement contain-ing funding for local disasterrelief and flood mitigationprojects:

“I am relieved andgrateful that Congress hasfinally acted on our manyrequests to assist HarrisCounty and Texas inrebuilding from one of theworst weather catastrophesin American history,” saidHarris County Judge EdEmmett. “Unfortunately,recovery is a long, ongoingprocess, and I hope that thefunds approved by Congresscan be made availablequickly.

“And now that Congresshas acted, we move on to thenext stages, which is torequest action from theState of Texas on our jointcity-county request for atleast $200 million in aid toshore up our damagedflooding infrastructure.With that in hand, thecounty can finally moveforward in funding its ownmitigation and buy-backprograms.”

AUSTIN — Gov. GregAbbott on Feb. 9 laudedCongress’ passage of bud-get legislation that con-tains nearly $90 billion inhurricane and wildfire di-saster relief funding forTexas, Florida, Californiaand Puerto Rico.

H u r r i c a n e H a r v e ypounded Texas from Aug.25-31, resulting in disasterstatus for some 60 coun-ties. The federal Office ofCoastal Management hasestimated the total cost ofHarvey at $125 billion.Cost estimates by variousother organizations havereached as high as $200billion.

“Today’s passage of di-saster funding marks an-other crucial step forwardas Texans continue to re-cover and rebuild in theaftermath of Harvey, andI thank the Texas delega-tion and leaders in Con-gress for taking action topass this critical recoverypackage,” Abbott said.

“ T h e m u c h - n e e d e dfunding included in the billf o r f l o o d m i t i g a t i o nprojects, housing and in-frastructure repairs willprovide a meaningful ben-efit to Texas. While Texanswill continue to struggle inHarvey’s wake long aftertoday’s vote, our resilientspirit remains strong, andwe will continue workingat the federal, state andlocal levels to ensure weemerge from this disasterstronger than ever,” Ab-bott added.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn,R-Texas, commented, say-ing: “While long overdue,this bill is a big step for-ward for Texans impactedby Hurricane Harvey upand down our coast. Weknow the recovery processis far from over, but theseresources will go a longway for Texas families,small businesses and com-munities who are still re-building. I will continue tostand shoulder to shoulderwith Gov. Abbott and ourcongressional delegation toensure Texans impactedby this once-in-a-lifetimestorm aren’t left behind.”

Cornyn said the disasterrelief part of the Biparti-san Budget Act:

— Ensures Texas will

By Cathy K. Hayes

In the 2015 movieThe Intern, RobertDeNiro starred as a 70-year-old widower whoreturns to the work-force as an under-appreciated andseemingly out-of-stepintern working for ayoung boss played byAnne Hathaway.

Initially, Hathaway’scharacter can’t quiterelate to this babyboomer who ditchedretirement out ofboredom, but by thefilm’s finale she comesto appreciate his skillsand experience.

In real life you’reunlikely to encountermany septuagenarianinterns, but it’s notunusual for people tore-enter the labormarket or launch newcareers when they arewell into what wasonce considered retire-ment age.

And that can be goodfor businesses that arewilling to take advan-tage of all those de-cades of hard-earnedexperience, saysAndrew Simon, apartner in SimonAssociate ManagementConsultants(www.simonassociates.net)who himself is in his70s..

“Starting a newcareer after 60 is notfor everyone,” Simonsays. “But it can berewarding for thosewith energy andcommitment levels thatare high, and who arewilling to learn newskills and keep up withthe constantly evolvingtechnology.”

The question iswhether businesseswill balk at hiringworkers who, in manycases, are old enough tobe the parents of thepeople supervisingthem. Sure there aredownsides, Simon says,but the upsides can betremendous when it’sthe right fit for theright person.

He says a few thingsbusinesses should keepin mind as they weighwhether to hire olderworkers include:

• Experience counts.

Legislation passed by Congressincludes hurricane relief funds

have increased access toCommunity DevelopmentBlock Grant Disaster Re-covery funds;

— Ensures that $15 bil-lion of U.S. Army Corpsfunding will go directly to-ward construction in high-priority areas impacted byflooding;

— Provides flexibility tothe U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers to allow them toc a r r y o u t n e c e s s a r yprojects in Texas;

— Includes funding tohelp Texas address linger-ing transportation issuesresulting from HurricaneHarvey;

— Allows the FederalTransit Administration todistribute formula moneyusing 2000 Census data forareas that temporarily fellbelow a population of50,000 as a result of a ma-jor disaster (this applies toGalveston); and

— Authorizes $10 mil-lion for the Ready ReserveFleet port facility in Beau-mont damaged by Hurri-cane Harvey.

On Feb. 8, Texas’ juniorU.S. senator, RepublicanTed Cruz, commented: “Af-ter much consideration, Iwill reluctantly vote forthis legislation. This billcontains major victories; ifhurricane relief and restor-ing vital defense spendingwere the only elements ofthis bill, I would be sup-

porting it energeticallyand enthusiastically. Un-fortunately, in addition tofunding those critical pri-orities, this bill also unnec-essar i ly ba l loons thedeficit.”

Comptroller to sendrevenue

T e x a s C o m p t r o l l e rGlenn Hegar on Feb. 7 an-nounced he would send cit-ies , count ies , t ransi tsystems and special pur-pose tax ing d i s t r i c t s$911.9 million in localsales tax allocations for themonth of February.

The amount is 6.2 per-cent more than was dis-tributed in February 2017.The allocations are basedon sales made in Decemberby businesses that reporttax monthly; October, No-vember and Decembersales by quarterly filers;and 2017 sales by busi-nesses that report tax an-nually, Hegar said.

AG seeks electionsafeguards

Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton on Feb. 5 senta letter to state Sen. Bry-an Hughes, R-Mineola,chair of the Senate SelectCommittee on Election In-tegrity, announcing a vot-er-fraud initiative.

The letter mentions theOffice of the Attorney Gen-eral’s “brief investigativesurvey” of four countieswhere “165 unlawfully reg-istered non-citizens hadbeen removed from the vot-er rolls after casting 100illegal votes in Texas elec-tions in the last two years.”

And, after stating thatthe Office of the AttorneyGeneral “is unable to de-termine the scope of non-citizens voting acrossTexas,” Paxton refers to“the lack of safeguards inthe voting system to detectineligible voters.” He sug-gests additional measuresto address mail-in ballotfraud and the use of pub-lic funds for political activ-ity.

Accreditations arereleased

The Texas EducationAgency on Feb. 9 releasedaccreditation statuses forschool districts and charterschools across the state.

These s tatuses arebased on state academicaccountability ratings, theFinancial Integrity RatingSystem of Texas, data re-porting, special programeffectiveness and compli-ance with statutory andregulatory requirements.

Statuses for the 2017-2018 school year for 1,201Texas school districts andcharter schools are as fol-lows: Accredited (1,185);Accredited-Warned (9);Accredited-Probation (2);Not Accredited-Revoked(4); and Pending (1).

Reasons why hiringolder employees is asmart decision

Baby boomers come tothe table with a wholeset of experiences,including 30 or 40years of interpersonalpeople skills that makethem more adept atdealing with uniquesituations or differenttypes of people. “On theflip side,” Simon says,“some of them couldlack the technical skillsthat we take for grant-ed in today’s workforce.So, be careful what youare asking them to do.”

• Self-motivation.The odds are olderemployees will be self-motivated. “If thesepotential workerswould like to join anorganization or start anew career after 60,they probably like theidea of work,” Simonsays. “They need to dosomething every day.Perhaps they viewtheir job as intellectu-ally stimulating.” Youdo need to make sure oftheir motivation,though, he says. Ifthey’re just working fora paycheck, that mightnot cut it.

• Different agegroups have their ownbehaviors. Babyboomers often have avery different set ofvalues than millenni-als. “Different thingsmotivate them,” Simonsays. “The culture of anorganization is veryimportant and can betricky. You want tomake sure these olderworkers have anopportunity to thrive inyour new environ-ment.” While it’s bestto avoid stereotypingthe generations toomuch, in general babyboomers tend to beproductive, loyal to thecompany, willing to putin long hours to get thejob done and prefer tohave conversations inperson.

“Companies thatpass on hiring olderworkers risk missingout on people whocould become some oftheir most valuableemployees,” Simonsays. “Age shouldn’t bethe issue. Instead, aswith any hire, the issueis what skills andexperiences each ofthese people can bringto the workforce.”

Know thebasics aboutvirtualcurrencies

(NAPSI)—The recentrun-up in price for Bitcoinand other virtual currencieshas piqued investors’interest. However, the U.S.Commodity Futures TradingCommission (CFTC) advisesinvestors to understand therisks that go with virtualcurrencies before addingthem to their portfolios.

What is Bitcoin?Bitcoin is a convertible

virtual currency. Virtualcurrency is a digitalrepresentation of value thatmay function as a medium ofexchange, a unit of account,and/or a store of value.

Is Bitcoin a commodity?Yes, Bitcoin and other

virtual currencies have beendetermined to be commodi-ties under the CommodityExchange Act (CEA).

Does the CFTC overseeBitcoin?

The CFTC’s jurisdictionis implicated when a virtualcurrency is used in aderivatives contract, such asfutures or options contracts.The CFTC’s oversight overcommodity cash markets islimited. The CFTC main-tains general anti-fraud andmanipulation enforcementauthority over virtualcurrency cash markets as acommodity in interstatecommerce.

What risks come withvirtual currencies?

While virtual currenciesmay have potential benefits,purchasing virtual curren-cies on the cash market—spending dollars to purchaseBitcoin for your personalwallet, for example—comeswith a number of significantrisks, including:

• Most cash markets arenot regulated or supervisedby a federal governmentagency.

• Platforms in the cashmarket may lack systemsafeguards, includingcustomer protections.

• Cash market manipula-tion.

• Platforms selling fromtheir own accounts andputting customers at adisadvantage.

• Price volatility risks.

• Cybersecurity risks.What do I do if I suspect

fraud?To report suspicious

activity, contact the CFTCat (866) 366-2382,consumers@cftc.gov, or visitSmartCheck.gov/Submi-taTip.

For more information,visit www.cftc.gov/bitcoin.

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Denise LynnPhillips

Denise Lynn Phil-lips, 53, of Houston,Texas, passed fromthis life, January 30,2018. Denise was bornJuly 19, 1964 inMansfield, Ohio toparents, Charles andJoyce Johnston. Shewas preceded in deathby her mother, JoyceJohnston-Mortimer.She is survived bychildren, StevenPhillips, and LaurenAranda, by father,Charles Johnson, Sr.and brother, CharlesJohnston, Jr.; as wellas by many otherfamily and friends.

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Cub Scout Pack 264from Crosby participatedin a nationwide Boy Scoutsof America event on Feb-ruary 2nd called ScoutingFor Food. Each year ,scouts from across thecountry collect food fortheir local food pantry onSuperbowl weekend. Thisyear, Pack 264 collectedover 1,000 non-perishableitems and delivered themto Churches United in Car-

The biblical book of Rev-elation will be the focus ofa study at Northside Bap-tist Church of Highlands.Revelation is the last bib-lical book and deals withend times and the SecondComing of Jesus Christ.

R e v e l a t i o n s a y s ,Blessed is he who readsand those who hear thewords of this prophecy,

Need help on the com-puter? The Stratford Li-brary in Highlands hasone-on-one computer ap-pointments available tohelp with learning aboutcomputer basics, editingyour resume, or learning

Robert ArnoldJurek

Robert Arnold Jurek,69, of Crosby, Texas wentto be with the Lord on Feb-ruary 8, 2018. Robert wasborn on October 6, 1948 inHouston, Texas to Arnoldand Lydia (Dlouhy) Jurek.Robert served his countryduring the Vietnam Warand was honorably dis-charged from the U.S.Army after receiving 2purple heart awards ands e v e r a l B r o n z e s t a rawards, one with the V de-vice for acts of valor ormeritorious service. Rob-ert owned his own tele-phone business in theHouston area for manyyears. He was a long-timemember of St. Dominic’sCatholic Church and pres-ently is a member of Sa-c r e d H e a r t C a t h o l i cChurch. He was a 4th de-gree Knight with theKnights of Columbus andvolunteered numeroushours with the organiza-tion. In his free time Rob-e r t e n j o y e d w o r k i n goutdoors, being in thecountry, BBQing, drinkingcold Lonestar’s, hunting,fishing and spending timew i t h h i s f a m i l y a n dfriends. Robert was a verypatriotic, generous andcaring man who will bedeeply missed by all whoknew him. He is precededin death by his parents,Arnold and Lydia Jurek;sister, Claudine Lewis andnephew, Kenny Lewis.Robert is survived by his

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loving wife of 45 years,Madelyn Masaryk Jurek ofCrosby; daughter, LarissaWright and husband Ken-neth of Crosby; Son, BrianJurek and wife Amy ofHouston; daughter, Aman-da McBee and husbandJosh of La Porte; grand-ch i ldren , Zoe Dugat -Burge, Madison Wright,K a i t l y n W r i g h t , J a yMcBee, Kaitlyn McBee,Milo Jurek, Louis Jurek;and many other relativesand friends. A visitationfor family and friends willbe held at Sterling-Whiteon Sunday, February 11,2018 from 5pm-8pm witha rosary starting at 7pm.A Mass of Christian buri-al will be held on Monday,February 12, 2018 11am atSacred Heart CatholicChurch in Crosby with in-terment following at Ster-l ing-White Cemetery.Services have been en-trusted to Sterling-WhiteFuneral Home 11011 Cros-by-Lynchburg Rd. High-lands, Texas 77562. Tosend the family condolenc-e s p l e a s e v i s i twww.sterlingwhite.com

Back Row: Mark Owen, Cub Master; Kay Mitchell, CUIC; Andria Ginn, DenLeader. Cub Scouts middle row: Shaun Harvey, Logan Darjean, Erik Hayes.Cub Scouts front row: Etahan Hayes, Noah Murrin.

Cub Scouts help at Food Drive

ing. Cub Master MarkOwen, along with DenLeader Andria Flowers,headed up the event thisyear. Over 20 local CubScouts participated. KayMitchell, a CUIC volun-teer, along with many oth-e r v o l u n t e e r s w e r epresent Saturday, Febru-ary 10 to accept the fooddonations.

CUIC is a Non-Profitorganization run by volun-

teers for residents of Cros-by, Huffman, and BarrettStation. CUIC's ThriftShop is open Mobn-Satfrom 10am - 2pm and alsoaccepts donations of gentlyused items during thesehours. The assistance Cen-ter accepts applications onMon, Wed, and Fri from10am - 11:30am. If you areinterested in joining CubS c o u t s , p l e a s e v i s i twww.beascout.org .

Stratford Library Highlands: One-on-One Computer Appointments

how to use Excel. Have aspecific computer questionthat you need help with?Give the library a call andset up an appointment!More information can befound online atwww.hcpl.net, on our Fa-

cebook page: "StratfordBranch Library" or give usa call: 832-927-5400. Strat-ford Library is located 2blocks behind Foodtown at509 Stratford St in High-lands.

Northside Baptist, Highlandsto Study Revelation

and keep those thingswhich are written in it; forthe time is near.

The study will beginFebruary 21, 2018 at 6pma n d c o n t i n u e e a c hWednesday from 6-7pm.This informal study will beled by pastor David R.Brumbelow, a graduate ofETBU and SWBTS, and

will especially deal withthe Premillennial view-point.

The commentary, BeVictorious by Warren W.Wiersbe will also be used.Dress is casual and snackswill be served. Northside islocated at 317 Barbers HillRoad , Highlands , TX77562.

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Rio Tinto Unveils ‘ImpossiblyRare’ Violet Diamond

The 2.83-carat ArgyleViolet is “impossiblyrare and limited by na-ture,” said Patrick Cop-pens, general managerof sales for Rio Tinto Di-amonds, and will be“highly sought after forits beauty, size andprovenance.”

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lia—In 2015, Rio Tintomade an astounding dis-covery at its Argylemine in Western Aus-tralia and never said aword about it. The dia-mond mining companyunearthed a 9.17-caratpiece of rough that yield-ed a stone Rio Tinto Di-a m o n d s ’ P a t r i c kCoppens describes as“impossibly rare”--a2.83-carat fancy deepgrayish blue violet dia-mond that it dubbed the“Argyle Violet.”

It is the largest violetdiamond ever recoveredfrom the mine. And nowit will embark on aworld tour, of sorts, aspart of the 2016 ArgylePink Diamonds Tender.

The Gemological In-stitute of America as-signed the oval-shapedstone a color grade offancy deep grayish blueviolet. In a peer-re-viewed article in thespring 2009 edition ofGems & Gemology, theGIA noted that the Ar-gyle mine is the world’sonly known source oftype IaB hydrogen- andnitrogen-rich diamonds

While this week isdedicated to RandomActs of Kindness andalmost every employer,service organization,church and school giveout some type of awardfor those who go theextra mile, have youever stopped and madea list of the people whohave made a differencein your life? If you arelike me, you will findthat the longer youlive, the longer the listwill grow.

I am truly blessedthat I have resided inthe North ChannelArea since 1971 and Iam not sure if I couldever document every-one who has made animpact on my life.There are individuals,businesses, organiza-tions, several groups offriends, coworkers andmany more who havereached out andblessed my life. Fromthe earliest days ofliving here, I can recallpeople who wentbeyond what I couldimagine.

I recall hearing DrGerald Cobb, Superin-tendent of Galena ParkISD, speak to ourelementary PTA as achild. He mentionedthat success is notmeasured by theamount of money in thebank or the number ofdegrees that arehanging on your wall.He said it mattersmore how many livesyou have touched.Now, decades later,many people think ofGerald Cobb as one ofthe founders of Wood-forest National Bank.They think of what asuccessful business-man he is. Yet, thereare many who remem-ber him as a coachprior to becoming theSuperintendent ofGPISD. There aremany retired educatorswho speak highly ofwhat a fair supervisorhe was. There arehundreds of scholar-ship recipients who willforever be thankful themoney he gave andraised over the years.There are many whohave been blessed byattending church,being active in Rotaryor playing golf withhim over the years.

In those early days ofliving in North Shore, Iremember Bob Sealewho owned WoodforestDrug Store. Life was

B.J. Westbrook

B.J. Westbrook wasborn in a three-room houseon County Line Road threemiles west of Electra Tex-as on November 8, 1926.His parents were giving,hardworking people whoinstilled those qualities intheir son. His large life wasdefined by determinationand honor and like his par-ents, he worked hard andgave much.

He served in the armyin WW II where his assign-ment as a medic inspiredhim to dentistry. He grad-uation from MidwesternUniversity with a B.S. inChemistry then earned aD.D.S from the Universityof Texas, graduating in thetop 10 % of his class. Dur-ing the Korean War he en-tered the Air Force as adental officer.

After honorably serving,B.J. opened a dental prac-tice in Columbus, Texasthen moved to the NorthShore area of East Hous-ton where he became aforce in its civic, political,medical and educationalcommunities.

In 1958, he and a groupof l oca l bus inessmenfounded the Rotary Club ofNorth Shore, Houston,Texas. Their signatureevent, the Rotary ClubCatfish Crawfish Boil cur-rently raises over $300,000annually.

He received the presti-gious Dr. Kermit ReneauLifetime AchievementAward from the NorthChannel Area Chamber ofCommerce in 2008.

B.J. was a foundingboard member of Woodfor-est National Bank. Thebank, which started withone branch in North Shore,now boasts 788 branchesin seventeen states.

B.J. lived by the Rotarymotto, “Service above self.”He was a generous sup-porter of the University ofTexas School of Dentistry,San Jacinto College, andthe Rotary Club. He servedon Texas Medical CenterDevelopment Board, Uni-versity of Texas Develop-m e n t B o a r d , t h eUniversity of Texas DentalSchool Board and the Wen-del D. Ley YMCA Board.For the past fifty years, he

Diamond Jim: "Does agenuine Violet

Diamond reallyexist?"

colored gray to blue toviolet. The article alsonoted that the more vio-let-hued stones in thisrange are colored bynickel defects. Rio Tin-to said the Argyle Violethas a clarity of SI1.

When asked for an es-timated sale price, themining company said itis difficult to know whatthe stone will sell forgiven the rarity of violetdiamonds but noted that“violet diamonds sit inthe limited company ofred diamonds as an in-dicator of value.”

In November 2014,Christie’s Hong Kongauct i oned a hear t -shaped 2.09-carat SI2fancy red for $5.1 mil-lion, or $2.44 million percarat.

The oval-shaped Ar-gyle Violet was to be thestar of the 2016 ArgylePink Diamonds Tender,Rio Tinto’s annual saleof rare diamonds fromits Argyle mine in West-ern Australia. The mineproduces 90 percent ofthe world’s pink dia-monds.

Diamond Jim is adiamond dealer andprecious metals brokerof NTR Metals. Seemore at:www.pineforestjewelry.com.

If you have questionspertaining to jewelry,watches, diamonds,precious stones, pre-cious metals, and otherquestions related to thejewelry industry,emailjmills@pineforestjewelry.com.

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much simpler then. MrSeale knew everyonewho came in the store.It is no surprise thathis precious daughterPamela SealeHumphries has invest-ed in the community aswell. She is the ownerof Creative CornerChild DevelopmentCenter as well as LittleStoltens and CreativeCorner Child Develop-ment Center Newport.She takes pride infollowing her studentsas they enter publicschool and oftencelebrates their accom-plishments of graduat-ing from North ShoreHigh School, SanJacinto College, Uni-versity of Houston,University of Texas,Texas A & M, RiceUniversity and BaylorUniversity. She hasgiven selflessly overthe decades of her timeto serve with Woodfor-est Civic Associationand on the San JacintoCollege Advisory Boardfor Child Development.She has been activewith the North Chan-nel Area Chamber ofCommerce, Pilot Cluband an active memberof South Main BaptistChurch located inDowntown Houston.She and her husbandraised their children inWoodforest and contin-ue to make it theirhome.

The love she hasshown to countlesschildren and parentsalike is something thatinspires many. She isalways quick to pointout that she loves ourcommunity and isthankful for those whocall it home.

Over the next fewmonths, I hope to sharemore stories about theamazing people,organizations, smallbusinesses and church-es that have impactednot only my life, butmany more in theNorth Chanel Area.Should you havesuggestions of howliving in the NorthChannel Area haspositively impactedyour life, send me yoursuggestions for topicsfor upcoming columns.I look forward tocelebrating the joys ofthe community. Myemail address isCharlotte.Jackson@yahoo.com.

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was president of the Har-ris County Fresh WaterDistrict 51. In recognitionof his many contributionsWestbrook Street, locatedin East Houston, wasnamed after him.

B.J. was passionateabout life. Though an avidhunter, fisherman, scubadiver and pilot, his firstlove was people. His vision,philanthropy and laughtermade him an icon and heroto all who knew him.

B.J. was married for six-ty years to Rosalie West-brook who passed away in2007. Their middle daugh-ter, Marcie, died in 2015.He is survived by his twodaughters Reneé andMickie, two brothers Kenand Floyd Westbrook, anda host of adoring nephewsand nieces. He will bemissed. In lieu of flowers,the family requests dona-tions be made to San Ja-cinto College at Sanjac.edu(Give/Scholarships/Estab-lished Fund/cart/West-brook) cash or checkdonations will also be re-ceived at the service. Avisitation will be heldThursday, February 15,2018 at Carter Conley Fu-neral Home from 5-8:00p.m. A Celebration of Lifewill be held10:00 am. Fri-day, February 16, 2018 atFellowship of the NationsChurch,13305 WoodforestBlvd. Houston, Texas withgraveside services to followat12:30 in Sterling WhiteCemetery in Highlands,Texas. A reception will fol-low at 1:30 at the HoustonYacht Club, 3620 MiramarDrive, Shoreacres, TX77571.

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