The Equalizer

Sabine District Transportation Club

Member of Traffic Clubs International

Volume 06 Issue 03:  March 2006                            PO Box 20103,   Beaumont, TX  77720

Please keep our troops and their families in your thoughts and prayers.                           

April 18, 2006  Shrimp boil time again!

The Annual Shrimp Boil is the single largest fund-raiser for our club.  Our shrimp boil committee, chaired by Mike Garza, is ready to go. Preparations have been completed, and the Harvest Club is secured for this event.  Again this year, corn & potatoes are on the menu, and the secret sauce will be ready.

Captain Cook, (aka Sam Serio, Port of Beaumont) will guide the boiling team.  All volunteers are welcome to help cook or serve.  Volunteers are gathering at the Harvest Club at 8 am on the morning of April 18, 2006 to begin preparation.  

Shrimp Boil criteria:                                                 

Date:  April 18, 2006

Time:  Gates open at 5:30 pm, serving begins at 6:45 pm

Place:  Harvest Club, 2600 Block of Gulf Street, Beaumont, Texas                               

Ticket prices: $25/Ea.

Ticket Reservations: phone: Robert Ferguson 838-0126, Lloyd Gentry 886-1601,

                                              Sherry Eckerle 842-5290,  Danny Phillips 838-0126

 Make your reservations: on line in the Web site: http://www.txsdtc.org            

                                         e-mail: seckerle@tex-is.net

                                         fax: (409) 842-5154

Tickets cannot be mailed after April 14, 2006 to ensure their timely arrival.

Tickets can be picked up either at the door, or by making previous arrangements with the secretary at 842-5290. Cancellations cannot be accepted after 3 pm on April 14, 2006. 

Shrimp Boil Reservations:

Please make reservations for ___people at $25/person for Shrimp Boil at the Harvest Club 

Check is attached (__)  Bill me(__)  Will pay at the door (__)

Signed______________________________  Date_________________

Firm_________________________________Phone________________

Address___________________________________________________

If your firm is not a current member, you and your guests are welcome, but be prepared to pay at the door. Applications for the Sabine District Transportation Club will be made available to any interested transportation related organization. We welcome new members!

Call Sherry Eckerle @ 842-5290, or clip and mail to S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX  77720 or fax to 409-842-5154.  You can also e-mail your reservations to: seckerle@tex-is.net

                                    National Transportation Week May 14 - 20, 2006

National Transportation Raffle Tickets will be on sale at the Shrimp Boil.  Get your tickets early. Ticket prices will be $2 per ticket or 3 for $5.  Drawing will be May 9, 2006 following the Annual Spring Golf Outing.  Need not be present to win.  Again this year we have some really great prizes!

            Grand Prize: Two S.W. Airline tickets for Continental U.S. – sponsor: S.W. Airlines

            1^st prize: 2- Astro tickets & parking pass – sponsor: Clark Freight Lines

2^nd prize:  $300 gift certificate from American Express – sponsor: Team America

            3^rd prize:   2 – one day passes to Disneyland – sponsor: Disneyland

            4^th prize:  2 Astro tickets – sponsor: Jevic Transportation

            5^th prize:  MCM Elegante one night stay for 2 – sponsor: MCM Elegante

            And many more prizes!!

May 2006 is full of events!

National Transportation week: May 14-20, 2006.  Events planned by our club in celebration of this week are: a mayoral proclamation for National Transportation Week, annual Spring Golf Outing at Belle Oaks, and NTW raffle.

Spring Golf Outing & Awards Dinner- Shotgun Start!  May 9, 2006 1 pm at Brentwood Country Club. Dinner following the golf outing at Cattle Company.

National Transportation Person of the Year:  Each year our club recognizes one of our members who have made outstanding contributions in the field of transportation.  This year our committee consists of Mike Garza, Sherry Eckerle and Mike Standley.  Should you have a nominee, please get in touch with this committee or fill out the form below & submit it to one of these committee members.

National Transportation Week Raffle Drawing:  To be held at the Awards dinner on May 9, 2006 at Belle Oaks Country Club at the Golf Outing.  Winners need not be present to win!

      Spring Golf Outing

                May 9, 2005

       Brentwood Country Club

           4201 S. Major Drive

         Beaumont, TX.  77707

           Ph: (409) 840-9440

Please use the blank form below for advance reservations.  Cost of the outing will be $65/per golfer.  This includes green fees, cart rental, beverages (while on the course) and dinner that evening.  The awards dinner will be $17.50/person for non-golfers.   

No cancellations will be accepted after noon on Friday, May 5, 2006.

Reservation Form for Golf Outing and Dinner, May 09, 2006

Please make reservations for _________golfers at $65/golfer to include green fees, cart rental, mulligans, beverages (while on the course) and dinner that evening following the outing.

Please make reservations for ____people at $17.50/person for the dinner for 6 pm May 09, 2006 at the Cattle Company.

Check is attached (___) Bill me (___) Will pay at the door (___)

Signed_____________________________________Date _________________

Firm_______________________________________Phone________________

 

Address_________________________________________________________

Clip and mail to S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103, Beaumont, Tx.  77720, fax (409) 842-5154, Robert Ferguson 838-0126, Al Anselmo 833-2655, Sherry Eckerle (409) 842-5290.  You can also e-mail your reservations to: seckerle@tex-is.net

Port Night representation consisted of the Port of Beaumont, Port of Orange and the Port of Port Arthur .  Ernest Bezdeck of the Port of Beaumont brought us up to date on the daily operations. Port of Beaumont is the 2^tnd largest port (by tonnage) in the US.  Military cargo.  Many new projects are planned for 2006 and many were completed in 2005. The completion of the new Port Security building which houses a hurricane proof room got it’s test with Rita. It did not sustain any damages.  The military ships on site at the time provided a place for local equipment such as fire trucks, ambulances and bull dozers that were needed immediately following Rita.  

Forest products are a big commodity at the Port of Port Arthur.  Many of the products are imported from South America.  As with all the ports, the rub building did sustain some hurricane damaged but has already been repaired and is back in use.

 The Port of Orange is the smallest of our local Ports.  There is a new company called Signal moving in the area which will be using our port facilities.  They are in the process of completing repairs from Rita.  

Many thanks to the Port of Beaumont, and the Port of Port Arthur for providing the door prizes for Port Night.

A special thanks to our local ports for their presentations!

                        Nomination for NTW Person of the Year

Please fax this form to 842-5154, e-mail seckerl@tex-is.net, or phone 724-8853 Mike Garza or 842-5290- Sherry Eckerle, 454-0521- Mike Standley.

Reminder:  The 2006 dues are now past due.  For those members who have failed to turn in the monies, please make a special effort to see that your dues are up to date.  Plans are in the works for a 2006 membership roster, and we do not want to see any members left off this roster.  The remittance address for the club is:  SDTC, PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX. 77720.

Web Site Update:  address is: http://www.txsdtc.org   Of special note is a new listing of the 2006-2007 SDTC Officers & Board members and their contact information.  Also, our sponsors for the Equalizer & Web site are listed in the Web site – make sure you contact these folks for the services.  Monthly reservations can now be made on line & when submitted go directly to your secretary.  Simply, fill out the form, then hit the submit button.

The Equalizer is available on the web site each month, or by requesting it from the server.  The call to get the monthly Equalizer off the server will change each month.  This month it is: http://www.txsdtc.org/equalizer/march2006/  This will get you directly to the server without having to go to the web site. 

 Board Meeting Announcements:

There will NOT be a Board of Director’s meeting for April.

Did you know???

Borrowed from April 2006 Texas Monthly.

            From “75 Things We Love About Texas”

1.                  Bluebonnets – Better hurry up and make the trip.

2.                  Astrodome – “manifestation of a Texas attitude that we could do something that everyone else thought impossible.”

3.                  Big Red – aka Waco Pink Champagne.

4.                  Friendliness – “Being glad to see you, no matter who you are. Wide smile, firm handshake and slap on the back, it’s how Texans greet the world”

7.                  Everyone has a story about a pickup. My first vehicle was a truck 72’ Ford $650. At no point in my driving life have I not had access/owed a truck. It’s a Texas thing.

8.                  The Humidity – It is all ours.

14.                The Sky – beauty in the sunsets, thunderstorms and stars.

32.       San Jacinto – “Texas is a state that was once – and always – a nation, and that makes all the difference.”

33.              Buckle Bunnies

43.       Farm-to-market-roads – Result of the Colson-Briscoe act of 1949 to “get the farmer out of the mud”

45.       Queso – The National Dip of Texas.

58.       Code Switching “Me da un Whataburger with no cheese y también una orden de French fries, please.” Call it whatever you want truly Texan. Hybridized language of Mexican-Americans, Tex-Mex or Spanglish.

65.       Dublin  Dr. Pepper, where it all began.

67.       “Fandango”, great movie, truly Texan and if you have ever made a “roadtrip” you can relate. Also, an up and comer Kevin Costner in lead role.