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Dickie Colburn Page 5 Section A Page 2 Section B Page 1 Section B Page 1 Section B The RecordTheRecordLive.com Vol. 60 No. 48 Distributed FREE To The Citizens of Bridge City and Orangefield Week of Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Mother’s Day dining out faces virus setback DAVE ROGERS will get in.” to 25% indoor occupancy shops and hair and nail sa- been slow, but it’s picking up fore Covid-19 made its way For The Record Prior to the outbreak of with tables no closer than six lons to reopen, under specif- day by day. to the U.S. He now has 10 coronavirus and the Cov- feet apart. ic guidelines, Friday, he left “People are still nervous working per day, because Mother’s Day is normally id-19 illness it carries, Rob- That’s through May 17, ac- May 18 as the opening date about going out,” he said. that’s all he needs. one of the busiest days of the ert’s could squeeze in as cording to his April 27 an- for gyms and exercise stu- Robert’s is open from 10:30 He expects that when year for Robert’s Meat Mar- many as 400 diners at a time. nouncement. dios. a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a Phase 2 of the state’s reopen- ket and Steakhouse, Orange’s Ramirez was able to re- Although Abbott an- A few days into reopening week. ing happens on May 18 and biggest restaurant. open his restaurant last Fri- nounced Tuesday (May 5) his indoor dining rooms, Ramirez said he had 54 But this year? Not so much. day, on the first day of what that he is allowing barber- Ramirez said business “has employees on his payroll be- MOTHER’S DAY Page 3A “I don’t expect it to be good Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this year,” owner Robert called the Phase 1 reopening Ramirez said of Sunday’s of the state’s economy from a family get-together event. Stay-at-Home order. “We can only seat about 60 But restaurants, limited to and then stop. When some only selling carryout orders people come out, some more before May 1, are restricted Justice prevails in OC courts thanks to Zoom DAVE ROGERS They hold For The Record hearings via streaming vid- Jury trials have been post- eo on plat- poned at least until June 1 in forms like Orange Country. Zoom or You- But that doesn’t mean jus- Tube. tice isn’t getting done. Arkeen “The court “We’re still conducting es- reporter logs sential hearings,” Courtney on from her home, the court Arkeen, 128th District Court coordinator logs on from Judge, said of life in the time home and the prosecutor of COVID-19. “That’s things does the same thing,” Arkeen like protection orders, some said. criminal cases, or restrain- It’s the same remote par- Cow Bayou offers scenic views close to home . ing order hearings, family vi- ticipation for defense attor- olence and injunctions.” neys or plaintiffs,” she said. With the warming spring weather and in light of the Covid-19 emergency an ideal way to social distance sought by many is getting Since April, the employees “If this involves a person at out in the natural beauty of Cow Bayou. Boat traffic has been brisk as the mild sunny days leading to summer has stirred new life of her court and the rest of the jail, there is a [streaming] and blooming foliage on the ancient shores. As seen above, local boaters take a casual sight seeing tour of Cow Bayou on Saturday the county courts are main- station in the jail, and the afternoon. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn taining office hours but bailiff walks over there. mostly working, virtually, “It could also involve from home. someone from the probation This applies to the department.” 128th District Court, the The legal community has Newest “doc” models successful role 163rd District Court, the adapted well. 260th District Court, the “All of the attorneys and DAVE ROGERS first genera- “My professional expertise instruction to online in- County Court At-Law and OC JUSTICE Page 3A For The Record tion in her is in Online Learning and struction made necessary by County Court At-Law No. 2 family to have Educational Technology and the Covid-19 pandemic and Roszella Offord, Ed.D, Di- a college de- I did begin work on my dis- the social distancing it re- rector of Online Learning at gree and the sertation with a topic con- quired. LSCO loses tech Lamar State College Port Ar- first to have a cerning online learning,” she She did all that in addition thur, completed her doctor- doctorate. said. to her roles as wife, mother director to Covid-19 ate in Educational Leader- Offord “Although “But as I was working on it, of two small children, the ship in the spring of 2020, at my parents are I had an internal calling to owner of a small business the same time that she was DAVE ROGERS years and was the most intellectual and do something that I felt was and adjunct education in- For The Record the school’s leading the school’s transi- creative humans I know, I more meaningful. structor at LSCPA. Director of In- tion from classroom classes saw first-hand how not hav- “I wanted to examine the “There were many times Dennis Ferrell was retired strumenta- to online classes mandated ing a college degree impact- plight of African-American throughout this process I be- when Chris Stewts recruited tion, accord- by the covid-19 pandemic. ed career options and finan- women in higher education. I came frustrated, particularly him to a new job as an in- ing to the Why does a working mom cial gains,” she said. have to admit, I was a little from the lack of sleep. But I structor at Lamar State Col- LSCO website. with a highly regarded job Born in Orange and edu- apprehensive tackling diver- never once contemplated lege Orange. Ferrell “He was one put in the extra time and cated at Beaumont’s Lamar sity in higher education lead- quitting,” she said. “It wasn’t “Everyone, when you start of the most work and worry to get a doc- University, Dr. Offord has al- ership. I was warned that easy. I had to dig deep. a new job, needs a mentor generous, loving, cared about torate degree? ways had a passion for draw- bringing truth to unspoken “Eventually, I became used and even though I was 70 at his students,” Dr. Thomas Dr. Roszella Offord, Ed.D, ing and creating images that issues may make people un- to doing multiple things at the time, Chris was my men- Johnson, LSCO president did it to prove to others that make words come to life. comfortable. At some point, once. I remember feeding my tor,” Ferrell said. said. they can. She teamed up with her I decided to be fearless and newborn in one hand and “He really helped me. We “And he was so fired up “I didn’t do it for any rea- sister, educational diagnosti- speak to issues that are often typing my papers with the worked together a lot and I about us expanding our in- son other than wanting to cian and special education pushed under the rug.” other.” appreciated him. I honestly dustrial technology pro- become an example of what don’t know how we’re going teacher Melondy Roberson, Dr. Offord is one of more The work ethic all goes grams and putting a real em- is possible, especially for Af- on a series of children’s than 20 LSCPA faculty mem- back to her belief in the pow- to get by without him.” phasis on instrumentation rican-American girls,” said Stewts, 68, died May 3 at books. bers and department heads er of education. and process tech and he was Lamar State College Port Ar- Roberson writes and Dr. to have attained a doctorate “I’m always trying to learn Baptist Hospital in Beau- excited about the future.” thur’s Director of Online mont from complications Offord illustrates the “Adri- degree. new things and develop new Stewts was an Air Force Learning. ann” series about a second She couldn’t have picked a skills. I think it is a reaction from COVID-19, according and Vietnam veteran who “Sometimes the best ex- grader who takes a stand busier time to wrap hers up, to never wanting to feel to family. worked at many industries, ample is to be the example.” against life’s challenges. coming in the middle of stuck,” Dr. Offord said. He left behind a wife, Ruth, including NASA, Bayer and Dr. Offord completed work Dr. Offord’s dissertation 2020’s worldwide health “Education provides op- with whom he raised four Lanxess between leaving the on her Doctorate of Educa- topic was “Examining the emergency. tions. That is why it is im- children. He has eight grand- service in 1976 and hiring on tion in Educational Leader- Perspectives of African- While she was preparing portant for students to com- children. at LSCO. The Port Neches resident ship degree at Lamar Univer- American Women regarding to defend her dissertation, plete their education.” sity in April. had been a part of the LSCO LSCO MOURNS Page 3A Upward Mobility in Higher she was also leading LSCPA’s faculty for more than 20 She said she’s among the Education.” changeover from classroom CMYK 2A • The Record • Week of Wednesday, May 6, 2020 CORONAVIRUS IN TEXAS Abbott sending “surge team” to look at spiraling coronavirus rates near Texas meatpacking plants Alexa Ura of those individuals live in on those who seemingly go make up one of 40 field week to assess conditions at The Texas Tribune Moore County; the plant missing from the production teams that have been sent the plants, a spokesperson draws workers from a wide floor for days.