Principal David Harris watches the hall as classes change while making his rounds at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Beaumont, TX, Thursday, January 17, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Asia Stratton holds up pictures of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a march in King’s honor organized by the Orange branch of the NAACP from the Emma H. Wallace Center to the Orange County Courthouse in Orange, TX, Monday, January 21, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Loma George waits for the noon mass to begin at St. Anthony’s Cathedral Basilica in Beaumont, TX, Sunday, January 13, 2008. The church held a special mass celebrating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Alter boy, Anthony Simon carries a torch prior to the mass and a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday at the St. Anthony’s Cathedral Basilica in Beaumont, TX, Sunday, January 13, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Students look through the Realizing the Dream program celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and lifetime contributions to the civil rights movement at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Beaumont, TX, Tuesday, January 15, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Sixth grader Laonard Guillory and Principal David Harris share a moment while Harris makes his rounds at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Beaumont, TX, Thursday, January 17, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Principal David Harris walks through a classroom while making his rounds at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Beaumont, TX, Thursday, January 17, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Cassandra Williams talks to reporters as her new son, Charles Williams Jr. sleeps nearby at the Herman Memorial Hospital in Beaumont, TX, Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Charles was born at 12:01 am on New Year’s Day. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Port Arthur firefighters respond to a fire at the Magic City bar and a private residence in the 600 block of 6th Street late in the afternoon in Port Arthur, TX, Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Port Arthur firefighters respond to a fire at the Magic City bar and a private residence in the 600 block of 6th Street late in the afternoon in Port Arthur, TX, Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Port Arthur firefighters respond to a fire at the Magic City bar and a private residence in the 600 block of 6th Street late in the afternoon in Port Arthur, TX, Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Port Arthur firefighters respond to a fire at the Magic City bar and a private residence in the 600 block of 6th Street late in the afternoon in Port Arthur, TX, Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Marchers carry signs and banners during the 2008 Ecumenical Pro-Life March and Rally on Fannin Drive in Beaumont, TX, Sunday, January 20, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Nicole Bourg, RN removes excess fluids from the nose of four-month old, Caiden Duhon who is suffering from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV at Herman Memorial Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX, Wednesday, January 16, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Tamara Abalde poses for a portrait in the locker room at Montagne Center at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX, Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
Wildcatters’ Jordie Preston and South Carolina’s Stingrays’ Mike Gabinet battle for control of the puck as Stingrays’ goalie Josh Johnson defends the net at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX, Sunday, January 13, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
South Carolina’s Stingrays’ Grant McNeil and Texas Wildcatters’ Tim Cook battle for control of the puck at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX, Sunday, January 13, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
South Carolina’s Stingrays’ Travis Morin scores on Texas Wildcatters’ goalie Anton Khudobin at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX, Sunday, January 13, 2008. Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley
