Eleanor Skelton

Beaumont native pushes through policy banning smoking at Stephen F. Austin University

Stephen F. Austin Student Government Association President and Beaumont native Jessica Taylor | Photo courtesy of The Pine Log This article was originally published in The Examiner on Jan. 19, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer The Stephen F. Austin University campus is now smoke-free, thanks to a student and faculty-led joint resolution led by BeaumontContinueContinue reading “Beaumont native pushes through policy banning smoking at Stephen F. Austin University”

Jeweler Gregg Ruth makes annual visit to Southeast Texas

Gladys Wojcik, owner of Nederland Jewelers in Beaumont, with jewelry designer Gregg Ruth. | Photo: Eleanor Skelton This article was originally published in The Examiner on Jan. 12, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Gregg Ruth has been creating designer jewelry for three decades, with stores in New York City and California. He made one ofContinueContinue reading “Jeweler Gregg Ruth makes annual visit to Southeast Texas”

Tiny Terrariums: Beaumont libraries promote STEM activities for Southeast Texas youth

Demond McNeil, LaShonda McNeil, Armoni McNeil and Devon Murray. | Photo: Eleanor Skelton This article was originally published in The Examiner on Jan. 12, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Parents and kids from elementary to college age crowded around Geri Roberts, branch manager at the Elmo Willard Library. College student Rogina Whittley and other pickContinueContinue reading “Tiny Terrariums: Beaumont libraries promote STEM activities for Southeast Texas youth”

Full-circle funding: Boy Scout donates to Officer Bryan Hebert Memorial Foundation and local scout camp

This article was originally published in The Examiner on Jan. 12, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Each year, the Officer Bryan Hebert Memorial Foundation helps Eagle Scouts to fund their projects. But Harris McGrade used the leftover funds from his Eagle Scout project to donate back to the program as well as his local BoyContinueContinue reading “Full-circle funding: Boy Scout donates to Officer Bryan Hebert Memorial Foundation and local scout camp”

I’m not the little matchstick girl anymore

Christmas is hard when you don’t feel loved by the people who should love and accept you. Many of us ex-cult and isolated homeschool escapees feel this. We were taught to be focused on our family and only our family and when we figure out our family is broken, sometimes really broken, well. Some ofContinueContinue reading “I’m not the little matchstick girl anymore”