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HISD Board of Education approves planto rebuild four Harvey-damaged schools

Dec. 14, 2017 – The Houston IndependentSchool District Board of Education during itsDecember meeting on Thursday approved aplan to rebuild four elementary schools thatsustained the most severe flood damage as aresult of Hurricane Harvey.

Facilities assessments of the four elemen-tary schools — Braeburn, Scarborough, Kolter,and Mitchell — found significant propertydamage, as well as a strong need to raise theelevation of the buildings to prevent poten-tial future flood damage.

The cost to replace the four schools is esti-mated at $126 million, which will be fundedby a combination of Operations reserves andTax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ)funds.

“The damage to these four buildings was

Scarborough Elementary school, one of the 4 four HoustonISD most damaged schools by Harvey to be rebuilt.See Rebuilding Schools, Page 3

Livingston, Simpson shareCo-Defensive Players of Year honorsBy Mike KeeneyContributing Writer

Aldine ISD had two out-standing defensive playersprowling the field duringthe 2017 football season.

MacArthur High Schoolsenior linebacker JacobySimpson and Davis HighSchool senior defensivetackle Dominic Livingstondominated at their respec-tive positions during theseason and because of theiroutstanding senior sea- MacArthur High School senior

linebacker Jacoby Simpson wasnamed the 2017 Northeast News’Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

Davis High School senior defensive tackleDominic Livingston was named the 2017Northeast News’ Co-Defensive Player of theYear.

See Defensive Playersof the Year, Page 5

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Steve Mead Viola Garcia Marine Jones

During the Dec. 19 Boardmeeting, Aldine ISD Trusteeshonored two current Trustees,one former trustee and a formeradministrator by naming schoolsin their honor.

Those honored were currentTrustees Dr. Viola M. Garcia andSteve Mead, former Trustee Ma-rine Jones and former adminis-trator Lou Vardeman.

The new middle school on WestMount Houston Road will benamed after Dr. Garcia, the new

middle school on Lauder Road will be namedafter Mr. Mead, the new EC/Pre-K Centeron Lauder Road will be named after Ms.Vardeman and the new middle school on

Townsen Blvd. will be named af-ter Mrs. Jones.

Dr. Garcia has served on theBoard since her appointment tothe Position 7 seat in 1992. Shehas held all four board officesand has served on numerouscommittees. Dr. Garcia has beena visible and active board mem-ber, attending numerous district

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JANUARYAldine Community distributed toys and bikes

to 300 needy families. A store located at Crosstim-bers shut down for selling Kush. New Travel Pla-za on Beltway 8 boots economy in the area. MerlinGriggs, Aldine ISD board member dies. Macy’sannounced closing of store at Greenspoint Mall.Democrats fought to save Obamacare. Aldine FFAtook place, grand champion sold for $14,000.

FEBRUARYNorth Houston District recognized Communi-

ty Champions. Noble Energy donates $750,000to Aldine Education Foundation. CongressmanGene Green proposed an Amendment to abolishElectoral College vote. Harris County combatedanimal overpopulation, spaying and neuteringdogs and cats. District Attorney announced therewill be no prosecution of low amounts of mari-juana.

MARCHEast Aldine District hold a community work-

shop to advance ideas and goals for the New TownCenter that is being planned on a 61 acre site onAldine Mail Rt. Aldine ISD named MariangelaGarcia and Lester Morrow as Teachers of the Year.

APRILMacArthur High School hold its 2nd Annual

Car Show to raise funds and support livestockprojects for the students. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez metwith community in Aldine to update on jail andoffice status. A fire destroyed apartment build-ing on Aldine Mail Rt. and JFK Blvd, the build-ing was unoccupied. Castlewood Civic Club hostedSpring Fest.

MAYA massive fire destroyed Charlie’s BBQ on Air-

line, Aldine Family Hope Center celebrated its27th anniversary. Aldine Education Foundationawarded 264 scholarships to high school seniors.Aldine ISD announced the reconfiguration of allschools in 2018; Trustees approved “District ofInnovation” and school closing plan.

JUNEMemorial Herman Northeast Hospital held

groundbreaking of new tower. Trail improvementsfor W.E. Bill Crowley Park took place under Har-ris County Pct. 2. Aldine ISD recognized partnersat the annual Business Partners AppreciationLuncheon. Gov. Abbott vetoes 50 Bills. UT Physi-cians opened new clinic serving the Aldine andJensen Communities. Bonding Against Adversi-ty held its annual scholarship ceremony.

JULYHarris County Pct. 2 began construction from

Lillja to Sweeney Rd. on Aldine Mail Rt. Castle-wood Civic Club celebrated 4th of July with pa-rade. Harris County Emergency Corps receivedLifeline EMS Recognition award. Houston Com-munity College established footprint in AcresHomes. Legislature held a Special Session.

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Students at Mendel Elementary participated in a Jingle Bell Run duringthe Mendel Physical Education Classes.This is Mendel's Second Jingle BellRun that Coach Linda Nigro implemented at Mendel. Each grade receiveda winning T-Shirt for their performance. Students tried to improve theirprevious race time from the November Race! Pictured are the 3rd GradeWinners!

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and community events tovisit with students, par-ents and community mem-bers. In her role as aprofessor at the Universi-ty of Houston Downtown,she has promoted Aldineprograms and students bytraining future teachersfor local school districtsincluding Aldine. As a Mas-ter Trustee, Dr. Garcia is amember of the MexicanAmerican School BoardMembers Association andhas served as that group’spresident. She has alsoserved as a regional direc-tor, secretary-treasurer,president and past presi-dent of the Texas Associa-tion of School Boards. Sheis currently serving at thenational level as a region-al director for the Nation-al School BoardAssociation. Dr. Garcia andher husband Jorge havethree daughters who at-tended Aldine schools andgraduated from Eisenhow-er High School.

Mr. Mead was elected tothe Position 5 seat in May2004. He has held all fourboard offices and chairednumerous committees. Mr.Mead, a graduate of Aldi-ne High School, has livedand worked in the Mac-Arthur community formore than 50 years. He isthe owner of ComponentSales and Service, a geo-technical lab equipmentcompany, located in the Al-dine community. Mr. Meadhas been active in a num-ber of civic organizations,serving on the boards ofAldine YOUTH, the AldineNoon Optimist Club, the

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Aldine Scholarship Foun-dation and the Aldine Im-provement District. Mr.Mead is known throughoutthe community for his ser-vice and generosity. Hepersonally volunteers withmany organizations thatsupport causes in the Aldi-ne area. Each year the Al-dine Noon Optimist Clubdonates bikes for childrenat each Aldine elementaryschool and they donatefood to many families atThanksgiving. Mr. Meadattends many athleticgames and events in thecommunity and district.Mr. Mead and his wife Jillhave three daughters, all ofwhom attended Aldine ISDschools and graduatedfrom MacArthur HighSchool. His daughter Aprilcurrently serves as Dyslex-ia Specialist at Mendel El-ementary School.

Mrs. Jones served on theBoard for 10 years. Shewas appointed in February2002 and elected in May ofthat same year. Prior tobecoming a Board member,Mrs. Jones devoted 38years in Aldine ISD as aschool secretary, teacher,librarian and counselor.Mrs. Jones has lived in theAldine community formore than 50 years. Dur-ing her 10-year tenure asa Trustee, she held all fourboard offices and served onnumerous committees.Mrs. Jones has always hada heart for all children.Over the years, she hasunofficially “adopted”many children who haveconsidered her a mentorand a caring and encourag-

ing friend. Mrs. Jones’daughter Marcie attendedAldine schools and nowworks for the district as anassistant principal atDavis High School.

Ms. Vardeman was alongtime resident and em-ployee of Aldine ISD. Sheserved 46 years before sheretired in January 2000.Ms. Vardeman was a teach-er and assistant principalbefore becoming the Pri-mary Language Arts Pro-gram Director. In that role,she trained teachers, andfacilitated curriculumwriting and textbook selec-tion with numerous teach-ers. Ms. Vardeman wasinstrumental in develop-ing Aldine’s Pre-K pro-gram. She worked to equipour first EC/Pre-K centerslike Hinojosa. Ms. Varde-man worked closely withthe elementary principalsto ensure that the district’syoungest students weregetting a great start in Al-dine. Ms. Vardeman wasknown across the state asa language arts expertwith her close friend andco-worker Pat Stevens,who was the elementarylanguage arts program di-rector. Together they devel-oped training sessions,invited nationally knownspeakers to Aldine andthey were both instrumen-tal in writing the grant inthe early 1990s that beganthe magnet program. Ms.Vardeman lived in thecommunity on ChrismanRoad for many years. Herniece Nita Pestlen and herhusband Pat also workedfor Aldine ISD.

Jingle Bell Winners 2017Ist Grade: IndoorBoys: Italia Ramirez .34Girls Bethany DeAlejandro .37Outside:Zion Fowler .64Esli Cano .74

HIGH FIVE: Ms. Meister wears her Dr. Seuss hat as part of the celebrationfor 10 days of perfect attendance. She and attendance clerk Mrs. LettyMejia surprised Mrs. Crystal Albarran’s Class by using noise makers as theyenter the classroom. Here she is giving the students a choice of whichcolor of ribbon he/she wants.

As part of the Atten-dance Committee at Hino-josa EC/PK Center,Principal Denise Meisterhands out “High Five” Rib-bons for having 10 days ofperfect attendance to oneof the Bilingual Rooms.

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Mrs. Albarran’s class celebrates! (l-r) Mrs. Albarran, Ms. Meister and Mrs.Mejia.

Ms. Meister wanted to in-crease student attendancethis year so she incorporat-ed incentives to the stu-dents and teachers.

The students are offeredribbons, pencils and pop-corn parties if they meet

the goals of 10 days of at-tendance. “We want ourstudents to get excitedabout coming to school ev-ery day and how perfectattendance can be reward-ing,” she said.

Perfect attendance atHinojosa EC/PK Center

This fall Mendel Ele-mentary in Aldine ISDflooded during HurricaneHarvey and we moved toGreenspoint ElementarySchool where we are shar-ing their space for the year.We have received so muchsupport over the past fewmonths. In fact, our schoolwas adopted by DansvilleCentral School District lo-cated on the east coast ofthe United States. Stu-dents from Dansville, NewYork filled a school buswith presents for our chil-dren here in Houston. OnMonday, December 18 at5:00 p.m., our students andtheir families gathered atEscamilla Intermediateschool. We had a brief pro-gram of Christmas songs,a catered dinner for ourfamilies served by AldineISD Human Resources De-

Christmas Music Program at Mendel

partment, a surprise visitfrom Mr. and Mrs. Claus,and hundreds of Christ-mas presents given to ourMendel Elementary chil-dren. Fox26 News was partof their celebration with a

lovely news clip broadcastto the Greater HoustonArea later that eveningand again the next morn-ing. Mendel ElementaryWishes everyone manyblessings for New Year.

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Houston (Dec. 12, 2017)– The impact of HurricaneHarvey will be felt foryears, but thanks to theScholarship America Foun-dation and the Lone StarCollege Foundation, 40Lone Star College studentswere able to continue theireducation this fall. In all,the LSC Foundation pro-vided more than $950,000in relief to over 2,000 LSCstudents who were impact-ed by Hurricane Harvey.

“We know many of ourstudents needed extra fi-nancial support after thehurricane,” said Stephen C.Head, Ph.D., LSC chancel-lor. “The money providedby Scholarship Americawill have a positive impacton our community foryears to come.”

Scholarship America isa nonprofit organizationwith a mission to mobilizeAmerica through scholar-ships and other education-al support to makepostsecondary success pos-sible for all. The LSC Foun-dation received $20,000and awarded 40 students

The Aldine Noon Optimist met on Wednesday, December 13,2017 toprepare 72 boxes of nonperishable food, fresh produce and householdproducts to help 2 families from every Elementary School in Aldine ISD.(Pictured from left to right) Shirley Reed, Judy Hoya, Stacey Smith, DebraFoster, Rocky Brashear and Steve Mead.

Lone Star College studentsimpacted by Hurricane Harveyreceive special assistance

$500 each for fall 2017.“The risk of dropping

out altogether escalatesexponentially when a nat-ural disaster like a hurri-cane strikes their school orfamily,” said Robert C. Bal-lard, Scholarship Americapresident and CEO. “Schol-arship America’s goal is tohelp ensure students arenot forced to interrupttheir education because offinancial hardships creat-ed by natural disasters.”

Students applied forthe scholarships throughthe LSC Foundation. Partof the application processincluded detailing the im-pact Hurricane Harveyhad on them. Here aresome samples:

• I am unable to affordmy textbooks this semes-ter. I was evacuated frommy residence due to flood-ing and have received wordfrom my complex that Imight be unable to returnfor up to two months. – Y.Gonzalez

• My family and I only

have one car and it was lostdue to the flooding. Any lit-tle thing helps and wouldbe very much appreciated.– M. Gibbons

• I take welding class-es and some of my toolsand safety equipment gotdamaged with the waterbecause it reached all theway into the trunk and thewater got inside into mytoolbox. – E. Vasquez

Scholarship America,the nation’s largest non-profit, private sector schol-arship organization,pledged to donate$200,000 to help collegestudents affected by Hur-ricane Harvey.

“We are so grateful toScholarship America andthe Lone Star CollegeFoundation for supportingour students” said AliciaHarvey-Smith, Ph.D., LSCexecutive vice chancellor,Academic and StudentSuccess. “Lone Star Col-lege is committed helpingstudents overcome obsta-cles to access, and attain-ment.”

Aldine Noon OptimistChristmas Meal Boxes 2017

Dansville (NY) School Districtdelivers Christmas toys toMendel students

Pictured are members of Aldine ISD’s Human Resources Departmentpreparing the toys prior to distributing to Mendel students.

spoint Elementary) aftertheir school was closed dueto the damage sustainedby Harvey. Dansville Su-perintendent Dr. PaulAlioto heard about theirsituation and reached outto Mendel principal KarenWilkerson. Mrs. Wilkerson,along with the district’sHuman Resources Depart-ment, worked with Dans-

ville to get the toys fromNew York to Houston. TheDansville community load-ed up a school bus full oftoys, which were then de-livered by UPS. The toyswere distributed to Mendelstudents on December 18during a holiday celebra-tion at Escamilla Interme-diate School.

catastrophic,” Superinten-dent Richard Carranzasaid. “Our Chief Operat-ing Officer and his teamlooked at them and be-lieved it would be the mosteffective use of HISD re-sources to tear down andrebuild. We look forward togetting these studentsback into their home cam-puses that will be better-equipped to sustain majorstorms in the future.”

The proposal trusteesapproved calls for the fourschools to be demolishedand rebuilt at their currentsites. The plan requires thestudents and staff to re-main in their current tem-porary locations until newfacilities can be recon-structed at their originallocation. Those new facili-ties could be completedand open to students in2020.

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Three additional HISDschools — Robinson andHilliard elementaryschools and Liberty HighSchool — were also relocat-ed as a result of the dam-age sustained duringHurricane Harvey.

Renovations at the orig-inal Robinson Elementaryare wrapping up thismonth, and students areexpected to return to theirhome campus when theyreturn from winter breakon Jan. 8. Renovations atHilliard are ongoing. Dis-trict officials opted to ren-ovate both schools becauseof the age and sustainabil-ity of both buildings.

Liberty High School hadbeen located in a facilityleased but not owned byHISD. The school was tem-porarily relocated toSharpstown InternationalSchool. District adminis-

trators now are reviewinglong-term relocation op-tions for the campus.

Also during the Decem-ber meeting, the HISDFoundation announced a$4.7 million grant fromAramco Services Companyfor Harvey relief. The giftis designated for sevenschools: Robinson, Scarbor-ough, Hilliard, Braeburn,Kolter, and Mitchell ele-mentary schools and Lib-erty High School.

Each school will receivea tech package worth$400,000 that includes lap-tops, iPads, and more. Aspart of the grant, Aramcowill also fund needs foreach school up to $300,000.Those needs include, butare not limited to books, in-structional supplies, tutor-ing services, andprofessional developmentfor teachers.

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Rep. GreenStatement onthe RepublicanTax Bill

WASHINGTON, DC– Rep. Gene Greenissued the followingstatement after theHouse of Representa-tives voted to advancea partisan tax bill thatwill negatively impactmiddle-class Ameri-cans:

“This bill will domore harm than goodfor middle-class fami-lies and individualswho live paycheck-to-paycheck. It’s a shamethat the Republicanmajority used a closedlegislative process torush this bill throughinstead of includingDemocrats in thediscussions to work ona bipartisan bill.Republican leadershipchose a partisan paththat will raise taxes on86 million middle-classhouseholds and give 83percent of its tax cutsto the wealthiest 1percent

The American publicwon’t be fooled byRepublicans’ disingen-uous claims about taxincreases. WhatRepublicans aren’tmentioning is that thebenefits they boastabout only go until2025. The corporate taxcuts, on the other hand,are permanent. Thecost of those cuts to theAmerican people willbe with us long past2025. The tax bill mayresult in significantcuts to Medicare,Medicaid and SocialSecurity, and willcause 13 million peopleto lose their healthinsurance. This bill isfiscally irresponsibleand will saddle futuregenerations with $2trillion added to ourdeficit.

The last time Ameri-ca’s tax system wasoverhauled was in1986, but it was doneon a bipartisan basisand was completelytransparent. TheRepublicans this timearound decided to jama strictly partisan billand shutout Democratsfrom the entire process.Americans deserve ABetter Deal."

GovernorAbbottStatement OnFinal PassageOf Tax ReformBill

AUSTIN - GovernorGreg Abbott issued astatement following thepassage of the TaxCuts and Jobs Act:

"Any law the reducesthe money the federalgovernment takes fromtaxpayers is a goodlaw," said GovernorAbbott. "In addition tohelping workingTexans keep more oftheir paycheck, the lawencourages employersto issue more pay-checks to more employ-ees. The law shouldcreate even more jobsin Texas and allowemployees to takehome more of theirhard earned money."

AUSTIN — Top stateofficials last weeknamed members to theTexas Public School Fi-nance Commission, anagency created by legis-lation passed last sum-mer during a specialsession of the 85th Tex-as Legislature.

Gov. Greg Abbottnamed Scott Brister ofWaco, a former justice ofthe Texas SupremeCourt, as chair of thecommission.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patricknamed his appointees tothe commission:

- Senate EducationChairman Larry Taylor,R-Friendswood;

- Sen. Paul Betten-court, R-Houston;

- Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas; and

- Doug Killian,Pflugerville Indepen-dent School District su-perintendent.

House Speaker JoeStraus announced hisappointees:

- House Public Educa-tion Committee ChairDan Huberty, R-Hous-ton;

- Rep. Diego Bernal,D-San Antonio;

- Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian; and

- Nicole ConleyJohnson, chief financialofficer, Austin Indepen-dent School District.

“Reforming the schoolfinance system in orderto give schools more re-sources and reduce theburden on local proper-ty taxpayers has beenand will continue to bea priority of the TexasHouse,” Straus said.

“Establishing theSchool Finance Com-mission was landmarklegislation in the specialsession. This will be thefirst school reform com-mission since the PerotCommission in 1984,”Patrick said.

The commission istasked with developingrecommendations relat-ed to:

(1) The purpose of thepublic school financesystem and the relation-ship between state andlocal funding in that sys-tem;

(2) The appropriatelevels of taxes for localmaintenance and opera-tions, plus interest andsinking funds, necessaryto implement a publicschool finance systemthat complies with therequirements under theTexas Constitution; and

(3) Policy changes tothe public school financesystem necessary to ad-just for student demo-graphics and thegeographic diversity inthe state.

The deadline for thecommission to make itsrecommendations isDec. 31, 2018.

AUSTIN _ Texas’seasonally adjustedunemployment rate fell to3.8 percent, setting a newrecord for the lowestunemployment raterecorded in four decades.The Texas economy added54,500 seasonallyadjusted nonfarm jobs inNovember. Annualemployment growth forTexas increased to 2.7percent in November,marking 91 consecutivemonths of annual growth.

“The addition of330,600 jobs over the yeardemonstrates the consis-tency with which employ-ers in our state create jobopportunities for thehighly skilled Texasworkforce,” said TWCChairman AndresAlcantar. “The Texaseconomy offers employersaccess to a competitiveworkforce and providesjob seekers with careeroptions in a variety ofgrowing Texas indus-tries.”

Nine of eleven majorindustries showedincreased growth inNovember, includingProfessional and Busi-ness Services with 14,700jobs added and Construc-tion which added 8,200positions. Leisure andHospitality employmentcontinued to grow byadding 8,000 jobs inNovember.

Employment inEducation and HealthServices increased by8,200 positions. Over theyear, this industry hasgained 40,400 jobs. Trade,Transportation, andUtilities employmentgrew by 8,200 jobs, andManufacturing industryjobs increased by 2,700positions.

“Private-sector employ-ers added 52,000 jobs inNovember and haveaccounted for the additionof 294,600 positions inTexas over the past year,”said TWC CommissionerRepresenting EmployersRuth R. Hughs. “I amencouraged by the growth

Officials name members toschool finance commission

Gov extendsdeclaration

Gov. Abbott on Dec.18 issued a proclama-tion extending theState Disaster Declara-tion for Texas countiesaffected by HurricaneHarvey.

The proclamation en-sures that the 60 coun-ties included in thedisaster declarationcontinue to be eligiblefor assistance as theyrecover and rebuild af-ter Hurricane Harvey.State Disaster Declara-tions must be renewedevery 30 days for assis-tance to remain avail-able.

Tax amnestyprogram set

State ComptrollerGlenn Hegar on Dec. 21announced a temporarytax amnesty programto give certain delin-quent taxpayers “achance to make theiraccounts compliantwith state tax law with-out incurring penaltiesand interest on taxdue.”

The Texas Tax Am-nesty Program, set torun from May 1 to June29, 2018, applies to pe-riods prior to Jan. 1,2018, and only includesliabilities that have notbeen previously report-ed to the Office of theComptroller.

Passed by the TexasLegislature in 2017,Senate Bill 1 requiredthe Office of the Comp-troller to establish theprogram to encouragevoluntary reporting by:

- Delinquent taxpay-ers who do not have aTexas Sales and UseTax Permit, or are notregistered for a tax orfee administered by the

Comptroller’s Office;and

- Taxpayers who havea permit, but may haveunderreported or oweadditional taxes or fees.

Hegar unveilswebsite

Comptroller Hegar onDec. 18 announced theUnclaimed Property Di-vision’s new and im-proved website,ClaimitTexas.org, a wayfor Texans to search fortheir unclaimed money.

“I am proud of our un-claimed property pro-gram, which hasreturned about $800million to its rightfulowners since I’ve beencomptroller,” Hegarsaid. “The newly rede-signed website makes iteven easier for users tosearch for unclaimedproperty and I encour-age everyone to go on-line, take a look aroundand see if there is mon-ey waiting for you oryour loved ones.”

More than $2 billionin unclaimed propertyhas been returned torightful owners sincethe program began in1962. People withoutInternet service maycall 800-321-2274 tocheck for unclaimedproperty in their name.

OPINIONBy

CongressmanGeneGreen

Texas’ UnemploymentRate Falls to NewRecord Low 3.8 percent

across a variety ofindustries and commendour employers for theirinvestment in our Texasworkforce.”

The Amarillo andMidland MetropolitanStatistical Areas (MSA)recorded the month’slowest unemploymentrate among Texas MSAswith a non-seasonallyadjusted rate of 2.6percent, followed by theAustin-Round Rock,College Station-Bryanand Lubbock MSAs witha rate of 2.7 percent. TheSan Antonio-NewBraunfels MSA registereda rate of 3.0 percent forNovember.

“Employment demandcontinues to be high inwell-paying industriessuch as Manufacturing,Construction, and Miningand Logging,” said TWCCommissioner Represent-ing Labor Julian Alvarez.“I encourage careerexploration in these andother industries that aregrowing in Texas. TWC’slabor market informationtools and products aredesigned to inform,prepare and advance ourTexas workforce. Visit aWorkforce SolutionsOffice to find out moreabout the latest employ-ment opportunitiesavailable.”

Audio downloads withcomments from Commis-sioner Hughs on thelatest labor market dataare available on the TWCwebsite press releasepage. Employmentestimates released byTWC are produced incooperation with the U.S.Department of Labor’sBureau of Labor Statis-tics. All estimates aresubject to revision. Toaccess this and moreemployment data, visittracer2.com.

The Texas LaborMarket & Career Infor-mation Data for Decem-ber is scheduled to bereleased on Friday,January 19, 2018 at 9:00a.m. (CDT).

Year in Review2017,

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AUGUSTWater Utility services crisis for four neighbor-

hoods near resolution. Campus Carry law tookeffect at Lone Star College. Aldine ISD held Fam-ily Engagement Expo for back to school. Congress-man Gene Green hosted 22nd annualimmunization day. Group of people announcedthe buying of Greenspoint Mall, plan to redevel-op as mixed use project. HURRICANE HARVEYRAVAGED TEXAS; thousands rescued from floodhomes, auto and hospitals; it delayed the openingof many schools that were flooded.

SEPTEMBERCountless volunteers help in the path to recov-

ery after Harvey; victims received help at differ-ent distribution centers. Houston ISD approvedextended school day to make up time due to Har-vey. Aldine ISD provided free meals to all studentsduring September due to Harvey. Aerial mosqui-to spraying began after flood.

OCTOBERRep. Walle held Town Hall, informed constitu-

ents on Legislature and Harvey Flood Relief.Greenspoint Mall became Disaster Relief Center;thousands lined-up to sign up for food assistance.Kroger on Aldine Mail Rt. closed. Aldine ISD Su-perintendent, Dr. Wanda Bamberg and Deputy Su-perintendent, Archie Blanson announced theirretirement at the end of the school year. AldineDistrict held annual Fun Fall Fest.

NOVEMBERASTROS won World Series against Dodgers,

city celebrated with parade. East Aldine Districtrecognized for CERT Training. Aldine ISD Boardof Trustees on ballot for Nov. 7 election. Veteranshonored in Aldine with parade, festivities. Con-gressman Gene Green held Town Hall on floodissues; Rep. Green announced retirement, Sen.Garcia announced she will seek seat. East AldineDistrict approved new office design.

DECEMBERBeasley Tire opened retread facility. State Rep.

Senfronia Thompson filed for re-election. AldineISD approved search for new superintendent.Baker Ripley named new President and CEO,Claudia Aguirre-Vasquez. Aldine Christmasevents included Aldine Family Hope Center OpenHouse and Toy Drive, Nadine Kujawa Senior Cit-izen Gala and Bonding Against Adversity annualGreen Community Holiday Dinner. East Aldinepresented partners awards.

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S P O R T S & E N T E R T A I N M E N T

KEENEY’s

KORNERBY

MIKE KEENEY

We say good-bye to the2017 NFL’s regular season onNew Year’s Eve and begin 2018with the two biggest college foot-ball games of the season, theCollege Football Playoff (CFP)national semifinal games.

No. 2-ranked Oklahoma willface No. 3-ranked Georgia in theRose Bowl in the first CFP semi-final, followed by No. 1-ranked,and defending national champi-on, Clemson facing No. 4-rankedAlabama in the Sugar Bowl inthe second semifinal game.

Before those two hugegames are played, the NFL willconclude its 2017 regular seasonon New Year’s Eve with 16games, with a handful of teamsstill alive in the playoff hunt.

A majority of the divisionshave been decided (Pittsburghhas clinched the AFC North, NewEngland has clinched the AFCEast, Jacksonville is one winaway from clinching the AFCSouth and Kansas City is onewin away from clinching the AFCWest. Philadelphia has clinchedthe NFC East, Minnesota hasclinched the NFC North, and theRams are one win away fromclinching the NFC West. TheNFC South will go down to thefinal game as New Orleans andCarolina entered Week 16 tiedatop the division).

A handful of teams are alivein both conferences for WildCard slots. In the AFC, Balti-more, Buffalo, Tennessee andLos Angeles are battling for thetwo wild card spots heading intoWeek 17, while either New Or-leans or Carolina, Seattle, De-troit, Dallas and Green Bay arebattling for the two Wild Cardspots in the NFC heading intotheir final regular season games.

While the season will endfor all but 12 teams (six teamsfrom each conference qualify forthe playoffs), there could be anumber of head coaches lookingfor new jobs in 2018. It appearsthere will definitely be a coachingchange in Cincinnati, and NewYork (Giants) and maybe inHouston, Tampa Bay, Washing-ton and Chicago. Texans headcoach Bill O’Brien has one yearleft on his contract, but there arerumblings he may part ways withthe team after the season.O’Brien deserves to return in2018. His team was decimatedby injuries to key players on bothsides of the football (quarterbackDeshaun Watson, defensive endJ.J. Watt and linebacker WhitneyMercilius). Those are three of the13 players Houston has placedon injured reserve this year.

2017 NFL season concludes on New Year’s Eve:2018 begins with CFP national semifinal games

If O’Brien parts ways withowner Bob McNair, he won’t beout of work long. O’Brien is wellrespected in the league and is asolid coach. I’d like to see himback and have a full year withWatson.

As the NFL prepares for thepost season, the CFP crank upon New Year’s Day and bothgames should be outstanding.Three of the top four defenseswill be featured (Alabama is No.2 in total defense, Clemson isNo. 3 and Georgia is No. 4) inthe national semis as well as oneof the most potent offenses incollege football in the OklahomaSooners and Heisman Trophywinning quarterback Baker May-field.

The winners of the semifi-nals will meet on Monday, Jan. 8in Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Sta-dium in the CFP title game.

Before we take a look atthe last week of the NFL and thetwo CFP semifinal games, let’sreview last week’s record. Itwasn’t a good week for pickinggames as evidenced by the 4-8record, which brought the sea-son record to 118-74 (61%).

Now, onto this week’sgames.

NFL

Carolina at Atlanta – ThePanthers can clinch at worst aWild Card berth with a win overthe defending NFC champs inAtlanta on Sunday. Two weeksago, Cam Newton threw fourtouchdown passes to lead thePanthers to a 31-24 victory overGreen Bay. Atlanta has to proba-bly win out (they played at NewOrleans in Week 16) and that’s atall order for a team that hasbeen inconsistent this season.Look for Newton (2,720 yardspassing, 18 TDs; 585 yards rush-ing, 5 TDs) to out duel Matt Ryan(3,490 yards passing, 17 TDs) inthis one as the Panthers returnto the playoffs after a one-yearhiatus. My pick, Carolina 31,Atlanta 27

Dallas at Philadelphia –The Cowboys need this gamemuch more so than do the Ea-gles, who have clinched homefield advantage throughout theNFC playoffs. Two weeks ago,back-up quarterback Nick Folesthrew for 237 yards and fourtouchdowns to lead the Eagles intheir 34-29 win over the Giants.While the Eagles were winning athome, the Cowboys picked up ahard-earned 20-17 victory atOakland. Quarterback Dak Pres-cott (2,752 yards passing, 21

TDs; 5 rushing TDs) will haverunning back Ezekiel Elliott (783yards rushing, 7 TDs) back afterthe latter served his six-gamesuspension for domestic abuse.Elliott’s return should be a bigboost to the Dallas offense and ifthey can get into the playoffs,this could be a very dangerousteam to deal with for the rest ofthe NFC. Look for Elliott to leadthe way in Philly on Sunday asthe Cowboys close fast and hopeit’s enough to earn a post-sea-son berth. My pick, Dallas 23,Philadelphia 17

Green Bay at Detroit –The Packers could help the Cow-boys by taking down the Lionson Sunday in the Motor City. GBquarterback Aaron Rodgers re-turned two weeks ago after miss-ing eight weeks with a brokencollarbone. Rodgers was a bitrusty in his return, throwingthrew interceptions and threetouchdown passes in the Pack-ers’ 31-24 loss at Carolina. TheLions defeated the Bears 20-10behind Matthew Stafford’s twoTD passes. If Green Bay is elimi-nated from the playoffs prior tothis game, I could see Rodgerssitting, which would be a huge liftfor the Lions. My pick, Detroit 26,Green Bay 20

Houston at Indianapolis –Talk about two teams playing outthe string! This game featurestwo of the most disappointingteams in the AFC and will beplayed strictly for pride. Aboutthe only intrigue in this one ishow many passes and yardsHouston wide receiver DeAndreHopkins accumulates. Asidefrom that, there’s no real reasonto even watch this one, let alonedevote much time to discussing itin this space. My pick, Indianap-olis 13, Houston 12

New Orleans at TampaBay – The Saints will look toeither win the NFC South or earna Wild Card slot when they visitthe disappointing Buccaneers onSunday. Look for quarterbackDrew Brees (3,569 yards pass-ing, 19 TDs) and running backs

Mark Ingram (971 yards rushing,9 TDs) and Alvin Kamara to passand run over a weak TB defense.When the Saints are on defense,they will get after turnover-pronequarterback Jameis Winston andmake it a long afternoon in TB forthe third-year quarterback. Mypick, New Orleans 33, TampaBay 16

Kansas City at Denver –The Chiefs turned their seasonaround two weeks ago with a 30-13 win at home over the LosAngeles Chargers. They need towin one of their remaining twogames to wrap up the AFC Westtitle and should have little troubleagainst a Denver team that hasbeen a huge disappointment thisseason. Quarterback Alex Smith(3,738 yards passing, 25 TDs)and running back Kareem Hunt(1,201 yards rushing, 6 TDs)looked like they did earlier in theseason when they were lightingup the scoreboard in the winover the Chargers. Smith con-nected on a long touchdownpass to speedy wide receiverTyreek Hill (69 receptions, 1,074yards receiving, 7 TDs) and Huntrushed for 155 yards and atouchdown in the win over theChargers. Look for the Chiefsoffense to keep rolling against abeat-up Denver defense as theyprepare for the post season. Mypick, Kansas City 26, Denver 17

Jacksonville at Tennes-see – The Jaguars could enterthis game with the AFC Southtitle wrapped up if they won atSan Francisco in Week 16, or ifthe Titans lost at home to a verygood Rams team in Week 16. Ithink there’s a pretty goodchance the Jags have the divi-sion title wrapped up by the timethey arrive in Nashville, whichmeans they could rest key start-ers and have them rested for theplayoffs. Two weeks ago, theTitans suffered a big blow to theirplayoff chances when they lost atSan Francisco, 25-23 on a last-second field goal. A win over theJags might not be enough to getTennessee into the playoffs, but

it could be a moral booster head-ing into the offseason. My pick,Tennessee 24, Jacksonville 16

NCAA

Cotton Bowl: Ohio Statevs. USC – This is the best of thenon-CPF games as two of themost storied schools in NCAAhistory meet in Arlington at AT&TStadium on Dec. 29. This gameis going to feature future NFLplayers as both teams are load-ed with talent on both sides ofthe football. The Trojans couldhave a top three pick in quarter-back Sam Darnell (3,787 yardspassing, 26 TDs), while theBuckeyes feature one of the topdual threat quarterbacks in J.T.Barrett (2,939 yards passing, 34TDs; 732 yards rushing, 10 TDs).Darnell is a lock to play QB in theNFL, but Barrett may have toswitch positions to play at thenext level. Both teams also havestrong running games as theBuckeyes are led by runningback J.K. Dobbins (1,364 yardsrushing, 7 TDs) and USC is ledby speedy tailback RonaldJones, II (1,486 yards rushing,18 TDs). Darnell will look tospeedy wide receiver DeontayBurnett (74 receptions, 974yards receiving, 9 TDs), whileBarrett has a host of talentedreceivers to throw to. This oneshould be a fun game to watch,but I’m going with the Buckeyesbecause I think they have thebetter defense. My pick, OhioState 33, USC 30

Rose Bowl: Georgia vs.Oklahoma – This game will fea-ture Oklahoma’s high-poweredoffense against Georgia’s 4th-ranked defense, so somethinghas got to give. They say de-fense wins championships, butthe Georgia defense will have itshands full with an OU team thatcan get it done passing with Bak-er Mayfield (4,340 yards pass-ing, 41 TDs) and a host of talent-ed receivers led by tight endMark Andrews (58 receptions,906 yards, 15 yards per recep-tion, 8 TDs) and wide receiversMarquis Brown (49 receptions,981 yards, 6 TDs) and CeeDeeLamb (40 receptions, 741 yards,7 TDs) and on ground with run-ning back Rodney Anderson(960 yards rushing, 11 TDs). TheGeorgia defense is very good,but it is going to have its handsfull with an OU offense that aver-aged 45 points per game and isranked No. 1 in the country intotal offense. The Bulldogs areno slouches on offense either ledby a strong running game thathas taken pressure off of truefreshman quarterback Jake

Fromme (2,173 yards passing,21 TDs). Look for the Bulldogsto give the OU defense a steadydiet of Nick Chubb (1,175 yardsrushing, 13 TDs), Sony Michel(948 yards rushing, 13 TDs) andD’Andre Swift (597 yards rush-ing, 3 TDs) to wear down theOU defense and chew up clockwith hopes of keeping Mayfieldoff of the field. The Sooners willneed another big day from May-field if they hope to advance tothe title game. While the OUdefense has been torched attimes this season, that unit hasimproved as the season hasgone along. I think OU’s de-fense surprises folks in this oneas the Sooners advance to thetitle game. My pick, Oklahoma30, Georgia 27

Sugar Bowl: Clemson vs.Alabama – This is the thirdstraight year Dabo Swiney’sTigers have faced Nick Saban’sCrimson Tide in the CFP. Twoyears ago, Alabama defeatedClemson for the CFP title andClemson returned the favor lastyear as Deshaun Watson threwa game-winning touchdownpass with one second left on theclock. Watson is gone, but soph-omore Kelly Bryant (2,678 yardspassing, 13 TDs; 646 yardsrushing, 11 TDs) has filled inadmirably as his replacement.We will see if Bryant has Wat-son’s poise and calm demeanorin a game with so much atstake. Bryant will have hishands full going up against theNo. 2-ranked defense in thecountry, but so will Alabama QBJalen Hurts (1,940 yards pass-ing, 15 TDs; 765 yards rushing,8 TDs) when he faces the coun-try’s No. 6-ranked defense.Look for Alabama to give a verygood Clemson front seven asteady dose of its running gameled by speedy Damien Harris(906 yards rushing, 11 TDs) andthe bullish Bo Scarbrough (549yards rushing, 8 TDs). If Ala-bama can establish the run, thatwill give Hurts some shots atmaking plays down field to widereceiver Calvin Ridley (55 re-ceptions, 896 yards receiving, 3TDs). The ‘Bama offense sput-tered late in the season, butSaban and his staff had fiveweeks to prepare for this game.The Tide also should have backa number of defensive playerswho suffered injuries late in theseason. I think Hurt’s experi-ence will be the deciding factorin this game as Saban and theTide get revenge from lastyear’s loss in the championshipand go after their fifth nationaltitle under Saban’s leadership.My pick, Alabama 26, Clemson23

sons, the two were namedthe Northeast News’ Co-Defensive Players of theYear.

In eight games, Simpsonrecorded 116 solo tackles(an average of 14.5 pergame), recorded four sacks,had 28 tackles for loss andintercepted two passes.The 6-0, 215-pounder hascommitted to ArizonaState.

Livingston, 6-3, 360-pounds, recorded 41 totaltackles, 13.5 tackles forloss, 6.5 sacks, batted down4 passes, forced 3 fumbles,recovered 2 fumbles,blocked one kick andblocked one punt. Living-ston received 28 Division Ioffers. He originally com-mitted to Texas A&M, butde-committed after headcoach Kevin Sumlin wasfired and replaced byformer Florida State headcoach Jimbo Fisher. He hassince committed to LSU.

JACOBY SIMPSON

Simpson received offersfrom Kansas State, Louis-ville, Kansas, the Univer-sity of Houston, ColoradoState, Arkansas and Mem-phis but chose ArizonaState after making his of-ficial visit in the fall.

“I liked the way theyhad things organized forme,” he said. “I felt goodabout the place after mak-ing my visit.”

Simpson’s head coachduring his senior seasonwas Andy Garza. Garzasaid Simpson was a four-

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year starter for the Gener-als and let his play on thefield set the tone for histeammates.

“Jacoby grew into aleader,” Garza said. “Re-gardless of all the offers hereceived, he had his bestseason in the four years hewas here. He could havebreezed through the sea-son after committing toArizona State, but itseemed to motivate him toplay even better. He turnedinto more of a vocal leaderthis year. He didn’t have tosay a lot, but when hespoke, his teammates lis-tened to him.”

Garza said Simpson’sstrength and speed are histwo best assets and shouldserve him well at ASU.

“He’s very explosive,”Garza said. “When he hitsyou, you know you’ve beenhit.”

Garza said his fouryears of varsity experienceallowed Simpson to serveas a coach on the field dur-ing games.

“We gave him more ac-countability because of hisexperience,” Garza said.“He made a lot of calls forus during games.”

While he was a hit onthe field with his team-mates, Simpson is also ahit with his classmatesand teachers at Mac-Arthur.

“His teammates andteachers like him,” Garzasaid. “He takes care of hisbusiness. He’s a blue collarkind of guy.”

Garza believes Simpson

can contribute for ASUand their new head coachHerm Edwards as a fresh-man if given the opportu-nity to do so.

“I think he can contrib-ute because of his footballknowledge and the drivehe has,” Garza said. “I’mexcited for him. Jacobyhas a good worth ethic.He’s physically strong andbench-presses 300 pounds.I’m going to miss him.”

DOMINICLIVINGSTON

Livingston was a want-ed man during his seniorseason, wanted by 28 Di-vision I football programsbecause of his size andstrength. Davis head foot-ball coach James Showerssaid Livingston wanted toplay in the SEC and be-lieves his star defensivetackle has the ability toplay in the best footballconference in the country.

“Dominic has tremen-dous strength and athlet-ic ability,” Shower said.“He’s a very humble youngman. I compare him to thecharacter (Michael ClarkDuncan) in the GreenMile. He has a sweet per-sonality, but if you makehim mad, he could teardown the building.”

Livingston was a three-year letterman and a two-year starter for theFalcons, who earned aplayoff berth in 2017.

Showers said he be-lieves Livingston can playin the SEC, and he will

benefit from going to a top-flight program like LSU,which has a penchant forproducing NFL-caliber de-fensive linemen. He hasthe strength to play in theSEC as evidenced by hisbench press of 405 poundsand squat of 635 pounds.

“Once he gets to collegeand gets on their trainingtable, they will slim himdown and he will be ableto go full speed. He needsto take between 30 and 40pounds off, and once hetakes the weight off, he willbe unstoppable.

Showers said the likableLivingston is a run stopperand should be a two-downplayer early in his colle-giate career and shouldevolve into a three-downplayer with more experi-ence and work in theweight room.

“Dominic loves footballand you’d better have alove for the game if you aregoing to play in the SEC,”Showers said. “He willneed to learn to work a lit-tle more at the next levelbecause it was so easy forhim in high school becauseof his size.”

Showers said Living-ston isn’t a big talker, buthe is considerate and kindto those around him. He’salso a horse person.

“Dominic is a very goodperson,” Showers said. “Heloves horses. He rides inhis spare time and can tellyou anything you want toknow about horses. I hopehe keeps being the personhe’s always been. Theworld needs more peoplelike Dominic in it. He’svery considerate of every-body and he has a goodheart. He hasn’t let thehype get to him.”

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NON-DEMOMINATIONAL/OTHER• Aldine Christian Church2233 Aldine Mail Rt. 281-442-9751• Apostolic Bible Ctr.P.O. Box 8569. 281-442-5171• Bethel Community Church2414 Lauder Rd. 281-449-1473• Church of the Living God4422 Hopper Rd. 281-219-3853• Church the Lord Jesus Christ11268 E. Hardy Rd. 281-442-0303

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• Word of Deliverance Life Ctr4001 Darwin St. 281-227-0700• Phuc Vien Temple, 14101 East-ex Fwy. 281-449-1900• Gospel Shop14341 Lee Rd. 281-227-8898• Jimmie Guillory13120 Luthe Rd. 281-449-6016• Dynamic Global Interprises Inc.2201 Little York Rd. 713-695-9830•The Shelter Church, 4102 Laud-er Rd. 281-846-4538

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Greenspoint MallGreenspoint Drive

Lone Star College - Greenspoint250 Sam Houston Pkwy E.

Sheriff’s Storefront5202 Aldine Mail Route

East Aldine Office5333 Aldine Mail Route

RED BOX5327 Aldine Mail Route

Dance Town USA Bingo7214 Airline Drive

Pan Riko BakeryAldine Mail Rt

MacArthur High SchoolAldine Mail Rt

High Meadows Branch Library4550 Aldine Mail Rt

Prosperity Bank Eastex Fwy3945 Little York

Prosperity Bank Little York1615 Little York

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Mobile Station9140 Eastex Freeway

Texaco Food Mart9225 Eastex Freeway

Conoco11219 Eastex Freeway

Handy Plus #6911420 Eastex Freeway

Hartz Chicken12231 Eastex Freeway

Hair Authority Beauty Salon10767 Eastex Freeway

Beasley TireEastex Freeway

Dairy QueenE. Mt. Houston @ Eastex Fwy

D’Bertha Hair Salon4828A Mt. Houston

Ranchero King BuffetNorth Freeway

Mi Rancho11132 Aldine Westfield

Police Store FrontLittle York @ 45

Aldine ISD Services OfficeAldine Westfield

Houston Discount Sales101 Little York & Airline Drive

You & I Grocery8009 Airline

Airline Grocery8104 Airline

Quick Mart8320 Airline

H.M.C. ClinicAldine Bender

Kroger’sAldine Mail Route

Harris County Branch Library11379 Airline

Medical Clinic8002 Airline

Aldine High SchoolAirline @ West Rd

Las Banderas Meat Market11381 Airline

Food Store1700 Airline

Heart’s Liquor3801 Aldine Mail Rt

Pilgrim Place Apts4655 Aldine Mail Rt

Aldine Y.O.U.T.H Comm. Ctr.4700 Aldine Mail Rt

Chevron8400 Irvington

Harris County CourthouseAnnexWill Clayton Parkway

Harvest Time ChurchImperial Valley

World Food MartGreens Rd @ Imperial Valley

Green Way Washateria917 Greens Rd

7&9 Grocery330 Gulf Bank

K Stop Food Store340 Gulf Bank

Office BuildingParker Road

HC Senior CenterHardy Road

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METRO Park & RideEastex Freeway

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UT Health ClinicCrosstimbers @ Jensen

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¡Lánzate Houston!, elprimer pitch competitionrealizado íntegramente enespañol en la ciudad deHouston, fue organizadopor el programa de Conex-ión de Emprendedores deBakerRipley el pasado 2 dediciembre. Durante estacompetencia, diez empre-sarios tomaron el escenar-io para presentar sus ideasde negocio y pequeños ne-gocios ante un panel dejueces, medios de comuni-cación y la comunidad.

En preparación paraesta competencia, los par-ticipantes asistieron a tall-eres sobre cómo diseñaruna presentación convin-cente, presentar su histo-ria de manera interesantey realizar su solicitud deinversión de capital. Mu-chos emprendedoresaprovecharon esta opor-tunidad para reunirse conlos business coaches delprograma y obtener el ase-soramiento especializadorequerido.

La competencia fue di-vidida en dos categorías: 1)LANZAR – emprendedoresque cuentan con una ideade negocios interesante yviable y 2) CRECER – pe-queñas empresas ya es-tablecidas que buscancrecer su negocio. ¡LánzateHouston! fue sin duda unacompetencia feroz. Lossiguientes tres ganadores

¿Qué dicen Alexis y Tabbie?

Conoce a los ganadores de ¡Lánzate Houston!

Alexis Rios y Tabbie Saenz son expertos en temasempresariales del Programa Conexión deEmprendedores de BakerRipley

de cada categoría fueronacreedores de más de20,000 dólares en premiosmonetarios y en especie:

Categoría CRECER- Sidia y Mario Guzman,

Mandarinos Coffee- Nina Rios, Got Dirty

Blinds- Paola Marino y Daniel

Dunaway, Beancycle

Categoría LANZAR- Guillermo Barrera y

Marco Morales, SOPLIX- Patricia Slind, VINSS

LLC- Mary Gonzalez, Real

Blooming

¡Este evento fue unaprueba de que los hispanosen el Condado de Harris

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Para obtener más infor-mación sobre BakerRipleyy cómo podemos ayudarlecon su negocio en cualqui-er industria, comuníquesecon el programa de Conex-ión de Emprendedores alteléfono 346-226-1591.

Los ganadores de ¡Lánzate Houston!

Participantes de la categoría LANZAR