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Memorial Park may end up looking vastly different over the next several years should Houston City Council adopt a proposed master plan which would dramatically overhaul the design of the park.

Among the planning part-ners working on the initiative include the Memorial Park Conservancy, the Houston Parks and Recreation Depart-ment and the Uptown TIRZ, which will be funding, develop-ing and implementing the Me-morial Park Master Plan. The architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz is leading the develop-ment stage of this plan, accord-ing to officials.

Landscape Architect Thom-as Woltz explained some of the design process and emphasized the plan’s focus on preserving much of the ecology and histori-cal sites in the park. He pointed to the various early uses of the land by the Karankawas, a Na-tive American tribe, for logging and agriculture and the much later established Camp Logan, a military base where soldiers trained during World War I.

“We really believe every piece of land is like a family album where there are layers and layers of stories inside of the land,” Woltz said. “Memo-

Proposed Memorial Park makeover focuses on unity, history

See Park, P. 5A

1820

1917

The United States enters the First World War, and the War Depart-ment leases 7,600 acres of forested land on Buffalo Bayou to establish a training base named Camp Logan. Nearly 1,000 Camp Logan sol-diers lose their lives during the war and over 6,200 are wounded.

Pictured are renderings of proposed design plans for Memo-rial Park. The north and south end of the park are planned to connect without disrupting exist-ing ecology. Take a walk through park history below.

The “Mother of Texas” Jane Long’s diary re-counts camping with a group of travelers headed to San Antonio in the “pinery” that is now the area of Memorial Park.

EXPANDING HORIZONS

1934

The Works Progress Administration puts over 500 men to work on building the golf course. Landscape Ar-chitect John Bredemus called it “my greatest golf course ever.” The adjacent clubhouse becomes a place to see and be seen. Green fees were 35 cents on weekdays and 50 cents on weekends.

1964 19751990s

2004

2011

The city develops the Houston Arbo-retum and Nature Center within Memorial Park to provide nature education as well as an urban wildlife sanctuary.

Upon the passing of Miss Ima Hogg, a group of stalwart conservations--Terry Hershey, Sadie Gwin Blackburn, Dr. John D. Staub and Frank C. Smith, Jr.-- continue to protect the Park from new intrusion.

Sadie Gwin Blackburn assists in developing a larger

group to provide guidance and

stewardship and or-ganizes the Memo-

rial Park Advisory Committee.

An initial master plan is formed for the Park and funds are successfully raised to build the pedestrian Living Bridge, renovate the Alkek Tennis Center and con-struct the Outer Loop Trail.

A devastating drought arrives. More than half of the trees in Memorial Park are irrevocably damaged. A reforestation plan is put into motion.

2013Houston City

Council approves the annexation of

Memorial Park into the boundaries of the Uptown TIRZ #16, re-sulting in a significant

funding stream for the park. A Long-

Range Master Plan process is embarked

upon.


Commuters who are frustrat-ed with the morning construc-tion traffic in the southbound lanes of North Shepherd Drive north of West Crosstimbers Road might have to wait a little longer for relief.

Road work in the southbound lanes is currently being carried out by AT&T, and a company spokesperson said the project is expected to run through the end of October.

“To provide AT&T customers in Northwest Houston with the best possible network experi-ence, AT&T is laying infrastruc-

ture, allowing for future network enhancements,” a company spokesperson stated.

A representative could not

be reached before press time to clarify the infrastructure projects or the network en-hancements, however the work might be part of the company’s initiative to bring its new fiber optic network to the city. AT&T confirmed in early August that it will expand its GigaPower network to the city of Houston, a service which features “sym-metrical upload and download broadband speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second” and its U-Verse TV services, according to an earlier press release.

AT&T first announced a major initiative to expand its GigaPower fiber network in April, with Houston named as one of the main “candidate cit-ies” for potential fiber roll out. GigaPower is currently available in Austin and the group also an-nounced the service would be available in Dallas.

According to its website, AT&T has invested more than $6.55 billion in its Texas wire-less and wireline networks be-tween 2011 and 2013.

AT&T: N. Shepherd delays may continue into October

Photo by Jonathan GarrisLooking southbound at traffic along North Shepherd Drive.


The U.S. Postal Service is looking into potentially relocating its post of-fice at 1050 Yale Street in the Heights.

The organization held a public meeting Sept. 22 at Houston City Hall where residents could learn about the potential move and how it might af-fect them. U.S.P.S Public Affairs Rep-resentative Dionne Montague said customers would see no change to PO Box numbers or ZIP Codes, however PO Box and retail services would be moved about three miles away to the T.W. House Carrier Annex located at 1300 W. 19th Street.

Following Monday’s meeting, resi-dents will be able to provide input dur-ing a 15 day public comment period, Montague said. Following the public comment period, the U.S. Postal Ser-vice would evaluate residents’ input and make an initial decision whether or not to proceed with the project. Ac-cording to officials, anyone can appeal that decision during a 30-day window and if no appeal is made or the final decision is to proceed, then the pro-cess will move to determining a relo-cation site.

Montague said officials will perform a feasibility study for the Yale Street facility and the potential impact to the area should its retail services be moved to the T.W. House Carrier Annex.

“They look at everything as part of this study,” Montague said. “They will examine the footprint of the office in the community, how big the old loca-tion and the new location is, how many people currently use the post office, is it being used to its capacity and do we have a nearby location that can serve the community.”

The potential consolidation of these two facilities is part of a larger national

U.S. Postal Servicemulls relocation of Heights Post Office to new area

See Postal, P. 5A

Photo by Jonathan GarrisThe Heights Post Office is considering relocating. A public hearing was held Monday evening and an additional public hearing date is pending. The potential move would not affect PO Box numbers or ZIP codes.

Officials with the Northwest Mall confirmed its 800,000-square-foot building is officially up for sale. Representatives re-vealed little of the mall’s listing and the mall is home to a variety of tenants including Thompson’s Antique Center. According to previous reports in The Leader, the mall and its stores have been adversely affected by the prolonged construction along both the 290 and 610 freeways. Banners have since been placed on the side of the mall, facing the freeway, to let shoppers know that the mall is, indeed, still open and merchants are hoping to weather the storm, according to previous reports. The mall also attracted negative attention from Timbergrove and Spring Branch residents over the nightclub Chela’s and its mixed beverage permit in mid-2013.

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Officials with the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office say they have once again arrested the The Wood-land Heights serial defecator – 53-year-old Jessie Hernan-dez - and have charged him with criminal trespassing.

According to a report, dep-uties responded to the 3400

block of Northwood regarding a suspicious man in the back-yard of a residence caught on video surveillance on Sunday. The man was seen allegedly carrying a pair of bolt cutters, however no entry was made at the residence.

Hernandez is the same in-dividual previously caught on

video surveillance allegedly defecating in the yards of area residences and was taken into custody in May. According to a previous article in The Leader, he wasn’t charged with any crimes because he suffers from mental health issues, ac-cording to the Harris County Precinct 1 Constables Office.

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This school year, Houston students and a couple Leader Area schools will have the chance to participate in a new health and wellness program. The non-profit organiza-tion, Sonima Foundation, has brought health and wellness practices to schools and com-munities in California, New York, Florida and, now, Texas – with Houston Independent School District being the first Texas school district and the largest participating district in the country.

The program launched with an opening event at Oak Forest Elementary Tuesday morning, which showcased 25 students – who actively participate in the yoga program – and what they have learned thus far in four weeks. Along with the showcase, HISD Superinten-dent Teddy Grier spoke to the kids, parents, faculty and staff about the possibilities this pro-gram has for HISD.

“HISD is committed to bringing innovative education programs to our classrooms,” HISD Superintendent Teddy Grier said. “The skills that stu-dents will learn through Soni-ma’s health and wellness prac-tices will not only affect their academic studies, but will also impact student conduct and at-

tendance.” Sonima started in a Cali-

fornia school in 2011, with about 500 children. The start-ing school was given a grant to develop a K-5 curriculum. Within a year, the program saw large results and surrounding schools also wanted the pro-gram implemented.

“With a very small district in California, we were very suc-cessful from a research proj-ect attached to the wellness program,” Sonima Foundation Executive Director, Jean Ruf-fin said. “We had about 5,800 children go through this pro-gram, and thus far, the facts are: attendance and academic performance is up, and bullying is down.”

Sonima has partnered with the University of Houston to continue researching the pro-gram. The program will study behavioral and academic per-formances in and out of the classroom, in conjunction with the wellness program.

“What we learn hear in Houston, we will apply to 30 other districts who have asked us to bring the program to them,” Ruffin said. “It will al-ways be a learning experience, and the program will evolve and change, and that’s a great thing.”

The program in Houston will reach more than 6,500 students in K-12 grades across Crockett, Elmore, Hilliard, McNamara,

Oak Forest, Oates, Stevens, Shadydale, Thurgood Mar-shall and, Whittier Elementary Schools, Forest Brook Middle School and North Forest High School this year.

Ruffin says that physical education is on the back burner and Sonima is presenting an-other option.

“We would like to bring fo-cus on mind and body experi-ences,” Ruffin said. “These ex-periences serve as the platform to education and all the sub-jects. If a child isn’t healthy and happy, it’s hard to learn.”

These are the kinds of ideals Oak Forest Elementary Instruc-tor Ret Paccasassi has seen af-ter four weeks of implementing the program.

“They have already become more attentive and focused in my class,” Paccasassi said.

Oak Forest, Stevens and Crockett Elementary are three Leader Area schools that have received this program.

HISD launches new health and wellness program with Sonima Foundation

Photo by Christina MartinezHISD launched the start of their new health and wellness program Tuesday morning at Oak Forest Elementary. Here, students perform the Downward Dog pose that they learned in class.

On October 11 The Leader will Honor Breast Cancer Awareness

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Monday, October 6

Winter Street, Spring Street and Silver Street Studios host their fall Bi-Annual art opening in the heart of the Washing-ton Avenue Arts District this Saturday evening from 6 - 10 p.m. Over 180 art-ists will open their doors and invite the public inside to view new work, shop and become collectors. The opening is free and guests will be treated to compli-mentary valet, light bites and beverages. Pedi-cab shuttles between all three buildings will also be available.

Each building will have a special series or installation on exhibit during the event.

I think it’s fi tting that the largest collection of studio spaces, has the smallest ex-hibit space at Spring Street in the Tank Project Space. It’s a 9x12x10 high experimental gallery room with an interior window. Artist Bennie Flores Ansell will show her latest piece entitled “Migration Swarm.” The installation will be made up of the intricate placement of fi lm sprocket holes on pins creating an en-vironment of movement and depth.

Winter Street will feature new works from “Museum Anatomy,” a unique series from Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector, known as Chadwick & Spector. Museum Anatomy is a collection of hidden, stolen and destroyed paintings recre-ated in paint onto the human body (Chadwick’s). The source material originates from mu-seum storage facilities around the world. The artwork goes through a signifi cant process until reaching the fi nal out-

come, a photograph of Chad-wick, sometimes unrecogniz-able as a human form, with an elaborate, detailed painting covering a portion of his body. A preview of this process can

be viewed by visit-ing www.youtube.com/paintnaked. Amazing detail.

Start at any of the studios, Sat-urday from 6-10 p.m. 2101 Winter St., 1824 Spring St. and 1824 Spring St., Houston 77007. Details on the web winterstreetstudios.info. Did I mention this is all free? It’s

all free!

ThursdayAudrey Omenson will

be live painting alongside other Houston based spoken word poets and musicians for an event hosted by The Shout. The event is from 7-9 p.m. at The Studio above Tout Suite, 2001 Commerce. theshouthouston.com.

FridayCraftTexas 2014 5:30-8

p.m. Center for Contempo-rary Craft, 4848 Main St.. The eighth in a series of biennial juried exhibitions featuring 49 works by 44 Texas artists, in-cluding Terry Fromm, a metal sculptor and jewelry designer featured at First Saturday Arts Market. The exhibit runs through Dec. 24.

Mexican Iconography, 6-10 p.m. A one night show at East End Studio Gallery, 708 Telephone Road, Suite C, Houston 77023. Mexican Icons, cultural and traditions themed art.

Sojour n Studio Res i -dency Exhibition, 6-9 p.m.

1834½ Westheimer Road. Opening of the Sojourn Studio Residency Exhibition featuring works from Audrey Omenson, Katie Mulholland & Ack!, and Stacy Kuropata. All of the art-ists have created unique work for this show. The Sojourn Stu-dio Residency is located in the Heights.

Tribulation: Eugene Hughes solo show, 7-10 p.m. JoMar Visions, 1707 Nance St. New Abstracts with evolving themes. Hughes is an amazing abstract artist.

Suchu Dance Presents Nebria: Opening performance 8 p.m. Suchu Dance 3480 Ella. Nebria is an evening length dance work for two dancers. Nebria is a genus of ground beetle native to the Paleoarc-tic, the Near East and North Africa. Upcoming dates and to purchase tickets at suchu-dance.org for $20.

SaturdaySausagefest 2014, noon-4

p.m. Odd Fellows Lodge #225, 115 E. 14th St. The sixth or seventh annual celebration of sausage, no can remember. I would be remiss in my du-ties if I did not tell you about this event. Plates are $10 and include sausage, potato salad, sauerkraut and soft drink or water.

El Corazon del East End Artz Market, 6 p.m. Tres. 726 Telephone Rd. Art vendors plus a performance by Sister Sister y Los Misters. This little shopping plaza in the east end is getting quite popular. Worth it just to hear Sister Sister — a women led Latino jazz band. Mitch Cohen is the founder and manager of First Saturday Arts Market. Contact him at [email protected] or visit him on the web at ArtValet.com.

On Saturday, Sept. 27 start-ing at 2 p.m. Cottonwood will hold the second annual Cot-tontoberfest. There will be live music, traditional Ger-man food and tasty Karbach beer and glassware giveaways. Bands will include Polish Pete and the Polka? I Hardly Know Her Band, Jeremy O’Bannon Band, Grifters and Shills and Journey Agents.

The band lineup is subject to change and the glassware give-away will run while supplies last. Cottonwood is located at 3422 N. Shepherd Drive. For more information, visit www.cottonwoodhouston.com or fi nd them on Facebook.

Out of The Blue: All Blue VIP Charity Event

Out of The Blue: All Blue VIP Charity Event will pres-ent a dazzling evening of en-tertainment, socializing, and philanthropy at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27 at The De Gaulle at 2811 Washington Ave.

There will be a posh guest list, a swanky venue along with a growing list of sponsors, set to make this the most memo-rable Out of the Blue event to

date. The exciting eve-ning of entertainment and philanthropy will include a red carpet ar-rival, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a silent auc-

tion that will feature various products from one of a kind jewelry, spa packages, pre-mium tickets to your favorite sporting event, an all-inclusive vacation package for two and much more. Party for a cause and receive a gift bag provided by Lovinah Natural.

Out of The Blue is an annual all-blue VIP charity event that raises awareness and funds for nonprofi t organizations with a mission to help provide solu-tions for water crises around the world. Launched in 2011, the all Blue VIP event has become an ideal venue for a substantial and sophisticated audience to meet and mingle and its philanthropic reach is growing annually.

Water is at the heart of daily crisis faced by billions of the world’s most vulnerable peo-ple. Their goal is to create and support the installation and repair of water systems, which will make a life-changing im-pact on more than 1 million people.

The event is free to attend but donations are strongly suggested. If you cannot at-tend the event you can still participate by donating for the

cause at http://pjwfglobal.org/donate.

All donations make a sub-stantial contribution to the ef-forts of The Phillip J. Waldrup Foundation Water for Life Project and are eligible for a tax receipt. The Phillip J. Wal-drup Foundation is a Houston Based 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to working with children, families, and commu-nities worldwide by tackling the root causes of poverty. For more information, visit http://pjwfglobal.org.

For more information about the Out of The Blue: All Blue VIP Charity Event, visit www.facebook.com/events/1448114965464261/. To obtain your limited complimentary pass, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/out-of-the-blue-tick-ets-12884201995?aff=efbnen.

Orange and White Sangria at Solaro

On Saturday, Sept. 27, So-laro Urban Winery will be of-fering orange and white san-gria. Bring your friends to the Texas Winery of the Year, as designated by the New York International Wine Compe-tition. There will be Texas wines, football and food all day at both Solaro Urban Win-ery at 330 TC Jester Blvd. and at Solaro Estate in Dripping Springs. For more information, visit www.solaroestate.com

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Untapped FestDue to weather, Untapped

Fest has been rescheduled to be at Discovery Green on Sat-urday, Oct. 11. There are 65 breweries that are slotted to be at Untapped Fest with a beer list too expansive to list. Live music will include the Toad-ies, Bad Books, Robert Ellis, The Bright Light Social Hour, Owen Pallett, The Suffers, Featherface and BLSHS. There will also be excellent beer!

The Hay Merchant kitchen will be bringing a number of their hallmark items for Un-tapped Fest. The savory treats they plan to bring include pret-zels, beef jerky, cheddar dogs, smoked beef sandwiches and Soba noodle salads. Tickets start at $30. For more informa-tion, visit untapped-festival.com.

Follow Ivee Sauls on Twitter @ThirstyExplorer. To submit an event, email [email protected].

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Oak Forest resident Rebecca Masson has a lot to celebrate. The owner and pastry chef of the Fluff Bake Bar, Masson will open a brick and mortar shop at 314 Gray St. by the end of the year. She’s also been in-vited, along with Reef ’s Ryan Lachaine, to participate in Austin restaurant Foreign & Domestic’s Indie Chefs Week pop-up on the road event Oct. 16-18 in Orange County, Calif. About 25 chefs from around the country were invited to partici-pate to “cook, collaborate and inspire” each other. Tickets to the three dinners offered can be purchased at http://indi-echefsweek.com/social/.

“It’s harder and harder to fi nd opportunities to learn,” Masson said. “I like to learn different ways of doing things, and experiment as well.” She plans to make a Milk chocolate

cremeux, or pudding, the fi rst night and a Bakewell tart the next, which is a sugar dough pastry, with some seasonal fruit, caramelized whey, and candied Marcona Almonds.

After training and work in France and New York, Mas-son came to Houston in 2006 at the invitation of Chef Ryan Pera at 17 Restaurant. She’s been on her own for the last four years and sells her goods at various spots around town, including Revival Market, 550 Heights Blvd., which was her fi rst wholesale account. Mas-son also makes an exclusive cookie for Fat Cat Creamery called – wait for it - Unicorn Bait. “If you are going to catch a unicorn this is the cookie to do it,” said Masson.

The Boot expands its offeringsOwner Christopher “Chico”

Ramirez tells The Leader that The Boot, 1206 W. 20th St.,

has a new menu. “When we fi rst opened in March, we were just crawfi sh, boiled shrimp, gumbo and étouffée. We also had the full bar,” he said. Now they have a full range of po-boys, fried catfi sh and oysters, and red beans and rice among other options. They also have lighted washer courts and tour-naments. Tigers and Saints fans – The Boot “proudly features all LSU and New Orleans Saints games on our TVs.” Who dat!

Piatto Ristorante launch-es a new lunch menu

The Heights location of Piat-to Ristorante, 1111 Studewood, recently posted a fall menu on their Facebook page. Check out their selection of paninis, served with salad, or maybe you’re hankering for the Piatto Chicken with goat cheese and sun dried tomatoes.

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My last get-rich scheme didn’t work out too well. I bet the Texans and Cowboys would play in the Super Bowl. But I heard that organic foods were the current fad, so I in-vested heavily in them, and went broke because no one would buy my organic foods, not even my organic trans-plants. “Organic is so last year,” I was told. “Today everyone is into gluten-free foods. I sold my left kidney and bought a gluten company. It went bank-rupt. Only then did I learn that gluten is so yesterday. Now the trendy foodies are into canta-loupe seeds.

Perhaps the food industry should be approached from a different direction. I opened a little French café, Le Choque & Puque. It was invaded by the German biergarten next door. I tried to start a Tex-Mex can-tina, but the Texas Militia shot my customers. The leader ex-plained, “They looked like Salvadoran child terrorists.” That gave me an idea and I opened a veggie pub for the Texas National Guard on the border called Beets on the Ground. Too late I found out they hadn’t been paid and I couldn’t accept bandoliers in exchange.

Something was wrong with my finances, then I saw a news story that explained my prob-lem. The Federal Reserve said in a new report on consumer finances that the richest 10 percent of Americans were the only group whose median incomes rose in the past three years. And they voted against Obama? The Fed said that in-comes declined for every oth-er group from 2010 to 2013, widening the gap between the richest Americans and every-one else. The report found me-dian incomes, adjusted for in-flation, for the top 10 percent rose 2 percent, to $223,200 from $217,900. So if you’re in the top 10 percent, you are getting even richer. But for the middle 20 percent, incomes dropped 6 percent, to $48,700 from $51,800. For those at the bottom of the economic lad-der – hobos, school teachers and journalists -- average in-comes dropped from $15,800 to $15,200.

It was my job to go from that

bottom 10 percent to the top 10 percent. Of course, my first job was to get a job. I served (brief-ly) as campaign manager for Eric Cantor’s primary election. I had explained to the House ma-jority whip how I had boosted Congress’s approval rating from 4 percent to almost 5 percent, plus or minus 6 percent. When I applied to Rupert Murdoch for a job, he threw me out of his of-fice when he remembered how I had transformed his News of the World into a household name – a name I can’t repeat. Mur-doch had said “fracking” and I thought he said “hacking.” Easy mistake to make.

I purchased the Planned Par-enthood franchise in the Vatican. Big error. I finally got a spot at the Dick Cheney Charm School until he found out I had been in charge of the rollout plan for Obamacare. My success oper-ating the college student loan program collapsed after a few Congressional hearings and a multi-trillion debt, but the ex-perience landed me a position as organizational planner for the UT System leadership. That collapsed after several lawsuits, legislative investigations and career-endings for both the UT chancellor and the UT-Austin president. The regents clearly forgot how my consulting had helped Mack Brown last season, not to mention my social advice to the Travis County DA. (Party, party, party – Rick Perry doesn’t care).

Why wasn’t my effort to move upward economically, not to mention socially, residen-tially and metaphorically, suc-ceeding? My cash cow had been roped, branded and undergone a humiliating operation. Then I discovered why. That same Fed-eral Reserve report said that the top 3 percent of families col-lected 30.5 percent of all income in 2013, up from 27.7 percent in

2010, and the concentration of wealth continued without inter-ruption. Checking to see just who these top 3 percenters were, I discovered many were profes-sional athletes and CEOs of en-ergy firms, but most were run-ning hedge funds. That was the ticket. I entered that profession only to find nobody was buying hedges, not even bushes.

So I sought out my finan-cial adviser. He had said he had an office near the freeway and would be wearing an or-ange vest. I found him easily because there was a big sign near his office reading: “Drive slow – clean-up crew.” He put down his pointed pole and trash bag and listened to my lament. “These days the real money is in self-help lectures, so get in on the gold.” I rented a hall and put out ads: “You too can get rich – learn how. Just $10!” When the time came, the auditorium was packed. I addressed the crowd which had greed in its eyes. “What you do is rent a hall and charge ten dollars for people to get in. I made a fortune tonight.” The audience was somewhat displeased, but the doctor said I would be up and around in a few weeks.

As I look back on my career -- advising Coke to change its for-mula, there was that Edsel deal at Ford, and maybe I should not have advised Anthony Weiner about photographs. Then I saw a big headline: “BP To Pay Billions!” Before you can say “extortion,” I made my pitch to the oil spill arbitrator. “This is the last picture of my 200-foot yacht, Tax Dodge. It went down with all hands, and feet, too.” He peered at the picture. “That’s the USS Benedict Arnold.” I quick-ly brought out a second photo. “This was my beach house. Cost four million, and it’s all gone – the eight-bedroom house, two swimming pools, gatehouse, indoor polo rink or diamond or whatever they call it.” He turned the photo over and read: “Stay at the lovely Hawaiian Hilton.”

My financial adviser recom-mended I hold a sale on hedges, at least I think that’s what he said. It’s hard to hear though those glass walls in the visiting room.

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ASHBY

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Here’s what happened, as far as I can tell: Last week, I spent six days with my Dad

and two brothers on a long-planned and long-anticipated trip out West. It was one of those family experiences none of us will ever forget.

That meant I was away from the office and the folks here were left to fend for themselves. Whether most of you know it or not, I could disap-pear from work for a year and I don’t believe the quality of The Leader would decrease at all.

When I got back, though, I found the following letter in my inbox:

“Come on. I don’t even read the paper cover to cover and this week I find a typo in page one story “Food Truck Robbed…”; a typo page 5 caption on the picture of the N Shepherd rail bridge; and my favorite, page 7a “Perperation begins for fall harvest…” I think they mean “Preparation begins for Fall harvest…” How is this in any way acceptable?”

Anyone who reads this paper somewhat consistently knows I love it when we get a good ribbing. It keeps us humble and, most impor-tant, fair to all sides of an issue. Letters that disagree or take us to task are some of the most important pieces of content we publish every week.

Of course, you know I can’t publish this letter without returning a little good-natured ribbing of my own. Wouldn’t it make you chuckle if someone sent you a letter calling you out for typos and their very letter is riddled with them? If we’re going to be picky about such things as the English language, the letter should have read something like this:

“Come on. I don’t even read the paper cover-to-cover and this week I find a typo in a Page 1 story, “Food Truck Robbed…;” a typo in the Page 5 caption on the picture of the N. Shepherd rail bridge; and my favorite on Page 7, “Preperation begins for fall harvest…”

But let’s not digress too much. The point of the writer’s letter was spot-on and we shouldn’t have made some of the silly errors we made in last week’s edition. Then again, we

didn’t know Noah’s Ark was going to collide with one of the transformers off East T.C. Jester as we began the process of proofing our newspaper.

Apparently, while I was in the dry heat of Yosemite National Park, you all experienced a rain event that knocked power out at The Leader and elsewhere at the exact time we were trying to make corrections to the paper. And because we have a tight press schedule with our printer (we were an hour late, as it hap-pened), we either had to send a pa-per or skip a week of publishing. We opted for the former and, thus, you found some errors in The Leader that we normally try to eradicate through the process of actually reading what we publish.

If you’ll accept our apology for that, I found some silver in the rain clouds we had in Houston, and it seemed like a good time to remind our staff here that, despite our transgressions, I am wholeheartedly proud of the product we produce every week and the role we have in this community.

We were reminded of that recently when the city of Houston decided that, after months of stories in The Leader, Mayor Annise Parker and members of Houston’s Planning Commission finally conceded that there were problems with the city’s

historic ordinance. With every effort at humility, The Leader was the only media in the entire city that covered the historic ordinance issue and, through that reporting, we were able to help change a process that is not fair to homeowners.

I reminded our new editor and managing editor that a story they worked about an unfair tax assess-ment on one resident directly led to that elderly resident receiving a refund on her property tax bill.

I reminded our staff that as soon as The Leader began making calls on some of the overgrown intersec-tions in our community, the city and TXDOT sent work crews and lawn mowers to those intersections to clean them.

Nobody knows the mistakes we make at The Leader more than I do – I’m responsible for all of them. But I also am so appreciative of the staff and supporters we have at this little, local newspaper because I truly believe we make a difference in the lives of our readers every single week.

Help us with a sectionOn a similar note, I’d like to

personally ask our readers to help us with a project that will publish in a couple of weeks. On Oct. 11, we will print our annual – and very special

– Breast Cancer Awareness edition of The Leader. This year, we’re work-ing hard to improve that important edition, and we’re looking for read-ers who would like to honor loved ones who have battled this atrocious disease.

In a couple of weeks, we’d like to publish two special pages in our BCA edition – one page of memorials for those who have lost their battles, and one page of celebration for those who have survived breast cancer.

This section will be completely free to those who would like to send a picture and a short write-up (20-to 25-words). All we need you to do is send us a picture you’d like to have published.

A couple of the businesses in our community have generously agreed to sponsor those pages, but we need you all to honor loved ones who have faced breast cancer head-on. You can email your pictures directly to me, if you’d like, or see our ad on Page 2A for more information.

Despite our mistakes, I’m so proud of the people who work every week to produce a great, local news-paper. And I’m so appreciative of the readers who take time to respond to our strengths and weaknesses.

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Nightmare TrafficDear Editor:I love what you’ve done with

the Leader. And I feel like it is a place where I could send this message:

Everybody knows the traffic has gotten crazy around the Heights. But it doesn’t have to be as ugly an experience as it has become.

Rush hour is a cacophony of honks. Would anybody notice if a driver honked to actually warn about safety issue? We all wish bad things on texting drivers who don’t notice the light has changed, but these days honking seems to be for saying “I’m in a hurry and you’re in front of me.”

Cars pass where there is no passing lane. The center lane on 20th is a turn lane, and

using it for passing is inviting a head-on collision. Heights Blvd. is not a two-lane street each way. The bike path and parking spots there are not for passing drivers who are failing to exceed the speed limit suf-ficiently!

Running red lights? – sure, why not – hey, you can even get honked at for failing to run them!

Hamilton Middle School and the school zone on Heights have always been there, so commuters shouldn’t be so shocked and surprised when it gets busy at the beginning and the end of the school day.

All the honking and vroom-ing and screechy braking don’t change a thing about the clogged traffic--except to make it unpleasant to walk, jog, or

drive in our community. -Lora Wildenthal

NSABA, cleaner entrances

That is wonderful! Too bad it doesn’t include the bus stop on the west side of N Shepherd in front of the little strip center at W 34th and N Shepherd. Wait-ing for the bus at this METRO bus stop is like waiting in an overgrown jungle. Someone recently did a little cutting, but it appears that it has been years since someone edged the sidewalk or pulled weeds. Very unsightly and a little danger-ous too!

-Winnie McNamara

History hard sellI certainly agree with the

writer. The Heights is being

made into a sardine can; stuffed to the edges. The enor-mous apartment complexes going up on Yale and 6th are eating up open space, are ugly, and are going to make traffic unbearable. I’ve lived here for 12 years and while I see neigh-borhood improvement with properly scaled new homes that at least attempt to reflect the local architecture, I also see the opposite. Another ruined neighborhood in my opinion is West University which used to be lined with beautiful homes and cottage but is now McMansionville. We are the last neighborhood in Houston that has the charm that is “Heights”

-Catherine C.

Improving public schools

As a former Travis teacher and Heights homeowner, I am so excited to hear about this!

For years I watched my students’ parents fret over the middle school decision and even had parents ask me for letters of recommenda-tion. And I was a Third grade teacher! I always found it incredibly frustrating that we were 5 minutes from Hogg and yet people were driving 20-30 minutes to schools in other neighborhoods.

It takes a dedicated staff and most importantly a passionate community to turn a school around. Looks like it’s finally happening! Let me know if I can be of service!

-Kristin Platt

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The master plan would also offer “cohesive park programs and experiences,” like horse back riding, cycling, bird watching, and other activities designed to appeal to nature lov-ers and sports enthusiasts alike, Woltz said. Some of this cohesiveness would come from redistributing certain park elements so they can share parking, water and other aspects in previously impacted areas rather than unde-veloped or underdeveloped areas.

Among some of the improvements includes

an 800-foot-long land bridge over Memorial Drive which would connect the park’s north and south sides, Woltz said.

Much of the design process has been guid-ed by public input, the master plan has been bolstered by input from research partners of up to 70 Houstonians, including archelogists, historians, plant biologists and wildlife biolo-gists among others. John Jacobs, a professor at Texas A&M, is currently serving as a private consultant for the development of the master plan. Jacobs participated in much of the fi eld work and analysis of the park and its land and said maintenance like the removal of brush will be one of the biggest challenges in revamping the park. Jacobs envisions an opportunity to restore a healthier forest and savannah land-scape to the park through this ongoing main-tenance.

“As a consultant this is probably one of the larger projects I’ve worked on,” Jacobs asid. “This is just a special park. What we have here is a remnant that takes us all the way back to the time of the Karankawas. We can have this little piece of land and we can experience na-

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“To have an urban park at 1,500 acres is ex-traordinary,” Woltz said. “It’s a huge responsi-bility but also a tremendous opportunity.”

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here is to say, “Simple: ditch your dude,” but, I realize that this isn’t necessarily realistic. So, how about we instead dis-cuss ways to lessen the impact of your cat’s allergens on your boyfriend?

According to Dr. Jean Hofve, DVM, approximately 5 to 10 percent of the human popu-lation has some sensitivity to cats. Contrary to popular be-lief, people who are allergic to

cats aren’t allergic to their hair. They’re allergic to proteins in their saliva, which are released when the cat grooms her fur.

Aside from never allowing your boyfriend to come to your home, the next best option is to eliminate the allergens from your cat as best you can. A good option is to vacuum with a vacuum that has a micro-filtration device, (like a HEPA filter) which can actually stop something as small as feline allergens. The pesky proteins can settle not only in drapes and furniture, but also on shelv-ing and walls – so make sure that the vacuum has an assort-ment of hand attachments and get into all the corners.

Some recommend bathing your cat daily or weekly. While this might help slightly, the stress on your cat alone would be enough to make this idea a clunker. However, brushing your cat daily can help keep the allergens in check, as well as provide some good quality bonding time with your kitty, who might be feeling the ef-fects of your increased atten-tion elsewhere.

Aside from these basic housekeeping ideas, check-ing to see if your new friend might consider a dose of al-lergy medication before he comes over might not be out of the question. And, (not to be presumptuous here) laun-

dering your bed linens often and, obviously not letting your cat sleep in your bed would be beneficial as well.

Scientists advise that dili-gent hand-washing greatly helps control the amount of allergens from cats. So, if your boyfriend pets or snuggles with your cat, make sure that he washes his hands well be-fore touching his eyes, mouth or nose. Additionally, make sure that you wash your hands thoroughly after petting your cat and before coming into contact with your mister.

The good news is that many allergy-sufferers have figured out ways to peacefully co-habitate with cats. However, if you’re unable to figure out a way to make everyone happy, I’d like to implore you to con-sider the commitment that you made to your cat before taking drastic measures. Millions of cats end up dumped outside to fend for themselves or in shel-ters every year due to pet own-ers who aren’t willing to honor their commitments. I’m sure that your new man is great and all, but you won’t find loyalty like that of your cat just any-where, you know...just sayin’.

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MDO 40th anniversary at St. Matthew’s

St. Matthews United Meth-odist Church, 4300 N. Shep-herd Dr., is having a 40th An-niversary celebration for their Mother’s Day Out program Sept. 28. It is a park dedica-tion and ribbon cutting cere-mony with lunch following the ceremony. The ceremony will start after the 9:30 a.m. wor-ship service.

For information, call 713-697-0671.

Senior activity day at St. Stephen’s

Adults age 50+ are welcome to attend Senior Activities Day, Oct. 1, in the fellowship hall. Games begin at 9:30 a.m., fol-lowed by a soup and sandwich lunch at 11:45 a.m. Donations are appreciated to help cover the cost of lunch.

All are welcome at Fam-ily Movie Night, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3, in the fellowship hall. Admission is free. The church will provide popcorn and lem-onade. Bring pillows and blan-kets.

St. Stephen’s UMC is locat-ed at 2003 W. 43rd St. For in-formation, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org.

Heights Community Children’s Choir rehearsals at Zion Lutheran

HCCC is an afterschool choir program for children in second through sixth grades designed to enrich the music lessons being taught in schools and provide an opportunity for children to perform with students from other schools in a larger community setting. Children are taught to sing and to read music. Rehearsals are at Zion Lutheran Church, 3606 Beauchamp St., every Thursday afternoon from 4-5:30 p.m. beginning Oct. 2. A Parent Information Meeting is scheduled from 5:30-6:30 p.m. the same evening.

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Meet Frozen Princesses Anna Elsa and Olaf from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 27. Buy a pre-sale ticket for $5. Proceeds benefi t childhood diabetes. Signature Smiles is located at 3800 N. Shepherd Dr. Visit the facebook page for information or to donate. Information: www.facebook.com/events/373705629446243.

VOTER REGISTRATIONDeputy voter registrars

Avoid the trip to the DPS and register to vote or update address or name change at non-partisan voter registration drives being held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 28, outside All Saints Catholic Church, 215 E. 10th St., and out-side Fiesta Grocery Store, at 2300 North Shepherd Drive from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Deputy voter registrars trained by Harris County will be volunteering.

AUTHENTIC MANHOOD SERIESYMCA Men’s Scripture Sharing

Come join the men’s scripture sharing group through a journey to Authentic Manhood. This six-week series lead by YMCA Chap-lain Jamie Clark, is from 7-8 a.m. through Oct. 2, in the multipur-pose room at the Foster YMCA, 1234 W. 34th St. Information: [email protected], www.authenticmanhood.com.

BIRTH FAIRUnited Way Center

Get the latest information about vaccines, birthing options, breastfeeding, babywearing, VBACs, and more. There will be overstuff ed goody bags, and activities for children. The Birth Fair will be held from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 4, at the United Way Center, 50 Waugh Dr. The event is free and open to all ages. Information: www.houbirth.org, 832-499-6029.

BICYCLE RALLY AND SCAVENGER HUNTHouston Heights Association

The rally begins at 8 a.m. Oct. 5. Entrants can choose between a 20-mile course through the Heights and near-by neighbor-hoods, or a shorter 5-mile ride designed for kids and their adult companions - or do both. Participants can celebrate at Marmion Park for the Post Ride Party and Awards Ceremony. Visit the website for cost. Information: www.houstonheights.org, 713-861-4002, opt. 6.

AMERICA’S NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIMEForest West Pool

National Night Out is an oppor-

tunity for residents to meet their neighbors and to develop a safer environment for their families. The event will be 6 p.m. Oct. 7. Residents can donate fi xings or side dishes for the fajita dinner. Information: [email protected], forestwest.com.

SENIOR FUN FESTSt. Dominic Village

This free event held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 9, is sponsored by St. Dominic Village, a senior care community, 2401 Holcombe Blvd., and features arts and crafts, food and music. There is free table registration. Informa-tion: 713-822-5419, 713-440-3417, [email protected].

LEGIONNAIRES BARBECUE American Legion Post 560

Come out for a good meal and support the Legionnaires. Barbecue dinners will be served from noon until sold out Oct. 11. The Post is located at 3720 Alba Rd. Information: 713-682-9287, www.americanlegionpost560.org.

HEIGHTS GARDEN CLUB MEETSEskelson Residence

The Heights Garden Club will have their monthly meeting at

10 a.m. Oct. 11, at 636 E. 12th St. Experimenting to fi nd plants which will bloom in the many dif-ferent types of shade created by a two-century old live oak which is on the Harris County tree registry of exceptional trees. Information: www.heightsgardenclub.com.

CZECH SOUP TASTINGCzech Heritage Society of Texas

The Czech Heritage Society of Texas, Harris County Chapter, will host its annual soup tasting from 2-6 p.m. Oct. 12, at the SPJST Lodge #88, 1435 Beall St.

The event will include fi ve varieties of soups to taste, all you can eat, for $7 for adults and $3.50 for children under 10 years of age. There will be kolaches, cookies and cakes for sale. Proceeds will benefi t the Czech Genealogy Library located at 4117 Willowbend Blvd.

For information, call 713-349-0500.

Reunions

REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1964

The John H. Reagan Class of 1964 Reunion is scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 17. Registra-tion for the reunion is due by

Sept. 25. Events include a mixer at Pappasito’s Cantina Memo-rial City on Friday night, tour of Reagan High School on Saturday morning, and a dinner celebration at Red Oak Ballroom/CityCentre on Saturday night. Information: www.classreport.org/usa/tx/hous-ton/rhs/1964/

WALTRIP HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1979

The Waltrip Class of 1979 will celebrate their 35th reunion at 7 p.m. Oct. 18, at the Cadillac Bar party room, 1802 Shepherd Dr. The party room entrance is on the side (Nolda St.). Free admission includes hot appetizers, Karaoke, and dancing. There will be a cash bar. Casual attire. Other Waltrip classes are welcome to attend. RSVP by emai. Information: 713-417-4407, 281-620-9603, [email protected].

WALTRIP HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1969

The reunion will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 25, at Whitney Oaks, 816 E. Whitney St. 77022. Dinner will be served, and a cash bar is available for beer and wine. Liquor BYOB. The cost is $40 per person. Visit the website to register. Informa-tion: www.waltrip1969.com.

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The Shepherd Forest Civic Club held its annual Fall Picnic this past weekend at Stone-crest Park and a very pleasant time was had by all. Neighbors made new friends, adopted animals at an adoption event held by Oak Forest Animal Advocates, enjoyed a petting zoo, and clowned around with actual HLS&R rodeo clowns. Picnic food was the order of the day with hot dogs, chips, and ice cream donated by HEB. SFCC would like to ex-tend sincere thanks to all of the sponsors and neighbors who made the event pos-sible: Dr. Gleem, HEB Pantry Foods, Roznovsky’s Hamburg-ers, Doyle’s Restaurant, HPD, HFD, and the Houston Live-stock Show & Rodeo Speakers Bureau. A few of the neighbors on hand were Dell and Gene Hightower, Bid Nutt, David and Candace Hille, Delin-da Holland, the Evanicky family, Mary Lamb, Mark Landress, John and Mollie Weber, Janette Ward, Kay Adams, Jason Syrinek, Kit-ty Spence and Delores and Clyde Muske.

Jonathan Simmons’ par-ents, Phil and Shawn Sim-mons, would like to send

a proud shout out and con-gratulate him on his recent achievements. Jonathan is an Oak Forest resident who for-merly was a sophomore IB student at Lamar High School, but transferred to the mag-net program at Waltrip High School in his Junior year. He rode the bus for two years to attend Lamar which was a journey which took well over 1 hour each way. Like many of our neighborhood students are beginning to discover, Waltrip is changing to meet the needs of our community, and los-ing 2 to 3 hours a day on the

bus traveling across the city is not always the best option. With its new principal leading the way, Jonathan is the type of student Waltrip would like to keep in the neighborhood. He is a member of the Na-tional Honor Society as well as a member of the Mayor’s Youth Council of the City of Houston. Jonathan is also a Board Member of the Souper Bowl of Caring National Youth Advisory Board which, for those of you who may not be aware, is a Board comprised of 16 outstanding youth from across the nation, charged

with leading their generation to help transform Super Bowl weekend into the nation’s largest youth-led weekend of giving and serving. Jonathan ranked in the top 10 percen-tile of those taking the PSAT at Lamar and received an SAT scholarship to take the Test-masters SAT training held this summer at Carnegie High. He is a member of Houston First Baptist Church and is very ac-tive in their HUB ministry. As if that isn’t enough, Jonathan obtained his Life Guard cer-tification this year and works part-time at the YMCA of

Houston’s Downtown loca-tion. Way to go, Jonathan! You are making a difference.

Shepherd Forest is holding

a neighborhood Scarecrow Contest this fall. Create your scarecrow and make it scary or make it silly! Neighbors are to put out their scare-crows in October and judging will occur the first weekend in Nov. For questions, con-tact Jan Hughes, Beautifi-cation Committee Chair, at [email protected].

Shepherd Park Plaza Civic Club is holding its Fall Fes-tival at Durham Elementary this Saturday, Sept. 27, from 4:30 – 10:00 pm. There will be an auction with a variety of items including sports and music memorabilia, a wine dinner, a pool party, and a lo-cal brewery tour. Fun for all ages, activities for kiddos, and a special dinner will be served by Zierau Fine Foods at 6:30 pm. Durham Elem. is located at 4803 Brinkman.

National Night Out is around the corner on Tuesday, Oct. 7th. NNO is celebrated throughout America as an annual “Give neighborhood crime and drugs a going away party.” This is the perfect op-portunity to meet your neigh-

bors and promote unity in the fight against crime in our com-munity. Fill a cooler with cold drinks, make a snack to share (or not!), grab your insect re-pellant and a lawn chair, turn on your porch light from 6 – 9 pm, and go join your neighbors! This is your chance to com-pare grilling skills and sangria recipes. All of the neighbor-hoods in our community are planning various gatherings, so ask your neighbor, check your neighborhood newslet-ter, website or Facebook page, and join in the fun.

Oak Forest Homeowners’ Association Board President Laurie Christensen would like to extend a warm invita-tion to neighbors to attend the next OFHA meeting at Candlelight Park Community Center on Oct. 13 at 7:00 pm.

The Oak Forest Women’s Group had its monthly social at Cottonwood recently and held its Wine Raffle Drawing which raised almost $2,000 for HFD’s Fire Station No. 13. The OFWG would like to thank ev-eryone who purchased a ticket or donated. Now for the fun part ... the raffle winners are Angela Earl and Billy Hart-man. Congratulations!

Neighbors: Fall celebrations abound as October approaches

By Christina [email protected]

Jordan Selio, a junior at Wal-trip High School, is celebrat-ing receiving a scholarship to attend the Congress of Future Medical Scientists in Washing-ton D.C. next month.

In order to qualify for the scholarship, the student had to have a 3.5 grade point av-erage, be a recognized junior and to have interest to pursue medicine.

One of Jordan’s teachers, Mary Gibson, nominated him for the scholarship last year as one of her health science students. Gibson says she

couldn’t think of another per-son that was more qualified for the scholarship.

“Jordan is an exceptional young man,” Gibson said. “He is a polite, respectful, aca-demically strong student who aspires to become a surgeon. He met all of the criteria for the scholarship, and I can’t think of anyone more deserv-ing than him. I hope that he will be the recipient of the full-ride scholarship to medi-cal school that the conference offers because he has all of the potential to become an excel-lent physician.”

Along with maintaining his grades, Jordan is involved on

campus with Health Occupa-tions Students of America, is enrolled in Advanced Prepa-ration courses, works at the YMCA of Greater Houston and his spare time plays bas-ketball.

Jordan plans on attending Baylor University for their medical program and aspires to become an orthopedic sur-geon.

“I’m very interested in the learning part of the medical field and how the body works,” Jordan said. “I want to help other people.”

The conference will give Jordan the chance to listen to Nobel Peace Prize Winners

and their stories and, also, meet other aspiring orthope-dic surgeons and medical field interested students.

Next month Jordan and his teacher, Mary Gibson, will travel to Washington D.C. for the conference, if circumstanc-es allow the two to attend. The scholarship gave Jordan $985, but Jordan still needs to raise $2,000 to travel up north.

In hopes of raising money, Jordan has created a GoFund-Me website for donations to help him and his teacher get there. For fundraising info, visit www.gofundme.com/e4eqfs.

Contributed PhotoDell and Gene Hightower and past Shepherd Forest Civic Club President Bid Nutt share a moment at the club’s annual fall picnic this past weekend at Stonecrest Park.

Waltrip High School Junior hopes to attend medical conference

Photo by Christina Martinez Jordan Selio holds up a letter inviting him to attend the Congress of Future Medical Scientists in Washington D.C. in October.

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