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Hall of famer and former NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, Jerry Rice, visited Scarborough High School Tuesday afternoon to coach healthy habits on and off the field.

The event, sponsored by Lysol, cen-tered around three playbooks: tackling germs, playing the healthy food game and kicking fitness up a notch.

Rice was greeted by Principal Di-

ego Linares, faculty and the Scarbor-ough Spartan cheerleader team. After arrival, the school held a pep rally in the gymnasium where a skit was per-formed with the Scarborough Spartan battling two germs, performances from the cheerleading team, a show-ing of Rice’s super bowl ring and a talk from Rice to the Spartan football team and student body.

“It’s great to have him here,” Lin-ares said. “Not only to help talk to our students and the football team to get

a win, but he’s also a great role model for our students. It’s great for our kids to know that they have someone to look up to like him.”

“It was exciting,” Spartan quarter-back Titus Randal said. “I look up to him and so does my family. Just to see him here at my high school is an op-

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Photos by Christina MartinezScarborough High School Principal Diego Linares welcomes former NFL wide receiver, Jerry RIce to campus. Rice spoke about healthy habits and worked with the Spartan Scarborough football team.

‘Game changing initiative’White Oak bike trail renovations benefit community

By Jonathan [email protected]

Residents of the Greater Inwood area and beyond might notice the White Oak Bayou Trails undergoing an extensive facelift and improvement, courtesy of the Bayou 2020 Program.

The project itself aims to improve miles of biking and walking trails in bay-ous across the Houston area, with the first continuous 17 miles of the White Oak Bayou estimated to be completed by mid-2016, Houston Parks Board Ex-ecutive Director Roksan Okan-Vick said. White Oak Bayou in particular originates northwest of FM 1960 and travels south-east into the Buf-falo Bayou.

“The concept of creating continu-ous green space along the bayous is over 100 years old,” Okan-Vick said. “It’s been around for a while but the concept was never fully realized until the HPB examined it several years ago.”

The project also aims to increase the size of Houston’s park system while providing equally distributed parkland throughout the city. When the project first began along the White Oak Bayou, Okan-Vick said seg-ments of its trails had been completed but they were left unconnected.

“When it’s not connected, its useful-ness drops dramatically,” Okan-Vick. said. “It’s going to change the way people look at us here in Houston. It’s a game-

OF residents on lookout for car burglar

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Oak Forest residents are reaching out to their fellow neighbors on social media, warning of a man spotted breaking into cars during the early hours of Sept. 4.

According to a post made on the Oak Forest Homeowners Association page by Allison Lui, who stated she was posting on behalf of a neighbor, a security cam-era at a home on Woodcrest Drive caught the burglar attempting to break into two cars in the residence’s driveway. The bur-glar, seen in screencaptures taken from the surveillance footage, was unsuccess-ful but went across the street to another home and stole items from another ve-hicle. The burglar also appeared to be driving an SUV.

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Officials with the Texas Depart-ment of Transportation say motorists should expect to see some delays as construction crews continue work on building the new frontage road be-tween East and West TC Jester Bou-levard at North Loop 610.

This past weekend, workers placed beams for the new frontage road be-tween both East and West T.C. Jester

Boulevard and crews will be working to pour the bridge deck, TxDOT rep-resentative Karen Othon stated.

“On East T.C. Jester and West T.C. Jester at 610, crews will be work-ing to pave the new roadway and switch traffic so that they can pave the remaining section,” Othon stated. “Since the reconstructed frontage road elevation is higher from the old one, it is necessary to raise the eleva-tion of East and West T.C. Jester at Highway 610 to match the frontage

road.”Officials estimate the work will be

completed in the next two months, and the construction at the Ella Bou-levard intersection is now complete. TxDOT also anticpated opening the new connector ramp from 610 west-bound and US-290 eastbound to In-terstate 10 in mid-October.

“This separation of traffic will al-low travelers destined for IH 10 to

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Now barely a month into liv-ing at their new home on Hurst Street in the Greater Heights Area, the congregation of Grace Bible Church is setting its sights on being a force of good in the community. While traffic and parking issues may have com-munity relations off to a bumpy start, church leaders are positive they can find a solution.

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In the Lysol Coaching Healthy Habits pamphlet handed out to stu-dents, both Lysol and football legend Jerry Rice suggest kids “be the water boy,” and stay hydrated during the day to stay refreshed for daily activities such as studying for a test or playing with friends.

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The Houston Police Depart-ment is investigating two sep-arate incidents that occurred at the Paradise Smoke Shop in The Heights, following an armed robbery last week and a burglary last night.

According to a report by news affi liate KHOU, offi -cers arrived at the shop on Yale Street around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday and found the front door’s glass had been smashed. As of press time, offi cers had trouble contact-ing the shop’s key holder and were unable to determine if anything was taken.

On Sept. 3, an armed rob-bery at the same smoke shop previously left a woman in-jured while she was walking with her baby on the morning.

According to a report by news affi liate KHOU, at least two armed robbers wearing

masks entered Paradise Smoke Shop, located at 1307 Yale Street, and demanded money. Witnesses told KHOU that one of the robbers put a gun di-rectly to someone’s head dur-ing the robbery and fl ed the scene in a pickup truck with an unspecifi ed amount of money or merchandise.

The witness also said one of the shop’s employees left the scene and attempted to follow the robbers, according to the report. The masked men be-gan shooting at the employee but instead struck the leg of a woman as she walked with a baby in a stroller near 13th Street and Yale Street. The woman was taken by ambu-lance to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Both incidents remain un-der investigation.

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access the new connector and bypass the 610 south-bound mainlanes, eliminat-ing the weaving and merging that currently occurs,” Othon stated.

While many motorists un-derstand the need for the construction, truck driver A.J. Alewis said he was “ready to tear his hair out” as he pulled into the Mobil Gas Station just

north of 610 on East T.C. Jest-er Boulevard.

“It just fl at out stinks,” Alewis said. “I’ve been driving in Houston and around here for ages and, I get it, traffi c is what Houston is all about sometimes but it just gets cra-zy during the mornings.”

The project is part of the broader US-290 Program, which aims to reconstruct US-290 and construct the parallel Hempstead Tollway, accord-

ing to the US-290 Program Website. The program covers an approximately 38 mile long corridor, extending from the interchange area of Interstate 10, North Loop 610 and US 290 northwest to FM 2920. As of September 2014, work is occurring on nine program projects from 610 to Mue-schke Road, according to the website.

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Heights smoke shop robbed, burglarized

Courtesy photo by KHOUA Houston Police Department offi cer investigates the scene of an armed robbery at Paradise Smoke Shop in the Heights Sept. 3. Police are now investigat-ing a burglary that took place at the same business during the early hours of Wednesday morning. Last week’s robbery left one woman hospitalized after she was struck in the leg by a stray bullet when robbers fi red at an employee while fl ee-ing the scene.

Owner and Chef Miguel An-gel Ruiz tells The Leader that the Texas Enchilada House – which has been open about a month – had been a dream long before that. The Enchilada House at 302 W. Crosstimbers St. used to be the Mexicates-sen until it closed in 2007. Four years ago, Ruiz purchased the site and with his father, did all

the renovations to transform it into its new incarnation. Ruiz, who used to work at Monter-rey’s Little Mexico on Cross-timbers, grew up in his father’s restaurant, Los Toro’s, on Quit-man. He is excited to finally have a restaurant of his own.

“We turned on the open sign on the first day of business and sold out in three hours,” Ruiz said of his soft opening.

He said he’s aware of issues with both food preparation and service in the first few weeks, but says those have been ironed out with staff training.

True to its name, the res-taurant’s menu is heavy on Enchiladas but will branch out over time. The favorite dish of patrons at present is the En-chilada House Enchiladas with rib eye, Munster cheese and guajillo sauce. Another twist on tradition is the Poblano Enchiladas with pork loin and a Poblano pepper sauce and balsamic glaze.

They just tweaked their menu last week. Check it out on their Facebook page.

Culinary Institute LeNôtre sends American Students to France this summer

Bet you didn’t know that the Culinary Institute LeNôtre, which is the only French owned culinary institute in America, is located at 7070 Allensby St., off I-45 south of Crosstimbers. Well it is and it’s also accred-ited by the American Culinary Federation Education Founda-tion (ACFEF) and offers de-grees in the culinary arts as well as programs in hospitality and management as well as a Sommelier certificate.

This summer nine stu-dents from Culinary Institute LeNôtre, which heavily draws its student body from The Heights, spent eight weeks on the coast of the Vendee region in western France as part of a partnership with the French University “Notre Dame du

Roc” and the prestigious Pa-risian restaurant, Le Palais Royal.

“The opportunity to par-ticipate in such programs is a fantastic international ex-perience for students early in their college career,” said Alain LeNôtre, President of the Culi-nary Institute.

Here’s to sampling what they’ve learned at Kris Bistro & Wine Lounge, the public bistro of the institute, also located on

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Bradley’s Fine Diner to host Neighborhood Night Happy Hour

Who says there’s nothing free anymore? Starting on September 17, Bradley’s Fine Diner will be hosting a “Neigh-

borhood Night Happy Hour” on Wednesdays from 4-7 p.m. in the bar. Guests who order drinks at Happy Hour prices will enjoy a chef ’s selection of complimentary passed hors d’oeuvres. “This is a “Tapas” style happy hour,” General Manager Sébastien J. Laval said.

Pizaro’s Pizza Napoletana in Montrose is back on track

That’s according to Culture-Map who said that the Pizzeria, whose first restaurant is locat-ed on Memorial Drive, is going forward with a second location in Montrose. “After a long wait, we just picked up the permits today,” owner Bill Hutchinson tells CultureMap. Construction to transform the former Bobbit Glass building will begin soon with a plan to open in January 2015. Pizaro’s will be BYOB.

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Dear Editor:In regards to [Jonathan

McElvy’s] editorial, Vote on Dome demolitions: I am 73 years old and lifetime Houstonian. You and most Houstonians do not know what Houston was like before 1960. It was an average, mid-sized city, nothing special, construction dead in the months of December and January each year. In the early 1960s, two things happened: NASA (Johnson Space Center) and the Astrodome. They gave great pride and prestige to Houston and skyrocketed Houston into what it is now, a world-class city.

Mayor Annise Parker, in a speech to save an old church on Lyons Avenue, said, “To know where you are going, you have to know where you have been.” It is the same thing with the JSC and Astro-dome. Most people living in Houston and the surround-ing area owe their liveli-hood thanks to the JSC and Astrodome. As for the HSC, where is our Space Shuttle? The Astrodome is something we can look at with great pride and say it is one of the two things that drove this city into the 21st Century.

I spoke these words at a Tuesday City Council Meeting. Over the years, this city has been taken over by carpetbag-gers. The Alamo would not be safe in this city.

In the words of Mayor Parker: To know where you are going, you have to know where you have been. We need to keep the Astrodome as a monument to Houston’s greatness.

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Dear Editor:Are you from Houston? If

you are, shame on you! The Astrodome, the eighth won-der of the world, has been the pride of Houstonians along with NASA, the Rodeo and the Medical Center. It’s our history--why would you want to demolish it? Houstonians have been asked to pay for so many idiotic things, but the Astrodome was a great achievement. Preserving and utilizing it is a good thing! Why not turn it into a place to go to escape the summer heat? A place that offers a variety of attractions, a place where you could stay all day. In the winter, bring in snow or an ice rink. Make it for everyone to enjoy, maybe even make it a bigger tourist attraction than it was in the past.

If you aren’t from Houston, I will forgive you and your arti-cle, but, everything shouldn’t always be about money. It should be about preserving our history and our pride.

Jackie K.

Dear Editor:I totally with [Jonathan

McElvy’s] article “Do it already, vote on Dome’s demolition.” When I voted against the $219 million bond proposal I was voting for the demolition of the dome…pe-riod. I wasn’t asking for our elected officials to come up with a plan (I can’t believe they would even put forth such an expensive proposal without a plan), or asking for a reprieve in case by some

act of nature there may be a need to temporarily use the facility, or giving an OK nod to wait for somebody who had nothing better to do with their money than throw it at the dome, nor was I asking for anything else. My “no vote” unequivocally meant demol-ish the damn thing. I don’t want any of the City of Hous-ton or Harris County’s tax dollars going toward saving the dome. I could list dozens of reasons and I’m sure many of them would be on other voters’ list as to why we who voted against this measure want it taken down. If billion-aires came forth and dropped the $219,000,000 (that’s a lot of zeros) on the city’s lap to save the dome I would still adamantly disagree with a renovation. That would surely mean that tax payers would flip the long-term bill to maintain that facility for however long. There’s no way we would be able to ever get away from that because elected officials would always push back. We’re acutely aware of how these things can be twisted.

As I’ve already stated: where’s “the plan” in the first place. Oh, we could possibly make it into an amusement park. Very amusing Judge Emmett! I think more like pre-posterous to think our taxes should go towards something like that sort of idea. If some private organization desires to make an amusement park out of the dome sell it to them and let them invest

Today’s column may be abso-lutely worthless by the time it reaches your hands, but we

should have the discussion anyway. Maybe we can put a spotlight on an important component of community pride.

As a young-ster, I did a fairly good job of staying out of the crosshairs of my parents. I did most of my chores, made good grades, didn’t pick fights, and usually showed the kind of respect children should give their parents. But there was one area where I failed miserably – my room.

It should have been an indicator as a young child that my favorite Charlie Brown character was that slob, Linus. Throughout most of my adolescent life, my room was a pig-sty. Sure, I had a rationale for it: Why in the world would a young man with my busy schedule waste time making his bed? I was the only one sleeping in it, and I had every intention – every single night – of returning to those same sheets and leaving them in the same disarray.

The problem, of course, was that it wasn’t just the bed we were talking about. It wouldn’t have surprised my Mother to find a moldy glass of two-week-old juice sitting on my dresser. If you opened my closet, there was a decent chance something would fall on your head. And if you looked under my bed, there were enough shoes and socks to make Goodwill jealous.

When I left for college, I am ashamed to say my habits grew even worse. At least when I lived at home, Mom made sure my clothes did not smell of athletic body fluids. When

I got to college, I subscribed to the theory that clothes at the bottom of a pile miraculously cleaned them-selves. (Oh, don’t kid yourself. We all did it.)

Fast forward a few years – or maybe a decade – and eventually I figured out what my parents had tried to teach me from a very young age. Being clean and orderly isn’t just about fulfilling the wishes of authority. It’s about your way of life. It’s about the appearance you give to other people. It’s about taking pride in where you live and work.

A couple of months ago, my wife came home one evening and told me she was embarrassed at the appearance of our community. Every day, Meghan drives from our home to downtown. She drives down Shepherd, hits 610, and eventually merges into the catastrophe that is I-45. And every day, she passes

streets that make our community look like an undeveloped country. At intersections and roadsides all along Shepherd, 610, TC Jester and Ella – the main thoroughfares in our community – you’ll find weeds that have sprung taller than our SUVs. You’ll find trash mangled in the weeds. You’ll find what looks like a complete disregard for where we live.

Initially, I told my wife not to worry about it. The city of Houston has so many medians and parks to mow and, eventually, they’ll get to us. Nope.

This week, I took a camera to some of the entrances to our com-munity and what I found was abso-lutely disgusting. Over the course of an entire summer, not once has a mower or a trimmer graced the most highly traveled areas of the Heights, Timbergrove and Garden

Oaks. If you don’t believe me, either get in your car or look at the pictures above.

Like most of us, I initially blamed the city, which seems like a popu-lar solution most of the time. But I’ll also tell you that if there’s one department in the city of Houston I respect maybe more than any other, it the Department of Public Works. They, along with the Department of Neighborhoods, are two of the most responsive groups I’ve worked with during my professional career, and I wasn’t disappointed this time.

A man named Alvin Wright handles public information for Public Works, and we have never asked a question (or even filed a com-plaint) that Wright hasn’t promptly answered. I decided to send him the pictures of the overgrown intersec-tions in our community, and within 30 minutes, he had a solution in the

works.It turns out TXDOT is in charge

of keeping the areas along 610 manicured. Earlier, I mentioned that today’s column may be worthless, and that’s because TXDOT had al-ready called someone by Wednesday to get the area cleaned. Wright even said that if TXDOT doesn’t get it cleaned, the city will take care of it.

There are other areas of our com-munity where grass has over-taken our rights-of-way. Drive through some of our neighborhoods and you’ll find open ditches that better resemble the spuds of a rainforest – minus the rain, of course.

This may all sound a bit mundane to the average person, but here’s why I believe it’s such a big deal. Our community – whether you’re in Woodland Heights, Shepherd Park Plaza, Norhill or anywhere in between – has spent the past decade rebuilding its brand. We have spent millions upon millions renovat-ing our homes, our parks and our grocery stores. I attended a meeting earlier this week in the Heights about local education, and the fervor with which we’re attempting to im-prove our public schools is exciting to watch.

We’re doing this for a couple of reasons. First, we are proud of where we live, we want to stay in our homes, and we want to create a better quality of life for our children. We’re also doing this because we want to attract more people to our community. We want to improve the businesses we have and lure new retail and commercial opportuni-ties. We want our friends out in the suburbs to envy our neighborhoods. When pundits talk about this area, we want them to glow about our homes, our schools and our way of life.

Meanwhile, our front yard looks like Linus lost his blanket under a pile of weeds.

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THE COURT ROOM – “Your honor,” I whine, “yes, I have lied and cheated, sold worthless bonds to widows, bundled doomed mort-gages and forced thousands of Americans to lose their homes. True, I hid money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying taxes. I guess you could say I did my part in bringing down the American economy, putting millions out of work, wiping out savings accounts and probably caus-ing global warming, although the jury is still out on that, so to speak. So I will pay the fine of a billions dollars – actually the stockholders will pay it -- without admitting any guilt.” I and my high-priced lawyers will leave with my Get Out of Jail Free card. Just pay a big, impressive fine, and walk.

You don’t have to read the following police blotter, just skim it to see what’s going on in your name. Five banks -- Wells Fargo & Co., J.P. Mor-gan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp., Ally Financial Inc. -- agreed to pay $25 billion in penal-ties and borrower relief over alleged – alleged? -- foreclo-sure processing abuses. The deal represented the largest government-industry settle-ment since the tobacco deal, which started it all back in 1998 with that $246 billion tobacco industry settlement. At the time it was a record, but the fine hit the entire in-dustry, so it was spread out. No one went to jail.

A week or so ago, Gold-man Sachs paid $3.15 billion to buy back mortgage bonds now worth about $1.2 billion less than what they were sold for. This is not a first for Gold-man. In 2010 it paid $550 million to settle a similar case. Hey, here is J.P. Morgan again with a “record” $13 bil-lion settlement with the De-partment of Justice (DOJ) and other federal regulators over mortgage-backed secu-rities. “(I)t would likely be the biggest fine ever levied by the DOJ.’’ The HSBC (that’s a British bank) agreed to pay $1.9 billion to U.S. authorities over deficiencies in its anti-money-laundering controls. U.S. officials hailed the settle-ment as “the largest penalty ever under the Bank Secrecy Act.” France’s largest bank-ing house, BNP Paribas, pled

guilty to criminal – not civil — charges of money laun-dering in the U.S. and paid an $8.9 billion fine. But “no BNP employees currently face criminal charges.” Why not?

The pharmaceutical indus-try seems to be particularly bad medicine: GlaxoSmith-Kline – July 2012: In what was billed as “the largest healthcare settlement” with the DOJ ever, the drug mak-er paid $3 billion and plead-ed guilty to criminal charges of illegally marketing drugs and withholding safety data from U.S. regulators. In 2009 Pfizer Inc., pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges and paid a $2.3 billion fine. Ab-bott Laboratories, 2012: The drug maker agreed to pay $1.6 billion and to plead guilty to a criminal misde-meanor violation of a federal drug laws. In 2009, Eli Lilly agreed to pay $1.42 billion to settle a probe into alleged improper marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa. In 2011, Merck & Co. paid $950 million and plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge.

Some of these pay-to-prey cases involve far more than mere billions. In the BP Gulf oil spill case, it wasn’t just money. Eleven people were killed, others were injured, thousands of Cajuns lost their livelihood and it was months before I could get a decent shrimp etouffee. BP pleaded guilty to manslaugh-ter charges and agreed to pay (guess what?) “a record” $4 billion in government penal-ties. The gang in BP’s execu-tive suite, who had to know what corners were being cut, what safety measures were being ignored, paid a fine just in time for their 11 a.m. tee time. Only one guy, a middle management engineer from Katy, was convicted of de-stroying emails, the convic-tion was thrown out and the government may or may not appeal. Now let’s look at these figures DOJ and others

crow about. Bank of Ameri-ca’s fine of $16.7 billion is to go to consumer relief, but the bank can take some of that off its federal income taxes. What a deal. Only a small fraction of hurt homeown-ers would get relief, and that won’t be parceled out until – get this – 2018. The ac-tual amount the bank pays will probably be close to $12 billion, a lot of money but nothing like the fine the feds proudly put out.

A question: Follow the money, but where does it go? Do the DOJ lawyers get to bill by the hour? Maybe At-torney General Eric Holder has one super bank account. The money probably goes into the U.S. Treasury never to be seen again. True, the treasury deals in trillions, not billions, of dollars, but these are still sizeable sums. It was the late Sen. Everett Dirksen who supposedly said, “A bil-lion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” Someone has to know what happens to this huge amount of cash, but I’ve never heard just where it goes. Have you? One place the money should go is to whistle-blowers. Some fink the other day got $400,000 from the government for rat-ting out a crook who owed Washington millions. Good for him or her.

Back to our original ques-tion: Why is, say, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon still walking around his yacht or golf course or summer house in Cannes instead of mak-ing license plates in prison? Why are Joe Cassano (head of the AIG’s derivatives busi-ness), Angelo Mozilo (whose Countrywide Lending mort-gages were the embodiment of toxic loans) and Richard Fuld (the CEO of Lehman Brothers) not in the clink? You hold up a convenience store for $50, you do time. You steal billions, you walk. Their companies were called too big to fail. These guys apparently are too big to jail. That reminds me: “Your Honor, I’ve signed the check and now I’ve got to go. I’ve got an 11 o’clock tee time.”

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required to maintain it. Sell it! Say what? “Nobody wants to buy it.” Dah!

I have a couple of ideas/plans. One would be to make it a revenue generating venture. Huh! Yeah, bringing money in versus doling it out. Make the dome into a public storage facility run by the city. Those angled bleacher spaces could relatively easily be remodeled into flat floors and partitioned. Ramps already exists for access to different levels and several elevators could be installed at various locations. Plumb-ing, restrooms, etc. already exists to accommodate essentials. It’s large enough to make it a convenient 24/7 operation, and it would help the economy by generat-ing revenue and improving the employment situation. Certainly changes to the interior would be necessary but no more than an amuse-ment park would require. And Houston could still keep the precise “first of its kind” ever status made from a chunk of concrete. Surely there must be some pictures floating around and an artist rendition model collecting dust somewhere. There’s a museum for you. Put the pictures on the walls of City Hall and the model in the hallway in front of the county judge’s office.

Another idea would be to grind the concrete up after the implosion and mix it with some fresh concrete to fill in some of the potholes throughout Houston. Granted the material wouldn’t fix but a small portion of the potholes but at least it’s a start. I’ve read that the expansive network of potholes in our community is a top complaint of our citizens. And I’ve heard that our city needs more police and fireman or else the community will just have to suffer the consequences. I think a big chunk of our elected officials have their pri-orities in the wrong place, and for the wrong reasons. Word on the street is that politi-cians who are in office too long lose touch with reality, and have selective memory about the reasons people are paying their salaries.

It cringes me to even think

what it would cost us to implode the thing and haul it off. Maybe my best plan is to just turn off all the water and electricity and seal it up tight and secure. How long? As long as it takes until a developer comes along, buys it outright, and tears it down or builds it into whatever makes sense for them. There, those who want to see it can see it and the majority of us can think “dome” every time we hit another pothole.

Larry Weiler

Dear Editor:One of the most respected

newspaper researchers, Scar-borough, says the fuzzy-faced teenage crowd is just not reading the newspaper. Big surprise!

Scarborough’s recent read-ership figures show that a whopping 72% of newspaper readers are over 35 – more than half are over 55. And, ac-cording to the Gavin Herbert Institute cataracts are the major cause of eye problems for folks over 55.

Well, there’s a clue right there. The reason folks my age (88) can’t read your letters to the editor.

I know there are a lot of good opinions on that page and I would love to know what they are. I even have a few myself. But I would like to have them printed in larger type, so my octogenarian friends could read them.

Here’s what prompted this entire line of thought:

A letter dealing with your idea for a vote on the Dome.

What a great idea. (And, you may have stirred a hornet’s nest.)

Let Houston decide what to do with the Dome. Offer several options in your “The Reader” column and then leave it open-ended. Let folks who do not want to choose an option, give their own opinion of what to do with the Dome. Actually, that process is already underway. You will find some great ideas when you Google www.reddit.com.

An once you have selected your favorites, run them in Times New Roman 12 point type!

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Our wonderful “Super” city prides itself on progress not preservation. In 1949 Hous-ton Chamber of Commerce president, W.S. Bellows spoke of our destiny to “surge ahead among the major cities of the world.” He demanded “for-ward thinking” and leadership that would not concern itself with “thinking about the past.” Bellows thus set the stage for Houston’s disinterest in the subject of preservation. The Shamrock Hotel, the down-town Foley’s and Gulf Publish-ing, to name only a few, have been demolished and now the wrecking ball wielded by pow-erful Houston voices threatens the once mighty Astrodome.

So, what happens to an historical neighborhood in a city with a low % of natives, a worship of $$$, and a “bigger is better” mindset? It is taken apart piece by piece unlike his-toric homes located in other cities. Charleston, S.C. began the modern day historic district movement in 1931. Galveston followed suit in 1965. San An-tonio created their first historic district in 1967, and Dallas cre-ated theirs six years later. No surprise that Houston came in last.

In 1995 the Houston City Council finally attached Chap-ter 33, Article VII Historic Preservation to the City of Houston Code. The Planning and Development Office was then charged with enforcing this ordinance, reviewing and nominating properties for his-toric designations as well as is-suing the COA’s (Certificate of Appropriateness). This office employs nine well-educated professionals with degrees ranging from Architecture, Urban Studies, Construction Management, Historic Preser-vation, Historic Conservation, and Law, who deal every day with irate builders and home-owners, especially from Hous-ton Heights. While it is not fair to lump all of the builders in this category, in general most are fighting to build the largest house they can fit on the lot.

All of us have observed the magnitude of building that is going on in our neighbor-hood. Does anyone think that the intent of these developers is to improve our quality of

life? One exception could have been Heights’ developer Mi-chael Bastian who bought and demolished an unsightly com-mercial property to build five new homes. He came to grief when the Planning Depart-ment who, though delighted with his concept, insisted he follow the building height and width regulations stated in the “Historic Preservation Manu-al.” He threatened to sell the land to an apartment develop-er and when that did not scare the department, he used the power of the press to throw a tantrum more fitting for a three year old. He accused them of being “dogmatic religious zeal-ots” who did not care about history, “amateurs” who did not know what they were do-ing. Today, contrary to the in-formation given the newspaper “Poultry Plant Owner Bails” (The Leader, Saturday, July 19, 2014), Bastian did not sell his lots and has been issued COAs for five houses, two of which are under construction.

Last week, a Houston Heights homeowner persuad-ed Ellen Cohen to overturn the Planning Department and HAHC’s decision. Cohen’s in-fluence allows the homeowner to move her historic contrib-uting home at 1812 Cortlandt to Denver Harbor, an action which indicates just who has a hammerlock on our elected of-ficials. Moving the house from its original location on Twen-tieth Street to Cortlandt Street thirty years ago proved it is no longer historic. A laughable argument since probably 20-25% of the historic houses in the Heights have been moved at some point during their 100 year history. The ability of Heights houses to survive moving is an indication of the solid construction of the older houses in contrast with today’s Tyvek masterpieces.

As the Chronicle points out Cohen’s action sets a precedent for the overturning of Planning Department and HAHC rul-ings. Publicity from these two cases has given the Preserva-tionists two more black eyes. Despite popular opinion, those of us who tirelessly walked the blocks carrying our petitions to designate three Heights dis-tricts did not falsify signatures or use “shoddy” ballots.” Nor did we “cram” this ordinance down the throats of the City

Council members, but we did cheer when the districts were approved by City Council in 2010. These three Houston Heights Historic Districts pro-tect less than 35% of the 6495 parcels in Houston Heights. Why can’t the developers re-spect this? Heights historian Randy Pace says, “When you have a historic district rec-ognized by the city and the residents, it really is counter-productive to build something that doesn’t support the goal of preserving that unique community.” Historic Ordi-nances are good for our cul-tural history, our economic de-velopment, and tourism. Why do you think so many people come from all over Houston and the surrounding counties to attend home tours, First Saturday Shopping Days and White Linen Nights? Because we have a unique setting that does not look like the suburbs where most of them reside.

The Planning Department and the HAHC (Houston Ar-chaeological and Historical Commission) issued a press release on August 28, 2014 to address the problems that have arisen, especially in our neighborhood. They will be revising the ordinance to pro-vide improved guidance for applicants and operate more efficiently. Hopefully, this revi-sion will satisfy the critics, but I fear that those developers whose goal is to duplicate Katy or Sugarland with street after street of huge cookie cutter houses won’t be dissuaded.

I am disappointed by the number of residents who believed in the Historic Or-dinance until it affected their pocketbook or do they only seem numerous because they are so vocal? My attitude is admittedly biased. Hav-ing written four books set in Houston Heights, I am here to stay. I listen to the church bells ringing in this commu-nity that has the largest cluster of churches in the state, and I thrive on that special sense of place I experience when I drive into our neighborhood. Though the streetcar runs no more, and most of the grand old boulevard homes are gone, Houston Heights still has a history which I feel is unique, valuable, and worth saving. Is there anyone out there who agrees?

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A hike-and-bike pedestrian bridge will also be construct-ed where the trail crosses Albanson Drive, Okan-Vick said. Typically, offi cials avoid breaking up trails as much as possible to ensure the greens-pace along bayous like White Oak Bayou is continuous, and workers will be building bridges and side paths where necessary.

Weather permitting, Okan-Vick said the portion north of Antoine Drive would likely to be completed within nine

months, and the organization has so far not experienced any construction delays there. The same can’t be said for a por-tion of the trail farther south in the Greater Heights area, near North Shepherd Drive and W. 11th Street.

“We discovered a huge sink hole by the segement near the MKT Trail,” Okan-Vick said. “The Harris County Flood Control District has since hired an engineer to examine the sink hole and the project will have to be put out to bid seperately from ours.”

Work will continue in the area around the sinkhole, with work extending from W. 11th Street southeast under the Katy Freeway. Okan-Vick said offi cials will be putting the sinkhole project out to bid likely by the end of the year.

Expanding the green spaces benefi ts more than just pedes-trians, hikers and bikers. HPB offi cials fully expect lands adjacent to green ways like those along the White Oak Bayou to fl ourish in many ways, particularly businesses and other developments. In an article in The Leader examin-ing the Evergreen Shopping

Center, Nankani Management vice president Dan Nankani pointed to the nearby trail as a potential method of attracting both businesses and custom-ers into the area.

“We encourage coffee shops, juice shops and other similar businesses to look at these locations along the gre-enways whenever possible.” Okan-Vick said.

Okan-Vick also recalled some of the warm reception from other property owners. While acquiring land needed for connecting trails in the lower White Oak Bayou area, the HPB approached an apart-ment complex to donate a portion of its land.

“Typically when we ap-proach the land owner, we ask them to donate it with our fi nal option being paying the market price for the land,” Okan-Vick said. “This particular apart-ment complex was delighted to donate the land. They felt it would be such a huge ame-nity to the residents and would also allow them to incorporate it into their advertising. There are plenty of additional ben-efi ts like that to the economy near these greenways.”

dealing with recent car bur-glaries, and some are taking extra steps to protect them-selves.

“We just had our car broken into a couple of nights ago,” Sharony Antonio Vera stated. “Thankfully he only made a mess. Cameras are going up.”

While cameras and other devices can arm residents with the tools they need to better protect themselves, As-sistant Chief J.C. Mosier of the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Offi ce said getting a photo good enough to track a suspect down can be chal-lenging.

“Cameras can help at times if the suspect’s face is recog-nizable and there is enough light for a photo,” Mosier said. “We get a lot of photos that aren’t good enough for identi-fi cation.”

Residents also need to ensure that valuables aren’t left in their vehicles and that doors are properly closed and locked, Mosier said. Mosier also said he was once a victim of a car burglar several years ago but the burglar made off empty handed. A similar inci-dent occurred last week when his wife’s vehicle was broken into.

Residents should also make sure to notify local law en-

forcement and report any sus-picious activity. Tiffany Ruiz Valera stated she not only had her motion sensor lights to help ward up a suspicious per-son, but also called in SEAL offi cers.

“Someone walked up our driveway over Labor Day weekend and set off our mo-tion sensor lights,” Valera stat-ed. “We called SEAL and they were here within minutes to take a look around. Our bright security/fl ood lights must have scared them off.”

“Obviously a good, loud car alarm is better than anything,” Mosier said. “Noise is always the homeowners friend and thieves’ enemy.”

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Jerry Rice said what he was going to accomplish on the fi eld with the Spartans was to expand on what the team was already doing well.

“I partnered with Lysol and I’m the fi rst healthy hab-its coach,” Jerry Rice said. “What I’m trying to do is set them up to be successful in the classroom, off the fi eld and on

the fi eld. I’m going to let the team know that if they work together on the fi eld, anything is possible. Football isn’t about ‘I’, it’s about ‘we’ and the team. If you can do that, you can change tradition.”

Head Coach Ajani Sanders believes Rice’s healthy cam-paign is benefi cial for his pro-gram.

“We preach those things ev-eryday,” Sanders said. “But for a great coach to come and re-inforce what we say is a great thing for the kids to hear. Hear-

ing it from Jerry Rice helps us as a program, players and coaches – it’s going to benefi t the whole Scarborough ath-letic program.”

Rice expressed his gratitude to speak to Scarborough High School.

“I had so much success in the NFL, I’ve broke so many records, I’ve won so many su-per bowls, but to come back here and be able to share my thoughts and meet these kids – it’s priceless.”

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Garage sale at Oaks Christian Church

Oaks Christian Church, 1216 Bethlehem, will be hav-ing their annual rummage sale on Friday, Sept. 12 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 13, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The Brown Bag Sale on Saturday will be $2 for everything one can fit into a brown paper bag.

Call 713-688-7761 for infor-mation.

Elvis is coming to White Oak Baptist

Vince King, “Elvis Tribute Artist” is coming to White Oak Baptist, 3615 Mangum Rd., at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 12, for a benefit dinner/performance.

Tickets need to be pur-chased in advance. The cost is $15 per person for the perfor-mance as well as a meal. Des-serts will be sold separately.

For information or to pur-chase tickets call the church office on Monday or Tuesday from 9 a.m.-noon at 713-682-3643.

ASVAE in concert at All Saints

All Saints Catholic Com-munity, 215 E. 10th St., for the sixth season will host a Gala concert featuring the All Saints Vocal Arts Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Rick Lo-pez, will be at 5 p.m. Sept. 14.

The concert will include the rousing “Missa Criolla” by Ariel Ramirez and the “Romancero Gitano” by Mario Caselnuevo-Tedesco. Guest soloists will be Tenor Angelo Ferrari and Bass Eduardo Lopez de Casas. The All Saints Cultural Arts Series

is a cultural outreach program which brings the music of the world to the community free of charge. A light meal is also served after every event.

For information, call 832-641-6319 or e-mail [email protected].

Laity Sunday at St. Stephen’s

St. Stephen’s United Meth-odist Church, 2003 W. 43rd St., will hold Laity Sunday, Sept. 14. All are welcome to attend a Teacher Appreciation Lun-cheon following the 11 a.m. service in the fellowship hall.

Cub Scout Pack 604 will hold an open house at 7 p.m. Sept. 18, in the fellowship hall. Parents of boys in the first through fifth grades interested in Scouting are welcome to at-tend.

For information, 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.

The 2014-2015 season will target Heights-area elemen-tary schools, however the choir is open to any interested singer who has a desire to sing and learn to read music. No audition or prior experience is required. The monthly tuition is $60/month from October through May. For information email [email protected] or visit the website at www.heightscommunitychildren-schoir.org.

MANNA needs volunteersMinistry Assistance of

the Near Northwest Alli-ance (MANNA), a coalition of churches and community partners, provides social ser-vices in near Northwest Hous-ton, is seeking volunteers for the Assistance Program, Food Pantry, and Resale Store.

MANNA is also available to pick up your gently used dona-tions. Call the Resale Store at 713-686-6440 to schedule a pick up.


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SEPTEMBER BREAKFAST CONNECTIONGreater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce

Take networking to the next level at this new supercharged annual breakfast. Learn new networking skills from expert Bonnie Karpay. The breakfast will be from 6:45-8:30 a.m. Sept. 11, at the Sheraton Houston Brook-hollow Hotel, 3000 North Loop West. Buy one member ticket and receive a non-member ticket free. Call or visit the website to register and purchase tickets. In-formation: 713-861-6735, www.heightschamber.com.

HEIGHTS GARDEN CLUB MEETING1015 Arlington

The Heights Garden Club will have their monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Sept. 13, at 1015 Arlington. Zone 9 Tropicals Nursery will be featured. They specialize in rare and uncommon tropical and semi-tropical plants. There will be a short talk about using these plants in landscaping. Attendees will receive a plant. Admission is free.

For information visit www.heightsgardenclub.com.

HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD CAMPAIGN KICKOFF All locations

Sign up for a MY Link Library Card at any HPL location for a chance to win an iPad Mini, between 1-4 p.m. Sept. 13, and receive a celebratory cookie and balloons for the children.

MY Link Library Card, has several benefits including stream-ing music and movies, e-books and audio books and more than 130 databases and resources on countless subjects. Information: www.houstonlibrary.org/mylink.

MEMORIAL PARK MASTER PLAN MEETINGSMemorial Park Conservancy

Residents are welcome to at-tend a series of update meetings focused on the progress of the Memorial Park Master Plan. The meeting will be held from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 17, in The Eldorado Ballroom, 2310 Elgin St. Informa-tion: www.memorialparktomor-row.org, www.memorialparkcon-servancy.org.

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS MIXERGreater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce

Come out and participate in this networking opportunity from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 18, at Comerica Bank - The Heights, 414 W. 19th St. Information: 713-861-6735, www.heightschamber.com.

LEGIONNAIRES STEAK NIGHTAmerican Legion Post 560

Come out for a good meal and support the Legionnaires. Steak dinners will be served from 6 p.m. until sold out Sept. 19. The Post is located at 3720 Alba Rd. In-formation: 713-682-9287, www.americanlegionpost560.org.

STRUT YOUR MUTTBest Friends Animal Society

Strut your Mutt in the Best Friends Animal Society’s second annual fund-raising event from 7 a.m.-noon, Sept. 20. The event will be at T.C. Jester Park, 4201 West T.C. Jester Blvd. Choose from a 2.2 mile fun run or a 1.5 mile walk. Information: 435-644-2001, ext. 4617 or [email protected].

BLACK TIE AND BOOTS CHAIRMAN’S GALA Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce

Here is the chance to dust off those boots and bring out the

bow tie again. The gala will be from 7:30-10 p.m. Sept. 26, at the Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel, 3000 North Loop West. There will be fine dining, card games and silent and live auctions. Get a head start bidding on auction items this year by commenting on the Gala Auction Event on the Facebook Page. Call or visit the website to purchase tickets. In-formation: 713-861-6735, www.heightschamber.com.

RIGOLETTOOpera in the Heights

Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi is about how a lecherous duke, an innocent girl, and a father’s curse make a court jester a broken man. The performance begins Sept. 26 and runs through Oct. 5. For show times and to purchase tickets, visit the website. Infor-mation: 713-861-5303, www.operaintheheights.org.

BICYCLE RALLY AND SCAVEN-GER HUNTHouston Heights Association

The rally is open to riders of all ages and designed as a casual, self-paced ride. The rally begins at 8 a.m. Oct. 5. Entrants can choose between a 20-mile course through the Heights and near-by neighborhoods, or a shorter 5-mile ride designed for kids and their adult companions - or do both starting and finishing at Marmion Park, 18th Street and Heights Boulevard. Participants can celebrate at Marmion Park for the Post Ride Party and Awards Ceremony. Information: www.houstonheights.org, 713-861-4002, opt. 6.

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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 five 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. For information, call 713-349-0500.

REUNIONS

REAGAN 50TH HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONClass of 1964

Registration Countdown is un-der way. The reunion will be the weekend of Oct. 16-18. The RHS Gal’s October Lunch is at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 16, at Colina’s Italian Restaurant, 8800 Katy Frwy. The Mixer will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 17, at Pappasito’s Cantina at 10409 Katy Frwy. The Reagan High School Tour - Dutch Treat Lunch will be 10 a.m. Oct. 18, followed by Celebration Dinner at 6 p.m. Oct. 18 at Red Oak Ballroom. Send completed registration form, photos, and personal check or money order (made payable to Reagan 64 Reunion) no later than Sept. 25 to: Reagan 64 Reunion, 211 Barker Rd. Box 485, Barker, TX 77413. Information: www.classreport.org/usa/tx/houston/rhs/1964/.


Two of my favorite things about the Heights area are the seemingly endless treasures and the fiercely independent entrepreneurs that thrive here.

Ruth Brenton founded Incendium Gallery, which represents the fire-born arts; that would be jewelry, metal and enameling. Incendium showcases some of the best in these mediums from Houston based artists.

Incendium Gallery itself is unusual in that you will only find it at a physi-cal location a few times a year. Located within the new curated, cooperative professional space, White Space HOU

at 2914 White Oak Dr. A short walk between Salé Sucré French Bistro and Tacos A Go-Go, and you are there. The clean industri-al black and white space comes alive with artwork and I imagine Ruth Brenton’s Incendium Gallery will transform the space with here quarterly pop up gallery shows.

Friday evening Incendium Gallery presents “Local Flare,” an opening reception featuring eleven artists, from 6 to 8 p.m. then on view Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There after, only available online Sept. 14 - Nov. 30, at www.incendiumgallery.com. The artists include Melanie Hoo, Nathan Dube, Ruth Bren-ton, Telltale Heart, Edward Lane McCartney, Sandra Zilker, Jan Arthur Harrell, Mariana Sammartino, Patty Scott, Silvia Otala, Marcela McLean, and Gwendolyn McLarty.

Friday“Dwellings” opening reception for Denise Liebl, 6 to 8 p.m.

Cloister Gallery, Christ Church Cathedral 1117 Texas Avenue. On view through September 29, Houston artist Denise Liebl juxtaposes mass-produced and natural objects in this series of large-scale still lifes in oil and watercolor. *I have not been to an opening in this space yet, however I can tell you it is awesome. The space is also the dining area for Treebeards second restau-rant location. A delicious combination!

SaturdayOpen artist studios 2 to 5 p.m. at Winter, Spring & Silver Street

Studios 2101 Winter Street and 1824 Spring Street. (www.win-terstreetstudios.info)

Opening Receptions: Kelley Devine “Unwhole” and Adam Ni-senson “Vinyl Voyage” 5 - 8 p.m. at Nicole Longnecker Gallery, 2625 Colquitt St.

SundayMini Pops at Westheimer and Dunlavy, noon - 6 p.m. Pop Shop

Houston, 1657 Westheimer St., hosts Pavement Clothing and Leopard Lounge. The Wiggins perform at 5 p.m. and the Rever-beration DJ’s spin vintage soul, rock and roll, and garage. The free activity will be making your own yarn pom poms. Juice Girl and the Golden Grill will offer beverages and food with free beer tastings by Karbach and lots of handmade and vintage goods to browse and purchase.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 Drinks with the Writers of Sugar & Rice Magazine, Antidote

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Edward Lane McCartney’s necklace, created with hand fabricated acrylic, part of “Local Flare.”

Happy, happy anniversary to Larry and Marie Pep-per who celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary recently and were surprised with a lovely party thrown by their daughter, Lori Pepper Lan-caster, at her historic home in Smithville, TX. Friends and family came from all over the state to celebrate the couple.

The Peppers, serious Texans football fans, were married at Heights Presbyterian Church on Sept. 2, 1960. Larry, a grad-uate of Reagan High School, married his sweetheart, Ma-rie Emanuel, who grew up in Donna, TX. Their daughter, Lori, who was graduated from Scarborough High School in 1982, is married to Doug Lan-caster and they have a 19 year old son, D.J., who is the apple of his grandparents’ eyes.

One of our neighbors, Marisol Rodriguez, is always busy making a difference in some way. Involved in local politics since she was a teen-ager, Marisol is a graduate of Waltrip High School and St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, granddaughter of Adalia Rodriguez of Shepherd Forest, niece of Graciela Ne-grete of Shepherd Forest, and daughter of Karen Becerra of Candlelight Oaks.

Marisol has moved to a new position about which she is most excited. She is the new Associate State Director of Outreach and Advocacy for AARP Texas. She can be our conduit for information about

helpful AARP programs. Here’s the first one:

Travel Training by AARP, METRO, Neighborhood Cen-ters and Sheltering Arms. A training event designed to teach members of the 50+ community the necessary skills to travel safely and inde-pendently on fixed-route pub-lic transportation. Community partners will team up with the 50+ community on navigating the Houston METRO system. After the training, lunch will be provided by AARP Texas.

Thursday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m. to Noon. Contact Metro Travel Training at 713-750-4234 for more information. The train-ing will be at the Leonel Castil-lo Community Center located at 2101 South Street, Houston, TX 77009. For more informa-tion, please call Marisol at 832-325-2230.

Captain Nickolas White-field, United States Marine Corps, was promoted last week to the rank of Major. Major Whitefield was com-missioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in May 2004 after graduating from Texas A&M University and is currently serving as the S-3 (Operations Officer) for the 2nd Battalion, 10th Ma-rines. He is stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, with his wife, Laura and children Audrey and Ethan. His parents are Bill and Janeal Whitefield of Candlelight Plaza, and his grandmother is Billie White-field of Oak Forest. Congratu-lations Major Whitefield!

Army Pfc. Joshua An-derson has graduated from

basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Dur-ing nine weeks of training, he studied the Army mission, his-tory, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in

basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and un-armed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and

field training exercises. Pfc. Anderson is the son of Stepha-nie Anderson and grandson of Mae Anderson. He is a 2012 graduate of John H. Reagan High School.

Oak Forest Homeowners Association’s 2nd Annual Taste of Oak Forest Wine Extravaganza to benefit SEAL Security is scheduled for Nov. 1st. Tickets will be avail-able online at tasteofoakforest.eventbee.com. The Wine Ex-travaganza was a huge success

last year – a tremendous time was had by everyone. You can be sure heavenly food will be served by local eateries, deli-cious wines of all kinds will be poured just for you (elegant, flamboyant, velvety, intellec-

tually satisfying, opulent and refined are just a few of the descriptions which applied to the wines available last year), and excellent conversation with your neighbors will be the best treat (neighbors from other neighborhoods are wel-come, too). Each ticket is $75

and they will sell out quickly.

The Waltrip Rambots journeyed to the Red Stick Rumble FTC Tournament in Baton Rouge, LA, and emerged with a second place finish in

the FTC (First Tech Challenge - Class). The robotics team is led by CTE teacher and Robotics sponsor Stephanie “Spoony” Witherspoon and the students who competed are Brooke Welch, Zach Dunn, Alyssa Murrell, Amanda Edwards, Joey Townsend, Emma

Charles William “Bill” Bishop, 88, born April 17, 1926, in Chickasha, Okla., died Sept. 1. Bishop grew up in the Heights, at-tending Hogg Junior High School and Reagan High School where he met his future wife Exa Lee Drawe. He went on to The Rice Institute on a baseball scholarship after serving in WWII. After graduating from Rice he took a coaching job in Smithville. The family came back to Houston when he accepted a coaching posi-tion at Hogg Junior High School then a position at Sam Houston High School and finally the head baseball coach at Sterling High School. He continued his tenure at the HISD administration of-fice until his retirement in the mid 1980s. Bishop is survived by his wife of 67 years Exa Lee, daughters Ann Bishop and Laura Briggs, son Boyd Bishop, and three grandchildren. Friends and family will gather after the graveside service at St. Matthews United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 4300 N. Shepherd Dr. 77018. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Matthews United Methodist Church, Attn.: Lydia’s Circle.

Alvis Franklin Bolton Jr., 64, born Nov. 12, 1949 in Jack-sonville, Texas, died Sept. 4, after several strokes. Bolton gradu-ated from Sam Houston State University with a BBA in 1973. He is survived by his wife Diana Bolton, and sisters Anne Adams and Anita Rice.

Daisy Imogene Cossey, 100, born Jan. 4, 1914 in Damascus, Ark., died Sept. 5. Cossey grew up on a farm with her four broth-ers and two sisters. She married Ernest Cossey in 1932. She was a member of Heights Presbyterian Church and a 50+ year member of the Order of Eastern Star. Cossey is survived by her daughter in-laws Lillian Cossey and Mildred Cossey, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

Earl R. Flynn, 82, born May 5, 1932 in Houston, died Aug. 31. He grew up in the Heights, graduated Reagan High School and also achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He bravely served front lines in the Korean War from 1951 to 1953, receiving a Purple Heart. Having an entrepreneurial spirit, Flynn lived a successful yet humble life operating several companies. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Nelda, daughters Kathy Flynn, Bev-erly Flores and Stacey Bartula, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Emilie G. Massa, 99, born Sept. 1, 1914 in Nice, France, died Aug. 30, two days shy of her 100th birthday. Massa’s profession in the restaurant and hotel industry gave her opportunities to travel to many of France’s exclusive resorts and create a life-time of memories. She came to America with her son, Daniel, in 1956 and settled in Houston where she met the love of her life, Tony Massa. They were married in April of 1958. Emilie worked with Tony at the original Massa’s Oyster House at 620 Louisiana Street. The Massa’s Restaurant tradition continues today with nephews Mike and Joe Massa. She was a member of St. The-resa Catholic Church, and more than 32 years spent her time volunteering at St. Luke’s Hospital International Patient Services. She was a member of several organizations, including the Hous-ton Restaurant Association, the Italian Cultural and Community Center, Women’s Rotary Club of Houston, Catholic Daughters of America and Unico. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Thomas High School’s 4500 Forever Fund, 4500 Memorial Dr., Houston 77007.

Albin C. Meschwitz, 81, born Sept. 12, 1932, died Sept. 7.

Jesus Morales, 76, born March 1, 1938 in San Benito, Texas, died Aug. 31. He is survived by his wife Blanca Morales, daughter Yvette Ramirez, son Jaime Morales, sisters Alicia Cabrera and Dolores Armas, and three grandchildren.

Wanda Alyne Lawrence Rodd, 87, born Jan. 29, 1927, died Sept. 4. She lived most of her life in the Heights where she raised her four children. She worked at The Shamrock Hilton where she met her husband, James G. Rodd, and later worked at First City National Bank Cafeteria, and Thomas Jefferson Elementary Caf-eteria. She is survived by her children Danny Williamson, Rod-ney Rodd, Cindy Manuel, Stephanie Andrews, 14 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.

Thomas Samuel “Tommy” Tilotta, 50, born Sept. 9, 1963, died Aug. 29. He is survived by his mother, Juanita Tilotta; son, Robert Thomas Tilotta; brother, Mike Tilotta; and sisters Jean and Virginia Tilotta.

Fauncine Martin, 86, died September 2, 2014. Born in Los Angeles, California October 26, 1927 and grew up in Houston. She was a long time Oak Forest resident and spent many years as a successful real estate agent/broker in the area. Memorial services will be held Monday, September 22, 2014 at 11am at St Stephen’s United Methodist Church located at 2003 W 43rd St, Houston, TX 77018

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THE OBITUARIES.

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Members of the Shepherd Forest Civic Club are urgently trying to finalize the ratifi-cation of its amended deed restrictions for two of its sec-tions, and representatives say they need more help from their residents.

Civic club representative Jan Hughes said the com-mittee has ratified deed re-strictions for section 3 of the neighborhood and is now fo-cusing on gathering signatures for sections 1 and 2. Accord-ing to the group’s website, the new deed restrictions will pro-hibit the parking of vehicles in yards, the construction of new carports, parking vehicles in yards, placing appliances and furniture on lots and will also require residents to “maintain homes and yards in an attrac-tive manner.”

The website also states that the entire “Amended & Restat-ed Deed Restriction proposal” was discussed and voted on at a 1999 civic club meeting. Like other communities, every homeowner is asked to sign an official copy of the pro-posed deed restrictions and is required to attain over 50 percent of the residents sig-natures.

“We had been working for a while on getting the rest of the restrictions signed, but it just seemed like the ball needed to get rolling again,” Hughes said.

Hughes said the crux of the deed restrictions is like that of most other areas – they’re ratified as a means to protect neighborhoods from unwant-ed elements and provide a more consistent appearance throughout the area. While the original deed restrictions are still in place, Hughes said there will be different phras-ing in some places and cleaner text.

“We’re making sure the values don’t fall below what we want them to be,” Hughes said. “We want to remain com-prised of single-family homes without having lots split up with multiple townhouses on them. It’s about providing an extra layer of protection for things like that.”

It’s part of the reason why the initiative calls for partici-pation from as many residents as possible, which has been challenging for the group and is evidenced by the amount of time it has taken to ratify the current deed restrictions throughout the community.

“It can be a difficult pro-cess,” Hughes said. “A lot of people may not be that inter-ested in what goes on in the community or might have tun-nel vision when it comes to the issues facing where they live.”

Adding to the difficulty is the large influx of people moving into the area. The location and local economy have been strong attractors for young professionals and other residents, and they may not be

fully aware of the issues facing the civic club. With trying to attain a percentage of signa-tures greater than 50 percent of its residents, the group also faces a war of attrition of sorts brought about by residents moving in and out of the area.

On the other end of the spectrum, Hughes also said much older residents who are heavily invested in the community still might not enjoy the shift of newsletters and other methods of com-munity outreach online and across social media networks. Hughes herself posted about an upcoming deed restriction signing event on Sept. 27 to the Shepherd Forest Facebook page on Aug. 26.

“Getting the information out there is one thing,” Hughes said. “Making sure people re-ceive it and understand it is another.”

The signing event, which will be held in conjunction with the community’s Na-tional Night Out celebration, is aimed at not only helping the group obtain its signatures but also probe some interest from community members in their civic club, Hughes said. The group typically goes door-to-door when a new neighbor moves into the area, however applying that same principle and going house to house for signatures isn’t as practical in a neighborhood of about 930 residents.

“Nowadays people don’t an-swer the door even if you go

from house to house,” Hughes said. “The signing event gives us a chance to not only hand out a copy of the restrictions, but also questions can be an-swered and we can help let people know about what’s hap-pening in the neighborhood.”

The congregation of Grace Bible Church has come a long way since its humble begin-nings in the living room of Senior Pastor and Elder West Brazelton’s home.

The group recently cel-ebrated its move into a brand new two-story facility on Hurst Street, and hosted its fourth week of services this past Sunday. GBC has moved from place to place since its start about 11 years ago, transition-

ing out of Brazelton’s home, to a movie theater, then to a facil-ity on W. 14th Street and now at its new facility on just under 9 acres of land.

Brazelton said the new fa-cility offers plenty of growing room for the church but em-phasizes that it isn’t about a numbers game.

“We’re a different kind of church,” Brazelton said. “Nu-meric growth isn’t the goal of our church. It’s the byproduct of discipleship.”

Brazelton rougly estimates that GBC has over 1,000 people

participating in small groups, which is the main focus of the congregation. At the church’s old facility, Brazelton said the group had no designated adult gathering space to help foster a better sense of community.

Now, “partners” within the church can enjoy plenty of space to grow in and more.

“We have a much larger foyer area where people can mingle after services,” Bra-zelton said. “We also have a kitchen, a living room, a play-ground and a pavilion to help encourage people to build

relationships with each other and God.”

A relationship with God isn’t the only thing on Brazel-ton’s mind. Members of the adjacent Timbergrove Manor community have voiced their displeasure online about the traffic issues facing the area, an issue which Brazelton in-sists he and other elders are taking seriously.

During the development of the new facility, Brazelton said both his architects and representatives with the City of Houston indicated that

the parking lot designed for the new church would be ad-equate for the congregation, however this has not neces-sarily been the case. Members have parked in and around the parking lot, much to the dis-may of the nearby homeown-ers.

Among some of the options available to GBC involves cre-ating extra parking space on an undeveloped plot of land on the southeast corner of the property or purchasing addi-tional land, Brazelton said.

“I get that our neighbors are alarmed by how much we’re parking in the neighborhood,” Brazelton said. “We are too. We didn’t expect this at all, and we’re working hard to try to get a great solution together as quickly as possible as we do want to be good neighbors. It’s going to take some time.”

Brazelton said he and his church were attracted to the Greater Heights area for a number of reasons, particu-

larly the economic and racial diversity. The senior pastor stressed that he wants to have a church that reflects all de-mographics and said that a church that does so “reflects God’s will.”

To that end, Brazelton said the new facility isn’t the most important part of GBC’s growth, but rather will be a very important tool in the church’s mission to equip and mobilize people to do “God’s work” and be a positive force in their neighborhoods.

“We want our church to make a difference in the city of Houston and we want to be a blessing to the whole com-munity,” Brazelton said. “We want to help people grow in their love for God and for other people, and we think if we do that we will be a great blessing not only to the Greater Heights area but to Houston as well.”

For more information, visit www.gbchouston.org.

Grace Bible Church aims to be more than a ‘good neighbor’

Photo by Jonathan GarrisSenior Pastor and Elder West Brazelton gives a sermon during a Sunday service inside of Grace Bible Church’s new home on Hurst Street in the Greater Heights area. The two-story facility sits on about 9 acres of land next to the Timbergrove Manor community and offers space for small groups, a new sanctuary, a pavilion, a kitchen and various other amenities.



Shepherd Forest Civic Club aims sights on deed restrictions, resident participation


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