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Residents living in Timbergrove Manor and surrounding communities and businesses in the Greater Heights area will again have a chance to voice their concerns regarding the proposed expansion of the Southwaste Disposal facility on Hurst Street in the coming months.

On Oct. 9, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality indicated it will be moving ahead with another public meeting regarding the facility’s proposal to increase its intake of fl uids from grease traps around the area, ac-cording to the the November issue of the Timbergrove Manor Civic Club’s publication, Timbergram.

Environmental Chair Lorraine Cherry said TCEQ shared its plans to hold another public meeting and will also be contacting residents who sub-mitted comments by letter and online at TCEQ’s website. Cherry said TCEQ also approved a separate permit for Southwaste Disposal, relating to the installation of a new scrubber unit designed to mitigate the odor coming from the facility.

“It’s something [Southwaste Dis-posal] indicated to us they would do during at an earlier neighborhood meeting,” Cherry said. “Now that it’s approved, if they would go ahead and install the scrubber as a show of good faith and if we have some indication of whether it would work or not, it would take us a big step forward.”

While an exact date has not been set, TCEQ will be contacting those that have left comments on its web-site and those that have sent in letters regarding the proposal, Cherry said.

In previous Leader articles, busi-ness owners and residents alike have voiced their displeasure with the facil-ity and its odor. Property owners like Mark Nini previously stated the smell is impacted business considerably, but feel powerless.

“The freedom to do business with-out being encumbered by others prob-lems is paramount, and right now that is not happening,” Nini stated previ-ously. “We want the TCEQ to step up and we want the proposal to be very specifi c as to what has to be in place to combat the odors and, if something isn’t working, the steps to rectify the situation.”

Vice President of Operations Tim Cox has said the company is plan-ning to not only install scrubbers to help mitigate the smell, but will also construct a new building to house the tanks where fl uids are collected and heated into oils to be sold to compa-nies for use in biodiesel fuels.

The company has met with resi-dents in the past, including a com-munity meeting in May, and Cox has continued to emphasize listening to the concerns in the neighborhood.

“My intent is to get back out there and in the community,” Cox stated in a previous article. “We understand the community is changing but we want to be a part of it and address their concerns.”

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For those who have been keeping track of issues with motor vehicle bur-glaries and panhandling issues, it may seem like crime has remained steady in some parts of The Leader area. For residents living within the Houston Po-lice Department’s 3B30 beat, crime has actually been trending downward, ac-cording to offi cial reports.

Violent crime rates have seen a 9.5 percent decrease throughout 2014 compared to the same time period in 2013, according to offi cial HPD reports. Non-violent crime has also decreased 21.3 percent, with a total decrease in “Part-1 Crime” at 19.9 percent.

For North Division Captain L.J. Baim-bridge, the statistics paint a positive picture for the police work in the area and also the neighborhoods that have been essential in reporting and deter-ring criminal activity. Beat 3B30 is com-prised of the White Oak Acres, Brooke Hollow, Oak Forest, Garden Oaks and Shepherd Park Plaza neighborhoods.

While crime may be down, Baim-bridge maintains there are still some concerns and challenges moving for-ward. Auto thefts rose by 10 percent from 37 in 2013 to 41 this year. Baim-bridge was also quick to point out that the 300 percent increase in sexual as-

sault in the area was infl ated, partially due to their being four incidents in 2014 versus 1 in 2013 and a change in the defi nition of sexual assault.

Traffi c has also been a big concern for offi cers in the area.

“Some of the issues we have in beat 3B30 are related to the freeway,” Baim-bridge said. “With 610 undergoing all of its construction, we have a lot more wrecks and motor vehicle accidents.”

Those motor vehicle accidents end up taking a lot of manpower, Baim-bridge said. Working a high number

of wrecks means offi cers have to take the time to fi le reports, and it’s been challenging to ensure the area is fully staffed.

“Hopefully this traffi c will return to normal after construction is complete,” Baimbridge said.

The area also continues to face con-tinued issues with auto thefts and mo-tor vehicle burglaries. While burglary of a motor vehicle is one of the “simplest crimes to prevent,” many people have

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Crime sees nearly 20 percent drop in Leader neighborhoods in 2014

While incidents like the discovery of a body nearby in the Heights late this yearstand out, crime has actually decreased in a number of Leader neighborhoods.

Leader to host 60thbirthday bash

In case you’ve missed the full page ads and email an-nouncements, The Leader has planned a community event to celebrate 60 years in the community.

On Saturday, Dec. 6, an event geared toward all mem-bers of the community will be held from 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Lutheran High North. With the generous sponsorship of Memorial Hermann North-west and Memorial Hermann Medical Group, the event will be free to the public.

Along with a snow village, petting zoo, moon walks and a visit from Santa, local busi-nesses will be on hand to offer adults plenty of oppor-tunities to fi nish their holiday shopping.

If you’d like to attend, the only thing we ask if for you to send us an email at [email protected]

Where: Lutheran High North 1130 W 34th St.When: Dec. 6, 2014 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.Cost: FREE

For 60 years, THE LEADER newspaper has been part of your home. From pictures and stories about you, your children and your grandchildren, to reporting on the

news and events of this community for the past six decades, THE LEADER has been delivered to your home come rain or shine.

To mark the occasion, we’re throwing a birthday bash and fam-ily event for the community, designed to bring as many of you together as possible.

First and foremost, this is a family event, which is why admis-sion is FREE. From a snow village to a petting zoo to moon walks, we’ll have enough to keep the kids busy (and happy) for a few hours. Cheap lunches and free birthday cake will be provided, and we’ve got it on good authority that Santa will be on location taking good notes.

But this is more than play time. With a large crowd expected, we’ll have businesses from all over the area, including arts and crafts, that might just take care of a few Christmas shopping trips in one location.

We’re looking forward to seeing so many friends of THE LEADER over the years, and we hope you and your family can attend.

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“It was a stormy evening on Novem-ber 27, 1917 when Betty Jane Hefka be-came the fi rst child of Fred and Nellie Hefka in Gladwin, Michigan. She was the fi rst of four girls: Lois, Margaret and Judy (being the other three.)

After Mom and Lois were born, they moved to Utica, MI (near Detroit) and this is where Margaret was born.”

These are the opening words to a letter written by Betty Hefka Byant’s daughter, Carrie, to pay homage and shine light on her mother and her sis-ters’ life history.

Eddie and Mary Bryant moved into the Lazybrook area in 1986. Betty is the mother to Bryant and his wife and,

now, Betty lives with the two. Each year, the four sisters come to-

gether for a reunion to catch up on new and old stories. Share memories from their childhood. Share stories from their individual growing families. Play a few games of Canasta until wee hours of the night. And catchup, just as sisters do. The sisters have named their annual event: The Hefka Sisters Reunion.

“The family moved back to Gladwin, MI when Mom was twelve. They lived in Grout Street in a two story house with a small basement. Grandpa went to work for a bank, which eventually went under. Grandpa then went to work at a factory out of town and would hitch hike home each weekend. Remember me mentioning Judy, she was the baby

Hefka sisters come to Lazybrook for annual reunion

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The Hefka sisters at their fi rst reunion in 1990 in Sarasota, Florida. From the top Betty, Lois, Margaret, and Judy.

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simply left their cars unlocked or left valuables in sight. Baim-bridge said non-violent crimes were down in every single cat-egory from August to Septem-ber of this year, except these types of burglaries.

“From a crook’s standpoint, they don’t want to make noise,” Baimbridge said. “They’ll end up checking the door handle to each vehicle and if it doesn’t open they’ll move on to the next one.”

Like other criminal activity, Baimbridge emphasized the importance of reporting crime and connecting with neighbors when one has been victimized.

“If people at least let each other know their car has been broken into or something else has happened, their neighbors feel a little more cognizant about what is happening in their area,” Baimbridge said. “They might be a little more vigilant in avoiding becoming a victim, especially if crimes are reported to us when they do happen.”

Even with the growth the area has seen, Baimbridge said beat 3B30 has been very stable compared to other parts of Houston, particularly due to the nature of the area’s housing and construction.

“There isn’t a whole lot of vacant ground and, because there isn’t a tremendous amount of room for new con-struction, homes are often torn down and built back up again,” Baimbridge said.

In the end, Baimbridge said changes in approaches to po-lice work have also helped in reducing and deterring crime in beat 3B30.

“We’re trying to be more pro-active in investigating trends in crime and catching criminals in the act or right after they com-mit a crime,” Baimbridge said. “It’s a lot more labor intensive, but it’s almost like fishing – you have to know where to go, what kind of bait to use and when to pull on the line, as opposed to just putting the worm on the hook and witing for bites.”

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OCT. 15Burglary 9 AM 100-199

HEIGHTS BLVDTheft 2 PM 2000-2099 KAR-

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SHORNRobbery 3:08 PM 4100-4199

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OCT. 18Theft 2:17 AM 900-999

WINSTONBurglary 1 PM 1500-1599

CHANTILLY LNBurglary 7:09 PM 400-499 W

20TH STTheft 2:30 PM 1700-1799 N

SHEPHERD DRTheft 8 AM 1200-1299 DETER-

ING STTheft 3:05 PM 3500-3599

GOLF DRRobbery 2:45 PM 2800-2899

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OCT. 19Theft 6:13 AM 1100-1199

DETERING STTheft 8 AM 4300-4399 W T C

JESTER BLVDRobbery 5:06 PM 1800-1899

MANGUM RDBurglary 8:26 PM 4200-4299

N MAIN STBurglary 8:01 PM 2000-2099

ELLA BLVDRobbery 6:55 PM 5400-5499

LARKINTheft 5:30 PM 1500-1599

FOXWOOD RDRobbery 10:12 AM 100-199 E

CROSSTIMBERSTheft 8:01 PM 4000-4099 W

34TH STOCT. 20Theft 3 PM 1800-1899 CORT-

LANDT STTheft 6:30 PM 100-199 7TH ST

Burglary 4 AM 1700-1799 SEASPRAY CT

Theft 5:01 AM 5500-5599 YALE

Theft 10:37 AM 1000-1099 PINEMONT

Assault 4:34 PM 5100-5199

YALETheft 3:25 PM 4900-4999

DACOMA STRobbery 9:25 AM 1200-1299

RUTLANDTheft 5:01 AM 5500-5599

YALETheft 10:37 AM 1000-1099

PINEMONTTheft 10:44 AM 500-599

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19TH STTheft 7:20 PM 3900-3999

WASHINGTONTheft 6 PM 3800-3899 WASH-

INGTONOCT. 21Burglary 10:32 AM 1600-1699

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ST/BEVIS STBurglary 5:26 AM 100-199

HEIGHTS BLVDTheft 4:17 PM 4800-4899

WASHINGTONTheft 2:09 PM 5000-5099

WASHINGTONBurglary 1 PM 4200-4299

FALLEN OAKS DRBurglary 5:43 PM 500-599 W

CROSSTIMBERSTheft 6:36 AM 900-999

WOODCRESTOCT. 22Theft 4:20 AM 4400-4499 N

SHEPHERD DRRobbery 11:47 AM 1300-1399

CROSSTIMBERSTheft 12:02 PM 1400-1499

STUDEMONTTheft 10 AM 100-199 YALE ST

Assault 1:43 PM 5000-5099 YALE

Theft 4:30 AM 4400-4499 N SHEPHERD DR

OCT. 23Robbery 10:05 AM 2000-2099

DURHAM DR Theft 4:34 AM 5200-5299

CORNISHTheft 4:29 AM 5200-5299

CORNISHOCT. 24Burglary 3:50 AM 1300-1399

CHANTILLY LNTheft 4:25 PM 700-799 E

CROSSTIMBERSBurglary 6:11 AM 4400-4499

LORINDA DROCT. 25Theft 5:20 AM 4600-4699

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Officers with the Houston Po-lice Department were in a tense situation late Monday night dur-ing a confrontation with a woman who was trying to get officers to shoot her, officials said.

According to a report by The Leader news partner KHOU, dispatchers received a call from people inside of a bar close to Sunrise Grocery, located at White Oak and Houston Avenue, regard-ing a woman firing a shotgun in the air outside of the conve-nience store.

HPD officials told KHOU the woman was suicidal and allegedly trying to get officers to fire her. Police subsequently set up a pe-rimeter and closed the intersec-tion, according to the report. Of-ficers were later able to sneak up on the woman, kick the shotgun

away from her and took her into custody without incident.

Precinct 1 Deputies nab alleged construction site thieves

Deputies with the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office ar-rested three men allegedly found loading construction materials into the back of their truck Oct. 21.

Deputies originally responded to a reported theft in progress in the 2700 block of Rutland, according to the report. Officers found three Hispanic men alleg-edly loading Hardi Plank Building Materials into the back of a parked Ford F350 pick-up truck.

After detaining the trio, the men told the deputy they had been given permission to take the

building materials. The on-duty supervisor of the site contacted the complainant who arrived on scene and said the three men did not have authorization to remove the items and that he did not know who they were.

The three men were arrested and charged for the theft of approximately $2,000 worth of Hardi Plank materials. They were taken to the Harris County Jail.

iPod reported stolen in unlocked vehicle

A woman flagged down deputies in the 300 block of West 13th Street Oct. 24 regarding a burglary of a motor vehicle. The woman told deputies she parked her vehicle in her residential driveway the night before at ap-proximately 8:30 p.m. When she

returned the next morning, she found that her unlocked vehicle and been entered and her iPod missing.

No suspect information was obtained and the report was referred to the Houston Police Department for investigation.

HPD arrests allegedly suicidal woman firing shotgun in the Heights

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your grandchildren, to reporting on the news and events of this community for the past six decades, THE LEADER has been delivered to your home come rain or shine.

To mark the occasion, we’re throwing a birth-day bash and family event for the community, designed to bring as many of you together as possible.

First and foremost, this is a family event, which is why admission is FREE. From a snow village to a petting zoo to moon walks, we’ll have enough to keep the kids busy (and happy) for a few hours. Cheap lunches and free birthday cake will be provided, and we’ve got it on good authority that Santa will be on location taking good notes.

But this is more than play time. With a large crowd expected, we’ll have businesses from all over the area, including arts and crafts, that might just take care of a few Christmas shopping trips in one location.

We’re looking forward to seeing so many friends of THE LEADER over the years, and we hope you and your family can attend.

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As some of you may know, my wife and I are first-time par-ents. And by “first time,” what

I really mean is we have no idea what we’re doing. Take, for instance, those precious few moments every morning when my wife does her hair and I put on my makeup.

It’s been a few months since we last updated the wonderful world of Master Hank, and if there weren’t more important issues in our com-munity, I’m quite confident we could easily write a weekly diary of our now 13-month-old boy.

Like most young children, Hank eventually learned how to crawl. This happened a few months ago and was accomplished by practicing a scientific maneuver called “tummy time.” What you do is put your child on his stomach in the middle of the North Loop and tell him to get with it. We actually used the rug in our den because of the 610 construction and, eventually, Hank learned how to scoot.

Back to my wife’s makeup (be-cause I obviously don’t need blush). Hank was still what you’d describe as a scooter when, one morning, Meghan turned on the ridiculous child development programs – better known as cartoons – and went back

to her makeup. After just a couple of minutes, she stuck her head into the den to check on our pet snake.

Hank, as you might imagine, was not watching cartoons. He was halfway up our stairs, which include a 90-degree turn and extremely sharp edges. He was not scared. He was not trying to make his way back down to his sippy cup. No, Hank sat on a stair, looked at his mother and, in perfect gibberish, uttered: “Good luck keeping up with me for the next two years.”

And that’s where I’d like to pick up as we retrace the lives of parents all over our community trying to raise young children.

Hank is now a walker. No, he is a runner who doesn’t know how to run. If he were in middle school,

he’d be the butt of every joke, be-cause he still holds both arms in the air trying to balance against oxygen before he inevitably crashes face-first into the floor, followed immediately by his frustrated chant of “uughmp.”

I don’t know how any child survives past the age of two. The crashes – into floors, driveways, bedposts – are one thing. Bill Cosby famously said every child has brain damage, and I believe him now. But Hank’s frequent crashes are not even my greatest concern.

It’s his eating. I can put my pre-cious son in his high chair and pre-pare the most exquisite dinner of pot roast, carrots and potatoes. He eats three bites of each and then decides the food would look much better if it were hung on the ceiling fan. And that’s when he begins the Great Food Toss, covering our kitchen and giv-ing my clean wife germ hives.

Eventually, I shove enough food in Hank’s mouth to ensure he won’t suffer from malnutrition and I take him out of his high chair. That scene – the one between Hank’s legs and the seat of his chair – would make Stephen King cringe.

The apple our son pretended to eat looks like grits between his knees. The wheat toast he glori-ously shoved in his mouth somehow turned into hardened plaster when he mysteriously removed it from

his mouth and placed it beneath his right thigh. If we could go back in time, we would have scooped all the remnants from Hank’s meals and created a stew that would jump off the shelves of those chic organic stores. We’d call it Hank’s Huckles.

The reason I’m so perplexed at our son’s eating habits is because of what inevitably happens next. Hank likes to play outside. He particularly likes walking in circles, probably because his left leg is lighter without the per-manently attached glob of apple grits.

As this heartbreaker of a boy makes his way around the yard, his only inclination is to pick up every loose impediment – sticks, ber-ries, bird feathers – and place them where? You guessed it. His mouth. Let’s see, pot roast or live oak? Dad, I’ll go with the dusty, grainy fiber over your slow-cooked beef. What, you want me to stop eating the wood? Sure, I’ll gnaw on some pine straw. Look, it’s a handful of dirt!

Eventually, I get so maddened at Hank’s nutritional choices that I place him in a stroller and take him to the park. At least there, he has the chance of seeing other children who are not eating bark. Instead, he sees a child running toward the swing-set and Hank starts his adorable wobble through the mulch. Unfortunately, this is also where he sees his father become a complete imbecile.

Have you ever seen two dads standing side-by-side pushing their children in a swing? Whereas two moms would stand there laughing, comparing notes and pretty much acting like perfectly normal human beings, the two dads doing the exact same thing magically turn into under-developed primates.

Without even thinking about it, I noticed both Dad 1 (me) and Dad 2 (him) had moved as far apart from each other as possible (imagine two men walking into a public restroom and choosing urinals on opposite ends from each other, which is abso-lutely normal).

The communication between the two of us included a couple of grunts, an awkward hello, and an in-coherent question about the other’s child. For some unexplainable rea-son, the two of us had devolved into brainless bones, choosing to talk to our children (even though they still speak alienese) instead of actually carrying on an adult conversation.

Why do grown men do this? I have no idea, except that maybe we were so exhausted from swatting bugs and branches from our son’s mouths that we forgot how to use our own. Either that, or we’re so obsessed with our sons that we’re left speechless.

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Do you have an idea for a new business? Do you wish to expand your current business? Bring a business to Texas? Or would you just like lots and lots of money? Then you, fel-low Texan or potential Texan, have come to the right place: the Texas Enterprise Fund or TEF. It will dole out hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ dol-lars to anyone who needs a fresh investment to keep the Texas economy rolling. Let me give you a few simple ex-amples. Your business is going broke because you thought disco would rebound or that Jeff Skilling would make you a killing. Maybe your investment in that emu farm didn’t play out. Anybody can make a mis-take, as I was telling my debate coach.

Or rather than expand, you want to start your own busi-ness because you are tired of working for 40 years as a taxi-dermist’s apprentice. You want to go to medical school and become a neurosurgeon. Sixty isn’t too old to begin again. You need a $1.2-million student loan to get that degree and hire a secretary. More jobs for Tex-ans! Both UT-Austin and Texas A&M may need new head football coaches. Can you do coachspeak? “We’re cautiously optimistic.” “We take them one game at a time.” Open a toma-to farm and advertise: “Hand-Picked Tomatoes!” Then hire 300 workers (ages 10 to 14) to spend August afternoons picking your tomatoes for 50 cents an hour. The pickers can be found at any Border Patrol warehouse. Actually, most of them are long gone, even though they promised to show up for their court appearance.

If you don’t care how the TEF operates, good. But if you’re like the nosey press and want to learn more, back in 2003 the Legislature created a half-billion dollar fund to help expand businesses and attract new jobs and investment to the state. (Incidentally, if this helps further anyone’s political career, so be it.) The fund was re-ap-propriated in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011. The money was to be handed out by the governor, the lite gov and the speaker of the house. But the TEF seems to have a subsidiary for select

companies, called State Li-censed Under-Served Humans or SLUSH. An independent in-vestigation by the State Auditor found that half the total -- $222 million -- had been awarded to companies and schools that never submitted a formal ap-plication or agreed to create a specific numbers of jobs.

Loren Steffy, a former busi-ness columnist for the Houston Chronicle, noted that two of the biggest disbursals went to public universities – UT and A&M -- which in turn funneled the funds to companies that already operated in Texas -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and Texas Instruments. Citgo re-ceived $5 million and cut 103 jobs. Fortunately, Citgo hadn’t applied for the money. The list goes on and on. The semicon-ductor company Sematech, received $40 million then, after spending the incentive money, moved to New York. Toyota got $40 million to help install a major plant in Texas. Later, the company said it was com-ing here anyway – but kept the money. Lexicon Genetic was given $35 million to create 125 jobs, that’s $21,658 per job. New jobs so far? Zero.

The independent auditor’s 107-page report also discov-ered since 2003 some 23 proj-ects awarded nearly $37 million from the fund were terminated or remain inactive, including a $4 million award to Lockheed Martin Corp., which was re-quired to create 550 new jobs. Only 245 were created, then TEF apparently gave up trying to get its money back. Many of the files under jobs created list “N/A” – not available. So we may never know how many jobs were created, if any. Texas recovered $19.2 million from those failed projects. The audi-tors, however, concluded the state should have been repaid another $3.8 million. Looking at the big picture, while grant recipients were required to cre-ate more than 66,000 jobs in

2013, the auditor’s report found grant recipients created 18,000 fewer jobs than they were sup-posed to.

Also, the auditors said mil-lions had been handed out without oversight, little regard to the rules – reports, transpar-ency, etc. – and little effort has been made to get money back from those recipients which had failed in their plans and promises. Another interesting point. Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled that many of the TEF records could be kept se-cret. (He denies this.) Would it surprise you to know that Ab-bott, the governor-in-waiting, has received at least $1.4 mil-lion in campaign contributions from investors and officers of businesses that got millions from the TEF? He’ll still win. This whole operation has raised so many, many question that six U.S. Congress members, all Democrats of course, have asked for a criminal investiga-tion into this boondoggle.

The audit doesn’t even get into the scandal-plagued Can-cer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas which we taxpayers have funded with $3 billion – yes, BILLION. At that same time, M.D. Ander-son hired two Harvard officials who promptly spent between $550,000 and $2 million on their Houston offices, and in-cluded items such as a $7,755 Knoll sofa and a $5,000 lounge chair. The Ivies referred to their new Texas colleagues as “these losers.”

OK, there have been a few hiccups, but the TEF is also a start-up, which gets back to your chance to cash in. Bring slightly used anti-Ebola haz-mat suits to Dallas. Pecos needs a ballet school and auditorium. Some of you out-of-staters might want to come here and set up a political consulting firm to han-dle -- oh, I don’t know -- maybe a presidential campaign since Karl Rove sure struck out last time. So get your plans togeth-er and apply to TEF. Actually, you don’t even need to apply. I’ve gone through $505 million and most of the jobs were cre-ated by adding state employees to hand out that money. If it’s good enough for Toyota it’s good enough for you.

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Small Business Owner of the year. “The Leader” is tremendous!

Request No. 1: As one of the millions of apartment dwellers in the general Oak Forest/Garden Oaks area, would it be possible to include a small diagram of the general area, such as “Shepherd Forest,” when you have an article about that section? We apartment people never know exactly what community/colonia, etc. we live in. Personally, I have no idea where Shepherd Forest is and don’t know whether to look out for panhandlers or not!

Request No. 2: Does Lynn Ashby have a fan club? Would love to join. His articles have entertained and educated us for many years.

With respect and gratitude for all your service to Houston,

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PS: We’re ready to hear more about Hank!

[Editor’s note: Ask and you shall receive, though we must admit this week’s column was planned for a couple of weeks.]

Parker’s subpoena’sDear Editor:So sorry to learn that [Jonathan

McElvy] thinks HERO is just about Mayor Parker! I suggest you pull your head outa you’re a--.

Randy Beaman

Dear Editor:When discussing Mayor Parker’s HERO

ordinance in your recent article you claimed the following: “Christians and regular old people are ACTUALLY con-cerned about transgendered people using bathrooms of their choice.” It seems you feel its crazy talk to think that way.

From your tone it comes across that

only those crazy Christians and very out of touch old people types have a problem with a guy going into a female bathroom. Seriously? Were you being that facetious or are you simply that out of touch with a vast majority of Americans and or just that blinded by your own personal politi-cal biases?

If you have indoor plumbing you should go to the woman’s bathroom, if you have outdoor plumbing you should go to the men’s. It is really that simple. If that statement offends 350 people out of a city of 4 million I really don’t care.

Ruggles Green in the Heights does not even list anymore which door is men’s and which is women’s. This political cor-rectness, AKA pure insanity has to end. If you pee standing up head to the men’s bathroom and shut up.

If this was to come to a vote it would not just be those crazy Christians and old people voting it down. Mayor Parker and from what I garner your own personal

beliefs of this are actually the minority. I just don’t think you realize it.

Patrick Sinclair

Dear Editor:I just finished reading the October 25th

issue of The Leader and want you to know how much I appreciate your efforts to report on local news. Thank you for [Jonathan McElvy’s] editorial on Mayor Parker. It was clear and balanced and I feel better informed after reading it.

When we first moved into the neighborhood, The Leader used to go directly from the curb to our trash can. No more. I am now a regular reader and truly enjoy reading news that is relevant to my community. Heck, I even read the ads!

You are doing a fantastic job. Keep going.

Marie-Pierre Stien

Dear Editor:Thank you for publishing the truth. Neal Talmadge

Growing Neighborhoods[From The Leader’s Facebook page]Brooke Smith is already as close to its

limit in relation to the rest of Greater Heights and cannot move upward without the rest of the Heights also increasing in price.

Jeff Geloneck

Missing Teotihuacan[From The Leader’s Facebook page]Been gone from Houston for 10 years

now. The only things I miss there are Red Onion, Farmer’s Market on Airline and “El Pinko” as we referred to Teotihuacan as. Not even my beloved Heights is missed as it is no longer the Heights I grew up in.

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of the family, well it is during this time that she was born, so Grandpa decided he needed to come home and fi nd work back in Gladwin.”

In 1990, the Hefka sisters began their annual reunion. The youngest, Judy, lives in Sarasota, Florida and her home has been the destination place for the past few years. Betty, the oldest, is 96 this year. Long dis-tance travels are hard on Betty so this year the reunion took place in Lazybrook at the Bry-ant home.

“Mom graduated High School at 17, this is about the time Judy was born. After High School Mom started doing of-fi ce work, which she wasn’t to fond of. From there she went to work for her Uncle who had a print shop. Then she went to work for a weekly newspa-per as their gossip columnist. She would call people to fi nd out what was going on. She became interested during this time in “lino type.” But about this time World War II broke out and Mom went to work at a factory in Willowrun packaging supplies for the forces.”

The second oldest, Lois, is 94 this year. Lois said she didn’t

have big goals to move across the country like her sisters. Her goals were a bit different, and that was to have a big fam-ily. Lois had four of her own children, two of which left her early. Lois later re-married and acquired additional children from the marriage. Now, Lois’ children have grown their own families and Lois has her big family just like she dreamed.

“After the War she moved to Maumee, OH to go to type school. Then on to Herrin, IL for her fi rst type set job. After about three years she became interested in fl ying and took fl ying lessons and received a license to fl y. She did this for personal fun.

From there she visited with her sister Margaret and Guy in Houston for a week and had found out about a type set job in Brownsville with the Browns-ville Herald. She was hired on the spot.”

The middle sister, Margaret, is 91 this year. Margaret is the traveling sister. She currently lives in Maryland, but has lived in London, and across the states. Margaret says she saw a girl friend lounging on the beach in a photo one year and thought that was the life for her. So she moved.

“She was in Brownsville for about six months when she joined the women’s bowling league. Well my Dad was assist-

ing the league by keeping score for the women. Mom and Dad became interested in each other and dated for about six months and decided to get married on Dec. 1. They honeymooned in Monterrey, Mexico.”

The youngest, Judy, is the baby and is 79 this year. Judy lives in Sarasota, Florida and has been hostest for the He-fka Reunion for the past 20 or so years. The fi rst year of the Hefka reunion, Judy said she and the sisters traveled down to the Key West to stay a few days. “The other night I heard stories from our childhood that I didn’t even remember my-self,” Judy said. “It’s important to tell these stories and tell our history so our families know where we came from.”

“Mom and Dad have three children, ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren (but the grandkids are just getting started with the great grandchildren.),” the letter con-cludes.

Eddie and his wife Mary plan on showing the sister act the area, are planning a trip down to Galveston and a couple oth-er stops are on the list.

At the end of each reunion, the sisters say a traditional fare-well: “If were all here next year, we’ll have to do this again.”

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Photo by Christina MartinezThis year’s Hefka Siste Reunion on Oct. 24 at the Bryant home. From the left Margaret, Lois, Mary Bryant, Eddie Bryant, Betty and Judy.

Trunk or Treat at White Oak Baptist

White Oak Baptist Church, 3615 Mangum Road, will hold a Trunk or Treat at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31. Bring the children to this free, safe event. There will be candy, games and pumpkin patch. Pets are welcome.

Call 713-682-3643 or visit www.whiteoakchurch.net for information.

Pumpkin patch at Gospel Truth

Gospel Truth Church, 1624 W. 34th St., welcomes the community to their pumpkin patch, open Monday-Satur-day 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and 1-6 p.m. through Oct. 31.

There is free admission Oct. 31, to Trunk or Treat held at 6-8 p.m.

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MANNA hosts its inaugural fundraiser

MANNA is hosting its in-augural barbecue and silent auction fundraiser to be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1, in the parking lot of MANNA.

Tickets are $15 (pre-sale) or $20 (at the door) and can be purchased at MANNA’s Resale Store located at 1806 W. 43rd St. or online at www.eventbrite.com/directory and search MANNA for the event.

Silent auction items are also needed. To donate or to vol-unteer for the event or serve on the committee, please contact Patricia Dornak at 713-504-5486 or email her at [email protected].

MANNA will also be host-ing an Ice Cream Social from 2-4 p.m. Nov. 9, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, locat-ed at 3600 Brinkman.

Autumn Bazaar at St. Andrew’s

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 1819 Heights Blvd.,

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For information call 713-861-5596 or visit www.saec-heights.org.

Family movie night at St. Stephen’s

All are welcome to attend Family Movie Night at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in the fel-lowship hall.

The Solitaires will spon-sor a free seminar on grief at 10 a.m. Nov. 10, in Room 101. The Rev. Thomas Hill, Chaplain at Clarewood House Retirement Home, will be the guest speaker. Light refresh-ments will be served.

St. Stephen’s United Meth-odist Church is located at 2003 W. 43rd St. For infor-mation, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org.

Fall Bazaar at St. MonicaSt. Monica Catholic Church,

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The bazaar will be noon-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. There will be food, music, moon-walks, bingo, games, face painting and Corvette Show. Raffle drawing at 7 p.m. Raffle tickets are $1 each.

For information, call 281-447-5837.

Salem MBC celebrates 80 years

Salem Missionary Bap-tist Church, located in In-dependence Heights at 314 E. 33rd St., is celebrating 80 years with a celebration gala

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Climate Sunday anniver-sary services will be held at 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Nov. 9.

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Turkey dinner at Advent Lutheran

Advent Lutheran Church, 5820 Pinemont Dr., will serve a turkey dinner from 5-7 p.m. Nov. 12. Tickets are $9 each and will be available at the church office and must be purchased ahead of time. No tickets will be sold at the door.

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function. Plants are robust because they can lose their leaves and the majority of their limbs and yet survive. Resiliency refers to the ability of an organism to adapt to changing circumstances. A tropical plant may be robust, but it won’t survive in a harsh environment such as a desert. Human beings are hardy because we combine robustness with resiliency. We are robust insofar as we can survive without our teeth, could lose a few limbs, and some of our vital organs are paired, such as the kidneys and lungs, allowing us to survive with just one of them. Though not as robust as plants, we are more resilient, since we adapt well to change, as evidenced by our living in virtually every environment on the planet. Religion is one of the tools that help us to adapt. The Bible is full of advice on how to get along under trying circumstances. The early Israelites were enslaved in Egypt and then had to survive in the desert, and even once they were established as a nation, they were surrounded by hostile neighbors. This remains true for them today, and there is a lesson here on the value of resiliency and robustness. Increase your robustness by staying healthy and increase your resiliency by being adaptive.

Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and

how they are to behave.Exodus 18:20

HALLOWEEN PARTYHCC Pinemont Campus

The party, held from 4-6 p.m. Oct. 31, is presented by the Pinemont Library with a Hal-loween performance by the HCC Northeast Drama Department. Featured are Halloween stories, crafts and goody bags. Free ad-mission. HCC Pinemont Campus is located at 1265 Pinemont Dr. Information: 713-718-8400, ext. 5317.

MANNA INAUGURAL FUNDRAISER

MANNA is celebrating 25 years in the community. A fund-raising event will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1, in the parking lot of the MANNA Resale Store, 1806 W. 43rd St. This event will be a BBQ dinner and silent auction. Tickets are $15 pre-sale or $20 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at the store or online. Information: 713-504-5486, [email protected], www.manna-houston.org.

AARP MONTHLY MEETINGAARP Chapter 1265

The monthly meeting will be held at 10 a.m., Nov. 3, at Candle-light Park, 1215 Candlelight Dr. This month’s guest speaker will be Alan Rosen, Constable, Precinct One. The community is welcome. Information: 713-681-1133.

WHITE OAK BAYOU ASSOCIATION MEETING

Dr. George Guillen, professor of Biology and Environmental Science at UHCL and Execu-tive Director of Environmental Institute of Houston will speak on the ecology of Houston’s bayous. The meeting will be held at Historic Heights Fire Station, 107 W. 12th St., from 6-8:15 p.m. Nov. 5. Please RSVP to attend the event. Information: 713-864-3008,[email protected].

HEIGHTS GARDEN CLUB Mason residence

The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Nov. 8, at the home of Duston Mason at 125 E. 2nd St. He will speak about incorporat-ing native plants into a garden for the purpose of contribut-ing to a healthier ecology. Free admission. Information: www.heightsgardenclub.com, [email protected].

LE TOUR DE OAK FORESTOak Forest Homeowners Association

OFHA’s Tour de Oak Forest II bike ride will be at 9 a.m. Nov. 8, which benefit the security fund. T-shirts are included in the cost of the event. Adults are $10 each. Children ride for free. Riders will leave from MytiBurger, 2211 W.

43rd, and take an 11 mile tour through all 18 sections of Oak Forest. Register online. Informa-tion: [email protected], www.eventbee.com/v/letour.

13th ANNUAL EVELYN PAYNE MEMORIAL BENEFITCottonwood

The 13th Annual Evelyn Payne Memorial Benefit for Camp Sweeney, a Camp for Diabetic Kids, is from 2-7 p.m. Nov. 8, at Cottonwood, 3422 N. Shepherd Dr. Tickets to the event may be purchased online. Information: www.4diabetickids.org.

HARVEST POTLUCK Heights Garden Club

The potluck meet and greet will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 12, at the Heights Firestation, 107 W. 12th St. Bring a vegetable dish (from your garden, if possible). The meats will be provided along with desserts, beer, wine, and water. There will be a short talk about winter garden protection from Ravenscourt Landscape. Informa-tion: www.heightsgardenclub.com, [email protected].

RENAISSANCE FALL FESTIVALOak Forest Elementary

Oak Forest Elementary, 1401 W. 43rd St., will have a Renais-sance themed Fall Festival which

will be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 15. Attractions will be include a rock wall, Cinderella carriage rides, viking boat bounce house, catapult game, viking boat races, juggler show, sword and shield making, fairy wreaths craft and food. Wristbands are $20 presale and $25 the day of the festival. Wristbands can be purchased online beginning Oct. 29. Infor-mation: 713-613-2536, www.oakforestpta.com.

HOUSTON COOPERATIVE BUSINESS CONFERENCETransition Houston

Come learn how to save money, create dignified jobs, and build an economy that works for everyone at the Houston Cooperatives Conference, held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 6, at Houston Green Building Resource Center, 1002 Washington Ave. Includes lunch and happy hour. Register online. Information: www.transition-houston.org/conference/2014.

RENOVATION TOURSPat H. Foley & Company

Stop by for a special guided tour as renovations begin and meet the staff. There will be refreshments. Tours will be at 3 p.m. every Friday. Pat H. Foley & Company is located at 1200 W. 34th St. Information: 713-869-6261, www.pathfoleyfuneral-directors.com.

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MUNITY BIG GARAGE SALE: Saturday, Nov. 1, 5005 Georgi Lane. Start 8 a.m. Entry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

JERSEY VILLAGE GARAGE SALE: 15922 Lakeview, Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Quilting stand, sports memorabilia, bikes.

WE BUY/SELL GUNS: Top cash paid. FFL concealed handgun classes. 713-694-4867. (TF)

BLUE MOON ANTIQUES: Antiques and collectibles. Providing estate sale ser-vices. 3311 Ella. 832-286-7882. www.bluemoonan-tiqueshouston.com. Like us on www.facebook.com/bluemoonantiqueshous-tontx. (TF)

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A TRASH HAULER: 832-388-7084. Garage clean-ing, house cleaning. Demo: sheds, small garages. Resi-dential, small businesses. On time! Calvin Edwards. (TF)

HANDYMAN SAVES YOU MONEY: Plumbing, electri-cal, carpentry. 281-660-0350.

HANDYMAN: Powerwash, any average size, one-story house, $65. Houstonian Don, 713-754-0923. (TF)

CAREGIVER TO FEMALE and/or light house cleaning. I am available 4-5 hours, 3-4 days. References. Betty, 713-699-1077.

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BUS DRIVERS NEEDED FOR CHURCH SHUTTLE: Approximately six hours a week. Must have CDL and passenger endorsement. Call 713-681-3600. (TF)

MECHANIC WITH EXPERI-ENCE on Econoline vans needed. Experience with A/C, alternators, brakes and suspension. Tools required. Salary commensurate with experience. 713-681-3600. (TF)

LOCAL COURIER SERVICE needs owner/operator with small trucks/SUVs and minivans. Eight immediate openings. 281-645-2196.

LOCAL HOT SHOT COU-RIER SERVICE needs quali-fi ed dispatcher and also sales personnel. 281-645-2190. (11-1)

AUTOS & TRUCKS

2013 HONDA FIT SPORT: A/C, all power, MP3, CD, new. Non-smoker. Excel-lent. 20k miles. $10,450 obo. 832-620-2853. (11-8)

2006 CHRYSLER MINIVAN: Wheelchair equipped. Dual A/C. Good condition. Hy-draulic ramp, $9,500. Call 281-748-1894. (11-18)

2002 FORD TAURUS: 56,000 actual miles. Beige, excellent condition, $4,000. A/C, power windows. Re-ally clean. 713-201-9999. (11-15)

FOR SALE: 2003 Ford Expe-dition. Very good condition, well taken care of. 78,000 miles. 713-688-0073. Please leave a message. (11-15)

2001 SILVERADO 1500 HD 4X4 CREW CAB: Transfer-able warranty, recent new transmission/AC, $7,000. Joe, 713-854-9323. (11-15)

1998 CHEVY BLAZER: White four-door, grey inte-rior, automatic transmission. 137,000 miles. Good condi-tion. $2,700. 713-628-5431. (11-22)

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Thomas Phillip Bass, 71, born Aug. 2, 1943, died Oct. 14. He was a longtime member and deacon at Norhill Church of Christ. Bass is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Jean; his three children, DeLynn McKown, Darin Bass and Jeffery Bass, brother Robert Bass, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Sally Ann Grace Copp, 38, born Jan. 4, 1976 in Tuscan, Ariz., died Oct. 14. She is preceded in death by her mother, Mar-la Rene Varner, who passed away due to breast cancer on Dec. 14, 1990. Copp is survived by her husband, Michael Copp, who she married on July 10, 2010 in Loveland, Colo.; sons, Jonathan Lee and Ty Easter; daughters, Melody Easter and Trinity Easter; daughter-in-law, Sharaiah Phillips; grandson, Romulus Maximus Lee; and sister, Katherine Lee.

Floyd H. Derkowski, 82, born April 17, 1932, died Oct. 23. Derkowski worked as a machinist for 39 years at TXT. In his days of retirement, he became known to everyone as the Lawnmower Man. He is survived by his children, Terry Derkowski, Danette Brown and Mark Derkowski, sister Angelina Birkelbach, broth-ers Bill and Steve Derkowski, fi ve grandchildren and one great-grandson.

B. (Bessie) Neoma Garrison, 90, born Nov. 23, 1923 in Gar-rison, Texas, died Oct. 11. Garrison is survived by her sons Lloyd Roscoe Harris Jr., Gary Lawrence Harris, Christopher Lawrence Harris, and her daughter (Lauretta) Denene Bammel, and seven grandchildren.

Barbara Gail Hilsabeck, 79, born March 3, 1935 in Wellston, Mo., died Oct. 19. She was involved in her husband’s ministry and raising her children. Hilsabeck is survived by her children Kurt, Matthew, Heidi and Melissa, and 11 grandchildren.

Hermila “Minnie” Miranda Mendez, 85, born Nov. 3, 1928 in Baytown, Texas, died Oct. 13. Mendez graduated from Our Lady of Guadalupe and continued to support the school. She married Julian R. Mendez and raised seven children. She was an active parishioner at St. Ambrose Church and formerly at Resur-rection Church. She was a member of the Guadalupanas, Altar Society and was a Eucharistic Minister. In her early years, she worked at Myers Spalvi Manufacturing doing upholstery where she made friends with several coworkers. She and her sister Lupe were famous at St. Ambrose Mexican dinners and bazaars for their cheese enchiladas. Mendez is survived by her children Roseanna Daly, Vicky Aleman, Julian Mendez, Margie Moreno, Connie Kubis, Laura Thom, sister, Socorro Renteria, 16 grand-children, and 17 great-grandchildren.

Mary Montez, 98, born March 16, 1916, died Oct. 10. Montez is survived by her children, Leon A. Ontiveroz, Domingo Montez, Jr., Steve E. Montez, Mary (Susan) Marroquin, 20 grandchildren, and 44 great-grandchildren.

Sandra Ann Stegall, 65, born Jan. 28, 1949, died Oct. 23.

Anthony P. (Tony) Wenzel Jr., 89, born Nov. 11, 1924 in Houston, died Oct. 15. Wenzel was a 1942 graduate of Reagan High School and a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Pacifi c theatre. He earned a BS in civil engineering at the University of Texas, before returning to Houston. He worked briefl y for the City of Houston before joining Brown & Root, his employer for nearly 40 years. While working full-time, Wenzel earned his Mas-ters from Rice University. He dedicated his time and resources to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Timbergrove Little League, the Timbergrove Civic Club, and a 75 year relationship with Grace United Methodist Church. He also was instrumental in the design of, and fundraising for, the World War II Memorial on Heights Boulevard. Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Alice Wenzel, children James P. Wenzel, Mary E. Wenzel, Nancy Bruce, Laban and Becky Marsh, Matt and Margaret Young Woodruff, and Mark and Catherine Young Snider, and 12 grandchildren.

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Representatives with the Ministry Assistance of the Near Northwest Alliance are inviting local residents out to a day of food and fun Satur-day Nov. 1 as the group cel-ebrates 25 years of helping the community.

Executive Driector Patricia Dornak said the organiza-tion has never directly held a fundraiser and the group is aiming to use proceeds from the event to embolden MANNA’s mission. The group offers a variety of programs for low-income residents and

households across 11 local zip codes, including emergency assistance for families in tem-porary crisis, a food pantry, free eye exams, eye glasses and a resale store.

The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1806 W. 43rd St. and will also mark the grand reopening of MANNA’s Resale Store, Dornak said. At-tendees will also be able to bid on over 70 items as part of a silent auction, which features items like gift cards, baskets and other merchandise.

Among some of the groups working with MANNA to put on its anniversary celebration include the Leather Apron

Foundation, which is provid-ing the barbecue dinner for the event, Kroger and Rais-ing Cane’s among other local entities.

“We’re also working with organizations like the Oak Forest Women’s Group, which is donating the desserts we’ll be offering,” Dornak said. “It’s really going to be a commu-nity focused event with a lot of local support.”

The organization origi-nally grew out of an informal monthly gathering of area pastors in 1988, according to the MANNA website. In response to issues facing the community and families who

were unable to car themselves in times of emergencies, these area churches pooled for their resources together and helped establish MANNA.

Its programs are support-ed with proceeds from the MANNA Resale Store, which provides discounted clothing and household items. Accord-ing to the group’s website, the store is open to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and drop off donations are accepted during regular store hours. Pick ups for other mer-chandise can also be sched-uled by contacting the store manager.

Dornak emphasized that

the group has over 100 volun-teers who oversee programs like the food pantry and only herself and the manager of the Resale Store are full-time employees.

“We have several part-time workers but our volunteers are the backbone of MAN-NA,” Dornak said. “Without them, we can’t do anything.”

Tickets for the event costs $15 before the event and can be purchased online at www.eventbrite.com, Dornak said. Tickets cost $20 the day of the event, and Dornak en-courages those interested in attending to purchase tickets as soon as they can.

Moving forward, Dornak said she sees fundraising events like their 25th anni-versary celebration becoming regular events. MANNA will also host a free ice cream so-cial 2 p .m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 9 at St. Rosa of Lima Catholic Church at 3600 Brinkman.

“We really appreciate the community’s support for the past 25 years,” Dornak said.

For more information about MANNA and volunteering op-portunities, visit www.manna-houston.org or email Patricia Dornak at [email protected]. Pick ups for the Resale Store can be made by calling 713-686-6440.

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I’ll be curbing my celebration on All Hallows Eve in favor of my First Saturday Arts Market activi-ties. We do tend to get an early start.

If you don’t al-ready have plans Friday night, the last couple of years, my group would get decked out in our best outfits and makeup and hit White Oak Dr. for some serious people watch-ing. Don’t stay in one place to long!

Not enough for you? Over in Montrose things are bit more organized, check out their 8th Annual Montrose Crawl, www.montrosecrawl.com.

There’s plenty of art and cul-ture to be had this weekend in

the Heights. Heights of Health hosts a Healthy Living Day on Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Something new and much needed, a studio tour here in the Heights from noon-6 p.m. where you can walk, bike, scooter or drive to four full time artist studios around the neigh-borhood and experience the art

studio environment. Dia de los Muer-

tos is celebrated this weekend and no place better to ex-perience it than on 19th Street with Casa Ramirez. With Azetc dancers, a proces-sion and community alter. Festivities be-gin at 5 p.m. Details below.

The Houston Heights will be a buzz Saturday, get out and explore this fantas-tic neighborhood, it is after all, first Saturday in the Heights.

Saturday Healthy Living Day spon-

sored by Heights of Health 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 540 Frasier on the corner of White Oak between Heights Blvd. and Studewood. (Across from Onion Creek) This is a free family and pet-friendly community event where you can learn how to live a healthy lifestyle, meet local businesses that feature ways to live a healthier-greener-holistic-or-ganic-loving-lifestyle, www.heightsofhealth.com.

First Saturday Arts Mar-ket 11 a.m.-6 p.m. At Gen’s Antiques, 540 W. 19th St. Shop, stroll, dine and enjoy great music at Houston’s longest running, monthly outdoor fine art markets. Grifters & Shills at 11 a.m. and at 3 p.m. Brant Croucher performs. H-town StrEATs, one Houston’s most popular food trucks, makes probably their last appearance as they transition to two brick and mortar businesses. See the full roster of artists online at 1stsatartmarket.com.

Heights Open Studios The first biannual Heights Open studios makes its debut with four Houston Heights art-ists Saturday afternoon. This is a free, self-guided art tour exhibiting artist’s artwork for sale, the artist’s working meth-ods and a rare sneak peek into works-in-progress.

Artists participating in the tour are: Tanna Bennett, 1805 Harvard Tracey Conwell, 1203 Heights Blvd., Kay Kemp, 909 Harvard, Yu Cha Pak, 1322 Harvard. For details visit the Facebook page: tinyurl.com/HeightsOpenStudios.

Dia de los Muertos at Casa Ramirez 241 W 19th 5−9 p.m. Aztec dancers, Danza Az-teca de Teokalli of Houston will

have a short performance in the parking lot at BBVA Com-pass Bank at 19th St. and Yale, then lead a sidewalk procession down 19th St. to Casa Ramirez. The procession is open to the public and participants are invited to bring a photo of an ancestor or loved one to carry and place on the community altar at Casa Ramirez.

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Bejeweled ~ Art for Suc-cess and Independence, 6-8 p.m. Winter Street Studios 2nd Floor Art Gallery, 2101 Winter St, Houston, Texas 77007 Si-lent and live auction, over 20 original works including pieces by Ryan Fugate, Nicola Parente and a collaboration by Chris Silkwood and taft McWhorter. Original art from the teens of TCSI also available. Dress in your favorite jewel tone! Live auction begins at 6:45 p.m. It’s the mission of The Center for Success and Independence to make a positive difference in the lives of youth and their

families. Tickets $25, are avail-able online at www.tcsi.org/events.html.

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.

Art a la Carte: Halloween falls on a weekend — it doesn’t get better than this

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Carly Leeson, the daughter of The Flying Saucer Pie Company’s Bill and Diane Leeson, said their pumpkin pies are selling well and that on November 1, they’ll be bringing back their mincemeat pie.

“It’s a fruit cake pie,” she said. “There’s no meat product in it.”

The Mincemeat, along with all their other pies, will fly off the shelves in the coming weeks as Thanksgiving approaches. At Thanksgiving, they’ll sell 30,000 pies in three days and the cars will line up for blocks to get them.

“We’ll post our Thanksgiving schedule soon,” said Leeson.

If you’ve never gotten a pie from Flying Saucer, beat the rush. They’ve been open since 1967, and are the oldest pie shop in the city of Houston. But are they the best? You be the judge.

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Soft opening at Urban Eats on Washington

Houston Business Journal reports that Urban Eats on Washington Avenue (Washington Ave and Wagner) begins their soft opening on November 12. Food offerings include “slow-cooked braised meats, freshly prepared vegetables, bistro salads and daily homemade desserts.” There’s also a rooftop bar.

Fall menu at Red Dessert Dive and Coffee Shop

What’s on it? How about Graham Cracker Fig muffins, But-terscotch and Pumpkin Scones, Bacon, Cream Cheese & Chive Ko-laches and Jalepeno Cheddar Beer Bread. Hibernation, optional.

Culture Map confirms Creek Empire’s expansion

Except it is outside the Heights and it won’t be called a ‘Creek’: “First up, Mosley is taking over Montrose bar/restaurant Low-brow from Free Press Summer Fest co-owner Omar Afra. Then, he confirmed Eater’s report that he plans to renovate the former Daily Review Cafe into a new con-cept called Piggy’s Tavern… With-out knowing more about how long permitting and construction will take, Mosley declined to offer a timeline of when he expects to open Piggy’s.”

Two new eateries to open on Pinemont

No, they aren’t dine in but who knows what the future will bring. Marchese’s Kitchen and Artisana Bread are coming to the Pinemont Pavilion at 965 Pinemont Road. See the business section for more details.

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If you’re planning a night out, don’t drink and drive. Plan for a designated driver, or take advantage of ride-share apps you can download to your phone, like Hail A Cab, Uber or Lift. Your first ride that is under $30 is free with Uber and they are currently running a promo code: HalloweenHTX for new users. Be safe!

Julep MasqueradeIf you don’t have plans for

Halloween, Julep will be hav-ing a Masquerade with doors opening early at 4 p.m. Owner Alba Huerta says a Hallow-een punch bowl will be on the menu for the night. So come

dressed in your best costume and don’t forget your mask! Juelp is located at 1919 Washington

Ave. For more information visit www.julephouston.com.

Annual ‘Hallowine’ Dance Party

Friday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. The Corkscrew will host the annual “Hallowine” Dance party and the Heights Young Professionals Organization will be there early at 6 p.m. The night will offer a costume contest full with prizes, along with a live DJ.

A Nightmare on Waugh Street

Starting at 9 p.m. Lusso Lounge and Xtreme Nitelife will host A Nightmare on Waugh Street feat. DJ Bruno. There will be a Halloween Costume Ball with $3000 in cash and prizes for the Hal-loween contest winner. There will be drink specials all night, including $3 wells from 9 to 11 p.m., $5 Freddy Krueger Shots and $5 Wells after 11 p.m. A

Nightmare on Waugh Street will be held at 526 Waugh Dr. For more information, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-a-night-mare-on-waugh-street-tickets-13717943739?aff.

Brenner’s Boo on the Bayou

Brenner’s will hold Boo on the Bayou Spirits Din-ner from opening at 5 p.m. to close. Enjoy a four-course dinner, each with a perfectly paired spirit. Dinner is $75 per person, with costumes and reserva-tions encouraged. Brenner’s is located at One Birdsall St (At Memorial Drive). To view the menu visit www.brennersfest.com.

Mid-town MasqueradeDig out your old mask or

swing by the costume store for this year’s Midtown Mas-querade on Nov. 1, starting at 5 p.m. The masquerade will be held at Solaro Urban Winery with a $15 cover or you can waive the cover with your first bottle purchase. Wine prizes for best, most original, best wine theme, and best couple costume. RSVP [email protected] or visit www.solaroestate.com.

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Brew Mile at Houston Sports Park

After your Halloween week-end of drinking, you’ll need to run off some of that spiked

pumpkin juice and, naturally, have another beer. Brew Mile will be Friday, Nov. 7, starting at 7:30 p.m. located at 12131 Kirby Dr. You can register with your friends as a team, or you can register individually. The run is a mile and after every fourth of a mile, you get to drink a beer. At the end of the mile, there will be a three hour long open bar party! To regis-ter or to find out more details visit www.brewmile.com.

BB’s Café launches new Happy Hour!

Happy hour will be held every Monday-Friday from 3 - 6:30 p.m. Happy Hour will have VOODOO savings for half off dozen raw oysters, dozen boiled shrimp, wine and hurricanes! Also take advan-tage of $2 domestics, $3 Wells, and $3 Abita Rita pints. Any wine in the house is also half off ! No tricks here. Only treats! See you at the VooDoo Bar.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, more!

Tila’s Restaurante & Bar will be having a tequila tasting at 7

p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Make your reservation now for a three course dinner and te-quila tasting. Tastings will fea-ture George Clooney’s 100% Agave Ultra-Premium Casami-gos Tequila. Tila’s is located at 1111 S. Shepherd. Tickets are available and more informa-tion at www.tilas.com.

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Dear Preoccupied,

You’re in luck! Pumpkin is in-credibly good for both dogs and cats. High in vitamins and fiber, pumpkin is especially good for your pet’s digestive health. Accord-ing to veterinarians, pureed pump-kin (with no added sugar or spice) can help dogs and cats with both constipation and diarrhea. Adding a tablespoon or two (in proportion to their size) to their regular meal is known to help keep them regular.

Pumpkin is also great for the urinary care of your pets. The oils in pumpkins’ flesh and seeds are believed to support urinary health. They are also an excellent source of Vitamin A, beta-carotene, po-tassium and iron and may even reduce the likelihood your pet will develop cancer.

Lastly, pumpkin is fantastic for weight management in your pets. If you are looking to take a few pounds off of your pooch or kitty, try reducing a portion of their food

and replace it with the same por-tion of canned pumpkin. Their tummy will feel just as full, and they might even thank you for the additional flavor.

Homemade pumpkin dog treats are also a fun way to get into the pumpkin season spirit. Here is a favorite among my canine com-padres:

Healthy Pumpkin Balls (cour-tesy of Cesar Milan)

Ingredients:1/2 cup canned pumpkin4 tbsp molasses4 tbsp water2 tbsp vegetable oil2 cups whole wheat flour1⁄4 tsp baking soda1⁄4 tsp baking powder1 tsp cinnamon (optional)Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degreesMix pumpkin, molasses, veg-

etable oil, and water together in a bowl

Add the whole wheat flour, bak-ing soda, baking powder and cin-namon to the mixture and stir until dough softens

Scoop out small spoonfuls of dough and roll into balls on your hands (wet hands work best)

Set the balls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet and flatten with a fork

Bake approximately 25 minutes until dough is hardened

Fixin’ HoustonJoin BARC in supporting their

new low-cost spay/neuter clinic by attending their “Fixin’ Houston” fundraiser at Saint Arnold Brewing Company (2000 Lyons Ave, 77020) on Thursday, November 6 from 6-7:30pm. There will be live mu-sic, nibbles, raffles and beverages provided by Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Tickets are $50 online or $75 at the door. Please visit: www.BARChoustonblog.com to learn more.

Have a question for Tabby? Email her at deartabbyquestions@gmail.

Including pets in your pumpkin preoccupation

Dear Tabby,Lately, I’ve got pumpkin on

my mind (and my mind on pump-kins!). There’s pumpkin flavored everything--coffee, muffins, Ore-os, hand soaps...this makes me wonder, is there any way to get my dog in on all of this pumpkin action?

Preoccupied with pumpkins in Woodland Heights

Meet Meemaw. Meemaw is an easy-going 11 year old Pekinese. She’d love a home where naps are highly valued with a couple of short walks a day--and that’s about it. While Meemaw can’t promise quantity of life, she’s more interested in quality of life. Connect with K-9 Angels Rescue at www.K-9AngelsRescue.org or www.facebook.com/k9angelsrescue for more info.

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Neighbors: Fall fun and fall festivalsBy Elizabeth Villarreal

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Mangum Manor residents extend their warmest thanks to neighbors Marc Huber, Rebecca Fiszer, Francisco Blasco, Claudia Friedman, Ryk Heiner, Jessi Heiner, Christy Stewart, Nancy Bitterman, Sandee Siegert, Tim, Wes Krueger and Scott Lewis for working so hard to beautify the neighborhood on Esplanade Day 2014. On Oct. 18, several Mangum Manor residents gathered to clean up the first three esplanades on Antoine from 290. Organized by the Mangum Manor Civic Club, the event turned out to be a huge success. Amazing volunteers cleared out a lot of the overgrowth on the South-east corner of Antoine and the 290 frontage road. In ad-dition to that, they removed litter, weed whacked, edged, and trimmed trees. The event ended with a raffle for $100 gift certificate donated by The Lawn Barber of Houston, and a $20 pizza gift certificate donated by the Civic Club. Thank you to those who vol-unteered to make the Man-gum Manor community more beautiful! If you would like to be part of any future espla-nade projects, please email [email protected].

Matt and Mindy Mitchell enjoyed the TOBA Fall Festi-val with two their three chil-dren, Madison and Andrew. Madison asked for a scary tiger with a rainbow painted on her cheek!

Just a few of your neighbors seen having a good time at the TOBA Fall Festival were Phil and Jonathan Sim-mons, Donna Webb, Debby and Kevin Hobart, Tim Weltin and sons, Clau-dia Perez, Patsy Bushart with her grandchildren and daughter, Amber; the Wa-ters family, Jean Valka, Bobby Hayes, Nancy How-

ard Minter, Angela and Craig Pennington, Billy and Brett Hartman, Debbie Kotzur, Mike Clark, Ginny Ledwell, Melissa Austin, and Jennifer Hobart-Gum-mi with her sweet baby monkey, Vivaan.

Sam’s Soccer Jam is some-thing new in our community. Recently Sam Zagaar – own-er and creator of Sam’s Soccer Jam appeared on the internet radio show, Make It Happen with David Lorms. Zagaar has given birth to something scores of Leader community families will enjoy – Sam’s Soccer Jam’s philosophy is all about learning and improve-ment while having a good time with teammates. Born in the U.S., Zagaar moved to his parents’ homeland of Libya at 6 months. In 1983 Zagaar’s fa-ther, Minister of Oil in Libya, realized his country was going

through changes he didn’t like and wanted to

move his family out before they

were in dan-ger. “Libya needed to find a source of pure wa-ter. One was

found under the desert sand

but they needed the expertise to

pump it out,” he explains. Zagaar’s father made a con-nection with Brown and Root and the family safely moved to Houston. Lorms asked him if he was aware of politi-cal happenings in Libya at the time. “No, I was interested in

friends and soccer, like most teenagers. But now I under-stand that if my father had resigned from his position as Minister, it would have ap-peared to be an insult to Kad-dafi. Our family would have been facing sure danger.”

How did Sam’s Soccer Jam come into being? Zagaar told Lorms that everything in his childhood was soccer, from playing in the streets to watch-ing The World Cup on TV.

“It was embedded in my culture and I want to get Houston kids loving it as much as we did.” He continues to explain that tests have shown that if children have fun play-ing soccer, they will play it their whole life. “Soccer goes beyond what competition of-fers. It teaches teamwork, fair play and promotes physical fitness,” he concludes.

Once he began Sam’s Soc-cer Jam, he tried out many of the ideas he had read about. “Some worked and some didn’t. I came up with a re-ward system for good behav-ior and following instructions. They really responded.”

He gave out patches for good behavior which also helped kids develop good habits that they can carry on thru their adult life.

Zagaar commented that in-stead of yelling and scream-ing at kids, he and his coaches say, “’Hey, who wants to win this game? That’s how you get their attention. Then we give them tips on how to play better.”

“What differentiates Sam’s Soccer Jam from other soc-cer programs?” asks Lorms.

Zagaar tells him that “besides the no yelling or negative reinforcement, we don’t use volunteer coaches. Kids will be instructed only by actual coaches who have played the game or have coached in the past. Our age groups are three to eight year olds.

“We also work on instilling good values into our kids. We have a ‘Word of the Day’ that we get the children to act out. Words like ‘caring,’ ‘appre-ciation,’ ‘encouragement’ and ‘team work.’ We want them to learn how to be a good human being. If we show children to care for each other early it will contribute to their success in avoiding negative influences later,” says Zagaar.

They are currently playing the game outdoors only and would like an indoor facility to be able to rent as well. “If your church has a Fellowship Hall we would love to rent it for a few hours every week” he offers.

From the politically charged environment in Libya to the calm, tree-lined streets of Houston, Sam Zagaar is living his dream of combin-ing coaching soccer to chil-dren as he instills good values in their hearts. He is helping parents bring up good kids who will become responsible adults, and that makes him very happy. Sincere thanks to David Lorms and Sally Adams for contributing to this column.

For more informa-tion about Sam’s Soccer Jam, email Sam at [email protected].

Photo by Jessi HeinerIn the back from the left Tim, Marc Huber, Sandee Siegert, Wes Krueger, Francisco Blasco, Claudia Friedman, Ryk Heiner, Nancy Bitterman, Scott Lewis. In the back Rebecca Fiszer, Christy Stewart.

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