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When Giang Tran was looking for places to have her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, she liked what she saw at the White Oak Con-ference Center, 7603 Antoine Drive.

Although she didn’t end up using the venue because the caterer did not work out, Tran had another plan for the spot – she wanted to mar-ket it.

“It was a solid structure,” said Tran of the former Inwood Forest Country Club. “It was pretty empty, but I just saw the potential.”

An event decorator with a warehouse full of supplies just up the street, Tran was ready to branch into sales and approached Near North-west Management District president Wayne Norden back in the summer of 2015.

“She came in with a plan and sold us on it,” said Norden of Tran. “She’s a marketing driven person and that’s great.”

As some may remember, the Inwood For-est Country Club closed in 2007 and was later purchased by Inwood Forest Partners LP. As The Leader previously reported, the surround-ing community took legal action to prevent development of the land by the partnership. In 2011, the more than 200 acres was purchased by the City of Houston. And the country club building – which sat vacant for 10 years – was reborn as the White Oak Conference Center.

Once Tran officially became the director of sales of the center in February, she had an open house with music, a variety of food op-

tions and a mock set up of an outdoor wed-ding. The event was well attended and has resulted in new business.

“We’re already getting people signed up from that one event,” said Norden.

Last weekend, Tran put on a crawfish boil and egg hunt for the surrounding neighbor-hoods. More than 400 people attended and ate most of the 1,000 pounds of crawfish. Next up is a neighborhood garage sale and spring cleaning event in late April. And a tequila tast-ing event is in the works too.

Tran said that her team is steadily booking birthday parties, engagement parties and re-unions as well as some weddings. She thinks that it’s the wedding business that has the most potential for growth.

“Right now, we’re starting in our backyard,” she said, “but I think we can really compete in the city’s wedding venue arena.”

Working as a decorator at other weddings in Houston, Tran has seen similarly sized venues charging double what White Oak does. In ad-dition, she has all the linens and decorations readily available.

She said clients are welcome to bring in their own decorators and decorations as well as a caterer, but that if they do want one stop shopping, there are five onsite caterers from which to choose. Clients can also bring in their own liquor and bartender although he or she has to be licensed.

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Photo by Betsy DensonWhen Giang Tran first visited the White Oak Conference Center, she had a vision of what it could be to the community. As the new director of sales for the facility, she aims to make that vision a reality.

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The Near Northwest Man-agement District is inviting residents from all over The Leader area and beyond April 2 for their fifth annual Plant Sale.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the White Oak Conference Center, located at 7603 Antoine Dr., and will fea-ture a broad variety of plants for sale with proceeds benefit-ting the White Oak Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden and Japanese Serenity Garden. This year’s sale also features a presentation by horticul-

ture expert Heidi Sheesley of Treesearch Farms, which begins at 9 a.m. Admission to the entire event is free.

“We’ve been getting a much broader spread of customers coming in in terms of where they’re coming from,” Admin-istrative assistant Jan Whit-tington said. “We’ve been see-ing folks that will come and buy one or two plants only to come back and buy another truckload.”

Having Heidi Sheesley is also a big draw for the event, business development direc-tor Eileen Egan said.

“[Sheesley] will be inside of the Conference Center to host

her presentation and she’s a bit of a celebrity,” Egan said. “You can’t get in to see her do a presentation without pay-ing, normally.”

The event is also important as it promotes sustainability beyond caring for NNMD’s gardens.

“It’s definitely a way for people to not only have more beautiful surroundings where they live but also a great way for people to get engaged in the community,” Egan said.

For more information about the event, visit www.nnmd.org or call 713-895-8021.

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Americans love outdoor markets. Throughout the Midwest and east coast, out-door markets flourish in the summer months. Here in Houston, and in the Heights in particular, local residents continue to put their own hip spin on many of these mar-kets like the area’s own Yup-pie Heights Market.

Last Sunday, more than 300 men, women, children (and a handful of pets) visited the free, Yuppie Heights Market at 2203 Durham St. Situated on a parking lot under white canopied booths, 25 vendors shared their wares with inter-ested visitors: artwork, hand-made soaps, fair trade, im-ported clothing, accessories, foods and beverages, hand-crafted jewelry, and more. It was a remarkable collection of the one-of-a-kind and hard-to-find all displayed on a beautiful day.

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For artist Catalina Ochoa, owner of Lolindo Hand-crafted Jewelry, the Yuppie Heights Market provides a wonderful way to sell her work. Originally from Colum-bia, Ochoa draws her inspira-tion from the magic of rooting through her grandmother’s jewelry box as a child. Her designs offer vintage ele-

ments blended with modern materials in bold colors.

Ochoa explained that the work on display is also a fam-ily affair.

“My two daughters help me with the designs, and they make all the bracelets and hair bobs themselves,” Ochoa said. “They’re selling their pieces to save up for a computer.”

Kisha Turner is a profes-sor of history at Prairie View A&M during the week, but enjoys selling her imported, fair trade fashion and house-wares for her company, Mu-sae, on the weekends.

“If I could, I would do it full time,” Turner said. “I also have a degree in fashion de-sign and working with all of

the international artists sort of blends my love of history and culture. Plus interacting with the public is always re-warding.”

Nick Cain is the owner of the Yuppie Heights Market as well as its popular sister, the Rice Village Flea in West Uni-versity. Running the markets is a second job for the entre-preneur, but one he enjoys.

“It requires time, and we will never get rich doing it, but the markets are a great way for artists and entrepre-neurs to get their products out to the public,” Cain said. “Brick and mortar locations cost lots of money, and our markets offer these talented vendors an alternative to that high overhead. And our ven-

dors are incredible people; we really believe in them.”

Eight-year-old Susie is a Heights resident who attend-ed with her family and their poodle, Katie, who was wear-ing a matching pink leash and harness. Susie explained to The Leader that she particu-larly enjoyed the food trucks, and handmade dog collars at the market.

“Besides, I really like to go shopping when I can bring my puppy,” Susie said.

According to owner Cain, the market will be moving to evenings in summer months. Keep your eye on The Leader calendar listings for the next one. And feel free to bring your puppy.

Business briefs

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Timbergrove resident Ash-ley Cuevas, a director in the Houston office of global con-sulting firm Protiviti, has been honored by Consulting maga-zine as one of the 2016 “Ris-ing Stars of the Profession.” Cuevas, who was named in the Leadership category, was chosen from hundreds of consultants nationwide and joins 33 other talented pro-fessionals under the age of 35 being saluted. Cuevas has led consulting teams for nu-merous client engagements, performing risk and business consulting projects, including ERP implementation, Sar-banes-Oxley compliance and IT internal audits. The publi-cation celebrated this year’s winners at an awards dinner in Chicago.

Pinemont PlazaThe Pinemont Pavilion has

picked up two more tenants, both of whom came from the property at 34th and Ella

that Bryan Danna is renovat-ing. George Riadi with Chris Alterations and Tailoring said he’s signed a multi-year lease and that although he’s taking customers he is still getting his new digs in order. “I like where I was, but I like this too,” he said. Another new tenant is Herbert Watch Repair who moved in two weeks ago, but according to Maria Armendaia, Herbert’s wife, won’t be officially open for business until April 18. Of their commitment to their existing customers, she said, “We’ve been in business for 45 years and are not about to have a bad name.”

Ella Plaza Ella Plaza is close to be-

ing full. You may have no-ticed recent signage for Body Rock Pilates which will move in soon. Dan Braun said that there are two more spaces currently available, one for 800 square feet by Select Physical Therapy and another approximate 2,500 square feet behind Body Rock Pilates

in the back of the complex. Interested? Contact [email protected].

Yale Street It was big news for Yale

Street a couple of months ago when Rocky Stevens pur-chased the former Dorsey’s Beauty Academy across from Yale Street Grill. Now comes word that he’s purchased Proguard Storage on the northeast corner of Heights Boulevard and Center Street, a stone’s throw from Wash-ington Avenue and across the way from Hickory Hollow. Stevens plans to build a retail center on the site and already has 40 percent of the new space leased to an orthodon-tist. He said it’s “wide open” as to what the rest will be. The site is his second acquisition in the area but probably won’t be his last: “We’re looking all the time in the Heights.”

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Of her new gig, Tran said she knew it would be fun and would further stoke her passion for event planning and decoration.

“I’ve done it all my life,” she said. “It was a hobby before it was a busi-ness.”

With a finance degree from UT Austin, Tran worked in the corporate world for years before her youngest brother gave her some money to decorate his wedding. She was chal-lenged to do it on a budget.

“Chair covers were $5 to $6 per rental,” she said. “I travelled a lot at the time and knew that I could get a

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ers at half the cost of renting them in Houston. With this and other savings that Tran engineered, her brother’s wedding was beautiful – and under budget.

“Fifteen years later, I’m still pas-sionate about it,” said Tran. “The only hard part is giving up weekends but it is what it is.”

Norden said that the board is ex-cited to work with Tran on short and long term projects. He’s also excited about the growth of the area in gen-eral, particularly Inwood Forest.

“A lot of people from Oak Forest and Garden Oaks are moving here,” he said.

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Down Syndrome Academy celebrates with glitz, glamour


Students enrolled at the Down Syndrome Academy of Houston had a storybook ending to a special evening last month as the organization celebrated its most successful Cinderella Ball to date.

The annual event, which acts as a fundraiser for the academy and helps motivate its students, featured a larger silent auction area and great-er attendance compared to last year’s inaugural ball. In the end, the academy dou-bled its proceeds, 100 per-cent of which goes towards the academy.

“This is another way for us to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day,” Rosa Rocha, president of the academy, said. The day falls on March 21. “We’re able to highlight the uniqueness of people with this syndrome.”

The academy offers aca-demic and vocational pro-grams for adults with Down Syndrome who have graduat-ed from high school, with fees for caring for students subsi-dized or covered with Home and Community Services or Social Security Benefits. For parents like Rodney White, the impact on his son Coby is immeasurable.

“My son who never likes to dress up or dance enjoys dressing up like James Bond and strutting his stuff at the Ball,” White said. “The clients at the Academy are his fam-ily and for one magical night they get to feel important and honored with their own red carpet event. I cannot thank the teachers and staff at the Academy enough for all they do not only at this event but every day and hope that Coby has the opportunity to participate in many more Cinderella Balls.”

Rocha said the event is “their time to shine,” and pre-paring for the ball is no small feat.

“They have to attend things like etiquette classes in order to participate,” Rocha said. “When they see themselves in the black tuxedo or in a

long evening gown, they’ve transformed into the person they’ve always dreamed of being. I remember someone at the ball said there’s a little bit of Cinderella in all of us.”

This year’s event also fea-tured a special guest – Sujeet Desai, a 34-year-old musician who plays seven instruments and who also has Down syn-drome. Desai serves as an am-bassador for Down Syndrome International and graduated from high school with honors and later from the Berkshire Hills Music Academy in Mas-sachussetts. He even has a performance at Carnegie Hall under his belt from last year, Rocha said, and received a standing ovation.

“One of the things [Desai] focused on and repeated sev-eral times is that if you set your goals you can make your dreams come true,” Rocha said. “It just fit right into the Cinderella theme so well.”

Friends of Down Syndrome first opened the academy in

January 2014 and the Cinder-ella Ball is its largest annual fundraiser. The organization is continuing to focus on rais-ing capital to purchase its own building and offer adults with Down Syndrome more opportunities. Rocha said the offices of the facility are man-aged entirely by volunteers and the only people who are paid are teachers, many of whom are retired from Hous-ton-area districts.

“I would love to see more volunteers assist us with of-fice and clerical duties,” Ro-cha said. “As our client base continues to grow, there is more reporting that needs to be done to stay in compli-ance with the Department of Aging and Disability.”

For volunteer opportuni-ties and more information, visit www.friendsofdownsyn-dromeacademy.org, call 281-989-0345 or visit the acad-emy at 5151 Mitchelldale St.

Contributed PhotoMembers of the Down Syndrome Academy danced the night away as they celebrated their annual Cinderella Ball last month.

Contributed PhotoThis year’s Cinderella, Ashlyn Tumlinson from Angelton, TX, locks arms with this year’s Prince Charm-ing, Jimmy Moore from Bellaire, TX.

Musicians prepare for second annual Heights Kids’ Day of Music


Heights-area families and children are encouraged to join with local musicians and businesses in sharing in a love for music April 23 at the second annual Heights Kids’ Day of Music.

The free event will once again be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Love Park, located at 1000 West 12th St., festival president Christi Gell said. The main stage will feature six bands with Houston roots, including DJ Puppy Love, El Rectorado del Son, Tickle,

The Legacy Group, Yogi-G and AndyRoo & The Andy-Rooniverse. A second stage will also feature local orga-nizations and other groups, like the Lavang Lion Dance Team, TUTS River Perfor-mance Troupe, Houston Brass Quintet, MECA and the Cass-Barrington Academy of Irish Dance.

Gell said a new addition for this year’s event is the inclu-sion of a singing station on top of the “instrument pet-ting zoo,” where youngsters can interact directly with

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Unlike most people who join the military, Charles John-son was in his 30s when he decided to enlist in the Army in 2012.

“I always wanted to be in the military but just got busy doing other stuff,” said John-son. “I was going to go out of high school, then I got a base-ball scholarship, so I decided to do that.”

Johnson, who is currently the head baseball coach at St. Pius X, grew up in Houston and attended Scarborough High School, where he played baseball, football and golf.

As his high school career was winding down, Johnson focused solely on baseball and determined that he wanted to go to college to play the game.

“I figured that baseball was my best way to get to col-lege,” said Johnson. “When I grew up, we didn’t have a lot of money, so for me, baseball was the only way for me to af-ford college.”

After high school, Johnson was awarded a scholarship to pitch for Ranger College, a ju-nior college located in Ranger, Texas.

During his second year at Ranger, Johnson realized that a chance to play in the pros was unlikely, so he started to mull over his options.

“I knew that I wanted to stick with baseball,” said John-son. “I decided on a major my sophomore year and chose ki-nesiology, and I decided that I was going to be a high school baseball coach.”

Johnson went on to pitch for the Rangers for two years and then transferred to Howard Payne University in Browns-ville.

Johnson graduated from Howard Payne in 2004 and thought about joining the mili-tary again after college.

“Instead, I decided to move to Austin and pursue a career

in music,” said Johnson. According to Johnson, he

played the country music club circuit in Austin for a few years before deciding to move back to Houston to follow his dream of becoming a baseball coach.

In 2007, Johnson got hired on as an assistant baseball coach at Lutheran High North. He was an assistant for LHN for two years before he was of-fered a job as the head coach in 2009.

Then, in 2010, Johnson left LHN to become an assistant at St. Pius. During his time at Pius, Johnson assisted with the pitchers and the strength and conditioning of the team.

In 2012, with his military eligibility coming to a close, a career in the Army appealed to Johnson once again.

“Finally, I was like ‘OK this is going to be my last chance,’ so I went for it,” said Johnson.

Johnson passed the tests and the physical and decided to become a forward observer, or as it’s officially known: a fire support specialist.

According to the Army web-site, “the fire support specialist is primarily responsible for the intelligence activities of the Army’s field artillery team.”

Johnson went on to ba-sic and Advanced Individual Training in Fort Sill, Oklaho-ma. From there, he was select-ed to attend Airborne School and the Ranger Army Selec-tion Program in Fort Benning, Georgia.

After all of his training, Johnson was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington in the 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.

At Fort Lewis, Johnson was constantly training, as the Rangers are an elite group of soldiers that must be prepared to deploy at a moment’s no-tice.

Johnson said he would spend two to three weeks in the field at a time and rarely saw his family while at Lewis. He remained at Fort Lewis for two and a half years before a scare with a parachute oc-

curred. The injury that John-son sustained in the parachute accident made it physically difficult for him to do his job as a forward observer.

“I had some medical stuff, and the Army felt that I couldn’t be a forward observ-er anymore,” said Johnson. “They wouldn’t let me re-class (to another job), so I got a medical separation.”

Although Johnson had planned on making the Army a career, his opportunity had come and gone in just three short years.

“The plan was to go in and stay in,” said Johnson. “At the time, it affected me, and I was pretty upset for a while, but sometimes the Man upstairs has different plans.”

Once he was released, John-son moved back to Houston with his family in May 2015, and coaching became his fo-cus once again.

Johnson said that once he knew he was getting out of the military, he was excited to go back to coaching and being a part of baseball.

“It was always something that I had missed,” said John-son.

In May 2015, Johnson started assisting with local summer-league teams, and a month later he got a call about the St. Pius head coaching va-cancy.

In his second stint with the Panthers and his first as head coach, Johnson said that the Army gave him a different per-spective on coaching and life in general.

“It definitely helped me be-come a lot more grateful for what I had,” said Johnson. “In spring when the season starts, my schedule gets hectic and I hardly see my family. Instead of focusing on the time that I didn’t get to spend with my wife, I learned to appreciate the time that we were able to spend together. “

Johnson also learned to value the little things that his team did day-in and day-out, which he credits making him a

better coach.“It really helped me become

a better leader for these young guys, and it inspired me to lead by example,” said Johnson.

The Army also changed Johnson’s coaching philoso-phy and the way he expects things to be done.

According to Johnson, he was a lot stricter on his teams before joining the Army. He said that although he expects things to be done in a certain way now, he is able to cut loose with the team and have fun.

“They’re starting to realize now that I don’t have them putting their bags in the dug-out a certain way just to be mean,” said Johnson.

The Panthers are starting to understand the “attention-to-detail” aspect that Coach Johnson requires of them.

“He’s come in and really gotten all of the guys to rally around him and get his way of baseball into Pius,” said se-nior catcher Matt Greenwood. “He’s really earned a lot of people’s respect around here.”

When some of the Panthers found out that their coach was in the military, they did not know what to expect.

“I found out that Coach Johnson was in the military before fall workouts were go-ing to start, so I thought it was going to be rough,” said fresh-man infielder Matt Lopez. “It was a little hard, but I got through it.”

In his first year as head coach, Johnson is looking for-ward to trying to get his team back to the Texas Associa-tion of Private and Parochial Schools’ final four after a one-year layoff.

Although winning is impor-tant, Johnson is just grateful to have the opportunity to coach again and be a positive mentor to his players.

“Now I understand why ev-erything happened and how extremely blessed I am to be here,” said Johnson.

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Bulldogs get edged by Crusaders to end season

By Jonathan ValadezFor The Leader

After a slow start to the sea-son, the Reagan varsity boys’ soccer season officially came to an end after a 1-0 defeat in the bi-district round of the playoffs by Strake Jesuit Fight-ing Crusaders at Crusader Sta-dium on March 24.

“This year was really a tale of two seasons, but in the end it was arguably the most suc-cess we’ve had in years,” said Head Coach Bart Linderman.

In just their second season since moving up to 6A, the Bulldogs were able to make the playoffs despite a lacklus-ter start.

“We started the season 2-6-1 in non-district games and then 2-4-1 in the first half of district,” said Linderman. “Then I made some changes to the lineup, and we did some team building and went 5-1-1 in the second half of district.”

Although the Bulldogs fin-ished with the second most wins in 6A Region III District 20, Reagan was seeded fourth and was set to face the winner of District 19.

The Crusaders won Dis-trict 19 with a record of 9-3-2, which set up a home-field ad-vantage for Strake.

According to Linderman, the Bulldogs went into the game looking to capitalize on the height advantage that

Strake possessed by winning more corner and free kicks.

At the start of the game, it seemed as if the Bulldogs were in control as they were constantly in enemy territory. Around the 25-minute mark, the momentum started to change and Reagan was con-tinuously playing defense.

While on defense in the first half, Bulldogs’ senior defender Luis Cisneros was given a yellow card and the Crusad-ers were awarded a free kick. During the free kick, Strake ju-nior midfielder Diego Sordelli passed the ball to sophomore forward Gabriel Dominguez, who was able to score and set up the 1-0 lead.

With 14 minutes left in the half, the Reagan crowd went into an uproar after a Bulldog player was knocked down. The audience yelled for a foul, but the game played on.

At the break, the Bulldogs gathered in a corner on the field, and Linderman appeared to be talking to his team about sticking to the game plan.

As the game progressed, our plan did not change, said Linderman. Our focus was to keep the ball on the ground and continue to exploit Strake’s height advantage.

When the second half start-ed, the Bulldogs had trouble moving the ball and were fre-

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Contributed PhotoFormer specialist Charles Johnson proudly wears his tan beret after finishing the ranger Assessment and selection program.

Contributed Photoreagan soccer coach Bart Linderman said it was a tale of two seasons, but in the end it was the most success the team has had in years.


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“Our goalkeeper, Rolando Martinez, kept us in the game for sure,” said Linderman. “His performance was outstand-ing.”

With only 18 minutes left to play, the game looked to be out of reach when the ref-erees awarded Strake another free kick on a foul. As the ref on the field was setting up the kick, Coach Linderman protested the call to the side-line ref. After the sideline ref talked to Linderman, he tried to stop the field ref, but he blew the whistle and the kick took place. Martinez was able to block the kick and the game resumed.

A few minutes later, the Bulldogs were given a free kick but were not able to score.

The final seconds ticked off the clock, and Reagan was eliminated from the playoffs. As the Bulldogs walked to the sideline, the audience gave

them a standing ovation. Although the Bulldogs sea-

son ended, Linderman said the team made improvements all season long and credits his back three for keeping the Bulldogs competitive all year.

“Overall, I think our two senior center backs and our goalie, so the back center three, were the highlights of the year,” said Linderman. “We played pretty good defense last year, but this year they took us to another level.”

The Bulldogs will lose nine seniors this year, but Linder-man said he believes that the incoming seniors, some who are already starting, will help keep the team in competition.

“We will need a goalie to step up and fill some big shoes and rebuilding our back four is going to provide some chal-lenges next season, but these guys saw how competitive we are and how good we can be, so they will be excited to take that one step further next year,” said Linderman.

Game notes: Junior forward Joel Abrego led the Bulldogs with three attempted shots

and sophomore midfielder Eduardo Mendez had one.

Yellow cards: senior defend-er Luis Cisneros (1), sopho-more defender Erick Romero (1).

Red cards: sophomore mid-fielder Julio Samano (1).

MVP: Senior goalkeeper Rolando Martinez. Although Martinez allowed one goal, he had numerous saves through-out the game and appeared to command his team on what they needed to do.

“The penalty save in the second half was definitely a highlight but he also had a one-on-one save, a couple of saves off corners and he came off his line strong when need-ed,” said Linderman.

Starters: Goalkeeper: senior Rolando Martinez; Defenders: senior Christian Quintero, se-nior Luis Cisneros, junior Er-ick Romero, sophomore Juan Romero; Midfielders: senior Mark Alanis, sophomore Edu-ardo Mendez, junior Nicholas Sosa, junior Kyle Ostlind; For-wards: senior, Marco Lozado, junior Joel Abrego.

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numerous types of instruments. Families can also meet with local arts and music organizations to get more information and exposure for their children.

“In terms of the format itself from last year, it was well received,” Gell said. “Based on our survey we had done fol-lowing the event, we had over 950 people come out and for a first-year festival that’s pretty good.”

Gell, who works in the oil & gas industry and is a 20 year resident of the Heights, also teaches music classes as a side job. She said she wanted to have an event that could connect families with music and pro-mote a love for the arts in a way that takes off the more commercially-minded edge of larger events.

“Nowadays, families think they only have to be listening to kids music but there’s this wealth of possibilities to connect with local musicians in a family focused atmosphere,” Gell said. “Free Press Houston is awesome if you’re over 20 years old but taking a 10 year old there isn’t really going to happen. The goal was to create a festival for fami-lies to go to and allow them to absorb the eclectic range of music Houston has to of-fer in a kid-friendly environment.”

For more information, visit www.height-skidsdayofmusic.com

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Photo by Betsy DensonAttendees at The Leader’s annual Senior Expo on Wednesday made their way over to the Memorial Hermann Greater Heights booth along with dozens of other businesses at the SPJST Lodge. The event has continued to grow with support from local organizations and services throughout the area.

Senior Expo a big success

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