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NORTH CHANNEL✯STARYour News, Your Newspaper
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016
Issue #122 of the STAR HCC Summer Classes, P. 8 Pineforest 3-Day Sale, P. 8
Serving all of the North Shore -- Channelview, Sheldon, Galena Park, Jacinto City
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GALENA PARKFire Department puts newpumper truck into service
NeighborhoodSafety Meeting
Monday, May 16, 20168:30 a.m. at East Freeway
HPD Storefront, 12001-A EastFreeway. (Next to Burlington).
The Relay for Life-Hous-ton North Channel was ahuge success last Friday,May 6 as more than$136,000 was raised to ben-efit cancer research. TheNorth Channel communityis joining together the fightagainst cancer.
According to NorthChannel Relay officials, thefundraising totals were stillbeing tallied as of press timeand were expected to signif-icantly increase.
With more than 50 teamsparticipating, the “May theCure be with You” Star Warsthemed event drew hun-dreds of walkers that partic-ipated in the event at thetrack of the North ShoreHigh School Ninth GradeCampus.
The North Channelgroup also received anaward from the AmericanCancer Society for raising
Voters in Galena Parkswept out all the incum-bent councilpersons, af-firming the changes theystarted two years ago withthe election of EsmeraldaMoya as Mayor. With alarge turnout of 1063 vot-ers, the unofficial resultssaw Moya returned to of-f i c e , w i th 772 vo tes ,against her challengerDawn Fisher with 275votes. This vote spread wasalso seen in the four coun-cil positions,as follows:POSITION 1: Chersky714, Simms 309; POSI-TION 2: Silva 743, Hino-josa 281; POSITION 3:Broussard 723, Serna 250,Groba 60; POSITION 4:Ponder 734, Flores 304.In other elections:
JACINTO CITY, passedthe Proposition raising theSales Tax by 1 cent, to 8.25percent.
Galena Park ISD CommunityApproves $290m Bonds
Houston, Texas: The un-
On Wednesday, May 4th, 25 Galena Park High School students received a total of $15,000.00in scholarships from the Galena Park/Jacinto City Rotary Club. These scholarships will assistthe students in pursuit of their college and career goals upon graduation.
North Channel community raisesmore than $136,000 for Relay for Life
A large group of survivors wearing symbolic purple shirts makes the turn during the Survivor’sLap at the North Shore Ninth Grade Center.
more than $1 million towardcancer research for the past13 years.
The event will beganwith special introductionsand presentations, followedby the opening lap of theevening – the Survivor’sLap. The Parade of Teamsfollowed, with some of themwearing Star Wars themedoutfits to get in the spirit offun for the evening.
Throughout the night,music from different groupswas provided, along with aDisc Jockey – and was notunusual to find groups ofpeople dancing in the mid-dle of the football field. Also,community members andothers made laps aroundthe track and also partici-pate in different “themed”laps.
Relay attendees also putbids in on many Silent Auc-tion items that were donat-
ed for the event.At dusk, the Luminaria
Ceremony was held to re-member those who valiant-ly fought the fight, thosewho continue to fight and
those who have lost theirbattle with cancer. As thestadium lights went dark,candles inside the bag werelit for the ceremony.
Special event chairper-
sons for Relay continued tolead those in attendance ina variety of fun activitiesuntil closing ceremonieswere held around 1 a.m.
ELECTION RESULTS:Sweeping changes in Galena Park; Taxvote passes in JC; School Bonds pass
CLUB SUPPORTS STUDENTSGalena Park/Jacinto City Rotaryawards $15,000 in scholarships
North ShoreRotary Fish Frythis Saturday
NORTH SHORE – The NorthShore Rotary club is preparing fortheir Fish Fry, to be held next Sat-urday, May 14 at the Rotary Pa-vilion at 14350 Wallisville Road,behind the courthouse.
Not only will the public havean opportunity to enjoy espe-cially fried catfish, and broiledcrawfish, but the event will alsofeature silent and live auctionsof some very rare items, and araffle to give away a new vehi-cle, a Toyoto sedan or pickuptruck. Raffle tickets are $100, andmeal tickets are $10.
Proceeds from this eventusually exceed $300,000 and areused mainly for youth and othercommunity programs.
official results of the Sat-urday, May 7, 2016 electionindicate that voters of theGalena Park ISD commu-nity approved a bond pack-age totaling $290 million.Specific proposed uses forthe bond funds include:
-Rebuilding 6 Elemen-tary Campuses
-Constructing NorthShore Senior High School10th Grade Center
-Renovating and Up-grading all Campuses andFacilities
-Acquiring Land for Fu-ture Facility Needs
The bond website will betransitioned into a bondconstruction website in or-der to provide our citizensinformation about the sta-tus of the bond projects.
Vote r s Approve 2016Sheldon ISD Bond
On Saturday, May 7,Sheldon ISD voters ap-proved the passing of the2016 Sheldon ISD bond.The measure passed withnearly 70 percent of thevote.
“The Sheldon ISD vot-ers made a collective deci-
sion to invest in their com-munity and our schools,and for that we are ex-tremely thankful,” said Su-perintendent King Davis.
Sheldon ISD is consid-ered a fast-growth district,growing 7% this year andexceeding all projected en-rollment numbers. Thebond package, totaling$285 million, will includefunds to address the dis-trict’s growth with projectslike:
-A new high school (withthe current KHS campusto be re-purposed for otherdistrict uses)
-New Elementary #6-New athletic facilities-Land purchases for
new SISD facilities-Parent vehicle traffic
improvements at ECAs-Extended student load-
ing/unloading canopies atECAs
-Playground upgradesat ECAs and elementaryschools
-Renovations to the cur-
rent middle schools-King Middle School
field house expansion-Resurfacing of tennis
courts-District-wide technolo-
gy upgrades-District-wide energy
management upgrades(roof replacements, LEDlighting retrofits, heatingand cooling upgrades)
-New buses“Thanks to the passing
of this bond, Sheldon ISDwill now be able to contin-ue planning for the futureof our children by provid-ing the much neededschools and facilities to ourstudents and staff,” Davissaid.
The district will moveforward immediately withthe planning process onthe bond projects. To stayinformed on all the bondprojects, as well as othergreat things happeningaround Sheldon ISD, visitwww.sheldonisd.com.
Super Bowlchairman to deliverSan Jacinto Collegecommencementaddress
PASADENA, Texas – Mr. RicCampo, Chairman of the SuperBowl LI Host Committee, andChairman of the Board and ChiefExecutive Officer of CamdenProperty Trust, will speak to Maygraduates at the San Jacinto Col-lege com-m e n c e -m e n tceremony.
T h eMay com-m e n c e -ment cere-mony willb r ing to-gether SanJacinto Col-lege graduates from each of thefour campuses for one combinedceremony. It will take place at 7p.m., at NRG Stadium, on Satur-day, May 14.
“Ric Campo is a true cham-pion for the City of Houston,”said San Jacinto College Chancel-lor, Dr. Brenda Hellyer. “He un-derstands the importance of astrong local economy, and sup-ports the need to create jobshere along the Texas Gulf Coast.I am excited for our 2016 gradu-ates to hear his message.”
Mr. Ric Campo
GALENA PARK FIRE CHIEF PAUL GREGORY, with firemen Gab Perez, Dean Bailey, and EdThraen, stand with the new Sutphen Pumper that went into service last month. This is thefirst new fire engine for the GPFD in 15 years, according to Gregory. It cost over $500,000,paid for by the Texas Forest Service and the City of Galena Park. Features include a 1000gallon tank, foam, rescue equipment such as thermal imaging and the “jaws of life,” andother saws. The department has 6 full time and 22 part time firemen, and 6 volunteers,and is looking for more.
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Galena Park ISD studentsexplore martitime careersGPISD 8th and 9th grade Career & Technical Education (CTE) students recently hadan opportunity to visit Texas A&M-Galveston to tour their Maritime Academy. Thepurpose of the tour was to expose students to a genre of maritime related careerswhile experiencing college campus life. After the tour, many students expressedan interest in joining the GPISD Maritime program in high school and applying tothe Texas A&M Maritime Academy upon graduation.
GPISD Elementary Roboticsstudents visit STEM professionalsThe Galena Park Elementary Robotics team spent Friday, April 8th at AMEC Foster Wheelerwhere they were able to converse with professional engineers, including the president ofAMEC Foster Wheeler, about careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)careers. Students were given the opportunity to exhibit their robot programming skills tothe professionals and were treated to a tour of the building. This was an exciting experiencefor the students!
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School nurse makes Houston’s top listCongratulations to
North Shore Senior HighSchool's Lisa Reaves, schoolnurse, for being selected asone of the top 150 Houstonnurses by the HoustonChronicle. This year's Sa-lute to Nurses award nom-inations came from medicalprofessionals from special-ty clinics to communityhealth care centers, fromsuburban facilities to theinternationally recognizedTexas Medical Center andfrom numerous schools andhospitals in the greaterHouston area. "This eventis important to thank the
Lisa Reaves, North ShoreSenior High nurse, selectedas Top 150 Houston nurses.
people who have ever beenhospitalized or have had a
loved one cared for by anurse. It's easy for our teamto get excited for this eventevery single year, becausethe stories and dedicationto their craft are inspiringon so many levels. TheHouston Chronicle's Saluteto Nurses is just a smalltoken to help recognize andgive back to all of the nurs-es in Houston," said RobCravaritis, executive vicepresident of sales, HoustonChronicle Media Group.This annual program mobi-lizes area hospitals, clinics,schools and patients eagerto recognize the top 150
nurses in Houston's grow-ing health care community.The top 150 nurses wereselected by a panel of edu-cators and leaders in thefield and the top 10 re-ceived special recognitionas guests at the awardsluncheon.
When Reaves was askedhow she felt about the hon-or she stated, "I could nothave done this alone. I amso grateful for my teammembers Sylvia Brosi, LVNand Melissa Cordero-Ramsden, MA. We makethe perfect team!".
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AUSTIN — U.S. Sen.Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sus-pended his presidentialcampaign May 3 after los-ing Indiana’s GOP presi-dential primary tofrontrunner DonaldTrump of New York.
The Indiana loss math-ematically eliminatedCruz from achieving thenecessary delegate countto gain the nomination atthe Republican Party Na-tional Convention inCleveland, Ohio, July 18-21.
On May 6, Rick Perry,Texas’ former and longest-serving governor (Decem-ber 2000 to January 2015)endorsed Trump for presi-dent. Perry, who droppedout of the GOP presiden-tial primaries in 2012 and2015, also signaled hisavailability as a vice pres-idential running mate forTrump.
Cruz, who served as so-licitor general under then-Texas Attorney GeneralGreg Abbott, was elected tothe U.S. Senate in 2012.
Revenue total increasesState sales tax revenue
in April totaled $2.38 bil-lion, up 3 percent com-pared to April 2015, TexasComptroller Glenn Hegarannounced May 3.
However, Hegar said,“As expected, receipts fromoil- and gas-related sectorscontinued to fall due to theongoing decline in drillingactivity.” And, he added,total sales tax revenue forthe three months ending inApril 2016 was down 0.8percent compared to thesame period a year ago.
For the month of April,Texas collected the follow-ing revenue from thosetaxes:
- Motor vehicle salesand rental taxes, $250 mil-lion, down 31.9 percentfrom April 2015;
- Motor fuel taxes,
Cruz ends campaign, Perryendorses Trump for president
$302.9 million, up 3.2 per-cent from April 2015; and
- Oil and natural gasproduction taxes, $147 mil-lion, down 36.1 percentfrom April 2015.
According to the comp-troller’s office, sales taxrevenue is the largestsource of state funding forthe state budget, account-ing for 56 percent of all taxcollections, and motor ve-hicle sales and rental tax-es, motor fuel taxes and oiland natural gas productiontaxes also are large reve-nue sources for the state.
Preserving paper isgoal
Texas Land Commis-sioner George P. Bush onMay 3 announced thelaunch of a month-longcampaign through whichindividuals who donate$30 or more will receive aSave Texas History kitthat includes a limited-edi-tion t-shirt bearing thephrase, “I saved Texas his-tory.”
The Texas General LandOffice maintains an ar-
chive of more than 35.5million documents and45,000 maps dating back tothe year 1561 and tracingthe history of Texas’ pub-lic lands. But, Bush said,because no general reve-nue from the Texas Legis-lature is appropriated forconservation of the docu-ments and maps, that con-servation depends onprivate donations, mappurchases and corporatesponsorships.
Donations to the SaveTexas History program aretax-deductible and can bemade atSaveTexasHistory.org.
Buckle-up programis set
The Texas Departmentof Transportation on May3 promoted its annual“Click It or Ticket” cam-paign, reminding Texansthat properly fastened seatbelts save lives.
Police departmentsacross the nation will stepup enforcement effortsfrom May 23 through June5. In Texas, the law re-quires everyone in a vehi-cle to buckle up or facefines and court costs up to$200. Children youngerthan eight must be in achild safety seat or boost-er seat unless they are tall-er than 4 feet, 9 inches.
“With Memorial Dayweekend and the summervacation season approach-ing, we’re urging people tobuckle their seat belts ev-ery time they get in theirvehicle,” said TxDOT Exec-utive Director James Bass.“Every person in a vehicle— front seat or back seat— needs to buckle up. Notonly is it the law, but seatbelts save lives.”
Alert: Post-flood carsales
The Texas Departmentof Insurance on April 28posted a consumer-protec-tion message telling Tex-ans: “There’s a reason whyinsurance companies usu-ally declare flooded vehi-cles a total loss. Once anengine gets waterlogged,it’s almost impossible toever make it right.
Unfortunately, some un-scrupulous sellers will tryto buy these cars at auctionand resell them to unsus-pecting buyers.”
The department sug-gests that shoppers lookfor the signs and smells ofwater damage, such as dirtor debris in the vehicle andthe smell of cleaner or dis-infectant applied to coverup odors. Also, the depart-ment suggests that a po-tential buyer check thevehicle’s title and vehicleidentification number(VIN), have a trusted me-chanic inspect the vehicleand buy from a reputabledealer. For more informa-tion, Texans may call thedepartment’s consumerhelp line, 800-252-3439.
AUSTIN – Onaverage, a motorcyclistdies in a crash onTexas roads every day.To mark MotorcycleSafety AwarenessMonth in May – and toremember the 455motorcyclists lost incrashes last year – theTexas Department ofTransportation islaunching its “Sharethe Road: Look Twicefor Motorcycles”campaign.
“Motorcycles can bedifficult to see so it’simportant for drivers tolook twice, especiallybefore turning atintersections or chang-ing lanes,” said TxDOTExecutive DirectorJames Bass. “Motorcy-clists are extremelyvulnerable becausethey don’t have seatbelts, airbags andsurrounding steel doorsto protect them.”
Motorcyclists arenearly five times morelikely than car or truckoccupants to be injuredin a crash and 26 timesmore likely to be killed.Besides last year’s 455fatalities, another1,867 motorcyclistswere seriously injuredin 2015. About half offatal motorcyclecrashes result from acollision with a car ortruck. Drivers cite notseeing the motorcycleor misjudging how fastit is traveling as thereason for the collision.
Each year at the endof April, many Texascities issue proclama-tions that observe Mayas Motorcycle SafetyAwareness Month.During this period,TxDOT’s “Share theRoad: Look Twice forMotorcycles” campaignwill make stops atbaseball games andfestivals in Texascommunities whereguests can participatein activities thathighlight motorcyclesafety. The campaignreminds drivers to:
• Look twice formotorcycles, especiallyat intersections.
• Use turn signalswhen changing lanes.
• Check your mirrorsbefore changing lanes.
• Don’t follow amotorcycle too closely.
• Always assumemotorcycles are closerthan they appear.
For media inquiries,contact TxDOT MediaRelations [email protected] (512) 463-8700.
Information con-tained in this reportrepresents reportabledata collected fromTexas Peace Officer'sCrash Reports (CR-3)received and processedby the Department asof Mar. 4, 2016.
Look twice,stay alert topreventdeadlymotorcyclecrashesMotorcyclists are 26 timesmore likely to be killed in acrash than vehicle occu-pants
Five tips your nursewants you to know
(NAPSI)—In a U.S.health care climatechallenged by morepatients, older patientsand fewer physicians,there’s one particularlybright spot: America’snurses.
In fact, according toa recent Harris Poll,when it comes to thecare received from anurse, patients’ experi-ences are overwhelm-ingly positive1. Whilethe nurses’ role inhealth care deliverycontinues to advance,so does the respect andadmiration patientshave for them—nearlyhalf indicate themajority of their healthcare over the past threeyears has come from anurse. Additionally,about nine in 10 agreenurses are under-appreciated for the rolethey play in providingcare and are admiredfor the job they do forpatients. More thanseven in 10 would usethe words “helpful,”“hard-working” and“knowledgeable” todescribe nurses theyhave encountered.
“Nurses are amongthe most trustedindividuals in thehealth care system,”said Dr. Betty Nelson,academic dean, Schoolof Nursing, College ofHealth Professions atUniversity of Phoenix.“Part of this truststems from today’snurses personalizingexperiences to theirpatients. Patientssometimes havecompeting demandsand want to be seen asa customer and apatient. As a customer,you have expectationsfor what you want, andas a patient, you needcare. It’s the nurse’s jobto assess the patientfrom a psychologicalstandpoint to ensurethe best possible care isbeing provided.”
When You See TheNurse
The next time youneed the care of anurse, advises Dr.Nelson, rememberthese five things:
1. It’s important toprovide accurateinformation. Be candidwith your nurse aboutyour symptoms, life-style, feelings and so onso you get the propertreatment. Speakingup and letting yournurse know exactlyhow you’re feeling willensure you receivepersonalized, high-quality care.
2. Let your nursehelp you. While it’s allvery well to seek outinformation about yourown health, you shouldalso recognize thatanything you findneeds to be interpretedby a trained medicalprofessional. Tell yournurse about yourfamily history and anyresearch you’ve done tohelp with diagnosisand treatment.
3. Every person isunique and treatmentmust be personalizedaccordingly. Twopeople might have thesame condition but,based on a number offactors–like height, ageand weight–would needto receive different careregimens personalized
to their specific needs.4. Write down any
questions you mayhave in advance.Having your questionsahead of time willensure you’ll have allyour questions an-swered and may spurthoughts of morequestions to ask duringyour visit.
5. Consider bringinga friend or relativealong to be sure youtake in the informationyou get accurately andcompletely. Your friendor relative may alsohave additional ques-tions to what you wrotedown in advance ofyour visit.
Education AndNursing Today
As the needs ofhealth care organiza-tions grow morecomplex, so, too, do theskills and trainingrequirements nursesmust be prepared tomeet. Health careemployers are increas-ingly hiring nurseswith advanced educa-tion and more nurseshave advanced degrees.Studies by the Ameri-can Association ofColleges of Nursingfound the link betweennurses with bachelor’sand graduate-leveleducation and im-proved patient out-comes to be a strongone. Added the Insti-tute of Medicine, atleast 80 percent of thenation’s nursingworkforce is expectedto have bachelor’sdegrees by 2020, whilethe number of nurseswith doctoral degreeswill double.
“Employment ofregistered nurses isexpected to grow by 19percent from 2012through 2022, fasterthan the average for allU.S. occupations2,”said Nelson. “The needfor nurses continues togrow and provides anopportunity for thoseseeking employment inthe health care field toexplore this fulfillingcareer path.”
One place manynurses can develop theskills and training tomeet the new demandsof the profession isthrough higher educa-tion options. Recogniz-ing the expanding roleof the 21st centurynurse, University ofPhoenix preparesgraduates to addressrecent changes in thedelivery of primarycare so they areequipped with theskills needed to suc-ceed in today’s healthcare market.
Learn MoreFor more facts on
nursing, or to learnmore about programsin licensure nursing,health care administra-tion and health caresupport programs,certificates and cours-es, visit phoenix.edu/nursing.
For more informa-tion about each of theseprograms, includingon-time completionrates, the median debtincurred by studentswho completed theprogram and otherimportant information,please visitphoenix.edu/programs/gainful-employment.
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The history of the domi-nate success that GalenaPark High School (GPHS)experienced in footballduring the 1960's wouldnot be complete without astory of GP's most popularballboy Jody Kahn. Jodywas a special needs stu-dent-manager that han-dled the ball chores onFriday nights for the Yel-low Jackets. During thoseheydays of glory Jody, whowas always on task and fo-cused on the game, hadfree roam of the Dementsidelines with a towel mak-ing sure that a clean anddry football was alwaysready for the referees. Jodyloved sprinting out ontothe field retrieving thekickoff tee after the Jack-ets kicked off and wouldreturn to the sideline with
Birthday celebration forpopular ballboy Jody Kahn
Ballboy Jody Kahn, part ofGa lena Park H igh Schoolfootball history of 1960.
wild cheers from the sell-out crowds shouting hisname.
Jody grew up on Leggettin Galena Park with hissister Laurie, GPHS 1973,his deceased sister Susan,dad Dr. Joe Kahn and momHarriett. Dr. Kahn was adentist in Galena Park andwas very active in GPISDas a lifetime member of thePTA and was instrumentalin helping setup lifeskillclasses for the specialneeds students. Jody grad-uated from Galena Park in1968 and will turn 68years on his upcomingbirthday on May 4th.
On Saturday, May 14that the First Baptist Churchof Galena Park's gymnasi-um the GPHS Class of1967 is hosting a barbecuecatered birthday party for
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If you have a medicalappointment this week,you might want to wishyour nurse a happy Na-tional Nurses Week. Thisannual event is designed tocelebrate the importantrole nurses play in healthcare. Of course, while nurs-es and doctors can help youin many ways, you can doa lot of good for yourself byadopting healthy livinghabits, such as eatingright, exercising frequent-ly, and so on. But you canalso do much to help yourfinancial health.
Here are a few sugges-tions:
Stay invested. Duringtimes of market volatility,it can be temping to headto the investment “side-lines” until things “cool off.”Going to the sidelines canmean a few differentthings – you could simplynot invest anything for awhile, or you could move asubstantial portion of yourportfolio to “cash” instru-ments, which are safe inthe sense of preservingyour principal but offer al-most nothing in the way ofreturn or protectingagainst inflation. If you’renot investing during amarket downturn, or ifyou’ve moved heavily intocash, you might well missout on the beginning of thenext market rally.
Rebalance your portfo-lio. It’s a good idea to peri-odically rebalance yourportfolio to make sure itstill reflects your goals andyour comfort level withrisk. Over time, and with-out any effort on your part,your portfolio can becomeunbalanced. For example,following a long “bull” mar-ket, the value of yourstocks could have risen tothe point where they makeup a greater percentage ofyour portfolio than you hadintended. When that hap-pens, you may need to re-balance by adding bondsand other fixed-income ve-hicles.
Diversify. Rebalancingis important. But a bal-anced portfolio should alsobe a diversified portfolio. Ifyou only owned one type offinancial asset, such as
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U.S. growth stocks, youcould take a big hit duringa market downturn. Butdifferent types of financialassets don’t always movein the same direction atthe same time, so by own-ing a wide variety of in-vestments – U.S. stocks,international stocks, gov-ernment securities, corpo-rate bonds, real estate,certificates of deposit(CDs) and so on – you mayhelp reduce the effects ofmarket volatility on yourportfolio. Keep in mind,though, that diversifica-tion by itself can’t guaran-tee profits or protectagainst loss.
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The May Birthstoneis Emerald
As the birthstone forMay, the emerald, a symbolof rebirth, is believed togrant the owner foresight,good fortune, and youth.
Emerald, derived fromthe word smaragdus,meaning green in Greek,was mined in Egypt as ear-ly as 330 B.C.
Today, most of theworld’s emeralds are minedin Colombia, Brazil, Af-ghanistan, and Zambia.The availability of high-quality emerald is limited;consequently, treatmentsto improve clarity are per-formed regularly.
In addition to being thebirthstone of May, the Em-erald is also the tradition-al gift for the 55th weddinganniversary in the US. Itsiconic green coloring isclosely linked to spring andrebirth making it a perfectstone for the month of May.Emerald has consistentlysurpassed other greengemstones like peridot andtourmaline with its un-matched vivid and lushgreen tones. However, eventhough emerald is a rela-tively hard gemstone, somany of them have variousinclusions. This makesemeralds more difficult toset into jewelry. The inclu-sions also make the gemssusceptible to cracking orchipping. Despite this,emerald is one of the mostpopular stones and onethat is commonly faked.With the proper settingand proper care as well asa little know how, emeraldmakes for a great invest-ment in the fine jewelryworld.
Fun Emerald Facts1. Emerald is one of the
four recognized preciousgemstones. The others areruby, sapphire, and dia-mond.
"Diamond Jim, What is the Birthstonefor May?"
2. Top quality emeraldscan be worth more than di-amonds because emeraldswithout imperfections arevery rare.
3. A 1 carat emerald ap-pears larger than a 1 car-at diamond becauseemeralds have a lower den-sity.
4. Most emeralds havesome type of inclusion orimperfection. Instead ofuse the term imperfection,dealers like to referenceemerald inclusions as aninternal "jardin" (gardenin French).
5. Most emeralds aretreated usually by fillingthe emerald with an oil tofill in the cracks and helpprevent unintentionalchipping or cracking.
6. Due to the inclusionswithin an emerald, it is notwise to clean these gems inan ultrasonic cleaner. In-stead clean gently by handusing warm water.
7. Emerald is made ofberyl just like aquamarinebut gets its green coloringfrom very small amountsof chromium and/or vana-dium
8. Color, clarity, cut, andcarat weight are four fac-tors used to determine thevalue of an emerald. Themost important of thesefour is color. The best coloris vivid green or blueishgreen with even saturationand no color zoning. It isalso important that theemerald is very transpar-ent and isn't too dark or toolight.
9. The oldest emeraldsare about 2.97 billion yearsold.
10. The first known em-eralds were mined inEgypt around 1500 BC.
11. One of Cleopatra'sfavorite stones was emer-ald.
12. Emeralds were dis-covered in South Americain the 16th century by theSpanish. They were usedby the Incas well beforethis discovery.
13. The Spanish thentraded these emeraldsacross Europe and Asia forprecious metals, openingup the emerald trade to therest of the world.
14. According to ancientfolklore, putting an emer-ald under your tonguewould help one see into thefuture.
15. Today, Colombiayields the largest amountof emeralds, contributingto more than 50% of all em-erald production world-wide.
16. The Duke of Devon-shire Emerald is one of thelargest uncut emeraldsweighing 1,383.93 carats.
17. Synthetic sapphireand ruby were created in1907, but synthetic emer-alds were not created un-til 1935 when Americanchemist Carroll Chathamsuccessfully grew his firstone carat Chatham emer-ald which is now on displayat the Smithsonian Insti-tute.
18. Emeralds were firstdiscovered in North Amer-ica in the Yukon Territoryin 1997, though large em-erald deposits in the Unit-ed States and furthernorth are very rare.
19. A gemologist judgesa diamond's clarity gradeby using a 10x loupe. Theclarity of an emerald is of-ten assessed with the na-ked eye.
20. An emerald pendantnecklace owned by Eliza-beth Taylor sold for $6.5million in 2011, breakingdown to about $280,000paid per carat.
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The Channelview HighSchool Falcon Band tooktop honors at the Spring inthe Park Music Festival atColleyville Heritage HighSchool near Dallas.
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-Thursday, May 19, FamilyBoard Games, 4 pm; Get Active/Activate, 10 am; CitizenshipClasses, 11:30 am.
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