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Immigration& DACAForumJoin Rep. Walle for adiscussion on immigrationand DACA updates. Expertswill be available to answerquestions. Forum schedule asfollows:•April 4, 6:30 pmMacArthur High School4400 Aldine Mail Rt.•April 5, 6:30 pmAldine High School11101 Airline Drive For additional information,please call 713-694-8620.

Water level in LakeHouston lowered

With heavy storms pre-dicted, and floodingthroughout the San Jacin-to River watershed, au-thorities this week ordereda permanent reduction inthe level of water in LakeHouston.

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Member Dave Martin an-nounced that after a meet-ing held Monday withHouston Mayor SylvesterTurner, the daily poolinglevel of Lake Houston willbe reduced from 42.5 feetto 40 feet, effective imme-diately. Last night, Hous-

ton Public Works Director,Carol Haddock, directedthe Coastal Water Author-ity to start lowering thelevel of Lake Houston inadvance of Wednesday’s

East Aldine’s RichardCantu Elected to LSC-Foundation Board

Lone Star College Foun-dation is proud to an-nounce its newly electedboard members. The mem-bers were voted in at ourmost recent board meetingand will serve three-yearterms.

Steve Berry handlesCorporate Sales Training,Corporate Office PublicAffairs, and Social Mediafor Waste Connectionsheadquartered in TheWoodlands. Berry is in-volved in various commu-nity endeavors includingThe Woodlands Chamberof Commerce and Memori-al Hermann The Wood-lands Medical Center'sAdvisory Council. He isalso a community collegegraduate from Miami,Florida.

Scott Brady is a Part-ner and Project Executivefor Joiner Architects inKingwood. The Humblenative is involved in his lo-cal Chambers and RotaryClub. Brady is also a proudLSC alumnus and wasnamed the 2016 HadenMcKay M.D. Citizen of theYear for Humble, TX.

Richard Cantu is theDeputy Executive Direc-

tor-Operations for East Al-dine District. Cantu serveson Lone Star College's His-panic Advisory Counciland is a board member forthe Houston Interconti-nental Chamber of Com-merce, North HarrisCounty Education Alli-ance, and the Aldine Edu-cation Foundation.

Lee Robison is the Sr.Vice President of HumanResources and Administra-tion at Noble Energy, Inc.located next door to LSC-University Park. She is amember of the D. BradleyMcWilliams YMCA boardof directors and wasnamed their 2017 Volun-teer of the Year.

Nancy Shortsleeve isactive in the Humble/King-wood area including co-chairing the 2017 In thePink of Health luncheonfor Northeast HospitalFoundation and sitting onthe boards for HumbleArea Assistance Minis-tries, Lake Houston AreaChamber of Commerce andKingwood Medical Center.She is owner and Presi-dent of Logostuff, a promo-tional product distributor.

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Martial ArtsClassesAt East Aldine District, 5333Aldine Mail Rt., 77039.Class free, only require-ment, $40 uniform.Registration and first class,Thursday, April 5, 2018, 6-7pm new students ages 6-12. For class information,call Bill Gray 281-381-6139.

Pct. 1 Commissioner Ellis plans $30M in“Complete Streets” improvements

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis outlines his “Complete Streets”project at a news conference on March 13.

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The airman completedan intensive, eight-weekprogram that includedtraining in military disci-pline and studies, AirForce core values, physicalfitness, and basic warfareprinciples and skills.

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Congratulations andgreat job goes to MonicaFlores! Monica is a 7thgrade student at HambrickMiddle School who partic-ipated in the Ballet Folk-lorico Competit ion inCorpus Christi this week-end with the Mixteco Bal-let Folklorico group. TheCompetencia Folklórica deTejas (CFT) is held annu-ally and serves to educateand broaden the perspec-tive of Mexican dance forall those in attendancewhether competing or ob-serving. Flores danceswith Mixteco Ballet Folk-lorico, a group that haswon several awards atcompetitions. They alsotravel locally and interna-tionally with the goal toprovide Houston areayouth with cultural activi-ties and increase artisticawareness through danceand music. This year thegroup won 1st Place andwere named Grand Cham-pions at the CFT competi-tion.

Davis High School senior volleyball player Avionna Washom, front row,center, recently signed a national letter of intent with Cisco College.Pictured with her were, front row, (l-r): Kamren Washom, Ka’lyn Washomand Latrice Washom. Back row, (l-r): Davis High head volleyball coachStarla Jones, Aldine ISD’s Director of Athletic Services Sandra Mader, DavisHigh School Head Football Coach and Campus Athletic Coordinator JamesShowers, Cisco College volleyball coach Susan Moore and Davis High SchoolAssistant Principal Timothy Price.

Hambrick Middle School studentamong winners at Ballet FolkloricoCompetition

Monica Flores takes a moment to reflect on herperformance at the Competencia Folklórica deTejas which was held in Corpus Christi March 23-24. She and her teammates were named GrandChampions and won 1st Place at the competition.

Hambrick congratulatesFlores and all of her team-mates for such a great ac-complishment. “We are so

proud of our Hambrick stu-dents using their talentsboth in and out of school!”Assistant Principal DoraGarza said.

Davis High volleyball playersigns with Cisco College

Congratulations to Zuri M. and Matthias M. whorepresented Mendel Elementary at theChampionship Golf tournament the weekend ofMarch 24th. The event was held at the DavidShindelidecker Campus, home of the First Tee ofGreater Houston. Our students competed againstother students from Clear Creek, Deer Park,Galena Park, Huffman, Humble, Klein, NewCaney, Texas City, Waller, The Woodlands,United Methodist and Trinity Downtown. OurMendel students won a third place ribbon.

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basic training also earnfour credits toward an as-sociate in applied sciencedegree through the Com-munity College of the AirForce.

Barrientos is the daugh-ter of Patricia Barrientosof Humble, Texas. She isalso the sister of CarmelaBarrientos.

The airman is a 2016graduate of Benjamin O.Davis Sr. High School,Houston, Texas.

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H O U S T O N , T e x a s(March 26, 2018) - Blood;it's all red but it's not allthe same. That's why Rem-ington College Green-spoint Campus is holdinga 3 Lives Blood Drive andhighlighting the need forminority blood donors.Thursday, April 26, 9 a.m.

Minority Blood Donors Needed- 3 p.m. at Remington Col-lege Greenspoint Campus

While the focus of 3Lives is to increase thenumber of minority blooddonors, everyone is en-couraged to give blood atthe event. Donors must be17 years of age or olderand weigh a minimum of

110 pounds. All the bloodcollected will go to localhospitals and medical cen-ters to help people in theHouston area.

Remington Co l l egeGreenspoint Campus is lo-cated at 11310 GreensCrossing, Suite 300 inHouston.

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predicted storms. CouncilMember Martin has con-firmed that all gates atLake Houston are openand the level of Lake Hous-ton is anticipated to reachthe desired 40 foot mark byWednesday evening.

Once the lake is loweredto 40 feet it is the City ofHouston’s plan to adjustthe spillway gates to main-tain a level of 40 feet mov-ing forward on a long-termbasis. This will address theimmediate concerns of theLake Houston Community,including Kingwood, Hum-ble, Atascocita, and Huff-man. This lower lake levelwill continue to be ob-served while the Cityworks with area partnersto address siltation andother coordination effortswith Lake Conroe. TheCity of Houston will con-tinue to monitor and eval-uate water demand,weather patterns and oth-er mitigation activities.

Tuesday Harris CountyCommissioner’s Court willvote to authorize requestsfor qualifications (RFQ) forengineering and other ser-vices to identify water-shed-wide flood risks,evaluate food mitigationstrategies that addressthose risks and developrecommendations to en-hance the flood warningsystem and action plansused by the emergencymanagers in the San Ja-cinto River Basin from itsheadwaters in Lake Hous-ton across Harris CountyPrecincts 1, 2, and 4. Har-ris County will be workingwith the San Jacinto Riv-er Authority as well as oth-er municipalities toaccomplish this task whichwas a part of GovernorGreg Abbott’s charges forthe region.

Additionally, HarrisCounty will also be re-questing authorization forRFQs for engineering, en-vironmental permitting,and other services in sup-port of dredging the WestFork of the San JacintoRiver from IH-59 to LakeHouston Parkway. Thiswas another of GovernorAbbott’s charges duringhis visit to the KingwoodArea. All parties are com-mitted to working togeth-er to swiftly move thedredging project forwardin preparation for thisyear’s hurricane season.

Council Member Martinhas been working diligent-ly over the last few weeksto make sure the efforts ofdredging are not shortlived. The visit of TexasLand Commissioner,George P. Bush, and con-tinued communicationwith the Governor’s officehave allowed the city topartner with the Aggre-gate Production Operators(APO) and the Texas Com-mission on EnvironmentalQuality. The continued in-terest and participation of

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On the heels of a $1million donation froman anonymous donor forHurricane Harvey Re-lief, the Foundation dis-tributed an additional$100,000 grant for reliefassistance from StradaEducation Network,Mayor Sylvester Turn-er, and the City's Officeof Education, adminis-t e r e d t h r o u g h t h eGreater Houston Com-munity Foundation.

To be eligible, stu-dents had to be official-ly enrolled for Spring2018 and reside withinHouston city limits. Atotal of 350 full and parttime students receivedaid, ranging from $100to $500 each. Many stu-dents are still living intemporary housing and

statewide leaders helps lo-cal efforts by assisting inidentifying red tape andproviding solutions tothese obstacles. Next Tues-day, April 3, a visit fromLieutenant Governor DanPatrick is planned, whohas expressed an interestin touring the San JacintoWatershed by air and wa-ter.

These state partner-ships allow us the opportu-nity to closely evaluateexisting regulations forsand mining as well as theability to increase thestrength of these existingpolicies. The regional APOshave stepped up to the ta-

ble and want to be a partof the solution. Texas Sen-ator Brandon Creightonand Texas State Represen-tative Dan Huberty contin-ue to be champions forstricter sand mining regu-lations to protect our wa-tershed.

The problem of floodingwithin the San Jacinto Wa-tershed is a difficult one totackle due to the size of thewatershed and many juris-dictions involved butCouncil Member Martin iscreating relationshipswhere none have existedbefore and knows thatworking together will getus further along the pathto a long term solution.

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Apartmentfire in GreaterGreenspointarea

A fire occured onMarch 27, 2018 at about9:30 p.m. on 17030 Im-perial Valley Drive,77060 due to an unat-tended cooking-appli-ance.

Houston Fire Depart-ment Engine 74 arrivedon scene to find smokecoming from the firstfloor of an apartmentunit. They extinguishedt h e h o t s p o t s a n dchecked for extensions.The fire was controlledin less than 10 minutesand contained to thearea of origin.

No reported injuriesand 50 thousand dol-lares in estimated dam-ages.

Foundation teams upwith City of Houston todistribute Harvey relief

struggling with trans-portation as their vehi-cles flooded and theycannot afford the re-pairs.

"In reading throughthe thousands of appli-cations, although stu-dents have suffered agreat trauma, so manyreiterated the impor-tance of completingtheir education so theycan better provide fortheir families and theirfuture." Foundation Ex-ecutive Director NicoleRobinson Gauthier said.

The Mayor thankedLone Star College forour contributions thusfar to the recovery ef-forts, helping students,faculty and staff aftersuch a devastating di-saster.

State RepresentativeArmando L. Walle was atPatrick Henry MiddleSchool, with RhondaSkillern-Jones on March20. He said there was agreat turnout. Attendeesheard an update byHISD Board PresidentSkillern Jones and@TeamHISD about re-cent legislative initia-tives that impactneighborhood schools.

Walle said he lovedseeing so much parentand student engage-ment. “Parents are wellinformed and want as-surances. Students areworking hard to meetstate assessments, whileat the same time someare recovering from Hur-ricane Harvey and statestandards changes. Prin-cipal K. Brantley & staffare making great strides.

Walle attends school-parentmeeting at Patrick Henry MS

The annual Commu-nity Yard Sale will takeplace at Hambrick Mid-dle School on Saturday,April 21. Hambrick’sAthletic Department isinviting the entire com-munity to come out andjoin them from 8:00 amto 1:00 pm on April 21.This event is held eachyear and offers a largevariety of great finds,including furniture,clothes, toys, and elec-tronics for everyone.Along with the manyitems for sale, food will

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also be available to pur-chase. Community mem-bers, civic clubs, highschool organizations andothers are invited to beparticipate at this event.Spaces can be rented for$15.00. Tables will beavailable to rent for$5.00 each. HambrickMiddle School invites ev-eryone to come out andjoin us to do some shop-ping for yourself andyour family.

If you are interested inreserving a space or toget more information

contact Hambrick Mid-dle School at 281-985-6570. The deadline tor e s e r v e a s p a c e i sWednesday, April 18.

We must support our schools.”Walle met an 8th grader named Atticus M.(after

Atticus Finch from the famous book, To Kill a Mock-ingbird.) Atticus says he has made nothing lowerthan an 80 grade in his classes.

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“Without question,the two greatestaccomplishments ofthe United StatesSenate since Presi-dent Trump tookoffice have beenconfirming NeilGorsuch to the U.S.Supreme Court andpassing the Tax Cutsand Jobs Act. Whatdid these two accom-plishments have incommon? They bothwere achieved bysidestepping theSenate “filibuster”and allowing themajority to rule.However, becausethe Senate refuses tochange its rules forequally importantlegislation, like billsthat fund the federalgovernment or dealwith national securi-ty, monstrosities likethis Omnibus spend-ing bill are what weend up getting.

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AUSTIN — The prima-ry suspect in a string ofterrorist-style bombingsdied in his pickup truck onMarch 21.

Mark Anthony Conditt,23, of Pflugerville, detonat-ed explosive devices in histruck on an Interstate 35access road in Round Rockas two law enforcement of-ficers approached the vehi-cle on foot. One officer wasinjured in the explosion.The other officer reported-ly fired a rifle at the sus-pect.

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On March 19, two daysbefore Conditt was trackeddown, Gov. Greg Abbottannounced the release of$265,500 in emergencyfunding for the Austin Po-lice Department and theTexas Ranger Bomb Re-sponse Team to purchaseseven portable x-ray sys-tems for use in bomb detec-tion and responding tosuspicious package inves-tigations.

Abbott said his officehas provided nearly $1million over the last twoyears to enhance the capa-bilities of the Austin policedepartment’s bomb squad.He said the grants provid-ed for purchases of bombdisposal robots, roboticarms and bomb suits thatallow technicians to ap-proach potentially explo-sive devices and renderthem harmless.

On March 20, the daybefore Conditt’s death, theTexas Department of Pub-lic Safety reminded Texansto remain vigilant and toreport any suspicious ac-tivity or suspicious pack-ages to authorities. TheDPS stressed that Texansshould not approach anyunknown or suspiciouspackages or items, to keepa safe distance and then tonotify the authorities bycalling 911.

Big crowd joinsmarch

An estimated 20,000people participated in theAustin “March for OurLives” event on March 24.

Similar marches werehe ld some 900 c i t i esaround the globe. At themain march, in Washing-ton, D.C., participants me-m o r i a l i z e d t h e m a s sshooting at high school inParkland, Florida, on Feb.14, and other mass shoot-ings, such as the ones at anelementary school in New-town, Connecticut in 2010,and Sutherland Springs,Texas, in 2017.

Bombing suspect ends ownlife as officers approach him

Marchers and speakersat these events mainlycalled for an end to massshootings through federal,state and local gun law re-forms.

Jobs added inFebruary

The Texas WorkforceCommission on March 23announced that the LoneStar State's economy add-ed 40,500 seasonally ad-justed non-farm jobs inFebruary, marking 20 con-secutive months of employ-ment growth.

Texas’ seasonally ad-justed unemployment rateremained unchanged at4.0 percent in Februaryand remains below theU.S. unemployment rate of4.1 percent.

Industries noted foradding jobs in February in-cluded professional andbusiness services, 13,200positions; followed bytrade, transportation andutilities, 11,800 jobs; andmining and logging, 6,500positions.

TxDOT: Buckle up,teens

The Texas Departmento f Transportat ion onMarch 19 posted a mes-sage urging teen-agers to“always buckle up.”

The message is part ofTxDOT’s annual “TeenClick It or Ticket” cam-paign, conducted in part-

nership with high schoolstudents, to urge youngdrivers and their passen-gers to wear their seatbelts every time they’re ina vehicle.

“In Texas, 42 percent ofall teenagers killed in traf-fic crashes in 2016 weren’tbuckled up,” said TxDOTExecutive Director JamesBass. “We know seat beltssave lives, but only if mo-torists use them. We wantto make sure this messagegets through to teens, andno one knows how to reachteens better than otherteens.”

According to statisticscompiled by TxDOT, inTexas in 2016, one in fivevehicle crashes involved ateen driver. Of the 269teen drivers and passen-gers killed in crashes thatyear, 114 were unbuckled.

AG asks programreview

Texas Attorney GeneralKen Paxton on March 22sent a letter to U.S. De-partment of Health andHuman Services SecretaryAlex Azar asking him toreverse the Obama admin-istration’s exclusion ofTexas from programs thatprovide family planningand related preventivehealth services to low-in-come women across thestate.

Paxton wrote that in2013 the Obama adminis-tration removed Texasfrom the eligible list of Ti-tle X program recipientsbecause it refused to pro-vide taxpayer funds toabortion providers.

“A precursor to partici-pation in federal programsshould not be an uncom-promising commitment toabortion providers. Thefreedom of conscienceshould never be demoted tosecond-class status amongour civil liberties,” Paxtonadded.

(NAPSI)—The choiceabout where to live inretirement is one of themost crucial decisionsthat a senior makes.It’s not just a majorfinancial consideration,it’s also a highlyemotional issue as aretiree’s home is oftenthe anchor to theirgolden years.

“One needs to thinkabout where to live,how long to stay there,and whether to movelater in retirement,”writes Wade Pfau,Ph.D., professor ofretirement income atThe American College,and contributor toForbes.com. “There areplenty of justificationsfor either staying putor moving early inretirement.”

There are a fewimportant questionsthat a senior shouldask before decidingwhether to stay in theirhome or to relocateduring retirement:

1. Are you makingaccurate comparisons?

If you stay in yourhome, you may need tomake improvements orrenovations in thefuture to accommodatechanging needs. If youmove to a new home,you may incur expens-es associated with fix-up costs and movingexpenses. Make sureyou are consideringtotal costs in eitherscenario.

2. Are you open torenting?

“It can be hard forretirees who havespent their livesbuilding equity in theirhomes—and beingtaught about thevirtues of homeowner-ship—to becomerenters,” reported TheWall Street Journal.“But renting a home ina city before buying cangive retirees a chanceto really know if it’s theplace they want tospend retirement.”Moreover, the cost ofownership in manylocations actuallyexceeds the cost ofrenting, so it may beprudent to considerthis option for bothshort- and long-termpossibilities.

3. Where will youhave access to impor-tant services?

Every consumerlooks into the quality of

restaurants, supermar-kets and other day-to-day retail offeringswhen scouting out apossible new residen-tial location. Seniorsmust be especiallyconcerned aboutpractical consider-ations such as thenumber of nearbyphysicians who acceptMedicare, convenienttransportation forthose who are unable todrive, and communitycenters with specialprograms for seniors.

4. Would you preferto age in place or havea change of scenery?

Many people dreamabout moving to someexotic location for theirgolden years, but thetruth is that 85 percentof retirees stay in thearea where they raisedtheir families, accord-ing to Realtor.com.Think seriously aboutwhether you’re willingto trade your currentcommunity for a newone, weighing the prosand cons of aging inplace versus charting anew course.

Whether you chooseto stay in your home ormove during retire-ment, it will be impor-tant to have amplecash on hand that canfund renovations ofyour existing home orthe purchase of a newone. Many seniors aresurprised to learn thatone potential asset forgenerating immediatecash is a life insurancepolicy.

A life insurancepolicy is consideredyour personal propertyand—as such—youhave the right to sellthat policy any timeyou like. When aconsumer sells a policyin a “life settlement”transaction, the policyowner receives a cashpayment and thepurchaser of the policyassumes all futurepremium payments—then receives the deathbenefit upon the deathof the insured. Candi-dates for life settle-ments are typicallyaged 70 years or older,with a life insurancepolicy that has a deathbenefit of at least$100,000.

To learn more aboutlife settlements, visitwww.LISA.org or callthe LISA office today at(888) 672-3917.

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(StatePoint)Suffering fromitchy, wateryeyes? You mayhave ocular al-lergies or youcould have an-other issue en-tirely, such asc h r o n i c d r yeyes. Expertssay that get-ting the correct diagnosisis the only way to treatsymptoms properly.

“Chronic dry eye oftenmimics the symptoms ofseasonal allergies andmust be approached en-tirely differently,” saysArian Fartash, VSP net-work optometrist. “Manyover-the-counter allergytreatments can actuallymake dry eyes worse, somake an appointmentwith your eye doctor todetermine the exact causeof your discomfort.”

If your itchy and wa-tery eyes are diagnosed asocular al lergies , Dr.Fartash recommends tak-ing the following steps.

• Limit your exposureto pollen on high pollencount days.

• Wash your face afterbeing outside to reducethe amount of pollen onthe skin.

• Use cold compressesfor some added relief.

• Don’t rub your eyes,as this will increase yourbody’s overreaction to theirritants.

(StatePoint) Purchasing new tires for your car canbe frustrating: an average of two hours is spent re-searching tires and 89 percent of all consumers experi-ence some sort of buyer’s remorse, according to aconsumer study by Cooper Tires.

To help, the experts at Cooper Tires are offeringeasy ways to identify when you need new tires, as wellas tips on what to consider in the tire buying process.

The Penny TestTire tread should be more than 2/32 of an inch deep.

Check by inserting a U.S. penny into the tread withLincoln’s head facing down. If the top of Lincoln’s headis covered by tread, there’s at least a minimum accept-able amount of tread. If the top of his head is visible atany point, it’s time to replace your tires.

Even before tread is worn, regularly inspect tires forcuts, cracks, splits, punctures, bulges and uneven wearpatterns. Also, replace all tires, (including full-sizespares) that are 10 or more years older than their dateof manufacture, or follow the vehicle manufacturer’srecommendations.

Know the Right SizeLike with shoes, buying the proper tire size is criti-

cal. Consult the information placard found on the driv-er’s side doorjamb, glove box, fuel door or vehiclemanufacturer’s manual, which also contains technicalspecifications relating to your tire, including load car-rying capacity, speed rating and recommended infla-tion pressures. For maximum safety and performance,follow these recommendations carefully.

If you don’t have this information handy, consult atire professional to have all your questions answered,and check out the three-step tire guide from CooperTires, which can help you narrow down the choices bycar/minivan, SUV/CUV or truck. You can find thisguide at us.coopertire.com.

OtherConsiderationsThere are many factors to consider when selecting

tires to fit your needs, including the following:• Do you need dedicated winter tires, dedicated

summer tires or all-season tires? Think about whereyou travel over the course of the year.

• Do you have a long commute or take long road

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Buying tires for your car? What to consider

trips? Consider expectedmileage, ride comfort,fuel efficiency and if thetires are quiet.

• Do you have a sportscar or do a lot of spiriteddriving? You may needtires that focus on han-dling and are developedfor high-performancecars.

• Do you drive in rain?Consider the tires’ wetbraking distance.

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At the StoreBe sure to ask what

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Final ThoughtsNot all tire damage that

can lead to tire failure isoutwardly visible. Usedtires, should be considereddangerous. Buy and installonly new tires. Wheneverpossible, replace all tiresat the same time. Howev-er, if you can only pur-chase two, the new pairshould always be installedon the rear axle.

Your tires are the onlyparts of your car that con-nect to the road. Selecttires carefully, then prop-erly maintain and inspectthem over time.

What to know aboutseasonal allergiesand your eyes

• Remove contact lens-es, which can attract aller-gens that accumulatethroughout the day. Con-sider wearing your glass-es or switching to dailydisposable contacts duringallergy season.

• Try over-the countereye drops. There are anumber of allergy dropsthat are formulated to re-lieve itchiness, redness,and watery eyes. But con-sult your optometrist tofind out which are the bestrecommended.

• Consider prescriptionmedications. If the symp-toms won’t go away, youmight need somethingstronger. Go see your eyedoctor to discuss if a pre-scription medication isright for you. You can finda doctor local to you by con-sulting the VSP-networkat vsp.com/find-eye-doc-tors.

Don’t suffer this season.See your best and feel yourbest by getting your eyesymptoms properly diag-nosed and treated.

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BAPTIST:• Betania Baptist Church, 11450Turn St. 281-442-4258• Center of Life Baptist Church,11250 Bentley St. 281-442-5433• De Priest Baptist Church, 5609Mount Houston Rd. 281-449-0774• Esperanza Baptist Church,14710 Mill Rd. 281-227-0123• First Baptist Church Kinwood,5538 Lauder Rd. 281-442-3823• First Baptist Church N. Houston,4422 Lauder Rd. 281-449-7201• First Unity Baptist Church, 2110Aldine Bender Rd. 281-445-7379• Grace Missionary BaptistChurch, 1823 Aldine Mail Route.281-442-7137• Greater Purelight Missionary,12330 Vickery St. 281-987-1980• Harmony Baptist Church, 1325Lauder Rd. 281-442-3444• Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist,4730 Gaston St. 281-442-2947• New Beginning Baptist Church ,10921 Foy Ln. 713-696-9249• New Mt. Olive Baptist Church,4706 Mount Houston Rd. 281-227-6885• Parkwood Baptist ChurchP.O. Box 60143. 281-442-5359

• Sonrise Community ChurchP.O. Box 111581. 281-449-0994• South Aldine Baptist Church2121 Aldine Mail Rt. 281-442-3124

CATHOLIC:• St. Leo the Great Catholic2131 Lauder Rd. 281-449-2344

CHRISTIAN•Faith Christian Center10118 Tidwell Rd. 281-459-1709

CHURCH OF JESUSCHRIST•Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 65 Melbourne Street.281-799-6289.

CHURCH OF THE NAZA-RENE:• Woodsdale Church of the Naza-rene, 4903 Hollybrook Ln. 281-442-4107

JEHOVAH’S WITNESS:• Jehovah’s Witnesses4416 Mohawk St. 281-442-1612

LUTHERAN:• St Luke’s Lutheran Church,11025 Aldine Westfield Rd. 281-442-2180•Beautiful Savior LutheranChurch, 215 Rittenhouse. 281-445-2203•Our Redeemer Lutheran Church,215 Rittenhouse. 713-694-7433

METHODIST:•Aldine First United MethodistChurch, 4623 Aldine Bender Rd.281-442-4961• Hil lcrest United MethodistChurch, 4234 Mount Houston Rd.281-442-7164• Love United Methodist Church,11255 Eastex Fwy. 281-590-9294•El Mesias United MethodistChurch, 406 E. Rittenhouse St.713-699-8990

PENTALCOSTAL:• Calvary Pentecostal Church ofGod, 3122 Hopper Rd. 713-694-6112• Iglesia Pentecostal Unida, 2410Bertrand St. 281-590-5187• Temple of Salvation, 4906 HaileSt. 281-987-2655

PRESBYTERIAN:•Westminster Church14050 Aldine Westfield Rd.281-442-7210

SPANISH-SPEAKING:• El Monte Calvario ChurchP.O. Box 11726. 281-987-1174• Iglesia de Dios Santidao11721 Aldine Westfield Rd. 281-219-0707• La Iglesia de Dios Santa Sion2332 Aldine Mail Rt. 281-449-0536• Manantial de Vida2810 Lauder Rd. 281-442-7709• Primera Iglesia Bautista13380 Korenek St. 281-590-5642

NON-DEMOMINATIONAL/OTHER• Aldine Christian Church2233 Aldine Mail Rt. 281-442-9751• Apostolic Bible Ctr.P.O. Box 8569. 281-442-5171• Bethel Community Church2414 Lauder Rd. 281-449-1473• Church of the Living God4422 Hopper Rd. 281-219-3853• Church the Lord Jesus Christ11268 E. Hardy Rd. 281-442-0303

•Church of the Lord Jesus Christ9407 Crofton St. 713-631-7339.• Emmanuel Deliverance Temple4718 Littlecrest Rd. 281-987-9166• Grace Restoration Church13223 Aldine Westfield Rd. 281-449-5996• Houston Restoration Church1831 Hartwick Rd. 281-227-6260• Houston Revival Temple5801 Mary Francis Dr. 281-987-3305• Jesus Center, 11742 AldineWestfield Rd. 281-590-3216• Monument of Faith Church-God2233 Aldine Mail Rt. 281-442-2002• New Covenant MissionaryChurch, 2202 Aldine Bender Rd.281-987-7170• North Central Assembly of God,13703 Aldine Westfield Rd. 281-907-6609• Pillar of Glory, 14341 Lee Rd.281-449-6404•Sabbathay Kingdom, 4034 LinderSt. at Kelley and Hirsch Rd., Hous-ton, 77026. 713-635-3025.• Temple de Poder, 10912 AldineWestfield Rd. 281-372-1060• Tomb of Jesus, 1301 Aldine MailRt. 281-987-1371

• Word of Deliverance Life Ctr4001 Darwin St. 281-227-0700• Phuc Vien Temple, 14101 East-ex Fwy. 281-449-1900• Gospel Shop14341 Lee Rd. 281-227-8898• Jimmie Guillory13120 Luthe Rd. 281-449-6016• Dynamic Global Interprises Inc.2201 Little York Rd. 713-695-9830•The Shelter Church, 4102 Laud-er Rd. 281-846-4538

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1. Is the book of Samaria in theOld or New Testament orneither?2. When he had a vision, whosaid, "Not so, Lord; for I havenever eaten any thing that iscommon or unclean"? Adam,Reuben, Samson, Peter3. From Acts 7, who was the firstperson martyred for his belief inJesus Christ? Apollos, John the

Baptist, Jehu, Stephen4. What is the fourth book of theOld Testament (KJV)? Deuteron-omy, Numbers, Leviticus,Joshua5. Besides Jonah, what otherprophet ministered in Nineveh?Nathan, Paul, Nahum, Philip6. From 1 Kings 11, what wasthe number of wives of KingSolomon? 3, 50, 100, 700

ANSWERS: 1) Neither; 2) Peter;3) Stephen; 4) Numbers; 5)Nahum; 5) 700

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Aerial view of East Aldine Town Center’s progress

Harris County Commis-sioner Rodney Ellis andHouston Mayor SylvesterTurner on March 13 an-nounced a joint agreementin which Precinct One willpay $30 million to improveseven streets in the Uni-versity of Houston-TexasSouthern University corri-dor.

“This is a great exampleof how Harris County caninnovatively and strategi-cally partner with the Cityof Houston, our universi-ties and other entities toimprove mobility, safetyand quality of life for allresidents,” Precinct OneCommissioner Ellis said.“Precinct One is lookingforward to supporting TSUand UH, and the entireThird Ward communitythrough this project.”

Earlier on March 13,Commissioners Court vot-ed to negotiate with twoengineering firms that willdevelop the scope of thework.

D u b b e d “ C o m p l e t eStreets” project, the im-provements dovetail with

Mayor Turner’s CompleteCommunities program,which involves improvingThird Ward and four oth-er neighborhoods thathave been under resourcedfor many years.

“Now I’m excited to seethat the Commissioner isbringing safer, more at-tractive streets to this com-m u n i t y o f t w i nuniversities,” Mayor Turn-er said. “… If the improve-ments in these areas werejust relying on the city,they would be highly in-complete. I want to thankhim for this spirit of collab-oration and cooperationwith the city utilizing re-sources at his disposal inorder to address many ofthe needs within the cityand within Harris Coun-ty.”

Precinct One is commit-ting $15 million to improveinfrastructure near TSUand another $15 million toprojects around UH.

The goal is to createstreets that are attractiveand a source of neighbor-hood pride, while improv-

ing safety and accessibili-ty to all users, includingpedestrians, bicyclists, mo-torists and transit riders.

In addition to roadwaywork, the project also in-cludes drainage improve-ments, which will helpreduce street flooding dur-ing heavy rain.

“This is a win-win op-portunity for everyone,”Commissioner Ellis said.“Pedestrian and bike-friendly streets bringneighbors together and en-courage healthy activity. Ialso hope that these im-provements will help at-tract new businesses andjobs for communities inThird Ward.”

Councilman DwightBoykins, whose District Dincludes Third Ward, alsopraised the city-countypartnership.

“Given Houston’s reve-nue cap, it’s crucial that welean on different partnersto find innovative ways toaccess desperately neededdollars to support our in-frastructure,” Boykinssaid . “As history has

shown us, collaborationbetween the county andthe city in these mattersoften falls short of what weneed to get this job done.That’s why I’m apprecia-tive of the efforts of Com-missioner Rodney Ellisand my friend, MayorSylvester Turner, whohave brought $30 millioninto my district.”

The streets in the TSUarea are Cleburne (Emanci-pation to Scott); Blodgett(Scott to Ennis); and At-tucks (Cleburne to Wheel-er).

The streets near UH areCullen (Interstate 45 toNorth MacGregor); Wheel-er (Cullen to Scott); Elgin(Scott to I-45); and Holman(Scott to Cullen).

“This project will signif-icantly enhance the gate-ways into these greatinstitutions by creating abeautiful streetscape forstudents and residents,”Commissioner Ellis said.“The improvements alsowill help hundreds ofHouston residents who at-tend classes and work atthe universities".

Comm. Ellis, Mayor Turner announce projectto repair streets in Universities corridor

Houston police are in-vestigating a fatal crash at14600 J.F.K. Boulevardabout 10:45 a.m. lastThursday, March 29, 2018.

According to HoustonPolice Officials, the victimwas operating a black Ka-wasaki motorcycle at ahigh rate of speed south-bound on J.F.K. and racinganother motorcyclist. Ashe approached the inter-section of Aldine-Westfield,the Kawasaki struck the

Motorcycle driverdies in accident atJ.F.K. Boulevard

rear of a black ChevroletColorado pickup truck andthen a black Ford F-150pickup truck. The victimwas then transported byHFD paramedics to anarea hospital where he waspronounced deceased.

The identity of the malevictim is pending verifica-tion by the Harris CountyInstitute of Forensic Sci-ences.

The investigation is con-tinuing.

Aldine Community Health FairSAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ Greater Pure Light Church9 AM - 1 PM

12330 Vickery Dr., Houston 77039

FREE HEALTH FAIR... “POWER OF PREVENTION”

Health screenings: blood/glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, HIV,Children Dental, immunizations, nutrition education & counseling,

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Face painting! Moon Walk! Exercise!

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Food Trucks & Houston Food Bank on-site.Food AND Fun for the whole family!

Feria de Salud GratisSábado, 14 de Abril, 2018 en Greater Pure Light Church

9 AM - 1 PM12330 Vickery Dr., Houston, 77039

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Colored wall panels liven up the buildings for the new BakerRipley complexin the foreground. At the rear, the County 9-1-1 Call Center progresses. Tothe left will be the East Aldine offices, and a retail center with parking.

The Drone photo captures Aldine Mail Route in the foreground, the BakerRipley Buildings center, the new street into the site, and the Call CenterBuilding in the background. At the right is the site for the Lone Star College.