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Inside Today: Oak Forest home sells for more than a million • 1B Covering the Heights, Garden Oaks, Oak Forest & the neighborhoods of North Houston Saturday, May 24, 2014 • Vol. 60 • No. 29 ������������� � ������������������������� ������������ ����������������� �������� ������� ������������ ������������ ������������ �� ����� �� �� ��� ���� Darlene’s 10570 NW Frwy 713-680-2350 ������������ 832.419.9969 www.allenSOLDit.com ��������������� ����������������������� � ����� � ������� � �������������������� ���� ������������ �������������� ��������� ������������� � ���������������� ������ ABOUT US 3500 East T.C. Jester Blvd Suite A (713) 686-8494 [email protected] www.theleadernews.com Facebook/THE LEADER. BEST Community Paper In Texas Texas Community Newspaper Association 2013 The Rev. James “Jimmy” Lykes Grace, the new rec- tor at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church at 1819 Heights Blvd., has a name that’s only slightly misleading. “I love Grace,” said Grace, who was hired to be the church’s leader last month. The 38-year-old Houston native said Lykes is a family name, but it can also be a con- versation starter for folks. Grace, who lives just a few blocks away from the church, is energized about the oppor- tunity to build a strong com- munity at St. Andrew’s. “I love people, I love God,” Grace said. “I believe it’s pos- sible to have a church that does creative and interesting things rather than falling into a rut of doing the same thing week after week.” Grace is married with three young children and under- stands the importance of making sure children are not only the future of the church, but the present as well. “One of my favorite things to do is the children’s ser- mon,” Grace said. “Children have a lot to teach us about God. Their spirituality is so honest and aware. As adults, it’s easy for us to lose that. In order to be relevant, we have to be able to welcome young families in Houston.” One of Grace’s biggest in- fluences is Father Bill Miller, the Episcopal priest who wrote “The Beer Drinkers’ Guide to God” and was pro- filed in The Leader last week. Changes at Black, Waltrip surprise community Oak Forest residents were startled to discover that two well-respected school admin- istrators won’t return to their respective campuses this fall. Frank Black Middle School principal Meilin Jao an- nounced her resignation to faculty and staff on Monday. Efforts to reach Jao were un- successful, but a voicemail to parents said she was leaving to pursue another career op- portunity. Waltrip High School assis- tant principal Frank Salinas wrote a letter to the Houston ISD board of trustees earlier this month, requesting that it stop an “unwarranted HISD employee termination.” Waltrip principal Andria Schur is re-organizing the ad- ministration from assistant principals to deans, and ad- ministrators had to re-apply for those positions. Salinas wasn’t selected, so he was asked to resign. When he refused, he pleaded with the district to keep his job at Waltrip, but HISD terminated him the next day. “If the principal decides they want you gone, then you’re gone,” Salinas said. “The difference between dean and assistant principal is very slight. I didn’t feel like I’d done anything to have the rug pulled from under me.” Salinas has been an AP at Waltrip for the past 7.5 years and with 39 years of service in the district – almost all of it in Oak Forest schools – is eligible to retire. “I’ll be extremely disap- pointed if I’m not working with the kids,” Salinas said.”I don’t want to be in a cubicle. It would be rough not work- ing with the students and the teachers.” HISD has eliminated the title “associate principal”, but Salinas said he was essentially the No. 2 administrator at WHS. Schur said it was a “very dif- ficult decision” to go in a dif- ferent direction. “I have to make the best decision for the campus,” she said. About 25 teachers are leav- ing Waltrip, but Schur By Michael Sudhalter [email protected] Meilin Jao Frank Salinas See SCHOOL CHANGES, P. 11A Life, Liberty and Love... Garden Oaks says no to sidewalks The Garden Oaks Civic Club (GOCC) has formally opposed the addition of side- walks and increased widths of neighborhood streets as part of an $18 million municipal Capital Improvement Project (CIP). Civic club representatives will have a closed meeting with the city’s Public Works & Engineering Department representatives and coun- cil member Ellen Cohen on Monday, June 2. Mark Klein of the GOCC said he and president Sheila Briones will update area residents on any new devel- opments at the civic club’s regular monthly meeting the following evening, on Tues- day, June 3. Garden Oaks residents Bry- an Blades and Julie Maddox have organized petitions that say “Stop Alba Expansion” against wider streets and the implementation of sidewalks. Blades said they’d collected 101 signatures by Tuesday night. The current plan is for Alba to be widened from 18 to 27 feet, with sidewalks projected to add another seven feet. “The widening of Alba and Golf may be just the first step in the city’s plan for Garden Oaks,” Blades wrote in the petition. “City engineers have left it an open question as to whether other Garden Oaks streets will receive the same treatment. Garden Oaks is a desirable neighborhood that has recently enjoyed appre- ciating property values. This can be attributed in part to its unique narrow streets and the lack of curbs and sidewalks, which gives it a rural feel.” The petition addresses con- cerns of faster traffic through the neighborhood, and the substitution of green space By Michael Sudhalter [email protected] Shepherd Park Terrace resident Charles (A.C.) Haston is a decorated World War II Veteran. Haston celebrated his 100th birthday last month. Top right: Charles (A.C.) Haston, right, and his wife, Doris Haston, have enjoyed their lives together. (Photos by Betsy Denson) It is fitting that on Memo- rial Day we remember those who served – and died – in military service to America. But for one local World War II veteran and centenarian, the celebration of a long life well lived is also in order. When Shepherd Park Ter- race’s Amos Charles (A.C.) Haston was born in Denison, Texas in 1914, the life ex- pectancy for a male was 52 years. His early years among a family of farmers weren’t easy. Haston’s son William recounts that Haston bought his first pair of long pants with the proceeds of the sale of some cotton he grew on a small plot of the family farm. In 1919, Haston saw his father Tilmon murdered and after, moved with his moth- er Mary to Wewoka, Okla. where she found work as a domestic. Haston said that education was a priority, and he proved that time and time again. He was his high school’s salu- tatorian in 1934, and an all- state halfback for the football team. At Langston University he played football, joined the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and sang in a cappella choir, all the while working to pay for college. He graduated in 1937 with a Bachelors of Science de- gree, in science and math- ematics. Later, he did post graduate work at the Uni- versity of Colorado and also received a Masters of Educa- tion in Secondary Adminis- tration from Texas Southern University. His first teaching job was in a one-room school house, teaching first through eighth grade. A short time later he moved to a larger school in Hugo, Okla. where he taught math and coached football and basketball. It was a for- tuitous move in more ways than one. Doris Sampson arrived a few years later to teach Latin and music. She said the school’s principal met her at the railroad station and then drove her around: “It was summertime and hot. The windows were down. At the red light there was another car. I looked to my left and said ‘Who is that?’ The princi- pal told me he was the coach and I would see him at the welcome party that night.” See him again she did. “Every time I looked up, he was looking at me. Two weeks later we were dating.” Pacific Theatre during World War II The army came calling for Haston in 1941, but a heart murmur initially precluded him from serving. He mar- ried Doris on Christmas Day 1941. Summers, he worked for the railroad as a porter to make extra money and in Local veteran celebrates 100 years with honor By Betsy Denson [email protected] Heights clergyman brings energy to St. Andrew’s Episcopal See GARDEN OAKS, P. 11A See HASTON P. 11A Rev. James Lykes Grace See GRACE, P. 11A Public Information THE INDEX. Food/Drink/Art Opinion Church Puzzles Classifieds Sports Coupons Obituaries 7A 6B 8A 3A 7A 4A 2A 6A 11B This weekend share the ride Heading to Galveston this Memorial Day weekend? 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The Rev. James “Jimmy” Lykes Grace, the new rec-tor at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church at 1819 Heights Blvd., has a name that’s only slightly misleading.
“I love Grace,” said Grace, who was hired to be the church’s leader last month.
The 38-year-old Houston native said Lykes is a family name, but it can also be a con-
versation starter for folks.Grace, who lives just a few
blocks away from the church, is energized about the oppor-tunity to build a strong com-munity at St. Andrew’s.
“I love people, I love God,” Grace said. “I believe it’s pos-sible to have a church that does creative and interesting things rather than falling into a rut of doing the same thing
week after week.”Grace is married with three
young children and under-stands the importance of making sure children are not only the future of the church, but the present as well.
“One of my favorite things to do is the children’s ser-mon,” Grace said. “Children have a lot to teach us about God. Their spirituality is so
honest and aware. As adults, it’s easy for us to lose that. In order to be relevant, we have to be able to welcome young families in Houston.”
One of Grace’s biggest in-fluences is Father Bill Miller, the Episcopal priest who wrote “The Beer Drinkers’ Guide to God” and was pro-filed in The Leader last week.
Changes at Black, Waltrip surprise communityOak Forest residents were
startled to discover that two well-respected school admin-istrators won’t return to their respective campuses this fall.
Frank Black Middle School principal Meilin Jao an-nounced her resignation to faculty and staff on Monday. Efforts to reach Jao were un-successful, but a voicemail to parents said she was leaving to pursue another career op-portunity.
Waltrip High School assis-tant principal Frank Salinas wrote a letter to the Houston
ISD board of trustees earlier this month, requesting that it stop an “unwarranted HISD employee termination.”
Waltrip principal Andria Schur is re-organizing the ad-ministration from assistant
principals to deans, and ad-ministrators had to re-apply for those positions.
Salinas wasn’t selected, so he was asked to resign. When he refused, he pleaded with the district to keep his job at
Waltrip, but HISD terminated him the next day.
“If the principal decides they want you gone, then you’re gone,” Salinas said. “The difference between dean and assistant principal is very slight. I didn’t feel like I’d done anything to have the rug pulled from under me.”
Salinas has been an AP at Waltrip for the past 7.5 years and with 39 years of service in the district – almost all of it in Oak Forest schools – is eligible to retire.
“I’ll be extremely disap-pointed if I’m not working with the kids,” Salinas said.”I
don’t want to be in a cubicle. It would be rough not work-ing with the students and the teachers.”
HISD has eliminated the title “associate principal”, but Salinas said he was essentially the No. 2 administrator at WHS.
Schur said it was a “very dif-ficult decision” to go in a dif-ferent direction.
“I have to make the best decision for the campus,” she said.
About 25 teachers are leav-ing Waltrip, but Schur
By Michael [email protected]
Meilin Jao Frank Salinas
See SCHOOL CHANGES, P. 11A
Life, Liberty and Love...
Garden Oakssays no to sidewalks
The Garden Oaks Civic Club (GOCC) has formally opposed the addition of side-walks and increased widths of neighborhood streets as part of an $18 million municipal Capital Improvement Project (CIP).
Civic club representatives will have a closed meeting with the city’s Public Works & Engineering Department representatives and coun-cil member Ellen Cohen on Monday, June 2.
Mark Klein of the GOCC said he and president Sheila Briones will update area residents on any new devel-opments at the civic club’s regular monthly meeting the following evening, on Tues-day, June 3.
Garden Oaks residents Bry-an Blades and Julie Maddox have organized petitions that say “Stop Alba Expansion” against wider streets and the implementation of sidewalks.
Blades said they’d collected 101 signatures by Tuesday night.
The current plan is for Alba to be widened from 18 to 27 feet, with sidewalks projected to add another seven feet.
“The widening of Alba and Golf may be just the first step in the city’s plan for Garden Oaks,” Blades wrote in the petition. “City engineers have left it an open question as to whether other Garden Oaks streets will receive the same treatment. Garden Oaks is a desirable neighborhood that has recently enjoyed appre-ciating property values. This can be attributed in part to its unique narrow streets and the lack of curbs and sidewalks, which gives it a rural feel.”
The petition addresses con-cerns of faster traffic through the neighborhood, and the substitution of green space
By Michael [email protected]
Shepherd Park Terrace resident Charles (A.C.) Haston is a decorated World War II Veteran. Haston celebrated his 100th birthday last month. Top right: Charles (A.C.) Haston, right, and his wife, Doris Haston, have enjoyed their lives together. (Photos by Betsy Denson)
It is fitting that on Memo-rial Day we remember those who served – and died – in military service to America. But for one local World War II veteran and centenarian, the celebration of a long life well lived is also in order.
When Shepherd Park Ter-race’s Amos Charles (A.C.) Haston was born in Denison, Texas in 1914, the life ex-pectancy for a male was 52 years. His early years among a family of farmers weren’t easy. Haston’s son William recounts that Haston bought his first pair of long pants with the proceeds of the sale of some cotton he grew on a small plot of the family farm.
In 1919, Haston saw his father Tilmon murdered and after, moved with his moth-er Mary to Wewoka, Okla. where she found work as a domestic.
Haston said that education was a priority, and he proved that time and time again. He was his high school’s salu-tatorian in 1934, and an all-state halfback for the football team. At Langston University he played football, joined the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and sang in a cappella choir, all the while working to pay for college.
He graduated in 1937 with a Bachelors of Science de-gree, in science and math-ematics. Later, he did post graduate work at the Uni-
versity of Colorado and also received a Masters of Educa-tion in Secondary Adminis-tration from Texas Southern University.
His first teaching job was in a one-room school house, teaching first through eighth grade. A short time later he moved to a larger school in Hugo, Okla. where he taught math and coached football and basketball. It was a for-tuitous move in more ways than one.
Doris Sampson arrived a few years later to teach Latin and music. She said the school’s principal met her at the railroad station and then drove her around: “It was summertime and hot. The windows were down. At the
red light there was another car. I looked to my left and said ‘Who is that?’ The princi-pal told me he was the coach and I would see him at the welcome party that night.”
See him again she did. “Every time I looked up,
he was looking at me. Two weeks later we were dating.”
Pacific Theatre during
World War IIThe army came calling for
Haston in 1941, but a heart murmur initially precluded him from serving. He mar-ried Doris on Christmas Day 1941. Summers, he worked for the railroad as a porter to make extra money and in
Local veteran celebrates 100 years with honorBy Betsy Denson
Heights clergyman brings energy to St. Andrew’s EpiscopalSee GARDEN OAKS, P. 11ASee HASTON P. 11A
Rev. James Lykes GraceSee GRACE, P. 11A
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Heading to Galveston this Memorial Day weekend? Pack the vehicle and head down METRO’s 45 South HOV lane for a quick ride to get beach side.
METRO is opening up I-45 South on Saturdays and Sun-days, starting this weekend, May 24 through Memorial Day, Monday, May 26.
You must ride in numbers to access the fast lane - only vehicles with two or more pas-sengers will be allowed on the HOV lane. Solo drivers will not be allowed to use the HOV lane.
METRO will open up the 45 South HOV for a total of 15 weekends, starting May 24 through Sept. 1, and will in-clude three holidays, Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day.
GARAGE SALE: 3920 Brookwoods Dr. May 22, 23, 24. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Collectables, records, old things and much more.
HOUSECLEANING: Honest, de-pendable. Will customize clean. Years of experience. Love pets. Call Rhonda, 281-948-8590.
2005 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF: Good condition. One owner. $6,500 or best offer. 713-290-0411.
SAL’S APPLIANCE SERVICE: All major brands, written war-ranty, no service charge with repair. 832-894-8824.
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Police arrested David Wayne Wisdom and charged him with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
Wisdom, 45, allegedly tried to take a skill saw from a work site at 4 p.m. on May 9 in the 900 block of Cordell. When he was confronted, Wisdom allegedly pulled a knife on a 27-year-old man.
Assault on White OakA suspect described as being a
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Assault on ShepherdA 26-year-old male was robbed
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Wisdom charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon
Police Reports • May 7 - 15
A 19-year-old St. Thomas High School stu-dent was killed in car accident last Sunday near Baytown, according to our news partner, KHOU Channel 11.
According to the Harris County Sheriff ’s Of-fi ce, the accident happened around 9 a.m. on Wallisville Road near Hadden Road.
The Medical Examiner’s Offi ce identifi ed the victim as Dennis Duffy, a senior at St. Thomas.
“In this Easter season our faith reminds us that the life and light of the resurrected Jesus conquerors even death itself,” Principal Father Patrick Fulton, CSB said in a statement released to STH parents. “This is the belief that Dennis
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Duffy was to participate in the STH Com-mence Exercises for the Class of 2014 on Satur-day at Granger Stadium.
Investigators said Duffy was heading west on Wallisville when for some reason he lost con-trol of his car and crashed into a ditch, hitting a concrete culvert.
The teen was taken by Life Flight to a local hospital, but died a short time later, deputies said.
Deputies said he was not wearing a seatbelt when the accident occurred.
St. Thomas High School student killed in car accident near Baytown
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FOOD, DRINK & ARTSaturday, May 24, 2014 • Page 3A
In a trend setting move, Solaro brings Estate vineyard operations to wine produc-tion in an urban domain. The urban winery, located at 330 T.C. Jester Blvd. is now open and proving to be a huge suc-cess in combining award win-ning Estate wine production with the metropolitan environ-ment.
The sparkling new urban winery offers two main tast-ing rooms, granite service bars and private bar seating under 24 feet of a brilliant vaulted ceiling with views into the glass enclosed wine cellar and production areas, featur-ing custom stainless tankage and racked barrel storage. The wine-dedicated facility also
encompasses winery offices, a private confer-ence room, temperature controlled case storage, catering kitchen and au-dio-visual capability for wine related classes and seminars.
Solaro Estate is an Austin winery venue that ex-pands above Barton Creek in harmony with the beauty of vineyards, racing Thorough-breds and the spectacular vistas unique to the Texas Hill Country.
Solaro Estate Winery was named “Texas Winery of the Year” at the 2013 New York International Wine Competi-tion, in addition to numerous other awards.
Solaro Estate Urban Win-ery, located at 330 T.C. Jester Blvd. is open by appoint-ment and available for private group tastings and events. For more information, email [email protected] or call 832-660-8642.
HYPO to Meet at Cottonwood
The Heights Young Profes-sionals Organization (HYPO) is meeting from 5 to 8 p.m. on May 29 at Cottonwood.
Cottonwood is located 3422 N. Shepherd. For more information, visit www.cotton-woodhouston.com. For more information about HYPO, visit www.heightschamber.com/hypo.
Buff Brew 2014 Spring Fair
Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. will be holding “the Greatest Spring Fair ever thrown by any brewery on Nolda Street.” Join them at 6 p.m. on May 24 to partake in a spectacle of the grandest proportion.
There will be carnival games with prizes, dancing to music from Second Lov-ers and Blood Brothers Texas Barbecue will bring their cu-linary geniuses to bear upon your delicate senses. In addi-
tion to the games, there will be puppy petting zoos and over 25 draught beers.
Tickets include admission, special glassware, and all the beer you can drink responsi-bly. Food is not included, but will be available for an addi-tional purchase. Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. is located at 5301 Nolda. For more information, visit www.buffbrew.com.
Homefront IPA Released in time for Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a great weekend for barbecuing, going to the beach and, of course, enjoying a Saint Arnold. But it really exists to honor those who have given their lives while serving our country. This is the inspiration for Saint Arnold’s Homefront IPA.
Homefront IPA began as a project of then Seattle Mariner pitcher and homebrewer Chris Ray (now founder of Center of the Universe Brewing) in 2011. He called it Hops for He-
roes. Ray asked a local Seattle brewery, Fremont Brewing, to brew an IPA recipe he made for a great cause. Now Chris has shared that recipe with a group of breweries which all brew the same beer for the cause.
All of the profits from Homefront IPA go to Opera-tion Homefront, an organiza-tion that provides emergency financial aid and other assis-tance to the families of our ser-vice members and wounded warriors. When Saint Arnold last brewed Homefront IPA in 2012, they, along with their
supplier and distributor part-ners, donated over $125,000 to Operation Homefront, more than all the other participating breweries combined.
Homefront IPA comes in 22 ounce bomber bottles and is available at grocery and li-quor stores. It will also be on draft at a few select bars and restaurants around town. For more information, visit www.saintarnold.com.
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Memorial Day Weekend is upon us and as I suspected, the art world is quiet. Time to hit the pools, beach, family BBQs and shopping, for you sales hounds.
There is one notable art stu-dio opening at Guiton Street Artists Studios on Saturday afternoon, one opening re-ception and the big daddy of sci-fi, Comicpalooza. Then I’ll cover some events coming up over the next two weeks that you should mark your calen-dar for.
Friday, May 23
VAA 31st Juried Open Exhibition - Juror Clint Willour, 6-8 p.m. Three Allen Center 333 Clay St.
Friday - Monday
Comicpalooza, George R. Brown Convention Center, comicpalooza.com; For comic or anything science fiction re-lated, you know who you are. This is the four day “Wood-stock” for lovers of all that is geek. Come in costume or bring a camera. Tickets avail-
able at a discount through the website. Many Houston area artists in attendance too.
Saturday, May 24
Guiton St. Artists Pre-summer Open Studios 2, 8:00 p.m. West Loop Build-ing, 4848 Guiton St. Lilibeth André, Caroline Ratliff, and Bruce Williamson open their studio doors for this Pre-summer event. Studio Map at http://www.lilibethandre.com/contactus.html. This stu-dio is very close to the Galle-ria and not what you expect as you approach. Once inside this refurbished office building, it is
all art. Lilibeth André is the artist behind organizing these events. André is an accom-plished artist, author, speaker and consultant in art, Mexican culture, and natural health & wellness.
Thursday, May 29
Big. The second Art Salon at Public House Heights, 6- 9 p.m. 2802 White Oak, Ste.
100. This show will feature oversized paintings, and works with a focus on big, bold and colorful.
Friday, May 30
The Gallery Goes Gypsy, 5 p.m.-12 a.m. Cecil’s Pub, 600 W. Gray. Remember The Gallery on White Oak? Right, next to the skate shop. Well they’ve gone gypsy to put it
their way (they no longer have the space) and this will be their first show on the road. Find the art exhibit on the covered part of Cecil’s deck. Wearing Gypsy attire is encouraged, and should prove to be a col-orful show.
Saturday, May 31
The Brazarre 2014 Event, 6-9 p.m. G Gallery, 301 East 11th St. This is a favorite char-ity show of the year, especially mine. Just imagine what folks may come up with when asked to create a new or augmented ladies bra into art. Yes, it is crazy fun. $5 donation at the door and all proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. Silent and live auction, great food and music are the norm.
Sunday, June 1
Sunday Streets in The Washington Avenue Arts District, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For the 3rd Sunday Streets event, Washington Avenue Arts Dis-trict, Liberty Station and First Saturday Arts Market as well as other community groups
are combing efforts to have this show within a show. There will be a pop up art market on both sides of the street, children’s area, creative zone and live music all day. Liberty Station is celebrating their fourth year too. Start at 2101 Washington Ave. See Sunday Streets in The Washington Avenue Arts District on Face-book for more.
Thursday, June 5
Kevin Chenevert and Amy Taylor photography, 6 - 9 p.m. Public House Heights, 2802 White Oak, Ste. 100. This dynamic Heights couple are avid cyclists and have put to-gether their second show from their two-wheeled adventures. This show will have an empha-sis on night photography.
There you have it - the next three weekends are busy ones, especially the first weekend in June.
Cohen is the founder and manager of First Saturday Arts Market. Contact him at [email protected] or visit him on the web atArtValet.com.
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Lillo & Ella Officially OpenChef Kevin Naderi’s Lillo & Ella
restaurant opened May 20 for both lunch and dinner. Taking over the space at 2307 Ella Blvd - formerly occupied by El Gran Malo - the concept is serving a menu of Pan-Asian street food-inspired dishes. The restaurant, which seats 65 inside and 65 outside will also have a full service bar with 20 spots for a total capacity of 150. The cocktail menu was designed by Anvil Bar & Refuge alum, Aaron Lara, and will include a daily punch special. As if opening up the restaurant weren’t enough on his plate, Na-deri also recently competed in an episode of Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games. Catch the chef ’s national television appearance on 7 p.m. May 25.
Julep on Washington nearing completion
It’s been a very long gestation for Julep, but the end is near. The Clumsy Butcher’s Southern bar
began its journey to cocktails in 2012, and co-owner Alba Huerta tells Eater Houston she estimates just three to four more weeks before it finally comes to fruition. Part of the delays stemmed from construction as well as the historic designation of the build-ing itself.
D&T Turns One
Local watering hole and haven for craft beer lovers, D&T Drive Inn, celebrated its one-year anniversary last weekend. Along with the milestone, D&T - a sister establishment to Down House in the Heights - will be celebrating two new siblings once Hunky Dory and Foreign Correspondents open in the not-so-distant future.
Jenni’s Noodle House named top Vegan-Friend-ly Restaurant
Jenni’s Noodle House, at 3111 S Shepherd Dr. and 602 E 20th St., came in at number six on the Houston Press Rest of the Best: 10 Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurants in Houston even though only one item on the menu is specifically
labeled “vegan.” But the Press notes that “you’ll find a whole host of dishes for your vegan din-ing pleasure. Nearly every dish is customizable, and many of them can be made gluten free in addi-tion to meat- and dairy-free.”
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Leader NibblesBy Amber Ambrose
THE TOPICS.Saturday, May 24, 2014 • Page 4A
Every once in a while, an un-suspecting organization asks me to speak over breakfast
or lunch – never dinner, for some reason. Maybe dinners are reserved for people with agents.
Earlier this week, I fulfilled one of those opportunities, and the representative who asked me to speak said he had read a column I wrote about voter apathy. He asked if I could give a talk about why people don’t vote and maybe even offer some solutions for getting more people to the polls.
As I mentioned to that group, there are a lot of folks much more qualified to talk about our complete indignation with local elections, but if I’m bold enough to write about it, I should be willing to at least give a brief talk about the same thing.
I’m not going to share the com-plete speech with you today – mainly because those people paid for a good breakfast to hear me speak. However, some of the news from the past few weeks comforted me about our involvement (or lack thereof) in local politics and community issues.
The statistics on how we vote are somewhat frightening. In 2012, President Obama defeated Mitt Romney in Harris County by about 1,000 votes. Obama received a little more than 587,000 votes to
Romney’s 586,000 votes. When all the ballot boxes were tallied, more than 1.2 million voters in Harris County punched tickets for the can-didates, including a few independent stragglers.
Fast forward one year to 2013, when we again were asked to vote. This time, Houston’s mayor, city council members and local college trustees were on the ballot. In the same county (Harris) where we voted for candidates much more at-tuned to our daily wants and needs, we sent a whopping 260,000 people to the polls. Annise Parker, who won reelection for a third term, didn’t even hit the century mark – she won with 97,000 votes.
As I told my audience earlier this week, that’s really quite sad. Our na-tion’s form of government was built to work from the inside-out – local to
federal, in that order. Instead, ours is completely opposite now. Our local politicians follow the trends set in Washington, and most of us won’t miss a federal election while com-pletely ignoring local candidates and the issues they should address.
If you think about that long enough, you can get discouraged about the state of our government. And while most of us have no incli-nation to become political groupies, we must realize that government is kind of important to the daily lives we lead.
In most cases, I’d continue on a rant about how our candidates have failed us, how media have failed at providing relevant dialogue – all my normal complaints. But then I stopped and read the last few edi-tions of our newspaper, and I found a glimmer of hope in the importance we place on issues of local concern.
Take Garden Oaks, for example. The city has a project in the works to “improve” some of the drainage issues in the area. The problem, to Garden Oaks residents, is that large containers meant to hold water are going to be placed right at the border of the community. Meanwhile, curbs will be installed and more flooding is a real concern.
While it’s a safe bet that most of the folks in Garden Oaks didn’t
bother with city elections last year, there’s a commotion of concern among those same residents because the Department of Public Works is about to start shredding streets and adding bigger sewer lines. And the residents are responding with peti-tions and public meetings and calls to City Hall.
Oak Forest is another good example. In that area of town, the city has passed an ordinance that requires lots with reconstruction to add sidewalks. The problem is a lot of folks in Oak Forest don’t want to add sidewalks. That makes the front yard smaller and the street wider. And what are the Oakies doing about it? They’re sending emails and signing petitions and holding public meetings.
In Timbergrove, a waste facility wants to expand its operation in the neighborhood. Like the Oak Forest folks, and the Heights folks and the Garden Oaks residents, most of the people in Timbergrove (based on poll results) probably didn’t vote in the city elections last year. But as a waste treatment facility wants to import more waste to the area (and its potential environmental hazards), the Timbergrove constituency is ral-lying. They’re holding public meet-ings. They’re even bringing a state representative (who likely didn’t get
many votes) to the meeting.In the Heights, there hasn’t been
a single, divisive issue such as this in the past couple of months. But when development goes berserk, they’re the first ones in line to stand up for their neighborhood.
It’s interesting – based on obser-vation, at least – to see our neigh-borhoods rally like this. On the one hand, it’s unfortunate that so many people refuse to vote, but when their front yards are threatened, they organize en masse. On the other hand, seeing our neighbors organize against threats to personal property quells some of the fear we might have about apathy.
What seems most apparent is that when we feel personally attacked (and that doesn’t always mean violently), we tend to stand up for our homes and our property. In most cases, unfortunately, that’s just a little too late. We’d do much better to get involved before we elect folks to manage our city.
If our neighborhoods and our super neighborhoods would put as much effort into Election Day as they do into petition drives, maybe we’d put the folks in office who pro-tect our property from the start.
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To: Gov. Rick PerryFrom: Snoop & Peek, PISubject: Presidential campaignCategory: Classified! Governor, as your confiden-
tial consultants and private in-vestigators, we have drawn up several suggestions, warnings plus information on possible opponents to ensure your elec-tion as President. First, a brief look backwards, painful though it may be, at your previous at-tempt to occupy the Oval Of-fice. You were the darling of the right, then the far right, then you moved to the right of Ted Cruz which put you to left of out. Most pundits say that your fall from lead dog to dark-er than a dark horse was due to your infamous “Oops” mo-ment, but our research shows that other Americans simply don’t like Texans as President. Why? Blame your problems on George W. Bush. It works for Obama.
Your traveling around the nation and, indeed, around the world, is costing the taxpay-ers of Texas literally millions which could be squandered on silly things like, say, classroom
teachers or mental health. If an opponent brings up this ex-pense, reply: “My missions are top secret, and I cannot dis-cuss them, especially my role in Zero Dark Thirty.” Then add with a wink and a grin: “Oh, me and my big mouth.”
How to handle the press: The last time you ran for gov-ernor you pulled a first by re-fusing to meet with newspaper editorial boards, fearing they knew a lot about state govern-ment and could ask embar-rassing questions. You won in a landslide. With that in mind, and looking back at the Repub-licans’ disastrous 2012 presi-dential primary campaigns, next time the party should do away with all televised pri-mary debates. You, more than any American politician, can
appreciate that move. If voters complain about not getting to know the candidates’ positions by viewing them in debates, trot out that old chestnut: “You can’t trust the press.” Republi-cans love that line. There is an exception: Fox News. Before an interview with Fox, send them the questions you want asked, and then edit out any goofs before the show airs. When it comes to goofs, your comments about the Tea Party members being students at UT shows your Aggie allegiance, but Tea Sippers and Tea Party members are not quite the same. Still, we cannot over-look the importance of the Tea Party’s influence on the GOP, so make sure they don’t fall off the edge of the earth.
Continue to call global warming “a liberal-commie hoax,” except in Wichita Falls where they are so hot and dry they are recycling sewer water to drink. Blame the drought on Obamacare, speaking of hoaxes. Our surveys show Obamacare is very unpopu-lar with most Americans un-til they get sick. Keep calling such programs “government interference in our private
lives,” or, as a constituent told Rep. Robert Inglis (R-SC) at a town hall meeting: “Keep your government hands off my Medicare.” Continue criticiz-ing other federal operations such as these four: the IRS and NPR. Demand that the NSA stop eavesdropping on our phone calls. It’s government interference. If elected you will stop the EPA and OSHA from regulating how we live. On the other hand, keep up the fight for more government regula-tion of those most personal and intimate parts of people’s lives: abortions and gay rights. If anyone points out that this is blatant hypocrisy, call out your DPS bodyguards.
As for our oppositional re-search, thus far we have not been able to absolutely prove that Hillary was in the mob that stormed our diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, but sourc-es say a smoking gun points to her knowing about the attack beforehand and did nothing. Same with Monica Lewinsky, Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Ex-perts in our top secret ode-cay oom-ray have discovered information which indicates Obama can’t run again, but
we’re preparing dirt on Sasha and Malia.
Let’s not get ahead of our-selves. First, we have to deal with your fellow Republican wannabes. We have hints that Rick Santorum’s real name was Sick Sanitarium, but changed it to run for office, just like Dan Patrick. Marco Rubio arrived here from Cuba as a first base-man for the Mets. Ted Cruz was born in Canada and held duel citizenship until he ran for the Senate, although the birthers say Cruz’s real name is Marco Rubio who’s from Laredo. We have the documents. Anyone from Arkansas named Hucka-bee should change his name. We’ve really got the goods on Mitt Romney. Reports say he lost and lost badly.
We have come up with a few campaign slogans: “Tricky Ricky.” “Honk if you love a second chance.” This next is a tough one considering our Bush problem: “We Need Another Texan in the White House.” Maybe: “Ask Me About Benghazi.” After sev-eral focus groups, polls and in-terviews, we want to go with: “Rick Perry for President.”
A few do’s and don’t’s: Con-
sidering what happened to your housing in Austin while you and your wife were on state business in Europe, do not mention “White House” and “fire” in the same sen-tence. Don’t mention your $40 million gift of taxpayers’ mon-ey to Toyota to move its U.S. headquarters to Texas, since Toyota, one of the world’s largest companies with a re-cord $23 billion profit last fis-cal year, said it would have moved here anyway. But kept the money. Do not mention the former name of a hunting camp leased by your father. Focus groups like your new glasses. They say it helps you focus. Your supporters are not “one percenters.” They are “job creators.” Hopefully they will create a job for you. As for the do’s, do compliment Shel-don Adelson and the Koch brothers constantly. In speech-es and interviews, mention Benghazi at least once in ev-ery other sentence. Finally, at all costs avoid saying, “Oops.” Invoice to follow.
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Here’s some expensive advice for the Rick Perry campaignLYNN
ASHBY
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Great Father’s Day gift ideaDear Editor:A thank you is in order. Each week The Leader is
thrown on my lawn and each week I read [Jonathan McElvy’s] editorial. I like the fact that you always have a different subject, sometimes news worthy other times sentimental and sometimes just for fun. This week was no exception.
The past week was a bit off kilter since we had gone to Dallas to spend Mother’s Day with my son and his wife, who by the way, smoked a delicious leg of lamb for Sunday’s dinner. Trying to play catch up in a shorter week, I did not have time to read The Leader until Sunday morning. You see it takes me longer to read The Leader then the other major newspaper in town so while I can breeze through that other publication, I actually read yours.
Your editorial about Father Bob Miller provided me with the perfect Father’s Day gift for my son in law who along with my daughter runs a Presbyterian Church camp in southern West Virginia. He and my daughter have literally nurtured thousands of young people in the 20 plus years that they have been there. They have also been hosts to many groups including an annual AA group that numbers in the hundreds.
But getting back to my son in law and Father’s Day. My son in law loves beer and he loves God. So, this book is literally a marriage made in heaven. It is not often that one stumbles on the perfect gift especially for a guy. Mark, my son in law, will really enjoy his Father’s Day gift along with a cold one.
Thank you for another great editorial and provid-
ing a great gift idea for a really great guy. Also, a happy first Father’s Day to you even if it is a few weeks early.
Marianna Jayson
Life is too short for ugly dishtowelsFrom theleadernews.comThanks for this great profile of a local artisan. Pau-
la puts art and soul into her designs. I’ve watched her business grow, and each new wave of Beyond Her items is more delightful than the last. Her clever blog connects you to the stories behind them.
METRO reconfiguring its serviceFrom FacebookIt’s not something addressed in the presentation,
but I’d like to see more parking at the Northline Transit Center. It was clearly not designed with non-bus riders in mind, yet it could be a nice option for those of us north of 43rd and close to Shepherd to ride the light rail into town. Perhaps not as a daily commute option, but for other times. We took the family to Hermann Park on a Sunday back in February, and we were lucky to snag one of the 4 of 5 spots surrounded by acres and acres of unused HCC-only spots. Of course then we sat at the station for nearly 20 minutes because we got on the train that wasn’t leaving first (there was no signage or announcements to give us any idea of which train was leaving when) and if it were more efficient I’d happily use it more for similar trips.
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By U.S. Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA.)and Ted Poe (R-Texas)
You don’t have to tell us that Republicans and Democrats do not agree on much these days in Congress. Whether the subject is to re-peal Obamacare or raise the nation’s minimum wage, Congressional Republicans and Demo-crats—for the most part—line up along party lines, and it is easy to then assume that all is-sues in Washington are inherently partisan.
But members of Congress are more than members of political parties. We are mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, and grandmoth-ers and grandfathers. And this common bond unites us together stronger than the bonds of partisanship. We absolutely must protect our nation’s children just as we protect the children who are in our homes and in our families.
Last June, Republican and Democratic women members of the House of Representa-tives joined forces to sign a proclamation that “Our Daughters are Not for Sale” where they declared a shared commitment to end human trafficking and exploitation of American girls.
And thankfully it was not long until the men followed suit with a “Fathers of Congress” event with members from both parties and both rep-resentatives and senators coming together for one single purpose: giving their voices to help girls in the United States who are being bought and sold for sex.
As for the two of us, even though we come from different parts of the country and are reg-istered in different political parties, the facts about human trafficking in the United States haunt us equally. Unfortunately, many girls and boys are arrested and charged with prostitu-tion. A child who is not of the age to consent to sex cannot be a prostitute and should not be arrested at all but rather treated for what they are: victims. And the men who exploit children should never be called johns but should right-fully be called child abusers.
A recent study cited by the Department of Justice concluded that at least 100,000 young people are at risk for commercial exploitation.
According to the DOJ, the average age of en-try for child sex trafficking victims in the United States is 12-14 years old.
And, not surprisingly, some of the nation’s most vulnerable children are most at-risk of being trafficked. In fact, cities throughout the nation report that the vast majority of child vic-tims of trafficking are current or former foster youth. Additionally, the National Runaway Ho-
tline concluded that one in three teens on the street will be lured into the sex trade within 48 hours of leaving home.
A national problem requires a national an-swer. Members of Congress from both sides are working across the aisle to advance a number of bills to prevent trafficking, protect and serve victims, and prosecute exploiters.
For example, the “Justice for Human Traf-ficking Act” and the “End Sex Trafficking Act” have attracted Democrats and Republicans from across the country and the ideological spectrum because they will greatly increase victims’ access to services, curb the demand that is fueling the child sex trafficking market, and punish individuals who purchase underage girls for sex.
To better protect our foster youth from ex-ploitation, there are the bi-partisan “Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care Act” and the “Strength-ening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act.” These bills will ensure that child welfare agencies are better equipped to prevent victim-ization and provide the appropriate services to foster youth who have been exploited.
These bills will also enable us to collect es-sential information in order to understand the scope of child trafficking in our states and com-munities and monitor trends.
When it comes to helping the children most in need, we have removed our partisan blind-ers to focus on well thought-out and practical solutions.
Now it’s time for Congress to take action and move our bills into law.
Our nation’s future depends on it.
Bass has represented California’s 37th Congres-sional District since 2011. She sits on the Judiciary and the Foreign Affairs committees. Poe has rep-resented Texas’s 2nd Congressional District since 2005. He sits on the Judiciary and the Foreign Af-fairs committees.
Both parties agree on trafficking
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Kathryn van der Pol and her hus-band Sybren, owners of the historic Adolf Hoepfl & Son Garage, celebrat-ed in high gear the grand opening of their new waiting area in their repair facility, nicknamed Liberty Garage.
The celebration of Liberty Garage took place last Saturday at 4610 N. Shepherd Dr.
Guests jumped back in time when they entered the 1946 building and enjoyed the relaxed, old-fashioned ambience. The Olsen Stelzer Boot company, a Texas tradition for over 100 years, took orders for custom made-to-fit boots.
Tom Cartlidge, the owner of the company which is based in Wichita Falls, personally came to Houston to be part of the event.
“I really believe in what they’re do-ing.” Cartlidge said. “If more people bought American made items and es-pecially Texas made items, it would help the whole country.”
Other artists and manufacturers also showcased their products in the
garage or in booths in the parking lot. Pat Dahnke, a fashion designer honored as the “Texas Designer of the Year” for the past three years, featured her Signature Collections. In addition local artist and photogra-pher Kiki Neumann had her “license plate” note cards for sale in the Lib-erty Garage. Rachel Goodman, a popular local jewelry maker, also was
a featured artist.Liberty Garage also sells extra vir-
gin olive oil from the first Texas com-mercial olive orchard, lavender prod-ucts from Vanderpool, Texas and rare wild plum jam from Amarillo.
At the event, people enjoyed a complimentary BBQ and a square dancing demonstration by the Hey Lollies Square Dancing club.
One of the special features in the Liberty Garage room is a metal sculpture of Texas made by local art-ist John Barber. Barber also donated one of his famous sculptured fish to the garage. With his typical sense of humor, he created a “The Gar Fish” for the gar-age.
One of the most historic pieces in Liberty Garage is a special cuting of wood from a tree that dates back to the American Revolution. Nick-named “The Annapolis Liberty Tree,” it stood on the St. John’s College campus for almost 600 years before a hurricane blew it over. The van der Pols received cuttings from the tree in gratitude for some of their commu-nity projects.
The tree was quite famous because it was where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de LaFayette and many patriots gath-ered before and during the American Revolution.
Kathryn gave a talk on the deep-er significance of Liberty Garage.
Kathryn said, “Liberty Garage is not just a waiting area or a retail space highlighting Texas made products. It has a bigger vision. It may sound silly, because it is just a 20’ x 15’ room, but we want this room to be a space where all people can come learn about liberty. We have a library, art, and a plan to offer events in the future that can educate, inspire, and empower us about human liberty. We would like people just to stop by, have a glass iced tea on their home from work, relax a few minutes, reflect on the inspiring quotes and enjoy the space.”
Adolf Hoepfl Garage is a complete automotive repair facility, specializ-ing in extending the life of vehicles and providing the friendliest custom-er service. They have won multiple awards including The Leader Reader’s Choice Award, the Pinnacle Award from the Better Business Bureau and were just featured in Motor Age and AutoInc. Magazines.
Adolf Hoepfl brings ‘America Made’ to Liberty Garage
When Heights resident Susan Sessions retired from her career as an elemen-tary school teacher, she still wanted to be involved as an educator.
So, the former Harvard Elementary School Teacher of the Year set up a tutoring studio in her home.
The demand for tutor-ing increased, and soon, she began renting a large class-room/office at First Baptist Church Heights, 201 E. 9th St. — just across the street from Harvard Elementary.
Now, Sessions — a Garden Oaks native who graduated from Hamilton Middle School and Waltrip High — employs 20 certified teachers and two fellow retired teachers to pro-vide 1-on-1 tutoring for 80 students from Kindergarten through eighth grade.
“Every student learns in a different way,” Sessions said. “Some children take more time to absorb lessons, while
others need a little more of a challenge...tutoring speeds up the learning process.”
Sessions said the tutors work closely with parents and teachers to ensure that the students are making progress during their tutoring sessions. The parents and teachers track the progress through a
regular report that the stu-dents carry with them.
Sessions said it’s been a “wonderful feeling” to see dozens of students improve their academic performance, thanks to the 1-on-1 tutoring they receive.
“It makes me love my job,” she said.
Who says music isn’t valued in schools? Chris Pratt, the band teacher for 6-8 grade, was named Clifton Middle School’s teacher of the year. Selected by a vote from fellow teachers, Pratt learned of his selection over e-mail and is appreciative of the honor.
Principal Rosa Cruz-Gao-nas said that “Mr. Pratt is a dynamic teacher who creates opportunities for students to develop their music talents, whether they are beginners or experienced performers.” She notes that Pratt is also the Theatre Arts teacher in Clifton’s afterschool program, where he allows students to be creative and perform in origi-nal musicals.
A teacher for nine years, Pratt said he wanted to be a band director since high school. “I enjoyed all of the opportunities and fun I had in high school band, and I want-ed to share the importance of
music by teaching students not only the skills to become a great performer, but give them the opportunities of team-work, discipline, competition, and success that being in band creates,” said Pratt.
He also taught middle school band in Spring ISD, and spent some of his career
in full-time Christian ministry where he served as pastor of a church.
Apropos for a teacher of the year, Pratt is inspired by the desire to help his students. “The best part of my job is the opportunity I have to help stu-dents overcome obstacles they face on a daily basis,” he said. “I enjoy motivating my stu-dents to be their best, regard-less of their circumstances.”
He said it’s a challenge to help students find quality in-struments that they can af-ford but he goes the extra mile because “(they) are most suc-cessful when they play instru-ments that are in good work-ing condition.”
Pratt knows when he has done his part for those who count on him.
“I love to see the culmina-tion of their hard work lead to success and accomplishments within themselves, their fami-lies, our school, and beyond,” he said.
Guests attended the grand opening of Liberty Garage and enjoyed barbecue and a square dancing demonstration. (Submitted photo)
Clifton strikes a high note with PrattBy Betsy Denson
Chris Pratt
Sessions Tutoring boosts student performanceBy Michael [email protected]
Susan Sessions provides 1-on-1 tutoring for kindergarten through eigth-grade. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)
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Erna Irene Krohn Bald-win, 97, born Aug. 13, 1916 in Houston, died May 10. Baldwin was employed as a hairstylist for many years. She loved her grand-kids, family gatherings during the holidays and cooking, being known for her pot of gumbo. She is survived by her son, Jimmy Martin Sr., two grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
Everardo “Evie” Estrada Jr., 25, born Jan. 30, 1989 in Houston, died May 9. Estrada attended St. Ambrose School and graduated in May 2003. He then attended St. Pius X High School and graduated May 2007. After receiving his high school diploma, he attended Houston Commu-nity College. In 2008, Estrada joined the U.S. Marines. He was a combat engineer serving with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. While deployed, Estrada com-pleted two degrees with honors - a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Bachelor of Science in Social Psychology. In November of 2012, he married Sarah Stroman Estrada. He began his educational career as a teacher and coach at St. Ambrose Catholic School. He was currently a 6th-8th Grade English/Language Arts teacher at St. Augustine Catholic School where he was known as “Coach Evie.” Estrada was also a student at the University of St. Thomas, working towards his masters degree in educational leadership. He is survived by his wife, Sarah; children Kaiden, Hunter and Ve-ronica; parents Everardo Estrada Sr. and Sara Morones Estrada; and maternal grandmother Eva H. Morones.
Vivian Parish Francis, 83, born Dec. 18, 1930 in Diboll, Texas, died May 13, after a long illness. She was employed with Houston Lighting and Power. Years later after leaving HL&P, she became an accomplished business woman in the records management industry and an ac-
tive member of the Association of Records Managers and Adminis-trators. She retired in 2001. Fran-cis is survived by her son Don, daughters Kathy Anderson, and RenÈe Leach, six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Elias “Leo” Ozuna, 92, born April 8, 1922 in Del Rio, Texas, died May 11. Raised in Junction, Texas, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941, serv-ing in the Pacific Campaign. A decorated World War II veteran who served with distinction, he earned the Asiatic-Pacific Cam-paign Medal with 3 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, the Bronze Star with 1 Oak leaf Cluster and the Silver Star. He was honorably discharged in 1943 earning the rank of Technical Sergeant. He was employed as a Journeyman Sheet Metal Mechanic. He is survived by his daughters Susan Neighbors and Linda Weber, sons Frank Ozuna and Robert Burnett, 10 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or any Veteran’s group of one’s choice.
Phyllis D. Serra, 79, born Aug. 24, 1934, died May 17, after almost a year of a courageous fight against cancer. Serra had a passion for food and cooking and from that passion Fiesta Tacos was born in March 1981. Al-though her passion and talents as a phenomenal cook made people flock to Fiesta Tacos, it was her love for the Lord that made it unique. “Mama,” as she would later be called by all who walked through the doors of Fiesta Tacos, would privately be asked by her patrons for prayers. Serra is survived by her husband David, children Felicia Serra, Sandra Serra, John Serra, JoAnna Serra, Melissa Serra, brother Mercedes Dominguez, four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
Margaret Barrett Shee-han, 86, born Aug. 11, 1927,
died May 16.
Phillip James Sims, 27, born Aug. 3, 1986, died May 10. He is survived by his parents Howard and Ann, sister Claire, and brother Wilson.
Mary M. Valon, 90, born June 14, 1923 in Laredo, died May 15. Valon was a longtime resident of the Woodland Heights and a loyal employee of Foley’s downtown for 45 years. She is survived by daughter, Valerie Valon, sister Rachel Hiebert, two grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters.
Birdie Naoma Walters, 95, died May 12. Walters worked for Suniland Furniture Company for more than 30 years. She is survived by her daughter Diane Deaton, and one grandson.
Charles Loy White, 64, born June 30, 1949, in Fort Sill,
Okla., died May 14. White played in several bands in the Houston area. It was within the music scene that he met his future wife, vocalist Judy England. In the mid-70s, he toured as the musical director for The Platters, a job which took him all across the U.S. and Europe. In addition to his musical career, Charlie worked as a draftsman for Allied Tower. White is survived by his wife Judy, daughters Ashley Fryer and Bethany Magalhaes, brother John O. White, and one grandson.
Julia Carolyn Williams, 91, born Dec. 3, 1922 in Katy, died May 13. She was a lifelong member of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church. She is survived by her children Maureen Turner, Sarah Burris, Scott Williams, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
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All Saints Catholic Church Third Age Learning Center, 215 E. 10th St., has been se-lected to host the 40th An-niversary Celebration of the Archdiocesan Office of Aging on May 22. There will be a 10 a.m. Mass at All Saints with the Most Rev. Joseph A. Fio-renza, D.D., Archbishop Emeri-tus of Galveston-Houston as Celebrant and Msgr. Adam S. McClosky as Co-Celebrant.
Call 713-248-1277 for infor-mation.
Committee on Native American Ministries breakfast
Committee on Native American Ministries-Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church will host a breakfast at 7 a.m. May 26, at Hilton Americas Hotel, 1600 Lamar. The award win-ning musical group Sayani will be featured.
Advance tickets are $17 and check can be mailed to: Val-erie Adame, 6920 Bayway Dr., Baytown, Texas 77520.
For information, call 713-880-3845 or email [email protected].
Stevens Elementary fifth grade graduation at St. Stephen’s
St. Stephen’s United Meth-odist Church, 2003 W. 43rd St.,
will host Stevens Elementary’s fifth grade graduation at 9 a.m. May 28. Members of the com-munity are welcome to attend and support the students and their families.
Children age 3 through fifth grade are welcome to attend the Jungle Safari Vacation Bible School, from 8:30-noon June 16-20. Registration is $15 for the first child, and $10 for each additional child within the same family. Forms are available through the office and the website.
For information, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org.
Free pancake breakfast at St. Matthew’s
The Methodist Men will host the monthly free pancake breakfast from 8:30-10 a.m. June 7, in the fellowship hall. The menu consists of pan-cakes, sausage, eggs, fruit and breakfast drinks. This event is open to the community.
Sunday morning worship and Children’s Church is at 9:30 a.m, followed by 10:30 a.m. Sunday School. A Prayer and Praise service with Holy Communion is offered at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
For information, visit the website at www.stmatthews-methodistchurch.org or call 713-697-0671.
Grace UMC announces upcoming summer events
Grace United Methodist
Church, 1245 Heights Blvd., will congratulate Rev. Hill and Rev. Cramer on his new ministry at Pittsburg (Texas) First Methodist Church with a covered dish luncheon in the fellowship hall after Hill’s last service on June 22.
The UMM annual Scholar-ship fundraiser is selling tick-ets for the June 27 Sugarland Skeeter’s game in Sugarland. The Skeeter’s are playing the Somerset Patriots. The game starts at 7:05 p.m. Contact the church office for ticket infor-mation and sales.
Grace will welcome Rev. Colin and his family following his first service on July 6, with a luncheon in the fellowship hall.
Call 713-862-8883 or visit www.graceintheheights.org for information.
Visitors welcome at Heights Christian Church
Heights Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, 1706 Heights Blvd., is a friendly, small congregation. If one is looking for a church home, it is recommended to come visit on the second Sunday of each month, which is fellowship Sunday. A meal is served in the fellowship hall, and is a good way to become acquainted.
For information, call 713-861-0016, or visit www.hc-chouston.org.
Interface-Samaritan Counseling Centers at St. Stephen’s
Interface-Samaritan Coun-seling Centers is pleased to announce the opening of its newest location on the campus of St. Stephens United Meth-odist Church, 2003 W. 43rd St. A 501(c)(3) non-profit agency, Interface treats the whole per-son and offers faith-sensitive behavioral health services to adults, adolescents, and chil-dren, regardless of their ability to pay.
Some of the issues that In-terface treats include, but are not limited to: anxiety, depres-sion, family issues, relationship conflict, substance abuse, and grief issues.
The clinicians are licensed. There are six locations in Houston.
Call 713-626-7990 or visit www.interface-samaritan.org for information or an appoint-ment.
Donations needed at Pathways Food Pantry
The Pathways Food Pantry is open from 10 a.m.-noon Mondays, Tuesdays and Fri-days. Food donations are al-ways welcome. Present needs are peanut butter and muffin mixes.
Pathways Presbyterian Church is located at 5900 Pinemont Dr. Call 281-300-5129 or visit www.pathway-shouston.org for information.
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Neighbors: Stephen Turek graduates from vet schoolCongratulations to Dr. Ste-
phen Turek, who received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at Texas A&M Univer-sity recently. Stephen grew up on Lamonte and is coming back to the neighborhood to treat his neighbors’ animals. He will start work in June at the Oak Forest Veterinary Clinic on 34th St. Stephen’s parents are Craig and Debbie Turek, and his sister, Amy, graduated from Sam Houston State in 2012. Stephen attend-ed St. Rose of Lima Catholic School, Seton Junior High, was a member of the St. Pius X High School class of 2006. He received his undergrad de-gree at Texas A&M in the class of 2010. While he was an ac-tive athlete and played base-ball at Oaks Dads Club and St. Pius, neighbors say Stephen has wanted to be a vet since he was a young boy.
Two classes from Garden
Oaks Montessori Magnet thor-oughly enjoyed a fi eld trip on a
sunny day recently when they walked to a clothing donation box at American Legion on Alba to donate clothes, then
walked down to St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church’s Early Childhood Center to deliver Faith Davis’ fi rst through
third grade classroom’s pet, Cutie the guinea pig, to a class of 3 and 4 year olds to care for throughout the summer,
and then went down to ISK-CON Houston’s beautiful Hare Krishna Temple on W. 34th St. to tour the temple. The students and their teachers enjoyed a presentation about ISCKON with a story told through beautiful, classical In-dian dance, and were served a delicious lunch of Indian food. Parents send a great big thanks to teachers Faith Davis, Sha-na Steinhardt and Principal Lindsey Pollock for planning such an thoughtful outing and to St. Rose ECC Director Di-ane Bozeman for accepting Cutie into the school.
The Hogg Middle School UIL Academics team, which competed in the District Championship on May 10, brought home 12 individual awards and one team award. More than 500 students from 15 middle schools (Burbank, Clifton, Fondren, Hamilton, Hogg, Holland, Revere, Per-shing, Pin Oak, Welch, Baylor College of Medicine Academy, Briarmeadow Charter School, Wharton Dual Language
Academy, Young Men’s Col-lege Prep, and Young Women’s College Prep) competed at the tournament.
Hogg students voluntarily gave up their free time on a Saturday in order to compete. Here are the results: Art 7th/8th grade: Mihir Ahir, Sec-ond place. Dictionary Skills 7th/8th grade: Michael De-ras, Finalist; Arya Afshang, Third place. Editorial Writing: Makenzie Sumrall, Finalist. Listening 7th/8th grade: Arya Afshang, 2nd place. Maps Graphs & Charts 7th/8th grade: Arya Afshang, Final-ist; Michael Deras, 2nd place. Ready Writing 7th/8th grade: J Guadalupe Almonaci, Sec-ond place. Social Studies 7th/8th grade: Makenzie Sumrall, Finalist; Arya Afshang, Sec-ond place. TV Commercial: Makenzie Sumrall, Finalist. Best Sign Award: Hogg Middle School. “Spirit of UIL” Award: Kailyn Elder.
Garden Oaks Montessori Magnet students enjoyed a fi eld trip to donate clothes to the American Legion on Alba. (Submitted photo)
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The weather is warming up, school is winding down and there’s lots of excitement brewing in the pet world. As we prepare for a fun sum-mer break, the various animal groups around town are offer-ing important information and great adoption promotions to make sure that as many pets as possible start the summer in their new homes. So, with-
out further adieu... FFL at Comicpalooza
Were you planning to at-tend Comicpalooza, (www.comicpalooza.com) the weekend of May 23-26? If so, plan to stop by the Friends For Life Mobile Adoption Vehicle (MAV) and say “hel-
lo,” “greetings,” or “neqneh” (which is Klingon, of course). The traveling kitties won’t be with them this time (we cats are more epic-novel-type of readers, but to each his own) but there will be folks there to answer your questions and tell you anything you’d need to know about FFL and its exceptional pets. On Saturday and Sunday (May 24 and 25)
Friends For Life will host a 30 minute long seminar at Com-icpalooza on “How to take your pet’s portrait,” so plan to stop by and see what that’s all about.
Pet Education Day
Do you have a friend who lives in the Third Ward and could benefit from a Pet Edu-cation Day? If so, please en-courage them and their neigh-bors to attend Unity For A Solution’s Pet Education day, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, May 31 at the park located at 2604 Alabama. While pets aren’t al-lowed at this event, residents of the Third Ward will be able to sign up for free spay/neu-ter services as well as vac-
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When asking St. Pius X stu-dents what they thought about senior John Johnson, most said he’s “a genius,” “a really great guy,” or “a really good soccer player.” There was not a nega-tive comment to be found.
Johnson is dedicated to community service. He’s been participating in it since he was young Boy Scout, which included working at the local food bank and doing a major beach clean up project. His lat-est and favorite project, where he received over 100 commu-nity service hours, was with “Kids Meals,” an organization that gives free meals to families struggling to feed their chil-dren.
The next step in Johnson’s life is becoming an airman at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
In a month, John will begin training in Colorado. He says that he will be spending the short summer he does have to calm down a bit and hang out with friends until he leaves for the service college.
It only makes sense for
Johnson to do this because of his background with helping his community, but also be-cause he comes from a family of military background and has a fascination with planes.
After graduation from the Air Force Academy, Johnson will have to serve five years in the Air Force. He later plans to use the Aeronautical Engineer-ing degree he receives to work with the design of airplanes. Johnson says, “it’s just a love that never went away,” and that made it apparent to him where he should take his life after the Air Force.
Johnson said it’s the ‘reward-ing feeling’ he gains that moti-vates him to help others, and he sees himself taking up op-
portunities after high school to further enrich the lives of oth-ers. Although he’s gained a lot of community service hours, Johnson has still found time to be successful in his athletic and academic careers, as well.
Johnson is on the SPX soc-cer team, and has been play-ing since he was 5 years old. Despite having hurt his legs, Johnson still managed to play two successful years. However, it isn’t about just playing the sport and winning that matters to Johnson, he says his favorite part is “getting to know [his] teammates,’ and that ‘it gets better when you know every-one you’re playing with.”
Even though St. Pius X does not reveal class ranks, Johnson knows he made it into the com-petitive top 10% of the senior class. This year, Johnson took a total of six Advanced Place-ment (AP) courses, which are given at the college level and can result in college credit. Some of the courses included AP computer science, AP gov-ernment, AP English, AP cal-culus, and more. And on top of all this, he is a participant in the school’s academic team,
National Honor Society, and is president of History Club. There is no doubt he is pre-pared for college, academically, but where he is planning to go will bring about more challeng-es than just grades.
There is no doubt that Johnson will make a differ-ence in the world around him. Johnson’s advice to incoming high school freshmen would be ‘to get good at managing your time.’ He thinks this is one of the most important factors in success, and wishes someone would have told him that in the beginning of his time in high school. But, it is evident that Johnson has pulled off an amazing high school career, and will definitely accomplish any goals he has in the future.
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By Julia Penafor The Leader St. Pius X graduation
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Heights resident Mackenzie Rivera will graduate - magna cum laude - from Lutheran High North on Saturday.
The school’s mission state-ment includes a commitment to challenging students to ar-rive at their best. Lutheran High North has archived all it could hope for, and then some, with the remarkable Rivera.
This dynamic teen’s achievements have not gone unnoticed. Rivera was a final-ist for The Leader’s ‘Leader of the Year,’ an annual award for community excellence.
Rivera was captain of the school’s varsity women’s soc-cer team, and for the last four years, she played trumpet in the marching band.
For the past two years, Ri-vera was a cheerleader as well, often cheering during half-time then returning to the band to finish the game.
Additionally, Rivera held the title of student counsel treasurer for all four years of her school tenure, and was a member of the National Hon-or Society for the last two.
If all of the above is not im-pressive enough, Rivera excels at math. ‘
“It’s true, I really like math,” Rivera said with a smile.
Math is an area of study notorious for failing to engage young women. Were there other girls in her math classes, we wonder?
“Well, there were a lot of guys,” Rivera stated after a
moment’s thought, “but really, there were just as many girls. The girls at my school like math too. I also really enjoyed Spanish.”
Then she added with a laugh, “but not because I was good at it.”
And Rivera’s favorite books? Are they pop-culture? Teen ro-mance? Does she even have time to read?
“I like ‘The Diary of Ann Frank’ and I really like, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ I know these may not be expected, but my mother has always called me ‘an old soul’,” she said with a laugh.
This exceptional student has been accepted at the Universi-ty of Houston, but she has not yet determined a trajectory.
“I am very excited about at-
tending (college), but I haven’t decided what to study... there are a whole bunch of things I want to be, and directions I would like to take. I am ex-cited, but I am also a little sad; it’s sad to leave my high school and my friends. I was thinking today that I will not be hav-ing lunch with them again, or going to class with them any-more. I will miss my friends,” Rivera concluded with a hint of sorrow in her voice.
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1942, Haston got Doris a pass to go to Portland for a delayed honeymoon trip. That’s when the army decided they did need him after all.
Haston served in the mili-tary almost four years. More than half that time was spent in combat, most notably in the U.S invasion of the Philippine Islands.
“When MacArthur said ‘I came through and I shall re-turn’ we went in front of him,” said Haston. As a buck Private with an all-black unit in the 8th Army, he engaged Japa-nese forces in the jungles and mountains to which they had retreated.
He remembers Japanese snipers tied into the trees, who would draw American fire, thus sacrificing themselves but flushing out American soldiers. The kamikaze pilots also made a lasting impres-sion “diving into the ships with their airplanes.”
Later, Haston rose to the rank as a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He applied for the Officer Candi-date program with the Army Reserve but was put off by the segregation that existed with regard to the facilities. He left the military ready for a new chapter.
Haston resumed his teach-ing career in Ardmore, Okla., and then became the princi-pal of Lincoln High School in Nowata, Okla. He and Doris had a son, William, today an attorney who works in the Le-gal Division of the Federal De-posit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C.
Because they wanted more opportunities for their son, the Hastons moved to Hous-ton without jobs. It didn’t take them long to find one. Doris taught at Wesley Elementary. In 1959, Haston became a math teacher at Kashmere Gardens Junior and Senior High School. He taught Biolo-gy, Chemistry and Physics too. And in 1966, he became the school’s assistant principal.
Shepherd Park Terrace’s Joe Dennis had Haston for ninth grade science and said that “(he) was respected because he was firm but fair.”
The late 1960s brought a rapidly shifting cultural land-scape. For the whole of their teaching life, the Hastons had both taught at all black schools. In 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education changed that – at least on paper. It took a while for Houston schools to follow suit.
“We went in with confidence and things turned out very well,” said Doris, who like her husband has a masters from
TSU. “We met resistance and we ignored it. It’s not about the color of your skin but the brains in your head.”
Haston’s secrets to longevity
Doris said her husband has lived so long because he “doesn’t worry about any-thing.”
A longtime member of St. James Episcopal Church where he served as a member of the Vestry and Sunday School Su-perintendent, Haston repeats the Serenity Prayer every day.
The one day at time con-cept took on special mean-ing in 1973 when Dr. Denton Cooley told Haston and Doris that Haston needed heart sur-gery on his Aortic valve. “He had a 50% chance of survival with the surgery and none without it,” said Doris. “There was a whole entourage follow-ing us around. Dr. Cooley kept telling them to ‘look at every-thing you see, because you will never see a case like this again’.”
Haston has the Cooley-Cut-ter heart valve and is the lon-gest living recipient of it. He lived to meet his two grand-children and his great grand-
daughter. His last cardiologist told him to cut out the salt but Haston couldn’t quite bring himself to do that. Longevity might be in the genes. Haston says he has two aunts who lived to be more than 100.
He has stayed active in philanthropic endeavors as a member of Kiwanis Interna-tional and a life member of Al-pha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The fraternity’s Brother’s Keeper program which provides as-sistance to brothers, their spouses, and widows in need was renamed the A. Charles Haston Brother’s Keeper Pro-gram in 2010.
When Haston retired, the couple did a lot of travelling. Now their journeys are closer to home. They used to meet a group of friends at the Golden Corral every Friday, and still get out for special occasions. At a recent Kiwanis dinner and scholarship award ceremony, Haston was recognized for his recent milestone birthday.
When asked, Haston said he never thought he would live long enough to see the elec-tion of a black president. But he did. And whole lot more.
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WelcomeDR. CESAR MALDONADO
N E W C H A N C E L L O R
We’re proud to introduce Cesar Maldonado, Ph.D., P.E., PMP, as the new Chancellor of Houston Community College. Dr. Maldonado brings 30 years of business experience, a strong academic pedigree, and the leadership skills to take us where our community needs us to be, both today and into the future. Welcome to a new day at HCC.
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Charles (A.C.) Haston received more awards in World War II than those pictured above, but he lost them when his foot locker was stolen before he returned home from the Pacific Theater. (Photo by Betsy Denson)
Reagan names teachers of the yearReagan High announced
that James Johnson and Char-dai Grays are the Teacher of the Year and New Teacher of the Year, respectively.
Johnson, a sixth-year Geog-raphy teacher, also coaches the Bulldogs’ wrestling and cross country teams.
“In my opinion, teaching is one of the noblest professions one could venture into,” John-son said. “It gives me great pleasure to see an inspired student go forward, prosper in life and become a productive member of society. I truly be-lieve teaching is an occupation like no other. It has the capac-ity to mold an individual’s en-vironment for generations to come. Teaching can change one’s mental state, prevent fu-ture poverty, and ignite hope.”
Johnson considers himself a “dream builder” and helps
students overcome challenges that they face on a daily basis.
“Personally, I am driven by the fear of failing my students because I know I am them and they are reflections of me,” Johnson said. “My life-long dream is to create a liberal arts high school for students who aspire to have a career in poli-tics and the social sciences.”
Grays, an Algebra II/Pre-Calculus teacher and 2013 Teach for America corps mem-ber, graduated from Dillard
University in New Orleans a few months before arriving at Reagan.
“The role of a teacher does not stop once the students show mastery toward a con-cept,” Grays said. “It is our job to push the student’s academic skills, as well as be a positive role model. Having grown up in southeast Houston, I’ve found that the students I teach are mirror images of my peers and classmates during my school years.”
James Johnson Chardai Grays
on yards with asphalt and con-crete.
Some residents have op-posed the drainage project, which would install storm sewers, due to concerns of flooding in the neighborhood.
“(Garden Oaks residents) expressed desire to minimize pavement sections, add speed humps and no sidewalk along Alba,” said Alvin Wright, the city’s Public Works and Engi-neering spokesperson. “I can-not confirm whether residents do not want the (CIP) project. They can actively petition to their council member. How-ever, communities usually do
not turn down CIP money.”The project was designed
to add storm drains in Garden Oaks that would alleviate po-tential flooding from nearby areas such as Shepherd For-est, Shepherd Park, Candle-light Plaza, Pinemont and Oak Grove. It was added to the city’s CIP plan five years ago.
The first phase includes widening streets such as Alba and Brinkman and adding side-walks – something that not all of the neighbors favor. Future phases include Sue Barnett and Golf. The widening of the streets, coupled with the ad-dition of sidewalks and curbs
would more than double than width of the streets.
Some residents are con-cerned that widening the street will result in higher vol-umes of traffic.
“Making our streets wider makes the neighborhood to-tally different,” Pam Parks of the GOCC told The Leader in March. “These new standards would almost double the con-crete coming in. Nobody is against alleviating flooding. Could there be a compromise with the way the streets are designed to fit better with the character of the neighbor-hood?”
attributed that to the nor-mal course of business with retirements, transfers within and outside the district.
Gayle Fallon, president of the Houston Federation of Teachers, said many teach-ers throughout the district are leaving due to HISD’s new teacher appraisal system.
“They’re heavily skewed to-ward student test scores,” Fal-lon said.
FBMS parent involve-ment coordinator Tim Weltin said the entire community is shocked over Jao’s resigna-tion. She arrived at the school in 2007 and built enrollment from 480 in 2011 to 840 this year.
“It’s an unbelievable and to-tally unnecessary tragedy from my standpoint,” Weltin said. “She was a great principal. I’ve never worked with anyone more dedicated. There’s not a more remarkable story out there.”
Weltin said Jao enjoyed a “tremendous amount of sup-port from parents and staff.”
Houston ISD officials couldn’t be reached for com-ment on the matter, but par-ents and staff believed that Jao wanted to continue to im-prove the campus.
Jao told The Leader’s Betsy Denson in September 2012 that the school had big plans.
“We will be a great Van-
guard school, but more impor-tantly, we will be an outstand-ing school for all of our kids.”
Jao also put a great deal of emphasis on the full student experience, with new extra-curricular programs.
Zeph Capo, a local educa-tional leader who serves as a Houston Community College trustee, said the school must continue to improve, despite the setback of Jao’s resigna-tion.
At the elementary school level, Lucy Anderson has re-signed from Stevens Elemen-tary to take a position in Hum-ble ISD.
Grace worked with Miller at Trinity Episcopal Church in Midtown. Grace started the church’s youth group from scratch, and built a great deal of interest in it.
Grace said he’d like to see the church become a place “where the regional arts are celebrated”, with art shows, concerts and plays.
One hundred and forty pa-rishioners, mostly from the Heights and Oak Forest, attend St. Andrew’s each Sunday.
Grace said he’s proud of the
fact that those services reflect the diversity in the community.
“My understanding of God is one that’s defined by inclusivity – God welcomes and loves all people,” Grace said. “St. An-drew’s is a place that extends gracious hospitality to people of all walks of life. We bless re-lationships -- gay and straight. People can gather who might not agree on political issues, but none of it matters because we all come together and re-ceive Eucharist together as one body. We know Christ and want
to make Christ known.”One of the challenges that
Grace, and other church lead-ers face, is reaching out to a generation that’s skeptical about organized religion.
“What I tell people is the church is not perfect, but the church is a family,” Grace said. “Community is something people are always looking for, and we fill a need you can’t find on Facebook, Twitter or Insta-gram.”
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Table & 2 Arm Chairs & 4 Side Chairs
$799 Reg $1199
Table & 4 Chairs
Formal Dinette
AFFORDABLE FURNITURE
12005 N.W. Freeway Houston TX 77092713-681-6300
Monday - Saturday 10am - 9pm Sunday 12-6pm
OUR NAME SAYS IT ALL!
Since 1981
Easy Financing Layaway Plans Available
11314 N. Freeway Houston TX 77037281-598-6700
TWO LOCATIONS TO SAVE
$699
Sectional with Ottomon
Only $995
Formal Dinette
Sofa & Love Seat
Only $399
3 Pcs Coffee table set
Only $299
3 Pcs Coffee Table Set Your choice $199
TV Stands Your choice $199
Vanity table and matching stool
Floor Mirrors
GIANT SALEOn All Mattress Sets of All Sizes
2 Pcs Queen Pillow Top Mattress
and Foundation
As Low As $269
$995Reg $1399
$599
Your choice $599 BUNK BEDS Mattresses not included
Queen Bed, Dresser, Mirror & Night Stand set
AFFORDABLE FURNITURE
$599 Reg $799
Only $599
Twin/Twin Size $199
Your choice $399 Reg $599
Only $79
Only $29
Complete Twin /Full size $395
Complete Twin/Twin size. Available in white or Chery color
Only $249
Sofa & Love Seat
Only $199
