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SATURDAY | June 29, 2013 | Vol. 59 | No. 35 | www.theleadernews.com | @heightsleader

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rant/bar at 3422 N. Shepherd Drive, has experienced problems with patrons getting stuck on railroad tracks to the north of it.

That’s not an exit from the bar, but misguided patrons sometimes think it is, much to the frustra-tion of Cottonwood owner Charles Bishop.

“It’s happened six times in the past seven months,” Bishop said.

In February, the BNSF Railway Company installed cement blocks near the tracks, but motorists con-tinued to drive over them because they apparently aren’t visible at night.

Each time, either the Houston Fire Department or a tow truck has come out to the tracks and removed

6 cars, still no successful crossings

Six cars have gotten stuck on the train tracks, north of Cottonwood restaurant and bar, in the past seven months, according to the owner. This is one of the failed attempts, caught two weeks ago. (Photo by Ivee Sauls)

Drivers continue to run their cars over train tracks at Cottonwood

by Michael [email protected]

see Tracks • Page 5

The real honor of Scouts

When Oak Forest resident Mi-chael Sackett was born, his parents, James and Gloria Sackett, weren’t sure if he’d live past his third birth-day.

Sackett turned 15 in March and lives the life of an average teenager, although he must deal with the challenges that being born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) has presented him.

Most people are born with four chambers of their heart, but those born with HLHS only have two. As a child, Sackett underwent several surgeries, including three open heart procedures, so he would sur-vive.

Those surgeries included re-connecting major blood vessels, and at one point, putting Sackett under hypothermia while they cut off his oxygen for 32 minutes.

“He’s pretty much a medical miracle,” Gloria said.

It was only a few years ear-lier that children diagnosed with HLHS didn’t survive. The most well-known case was Baby Fae, who received the heart of a baboon in experimental surgery in Califor-nia in 1984.

Sackett is a member of Boy Scout Troop 924, which is based in the Heights, and he’s an active member of St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church on West 43rd Street.

Last week, Sackett and his 11 fel-low troop members traveled to Los

Burgetappedto lead

ChamberTerry L. Burge – for more than

four decades the owner-publisher of The Leader before selling it a year ago – took over the reins of the Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce Monday.

He said he aspires to make the Chamber “a partner in our members’ pros-perity.”

Burge, who was the unani-mous selection of the board, was a co-founder of the 26-year-old chamber and served in a num-ber of leadership positions. He was also vice chair of a neighboring chamber and a board member of the Houston Heights As-sociation, for which he organized the Heights Fun Run.

“The Greater Heights area is a treasure, a thriving small town in the middle of a big city,” Burge said. “I’ve been blessed to work here my entire career and have a deep affection for its people. It will be a privilege to serve them in this new role.”

Burge grew up helping his father, Lee, around The Leader, and at the age of 19, when his father died, he took over as publisher.

Inside • It’s Food Time

Sackett learns, teaches character of Boy Scouts

by Charlotte [email protected]

see Burge • Page 5

1-2 Oak Forest resident and Boy Scout Michael Sackett, 15, and his father, James Sackett, traveled to California by train with the rest of his troop last week. Michael Sackett was born with Hypoplas-tic Left Heart Syndrome, and the rest of the troop decided to travel by train because it’s medically advised that Sackett shouldn’t fl y, due to the condition.(Photos by Michael Sudhalter)


see Scout • Page 5

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Deadlines change; still want your pictures

In order to give our employees and carriers time with their families over the July 4th holiday, The Leader will have a revised publication schedule next week.

The newspaper will be delivered before the Thursday holiday, which also means advertising and news deadlines are a bit earlier this week.

Advertising deadlines for next week’s edition are 5 p.m. on Friday for both regular and classifi ed ads. The news deadline is also 5 p.m. on Friday.

In next week’s edition, we’ll also take some time to honor those who serve in any of the branches of the U.S. military.

If you have a loved one who is currently serves, and you’d like to have us honor that person, there is no charge to you. Simply drop off a picture before Sunday at The Leader at 3500-A E. T.C. Jester Blvd. You can also email your submissions to [email protected].

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Houston ISD trustees voted 6-3 Mon-day night to approve a $1.62 billion bud-get for 2013-14 that calls for a 2-cent tax rate hike – at the moment. But with fi ve of the nine board members facing re-election in November, a lot could change between now and the fi nal budget vote in October.

In their comments throughout the 21/2-hour meeting, Supt. Terry Grier and trustees seemed more attuned to recent concerns of a number of constituencies than they had been.

There had been grousing by employee groups about no pay increases for teach-ers and staff in the budget proposal, and with minimal fan-fare, board mem-bers voted a 2 per-cent wage hike.

Many parent activists at re-cent meetings had complained about Grier’s proposal to use much of his proposed 2-cent tax increase to fund the controversial Apollo 20 program for low-performing schools. In a surprise, over the weekend, he and aides tweaked the

Apollo allocation and proposed to pro-vide $14 million to non-Apollo schools throughout the district – about $350 per pupil – to help those who failed reading and math on the state STAAR exams.

The projected tax increase is based on the current tax roll from the Harris County Appraisal District, which will be adjusted and certifi ed in August, after ap-peals are determined.

Three board members – including Leader-area Trustee Anna Eastman, who serves as board president, Mike Lunc-eford and Juliet Stipeche – were the “nay”

by Charlotte [email protected]

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• The Leader • June 29, 2013 • @heightsleader

Even churches aren’t exempt from the rash of burglaries that have plagued Oak Forest neigh-borhoods – with one house of worship hit seven times in five years.

Musical instruments, a sound system lawn equipment and a golf cart are among the items that have been stolen from Oak For-est Baptist Church, 1700 W. 43rd St., according to its pastor Richard Walters.

Walters, an Oak Forest native and 1973 Waltrip High graduate, said people are getting desperate, and the burglaries are a result of it.

He noted that most of the bur-glaries that the church has suffered have been on or around holidays – Easter, President’s Day, Labor Day, Valentine’s Day and most recently, June 16 – Father’s Day.

Usually, the burglars go into the pastor’s office and do quite a bit of damage, he said.

Walter said the 300-member church has taken steps to prevent burglaries, including adding out-side lights and installing security cameras with video-recording ca-

pabilities.In the Father’s Day burglary,

the cameras showed a white man in his 30s, who is fit – but nobody has been able to identify him.

“Each time, it’s a little different,” Walters said.

Walters assumes that the bur-glars sell the stolen goods to pawn shops. He’s checked with area pawn shops, but indicates there are so many throughout Houston and beyond that it’s impossible to trace the goods.

With each burglary, Walters walks into an office that’s been trashed, and he calls the Houston Police Department. They always take fingerprints, but nothing has come of it yet, he said.

The church has been in its cur-rent location since the 1950s and only began to have these issues in the last five years.

Walters spoke to nearby church-es, and St. Stephen’s United Meth-

odist Church has had three car break-ins during the week, more than a month ago. Last spring, Boy Scouts at Hope Episcopal Church had their trailer loaded with camping gear stolen from the church parking lot. It was never recovered.

“Whoever’s doing it, they’re watching the parking lot…they walk up and do it so quickly, and they walk away quietly after-wards,” St. Stephen’s pastor Kevin Otto said of the break-ins in his parking lot.

Oak Forest Baptist doesn’t have that problem, but they remain vigilant.

“If we come forward, other churches will as well,” Walters said. “(We encourage people to) report suspicious activity at night, or if you just see one car here (at 1 or 2 a.m.).”

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D&T Drive Inn has been a mainstay at 1307 Enid St. in the Heights since 1965. The new team at D&T has been working hard over the last few months to rebuild the place from the ground up. They will be holding their grand opening from 3-7 p.m. June 29. There will be food samples from their new menu and drink specials. For more information, visit www.dandtdriveinn.com or find D & T Drive Inn on Facebook.

Something gr8 is brewing 8th Wonder Brewing will hold a night

tour 6-9 p.m. June 29 at its brewery, 2202 Dallas St., with beers available for $5 in a plastic cup, $10 in an 8W glass, and for sale by the print.

The brewery takes its name from its dome-like warehouse in EaDo and is an homage to the Astrodome, once known as the “8th Wonder” of the world. Right near the Astros, Dynamo and Rockets facilities, 8th Wonder proclaims itself the craft beer for the home team.

For more, visit 8thWonderBrew.com, call 713-229-0868 or find them on Face-book and Twitter.

Crazy J’s marks a yearCrazy J’s neighborhood ice house and

sports bar, 5022 Pinemont, is celebrating its first year in business starting at 5 p.m.

July 6 with a luau and live music.It’s fast become a local favorite, with

a unique selection of beer and wine to match the loyal clientele. If they don’t currently stock something, they will do their best to accommodate you. Stop in for a game of pool or watch sports on one of their five HDTVs.

For more information, visit their website at crazyjsicehouse.com, call 832-767-0085, or find them on Facebook.

Every Friday is salsa nightFox Hollow, 4617 Nett St. (near

Washington and Shepherd), with Culture Beat Entertainment hosts “The Hottest Latin/Tropical Friday Night Party” each Fri-day They say it is “hands down, the finest crowd, sexiest staff, hottest dancers and a true All-Star lineup of live entertainment.”

To top it off, they say they have guar-anteed deals on bottle service. The party format is Latin, Top 40, House and Tropical, featuring La Orquesta Salmerum Live, a special DJ “Tag-Team” edition featuring DJ Geraldo (MEGA101) and DJ Gonzo (Hous-ton Salsa Congress). There will also be free salsa lessons at 9 p.m. from instructors from SSQQ.

They also remind to dress to impress and that the crowd is 21 and up. There is no cover for ladies. To book your party, call 832-403-7319. For more, go to Cul-tureBeatDance on Facebook or visit www.culturebeatent.com.

Double the Happiness at Black Walnut Cafe

What if you didn’t have to wait for Happy Hour, if it occurred twice a day?

Black Walnut Café is doing just that on weekdays, staging an early bird event from 7-10:30 a.m., and the afternoon specials from 3-6:30 p.m.

The Early Bird Happy Hour consists of cocktails and ’ritas such as the Frozen Peach Bellini, Bloody Mary, Mimosa, Black Walnut Rita, White Wine Sangria, as well as a selection of draft and bottled beers and breakfast items.

The Afternoon Happy Hour menu consists of the Frozen Spicy many, White Wine Sangria, Smokey Martini, Cucumber Burst, Buenos Dias, wine, beer and mini munchies.

The nearest of Black Walnut’s five Houston locations is at 5512 Memorial Drive. For more information, visit www.blackwalnutcafe.com or call 713-868-1800.

– Ivee Sauls

You can tell by the spotty cal-endars out there that it’s vacation time. Still there are some really fun, inspiring events to check out this weekend and next. Ventur-ing slightly outside the “Heights Loop” this week, it is clear that the art world never does rest in Hous-ton.

Friday, June 28Bas by Rabe’a Ballin, Ann John-

son, Delita Martin and Lovie Ol-ivia, 6-9 p.m., with an artists’ talk at 7. Art League Houston 1953 Montrose Blvd., 77006. The fourth collaborative exhibition by the quartet of artists examines and transforms personal experi-ences, family histories and cultural identities into a provoking visual play through the art of printmak-ing. https://www.facebook.com/events/196292127194059/

Saturday, June 29Summer Garage Sale/Artist

Sale, 8 a.m. A garage and art sale to raise funds for a new cooler for Central City Co-op in the Heights at 225 E. 24th St., to replace the one destroyed by vandals. Central City Co-op has invited artists to participate. Also at the sale, paint a block to raise human trafficking awareness for the Houston Love Project & Houston Rescue Restore Coalition. https://www.facebook.com/events/576195975736582/

New Exhibitions by Carter Ernst, Ken Mazzu & Pat Johnson - Art Car Museum, 7-10 p.m. Art Car Museum,140 Heights Blvd., 77007, with music by Texas John-ny Boy. Ernst’s “Fur Bitten” fea-

tures sculp-tures from f a m i l i a r m a t e r i a l s of animals, insects, and other liv-ing forms. “Echoes of O b l i v i o n” by Mazzu is a series of oil paint-ings influ-enced by the evolution of the Houston ar-chitectural landscape. Johnson’s “Artist Tries to Save the World” utilizes ceramic sculptures and tile to create comical narrative works referencing political or social is-sues. If you’ve never been to the Art Car Museum, now is a great time to go. The art car artists gen-erally come out in full force, too. The museum itself is a very popu-lar tourist attraction.

a r t p a r t y : Houston’s Pride Parade 2013, 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Mango’s Cafe, 403 Westheimer Road 77006. Among the relat-ed festivities, Paper and Space will host a group show from 5-8 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/321385414658541/ Not sure about the Houston Pride Festival? Then checkout this event and peer outside once in a while.

Avenue Gallery, 3219 Houston Ave., will host a closing reception Saturday. www.avegallery.com, email [email protected], on Facebook at AveGallery or at 832-649-8984.

Saturday, July 6First Saturday Arts Market has

its second evening show of the summer, 6- 10 p.m., 548 W. 19th St. Grifters & Shills (formerly West-bound) performs, and Alexis A. Moore opens. H-Town StrEATs will provide the food from their truck, and Vintner’s Own Winery will be on hand selling wine by the glass –– signature red or whites from Texas-grown grapes and made right here in the Heights. www.FirstSaturdayArts-Market.comor call 713-802-1213.

CAMx (Hous-ton): Jimmy James Canales and Lee Michael Peterson, 6-9 p.m. Redbud Gallery, 303 E. 11th St. 77008. Unit B and Red-bud Gallery pres-ent CAMx (Hous-ton): San Antonio artists Jimmy James Canales and Lee Michael Peterson July 6 – 28, curated by Unit B’s Kimberly Aubuchon. This is part of an exchange program by San Antonio’s Contemporary Art Month to raise the profile of San Antonio artists and to bring re-gional, national and international artists and curators to San Anto-nio.

The rare fifth Saturday is upon

us. To me it means an extra week of rest and relaxation before my monthly art market. With a 110 monthly shows behind me, I no-tice things like fifth Saturdays.

If you missed my column last week, I got to cruise on the Car-

nival Triumph’s second voyage last week. I am happy to report that my family vacation went off with-out a hitch. All had a good time, and I expect there will be no pho-tos or videos of me going viral on the internet.

Cohen is the founder and man-ager of First Saturday Arts Market. Contact him at [email protected] or visit him on the web atArt-Valet.com.

Over a recent weekend, Leader Eater indulged in an unintended contrast in culinary experiences. One evening was spent over deca-dent lobster deviled eggs, perfectly roasted wild mushrooms and a bone-in ribeye the size of a first baseman’s mitt at what is arguably the city’s premier sit-down, dine-in restaurant, Pappas Brothers.

Less than 48 hours later, Leader Eater was at another of the city’s iconic eateries, although I never actually sat in one of their seats, didn’t have a table-side waiter and hauled my entire meal out in con-tainers.

You could contend that Les Givrals is also one of the fin-est Vietnamese take-out spots in Houston (a reputation-reducing disclaimer: I never did get through the doors at the raved-about origi-nal location downtown).

The vibe of an order-and-leave noodle shop right away puts you at ease compared to the sometimes stodgy steak house. The eye-catch-ing, art-filled location is conducive to any type of casual dining. You can order at the counter, grab your own drink and sit in the shadow of the jumbled wooden installation that looks like a giant falling Jenga tower that was frozen half way to hitting the floor. You can settle in at the laid-back bar and tip back a Tiger and watch the Washington Avenue traffic zip by or just get a sack full of soup noodles, seafood and rice and banh mi on the run, as I did that evening. The Imperial Rolls are an unadventurous start-er, but these deep-fried Southeast Asian classics are guaranteed good-ness, especially when you are too hungry to wait for home –– and they are the easiest order to sneak

out of the Styrofoam container in between shifting gears.

Take-out Pho feels a little more authentic because you actually pour the broth over the noodles like you might do if you actually made it at home. The Pho Tai Ve Don features round eye steak and flanks with the round eye float-ing in the to-go tank of soup and the flanks waiting in the box with the noodles and fixins. Les Givrals’ shards of steak are not of the qual-ity of say, well, Pappas Brothers, but for $6.75, the pairing with the flanks proved an adequate com-bination in Les Givrals’ standard stock broth. My Co-Pilot got down on some Simmered Shrimp, a sea-food-covered rice dish that likely won’t garner much repeat business on our successive trips.

One item that Leader Eater won’t be shy about getting again is the Thit Nuong sandwich, whose main tenant is a few strips of char-grilled barbecue pork. The meat has a thin tenderness and currents of spiced sweetness that sits per-fectly between the crusty bread. No French bakery is going to be jealous of this sandwich’s roll but it performed its duties better than many other Banh Mis I’ve had in the city. And did I mention it’s un-der $3?

Amid the splay of sprout-lit-tered take out boxes at my house, I couldn’t help but think back to the dimly-lit steakhouse a few nights before and wonder which meal I had enjoyed more. While it’s not really worth the debate when it comes to the quality of the food, a stripped-down dinner on the dash from one of the city’s Vietnamese pros can sometimes be as good an evening out as any.

Les Givrals Kahve4601 Washington Ave.www.lesgivrals.com

Appetizers and Sandwiches: $2.75-$5.95

Vermicelli and Rice: $6.75-$7.95Pho: $6.75-$6.95

Kid Friendly: Noodles and children are besties

LE’s Favorite: Thit Nuong, Chargrilled BBQ Pork Sandwich

Mitch CohenArts Columnist

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New start for an old Heights hangout

Art a la Carte: No vacation for area artists

Illuminato, a work in acrylic by C.S. Ellington, who’ll make her first visit to the First Saturday Arts Market on July 6. (Submitted Photo)

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The original D&T, Dan and Ted McKeehan. The updated version of their Heights-area ice house will have its grand opening Saturday. (Photo from Facebook)

SnoBall King looking for a homeThe sale of the gas station on the corner of 43rd and Ella to a local restaurateur has

taken out the popular SnoBall King trailer as collateral damage.The colorful yellow and red repository of Hawaiian-style “shave” ice treats was hauled

to its parent company’s warehouse Tuesday because a construction fence was going up at the property, according to Cherie Sinclair, who owns the business with husband Patrick.

She said she’s scouting new locations in the area.“It’s not as easy as it seems,” she explained. “It’s not just a parking space. The city

requires that we have an agreement with a business to have use of its restrooms for employees, and we have to find a business that keeps about the same hours as we do.”

We’ll keep you posted on the SnoBall King’s whereabouts on our website at thelead-ernews.com.

Bake-it-yourself pizza franchise set for Oak ForestPapa Murphy’s Take and Bake Pizza is apparently poised to open its 11th Houston-area

location in Oak Forest, at 1214 W. 43rd St.The franchise specializes in custom-made pizzas that patrons take with them to bake,

as well as desserts such as chocolate chip cookie dough and s’mores pizzas.There’s a sign posted at the location to announce its impending arrival, but no one

at the phone number answered to say when it’s scheduled to open, and there was no activity at the site.

Burgers all day at Rainbow LodgeThey’ll be closed Thursday for the Fourth of July holiday next week, but Rainbow

Lodge, 2011 Ella Blvd., will make up for lost time July 5 by extending their celebrated Friday wild game burgers beyond the usual lunchtime hours.

The burgers will be served for dinner, as well, starting at 5 p.m., and owner Donette Hansen says she’ll extend Happy Hour until 7 p.m., with live music in the bar 6-9 p.m., to mark the long holiday weekend.

For more, visit www.rainbow-lodge.com.

Fried chicken celebration at Liberty, BRCNever ones to let a national food day go by, the folks at Liberty Kitchen, 1050 Stude-

wood, and BRC Gastropub, 519 Shepherd Drive, will be marking National Fried Chicken Day July 6 with specials to eat-in or take out starting at 11 a.m. and available until they’re gone.

BRC is offering two pieces of cold fried chicken with a biscuit, ginger cilantro slaw, bacon potato salad for $15. The Liberty Kitchen meal is two pieces of cold fried chicken with a blue cheese avocado potato salad and grilled jalapeño for $10.

Beaver’s celebrating 4th for a good causeIt will be an old-fashioned Fourth of July at Beaver’s, 2310 Decatur St., starting at 11

a.m. on the holiday, with a hot dog eating contest, pie-throwing booth, dunk booth, music – and of course food and drink specials.

Those staying late will be able to see the downtown fireworks from the restaurant’s patio.

All proceeds from the games will go to the Semper Fi Fund to help injured Marines.

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Chamber hired well; New Orleans TP chose wrongWe’ve got three things to quickly

cover this week, and where I usually attempt to tie columns

around one theme, accept my apologies for taking you in three completely differ-ent directions today.

Chamber LeaderAs you may have read, the board of the

Greater Heights Area Chamber of Com-merce has named its new president and, based on the selection, it seems fair to offer a few thoughts.

A couple of months ago, I wrote what some would call an infamous column about how important this decision was, not just for the Chamber, but for every person who lives and works in this com-munity.

Here’s why: When people make com-parisons about this area, they suggest we’re the new West University Place. We really are a small town inside a big city. The difference is that West U. has a municipal government (mayor, city manager, council, police chief, etc.). In our small town, we have none of those things. Instead, we have two city council members who do their best to tend to our needs.

Enter the Chamber of Commerce, which has the ability to help local busi-

nesses and even citizens like us. And enter Terry Burge, a man I have grown to know quite well over the past year, mainly because I bought his business.

As publisher of The Leader, Terry built a business that survived the most tumul-tuous time in the history of the newspa-per industry. How did Terry do that? He literally spent four decades listening to the businesses of this area, finding out how The Leader could help them grow. Sure, some years were better than oth-ers, but what I know about Terry Burge, our new Chamber president, is that he’s learned to reinvent himself over and over again. I’d suggest he’s about to do that one more time.

Running The Leader, just like any newspaper, is an interesting job. This business is built on creating a product

that appeals to as many readers and ad-vertisers as possible. We create a product every week (every day on the web and through social media), and our singular goal is to inform and entertain our read-ers better than any other media organiza-tion in this area.

In Terry’s new position as head of the Chamber – or our mayor, if you will – the goal is much more than publishing a product every week or every month. Yes, a lot of his job will be similar. He’s once again working the streets, talking to local businesses, trying to find a way to help. This time, though, he doesn’t have that singular product with which to fulfill those requests. Instead, he will take what he hears and attempt to build consensus among other local businesses that have the same concerns. The solutions he helps create won’t just be to run a bigger ad and to buy more space in the paper. We don’t need a Chamber that offers products for us to buy. We need a Cham-ber that helps others buy our products.

The job at hand for Terry and his board is to find ways of solving the chal-lenges of local businesses – hiring the right people, understanding how to get a capital loan, figuring out ways to drum up more business through networking and product presentation.

For my part, I think the board of the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce made an excellent selection. (I also know they had a very tough decision because there were great applicants in their pool of potential presidents.) I may have caused a stir back in April when I publicly called on the board to get this one right, but I think the board answered with vigor. Now Terry just needs to prove them right.

Where are you, protesters?In case you haven’t caught on (and this

is where we’re changing subjects), some columns I write are intended to start dia-logue among the people in our commu-nity. Last week was one of those attempts when I said the so-called tree huggers often lose perspective of real issues when protesting the chopping of trees.

Amazingly, not one person involved in protecting trees wrote to admonish me for my near-sightedness. And I must admit that has left me quite upset. Don’t get me wrong; I appreciate the people who supported my point of view. But I want to make sure people know that if you disagree with something we publish, we are honored to publish your opinions. Feel free to “let me have it” any time you choose.

Back in New OrleansOne of the first columns I wrote soon

after buying The Leader was about a decision the owners of the New Orleans Times-Picayune made to eliminate the daily newspaper and publish three days a week. The owners, Advance Publica-tions, said they were becoming a digital company (Translation: We’re about to fire a bunch of people.)

My assumption is most of you don’t follow our industry’s news, so I thought I’d share the latest development. Begin-ning this past week, the owners have reversed course and will publish six days a week, with the Times-Picayune three days a week and TP Street (no seriously, that’s what they’re calling it) running the other three days. Of course, if you have a subscription to the regular paper, you’ll have to pay extra for the TP.

Oh well. At least they’re trying. As I told a local business owner last week, newspaper companies that try to pretend they are digital companies have it all wrong. We are what we are, warts and all. I’m proud that I’m in this business. Maybe the folks at the TP are learning the same.

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The kindest cut of allDear Editor:I just read your article “Stop giving the real tree

huggers a bad name”, and wanted to say thank you. To start, I have NEVER written a writer - ever, and I’m not sure what is motivating me to do so right now. I just feel like this story has been blown so out-of-pro-portion and only on one side. I also consider myself a tree hugger; however, I value human life more than a beautiful old tree - no matter how lovely it is. I really feel for the builder in this case b/c it seems like he is actually doing the responsible thing, but he is get-ting all of this emotional out-lash from uninformed people. Would they want that tree to collapse on a family? I don’t worry as much about the damage to the house or two like you mentioned in your article (while that is significant), but I REALLY worry about it crashing down on a person’s bedroom and hurting or killing them.

I think people are just really worked up about the Woodland Heights park “massacre”, and it’s unfortu-nately giving all builders a bad name. Builders offer a critical service to all of us - they provide shelter and almost every normal person’s largest financial invest-ment ever . I had not ever really thought much about it until a good friend of mine quit his engineering job to start a building company. It is HARD work - much harder than his Petroleum Engineering w/ MBA job, and he has a young family to feed. I’m not sure why I had always thought of builders as bad people (maybe b/c you always hear the few stories about them trying to stick it to their clients - never the 90% good ones?). I had never thought about them like the normal people that they are, feeding their families and providing the market with a critical service that I do not have the patience to do myself!

Brie Kelman

Dear Editor:The developer was right in taking down the tree

at 23rd & Oxford. Don’t get me wrong, as a long time resident of Oak Forest, I love the numerous trees in the neighborhood. But, I have had three trees fall on my house. Two were during Ike, the third one was a seemingly healthy tree on my neighbor’s property. It had some signs of decay; large limbs falling during minor storms and some hollowing of the trunk. The tree was never checked out and removed, and as a result fell on my house. Those protesting could plant some trees to replace the sycamore so the next gen-eration of OF & Heights residents can enjoy healthy trees and not old, decaying trees that will do damage to their homes.

Eileen Young

Posted on theleadernews.comMr. Clooney described himself as an arborist. There

are stringent requirements for being a certified arborist. The USA has college based training and Mr. Clooney told me he did not have a college degree. He did not further clarify his qualifications to present himself as an arborist.

Mary Edgerton

EDITOR’S NOTE: According to the website of the International Society of Arboriculture, to be certified as an arborist requires three years of professional experience and passing a rigorous examination, not a college degree.

Posted on theleadernews.comI am also not sure who you are to need anyone

to clarify their qualifications when you in fact are apparently not qualified in the subject matter. I wish people like you would take the same efforts put forth to save a tree, that if it was dangerous, could potentially fall and either injure a person or persons or someone’s home, and put that energy into helping children that are either abused, starving and/or homeless. I am sure that Mr. Clooney has saved more trees by properly trimming and thinning them out so they can grow and prosper. I suggest you become more educated on tree preservation before you cast stones. We all live in homes that are made from wood that comes from trees and furnish our houses with furniture made from trees.

Michelle

Posted on theleadernews.comMs. Edgerton, I think that you need to check your

tone and the way you represent yourself both in person and online. Though many people do not have a college degree in our country, there are many that are considered experts. For example, the following do not have college degrees: Michael Dell, Henry Ford, Bill Gates, and John D. Rockefeller. I do not think that anyone would say that Michael Dell is a not an expert in IT because he did not receive a degree in Informa-tion Technology. Mr. Clooney has done many things around Houston to preserve as many trees as he pos-sibly can. He has even transported trees so that they can be replanted and continue to prosper. I think that you need to find out the whole story and realize that Mr. Clooney is not the bad person in this situation. I hope in the future you do not start pointing fingers where they do not need to be pointed and realize that when you point a finger you have three more pointing back at you!

Danielle

Trucker’s dilemmaPosted on theleadernews.comThis story truly disgusts me. The audacity of the

Lawhorns to file formal complaints against their own neighbor and knowingly let the tab rack up is the worst form of human behavior I can imagine. This is a prime example of the definition of the word tyranny. The fact that Gashette’s own neighbor is using the government to induce him to stop doing something that bothers them that is in no way illegal or harmful

to them or anyone else and does not violate any law is cowardly at best.

The city of Houston let our neighborhood become the one with the highest increase in crime and then come after one of it’s tax paying residents for $200,000 is something everyone in Oak Forest should stand up against. I could care less what size your house is and if you’ve lived in Oak Forest a 100 years or a 100 days this is a case of a neighbor taking away the very lively hood another neighbor enjoys because he is too much of a coward to have a conversation with him. That is a break in the very fabric that makes us American.

I grew up in the burbs and the thought of living there repulses me for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons is that I want to be as far away from people that do things like this. I feel blessed to live on Althea primarily because of my neighbors. You don’t get these kind of great people outside the loop (yes I know we’re not inside 610 but I don’t care).

The only salvation for the Lawhorns is to withdraw their compliant, defend Gashette in court (we all know he’s an attorney by now) and refund him the $2,500 he spent on an attorney.

Or at least move far away to some place like the Woodlands – you’ll make money on your house and I’ll even chip in for the gas on the way out.

Stephen Hazen

Posted on theleadernews.comRegardless of whether you believe it’s right or

wrong for him to park his truck on his property, it is now a legal issue between him and City of Houston. The City is enforcing what they perceive as a violation of deed restrictions. Gashett should have responded to the City to avoid racking up the fines. The City of Houston is imposing the fines – not his neighbors.

Ryan B

Armed Citizens Patrol protestPosted on theleadernews.comThe more I read about ACP, the more I like them. I’m

glad someone in the Heights is finally willing to take a stand against “Moms Demand Action‚“ and Sheila (Jackson Lee).

timincognito

Ertman-Pena murder memorialPosted on FacebookThis was very traumatic for the whole city. Thanks

for memorializing. I used to sneak out as a teen. It changed my whole way of thinking about that.

Shelly McDavid

Who’s your member of the U.S. Con-gress? Who represents you (or in no way represents you) in the Texas Legislature? Here’s one almost no Texan can answer: who is your elected member on the State Board of Education – that embarrassment before the nation? Don’t feel unworthy if you don’t know the answers.

Texans don’t know and don’t care, and don’t take my word for it. According to a study by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin and the National Conference on Citizenship, Texas ranked 51st in voter turnout in 2010 -- behind all other states and Washington, D.C. And we care so little about what the winners do after tak-ing office that we were 49th in the number of citizens who even bothered to contact public officials. (In a sad sidelight, which has nothing to do with our current con-versation, we ranked 43rd in donating and 42nd in volunteering.)

Getting back to our non-voting, 61.6 percent of eligible Texans reported be-ing registered to vote in 2010, but just 36.4 percent said they actually voted. UT journalism professor Regina Lawrence, director of the Strauss Institute, said that figure means a “really active one-third” of the voting-eligible population is exert-ing “outsized influence.” That’s just what I was telling Ted Cruz. Why such a lousy

turnout? It’s by design, say the research-ers and others who study Texas’s voter turnouts. We have a long history of keep-ing minorities away from the ballot box-es. Even today the transparent barrier of voter I.D. is still being pushed, although judges say it unfairly targets minorities. Also, this is such a red state, why bother to vote? Then there’s gerrymandering, which is yet another way of making the election outcomes predictable.

We can say these movements are unfair, they are un-American, and fly in the face of our Constitution. Hey, fly face –– they work. The GOP in Texas and in other states is winning. Remember that Obama smashed Romney in the popular vote by one and a half million nationwide, and in the Electoral College that Kenyan so-cialist beat the Suit by 332 votes to 206. (Mitt Romney won Texas by 17 percent-

age points, a 2-point improvement from John McCain’s 2008 effort.)

Nationally, Democratic candidates for the US House beat their Republican op-ponents by more than 1.4 million votes, but through gerrymandering, the GOP holds 234 seats to 201 for the incompe-tent, out-maneuvered Dems. The House of Representatives is not what you’d call representative.

A prime example of gerrymandering is a ballot box near you. Texas’s non-stop re-districting fight has made a lot of lawyers prosperous, not to mention how many of our tax dollars have been blown. The fight goes up the court steps to a higher bench then comes back down, then goes etc. Meantime, Gov. Rick Perry called a spe-cial (and expensive) extra session of the Legislature to keep his people in power. In all of this, each political party has its own maps, census counts, plans to steal the next election. It’s not just GOPers who like the current lines. In that special ses-sion, the Texas State Senate voted unani-mously, every single Democrat and Re-publican, to keep the current senate lines. The measure should be called the Incum-bents Career Security Act. It’s crazy.

Take that liberal bastion, Travis County, where Obama got 60 per cent of the vote in 2012. The county has long been repre-sented in the U.S. House by Lloyd Doggett,

a Democratic thorn in the elephant’s side. The GOP tried everything it could do to get rid of Doggett. Redistricting was the best hope, and today Travis County is in -- get this – five different Congres-sional districts. The GOP holds four, but Doggett doggedly holds on to one of them. The Austin American-Statesman recently determined that various parts of the UT campus fall into three separate districts, which spread from Bryan (irony) to San Antonio. Some of the county’s districts go to Houston’s suburbs, one includes Cor-pus Christi, and another almost touches the Mexican border. Thus Austin, the fourth largest city in Texas, is not domi-nant in any of the districts; its voters make up less than 35 percent in any of them. Their voice in Congress is diluted, if not muted, by lines on a map.

Clearly gerrymandering is a serious problem in Texas for some. For others, it works just fine. But in case we need to redraw the lines for our members of Congress and the Legislature so they look more like Texas rather than, say, member-ship in the River Oaks Country Club, let’s begin with the original premise that a dis-trict should include like-minded people who have a single representative or state senator to speak for them, vote on laws covering them, vote on taxes, etc.

I suggest we put all the lawyers in one

district, all the ranchers in another, put the professors and students in another. Group all the liberals in their own districts, same with the conservatives. All the moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats are grouped in the endangered species district -- a very small district.

This redrawing might cause some skill-ful map work, but have you seen our cur-rent Congressional maps? They look like a Rorschach test. A dockworker in Port Arthur has the same Congressman as a corporate lawyer in The Woodlands. One guess as to who donates the most money and has the most influence.

District 14 goes from the New Mexico border to Dallas suburbs. District 23 runs from a cozy GOP San Antonio neighbor-hood to the east side of El Paso. Yep, its congressman is from that GOP neighbor-hood.

All of these new districts might vio-late the U.S. Constitution, but that is so 1780s. Who cares? Remember the Consti-tution’s Fourth Amendment that protects us against “unreasonable searches and seizures” has been decoded by the NSA, which found it actually means, “You can trust us, we’re from the government.”

Complain to your member of Congress, whoever that is.

Ashby is hiding at [email protected]

The never-ending dis-membering of Texas and her government

ASHBYAT

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the cars. The fire department can call the railroad and have the train stopped.

On one occasion, the train was about 10 minutes away from reaching the site, Bishop said. Bishop said he has called BNSF, the Houston Police Department, 311 (the number to report incidents to

public works) and the Texas De-partment of Transportation about getting signs or barricades put up near the tracks, to no avail.

According to the city, the tracks are BNSF’s responsibility. A me-dia representative with BNSF said it was the first he heard of the situ-ation.

He has been named Citizen of the Year by the Houston Heights Association and has received resolutions of commendation from both houses of the Texas Legislature. He is past president of the Association of Free Com-munity Publications, a trade as-sociation representing more than 3,000 newspapers and magazines throughout North America and also served as president of the Texas Community Newspaper As-sociation and the Southwest Asso-ciation of Advertising Publishers.

A native Houstonian, Burge graduated from Bellaire High School where he was editor of the nation’s only high school daily newspaper, and from the Uni-

versity of Houston where he was named to the Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor society.

Burge and his wife, Deborah, reside in west Houston and are ac-tive members of St. Martin’s Epis-copal Church.

“Small businesses are confront-ed with enormous challenges to-day,” he said. “The chamber can be a valuable tool in addressing many of those, assisting them in networking and marketing as well as serving as a resource for busi-ness education and other critical support information. Our role is that of a partner in our members’ prosperity, and we’re going to just keep getting better at that with new services.”

Angeles on a 30-hour train ride for a week-long camp. His father joined him on the trip.

As soon as his cardiologist medically cleared Sackett, he was ready to go. It was his first trip out of state.

Due to HLHS, it’s not medically advisable for Sackett to travel by airplane or to be in extremely hot temperatures or high elevations for long periods of time.

His fellow Scouts decided they wanted to have a trip where Sack-ett could be involved.

“Michael is very friendly -- he’s always helpful and kind to every-one,” troop member Joshua Knapp said before the trip. “I can tell he’s going to have a lot of fun with us.”

Jesse Knapp, the scoutmaster for Troop 924, said it was impor-tant to ensure that Sackett could participate in the trip.

“Once it was proposed to him, (that) this would allow him to

participate, there was 100 percent support for it,” Knapp said. “He is an asset in many regards. He’s a joy to have...and a solid scout.”

During the trip, the scouts stayed at the residence of a troop member’s grandparents. They were scheduled to visit the San Di-ego Zoo, the USS Midway and to take a hiking trip.

Sackett just finished eighth-grade. He’s homeschooled by his mother, an Oak Forest native, and he hopes to either own a business or become a pastor.

“He’s thinking about owning a business because he likes the idea of being his own boss,” Gloria said. “He’s also figuring out if God is calling him to be a pastor.”

St. Stephen’s UMC pastor Kevin Otto values Sackett’s contribu-tions to the congregation.

“Michael is one of our regular acolytes for the early service,” Otto said. “Just about every Sunday, he

and his dad light the candles for the early service. There’s a senior adult newsletter that comes out once a month, and Michael helps get those folded, and gets the en-velopes ready for mailing.”

James and Gloria are speakers for Baylor College of Medicine, so they can educate fellow parents of children with HLHS.

James said Michael’s involve-ment in the Boy Scouts and the troop members’ acceptance of him

have been great.“Lori and I have certainly seen

the maturation process and the changes that have come through it,” James said. “(Without being in) the scouts, the idea of getting in front a group just would not have happened. From a paren-tal standpoint, the troop turning backflips like this (to do this trip) absolutely bowls us over. It’s al-most unbelievable – except if you know the people involved.”

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So, back when the publisher bought this pa-per, I was out planting trees and attempting to do some restorative planting at T.C. Jester Park, which received some publicity – including in The Leader. Not much has changed since then.

The problem is that unless there is a ground-swell of support for restorative planting, it will not happen for another 20 years. Tree huggers are misguided. It really is not about the trees.

So, to the publisher and the rest of you won-derful people that would like to see more natu-ral areas in the city, I am begging you to call the city. Call Joe Turner. Call the Mayor. Call your council person. Call the at-large councilp-ersons. Make a lot of calls. I am weary of calling them. I am weary of speaking before council.

Joe Turner, the director of Houston Parks and Recreation is a manager. He is not a nat-uralist, botanist, or native plant expert. He is about mowing, weed eating, and cutting down trees. He is about managing crews of people that use hydrocarbon burning machines to decimate native plants that would make an at-tempt to grow. His main efforts are put forth to keep you, the citizen, happy. So, if you can find a way to motivate your fellow citizens to

call to demand that the city restore the natural vegetation to our parks, then Joe Turner will change the way he does business just to shut you up. It really will take huge numbers of people demanding this from the city to make this happen.

We have been maintaining our parks the way we do now for many years. Most citizens maintain their property the same way the city maintains the parks. Citizens and corporations pay landscape maintenance companies billions of dollars annually to mow, edge, weed-eat, and blow on their properties. It seems to me that the same companies could plant native plants, vegetables, fruit trees, pull weeds, remove in-vasive plants, thin and transplant natives, and harvest vegetables and fruit. We simply have to change the way land is maintained.

Someone in our area has a pocket prairie on their property. I sure hope someone does not complain to the city. I am sure they are violat-ing several ordinances on the books. We need to change the ordinances to motivate citizens to plant natives and create areas that demon-strate restorative planting.

I tried to do restorative planting in T.C. Jest-er Park because I saw the trees die out in the middle of mowed lawns. Of course, everyone blamed the drought. Drought is part of the

natural processes. If we examine areas that were not trees out in the middle of mowed lawns, we can see that some trees died in these areas. However, the majority of trees in these areas are still alive. The trees I planted in T.C. Jester Park will only live if the city stops mowing be-tween them. The only way the city will change the way they operate is if we demand it.

Shellye Arnold, the new leader of the Me-morial Park Conservancy, is a manager as well. She is not a botanist or naturalist. Ms. Arnold, much like Joe Turner, is not going to be able to do as good a job restoring Memorial Park as possible unless we citizens demand it. We must demand that the botanists and naturalists have more input with respect to how we care for our land.

Please do not sit idle and allow the city to continue the same practices we have been em-ploying for the last 50 years. Let’s restore the land so that we can go to the park and see the same thing we would see if we drive 50 miles away.

Nature belongs in the city. We can save bil-lions by changing the way we care for the land.

Woodward is a resident of Shepherd Park Plaza, an avid naturalist who practices restor-ative planting on nearby public lands.

Oak Forest resident Darrel Gashette, who was at odds with a neighbor and the city for parking the cab of his big rig in his drive-way, confirmed Monday that $200,000 in civil fines have most-ly been removed – but he still has court costs and attorney fees and cannot park the big rig truck in his driveway at 1430 Wakefield.

Gashette, a 35-year-old life-long Oak Forest resident, refused to discuss further details with The Leader, but KPRC Channel 2 reported that Gashette reached a court settlement to pay $5,000 instead of $200,000 on Monday.

Gashette defended himself in a civil hearing, having dismissed a

lawyer that he paid about $2,500, but the court ruled that the deed restrictions prevented him from parking there – something he did on a regular basis until new neighbors moved near him and complained.

Last week, Gashette told The Leader he didn’t want to move out of the neighborhood, but he’s begun to consider it, according to Channel 2.

“I could make a lot of money if I sell the house and move some-where where I can park the truck,” he told the television station.

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Darrel Gashette reaches settlement with city over truck parking fines

Tree health begins with restorative plantingby Dennis Woodward

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votes on the budget proposal.Eastman and Lunceford, along with trustees

Harvin Moore, Greg Meyers and Larry Mar-shall, are up for re-election in November.

Eastman said she didn’t approve of allocating extra funds to specific schools when there were “at-risk” youngsters at all schools in HISD.

Stipeche had proposed a third-party evalu-ation of the Apollo 20 program in the budget,

but her amendment was defeated. So far, the expensive experimental program has only been evaluated by its creator, Harvard educator Dr. Roland Fryer.

Chief Financial Officer Ken Huewitt said the district would not yet begin phasing tax in-creases in the next year to fund the $1.9 billion bond issue passed by voters last November.

Grier emphasized the tax rate remains fluid.

He said he and Huewitt would continue to rework the budget as variables are firmed up – including funding for the possible absorp-tion of the state-shuttered North Forest School District – and “scrub it very, very hard and at the end of the day when we come forward to you that the tax (rate) will be as low as it could be. We just donít know what that will look like right now.”

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As we approach that big, raucous, hot holiday weekend known as the Fourth of July, I wanted to give you some kibble for thought regarding fireworks and your pets. While you humans “ooohhh and ahhhh” over the bright flashes of light across the sky and the thun-derous booms and pops, (such simple creatures, you are) we pets can feel as though it’s the end of the world.

Even if you don’t live near the breathtaking fireworks display at Eleanor Tinsley Park in downtown Houston, please plan to prepare your pet for the possibility that he or she will be able to hear the fireworks (remember, our hearing –– among other things –– is far-superior to yours!) and become distressed--not to mention neighbors who may be shooting their own fireworks closer to home. That day, please make sure your pets are kept indoors and have a comfortable, cool, calm and cozy place to bed-down for the evening with plenty of food and water.

Also, please--for the love of German shepherds--do not take your dog downtown to see the fireworks show in person! You are

prohibited from bringing dogs (and other small pets) to the Free-dom Over Texas celebration...talk about anxiety! Crowds of people, loud noises, the heat--it’s enough to make even the most calm and well-mannered pooch head for the hills.

As famous dog trainer Cesar Milan explains, “running away from the noise is a survival mechanism. Remember, to your dog, the ex-perience of fireworks is different than other loud natural noises, like thunder. Fireworks are closer to the ground, more vibrant, and are accompanied by sudden booms, flashes and burning smells. Dogs experience the world through their senses – nose, eyes, ears — and the typical 4th of July celebration can be overwhelming.”

Some dog breeds may have a genetic predisposition toward noise anxiety, while some studies suggest that storm or noise anxiety could be a result of aging or hearing loss. If you have a dog who is prone to anxiety in thunderstorms, a Thundershirt, which is a jacket that your dog wears in an anxiety-prone situation, might help for fireworks distress as well. The Thundershirt applies gentle, constant pressure--similar to a hug--that has a dramatically calm-ing effect for over 80 percent of dogs. Thundershirts can be pur-chased locally at Natural Pawz in The Heights, 514 W. 19th.

The anxiety caused by fireworks isn’t just felt by dogs--we cats get anxious, too. If you have outside cats, please ensure that you either bring them inside for the evening or provide an otherwise safe shelter for them. For us indoor cats, please don’t take it per-sonally if we prefer to hide under the bed or in the closet during the evening’s festivities. It’s not you, really...it’s me.

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HOMEBUYERS WORKSHOPHouston City Living2 p.m. July 132211 W. 34th St.713-202-9656

This free workshop will present all the new options available in the homebuying process. Call Patsy Bushart for informa-tion.

TED POE LUNCHEONGreater Heights Area ChamberSheraton Brookhollow Hotel11 a.m.-1 p.m. July 263000 North Loop West713-861-6735 [email protected]

This networking event with business leaders is an opportunity for their clients and vendors to attend luncheon with U.S. Rep. Ted Poe. A single table of 8 is $300, multiple tables are $250 each, and individual seats are $50. A display booth is $125 and includes luncheon attendance for one.

THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF Express Children’s Theatre Through July 27446 Northwest Mall713-682-5044www.expresstheatre.com

O. Henry’s literary classic comes to life in this musical adaptation. Visit the website or call the box office for ticket information.

KIDS FITNESS AND FUN FESTNew Beginnings for Women 9 a.m.-noon Aug. 3 White Oak Conference Center 7603 Antoine Dr. 77088281-414-8416www.newbeginningsforwomen.net

New Beginnings for Women of Houston, Inc., a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of disadvantaged women and children, will host the event to promote awareness and provide solutions for the critical issue of childhood obesity. Children can participate in Tae-Kwon-Do, kids yoga, jumprope, hula-hoop and line dancing.

POGGIOREALE FOURTH REUNION Aug. 4SPJST Lodge 881435 Beall St.713-695-6586, [email protected]

The families from Poggioreale, Sicily will celebrate their fourth reunion. These families came to America from about 1880 to about 1910, seeking work in Louisiana and Texas. Tickets to this event must be purchased in advance.

LITTLE NELL, THE ORPHAN GIRLTheatre SuburbiaThrough Aug. 244106 Way Out West Dr.713-682-3525www.theatresuburbia.org

This “mellerdrammer” by Nelson Goodhue will be performed Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 24, with 3 p.m. Sunday matinees July 28, Aug. 4, Aug. 11 and Aug. 18. Tickets are $14 adults, $13 students and seniors, and $12 Sunday matinees. Reservations are recommended.

REUNIONS

WASHINGTON CLASS OF 1958 REUNIONSheraton Brookhollow Hotel3000 N. Loop West713-738-1396

The Booker T. Washington Alumni Association is planning a reunion for the class of 1958, which will feature a scholar-ship banquet and dance. Call by July 20 for information.

WALTRIP CLASS OF 1973 REUNIONAug. 9-10www.waltripclassof73.com

There are many activities planned for the weekend including a golf tourna-ment and casual mixer Aug. 9 and the main event Aug. 10. Visit the website for information.

REAGAN CLASS OF 1963 REUNIONAug. 16-17Omni Galleria Houston Hotel4 Riverway [email protected]

The Reagan High School Class of 1963 will hold its 50th class reunion and is seeking graduates. Contact Sandy Potter Reagan for registration information.

WALTRIP CLASS OF 1963 REUNIONSept. 20-22713-466-9030, [email protected] 713-937-3019, [email protected]

Many activities are planned for the reunion weekend including golf tourna-ment, casual happy hour and get together Sept. 20. A tour of the school and a seated dinner and dance is Sept. 21. The reunion concludes with a goodbye breakfast Sept. 22.

Cost for the dinner is $60 per person. Payment must be received no later than June 1. Checks or money orders should be made out to: Waltrip Class of ‘63 50th Reunion. Call or e-mail for payment mail-ing information.

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OAK FOREST RUNNING CLUBOak Forest Chill6 p.m. Tuesdays3542 Oak Forest Dr.281-685-9929

The Oak Forest Running Club meets

each Tuesday evening. Food is provided by Brother’s Pizzeria, 3820 N. Shepherd Dr. This social running club is free, but neighbors are encouraged to join the Oak Forest Homeowners Association.

JOB CORPS MEETING8:30 a.m. Mondays1919 N. Loop West, Ste. 477713-880-2454

Free meetings are held every Monday. The program is recommended for students between the ages of 16-24. One can choose from more than 20 trades or earn a G.E.D. or high school diploma and degree. This program is funded by the Department of Labor.

LAUGHTER YOGAHeights Library11 a.m.-noon Saturdays1302 Heights Blvd. www.houstonlaughteryoga.com

Laughter Yoga is breathing and play-based movement exercises practiced for health and wellness by people of all professions/ages/abilities.

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“The Heart of the Heights”1245 Heights Blvd.

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THE WIDOW’S MITEThe gospels of Mark and Luke both tell the story of the poor

widow who gives two small copper coins to the temple treasury. This would have been the rough equivalent of

putting in two pennies, but Jesus tells his disciples that she has actually given more than all the others. They have given from their abundance while she has given from what she had to live on. With income inequality growing in many countries we have a much larger number of both impoverished and wealthy people and consequently a “hollowing out” of the middle class. In the United States, the U. S. Census Bureau reports that 15.9 per cent, 48.5 million Americans, fell below the poverty line in 2011, while the Wall Street Journal reports that the wealthiest 1% of Americans saw their income increase by 275% over the last three decades. What income growth there has been in the United States during the last few years has been reaped mostly by the wealthiest of us. The poor are indeed getting poorer, the rich are getting richer, and more middle class folks are falling into poverty. It is certainly nice when the wealthy share their riches, but when billionaires donate a million dollars they are literally giving one thousandth of their wealth away. When someone living below the poverty line, whose net worth may be less than zero, gives a single dollar, they are literally giving of their very life. How many of us, whether rich or poor, can actually heed the call of the gospels to give of our substance, not just our abundance?

Rev. Herschel Moore, PastorA House of Hope and Prayer in the Heart of Houston

“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out

of her poverty put in all the living that she had.”

Luke 21:3-4

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Yard sale at St. Timothy’sSt. Timothy’s United Methodist

Church, 8787 N. Houston Rosslyn Road, will host a yard sale 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. June 28; and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. June 29. Indi-viduals can rent lawn space June 29 for $15. Call 713-819-8456 for information.

Vacation Bible School will be 9 a.m.-noon July 15-19. There is no cost and children age 3 through fifth-grade are welcome to attend.

Call 713-466-5500 or visit www.sttimothysumc.org for information.

Heights Presbyterian SNAP group plans Alvin bus trip

Heights Presbyterian Church, 240 W. 18th St., welcomes anyone who is 55 or older to join the Sat-urday Nights Adult Presbyterian Social group.

There will be a bus trip to Alvin June 29 which will feature a buffet dinner, followed by a night of mu-sic by Kevin Anthony at the Alvin Opry.

The bus will leave the church at 4 p.m. and return around midnight. The bus trip is free, the Opry ticket is $10, and the buffet is $10.

Call 713-861-1907 or e-mail [email protected] to make res-ervations.

Bazaar at Healing Waters Fellowship

Healing Waters Fellowship Church, 1039 Harvard St., will be holding a bazaar from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. June 29. Vendor space is available for $25.

Call 713-922-9247 for informa-tion.

Oak Forest Baptist presents musical

Oak Forest Baptist Church, 1700 W. 43rd St., will have a pa-

triotic musical “Stars and Stripes Forever,” presented by the choir at 4:15 p.m. June 30. The musical presentation has video accompa-niment. There will be watermelon served after the performance in the fellowship hall.

Call 713-682-4942 for informa-tion.

Senior Activity Day at St. Stephen’s

Senior Activity Day is back at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, 2003 W. 43rd St., on the first Wednesday of the month, be-ginning July 3, in the fellowship hall. Games begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by a soup and sandwich lunch at 11:30 a.m. A small mon-etary donation will be accepted to help cover the cost of lunch.

The Men’s Bible Study meets each Wednesday morning at 6:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall. Coffee and donuts will be provided. The Men’s Prayer Breakfast meets each Friday at 6 a.m. at the Denny’s Restaurant at Highway 290 and 34th Street. Men of all ages are welcome.

For information, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org.

Vacation Bible School at Hope Episcopal

Hope Episcopal Church, 1613 W. 43rd St., is offering Vacation Bible School from 6:30-8:15 p.m. July 15-19. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.

The theme is “Living in the Imagination of God.” All ages are welcome.

Call 713-681-6422 or visit www.hope-episcopal.org to register.

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St. Matthew’s United Methodist

Church, 4300 N. Shepherd Drive, will hold Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m.-noon July 15-19. Vis-it www.stmatthewsmethodist.org to pre-register.

Methodist Youth Fellowship meets each Sunday evening at 6 p.m., with a meal and Christian activities.

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For information, visit www.stmatthewsmethodist.org or call 713-697-0671.

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Sandra Ruth Cardenas, born Dec. 12, 1940 in Carrollton, Illinois, died June 17. She is survived by her beloved husband of 43 years, Arnulfo, stepchildren Ray Cardenas, Evelyn Teran, Barbara Sanchez and Lisa Martinez, brothers John, Richard and Robert Baldwin, 11 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

John Milton Cordray, 96, died June 18. Cordray served his country during World War II in the 1326th Army Air Field Base Unit Air Transport Command. He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and was awarded the American Defense Service Medal, the American Theatre Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. He is survived by his sons Cloy Bryan and John Jr., daughters Peggy Sue Tucker and Francine Turicchi, sister Sue Arvin, seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

Scott James Dailey, born June 14, 1958 in Los Angeles, died June 18, in Houston. Memorial contributions may be made to Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe Blvd., Houston 77030.

Barbara Grochett, 95, born Aug. 25, 1917 in Anderson, Texas, died June 21. She is survived by her sons Bill and Mike Grochett, and daughter Rita Rogers, six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Ralph August Janisch, born May 8, 1922 in Houston, died June 23. He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Alice Yvonne, daughters Debra Flaherty and Brenda Thomas, sons Michael and Ralph Janisch, sister Emma Johnson, seven grandchil-dren and eight great-grandchildren.

Aline G. Rawlinson, 99, born May 13, 1914, died June 18. Rawlinson graduated from Sam Houston High School. She is survived by daughters Christine Rawlinson, Kath-leen Keith, Karen Knoll, and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Houston S.P.C.A.

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Monica Lugo wanted the fam-ily and friends of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña to remember the fallen teenagers for the won-derful people they were on the 20th anniversary of their murder.

Last Saturday, about 80 people gathered at the Ertman-Peña Me-morial in T.C. Jester Park to honor the girls and to release balloons into the sky after the memorial.

On June 23, 1993, Peña, 16, and Ertman, 14 – Waltrip High class-mates – were walking through T.C. Jester Park when a group of six gang members brutally raped and murdered them.

“We want to remember the girls they were,” said Lugo, 36, who was a classmate of Peña’s at Black Middle School. “They weren’t just victims. They were our friends and daughters. We want to talk about them and bring them to life for the day. (This tragedy) changed my outlook on life – how much I value my friends and the people I

love.”Lugo and Christina Almarez, a

36-year-old Waltrip graduate who was a classmate of both girls, or-ganized the memorial, contacting people through Facebook.

Lugo’s oldest daughter’s middle name is Christine, in honor of Pe-ña’s middle name, and Almarez’s oldest daughter, who gradu-ated from high school earlier this

month, is named Jennifer, in hon-or of Ertman.

The parents and families of Ertman and Peña were grateful to their friends and community members for their show of sup-port on Saturday.

“It’s unbelievable what it means to me to have these people 20 years later,” said Adolph Peña, Elizabeth’s father. “This is sacred

ground where (they were) killed. It’s very heartwarming for myself and family to have these people here for me and my family.”

Said Randy Ertman, Jennifer’s father, “It means a lot. People I haven’t seen in (about) 20 years – it’s very nice of them to show up.”

Ray Zaragoza, who retired from the Houston Police Department in 2005, was the lead investigator

on the case. He attended the me-morial and stays in touch with the Ertman and Peña families.

“It’s been a long time, but I still remember it like it happened yes-terday,” said Zaragoza, who says the crime was one of the most gruesome things he’d seen in 30 years on the police force.

Andy Kahan, who runs the May-or’s Crime Victims Offi ce, spoke about the girls’ legacy. Three of the men convicted in the crime were executed, two are serving life sen-tences, and another one is serving a 40-year-sentence.

But Kahan said it was impor-tant not to mention the criminals’ names on this day.

“Most (high-profi le) cases are remembered for the criminal’s names, but this was one of the few cases nationally, where you say Jennifer Ertman and Eliza-beth Peña, and people know what you’re talking about – that’s how it should be,” Kahan said. “The case resonated with the city of Hous-ton. It was one of the most cold blooded, diabolical crimes that

people could commit. The (girls’) legacy will continue on for eterni-ty. Elizabeth and Jennifer became Houston’s girls.”

Don Smyth, a former Harris County prosecutor who’s now a county court judge, attended the memorial as well.

“Every June 23-28, I always re-member this,” Smyth said. “It was a shocking and terrible offense, you can’t forget it.”

The case resulted in two major changes in Texas law. The families of victims are now allowed to ad-dress the defendants in court, and those families are allowed to wit-ness the execution of the victim’s killers.

Kahan said that he and the Ert-man and Peña families worked tirelessly to ensure those legal changes were made.

And the case continues to touch those who didn’t know the girls but know of the tragedy. Oak Forest engineer Chris Barnhart is working on creating a memorial bridge for Ertman and Peña at the site of the current memorial.

Marie Gordon of the Oak For-est area celebrated her 90th birth-day with a ladies fi esta luncheon at Café Adobe on June 15, given by her daughter, Shirley (Mrs. Tom) Houston and attended by 35 friends and relatives. The tables were decorated with crowns and balloons, and 90s streamers fi lled the entire room. All the ladies were given lighted roses.

Marie has enjoyed her life in the Oak Forest area for more than 60 years. She and her husband, Walter Louis Gordon, owned Tradewinds Roller Rink, and many generations of children and teens in Leader Country have special memories of skating there. Tradewinds was opened in 1957 on Thanksgiving Day, and Patrick Swayze is one of the well-known young people who skated there. While Mrs. Gordon is a member of White Oak Baptist Church, she has not been able to be an active member for a number of years. She follows Dr. Ed Young of Second Baptist in Houston and Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio on TV –– and both her favorite pastors sent her congratulatory messages for her birthday.

Mrs. Gordon also received messages from Representative Dwayne Bohac (who used to skate at Tradewinds), State Sen. John Whitmire, Governor Rick Perry, George and Barbara Bush, and George W. and Laura Bush. Also sending a congratulatory mes-sage were Bill and Gloria Gaither, members of Marie’s favorite gospel singing group. Mrs. Gordon’s fa-vorite pasttime these days is play-ing cards, preferably Pennies from Heaven, with friends. She is always encouraging those a generation or two younger than she is to come over and try to see if they can beat her at a game of cards, but many times the younger ones are not able to be the winners.

An unexpected surprise was when her only great-grandson, Austin Gray of Brookwoods Es-tates, showed up as gifts were being opened. He was dressed as Mickey Mouse with a 4-foot tall Mickey Mouse balloon and a recorder playing M-i-c-k-e-y M-o-u-s-e. Wendy (Mrs. Cody) Gray, Lin-da (Mrs. David) Ellisor, Donna Hulet from South Carolina, and Tara Hulet were hostesses. Out of town guests were Glenda Hulet of Lumberton, Pat Purtell Riley of Beaumont, Donna Hulet of South Carolina, Louise Rydman and Nina Messersmith from Jas-per, and Mildred Rothmund and daughters of Nacogdoches.

Happy 91st birthday to Billie

Whitefi eld from her family and friends. Billie blew out her candles on June 24.

Congratulations to Darlene and Richard Rabe who will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniver-sary on July 6. Family and friends will honor this special couple and commemorate their 50th anniver-sary at a reception on July 13. The Rabes have lived and volunteered in the Oak Forest area since they moved to the neighborhood 48 years ago. They are blessed with three children: Steven, David and Stacia, a daughter-in-law Karrina, and one grandson, Travis. The en-tire family would also like to send loving happy birthday wishes to Darlene who will celebrate her special day on July 1.

May 23 was a festive day for four of our neighbors who celebrated birthdays together along with 26 of their nearest and dearest. Earleen Kleihege, an Oak Forest resident for 20 years, her youngest daugh-ter, Christine Kleihege, best friend Roberta Wallace, and a new friend to the group, Charleston Burks, celebrated at Carriage House Cafe. The decor was circa 1845, complete with covered wagons.

One of our kindest, most hip, most fi t and adventurous neigh-bors, Tony Pink, is in the middle of his second run at the Bicycle Tour of Colorado, an extremely rigorous seven-day, 450-mile ride through the Rockies. The cyclists will cross the Continental Divide at more than 12,000 feet, twice. Brutal climbs up steep summits, snow, rain, and howling winds are just a few of the challenges the cyclists will face. Some of the riders take this challenge on as a high adventure vacation, but Tony is riding to benefi t the Snowdrop Foundation. He did the run two years ago, raising $18,000 (that was matched by Pete Miller, the CEO of National Oilwell Varco) for the foundation. About the children at Texas Children’s Cancer Center, Tony said, “I met a group of these kids after the 2011 Bicycle Tour of

Colorado ride and was amazed at their strength and courage. What I endured riding the tour was noth-ing compared to what they have to deal with. Yet they attack each day with an incredibly positive at-

titude.”

The Snowdrop Foundation funds research to eliminate child-hood cancer, scholarships for college-bound pediatric cancer patients and survivors, and the Teen Program which is a support program for teenage patients – all within the Texas Children’s Cancer Center. To donate or follow Tony’s progress, go to snowdrop.donor-drive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.personalCampaign&participantID= and bicycletourcol-orado.com/index.php.

Share your summer activites by posting to THE LEADER on Facebook or emailing Elizabeth at [email protected].

Nearly a year after it was closed for renovations, the Collier Regional Library is scheduled to reopen.

The reopening is “absolutely fi rm” for July 15, Houston Public Library spokes-woman Sandra Fernandez told The Leader. The library closed last July and was sup-posed to reopen by April.

There’s been no explanation other than the upgrades taking “longer than expected.

When it reopens, the 17,440 square foot library will have new fl ooring, paint, refi nished furniture, a brand-new dedi-cated area for teens, and its meeting room, children’s area and information desk will have a freshened look.

Patrons of Collier have been diverted to the Oak Forest and Acres Homes branch libraries, and employees were dispatched to other branches until they could return.

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From Left: Waltrip High senior quarterback Trelon Johnson, Clifton Middle School head football coach Shane John-son Sr., Reagan High sophomore quarterback Shane Johnson Jr., and Waltrip High senior linebacker Kodie Ybarbo. Johnson Sr. coached his two sons, Trelon and Shane Jr., and his stepson, Ybarbo, at Clifton and now volunteers with the Waltrip secondary. On Nov. 2, the trio of players will face each other at Delmar-Tusa Stadium.


Football’s in the family

If Reagan High sophomore quarterback Shane Johnson Jr. faces three blitzing defenders on the field, it won’t be much differ-ent than what he hears from his father, brother and stepbrother on a daily basis.

Johnson Jr., Reagan’s backup quarterback last season, is com-peting with senior Eric Duran for the starting job.

Meanwhile, his older brother, Waltrip High senior Trelon John-son, is one of the leading can-didates to start at quarterback for the Rams. His stepbrother, Waltrip senior Kodie Ybarbo, is a linebacker for the Rams, and his father, Shane Johnson Sr., is the head coach at Clifton Middle School who also volunteers to help the Waltrip secondary.

“It’s actually kind of fun,” John-son Jr. said. “We turn everything into a competition, and we can dream about how we’re going to play each other. When we get old-er, we’ll be able to pass on things as a family.”

In Houston ISD, students can choose the school they’d like to at-

tend, hence the reason why John-son Jr. is enrolled at Reagan.

Reagan will host Waltrip in its Homecoming Game on Nov. 2 at Delmar-Tusa Stadium.

It could be a game with cham-pionship implications – Dave Campbell’s Texas Football picked Reagan to win Class 4A-District 21, and Waltrip to finish third behind Sharpstown. Last season, Reagan finished second, and Wal-trip, fourth.

Last November, the Bulldogs overcame a three-touchdown def-icit to earn a 34-29 win over the Rams.

Johnson Sr. coached all three boys at Clifton Middle School, and with the Northwest Tigers youth football team. He was a star linebacker at Aldine Eisenhower in the early 1990s and went on to play for Texas A&M-Kingsville and the Houston Thunderbears of the Arena Football League.

“It’ll be weird at first, but to watch them go out and play and enjoy themselves, what else can a dad ask for?” Johnson Sr. said.

Trelon was an honorable men-tion all-district cornerback last season but moved to wide receiver after returning starter Nathan

Washington decided to focus on basketball.

“I think that Shane’s a little bit ahead of me,” Trelon said. “Shane has the precision, but I think I’m more of a mobile quarterback.”

The Johnsons and Ybarbo lived in the same apartment complex when they were younger.

“Our parents saw how we were clicking,” Trelon said. “One thing led to another, and we all became a family. We talk about (the Rea-gan game) all the time. We haven’t even started two-a-days yet, and it’s already a discussion. It always irks me when he has a Bulldog shirt on and it irks him when I have a Ram shirt on. It’s fun though.”

Ybarbo, a second team all-dis-trict linebacker last season, en-joys watching the friendly rivalry between his two stepbrothers de-velop.

“It’s funny to watch when they get into each other about it,” Yba-rbo said. “We’ll start talking about football, and they’ll talk about who’s better. That usually hap-pens at least once a day. Before and after the game, we’re brothers. When the game’s going on, we’re enemies.”


Johnson rivalry makes Reagan-Waltrip matchup even more interesting

Heights-Norhill teams win District 25 championships

The Heights-Norhill 13U team won its third consecutive Dis-trict 25 Championship, and the 8U machine pitch squad repeated as champions. Most of the 13U players are 12, and the 8U players are 7.The younger squad began its streak by winning the ball Tee Ball district title for two straight years. They defeated Huffman Little League, north of Houston, 2 games to 1, to claim the title.The 13U squad has also won championships in the past.--Staff Reports

Top photo:8U team --First row from L to R: Jeriko Smith, Aidan Butron, Eduardo Lopez Jr., Adrian Lopez, Gabriel Lopez Jr., Jake LopezSecond row from L to R: Raymond Siller, Joseph Kitziger, Emily Lopez, Jacob Castillo, Alberto Ramirez, Jaidan ScottThird Row from L to R: Manager Javier Butron, Coaches Tony Mar-tinez, Eduardo Lopez Sr., Micah Castillo.Bottom photo:Back row, left to right, coach Ruben Canchola, Andres Castillo, Adam Escobedo, Adrian Recio, Armani Sanchez, Coach Sonny Escobedo, Frankie Sauceda, Coach Isaac Recio.Front row (L to R). Luis Zarate, Al-bert Colejio, Kyle Marcum, Lorenzo Canchola


Born in Anderson, Texas, August 25, 1917, passed away on Friday, June 21, 2013 at the age of 95. Barbara is preceded in death by her husband, Steve, her parents, Michael & Rosa Sivcoski, her brothers, Adam, John, Steve and Joe Sivcoski, and her sisters Bernice Shibest, Mattie Vickers, Maggie Treptow, Louise Milstead and Clara Sivcosky. Barbara is survived by her children Bill & Sharon Grochett, Mike & Bobbie Grochett and Rita & Jim Rogers; grandchildren Matt & Colinda Grochett, Brett & Courtney Grochett, Stephen Grochett, Craig & Christina Grochett, Susanne Grochett, and Beth Rogers & Foby Ramlagan; Great grandchildren Davis, Rhett, Reece, Brody and William Grochett; many other relatives and friends. Visitation were held Monday June 24, at Pat H. Foley & Co Funeral Directors followed by a vigil service. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Rev. Clint Ressler at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church 3600 Brinkman, on Tuesday, June 25. Memorial contributions may be made to the Michael and Rosa Sivcoski Saint Michael Window Restoration Fund at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, PO Box 210, Anderson, TX 77830

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A successful 7-on-7 championship weekend

The St. Pius X 7-on-7 team fi nished sec-ond at the Texas Private School Coaches Association 7-on-7 tournament at the Episcopal School of Dallas last Saturday.

The Panthers lost to Trinity Christian, 42-25, in the fi nal.

“We had a really good weekend,” SPX coach Blake Ware said. “We threw a lot of high percentage passes, and were able to score pretty much every time we had the ball.”

Ware was pleased with the performance

of junior quarterback Sean Kilpatrick and sophomore quarterback Timmy Ware.

“I’m not a big proponent of the two quarterback system, but if this continues, they both might play,” Coach Ware said.

He said receivers Brian Newman, Sam Vitulli, Micah Massey and Matthew Alex-ander played well as did defensive backs Marcus Evans, Jawaun Mason, Terrell Franklin and BeeJay Johnson. Timmy Ware and Vitulli both played some defen-sive back, too.

REAGAN QUALIFIES FOR STATEThe Reagan 7-on-7 football team quali-

fi ed for its fi rst-ever state tournament by

fi nishing second in the Cinco Ranch state qualifying tournament on Saturday.

The Bulldogs, coached by Hogg Middle School teacher Jimmy McClure, lost to Langham Creek, 19-13, in the tourna-ment’s championship game.

The state tournament will be held July 11-13 at Southwest Williamson County Regional Park in Round Rock, just north of Austin.

Seven-on-seven is a passing competi-tion that helps quarterbacks, wide receiv-ers and defensive backs get ready for the football season.


The Reagan High 7-on-7 team qualifi ed for the state tournament for the fi rst time ever.


Reagan High senior running back/defensive back Tavon Dodd is ready to have a big senior year.

Dodd, 18, was a captain on last season’s team that fi nished 7-4 and returned to the playoffs for the second straight season, and will return as a captain again.

He was the Bulldogs’ leading rusher with 515 yards and six touchdowns and also had 101 receiving yards and two touchdowns; defensively, he made 42 tackles to go along with four inter-ceptions and two sacks, according to maxpreps.com.

Dodd helped lead the Bulldogs to their fi rst-ever State 7-on-7 Tour-nament appearance.

A fourth-year varsity player, Dodd also com-petes in track & fi eld, in the 100 meter dash and the 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays.

“I like to play defen-sive back better,” Dodd said. “I’ve been playing it for four years, so it’s easy. I just love playing football. It’s fun -- the touchdowns and mak-ing plays.”

What does being a team captain mean to you?

“A lot of responsibility. Being a leader on and off the fi eld, Keeping the program going, so when we leave, the younger players will know what to do.”

Reagan is enjoying some of its best football in more than 50 years. What’s it like to be a part of that?

“It feels great to be a part of history, and knowing you’re part of the reason why we’re good feels good.”

Last season, Reagan fi nished second in District 21-4A to North Forest. What will it take to win the district crown?

“Hard work this summer and getting everybody in the weight room. I strongly believe we’re going to win district this year.”

What’s your favorite subject in school?“I like History. I like learning about things that happened in the past.”Where’d you like to go to college to study and play football?“I’d like to study Business. I’m not sure yet which school. UT-San An-

tonio, Lamar, North Texas and McNeese State have expressed interest.”What’s the best thing about living in Houston area?“It’s big and there’s a lot of people. It’s really diverse -- you don’t have

to just get used to one thing.”

Athletic Spotlight Reagan’s Tavon Dodd

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