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As St. Patrick’s Day ap-proaches, The Leader decided to take stock of near north Houston for new develop-ments in what has become the city’s hand-crafted beer-brewing capital. We’re glad we did.

Several weeks ago, three Heights couples signed a lease for 20,000 square feet of space at 941 W. 18th St. in the old Jake’s Finer Foods warehouse. The six principals have since started the design and installation of their new Eureka Heights Brew Co. They could not be more ex-cited by the adventure.

“We are all from engineer-ing backgrounds,” said Casey Motes, one of the owners. “We are all kind of geeky. We love the brewing process, and we live in, and love the com-munity. It’s a dream come true for us.”

For three years, Motes has been brewing for Brock Wag-ner, owner of the highly suc-cessful St. Arnold’s Brewery

in the Fifth Ward. Motes says those years provided him with a wonderful learning experi-ence. How does Wagner feel about the new competition?

“Brock was gracious and supportive when I told him. He has been great about it,” Motes said. “He is happy for us.”

The beers from Eureka Heights Brew Co. will be available in draft only, but the objective is to package in cans within the first two years. The owners anticipate brewing several stouts, two India Pale Ales (IPAs), one “hoppy Pale Kolsch, German-American hybrid,” said Motes, “and a malty English bitter.”

While hand-crafted brews have skyrocketed in popular-ity across the nation, as the large commercial breweries

are suffering record low sales, another fact has emerged: craft brews tend to contain more alcohol then commer-cial brews. Sometimes, lots more alcohol.

The folks at Eureka Heights Brew Co. have decided to buck that trend. Most of this brewery’s beers will hover in the four or five percent alco-hol-by-volume range. Nor-mally, craft beers run from five to 10 percent, while some reach 12, 20, and even 30 per-cent.

Lower alcohol content is a decision the team at Eureka made for some very good rea-sons.

“Lower alcohol does not change the flavor and, if anything, makes it harder to brew,” Motes said. “The alcohol in beer can cover a

myriad of brewing flaws and the more alcohol there is, the more it will cover. Low-alco-hol brews offer fewer places to hide but we think it pro-duces finer products.”

And there is another rea-son. “We also think sitting down with friends and beer is a social event. It is about a moment of enjoying flavors and companionship. If our beers mean I can sit down for two hours and have four beers with friends, I’d rather that than two beers and one hour,” explained Motes with a smile.

At the moment, plans are to launch Eureka Heights Brew Co. in the summer of 2016. Keep your eye on The Leader for more information.

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My lifelong interests and education in wildlife ecol-ogy led me into my passion of creating personal wild-scapes, with current projects ranging from a small patio backyard habitat to a large coastal prairie restoration. There are small things that each of us can do to pro-tect, enhance and restore our yard habitats, right here in our neighborhoods. I’m a five year Garden Oaks resi-dent and am currently work-ing to fulfill this passion.

There are the obvious benefits of viewing wildlife in your yard, but other ben-efits include cleaner air, less water runoff, and less main-tenance with chemical pest control, fertilizers, and mow-ing. The use of a diverse plant pallet not only attracts a wide variety of wildlife, but balances the habitat allowing less chances for large scale pest issues.

There are four basic needs in a habitat garden: food, wa-ter, shelter and space. Pro-viding a diverse variety of year-round food and water sources is the most important factor in attracting wildlife to your yard. Providing shelter, of varying vegetation levels, for ground nesters, tree nest-ers, and all in between allows small wildlife to keep safe from predators. Space pro-vides a place to raise young wildlife, by planting dense shrubs or building nesting boxes or snags.

When planning and plant-ing for a wildlife garden, the basics include:

• planting native or well adapted plants, and remov-ing invasive plants

• planting a variety of bloom colors, flower shapes and bloom periods

• avoid overhead irrigation to prevent nectar loss from flowers

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sects, by making your yard a pesticide free zone

• if you have to use insec-ticides, apply at night when pollinators are least active

To attract different birds, provide a variety of year-round plants providing nec-

tar, pollen, seeds, berries, and native grass seed. Snags for nesting and shelter, and nest boxes will encourage them to stay in your yard after feeding. Hummingbirds eat flower nectar and tiny in-sects, but have a poor sense of smell, and therefore need red or orange tubular flow-ers. If you supplement feed with sugar water, it’s impor-tant to change out the water and clean the feeder fre-quently to prevent sickening the birds. Adjacent branches allow hummingbirds a rest-ing place to protect their food source, as they are very territorial. Staggering plants or feeders around the yard will provide more feeding options.

Bees are most often drawn to purple, yellow and white blooms, while butter-flies see white, pink, purple, red, yellow and orange best. Flowers planted in masses are easier for them to see. Providing diversity in flower form allows different types of feeders to find the right feeding platform. For but-terflies we also need to plant both host and nectar plants for various species to sup-port the entire lifecycle. Bare areas of moist mud or a sim-pler puddler help male but-terflies with hydration and mineral needs.

Some of our best yard wildlife are those that help control pests. Amphibians and reptiles like frogs and lizards provide insect and ro-dent control. Providing loose stone borders for shelter and basking encourage them to stay.

Little things can go a long way in providing habitats for our urban wildlife. Let’s start the conversation. Email [email protected]

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Contributed Photo(lFrom eft to right) Rob Eichenlaub, Casey Motes and Joel Swift, owners and founders of the new Eureka Heights Brew Co. The business joins a long list of new breweries opening in the Heights area over the past few years, and the trio hope to put a new spin on the local beer market.

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Things are moving quickly at the former site of the Wa-bash Feed and Garden Store in the Heights.

On January 15, The sale of Wabash Feed and Garden located at 5701 Washington Ave., was concluded. Popular Wabash is moving to a larger location at 4537 North Shep-herd Dr., and the old prop-erty was purchased by Gary Mosley, owner of the locally grown, and highly successful Creek Group of restaurants.

The old space on Washing-ton Ave. has been occupied by Wabash since 1987, when the area was “still kind of dicey,” said Wabash’s founder/own-er, Betty Heacker. Today, the corridor is a thriving artery of

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Neighborhood attorney Phyllis Oeser knows from ex-perience that putting off es-tate planning or probate work can be more harmful than one would realize. Fortunately, she offers years of experience and a background well versed in the world of crafting wills and navigating the legal system.

More importantly, she says her work also offers people peace of mind.

“One thing I often tell people when they come and visit me is that you can also see a will as a gift to loved ones you leave behind,” Oeser said.

While there may not be as many homes with only one major income earner, the stress can add up quickly in the event of a family death. Having a will cane expedite the court pro-cess and a person can be ap-pointed within a few weeks to ensure a person’s final wishes are followed through with.

“Without it, the court hires a lawyer and goes through a process to make a determina-tion for other heirs within the family,” Oeser said. “You will

also have to pay other attorney fees.”

It’s important to keep in mind, however, that a will lacks true legal power until it is brought before a probate court and a judge confirms it a valid will.

“The will has no force or effect until the judge says it does,” Oeser said.

Oeser likens a trust to a box, with the trust document serv-ing as a blueprint for the box. When establishing a trust, a person must deed the prop-erty over to the trust and it be-comes the legal owner of said property.

“The person with the trust is typically the one in charge and receiving the benefits,” Oeser said. “If they buy a new piece of property, it needs to be tied into the trust and names also need to be changed on bank accounts. When you do a will, you don’t have to change any-thing.”

When it comes to establish-ing a trust versus a will, there are situations where the former would be a better option but is also more expensive as the assets in a trust are created throughout a lifetime.

“If you own property in mul-tiple states, for instance, a trust is a good vehicle,” Oeser said. “If you do a will now, you pay a little bit more now and you don’t have to make any big changes to accounts or docu-ments.”

Perhaps another advantage is that the probate process in Texas is streamlined compared to other states, Oeser said.

“People might have the per-ception that the probate pro-cess drags on and can be ex-pensive and it can be if a lot of people are fighting or arguing,” Oeser said. “But if you have a mom-and-pop situation, with a focus on just leav-ing some things for children, that can be a very simple thing to do.”

With setting up a will, it’s important to establish power of attorney for healthcare and financial purposes – often re-ferred to as a “living will” - and a document dealing with the disposition of remains which can establish funeral and burial wishes and requests.

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The Chamber held its an-nual Economic Forecast Lun-cheon on January 28th. Dr. Bill Gilmer took the podium to let us know what is going on with Houston and the lo-cal economy. For those of you who have been nervous about the extremely low price of oil, that nervousness will prove to be well founded. Houston’s economy is diverse enough that the city as a whole will be fine and continue to prosper. Our area however is largely tied up with the upstream oil industry and thus will feel unstable economically until the price of oil recovers. As far as it impacts the Heights specifically, we will probably see a reduction in disposable income which affects our restaurants and retail shops. Our real estate market will probably slow a bit but will not tank; we are too centrally located for the current condi-tions to significantly hurt us.

I want to urge you the reader to not sit idly by while the economy struggles. Now more than ever it is important to keep your money local, and to support the Greater Heights Area businesses. Our commu-nity is a vast web of connect-ed contributors; things such as the standing of the local school, the condition of the parks, the success of the local pizzeria, all blend together to create our wonderful Greater Heights Area. So when times become lean, spending the extra fifty cents to buy that thank you card on 19th Street instead of Target or Walmart becomes an investment in the value of the local homes and the quality of the neighbor-hood, as does eating in the local restaurant.

Please also take this op-portunity to participate in our Passport to the Heights program. You can find a list of the 40+ businesses on our website at www.heightscham-ber.com.

Finally come out for the Crawfish Festival in the Heights on March 5th. To show community spirit and the connections that tie us all together we are also having a parade down a portion of 19th Street before the Festi-val. I hope to see you all there, and remember: a united sup-portive whole is always stron-ger than the individuals. Buy Local First.

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Customers can make a minimum donation of $35 to Child Advocates during the month of February online or at one of the participat-ing Car Pros for Kids loca-tions and receive two free oil changes to be used on the same vehicle any time during the year.

Child Advocates, Inc. mo-bilizes court appointed vol-unteers to break the vicious cycle of child abuse. They speak up for abused children who are lost in the system and guide them into safe en-vironments where they can thrive.

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For more information, call Byron Rusk (owner of Master Car Care & Collision at 2305 Yale St.) or Paula Hawkins (director of marketing) at 713-862-6630 or email at [email protected] or [email protected]. More in-formation can also be found on the web at www.master-carcarehouston.com and www.rmsautocare.com.

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The Journey Schoolof Houston is an “equal op-portunity employer.” The Journey School of Houston will not discriminate and will take “affirmative action” measures to ensure against discrimination in employ-ment, recruitment, adver-tisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employ-ment against any employee or job applicant on the ba-sis of race, creed, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexu-al orientation, age, physical disability, veteran’s status, political service or affiliation, color, religion, national origin or any other status protected by law or regulation.

For The Leader

As you may know, the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce has been produc-ing the Crawfish Festival for the last decade to great suc-cess. Last year’s event drew over 7,000 attendees. In an effort to further highlight the talents of our local business-es and residents, this year’s event will feature a kick-off parade down 19th Street con-cluding in the parking lot of the Crawfish Festival at 20th and Ashland.

The parade will be held Saturday, March 5th 2016 with staging and line-up in the Baptist Temple park-ing lot on 19th by 9 a.m. for the parade to begin at 10:00 a.m. There is no cost to par-ticipate, and it is a wonderful way to highlight your busi-ness or organization.

You do not have to spend days constructing a float to participate. Please consider driving your wrapped car or hanging banners with your

business logo on a car and handing out give-a-ways to the crowd. Groups on foot with a banner, in classic cars, or most anything you might think of are welcome. This is a great way to showcase your business as well as show your support for the many local schools who will also be par-ticipating in the parade.

All registrations must be received by Monday, Feb. 8. If you are driving a car, you must provide your current li-ability insurance prior to the parade.

For registration informa-tion, visit www.heightscham-ber.com or call (713)861-6735.

Down Syndrome Academy to host annual Cinderella Ball

For The Leader

Houston’s nonprofit or-ganization creating lifelong learning opportunities for teens and adults with Down syndrome cordially invites you to their largest fund-raiser, the Cinderella Ball, scheduled for the evening of March 19, 2016, at Nor-ris Conference Center, Red Oak Ballroom in City Centre, 816 Town and Country Blvd., Houston.

Friends of Down Syn-drome and its school, the Down Syndrome Academy, opened in January 2014 when Rosa Rocha, executive director, saw a need for con-tinued education for her son, David, who is 26 and “aged out” of the public school sys-tem. The school was profiled in The Leader last year follow-ing its move from its previous location.

Students from all over Houston, as well as Katy, Missouri City, Stafford, Bel-laire, Tomball and Angleton, currently attend the Down

Syndrome Academy, located at 5200 Mitchelldale, Suite D4, Houston.

The organization held its first, extremely successful Cinderella Ball last March as a way to fund the program and celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, which is ob-served on March 21st every year.

“Our teens and adults with Down syndrome wanted to have the opportunity to cel-ebrate their achievements at a fun, magical, and elegant formal evening event with their family and friends,” said Rocha.

This year’s event features black tie formal attire, plated dinner service, cash bar, si-lent auction and musical per-formance by the students of the Down Syndrome Acad-emy. Students compete to be named Cinderella and Prince Charming by raising money for their school.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Cinderella Ball, the Down Syndrome Academy or

Friends of Down Syndrome, contact Rosa Rocha at 281-989-0345 or [email protected] or visit www.friend-sofdownsyndrome.org or www.cinderellaball.org.

Contributed PhotoSeveral of the Down Syndrome Academy’s “princes” celebrating at the Friends of Down Syndrome’s 2015 Cinderella Ball.

Greater Heights Chamber revs up for new parade at annual Crawfish Festival

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For The Leader

Three Memorial Hermann Health System hospitals as well as Memorial Hermann Life Flight® were recently honored at the SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC) Awards Banquet 2016.

Memorial Hermann re-ceived awards in four of the top categories, including:

Cardiac Award (hospital less than 250 beds): Memori-al Hermann Greater Heights Hospital

Cardiac Award (hospital with more than 250 beds): Memorial Hermann South-west Hospital

Pediatric System of Care Award: Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital

EMS/Air Medical Partner of the Year Award: Memorial Hermann Life Flight

In its inaugural awards ceremony, SETRAC honored hospitals and first respond-ers who have exhibited out-standing performance in areas such as trauma care, stroke care, cardiac care, multi-agency teamwork, disaster preparedness and public education. Award re-cipients were chosen by an 11-member selection com-mittee, which was comprised of SETRAC committee chairs and independent healthcare representatives.

The banquet was held at the Marriott Westchase in

Houston and was attended by nearly 700 individuals and elected officials, including State Representatives Rick Miller, Sarah Davis, John Zerwas, M.D. and Cecil Bell. Also in attendance were City of Houston EMS Physician Director David Persse, M.D., and Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, owner and opera-tor of Gallery Furniture.

“The banquet was held as a way for hospital executives and clinicians, as well as EMS and other first responders across our nine counties to celebrate their accomplish-ments,” said Darrell Pile, SE-TRAC CEO. “All too often we forget their sacrifices so we wanted this awards banquet to be an evening where every link in the emergency health-care system could be recog-nized for the truly amazing things they do every day.”

Former patients from the award-winning hospitals were also on-hand to share their stories of exceptional care, including Linda Flynt whose family experienced the life-saving benefits of Life Flight and the Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute – the city’s only location to offer Level I trauma care for both adult and pediatric patients – after their private plane crashed in July 2014.

“Following the crash, my son Jonathon was scared to be in the Life Flight helicop-ter by himself but he was

comforted knowing that I was able to be in there with him,” said Flynt. “Even after arriving at the hospital, I felt more at ease knowing that my family was being taken care of in the same place. I could see that my son was re-covering and being cared for even though I wasn’t able to care for him myself.”

The awards are especially meaningful to Memorial Her-mann given the breadth of locations and services hon-ored.

“On behalf of the entire system, I am incredibly proud and honored that we received such tremendous recognition from the healthcare commu-nity in Southeast Texas,” said Dan Wolterman, Memorial Hermann President and CEO. “SETRAC is a true testament to the fact that, in order to be successful, we must all work together to increase access to care and continually improve the quality of care delivered to the millions of Texans we collectively serve every day.”

SETRAC was founded by the late James H. “Red” Duke, Jr., M.D., legendary trauma surgeon at Memo-rial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and John B. Holmes Professor of Clinical Sci-ences at UTHealth Medical School, and has been funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services for the last 23 years.

Memorial Hermann Greater Heights named among region’s top providers

Contributed PhotoMemorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital was honored with the Cardiac Award for a hospital with less than 250 beds at the inaugural Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC) Awards Banquet. Pictured from left to right are Emergency Department Medical Director Rob Carpenter, D.O., Sr. Vice President and CEO of Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Susan Jadlowski and Director of the Emergency Department Gregg Shoemaker, R.N., B.S.N.

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businesses, houses and town homes.

The Wabash property occu-pies 25,513 square feet, hosts a 3,500-square-foot building and 216 feet of frontage on Washington Ave. There is also a big tree growing right in the middle of the main building.

Mosley, who resides in the Heights with his wife and three daughters, has commit-ted to construct another of his casual restaurants on the location. He even intends to keep the tree. “I do not like to cut down trees,” Mosley said, “I’m kind of a tree-hugger.”

Mosley and his Creek Group have nearly elevated comfort-able, affordable, neighbor-hood dining spots to an art

form. The group includes the Heights’ Onion Creek, Cedar Creek, Dry Creek, and Can-yon Creek, with the recent addition of Lowbrow and The Daily Review Cafe, both in Montrose, and now the Wabash location on Washing-ton Ave. Mosley says he has a name in mind for the new spot, but is letting it settle in a bit before sharing it.

Will Mosley be razing the old Wabash? “I usually try to buy old buildings, and save them instead of tearing them down like we always do in Houston,” said Mosley. “When we do that, we are tearing down our history. Can you imagine if we still had the Shamrock Hotel? The Wabash

building has character and I will maintain its integrity. Be-sides, I really love that front porch.”

Former owner Betty Heack-er could not be happier. “I am very pleased that this prop-erty is going to Mr. Mosley and that he is going to keep the structure,” she said. “The building is sort of an icon, and he has done this before in other older properties. I am sure he will be very success-ful here.”

Heacker expects to open at the larger location in May 2016. Keep your eyes on The Leader for more information on the opening of the new “baby creek.”

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Houston Community College is proud of its nursing programs and the important guidance it receives from the Texas Board of Nursing in helping address the needs of healthcare in Texas and in particular the world re-nowned Texas Medical Center. The Associate Degree Nursing Program is one of many health-care programs at HCC that are well recognized.

Programs such as the ADN require exams as a condition of

a nurse being licensed to work. At the most recent administra-tion of the National Council Licensure Examination HCC ADN graduates passed at over 89 percent, well above the BON requirement of 80 percent.

This week, the BON moved the HCC ADN program to a “conditional” status as a result of the three-year cumulative pass rate below 80 percent. This action was a result of pass rates for 2013, 2014, and 2015

of 66.05 percent, 70.86 percent, and 78.43 percent, respectively.

“It is important for current students to know that this ac-tion by the BON will not affect their eligibility to take licensing exams,” said Dr. Jolly Joseph, HCC’s ADN program director.

“Our outstanding faculty and staff in the nursing program are dedicated to the success of every student,” said HCC Chan-cellor Cesar Maldonado. “Since my arrival in May 2014, we have been committed to correcting the deficiencies in the program and returning it to full standing with the BON. With the Trust-ees’ support we have changed administrators, expanded re-sources, and taken additional measures to improve program results. Our changes are work-ing, as evidenced by the increase to a 78.43 percent pass rate for 2015 and the notable 89.47 per-cent at the last exam.”

The measures include im-proving admission criteria, im-

proving student support, and hiring more experienced leader-ship and oversight. As regula-tions currently stand, the HCC ADN Program will not be able to admit new students until the pass rate percentage makes the 80 percent benchmark. The end of each examination year is Sep-tember 30. After the pass rate is at 80 percent, the program’s ap-proval status will be upgraded and will have the ability to ad-mit new students again.

“In addition to the improve-ments in place we will be ac-cepting the BON’s recommen-dations to add capacity for coordination of our students’ clinical training,” said Dr. Phil-lip Nicotera, President of Cole-man College. A response to the BON’s recommendation is due on April 1, 2016. The current examination year ends on Sep-tember 30, 2016. Dr. Nicotera added, “I have every confidence this positive trend will continue and we will be returned to Full status after that period.”

In support of HCC’s expan-sion in the Texas Medical Cen-ter, HCC is collaborating with four year universities to add the Bachelor of Science in Nursing with the University of Texas and Sam Houston State Uni-versity and is in conversations with UHD and Texas Women’s University.

Dr. Robert C. Robbins, presi-dent and CEO of the Texas Medical Center is anticipating a greater partnership with Hous-ton Community College in the years ahead.

“The HCC Coleman Col-lege for Health Sciences plays a critical role in the Texas Medical Center, bringing health science education to community college students, an important segment of academia,” said Dr. Robbins. “We look forward to expanding our partnership with HCC as it builds a new state-of-the-art building, the Coleman Educa-tional Healthcare Facility, em-bedded right here in the heart of the world’s largest medical center.”

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Three St. Pius X High School students were first-place winners in the 12th annual University of St. Thomas/Arch-diocese of Galveston-Houston Essay Contest.

Senior Sophia Suico, junior Kathleen Blute and freshman Conor Neely earned top honors in their grade, and four additional St. Pius X students garnered awards at a Mass and awards ceremony on Jan. 11 at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

Blute wrote her third consecutive first-place essay for the contest. She also placed first as a freshman and a sophomore. Freshman Nina Martinez was awarded sec-ond place for her essay, while sophomore Audrey Murdock was a third-place winner. Senior Olivia Selby and freshman Lucy Bastell received honorable mention.

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, celebrated Mass and shook hands with all the winners, and gave each student an antique iron key. Stu-dents were then greeted by Dr. Julie Vogle, superintendent of Catholic schools, and Dr. Dominic Aquila, University provost, who provided UST star pins. Suico and Blute also received a $2,000 scholarship to UST, if they choose to enroll.

The essay prompts chosen by SPX’s first-place winners included the image of the waiting Christ (Suico and Neely) and describing a person affiliated with the School that demonstrated faith, knowledge and service (Blute).

A total of 6,116 Catholic school students—third-graders through high school seniors—wrote essays for the contest, sponsored by the UST Office of Catholic Outreach. Out of all the essays submitted, schools selected finalists for each grade level, and 517 essays were read and ranked by 79 UST faculty members, staff members and alumni, who chose the winners. The essays of all first-place winners were enlarged as posters and put on display at a reception that followed the awards ceremony.

The essay contest helps to demonstrate the benefits of Catholic education in the Archdiocese.

Three SPX students earn first-place honors in UST, Archdiocesan Essay Contest

Contributed PhotoFrom L-R: Sophia Suico (1st place-12th grade), Kathleen Blute (1st place-11th grade), Conor Neely (1st place-9th grade). The three students took top honors in the 12th annual University of St. Thomas/Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Essay Contest.HCC Nursing program examines pass rates

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