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Social media drives a major life change Change. It’s something we’ve heard about for the past month or so. But enough about elections, and the importance of voting. One Oak Forest resident became an agent of change without ever expecting to play that role. Nikki Reihle, who has lived in Oak Forest since last summer, made a Facebook post last week about losing 100 pounds over the past four years through making good decisions. She received such a positive response from friends and family that she made another post on the popular Oak Forest Homeowners Association Facebook page, with the idea of creating a a nonproﬁt people-helping-people organization. The 29-year-old Lafayette, La. native was pleasantly surprised with the response, and three days later, she was branding the new organization, “Always A Better You‚“ – creating a Facebook page, buying a website domain (AlwaysABetterYou.org) and meeting with a lawyer. The quickness in which “Always A Better You” was established is a testament the power of social media. We’re constantly reminded of the negative effects of social media, whether it’s from our friends, or even, the evening news. So, it’s really cool to see a great idea come to fruition in less than a week, due to the positive effects of social media. But a social media outlet is only as good as the folks who are part of it, so Reihle is thankful for the Oak Forest community, and its corresponding Facebook page. “There really is a bond between Oakies,” Reihle said. “When you live in a big city, it really is special (to have a tight-knit community).” Reihle’s network will pair individuals who have successfully made a lifestyle change, with those hoping to get started. “We want to pair regular people, who fought the good ﬁght with people who See CHANGE, P. 2B

MHNW: Colonoscopies are crucial

Caught early, slow-growing colorectal cancer is treatable. It‚‘s also preventable. But many adults delay or ignore‚ being screened for polyps, abnormal tissue or other indicators of this disease, which can grow undetected until more serious, later-stage symptoms draw attention, explains Joseph Dr. Cali R. Cali, M.D., a colorectal surgeon afﬁliated with Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital. Don’t be squeamish, overly modest, or fearful, about having a colonoscopy, he says, calling the

procedure the Gold Standard of colorectal cancer testing. Dr. Cali believes that having a colonoscopy every 10 years ‚“should be considered one of your regular health checkups,” right up there with monitoring blood pressure, tracking skin conditions, having a mammogram or testing prostate-speciﬁc antigen levels. Over the past 20 years, due to more effective screening practices that catch precancerous polyps and signiﬁcant advancements in treatment, the survival rate for colorectal cancer has been increasing. Earlier treatment also means fewer complications and fewer patients needing a colostomy, chemotherapy or more surgery, Dr. Cali said. Still, about 50,000 adult Americans die each year from colorectal

cancer, the third most common type of cancer. An adult’s lifetime risk of a diagnosis is about one in 20, according to American Cancer Society (ACS) statistics. In 2014, for example, ACS estimates there will be more than 135,000 new cases of either colon cancer (96,000) or rectal cancer (40,000). QUIET ONSET Colorectal cancer can appear and grow undetected, Dr. Cali noted. “The disease was once considered to affect primarily the lower colon and rectum,” he says, ‚“but it now is understood to be more evenly distributed throughout the large intestine, including both colon and rectum.”

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�� City Dance members enjoy a tap class on a Monday morning. (Photos by Michael Sudhalter)

Health beneﬁts of dancing

Dancing is good for mental health, too, says studio owner

Beyond the enjoyment and excitement of dancing, there are both obvious and not-as-well known benefits of dance classes. “It does involve an aerobic, and we’re going to stretch every part of your body,” said Sherise Campbell, owner of City Dance Studio, just south of Washington Heights at 1307 W. Clay St. “But dance is also beneficial for students who have Attention Deficit Disorder. They learn to sequence. Dance is about muscle memory and using your brain, so it helps those concerned about developing Alzheimer’s.” City Dance moved to its current location in July 2012 after many years in Rice Village.

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Waltrip High School senior Melissa Martinez plans on becoming a neurosurgeon. She’s taken the ﬁrst step toward that goal by earning a full scholarship to Amherst College, a prestigious school in Amherst, Mass. Martinez has always been interested in human behavior and the brain. “The best way to com-

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“I feel like I really enjoyed changing peoples’ lives,” Campbell said. The studio has 30-to-40 clients, ranging in age from 4 and 5, to 83 years old. They offer tap, ballet, modern, jazz and other classes. The classes are separate for adults and children, but there is one class of experienced teenage dancers with adults.

Campbell, who graduated from Southern Illinois University and moved to Houston 20 years ago, has always been interested in dancing and has performed as part of a professional dance troupe. Her troupe will be traveling to Scotland for a prestigious dance festival later this year.

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Above: Reihle in 2014. Below: Reihle in 2010. (Submitted photos)

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prehend how the brain works is to get to the root,” Martinez said. Martinez ﬁrst discovered Amherst when she visited the school’s Diversity Fly In Day program, which brings in minority students for free, to look at the campus. She became interested in Amherst because of the convenient open curriculum, which gives students freedom with the courses they take, and the small, private atmosphere. At Waltrip, Martinez has been very involved with many organizations and sports, such as soccer, See MARTINEZ, P. 2B

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Memorial Hermann Northwest ranks among the top one percent of American hospitals For the ﬁfth consecutive year, Memorial Hermann Health System has four hospitals among the nation’s 50 best hospitals, according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. “We are pleased with this distinction,” said M. Michael Shabot, M.D., Memorial Hermann Health System chief medical ofﬁcer. “This recognizes the type of High Reliability Organization behaviors that give our patients the com-

fort of knowing their loved ones are at hospitals where everyone not only cares about patient safety and quality, but are committed to it.” This distinction, which was achieved based on an evaluation of clinical performance over seven years, places Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital in the Top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide. More than 4,500

hospitals were evaluated by Healthgrades. The outstanding performance of these four hospitalscan be measured in preventable deaths. If all hospitals performed at the high level of the award recipients, 157,069 lives could have potentially been saved nationwide between 2010 and 2012. In other words, this translates to a 23.29 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate for the hospitals among the Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals when compared to all other

hospitals in the nation (across 19 procedures and conditions where in-hospital mortality was the clinical outcome). Variation in hospital performance exists locally as well as nationally. For example, of the 15 hospitals in Houston evaluated for the treatment of heart attack, risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality rates ranged from 3.5 percent on the low end to 11.9 percent on the high end. This is a greater than threefold difference in mortality rates. - Submitted

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All sizes in stock and 10% off them. But she said a lifestyle change, not a diet, was the right approach for her. “The secret,“ she said. “is there’s no secret. It’s easy as easy and as hard as it sounds.” Reihle’s strategy is simple: “eat better with less calories, and move more.” It sounds easy, but life gets in the way for all of us. Whether it’s working long hours or setting up a new home, it’s not always easy to stick to a plan. There are social gatherings where those chocolate chip cookies seem to be calling your name, or that trip home where your mom’s going to

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Technology drives ﬁtness club success By Michael Sudhalter michael@theleadernews.com

John and Marisol Denson have always been interested in fitness, so it was a natural fit to open a chain of six Koko FitClub franchises in Greater Houston, including one at 189 Heights Blvd. “The majority of people want to be healthier, but a small percentage are actually improving it,” John said. Koko FitClub was started by Michael and Mary Lannon, a Massachusetts couple, who weren’t satisfied with traditional gyms. Koko now has 130 locations across the country. A lack of time, can be an obstacle to fitness training, but Koko’s workouts of 30 minutes cardio and 15 minutes of strength – not always on the same day – can squeeze into even the busiest of schedules. Koko combines fitness and technology, with a personalized workout plan on

a USB Drive, that the individual inserts every time they work out. The USB drive tracks all of the individual’s workouts and provides information such as body fat percentage and a customized meal plan, complete with recipes. John said Koko makes an effort to provide personalized service to its clients, something they may not ﬁnd at traditional gyms. “If we care about people, we’re going to be successful,” he said. “We use custom exercise and custom nutrition to get results.” John said hearing success stories from clients makes him feel like he made the right decision. Koko offers three-month and year-long contracts to its clients. “Ninety-ﬁve percent of the people who do three months sign up for a year,” John said. Koko FitClub Heights owner John Denson worked out on one of the machines last week at 189 Heights Blvd. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

Curves Heights announces annual food drive effort Curves International, Inc. the largest chain of fitness centers for women in the world, today announced that the 2014 Curves Food Drive will take place from March 10 through March 23 at participating Curves Clubs. Curves in the Heights is located at 625 W. 19th Street. This year, Curves is inviting both nonmembers and members to take part in the Food Drive by bringing in a bag of nonperishable food or a monetary contribution of at least $30 to be donated to a local community food bank. All new members who make a food or monetary donation will not be required to pay a service fee when joining Curves as either a Fitness or Curves Complete member. “Once again we are honored to offer the Curves Food Drive as a unique way for the community to come together and feed the needs of local food banks while simultaneously feeding the need for women’s health and fitness,” said Dawn McCarthy of Curves in the Heights. “This year, donations will benefit Heights Interfaith Ministries Food Pantry.” The Curves Food Drive has donated more than 75 million lbs. of food to benefit local community food banks. The offer expires on Sunday, March 23. For more information, visit Curves.com or call 713-861-9602.

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Therapy Village satisﬁes patients in Oak Forest By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com

The Houston location of The Therapy Village (TTV) has been at 1354 W. 43rd Street, Suite D for 14 months, and those in the neighborhood are still discovering it. Ofﬁce Manager Maria Hall spoke about a teacher who works in another area, whose child attends an elementary school nearby. She was driving her child to a pediatric therapy service located about 45 minutes away, but noticed TTV’s banner one day coming out of Kroger. Now, she is a happy client. “All this time we have been right here,” said Hall. ‚“About 90% of our clients who were referred here were shocked that we are so close.” Speech and Language Pathologist, Julie Ngo Scott opened the Houston branch of TTV in 2012. The ﬁrst TTV has been in Cypress since 2005 and it is the largest of the two branches with 14 speech,

occupational, and physical therapists. The Oak Forest location currently has five speech therapists on staff and one bilingual occupational therapist. The occupational therapist works with patients on their fine motor skills as well as sensory integration issues. Physical therapy is not offered at the Oak Forest TTV at this time. Home therapy is not part of TTV services. “It’s beneficial for the children to go to a facility where they can get access to all the right equipment and resources.,” said Scott. “It is also good for children who need help with transitioning from one environment to the next.” Over the past year, Scott has learned a lot about the Oak Forest location and surrounding communities. She recently attended the first Oaks Business Association meeting at Plonk with Hall. “When I opened the Cypress location I was the only speech

therapist for two years,,” said Scott. “Things take time to grow and we are picking up speed. We do wonderful work here and families and caregivers are hearing about it.” While area pediatricians who recommend pediatric therapy services refer their clients to TTV, Scott says that a large majority of clients are coming to them from parent referrals. They also have their fair share of walk-ins. No matter how they come, they are motivated to advocate on behalf of the client - which is always a good thing. “Parents come to TTV wanting help for their children because they see that their child is delayed and they are seeking answers,” said Scott. The Therapy Village takes most insurance and Medicaid. The Oak Forest location is currently open Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-7 p.m. For more information, call 713-680-3400 or visit www.thetherapyvillage. Julie Ngo Scott of The Therapy Village works with a patient in Oak Forest. (Submitted photo) com.

Physical Therapy/Pilates program promotes fitness Heather Norbeck, of Jennifer Klein Physical Therapy and AATB Pilates, is a Certified Practitioner of YAMUNA Body Rolling (YBR) as well as a Certified Pilates Teacher. “My goal‚“ said Heather “is not only to provide therapy, but also to help people keep their body fit, pain-free, and

totally functional, so it can sustain their quality of life well into the golden years. Imagine never having to worry about painful feet, knees, hips, or an aching back.” YBR is a ﬁtness and therapy practice that combines healing, wellness, and injury prevention. It uses 6- to 10-inch

balls to strengthen, tone, and realign the body and correct all sorts of problems, including but not limited to sciatica, herniated disks, rotator cuff injuries, ﬁbromyalgia, neck, shoulder, and low back pain. Improvement is noted after one session and the therapy practice has a compound

effect regarding achievement of desired results. Norbeck passionately embarked on the certiﬁcation program as she realized the demand and overwhelming need for the work. Aside from treating problems, YBR is a great way to prevent injury and improve

performance in yoga, Pilates, running, weight training, or whatever you practice, as well as a variety of other sports and ﬁtness practices. It’s really a workout, massage, and therapy treatment all in one,” says Heather. There are two convenient locations, one in Heights at

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MHNW physician warns women face increased risk of Stroke Women should be more aware of their increased risk for stroke because of their gender said a Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital neurologist. “Men and women share many of the same risks for stroke; however, we have long recognized there are significant differences physicians must be aware of,” said Reza Sadeghi, M.D., a physician who specializes in neurology and neurophysiology at Memorial Hermann Southwest. For the first time, the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association issued guidelines that outline stroke risks unique to women and provide scientifically-based recommendations on how best to treat them. Research shows women’s stroke risk is influenced by hormones, re-

productive health, pregnancy, childbirth, and other genderrelated factors. The new guidelines include: – Women who have migraine headaches with aura should stay away from smoking to avoid higher stroke risks. – Women should be screened for high blood pressure before taking birth control pills because the combination raises stroke risks. – Women over age 75 should be screened for atrial ﬁbrillation risks due to its link to higher stroke risk. – Pregnant women with moderately high blood pressure (150-159 mmHg/100-109 mmHg) may be considered for blood pressure medication, whereas expectant mothers with severe high blood pressure (160/110 mmHg or

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above) should be treated. – Women with a history of high blood pressure before pregnancy should be considered for low-dose aspirin and/or calcium supplement therapy to lower preeclampsia risks. –Women who have preeclampsia have twice the risk of stroke and a four-fold risk of high blood pressure later in life. Therefore, preeclampsia should be recognized as a risk factor well after pregnancy, and other risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, and obesity in these women should

be treated early. “The correlation between migraine headaches and stroke has been understood for years, but one of the more interesting points is the new correlation between preeclampsia and increased risk of stroke,” said Sadeghi. – Preeclampsia is a blood pressure disorder during pregnancy that causes major complications, including stroke during or after delivery, premature birth, and risk for stroke well after child-bearing. – Each year, nearly 700,000 Americans experience either

their first or second stroke, and more than 20 percent of them are fatal. Stroke is third leading cause of death in women compared to the fifth leading cause for men. The warning signs include sudden weakness or numbness of face or limb on one side; sudden, severe headache; difficulty talking or understanding speech; unexplained dizziness; and sudden dimness/loss of vision, often in one eye. The key to surviving and reducing long term disability is early recognition and calling 911.

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THE SPORTS. Saturday, March 8, 2014 • Page 5B

Local duo spark Rice baseball’s success By Michael Sudhalter michael@theleadernews.com

Last season, a Waltrip High graduate and a St. Thomas High alum led the Rice University baseball team to the brink of reaching the College World Series. Now, junior pitcher Zech Lemond and sophomore catcher Hunter Kopycinski are back to ﬁnish the job. “Being so close and not making it motivated us a great amount,” said Kopycinski, a Shepherd Park Plaza native who helped lead STH to a pair of state championships. “We’re going as hard as we can. We’re just playing with a little more of a chip on our shoulder.” Legendary Rice coach Wayne Graham, who graduated from Reagan High in 1954 and coached Scarborough Rice University junior pitcher Zech Lemond, a Waltrip High graduate, High in the 1970s, said Kopyled the Owls to a 1-0 win over TCU last Saturday in the Houston Col- cinski gave the Owls a boost in the postseason last year. lege Classic at Minute Maid Park. (Photo courtesy of Rice athletics)

Rice lost to host Oregon in a three-game Super Regional Series last season. Kopycinski has caught and played designated hitter through the Owls first 12 games of the season, with five hits, five RBI and five runs scored. Next season, Kopycinski’s former STH teammate, pitcher Michael Rodgers, will join the Owls program. “It’ll be exciting to have two St. Thomas guys on the team,” Kopycinski said. Lemond, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Waltrip but chose to attend Rice, was a third team AllAmerican last season for the Owls. He has a 1.64 ERA through five appearances and has struck out 12. He earned the victory in a 1-0 win over TCU last Saturday in the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid

Rice University sophomore catcher Hunter Kopycinski, a St. Thomas High graduate, has ﬁve hits and ﬁve RBI this season. (Photo courtesy of Rice athletics)

Park. “I want to push myself a little harder,” Lemond said. “I don’t want to get satisfied. Once you get satisfied with where you are, you’l never get better.” Lemond said he’ll probably declare for the MLB Draft after the season, but he hasn’t made a final decision yet.

For now, he’s focused on leading the Owls to another Conference USA Championship. “If we get hot at the right time, we can make it a long way,” Lemond said. The Owls host Old Dominion in a three-game series this weekend at Reckling Park.

Pius boys basketball misses state championship game by a point By Michael Sudhalter

rebuilding to do, but I think we’ll have a good nucleus with Jordan Jackson and Mekhi Cannon,” Carr said. Jackson, a Division I prospect, scored 15 points in the semiﬁnal loss on Feb. 28. Carr said the Panthers could have contended with Prestonwood, which defeated SPX by three points during the season.

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The St. Pius X boys basketball team was less than a second away from competing in the TAPPS 5A State Championship Game. The Panthers (23-11) led Plano Pope John Paul II by two points in the second overtime of a 5A semifinal game in Mansfield on Feb. 28. The officials called a foul with 0.9 seconds, and Pope John II sent the game into a third overtime, eventually winning 63-62. Plano Prestonwood Christian defeated Pope John Paul II, 45-44, in the state title game last Saturday. St. Pius X first-year head coach Russell Carr, who won four state titles at Westbury Christian, was proud of his team’s effort on Saturday. Last weekend marked the Panthers’ first trip to the state semifinals since 2007 when they won a state title.

St. Pius X junior Jordan Jackson, pictured earlier this season, scored 15 points in the Panthers’ 63-62 triple overtime loss to Plano Pope John Paul II in the TAPPS 5A semiﬁnals on Feb. 28 in Mansﬁeld. (File photo)

“We were down by 18 with four minutes left to go in regulation,” Carr said. “We started making shots, and they started missing free throws. I thought the kids did a good job of embracing what we’re doing. They saw that if we do things right, we can compete for a championship.” Senior Cameron Coleman, who scored a game-high 23 points, made two free throws to send the game into the ﬁrst

overtime, in which neither time scored. SPX graduates seven seniors – Jonathan Wiley (who has signed with Division I, Texas State), Jabali Coleman (who will play at Southwestern College in Kansas), Avery Sims (who will play football at Quincy University), Cameron Coleman, Desmond Ray, Madison Miller and Ricky Castillo. “I think we’ve got some

LHN boys soccer contends for state title

The Lutheran High North boys soccer team will look to win its ﬁrst state championship in school history this weekend. The Lions (15-3) braved the weather on Tuesday, defeating San Antonio Texas Military Institute in a 4-3 shootout (after a scoreless double overtime tie) in College Station. Seniors Donald Mambo, Sean Dandy, Danny Mayz and John Ferguson each scored a

goal in the shootout. LHN will face district rival, Awty International or Katy Pope John XXIII in the TAPPS 4A semifinals at 6 p.m. Friday at St. Thomas High’s Granger Stadium. If the Lions win Friday, they’ll meet Fort Worth Southwest or Grapevine Faith in the 4A championship game will be held at noon Saturday at Awty International’s field, I10 and Loop 610. The Lions swept Awty, the district champion, and Pope John during the regular season but finished second in district due to losses against Lutheran South and Second Baptist. LHN head coach Detlef Kemnitz has guided the Lions to six state championships in 28 seasons, but they finished second each time (most recently, in 2006) Mambo, one of six seniors on the team, has led the Lions with 23 goals, including the game-winner in a 1-0 victory

over San Antonio Christian in both teams’ playoff opener last week. Dandy is the team’s only four-year starter, and Ferguson anchors the team defensively. Mayz, a transfer from Venezuela, and senior Luke Schoppe, a cross country standout, and sophomore Byunghun Han play key roles on the team. Junior Jacob McLemore, is a three-year starter for the Lions. STH soccer drops playoff opener

The St. Thomas High boys soccer team won a district championship but lost its playoff opener to Addison Trinity Christian, 3-2, last Saturday. Andres Martinez and Peter Hawkins scored one goal apiece for the Eagles.

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Neighbors: Dance students find education in the arts Recently, six busloads of chattering, bright-eyed and wiggling students from Garden Oaks Magnet Montessori School traveled to Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center to see a production of the Karen Stokes Dance Company called Framing Dance. Framing Dance is a special field trip experience into the world of contemporary dance which was created in 2007 by dancer and choreographer Karen Stokes at the request of the Hobby Center’s Discovery Series. In 2010, Framing Dance was accepted as a special program partner with Young Audiences of Houston. Fully funded with a combination of grants and donations (partially funded by Young Audiences of Houston), since 2010 this program has been fully booked with over 2,500 students participating annually and to date, the program has served over 14,000 students in the greater Houston area. What that means is this hugely valuable field trip for students is free! Paying for school buses alone is a great expense and this prices many schools out of receiving the benefit of field trips. You may not realize the cost for Houston ISD buses and field trips comes directly from each school’s budget and some schools do not have anything in their budget for field trips and school buses! This is devastating when I think back to the field trips I enjoyed as a child in HISD schools –I remember seeing the Houston Symphony for the first time,

Garden Oaks students enjoy a performance at Hobby Center.

visiting the Houston Museum of Natural Science and seeing the dinosaurs, and I will never forget traveling to the Johnson SpaceCenter or Huntsville State Park with my school chums. I had many wonderful “firsts” on my field trips back in the 1970s. Garden Oaks neighbor Toni Valle has danced with the Karen Stokes Dance Company since 2000 and is currently its Company Manager. Her son, Dante, attends GOMM. Valle narrated the dances, explained dance and theatre terminology and methodology, and urged the students to look for clues related to meaning and storytelling during each section of the performance. The beauty of this educational performance in a professional dance theater setting is that it brings the nuts and bolts of a production down to the students’ level and the children respond to it; the Garden Oaks students soaked up the experience like little sponges. Because field trips like this one are rare for most inner city schools due to

the expense as I mentioned above, this may be the one and only time some of the students will go downtown to a professional theatre and see something live. For children who have had no exposure to art or dance, and for those who have seen plays or a dance production before, Valle’s narration and the fun audience interaction together with the charming portrayals by the dancers provided an eye opening experience as the students learned about contemporary dance, lighting, sound production, costumes, props, how many people and how much time it takes to produce one dance performance, and what is actually behind the curtain backstage. In a lively Q&A session after the performance with Ms. Stokes, Ms. Valle and the dancers, the students’ questions were surprisingly synergetic and painted a wonderful, full picture of how a dancer is created (“How long do dancers train and how old are they

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dimension the program provides for the students to learn about an art form like dance and have it broken down into a professional discipline that requires planning, study, dedication, and growth. All of those dancers the students met seemed so well adjusted, well balanced and were such stellar role models for those kids who began to think that picking out an alternative career in the arts is a reasonable goal. The dancers demonstrated that schoolwork is important, and they all have some connection to a program that has helped balance their lives and keep them disciplined. Such a good focus for children who are pushed too often into the pressures of test taking and paper and pencil studies.”

when they start? How do you create a dance? How do you pay for your dance company? How long does it take to learn a dance?”). It was easy to understand how a dance itself can be born out of an initial dream in one’s mind and be developed into a full-ﬂedged production with performers, costumes and music. The children were completely engaged the entire time and that is saying something! Kudos to Lindsey Pollock for saying yes to the ﬁeld trip. She is a strong supporter of the arts herself and is always on the lookout for enrichment experiences for GOMM’s students. One last comment by one of GOMM’s teachers, Faith Davis, sums it all up: “What was gratifying is the

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ustavo Zamarron Rodriguez Born in Houston Texas on December 5, 1955 passed away February 28 2014. The son of Helen and Alfonso Rodriguez, he attended San Jose Catholic Preparatory School in Puerto Rico. He is survived by his wife of 30 years Maria Luisa Rodriguez, his sons Gustavo A. Rodriguez and William A. Rodriguez. His sisters Anita R. Trullenque and Soﬁa R. Schnell, Sister in law, Alicia V. Vaidez, Mary Harbin, Estella Hernandez, Brother Mario Rodriguez and Brother in law Juan Valdez. He worked for AC Engineering Systems for 20 years; more recently he was employed by Taxman & Associates, LLC. He was an active member of All Saints Catholic Church and was the recipient of many awards and commendations for his staunch support of local sports and education programs. A vigil will begin at 5 pm on Thursday March 6th in the chapel of Pat H Foley & Co. Funeral Directors. Service for Mr. Rodriguez will be Friday March 7th at All Saints Catholic Church 215 E 10th Street Houston TX 77008. In lieu of customary ﬂoral tributes, the family welcomes any donation made to The American DiabetesAssociation - P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312, in memory of their beloved Husband, Father and Godfather.

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