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her experience at Love and because of her daughter’s positive reaction during a school tour, Erdini is sending her to Love in the Ebru Erdini is zoned to Love Elementary, fall. Flower & Gift Shop “My daughter loved the name,” said Erbut says she never really gave it a chance. 10570 NW Frwy 713-680-2350 dini. “The staffForest is very friendly. wants “I was awarethe of negative thingsGarden on the fo- Oaks, Covering Heights, Oak & the She neighborhoods of North Houston rums,” she said. “I knew it was other parents to go right now. I like that she’s going to be Saturday, 21, 2016 Vol.dual 62 language • No. 21 fluentMay in Spanish with• the like me, on the outside looking in. I wanted program.” to know more.” That’s not all Erdini is doing. Recently, she That opportunity came when she sent her special needs youngest child, to the spearheaded an online petition on Change. Preschoolers Achieving Learning Skills pro- org called Magnet for Love Elementary. Bythe Jonathan As the letter with the petition states: gram, or PALS, at school. Garris jgarris@theleadernews.com “In two weeks he was a completely differ- “[Love] needs an influx of new effective ent child,” said Erdini. “I felt a bit guilty. We educational tools to encourage diversity. In A never new name with it needs to be designated and funded had givenfor it aReagan chance.”High School comesshort a new of challenges as supporters origiHISD to become a Magnet School.” Her set oldest child attended Harvard ofEl-the by nal name are their case to the courtThe idea is that by getting a magnet desigementary andhoping now istoattake Hamilton Middle Photo by betsy Denson room challenge the districtwent andtotheir nation, Love will get the financial resources School.and Her middle daughter the approval Love Elementary has room for 80 more children. Most students come from of changing the name of eight schools named after paid Pre-K program at Harvard last year the school zone, but the hope is that if Love becomes a magnet, the school Confederate figures. and was accepted into the gifted and talentSee Magnet P. 5A will be more attractive to those outside the zone. The HISD Board of Trustees voted in favor of a ed program there for Kinder. But because of measure to change Reagan High School to Heights High School with seven in favor, two abstentions and one absent at a board meeting May 12. The meeting was heavily attended by members of the community, including RHS alumni who supported keeping the name. The supporters say they will work to begin legal proceedings against the district and its The expression says it all - the resolution. beloved “Climbing Tree” in Wayne Dolcefino, president of Dolcefino ConsultCandlelight Park is now nothing, said the district has not acted in the best interests ing more than a stump in the of residents in regards to the vote. On his website, ground, leaving more questions Houston attorney Dan Goforth is quoted as saying By Jonathan Garris than answers for this girl and jgarris@theleadernews.com Photo by Jonathan Garris others in the area who enjoyed Frank Chavez (center) talks with a local TV news reporter the presence of the oldbefore tree. the May 12 HISD Board of Trustees meeting in See Name P. 7A which the board approved a measure to rename eight schools in HISD named after Confederate figures.Oaks MainMembers of the Garden tenance Organization are clearing up misunderstandings about a lawsuit filed by a local homeowner regarding the group’s deed restrictions, a suit which is expected to have a final decision from a judge some time this week or next. A post to the Garden Oaks community By website provides Jonathan Garrisdetails into the jgarris@theleadernews.com current status of the ongoing lawsuit. GOMO had originally brought a lawsuit against Peter andHigh-Speed Katherine Members of the Houston Chang in 2012 in an effort to enforce Rail Watch will make an appeal beforea restriction prohibiting structures citydeed council next week to ensure their on residential “other than [a] one voices are heardplots during the city’s ongosingle-family not of to ingdetached process to explore thedwelling possibility exceed two storiesstation in height one having a downtown forand theaproor two carCentral garage.”Railway, connecting posed Texas A representative GOMOrail. said Houston and Dallas viawith high-speed that what remains outstanding of at this Alicia Nuzzie, a representative the point watch is whether or not citizens group, saidattorney’s residents fees livawarded to the and ingwill in be neighborhoods like Chang’s Oak Forest amount whether GOMOothcan andtheir Garden Oaksand (among numerous its authority to enforceindeed ersexercise across Houston represented the restrictions are on still theirconcerned property. about Other organization) in the community, particutheresidents city’s pursuance of a downtown stop thosetrain. whoThe attended a February forlarly a bullet Federal Railroad community meeting, voiced their concern that the decision would apply to See Rail P. 7A the GOMO all properties; however By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com

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Photo by Christina Martinez The rows of beer and wine at the Kroger on 43rd Street may soon be duplicated at different stores in the Heights, if a newly formed political action committee gets its way and alters existing dry laws in the Heights area with a petition drive and vote.

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Yale Street Bridge rebuild to begin By Jonathan Garris jgarris@theleadernews.com

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It was the case of the disappearing tree. An Oak Forest While some might be sad to see By Betsy Densonto Candlelight Park about what may happen. resident recently took his daughter it go, TxDOT officials are ready and First things first. Steve Reilley, a partner at law firm to check out thebetsy@theleadernews.com progress of the trees the city planted to willing to begin the demolition of Thompson & Reilley and spokesperson for the Houston replace the ones killed by the drought of 2011. the historic Yale Street Bridge in the US House of A“But newly formedhave political committee in the we always to visitaction ‘The Climbing Tree’, an Heights Beverage Coalition Political Action Committee, Heights. Representatives Texas Rescue Crisis Heights is ramping up to oak altertree,” the area’s infamous dry said that he lives in the dry part of the Heights – defined old, crooked, and beautiful the father said. “Any The 85-year-old bridge over the 18th Congressional District laws, andknows the ripples from knows that effort open door roughly as 26th Street to the north and White Oak Bayou kid that the park thiswould tree for its the majesty Local non-profit Rescued White Oak Bayou come fallNominate yourwill favorite to new grocery stores in the historic area. and entry-level climbing opportunity. Most times we are to the south, Durham to the west and Oxford Street on the Pets OnlyMovement Republicanis now ing down, so to speak, despite being businesses to help According to strolls officials, application the City Sec- east side – and was asked by neighbors to get a petition there, a woman thean park by herselftooffering friendfacing financial Candidate That difficulties named as one of only seven us bridges retary by One an entity the about Houston ly hellos. day I called asked her the Heights climbingBeverage tree and going. asWill it continues Beat Sheliaits efforts to in the Houstonour areatop on the National determine choices If the group gathers approximately 1,500 signatures in Coalition Political Action seeks to gather she told us that the tree Committee was an adult specimen in sigthe rescue strayLee cats and dogs Jackson Register of Historic Places befor readers across theafter area! natures for a petition to legalize 1950s, when she moved here.” the “sale of beer and wine 60 days state law says that the item can be put on the Noacross the Houston area. ing added in 2011, according to the Run-Off Vote forOf off-premise dry part of the course onconsumption a recent visitonly” they in hadthetrouble finding it vember ballot for a vote of those who currently live in the group’s website. A sign placed at the MayFind 24, 2016 it on 2A Heights. With a vacant grocery store in the dry area on because it didn’t exist – because only the stump remains. bridge indicates it will be closed April Paid Pol. Ad By Bartley For Congress, Treasurer, Dean Bartley North Drivewith and reasons the neverwhy ending media “MyShepherd mind raced suchsocial a decision Find 18 through Dec.it31on 2017.2B See Dry P. 4A call for be another H-E-B,tothere is a lot Liabilities of speculation would made local - proximity the street? over According to a TxDOT report from climbing? Whatever the reason I am beside myself and 2014, inspectors deemed the bridge my children are the definition of sad.” functionally obsolete in 2013. The FLOOR MATS 2014 TOYOTA7A Church This family was not the only one. COROLLA: Asking $70. Front, proposed replacement bridge would 7B Classifieds “My daughter was so upset when this tree was cut back, trunk. Very nice. 832-231be designed with a “12-foot-wide out5A 5173. Coupons down,” said Cindy Madi. “She was almost in tears.” side lane, an 11-footwide inside lane, The Leader to find out why. After a callMulti-service to with. centers provide variByendeavored Jonathan Garris and a 8-foot-wide sidewalk in each 1B Food/Drink/Art Find More Inside The Public Works, who confirmed the take down was part ousnotprograms and services to communities jgarris@theleadernews.com direction on the bridge” following 8A Obituaries of one of their Capital Improvement Projects, the answer the city, including programs for Classifieds Page 4B throughout public input. In order to meet federal 4A Opinion was foundtraveling at the Houston Parks Boulevard and Recreation departseniors, daycare services and rental space. 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Theft 1:45 PM 1300-1399 W 43RD Robbery 3:41 PM 4200-4299 W 34TH Theft 6:49 PM 1000-1099 ROY Theft 9:05 AM 1300-1399 W 43RD Assault 4:39 AM 4300-4399 SHERWOOD Burglary 8:36 PM 1200-1299 E 26TH Burglary 2:19 AM 4600-4699 N MAIN Burglary 3 PM 4500-4599 OXFORD Theft 6:37 PM 5300-5399 WASHINGTON Assault 6:14 PM 5000-5099 YALE

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to an unoccupied truck with its light on at 41st Street and North Shepherd Drive. They heard someone jump over the fence of a nearby residence. Officers captured the man in the bushes in the 700 block of 42nd Street. He had a driver’s license and credit card that did not belong to him. Officers determined the man had burglarized three vehicles on 41st Street and stolen plants from the Kroger store on 43rd Street. He was charged with burglary and theft. • After conducting a traffic stop of a pickup truck along West 34th Street around 1:40 a.m. May 15, a Precinct 1 patrol contract deputy questioned the driver and passenger about plants and garden ornaments in the truck bed.

They gave conflicting statements. The deputy recorded their identification and photographed the items and vehicle. As Precinct 1 investigates the case, please call 713-755-2628 if these items could have been taken from your property. • Precinct 1 deputies met with the owner of a 2008 Chevrolet pick-up truck in the 200 block of West 34th Street whose front passenger window was shattered between 2 and 4 p.m. May 14. No items were taken and there was no information about a suspect. Shepherd Park • Precinct 1 deputies caught and arrested a man May 13 in the 4700 block

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Precinct One: Robbery suspects arrested on Yale Street Garden Oaks • Two men carried out strong-arm robberies of two customers at the Fiesta supermarket at 2400 North Shepherd Dr. around 8:30 a.m. May 16. HPD officers captured one inside the store, the other ran toward Garden Oaks. Precinct 1 deputies sighted him in the 4000 block of Yale, were he was eventually apprehended with the help of HPD officers. The men are suspects in robberies in the Shepherd/North Loop area. • Around 1 a.m. May 13, a woman saw a man break into her father’s vehicle and steal items. The father flagged down an HPD officer. Precinct 1 deputies joined a search, which led

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of Brinkman Street after he was seen leaving a home in the 1000 block of Curtin Street after it had been burglarized. He had stolen property in his possession. He is a suspect in other cases. Heights • Between 2 and 9 p.m. May 14 an unidentified thief smashed a window of a parked vehicle in the 2800 block of Yale Street and stole a handbag containing $500 worth of jewelry. Precinct 1 deputies will refer the case to HPD for investigation and review security video. Please hide or remove valuables from unattended vehicles.

ames (Pudge) Harmon born December 23, 1929 in Houston, Tx to Julian and Ora Harmon and graduated from Reagan H.S. in 1947, Rice Institute in 1951, passed away May 12, 2016. He married Joyce Horton in 1951 and was married for 63 glorious years. Survived by daughters Diane Lang, Kim and Trey Lillich, grandchildren Jennifer and Rodney Holder, Derek and Clarissa Lang, Justin and Ashley Lillich, Jordan and Jordan Lillich, and Jackson and Erica Lillich. Great grandchildren Allyson, Jamison and Madison Holder, Dylan and Dalton Lang, Rush, Jonathan and Layla Lillich. He served his country proudly, as an officer in the Navy, a Baptist deacon, Master Mason and Shriner with the Fairbanks Lodge for 50+ yrs and a CPA. He never met a stranger and was a Christian friend to all. Memorial Service will be May 21 at Oak Forest Baptist Church 1700 W. 43rd Houston. Visitation will be 10:00 am with services at 11:00. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Oak Forest Baptist Church or M.D. Anderson Cancer Hospital.

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publication called Editor & Publisher, which is largely published online now. Sigh. Each day, I get an email from Editor & Publisher that aggregates all the stories about journalism and media and puts it into one easy-toscroll, morbidly depressing place. Ever wonder what it’s like to run a newspaper company? Better yet, ever wonder about the mood inside a newspaper office these days? In literally two minutes, these are the headlines I read in Editor & Publisher’s collection of industry news this morning: “Fossilized Culture Put News Media on Deathwatch” “Can Online News Save the Local Press?” “New York Times Reports Loss as Digital Subscriber Base Grows” “Tech Companies Won’t Save Journalism” “Publishers Feeding on Scraps from Facebook.” Because most of you have neither the time nor desire to read those articles, let me give you the

context. As most humans with eyes, ears and brains know, newspapers have been told to go ahead and roll over. Just die already! And the advice we’ve been given – largely from former industry executives who have made millions of dollars telling us what to do (but never did themselves) – is that we should all become digital operations. We should take every penny we have – debt be damned – and invest in a digital revolution where we can finally reach those spoiled Millennials. Now, go back and read those headlines again. In one story, newspaper companies like ours are given a litany of headlines like “Can Online News Save the Local Press?” In that story, we’re encouraged to try everything online. Reduce our staffs by 80 percent and start over. Then, in the very next story, we’re given the headline that the New York Times – the Old Gray Lady, the most important news organization in the world – has seen its digital subscribers grow as its revenue continues to decline. Sounds like a winning strategy. And then, right after that, we get a headline that says, “Eh, the heck with online news saving the local press because ‘Tech Companies Won’t Save Journalism.’” Just to add salt in the wound, we get the last of the stories: “Publishers Feeding on Scraps from

Facebook.” You think all of this is rough? There’s a website (go figure) called CareerCast that annually ranks the worst 200 jobs in America. Want to know what came in at No. 200? That’s right, just behind “logger” at No. 199 is “newspaper reporter” at No. 200. So why am I telling you all of this? Am I trying to sabotage my own business? Of course not. For starters – and I’ve written about this often – I do not believe we’re the same business as the larger newspapers. Heck, I don’t think we’re in the same industry. We deliver a product that no one, anywhere, delivers. You can read all the “click-bait” stories you want on major newspaper sites (usually having nothing to do with your community). But if you want local news about a new building or a school program or a shift in the real estate market, we’re absolutely the only place you can find that information, and that’s why our readership audits consistently say people read our newspaper. But there’s another reason I’m sharing this information with you. For more than a decade, we’ve been told by “industry analysts” what we need to do. We’ve been told to move completely to digital. We’ve been told to scrap our entire business model and become a website full of photo galleries and celebrity

Houston, we have a solution HOUSTON – Just look around you. White people, black people, more and more yellow people, brown people, those who speak English with strange accents (Guadalajara, Brazzaville, Boston). We all seem to get along, unless it’s a discussion over which wine goes with chili. Houston has been called “the most ethnically diversified city in America.” We are also, as a group, getting younger, less religious, more prone to vote Democratic and feel differently from our elected officials about gun control, transgender bathrooms and abortion rights, to name a few. To find out, let’s go to the source of all things Houston: Dr. Stephen L. Klineberg, Founding Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University who has been dip-sticking Houstonians on their views for – roll of drums -- 35 years. No other city that I know of has such a backlog of information on trends, loves, hates and changing thoughts. A prof at Stanford or Yale can’t go back to 1982 and start taking the pulse of Palo Alto or New Haven. So Steve – I can call him Steve because we go back to when he was using an abacus – has amassed this invaluable trove of info. Like our increasing tolerance for Muslims, our growing optimism and we don’t like flying cockroaches (Steve covers everything). We are a confident and optimistic bunch. This year 61 percent of us expressed confidence both in our own finances and the area’s economy, and believe both will continue upwards, a significant increase from previous years. Houstonians are more and more favoring same-sex marriages and a transgender law. That ordinance was defeated almost two to one last November. A growing majority of us now favor stiffer gun-control laws but relaxing penalties on small-time druggies, and no Trumpian barMuslim immigration policies: “The survey respondents decisively reject the calls in the current electoral campaign to restrict immigration from Muslim countries and to turn away refugees seeking asylum.” When it comes to Houstonians’ opinion on prochoice, prolife, it’s prochoice by a growing percentage. Even as our state officials increasingly limit a woman’s access to abortions, 63 percent of the respondents in 2015 said they were opposed to “a law that would make it more difficult for a woman to obtain an abortion,” and 58 percent in 2016 agreed with the strong prochoice statement: “It should be legal for a woman to obtain an abortion if she wants to have one for any reason.” The surveys

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have also found that over the years this area is becoming both more secular and more aligned with the Democratic Party. The statement: “Government should see to it that everyone who wants to work can find a job” received a record 76 percent approval. What else did Steve and the Surveyors (sounds like a 70s rock group) found out? The proportion of area residents who said they were “very worried” about crime has remained below 30 percent in the past several surveys, while concerns about air pollution in the Houston area have improved considerably: Almost half of all the participants in the 2008 survey rated the control of air pollution in the Houston area as “poor,” but now only 26 percent feel that way. Our opinion of living in the Houston area has been high in the past and continues to grow. “In sum, the survey participants generally express distinctly positive feelings about living in the Houston area, even as they complain about traffic, pollution, and crime - not to mention the summer heat, the flying cockroaches, and the no mountains!” A word on how we were quizzed, because accurate surveys are a scientific undertaking, which is why it’s Amateur Hour before many elections when polls are, well, poles apart. Among the changes, more and more of us, particularly young people, don’t even have traditional phones anymore. (I still dial.) Interviews for this year’s survey were taken between Jan. 25 and March 3. They reached (68 percent by landline, 32 percent by cell phone) a scientifically selected representative sample of 808 residents from Harris County. As in the past two years, additional interviews were taken with representative samples of residents in Fort Bend County and in Montgomery County for a total of 1,610 systematic interviews. Steve explains: “This was to be a one-time survey, conducted as part of a class project with advanced undergraduate sociology majors at Rice in the spring of 1982. Houston was booming: one million people had moved here since 1970, in a city wellknown for having imposed the fewest controls on development of any city in the Western world.” So he and his team began measuring the way people were balanc-

ing the booming population growth with mounting concerns about traffic, pollution, and crime. Two months later, in May 1982, the oil boom collapsed and Houston lost approximately 100,000 jobs. It was a different town, and another survey was needed, and then in every year after that.” (At this point, you are thinking, “Should I expand my kosher deli to include a prayer rug parlor? How do I get the inside skinny?” Visit the Kinder Institute website at: kinder.rice.edu then scroll past the tweets and click on the aerial map.) OK, why do lawmakers keep getting elected when they don’t reflect our views? One is the gerrymandering of voting districts which often makes winning in the primaries virtually tantamount to

getting elected, and primary voters are usually more extreme in their views than the entire electorate. Another reason is the “donor class,” money talks to our lawmakers. Also. our lawmakers are elected by a small minority of white, educated, middle and upper classes. The survey calls this whole situation “the disconnect between public opinion and ‘politically effective opinion.’” Simply put, “politically effective opinion” votes. Public opinion consists of the rest who gripe but don’t vote. So if you want to change the laws, clean the air and open that prayer rug parlor, become politically effective. Voting is free. Ashby votes at ashby2@ comcast.net

headlines. We’ve been told to cut most of our staff and start over. What all these analysts have never done – and what I’ve never done – is actually asked you, our readers, what would make this newspaper more relevant to you. And I’ll even throw out some ideas. What if we could deliver you a local newspaper with just the news YOU want to read – almost a personalized paper? Would you support that, if it was still only local news? How many of you still want the printed paper on your driveway each week? When you read our paper, are you only looking for a specific thing in the paper, or do you sit back and read it all. If this newspaper could improve and, specifically, if you had the chance to tell us a better way of doing things, what would you do? I know it’s asking a lot to ask readers for advice. But we publish this newspaper for our readers, and we even publish a website for you. We’re proud of what we believe is a service to our community, and we think the headlines in our trade journals could change. Even if that means we should start growing onions. Email your ideas to jonathan@mcelvymedia.com

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Baptist Temple’s new look channels 108 year history in Heights area

Dear Editor: I can’t believe that something as trivial as this has made national headlines. I would venture a guess that transgenders make up roughly one twentieth of one per cent of the population of this country yet the liberals are screaming about their civil rights. This topic belongs in file 13 as common sense and common decency should override political ideology. Forget unemployment problems, forget immigration problems, forget terrorism problems, forget the underlying deterioration of our American tenets, but let’s all jump on the transgender rights bandwagon. The next move will be for the HISD school board to change the name of Reagan High School to Caitlyn Jenner High School. Give me a break. Jeff Przybyla

Dear Editor: I’m so very proud of my church Baptist Temple. Looking forward to seeing the many blessings and plans God has in store for it. Marsha Elliott Froehlich

HISD votes in favor of renaming Reagan High School

Dear Editor: Why can’t the school just be called Reagan High School? Just take out John H. - it’s that easy. Class of 88

Garden Oaks sister duo open new LA-style seafood shack Dear Editor: Roast beef and gravy po’boy, dressed, sounds good to me. I would like to meet Mel and her other sister Mel. Good luck. We need good food like that. William Miller

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Dry from P. 1A “dry” Heights. Reilley makes the point that the language of the petition would allow the legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption only. So grocery and convenience stores yes. Package liquor stores no. The measure also wouldn’t negate the privateclub system currently utilized by area bars and restaurants to serve alcohol. “We’re trying to get new and improved grocery stores in the Heights,” said Reilley. “To entice new stores, enhance the ones already here and hopefully bring some jobs. It’s important to note that it’s not going to change the nature of the Heights.” Reilley said he’s aware of the H-E-B rumblings, and while his firm has represented H-E-B as a client, he personally does not represent them and they are not involved in the creation of the petition. Not that Reilley wouldn’t welcome them however. “[The election] would be

the best way to get them here,” he said. He said that while there are bigger issues in the world, the dry statute is problematic for the Heights and can be remedied. “During the election to make the Heights dry in 1912 women couldn’t even vote,” he said. “We’re being held back by an archaic statute.” In 2013, The Leader did a story about why parts of the Heights were dry, meaning a business cannot obtain a standard permit to sell alcohol. According to Sister M. Agatha’s book The History of the Houston Heights, the businessminded Heights residents didn’t appreciate the frivolity of saloon-life. The vote was apparently dispatched with little ceremony: “The electioneering…was all carried on at night, because that was the only time that anybody could spare for the business.” Former Heights Chamber of Commerce President Ter-

ry Burge says that when the area was wooed by the city of Houston in 1918 and subsequently chose annexation, the Heights City Attorney James G. Donovan made sure to include in the annexation papers the following statement: “Liquor shall not be sold in these premises until time runneth not.” At the time, this seemed pretty final, but that didn’t stop people from challenging it. Former Heights Association President Paul Carr said that after prohibition was repealed nationally, an enterprising man tried to open a saloon on 19th Street and subsequently took his fight to court. He was denied. In 1937, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the law could only be overturned by a vote of the people in the exact boundaries of the ban. Which is what the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition Political Action Committee hopes to achieve in the present day.

Existing grocery stores, like the 20th street Kroger, would benefit too. And while Jim Arnold, the CEO of 2ML Real Estate Interests Inc. which owns the land where the Fiesta used to be, said it was the store’s choice to go, it is unknown whether the lack of beer and wine sales had anything to do with their decision. For a workaround, Fiesta had its Beverage Mart on 28th St. just out of the dry zone. And what of that now vacant Fiesta? Lance Gilliam with Waterman Steele Real Estate Advisors – who may be familiar to Leader readers in his role as chair of the Houston Housing Authority – is serving as a broker for 2ML Real Estate and said that they are preparing the property to sell or lease, most likely to lease. “We’ve been getting unsolicited offers but no decisions have been made yet,” said Gilliam. “My client is very thorough in their process and are

long term property owners at other major sites in the city.” Gilliam said that 2ML Real Estate is not a driver of the current Houston Heights Beverage Coalition petition. That just leaves H-E-B to weigh in. While they did not comment on the recent development by press time, the Director of HEB’s Public Affairs Cyndy Garza-Roberts previously told The Leader that while they have an interest in both Garden Oaks and the Heights, the challenge of the ‘dry’ Heights was “problematic.” Garza-Roberts also said that H-E-B looks for a minimum of six acres when building a store. The Fiesta is 180,000 square feet and two acres short of that. But the area certainly meets the grocer’s population density requirements. Time will tell if a favorable vote in November brings the popular grocer to the heart of the Heights.

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The Obituaries. Bettie Bain Bell, 82, born Oct. 6, 1933, died May 6. Mary F. Hatchell, 99, born Jan. 10, 1917, died May 14. She was a retired Exxon-Mobil employee. Edna Nowak, 94, Jan. 14, 1922 in Anderson, Texas, died May 14. Dorothy Madeline Steed, 92, born Aug. 8, 1923 in Tin Top Valley, Texas, died May 8. Dorothy Atsinger Stoppenhagen, 87, born Feb. 24, 1929, died May 5. Charles Edward Spates, 77, born Aug. 25, 1938, died May 8. Betty Heeson Weinhold, 86, born Dec. 8, 1929 in Fredericksburg, died May 13.

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Moving your furry Neighbors: Scouts and sewing family members to a foreign country By Elizabeth Villarreal elizasgarden@outlook.com

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STEAK NIGHT American Legion Post 560 Come by the American Legion Post 560, 3720 Alba Rd., for a delicious steak dinner and live entertainment, May 20 (third Friday of each month). Steaks will be served from 6 p.m. until sold out. The cost is $15 per plate. Information: 713-682-9287, facebook.com/AmLegionPost560/, americanlegionpost560.org. GREAT TASTE OF THE HEIGHTS All Saints Catholic Community Several restaurants will be featured at the Great Taste of the Heights from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. May 21. Live music is provided by BackBeat. Tickets presale are $25, and $35 at the door (based on availability. There will be beer tents, entertainment and a silent auction. All Saints Catholic Community is located at 215 E. 10th St. Information: 713-864-2653, greattasteoftheheights.com. BOOK SIGNING The Book Scene Come by for chat, snacks, swag and fun for the little ones at The Book Scene, 1820 W. 43rd St. Local author Dave Norman will be signing his childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books from 1-3 p.m. May 21. Information:

713-869-6117. COMMUNITY DANCE SPJST Lodge 88 The SPJST Lodge 88, 1435 Beall St., will host Gary Dossett, big band music, from 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. May 21. The cost is $15 per person. There is a dress code. Reservations are suggested, but not required. Reservations held only 30 minutes past start of dance. Enjoy complimentary dance instruction before all Saturday night dances, starting at 7:30 p.m. and during intermission. Information: 713-869-5767, lodge88.org. CIGNA SUNDAY STREETS White Oak Cigna Sunday Streets Houston is an initiative to promote and improve the health of Houstonians. Cigna Sunday Streets Houston opens a stretch of streets to allow cycling, walking, dancing, socializing and provides a family-friendly opportunity to be physically active. Cigna Sunday Streets will be on White Oak from Heights to Watson. The event will be from noon-4 p.m. May 22. Information: gohealthyhouston. org.

Fish Fry American Legion Post 560 The Ladies Auxiliary Unit 560, 3720 Alba Road, will host their monthly Fish Fry and live entertainment Friday, May 27 (fourth Friday of each month) from 6 p.m. until sold out. The cost is $8 per plate. Information: 713-682-9287, facebook.com/ AmLegionPost560/, americanlegionpost560.org. JUNE BREAKFAST CONNECTION Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce Come network with your fellow Chamber members, share business concepts and hear about new business concepts. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guest speaker will be Jonathan McElvy, president and CEO of McElvy Media, LLC which owns and publishes The Leader Newspaper. Enjoy a hot breakfast from 6:45-8:30 a.m. June 9, at Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel, 3000 North Loop West. Guests and non-members are welcome. The cost is $20 each and non-members $25 each. Full tables of eight available for $200. Register online. Information: 713861-6735, heightschamber.com.

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Family fun night at St. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bring the family to Family Fun Night, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall, featuring family-sized games. Admission is free. Popcorn and lemonade will be provided. All are welcome to attend an Armed Forces Appreciation Fellowship Lunch following the 11 a.m. service on May 22. The Young Energetic Adults welcome 20s-30s adults to a potluck at 6 p.m., May 22, in the fellowship hall. St. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will host an Emmaus alumni gathering at 6 p.m. June 4, in the fellowship hall. All who have participated in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walk to Emmausâ&#x20AC;? are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to the office by May 26. St. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Methodist Church is located at 2003 W. 43rd St. For information, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org and the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page. Choir concert at All Saints The community is welcome to attend a concert featuring the combined choirs of All Saints - English choir, Spanish choir and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choir. A reception will follow in the parish hall. The concert is 4 p.m. May 22, and will feature works of Vivaldi, Dengler, Pachelbel, Barajas, Montgomery, and Gonzalo Ramos. All Saints Catholic Community is located at 215 E. 10th

St. Call 713-864-2653, ext. 207 or email mary.gahr@allsaints. us.com for information. Compassion In Action hosted by The Community of Faith Church The community is welcome to the free event, Compassion In Action, under the leadership of Bishop James Dixon II, Senior Pastor. The event will be from 2-4 p.m. May 22, at Dominion Park, 1024 Pinemont. Every fourth Sunday of the month, hundreds of church volunteers provide resources, information and opportunities. Also Sunday dinner is served. Donations of non-perishable food and monetary enumerations are accepted. Call 713-688-2900, ext. 235 or visit thecommunityoffaith. org for information. Senior Health and Fitness Day at Greater First Baptist Seniors can improve their health for a better self and attend the 23rd Annual Senior Health and Fitness Day at Greater First Baptist Church, 4441 Haygood. The event is from 9:30-11:30 a.m. May 25. The pastor is Rory L. Thompson Sr. For information, call 713412-4686. Armed Forces Ministry Job Fair at Church Without Walls The Church Without Walls, Armed Forces Ministry, 5725 Queenston Blvd. 77084, will be hosting a job fair to provide employment opportunities for veterans and the community. The job fair will be from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., May 27, and will have more than 40 employers in attendance. Please bring a copy of your DD124 to help facilitate the hiring process. For information, email Pamela Hubbard at phubbard@ churchwithoutwalls.org. Spaghetti dinner at Heights Presbyterian Come to Heights Presbyteri-

an Church, 240 W. 18th St., for a free spaghetti dinner, from 10:30 a.m.-noon, May 28. Call 713-861-1907 for information. Art Camp at St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Enroll children ages preK through fifth grade for stories and art in the My Hands, My Heart Art Camp, on Sunday mornings during the summer from 9:30-10:30 a.m., at St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church, 1819 Heights Blvd. The camp will be held on the following dates: June 5, 19, 26 and July 3, 17, 24, 31. There will be simultaneous offerings for youth and adults. Attend one or all, camp is free of charge. For reservations and information, email lpuccio@saecheights.org. Voice of the Martyrs six-week series at Hope Episcopal Hope Episcopal Church, 1613 W. 43rd St., will hold a six-week discussion series beginning Wednesday nights on Christians facing Islam extremists around the world. The following six weeks will focus on different sections of the material produced by Voice of the Martyrs and other missions organizations. All are welcome to attend at 6 p.m. Wednesdays for dinner followed by Christian Formation. Call 713-681-6422 or visit hope-episcopal.org for information.

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Thirty-four percent of Houston children are considered overweight or obese compared to 29 percent of the general youth population. (Source: Houston Department of Health and Human Services.) The YMCA of Greater Houston has partnered with Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) to combat these rising statistics with a different kind of summer camp. At Kamp K’aana, kids experience two weeks of healthy living tips and tools to help them change their lifestyles and lead healthy lives “Kamp K’anna has truly changed my life,” said 12-year old Aeryn, 2015 Kamp K’aana participant. “I went from being sad and depressed to being happy. At camp you get to meet people with the same problem as you. You get to learn how to take care of yourself while having fun.” The program was first designed by a team of specialists from TCH and BCM and

is delivered by the YMCA of Greater Houston at YMCA Camp Cullen, near scenic Lake Livingston. Each day campers receive three meals and several snacks in a meal plan designed by TCH dietitians. Meals are delicious, balanced and nutritious with an emphasis on high fiber and whole grains rather than sugar and fat. Campers are equipped with the tools they need to conquer their weight management issues while at the same time offered an incredible experience that increases self-confidence and builds self-esteem. By the end of camp, campers typically lose between five and ten pounds. Once they return home, they are motivated to maintain their weight and obtain long-term results. “One of the most successful parts of Kamp K’aana is the relationships kids are able to build with others who struggle with weight and are teased and bullied,” said YMCA Director of Community Health Lharissa Jacobs. “They bond with kids who have very similar experi-

ences. This sense of comradery can be very motivating for them and they can make friends for life and help each other stay in check.” Twelve kids participated in the first summer of Kamp K’aana, followed by 24 the second year and 37 the third. These campers typically lost between five to ten pounds at camp. The weight loss range from 2015 Kamp K’aana kids was from two to fifteen pounds, with most of the kids losing the typical five to ten pounds. Average weight loss for the past two years at Kamp K’aana has been 7.8 pounds. “Some kids end up losing up to 50 pounds by maintaining the healthy lifestyle they learn at Kamp K’aana,” said Jacobs. Kids ages 10-14 at or above the 95th percentile Body Mass Index who are interested in Kamp K’aana June 12-25 can find more info and register at kampkaana.org, at any YMCA center, or by calling 281-8398472.

Nuzzie and other community members are worried. “We knew there was still some talk among our officials about wanting the rail to go downtown, but it doesn’t say anywhere in [the RFQ] about exploring corridors that don’t go through neighborhoods,” Nuzzie said. “We’re going to again express the fact that, while we are waiting to see what happens with this particular transportation project in general, neighborhoods aren’t disrupted during this process.” Nuzzie said the HHSRW has met with METRO and the Gulf Coast Rail District in voicing their reservations about the practicality of the project and she said little has been done from city officials to reach

out to neighborhood groups. They’re hoping to continue to work and keep locals in the loop. While Mayor Sylvester Turner has indicated his interest in exploring options, other officials have voiced their opposition to routes through neighborhoods, including District C representative Ellen Cohen who wrote a letter to the FRA in January 2015. “I support high-speed rail as an important mass transit option that will help reduce some of these challenges,” Cohen said in the letter. “However, I oppose the currently proposed routes for this project due to their close proximity to deedrestricted residential neighborhoods.” The next city council meet-

Original Story Trustee Jolanda Jones was not present at the meeting and Anna Eastman said she would abstain from voting on all school name changes, emphasizing that she wanted to lay the situation to rest and focus instead on student achievement. “I also want to call on our colleagues to make that our priority,” Eastman said. Harvin Moore reiterated that he opposed the first motion to change the names of the seven schools, including Reagan High School, but threw his support behind the names chosen by the community. He thanked the volunteers that stepped forward as part of the renaming committees, and emphasized moving forward. Trustee Greg Meyers also said that, although he wished the process was different, the community has nonetheless worked to find new names and said he desired to see people channel their passion for their school names toward student achievement. “I want our communities to come together to start working on behalf of every single child,” Meyers said. Frank Chavez, a Reagan alumni member who opposes the name change, highlighted over 500 signed petition signatures from RHS students who say they were not included in

the process of renaming the high school. He said the current budget issues should also be a barrier in renaming each of the seven schools, which HISD said would cost about $250,000 individually. “With HISD being $107 million in the red and $211 million in the red in ongoing construction projects, how can we justify spending up to $5 million,” Chavez said.

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Name from P. 1A that the new names would have a directly adverse affect in Houston communities. “The reality is that renaming HISD schools will cost millions of taxpayer dollars,” Goforth said. “Deceiving the public doesn’t protect our community, it harms our community.” Dolcefino said HISD trustees did not indicate in February on their board agenda when the name change item was first brought up, which violates their own rules. He also questioned where the money for the $250,000 estimated price of each name change would come from and questioned if district officials had done their due diligence “I congratulate HISD,” Dolcefino said.”In two months, they’ve managed to create racial disunion where none existed. They’ve managed to offend neighborhoods all across town because they’ve ignored the fundamental right of neighborhoods to pick their schools.” He also said the $250,000 price was “pulled out of their butts,” and doesn’t take into account the differences between campuses. “Every school is different,” Dolcefino said. “Lanier High School has ‘SL’ carved in every old auditorium seat and his name is on a 90-year-old building.”

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