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These days, mortgage lending is still quite conservative and with the slight differential in interest rates and underwriting fees you ultimately may be charged to close on a loan (or loans) – they all operate quite similarly – and the experience itself should be pretty close to the same no matter who you use – but which one is the most appropriate one for me you ask? Of course, it will depend on the kind of funding you will need – are you purchasing or refinancing? Will you qualify for a conventional, FHA, or VA loan on paper with no expected hitches in this lending environment? Are you trying to pursue hard money for real estate investment (Houston is absolutely booming at this moment) as this is becoming extremely popular. With any lender for whatever purpose, the better your credit and financial profile looks on paper (in underwriter standards), certainly the more options you will have. But if you are a first time homebuyer or are thinking about being one – it all starts with your middle credit score – the higher the better of course, as this is the first criteria they all use. This number opens the floodgates for the interest rate you (market is constantly moving the entire

By Cynthia Lescaleet For The Leader

Renovations to a long-and-lean Heights property transformed the quirky, 1984-built home into a modern and sustainable environment for the “zero energy lifestyle.” As owner-architect Palmer Brooks Schooley explains, that lifestyle means “Live well and offset as much of your existence as you can. Take the long view and care about the long term,” he said. ‘That’s what really matters.” Even before its modiﬁcations, the singlestory home at 409 W. 8th St. was a pretty cool property, he says. The linear footprint set up a unique arrangement of spaces and a relationship between them and the side garden. The property’s lore was also intriguing, he said. The home is attributed to a former neighbor, a “creative pragmatist” who recycled, re-purposed and re-used materials. He subdivided his corner lot to accommodate his project. Serial remodelers since 1991 and longterm Heights residents, Schooley and wife Merry bought the property in 2012. They knew it well since its garden was adjacent to See Do-Over, P. 2B

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time) will ultimately lock in on. A solid loan oﬃcer should help you navigate through the paperwork and the process – as should your real estate agent. Lenders prove themselves to agents and in return sometimes earn a (hopefully long) pipeline of business referrals based on the quality of the service they provide. Are their loans closing on time? Are their closing costs and interest rates in check with Truth in Lending requirements before closing? How is their communication? Are they guiding you through the process and clearly explaining the status of the loan? All of these things are traits of a great lender. Experienced Realtors should all have a small collection of proven lending comrades and should put you together with the one that best suits your situation and based on an established history of success. Bryan Craft Craft Texas Properties I would say the most important factor is without a doubt, the service you receive. Most of the big banks have become known in the industry for providing very poor service to their clients. From lack of communication,

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At home in the Heights By Michael Sudhalter

Heights builder Joe Petruzzi stands next to the 27-foot staircase in his own home at 634 Rutland. Petruzzi has put the home on the market for $1.2 million.

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When Heights homebuilder Joe Petruzzi is designing and building a new home, he tries to consider what he’d want in his own home. “When you build something for yourself, you put more energy into it,” said Petruzzi, a Heights resident. Petruzzi takes that strategy to heart because he builds a home for himself, lives there for 2-4 years, puts the home on the market and sells it. He currently lives at 634 Rutland, a 3,675 square foot home that he put on the market last week, which is expected to sell for somewhere between $1.1 million and $1.2 million. Since it listed, Petruzzi has had two showings for the home. Petruzzi, 45, builds about 25 homes per year, and as a small builder, he does everything from designing the

homes, marketing them and selecting designs that make the homes unique. “I don’t list houses until they’re almost ﬁnished because everything sells extremely fast,” Petruzzi said. In his current home, there’s a brick wall made of 100-yearold Chicago bricks, handcarved stone, a Theater room, a retro yet modern bathtub, a 27-foot-stairway and several classic chandeliers. Sometimes, Petruzzi comes up with ideas that clients select for their custom homes. One of the themes that rings true with his homes is that they ﬁt into the Heights

culture. “The best thing about the Heights (as it’s been revitalizing ) it’s stayed true to the little town neighborhood it was,” Petruzzi said. “People are building a product that looks indigenous to the area. What happened in the last year and a half is amazing with the new construction. There have been builders such as David Weekley and Urban Living that wouldn’t have been here before, that have come in.” Petruzzi builds homes be-

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Oak Forest home selling for $1.4 million sets growing trend A Tuscan-style home located in the 1200 block of Althea is being sold for approximately $1.46 million, according to Brett Hartman of Hartman & Associates Realtors. Hartman and the homebuilder, Justin Gordon of Justin Gordon Homes, are not listing the exact address due to privacy of the purchaser. The home is a little over 5,100 square feet with a pool, grotto and basketball court, and the lot is close to 11,000 square feet. “They’re going to be top notch ﬁnishes,” Gordon said. “with 12 foot ceilings up and down. I imagine that will be an Oak Forest ﬁrst. The house will be digitally automated with sound, security and lights.” Gordon expects the trend of houses over $1 million to continue in the area. “The dirt alone is worth

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$300,000,” Gordon said. The study will have a 25foot ceiling, there are two outdoor fireplaces and the wine room will be able to hold over 2,000 bottles. Oak Forest homes have exceeded the $1 million mark, but this is believed to be the priciest one. It could exceed $1.46 million once final fixtures and finishes are determined. Regardless of the home’s size or prize, Hartman and Gordon have been working hard to boost the quality of

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Do-Over, from P. 1B their yard. “Though structurally sound, the original home was a bit ‘tired and simplistic,” said architect Schooley, who later added “gunched up” to his project description. SUSTAINABLE WITH STYLE Their initial plan was to renovate the home into a comfortable, but highly performing sustainable space, furnish it accordingly and rent it to tenants aware of their carbon footprint. “We didn’t think we’d go as deeply into the redo as we didin terms of detail, labor and finishes,” he said. “We renovated it as if we’d like to live there ourselves.” While the couple still might move in someday, the revamped home is leased for the foreseeable future – at a rate north of $4,000 per month. Schooley says that confirms there’s a market for (attractive) sustainable housing. Regardless of who lives in the home, however, the power bill is likely to be negligible, even non-existent; the project installed an 8.5 kilowatt-hour solar panel array designed to meet the home’s power demand. In fact, it exceeds it, Schooley reports, so the home is both off the grid and contributing to it. Helping that ROI result are a dozen bifacial panels that form a ‘solar porch’ over the home’s courtyard entry. Another 20 solar panels, equipped with micro-inverters, are mounted on the adjacent metal roof. Other energy efficiencies include the white-coated metal roof, motorized sun shading, LED lighting and insulation that was significantly boosted by spray foam and radiant barriers. To harness natural light, the project kept the original three-sided clerestory and added a glass-and-aluminum garage door. SIMPLE SCOPE The exterior’s stained cypress siding gives the modernized home a fusion vibe. Schooley has heard the property described as a having Southwest-, Japanese- or California-style – “or a blend of all three.”

Petruzzi, from P. 1B Much of the project’s interior work was related to improving lighting and insulation. Substantial repairs to the drywall preceded a skim coat, sanded, to finish out the entire house “so it would feel essentially new,” Schooley’s account says. Original birch cabinetry and doors carried over into new birch millwork. The original oak parquet flooring just needed sanding and refinishing. Completed in 2013, the updated home kept its open plan layout and three bedrooms. There’s a combo living and dining area. The adjacent kitchen sits behind a counterheight divider so that space also shares any views through the common area’s trio of sliding doors to the porch. Slight increases to the home’s square footage added a hallway to connect the house to a toolshed-turnedstudio behind the garage. And, at the far end of the original porch, a portion was enclosed to accommodate an office and closet in the master suite. Most of the rooms still have some sort of view of the Zenlike garden. SOLAR PUNCHES If designed and installed correctly, energy-saving choices will pay for themselves over time, Schooley says. Some of the easiest, most cost effective ways to reduce the energy a home consumes are to: – Add more natural light and ventilation. – Shade windows at the right time of day. – Enhance the insulation. – Check if windows and doors seal properly. – Ensure that HVAC ductwork is sound and not leaking air into unconditioned spaces. – Use LED light sources and lamps wherever possible. – Put more simply: Conserve. Schooley challenges homeowners to make an attempt to offset a portion of their home’s carbon footprint. “Make it as high-performing, low-energy as possible,” he said. The solar house on W. 8th is a successful example of doing that - with style.

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tween $350,000 and $1.2 million but said that his personal touch on each project is one of the things that sets him apart from his competitors. Seven years ago, Petruzzi bought three lots in the Heights, where the city’s bicycle trail was proposed. When the trail was built, the demand for the homes took off. “I’m not going to buy unless I can build within two to three months,” Petruzzi said. Petruzzi is relatively new to the real estate industry, but he’s always had an entrepreneurial spirit. At age 16, he started his ﬁrst business, a pizzeria in the Florida Panhandle. He learned a great deal about management during

three years as a high school social science teacher in Florida. “If you can manage 40 high school kids, you can manage anybody,” he said. Petruzzi was traveling through Texas seven years ago when he decided Houston was the right place. Shortly thereafter, he sold his T-Shirt business, acquired his real estate license and began learning as much as he could from builders in the area. “I work very hard, but I don’t feel like it’s work - I enjoy what I do,” Petruzzi said. Petruzzi is building several homes in Shady Acres and sees that area, along with Brooke Smith, as two hot, up-and-coming neighborhoods.

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Acres Homes, real estate hot spot? The Right Agent... By Betsy Denson

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Kara Hagen and her family are not unique in that they were looking to capitalize on a robust real estate market in Oak Forest. They sold their one-story house on Cheshire, zoned for Oak Forest Elementary, to a builder who has since torn it down for a rebuild. It was what they did next though that set them apart. “We looked for six months around Oak Forest and Timbergrove for another house,” Hagen said. “Even the ones we could afford, we didn’t think were worth it.” The Hagens wanted a big yard for their two dogs and enough house to accommodate two middle school children. Driving between Pinemont and Tidwell off Ella one day, the family found a potential winner. The house, in Acres Homes, was only about a quarter of a mile from their previous house. “We liked the house, and we liked the neighbors,” said Hagen. “When we got right down to it, it seemed to be the best choice. We thought if it didn’t work out we could always sell it.” Two months into their new digs, there is no buyers’ regret. “I’m really happy,”said Hagen. “We back up to someone’s huge multi-acre property. My husband says it’s so quiet he can’t sleep.” Another beneﬁt – no door to door salespeople. “When we lived on Cheshire, we had them all the time. Nobody ever knocks on the door here.” An area with roots A community that goes back to World War I, Acres Homes is named for the size of the lots that landowners sold to new homeowners, many of whom used their property to raise livestock and plant gardens. The area, which is a little less than 10 square miles, is bordered by West Mount Houston Road to the north; Pinemont Drive to the south;

North Shepherd Drive to the east; and Antoine Drive to the west. According to a 2010 article by the Rice Design Alliance, Acres Homes was once the largest unincorporated African-American community in the Southeastern United States. Even for people who didn’t care about a rural lifestyle, the area was appealing to people who wanted to live close to downtown. However, public transportation was spotty and the schools weren’t incorporated by the city. This changed in the late 1960s and early 1970s when Houston annexed a large portion of the community. Ironically, or maybe not, this is about the time that some think the appeal of Acres Homes took a dip. The current affordability of the area is a plus to many. According to HAR’s neighborhood information ﬁnder, the average house price for zip codes 77088 and 77091 is $70,400 and $60,400, respectively. It is not unusual for some properties to sit on the market for months. The Hagen’s house for example was a foreclosure. As a point of comparison, the average house value - not property value -- listed by HAR. com for 77018 (Oak Forest and Garden Oaks) is $97,200 and for 77008, which includes the Heights, it’s $119,700. The draw of Acres Homes For Ken White, an employee of the Houston Fire Department who also serves as the Acres Homes Super Neighborhood president, the allure of Acres Homes was family. He now lives in the Garden City Park subdivision. “I grew up there and came back ten years ago from Spring,” he said. White has noticed a trend in others returning as well. He thinks that the movement on the real estate front is equally split between new builds and existing homes. “The number one reason

people are moving back are the schools, and number two is safety,” he said, noting his group’s partnership with the Houston Police Department and the Harris County Constable and the increase in patrols. Potential crime was a concern for the Hagens too. “When we looked at the crime stats though, they were no different from Oak Forest,” she said. At the same time Ken White was moving back, Michael Galbreth was driving around the area looking for property. Galbreth, who is one half of the collaborative artist team The Art Guys, was renting in the Heights and was looking for land to buy. “I was just greedy,” he jokes. “Land is land.” Galbreth and his wife bought property in Highland Heights section of Acres Homes where they live and where The Art Guys have established their “world headquarters,” a steel framed barn which architectural historian Stephen Fox highlights in his Architectural Guide to Houston. “It’s beautiful here. The houses are spread out where we are, a lot of the area feels pastoral,” said Galbreth. “We are fortunate to have a fair amount of land.” He says there are other artists who have moved into the area as well. “There are a number of people up this way, scattered about.” In the last ﬁve years, Galbreth says he’s noticed increased development in the area and hopes it’s done responsibly, but isn’t holding his breath. “With no zoning, people can pretty much do anything,” he said. “I love it just the way it is.” Future growth In a city which is growing as fast as Houston, Acres Homes is bound to change. For now, most of the growth is happening near the southern boundary of Acres Homes. There are several new subdivisions popping up. One of the build-

ers, Contempo, was in the news last year for their work in the Leland Woods subdivision, a development project initiated by the City of Houston in northeast Houston. In 2008, Contempo bought eight acres for $150,000 off of Rosslyn Road. Co-owner Julio Fernandez said the plan then was to build 24 homes but they ended up purchasing a few more acres and building more than 90 homes. The Marbella community at 5402 Rosslyn Road is a gated one. Homes are at least 2,000 square feet and built to Energy Star standards. Fernandez said that sales were “pretty slow for a couple of years, but in 2013 it really picked up.” Now they are sold out. Contempo bought an additional nine acres on the other side of Rosslyn for “a lot more money” in 2013. They plan to build another housing community, perhaps called Marbella II. Fernandez said they’d be interested in purchasing more land in the area but that “it’s a little more difﬁcult now” due to rising prices. For now, Acres Homes remains a little bit of a secret to those to the south. “I feel like we got away with something,” said Hagen. In the future, area realtors might have to play catch up. Realtor Pat Walker said she once sold a “really nice” house on Creekmont several years back, but that the area is mostly commercial now. She took a drive recently in the area where the Hagens bought and noted that there were some good deals to be had, including some additional foreclosures. “My opinion is that one should ease their way in right now,” said Walker. “Maybe buying on border streets such as TC Jester or Ella.”

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Jaycee Park improvements Is the grass really always have boosted Timbergroveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greener on the other side? real estate market value By Bryan Treadway For The Leader

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Only ďŹ ve short years ago, Jaycee Park â&#x20AC;&#x201C; located at the corner of Grovewood and Seamist in Timbergrove â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was described with words like â&#x20AC;&#x153;eyesoreâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;blightâ&#x20AC;? by community members. Homeless people stayed in the park, and local residents did their best to avoid it. But the Friends of Jaycee Park, headed by former Timbergrove resident Ileana Desalos, partnered with the Houston Parks Board to revitalize the park, turning a negative into a positive by 2012. In addition to being a great place for a family picnic or a walk, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had an impact on the local real estate market as well.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are telling us they wanted to live in Timbergrove because of the parks,â&#x20AC;? said Lorraine Cherry of the Timbergrove Manor Civic Club. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It became one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city, with property values going through the roof. Part of that is we have beautiful parks here.â&#x20AC;? Cheryl Erickson, who started the revitalization efforts with Desalos, said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen people renovating old houses in the area â&#x20AC;&#x201C; something that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going on before the revitalization. While past improvement projects in the park focused on signiďŹ cant fundraising efforts, Timbergrove residents have managed to secure city funding for the next phase. What actually happens in the

next phase will be determined by the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks & Recreation Department. Last week, the Timbergrove Manor Civic Club met to discuss funding for future improvements to the park through the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Capital Improvement Plan, of which $250,000 has been designated to improve the park. The Civic Club board requested that homeowners make recommendations, so the city can evaluate, and additional lighting and increased areas of shade were at the top of that list. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The park is very open â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very visible,â&#x20AC;? said Darlene Wayt, who is spearheading the current project to upgrade the park. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very highly used park, and the neighbors are taking care of it.â&#x20AC;?

Oak Forest / Garden Oaks area Super Neighborhood to discuss city budget, nuisance bars By Michael Sudhalter michael@theleadernews.com

The Central/Northwest Super Neighborhood Council, better known as the Super Neighborhood for the Oak Forest/Garden Oaks area, will host a meeting from 6:308 p.m. on May 28 at the Candlelight Community Center. The main topics of discussion will be the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed $5.2 billion budget, and how residents can work with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) and local law enforcement to report issues that arise from bars in the area â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from noise to parking and suspect illegal activity. City council member atlarge Stephen Costello will speak about the budget (which is proposed for the upcoming ďŹ scal year, which begins on July 1. Costello is chair of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget and ďŹ scal affairs committee. TABC agent Christopher Rodriguez will address nuisance bars. In January, Gar-

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den Oaks residents and business owners unsuccessfully contested the beer license of La Villita, a nightclub at 829 W. 34th St. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a great opportunity to hear ďŹ rsthand knowledge from experts on two important issues for our neighborhoods â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual budget and nightclubs people consider to be nuisances,â&#x20AC;? said Super Neighborhood president Mark Klein. Klein said many of the proposals in the city budget will interest local residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new budget addresses potholes and, to some degree, street conditions and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important,â&#x20AC;? Klein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More

Veterinarian seeks to donate schoolhouse Dr. Ken Williams of the Heights Veterinary Clinic has a schoolhouse heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to give you. Williams and his wife, Nancy, own a 1,000 square foot one room schoolhouse built in the 19th century that preceded Love Elementary School. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known as the Lowell Street Schoolhouse, as Shepherd Dr. was called Lowell St. around the beginning of the 20th Century. The schoolhouse is currently on the property of the vet clinic at 1431 N. Shepherd Dr. Williams currently uses it for storage but said he needs the space to â&#x20AC;&#x153;expand the parking lot or to do something else with the land.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main thing is to preserve the schoolhouse,â&#x20AC;? Wil-

liams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to keep it in Houston. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to see the wrecking ball or bulldozer. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be very disheartened.â&#x20AC;? Williams has run into roadblocks in having the schoolhouse preserved. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approached the Houston Historical Society and the Heights Association about taking it as a historical piece. He said the Historical Society wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested, and the Heights Association said it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a place for it. When Williams acquired the schoolhouse a few years ago, he paid back taxes on it, painted it and tried to preserve it. Now, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see it in a place where the entire public would be welcome to enjoy it.

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Spring has spring and I have seen numerous people in the neighborhood working in the yard. Some work harder than others trying to get the grass to green up and ďŹ&#x201A;owers to bloom. I always try to stop and compliment those on my Oak Forest neighborhood street, who seem to go the extra mile. Who knows, they might just share a secret on how they got that extra green yard. Here are a few tips I have learned on how to get that lush yard. Mow your grass at its highest setting. This allows the grass to recover faster when you only take off the top 1/3 of the blade. You end up watering less, and the blade shades out weeds wanting to pop up. Talk to your yard man, and ask him to mow it high. Mow once every week during the growing season â&#x20AC;&#x201C; since your mowing high it takes off the top of the weeds that did germinate, causing less weed seed.

enforcement of trafďŹ c speeds along main thoroughfares in residential areas are needed, particularly during school zone times.â&#x20AC;? Klein said another important issue to discuss with the city will be the 34th Quiet Zone, which would decrease noise in OF/GO by allowing safeguards to be put in place, so freight trains wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make as much noise while passing through the neighborhood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noisy railroad trafďŹ c has grown substantially since the Quiet Zone made the list, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected to grow even more as the oil industry continues to turn to rail,â&#x20AC;? Klein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re next on a list of Quiet Zones that now has no funding source.â&#x20AC;? The Central/Northwest Super Neighborhood had been dormant for a number of years, but it was revitalized last fall under the leadership of Klein, and Alicia Nuzzie of the Oak Forest Homeowners Association.

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MANNA - DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Your neighborhood thrift store appreciates any and all donations. We can arrange pickup for large items or large donations. Call 713-686-6440 or donate at 1806 W. 43rd St. Thank you. (TF)

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HELP GENERAL HOMEWANTED IMPROVEMENTS

�� We have a F/T opening at our dentistry ofﬁce and the candidate must have experience in customer service, basic computer skills, phone skills and to speak English and Spanish would be a plus. They need to be a quick learner, be able to think outside the box, solution oriented, ambitious and have a positive attitude. If you meet these requirements, please email us at mjones.information@mjonesdenistry.com

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MECHANIC WITH EXPERIENCE on Econoline vans needed. Experience with A/C, alternators, brakes and suspension. Tools required. Salary commensurate with experience. 713-681-3600. (TF)

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2000 LINCOLN TOWNCAR CARTIER: Only 47,800 miles, beige, excellent condition. $5,800. Original owner. 713-252-6363. (5-31) Need a little help around the yard? Our Lawn and Garden Guide has just the professionals you want.

PETS & LIVESTOCK FIND YOUR FRIEND FOR LIFE: Adopt or foster a shelter animal. www.nokill1.org. (TF)

SPECIAL OCCASIONS CHARMING VENUE FOR YOUR NEXT GATHERING: Houston Heights Woman’s HEATING/AIR Club’s HistoricCONDITIONING Bungalow, perfect for small events. Recitals, luncheons, fundraisers - events up to 100 people. Grand piano, stage, round tables, small catering kitchen. Call Lizz Martin, 281-217-6070, regarding this Heights landmark. (TF)

WANT TO BUY TOP CASH PAID FOR YOUR GUNS: FFL concealed handgun classes. 713-6944867. (TF)

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More of a commitment than visiting a farmers market, a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) or farm subscription allows a family guaranteed delivery of produce direct from the farmer. A CSA program that has taken root in the Oak Forest and Heights areas is the one started by HOMEsweetFARM in Washington County. They launched their CSA farm in 2004 with 26 members, and have grown to become the largest CSA serving Houston with over 350 members each season. HOMEsweetFARMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jenny StufďŹ&#x201A;ebeam said that they have 59 acres, 37 of which they lease and 22 they farm themselves. Around ten acres are in production for veggies and fruits. The rest is reserved for livestock: sheep, goats, cows, and horses. HOMEsweetFARMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CSA program is sometimes confused with co-ops that buy from distributors to get cheap produce which is very different than their farmer direct model. One advocate for the CSA program is Oak Forestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cara Ramelow who with friend Christine Gorman worked together to bring a drop site to Oak Forest by gathering the requisite 15 members. They currently have 16 ofďŹ cial members with a few who split shares. Ramelowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house has been the drop site for four years. Members who sign up pay $32 a week, or $384 for the season and can pick up a weekly supply of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in season.

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According to StufďŹ&#x201A;ebeam that should include squash, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, okra, green beans, melons, watermelons, blackberries, arugula, basil, and eggplant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;CSA has completely changed how we eat,â&#x20AC;? said Ramelow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only do we eat more veggies, but the kids have developed a more accepting palate when it comes to them, although this has been a gradual process for sure. When she shops, Ramelow designs the weekly menu around what sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s received for the week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes a mindset shift, which requires dedication,â&#x20AC;?

she said. New member Amber Caver has picked up four deliveries so far and is currently experimenting with cooking vegetables that she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t normally prepare at home, like turnips, beets, greens and cabbage. So far the turnips and the beets are winners. Kathleen McNamara has been the drop off point in the Heights for the last six years. She was a member of an online group and learned about HOMEsweetFARMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CSA program as well as their need for a Heights volunteer. McNamara said that both for her and the members she talks

to itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;drastically changedâ&#x20AC;? how they eat. Like Caver, they learn how to prepare items they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily pick up in the grocery store. There are also new twists on old favorites: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned that okra is really good if you grill it,â&#x20AC;? said McNamara. She shares recipes with other group members and has also started fermenting left over vegetables in order to increase their probiotic delivery potential. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way to keep vegetables if you get a lot,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I make sauerkraut out of cabbage and it keeps all year.â&#x20AC;? In addition to Oak Forest

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Heights resident turns wine hobby into a career By Michael Sudhalter michael@theleadernews.com

Heights resident Stephanie Earthman Baird has had an appreciation for wine since she was a college student at Texas A&M. Twenty years ago, Baird began a path that would transition her career from Oil & Gas to Wine Distributor. While employed by Exxon, Baird started moonlighting with the Houston Wine Merchant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just kept snowballing,â&#x20AC;?

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world, looking at the right wines for her clients, which include restaurants and supermarkets throughout Texas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once you get in the wine business, you actually have UPS and FedEx stopping on your door,â&#x20AC;? Baird said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had 12 bottles delivered this week. Wine ďŹ nds you...you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to make as many trips.â&#x20AC;? BevCo is licensed as a winery and will begin selling its own wine within the next year. While Baird considers el-

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Baird said the future of wine is bright, given the fact that the up-and-coming Millennial generation is more to open to trying different wines. Baird, a Conroe native, has lived in the Heights twice, and has called the area home since 1999. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now what I love about it is you have all of these cool restaurants,â&#x20AC;? Baird said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could not have said that when I lived there in 1989.â&#x20AC;?

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Timbergrove residents, Southwaste look to resolve issues over grease production By Michael Sudhalter michael@theleadernews.com

Timbergrove resident Lorraine Cherry thought the call would never come. Cherry was interested in ﬁnding out information on how Southwaste Disposal Company’s grease plant, located at 6407 Hurst St. near Ella Blvd. and W. 11th St., would work to eliminate a foul odor when it expands its maximum limit of waste at its Timbergrove plant. Cherry called Texas State Rep. Sarah Davis (R-Houston), who contacted Southwaste ofﬁcials and quickly set up a meeting. “I wasn’t somebody they really thought they needed to put at the top of the list of priorities,” Cherry said. “Getting Rep. Davis involved re-priori-

tized things for them.” Davis protested Southwaste’s application for expansion, with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The plant hopes to to expand from 36 million gallons of production to 46 million if the application – which is still pending – is approved. Davis spoke at the Timbergrove Manor Civic Club meeting on May 13 and coordinated a meeting between Timbergrove residents and Southwaste ofﬁcials on May 21. Davis said the meeting was initiated so the stakeholders could work together moving forward. Log on to leadernews.com for more information about what transpired at the meeting. Southwaste held a meeting

last October at the Sheraton Brookhollow, in which its representatives explained their desire to expand the plant with safeguards that would eliminate or greatly decrease odors produced by the plant. They were met by strong disapproval from the Timbergrove community, and even other businesses in the area that said not enough was being done. Cherry requested odor abatement information at the meeting, and Southwaste never got back to her after saying it would. Southwaste Vice President of Operations Tim Cox said in hindsight, he wishes communication with Cherry, and the community at large, had been better. “We had a very good meet-

ing with Rep. Davis,” Cox said. “She wants us to work it out with neighborhood community. Hopefully, we can satisfy the neighborhood.” Cox said Southwaste will install an industrial scrubber that will seriously alleviate the odor for area residents before the proposed expansion takes place.

Currently, there’s an open pit where the grease is placed, but soon a building will be built around the pit. “We’re going to eliminate the pit and put tanks in there, so (the waste) won’t be sitting in a pit,” Cox said. “Ninety percent of what we suck out is water, and 10 percent is grease trap waste, which has a rotten

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Dailey resigns, Waltrip to name new coach soon

Timbergrove baseball in full swing

Waltrip High will announce the selection of its new head football coach next week, said WHS principal Andria Schur. The new coach will succeed Milton Dailey, a well-respected coach, who resigned this month for health reasons after suffering a stroke earlier this year. Dailey, who played football at Prairie View A&M, was a Milton Dailey longtime assistant to WHS coach Anthony Zuccarini. He became head coach in the 2012 and led the Rams to consecutive trips to the UIL Class 4A playoffs. Waltrip clinched the playoffs both times by winning their regular season ﬁnale against Milby. Both times, the Rams lost to Waltrip. In 2012, Dailey guided the Rams to a win over Class 5A Pasadena High, and last season, the Rams were the only team to play 4A-21 champion Reagan within four touchdowns, in a 28-14 Homecoming loss. In the interim, defensive coordinator Brandon Salinas is serving as the head coach. The Rams start practice a week earlier, instead of holding spring drills and will open the 2014 season on Aug. 29 at Waller. Schur said Zuccarini, who still lives in Oak Forest, is one of the members of the selection committee.

Timbergrove Sports Association (TSA) T-Ball and Baseball players enjoyed the beautiful weather last Saturday with a competitive morning of baseball at the TSA complex on T.C. Jester Blvd. (Photos by Michael Sudhalter)

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Former D-I Coach to Lead St. Pius X girls basketball team Mary Gleason – a former NCAA Division I women’s basketball head coach – was named head girls basketball coach at St. Pius X High School. Gleason comes to St. Pius X after three seasons at the helm of Houston Baptist University. There, she transitioned the Huskies from an NAIA program to the NCAA Division I level. In doing so, Gleason led HBU to its ﬁrst postseason win in a conference tournament and developed 10 players to all-conference or all-newcom-

er honors. “Coach Gleason is a great ﬁt for our school community as an educator, mentor and coach,” Athletic Director Jason Kimball said. “Her experiences as a player and a collegiate coach provide our program with an excellent leader who will produce the high-level results we expect at SPX.” Prior to HBU, Gleason served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Dartmouth, helping to engineer back-to-back Ivy League titles in 2008 and 2009. Glea-

son coached numerous All-Ivy selections for the Big Green, including the 2009 Ivy Player of the Year and 2008 Ivy Rookie of the Year. “I am very excited to be a part of the St. Pius X family,” Gleason said. “The girls and I are very enthusiastic for the road ahead and ready to work to make St. Pius X into a championship-level program. I am beyond blessed to be able to impact the lives of young ladies and prepare them not only for basketball, but more importantly to succeed in the

game of life. I am glad to be able to do that here in Houston, near my family, and particularly in the warm, welcoming community at St. Pius X.” Before her time at Dartmouth, Gleason was an assistant and recruiting coordinator at Princeton, winning one Ivy League title and setting a program record for most wins in both a single season and in conference play in 2006. While at Princeton, she coached numerous All-Ivy honorees and the 2005 Ivy Rookie of the Year.

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Gleason began her coaching career as an assistant at New York University (2000-03), where she reached the NCAA D-III Elite Eight and won a pair of conference championships. Her ﬁnal recruiting class at NYU reached the Final Four as seniors. Gleason lettered four seasons as a player at Southern Methodist University. She set the record for most career 3pointers made and helped lead the Mustangs to the WNIT Championship game in 1993. In 1994 and 1995, SMU made

its ﬁrst appearances in the NCAA tournament, including earning the ﬁrst tournament win in program history. Gleason received a bachelor’s degree in history from SMU in 1995. Gleason spent three years playing professional basketball in Europe for Division I teams in Switzerland and Spain. In 1998, she was an invited participant to try out for the WNBA’s Houston Comets. A native of Houston, Gleason is a graduate of St. Agnes Academy.

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