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Residents have seen and heard speculation and rumors for months, wondering what the fate would be regarding H-E-B’s potential Heights move.

Well wait no more.

After the rumor mill ran wild following the No-Dry Vote petition spearheaded by H-E-B and the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition earlier this

The site announcement was officially held Thursday at the old Fiesta location on N. Shepherd.

year, president of the company’s Houston region Scott McClelland confirmed to The Leader in an interview that the company plans to open its new loca-

tion at the site of the old Fiesta in the Heights, should voters elect to make that area “wet” in November. The official site announcement took place at the old Fiesta location on 23rd Street and North Shepherd Thursday morning.

A permanent move into the Heights remains predicated on the No Dry Vote passing, and it appears H-E-B as well as the Coalition are confident in its future success, as evidenced by Thursday

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By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com While cycling has long been a favorite pastime of recreation lovers and competitors alike, a sobering reality is that in an ever-developing area such as The Leader’s readership zone--with new vehicles pouring in every week, month and year--the importance of heeding safety measures becomes even more vital.

Earlier this week, a cyclist was struck at the intersection of 34th and East T.C. Jester Blvd., and attended to by a host of rescue personnel.

By Kim Hogstrom For The Leader The community of Garden Oaks/Oak Forest already has a reputation as a kind, caring enclave of like-minded folks. This was proven again last week when “the village” saved a wonderful dog from certain death on the streets.

“It’s about how the neighborhood came together to help Kojo,” stated Oak Forest resident, Sandy Francis, the woman who spearheaded the effort to save the loose canine through Facebook. “There is no animal rescue group, no one person who is responsible, no singular hero. The dog is a neighbor-

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hood project,” she explained. “And we are all hoping for a very happy ending.”

Kojo first appeared as “the white dog” on the Oak Forest Homeowners’ Association page on Facebook a month ago. No one in the community knew who owned the pup but he was sighted running everywhere from North Shepherd to T.C. Jester, largely following the railroad tracks.

Soon, Oak Forest resident Greg Dunbar contacted Francis and spoke up.”Kojo belonged to my neighbor, but he died, and the family didn’t want him so they released him to the streets,” Dunbar stated. “My neighbor was disabled and Kojo helped him a lot. He is not a trained service dog, but he

did things such as close a door that was left open. Kojo is the nicest, smartest dog I have ever known.”

The smart part would soon prove to be true.

“Many, many people tried to catch him, but no one could. He was too smart,” stated Francis, “so I made my mind up to do it. I blasted Facebook with ‘If you see him, tag me and note the location.’ People began tagging me every time he was seen. After three weeks, a woman called me and reported that she had Kojo by the collar. I was ecstatic - and shocked.”

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Whatever one’s opinion of the redesign, however, Wurth stressed that riders must still adhere to the rules of the road to avoid incidents such as last week’s at all costs.

“A bicycle is supposed to follow the rules of the road just like a car— stopping at stop lights, having lights in the front and rear so you can see where you’re going and coming from

The U.S Department of Education recently named Oak Forest Elementary one of three Houston recipients of the National Blue Ribbon Award.

According to the blue ribbon website, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students either achieve very high learning standards or are making notable improvements in closing the achievement gap, especially among disadvantaged and minority students.

“I have high standards for my teachers and staff and they in turn have high standards for their students,” said Oak Forest Elementary School Principal Dr. April Williams. “Everyone here believes that all children can be successful and all children are great, no matter their label and we dedicate ourselves to that each and every day.”

Her long-term goal is for Oak Forest to continue the momentum they have going. Williams also wants students to continue to become owners of their learning and leaders in their community. Last year she introduced the idea of Peer Assistance and Leadership Students (PALS) to the school where fifth graders take on a leadership role on campus and help with projects throughout the year.

“It has blossomed into something incredible, where students are the leaders of the campus and the community, not just the adults,” she said.

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News of the crash hit close to home for iCycle shop owner Matt Wurth, who said the shop has had at least four of their riders hit at the exact same intersection near 34th and T.C. Jester within the last year.

“I think a lot of the problem is that people turning right on red lights just plain don’t see the cyclist,” he said.

Additionally, he noted the recent redesign of the intersection, with ramps having emerged at an awkward angle for cyclists.

“They’ve put the ramps right in front of where the bikes are going to cross,” Wurth said. “That makes

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H-E-B from P. 1A walking distance because they don’t have transportation or would like to have a job they can walk to in the Heights,” he said.

McClelland’s recent inboxes seem to say as much.

“Over the last five years I’ve probably gotten more requests for a store in the Heights than anywhere else in Houston,” he said.

The three-acre Fiesta site may be smaller than property the company typically constructs on, but McClelland said such an aspect was not a deterrent. In order to accommodate the smaller site, H-E-B’s newest

store will sit on “stilts,” meaning it will be constructed with parking underneath the 80,000square-foot store soaring high into in the air and the pharmacy on the ground floor.

“We don’t build any two the same, we don’t use a cookie cutter,” he said.

Above all, McClelland noted that executives do not believe in simply coming in and pushing their ideas; on the contrary, he and others desire the Heights location to be another that residents can truly pump up as “their” H-E-B. “We want the community to feel good about the store we’ve

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built,” he said. “We’ll talk to them about certain components and let them weigh in with what they’d like to see in the store.”

“What’s important to me is to build a store people want to shop at,” he added. “It’s best to put our ear to the ground and listen to what people have to say.”

McClelland said H-E-B hopes to have the Heights location up and running by January of 2018 should everything play out accordingly.

“The entire Heights community will hold us accountable to deliver a great store,” he said.

the dog. Francis appeared at the Baerlocher’s home in a matter of minutes, and took Kojo to her friend Debby Raybon’s house down the street. Raybon is now fostering Kojo until a home can be found.

“He is a wonderful, docile dog,” Raybon said. “He gets along with my other dogs and the cat, and sleeps by the side of my bed every night. The hardest part of fostering Kojo will be letting him go a permanent home, but that will also be the happiest moment.”

Exhausted and hungry, Kojo slept and ate throughout his first weekend at Raybon’s home. Last Monday, his foster mom took him to the vet where Kojo was given all his shots and was diagnosed as being heartworm positive. Francis launched a Go Fund Me campaign to help with costs. The campaign took off and funds poured in.

Cyclist from P. 1A on the road,” he said.

Should a rider’s path take them down roads such as Mangum, Wurth additionally cautioned riders to stay out of the road if at all possible near the hectic intersection and stick to the bike lanes or sidewalk—though riders must remain hyper-vigilant even then of additional peril.

“You really need to watch out for people turning right in front of you or coming off a side street on the sidewalk,”

he said. “I think sometimes it’s more dangerous to ride on the sidwalk, because people are coming in and out of driveways, and they’re not looking at the sidewalk.”

Through it all, Wurth said riders need to take some of the aformentioned safety precautions upon themselves, as well as not skimping on the basics such as wearing a helmet and gloves, checking tire pressure to ensure the bike is handling correctly and especially plac-

ing lights on both the front and rear of the bike.

Though last week’s incident ended without tragedy, not all are as fortunate. According to the Houston Police Department, there have been nine Houston-area fatalities as the result of motorist/cyclist accidents year to date, while pedalcyclist fatalities accounted for 818 fatalities in 2015 according to the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration—the highest

mark since 1995.

“You can’t count on anybody else to see you or know what they’re doing. Just because you have the right of way, don’t assume that the motorist is going to respect that,” Wurth said. “You’ve got to keep your eyes open and give yourself plenty of time to stop.”

“Not only do you need to look out for cars, but you’ve got to ride predictably and reasonably yourself,” he added.

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“We received money from as far away as Florida!” Francis stated. “One person even came by and dropped cash off at my house.

Everyone wanted to help. Now we have enough money to get his heart worms treated and get him neutered.”

As for Kojo himself, he is only three years old and weighs 54 pounds but is expected to gain weight with regular feedings. He is indeed available for adoption.

“We all want to see him find a loving home where he will feel safe for the rest of his life.

He is going to make someone a really wonderful pet!” Francis concluded.

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By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com Not every speaker feels comfortable inviting children to insult her but that’s just what award-winning author Trudy Ludwig did when she met with children at Oak Forest Elementary. The exercise, in which she used a series of conversational prompts to either shut down or deflect mean comments, was just one of the things she did to engage children and help them navigate their social world.

Ludwig, who has been featured on ABC’s Good Morning America and the Huffington Post, is the author of Gifts from the Enemy and Confessions of a Former Bully among other books. She was invited to speak at Oak Forest Elementary by the school and the PTA who extended the invite for the parent session to parents from other local elementary schools. The information presented was both sobering and counterintuitive to what people might believe from the media. While one in four student report being excluded or emotionally hurt by another student on a regular basis, a smaller number – one in ten – report being physically victimized. And it’s this relational aggression, in which harm is caused by damaging someone’s relationships or social status, that kids say they fear more than physical harm.

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Photo by Betsy Denson National author Trudy Ludwig speaks with parents before her workshops at Oak Forest Elementary.

lem, it is not an epidemic according to the studies Ludwig cited. A CDC study says about 20 percent of students ages 12-18 reported being bullied at school with 15 percent saying they were bullied online.

Also eye opening was that bystanders to bullying often experience the same negative effects as those being targeted.

And with social media, there are now a lot more bystanders. Bystanders, however, also have the greatest chance to change the culture. According to research findings, about 80 percent of elementary school bullying has an audience who witness these hurtful behaviors. Only 11 percent of these bystanders actually intervene, yet researchers have found that if they do intervene, they can stop the event in only 10 seconds in about half of these cases. Intervention does not have to be direct either. Kids can report the behavior to an adult if they don’t feel safe with direct confrontation. By-

standers can make a big positive difference by comforting the child getting hurt during and/or after the incident and including targets of bullying in their group, game or activity.

And the old adage to a victimized kid – “Hit them back, then they won’t bother you” – is not such good advice anymore according to Ludwig, who said, “It’s not the same playground anymore.” She told parents she was inspired to write her first book My Secret Bully, when her daughter was in second grade and was targeted by her friends. The experience of the first book inspired Ludwig to learn all she could about bullying and combat the problem through bibliotherapy. She prefers not to use the word “bully” as a noun because labels of any kind can stick.

“Bullying is a conscious choice to be cruel,” she says.

“I want kids to consciously choose kind.”

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Last week, the city kicked off its effort to bring a sense of continuity and consistency in development in several historic districts within the city limits at its inaugural community workshop for the expanded City of Houston Historic District Design Guidelines project.

Project Manager Steph McDougal said the Historic Commission and staff are charged with determining compatibility of a project with the area.

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However, with the concept of “compatible” being open for interpretation with no specific guidelines for existing historic districts—such as those in the Heights—some issues arose.

“We have run into residents feeling, in some cases that the interpretation is arbitrary or inconsistent,” she said. In its 2010 amendments to the historic preservation ordinance, the city created design guidelines for all new historic districts. Eventually, however McDougal said an abundance of requests for studies for quantitative parameters were

voiced during a year-long process to amend the ordinance in 2015 with relation to existing districts, showing the need to involve a human component. To do so, the city called the workshop to garner public feedback in response to their study so consultants could concoct plans for development better suited to the area.

“What they’re starting to do is develop an understanding of how the community feels, because this is data and community-driven. It needs to reflect what the community wants,” McDougal said.

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New York physician who writes for Forbes magazine published an opinion piece a couple of weeks ago suggesting U.S. citizens are at grave risk for becoming physically ill from this election.

He’s right. We’re all the worse for this Presidential election, and I don’t care how staunchly you support Clinton or Trump, not a single person in America can honestly say their beloved candidate doesn’t come with a 747 full of baggage.

Dr. Robert Glatter, an ER doctor at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, said the potential causes of illness are “24-hour cable news [and] unrelenting smartphone news alerts and Twitter feeds.” During the course of our political junkie-ism, we should monitor ourselves for a pounding heart, headaches, nausea, dizziness and sweating, according to Glatter.

I don’t know, that kind of sounds like the side effects of parenting, so who knows if the guy is making up this stuff.

Regardless, we’re exactly one month away from this dreaded election, and like most of you, I’m tired of the endless stream of news on one candidate who hurls 5th grade insults and another who you wouldn’t trust if she told you the sun sets in the west. I’m tired of guys locked up in an Ecuadorian embassy pulling strings in a U.S.

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election, and I’m embarrassed at how our once prestigious government has become a reality TV series driven more by ratings than substance.

Of course, these problems are driven by one “yuge” campaign, and what bothers me most is that electing our next president has completely overtaken what once was an important, local responsibility.

Want evidence? See if you can answer these questions: Who is Grady Yarbrough? What about Lori Bartley? Anyone besides close family members know the name Hazel Jones? Ever heard of Renee Magee?

Yarbrough is the Democratic nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner. Bartley is the latest to run against Sheila Jackson Lee, bless her heart. Jones is the Democrat running for District Judge in the 174th Judicial District and Magee is the Republican nominee for District Judge in the 337th Judicial

District.

This is probably far too presumptuous of me, but with an election one month away, I wonder how many people have gone to the Harris County Clerk’s office and printed a sample ballot for the Nov. 8 election.

Of course, everyone knows the Trump and Clinton names will be at the top. But how many people have taken time to study the qualities separating Ron Hickman and Ed Gonzalez? One of those men will be your next Harris County Sheriff.

What do you think of the Constable’s Race between Alan Rosen and Joe Danna? Are you happy with your level of security provided

by Rosen’s office, or do you think Danna can do a better job? The Constable position probably does more to ensure our neighborhood safety than any other position in the city.

The reality is that most of us spend all our pre-election focus on a tricked-up presidential election, when that game show has minimal amount of impact on our everyday lives.

On my sample ballot, there are a total of 36 races for judges – all the way from the Texas Supreme Court to Precinct 1, Place 1 Justice of the Peace. I’ll admit, I probably have no business voting in any of those races because I know so little about

At reunions, be a class act THE SCHOOL GYM -“Billy Ralph. Good to see you.

How’s MinnieMay?” “She ran off with a shepherd, and left me with our 12 kids.”

“Hi there. Your nametag says Sally Joan Mugwump, but you look, uh nothing like I remember.”

“I’m now George Joe Mugwump. I guess the beard fooled you. Which reminds me, thanks to Governor Abbott, it’s murder trying to use a bathroom in this school.”

This is my class reunion.

Highland Park High School class of ’56. The January class. The State of Texas did away with midterm classes that started and graduated in January. So our class was only about 90 kids, compared to the June class of 22,000 or so. Most of us began in the first grade in four elementary schools, meshed in junior high, now called middle school for the same unknown reason there are no longer midterm classes, and spent the next six years together.

(Actually, I didn’t graduate until June. Something about biology – my fetal pig survived.) So here we are, gathered for our every-five-year get-together, which is more often than most classes hold reunions, but we like to meet.

Actually, some even married classmates.

“Studs Studly, president of our class, all-state quarterback, elected Mister Best.

How are you doing?”

“If you’ll give me your ticket, I’ll bring your car around.

Tips are appreciated.” At class reunions, one must be careful what to say. Across the room I spot Marvin Munchkin. “Hey Marv. Whatever happened to that floozy you went with, Mary Lou Easy? Remember how she, uh, dated almost every guy in school, if you get my drift?”

“We’ve been married for 50 years.” Here comes Sally Shrewd. “Sally, how did life go?” “Not bad. I was no-billed by the grand jury, but the civil litigation took all the money I made from insider trading at Merrill Lynch.” Then there were the failures.

If you are planning to attend a class reunion, here are a few tips. Lose weight.

Maybe 20 to 30 pounds. Get a tan, even if it means visiting a tanning lounge that gives you skin cancer in only 10 easy sessions, then explain it by casually mentioning that you just returned from your estate in Jamaica. Don’t explain that it’s Jamaica, Queens. Don’t wear you Vietnam War military decorations, especially if they are from North Vietnam.

Every reunion should require nametags, so bring a pen and add: “The Honorable” in front of your name. I suggest you don’t push the matter by sticking in “Pope,” “King” or “Grand Kleagle.” Looking around the room, you will notice how everyone else in your class has aged. You’re the exception, but don’t rub

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it in by doing wheelies with your walker.

These many years later, I figured out what we should have done when we graduated. We should have created a Tontine, which is named after an Italian banker named Lorenzo Tonti. In 1695 he came up with the idea of everyone putting in some money and the last person to survive would inherit it.

If, say, in 1956 we had each put in $10, today that would be about a half million dollars. The money would go to whomever in this group lived the longest. The problem with that is every time we gathered we would be counting heads. Who would outlast who? We would bring along our food tasters.

Ah, yes, it’s been a while.

When we graduated, Bill Clinton was 9 years old. Hillary was 45. Top TV shows included “As The World Turns” and “The Price is Right.” Mothers could buy disposable diapers and Teflon non-stick frying pans. Elvis Presley appeared on the “Ed Sullivan Show” and entered the music charts for the first time, with “Heartbreak Hotel.” Top movies were “Guys and Dolls,” “The King and I” and “Around the World in Eighty Days.” Average cost of a new house: $11,700. Average yearly wages: $4.450. A gallon of gas: 22 cents. Average cost of a new car: $2,050. The first computer hard drive was introduced, and none of us bought stock in Texas Instruments. Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco, the Soviet Union invaded Hungary and, for the first and last time, OU beat Texas in the Cotton Bowl 45 to nothing. Here’s the kicker: People born that year have been eligible for Social Security these past two years.

Back then we should have told our folks to buy some land. Austin now has more people than Houston did when we graduated. There was no place called the Metroplex, but in these 60 years Dallas population has almost tripled from about 500,000 to today’s 1.3 million. And we didn’t buy land.

Someone asked, “Whatever happened to Crazy Carl?”

A good question. Every class has a Crazy Carl – someone who didn’t fit in, hadn’t a clue what was going on and, as a result, was the butt of jokes.

No one knew anything about Carl. Suddenly, out front a long limo pulled up, the chauffeur ran around, opened the door, and who got out but Crazy Carl. He had a beautiful wife, he was wearing a $2,000

suit and a diamond stickpin the size of an egg.

I went up to him and said, “Crazy Carl! You’re in the big time, but back in school you couldn’t pass a blood test with a tutor. You had trouble counting past your thumb.

What happened?” He said, “Oh, it’s easy. I bought something for $100 and sold it for $200. Then I bought something for $500 and sold it for $1,000. Last month I bought something for a million and sold it for five million. You know, after a while that 10 percent profit adds up.”

In five years, we shall meet again. We should bring our food tasters -- and tell our grandchildren to buy land. Finally, we must remember our class motto: It is not enough that you should succeed. All your friends must fail.

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them. That’s sad because judges, believe it or not, impact our lives more than any legislator in Austin or Washington, D.C. Of course, you don’t know that until you have to face one of these judges, and you certainly don’t know that until you face a rather terrible judge like one of my friends did recently.

The reason we don’t get involved in local elections like this is pretty simple: Nobody is blowing up our Twitter feed with conspiratorial nuggets about the District Judge in the 333rd Judicial District where Joseph “Tad” Halbach will face off against Daryl Moore. I don’t know, maybe Mr. Halbach should be forced to tell us why he’s called “Tad.” I even called some local attorneys in The Leader’s coverage area with one simple question: How in the world are average citizens like me and you supposed to elect 36 different judicial positions?

Wendy Prater, like most of the attorneys I spoke with, suggested using the Houston Bar Association’s Judicial Opinion Poll as a guide – even though the HBA doesn’t actually make endorsements. Rather, they survey lawyers around Houston asking for confidence levels in the ability of each judge on the ballot. She’s in agreement that it’s of little service for people to vote based on the order of the names on

the ballot.

Jonathan C.C. Day, an attorney in the Heights, said that if we don’t know who to support, we should either follow party lines or not vote at all. At first, I thought that was crazy talk. Judges aren’t supposed to be partisan – by nature or by constitution. But as Day explained, our political parties at least vet the candidates, and that’s probably more than any of us regular people can say.

Phyllis Oeser, another local attorney, said there’s no easy answer to this question. Even lawyers, she said, don’t always have the answers because they’re only familiar with judges in the court where they or their associates practice.

It’s really a sad commentary, isn’t it? There’s no local branch of government more important to our daily lives than the men and women who uphold the laws we’re supposed to obey, yet we spend little or no time researching their qualifications.

Meanwhile, we’ll continue watching Shark Week for the next month as our blood pressure rises, our hearts start pounding and the bouts of nausea continue because we’re about to elect an embarrassment for a president, no matter the winner.

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Dear Editor: In his usual surreal stream of consciousness manner, Leader publisher Jonathan McElvy has awkwardly and inexplicably segued from his pique at receiving unsolicited emails to vilifying an “anarchist” group called the Center for a Stateless Society to the tangent of his rubber stamp of approval for the Houston police force whom he describes as , “.. good people who are paid a pittance for the hardest work in our city.”

What’s taking place in this country – as both a symptom of a perennial social malady and as a catalyst for change — is awareness that the police are NOT infallible and must not be treated as if they are above the very laws they are charged to uphold. The police must be held accountable every time a loaded weapon is aimed at and discharged at a black person.

I limit my writing to blacks because this ethnic group has been victimized by the recent publicized spate of unjustified deaths. The persecution of “driving while black” or even walking in an unfamiliar neighborhood

Email us your letters: news@theleadernews.com while black are tragic persecutions that most of us will never experience.

It is telling that McElvy as a WASP (I’m assuming he’s Protestant) can make light of the current urban blight that has been the regular reportage of unarmed young black men and women senselessly killed at the hands of police. Yet his thin argument in favor of the “good people …” who perform “.. the hardest work in our city” is a bogus statistic in that these “best people in our city” earn an average salary of a mere $57K annually.

What McElvy may not care to know is the average North American funeral cost for those who have buried their relations who have been gunned down at the hands of police is approximately $7K. If we are discussing underpaid professionals that serve the Houston public in performing some of the city’s hardest work, school teacher salaries have always been disproportionately low considering the valuable and long-term influence teachers can have on their students.

As for McElvy’s pique with

receiving unwanted and unsolicited email, I have two words: SPAM FOLDER. Spam can be safely ignored; the plight of this nation’s tendency towards unwarranted violence cannot.

Jack Brown

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Jim Boyd

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Neighbors: Leather Apron Foundation service day successful

By Elizabeth Villarreal elizasgarden@outlook.com The Leather Apron Foundation hosted a successful second Annual Day of Service Saturday, Sept. 24, by bringing together volunteers from the community to provide assistance to neighborhood schools and organizations in need.

The workday began at Oaks Dads’ Club at 8 a.m. where volunteers were greeted with breakfast tacos from Mytiburger, Shipley do-nuts and music from Retrograde Events. In concert with Durham Elementary and Stevens Elementary scheduled workdays, the LAF helped assemble a phenomenal 150+ volunteers at three locations, including Oaks Dads’ Club.

Volunteers at Durham power-washed and painted the exterior of the school; Stevens Elementary volunteers weeded, planted and mulched a butterfly garden; and Oaks Dads’ Club volunteers repaired bleacher seats, put fresh dirt on the fields and laid sod. Additionally, the LAF collected more than 400 pounds of dry dog and cat food for the Animal Justice League to support fosters and community outreach efforts.

Just before noon, volunteers headed back to Oaks Dads’

Club where the LAF served a hamburger lunch and everyone enjoyed a little camaraderie and music after a job well done! The LAF also provided an additional 50 burgers to Durham Elementary, where many volunteers continued working for the remainder of the day.

Every volunteer is appreciated and the LAF gives special thanks to Coach Mike Evans and the Waltrip Baseball team, as well as the Boy Scouts and their leaders from Troops 604 and 540. Thanks also goes to the Jez Family for providing the hamburgers.

If you’d like to know more about The Leather Apron Foundation and how they benefit the community in which we live, work and play, please follow them on Facebook or visit www.leatherapronfoundation.org.

Our neighbor in Sunset Heights, Nicholas Valero, Eagle Scout Candidate in Boy Scout Troop 20, will be spearheading the restoration of several historic street-corner markers in the area. If you encounter Nic’s work in progress this weekend, please show your support and encouragement.

The Student Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve

Bank of Dallas, Houston branch, has kicked off the 201617 school year by welcoming 24 exemplary students to serve on the Board, representing 12 high schools. Two of those students are area Seniors Neida Martinez and Maria Rodriquez, representing Northside High School (formerly known as Jeff Davis HS in HISD). Martinez and Rodriquez are looking forward to an exciting year learning about monetary policy through a series of exciting speakers, field trips and video presentations. Our neighbor in Lindale Park, Barbara Falcon, AP Economics Micro/Macroeconomics teacher at Northside, is their Economics teacher and sponsor.

On Saturday, Oct. 8, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. the 8th Annual Deacon’s BBQ at Baptist Temple Church will benefit the Houston Area Women’s Center - Houston Heights. The deacons of Baptist Temple Church in the Heights will host their eighth-annual barbecue cookout in the church parking lot, located at 231 W. 19th St. All proceeds from the event go directly to the Houston Area Women’s Center, and for a donation to the Center, visitors can feast on brisket, sausage, and chicken with all the extras and sides, as well

as homemade baked goods, cookies, and pies. “This barbecue has become a tradition we really enjoy,� said Pastor Kelly Burkhart. “It offers everyone in the neighborhood an easy way to help families facing desperate circumstances.�

Burkhart said the church is especially excited about the barbecue this year as the congregation returned to its property on 20th Street after a $3 million renovation to the T.C Jester Building. The Houston Area Women’s Center helps individuals affected by domestic and sexual violence to move their lives forward.

The Women’s Center provides shelter, counseling, and advocacy to support survivors, and works to end domestic and sexual violence through community education. Services are confidential and available to everyone. Last year, the Women’s Center provided help, hope, and healing to more than 60,000 people.

Baptist Temple Church in the Heights is a Christian community of believers established in 1908. For more information, visit www.baptisttemple.org.

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The Obituaries.

Dora Jean Barton, 94, born Sept. 20, 1922, died Sept. 29.

Conrado Cazares, 87, born Aug. 2, 1929, died Sept. 30.

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Vaudry V. Probst, 80, born Nov. 15, 1935, died Oct. 1.

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Blessing of Animals at Church of the Holy Trinity Church of the Holy Trinity, 211 Byrne, will hold a Blessing of the Animals from 8 a.m.noon Oct. 8.

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Fall Health and Safety Event at Calvary MBC Calvary W.I.N.G.S. presents their Fall Health and Safety Event, from noon-4 p.m. Oct. 8. The event will be held at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 9013 McGallion St., and will feature free food and drinks, entertainment by DJ Rek, and bounce house. Medical services include blood pressure screenings, HIV testing, flu shots; safety services include finger printing and ID kits for children.

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A Zydeco dance will be from 8 p.m.-midnight and will feature Step Rideau and The Zydeco Outlaws. Gumbo and boudin will be sold at the dance. Tickets are $10 presale and $12 at the door.

The Bazaar will be from noon-7 p.m. Oct. 16. There will be food, music, moonwalks, games, and face painting. Raffle drawing is at 7 p.m.

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St. Mark’s features annual Pumpkin Patch St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 600 Pecore, is featuring their annual Fall Pumpkin Patch in connection with the Fall Festival, Oct. 15, which includes food, music, a bounce house, Blessing of the Animals, bulb and bake sale, artisans from Heights First Saturday Art Show, and art show.

The Pumpkin Patch will continue until Halloween, Oct. 31, or until all pumpkins are sold.

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Men in Mission barbecue at Zion Lutheran Zion Lutheran Church’s Men in Mission will host their annual barbecue dinner from

noon-1:30 p.m. Oct. 16, in Zion’s Great Room. All free will offerings will go toward the Men in Mission’s Seminary Student Scholarships.

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Adults age 50+ are welcome to play board games and enjoy a light lunch from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 11, in the fellowship hall.

Women in the community who enjoy reading and sharing dinner are invited to join the Eat, Pray, Read! book club at 7 p.m. Oct. 11.

Garden Oaks-Oak Forest Game Day is from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 22. The cost is $5 per person.

For more information, visit www.oakspresbyterian.org or call 713-682-2556. Oaks Presbyterian is located at 1576 Chantilly Lane.

St. Ambrose Men’s Club to hold spaghetti dinner St. Ambrose Men’s Club will be holding their annual spaghetti dinner from 5-7 p.m.

Oct. 21, in the school cafeteria.

The cost is $9 per plate.

Advanced tickets will be sold only. Tickets can be purchased from Men’s Club members before and after Mass Oct. 8 and Oct. 15; and Oct. 9 and Oct. 16.

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Religious texts like the Bible provide us with deep and abiding truths about our existential and cosmic condition, and our relationship to God. Science provides us with progressively better information about how the world works and what it was like in the past. Science and religion need not be antagonistic to each other, and indeed, if truth is one, science and religion must work together to give us a complete picture of the universe and our place in it.

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Saturday, October 8, 2016 • Page 7A

Art Valet

By Mitch Cohen

Arts Columnist

Thirsty Explorer

By Christina Martinez Managing Editor

Tim Burton tribute show this weekend

Achtoberfest at 8th Wonder Brewery

A couple of weeks ago I told you about the Weird Homes Tour and just a reminder, it is this Saturday. Get details and tickets on the website at weirdhomestour.com.

There are still 12 weeks left this year and that means more art shows than you can shake a broomstick at. Start out Friday night at the East End Studio Gallery where passion for Tim Burton movies meets the artistic passions of artists.

“Crazy Reality” Tim Burton Tribute Group show starts at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, at 708 C Telephone Rd, 77023. EESG is only about 10-15 minutes from the Heights. Not your usual gallery, expect beverages (spooky ones, maybe), food trucks, vendors and the venue is kid friendly.

Tim Burton definitely has his own style and if it’s enough to inspire a tribute show, from the man that brought us Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas - the art possibilities are nearly endless.

Gallery show hours are available and a closing reception is scheduled for Oct 22.

Check facebook.com/eestudiogallery for details.

Bayou City Art Festival Downtown is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday only.

Dania Olivares of McAllen, Texas is the featured artist at this show and I am thrilled to tell you she got her start in Houston shows at First Saturday Arts Market. This highly rated international festival has more Texas artists every year, details at artcolonyassocia-

The 8th Wonder Brewery folks are releasing two new beers, just in time for fall.

This weekend they will be celebrating everything bier from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Achtober (October) 8 at the brewery - 2202 Dallas St. 77003 No tickets necessary, just the usual beer token purchase and process.

This weekend’s beer releases will be: Achtoberfest and Weisstheimer Hefeweizen.

There will be live music

by Flow Tribe, Jordan “Chilli Sauce” Donald, Otis The Destroyer, and Heapin’ Helpin’.

Eatsie Boys will be dishin’ out brats, schnitzels, and figure 8 pretzels.

Contributed photo Bayou City Art Festival Downtown’s featured artist, Dania Olivares.

tion.org.

Dia de los Muertos is coming, as evidenced by sugar skulls, or calaveras appearing everywhere. Dia de los Muertos is the Mexican celebration of ancestors and loved ones.

Casa Ramirez Folk Art hosts a Saturday morning free hour long class at 10 a.m. on “Traditions and Personal Altars” for Dia de los Muertos on Saturdays through October 22.

Their infamous annual procession will be from 5 - 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 29 at 241 W 19th St. A reception for the exhibit of personal altars opens Wednesday, Oct 19. Call the store for more details (713) 880-2420.

Got art … supplies? Jerry’s Artarama Houston has moved to the Heights, right at the corner of (2201)Taylor St. and I-10. Area artists have a few more choices now.

Have a look at the front of the building where the results of a recent mural “showdown”

have left amazing works of art gracing the front of this once plain warehouse style building.

Saturday, find me and a couple dozen artists at The Market at Sawyer Yards. We’ll be in our new location, across from the recently completed Art Wall, a project produced by the Washington Avenue Arts District.

Fourteen artists were chosen to grace the wall facing art alley with their work.

Start from the front with Ani Varadaraju’s work of a giant zipper opening the wall to one of her paintings. Don’t forget your camera!

The Market at Sawyer Yards is located next to The Silos at Sawyer Yards behind the giant “Art” sculpture at 1502 Sawyer Street. Find details at Sawyerstreetmarket.com for details.

Cohen is an artist and founder of First Saturday Arts Market, find him at ArtValet.com

Nibbles Local, pre-made meals company goes city wide

By Christina Martinez christina@theleadernews.com Three executive chefs are leaving their restaurant duties and starting a new entrepreneur venture – Vital Kitchen.

The team behind this concept include Jordan Asher, former executive chef of Ritual Restaurant in the heights; Gregg Beebe former executive chef of Shade in the heights; and former executive chef of Brasserie 19 in River Oaks.

“We recently left the restaurant industry to start our own company to help fill the void of locally sourced, healthy, delicious food options,” Jordan Asher told The Leader. “We are launching city wide in about six weeks and we are currently offering a six week meal service trial to our local Garden Oaks and Oak Forest residents and will be delivering our first meals on Monday, October 10.

You can check out their website at www.vitalkitchen.com.

When you want more than just a Piece of Pizza try our

Pizza Party Cavatore has the perfect dining environment for you and your friends to enjoy authentic italian made pizzas, cuisine, live music and friendly service.

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Houston Dynamo vs.

Colorado Rapids After you stop off at 8th Wonder, grab your tickets for this weekend’s Dynamo

soft opening stage, with what looks like 3 - 10 p.m. Tuesday - Sunday taproom hours. Follow them on Facebook for updates.

Platypus Brewing is located at 1902 Washington Ave. Ste. A. Photo by Christina Martinez Platypus Brewing’s beer flight of four of their six beers.

match. The boys in orange will be taking on Colorado at 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8 at BBVA Compass stadium 2200 Texas St. The Dynamo could use some Houston love and support.

Platypus Brewing opens doors More beer news, we have a new brewery that has opened in Leader land. Platypus Brewing celebrated their soft opening on Friday, Sept. 30.

The brewery is still in their

Eureka Heights is ready to party We have another newly opened brewery in Leader land, Eureka Heights Brew Co. - see Hogstrom’s feature in Aug. 20 edition.

The brewery is planning their grand opening party from 1 - 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15 at the brewery - 941 W. 18th St. Save the date!

Have a tip for Thirsty Explorer? Email christina@theleadernews.com and follow on Twitter @ThirstyExplorer and Instagram @FromTheLeader

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