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By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com Freight trains have been around since the early part of the nineteenth century. They are a part of the cultural heritage and economic prosperity of America. No one can argue that they aren’t needed. But some people just want them to travel on by with a little less fanfare, namely, less horn blowing.

Mark Klein, president of The Central Northwest Super Neighborhood Council which represents neighborhoods like Garden Oaks, Mangum Manor, Shepherd Forest and Oak Forest, is one who falls in the latter category. A former president of the Garden Oaks Civic Club, Klein is part of a group of

community members still pursuing a Quiet Zone, after an initial attempt five years ago.

“People are getting active about it again,” Klein said. “We have an interest in starting a petition drive and other volunteer efforts to see if we can get this thing done. A 34th Street Quiet Zone would improve livability for so many neighborhoods.”

According to 34thquietzone.com, a Quiet Zone is a stretch of train track within a community where train conductors cannot sound the train horn unless there is an emergency or imminent safety risk. The movement grew out of a 2005 Federal Railroad Administration rule declaring that trains must sound their horns at all public

Photo by Betsy Denson Children may enjoy the sound of the BNSF train from time to time but many are still hoping there’s a chance for a quiet zone to lessen the noise from the train’s horns.

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The future of Oakbrook

By Jonathan Garris jgarris@theleadernews.com

Readers have long been wondering what might be in store for the long abandoned Oakbrook Apartments. With the city council’s vote to purchase the property at last week’s meeting, a new day is dawning. Find out when the demolition is likely to happen and what is planned for the green space.

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Photos by Jonathan Garris (Top) A family uses a day off from school to go for a walk along the MKT Trail in the Heights Monday. (Left) A local resident in the Timbergrove Manor area pauses to take a photo of the intense flooding along the White Oak Bayou near E. TC Jester Boulevard. Many parts of the hike and bike trail were submerged after the intense rainfall earlier this week.

The Do Over In this month’s edition of The Do Over, we take a look at one of the three remaining “Century Built Homes” in the Houston area, located right in our very own Garden Oaks area. Turn to Leader Listings to find out more about the owners’ restoration efforts for this small piece of local history.

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Many in Houston likely had a sense of deja vu as intense rain and flooding swept across the Houston area this week, similar to what was seen during Memorial Day in 2015. Local media referred to Monday’s storms as “unprecedented” as school districts and other city services were shut down for the day.

According to the Harris County Flood Control District, parts of The Leader area received up to 7 inches of rain within a two-day period.

Justin McLean has been leading the Hamilton Middle School band program for five years now, and, like other schools in Houston ISD, is asking the community for help in securing new instruments for the program’s students.

The program faces some of its biggest deficiencies with instruments like saxophones, flutes, clarinets and trombones. McLean said a lot of older instruments are “on their last leg,” and students and administrators have been pulling out all the stops to make things work.

“We’ve been able to get some new stands and some brand new chairs,” McLean said. “We’ve been able to get a few percussion instruments and others, like flutes, but not in bulk and not quickly enough.”

McLean teaches about 180 students in the program and that number has dropped a bit over the years because he doesn’t have enough working instruments. It’s particularly challenging as economically disadvantaged students often have to rely on second-hand instruments purchased at stores not specializing in musical instruments. The result is a revolving door of less functioning instruments replacing those that can’t be used anymore.

“On instruments like our saxophones, there’s a tendency for issues like screws to fall loose or keys that become unpadded,” McLean said. “I spend a lot of time on instrument care and repairs can get pretty pricey.”

McLean is hoping a bit of help from the community, and people like Sylvia Torres with Mosquito Joe and others See Music P. 2A

Independence Heights youth team, adult clubs butt heads over use of fields

By Jonathan Garris jgarris@theleadernews.com A group of young Independence Heights baseball players and an adult kickball team found themselves in a different type of conflict last week after one group displaced the other in an ongoing dispute regarding permitting in Leader-area parks.

Rob Rollans, coach of the Houston Crush youth baseball team, said he and his team were asked to leave the Independence Heights Park on East 35th Street April 14 by members of the Houston Sports & Social Club. Rollans took exception to being asked to leave, as his team – comprised of disadvantaged youngsters from across the area – is currently ranked fifth among nine and under teams in the US by Nation’s Baseball out of 100 other teams. The group has had

an unusual amount of success, and Rollans fears this new dispute will hinder his team’s ability to practice.

Rollans claims they were approached in the evening by the group, who said they had a permit to play in the park.

“We asked if we could please just have about 30 more minutes as we had a tourniquet coming up that weekend,” Rollans said. “We’ve had the field from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. permitted for quite some time but [they] said they couldn’t find it.”

Omid Rafiei, president and owner of Houston Sports & Social Club, also said the Crush were receptive initially but as the time approached for their activity to begin the team did not leave the field. Rafiei said Photo by Jonathan Garris Houston Crush coach Rob Rollans (back right) looks on as a youngster practices pitching at Independence Heights Park.

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Margaret Catherine Barham, 91, born Nov. 26, 1924, died April 9.

Michael Wainwright Brennan, 68, born Feb. 4, 1948 in Indianapolis, Ind., died April 2. Brennan received his B.S. in Geology from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1970. Michael completed Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island and was commissioned into the United States Navy as an Ensign. He served for two and a half years, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade. He was employed at Gulf Oil in New Orleans, and Occidental and LL&E in Houston. After 23 years in the field of geology and oil exploration, he retired in 1998.

Michael is survived by his sister, Mary Margret Virginia Brennan Thomas.

Joseph Harold Cornelius, 77, born Feb. 28, 1939, died April 3.

Harvey Joseph Fitzpatrick, 92, born Feb. 15, 1924, died April 12.

He was educated at Isidore Newman School, Tulane University and Colorado School of Mines. He was employed as an engineer for The California Company (now Chevron), vice president of Oil and Gas Futures and lastly as the owner of Q.E.D. Inc., Petroleum Consultants.

He honorably served his country as a USMC Captain during WW II and the Korean War. He was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church.

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“There are methods of getting help and we’ve been doing our fundraisers to help gain some more support,” McLean said. “There are times when we perform at the Heights library and some people hear us and

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His main goal is to continue efforts to build a musical foundation for students entering HISD high schools and culti-

vate a healthier environment for music programs.

“The band is here for the community,” McLean said.

“The kids are all very interested in learning about music and I want Hamilton to be an example for all schools. They want to play and they want to sing but if they don’t have the

necessary tools it leaves us distraught and without a way to truly reach all of our students.”

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ed that effort with Pat Turner, said it was a long process that required the continued communication and cooperation of the city and BNSF but that it was worth it.

“YES Prep says the noise is better and the people in Candlelight Oaks where the train backed right up to them said it’s been a great improvement too,” said Harlow. She notes that their quiet zone also has a positive impact on Oak Forest as it runs along U.S. 290 from W. Little York Rd and Watonga Blvd.

Growing Support Judging by the results of a recent survey by the Oak Forest Homeowners Association, there is backing for a 34th Street quiet zone. Out of 574 respondents, 200 of whom have lived in the neighborhood for more than 10 years, 361 said they were somewhat, or extremely bothered by the horns. More than 400 said they would support a quiet zone.

Some wondered on social media if the supporters were the newbies in the area.

One resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she has lived in an original Oak Forest home three blocks from the tracks for about 17 years.

“I believe it is a misnomer that the residents who are in favor of the quiet zone are the new residents in larger homes,” she said. “I have a friend in a new home only two blocks from the track and she does not hear the horn nearly as much as I do because new homes have better insulation and windows. The 3 a.m. train woke me up every time for the first two years of living here.

Now I can sometimes sleep through it even though it still disturbs my sleep. The train seems to pass much more frequently now than it did years ago.”

Cheryl Murray has lived on West 34th, just a few houses from Yale, since the early 90s.

“I love the train, and I agree

it can be soothing,” she said.

“I hate the horn. I don’t know the science of it, but I’d swear the sound is amplified by the warehouses across the tracks, somehow reverberating that side’s ‘share’ of the sound right back at us.”

Those who are on the quiet zone fence wonder about the safety records of other communities who have instituted the zones, like the Washington Avenue Corridor, West University, Bellaire and River Oaks.

City Manager of West University Place City Manager Christopher Peifer said that in the 10 years that West University has had a quiet zone, there has been no uptick in train accidents or fatalities.

“The property owners and residents love it,” he said. “It’s spurred development and elevated property values. Any time there’s a worker on the tracks, the quiet zone goes away, and you can remember what it was like when we didn’t have it.”

BNSF Director Public Affairs Joe Faust said that from a safety standpoint, the lack of a horn makes things a little more challenging, but says they will work with communities.

“It’s strictly a safety issue,” Faust said, noting that engineers must start blowing the horn 1,500 feet before the crossing. With a quiet zone, engineers can still sound their horn if they see a need, but a pedestrian on the tracks would not have as much advance notice – at 50 miles per hour, it takes an engineer one mile to make a sudden stop.

Klein counters that the quiet zone traffic barriers go all the way across the tracks, making the track inaccessible to cars.

He said that while there are challenges – among them the roughly $1.7 million price tag, and the length of the 34th St. zone – there is also huge opportunity, including the possibility of a public/private partnership to fund the project.

“We should continue to express to elected officials our strong desire for a QZ and the quality of life benefits it can bring,” Klein said.

Quiet from P. 1A train/highway intersections.

Communities must qualify for Quiet Zones with the Federal Railroad Administration by installing Supplemental Safety Measures at train crossings, like new crossing arms and transponders, in order to overcome any additional safety risk. Advocates say a quiet zone not only will improve quality of life, but also increase safety at rail crossings and spur development along the train track.

Those against the quiet zone do not believe the safety controls are adequate.

“A quiet zone would be nice but the thought of a human fatality because we do not like the train’s horn is not something I would want to live with the rest of my life,” said Kevin David. “The track was there when most of us moved here.

We could have chosen somewhere further from the tracks.

Many of us have kids who will be driving in the next few years. The horn is a good thing and probably one of the train’s best safety measures.”

Others aren’t bothered by the noise at all.

“I love the train and all the noise that comes with it,” said Betty Markoski.

As The Leader reported in 2013, the application for a 34th St Corridor Quiet Zone – which would have run from Cornell (near Airline) to West TC Jester – was stymied for lack of city funds, a situation that has not improved with time. In 2009, the City of Houston reviewed and ranked proposed Quiet Zones. Out of 16 proposed zones, only the first six were to be funded.

The 34th St Zone was number nine.

One of those that was funded was the Greater Inwood Quiet Zone. Although the process started in 2011, the quiet zone did not become a reality until January of 2016.

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Contributed photos Students show off aprons they made in their sewing club. Susan Kostelecky started the club members off with a needle and thread but they soon graduated to a sewing machine. Kostelecky’s business, SK Designs, is an award winning custom window treatment and bedding service serving the greater Houston area.

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By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com When SK Designs Custom Drapery owner and Garden Oaks resident Susan Kostelecky decided to ease back on her seminar business where she taught professionals her trade, she had a number of sewing machines on her hands that she didn’t want to put into storage. So she decided to find another group of students – this time at Stevens Elementary.

“I contacted the principal, and asked if she was interested in having a sewing club,” said Kostelecky. “I told her that I would provide the sewing machines and the supplies.”

Not only was Principal Jennifer Barrientez enthusiastic.

The kids were too.

“The kids were excited about sewing club before they even knew exactly what they would be doing,” said school librarian Leslie Novak. “She offered five slots and I had over 50 applications for the club.”

In October Angela Trujillo, Christopher Medrano, Natalia Garza, Gabby Perez and Emerita Quezada showed up at the first meeting ready for anything.

“One girl’s grandmother sewed, but the rest of them didn’t have any familiarity with it,” said Kostelecky.

She started them off with an embroidery hoop clock so

they would learn hand sewing before they started on the machines.

“They were so cute,” said Kostelecky. Everyone wanted to know, ‘Can I keep it?’”

What followed was a bookmark, a drawstring bag, pillowcases, a reading/travel pillow, and a Superheroes apron – Superheroes are a school theme this year.

Last week the club took a field trip to Jo-Ann Fabric to pick up fabric and supplies for a special mother’s day gift.

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Local hockey fans - trust me, I feel all of your lingering pain I know there are plenty of our readers out there that are big Houston sports fans.

When I drive around the Heights, I see an eclectic mix of bumper stickers, hats, shirts and other merchandise from other cities and their teams, of course. But the endless stream of Rockets, Dynamo, Astros and Texans logos is obviously ubiquitous.

That’s why it warms my heart when I see the occasional Houston Aeros logo hiding away in our area. I know for some people that name will generate either indifference or a big question mark, but hear me out.

When I first moved to Houston, I was starved for my beloved sport. Coming from up north to attend school in Nacogdoches, TX, will do that to you if you enjoy a competition that needs a thick sheet of ice and hundreds of dollars of equipment and a big sense of balance. I was completely unfamiliar with the city’s American Hockey League team, the Aeros, but decided to start going to games regularly at the end of 2011 to satiate my desire for hockey.

I was hooked. Not only were the games great, the fans were great too. It was an amazing way to meet with new people (of course visits to my beloved Maple Leaf Pub helped too) and it was a fantastic way to connect on a deeper level with my then relatively new home. The fans were passionate and the team had some of the best turnout in the entire league, attracting a record average attendance of over 7,300 in 2011-12 and almost 6,800 the following season.

For reference, the Florida Panthers averaged just 11,265 in attendance during the 2014-15 season and the Carolina Hurricanes averaged 12,594. Keep in mind both are NHL teams.

I was heartbroken when the Aeros were forced to move, and I understand the business aspect of it. I can sit here and drone on endlessly about how I’ll pretty much never go to another event at the Toyota Center because of the treatment the team got from Les Alexander and how it’s utterly embarrassing that a city of this size (that continues to try to bill itself as a world class city) now lacks any sort of professional hockey.

There’s the potential for an instant crossstate rivalry with Dallas, there’s already a team name, logos, an NHL-ready stadium and a fanbase that’s already here so I will always be baffled by it.

One thing I’ve always enjoyed about the Heights is how receptive people are, especially with sports. Obviously, living in East Texas and saying you like hockey can garner some distinct responses (usually not very understanding) but saying it around

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some of our local bars has garnered a few responses I find interesting – some wax poetically about how they missed their teams from other cities and others were genuinely confused about what happened to the Aeros.

There’s a part of me that would love to see the sport come back in full-force on a professional level here in Houston. Seeing a Reagan High School (if you’re in the future reading this, just replace that name with the new one) or Waltrip or Scarborough hockey team produce talent and grab kids the way it does on a scale in places even like Dallas would be incredible.

Those of us who continue to keep track of our hockey teams know well the struggle of finding places to play and ways to watch our sport, and there’s a strange sort of camaraderie with meeting people in our area and realizing that you’re part of a very special (if very strange) community that this part of Texas doesn’t entirely understand.

Even here in the Leader area, hockey fans continue to walk among us, scurrying away to places like The Maple Leaf and rinks like the Aerodome and Memorial City Mall to scratch that winter sport itch.

While the tepid news of a possible-butnot-really-happening AHL team coming to Pasadena has me cautiously optimistic even at just prolonging the conversation about hockey returning to our city, I fear that all I can do is raise a glass to the other small group of fans right here in our area and pour one out for the Aeros. The city of Houston continues to miss a golden opportunity to build up a market that already has fertile soil for an NHL team to truly succeed, but so long as Les Alexander is holding the reins at the Toyota Center it looks like it’s just going to dry up.

Those dreams of walking into that downtown arena with an Aeros jersey will continue to be on my mind so long as I’m in Houston. For now, I’ll keep an eye out for the few bumper stickers I see in our area that celebrate our awesome, but currently dead, little hockey team.

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A Role for Bill Clinton

Dear Editor: With Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, we saw how America’s First Spouse can be extremely effective sponsoring a “cause” -- and subsequent to Lady Bird’s “Let’s Beautify America” campaign, First Spouses have addressed drug use, nutrition, literacy and other pertinent issues. When Hillary Clinton becomes president in January 2017, First Spouse Bill Clinton should champion the cause of Feminism.

Bill must take up the flag for eradicating unequal pay, shattering glass ceilings and, by far most importantly, putting an end to sexual exploitation, assault and battery of females.

This would be the ideal climax for Bill Clinton’s studded career.

It’s like they say: Only Nixon could go to China.

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Remedy for a smelly dog

4/16/2016 about the smelly dog, I have a golden retriever that is professionally groomed once a month. She also goes outside and comes in smelling. Take her for a walk, and she starts smelling. I take her fur brush and spray brush with Fabreeze for Pets, and brush her with it and repeat and all the odor is gone. I never spray directly on the dog.

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THE REFRIGERATOR – A warm spring afternoon, time for a beer. I was given a sixpack of some new product made by Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. The can is bronze colors, (and says it’s “copper ale”) and the name is 1836.

Interesting. Here are some words on the side: “If you have to ask what 1836 stands for, please put down this beer and leave our country.” That’s not very nice, but at least they said “please.” It is yet another reminder that Texas is awash with newcomers who are changing Texas, Texans, our very culture and, which speaks volumes, the name of our soccer team.

First, some stats I stole from others. They call it “plagiarism,” I call it “research.” As we know by bumper stickers and license plates, newcomers are arriving from everywhere, many from the other 49 states, lots from Mexico and the rest of Latin America, and all over the world. One example: almost a quarter of the residents in Harris County were born in foreign lands. OK, two examples: Houston has 84 foreign consulates, third most in the U.S. This surge of arrivals is easily seen when a Houston team plays a visiting team, college or pro. You will see as many flags, T-shirts and cheers for the Dodgers, Sooners, Dolphins or Bears (Chicago) as you will see for the local team.

Houston, Austin-San Antonio, and Dallas-Fort Worth added more people last year than any other state in the country, growing by more than 400,000 residents. It is as though every man, woman and child in Minneapolis moved here in that 12-month period, and sometimes I think they have. Austin is the fastest growing big city in the country, and according to new U.S. Census Bureau data, the fivecounty Austin region now has almost 2 million people. But when it comes to metropolitan areas, greater Houston is Number One, adding more people than any region in the country. Harris County alone added nearly 90,500 residents.

Combined, the greater Houston metropolitan area, which includes Houston, The Woodlands and Sugar Land, grew

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by about 160,000 people between July 2014 and July 2015. Even in a year when the area was hit with the oil bust, the fracking finale and when U-haul companies report a greater exodus of rentals than in-bound, the population gain was still bigger than the two previous years.

All of these folks may change, acclimate, assimilate, accommodate, or die off. A neighbor moved here from Pittsburg and remained an avid Steelers fan the rest of his life. His kids, one a Longhorn, the other an Aggie, aren’t. But our new Texans have changed us, too. For years there were big parades in Houston on April 21 (that’s the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, pilgrim). If it weren’t for the Sons of the Republic of Texas firing a few shots in the air to celebrate, the day would go unnoticed. Fortunately, the Texas Aggies mark the date with their Muster. At noon on March 2, Texas Independence Day, UT students would drop a huge Lone Star Flag down the Tower, the band would play our national anthem, “The Eyes of Texas,” and afternoon classes would be forgotten. I don’t think they do that anymore.

We require that our young people take Texas history, and daily recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance, in English I assume. I once got an angry letter from a mother who had just moved here, and objected to her children saying the pledge.

Then I got another letter from a newly arrived mother who objected to a column I wrote about requiring my children to say Sir and M’am to their elders, be they coachmen, butlers or food-tasters. She wrote, “I will ask them to do so only after I have earned their respect.” (At this point I will note that my own mother sent her three sons off to the U.S. Marine Corps – we were

seeking an easier and less disciplined life.)

Most native Texans would not haul statues of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee off a college campus to be dumped elsewhere. The Houston ISD is in the midst of changing the names of several schools, including John H. Reagan: He was the postmaster of the Confederacy. What did he do wrong, mail pipe bombs to Grant? One might think that the massive arrivals from such liberal places as California and New York would nudge Texas to the left. Oddly enough, we now have the most conservative state and federal elected officials since they authorized Ku Klux Klan Day at the State Fair of Texas in 1923. But when did anyone greet you with “Howdy,” and when was the last time you heard “Dixie”? On the other hand, Texas has been blessed by new ideas, habits and food, like good delis, better pizza and the best Tex-Mex on earth, Remember that Houston was developed by two brothers from New York, which explains our original city slogan, “Fugetaboutit!” Of course, there are those missionaries to the savages who like to tell us how things are better Up North. They are easily dismissed with that old Texas term, “Git a rope.”

Finally, earlier we mentioned the ale, 1836, and its warning label. That year, 1836, was the original title of Houston’s brand new pro soccer team (those teams have odd names). In our case it was a fitting title, that being the year of the founding of both the Republic of Texas and the city of Houston. Big and unexpected problem: Many, if not a majority, of new fans would be newly arrived Hispanics. To them 1836 was also the year of the Alamo, San Jacinto and Mexico’s defeat.

The new Houston futbal team was renamed the Dynamo, a totally meaningless and useless title. So much for assimilation.

Here I am, contemplating the true meaning of 1836.

It means Texas, ever changing, welcoming the new while keeping the good stuff, M’am.

Ashby is changing at ashby2@comcast.net.

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the projects and the fabric but they help. I learned to sew in 5th grade. We used to have that in home economics or Girl Scouts or you could go to J. C. Penney to learn but those kind of opportunities aren’t around anymore.�

Kostelecky said that Callie Delmore with The Drinking Fox Embroidery even made a custom embroidered patch for each student to have.

Novak thinks that the kids who are currently in the club enjoy it so much because Susan lets them “do�. “She doesn’t talk at them for an hour once a week,� said Novak. “She models and then they try it. Also, there is a finished product at the end.

With all of the projects they have worked on, they are able to take them home at the end of a class or two. Susan is fabulous with them and they love her. Regularly kids check in with me to make sure she is going to be here.�

In the fall Kostelecky said she’ll take a new batch of kids and teach them too. “I really enjoy it,� she said.

“They are all so appreciative.�

Novak said the school wants volunteers to run other clubs, especially soccer. “We would also love a local engineer to help out with robotics,� said Novak. “We are still in the process of installing a butterfly garden to go along with all the vegetable beds and citrus trees we have planted over the past few years. The kids have expressed an interest in doing more gardening themselves. Music is the one area I have not been able to get access to – choir or instruments.�

Anyone interested in checking out the school is encouraged to visit their annual science night on Thursday, April 21st at 5:30 p.m. “May the Forest Be with You� will commemorate Earth Day with a Star Wars flavor. “We are starting to let the community know about our new STEAM (STEM with art) designation and the science night is a wonderful opportunity for neighborhood people to come on campus and check us out,� said Novak.

he and another supervisor went out to the field to talk with Rollans and others, and said he was not aware the baseball team would be there. Rollans said the mistake may have been further complicated by a misspelling of his name in the city’s records.

Rafiei said the group is working with the city and the Crush towards a compromise, emphasizing that they were “all on the same team.� “The following day, I contacted Houston Parks & Recreation and explained there was this youth organization and that wanted to practice there,�

Rafiei said. “We said we didn’t want the kids to be displaced and we’re willing to give that permit up. We are very socially conscientious in our community and we want to work harmoniously with our community.�

The dispute between Crush and HS&SC sheds some light on some of the challenges facing many groups vying for permits at city parks. Rollans said that, although the Houston Parks & Recreation Department prioritizes youth leagues over other activities (including adult sports and recreational leagues), he is only able to get permits for local fields five business days in advance of the day his team needs to practice.

According to the city’s policy regarding sports fields permits, practice per-

mits requests may be made within the current week and the week following of the required date. Tournament requests, involving a minimum of 4 teams per field, for existing leagues may be made six weeks prior to the requested start date of the league. In general, organizations shall be given priority when reserving fields during the time period permitted the previous year.

Rollans argues that the adult leagues should be avoiding playing at parks like Independence Heights Parks altogether.

Mardie Paige, Super Neighborhood 13 president, said the field itself was built specifically for area children. “The community worked so hard for this park and even the kids helped out with putting signs up and making sure everything has been taken care of,�

Paige said.

Rafiei said there also challenges with getting field spaces even for his adult leagues. Many of the fields that are viable around Houston have already been designated as youth only fields and some sit empty when they could otherwise be used by local leagues. In one case, Rafiei said the city set aside a few days for a youth soccer league he had hoped could have been used for his recreational league and said officials opted to use the days not necessarily for play but for rain days just in case.

Even when those rain days never hap-

pened, the city wouldn’t release them for league use. “Some of these fields sit there empty with the lights on and no one playing on them,� Rafiei said.

The group’s president insists that they will do their best to work within the community and with groups like the Crush, and Rafiei said he even offered to help support the team and their endeavors. He understands the importance of youth teams, but also the importance of understanding the permitting process and the place of adult leagues. “We have so many young people coming in from other cities, trying to find out how to find people and make friends,� Rafiei said. “There’s a stigma that we’re just a beer league but we focus on people staying active and having fun and we’re trying to change that perception by working with people and making a positive impact.� “We’re unsure of what will happen,�

Rollans said. “As far as we’re concerned we have our practice field back but we know there are other teams that have likely been displaced as well.� “We’re not here to do anything negative or mess the fields up,� Rafiei said. “At the end of the day it doesn’t do us any good and we’re here to support the community.�

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FISH FRY American Legion Post 560 The Ladies Auxiliary Unit 560, 3720 Alba Rd., will host their monthly Fish Fry and live entertainment from 6 p.m. til sold out April 22. The cost is $8 per plate.

Information: 713-682-9287, americanlegionpost560.org.

HEIGHTS KIDS’ DAY OF MUSIC Love Park Join us for the Second Annual Heights Kids’ Day of Music happening April 23, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Love Park. It’s a free festival focused on bringing local music to the families in the community. Main performers include: Linsey Papion and DJ Puppy Love, El Rectorado del Son, Tickle, The Legacy Group, Yogi-G, and AndyRoo. There will also be an instrument petting zoo and a singing station and creative zone.

Information: heightskidsdayofmusic.com.

MONTHLY HAPPY HOUR Heights Young Professionals Meet, network, socialize and make direct connections with area professionals. This month’s event will be hosted by Karbach Brewing Co., who will be providing complimentary appetizers and happy hour drink pricing. The first 100 pre-registered people to check in will receive a complimentary pint glass. The cost is $10 for non-members before April 22, $15 before noon April 28, and $20 at the door. Informa-

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PROM DRESS GIVE-AWAY Lone Star College-CyFair The 12th Annual Prom Dress Give-Away benefiting teens without the financial means to purchase a dress for prom this spring is set at Lone Star CollegeCyFair Branch Library, Rm. 131, 9191 Barker Cypress Road, April 23, from 1-4 p.m. Dresses are free to the recipients thanks to community donations. All dress sizes 0-30 (plus sizes are in most need) and accessories are accepted year-round. Information: elise.j.sheppard@lonestar.edu, 281-290-5248.

2016 GARDEN OAKS HOME AND GARDEN TOUR The 2016 Garden Oaks Home and Garden Tour is one of Houston’s most popular home tours, taking visitors into the special homes and gardens found in this architecturally diverse neighborhood known for its gracious trees and narrow, rurallike lanes. The tour will be from noon-6 p.m. April 24. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of tour, and $5 individual homes on the day of the tour. Presale tickets can be purchased at Joshua’s Native Plants, 502 W. 18th St., Merle Norman Cosmetics, 4216 Ella Blvd., or LV Nails Spa, 3902 N. Shepherd.

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JOURNEY COMMUNITY RUN CLUB Journey School of Houston The Journey Community Run Club meeting location is at the green space between the baseball field and parking lot on Usener St. The run is at Stude Park, 1031 Stude St. at 9:30 a.m. April 24.

Running time is at 9:45 a.m.

It is a two mile run/jog on the White Oak trail. The community is welcome to participate. Come learn more about The Journey School of Houston and take part of the running club. Information: journeyschoolofhouston.org.

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The Health Museum is located at 1515 Hermann Dr. Information: www.thehealthmuseum.org, 713521-1515.

COMMUNITY YARD SALE Sinclair PTA The Sinclair PTA will hold their community yard sale from 8 a.m.-noon, April 30, at Sinclair Elementary, 6410 Grovewood.

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TEAM UP TO CLEAN UP Woodland Park The Friends of Woodland Park, troops from the Girls Scouts of America and Bridgestone Americas (parent company of Firestone Complete Auto Care) are teaming up to clean up Woodland Park, from 7 a.m.-noon April 24. Volunteers are needed to help pull out tires, remove trash and debris from Little White Oak Bayou and the park. The Friends of Woodland Park are providing all the refreshments, snacks and supplies. Woodland Park is located at 212 Parkview St. Information: friendsofwoodlandpark.org.

APRIL EVENTS The Health Museum Mindfulness Classes for children ages 6-8 and one parent will be on Sundays through May 22, 1-2 p.m.; children ages 9-11 and one

TRINITY CONCERT SERIES Trinity Lutheran Church Trinity Concert Series presents the dedicatory recital for the newly expanded and renovated 50-rank Holtkamp/Reuter pipe

organ featuring Ken Cowan, associate professor and head of the organ program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. The free concert will be held at 2:30 p.m. April 24, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 800 Houston Ave. A freewill offering is appreciated. Information: 713-224-0684, www.trinitydt.org.

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Oaks Presbyterian hosts bus trip for seniors Adults over 50 are welcome to attend a bus trip with Harris County Precinct 4 “Fun4Seniors� for a day of outdoor fishing fun to Burroughs Park in Tomball April 29. A buffet fried catfish, shrimp and side dishes will be served. Bait and tackle will be provided. The cost is $12 per person. Call 281-893-3726 for required reservations. Bus departs Oaks Presbyterian Church promptly AT 9:30 a.m.

Older Adults Konnecting Socially will meet at the church from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

April 26. Lunch is served at noon. Games include dominoes, Rummikub, Scrabble, Skip Bo, Train, Uno, and Yahtzee. Fancy adult coloring books are also available.

The community is invited to the Eat, Pray, Read! Book Club at 7 p.m. May 3. The group will discuss the current selection Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler plus enjoy dinner cooked by members.

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

Golf tournament registration at St. Stephen’s Registration is now open for the 2016 Bill Hardwick Memorial Golf Classic, to be held May 7, from 8 a.m. to noon at Jersey Meadow Golf Course, 8502 Rio Grande Dr., in Jersey Village. Entry fees are $125 per golfer ($75 per golfer age 72 and older), and includes lunch and awards. Registration forms are available at www. stsumc.org and through the church office.

Also needed are hole sponsors and donations for door prizes. Call church office, if interested.

St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church is located at 2003 W. 43rd St. For information, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org and the church’s Facebook page.

Trinity Concert Series at Trinity Lutheran Trinity Concert Series presents the dedicatory recital for the newly expanded and renovated 50-rank Holtkamp/ Reuter pipe organ featuring Ken Cowan, associate professor and head of the organ program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.

The free concert will be held at 2:30 p.m. April 24, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 800 Houston Ave. A freewill offering is appreciated.

Call 713-224-0684 or visit www.trinitydt.org for information.

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This month, on April 24, the church volunteers will be at Sylvester Turner Park, 2800 W. Little York, from 2-4 p.m.

Church volunteers will serve Sunday dinner to everyone.

Compassion in Action accepts donations of non-perishable food and monetary enumerations.

For information, call 713688-2900, ext. 235 or visit www.thecommunityoffaith. org.

Bravura Concert to be held at All Saints The Bravura Concert Series will present “Passioni� and will be featured by Angelo Ferrari.

He will be joined by Stacey Franklin, Soprano, and accompanied by collaborative pianist Frankie Kelly. Music will include opera, zarzuela, popular broadway tunes and sacred music. The concert will be at 5 p.m. April 24.

All Saints Catholic Church is located at 215 E. 10th St. Call 713-864-2653 for information.

St. Ambrose to hold annual bazaar St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 4213 Mangum, will hold their annual bazaar from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. April 24. The Telstars will perform. The show will start at 3 p.m. Bring the family for food, fun and entertainment. The theme for this year is “Never Underestimate the Power of Faith.�

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St. Rose of Lima holds Spring Festival The 2016 Spring Festival is scheduled for the weekend of May 1, kicking off with a live auction and dinner at 6:30 p.m. April 29, in the parish hall.

Tickets are $35. The Sky is the Limit is this year’s theme.

Purchase wristbands for the children to play and enjoy the midway from 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. There will be lots of entertainment for the kids. Each presale pass includes one hot dog, chips and drink, one can of silly string, bubbles and unlimited access to the age appropriate entertainment.

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Community is located at 3600 Brinkman. Call 713-692-9123 for information.

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.

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The Courage To be VirTuous

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Being virtuous is hardly praiseworthy when it is easy.

But, it is precisely when we are being tested, i.e., when virtue is dangerous, that it requires courage and is truly worthy of praise. In a sense, courage is the linchpin of the virtuous life, since without it we may be reluctant to do the right thing, especially when doing the right thing has significant risks. We should make a commitment to always do the right thing, regardless of the cost, and be prepared to call upon our courage. And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?

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A toast to you, my sweet, sweet, Gramps The citrus, floral notes carry this cocktail into easy drinking.

The third martini shadowed behind the second, made with a more fragrant citrus nosed gin – Uncle Val’s Botanical gin.

This martini was served just as the others and was garnished with a lemon twist. Richard noted that Val’s Botanical gin is also excellent for a Tom Collins.

The final gin martini was a fun take and a little less traditional, as this martini does not include vermouth like the others, but includes a delectable substitute – Thatcher’s Organic Cucumber Liquor. The liquor is included in this martini and not washed, like the others. This

By Christina Martinez Christina@theleadernews.com I sat at the bar this week and took in some knowledge. This particular sitting was a bit different from the many others.

This sitting was for my late grandfather, Raymond Martinez, Sr. My Gramps was called home last Tuesday afternoon, April 12, in San Antonio. He left behind a loving wife, three sons and their respective families, twelve grand kids, great grand kids (with one on the way), his loving brothers, numerous nieces and nephews and a life time of memories.

If you’ve read any of my op-eds in The Leader, you may have found a common reoccurrence that has seasoned many of my writings – my family.

We’re a close-knit bunch, and while I am here with you in Houston, that bunch that I call home is in San Antonio.

This month marks two years of living and growing in The Leader coverage area. When I first made the move, my sweet Gramps was reluctant to see me leave. That reluctance was mirrored with excitement for my journey and he was at ease knowing I’d be living in the same city as his youngest brother, John, and two of his nephews (and family), Alec and Ken. While I was wasting away in the hospital last week, my Uncle David shared a few words with me. He shared my grandfather’s joy in knowing that I was getting to know his brother John and the whole Houston family.

“Christina, your Gramps was so happy to see you with Uncle John and Aunt Lupe,” he said. “He thought it was so cool and just great to see you

were truly earned. He was an education man, graduating from St. Mary’s University holding his bachelor and master’s degrees and later becoming a true activist of education to his family, to me.

Often times I’ve enjoyed a gin martini, but have never took in any knowledge for the classic cocktail. When going about my research for this column, I couldn’t think of a better teacher other than Richard Middleton of Brennan’s Houston. I’ve had the courtesy of attending a handful of Richard’s monthly Spirit Roundtable tastings and not only is Richard a tall glass of knowledge, he has a welcoming spirit and passion for the beverage industry that makes him a clear first choice and a wonderful teacher.

I gave Richard my assignment and he made me four takes on the gin martini for me to study.

The first martini was a clas-

Art Valet

sic London gin style martini.

The London gin style term is one of four legally divided categories in the European Union recognized by the U.S. The term “London gin” can be supplemented by the term “dry”, according to Richard. Also within the categories: juniperflavored spirit drinks, distilled gin and compound gin.

The dry martini was a classic take, made with Tanqueray gin, coated with a vermouth wash and served up with a single olive garnish. Richard noted that classics like this he stirs versus shaking and chills the spirit from a room temperature start so the cocktail can be properly chilled and coated with the right amount of water.

The next martini was made with a light, citrus gin – G’Vine Floraison. This gin is for those non-gin believers. This martini, again, was stirred and served up with a single olive garnish.

By Mitch Cohen

A venture down to good ol’ Galveston You know? I love Galveston; you may remember me mentioning this before. Every time I go, I wonder why it took me so long to get back.

I was there this past weekend for ArtWalk and after the event was relaxing with friends at The Proletariat, a bar/gallery on the corner of the National Hotel Artist Lofts building. There is a vibe in this space that can only be experienced in person. Looking around, it was full of artists, many like me, from Houston.

The bar is co-owned by Brian “Visker” Mahanay, formerly of the Heights, who also owns a shop next door called Visker & Scrivener’s Quills, Books & Oddities with his wife, Julie.

When I told Mahanay how much I liked his shop, he opened it back up and gave me the grand tour.

Mahanay said he tends to enjoy reinventing himself every decade, professionally, but has been consistently a professional artist for the last 25 years. Originally from Durant, OK, his educational background was in art education, sculpture, and printmaking.

Having a knack for computers and programming, Mahanay found his way to Houston during the big computer boom of the early 1990’s. It was during this period that Mahanay

From the left, Brian Mahanay, his wife, Julie Mahanay, and apprentice, Taylor.

discovered the Houston Art Car Parade and started building art cars. For art car fans, you may recall Noggin del Fuego, Stumper, and Oojah with their brightly-colored fiberglass sculpted exoskeletons. His art car “sculptures” led to carving a room in the IceHotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden and several large burnable sculptures at Burning Man and Flipside. Working with Kim Stolis and Brian O’Leary for the Bayou City Art Festival gave him insight into festival vending and he and his wife decided that festivals were the way to go.

Mahanay started with leather-bound books, but then made a couple of quills using vintage nibs as they were enormously popular. This quickly turned them from a bookstore into a quill shop.

Why Galveston?

“I find being by the water is calming and the summertime tourism traffic a fantastic bonus,” Mahanay said. “My wife, Julie, and I were getting a bit tired of the developing density in the Heights and wanted to move somewhere with a slower pace. Since we both work remotely, the options were pretty wide open, but I mentioned Galveston and it just stuck. Since Julie worked on the redevelopment of the Elder Street Artist Lofts in Houston, we looked into ArtSpace’s Galveston property, The National Hotel Artist Lofts. This is how we met our business partner, Becky, who is the creative director of NHAL. From that organic path, the retail shop side of Visker & Scrivener was born, and then later The Proletariat Gallery & Public House.“ Does Visker & Scrivener’s have an international audience?

“Thanks to the magic of Etsy we do. Though we began our store with mostly art fairs and renaissance festivals, Etsy opened our products up to the world and we have hundreds of new customers (and repeat customers) from around the world. I still find it strange we

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sell as much as we do to Australia. Who knew they were so ravenous about quill pens down under.“ Is Visker & Scrivener’s a rarity among specialty shops?

“I believe we are. This thought is mainly rooted in our interaction with customers and the attention we pay to the history of writing. We spend a lot of time teaching people about the historic quill nibs we use in all our pens and the timeline behind them. Now that the quill shop and art gallery are thriving, our eyes are on our dream of opening a museum of writing history here in Galveston.”

Visit Visker & Scrivener’s in person at 406 23rd St., and The Proletariat next door at 2221 Market St. Suite 100 in Galveston, 77550. Online details - Visker.com and proletariatgallery.com.

Cohen is the founder and manager of First Saturday Arts Market. Contact him through his website ArtValet.com.

Email christina@theleadernews.com

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Photo by Christina Martinez My humble teacher and head bartender of Brennan’s Houston, Richard Middleton.

connecting with of our family, his family.”

I heard my uncle’s words and they made me smile. Getting to know my “Houston-MartinezClan,” what I like to call them, was special to me, too. My great Uncle John brings me comfort every time I see and chat with him. Not only does he look like my sweet Gramps, he carries his spirit, his wit, his humor and his great taste in beer and spirits. We get along just fine.

This week I asked my great Uncle John what my Gramps’ drink of choice was in his day.

I knew Gramps was a scotch man and a beer drinker, but never knew specifics. Uncle John was quick with his answer and said he enjoyed scotch and beer, yes, but also enjoyed a gin martini during his Air Force officer club days.

Those gin martini officer club days were a highlight of my grandfather’s life, as they

cocktail calls for Hendrick’s gin and is served with a cucumber garnish. A nod to a classic and a fitting testament to Houston summers.

Of the four cocktails, I shared with Richard that I saw my Gramps in the first take – classic, direct and unforgettable.

Just like that classic gin martini, Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole couldn’t have said it any better, my sweet, sweet, Gramps – Unforgettable, though, near or far. Unforgettable, in every way. Unforgettable, that’s what you are.

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november 17, 1927 – april 12, 2016

aymond Martinez, Sr., born on November 17, 1927, was called home to the Lord on April 12, 2016. He is preceded in death by his parents, Pedro G. and Eva Mier Martinez; brothers, Andy Martinez, Pete Martinez and sisters, Marcie Sepulveda and Vicky Salas.

Raymond is survived by his loving and devoted wife Angela of 63 blissful years, sons (daughters-inlaw) Raymond Martinez Jr. (Gloria), Richard M. Martinez and David A. Martinez (Elizabeth); his grandchildren and great-grand children Miranda Martinez, Destiny Martinez, Raymond Martinez III (Corrine), Amy Martinez, Marie Kirkpatrick (Sean), Christina Martinez, Nicholas Martinez, Riki Martinez, Eric Guzman, Mareck Cassias, Adrian Guzman, Annalia Ramos; his loving brothers Albert Martinez, David Martinez, and John Martinez plus numerous nephews, nieces, and extended family.

Raymond served in the Army Air Corps from 1945 to 1947 at the end of WWII. He held a bachelor and masters degree from St. Mary’s University. Retiring after nearly 40 years of civil service, he spent his retirement years mentoring and helping his children and grandchildren, and caring for his loving bride, Angela. Raymond Martinez, Sr.’s life will be remembered and celebrated Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Castillo Mission Funeral Home.

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