Lakes on Eldridge North

Volume 21, Issue 3

March 2022

CUPCAKE BATTLE 5: Cypress Ranch High School junior Amalie Biehl’s lemon meringue pie cupcakes won Best Frosting at the fifth annual CFISD High School Cupcake Battle on Jan. 21 at the Berry Center.

Culinary arts students compete in fifth CFISD Cupcake Battle Jersey Village High School junior Ananda Stephens and Cypress Ranch High School junior Kiersten Vincenti won first place in their respective competition divisions at the fifth annual CFISD High School Cupcake Battle, held Jan. 21 at the Berry Center.

Industry professionals, CFISD culinary arts alumni and local bakers joined CFISD staff members in judging this year’s competition. The judges graded the cupcakes for multiple categories, including overall taste and design, Best Cake, Best Frosting, Most Unique The competition featured more than 70 Flavor, Most Advanced Technique and Best entries from all 12 CFISD high schools. Presentation. (Continued on Page 2)

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“This was a really good test of their skills,” said Catherine Piotrowski, a Jersey Village graduate and former CFISD culinary student currently studying at the University of Houston’s Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management. “Seeing all these amazing cupcakes here can hopefully spark more creativity and give them more interest in baking, cooking and the industry as a whole. They can see that this does have a pathway to their future and it is applicable.”

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Vincenti placed first in the Culinary I division, Cypress Creek High School junior Miranda Gray finished second and Cypress Woods High School junior Olivia Cecchini placed third.

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During judging, participating culinary students participated in a Meringue Challenge in addition to a breakout session featuring guest speaker Lisa Barcelona, owner of Barcelona Cakes. The relay-style challenge featured students carrying eggs in spoons and answering food safety questions before ultimately creating a meringue. Teams from Cypress Creek (Session A) and Cypress Springs (Session B) high schools won their respective challenges. Culinary students prepared cupcakes and presentations the week before the competition at their local campuses and set them up at the Berry Center on the day of the competition. The top three places were awarded in both Advanced Culinary Arts (second-year students) and Culinary I. Winners in both divisions received prizes including KitchenAid mixers, decorating kits, baking accessories and gift cards.

Stephens placed first in the Advanced Culinary, Jersey Village High School junior Mikayla Kirkland finished second and Cypress Springs High School senior Ofelia Valle placed third. “This was really fun,” Stephens said. “I really like to bake so I enjoyed looking at everyone else’s cupcakes and seeing their ideas. It was really creative and I like to be around like-minded people as me who like to back, decorate and show other people what we can do.” The following Culinary I students won specialty awards: Best Cake – Tyrese Gordon, Cypress Lakes; Best Frosting – Amalie Biehl, Cypress Ranch; Most Unique Cupcake – Shelby Reynolds, Cypress Ridge; Most Advanced Technique – Emily Rose, Langham Creek; and Best Presentation – Iliyah Booker, Cypress Ranch. “We love bringing our kids here every year because they love to come and show off the skills they’ve learned throughout the year,” said Blair Roy, Jersey Village culinary arts teacher. “We really missed not having it last year so it was a great treat to be able to come out here and see all the special guests, judges and people from the community come out and support us. Not only are they making cupcakes to bring here and present, they’re also meeting with people in the community that have businesses and work here.”

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LOEN Ladies Club News and Information

For 17 years the LOEN Ladies Club has strived to provide all women in the Lakes on Eldridge North community with opportunities to become acquainted by hosting monthly club events and activities. Since March 2020 it has been difficult to fulfill this goal. But we believe that 2022 will be the year that the club can resume regular meetings in person. Over the last two years we successfully transitioned to virtual meetings for some groups while others had to go on hiatus. Also, we continued our community outreach when we could because the needs of vulnerable women and children around the greater Houston community became more acute during the pandemic. In past years, the club’s outreach program has supported: The Brookwood Community, Spring Branch Family Development Center, Houston Northwest Community Center, Mission of Yahweh, and the Houston Area Women’s Center, HAWC.

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All LOEN ladies are encouraged to reach out and find out more about us any time since we welcome new members all year long. It doesn’t matter if you just moved in or have lived here for years you are welcome to check us out. Currently, we have a book club that meets monthly at 2p.m. on the first Wednesday afternoon of each month. Another book club meets on the second Monday of each month at 7p.m. The Bridge group plays virtually. The Brunch Bunch group tries to meet monthly for mid-morning brunch or lunch. Our Angel Wings program is a LOEN based community support group that provides meals as needed when illness, injury, or other difficult circumstances affect members or residents. To serve our neighbors outside of LOEN, our community outreach program occasionally sponsors food, toy, supplies, and clothing drives for local charitable organizations. If you would like more information about the Ladies Club, please email Jeanne MacKenzie at loenladiesclubpresident@gmail.com.

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Lakes on Eldridge North Focus On Goals, Not Obstacles

Forward by Jackie Devine, story submitted by Stephen Bartholomew

Motivation is what gets you started; habit is what keeps you going. For those of you who have followed me as editor of the Gazette for the last six years, you know that I’m always on the hunt for positive stories. For some time now, I’ve watched Fitness Behavior Coach Stephen Bartholomew, via Facebook, show how his clients have gone from unhappy and unhealthy to strong, energetic, and physically fit. He teaches them to develop character traits that change their body, mind, and spirit forever. I’ve asked him to share a few of his success stories with us. His first installment is below: Cameron has lost some weight, as you can tell, but I’d like to share with you a few other changes he has made that you cannot see in this picture...

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- Jim Rohn

• He often goes on long walks outside to wind down rather than watching TV. • He puts his phone in his backpack or in another room to limit the time he spends on it. • He is more confident in all areas of his life. • He thinks more about his future and is more goal-oriented in all areas of his life. Cam dropped weight and, along with it, dropped insecurities, distractions and mediocrity. A few words from Cameron… “When I started training with Stephen my freshman year of high school, I was 245 pounds and I could barely jog down a hallway without losing my breath. I was lonely, depressed, and lost. I didn’t know

what to do to better myself and I didn’t have any role models that I could turn to for help. I felt like I had lost before I had even started and wrote myself off as worthless and lessthan because of how I looked. Then I found Stephen. “A little over two years later, and with his help, I was down to 155 pounds and the healthiest I had ever been. I looked and felt better physically, but I was also mentally stronger due to the comprehensive nature of his coaching. He focused on the root cause of my physical problems: the mental patterns I had fallen into that prevented me from being the best me. “Now when I wake up, whether I feel like it’s going to be a good day or a bad day, I have the mental strength and discipline to create success and move closer to my personal goals - physical or otherwise. It’s like I’ve been given a tool kit and guide to seize the day and produce progress. Without Stephen, I doubt that I would be anywhere close to this level of focus and determination. “This depth of life change doesn’t come easily and because of the way that Stephen guided me through it, I now recommend him to all of my friends who are looking to start on their own journeys of self-improvement. “He doesn’t just help with your symptoms. He creates meaningful and lasting change in your life.” If you want to make meaningful change, it needs to come from the inside out. You don’t have to do anything crazy; you just need to start. You need to make one small change, stick to it, then make another small change. Who you have been does not predict who you can become. You can become a whole new person. You just have to start.

Stephen Bartholomew Fitness Behavior Change Coach, Accend Fitness 832-943-7822 Yourtrainerstephen@gmail.com

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