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Covering the Heights, Garden Oaks, Oak Forest & the neighborhoods of North HoustonSaturday, August 22, 2015 • Vol. 60 • No. 42
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Low enrollment forces New School in the Heights to closeBy Betsy Denson
In the past weeks, Dr. Diane Manning has been looking through boxes of records for The New School in the Heights, which she founded 10 years ago with Dr. Arthur J. Far-ley with a focus on bright children whose social or emotional delays may interfere with success in education and life. Manning had cause to be sentimental because as of July 24 the school has closed its doors.
From a high of 40 students, which is the maximum the school wanted to accommo-date, the enrollment was at 17 students.
“You can’t run a school for 17 kids,” said Manning. “It doesn’t make sense.”
As president of the board and the execu-tive director of the school, after retiring from
a more active role two years ago, Manning presided over the school’s closing. She said that although the details are being finalized, the plan is for the school to transition into a foundation which would offer grants to help children with social and emotional needs.
In June, Mitch Cohen wrote an article for The Leader about sculpture and art at the school, including two trucks built by Paul Carr, who also built Donovan Park’s train.
Last week Carr came to take the trucks away. He moved the large one to Immanuel Lutheran at Cortland and 15th Street and the small truck went to Crossroads School, where Manning said some of the New School’s students enrolled. Other students went to the Monarch School or enrolled in
Community Spirit
Photo by Jonathan GarrisDeputy James Moulden holds a plaque commemorating his John Wayne Award, making him the first non-resident of Shepherd Park Plaza to receive the honor. While it may seem like a small gesture to some, Moulden believes the award is a testament to his work in the area and commitment to area citizens.
Longtime deputy honored with community awardBy Jonathan Garris
July marked a special month for both the Shepherd Park Plaza Men’s Group and a Harris County Precinct One Con-stable’s Office Deputy who accepted a neighborhood award normally reserved for area residents.
While it might seem like a small gesture to some, the an-nual John Wayne Award is given to “someone in the neigh-borhood who has done more than the expected” to make the community better, Chuck Blesener said in a letter to the Constable’s Office. Deputy James Moulden is the first non-resident to receive the award, and Blesener said the deputy has “worked tirelessly” to protect the community, its fami-lies and its homes.
Moulden is well acquainted with community patrols – he first started working with the Harris County Sheriff ’s Office in 1991 and transferred to the Constable’s Office in 2005, saying it was “time for a change.”
“I try to keep these folks as safe as I can,” Moulden said. “I try to keep the bad elements out and I do what I can to help solve cases. We’ve been able to file a lot of charges on burglary suspects. The crime rate is really low [in Shepherd Park Plaza] and I try to keep it that way.”
In one recent case Moulden worked, a follow-up inves-tigation led to an arrest in the theft of a generator that occurred July 27 in the 1000 block of Cheshire Lane. Au-thorities arrested Benjamin West, 54, after a local pawn shop employee identified him as the person who allegedly handed in a generator. The owner of the generator kept the serial number on hand as well which matched with the unit at the pawn shop.
Moulden’s approach to situations like these and others is to simply get out and involved in the community he serves.
“I try to meet everyone I can,” Moulden said. “I always
American Legion Post 560 hosts a great Family Fun Day in Garden Oaks
See School, P. 8A
See Deputy, P. 2A
Shady Acrescelebrates greenspace victories
By Jonathan [email protected]
Shady Acres Civic Club President Nancy Wilcox said she has the pre-vious civic club leadership from ten years ago to thank in part for the near-ly $740,000 Wright-Bembry Park Re-development Project now finally going out to bid.
The park, which sits at 840 W. 23rd St., will be completely scraped “down to the dirt” and all of its amenities will be completely replaced and reworked from the ground up, Wilcox said.
“We hoping to see construction be-gin in the fall,” Wilcox said. “Wright-Bembry Park is a wonderful asset to the community and hats off to people like Ashby Johnson, who was presi-dent of the civic club those 10 years ago and who also spearheaded having funds set aside for the park through a Capital Improvement Project.”
According to the Texas Bid Network, prebidding for the project began April 7 with a pre-submittal meeting. The scope of the project includes a new sidewalk, playground, a half-basketball court, tennis court, new sidewalks and fencing, a new pavilion, new picnic ta-bles and benches and new landscaping among other elements.
Clark Condon & Associates is pro-viding the landscape architectural de-sign for the park and the company has
Contributed ArtWright Bembry Park will be rebuilt from the ground up as part of an exhaus-tive, $740,000 redevelopment project which has officially gone out to bid for contractors.
See Parks, P. 2A
Mayoral Candidate Forum
The Garden Oaks Civic Club and Super Neighbor-hood 12, along with The Leader, is sponsoring a forum next month at 6:15 p.m., on Sept. 1 at the Grace Church in Garden Oaks - 3754 N. Shepherd Dr. Publisher, Jonathan McElvy, will be the mod-erator. RSVP online or call us at the office at 713-686-8494.
By Kim HogstromFor the Leader
On Saturday, Aug. 15, families from all over the community braved the 100 degree heat to enjoy Family Fun Day at American Legion Post 560 in Garden Oaks.
The dunk tank was not only a big hit with the young boys, but it offered a really funny way to escape the heat. The 18-foot water slide proved popular with kids and parents alike. However, the biggest stars of the show that day were the Houston Fire De-partment, Houston Police Department, and the Humbled Heroes K-9 Service Dogs.
Volunteers from HFD brought a mag-nificent firetruck to the event and children were offered tours of the vehicle. More than a few young boys (and one girl) announced their intent to join the Houston Fire Depart-ment as a result of the introduction.
Volunteers from HPD’s Equestrian Unit attended with two of their horses. The steeds are selected for service based, not only on their athleticism, but their quiet temperament. True to form, the animals seemed to enjoy grazing the post’s grassy lot, while kids petted them, played with their and tails, and squealed with delight.
The Humbled Heroes service dogs are specially trained to help service men and women suffering from PTSD. Here again, the animals demonstrated intelligence be-yond that of our typical family pets. They romped and played with the kids, while ap-parently sensitive to their size and naivete.
Add to all this, hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, Kona Ice, balloon animals, face-painting and a live snake demonstration.
Notably, Family Fun Day was an all-vol-Photo by Kim Hogstrom
Youngsters enjoyed seeing some wildlife up close at Family Fun Day.See Legion, P. 2A
File Photo by Jonathan GarrisThe play area in front of the New School in the Heights where one of Paul Carr’s handmade trucks sat is now empty following the closure of the school.
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built up an extensive portfolio of projects in the area such as the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark, as well as Cypress Creek Trail and Rob Flem-ing Park in The Woodlands among a variety of other sites.
The bidding for the re-development of Wright-Bembry Park represents a number of victories for the community and its parks, in-cluding Little Thicket Park. City councilmember Ellen Cohen allocated funding for both parks from the District Service Budget, with just over $44,000 and $45,000 in additional funding for design expenses for Wright-Bembry Park and Little Thicket Park respectively.
In an Aug. 5 letter to Svatek, Cohen praised the organization of the com-munity and the potential for both greenspaces in the neighborhood.
“These two greenspaces have the potential to be great assets for the Shady Acres
community but suffer from a lack of updated amneties,” Cohen said. “Each is in need of a CIP and, while, Wright-Bembry Park is slated for upgrades in the near future, Little Thicket Park awaits design funding in order to be programmed into Houston’s Capital Improvement Plan.”
A previous Leader article, titled Forgotten Greenspace, shed light on some of the is-sues surrounding the park, including the prevalence of invasive plant species, a lack of usable walking trails, lit-tering issues and its home-less population.
Wilcox and other SACC members are hoping Hous-ton’s TIRZ 5 group can assist with improving Little Thicket Park. TIRZ representatives recently addressed the park and residents’ concerns at a neighborhood meeting and offered a proposal to po-tentially annex the park and work to provide $920,000 for park design, improvements and constructions to connect
the park with the White Oak Bayou.
While having both Little Thicket Park and Wright Bembry Park within the same general neighborhood is posi-tive, Wilcox commented that, due to the growing popula-tion density, the area actually has sections that are under-served by parks.
“For every piece of prop-erty that originally had one family living on it, there can now be six or even twelve families for every single lot,” Wilcox said. “Our numbers have probably increased five fold, if not ten fold. As much as it sounds like we have a lot of park space, Little Thicket Park is still in a condition that doesn’t really serve as many people as it could.”
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try to learn who works in their yards or when someone is having a remodeling crew show up. It helps in the long run tremendously as if you see something out of the ordi-nary, you’re able to react.”
Members of the Men’s Group held a lunch event at Live Oak Grill July 9 with Moulden as the guest of hon-or and gave him a plaque for
the award. The deputy said he was caught by surprise by the honor.
“I was very pleased to get it,” Moulden said. “This was about the biggest award I have gotten so far in my career and it just reinforces how impor-tant it is for me to try to keep these folks safe in their com-munities.”
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Precinct One: Deputyrecovers stolen vehicle, Home Depot items
houston heights Associations
On Monday August 10, 2015, at approximately 3:15 pm, the Heights Contract Deputy was patrolling the 500 block of East 28th Street when the deputy observed a black male in a silver Toyota pick-up crouched down in the driver’s seat in the driveway of a residence.
The Contract Deputy found his actions suspicious and ran the license plate. The vehicle came back stolen from the Houston Police Department. The subject was detained.
There were stolen items from a recent theft at a nearby Home De-pot and there a was a match of the description of the subject and the vehicle involved. The subject was run for prior Criminal History and was found to have a Felony Warrant out of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for Felony Theft.
The subject was booked into the Harris County Jail for Unauthor-ized use of a Motor Vehicle, Felony Theft, and his Felony Warrant.
Shepherd park plaza / candlelight plaza & Garden Oaks
On Thursday August 7, 2015 at approximately 3:40 p.m. Depu-ties were dispatched to a reported Robbery in the 3000 block of Lawrence.
Upon arrival the complainant advised that two black male subjects driving a 2002-2006 Red over Silver Mazda Tribute with no plates stopped where they were working and stole lawn equipment.
The Complainant advised the suspect indicated they had a weapon. Once the suspects took the equipment they fled south on Shepherd toward IH610.
One suspect was wearing a black tank top and red shorts.A report was taken and will be referred to the Houston Police
Department for investigation.
unteer event. Including the city service folks, Post 560 volunteers, and the volunteers from nonprofit agencies in at-tendance, there were more than 70 people on the volun-teer force.
All the proceeds generated are going to fund American Legion Post 560’s work with veterans, and The Lotus Proj-ect, a nonprofit agency dedi-cated to the needs of women
vets.Every third Friday of the
month, American Legion Post 560 also hosts “Steak Night.” Starting at 6 p.m., community members line up for a slab of beef cooked to order, baked potato and a salad with all the fixin’s. The cost of is $15 per person, and includes live en-tertainment. The next will be held Aug. 21.
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For many people, politics can be absolutely exhausting to cover. In some ways, I can’t
blame them. Take this year’s race for the mayor’s office – we have seven major candidates, each with extensive backgrounds in business, public service, journalism, govern-ment and law enforcement, all with their own opinions on a wide range of issues facing our city.
To be quite honest, races like these are perfect when you’re in the business of information. Most jour-nalists I know relish the opportunity to cover races with varied, color-ful candidates and this year’s race for the mayor of Houston looks to already be off to a great start.
As exciting as it is to cover elec-tions and look at important issues, I have to wonder how many residents of our city will actually be paying attention. I don’t mean that as an indictment of the intelligence of the average Houstonian, in fact I mean quite the contrary. The general feeling from what I’ve seen is that there is a disillusionment with the political process in this country, as greater and greater amounts of money exchange hands year-in and year-out. It’s understandable, but such disinterest and apathy with politics, particularly on a local scale,
does a disservice to the democracy that so many across the country are all too ready and willing to beat over the heads of others living on the other side of the world.
I’m reminded of a stand-up piece by Lewis Black, who said something along the lines of how democracy was great because you don’t have to do it.
Looking at voter turnout numbers on both a local and national scale reveals that many people unwit-tingly follow this mantra despite crowing about American freedoms.
Perhaps some of the more damn-ing local numbers can be found in the last general election for Hous-ton mayor in 2009. About 177,000 votes were cast during that election, with most going to Annise Parker and Gene Locke. In the subsequent runoff election, over 152,000 votes were cast for Parker and Locke.
According to the U.S. Census
Bureau, the population of Houston in 2010 stood at 2.1 million people. Going by that number, a little over 8 percent of the city’s population participated in the general election and just over 7 percent participated in the runoff.
In 2015, the Planning and Devel-opment Department estimates that the city’s population as of Jan. 1 is over 2.2 million. Clearly, not many people are coming out to vote, and having so many people turned off the political process is simply not a good thing.
I have plenty of ideas on why
this is and how it can be fixed. On a national level, I still feel Election Day should be a national holiday as it will allow more people the chance to vote if they feel they can’t get away from work to do so. I can con-tinue to sit here and use this page to share my own dissatisfaction with a political process whose outcome is primarily determined by corporate funding and television ratings rather than policy-making and credentials, but I’d like to take a different route with determining why it is that so many people in our city choose to sit out of our local elections.
In the coming weeks, The Leader will be collecting questions for our Mayoral Candidate Forum we’re hosting alongside the Garden Oaks Civic Club and Super Neighborhood #21 next month at Grace Church. As we continue to cover the race and its implications for the city’s future, we’d also like to hear from some of you about what keeps you at home during elections. It’s our goal to host a roundtable discus-sion with some of our residents here representative of all levels of political involvement – those who vote, those who choose not to and perhaps those who feel they simply can’t.
As much as I know our readers are well-versed when it comes to local issues and politics, I know there are plenty of people who will be staying at home this upcoming election despite having so much on the line for the future of our city and our communities. If you’d like to share why you do or do not vote, we’d love to hear from you to help shed some light on ways to engage more people in our political process and determining the future of our communities.
We’d love to hear from you – email us at [email protected].
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Reagan high school name change debate continues
Dear editor:As a proud graduate of Reagan
High School (class of 1955), I find the news of a name change for the school rather shocking. The name is much too iconic to be changed. Most stu-dents don’t have any idea who John H. Reagan was or don’t care. The fact that he was the Postmaster General of the Confederacy shouldn’t bother anyone. He also served the state with distinction. Anyway, the name Reagan is more associated with the Heights and being Bulldogs.
About three times a year, a couple dozen alumni of the 1950s gather in Austin to exchange stories about experiences at Reagan and to speak fondly of the Heights neighborhood. Don’t impose a new name upon us after all these years.
If the current powers believe that a change is imperative, I suggest that it be named after Ronald Reagan. We would still be the “Reagan Bulldogs.”
Fred Newton
Dear editor:I too am a Reagan High School
graduate, class of 1960, and my late sister was also a graduate and a Red Coat drummer, class of 1947. For both of us, Reagan was all-white by law, and I’m not proud of that. Today, Reagan has a large black population and is a model school. I AM proud of that. Isn’t it time for a name that can be embraced by all of the school’s current students and that also honors tradition? Why not go back to the original name, Heights High School, which was what it was called before it moved from what is now Hamilton Middle School to its current site? We continued to sing, “Heights High will shine tonight,” at football games when my sister and I were students there, and I see no reason why, with the renaissance of the Houston Heights, Reagan shouldn’t become Heights High again.
Damon D. hickey
Dear editor:This is TOTALLY ridiculous. These
Liberals are trying to change our History. Where will it stop? Rodney Ellis is way out of line. He needs to be voted out, along with some others.
charlie cash
Dear editor:My Grandmother (1890-1978)
informed me that John H. Reagan was a good friend of my Great-grand-father, Cyrus Hope, who served as a 15 year old drummer boy with the Texas Volunteers. Cyrus Hope’s father was the official scribe of the Austin Colony. The Hope Family consid-ered John H. Reagan to be a man of integrity, honor and compassion. He made an effort to reunite Texas with the North in the tough Reconstruction period. John H. Reagan has produced, scholars, successful business men and women, clergy, civic leaders, and most
of all brave soldiers who served their country under difficult circumstances. Is the University of Virginia going to tear down the statue at its entrance of Thomas Jefferson. Is Washington D.C. to be renamed? May God Continue to Bless John H. Reagan High School. Rad Freel class of 1954
Dear editor: EVERYTHING offends SOMEBODY.
Why not do away with every school’s name and just call it THE SCHOOL, THAT ONE OVER THERE, or just number them like they do in NYC. But then let’s take away all street names, too, and just give them numbers till we run out of numbers. My maiden name, and hundreds of other people’s names, was Reagan. Shall I deny my maiden name was Reagan? In the Middle East, terrorists are destroying history and art. Has the USA gone nuts? Do people actually have time to spend their days thinking of new ways to be offended? Why not just get on with the business of education, finding jobs for people who have too much time on their hands, reducing the nation’s debt, helping people who need help, etc. Good grief ! No wonder Donald Trump has such a following.
Joyce Bell
Dear editor:You might send an e-mail to Rhonda
Jones, President HISD Trustee board at [email protected]. We have many comments from Alums and the politicos have agenda to move upward. They seem not to care about children’s education nor how they spend our tax dollars. They have the money so why not spend it. Govern-ment entities have endless supply of dollars.
Joe Wright
Local groups to host forum for 2015 mayoral candidates
Dear editor:The Leader neighborhoods are in
desperate need of infrastructure improvement: potholes need filling, drainage needs to improve, the de-velopers are running wild in many of the neighborhoods, creating greater density which brings more traffic. The streets and sidewalks need to be up-graded to deal with the heavier traf-fic; water pressure is low and adding more water customers makes it lower. Speeding through the neighborhoods is another problem. It’s unlikely that City Hall will address these needs.
For the city, we need to ask why isn’t the Rebuild Houston money be-ing used as intended. We need to stop giving tax breaks to Wal-Mart, Kroger and other big businesses. Are any of the candidates even willing to discuss the state of Houston’s finances? Mayor Parker has put off any voting on the revenue cap in order to focus on getting voters to approve her ordinance.
Will anyone ask Adrian Garcia why
he didn’t take any responsibility for the debacle at the county jail? He fired a few sergeants, but he needed to show some leadership. Sylvester Turner wants to raise the revenue cap strictly for more police. Will anyone ask him if there will be an audit of this funding to make sure that, unlike Rebuild Houston, it gets used for the purpose that was approved by the voters. Can HPD not sign interagency agreements with the constables, HISD police, sheriffs, DPS, Metro Police, River Oaks Patrol, Bellaire Police, South Side Place Police, Rice Police, UH Police, UT Police, Texas Medi-cal Center Police or any of the other police agencies that patrol within Houston. Does HPD really need more officers or can it coordinate with these other agencies to provide ser-vice to all of Houston. Do the police really need body cameras? It seems like when the police do something questionable, their camera footage is always lost, or there is a techni-cal glitch. Turner is rather light on the specifics of his plan, so perhaps someone can push him for details.
Can anyone ask Stephen Costello about Renew Houston?
Does Mark Klein want a city council member who lives in the Leader area and is familiar with the Leader area? Do we want a TIRZ to come in and widen W. 20th Street to a four lane road? Should a TIRZ with its board that is not elected be in charge of the tax revenues? There are a lot of questions to ask, so I won’t attend because I don’t want to take up too much time.
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Dear editor:It will not only be the responsibil-
ity of the next mayor to address the issues raised in the comments above; the next controller should be prepared to play an key role in providing the data and the transpar-ency necessary for the public to make informed decisions on these very important. That’s why the application of my campaigns Four Core Prin-ciples: Financial Transparency, Fiscally Conservative Budgetary Oversight, Eliminating Overregulation, and Pro-tecting Taxpayer Rights, to the work of the Controller’s Office will enable me to effectively gather the data through audits of Renew Houston, TRIZ’s, the Revenue Cap, and Public Safety so that the public will have the facts. My experience helping turn around Metro’s finances makes me well qualified to help tackle Houston’s finances. My record of success at Metro includes balanced budgets, transparency awards, upgraded bond ratings, pension reform, new revenue dedicated to improving bus service and retiring debt. I will match this re-cord of success with the record of any of my opponents, and their promises. I look forward to meeting your com-munity at this event. Please check out my campaign Facebook and website for more information. Thanks.
The importance of (not) participating in local elections
AUSTIN – Remember Yogi Ber-ra’s famous quote? “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” I suppose the opposite of that is: “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too empty.” That’s Austin in August. The Leg is gone, so are the lobby-ists. UT students are elsewhere, tracking down Jefferson Davis. All the action is, as usual, in McKin-ney. It seems our new state attor-ney general, Ken Paxton, has been indicted in his hometown north of Dallas. This case will last for as long as his lawyers can drag it out, and will be decided in a few decades. Think Tom DeLay and Rick Perry.
If by chance you have been in a coma or binge-watching “My Mother the Car,” briefly, Paxton is charged with three first-degree felo-nies by a Collin County (McKinney is the county seat) grand jury for selling hundreds of thousands of dollars of worthless stock to friends and others without telling them he was not registered to sell stocks, nor did he reveal that he didn’t own any of them but was being paid to sell them. This is apparently against the law. Paxton had already pled guilty to similar charges and paid a $1,000 fine, while the latest prosecutorial moves were pending.
While Paxton was peddling his wares, he was a state representa-tive. Then he was elected to the state senate, then he was elected as Texas attorney general, the state’s lawyer, while his legal problems were in all the papers. (Texas is a red state, but not a well-read state.) How did a candidate win his party’s primary for atty gen, then win the general election (both easily), while having pled guilty to one charge and awaiting the other shoe, or in-dictments, to drop?
How? Because a lot of our fel-low Texans – about 2.47 million -- are monobrowed think-a-likes who shouldn’t be allowed near sharp instruments, small children or the voting booth. Paxton simply staked out positions in each election to the right of Santa Anna, making him – Paxton, not the Napoleon of the West – the darling of the tea party. It worked, he won. All you need in Texas today to win an election is to have an R beside your name on the ballot. Attila the Hun could beat out Sam Houston if the Hun was a Re-publican. Come to think of it, Pax-ton really did defeat a Democratic lawyer named Sam Houston.
Since Paxton’s election, he has launched an investigation into a heavily edited tape of a Planned Parenthood video which is slowly falling into disrepute. At a legisla-tive hearing on the matter, he in-troduced no evidence, no proof or anything else to bolster his case. In-stead, Paxton began a long and vit-riolic attack against abortion, which was not the matter under consider-ation. Earlier, the state’s top lawyer told county clerks that they didn’t have to obey the U.S. Supreme Court’s decree legalizing same-sex marriages. Now a judge has ordered Paxton and another state official to explain why they ignored the law. They face contempt of court charg-es. And we’re paying this guy?
This brings us to money. Perry has already gone through $2 million in legal fees, mostly campaign do-nations. If you gave to Perry’s cam-paigns, any of that money probably wound up in the bank account of some high-priced Houston lawyers. We are already paying hired guns to prosecute the former governor. Now
we have the first or second salvo of the Paxton case, and the army of state-paid lawyers trying to put him away. How much money are these two conservative Watchdogs of the Taxpayers Wallet going to cost us?
The reason we bring all this ex-pense and trouble on ourselves is simple: simple Texans who pride themselves on doing their civic duty, like avoiding jury duty and voting. But they vote the straight-party ballot because it is quick, easy and doesn’t require any education or courage, like booing a 6-foot-7, 240-pound quarterback from the safety of the club level. According to a recent study conducted by Aus-tin Community College, 61 percent of voters in Texas’ 46 largest coun-ties voted the straight-option in 2014, the highest percentage ever in a gubernatorial election year.
We follow the herd mentality when it comes to candidates, but more complex decisions are hard on the brain, and we tend to skip them. In 2014, there was about a 15 percent drop-off in the number of votes for governor and votes for a transportation proposition, also on the ballot. Figuring out transporta-tion policies and expenses takes thought. If only the proposition had an R or D beside it. Of the 50 states, 40 ban straight-party voting. But in Texas you’ll take my voting rights away when you pry my cold, dead fingers from the straight-party but-ton.
Now the towel story. As you may know, for the past 17 years Collin County jailers have taken alleged perpetrators’ mug shots with a tow-el wrapped around their necks. This is supposed to be a great equalizer, in that no shots show the suspect in a dog collar or a Brooks Bros. tux. But a judge ordered that the state attorney general could have his mug shot taken in a coat and tie. Then Paxton was allowed to leave the court house, and avoid the wait-ing press, thorough a little-used side door. That is called perks of the perp.
We know the drill by now: Paxton, like Perry, will cry “politics,” but Collin County and the grand jury pool are among the most conserva-tive voters in Texas. Obama, Davis (Wendy, not Jefferson) and all other Democrats got crushed by those voters in elections. Incidentally, this brings up a possibility: Could Rick Perry have given himself a guber-natorial pardon in advance? And can Paxton;s staff of lawyers de-fend him?
Meanwhile, back here in empty Austin, I am surrounded by remind-ers of those soldiers, lawmakers, visionaries and other leaders who gave us Texas. What would they think of today’s crop – and those clueless voters who blindly elected them?
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Happy, happy birthday to Janet Gebhardt Mahon of Lazybrook! Mrs. Mason is a native Houstonian who grew up in the Heights, at-tended Reagan High School, and is a long time member of Heights Presbyterian Church. In celebration of her 85th birthday this year, Ma-son’s great-granddaughters, Smith (5 yrs) and Virginia Maxey (2 yrs) of Birmingham, AL, flew in with their grandparents who are also Mason’s daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Bruce Maxey of Ocean Springs, Ms. Mason’s family, including her husband Joe Mahon; son and daughter-in-law Mike and Brenda Mahon of Houston; grandchildren Stuart and Laney Maxey of Birmingham, Becky and Garrett Chumchal of Houston, and Matt Mahon of Houston, celebrated her special day, August 29th, with dinner and a surprise party out at the family’s Texan pied-à-terre, Sour Grapes Ranch in Montgomery, TX. The entire family sends a loving shout out wishing Ms. Mahon joy and sun-shine on her special day.
Sharing harmony with their neighbors, The Sunshiners are spreading smiles and renewed heart to many in the Houston area with their catchy tunes and unique show. A merry band of primarily senior citizens, the volunteer band per-forms an hour-long show full of entertainment and nostalgia that appeals mostly to senior audi-ences.
The Sunshiners are a wonderful group includ-ing many of your Leader community neighbors:
Carli Mosier, Selma Smith McGowan, Ed Copeland, Diane Mosier, Bruce Mosier, Pam Leighton, John O’Field, Audrey Mytchak, Adair McGowan, John Fowler, Nancy Hill and Mel Lofton, and all are integral parts of this special band of senior citizens (well, almost all are seniors!).
A few of the group are full time caregivers of spouses or family members and their participa-tion in the band is their opportunity to step out and spend some time in an activity they love, keeping them recharged.
The Sunshiners are volunteers, but they work for donations to support their equipment and the gasoline needed for traveling about the city. Their calendar is constantly booked year-round for groups and communities such as The Gath-ering at various Houston churches including St.
Rose of Lima Catholic Church and Bearcreek UMC; Brookdale Willowbrook Park Independent Living Community; Sheltering Arms Day Center; Regency Village in Webster, TX; and Silverado Cypresswood Assisted Living Community, just to name a few!
The Sunshiners fully believe in the healing qualities of music. Once an audience member had been confined to a wheelchair for many months, but after hearing several of the Sunshin-ers’ songs, began tapping a foot. Then he began moving his hand. And finally, he sat up straight and held out his hands to be assisted in standing, and then actually began dancing to the delight and amazement of his friends and caregivers. Many happy tears were shed and the powerful message in that story, the ability to reach people through music, is what keeps the Sunshiners
eager to greet new audiences and motivated to share their joy with others.
Several of the Sunshiners picked up their in-struments after a long hiatus and a completely different career outside of music. Mel Lofton picked up his saxophone after 30 years once he heard the band and was moved to join, and Nancy Hill resumed playing her ukelele after put-ting it away over 40 years ago. A couple of the group are novice musicians, such as percussion-ist Diane Mosier who plays the washboard and a curious contraption called the Stumpf Fiddle, and John O’Field who now plays the ukelele and sings beautifully.
A few of the group, John Fowler and Bruce Mosier among them, are accomplished musi-cians who have made music their livelihood. Mosier was one of the original band members with Kenny Rogers in the Houston group, The Scholars, and Fowler, after cutting his teeth on the saxophone and writing arrangements prior to and during seventh grade, continued to write, orchestrate, direct, and play a variety of music including stage bands, jazz, barbershop quar-tets, and choral music, yet spent his career as a mechanical engineer with a degree from Rice University. He and his wife Jane led the “Sounds of Celebration” choir for nearly 20 years at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church in Houston. Pam Leighton, the newest member of the group, plays five instruments and sings.
Check out their website at www.sunshiners-band.com for more information.
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“On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment.”
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Come enjoy mimosas while perusing the new line, Sticks, decorative and functional wood items, from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 21. Story Slam is from 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 24, and features an evening of five-minute stories. Karaoke night is from 5-7:30 p.m. Aug. 27. The Lift is located at 365 W. 19th St. Information: 713-868-LIFT (5438), www.thelifton19th.com.
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The Oak Forest Homeowners Association is holding an end of summer event Aug. 22, with a free movie at Oaks Dad’s Club, located at 3410 E. T.C. Jester Blvd. “SandLot,” a great children’s baseball movie will be featured. Gates open at 6:30 p.m., movie begins at 8 p.m. The concession stand will sell hot dogs, snow cones and popcorn. There will be fun door prizes. Bring chairs and blankets. The event is sponsored by Oak Forest Veterinary Clinic and Oaks Dads Club. Information: 281-685-9929.
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Houston Family Arts Center announces auditions for Doug Rand’s stage adaptation of It’s A Wonderful Life. Open auditions are from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 22. Callbacks will be on Aug. 24 by invitation only. Audition appoint-ments can be made at http://bit.ly/HFACauditions. Many actors will play multiple roles in this show. Families are encouraged to audition. The minimum age to audition is 8 years old. Houston Family Arts Center is located at 10760 Grant Road. Information: 281-587-6100, www.houstonfac.com.
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The Houston Storytellers Guild presents an evening of story-telling for children and adults from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 29, at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church’s Parish Hall, 1819 Heights Blvd. Featured storytellers are Larry Thomas, Sally Bates Goodroe, and Sheila Phillips. Admission is $10 a family and $5 for individuals. Information: www.houstonstory-tellers.org.
loVe, loss And whAt I worecelebration theatre
Come see this hilarious, poi-gnant and provacative play about women and the dilemma of what to wear. The play will run through Aug. 30 (no performance Aug. 13) at Music Box Theatre, 2623 Colquitt St. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances will be at 7:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sundays.
Visit the website for performance dates and to purchase tickets. Information: 832-330-5478, cel-ebrationtheatrehouston.com.
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Hunter Dance Center, 747 N. Shepherd Dr., Ste. 100, will cel-ebrate its grand opening with an open house from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 12. Free dance, yoga and family workshops, along with creative activities for little dancers includ-ing “Build Your Own Tutu,” face painting and jumpy castles -- as well as thrilling circus arts and aerial dance demonstrations, ensure an exciting day for all. In-formation: 832-930-6343, www.hunterdancecenter.com.
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The monthly meeting will be held at 10 a.m., Sept. 14, in the community room at 1520 Candlelight Dr. The special guest is Jan Flewelling, Stroke Outreach Coordinator with the Houston Methodist Neurological Institute. The meeting is open to anyone 50 or older, and will be preceded by a meet-and-greet at 9:30 a.m. Information: 713-681-1133.
Food PAntrY VolUnteers neededsociety of st. Vincent de Paul
Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a local non-profit in need of volunteers to help at the food pantry, located at 2403 Holcombe Blvd. The pantry is open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Opportunities include greeters/receptionist, stocker, shopping assistance and data en-try. Information: 832-538-0323, http://svdhouston.org.
hope episcopal collecting donations for star of hope
Hope Episcopal Church, 1613 W. 43rd St., is collecting donations of school supplies and travel sized toiletries for children at the Star of Hope’s homeless shelter. Pencils, notebooks, paper, crayons and other classroom materials are needed. Also useful are back-packs, tissues, flashlights, and new packages of children’s socks and underwear.
Call 713-681-6422 for infor-mation.
Blessing of the backpacks at st. stephen’s
Students of all ages and educators are welcome to bring backpacks and brief-cases to the 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services Aug. 23, to receive a special blessing before the beginning of the new school year. This Sunday is also Promotion Sunday for the Children’s Education de-partment.
St. Stephen’s will host a Fun-4Seniors luncheon, sponsored by Harris County Precinct 4, open to adults age 50+, Aug. 24, at 11:30 a.m. in the fel-lowship hall. Students from a Hawaiian Cultural School will provide the entertainment. Ben’s Chuck Wagon will cater a grilled chicken meal. RSVP to Precinct 4 at 281-893-3726.
St. Stephen’s United Meth-odist Church is located at 2003 W. 43rd St. For informa-tion, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org.
men in mission barbecue dinner at Zion lutheran
The Men in Mission will be hosting their annual barbecue dinner from noon-2 p.m. in Zion’s Great Room, Aug. 23. All free will offerings for the meal will go toward the Men in Mission’s Seminary Student Scholarships. The community is welcome.
Zion Lutheran Church is lo-cated at 3606 Beauchamp. Call 713-869-1493 for information.
All saints tAlc to hold fall semester registration
All Saints Catholic Commu-nity Third Age Learning Cen-ter senior program will hold its fall semester registration from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 27, in the parish hall, located at 215 E. 10th St. The Fall Semester be-gins Sept. 8, and will conclude Nov. 13.
For program information and lunch reservations, call 713-248-1277.
Fifth sunday singing at oak Forest Baptist
There will be a Fifth Sun-day Singing at 4:15 p.m. Aug. 30. There will be a full hour of singing, with congregation
singing, group and soloist. There will be a blend of Tra-ditional, Southern Gospel and Contemporary Music. The community is welcome.
Oak Forest Baptist Church is located at 1700 W. 43rd St. For information, call 713-682-4942.
For The Leader
Officials with Rita’s Italian Ice say the original Aug. 17 opening date of their Heights location has been been moved to an as-of-yet unconfirmed date.
According to a press release, the store is the first location in-side the loop for the chain and is located at 2802 White Oak Dr. This is the first store for franchisees Michael Schwartz and Daniel McCracken, who also plan to open an additional store by the end of 2016.
“We always talked about opening up a Rita’s store, but it wasn’t until we moved to Tex-as that we started to seriously consider it,” said Schwartz in a press release. “We realized the time was right – we could final-
ly own a Rita’s store and also introduce the Italian Ice con-cept to the local community. We’re excited to start serving up ‘ice, custard and happiness’ to our friends in the area!”
Business and life partners, Schwartz and McCracken, have been long-time fans of Rita’s after first trying its “cool treats” while living in New Jer-sey. They’re big fans of Rita’s best-selling flavor, Mango, and hope to bring their same pas-sion and love of Rita’s to the local community.
“We are thrilled to have Michael Schwartz and Daniel McCracken continue our ex-pansion into Texas,” said Eric Taylor, chief development officer at Rita’s Italian Ice, in the release. “Having grown up with the brand, they’re great ambassadors for Rita’s and will truly be an asset to our team as we continue to expand south.”
For more information on purchasing your own Rita’s Italian Ice franchise, please visit ownaritas.com.
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protect them. their family and the community. Examination, parasite testing, and consulting are required before a veterinarian prescribes the best preventative for safety and effectiveness. Ongoing testing is also needed as a preventative does not exist that controls all parasites. Also owners are rarely 100% compliant in using monthly parasite preventatives.
Some parasites are elusive from testing, especially in cats. They cause ongoing discomfort that you may not detect in your cats. Physa-loptera, the stomach worm, is acquired by pets that eat cockroaches, crickets, or beetles. Small lizards, birds, and mice that also eat these bugs will transport Physaloptera to cats if they are also consumed.
Tapeworms are usually acquired when pets ingest fl eas. Since monthly parasite prevention for cats does not control these worms, we recommend an annual strategic deworming and even more ag-gressive treatment if cats have suspicious symptoms.
People with indoor cats have a false sense of security. These trans-port hosts are common inside Houston homes and it’s a cat’s nature to catch, kill, and eat these vectors. There are many other ways that indoor cats can acquire various other parasites also.
Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease (HARD Breathing) is caused by mosquitoes. It likely occurs 20% or more of indoor Houston cats. A sedentary cat’s ear is an easy target for hungry mosquitoes.
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The ObiTuAries.Paul barnhart, 69, born April 23, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Okla.,
died Aug. 11 in a local hospital. Survivors include his wife, Liza Barn-hart, son Brandon “Bear” Barnhart, sister Paulette Partin, his extended family Lynn and Allen Repp, stepsons Roy and Ken Smith, and three step-grandsons. Services were held on Friday, Aug. 14, in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in the Gann Cemetery. Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com. Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home.
billie J. bilski Jr., 76, born Feb. 2, 1939 in Brenham, Texas, died Aug. 17. Visitation will be held at 6:30 p.m., with a rosary beginning at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 21, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 4213 Man-gum Rd., 77092. Rite of Christian Burial will be held at noon Saturday, Aug. 22, also at St. Ambrose Catholic Church.
Gene Colson, 82, born Dec. 7, 1932 in Dallas, died Aug. 10, after a brief illness. He worked at Cameron Iron Works for 34½ years before retiring in 1992. Survivors include his loving wife of 63 years, Carolyn Colson, daughters Linda and Lynette, son Larry, five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Garden Oaks Baptist Church, 3206 N. Shepherd Dr., Houston, TX 77018.
John C. Crain sr., 81, born Oct. 18, 1933 in Sikes, La., died Aug. 10, after an ongoing battle with heart disease. Crain enlisted in the Navy in 1948. After the Navy, he moved to Houston, where he met the love of his life, Carol Rabe. The couple was married 47 years. For over 20 years, he served the Houston community as a barber, and owner of Merchant Park Barber Shop. He served as a Deacon at Baptist Temple. Crain was also a longtime member of the Rotary Club and the S.P.J.S.T Lodge, #88. He is survived by his sister Bernadine Hyde, children Johnny Crain and Tamela Crain, and two grandchildren.
George N. Gillis, 83, born Aug. 28, 1931 in Houston, died Aug. 11, after a brief illness. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving on the USS Monrovia during the Korean War. He was a founding parishioner of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, parishioner of All Saints Catholic Church, a member of Knights of Columbus 4550, volunteer of the St. Vincent’s DePaul Society and a proud 65-year member of U.A. Plumbers Local 68. Survivors include his daughters Rose Anne Sims, LaVerne Garcia, Emily Gail Stepchinski and Mary Gillis Larson, 11 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
elsie Kesseler, 96, born March 27, 1919 in San Jacinto County, died Aug. 7. Kesseler was church secretary for St Luke’s UMC. The Kes-selers were charter members at both St Luke’s UMC and St. Stephens UMC. She worked for St. Stephen’s UMC as the executive secretary for 32 years, as well as serving on their Administrative Board and Finance Committee. She is survived by daughter Carol Stevens, son James Ooley, brother Robert Ernest Ellisor, and two grandchildren.
ethel M. Miller, 92, born Dec. 31, 1922 in Breaux Bridge, La., died Aug. 14. Miller was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Survivors include her son Deen Miller, daughters Nora Ivey and Denise Phillips, six grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, Aug. 20, at 11 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 3600 Brinkman St., Houston 77018. Interment will follow at Houston National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr.
George J. Veselka, 91, born July 25, 1924 in Fayetteville, Texas, died Aug. 9. He proudly served his country flying 35 missions as a Ball Turret Gunner in a B-24 “Liberator” Bomber during W.W.II. He later attended the University of Houston receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Busi-ness. He was employed as an accountant in the oil and gas industry retir-ing in 1986 from Ada Oil Co. He married his wife of 62 years, Catherine, Jan. 24, 1953 in All Saints Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Catherine, daughters Monica Rothfeld, Vicky Deem, Cecelia Holzer, sons Greg and George Jr., seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Dear Craving a campfire,After enduring a long, hot
summer, there’s nothing more enticing than a crisp evening spent under the stars with your loyal pet by your side. While camping with your fur-ry friends can be fun, it’s not without some risk and better enjoyed if you’ve prepared well. Our friends at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine have some advice on making the most out of camping with your canine.
First of all, make sure that you choose a campground that will work for you and your dog. “Many camp-grounds allow pets, with cer-tain rules and regulations,”
said Dr. Mark Stickney, clini-cal associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veteri-nary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
Often, the rules regard-ing pets can be seen posted on their website or answered over the phone. “Most rules will include things such as having your pet on a leash, making sure they are super-vised at all times, and requir-ing proof of vaccinations,” Stickney said. “Even if they don’t require health records or vaccination certificates, it’s a good idea to bring them along just in case.”
Just as you need to pack food and other essentials for yourself, don’t forget to pack necessities for your pets as well. Some items you’ll need to bring are plenty of food, a pet first-aid kit, a harness, and a leash. Even if the campsite has natural water resources, such as streams or lakes, you must still bring plenty of water for your pet to drink throughout your stay.
“Your pets will want to drink out of any pond and lake in sight, but there are many different diseases they can catch by doing that,” Stickney said. “So you don’t want that to be their primary source of water.”
Coming into contact with wild animals is a definite risk
when you are out in a national forest or grassland. Although most of the wildlife you run into wants to keep away from you as well, you should have a way of containing your pet just in case.
“If your pet does get into a tussle with a wild animal, you do not want to get into the middle of it,” Stickney said. “There is a very good chance you will be bitten or harmed.” Your best method of action is calling off your pet or to try scaring away the wild animal.
In order to prevent such sit-uations in the first place, it is a good idea to keep your pets close to you throughout your
camping expedition and to have a leash or harness avail-able at all times.
Before setting off on your camping adventure, make sure your pets are up-to-date on all of their vaccinations, especially rabies. Depending on the campsite’s location, you may consult with your veterinarian about any other vaccinations that your pet may need, as well as discuss appropriate flea and tick con-trol.
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Opening of Rita’s Italian Ice in Heights delayed to later date
Photo by Jonathan Garris
Transform and roll out
Motorcycle enthusiasts wallking into the Mancuso Harley-Davidson Central at 535 N. Loop Fwy. just north of the Heights might have noticed the newest employee standing guard out front.
Technician Karsten Schlott and his 12-year-old son spent months using broken and old motorcycle parts to build a life-size Transformer-like ro-bot, complete with glowing lights, sword and arm can-non. The response from the clientele has been positive all around Sclott said.
Schlott admits the project took a little longer than ex-pected and it was a challenge finding parts, but the response has been positive.
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Last week I introduced you to Insomnia Video Game Culture & Vinyl Toys and owner Chris Unclebach. It was Valerie Gudell that introduced me to not only the store, but the entire medium of gaming and toy culture. Valerie owns Cultured Critter Collective and has been a regular art vendor at my show for several years now.
Valerie Gudell is an urban vinyl and mixed media artist, born in New York City and her work has been featured online and coast to coast many times over. Valerie was kind enough to educate me on her chosen me-dium.
To the uninitiated, what exactly ArE urban vinyl toys?
Urban vinyl toys are a type of designer toy, usually made of vinyl. The figures typically feature original designs created by illustra-tors, graffiti artists and even some fine artists, with limited production runs. They are mar-keted predominantly to adult collectors, as the prices for rare pieces can cost anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
did they originate in the U.S.?No, most urban vinyl toys are produced
overseas in China, Hong Kong and Singapore, but there are some rare Sofubi vinyl figures that are produced in Japan. Currently in the USA, there are some creators that produce their own resin figures in extremely limited runs.
How long have they been popular?They have been popular since the late
1990s, when Michael Lau first began design-ing his vinyl figures in Hong Kong. In my col-lection, I am proud to have a Bounty Hunter Skull Kun figure (from Japan) that dates back to 1997, and a Monstrooper figure designed by Pete Fowler (from UK) that dates back to 2002.
What is urban vinyl toy customization?
Urban vinyl toy customization is the process in which artists use a three-dimensional urban vinyl toy as their “canvas” to create some-thing new, as opposed to using actual canvas, wood panel or paper. Typically, they tend to use either a pre-existing vinyl production toy or a “blank”, which is a plain, white vinyl figure specifical-ly created for toy custom-ization.
Though there is a manufactured component (the vinyl toy), each of these unique pieces takes several hours, many days, and some-times weeks to complete. Some artists prefer
to paint the vinyl toy in a way that preserves the original shape, and some choose to sculpt directly onto the figure, or to add a variety of found objects, similar to assemblage art.
The toy customizer community is com-prised of artists who live and work all over the world. In the U.S., toy customizing is most popular in L.A. and NYC.
When did you start creating your creatures?
I started working in ceramic sculpture around 2004, when I studied with June Woest, at Urban Artists Studio, in Houston. June was an awesome teacher, who encouraged me in my quest to make all things creature-like, while also teaching me the basic principles of sculptural structure.
In 2009, after much toy collecting, and get-ting some valuable advice from a few well-known toy customizers, I took part in my first custom vinyl toy show, in California. I really enjoyed seeing the wide variety of ideas and designs presented by this group of artists. While working on the vinyl figures had presented some difficulties at first, I managed to overcome those difficulties and was some-what satisfied with the results. After that, I was totally hooked and the customizing mad-ness began!
What inspires you to make some of your creatures?
My inspiration comes mainly from pop culture, graffiti, Asian art, and most re-
cently, the Steampunk genre. Some-times when a new vinyl toy is
released, I must get my hands on it immediately, because I
have already fallen in love with the design and have started making plans for it in my mind.
Meet Valerie and her Cultured Creature Col-lective at her studio in Hardy & Nance Street Studios, no. 15, In-somnia, 724 W. 19th St. and at First Satur-day Arts Market this November. Visit her online at Cultured-CritterCollective.com
Cohen is the founder and manager of First
Saturday Arts Market. Contact him at ArtValet@
gmail.com or visit him on the web at ArtValet.com.
From Hobby to Profession, meet artist Valerie Gudell and her critter collection
Contributed photoFrom featured artist Valerie Gudell’s critter collection, MadiMonster.
Contributed photoCritters Jaxx and Jasmin.
Thirsty ExplorerManaging Editor
By Christina Martinez
This weekend there’s an event at Karbach almost every day of the weekend. You could order a Staycation and have a mini vacation at the brewery, but I have a feeling chances are slim.
ThursdayBikeHouston Third Thurs-day Hullabaloo
On Thursday, socialize with fellow Houstonian bicycle owners and meet some of the volunteers, staff, and board of BikeHouston - a nonprofit organization devoted to help change the way Houston bikes, walks, drives and lives.
Along with happy hour, the group will give an update on the Houston Bike Plan, fea-ture a cool speaker, trivia, and more. Karbach is also a spon-sor to BikeHouston.
FridayUntapped Houston Pre-view Party
The Dallas/Forworth based festival is bringing beer to Houston Sept. 12 and this weekend is the pre-party. The event is free (with regular tast-ing prices) from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22 at the Brew-ery.
There will also be live mu-sic from Young Mammals and Catch Fever - two local indie-rock bands.
You can win two Beer Packages to the festival in September by RSVPing to their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/events/461267874047850/
SundayYoga and Hops Class
The girls who started their yoga class at 8th Wonder Brewery are now a traveling act. For an hour of yoga, you get an hour of beer. Class price is $20 and this includes three nine ounce pours or add $5 for a takeaway 16 ounce pint glass!
Class starts at 10:30 a.m. and beer starts at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23 at the brewery - 2032 Karbach St.
See you there.
The Suffers at HoBIf you’ve kept up with my
column this year, you can probably guess my favorite act out of Houston. I’ll give you a minute to guess. Okay, time is up and you were right - The Suffers! The Houston act has been on the festival circuit all summer and are home for the weekend. Catch The Suffers at
8 p.m., on Saturday, Aug. 22 at the House of Blues - 1204 Car-oline St. 77002. The show sold out on the first sale of tickets, but you can still grab stand-ing only room tickets online at Ticket Network or Ticket Monster. Be sure to where your dancing shoes! This is going to be a good one.
Movie in The ParkIf you’re looking for some-
thing more low key and in the neighborhood, the neighbor-hood youth sports program,
Oaks Dads Club, will be show-ing The Sandlot on Saturday. Gates open at 6:30 and movie at 8 p.m. at the main fields at 3410 E. T.C. Jester.
Benefit show at FitzPegstar, Fitz, & Stubwire will
be putting on a special show to raise 10k for Gender Infinity starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. There will be a num-ber of local acts covering other artists for this unique show. Tickets are $10.
The final show at FitzWe new it was coming, but
the final show at Fitzgerald’s really snuck up on us, didn’t it? Save the date for next weekend at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29. Read Pegstar’s final farewell let-ter on the new plans for White Oak Music Hall http://fitzlive-music.com/final_show.php
Cheers! Email [email protected] or on Twitter @ThirstyExplorer
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The El Cantina closes, opening back as BrewpubBy Christina Martinez
Late on Monday afternoon, Delicious Con-cept’s Ken Bridge announced that his White Oak Drive concept, The El Superior Cantina, has closed doors to make room for a brewpub and American style kitchen. Erik Ogershok with Real Ale brewing has announced that he will be taking the brewmaster position for the concept.
“I’m extremely excited about the new direc-tion and I’m looking forward to working with longtime friend Ogershok,” Bridge said.
The new space on White Oak will have a complete overhaul and will feature an in-house butcher shop and pizzeria with a brand new menu. The brewpub will host a selection of guest beer taps, but focus will be on Ogershok and his team’s brews. Brewmaster Ogershok has his name on top beers from Victory Brew-ing and Live Oak Brewing Company. Sneak peek events and the official namesake are promised to be announced by the end of the month. Stay tuned.
Gatlin’s announces grand opening They say patience is a virtue, but does that
apply when talking about Gatilin’s barbecue? After the barbecue eatery’s lease was up, Gat-lin’s closed doors on their Shady Acres venue in February, but not long after hung their giant sign at their new location off of Ella Boulevard in January. Now hanging off their giant sign is a “Now Hiring” banner and Gatlin’s has an-
nounced that they are shooting for a Labor Day opening.
And in case you were wondering, Gatlin’s has a beer and wine application taped to the win-dow. Labor Day is looking good in the ‘hood.
Mellow Mushroom confirmed There’s a new restaurant coming to N. Shep-
herd – Dan Braun with Braun Enterprises con-firms that Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers has signed a contract to open shop at Braun’s forth-coming development at 1919 North Shepherd.
Mellow Mushroom is a pizzeria that origi-nated in Atlanta, Georgia and has 150 locations throughout the United States. In addition to piz-zas, they serve calzones, hoagies, salads, and appetizers. They often feature a large selection of beer.
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Photo by Christina Martinez The El Cantina Superior has closed doors to complete an overhaul for a new brewpub.
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public school according to Manning.
As Cohen also noted in his piece, the house at 403 Heights Boulevard is fairly new con-struction, while the historic home next door purchased by Dr. Farley in 2005 and named for him, “Farley Hall,” was built in 1902 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Samuel H. Web-ber House. HCAD records do not list a recent appraisal for the property.
Manning said the build-ings are for sale and that after expenses the money will go to the foundation to help the same kind of special students as the school served. Both the school and the foundation are 501c3 charities.
The school was a labor of love for both Farley, who worked at the school four days a week for no salary before he passed away in June of this year, and Manning, who retired from her previous position as chair of the Department of
Education at Tulane, to found the school with him.
“It’s a sad story in a way but we know we did a great job for 10 years, and served a lot of families,” said Manning, noting that they are continuing to offer families free counseling during the transition to new schools.
Education director Jeanette Salinas, who has been at the school from nearly the begin-ning when she was hired as a teacher and helped develop the school’s curriculum, said the school’s closing was a surprise to the school community. They had recently put a sign up at the school for the first time.
Salinas said she is still work-ing with those Junior high stu-dents, as well as a few younger ones, who have not yet been placed at a school.
“We’re working diligently to continue to serve those fami-lies,” Salinas said.
While Salinas said many teachers made the “tough choice” to accept positions elsewhere, a group of some staff and community partners are moving forward to create a structure in which kids can continue to learn and get the services that they need.
“The mission is still there,” said Salinas.
Southern Goods is now open
The same guys that brought you Cottonwood, Ladybird’s and Liberty Station have done it again. Charles Bishop and Lyle Bento opened their new-est concept, Southern Goods, this month and this week have now started serving dinner. Southern Goods is located at 632 W. 19th St.
Check out their dinner menu to the right.
Biskit Junkie opens new location
Earlier this month, the Oak Forest breakfast eatery, Biskit Junkie, took to Facebook to announce their newest loca-tion.
“In other news we are ex-cited to announce our second location,” the Facebook post starts. “It will be opened at the former “Mangos” in lower Westheimer. We are super stoked about the opportunity to bring more comfort food to the neighborhood.”
For those not familiar with the location, the former Man-gos is at 403 Westheimer Rd., right by their sister location Jus’ Mac, across from the new El Tiempo.
Nibbles from P. 7A
School from P. 1A
Contributed PhotoCarr’s most recent contribution, a large truck, was also removed.
Southern Goods offers generous dinner options, including pork chops, braised beef shanks and lamb T-bones among other items.
