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Houston brand up for vote By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
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Houston twins Josh and Tyler Maser stand with the Sedin twins at a Canucks game in January. The Maser boys were born and raised in Houston but played their Bantam hockey with the Vees in Penticton. Because of their incredible season, 11 wins - 0 ties - 1 loss, the Vees were chosen by B.C. Hockey to join the Canucks on the ice for the Kids Fund Super Skills competition in January.
Two Houston brand options are up for public vote as of last Friday. The two slogans, “Real Life. Real People,” and “Naturally Amazing,” will voted on until Friday, July 11, along with two logo options. Votes will determine how Houston will be branded for future marketing. The branding and website update project has a $63,000 budget, with $55,000 covered by grants. The District paid $38,000 for a contract with Thornley Creative Communications for developing the brand. Consultants Chris and Lawanda Thornley, met with Houston business people, residents and high school students in mid-April to talk about the values and strengths of the community.
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From that they developed the brands presented now. The public can cast votes at the
Two slogans options: “Real Life. Real People,” or “Naturally Amazing.” See page 8 for graphics of the two logo options. District office or on the Chamber of Commerce or District of Houston websites. See page 8 in this paper for graphics of the options.
Houston twins drafted into Western Hockey League By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Houston twin boys were drafted into the Western Hockey League and are one step closer to fulfilling their NHL dream. Josh and Tyler Maser were born and raised in Houston and now, at 15, were
drafted by the WHL Prince Albert Raiders. The twins were in school on draft day, and Tyler says all the boys their age had their phones out, “refreshing every 15 or so seconds” to see who was getting picked. “The teachers were getting so mad at us that day,” Josh said.
Josh was in Science class when his name came up. “I wasn’t on my phone when it happened, and then all my friends said ‘Aw, you got drafted!’ and I was like “Oh, cool!” he said. “I was pretty excited.” Josh was picked in the fourth round, 74th
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overall by the Raiders. A day later the family got a call from the Raiders General Manager saying they wanted to sign Tyler too. “I was pretty happy,” Tyler said. “It’s pretty exciting.” The draft was the climax of a great bantam hockey
season. The twins started their minor hockey in Houston, coached by their Dad Brian Maser. But Houston hockey is tier four, so they decided as a family two years ago that the twins and Mom Val would move to Penticton during
the winters, so the boys could play tier two hockey. “We try to make it happen for the kids,” Val said. “If these guys want to play hockey, then we’re going to do whatever it takes to help them get there.” Val said the boys made the Penticton Junior Vees bantam
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team very easily, and had an incredible season this year. “It was a lot faster and people took it a lot more competitively,” Tyler said. Playing for the Vees under Coach Rob McLaughlin, Tyler said his game really improved. See WHL on Page 3
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