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By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com Leigh Killgore still has her doubts about the plan to reconfigure traffic on a busy stretch of 11th Street in the Heights. She’s worried about the possibility for increased congestion, especially amidst accelerated development in the area, and she’s not convinced that a reduction in vehicle lanes along with the addition of

bicycle lanes will make the street safer.

But Killgore, who has been one of the most vocal opponents of the City of Houston’s vision for a road diet on 11th, has decided to stop fighting it. She said she even supports it, albeit begrudgingly.

“My feeling is you’ve got to let it work,” said Killgore, a Timbergrove Manor resident and president of the Super Neighborhood 14 Council. “Let it happen and see

what happens.”

After weighing community feedback for the better part of a year, Houston Public Works and the city’s Planning & Development Department recently decided to move forward with the road diet and pushed the project into the design phase. It is being funded as part of the Houston Bike Plan, which was adopted by the See Road Diet P. 8A

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Photo from Facebook A student at Break Free Houston displays his break-dancing moves. The business, which also teaches disc jockeying and graffitti art, has a Northwest Houston location at 5201 Mitchelldale St.

Area business teaches art of hip-hop culture

By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com College bound. Several high school athletes from the area signed letters of intent.

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The heart of art. Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Casa Ramirez Folkart Gallery.

Promoting a positive hip-hop culture is what Break Free Houston is all about, according to Anthony Silva, who is the executive director at the Northwest location at 5201 Mitchelldale St. near U.S. 290. The arts education center and youth outreach program is part of Break Free Worldwide, which teaches breakdancing, disc jockeying and graffitti art and also has apparel and management divisions.

The Southeast Houston location has been open for nine years with the addition of the Northwest school in March 2019 and a Northeast location, which just opened at the

Photo from Facebook Kids can learn how to become disc jockeys at Break Free Houston, which has a location near U.S. 290.

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er as he’s been at it for almost a quarter century.

“I started from scratch (because) I saw my cousins doing it,” Silva said.

Kids 3 and up – or the

“Boom Baps” as they’re called – can start breakdance lessons with instructions on rhythm and the beginnings of movement. At 7 years of age, there’s a progression to the beginner level and then intermediate.

“It’s more about skill level than age,” Silva said, noting that there’s also a champions level.

Instructors are former students or other dancers who’ve come to Houston because of the opportunities in the arts. Aside from their skill set, new teachers also get training how to work with kids.

Students don’t just come from Houston, either.

“We had someone

Avery Techeira said she wants to apologize to patients of the Signature Smiles dental office in Garden Oaks, where several area residents received oral healthcare before it abruptly closed Jan. 20.

Techeira said she worked as a receptionist there during its final month of operation, after spending about a year at the affiliated location in Humble.

She said that office closed in mid-December, shortly after the owner filed for bankruptcy, and she suspected the Garden Oaks location might suffer a similar fate Patients can file since it complaints against also was dentists and dental owned by offices by visiting the Dr. Terry Texas State Board of Lee. Dental Examiners’ But the website at office contsbde.texas.gov tinued to operate, and Techeira said it continued to take on new patients and continued to take payments for services that had yet to be provided.

“They basically signed a deal with the devil,” she said.

Patients of the now-closed dental office at 3800 N. Shepherd Dr., Suite 3A, many of whom have said they paid in advance for services that weren’t provided and received no advance warning of the closure, are not the only ones who feel slighted by Signature Smiles. Techeira and another employee, Jacqueline Diaz, said they have not been paid for their final few weeks of work and have received no indication that they will be compensated.

Both employees also alleged that Signature Smiles operated illegally and unethically. Information provided

Contributed photo Sinclair Elementary School teacher Mireya Gutierrez, background, poses with her first-grade students.

Longtime educator Nell Baham remembers how hard she worked to put herself through the University of Houston. She got some help from a church scholarship and her brothers but also worked multiple jobs.

“That’s why I’m passionate about helping teachers,” Baham said.

As a 45-year member of the Delta Upsilon chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society Interna-

tional, which promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education, Baham helps to raise money for teacher scholarships and continuing education. To that end, the chapter is hosting a silent auction and bake sale from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at Garden Oaks Montessori Magnet, 901 Sue Barnett Dr. One of the awards that the auction funds is the Young Educator Award, which Baham established in 2013 to honor young educators for outstanding performance in

the classroom.

The winner this year is Mireya Gutierrez, a first-grade teacher at Sinclair Elementary School. It was appropriate as Sinclair is the school where Baham wrapped up her classroom teaching career in 1999 and where principal Lee Mashburn was one of her students.

Gutierrez has been teaching for five years, but this is her first year at Sinclair. She said it meant a lot for her to be a new teacher at the See Educator P. 8A

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couple of lifetimes ago – for no particular reason – I had an idea that my journalism career would, at some point, morph into a political career. While journalists don’t make a lot of money, and probably can’t afford high-dollar campaigns, we do spend a lot of time understanding how things get done in government.

Regardless of your beliefs on the wayward lean of journalists across the nation (yes, most tilt in a very specific direction), that doesn’t mean folks in the media don’t have intimate knowledge of politics and the art of what makes for electable candidates.

My personal thoughts on political office changed the more I observed the work required to be elected and, eventually, re-elected.

And when a wife and then three children entered my once-lonely home, I tossed that ambition like a sheared sock.

That doesn’t mean I’m not enamored by the world of politics and, even more so, the political lifestyle. Why do people run for office? What makes someone like Sylvester Turner attend three, four or five events each day, eating rubber green beans and shaking hands with people who probably didn’t wash theirs?

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What makes Dan Crenshaw, the U.S. Representative for the 2nd District, attend fundraisers and galas and endless luncheons when that time could be spent earning a real living and streaming movies with his wife?

What makes Kathaleen Wall want to pick another Congressional district and spend another few million just for the chance to be a freshman U.S. Representative and travel back and forth to Washington, D.C.?

What makes Wanda Adams want to run for Justice of the Peace?

OK, so that last question seems a bit out of place. Half of you may not even know Wanda Adams, but she’s the reason for today’s topic.

If you’re one of the half who don’t know her, Adams was first elected as a Houston City Council member for three terms (six years) representing District C. (By the

way, that’s when another council member, Jolanda Jones, also won an at-large city council seat – more on that later.)

Back to Adams. As her final term on council neared an expiration date, Adams entered another political race, this time running for State Representative District 131.

She lost that race by 20 points, but it wasn’t the end of her political career.

In 2013, Adams ran for a spot on the Houston Independent School District board and won a 4-year term. In 2017, she won again, and that term will expire in 2021. And since that term is getting close to expiration, Adams is now running for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7, Place 1, against a fellow Democrat, Jeremy Brown, who seems to be widely respected.

Notice a trend?

Back to Jolanda Jones, who nearly followed the exact same path. Election to Houston City Council. Election to HISD’s board.

In this year’s primary on March 3, she’s on the ballot as a candidate for Harris County Tax Assessor.

She, too, is running against a fellow, incumbent Democrat, Ann Harris Bennett, who has hardly been knocked for poor performance.

There’s Kathaleen Wall, who I

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est cities, including Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Ft. Worth and El Paso, have a greater percentage of their population without insurance than the nation as a whole.

Here’s an interesting, if depressing, stat about insurance: The next time you go driving, of every five vehicles you see on the road, one driver doesn’t have car insurance.

Yep, 20 percent of Texas drivers are uninsured, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The other 80 percent carry at least the minimum – minimum? -- amount of coverage. This means there are over 3-million individuals in the state of Texas driving with no insurance. Those are the ones who hit you.

My policy doesn’t cover any collision with “a bird, animal or falling object.” As comedian Jeff Foxworthy observed: “If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas.” Maybe the deer have insurance. As for being hit by a “falling object,” I worry about falling meteorites, along with tsunamis and a Boeing 737 Max. I am not covered for the vehicle’s rust, mold or fungus. I guess I’ll have to get my car washed someday. “We won’t pay for the loss to a vehicle caused by freezing, by ice, by thawing ice or by freezing water.” Now what is the difference in ice and freezing water? The lawyers who drew up this policy must have taken a course in law school: “Silly excuses not to pay:101.” Here’s something you are paying for and probably don’t know: $4 per vehicle to help fund, among other things, “fraud prevention and criminal justice efforts.” The laws requires that the four bucks be sent to the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority. Did you know there is such a state agency?

Did you know you are paying for it?

Going on to page 349, I see I am not covered by any loss caused by chemical, biological or electromagnet problems.

There are a lot of folks along the Houston Ship Channel who could use such coverage.

Add to that, no coverage for any escape of nuclear materials. Remember that Japanese tsunami that released tons of radioactive stuff ? This next section is odd: Fig Leaf has the right not to renew any policy, but an exception is made: “If you are an elected official.”

Shows the power in the Texas Legislature by the insurance lobby. I cannot transfer this policy. “However, if you die,” they will continue my policy.

office for 46 – count them – 46 years). That didn’t end Garcia’s political career.

Two years later, in 2018, he ran for Harris County Commissioner Precinct 2 and won by a razor-thin 2,000 votes.

If you’re keeping track, political candidates all over the city are running for offices that are hardly stepping stones. From Sheriff to Commissioner? Council to Justice of the Peace?

Why do they do it? We probably all have our theories, but I think we know the answer.

As we head into another political season, very few of us want to make the sacrifice to run for office.

Those who choose to run are to be commended, and our way of government depends on them.

But as one person who has been on a ballot a few times told me earlier this week, there’s something euphoric about running political campaigns. There’s power. There’s ego. There’s celebrity.

Just as celebrities can’t live without a rolling camera, most folks who make a career out of politics can’t live without a race to run.

And I’m not so certain that makes for great government.

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Run for cover THE DINNER TABLE – Spread out here is my annual insurance packet, about 2,000 pages, both sides, small type.

Do you ever read your insurance policies? Of course not.

We must suspect that a team of lawyers writes these forms so that no one understands or even reads them. The gang that handles my policies is Fig Leaf Insurance Co. I like their slogan, “On call 24/7.” Unfortunately, they have an unlisted number.

Going through the mountain of material, I find a new page: “Action needed: Wildfire Defense Services.” OK, if I lived in a California forest or virtually anywhere in Australia, I would probably need wildfire insurance, but I live in the middle of a city and the only trees around me have been planted, surrounded by concrete, and are desperately trying to stay alive. Besides, there are relatively few koalas and wallabies around. On the other hand, no one in the history of mankind has said, “I’ll build a house here even through it might burn down.”

Wait. I have a weekend hovel in Varicose Valley surrounded by unindicted but retired CEOs nursing their golden parachutes, and those living under the Federal Witness Protection Program. My place up there is surrounded by trees. Maybe I should look into this -- or hire a bunch of beavers.

The form asks: “Whom should we contact in the event wildfire threatens your property?” Well, duh. The fire department, of course. Then it asks, if that first contact cannot be reached, who else? I answer: “The next closest fire department, then the next closest.”

The insurance company wants a brief (100 characters max) description of the entrance to my property “in the event wildfire smoke reduces visibility.” OK, so here’s the fire truck pulling up with siren and red lights, and can’t find my front door. Do they go to their laptop and see what I wrote down?

“Chief, it says here to look for a front door with a mail slot and a welcome mat, and inside are four smoke detectors.”

Speaking of insurance, do you have health insurance? If you don’t, you are not alone, especially if you are a child.

Texas is the uninsured capital of the United States. More than 4.3 million Texans -- including 623,000 children -- lack health insurance. It’s getting worse: Between 2016 and 2018, Texas tied for the second-highest jump in the rate of uninsured children among all 50 states, according to a study by Georgetown University. Those uninsured of all ages usually have worse health problems than those who are covered.

That seems pretty obvious. In Texas, just 35 of the state’s 254 counties account for 70 percent of the uninsured. (Some 20 percent of uninsured adults in Texas are undocumented immigrants.) Texas’ 28 larg-

mentioned earlier. When U.S. Rep. Ted Poe announced his retirement, she entered the race with an endless pocket of cash and the endorsement of Gov. Greg Abbott.

Wall spent $6 million for a coveted spot in Washington, D.C., flooded our TVs with relentless advertising, and she didn’t even make the runoff. That’s the race Crenshaw won.

Now, Wall has changed U.S. Congressional districts and is running to replace the retiring Pete Olson.

But the person who takes the cake in the relentless pursuit of elected office is former Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia, who was first elected to Houston City Council in 2004. Now, hold your breath.

Garcia ran for, and won, Harris County Sheriff in 2008 and 2012, except he didn’t finish his second term because he wanted to run for Houston Mayor in 2015. He finished 20,000 votes out of a run-off and needed another place to go.

The race he chose to enter next, in 2016, has been widely documented. One of his life-long friends and political supporters, Gene Green, was the U.S. Representative for District 29, and Garcia decided to run against that friend.

Green ultimately prevailed (and ironically announced his retirement a year later after serving in elected

Kudos to Constable Koonce

That gives “cover” a whole different meaning. “We reserve the right to repair or replace property ourselves, instead of paying with money.” So my Matisse is substituted for a Starving Artist portrait of himself or a paint-by-the-numbers landscape. I get no money if my vehicle is wrecked in a race, but there is nothing about a get-away car. This is odd. I am paying $725 for umbrella coverage. My umbrella is not worth that much.

As you can see, insurance policies are complicated, deliberately wordy and companies know you will never read the fine print, or even the big print.

So just make sure you never have a wreck, your house is fireproof and watch out for falling meteorites.

Ashby is uncovered at ashby2@comcast.net

Dear Editors: I must write of my thanks to and deep appreciation for Garden Oaks Constable Koonce.

After three building site burglaries in a three week time frame of construction materials, I contacted the Constables office to inform them of the burglaries.

Constable Koonce arrived within minutes.

It was immediately clear he was professional, caring and interested. He obtained all salient information, called the builder directly for more information and then made a commitment to be more vigilant in the area. Constable Koonce asked that for any future events the Constable office be called directly.

I then placed notices in neighbors mail boxes of the incidents including the Constable phone number.

Within four days an alert neighbor (thank you neighbor) notified Constable Koonce of suspicious activity, he arrived promptly and discovered two suspects casing the property.

He detained the suspects and called HPD for assistance. Their investigation revealed that the suspects vehicle matched an identical description for a separate attempt in the Heights.

Constable Koonce called me to come to the site, informed me of actions being taken and then showed me an email he had sent out five days prior to all deputies LEO’s in the area. His comments and demeanor were one of pride, of “not in this neighborhood, not on my watch.”

The Constable fulfilled a citizens expectation of an LEO. Dedication, interest and action.

Email us your letters: news@theleadernews.com As a Garden Oaks resident I am thankful for Constable Koonce. I encourage all Garden Oaks residents to participate and contribute (generously) to the Constable patrol program.

As a reminder the Constable dispatch phone number is: 713-755-7628. Our experience shows its worth having this number on your refrigerator.

HPD Chief of Police Acevedo may be struggling with his department. Here in Garden Oaks we have a jewel of a law enforcement officer.

Thank you, Constable Koonce.

Cordially, Dirk Rodriguez

Enough is enough: Police chief vows to curb burglaries at area businesses

Dear Editor: Thank you for this article. We live at Cortlandt and 8th and have heard from some of our favorite restaurants and businesses that they have a need to be more vigilant and it has increased significantly in recent years. My comment based on what we see on the streets and our video cam, has anyone thought that this problem may have been exacerbated by sanctuary city status?

How tough are we on burglary and crime in general? How are we addressing the homeless situation?

The Leader can do wonderful articles that reviews both sides to a point of view. I am hopeful someone will take on the Sanctuary City status and our approach to crime in general.

Janet Smith

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THINGS TO DO. The Arts

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Andy Shauf is performing at White Oak Music Hall.

Yola Friday, Feb. 7 7 p.m.

The Heights Theater – 339 W. 19th St. Yola is performing at The Eleanora’s Market Heights Theater.

Saturday, Feb. 8 Colter Wall 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 7 Cavatore – 2120 Ella Blvd.

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There will be local growers, White Oak Music Hall – 2915 makers, designers, artisans and N. Main food producers.

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Garden Oaks Baptist Church The Scripture Sharing N. Main willMen’s be celebrating Thanksgiving Group every Thursday at Theo Katzman is performing at withmeets a Thanks & Giving Banquet the on Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA. Sunday evening.

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Alan (Rose), Timothy, Melis- 31. She is survived by her hussa; and 9 great-grandchildren, band Steve E. Heiney and her “They’re not valued enough reviewed, radio-collar studies Logan, Cash, Sunday, son Andrew Heiney; her toJessie, monitor,�

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Art Valet: ‘Amor Eterno’ gets to heart of Mexican art Mitch Cohen Art Columnist

Chocolate, champagne, flowers and eternal love evoke thoughts of Valentine’s Day. They also are the theme behind Amor Eterno: The Heart Show, featuring folk artist Fernando Lorenzo and his family, La Familia Lorenzo.

Amor Eterno: The Heart Show is part of the annual theme for Valentine’s Day hosted by one of the Heights’ longtime favorites, Casa Ramirez Folkart Gallery at 241 W. 19th St. The retailer will feature original artwork appropriate for the month by the Lorenzos.

Fernando is a third-generation artist in the style of his grandfather, Lucas Lorenzo, who sold paintings in a Mexico City bazaar. “My grandfather is the first member in my family who ever started painting 50 years ago,� Fernando Lorenzo said in an artist statement. “His paintings have always been an

interpretation of the dances, outfits, traditions, celebrations of festivals ‌ things we have seen or grown up with in Xalitla, our pueblo in the State of Guerrero in Mexico. He is a self-taught artist and paints on wood.�

The elder Lorenzo switched from painting on traditional amate paper, a type of bark paper, to masonite, a more durable material, early in his career. The family continues this tradition. “My father, Aureliano Lorenzo, his brothers Nicolas and Jesus and his sister Lizbeth Lorenzo form the second generation,� Fernando said. “They have all grown up, sharing and learning from my grandfather’s talent. They have developed their own style and ideas, adding new designs and being creative in their own styles.�

Fernando and his brother, Antonio, are the first of the third generation of family artists and proudly carry on the tradition. “Together, my dad, my brother, my mother and I are a really cool team,� Fernando said. “Our work today is in Chuy’s Restaurants in Austin, in various shops and galleries

lery is located in the heart of the historic Heights shopping district. It’s an unusual shop, which is more like a Mexican market than an art gallery, though it features many wellknown local and statewide artists year-round. Casa Ramirez also offers classes on Dia de Los Muertos traditions and altar building. Visitors can learn Spanish and take part in book readings and storytelling as well. Find out more at www. casaramirez.com.

Cohen is an artist and founder of First Saturday Arts Market and the Market at Sawyer Yards.

Find him at ArtValet.com.

2020 La Familia Lorenzo.

and we recently had an exhibit at the Mexican Consulate in Houston.�

Like their host, Casa Ramirez Folkart Gallery, the family seeks to educate the world through their paintings for a broader understanding of Mexican family traditions and their importance to Mexico.

A chocolate and cham-

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Chocolate is indigenous to Mexico and is valued in many of its culinary dishes. It’s a natural at this season!

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Go to The Halal Guys for something unique Zarah Parker Managing Editor

“We are different,� is the motto of The Halal Guys, the fast-casual restaurant that acts as a melting pot of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors.

While I’ve had Mediterranean food plenty of times in the past, with gyros being a main order of mine, the platter of beef gyro, rice and toppings was served in a way that I hadn’t had before. But what makes The Halal Guys different enough for that to be its motto?

I could say that being pioneers of American halal food is enough, but what really tips it over the edge for me is the “White Sauce,� which is unsurprisingly one of the features for which the chain restaurant is famous.

The newest location of The Halal Guys on Ella Boulevard, which was formerly a pawn shop, has sparse seating inside and a back patio that I didn’t notice until I was leaving. The parking spots on the side and in front of the space filled up

Photo by Zarah Parker The gyro platter from The Halal Guys stood out.

quickly during the lunch hour, but there’s a spacious parking lot at the back.

Ordering is a lot like any other build-as-you-go concept, like Subway or Chipotle. I chose the platter over the burrito option, and then continued down the line and said yes to pretty much every addition to the gyro. Lettice, chopped tomatoes and rice were stuffed into the tin platter and the gyro meat was scooped on top. The white

sauce was zig-zagged over the meat (later, I realized that the customer ordering behind me got it right when he asked for extra white sauce by saying, “Give me a lot of that.�).

Chopped onions and green peppers were piled on top along with three triangle slices of pita bread.

The thin pieces of gyro were seasoned perfectly. The tender pieces were easy to spear into with my fork as I grabbed up other offerings with it.

The white sauce that smothered it boosted every bite. While the guys behind The Halal Guys have revealed some of the basic ingredients, like the easy to guess ones (i.e. black pepper), the three main ingredients that make it special is kept under wraps.

My dining companion chose the chicken option, which I was able to taste as well. I enjoyed the juicy pieces of chicken just as much as the gyro.

Sometimes at restaurants, I tend to order the beef or chicken exclusively because sometimes they do one well and the other just mediocre.

I’m glad to find I liked both of the options at The Halal Guys.

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their food to various markets before setting up the Sawyer Yards brick and mortar. The truck will continue operation.

The Dumpling Haus menu features pan-fried dumplings, rice bowls and noodles. The pork dumplings include napa cabbage and shiitake mushrooms. The chicken version is similar, and the vegan option includes a variety of vegetables, woodear mushrooms and vermicelli.

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Timbergrove is now home to the second location of Dak & Bop, a restaurant specializing in Korean fried chicken.

Dak & Bop took over the former La Vista 101 space at 1805 W. 18th St. While the original location, which is located in the Museum District, is a fusion of Asian and Mexican cuisines, the new location offers more of a European spin.

Since the Timbergrove location has leftover fixtures from La Vista 101 and the Pizza Hut that was there beforehand, it will have a Korean-Italian fusion.

Katz’s is koming Katz’s Deli and Bar, a New York-style deli known for its “never kloses� slogan, is expected to open a location in the Heights this fall at 2200 N. Shepherd Dr., according to CultureMap. The owner, Barry Katz, bought the property, which was a former car lot, last year.

A news release stated the Micheal Hsu Office of Architecture, which has an office in the Heights, designed the upcoming restaurant to invoke a New York train station.

Katz’s will be open all day every day and feature the same menu as its other Hous-

Celebrating 50 years Kolache Shoppe has been serving Houstonians for 50 years. To celebrate, the shop is offering a year-long discount at both locations, including at 1031 Heights Blvd.

On the first Wednesday of every month, $1.65 varieties of kolaches will be priced at $0.50. A cream cheese and fruit kolache also will be available on the first Wednesdays.

Learn about coffee Under the leadership of Jacob Ibarra, Euseng Teo and Donovan McLagan, coffee education is coming to the Heights.

Tenfold Coffee, a local roaster, will serve both coffee makers and coffee drinkers.

When other shops buy their coffee beans from Tenfold, they’ll have the opportunity to bring in their staff and be trained on the basics.

The cafĂŠ also will offer a full range of espresso beverages with alternative milk options.

Tenfold is located at 101 Aurora St. and expected to open late this month.

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Break, from P. 1A come from China and spent a month because of the vibe and energy,” Silva said.

Break Free also offers classes in disc jockeying, which cover everything from vinyl to Serato-based laptop mixing and scratching. Classes are structured the same way as with dance, along a line of progression and ability.

As professional DJs work late hours, Break Free works around their schedule for teaching times.

“They teach them the history of music as well as the (technical aspects),” Silva said.

Then there’s the graffiti art program, which uses aerosol spray paint to create murals, commissioned work and canvas pieces. As the Break Free website notes, “It is not to be confused with vandalism.”

The youngest students start with pencils and crayons to learn a foundation before moving forward.

For all students, there are four opportunities a year, coinciding with the seasons, to show off their newly learned skills. For dance, Silva said there are opportunities to

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Photo from Facebook A Break Free Houston student break-dances in front of other students.

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Educator, from P. 1A school and be recognized.

“I have a lot of admiration for teachers, (and) it means a lot that they’re noticing me,” Gutierrez said.

Originally intending to be a child psychologist, Gutierrez ultimately decided it wasn’t her calling but knew she wanted to work with children. She likes teaching first grade because she can set a successful foundation for her students.

“The kids in my class really seem to care about their education,” Gutierrez said.

“Anything they do, they have passion.”

Lisa Gonzales, a teacher specialist at Sinclair and a Delta Upsilon member, nominated Gutierrez for the award. “(Gutierrez) is an energetic, positive individual who works diligently to bring inspiring lessons to her students,” Gonzales said. “She teaches with enthusiasm making learning fun for students. It is clearly evident by what she does on a daily basis that she truly cares for her students’ learning and emotional development.”

Mashburn said the smile Gutierrez has at the beginning of the day is the same

Contributed photo From left to right are Sinclair Elementary principal Lee Mashburn, teacher Mireya Gutierrez, former teacher Nell Baham and teacher Lisa Gonzales.

one she displays at the end.

“It sounds like a simple thing, but it’s not,” he said.

With the $100 award she received from Delta Upsilon’s Becky Duffey, Gutierrez put her students first, investing in classroom supplies.

The public is welcome at Saturday’s fundraiser. Members put together baskets for the auction, and Baham said

everyone who comes will get a free car wash voucher and a dozen donuts. The money raised will go to scholarships or continuing education for emerging teachers, those in high school and college, and those already in the classroom.

“We hear all kinds of good stories that make us want to help,” Baham said.

ance Surgical Center closed in December, Diaz and Techeira said its address continued to be used to bill for services that were provided at the dental office.

Diaz, who said she worked as an insurance and treatment coordinator, said the address on the billing documents should have been changed to the location where the service was provided.

Techeira said she discovered that several patients at the Garden Oaks office had received treatments and paid for them without having service contracts on file. She also said there were cases in which patients made payments but their accounts were not updated to reflect that, which resulted in some overpaying for services.

Marlene Alvarez, a member of a recently formed Facebook group called “Screwed by Signature Smiles,” said she was a patient of Dr. Josh Lee at the Humble location. She said he transferred to The Woodlands office after the Humble location closed, and she subsequently saw him there.

But Alvarez said she was told by The Woodlands office that the payments she made in Humble could not be applied, so she would have to pay again. She also said she was told to contact the Garden Oaks office, where she had not received treatment, to obtain her records from the Humble office.

An employee who answered the phone at The Woodlands office last week said it was not affiliated with the other Signature Smiles locations in the Houston area, but Diaz and Techeira disputed that. They both said employees at all three offices had remote access to the others’ medical and financial records.

“They have the capability, 100 percent,” Diaz said. “At

this point, I would say it’s almost like a refusal for them to want to assess or help out the other patients that were abandoned.”

Bush said patients or employees who believe they are owed money by a dental office should hire an attorney and pursue legal action to recoup those funds. He said patients who believe their rights have been violated by a dentist or dental office can file a complaint at tsbde. texas.gov, and his agency will investigate and possibly refer the case to the Texas Attorney General.

According to the TSBDE, state law requires dental practices to notify patients when they are in the process of closing. Dentists must provide patients at least 30 days written notice of their intent to discontinue treatment. Once dentists have begun treatment, they are not allowed to abandon patients without reasonable cause and giving patients the opportunity to obtain the services of another dentist.

Patients also are entitled to copies of their dental records, which dentists must keep for a period of not less than five years from the last date of treatment. If a dentist leaves a location or practice, he or she is required to maintain all dental records, make a written transfer of records to a succeeding dentist or make a written agreement for the maintenance of records.

Techeira said she regrets that the Signature Smiles office in Garden Oaks, which she said saw between 5060 patients per day, did not provide advance notice of its closure and offer refunds to patients who paid for treatments that would not be completed.

“We just shut down on them,” she said. “We just left them clueless.”

Signature, from P. 1A by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE) suggests the office might be in violation of state laws based on the manner in which it closed and its subsequent handling of patients’ medical records.

TSBDE executive director Boyd Bush called the abrupt closure “pretty tragic” and “pretty rare” and described the circumstances surrounding it as a red flag. Harris County court records show that Lee and the Signature Smiles Garden Oaks office were sued for more than $95,000 in November for allegedly defaulting on payments for medical equipment, but Bush said most dental offices can make that amount of money fairly quickly.

“The fact that they walked away makes you wonder what’s really going on here,” he said. “There has to be more underlying reasons than just one little thing. If this happens, there’s something serious going on.”

Court records show that Lee is the registered agent for both the Garden Oaks and Humble locations. He and the Humble office were sued early last year by Dr. Kathy Nguyen, who worked for the business and alleged that it fraudulently used her professional identification numbers to bill and receive payments from Medicaid, Medicare and other payers for services and treatments that she did not provide.

Nguyen also alleged that Signature Smiles wrongfully profited off her identity.

Funny business?

Diaz and Techeira, who said they worked at Signature Smiles’ offices in Garden Oaks, Humble and The Woodlands during their employment, both described a similar practice at the Garden Oaks location. After the affiliated and adjacent Alli-

city council in 2017 and allocates $1.1 million per year to projects aimed at making Houston safer and more accessible for cyclists.

The city will restripe 11th Street, roughly between North Shepherd Drive and Michaux Street, to change it from a four-lane configuration, with two lanes of traffic going in each direction, into one lane going each way with a center left-turn lane and protected bike lanes on the outside of the road. A median refuge island will be installed at the crossing of the Heights Hike and Bike Trail at 11th and Nicholson Street – identified as one of the most dangerous spots in the city for cyclists – and possibly at other major intersections along 11th.

“We are looking forward to this project. We think it’s really great,” said Clark Martinson, executive director of the nonprofit BikeHouston.

“We think it’s really just safer for people in cars and encourages walking and makes it more convenient to make me ride my bike to the front door to all those businesses (on 11th).”

Jennifer Ostlind, assistant director of the planning and development department, said she expects the design phase to last up to three months. She said the road could be reconfigured by the summer or fall.

Ostlind said the city, which held community engagement meetings about the project in March and May of last year, will continue communicating with residents throughout the design phase and still welcomes input. She said city officials also will monitor the impact of the road diet, with the possibility of returning the road to its current configuration if the changes don’t pan out as expected.

“There are no guarantees,” she said, “but a very high probability that it can make a difference.”

Lauren Grove, a transportation planner for the city, said she’s “confident” that the road diet will have the desired effect in terms of calming traffic and reducing collisions. On that stretch of 11th Street, 516 crashes were reported to the Houston Police Department between 2010-19.

Ostlind said traffic studies show that four-lane, undivided configurations – the way the road is now – are the most dangerous. The purpose of adding a center turn lane, and reducing the number of lanes going in each direction, is to limit speeding, sudden lane changes and other forms of aggressive driving.

Some community members have questioned the idea, saying a reduction in

lanes will lead to increased congestion.

“I totally understand that people think it’s just going to make things worse,” Grove said. “It’s one of those things that I didn’t believe until I saw it happen in other cities. And it just works.”

After Killgore questioned the city’s traffic modeling, suggesting it did not adequately factor in growth in the area in the coming years, Ostlind said the city considered the data Killgore presented and recomputed its model. The result was essentially the same, Ostlind said.

The city still proceeded slowly and cautiously with respect to the project. Ostlind said city officials waited until the installation of new District C city council member Abbie Kamin, who was elected in December, so they could consult with her and make sure she was on board with the plan.

Now it’s moving forward.

“We understand there’s still some folks who have some concerns about it,” Ostlind said. “We are committed to, No. 1, communicating with the community as we go through the design process. … There’s some things that still need to be clarified. And we’re committed to monitoring how it works once it’s done and implemented.”

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