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Chapman reveals invisible threads This spring, Chapman offered the morning session while Michael Dressman of University of Houston-Downtown lectured on “Major Events in the History of the English Language” in the afternoons. The program is one part of a larger umbrella of senior
By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com Betty Chapman may not have been born in Houston, but she knows more about the state’s history than most. After graduating from Millsaps College in Mississippi, Chapman moved to Spring Branch to be a teacher. A 1975 docent training at the Heritage Society was enough to get her hooked. “I started digging and researching,” she said. For years Chapman was a history lecturer at Rice University’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies. She’s written 600 Houston Heritage columns for the Houston Business Journal. She chaired a history task force with former Mayor Bill White that became the Houston History Alliance. And she’s the author of six books, including “Rough Road to Justice: The Journey of Women Lawyers in Texas” and “Houston Women: Invisible Threads in the Tapestry.” Chapman has a deep appreciation for the contributions that both men and women made in shaping Houston. But while the contributions of men are well known, it’s less so for the women. That’s part of the reason Chapman came to teach in the Lifelong Learning Program, which is part of the Third Age Learning Center (TALC) on the campus of All Saints Church, 215 E. 10th St. She wrapped up a six-week course
“Women started every arts group in Houston.” Betty Chapman
Photo by Betsy Denson Betty Chapman taught a six-week Houston women’s history course as part of the Lifelong Learning Program and Third Age Learning Center at All Saints Church in the Heights.
this week on Houston women and their impact on the city. “(They) worked in areas where things were not publicized as much, so not as much was written about them,” Chapman said. “Women started every arts group in Houston.” The Lifelong Learning
Program is coordinated by Carolyn Kares, a member of the Houston Junior Forum, a nonprofit women’s organization committed to providing charitable service for children, youth, women and senior adults in the Greater Houston Area. Speakers are invited to pres-
ent a five- or six-week course in the spring or fall semester.
HISD ordered to suspend superintendent search By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com The Houston Independent School District has been ordered to halt its search for a permanent superintendent amidst an ongoing special accreditation investigation by the Texas Education Agency. The TEA confirmed that state conservator Doris Delaney sent a letter to HISD trustees Monday to stop the search to potentially replace interim superintendent Grenita Lathan. Delaney was appointed as a conservator for struggling HISD schools in 2016. “She has issued to the Houston ISD Board of Trustees and administration a directive to temporarily suspend the district’s superintendent search,” TEA spokesperson DeEtta Culbertson said. HISD has been without a permanent leader since last March, when Richard Carranza left barely a year into his tenure to become head of New York City’s public school system. Lathan has served in the role since Carranza’s departure.
business in the 19th century and helped settle the city of Pasadena. While it wouldn’t be quite true to say Chapman is experiencing a resurgence, because she remains busy with speaking engagements, some of her work is. Chapman is going to
The board for the country’s seventh-largest public school district also faces the possibility of a takeover by the TEA if any of four consistently underperforming schools – Kashmere and Wheatley high schools, Henry Middle School and Highland Heights Elementary – do not meet state academic standards in 2019. “I am directing the HISD Board of Trustees to take no further action regarding the selection of a new superintendent until the board receives written authorization from the conservator to resume the search activities,” Delaney wrote in the directive. The TEA opened its investigation into the HISD board in January. According to the Houston Chronicle, the investigation stemmed from allegations that five trustees violated the Texas Open Meetings Act by illegally agreeing to a vote to oust Lathan in October 2018. According to the Chronicle, all five trustees — Diana Davila, Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca, Sergio Lira, Elizabeth Santos and Anne Sung — have either denied the allegations or declined to
programs offered through the TALC, which holds a variety of classes, parties, seminars, day trips and more. The minimum age to participate is 50. While Chapman jokes that her long-suffering family always had to listen to her babble on about history, the audience at All Saints was rapt. There were women they had heard about, such as Ima Hogg, but there were also women less familiar, like Pamelia Dickinson Mann, who confronted General Sam Houston when he appropriated her oxen to pull military equipment, taking them right back, and Corra Bacon Foster, who had her own real estate
the South Texas College of Law soon to meet with students to discuss the “Rough Road to Justice: The Journey of Women Lawyers in Texas.” “Young women lawyers have rediscovered the book,” Chapman said. Chapman said she loves teaching because she is learning, too. “When I was younger, I would pick up things from the students’ childhoods,” she said. “I was always learning from them and I hope I’m expanding their knowledge, too.” At 82 years old, Chapman is embarking on what will likely See Chapman P. 3B
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St. Rose principal pens first children’s book By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com If you think teaching 4-yearolds would be a gold mine for children’s book ideas, you’d be right. St. Rose of Lima Catholic School Principal Bernadette Drabek used to be a prekindergarten teacher who once asked a student, “If the moon was made of spaghetti and meatballs, would you eat it?” A serious question for a spaghetti-loving youngster got a theme going and eventually resulted in a book she wrote called “If the Moon.” “I asked the kids to review it,” Drabek said. “They added donuts and cheeseburgers.” To kick off the book’s publicity, Drabek gave an afterschool signing last week where children could make their own moons filled with whatever they wanted, eat moon cookies, vote on their favorite food moon from the book and get their books signed. Drabek donated the $3-persignature charge – and 15 percent of the sale of each book – to the school’s Faith in Action campaign, which is a $9 million capital campaign to expand the facilities of the campus with the construction of a two-story, 36,000 square foot education building. From the initial book signing, which was enthusiastically attended, Drabek will be donating close to $1,000 back to St. Rose of Lima Catholic School campaign. The event was a sneak peek as June 4 is the official release date for “If the Moon,” which was published by Mascot
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Houston Dance Works wins big at Showstopper contest From Staff Reports
Contributed photo Students show off the hand-sewing skills they learned this year through the Stevens Elementary Sewing Club by creating functioning clocks complete with buttons and an embroidery hoop.
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Earlier this month, area studio Houston Dance Works competed against dozens of dance studios from around the area and state for prestigious top honors at Showstopper, the largest dance competition in the country. In individual awards, Carter Neil-Dobbs received fourth place in Teen Performance Solo, Morgan Cassimere received 10th place in Junior Performance Solo, Adeline Garcia received sixth place in Junior Per-
formance Solo and Aubrey Carter received sixth place in Teen Performance Solo. Houston Dance Works’ “Glamorous Life” number received seventh place overall in Mini Performance Small, “Stand By Me” received second place in Junior Performance Large, “Tainted Love” received third place in Teen Performance Small, and “Hold Your Hand” received second place in Junior Performance Small. Meanwhile, “Respect” received first place in Mini Performance Small, “Trolls”
topped the Junior Performance Super group, “I Love Me” received seventh place in Junior Performance Duet/ Trio, and “Rivals” received third place in Teen Performance Duet/Trio. Overall, Houston Dance Works received seven platinum awards and eight gold awards. The accomplishment qualifies the group to go to the Showstopper National Finals this summer at one of six locations around the country, including Galveston.
By Elizabeth Villarreal elizasgarden@outlook.com Our neighbor in Garden Oaks, Susan Kostelecky, has once again brought her talent and inspiration to students at Stevens Elementary School by sponsoring this year’s Stevens Elementary Sewing Club. The club’s students have made great strides and worked on many projects since the afterschool class began in October. This year’s students are Juliana Esperiqueta, Christopher Figueroa, Savannah Pitarra, Makayla Perez, Melanie Campos and Elizabeth Long. The eager students first learned handsewing skills by making a functioning clock with buttons and an embroidery hoop and then moved on to using sewing machines. Class projects have included a drawstring tote bag to hold sewing supplies, a pillowcase with three fabrics, gingerbread man ornaments, a Christmas tree-shaped candy holder, Valentine’s Day fabric envelope, a donut pillow with pom pom “sprinkles,” a reading pillow, pediatric surgical caps for Harris Health System and zippered pencil bags with tassel pulls. More projects are coming as well as a field trip to JOANN Fabrics and Crafts to select their fabrics and accents for a Mother’s Day project. Kostelecky owns SK Designs Custom Drapery and has been asked to be the keynote speaker at the Custom Workroom Conference 2019 event, which is an exciting industry event for drapery designers and fabricators and slipcover and upholstery professionals. Kostelecky much prefers to focus on the amazing students in the Stevens Elementary Sewing Club rather than herself, but I hope you’ll give her a shout of congratulations the next time you see her. Stay tuned for more news of the Stevens Elementary Sewing Club as well as Wainwright Elementary’s sewing club. Heights High School is proud to share news of Bulldog success at the Texas State German Competition in San Marcos. Fifty-eight schools from across Texas competed and the Heights Bulldogs came in sixth place among large schools and ninth place overall. Student Dagny Carlsson was particularly impressive, taking first place in both poetry and prose reading, second place in duet acting (with
Contributed photo Stevens Elementary students proudly display their finished sewn quilt products after learning the craft throughout the year.
Ruby Guerra), second place in extemporaneous speaking, third in sight reading, third in vocabulary, 10th in grammar, sixth in listening comprehension and fourth in video show. As a result of those achievements and the cumulative points she has earned over the last two years of competition, Dagny was awarded the Mary El-Beheri State German Contest Memorial Scholarship. She was effectively crowned the best German student in the state from among the 1,000 students competing. The team would like to thank their teachers and parents for making the trip possible and would like to especially thank German teacher Mark Johnson and social studies teachers Rebecca Ozuna and Brian McCafferty for selflessly giving up their weekend to chaperone the students on the trip. Ozuna and McCafferty put the “social” in social studies! Other Bulldogs competing were Jourdain Babaisa, Chanelle Barbosa, Ian Blakely, Elena Carlsson, Sam Clakley, Keyla Flores, Meliza Garcia, Biance Gonzales, Ruby Guerra, Graham Hall, Hasten Kamphuis, Cody Lewis, Efrain Lopez, Viviana Mann, Miguel Mondragon, Monzey Montemayor, Nathalie Mujica, Marlyne Prado, Jessica Ramirez, Charlie Regalizo, Alyssa Rodriguez, Carla Rodriguez, Sean Suggs, Leslie Torres, Lourdes Torres, Alexis Valdez, Orion Van Wagner and Yanessa Vitela. Great news for the Frank Black Middle School Panthers baseball team. They are undefeated this season! Coaches Greg Jimenez, Chris Men-
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Photo courtesy of Houston Dance Works (Facebook) Performers for Houston Dance Works perform at a previous show. The studio and several individuals took home numerous awards at a showcase earlier this month, qualifying them for the Showstopper National Finals this summer.
Chapman from P. 1B be her last book. It’s a biography on Annette Finnigan, who went to Wellesley College in 1894 when only 2 percent of women got a higher education. “I need to know this woman – she was so unusual,” Chapman said. Chapman said Finnigan was a suffragist and businesswoman, managing her father’s cow hide business after he died. Despite a stroke at 45, Finnigan also embarked on a buying spree in Europe during the Great Depression to acquire 600 items for the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. The work is hard because Finnigan didn’t leave papers or letters, but Chapman is unde-
terred. “I love the research — I could research forever,” she said. The next six-week Lifelong Learning session at All Saints Church features “The Greek World and its Tragedies” by Edmund Cueva, from the University of Houston-Downtown and “Vincent Van Gogh-His Life and Art,” by Museum of Fine Arts docent Pam Gates. A full day for the six weeks is $30, while it’s $15 for a half day. A hot lunch is available from TALC for $2. For more information about the TALC, visit http://talcasc.org/.
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Ruth M. Kurtz
uth M. Kurtz, 96, passed into the Lord’s hands on March 20, 2019. She was born in Kendallville, Indiana on July 25, 1922. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur & Blanche Carothers and her husband, Howard Kurtz. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Becky Kenney, and her sister, Thelma Carothers. Services for Ruth: Visitation: Tuesday, March 26, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Pat H. Foley Funeral Home, 1200 W. 34th. St., Houston, Texas 77018 Funeral: Wednesday, March 27, 11:00 a.m., Fairhaven United Methodist Church, 1330 Gessner Rd., Houston, Texas 77055. Reception following the service in the Trinity Center next door. In 1941, Ruth graduated from Kendallville High School in Indiana. On October 4, 1944, she married the love of her life, Howard Kurtz. They married when Howard was on leave for 3 days during WWII. Ruth had the wedding invitations printed without the date until she knew when Howard would be on leave, and then wrote in that information. WWII brought many challenges to everyone. Ruth’s wedding shoes were purchased using shoes stamps given to her by a family member. They were married for 50 loving years. Ruth served in many capacities in the churches in which she was a member. She participated in and held several leadership roles for the United Methodist Women. Ruth also was an active member of the prayer group which provides people with support and prayers when needed. One of Ruth’s favorite roles was the Director of Childrens’ Programs for Parkcrest Methodist Church in South Houston. Ruth is known for her smile that warmed everyone in the spirit of friendship. She was the staunch supporter of her family. Sewing, reading and traveling were her joys. She particularly enjoyed the poetry of Helen Steiner Rice. Ruth was a master seamstress. For Becky’s wedding, she made her mother-of-the-bride dress, dresses for both grandmothers, Becky’s “going away” suit, and a beautiful, intricate doll dress for the doll Becky made for the flower girl. The family wishes to thank the staff at Brookdale Spring Shadows for their loving and excellent care of Ruth. In memory of Ruth, donations may be made to Prevent Blindness America (www.preventblindness.org), Fairhaven United Methodist Church (1330 Gessner Rd., Houston, Texas 77055), or a charity of your choice.
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