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More than $1 million per year in public funds has been allocated for the Houston Bike Plan, which the city council adopted in 2017 to promote accessibility and safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians. Near the top of the plan’s priority list is the intersection of 11th Street and Nicholson Street, where the Heights Hike & Bike Trail crosses one of the neighborhood’s busiest thoroughfares. City officials also identified safety concerns on 11th Street to the east and west of Nicholson, and they’ve put together a plan to address them. If the Heights community shows sufficient support for the proposal, which includes a reduction of vehicle lanes, the addition of bike lanes and the installment of a median refuge island at the trail crossing, it could become one of the first put into action under the citywide cycling initiative. “I think we’re really close. I don’t think we’re quite at that point yet,” said Ian Hlavacek, a Houston Public Works engineer who specializes in transportation and drainage operations. “Everyone’s a little bit nervous to pull the trigger. Have we done enough that we need to do? Have we talked to the right people? We
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From Staff Reports The will of nearly 300,000 Houston voters was nullified Wednesday by a state district court judge, who ruled that Proposition B is unconstitutional under Texas law. Judge Tanya Garrison of the 157th Civil District Court said in a written final judgment that Prop B, the voter-approved referendum granting the city’s firefighters equal pay to police officers of corresponding rank and seniority, is “preempted in its entirety by Chapter 174 of the Texas Local Government Code.” That was an argument made by the City of Houston and Houston Police Officer’s Union, the latter of which filed a lawsuit in November after Prop B was passed. Mayor Sylvester Turner, in a statement released Wednesday, said the city would rescind the 60-day layoff notices it had issued to 220 firefighters, 67 fire cadets and 47 other municipal employees. The city had planned the layoffs as a means of covering the cost of 29 percent firefighters raises associated with the implementation of Prop B and on May 10 said it mailed checks to firefighters totaling about $31 million, which represented pay raises effective Jan. 1. But Wednesday’s ruling voided those raises. “This is a tremendous positive ruling for the city as a whole, for keeping the city on solid financial footing and moving the city forward and quite frankly, it is my hope, pulling the city back together,” Turner said. “(Firefighters) are deserving of a pay raise that the city can afford. I do look forward to sitting down and talking with them.”
Residents of Oak Forest Section 17 have complained about an increase in cut-through traffic from the U.S. 290 frontage road since the Texas Department of Transportation moved entrance and exit ramps near the neighborhood in 2017.
Cut-through traffic from 290 troubles Oak Forest residents By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com Chastity Cox does not let her two daughters, ages 6 and 8, play in the front yard of their home on Berendo Street. She’s seen too many vehicles barreling up and down the short connector between the U.S. 290 frontage
road and 43rd Street, especially during the last two years. “It’s gotten worse, for sure,” Cox said. “Rush hour, you will see, like, steady, cars after cars after cars after cars just speeding down here.” Cox’s neighbors in Oak Forest Section 17 – a small cluster of streets south of 43rd, west of Antoine Drive and northeast of 290 – can relate.
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Increased funding for Texas public schools as well as across-the-board raises for the state’s teachers are close to becoming reality. After months of discussion and lobbying, the sweeping school finance legislation named House Bill 3 is being hashed out by a conference committee made up of House- and Senate-appointed members. The 10-member committee has until May 26 to produce
its final report to the Texas Legislature, at which point it will either be passed or rejected before the session ends the following day. Passed first by the House, the Senate passed its own amended version of the bill in early May. There are still significant differences between the two plans. One is the amount each body has allocated for schools’ basic per-student allotment, which hasn’t been raised for four years. The Senate increased it from $5,140 to $5,880, while
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Suspected bike thief arrested again From Staff Reports Two days after being released from jail, Michael Derouselle was arrested again and charged with felony theft, according to a May 9 Facebook post by the office of Harris County Constable Alan Rosen. The post said deputies recognized Derouselle, 56, because he was seen wearing a green and white “trucker� hat on surveillance video as well as several social media posts. The suspect was captured on video taking two bicycles valued at $1,500 from the backyard of a residence
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state provide for adequate and sufficient education. This is not predicated on any other factors like testing, and is not subject to deal-making.� Skillern-Jones said it’s ironic that three years ago, the Texas Supreme Court declared the state’s current system “essentially lawful but awful.� “It meets the minimum constitution standards while education requirements are far from minimum as they should be,� Skillern-Jones said. “Our students and teachers deserve the fidelity of honest and transparent action to correct a long-broken system.� Golden said if the issue is not resolved this session, she thinks it will be a while before the legislature takes it up again. “In two years the focus will be on redistricting because it’s a census year,� she said. “It honestly won’t get another good look for four years.�
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number of years ago, we took on an interesting project at The Leader, in an attempt to predict the future of areas like the Heights and Oak Forest. In a section we dubbed “The Vision,” we talked to prognosticators and even local historians who had watched the transcendence of the Heights, specifically, and asked what they thought would happen in the next five to 10 years. Through those interviews, we took some liberties. Our talented design team (a guy named Jake) built graphics to show what changes might happen to Shepherd Drive. We made uneducated guesses at the changes on 19th Street, and even attempted to predict what kinds of businesses might dot the streets once all the used car lots realized this area of the city wasn’t the best place to do business any longer. Speaking of those car lots. At some point in 2013, I did an analysis of how many used car lots we had between I-10 and Tidwell along Shepherd, and I think the number came in somewhere around 58. Of course, we’ve had other types of fun looking at the changes in our area. For instance, three years ago, I did an analysis of how many mattress stores we have in a 9-mile radius of The Leader office. Amazingly, we counted 33 of them. And more recently – in the past
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year – I was perplexed at how horrible our teeth must be. There are now 21 dentists within five miles of our office. For the casual reader, this may seem like we’re just playing games in your local newspaper – we also counted 61 Tex-Mex restaurants in our coverage area, which seems low. But this has been more than us having fun counting businesses. There’s been an actual method to the odd research projects. One of the jobs of a local newspaper is to serve as a history book for the area. In 30 years from now, when Shepherd has turned into a paved street of gold, people will look back, and the archives of The Leader will tell them there were once 58 used car lots on that single street. Since our company has owned The Leader, we’ve recorded thousands of changes that have happened in our area. We’ve done it because we believe the people who
live here need to know. We’ve also done it for columns just like this. It’s an interesting exercise to see the transformation of our community. Except for some people, it isn’t. Back in 2012, I rented my first home in the Heights – a bungalow near the intersection of Nicholson and 14th Street. (Speaking of transformation, that bungalow no longer exists and the property is part of a great couple’s backyard.) When I rented that home, I happened to be a single fellow who liked the prospects of living in the Heights. The home was central to my job (which spanned all of the Greater Houston area), and I liked the idea of being near people my age. What I found out about the Heights was actually quite different. When I’d walk along 19th Street, I’d see about 12 re-sale shops and two or three decent restaurants. I went to a grocery store on 20th that didn’t even sell beer. If I wanted to buy new clothing, I had to drive to Kirby or, Heaven forbid, the Galleria – I’ve been to that wretched place twice in the 13 years I’ve lived in Houston. When I moved to the Heights, I had no intention of ever buying the local newspaper. I was like half of the population here: I wanted to live near the middle of town. But when the opportunity came to buy The Leader, and I started looking around
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British blockade runner and was captured by a Union warship, thrown in prison where he contacted tuberculosis, and never recovered. I guess that’s enough to erase his name from a school. Douglas Brinkley, an author and presidential scholar, professor of history at Rice University, says of such history-erasing movements, “They are allowed a 21stcentury moment.” The change of Houston’s school names wasn’t cheap: It was estimated to cost $2 million. Meanwhile, HISD has deep budget problems, and the school board is so dysfunctional that Gov. Greg Abbott said it is a “disaster” and called for the state to kick out the board members and take over the school district. Back at Hi Park things remain different and the same: duty, money, high school football, God and the Republican Party. Their pride and joy are the schools. After her children left, my mother taught the first grade at Armstrong for 25 years, and was pretty tough, reflecting the district’s code. She had three sons, all of whom joined the Marine Corps seeking a softer life. Mom told us about the time a student told her, “Mommy found out about Daddy’s girlfriend and threw an ashtray at him and…” Mom interjected: “Stop!” Then there was the time a mother asked Mom, “Suzy says if she doesn’t get her way, she’ll go up the stairs and jump off the balcony. What should I do?” Mom replied: “Tell her to jump.” Years ago I wrote about Hi Park Hi, noting that in 1960 the top two graduates at West Point and Annapolis were graduates of HPHS. In more recent times the highest paid player in both Major League Baseball and the NFL were former Scots. Speaking of football, one year both Doak Walker and Bobby Lane played in the same backfield. In the last three years, the Scots have won state 5A championships in football. (So did the tennis team. The girls soccer team just won the state championship as well.) On one of those years the quarterback was the grandson of Dallas Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones. I was always suspicious that most of the Scots’ starting lineup also played on Sundays. This love of football goes way back. Before stadium lights, fathers of the players would park their cars around the practice field with the car lights on so their sons could keep practicing after dark. Other coaches objected, but nothing came of it. As for the new naming, they already have schools named
centers along Shepherd because the stores and restaurants moving in couldn’t stay open more than a few months. I called Bill Baldwin earlier this week about the conundrum – few people have done more to preserve the Heights while also helping it grow. I told him I honestly don’t know what to tell readers who are upset that changes keep happening to our community. “The world changes, and people just don’t like change,” he said. That’s a universal truth, but what he said next is exactly what I planned to write. If you don’t like the changes, and the new stores and the hipster clothing, don’t patronize the stores. Spend more time at C&D Hardware than you do at Lowe’s. Visit Harold’s Tap Room instead of national restaurants moving to the area. Use Allegiance Bank and not one of the national brands sprouting up around you. I don’t mind most of the changes happening to our area, but the folks who don’t like it have a fair point. In the end, it’s the mighty dollar that matters most, and if you want to clean up the storefronts with businesses you like, don’t support the ones you don’t want in the neighborhood. Email jonathan@mcelvymedia.com
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Accent on independent My old alma mater, the Highland Park ISD, faces a unique problem: what to name a new elementary school? That action might seem simple enough, but today naming or renaming a school faces demonstrations, angry parents and professional victims. First, a quick background: The HPISD encompasses the town of Highland Park, the adjoining University Park (so named because it is home to SMU), a few blocks outside those boundaries, and is surrounded by Dallas. It is simply one of 1,035 school districts in Texas and follows the same rules and regulations as the others. But in some ways it is independent and different. For example, they are the Scots, so the high school band includes bagpipers. No one moves out of the district, and they marry other Scots. My mother attended Hi Park and now my family is into the fourth or fifth generation of HP students. I spent 12 years in Hi Park schools, mostly in the sixth grade, but finally graduated summa cum barely. Later I left town because of a lynch mob, but that’s another story. The school district’s boundaries can’t grow, so why do they need a fifth elementary school? It seems a lot more parents want their children to be Scots. District enrollment is currently 6,840, but since 1981, the student population has grown by 3,000. This is a 73 percent increase in 25 years, and equates to more than 1,000 new students every 10 years. Enrollment is expected to continue to grow, so the junior high (“middle school” sounds second-rate), and high school are being expanded. This means higher taxes, and already, because of our state’s Robin Hood share-the-wealth program, district residents are sending 66 percent of their school taxes to Austin to be distributed around the state. As a result of the expansions, taxes are projected to increase by approximately $910 per year based on a home with a market value of $1 million. The school board says, “This nomination process is an exciting opportunity for members of our community to have a say in suggesting names that should be considered.” Tell that to the Houston ISD. In this time of political correctness, after raucous meetings, Houston’s school board voted to rename seven schools named for Confederates: Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, John Reagan, Richard Dowling, Sidney Lanier and Jefferson Davis. Reagan led charges and won battles. Uh, no, actually Reagan was postmaster general of the Confederacy. Lanier was a noted poet and composer and, oddly enough, was a school teacher. Fourteen schools, a college, other structures and two lakes are named for him. Lanier’s crime is that, as a young man during the Civil War, he served aboard a
our area, I thought it was important that we do the best job possible of tracing the changes that happened in our community. These days, I’m starting to hear more and more people who aren’t happy with what’s happening in the Heights. One reader, in response to a story we wrote about the Carter & Cooley building, said, “Can’t developers leave ANYTHING original?... 19th Street is going to be all yoga, hipster clothing and chains soon. No charm or interesting local merchants left.” Another reader said, “The downward spiral [of the Heights] really accelerated with the Heights Beverage Coalition turning it into a boozatorium, but it was already on the way down. Crime is all around, traffic, car accidents and self-serving out-of-town developers run wild creating more impervious ground to make sure that there will be more floods.” None of those are invalid points, but it dawned on me this week – as I reviewed some of the comments we’ve received – that the transformation of the Heights isn’t all it was cracked up to be. I look back on the very first week I became publisher of this paper, and all the rage was the Heights Walmart. The anger moved to the new complexes along Yale and I-10. Pretty soon, folks got angry at some of the pop-up retail
for a real estate developer and educators. It can’t be Washington, Madison or Jefferson. They were slave owners. Not Monroe, either. He wrote the Monroe Doctrine. John Bolton, our National Security Adviser, recently said, “The Monroe Document is alive and well. It’s OUR hemisphere.” That might not go down too well with some Latin American countries. Lincoln? He presided over one half of the bloodiest war in our history. Not Nixon. The district is celebrating its 100th anniversary, so maybe Century. Name the school Watson. It’s elementary. I made my own recommendation to a school district that has turned out a governor, an astronaut, a Heisman Trophy winner, plus a recipient of the Nobel Prize, Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer -- and they still wouldn’t name the school after me. Ashby is taught at ashby2@comcast.net
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Dear Editor: Sad, so many firefighters and families being run over by a vindictive Mayor. He already has fouled their pensions and now this. The voters won, Turner lost, and now he is going to take the ball and go home. Jerry Simonton
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Dear Editor: The firefighters union got greedy and tried to steal a massive new amount of money from taxpayers’ families. They acted like they were in a state like Illinois or New Jersey where only taxpayers lose and government employees always win. Marty Lancton should resign in shame and personally apologize to the 67 cadets and 220 firefighters that will be laid-off due to his greed. Bob Dear Editor: So it’s OK that Turner ran on not balancing the city budget on the backs of city employees. Then went to the firefighters to endorse him. While he lied to their face about saving their pension. He then, gets elected and goes right after the firefighters’ pension. The firefighter withheld many of raises to help the city out as long as they didn’t mess with the pension (forgo now and get it in the end, during retirement). So, now the firefighters want that pay back, because the pension is not what it was, before Turner raped it. So you’re saying firefighters are greedy, because they want to make a fair wage and not have to work another
Dear Editor: Santos says she isn’t your typical politician and she doesn’t do double speak, then she turns around and does double speak. So much for the “I’m known for my honesty” part of her statement. She sounds like a typical politician to me in that she can’t remember what she said and then, when confronted, denies saying it. Jeff Pryzbyla
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Dear Editor: Shouldn’t they just arrest everybody who brings a bike to sell to a pawn shop? S. Grover
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Dear Editor: Sometimes dogs eat poo because they are not satiated by their diet – hence the rise in raw feeding which mimics what they’d choose to eat in the wild. I would probably be more attracted to eating poo if I was eating the same bowl of cereal as breakfast and dinner, everyday, which is what it’s sadly like for some doggies! Ellie Bea
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Neighbors: Birthday baseball, giving graduate and karate kids By Elizabeth Villarreal elizasgarden@outlook.com
Happy, happy birthday to Wally Bircher, who blew out 88 candles on his special day, May 6. Bircher enjoyed a trip to Minute Maid Park with his son, Evan Bircher, to watch the Astros win their first game against the Royals in this week’s series. Friends and neighbors wish Bircher health, sunshine and happiness! Waltrip High School senior and softball team captain Leanne Koryn Carrasco has always stood apart from the crowd in the best way, making her way through life with a gorgeous smile and a little extra heart and soul. This spring, Carrasco is making a difference by celebrating her high school graduation in a way that surprised her family and friends. At the beginning of her senior year, Carrasco told her parents she had thought it through and did not want a big graduation party at the end of the school year; instead, she said she wanted to do something different
but wasn’t too sure how her parents would feel about it. Carrasco went on to tell her parents she wanted to feed the homeless and wanted to host a pizza party at the Star of Hope. Mom and dad Kylie and Freddy Carrasco both liked the idea so much they said they would pay for all of the pizza! The family reached out to the Star of Hope Women’s and Family Shelter and will be throwing a grand pizza party on Sunday, June 2. An estimated 300 people will enjoy pizza, fun and fellowship. What a way to celebrate! Leanne and her father decided to take it one step further and are putting 400 personal hygiene bags together. Each bag will contain a toothbrush, toothpaste, bar of soap, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner and wipes. The family is gathering all of the items and still needs 258 deodorant sticks, 350 packages of baby or personal wipes and 360 travel-size bottles of shampoo. Soap and toothbrushes/toothpaste have been donated. Donations will be accepted through May 25. If you are
Wally Bircher poses for a photo with Astros legend Jose Cruz on May 6.
interested in donating personal care items, please email Kylie Carrasco at kyliejocarrasco@yahoo.com for more information. “I just want to be a blessing and show these beautiful women and their children that no matter what, someone does care,” Leanne Carrasco said. She also said she took the following Mother Teresa quote to heart: “Not all of us can do great things,
Bike, from P. 1A want to make sure we’ve got all the right check boxes and we’ve checked them all off.” Hlavacek and Jennifer Ostlind, assistant director for the city’s Planning & Development Department, helped lead an initial community meeting about the proposal March 5 and held another May 8. Fifty or so Heights residents attended each meeting, and the reactions were mixed both times. Ostlind, whose department will ultimately decide whether or not to move forward with the project, said she’s still collecting feedback and gauging the neighborhood’s overall stance. She said she hopes that becomes clear by the summer, and there may or may not be another community meeting in the interim. “It’s a good possibility,” she said of implementing the plan, “but it’s not a done deal.” Ostlind said many citizens have expressed support for the “road diet,” which calls for reconfiguring 11th Street between Shepherd Drive and Michaux Street. Instead of having two lanes of traffic in each direction, much of that stretch would be restriped to have one lane going in each direction with a center leftturn lane and bike lanes on the outside of the road. The idea is to reduce speeding, sudden lane changes, other forms of aggressive driving and collisions on that stretch of 11th, where 516 crashes were reported to the Houston Police Department between 2010 and 2019. Hlavacek said computerized traffic models suggest a lane reconfiguration would have little impact in terms of congestion, with traffic counts on 11th having remained steady during the last decade. “Road diets improve safety for everyone, including kids
Last week, Frank Black Middle School’s Kickstart Kids Karate Team dominated with a major presence at The Kickstart Kids State Competition held in Pflugerville. The FBMS students, along with instructor Matthew Garza, made a strong impression across the state of Texas! The 24 students on Mr. Garza’s team advanced from the regional competition by placing first, second or third and brought home an outstanding 29 state championship awards. FBMS is one of 59 schools in Texas’ Kickstart Kids program. Congratulations to the following students: Aiden McCormick, Akira Bunge, Alyssa Robinson, Collin Honeycutt, Ethan Wilberts, Gage Holland, Kirin Bunge, Krystal Ramos, Liyla Rodriguez, Lucas Fernandez-Watson, Rebekkah Nation, Isabel Frazier, Isabel Issakhan, James Garrett, Katherine Luna, Luke Newman, Miguel Pena, Phoenix Cave, Ryan Phan, Saivon Sapp, Rebekah Robinson, Trey Guevara, Jonathan Rodriguez and Connor O’Guynn.
Traffic, from P. 1A who need to get to school, the mom walking to the coffee shop, the family crossing the street, disabled and/or elderly residents who may not drive and, yes, even drivers,” area resident Monica Teachout Russo wrote about the proposal on Facebook. Not everyone in the neighborhood is convinced that a road diet would be safer or make for more efficient traffic low. Timbergrove Manor resident Bob Choate, who attended both meetings, said in an email that he is against the plan. Choate cited a METRO bus route along 11th as evidence that traffic would back up every time the bus stops, because other vehicles would not have a passing lane. “Terrible idea,” Heights resident Scott Grover wrote on Facebook. “Doubling up traffic into one lane each direction means you’ll never get out of cross streets … if you have to make a left. It takes forever now at rush hour and all weekends.” Ostlind said the city is receptive to community feedback and willing to amend the plan accordingly, and it already has in some cases. The original proposal called for the lane reconfiguration to extend from 11th to Pecore Street until it reached North Main Street. But because property owners along Pecore wanted to keep their on-street parking, Hlavacek said, the proposed bikeway now turns south on Michaux and extends to Stude Park, where it can connect to trails along White Oak Bayou. At the second meeting, city officials also provided more details about how the 11th Street intersections at Shepherd, Yale Street and Heights Boulevard would be configured. And to address concerns about the safety of
bicyclists traveling in close proximity to motorists along 11th, Hlavacek and Ostlind said they would install a series of small, rubber barriers – called armadillos – between the vehicle and bike lanes. Ostlind said some meeting attendees opposed the addition of bike lanes altogether, and removing them from the plan remains a possibility even though that would also take the funding from the Houston Bike Plan out of play. Ostlind described the median refuge island planned for the intersection of 11th and Nicholson, which would provide a traffic buffer and safe haven for trail users crossing 11th, as non-negotiable. “We have a directive from (Mayor Sylvester Turner) to solve the problem at Nicholson,” Ostlind said. “I think a road diet will do that and provide much-needed benefits along 11th. “If we decide we don’t want to do bike lanes for whatever reason, we’re just talking paint. … It’s not an all-or-nothing deal, and we’re exploring.” Jessica Wiggins, advocacy director for the nonprofit BikeHouston, wants bike lanes to remain part of the proposal and also wants to see it move forward sooner rather than later. She lives near 11th Street in the Heights and said fellow residents need to make community safety – and not their drive times – the priority. Wiggins expressed disappointment in the opposition to the plan, but she takes comfort in her belief that the majority of Heights residents support it. “I think we’re in good shape,” Wiggins said. “I think this project is going to move forward, and I think when it’s done people will love it.”
Avenue from P. 1A comes between $35,000$55,000, with some higher and lower incomes. Lawler said typical residents at Avenue’s other developments include teachers, home healthcare workers, senior citizens, food servers, retail workers and city employees. “Houston is going to be struggling to keep a workforce (if there isn’t enough affordable housing),” Lawler said. “We don’t want Houston to become like San Francisco or New York City where regular working people are pushed out. It’s important to Houston’s future and economy (to have an adequate affordable housing).” A resident’s area median income (AMI), which is the midpoint of a region’s income distribution – in which half of families in a region earn more than the median and half earn less than the median – which would determine rental rates for Avenue on 34th. Six units at Avenue on 34th would be reserved for those at 30 percent of the area’s median income with monthly rent running from $337-$452; 12 units are set aside for residents at 50 percent of AMI with units ranging from $619-$841; 23 units are for those earning 60 percent of AMI with rent rates from $843-$1,168; and 15 units are earmarked for those at 80 percent of AMI with rent ranging from $1,125-$1,558. The unrestricted market rate rents would range from the mid-$1,200s to the high-
but we can do small things with great love.” Carrasco’s parents are proud to announce their daughter will be attending Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa, where she plans to study nursing while playing softball for the university. The much-anticipated annual Girl Scout Troop 21 Bake Sale is coming up Sunday, May 19, from noon2 p.m. at 859 Azalea St. in Garden Oaks. Troop 21 is the only troop in the country whose members are all adults with differing learning abilities. Every year Garden Oaks and surrounding neighborhoods help make this annual fundraiser a success by donating baked goods, chairs and tables as well as assisting with setup and breakdown. Funds raised help to purchase craft materials, make special troop outings possible such as going to the theater, and provide meals for the troop’s meetings. A wide variety of scrumptious human and doggy treats will be available and you should definitely check out this bake sale!
$1,700s. Questions and concerns Many of the meeting attendees were interested in how Avenue vets its tenants. Lawler said Avenue checks credit to verify identity and rental history but doesn’t require specific credit scores. “We want to help people build credit,” she said. Every applicant is required to provide income information, and Avenue does criminal background checks. Avenue said residents are required to have income, whether it is from work or social security. If a residents’ income increases over time, they don’t have to leave their apartment, but Lawler said the next open apartment would be reserved for a lower-income resident. There were Avenue residents and neighbors at the meeting, including firefighter Rob Block, who resides in one of the single-family homes at Avenue Place in the Near Northside. He said many of his fellow firefighters have to live in Montgomery County due to housing costs and must commute to Houston, which proved problematic in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. “I could ride my bike to the station,” Block said. Edward Carranco is a Northside neighbor to Avenue Terrace, which is Avenue’s 192-unit multifamily complex along Irvington Avenue, and the adjacent Avenue Place community, which features 95 single-
family homes. “You won’t go wrong putting Avenue in your neighborhood,” he said. Although Avenue declined to name the purchase price for the Doyle’s property, one attendee asked why Avenue zeroed in on such expensive land for its development. “Cheaper dirt makes more units affordable,” one attendee said. Lawler said Avenue is constantly on the lookout for affordable land all around Houston and that a Realtor got in touch with the nonprofit about the Doyle’s site. Avenue felt the location was a good one due to its proximity to jobs, opportunities, healthcare, schools, public transportation, resources and other amenities. “We felt it was a really great site,” said Lawler, who compared the project to Avenue’s Washington Courtyards development. “We bought land on Washington Avenue 19 years ago, and now (the Avenue apartments) are the only affordable apartments in the neighborhood.” Several attendees at the meeting expressed apprehension about overcrowding at Oak Forest Elementary School, which according to Houston ISD statistics is already operating above capacity. They said they bought into the school zone and now worry that their preschool-aged children would not be able to attend with the influx of new residents, including those at Av-
and Berendo immediately to the south, was moved further south between Chantilly Drive and Hewitt Drive. The entrance ramp, which was south of Chantilly, was moved north near Berendo. TXDoT spokesperson Deidrea George said in an email that moving the exit ramp further south of 43rd helped to prevent exiting traffic from backing up onto 290. But by giving drivers more room to operate on the frontage road, the switch also gave them the opportunity to skip the light at 43rd by turning right onto Hewitt or Berendo before proceeding north to 43rd on either Bethel Boulevard, Hill Oak Drive or Antoine. Dan Wilson, who has lived on Hewitt since 1981, said too many drivers are taking advantage of that opportunity and causing a nuisance to the neighborhood. Residents have placed eight red-and-white “SLOW DOWN” signs along Hewitt between Hill Oak and Antoine, while four such signs have been posted along Berendo. “When I cross the street walking my dog, I’ll stand in front of them and make them stop,” Wilson’s wife, Carla, said of passing cars. “They aggravate me so much.” Longtime Oak Forest homeowners Don Davis on Berendo and Chris Rich on Hewitt are trying to enact change for the sake of themselves and their neighbors, having reached out to TXDoT and City of Houston officials in search of remedies. But their options are limited and require lengthy waits and potentially high costs. George said in an email that TXDoT would be unable to reconfigure the frontage road to prevent exiting traffic from turning onto Hewitt or Berendo, which are the only places to turn right between the exit ramp and 43rd. The city offers potential relief through its Neighborhood Traffic Management Program, which does not provide a quick or easy fix. Last summer Rich submitted a petition with 42 signatures as part of his application for speed cushions, which was approved by Houston Public Works. But according to the office of Houston City Councilwoman Ellen Cohen, whose Council District Service Fund pays for such projects in District C, Rich’s application is 29th on a waiting list of 32. The first application on the waiting list was submitted in 2010. “Maybe before they plant my bones in the cemetery off of Post Oak and I-10, I might see it,” Rich said. “I’m 70. You do the math.” Jeff Weatherford, director of the public works department, said Houston residents also can apply for traffic volume control meaenue on 34th. Avenue reiterated that the land where it would build is now zoned to Oak Forest Elementary, Black Middle School and Waltrip High School. Lawler said at the Avenue Station development on North Main Street, there are about 20 elementary school kids out of 68 apartments. Jorge Arredondo, HISD’s area superintendent for the northwest part of the district, told The Leader in early March that incoming families in Oak Forest’s attendance zone would still be able to go there but space was increasingly limited for transfers. Concerns about increased traffic as a result of the development were again raised, but Lawler said the stagger effect would blunt the impact. “Everybody doesn’t arrive at the same time or leave at same time,” she said. Lawler said she has “heard from people who want us to come to this neighborhood,” but many do not. An online petition at change.org called “STOP Low Income Housing Development in Oak Forest” had more than 1,850 signatures as of press time. A thread on the Garden Oaks Facebook page about Avenue on 34th had more than 200 comments by Tuesday evening. One commenter wrote, “(There are) 221 comments here and I bet I can sum it up with NIMBY (not in my backyard).”
sures. Those include having streets closed, which Weatherford said is rarely approved by the city because emergency vehicles and garbage trucks need access to residential areas, or reconfiguring a street so traffic can turn off of it but not onto it. Those measures come at a much greater cost than speed cushions, Weatherford said, and applications for them come with a much lengthier timeline. Once funding is secured, Weatherford said the city must conduct a traffic analysis, engage the neighborhood and build a consensus through a series of public meetings before a plan is approved and executed. Residents can pay for any of those projects themselves, which can expidite the process. In his 13 years working in Houston, Weatherford said he’s never seen a street-closure project take less than three years or cost less than $30,000. “I don’t know that it’s the right solution for them, but the partial closure could happen,” Weatherford said. “I can’t take the full closure off the table, but it would just be highly unlikely for us to agree to a full closure.” Cohen, who is nearing the end of her term limit on the city council, said in a statement released by her office that she was willing to work with Oak Forest, public works and TXDoT to obtain data regarding cut-through traffic and “identify alternative traffic-calming solutions for which there might be funding available.” One of Cohen’s potential successors in District C also has pledged to help Davis and Rich, who said his car was sideswiped while he was securing signatures for his petition last July, reduce the traffic on their streets. “Let me try to escalate this,” candidate Greg Meyers said in an email to Davis and Rich that was copied to The Leader. “While I am not elected yet, I will do my best to fight with you all.” Davis and Rich plan to keep lobbying for a quieter neighborhood with less traffic. Davis said he is approaching retirement and can spend more time pursuing solutions once he does. Rich said he’s been monitoring traffic with a radar gun he got from his son about a month ago. According to his nightly readings, drivers average about 32 mph on a street with a 30 mph speed limit and have gone as fast at 42. Unless something is done and soon, Davis and Rich fear a tragedy is inevitable. “At what point does safety become an issue?” Davis said. “Does the city just ignore things until people get hurt or killed?”
Waltrip’s Rodriguez headed to state golf tournament From Staff Reports Waltrip High School’s Christian Rodriguez showed out at the Region III-5A boys golf tournament in April, finishing third individually. Now, the Rams’ senior will get the chance to show the rest of Texas what he’s got. Rodriguez, a Southwestern University signee, will be one of 71 golfers to tee off during the UIL Class 5A boys state tournament May 20-21 at White Wing Golf Club in
Georgetown. It will be Rodriguez’s first appearance at state. Rodriguez qualified by earning one of three individual berths from the regional tournament April 24-25 at La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa in Montgomery, where he finished with a two-round score of 4-over-par 146. He was one of only four golfers in the field to break 150 and one of two Waltrip individual medalists who competed along with Hayden Hooper.
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THINGS TO DO. The Arts Eric Hutchinson & The Believers Friday, May 17 7 p.m. The Heights Theater – 339 W. 19th St. Eric Hutchinson & The Believers are performing at The Heights Theater. Monte Montgomery Saturday, May 18 7 – 11 p.m. The Heights Theater – 339 W. 19th St. Monte Montgomery is performing at The Heights Theater. Pete Yorn Tuesday, May 21 7 – 10 p.m. The Heights Theater – 339 W. 19th St. Pete Yorn is performing at The Heights Theater. Tunes in the Tap Room Tuesday, May 21 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Harold’s Retaurant & Tap Room – 350 W. 19th St. Enjoy live music in Harold’s Tap Room every Tuesday night. Roger Creager Friday, May 17 8 p.m. White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Roger Creager is performing at White Oak Music Hall with The Powell Brothers. IAMX Friday, May 17 8 p.m. White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. IAMX is performing at White Oak Music Hall. Shane Smith & the Saints Saturday, May 18 8 p.m. White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Shane Smith & the Saints are performing at White Oak Music Hall. The Drums Tuesday , May 21 7:30 p.m. White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. The Drums is performing at White Oak Music Hall. Dead Meadow Wednesday, May 22 7 p.m. White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Dead Meadow is performing at White Oak Music Hall with Paint Pe and Funeral Horse. Kari Faux Thursday, May 23 8 p.m. White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Kari Faux is performing at White Oak Music Hall. Silk Road Saturday, May 18 5 – 7 p.m. Black Dog Records – 726 W. 19th St. Silk Road will be playing live jazz at Black Dog Records. There will be complimentary champagne and mimosas, as well as buy one get one free special on beverages from Maggie’s Coffee Shop’s entire menu.
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Eleanora’s Market Saturday, May 18 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Cavatore – 2120 Ella Blvd. There will be local growers, makers, designers, artisans and food producers. Little White Oak Night Market Saturday, May 18 4 – 8 p.m. Sideout Volleybar – 2623 Keene St. The Little White Oak Night Market brings together local farmers, craft merchandisers, and artists. The Farm Stand at Petrol Station Saturday, May 18 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. 948 Wakefield Dr. The Farm Stand at Petrol Station features goods from local vendors. Heights Morning Market Sunday, May 19 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 3106 White Oak Dr. Heights Morning Market gathers local talented artisans, farmers, and entrepreneurs to bring you closer to the goods you need. Stop by to shop and stay to brunch, drink mimosas, and listen to live music at Onion Creek.
The Pews Women’s Bible Study Group Monday, May 20 5:30 p.m. YMCA –1234 W. 34th St. The Women’s Bible Study meets every Monday at the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA. The study is called The Faithful, which explores crucial moments in the lives of five Old Testament figures--Queen Esther, Gideon, Hosea, Malachi, and Nehemiah. Guests and new members are welcome to attend this non-denominational Bible study. Email scripturesharing@ earthlink.net for information. Men’s Scripture Sharing Group Thursday, May 23 7 a.m. YMCA –1234 W. 34th St. The Men’s Scripture Sharing Group meets every Thursday at the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA. There will be music, Bible study and fellowship. Guests and new members are welcome to attend this non-denominational Bible study. Email scripturesharing@earthlink.net for information. Dancewicz-Doucet Duo Sunday, May 19 5 – 9 p.m. All Saints Catholic Church – 215 E. 10th St. Bravura Concert Series at All Saints presents The DancewiczDoucet Duo Dominika Dancewicz on the violin and Donald Doucet on the piano.
Fun & Games Big Book Sale Saturday, May 18 10 a.m. Hogg Middle School – 1100 Merrill St. The Friends of the Houston Public Library will have a large selection of books for sale at bargain prices. All items will be $3.00 or less. Children and adult books will be available in popular categories. All children’s
AIKIDO & AIKIJUTSU The fast out-and-back 5K course is held on Heights Boulevard—starting and finishing at Marmion Park—including a 10K Run, 5K Run, a 5K Walk, and a Kids 1K Fun Run. The 5K and 10K Fun Run starts at 7:30am, the 5K Walk starts at 7:35am, and the Kids 1K starts at 8:30am, where every Kids 1K registrant receives an award. Packet pick-up will be at the Historic Heights Fire Station, 107 W. 12th St. om Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31 from 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. For more information or to register, call the Houston Heights Association at 713.861.4002, extension 4, or visit the website at www. houstonheights.org
books will be $1.00, even board books. In addition to a wide selection of books, the sale will also include vinyl LPs, CDs, DVDs, audio books and vintage maps. Houston Americana Women’s Festival Saturday, May 18 4 p.m. Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar - 1031 E. 24th St. A celebration of the strength and endless potential of Houston-area women. The Houston Americana Women’s Festival puts the spotlight on seven female-centric bands from the local area. Along with an evening of music, there will be food trucks and an Art Market featuring vendors from the First Saturday Arts Market, all at Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar in the Houston Heights. The event benefits the Houston Area Women’s Center, a 501(c)(3) that works to end domestic and sexual violence and supports all in building safe and healthy lives through advocacy, counseling, education, shelter and support services. The lineup includes, Brightwire, Little Outfit, Mystery Loves Company, Amanda Pascali and The Family, Grifters & Shills, Libby Koch, and Marina Rocksu.
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God had sent him to do. We should be praying about 6:37 what God wantsR.S.V. for us Luke and clarifying his direction for our lives beyond our own desires and plans. Pray for yourself! Pray for God to give you what you need. Pray for God’s direction for his plan!
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THE OBITUARIES.
DIY dog training? Or go with the professional? puppy most of the basic commands on your own in a short period of time. First up, the most important: Potty Training One of the most essential tenets of dog training is potty training. Start when the dog is young – about 3 to 4 months of age. Any earlier, and your puppy probably won’t yet have sufficient bowel and bladder control. And if you start later, the training period is likely to take much longer. When you begin the training, start by confining the puppy to a fairly restricted area – a single room, the length of a tethered lead, or even a crate. As your puppy begins to learn that ‘business’ is to be conducted outside, you can gradually expand the area that it’s allowed to roam.
Dear Tabby, We just got our first puppy and we’d like to do some basic training with her. Is this something that we can do ourselves or should we go to a dog trainer? Also, what are the basic commands and tricks that we need to teach our new dog? Thinking about training in Timbergrove Dear Thinking about training, Dogs are pack animals and, as such, they want to live in a cohesive, functioning pack. In order to cohabitate with their human pack, they need to be shown who’s boss (spoiler alert: your dog should NOT be the boss) and taught the rules. By nature, your dog wants your approval. She wants to please you (most of the time, anyway!). But she can’t do that without being taught what you expect of her. Everyone in the household is better off if the dog conforms to the behavior expected of it. During your dog’s life you may decide to teach her to perform all manner of impressive tricks and tasks. Those are optional. But the following types of training should be considered as absolutely essential for every dog owner. And, while a professional trainer can certainly help if you lack the time or patience for training your new pup, you should be able to teach your
Obedience Training As for obedience train-
ing, teaching your dog basic obedience is also a necessity. Having a dog who knows basic commands can be a safety measure for your dog and helps you control your pet in stressful situations. While an obedient dog is a pleasure to be around, the opposite is also true – a disobedient dog can be a real pain! You can take your dog’s training to a much higher level if you choose to, of course, but at the very minimum, your dog should learn to respond to the following basic commands: • Sit - This basic command helps you to keep control of your dog no matter the situation, and is a good command to teach first. • Drop - This teaches your dog to instantly drop whatever is in its mouth. (Could save your dog from harm if she ever picks up something dangerous or toxic.) • Stay - Teaches your dog to
remain still, calm, and in one place. • Heel - Teaches your dog to stay close to you as you walk, with or without a lead. • Come - Teaches your dog to immediately come to you upon your command. You should begin to teach this command to your puppy as soon as it recognizes its name. This command could potentially help you protect your puppy from harm. The above are all commands that are easy for most people to teach a dog. For a little guidance, head to the Internet or to your library for information on dog training, or head directly to the professionals. A well-trained dog makes for a much better and happier pet. Do you have a question for Tabby? If so, email her at dear tabbyquestions@gmail.com
Pet of the Week
Alice Mae Spencer, 69, born in 1950, died May 8 at home surrounded by loved ones. Alice leaves behind four children; Tony Mortimer, Cicil O’Farrell, Oskeat Sanders and Latrisha Dickeson, nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Alice was predeceased by husband Ronald Spencer and son Paul O’Farrell. Alice will never be forgotten but will truly be missed. Stephanie Cegelski, 90, born Oct. 24, died May 8. She is survived by her children, Larry Cegelski and wife Sandra, Shirley Kaminski and husband Kenny, Rick Cegelski and wife Ann, grandchildren Kevin Kaminski and wife Renee, Ashlie Bachmann and husband Michael, Carie Yerkes and husband Chase, Chelsea Quinteros and husband Joel, and Makenzie and Logan Cegelski. Jose “Joe” J. Nieto, 81, born Feb. 1, died May 10. Joe is survived by his wife Carmen Nieto of 56 years, three daughters: Debra Ace, Elizabeth Treviño, and Lisa Nieto; three grandchildren: Evan Ace, Erin Ace, and Liliana Treviño; six siblings: Delores Artiaga, Virginia Rios, Luis Nieto, Richard Nieto, Marilyn Treviño and Carolyn Doud. Dorothy Jean Lofton, 90, born July 1, died May 2. She is survived by her daughters Pat McAllister and husband Donnie, Ruth Pierce and husband Dennis; grandchildren Michael McAllister and wife Kristi, Sarah Hopkins and husband Kris, Shannah Billerbeck and husband Aaron, Kevin Pierce, Keith Pierce; and four great-grandchildren. Elsie L. Brennan, 100, born April 20, died May 7. She is survived by her daughters Marchel M. Brennan and Frances Johnson; sons Edward Brennan, Jr. and his wife Florence and Charles Brennan and his wife Joan; sister Ella Niemann; grandchildren Allen Johnson and wife Kristin, Karl Johnson, Christopher Brennan and wife Mimi, Jeffrey Brennan and wife Darby, Scott Brennan, Edward Brennan, III and Catherine Brennan; great-grandchildren Lauren Johnson, Erica Johnson, Kristi Johnson, Jacob Johnson, Molly Brennan, Jill Brennan, and Emily Brennan.
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Work underway on Oak Forest apartment complex By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com
A Houston-based developer is bringing a new apartment complex to the area. Dakota Enterprises, Inc. has begun work on a roughly 145,000-square foot multifamily development at 5310 Milwee St. in Oak Forest. Coined
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house. The Milwee Apartments will consist of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Spokesperson Kara Willis said rent prices for the complex will begin at $900 per month for a one-bedroom,
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424 Euclid, $800s Brigette Larson, 713.829.1539
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The Leader is seeking photos of those e in our area who have served in our nation’s armed forces. These photos will be compiled into a handsome, fulll color hardback book to be published later this year. We are seeking all types of photos (headshots and snapshots) and military documents like maps, letters, draft cards, etc. For snapshots, we need a caption describing what is happening, where the photo was taken, and who is in it.
6522 Community, $500s Juli Moore, 713.502.0775
For headshots, we need: Name Branch of Service Dates served Rank Job (like Rifleman or Pilot) Where they served Accommodations (medals)
219 Hutcheson, $300s Nancy Jane Otto, 713.906.1979
Deadline for photo submission is July 31. To send photos you can email them to: veterans@theleadernews.com or bring them to our office at 2020 North Loop West, Suite 220. Ask for Zarah or Lucy. You may also call 713-686-8494 for more information.
2211 Harvard, $700s Caroline Schlemmer, 713.446.2716
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