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Two north Houston business groups are forming a partnership whose goal will be to help untangle the bureaucratic knots slowing progress along North Shepherd Drive.

A joint task force is being formed including members of North Shepherd Community Alliance and the Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce. Meetings could begin as early as the first week in June, in hopes of organizing an August presentation or tour for elected

officials.

“One of the things that’s hard about Shepherd is that it’s all broken up into different jurisdictions,” said Kathryn Van der Pol, a Shepherd business owner, during a recent NSCA meeting. “It’s taking a long time to get chronic crime areas resolved. But we have to do something.

We have momentum, so we need to make the most of this opportunity.”

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He has also done commercials for Methodist Hospital, Shell Oil, Applebee’s, Joe’s Crab Shack, and local car dealerships – all the while scoring feature films.

Szabo’s numerous IMDB score credits include films Dancing in Twilight (2005), The Preacher’s Daughter (2013), Sanitatum (2017), The Competition (2018), a new local series entitled “5th Ward” – which looks at life in Houston’s own Fifth Ward – and many others in between.

“First it was every two years, then every year and a half. It’s one of those things where you just keep your head down and keep working – hopefully nobody says ‘who are you?!’ he said with a laugh.

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The musical impulse struck Scott Szabo from childhood – and it’s now taken him further than he could have ever imagined.

Szabo -- an Oak Forest resident -- has now been in the music and film industry for nearly three decades, and has composed scores for national shows for 17 years. His work ranges from television to movies, commercials, and music, and his accomplished career includes accolades such as Best Music Award from the Houston Comedy Film Festival, a 2009 Telly Award and a gold medal at the 2005 Park City Film Music Festival for his scores and arrangements.

A long-time Houstonian born in Austin, Szabo may lay in the background for his work – but he is a bona fide star who currently makes his home in our local neighborhood, and took time in between projects to speak with The Leader about his journey.

Early beginnings, twist of fate Growing up in Houston, Szabo began playing piano at 11, playing in bands at 15, was accepted into Houston’s prestigious High School for Visual and Performing Arts at 16, and tried to make a career of playing original band music through his 20s and 30’s. And in the midst of that journey, everything changed.

In 1989, Szabo played an

Photo contributed Oak Forest resident and composer Scott Szabo hard at work editing a musical score. A resident of Oak Forest since 1994, Szabo has been in the industry for almost 30 years, and has composed scores for five nationally syndicated T.V. shows along with numerous films and commercials.

original work for a friend – a TV producer – for kicks.

Several months later, that friend circled back while doing a global piece for Dow Chemical marketing, inquiring for its use – and Szabo needed no extra motivation.

“I had no idea what I was going to do with [that song]. I didn’t know I could get paid for writing songs like this,” he remembered, laughing. “That’s really how it all started.”

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had called up Fox executives – and was, much to his surprise, fast-tracked for the project.

“Normally you get vetted for stuff like that, but they just passed me on up the chain,” he remembered with a chuckle.

And since that day, the Oak Forest resident hasn’t stopped climbing, cultivating a relationship with 20th Television (Fox’s daytime division). He has composed scores for some of their

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Everything fell in line after that. Following the scoring of a few local shows and some feature films in the 90s, Szabo wound up writing music for Enron’s global marketing for four years before catching one of his first big breaks.

Szabo’s first national score was nationally-syndicated Texas Justice, which ran 2001-2004 and was initially based in Houston.

With just the prior few local scores to his name, Szabo

Preparing for bumps For every production on the air, however, there has been a multitude which never make it past the pilot or planning stage, or doesn’t pass muster with the audience – rendering nothing to show for countless hours of back-breaking work. It was lesson a Szabo learned immediately.

“People in the creative world are honest about whether it’s up to par. If you write something they want, when they want it, they’re likely to work with you,”

Two people were found dead inside a northwest Houston apartment last Friday in an apparent murder-suicide, with a baby left behind at the scene.

Around 8:40 a.m., police say a neighbor called 9-1-1 reporting possible gunshots at an apartment complex in the 7200 block of T.C. Jester Boulevard; and between then and when officers arrived on

scene, there was at least one additional gunshot.

Houston police say the officer who arrived on scene first made his way inside, finding a dead woman outside on the patio of the apartment.

Following an initial backup, authorities say they later found a man dead inside the apartment with what appeared to be a selfinflicted gunshot wound.

HPD later found a baby believed to be around six months old inside

the apartment, and believe the deceased man and woman found at the scene to been the child’s parents, though their identities had not been officially released prior to press time.

According to HPD, the department has previously responded to the residence multiple times for alleged domestic violence incidents. Authorities say the boy was medically cleared by Houston fire fighters and released to his relatives.

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It’s businesses and residents are served by numerous state representatives and two U.S. Congress members.

Jacob Millwee, president of the Heights chamber, said this overlapping leadership can gum up progress when specific issues are brought to the table.

“Shepherd is a kind of gateway to Houston, but there are a lot of regulatory difficulties that exist there,” Millwee said. “It slows down the process of reaching funds, reaching decisions.

It’s something we’re hoping the chamber can reach in and facilitate. We can help get everybody together on the same page.”

He said his Heights organization participated in a similar process with the 19th Street merchants’ associa-

tion, which helped that area make its recent turnaround.

Millwee sees similar potential for North Shepherd.

“North Shepherd is about to go through a period of redevelopment and reimagining,” he said. “This is an opportunity for us to help the businesses that are already there, preserve a sense of community and history in the area, while at the same time help shepherd it into a new era of development.”

The chamber can also lend its support to foster the types of development sought by existing business owners and residents. One example would be in promoting ways to encourage small business as larger ones explore these emerging areas of retail growth.

For Van der Pol, it’s also about making the connection between various levels of government to help the area improve. The ongoing saga of the Shepherd street

lights, a jurisdictional tugof-war between the city and state, is an example of ways she would like to see things work more smoothly.

“The purpose of the task force is to make a list of priorities,” she said. “The chamber has a lot of resources to help us.”

The task force will include three members of the North Shepherd alliance and three Heights chamber leaders.

They are gathering contacts and putting together a map to show the various state, federal, city and county jurisdictions with a hand in the community’s destiny.

NSCA will next meet at 6 p.m. June 20 at El Tapatio Restaurant, 4550 N. Shepherd Drive. There is usually a guest presentation at the meetings and this time they will feature a couple working on murals and museum displays for the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi.

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hy do we do this to ourselves? Why do we sit on the couch one evening and decide it’s just the best idea in the world to travel on holidays? In a car?

In Texas?

Because this is what my wife and I did. A few months ago, in our effort to better plan a few family trips this year, we booked a long weekend over Memorial Day at a fun resort a few hours west of here. We’re not talking a car ride to Big Bend. We’re talking three hours to San Antonio, where our boys could swim and eat overpriced chicken fingers until they were so tired they crashed in the elevator.

Nothing about this trip was terrible. We left on a Thursday, before rush hour, and as expected, our family had a wonderful time together. At one point, my oldest, Hank, looked at me with tender eyes and said, “Dad, this place is so much fun.” Fist pump.

Then – and this always seems to happen – the trip ended, and we set off for our 3-hour drive home. Of course, the drive home did not take three hours.

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huffed his way through the parking lot carrying two suitcases, a makeup/bowling-ball bag and a cooler.

As we pulled out of the resort, my precious wife even glimpsed at me, eyes blinking with pure adoration, and complimented me on every decision we made on departure day.

Ha. An hour into this trip and my precious wife came perilously close to getting out of the car and directing traffic.

If you drive our national treasure of an interstate system, you know how frustration (and blood pressure) brew. You’re zipping along, passing exit signs faster than you can count.

Fellow motorists smile as you pass, whistling happy songs and spilling Cheetos on their laps.

Then it happens. You come to a small elevation in the road (come on, we’re in Texas, so how much elevation can we be talking about here?).

Brake lights. Dead stop. The guy

with the Cheetos swerves to the shoulder to avoid a 19-car pile-up.

We slog our way down the road for the next nine minutes travelling 8 mph. We look for the blue lights, the ambulance, the fire truck that has shut down both lanes of traffic, and we see… Nothing.

And just like that, we’re back to green-light racing again.

Throughout our now 4-hour drive home, this happened a dozen times.

I’ve legally been behind the wheel of a car for the past 28 years, and I’ve never understood why traffic comes to a stop for absolutely no apparent reason. Until now.

It’s a safe bet my readers are much smarter than I, but even if a couple of you have not had the time to do this research, I found a physicist and an engineer who explained exactly why our interstates come to a complete stop without a wreck or Bambi blocking the road. Here’s what I found: “Sometimes [the stops in traffic] have no cause at all,” wrote an engineer named William Beaty.

“They are like sand ripples and sand dunes, and they just appear for no clear reason. They are like ocean waves caused by the steady breeze, or like the waves which move along a flapping flag. They just ‘emerge’ spontaneously from the writhing lines of traffic. In the science of

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hospital hallway. He tossed the bag. His fellow Times’ journalist snapped it out of the air and ran back to the delivery room just in time.

Last October, the Times Metro reporter, Emma Fitzsimmons, borrowed the bag for the birth of her first child, Hudson. Her dad wrapped the bag in a little Texas flag and, the new mother later related, she “touched the flag to his cute little baby toes within a few hours of his birth so that he would ‘step foot on Texas soil before any other.’” The flag remains wrapped around the bag for more births.

Swartz got resolutions from the Texas State Senate that mentioned the dirt and declared Elizabeth “a child of the Lone Star State.” (The resolution did not, alas, declare her eligible for in-state tuition.) He kept the bag for the births of their second and third children. “They got resolutions, too. Resolutions are fairly easy to get when your father is a former member of the State Senate.” His father was State Sen. A.R. “Babe” Schwartz, whom I covered along with the rest of the lawmakers back then.

Babe was a liberal Democrat (everyone was a Dem at that time) whom I remember because he once got in a fist fight with another senator on the floor of the Senate.

This bag of dirt story has a particular resonance with me, because I, too, worked at The New York Times, for seven years, which was too long, I should have come home before then. I worked in the Times City Room writing hourly news for the paper’s radio station. Never made it to the big time, but it was fun, and maybe I should have stayed longer. Despite what some like to hear about failing newspapers and declining circulation, the Times has more readers than ever, and more than half read it on-line. Today, all those Texans working at the paper, is a big change. Back when I worked there, I was the Token Texan, the Lone Star Loner. It was a delicate time, because the Southern civil rights campaign was in full strength, and New Yorkers, having a perfect civil rights record, simply didn’t like Texans or any other Southerners. Things got really testy for us Dallasites on Nov. 22, 1963. A friend of mine from Big D was visiting a NYC office when another man ran in and shouted: “Now you’ve done it! You’ve killed our president!” I was regarded with suspicion, but

to a stop simply because there’s not enough room for cars to enter without someone slamming on the brakes.

If you slow down to change lanes, you’re going to cause traffic to stop behind you. Bet you didn’t know that. Let’s say you’re about to miss your exit, so you start slowing down to change lanes. That act of slowing down makes everyone behind you slow down. And in a rearview mirror far, far away, a group of cars has come to a complete stand-still because you tapped on your brakes.

Here’s what happens: Any time there’s a mysterious stop in traffic, it’s because brakes work a lot better than accelerators. You can brake in an instant, assuming your car is street-legal. But once you stop, you can’t get back to 70 mph immediately. You accelerate, then the next car accelerates, and all of a sudden, you have a line of cars behind you – a wave, if you will – that has to go through the same process.

I know this column isn’t usually a traffic show, but for those of us who have been placed on blood pressure medicine because we never understood why traffic can’t just go, there’s your simplified answer.

I feel better now. Can’t wait for Labor Day. Email jonathan@theleadernews.com

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Getting Down and Dirty THE YARD – OK, my last get-rich-scheme didn’t work, but how was I to know that Trump would be such unifier? This time, it’s a sure-fire bonanza. I’m going to sell dirt. You laugh, so I will explain. The New York Times runs the Times Insider, which delivers behind-thescenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at the paper.

The book editor explains how her staff reviews about 3 percent of the books they receive. Covering the White House is most interesting. Often the first-person articles are very funny or self-deprecating. Recently, the paper ran a story in that series about how their science writer, who focuses on climate change (yes, with 1,200 journalists they can specialize) went looking for a bag of dirt. Not very scientific, but important to him and his family.

You see, the reporter is John Schwartz. Both he and his wife, Jeanne, are from Texas, but they were living in New York City. Unable to return home for the birth of their first child, they wanted the baby to at least be born over Texas soil. Schwartz got friends back home to send him Texas soil from various parts of the state, including his home, Galveston. One friend also sent some soil — he said he chipped a piece off the Alamo, too, but Schwartz didn’t believe him. He wrote: “It might sound like a nutty idea, but it wasn’t a new one. I first heard of it during a study abroad program in Siena, Italy, in the 1970s.

The Sienese have fierce loyalty to their neighborhoods, or contrade. Since there was, historically, only one hospital in one contrada, people from the others would bring some dirt from their own neighborhood into the delivery room for births.”

The expectant father checked with the delivering doctor about the idea. She said it was fine (she was Italian) so long as the dirt was in a sealed container and placed underneath the delivery table. Alas, after all the trouble, Schwartz was stuck in traffic and missed the birth of daughter Elizabeth.

End of story? Not quite.

Schwartz explains: “Despite the frequent characterization of people who work at The New York Times as Northeastern elites, we come from all over the nation, and the world.” He wrote that some of the journalists want to pass that heritage on to their kids, which is how a humble bag of dirt became a newsroom resource.

Other Times’ Texans heard of the bag and one by one sought out the soil for the birth of their own Texpatriates. Once Schwartz had to race downtown to greet an impending father who stepped out of the delivery room to meet Schwartz in a

Nonlinear Dynamics, this is called an ‘EMERGENT PHENOMENON.’” Do what? I caught waves and sand and oceans and breezes and went looking for a Corona.

Down in the comments field to Beaty’s research paper, a guy who goes by the handle of MasterHD added to the discussion with this beauty.

“I’m a fluid dynamicist and throughout your text, you’ve been missing one key point about continuum mechanics. Unlike an incompressible fluid, traffic density can change, and it increases under pressure.”

Besides not even being quite sure how to pronounce “dynamicist,” I got lost right at “continuum,” because I don’t trust any words that have the letter “u” back-to-back.

I’m a journalist who won’t stop until I can find an answer to just about any question, so let me translate all the scientific mumbo-jumbo into something that will serve you well the next time you want to break the bumper off the car in front of you.

According to Beaty’s article, all sorts of things can cause traffic to stop – even miles behind where the actual incident happened. If you come to a merger with an on-ramp, and there’s already a lot of traffic on the road, you’re going to come

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no one messed with me.

This bag of Texas dirt program is actually not new. It used to be that some state office, probably the Texas Land Office, would mail a bag of Texas dirt to any former and homesick Texpatriate at no charge. They may still do it, I don’t know, but this brings me to why I am digging up dirt from my yard. It’s part of my latest get-rich-scheme: selling Texas dirt, plus smog from the Houston Ship Channel, cow droppings from the Panhandle and hot air from the Legislature.

No, I didn’t do the dirt bit. We have three kids. Two were born in NYC and live in Houston. One was born in Houston and lives in NYC. Go figure.

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Dear Editor: Funny how Lynn Ashby continues to bash talk radio and Fox News in his column as leaders of hate.

For liberals like Ashby, they endorse diversity of opinion so long as it complies with their view of the world. Just like what’s permitted on most college campuses! Evidently, it was okay if the media asked Obama nerf ball questions and that over 90% of reporting today on Trump is negative. It’s okay if Clinton destroys subpoenaed emails and mobile devices in an FBI probe and that she is interviewed when not under oath and that the FBI writes an exoneration letter weeks before interviewing her.

And pay no attention to Bill Clinton meeting AG Lynch in the back of a plane in Arizona days before the FBI announcement of Hillary’s lack of “intent” to break the law. (Try that when you get stopped for speeding.) Trump’s associates get their homes broken into in the dark of night, but when the FBI seeks the server of the DNC hacked by the Russians, the Democrats refuse to turn it over and the FBI dutifully walks away. Nothing to see there in Lynn’s view of the media world. It’s hateful to be suspicious.

It’s not enough for Ashby to choose from ABC, BBC News, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, RT News who all report the same theme: Trump is a reprobate and Democrats nearly walk on water....and never mind the dozens of inner cities run by Democrats for decades into the ground where families are destroyed, the populations of cities like Detroit are about 50% of what they were in 1975. No broken families for the news to interview there. No dilapidated neighborhoods on which to report and no political party leadership to be held accountable, right Lynn?

Email us your letters: news@theleadernews.com Perhaps The Leader can alert Mr. Ashby that all of his readers have a grip on his bias and hatred for the one news network he doesn’t like. Perhaps he can use his remote and watch any other news network which leans decisively left--or at least anti-Trump!

Lynn can gain the affirmation he seeks: that somewhere in America there are liberal angels out there prepared to organize our lives for us in ways that we are apparently incapable of doing on our own.

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Dear Editor: I’m writing in regards to your piece in The Leader regarding wildlife along White Oak Bayou. I’m a relatively new Heights resident and I couldn’t be more thrilled to hear that we’re having such “wild” sightings so near our home. I grew up in Baytown - a city with 45 parks, two nature centers, and copious amounts of woodlands and wetlands for creatures to call home. Raccoons, opossums, coyotes, buzzards, snakes, gators, spiders and more were commonplace sightings for many residents. Our proximity to nature has always been a reminder that this great earth is home to so much more than humans. I’m so happy to hear that Houston is aiming at providing more natural, habitable areas for the species that our ecological system relies on. Coyotes, alligators and wild things, oh my! What wonders the bayous will continue to hold for all of us that adore nature.

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BOOK SIGNING The Book Scene New York Times best selling author, Donna Grant will be signing her new book “Torched,” Saturday, June 2, from 1-3 p.m. at The Book Scene, 1820 W.43rd.

There will be refreshments, fun, prizes and swag! Information: 713-869-6117.

MOVIE IN THE PARK Oak Forest Homeowners Association Oak Forest Homeowners Association will hold Movie in the Park featuring Peter Rabbit, from 6:3010 p.m. June 2, at Candlelight Park. Information: www.OFHA. org, 713-688-6342.

WHITE OAKS BAYOU FISH-OFF/ FWP’S HAPPY TRAILS AND HOT DOGS Woodland Park The White Oak Bayou Association will hold its White Oak Bayou Fish Off Contest, June 2, in partnership with the Friends of Woodland Park’s Happy Trails and Hot Dogs Day. The event at Woodland Park, 212 Parkview, will take advantage of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Free Fishing Day (no licenses required). FishOff registration will be from 8-11 a.m., followed by the Happy Trails and Hot Dogs held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The cost for fishing contest is a suggested $5 per family/group donation, or free with a White Oak Bayou Association annual membership. Information: contact@whiteoakbayou.org.

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Homecoming from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. June 3, with Bingo from 2-6 p.m. Dinner with barbecue chicken and sausage with all the trimmings will be served from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dues paid members are free, and the cost is $5 per plate for non-members. Desserts will be provided by Birthday Club Sisters Food Truck and Kona Ice Truck. Lunchtime entertainment of Polkas and Waltzes will be by the SPJST Orchestra. Activities include raffles, games, water slide, petting zoo, obstable course and junior magician show. SPJST Lodge 88 is located at 1435 Beall St. Information: 713-869-5767.

BLOOD DRIVE Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center Blood Drive will be held from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. June 7, at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, 1635 North Loop West, in the South Tower, Classrooms A and B. There will be a Smoothie King giveaway. Information: www. memorialhermann.org, 713-2222273.

ANNUAL JUNE PICNIC The Pinemont Apartments The Pinemont Apartments, 6000 Pinemont Dr., will hold their annual June picnic from noon-2 p.m. June 9. Each household is encouraged to invite five family members for catered BBQ, Live Zydeco entertainment, fellowship and fun. Information: 713-8998048.

TWILIGHT CAMP Skyline District Sam Houston Area Council Cub Scouts can learn new skills and make new friends at Twilight camp, open to Scouts entering 1st through 5th grade for the 2018-2019 school year. The camp will be from 5:30-8:45 p.m.

June 11-14, at KC Hall, 607 E. Whitney St. The registration fee is $66.50 for the first Scout and $65 for each additional Scout and includes a t-shirt, patch, water bottle and program supplies. Vol-

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STROKE SUPPORT GROUP Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital The June stroke survivors group will address the topic of “returning to driving after stroke.” Join us to meet other stroke survivors and families and discuss the assessment process for returning to driving. The meeting is open to all stroke patients, stroke survivors and caregivers. The meeting will be from 3-4 p.m. June 14, 1635 North Loop West, Classroom C in the South Tower. Information: 713-222-2273.

HOUSTON ROSE SOCIETY Cherie Flores Garden Pavillon “Organic Rose Protocols and Plant Health” is the topic of the Houston Rose Society meeting, 7 p.m. June 14, at the Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion, 1500 Hermann Dr. Daniel Millikin will be discussing the best organic practices for your roses. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m., beginning with a 7 p.m. social time. Free Admission.

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FOCUS ON DIABETES SEMINAR The Lighthouse of Houston The Lighthouse of Houston kicks off a series of free seminars on a variety of health topics with “Focus on Diabetes,” to be held June 15, from 8:30–11:30 a.m. at the Lighthouse Community Services Center, 3602 West Dallas.

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N. SHEPHERD COMMUNITY ALLIANCE MEETING El Tapatio Restaurant Come on over and meet community leaders at the North Shepherd Community Alliance, the fastest growing business networking group in the rapidly developing North Shepherd area.

Craig and Cindy Loper will discuss their recent documentary on the history of the Texas Navy.

This is a free event with dinner sponsored by the North Shepherd Community Alliance and Moon Shepherd Baker Insurance. The community is welcome. The meeting will be from 6-8 p.m.

June 20. Call Kathryn Van Der Pol at 713-695-5071 to RSVP or for further information.

THE BIRDS Theatre Suburbia Theatre Suburbia, 4106 Way Out West, presents the Conor McPherson’s “The Birds,” based on a story by Daphen Du Maurier; a gripping, unsettling, and moving look at human relationships in the face of societal collapse.

The presentation will run through June 30. Start times are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. (June 17 and 24, only). Reservations are encouraged. Tickets are $16 adults, $13 students and seniors, and $13 Sunday matinees. Information: www.theatresuburbia. org, 713-682-3525.

GALVESTON HARBOR TOUR Precinct 4 Senior Adult Program Board the Seagull II for a narrated tour of Galveston Bay and the Port of Houston. The tour is 8:30 a.m. July 12. Lunch is available for purchase on your own. An $8 prepaid, non-refundable fee covers the cost of this trip. Transportation is provided from Oaks Presbyterian Church, 1576 Chantilly Lane. Information: www.hcp4.net/sap/events, 281893-3726.

SUMMER IN PARIS LUNCHEON St. Stephen’s UMC Precinct 4’s Senior Adult Program invites all senior adults ages 50 years of age and better to St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, located at 2003 W. 43rd St., for a summer lunch in Paris 11:30 a.m. July 13. Ben’s Chuck Wagon is catering chicken cordon bleu with cream gravy sauce, mashed potatoes, French peas, rolls, dessert, and iced tea. $10 per person. Info: www.hcp4. net/sap/events, 281-893-3726.

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Trinity Downtown is located at 800 Houston Ave. Call 713-224-0684 or visit www. trinitydt.org.

Confirmation Sunday at St. Stephen’s Confirmation Sunday is June 3. Talented musician and singer-songwriter, Ken Medema, will lead worship in the 8:30 a.m. Praise Celebration service and the 11 a.m. traditional service.

Adults age 50+ are welcome to attend senior luncheons this week. Senior Activities Day is June 6. Games begin at 9:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall, followed by a soup and sandwich lunch. Donations to cover the cost of lunch are appreciated.

The VIPs will meet one week early this month, on June 7. Live entertainment begins at 11 a.m., followed by a catered meal at noon. The cost is $10 per person. Call 713-957-0255 to RSVP. St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church is located at 2003 W. 43rd St. For information, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org and the church’s Facebook page.

Upcoming events at First Baptist Church Heights First Baptist Church Heights, 201 E. 9th St., will hold GriefShare every Friday 7:30-9 p.m. through Aug. 3 (except June 22), in the conference room.

A community health fair will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m. June 9, in the fellowship hall.

Jorge Castillo of the Houston Police Department Reporting Abuse and Adult Protective Services will be featured.

The Senior Event will held 10:30-11:30 a.m. June 26, and Cynthia Jones of Texas Mobile Dental will be guest speaker.

Call 713-861-3102 for information.

Carillon Concert at Trinity Downtown Come out to Trinity’s parking lot on Sunday, June 3, at 12:15 p.m. for an outdoor concert performed on the 25-bell carillon by Trinity’s organist

King’s Kids Park at The Community of Faith Church The King’s Kids Park Revitalization Phase I was May 19. More than 200 volunteers worked from morning till noon

building the turf, refurbishing swing sets, redoing the wall climb, and other features including re-stripe of the basketball court.

Several sororities and fraternities joined with volunteers from The Community Of Faith Church and its student organization, Good Gang, USA to perform this upgrade.

Coordinators for this church community park project were Tonya Dixon, Kevin Johnson, and Dr. Odessa Borten.

The Community of Faith Church is located at 1024 Pinemont Dr. Call 713-6882900 for information.

ing Group meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA, 1234 W. 34th St. There will be music, Bible study and fellowship.

Guests and new members are welcome to attend this nondenominational Bible study.

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Women’s Bible Study Group meets at the YMCA The Women’s Bible Study meets at 6:30 p.m. every Monday at the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA, 1234 W. 34th St. There will be Bible study, prayer, and fellowship. Guests and new members are welcome to attend this non-denominational Bible study.

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The Obituaries.

Nancy Carol Buck, 79, born April 26, 1939 in McKinney, Texas, died May 28. Buck was an active member of St. Timothy’s United Methodist Church, and later at St. Stephen’s UMC. She is survived by her children Carol Jay Ford, Cuba Rene Greer, Jamie Sue McPherson, Garry Ray Buck, nine grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Janet Barnhart Culver, 79, born Nov. 2, 1938, died May

22.

Reynaldo John Herrera, 87, born Aug. 29, 1929, died May 22, after a recent struggle with poor health. He was a member of LULAC Council 60 and helped organize fundraising golf tournaments for college scholarships. He graduated from the University of Houston School of Pharmacy in 1953 and worked more than 50 years as a pharmacist. He organized the English program through Catholic Charities at St. Ambrose Church, and was an operator at the Crisis Hotline, and was a researcher at the Holocaust Museum. In 2001, he was voted North Houston Leader’s Volunteer of the Year. Herrera is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mary Louise, children Carlos and Sylvia Herrera, Myrna and Pat Frost, and Hector and Michelle Herrera, sisters Tillie Dominguez, Maggie Herrera, Victoria Herrera, eight grandchildren, and one-greatgrandchild.

Beverly Kay Pavlock, 79, born Jan. 26, 1939 in Joaquin, Texas, died May 17. She was employed for DHL. Survivors include her children, Amanda Rogers, Robbin Pavlock, Donna Pavlock, Brent Willie, brothers Dale Stepp and Jerry Stepp, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Melvin James Petrash, 90, born Dec. 30, 1927, died May

25.

George J. Polk Jr., 77, born Aug. 29, 1940, died May 25. Polk was a graduate of John H. Reagan High School. He was employed the majority of his life in real estate, both residential and commercial. He was involved in The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, The Houston Golf Association, The Houston Heights Chamber of Commerce, Boys and Girls Country and The Shriners. He was an active member of Reagan Lodge No. 1037 in the Heights. Polk is survived by Caroline Sullivan, Kelli van Gool, Jennifer Porchey, George J. Polk III, Amy Polk, siblings Jane Keese, and John Polk, and four grandchildren.

Paul Pete Pyka, 79, born Nov. 26, 1938 in Wharton County, Texas, died May 24. Pyka served in the Army and Texas National Guard, and received his A&P License from Spartan School of Aeronautics. After that, he worked at Mosher Steel Company for 10 years, and Dresser Industry/Cooper Tools from 1974 until retirement in August 2002. He was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Member of the Men’s Club and The Golden Youth Group. He is survived by his wife Iris Lanelle (Johnson) Pyka, daughter Tracy Pyka, sister Dorothy Tesar, brother Fred Pyka, and three grandchildren.

Helen Frances Sanders, 92, born Oct. 6, 1925, died May 23. Sanders lived in the Oak Forest community and taught at Frank M. Black Jr. High for more than 30 years until her retirement. She is survived by her sister Ruth Davis, daughters Arlene Williams, Kathleen Hernandez, Paula Hollis, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Virginia Belle Vercher, 94, born Aug. 2, 1923 in Rusk, Texas, died May 25. She is survived by her son, Coy David Vercher, one grandson Joshua Adam Vercher and one great-grandson Joshua Anthony Vercher.

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Art Valet: The roots of White Linen Night Mitch Cohen Art Columnist

Chadwick and Spector receptions 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Saturday, June 2 G Spot Gallery 310 E. 19th St. Collaborative artists Chadwick and Spector have spent twenty years traveling the world in search of hidden and destroyed paintings from museum basements. Together, they re-imagine lost images onto contorted nude bodies.

Recently, their focus has been re-inventing paintings stolen

by Nazis during WW2. Their upcoming show is a collaboration with the Johann Friedrich Danniell Museum in Salzwedel, Germany.

Ryan Adam Wells show 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Saturday, June 2 Visionary Heights 1331 Nicholson St. Come find out why Ryan Adam Wells has developed such a loyal following! At this show you’ll get to hear a different side of Ryan in the intimate Listening Room, where he will play his more quiet and thoughtful songs, including music he’s not played often in Texas. Ryan is a man with many hats—he’s an alternative country singer-songwriter, Vaudeville comedian, and allaround renaissance man has performed from Anderson Faire to sold-out crowds all around the world.

Aether Space exhibit 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Saturday, June 2 Aether Space 3210 White Oak Dr. The exhibition, Expressions of the City: Re-imagining the Local, invites the viewer to examine and dissect their understanding of the city and to find a deeper awareness of their interaction with the urban landscape. The artists within the exhibition have taken to close observation, questioning ideas related to economics, permanence, preservation and the socio-political relationship we have to the history of a place over a period of time.

Wanda, Daisy and the Great Rapture Through June 9 Obsidian Theater 3522 White Oak Dr. Written by Alexis Schaetzle and directed by David Rainey.

Details: It’s a sticky hot summer in the swamplands of Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Step-sisters Wanda and Daisy struggle to get by as the people they love disappear; Wanda’s mother has recently died, and Daisy’s father is fading away as his Alzheimer’s worsens, and his obsession with an impending rapture intensifies. The girls summon dark memories as they try to repair their fractured relationship and find a little light. A magical story about how we hold onto family, the past, and ourselves while we seek better lives, and wait patiently as the Great Rapture hails us--or doesn’t.

Living in a city that has temperatures that “feel� like anything over 100 degrees is insanity, isn’t it? Twelve years ago at this time, I was getting ready for my first evening art market on 19th Street, to you know, avoid the heat. I was about to find out just how crazy we Houstonians really are.

The evening markets proved quite popular from the beginning, and those of us that survived set up (we all survived), loved it. Strolling among white canopied tents glowing like luminaries have a magical feeling. Making the

evening markets a little more tolerable.

If you’re reading this for the first time, I own and operate First Saturday Arts Market on 19th Street and The Market at Sawyer Yards on second Saturdays.

The night shows are misleading to us that attend the shows all year because, in a very short period of time, the same number of attendees show up that attend the day markets. That can be a lot of people! Â That same summer in 2006, a marketing group that consisted of area business owners, both retail and services, decided to launch White Linen Night in the Heights. I was part of that group and I remember we estimated about 5,000 maximum would attend the neighborhood-wide event.

Did we ever underestimate the power of marketing!

White Linen Night in the Heights started out as a way to introduce our quaint neighborhood to Houston and celebrate everything we all loved about the neighborhood. At the same time, it was a nod to southern charm and tradition to our neighbor to the east, New Orleans, where the event originated and was obviously on hiatus during recovery from Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. It is back by the way.

We began our marketing campaign for White Linen the first weekend of April, in-kind advertising was in all the prominent magazines and newspapers, and we were live on the morning news shows the week of, touting free drinks to all. We wanted to make sure those 5,000 showed up.Â

Estimates that first year were more like 15,000 people and the event has exceeded expectations ever since!

All I can tell you is, buy yourself some linen clothing.

It’s breathable and repels dirt.

Many shops in the Heights have it now and you can practice wearing it at both of my art markets first! You have four opportunities to dress for the heat now, thank me later.

First Saturday Arts Market is a curated monthly outdoor market that features art-

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Its selection includes bubble teas, milk teas, slushes, lemonade, and more made fresh when ordered.

Teabysea also opens its doors in the Heights You can never have too much of a good thing.

Teabysea is a Thai tea with boba shop that opened in the Heights on Wednesday. It also is serving up smoothies and lattes with superfoods to boost the beverages—as well as cold brew coffee from Cloud Nine.

Ready Room ready to go The casual cocktail joint, Ready Room, opens today at 2626 White Oak St. The team at the Ready Room are dedicated to serving the American working people because as they say, that’s exactly who they are and that’s who they care about.

Poitin is now open at Sawyer Yards The restaurant Poitin, from the entrepreneur behind Balls Out Burger, Ian Tucker and chef Dominick Lee has opened this month.

It made its debut in Sawyer Yards at 2313 Edwards Street. The space occupies 9,600 square feet, which will include a main dining area, three private dining rooms, and a patio with views of downtown. The official open date was May 14, with operating hours between 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. Friday to Saturday.

Cherry Pie Hospitality parts ways with Pi Pizza chef Cherry Pie Hospitality partnered with Chef Anthony Calleo first in 2016 when Calleo wanted to give his Pi Pizza food truck its first brick and mortar. At the beginning of this year Calleo departed from Pi Pizza because his

vision for the direction of the restaurant differed than Cherry Pie’s. In an interview with CultureMap Calleo mentioned he’s already onto new projects which involves him going back to his food truck roots. Cherry Pie Hospitality in addition to owning Pi Pizza on Heights Blvd., owns and manages State Fare, Lee’s Fried Chicken & Donuts, Petite Sweets, and Star Fish. Pi Pizza will continue offering the same menu as well as new items and services like, buffalo wings, monster slices during lunch, counter service, and a new drink menu.

Dream Wings replaces Ella hamburger stand The short-lived Prince’s on Ella Blvd. is being remodeled and revamped by The Dream Wings team.

Originally a food truck, this new edition to the neighborhood will be the first brick and mortar for The Dream Wings. The most exciting news is that the inside will look completely different!

You won’t even remember it was once a Princes‌once a Jack and The Box. Gus’s Fried Chicken finally open After two years of waiting, Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken has finally opened at 1815 Washington Ave., according to CultureMap. The May 7 opening was highly anticipated because of the somewhat cult following the Memphis-based restaurant has gained for its spicy, crispy chicken. The location, originally Throne nightclub, has been into a casual dining spot with simple features.

Standard, new bar on Washington Standard Bar Houston opened up last month at 5306 Washington. As reported by HoustonPress, the bar has a patio space ideal for sipping bourbon and smoking a cigar. Happy hour is Monday through Friday, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Sometimes they have live music and bingo night will be on the calendar sometime in the future.

Heights Village on the lookout for new restaurant The veteran real estate developer, Robert Downs, has transformed the lot at 500 Yale into what he calls, Heights Village. According to CultureMap, it will be home to a couple of service-oriented businesses like a dental office and nail salon, but it will also be home to two new restaurants. La Vibra, a taco concept with roots in Mexico City will be situated at one end, while the other is still up for grabs.

Downs is looking for a family-friendly establishment to fill the space. The second restaurant space will overlook property that was once a house with a basement, which gives the option of a raised patio overlooking a sunken garden.

While his phase of construction will be completed at the end of May, the rest is up to the tenants.

Coffee shop based on happiness The Yellow Cup is serving up coffee and tea with the idea of bringing light into their customers, and one they take with them throughout the day. There is no target demographic, as reported by PaperCityMag, the team behind the coffee and tea shop wish to have their doors opened by people from all walks of life. The Yellow Cup opened a few weeks ago at 6001 Washington.

BCK does retro brunch BCK Kitchen & Cocktail Adventures debuted a brunch menu, as reported

by EaterHouston. Keeping it creative, the menu ranges from a good ole ham, egg, and cheese sandwich to an Apple Jacks breakfast bun. The team at BCK is also serving a new cocktail bloody mary with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos as garnish.

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Fairies and fascinators are a big hit in the Heights

By Kim Hogstrom On the afternoon of Sunday, May 20, 2018, nearly 100 local residents enjoyed warm friendship, light bites, chilled bubbly, craft beer and signature cocktails while live harpsichord music drifted on the air at the Houston Heights Woman’s Club’s “Fairy Garden Party.” Held at the magnificent 1910 home of Houston Heights Association’s Executive Director Bill Baldwin.

The event fell only one day after the wedding of the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex in London. As one might guess, the HHWC’s fairythemed garden party offered a parade of spring fashions as well as stunning hats and fascinators, a turnout rivaling that of the royal wedding the day prior.

The only element missing from this wonderful party was the Queen Mum herself.

However, popular author, historian and HHWC member Anne Sloan attended. Though decades younger then the Queen of England, Sloan is indisputably Houston Heights royalty.

“The party was a lot of fun

Photo provided At left: HHWC FAIRY GARDEN PARTY CO-CHAIRS (LEFT TO RIGHT) Alina Shrom and Erin Silva; at right, HHWC PRESIDENTS (LEFT TO RIGHT) Kelly Caraway (Evening Group) Anna Gay (Daytime Group).

this year,” stated Erin Silva, club member and co-chairwoman of the Fairy Garden Party. “This fundraiser is very important to the HHWC. The money raised allows us to maintain our clubhouse and continue our in-house and outreach programs. We are still tallying the receipts from

the event, but we are confident we met our goals.

The beautiful home of Bill Baldwin played a starring role in setting the gracious tone for the party. “The Houston Heights Woman’s Club does so much for the neighborhood. They support education initiatives and community

projects aimed to improve our beloved neighborhood. I was happy to host for an organization that does so much for the community I live and work in, and am thrilled to give back,” Baldwin stated.

The event was the work of many club members and hours of volunteering. Not

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Weather Ready Expo is this Saturday The annual Houston/ Galveston Extreme Weather Ready Expo aims to prepare residents for extreme weather situations through presentations, interactive exhibits, weather forecasting and more. This free

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One of those events has already come and gone, but Harris County Commissioners Court offered some sage advice as part of “Hurricane Preparedness Week” earlier in May. “Our ability to collaborate before, during and after a crisis is a major strength in our region,” said Harris County Judge Ed Emmett.

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Early predictions for 2018 call for another above-average hurricane season.

According to forecasters 12 to 14 tropical storms could develop, six to eight of which may become hurricanes - three to five major hurricanes.

“Regardless of the number of hurricanes predicted, I would remind our residents that it only takes one to devastate a community,” added Judge Emmett. “Be assured that the county will continue to work to prepare our communities, but it is up to each individual to prepare themselves and their families.”

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a single element was left to chance. “My co-chair Alina Schrom and I are so grateful to everyone on our committee, as well as our sponsors and in-kind donors. We loved every aspect of the party, from the gorgeous home, and the wonderful harpist to the delicious food and drinks.

We cannot thank everyone enough.”

The nonprofit Houston Heights Woman’s Club has been an active citizen in the community for 118 years. Its works are numerous, but a short list includes building libraries in schools, serving the needs of homeless women, providing prom gowns and tuxedos for financially challenged teens, and serving the needs of the community’s elderly.

The HHWC clubhouse is located at 1846 Harvard St. and has functioned as the home to the HHWC since 1912. When founding members adopted their by-laws in 1905, they included the statement to “aid and encourage (the) charitable and educational interests of the Heights” as a part of its mission. The club has never strayed from that commit-

ment. The HHWC’s history of even includes serving as Red Cross volunteers during both World Wars.

In the first half of the 20th century, civic and social clubs sprang up by the thousands across America. However, by the 1970s they had all but died out. Bucking that trend, the HHWC continues to grow to this day. Current membership sits at about 170 with more women joining each month. Who are they?

“Or members are very diverse,” explained co-chair Silva. “We are multi-generational and multi-ethnic. We are from all backgrounds, and from all over the area. Every woman 18 or older is welcome. There is no required commitment of time, so we can fit into even the busiest woman’s schedule, and dues are only $100 annually.”

Where else can a woman secure 118 years of good will from the community, the pleasant feeling of making life better for our neighbors, and enjoy the comradery 170 new friends, for that price? To learn more or to join, go to www.houstonheightswomansclub.com.

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Harvey’s Impacts: Katie Landry from National Weather Service, Jeff Lindner from Harris County Flood Control District.

Smart Pawz: Emergency Preparedness for Pets Finally, an event for pet preparation will be held at Houston Transtar, 6922 Katy Road just west of the Heights.

The “Smart Pawz: Emergency Preparedness for your Pets” event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on June 12.

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Composer from P. 1A he said. “And if they for some reason don’t hear it, you might not get a second chance. If they don’t like it the first time, they could ask you to re-work it, or they could simply move on to the next one – you’ve got to be prepared for that.”

Such a process can wear on those composers starved for work, and was an eye-opening experience that forced Szabo to adapt in a hurry.

Trust the path “You have to always have that thick skin and ability to keep plugging along – perseverance is highly underrated. Some people feel like if there’s not something going within a few years, they need to switch gears; but if it’s something you truly want, you’ve got to make peace with what you’re doing,” he said. “I’m not interested in being famous, I’m interested in the work – the biggest thing you want to do is find something you love doing, and understand the ups and downs of a path.”

That perseverance, he said, can be traced back to some words of wisdom in his mid 20’s -- to always look at the long view. And that sentiment can parallel any profession.

“The advice I got was that every two years, stop and look backwards,” he said. “If your career is doing the same thing, look back and evaluate what’s causing the stagnation – fix that, and go on to the next one. Then you look back

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and say ‘whoa, I’ve had a nice career’.”

He’s simply a working composer feeding his family with it. And that’s the dream, which Szabo plans on living out in Oak Forest – where he’s made his home since 1994 – for as long as Father Time allows.

“That’s what I aspired to do when I was younger, and holy smokes – I’ve been able to do it. Would I have expected in 1995 that from 2001-2018 I would have done five national TV shows? I would’ve been thrilled beyond compare,” he said. “I may not have a limo, but I pay my bills and feed my family; I’m always looking for the next job and happy to be doing it.”

Sazbo is where he prefers to be – in the shadows and behind the scenes, in all walks of life, just as his scores remain. But he wouldn’t have things any other way; it’s what he always dreamed it would be.

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