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By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com Houstonians love the Heights because of its eclectic culture, laid-back attitude and bevy of popular bars and restaurants. It’s also a forward-thinking neighborhood that strikes a balance between old-world charm and modern amenities.

Its allure also extends far beyond the Bayou City.

National Geographic recently tabbed the Heights as one of the friendliest neighborhoods in U.S. cities. It made a list of 28 spots that also includes locales in Austin and El Paso as well as Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii and New York, among many other places.

“We’re extremely proud of that,” said

Emily Guyre, executive director of the Houston Heights Association. “We know that we’re a destination, and we hope it encourages people to come see us and see what we’re about. I think it’s going to increase the amont of people who want to live here, which is always great.”

In its slideshow on nationalgeographic.com, which includes a photo of 19th Street, the magazine said of the Heights: “Mid-century bungalows and turreted Victorian houses draw young couples and singles to walkable The Heights, an older neighborhood a short bike-trail ride north of downtown Houston. Restaurants, many in buildings, specialize in tacos, Vietnamese sandwiches, or See Heights P. 2A

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charged with failing to stop and render aid involving death.

City of Houston leaders responded to the tragedy by making a series of changes and improvements to the area, which were unveiled Monday.

Mayor Sylvester Turner switched on the hybrid pedestrian beacon immediately before the Adams-Marsh sisters, who were joined by Perez’s brother, Dennis, put it to use for the first time.

“I am quite thankful for this to be here now,” Olivia Adams-Marsh, 13, said afterward. “I don’t want anyone else to go through what our family went through, because it was horrible.”

Members of the Garden Oaks Maintenance Organization (GOMO) spent months – and at least tens of thousands of dollars – putting together a restructuring plan. They drafted a revised set of deed restrictions for the affluent Northwest Houston neighborhood, held multiple town hall meetings and hired two law firms to represent them in federal bankruptcy court.

In a matter of minutes last week, control of the homeowners association and its future were ripped from their grasp.

Judge David Jones, while expressing frustration over GOMO’s inability to find common ground with the court-appointed committee of unsecured creditors, ordered the case to be converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7. The ruling disbanded the creditors committee and forced GOMO officers to relinquish management of their organization, granting that authority to a trustee appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The trustee will decide what to do with GOMO’s assets – which totaled more than $720,000 at the end of the last fiscal year – and how to handle hundreds of claims against the organization. That

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Photo by Adam Zuvanich Ava Adams-Marsh, left, the daughter of fallen good Samaritan Lesha Adams, crosses North Shepherd Drive on Monday with Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo. At right is Adams’ sister, Teri Webb.

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Ava and Olivia Adams-Marsh were the first Houstonians to use the hybrid pedestrian beacon at the intersection of North Shepherd Drive and 10th Street, which was turned on Monday afternoon. The sisters pressed a button connected to the crosswalk signal on the east side of Shepherd, which activated a red light that prompted drivers to stop and allowed the young girls to safely cross the busy street in the Heights.

Had the traffic signal been installed three months beforehand, their mother might still be alive.

Lesha Adams died the night of

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by Dennis Perez, the brother of Jesse Perez, on Monday in the Heights.

March 30, when she stopped to help wheelchair-bound Jesse Perez cross Shepherd just south of that intersection and both were struck and killed by a car driven by 20-year-old Jada Mimms, who later was arrested and

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Photo by Adam Zuvanich From left to right, current and former Waltrip High School students Jazmin Correa, Leanne Carrasco, Christian Zamora and Paul Cruz served pizza to residents of the Women & Family Development Center at Star of Hope’s Cornerstone Community on June 2.

Leanne Carrasco wanted to help women and children in need.

She never imagined that doing so would make her famous.

As reported by The Leader in May, the Waltrip High School student decided at the beginning of the school year to forego a graduation party and host a pizza party for homeless Houstonians served by the Women & Family Development Cen-

ter at Star of Hope’s Cornerstone Community. So on June 2, the day after receiving her diploma, Carrasco and about 20 of her friends and family members brought pizzas and personal hygiene bags to the shelter located at 2725 Reed Rd. Two local TV stations covered the event, and word of it then spread like wildfire. More than 30 news outlets across the state, country and world told Carrasco’s story during the following week.

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Heights coffee shop robbed Tuesday morning

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com Multiple suspects remain at large after robbing a Heights coffee shop Tuesday morning.

According to Houston Police Department spokesperson Victor Senties, officers responded to the Golden Bagels & Coffee at 3119 White Oak Dr. around 5:30 a.m. An employee at the store told police he glanced up from mak-

ing coffee and saw three black males outside the store, at least one of whom was armed with a gun. “(The employee) happened to look up and see them there, and then he just took off,” Senties said.

There were no shots fired and nobody hurt in the incident, Senties said. Senties also said the employee and his coworkers fled out a back door of the shop, managing to make

it a few blocks away before calling police. According to Senties, the suspects stole several iPads that the store uses as credit card machines before fleeing the scene.

It remains unclear whether the suspects fled in a getaway car or on foot. Anyone with information about this incident or the suspects is encouraged to call HPD’s Burglary and Theft division at 713-3080900.

One dead in area shooting From Staff Reports Police are investigating a shooting incident near Highway 290 that left a man dead last week.

According to a news release from the Houston Police Department, patrol officers responded to a shooting call at 3130 Mangum Rd. just before

noon June 6 to find a man, later identified as 47-year-old Ysael Falcon, with a gunshot wound lying unresponsive inside an apartment.

Officers detained a male suspect at the apartment who identified himself as the shooter. Police say an initial investigation indicated both men got into an altercation,

Heights, from P. 1A Texas brisket (try the new Truth BBQ). Nineteenth Street is lined with quirky coffee shops and local retailers, including AG Antiques, a decor emporium in an old dry goods store. The Art Car Museum exhibits lavishly tricked-out wheels, as well as local and international contemporary artwork.”

To put together its list, National Geographic enlisted Vancouver-based Resonance

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which ended when the suspect said he feared for his life and shot the victim.

However, there had been no charges filed as of Tuesday afternoon and the investigation is ongoing.

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Metro: Make some of the easy fixes first I f you’ve somehow missed the story, our fun friends down at Metro – home of the world’s most wonderful public transportation system – have spent the past couple of years working on ways to improve the shuffling of 6 million people around the Greater Houston area.

Sounds like a good plan. Back in 2011, they rolled out a doozy called “METRO Reimagining,” which led to virtually zero hype and very little in the way of improved public transportation.

The latest program, complete with “public meetings,” is called “METRONext.” If they need to do this again in eight years, we might as well call it “METRO Last Stop.”

Two things about “METRONext” caught my eye, and they seem worthy enough to repeat for our readers. First, Metro is going to ask us – the voters – to approve borrowing around $3 billion in the November elections. For the sake of reference, we borrowed $2.5 billion to fix all the damage from Hurricane Harvey, so $3 billion to fix public transportation seems like a steal. Oh, if only.

The second eye grabber came when one of Metro’s public meetings included the idea of running a light rail down Washington Avenue, from downtown to Heights Boulevard.

In consecutive breaths, I uttered two things: Fantasti… What???

After we told readers about this plan, we got pretty much the same

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response. On social media, one of my favorite comments came from Tyler Hartson: “Waste of money. No one rides the ones we have sans med center. The idling vehicle traffic at train intersections in my hood alone likely negates any alleged green gains sought. The train stop stations are magnets for vagrancy.”

So there’s that opinion.

Marianna Jayson said it better: “Metro can think of more ways to mess up traffic. Bad idea!”

I called some people who know people – we call them “sources” in the business – to find out why in the world Metro would ever consider adding a 2-mile strip of rail to an area where there’s no place for riders to park. Even worse, that stretch of roadway into downtown is, quite possibly, the easiest way to get into downtown Houston already.

Here’s what I found out, and what I want to make sure readers know about Metro’s plan to eventually spend somewhere north of $7 billion

in public transportation improvements.

All these ideas you’re hearing, including the throw-it-on-the-wall idea of light rail to Heights Boulevard, are just people talking. The definitive plans for what Metro wants to accomplish with its borrowed $3 billion is about as clear as the windshield on one of its buses. Instead, my guess is Metro wants to strum up enough interest in the topic to get all of us to vote in favor of borrowing more money to, maybe, alleviate some of the traffic in this concrete city.

As you hear plans bandied about, just remember those plans may not be real.

If you can’t tell, I’m skeptical of Metro, and it has nothing to do with the current leadership or board. No, I’m skeptical because there are too many small problems with Metro that could have easily been fixed years – decades – ago.

Let’s start with the buses. I moved to Houston more than 12 years ago, and our editor grew up in Houston.

We had a conversation and neither of us knows the last time Metro’s fleet of buses got a paint job. My guess is this happens more often than we think, but from someone who deals in marketing each day, let me offer this suggestion: Metro’s reputation among hundreds of thousands of potential riders in Houston is not positive. People don’t talk about Metro like it’s a won-

Texas not shipshape What shall we do with a drunken sailor? Put him in a longboat till he’s sober, of course. Everyone knows that.

But what do you do with a 107-year-old elephant that is falling apart? Fix it up (again) and move it some place where more tourists will pay to visit it? Actually, Houston and Texas have two white elephants. One is the Astrodome, which costs millions of dollars to maintain, even though inspectors have ruled the structure unsafe. The other elephant is the battleship USS Texas. It is a glorious ship with a marvelous history. But the old warhorse is falling apart in saltwater.

Let’s take the Astrodome first. Many plans have been hatched with no way to pay for them. I have a solution: turn the Astrodome into a casino. That will pay for its upkeep and generate millions for the Texas Legislature to spend on something or other.

That problem solved, we turn to the Texas. It was America’s first battleship, launched May 18, 1912, although on paper the USS Indiana was the first, but that’s our claim and we’re sticking to it.

The Texas was huge, for its time, sprouting massive guns and three small floatplanes, with a crew of 1,042 (later increased to 1,820). A $5,830,000 contract was the bid price, excluding the price of armor and armament. It was the first U.S. battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first U.S. warship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers, the first U.S. battleship to launch an aircraft. The Texas is the first U.S. battleship to become a permanent museum ship, and the first battleship declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark. It is the only remaining World War I-era dreadnought battleship, although the Mikasa, a pre-dreadnought battleship ordered in 1898 by the Imperial Japanese Navy is older.

The Texas is also one of only seven remaining ships and the only remaining capital ship to have served in both World Wars.

She may also be the first U.S. battleship to run aground. On 27 Sept. 1917, in Long Island Sound, the Texas made a turn at the wrong time and ran up on an island from the bow all the way beyond midships. For three days her crew lightened the ship to no avail. Tugs came to her assistance, and she finally backed clear. Hull damage dictated a return to the yard, and extensive repairs. She bolstered U.S. forces off Vera Cruz during a little-known spat with Mexico, fought in World War I then sailed the high seas.

While visiting Galveston in 1914, Texas Gov. Oscar Colquitt presented the ship’s silver service to the captain. The Young Men’s Business League of Waco raised $10,000 to purchase the sil-

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ver. I have no idea what happened to it.

Between the wars the Texas floated around the world, got updated – coal was replaced by oil as fuel. In 1927, Texas set another first with the showing of “talking” pictures for crew entertainment. In turn, the Texas has appeared in several films going back to1937. For the 1966 movie, The Sand Pebbles, some scenes were shot aboard the ship, but these were removed from the final cut of the movie and subsequently lost. The Texas also appears as herself in the 2006 films Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. In the 2001 film Pearl Harbor, Texas stood in for various battleships including some interior scenes for ships that were attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. Actually, on the date that will in infamy, the Texas was manning the ramparts in Casco Bay, Maine.

Ever vigilant, the crew was taking R&R. But our gal soon got into action, first in the invasion of North Africa, Operation Torch. During that invasion, a young reporter was on board the Texas. After the battle, on the return trip home, when the U.S. was within flying distance, the reporter was launched off Texas in a small aircraft -- thus beating a rival reporter -- to issue the first uncensored news reports about Operation Torch. The young reporter was Walter Cronkite, who was never heard of again, but we might say that the Texas launched his career.

Later, the Texas was blasting away at Normandy.

Among other targets, she fired upon snipers and machine gun nests hidden just off the beach. We can only imagine the impact of some of the world’s largest guns destroying small pockets of infantry. There is poor Sniper Pvt. Hans, picking off Allied troops until the last thing he sees is a one-ton bullet headed towards him. By June 15, 1944, allied troops had advanced to the edge of Texas’s gun range. To get the needed range, the starboard part of the ship was flooded which gave the guns enough elevation. Next came southern France, then on to the Pacific, pounding Japanese positions from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima to Okinawa.

The ship was decommissioned in 1948, and on that April 21 (San Jacinto Day) under tow, she arrived at the San Jacinto Battleground where, except for two years

the late 1990s, she has been moored, falling apart. About 80,000 paid visitors per year visit the ship, generating about $1.2 million in revenue, but that’s not enough for constant upkeep. A bill was passed in the last session of the Texas Legislature to tow the Texas to an Alabama shipyard, fix her up, and place her in a more tourist-friendly place, probably Galveston. If the ship is moved, how can we explain to tourists that her big guns turned the tide at the Battle of San Jacinto?

But we can still note that our snipers in the top of the monument raked deadly fire on the enemy. And she needs to get out of the salt water and on dry land. My earlier suggestion that we turn the Astrodome into a casino needs a change. We put the Texas in the Astrodome. Kill two white elephants with one dome.

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derful transportation system.

There’s a solution to that. If you sling a broom in this city, you can hit a local marketing agency, so hire one. Maybe we should spend some money on rebranding – err, “reimagining” – Metro to the people who would consider riding.

I know that seems superficial, but it’s about to get worse: The bus stops Metro has littered around this city are embarrassing. We live in Houston, where the sun beats down at temperatures that melt mice – that’s why we don’t have many around here.

Meanwhile, our bus stops are big enough to hold a few people, weeds regularly grow all around them, and if there happens to be a rain storm, because those things happen around here, you don’t have enough room to keep more than a handful of people dry.

Want to invest some money in Metro? Why don’t we create a plan to drastically improve the places where people wait for buses. I know many would say that we’d just create nicer covered areas for the homeless, but that’s a poor reason not to improve the infrastructure of our loading locations.

And last, I’ve spent a lot of time in the past two weeks meandering through Metro’s website, trying to learn as much as I can about how to use our public transportation system.

In the process, I’ve found we could

stand to spend a lot more money making it easier to use Metro.

For instance, I tried to find a route from my office to NRG Stadium – assuming I wanted to go sit in that parking lot and melt. On the home page of Metro, a somewhat sophisticated person such as myself could not find a place where I just entered my address and entered NRG Stadium. I actually had to leave the Metro site and search for “Metro plan your trip.”

Once there, I entered my address and then searched for “landmarks,” which took me to “stadiums.” Now assume I’m from out of town and want to go catch the Super Bowl at NRG Stadium. So I go to Metro’s website, find their landmarks, and look for NRG. Guess what? It’s not there. That’s because you can only find Reliant Stadium. You know when Reliant Stadium became NRG Stadium?

March 19, 2014. More than five years ago, that stadium changed its name, yet Metro can’t even get that right.

I know these things sound small, but as we consider handing Metro another big check, maybe we should ask them to do the little things well, first. Rebrand yourself. Make your on- and off-boarding locations more attractive. And for goodness sakes, help out-of-towners find their way to the biggest stadium in the city.

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THE READER. School rankings kick the legs out of hard work

Dear Editor: Thank you for your kind words regarding the great things happening at Durham and many of the surrounding schools. It is disappointing that the Children at Risk ratings often give families an inaccurate reflection of what’s happening inside classrooms and it’s discouraging to the people that have poured so much time and energy into their neighborhood school. Using out-of-date data and a very simplistic measure of a school’s success, the Children at Risk ratings do not begin to give an accurate view of a school.

At Durham Elementary, we, as a community, have decided that the quality of our children’s education shouldn’t be boiled down to a score on a standardized test. We believe in educating the whole student; striving for a balanced and knowledgeable child. This doesn’t mean we don’t care about the scores. What it does mean is that you won’t find STAAR-like worksheets or many class hours preparing for the test.

What you will find is a school full of students engaged in their learning. The International Baccalaureate program challenges students to excel in both personal and academic achievement by taking responsibility for their learning in real-life situations.

A few examples of what this in-depth, hands-on learning looks like: Pre-Kinder students showcasing their ideas and emotions through art for older students at a gallery they initiated. Kindergarteners creating animals specifically adapted for various habitats to better understand how the world works.

Third graders learning financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills by drafting business plans, resumes, and hosting pop-up-shops where they interact with community members and raise money for a

Email us your letters: news@theleadernews.com fieldtrip. Students in all grades sharing their writing and receiving feedback from classmates, teachers and invited guests at regularly scheduled Publishing Parties. Students experiencing nature first hand in our garden where they have the opportunity to grow and eat their own foods to encourage healthy eating habits.

I am thankful to the parents and teachers who work to insure Durham students grow in their achievements. I’m delighted our principal was named HISD Elementary Principal of the Year. I am humbled to send my kids to a school where administration, teachers and parents have a clear vision of what’s important to our community and work together to make it a reality. In short, I am proud of our school no matter the grade given by Children at Risk.

If you’re zoned to an A or F rated school, or anywhere in between, I invite you to give it a second, more in-depth, look. The school wants to show you the amazing accomplishments occurring daily that you won’t hear from Children at Risk.

A Proud Durham Parent, Jane Schiffer

Gentrification causing tension in Independence Heights

Dear Editor: Maybe someone could purchase the property and make it a park where older residents can hang out. I have lived in the neighborhood called “Studewood ” all my life. I have raised my children, grandchildren, buried two sons and every one knows each other.

The lot is what we do. It’s where neighborhood news is delivered. If you want to know what’s going on in the neighborhood, go under the tree. It really is a nice friendly place.

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GOMO, from P. 1A leaves the future of GOMO, which has enforced the neighborhood’s deed restrictions since the early 2000s, in limbo.

“I’m going to find that there is a substantial or continuing loss to the diminution of the estate. I see no reasonable likelihood of a rehabilitation,” Jones said during a June 6 hearing. “I have lost confidence in the direction and the ability of the (attorneys) to drive this in a manner consistent with the bankruptcy code.”

Jones was especially critical of the four members of the creditors committee and their attorney, Charles Rubio, saying they had not functioned properly. The group of Garden Oaks homeowners was representing nearly 400 claimants who are seeking a total of $1.45 million, according to GOMO office manager Pam Parks.

But according to Houston attorney Randy Williams, who was appointed June 7 as the trustee in the case, Jones’ order was no better for GOMO and the 1,100-plus homeowners it serves. He said GOMO “got nothing” out of the Chapter 11 proceeding, which began in April 2018, and that the involuntary conversion to a Chapter 7 proceeding is “not a good development for a resolution.” The conversion means a reorganization is now off the table and GOMO’s assets will be liquidated.

Much of GOMO’s restructuring plan, which was presented to home-

owners earlier this year and did not garner enough support to be adopted, focused on changes to the deed restrictions and replacing a .75-percent transfer fee upon completion of each home sale with a mandatory annual fee of $80. Many of the claimants are seeking the return of their transfer fees, which were GOMO’s primary revenue source and the precipitator of its bankruptcy filing.

A 2016 state district court ruling in favor of Garden Oaks resident Peter Chang, a member of the creditors committee, revealed that GOMO had no authority to collect transfer fees because it violated the Texas Property Code while petitioning residents to include them in the deed restrictions.

Jones ordered GOMO to stop collecting transfer fees in August.

One of GOMO’s objectives in bankruptcy court is to correct its violation of the property code, either through amending the deed restrictions or a ruling by Jones. That appears unlikely at this point.

“Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered,” Williams said. “Because people have always got ideas. Plans can do a whole lot of things, but they can’t rewrite the law.”

What next?

Still, the ultimate outcome of GOMO’s bankruptcy case is unclear. Williams said Jones’ order put the case “back to square one,” because the

Photo by Adam Zuvanich Garden Oaks Maintenance Organization board members Stewart Arouty, left, and Brenda de Alba stand outside a federal bankruptcy courtroom on June 6.

trustee would need to study the history of the case and evaluate GOMO’s assets and the merits of the claims against the organization before making any determinations.

Williams said June 7 that he had initial phone conversations with Rubio and GOMO attorney Johnie Patterson and was scheduled to start a vacation the next day. Williams said he did not plan to do anything else with the case until returning June 25.

In the meantime, he said it might be wise for GOMO and the members of the creditors committee – although officially disbanded by Jones – to continue communicating and try to work toward a resolution. Williams said Jones could at some point convert the case back to Chapter 11.

“If they come up with something and are all in agreement, I’m not

going to stand in the way,” Williams said. “They could go back in front of a judge and say, ‘We have a plan now, we have a deal, put us back in 11 and we’re out of your hair.’ ” Based on each party’s reaction to the June 6 order, that appears unlikely. Members of GOMO and the creditors committee blamed each other for the stalemate, saying neither was willing to budge when they tried to negotiate a joint restructuring plan or agree on an amount of money to be distributed to the creditors.

Parks has said Patterson, the GOMO lawyer, will argue that the statute of limitations for claims related to GOMO’s improper petitioning in the early 2000s long ago expired.

If that argument is successful, the claims against GOMO could be drastically reduced or eliminated.

Neighbors: Meet R.P. the mosquito man

By Elizabeth Villarreal elizasgarden@outlook.com

I’m always delighted to meet a neighbor and over the years have been thrilled to share some of their stories with you. Many times I have run across folks who are hidden treasures in our large community, quietly living their lives, but fascinating and far more more entertaining than a Netflix series.

Recently at an Oak Forest Homeowners Association monthly meeting, a gentleman sat quietly through the meeting and at the end, introduced himself. He wanted to talk about mosquitoes.

R.P. Jones, also known as Trapper Jones, “the Critter Gitter,” has lived in Oak Forest for 55 years with his lovely wife of 67 years, Patsy. Together they raised four children and now have six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, most of whom live nearby.

R.P. is proud to share he is an Aggie and still wears his beautiful ring, which happens to be the oldest and perhaps largest Aggie ring I’ve seen. It has been rubbed almost smooth after years of daily wear and is still worn with pride by this fightin’ Texas Aggie.

After serving our country in both World War II and the Korean War, where he was a surgical nurse in a MASH unit (R.P. loved to watch the television show “MASH” because, “everything they showed you on MASH was just exactly the way it was”), he graduated from Texas A&M in 1961. R.P. earned a bachelor’s degree in wildlife management and began working as a wildlife biologist for the state of Texas at Sheldon Wildlife Area. He is a registered biologist and entomologist whose career later took him to the Fish and Wildlife Service, then Texas Parks & Wildlife, and then R.P. spent 20 years with Harris County Mosquito Control.

As a man who enjoyed working out in the field studying all species of animals and insects, a man who rescued animals as well as humans when animals became too involved in their

R.P. Jones, also known as Trapper Jones, offers his knowledge of coping with mosquitoes.

lives (or got stuck in the attic or under a house!) as a second job, and as a man tasked with killing mosquitoes in the most efficient way possible, R.P. talks a great deal about balance – the balance of nature, the delicate balance of wildlife and humans coexisting and the balance of chemicals and their effects on the survival of living creatures not targeted by the contact chemicals used for mosquito control.

R.P. wants to share his knowledge of mosquitoes with you. In the end, he says, the most effective protection for you and your family is to wear long sleeves, long pants, spray a modest amount of mosquito repellant on yourself, put out citronella candles, try those motorized things that continually emit citronella fumes and choose to be outdoors during the time in which mosquitoes are the least active (they come out predominantly during dawn and dusk, but they can be found in shady, moist areas any time of day). Otherwise, limit your time outside because the danger of the Zika and West Nile viruses is real.

“All of the mosquito cures work somewhat, but they don’t work long,” R.P. said. “Don’t expect long-term results from any of these mosquito cures because they just don’t last.”

He shared there is a difference between being active and being inactive in mosquito control. In the 1930s through early ‘50s, upper-class coastal areas had mosquito control.

Mosquito control provided a higher standard of living for

humans.

Today in Harris County, R.P. says we don’t have that type and quality of mosquito control. We have reactive mosquito control. We have people that go out and hunt for diseased mosquitoes and when they find diseased mosquitoes, they may spray that location.

That is not mosquito control, insists R.P., that is mosquito surveillance.

R.P. says mosquito trucks’ spray is effective to kill the diseased mosquitoes when done properly.

“You have to remember,” he said, “all of the chemicals that are used on mosquitoes today are contact poisons. So, if you’ve got a million mosquitoes and the spray touches 900,000 of them but doesn’t touch the other 100,000, you’ve still got 100,000 that are reproducing and capable of spreading disease. And it has no effect on the mosquitoes that are in the sewer, or water or pupae. It’s totally inefficient. It’s a surveillance program, not mosquito control.”

R.P. is proud to share that he and his colleague stopped the St. Louis Encephalitis epidemic in 1964-65 and again in 1973, but they didn’t do it with surveillance, he says, they did it by actively spraying the sewers, removing standing water sources (abandoned old tires, litter holding water, etc.), eliminating water out of low areas – and R.P. calls that active mosquito control.

There are 57 different species of mosquitoes in Harris County. 57! And each one of those mosquitoes has a difference niche – some of them are in the sewer, some are in holes up in trees, some thrive in cast-off containers or tires, and there are mosquitoes which lay eggs on moist mud, waiting for the next rainfall.

R.P. explained, “Everything is pretty dry right now and we’ve got rains coming in from the south, so guess what’s going to happen? And the next thing to think about is, most mosquitoes have a very short flight range. So, if you‘ve got mosquitoes in your

backyard, either you’re raising them yourself or your next door neighbor is raising them, because most of them have a flight range of only 25 feet.

They hardly ever go farther than 25 feet.”

R.P. loves nature and does not use chemicals in his yard.

Instead, he keeps a close eye on his yard for anything that might trap any amount of water for more than three days. The average life cycle of a freshly laid mosquito egg is 1-10 days from laying to hatching.

“I do not use chemicals in my yard because you kill the bees, butterflies, spiders – you can’t believe how many insects, mosquitoes included, are consumed by spiders,” R.P. said. “And if you kill the spiders, you’re going to disrupt the whole system. If you are going to use chemicals, use them with the knowledge they are going to work a short time and don’t overuse them.

If you’re going to be out there for an hour, use just enough to give you safe working time for an hour.”

R.P. also cautioned against the installation of outdoor spray systems, because they generally work only at certain times and can make contact with critters for which they are not intended.

“If someone argues with you, ask, ‘Is this is a contact poison?’ “ R.P. said. “If they say, ‘Yes, it’s a contact poison,’ ask them, ‘What are you going to kill?’ You’re killing everything in that area which makes contact.”

Aside from butterflies, beneficial insects and spiders, mosquito contact poisons harm other area wildlife such as tiny tree frogs and our native green anole lizards. Balance. Use just enough. It is important to stay safe.

Finally, R.P. said, “If we allow chemical companies to scare us into thinking, ‘The only thing that will work is a using a lot of chemicals,’ again, it’s a personal choice.

We’ve allowed them to move us in that direction. Make a healthy personal choice.”

Carrasco, from P. 1A a hero in the eyes of those served by the Star of Hope Mission, which serves about 1,400 homeless people per day at its two Houston facilities.

Carrasco and her entourage, which included fellow Waltrip students as well as her parents, Alfred and Kylie Carrasco, delivered 95 pizzas and 400 hygiene bags to the shelter for women and families. The bags included donated items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo and deodorant, which Leanne Carrasco and her friends had been collecting since February.

The group toured the facility before serving pizza, corn on the cob and salad to about 200 shelter residents.

Upon learning that Carrasco was behind the feast, Star of Hope public relations director Scott Arthur said one group of women gave her a standing ovation and formed a line to personally greet and hug Carrasco and her relatives.

“It means a lot to them,” Arthur said.

The experience meant just as much to Carrasco, who said she wanted the women to know they were cared for and was gratified by their appreciation. She said the reason she wanted

Photo by Adam Zuvanich Recent Waltrip High School graduate Leanne Carrasco, right, and 2018 graduate Jazmin Correa served pizza to homeless women and children on June 2.

to serve the homeless instead of celebrating her high school graduation was because she viewed having a party as fleeting and wasteful from a financial standpoint.

Carrasco still received gifts to commemorate the occasion – a charm bracelet from her grandmother was her favorite – but the gift of giving might have trumped the others. She enjoyed the experience so much that she plans to do something similar once she graduates from college.

Carrasco, a standout catcher for the Waltrip softball team, said she will attend Briar Cliff University in Iowa on a softball scholarship. Her reputation might proceed her to the Midwest, where the student newspaper at Iowa State University was among the news outlets to tell her story.

Arthur, who arranged for the local TV stations to cover the event, said a “perfect storm” of circumstances led to the story spreading beyond Houston. It was timely because it was tied to graduation, he said, and it also was a feel-good story in a news cycle often filled with bad news.

“It’s just amazing,” Arthur said.

“People needed that news at the right time, and she was there. Her heart was in the right place.”

“In our opinion, we can come out pretty much as well at the end of a 7 as we can at the end of an 11,” GOMO vice president Al Thomas said. “We’re not terribly worried about it.”

All four members of the creditors committee said they believe the Chapter 7 conversion will ultimately result in the demise of Garden Oaks’ homeowners association, which would be an unwanted outcome.

Creditors committee member Cheryl Luck said her “heart breaks for the entire neighborhood.”

But at least one homeowner who attended last week’s hearing would not mind if GOMO goes away. Diego Martinez, while addressing the judge, said he and several other Garden Oaks homeowners would prefer to have a new homeowners association or none at all. Martinez, who described the dynamics between GOMO and some homeowners as the “Hatfields and McCoys,” also said the bankruptcy case has been a waste of time and money.

Jones thanked Martinez for his comments and referred to them as wise. The judge also expressed disappointment at how the case had evolved.

“I have hinted, I have talked, and it’s perfectly fine for folks to ignore me,” Jones said. “But we won’t ignore the law. And this is simply a case that cannot continue.”

M.C. Williams campus gets STEM makeover

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com Students at an Acres Homes middle school have new means of tapping into their potential.

Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie partnered with nonprofit educational enrichment group Heart of America to provide a STEM makeover at M.C. Williams Middle School, which unveiled its new learning tools and a new STEM lab June 7. More than 40 volunteers transformed an area in the school into a STEM lab that will provide its 500 students with access to new technology and hands-on tools for designing, building, tinkering and creating projects.

“Heart of America is thrilled to partner with AbbVie for a sixth year to create engaging and inspiring STEM-focused spaces all across the country,” said Jill Heath, president and CEO of the Heart of America Foundation. “Volunteers serve in the communities where they work by giving back to schools that will deeply benefit from an infusion of new design, maker technologies and books to enrich instruction year-round.”

Volunteers from the two organizations painted, built and moved furniture, deepcleaned fixtures and windows, hung artwork and assembled technology and makerspace components and

resources such as iPads and a 3-D printer in the lab space.

With her campus already being a STEM magnet school within Houston ISD, Williams principal Roshanda Griffin said she welcomed the opportunity to expand with a second STEM lab when Heart of America contacted the campus this past spring.

Previously, the school had just one lab upstairs that was used for robotics.

“Having an additional lab will give us more opportunities to offer STEM programs to our incoming sixth-grade students. Before, we would have to schedule our sixth graders to go upstairs, but this will allow us to assign more students to STEM labs as an elective,” Griffin said of the lab, located in the school’s sixth-grade hall. “With these labs, we can tap into the gifts they have, and they begin to make more informed decisions about their future.”

The project was part of AbbVie’s annual “Week of Possibilities” that focuses on creating quality educational environments that positively impact children’s development across the country.

“Once we look at where we started and where we ended up, I like to imagine students coming in and having these resources at their fingertips,” AbbVie’s Toni Haubert said.

“If we can spark interest in STEM for one student from our work, it’s worth it.”

Safer, from P. 1A Turner, who proclaimed Monday “Lesha Adams Day” in honor of the longtime Timbergrove resident, vowed to improve safety on that stretch of Shepherd during an April 11 news conference held at the same site as Monday’s gathering. Not quite two months later, his vision had been executed.

Along with installing the hybrid pedestrian beacon, Houston Public Works repainted the white crosswalk lines on Shepherd and added crosswalk signals and signs on both sides of the street. New wheelchair-accessible ramps also were constructed, and the sidewalk on the east side of Shepherd was widened to also accommodate the METRO bus stop at the intersection.

METRO chairperson Carrin Patman said the bus stop a little bit to the south, which Jesse Perez was trying to reach when Adams spotted him trying to wheel across Shepherd, was removed shortly after their deaths.

Carol Haddock, director of the public works department, said construction at Shepherd and 10th took about four weeks.

“Government sometimes doesn’t work fast,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said. “But I think in this instance, you each set a standard.”

Dennis Perez, whose brother lived in the Heights area, said the changes were a long time coming. And like Adams’ relatives, he was glad to see them.

In honor of Adams, 55, and Jesse Perez, 63, Turner announced Monday that more changes are coming. He said Houston will adopt the multi-national “Vision Zero” initiative by way of an executive order.

Turner described Vision Zero as a “comprehensive strategy which reframes the way we think about street safety,” with the goal of drastically reducing or eliminating traffic-related deaths and serious injuries by 2030.

Hearing about Turner’s vision and seeing the improvements that already have been made provided some comfort to the victims’ families, who are still grieving.

“Of course, I wish that it hadn’t taken something like this to make this street safer,” said Stefanie Marsh, Adams’ widow. “But I would say that Lesha would be very pleased that something has happened so quickly.

“And it didn’t happen in vain,” Marsh added. “She’s continuing to make a difference and help people like she did before.”

THINGS TO DO.

The Arts

The Markets

Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band Friday, June 14 7 p.m.

The Heights Theater – 339 W. 19th St. Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band are performing at The Heights Theater with Amanda Shires.

Eleanora’s Market Saturday, June 15 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Cavatore – 2120 Ella Blvd.

There will be local growers, makers, designers, artisans and food producers.

Tunes in the Tap Room Tuesday, June 18 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.

Book of Love Friday, June 14 8 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Book of Love is performing at White Oak Music Hall with DJ Marc Nicholson.

Vundarbar Saturday, June 15 7 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Vundarbar is performing at White Oak Music Hall with together PANGEA. Great Good Fine OK Sunday, June 16 8 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Great Good Fine OK is performing at White Oak Music Hall with Vesperteen.

Tacocat Tuesday, June 18 8 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Tacocat is performing at White Oak Music Hall with The Paranoyds.

Remo Drive Wednesday, June 19 8 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Remo Drive is performing at White Oak Music Hall with Slow Pulp and Heart of Gold.

Whitey Morgan Thursday, June 20 7 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Whitey Morgan is performing at White Oak Music Hall.

Priests Thursday, June 20 8 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Priests is performing at White Oak Music Hall.

Little White Oak Night Market Saturday, June 15 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, June 15 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

948 Wakefield Dr. The Farm Stand at Petrol Station features goods from local vendors.

Heights Morning Market Sunday, June 16 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, June 17 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 nondenominational Bible study.

Email scripturesharing@earthlink. net for information.

Men’s Scripture Sharing Group Thursday, June 20 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.

St. Stephen’s Bible Study Wednesday, June 19 2:30 p.m.

St. Stephen’s UMC – 2003 W. 43rd St. All are welcome to attend the weekly Wednesday afternoon

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Bible study in Room 101. The current study focuses on examining the Christian faith in light of other religions and how Christians can love neighbors of different faiths. The First and Third Sunday evening Bible study and sermon conversation is held at 5:15 p.m. at Great Heights Brewing Company, 938 Wakefield. All in the community are welcome.

For more information, call the office at 713-686-8241, or visit www.stsumc.org and the church’s Facebook page.

Super Neighborhood Council Meeting Thursday, June 13 6:15 p.m.

Lazybrook Baptist Church – 1822 W 18th St.   The next meeting of SNC 14 will be held on Thursday, June 14. At that time, we will hear about Harris County Flood Bond Project for SNC 14. Matthew Zeve and Gary Bezemek of the Harris County Flood Control, and Elizabeth Stinsman of Harris County Precinct 4 will be attending to discuss the scope of work, when the projects will start and how long they will take. The meeting is open to residents and business owners in the boundaries of Super Neighborhood Council 14 (Timbergrove/Lazybrook).

St. Matthew’s Event Sunday, June 20 9:15 a.m.

St. Matthew’s UMC – 4300 N. Shepherd The 9:15 worship service will feature well known opera/gospel singer, Dorceal Duckens. A picnic with hot dogs, hamburgers and trimmings will follow the service. Entertainment will be provided by the Praise Band, ACTS. This is a free event. For more information, see St. Matthew’s Facebook page or visit website at www.stmatthewsmethodist.org.

Juneteenth Parade Saturday, June 15 10 a.m. – noon Acres Homes Multi-Service Center – 6719 W. Montgomery Mayor Sylvester Turner’s 8th Annual Acres Homes Juneteenth Parade begins at the Acres Homes Multi-Service Center and will travel north on W. Montgomery and West on Dolly Wright, and will end at 1620 Dolly Wright at Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

Lazybrook Baptist Church Events June 2 – Aug. 25 6:30 p.m.

Lazybrook Baptist Church 1822 W. 18th St. Lazybrook Baptist Church is sponsoring the Young Adult Summer Book Club Fellowship, “Welcome to Adulting- Navigating Faith, Friendship, Finances, and the Future� by Jonathan “JP�

Pokluda, which will be at the home of Sean and Vonda Bonte.

They will start with a meal and then have discussion from the book. Vacation Bible School at Lazybrook Baptist Church will be July 8 – 12, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. for kids who have completed Kindergarten - 5th grades. Theme: In the Wild, Amazing Encounters With Jesus. VBS is free. Call 713-864-1470 to register or for information about the events.

Book Reading at Casa Ramirez Thursday, June 20 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Casa Ramirez – 241 W. 19th St. Casa Ramirez FOLKART Gallery in the Houston Heights will host a poetry reading and book signing for Lupe Mendez and his recently released poetry book, WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA. Steak Night at Post 560 Friday, June 21 6 – 8 p.m.

American Legion Post 560 – 3720 Alba Rd. The American Legion Post is hosting a steak night fundraiser every third Friday, featuring steak, stuff-your-own potatos, and green salad for $15 per dinner.

Fun & Games Craft Beer Stroll Thursday, June 13 5 – 9 p.m.

19th Street, between Yale and Shepherd Enjoy an evening of Houston’s craft breweries at 19th Street’s Craft Brew Stroll. Sample beers from multiple breweries up and down 19th Street, including; St. Arnold Brewing Company at AG Antiques on West 19th, Astral Brewing at Vanity Salon Houston, Eureka Heights Brew Co at Eclectic Home, Great Heights Brewing Company at Jubilee, Austin Eastciders at Retropolis, Karbach Brewing Co. at Circa Real Estate LLC, Platypus Brewing at The Lift on 19th, and Under the Radar Brewery at Vinal Edge Records.

Brand Grand Opening Party Sunday, June 30 1-4 p.m.

Liberty Hoepfl Garage - 4610 N. Shepherd Dr. Come out to Liberty Hoepfl Garage Brand Grand Opening Party.

The emcee is Randy Lemmon of KTRH’s Gardenline. There will be prizes, live music, beverages and more. There will be dancing and special guests. Desserts provided

by Sweet Treats. The $10 admission ticket is also a raffle ticket.

Children are free. RSVP at the shop or call 713-695-5071. Visit www.adolfhoepfl to purchase your tickets at Eventbrite or purchase at the store.

THE OBITUARIES.

Jerry L. Johnson Sr., 86, born Feb. 1, died on June 9. Jerry is survived by his wife, Dorothy Johnson; sons, John Johnson & wife Sandy, Jay Johnson & wife Sherri; grandsons, Jeremy Johnson, Trey Johnson & wife Ann, Austin Johnson & wife Madelaine; great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Johnson.Â

58, born Nov. 11, died on June 7. He is survived by his daughter Lena Eckert, sons; Micah Eckert and Travis Eckert, father Edgar Eckert and sister Diane Dodson.Â

George F. Speer, 72. Born Nov. 7, died on June 5 in Houston, Texas.

Harry David Johnson, 93, born May 9, died on June 8. He serviced in the Marines at the Pacific Theater during World War II. Harry is survived by his wife, Mary Johnson; daughters; Jackie Nichols and Vivian Vacek, sons; David Johnson, Larry Johnson and

James Thomas Hoke, 92, born June 11, died on June 6. He served in the Army as a Sergeant in WWII, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He is survived by his daughter, Judy Meschwitz, grandchildren Charline Cardwell, Aaron Meschwitz, and Melanie

June 4. Hazel is survived by her sons, Spencer and Hal Thompson; granddaughter, Kelli Kisner; great grandchildren, Kennedi and Kade Kisner; brother, Don McAnally; sisters, Kati Nordstrom, Daisy Jones, and Shirley Morgan; and numerous nieces and nephews.

John Johnson, eleven grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.Â

Timothy Albert Eckert,

Alice Louise Bannister, 71, born May 17, died on May 31. She is survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Wayne, daughter Donya Eaves, Bethany, Bitzy, and Bailey Bannister, an apparent love of alliteration, son-in-law John Eaves, grandson Aaron Eaves, and unofficial mini-me, her granddaughter Gloria Eaves.

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Maydell was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, great-great-grandmother and dear friend. She had a very loving nature and was known for her sweet and gentle spirit. Maydell was a woman of love, grace, faith and lived her life every day exemplifying Christianity. A gifted artist and talented teacher, Maydell captured her love for the beauty of nature in many of her spectacular paintings.

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Consider beach hazards before taking Fido on trip to coast Watch for heatstroke For your dog, heatstroke can come on quickly--especially when shade is at a minimum.

Make sure to have plenty of fresh water and shade available to get your dog out of the sun quickly. If you see your dog panting and drooling excessively, or if you notice that his gums have gotten more red than normal, your dog could be experiencing heat stroke.

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Dear Tabby, We’re thinking about taking our dog with us to the beach this summer. What do we need to watch out for while we’re there?

Beach Ready in The Heights Dear Beach Ready, We’re so fortunate to live within driving distance of the beach and going to the beach on a hot summer day is such a great outing. While it seems like a great idea to take Fido along with you to the beach, the beach has its fair share of hazards that can turn a day at the beach into a night at the emergency vet!

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hot the ground can get and give your dog shady spots to walk so he doesn’t burn his paw pads on the hot beach or pavement.

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accumulate in their digestive systems, causing impaction -- a condition that requires an urgent visit to the vet.

Every dog is different and, when it’s all said and done, only you know what’s probably best for your pet. But it’s important to weigh the pros and cons of a day at the beach with Fido. You might just decide that it would be more fun and relaxing for everyone if Fido sat this one out.

From Staff Reports St. Pius X High School has hired Jeff Feller as its new athletic director.

“When we met Jeff, we knew that his positive attitude and ‘can do’ spirit was going to be a great fit here at St. Pius X,” Head of School Carmen Garrett Armistead said in a statement released by the school.

“Looking at his list of accomplishments, we know that Jeff is going to hit the ground running providing vision, organization and long-term planning to make our athletic program one of the best in the Houston area. We are thrilled to have him become a Panther.”

Feller began his career as the sports director for Ambler Area YMCA in Philadelphia.

A few years later, he began his education career at Roberts Vaux High School while teaching physical education and coaching girls basketball.

Under his watch, Roberts Vaux was a finalist to receive $25,000 from the Henkel Helps Kids Get Fit program – a national fitness-based health initiative.

In 2012, Feller made the move to Houston and to KIPP Texas Public Schools as the founding athletic di-

Do you have a question for Tabby? Email her at deartabbyquestions@gmail.com

Pet of the Week Meet Nala Nala is a young gal who would make the perfect companion for that special someone. Nala is super smart, loves car rides and has great household manners. She is goofy and cuddly and ready for her new beginning. Nala probably would do best in a home without small children (due to her high energy level) and is open to the idea a doggy companion of a similar energy level. To learn more about Nala, go to www.friends4life. org.

Salt water poisoning While a few gulps of fresh water won’t typically hurt your dog, salt water is a very different story. According to the American Kennel Club, consuming large amounts of salt water can be fatal to a dog.

Even consuming just a few mouthfuls of the salty stuff can cause diarrhea in your dog, so if possible, make sure to keep your dog from drinking salt water and have plenty of clean, fresh water on hand to quench his thirst.

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rector at KIPP Generations Collegiate. In addition to serving as athletic director, he was a health and physical education teacher while coaching football, baseball, softball and track and field.

Feller has served as the regional athletic director for KIPP for the past three years, leading athletic programs for five highs schools, 11 middle schools and eight primary schools.

He resides in League City with his wife and two children.

“I am absolutely honored to become a part of the Panther family,” he said.

“I am looking forward to working with the administration, teachers, parents, coaches and students to create a vision and plan to continue the proud academic and athletic tradition at St. Pius X.”

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Art Valet: Here’s where to have art shown in Houston Mitch Cohen Art Columnist

Last week’s column about the call for grant-seeking proposals put forth by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner got me thinking about calls for art.

A question I am asked more often than any other is, “Where can I sell my art?� That one question led to me starting my art market 15 years ago.

Even with today’s Internet search capabilities, finding where to go can be a daunting task in a city that can have multiple weather forecasts.

Here are my tips on where to get started in Houston: There is nothing more encouraging for an artist than hearing praise from strangers - except when that stranger trades money for your art!

Having the opportunity to interact with other artists and the public can be more than just a rewarding experience; it can elevate the artist to the next level. “Talking shop� has many possibilities such as advancing technique and learning about opportunities. Getting started is all it takes to find your niche.

What are you going to find out there when looking for

places to show and sell art?

Everything from corporations, nonprofits, museums, artist studios, representative galleries and restaurants looking for art to hang. Fortunately, there are artist nonprofits that list calls for entries and have their own offerings of classes, workshops and business education.

An area where most creatives struggle is the business aspect of the art world.

Get on the mailing lists for Fresh Arts, Glasstire and the Texas Commission on the Arts. The websites are going to have a more extensive listing than what may be emailed, so don’t wait.

Fresh Arts is one of my favorites and my pick for the best local resource for calls for entries. The organization’s short mission statement sums it up well: “We champion local artists and creative entrepreneurs to succeed in the business of art.�

Fresh Arts has a weekly events newsletter called “Art on Tap,� which is primarily user-generated and an artist resource newsletter that is an excellent source of opportunities that has a call for entries, workshops, grants, job opportunities, residencies and more sent out every month. Visit fresharts.org According to its website, Glasstire is the oldest onlineonly art magazine in the coun-

tionable. I am not a fan of any event that expects you to sell tickets. Almost all art receptions and group exhibits are free to attend. Buying the art is where the money is made.

Now a real call for art. Area artists are invited to apply to Archway Gallery’s 11th Annual Juried Competition, benefiting New Hope Housing.

Entries may be delivered on July 1 or July 2 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Archway Gallery to be judged by Penny Cerling.

try and the only publication in Texas that is producing serious art criticism on a daily basis.

Linked in its weekly newsletter is the “Top Five,� a video commentary by Christina Rees and Brandon Zech covering Glasstire’s top five art events in Texas. Visit glasstire.com.

The Texas Commission on the Arts has an extensive website that may surprise you as it did me. Here an artist can find opportunities all over the country. Visit arts.texas.gov.

No commentary about artist opportunities would be complete without mentioning the Visual Arts Alliance (VAA).

Again, this arts education organization says it best in its mission statement: “VAA pro-

duces professionally juried art exhibitions providing opportunities for members and nonmembers to have their work professionally judged and viewed by the general public.

VAA also organizes educational programs including studio, gallery and museum tours in addition to presentations of art-related resources. Recreational programs provide creative and supportive events beneficial to artists.�

This is a great group to join to meet other artists on a professional level. Visit visualartsalliance.org.

A word of caution: There are many legitimate places to enter and show your art and there are few that are ques-

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Photo by Zarah Parker The chicken tenders do not disappoint at Sam’s Fried Chicken & Donuts, located at 601 Heights Blvd.

are my go-to option when I want something simple and familiar. At first sight I could tell these tenders weren’t your average chicken strips. They were larger strips that looked more chicken than breading, which might sound like stating the obvious, but many places tend to be heavy on the breading with thin strips of chicken.

The breading at Sam’s looked like it would be crunchy, but after biting into one I found it to be softer. The seasonings mixed in gave the chicken a unique flavor that I loved, and the meat was juicy and fresh. Dipping it into the gravy, which was thick and warm, gave the chicken an interesting smoky flavor.

The crispy fries were aptly named. Every bite was like eating a potato with a layer of crisp around it. The crispiness of the fries balanced well with the chicken.

The first thing you need to know about the cornbread is

that it is by far the crumbliest cornbread I’ve ever had. The moment I touched it, it began to fall apart, so using a fork to eat it seemed to work the best.

It became tiny pieces of cornbread the moment it touched my tongue, but I tried to focus on the taste.

The cornbread was sweet and tasted good. But I could have gone without the crumbliness.

By the time I got to the donut, I felt like I’d made my way into food coma territory.

Though the meal was heavy, I didn’t feel sick. I was just happily full. While I had little room for the donut, I didn’t regret eating it.

Other cake donuts I’ve had are usually on the dry side, but this one was soft and moist.

The donut without the icing tasted lightly of blueberry, and the icing is what brought most of the flavor to the donut.

But the next time I have a craving for fried chicken, I

Enjoy Houston’s food scene while you can Managing Editor

More than six years ago, I moved from Houston to a small town in Central Texas.

There were all the typical fastfood places and three local restaurants.

There wasn’t a Chick-fil-A or Whataburger at the time, and the restaurants mostly served country cooking. There was one Italian place, where I went only once.

I didn’t care much that the eating-out options weren’t the best. I actually didn’t give it much thought, because me and my family mostly ate at home. That is, until we tired of cooking and wanted a night of eating out.

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Emerging artist Sarah Rimboch points to one of her paintings at a Hardy & Nance Street Studio event in May.

Review: Sam’s does fried chicken right Walking into Sam’s Fried Chicken & Donuts reminded me of a small-town spot where everyone goes to get chicken, but with the added bonus of specialty donuts.

Once I looked over the menu I realized Sam’s was more than just a fried-chicken joint, but one that cared about the ingredients. The bottom of the menu proclaimed that Sam’s only uses vegetarianfed, American Humane Certified chicken raised with no antibiotics and no growth stimulants or hormones.

This made me excited to see if I would be able taste the difference.

The space inside is relatively small. You can choose to sit inside, or there are a few small tables on the outside. On a busy day, it’s probably best to grab and go.

I ordered the three-piece tender meal with crispy fries and country cream gravy. All the donuts looked good, so I asked the cashier to recommend one. I went with her favorite, the blueberry cake donut with blueberry icing.

I grabbed a seat and not even a few minutes later, I had my tray of food. My meal also came with a piece of cornbread.

The boat of fries was overflowing and the tenders were nice and hot.

Now, I wouldn’t say I’m a chicken tender expert, but I’m not far from it. I love fried chicken, and chicken tenders

Artists may enter one or two works for the entry fee of $30.

Prizes include generous cash awards. The first-prize winner will also receive guest artist hanging privileges for a month at Archway Gallery. Interested artists can get entry information and forms on the gallery’s website, ArchwayGallery.com.

Garden is just a place I go with a big chunk of family when we want a familiar place.

But that night, I was extremely excited to eat at Olive Garden.

And it was because I missed eating out at a place where I knew what to expect from the food.

Then I began to miss having more than fast-food options and three restaurants that I never really enjoyed.

I had taken Houston’s cornucopia of food options for granted before moving, which made me realize I hadn’t really taken advantage of all that Houston had to offer.

I spent almost two years in that small town dreaming of restaurants in Houston. Luckily, this was before the big restaurant boom in the Heights.

When I moved back to Houston, the first place I went to eat was Shipley Donuts on Ella Boulevard.

A few years later, I found myself in an RV on the one main highway in Alaska with nothing but sandwiches to

eat every day for more than a week. And again, I was reminded that I needed to support the places I loved in Houston when I was able because I might not always be in Houston. I might be stuck in the wilderness with nothing but turkey, ham and white bread.

Do I sound a little spoiled?

Of course. I think living in a big city where anything you want is accessible does that to you even if you don’t realize it.

But it doesn’t mean I didn’t appreciate the time I spent living in Central Texas or my trip to Alaska.

I’d choose eating sandwiches for every meal for a month if that’s what I had to do to be able to go back.

If I moved again, I would probably find new favorite restaurants, but I’d still miss visiting the ones here, like Cavatore, Miller’s CafÊ, Helen in the Heights and Gatlin’s BBQ. What it comes down to is enjoying what you have while you have it, because it might not always be available.

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