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Mayor hopefuls have heated debate By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com Roughly 300 people filed into a gymnasium at Garden Oaks Montessori Magnet on Tuesday night, as did the mayor of Houston and seven of his challengers in the upcoming municipal election. Many of the men and women running for the city’s highest office, along with some of those in the crowd, dressed for the occasion by sporting suits with ties..
They all left soaked in sweat, at least partly because there was no air conditioning in the building. Super Neighborhood 12 president Mark Klein, whose organization hosted the public mayoral forum along with the Garden Oaks Civic Club, said the AC was preprogrammed to shut off an hour before the event started and could not be turned on manually at the site. “Things got a little heated on stage, too, I guess,” Klein said.
“We had a pretty good debate.” The forum, moderated by The Leader publisher Jonathan McElvy, marked the first time this election cycle that incumbent Sylvester Turner went head-to-head against the people hoping to unseat him. The challengers who joined him on stage included Tony Buzbee and Bill King, the latter of whom lost to Turner in a runoff four years ago, as well as Houston City See Forum P. 6A
Photo by Adam Zuvanich Sylvester Turner, center, speaks as Tony Buzbee, left, and Bill King look on Tuesday at Garden Oaks Montessori Magnet.
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INSIDE. Photo by Adam Zuvanich Carter & Cooley Company Delicatessen owner Neil Sackheim, left, chats with longtime customers John and Kim Kilbride last Saturday, when the popular lunch spot closed after 30 years in business on 19th Street.
Popular deli closes after 30-year run Child death. The mother of a girl found dead in an area apartment has been charged.
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By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com Kim Kilbride always ordered turkey and swiss on wheat. Her husband, John, who likes his bread toasted, usually opted for ham and swiss but sometimes got a Cuban sandwich or chicken salad. It was the same every Saturday for the Kilbrides, who for the last two years made weekly walks to Carter & Cooley Company Delicatessen from their home in the Heights. Kim called it their “pilgrimage.” See related Last Saturday, though, paying column by homage to their favorite neighborEditor hood deli doubled as a farewell. Adam Zuvanich It was the last day in business for Photo by Adam Zuvanich Page 3A Customers line up to order last Saturday at Carter & Cooley Carter & Cooley, which closed after Company Delicatessen on 19th Street in the Heights. 30 years at 375 W. 19th St. When asked where they planned to have lunch this Saturday, the Kilbrides were stumped. John said the cou- Carter and Daniel Denton Cooley, became a community icon while combining fresh, comforting food with friendple felt “lost.” “I don’t know, and I’m sad,” Kim said. “I’ll be Googling liness and an old-world feel. Antique kitchen equipment was sprinkled throughout the dining room, with black‘second-best sandwich shop in Houston’ to find one.” Generations of Heights residents, and those who and-white photos lining the walls. The restaurant was filled with hungry, nostalgic and frequent the historic neighborhood, can relate. Carter & Cooley, named after Heights founders Oscar Martin See Deli P. 4A
Being close to the bustle is part of the allure of neighborhoods such as Shady Acres, which is next door to a series of dining options and entertainment venues. There are nearly 10 bars within a few blocks of Ganesh Rha’s home on 21st Street, where he has lived for the last three years. He doesn’t need to drive to patronize those places, which offer vibrant nightlife and in some cases a good brunch on weekends. Rha and a friend made the short walk to Cedar Creek Café and Bar, a spacious place with a shaded outdoor patio on the corner of 20th and Beall streets, last Saturday afternoon. He brought along his young child, who he pushed in a stroller. “It’s pretty good,” Rha said of the area. “A lot of people like having bars around so they can go hang out with their friends.” But not every homeowner in that part of the Heights is fond of the popular bars and restaurants in their neighborhood, especially if they have young children like Rha. Another nearby resident with a young child described his yearlong tenure in the community as a “nightmare.” In emails to The Leader, Panos Giannoulis said loud music on weekend nights has been an ongoing disturbance to him and his family, who moved into a house just north of Cedar Creek in July 2018. He said he fortified his windows to reduce outside sound, made multiple pleas with See Loud P. 4A
Coyote sightings rattle area residents By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com There have been several coyote sightings in the area of at late, with the most recent in Candlelight Estates and Oak Forest last week as documented and posted online. Even Alan Bernstein, the director of communications for Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, was aware of it. “That particular coyote has been getting some attention on Facebook,” Bernstein said. The city received 117 coyote calls in 2017 and got another 109 last year. So far in 2019, 89 people
have called 311 to report seeing one. If you are one of them, Bernstein said the city, in all likelihood, is not going to send out animal control. “The city will only intervene with wildlife under certain circumstances,” Bernstein said. “The city is not obligated to remove or relocate such animals by ordinance.” The lack of alarm is partly because these animals are not going anywhere – and so far have been no danger to humans. “Coyotes are transient animals and Houston’s bayous and byways See Coyote P. 4A
Photo from Facebook Coyotes such as this one have been spotted recently in area neighborhoods. Wildlife experts say human habits and behaviors encourage the animals to come around.
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