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State rep Eastman headed to another runoff

By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com

Anna Eastman continues to be the favorite in District 148.

But even after finishing first in an election for the third time in five months, her seat at the next session of the Texas Legislature still is not secure.

Eastman, who in a January runoff was elected to the Texas House of Representatives, must defend her seat in another runoff scheduled for May. The Heights resident

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could not secure an outright victory in the Democratic primary that ended Tuesday, appearing on 41.6 percent of the 14,799 ballots cast by Northwest Houston voters, according to unofficial results released Wednesday morning by the office of Harris County Clerk Diane Trautman.

Facing Eastman in the runoff will be attorney Penny Morales Shaw, who placed second Tuesday by receiving 22.1 percent of the vote.

Shaw finished sixth among

15 candidates in the November special election for the District 148 seat, which was vacated by the retiring Jessica Farrar in September, but picked up steam in the form of an endorsement from Farrar leading up to the primary.

Eastman, a former Houston ISD trustee, was the leading vote-getter in November and beat Republican Lui La Rotta in January’s runoff. La Rotta was unopposed in the ReSee Election, P. 7A

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Happy birthday! Mitch Cohen’s First Saturday Arts Market turns 16 years old this week.

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Photo by Adam Zuvanich Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, right, speaks about preparing for a coronavirus outbreak on Monday at Hilton Houston Galleria Area Hotel. At left is Dr. David Persse, the top health official for the City of Houston. At center is Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of Harris County Public Health.

City braces for coronavirus outbreak

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No meat, no problem. We review Govinda’s Vegetarian Cuisine on West 34th Street.

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The stock at Complete Medical Supply used to include multiple boxes of N95 masks, which are personal respirators that protect wearers from airborne particles. For about a month, though, owner Zain Pirani said he’s been unable to order any from his vendors.

Other types of facemasks are

becoming nearly as scarce at the medical equipment store located at 1714 W. 18th St., which offers home health products and also sells supplies to local doctors’ offices and clinics. Pirani said several hundred masks are being scooped up every couple days, to the point he’s having a hard time keeping them on his shelves, and hand sanitizer also has been a hot item in recent weeks.

He said he’s been fielding at least

50 phone calls a day from people in search of those items.

“Obviously, when there’s a state of panic, people are going to rush to all their options,” Pirani said.

Much of Houston, along with the rest of the state, country and world, is spooked about the spread of coronavirus and scrambling to prepare for what appears to be an imminent See Virus, P. 7A

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Visit from the feds. FBI agents were investigation at Houston ISD headquarters last week.

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From Staff Reports Houstonians concerned about the coronavirus can find news reports and other important information at a new website, houstoncoronavirus.com.

McElvy Media, the company that publishes The Leader, created the site as the world copes with the outbreak of COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus. Houstoncoronavirus.com is dedicated to

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After much dreaming, planning and fundraising, the first neighborhood-initiated inclusive playground in Houston’s park system is that much closer to reality, with noticeable progress happening each week.

Work began in earnest in October on the project, which has a total of $830,000 in funding. That includes support from private donations raised by the Friends of Oak Forest Park, a local group chaired by Oak Forest resident Elyssa Horvath, as well as substantial City of Houston allocations.

Once the majority of funds were raised, the Houston Parks Board managed the design and bidding phases and awarded construction contracts to Landscape Art, Inc. and Lone Star Recreation.

The crew has been busy pouring concrete, installing equipment and setting poles for the shade structure coming this spring. Soon the swings and bucket seats for Landscape Structures’ We-Saw, an accessible take on the traditional see-saw, will be set up.

March will also see the installation of more than 900 art tiles, which have been painted since 2016 by community members at area painting parties as part of the Nina Lee and Harold P. Hill art installation.

Last November, the sidewalk on Oak Forest Drive was connected to the existing park path.

The “Pathway to Play” will be a new path of engraved pavers near the pool building leading to the accessible playground. These, in addition to a bike rack and new benches and tables will be installed in April.

The playground will open this spring.

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Area animal hospital pitching in to help Hamilton PTO

By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com

Fun with films. A recent local film festival introduced attendees to a form of fine art.

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Contributed photo From left to right, Karen Placencia, Dr. Vanessa Wise, Tyler Moore, Karly Shimerka, Kaelin Bench and Stephany Marquez work at Oak Forest Veterinary Hospital, which will donate money to the Hamilton Middle School PTO.

Oscar Gonzales wanted the Hamilton Middle School band to play at every football game last fall. He also wanted to buy a pitching machine for the baseball team, a television monitor for a classroom and a lawnmower so he could keep the grass cut in a field on the Heights campus.

But Gonzales, who became president of the school’s parent-teacher organization at the end of last school year, could not make any of those purchases. He said he expected there to be at least $40,000 in the nonprofit’s bank account when he took over, but instead he discovered the account had been nearly depleted.

Harris County court documents show that former PTO president William Jaudon, who was arrested last month and charged with felony aggregate theft of a nonprofit, allegedly made nearly $24,000 in authorized withdrawals between June 1, 2018 and July 31, 2019.

“We easily could have done (all) that if the money wasn’t gone,” Gonzales said.

“It’s really disappointing to see somebody that would do this, take away our ability to do more for the kids.”

Fortunately for Gonzales, the PTO and the students and teachers at Hamilton, members of their community are pitching in to help them replenish their financial resources. Gonzales said the PTO now has about $5,000 in its account – which had dwindled to about $2,000 last summer – and more money is on the way.

Gonzales said the PTO netted about $4,000 last fall, when Heights resident Kerry Mooney and her company, Century Resources, set up an online store for the campus that sells food, garden and kitchen products. Mooney said the PTO receives 40 percent of all profits through the online store, which will be open through May 31 at centuryresources.com.

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FBI investigates at HISD headquarters

By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com

With the possibility of a state takeover looming over Houston ISD, Texas’ largest school district is now dealing with the feds.

C.J. Jones, a spokesperson for the FBI’s Houston Division, said Feb. 27 morning that its agents were in the process of conducting a “court-authorized law enforcement activity” at HISD’s headquarters at 4400 W. 18th St. Jones did not provide any other details about the investigation or answer follow-up questions about how many agents were on site, whether any part of the building had been closed and whether any arrests had been made.

“No one, including the students, the faculty, the staff or the other members of the community are in danger,” she said. “But we are going to be here until we’ve done what we need to do. … Once there’s more information that’s made publicly available, we will share it.”

On Tuesday, Jones said no further information had become publicly available.

In a statement released Feb. 27, HISD confirmed that the FBI was in its Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center and said the district is “fully cooperating.”

ABC13 reported Feb. 27 morning that it also saw authorities outside the home of Brian Busby, HISD’s chief operating officer. When asked about Busby’s employment status on Tuesday, the HISD press office told The Leader it needed to file an open records request in order to obtain that information.

An open records request was subsequently filed with HISD’s public information office, which did not provide answers before press time.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath notified HISD in November that he intends to replace the nine trustees on the HISD Board of Education with a stateappointed board of manag-

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Photo by Adam Zuvanich Visitors walk toward the entrance of Houston ISD’s Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center on Feb. 27. An FBI spokesperson said its agents are conducting “court-appointed law enforcement activity” at the building.

ers. He cited the results of a Texas Education Agency investigation that found some trustees violated the Texas Open Meetings Act and contract procurement rules, acted individually on behalf of the board and exceeded the scope of their authority. Morath also cited a 2015 state law that requires him to close Wheatley High School — which has failed to meet state academic standards for seven consecutive years — or replace the district’s school board as an alternative.

HISD has sued Morath, the TEA and state-appointed conservator Doris Delaney in an attempt to prevent the state takeover, arguing that the 2015 law is not applicable and that replacing the publicly elected trustees would disenfranchise Houston voters. A Travis County District Court judge granted HISD a temporary injunction in January, staving off the state action, although the injunction ruling has been appealed.

Although FBI agents were at HISD headquarters, the district appeared to be conducting business as usual Feb. 27. Wanda Gibbs, the parent of a Hilliard Elementary School student, visited the building and said she saw some FBI agents inside. She said she did not know why they were there or what they were doing.

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Photo by Adam Zuvanich C.J. Jones, a spokesperson for the FBI’s Houston Division, speaks to reporters Feb. 27 outside Houston ISD headquarters at 4400 W. 18th St.

Immediately upon entering the building, a reporter for The Leader was escorted out by an HISD police officer.

“I’m concerned as to why they’re here,” Gibbs said.

“With everything going on with the status of the district, I’m not shocked by it.”

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Seated L-R: Don Harvey, Allen Marcontell, Jack Farrar & Don Price.

John Werner, a legal icon in the field of law was a 1954 graduate of Reagan High School and University of Houston.

On February 20, 2020, John went to be with the Supreme Judge.

Each Wednesday morning, John would drive in early morning traffic (16 miles) from Missouri City to the Yale Street Grill to have a “hot” cup of coffee and breakfast with a group of Reagan Bulldogs.

The coffee group have been meeting for a quarter of a century. Founders of this “breakfast group” may well have been Richard (Race Horse Haynes) and Russell Collins, but the catalysts that kept the group going are Jack Blackburn, Don Price and Jack Key. The original group only drank coffee. They would occupy 2 or 3 tables for an hour or more. The owner finally told them they would have to order a meal or go sit on a park bench and solve the problems of the world. So they left and started meeting at the Texas Café. Not wanting to get kicked out again, they started ordering breakfast. They met continuously until the Texas Café closed. The Breakfast group started eating at the AAA Restaurant and continued until this venue closed. From there, they went to Kojaks for a short period.

Their next location was back to the starting point, the Yale Street Grill. During all this moving, not a Wednesday was missed except Christmas Day – and they would have met that day if the establishment was open.

We bid farewell to John with a toast of coffee. We invite any Bulldog to join us at the Yale Street Grill 9:30 any Wednesday.

“If you come, we will be there.”

THE TOPICS. The Leader • Saturday, March 7, 2020 • Page 3A

Give journalists vote of confidence during elections

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t’s all about local at The Leader, which strives to provide community news that no one else can.

National media outlets don’t bother to report on issues involving area homeowners associations, happenings at schools in Northwest Houston or the latest shopping center to take shape.

In turn, we generally don’t concern ourselves with things that happen outside of the Heights, Garden Oaks, Oak Forest or other nearby neighborhoods.

Last week, though, we took a step out of our wheelhouse and delved into national politics – specifically the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. But we still kept it local, going to a polling place in the area to seek out perspectives of voters from the community.

Our community has proven to lean decidedly to the left, with Democrats holding most of the elected offices – at the local, state and federal levels – that are charged with serving area citizens. So the focus of the story we published was the sentiment held by those local Democrats ahead of the March 3 primary, because they would be helping to decide which candidate faces President Donald Trump in the November election.

A sampling of those Democrats told me they preferred different candidates – Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and Joe

biased toward Democrats, while another thought I was making fun of Democrats.

Adam Which was it? The short answer is neither, the long answer is that Zuvanich the truthand generally lies somewhere Editor in the middle.

While journalists have opinions and cast votes in elections just like other citizens, it’s our job – our duty, even – to be fair and objective when reporting the news and ascertainBiden, who ended up winning Harris ing and conveying the sentiments County and the Texas primary on shared by the people we cover.

Tuesday – and said their chief obThat’s what I did in this case, too, jective is making sure the Republiplaying it as straight as I possibly can Trump is not reelected. So that’s could. Among the nine voters who what I reported. revealed to me whether they were A few days after story was Democrats or Republicans, seven published, I received an email from were in the Democratic camp. I still a man named Bill Newman that included the voice of a Republican, included the following: “I just can’t as Mr. Newman pointed out, in resist commenting on the fact that, order to give the story a semblance in my opinion, the article is grossly of balance. slanted to the Left and that you It’s also worth noting that if the obviously had your own agenda. I incumbent in the White House were believe there were three small paraa Democrat, we likely would have graphs tucked in towards the end of run a story about the Republican the article addressing a Republican primary and sought the opinions of opinion.” conservatives in the area.

Less than an hour later, I received With all of that said, it’s interestanother email from a man named ing to me that two people could Roy Newton. It said, “Greatly enread the same story and come joyed your jocular, tongue in cheek away with completely different article on local Dem’s aspirations. ideas about how it was framed and Your keen sense of humor put me in why. And I think it might speak to a better frame of mind. Please keep Americans’ growing distrust of the up the good work.” news media, which makes me worSo one reader thought I was ried about not only the state of my

profession but also the fate of our democracy.

Not long after I arrived at the Timbergove Manor polling location and started talking to voters in the parking lot, I was approached by two poll workers who told me I was too close to the ballot boxes. The law is that campaigners, loiterers and reporters must be at least 100 feet away from the place where people vote. In this case, the signs put up to mark that boundary were closer to 100 yards away from the building where voters were casting their ballots.

Later, when I stood behind those signs and aimed my camera at the building in an attempt to get a photo of voters to go along with my story, I saw the poll workers pointing at me. Then a couple voters walked out of a side door, with one of them telling me they were encouraged to do so by the poll workers so they could avoid me.

Another voter confronted me and asked why I was taking photos, suggesting I was doing something wrong or was some sort of spy.

Now, let me be clear about something. It’s perfectly within the bounds of a journalist to photograph people in public places, and I was wearing a press badge that identified myself. Still, if someone says they don’t want their photo published or don’t want their name or quotes in the paper, we honor

Follow the money – out of Texas THE READER. MY COMPUTER – I am scrolling through the Internet, looking for dirt on anyone I don’t like, and I see an ad for Mike Bloomberg. And another. I turn on the TV and there, between ads for Mike Bloomberg, is a bit of programming. Open any daily newspaper, and there are full-page ads for, one guess, Mike Bloomberg. The New York billionaire has already spent more on TV ads than GEICO, Bud Light and whoever makes those pills that guarantee you’ll be smarter than a jellyfish. Bloomberg is also spending more than all the other Democrats running for their party’s presidential nomination. He has promised that, if he doesn’t get the nod himself, he will bankroll the winning Dem -- just to defeat President Donald Trump. Oh, I forgot about Tom Steyer, another billionaire -- worth a measly $1.62 billion compared to Bloomberg’s $65.19 billion. No doubt the 2020 run for the Oval Office is certainly going to surpass spending for any previous race. (The 2016 presidential contest — primaries and all — cost $2.4 billion.)

So what’s in it for us? With all that cash flowing around, there’s got to be a way for us to get our share. Well, yes and no. Let’s begin here in the Lone Star State. For years Texas was known as the ATM for both parties. Presidential candidates would fly in and hold a big fund raiser, then make a few drop-ins at some donors’ palatial mansions so the hosts could get their picture taken with The Next President of the United States! Then they’d leave.

The only time any money came back to Texas was in 2008 when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were both seeking the Democratic nomination for President. The Texas campaign was mystifying to outsiders. It’s hard for missionaries to grasp the difficulties of running a statewide campaign here.

We are expensive. Texas is separated into 20 media markets, the most of any state.

Former Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro, who was state director for Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2008, told The New York Times, “It’s like running a national campaign. There are no similarities between Amarillo and Brownsville and Beaumont and Texarkana and El Paso and Austin and Houston and Dallas. These are very separate demographic groups with very diverse interests.” The primary election led to the Texas Two-Step with voting, caucuses, and late-night confusion.

In the last several presidential elections, this has been a thoroughly red state. Trump won Texas by 9 percentage points, and neither party showed much interest in us.

Why bother? The outcome was preordained. Now, due to the donkeys showing some spunk, the elephants are pay-

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ing attention. This may mean that Trump and the Dem nominee will show up here, make speeches and finally spend money. They and their staffs, journalists and Secret Service will have to rent hotel rooms, if only for the night, eat at restaurants, pay for meeting halls and that sort of thing. All this spending is good. Better the candidates, especially the rich ones, take that money out of their stock portfolio and bank accounts and spread it around the countryside, if only that was the case. But here’s the rub: Presidential candidates usually spend at least half of their funds on TV ads. Our local stations will be filled with vote-for-me commercials, except that money won’t come here.

All major TV stations in Houston, for example, are owned by faceless corporations in big, glass buildings elsewhere. KPRC-TV, Channel 12, is owned by the Graham Media Group, a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company in Washington, D.C. Channel 13, KTRK-TV, is owned by The Walt Disney Company, in Burbank, Calif.

KHOU, Channel 11, is owned

by Tegna Inc. in McLean, Va., which also owns WFAA-TV in Dallas, and KRIV, is owned by Fox, based in New York City.

KTMD, Channel 47, is owned

by Telemundo, based either in Miami or Hialeah, NY. Its web page is in Spanish and I can’t translate. Looking at TV ownership around Texas, it’s hard to find any of them that have local owners. All that money generated by all those ads doesn’t go to Texas. We can assume that presidential elections actually cost Texas money.

A simple solution is for at least one or maybe three Texans run for the presidency.

That would bring hordes of journalists and snoops here to check up on the candidates’ third grade teacher’s opinion of their math tests.

Remember they unearthed Beto O’Rourke’s DWI from back in 1998. It goes by the euphemism of “oppositional research.” And if they can’t find any dirt, make it up. Why not a Texan? Since Eisenhower, through LBJ and the Bushes, Texans have practically owned the White House.

So maybe we can’t find anyone to run for President. If Texas is, indeed, in play this go-round, and the candidates want to woo us, start your own PR and advertising company: Telling Texans How to Vote, Inc. No need to hire a New York City firm, because you know ways to influence your friends, neighbors and a lot of others. Brief your candi-

date on how to warm up to us.

No “Dear Texers,” “Texians” or “Texites.” Do not say how happy you are “here on the banks of the Rio Grande river.” In certain places, no “Remember the Alamo!”

As Hillary learned, no candidate should overlook the Electoral College. Texas has 38 votes, and the 2020 census should give us three or four more, although I’m not sure those extra votes will come in time for the Electoral College, which has a lousy football team. Here in Texas, it’s winner-take-all in the Electoral College, so in the 2016 presidential election, those 3,877,868 Texans who voted for Hillary didn’t count. But two “faithless electors,” as they are called, chose other candidates, making Texas the only state to give Trump fewer than the assigned electoral votes.

Now go get yours. Bloomberg has his checkbook waiting.

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Toppling Trump paramount for area Democrats

Dear Editor: Regarding “Toppling Trump paramount for area Democrats” (Feb. 29): Seeing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ front-page photo heading up the Democratic presidential slate was extremely inspiring. My vehement hope at this writing is that he sweeps Texas et cetera in the coming Tuesday primary, and vaults onto the November Democratic ticket. President Sanders will break up the vicious tyranny of economic power. He will set Americans free from the rule of the dollar.

He will liberate our culture from the stranglehold of the profit-chasers, and build a society dedicated to higher ideals. We are all in this together, and President Sanders’ Democratic Socialism will finally empower all of us to cheerfully take hold and lift as a community, for the betterment of everyone. Each American has a right to a decent job, a livable wage and healthcare, all of which the Sanders policies/programs will provide -- plus, saving our environment!

Forgiving student loan debt and leveraging the Green New Deal (as of this moment, we have just 3,983 days until AOC climate change, if left unchecked, will render our planet uninhabitable) with revenue from a wealth tax on billionaires and higher income taxes for corporations will propel America to a level we’ve never before experienced. I am indescribably excited about Sen. Sanders’ candidacy, as I ardently hope all of my Heights neighbors are.

J. Reynolds Dear Editor: Greatly enjoyed your jocular, tongue in cheek article on local Dem’s aspirations. Your keen sense of humor put me in a better frame of mind. Please keep up the good work.

Roy Newton

those requests.

I’m fairly new at covering elections – my first was my second day at The Leader in November 2018 – but this latest experience made me wonder how any journalist is supposed to fairly and adequately cover an election in a time when the president refers to media members as “enemies of the people.”

I can assure you we are not. In fact, our role as public watchdogs is especially important during elections, which are the foundation of our republic. If elections aren’t being held fairly, honestly and transparently – and there have been legitimate questions about that in recent years – then the fabric of our country would unravel.

So, please, don’t assume all journalists have agendas and try to give us the benefit of the doubt. We’re not perfect and make mistakes from time to time, and sometimes, no matter how hard we try, our personal biases come through.

This was not one of those cases. I reported the news while staying true to my sources, much like I did in compiling Tuesday’s election results for this week’s newspaper. We’re letting you know which candidates won which elections, and by how much, in all the races that are most important to the community we serve.

And we’ll do it all over again in November.

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Dear Editor: I read your entire article in the Leader’s 2/28/2020 distribution.

I just can’t resist commenting on the fact that, in my opinion, the article is grossly slanted to the Left and that you obviously had your own agenda. I believe there were three small paragraphs tucked in towards the end of the article addressing a Republican opinion. Admittedly, I am a Conservative and Trump supporter, and I do wish he would calm his negative rhetoric, but I do believe he has America, and Americans as his top priority including veterans, minorities and the disadvantaged.

Anyway, I was disappointed to read your article as it seems to mirror the Houston Chronicle’s slant on our current political environment.

Bill Newman

Stop enabling people to live off of taxpayers

Dear Editor: Rodney Ellis wants to change property slated for a new office for county employees and use it for taxpayer funded housing. Sorry I meant to write affordable housing. If you want housing you can afford, then go to work and live within your salary. Just stop asking me and the other taxpayers to support you. He wants to build apartments and charge some renters a reduced rent and others must pay market value rent. Sounds like discrimination to me. Here is a better idea, have everyone pay market value rent.

Stop enabling people to live off taxpayers. People with low incomes need to make themselves more marketable. They could make better choices, such as obtaining an education; taxpayers pay for a high school education, learn a trade or start a legitimate business, and just to be clear, stealing from people and selling drugs etc. are not considered legitimate businesses.

Olton Decuire

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THE OBITUARIES.

THINGS TO DO. The Arts Yves Tumor Friday, Mar. 6 7 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Yves Tumor is performing at White Oak Music Hall.

Thursday, Mar. 5 8 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Paloma Mami is performing at White Oak Music Hall.

6 p.m.

American Legion Post 560 3720 Alba Rd. Come out and enjoy a steak dinner with baked potato, salad and all the trimmings. The cost is $17. Desserts will be available.

There will be entertainment. Call 713-682-9287 for information.

King’s BierHaus is boiling live crawfish and shrimp in its outdoor Biergarten.

Pancake Breakfast Saturday, Mar. 7 8:30 – 10 a.m.

St. Matthews UMC – 4300 N. Shepherd Dr. St. Matthews UMC is hosting a free pancake breakfast this Saturday.

Mary Louise Crawford,

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Heights Crawfish Festival She is survived by her daughters Saturday, Mar. 7 Suzanne Dunsmore, Cheryl K. 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Crawford, son Robert Samuel 411 W. 20th St. Between Riverside and Crazy Crawford and sister Betsy Reed.

The Greater Heights Area Friday, Mar. 13 Chamber of Commerce is hosting 7:30 p.m. the Heights Crawfish Festival. In 4th Wall Theatre Company – Plogging Event Women’s Bible Study Group Martha Frances, 73, born Delbert McClinton addition to the main food attrac1824 Spring St. Studio 101 Saturday, Mar. 28 Monday, Mar. 9 June 26, died Feb. 16. She Friday, Mar. 6 tion, crawfish, the festival will 4th Wall Theatre presents the 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

4:30 p.m. studied music and English at the 7 p.m.

Houston premiere of Stephen Steven’s Elementary School – YMCA Chapel –1234 W. 34th St. feature various vendor booths University of North Texas and The Heights Theater – 339 W. with different types of goods, Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize win1910 Lamonte Ln. The women’s bible study group was an English teacher in both 19th St. from cosmetics and jewelry to ning play “Between Riverside A “Plogging,â€? picking up litter meets every Monday at the the public schools and the comDelbert McClinton is performing and Crazy.â€? This play follows a The Leader • Saturday, November 2019 munity • Pagecollege 5A system. She had art. Admission into the festival while jogging, event will be23, held Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA’s at The Heights Theater. is free. retired NYC cop fighting down on Saturday, Mar. 24. There will Chapel. It’s a community nondea Master’s in English from the forces much larger than himself be refreshments and prizes. All nominational bible study. Guests University of Houston, as well as Steve Harris Opening Reception from within a collapsing, rentTelling Your Family Story with ages are welcome. and new members are always a Master’s of Religious Education Saturday, Mar. 7 David Davis. Price: $12 controlled apartment. The show welcomed. Email Kvanderpol@ lead byTropy from the University of St. Thomas.

6 – 9 p.m. for the concert.

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10 a.m. – noon Through March 28 Dad and Grandpa. to become an Episcopal priest. on Nov. 12.

He was a loving He loved The Flatlanders 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 23 St. untilSaturday, April 4.

There is a “Pay What Bayland Community Center 8:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Lent Soup Meal his granddaughters, and he would do anything for them She is survived by her sons Ken, Friday, Nov. 22 YMCA –1234 W. 34th St. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Redbud7 Gallery You948 Can�Wakefield performance p.m. is pleased 6400 Bissonnet Theatre Suburbia - 4106 Wednesday, Mar.Study 11 meets from playing softball to having tea Way parties, swimming Michael, with sister Elise Collins, and The Women’s Bible Dr. on March to present the photography of The Heights Theater – 339 W. 30 at The Open MicGenealogical Night them andOut trying their 7:30Farm p.m.

Tickets: Premier research is burstWest Dr.food creations. His hobbies 6:30Monday p.m. at the Harriet four included grandchildren. every Stand at Petrol StaHouston 19th based St.artist, Steve showing dogs, specifically Danes, listening to his $53;tion Standard $26; ingNov. with26digital images that fill Sir Claud Amory’s Great revolutionSt.Joe Matthews UMC 4300 N. Tuesday, and Foster YMCA. The–study features$32; goodsSenior from local Theexhibition Flatlanders “Texas is performing atStudent Harris, in his 9 p.m. hard drives with rich but difficult isShepherd called The Faithful, which vendors.

Rock andary Roll Music, entertaining his daughter Raymond and grand- Carroll Liedtke, / Educator $17. new formula for a powerful Dr. The Heights Theater.

Heights Vinyl – 3301 Cline St. Troubadours; Revisited�.

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Liedtke, his daughter Cheryl McHosea, Malachi, and Nehemiah.

4 – 8 p.m. former wife Courtney 7 p.m. duce Tropy, a free open-source allowMarilyn the thief Herdejurgen, to replace the Daughter fellowship tomembers follow. are Donald and husband Larry, his Guests and new Sideout Volleybar – 2623 Shing02 White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N.Eleanora’s Marie Cullever husband Stacy GrandaughBar Takeover software that can transform an formula,and no questions asked.Cullever,son Scott Liedtke and wife Cyndi, welcome to attend this nonKeene St.Market Saturday, Mar. Main St.7 Nov. 27 digital accumulaSaturday, Mar. 7 Oak Night Mar- denominational ters Torey Nicole andon, Harlie Cullever, his BibleSharing study. GroupWednesday, The Little White overwhelming When the Cullever lights come he is Alexa his Men’s Scripture granddaughter Bailey Johnson 6 – 9 p.m.

7 p.m. Harley Poe with The Homeless 9 a.m. brother Scott Herdejurgen and wife Mildred,and andmany two cousins, of – 1 p.m.

Email scripturesharing@earthlink. ket brings together local farmers, tion of photos and documents dead.

Visit www.theatresuburbia Thursday, Mar. 12 nieces and Gospel is performing at White Cavatore La Lucha – 1801 N. Shepherd White Oak Music Hall – 2915 net for information. craft merchandisers, artists. his favorite dogs Bolt and Roxie.

He will be greatly missed – 2120 Ellaand Blvd. into a sortable, searchable collecor call 713-682-3525 for tickets 6:30 – 7:30 a.m. nephews.

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There will be local growers, tion.is Visitors welcome.

Visit YMCA –1234 W. 34th St. La Lucha hosting a are guest barMen’s Scripture Sharing Group Heights Morning artisans Market and Shing02Coco andMontoya The Chee-Hoos are makers, designers, www.hgftx.org for information.

The Men’s Scripture Sharing tender series benefiting charity.

Thursday, Nov. 28 Sunday, Nov. 24 performing at White Oak food10producers.

Saturday, Nov. 23 Music 27, Alphonso Quinones they’ll have Live Music. Sandra C. Gresham, 73, born Nov. 2, died on Nov. Group meets 6:30 – 7:30 a.m.every Thursday at On Nov.Plus, a.m. – 2 p.m.

18. Sheis Experience survived by and her husband, Thomas Michael Hall.

8 p.m. from Capt. Foxheart’s Bad News the Harriet and34th JoeSt. Foster YMCA. YMCA –1234 W. 3106 White Oak Dr. Gresham; daughter, Tara (Gresham) Anderson; and daughThe Heights Theater – 339 W. The Farm Knowledge...

Lodge will be atBingo La Stand at Petrol The Men’s Sharing Heights Morning Market Thursday Night There willScripture be music, Bible studyBar & Spirit 19th St. ter, Suzanne A (Gresham) Tyrell. charity of his choice is Walt Trout Powerful Station Group meets every Thursday at newLucha. The gathers local talented artisans, Thursday, Mar. 12 K-based CS/NW/OS & and fellowship.

Guests and Coco8Montoya is performing at Child Advocates. the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA. farmers,Mar. and entrepreneurs to Sunday, Mar. Saturday, 7 Combination NetW, analy./design Comp5:15 p.m. members are welcome to attend The Heights Theater.

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HeSBS2011, Devices 19th St. Saturday, Nov. 23 2008R2, The Farm Stand at Petrol Sta9 – 10 a.m. ourrealtordebbie@aol.com ELLIOTT every Thursday night. Bingo pads earthlink.net for information. this non-denominational Bible to live music at Onion Creek. was employed by NASA. A celebration gathering will be Dell PowerEdge include Walt Trout is performing at 8 p.m.

DEFINEare Heights – 714 Doors Yale St.open at 5:15 tion features goods from local study. Email scripturesharing@ $10 each. held from 3-5 p.m. Nov. 23, at Heights Funeral Home, 1317FW, SW, geo. plotter, 520/720, White Oak Music Ste. 200 The Heights Theater withHall Eric– 2915 N.vendors. earthlink.net for information. p.m.

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LAMP/ IIS/Html/ CSS/Java; MS/ artists from all over the greater and ribs with all the fixings will Dinners are served on March 13 Theater.

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DEBBIE trucks.March Contact27 Kim Antley received by Michael Corporate Dr, #228, Hou, TX KAINA Tunes in the Tap Room ourrealtordebbie@aol.com Arts Market represents the many redlipdesigns@gmail.com ELLIOTT Cloude news@theleadernews.com tainment. Call 713-682-9287 for Good Friday, April 10,regardfrom 4 - 8.

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Wednesday, Mar.Nov. 11 26 Tuesday, Saturday, Dec. 7 diverse and&popular mediums all ing Thanks Giving Banquet vendor participation.

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7 p.m. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. in aSunday, festive,Nov. outdoor fries, slaw, green beans, sauces,9 a.m.-noon Harold’s & Tap Bayland Community Center 5 p.m.

White Oak MusicRestaurant Hall – 2915 O’Holy Heights Christmas and tea/lemonade.

Adult plates6400 Bissonnet Backpack Drive Garden Oaks Baptist Church – Extravaganza N. Main Room – 350 W. 19th St. Heights Morning Market are $10 Dec. and children under 10 areWhenSaturday, Mar. 14 Enjoy live music in Harold’s Tap presenter Janine 3206 N. Shepherd Dr. Saturday, 7 KAINA is performing at Sunday, Mar. 8 Baptist Church $5.

Cookies will also be available Hathaway – 1803 W. Room every Tuesday night.

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3106 White Oak& Giving Dr. Banquet Georgia, she to Y-DNA with a Thanks Helpturned with the backpack drive 240 W. 18th St. testingbenefitting to attempt to prove aElementary on Sunday evening.

The church Heights Morning Market Heights Presbyterian Church is Stevens connection between her brick will be providing turkey, dressing, Marc Rebillet gathers local talented artisans, hosting the O’Holy Heights ChristSchool, now through Mar. 14. wall ancestor and William “The gravy, and cranberry sauce and rolls. mas Extravaganza, where there Thursday, Mar. 12Market farmers, entrepreneurs to Eleanora’s You can drop the backpacks off Immigrant�

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by Secured Party’s signature in Blue ink. Secured Party neither grants, nor implies, nor otherwise gives consent for any unauthorized use of CHIOMA NGOZI ODILIŠ, and all such unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Secured Party is not now, nor has Secured Party ever been, an accommodation party, nor a surety, for the purported debtor, i.e. “CHIOMA NGOZI ODILIŠ,� nor for any derivative of, nor for any variation in the spelling of, said name, nor for any other juristic person, and is so-indemnified and held harmless by Debtor, i.e. “CHIOMA NGOZI ODILIŠ,� in Hold Harmless and Indemnity Agreement No. CNO0001HHIA dated the Twenty-Fourth Day of the Second Month in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty, against any and all claims, legal actions, orders, warrants, judgments, demands, liabilities, losses, depositions, summonses, lawsuits, costs, fines, liens, levies, penalties, damages, interests, and expenses whatsoever, both absolute and contingent, as are due and as might become due, now existing and as might hereafter arise, and as might be suffered by, imposed on, and incurred

by Debtor for any and every reason, purpose, and cause whatsoever. Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: By this Common Law Copyright Notice, both the Juristic Person and the agent of said Juristic Person, hereinafter jointly and severally “User,� consent and agree that any use of CHIOMA NGOZI ODILIŠ, other than authorized use as set forth above, constitutes unauthorized use, of Secured Party’s common law-copyrighted property and contractually binds User.

This Notice by Declaration becomes a Security Agreement wherein User is debtor and Chioma Ngozi Odili is Secured Party, and signifies that User: (1) grants Secured Party a security interest in all of User’s assets, land, and personal property, and all of User’s interest in assets, land, and personal property, in the sum certain amount of $500,000.00 per each occurrence of use of the common law-copyrighted trade-name/trademark CHIOMA NGOZI ODILIŠ, as well as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of, CHIOMA NGOZI ODILIŠ, plus costs, plus triple damages; (2) authenticates this Security Agreement wherein User is debtor and Chioma Ngozi Odili is Secured Party, and wherein User pledges all of User’s assets, land, consumer goods, farm products, inventory, equipment, money, investment property, commercial tort claims, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, accounts, documents, and general intangibles, and all User’s interest in all such foregoing property, now owned and hereafter acquired, now existing and hereafter arising, and wherever located, as collateral for securing User’s contractual obligation in favor of Secured Party for User’s unauthorized use of Secured Party’s common lawcopyrighted property; (3) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office, wherein User is debtor and Chioma Ngozi Odili is Secured Party; (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement described above in paragraph “(3)’’ is a continuing financing statement, and further consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any continuation statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party’s perfected security interest in all of User’s property and interest in property, pledged as collateral in this Security Agreement and described above in paragraph “(2),� until User’s contractual obligation theretofore incurred has been fully satisfied; (5) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any UCC Financing Statement, as described above in paragraphs “(3)� and “(4),� as well as the filing of any Security Agreement, as described above in paragraph “(2),’’ in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office; (6) consents and agrees that any and all such filings described in paragraphs “(4)� and “(5)� above are not, and may not be considered, bogus, and that User will not claim that any such filing is bogus; (7) waives all defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default re User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party as set forth below under “Payment Terms� and “Default Terms,� granting Secured Party full authorization and power for engaging in any and all actions on behalf of User including, but not limited by, authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, and User further consents and agrees that this appointment of Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default, is irrevocable and coupled with a security interest. User further consents and agrees with all of the following additional terms of Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: Payment Terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized use of CHIOMA NGOZI ODILIŠ as set forth above, User hereby consents and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized-use fees in full within ten (10) days of the date User is sent Secured Party’s invoice, hereinafter “Invoice,� itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date Invoice is sent, User shall be deemed in default and: (a) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above in paragraph “(2),� immediately becomes, i.e. is, property of Secured Party; (b) Secured Party is appointed User’s Authorized Representative as set forth above in paragraph “(8)�; and (c) User consents and agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as well as otherwise dispose of in any manner that Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction, at any time following User’s default, and without further notice, any and all of User’s property and interest, described above in paragraph “(2),� formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, in respect of this “Self-executing Contract/ Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use,� that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate. Terms for Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under “Default Terms,� irrespective of any and all of User’s former property and interest in property, described above in paragraph “(2),� in the possession of, as well as disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms,� User may cure User’s default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User’s non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoice within said twenty- (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under “Terms for Curing Default� authorizes Secured Party’s immediate non-judicial strict foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty- (20) day default-curing period.

Ownership subject to common-law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security Agreement filed with the UCC filing office. Record Owner: Chioma Ngozi Odili, Autograph Common Law Copyright Š 2002. Unauthorized use of “Chioma Ngozi Odili� incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with CHIOMA NGOZI ODILIŠ, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)� under “Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use.�

Common Law Copyright Notice: All rights reserved re; common law copyright of trade-name/trade-mark, LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTONŠ, as well as any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling of said tradename/trade-mark – Common Law Copyright Š 2019 by Livina Jazelle Luxton. 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Secured Party is not now, nor has Secured Party ever been, an accommodation party, nor a surety, for the purported debtor, i.e. “LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTONŠ,� nor for any derivative of, nor for any variation in the spelling of, said name, nor for any other juristic person, and is so-indemnified and held harmless by Debtor, i.e. “LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTONŠ,� in Hold Harmless and Indemnity Agreement No. LJL0001HHIA dated the Seventeenth Day of the Second Month in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty, against any and all claims, legal actions, orders, warrants, judgments, demands, liabilities, losses, depositions, summonses, lawsuits, costs, fines, liens, levies, penalties, damages, interests, and expenses whatsoever, both absolute and contingent, as are due and as might become due, now existing and as might hereafter arise, and as might be suffered by, imposed on, and incurred by Debtor for any and every reason, purpose, and cause whatsoever. Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: By this Common Law Copyright Notice, both the Juristic Person and the agent of said Juristic Person, hereinafter jointly and severally “User,� consent and agree that any use of LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTONŠ, other than authorized use as set forth above, constitutes unauthorized use, of Secured Party’s common law-copyrighted property and contractually binds User. This Notice by Declaration becomes a Security Agreement wherein User is debtor and Livina Jazelle Luxton is Secured Party, and signifies that User: (1) grants Secured Party a security interest in all of User’s assets, land, and personal property, and all of User’s interest in assets, land, and personal property, in the sum certain amount of $500,000.00 per each occurrence of use of the common lawcopyrighted trade-name/trademark LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTONŠ, as well as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of, LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTONŠ, plus costs, plus triple damages; (2) authenticates this Security Agreement wherein User is debtor and Livina Jazelle Luxton is Secured Party, and wherein User pledges all of User’s assets, land, consumer goods, farm products, inventory, equipment, money, investment property, commercial tort claims, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, accounts, documents, and general intangibles, and all User’s interest in all such foregoing property, now owned and hereafter acquired, now existing and hereafter arising, and wherever located, as collateral for securing User’s contractual obligation in favor of Secured Party for User’s unauthorized use of Secured Party’s common law-copyrighted property; (3) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office, wherein User is debtor and Livina Jazelle Luxton is Secured Party; (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement described above in paragraph “(3)’’ is a continuing financing statement, and further consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any continuation statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party’s perfected security interest in all of User’s property and interest in property, pledged as collateral in this Security Agreement and described above in paragraph “(2),� until User’s contractual obligation theretofore incurred has been fully satisfied; (5) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any UCC Financing Statement, as described above in paragraphs “(3)� and “(4),� as well as the filing of any Security Agreement, as described above in paragraph “(2),’’ in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office; (6) consents and agrees that any and all such filings described in paragraphs “(4)� and “(5)� above are not, and may not be considered, bogus, and that User will not claim that any such filing is bogus; (7) waives all defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default re User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party as set forth below under “Payment Terms� and “Default Terms,� granting Secured Party full authorization and power for engaging in any and all actions on behalf of User including, but not limited by, authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, and User further consents and agrees that this appointment of Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default, is irrevocable and coupled with a security interest.

User further consents and agrees with all of the following additional terms of Self-executing Contract/ Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: Payment Terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized use of LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTONŠ as set forth above, User hereby consents and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized-use fees in full within ten (10) days of the date User is sent Secured Party’s invoice, hereinafter “Invoice,� itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of nonpayment in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date Invoice is sent, User shall be deemed in default and: (a) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above in paragraph “(2),� immediately becomes, i.e. is, property of Secured Party; (b) Secured Party is appointed User’s Authorized Representative as set forth above in paragraph “(8)�; and (c) User consents and agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as well as otherwise dispose of in any manner that Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction, at any time following User’s default, and without further notice, any and all of User’s property and interest, described above in paragraph “(2),� formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, in respect of this “Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use,� that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate. Terms for Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under “Default Terms,� irrespective of any and all of User’s former property and interest in property, described above in paragraph “(2),� in the possession of, as well as disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms,� User may cure User’s default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User’s non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoice within said twenty- (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under “Terms for Curing Default� authorizes Secured Party’s immediate non-judicial strict foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty- (20) day default-curing period. Ownership subject to common-law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security Agreement filed with the UCC filing office. Record Owner: Livina Jazelle Luxton, Autograph Common Law Copyright Š 2019. Unauthorized use of “Livina Jazelle Luxton� incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTONŠ, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)� under “Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use.�

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Contributed photo The Heights Rotary Club recently presented a check for $100,000 to the Candlelighters of Houston, an organization that provides aid to families of children who are being treated for cancer. In top row, from left to right, are Chris Boyles, Scott Lester, Richard Gruen, Howard Moon, Ken Fickes and Tim Vozar. In bottom row, from left to right, are Steven Monsen, Tom English, Charles Thorp and Ken Stallman.

Virus, from P. 1A arrival. The top health officials for both the City of Houston and Harris County said it’s no longer a matter of “if” the infectious disease will make its way to the region, but rather a question of “when.”

“It looks like there will be cases here in the Houston area,” said Dr. John Butler, the infectious disease physician for Memorial Hermann Health System.

According to information on the website for Harris County Public Health, as of Tuesday night there had been more than 93,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus that first appeared in Wuhan, China, in December, resulting in nearly 3,200 deaths globally. The disease has appeared on six continents and in 82 countries, with 125 cases in the United States.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said Monday there had been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Harris County, although local officials were awaiting the results of a coronavirus test administered to a quarantined Rice University employee suspected of being infected. They said the lab work was to be received Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and then it would take between 24 and 72 hours to obtain the results.

“I recognize that people are anxious, they’re scared, and it makes sense for the community to feel that way,” Hidalgo said.

“It’s a scary situation. It’s an uncertain situation.”

While there are many unknowns associated with the new strain of coronavirus, including whether it will dissipate in

warm weather like the flu virus, Hidalgo said she wanted citizens to know that city and county officials have been in concert in an attempt to prepare for an outbreak and minimize its impact. She said they also have communicated with the region’s major hospital networks such as Memorial Hermann and Houston Methodist.

Butler said all of Memorial Hermann’s hospitals, including Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital at 1635 N Loop W, are equipped to receive and care for coronavirus patients and have the capability to keep them separated from others.

“Here we have the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world, and we have some of the world’s greatest experts to take care of complicated illnesses,” said Dr. David Persse, the top health official for the City of Houston.

“So we’re confident that if anyone should become ill, they should be well-cared for in Houston-Harris County.”

Persse said the symptomology for COVID-19 is similar to that of the cold and flu.

And as with those conditions and other respiratory illnesses, the spread of the new disease can be minimized by frequently washing hands and commonly touched surfaces, covering faces when coughing and sneezing, and avoiding physical contact with those who are sick.

Citizens should avoid traveling to places where the disease has been most prevalent – China, Iran, Italy and South Korea – and Hidalgo urged Houstonians to refrain from purchasing facemasks so they can be reserved for medical professionals.

She also said people should contact their

healthcare providers if they suspect they have been infected with coronavirus, adding that their identities will be kept confidential.

Hidalgo said community members without health insurance can call 2-1-1 to be referred to a doctor. She also said undocumented immigrants can be examined at Harris Health System and will not be asked about their immigration status.

The county has created a “rumor control” page to dispel myths about the coronavirus, including the notion that it is unsafe to visit Houston’s Chinatown. Butler said there is “really no evidence” that products shipped from Asian countries can transit COVID-19.

Persse said it’s important to remember that other epidemics in recent years, such as the Ebola, H1N1, MERS and SARS viruses – the latter two also are forms of coronavirus – dissipated without the benefit of vaccines.

“There was no magic pill or treatment or medicine that stopped those epidemics,” Persse said. “What stopped those epidemics, what stopped the spread of those, was really a herculean effort on the part of public health to identify cases, people felt comfortable coming forward, they were able to identify cases, then isolate those cases and do appropriate quarantining.

“More importantly than that, what stopped those epidemics was people washing their hands, covering their coughs, not going to work when they’re ill and following those personal hygiene things we’ve been talking about again and again.”

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Election, from P. 1A publican primary and awaits a November race against either Eastman or Shaw, with the winner earning the right to participate in the state’s next legislative session in 2021.

Most of the other incumbents who represent Northwest Houston avoided runoffs, with District 139 state Rep. Jarvis Johnson receiving 64.2 percent of the vote in his Democratic primary against Angeanette Thibodeaux. Johnson will be unopposed in November’s general election.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, elected to the District 18 seat in 1994, faced twice as many primary challengers this year as she had during her first 13 races for Congress. But she was not threatened by any of the six other candidates in the Democratic primary, receiving more than 77 percent of the 64,145 votes cast.

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publican primary, in November’s general election. Champion received 35.1 percent of the vote, and Cadena was second with 20.5 percent.

U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, who serves District 2, was unopposed in his Republican primary. Sima Ladjevardian and Elisa Cardnell are headed to a runoff for the Democratic nomination.

Sen. John Cornyn won his Republican primary and will face a Democrat to be determined in November. Mary “MJ” Hegar was the leading vote-getter in the Democratic primary and will face Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez or Royce

West in a runoff. With 98 percent of precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning, Ramirez had received 13.7 percent of the vote compared to 13.6 for West.

Harris County voters helped former Vice President Joe Biden win the Texas primary and overtake Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as the leading candidate in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Biden received 37.7 percent of the vote in the county, while Sanders appeared on 28.6 percent of ballots. Biden, who trailed Sanders going into Super Tuesday, won at least nine of the 14 states that were in play.

Nearly 94 percent of the Harris County Republicans who voted in Tuesday’s primary supported President Donald Trump, who is facing six challengers.

Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen will each serve another term after winning their Demo-

cratic primaries – Ellis with 66.6 percent of the vote and Rosen with 57.3 percent.

Both will be unopposed by Republicans in November.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez won his Democratic primary with 72.1 percent of the vote. In November he will face either Joe Danna or Paul Day, who were the top two finishers in the Republican primary and will square off in a runoff.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg received 54.5 percent of the vote to win her Democratic primary.

In November she will face Mary Nan Huffman, who won the Republican primary with 63.5 percent of the vote.

Vince Ryan, the Harris County Attorney, was doubled up by challenger Christian Dashaun Menefee in the Democratic primary. Menefee won outright, receiving 50.5 percent of the vote, and will face unopposed Republican John Nation in November.

All election results are unofficial until canvassed.

Contributed photo Durham Elementary second-grade students (from left) Jayden Villatoro, Peyton Gilmore and Faith Williams cover the seed potatoes they and their classmates have planted in the school’s garden area. The students in Diana McCall’s class are growing radishes indoors in their classroom and potatoes in outside pots, and recording data about rain, temperature and plant growth, in order to develop their scientific investigation skills.

Playground, from P. 1A “We originally hoped for March completion, but due to the long lead time for custom paver production, Landscape Art anticipates substantial completion by the end of April and opening to the public by early May,” Horvath said. “They have been so professional to work with and hold weekly meetings on site to keep the project moving forward.”

Other smaller projects include the procurement of lounge chairs for the nearby pool, which were donated by Judge Kelli Johnson and Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty. The chairs are in and will be ready for the pool season opener Memorial Day weekend.

Phase I developments of Oak Forest Park brought improvements to the tennis and basketball courts as well as new benches and two sets of dual-height water fountains with dog bowls.

The visible progress of the playground is generating

renewed excitement in the project, which has been in the planning and fundraising phase for four years.

Chad Stevens, an Oak Forest dad who lives close to the park, said, “As a special needs parent, it’s amazing to be part of a project to help bring an accessible play structure to our neighborhood. We are very happy to have a place for our daughter, Olivia, to be able to play on the same equipment as any other child.

We hope that the new playground provides children and adults of all abilities with decades of enjoyment.”

Horvath said the project could not have been accomplished without mass community-wide support.

“The Friends of Oak Forest Park is 100 percent volunteer driven,” Horvath said. “This was our first rodeo in terms of wrangling so many moving parts and pieces and raising over $550,000 to build our community’s first inclusive playground.”

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