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Photo by Adam Zuvanich Vehicles turn onto Berendo Street from the U.S. 290 frontage road last year.

By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com Don Davis and Chris Rich have spent the better part of two years fighting traffic on their residential streets in Oak Forest Section 17.

Their efforts once were at a standstill, but now they’re moving toward a desired destination.

Davis, who lives on Berendo Street, and Rich, a longtime homeowner on Hewitt Drive, said cut-through traffic on those roads increased dramatically after the Texas Department of

“(The Leader story) was kind of a selling point for us. I think that did open some eyes.”

Don Davis Oak Forest resident Transportation moved the nearby entrance and exit ramps for westbound travelers along U.S. 290. They petitioned the City of Houston for speed cushions in the summer of

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INSIDE. Photo by Adam Zuvanich A woman holds a sign in support of Harris County’s constables at Tuesday’s meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court.

Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia pulled his agenda item proposing a study of the contract constable program.

Garcia pulls study proposal after constables, community push back

By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com

Winds of change. A former bowling alley is becoming a retail development.

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Cool pics. Neighboring businesses in the Heights are hosting exhibits as part of FotoFest.

Page 9A Photo by Adam Zuvanich Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen speaks Tuesday about the contract constable program at Harris County Commissioners Court.

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Call for help. The Houston Food Bank is seeking volunteers to pack quarantine food kits.

2018 and last summer put another petition together asking for their streets to be partially or completely closed to the frontage road.

TxDOT, which controls the right of way along the frontage road, is receptive to granting the latter wish.

It has proposed to modify the intersections with Berendo and Hewitt to prevent drivers from turning right onto those streets, which could still be used to access the frontage road from the neighborhood.

Every year, when it’s time to pay his $325 to support an extra police presence in the Heights, Gordon Hagendorf said he pauses to consider whether it’s worth it.

So far, at least, the answer is yes.

That’s what Hagendorf said Tuesday at Harris County Commissioners Court, which had an item on its meeting agenda that alarmed law enforcement officers and citizens all over the Houston area. Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia asked the court to discuss and consider a study of the county’s longstanding contract constable program in which neighborhoods such as the Heights and Garden Oaks pay for additional patrols beyond the standard duties of the Houston Police Department, Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the county’s eight constable’s offices.

In his agenda item, which Garcia ended up removing amidst backlash, he wrote that such a study should review the efficacy of the program, whether it creates inequities in low-income areas, how it impacts the sheriff’s office and the “total cost of the contracts for the public and any potential savings that may be realized by eliminating the ability of Constables to enter into the contracts.”

“Let the customers decide how effective the program is,” Hagendorf told the court. “They’re not going to waste their own money, and neither do I.” Hagendorf was among scores of community members who filled the court’s downtown meeting room and vocalized their support for the contract constable program. Each of Harris County’s eight constables and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez also voiced See Constable P. 4A

The number of COVID-19 cases in the Houston area continued to grow this week.

So have the region’s concerns about the upper-respiratory disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, with more and more people and organizations taking precautionary measures in an attempt to prevent its spread.

On Wednesday, a week after Greater Houston’s first COVID-19 case was reported in Fort Bend County, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said evidence of community spread of the disease has prompted the postponement or cancellation of several citywide events, including the popular Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The annual rodeo, one of the largest in the world, started March 3 and was scheduled to run through March 22.

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Photo by Landan Kuhlmann Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks to reporters March 5 about COVID-19.

Heights chamber kicks off crawfish season with annual event

By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com

It was mudbug time last Saturday at the Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce’s Crawfish Festival. Held at 411 W. 20th St., the annual event is a rite of spring for the area, although the weather was a little cooler this year.

“It’s always a great community event,” Megan Salch said.

“We love returning each year.

It’s great in that there is literally something for every age.

We even brought a friend from Dallas.”

Aside from the crawfish, there were hot dogs and sausage on a stick – in some cases washed down with one of three different types of beer from Eureka Heights Brew Co. Zydeco Dots, a local band that played Cajunstyle tunes in front of the Eureka Beer stage, provided a musical backdrop for attendees.

Garden Oaks Montessori Magnet student Prudence Smith was there cheering with her school squad. She said she en-

joyed cheering for the community and hearing the “fun, oldtimey, zydeco music.”

Additional entertainment was provided throughout the day by the Helms Elementary cheer and drum group, cheerleaders and choir members from Katherine Smith Elementary, Oaks Montessori Magnet choir members, Sinclair Elementary’s Folklorica group and cheerleaders as well as cheerleaders and dancers from KIPP Nexus.

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Contributed photo Liashonda Gill prepares to enjoy a box of crawfish at the Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce Crawfish Festival last Saturday on West 20th Street.

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Bad information more dangerous than a virus

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here’s a quote attributed to Sir Francis Bacon we’ve all heard a thousand times: “Knowledge is power.” And over the past 50 years, especially in the era of mass media, the phrase has been refurbished to include “information.”

Leaders all over the world have proclaimed that information, indeed, is power.

Coming from someone in the media business, whose chief role is to inform the public, I must admit we’re seeing a powerful exception to the rule.

As much as it pains me to spend any more time on this subject, it’s naïve to think we can avoid a quick chat on the coronavirus – or COVID-19, for those who are, for some reason, impressed by the use of meaningless acronyms.

At the time of this writing, here are some of the things we know about coronavirus: There is no toilet paper on store shelves. People are buying bottled water because, apparently, the virus is going to make it stop raining and our basins will soon empty. Surgical masks are now the most important fashion accessories on the market, even though they will protect absolutely no one from the virus. And some people won’t eat at Chinese restaurants – located in the United States – because the virus came from China.

True information may be power, but bad information breeds outright idiocy.

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Not for a second should any reader think I’m downplaying the potential impact of the coronavirus, which is a threat to hundreds of thousands of people. I’m fearful for the elderly who are exposed to these germs. I’m worried about my baby girl at home, even though the early signs say the young and healthy will be fine after a brush with flu-like symptoms. And I’m fearful because this virus, much like the flu, can spread so easily.

You know what else has spread much too easily? Panic. Fear. Bad information.

A group called NewsGuard Technologies, formed by a media entrepreneur named Steven Brill, along with former Wall Street Journal Publisher Gordon Crovitz, built a website dedicated to tracking false stories about this virus.

In less than three weeks, NewsGuard says the number of websites reporting false and misleading content about coronavirus has climbed from 31 to 106 sites in the United

States and Europe. But here’s what’s frightening: “Content engagement, in the form of social media likes, shares, and comments, from the 75 U.S.-based sites on that list is many times higher than overall engagement on the official advisories and content released by the CDC and World Health Organization,” NewsGuard wrote.

That means more people are sharing false information than are sharing information from actual doctors who know what in the heck they’re talking about.

Maybe you heard about this one: The sale of Corona beer has decreased by 38 percent because people are associating the beer with the virus. For about a day, I fell for that one – seems like something beer drinkers would do. The story was even reported on local TV stations in Houston.

Of course, that’s bad information, too, thanks to a fake website image that showed Corona sales dropping. And in an effort to get the interesting story, that piece of falsehood shot faster than juice from a squeezed lime.

In fact, Corona sales have only dipped by 10 percent because people aren’t going out as much, especially in Asia.

Our national psyche, and the reaction to this latest health hazard, strikes me as a rather sad indictment on the state of information today.

Go back in time (those who are old enough) to 15 or 20 years ago, and imagine this same thing happening. Imagine there were a frightening virus spreading across the world, and think about how that information would have been passed along.

First, the foreign bureaus for some of our nation’s most prestigious newspapers would have heard about the illnesses and the deaths, and they would have written stories that would have quickly made it back to our national newspapers.

The next day, those same stories would have appeared in local newspapers. And that evening, Sam Donaldson or Walter Cronkite or Dan Rather would have spent a full 90 seconds reporting on the emerging illness.

A couple of days later, the newspapers would have followed up with more stories, talked to health professionals and given readers information for how to combat the virus.

Then TV would have sent a foreign correspondent to get live footage of hospitals.

Eventually (probably around the time summer hit), the stories would stop, the medical profession would have had time to find a vaccine, and we’d add a new illness to the list of shots we need each fall.

Today, the hysteria cannot be stopped. News organizations don’t control social media – people with conspiracy theories do.

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On Jan. 23, 2017, Donald Trump’s fourth day as President, he met with congressional leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House. “You know, I won the popular vote,” he started off, and then repeated the calumny that Hillary Clinton had received three to five million illegal votes, owning to fraud. “That’s not true,” Nancy Pelosi replied, according to “A Very Stable Genius,” a new book quoted by The New Yorker. This claim by Trump is spooky, even more so if he really believed it. Yes, it’s about time we discussed President Donald J. Trump because we’ve heard so little of him since he took office.

Two items: First, do you think Trump will ever leave office? That’s not a stupid question. Have you seen those signs: “Trump in 2020, 2024 and 2028?” His paranoid suspicions surfaced in the 2016 election. “You have 1.8 million people who are dead, who are registered to vote, and some of them absolutely vote,” Trump told Sean Hannity during an interview. On Election Day, he charged that the outcome was “largely rigged.”

It was rigged, of course, as Vladimir Putin knew so well.

Now the President apparently plans to stay in the Oval Office, no matter how the next presidential election goes.

Michael Cohen, the President’s fixer who is now in jail for fixing Trump’s strumpets, said, “Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power.” Joseph Fishkin, a law professor at the University of Texas who studies elections, said, “I think we know that Trump will certainly, no matter what the result is, be likely to declare that there was fraud and that he was the rightful victor.” In a speech attacking the media, Trump said, “They are a bunch of fakers, there’s no question about it. But in six years, they’re all going to be out of business, folks. Now if we want to drive them crazy, I’ll say in ten years. They’ll go crazy. See. He is a despot. He is a despot.

Well, ten or fourteen. Watch, they’ll be headlines tomorrow. Donald Trump wants to break the constitution.” Since assuming office in January 2017 until this past February, Trump has made at least 27 references to staying in office.

He often followed up such quotes, or threats, with a remark indicating he is “joking,” “kidding,” or saying it to drive the “fake” news media “crazy.” PoliticusUSA, a liberal news outfit, noted: “No president has ever joked so much about wanting to violate the constitution and stay in office like Donald Trump. The president is terrified of losing reelection because he is likely to face a criminal indictment as soon as he leaves office. Of course, Trump would love to remain president for ten or fourteen years. The statute of

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limitations would expire on all of his crimes and he would be good to go.”

“Violating the Constitution” is a major roadblock to Trump staying in office.

George Washington stepped down after two terms and every president after George followed his example, until Franklin D. Roosevelt, who ran, and won, a third and then a fourth term. In March 1947, a Republican-controlled Congress, still seething over FDR’s power grab, approved the 22nd amendment which limited a president to two terms, except for the president in office during the ratification process. Thus Harry Truman, the “president in office,” was the only person who could continue as president forever.

Truman died.

Item Two: Trump may politely step down if he loses the 2020 race, or he might be pulled out from the White House by two burly Secret Service agents, him kicking and screaming, “Fraud! Fraud!”

In any case, there will be yet another presidential library.

(Texas already has three, the most of any state.) Universities usually fight to land a presidential library -- prestige and scholarly conferences.

Rice and UH reportedly tried to land George H. W. Bush’s library by jointly proposing a site that would take up half of Hermann Park. Texas A&M got Senior George’s library, thinking it would have eight years’ worth of memorabilia.

Then along came some hayseed from Arkansas. Richard Nixon planned to give his papers to Duke University, where he went to law school.

An uproar by its professors killed the deal. Finally, the Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, Calif. opened in July 1990. Until 2007, Nixon’s was the only privately maintained presidential library -- overseen by the Nixon Foundation, which is generally described as a group of Nixon loyalists. It’s now a part of the presidentiallibrary system administered by the National Archives.

Now about money. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, cost $3 million in dollars of those days. John F. Kennedy’s library in Boston cost $25 million. LBJ’s Taj Mahal on the UT campus cost $18 million at that time. George W. Bush raised $500 million to build and endow his shrine. Obama is set to double that mark.

But before we get all knotted up, private money – again, private money -- builds the structures, the feds – that’s us

– keep them running. Taxpayers spent about $66 million on presidential libraries across the country. That’s about 21 cents per U.S. resident.

Would the Trump Library & Hotel be located in Trump Tower? Probably, because it doesn’t seem like universities are clamoring for it. When asked his alma maters about the subject, they declined comment. As for Trump, he’s confident he’ll have a presidential library, somewhere.

“I have a lot of locations actually. The nice part, I don’t have to worry about buying a location.” But the National Archives, which by law gets presidential papers, says it’s having trouble securing anything, but we can imagine the Stormy Daniels exhibit, his federal tax records, and the Three Wives Wing. As for the cost of the library, don’t worry. Mexico will pay for it.

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Local restaurant may ask sick customers to leave

Dear Editor: In Singapore we have been getting our temperatures checked basically everywhere we go. To the office or any restaurant. At restaurants, you often have to get temp, write down your name and phone number with it. That way, if anyone gets sick later, they can track and communicate to others there. When people ask how Singapore has handled the virus so controlled, that is why. However most places in the rest of the world would view this as an extreme invasion of privacy (especially Texas!), but it has definitely worked in Singapore. We’ve had the virus essentially second to China but zero deaths and very little cases considering the time we’ve had it.

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Sam’s Fried Chicken and Donuts closure

Dear Editor: I read today that Sam’s Fried Chicken and Donuts on Heights Blvd. is closing -- this is devastating!

Following my Thanksgiving and Christmas feedingfrenzy revelry every year -- we’re talking rampant bacchanalian gourmandizing -- I always started going to Sam’s again in January, returning to a more healthy dietary regimen.

J. Reynolds

Developer to build apartment complex in Garden Oaks area

Dear Editor: I’m a native Houstonian. We are not used to so much traffic. I can only speak for myself and other Houstonians that share that sentiment. When we see an apartment complex going up, our first

Today, people don’t wait for guidance from public officials. They take the first nugget of information and share it to 500 people who share it to another 50,000 people, regardless of the information’s veracity.

Today, we don’t wait for political administrations to formulate a plan.

We begin on Day 2, Hour 1, to start casting blame.

The benefits of social media platforms may be endless, but the danger and hysteria they produce are devastating.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe all the hysteria and false information and greedy people selling hand sanitizer for $50 will save exponentially more lives. I’m certain it will keep us from repeating the Spanish Flu of 1918, when no one knew about the illness and more than 50 million people died.

In the end, I suppose there must be a balance. But just for once, I wish the balance meant taking our information from real sources, and not the ones zooming past your fingers on Facebook and Twitter.

Last week, our company released a website called HoustonCoronavirus.com. On it, we only publish the stories in this city that have been vetted by journalists, and I’d invite you to take a look at our daily compilation of news stories.

Until then, let’s all go have a Corona and some toilet paper.

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thought is MORE traffic on already overloaded streets. In and around the loop used to be a breeze to go through but not anymore.

Deanna Esponosa Soria

Kroger loading kiosks after opening not good practice

Dear Editor: I would like to ask, in a public forum, why Kroger store management continues the practice of having employees load the self-service kiosks after store opening each morning, rather than minutes before opening?

These employees have a cart with hundreds if not thousands of dollars, rolling it from machine to machine with no in-store security whatsoever.

I see this as a definite danger to store employees who are normally not paying attention to surroundings, and to any customers shopping early.

This is a robbery target if ever there was one and to which that location’s management and corporate offices have been notified more than once, with no changes in policy whatsoever.

Ronald Bement

Strait from the Heights: Iconic country music act has local roots

Dear Editor: Awesome story on a great guy and good friend from our hood. While I am fully aware that Mike is a highly accomplished and widely respected musician I know him from his second passion-surfing. We’ve shared many great sessions together in South Padre Island and Costa Rica. Like his music, Mike’s surfing is is solid, fluid and always “locked in the pocket”!

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Tradewinds property rolling into new incarnation

By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com

Shepherd Park Plaza residents Robert and Sylvia Torres are business owners who have chosen to invest where they live.

In the summer of 2017, the couple purchased Del-Mar Lanes at 3020 Mangum Rd. and renovated the bowling alley to rave reviews. They also own Soap Suds Coin Laundry on North Main Street in the Heights.

But it’s their newest acquisition that is sure to get the most buzz as they recently purchased the former Tradewinds Skating Rink, located at 5006 W. 34th St., with the intent to develop it for retail.

For those new to the area, the long and unused white barn-like building might not mean much, but to those who grew up in the neighborhood, it was a rite of passage.

Tradewinds was opened in 1957 by Walter Louis Gordon and Marie Gordon. Thousands

of youngsters over the next 45 years, including late entertainer Patrick Swayze and his family, got their skate on at Tradewinds.

“So much of my youth was all about going there every Friday and Saturday night,” Brandy Shirley-Cochran said.

“I had to really behave (and) do my chores or I wasn’t going. You can bet I was a good girl. Met my first love there and some of the best friends I’ve ever had. The music was awesome. The skate ramps were amazing and the dances were a blast.”

But since its closing, the rink has sat unused for more than 20 years.

“The property deserves more,” Robert Torres said. “It has so much more potential and merits going back to the drawing board. We have big plans.”

Proposed renderings for the former rink show a structure that retains the look of the original building, yet modernizes it. Torres said the interior

will be divided up into seven or eight spaces which will be a mix of retail and restaurants. Torres will be one of his own tenants as he plans to open a donut and coffee shop at the back end of the building, which he is calling the Tradewinds Shopping Center for now.

The transformation of the old rink will be Phase 1 of the renovation, while the other six buildings on the 3-acre property will be reimagined in future revamps. Meanwhile, the tenants in those buildings will remain on property.

As a longtime resident of the area – and a retired Houston police officer with 30 years on the force – Torres knows of people’s affection for the rink.

He said the Gordon family is providing old photographs, which Torres wants to incorporate into the aesthetics of the new building. Torres said even the roller skates are still in the structure and they’re looking at ways to use those, too, as well as the wooden

flooring.

Torres considered reviving the rink but said it is a different time and property values have changed.

“It didn’t make economic sense,” he said.

In 2015, business owner Janett Ogola told The Leader she was looking at ways to finance a resurrection of the rink. A Kickstarter campaign was one idea to raise funds, but Ogola allowed in 2015 that it “might not put a dent in what it would take to get it open.”

A 2019 assessment by the Harris County Appraisal District listed the property’s total value at $953,208.

Torres said the Gordon family wasn’t actively marketing the property, but he made them an offer, which began the negotiations.

“It’s going to be nice,” Torres said. “Something really functional with carefully selected businesses.”

Pre-leasing starts this week.

Call 713-688-8844 for more information.

Contributed artist’s rendering The Tradewinds Skating Rink will undergo a transformation to become a retail development that pays homage to the building’s past.

Contributed photo Tradewinds Skating Rink opened in 1957 and closed 45 years later at 3020 Mangum Rd.

Developer to build apartments in Garden Oaks Local restaurant may ask sick customers to leave

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A 243-unit apartment complex is coming to the corner of North Shepherd Drive and Janisch Road.

Dakota Enterprises, a Houston-based developer that specializes in market-rate, workforce housing, announced its plans last week for Fishel’s Landing at 4840 N. Shepherd Dr. in the Garden Oaks area.

The developer said it expects to break ground in the fall on the four-story, elevatorserviced complex that will feature covered parking, valet trash service, a two-story gym, swimming pool, tanning deck, grilling station and dog park.

The property measures nearly 225,000 square feet and was purchased last April from J.B Jones of Jones Oil, according to a news release from Dakota Enterprises. The developer said it expects the complex to be ready for residents by the end of 2021.

“This is an exciting new

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Contributed artist’s rendering Houston-based Dakota Enterprises is building a 243-unit apartment complex, called Fishel’s Landing, at 4840 N. Shepherd Dr.

project for the Dakota team as our dedication to the community and our goal to consistently develop quality marketrate housing continues to get stronger and stronger,” Rick Guttman, founder and CEO of Dakota Enterprises, said in the release.

Dakota Enterprises has another apartment complex in the area in the works. It broke ground on the Milwee Apartments, a 170-unit complex at 5310 Milwee St. in Oak Forest, last March. That project will

be completed this spring, according to the developer.

Both complexes have been designed by Mucasey Architects and will be managed by Dakota Enterprises. Its sister company, Ibiza Enterprises, is the general contractor.

Dakota Enterprises described Fishel’s Landing as a “garden-style property” with all units including wood plankstyle flooring, chef-style kitchens and stainless steel appliances along with washers and dryers.

County and six in Fort Bend County – and government officials said all of them are between 60 and 70 years old and recently traveled on the same cruise ship in Egypt.

Several organizations beyond the rodeo have taken precautions by asking groups of people to quarantine or by limiting public gatherings.

Harris County said it is believed the coronavirus is spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so all Houston-area residents are urged to wash their hands often with soap water or use hand sanitizer that is alcohol-based, avoid touching their mouths, eyes and noses with unwashed hands, cover their mouths and noses when coughing or sneezing, avoid contact with people who are sick and clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough and shortness of breath, and the elderly as well as people with underlying health conditions are at higher risk for serious complications from the disease.

The owner of a Vietnamese restaurant in the Heights, Jenni’s Noodle House at 602 E. 20th St., said the restaurant may ask customers to leave if they appear sick or exhibit excessive coughing or sneezing. Jenni Tranweaver said the decision was made on behalf of employees who expressed concern.

Most hospitals in the Houston region – including the two Memorial Hermann facilities in the Heights area – have instituted new screening and visitor policies in an attempt to reduce exposure to COVID-19.

Memorial Hermann said last weekend that 11 of its healthcare workers at an unspecified facility were under quarantine after coming into contact with a coronavirus patient, and early this week the health system said all of its volunteers and nonessential staff who are older than 60 had been sent home

until further notice.

Rice University, where one of the Houston area’s coronavirus patients works, canceled classes for the week ahead of Spring Break next week. Houston ISD, the largest school district in Texas, said Monday that some of its campuses would be sanitized and that “several” employees were under a 14-day quarantine after recently visiting a country on the CDC’s warning list or being closely related to someone who did.

The Houston Museum of Natural Science announced that 37 people who recently traveled to Egypt as part of a trip it sponsored, including two museum staff members, were asked by the City of Houston to isolate themselves for 14 days.

In Tuesday night’s announcement about the woman who tested positive for coronavirus after being in Italy, Harris County asked people who sat near her on two March 3 international flights to self-isolate and contact their healthcare provider and local health department. The impacted passengers sat in business/ first class on Lufthansa flight 307, which traveled from Florence, Italy, to Frankfurt, Germany, from 10:05 a.m.-11:45 a.m., and on United Airlines flight 47 from Frankfurt to Houston between 1:50-6:10 p.m.

County officials also have urged residents who feel sick to contact their healthcare provider, describe their symptoms and travel history and if they have had contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Houston Health Department has opened a call center for city residents with questions about COVID-19.

They can call 832-393-4220 between 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

“We’re doing this in order to save lives,” said Dr. David Persse of the Houston Health Department. “We have every reason to expect - and hopefully I’m wrong that it can spread to many, many people in our community.”

Coronavirus, from P. 1A “You know just how much we love the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo,” Turner said Wednesday.

“This decision has not come easily, but the health and safety of the people in our region is paramount.”

Turner, who said he would be signing a stateof-emergency declaration for the city, also said the city’s remaining Capital Improvement Project meetings scheduled for later this month will be postponed.

Among the meetings impacted are those for Houston City Council districts C and H. On Tuesday night, Harris County announced that a 14th person in the region had tested positive for the disease – which has infected more than 118,000 people in 114 different countries and led to more than 4,200 deaths, according to the World Health Organization, which on Wednesday declared the outbreak a pandemic. Harris County Public Health said a woman who lives in the southwest part of the county and is between 20 and 30 years old had been living in Italy – one of the world’s hardest-hit countries – and contacted her healthcare provider upon returning to the Houston area and experiencing mild flu-like symptoms.

Earlier Tuesday, Montgomery County officials announced their first positive test for coronavirus, a man in his 40s who is isolated in an unspecified hospital.

According to the Texas Tribune, Montgomery County officials said Wednesday that they are uncertain how the man contracted the disease, saying he had not traveled outside Texas -- indicating that he might be the state’s first case of community spread of COVID-19.

“Yesterday changed things,” Turner said of the case in Montgomery County.

“That was evidence of some community spread.”

There previously were 12 coronavirus cases reported

by Houston-area health departments – two in the City of Houston, four in unincorporated northwest Harris

With Houston-area residents and businesses increasingly concerned about the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, Jenni’s Noodle House said in a recent social media post that customers who appear sick will be asked to leave.

Jenni’s, a local Vietnamese restaurant chain with a Heights location at 602 E. 20th St., made the announcement March 6 on Instagram and said it may transition to a takeout and deliveryonly business.

“Protecting our staff and customers is our top priority right now,” the post read. “Due to the Coronavirus here in Houston, customers who appear to be sick and/or coughing/sneezing will be asked to leave. The staff has clear instructions to handle situations during these uncharted times. Your understanding is greatly appreciated while we all try to steer clear.”

Houston health officials and those from Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties have reported a total of 14 cases of COVID-19 since March 4. Twelve of the infected people were part of a group that recently traveled on the same cruise ship in Egypt and returned to the Houston area in late February.

According to the World Health Organization, which on Wednesday declared the outbreak a pandemic, more than 118,000 people around the world have contracted the disease, with the initial outbreak in China in December, and nearly 700 cases have been confirmed in the United States. COVID-19 has led to more than 4,200 deaths globally, with confirmed cases having been identified in 114 countries.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that older people and those with underlying health conditions are most at risk for serious complications from COVID-19.

Jenni’s received some backlash over its post, which the restaurant also shared on Facebook, with some saying they would no longer eat there.

“It’s your business. You have the right to make mistakes,” one commenter wrote on Facebook.

Photo from Facebook A view of the kitchen at Jenni’s Noodle House, which has a Heights location at 602 E. 20th St.

“But this is wrong.”

Owner Jenni Tranweaver, who said she authored the social media posts, said the policy is in response to concerns among her 50 employees, including 13 at the Heights restaurant.

Tranweaver also said her staff will use discretion and won’t ask customers to leave over allergy symptoms or a sneeze or cough that appears to be mild.

“We’re not asking anybody to leave unless it’s, like, clear and present -- excessive,” she said.

“There’s a difference in someone with allergies and someone hung over (versus) the cold and the flu.”

Some who engaged with the social media posts were supportive of the policy.

“Thank you for being proactive and reassuring,” another Facebook commenter wrote. “I will gladly eat at a place that takes it customers interest over simply making a sale.”

Tranweaver said she’s asked only three customers to leave in the 18-year history of her business, including 10 years at the Heights location. She said the illness policy is a means of empowering her staff to protect themselves and their customers.

“It’s a tough decision,” she said. “It does affect my business, it does affect me, it does affect my reputation. As a Houstonian who has given back to my backyard, this is not (done) lightly. We are in uncharted times.”

Constable, from P. 1A their opposition to a study that might alter or eliminate the program, which provides protection to neighborhoods and a revenue stream for the constables, and so did Houston City Council member Mike Knox.

After Knox, Gonzalez and the constables spoke their piece – and before any community members took the podium – Garcia said he was pulling his item and no longer seeking action by the court. Garcia, formerly the Harris County Sheriff, and the rest of the court later voted unanimously on the following motion by Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle: “We move that we affirm the contract constable program and will not seek to study to eliminate or terminate the constable or sheriff contract program.”

Houston Heights Association executive director Emily Guyre said the program is an “important part of fighting crime in our community.”

Businesses and residents such as Hagendorf can subscribe to the program for $325 per year, with the number of subscriptions correlating to the number of deputies hired as part of the contract with the office of Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen. Guyre said the HHA currently pays for four deputies who work in shifts and occasionally double up during times when there tends to be more crime.

Terry Jeanes of the Garden Oaks Civic Club said its organization spends roughly $80,000 per constable per year as part of its two-constable contract, with roughly 350 residents contributing to

Photo by Adam Zuvanich Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia pulled an agenda item proposing a study of the contract constable program.

the voluntary program. She also said the neighborhood covers 80 percent of the cost of the entire contract, with the county covering 20 percent.

The Woodland Heights, Shepherd Park Plaza and Candlelight Park also have contracts with Rosen’s office, with the latter two neighborhoods teaming up on their arrangement.

In a 2018 study called “Collaborations and Overlapping Services in Harris County Law Enforcement,” Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research found that Harris County spends at least $1.6 billion annually on law enforcement and “could save considerable administrative expenses” by consolidating the patrol services of the sheriff’s office and constable offices. The study also found that the county could save as much as $22 million per year by requiring communities to cover the full cost of

contracted deputies instead of the majority of that cost, and that the current set-up raises questions about the equitable distribution of law enforcement services.

Rosen challenged the notion that his office neglects neighborhoods that do not pay for extra patrols.

“We have county-funded slots that also go extensively … to those neighborhoods that can’t afford it,” Rosen said. “I make sure of that because of who I am.”

As opposed to putting a strain on county resources, Knox said the contract constable program provides relief to other law enforcement agencies in the region.

He said the arrangement enables HPD and the sheriff’s office to devote more resources to areas that are not covered by contracts.

Knox also agreed with Hagendorf that citizens should have the right to pay for more police presence if that’s what they want.

“It’s important that we represent the least and the last among us, that we take care of those who can’t take care of themselves,” Knox said. “But we weren’t elected just to represent them. We were elected to represent all of the taxpayers of Harris County, including those taxpayers who pay their taxes, who make an income and feel like they’re not getting the response they need from the jurisdiction assigned to them and have chosen to spend their money to hire extra security for their neighborhood – and, by the way, add benefit to the rest of the community.”

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THINGS TO DO. The Arts Fall Friday, Mar. 13 7 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Fall is performing at White Oak Music Hall with Death Will Tremble, Nahaya and Dawn of Dissolution.

Between Riverside and Crazy Friday, Mar. 13 7:30 p.m.

4th Wall Theatre Company – 1824 Spring St. Studio 101 4th Wall Theatre presents the Houston premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize winning play “Between Riverside and Crazy.� This play follows a retired NYC cop fighting down forces much larger than himself from within a collapsing, rentcontrolled apartment. The show runs Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. until April 4. There is a “Pay What You Can� performance on March 30 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: Premier $53; Standard $32; Senior $26; Student / Educator $17.

Off With Their Heads Saturday, Mar. 14 8 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Off With Their Heads is performing at White Oak Music Hall with Slingshot Dakota.

Heart Bones Sunday, Mar. 15 7 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Heart Bones is performing at White Oak Music Hall with The Bad Man. Katastro Tuesday, Mar. 17 7 p.m.

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

Orville Peck Wednesday, Mar. 18 7 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Orville Peck is performing at White Oak Music Hall with Teddy & The Rough Riders.

Little Jesus Wednesday, Mar. 18 7 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Little Jesus is performing at White Oak Music Hall.

Iris Dement Thursday, Mar. 19 7 p.m.

The Heights Theater – 339 W. 19th St. Iris Dement is performing at The Heights Theater with Ana Egge.

Charlotte Lee Thursday, Mar. 19 8 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main Charlotte Lee is performing at White Oak Music Hall.

The Markets Eleanora’s Market Saturday, Mar. 14 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Cavatore – 2120 Ella Blvd.

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

The Farm Stand at Petrol Station Saturday, Mar. 14 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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

The Market at Sawyer Yards Saturday, Mar. 14 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

1502 Sawyer St. This curated market hosts a mix of artist mediums with a focus on folk art, the maker is the seller and artisan crafts including packaged specialty foods.

Heights Morning Market Sunday, Mar. 15 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, Mar. 16 4:30 p.m.

YMCA Chapel –1234 W. 34th St. The women’s bible study group meets every Monday at the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA’s Chapel. It’s a community nondenominational bible study. Guests and new members are always welcomed. Email Kvanderpol@swbell.net for more information.

Lent Soup Meal Wednesday, Mar. 18 6:30 p.m.

St. Matthews UMC – 4300 N. Shepherd Dr. St. Matthews UMC is hosting a

FOOD BRIEFS: free community Lent soup meal.

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be entertainment. Call 713682-9287 for information.

Backpack Drive Saturday, Mar. 14 Berkshire Hathaway – 1803 W. 43rd St. Help with the backpack drive benefitting Stevens Elementary School, now through Mar. 14.

You can drop the backpacks off at Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Premier Properties.

Men’s Scripture Sharing Group Thursday, Mar. 19 6:30 – 7:30 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.

Annual Crawfish Cook-off Sunday, Mar. 15 2 – 6 p.m.

Cottonwood - 3422 N. Shepherd Dr. Cottonwood is hosting its 3rd Annual Crawfish Cook-off featuring local teams competing to serve you their best crawfish, while you enjoy Saint Arnold Brewing Company beers and live music. Wristbands, $30 + tax, will grant you unlimited crawfish tastings at each booth.

Any crawfish ordered at a table and produced by Cottonwood is sold at an additional cost.

Lent Fish Fries Friday, Mar. 27 5 – 8 p.m.

All Saints Church – 10th Street at Cortlandt The All Saints Knights of Columbus council is hosting four Lenten Fish Fries at the Parish Hall on 10th Street at Cortlandt.

Dinners are served on March 27 from 5 - 8 and Good Friday, April 10, from 4 - 8. Plates include fish, hushpuppies, fries, slaw, green beans, sauces, and tea/lemonade. Adult plates are $10 and children under 10 are $5. Cookies will also be available to purchase for desert.

Thursday Night Bingo Thursday, Mar. 19 5:15 p.m.

SPJST Lodge 88 - 1435 Beall St. Bingo at SPJST Lodge 88 is held every Thursday night.

Bingo pads are $10 each. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. Bingo begins at 7 p.m.

Fun & Games Biers, Brats and Boils Friday, Mar. 13 6 – 10 p.m.

King’s BierHaus – 2044 E. T.C. Jester It’s time for our Biers, Brats, and Boils every Friday and Saturday.

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

Sons of Legionnaire Benefit Steak Night Friday, March 20 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.

Wheels and Heels HTX Saturday, Mar. 14 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

1215 Pinemont Dr. Wheels and Heels HTX is a car, truck and bike charity show benefiting depelchin.

Plogging Event Saturday, Mar. 28 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Steven’s Elementary School – 1910 Lamonte Ln. A “Plogging,� picking up litter while jogging, event will be held on Saturday, Mar. 24. There will be refreshments and prizes. All ages are welcome.

Anniversary Celebration Saturday, Mar. 14 Noon – 7 p.m.

The Whimsy Artisan Boutique – 1802 Yale St. Ste. E The Whimsy Artisan Boutique is celebrating two years with 20 percent of selected items, zombie caricatures by Arlene Delagarza, photo booth, prizes and food and drinks.

Sam’s Fried Chicken and Donuts shutters

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Sambrooks Management Company, a restaurant group, announced the closure of Sam’s Fried Chicken and Donuts at 601 Heights Blvd. on Tuesday.

The company had acquired Sam’s Fried Chicken and Donuts, formerly Lee’s Fried Chicken and Donuts, along with Pi Pizza, now closed, and 1751 Sea and Bar, formerly Starfish, in August 2018. “Sam’s Fried Chicken and Donuts was a fun concept with tasty and Instagram-worthy fare,� Michael Sambrooks, owner and operator of Sambrooks Management Company, said in a news release. “With our recent closing of Pi Pizza, and now the closing of Sam’s, we are fully focused on our ‘Big Four’ concepts – The Pit Room BBQ, The Patio at The Pit Room, 1751 Sea and Bar, and Candente.�

Employees of Sam’s have the opportunity to move to Sambrooks Management Company’s other concepts.

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Nov. 30, died on March 4. She is survived by her son, Roman Cisneros & wife, Jennifer Light ; father, Lorenzo Torres; brother, Anthony Joe Torres & wife Nina Torres.

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ane; Donna Arnold and husband, John; brothers-in-law, Roger Blaschke and wife Deana; Bobby Blaschke and wife Jana; nieces and nephews, Brittany Callihan, Rachel Whaley, Keli Barham and husband Zachary, Kyle Vento, Zachary Arnold, Meagan Arnold, Kaleigh Blaschke, Brennan Blaschke, and Braxton Blaschke; great-nieces, Kaylee Callihan, Kaylee Barham, and Olivia Barham.

John Scott Fowler, 96, born Jan. 13, died on March 7.

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Mitchell Ronald Meza, 60, born June 22, died on March 8 in Houston, Texas.

New Magnolia to host grand opening New Magnolia Brewing Co., 1616 Bevis St., is hosting a grand opening celebration Saturday, April 4 from 11 a.m.8 p.m.

New Magnolia, which opened Nov. 22 in Shady Acres, plans to have seven limited release beers available, live music, a crawfish boil, food trucks, giveaways and more.

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THE OBITUARIES. David “Moochie� Esparza III, 44, born Jan. 5, died on March

Monday and has since been dishing out various poke bowls, such as a yellowfish and tuna bowl.

To play into theme of the name, the restaurant features a wall of plants with a pink neon sign that reads, “That’s what it’s all about.�

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New Magnolia Brewing Co – 1616 Bevis St. New Magnolia Brewing Co is hosting a grand opening celebration with seven limited release beers available, live music, crawfish boil, food trucks, giveaways and more.

Fundraiser barbecue Saturday, March 14 Noon American Legion Post 560 3720 Alba Rd. Come out and enjoy some barbecue. Brisket, sausage, chicken and ribs with all the fixings will be served. There will

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Common Law Copyright Notice: All rights reserved re; common law copyright of trade-name/trademark, CHIOMA NGOZI ODILI©, as well as any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling of said trade- name/trade-mark – Common Law Copyright © 2002 by Chioma Ngozi Odili. Said trade- name/ trade-mark, CHIOMA NGOZI ODILI©, may neither be used, nor reproduced, neither in whole nor in part, nor in any manner whatsoever, without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgement of Chioma Ngozi Odili as signified by the blue-ink signature of Chioma Ngozi Odili, hereinafter “Secured Party.” With the intent of being contractually bound, any Juristic Person, as well as the agent of said Juristic Person, consents and agrees by this Common Law Copyright Notice that neither said Juristic Person, nor the agent of said Juristic Person, shall display, nor otherwise use in any manner, the tradename/trade-mark, nor common law copyright described herein, nor any variation in the spelling of, said name without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgment of Secured Party, as signified

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 ODILI©, 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 ODILI©,” 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 ODILI©,” 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 ODILI©, 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 ODILI©, as well as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of, CHIOMA NGOZI ODILI©, 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 ODILI© 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 © 2002. Unauthorized use of “Chioma Ngozi Odili” incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with CHIOMA NGOZI ODILI©, 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 LUXTON©, as well as any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling of said tradename/trade-mark – Common Law Copyright © 2019 by Livina Jazelle Luxton. Said trade- name/trade-mark, LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTON©, may neither be used, nor reproduced, neither in whole nor in part, nor in any manner whatsoever, without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgement of Livina Jazelle Luxton as signified by the blue-ink signature of Livina Jazelle Luxton, hereinafter “Secured Party.” With the intent of being contractually bound, any Juristic Person, as well as the agent of said Juristic Person, consents and agrees by this Common Law Copyright Notice that neither said Juristic Person, nor the agent of said Juristic Person, shall display, nor otherwise use in any manner, the trade-name/trade-mark, nor common law copyright described herein, nor any variation in the spelling of, said name without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgment of Secured Party, as signified by Secured Party’s signature in Blue ink. Secured Party neither grants, nor implies, nor otherwise gives consent for any unauthorized use of LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTON©, 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. “LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTON©,” 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 LUXTON©,” 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 LUXTON©, 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 LUXTON©, as well as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of, LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTON©, 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 LUXTON© 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 © 2019. Unauthorized use of “Livina Jazelle Luxton” incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with LIVINA JAZELLE LUXTON©, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)” under “Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use.”

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Some tips for easing upset stomachs in your canines

Dear Tabby, Our dog gets an upset stomach occasionally. Sometimes it causes her to vomit, sometimes diarrhea, but mostly just lots of rumbling and a lack of an appetite. Any tips for helping to ease her tummy troubles?

Tummy Troubles in Timbergrove

Just please make sure you are giving no-sugar-added pumpkin, not the pie filling!

Probiotics Probiotics are important because a lot of the good bacteria naturally present in the stomach and digestive tract can be stripped when dogs and cats experience vomiting and diarrhea. A bacterial imbalance can be bad because some naturally occurring bacteria like clostridium difficile will flourish and it wreaks havoc when the gut is out of balance.

Dear Tummy Troubles, Upset stomach is a rather common occurrence in both dogs and cats. Once your vet has ruled out a serious condition, there are a few steps you can take to ensure your four-legged companion recovers from her intestinal woes quickly.

Fasting Pick up all food and treats and limit water for up to 24 hours (12 hours for puppies).

This is often all you will need to do. Allowing the stomach to rest can be incredibly healing.

Ice chips are a good replacement for water as some pets (especially dogs) will drink so much they vomit when they have stomachaches.

Rice water Rice water (the water strained after cooking a small amount of rice in a large amount of water) can help balance electrolytes. Make using 1 cup of rice to 1 quart of water. Boil and steep for about 20 minutes, strain and cool, then offer it to drink.

Bland diet A half-and-half mixture of cottage cheese and either boiled or steamed rice (not instant or boil-in-the-bag rice) works nicely to ease an upset tummy. Brown rice is good for us all, but white rice is best

Pumpkin Pumpkin is excellent for BOTH diarrhea and constipation. Dogs and cats actually tend to like pumpkin as well and, mixed with a little water, they are likely to lap it right up.

Canned pumpkin is fine.

for tummy upsets. Bland and gentle is the key!

Remember: If the digestive problems don’t resolve themselves in 24 hours or so, a trip to the vet is necessary to make sure there’s nothing more serious going on. But, for small bouts of indigestion in your pets, the above tips should save you, your pets and your flooring lots of intestinal woes.

Ready to Adopt?

Join CAP (Citizens for Animal Protection) for their Lucky In Love Adoption event on Sunday, March 15 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Pet adoptions that day will be $17 and if the adopter comes in wearing a green shirt or pants, the adoption fee will be waived. Slainte!

The event is in partnership with North Shore Animal League Tour for Life. On March 15, the Tour for Life adoption bus will be at CAP to raise awareness, and West Houston Subaru is sponsoring the adoption fees for all pets.

Visit www.cap4pets.org for more info.

Do you have a question for Tabby? If so, email her at dear tabbyquestions@gmail.com.

Traffic, from P. 1A “I’m in love with it,” Rich said of the plan. “I’m elated.”

Houston Public Works, on behalf of TxDOT, has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the proposal for 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 18 at the Candlelight Community Center at 1520 Candlelight Ln. Affected Oak Forest residents should have received the meeting notice as well as an illustration of the proposed changes.

TxDOT’s plan is to install “do not enter” signs and raised concrete islands on the eastern halves of Berendo and Hewitt where they meet the frontage road, still leaving enough room for vehicles to access the frontage road from those streets.

“We’re still going to have traffic go through our neighborhood to get to the entrance ramp,” Davis said. “But (eliminating) half is better than none.”

TxDOT spokesperson Deidrea George said the department is considering the changes based on comments from local residents and community leaders and that they are contingent upon concurrence from the city. She said TxDOT expects the project to cost less than $50,000 and that a timeline for it has yet to be determined.

According to the notice about the March 18 meeting, the city will accept public comments about the proposal until March 31. Comments can be submitted online by visiting http://popms.houstontx. gov/ntmp/rptFeedback_Pub and using the project number, 6822-18.

Houston Public Works spokesperson Erin Jones said the city will collect public comments and provide them to TxDOT, which will then make a determination.

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“We try to go every year to support the neighborhood,” Cheryl Hensley said. “My kids enjoyed the inflated area. There were four or five types of inflatable jumpy houses, slides, all for free.”

Chamber members and others manned vendor booths demonstrating or selling a diversity of products and services that ranged from: jewelry, art pieces, fitness and sports, children’s clothing, financial services, H-E-B and cleaning and pest control.

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she said. “It’s always good to see people from around the neighborhood there.”

Chamber president Louie Gill said the festival has a rich heritage of bringing together the Heights community.

“Performances by our area school students showcased the talent enriched by outstanding faculty leadership,” Gill said. “We are extremely grateful to our many sponsors, volunteers, staff, vendors and others that helped stage this year’s festival.”

Salch said the event also attracts people from all over Greater Houston into the Heights.

“It’s a powerful marketing tool for our community’s local businesses,” she said.

going to agree with whatever the community wants,” said Houston City Council member Mike Knox, who helped relay the neighborhood’s concerns to TxDOT. The latest petition submitted as part of the city’s Neighborhood Traffic Management Program included 43 signatures, with every petitioner indicating they support the partial road closures at the frontage roads.

A spokesperson for city council member Abbie Kamin, who represents the neighborhood in District C, said she supports the plan as well.

Davis said he used The Leader’s May 2019 story about the cut-through problem to garner community support for the petition. He said he also shared the story and the petition results with Knox, an atlarge council member who said he then reached out to TxDOT and helped facilitate a traffic survey in the neighborhood.

“That was kind of a selling point for us,” Davis said of The Leader story. “I think that did open some eyes.”

George said in a 2019 email that the 43rd Street exit ramp, and corresponding entrance ramp, were moved in 2017 to prevent exiting traffic from backing up onto 290. The exit ramp for 43rd, which previously was between that street and Berendo immediately to the south, was moved further south between Chantilly Drive and Hewitt. The entrance ramp, which was south of Chantilly, was moved north near Berendo.

Although the switch gave drivers more room to operate on the frontage road, it also

gave them the opportunity to avoid the light at 43rd by turning right onto Hewitt or Berendo before proceeding north to 43rd on either Bethel Boulevard, Hill Oak Drive or Antoine Drive.

Davis and Rich said traffic on their streets increased after that point, with Rich saying there has been an uptick in crime as well. Using a radar gun, Rich said he regularly clocks vehicles going faster than the posted speed of 35 mph.

Residents on both Berendo and Hewitt have placed multiple “SLOW DOWN” signs on the streets.

If all goes as planned March 18, and TXDoT proceeds with its proposal, those signs might become unnecessary.

“I wouldn’t step off the curb yet, but we’re going in the right direction,” Rich said. “We just want our neighborhood back.”

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Art Valet: Heights neighbors participating in FotoFest Mitch Cohen Art Columnist

The first and longest-running photographic arts festival in the United States, FotoFest Biennial, was held in 1986. It is considered one of the leading international photography biennials in the world. This Saturday, March 14, two neighboring Heights venues will host exhibitions.

A 2nd Cup, 1111 E. 11th St., along with neighbor The Houston Vineyard, 1035 E. 11th St., will again host juried photography exhibits in association with FotoFest from 6-9 p.m.

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exhibit for FotoFest. The biennial event is back and Hartley sent me a note about this year’s exhibit at A 2nd Cup, which Hartley has helped organized. It’s called, “Let Them Be Free,” and more information is available at ArtForTheCity.org.

“Because this year FotoFest is on Africa and it’s diaspora, we had a local photographer from Nigeria, Deji Osinulu, jury the exhibit,” Hartley said.

“Let Them Be Free” was inspired by the themes for FotoFest 2020.

A 2nd Cup has always been about the themes of this year’s FotoFest rights, liberty and representation.

Focusing on combating human trafficking, A 2nd Cup was created to provide an avenue for generating awareness of human trafficking in Houston and working toward the abolition of slavery in our city.

It also is developing resources that help create a second chance for sur-

Contributed photo Angela Nash’s “Private Garden at Cambridge” is on display at Vineyard Church of Houston.

vivors, which is why this year’s show is benefiting Brazen Table, a culinary training program for human trafficking survivors. (Details on Brazen table can be found online at http:// www.a2ndcup.com/brazen-table.)

Osinulu, the juror, is a professional photographer who grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, in a family of photography lovers. He moved to Houston in 1996 to attend graduate school and has made Houston home ever since. He got back into photography about 15 years ago after buying an old camera off a friend, and what started as a hobby soon became a full-time profession.

Osinulu is currently working on a project called Pluribus, a series of portraits exploring questions surrounding the phrase “e pluribus unum.”

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immigrants, what does it mean to assimilate vs. integrate? What is gained by or lost in that process to each succeeding generation from the generations that came before them? While our exhibit is open to all photographers about the contexts of their choosing, these perspectives make Osinulu the perfect juror for FotoFest 2020, which is focusing on artists of Africa and its diaspora.”

The photo exhibit at Vineyard Church is titled “Invited to Freedom,” and includes works by Houston photographers Angela Nash, Paula Hammon and Timbergrove Manor resident Penny Robinson.

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Mastrantos serves up versatility in the best way Zarah Parker Managing Editor

Mastrantos and its “global tastes” have been tempting me via my Instagram feed for months now.

When I finally stopped in for dinner to try the dish that was tempting me the most, Ragu Bolognese, I found it to be even better in person than it is on social media.

The casual, but elevated atmosphere of Mastrantos and its friendly staff also made the two hours I spent dining some of the best I’ve had in a while.

I loved the little touches, like the sprigs of lavender in a vase on the table, the small candle that was lit upon seating, the leather chairs and strategically placed plants.

Our server was happy to go over the menu and suggest his favorites. If I hadn’t already been sure about what I was going to order, his testament that the Bolognese at Mastrantos is the best in Houston would have solidified it.

The dinner menu is divided into three sections. The first are the small plates, good for sharing; then the pastas, which are made fresh daily in Mastrantos’ dough lab; and lastly, a selection of main dishes.

I started off the night with the Carrots over Carrots, a dish of rainbow carrots laid over carrot hummus. Za’atar spice is used as well as hojiblanca oil.

Photo by Zarah Parker At left is The Heights Sunrise, which includes scrambled eggs, bacon, potatoes and a biscuit. At right are the pulled pork and avocado and egg scramble brunch tacos from Mastrantos.

The carrots were warm and cooked just enough to still be crunchy. The layer of carrot hummus is what made the dish for me. It had a nice saltiness that complemented the carrots.

While Mastrantos has a rotating seasonal menu, the Carrots over Carrots is a staple and I can see why.

The Ragu Bolognese deceptively looks like a simple dish of noodles and meat sauce.

The rustic casarecce pasta, which are thick noodles that are just slightly curly, and beefbased sauce is so much more.

The seasonings that Mastrantos used in the Bolognese made it taste different than any other version I’ve had.

After tasting mine, my brother said the reason he stays away from Bolognese dishes at restaurants is because they all taste the same, as if they use the same sauce, but the one at Mastrantos was unique and

actually made him wish he’d gotten it as well.

But he liked his Roasted Half Chicken dish just as much. The chicken was citrusroasted and came on top of a bed of grilled corn, sautéed bell pepper and red onion.

The lemon cream sauce that would normally come poured over the chicken he got on the side. I also tried his dish, which I dipped in the lemon sauce, and was enamored with it as well.

The chicken was melt-inyour-mouth tender and the citrus added to the chicken’s “oomph” factor.

The night ended with the Apple Crisp dessert, which was a bowl of caramelized apples in a cinnamon sauce with a scoop of vanilla ice cream that had a cinnamon drizzle on top. It was kind of like apple pie without the crust.

What Mastrantos gets away with, and I’m not sure other

concepts could, is that the restaurant becomes something else during the day. While during the dinner hours I would call it a classic restaurant, when I visited during brunch I was greeted by a vibe that was much more diner or café.

Instead of a hostess showing us to our seats, it was counter service.

The menu for brunch featured a few items I’d seen on the dinner menu, and a few lunch items, like the burger and fries, as well as breakfast fare.

My dining companion ordered the Heights Sunrise, which came with eggs cooked to your preference, a biscuit, rosemary potatoes, bacon and house jam, which we were told was peach.

When I finally narrowed my choice down, I got the Brunch Tacos. Out of the three options—brisket, pulled pork and avocado and egg scramble—I chose the latter two. I ordered the pulled pork variety specifically because the cashier said it was his favorite.

Each taco came with slices of pickled onions, sprinkled with cheese and wrapped in two corn tortillas. The avocado and egg scramble was my favorite of the two. It was a simple breakfast taco made better by avocado and the pickled onions, which were sweet.

The pulled pork was dark and had a smoked aftertaste.

The pork seemed to be too pulled apart, so it was a little mushy.

My companion enjoyed the

classic breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon and potatoes.

The biscuit was huge, so she split it with me. The outside of it made me think the biscuit may be too overdone, but I found it to be pleasantly soft inside and the outside crispy.

The jam wasn’t overly sweet, which made me really enjoy spreading it on the biscuit.

By the time I had arrived, Mastrantos was already sold out of croissants, so I took a chance on its carrot cake. The piece of cake was shaped like a cylinder and had just a dollop of cream cheese frosting on top.

Usually my sweet tooth has the better of me, but what I

liked most about the carrot cake was its lack of sweetness.

The frosting was sweet, but I was able to just use a smidgen with the cake. Without meaning to, I ate the whole piece before finishing my tacos.

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The first thing I do at a restaurant that utilizes tablets for game-playing or to pay for the meal is put it on the edge of the table, screen facing away.

I have an irrational hatred of these devices. And for the most part, the restaurants that use them don’t make it mandatory and I can choose to order and pay through my server.

But every once in a while I’ll be forced to pay through the tablet.

It’s supposed to be convenient, and I can’t argue that it’s not, but why do I still hate having to deal with it?

Technology has allowed for a lot of good in this world. I just wish it didn’t infiltrate every aspect of my life, like when I’m at a restaurant. I have many opinions on how we’ve given up quality things for the sake of efficiency — I’m looking at you modern architecture — but should convenience be king of our lives?

When it comes to dining out, it’s a fine line. As diners we expect everything to be smooth and easy. On the flip side, the team running a restaurant is looking for new ways to make the dining experience better.

The answer is usually better technology.

I can’t stand the tablets at restaurants, yet I often use the Chick-fil-A mobile app to order food. I do it because it’s convenient. And for the reward points.

But when I sit down at a res-

taurant I want human connection. If I didn’t, I would have ordered to-go.

When the world gets techier, so will all the businesses. So tablets are in today, but what’s in store for tomorrow?

An upcoming local restaurant, Millie’s at 3542 Oak Forest Dr., might be the first in the neighborhood to take that step forward into a more techminded dining experience.

Chris Jones, co-owner of Millie’s, reached out to the community on Facebook asked how they would feel if the restaurant opened without a point of sale and instead used an app called Roovy, which was developed by his partner in the business, Ken Bridge.

The app would act as a server in a way. You would have to download the app and enter your credit card information. From there you would order your food, a person would bring it out, but then you would check out through the app.

The response from the neighborhood was a mostly a resounding “no thanks,” with a few people loving the idea and others having a positive experience with the app.

The concerns about the app included it being impersonal, worries about allergies, not wanting to have to use their phone or download an app and alienating people who aren’t tech-savvy or don’t have a smart phone.

“I wouldn’t download an app so I could go to a restau-

rant. I don’t have anything on my phone connected to payments,” Angela Sayegh wrote.

“Also I find the concept of doing everything through an app annoying and impersonal.

How do you bring people together if you don’t even talk with the people who work there?”

One of my favorite things to do at a restaurant when trying to decide what to order is ask the server their opinion or what they think the most popular item is. The lack of interaction with people who work at the restaurant is key. But some people worry about having to use their phones at all.

One commenter mentioned that millennials would love it, but boomers wouldn’t. While I don’t completely disagree because I can see a lot of people around my age range (mid-20s) loving it, I still think there’s a movement in our generation to put down the phone — especially while dining out.

Sara Johnson, an Oak Forest resident who is in her early 30s, told me she’s constantly on the computer at work and has to constantly check her phone throughout the day.

“Unless I’m expecting a call, I try to leave my phone in the car when I’m out eating,” Johnson said. “I can’t help but check it, even for just the time, when I have it on me. I wouldn’t really be opposed to use it, if I had to at just one restaurant, but I wouldn’t love it either.”

Another commenter on

Jones’ post talked about how no one in her family is allowed phones at dinner, including her 16- and 11-year-old kids.

“One of the most common compliments I get is how my children interact with each other and how they engage with others,” Darcey Baron wrote. “Perhaps the history

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Food bank seeking help with quarantine kits From Staff Reports The Houston Food Bank is calling on volunteers to help pack quarantine food kits that might need to be used in response to a local outbreak of COVID-19, the upper-respiratory disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus.

The food bank announced Monday that it is seeking volunteers to work in a variety of shifts at its headquarters at 535 Portwall St. Those shifts are from 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.

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“The nonprofit is asking for help because the population they serve, almost by definition, does not have reserves of food in the event of service disruptions/closures,” Paula Murphy of Patterson & Murphy Public Relations said in an email on behalf of the food bank. “These boxes are not yet being requested, but the food bank wants to be ready in the event there is a need due to COVID-19 occurences in their service area.”

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According to Monday’s news release, the Houston Food Bank has increased its frequency of cleaning and disinfecting, especially around high-traffic areas such as restrooms, meeting rooms, elevators and areas for food and volunteers.

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tempted by my phone in my pocket, or having to enter my credit card number, then the use of technology not being a choice when simply wanting a good meal out.

I wouldn’t be surprised if many restaurants to use a similar model in the future and people love it.

Sometimes, though, I think it would be nice if tech didn’t have a part in all we did.

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The history being made is a reference to what Jones said about the app and how if Millie’s was to open with Roovy, it would be the first restaurant in the area to do so.

Whether Millie’s opens with the app or not, I hope they are successful. I would even still stop by if the app was implemented.

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