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Clues can be found on the website for Verde Communities, a real estate investment firm that develops and manages properties throughout the Houston area. A page dedicated to “Fitzgerald’s at White Oak” shows a video montage of the former building, recounts its history and outlines a plan for the future – a mixed-use development with a multi-story structure.

“We hope this will include retail and multi-family residential uses, and perhaps a street level or rooftop lounge which, perhaps in a modest way, is an homage to the history of the Fitzgerald’s site,” the website reads.

Photo by Adam Zuvanich The marketing material goes against Two men walk across the vacant lot at the northwest corner of White Oak Drive and

By Adam Zuvanich azuvanich@theleadernews.com What once was an iconic venue for live music is now a lifeless slab of concrete. Heights residents and visitors used to walk up to the bar or the stage, but now they walk through the treelined property as a shortcut to another watering hole, a restaurant or maybe to get back home.

The century-old building that was Fitzgerald’s, which had more than a 40-year run as a popular concert spot, was demolished in May. What’s to become of the lot has been a hot topic among those who frequent the intersection of White Oak Drive and Studewood Street, where there are well-liked bars and restaurants on the

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Heart health. Houston ISD will be offering free EKGs to student-athletes on Aug. 3.

Page 2A Photo by Adam Zuvanich Heights resident Paula Reidler, left, her daughter Emma Reidler and A1 Shredding, Inc. owner Chris Passmore watch a computer screen that shows paper being shredded inside Passmore’s truck.

Recycling event introduces learning center

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Wendy Tilford had seen the KHOU reports claiming the City of Houston has taken recyclable materials to landfills on multiple occasions this year, and she wanted to provide an eco-friendly option to her new, forward-thinking community.

So she enlisted a papershredding truck to park in front of the Huntington Learning Center, which she owns, and invited Heights residents to bring documents they wanted to dispose.

“We’re going to do it responsibly,” Tilford said before the July 20 event.

“The recycling truck will be there, paper will be shredded on-site and we’re going to send recycling

Photo by Adam Zuvanich Huntington Learning Center owner Wendy Tilford, right, tosses paper into a bin as Chis Passmore looks on.

where it needs to go.”

Along with being environmentally conscious, Tilford wanted to bring awareness to her business and offer support to another educational institution in the neighborhood. She asked for $20 donations from those who came by

to shred unwanted paper, with the proceeds benefiting the parent-teacher organization for Hamilton Middle School.

The Heights location of the Huntington Learning Center, one of two that Tilford owns in Houston, opened June 1 at 5307 N.

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Main St. It specializes in tutoring and test preparedness, which fortifies what students learn at their school campuses.

Heights resident Paula Reidler said she participated in the event because she wanted to support the new learning support, Hamilton and A1 Shredding, Inc., which is owned

by Chris Passmore and has business and residential clients. His truck, which he said can hold up to 10,000 pounds of shredded paper, is equipped with a video monitor that allows clients to watch paper being uploaded into the cargo part of the truck and processed.

“We’re very excited about everything coming in,” said Reidler, who was accompanied by her

The life of Patrick Swayze, the late actor who grew up in Oak Forest, will be celebrated in an upcoming documentary on the Paramount Network.

“I Am Patrick Swayze,” the latest installment in the “I Am” documentary franchise by Derik Murray’s Network Entertainment, will debut Aug. 2 at the San Antonio Film Festival. It will air on the Paramount Network at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18 -- Swayze’s birthday -- and be preceded by two of his most popular films, “Ghost” and “Dirty Dancing.”

According to a news release from the Paramount Network, the documentary showcases Swayze’s “life and career through untold stories, exclusive interviews, heartfelt home movies and family photos.” Swayze, who was known as “Buddy” while growing up in Oak Forest, attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic School, Frank Black Middle School and Waltrip High School. His mother, Patsy Swayze, owned and operated the Swayze School of Dance in the area.

Among those appearing in the documentary are Patrick Swayze’s brother,

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Levi Craig knows a thing or two about coffee, which is a good thing because he plans to open Ship Channel Trading Company in August at 923 Wakefield Dr. “Great coffee doesn’t need any sugar,” Craig likes to say. “And bad coffee doesn’t deserve it.”

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former commodities trader who has worked in a bank for the last decade, Craig is making a major move with his new venture.

“I come from a family of entrepreneurs, and I’ve always had this aspiration,” Craig said. “I’ve been researching coffee for years.”

Craig said coffee has more than 1,000 compounds responsible for everything from aroma to

taste, which is even more variation than is available with wine. At Ship Channel, he aims to educate customers and consumers about what coffee can be.

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THE PUBLIC. The Leader • Saturday, July 27, 2019 • Page 2A

HISD to offer free EKGs to athletes

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Heart health hits close to home for Andre’ Walker, who suffered a heart attack just a few months before becoming Houston ISD’s athletics director last summer.

This summer, he’s leading an unprecedented effort to help prevent similar cardiac events among the school district’s student-athletes.

HISD is offering free electrocardiograms, or EKGs, to all of its high school and middle school athletes from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at Delmar Fieldhouse, 2020 Mangum Rd. Cheerleaders, band members, dance and drill team members and other students involved in similar extracurricular activities also

are invited to undergo the non-invasive medical test that will take about 10 minutes to complete, according to HISD. The purpose of the initiative, which was Walker’s idea, is to detect heart defects and diseases and possibly prevent serious injury or death.

“I have some folks in my family that have some heart issues,” Walker said. “I thought it was something that was important.”

HISD said the typical cost of an EKG is $50. The free EKGs are being sponsored by the Robert Horry Sports Medicine team at St. Joseph Medical Center.

“Those are the folks that are really making this work,” Walker said. “They stepped up to the plate to make sure we could get it done.”

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Walker said Tuesday that more than 400 students had committed to take advantage of the free screening.

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THE TOPICS. The Leader • Saturday, July 27, 2019 • Page 4A

Touchy topics deserve to be addressed A community member reached out to talk about a problem.

I took it as an opportunity to talk to our readers about potential solutions.

Homelessness is a significant issue across the United States, including in Houston, and the part of the city we serve is not immune. The Coalition for the Homeless said there are about 100 people without homes in the six zip codes where The Leader delivers newspapers, and we see them when we drive underneath Loop 610 or go up and down North Shepherd Drive.

Encountering a homeless person, or group of homeless people, can be sad, startling and even scary. Some are homeless because they have mental health issues, which can make their behavior unpredictable, so we might worry about what they’ll say or do if we engage them.

Some of us -- like the Garden Oaks resident who emailed to ask what could be done about the homeless people in and around the neighborhood -- try to avoid them.

A critical role of a community newspaper such as ours, though, is to look such issues right in the eyes and confront them. So that’s what I did, putting together two

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stories about homelessness that were prominently displayed in last week’s edition.

I wanted to tell you about the scope of the issue and what’s being done to address it, so I spoke with the aforementioned coalition, the pastor at a local church and a staffer in the mayor’s office who deals specifically with homeless initiatives. I also wanted to provide a glimpse into the life of a homeless person, so I went out looking for some.

I met a man under the 610 overpass named Kyle Rimel, who was approachable, engaging and answered all my questions while offering plenty of unsolicited insight into his life and those of other homeless people.

And just a few minutes into our conversation, a clean-cut area man with a home and a nice car parked it nearby and joined us.

Brad McPhee, an unemployed

petroleum engineer who assists the homeless, met Rimel a few months earlier and stopped by to bring food and a new wheelchair to a man who struggles to walk.

It was an encounter I was surprised to witness, and I felt compelled to relay their relationship to our readers. It was touching to see two people with seemingly contrasting circumstances treat each other as equals, even as good friends.

Judging by comments on our website and reactions on social media, many of you enjoyed reading about them. But some of you reached out to raise questions about their character and question why they were portrayed as good people with good hearts.

The answer is we don’t pretend to know everything about every subject in the stories we write. We can’t in most cases.

This story, along with just about every story, is merely a snapshot of a person, a place, an event or an issue. That was especially true during my two decades as a sportswriter, when I chronicled the ups and downs of athletes without knowing much about the other aspects of their lives. I didn’t know if they were gentle souls or jerks when they got home, and I didn’t always know

Black helicopters over Texas Ross Perot was described as “colorful,” “a pain,” and “a gadfly” in his obituaries.

But one adjective was used the most: “eccentric.” When you’re poor and do what you wish, you are a “troublemaker.” When you are rich and do what you wish, you are “eccentric.” Perot follows a long line of eccentric Texans – some right on the edge of weird. We had a governor and a mule – strange story.

And why an early Texan wanted to be buried standing up. Then there was Houston’s own Howard Hughes, who supposedly was such a germophobe that he wore Kleenex boxes on his feet.

But let’s start with Perot, who wasn’t born Ross Perot and even changed the way people pronounced his last name. According to his obit, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Bob McFadden, which was on the front page of The New York Times and filled two full pages inside, Perot was born Henry Ray Perot, but changed his name to Henry Ross Perot in honor of a brother, Gabriel Ross Perot Jr., who died, a toddler, in 1927. The family pronounced the surname PEE-roe, but in his 20s Ross changed that, too, making it puh-ROE, because, he said, he got tired of correcting people. He called himself Ross; years later, the news media added the initial “H” at the beginning of his name, but he never liked it.

As a boy growing up poor in Texarkana, Perot broke his father’s horses, and Ross’s nose. He had never been in a boat or even seen an ocean when was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. (He kept his Navy haircut the rest of this life.)

Despite academic mediocrity, he was elected class president and graduated in 1953. After graduation, Perot was to serve four years in the Navy. After serving only 15 months he tried desperately to get out. He clashed with his superior officers, one of whom wrote: Perot was “emotionally maladjusted for a regular Navy career.”

Nevertheless in later years he was honored by both the Navy and the Marine Corps for endowing foundations and helping veterans.

After the Navy, Perot joined IBM in 1955. In his last year at IBM, he filled his sales quota for the year in the first three weeks in January. He quit and founded Electronic Data Systems. In 1984 he sold it to General Motors for $2.5 billion in cash and stock that made him G.M.’s largest shareholder. He joined G.M.’s board and quickly made himself unbearable. “Revitalizing G.M. is like teaching an elephant to tap dance,” Perot said. He also said: “It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years.” One can only wonder how the G.M. board of directors meetings went. In

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1986, the board paid him just to go away. Perot accepted a $700 million G.M. buyout.

Two years later, he founded Perot Systems. In 2009, Dell acquired Perot Systems for $3.9 billion.

Some quotes: “(In Moscow) we got through to Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because no one and ever tried to call them at home.”

“I came from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At General Motors, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is to hire a consultant on snakes.”

“So many people spend their lives chasing money and end up as the richest men in the cemetery. I don’t want to be like that.”

The “giant sucking sound” was what Perot called what he believed were the negative effects of NAFTA. In hindsight, a lot of people disagreed, but the phrase stuck.

He ran for president as an independent candidate in 1992 and a made a thirdparty campaign in 1996. In the ’92 campaign, at the peak of his popularity, he suddenly dropped out of the race.

Months later, he jumped back in, explaining his political rivals had engaged in “dirty tricks” to disrupt his daughter Carolyn’s wedding: “I had three reports that the Republican Party intended to publish a fake photograph of my daughter,” putting her head on another body. According to one report, he frequently hired private investigators to check on the backgrounds of employees and adversaries. He routinely monitored the movements and friendships of his family members.

He worried about attacks from his enemies among them Vietnamese, Iranians, Black Panthers, drug traffickers, and their allies in the U.S. government. His Dallas mansion was surrounded by walls, cameras, movement sensors, alarms, and security guards; on occasion, armed with an automatic rifle, he roamed the grounds. During the third debate of the 1992 presidential campaign, he announced that “the Vietnamese had sent people into Canada to make arrangement [sic] to have me and my family killed. The most significant effort they had one night is five people coming across my front yard.”

I mentioned that Perot was not the only Texan to have odd quirks, like the before cited Gov. George T. Wood (1847-1849) who rode a mule around the state. At night he

took a rope and tied one end to his ankle and the other end to the mule. Wood refused to wear socks. Early Texan Brit Bailey wanted to be buried standing up, facing the West “with my rifle at my side and a jug of whiskey at my feet.”

Then there was Texan Howard Hughes and his Kleenex boxes. In his later years, Hughes holed up in a Las Vegas hotel/casino. While he was staying at one, to avoid being evicted, he bought the place. Hughes ate the same dinner all the time: a triple glass of tomato juice, a salad, a thin butterfly steak and coffee. In 1976, Hughes died on a flight from Acapulco to Houston to seek medical treatment. A Houston minister began his sermon with: “Last week the richest man in the world died – and nobody cared.”

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where they came from and what they were going through when they weren’t competing.

That’s OK, and it’s also the nature of journalism. We report what we can as soon as we can, and when we learn more we report that, too.

With that said, we also must be responsible with the information we obtain and maintain a healthy level of skepticism.

The word “said” is critical, and it’s used to convey the fact that information is attributed to a source and might not be verifiable otherwise. We still research people online and try to corroborate what they tell us -- this story was no different -- and we also strive to be fair.

For example, while reporting that Rimel studies the Bible and looks after fellow homeless people, I also included what he told me about his drug use and criminal past. That was confirmed by a 2012 story I found from the Journal Review in Rimel’s home state of Indiana, which reported that his criminal background included convictions for dealing in a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, check deception, furnishing alcohol to a minor, battery, reckless driving and invasion of privacy.

The purpose of featuring him

was not to glorify him or denomize him, but to tell his story as accurately as possible and let readers make their own determinations. My story was a snapshot into his life and that of McPhee, who by helping a homeless man was going against the wishes of a nonprofit dedicated to helping the homeless throughout the Houston area.

Ana Rausch of the Coalition for the Homeless said donating food and money to those living on the streets generally is counterproductive to helping them get off the streets. If someone can get their needs met without the benefit of a traditional home, Rausch said, they are unlikely to take steps toward having one.

Whether you feel sorry for the homeless or are sorry you have to encounter them, eliminating homelessness should be a goal shared by all of us. And that objective is impossible to achieve without bringing the issue to light and trying to understand it.

If you know more about homelessness than you did two weeks ago, that was the idea.

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Living on a prayer: Homeless man, area resident form unlikely friendship

Dear Editor: Can’t someone help him get medicaid and food stamps? From what I’m reading here it sounds like he’s eligible and also eligible for social security disability benefits.

Suzanne

and I’d like to think that my fellow EMS, FD and PD can be another “right thing” to help people like Mr. Rimel to get off the street and back to a healthy prosperous life.

Brian

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Dear Editor: Apparently you don’t watch KEYE CBS Austin TV news. It’s often nothing but a gruesome crime and wreck report, only worth watching for the excellent Chikage Windler covering weather. KXAN is highly focused on quality journalism with KVUE coming second. IMHO. Jim Turner

Dear Editor: I drive by 610 and Ella several times a day. The trash under that bridge has become a sanitation problem. I do not think giving money to panhandlers will fix the homeless problem. The Leader should have shared the city of Houston homeless campaign of Meaningful Change and donated to this organization instead.

James

Plan for road diet still in works amidst opposition

Dear Editor: I drive an ambulance in Mr. Rimel’s area and have had the pleasure of providing him medical services on several occasions. He’s always pleasant and appreciative, at times he even seems a bit apologetic to be “bothering” emergency services personnel.

I’ve always assured Mr. Rimel that he’s never “bothering” us, in fact it’s people like him who are the reason I chose my profession. I genuinely hope Mr. Rimel can get the help he needs to get back on his feet. It would be heartbreaking to find out one day that something horrible has happened to him and we end up losing him. Not all homeless are bad people, they’re human beings that happen to be in a bad situation and maybe they just need a couple things to go right, for them to change their course. Mr. McPhee is one of those “right things”

Dear Editor: Some of us fully in favor of the plan could not be at the meeting, but let them know our support by e-mail. I am sick to death of the war on pedestrians in Houston with automobiles being given complete carte blanche. I cannot count the number of times I have been winded by someone breaking the law and refusing to stop while I am in a crosswalk trying to get across the street. Houston drivers are the worst I have seen, and I have walked in cities all over the country (and world for that matter).

Streets and sidewalks need a serious redesign to make them safe for pedestrians, and this is one step along that path. People are literally being killed because drivers can’t wait 10 seconds.

Alan Jackson

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THINGS TO DO. The Arts Los Skarnales Friday, July 26 7 p.m.

The Heights Theater – 339 W. 19th St. Los Skarnales is performing at The Heights Theater with Tiki Bandits.

Bob Schneider Saturday, July 27 7 p.m.

The Heights Theater – 339 W. 19th St. Bob Schneider is performing at The Heights Theater.

Tunes in the Tap Room Tuesday, July 30 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Harold’s Retaurant & Tap Room – 350 W. 19th St. Enjoy live music in Harold’s Tap Room every Tuesday night.

Flatland Cavalry Friday, July 26 8 p.m.

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

Houston’s Music and Arts Festival Saturday, July 27 2 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. White Oak Music Hall is hosting Houston’s Music and Arts Festival, featuring Blue October.

Drab Majesty Thursday, Aug. 1 7 p.m.

White Oak Music Hall – 2915 N. Main St. Drab Majesty is performing at White Oak Music Hall with HIDE and Body of Light.

The Markets Eleanora’s Market Saturday, July 27 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Cavatore – 2120 Ella Blvd.

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

Little White Oak Night Market Saturday, July 27 4 – 8 p.m.

Sideout Volleybar – 2623 Keene St. The Little White Oak Night Market brings together local farmers, craft merchandisers, and artists.

The Farm Stand at Petrol Station Saturday, July 27 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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

Heights Morning Market Sunday, July 28 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Bob Schneider will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at Heights Theater, 339 W. 19th St.

Los Skarnales with special guests Tiki Bandits will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Heights Theater, 339 W. 19th St.

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.

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group Oak Forest Originals are inviting all members of the group out for a night of mingling at the American Legion. There will be pizza and a food truck onsite. To secure a spot email mikebenestante@yahoo.com.

Tote Workshop Saturday, July 27 9:30 – 11 a.m.

Forth and Nomad – 731 Yale St. In this workshop, you will learn all about Henri Matisse’s cut out period. You will use his techniques to create beautiful hand painted reusable canvas totes.

You will leave this class with two canvas totes, one for you and one for a friend. Materials, snacks, and beverages provided. No prior painting skills required.

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The Pews Women’s Bible Study Group Monday, July 29 5:30 p.m.

YMCA –1234 W. 34th St. The Women’s Bible Study meets every Monday at the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA. The study is called The Faithful, which explores crucial moments in the lives of five Old Testament figures--Queen Esther, Gideon, Hosea, Malachi, and Nehemiah.

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

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Men’s Scripture Sharing Group Thursday, August 1 7 a.m.

YMCA –1234 W. 34th St. The Men’s Scripture Sharing Group meets every Thursday at the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA. There will be music, Bible study and fellowship. Guests and new members are welcome to attend this non-denominational Bible study. Email scripturesharing@ earthlink.net for information.

Senior Event Tuesday, July 30 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

First Church Heights – 201 E. 9th St. The First Church Heights is hosting a senior event on July 30 in its fellowship hall. The speaker is Tina Williams and the topic is A Healthy Me, You, and Community.

Vineyard Summer Nights Wednesday, July 31 & August 7, 14 6 p.m.

Vineyard Church of Houston – 1035 E. 11th St. Join the Vineyard for dinner and programs for the entire family.

Dinner is served at 6 p.m. and

classes will begin at 7 p.m. Adults and high school students can choose from five different classes (Advocacy, Reading a New Testament Text, Good $ense: Freed Up Financial Living, Movement, and iPhone Photography). Nursery, elementary, and middle school ages will have their own selection. You can register here: https://forms. gle/btd6eFy3PXF33DGw7, or call at 713-869-9070.

Fine Arts Camp Sunday – Thursday, Aug. 4 – 8 5 – 7:30 p.m.

St. Stephen’s UMC – 2003 W. 43rd St. St. Stephen’s will hold its 4th annual Fine Arts Camp, open to students entering Kindergarten through 6th grade. Tuition: $100 for 1st child, $75 for siblings.

Includes dinner each night for the family. For more information and to register, visit www.stsumc.org/ events/.

Silk Scarf Dyeing Saturday, July 27 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Forth and Nomad – 731 Yale St. Come dye your own silk scarf with Kylee Barnard of Silk Diaries.

100% habotai silk and bundle dyed with natural materials in small batches. Each silk is one of a kind to parallel the importance of empowering yourself through embracing your individuality and vulnerability.

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

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

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

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

Open Mic Night Tuesday, July 30 9 p.m.

Heights Vinyl – 3301 Cline St. This is a free flowing, “tap in,� share the mic event where everyone is welcome.

Thursday Night Bingo Thursday, Aug. 1 7 p.m.

SPJST Lodge 88 - 1435 Beall St. Bingo at SPJST Lodge 88 is held every Thursday night. Bingo pads are $5 each. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. Early bird special starts at 7 p.m. with regular bingo games beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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Oak Forest Originals Mix & Mingle Friday, Aug. 9 6 p.m. – midnight American Legion Post 560 – 3720 Alba The admins of the Facebook

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Verdine – 449 W. 19th St. Verdine is hosting a farewell party for its food truck, which they will stop operating on July

THE OBITUARIES. Katherine Curry, 90, born July 11, 1929, died July 22.

Law (1987). She was also a long time Houston Heights resident.

Twyla Starr Davis, 56, born Nov. 1, 1962, died July 20. She was born in Houston and graduated from Reagan High School (1980), the University of Houston (1984) and Texas Tech School of

45, born May 31, 1974, died July 14. He is survived by his daughter Olivia Marie Gonzales, mother Jayne G. Jecmenek, father Isidore Gonzales, brother Matthew

Joshua Isidore Gonzales,

Gonzales, and sister Margarita Monique Gonzales.

Other surviving members from out of state are brothers John DeVillier, Billy DeVillier, and sister Jane Sylvester and many nieces and nephews.

James Richard, 80, born April 21, 1939, died July 21.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Carrie, his son, James Ellis, daughter-in-law, Susan, and grandchildren, Brian and Jennifer.

Matthew W. Sniffen, 52, passed away Monday, July 22.

Services are pending at this time.

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Stay safe around summertime snakes best defense is to use caution around your home. Keeping your dog on a leash, thus keeping him close to you, is important in avoiding snake bites. Rattlesnakes are deaf, so they rely on vibrations from the ground to alert them to an approaching threat. When out on a hike, it’s wise to carry a stick with you to thump the ground to give the snakes a heads up. Also, contrary to popular opinion, rattlesnakes often strike first before rattling, so you might not get that famous rattly warning that we all associate with this snake.

Dear Tabby, We live in the city, but take our dogs to the outskirts of town often to visit the family ranch. During the summer months, I worry about our dogs getting bitten by snakes. How can I help keep my dogs safe from snakebites?

Spooked by snakes in Shepherd Park Plaza Dear Spooked, The bad news is that there are four species of venomous snakes found in the U.S., and they are all found in Houston and our surrounding areas.

They are the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, copperhead and coral snake.

The good news is that there is a vaccine that protects your dog from rattlesnake bites (it also protects against copperhead venom, but NOT cottonmouth or coral snake bites).

The vaccine lessens the severity of symptoms associated with a rattlesnake bite and gives you more time to get your dog to a vet after a bite.

The vaccine typically offers protection against rattlesnake bites for about six months, so your dog will need to be vaccinated once a year -- ideally a month before “snake season” begins.

How to know if your pet’s been bitten

According to veterinarians, swelling of the area, slight bleeding, pain and bruising at the puncture site are indicators of a snake bite. Dogs are most often bitten on the face and cats are often bitten on the paw. Cats tend to be more resistant to snake bites than dogs, but they still require immediate medical attention in the event of a snakebite.

Take action immediately If you’ve determined that your pet has been bitten by a snake, please shush your inner hero and refrain from attempting to suck the venom from your pet’s wound. Also, attempting a tourniquet is best

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This might mean a veterinary emergency clinic if your vet is unable to see your pet immediately. The good news is that pets can survive a rattlesnake bite and with a little forethought and caution, you can avoid a snakebite emergency.

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

Pet of the Week Meet Bruce This 1-year-old energetic and sweet boy is ready for this fresh start. Bruce was surrendered to the shelter by his former owners but seems determined to put the past behind him and find his forever family. Bruce would love a secure home with an active family and might even enjoy sharing this home with another dog. If you feel like Bruce is your family’s new soulmate, contact www.friends4life.org for more information.

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“Our goal is to bring great, green coffee from all over the world directly through the ship channel to roast at our location,” Craig said.

In 2018, he obtained his Q Arabica Grader license from the Coffee Quality Institute. The Q system is an internationally recognized protocol for evaluating coffee quality. There are less than 600 active Arabica Q graders in the U.S. and less than 6,700 globally.

That same year, he and a former trading colleague purchased the 1-acre property on Wakefield, which used to house Barziza Concrete Contractors.

“We looked all over Houston,” said Craig, who lives in the West University area. “But the first time I saw this place I knew this was it. I had not spent much time here before, but I have gotten to know some of the neighbors and other businesses in the area and I could not be more excited to be here.

It’s got a lot of the same appeal as the Heights, and I feel that Ship Channel and the other local businesses on the block can add to the personality and character of the area.”

The warehouse on Wakefield has needed an overhaul.

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Craig’s wife, Kim, majored in visual art at Duke University, where the couple met.

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In addition to supervising the design of the building, Craig has also been traveling to the places from where his coffee comes. He recently returned from Guatemala.

“Almost all coffee is imported,” Craig said. “We’ll be buying lots from all over the world - Africa, Central and South America and Asia. It’s important to me to have a direct trade supply chain.”

Although the focus will be on coffee and coffee cocktails, there will also be a limited imported beer and wine selection as well as a food truck. Ship Channel plans to be open seven days a week.

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Art Valet: My muse is a stroll through Hermann Park Mitch Cohen Art Columnist

Last week I highlighted artists, what inspires them and how they get out of creative ruts. They were inspiring, weren’t they?

What about me? I like to recharge by changing the scenery, and I’ve not done that very effectively lately.

My favorite go-to space in Houston is Hermann Park. The park is a great spot for short or long trips. Maybe you’ll spot me at my favorite haunts there over the next week.

It’s massive yet easy to walk.

Parking there can be an issue, but there’s plenty of parking near the museums if you don’t mind walking. There’s also public transportation or car service. Once there, park yourself on a bench near the reflection pool with the Sam Houston sculpture behind you.

Fifteen minutes there watch-

ing the comings and goings of humanity and ducks, and you realize the simulates are horrifyingly similar!

I almost always trek up the Miller Outdoor Theater hill to watch the kids roll down it.

Satisfied that I won’t be trying that again, I wander off to discover new areas in the park that I tend to miss on short trips.

The McGovern Centennial Gardens can help you get inspired and healthy all in one afternoon.

From the hermannpark.org website: “To commemorate Hermann Park’s centennial in 2014, Hermann Park Conservancy transformed the former Houston Garden Center site into the 8-acre McGovern Centennial Gardens. Visitors can explore a variety of themed garden rooms arranged situated along a spacious central lawn, the Centennial Green, and are home to more than 490 new trees of over 50 species, 760 hedge shrubs, 55,000 perennial bulbs, 650 azaleas and 4.5 acres of grass.�

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gardens is through the Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion, which was designed by Peter Bohlin, architect of Apple stores worldwide. Now, how cool is that?

What I could not find was information on “The Mount.�

You’ll know it when you see it, though. The green spiral “hill� draws people in like a magnet.

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you’re in, too, when you finish exploring this “hill.�

The Japanese Garden is another favorite, you won’t believe you’re still in Houston!

From the Houston Parks And Recreation Department website, I found this: “De-

signed by world-renowned Japanese landscape architect Ken Nakajima, the garden was built to symbolize the friendship between Japan and the United States, and to recognize Houston’s thriving Japanese community.�

Nakajima based his design in Zen philosophy, stating, “We must work with nature to create a new space and sense of beauty. This is the essence of the Japanese garden.�

I’m champing at the bit to get out there now, but alas, I’ll be spending my afternoon daydreaming while I do my duty waiting my turn in the bowels of the city’s jury assembly rooms.

Soon, though. Soon.

Explore before you go at www.hermannpark.org. There are interactive maps, suggested tours and a lot more, all thanks to the Hermann Park Conservancy. Navigate to 1700 Hermann Dr. Cohen is an artist and founder of First Saturday Arts Market and the Market at Sawyer Yards.

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Traditional Mexican food a world apart from Tex-Mex Zarah Parker Managing Editor

Deisy Alvarez’s first taste of Mexican food in the United States was Taco Bell. It wasn’t the best way to welcome a teenager from Zacatecas, Mexico whose palate only knew the servings of traditional Mexican cuisine as cooked by her mother and grandmother.

Putting Taco Bell aside, because it’s only considered Mexican food by default, my close friend has now been in the states for decades and has never acquired a taste of our Americanized version of the foods she was raised eating, otherwise known as Tex-Mex around these parts.

Deisy often tries to open my eyes to the wonderful flavors of traditional Mexican cuisine by cooking for me. Everything I’ve ever tasted I’ve loved, but I couldn’t tell you key differences that makes a dish “traditional� Mexican. “When I see yellow cheese, especially on a taco, I know it’s not authentic,� Deisy said. “In my mind I’m expecting to taste the tacos I grew up eating, but what I eat is so different. We don’t ever use yellow cheese.�

While helping her cook gorditas de chile verde con carne guisada, she taught me more than just how to cook a traditional Mexican dish from scratch, but also what it was about Tex-Mex that she didn’t like.

Carne guisada is made differently in different parts of Mexico, so the way we made it is specific to the Zacatecas region. Putting the dish into a gordita is just something extra.

“I went somewhere recently and ordered carne guisada, and it’s never the same,� Deisy said. “For one, people always add way too much salt. It never tastes like the rich flavors I remember.�

One dish she has yet to like outside of her own kitchen, or her mother’s, are enchiladas.

Deisy said she wasn’t ever able to pick up on the flavors of the sauce that people poured over them. It’s like there’s no spice included. And in traditional Mexican cuisine, spice is essential. “The process of cooking this meal is all about the spices, the smell and blending everything together so you can taste everything,� Deisy said.

She believes to get the best flavor, you should make everything yourself instead of buying premade items such as salsa. “Another thing you must know is that my grandparents and everyone else I’ve known, they’ve never had a recipe,�

Deisy said. “So we can only (cook) by recognizing the taste of the food. Any Mexican food I’ve ever cooked I’ve never used a recipe.�

She guesses on how much of each ingredient to add, and then tastes it to see if she needs to add more of anything.

We put a jalapeno, a tomato, tomatillos and garlic in a pot with a little water to boil and soften the ingredients for salsa. After blending it together, we put it back in a pot to slowly boil. “I think a lot of people don’t have the patience to cook Mexican food the way it should be,� Deisy said. “You have to things cook slowly.�

The chile poblanos we put on a flat cast iron skillet to heat, then moved them onto an open flame to burn the out-

er layer of the chile. When the outer layer is black, they are put into a bag or container so the moisture will soften it and make it easy to peel off. “The outside layer is bitter, so by peeling it off it takes the bitterness away,� Deisy said.

This process was something Deisy’s grandmother did every morning, so when she woke up and smelled the aroma of chile poblano, she knew it was time for breakfast. It reminded me of smelling bacon in the morning and knowing it was time to get up and eat.

We also used nopal, which is a cactus pad. After cutting off the edges and scraping off the needles, we cut it up and put it into a pot to boil.

After cooking the pork loin, we added the salsa and nopal to it and continued to let it heat. Once we were finished with the carne guisada, we moved to the beans and rice.

The beans that Deisy had cooked in a crockpot beforehand came from her father’s farm in Mexico. “Cooking the beans in the crockpot is the best way to cook them,� Deisy said. “They cook slowly like the way they are cooked in Mexico, which is in a clay pot.�

The rice was first cooked in olive oil, then we added a blend of tomato, onion, garlic salt, consome (broth), cumin and water. After it boiled, we turned the heat on low and let it simmer.

We took masa, or corn flour, and made small circles and cooked them on the cast iron pan. Once they had “bubbled� they were ready. We cut them open and stuffed them with beans, rice and carne guisada.

The fresh ingredients shined through in each bite. Needless to say, I enjoyed the dish.

The chiles that were mixed in with the carne guisada were

Photo by Miguel Alvarez Above, Zarah Parker (left) slices a cactus pad while Deisy Alvarez peels garlic. At right is a gordita de chile verde con carne guisada that they cooked together.

present in a way that I’d never experienced in other Mexican dishes. Deisy mentioned that the lack of spice or flavor she senses in other dishes is probably because it’s out of a can and not made fresh.

I was raised on Tex-Mex the way Deisy was raised on the traditional Mexican cuisine of Zacatecas. I find it interesting that I can enjoy both, but she’s can’t.

Well, I think I may get why.

It’s like eating Texas barbecue my whole life and then going to another state to find barbecue done in a new way. Which do I prefer? What I’ve grown up eating.

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I’ve had a lot of pancakes in my life. It’s just as easy to get a pancake wrong as it is to get it right, but for the most part, a pancake is a pancake.

But the ones I had at Jackie’s Kitchen on Saturday morning had me falling in love with this simple dish.

I’ve always been partial to fluffy pancakes, but most restaurants serve them flat and sometimes dry. That was not the case at Jackie’s, where the flapjacks were fluffy while being moist enough that I didn’t need to smother them in syrup.

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the friendly staff members are the kind who remember their regular customers’ orders.

The sound of plates clinking against each other echoed almost constantly from the kitchen, and the smells of classic breakfast foods like bacon, eggs and sausage permeated the air. The aroma made choosing what to eat easy. I ordered the breakfast combo,

which came with two eggs, hash browns, two buttermilk pancakes and my choice of two sausage links or two bacon strips. I was able to get one of each of the bacon and sausage.

My plate was in front of me in no time. It wasn’t fancy, just a simple plate of eggs, bacon, sausage and hash browns. It was that simplicity that made

it charming.

A dollop of whipped butter topped the pancakes, melting from the warmth of the stack beneath it. I’m not one to spread butter all over my pancakes, so I took off the dollop and spread around what had already melted.

I poured maple syrup in a

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zig zag up and down the pancakes. Using the side of my fork I cut a triangle shape out of the pancakes and plopped it into my mouth. The pancakes were warm, soft and, most importantly, fluffy. Usually I like to have the syrup soak through a little on each piece of pancake. With these, I was happy with the syrup just on top because the pancakes weren’t dry.

The scrambled eggs were on one side of the plate, cooked in what looked like a folded-over way. They were moist and had a smoky flavor, which I never expected with eggs. It was interesting and I wasn’t sure what to make out of it.

The bacon was particularly

greasy, which overwhelmed my palate. The sausage was less greasy but light on flavor.

My favorite part of the hash browns was the crunchy top, which I quickly ate first before eating the softer potato underneath.

While the eggs, bacon, sausage and hash browns didn’t stand out, the pancakes alone make Jackie’s a neighborhood gem.

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“We’re looking forward to participating (in the learning center).”

Tilford said she has 12 clients at the new location, a few of whom were studying with tutors during the papershredding event outside. Pedro Lagos, a Heights father who arrived to pick up his sons Ethan and Harrison, said they have enjoyed going there and the early results have been good.

Lagos said his sons’ coursework at The Regis School of the Sacred Heart hasn’t been as rigorous as he would like in reading and writing.

“I like the fact that they’re getting a lot of vocabulary and a lot of reading, a lot of writing (at Huntington),” he said. “I’m trying to give them a leg up, trying to get them more advanced.”

Destiny Bernal, the community coordinator at Hamilton, was on hand to represent the school and see what the

learning center has to offer.

She said parents often seek out businesses such as Huntington to give their children more individualized instruction than they typically receive on school campuses.

“Individualizing is key to helping students,” Bernal said. “We try to individualize as much as we can at Hamilton. But other schools that may not have the opportunity to individualize in their classrooms, Huntington may be a great opportunity for them.”

The introductory event didn’t have as large of a turnout as Tilford had hoped, but she was grateful to those who participated. She got to interact with them, which gave her more insight into the community and its educational needs, and she got to contribute to a recycling initiative.

It also proved to be a teaching moment for Tilford.

“I learned how to shred today,” she said.

previous news reports and speculation among Heights residents that Fitzgerald’s will be replaced by an automated parking garage, the specialty of the Chicagobased company that purchased the property from Sara Fitzgerald last summer.

Easy Park and affiliated entities, including Verde Communities, own more land near the property and have other projects in the works.

Across White Oak Drive and a little bit to the west, South Heights on White Oak is under construction at 2805 White Oak Dr. According to online leasing information, the plan is for 10,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space.

The site next to Gostic Gulch used to be a parking lot for the cluster of businesses across the street, which includes Barnaby’s, Christian’s Tailgate, District Dental, Linear Salon, Pho Binh, Public House and Tacos A Go Go. Signs now indicate that parking for those businesses is available on the same lot as the former Fitzgerald’s.

“The terrible thing was they tore up that parking lot, so there was nowhere to park,” said Woodland Heights resident Alli Johnson, who walked through the empty Fitzgerald’s lot Tuesday on her way to Barnaby’s.

“Then at the same time, they stared tearing this up.”

Harris County Appraisal District records show the under-construction retail development, along with the group of businesses across the street, are on property owned by South Heights Purchase LLC, which shares a Chicago address with Easy Park. So does Heights Studemont Purchase Company LLC, which HCAD lists as the owner for the former Fitzgerald’s site as well as three lots immediately to the north that have 6th ½ Street addresses.

Verde Communities’ Marilyn Jimenez confirmed they are all affiliated with Easy Park. According to HCAD, the properties’ combined appraisal value is nearly $12 million.

Photo by Adam Zuvanich A couple walks past an under-construction development, called South Heights on White Oak, on White Oak Drive.

Heights Realtor Bill Baldwin, a member of the Houston Planning Commission, said the lead investor for Easy Park is Jesse Levine.

Neither he nor Easy Park, which has not responded to multiple messages left at its Chicago office, could be reached for comment.

Baldwin, citing conversations he’s had with Levine, said the plan for the White Oak developments includes a multi-story parking garage on the north side of the street. There now is a small, one-story garage between Christian’s Tailgate and Tacos A Go Go. Baldwin said he would

prefer not to see a parking garage at the Fitzgerald’s lot, which is at the northwest corner of White Oak and Studewood, but realizes the need for more parking on a street lined with destinations and parked vehicles.

“As this area densifies, we all have a greater need for parking,” he said.

There is a “potential snag,” Baldwin said, regarding the plan for the mixeduse development where Fitzgerald’s once stood. The three lots immediately to the north are included in a Special Minimum Lot Size Area (SMLSA) application filed in March with the city’s Plan-

ning & Development Department.

According to HCAD, those lots are designated for single-family residential use.

If the SMLSA application is approved by property owners, the planning commission and Houston City Council, it would be in effect for 40 years and could prevent those lots from being used for commercial purposes or for a multi-family residential complex.

“I think he’s hung up a little bit there,” Baldwin said of Levine.

Johnson said many nearby Heights homeowners are against the addition of apartment complexes, although she would welcome more retail developments and especially likes the idea of a rooftop lounge because it would lend itself to good views of downtown.

Winston Manley and Kris Wathen, who are 29-yearold roommates just south of White Oak Drive and rode their bikes to Christian’s Tailgate on Tuesday evening, also said they would be in support of more restaurant and bar options on the street.

But they disagreed that there is a need for more parking, at least for automobiles.

“Our generation Ubers everywhere,” Manley said.

“Parking garages are nice, but it’s irrelevant to us.”

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