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The emphasis will be on flooding and drainage. This is the next big step.....” - Mayor Turner Photo by Jonathan McElvy Cars try and navigate partially flooded streets near the intersection of Oak Forest Drive and 43rd Street Wednesday morning. The newest round of rains further illustrated the reasons for the new stormwater action team.
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With a new year has come a new vision for the city of Houston, one which could have far-reaching effects for residents, including those within The Leader’s readership area. On. Jan. 11, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced the official formation of the Storm Water Action Team (SWAT). This comes on the heels of a 2016 visit to Washington D.C. to impress upon Congress the dire situation facing the Bayou city, which was once again thrust to the forefront with two major floods last year. Residents also saw another round of rain cause major flooding issues as well as an HISD school delay just this past week. Many areas were seeing high water as of Wednesday morning, and though flood waters did eventually recede, the newest dumping of rain further illustrated the situation which causes many areas of the city (including some in our readership) extreme unrest at every drop of rain--the one Turner has vowed to mitigate to the best of his abilities. The Mayor’s new SWAT team will work proactively to reduce drainage problems not directly attributed to overflow from the bayous, which are under the control of the Harris
County Flood Control District. Projects have been selected based on 311 calls and other data regarding frequency of flooding, with the goal being to expand maintenance capabilities and improve the movement of water from day-to-day storm events.
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“No longer will we be reactive. This approach will allow us to anticipate
when and where improvements are needed and then take care of them before we have a problem,” Turner said in a release. “In 2017, the emphasis will be on flooding and drainage. This is the next big step in improving Houston’s infrastructure.” Approximately 100 deferred maintenance projects spread throughout the city have been identified for inclusion in the SWAT program. Houston City Council has approved an initial round of funding of $10 million so work can begin on two projects in each council district. The work encompasses everything from replacing sewer inlets and grates to regrading ditches and resizing culverts to minor erosion repairs and regular mowing. “I know a forecast of stormy weather causes anxiety and fear for many Houstonians,” Turner said. “There is no reason why we can’t help alleviate some of those concerns. These are practical improvements that can be completed quickly to provide the greatest amount of relief and reduce the possibility that water will enter homes and strand motorists.” One such project falls within The Leader’s distribution area, in Ellen Cohen’s District C at 5942 Greenmont Dr. In this instance, funds have been set aside to address drainage issues precipitated by a 36-inch outfall which has collapsed and caused a cave-in. Local areas still in need Though residents are likely happy
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Memorial Hermann Greater Heights (formerly Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital) has beome entrenched in the lives of many Leader-area communities; and for one individual, the place has also become a second home in more ways than one throughout her life. The hospital has quite literally encompassed Dr. Melissa Montoya’s life from birth and has come full circle to where she now practices family medicine in the very place her father worked as a surgeon for more than 40 years; and she has embraced the namesake while carving out her own niche within the hospital. Her journey (and interest in medicine) now seems as though it was destined from birth — and only grew from there. The journey begins “Growing up, she always listened to me talk about medicine, and when she was probably 7 or 8 years old, she would start going with me to make rounds at the hospital, and at that point I could tell she was interested in medicine,” her father Roberto Montoya said. Despite the clear interest, and the fact that his lineage always consisted of at least one doctor, Roberto remained adamant that he stand back and let fate run its course. “My father, my grandfather and my great great grandfather were all doctors, so it was always in the back of my mind that one of my children might follow the steps and tradition, but I never told her that she needed to be a doctor,” he said. “I never pressured her to say she should become a doctor—she has always made her own deciDr. Melissa Montoya sions. The only pressure I gave her was that I invited them to come to the hospital with me.” Melissa echoed her father, however, in acknowledging that being seemingly surrounded by the hospital in so many forms from a young age did represent a significant factor in deciding to follow in her father’s footsteps. “Seeing him come home every day after working in the hospital, seeing how happy he was to be a doctor and the satisfaction he would have after having gone through a long surgery and then seeing the results definitely played a role,” she said. “Every weekend I would go home and go to rounds with my dad. I would always see his interaction with patients and how they would respond to him.” It wasn’t until near the end of high school, however, that the passion began to clearly manifest itself. “I loved my biology classes and I was always the one in class wanting to dissect the frog and whatnot,” she said with a laugh. Montoya also spent hours at MD Anderson with the children while they played as part of her work with Houston’s Chapter of the National Charity League. “I loved being a part of that environment. I love that exSee Doc P. 5A
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The Obituaries. Margaret Helen Anderson, 82, born March 30, 1934
in Farmer City, Ill., died Jan. 7. Anderson was employed at United Airlines and later with the American Cancer Society. She was parish secretary for St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Denver. Contributions may be made to any charity of one’s choice.
John Robert Blankinship, 74, born May 13, 1942
in East St. Louis, Ill, died Jan. 13, after a brief illness. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a photographer from 1968 to 1971. Blankenship retired after 23 years from ExxonMobil as a technical photographer. Memorial contributions may be made to the Nature Conservancy, 4245 North Fairfax Dr., Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203-1606.
Louis A. Cashiola, 91, born April 19, 1925 in Houston, died Jan. 8. Cashiola enlisted in the Army in 1942 and was stationed overseas in the Pacific during World War II. He was on the front line in Japan. He was a well-known and successful contractor since 1947. Geraldine “Jerry” Maxey Childers, 89, born Dec. 7, 1927 in Houston, died Jan. 7. Childers graduated from Aldine High School in 1945. After attending business school, she married Joe Maxey in 1946, and held a position with American General Insurance Company for several years. She then acquired a position in the Trust Department with Texas Commerce
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Carolyn Crawford, 79, born May 30, 1937 in Cameron, Texas, died Jan. 12. Mable Heard Emshoff,
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Geraldine Anne Evans Stewart, 90, born Feb. 23,
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Arlene Telge, 91, born Aug. 24, 1925, died Jan. 12. She was a 1942 graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School, and went on to attend Massey Business College, becoming a geological secretary for Atlantic Refining Company. She was an active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in the Heights. Martha Alderete Wills,
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o matter how you feel about the U.S. political climate right now, there’s something interesting – and important – happening among mom-and-pop stores in America. According to Bloomberg, the “Optimism Index” for small businesses in America has surged to its highest level since 2002. And what exactly does that mean? There’s a group called the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and in a survey that lasted through Dec. 28, the NFIB found there’s more confidence in the small business climate than there has been in 15 years. Half of all respondents said they expect better conditions in 2017, and that’s 38 percentage points higher than the same index in November, according to Bloomberg. Why am I telling a bunch of people in the middle of Houston about this? Well, one of the things I’ve come to learn about our small chunk of this huge city is that folks in the Garden Oaks, Heights and Oak Forest areas all feel like we have something special where we live. What’s special is that we might be in the middle of a big city, but we feel like we get many of the perks of small-town life. We are a community, more so than maybe any other part of Houston, and what gives us that
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feel is that we aren’t completely littered with big-box retailers. We love to shop at local stores. We support local artists and homegrown craft brewers because that makes us unique. We have farmers’ markets and, if we lose one, we start another. We patronize as many local restaurants as we do chains, and we cheer when a pub on Wakefield or 20th Street is more popular than a national sports bar. If you were to define why our area of this city is so special, it’s because we have a vested interest in seeing our neighbors succeed. For that matter, I believe the people in this community are the only reason The Leader is a respected newspaper – you all love local news and you support it. If that’s not true, I can’t figure out why more than 1,000 people, out of the goodness of their hearts, sent money supporting their local paper last month. Small businesses matter to our community, which makes the story
from Bloomberg even more important to us. If the climate is right for our area to get more of what we love, then we have the opportunity to create a group of neighborhoods that is even more unique than any other in the Greater Houston metropolis. But there’s a problem with this number, which is actually the purpose of today’s column. In 2016, our newspaper, The Leader, worked with more small businesses in this community than any other organization, save maybe the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce. Last year alone, 794 small businesses advertised with The Leader. We probably talked to another 400. That’s not to flaunt our reach. Instead, it tells you that we are fortunate to work with so many of the mom-and-pop stores in this community because we offer an affordable way to market to more than 70,000 readers each week. If we’re all going to ride this wave of optimism among small businesses, I’d like to offer a few observations for those of you who own – or want to own – your own business. This is based strictly on what I’ve seen from our experience with hundreds of businesses like you. First, there are a lot of you who could stand a mentor. We all have wonderful ideas, but we need peo-
Yule get around to it THE DEN – Hello, 911? Need to report a burglary. Boxes opened and left around, scattered papers and ribbons. No, it’s only the leftovers from Christmas. Yes, that celebration was weeks ago, and by nowmost families have long since cleaned up remnants of their on-line orgy, but it is taking me a little longer. Actually, each year seems to take longer than the year before. I blame the liberal media. You know the annual drill. Right after Labor Day merchants begin to deck the malls with boughs of holy – holy elves, holy tool kits, holy 50 percent off ! Holiday catalogues – which began arriving in September – stack up in your front hall. Then you get on your computer and order all your gifts on-line. Slowly, however, Christmas has been changing. Greetings, for example. Despite Bill O’Reilly’s forgettable “war on Christmas” crusade, which he seems to have abandoned, we no longer hear simply “Merry Christmas,” but also “Happy holidays,” “Season’s greetings” and “Hand over your purse.” (No matter whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Solstice of the Druids, for simplicity sake we shall just use Christmas.) Another change: I am receiving fewer Christmas cards. Maybe it’s because I stopped sending them out when postage went up to a nickel. Those cards I do receive sport photographs of children or grandchildren, but not just standing in a snow drift. Cards now have to show the exotic places they have been in the last year while I sat on the couch watching reruns of “My Mother the Car.” Or I get a letter saying how they spent the last year. If the message doesn’t contain some really juicy stuff (“After the SWAT raid, Junior had to junk his meth lab.”) I don’t care. Have you noticed what you did not see prior to this Dec. 25th? Cars with Christmas trees tied to the top. Is the live-tree fad over after 200 years? People seem to be going to plastic trees or metal or maybe they just store a tree in the attic and bring it down each year. My own tree looks nice, once I put little balls, icicles and lights over the coat hangers. Do you still wrap your presents? That means getting out the rolls of paper, ribbons and bows, Scotch tape and scissors. Today I use paper bags with tissue paper stuffed in the top so others can’t see what’s inside. You can buy fancy Christmas bags which can cost more than the gift itself, or do as I do and grab a few extras at the grocery store checkout counter. Each year music producers try to come out with a new and catchy Christmas song. But not since “Silent Night’ (1818) has any new carol really caught on. The best of
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late (1962) are the songs from “Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol,” with lyrics like “We’re rep-re-HEN-sible. We’ll steal your pen and PEN-sible.” For years I couldn’t fill stockings without the Pope on TV chanting in 34 different languages. Gifts have changed over the years. As a child, I would receive presents from my parents such as metal toys that would come apart so as to stick in my throat. Or wooden blocks covered in lead paint. Those killjoys at the EPA and CDC have taken all the excitement out of a trip to the emergency room, but if the new administration cuts back on senseless regulations, we may return to those glory days. Santa still rules in the malls. One year my editor instructed me to play Santa at a department store for a few hours. That was one of the toughest jobs I ever had as a reporter, aside from acting as a food taster for Dick Cheney. I had to lift up most of the kids onto my lap, and hear their requests for guns and dogs and to get rid of their little sister. Those too big to sit on my lap just whispered into my ear requests that I couldn’t repeat to their parents. Speaking of presents, this past Christmas there probably wasn’t a tree in America that didn’t have some kind of electronic gadget under it. Prior to Christmas, parents would have to stock up on batteries of all sizes, shapes and wattage. Now everything seems to plug into a charger. Good. Have you noticed that outdoor Christmas decorations have gone from a wreath on the front door to a simple string of lights to the Las Vegas Strip? I have houses in my neighborhood that suck up more electricity than a small city. They have strings of lights marking every peak and drainpipe, with eight tiny reindeer in the front yard, Santa on the rooftop and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing in the background. I wouldn’t mind it so much if the reindeer wouldn’t use my front yard for their PortO-John. Where do they put all this paraphernalia during the off-season? This brings us to today, after the party is over. Where do you store your Christmas gear? By now your tree is so dry and brittle that the pine will burst like a napalm bomb over Khe San if it comes near a flame. Garbage collectors might take it. There was some move-
ple who can share their failures as much as we envision our successes. If there’s a small business out there that doesn’t have a friend to call with questions, you might consider buying a couple of lunches and learning from those who have weathered the storm you’re about to face. Second, the best small businesses don’t figure out what works best for the owners. They figure out what the customers want and do that, instead. If the customers like it, owners will reap the rewards. If small businesses don’t learn how to pick up the phone – even in off hours – the phone will eventually stop ringing. I’ve seen too many businesses in the past year fail because the owners aren’t responsive to customer and their needs. If small businesses don’t spend 5 percent of their revenue marketing to new customers, your business will never grow. Whether you do that through social media, radio, TV or even The Leader, it doesn’t matter. Too many businesses rely on word-of-mouth, and that limits you to friends of your friends. If small businesses can’t handle the work, invest in new workers. I’ve heard too many small business owners say they have too much work already. I’ve never heard Apple say they make too many iPhones or Coca-Cola say they make too much soda. But too often,
small business owners place a roof over their opportunity, and it’s not until they lose a few shingles that they realize they could have plugged the leak with a few new customers. Here’s a funny story: My wife and I needed some work done around our house last year. We needed the trees trimmed and some landscaping done. We called six landscaping companies and four tree trimmers. Guess how many of those businesses answered the phone when we called. Zero. Guess how many of those businesses called us back the next day. Zero. Guess how many of those businesses called us back within a week. Zero. It wasn’t until we made a second round of calls and we had a friend of ours put in a good word before we got one call back from a tree company and one call back from a lawn company. We literally wanted to hand them both money, and we couldn’t get local, small businesses to answer the phone. All indications are that small businesses in our community have the opportunity to have a stellar 2017. That won’t happen if they can’t serve the customers in this area who want to support them. Email jonathan@theleadernews.com © Copyright 2017 McElvy Media LLC
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ment to put all those trees out in the Gulf as a reef. That makes no sense. The unused wrappings and ribbons can be stuffed under a bed, and those bags I mentioned can be used again and again if you remember to rip off the “to” and “from” tags. As for your strings of lights, there is an elf that comes by your house during the summer and thoroughly knots up your strings. On the other hand, it’s only a few months till the next Christmas, and I could just leave the decorations in place. It was Joan Rivers who said, “I don’t know why people do house cleaning. Six months later you have to do it all over again.” Ashby procrastinates at ashby2@comcast.net
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Locals step to the stage for veterans By Kim Hogstrom For The Leader A year ago, The Leader broke news about the launch of Greater Heights Comedy Night held the second Wednesday of each month at American Legion Post 560 in Garden Oaks. Today, the event continues to grow with a new development - members of the community are stepping onto the stage to cut their comedy teeth. “The event has been great for Post 560’s outreach,� stated post Commander, Richard Voorhies. “Comedy night brought us new members and guests from its beginning. As a fund-raising event, it has also brought in thousands of dollars to assist veterans in our community.� Locals have indeed turned out to support comedy night; crowds average about 150 each. The comedy line-up normally includes at least four comics who are often professional, national acts. Now, members of the community are performing too. There’s no shortage of comedy talent our the area. One example is the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce’s President,
Jacob Millwee, who appeared this month. If your mind wanders to an old dude in an over-starched shirt when you think of a chamber president, think again. By all accounts of his performance, Millwee hit it out of the park. “It was enormous fun and it seemed to go over well,� Millwee said. “It was not my first time on stage, I have a degree in drama, but it was my first time for stand-up comedy. The American Legion is such a great agency, and does so much good for our veterans, it was an honor to participate.� Another good example is entrepreneur and owner of popular Body3 Personal Fitness on TC Jester Blvd. And 34th, Tom Jackobs. Jackobs also took to the stage this month - and brought down the house. “It was a great experience, and performing offers a way to give back to our veterans,� he stated. “It’s a very good cause, and I will certainly do it again, if they will let me.� Comedy night is the result of the work of Naro Mak, event producer, former US Marine, and Post 560 Legionnaire. Mak donates about 60 hours a month to organizing, call-
ing it a “labor of love.� Mak says that the performers are given a small fee for appearing but usually donate it back to the post’s coffers the same night. “We have discovered that many in the audience want to stay longer when the show is over, to dance and have fun, so we’re bringing in live bands to play too. It’s offers another great opportunity to showcase local talent,� Mak stated. There is a $20 admission charge to comedy night which includes a catered dinner in the smoke-free environment prepared by local restaurants such as Liberty Kitchen, Harold’s in the Heights, Cyclone Anaya’s and Hartz Krispy Chicken. Admission also includes two drink tickets for alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. Doors open for dinner at 7 pm. The show starts at about 8 pm. Reservations are taken on the Facebook Page. The First Year Anniversary show will be on Feb. 8, with Headliner Robert Mungle, Host KiKi Maroon, and musical guest, Kevin Maeder, plus some of our neighbors.
By Elizabeth Villarreal elizasgarden@outlook.com The Oaks Dads Club 2017 BBQ Cookoff is coming up the weekend of Jan. 27 and 28. The BBQ Cookoff is an annual tradition at ODC. It’s a barbecue competition, charity plate sale and big party all in one! All proceeds go to the young athletes who compete at ODC. Friday night will be a Cook’s Party that will run late into the night with music from Darwin Macon from 8-10 p.m., and Saturday will be plate sales and a family friendly atmosphere with a bouncy house and face painting. This fundraiser helps keep registration fees as low as possible for families and also goes to cover overhead costs such as electricity, water and the expense of maintaining the playing fields, as well as capital improvements to the facilities. On Saturday, barbecue plates from Gatlin’s BBQ will be on sale and there will be live music by
Honeyboy Nelson to enjoy from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., face painting and games for the kids. $10 barbecue plates; $3 admission (admission free with purchase of barbecue plate). For presale tickets, contact Shawn Salyers at 713-444-4454 or Sean Jez at 713-305-4481. There is still time to enter the Cornhole Tournament! $50/team, $30/ individual player – 3 games guaranteed. Start time noon on Saturday, Jan. 28. Cornhole Tournament registration closes on Fri., Jan. 27. See more info at odcsports.com Troop 40’s Annual Boy Scout barbecue will be held Feb. 4 and 5, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church at 3600 Brinkman at Wakefield. The Boy Scouts, their families, alumni and supporters will have their own “super� event! 2017 marks the 18th anniversary of Troop 40’s annual barbecue fundraiser at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 3600 Brinkman. Each $10 dinner plate comes with brisket or chicken plus sausage,
buttered potatoes, green beans, bread, and condiments and is available for dine-in or take-out. You can also order a whole brisket a la carte for $60 or a party pack which includes a whole brisket with bulk sides, bread and condiments for $100 - just heat, slice and serve to your family and friends. There will be drinks and scrumptious homemade desserts for $1. Proceeds from the barbecue go towards the high adventure camps the scouts attend every two years. For advance tickets or to place an order, contact Jaime Waller at 713-628-2426 or jamanawg@gmail.com. Walk-ins are welcome and appreciated, too! The young men of Troop 40 thank you for your support. The Oak Forest Homeowners Association is holding its first mixer of the year on Sunday, Jan. 22, and you are invited! Slowpokes at 1203 W. 34th St. will be the place to be from 5-7 p.m. Adults only.
“I would have lunch with him every day. Not everyone can say they’ve been able to work in the same environment as their father and have it come full circle.� “It feels great to see my daughter follow in my footsteps,� Roberto said. Carving out her niche Though she embraces working in the same hospital as her father, Melissa decided on a bit of a different path to create her own legacy -- family medicine. She is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, in advanced cardiac, obstetrics and pediatric life support, and belongs to the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association and the Harris County Family Medicine
Association. “I think it was my love for counseling (that made me go into family practice). I love teaching patients, and you do a lot of that,� she said. “I think the diversity of dealing with not only chronic illnesses, but also dealing with psychologic aspects is exciting.� Montoya treats diabetes, hypertension and more, while also encountering those dealing with anxiety, depression, and said family medicine provides her the opportunity to embrace her love of teaching, counseling others and family. “I love that challenge and being able to talk more to the patients and see the whole family—lots of times I’m not treating just one family member, I’m treating the family,� she said.
Doc from P. 1A citement of being in healthcare and being around others,� she said. A dream come true Once Montoya decided to take the plunge into medicine and healthcare, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at The University of Texas at Austin and received her Doctorate of Medicine from Ross University School of Medicine in 2007. She later returned to Houston for her residency training at the Memorial Family Medicine program at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital before landing a dream opportunity. “It means the world—I was born where I work, and to be able to come back and work here is amazing, especially when my dad was in private practice,� she said.
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The calendar. INTRO TO SQUARE DANCING Fairbees Square Dance Club Fairbees Square Dance Club, is hosting a free Intro to Square Dancing nights, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Jan. 19. Come see what Modern Western Square Dancing is all about. Great low impact exercise, fun, food, and free! The class will be held at Memorial Drive Lutheran Church, 12211 Memorial Dr. No partner required, older children (preteens and teens) welcome, good family fun in a healthy, non-smoking, non-drinking environment. Basic Square Dance Lessons will begin the following Jan. 26, 6:45-8 p.m., $5 per person per lesson. Information: 713-957-2762. 19TH STREET SIP AND STROLL Merchants of 19th Street Join the merchants of 19th Street for the first Third Thursdays event of 2017, Sip and Super Bowl! Let’s celebrate this historic event as our City prepares to host Super Bowl LI. We will be honoring ReBuild Houston. The event will be from 5-9 p.m. Jan. 19. Information: facebook. com/events/686202358211236/ STEAK NIGHT American Legion Post 560 Come by the American Legion Post 560, 3720 Alba Rd., for a delicious steak dinner and live entertainment, Jan. 20 (third Friday of each month). Steaks will be served from 6 p.m. until sold out. The cost is $15 per plate. Information: 713-6829287, facebook.com/AmLegionPost560/, www.txlegion560.org.
GERMAN SINGING COMPETITION Houston Saengerbund The Houston Saengerbund will present in concert eight finalists in its Second Annual German Singing Competition in the sanctuary of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1311 Holman. The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21. Each of the finalists will perform two selections sung in German. The judges will meet and confer at the end of the concert. Tickets for the event are $10 per person and $5 for students. The Houston Saengerbund is a 501 (c) (3) organization. Information: houstonsaengerbund. org, 713-375-2729. LITERARY CLUB Houston Heights Woman’s Club The Myth of You and Me, by Leah Stewart, captures the intensity of a friendship as well as the real sense of loss that lingers after the end of one. This special event is a shared Book Club meeting with other Houston area Book Clubs hosted by the HHWC Literary Club and will meet from 3-6 p.m. Jan. 22, at The Clubhouse, 1846 Harvard St. Admission is free. Visit houstonheightswomansclub.com to register. ECONOMIC FORECAST LUNCHEON Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce Reserve a table and invite clients to hear from one of the
nation’s leading economists about the economic outlook for Houston and beyond. Dr. Bill Gilmer, a professor of Economics at the University of Houston, will discuss business, employment, interest rates, energy and real estate. The event will be from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 26, at the Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel, 3000 North Loop West. Information: 713-861-6735, heightschamber.org.
be a bounce house, activities for the kids, local booth vendors, celebrity judging for cook-teams, a team corn hole tournament at noon, and free beer booth 12 - 3 p.m., sponsored by Saint Arnold. Information: odcsports.com. CLASSIC CAR SHOW Adolf Hoepfl Garage Car enthusiasts across greater Houston are gearing up for the seventh annual Adolf Hoepfl Garage Car Show to be held at 9 a.m. Jan. 28. Check-in will begin at 9 a.m. with trophies being awarded after 2:30 p.m. All car enthusiasts are encouraged to register. Early registration is $20 and includes an event T-shirt and a goody bag. Interested individuals may also register on event day for $25. This year, participants will take a cruise down to Heights Boulevard before the show. Adolf Hoepfl and Son Garage is located at 4610 N. Shepherd Dr. Information: 713-695-5071, www.adolfhoepfl.com.
OPERATION VALENTINES American Legion Post 560 The American Legion Post 560 is asking the community to create hand-made Valentine cards to honor veterans and active duty military. The deadline is Jan. 27, to ensure timely sorting and distribution. The post will be open from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 20 and Jan. 27, to receive Valentines. Look for the giant mailbox inside the post, located at 3720 Alba Rd. Information: 281-507-6321, txlegion560.org. BARBECUE COOKOFF Oaks Dads’ Club The event will take place at the baseball/softball facility at 3410 E. TC Jester Blvd., Jan. 27 and Jan. 28. The gates will open for the cook teams to start setting up on Friday afternoon and families are invited out to the grounds at 7 p.m. to enjoy company, taste testing, music, drinks and more. Saturday, Jan. 28, is the big plate sale and event. Tickets are $10 each. A grounds only ticket can be purchased for $3 each. There will
CRAWFISH FESTIVAL Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce This year’s Crawfish Festival is Saturday, March 4. Exhibitor booths start at $100 and sponsorships start at $250. For details on participation in the parade, selling goods or to sponsor this year’s Crawfish Festival, contact Jill Johnston at the Chamber office. Information: 713-861-6735, events@heightschamber.org.
From the Pews. The Fellowship contemporary service at St. Stephen’s The Fellowship, a casual, acoustic, contemporary service, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22, in the fellowship hall. Coffee and snacks will be served before and after the service. All are welcome. A free information seminar for those considering enrolling in Medicare will be held Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in Room 201. RSVP to Lang Eng, 832607-6580. Messy Church, a familyfriendly worship experience for all, will be held Tuesday, Jan. 25, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the fellowship hall. The event will include dinner, crafts and activities and a short worship service. St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church is located at 2003 W. 43rd St. For information, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org and the church’s Facebook page. St. Matthew’s Garden Club meets The St. Matthew’s Garden Club will meet Jan. 26, at 9:30 a.m. in rooms 104 and 105, under the new leadership of President Virginia Haley. The devotional will be read by Wilma Stacener. The program theme will be “Fairy Gardening by Teresa.� Members will learn all about Fairy Gardening, how to assemble and care for the garden. Fair Garden kits will be available for purchase. Hostesses for the January meeting will Florrie Gaddis and Majorie Heaton. Refreshments will be
served. Anyone interested in gardening, flower arranging, plants and other useful information is welcome to come and enjoy the programs and socialize with friends and neighbors. St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church is located at 4300 N. Shepherd Dr. For information visit the website at www.stmatthewsmethodist.org or call 713-697-0671.
Heights, 201 E. 9th St., in the fellowship hall, from 10:3011:30 a.m. This month’s meeting will be Jan. 31, and will feature guest speaker Attorney Caroline Kuipers of Hayes and Wilson, PLL, who will discuss wills, probate and estate planning for seniors and a light breakfast. Call 713-447-1251 for information.
All Saints TALC holds Spring Registration All Saints Third Age Learning Center (TALC), will hold its 2017 Spring Registration for classes and activities Jan. 26, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the church parish hall located at 215 E. 10th St. The 2017 semester of classes begins Feb. 6 and concludes May 5. Late registration will take place the first week of the semester, Feb. 6-10. TALC is celebrating its 30th anniversary of offering seniors in the community a variety of classes and activities. Some of the classes offered this semester will include Spanish, woodworking, stain glass, water color, computer, scrapbooking, Mah Jong, exercise and much more. Seminars, birthday celebrations and special parties are held and all are welcome to attend the Valentine’s Day party on Feb. 14, with music by Big Ed and The Happy Band. Call 713-248-1277 for information.
St. Rose Altar Guild to hold chocoholic games party The St. Rose of Lima Altar Guild is hosting its annual Chocoholic Feast and Games night Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in the West Hall. Tickets are $10 each and include a light dinner, door prize drawings, fun, games and desserts. St. Rose of Lima Catholic Community is located at 3600 Brinkman. For information email louise.bratton@yahoo. com or call 713-692-9123.
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Playoff hopes remain intact for area teams By Jonathan Valadez For The Leader With less than a month to go in the regular season, many Leader-area basketball teams are right on the cusp in terms of the playoffs and will have to use their remaining games to make a late-season push if they expect to advance to the postseason. Only one team looks like a lock for the second season, while the other five have to fight until the last game. Heights Bulldogs The Bulldogs sit in the middle of the pack in the University Interscholastic League 6A Region III District 18 standings but only need a fourth place finish to qualify for the playoffs. Heights can add to their win column as they still have games against lower-tiered Chavez, Westside and Westbury High Schools. However, they also have to face two top20 teams in Texas in Houston Math, Science & Technology and Lamar High School, who are ranked no. 4 and no. 17, according to Maxpreps. Additionally, they have a game left against the no. 93-ranked Bellaire High School Cardinals. If the Bulldogs can win against the teams at the bottom of the division and pull off at least one upset, they should find themselves in the playoffs for the first time in three years. Lutheran High North Lions LHN was able to get into the playoffs last season but are in the more competitive Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools 4A District 5 this year. The Lions face a much more difficult path to the postseason, as they essentially have
to win their remaining games, which may prove to be a tough task considering they have yet to pick up a district victory. Although the district title is likely out of reach since Woodlands Christian Academy and St. Thomas Episcopal are both undefeated, the Lions can still squeak into fourth place if they can beat the two teams – Bay Area Christian and Logos Preparatory Academy – that are tied for that position. Scarborough Spartans The Spartans find themselves in a similar situation to Lutheran, as they have yet to pick up a district win. Regardless of the zero in their district win column, Scarborough is only two games behind third place. The Spartans still have 13 games remaining on their district schedule with many of them coming against Wheatley, Washington, Kashmere and Worthing High Schools, who all only sit slightly above Scarborough in the standings. If Scarborough can grab wins versus the teams that are crowding the bottom of the division, they can make their first playoff appearance since 2014. St. Pius X Panthers The Panthers started the year optimistically, as they looked to win their district for the first time since the 20132014 season when they went undefeated in league play. Although SPX can still achieve that goal, it will be an uphill battle since they lost their district opener against Concordia Lutheran and also dropped a game to cross-town rival St. Thomas High School. Both Concordia and St. Thomas sit in first at 4-1. Despite the two losses, the Panthers came out with a huge 88-73 district win against Village High School, who is
ranked 103rd in Texas, according to Maxpreps. The Panthers will look to get their revenge against St. Thomas when they travel down Shepherd Drive in the regular season finale on Feb. 10, which could have big playoff implications. St. Thomas Eagles The Eagles lost several key players to graduation last season and had to fill many positions with younger pieces. Despite the new additions to the starting lineup, St. Thomas sits in a familiar position as last year atop the TAPPS 6A District 3 standings. While Concordia has a similar 4-1 record as the Eagles, STHS owns the tiebreaker since they won the head-to-head matchup earlier in the season. The Eagles sole district loss came in a 49-45 defensive stalemate against Village. Their final four games of the season will be tough as they host Concordia, travel to Village and Monsignor Kelly Catholic Academy, and end the year at home against rival
St. Pius. Regardless of how the rest of the season unfolds for the Eagles, they are likely to head to the postseason after their stellar start. Waltrip Rams As of now, the Rams are the final seed for the playoffs in UIL 5A Region III District 24 standings and sit 2.5 games ahead of fifth place, which gives Waltrip a little breathing room, although they still have one game apiece against the top three teams in the league. If the Rams hope to keep their playoff hopes alive, though, they will have to start scoring more than their season average of 39.7 points per game. Other than the games against the top three teams, Waltrip’s game against Northside High School, which is the Rams second-to-last match of the season, could determine whether the Rams make the playoffs, since Northside is the closest team in the standings to Waltrip.
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Louis A. Cashiola, 91, born April 19, 1925 in Houston, died Jan. 8. Cashiola enlisted in the Army in 1942 and was stationed overseas in the Pacific during World War II. He was on the front line in Japan. He was a well-known and successful contractor since 1947. Geraldine “Jerry” Maxey Childers, 89, born Dec. 7, 1927 in Houston, died Jan. 7. Childers graduated from Aldine High School in 1945. After attending business school, she married Joe Maxey in 1946, and held a position with American General Insurance Company for several years. She then acquired a position in the Trust Department with Texas Commerce
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feel is that we aren’t completely littered with big-box retailers. We love to shop at local stores. We support local artists and homegrown craft brewers because that makes us unique. We have farmers’ markets and, if we lose one, we start another. We patronize as many local restaurants as we do chains, and we cheer when a pub on Wakefield or 20th Street is more popular than a national sports bar. If you were to define why our area of this city is so special, it’s because we have a vested interest in seeing our neighbors succeed. For that matter, I believe the people in this community are the only reason The Leader is a respected newspaper – you all love local news and you support it. If that’s not true, I can’t figure out why more than 1,000 people, out of the goodness of their hearts, sent money supporting their local paper last month. Small businesses matter to our community, which makes the story
from Bloomberg even more important to us. If the climate is right for our area to get more of what we love, then we have the opportunity to create a group of neighborhoods that is even more unique than any other in the Greater Houston metropolis. But there’s a problem with this number, which is actually the purpose of today’s column. In 2016, our newspaper, The Leader, worked with more small businesses in this community than any other organization, save maybe the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce. Last year alone, 794 small businesses advertised with The Leader. We probably talked to another 400. That’s not to flaunt our reach. Instead, it tells you that we are fortunate to work with so many of the mom-and-pop stores in this community because we offer an affordable way to market to more than 70,000 readers each week. If we’re all going to ride this wave of optimism among small businesses, I’d like to offer a few observations for those of you who own – or want to own – your own business. This is based strictly on what I’ve seen from our experience with hundreds of businesses like you. First, there are a lot of you who could stand a mentor. We all have wonderful ideas, but we need peo-
Yule get around to it THE DEN – Hello, 911? Need to report a burglary. Boxes opened and left around, scattered papers and ribbons. No, it’s only the leftovers from Christmas. Yes, that celebration was weeks ago, and by nowmost families have long since cleaned up remnants of their on-line orgy, but it is taking me a little longer. Actually, each year seems to take longer than the year before. I blame the liberal media. You know the annual drill. Right after Labor Day merchants begin to deck the malls with boughs of holy – holy elves, holy tool kits, holy 50 percent off ! Holiday catalogues – which began arriving in September – stack up in your front hall. Then you get on your computer and order all your gifts on-line. Slowly, however, Christmas has been changing. Greetings, for example. Despite Bill O’Reilly’s forgettable “war on Christmas” crusade, which he seems to have abandoned, we no longer hear simply “Merry Christmas,” but also “Happy holidays,” “Season’s greetings” and “Hand over your purse.” (No matter whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Solstice of the Druids, for simplicity sake we shall just use Christmas.) Another change: I am receiving fewer Christmas cards. Maybe it’s because I stopped sending them out when postage went up to a nickel. Those cards I do receive sport photographs of children or grandchildren, but not just standing in a snow drift. Cards now have to show the exotic places they have been in the last year while I sat on the couch watching reruns of “My Mother the Car.” Or I get a letter saying how they spent the last year. If the message doesn’t contain some really juicy stuff (“After the SWAT raid, Junior had to junk his meth lab.”) I don’t care. Have you noticed what you did not see prior to this Dec. 25th? Cars with Christmas trees tied to the top. Is the live-tree fad over after 200 years? People seem to be going to plastic trees or metal or maybe they just store a tree in the attic and bring it down each year. My own tree looks nice, once I put little balls, icicles and lights over the coat hangers. Do you still wrap your presents? That means getting out the rolls of paper, ribbons and bows, Scotch tape and scissors. Today I use paper bags with tissue paper stuffed in the top so others can’t see what’s inside. You can buy fancy Christmas bags which can cost more than the gift itself, or do as I do and grab a few extras at the grocery store checkout counter. Each year music producers try to come out with a new and catchy Christmas song. But not since “Silent Night’ (1818) has any new carol really caught on. The best of
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late (1962) are the songs from “Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol,” with lyrics like “We’re rep-re-HEN-sible. We’ll steal your pen and PEN-sible.” For years I couldn’t fill stockings without the Pope on TV chanting in 34 different languages. Gifts have changed over the years. As a child, I would receive presents from my parents such as metal toys that would come apart so as to stick in my throat. Or wooden blocks covered in lead paint. Those killjoys at the EPA and CDC have taken all the excitement out of a trip to the emergency room, but if the new administration cuts back on senseless regulations, we may return to those glory days. Santa still rules in the malls. One year my editor instructed me to play Santa at a department store for a few hours. That was one of the toughest jobs I ever had as a reporter, aside from acting as a food taster for Dick Cheney. I had to lift up most of the kids onto my lap, and hear their requests for guns and dogs and to get rid of their little sister. Those too big to sit on my lap just whispered into my ear requests that I couldn’t repeat to their parents. Speaking of presents, this past Christmas there probably wasn’t a tree in America that didn’t have some kind of electronic gadget under it. Prior to Christmas, parents would have to stock up on batteries of all sizes, shapes and wattage. Now everything seems to plug into a charger. Good. Have you noticed that outdoor Christmas decorations have gone from a wreath on the front door to a simple string of lights to the Las Vegas Strip? I have houses in my neighborhood that suck up more electricity than a small city. They have strings of lights marking every peak and drainpipe, with eight tiny reindeer in the front yard, Santa on the rooftop and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing in the background. I wouldn’t mind it so much if the reindeer wouldn’t use my front yard for their PortO-John. Where do they put all this paraphernalia during the off-season? This brings us to today, after the party is over. Where do you store your Christmas gear? By now your tree is so dry and brittle that the pine will burst like a napalm bomb over Khe San if it comes near a flame. Garbage collectors might take it. There was some move-
ple who can share their failures as much as we envision our successes. If there’s a small business out there that doesn’t have a friend to call with questions, you might consider buying a couple of lunches and learning from those who have weathered the storm you’re about to face. Second, the best small businesses don’t figure out what works best for the owners. They figure out what the customers want and do that, instead. If the customers like it, owners will reap the rewards. If small businesses don’t learn how to pick up the phone – even in off hours – the phone will eventually stop ringing. I’ve seen too many businesses in the past year fail because the owners aren’t responsive to customer and their needs. If small businesses don’t spend 5 percent of their revenue marketing to new customers, your business will never grow. Whether you do that through social media, radio, TV or even The Leader, it doesn’t matter. Too many businesses rely on word-of-mouth, and that limits you to friends of your friends. If small businesses can’t handle the work, invest in new workers. I’ve heard too many small business owners say they have too much work already. I’ve never heard Apple say they make too many iPhones or Coca-Cola say they make too much soda. But too often,
small business owners place a roof over their opportunity, and it’s not until they lose a few shingles that they realize they could have plugged the leak with a few new customers. Here’s a funny story: My wife and I needed some work done around our house last year. We needed the trees trimmed and some landscaping done. We called six landscaping companies and four tree trimmers. Guess how many of those businesses answered the phone when we called. Zero. Guess how many of those businesses called us back the next day. Zero. Guess how many of those businesses called us back within a week. Zero. It wasn’t until we made a second round of calls and we had a friend of ours put in a good word before we got one call back from a tree company and one call back from a lawn company. We literally wanted to hand them both money, and we couldn’t get local, small businesses to answer the phone. All indications are that small businesses in our community have the opportunity to have a stellar 2017. That won’t happen if they can’t serve the customers in this area who want to support them. Email jonathan@theleadernews.com © Copyright 2017 McElvy Media LLC
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ment to put all those trees out in the Gulf as a reef. That makes no sense. The unused wrappings and ribbons can be stuffed under a bed, and those bags I mentioned can be used again and again if you remember to rip off the “to” and “from” tags. As for your strings of lights, there is an elf that comes by your house during the summer and thoroughly knots up your strings. On the other hand, it’s only a few months till the next Christmas, and I could just leave the decorations in place. It was Joan Rivers who said, “I don’t know why people do house cleaning. Six months later you have to do it all over again.” Ashby procrastinates at ashby2@comcast.net
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Locals step to the stage for veterans By Kim Hogstrom For The Leader A year ago, The Leader broke news about the launch of Greater Heights Comedy Night held the second Wednesday of each month at American Legion Post 560 in Garden Oaks. Today, the event continues to grow with a new development - members of the community are stepping onto the stage to cut their comedy teeth. “The event has been great for Post 560’s outreach,� stated post Commander, Richard Voorhies. “Comedy night brought us new members and guests from its beginning. As a fund-raising event, it has also brought in thousands of dollars to assist veterans in our community.� Locals have indeed turned out to support comedy night; crowds average about 150 each. The comedy line-up normally includes at least four comics who are often professional, national acts. Now, members of the community are performing too. There’s no shortage of comedy talent our the area. One example is the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce’s President,
Jacob Millwee, who appeared this month. If your mind wanders to an old dude in an over-starched shirt when you think of a chamber president, think again. By all accounts of his performance, Millwee hit it out of the park. “It was enormous fun and it seemed to go over well,� Millwee said. “It was not my first time on stage, I have a degree in drama, but it was my first time for stand-up comedy. The American Legion is such a great agency, and does so much good for our veterans, it was an honor to participate.� Another good example is entrepreneur and owner of popular Body3 Personal Fitness on TC Jester Blvd. And 34th, Tom Jackobs. Jackobs also took to the stage this month - and brought down the house. “It was a great experience, and performing offers a way to give back to our veterans,� he stated. “It’s a very good cause, and I will certainly do it again, if they will let me.� Comedy night is the result of the work of Naro Mak, event producer, former US Marine, and Post 560 Legionnaire. Mak donates about 60 hours a month to organizing, call-
ing it a “labor of love.� Mak says that the performers are given a small fee for appearing but usually donate it back to the post’s coffers the same night. “We have discovered that many in the audience want to stay longer when the show is over, to dance and have fun, so we’re bringing in live bands to play too. It’s offers another great opportunity to showcase local talent,� Mak stated. There is a $20 admission charge to comedy night which includes a catered dinner in the smoke-free environment prepared by local restaurants such as Liberty Kitchen, Harold’s in the Heights, Cyclone Anaya’s and Hartz Krispy Chicken. Admission also includes two drink tickets for alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. Doors open for dinner at 7 pm. The show starts at about 8 pm. Reservations are taken on the Facebook Page. The First Year Anniversary show will be on Feb. 8, with Headliner Robert Mungle, Host KiKi Maroon, and musical guest, Kevin Maeder, plus some of our neighbors.
By Elizabeth Villarreal elizasgarden@outlook.com The Oaks Dads Club 2017 BBQ Cookoff is coming up the weekend of Jan. 27 and 28. The BBQ Cookoff is an annual tradition at ODC. It’s a barbecue competition, charity plate sale and big party all in one! All proceeds go to the young athletes who compete at ODC. Friday night will be a Cook’s Party that will run late into the night with music from Darwin Macon from 8-10 p.m., and Saturday will be plate sales and a family friendly atmosphere with a bouncy house and face painting. This fundraiser helps keep registration fees as low as possible for families and also goes to cover overhead costs such as electricity, water and the expense of maintaining the playing fields, as well as capital improvements to the facilities. On Saturday, barbecue plates from Gatlin’s BBQ will be on sale and there will be live music by
Honeyboy Nelson to enjoy from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., face painting and games for the kids. $10 barbecue plates; $3 admission (admission free with purchase of barbecue plate). For presale tickets, contact Shawn Salyers at 713-444-4454 or Sean Jez at 713-305-4481. There is still time to enter the Cornhole Tournament! $50/team, $30/ individual player – 3 games guaranteed. Start time noon on Saturday, Jan. 28. Cornhole Tournament registration closes on Fri., Jan. 27. See more info at odcsports.com Troop 40’s Annual Boy Scout barbecue will be held Feb. 4 and 5, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church at 3600 Brinkman at Wakefield. The Boy Scouts, their families, alumni and supporters will have their own “super� event! 2017 marks the 18th anniversary of Troop 40’s annual barbecue fundraiser at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 3600 Brinkman. Each $10 dinner plate comes with brisket or chicken plus sausage,
buttered potatoes, green beans, bread, and condiments and is available for dine-in or take-out. You can also order a whole brisket a la carte for $60 or a party pack which includes a whole brisket with bulk sides, bread and condiments for $100 - just heat, slice and serve to your family and friends. There will be drinks and scrumptious homemade desserts for $1. Proceeds from the barbecue go towards the high adventure camps the scouts attend every two years. For advance tickets or to place an order, contact Jaime Waller at 713-628-2426 or jamanawg@gmail.com. Walk-ins are welcome and appreciated, too! The young men of Troop 40 thank you for your support. The Oak Forest Homeowners Association is holding its first mixer of the year on Sunday, Jan. 22, and you are invited! Slowpokes at 1203 W. 34th St. will be the place to be from 5-7 p.m. Adults only.
“I would have lunch with him every day. Not everyone can say they’ve been able to work in the same environment as their father and have it come full circle.� “It feels great to see my daughter follow in my footsteps,� Roberto said. Carving out her niche Though she embraces working in the same hospital as her father, Melissa decided on a bit of a different path to create her own legacy -- family medicine. She is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, in advanced cardiac, obstetrics and pediatric life support, and belongs to the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association and the Harris County Family Medicine
Association. “I think it was my love for counseling (that made me go into family practice). I love teaching patients, and you do a lot of that,� she said. “I think the diversity of dealing with not only chronic illnesses, but also dealing with psychologic aspects is exciting.� Montoya treats diabetes, hypertension and more, while also encountering those dealing with anxiety, depression, and said family medicine provides her the opportunity to embrace her love of teaching, counseling others and family. “I love that challenge and being able to talk more to the patients and see the whole family—lots of times I’m not treating just one family member, I’m treating the family,� she said.
Doc from P. 1A citement of being in healthcare and being around others,� she said. A dream come true Once Montoya decided to take the plunge into medicine and healthcare, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at The University of Texas at Austin and received her Doctorate of Medicine from Ross University School of Medicine in 2007. She later returned to Houston for her residency training at the Memorial Family Medicine program at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital before landing a dream opportunity. “It means the world—I was born where I work, and to be able to come back and work here is amazing, especially when my dad was in private practice,� she said.
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The calendar. INTRO TO SQUARE DANCING Fairbees Square Dance Club Fairbees Square Dance Club, is hosting a free Intro to Square Dancing nights, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Jan. 19. Come see what Modern Western Square Dancing is all about. Great low impact exercise, fun, food, and free! The class will be held at Memorial Drive Lutheran Church, 12211 Memorial Dr. No partner required, older children (preteens and teens) welcome, good family fun in a healthy, non-smoking, non-drinking environment. Basic Square Dance Lessons will begin the following Jan. 26, 6:45-8 p.m., $5 per person per lesson. Information: 713-957-2762. 19TH STREET SIP AND STROLL Merchants of 19th Street Join the merchants of 19th Street for the first Third Thursdays event of 2017, Sip and Super Bowl! Let’s celebrate this historic event as our City prepares to host Super Bowl LI. We will be honoring ReBuild Houston. The event will be from 5-9 p.m. Jan. 19. Information: facebook. com/events/686202358211236/ STEAK NIGHT American Legion Post 560 Come by the American Legion Post 560, 3720 Alba Rd., for a delicious steak dinner and live entertainment, Jan. 20 (third Friday of each month). Steaks will be served from 6 p.m. until sold out. The cost is $15 per plate. Information: 713-6829287, facebook.com/AmLegionPost560/, www.txlegion560.org.
GERMAN SINGING COMPETITION Houston Saengerbund The Houston Saengerbund will present in concert eight finalists in its Second Annual German Singing Competition in the sanctuary of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1311 Holman. The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21. Each of the finalists will perform two selections sung in German. The judges will meet and confer at the end of the concert. Tickets for the event are $10 per person and $5 for students. The Houston Saengerbund is a 501 (c) (3) organization. Information: houstonsaengerbund. org, 713-375-2729. LITERARY CLUB Houston Heights Woman’s Club The Myth of You and Me, by Leah Stewart, captures the intensity of a friendship as well as the real sense of loss that lingers after the end of one. This special event is a shared Book Club meeting with other Houston area Book Clubs hosted by the HHWC Literary Club and will meet from 3-6 p.m. Jan. 22, at The Clubhouse, 1846 Harvard St. Admission is free. Visit houstonheightswomansclub.com to register. ECONOMIC FORECAST LUNCHEON Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce Reserve a table and invite clients to hear from one of the
nation’s leading economists about the economic outlook for Houston and beyond. Dr. Bill Gilmer, a professor of Economics at the University of Houston, will discuss business, employment, interest rates, energy and real estate. The event will be from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 26, at the Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel, 3000 North Loop West. Information: 713-861-6735, heightschamber.org.
be a bounce house, activities for the kids, local booth vendors, celebrity judging for cook-teams, a team corn hole tournament at noon, and free beer booth 12 - 3 p.m., sponsored by Saint Arnold. Information: odcsports.com. CLASSIC CAR SHOW Adolf Hoepfl Garage Car enthusiasts across greater Houston are gearing up for the seventh annual Adolf Hoepfl Garage Car Show to be held at 9 a.m. Jan. 28. Check-in will begin at 9 a.m. with trophies being awarded after 2:30 p.m. All car enthusiasts are encouraged to register. Early registration is $20 and includes an event T-shirt and a goody bag. Interested individuals may also register on event day for $25. This year, participants will take a cruise down to Heights Boulevard before the show. Adolf Hoepfl and Son Garage is located at 4610 N. Shepherd Dr. Information: 713-695-5071, www.adolfhoepfl.com.
OPERATION VALENTINES American Legion Post 560 The American Legion Post 560 is asking the community to create hand-made Valentine cards to honor veterans and active duty military. The deadline is Jan. 27, to ensure timely sorting and distribution. The post will be open from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 20 and Jan. 27, to receive Valentines. Look for the giant mailbox inside the post, located at 3720 Alba Rd. Information: 281-507-6321, txlegion560.org. BARBECUE COOKOFF Oaks Dads’ Club The event will take place at the baseball/softball facility at 3410 E. TC Jester Blvd., Jan. 27 and Jan. 28. The gates will open for the cook teams to start setting up on Friday afternoon and families are invited out to the grounds at 7 p.m. to enjoy company, taste testing, music, drinks and more. Saturday, Jan. 28, is the big plate sale and event. Tickets are $10 each. A grounds only ticket can be purchased for $3 each. There will
CRAWFISH FESTIVAL Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce This year’s Crawfish Festival is Saturday, March 4. Exhibitor booths start at $100 and sponsorships start at $250. For details on participation in the parade, selling goods or to sponsor this year’s Crawfish Festival, contact Jill Johnston at the Chamber office. Information: 713-861-6735, events@heightschamber.org.
From the Pews. The Fellowship contemporary service at St. Stephen’s The Fellowship, a casual, acoustic, contemporary service, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22, in the fellowship hall. Coffee and snacks will be served before and after the service. All are welcome. A free information seminar for those considering enrolling in Medicare will be held Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in Room 201. RSVP to Lang Eng, 832607-6580. Messy Church, a familyfriendly worship experience for all, will be held Tuesday, Jan. 25, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the fellowship hall. The event will include dinner, crafts and activities and a short worship service. St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church is located at 2003 W. 43rd St. For information, call 713-686-8241 or visit www.stsumc.org and the church’s Facebook page. St. Matthew’s Garden Club meets The St. Matthew’s Garden Club will meet Jan. 26, at 9:30 a.m. in rooms 104 and 105, under the new leadership of President Virginia Haley. The devotional will be read by Wilma Stacener. The program theme will be “Fairy Gardening by Teresa.� Members will learn all about Fairy Gardening, how to assemble and care for the garden. Fair Garden kits will be available for purchase. Hostesses for the January meeting will Florrie Gaddis and Majorie Heaton. Refreshments will be
served. Anyone interested in gardening, flower arranging, plants and other useful information is welcome to come and enjoy the programs and socialize with friends and neighbors. St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church is located at 4300 N. Shepherd Dr. For information visit the website at www.stmatthewsmethodist.org or call 713-697-0671.
Heights, 201 E. 9th St., in the fellowship hall, from 10:3011:30 a.m. This month’s meeting will be Jan. 31, and will feature guest speaker Attorney Caroline Kuipers of Hayes and Wilson, PLL, who will discuss wills, probate and estate planning for seniors and a light breakfast. Call 713-447-1251 for information.
All Saints TALC holds Spring Registration All Saints Third Age Learning Center (TALC), will hold its 2017 Spring Registration for classes and activities Jan. 26, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the church parish hall located at 215 E. 10th St. The 2017 semester of classes begins Feb. 6 and concludes May 5. Late registration will take place the first week of the semester, Feb. 6-10. TALC is celebrating its 30th anniversary of offering seniors in the community a variety of classes and activities. Some of the classes offered this semester will include Spanish, woodworking, stain glass, water color, computer, scrapbooking, Mah Jong, exercise and much more. Seminars, birthday celebrations and special parties are held and all are welcome to attend the Valentine’s Day party on Feb. 14, with music by Big Ed and The Happy Band. Call 713-248-1277 for information.
St. Rose Altar Guild to hold chocoholic games party The St. Rose of Lima Altar Guild is hosting its annual Chocoholic Feast and Games night Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in the West Hall. Tickets are $10 each and include a light dinner, door prize drawings, fun, games and desserts. St. Rose of Lima Catholic Community is located at 3600 Brinkman. For information email louise.bratton@yahoo. com or call 713-692-9123.
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The sports. Saturday, January 21, 2017 • Page 7A
Playoff hopes remain intact for area teams By Jonathan Valadez For The Leader With less than a month to go in the regular season, many Leader-area basketball teams are right on the cusp in terms of the playoffs and will have to use their remaining games to make a late-season push if they expect to advance to the postseason. Only one team looks like a lock for the second season, while the other five have to fight until the last game. Heights Bulldogs The Bulldogs sit in the middle of the pack in the University Interscholastic League 6A Region III District 18 standings but only need a fourth place finish to qualify for the playoffs. Heights can add to their win column as they still have games against lower-tiered Chavez, Westside and Westbury High Schools. However, they also have to face two top20 teams in Texas in Houston Math, Science & Technology and Lamar High School, who are ranked no. 4 and no. 17, according to Maxpreps. Additionally, they have a game left against the no. 93-ranked Bellaire High School Cardinals. If the Bulldogs can win against the teams at the bottom of the division and pull off at least one upset, they should find themselves in the playoffs for the first time in three years. Lutheran High North Lions LHN was able to get into the playoffs last season but are in the more competitive Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools 4A District 5 this year. The Lions face a much more difficult path to the postseason, as they essentially have
to win their remaining games, which may prove to be a tough task considering they have yet to pick up a district victory. Although the district title is likely out of reach since Woodlands Christian Academy and St. Thomas Episcopal are both undefeated, the Lions can still squeak into fourth place if they can beat the two teams – Bay Area Christian and Logos Preparatory Academy – that are tied for that position. Scarborough Spartans The Spartans find themselves in a similar situation to Lutheran, as they have yet to pick up a district win. Regardless of the zero in their district win column, Scarborough is only two games behind third place. The Spartans still have 13 games remaining on their district schedule with many of them coming against Wheatley, Washington, Kashmere and Worthing High Schools, who all only sit slightly above Scarborough in the standings. If Scarborough can grab wins versus the teams that are crowding the bottom of the division, they can make their first playoff appearance since 2014. St. Pius X Panthers The Panthers started the year optimistically, as they looked to win their district for the first time since the 20132014 season when they went undefeated in league play. Although SPX can still achieve that goal, it will be an uphill battle since they lost their district opener against Concordia Lutheran and also dropped a game to cross-town rival St. Thomas High School. Both Concordia and St. Thomas sit in first at 4-1. Despite the two losses, the Panthers came out with a huge 88-73 district win against Village High School, who is
ranked 103rd in Texas, according to Maxpreps. The Panthers will look to get their revenge against St. Thomas when they travel down Shepherd Drive in the regular season finale on Feb. 10, which could have big playoff implications. St. Thomas Eagles The Eagles lost several key players to graduation last season and had to fill many positions with younger pieces. Despite the new additions to the starting lineup, St. Thomas sits in a familiar position as last year atop the TAPPS 6A District 3 standings. While Concordia has a similar 4-1 record as the Eagles, STHS owns the tiebreaker since they won the head-to-head matchup earlier in the season. The Eagles sole district loss came in a 49-45 defensive stalemate against Village. Their final four games of the season will be tough as they host Concordia, travel to Village and Monsignor Kelly Catholic Academy, and end the year at home against rival
St. Pius. Regardless of how the rest of the season unfolds for the Eagles, they are likely to head to the postseason after their stellar start. Waltrip Rams As of now, the Rams are the final seed for the playoffs in UIL 5A Region III District 24 standings and sit 2.5 games ahead of fifth place, which gives Waltrip a little breathing room, although they still have one game apiece against the top three teams in the league. If the Rams hope to keep their playoff hopes alive, though, they will have to start scoring more than their season average of 39.7 points per game. Other than the games against the top three teams, Waltrip’s game against Northside High School, which is the Rams second-to-last match of the season, could determine whether the Rams make the playoffs, since Northside is the closest team in the standings to Waltrip.
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