Local Nov. 8 election results tallied - South Belt

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Voice of Community-Minded People since 1976
November 10, 2011
Leader holiday deadlines
The Leader office will be closed Thanksgiving and Friday, Nov. 25. The deadline for
copy will be Thursday, Nov. 17, at noon, and
the deadline for paid advertisements and classified word ads will be Monday, Nov. 21, at
noon. The Thursday edition of the Leader will
be available Wednesday, Nov. 23.
Crash closes Gulf Freeway
An accident involving an overturned pickup
truck on the Gulf Freeway between Beltway 8
and Fuqua caused the northbound lanes of
traffic to be closed for roughly an hour the
morning of Wednesday, Nov. 9, creating extensive delays. At press time, it was unclear if
there were any injuries.
LSA Open House Nov. 13
Lutheran South Academy will hold an open
house and tour Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. for prospective families. LSA is a comprehensive college
prep Christian school serving Pre-K through
12th grade. To register for the open house and
tour of the LSA facilities, call Aaron Schneider,
director of admissions, at 281-617-5626.
Email: [email protected]
The votes from the local Nov. 8 elections have
been counted, with the Pasadena Independent
School District bond easily passing and most City
of Houston incumbents maintaining their positions.
PISD bond
Voters in the PISD, by a vote of 68.5 percent
(3,785 “yes” votes to 1,703 “no”) approved a
$270.1 million school bond proposal, clearing
the way for the construction of a career tech high
school, three new middle schools and replacement
campuses for four existing schools. The bond proposal carried no tax-rate hike. Nearly 1,500 voters
took part in early balloting with 68.5 percent voting yes. Nearly 500 voters cast absentee ballots
with 72.6 percent approving.
“I’m very gratified by the public support, and
I’m excited about the possibilities that lie ahead
for our students and faculty with these new facilities,” said PISD Superintendent Kirk Lewis. “We
will do our very best to make sure our community
is proud of the new facilities we build.”
“We are very pleased with the community’s approval of the district’s vision of what lies ahead
with this bond issue,” said Jack Bailey, president
of the Pasadena ISD Board of Trustees. “We are
extremely excited about moving forward with all
the elements of this program as quickly as possible.”
The bond provides for the district’s sixth high
school, to be built specifically to expand the district’s career and technical program to meet the
needs of an estimated 1,500 students. Expanding
the program, officials said, would help meet the
growing demand from Gulf Coast employers for
employees with specialized technical skills.
BHI students perform for voters
Ellington e-recycling set
PIP meeting Nov. 15
Tree waste pickup set
Tree waste only will be picked up Thursday,
Nov. 17, for city of Houston (77089) residents
living north of Beltway 8. Residents south of
the beltway are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 25.
For more information, call 3-1-1.
AARP meets Nov. 11
The South Belt AARP will hold its annual
Thanksgiving dinner Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m.
at the Picadilly Cafeteria in Almeda Mall.
Knights host Fish Fry
The Knights of Columbus will serve fish
dinners in the St. Luke’s Catholic Church hall,
Fridays, Nov. 11 and Nov. 18. Dinners consist
of a breaded fish fillet, fries, hush puppies, cole
slaw, corn-on-the-cob and tea. Soft drinks and
desserts will be available. Baked fish is available in limited quantities. One-piece dinners
are $9. Two-piece dinners are $12, dine in or
take out. For information, call 832-444-4958.
Ashley Pointe to meet
Ashley Pointe Homeowner Association
meets Nov. 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sageglen
association building, 11610 Sageyork.
Parents Day at Cokesbury
Parents Day Out will be Saturday, Nov. 12,
from 9 a.m. to noon at Cokesbury United
Methodist Church, 10030 Scarsdale. The event
is free and open to the public. Fun games and
activities for children, and a nursery will give
parents a chance to “regain their sanity” and
get it all done. Math and reading tutoring is
available. For tutoring arrangements or information, call Alison Myers at 281-484-9243.
Sagemont Civic Club meets
The Sagemont Civic Club will hold its
monthly meeting Monday, Nov 14, at 7 p.m.
at Kirkwood South Christian Church, 10811
Kirkfair Drive. Attendance is encouraged. For
information, visit Sagemontcivicclub.org.
Kirkmont meets Nov. 17
Kirkmont Section 3 and 4 Community Association will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Kirkmont MUD
Building at 10102 Blackhawk Blvd. All residents of Kirkmont Sections 3 and 4 are urged
to attend. The 2012 annual maintenance fees
and deed restrictions will be discussed, and
board members will be elected.
Thompson food drive set
Thompson Intermediate’s annual Science
Food Drive runs through Friday, Nov. 18. The
community is encouraged to donate. Items
may be left at the Thompson front office or
with any science teacher. There is a gradelevel competition to see who can donate the
most. All items will be donated to The Bridge
Over Troubled Waters woman’s shelter.
See additional items Page 2A.
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Local Nov. 8 election results tallied
The City of Houston will hold its monthly
electronics recycling collection at the Ellington
Neighborhood Recycling Center Saturday,
Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Collections are
the second Saturday of each month.
Items accepted include PCs, servers, keyboards, mice, laptops, game consoles, monitors, small kitchen appliances, memory chips,
hubs and routers, printers, copiers, scanners,
faxes, projectors, rechargeable batteries, cable
boxes, car batteries, phones, hard drives, cords,
cables and cameras. For information, visit
www.houstonsolidwaste.org or call 3-1-1.
The Positive Interaction Program meets
Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in the first floor staff
meeting room. This month’s guest speaker is
Judge Jo Ann Delgado. PIP consists of police
and citizens working for safer neighborhoods.
For information, call Officer Randy Derr at
281-218-3900.
www.southbeltleader.com
Beverly Hills Intermediate’s “Giving Bach” group performed patriotic music as voters
entered the school Tuesday, Nov. 8. Pasadena ISD board member Fred Roberts (far left)
stopped by to listen to the students. Performing are, around the circle, Vincent Gutierrez, Catherine Thai, Angelica deJesus, Karina Gutierrez, Kathrina Villanueva, Heidi Tran
(cello) and Jesus Tijerina (bass).
Hughes extension goes forward
Harris County officials opened the extension of Hughes Road from Sagequeen to approximately 3,000 feet west of Riverstone Ranch
Drive Tuesday, Nov. 1.
The project will eventually expand west to
Pearland Parkway and on to Highway 288.
Construction is a joint venture involving Harris County, the City of Pearland, Holcomb Properties and Beazer Homes.
Records indicate Harris County is responsible
for extending Hughes Road 300 feet beyond Melillo Middle School (the Pearland city limits),
while the City of Pearland is responsible for the
extension west of Pearland Parkway (referred to
as Barry Rose on this side).
While technically located in the City of Pearland, the stretch of road between these two areas
is to be finished by Beazer, which is developing
a subdivision along this stretch, and Holcomb
Properties, which has already developed the Riverstone Ranch subdivision.
Harris County’s portion cost approximately
$1,704,505 to construct.
The Beazer development, The Preserve at
Clear Creek, will be located east of Pearland
Parkway, just west of the Clear Brook Meadows
subdivision. It will occupy roughly 130 acres
and consist of 285 homes. Beazer has already
developed The Lakes of Highland Glen, Spring
Meadow and Jamison Landing – all within Pearland.
The new Harris County construction consists
of an elevated bridge just west of Blackhawk to
go above the existing hike-and-bike trail.
This past April, the county announced it also
plans to install stop signs at the Sageorchard intersection. Initial designs called for constructing
blockades on Sageorchard that would have prohibited vehicles from exiting the Sagemeadow
subdivision via Hughes. Officials say some sort
of impediment is needed at the intersection to
slow vehicles down, as the new bridge impairs
drivers’ vision.
A cautionary traffic light in front of the Southeast Volunteer Fire Department station is also to
be installed, according to county officials.
The expansion to Pearland Parkway is expected to be complete sometime early next year.
Dobie band eligible for grant
The Dobie High School Longhorn Band has
reached the final voting round in the Pepsi Refresh Project, a program that awards grants to
various programs nationwide.
The band is eligible to receive a grant award of
$50,000 to purchase new instruments. Grants are
awarded based on the number of votes received
during the month of November. The ten groups
that receive the most votes will get the maximum
award of $50,000 each.
There are three ways to vote. First, visit www.
refresheverything.com/jfdband. Click “Vote for
this idea” and log in using your Facebook account. Second, visit the same website, click
“vote for this idea” and create a Pepsi “Refresh
Everything” account. Finally, voters can text the
message “110025” to the number 73774 (Pepsi)
on a mobile phone (standard text rates apply).
Voters may contribute via all three of these
methods every day.
High’s son looks for answers
By James Bolen
Earl High is searching for answers to explain
the recent disappearance of his 82-year-old
mother.
“It’s the not knowing that’s the hardest part,”
he said.
Lillian High, a 40-year South Belt resident,
was reported missing the morning of Monday,
Oct. 3, after she failed to show up for work at
the Chase Bank at Beltway 8 and the Gulf Freeway, where she had been a part-time teller for 20
years.
The previous evening, High’s son had visited
his mother to help her retrieve an e-mail from a
fellow church member.
“She had only received about seven e-mails in
the last 10 years,” Earl High explained.
It was the last time he saw her.
A subsequent search of High’s house revealed
nothing out of the ordinary. Her car was gone,
house was locked and a half-eaten breakfast was
left on her kitchen table next to an open book,
presumably to be read upon her return from
work.
Several groups have aided in the search for the
missing woman, including the Laura Recovery
Center, which plastered High’s photo on 17,000
pizza boxes this past week, and Texas EquuSearch, which has scoured more than 800-square
miles looking for her.
“We’ve got a thousand eyes looking, and
they’ve seen nothing,” Earl High said.
Chase has also hired a private investigator,
High said, and roughly 30 security guards from
the bank are working a second shift on their own
time searching for the woman.
Their efforts, however, have been fruitless.
“We know exactly what we knew the first day
– nothing,” said Earl’s wife, Teri High.
Crime Stoppers of Houston, which employs
20 full-time detectives, is now offering a $20,000
reward for information related to the case. High’s
son said that amount may double this coming
week due to matching donations.
Earl High is hopeful the reward may lead to
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The current program, housed at the L.P. Card
Career and Technical Center, would be expanded to incorporate a full high-school curriculum,
relieving overcrowding issues at all five high
schools.
The bond also provides for three new middle
schools, which will complete the district’s adoption of the middle school concept, which began
with the last bond issue, in 2004.
Two of the new schools will feed Queens and
Park View intermediates. Another will relieve
overcrowding and provide for growth in the South
Belt area’s Melillo as well as Lomax middle
schools. The bond provides for replacement of
Queens Intermediate, Gardens Elementary, South
Shaver Elementary and Keller Middle School
(formerly San Jacinto Intermediate).
The bond also allows renovations at 30 campuses and various district athletic facilities. New
competition gyms are planned at South Houston and Sam Rayburn high schools. Six middle
schools will receive second gyms. New gyms will
be built at five elementary schools.
Districtwide projects covered by the bond include renovations to Veterans Memorial Stadium,
the Phillips Field House, Auxiliary Stadium and
the surrounding parking lots. Plans also include
a central indoor/outdoor competitive swimming
pool to be constructed on the Veterans Memorial
Stadium grounds.
The bond earmarks funds for technology to
equip classrooms. The funds will expand teacher
access to interactive whiteboards, laptops, document cameras and other technologies. Bond funds
will be used to make campus libraries school centers for research with the acquisition of instructional tools.
The bond provides $2 million for replacement
of school buses and $5 million for the purchase of
property to accommodate future expansion.
City of Houston
Mayor Annise D. Parker narrowly avoided
a runoff by claiming 50.8 percent of the vote
(59,920 total votes).
Wanda Adams will maintain her District D
seat, handily defeating Larry McKinzie, receiving
81.7 percent of the vote (10,554 total votes) to his
18.3 (2,361 total votes).
District E Councilmember Mike Sullivan will
also keep his position, as he was unchallenged.
Incumbents Stephen Costello, Melissa Noriega, C.O. Bradford, Al
Hoang, Oliver Pennington, Edward Gonzales
and James Rodriguez
will also maintain their
Council seats.
The At-Large Position 2 will head to a
runoff between Andrew C. Burks Jr., who
received 17.3 percent
of the vote (17,512 total votes), and Kristi
Wanda Adams
Thibaut, who received
15.6 percent of the vote
At-Large Position 5
incumbent Jolanda “Jo”
Jones will also face a
runoff with challenger
Jack Christie. Jones
received 39.1 percent
of the vote (42,386 total votes) to Christie’s
32.8 percent of the vote
Other runoffs inMike Sullivan
clude the District A
seat, a contest between
incumbent Brenda Stardig and Helena Brown,
and the District B position, a contest between Alvin Byrd and Jerry Davis.
New councilmembers filling seats that were
term-limited include Ellen Cohen (District C),
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HPD’s Larson avoids jail time
Former South Belt
resident Jeff Larson,
43, pleaded guilty
Thursday, Nov. 3, to
misdemeanor charges
involving misappropriation of funds from
the Houston Police
Officers’ Union and
was placed on deferred adjudication for
18 months and fined
$500.
Jeff Larson
Larson, a 1986 Dobie graduate, and his former father-in-law, Ronald Martin, 51, were accused of bilking more
than $100,000 from the union, where they previ-
ously served on the board as treasurer and secretary, respectively.
The crimes reportedly took place from December 2004 to January 2008, when the two
men were relieved of duty following an internal
investigation.
The pair were officially charged with misapplication of fiduciary property – a second-degree
felony with a punishment range of two to 20
years in prison.
Martin was also indicted on charges of theft
by a public servant.
In a deal, Larson pleaded guilty to a reduced
charge of a state jail misdemeanor.
In February, Martin was sentenced to 10 years
probation and ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution.
Three arrested, following stabbing
Three suspects were arrested Saturday, Oct.
29, at the Green Arbor Apartments in the 10600
block of Sabo, following a robbery that involved
a stabbing.
According to police, four victims – a 14-yearold male, two 19-year-old males and a 19-yearold female – were attending a Halloween party at
the complex when they were approached by four
suspects in the parking lot.
The suspects reportedly pushed the victims
and demanded food from them. One of the victims was then stabbed. A second victim said he
thought he too was stabbed but was not sure.
When police arrived at the scene, the victims
pointed out the suspects, who then fled on foot.
Police immediately caught one suspect. Two
others jumped a fence into an adjacent apartment
complex and were caught by other officers minutes later. A fourth suspect was able to escape.
Gregorio Jesus Parrish, 18; Juan Chacon, 22;
and Ramon Orozco, 17, were all arrested and
charged with evading arrest on foot, a misdemeanor. None of the suspects resided at the complex, and police are unsure why they were there.
Contrary to other news reports, no one was
hospitalized.
Search for High continues
The search continues for South
Belt resident Lillian High, 82,
who went missing Monday, Oct.
3. A $20,000 reward is now being offered for information on her
disappearance. High is pictured
to the left at a family celebration
this past July 4 with her grandson
Aisa McClure. She is shown below at the party with her daughter, Amy McClure (far right) and
grandchildren (left to right) Ashley McClure, Aisa McClure, Abby
McClure and Kalie McClure.
Page 2 Section A, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Thursday, November 10, 2011
SJC summit Nov. 18 at South Clear Brook presents Peter Pan
Commissioner Lee, national head of PTK to attend
The San Jacinto College
Summit on Community Colleges will be held Friday,
Nov. 18, from 9 to 11 a.m.,
and will feature SJC alumni
guest speakers such as current national Phi Theta Kappa
Executive Director Dr. Rod
Risley, Pct. 1 Commissioner
El Franco Lee, Snead State
Community College President Dr. Robert Exley, and
Galveston County Tax Assessor Cheryl Johnson. Current
SJC student and rising hiphop recording artist Baby Jay
(www.Baby-Jay.com), who is
known for his positive lyrics
and dedication to his education, will give a special guest
performance. Other alumni in
attendance will also be recognized along with a questionand-answer session.
The summit was created
in an effort to support President Obama’s goal of having the best-educated, most
competitive workforce in the
world by 2020. PTK faculty
advisors and business professors Elizabeth McKinley and
Susan Eason along with the
PTK officers thought about
how they could localize the
goal, but in a way that speaks
to current students and community members.
By having alumni talk
about their personal experiences, it would give them
a chance to hear different
people from different walks
of life talk about how SJC
helped them create a better
future for themselves.
“The SJC Summit on
Community Colleges is an
opportunity to bring together
community college educators
and staff, businesses, SJC
alumni, state policy leaders, and students to discuss
how community colleges are
meeting the job training and
education needs of our community. Community colleges
are crucial to help meet the
needs of a changing workplace,” said McKinley.
The event will be held at
the Proscenium Theatre inside the Marie Spence Flickinger Fine Arts Center, located on the South campus.
Associate degrees have
often been devalued in the
modern workforce. However,
due to the nation’s current
economic backlash, an associate degree or technical certification can open doors that
they may not have years ago.
Alpha Gamma Zeta, the San
Jacinto College South campus chapter of the Phi Theta
Kappa national honor society,
will host the SJC Summit on
Community Colleges where
alumni will speak about the
value of obtaining their associate degree or technical certification, and how SJC contributed to their professional
success.
“Phi Theta Kappa’s focus on college completion
is leading community colleges across our nation to a
genuine commitment to the
Completion Agenda,” said
South campus president,
Dr. Maureen Murphy. “Our
summit is the Alpha Gamma
Zeta chapter’s second year
of work in promoting community college completion to
our students, our employees,
and our community.”
South campus PTK student vice president, Courtney
Elliot, looks forward to the
event to hear how SJC alumni
have continued on successfully and in hopes that other
students attending will be
encouraged. “We want to
show what a wonderful training ground SJC is for each
student’s future career path,”
said Elliot. “The PTK chapter
here at SJC South is hopeful
that the SJC alumni who are
attending will inspire current
students to take even more
pride in this outstanding
school.”
Elliot plans to transfer to
Texas A&M next fall to pursue a degree in agricultural
leadership and development
with an emphasis in business.
She hopes to one day own her
own business teaching horseback riding, training horses,
and becoming a certified hippotherapy instructor. “The
leadership and communication skills I have gained by
being a part of the SJC family will help me in my future
goal to become a small business owner. I will always be
reminded of the great foundation that San Jacinto College
gave me over the first two
years of my college experience.”
Clear Brook High School
will present its fall production of Peter Pan, running
through Saturday, Nov 12.
Celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the play,
Brook’s production will include a professional flying
system allowing Peter Pan
and other members of the
cast to fly across the stage.
“This is the first time a
flying system has been used
in a play in the district. It
requires coordination and
pirates, and the Lost Boys
and Indians.
Refreshments will be
provided, and everyone is
welcome to attend the 2:30
p.m. show.
Tickets for Tea Time
with Tinkerbell are $5. Peter
Pan tickets are $6 for ages
under 10, and $8 for adults.
Tickets will be available at
the door.
Show times are 7:30 p.m.
on Nov. 11 and 12, and 2:30
p.m. on Nov. 12.
Thomas R.
Fitzmorris
Deaths
Stuchbery honors veterans
at special event
Stuchbery Elementary will hold its Veterans Day
program on Friday, Nov. 11, at 9 a.m. in the cafeteria.
The second-grade choir will perform a wide variety
of patriotic songs, such as God Bless the USA, You’re a
Pictured are Elizabeth Frank as Tiger Lilly, David Cobarruvias as Capt.
Grand Old Flag and God Bless America.
All veterans are invited to attend this special occa- Hook, Shannon Barry as Wendy, and Imana Breaux as Peter Pan.
sion so they can receive the thanks and recognition they
so richly deserve.
Guest speakers will include veterans from the
Vietnam War, Korean War and World War II.
A reception will be held for veterans and their famiBurnett Elementary re- merit rolls for the first nine- Jessica Flores, Malayja Martinez, Desiree Miller,
cently released its honor and weeks grading period. Stu- Gonzales, Kaylee Goodrum, Bruce Nguyen, Celeste Ortiz,
lies in the school library following the performance.
Burnett names first 9-weeks rolls
High said many customers
at the bank purposely wait in
her line because they know
she will greet them with a
smile.
In an effort to bring broader attention to his mother’s
story, Earl High has reached
out to national media. At
press time, the family had
been in talks with The View,
Live! with Regis and Kelly
and The Ellen DeGeneres
Show.
“If the car was in Texas,
we would have heard something by now,” High said.
According to the High
family, it was an uphill battle
trying to get help from the authorities in the early stages of
the investigation.
It took 24 hours for High
to even be declared missing,
as Texas does not immediately report the disappearances
of the elderly and children
like many other states.
“First, you had to prove
that you know her,” Teri High
said. “You had to prove she
wasn’t out having a good
time.”
“They thought she might
be in Louisiana gambling or
that she had a new boyfriend,”
Earl High added. “That’s not
mom.”
It then took roughly 48
hours for the state to issue a
Silver Alert, as the program
requires the missing person
to be over 65, a resident of
Texas and already diagnosed
as suffering from either Alzheimer’s or dementia. While
High met the first two requirements, she did not meet
the third.
An alert was issued only
once Rep. Ken Legler – at the
behest of the Leader – intervened and explained that if
High were unable to take her
blood-clotting
medication
(prescribed following previous mini strokes), it could
possibly lead to dementia.
“It wouldn’t have hap-
pened if (Legler) had not
stepped in,” Earl High said.
Crime Stoppers also initially refused to take on the
case, as merely being missing
does not necessarily constitute a crime. It was only after a family friend with ties
to the organization made a
phone call that the case was
accepted.
“You shouldn’t have to
fight the system at the same
time you’re trying to find
your loved ones,” Teri High
said.
Additional frustration occurred when Enterprise RentA-Car asked the Highs who
would be paying for the missing automobile. The vehicle
was later reported stolen at
the family’s request.
Homicide detectives also
forced Earl High to take a
polygraph test, as he was the
last person to see her.
If High had wandered
away in a state of dementia,
she would be subsisting on
very limited funds, her son
said.
She cashed a $150 check
Friday, Sept. 30, but had set
$40 aside for the lawn crew.
No credit card activity has
been detected. “It’s baffling,”
Earl High said. “Scary.”
While the last five weeks
have been difficult for the
family, High’s son is thankful he got to say goodbye to
his mother before she disappeared.
“That Sunday, I got to kiss
her and tell her ‘I love you,’”
Earl High said. “For that, I
am grateful. That means a lot
to me.”
High is described as 5 feet
2 inches tall and 103 pounds.
She has gray hair and hazel
eyes. She may be wearing a
blue, collared Chase Bank
shirt, black slacks and black
shoes.
Anyone with information about the case or High’s
whereabouts is urged to contact the Houston Police Department’s Missing Persons
Division at 713-731-5223 or
Crime Stoppers at 713-222TIPS (8477).
SBYSC raffles car
South Belt Youth Soccer Club has a number of tickets
available for a chance to win a car. This offer is made available by Chevy Youth Soccer.
Tickets are $5 each for a chance to win a Chevy Equinox
or Chevy Cruze. This sweepstakes helps the club with fundraising. If interested, call Alex Dokhani at 281-546-6850.
Tickets must be turned in by Nov. 25, and the drawing will be
held Dec. 15.
Mt. Olive ECC sets garage sale
Mount Olive Early Childhood Education Center will hold
a garage sale on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the church at 10310 Scarsdale Blvd. All proceeds from the
garage sale will go toward classroom items.
St. Stephen family day set
St. Stephen Presbyterian Church will celebrate the dedication of its prayer labyrinth with an afternoon of free family
fun on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 2 to 5 p.m. The church is
located at 2217 Theta St., off Edgebrook, next to Freeman
Elementary. Immediately following the dedication, enjoy live
music, fun family activities and games, free food, and prizes.
For more information, call 713-946-4006.
dents earning status are:
First grade - Honor roll
Sarae Arriazola, Imanol
Carrion, Sara Cruz, Jonathan
Espinoza, Kayla Fields, Iveth
Flores, Lyzbeth Flores, Darius
Foster, Kaylee Frank, Johana
Godinez, Kimberly Gonzalez,
Crystal Hayes, Angel Hernandez and Hoa Huynh.
Rebekkah Martinez, Cindy
Medina, Paula Mendoza, Mario Moreno, Vivian Nguyen,
Luis Nieves, Ingrid Pasasin,
Alyssa Rodriguez, Fabian
Rodriguez, Marissa Rojas,
Emiko Soria, Eric Starks and
Jayren Young.
Merit roll
Eduardo Beltran, Manuel
Colunga, Jonathan Contreras,
Julian DelValle, Lauren Garza,
Victoria Gonzalez, Jeremiah
Longoria, Jonathan Morrow,
Isaiah Quezada and Dai’ana
Washington.
Second grade - Honor roll
Alayna Calvillo, Oscar
Carbajal, Alani Chapa, Melena Dongsi, Nayely Faz Urias,
Hassan Gutierrez, Jorge
Jaimes, Larry Lopez, Crystal
Mejia and Nataly Mendez.
Brian Nguyen, Jason
Pham, Alejandro Ramos, Vanessa Rocha, Lisette Rodriguez, Nikolas Rodriguez, Sam
Simmons, Kianna Tran,
Melanie Velazquez and Luke
Wittenberg.
Merit roll
Jamal Allen, Alfredo Alvor,
Saul Carballo, Joe Chicas,
Gerardo Escamilla, Moses
Estrada, Selena Garcia, Dahira
Gutierrez, Natalie Hernandez,
Annie Herrera and Alexis
Kamal.
Kristine Lara, Emily Legaspi, Lexi Martinez, Jessica
Medina, Elissa Nandin, Mohammad Naqvi, Han Nguyen,
Tommy Nguyen, Angel Oliva
and Albaro Santibanez.
Third grade - Honor roll
Gail Aflalo, Jasmin Benitez, Kiana Casco, Victor Garcia, Aixa Guerra, Erica Hay,
Joel Herrera, Johana Jasso,
Joscelin Martinez, Valerie
Home, 12440 Beamer Road,
with the wake at 7 p.m.
The funeral service will be
Saturday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m.,
also at Niday Funeral Home.
John Hourani
Thomas R. Fitzmorris, 77,
died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011,
after a long battle with cancer
with his family at his side at
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital. He was born
April 24, 1934, in the Bronx,
New York. He was a 34-year
South Belt resident.
Fitzmorris was active in
the South Belt community
politically and in sports – he
loved the Sagemont Cowboys. He was in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean War on the
USS Northhampton and the
USS Moale. He was an active
member of the Korean War
Veterans Association. He is
retired from the Ironworkers
Local #84 and the AFL/CIO
in the Assistance Program.
Survivors include his wife
of 38 years, Mary Beth; sister
Joan; son Daniel, wife Jessica and granddaughter Ella;
daughter Debbie Hughes and
husband Richard; son Robert
Wilkie and wife Tonya; and
many cousins. He loved his
dog, Jack.
Visitation will be held
Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, from
6 to 8 p.m. at Niday Funeral
Search for missing woman continues
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an anonymous tip from someone like a gang member or an
illegal alien who would not
otherwise come forward.
“My fear is that she was at
the wrong place at the wrong
time,” he said, theorizing she
may have been the victim of a
carjacking.
At the time High went
missing, she was driving a
rented 2010 black four-door
Dodge Avenger with Texas
license plate CD6 J492, as
her car was being repaired.
While her own vehicle, a
2003 Buick Rendezvous, was
equipped with an OnStar system, her rental car lacked a
GPS device.
High also didn’t carry a
cell phone, as her son described her as “a creature of
habit,” only leaving her house
to go to work or to church –
First Christian on Preston.
Originally from Kansas,
High moved to the area in
1969 when Roy High, her
husband of 52 years, was
hired locally in the aviation
field – first as a mechanic, before working his way up to an
executive position. She has
five children, 13 grandchildren (most of whom attended
Pasadena ISD schools) and
three great-grandchildren.
High enjoys reading,
playing bridge, doing word
searches and watching TV,
particularly NCIS, The Unit
and Houston Astros games, a
habit picked up from her husband.
She also enjoys feeding
birds in her yard on Outlook
in the Arlington Heights subdivision. She refers to them as
“Roy’s birds,” as her husband
also started this tradition.
High’s son describes his
mother as quiet and congenial.
“She liked everybody, and
everybody liked her,” he said.
“She never had a bad thing to
say.”
skill by the cast and many
volunteer practice hours
from our parents to operate
it.” says the director, Donna
Taylor.
Children are also invited
to a special Tea Time with
Tinkerbell on Saturday,
Nov. 12, at 12:30 p.m. in the
common area of the school.
Children can have a picture
taken with Tinkerbell and
meet the entire cast, including Peter Pan, Capt. Hook,
Wendy, Tiger Lily, Hook’s
Madeline Schwausch, Kendall
Spafford and Darrius Tolbert.
Merit roll
Sarah Corral, Adrian Maldonado, Sylis Pickens, Hector
Rendon, Melanie Rios, Jocelyn Robles, Lendi Santos,
Kyrsten Tyler and Yanti Wilson.
Fourth grade - Honor roll
Jocelyn Bustos, Dominic
Caballero, Isai Carrion, Courtney Chung, Enoc Curiel, Lauren Deramus, Quang Do, Angelina Dong, Nancy Flores, Andrew Garcia, Daniel Garza,
Eduardo Gonzalez and Valerie
Lara. Milow Lozano, Christian
Medina, Annye Mendoza,
Jesus Montes, Seth Paul,
Caroline Rocha, Naomi Rodriguez, Sergio Roman, Justin
Silva, Christopher Thomas,
Amy Tieu and Ava Walker.
Merit roll
Christopher Bowser, Julian
Calvillo, Carrie Cubos, Amber
Garcia, Laila Geers, Seth
Gonzalez, Rogelio Guajardo,
Emily Mauro, Alex Rosalez,
Aliyah Salas and Alissa Vara.
Emily, David and Jonathan
Douglas; great-grandchildren
Kennedy and Jada Williams
and Logan Muras; siblings
Gary Thompson (Suki), Marvin Thompson (Pat), Marie Thompson and Sharon
Eakins (David); and numerous nieces and nephews.
Holmes resided in the
South Belt area for more than
45 years with her husband.
Her three daughters and two
of her grandchildren graduated from Dobie High School.
She was a homemaker, child
care provider and seamstress.
Bruce Coleman
Brown
John Edward Hourani (aka
John Prince), 47, of Houston,
died Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, after fighting a relentless battle
against brain cancer.
Hourani was born on December 29, 1963, in Detroit,
to Edward and Helene Hourani. He was a well-known
radio disc jockey and personality on several stations in
Houston. He owned and operated Entertainment Tonight,
an event-planning business.
He was a South Belt resident
for more than 40 years.
Hourani received a soccer
scholarship to Tabor College
in Hillsboro, Kans., where
he graduated in 1986 with a
degree in psychology. He was
also a professional drummer,
and soon realized his true
love was music.
He is survived by his parents, brother Gary, and many
aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces
and nephews.
The funeral Mass was celebrated Wednesday, Nov. 9,
2011, at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church. Interment followed at Mount
Olivet Catholic Cemetery in
Dickinson.
Juanita Holmes
Juanita Thompson Holmes,
75, died on Friday, Oct. 28,
2011. She is preceded in death
by her parents, Thurman and
Christine Thompson, and her
brother, Doyle Thompson.
Holmes is survived by
her husband of 55 years,
Harold; three daughters and
their spouses, Susie and Fred
Holt, Sharon and Bill Privett,
and Carolyn and Chris Hart;
grandchildren Michael Williams (Libby), Stacie Muras
(Sean), Jordan, Lauren, Peyton and Grayson Privett, and
Bruce Coleman Brown,
59, died Monday, Nov. 7,
2011, with family by his side.
He was preceded in death by
his mother, Delores Brown.
Brown was born to Robert
and Delores Brown on June
5, 1952, in McAllen, Texas.
His family moved to the area
in 1968.
He is survived by his wife
of 38 years, Debbie; sons,
Robert Aaron and wife Anna,
Brandon and wife Ericka,
and Stephen and wife Leslie; grandchildren Cameron,
Cade, Bryce and Macy; his
father, Robert Brown; and
brother Kyle Brown.
Brown had strong faith
in Jesus and truly believed
that everything in life was
built upon that foundation.
His life was centered on his
family. Bruce had a deep love
of music and was a professional musician and tutor. He
graduated from South Houston High School in 1970 and
went on to graduate from the
University of Houston with a
degree in music education in
1975.
Brown was the assistant
band director at South Houston High School from 1975
to 1980. He was an employee
of the Lubrizol Corporation
for 30 years. He also served
with the Sagemont Church
Orchestra for many years.
He loved anything outdoors and especially loved to
fish with friends and family.
Visitation will be from 6
to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.
10, 2011, at Niday Funeral
Home, 12440 Beamer Road.
Funeral services will be
held at Sagemont Church at
10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11,
2011. Entombment will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery.
Dobie Speech & Debate Team Election results . . .
excels at Kingwood High
J. Frank Dobie High
School exhibited a tremendous amount of Dobie Pride
at the Kingwood High
School Speech and Debate
Tournament held Oct. 21-22,
earning yet another Sweepstakes trophy.
The debate team’s latest
successful outing was highlighted by the performances
of Noah Escamilla and Ben
Salazar, the third-place semifinalists in public forum
debate. Patrick Sear and
Roger Lizama took home
second place in novice public forum.
Dobie once again dominated the novice LincolnDouglass debate. Khan
Pham and Brian To were
both undefeated in the event.
To eventually finished in
fifth place with Pham
advancing to octo-finals.
For the third time in the
five tournaments they have
attended thus far, Dobie
Debate brought home the
sweepstakes trophy.
In addition to the debate
success of those five students, several other Longhorns achieved success.
Headlining was the duo
interpretation team of Jekale
Williams and Maurice Robinson, whose second-place
finish earned them a berth in
the state tournament in
March. The duo placed second in the duet acting competition as well.
Fellow Longhorns Charly
Rodriguez and Reese Sel-
man followed with third
place in duet acting.
Dobie had three finalists
in the novice extemporaneous speaking competition.
Allison Hall placed first,
Patrick Sears earned fifth,
and Mai Thao Nguyen finished sixth.
Senior Christopher Nickelson reached semifinals in
congressional debate. Nickelson also placed seventh in
humorous interpretation.
Dobie students who advanced to semifinals include
Clyde Blackwell in original
oratory, Reese Selman in
dramatic interpretation, and
Daisy Dinh in poetry interpretation. Aidee Alfaro’s
performance earned her first
place in novice poetry.
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Mike Laster (District J) and Larry Green (District K).
State amendments
Voters approved seven of 10 amendments (Propositions 1,
2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10) to the state constitution, allowing expanded
cooperation between cities and counties, giving the governor
more power to issue pardons, allowing elected officials more
time to resign before running for another office and providing
more money for student loans.
Voters rejected Propositions 4, 7 and 8, which would have
allowed counties to issue development bonds in the same manner as cities, given El Paso new borrowing authority and provided property tax exemptions for land used for water conservation purposes.
Care Partners’ meeting set
Saint Frances Cabrini Catholic Church provides a gathering for persons with Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s,
strokes and similar disabilities and their caretakers on the
third Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The gathering consists of a continental breakfast, arts and
crafts, exercises, entertainment, devotional break and lunch,
and ends with a game of bingo. The next gathering will be
held on Friday, Nov. 18, in the Mother Cabrini Center at the
church at 10727 Hartsook St.
Those who have a family member or know of someone
with these challenges, are welcome to attend the gathering.
For more information, call the church office at 713-946-5768,
Claudia Rojas of Interfaith Care Partners at 713-682-5995, or
visit the website at interfaithcarepartners.org.
Team Gabby collects for homeless
Team Gabby and St. Luke’s Church will host their third
annual Warm Blessing Drive to benefit the homeless in
Houston. Donations and volunteers are currently being
accepted, along with new or gently used items (no cotton) of
blankets, sleeping bags, coats, jackets, gloves, socks, skull
caps and canned goods, now through Dec. 4, 2011.
Drop-off locations are at St. Luke’s Catholic Church,
Dobie High School, Beverly Hills Intermediate, and the
Romero home, 11103 Kirkpark Drive. Team Gabby will meet
at St. Luke’s on Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. and caravan from there to
visit the homeless. For more information, contact Jesus
Romero at 832-876-0502 or [email protected].
PW Library events set
Dobie Speech & Debate Team members display the trophies they won at a tournament held recently at Kingwood High School. Pictured are, left to right,
(front row) Brian To, Mai Thao Nguyen, Aidee Alfaro, Charly Rodriguez, Reese
Selman, (middle row) Allison Hall, Khan Pham, Tonya Torres, (back row)
Clarence Williams, Clyde Blackwell, Chris Nickelson, Maurice Robinson and
Jekale Williams.
The following events are set for the Parker Williams
Library, 10851 Scarsdale Blvd., Nov. 10 through Nov. 16.
On Saturday, Nov. 12, Vietnamese storytime will include
Reading Club at 9 a.m., followed by intermediate storytime
at 11 a.m. and beginner storytime at 1 p.m.
Workforce Solutions will present a workshop, Rebranding
Your Skills, Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. This workshop
will teach one to identify skills gained in the past, and present
them in a way that catches the attention of employers in order
to move one to a new job or even a new industry.
Preschool storytime is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, and toddler storytime is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Thursday, November 10, 2011, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section A, Page 3
Voss meets Olson,
Boeing honors Tyer for shaping future of aerospace School-closing
rumors addressed visits Washington, D.C.
Boeing [NYSE: BA] Boeing inventions and and every time knowing I
has honored Craig A. Tyer, amid hundreds nominated have played a small part in
designing some of the
a senior technical design- in 2011.
by Clear Creek ISD
er, with the company's
The invention, used in hardware the astronauts
annual Special Investioni
Award, highlighting the
best of Boeing innovation.
Tyer was raised in the
South Belt area and graduated from J. Frank Dobie
High School in 1984.
These awards are given
each year to individuals
and teams who are inspired
to create the kind of intellectual property that proves
most valuable to Boeing
and to the future of aerospace.
In 2011, 20 such inventions were recognized,
most of which have been
granted or are awaiting
U.S. patents.
Tyer was part of a team
that invented Vibration
Isolation and Stabilization System for Spacecraft
Exercise
Treadmill
Devices – recognized
among thousands of
the International Space
Station treadmill named
the Combined Operational
Load Bearing External
Resistance Treadmill, after
the Comedy Central comedian Stephen Colbert,
plays a crucial role in
keeping astronauts’ muscles and bones strong in a
low-gravity environment.
“I’m greatly honored
to work with such a remarkable group of individuals, and blessed to
have developed great
friendships that will last a
lifetime. Being a part of
something that is much
bigger than you is exciting, and that is how I feel
about my job at Boeing.”
Tyer said. “Every time I
get the opportunity to see
the International Space
Station fly overhead, I take
the time to watch it. It’s
inspirational to me each
are using.”
Tyer joined Boeing in
2000. He earned an associate degree in design and
drafting technology from
San Jacinto College in
1987.
In addition, Tyer has
worked in the space industry most of his career,
including working inside
elements of both the
Russian MIR Space
Station and the International Space Station.
“We are fortunate at
Boeing to work with some
of the finest technologists
in the world,” said Martha
Ries, vice president of
Boeing
Intel-lectual
Property Manage-ment.
“There will always be
some of Boeing’s inventions and discoveries that
stand out from the others,
and those are what we
strive to recognize.”
Craig Tyer
The Clear Creek Independent School District believes
each school is the hub of its
respective community and
will not close schools. This
statement is intended to
address rumors the school
district is contemplating closing under-utilized campuses
such as League City Elementary and League City Intermediate.
The district is concerned
about the imbalance of school
populations across the district.
There are schools growing
exponentially in student population while others are
declining in enrollment.
The
Clear
Creek
Independent School District
has asked a citizens committee to review attendance
boundaries for elementary
and intermediate schools and
make
recommendations
which will best reflect the
needs of all communities and
their children.
The work of the School
Boundary Advisory Commit-
tee is important in light of the
significant reduction in state
funding for the Clear Creek
Independent School District.
The district has lost $14.5
million this year, will lose an
additional $7.5 million in
2012-2013, and future years
do not look promising unless
the Legislature reforms the
way public education is funded in Texas.
This funding crisis has led
to the sense of urgency to
maximize the use of all facilities and manage population
growth in areas such as
League City.
The district grew more
than 700 students between
May and August 2011. The
district has also joined a
coalition of school districts in
a lawsuit against Texas in an
effort to restore state funding.
The public can follow the
progress of the School Boundary Advisory Committee by
visiting www.ccisd.net and
click on Education Matters or
call 281-284-0020.
Garfield teachers presented books Meador announces first
9-weeks honor, merit rolls
Meador Elementary recently released its honor and
merit rolls for the first nineweeks grading period. Students earning status are:
First grade
Honor roll
Landen Adame, Ireti
Akinwande, Issac Ali, Alex
Ayala, Xavier Bernal, Theresa
Burchfield, Jeffrey Cerrato,
Juan Delgado, Aliza Haider,
Damian Maldonado, Claire
Ramirez, Nya Sanford, Isaac
Thompson and Emily Zuniga.
Merit roll
Jennifer Ben-Smith, Abel
Espinoza, Francisco Gonzalez, Zavyen McCray, Mark
Penaloza, Antonio Ramirez,
Dimmie Robinson, Marcelo
Saucedo, Luis Torres, Giahan
Tran, Chandell Williams and
Catalina Zendejas.
Second grade
Honor roll
Jeffery Argueta, Hussiel
Arias, Guillermo Chino,
Tiana Clark, Demetria Delgado, Amya Dubose, Andrea
Gonzalez, Damarcus Groves,
Edwin Moreno, Tjasa Murrray, Kassidy Pham, Javorre
Stone, Giselle Suarrez and
Rosmery Torres.
Merit roll
Savannah Brookland, Darielys Gil, Allan Gonzalez,
A’Nyah Joseph, Ariana Martin, Jasmin Mata, Kaylana
Pham and Colleen Powell.
Third grade
Honor roll
Jhannatul Asfi, Elizabeth
Bui, Alberto Campa, Alaysia
Foster, Darren Groves, Jhaila
Matthews, Mia Myers and
Chris Walker.
Merit roll
Gizelle Cardona, Natalie
Garza and Daisy Gonzalez.
Fourth grade
Honor roll
Bianca Cruz, Tytiana Garcia, Brianna Gomez, Alejandro Mena, Phillip Ortega,
Ambar Robles, Ariel Robles
and Oscar Valladares.
Merit roll
Ethan Christancho, Art
Garza, Omar Parada-Diaz,
Angela Torres and Vanessa
Villarreal.
Veterans Day at monument
During the recent Grandparent’s Week celebration
at Garfield Elementary School, Brenda Freyer and
her grandson, Trinton Freyer, purchased books
for every teacher at the school from Garfield’s fall
Scholastic Book Fair. Each teacher had a special
wish list of new books they would like to have in
their classroom, and Freyer and Trinton used this
list to purchase a book for each of them. Freyer
is now known at the school as the Book Angel.
Pictured are, left to right, Courtney Merilatt, principal; Brenda Freyer; Tristan Freyer; Diane Pine,
librarian; and Stephanie Schwarze, teacher.
San Jac recognized as a leader in the
national student completion movement
San Jacinto College has
been recognized as a leader
in the national student completion movement by Achieving the Dream, a national
nonprofit organization that
helps 3.5 million community
college students stay in
school and earn a college
certificate or degree.
San Jacinto College, one
of 23 institutions designated
as a 2011 Leader College, is
recognized for demonstrating
sustained improvement and
accomplishments on key student achievement indicators.
“It is an honor to be named
an Achieving the Dream
Leader College,” said SJC
Chancellor Dr. Brenda
Hellyer. “This is a true testament to the hard work and
dedication of our faculty and
staff and the commitment of
our board of trustees who
have allocated resources to
fund innovative projects to
help students complete their
courses and certificate or
degree programs. Since joining the Achieving the Dream
initiative five years ago, we
have worked diligently to put
interventions in place for student success. We realize we
have more to do, and we are
committed to building on
these interventions in the
future.”
This is the third year that
Achieving the Dream has
recognized Leader Colleges.
Leader Colleges demonstrate
commitment to and progress
on the four principles of
Achieving the Dream: committed leadership, use of evidence to improve programs
and services, broad engagement, and systemic institutional improvement.
They have also shown
three years of sustained
improvement of student success on at least one of the
following measures of performance: course completion,
advancement from remedial
to credit-bearing courses,
completion of college-level
math and English courses,
term-to-term and year-to-year
retention, and completion of
certificates or degrees.
Additionally, each college
has successfully implemented at least one student success intervention or initiative
that is advancing student outcomes that are of sufficient
scale to benefit a substantial
proportion of students.
“The work of improving
student success is very difficult, critically important, and
urgent,” said Achieving the
Dream President and CEO
William Trueheart. “San
Jacinto College has carefully
analyzed student outcomes
evidence and has implemented sustained positive studentcentered changes. They deserve enormous recognition
for their focus on equity and
excellence and for their
extraordinary contributions to
their community and our
nation.”
Throughout the course of
its participation in Achieving
the Dream, San Jacinto College increased fall-to-spring
persistence from 73 percent
in 2007 to 78 percent in 2010.
This improvement is associated with a combination of
interventions including the
First Year Experience Calling
Program, mandatory new student orientation, a student
success course, free tutoring,
and the Men of Honor program. Overall, these interventions have been scaled to
reach 27 percent of students.
Conceived in 2004 as a
national initiative by Lumina
Foundation for Education
and eight national partner
organizations, Achieving the
Dream has evolved into an
independent nonprofit working with 160 institutions in
30 states and the District of
Columbia, helping 3.5 million students.
Achieving the Dream is
focused on creating a “culture of evidence” on community college campuses in
which data collection and
analysis drive efforts to identify problems that prevent
students from succeeding –
particularly low-income students and students of color –
and develop programs to help
students stay in school and
receive a certificate or diploma, or transfer to a four-year
institution.
The Leader Colleges include institutions large and
small, rural and urban, single
campus and multi-campus
that are working to address a
variety of student success
challenges.
These colleges have identified workable solutions to
issues such as enhancing the
experience of first-year students, improving developmental education, closing
achievement gaps, strengthening academic and personal
advising for students in need
of
additional
support,
strengthening links to high
schools and four-year institutions to improve student
preparation, and increasing
retention, persistence rates,
and the number of certificate
and degree recipients.
Achieving the Dream includes coaching to help colleges’ administrators, faculty,
and staff lead institutional
change and analyze quantitative and qualitative data.
Institutions that wish to be
considered a Leader College
are rigorously assessed by
Achieving the Dream on the
five indicators of student performance. Together with the
assessment of the college’s
coach and data coach, a review team determines whether a college has earned the
Leader College designation.
“We expect these exemplary colleges to serve as
mentors within the Achieving
the Dream community of
learners, as well as advocates
for the values, principles, and
mission of Achieving the
Dream,” Trueheart added.
“Creating and implementing
student success initiatives
that have an enduring impact
takes time and patience. It’s
critical that we get it right
and that we learn from institutions such as San Jacinto
College that have demonstrated success in key areas
and have been able to sustain
progress over time.”
To learn more about
Leader Colleges, visit www.
acheivingthedream.org.
The San Jacinto Monument, rising 570 feet above
the battleground, stands as a
memorial to the men who
fought for Texas independence. As such, it is fitting to
honor all military personnel
in celebration of Veterans
Day.
The San Jacinto Museum
of History, located at the base
of the monument, will admit
active and retired military
personnel and their accompanying family members and
guests to all its venues free of
charge during the week of
Veterans Day – Monday,
Nov. 7, through Sunday, Nov.
13. The monument is open 9
a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
This includes free admission to:
• Ride the 489-foot elevator to the top of the monument and view the land where
the Battle of San Jacinto was
fought, the Houston Ship
Channel and much more.
• View the digital presentation Texas Forever!! The
Battle of San Jacinto - which
describes life from the earliest Spanish colonies to the
day the West was won.
• Tour Making a Mark,
Leaving a Legacy, opening
Nov. 12. This exhibit looks at
the tools that have been used
over the centuries to make
marks; the people and institutions that have affected
change in the region; and the
symbols that early humans
created and passed on to
future generations to convey
important ideas and concepts.
• Visit the San Jacinto
Museum of History. From
books to bayonets, swords to
sketches, there’s something
there for everyone.
Non-military visitors may
purchase a Super Combo
ticket ($12 adults and $8 children) for admission to the
elevator ride, Texas Forever!!
and the special exhibit,
Making a Mark, Leaving a
Legacy. There is no admission to view the museum’s
permanent collections.
The San Jacinto Monument
is located on the San Jacinto
Battleground State Historic
CCISD fueling a greener future
The Houston-Galveston
Area Council recently awarded Clear Creek Independent
School District a 2011 Clean
School Bus award for the
district’s efforts to develop a
clean-air bus fleet powered
by compressed natural gas
(CNG).
Clear Creek ISD is one of
four area school districts chosen for the award.
Special recognition was
given to the district at the
recent Clean Air Action
Leadership Awards Luncheon
held at the HGAC at the
Hilton Americas in Houston.
With the 2011 Clean
School Bus Award, Clean Air
Action, the Houston-Galveston Area Council recognized
Clear Creek ISD for its commitment to support voluntary
measures reducing air pollution and promoting regional
air quality initiatives.
The “clean fleet” was also
the center of a CNG open
house held at the central support facility recently. “Compressed natural gas is saving
our district $300,000 per year
compared to our diesel-powered buses. It is also the
cleanest burning of the conventional fuels, producing
fewer greenhouse gases,”
explained Paul Miller, CCISD
director of facility services.
“We now have 54 CNG buses
and hope to expand our clean
fleet.”
A $3.4 million grant from
BP enabled CCISD to convert 43 buses to CNG while
the HGAC grant was used to
buy 11 new CNG buses.
Site, just minutes away from
downtown Houston. Take
Highway 225 east just past
Beltway 8 to the Independence Parkway exit. Travel
north on Independence Park-
way approximately three
miles (veer to the left when
the road divides.)
For more information,
visit www.sanjacinto-muse
um.org or call 281-479-2421.
Evan Voss (right), a sophomore at Pearland High
School and grandson of longtime South Belt residents Pat Kolar and Suzy and Cody Voss, recently
attended the National Youth Leadership Forum
on National Security: Exploring American Diplomacy, Intelligence and Defense in Washington,
D.C. The curriculum for the forum is based on
actual world events. Throughout the week, students use critical thinking, leadership and public
speaking skills to tackle the complexity of national decision-making as they examine how the U.S.
plans for peace and prepares for crisis. Students
employ a crisis decision-making process similar
to that employed by the nation’s top policymakers. In addition to exploring Washington, D.C.,
Voss had the opportunity to meet with Rep. Pete
Olson (left) and discuss local political issues.
Photo submitted
Happy Birthday, Lexi
You Light Up
Our Life.
We Love You!
~ Nana & Dayee
Sweet Sixteen
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Lariaette of the Week
Over The Back Fence
IT’S YOUR SPECIAL DAY, MANDITO!
Happy 3rd birthday to Armando Leandro
Garcia on Nov. 11, from parents Toni and
Armando Garcia of Kirkmont subdivision.
Also helping celebrate his birthday are
maternal grandparents Sandra and Enrique
Mendoza, paternal grandparents Silvia
and Juan Garcia, great-grandparents Toni
Calbillo and Raul and Petra Moreno, aunts,
uncles and cousins.
SCHOOL DAZE
The following personnel and staff members of the Pasadena Independent School
District celebrate birthdays Nov. 10 through
Nov. 16.
Atkinson Elementary
Wishes for a wonderful birthday are sent
to Debra Lambert Nov. 11. Celebrating a
birthday Nov. 12 is Yaaresi Quintanilla.
Burnett Elementary
On Nov. 14, Tammy Dayrit marks a birthday.
Bush Elementary
The day for a double-layer cake for Adriana
Blanco and Peggy Watts is Nov. 13.
Frazier Elementary
A special birthday greeting is sent to Maria
Jarazo-Gonzalez Nov. 14.
South Belt Elementary
Marking a birthday Nov. 13 is Hilda
Gonzales. Blow out the birthday candles for
Tanya Hensley Nov. 15. Cameron Dodson
has a birthday Nov. 16.
Stuchbery Elementary
A birthday is enjoyed by Perla Montemayor
Nov. 16.
Melillo Middle School
Greetings for a happy birthday are sent to
Wendy Lefever Nov. 15.
Morris Middle School
Nov. 10 is the day for a birthday cake
for Ruthie Rogers. On Nov. 15, Salvatore
Falcone marks a birthday. Blow out the
The Lariaette of the Week for Oct. 22 through
Oct. 28 was senior Breyonna Milton. She is the
daughter of Mark and Yolunda Milton.
birthday candles for Lorraine Hollis and
Shannon Summerlin Nov. 16.
Beverly Hills Intermediate
Elsa Ruiz enjoys a birthday Nov. 11.
Nov. 14 is the day for a party for Martina
Barrera.
Thompson Intermediate
On Nov. 12, a special birthday greeting
is sent to Carol Waters. A birthday is celebrated by Shelia Smith Nov. 13. A birthday
greeting is sent to Maria Lerma Nov. 15.
Dobie High
Double birthday wishes are sent to Eula
Comfort and Noelia Segovia Nov. 10. The
day for a party for Norma Gamino is Nov.
11. A birthday is celebrated with a doublelayer cake for Norman McIntyre and Keith
Purdue on Nov. 15. Irvin Theodile is sent a
birthday greeting Nov. 16.
DOBIE TRAILMIXERS MEET
The Dobie Trailmixers recently met at
Luby’s for their monthly meeting. Topics
included:
Julia Jay, former Dobie and San Jacinto
College teacher, is appearing at the Baytown
Little Theater in performances of Three
Murders and It’s Only Monday, a spoof of ’30s
and ’40s mysteries written by Texas writer Pat
Cook. The play runs Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays, Nov. 4 through Nov. 20.
Steve Jamail, son and namesake
of Dobie’s principal, works for the Rosie
O’Donnell Foundation, passing many tough
requirements along the way to earn his
position. He wrote, produced and directed a
musical scene, Vote, for Theater Under the
Stars this summer. He was also the guest
orchestra conductor for Guys and Dolls, the
latest TUTS production.
Jon Rascoe is currently enjoying the
Amazon, flyfishing for peacock bass.
Carole and Walt Wright are also on an
extensive trip.
Escort of the Week
by Jan
Roger Woest’s Caring Cabaret will take
place on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Hotel
Granduca in Uptown Galleria. This time, the
program benefits Friends for Life, a no-kill
animal and adoption rescue organization.
Thoughts and best wishes were with
Shirley Blanton, whose husband, Lennard,
died recently.
Billy Willis checked in with a great email
this month. Both his wife, Denise, and her
daughter, Keely, have had health problems
recently. Keely is only 28, but has had far
more than her share of hospitalizations. Billy
and Denise were able to enjoy a short vacation to San Francisco, and said they had a
great time. Billy’s son, Jeff, a Dobie grad, is
set to be married soon to another Dobie grad.
Elliott is in the Army, stationed in Virginia
with his wife, son Hayden, and daughter
Khloe.
Ron Adams has quite a way with words:
he said he “felt like week-old street meat”
recently, but got on his computer and soon
felt better. He’s been strong enough to do
some yummy-sounding cooking for his family
lately.
The Dobie Robotics Team qualified to
participate in the national competition in
Nebraska.
Three out of five recent speech and debate
tournaments were big winning events for
Dobie: Sweepstakes Awards!
The Dobie Orchestra also enjoyed great
success at regional competition.
The Dobie Trailmixers meet for lunch at 1
p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the
Luby’s Cafeteria on Fuqua.
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The Lariaette Escort of the Week for Oct. 22
through Oct. 28 was sophomore Anthony Gomez.
He is the son of Anthony and Monica Gomez.
Longhorn Band Section of the Week
Veterans Day events
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Holiday vendors, performances, Santa pictures & more!
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San Jacinto College will
host Veterans Day events at
all three campuses. The
events are free and open to
the public.
The South campus ceremony will be held on
Thursday, Nov. 10, at 10:30
a.m. at the J.D. Bruce Student
Center at 13735 Beamer
Road. The Dobie High School
ROTC will present the flags,
and there will be a choir performance. The movie Taking
Chance will be presented.
The Central campus event
will be held on Friday, Nov.
11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the Interactive Learning Center located at 8060 Spencer
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Nov. 11, at 8:30 a.m. at the
Dr. Charles Grant Fine Arts
Center courtyard at 5800
Uvalde Road in the North
Channel area.
U.S. military personnel
will be honored, and the
North Shore High School
ROTC will serve as color
guard. There will be a flagraising ceremony, and the
national anthem will be performed.
The ceremony will conclude with a roll call of military personnel who have
served during various armed
conflicts.
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The J. Frank Dobie Longhorn Band announced the front
ensemble as the Section of the Week for Oct. 24 through Oct.
28. Band Member of the Week was Raa’Shane Tansiel, Student
Leader of the Week was Zach Flores, and Spirit Member of the
Week was Shikeem Anthony. Front ensemble section members
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Michael Peterson, a senior at Cy Woods High
School in Cypress, has been accepted into Texas
A&M University’s School of Engineering for the
fall of 2012.
He has been awarded a scholarship by the
Petroleum Engineering department and will enter
with 28 college hours from advanced placement courses.
Michael’s proud grandparents are Lloyd and Judy Geissen of
Sagemeadow and Lucy Peterson of Sagemont. His equally proud parents are Kevin Peterson and Lisa Beitler, both of Cypress and
both graduates of Dobie High School and Texas A&M University.
Best wishes and much love are sent to Michael
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Residents within the utility districts of Scarsdale,
Sagemeadow, MUD 13 and
Kirkmont were asked to add
$7 to water bills in order to
raise funds for the Southeast
Volunteer Fire Department.
The department had recently purchased a used
$56,000 pumper and reserve
funds were low.
After the Scarsdale Civic
Association sent 72 registered letters to residents in
violation of deed restrictions,
many residents began working toward compliance.
30 years ago (1981)
Burglars hit the Hughes
Road Eckerds store and got
away with $1,100 in merchandise.
A spokesman for the Memorial Hospital System confirmed the system was looking at property on Beamer
Road for construction of a
new hospital.
25 years ago (1986)
Nicole Ard, Kaye Miller
and Yvette Canales were
homecoming finalists for Dobie.
The Pasadena Independent School District Board of
Trustees approved a $12,000
contract with the Institute of
Environmental Assessment
to provide the district with
information on potentially
harmful chemicals that school
districts use.
20 years ago (1991)
Traffic lights were being
installed at the intersection of
Beamer and Hughes.
Budget consolidation in
the Pasadena Independent
School District resulted in
creation of a special quartermillion dollar account for the
superintendent.
15 years ago (1996)
Five years after opening,
the Ellington T-hangars were
full to capacity with a waiting list of approximately 30
people. More hangar space
was on the horizon when the
request became part of the
city’s capital improvement
plan.
Televised, computer modem and video checkout
courses were offered for San
Jacinto College students.
10 years ago (2001)
South Belt residents had an
opportunity to hear the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers’
dilemma regarding improvements to the Clear Creek
drainage system at a meeting
at San Jacinto College.
Robert Caldwell “Bob”
Buchanan, former president
of both the Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League and the
United Sports Association,
died after a massive heart attack.
Dr. Jim Horton, San Jacinto College chancellor, was
awarded the NASA Public
Service Medal.
Local country singer Lauren Landin Allen won first
place in the U.S. Southwest
Regional True Value Country
Showdown, earning the opportunity to perform at the
Grand Ole Opry during the
True Value Country Showdown National Finals.
5 years ago (2006)
Mathew Knowles, fa-
ther of Beyoncé, presented
a $40,000 check to Beverly
Hills Intermediate orchestra
students from his Survivor
Foundation to help fund their
trip to the Midwest Conference in Chicago.
Precinct 2 deputy constables reported a suspect
arrested Halloween night for
assaulting two juveniles.
HFD arson investigators
reported two separate incidents of fires being intentionally set in an apartment and at
a gaming center. One of those
resulted in charges being filed
on a suspect.
The South Belt-Ellington
Chamber of Commerce held
a garage sale.
San Jac South presented a
serious comedy called Rocket
Man, a show about the road
not taken.
1 year ago (2010)
The Pasadena Independent
School District was named
one of the top 100 workplaces in the Houston area, the
only public school district to
be selected to the list. The
district was also cited as a
special award recipient for
employee training, judged to
be the best of the top 100
companies. An abundance of
teacher workshops and technology training opportunities
were cited as reasons for the
award. PISD was ranked No.
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Dobie students to perform
Annual Winter Works dance
Brook debate excels at Bellaire
concert returns to San Jac South in Region Orchestra concert
The San Jacinto College
South dance ensemble will
present its annual Winter
Works dance concert on
Nov. 17 and 18.
The performances feature
works by students, guest artists and faculty. Guest artist
Linda Phenix created an
original work, Dancing on a
Rooftop, accompanied by
the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble.
Phenix began the dance
program at Rice University,
served as artistic director of
Chrysalis Dance Company,
and has served as a development officer for various arts
organizations in Houston.
“I am thrilled with the
work that Ms. Phenix has
set on our dancers,” said Dr.
Patty Haselbarth, dance
ensemble director lead faculty for dance. “The students have had an amazing
experience seeing a professional choreographer’s creative process unfold.”
The performances range
from a high-energy piece
using movements from the
swing dance vocabulary, to
a fun hip-hop dance, to more
serious works about personal relationships.
Music selections include
Jon Brion, Ciara, Philip
Glass, Olafur Arnalds, and
John Williams.
The Winter Works dance
concert runs Nov. 17 and 18
with curtain at 7:30 p.m. in
the Proscenium Theatre
inside the Marie Spence
Flickinger Fine Arts Center
on the South campus at
13735 Beamer Road. For
more information, visit arts.
sanjac.edu.
On Saturday, Oct. 22, the
Dobie Longhorn Orchestra
showed its capabilities at
Region 19 Orchestra auditions administered by the
Texas Music Educators Association at Pasadena Memorial
High School.
Region 19 consists of all
orchestra students in grades
nine through 12 of the Pasadena, Deer Park, Humble,
and LaPorte independent
school districts, as well as
any private schools in the
area; approximately 20 eligible schools.
The region orchestra is an
all-star group of the best
players from these schools,
rehearsed and conducted in a
performance by nationally
recognized conductors.
Listed are the statistics of
students who auditioned:
Two hundred students are
in the Dobie orchestras; 61
students entered, 31 from the
Chamber One and Two
orchestras, 30 from the Freshman One orchestra; 58 students attended the audition;
28 students passed the audition, encompassing 14 percent of Dobie’s orchestra
program, and 48 percent of
the students who auditioned.
One hundred sixty-two
violins in the region auditioned, and 68 were accepted.
Dobie’s region violinists are:
Audrey Beyer, 11th grade,
symphony, second violin;
Victoria Blackmon, ninth
grade, Philharmonic, first
violin; Judy Dang, 10th
grade, symphony, second
violin; Samantha Gomes,
12th grade, symphony, second violin; Vincent Gonzalez,
Winter Works returns to San Jacinto College South. Pictured are, front to
back, Clarissa Hooper (floor), Hannah Stanley, Jamie Carter and Danielle
Elsner.
Photo by Rhonda K. Haselbarth
ninth grade, symphony, first
violin; Aaron Lariviere, 11th
violin; Sarah Merrill, 11th
violin; Cindy Nguyen, 10th
violin; Giaan Nguyen, ninth
violin; Tri Nguyen, 12th
violin; Phuong Pham, ninth
violin; Tracie Phan, 10th
violin; Angela Rosales, ninth
grade, Philharmonic, second
violin; and Leah Weaver,
11th grade, symphony, first
violin.
Ninety-nine violas in the
region auditioned, and 26
were accepted. Dobie’s
region violists are:
Zachary Fernandez, 10th
grade, symphony; Elissa
Nguyen, ninth grade, Philharmonic; Kenny Nguyen,
12th grade, symphony; Nhubinh Nguyen, ninth grade,
Philharmonic; Edwardo Rios,
11th grade, symphony; Alexis
Rodriguez, ninth grade,
Philharmonic; Tyson Salinas,
ninth grade, Philharmonic;
and Ngoc-Que Tran, 11th
grade, symphony.
Eighty-seven cellists in
the region auditioned, and 26
region cellists are:
Hernan Campa, ninth
grade, symphony; Celina
Rabe, ninth grade, first alternate to the Philharmonic
Orchestra; Marcela Reina,
ninth grade, Philharmonic;
and Cristian Vargas, 10th
grade, symphony.
Forty-five basses in the
The Clear Brook High
School Speech & Debate
team returned from the
Bellaire High School TFA
tournament on Oct. 22 with
multiple awards.
Daniel Hogg earned third
place in domestic extemporaneous speaking, which
put him just one point away
from state qualification.
In novice extemporaneous speaking, Hans Ajieren
placed fifth, and Ruchika
Bengani placed sixth. Hans
was also a quarterfinalist in
novice Lincoln-Douglas
debate.
region auditioned, and 20
region bassists are:
Carlos Amaro, 10th grade,
symphony; Ira Lanza, 11th
grade, symphony.
These students auditioned
from possibly thousands of
students who play in their
respective school orchestras.
There was perpetually
strong competition from
Kingwood and Atascocita
high schools in Humble ISD,
as well as allies at Pasadena
Memorial, but Dobie’s students earned results that were
the best of their directors’
29-year careers.
The students received the
music in May of last school
year, and have had to practice
daily in order to prepare for
the audition. Many Dobie
students participated in
Region Boot Camp, giving
up one of the first days of
summer to work intensely
with local professionals and
university faculty on the audition music.
Students attended weekly
practices with the directors
throughout the summer and
the first eight weeks of
school.
In addition, they attended
camps at University of HousClear Brook Speech & Debate members, left to right, Daniel Hogg and
ton and Stephen F. Austin
Hans Ajieren, display trophies won at a recent TFA tournament at Bellaire
High School on Saturdays,
High School.
Photo submitted
sacrificing time to learn their
music.
Dobie orchestra students
will perform at the Region 19
Concert at 4 p.m. on Jan. 21,
2012, at Deer Park South
High School.
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Frazier Elementary recently announced its honor, merit
and perfect attendance rolls
for the first nine-weeks grading period. Students earning
status are:
Kindergarten
Perfect attendance
Jy’vion Allen, Katherine
Armenta, Ezekiel Arriaga,
Nylah Banks, Leilani Barron,
Nathan Bennett, Ja’siah
Bryan, Alinah Bustamante,
Evan French, Karley Goeman
and Paris Hudson.
Angelica Jasso, Torrance
Johnson, Nicholas Jolivette,
Daniela Laguna, Ryley
Malveaux, Jesus Moreno,
Chassity Navarrete, Victoria
Ngo, Edward Pena, Jullian
Pena and Haley Precella.
Andre Reyes, Sophia
Rodriguez, Damian Rosales,
Jorge Salinas, Oscar Silva,
Benjamin Svarplaitis, Kody
Szydlo, Ke’Asia ThomasMiller, Nkeonyelu Uzomah
and Hallie Vu.
First grade
Honor roll
Jazzlyn Agulilar, Ethan
Bishop, Jade Cabrera, Kevin
Cedeno, Kaley Childers,
Releigh DeLeon, Andrea
Espinoza, Hayden Feil and
Ashlee Garcia.
Alana Garza, Fernando
Hernandez, Hawaiian Houston, Nevan Hulse, Pedro
Jimenez, Marcus Kemp, Gage
Krenek, Gabriella Ladanyi
and Maurico Leal.
Madison Lugo, Adolfo
Martinez, Treylon Spillman,
Reanna McSween, Aryana
Mejorado, Joseph Ochoa,
Emma Paquin, Nataly Pena
and Elizabeth Pineda.
Jacob Reyna, Jayden Rodriguez, Emily Salazar, Evelyn
Sanchez, Aaliyah Szepieniec,
Amaya Szepieniec, Silas
Tobias, Evelyn Wheeler and
Peter Xue.
Merit roll
Dylan Campos, Damon
Cummings, Jiselle Gonzalez,
Merrick Hutson, Emily
Martinez, Exavier Mendez,
Isaac Morales, Benjamin
Morlan and Daniel Nguyen.
Jaden Pham, Mason
Richards, Anthony Salazar,
Samantha Talamantez, Abbrielle Velasquez, Alexia Velasquez and Travis Webb.
Perfect attendance
Rey Aguirre, Ethan Bishop, Yvette Boijseauneau,
Kiara Bundage, Jade Cabrera,
Amy Cruz, Damon Cummings, Releigh DeLeon,
Andrea Espinoza, Brian
Fernandez and Jacob Garcia.
David Gonzalez, Jiselle
Gonzalez, Ricardo Gonzalez,
Moses Houston, Merrick
Huston, Noah Keigley,
Marcus Kemp, Gage Krenek,
Gabriella Ladanyi, Maurico
Leal and Nathan Leal.
Adolfo Martinez, Emily
Martinez, Maria Martinez,
Martin Martinez, Shiela
McGee, Isaac Morales, Joseph Ochoa, Adrian Panerio,
Nataly Pena, Jaden Pham and
Elizabeth Pineda.
Raven Pleger, Ramon
Revilla, Jacob Reyna, Mason
Richard, Clarissa Rodriguez,
Chris Soza, Abrielle Velasquez, Amia Wallace, Kaitlyn
Webb and Emanuel Williams.
Second grade
Honor roll
Taelyn Ansely, Aliyah
Barajas, Dillan Barstock,
Ethan Beltran, Kendall
Brown, Josh Carter, Fernanda
Davila, Jacob Garcia, Timothy
Giang, Adrianna Golden and
Pedro Herrera.
Gabbi Lozano, Richard
McSween, Carissa Melendez,
Lauren Mendez, Jonathan
Mendoza, Aaron Montano,
Ashley Napper, Audrey
Owens, Alana Pogue, Arianna
Ramirez and Arianna Reyna.
R.J. Schreier, Angel Silva,
Josh Svarplaitis, Emily Tamez, Brandon Torres, Anthony
Vazquez, Sebastoam Velasquez, Peter Xue and Luke
Zamudio.
Merit roll
Ja’Marian Bryan, Alissa
Dawson, Alyssa Gonzalez,
Rosie Laredo, Riley Mercer,
Donovan Mitchell, Jacob
Murray, Gabriel Nunez,
Emillio Villarreal and Khari
Walker.
Perfect attendance
Victoria Acosta, Steve Alvarez, Taelyn Ansley, Dillan
Barstock, John Bermea,
Christian Boijseauneau, Kendall Brown, Ja’Marian Bryan,
Laylah Bustamante, Aliyah
Corpus, Osmin Cruz and
Alicia Davila.
Jefferson Ford, Jacob Gar-
cia, Adrianna Golden, Alyssa
Gonzalez, Eric Gonzalez,
Joshua Guerrero, Clarissa
Hernandez, Rosie Lorado,
Lilly Martinez, Ezequiel
Mejia-Blanco, Jonathan Mendoza and Riley Mercer.
Luke Morales, Jacob
Murray, Ashley Napper,
Albert Ngo, Gabriel Nunez,
Audrey
Owens,
Pedro
Herrera, David Piere, Alex
Pleger, Alana Pogue, Henneisy Quiroz, Ariannna Reyna
and Jared Saldivar-Gayton.
R.J. Schreier, Jordan
Stanford, Josh Svarplaitis,
Emily Tamez, Jaydon Thomas, Brandon Torres, Chukwuemeka Uzomah, Anthony
Vazquez, Emilio Villarreal
and Luke Zamudio.
Third grade
Honor roll
Anabella Amaro, Andrea
Brown, Jose Cabrera, Ian
Cisneros, Jared Dorantes,
Brenna Fuller, Gabriel Garza,
Savannah Garza, Joe Gonzalez, Darius Hale, Abbey
Hartley and Chris Hernandez.
Ethan Hughes, Kyle
McDonald, Jessica Ochoa,
Kyana Oliver, Mazlyn Philmon, Denise Rodriguez, Katlyn Rokohl, Hector Romero,
Emily Santos and Mark Williams.
Merit roll
Abigail Chiovaro, William
Dao, Alayna Gonzalez,
Chanel Lofton, Nerina Martinez, Helene Pham, Jacob
Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas,
Christina Suarez, Jared Tate
and Elyja Williams.
Perfect attendance
Carolina Alaniz, Ingrid
Alaniz, JaDarius Allen,
Alexandra Ayala, Bryan
Balderas, Jacob Canil, Emily
Carvajal, Abigail Chiovaro,
Jared Dorantes, Gavin Feeley
and Argelia Garcia.
Joe Gonzalez, Darius Hale,
Amy Heathcock, Jason Henry,
Shelsea Hernandez, Jada
Hubley, Ethan Hughes, Nerina
Martinez, Kyle McDonald,
Malcolm McGee, Jonathan
Neira, Jessica Ochoa, Kyana
Oliver and Nallely Pena.
Helene Pham, Katlyn
Rokohl, Hector Romero,
Alyana Silva, Julio Silva,
Christina Suarez, Jared Tate,
Kristopher Tucker, Tiffany
Villarreal, Katelyn Walker,
Elyja Williams, Mark Williams and Glendymar Zarza.
Fourth grade
Honor roll
Samantha Carter, Ivan
Espinosa, Anthony Gonzales,
Hailey Henry, Kayla Hall,
In the same event, both
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The team of Colin Beck
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Altmonte residents gather for NNO Nov. 19
The Bay Area Singles
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7 to 11 p.m. at the VFW
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Atkinson releases first 9-weeks rolls
Atkinson Elementary recently announced its honor
and merit rolls for the first
nine-weeks grading period of
the 2011-2012 school year.
Students earning status are:
Second grade
Honor roll
Sydnye Forde-Richins, Isaac
Gonzalez, Morgan Grays,
Taylor Ha, Dylan Harris,
Andrew Huynh, Tina Huynh
and Marcus Lind.
Jaclyn Nguyen, Amy
Pham, Victoria Ramirez,
Aaron Rivas, Angel Saenz,
Haley Salinas, Angelina Tomlinson and Nikole Welcome.
Merit roll
Evan Fuentes, Melanie
Galvan, Delia Grantham,
Lance Joyce, Jonathon Penate,
Fernando Perez, Cristian Sepulveda, Viviana Torres and
Michael Zambrano.
Third grade
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Leelianna Garcia, Leah
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Bryan Orozco and Corbin
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Leader staff member Diddy
Clark captured the photo at
right of the Heavy Metal Jet
Team while attending the Wings
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airshow is an annual event held
in October.
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Thompson chaperones and students stopped to view the canyon while having
lunch. Pictured are, left to right, (front row) LaMona Lemarr, Carol Waters,
Jennifer Guerrero, Mary Curtis from Texas State University, (second row)
Susie Haas, Luis Adame, Cera Alvarado, Dre Childs, Jacob Izaguirre, Brandon
Padilla, Autumn Lefever, (third row) Debbie Hirsch, Zoe Cortez, Katie
Carnish, Samantha Schwartz, Jolissa Villalobos, Laura Stephens, Marissa
Mendieta, Yamelli Puente, Ashley Deveza, Jacob Avila, (fourth row) Jacob
DeLaGarza, Nick Alvarez, Shelby Henderer, Rebecca Nickelson, Sydney Sweet,
Kevin Cortez, Kellie Tyer, Tin Nguyen, (back row) Matea Rivera, Sarah Loftin,
Anthony Vu, Alaina Sitka, Leslie Gonzalez, Crystal Garza and Julia Lohse.
2011 Thompson Keystone Science School chaperones were, left to right, Susie
Haas (seventh-grade Pre-AP science), LaMona Lemarr (seventh-grade science),
Mary Curtis, ABD (world geography, Texas State University), Jennifer Guerrero
(seventh-grade science), Carol Waters (eighth-grade science) and Deborah Hirsch
(Thompson band director).
Cera Alvarado and Katie Carnish
work on opening pine cones to
extract the seeds during an evening class.
Kevin Cortez, Sirathany In, Jacob Avila,
and Jacob Izaguirre relax after a full
day of hiking and breaking rocks. In
and Avila found an enormous amount of
pyrite (fool’s gold).
For 19 years, Thompson
Intermediate School eighthgraders have attended
Keystone Science School
(KSS) in Colorado. Current students attended the
trip from Oct. 8 through
Oct. 14.
While at the science
school, students experienced the Colorado wilderness through different
hands-on activities pertaining to life and earth
sciences.
Students began their
days at 7 a.m. After breakfast, morning “Hopper”
duty (cleaning the kitchen
and dining room), students
set out for a full day of
adventure in the Colorado
Rockies. KSS instructors
focused on fire ecology,
forest ecology, mountain
life zones, plate tectonics
and the formation of the
Rocky Mountains.
Students studied different animal tracks and their
scat to determine what
specific species had been
in their hiking area recently. Students were thrilled
to go to abandoned gold
mines and try their luck
looking for gold – most
only finding pyrite, fool’s
gold.
After hiking and dinner,
students attended an evening class until 9 p.m.
During night classes, students completed teambuilding activities, studied
plant and animal adaptations, viewed the night sky
using the KSS Observatory, and star charts. They
then compared observations with Star Walk on
the iPad and Stellarium
on a laptop.
Conservation
was
another key element to the
students’ visit to KSS.
Thompson chaperones and
KSS staff are avid supporters of healthy living
and low environmental
waste. Students were encouraged to take small
portions but could go back
for seconds, thirds, etc. At
the end of each meal,
instructors weighed the
amount of food waste.
Students were also encouraged to conserve
water. With many Thompson students experiencing
water rationing at home in
Houston due to the unprecedented 2011 summer
drought, they were used to
turning off the water while
they brushed their teeth
and taking short showers.
Six teachers chaperoned the 2011 KSS trip:
Susie Haas, seventh-grade
Pre-AP science; LaMona
Lemarr, seventh-grade science; Jennifer Guerrero,
seventh-grade science;
Carol Waters, eighth-grade
science; Mary Curtis,
ABD, world geography at
Texas State University;
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Sirathany In enjoyed breaking
rocks to analyze their composition
at an old gold mine.
Tin Nugyen, Marissa Mendieta and
Yamelli Puente enjoy the bonfire and
s’mores on their last night at the Keystone
Science School.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section B, Page 1
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Gold Brackets championship game, set for Nov. 19,
at 1:30 p.m. at Phillips, will
be streamed live via the internet on FoxSportsHouston.com.
“When we were making
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tournament long ago, one of
our big goals was to put this
(tournament) on national
television,” Meador said.
“It’s taken some time, but
we believe we now have the
parts in place to make it an
annual television event.”
DP lends a hand
Over the previous eight
tournaments, organizers, including Meador, have been
able to donate more than
$800,000 in scholarship
funds to the Pasadena ISD
Education Foundation.
This year, organizers
have partnered with community leaders in the Deer
Park area, and Meador
believes great results will
come.
Among the 10 game venues, three of the sites will
be in Deer Park, including
two on the Deer Park High
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Down but not out, the
Clear Brook Wolverines’
varsity football team has
lived to fight another day.
Thanks to a 31-10 thrashing of the Dickinson Gators
Nov. 5, the final day of the
regular season, the Wolverines have advanced to the
Class 5A, Division I football playoffs to meet District 23-5A champion Hightower Saturday, Nov. 12, at
The Rig in Pearland.
The journey was not
impossible but certainly
seemed unlikely a month
ago after the Wolverines
opened District 24-5A play
with an 0-3 record.
But thanks to a 28-27
victory at Brazoswood, the
Wolverines managed to get
things turned around. Then
came the finale against
Dickinson.
While Dickinson had little to play for – Brazoswood
would have advanced to the
playoffs with a Dickinson
victory – the Wolverines
took it to the Gators with a
thorough performance.
Spotting Dickinson an
early 10-6 lead, the Wolverines scored 25 unanswered
points to seal a playoff berth
against Hightower.
The Wolverines got a
big shot in the arm when
sophomore
quarterback
Dominique Holmes, a big
part of the team’s present
and future, connected with
tailback Jordan Tezino for a
2-yard touchdown just two
seconds before halftime for
a 13-0 lead.
After Yannis Routsas
booted a 32-yard field goal
in the third quarter for a 1610 edge, the Wolverines essentially put the game away
on Tezino’s 68-yard run for
a 23-10 edge.
Star Dickinson running
back Terrell Preston rushed
for 134 yards in the game,
but for the most part the
Wolverines played very
School South campus and
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In turn, the Deer Park education foundation will receive a split of ticket sales
and sponsorship monies
when all of the tournament
costs are covered.
“It’s a win-win for everybody,” Meador said. “In
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well in the team’s finest performance of the season.
Pearland, the District
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Brook advanced as the Class
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In the Division II ranks,
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Payback is..... well, you
know!
Thanks to a measure of
payback meted out by Deer
Park, the Dobie Longhorns’
varsity football team will
not get its chance to get
back at the Beaumont West
Brook Bruins for last year’s
playoff loss.
Instead, the Longhorns
will take on the North Shore
Mustangs in the bidistrict
round of the Class 5A Divison I football playoffs.
Meanwhile, Deer Park,
the newly crowned champion of 22-5A, will play
at Beaumont West Brook
in the opening round of
games.
North Shore, which won
a flip of the coin to determine the game’s location,
will host the Longhorns Friday, Nov. 11, at Galena Park
ISD Stadium. Kickoff is set
for 7 p.m.
Unless the Longhorns
play much better than they
did in the 22-5A finale
against Deer Park, a 41-16
loss, the postseason will be
a short one.
Much like Dobie did in
2010 while securing the
league title, Deer Park basically controlled the action
from start to finish, building a quick 14-0 lead that
seemingly grew as the game
went on.
Deer Park, still smarting
from Dobie’s unveiling of
the championship trophy
in 2010 on its home field,
quickly turned the tables
this time around while out-
playing the Horns in each
phase of the game.
Now, Dobie will run
up against former nemesis
North Shore, which finished
third in the District 21-5A
standings behind champion
La Porte and second-place
Port Arthur Memorial. Both
La Porte and Port Arthur
Memorial moved on to the
Division II playoffs per
school enrollment numbers,
with North Shore and West
Brook going to Division I.
In Dobie’s District 225A ranks, the Longhorns
and Deer Park were sent
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Deer Park’s defense buttoned Dobie down for much of the game en route to grabbing the District 22-5A championship 41-16 Nov. 3 at Veterans Stadium in Pasadena. On this play, Longhorns’ quarterback Deandre Bolden (16) is swarmed by
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Lady Horns trip FW
Using a 17-7 run in the
fourth quarter, the Dobie
varsity girls’ team overcame Friendswood 50-46 in
the season opener for both
teams Nov. 7, at Friendswood.
Dobie trailed for much
of the way before pulling
things together over the final eight minutes.
Shanequa Gaston (25
points) and Jazmin Guerrero (17 points) combined
to score 42 of Dobie’s 50
points in the contest.
Brook ladies slip
Falling behind to highly
touted Atascocita 22-10 after just a quarter of play, the
Clear Brook varsity girls’
team fought its way back
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Date
Opponent
Time
Nov. 15
at Deer Park
7:00
Nov. 18
at Cypress Creek
7:00
Nov. 21
at College Park
1:00
Nov. 22
Clear Falls
1:00
Nov. 29
Ridge Point
7:00
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Dec. 6
at Dobie
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at Lee College tourn.
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Dec. 20
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Dec. 27-31
at Midland Classic
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Jan. 6
*Clear Springs
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Jan. 10
*at Brazoswood
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Jan. 13
*Clear Lake
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Jan. 17
*at Pearland
7:00
Jan. 20
*Dickinson
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Jan. 24
*Alvin
7:00
Jan. 27
*at Clear Lake
7:00
Jan. 31
*at Clear Springs
7:00
Feb. 3
*Brazoswood
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Feb. 7
*at Clear Lake
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Feb. 10
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Clear Brook varsity girls
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Meanwhile, the high
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The Clear Brook teams
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Dobie’s varsity team, conversely, will get started
along with the rest of the
field at the McDonald’s
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Local sports news, notes
SBHLL to debut Challenger BB
The Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League is continuing plans to host a Challenger
Baseball program for children with physical or mental handicaps for the spring 2012
season. The program will follow the competition and safety guidelines as determined
by Little League Baseball. SBHLL board member Chrystal Sulak is handling the offseason plans for the program. Those wishing to get involved with the program or to
learn more may contact Sulak at [email protected].
Warriors 10-U select baseball
The Southeast Elite Warriors 10-under select baseball team will host tryouts for the
2012 select season in the Nations Baseball and Baseball USA leagues. The tryouts will
be held at Bishop Park Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bishop Park is on
Blackhawk between Hughes Road and Scarsdale. For more information, call Travis
Watson Sr. at 832-587-7602 or Isreal Ramos at 832-287-1588, or direct email to south
[email protected].
Bay Area Knights select baseball
The Bay Area Knights will host tryouts for 10-under age group players on Saturday,
Nov. 19, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Clear Lake Park in Seabrook. The park is located at 5001
NASA Road 1. The Knights will be playing in the 2012 Nations Baseball and United
States Specialty Sports Association baseball leagues. For more information, call Danny
Garza at 832-419-5407 or direct email to [email protected].
BAFL’s best to clash
Junior Cowboys reach Super Bowl
The Sagemont Cowboys’
junior division team is now
one win away from a Bay
Area Football League Super
Bowl title.
The Cowboys reached
the final after they beat the
Pearland Patriots 21-6 to
win the American Football
Conference title.
The Super Bowl round of
games will be held at Texas
City High School’s Stingaree Stadium on Saturday,
Nov. 19.
Sagemont, now 8-3-1
overall this season, will be
matched against the 12-0
Pearland Hurricanes, who
won the National Football
Conference title.
The Cowboys made their
way to the Super Bowl with
yet another solid performance against the Pearland
Patriots.
The Cowboys’ first score
of the game came when
Braelon Hill had a 40-yard
touchdown run.
Hill added a 70-yard
score later in the game.
Kendrek Christian did
his part with a 1-yard scoring run, and Gavin Garcia
delivered an extra-point run.
Along the way, Christian hit
Arturo Ludek for a 2-point
conversion pass.
Running the ball well
was Reece Dawson, Ajare
Sanni and Zaid Harris.
The Cowboys got great
blocking up front by Dominic Tamez, Dimitri Giannakopoulos, Tony Agirre,
Dustin Dominguez, R.J. Ortega, Jacob McMurrough,
Jacob Hinojosa, Nick Gonzalez, Eli MazzochettiSeidel and Ludek.
The Patriots could not get
much going offensively as
Sagemont’s defense played
a great game.
Great defense was turned
in by Cole Burgess, Seth
Gutierrez, Keandre Green,
Ian Lowrey, Elijah Dorsey,
Max Garcia, Seth Barber,
Jacob Sulak, Hayden Broussard, Dominguez, Gianna-
Sports Calendar
FOOTBALL
Friday, Nov. 11
Dobie varsity at North Shore, GPISD, 7:00
Saturday, Nov. 12
Clear Brook varsity vs. Hightower, The Rig, noon
BASKETBALL
Thursday, Nov. 10
Dobie varsity girls at Baytown Tip-Off Classic, TBA
Brook JV girls at Clear Springs tourn., TBA
Dobie JV girls at Alief tourn., TBA
Brook freshman A girls at Clear Lake tourn., TBA
Dobie freshman A girls at Alief tourn., TBA
Brook freshman B girls host tourn., TBA
Friday, Nov. 11
Brook varsity girls host Eisenhower, 5:00
Saturday, Nov. 12
kopoulos, Agirre, Dawson,
Sanni and Hill.
Sulak paved the way with
an interception that stalled a
Patriot drive.
Game times for the Super Bowl round include
freshmen (9 a.m.), juniors
(12:45 p.m.) and seniors
(2:15 p.m.)
South Belt
football
predictions
Dobie vs.
North Shore
Clear Brook vs.
Hightower
La Porte vs.
Pasadena Memorial
Westside vs.
Houston Memorial
Rosenberg Terry vs.
La Marque
Cypress Woods vs.
Eisenhower
Beaumont Ozen vs.
Barbers Hill
Deer Park vs.
Beaumont West Brook
Fort Bend Bush vs.
Clear Creek
Lufkin vs
Westfield
This week’s record
Season record
Troy Leland
John Bechtle
Eli Tanksley
Toni Muse
Emory Gadd
Joe Craddock
North Shore
North Shore
North Shore
North Shore
Dobie
North Shore
Hightower
Hightower
Hightower
Hightower
Hightower
Hightower
La Porte
La Porte
La Porte
La Porte
La Porte
La Porte
Westside
Westside
Westside
Westside
Westside
Memorial
La Marque
La Marque
Terry
Terry
Terry
La Marque
Eisenhower
Cy-Woods
Cy-Woods
Cy-Woods
Cy-Woods
Eisenhower
Barbers Hill
Barbers Hill
Barbers Hill
Barbers Hill
Barbers Hill
Barbers Hill
Deer Park
Deer Park
Deer Park
Deer Park
BWB
BWB
Creek
Bush
Bush
Bush
Bush
Creek
Lufkin
Lufkin
Lufkin
Lufkin
Lufkin
Westfield
4-6
6-4
5-5
6-4
4-6
5-5
72-38
79-31
80-30
68-42
74-36
74-36
BHI football wins two crowns; Lions another
The Pasadena Independent School District intermediate football season is
complete, and the Beverly
Hills Bears have emerged
from the fray with a pair of
championships.
The Bears defeated
Thompson 20-0 in the
eighth-grade A title game
to claim first place. Beverly
Hills also defeated Southmore in the seventh-grade B
game to grab the crown and
finish with a 9-0 mark.
Thompson earned its
championship in the eighthgrade B division, finishing
with a perfect 9-0 record
along the way.
The Bondy Patriots were
the lone school not from
the South Belt area to win a
trophy. In the seventh-grade
B championship game, the
Patriots pounded Thompson
to finish 9-0.
Bears 8A 20
Thompson 0
With an intimidating
defensive performance, the
Beverly Hills eighth-grade
A team shut out the Thompson Lions 20-0 to earn the
district championship.
In the first quarter, the
Bears put together a 65yard scoring drive.
D’Vaughn
Pennamon
capped off the drive with
a 16-yard score to put the
Bears up 6-0.
Jay Turner, Vincent Gutierrez, and Manuel Mendez
provided the blocking on
the play.
In the second quarter,
Pennamon added his second
touchdown as he scampered
into the end zone from 9
yards out.
Walter Martinez, Jeremy
Garcia, and Kevin Simms
had key blocks on the play.
Josue Villalta kicked the
2-pointer to give the Bears
a 14-0 halftime lead.
In the third quarter, the
Bears’ defense dominated
the action, creating three
turnovers.
Martinez came up with
the first turnover as he recovered a Lion fumble. Isaiah Myers came up with the
second turnover that set up
the Bears’ next score.
After Myers’ play, Juwaun Bracey broke loose
from the pack and raced to
the end zone from 19 yards
out, giving the Bears a 20-0
lead.
The Bears’ offensive line
continued to dominate the
Lions defense.
Michael Arnesen, Walter
Martinez and Manuel Mendez led the way up front as
the offensive backs moved
the ball well.
Meanwhile, the Bears’
defense came away with
their third turnover after a
big hit by Kehlan Williams
as Jared Cinco recovered
the Lion fumble.
In the fourth quarter, the
Beverly Hills’ defense did
not let up as the unit was led
by Juan Saucedo and Jurcory Shelvin.
James Washington made
a terrific interception at the
end of the game to preserve
the Bears’ shutout.
Bears 7A 26
South Houston 6
The Beverly Hills seventh-grade A team placed
third in the final standings
by defeating the South
Houston Indians 26-6 to finish at 6-3.
In the first quarter, the
Bears’ offense put together a
long time-consuming drive
to set the tone.
D’Ondre Dykes capped
off the drive as he blasted
into the end zone from 3
yards out.
Jay Armstead, Jacob Arnesen and Jeremy Marcum
provided outstanding blocking on the play.
London Jenkins ran for
the conversion as the Bears
led 7-0.
Pettitte scholarship/SJCF recipients named
At its 16th annual golf
tournament reception,
the San Jacinto College
Foundation and guest
host Andy Pettitte recognized three recipients
of the Andy Pettitte endowed scholarship. At
right, those sharing the
moments included, left
to right, Ruth Keenan,
executive director, San
Jacinto College Foundation; Eva Alvarez,
scholarship recipient;
Pettitte; Nataly Garcia,
scholarship recipient;
Marlena Ficklen, scholarship recipient; and Dr.
Brenda Hellyer, chancellor, San Jacinto College.
Photo by Andrea Vasquez
Friday, Nov. 18
Brook varsity boys at Cy-Creek, 7:00
Brook JV boys at Cy-Creek, 5:30
Brook sophomore boys at Cy-Creek, 4:00
Brook freshman A boys at Cy-Creek, 5:30
Brook freshman B boys at Cy-Creek, 4:00
L
1
1
3
3
4
3
3
6
6
8
T
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
Eighth-Grade B Division
L
0
2
3
5
4
3
T
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
6
7
7
1
0
0
0
Seventh Grade A Division
Alumni softball game unites San Jac softball players
Wednesday, Nov. 16
Beverly Hills 8th Dark boys at Queens, 5:00
Beverly Hills 8th Light boys at Queens, 6:15
Beverly Hills 7th Dark boys at Queens, 5:00
Beverly Hills 7th Light boys at Queens, 6:15
Thompson 8th Dark boys at Park View, 5:00
Thompson 8th Light boys at Park View, 6:15
Thompson 7th Dark boys at Park View, 5:00
Thompson 7th Light boys at Park View, 6:15
Beverly Hills 8th Dark girls host Queens, 6:15
Beverly Hills 8th Light girls host Queens, 5:00
Beverly Hills 7th Dark girls host Queens, 6:15
Beverly Hills 7th Light girls host Queens, 5:00
Thompson 8th Dark girls host Park View, 6:15
Thompson 8th Light girls host Park View, 5:00
Thompson 7th Dark girls host Park View, 6:15
Thompson 7th Light girls host Park View, 5:00
Thursday, Nov. 17
Dobie varsity boys host Spring Branch Mem., 1:30
Dobie varsity boys host Klein Collins, Dobie, 4:30
Eighth Grade A Division
Team
W
Beverly Hills
7
Thompson
8
Bondy
5
Southmore
5
Park View
4
Miller
3
Queens
3
South Houston
1
San Jacinto
2
Jackson
0
Champion – Beverly Hills
Runner-up – Thompson
Team
W
Thompson
9
Beverly Hills
7
Bondy
6
San Jacinto
4
Queens
4
South Houston
1
Southmore
4
Jackson
2
Park View
1
Miller
1
Champion – Thompson
Runner-up – Beverly Hills
Monday, Nov. 14
Brook varsity girls at Kingwood Park, 7:00
Brook JV girls at Kingwood Park, 5:30
Brook freshman A girls at Kingwood Park, 4:00
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Brook varsity boys at Deer Park, 7:00
Dobie varsity girls host Madison, 7:30
Brook JV boys at Deer Park, 5:30
Dobie JV girls host Madison, 6:00
Brook sophomore boys at Deer Park, 4:00
Brook freshman A boys at Deer Park, 5:30
Dobie freshman A girls host Madison, 4:00
Brook freshman B boys at Deer Park, 4:00
PISD Football
Final Standings
Team
W
Bondy
9
Thompson
8
Beverly Hills
6
South Houston
3
Miller
5
Southmore
1
Queens
2
Park View
1
San Jacinto
2
Jackson
0
Champion – Bondy
Runner-up – Thompson
L
0
1
3
4
2
4
4
4
5
8
T
0
0
0
2
1
3
2
3
1
0
Seventh-Grade B Division
Current San Jacinto College softball players squared off against
former students in the college’s alumni softball game. There
were no umpires, and no scores were kept, but there were plenty of smiles to be seen and laughter to be heard. In the spirit of
fun, many current players showed up dressed as Lady Gaga
characters. Former students who played in the game included,
left to right, (front row), Katie North, Jean Fusilier, Dionna Lopez, Randell Drawhorn, Kelsey McClain, Kasey Voyles, Hannah
Garza, Ashley Newberry, Bethany Armstrong and Megan Matejka. Current students included (back row) Alexis Estrada, Brooke
DuBois, Sarah Kirby, Chelsea Bennett, Courtney Shaw, Alexis Oliver, Ashley Noak, Ariel Brayer, Jaclyn Bechtle, Shannon Millman,
Ariel Morgan, Brittney Bailey, Elissa Heaton, Rachel Brownlow,
Candyce Carter, DJ Hooks, Cassie Smith, Leslie Niemeyer (who is
a former player) and Andrea Saldivar.
Photo by Rob Vanya, SJC marketing
Team
W
Beverly Hills
9
Southmore
7
Thompson
6
Bondy
5
Miller
5
South Houston
2
Queens
4
San Jacinto
2
Jackson
2
Park View
0
Champion – Beverly Hills
Runner-up – Southmore
L
0
2
3
4
3
6
4
6
6
8
T
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Dobie High School
Varsity Boys’ Basketball Schedule
Date
Opponent
Time
Nov. 17-19
at McDonald’s Invitational TBA
Nov. 22
Friendswood
3:00
Nov. 23
at Seven Lakes
2:00
Nov. 29
Langham Creek
7:00
Dec. 1-3
at Katy tourn
TBA
Dec. 6
Clear Brook
7:00
Dec. 9
at College Park
7:00
Dec. 13
Clear Creek
7:00
Dec. 16
Channelview
7:00
Dec. 27-29
at Alvin Lions tourn.
TBA
Jan. 10
at La Porte
7:00
Jan. 13
*at Pasadena
7:30
Jan. 17
*Pasadena Memorial
7:30
Jan. 20
*at Sam Rayburn
7:30
Jan. 24
*at South Houston
7:30
Jan. 27
*Deer Park
7:30
7:30
Jan. 31
*Pasadena
Feb. 3
*at Pasadena Memorial
7:30
Feb. 7
*Sam Rayburn
7:30
Feb. 10
*South Houston
7:30
Feb. 14
*at Deer Park
7:30
* 22-5A game
Dobie girls’ hoops wins opener; Brook girls fall after slow start
Continued from Page 1B
Clear Brook head coach
Blair Redmon, heading into
her third season with six
sophomores on the roster,
pointed to the mental side
of the game for the loss to
Atascocita.
“We made some mental
errors in the first quarter
that caused us to fall behind
early,” Redmon said. “We
cleaned things up in the second half and looked really
good. These young players
are learning.”
Dobie moves forward
Dobie head coach Shane
Brown quickly pointed out
that his team’s win over
Friendswood is just that..
one win. But he was happy
with a lot of the things he
saw.
His team did not start
well, but the Lady Longhorns stuck to the game
plan and chipped away. In
the end, Gaston and Guerrero did what they do best.
“I thought we did a great
job defensively in the second half,” Brown said.
“Anytime you can hold
their point guard (Caitlin
Modesett) to one point in
a half (she finished with
9), you’ve done a great job.
Between Oluchi Aaron and
Jakeia Black, they really
Rodriguez wins all-around crown
limited Modesett’s productivity. Our defense is going
to be the key to our success
this year. We have to stop
people in the half court if
we’re going to be successful.”
Brown concedes the
Lady Longhorns cannot
expect Gaston, a third-year
starter along with Guerrero,
to shoulder as much of the
scoring load. But as long as
the defense holds its own,
the duo should be able to
excel.
“We need others to step
up and look for their scoring opportunities as well,”
Brown said, adding he believes that time will come
with more experience on
the court together.
“One thing that impressed me the most was
how patient we were in our
offense,” Brown said.
“We didn’t just jack up
the first look we had, especially against their zone.
That gave us a lot of great
looks, especially for Jazmin
around the arc.”
Up next for Dobie is a
trip to the Baytown Tip-Off
Classic Nov. 10-12. The
Lady Longhorns will open
against Crosby and will
then face any number out
of four teams based on an
opening win or a loss.
For now, Brown simply
proud of, but just like a
loss, you can’t dwell on it.
You’ve got to get back to
work and focus on improv-
ing and getting ready for the
next test. Crosby is athletic,
and if we aren’t ready, it’ll
be over quick.”
McD’s Texas Invitational takes shape
past years, we have had venues in Pearland and such,
but we really believe the
Deer Park area is a natural
fit for our tournament.
“It’s in close proximity
to our other venues, and the
Deer Park folks, including
Jerry Mouton of the chamber of commerce, have been
great.”
Last year, Meador esti-
mates pre-tournament sponsorship sales were around
$205,000. This time around,
with Deer Park’s participation, that total has reached
nearly $240,000 through
the help of just more than
130 sponsors.
“The focus has always
been the basketball competition and the idea of bringing
some of not only the state’s
top teams but also those of
this region of the country to
our area” Meador said.
“Once again, we have a
top-flight level of competition. Flower Mound Marcus
will be here after winning
the 5A state championship,
and we have other past state
champions like Duncanville,
DeSoto and North Crowley.
On the girls’ side, we have
Cy-Fair and Mansfield Summit headlining the field.”
Meador said sales of the
tournament program, a firsttime thing, and additional
sales from MTI rubber
bracelets, will only boost
tournament revenues and
eventually education foundation donations.
“We are so proud as a
committee and as volunteers to be able to be in this
position,” Meador said. “It’s
a wonderful event.”
Thursday, Nov. 17 Pool Play Schedule & Locations
At Phillips
9 a.m.
B- FB Marshall
vs. Judson
10:30 a.m.
B- Kingwood
vs. Dawson
At Pas. Mem.
9 a.m.
B- Pas. Memorial
vs. Crosby
10:30 a.m.
B- La Marque
vs. S.A. Madison
At Dobie
9 a.m.
B-SB Memorial
vs. Klein Collins
10:30 a.m.
B-Lang. Creek
vs. Elsik
At S. Houston
9 a.m.
B-Westfield
vs. S. Houston
10:30 a.m.
B-FB Bush
vs. College Park
At Rayburn
9 a.m.
B-Rayburn
vs. Pearland
10:30 a.m.
B-Humble
vs. Dekaney
Noon
G- S. Houston
vs. Rayburn
Noon
G- Pas. Memorial
vs. La Porte
Noon
G-Dobie vs.
Dickinson
Noon
G-Yates vs.
S.A. Madison
Noon
G-S.A. Jay vs.
Cy-Creek
1:30 p.m.
B- Judson vs.
N. Crowley
1:30 p.m.
B- Pas. Memorial
vs. La Porte
1:30 p.m.
B- Dobie vs.
SB Memorial
1:30 p.m.
B- S. Houston vs.
Flower Mound
1:30 p.m.
B- Rayburn vs.
Mayde Creek
3 p.m.
B- SA Warren
vs. Kingwood
4:30 p.m.
G- Deer Park
vs. Pas. Mem.
3 p.m.
B- SA Madison
vs. FM Marcus
4:30 p.m.
G- Dickinson
vs. Cy-Creek
3 p.m.
B- Duncanville
vs. Lang. Creek
4:30 p.m.
G-Dobie vs.
S.A. Jay
3 p.m.
B- S.A. Taft
vs. College Park
4:30 p.m.
G-S. Houston vs.
S.A. Madison
3 p.m.
B- Dekaney
vs. Berkner
4:30 p.m.
G-Rayburn vs.
Yates
6 p.m.
B-Dobie vs.
Klein Collins
7:30
B- Elsik vs.
Duncanville
At DP-Watkins
9 a.m.
B-Sharyland vs.
Channelview
10:30 a.m.
B-Manvel
vs. Westlake
6 p.m.
B-Westside vs.
Flower Mound
7:30
B- FB Bush vs.
S.A. Taft
At DP-South
9 a.m.
G-North Shore vs.
Pearland
10:30 a.m.
G- Santa Fe
vs. Clear Springs
6 p.m.
B-Pearland vs.
Mayde Creek
7:30
B- Berkner vs.
Humble
At DP-North
9 a.m.
G-Mansfield S.
vs. Woodlands
10:30 a.m.
G- Madison
vs. N. Crowley
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
B- Crosby vs.
B-North Crowley
La Porte
vs. FB Marshall
7:30
7:30
B- Dawson vs. B- La Marque vs.
FM Marcus
S.A. Warren
At Pasadena
At Bev. Hills
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
B-Pasadena vs.
B-Atascocita vs.
Cinco Ranch
Galena Park
10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
B-Bellaire
B-Kempner
vs. Mansfield S.
vs. Dickinson
Megan Rodriguez, a Riverstone Ranch resident and second-grade student at
South Belt Elementary, won the all-around gymnastics title at the South State
Meet at Star Gymnastics in Katy. The Level 4 gymnast was first in the bars
with a score of 9.675, and was third on the beam with a 9.4 score. Her score of
9.3 in the floor exercise allowed her to win the all-around crown with a score
of 38.05. Rodriguez has been training in gymnastics since the age of 3 and has
won numerous titles at the district level. She is the daughter of Sandra and Alan
Rodriguez.
wants to see his group build it, one win,” Brown said.
“Beating a quality team
some momentum.
“Opening night was a like Friendswood on the
great win for us, but that’s road is something to be
Noon
G- Dawson
vs. Pasadena
Noon
G- Cy-Ridge
vs. EP Eastwood
Noon
G- Brazoswood
vs. Deer Park
Noon
G- C.C. Ray
vs. Duncanville
Noon
G- Bellaire
vs. Klein Collins
1:30 p.m.
B-Chavez vs.
Pasadena
1:30 p.m.
B-Galena Park
vs. Hillcrest
1:30 p.m.
B-Deer Park
vs. Channelview
1:30 p.m.
G- DeSoto
vs. College Park
1:30 p.m.
G-Cy-Falls
vs. Clear Creek
3 p.m.
B- SA Clark
vs. Bellaire
4:30 p.m.
G-EP Eastwood
vs. Pasadena
3 p.m.
B- Dickinson
vs. JJ Pearce
4:30 p.m.
G-Cy-Ridge
vs. Dawson
3 p.m.
B- Dickinson
vs. JJ Pearce
4:30 p.m.
G-Cy-Ridge
vs. Dawson
3 p.m.
G- Pearland
vs. Mansfield S.
4:30 p.m.
G- Cy-Fair
vs. N. Crowley
3 p.m.
G- Woodlands
vs. North Shore
4:30 p.m.
G- Madison
vs. Clear Springs
6 p.m.
B-Chavez vs.
Cinco Ranch
7:30
B-Mansfield S.
vs S.A. Clark
6 p.m.
B-Hillcrest vs.
Atascocita
7:30
B- JJ Pearce
vs. Kempner
6 p.m.
B-Hillcrest vs.
Atascocita
7:30
B- JJ Pearce
vs. Kempner
6 p.m.
G- C.C. Ray vs.
Bellaire
7:30
G- College Park
vs. Cy-Falls
6 p.m.
G-Duncanville vs.
Klein Collins
7:30
G- Clear Creek
vs. DeSoto
Locations
Dobie H.S.
10220 Blackhawk
Bev. Hills Int.
11111 Beamer
S. Houston H.S.
3820 S. Shaver
Pas. Mem. H.S.
4410 Crenshaw
Rayburn H.S.
2121 Cherry Brook
DP Watkins &
DP South
710 W. San
Augustine
DP North
402 Ivy
Phillips F.H.
2906 Dabney
Pasadena H.S.
206 S. Shaver
Tickets
All games pass
$20 on/before
Nov. 17
$15 on Nov. 18
$10 on Nov. 19
One game ticket
$5 adults
$2 students
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Monday through Friday.
from 7 to 8 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church Pasadena,
1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 114. Call 281-487-8787 for information, or just drop in.
9:30 a.m.
NASA Aglow Community Lighthouse – meets the second
Thursday of the month at 9:30 a.m. at the Lighthouse Fellowship
of Friends, 144 Park Avenue in League City. The public is welcome
and encouraged to bring others to the interdenominational meeting.
11:30 a.m.
ABWA - Southeast Express Network – American Business
Women’s Association-South meets on the second Thursday of
each month at MiMi’s Cafe in the Pearland Town Center, 11200
Broadway Street, #1600. Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost
is $20 and includes networking with professional business women,
lunch and guest speaker. Women of all ages and occupations are
invited. Bring plenty of business cards. Reservations are appreciated. Contact Monica Perez at [email protected] for
reservations, or visit the Web site at www.seen-abwa.org.
Noon
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free water exercise from
noon to 1 p.m. at Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital, 655 E.
Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Visit www.hapsonline.org for a
complete list of services offered.
Al-Anon - Meets every Thursday from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the
First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway,
Room 111. For information, call 281-487-8787.
6:30 p.m.
St. Luke’s Catholic Church – St. Luke the Evangelist Church,
11011 Hall Road, offers free tutoring on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m.
and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tutoring is held in Room 2 of
the Education Building. Contact Joe Pavlicek at 281-484-1397 or
by e-mail at [email protected].
8:30 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Alcohol problems? AA meetings are
held Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., and Sundays and Tuesdays
from 8 to 9 p.m. at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2217 Theta
Street. For information, call 713-204-2481.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11
7 a.m.
10 a.m.
AARP-South Belt Chapter – The American Association of Retired
Persons meets the second Friday of each month at the community
center at El Franco Lee Park on Hall Road.
Noon
Moving Forward Women’s Adult Children Anonymous – The
ACA group meets Fridays at noon at the Up The Street Club in
Webster, 508 Nasa Parkway, in room 4. ACA is a 12-step program
of hope, healing and recovery for people who grew up in alcoholic
or dysfunctional homes. For more information, call 281-286-1431.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12
11 a.m.
Al-Anon Meeting - Women Only – Meets each Saturday morning from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church,
Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 111. Call 281-487-8787,
or just drop in.
6 p.m.
Frontier Squares – Meets to square dance at the Westminster
Academy at 670 E. Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Refreshments
provided. For more information, contact Gina Sherman at 281-5545675 or visit www.frontiersquares.com.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13
2 p.m.
Grief Support Group – For any adult who has lost a loved one.
Meets every Sunday, except Mother’s Day, Easter and Christmas
from 2 to 3:15 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Pasadena,
1062 Fairmont Parkway. For more information, call 281-487-8787.
8 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Alcohol problems? AA meetings are
held Sundays and Tuesdays from 8 to 9 p.m. and Thursdays from
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2217 Theta
Street. For information, call 713-204-2481.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14
7 a.m.
9 a.m.
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free exercise and speech
therapy from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital,
655 E. Medical Center Blvd., Webster. Visit www.hapsonline.org for
a complete list of services offered.
6 p.m.
Scrabble Club #511 – Meets every Monday at the IHOP on Fuqua
from 6 to 9 p.m. All who enjoy the game or want to learn to play are
invited to join. For more information, call 281-488-2923.
6:30 p.m.
New Directions Singles Club – New Directions Singles support
meetings are held each Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Webster
Presbyterian Church, 201 W. NASA Parkway. For further information, call Jerry at 832-279-8106 or Linda at 409-392-6886.
Civil Air Patrol Meeting – Weekly at Ellington Field in the Civil Air
Patrol Building. Call 281-484-1352 and leave a message for more
information.
7 p.m.
Sagemont Civic Club – Meetings are held the second Monday of
every month at 7 p.m. at Kirkwood South Christian Church, 10811
Kirkfair Dr.
Grief Support Group – “Friends Helping Friends” meets every
Monday from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at Clear Lake Rehab Hospital, 655 E.
Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Those who have lost a spouse or
other loved one are invited to participate. For information, call Betty
Flynn at 281-474-3430 or Diana Kawalec at 281-334-1033.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
7 a.m.
11 a.m.
The Bay Area Military Officers’ Wives – hold monthly luncheon
meetings on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at
Bay Oaks Country Club from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Active duty or retired
officers’ wives are eligible. For information, call Patt Simon at 832221-2696 or Wendy Peters at 281-333-3115.
1 p.m.
Pasadena Heritage Park and Museum – Exhibits include dioramas, an old-time kitchen and a turn-of-the-century doctor’s office.
Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. 204 S. Main, Pasadena.
For information, call 713-472-0565.
1:30 p.m.
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free exercise and speech
therapy from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Bayshore Sports Medicine and
Rehabilitation Center, 4021 Brookhaven, Pasadena. Visit www.
hapsonline.org for a complete list of services offered.
2 p.m.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) – TOPS #1530 meets at the
Beverly Hills Community Center, 10201 Kingspoint, from 2 to 4
p.m. For information, call Jeanette Sumrall at 713-946-3713.
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees – NARFE
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the El Franco Lee Park Community Center, 9500 Hall Road, in
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
6:30 p.m.
Clear Lake Toastmasters Club – Meets at the Clear Lake Church of Christ, 938 El
Dorado Blvd. Call Jerry Tate at 281-481-5417 for information.
Pearland Area Republican Women’s Club – meets the third Tuesday of the month
at the Pearland Church of Christ Annex, 2217 N. Grand Blvd. in Pearland. For more
information, call 281-485-4140 or 281-485-1431.
7 p.m.
St. Luke's Catholic Church – St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 11011 Hall Road,
offers free tutoring on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. Tutoring is held in Room 2 of the Education Building. Contact Joe Pavlicek at
281-484-1397 or by e-mail at [email protected].
The Compassionate Friends – TCF meets on the third Tuesday of every month
at 7 p.m. at the Friendswood United Methodist Church, 110 N. Friendswood Drive,
behind the sanctuary in the Education Building – 2nd floor. TCF is a nondenominational, self-help organization offering friendship, emotional support and understanding to bereaved parents after the death of a child of any age. Grandparents and
adult siblings are welcome as well. For information, call Nita at 713-412-4883 or
Nancy at 713-941-2583.
Positive Interaction Program – meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, 11800 Astoria, in the staff meeting room
1st floor. Bring a friend or neighbor and work together to make PIP the best in the
city. PIP consists of police and citizens working together to help make neighborhoods safer. For more information, call Officer Randy Derr at 281-218-3900.
Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Intervention Center – Weekly sexual assault support group offers a confidential self-help support group for victim/survivors of rape
and sexual abuse. To attend or for more information, call 281-286-2525.
8 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Alcohol problems? AA meetings are held Tuesdays
and Sundays from 8 to 9 p.m. and Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Stephen
Presbyterian Church, 2217 Theta Street. For information, call 713-204-2481.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Monday through Friday. from 7 to 8 a.m. at
the First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 114.
Call 281-487-8787 for information, or just drop in.
10 a.m.
Harris County Master Gardeners at Precinct 2 – Free monthly gardening educational programs meet on the third Wednesday of each month. The programs are
at 10 a.m. at Clear Lake Park in the meeting room located at 5001 Nasa Parkway,
Seabrook (on the south side of the lake). The programs are free and open to the
public. For information, call 281-991-8437 or visit the Web site at www.hcmgap2.
tamu.edu.
11:30 a.m.
Houston Hobby Airport Lions Club – meets at 11:30 a.m. on the first and third
Wednesday of the month. Meetings are held at the Golden Corral, 12500 Gulf
Freeway (Fuqua and I-45). For information, call Monica Montoya at 281-794-5531.
4 p.m.
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free exercise held from 4 to 5 p.m. at First
Baptist Church of Pearland, 3005 Pearland Parkway, Pearland. Visit www.hapson-
line.org for a complete list of services offered.
6:30 p.m.
Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Intervention Center – Domestic violence support group for male survivors meets each Wednesday at 210 S. Walnut off
NASA Parkway. Call 281-338-7600 for information. Participants may join at any time
as this is an open group.
7 p.m.
DivorceCare Group - CT Church – DivorceCare Group meetings are held at CT
Church, 9701 Almeda Genoa Road, every Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
in Room #1201. The support group is for separated and divorced individuals. Child
care is provided. For more information, call 713-944-4815, email divorcecare@
ctchurch.tv, or visit http://ctchurch.tv/ministries.html#17.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group – The Southeast Houston group meets the
first and third Wednesday of each month. The group offers support and coping skills
in a non-threatening environment to adult individuals who have lost a loved one to
suicide. For information on registration or to obtain a physical address for a location,
call 713-533-4500 or visit www.crisishotline.org.
Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Intervention Center – Confidential domestic
violence support group for women meets every week. For information, call 281338-7600 or visit www.bayareaturningpoint.com. BATP is located at 210 S. Walnut
off NASA Parkway between Interstate 45 South and Highway 3. The 24-hour crisis
hotline is 281-286-2525.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Monday through Friday. from 7 to 8 a.m. at
the First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 114.
Call 281-487-8787 for information, or just drop in.
Noon
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free water exercise from noon to 1 p.m. at
Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital, 655 E. Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Visit
www.hapsonline.org for a complete list of services offered.
Al-Anon - Meets every Thursday from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the First United
Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 111. For information,
call 281-487-8787.
5:30 p.m.
Texas German Society, South Belt (Southeast) Chapter – A social group interested in the culture, music, heritage and language of the immigrants in early German
settlements in Texas. Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 5:30
p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 10310 Scarsdale Blvd.
Visitors are welcome. Call 281-481-1238 for more information.
6:30 p.m.
St. Luke's Catholic Church – St. Luke the Evangelist Church, 11011 Hall Road,
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p.m. Tutoring is held in Room 2 of the Education Building. Contact Joe Pavlicek at
281-484-1397 or by e-mail at [email protected].
8:30 p.m.
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San Jacinto College VB makes seven straight nationals
With a 3-0 (25-15, 2519, 25-21) win over Laredo
College Nov. 5, in the Region XIV volleyball tournament, San Jacinto College
is headed to its seventhstraight, and eighth in the
last 10 years, National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament.
“I am really excited and
happy to be headed back to
nationals,” said 10th-year
head coach Sharon Nelson.
“Because we have a
young team, there was a
learning curve at the start of
the season, but it’s paid off.
I think they’re ready, and I
feel really good.”
Top seed San Jac (30-3),
currently ranked fourth in
the country, was led by a
duo of outside hitters.
Sophomore
Jazmine
Green had a team-best 12
kills, and freshman MariePierre Bakima knocked
down 10.
Setter Kanoe Pupuhi
had 32 assists. For their efforts, Green, Bakima, and
teammate Krista Koopman
earned all-tournament honors.
Pairings for the 2011
NJCAA volleyball national
championship, slated for
Nov. 17-19 at the West
Plains Civic Center in West
Plains, Mo., have yet to be
determined.
All national tournament
games can be seen and heard
live online on NJCAA TV
at www.ihigh.com/njcaatv,
powered by PSB Live.
Last season, San Jac finished as the national runnerup, the highest finish under
Nelson’s tutelage.
For more SJC sports
news, visit www.sanjac
sports.com.
Lutheran South volleyball advances to state
The Lutheran South Academy varsity girls’ volleyball team was all smiles after winning the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Class 4A
regional championship in Plano by defeating Waco
Richer Catholic School 3-1. At state, the Lady Pioneers were defeated in the semifinals by Concordia
Lutheran. Members of the team are, left to right
(front row) Clare Burke, Ellie Wallace, Joselyn Limardo, Lauren Plante, Allison Reeves, Ainsley
Escobar, Tara Everett, Amanda Kelm (fan), (back
row) Bailey Byas (fan), Callie McNeil, Kolby Sharp,
Kailey Grimes, Maddie Adams, head coach Geoff
Stresman and assistant coach Lacey Starkenburg.
Second-place Dobie draws North Shore
Dobie cross country competes at District 22-5A meet
Dobie varsity girls’ cross
country runner Brianna
Guevara completed a great
season by qualifying for the
Region III meet at Atascocita High School.
Guevara reached her goal
after finishing in the top
eight at the District 22-5A
meet over the 5K course,
helping the Lady Longhorns to fourth place in the
final standings.
Tessa Costello was 19th
for the Lady Longhorns,
and Larissa Ramirez placed
23rd. Andrea Vargas took
the 25th spot, and Mikaela
Guevara was 27th.
At the regional meet,
Guevara was 74th overall as
she came to the finish line in
a time of 13 minutes, 00.4
seconds.
Julianne Perry of Clear
Lake High School was the second with 48. Sam Ray- enough for third, and South fourth. Dobie placed fifth
top medalist in a time of burn’s 92 points were good Houston had 96 points for with 101 points.
11:27.8.
Dobie boys fifth
The strength of the rest of
the district worked against
Dobie in the varsity boys’
division.
Overall, the Longhorns
were fifth as Dennis Diaz
led the way with a 15thplace finish in a time of
16:50.
Teammate Gilbert Gaona
was 16th at 17:03, and Rolando Martinez’s time of
17:11 placed him 19th.
Dobie’s other two top
finishers included Nick
Galicia, who was 25th, and
Angel Garcia-Tejada, who
was 26th.
Pasadena Memorial was
the district champion with
29 points, and Deer Park was
Lions, Bears close with title wins
In the second quarter, Jenkins raced 86 yards to the end
zone as Andrew Hinojosa and
Chris Gutierrez provided the
key blocks on the play. Jeremy Davis ran in the extra
point for a 14-0 lead.
Late in the second quarter, Jacoby Davis intercepted
an Indian pass to set up the
Bears’ next score.
Jenkins scooted into the
end zone from 4 yards out to
put the Bears up 20-0 at the
half.
In the third quarter, Kyle
Saunders added to the Bears’
lead with a 53-yard score and
a 26-0 lead.
Southmore scored a late
touchdown, but Jenkins
blocked the extra point to
make the final score 26-6.
Lions 8B 14
Beverly Hills 0
Thompson’s eighth-grade
B team finished an unbeaten
9-0 season after beating Beverly Hills 14-0 in the championship game.
Thanks to the incredible
efforts of Reeno Green, AJ
Owens, JaVon Johnson, Darius Gougis, Jay Reyna, Verek
Leonard, Jeremiah Franklin,
Daniel Brader, Josh Garza,
Tyler Redmon Jose Amaya,
David Garcia, Nick Alvarez,
Darius Hypolite, Raekwon
Harvey, Ryan Sosa, Adam
Vazquez and Ty Williams, the
Lions celebrated a big win.
Lions 7B 28
Bondy 20
Thompson’s
seventhgrade B team played Bondy
for third place in the district
and came up with a hardfought 28-20 victory.
Playing especially well in
the game for the Lions was
Triston Gibson, David Ro-
jas, Jeremy Green, Mario
Rodriguez, Dylan Jackson,
Saul Arenas, Ronald Patterson, Devin Sanchez, Pete
Garcia, Gerald Jessie, Desmond Langelier and Jonathan Pulido.
Dobie receiver Vance Leonard (11) battles for extra yardage after a short reception
against Deer Park defenders Ryan Martinez (14) and Vincent Vega (22). The Deer
went on to win the District 22-5A title with a 41-16 victory at Veterans Stadium in
Pasadena on Nov. 3.
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head coach Sharon Nelson, Julia Menhart, Marie-Pierre Bakima,
Krista Koopman, Jazmine Green, Shelbee Pier, Marlaina Pleydle,
Kayla Nowaski, and assistant coach Jeff Pearce.
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The San Jacinto College volleyball team won its seventh-straight
conference championship Nov. 5, with a 3-0 win over Laredo College. Members of the team are, left to right, (front row) Bria Bell,
Kanoe Pupuhi, Sarah Gillis, Hayley Couch, Victoria Prschein, Jordyn Monk, Rachel Tower, (back row) assistant coach Dennis Allen,
time since going three
rounds deep in 2004, remains confident in a win.
“We always seem to have
one of those bad games
(Deer Park) every season, so
I have to look at my coaching style and reflect on some
things,” Dobie head coach
Jim Phillips said.
“It wasn’t a good week
of practice before the Deer
Park game (this year), and
last year after beating Deer
Park we played a poor
game against Beaumont
West Brook in the playoffs.
Hopefully, it’s out of our
system.”
Before arriving at Dobie,
Phillips spent a big chunk
of his high school coaching career at Waller. Thus,
he’s not as familiar with
North Shore as some of the
other veteran Houston area
coaches.
Still, Phillips knows
what has to be done. “I
think in the past they were
a little bigger and maybe
ran downhill at you a little
more,” Phillips said.
“Now, they’re running
fly sweeps and trying to
take advantage of their
speed. They’re still fast, and
the big thing is we have to
tackle very well. Big plays
will hurt both teams.”
Phillips admitted Deer
Park played a great game
and deserved to win, but
it must be pointed out that
Dobie quarterback Deandre
Bolden did not practice in
the days leading up to the
game while nursing a sore
ankle.
Bolden, in turn, was not
sharp, and two costly fumbles early in the second half
really hurt Dobie’s chances
at a comeback. With North
Shore coming next, Bolden will be closer to being
healthy, and the Longhorns’
passing game has to make
some plays.
“We had a touchdown
called back on a penalty, and
we had at least two chances
to hit touchdown passes to
receivers who were wide
open,” Phillips said.
“Against North Shore,
we have to do a better job.
Mistakes and penalties at
this level of play will cost
you, just like we saw last
year at West Brook.”
After the loss to Deer
Park, there aren’t many
folks outside of the Longhorns’ supporters who believe a playoff win is coming, but Phillips begs to differ.
“Anything can happen
on a Friday night in high
school football, and we still
have a lot of talented football players out there on the
field,” Phillips said.
“We can absolutely win
and keep this thing going,
but we have to make the
plays that are there to make
and stay away from mistakes and penalties.”
From 2000 to 2009,
North Shore ran off a string
of 52 consecutive district
victories, and some of those
came against Dobie.
In 1999, Dobie defeated
North Shore 14-10 for its
lone victory over the Mustangs since that time.
But Dobie is not in this
thing for a history lesson.
It’s a new year, and anything can happen.
Former Dolphin plays
When Dobie takes on
North Shore, former South
Belt Dolphins player Kevian Deleon will be in uniform for the Mustangs.
Deleon, a sophomore,
has 16 catches for 289 yards
and four touchdowns thus
far this season.
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