Multiple Christmas festivities scheduled - South Belt

Voice of Community-Minded People since 1976
December 9, 2010
Dobie holds food drive
Dobie High School is hosting a schoolwide food drive to benefit the Salvation Army.
The goal for each grade level is to collect
5,000 items for a grand total of at least 20,000
items collected by the school.
Community members wanting to donate
items can bring them to the front office of the
school through Thursday, Dec. 16. For more
information, contact Stefanie McKinney at
713-740-0370.
Junk waste pickup set
Junk waste will be picked up Thursday,
Dec. 16, for city of Houston residents living
north of Beltway 8. Residents south of the
beltway are scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 23.
For more information, call 3-1-1.
Lariaette dance clinic set
The Dobie Lariaettes will have their annual
winter dance clinic on Saturday, Dec. 11, at
Dobie High School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
clinic is for girls and boys in kindergarten
through 12th grade.
Registration is $50 at the door, cash or
money order only. Clinic participants will
receive a T-shirt and be invited to perform in
the Lariaette’s spring show in May 2011. For
information, contact Pam Burns at prburns1@
earth link.net or at 281-412-7123.
Dobie offers European tours
E-mail: [email protected]
Christmas is around the corner, and there are
many ways for South Belt residents to get into
the holiday spirit.
Kirkwood South Christian Church
Kirkwood South Christian Church, 10811
Kirkfair, will host a hayride on Saturday, Nov. 11,
from 6 to 9 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 24, the church
will hold its Christmas at the Manger candlelight
service from 6 to 7 p.m. For more information,
call 281-481-0004.
Easthaven Baptist Church
Easthaven Baptist Church, 13100 Beamer,
will hold its Carol and Candlelight service on
Wednesday, Dec. 22, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Unlike previous years, the church will not have Santa photos this year. For more information, call
281-922-5520.
St. Stephen Presbyterian Church
St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2217 Theta,
will have its annual Christmas program, A Child
Was Born, on Wednesday, Dec. 15, beginning at 6
p.m. Performed by the church’s school children,
the program tells the story behind Christmas.
A Christmas cantata with full choir and orchestra will be presented on Sunday, Dec. 19, at
10:30 a.m. See Page 5A for more information.
For more information, call 713-946-4006.
Sagemont Church
Sagemont Church, 11300 Hughes Road, will
have multiple Christmas services on Friday. Dec.
24. A children’s service will take place at 2 p.m.
Traditional candlelight services will follow at 4
p.m. and 6 p.m. For more information, call 281481-8770.
St. Luke’s
The Catholic Community of St. Luke the
Evangelist, 11011 Hall Road, will celebrate its
annual children’s Mass on Friday, Dec. 24, beginning 4:30 p.m.
Additional Christmas Eve services will be
held later that night with carols beginning at
11:15 p.m. to be followed with midnight Mass.
On Saturday, Dec. 25, St. Luke’s will celebrate English Mass at 8 a.m. and Spanish Mass
at 10:30 a.m.
Once again, the church, along with Southeast Area Ministries (SeAM), has “adopted” 50
needy children to provide them with three of
their Christmas wishes. Those wanting to help
are urged to visit the church’s education building
Vultures swarm on South Belt
The annual South Belt-Ellington Leader
Christmas program is under way with several in
the community actively participating.
Now in its 28th year, the program is aimed at
helping needy families in the immediate South
Belt area. The drive is funded by area residents,
schools, organizations and merchants. Desired
items include toys for children of all ages, nonperishable food items, paper products and cash.
There is a particular need for gifts appropriate for older children and teens, such as clothing,
sporting goods, makeup kits and gift cards. All
gifts should be new and unwrapped.
Past participants include Atkinson, Moore and
The Wood Meadow Sec II Association will
hold a Christmas decorating contest for everyone in the community to participate in. The
association will award a first- and secondplace winner for the best Christmas decorations. Judging will take place on Dec. 18,
2010, and prizes will be awarded.
Food drive at Stuchbery
Michael Clark with Troop 692 at St. Luke’s
Catholic Church is currently working on his
Eagle Project, a food drive to benefit the
Houston Food Bank.
A drive-through food drop-off will be available Sunday, Dec. 12, from 2 to 5 p.m. at
Stuchbery Elementary, 11210 Hughes Road.
Also, during Monday through Friday business
hours, nonperishable goods can be dropped
off at the day care center (the building with the
flags in front) at Life Church located at 9901
Windmill Lakes Blvd.
SBGSA early registration
The Southbelt Girls Softball Association
will hold early registration on Saturday, Dec.
11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec.
14, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Early registration fees are $70 with no sibling discount, $55 buyout. Tryouts are scheduled for Jan. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
All registrations are held at El Franco Lee
Park at the girls’ softball field, concession
stand. New coaches must submit colors and
logo on Jan. 19.
No Dec. PIP meeting set
There will be no Positive Interaction
Program meeting in December. The next
meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 18, at
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital. PIP
consists of police and citizens working together for safer neighborhoods. For more information, call Officer Randy Derr of the Houston
Police Department at 281-218-3900.
in Burlington court from 2 to 4 p.m.
On Saturday, Dec. 18, the Galaxy Cheer squad
will perform from noon to 1 p.m. in Burlington
court.
For more information, call 713-944-1010.
Action Ministries
Action Ministries will have its annual toy
drive every day through Wednesday, Dec. 15,
in the Kroger parking lot, Beltway 8 and Sabo,
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. New toys for all ages will
be accepted.
Sageglen lighting contest
The communities of Sageglen, Meadows of
Clear Creek, Estates of Green Tee 1 and Green
Tee Terrace will award a $50 gift certificate to
the best decorated homes in the following categories: most colorful light display, most elegant
holiday decoration and best spirit of Christmas.
Judging will take place Sunday, Dec. 19. For
more information, call 281-481-2160.
Cards for veterans
Longtime Freeway Manor resident James
Muecke is urging South Belt residents to mail
Christmas cards to wounded U.S. veterans. Military officials ask that only cards be mailed rather
than letters.
There is a limit of 15 cards per person or 50
cards per classroom. Care packages and monetary gifts will not be accepted and should instead
be sent to the military section of the Red Cross
online catalog.
Contrary to multiple online reports, however,
the cards should not be addressed to A recovering
American soldier at Walter Reed Medical Center,
but rather to: Holiday Mail for Heroes, P.O. Box
5456, Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456.
Any cards sent to Walter Reed Medical Center
will not be delivered.
For more information, visit redcrosschat.
org/2010/10/26/holiday-mail-for-heroes-2010.
Frazier elementary schools, Beverly Hills and
Thompson intermediate schools and Dobie High
School’s Future Farmers of America.
The American Legion Post 490 and Action
Ministries have also donated food items in previous years.
Those wishing to donate items or apply for
assistance should visit the Leader office, 11555
Beamer. Applications will be accepted through
Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Applicants must reside in the South Belt area
and possess one form of identification verifying
their address. All applications will undergo a
screening process to determine eligibility.
Resident warns of mail scam
Dobie Project Grad meets
Cowboys hold elections
and select at child’s name from the Giving Tree.
Gifts will be accepted through Thursday, Dec.
16.
For more information, call 281-481-6816.
Cokesbury United Methodist Church
Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 10030
Scarsdale, will host Breakfast With Santa on Saturday, Dec. 11, beginning at 9 a.m.
On Sunday, Dec. 12, the church will have its
Kids Club Carols and More at 5 p.m. The service
will include a meal.
The church will have its annual Christmas
Without Them service on Friday, Dec. 17, at 7
p.m. for those who have lost a loved one this past
year.
On Sunday, Dec. 19, Cokesbury will have a
special service at 5 p.m. that will feature a cantata performed by the church’s choir. A living
nativity with farm animals will follow at 6 p.m.
A children’s crafts display and light meal will
follow at 6:30 p.m.
On Friday, Dec. 24, the church will have a
special children’s Christmas service at 5 p.m.
Traditional candlelight services will follow at 7
p.m. and 11 p.m.
For more information, call 281-484-9243.
Almeda Mall
Almeda Mall has a natural-bearded Santa
available for photographs in center court every
day during normal mall hours. He takes a break
to feed his reindeer between 1 and 2 p.m. on
Monday through Friday and between 5 and 6
p.m. on Saturday and between 2 and 3 p.m. on
Sunday.
On Thursday, Dec. 9, the Morris Middle
School choir will perform from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
An AMA Dance Studio performance will take
place Saturday, Dec. 11, from noon to 2 p.m. in
Burlington court. Later that day, Radio Disney
will host a make-your-own-stocking workshop
Christmas program under way
Wood Meadow II contest
The Sagemont Cowboys Board of Directors
will meet on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. in the
community building at El Franco Lee Park.
Elections for the 2011-2012 board will be
held.
All members of the 2010 season are eligible
to vote. Nominations will also be accepted
from the floor.
Vol. 35, No. 45
Multiple Christmas festivities scheduled
Dobie High School teachers Allison Bowers
and Lakeitha Kirven will sponsor trips to
Europe for the summer of 2012 to students
ages 14-19 only. Prices are reasonable, and a
discount is given if enrolled by Dec. 15, 2010.
Bowers will take a 15-day tour of London,
Paris, Lucerne, Swiss Alps, Florence, Rome
and Assisi. Those who would like to find out
more about this trip can e-mail her at Europe
[email protected].
Kirven will take an 11-day tour of Paris,
Milan, Florence and Rome. Those who would
like more information about this trip can email her at [email protected].
J. Frank Dobie Class of 2011 Project Graduation will meet Monday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. in
the Dobie cafeteria. The group is working
together to raise funds and organize and create
an event on June 3, 2011, that will be safe and
chemical-free for the senior class of 2011.
Assistance is needed from Dobie seniors
and parents, community and business leaders,
and anyone interested in supporting the event.
For more information, contact Christine
Duensing at 281-974-0867, Sharon Finney at
281-793-5918 or e-mail jfdprojectgrad@
gmail.com. Dobie Project Grad is also on
Facebook.
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Several South Belt residents have recently notified the Leader of a presence of large birds
in the community. A flock of turkey vultures is shown above at the intersection of Hughes
and Sagewind on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 2, feeding on an unknown animal carcass. While it is not rare for the birds to live in this part of the state, it is fairly uncommon
to see them in a residential area.
Photo by South Belt resident Syreeta Smith
Team Gabby collects clothes
Friends and family of the late Gabby Romero,
along with members of St. Luke the Evangelist
Catholic Church, are currently hosting their second annual Warm Blessing clothes drive to benefit the homeless.
Collectively referred to as “Team Gabby,” the
group will accept new and slightly used clean
jackets, coats, sleeping bags, blankets, gloves,
socks and skull caps through Friday, Dec. 10.
Organizers are also seeking volunteers to
help distribute collected items on Sunday, Dec.
12. Volunteers are asked to arrive at St. Luke’s
church, 11011 Hall Road, by 3 p.m.
The drive was originally set to conclude the
following Sunday, Dec. 19, but was moved up,
due to the availability of buses provided by the
church.
Drop-off stations are Dobie High School,
St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, Beverly Hills Intermediate School, and the Romeros’
home at 11103 Kirkpark Drive.
Romero, a standout local athlete, died in October 2009 after a 15-month battle with renal
cancer.
For more information or to volunteer, call
Edna Romero at 832-876-0502.
Meeting set for Shaver repairs
A public meeting on the proposed widening
of South Shaver from Interstate 45 to Highway 3
will be held Thursday, Dec. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m.
at the YES Prep Southeast School located at 353
Crenshaw.
Representatives from the Texas Department
of Transportation and the City of Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering will
conduct the function to present information on
the proposal and to request feedback from the
public.
The project would expand the area street from
a four-lane undivided roadway with open ditches
to a six-lane divided roadway with raised me-
dian, curb and gutter drainage, sidewalks, street
lighting and improved underground utilities. In
addition, the City of Houston would widen 2,514
feet of the channel Berry Bayou north of South
Shaver Road and build a retention basin at South
Shaver Road and Berry Bayou.
The proposed project would increase vehicle
capacity, reduce congestion and improve safety
and drainage.
The meeting will be in open-house format.
Project schematics and environmental exhibits
will be available for viewing. There will be no
formal presentation. Written comments and suggestions may also be presented.
An alert resident notified the Leader of a scam
she recently received in the mail that involved an
unclaimed lottery prize.
The woman said she was mailed a letter from
a company in Canada, along with a check for
$3,850.
The mailer said the resident had an unclaimed
prize of $155,000 from a “Consumer Evaluation
Draw.”
The letter explained that the check was for the
payment of the applicable governmental taxes on
the winnings.
The resident was instructed in the letter not to
attempt to cash the check before talking to the
claim agent listed.
Knowing she had not entered such a contest,
she made no attempt to cash the suspect check.
A quick Google search of the name of the
company on the letterhead (omitted here due to
a legitimate business sharing the same moniker)
reveals the scam is quite common.
Multiple signs point to the letter being a
fraud.
Most notably, the unclaimed prize is for a contest that was never entered.
Further, applicable fees are generally taken
out beforehand when one wins any sort of lottery.
To report suspected mail fraud, contact the
U.S. Postal Inspection Service at www.postalin
spectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.
aspx.
Deputies arrest drug suspect
A South Belt woman was arrested for drug
possession Thursday, Dec. 2, following a tip
from an alert resident.
Sgt. Zerick Guinn and Deputy Margaret
Magana from the Harris County Precinct 2
Constable’s office responded to the incident at
roughly 11:30 a.m. at an apartment complex in
the 12300 block of Beamer where a resident reported seeing multiple individuals using drugs in
a car parked in the complex parking lot.
Upon making contact with the suspects, the
officers detected a strong smell of marijuana
coming from the vehicle, prompting them to
search the car.
The search yielded not only a small amount of
marijuana, but also 0.5 gram of a rock-like substance that tested positive for cocaine.
One of the individuals in the car, Susan Johns,
admitted to possessing the contraband.
Johns, 47, was subsequently arrested on a
felony charge of possession of a controlled substance.
Sullivan no longer to oversee
city’s redistricting process
Houston City Councilman Mike Sullivan will
no longer oversee the city’s redistricting process.
Sullivan was notified of the decision Thursday, Dec. 2, by Houston Mayor Annise Parker.
The mayor said the redistricting process will
now be managed by all of the City Council rather
than the Special Ethics and Council Governance
Committee on Redistricting and Term Limits,
which Sullivan chairs.
The decision stems in large part due to a recent disagreement between Sullivan and Parker
over her choice of candidate for port commissioner.
Sullivan had reportedly given Parker an assurance he would back Dean Corgey, Parker’s candidate for port commissioner.
However, after consulting with other conser-
vative leaders, the councilmember recently withdrew his support for the candidate. Sullivan said
he was told by the mayor that she could no longer trust him due to the vote.
Also last week, Houston Councilwoman Anne
Clutterbuck resigned as mayor pro tem, amid
rumors that she intends to challenge Parker as
mayor next election cycle – something Clutterbuck denies.
Clutterbuck also briefly stepped down from
her post as chair of the council’s Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee.
Parker, however, persuaded her to remain on
board until she is able to train her successor,
Councilman Stephen Costello, who will serve as
vice chair until Clutterbuck steps down.
Michelle Mitchell also resigned unexpectedly
last week from her position of finance director.
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Death
Tyre Lee
Jennings III
Tyre Lee Jennings III, 88,
died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010.
He was born in Atlanta, Ga.,
to Tyre Lee Jennings Jr. and
Ellie Louise Martin Jennings
on Nov. 3, 1922. He was a 35year resident of Sagemeadow
subdivision.
Jennings is preceded in
death by his wife, Madylene,
both parents, and grandson
Matthew Jennings.
Survivors include sister
Daryl Terry and husband
Pat; daughter and son-in-law
Linda and Mickey Holder;
son Durhmon Jennings and
daughter and son-in-law Kay
and David Montgomery;
grandchildren Donna Holder and Todd Ford and son
Keller; Laura Hodde and husband Henry and sons Andrew
and Ryan; Denise Holder and
daughter Madylene; Sarah
Montgomery; niece Nancy
Haupt; and other relatives
and numerous friends.
Jennings joined the U.S.
Navy in 1940 where he
served in World War II as
a boatswain’s mate second
class aboard the USS Crescent City (APA 21), and he
participated in the initial
amphibious landing in Guadalcanal in August 1942. He
was awarded the Purple Heart
and served on the USS Tulagi
(CVE 72) until his discharge
in December 1944. Following
the war, he graduated from
Texas A&M in January 1954.
During his career, Jennings worked for several national firms, retiring in 1986
after 22 years as senior salesman for Pitney Bowes.
He was a former Boy
Scout leader and Edgewood
Little League coach, a member of the local South Belt
AARP chapter and a lover of
genealogy, history and saltwater fishing. He attended
Fellowship Bible Church in
Pearland.
Visitation will be held
Thursday, Dec. 9, from 5 to
9 p.m. at SouthPark Funeral
Home in Pearland.
Service will be conducted
Friday, Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. at
the SouthPark Funeral Home,
with interment to follow at
SouthPark Cemetery.
Pasadena ISD schools collect
several performance awards
Pasadena
Indepedent
School District schools
combined for the 101 Gold
Performance Awards in summaries released by the Texas
Education Agency.
The awards note campus
improvements in areas ranging from attendance to TAKS
scores to college readiness.
Sixty-two of the 101
awards went to district elementary schools, with Fisher
Elementary and Young Elementary leading the way.
Both were cited in five categories, all related to test
scores.
Among other elementary
schools, Garfield, Meador,
Red Bluff, Atkinson and
Turner were cited in four categories each.
De Zavala and Schneider
led the pack among middle
schools with three awards
each.
Bondy led the intermediates with four, while Memorial High and Dobie were each
cited in two areas, including
college readiness.
Elementary schools cited
for attendance were Pomeroy, Richey, L.F. Smith,
South Shaver, Atkinson and
Laura Bush. Also honored for
attendance were De Zavala
PW Library sets events
The following events are scheduled for the week of
Dec. 9 through Dec. 15 at Parker Williams Library,
10851 Scarsdale Blvd.:
A winter craft program is scheduled for Monday,
Dec. 13, in the children’s area of the library at 4 p.m.
The group will make winter picture frames. Create a
frame and have a picture taken.
Preschool storytime is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, and
toddler storytime is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Dobie calendars available
2011 J. Frank Dobie calendars are currently on sale
for $10 each.
The calendars feature football, Lariaettes, cheerleaders, band, boys’ and girls’ basketball, volleyball and the
JFD singers.
For more information, contact Carolyn Johnson at
[email protected] or call 832-665-8376.
Sullivan announces
community meeting
Councilmember
Mike
Sullivan and the Houston Arts
Alliance will host an informational meeting about the
available grants HAA offers
to nonprofits and cultural arts
organizations. The meeting
will be held on Wednesday,
Jan. 19, from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. at San Jacinto College
South campus, Marie Flickinger Building, Room 12116.
The HAA offers grants to
more than 250 organizations
every year with the majority
of funding coming from the
City of Houston Hotel Occupancy Tax.
Most of the grants are
awarded to 501(c) (3) nonprofit arts and cultural organizations; however, others are
offered to additional nonprofits that present or produce
arts programs or events in the
city limits and continue to
promote the enhancement of
the City of Houston and Harris County as a cultural destination.
Sullivan has worked with
the HAA for several months
organizing these educational
and informative meetings in
his district.
“We have a large artsbased population here in the
community,” Sullivan says.
“It is important to me that
all the arts organizations and
other nonprofits know about
the available grants that are
offered and to see some of
the monies returned to District E.”
Applicants are reviewed
by an external peer review
panel. Panel members are
selected based on their expertise, knowledge of the arts
and their impartiality. Those
who make up the panel are
groups of artists, arts administrators, finance professionals, business people, community volunteers and others.
When reviewing the applicants, the panel takes into
consideration the encouragement, promotion, improvement and application of the
arts to promote tourism and
the convention and hotel industry.
Sullivan encourages all
those interested to attend the
meeting.
Representatives from the
Houston Arts Alliance will
present general information
about the HAA and explain
each individual grant and the
panel review process, where
the money comes from and
who is eligible to apply.
For more information,
contact Sullivan’s office at
832-393-3008.
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Middle School, Melillo Middle School, Carter Lomax
Middle School and Queens
Intermediate.
The summary reflected a
complete accounting of TEA
acceptability ratings for the
2009-2010 school year. Of
the 58 campuses that were
rated, all were acceptable or
higher. Eighteen were exemplary, 32 were recognized,
and the other eight were rated
academically acceptable.
Readers’ Opinions Dynamic Cheer champions
Resident concerned
about neighborhood
I live in the neighborhood behind the
... gas station at 45 and Astoria and for at
least the last few years there has constantly been drug transactions going on
at this location.
They have got to the point where they
don’t even hide it anymore. If you pull up
there and see two cars passing each
other slowly and then handing each
other something out of the window, this is
just one of the many days you will be
witnessing a drug transaction going on.
Other than this, I have been stopped
numerous occasions there by men coming up to me when I’m pumping gas and
telling me they either ran out of gas or
their car has stalled and they need just a
couple of dollars to get home.
You want to be a good Samaritan and
help, but just don’t know if they are scamming you or not. But, more than likely if its
going on at this (gas station) it’s a scam.
There was one particular van that
would come there every day with their
hood up, and one man will come over to
you and tell you a “story” of his van not
working and needing money to help get
it fixed.
We witnessed countless times of people falling for it and giving them money,
the van would leave for a few hours and
then be right back.
This has been reported to the store
who didn’t seem to acknowledge the
problem so I wanted our community to
be aware of the issue.
We definitely don’t need this in our
neighborhoods, I just wish the store
would realize it as well.
But to the stores credit, I think that
most of the time when this goes on, they
will park on the side of the store and
none of the workers will be able to see
them there.
This has just been going on for too
long, hopefully the management will try
to tackle this problem. Even though its
more convenient for me to go to the 45/
Astoria location, I will continue to keep
going to the other (gas station) at 45 and
Scarsdale where this is not an issue.
Robert McDonald
Do Social Security
business online
There’s a lot to do during the holiday
season. Probably the last thing on your
list is spending precious time at a Social
Security office, waiting to conduct business, especially if you don’t need to.
The busiest times for Social Security
field offices and the agency’s toll free
telephone number are early in the week
and early in the month. So if your business can wait, it’s best to contact us at
other times. The same is true during the
holiday season – especially the week
between Christmas and New Year’s. If
you must do business with Social Security
during the holidays, you may experience
more busy signals on the telephone and
longer wait times in local offices.
There’s an even better way to conduct
your business: online at www.socialsecu
rity.gov. There you’ll find a wealth of information and online services. For example,
you can apply online for Social Security
benefits or for Medicare, and then you
can check on the status of your pending
application. If you’re already a Social
Security beneficiary, you can go online to
change your address, phone number, or
your direct deposit information, get a
replacement Medicare card, or request a
proof of income letter.
Visit our website at www.socialsecurity.gov and save yourself a call or a trip to
our office. But if you do need to speak to
a Social Security representative one-onone, we’ll be there for you.
Shelly J. Robinson
Social Security Public Affairs Specialist
South Belt girls on the All-American Dynamic Cheer Team recently won first
place in the Cheer USA Regional Cheer Competition in Katy on Nov. 13.
Team members pictured are, left to right, (front row) Zayle Stormer, Breleana Anderson, Valerie Garcia, Kaitlyn Bess, (middle row) Stecyva Salazar,
Angelica Garcia, Victoria Ayala, (back row) Andrea Cuellar, Hillary Bazaldua, Rebekah Ragain and Destinee Gonzales. Not pictured is Krystalynn
Garcia. Cheer coaches for the Dynamics are Tristann Trujillo, Terrel Smith
and Michelle Whitely.
Photo submitted
Thursday, December 9, 2010, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section A, Page 3
South Belt Elementary announces first nine-weeks rolls
South Belt Elementary
recently released its honor,
merit and perfect attendance
rolls, and Good Citizen and
Principal’s awards for the first
nine-weeks grading period of
the 2010-2011 school year.
Students earning status are:
First grade
Honor roll
Alana Arrington, Ava Ayala, Jarden Balderaz, Andre
Barrientos, Rhiannon Barron, Miguel Bazaldua, Aaron
Begazo, Michelle Blanchard,
Crista Bralley, Brittany Burleigh, Madison Cai, Gabriella
Campo, Makenzie Castillo
and Alyssa Chapman.
Matthew Collins, Di
Dao, Jaxon Efird, Cameron
Galloway, Emily Gonzalez,
Johnathan Guerrero, Alaina
Hampton, Elijah Hernandez,
Katelyn Hernandez, Leslie
Hernandez, Niklas Hernandez, Akira Jack, Anh Ky, Angelina Lam, Kevin Lewis and
Jocelyn Limon.
Diego Melchor, Matthew
Mendiola, Katelyn Mendoza,
Kenneth Merritt, Marcus Momie, Xavier Musquiz, Kelly
Nguyen, Nathalia Norton,
Sydney Olivier, Jeremiah
Palma, Keith Parker, Levani
Pelaez, Alexandra Ramos,
Jaedon Reichelt and Asher
Ridge.
Jose Rodriguez, Megan
Rodriguez, Manuel Rogriguez, Ryan Saxton, Kennedy Scimmons, Kal Self, Dominic Serna, Kenzie Snook,
Brianna Toro, Diego Torres,
Ethan Valles, Fernando Villarreal, Zaire Walker, Malik
Williams and Taya Williams.
Merit roll
Keegan Ashworth, Cameron Brown, Anisa Burds,
Brandon Cates, Vincent Gonzales, Madison Hoop, Isaac
Jaimes, Caidence Martin,
Cory’on Matthews, Karime
Murgia, Jacob Puente, Adrian
Quiroz, Colby Reed, Kielee
Snook and Abby Whitley.
Perfect attendance
Cesar Aguilar, Alyssa
Alvarado, Alana Arrington,
Ava Ayala, Jayden Balderaz,
Andre Barrientos, Miguel
Bazaldua, Aaron Begazo,
D’aisha Bob, Brittany Burleigh, Madison Cai, Alyssa
Chapman, Di Dao, Jaxon
Efird, Cameron Galloway
and Alaina Hampton.
Elijah Hernandez, Katelyn
Hernandez, Sy’mora Holt,
Madison Hoop, Lara Huynh,
Akira Jack, Isaac Jaimes,
Angelina Lam, Cory’on Matthews, Diego Melchor, Kenneth Merritt, Marcue Momie,
Karime Murgia, Xavier Musquiz, Kelly Nguyen, Nathalia
Norton and Sydney Olivier.
Levani Pelaez, Alexandra
Ramos, Colby Reed, Justin
Rhoden, Asher Ridge, Manuel Rodriguez, Megan Rodriguez, Ryan Saxton, Kennedy
Scimmons, Kal Self, Kendon
Smith, Derrick Turner, Ebony
Velasquez, Fernando Villarreal, Jimmy Vo, Abby Whitley
and Taya Williams.
Good Citizen
Di Dao, Alaina Hampton,
Katelyn Hernandez, Leslie
Hernandez, Marcus Momie,
Nathalia Norton, Sydney Olivier, Jeremiah Palma, Adrian
Quiroz, Alexandra Ramos,
Colby Reed, Megan Rodriguez, Bryce Sanchez and Kal
Self.
Principal’s Award
Gabby Arredondo, Ava
Ayala, Jayden Balderaz, Andre Barrientos, Miguel Bazaldua, Aaron Begazo, Jasmine Bethely, Aqib Bhatti,
D’aisha Bob, Christa Bralley,
Anisa Burds, Madison Cai,
Gabriela Campo, Makenzie
Castillo and Brandon Cates.
Izabella Cavazos, Alyssa
Chapman, Conlie Christmas, Matthew Collins, Angel
Coreas, Di Dao, Jaxon Efird,
Lizette Fonseca, Vincent
Gonzales, Emily Gonzalez,
Johnathan Guerrero, Alaina
Hampton, Trinity Harris, Elijah Hernandez and Katelyn
Hernandez.
Leslie Hernandez, Sy’mora
Holt, Lara Huynh, Akira Jack,
Isaac Jaimes, Anh Ky, Kevin
Lewis, Jocelyn Limon, Adrian Martinez, Natalia Martinez, Celeste McBride, Diego
Melchor, Natthew Mendiola,
Katelyn Mendoza, Marcus
Momie, Karime Murgia and
Nathalia Norton.
Syndey Olivier, Sammy
Paredes, Keith Parker, Levani
Pelaez, Jeremiah Plma, Tyson
Puryear, Adrian Quiroz, Alexandra Ramos, Colby Reed,
Justin Rhoden, Daniel Rice,
Alexander Rios, Jose Rodriguez, Manuel Rodriguez and
Megan Rodriguez.
Bryce Sanchez, Ryan
Saxton, Kennedy Scimmons,
Dominic Serna, Kendon
Smith, Kenzie Snook, Kielee
Snook, Carrick Steans, Diego
Torres, Anni Tran, Derrick
Turner, Ethan Valles, Luis Villarreal, Shamori Walker, Zaire
Walker, Malik Williams and
Taya Williams.
Second grade
Honor roll
Jianni Anderson, Kaitlyn
Bess, Matthew Campos, Jardon Carter, Luke Castillo,
Yelizavet De La Cerda, Laura
Diaz, Jacob Flores, A.J. Garcia, Alonso Garza, Wesley
Godwin, Clayton Goforth,
Emily Gonzalez, Jeremy
Gutierrez and Lily Gutierrez.
Jordan Hayes, Karisa Hernandez, Thomas Herrera, Savanna Herring, Anissa Howard, Jonathan Jean, Reagan
Jones, Victoria Lazo, Jose
Martinez, Erin Maslonka,
Taurean Millien, Robert Montano and Christina Moses.
Janah
Naser,
Albert
Nguyen, Alexis Nguyen, Duy
Nguyen, Trishta Nguyen,
Jacob Perez, Morgan Pytka,
Isaac Real, Austin Rhoden,
Ryan Roppolo, Elliot Spiller,
Alyssa Toro, Michael Vo,
Alise Williams, Garret Winnek and Bella Woernley.
Merit roll
Bre’leana Anderson, Mason Banhart, Heaven Cadena,
Bruce Chavez, Devyn Cook,
Megan Godeke, Brooklynn
Lathan, Justin Padilla, Damian Parton, Kyle Redmon,
Lily Simons, Arianna Soza
and Ruth Tabarez.
Perfect attendance
Zariah Aguilar, Cheyenne Alexander, Joseph Allen, Jianni Anderson, Jorge
Arredondo, Mason Banhart,
Kaitlyn Bess, Brandon Bui,
Kamron Byrd, Heaven Cadena, Matthew Campos, Jaydon
Carter, Luke Castillo and
Moises Cisneros.
Ricky De La Fuenta, Laura Diaz, Alonso Garza, Rayven Gavin, Luke Giron, Wesley Godwin, Clayton Goforth,
Emily Gonzalez, Lily Gutierrez, Jordan Hayes, Thomas
Herrerea, Savanna Herring,
Dajah Hill and Brooklynn
Lathan.
Victoria Lazo, Erin Maslonka, Taurean Millien, Robert Montano, Avry Munoz,
Albert Nguyen, Duy Nguyen,
Trishta Nguyen, Justin Padilla, Jacob Perez, Morgan
Pytka, Kyle Redmon, Austin
Rhoden, Roman Rodriquez
and Ryan Ropplo.
Isaac Salazar, Brandon
Salinas, Christian Sauter,
Tristan Soria, Elliot Spiller,
Ruth Tabarez, Marquise Terry, Alyssa Toro, Marco Torres,
Michael Vo, Jhonas Washington, Alise Williams, Garrett
Winnek and Bella Worenley.
Good Citizen
Alonso Garza, Savanna
Herring, Reagan Jones, Victoria Lazo, Jose Martinez,
Christina Moses, Duy Nguyen, Justin Padilla, Morgan
Pytka, Isaac Real, Ryan Roppolo, Lily Simons and Bella
Woernley.
Principal’s Award
Cheyenne
Alexander,
Brook debate earns numerous
awards at Bay City competition
Recently, the accomplished team of speakers,
actors and debaters at Clear
Brook High School were
in Bay City for their latest
competition. When the grueling two-day competition
was over, the team found itself in possession of 10 more
trophies to add to its growing
collection and a number of
other notable finalist recognitions and state points.
Beginning with debate
events, the team of Kelly
Hogg and Eric Stone advanced to the semifinal round
and seized a third-place ranking which now puts them
within two points of their
needed state point total for the
state meet in Flower Mound,
Texas, later in March.
Joining Hogg and Stone
were Nhi Do and Neil Patel
who were both finalists in Lincoln Douglas debate, and Nathan Tamburello and Dinusha
Wijesinghe, who also placed
third in public forum debate.
These wins put Patel, Tamburello and Wijesinghe within
striking distance of their state
qualifications as well.
Results in speaking events
were equally impressive with
junior Hunter Bodiford bringing home a first-place win in
domestic
extemporaneous
speaking, an event in which
he is already qualified for the
state meet.
Joining Bodiford was Rishi Suresh, who placed third
in foreign extemporaneous
speaking and Eric Chaney
and Hogg, who were both finalists in this same category.
Another speaking event,
impromptu speaking, saw
Hogg as a finalist and resulted in a third-place win for
Saurabh Limaye.
Junior Alexa Schnoor
brought home her first wins
of the season by bringing
home a third-place trophy in
poetry interpretation and by
becoming a finalist in storytelling.
Lastly, acting and theater
events also garnered attention
from the Wolverine team over
the weekend. Team members
Wijesinghe and Tamburello
came away with a secondplace win in duet improvisation and were joined in the
finals round by fellow teammates Rebecca Szeto and
Sami Gifford.
Tamburello also paired
with Szeto in record pantomime and walked away with
a first-place win in this event.
The team next will host its
own tournament, and members look forward to hosting
25 schools from around the
area.
The Clear Brook High School Debate team recently Eric Chaney, Kelly Hogg, (back row) Nathan
competed at Bay City. Members pictured are, Tamburello, Nhi Do, Saurabh Limaye, Dinusha
left to right, (front row) Samantha Gifford, Alexa Wijesinghe, Hunter Bodiford and Neil Patel.
Schnoor, Rishi Suresh, Eric Stone, Rebecca Szeto,
Photo by Rhonda K. Haselbarth
Thompson staff birthdays celebrated
Thompson Intermediate School recently celebrat- Cathy Broussard, Carol Waters, (back row) VeAnn
ed the October and November birthdays of its Richards, Sherial Caswell, Gina Gibson, Stacey
staff members. Pictured are, left to right, (front Kennedy and Rebekah Seeley.
row) counselor Prudencio Reyna, Erica Alvarez,
Photo submitted
Bre’leana Anderson, Jianni
Anderson, Zariah Aquilar,
Evangelique Armas, Jorge
Arredondo, Mason Banhart,
Kaitlyn Bess, Ayanna Brooks,
Heaven Cadena, Matthew
Campos, Matthew Campuzano and Luke Castillo.
Bruce Chavez, Devyn
Cook, Dominick Cruz, William Dao, Leah De Hoyos,
Yelizavet De La Cerda, Jade
De Robles, Jarian Dhuperoir,
Laura Diaz, Nicole Embrey,
Alexander Enriquez, Jacob
Flores, A.J. Garcia, Robbie
Garica and Alonso Garza.
Luke Giron, Megan Godeke, Wesley Godwin, Emily
Gonzalez, Lazarus Gonzalez,
Valerie Gonzalez, Lily Gutierrez, Carl Harris, Jordan
Hayes, Karisa Hernandez,
Thomas Herrera, Savanna
Herring, Dajah Hill, Anissa
Howard and Jonathan Jean.
Miciah Jones, Reagan
Jones, Yazmine Lackey,
Brooklynn Lathan, Victoria
Lazo, Mandy Le, Matthieu
Lindsey, Adrian Lopez, Alex
Lopez, Jose Martinez, Erin
Maslonka, Christian Medina,
Kristene Mena, Christina Moses and Avry Munoz.
Steven Myles, Albert
Nguyen, Alexis Nguyen, Duy
Nguyen, Trishta Nguyen, Justin Padilla, Damian Parton,
Jacob Perez, Mary Pham,
Morgan Pytka, Isaac Real,
Kyle Redmon, Austin Rhoden, Roman Rodriquez and
Ryan Roppolo.
Blake Roque, Isaac Salazar, Brandon Salinas, Christian Sauter, Lily Simons,
Tristan Soria, Elliot Spiller,
Ruth Tabarez, Alyssa Toro,
Everett Triplette, Daqari
Tuckson, Michael Vo, Vincent
Vo, Alise Williams, Garrett
Winnek and Bella Worenley.
Third grade
Honor roll
Rida Asif, Reid Ball, Joshua Bickers, Etna Bosso, Yenvy
Bui, Sophia Colmenares, Nicolas Cook, Alex Dhuperoir,
Jacob Efird, Elisabeth Elings,
Annette Eonne, Tyler Guth
and Tristan Hillman.
Abigail Hogan, Faith Johnson, Andrew Limon, Halliee
Nelms, Madyson Nguyen,
Eloy Sanchez, Samantha
Schroder, Kobe Thompson,
Jordan Tran, Dylan White and
Zoe Whitley.
Merit roll
Shelby Couchman, Bailee Dang, Efosa Ewansiha,
Carson Fletcher, Jaylen Gonzalez, Hailey Henry, Shaniah
Humphrey, Vivian Luu, Nathan Medina, Alexis Mottu,
Gracie Roessler, Shaun Simpson, Hunter Stevens, Caleb
Tamez, Isaiah Trevino and
Angela Vu.
Perfect attendance
Abrianna Aguilar, Briana Andrade, Angel Aquilar,
Colby Arnold, Jacqueline Arrington, Ried Ball, David Benavidez, Tierra Bickems, Justin Blogg, Etna Bosso, Yenvy
Bui, Jessica Cano, Daijia
Carter and Diego Cerda.
Priscella Chavez, Olga
Cisneros, Joshua Collins, Nicolas Cook, Shelby Couchman, Deven Cypert, Alex
Dhuperoir, Shaylyn Dunlap,
Annette Eonne, Efosa Ewansiha, Mackenzie Gilliand and
Kayla Guajardo.
Hailey Henry, Andrew
Hernandez, Laila Hernandez,
Xavier Hernandez, Tristan
Hillman, Elias Jaimes, Faith
Johnson, Andrew Limon,
Carla Lopez, Manuel Martinez, Marissa Maxwell and
Natalia Melchor.
D’untre Miller, Kaaynat
Mistry, Joshua Morin, Hallie
Nelms, Leslie Nguyen, Bianna Salazar, Eloy Sanchez,
Samantha Schroder, William
Schroder, Quinton Simons,
Randy Smith, Oscar Valasquez,
Tahj’nique Wade, Zoe Whitley
and Vorian Wilcox.
Good Citizen
Angel Aquilar, Reid Ball,
Bailee Dang, Jonthan Garcia,
Shaniah Humphrey, Andrew
Limon, Natalia Mechor, Joshua Morin, Brianna Salazar,
Evertte Taylor, Tahj’nique
Wade and Vorian Wilcox.
Principal’s Award
Abrianna Aguilar, Briana
Andrade, Angel Aquilar, Bryan Arlen, Colby Arnold, Jacqueline Arrington, Rida Asif,
Yulissa Avitia, Reid Ball,
David Benavidez, Joshua
Bickers, Etna Bosso, Yenvy
Bui, Jessica Cano, Priscella
Chavez and Olga Cisneros.
Joshua Collins, Sophia
Colmenares, Shelby Couchman, Bailee Dang, Shaylyn
Dunlap, Jacob Efird, Elisabeth Elings, Annette Eonne,
Justin Esquivel, Raven Finister, Carson Fletcher, Jonathan
Garcia, Noah Gonzales and
Kianna Groves.
Kalya Guajardo, Tyler
Guth, Mikayla Gutierrez,
Hailey Henry, Laila Hernandez, Xavier Hernandez, Abigail Hogan, Shaniah Humphrey, Faith Johnson, Andrew
Limon, Carla Lopez, Rhett
Lorfing, Marissa Maxwell
and Natalia Melchor.
Kaaghat Mistry, Joshua
Morin, Alexis Mottu, Hallie
Nelms, Leslie Nguyen, Madyson Nguyen, Jasmine Peralta,
Amya Ray, Gracie Roessler,
Brianna Salazar, Eloy Sanchez, Samantha Schroder,
William Schroder, Quinton
Simons and Hunter Stevens.
Caleb Tamez, Dominic
Tamez, Everett Taylor, Mya
Tello, Kobe Thompson, David Tran, Jordan Tran, Esaiah
Trevino, Oscar Valasques,
Nathan Villanueva, Angela
Vu, Tahj’nique Wade, Dylan
White, Zoe Whitley, Vorian
Wilcox, Jeffrey Wilson and
Erin Woodard.
Fourth grade
Honor roll
Darielys Alexander, David
Amaya, Andrea Arredondo,
Danny Chu, Tiffany Duong,
Uyi Ewansiha, Rubin Flores,
Adam Gil, Karina Gonzalez, Keishon Groves, Jayden
Hayes, Julyssa Herrera, Trevor Hondros, Alec Johnson and
Stephanie Martinez.
Andres Melchor, Madison
Mendiola, Jonathan Moreno, Briana Munoz, Jeany
Ngo, Dalila Nguyen, Natalie
Nguyen, Precious Oguamanam, Sara Otwell, Dominique
Peralta, Alexa Rivas, Camille
Smith, Haley Spencer and
Adriana Toro.
Merit roll
Elyssa Armenta, Devin
Childs, Bella De La Garza,
Sean Dempsey, Bianca Espinoza, Yareli Garcia, Jacob
Montoya, Dennis Pham,
Brittni Poole, Priscilla Rodriguez, Lance Tanner and Lily
Vitrella.
Perfect attendance
Darielys Alexander, David
Amaya, Andrea Arredondo,
Christian Blackmon, Jasmine
Cano, Kristin Cates, Lizbeth
Chapa, Devin Childs, Danny
Chu, Ryan Correa, Araceli
Dale, Sean Dempsey, Tifany
Duong, Bianca Espinoza and
Uyi Ewanshiha.
Jennifer Flores, Hailey
Fox, Karina Gonzalez, Keandra Green, Keishon Groves,
Jayden Hayes, Matthew Hernandez, Julyssa Herrera, Travis Hondros, Myles Jefferson,
Deshawn Jones, Brandon
Julks, Anthony Limon and
Lauren Martinez.
Stephanie Martinez, Andres Melchor, Gavin Melchor,
Timberleigh Milton, Jacob
Montoya, Khaliah Moore,
Jonathan Moreno, Ramiro
Moreno, Briana Munoz, Jeany Ngo, Dalila Nguyen, Martin Nguyen, Natalie Nguyen
and Ronald Nguyen.
Precious
Oquamanam,
Dennis Pham, Taylor Pleasants, Brittni Poole, Riena
Ramnarine, Damien Rice,
Coby Riley, Alexa Rivas,
Priscilla Rodriguez, Camille
Smith, Haley Spencer, Harley
Ton, Adriana Toro, Izabella
Torres and Kevin Tran.
Good Citizen
Darielys Alexander, Celine
Espinosa, Rubin Flores, Adam
Gil, Juyssa Herrera, Brandon
Julks, Adam Lopez, Ramiro
Moreno, Dalika Nguyen and
Dominique Peralta.
Principal’s Award
Darielys Alexander, David Amaya, Elyssa Armenta,
Andrea Arredondo, Christian
Blackmon, Maisie Bralley,
Jasmine Cano, Lizbeth Chapa, Ryan Correa, Kennedy
Craven, Araceli Dale, Sean
Dempsey, Tiffany Duong,
DeAundrea Edwards and
Chase Erskin.
Celine Espinosa, Bianca
Espinoza, Uyi Ewansiha, Jennifer Flores, Rubin Flores,
Hailey Fox, Adam Gil, Keishon Groves, Jayden Hayes,
Matthew Hernandez, Julyssa
Herrera, Travis Hondros,
Myles Jefferson, Deshawn
Jones, Brandon Julks and
Adam Lopez Jr.
Brianna Loredo, Lauren
Martinez, Andres Melchor,
Madison Mendiola, Khaliah
Moore, Ramiro Moreno, Briana Munoz, Jeany Ngo, Dalila Nguyen, Francis Nguyen,
Martin Nguyen, Precious
Oguamanam, Sara Otwell,
Dominiques Peralta amd
Dennis Pham.
Taylor Pleasants, Brittni
Poole, Riena Ramnarine,
Alexa Rivas, Priscilla Rodriguez, Tristin Sanchez, Rachel Smith, Haley Spencer,
Jonathan Stahl, Alysa Tamez,
Lance Tanner, Adriana Toro,
Izabella Torres, Nick Vega,
Lily Vitrella and Dy’Nayzia
Walker.
Meador Science Fair winners selected
Meador Elementary recently held its science fair,
and approximately 165 students completed projects. Six students received top awards for the
school. Pictured are, left to right, Gabriel Barrerae,
Maegan Osseweyer, Juan Membreno, Meador
Principal Darlene Davis, Eliza Garcia, Bianca
Cruz and Alejandro Mena. These six students
will compete in the Pasadena Independent School
District Science Fair in March.
Photo submitted
Cadenas raise money for foundation
Heaven Lee Cadena has
been active in the South Belt
area for the past few years
through the Sagemont Cowgirls.
A few months ago, she
took a liking to skateboarding
after receiving a skateboard
for her birthday. On her first
visit to the downtown skate
park, it was love instantly.
Shortly after, she and her
brother, Chance, came to their
parents, Robin and Roel, and
said they would like to finish
up their commitment this season to Sagemont Cowboys/
Cowgirls, but would like to
pursue skateboarding as a
sport and grow in it fulltime.
“We, as parents, are here
to encourage our children and
so figured if they were mature
enough to have this conversation with us, then they were
mature enough to know what
they want to pursue. Thus,
we are supporting their decision,” stated Robin Cadena.
And their decision has had
them skyrocket with knowledge of this sport that many
look to as just a hobby.
Soon after, the family read
an article in Texas Monthly
(September 2010) about a
little boy named Johnny Romano. He was diagnosed with
leukemia, and although he
was not given much hope, he
never lost sight of his dream
to be a professional skate-
boarder. They were all in
tears by the end of the article
in which he eventually lost
his battle with cancer.
Most children would
wipe their tears, and then
go watch TV and not give
much thought afterward. Not
Heaven. She said she wanted
to raise money for Johnny’s
foundation which his parents
set up, www.johnnykickscan
cer.org.
So, their mother wrote
a letter to her teacher at
South Belt Elementary,
Kelly Lohse, and asked her
if it would be OK if Heaven
brought a bucket for change
for her classmates to raise for
the foundation.
From there, Lohse not
only agreed for her class to
do this, but also for the entire
second grade to pitch in from
Heaven Lee (left) and Chance Cadena at the Joe
class to class.
Heaven is still in the pro- and Lee Jamail Skate Park in downtown Houston.
cess of collecting change
from the school but will also
be going around the neighborhood to collect more. She
has a goal of at least $100.
Heaven is in the second
grade and Chance is in kindergarten at South Belt Elementary. They both made the
honor/merit roll for the first
nine weeks of school.
The Cadenas have lived
in Sagemeadow almost nine
years. Their father, Roel,
grew up in Sagemont.
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PISD alumnus
nominations sought
The Pasadena Independent
School District is currently
accepting nominations for
the district's Distinguished
Alumnus Award for 2011.
This award recognizes an
alumnus who has made significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments have brought credit to
the district.
The honored alumnus will
be recognized at a special
reception on March 8, 2011.
The deadline for submitting
nominations is Jan. 7, 2011.
Eligibility criteria for the
award should take into account the following:
• The award is a one-time
honor. Previous award recipients are not eligible.
• Current employees of
PSD are not eligible.
To be considered, a candidate:
• must have attended any
PISD school for elementary
or secondary school years.
• must be distinguished
in his or her business, profession or life work.
• must be a person of
such integrity, stature and
demonstrated ability that the
award will reflect honor on
the Pasadena ISD and create
a sense of pride among the
members of the community.
• must be present to receive the award (unless the
nomination is for posthumous
consideration).
• must not be a candidate
for elected office in 2011.
Those wishing to nominate an alumnus can obtain
a nomination form at www.
pasadenaisd.org. A link in
the upper left corner will take
you to a download site.
Return completed form to
Candace Ahlfinger, Pasadena
Independent School District,
1515 Cherrybrook, Pasadena,
TX 77502.
Area Lions meet
Hobby Lions Club
Houston Hobby Airport
Lions Club will meet Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 11:30 a.m.
at the Golden Corral at Fuqua
and I-45. For more information, call Monica Montoya at
281-794-5531.
Houston Space City Lions
The Houston Space City
Lions Club meets Tuesday,
Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. at the
Golden Corral, 12500 Gulf
Freeway. For information,
call George Malone at 281438-7243.
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Over The Back Fence
WELCOME BABY BOY JAYDEN
Congratulations are sent to Morgan Pardo
and Trezz McNair on the birth of a new son,
Jayden Isaiah McNair, on Thursday, Nov.
4, 2010. Love and support are sent from the
Pardo, McNair and Johnson families.
HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY KENNEDY!
Kennedy Grace Flowers turns 3 years old
Wednesday, Dec. 15, and will celebrate with
a princess-themed party at her grandparents’
house. Best wishes are sent to Kennedy from
little brother Owen, grandparents Jannie and
Robert Scarberry of South Belt, uncles Tyler,
Austin and Joey, aunts Jenny, Nyssa and
Nicole, and cousins Brayden, Baylee and
Jade. Kennedy is the daughter of Stephen
and Stacey (Hayes) Flowers of Texas City.
SCHOOL DAZE
The following personnel and staff members
of the Pasadena Independent School District
celebrate birthdays Dec. 9 through Dec. 15.
Atkinson Elementary
A birthday greeting is sent on Dec. 10 to
Jamie Mellinger. Enjoying a birthday Dec. 15
is Richard Whittaker.
Burnett Elementary
On Dec. 9, Judy Rohde and Cassandra
Wilkerson share a birthday. Blow out the
birthday candles for Cynthia Henderson on
Dec. 13.
Frazier Elementary
Birthday wishes are sent to Nicole Green
Dec. 9. Maria Vazquez marks a birthday Dec.
14. Greetings for a happy birthday are sent to
Rhonda Jacobs Dec. 15.
Meador Elementary
A double birthday is celebrated on Dec. 13
for Laura White and Crystal Westinghouse.
Cara Wildermuth is wished a happy birthday
Dec. 15.
Moore Elementary
On Dec. 10, Sheryl Munn has a birthday.
Bobbie Bashinski is sent birthday greetings
Dec. 15.
South Belt Elementary
The day for a birthday cake for Maria
Sanchez is Dec. 10.
Stuchbery Elementary
Blow out the birthday candles for Le
Nguyen Dec. 9.
Melillo Middle School
Dec. 12 is the day for a birthday party
for Guadalupe Aleman-Perez. Sheri
Richardson enjoys a birthday Dec. 15.
Morris Middle School
Celebrating a birthday Dec. 10 is Jacoby
Smith.
Beverly Hills Intermediate
The day for a birthday cake for Sandra
Medina is Dec. 11. Mary Greene has a birthday Dec. 14. On Dec. 15, Angela Butler and
Velia Gutierrez are wished a happy birthday.
Thompson Intermediate
Special birthday wishes are sent to Janie
De Los Santos and Nancy O’Connell Dec.
11. The day for a birthday party for Janice
Frankum is Dec. 15.
Dobie High
Christi Christian is wished a happy birthday Dec. 9. The day for a birthday surprise
for Carmela Swinnen is Dec. 10. A special
brithday greeting is sent to Mary Obenauf
Dec. 11. On Dec. 13, a double birthday is celebrated by Philip Foster and Loan Peabody.
Happy birthday wishes are sent to Willie
Ansley and Matt Park Dec. 15.
DOBIE TRAILMIXER NEWS
The Dobie Trailmixers recently met at Luby’s
for their monthly meeting. Topics included:
Congratulations are sent to Dobie’s varsity
football team, which finished first in district
22-5A. First-year head coach Jim Phillips
was selected Coach of the Year.
Dobie is hosting a holiday food drive to
benefit the Salvation Army. Donations are
welcome at the school through Dec. 16.
Dobie parents have been concerned about
the scheduled opening of a game room at the
corner of Blackhawk and Kirkville. The venue
will have about 100 video gaming machines,
and there is worry about the influence on area
students. There are no current laws to prohibit
the opening.
Mike Montz, retired Dobie drafting teacher,
is proud of his son, David Montz, who was
recently elected to the Friendswood ISD
School Board.
Pam Comer Burris, an early Dobie English
teacher currently living in Katy, is proud to
announce the birth of her third grandson,
Luke. He and brother Scott are the sons of
Pam’s son, Brad. Daughter Lauren is the
parent of 1-year-old Jack. Pam reports that
her husband, Dan, foresees all three of these
boys playing high school football for the Katy
Tigers in a few years!
Carole and Walt Wright recently enjoyed a
24-day trip to Australia and New Zealand and
reported they had a wonderful time.
Cathie Goforth continues to recover from
her knee replacement.
Jon Rascoe reports that he fished with
former Miami Dolphins star Larry Csonka on
a recent Alaska fishing trip.
Marie Barfield, retired South Houston
High principal, now lives on Fairmont Parkway
near the Pasadena Convention Center.
Joe Don Cole, 39-year-old son of early
Dobie coach Don Cole and Pasadena High
English teacher Beverlye Cole, died on Nov.
18.
Lois Sumbera’s mother also recently died.
Lois was scheduled to travel on her “First
Cousins Cruise” in late November.
Roger Woest, Memorial counselor, performed at the Sorrento Ristorante Italiano on
Dec. 5. He is multi-talented, playing the piano
and singing.
Former Dobie team physician Don Turner
and his wife, Janie, live in Bay Oaks these
days. Don has given up his daily running,
but plays as much golf as he can. Janie has
become a star bridge player in the Clear Lake
area, earning master points.
Pat Teaster Pewthers and Dick Pewthers,
both retired Dobie vocational teachers, now
live in the Texas Hill Country. Dick reports that
Pat is busier than ever with two part-time jobs.
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She also gives presentations around the
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Remember When
30 years ago (1980)
Frazier Elementary, the
first open concept educational
innovation for the Pasadena
Independent School District,
was in its sixth year.
Two members of the 1980
Dobie cross country team
qualified for the National
Cross Country Championship meeting sponsored by
Kinney Shoes, to be held in
San Diego at Balboa Park.
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Greg Johnson qualified for
the national meet by placing
first and fifth, respectively,
in the regional Kinney cross
country meet at Arlington.
20 years ago (1990)
Two Dobie graduates were
killed and one seriously injured in a 10-car accident in
Austin. Killed were 1989 Dobie graduates Thi Hien Tiet
and Long Hoang Ta. Injured
in the accident was former
Dobie student Loc Bui. The
victims were attending the
University of Texas. One other person was killed and 11
more injured in the accident
caused by wet, slick road
conditions.
South Belt resident John
Burke was killed in a plane
accident in Detroit when two
airplanes collided on the runway during dense fog. Burke
was a 1978 Dobie High
School graduate.
Dobie High School sophomore Deanna Kenisell won
best model and third runnerup at the annual teen competition of the Miss San Jacinto
Classic Pageant. She is the
daughter of Bill and Debbie
Kenisell.
Anna Maria Carrara, a
kindergarten student at Stuchbery Elementary, won second
runner-up in the San Jacinto
Classic Cover Girl contest.
She is the daughter of South
Belt residents Angelo and
Glenda Carrara.
15 years ago (1995)
Construction on the center lanes of the beltway (Sam
Houston Tollway) began,
and the entire section from
the Gulf Freeway to U.S. 59
was expected to open in 15
months.
Speed limit signs boosting
the speed limit to 70 miles
per hour on the Gulf Freeway
southbound from the beltway
to Galveston were erected.
The Dobie High School
Academic Decathlon team
won the district championship with nine Longhorns
earning individual medals.
Dobie students swept all categories – honors, scholastic
and varsity – for overall best
students. Dobie’s 12-person
team won first place in the
super quiz.
Local constable deputies
would be issuing citations
throughout the Christmas
season to juveniles violating
the county’s curfew. Those
under the age of 17 who were
out without a guardian between midnight and 6 a.m.
any night of the week would
be taken into custody.
Clear Lake attorney Rob
Todd, 32, got more than 63
percent of the vote to beat
the Rev. Andrew C. Burks Jr.
for the District E seat on the
Houston City Council.
10 years ago (2000)
Construction plans for
the new J. Frank Dobie High
School’s $57,000,000 complex were under way.
Brittany Garlington, 15, a
freshman at J. Frank Dobie
High, died in her sleep. She
suffered from a congenital
heart disease.
5 years ago (2005)
South Belt resident Emory
Gadd was presented a plaque
naming him the PISD 2005
Distinguished Citizen during
a ceremony at the district’s
administration building.
Deputies from Precinct 2
Constable Gary Freeman’s
office rounded up truant students as well as several parents during a warrant sweep.
A total of 15 juveniles and
adults appeared in Judge Jo
Ann Delgado’s court to answer charges of truancy and
contempt of court.
The 23rd annual Leader
Christmas food and toy drive
was under way to provide
needy local residents with
items to make the Christmas
season better.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.
Robert Alexander Martinez,
20, son of former South Belt
resident Kelly Hunt, was
killed in action while on foot
patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq.
Martinez was the nephew of
longtime Southeast Volunteer
Fire Department firefighter
Robert Cino.
A Harris County grand
jury indicted Jerry Michael
Cook, 41, for manslaughter.
The charges were in connection with the death of Ruth
Young, 9, who was killed as
the school bus Cook was driving ran over her on Hughes at
Sageburrow.
1 year ago (2009)
The South Belt area was
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areas receiving nearly 3 inches of snowfall. The incident
was the second consecutive
year Houston received snowfall and was the earliest ever
recorded in the city. The previous record for early snow
in Houston was Dec. 10 in
1944 and again in 2008. This
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Robbins climbs Guadalupe Peak
South Belt resident Ralph
Robbins celebrated turning 66
by climbing to the summit of
Guadalupe Peak, the highest
point in Texas at 8,751 feet.
Robbins had to postpone
the trip twice because of high
winds at the summit which
were gusting up to 85 mph.
Then when given a window
of good weather, Robbins
drove the 650 miles to Van
Horn and then 60 miles to
the Guadalupe Mountains
National Park the next
morning.
The 8.4 mile trek is rated
“difficult” by the state parks
service. After five hours into
the climb and only reaching
the halfway point, the other
members of the climbing
group dropped out. Robbins
continued alone completing
the second half in 2.5 hours.
When he reached the
summit, it was late afternoon
with no time to rest. After
taking his photo to document
his achievement, calling
his wife on his cell phone
and writing his name in the
summit registry, he headed
back down the mountain.
At this point, Robbins
estimated that he could make
the journey down from the
peak in three hours which
would be an hour after
sundown.
Hurrying
down
the
rocky path he got past all
the narrow cliff ledges with
1,000 foot drops while there
was still daylight, and then in
the fading light, he made it
back to the trailhead, taking
exactly three hours.
Guadalupe Peak was an
important landmark used
by the Butterfield Stage and
Pony Express Riders to help
guide them across the desert.
Later when airplanes started
carrying mail, the pilots used
this landmark as a way point.
Ruberg to unveil cantata
Tyler T. Ruberg, the assistant choral director at J.
Frank Dobie High School, is
putting the finishing touches
on a multicultural inspired
Christmas cantata that he has
arranged. “The point wasn’t
to use music from different
parts of the world,” he said.
“I took Christmas hymns and
put them in the styles of the
cultures. We know the hymns,
but they sound different.”
For instance, in the hymn
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, Ruberg changed the
pitches according to the Arabic scale. The melody and
harmony change and give a
sense of listening to Middle
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third side has the American
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first airline to deliver airmail
for the post office.
A summit registry contained in a metal box is
located at the base of the
pyramid.
For his 65th birthday,
Robbins and his wife, Erolyn,
explored the jungles of Belize
and Guatemala, where he
climbed to the top of several
Mayan temples.
Austrian movement, he takes
the familiar carols of Silent
Night and Still, Still, Still and
sneaks in some of the famous
themes of Mozart, Beethoven
and Brahms.
Altogether there are seven
countries in the cantata arranged in an attempt to show
the spread of Christianity
throughout the world. The
finale revisits the themes and
ends with Joy to the World.
Interspersed among the music
are poems written by the Rev.
Patricia Clark and scriptures
that highlight the great theological themes of Advent.
The cantata will be performed by the adult choir
of St. Stephen Presbyterian
Church, 2217 Theta St., on
Sunday, Dec. 19, at 10:30
a.m. An 11-piece orchestra of
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Ruberg is in his first
year teaching at Dobie High
School. He holds a master’s
degree in music composition
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Kirkwood resident Ralph
Robbins celebrated his
66th birthday by scaling
Guadalupe Peak. At
8,751 feet, the peak is
highest point in Texas.
Robbins is pictured
next to a stainless steel
pyramid that was erected
at the summit of the
peak. Robbins is the
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Girl Scout Troop 1104
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Girl Scouts in Senior Troop
1104 recently earned their Silver Award, the second highest
award in Girl Scouting, by
promoting literacy to youth in
several different ways.
First, the girls spent more
than 24 hours reading to and
working on reading skills with
children at local day cares,
churches, YMCAs and libraries. Second, the girls held a literacy event at Houston’s Park
Place Regional Library where
they demonstrated how books
can be fun not only to read but
to act out.
At this event, the girls put
on a play based on the children’s book The Real Story
of the Three Little Pigs by A.
Wolf, helped children create
wolf and pig masks to take
home with them and handed
out Three Little Pig coloring
books and crayons to the children. After each performance,
the girls had a door prize drawing for a new book donated by
Barnes and Noble.
In addition to their work
with the children, the girls
handed out information to
parents on a summer reading
patch program through Girl
Scouts, the Houston Astros and
the Green Sheet, and literature
on why it is important for parents to read to their children.
The third and final step to
complete their literacy program was to hold a children’s
book donation drive and take
these books, along with donated bookshelves built by
family members, to Memorial
Hermann Southeast Hospital
and Bayshore Medical Center,
to start children’s libraries for
visiting and hospital-bound
children.
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Mayes graduates
Above, Girl Scout Troop 1104 members are, left to right, (front row) Alexis
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Carrasco, Russo, Will and Hernandez.
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weeks of training and is now at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss. He
will continue training for the Air National Guard at Ellington Joint Reserve
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Thursday, December 9, 2010, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section B, Page 1
SPORTS & CLASSIFIED
Dobie’s Moreno nets TTCA character designation
Coach thanks colleagues
Dobie High School tennis coach Manuel Moreno
has spent his career pushing his players and teams to
be at their very best, but he
also knows there’s more to
life than tennis titles.
The wins and losses
come and go, this Moreno
knows. But life goes on, and
today’s tennis players will
likely need to be very good
at something other than ten-
nis in the future.
So it’s best, he believes,
that his athletes learn to
compete and be a part of a
team in the proper way. Win
or lose, Dobie players will
exude a sense of family and
respect for the game. There
is no other way.
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sport’s more highly decorated coaches, Moreno was
again on center stage at the
Texas Tennis Coaches Association’s annual convention and banquet in New
Braunfels.
Moreno is the 2010 recipient of the Carey Caldwell
Character Award, created
by the TTCA in 2009 in an
effort to recognize those
who hold both individual
and team character in the
utmost regard.
Nominated for the honor
by Kingwood High School
assistant coach Kevin McElroy, Moreno was thrilled to
accept.
“To me, character is defined by one’s moral and
ethical strength, integrity
and fortitude, so receiving
the TTCA’s Carey Caldwell
Character Award is easily
the greatest honor I have
had the privilege to receive
on behalf of all my present
and past players,” Moreno
said prior to traveling to
New Braunfels to accept the
honor.
“This tops being named
the Class 5A Coach of the
Year in 2005, since it includes all the high school
levels, Class A through
Class 5A, and college tennis coaches throughout the
state who are members of
the Texas Tennis Coaches
Association.”
For his part, McElroy
said putting Moreno up for
the honor was simply the
right thing to do.
“Every time you play
against a team led by coach
Moreno, you can expect the
utmost character on display
from him and his players,”
McElroy said.
“It has often been said
that character reflects a
true sense of leadership,
Dobie High School tennis coach Manuel Moreno Jr., was one of six honored by
the Texas Tennis Coaches Association at the association’s annual convention and
banquet Dec. 3 in New Braunfels. Moreno was given the Carey Caldwell Character
Award, which was created by the TTCA last year. It’s not the first time Moreno has
been recognized by the TTCA. He was named the state’s Coach of the Year in 2005
and again in 2009.
Brook ex Boulavsky honored at Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
right side hitter Suzy Boulavsky, a Clear Brook High
School graduate, has been
recognized by the College
Sports Information Directors of America as a member of the ESPN Women’s
Volleyball Academic AllAmerica third team.
Boulavsky, a junior,
boasts a 3.95 grade point average in journalism and was
one of four underclassmen
named to the third team.
She was previously
named to the ESPN Academic All-District first team
and earned Academic AllBig 12 first team honors
this season. She has also
excelled on the court this
season, guiding the Sooners
to the NCAA tournament.
Along the way, Boulavsky led the Sooners with
a 3.55 kills per set average
this season and was named
to the All-Big 12 first team.
She hit .282 from the right
side and scored a team-best
454.5 points.
On the court, Boulavsky’s
Sooner team is still playing,
having reached the NCAA’s
Sweet 16 for just the third
time in school history.
Oklahoma
defeated
Wichita State 29-27, 25-21,
25-14 in the first round of
the national championship
tournament and then outlasted Tulsa 25-13, 25-22,
26-28, 20-25, 15-9 to reach
the Sweet 16 as Boulavsky
delivered 10 kills.
Next up for Oklahoma
is a third-round matchup
with Penn State, the threetime defending national
champion and No. 4 overall
national seed entering the
tournament.
Oklahoma, now 23-10,
will meet Penn State (28-5)
Friday, Dec. 10, at Rec Hall
on the campus of Penn State
University. The match winner will advance to the Elite
8.
Christmas, Duke women outlast Texas A&M 61-58
Duke women’s basketball player Karima
Christmas, a Dobie
graduate, had a doubledouble with 11 points
and 11 rebounds as the
fifth-ranked Duke Blue
Devils outlasted No. 7
Texas A&M 61-58 Dec. 6
in a game televised from
Duke Cameron Indoor
Stadium on ESPN2.
Duke trailed 22-12 early
in the first half but rallied to lead by a point
at halftime. The lead
changed hands many
times in the second half,
and Duke pulled out
the win as Christmas
came away with a steal
against Texas A&M’s
Sydney Carter during
the Aggies’ final possession. Christmas turned
in a terrific performance
despite making just six
of 13 free throws in the
game, which is uncharacteristic for her. But in
the end, Christmas and
the Blue Devils made one
more big play than the
Aggies to take the win.
Duke is now 9-0 this season, while Texas A&M
fell to 6-1.
Photo courtesy Duke sports
and that is certainly true of
coach Moreno. His players
are simply good, all-around
student athletes.”
Moreno is now in his
27th year of coaching, including 12 at Dobie. He has
guided tremendously talented players at each of his
stops, including Galveston’s
O’Connell High School,
Clear Lake High School and
Dobie. To him, it’s always
been about doing the right
thing no matter the outcome
on the scoreboard.
“It all dates back to my
playing and coaching days
at O’Connell High School in
Galveston, where I was first
taught by Vince Stiglich Jr.
to always, as an individual
and as part of a team, to win
or lose with class.
“The same playing and
coaching ethics were emphasized by my college
coach, Ron Westbrooks, at
Lamar University.”
The Texas Tennis Coaches Association created six
new awards between last
year and this designed to
recognize coaches who display certain honorable traits
such as courage, vision,
character, integrity, dedication and leadership.
Apparently,
Moreno’s
name came up in several
conversations as he was
actually nominated for
three of the six awards,
eventually
getting
the
character
distinction.
Friendswood head coach
David Cook nominated
Moreno for the Kim Enocksen Integrity Award, and
Stratford head coach Rory
Frazee entered Moreno’s
name for the Loretta Hrncir
Dedication Award.
“I am very honored and
humbled to receive the
Character Award, and I am
also honored to have been
nominated for two of the
three newest awards, the
Integrity and the Dedication
awards,” Moreno said.
“It means a lot that your
fellow colleagues think that
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Sports news, notes Tyler goalie Soto, Dobie ex, named all-American Longhorn netters meet a legend
SBHLL sets sign-up dates
Officials in the Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little
League have established registration dates for the upcoming 2011 spring season. The league has also announced the formation of a junior T-ball division for
boys and girls ages 3 to 4. The junior T-ball league
will be of the instructional variety, with no umpires
involved. Coaches will umpire the games. The registration dates for all players include Thursday, Jan.
6, and Thursday, Jan. 13, from 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday Jan. 8, and Saturday, Jan. 15, from 9 a.m. to
noon and 1 to 4 p.m. All of the sessions will be held
at US Spring Training, located at 10330 Blackhawk
Blvd. Registration fee is $100 per player from the
3- and 4-year-olds, and $140 per player from those
ages 5 to 14. There will a $10 discount applied for
those families with more than one player registering.
For more information, visit the SBHLL website at
www.eteamz.com/sbhll. Players must turn 3 years of
age on or prior to April 30, 2011, in order to be eligible to compete. The following are the new player
divisions for the 2011 season:
Jr. T-Ball (ages 3-4)
T-Ball (ages 5-6)
A (formerly machine pitch, ages 7-8)
AA (formerly peewee, age 9-10)
AAA (formerly minors, ages 9-11)
Majors (ages 10-12)
SBHLL hosts monthly meeting
The Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League will
host its monthly board of directors meeting Wednesday, Dec. 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the Harris
County Courthouse Annex, located at 10851 Scarsdale Blvd. Any parents with players in the league are
welcome to attend.
SBAST to celebrate 40th
In association with its 40th anniversary celebration coming next spring, South Belt Area Swim
Team officials are inviting former swimmers and
parents to submit photos and success stories to be
considered for inclusion in the special event. Team
officials are promoting how the SBAST has and will
continue to develop successful individuals in and out
of the water while encouraging community involvement. More information on how to get involved in
the event will be forthcoming in future Leader editions.
Dobie softball clinic Jan. 29
The Dobie High School softball coaching staff
will host the 2011 Lady Longhorn Softball Clinic
Saturday, Jan. 29, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the high
school. Girls ages 6 to 14 are eligible to attend the
clinic, which will include instruction in all phases
of the game such as pitching, hitting, baserunning,
fielding, bunting and more. Players may register prior to the start of the camp for $25 per player, which
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Sports Calendar
BASKETBALL
Thursday, Dec. 9
Brook varsity boys at Lee College tourn., TBA
Brook varsity girls at Clear Creek tourn., TBA
Although her Tyler Junior College women’s soccer team fell shy of its bid
for a second consecutive national title, Lady Apaches’
goalkeeper Beatrice Soto
earned her just due.
Soto, a 2009 Dobie High
School graduate, was named
a first team all-American by
the National Junior College
Athletic Association following the season.
Beatrice Soto
A four-year starter in
goal for the Lady Longhorns while at Dobie, Soto
was in the nets in 2009 as
Tyler won the national
crown in just the program’s
second year of existence.
This season, the Apaches
coasted through the regular season and the playoffs
with a perfect record before
reaching the national final.
Bidding for a repeat, the
Apaches fell short as a firsthalf goal by Paradise Valley
was the difference in a 1-0
final.
Despite the loss, Soto and
her teammates had plenty
to be happy about after the
season.
Soto, the team’s starter in
the nets, allowed just four
goals through 15 regular
season games.
Soto’s teammate, Claudia Saucedo, also made
the first team. A third Tyler
player, Lauren Emmerson,
was named to the second
team.
Tyler, under the guidance
of head coach Corey Rose,
has made quite a splash on
the junior college women’s
soccer scene since the program debuted in 2008.
The first year didn’t produce much, but now, with
the help of players such as
Soto, Tyler has overtaken
Navarro as the top program
in Texas and has established
itself as a national power
along the way.
Soto’s two-year stay at
Tyler Junior College as a
women’s soccer player is most recognized players. coach Jesse Saavedra and
complete, but she has estab- While at Dobie, Soto started then three more under head
lished herself as one of the her freshman year for head coach Kersten Mullan.
San Jac VB players Dibbern, Soares
selected as All-American players
San Jacinto College
volleyball sophomores Alyssa Dibbern and Candace
Soares capped off their
volleyball careers with National Junior College Athletic Association first-team
All-American honors, the
organization announced this
week.
Dibbern finished the
season ranked 18th in the
country in kills per set with
a 3.51 mark, and led the
squad in blocks with 116
total (1.01 per set). She was
also named to the All-Tournament team at the NJCAA
national championship, selected to the Region XIV
first team, and was named
the league’s Player of the
Year.
“Alyssa has worked so
diligently during her San
Jac career,” said head coach
Sharon Nelson. “She is a
dynamic athlete that catch-
es your eye with her stature
and left hand.
“She is a player still hungry to learn and be challenged every day, and her
talent ceiling is very high.
She is deserving of all the
accolades she has received
during her time here at San
Jac, including this great
honor.”
As a freshman, Dibbern
was named the Region XIV
Freshman of the Year and
conference Most Valuable
Player, and was also a firstteam All-Conference selection.
Soares finished the season 23rd in the nation in
kills per set with a 3.41 average. She was second on the
team in digs per set (3.87),
and served up a team-best
59 aces. Soares was a firstteam All-Region XIV selection, and named to the
All-Tournament team at the
Dobie football banquet is Dec. 12
Saturday, Dec. 11
Brook varsity boys at Lee College tourn., TBA
Brook varsity girls at Clear Creek tourn., TBA
Tuesday, Dec. 14
Dobie varsity boys at Clear Creek, 7:00
Brook varsity girls host Pearland, 7:00
Dobie varsity girls at Baytown Sterling, 7:00
Dobie JV girls at Baytown Sterling, 5:30
Brook JV girls host Pearland, 5:30
Brook freshman A girls host Pearland, 4:00
Dobie freshman A girls at Baytown Sterling, 4:00
Friday, Dec. 17
Dobie varsity boys host Channelview, 7:00
Brook varsity girls at Dickinson, 7:00
Brook JV girls at Dickinson, 5:30
Brook freshman A girls at Dickinson, 4:00
Monday, Dec. 20
Brook varsity boys host Alvin, 1:00
Brook JV boys host Alvin, 11:30 a.m.
Brook sophomores host Alvin, 11:30 a.m.
Brook freshman A boys host Alvin, 10 a.m.
Brook freshman B boys host Alvin, 10 a.m.
Brook varsity girls at Alvin, 7:00
Brook JV girls at Alvin, 5:30
Brook freshman A girls at Alvin, 4:00
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Brook varsity boys at Goose Creek Memorial, 1:00
Dobie varsity boys at Clear Lake, 2:00
Brook JV boys host Alvin, 11:30 p.m.
Brook fresh. A boys at Goose Creek Memorial, 11:30 a.m.
Brook freshman B boys at Goose Creek Memorial, 10 a.m.
Dobie High School varsity tennis captains Eun Lee (left) and Jonathan Taylor
(right) had the opportunity to meet and chat with legend Roy Emerson during
the Texas Tennis Coaches Association’s annual convention Dec. 3 in New Braunfels. Emerson won 12 Grand Slam men’s singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men’s
doubles titles, and his 28 combined Grand Slam titles is an all-time record for a
men’s tennis player. Lee and Taylor were at the convention in support of Dobie
head coach Manuel Moreno Jr., who was also honored at the event.
12-U Starlites second in Baytown softball; Gonzales honored
Friday, Dec. 10
Dobie varsity girls at Angleton, 6:00
Brook varsity boys at Lee College tourn., TBA
Brook varsity girls at Clear Creek tourn., TBA
Wednesday, Dec. 15
Beverly Hills 8th Dark boys at San Jacinto, 5:00
Beverly Hills 8th Light boys at San Jacinto, 6:15
Beverly Hills 7th Dark boys at San Jacinto, 5:00
Beverly Hills 7th Light boys at San Jacinto, 6:15
Thompson 8th Dark boys host Southmore, 5:00
Thompson 8th Light boys host Southmore, 6:15
Thompson 7th Dark boys host Southmore, 5:00
Thompson 7th Light boys host Southmore, 6:15
Beverly Hills 8th Dark girls host San Jacinto, 5:00
Beverly Hills 8th Light girls host San Jacinto, 6:15
Beverly Hills 7th Dark girls host San Jacinto, 5:00
Beverly Hills 7th Light girls host San Jacinto, 6:15
Thompson 8th Dark girls at Southmore, 5:00
Thompson 8th Light girls at Southmore, 6:15
Thompson 7th Dark girls at Southmore, 5:00
Thompson 7th Light girls at Southmore, 6:15
NJCAA national championship.
“Candace has worked
so hard for two years for
an honor like this,” added
Nelson. “She is a fiery competitive player that always
gives 100 percent. She had
a great year as our team
captain, earning numerous
all-tournament honors. She
and her family should be
very proud.”
San Jac (29-10) finished
the 2010 season as the national runner-up after falling to Western Nebraska
Community College in five
sets in the championship
match of the NJCAA national tournament.
The second place finish
is the highest under Nelson’s nine-year tutelage. It
was the sixth-straight trip to
the national championship
tournament for the San Jacinto program.
Everyone involved in the Dobie High School football program, including parents
and supporters, are invited to join the season-ending banquet Sunday, Dec. 12 at
the school. The event will begin at 4 p.m. as the dinner buffet line opens promptly, and the line will close at 5 p.m. Dobie will celebrate one of its finest seasons
in recent memory, which included a district championship for the varsity team.
Senior tailback DeMarcus Boyd (above) is one of many players who’s hoping his
name is called for a postseason award.
Upcoming High School Hoops Action
Brook boys at Lee College tournament
Thursday, Dec. 9 – Brook vs. Goose Creek Memorial,
10:30 a.m. at Lee College
Friday, Dec. 10 – Brook vs. Texas City, 3:30 p.m. at Lee
College
Brook girls at Clear Creek ISD tournament
Thursday, Dec. 9 – Clear Brook vs. Cy-Fair, 1 p.m. at
Carlisle Field House (Clear Creek High School); Brook
plays either San Antonio Wagner or Waco Midway Dec.
10.
Friday Dec. 10 – Dobie varsity girls at Angleton, 6 p.m.
At left, the South Belt 12U Starlites softball team
took second place at the Baytown D-Krew Turkey
Bash. Members of the team are, left to right, (front
row) Camryn Ridge, (middle row) Diana Adame,
Jocylin Reyes, Celeste Ontiveros, (back row) head
coach Bobby Reyes, Sandra Gonzales, Suzette Gonzales, Riley Smith, Dominique Palacios, Alyssa Corpus and assistant coach Albert Corpus. Not pictured
are Jasmine DeLeon, Hayley Garcia, Tiffany Mendoza and assistant coach Dago DeLeon. Above, Starlite player Sandra Gonzales, shown with head coach
Bobby Reyes, has been recognized for her academic
and musical accomplishments. Gonzales carries a
full advanced placement load of courses at Beverly
Hills Intermediate and is also a standout member
of the school’s band department. She was selected
as a member of the Pasadena Independent School
District’s city and regional bands as well as Beverly
Hills Intermediate’s jazz ensemble.
PISD Intermediate Basketball
PISD Intermediate Basketball
Girls’ Standings
Boys’ Standings
7 Light W L 7 Dark W L
7 Light W L 7 Dark W L
San Jacinto
Beverly Hills
Bondy
Thompson
Miller
Queens
Southmore
Park View
South Houston
Jackson
Thompson
Beverly Hills
Southmore
San Jacinto
Miller
Park View
Bondy
S. Houston
Queens
Jackson
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Park View
Queens
San Jacinto
Bondy
Miller
Beverly Hills
Southmore
Thompson
S. Houston
Jackson
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
Jackson
Thompson
Southmore
S. Houston
Queens
San Jacinto
Beverly Hills
Park View
Bondy
Miller
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Game Scores 7 Light
Game Scores 7 Light
Beverly Hills 28, Bondy 18
Queens 22, Thompson 19
San Jacinto 17, Miller 8
Park View 24, Jackson 22
Southmore 30, South Houston 16
Beverly Hills 54, Bondy 21
Southmore 43, South Houston 30
San Jacinto 23, Miller 21
Thompson 43, Queens 38
Park View 56, Jackson 10
Game Scores 7 Dark
Game Scores 7 Dark
Queens 26, Thompson 15
Southmore 37, South Houston 6
Beverly Hills 17, Bondy 14
San Jacinto 20, Miller 11
Park View 28, Jackson 8
Beverly Hills 54, Bondy 21
Southmore 21, South Houston 12
San Jacinto 13, Miller 10
Thompson 37, Queens 17
Jackson 21, Park View 18
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
8 Light W L 8 Dark W L
8 Light W L 8 Dark W L
Bondy
Miller
Beverly Hills
San Jacinto
Thompson
Queens
Southmore
Park View
South Houston
Jackson
Thompson
Beverly Hills
San Jacinto
Bondy
Miller
South Houston
Park View
Southmore
Queens
Jackson
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Park View
Miller
Bondy
San Jacinto
Beverly Hills
Thompson
Southmore
S. Houston
Queens
Jackson
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
S. Houston
Miller
Bondy
Thompson
Beverly Hills
Park View
Southmore
San Jacinto
Queens
Jackson
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Game Scores 8 Light
Game Scores 8 Light
Southmore 36, South Houston 14
Bondy 42, Beverly Hills 20
Queens 32, Thompson 8
Miller 31, San Jacinto 7
Park View 22, Jackson 8
Beverly Hills 41, Bondy 25
Park View 65, Jackson 59 (OT)
San Jacinto 49, Miller 46
Thompson 57, Queens 23
South Houston 48, Southmore 23
Game Scores 8 Dark
Game Scores 8 Dark
Southmore 38, South Houston 6
Bondy 36, Beverly Hills 20
Thompson 12, Queens 8
Miller 32, San Jacinto 3
Park View 33, Jackson 16
Park View 42, Jackson 27
Bondy 44, Beverly Hills 42 (2OT)
South Houston 43, Southmore 41
Thompson 48, Queens 31
Miller 53, San Jacinto 30
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
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Area varsity basketball teams developing winning ways with an eye toward holiday schedule
ued to play exceptionally
well on the offensive end.
He had 28 points in the win
over Sterling, then scored
28 more in the victory over
Australia.
A big lift has also come
from Chris Campbell, who
was one of the top scorers in
the Clear Creek tournament.
Despite the 80-56 loss to
La Marque, Campbell had
21 points. Against Bryan,
Campbell added 20 points.
In the win over Houston Sterling, Campbell had
18 points then closed out
a great four-game stretch
with 22 against Australia.
The Wolverines head
to the Baytown Lee College tournament Dec. 9-11,
where games against Goose
Creek Memorial and a winless Texas City team await.
After that, Clear Brook
will focus much of its attention on the District 24-5A
race as a Dec. 20 game at
Brook will tip-off play in
the league.
Dobie boys are 8-6
Dobie, beginning to get a
grip on its everyday playing
rotation, is 8-6 out of the
gate despite several close
losses.
The Longhorns ran into
some poor luck with two
overtime defeats by a combined two points in pool
play Dec. 2 at the Katy
tournament but bounced
back to play pretty well the
rest of the way. In fact, the
Longhorns won the bronze
division championship after
getting past Houston Westside 66-59.
Kingwood Park, which
reached the championship
game in the gold bracket,
defeated Dobie 46-44 in
double overtime in the tournament opener.
“We had several chances
to put the game away and
either missed free throws
or turned the ball over,” Dobie head coach Kevin Cross
said.
After a 55-52 loss to Katy
Taylor in overtime, Dobie was sent to the bronze
bracket, where the team responded with three wins.
Dobie beat Livingston
Darian Price (10) and the Dobie girls’ varsity team has 82-62 and Houston Daplayed well to this point in the season, but head coach vis 81-34 before downing
Shane Brown would like to see the team hit another Westside, a team that had
defeated Dobie earlier this
gear prior to the start of 22-5A play.
With the nondistrict portion of the high school varsity basketball schedule nearing an end, the boys’ and
girls’ teams at Clear Brook
and Dobie high schools are
continuing to play solidly.
Brook boys on a roll
Clear Brook varsity boys’
basketball coach Jason Pillow has often pointed out
this season that his team
has yet to accomplish very
much, well sort of.
What he is referring to is
that the Wolverines have yet
to reach their ultimate goal
of winning the District 245A title.
Well, that part is true, but
it’s hard to imagine much
disappointment in the Clear
Brook camp.
The team moved to
5-0 with an easy win over
Tulosa-Midway during the
opener of the Clear Creek
tournament as Fred Richardson led the way to the
win.
Clear Brook followed
with losses to Class 4A No.
2 state-ranked La Marque
and then a loss to Bryan but
came back to down Houston
Sterling 81-78.
The Wolverines also
handed Australia’s traveling
squad a 76-59 defeat Dec.
7, giving the team a 7-2 record.
Richardson has contin-
season, in the final.
“This far into the season,
I feel we have a good idea
of what we can and cannot
do as a team,” Cross said.
“We have a pretty set
rotation of nine players. Of
course, we are always looking for more help from our
entire team.
“We are excited about
district starting pretty soon.
I have seen Deer Park, South
Houston and Memorial, and
they all have been playing
well. It will be an exciting
district race.
Dobie did hit a bit of a
roadblock Dec. 7, losing to
the same Australian squad
that Brook downed,
“We lost 55-33,” Cross
said. “They were a big and
physical team, and they just
wore us down”
Dobie girls win pair
The Lady Longhorns
have continued to play well
at Dobie. The team beat
Clear Brook 53-45 Dec. 3
as Shanequa Gaston had 20
points and Derika Thomas
had 10 of her own.
Dobie then came back
Dec. 7 to beat Dulles 51-41
as Chelsea Rodriguez led
the way with 15 and Jazmin
Guerrero and Gaston had 10
each.
CB girls ready for tourney
The Clear Brook girls,
which will play in the Clear
Creek ISD/Peggy Whitley
Classic (see bracket right),
bounced back from the loss
against Dobie with a 40-37
victory over Baytown Sterling Dec. 7.
The Lady Wolverines
trailed entering the fourth
quarter, but outscored Sterling 15-10 in the fourth
quarter. Courtney Lindsey
led the Lady Wolverines
with 15 points. Kia Love
added nine points.
Despite losing 55-33 to a very physical Australian national team Dec. 6, the Dobie varsity boys’ team, including guard Dominic Simon, is 8-6 with a road game
coming Dec. 14 at Clear Creek.
JFD’s Moreno lauded by tennis colleagues
U-12 Stampede advances to Eastern District playoffs
Continued from Page 1B status within the United ers. Whenever you face his of his time and energy by 11-1 in the fall and missed
highly of you.
“But, again, it is a great
and well-deserved tribute
to the Dobie High School
tennis players, present and
past, and those I was privileged to coach at O’Connell
and Clear Lake high schools
before that, for exemplifying each and every day that
character quality, on and off
the courts alike.”
The Dobie tennis program had been strong in
the ’70s, ’80s and early
’90s under the guidance of
longtime head coach Bobby
Kramer.
After Kramer’s retirement, the program endured
one other coaching change
before Moreno took over.
Twelve years down the
road, Moreno has Dobie
playing very well at the varsity level year in and year
out.
Some of the Houston
area’s strongest high school
tennis programs have the
benefit of choosing from
players who have competed in youth programs for
years.
Many of those same
players enter high school
with
superchampionship
States Tennis Association.
There is no youth program in the South Belt area
that compares with those of
some of the other areas such
as Clear Lake, Friendswood
and others in Houston.
And there aren’t many
players joining the Dobie program as freshmen
with championship or superchampionship status in
hand, but Moreno molds a
winner on a consistent basis.
It all goes back to character and the way the Dobie
players prepare themselves
under Moreno’s watch.
McElroy said it was easy to
support Moreno’s nomination.
In a letter he read in
part at the TTCA banquet
as Moreno was honored,
McElroy provided the following:
“(Coach Moreno) has
coached some extremely
talented players all the way
down to the true beginners,
but they are always young
men and women of character.
“He instills in them to
be honest, fair, complimentary, and respectful to oth-
THURSDAY, DEC. 9
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
team, you can’t help but tell
your kids that they are playing a classy group of kids.
“He convinces his players to ‘buy into what he
preaches’ and that is to be
young men and women of
character.
“Coach Moreno tells his
kids that it is not about wins
and losses but is instead
about having an impact on
something bigger than you.
“Manuel is also so giving
helping out running a site if
you are in a bind and covering the local high school
tennis to get it the much deserved publicity that some
reporters fail to give our
great sport.”
Moreno has accepted his
honor in New Braunfels,
and now returns to a role he
cherishes so much, that of
head coach at Dobie High
School.
The Longhorns were 11-
out on the Region III tournament.
The upcoming spring
season is designated primarily for individual play
in both boys and girls singles and doubles as well as
mixed doubles.
As he has done every
year, Moreno still works as
hard as he can to prepare his
players for play, knowing a
strong character means so
much.
Coach adds to his wall of honor
Dobie head tennis coach Manuel Moreno Jr. has earned quite a
few honors during his 27 years in the sport, particularly during his
time with the Longhorns. Here is a rundown of some of his honors:
2010: Carey Caldwell Character Award
(Texas Tennis Coaches Association)
2009: District 22-5A Coach of the Year
2009: Joe Lightsey Coaches’ Award
(Spring Branch Independent School District)
2005: Class 5A Coach of the Year
(Texas Tennis Coaches Association)
The U-12 Stampede of the South Belt Youth Soccer
Club won the Bay Area Youth Soccer Association Division III championship after defeating the Texas City
Raptors to advance to the South Texas Youth Soccer
Association Eastern District playoffs. Members of
the team are, left to right, (front row) Oren Moreno,
Edgardo Feria, Enrique Betancourt, Jose Martinez,
Sebastian Martinez, (middle row) Jose Pozo, Thomas Carte III, Christopher Lopez, Ediel Betancourt,
Xavier Gonzalez, Colton Chu, Firas Alhamra, Abraham Garcia, (back row) assistant coach Abraham
Garcia and head coach Chip Carte.
CALENDAR
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, DEC. 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.
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.
8 p.m.
Pasadena Little Theatre – Pasadena Little Theatre presents
Greetings! by Tom Dudzick at 8 p.m. at 4318 Allen-Genoa Road.
The show runs through Dec. 19. Fridays and Saturdays performances are at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. One special priced
Thursday show will be held at 8 p.m. on Dec. 16. Kathy Woods is
the director. Make reservations online at pasadena littletheatre.org
or call 713-941-1758.
SATURDAY, DEC. 11
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.
8 p.m.
Pasadena Little Theatre – Pasadena Little Theatre presents
Greetings! by Tom Dudzick at 8 p.m. at 4318 Allen-Genoa Road.
The show runs through Dec. 19. Fridays and Saturdays performances are at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. One special priced
Thursday show will be held at 8 p.m. on Dec. 16. Kathy Woods is
the director. Make reservations online at pasadenalittletheatre.org
or call 713-941-1758.
SUNDAY, DEC. 12
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.
3 p.m.
Pasadena Little Theatre – Pasadena Little Theatre presents a
matinee performance of Greetings! by Tom Dudzick at 3 p.m. at
4318 Allen-Genoa Road. The show runs through Dec. 19. Fridays
and Saturdays performances are at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
One special priced Thursday show will be held at 8 p.m. on Dec. 16.
Kathy Woods is the director. Make reservations online at pasadena
littletheatre.org or call 713-941-1758.
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, DEC. 13
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 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 – The New Directions Singles Club
has moved its time and location from St. Paul’s Catholic Church,
Nassau Bay, to Webster Presbyterian Church, 201 West NASA
Parkway in Webster. Meetings are held every Monday evening
beginning at 6:30 p.m. This organization was created as a social
support outlet for 50+ widowed, divorced and never married individuals. In addition to the regular meeting, a potluck dinner is held
on the first and third Mondays. Call 713-340-2354 for information.
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.
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TUESDAY, DEC. 14
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.
CCART – The Clear Creek Association of Retired Teachers meets
the second Tuesday of each month, September through May.
They are held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Bay Area Community
Center, 5002 Nasa Parkway in Seabrook near the Landolt Pavilion.
All Texas retired school employees from all surrounding school
districts are welcome to attend and join this organization. Annual
dues are $35.
10 a.m.
American Begonia Society – Meets the second Tuesday of each
month at the Pasadena Town Square Community Room. For more
information, call 713-946-4237 or 713-941-7158.
10:30 a.m.
Tri-County Republican Women – General meetings are held the
second Tuesday of every month except June and July at Golfcrest
Country Club, 2509 Country Club Drive in Pearland. A luncheon is
available. To make reservations, call 281-484-8083.
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.
6:30 p.m.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) – Due to Sagemont Recreation
Center closing for remodeling, TOPS will meet at the Beverly Hills
Community Center, 10201 Kingspoint. For information, call Erma
Coskey at 713-946-6049.
Green Thumb Series – The Harris County Master Gardeners
at Precinct 2 offers free evening gardening lectures the second
Tuesday of each month at the Bass Pro Shops, Hwy. 288 @ the
Sam Houston Tollway. Programs will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Visit the Web site for a list of topics and location at www.hcmgap2.
tamu.edu or call 281-991-8437.
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.
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].
Houston Space City Lions Club – Meets the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Golden Corral, 12500 Gulf
Freeway. For more information, call George Malone at 281-4387243.
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, DEC. 15
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.hapsonline.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.
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Blakely wraps up milestone-marked volleyball career at Newberry College
Former Dobie star collects 2,901 assists, adds 1,000 digs
Racking up more than 1,600 assists as Newberry College’s primary setter during her freshman and sophomore seasons, Brianna Blakely eventually collected
2,901 assists in her career, placing her second in the all-time history of the program.
Photos courtesy Newberry College SID Dept.
By John Bechtle
Sports Editor
Four short years after
leaving Dobie High School
as an all-district volleyball
player, Brianna Blakely is
set to exit Newberry College in South Carolina not
only with a college degree
but as one of the women’s
volleyball program’s bestever performers.
The Wolves’ 2010 season did not go as well as
planned as the team struggled to a 13-18 overall finish, complete with a quarterfinal (first round) loss in
the South Atlantic Conference tournament.
But that didn’t keep
Blakely from placing her
name among some of the
very best in the volleyball
program.
With 860 assists in her
final season, Blakely finished her career with 2,901,
which will leave her second
in school history.
She also ended her career
with a little more than 1,000
career digs, which will place
her in the top six.
Not too bad a career for
someone who almost left
the program following her
freshman season.
“I was homesick, and I
had never experienced that
before,” Blakely said.
“There had been times in
my life where I had gone to a
volleyball camp out of town
for a month and never felt
that, so I thought I would be
fine when I moved to South
Carolina to come here.”
But it wasn’t an easy
transition, she said. “I was
out of my comfort zone, and
it was tough. I wanted to
quit and move back home.
But my parents (Renee and
Steve Blakely) were great
about it. They told me to go
back for the spring semester
– that it was only another
four months of my life –
and that if I still wanted to
“On the court, it’s all
been great. When I came on
my visit, one of the things
that sold me on this program was just being around
the other players and getting
a good feeling about them.
“That has been the case
all four years. Each year, we
have had a great group of
girls, and it has been really
nice to be friends on and off
the court.
“I chose to come to a
smaller Division II school.
That’s something that some
high school athletes don’t
want to do, but it was a great
thing for me.
“You’re not just a number here, and that feeling of
mattering was something I
needed.”
Brianna Blakely
When Blakely does graduate this spring, she is likely
headed back to the Houston
area, albeit for a variety of
reasons.
She is considering a
master’s program – likely in
business marketing – at the
University of Houston.
Blakely is also excited
to reunite with her older
sister, Chelsea, who also
graduated from Dobie and
then enjoyed a fine playing
career at the University of
Texas-Pan American.
Chelsea is completing
her master’s work in business marketing at UT-PA
and will also likely return to
the Houston area.
Sometime this spring or
summer, there’s likely to be
a nice family reunion at the
Blakely home in the South
Belt area.
“It’s going to be great to
get together again,” Brianna
Blakely said. “Hopefully,
we have made our parents
proud. We know they have
gone out of their way to
do so much for us over the
years.”
As for her eventual career
move, Blakely is still undecided. She did an internship
last summer in the business
administration field and decided it wasn’t a good fit.
Perhaps something in
sports marketing will feel
more comfortable, and
maybe one day going into
business with Chelsea will
be a fit.
“It’s always been a dream
of ours to open a business
together, but these days you
have to be careful,” Brianna
said. We’ll see. I’m still finishing up here at Newberry,
and then I have my master’s
work. There’s still time to
decide.”
No matter what Blakely
does in the next chapter of
her life, there will be a few
chapters marked in bold
from her days at Newberry
College. Just check the volleyball media guide. Her
name may be there forever.
H-town in Blakely’s future
leave after that, I could.
“I came back that spring
and never looked back. It’s
been a great overall experience for me, both on and off
the court.
“When I visited here
during my senior year in
high school, I felt like this
was the place for me. It’s
definitely a smaller town,
nothing like the city where
I came from, but it’s been
great.”
At right, Brianna Blakely spent the majority
of her junior season
at the libero position,
which paved the way
for her to finish her
career with more than
1,000 digs to go with
her 2,901 assists.
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An immediate starter
As she did early in her
career at Dobie, Blakely
proved she belonged on the
court as a freshman starter
at Newberry.
The Wolves already had
a setter in place, but Blakely was able to step in and
take control of the offense.
“Coach said that one of us
needed to step up and take
the job, not just for ourselves but for the team,”
Blakely said.
“It always helps the entire team when you know
each other on the court
and can trust one another
through the experience and
repetitions.
“Continuity means a lot
in this sport, and fortunately, I was able to come in my
first year and be a starter.”
Blakely returned as a
sophomore and had what
turned out to be her best
season at the setter position. That season, playing
for first-year coach David
Nicholson, Blakely registered 962 assists, leading
the team to a winning record.
Things seemed to be
going very well, but then
Blakely took one for the
team as a junior. With two
of the Wolves’ liberos struggling, Blakely was asked to
move to libero for the betterment of the team.
She did so and logged
450 digs to go with 436 assists. “I had played libero
before at Dobie, so it wasn’t
that big of a change,” she
said. “Again, it’s something you have to do for the
team.”
During this past season, Blakely found herself
playing primarily at setter,
getting 860 assists and 301
digs to close out her career.
“We came into the season
with like seven hitters, so
sometimes we ran a 5-1 and
other times a 6-2,” Blakely
said.
“It was tough because
this was our first losing season after three winning seasons, but I wouldn’t trade
my entire experience here
for anything.”
Small town works fine
Newberry College, located just over 40 miles outside
of one of South Carolina’s
largest cities of Columbia,
has a little more than 1,200
total students on campus.
The student to teacher ratio is 14:1, and roughly half
of the college’s students
participate in athletics.
It doesn’t seem like the
ideal place for a studentathlete like Blakely, who
grew up in the bustling
Houston area. Yet it’s been
perfect for her.
There isn’t much to do
in the town during the week
or on the weekends, so the
students fill their time by
supporting any number of
the other athletic programs
at Newberry College or by
enjoying get-togethers in
smaller numbers.
“It’s definitely different,”
Blakely said. “You know
everyone here, and there
certainly is a good dose of
southern hospitality.
“Everyone is friendly,
and the smaller class sizes
allow you to get the personal instruction if you need
it.”
Blakely said there have
been several professors who
have made a difference in
her life during her pursuit
of an education.
She eventually chose to
study business administration, gaining tutelage from
professors who were company CEOs or business
owners before becoming
teachers. In short, they all
had built successful professional lives.
“All of my professors
have played different roles
in my life,” Blakely said.
“The biggest thing is
they have all taught us how
things apply not just in the
books but in real life. That’s
been a big help along the
way.”
And Blakely has enjoyed
plenty of good experiences
while playing volleyball.
Bias, SFA football finished
Defending football national champion Villanova
handed Stephen F. Austin
University a 54-24 loss in
the Football Championship
Subdivision playoffs, ending the season for the Lumberjacks, including Dobie
graduate George Bias.
The Lumberjacks, champions of the Southland Conference, built a 21-7 lead
after one quarter of play
before the Wildcats seized
control of the game.
Stephen F. Austin, possessing one of the nation’s
most prolific offensive attacks, scored just three
points in its final five possessions of the game.
Overall, SFA finished the
season at 9-3 overall, but it
was a disappointing ending
for a team that had national
title aspirations.
Bias, a 6-foot-3, 305
pound offensive lineman,
had his finest season during
his junior campaign.
The 2007 Dobie High
School graduate was a
first team member of the
All-Southland Conference
team.
Bias, a business major,
will return for his senior
season in 2011.
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