281-481-5656 - South Belt

Voice of Community-Minded People since 1976
June 21, 2012
Cheerleaders hold car wash
The J. Frank Dobie High School cheerleaders will hold a car wash Saturday, June 23,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Snowie’s at 10902
Scarsdale (located in the Food Town parking
lot at Beamer and Scarsdale).
Cost is $5 per car wash, and donations are
welcome.
Tickets can also be purchased from any
Dobie cheerleader.
Kirkwood South VBS set
Kirkwood South Christian Church, 10811
Kirkfair, will hold Vacation Bible School
Sunday, June 24, through Thursday, June 28,
from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
The theme this year is “SKY,” Everything is
Possible With God.
For additional information, call the church
at 281-481-0004.
Email: [email protected]
During a block-by-block campaign, workers from the City of Houston recently issued 40
warnings to South Belt residents living within
the city limits for heavy-trash violations.
The sweep was conducted by Houston Mayor
Annise Parker’s Citizens Assistance Office Senior Community Liaison Maria Bolanos and
Reisha Beaty, aide to Houston District D City
Councilmember Wanda Adams.
According to Beaty, the violations would
have normally resulted in citations being issued.
At Adams’ request, however, warning placards
were placed on the doors of the offenders to remind them of the city’s heavy-trash code.
Of particular concern to city officials is that
junk waste is not mixed with tree waste. Fines
can range from $50 to $2,000 for first-time violators and from $250 to $2,000 for repeat offenders. Each day a violation continues may be punishable as a separate offense.
Tree waste months are January, March, May,
July, September, and November.
Junk waste months are February, April, June,
August, October and December.
Although junk waste is not accepted during
tree waste months, tree waste is accepted during junk waste months. However, to ensure that
tree waste is recycled, residents should hold tree
waste materials until the next tree waste designated month or bring it to a neighborhood depository.
The rules, according to the City of Houston
Deputies respond to bomb scare
Freeway Baptist sets VBS
Freeway Baptist Church, 8702 Kingspoint,
will hold Vacation Bible School Sunday, June
24, through Thursday, June 28, from 6 to 8
p.m.
Sunday will be Family Night from 5 to 7
p.m. Ages 4 and up are welcome to attend.
For additional information, call 281-4840323.
PISD enrichment classes
The South Houston High School CASE
program will offer enrichment classes through
Thursday, July 5.
Classes run Monday through Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
English as a Second Language (ESL) is
offered to adults on Wednesdays from 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
All classes are free of charge.
Lunch is offered free to students every day.
All adults in the community are welcome to
attend the ESL classes.
For additional information, call LeeAnne
Aluotto at 713-740-0350.
Summer movies presented
Looking for something to do with the family on Friday night? Bring them for some
popcorn, snacks and drinks and enjoy a movie
– all for free.
On June 22 at 7 p.m., Servant-Savior
Presbyterian Church, 11303 Hughes Road,
will present the Disney hit, Cars; on July 20 at
7 p.m., Toy Story 3; and on Aug. 17 at 7 p.m.,
Madagascar will be shown.
Pardon the dust, as the church is in the process of rebuilding.
Key Club car wash June 23
The Dobie High School Key Club will hold
a fundraising car wash Saturday, June 23, at
Cici’s Pizza on Fuqua and I-45, from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
All funds raised will go to support the
club’s various service projects for the 20122013 school year.
Donations of $5 are welcome.
Islamic Society sets lectures
Learn about Islam during a series of lectures by Imam Wazier on Fridays at 8:30 p.m.
at the Islamic Society of Greater Houston Southeast, 8830 Old Galveston Road. Refreshments
will be served.
Fight leads to arrest
Several residents contacted the Leader
regarding a police response to an incident that
occurred at Sagemeadow Park on Sageyork
Thursday, June 14.
According to Zerick Guinn of the Harris
County Precinct 2 Constable’s office, deputies
Dwayne Pacifico and Mike Tran initially
responded to reports of teenage girls fighting
at the area park around 7:30 p.m.
Upon their arrival, deputies discovered that
one of the females had outstanding warrants
out of Pasadena.
Rebecca Villareal, 17, was subsequently
arrested and taken into custody.
The other two girls, both juveniles, were
issued citations for fighting in public.
website are as follows:
• Tree/junk waste should be placed adjacent
to the front curb in a location easily accessible
to the collection vehicle between the hours of 6
p.m. the Friday before, and 7 a.m. on the scheduled collection day.
• Tree/junk waste material should not be
stacked under low overhead electrical wires or
other cabling, signs, or mailboxes; next to fences
or posts; or on top of water meters, gas meters,
fire hydrants, or other exposed utility components.
• Materials should not be placed in the street,
on the sidewalk or other right-of-way or in any
manner which would interfere with pedestrian or
vehicular traffic.
• Tree/junk waste collection is limited to residential units and vacant residential lots only if
the waste generated is in connection with the
maintenance of the property.
• No more than 8 cubic yards of junk waste or
tree waste may be placed for collection.
• A maximum of 4 cubic yards of building
material – not to include roofing shingles, brick,
plaster or concrete – generated by the resident
in connection with the maintenance of the residential property may be collected by Solid Waste
Management Department crews.
• Appliances containing refrigerant must have
a tag attached to them certifying that a qualified
technician has removed the refrigerant.
• The Solid Waste Management Department
is not allowed to collect any material that was
generated by contractors who were retained by a
resident to perform work on his or her residential
property. It is the responsibility of the contractor
to remove all debris that may arise from the contractor’s activities. These contractor-related activities include, but are not limited to: trimming
and removal of trees, remodeling, new construction and roofing.
• If authorized items placed for collection are
mixed with unauthorized items, department personnel shall not be obligated to sort the materials
and may refuse the entire load.
• Solid Waste Management Department collection services are not available to multi-residential structures of more than eight units.
Residents should be aware that the schedule
for the South Belt area heavy trash pick up days
are staggered between the third and fourth weeks
of the month.
Those who live within the beltway have their
heavy trash picked up on the third Thursday
of the month, while those who live outside the
beltway have their heavy trash picked up on the
fourth Thursday of the month.
Residents who put their heavy trash in the
front of their yard before the allowed time, as in
the above rules, are subject to citation.
For more information regarding the rules, visit
www.cityofhouston.net/solidwaste.
In addition, residents who would like to set
up a meeting with Adams to discuss this issue
or other residential concerns may call the councilmember at 832-393-3000.
July 4 parade celebrates 25 years
Cowgirls sell BBQ
The Sagemont Cowgirls will hold a barbecue fundraiser on Saturday, June 23, from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Phillips/Conoco Station
on the corner of Beamer and Hughes.
Plates will be $8 and will include: chicken,
sausage, beans, potato salad, bread and a
drink.
Proceeds will go toward helping the team
pay for competition costs.
Vol. 37, No. 20
Houston conducts heavy-trash sweep
Junk waste pickup set
Junk waste will be picked up Thursday,
June 21, for city of Houston (77089) residents
living north of Beltway 8.
Residents south of the beltway are scheduled for Thursday, June 28.
For additional information, call the city’s
3-1-1 help line.
Although junk waste is not accepted during
tree waste months, tree waste is accepted during junk waste months. See related story on
this page.
www.southbeltleader.com
A deputy from the Harris County Precinct 2 Constable’s office is shown above responding
to a bomb scare at Chase Bank in the 10990 block of Scarsdale Friday, June 15. A suspect
wearing a costume reportedly gave a teller a money bag that contained what appeared to
be a pipe bomb. When the teller pushed the bank’s panic button, the suspect fled the
scene. The building was evacuated, and a bomb squad was called. Explosives experts
determined the device was a hoax.
Photo by Marie Flickinger
Fake bomb given to bank teller
Deputies are searching for a suspect who gave
a fake bomb to a teller at the Chase Bank in the
10990 block of Scarsdale Friday, June 15, in
what appears to be a botched robbery attempt.
According to Sgt. Zerick Guinn of the Harris County Precinct 2 Constable’s office, a man
wearing a costume went to a drive-through window at roughly 2:45 p.m. and gave the teller a
money bag that contained what appeared to be a
pipe bomb. When the teller opened the bag, she
then saw a remote control in the suspect’s hand,
as he reportedly told her to “hurry up.”
Frightened, the teller pushed the bank’s panic
button and walked away from the money bag. As
she did so, the suspect fled the scene.
A bomb squad from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene to detonate
the bomb but realized the device was a hoax.
The bank and nearby stores were evacuated,
and much of Scarsdale was blocked until around
6 p.m., causing significant traffic delays.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male
wearing a gray wig, black baseball cap and surgical gloves on both hands. He wa driving a gray
2007 Ford pickup truck.
Anyone with any information on this case is
urged to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office at 713-221-6000.
This incident marked the second time in roughly a month that bomb squads have responded to
incidents in the South Belt area. On May 17, the
Houston Police Department bomb squad and the
ATF responded to a domestic dispute where a
suspect had two homemade explosive devices
in his vehicle. At press time, those devices were
still being analyzed by ATF agents.
Legler’s wife to run for seat
Barbara Legler, wife of the late state Rep. Ken
Legler, announced Friday, June 15, that she will
run in the recently called special election for
state House District 144 to fill the remainder of
her husband’s term.
The election will be held simultaneously with
the general election on November 6, 2012.
“It is with deep humility, sincerity and dedication that I officially announce my intention
to run for the remaining two months of my husband Ken’s term,” Legler said. “Ken had always
stressed loyalty to his family, community, and
state. It would be an honor and privilege to be
able to serve the people of District 144 for the
remaining few weeks of my husband’s term.”
After Barbara Legler announced she would be
seeking election to finish her husband’s term in
the 82nd legislature, she immediately received
Independence Day is around the corner, and
the 25th annual South Belt parade is scheduled
to take place Wednesday, July 4, beginning at 10
a.m.
The parade route will wind from Beverly Hills
Intermediate to San Jacinto College South. While
the parade starts at 10 a.m., participants are urged
to arrive early, as the lineup for the caravan will
begin at 9 a.m.
To celebrate the parade’s silver anniversary,
Houston Mayor Annise Parker will serve as its
grand marshal.
Other elected officials taking part include
Harris County judges Jo Ann Delgado and Ruben Guerrero, Harris County Commissioner El
Franco Lee and Lee’s Republican challenger
Chuck Maricle.
Youth organizations participating include the
Dobie band, Lariaettes, cheerleaders, swim team
and JROTC, the South Belt Sharks swim team,
the Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League’s
Challenger Division team and multiple all-star
teams from the South Belt Girls Softball Association.
San Jacinto College and the U.S. Coast Guard,
as well as a fleet of classic convertibles, will also
be taking part.
In honor of the parade’s 25th anniversary
South Belt resident Frank Baye will make a float
for the South Belt-Ellington Chamber of Commerce. Baye’s elaborate float designs have made
him a consistent trophy winner in past parades.
All residents, organizations and businesses are
welcome to enter. Participants are encouraged to
decorate their vehicles and floats, as prizes will
be awarded in various categories.
Community and nonprofit groups may sign up
for the parade at no charge, unless they wish to
be eligible for a prize. A $50 fee is charged for
commercial entries. Noncommercial entries may
enter the contest for $25.
Entry forms are available at the Leader office,
11555 Beamer, or by emailing mynews@south
beltleader.com.
The forms are to be filled out and returned
to the Leader office, faxed to 281-481-5730 or
emailed by July 2. For convenience, entry forms
may be dropped off through the mail slots located on each side of the front office doors.
Fireworks display
Later that evening, residents may view the annual fireworks show at El Franco Lee Park, located at 9400 Hall Road.
Funded by the annual South Belt Spectacular Cookoff, the display is scheduled to begin at
9:30 p.m.
Leader seeks vacation photos
The Leader is seeking readers’ vacation photos for possible publication. A first- and secondprize of Schlitterbahn tickets will be awarded
each month during June, July and August to the
best submissions.
Each month’s first place winner will be awarded six tickets, and each month’s second-place
winner will be awarded four tickets.
All submissions should include where and
when the photo was taken, as well as identify
each person in the picture and tell an interesting
story about the trip.
All photos must be high resolution. No phone
camera photos will be accepted. Email photos to
[email protected]. Do not compress
photos when sending.
Genoa gets historical marker
endorsements from Gov. Rick Perry; Mike Jackson, Texas Senate, District 11; Larry Taylor,
Texas House of Representatives, District 24;
Randy Weber, Texas House of Representatives,
District 29; Jack Morman, commissioner, Harris
County Precinct 2; Johnny Isbell, mayor, City of
Pasadena; Lilian Keeney, mayor pro-tem, Taylor
Lake Village; Jackie Welch, city councilwoman,
City of Pasadena; Mike Sullivan, city councilman, City of Houston; Marie Flickinger, chairman of the board, South Belt-Ellington Chamber
of Commerce; Jared Woodfill, Harris County
Republican Party chairman; Barry Beasley; John
Moon Sr.; and Ken Phelps.
According to the Harris County Institute of
Forensic Sciences, Rep. Legler’s June 1 death
was the result of valvular and hypertensive cardiovascular disease.
Chamber collects school uniforms
The South Belt-Ellington Chamber of Commerce is holding a school uniform drive for Pasadena Independent School District elementary
and intermediate students through Aug. 15.
“There is a great need,” said chamber Executive Director Sally Mitchell. “We need as much
help as possible.”
New or gently used uniforms will be accepted.
Standardized dress items needed include collared polo shirts (any color solid), solid colored
pants (khaki, navy, black, brown or grey, free of
design – pants must be fitted at crotch and legs)
and outerwear (approved campus-specific logo).
Monetary donations will also be accepted to
help fill in sizes.
Mitchell said it is the chamber’s goal to collect 5,000 uniforms.
Drop-off locations include the South Belt-Ellington Leader, 11555 Beamer; the UPS Store,
11200 Fuqua (next to IHOP); Focus Hair Design, 9828 Blackhawk (inside H-E-B); Almeda
Mall; and JSC Credit Union, 404 FM 1959.
For more information, call Mitchell at 281481-5516.
Genoa United Methodist Church was recently honored with a Texas Historical Marker.
The dedication coincided with the church’s 118th anniversary celebration. Shown with
the marker are church member and Eagle Scout Michael Jernigan and Genoa pastor, the
Rev. Howard Bruce. The church sponsors Boy Scout Troop 854, and Jernigan earned his
Eagle by doing slab work and landscaping for the marker.
Photo by Sal Flores
Page 2 Section A, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Thursday, June 21, 2012
Community wants to know Dobie’s Parlangeli receives Finley visits father’s namesake,
Frazier Elementary
awards from NSHSS
Driving thru Blackhawk Blvd I noticed that the Flood Reservoir near Dixie
Farm Rd is getting full of trees and shrubs which is ruining the drainage and
water capacity of it. I am very surprised that the Harris County Flood Control is
allowing this important reservoir get neglected like that.
All that was needed was regular mowing while all was small. Now it is going
to be time consuming and a lot more expensive to clear out.????. Could you do
something with the Flood Control people. From a concern neighbor,
Jose G. Ferrer
HCFCD answers Ferrer
Louis Parlangeli received
an award on June 1, 2012,
after being selected by one of
his students as a favorite educator and role model for the
National Society of High
School Scholars (NSHSS) at
Rice University for 2012. He
has been a chemistry teacher
(honors and AP) at Dobie
High School since 1976.
Parlangeli was selected by
Dobie student Uyen Tran.
This is the second time
Parlangeli has been selected
– the previous time by Dobie
student Kevin Le in 2010. He
is recognized as a Claes
Nobel Educator of Distinction.
According to the website,
NSHSS believes that educators should be recognized.
This recognition often means
the most when it comes from
those who view them as a
role model and positive influence in their lives. NSHSS
high school members are
given the opportunity to
select, or nominate, a single
educator who has made the
most significant contribution
to their academic career.
Each educator nominated
as an Educator of Distinction
must be an outstanding role
model and positive influence,
someone who has made a lasting difference in the student’s
life by encouraging him or her
to strive for excellence.
Sheila Frazier Finley (center) recently visited the school named after her father, Robert Bevis Frazier. Finley toured the school with Assistant Principal
Lindsey Lesniewski (left) and Principal Wendy Wiseburn (right). Frazier
Elementary opened its doors to students for the first time in August of 1975.
Finley last visited the school in 1979. To honor her father, she has plans to
dedicate a statue of an owl, Frazier’s mascot, to the school in the near future.
Photo submitted
Local author releases books
of inspiration for young hearts
The detention basin (A521-01-00) is in very good shape. There are trees
growing in the basin – they were intentionally planted by the Harris County
Flood Control District for maintenance purposes. In 2005, 864 were planted,
and earlier this year we planted another 5,075. The district has been planting trees at detention sites for many years. They do an excellent job in reducing the threat of erosion, and they help to lower mowing costs considerably.
While some may think they could compromise the basin's primary function,
they are actually taking up less than 1 percent of the storage capacity. Mowing would be more difficult since you have to mow around trees. Once the
trees mature and form thick canopies, the growth of grass is suppressed and
we don’t have to mow as much. Each year, we plant about 20,000 trees on
various projects sites for this reason.
Photo submitted
Readers’ Opinions
Muecke: Thank you
Margie Leboeuf
The flood prone area of Freeway
Manor and Edgebrook is always conscious of any thing that can cause flooding of HCFCD Ditch C-106-03. There is a
a retention ditch/pond behind a shopping
center at 10540 I-45 south and Edgebrook
that is a major problem. About 8/10 years
ago I reported this pond and had a hard
time establishing who it belonged to,
HCFCD - no, City of Houston - no and
finally we found it belonged to that strip
shopping center. Finally after many
months,they had it cleaned.
Early this year I found that it again was
very much in need of cleaning; a lot of
trash, weeds, bushes and even some
larger trees. Due to personnel changes
in Neighborhood Protection, I got hold of
my good friend Ms Maria Bolonas from
the mayors office. She came out for a
visit, took pictures and agreed to get
things started. Time moved on and nothing was happening. I then found out that
Ms. Margie Leboeuf had been assigned
to our area. She and I met at this location, and she went to work. Many citations and I understand even to court.
This past week the strip shopping
center owner finally had a crew out
cleaning up this retention pond. I immediately notified Ms Leboeuf and she went
by to check. It has been pretty well
cleaned, but still has trash in the bottom
that needs to be removed. The major
problem with this retention pond is that it
runs parallel to HCFCD Ditch C-106-03
and after heavy rains this trash then
flows into the HCFCD ditch. This washes
down to the bridge at Edgebrook and
clogs up this area which then restricts
water flow. The backed up water then
flows into the housing area. HCFCD has
to send out a crew to clean this area,
extra expense.
I just want you to know how well
pleased the citizens of this flood prone
area is with the help of Ms Leboeuf. She
has and is working well with me on problems in this area.
James E. Muecke
Sharpe says thank
you to Scout troop
Thursday morning at about 7:30 am I
was driving on Hughes Rd. going to work
and my morning was made when I saw I
Boy Scout Troop out in front of Frazier
Elementary putting up American flags for
flag day. I then noticed as I continued
driving to the Beltway that they had
already done about 2 miles worth of
road! It made my day seeing those young
men out there honoring our flag. I just
wanted to say “Thank You” to that Scout
Troop for making my morning, from a
proud America and a Navy mom.
Dawn Sharpe
Southbelt Resident
Pictured are, left to right, Jeanne Parlangeli, Claes Nobel and Louis Parlangeli,
recipient of the NSHSS favorite educator and role model award.
Softball coach charged with sex crimes
The coach of a Friendswood youth softball team
was recently charged with
aggravated sexual assault and
indecency with a child.
Ryan Jon Loofboro, 34,
was arrested Thursday around
4 p.m. in the 100 block of FM
646 N in Dickinson.
Friendswood Police received assistance from the
Dickinson Police Department,
the Texas Department of
Public Safety and Galveston
County Precinct 8 Constable
Jerry Fisher’s office.
Loofboro was transported
to the Friendswood City Jail.
His bail was set at $40,000
on each charge.
Loofboro’s charges stem
from a report taken in early
May that he had sexual contact with a 13-year old
Friendswood girl during the
2012 softball season. Following a six-week investigation,
the Galveston County District
Attorney’s Office was provided the results and approved
charges. Warrants were obtained for the two charges on
June 14.
This investigation underscores the need for constant
communication between parents and children. Loofboro’s
status as a coach enabled him
to have access to children.
Police encourage parents
who have children in the
Friendswood softball league
to visit with their children to
help any other victims come
forward.
SJC ranks 31st among community
college associate degree producers
Community College Week
magazine has ranked San
Jacinto College 31st in the
nation among two-year institutions in its annual Top 100
Associate Degree Producers
list. The college rose in ranking from the previous year’s
analysis, when it ranked 36th
on the Top 100 list.
The list also ranked the
college 26th in students who
graduated with one- to twoyear certificates, and 77th in
Dobie honors 2012 retirees
Hispanic graduates in all disciplines.
Among Community College Week’s top 50 associate
degree producers list for fiscal year 2010-2011, San
Jacinto College ranked sixth
in the science technologies/
technicians category; ninth in
family and consumer sciences/human sciences; 18th in
registered nursing, nursing
administration, nursing research and clinical nursing;
21st in health professions and
related programs; and 27th in
business, management, marketing, and related support
services.
“We continue to see the
results of our hard work in
student performance and certificate and degree completion, and it is always gratifying to receive national notice
for this work. We are making
steady gains in closing the
gaps among our diverse populations,” said Dr. Laurel
Williamson, San Jacinto
College vice chancellor of
learning and student success.
“We are committed to creating an effective, rigorous
learning environment that
engages students and promotes their success and that
is fully integrated with student support services.”
As never before, the nation
is looking to community col-
leges to prepare the underprepared, to ready students
for success at transfer institutions, and to serve as an economic driver in incumbent
worker training and certificate and degree programs
that prepare future workers.
“The shared commitment to
student success that exists
across the college means that
each of us understands his or
her role in facilitating and
supporting that success and
takes that role seriously,” said
Williamson. “We take pride
in our efforts as individuals
and as a college focused fully
on student success and student completion.”
In a report to Community
College Week about the Top
100 list, Dr. Victor Borden,
professor of educational leadership and policy studies at
Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., noted that despite a “constrained fiscal
environment” completion
rates are trending upward at
most of America’s postsecondary institutions. “In the
tough fiscal year of 20102011, especially for public
institutions, completion of
two-year degrees and one- to
two-year certificate awards
not only reached another alltime high, but increased at an
even faster rate than the year
before.”
PW Library sets events
for June 21 through June 27
J. Frank Dobie High School recently honored its
2012 retirees with a reception in the school cafeteria. Retirees are, left to right, Debra Kersman,
Deborah James, Sue Gilbert, Assistant Principal
Johnny Lee, Mary Obenauf, Jim Stevens, Carolyn
McCain, Lin Argieard, Kim Evans, Richard Hokanson, Gayle Erickson, Karen Daigle and Principal Steve Jamail.
Photo submitted
South Belt Graphics & Printing
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• Invitations • Reception Cards • Response Cards • Thank You Notes
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The following events are set for the Parker Williams
Library, June 21 through June 27.
This year, Harris County Public Library’s summer
reading program’s theme is Get a Clue @ the Library.
The summer reading program runs from June 4 through
Aug. 11. For more information, call the library at 281484-2036.
Movie Madness is scheduled for Thursday, June 21,
at 2:30 p.m. Contact the library for the title of this family-friendly movie.
On Saturday, June 23, Vietnamese storytime will
include Reading Club at 9 a.m., followed by intermediate storytime at 11 a.m. and beginner storytime at 1
p.m.
The library will present Top Secret! on Monday, June
25, at 2:30 p.m. This program is for children age 5 and
up. Free tickets are required and will be available at the
reference desk on the day of the program.
Join the library for the teen craft, Zombie Felties, on
Wednesday, June 27, at 3 p.m. This program is for teens
age 11 and up. Registration is required.
Preschool storytime is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, and
toddler storytime is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
South Belt resident
Leonila Olivares Salazar has
released two new books,
Leoni’s Tiny Stories, and
God’s Covenant for Kids.
Leoni’s Tiny Stories is a
collection of short stories
inspired from Salazar’s childhood experiences as a migrant
worker in the fields of south
Texas.
These inspiring stories
reveal the special love among
family members in the life of
migrant workers.
In God’s Covenant for
Kids, Salazar shares the love
of God through a collection
of scriptural promises about
perseverance and grace for
children who have suffered
the experience of divorced
parents or have suffered
through a family loss.
Carefully chosen Bible
verses teach children about
courage, peace, forgiveness,
and how faith in Jesus can
carry them through life’s
challenges.
Author Salazar was raised
in Edinburg, Texas, and
moved to Houston after her
freshman year of high school.
She raised her family of five
boys in southeast Harris
County where they attended
schools in the Pasadena
Independent School District.
In addition to writing and
sharing her inspiring stories
of love and faith through the
volunteer work she does in
her community and church,
Salazar is a practicing real
estate agent in Northwest
Houston.
Salazar’s first book,
Quotes of Therapy, published
in July 2011, is a collection
of inspirational quotes that
impart to the reader the truths
of love and comfort received
from one’s relationship with
God.
Salazar is a host on the TV
show Positively Houston
where, together with her
guests, she educates and
inspires viewers to pursue
their dreams and serve the
community.
For more information,
visit www.LeonilaOlivares.
com or www.linkedin.com/
in/leonilaolivaressalazar.
Leonila Olivares Salazar
EnergyVenture camp
under way at San Jac
The San Jacinto College
EnergyVenture Camp is
under way as middle and
high school students receive
a crash course on career
opportunities within the energy industry.
Each weeklong camp session features lab experiments
related to energy topics, prizes for team efforts, and tours
of an energy-related production facility.
EnergyVenture is supported by members of the Gulf
Coast Petrochemical Information Network (GC-PIN).
Gold Level sponsor Shell
along with other companies
and foundations provide
scholarships for students to
attend the camp.
For a complete listing of
summer camps at San Jacinto
College, visit http://www.
sanjac.edu/summer-camps.
Death
Eloy Ortiz
Eloy Ortiz, 57, died on
June 13, 2012, after a battle
with cancer. He was born
on May 12, 1955. He was a
longtime South Belt resident.
Ortiz was born in Geneva,
Ill., and raised in the Rio
Grande Valley most of his life
until he brought his family to
Houston to raise his three
girls. He loved antiques and
old cars, but most of all, his
grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife
of 32 years, Maricela Ortiz;
parents, Juan B. Ortiz and
Helena Ortiz; daughters, Jessica Valdez and husband Alex,
Jennifer Ortiz and Liza Ortiz;
his grandchildren: Aaliyah
Valdez, Isaiah Darby, Alma
De Leon, Alyssa Ortiz, Maricela Ortiz, Tiffany Berumen
and Jose Bermun; brothers
and sisters: Norma Duncan,
Nora Sandoval, Ignacia Ortiz, Irma Ortiz, Mario Ortiz,
Juan Jr. Ortiz, Rolando Ortiz
and Fernando Ortiz.
A memorial service was
held Saturday, June 16, 2012,
at Niday Funeral Home.
Leader obituary policy
Obituaries submitted to the Leader
are published free of charge.
There must be a South Belt connection.
Obituaries are edited to conform to the Leader style.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section A, Page 3
South Belt names fourth nine-weeks rolls
South Belt Elementary
recently released its fourth
nine-weeks honor, merit and
perfect attendance rolls and
awards for 2011-2012.
Students earning status
are:
Kindergarten
Math Whiz
Cienna Adam, Aundrea
Amescua, Trae (Valentin)
Bernal, Raine Boyette, Aidan
Brown, Cody Carter, Angel
Cavazos, Austin Corwin,
Amyiah Cotton, Di K. Dao,
Jacob Dunlap, Eli Eaton, Zoe
Espinoza and Torie Fox.
Ariana Garza, Devin Garza, Kameron Gilliand, Colten
Gilmore, Lydia Golenko,
Diego Gonzalez, Gennesis
Guerra, Ashton Hampton,
Antonio Hernandez, Jose
Hernandez, Kara Hungaski
and Aidan Johnson.
Makayla Johnson, Avery
Jones, Quynh Ky, Rachael
Le, Mayte Marfil, Reem
Massoud, Madeline Medina,
Hailey Mendiola, Roselynn
Molina, Michael Montano,
An Ngo and Kailee Nguyen.
Joseph Ortiz-Ramirez,
Victoria Ortiz-Ramirez, Trinity Parker, Jacqueline Peralta,
Patrick Perez, Kevin Pino,
Nathan Pinon, Dasia Ram,
Mia Ramirez, Mandilynn
Riley and Devin Rios.
Gustavo Salinas, Aliyah
Sanchez, Malcolm Sherwood,
Thalia Tabarez, Juliana Tavara, Caleb Thomas, Mathew
Vu, Hannah White, Stephen
Wiggins, Amaris Wilridge
and Savahanna Woods.
Language Art Star
Cienna Adam, Aaron
Aguilar, Raine Boyette, Aidan
Brown, Austin Corwin, Amyiah Cotton, Di K. Dao, Zoe
Espinoza, Ariana Garza,
Devin Garza, Kameron Gilliand, Colten Gilmore, Lydia
Golenko and Diego Gonzalez.
Ashton Hampton, Antonio
Hernandez, Jose Hernandez,
Kara Hungaski, Aidan Johnson, Makayla Johnson, Avery
Jones, Quynh Ky, Rachael
Le, Madeleine Lorfing, Mayte
Marfil, Reem Massoud and
Hailey Mendiola.
Roselynn Molina, Michael
Montano, Michael Montano,
Kailee Nguyen, Layla Ochoa,
Joseph Ortiz-Ramirez, Victoria Ortiz-Ramirez, Jacqueline Peralta, Kevin Pino,
Nathan Pinon, Julian Q'elli
and Mia Ramirez.
Mandilynn Riley, Devin
Rios, Gustavo Salinas, Aliyah
Sanchez, Malcolm Sherwood,
Thalia Tabarez, Juliana Tavera, Mathew Vu, Hannah
White, Stephen Wiggins,
Amaris Wilridge and Savahanna Woods.
Perfect attendance
Mercedes Borgas, Raine
Boyette, Di K. Dao, Zoe
Espinoza, Kameron Gilliand,
Antonio Hernandez, Jose
Hernandez, Marcus Jack,
Aidan Johnson, Rachael Le
and Kyla Lobo.
Kayden Montez, Kailee
Nguyen, Felicity Padilla,
Patrick Perez, Mia Ramirez,
Devin Rios, Gustavo Salinas,
Malcolm Sherwood, Celissa
Steans and Caleb Thomas.
Helping Hands
Jacob Aguirre, Natalie Espinosa, Rachael Le, Ramion
Mack, Felicity Padilla, Nathan
Pinon, Dasia Ram, Angelina
Rios and Mathew Vu.
First grade
Honor roll
Mia Alexander, Michael
Alvarez, Leanna Ancira,
Rabab Asif, Saad Bhatti,
Kaleb Campos, Alexa Cavazos, Thomas Cook, Alexander
Couchman, Victoria Couchman, Colin Dang, Jenny Do
and Adison Galloway.
Noah Garcia, Systine Garcia, Noah Gaytan, Swazi
Gurnell, Daisy Irwin, Ian
Johnson, Justice Johnson,
Rayyan Khan, Ivann Longoria, Eyanna Martinez and
Danielle Mendiola.
Connor Mohwinkel, Anthony Morin, Demah Naser,
Ryan Nguyen, Dominic Ortiz,
Bella
Perez,
Christian
Schmidt, Mable Self, Yvonne
Thai, Alisa Vargas, Christian
Vega, Lorelei Winnek and
Antony Zavala.
Merit roll
Ranyia Allen, Abdelrahman Asasfeh, Kaitlyn Campos, Kamilya Collins, Cecilia
Dale, Melody Nabi, Joseph
Nguyen, Cole Palermo, Thessaly Quintana, Robert Villatoro and Kiet Vo.
Perfect attendance
Mia Alexander, Ranyia
Allen, Michael Alvarez, Sidney Armstong, Gabby Arredondo, Abdelrahman Asasfeh,
Chance Cadena, Kamilya
Collins, Thomas Cook and
Isair Corona.
Alexander Couchman,
Victoria Couchman, Cecilia
Dale, Colin Dang, Jenny Do,
Systine Garcia, Michael
Gaynor, Jacque Rose Giron,
Swazi Gurnell, Madeline
Hernandez and Kaiden Hills.
Ian Johnson, Eyanna Martinez, Tevin Massie, Demah
Naser, Joseph Nguyen, Ryan
Nguyen, Steven Nguyen,
Tyler Nguyen, Janice Padilla,
Sammy Paredes, Bella Perez
and Juliana Pruneda.
Thessaly Quintana, Daniel
Rice, Deshawn Rice, Ryan
Richard, Logan Riley, Manuel
Rodriguez, Christian Schmidt,
Carrick Steans, Yvonne Thai,
Christian Vega, Robert Villatoro, Kiet Vo and Lorelei
Winnek.
Good Citizen
Gabby Arredondo, Alexander Couch, Ceccilia Dale,
Kareemah Kothiya, Caleb
Loredo, Ryan Nguyen, Bella
Perez, Alexander Rios, Jordy
Rodriguez, Manuel Rodriguez, Jacob Roppolo, Alexis
Stewart and Alisa Vargas.
Principal’s Award
Mia Alexander, Ranyia
Allen, Michael Alvarez,
Leanna Ancira, Gabby Arredondo, Rabab Asif, Kayla
Belle, Kaitlyn Campos, Kaleb
Campos, Alexa Cavazos,
Aidan Cedillo, Freddy Chavarria and Isair Corona.
Alexander Couchman,
Victoria Couchman, Cecilia
Dale, Colin Dang, Jenny Do,
Adison Galloway, Noah Garcia, Systine Garcia, Kimberly
Garza, Noah Gaytan, Jamorion Gray, Swazi Gurnell and
Jacob Hernandez.
Ian Johnson, Justice
Johnson, Kareemah Kothiya,
Ivann Longoria, Eyanna
Martinez, Natalia Martinez,
Celeste McBride, Nathan
Mena, Danielle Mendiola and
Connor Mohwinkel.
Alena Morin, Anthony
Morin, Demah Naser, Ryan
Nguyen, Dominic Ortiz,
Janice Padilla, Bella Perez,
Nicholas Ponce, Daniel Rice,
Alexander Rios, Manuel
Rodriguez, Jacob Roppolo
and Bryce Russell.
Christian Schmidt, Mable
Self, Caden Spiller, Hanna
Stevens, Yvonne Thai, Anni
Tran, Alisa Vargas, Ebony
Velasquez, Moises Vides,
Robert Villatoro, Lorelei
Winnek and Antony Zavala.
Second Grade
Honor roll
Nadine Ahmed, Alana
Arrington, Zaynab Asasfeh,
Keegan Ashworth, Andre
Barrientos, Madison Cai,
Makenzie Castillo, Brandon
Cates and Matthew Collins.
Di Dao, Cameron Galloway, Alaina Hampton, Elijah
Hernandez, Leslie Hernandez,
Niklas Hernandez, Madison
Hoop, Anh Ky, Kevin Lewis
and Katelyn Mendoza.
Marcus Momie, Avry
Munoz, Jeremiah Palma,
Megan Rodriguez, Kennedy
Scimmons, Dominic Serna,
Kenzie Snook, Kielee Snook
and Brianna Toro.
Merit roll
Michelle Blanchard, Leslie
Hernandez, Caidence Martin,
Christian Medina, Kelly
Nguyen, Kal Self, Wyatt
Sherwood.
Perfect attendance
Alana Arrington, Zaynab
Asasfeh, Keegan Ashworth,
Andre Barrientos, Brandon
Cates, Izabella Cavasos,
Alyssa Chapman, Terrilyn
Claiborne, Di Dao, Jaxon
Efird, Vincent Gonzales and
Elijah Hernandez.
Katelyn Hernandez, Kadin
Hosein, Akira Jack, Anh Ky,
Angelina Lam, Kevin Lewis,
Mazen Massoud, Katelyn
Mendoza, Avry Munoz, Xavier Musquiz, Kelly Nguyen
and Jeremiah Palma.
Keith Parker, Gentry
Perez, Colby Reed, Adrian
Rios, Ryan Saxton, Wyatt
Sherwood, Kielee Snook,
Diego Torres, Derrick Turner,
Luis Villarreal, Zaire Walker
and Abby Whitley.
Good Citizen
Keegan Ashworth, Abraham A. Diaz, Jacob Fuenter,
Emily Gonzalez, Alaina
Hampton, Leslie Hernandez,
Christian Medina, Kate Mendoza, Marcus Momie, Xavier
Musquiz, Kelly Nguyen,
Kennedy Scimmons and
Londan Wiggins.
Principal’s Award
Nadine Ahmed, Kemi Star
Alade, Abraham Amaro-Diaz,
Geovanni Anguiano, Jorge
Arredondo, Zaynab A s a f e h ,
Keegan Ashworth, Ava Ayala,
Gael Barrera, Andre Barrientos, Dillon Barron, Rhiannon
Barron and Aaron Begazo.
R'Kai Benjamin, Jasmine
Bethely, Michelle Blanchard,
Madison Cai, Makenzie Castillo, Brandon Cates, Izabella
Cavazos, Alyssa Chapman,
Conlie Christmas and Terrilyn
Claiborne.
Matthew Collins, Dia Dao,
Jaxon Efird, Kaden Fernandez, Cameron Galloway,
Joseph Garza, Vincent Gonzales, Emily Gonzalez, Faith
Gonzalez, Johnathan Guerrero and Alaina Hampton.
Elijah Hernandez, Katelyn
Hernandez, Leslie Hernandez,
Sy’mora Holt, Madison Hoop,
Kadin Hosein, Anh Ky,
Angelina Lam, Mandy Le,
Kevin Lewis, Jocelyn Limon,
Richard Macias, Caidence
Martin and Mazen Massoud.
Christian Medina, Matthew
Mendiola, Katelyn Mendoza,
Kenneth Merritt, Marcus
Momie, Avry Munoz, Xavier
Musquiz, Kelly Nguyen,
Jeremiah Palma, Keith Parker,
Gentry Perez, Jacob Puentes
and Colby Reed.
Mikael Ridley, Bryce
Sanchez, Ryan Saxton, Kennedy Scimmons, Serena Segura, Dominic Serna, Kenzie
Snook, Diego Torres, Brianna
Vasquez, LuIs Villarreal,
Vincent Vo, Abby Whitley
and Londan Wiggins.
Third grade
Honor roll
Kaitlyn Bess, Matthew
Campos, Wesley Godwin,
Lily Gutierrez, Karisa Hernandez, Jonathan Jean, Reagan Jones, Erin Maslonka,
Robert Montano, Janah Naser,
Albert Nguyen, Duy Nguyen,
Morgan Pytka, Dimitri Rios,
Elliot Spiller, Alyssa Toro and
Bella Woernley.
Merit roll
Devyn Cook, Laura Diaz,
Alonso Garza, Megan Godeke, Emily Gonzalez, Jordan
Hayes, Anissa Howard,
Victoria Lazo, Jacob Perez,
Christian Sauter and Alise
Williams.
Perfect attendance
Cheyenne Alexander, Joseph Allen, Tierra Bickems,
Ayanna Brooks, Kamron
Byrd, Heaven Cadena, Matthew Campuzano, Devyn
Cook, Dominick Cruz and
Ricky De La Fuenta.
Jarien Dhuperoir, Alex
Enriquez, Jacob Flores, A.J.
Garcia, Luke Giron, Wesley
Godwin, Clayton Goforth,
Emily Gonzalez, Valerie Gonzalez, Jeremy Gutierrez and
Jonathan Jean.
Reagan Jones, Victoria
Lazo, Adrian Lopez, Alex
Lopez, Erin Maslonka, Cynthia Mendoza, Robert Montano, Albert Nguyen, Alexis
Nguyen, Duy Nguyen, Justin
Padilla, Mary Pham and
Morgan Pytka.
Dimitri Rios, Brandon
Salinas, Lily Simons, Kaitlin
Skidmore, Tristan Soria, Marco Torres, Michael Vo, Nate
Wallace, Zachary Wallace,
Alise Williams, Garrett Winnek, Bella Woernley and
Key’ana Yanney.
Good Citizen
Zariah Aguilar, Heaven
Cadena, Devyn Cook, Laura
Diaz, Jonathan Jean, Brooklnn
Lathan, Justin Padilla, Ryan
Roppolo, Brandon Salinas
and Marco Torres.
Principal’s Award
Cheyenne Alexander, Lylah
Arredondo, Mason Banhart,
Kaitlyn Bess, Ayanna Brooks,
Heaven Cadena, Matthew
Campos, Moises Cisneros,
Devyn Cook, Dominick Cruz,
Laura Diaz, Raven Finister,
A.J. Garcia and Alonso Garza.
Emman Ghuneim, Luke
Giron, Megan Godeke, Wesley Godwin, Lazarus Gonzalez, Lily Gutierrez, Karisa
Hernandez, Thomas Herrera,
Savanna Herring, Anissa
Howard and Jonathan Jean.
Miciah Jones, Reagan
Jones, Brooklynn Lathan,
Victoria Lazo, Jose Martinez,
Erin Maslonka, Kristene
Mena, Cynthia Mendoza, Albert Nguyen, Alexis Nguyen,
Clear Horizons students participate
in Houston Flamenco Festival
Clear Horizons Early College
High School students enjoyed
the Houston Flamenco Festival
on the campus of San Jacinto
College South. Students learned
about the flamenco art that has
origins in Indian, Pakistani,
Egyptian and other cultures as
well as in Spain. The multicultural group of students enjoyed
the hands-on learning experience
about dance, music and history.
Pictured at left are, left to right,
Solangel “Lali” Calix, Edith
Nino, Irma La Paloma, Jennifer
Morrow, Jeremías García, Alice
Schwarz and Solomon García.
Duy Nguyen, Trishta Nguyen
and Justin Padilla.
Wanda Palomo, Jasmine
Peralta, Jacob Perez, Mary
Pham, Morgan Pytka, Danae
Ram, Amya Ray, Isaac Real,
Kyle Redmon, Austin Rhoden,
Dimitri Rios, Ryan Roppolo,
Brandon Salinas, Christian
Sauter and Lily Simons.
Tristan Soria, Arianna
Soza, Elliot Spiller, Marco
Torres, Everett Triplette,
Daquari Tuckson, Michael
Vo, Alise Williams, Garrett
Winnek, Bella Woernley,
Ariana Xayadeth and Enlai
Yii.
Fourth grade
Honor roll
Nathan Ancira, Yenvy Bui,
Sophia Colmenares, Annette
Eonne, Alejandra Gracias,
Vivian Luu, Marissa Maxwell,
Eloy Sanchez, Alyssa Sarabia,
Samantha Schroder, Kobe
Thompson, Jordan Tran and
Justin Tran, Mary Vu.
Merit roll
Brittany Aguilar, Bailee
Dang, Jacob Efird, Nathan
Medina, Isaiah Trevino,
Angela Vu, Dylan White and
Zoe Whitley.
Perfect attendance
Abrianna Aguilar, Brittany
Aguilar, Nathan Ancira, Zavier Armelin, Colby Arnold,
Jacqueline Arrington, David
Benavidez, Justin Blogg,
Yenvy Bui, Jessica Cano,
Xavier Cantu, Shelby Couchman and Deven Cypert.
Araceli Dale, Bailee Dang,
Alex Dhuperior, Jacob Efird,
Annette Eonne, Efosa Ewansiha, Jaylen Gonzalez, Alejandra Gracias, Kianna Groves,
Kayla Guajardo, Xavier Hernandez, Chance Irwin and
Carla Lopez.
Vivian Luu, Manuel Martinez, Marissa Maxwell,
Natalia Melchor, Samantha
Mendoza, Joshua Morin,
Isaac Morrow, Isaiah Morrow,
Alexis Mottu, Lourdes Munoz, Leslie Nguyen, Andy Rios
and Brianna Salazar.
Eloy Sanchez, Samantha
Schroder, Randy Smith, Koby
Thompson, Isiah Torres,
Justin Tran, Oscar Velasques,
Angela Vu, Mary Vu, Dylan
White, Zoe Whitley and
Vorian Wilcox.
Good Citizen
Angel Aguilar, Briana
Andrade, Reid Ball, Priscella
Chavez, Shelby Couchman,
Shaylyn Dunlap, Noah Gonzales, Samantha Mendoza,
Dominic Tamez, Everett
Taylor and Vorian Wilcox.
Principal’s Award
Abrianna Aguilar, Angel
Aguilar, Ashley Amaro,
Colby Arnold, Jacqueline
Arrington, Rida Asif, David
Benavidez, Joshua Bickers,
Justin Blogg, Yenvy Bui,
Priscella Chavez, Joshua
Collins, Sophia Colmenares
and Shelby Couchman.
Bailee Dang, Shaylyn
Dunlap, Jacob Efird, Justin
Esquivel, Jonathan Garcia,
Kianna Groves, Kayla Guajardo, Andrew Hernandez,
Laila Hernandez, Xavier
Hernandez, Yvette Hernandez
and Faith Johnson.
Carla Lopez, Marissa
Maxwell, Natalia Melchor,
Samantha Mendoza, Kaaynat
Mistery, Alexis Mottu, Lourdes Munoz, Leslie Nguyen,
Gracie Roessler, Brianna
Salazar, Eloy Sanchez and
Alyssa Sarabia.
Samantha Schroder, Caleb
Tamez, Dominic Tamez,
Everett Taylor, Tam Tram,
Jordan Tran, Isaiah Trevino,
Oscar Velasquez, Angela Vu,
Mary Vu, Tahj’nique Wade,
Dylan White, Zoe Whitley,
Jeffrey Wilson, Erin Woodard
and Lian Yii.
Dobie seniors
helping seniors
Recently, approximately 85 seniors from Dobie High School spent
the morning and part of the afternoon working to revitalize four
homes in the South Belt area as part of Pasadena Independent
School District’s Seniors Helping Seniors community service
day. These students spent most of the day painting and scraping
the exteriors of these homes. A total of eight homes were part of
the project that began in March. During March and April, many
Dobie seniors gave up their personal time to trim trees, move dirt
and build fences at the homes of area seniors. Now in its fourth
year, this districtwide community service project is a partnership
between Pasadena ISD and Rebuilding Together Houston, along
with additional agencies and sponsors.
Photos submitted
Monique Lewis
Bryce Simmons and Stephanie Nguyen
Julie Murphy
Treg Spigner
Tracy Montes and Andrea Gonzalez
Dobie Longhorn seniors are giddy and green as they wrap up a successful day of painting and priming
during the district’s Seniors Helping Seniors Day. Pictured are, left to right, (front row) Stefanie Mejia,
Dajah Swinton, Eric Wilson, Kayla Smith, Danielle Crawford, Karinna Marin, (back row) Chloe Escobar, Annabel Villa, Jennifer Mora, Barry Authenreith, Christopher Nickelson, Kabrelle Thomas and
Veronica DelaFuente.
Film & Speaker Series
presents The Hunger Games
Celebrate summer with
a movie at University of
Houston-Clear Lake’s Film
& Speaker Series showing of
the futuristic film, The Hunger Games, set in the fictional
totalitarian nation of Panem
where 16-year-old Katniss
volunteers to take her sister’s
place in the annual Hunger
Games competition.
The film is rated PG-13
and is scheduled for July 7 at
7 p.m. in the university’s Student Services and Classroom
Building, Lecture Hall, 2700
Bay Area Blvd.
Released earlier this year,
the film follows Katniss Everdeen, one of 24 participants
from the country’s 12 districts, as she fights to survive
in a televised battle that is
part entertainment and part
Clarissa Tamez
intimidation of the subjugated populace who must watch.
It stars Jennifer Lawrence,
Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley
and Elizabeth Banks.
Distinguished speaker is
Chloé Diepenbrock, director
of University Writing Center
and associate professor of
literature, who will discuss
themes present in the movie.
Presented by Cultural Arts
Film & Speaker Series, admission is $3.75 per person
and free for those with UHCL
identification.
All film dates are subject
to licensing availability. Visit
http://www.uhcl.edu/movies
for most current information
or contact Sonia Hernandez,
cultural arts assistant, at mov
[email protected] or 281-2832560.
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Page 4, Section A, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Thursday, June 21, 2012
Sportsmanship
Award repeat
Over The Back Fence
JOCELYN TURNS 12
Danny and Debbie Sales of Kirkwood
South send out happy birthday wishes to
their “beautiful” granddaughter, Jocelyn
Thompson. Jocelyn will be 12 years old
on Saturday, June 23.
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FOR EMORY
Happy birthday greetings are sent to
Emory Gadd on Thursday, June 21, from
his family and friends.
SCHOOL DAZE
The following personnel and staff
members of the Pasadena Independent
School District celebrate birthdays June
21 through June 27.
Atkinson Elementary
Wishes for a wonderful birthday are
sent to Tulu Sarkar June 27.
Burnett Elementary
Blow out the birthday candles for Nancy
Fehst on June 26. Marissa Gutierrez is
wished a happy birthday June 27.
Moore Elementary
June 26 is the day for a cake for
Melanie Hodge.
South Belt Elementary
The day for a celebration for Susi Barr
is June 23.
Stuchbery Elementary
June 21 is the day for a cake for Carolyn
Waller. On June 22, birthday wishes are
sent to Lauren Nalepa. Dana Sylvester
enjoys a birthday June 23. Marking a
birthday June 24 is Kristin Wallis.
Melillo Middle School
Roxana Rigdon has a birthday June
21. The day for a party for Penny Havard
is June 26.
by Jan
Morris Middle School
Birthday greetings are sent to Jeanne
Roddy June 25.
Thompson Intermediate
June 21 is the day for a cake for
Jenifer Hill.
Dobie High
The day for a double party for Jacob
Rogers and Amy Romero is June 25.
Another double birthday is celebrated by
Maria Morales and Ana Valencia June
26. Alisa Pederson enjoys a birthday
June 27.
LEADER WANTS YOU IN THE NEWS
Email birthday, anniversary, vacation,
congratulations, etc., to mynews@south
beltleader.com with OTBF in the subject
line. Items must be submitted by Friday
noon for the next week’s publication.
Perez, Thompson
receive American
Legion Award
BHI Teachers of the Year nominees announced
Jocelyn Thompson recently won the Sportsmanship Award at Melillo Middle School for the second year in a row. Thompson is the granddaughter of proud grandparents, Danny and Debbie
Sales of Kirkwood South. She will be entering
the seventh grade at Thompson this fall.
Photo submitted
Moore releases
4th 9-weeks rolls
Moore Elementary recently announced its fourth nineweeks honor and merit rolls.
Students earning status are:
First grade
Honor roll
Oasis Alanis, Ashtin Baxter, Hannah Carte, Shelby
Carte, Mariana Cuevas, Jessica Dryden, Vaneli Gonzalez,
Kaydence Huebner, Kyle
Janacek, Billy Junkin, Connor
King and Evan Krustchinski.
Ivan Lopez, Olivia Lugo,
Felipe Miranda, Ann Nguyen,
Landon Nguyen, Sydney
Pector, Adrita Rahman, Cameron Smothers, Jessica Tan,
Jade To-Nguyen and Ainsley
Willis.
Merit roll
John Allan, Alec Basaldua,
Chelsey Blanton, Haven Hartwell, Haleigh Jones, Sophia
Martinez, Melissa Martinez,
Mia Munoz, Dylan Nguyen,
Linh Phan, Alex Rivera and
Jakob Serna.
Second grade
Honor roll
Jaidyn Almaguer, Miguel
Bazaldua, Amy Cao, Gloria
Gonzales, Audrey Huckabay,
Madelyn Huerta, Nicole
Jasso, Ethan Montenegro and
Kim Nguyen.
Kathleen Nguyen, Jeeny
Nguyen, Isabella Padilla,
Alexandra Ramos, Kyle
Stokes, Brooke Tran, Vi Tran,
Annie Tran, Derek Tran and
Kailey Tsikis.
Merit roll
Gabriella Campo, Lydia
Chicas, Briana Gutierrez,
Zacheus Macias, Grace Nguyen, Kyndal Nguyen, Aiden
Provost, Annette Tran and
Diego Cortez.
Third grade
Honor roll
Kristen Barba, Marshall
Dang, Evelyn Diaz, Meagan
Dryden, Lizeth Flores, Joseph
Garcia, Olivia Gonzalez,
Christina Hoang, Casey Junkin, Evelyn Lien, Nathan
Lopez and Kenny Ly.
Charles Maricle, Cadie
Masterson, Carolina Miranda,
Kyndall Morales, Alan Nguyen, Henry Nguyen, David
Roman, June Santillanes and
Taven Tran.
Merit roll
Saul Alejo, Jimena Alvarez,
Makayla Baxter, Esmeralda
Calvillo, Deanna Castellano,
Megan Cowan, Alexandra
Cuba, Ethan Hernandez, Alvis
Moes, Adriel Rodriguez and
Marisa Soto.
Fourth grade
Honor roll
Eddie Benavides, Alyssa
Bernal, Jayla Carmouche,
Tammy Dang, Elijah Donahoe, Nayeli Garibay, Matthew
Ghansyam, Christian Hernandez, Thy Huynh, Elaine Lien,
Alejandra Martinez, Gerardo
Mejia and Jennifer Nguyen.
Jackson Ruiz, Julian Sanchez, Joshua Smothers, Felicity Soto, Matthew Springer,
Trinity Tan, Cameron Tobias,
Benjamin Tran, Savannah
Tran and Amaode Uchendu.
Merit roll
Alina Herazo, Eneida
Infante, Vicki Le, Carson
Morales, Maia Moretto, Daisy
Nguyen, Kenneth Nguyen
and Alexis Perez.
The following teachers
were recently selected by the
faculty of Beverly Hills Intermediate as Pasadena Independent School District Teacher
of the Year candidate and
First-Year Teacher of the Year
candidate for 2011-2012.
The following are the
nominations submitted by the
staff at Beverly Hills Intermediate School:
Lillian Carter
Teacher of the Year
Lillian Carter is a passionate educator who truly cares
for her students. This combination of passion and caring
has nurtured a dedication to
her students that is beyond
measure. Her success as a
teacher stems from her
unwavering faith in the value
of education.
When Carter embarked in
education 35 years ago, she
readily established herself as
a favorite among the students.
Her personality and understanding of how children
learn quickly accelerated her
to the top of the chart of
exemplary teaching practices.
For this and many other reasons, she is the perfect nominee for Teacher of the Year
from Beverly Hills Intermediate.
Carter operates her classroom based on the principle
of rising expectation. Her
students know to succeed in
Carter’s class, a student has
to stay focused and be willing to push oneself. This creates a challenging and exciting atmosphere in her classroom and it fosters an attitude
of success in her students.
She chose to pursue a career
in teaching in order to make a
positive impact on the life of
every student.
Carter has been wearing
many hats during her busy
schedule as a science teacher.
Her leadership quality is that
she is a servant leader. She is
in the trenches helping students by having morning
tutoring. The time and effort
that she puts into each student shows her endless and
relentless pursuit to reach all
her students.
Although Carter has taught
seventh-grade science for
many years, she eagerly
accepted a new challenge in
Lillian Carter
2011-2012. She volunteered
to teach both seventh- and
eighth-grade Pre-AP Science.
This assignment meant
change – new grade level,
new lesson planning, a unique
schedule in science (block),
and more students.
The one constant, however, with Carter is her commitment to excellence. She continues to offer challenging
lessons, daily tutoring, and
active monitoring and assessments. Her classroom management is second-to-none.
Substitute teachers are
amazed at the behavior of her
students. One will often find
her on the phone talking to
parents during her conference period and after school.
Carter is a perfect blend of
old-school and current trend.
She is not only effective
instructionally, but is an
expert at building positive
relationships with students
and the entire school community.
Carter is also a highly
respected and valued member
of the BHI family. Her expertise in teaching strategies and
lesson planning make her an
important resource to the
BHI staff. She developed
activities that incorporated
thinking skills which allowed
students to fulfill their potential as problem-solvers and
decision-makers. Carter uses
motivating and innovative
ways in science to spark her
students’ interest. She believes it is critical that students understand the relationship between didactic knowledge and practical applica-
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to feel both challenged and
validated in order to achieve
academic success. For this
reason, she is the perfect
nominee for First Year
Teacher of the Year from
Beverly Hills Intermediate.
Ashley Acord operates her
classroom based on the principle of rising expectations.
She realizes the importance
of allocating set times for
tutoring to ensure that every
student gets the instruction
they need.
She also recognizes the
importance of using testing
data to discover students’
strengths and weaknesses and
tailors her instruction accordingly. Her ability to utilize
various resources to improve
her instructional techniques
guarantees that every student’s potential is maximized.
Acord graduated from
Texas A&M University.
During her first year as a
teacher, she juggled the roles
of a working professional, a
mother and a wife.
Her success in all aspects
of her life can be attributed to
her positive attitude and her
work ethic. She does not miss
opportunities to show support for the students by
attending extracurricular
activities.
It is not uncommon to see
Acord actively supporting
BHI students at athletic
events, academic games and
Ashley Acord
music performances. She also
strives for continual self-improvement by attending various professional development
workshops within the district.
This year, she dedicated
her time and effort to cosponsoring the cheerleading
squad.
BHI wanted to recognize a
teacher who embodied the
qualities of enthusiasm, dedication and sound instructional technique. For these reasons BHI has chosen Ashley
Acord to be its nominee for
First Year Teacher of the Year
at PISD. Her willingness to
take risks within the classroom to empower her students is why her first year
will not be her last year of
success.
Lions Club meeting set
The Houston Space City Lions Club will meet
Tuesday, June 26, at 7 p.m. at the Golden Corral, 12500
Gulf Freeway. For information, call George Malone at
281-438-7243.
HOME RUN CORNER
The Leader staff reminds parents to submit
congratulations for their sluggers’
achievements for publication in
Over The Back Fence.
Email [email protected]
with OTBF in the subject line.
Items must be submitted by Friday noon
for the next week’s publication.
Remember When
35 years ago (1977)
Mancuso addressed the
City Councilman Frank Beverly Hills Civic Club
about improvements forthcoming to the Beverly Hills
Park.
Christopher Pace received the Jesse H. Jones
Orthodontist
Scholarship from Houston
Endowment, Inc. He also
281-481-9575
13310 Beamer received a grant to attend
Rice University.
Appliance Therapy: Corrects crowding and a
30 years ago (1982)
The developer of the
recessive lower jaw line.
Southpoint complex at Fuqua
announced plans to construct Fuqua through from
Eliminates the need for
the Gulf Freeway to within
orthodontic tooth removal
400 feet of old Galveston
Road. The city would evenin many situations.
tually complete the project
which connected Fuqua to
Old Galveston Road.
James Michael Webb,
Eliminates the need
26, died when his pickup
for headgear.
truck collided with two tractor trailers that were parked
Second Opinions Welcome!
at the dead end of Fuqua at
Blackhawk.
Insurance Assignment Accepted • Quality and Caring Office
25 years ago (1987)
Pasadena ISD trust• Certified Specialist • Serving the South Belt Area Since 1981
ees approved commencement of the fifth and final
phase of the renovation of
Strawberry Mall, a 99,000square-foot building. Five
trustees voted in favor of the
additional $475,000 expenditure.
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St. Frances Cabrini
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• Business Forms • Business Cards • Custom Letterheads & Envelopes
its 25th anniversary.
• Wedding Invitations • Thank You Notes
20 years ago (1992)
• Menus • Directories and much more!
Workmen removed the
walls of the United Savings building on Scarsdale
Boulevard. Kim Heyns,
construction manager for
South Belt Graphics & Printing
tion. Her educational philosophy is that students become
active participants and are
held accountable for their
own learning. She also strives
to improve her own skills as a
teacher by attending various
professional development
workshops within the district.
She never tires of helping her
fellow teachers and trying to
provide support to those who
are discouraged.
Carter is committed to
instilling a passion for learning science within her students. Her classroom environment is encouraging and
positive and conducive to
maximizing a student’s academic potential. Many of the
teachers at Beverly Hills
Intermediate described Carter
as a relentless warrior when it
comes to ensuring that students are successful. She has
contributed in numerous
ways to the atmosphere of
excellence at Beverly Hills
Intermediate.
Ashley Acord
First-Year
Teacher of the Year
During Ashley Acord’s
first year as a teacher, she
proved herself as a passionate
and caring educator. This
combination of passion and
caring has created a deep
dedication to her students.
Her success as a teacher
stems from her willingness to
seek guidance from veteran
teachers and maintain a consistent classroom atmosphere.
She collaborated with
experienced teachers to
develop procedures that
would work well with her
management style.
Acord’s ability to build
relationships with both students and fellow staff members quickly made her a
favorite faculty member during her first year. She understands that students respond
when given a consistent set
of expectations and utilizes
that principle to provide a
structured classroom. Her
personality and understanding of how children learn
makes her top notch on the
chart of exemplary teaching
practices.
Acord realized from the
beginning that students need
Bell-Mann Corp., said that
they were making way for
a covered drive-through to
the United Savings office.
Southbend residents who
were waiting for their day in
court found that their attorneys had reached a $39 million out-of-court settlement
with Monsanto in what
would have been the first
Brio-related court case to
consider health problems.
15 years ago (1997)
A 17-year-old Clear
Brook High School student
was charged with possession of a weapon in a school
zone at Clear Lake High,
where he attended summer
school.
Local constable deputies were seeking the person
responsible for vandalizing
over 15 cars. Most of the
vehicles’ windows were
shattered by a suspected
pellet gun, with most cases
reported in the Sageglen
subdivision.
10 years ago (2002)
Dobie graduate Nathan
Mitchell signed a professional baseball contract
with the Chicago Cubs.
More that 200 participants turned out for the San
Jacinto College Foundation’s Evening of Monopoly to help raise $34,000 for
student scholarships.
5 years ago (2007)
The new Harris County
Tax Office opened at Scarsdale and Beamer.
Jerry Michael Cook,
the Pasadena Independent
School District bus driver
charged with manslaughter
in the death of 9-year-old
Frazier student Ruth Young,
was acquitted.
Dobie assistant principal
Steve Fullen was appointed
the new principal of South
Houston High School. He
had served as assistant principal for four years. Fullen
replaced outgoing Deborah
Aubin who was retiring.
Drainage improvement
construction began on
Edgebrook. This was due,
in part, to the actions of
Freeway Manor resident
James Muecke who had
been working with local
government officials since
July 2005.
Marie Flickinger, publisher of the South Belt-Ellington Leader, was elected
chairman of the San Jacinto
College Board of Regents.
This was the first time a
woman was elected to the
position.
1 year ago (2011)
Construction began on
the Harris County portion
of the Hughes Road/Barry
Rose
expansion
into
Pearland. The work was
expected to take six months
and cost $1,704,505. Plans
called for an elevated bridge
just west of Blackhawk to
go above the existing hikeand-bike trail. Plans also
called for the installation of
stop signs at the Sageorchard
intersection as well as a
cautionary traffic light in
front of the Southeast
Volunteer Fire Department
station.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s
Air Station Houston had a
change-of-command ceremony at Ellington Field.
Incoming
Cmdr. Eric
Gleason replaced outgoing
Cmdr. Christopher Moss as
commanding officer.
The American Legion Award is presented to one
boy and one girl from each eighth-grade graduating class at Thompson Intermediate School.
The student must have developed the qualities
of courage, leadership, honor, patriotism, scholarship and service. The American Legion feels
the development of the ideals of Americanism
among young people will make them citizens of
the highest type. The students selected are chosen through a three-step voting system by the
faculty and staff. The selected students represent
the best of Thompson Intermediate. This year,
eighth-graders Ashely Perez and Tyson Thompson are the 2011-2012 American Legion Award
recipients. Perez is the daughter of Ricky and
Mayte Perez, and Thompson is the son of Christopher and Traci Thompson.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section A, Page 5
Rodriguezes celebrate 30 years
Elias and Cristina Rodriguez, longtime residents
of the South Belt area, will celebrate their 30th
wedding anniversary on Tuesday, June 26, 2012.
The couple were married in Houston at St. Luke
the Evangelist Catholic Church. Cristina was born
in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and Elias is a
native Houstonian. They are the parents of three
children - Veronica Rodriguez, Elias Rodriguez III
and Kristina Rodriguez, all South Belt residents;
and grandparents of Alayna Rodriguez and a baby
boy on the way, due in August.
SJC Early childhood educator
is Bammy Award national finalist
San Jacinto College South
campus children’s center
teacher, Nancy Hutchinson,
is a national finalist in the
child care center staff category for the inaugural Bammy
Awards, presented by the
Academy of Education Arts
and Sciences.
The Bammy Awards are
cross-discipline awards that
identify and acknowledge
excellence throughout the
education field – from teachers, principals and superintendents, to school nurses, support staff, advocates, researchers, early childhood specialists, education journalists, and
parents. The Bammy Awards
were created in response to
the tremendous national pressure on educators and educa-
tion leaders to improve student outcomes, and the intense
scrutiny that today’s educators face as a result.
The awards aim to foster
cross-discipline recognition
of excellence in education,
encourage collaboration and
respect in and across the various domains, elevate education and education successes
in the public eye, and raise
the profile and voices of the
many undervalued and unrecognized people who are making a difference in the field.
“I’m deeply honored to be
a nominee,” said Hutchinson.
“It’s humbling to know that
your efforts are recognized
by your colleagues. God gave
me this talent, and I love
what I do.”
For the last five years,
Hutchinson has been establishing the educational foundation for many of the children enrolled at the South
campus children’s center. “I
try to meet the needs of every
individual student. It’s challenging having 20 children to
work with every day, but it’s
important to me to make sure
I give individual attention to
each of them whenever I can
to make sure they are meeting their potential,” she said.
One of the core teaching
strategies Hutchinson hones
in on is her room environment. “I basically present
myself as a 3-year-old. I make
sure the room is set up in a
way that promotes fun and
learning together. It actually
San Jacinto College South campus children’s center teacher, Nancy Hutchinson, joins students Noah Enriquez (left) and Gabriel Lopez, playing in the sandbox. Hutchinson is a finalist for the inaugural Bammy Awards, presented by the
Academy of Education Arts and Sciences.
Photo by Andrea Vasquez
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lessens discipline problems
and provides an environment
where the kids want to learn
every day with the games and
activities we plan.”
Dr. Toni Pendergrass,
South campus vice president
for learning, expressed how
much she appreciates her
dedication to teaching, both
as a colleague and as a parent
who has had her own children in Hutchinson’s class.
“Nancy is absolutely amazing,” said Pendergrass. “She
is deeply committed to her
work and devotes endless
hours to teaching. She genuinely cares about each child
in her class. For instance, she
attends their birthday parties,
dance recitals, and sporting
events. You simply could not
select a more deserving
teacher for this award.”
In 2007, despite being
diagnosed with breast cancer,
Hutchinson continued to
teach every day and credits
the children for keeping her
own spirits high throughout
her treatment and recovery.
In 2010, she was named
Teacher of the Year by the
Gulf Coast Association for
the Education of Young
Children and Classroom
Teacher of the Year by the
Texas Association for the
Education of Young Children.
For Hutchinson, the most
rewarding thing is knowing
when she’s earned a child’s
trust. “When I have a child
that struggles with leaving
their parents, the day they run
into the classroom and give
me a hug and a smile – I
know I’ve earned their trust,
and that they genuinely love
coming to school from that
day forward.”
In August, Hutchinson will
retire after 30 years in teaching but says she isn’t done.
“Teaching is in my heart; I’m
definitely not finished yet. I’m
also a lifelong learner, so I’m
looking forward to this next
chapter to see what’s ahead.”
Her teaching methods have
taken root at the South campus children’s center, especially her underlying philosophy. “If people could see
through the eyes of a child,
the world would be a better
place; they see the simple
things, and at the end of the
day, that’s all that matters.”
For more information and
a complete list of the Bammy
Award finalists, visit www.
bammyawards.com.
Purdue-Housewright,
Poole
unite in marriage
Michael Wayne Poole and Kristy Lee PurdueHousewright were united in marriage in a doublering ceremony at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2012.
The wedding, reception, dinner and dance were
held at Butler’s Courtyard in League City. The
bride’s parents, the Rev. Grant and Nancy Housewright of South Belt, walked her down the aisle
and gave her away. The bride’s father officiated at
the ceremony. The groom’s parents are Craig and
Ronda Poole of South Belt. Music was provided by
Elizabeth Brownlee on the harp. Matrons of honor were Jennifer Muraview and Jennifer Canterberry. Ami Lillard, Carrie Edwards and Tamara
Crain were bridesmaids. Honorary bridesmaid
was Anne Mashek. Best men were Christopher
Poole (groom’s brother) and Frank Kamez. Jonathan Utsey and Cody Bevill were groomsmen.
The flower girl was Kendall MacKenzie, niece
of the bride. Ringbearer was Tyson MacKenzie,
nephew of the bride. Greeters at the guest book
were sisters of the bride, Rachel MacKenzie and
Gretchen Housewright. The bride graduated from
Caldwell High School in Caldwell, Texas, in 2000.
The groom graduated from Dobie High School in
1998. Both are graduates of San Jacinto College
in Houston. The couple met at the Southeast Volunteer Fire Department in 2004. Michael is a firefighter/paramedic with the Houston Fire Department, and Kristy is a clerk with the Harris County
Sheriff’s Department. After a honeymoon in the
Hill Country, the couple resides in Dickinson.
Texas Teachers ACP awards Master gardeners
$5,000 to school and teacher set events for July
The Texas Teachers
Alternative Certification
Program has awarded
$2,500 to Valerie Foskit and
$2,500 to Clear Horizons
Early College High School.
Valerie Foskit has been
named the state teacher of
the year by the organization
that helps professionals with
a bachelor’s degree become
certified teachers.
Foskit recently completed her first year of teaching in a public school. She
teaches chemistry at Clear
Horizons.
The winning nomination
explained her talents in the
words of her students. One
student commented that
“she incorporates incredibly
hard concepts with simple,
creative models. She is
dependable, helpful, willing
to assist, and knowledgeable
– all the characteristics of an
amazing teacher.”
Foskit earned a Bachelor
of Science in chemical engineering from North Carolina
State University in 1991.
She worked for Rohm &
Haas Chemical Company
(now Dow) eight years, and
at Westminster Christian
Academy in Webster nine
years. She earned a Master of
Education in teacher leadership from Lamar University
in 2010.
Foskit was certified by
the Association of Christian
Schools International but
had never held state certification for public schools.
She and her husband, Garret,
have lived in League City 17
years and have two children
who attend Clear Springs
High School.
The Harris County Master
Gardener Association recently announced its July events.
Open Garden Day
The public is invited to
tour the working and demonstration gardens maintained
by the Harris County Master
Gardeners at Precinct 2.
Master gardeners will be
on hand to offer gardening
lessons to children and answer
gardening questions.
The free event is set for
Monday, July 2, and Monday,
July 16, from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
at the Genoa Friendship Garden, 1202 Genoa Red Bluff
in Houston.
Green Thumb
Lecture Series
Master gardener Jean
Fefer will provide a lecture
on Community Gardening.
This lecture is free and
open to the public on Tuesday,
July 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the
meeting room at Clear Lake
Park (on the lakeside), 5001
NASA Parkway in Seabrook.
Master Gardener
Lecture Series
Master gardener Jean
Fefer will provide a lecture
on Plants of the Bible. This
lecture is free and open to the
public on Wednesday, July
18, at 10 a.m. in the meeting
room at Clear Lake Park (on
the lakeside), 5001 NASA
Parkway in Seabrook.
For more information on
these events, visit the website
at www.hcmga.tamu.edu/.
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photographed with her check and the principal, Dr. Jennifer Morrow.
Wedding, engagement policies
Wedding writeups must be run in the newspaper, not submitted, in the time
outlined:
From wedding date to six weeks – photo and full article; six weeks to three
months – photo and limited information; after three months from wedding date –
will not be run.
Engagement and wedding announcements are published free of charge on a first
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
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Call 281-481-5656 for info
CHURCH DIRECTORY
The Catholic Community of
ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST
This Sunday with Rev. Joni Sutton:
Rev. James Burkart, Pastor
Rev. Thomas Puthusseril, Parochial Vicar
Promises, Promises
11011 Hall Rd. Houston, TX 77089
(between Beamer & Blackhawk)
www.stlukescatholic.com
LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saturday
Vigil 5:30 p.m.
Sunday
7:30, 9:15, 11:15 a.m.
Sunday
1:00 p.m. Misa en Espanol
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
9:00 a.m.
Tuesday & Thursday
7:00 p.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated
Thursday 6 to 7 p.m
Saturday 4 to 5 p.m.
Parish Office 281-481-6816 Faith Formation 281-481-4251
Youth Ministry 281-481-4735
St. Luke’s offers ministries for ALL-families, men, women,
youth, children, young adults, single, divorced, separated,
widowed.
Genesis 15:1-6, 9-10 & 17-18a
New Covenant
Christian Church
Kirkwood South Christian Church
10603 Blackhawk
281-484-4230
(Disciples of Christ)
Where God Makes Lives Better
Bill & Cheryl Hines, Pastors
10811 Kirkfair (At Beamer)
281-481-0004
Sunday School - 9 a.m.
Worship for Everyone - 10 a.m.
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Sunday
Wednesday
Early Service • 7:45 a.m.
Prayer Meeting • 7:00 p.m.
Sunday School • 9:30 a.m.
Mid-Week Service • 7:45 p.m.
Worship Service • 10:45 a.m.
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Cokesbury United Methodist Church
281-484-9243 • 10030 Scarsdale Blvd.
Page 6, Section A, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Thursday, June 21, 2012
Dobie Choir officers named for 2012-2013
Moore recreates wax museum
Third-graders at Moore Elementary conducted
independent studies of famous people. Their study
culminated with a simulated wax museum presentation of each students’ famous person.
Photos submitted
Mykayla Hudson as Besty Ross
J. Frank Dobie High School Choir officers were recently selected for the 2012-2013 school year. Officers pictured are, left to
right, (front row) Katherine Houghton, Lan Tran, Deanellys Rivera, (middle row) Marcy Higginbotham, Yvonne Molina, Em-
UHCL Pearland
holds open house
Thinking about returning to school? Find out why
the choice is clear during the
University of Houston-Clear
Lake Pearland campus open
house scheduled for Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. at the campus at 1200
Pearland Parkway.
Visit UH-Clear Lake Pearland campus and find out how
to begin or continue one's
ily Sargent, Athziri Garcia, Kate Villanueva, Savana Velasquez,
Raquel Hanks, (back row) Amanda Salazar, Josh Guillory, De
André Russell, Alexia Perez, Gabriel Sarduy, Phoenicia Wilson
and Kate Inchun.
Photo submitted
Vincent Powell as King Tut
Duenez graduates
educational journey. Meet
advisers and faculty, get a
campus tour and get all questions answered at this free,
open-to-the-public event.
Enroll for classes on site at
this event and waive the $35
application fee.
For more information or
to RSVP for the open house,
visit http://www.uhcl.edu/pe
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Julia N. Duenez recently graduated from Dobie High School. She has
volunteered at and designed the bulletin from scratch for Memorial
Hermann Southeast Hospital. She was a certified CNA before finishing
high school. Duenez’s goals are to be a pediatric nurse practitioner with
plans to earn her associate degree from San Jacinto College and then
go on to earn her bachelor’s, master’s and beyond from the University
of Texas Health Center. She also plans to work as much as she can with
children. Duenez is the daughter of Ernest and Bertha Duenez, sister of
Ernie and Alex, and the niece of Arisema Tapia.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section B, Page 1
SECTION B
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By John Bechtle
Sports Editor
Matt Juengel feels as
though he’s had to prove
himself nearly every day
since his graduation from
Clear Brook High School
in 2008, and he knows his
newest challenge may be
his biggest to date.
A 24th round draft pick
of the Miami Marlins, Juengel is just days into his professional baseball journey,
one he hopes will one day
end with him playing for
Miami at Marlins Park in
Florida.
As a 22-year-old player
from Texas A&M who was
the 737th overall player
chosen in the 2012 FirstYear Player Draft, Juengel
knows the odds of him playing in the major leagues one
day aren’t great, but he’s up
to the task.
He’s already endured a
whirlwind travel schedule
since the draft.
Awakened by a phone
call from the Marlins on
the third and final day of
the draft, Juengel was given
instructions to fly to Florida
for his team physical.
After that, Juengel gathered his things for the trip to
New York.
He had about a week to
adjust to his new surroundings in Jamestown, including mingling with teammates, before the start of the
season June 18.
“I just have to go prove
myself, especially at the
plate,” Juengel said.
“But that’s the way I
have always looked at it
since high school. You
make your name with your
bat unless you play in the
middle of the diamond. As a
third baseman, my job is to
swing the stick.”
If it were that simple,
Juengel might well be onto
something. A shoulder injury kept many recruiters off
Juengel’s trail in the spring
of 2008.
He found an ally in Panola College head coach
Todd Shelton, and has been
on his way since.
That first season at Panola in the spring of 2009,
Juengel hit .404 with 16
home runs, drawing the eye
of Texas A&M University.
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earlier this month, Juengel is with the short season Class A Jamestown Jammers,
the Marlins’ farm team in the New York Penn League.
wheel, Sawyer said.
“I didn’t go into the interview saying that I’m this
or I’m that,” Sawyer said.
“I have some ideas that
I want to put into play, and
I want to do some different
things, but at the end of the
day it’s still about the kids
and their growth both as
students and athletes.
“I’ve always felt like the
level of talented athletes
at Thompson is the best in
the district. The program
is already in good shape.
I’m just proud to be just the
third head coach in school
history. It’s truly an honor.”
A 1983 graduate of Dobie who excelled in both
football and baseball, Sawyer took the long road to the
coaching ranks.
He did not graduate from
college right away but instead spent the better part of
two decades in retail sales.
Albeit successful in his
field, Sawyer never quite
got the same fulfillment he
felt while coaching youth
baseball in the SagemontBeverly Hills Little League
or youth football in the Bay
Area Football League.
Sawyer and his wife
of 27 years, Cathy, have
three children, all Dobie
graduates. Brian, Daniel
and Amanda all took part
in a variety of athletics as
youths. Sawyer was always
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In September of 2010 at
BARC, he was a finalist in
the men’s 4.5 singles championship match. The Lajaunie family have been members of BARC since 2009.
Darren Lajaunie was diagnosed with melanoma in
October, 2009 and while
enduring many clinical trials and chemo treatments,
continued to work and play
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Doug Sawyer, a lifelong South Belt resident and Dobie High School graduate, has become just the third
head boys’ athletics coach at Thompson Intermediate,
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would get drafted but just
didn’t know by what team
or in what round,” Juengel
said. “A few teams had talked to me, and the Marlins
made the pick.
“I had to wait until my senior year in college for this
to happen, but I’m ready to
give it a go.
Playing baseball as a
youth, this is the dream you
live for. Like everybody
else, I just want to try to
make the most of it.
With just one semester remaining in his sports
management degree plan
at Texas A&M, Juengel has
some time on his side in order to live out his dream.
He likely isn’t the type to
linger in the minor leagues
for a lot of years, but time is
on his side right now.
“I’ve shown I can hit at
every level, and that’s what
I have to do,” Juengel said.
“I’ll play third base or wherever they want me to play,
but hitting is the ticket.”
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South Belt area tennis
players are invited to take
part in the inaugural Darren
Lajaunie Memorial Tennis
Tournament June 23-24 at
the Bay Area Racquet Club,
located at 17901 Kings Park
Lane, off NASA Road One
The event, in honor of
Lajaunie, a 1984 Dobie
High School graduate, will
fund tennis scholarships for
junior Bay Area Racquet
Tennis Club members.
Lajaunie began his tennis career at Dobie High
School and graduated as the
school’s co-valedictorian in
1984.
At the University of Texas Tennis Club, Lajaunie
won the Spring Open Champion 1988 in the men’s “B”
singles division.
He went on to graduate
from the University of Texas with a degree in electrical
engineering in 1988.
in profesional baseball.
“I just felt like I hit the
ball right at people all season at A&M,” Juengel said.
“I hit the ball well, made
good contact, but the hits
just weren’t falling in. I
actually feel more comfortable with a wood bat right
now, so I’m ready to get going.”
Juengel was drafted by
the Marlins as a third baseman, a position he hasn’t
played regularly since his
freshman season at Panola.
There is no designated
hitter role in the National
League where the Marlins
reside, but Juengel could
also one day be an option in
left field.
Right now, he just wants
to make a good first impression.
In his first game as a pro,
Juengel went 1 for 5 at the
plate with a single as Jamestown fell 1-0 in the opening game of the season.
“I had a good idea I
Happy Hour Everyday
Sawyer lands Thompson head coaching gig
By John Bechtle
Sports Editor
There’s a new man in
charge of Thompson Intermediate boys’ athletics, and
the search to find him didn’t
extend far at all.
Doug Sawyer, a lifelong
resident of the South Belt
area – a Dobie High School
graduate – has been selected
to replace the retired John
Fowler as the Lions’ head
athletics coach.
Just the third head coach
in the school’s history – first
came Oakley Davidson and
then Fowler – Sawyer has
found a home in the athletics world.
“I am absolutely ecstatic
to be coming to Thompson
Intermediate,” Sawyer told
the Leader soon after the
announcement was made.
“I know this community,
I know the types of student
athletes that come through
the school, and I understand
the importance of getting
them prepared for the next
level, which is Dobie High
School.”
As a youth, Sawyer attended Beverly Hills Intermediate, and he played with
and against friends who
were attending Thompson.
He watched Davidson
and his staff build a slew
of championship teams at
Thompson, saw Fowler and
his staff continue it. There’s
no need to reinvent the
Juengel this spring completed a solid three-year run
with the Aggies, starting
all but a few of the team’s
games.
As a sophomore, Juengel made 45 starts, hitting
a team-high .380 in Big 12
play and adding impressive
totals of 11 homers, 10 doubles, 39 runs driven in and
30 runs scored.
At the conclusion of the
season, Juengel was an AllBig 12 second team selection.
The following year,
Juengel made All-Big 12
honorable mention status
after hitting .308 with 13
doubles, seven homers and
50 RBIs.
Although Juengel dipped
to .292 this season with just
two homers and 46 RBIs,
he feels he’s ready for the
jump.
Juengel has for several
summers excelled in wood
bat leagues and feels the
time is now for a great start
high school seniors.
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proof of excellent academic
performance, a recommendation from his/her high
school tennis coach and
a recommendation from
one of the applicant’s high
school teachers.
The Lajaunie tournament
is a non-sanctioned tennis
event open to anyone who
would like to play.
Categories include boys’,
girls’, men’s and women’s
singles, doubles and mixed
doubles opportunities. Cost
for singles’ play is $40 and
$50 for doubles play.
For the fee, players will
receive a goody bag, lunch
and a tournament T-shirt.
Trophies will go to division winners. The opening
round of matches will begin June 23, at 8 a.m., and
there are plenty of activities
scheduled during the event.
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Lions land Sawyer as incoming head boys’ athletics coach
Continued from Page 1B
as involved as any other
parent, and the itch to coach
in the public school system,
likely always existed.
Sawyer went back to
college in the mid-’00s
and earned his degree from
Texas Southern University
in 2009.
For the past six years
Sawyer has coached football
and basketball at Queens
Intermediate while moonlighting as the junior var-
sity baseball coach at South
Houston High School. Now
comes a new role, and he’s
more than ready for it.
“Thompson Intermediate
is a great place to be,” Sawyer said.
“The weight room has
been upgraded, and it’s just
a perfect time. Ms. (Toni)
Lopez is very competitive,
and we will continue to take
the same kind of pride in
what we do that has always
been there and then some.”
Sawyer is excited to be
thrown right into the mix
of the red-hot South Belt
rivalry between Thompson
and Beverly Hills, but he is
not ready to throw down the
gauntlet.
Instead, he hopes to listen and learn from the likes
of Beverly Hills Intermediate head football coach Ben
Portis and Kenny Davidson,
the son of Oakley Davidson.
Longtime
Thompson
coaches Bill Kirchman and
Robert Boyes are among
those expected to stay on
board at the school as well,
and Sawyer will also draw
from their knowledge and
ideas.
“We all have new ideas
and things that work at this
level,” Sawyer said. “I feel
like we were able to do
some good things and make
some positive things happen
while I was at Queens.
“I want to get involved
and listen to other people.
I know that most of our
coaching staff at Thompson
is coming back. Together,
we are going to be able to
continue the great level of
success that has existed at
Thompson.”
Portis and his staff have
developed a program at
Beverly Hills that has, at
least based on results, been
the district’s best. He believes Sawyer is a great
fit at Thompson. “I was at
Thompson for three years,
and the program is a different animal than this one
here at Beverly Hills,” Portis said. “They’re both great
programs, but they are different.
“Doug will have to have
a drive, a focus and energy
but also the people skills
to come in and learn on the
run. He’ll do that. He has
an understanding of what
needs to be done. He’s a
South Belt guy who knows
the area and the kids. The
Thompson program is a
great one. We have seen that
in our rivalries against one
another. I’m truly happy for
Doug.”
For his part, Sawyer goes
into the job with at least
one simple understanding.
Lopez told him she doesn’t
like losing to Beverly Hills.
“We’re going to give it
everything we have,” Sawyer said. “This is a great opportunity for me.”
Family comes first,
even in baseball
as SBHLL teams battle!
SJC baseball players
earn academic nods
San Jacinto College
baseball players Benjamin Sliva and Kirby
Taylor have been named
National Junior College
Athletic Association athletes of distinction, the
organization announced.
Formerly the NJCAA
Academic All-American
honors, the NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete
Awards recognize student-athletes for their
success in the classroom.
Sliva, a sophomore
pitcher from Katy Taylor High School, posted
a perfect 4.0 grade point
average to earn the Pinnacle Award for Academic
Excellence.
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man infielder from Bellaire High School and a
transfer from Texas A&M
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Hey Sagemont all-stars!
Good luck in district play
It was all about family ties during
the Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little League
regular season as Conrad Hernandez of
the Nationals (left in photo at right) and
his nephew, Nick Gaytan of the Dodgers,
led their respective teams to the Major
Division championship game. The two
teams, the Nationals and the Dodgers,
had also advanced to the title game in
the league’s preseason tournament. No
matter the outcome of the season-ending
matchup, both players had plenty of support from family members, who showed
true team and family spirit during the action.
In photo at far right, Hernandez
and Gaytan stand together as one prior
to the start of one of the big games.
Submitted photos
SBHLL 14-Year Old All-Stars
Nick Alvarez
Jared Cinco
Tyler Giron
Daniel Rincon
Pike Rose
Ryan Sosa
Christian Gonzalez Tyson Thompson
Joshua Higgins Martin Trevino
Josh Olivarri
Kaelon Woods
14-Year Old Alternates
Andrew Ayala
Chauncey Blanton
Chris Garcia
Jarrod Halicki
Evan Mottu
Ben Reyes
SBHLL 13-Year Old All-Stars
Kris Kormier
Dondre Dykes
Javier Figueroa
Adan Gonzalez
Evan Hausler
Darrian Henry
Darius Hypolite
Wayne Lominac Jr.
Juan Moreno
Jesse Peredes
Jesse Tijerina
Robby Zavaleta
13-Year Old Alternates
Alias Arizmendi
Eric Bertrand
Mike Coscarelli
Lauro Gutierrez
Ian Leos
Trevoy Lewis
Julio Vela
Zach Zarate
SBHLL 12-Year Old All-Stars
Jonathan Acosta
Seth Barber
Mattias Gallo
Arthur Galvan
Hunter Garcia
Kevin Gartner
Tristan Gibson
Ricky Gonzales
Hunter Guerrero
Andrew Hinojosa
Andres Padilla
Jacob Sims
12-Year Old Alternates
During the major division championship game, Conrad Hernandez and Nick Gaytan had
plenty of support from family and friends. Those in attendance at the league facility at El
Franco Lee Park included, left to right, (front row) Eliza Rodriguez, Angelina Morales, Nick
Gaytan, Conrad Hernandez, Nathan Gaytan, Noah Gaytan, Gabriel Ramirez, Drew Rodriguez, Tino Torres, Ian Leos, (middle row) Sandra Torres, Grace Rodriguez, Delia Chavez,
Debbie Hernandez, Amparo Salazar, Devin Hernandez, Lillian Soto, Magdalena Gaytan,
Sophie Montano, Sarah Charles, Elena Charles, Veronica Charles, (back row) Ysidore Torres, Steven Hernandez, Stephen Parker, Louis Hernandez, Larisa Hernandez, Mary Guillen,
Victoria Charles, Roland Gaytan, Elizabeth Gaytan, Sergio Charles and Aaron Charles.
DeJuan Dixson
Matt Morales
Mikey Fuqua
Jacob Sulak
Joaquin Jiminez Torrey Tapper
A.J. Martinez
David Zermeno
SBHLL 11-Year Old All-Stars
PISD reveals
2012 football
game schedule
> Pearland, Manvel, Alvin join
league 22-5A ranks, DP out
> Dobie homecoming is Oct. 5
versus rival Memorial
> Dobie plays five Thursday
games out of 10
> All games have 7 p.m. kickoff
unless noted
> All PISD home games played
at Veteran’s Stadium, Pasadena
> *Denotes District 22-5A football games
Camryn Davis
Matt Escalera
Larry Etienne
Max Garcia
Nick Gaytan
Seth Gutierrez
Mateo Guzman
Dobie
Memorial
Pasadena
Rayburn
S. Houston
Fri., Aug. 31
Thurs., Aug. 30
Sat., Sept. 1
Fri., Aug. 31
Atascocita
at Clements
at Spring Woods
Thur., Aug. 30
Porter
at Summer Creek
Thurs., Sept. 6
Thurs, Sept. 6
Thur., Sept. 6
Fri., Sept. 7
at Clear Springs
Thurs., Sept. 13
at Clear Falls
Fri., Sept. 28
Clear Lake
Sat., Sept. 8
Waltrip (6 p.m.)
Fri., Sept. 14
at Texas City
at Baytown Lee
Fri., Sept. 21
La Porte
Fri., Sept. 14
Northbrook (HC)
*at Dickinson
Javian Castaneda Gavin Machado
Jacob Farrell
Manuel Martinez
Fri., Sept. 14
at Channelview
Daniel Hernandez
Aaron Nguyen
Ramon Ortega
Quirino Guajardo
11-Year Old Alternates
Thurs., Sept. 27
Fri., Sept. 28
Fri., Sept. 28
at Alvin
Fri, Sept. 28
Jeremiah Gant
*at Manvel
*at Pearland
*Dobie
Ibrahim Hatamleh
Fri., Oct. 5
Sat., Oct. 6
Thurs., Oct. 4
Sat., Oct. 6
Hasan Khan
*Memorial (HC.)
*at Dobie
*S. Houston (HC), 6 p.m.
Pearland
*at Pasadena
SBHLL 10-Year Old All-Stars
Fri, Oct. 12
Fri., Oct. 12
Fri., Oct. 12
Sat., Oct. 13
Sat., Oct. 13
Kaleb Baylis
*at Manvel
Fri., Oct. 19
*at Alvin
*Pasadena (HC)
*at Memorial
*at S. Houston
*Rayburn (HC)
Fri., Oct. 19
*at Rayburn
Thurs., Oct. 18
*Manvel (6 p.m.)
Fri., Oct. 19
*Memorial
Fri., Oct. 19
Thurs., Oct. 25
Fri., Oct. 26
Thurs., Oct. 25
*at Pasadena (6 p.m.)
*Pearland
*Alvin (1 p.m.)
Thurs., Nov. 1
Fri., Nov. 2
Thurs., Nov. 1
Fri., Nov. 2
*at Rayburn (6 p.m.)
*at S. Houston
*at Dobie
Fri., Nov. 2
*at Alvin
Fri., Oct. 26
*at Manvel
*Dobie (6 p.m.)
*Memorial
Thur., Nov. 8
Sat., Nov. 10
Fri., Nov. 9
Fri., Nov. 9
Eddie Delgado
Sandro DelVillar
Fri., Nov. 9
Ray Patrick Garcia
*Pearland
*Alvin (1 p.m.)
*Rayburn
*at Pasadena
*at Manvel
Lavonzale Molo
*at South Houston
Fri., Oct. 5
*at
Pearland
Sat., Oct. 27
Aaron Ramirez
Cristian Vela
Nathan Medina
Hayden Broussard Matt Olivares
Christian Cleckley Josh Perales
Alec Johnson
Kobe Ruiz
Alan Lopez Jr.
Marquice Scott
Luis Angel Lopez Dylan Villareal
10-Year Old Alternates
Josh Ramirez
Coby Riley
Isaac Salazar
Anthony Soto
Thursday, June 21, 2012, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section B, Page 3
Summer
break?
Not at BHI
CP Dodgers
finish strong,
win tourney
The coach pitch Dodgers closed out the Sagemont-Beverly Hills Little
League season strong,
winning the postseason
tournament after getting
a great effort from each
of the players. Members
of the team are, left to
right, (front row) Bryce
Sanchez, Riley Mercer,
Landon Hunt, Devin
Molina, Christian Medina, coach Cesar Medina, (back row) coach
J.D. Molina, Sebastian
Delgado, Dylan Castillo,
Darius Hale, Damian
Garcia, Isiah Gutierrez and coach Michael
Hunt.
Longtime Beverly Hills
Intermediate boys’ athletics coach Ben Portis
(right) doesn’t take summer vacations. Instead,
he and staff members
have been busy putting
students through the
paces during volunteer
speed, conditioning and
strength workouts that
will continue through
early July at the school.
After that, Portis and
his staff will host a youth
football camp for incoming seventh- and eighthgrade students in early
August. The Leader will
provide additional details about the football
camp beginning in July.
San Jacinto College baseball ends remarkable 2012 season
The San Jacinto College
baseball team has wrapped
up another successful season, emerging as the undefeated Region XIV tournament champions en route
to finishing as the national
runner-up at the Alpine
Bank JUCO World Series in
Grand Junction, Colorado.
There were several significant highlights in the
team’s 2012 campaign.
Head Coach Tom Arrington, now in his 11th
year at San Jacinto College,
earned his 500th career win
in a 3-0 win over Blinn College on Feb. 18.
Starting pitcher A.J.
Glasshof hurled a complete
game no-hitter, the first nine
inning no-hitter in the college’s history.
Six players were named
to the All-Conference team,
and, for a fourth consecutive
year, Arrington was named
the south zone Coach of the
Year. The team then shut out
the defending JUCO national champion, Navarro College, 1-0, in the final game
of the regional tournament
to earn a record 22nd trip to
the national tournament.
There were also several
significant national achievements. Although top-ranked
Iowa Western eliminated
eighth-ranked San Jac 6-5
in the final JUCO World
Series game, San Jacinto
College was the only team
in the national tournament
to defeat Iowa Western (5-2
in the opening round).
Three San Jac players
were named to the JUCO
All-Tournament
team:
catcher Kyle Bacak, outfielder Justin Byrd and Daniel Stumpf.
Stumpf also earned the
Most Outstanding pitcher
award, and Bacak was
named the Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the
tournament.
Two San Jac players were
selected in the 2012 Major
League Baseball First-Year
Player Draft – Stumpf and
Anthony Banda. Banda was
also named to the National
Junior College Athletic Association All-America third
team.
The team went through
peaks and valleys during the
regular season, which is not
surprising for a squad with
19 freshmen.
Nevertheless, Arrington
says he is proud of their
overall performance dur-
Area sports news, notes
Thompson gymnasium to open for workouts
The Thompson Intermediate boys’ coaching staff will host open gymnasium
ing the regular season and losses,” he said.
tounding transfer rate of the hours beginning Monday, June 25, from 9 to 11 a.m. Any boy athlete attending the
through their remarkable
“This is true to some players to universities and school may join a variety of workout activities in preparation for the 2012-2013
playoff run.
extent at San Jac, but as a to the professional baseball
school year.
“Over the course of the coach and teacher, I receive ranks.”
season, we struggled with
consistency,”
Arrington
said.
“We did not really develop an identity until very late
in the year, actually at the
regional tournament when
we played three consecutive
extra-inning games.
“That identity was determination and grit. The team
was going to give everything
they had to fulfill a dream of
playing for, and winning, a
national championship.”
Arrington is also proud
of the way many members
of the team matured through
the season, not only as athletes, but also as students
and as young adults.
“Often in sports the only
defining factor of success
is the number of wins and
a greater reward watching
players develop and grow
into young adults who represent themselves well in
our society.
“We have had a lot of
success here at San Jac in
terms of championships and
records, but there is also
value in the relationships
and friendships the student
athletes make, and the as-
Lajaunie tennis event
to benefit area youths
Continued from Page 1B
and will continue through
a June 24 afternoon session.
Other activities at
the club include a moon
bounce for spectators, free
snow cones and popcorn.
MD Anderson representatives will be on hand
June 23 to promote cancer
awareness.
There will also be another booth where people
can sign a board to honor
loved ones who have lost
their battle with cancer
and to salute cancer survivors.
Lunch for spectators
will also be available for a
small fee. T-shirts for the
event will also be on sale.
There will be a silent auction ongoing June 23 until
6 p.m.
Some of the auction
items include a baseball
autographed by former
Houston Astro Craig Biggio, an autographed basketball from the San Antonio Spurs, a wine basket,
game night baskets, movie
The Darren Lajaunie
Memorial Tennis Tournament is in honor of
Lajaunie (left), a 1984
Dobie High School
graduate who died in
2011. Lajaunie was a
lifelong tennis player
who eventually became
a member at BARC.
San Jacinto College baseball head coach Tom Arrington led his team to second place at the national
tournament, completing another terrific season.
San Jacinto College has
long been one of the nation’s best junior college
baseball programs.
There’s only been three
head coaches in the history of the program, and Arrington has obviously made
his mark.
Work toward continuing
that success in 2013 has already begun.
San Jacinto men’s hoops tryouts
The San Jacinto College men’s basketball tryouts for the 2012-13 team will be
held Saturday, June 23, at 10 a.m. Tryouts will take place at Anders Gymnasium located on the San Jacinto College Central campus at 8060 Spencer Highway in Pasadena. There is a $20 processing fee for the tryouts, and participants should plan to
arrive at 9 a.m. to register. Participants are required to sign a waiver before competing, and should dress appropriately. Tryouts will be limited to 80 people. Questions
about the open tryouts should be directed to the men’s basketball office at 281-4761849.
Dobie youth swimming camp
Dobie swimming coach Bradley Nguyen and members of the school program
will host the Longhorns’ youth swimming camp July 16-19, at the Beverly Hills
Intermediate pool. Those age 5 through those entering the ninth grade as of the
2012-2013 school year are eligible to attend. Participants should come dressed in
swimwear with goggles and a towel. Cost of the camp is $30, which includes a camp
night baskets, a golf out- T-shirt. For more information, call Nguyen at 281-773-1712. Sign-up deadline is
ing and more.
July 2.
All proceeds from the
silent auction and T-shirt
Brook youth volleyball camp
sales will go to support the
Clear Brook High School varsity volleyball head coach Meredith Thompson will
Darren Lajaunie Tennis
host the Lady Wolverines’ summer youth camp July 30 through Aug. 2 at the school.
Scholarship Fund.
Following the comple- Girls entering the fourth through ninth grades as of the 2012-2013 school year are
tion of matches June 23, eligible to attend. Participants will receive training in all aspects of the game, inthere will be a fajita din- cluding serving, hitting, passing, setting, digging and more. Entry forms are availner followed by a comedy able at clearbrookvolleyball.org. For more information, send email to Thompson at
show featuring Red and [email protected].
Rob Holloway.
JFD freshman volleyball camp
After the show, the silent auction winners will
Dobie High School varsity volleyball head coach Joe Sabatell and his staff will
be announced and the ten- host the Lady Longhorns’ incoming freshman camp Aug. 1-3 at the school. Girls
nis scholarships will then entering the ninth grade as of the 2012-2013 school year are eligible to attend. Parbe awarded. Tickets for ticipants will receive training in all aspects of the game, including serving, hitting,
the dinner and show are passing, setting, digging and more. The camp will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. each
$12. Call the Bay Area day. The cost of the camp is $55, cash only, and includes a camp T-shirt. Participants
Racquet Club at 281-488- and their families may visit the school front office each Monday through Thursday,
7026 for tickets.
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to register. Front desk manager Helen Duclos has the entry
Anyone interested in forms and will collect the funds. For more information, call Sabatell at 281-468making a donation can 1066.
do so by sending it to the
Darren Lajaunie Tennis
Dobie girls’ basketball camp
Scholarship Fund, 3106
Dobie varsity girls’ basketball coach Shane Brown and his staff will host the Lady
Mossy Elm Court, HousLonghorns’ youth basketball camp July 9-11 at the school. Students entering the
ton, Texas, 77059.
Approximately $8,500 fourth through ninth grades as of the 2012-2013 school year are eligible to attend.
has been raised to this Cost of the camp is $55 per student, which includes a camps T-shirt. The sessions
point. For more informa- will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day. To register, direct email to Brown at rbrown@
tion, visit the Bay Area pasadenaisd.org.
Racquet Club website at
www.bay arearacquetclub.
com.
Dobie boys’ basketball youth camp
The Lajaunie family
Dobie
High
School varsity boys’ basketball head coach Kevin Cross and his staff
told the Leader there are
plans in the works for a will host the Longhorns’ summer youth camp July 25-27 at the school. Students
website to be designed in entering the sixth through ninth grades as of the 2012-2013 school year are eligible
order to promote the tour- to attend. Cost of the camp is $50 per student, which includes instruction in all
nament and future events. phases of the game, including scrimmage games, and a camp T-shirt. The preferred
The Leader will provide method of registration is online at www.jfrankdobie.com. Enter the school webiste,
these details when they then scroll down the home page to find the link for the camp registration. For more
information, send email to Cross at [email protected].
become available.
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday through Friday
at 7 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062
Fairmont Parkway, in the Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-4878787 for information, or just drop in.
Noon
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free water exercise from
noon to 1 p.m. at Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital, 655 E.
Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Visit www.hapsonline.org for a
complete list of services offered.
5:30 p.m.
Texas German Society, South Belt (Southeast) Chapter – A
social group interested in the culture, music, heritage and language of the immigrants in early German settlements in Texas.
Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m.
in the Fellowship Hall of Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 10310
Scarsdale Blvd. Visitors are welcome. Call 281-481-1238 for more
information.
6:30 p.m.
St. Luke’s Catholic Church – St. Luke the Evangelist Church,
11011 Hall Road, 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].
Alcoholics Anonymous – Sunday, Thursday and Friday at 6:30
p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1062 Fairmont Parkway,
Pasadena, Fellowship Hall 4. Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
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, JUNE 22
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday through Friday
at 7 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062
Fairmont Parkway, in the Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-4878787 for information, or just drop in.
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.
6 p.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking) – Provides
support for family and friends of alcoholics or addicts. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church,
Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 232. Call 281-4878787, or just drop in.
6:30 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Sunday, Thursday and Friday at 6:30
p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1062 Fairmont Parkway,
Pasadena, Fellowship Hall 4. Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
7:30 a.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Saturday at 7:30 a.m. at First United
Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Cornell
Conference Room. Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
9 a.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking) – Provides
support for family and friends of alcoholics or addicts. Saturday at
9 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont
Parkway, Room 232. Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
11 a.m.
Al-Anon Meeting (Women Only, English) – For persons whose
lives are affected by someone who is addicted. Each Saturday
morning at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Pasadena,
1062 Fairmont Parkway, Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-4878787, or just drop in.
6 p.m.
Frontier Squares – Meets to square dance at the Westminster
Academy at 670 E. Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Refreshments
provided. For more information, contact Gina Sherman at 281-5545675 or visit www.frontiersquares.com.
SUNDAY, JUNE 24
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.
5:30 p.m.
Celebrate Recovery – A faith-based 12-Step Program meets
every Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Educational
Building at Life Church in Houston at 9900 Almeda Genoa. Call
713-419-2635 for more information or to RSVP for child care.
6:30 p.m.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – For persons who are trying to overcome drug addiction. Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist
Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Cornell Conference
Room. Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Sunday, Thursday and Friday at 6:30
p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1062 Fairmont Parkway,
Pasadena, Fellowship Hall 4. Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
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, JUNE 25
9 a.m.
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free exercise and speech
therapy from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital,
655 E. Medical Center Blvd., Webster. Visit www.hapsonline.org
for a complete list of services offered.
6 p.m.
Scrabble Club #511 – Meets every Monday at the IHOP on Fuqua
from 6 to 9 p.m. All who enjoy the game or want to learn to play are
invited to join. For more information, call 281-488-2923.
6:30 p.m.
New Directions Singles Club – New Directions Singles support
meetings for ages 55 and up are held each Monday at 6:30 p.m. at
Webster Presbyterian Church, 201 W. NASA Parkway in Webster.
For further information, call Linda at 409-392-6886 or Carolynn at
281-340-2354.
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.
Grief Support Group – “Friends Helping Friends” meets every
Monday from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at Kindred Rehabilitation Hospital, 655
E. Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Those who have lost a spouse
or other loved one are invited to participate. For information, call
Betty Flynn at 281-474-3430 or Diana Kawalec at 281-334-1033.
TUESDAY, JUNE 26
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday through Friday
at 7 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062
Fairmont Parkway, in the Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-4878787 for information, or just drop in.
10 a.m.
American Begonia Society – Meets the fourth Tuesday of each
month at Maxum Bank in League City. For more information, call
281-946-4237 or 281-471-5048.
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. For information, call 713-472-0565.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 26
1:30 p.m.
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free exercise and speech therapy from 1:30
to 3 p.m. at Bayshore Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, 4021 Brookhaven,
Pasadena. Visit www.hapsonline.org for a complete list of services offered.
2 p.m.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) – TOPS #1530 meets at the Beverly Hills
Community Center, 10201 Kingspoint, from 2 to 4 p.m. For information, call
Jeanette Sumrall at 713-946-3713.
6 p.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking) – Provides support for family
and friends of alcoholics or addicts. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m. at
First United Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 232. Call
281-487-8787, or just drop in.
6:30 p.m.
Clear Lake Toastmasters Club – Meets at the Clear Lake Church of Christ, 938
El Dorado Blvd. Call Jerry Tate at 281-481-5417 for information.
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 281-438-7243.
8 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Alcohol problems? AA meetings are held Tuesday and
Sunday 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, JUNE 27
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday through Friday at 7 a.m. at the
First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, in the Cornell
Conference Room. Call 281-487-8787 for information, or just drop in.
9:30 a.m.
Young at Heart Club – Meets the second and fourth week of each month at
Covenant United Methodist Church, 7900 Fuqua. Lots of activities, trips, etc. Call
Nellie Galney at 713-991-3517 for more information.
10 a.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking) – Provides support for family
and friends of alcoholics or addicts. Wednesday at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist
Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 232. Call 281-487-8787, or just
drop in.
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 p.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking) – Provides support for family
and friends of alcoholics or addicts. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m. at
First United Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 232. Call
281-487-8787, or just drop in.
6:30 p.m.
Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Intervention Center – Domestic violence support group for male survivors meets each Wednesday at 210 S. Walnut off
NASA Parkway. Call 281-338-7600 for information. Participants may join at any
time as this is an open group.
7 p.m.
DivorceCare Group - CT Church – DivorceCare Group meetings are held at CT
Church, 9701 Almeda Genoa Road, every Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
in Room #1201. The support group is for separated and divorced individuals. Child
care is provided. For more information, call 713-944-4815, email divorcecare@
ctchurch.tv, or visit http://ctchurch.tv/ministries.html#17.
Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Intervention Center – Confidential domestic violence support group for women meets every week. For information, call 281-3387600 or visit www.bayareaturning point.com. BATP is located at 210 S. Walnut off
NASA Parkway between Interstate 45 South and Highway 3. The 24-hour crisis
hotline is 281-286-2525.
THURSDAY, JUNE 28
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday through Friday at 7 a.m. at the
First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, in the Cornell
Conference Room. Call 281-487-8787 for information, or just drop in.
Noon
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free water exercise from noon to 1 p.m. at
Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital, 655 E. Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Visit
www.hapsonline.org for a complete list of services offered.
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UHD connection opens doors as Dobie powerlifters find new home
When one door closes,
another one opens.
Maybe a well worn-out
cliche, but it’s worked wonders for many of those willing to put in the hard work
in Dobie’s newfound powerlifting program.
After only three or so
years of serious competition
in the sport, the Longhorn
lifters are now realizing and
taking advantage of opportunities in the sport after
high school.
Just this school year,
five lifters from Dobie have
signed on to compete on the
nationally recognized powerlifting team at the University of Houston Downtown.
The benefits aren’t great.
The university offers merit
scholarship funds per academic success. UHD coach
John Hudson also has a very
limited pool of funds to dip
into for help.
Because the sport is of
the club variety, there are no
athletic scholarship monies
available, yet it’s still an
opportunity well worth taking.
The Dobie lifters deserve
the credit. Most of the athletes in the powerlifting program previously competed
in other sports, but competition beyond high school
in those sports is where the
door closed.
Enter powerlifitng. Kenneth Foster, an assistant
coach on the Dobie football
staff, agreed to take over
the program’s guidance in
2010. In short order, he has
worked wonders.
A chance meeting with
Hudson three years ago
has also paid big benefits.
Hudson was called to host a
brief powerlifting clinic. He
did just that, and he came
into contact with not only
the athletes but the way they
handled their business in the
weight room. The rest, to a
large degree, is history.
Beginning this fall, five
class of 2012 graduates will
join the UHD powerlifting
team. There’s Dorthy Tran,
Dobie’s first female state
meet qualifier; Brianna
Smith, Barry Authenreith,
Juan Castro and Seth La.
Castro, Authenreith and
La all played football at
Dobie. Tran had also played
volleyball at Dobie. Each of
the athletes realized powerlifting could be a part of
their collegiate future.
UHD style fits Dobie
Hudson enjoyed a highly
successful powerlifting career in college before taking
on the coaching ranks.
Hudson had previously
overseen programs at the
University of North Dakota,
a university in Korea while
he was doing some graduate
work there and then also at
the University of Illinois.
As a collegiate athlete,
Hudson recalled often being
the lone lifter representing
his program. Meanwhile,
other colleges usually
brought an entire team of
lifters.
While funds are limited
at UHD and there is no
money available through
athletic scholarships, Hudson has been able to mold
the program in his shape
since starting it in 2007
with the university board’s
blessing.
“In college I always
wished I could enjoy the
feel of that true team feeling
like I had seen with some of
the other programs,” Hudson said.
“Now here at UHD as a
faculty member, I have been
able to run things the way I
think they should go.
“We are still a club program and have to basically
build things on our own, but
we’re doing it.”
Competing in the World
Association of Benchers
and Deadlifters, UHD won
national titles each year
from 2008 to 2010 and
again in 2012.
“The athletes are sticking with the program, and
we now have more than 20
transfer students coming in
this fall,” Hudson said.
“That’s big, because we
want to compete in the United States Association Powerlifting Association. To do
that, we will be required to
field and maintain complete
men’s and women’s teams.”
In doing so, Hudson also
hopes to more often match
his competitors against
those from other Texas and
regional colleges such as
Texas A&M, Texas, Louisiana State, Louisiana Tech
and Louisiana-Lafayette.
A move to the USPA also
mean’s UHD lifters will
now add the squat to their
list of requirements, something the incoming Dobie
lifters are already familiar
with.
More importantly, Hudson simply loves the way
the Dobie competitors go
about their business.
Invited to put on a clinic
at Dobie in the spring of
2010, Hudson came away
impressed with Foster and
his ever-growing group.
Over the last couple of
years, Hudson has followed
the progress of many of the
Longhorns, including the
five who will be attending
UHD beginning this fall.
Hoops camps hosted at San Jac;
action open to those age 7 to 18
to 5 p.m. at Anders GymThe San Jacinto College at the Central campus.
Open to boys and girls nasium on the Central cammen’s basketball coaching
staff will host their youth ages 7-18, the camp will pus.
The coaches will probasketball camp July 23-27 take place each day from 2
vide beginners with the
basic fundamentals of the
game while helping more
advanced players develop
skills to a higher degree.
On the final evening of
the camp, July 27, parents
and friends will have a
chance to watch participants
play a scrimmmage game
to showcase the skills they
learned during the week and
to receive trophies in a variety of categories.
Camp cost is $90, and
space is limited to 120
campers. To obtain an application, go to www.sanjac
s p o r t s . c o m / b a s ke t b a l l camp. The SJC Central
campus is at 8060 Spencer
Highway in Pasadena.
The San Jacinto College men’s basketball
staff, led by Jacob
Wonders (left) will
host a youth basketball
camp for boys and girls
in July. The camp will
provide participants
with instruction in all
phases of the game.
SJC softball hosts youth clinics
The San Jacinto College
softball coaching staff will
host two summer clinics in
July.
The first clinic, for high
school students, will be
held July 9-10, from 9 a.m.
to noon each day. The deadline to apply is July 5.
The second, for ages 6 to
12, will take place July 1112, from 9 a.m. to noon The
deadline to apply is July 6.
The clinics will cover
both offense and defense,
with exciting new drills.
The final day of the clinic will feature a scrimmage.
Pitching and catching techniques are also available
upon request.
Clinic fees are $70 per
participant. Athletes should
wear workout clothes and
cleats, and bring a helmet,
bat and glove. They should
also bring water, sunscreen
and a hat.
Those who are interested
should complete a clinic
registration form found online at www.sanjacsports.
com.
The clinic will be taught
by ninth-year San Jacinto
College softball head coach
Kelly Saenz
Former San Jacinto College and McNeese State
University player Kelsey
McClain, who is currently
an assistant coach at San
Jac, will also head the camp
with Saenz.
McClain played high
school softball at Memorial
High School in the Pasadena
Independent School District
before a standout career in
the collegiate ranks.
Questions regarding the
clinic should be directed to
Saenz at 281-922-3413 or
by email at kelly.saenz@
sjcd.edu.
Kelly Saenz and her staff of assistants will host a
pair of youth clinics in July designed to help participants learn new skills and improve in all aspects of
the game of softball.
“The Dobie kids work
hard, and they’re great kids
who are coachable,” Hudson said.
“They want to learn, to
improve. They’re a delight
to work with. On top of
that, coach Foster is different from some of his peers
in many situations in that he
is open to the teachings of
someone like myself.
“Take Juan Santos for
example. He’s a very quick
learner who has been in the
sport for just one year.
“He was benching 235
pounds when I first started
working with him. I showed
him a technique, and he was
quickly up to 292. Now he’s
over 300 pounds.
Dorthy Tran, a class of 2012 Dobie senior who was
the first female to reach the state powerlifting meet,
is one of five incoming freshmen slated to compete at
the University of Houston-Downtown this fall.
Photos by John Bechtle
“He went back to Dobie with the technique, and
coach Foster was open to
the idea of learning. It’s just
been a great combination of
kids wanting to learn and
someone like me needing
those types of kids.”
At the end of the day, it’s
all about graduating from
college with a degree. Hudson certainly expects that
from these kids.
“Our university has re-
ally made a great effort to
help in the growth of the
program through the merit
scholarships and some of
the academic monies,” Hudson said.
In return, they expect us
to represent the college with
the utmost respect.
“When I am looking for
newcomers, I like to watch
how they react when they
miss a lift.
Some kids throw towels
In a case of two programs benefiting equally, the Dobie
High School and University of Houston-Downtown programs joined forces in a big way during the 2011-2012
school year. In all, five Dobie powerlifters have signed
letters of intent to compete at UHD, and a fifth is in
and other things and get irritated more easily than others. Some of it is normal,
but we want kids who are
going to be respectful of
the sport, our university and
themselves.
I can definitely say we
are getting that with the infusion of these Dobie athletes into the program.”
Foster siad he has been
both amazed and honored
at the growth shown within
the program.
The powerlifitng program had long been dormant at Dobie until about
five years ago when it
started up again. Since then,
Foster has overseen a ton of
success.
Lifters such as the five
headed to UHD have, quite
simply, maximized an opportunity. The door opened,
and the Dobie athletes
walked through.
line to do so in the near future. Above, the powerlifters,
all 2012 graduates, include, left to right, (seated) Juan
Castro, Barry Authenreith, Brianna Smith and Seth
La. Standing is UHD powerlifting coach John Hudson
and Dobie powerlifting coach Kenneth Foster.