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The best choice for trauma care in The Heights is now even better. Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital proudly announces the expansion of our emergency services. By adding nearly 10,000 square feet with the latest medical technologies, we continue to provide the highest quality trauma care right here in our community. So in case of emergency, you know where to turn — Memorial Hermann Northwest.

Expanded, comprehensive emergency care. And still the only trauma center in The Heights.

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The average pregnancy lasts 40 weeks. Some babies arrive right on time, others show up early and a few more wait a while longer to make their first appearance.

You can’t always control when you give birth. But if you do have a choice, wait-ing until 39 weeks gives your baby the best chance at a healthy start, said Edward Nui-la-Crouse, M.D., a physician affiliated with Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital.

The New Rules for Term BirthsFor years, babies who arrived anytime

from three weeks before to two weeks af-ter their due dates were considered “term.” But increasingly, doctors recognize that ba-

bies contin-ue to grow throug hout p r e g n a n c y. For instance, their lungs, brains and livers fully develop be-tween 37 and 39 weeks.

The Amer-ican College of Obstetri-cians and Gy-n e co l o g i s t s has updated their definitions. Now you may hear your doctor refer to births during:

• 37 to 38 weeks as “early term”• 39 to 40 weeks as “full term”• Week 41 as “late term”• Week 42 or later as “post-term”

Follow Your Baby’s Schedule“If you’ve had a healthy pregnancy, health

experts advise waiting until labor occurs naturally instead of scheduling a cesarean section ahead of time, said Dr. Nuila-Crouse. “Having a C-section when you don’t need one may increase the health risks to you and your baby.” For instance, you may:

• Stay in the hospital longer• Increase your risk for a ruptured uterus• Have a baby with more breathing prob-

lemsIf you still aim to schedule your child’s

birth, talk with your doctor about your reasoning and all the benefits and risks, Dr.

Nuila-Crouse advises. He or she may be able to help in other ways – for instance, by decreasing your discomfort during the later stages of pregnancy.

If you do have the C-section, your doctor can help make sure your baby has reached term. Babies born after 37 weeks may need more special care than those born after 39 weeks. They face an increased risk for:

• Trouble breathing or staying warm• Difficulty eating• Jaundice• Learning and behavior problems• Hearing and vision impairmentOf course, you may have no choice but to

deliver early. Sometimes you or your baby may develop a medical problem. Your doc-tor may decide that the benefits of an early delivery by either inducing labor or having a C-section outweigh the risks.

The Physicians Speciality Center, a six story building at 1900 North Loop West between Ella and T.C. Jester, is set to open this summer, according to real estate broker Karen Kizer.

Under previous ownership, the six story

building had been shut down after Hurri-cane Ike in 2008.

J. Stone Development Ventures purchased it and is renovating the building into a Class A medical office building, which will be an-chored by Integranet Health, a large network of independent physicians in Houston.

The project had experienced some con-struction delays in past months due to eco-

nomic and weather conditions but appears to be on track now.

Kizer said patients will be able to have many of their health needs met at one lo-cation. There will be an urgent care facility and lab testing in the building as well.

“The building will serve as a ‘Center of Excellence’ to the network of physicians, en-hancing their provision of quality, efficient,

and patient-centered care,” Kizer said. “For patients, the building will offer a complete array of services including imaging, dialy-sis, pharmacy, lab, outpatient surgery, en-doscopy, optometry, physical therapy, and a variety of specialty physicians.”

The medical building will also feature a Murphy’s Deli and a Kwik Meds Pharmacy.

Magical 39 weeks important for babies

North Loop medical building to open by summerThe Physicians Specialty Center is currently undergoing construction (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

by Michael [email protected]

Though 10-year-old Viana Rodrigues never met her maternal grandmother with whom she shares a middle name, she wanted to memorialize her “Abuela Edith.” And at the close of 2013, the Oak Forest Elementary fifth grader did just that as she presented her earn-ings from her lemonade stand to The Rose.

Accompanied by her sister Siena, 7, and parents Gaby and Fernando Rodrigues, the young Rice Military resident and budding philanthropist gave Bernice Joseph, COO of The Rose, a check for $172, money she earned selling lemonade and cookies to her fellow students and their parents for several days in October.

A news broadcast on students across Texas who were donating lemonade stand earnings to charitable causes prompted her to check

with her Magnet Coordinator Ms. Patricia Shepherd to determine what she would need to do to organize the stand.

“Ms. Shepherd was very helpful. I also got friends involved and lot of people came and helped – more than I needed,” Viana acknowl-edged, particularly mentioning her friend Dominic who not only baked chocolate chip cookies but decorated the bags with pink rib-bons.

Viana chose days to set up her stand based on working around her rehearsals for her dance role as a clown in the Houston Ballet’s performance of The Nutcracker. With such a busy schedule, the check presentation had to wait until December but the delay afforded

OF Elementary student raises money for The RoseFernando, Siena, Viana and Gaby Ro-drigues closed out 2013 with a check presentation to Bernice Joseph, COO of The Rose. Viana earned the monies given by setting up a lemonade stand at Oak Forest Elemen-tary.

see The Rose • Page 2B

by Cynthia LescalleetFor The Leader

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4) Quinoa – Quinoa, pronounced (keen-wa), is considered a complete protein. Highest in protein than any other grain, quinoa is a good source of: iron, potassium, riboflavin, vitamin B6, niacin, and thiamin, magnesium, zinc, cop-per, and manganese, and has some folic acid. It also helps control blood sugar levels and promotes weight management. Quinoa is eas-ily substituted in any dishes where rice is used. Super grain to add to your diet!5) Apricots – Did you know there are 40 dif-ferent varieties of apricots? They are a good

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Kale and Feta SaladIngredients:2 large bunches of Tuscan kale2 tablespoons shallots, finely chopped2 tablespoons fresh lemon juiceteaspoon saltBlack pepper to taste2 tablespoons olive oil4 ounces crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese

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Yields 8: (3/4 cup serving)Nutrition Information per serving: Calories: 87, Fat: 5.6g, Carbohydrates: 6g, Protein: 5g

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5 Foods to Enhance Your Diet in 2014by Melissa Hawthorne, MS, RD, LD

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Welcome Heydi Sherylyn Hernandez to the Leader area. Hernandez was the first baby born in 2013 at Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital at 5:53 a.m. New Year’s Day. Proud parents of the 6-pound, 14-ounce baby girl are Evaristo Hernandez and Alma Valdez. (Submitted photo)

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The Rose • from Page 1B

Viana and her family the time to not only present the check but to tour The Rose’s Galleria location.

Though Viana never met her grandmother who died the year Viana was born at the age of 62 as the result of breast cancer, she knows that her efforts at helping others would make her proud. Viana’s parents were both impressed and amazed at the results of Viana’s work.

“She and her friends were committed to not only raising money but also distributing The Rose brochures and telling others about breast cancer,” they explained to Joseph, who is a friend of the family, having met Fernando, an architect with HOK, while work-ing on building projects in her former role with Baylor College of Medicine.

“Viana’s efforts are appreciated by The Rose and the women we serve. She provides an excellent example of the community sup-port that makes the work we do possible. We are grateful to her and her entire family who helped and encouraged her,” said Joseph.

“We were looking for a foundation to give the money to and my dad told me he had friends at The Rose. I thought that since you are my dad’s friends and you help others, that I should help you. I like helping and giving back to my community. I like it … a lot,” Viana concluded.

The Rose is a nonprofit breast health organization that serves nearly 35,000 annually and provides screenings, diagnostics and navigation to treatment to almost 10,000 uninsured women each year. For more information, visit www.TheRose.org.


While I was working in a hos-pital recently, our team cared for a patient who had been in the in-tensive care unit for almost three weeks. Although she was getting better, her medical condition still required quite a bit of care. Ide-ally, she would recuperate in a long-term care facility, but she does not have health insurance after losing her job this year. She will likely stay in the hospital for an extended period of time until she gets better. Considering a day in the hospital can cost more than ten times a night in a luxury ho-tel, her fi nal hospital bills certainly will be high.

This patient is not different from the patients I care for as a primary care physician working in a community health center: the single mother working a day job and a night shift to care for her kids and help them pay for college, the housekeeper who just passed her citizenship exam, the refugee who lost her eight-year-old son in the war on terror. What they all have in common is that none have health insurance.

If any of them were to be in a car accident tomorrow, they would not be able to pay for it. They would seek out care, most likely from a public health care system, which would then pass on the costs to taxpayers and people with insur-ance. This kind of uncompensated care drives up costs for everyone through higher insurance premi-ums and higher hospital district taxes.

If any of them were to suffer from some major medical problem and not be able to access the care they need, they wouldn’t be able to function or work. The state would suffer from their lost productiv-ity. Unable to work, they would be stuck in poverty with little hope for upward mobility.

Thus, it makes fi scal sense to en-sure that everyone has affordable

health insurance. As Governor Rick Perry continues to refuse fed-eral funding to expand Medicaid, I am frustrated on behalf of my patients. This refusal means that Texas is giving up over $100 bil-lion dollars of federal aid over the next ten years and will continue to have the highest number of in-sured Americans in the country.

Regular, hard-working Texans have trouble accessing health care. The demand for affordable health coverage exists. When millions of people logged on to healthcare.gov and crashed the site, critics called it a failure. Yet, when millions of people logged on to Wal-Mart’s website during Thanksgiving sales and crashed the site, supporters called it a success.

The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion is an oppor-tunity to serve the least of our people. Many local governments, hospital systems, and chambers of commerce support the health care reform because they have been stretching their budgets to provide care for the uninsured. These local

institutions are supporting navi-gators to educate communities about the good that already has been done by the ACA and sign up those who are uninsured. The ACA already has helped people with pre-existing conditions pur-chase health insurance and young adults stay on their parents’ plans.

We live in one of the richest nations in the world, but we have forty-four million people without health insurance. Our state has the highest number of uninsured of all the states. Our county has the highest number of uninsured in the entire country. Our health care system and the ACA may not be perfect, but we could start improving the situation for many people by making sure everyone has affordable health insurance coverage for basic services. Ex-panding Medicaid would be a step in the right direction.

Nguyen is a family physician at a local community health center

who lives in the Heights.

An expanded, state-of-the-art Memorial Her-mann Northwest Emergency Center means even more health care services and experts are now avail-able to meet the healthcare needs of the community – including a real-time online reservation tool called ScheduleNow.

Memorial Hermann Northwest Emergency Center has been the area’s accredited trauma center for 12 years. The expansion project’s completed fi rst phase recently added nearly 10,000 square feet to the Emer-gency Center to better accommodate high-quality trauma care close to home.

Many of the EC’s new features are related to pa-tient care, such as the addition of two trauma care rooms equipped with the latest medical technologies, 21 private rooms and a decontamination room for emergency preparedness. Other improvements ad-dress access to the Emergency Center, such as a more prominent entrance, a more convenient drop-off area for patients and families, and a clean, comfortable, modern reception area. There’s also a new split-fl ow evaluation and treatment area to expedite patient care.

REAL TIME RESERVATIONSWhile technology has brought many improve-

ments to the healthcare fi eld, it is also helping Me-morial Hermann Northwest patients save time with many outpatient services.

Recently launched, ScheduleNow is an online scheduling tool that allows patients to check wait times and make a real-time reservation online for non-life-threatening emergency care visits, mam-mograms, imaging procedures and even physician appointments.

Memorial Hermann Northwest isn’t the only Me-

morial Hermann facility benefi ting from this technol-ogy. A number of Memorial Hermann-affi liated pri-mary care physicians and orthopedic surgeons across the Greater Houston area have adopted the technol-ogy as well. Patients also can schedule a screening mammogram at one of four participating Memorial Hermann Breast Care Centers.

ScheduleNow is available 24/7 through any Inter-net-connected device. Patients simply visit memo-rialhermann.org, select the ScheduleNow icon and follow prompts directing them to type of service and appointment.

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Waltrip boys basketball sets sights on postseason

The Waltrip High boys basket-ball team has been consistent over the past seven years, reaching the postseason six times.

The Rams appear to be on the right track under 12th year head coach Dan Kelly.

“I think we do a good job of controlling tempo, and we’re get-ting better defensively,” Kelly said. “Guys are starting to understand their roles. When we play to our roles, everyone’s on the same page.”

The Rams (11-8, 5-1) lost their first Class 4A-District 21 game on Monday to Wheatley, 83-56.

Kelly said the Wildcats are clear-ly the district’s top team, but five teams will compete for the remain-ing three playoff spots -- Waltrip, Reagan, Milby, North Forest and Sharpstown.

Last season, the Rams earned the fourth and final playoff spot by defeating Milby in the regular sea-son finale. They lost to Fort Bend Marshall, one of the top five teams in Class 4A, in a hard-fought 65-50 opening round loss.

“If we turn the corner with five or six (more) wins, that’ll be quite an accomplishment for us,” said Kelly, whose team has defeated both North Forest and Sharp-stown during the first round of district play.

The Rams are led by 6-foot-3 junior guard John Coakley, who is averaging 20 points per game.

“He can play point guard, but at the next level, he’ll be a two guard,” Kelly said.

Senior wing Nathan Washington is averaging 16 points per game, and senior center Jared Lewis and senior guard Trelon Johnson -- the WHS football team’s starting quarterback -- are averaging nine apiece.

Senior center Christian Sala-zar and senior wing Daniel Mata round out a strong senior class for the Rams.

Kelly has been impressed with sophomore guards Decory Ed-wards and Chucky Graves, anoth-er two-sport athlete who played football for Waltrip last fall.

Raymond Jackson, a 6-foot-2 freshman wing, has made an im-mediate impact at the varsity level, including a 9-point game against Wheatley.

“He’s really exceeded all expec-tations,” Kelly said. “As a freshman,

you don’t expect them to make contributions on the defensive side of the floor but he has.”

Kelly, an Iowa native who has been an assistant coach at the col-lege level for Rice University and

North Dakota State, said he enjoys watching athletes progress through their four years of high school.

“You get to see young players develop and help them reach their goals,” Kelly said.


Rams open district with a 5-1 record

Athlete Spotlight Reagan’s Danely Brand

Reagan High junior wing Dane-ly Brand is ready to lead the Lady Bulldogs’ girls soccer team to its second district championship in three seasons.

Brand, 16, is a third-year varsity player and second-year captain for Reagan.

“It will take hard work, more practice, dedication and heart for the game,” Brand said.

What does it mean to be one of the team captains?

“I feel like I have responsibility over the team, and that I need to push them to do better.

How long have you played soccer?“Since the third grade. My teach-

er used to make us play soccer dur-ing recess. I was pretty good at it. I’ve been playing since then.”

What other sports do you play?

“I joined the cross country team in the fall. It kept me in shape be-fore the season.”

What’s your favorite subject in

school?“Math. I can figure it out quickly

and it makes more sense to me.”What are your future plans?“I would like to play soccer in

college and attend Texas State in San Marcos. I’d like to study Ma-rine Biology or become a medical assistant.”

When you’re not in school or playing soccer, what do you do?

“Work at subway, draw and watch movies.”


St. Pius X rugby opens on Feb. 1

The St. Pius X rugby team is ready to compete for its second state championship in five years.

The Panthers won a state cham-pionship (Division II) in 2010 and will look to achieve another one this spring. Their 2014 season begins on Feb. 1 against Stratford High.

“Our numbers have risen,” SPX rugby coach Lowell Locke said. “We had 37 players last season. We’re hoping to build on that and field both a varsity and junior var-sity team.”

St. Pius X finished 6-2 last sea-son and will face local and region-al opponents this season such as archrival St. Thomas, Strake Jesuit,

Memorial, Kingwood, Galveston Ball and Richardson.

“We had some graduation from last year and we need to fill a cou-ple of key spots,” Locke said. “We also need a good goalkicker. Hav-ing a good kicker is worth 8 to 10 points in a game. We have a lot of freshmen and sophomores. Our seniors will lead the way for the Varsity team this season and they are inside center Anthony Ralph, second row Angel Gutierrez, and prop Luke Devora. Each have three years experience and the skill sets needed to compete for individual honors by the end of the season.”

Locke said Mason Klovenski, Terrell Franklin, Oscar Recinos, Kelechi Anumudu and Nick Oro-zco are among the Panthers’ tal-ented underclassmen.


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CHARMING VENUE FOR YOUR NEXT GATHERING: Houston Heights Woman’s Club’s His-toric Bungalow, perfect for small events. Recitals, luncheons, fundraisers - events up to 100 people. Grand piano, stage, round tables, small catering kitchen. Call Lizz Martin, 281-217-6070, regarding this Heights landmark. (TF)

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FOUR CEMETERY PLOTS, RESTHAVEN CEMETERY: Val-ue $3,500 each. All four for $11,000 cash. 281-656-2881, [email protected].

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Congratulations to Bertha An-nie Manning, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Dec. 26 at the Hampton at Pinegate.

More than 50 friends and fam-ily attended Manning’s birthday party, including her children -- Patricia, Edwin and Charles, and grandchildren.

Manning is very involved in Candlelight Church of Christ, and many of her church friends at-

tended the birthday party as well.She credits family, friends and

faith as contributors to her lon-gevity.

For 100 years, she’s received birthday gifts as part of her Christ-mas presents.

Manning was born to Edward Howard Tomlinson and Matilda

Catherine Ernst Tomlinson in Stafford. She lived in the Fort Bend County town until she was 10 years old.

She married Emmett B. Man-ning, a World War I veteran, in September 1933. Mr. Manning passed away in 1967.

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Shepherd Park Plaza parrot talks up a storm

Sometimes, Shepherd Park Pla-za residents Debbie and Tim El-liott feel as though as they have a toddler in their home.

But it’s just Baby Girl, a talking parrot who Debbie says has the intellect of a 3-year-old and the emotions of a 2-year-old.

“We’d never owned a bird,” Deb-bie said. “It took me a long time to learn. They take so much time -- they’re very demanding.”

Debbie spends about two hours every day with Baby Girl, whose name is ironic considering that she’s probably in her 50s or 60s.

Parrots have a lifespan similar to humans, but the Elliotts don’t know Baby Girl’s exact age be-

cause she’s only been in the family since 1991.

Baby Girl’s original owner was Bertie Mae Goode, who owned Goode Icehouse on North Shep-herd. Goode owned three par-rots, two of whom passed away. When Goode died in 1991, her best friend, Evelyn Elliott -- Tim’s mother -- adopted Baby Girl.

Debbie and Tim became the proud owners of Baby Girl after Tim’s parents died.

Baby Girl will say little phras-es like “that’s my darlin’ and “I want to get out”. She calls Debbie “mama” and they listen to music and watch television together.

“Birds are very social -- they like having people around,” Deb-bie said.

The parrot also joins in on fam-ily meals, and dines on scrambled eggs, bananas, blueberries and oc-casionally, peanuts.

“We don’t serve her junk food at all,” Debbie said.

The most surprising words from Baby Girl?

“One time, she said ‘Sweet Baby Jesus’,” Debbie said.


Shepherd Park Plaza resident Debbie Elliott, right, interacts with Baby Girl, the family’s pet parrot. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

“Baby Girl” has been part of the Elliott family since 1991

Local resident, Manning, celebrates 100th birthday

Heights resident writes debut novel“Write what you know” is a

common adage for new writers. However, it was what Heights

resident Marian Szczepanski didn’t know about her family background that inspired her debut novel Play-ing St. Barbara (High Hill Press). The novel chronicles the secrets, struggles, and self-redemption of a Depression-era coal miner’s wife and her three daughters.

Szczepanski will read, discuss, and sign copies of Playing St. Bar-bara at 7 p.m. Monday at Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet.

“I knew very little about my grandmothers’ lives,” states Szcze-panski, who grew up in southwest-ern Pennsylvania. “I heard stories throughout my childhood about coal mining, but they focused primarily on the men’s activities. I was curious about the women, especially immigrant women, and how they adjusted to life in melting-pot mining towns dur-

ing a challenging time in history. I started my research and quickly found out there is very little in-formation strictly about women’s experiences in that region. I had to read between the lines in history

books, miners’ oral histories, and archival records to find the story I wanted to tell.”

Szczepanski’s volunteer work as a domestic violence hotline advo-cate for the Houston Area Wom-en’s Center also informed the nov-el, particularly its main character. Every week, she listened to women describe the nightmare of living with an abusive spouse or signifi-cant other. The callers represented every age, social classes, race, and level of education.

“The only constant was their fear and hopelessness about re-gaining control of their lives,” Szczepanski recalls. “I wanted to give these women a voice in my fiction, but it didn’t seem right to do so in a contemporary story. I didn’t want to commit a breach of confidentiality, even unintention-ally.” It was only when she visited the University of Pittsburgh labor archives and examined records

of coal companies’ private police forces that she discovered domes-tic violence, often fueled by alco-holism, was also rampant in min-ing communities.

The Huffington Post praised Playing St. Barbara as “a stunning debut” and wrote, “Marian Szcz-epanski made a believer out of me—I believe in the possibility of light and grace, even in the dark-est of times, and I am more en-thralled than ever by the powerful stories of women, sisters, mothers, daughters, and friends.”

The granddaughter of immi-grant miners, Szczepanski lived as a young child in the Jamison Coal Company house where her mother and aunts were raised.

She holds an MFA in fiction from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College in Ashe-ville, N.C. and has won awards for short fiction and magazine fiction writing.

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