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SATURDAY | October 12, 2013 | Vol. 59 | No. 50 | www.theleadernews.com | @heightsleader

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Parents and school offi cials in the Heights went on the alert and Houston and Houston ISD police boosted patrols after a man in a van approached two Harvard Elementary School pupils at different locations after school last Thursday afternoon and tried to get them into his vehicle.

The man was described by parents as being about 60 years old, driving a white van with shaded windows and carrying a red poncho. The mother in the fi rst incident, picking up her child outside the school in the 900 block of Har-vard, provided police with a li-cense plate number, as well, authori-ties said.

The second incident reportedly oc-curred a few minutes later, outside the Heights Library, 1302 Heights Blvd.

Kevin Beringer, principal at Har-vard, had made an automated phone call to all families Thursday night, and Friday, after learning of the sec-ond approach, sent home a letter telling of both incidents. In the let-ter, Beringer said he had instructed teachers to talk to their classes about “stranger danger” and urged parents to do the same over the weekend.

It was after receiving the automat-ed call that the mother who reported the case at the Heights Library put

Houston Mayor Annise Parker visited Shepherd Park Plaza on Saturday morning and thanked residents, including Durham El-ementary students and Boy Scout Troop 604, for beautifying the park.

“Thank you, Durham Elemen-tary for working with us and car-ing so much about our kids,” Park-er said.

The clean-up effort of the park and Ann’s Labyrinth was spon-sored by the city’s Department of Neighborhoods. The Labyrinth was built in honor of the late Ann Scardino, who founded the park.

Parker, who served as a civic club president before becom-ing a city councilmember, helped pick weeds in the clean-up effort as Councilmember Ellen Cohen raked.

“There are over 73 civic clubs in District C, and this is one of the most active and involved,” Co-hen said. “I think when you look around, it’s absolutely fantastic.”

Cohen said there was a lot of symbolism in Labyrinths and

overcoming challenges. She sport-ed a pink baseball cap and spoke poignantly about the challenge of surviving breast cancer 44 years ago.

“It was important (to improve the labyrinth) -- we as a troop love going out there and helping people out,” said Troop 604 mem-ber Nathaniel Leighton, a Waltrip High senior.

Durham teacher specialist Ame-lia Roman-Angeles, speaking in place of principal Angie Sugarek who couldn’t attend the event, said it was a positive experience for the students.

“We strive to teach our students about collaborating and helping,” Roman-Angeles said. “We’re very proud of our students. We want them to be successful in life and have real life experiences.”

The area had been long neglect-ed but in recent weeks has seen a surge in attention from the Con-stable’s offi ce, city crews -- and now this major effort. All the ac-tivity followed a special, multi-part report by The Leader entitled “On the Brink” in August, which led to a report on KHOU, our broadcast news partners.

The city broke ground last week on Bayou Green-ways 2020 at White Oak Bayou at the MKT Bridge, between 700 and 800 North Durham.

“We’re re-imagining this wonderful green space as it should be and could be,” Mayor Annise Parker said. “It’s a gift to generations of Houstonians.”

Councilmember Ellen Cohen, County Commis-sioner Jack Cagle, Parks & Recreation director Joe Turner and others were present for the event, which marked the fi rst segment of a seven-year plan to cre-ate 1,500 acres of new parkland and trails for greens-pace along the city’s bayous.

“The neighborhoods will benefi t,” Cohen said. “The project benefi ts the physical and mental health of the individual and the environmental health of our society.”

After White Oak, the city will work on Brays, Sims,

Hunting, Halls, Greens and Buffalo bayous, as well as Cypress and Clear Creeks in Harris County.

Cagle said the project shows the strength of the city,

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groundbreak-ing of Bayou

Greenways 2020 last week

at White Oak Bayou.

(Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

SUCCESSstories from our neighborhoods

Students, families converge to clean park

THE LEADER.

Reagan senior Magnus Kinne (No. 30) stands with his team-mates during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner.

Durham Elementary students participated in the Shepherd Park clean-up event last Saturday morning. At top, cars lined Dunsmere Road as citizens, students and politicians came to clean the park. (Photos by Michael Sudhalter)

by Michael [email protected]

Magnus freed to playReagan High senior defensive end/tight end Magnus

Kinne, an exchange student from Norway, was declared eligible by the University Interscholastic League (UIL) on Oct. 4.

He responded to the good news by registering fi ve tackles, including one for a loss, in a 56-20 rout of Milby that evening at Barnett Stadium.

“It was really awesome,” Kinne said. “I was just so happy and pumped to fi nally be able to go out there and play with my teammates.”

The UIL sent a letter to the school on Oct. 1 and it ar-rived Friday afternoon, just in time for the game.

see Magnus • Page 8A

City hosts Bayou Greenways 2020 groundbreaking

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Harvard Elementary School Principal Kevin Beringer sent home a letter to families last Friday informing them that two pupils had been approached by a man trying to get them into his van, and of what steps the school and police were taking. (Submitted image)

Man in van lurks outside Heights school, library

by Charlotte [email protected]

see Danger • Page 8A

see Bayou • Page 8A

“A man in a white van just drove up to me and asked me if I was lost and did I need a ride. But I backed away from him...”

Why we’re publishing in the pink this week

It wasn’t that breast cancer didn’t exist back when The Leader fi rst started publishing 59 years ago – it’s just that it was rarely discussed or spoken of only in hushed tones.

Times have changed, The Leader has changed, and for the second year, we’re devoting our monthly health section to the critical mission of creat-ing breast cancer awareness during this month designated for that cause.

The Leader is teaming up with our leading health advertiser, Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, and the admirable Houston nonprofi t, The Rose, to bring you a section that we hope is informative, motivational, inspiring –– and centered in your neighborhoods, with the stories of survivors who thrive as artists, volunteers and more.

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Texas Woman’s University nursing students Gurkamal Singh, left, Chelsea Murphey, center, and Lasondra Howard, right, are studying Oak Forest for a school project. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

Students study health, social and transportation issues in Oak Forest

Texas Woman’s University nurs-ing students Lasondra Howard, Chelsea Murphey and Gurkamal Singh are studying the Oak For-est neighborhood as part of their Community Health Competencies course.

“The end goal is a health promo-tion project through the school’s findings,” Murphey said.

Students from TWU program

were assigned to census-desig-nated areas throughout Houston to talk to residents and business owners and learn about the com-munity’s status quo in health, so-cial and transportation issues.

“We’re getting an overview of the whole area -- social services, health services, assets of the com-munity and what makes it strong,” Howard said.

Woman robbed at gunpoint outside Heights Walgreen’s

A 32-year-old female said she was robbed at gunpoint at 8:10 p.m. Sept. 25 in the Walgreen’s parking lot, 200 W. 20th St. The suspect reportedly got away with about $20. There’s no description of him.

Knife used in H-E-B Lazybrook robbery

A 34-year-old female was approached by a suspect in a vehicle who allegedly pulled out a knife and demanded money in the H-E-B parking lot, 1513 W. 18th St. in Lazybrook, at 8:50 p.m. on Sept. 25.

The victim began to yell, and the sus-pect drove off. No money was taken, and there’s no description of the suspect.

Robbery at King DollarA 50-year-old woman was allegedly

hit over the head with a pistol during a robbery at King Dollar, 5011 West 18th St., at 8:20 p.m. on Sept. 29.

The victim suffered a bump on her head but refused emergency medical attention.

The victim was stocking shelves when

two black male suspects wearing black hoodies, ages 18 to 25 between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-8, entered the store and alleg-edly demanded money.

One of the suspects was armed, and the suspects allegedly fled the scene, without any money, in a White Chrysler Sebring, believed to be between 2005 and 2010.

Cars vandalized on CortlandtAt least two vehicles had busted car

windows in the 1800 block of Cortlandt on Sunday. Since nothing was missing from the cars, the case was being investigated as criminal mischief.

LFL! No, not LOL, LFL! As a lifelong bibliophile, I was charmed to learn that our neighbor, Glen Pangle, has created a Little Free Library in his own front yard. Having never heard of a Little Free Library, I did a little free re-search. Little Free Libraries are a spot for neighbors to take a book, drop a few off, and/or return the one borrowed, and are popping up all over the U.S.

These creative, waterproof book stands are all part of a “Take a book, return a book” worldwide movement with the goal of help-ing neighborhoods build a sense of community. Plans for build-ing the little libraries are available online, you can buy one already built, or you can create one using your imagination.

Pangle’s Robot Little Free Li-brary came into being after a friend built some wooden robots, and he thought a robot would be perfect for a Little Free Library. He explains, “The top shelf is for fiction and nonfiction, and the bottom shelf is for children’s and young adult. Please feel free to stop by and have a look, take a book, or leave a book ... or all three of those if you’d like. I hope everyone enjoys it.‚“

Glen’s robot stands ready to greet you at 1507 Martin St. On the LFL’s website, one can search out LFLs to visit, and they truly are all around the world. We have several LFL stewards in this area: Jim Markgraf has one at 1250 W. 22nd St., Patrick Brooks created one at 1318 W. 26th St., both in Shady Acres, and there is another LFL on Tulane in the Heights. I am told a LFL is being constructed in Candlelight Estates and there is possibly one coming soon to Oak Forest. So if you are wondering what to do with all those books you wanted to donate to a worthy cause, donating a few of them to these Little Libraries sounds like a lovely idea. Thank you, neighbors, for promoting reading and com-munity.

If you are interested in creat-ing your own Little Free Library, check out the website at http://littlefreelibrary.org/.

Jesse Espinosa, Waltrip’s band

director, wanted to share some of the Ram Band’s recent accomplish-ments. The band earned excellent ratings at the Blinn College Buc-caneer Marching Contest, where student Greg Vega, a 12th-grade trumpet player, won the Class 4A Outstanding Soloist Award while the band won first place in Class 4A. Several students auditioned for the TMEA Region 23 Jazz Band, and two students earned spots in the All-Region Jazz Bands. Tristan Pilato, 11th-grade bari-tone saxophonist, earned a spot in the Region 23 All-Region 2nd Jazz Band, and Vega earned a spot in

the Region 23 All-Region 1st Jazz Band, while also advancing to the Area Jazz Band to record for the All-State Jazz Ensemble. Espinosa said, “We are very proud of all of our students,” accomplishments and looking forward to continu-ing our push toward the 4A State Marching Contest.”

Deborah and Raymond Kot-zur of Houston have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their son, Alex Ray Kotzur to Meagan Ann Foster, daughter of Jackie Kirkindoll of San Antonio and Jim Foster of Katy. The bride-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Dilley High School and a 2007 graduate of Texas A & M University. The prospective groom is a 2002 graduate of St. Thomas High School, and a 2007 graduate of Texas A & M Univer-sity.

A mid-October wedding is be-ing held at Riven Rock Ranch, Comfort, Texas. The couple will reside in Cypress.

With cooler weather comes lots of fun. Mark your calendars for these nearby offerings:

Oct. 19 - Hartman & Associ-ates will hold its annual Pump-

kin Patch at 2000 Ella Blvd. on 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The community is invited to bring a canned good or two and kids can pick a pumpkin, have their faces painted, and enjoy some treats, too. This is a wonder-ful autumn photo op, too.

Oct. 25 - St. Rose of Lima Catholic School, 3600 Brink-man St., will hold its Halloween Festival from 5-9 p.m. Oct. 25. It features safe Halloween fun, food, games, and both a silent and a live auction for the grownups. This festival has been an eagerly an-ticipated community tradition for more than 20 years.

Oct. 26 - Oak Forest Hom-eowners Association’s Trunk or Treat is set from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 26 at Waltrip High’s parking lot. Dec-orate your car, stuff your trunk with treats, add some spooky mu-sic, and join in the fun. Meet your neighbors while your little goblins and princesses collect candy in a safe area.

Oct. 31 - Lazybrook Baptist Church,1822 W. 18th St., will hold its Fall Festival on Oct. 31 and is free to the community. Free food and entertainment will be available for all.


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More than 30 children were very active partici-pants in Dance Reach 2013, a recent dance work-shop for special needs children and non-special needs children. The event at Our Savior Lutheran School surpassed organizer Mary Tiras’ expecta-tions for the occasion.

“It was an exciting day and a moving experi-

ence,” said Tiras. “The children danced from their hearts, and I had as much fun as they did! I’m already looking forward to next year.”

After morning workshops and making a ban-ner to serve as a backdrop, the group performed for their parents and friends in the afternoon. The audience was invited to get in on the act for the finale and dance with their children.

Participant Alexia Gonzales said that she had the most fun during the group dance. “I love to dance.”

Randall Duncan knew the event had been a suc-cess from his son’s smile. “He had a great time and Ms. Mary and her volunteers were just as sweet and patient as they could be,” he said.

Tiras and co-organizer Tonia Whitney epressed thanks to the area businesses who read about the event in The Leader and stepped up as spon-sors, both for the lunch and for the T-shirts: Papa Murphy’s Pizza, Mytiburger, Baskin Robbins, Haum Salon, Don Teo’s Mexican Restaurant, the Cezeaux family and the Mayr family.

Dance workshop reaches out to special needs youth

There were big smiles all around among the Dance Reach work-shop participants at Our Savior Lutheran School. (Submitted photo)

Neighbors: Little Free Library is all about give-and-take

by Elizabeth [email protected]

Neighbor Glen Pangle has brought a na-tional movement to Oak Forest by creating a robot-themed Little Free Library in the 1500 block of Martin Street. The movement encourages reading by exchanging books. (Photo by Elizabeth Villarreal)

Local ASPCA says compliments to the chef

Some news came across my newsdesk recently that I think is “Yum-o” and as slick as a drizzle of “E-V-O-O!” The ASPCA an-nounced last week that Houston’s own Citizens for Animal Protec-tion has won Division Four in the 2013 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge! Citizens for Animal Protection found homes for 1,807 pets during the three-month com-petition--an increase of 625 lives saved over the same two months last year--and was awarded a total of $40,000 in grant funding from the ASPCA and Rachael Ray in one of several celebration events throughout the nation.

“At the beginning of this compe-tition, Citizens for Animal Protec-tion said that they were ready and willing to think outside of the box to save more lives, and it is clear that they have done just that,” said Bert Troughton, vice president of community outreach for the ASP-CA. “Over the course of this com-petition, they have engaged their community with creative and successful adoption campaigns that resulted in hundreds of pets finding loving homes. In addition, their campaigns grew their email subscribers, Facebook fans, and volunteer base significantly.”

The ASPCA and Rachael Ray awarded a $100,000 grand prize

to The Animal Foundation of Las Vegas, Nev., the shelter contestant that achieved the greatest increase in lives saved during this three-month period. Canyon County Animal Shelter in Caldwell, Idaho, which did the best job of engag-ing its community members in helping to save more animals, was awarded $25,000. The organiza-tions that did the best in their di-visions were awarded $25,000 in grants. In total, $600,000 in grant funding is awarded to competing shelters in the contest for increas-es in animal lives saved, as well as a photo contest and general par-ticipation.

Mum’s the wordIt’s homecoming time. Do you

know any teens in need of a home-coming mum this year? Please consider purchasing a beautiful, handmade mum from a generous cat lover, who is donating all pro-ceeds of the sales of her creative mums to Dori’s Darlings, no-kill cat rescue. The proceeds from this sale will specifically go to help “Michelle” a sweet kitty whose pelvis was crushed when she was found hiding under an elliptical machine and had to endure ma-jor surgery in order to survive. Contact the volunteers at Dori’s Darlings via their website (http://www.doridarlings.com/) for more

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THE READER.

If you happen to read our weekly Topics page, you know there are a few givens about the content here. For

starters, this is the place where opinions go to die – or live, in some cases.

Each week, I write a column that ad-dresses everything from a new baby boy to an issue in our community that seems worthy of 700 words. That’s a third of this page. We dedicate the same amount of space for readers who have opinions of their own, and we think that’s the most important content in our newspaper. And the last third of the page is kindly handed to Lynn Ashby, who has his own opinions about most things Texas – though he does dip his toes into na-tional observation every once in a while.

Opinion writing has ramifications; some good, some bad. When you write something people love, they become loyal fans. They read you every week. They say hello to you at restaurants and grocery stores. They send you nice notes. When you write something people don’t love, you get an equally powerful reaction. Your name is scorned. You get glares at restaurants. You receive angry notes.

In the columns I write, I tend to err on the side of humor – at least I try. There are other times when something moves me so much that I want to share it with our readers, like the birth of a first child. And then there are times when it seems important to start a conversation with the public, which is what I did last week in this space.

In case you didn’t read, I strung

together a mishmash of sentences that went something like this: The Oak Forest Homeowners Association is nearing the end of a campaign to raise money to hire a private security firm to patrol the neighborhood. This feels weird.

We had a number of readers who sent notes saying they had no idea what I was trying to say. Other readers said they agreed with the principles of the column, but thought I handled it with too much slight-of-tongue. And then there was the strong contingent of a few who took me to the woodshed. I was accused of supporting one private security program over another. I was told that I timed my column perfectly to harm the fundraising attempt of the OFHA. Our newspaper was instructed to stop posting news and information to the Oak Forest Facebook page until further notice because of my opinion.

When you take on topics and offer opinions the way I do sometimes, this sort of reaction is not uncommon. About two months ago, I wrote a series of sto-

ries and a column about Shepherd Park and Brinkman Street. In a manner of speaking, I was accused of sucker-punch-ing Durham Elementary, which adjoins the park and borders Brinkman.

In the case of the Oak Forest security column I wrote last week, there are a few things that seem worthy of clarification, and maybe it’s best to quote myself.

“Please, please don’t get me wrong here. I think what the Oak Forest HOA is doing is the right thing. The leader-ship and voting members of the neigh-borhood have made a decision to hire a private security firm, and in order to make the plan a reality, they need to raise money.”

A few paragraphs later, I wrote this: “By all accounts, the Oak Forest HOA is going to raise enough money to hire S.E.A.L., and that’s a good thing for the neighborhood.”

One of the most poignant responses I received to the column was that a reader couldn’t tell if I was for or against the hiring of private security for Oak Forest. I assume that’s because I wrote that hold-ing wine tastings and having a larger-than-life fundraising thermometer on the corner of 43rd and Oak Forest Drive felt weird.

The point of last week’s column (and you know you’ve written a very poor column when you have to clarify) had nothing to do with the validity of the S.E.A.L. program or the Constable pro-gram in other neighborhoods. The entire point was that it feels weird that we have

to double up on securing our homes. It’s not wrong that we have to do this – such is life in a big city, where you’ll find the same programs in River Oaks, Sharpstown and countless other neigh-borhoods. I feel the same way about the Constable program as I do the S.E.A.L. program.

Writing a column that is misunder-stood is the fault of one person only – me. I don’t feel bad for writing about something that got so many people talk-ing. I do feel bad for being a crummy writer.

But I want to address one set of com-ments that came out of the public discus-sion. We received a letter from one of the leaders of the Oak Forest HOA, and we were effectively told that we might as well just stop covering Oak Forest because all we care about is the Heights, anyway. We were given examples of my column, a trucker story and our Twitter handle as evidence.

Balancing coverage among all our neighborhoods is important to me, so I walked back to our library and pulled a random edition of The Leader, just to see if the writer had a point. I pulled out the Sept. 7 edition of the paper and started reading headlines. These are the head-lines I found in one edition:

• Oak Forest residents overwhelmingly pleased with S.E.A.L. security

• First day excitement for new Oak For-est magnet coordinator

• New principal hosts inaugural Ram Rally at Waltrip

• Surf ’s still up at Oak Forest institu-tion after 45 years

• Rice coach’s roots run deep in Oak Forest, Timbergrove

• Happy Homecoming for former Waltrip grad

• Earning the Squirrel (a story about the Oak Forest Running Group)

• MANNA hosts food fairThis was in one edition of The Leader,

and it doesn’t include the calendar and shorter items we publish every week pro-moting the neighborhood. Our staff here does a tremendous job, working incredi-bly long hours to inform the public about the events around our readers. We do as best we can to keep an eye on the entire community, and insinuating that we only care about one neighborhood is unfair to the people who cover our readers. Take all the shots you’d like at me, but when it’s our staff, please use some perspective.

The opinions I write every week are just that, and they are geared to get us talking. That’s part of a relevant news-paper, and the short-term pain is usually worth the long-term gain. I was remind-ed of that when I visited Shepherd Park this weekend, where Mayor Annise Park-er, Councilwoman Ellen Cohen, about 25 city workers, and a host of Durham Elementary students and neighbors were all gathered to continue efforts to clean the park and the area around Brinkman Street. That was a win, just as I believe private security in Oak Forest, ultimately, is a win for public safety.

Email [email protected]

Oak Forest security campaign

Posted to THE LEADER on FacebookBy your own admission, you and your company

purchased The Leader in an attempt to increase its profitability by “building on [the] brand, not being afraid to try new ways of reaching the younger demographics, while serving our traditional readers with solid reporting.” (http://www.editorandpub-lisher.com/...).

Was securing the Twitter account @heightsleader part of your strategy to build on the brand within the 5500-home subdivision of Oak Forest? Maybe it was an attempt to reach out to the younger demographics, those who can afford to buy a 1000 square foot Heights bungalow for $750,000? Either way, @heightsleader in no way strengthens a brand to Oakies of any demographic...

And now, to ice the cake you use your position and distribution to circulate a thinly veiled criticism of the Oak Forest Security Committee volunteers’ work output. Mr. McElvy, you aren’t just casting stones, you are renting the glass house and casting stones across a large subdivision boundary you clearly do not comprehend.

Until such time as The Leader decides to LEAD by example and show respect to the residents and volunteers of Oak Forest, I request that you stick to reporting on @TheHeights. The thousands of Oakies and dozens of local businesses would appreciate the opportunity to live without you distracting and detracting from their positive energy.

Matt Mitchell

Dear Editor:I appreciated your article in this week’s issue in

regard to the recent fund drive of the OF HOA to hire the private security company S.E.A.L. It’s important to hear an opposing viewpoint on this subject, although your editorial may have been a bit too eu-phemistic. I too agree that perhaps the whole thing feels “weird,” although not because its invitation came with a glass of wine. I worry that this security team will cause more of a panic than is needed, and that panic has already been building steadily.

Believe me, I want my home secure just as anyone else in the neighborhood (I was the recent victim of a car break-in in my own driveway), but what I don’t want is haphazard finger pointing, racial profiling and witch-hunt mentality, which can happen when people are on high alert. I worry that we are headed in that direction.

What I think would be very beneficial would be if The Leader reported on the actual crime rates, past and present. A recent report I heard was that crime is not any higher than it was in the past, and in fact it’s lower, but because of our immediate news and social networking, we are much more cognizant of it. This report may be wrong, but I am sure The Leader can find this out for sure.

Abigail

Posted to www.the.leadernews.comThis is a very strange article. You clearly display

your dislike of the hiring of a private security firm, but then weakly attempt to soften the punch by saying the HOA is doing the right thing. Instead of writing something that reads like a long winded tweet, maybe spend some time making up your mind, Jonathan.

Josep Watkinw

Posted to THE LEADER on FacebookNot clear if you are in favor or against the pro-

gram. My biggest concern is the possibility that the residents will be harassed as much as the crooks. Pirates? Interesting! LOL

Robert Mark Megna

Posted to THE LEADER on FacebookMy take - is if you’re going to spend that kind of

money why not BUY an Oak Forest Patrol Car and rig it up with lights, graphics and communications equipment (+/- 50k) . Is paying a firm that’s going to do the same thing any different? You already have volunteers - put them in the seat and have them patrol the neighborhood. Seems like a good

investment and a heck of a lot more obtainable / less expensive.

Greg Faulk

Posted to THE LEADER on FacebookGreg are you willing to donate your time to do all

of this driving around? Do you know 20 other people who would also volunteer? The problem with that is that Citizens on Patrol are volunteers. Not that that don’t do a good job of patrolling, but they do it on there own time. Too, COP can’t apprehend anyone committing a crime, nor would I want my neighbors who volunteer for that thankless task to do so. However, you should be happy to know that the S.E.A.L.s patrol vehicles will be outfitted with Oak Forest insignia...

The purpose of the S.E.A.Ls program is not to harass our fellow citizens, it is to deter crime. Unless our fellow citizens of Oak Forest are the ones who are committing the crimes, we don’t have anything to worry about.

Tracy Brandon

Posted to THE LEADER on FacebookWe do pay taxes, but unfortunately, changing our

local government takes time and yes it’s something we should all be interested in. HPD can only do so much as you mentioned so SEAL Security (or Con-stables like in your neighborhood) are to help HPD deter crime. The article seemed more interested in belittling their ability than highlighting the city’s issues.

Nora Loera

Free MagnusPosted to THE LEADER on FacebookLet Magnus play! LET Magnus play! LET MAGNUS

play! LET MAGNUS PLAY! What a terrible ruling by the UIL to deny this Norwegian exchange student eligibility to play varsity football half way through the season. Maybe enough of an uproar can get this discretionary ruling overturned.

Steve & Beth Fischer

(EDITOR’S NOTE: And that’s exactly what hap-pened. See page 1A.)

Posted to THE LEADER on FacebookHi I am Magnus Kinne’s brother...I want to

thank you all for the amazing coverage you had, there is no way the UIL would have overturned their decision without you. I cant even describe the relief and happiness that was displayed in the Kinne household on Friday... Lets just say there was screaming and tears hehe. Thank you so much for all your help and we are forever grateful for all you did for our “little” Magnus.

Joseph Kinne

Happy in the HeightsPosted to THE LEADER on FacebookJust wanted to thank you for the updates on

Reagan’s football and the news around the Heights. Very informative!!

Lily Calderon

Take shots at me but not at hard working colleaguesJONATHAN

MCELVY

Publisher

As you know, the hot topic of conver-sation around the office water cooler is that Swiss voters have chosen to retain their military draft. No? Maybe I’m hanging out at the wrong water cooler –– after all, water and vodka do look the same. What happened, and why we should care, is that an overwhelm-ing majority, 73 percent, of Swiss vot-ers chose to keep requiring part-time service from each male citizen between the ages of 18-34. Women may serve voluntarily. It was the third such vote in 25 years, and the majority keeps grow-ing. Pretty soon it will be unanimous.

In a nation of 8 million people, about 20,000 soldiers a year attend ba-sic training for 18-21 weeks, then keep their uniforms and weapons at home to be ready for rapid mobilization and tours of duty. The Swiss government was all for retaining the draft, perhaps because the army’s reserves now stand at 155,000, down from about 625,000 just over a half-century ago. They don’t seem to need a navy.

This move comes at a time when most European nations and the Unit-ed States are down-sizing their forces, although in Europe’s case there is not much left to downsize, and they are quite willing to fight to the last Ameri-can. We spend more on our defense forces than the next 22 nations com-bined -- some studies report more than the rest of the world combined. As an example, the British Army is about half the size of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Yet there are reputable voices that think we should restore the military draft. In June of last year, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the former commander of international forces in Afghanistan and source for Rolling Stone, called for reinstating the draft. “I think if a nation goes to war, every town, every city needs to be at risk,” he said at the Aspen Ideas Festival. “You make that decision and everybody has skin in the game.” He got a standing ovation, al-though it is not clear how many in his audience were draft bait. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., has made several at-tempts to reinstitute the draft on the grounds that a small fraction is bear-ing a disproportionate burden in fight-ing the nation’s wars. But his bills die. Earlier this year, Rangel -- who earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for Valor after volunteering for the Army during the Korean War -- introduced another bring-back-the-draft bill that also would require women to register. “Women have proven that they can do the very same tasks, military and non-military, that men can.”

We have had a military draft during several of our wars, but the Vietnam War left bad feelings about conscript-ing our young men, so we dropped it.

This year marks the 40th anniversary since the draft ended, which brings us to Dwight Elliott Stone, then an ap-prentice plumber from California, who became the last draftee to be inducted. He served about 17 months and never had to go overseas. The draft during that time became a joke, with various ways to avoid going to war. Joining the National Guard or Air National Guard was one, staying in school was another: Harvard College, which had lost 691 alumni in World War II, lost a total of 12 men in Vietnam from the classes of 1962 through 1972 combined. Those

classes at Princeton lost six, at MIT two.

Then there was that super-hawk Dick Cheney, who got five deferments, saying he had “other priorities,” such as staying alive. Bill Clinton somehow weaseled his way out of uniform. I clev-erly dodged the Army draft by joining the Marines, but the only civilian jobs my military experience prepared me for was that as a postal carrier walking for hours in all sorts of bad weather or becoming a Mafia hit man.

Bringing back the draft would cause several problems. We are already downsizing the military, sending thou-sands of troops into a job market that is already weak. Where will they go? What will they do? If you are all for a smaller government and lower taxes, how are we going to train, feed, lodge and pay several million more people? What’s the cost of more M-1 Abrams tanks, more jet fighters and some more aircraft carriers? (We have 11 aircraft carriers. No other navy has more than one.) All those unneeded and unwant-ed military bases the Pentagon is trying to close will have to stay open. But we would save money on recruiting.

Studies show that three out of four American men of draft age are unfit for military duty – too fat mostly, drugs and/or a criminal record. In the cur-rent political climate, both sexes would go. What would that do to the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders?

There is also the overhead. At the height of WW II in 1945, about 2,000 generals and admirals led a total of 12 million citizens in uniform. Today, we have about 900 generals and admirals and 1.4 million troops. Each top officer requires an office, aides, car, a chauf-feur and afterward, a hefty pension.

Our current all-volunteer force is made up of generally better people. Not much fragging at last report. Nearly all of today’s enlisted men and women have at least a high school di-ploma. Many are college graduates, as are virtually all officers. The all-volun-teer military has consistently demon-strated its ability from Desert Storm to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

No, we don’t want to copy the Swiss. The idea of the government issuing all our young men and women a rifle or howitzer to take home and put in their closet rather boggles the mind, but it would cut down on the population of Chicago.

Remember that line from the movie “The Third Man”: “In Switzerland they had brotherly love -- they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”

And a good army knife.

Ashby is cannon fodder at [email protected]

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Blessing of the animals at Advent Lutheran

Advent Lutheran Church, 5820 Pinemont Drive, will hold a bless-ing of the animals service at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 12. Participants can bring their pet or a picture of a pet for a blessing and a medallion. Pets must be restrained and held close to the owner during the service.

For information, call 713-686-8201 or visit www.adventhouston.org.

‘The Story’ Bible study at St. Stephen’s

St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, 2003 W. 43rd St., contin-ues a church-wide, all-ages study Sundays during Sunday School at

9:40 a.m. of “The Story,” a con-densed chronological anthology of the Bible, written by Max Luca-do and Randy Frazee. The study is also held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 9:30 a.m. Thursdays. The nursery is available by reservation for the Thursday morning class.

The church will host an informa-tional session sponsored by Survi-vors of Suicide Support Groups at 7 p.m. Oct. 13, in Room 101.

Call 713-686-8241 for visit www.stsumc.org for information.

Pumpkin craft night at St. Matthew’s UMC

The Children’s Weekday Minis-tries will sponsor a Pumpkin Craft Night from 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 18, in the fellowship hall of St. Mat-

thew’s United Methodist Church, 4300 N. Shepherd Dr.

Children should bring their own pumpkins to decorate. There will be supplies available for decorat-ing. Refreshments will be served. Children are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes.

Worship services are 9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings with Children’s church also provided during the worship service.

Call 713-697-0671 or visit the web site at www.stmatthews-methodist.org for information.

Annual Bazaar at St. Monica

St. Monica Catholic Church, 8421 W. Montogomery Road, will hold their annual bazaar from 8-noon Oct. 18-20. Zydeco music will be featured Oct. 18. There will be food, bingo, live music, games, vendors, children’s activities and a raffle. The parade will be at 10 a.m. Saturday.

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Fall Festival at St. Mark’s St. Mark’s United Methodist

Church, 600 Pecore, will hold its annual Fall Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 19, and will feature arts and crafts, food, gifts, and a bulb and bake sale. Lunch in-cludes Greek sliders. Blessing of the Animals will be at 10 a.m. on the front lawn.

Proceeds benefit St. Mark’s Mis-

sions including the Heights Inter-faith Ministry Food Pantry.

For information contact Cindy Freeman at [email protected].

Blessing of the animals at Church of the Holy Trinity

There will be a Blessing of the Animals at Church of the Holy Trinity, 211 Byrne, from 8-10 a.m. Oct. 19, in front of the sanctuary.

Call 713-862-5657 or visit www.holytrinityrec.org for informa-tion.

Pumpkin Patch Festival at Grace UMC

Grace United Methodist Church, 1245 Heights Blvd., will hold its Pumpkin Patch Festival from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 19. There will be pumpkins of all sizes, along with crafts, food, games and mu-sic. The pumpkin patch will be through Oct. 31.

Call 713-862-8883 for informa-tion.

Free Health Fair at First Baptist Church Heights

First Baptist Church Heights, 201 E. 9th St., is hosting The Main-stream Connection’s Free Health Fair, from 9 a.m.-noon, Oct. 24, in the fellowship hall.

Blood pressure, dental, vision, cholesterol, glucose and diabe-tes are just a few of the available free screenings. Enjoy free food and games. Raffle prizes will be

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White Oak Baptist women’s retreat in Round Top

White Oak Baptist Church, 3615 Mangum Road, will host a

trip to Round Top Retreat Center in Round Top, Texas for a women’s retreat Nov. 8-10. All women 18 and older are welcome. The topic of study is prayer. The cost is $140, which includes lodging, five meals and materials. Cost for seniors 60 and older is $115.

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POPE FRANCISIn his rst of cial meeting with journalists, the new pope gave

some insight into why he chose the name Francis. After the two-thirds vote was reached, a fellow cardinal from Brazil,

Claudio Hummes, embraced him and said to him “Don’t forget about the poor.” This stuck with him, he said, and immediately made him think of St. Francis, who was devoted to the poor, renouncing his father’s considerable wealth as a young man and living essentially as a poor beggar. St. Francis was known as “Il Poverello,” the little poor man. Pope Francis went on to say that as the vote-counting continued he thought about war, and St. Francis’s devotion to peace. The rst line of the prayer of St. Francis says “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.” And nally, St. Francis was enamored of nature and saw God’s hand in all of physical creation. Pope Francis summarized his choice of names by saying “Francis of Assisi...the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and guards creation.” This was a good choice of names, and inspiring ideals for the man leading the world’s largest Christian denomination.

“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy;

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Colzie Mae Watts Britt, born March 1, 1925, died Oct. 5. She graduated from Mayesville High School in 1941 and from Tuomey Hospital School of Nursing in Sumter, S.C. as a R.N. in 1945. Britt was a Timbergrove resident since 1952. She was employed at Methodist Hospital for 35 years, retiring in July 1987. She also was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church for 60 years. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Julian, and brother Alton Watts. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, the Restless Leg Syndrome Foundation (http://www.rls.org) or the hospice of one’s choice.

Dorothy Froehlich Casey, 88, died Oct. 3 in Baytown. Casey is survived by her daughters, Nancy Johnston and Pamela Gobert, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Andrew William Clay, 2 months, born July 31, 2013, died Oct. 4. He is survived by his parents Daniel and Emily, brother Tanner, maternal grandparents Pat and Paulette Binion, paternal grandparents Bruce and Laura Clay, maternal great-grandmother Kathryn Seigle, and paternal great-grandmother Ida Saldivar. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House Houston, 1907 Holcombe Blvd., Houston 77303; Emma’s Hugs, P.O. Box 8388, Baytown, Texas 77522; or the Andrew Clay Donation Fund Acct #5628480283 at any Capital One Bank, or mail to P.O. Box 1375, Thibodaux, La. 70302.

Starsky Alexander Cooper, 28, born Sept. 29, 1985 in Palestine, Texas, died Oct. 3. He was a Scarborough High School graduate, played trombone in the band and was captain of the basketball team. Cooper was employed at Bush Intercontinental Airport as a manager for Quality Concessions. He also started his own business called Kingdom Swag Enterprise, which includes a clothing line and books. He is survived by his father Jeffery Cooper, mother Patricia (Kenneth) Harvey, sister Alaina Mills-Cooper, grandmothers Maurine Reed Williams, Marion Cooper and step-grandmother Merlin Cooper.

Douglas Harry James, 62, born July 7, 1951 in Binghamton, N.Y., died Oct. 1. He is survived by his life partner David Sanchez, brother David James and sister Melissa James.

Lillian Alene Kyle, born Jan. 16, 1920 in Timpson, Texas, died Oct. 3, in Houston.

Ellis W. Mullen, 87, died Sept. 26. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and retired from Ingersoll Rand. He is survived by his wife Margaret, daughter Linda Padgitt, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Arnold L. Ryza, 84, born Aug. 25, 1929 in La Grange, died Sept. 30. He proudly served his country during the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Marine Corps and retired after 39 years of service with Sears. Ryza is survived by his loving wife Julia, sister Adele Wrightson, sons David and Paul Ryza, daughter Karen Reese, 12 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Anthony Edward “Tony” Wisnoski, born Oct. 22, 1937, died Oct. 1. He formally met his future wife Clara Louise Zientek in 1958 at Bill Mraz Dance Hall. They married Jan. 9, 1960 at All Saints Catholic Church and were longtime Heights residents. Wisnoski worked for General Welding for 50 years before retiring in 2009. He is survived by his wife Clara, and children Sandra, Carol, Douglas, Patrick and Kimberley, seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

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The Garden Oaks Church of Christ, 4926 N. Shepherd Dr., cele-brated its 70th anniversary Sunday.

“It is so interesting that 70 years ago as this community got started, they felt the need to establish the church on Christian principles,” said Brother John Tillman Jr., who has served as the pulpit minister for the past 18 years. “By the grace of God, seventy years later, we’re still doing the same work for the community in trying to connect men and women to God.”

Church elders presented red

roses to members who have been in the church for 25 years, and white roses to those who’ve been members for 20 years.

Members were treated to a guest speaker, Fred D. Gray, a Church of Christ preacher from Louisiana.

Gray autographed copies of his book, “Bus Ride to Justice,” about his work during the Civil Rights Movement.

The church opened on Tidwell Road in May 1943 with a group of 33 Christians committed to build-ing a new congregation.

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Review: Torchy’s Tacos creates full meal on the tortilla

There is a T-shirt that Petrol Station used to (and may still) sell that holds the clever slogan, “Keep Austin 170 Miles From Here,” a play on the rallying cry from our weird friends to the west of here. While the snarky take on Austin’s ubiquitous motto is a jab at our neighbors and a boost of patrio-tism for our fair city, the shirt’s words could also be applied to the culinary scene.

Austin’s influence on the res-taurant and bar culture in Hous-ton is everywhere you look. In our end of the city alone, we’ve got the Austin and Hill Country-inspired chain of Creek restaurants and J Black’s, while Uchi and Chuy’s are other big names that come to mind elsewhere in Houston. The list is certainly long. Highlighting this phenomenon might suggest that Houston is looking over its shoulder at the tidal wave of res-taurateurs rushing east, but luckily for us the (gastronomic) barbar-ians are not at the gate, and Hous-ton has created its own distinct and nationally renowned culinary culture.

Even though we will readily take a shot at Austin, our own culinary confidence allows us to welcome one of their imports once in a while. The latest is Torchy’s Tacos. A new location on 19th Street is the original taco trailer’s third location in Houston, and the first two have created quite a buzz on the city’s already world-class taco scene. Leader Eater and The Bomber (my five-year-old going on 15) recently went by to check out all the hype. (Although it hasn’t been all good after the bellyaching in the after-math of Torchy’s first day when they allegedly didn’t live up all of their inaugural perks.)

The location alone is a winner for Torchy’s – on the corner of 19th and Ashland in the old Har-olds store. The Austin taco sling-ers add another commercial piece to the avenue’s emergence as a hub for food and shopping and will share the space with the forthcom-

ing Heights General Store. The or-der-at-the-counter style of dining safeguards its laid-back reputation but also has a wrap-around bar for the mature set who want to enjoy a margarita (or three?) with their tacos.

An imaginative take on tacos is what made Torchy’s famous enough to spawn 20 franchises (and generate a line out the door on a recent Friday evening in the Heights). They use the taqueria playbook for tacos, using tortillas the size of a side plate instead of the larger (or harder) commercial versions out there. When most taco makers stop at meat, lettuce, cilantro, chopped onions and some sauce, Torchy’s nearly goes overboard with their taco fillers and create something bordering on a full meal on the tortilla.

Leader Eater had big eyes on my visit and went with three of the tacos, which forced me to the foil to take one home. I tried the Fried Avocado taco, which features large chunks of its namesake in a light batter surrounded by an as-sortment of veggie options. I stuck with the theme and nabbed an Independent. This taco’s staple is fried Portobello mushrooms but kicks up the flavor profile with bits of roasted corn, carrots, queso, cilantro and avocado. Without a good bit of sauce heaped on, these two tacos were good but not great. Leader Eater’s favorite ended up being the Dirty Sanchez, an egg-based creation with cheese, fried poblano chile and guacamole.

Tacos not from Torchy’s are typically a good bet for the young-sters but these artisan versions might not entice. Still Torchy’s has a helpful kid’s menu (with one of its creepy looking devil logos to color) that turned The Bomber into a fan, with a lot of help from Torchy’s smooth and sweet lemon-ade. And I guess we can all admire Austin’s eating scene from time to time; it’s just better when it’s done 170 miles away.

Have you heard the 150(ish)-year-old phrase, “Go West, young man?” I am, and I’m taking my First Saturday Arts Market with me, at least for one day on Oct. 12. One of the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities will host just over three dozen artists at the Art Market at Cross Creek Ranch in Fulshear, Texas. I’m ex-cited to take the market to the “’burbs” and expe-rience a new setting.

Artists are known for taking chances, remi-niscent of the settlers that first braved the west and brought that quote to mind. Leaving out the life and death part - mostly. Some find opportunity in their own misfortune, too.

Artist April Murphy, a Heights resident, is just such a bold artist. She describes her popu-lar work as Blue Dog meets Farside. Colorful, whimsical and always a heartstring-puller, her paintings most often are of dogs, cats and other domesticated animals. Viewing her work, it’s hard to imagine this creativity was born out of pain.

When a layoff in 2009 followed by an acute appendicitis attack left Murphy in bed to con-template her now-shattered life, a light came on.

“Those two events slowed me down enough to think about what I really wanted to do with my life. I hadn’t picked up a paintbrush in 25 years, but my husband took a photo of our cats one day, and I absolutely loved the composi-tion.” Murphy says of her epiphany, “Immedi-ately, I had a vision in my head involving bright colors and sharp contrasts. That photo, the lay-off and my yucky appendix set everything in motion... 200-plus paintings later, I am loving my day job and am so thankful that I can make a living doing what I love most.”

Murphy keeps a busy calendar, but you can probably find her at a show almost every week-end through the end of the year including out west this Saturday. http://aprilmurphy.com/showings.

Thursday, Oct. 10•Finding Self: An All Woman Art Show, Stu-

dio 101, 1824 Spring St. 77007, 6-8 p.m. Cura-tor Dianne K. Webb and Stark Naked Theatre Company present the artwork of artists from Houston, the state, and beyond in a collabora-tion to illustrate the themes of Anne Green-field’s play, “All Girls,” about to be performed by Stark Naked Theater.

Friday, Oct. 11•Spooky glass painting workshop, Sparrow

and the Nest 1020 Studewood 77008, 7 p.m. Stephanie Lienhard will lead each participant in the creation of two hand-painted Hallow-een glasses. Fee of $40 includes materials, wine and snacks. More workshops coming up for adults and youngsters, listed at http://spar-rowandthenest.com/workshops.

•Bayou City Art Festival Downtown October 11-13. Each year the festival chooses one art-ist to be featured in all marketing for the event and this year one of Houston’s own was chosen, Syd Moen. Her signature series of “Little Plan-ets” feature Houston and Galveston’s iconic locations, skillfully transformed into spherical panorama. New is an adult creative zone with four crafts available, each $15, that are func-tional and practical. Screen printing, stamping tan leather key fobs, making paper cutouts for framed prints, and artist trading cards. Map, events and more: http://bayoucityartfestival.com.

Saturday, Oct. 12Second Saturday markets and open studios:

•Craftacular 2nd Saturday – Hello-Lucky, 1025 Studewood in the Heights, noon-4 p.m.

•Open Artist Studios at Winter & Spring Street Studios, 2101 Winter St. and 1824 Spring St., daytime hours. http://winterstreetstudios.info/

•Aurora Street Open Artist Studios 129 Au-rora Street, 77008 2 - 8 p.m. http://hasg.blog.com

•Montrose Art Market 2409 Montrose Blvd http://montroseartmarket.com/

•The Art Market at Cross Creek Ranch is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. when families can browse through hundreds of works by local artisans. Cross Creek Ranch is located in Fulshear at FM 1463 and FM 1093, just minutes west of the Grand Parkway. For more information, go to www.crosscreektexas.com.

•Houston Vintage 2013, The 1940 Air Ter-minal Museum, 8325 Travelair St.77061, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Houston Vintage Market & Fes-tival is rapidly becoming the ultimate vintage showcase, which brings together over 20 of the top vintage clothing dealers under one roof. Admission $5.

•Schrödinger’s Parlor – An exhibit of new paintings by Lindsay Peyton, Winter Street Studios Gallery, upstairs at 2101 Winter St. 77007. The public is encouraged to meet the artist during the reception. The exhibition, “Schrödinger’s Parlor,” will be on display for one night only. www.lindsaypeyton.com.

Saturday, Oct. 19•INTERWOVEN V. 6-9 p.m. 18 Hands Gal-

lery, 249 W. 19th St., 6-9 p.m. A juried exhi-bition that will run through Oct. 27. All areas of fiber art are represented, including, wall, quilts, sculptural or mixed media. Leisa Mc-Cord, a regular at First Saturday Arts Market has been accepted into this show. McCord’s vintage inspired miniature crochet doilies and earrings are true works of art. She says, “It is your grandmother’s crochet. But much small-er.” www.18handsgallery.com

Cohen is the founder and manager of First Saturday Arts Market. Contact him at [email protected] or visit him on the web at ArtValet.com.

Art a la Carte: Bringing art to the ’burbs

Mitch CohenArts Columnist

Haute Wheels Houston is a three-day festival, Oct. 11-13, at the Houston Com-munity College, 5601 West Loop South, featuring 35 food trucks, a beer and wine garden, live music, and vendor village. Fri-day is Truck or Treat and movie night, with The Rocky Horror Picture Show projected on a giant 40-foot screen accompanied by thriller music and a costume contest. For tickets, visit www.hautewheelshouston.com. To see a full list of trucks and bands, go to Thirsty Explorer in the Hipstrict sec-tion at www.theleadernews.com.

Bayou City Art Festival’s Art Heist

Bayou City Art Festival invites you to join the court of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand as they explore the Art Heist: Treasures of the New World, Oct. 12, in front of the City Hall reflection pool, 901 Bagby St. Costumes are optional (but those without costumes may be asked to walk the plank).

The itinerary for the voyage includes a treasure hunt, specialty cocktails during happy hour, and an exploration of art donated by festival artists. During the Art Heist, numbered tickets will be drawn at random. Ticketholders, who have a one-in-four chance to “steal” artwork, will have just seconds to select their treasure. A live auction and raffle drawings will boost chances to walk away with art. Tickets can be purchased online at www.bayoucityartfestival.com.

Beer and bikes at Onion Creek

Onion Creek will hold its eighth annual Beer Bike Bash, with registration at noon Oct. 19. This year’s event includes the Creek Crawl Scavenger Hunt with Karbach Brewing Co.’s Cycling Director Adam LeSage. The scavenger hunt starts and ends at Onion Creek with lots of fun and adventure in between.

Participants will receive route guide-lines, scavenger game rules and clues. The object of the game, which runs from 2-4:30 p.m., is to complete the route, solve clues and get back to Onion Creek in the required timeframe. Each team will need a camera phone, helmet, bright clothing, dressed for the elements.

For more information, visit http://ska-vengercreekcrawl-eorg.eventbrite.com/.

Happy Hour Thursdays at MFAH

The Museum of Fine Arts, 1001 Bisson-net, holds Happy Hour every Thursday starting at 6 p.m., and this month features Austrian-themed drinks, DJ music and food from the Ladybird Food Truck.

Wine experts from Camerata will be on site to discuss Austrian wines and serve wine flights. Museum admission is free on Thursday, so grab a glass of wine and enjoy the exhibition at no cost.

For more, visit http://www.mfah.org/.Follow Ivee Sauls on Twitter @ThirstyEx-

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Heights artist April Murphy’s work, ‘Blue Moo.’ She’ll be appearing at the Cross Creek Ranch show Saturday. (Submitted photo)

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The de Gaulle to open by end of the monthThe folks at Hughes Hangar, 2811 Wash-

ington Ave., hope to have a Halloween grand opening for a new, Parisian-style restaurant next door called The deGaulle.

The eatery is named after Paris’ main airport (which was named after Gen. Charles de Gaulle, a World War II hero who later became president of France), and will be a “gateway to Paris in its finest era,” according to the new venture’s Facebook page. It will feature a Parisian sidewalk cafe and full bar, late night entertainment and vintage design.

Brick-and-mortar MAM’sThe latest food truck to go the restau-

rant route is MAM’s House of Ice, which announced on its Facebook page this week that it has secured a location in the Heights (yet to be revealed) and that it hopes to open in four to six weeks with a winter menu. For now, they’re still serving N’awlins-style sno-balls in their little mo-bile unit at 20th and Rutland. To keep tabs, join them on Facebook or on their website at http://www.mamshouseofice.com

Jinxed? Another shutdown at 5555 Washington Ave.

Hollister Grill, which started out promis-ing with big crowds earlier this year, is now shuttered.

The second outpost of a popular Spring Branch eatery, Hollister featured spiffed-up versions of traditional comfort foods in the Rice Military part of Washington Avenue. Cova Wine operated at the loca-tion before Hollister.

The Spring Branch location remains open.

Steak night bargains at Witchcraft

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Houston Heights Association’s monthly Land Use Commit-tee meeting Monday night was a working session paired with in-formal conversations about future parks and lingering homeowner compliance issues related to deed restrictions and building codes.

Meanwhile, the status of Tram-mell Crow Residential’s request for abandonment of a section of Allston Street appears to be un-changed as traffic impact analysis looks at the effect of the proposed Alexan Yale mid-rise luxury apart-ments at Yale and 5th streets, LUC sources said.

The TIA also is expected to

encompass the combined effect of TCRs two mid-rise projects in the West Heights neighborhood. The other project, farther along in its development, is The Alexan Heights, on a now-cleared site fronting Yale between 6th and 7th streets.

TCR’s filing this summer re-quests the city to abandon the 290-foot stretch of Allston between 5th Street and the north property line of its proposed Alexan Yale site to create a contiguous tract from Yale Street to Rutland Place. If granted, the development’s access would be on Yale and 5th streets to divert the project’s residents away from nearby homes, TCR previously said in a Q&A response to the West Heights Coalition. (WHC

monitors the project on its com-munity website, www.westhous-toncoalition.org.)

In other LUC matters, two residents attending the meeting inquired about opportunities to increase parks, open areas and other green space in the Heights area, especially near the exist-ing hike-and-bike trail. Informal discussion covered creative park-funding methods, related park maintenance and the economic challenge of finding sites given the current development boom, in which lots once home to small cottages become townhomes.

The working session of the meeting, meanwhile, helped HHA draft its letter to city officials about sidewalk maintenance options.

Traffic impact study continues for apartments on Yale Street

by Cynthia LescalleetFor The Leader

LADIES AUXILIARY YARD SALEAmerican Legion Post 560

The American Legion Ladies Auxil-iary will hold its annual yard sale from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 12 at 3720 Alba Road. Limited tables are available to rent for $5. Information: 713-682-9287.

LIGHT THE NIGHT WALKLeukemia and Lymphoma Society

Proceeds from the walk will fund life-saving research and patient aid. The walk will be held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12, at Discovery Green Park, 1500 McKinney, rain or shine. A remembrance ceremony will precede the walk at 5 p.m. Information: www.lightthenight.org.

DR. SEUSS’ CAT IN THE HATMain Street Theatre - Chelsea Market

The Cat in the Hat theatre performance will be Saturdays 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. through Oct. 26, at Main Street Theatre-Chelsea Market, 4617 Montrose Blvd. Recommended for pre-kindergarten and up. Information: 713-524-6706 or www.mainstreettheater.com.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEINStanding Room Only Productions

Based on the Mel Brooks classic comedy

film, Young Frankenstein will be presented at Obsidian Art Space, 3522 White Oak Drive through Oct. 26. Tickets are $32.50 for general admission, $27.50 for students and seniors, and $25 per person for groups of 8 or more. Information: www.sro-productions.com.

OVEREATERS FALL CONVENTIONHoliday Inn Resort on the Beach

The Overeaters Anonymous Fall Conven-tion will be held Oct. 11-13, at 5002 Seawall Blvd. in Galveston. There will be large group information sessions and small workshops. Registration is $95 and includes Saturday dinner. Information: 877-859-5095 or [email protected].

LIONS FISH FRYGrace United Methodist Church

The Heights Lions Club will be frying up fish lunches at 1245 Heights Blvd. from 11 a.m.-2 p.. Oct. 19, with tickets costing $10 for adults, $5 for youngsters 5-12. For more: www.heightslions.com or 713-962-4194.

ReunionsWALTRIP CLASS OF ‘68Oct. 12

Reservations and $38 per person are due by Sept. 25 ($45 at the door with limited availability) for the class’ 45-year reunion on Oct. 12. Dinner at Saltgrass Steak House, cash bar, DJ. For info: Email Lucy Payne Capps at [email protected].

REAGAN CLASS OF ‘73Nov. 16

Tickets are on sale for this 40-year reunion set for 6:30 p.m.-midnight at the Cadillac Bar, 1802 Shepherd Drive. Cost is $65 a person through Oct. 15, $75 after and at the door and includes appetizer, dinner, dessert, music and dancing. There will be a cash bar and digital memory book. Information: www.reuniondb.com, www.facebook.com/groups/JHR73, or email Connie (Pugh) Guidry, [email protected], or Patricia (John-stone) McDonald, [email protected]

Every weekOAK FOREST RUNNING CLUBOak Forest Chill

This free social running club, part of the Oak Forest Homeowners Association, meets at 3542 Oak Forest Drive at 6 p.m.

each Tuesday. Brother’s Pizzeria provided post-run food. Information: 281-685-9929.

JOB CORPS MEETING1919 North Loop West

U.S. Labor Department-funded training in more than 20 trades plus courses to earn a GED or high school diploma and degree are available for ages 16-24. Meet-ings are held 4-7 p.m. on Mondays in Suite 477. Information: 713-880-2454.

LAUGHTER YOGAHeights Library

Laughter Yoga utilizes breathing and play-based exercises for health and wellness by people of all professions/ages/abilities. Meet from 11 a.m.-noon Saturday at 1302 Heights Blvd. Informa-tion: www.houstonlaughteryoga.com.

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the two cases together. She had taken her three daughters to the library at to do homework, she said, and as she and the youngest child were getting items from their car, the man approached her 8-year-old.

“A man in a white van just drove up to me and asked me if I was lost and did I need a ride. But I backed away from him, and when you got out he zoomed off,” she reported the child as saying.

The mother saw no sign of the man and reported the incident to the Houston Police Department. “HPD offi-cers came in no time at all to our home,” she said. “They were so great and helped to defuse the situation and made the girls feel very safe. I am so grateful to them.

“I consider myself a good parent, I keep my children safe,” said the mother of the child approached at the li-brary. “However, with people like this, safe is not enough. As a community, sharing this information will enable us all to grow closer and more aware.

“I hope this man is caught and punished to the utmost of the law.”

county and community -- including private and corporate donors -- working together.

The project will be funded through a pub-lic-private partnership. Approval of a bond referendum provided $100 million, and the nonprofit Houston Parks Board raised anoth-er $115 million. Foundations, philanthropists and others have contributed as well.

“Waterways are where our culture and heri-tage came from,” Cagle said. “Citizens will get the chance to enjoy the wonder and beauty of what God has given to us.”

There are four more projects along White Oak Bayou that will break ground within the next year. It will extend the trail from Hollister Road downstream to Buffalo Bayou in down-town Houston.

“(The project) puts Bayou,” Parker said. “in Bayou City.”

“It was great. We found out the news together. We were doing backflips,” said Sean O’Reilly, who along with his wife, Kim, are the host parents for Kinne.

Kinne was selected as one of the captains to represent the Bulldogs during the pre-game coin flip at Barnett Stadium.

“It was something I didn’t ex-pect and something that I really appreciate the coach doing for me,” Kinne said.

Kinne, 18, had been declared ineligible and had a subsequent appeal denied by the UIL because he had completed 12 grades. The Norwegian education system, like its American counterpart, has 13 grades. The difference is Norway doesn’t have a grade called Kin-dergarten.

Kinne’s friends and family have been steadfast in their support that he be declared eligible, through a social media (#freemagnus) initi-ated by The Leader.

A series of #freemagnus asso-ciated posts on The Leader Face-book page received a total of 5,367 views.

Two of Kinne’s older brothers played high school football as ex-change students in New York and Washington State, respectively.

May Elisabeth Kinne, Magnus’ mother, was ecstatic to hear that her son was eligible.

“Magnus is able to live his dream of playing high school foot-ball in the U.S.,” May said. “Foot-ball practice has a mission (now), and he can play…he is no longer doomed to be an onlooker (on

the) sideline.”The Bulldogs (4-1, 3-0) are

heavy favorites to win the school’s first district championship since the 1950s. They’ll host Sharpstown at 7 p.m. Friday at Dyer Field.

Kinne could play a role in the goal of winning district -- and be-yond.

“My goals are just to get on the same level as my teammates,” Kinne said.

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