Thursday November 7, 2013 - South Belt

Voice of Community-Minded People since 1976
November 7, 2013
Olson at Chamber Nov. 14
On Thursday, Nov. 14, Congressman Pete
Olson Staff Mobile District Office will be at
the South Belt-Ellington Chamber of
Commerce, 10500 Scarsdale, from 10:30 a.m.
to noon. For information, call 281-485-4855.
Community outreach Nov. 8
The public is invited to the second annual
Education Community Outreach Friday, Nov. 8,
from 1 to 3 p.m. at the El Franco Lee Community
Center. Topics include: San Jacinto College
S.T.E.P.S. Program – Gerald Wood; Career &
Technical High School, P.I.S.D. – Steve
Fleming; Coordination of Special Projects/
Special Programs P.I.S.D. – Ruth Rabago;
Harris County Pct. 1 Educational Programs –
Dave Matthews; and Justice of the Peace Jo
Ann Delgado – Improving our community
through education. Refreshments will be served.
Email: mynews@southbeltleader.com
Votes from the Nov. 5 general election have
been tallied, with few surprises.
In the race for Houston mayor, incumbent Annise Parker will maintain her position, handily
defeating her main challenger, Ben Hall, receiving 56.8 percent of the vote (97,968 total votes)
to his 28.2 percent (48,551 votes).
Challenger Eric B. Dick received 10.6 percent of the vote (18,350 total votes); Victoria
Lane and Don Cook each received 1 percent;
Keryl Burgess Douglas and Michael Fitzsimmons each received 0.7 percent; and Charyl L.
Drab and Derek A. Jenkins each received only
0.5 percent of the vote.
The contest to fill the City of Houston District D City Council seat currently held by termlimited Wanda Adams will now head to a runoff
between Dwight Boykins and Georgia D. Provost. Boykins received 42.9 percent of the vote
(7,372 total votes), while Provost received 14.37
percent of the vote (2,469 votes).
Challenger N. “Assata” Richards received
10.95 percent of the vote; Christina Sanders received 6.7 percent; Travis McGee received 6.21
Pettitte visits San Jac
The J. Frank Dobie Colorguard is holding a
barbecue fundraiser. Purchase presale tickets
from any colorguard member or by calling
281-813-6061.Limited plates will also be
available on the day of the fundraiser. Pick-up
date is Saturday, Nov. 9, between 10 a.m. and
1 p.m. at the J. Frank Dobie High School band
hall, 10220 Blackhawk Blvd. Plates include:
brisket, sausage, boudin ball, potato salad,
Mexican beans and condiments. Desserts and
sodas will also be available at $1 each.
Knights sell fish dinners
American Legion benefit set
Rainbow Valley Civic Club will hold a garage
sale Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8 and 9, from 7
a.m. to 2 p.m. at 11002 Green Arbor Drive.
Into the Woods at Dobie
Dobie High School’s performance of the
musical Into the Woods will continue on Nov.
8 and 9 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. The
community is encouraged to attend in support
of the students and faculty members.
BBQ fundraiser set
Outta Control Cookers will hold a barbecue
fundraiser Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. at Discount Tire on Almeda
Genoa at I-45. Brisket and sausage plates with
sides of homemade rice, beans and potato
salad will sell for $8 each. Sausage-on-a-stick
and homemade cookies and cake will also be
available.
Sagemont Civic Club meets
The Sagemont Civic Club will hold its
monthly meeting Monday, Nov 11, at 7 p.m.
at Sagemont Park Recreation Center, 11507
Hughes. There will be no meeting December.
Frazier to honor veterans
Frazier Elementary invites and will honor
all veterans in the community at a patriotic
program presented by Frazier third-graders on
Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the school.
RSVP to 713-740-0560 to reserve a special
seat of honor on this special night.
Kirkmont 3, 4 to meet
Kirkmont Section 3 and 4 Community
Association will hold its annual meeting
Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Kirkmont
MUD Building, 10102 Blackhawk Blvd. All
residents of Kirkmont Sections 3 and 4 are
encouraged to attend. The 2014 annual maintenance fees and deed restrictions will be discussed, and board members will be elected.
Thompson honors parents
The staff at Thompson Intermediate School
invites parents to join them for breakfast, art
exhibits and musical performances as they
celebrate parents and all they do. The event is
Thursday, Nov. 14, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in
the outside gym.
Post 490 Christmas dance set
The auxiliary at American Legion Post 490,
(across from Ellington Field) will hold a
Christmas dance Saturday, Nov. 16, from 7:30
to 11:30 p.m. There will be a live band performance by Pee Wee Bowen. Admission is $10.
There will be food, door prizes, raffles and a
silent auction. The public is welcome. BYOB
– Set-ups, beer and wine will be sold. Proceeds
will benefit veterans.
percent; Lana Edwards and Anthony Robinson
each received 4.25 percent; Demetria Smith received 2.72 percent; Keith Caldwell received 2.7
percent; Larry McKinzie received 2.47 percent;
and Kirk White received 1.53 percent.
At-Large Position 1 incumbent Stephen C.
Costello will maintain his seat, easily defeating
challenger Mike “Griff” Griffin.
The At-Large Position 2 race will now head
to a runoff, with incumbent Andrew C. Burks Jr.
being narrowly edged out by challenger David
Robinson. Burks received only 37.6 percent of
the vote (46,765 total votes) to Robinson’s 40.4
percent (50,452 votes).
In the At-Large Position 3 race to fill the seat
vacated by the term-limited Melissa Noriega, the
field of six candidates was narrowed to two, with
Michael Kubosh and Roy Morales headed to a
runoff. Kubosh received 28.5 percent of the vote
to Morales’ 17.7 percent.
In the At-Large Position 4 race, incumbent
C.O. “Brad” Bradford easily defeated challenger
Issa Dadoush, claiming 81 percent of the vote.
At-Large Position 5 incumbent Jack Christie will maintain his seat, defeating challengers Carolyn Evans-Shabazz and James S. Horwitz. Christie received 54.8 percent of the vote
(70,029 votes) to Evans-Schabazz’s 32.4 percent (41,342 votes) and Horwitz’s 12.8 percent
(16,511 votes).
Houston District E City Council Member
Dave Martin will maintain his seat, as he ran unchallenged.
Houston City Controller Ronald Green will
also maintain his position, defeating his sole
challenger Bill Frazer 51.8 percent (71,462
votes) to 48.2 percent (66,627 votes).
Bond proposals
Voters rejected a $217 million Harris County
bond proposal to renovate the Astrodome. Listed
as Proposition No. 2 on the ballot, 53.43 percent
of voters (128,385 total votes) were against the
proposal, while 46.57 percent (111,888 votes)
were in favor of the renovation, which would
have turned the aging facility into an event and
exhibition center.
Harris County commissioners have said they
would recommend the Astrodome be demolished if the bond issue failed.
Voters narrowly passed the $70 million county bond proposal to construct a joint processing
center for use by the Harris County Sheriff’s
Office and Houston Police Department. Listed
as Proposition No. 1 on the ballot, 50.1 percent
of voters (112,289 total votes) were in favor of
the proposal, while 49.9 percent (111,833 votes)
were against it.
State amendments
Texas voters approved all nine proposed state
constitutional amendments.
Area recycling efforts continue
The Knights of Columbus will serve fish
and fries dinners Friday, Nov. 8. Dinners consists of fried fish, fries, hush puppies, cole
slaw, corn-on-the-cob, and tea or lemonade.
Serving begins at 5 p.m. at the St. Luke’s Catholic Church Parish Hall, 11011 Hall. Proceeds
benefit 2014 Knight of Columbus scholarships.
Rainbow Valley garage sale
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Nov. 5 general election results tallied
Dobie colorguard sells BBQ
American Legion Post 490, 11702 Galveston Road across from Ellington Field, will
present Support Our Troops on Friday, Nov. 8.
The event will feature Dwayne Dopsie and the
Zydeco Hellraisers starting at 6 p.m. and Jose
Lopez immediately following until midnight.
A barbecue pit will be given away – must be
present to win. Draft beer will be available.
BYOB – setups available. Tickets are $20 each.
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Major league pitcher and former San Jacinto College student Andy Pettitte (in rear) held
his annual golf tournament at the school Wednesday, Nov. 5. Now in its 18th year, the
tournament raises funds toward San Jac scholarships. Shown above with Pettitte at the
reception the previous evening are, left to right, Kevin Morris, dean of Central campus;
Jeff Parks, dean of South campus; and South Belt residents Catherine and Jeff O’Brien.
Catherine O’Brien serves as San Jac assistant vice chancellor.
Photo by Marie Flickinger
Dobie student struck by vehicle
A Dobie freshman was hospitalized Thursday,
Oct. 31, after being struck by a vehicle on Hall
Road at Sagebluff while she was walking to the
bus stop before school.
According to police, the 14-year-old girl was
walking to the bus stop five blocks away from
her house with her 17-year-old sister at roughly
6:20 a.m. when she was hit by the driver of a
silver Nissan Murano. Conditions were dark and
rainy, and the driver reportedly didn’t see the
girl, who was wearing dark clothing.
The student suffered lacerations to her kidney
and liver and also a concussion. She was transported to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospi-
tal, then transferred to Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. She was released Saturday. The
17-year-old was not injured.
The child’s mother said the lack of sidewalks
along Hall Road is partially to blame for the accident, as the child was forced to walk in the
roadway, as the side of the street was puddled
with rainwater.
The driver was not ticketed. The Harris County Precinct 2 Constable’s office described the
accident as “multifault,” as the girl was in the
roadway, but the driver also failed to yield to
the pedestrian. Deputies said weather conditions
also played a role in the collision.
Dixie Farm cycle crash injures 2
An accident involving a motorcycle Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the 1000 block of Dixie Farm
Road between Highway 3 and the Gulf Freeway
sent two people to the hospital, one in serious
condition.
According to a witness, the motorcycle was
traveling west on the street when it was struck
by a vehicle, sending the male driver and female
passenger flying off the motorcycle and into
the street’s center turn lane. Neither victim was
wearing a helmet.
The female driver of the vehicle reportedly
could not see the motorcycle.
The driver of the motorcycle was taken to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital with minor
injuries. The female passenger suffered more
serious injuries and was taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. While her injuries
were severe, a spokesman from the Houston Fire
Department Station 93 said he didn’t consider
them life threatening.
Per the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), hospitals are
not allowed to release the condition of a patient.
SJC stargazing for public Nov. 12
San Jacinto College students will host a stargazing party at the new South campus science
and allied health building’s observatory deck on
Tuesday, Nov. 12.
Students in the Physics 1403 Stars and Galaxies course will serve as “tour guides” to participants. Telescopes of many shapes and sizes,
including the new 16-inch reflector telescope in
the observatory dome, will be available for view-
ing the night sky.
The star party is free and open to the public.
Rain or shine, the event is set for Tuesday, Nov.
12 from 7:30 to 9 p.m., at the South campus science and allied health building, 13735 Beamer,
(building 1) third-floor astronomy observatory
deck.
For more information, contact Walter Thompson at walter.thompson@sjcd.edu.
Riverstone hit by Halloween crime
The Riverstone Ranch subdivision was a hot
spot for criminal activity on Halloween night.
The first incident involved a fight between two
male juveniles at the park on Riverstone Ranch
Road at Sugarbush Ridge Lane around 8:30 to
8:45 p.m.
According to Sgt. Mike Kritzler of the Harris
County Precinct 2 Constable’s office, the fight
began as a verbal altercation at the Southeast
Volunteer Fire Department’s annual Halloween
party at the nearby station on Hughes Road. The
argument carried over to the subdivision’s park,
where it was interrupted by police.
One of the juveniles was transported to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital with minor
injuries, Kritzler said.
Later that evening, two other juveniles were
returning home from Halloween festivities in the
same area along Sugarbush Ridge Lane at roughly 10:15 p.m. when they were approached by two
black males traveling in a silver car.
One of the men got out of the vehicle and produced a pistol and demanded the two juveniles
hand over their money and cell phones.
While the two youths had no money, they
relinquished their cell phones, and the suspects
fled the scene in their car.
The gunman is described as being a black
male, standing approximately 6 feet tall and
weighing around 170 pounds. The driver of the
vehicle was just described as being a black male.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the Precinct 2 Constable’s office at 281-481-9189.
Both San Jacinto College and the City of
Houston are making plans to help South Belt
residents with recycling efforts.
San Jacinto College
San Jacinto College will hold an electronics
recycling event on Saturday, Nov. 9, at the South
campus on Beamer Road.
Now in its second year partnering with 5R
(Recycle, Reuse, Reclaim, Re-engineer, and Reduce) Processors, San Jacinto College continues
its efforts to promote environmental responsibility throughout the college and surrounding communities.
Community members and businesses are invited to drop off any old or unused electronics,
which will help keep these devices out of landfills. Items that will be accepted include computers, monitors, keyboards, laptops, printers, fax
machines, TVs, cell phones, stereo equipment,
microwaves, and more. 5R Processors will also
provide an optional Department of Defense-approved data cleansing service for $10 per hard
drive.
Items that will not be accepted include hazardous waste, liquids, fluorescent bulbs, Freon
items, smoke detectors, and large household
items.
The electronics recycling event will be held
Saturday, Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in parking lot 6 at the San Jacinto College South campus.
The event is free and open to the public and
area businesses.
City of Houston
The City of Houston recently announced that
the Solid Waste Management Department has
added more than 10,000 homes in the South Belt
area to the Single Stream Recycling Program.
As part of the expansion, residents will receive one 96-gallon green automated cart similar
to the black automated garbage cart currently being used.
Affected subdivisions include Kirkwood, Arlington Heights and Freeway Manor. Residents
should have received a letter in the mail notifying them of the change.
The automated curbside recycling will take
place on residents’ regular garbage pickup day,
but it will only take place every other week. Arlington Heights and Freeway Manor are referred
to as A weeks, while Kirkwood is referred to as a
B week.
Cart delivery began the week of Oct. 28, with
the first collection occurring the week of Nov. 25
for Arlington Heights and Freeway Manor residents.
The first collection for residents living in
Kirkwood will be Dec. 2.
Along with the recycling cart will be program
information such as the collection schedule and
answers to frequently asked questions.
Each cart will have a serial number on it and is
required to stay at its assigned residence.
For residents currently on the 18-gallon green
bin recycling collection program, the bins will be
retrieved on their last collection day under that
program.
Recyclable items that can be placed in the new
containers include newspapers, magazines, office paper, junk mail, cardboard, paperboard, paper bags, glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans,
tin and steel cans and plastic 1-5 and 7.
Recycling carts should be set on the curb by
7 a.m., along with the black garbage cart. Residents should leave 3 feet between each cart and
other objects such as cars, trees and mailboxes so
the SWMD trucks can pick them up easily and
quickly. The carts’ handle should face the house.
Residents must not put garbage or other waste
such as yard trimmings and tree waste in the recycling container.
An additional 60,000 households are planned
to be added across the city in the spring.
Resident participation and feedback is critical
to the success of this program.
For additional information, visit www.hous
tonsolidwaste.org or call the City of Houston
Service Helpline at 3-1-1.
Tractor
destroys
curb
Construction crews continue to
cause problems for South Belt residents – the latest damage caused
by a natural gas pipeline crew
rather than city contractors. The
curb shown to the left, on Kirkfair
near Beamer, was recently damaged by a crew working on the
pipeline installation along Beltway 8. It was originally thought
by the Leader staff the damage
was done by a mowing crew from
the Harris County Flood Control
District. A representative from
the district, however, pointed out
the tracks led directly to a tractor
from the pipeline crew. The representative said efforts were being
made to contact the party responsible for the damage in order to
make the necessary repairs. The
Leader is seeking photos of similar complaints in the area. Photos may be emailed to mynews@
southbeltleader.com.
Photo by Marie Flickinger
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Tax office accepting credit/debit
cards for automobile transactions
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Sullivan
recently announced that all
Harris County Tax Office
locations will begin accepting credit and debit cards for
automobile transactions.
“I want citizens to have
more payment options and
expedited service when they
come to the tax office,” said
Sullivan. “Offering credit and
debit card payments for automobile transactions will
make it more convenient for
customers as they come here
to take care of business.”
All Harris County Tax
Office branch locations will
begin accepting all major
credit and debit cards for all
automobile
transactions,
including registration stickers, license plates, automobile titles and temporary disability placards. Credit and
debit card automobile transactions will be subject to a
2.15 percent transaction fee
and a flat 50-cent processing
fee by the service vendor.
In addition to accepting
credit and debit cards, the
Harris County Tax Office
also allows residents to renew
automobile registration stickers online, by mail or at more
than 200 renewal locations at
partner grocery stores and
participating AAA offices.
The Harris County Tax
Office Automobile Division
performs approximately 3.2
million automobile registrations and 940,000 title transfers in Harris County each
year. It also works closely
with the Texas Department of
Motor Vehicles to register
motor vehicles, collect registration and title fees and distribute them to the proper
entities.
Learn more about the
Automobile Services Division by calling 713-3682000, visiting www.hcauto.
net or going to any Harris
County Tax Office branch
location.
In My Opinion
Dr. Kirk Lewis book
signing announced
Friends,
In recent weeks, many of you have
asked if I was going to have a book
signing for my book “Put Away Childish
Things.” Barnes and Noble in Pasadena
has arranged to hold a book signing from
1-3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, at its Fairmont location.
I’ll be there with copies of the book
available for purchase courtesy of Barnes
and Noble. I’ll be happy and equally embarrassed to sign your copy/copies.
I appreciate all who have commented so positively about the book. Your
support and encouragement have been
overwhelming.
Kirk Lewis
Superintendent, Pasadena ISD
Muses thank Clear
Brook City MUD
Thanks to Clear Brook Mud for doing a
good and timely job on the water leak at
my street in Sageglen.
I was very nervous about them digging
some of my yard up, but they did and 2
weeks later back with grass and looks
good with no leaks.
Toni
and Larry Muse
McDonald upset
over car accident
I’m writing this today as an angry
mother and in hopes that someone in the
community could help with any info they
have at all.
On Tuesday, Oct. 29 between 6:30
and 6:45 a.m. my daughter was driving
to school down Scarsdale going toward
Blackhawk when a car ran a stop sign
coming out of Sagelink.
The other driver hit her and did a lot
of damage to my daughters car, it spun
around and she was fortunately not hurt,
but very shaken up. This was a hit and
run, the person that hit her never even
stopped to check on her and that’s what
upsets me the most! I know they probably didn’t stop because they had no insurance, but the least they could’ve done
was check on her!
She was able to pull her car over to
Mount Olive Lutheran Church although
the tire was on a flat, headlight had been
knocked out and her bumper had a lot of
damage. Another thing that disappointed
me about that morning is my daughter
remembers at least 3 cars that passed
by and never stopped or offered to help.
I don’t understand that either. How can
three people witness an accident like that
and just keep on going?
That wasn’t the end of my disappointment that morning. While I rushed up
there to the church to meet her and while
we were waiting for the police and ambulance to come I encountered a woman
that worked at the Mount Olive Lutheran
daycare.
She never came over there to ask if
my daughter was ok, she was very rude
and demanded we need to move the car
because its blocking the driveway for parents to come in.
My daughter’s car was on a flat tire
and we were waiting for the ambulance
to check on her and ALL this lady cared
about was moving her car! I’ve never experienced a grown woman being so rude
to me in all my years on this earth. All
I cared about at that moment was the
safety of my daughter and this woman
didn’t make it any better. So whoever you
are, I hope you are reading this and realize your behavior was wrong…there was
plenty of room for parents to go around
my daughter’s car if they needed to get to
the daycare.
So this was a bad morning, from
the rude woman to the people who just
passed my daughter up after the wreck
to the person who actually started all of
this that did the hit and run. Now I have to
come up with money to get her car fixed
because that person didn’t think it was
important enough to stop. I’m fortunate
my daughter is safe and that’s the most
important part of all this. But I’m asking
if anyone has any information at all to
please contact the Constables office at
713-477-2766 and refer to case number
13-149698. All the information I do know
about the hit and run driver is their car is
either dark blue or black and part of their
bumper was left in the street so there will
be noticeable damage to their car as well.
Thanks so much to anyone that is able to
help.
Kim McDonald
Chayer concerned
about Vets, ALS
The press has done a very good job of
reporting about the challenges our veterans face. We all have read or seen stories
about our wounded warriors. About traumatic brain injury. About veterans suffering from depression and other serious
mental health issues. About those who
have lost limbs or endure other physical
hardships. These are serious issues that
deserve our attention, especially on Veterans Day.
What also deserves our attention, but
which gets much less press, is the fact
that military veterans are twice as likely
to develop – and die from – Lou Gehrig’s
Disease as those who have not served in
the military.
Yes, studies show that the disease that
took the life of baseball legend Lou Gehrig is striking our military heroes at an
alarming rate. It doesn’t matter when or
where they served in the military – home
or abroad, peace or war, from World War
I to Afghanistan. Those who served are
at greater risk.
ALS is horrific. Worse than your worst
nightmare. It robs people of the ability to
move, trapping them inside a body they
no longer can control. People describe it
as being buried alive. There is no treatment. No cure. Only death in an average
of two to five years.
So as the press calls attention to our
military heroes on Veterans Day, I hope
they remember those heroes who are
fighting for their lives against ALS. I encourage your readers to visit the Veterans Wall of Honor at www.alsa-texas.org.
There they will see the faces and read
the stories of the military heroes who are
fighting ALS and those who have been
lost to the disease. Their stories of courage are worth your attention this Veterans Day.
David Chayer
Executive Director
ALS Association Texas Chapter
In this column, the Leader reprints press releases sent from various elected officials. The
content is not edited and is neither endorsed nor supported by the Leader.
Dave Martin
Council Member District E
Residents of District E,
Giving back and giving thanks is what
I would encourage each and everyone to
be doing throughout the month of
November. One group of people I would
like to give thanks to this month is our
veterans who fought for our freedom and
to those Armed Forces that continue to
serve. As you know, November 11, is
regarded as the end of “the war to end all
wars,” we know it as Veterans Day. As
President Wilson stated, “this day will be
filled with solemn pride in the heroism of
those who died in the country’s service
and with gratitude for the victory, both
because of the thing which it freed us
and because of the opportunity it has
given American to show her sympathy
with peace and justice in the council of
the nations...” The purpose of Veterans
Day is to celebrate and honor America’s
veterans for their patriotism, love of
country and willingness to serve and
sacrifice for the common good. There will
be many events throughout the city which
will celebrate veterans, and I encourage
you to attend so you can have the opportunity to thank and honor those individuals. One event I would like to recognize is
the City of Houston’s “Salutes American
Heroes, Veterans Day Celebration.”
Mayor Parker and the City of Houston
will join together with multiple community
sponsors to show their support for our
Armed Forces and veterans with the following events:
Monday, November 11 at Hermann
Square
• 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.- Veterans
Job Fair
• 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Veterans
Health Fair
• 11:00 a.m. to 12:0 p.m. - Ceremony
on the steps of City Hall
• 12:30 p.m. - American Heroes
Parade
In addition to Veterans Day events,
there are a variety of other opportunities
to give back to veterans all year long.
Please note the District E Council
Office will be closed on November 11, in
observance of Veterans Day. The office
will be back up and running on Tuesday,
November 12, and will be willing and
ready to serve the residents of District E.
In closing, I would like to say how truly
blessed I feel that I once again have the
privilege to represent you here at City
Hall. My office would love to hear the
multiple ways you give thanks or give
back throughout November. Feel free to
share your stories with us by e-mailing
DistrictE@houstontx.gov, and you may
end up seeing your story in our December
Newsletter.
Sincerely,
Dave Martin
Sen. Taylor receives perfect score
from state’s top business organization
The Texas Association of
Business is honoring Sen.
Larry Taylor with its
Champion for Free Enterprise
award, reflecting his support
of Texas businesses. In TAB’s
For the Record legislative
report card Taylor scored a
perfect 100 percent.
“We are proud to honor
Sen. Taylor for his support of
the business community and
the kind of legislation that
will keep the Texas economy
moving in the right direction,” said TAB President and
CEO Bill Hammond. “We
must continue to create jobs
and opportunity and Sen.
Taylor’s support of business
friendly legislation will do
just that.”
“I am honored to be recognized as a Champion for
Free Enterprise by the Texas
Association of Business,”
said Taylor. “This esteemed
organization has a proven
record of working to foster a
healthy economy in Texas
and I am pleased to work
with them.”
Taylor is proud to have
been named a Champion for
Free Enterprise by the Texas
Association of Business, a
recognition he also held
throughout his years of service in the Texas House and
now again as a Texas Senator.
Taylor represents Senate
District 11, composed of
parts of Brazoria, Galveston
and Harris counties. Before
his election to the Texas
Senate in 2012, Taylor served
five terms in the Texas House
of Representatives. Currently,
Taylor is vice chairman of the
Senate Business and Commerce Committee and a
member of the Senate Education, Government Organization, Health and Human
Services, and Intergovernmental Relations committees.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst also
chose him to represent Texas
on The Energy Council; an
honor he previously held as a
state representative.
A native Texan, Taylor
attended Baylor University
where he received his BBA in
1982. He and his wife, Kerri,
are the parents of three adult
children.
Taylor owns Truman Taylor Insurance Agency in
Friendswood, an independent
agency started by his father
more than 50 years ago.
Riverstone garage sale set
Riverstone Ranch community will hold its fall 2013 garage sale on Friday and
Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents will hold each sale in their
own garage.
Knights sell BBQ
students will be awarded
scholarships made possible
by the San Jacinto College
Foundation’s Wall of Honor
campaign.
Following the ceremony,
the South Campus Center of
Excellence for Veteran Student Success will host a
social meeting with light
refreshments.
North campus
On Monday, Nov. 11, a
ceremony to honor veterans
will feature a flag raising
ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at the
entrance of the Welcome
Center.
At 9 a.m., the Spencer
Administration Building lobby
will be the location for
Donuts, Coffee and Chat with
a Vet. At 11 a.m., the Slovacek
Student Center courtyard will
be the site for a solemn performance of Taps to honor all
military personnel.
A highlight of North campus events to honor veterans
and military personnel will
be Gators Adopt Vets, a
weeklong drive starting on
Nov. 11 to obtain donations
for veterans in need.
Donations collected by
the San Jacinto College
women’s basketball team
during the drive will be delivered to the nonprofit organization Compassionate Houston. “We are collecting spe-
cific items requested by
Compassionate Houston so
that we can put together complete welcome home packages for veterans,” commented
Brenita Williams-Jackson,
head coach of the college’s
women’s basketball team.
Honoring veterans is near
and dear to the coach’s heart.
“My mother (Brenda Williams)
served 22 years in the military – 10 in the Navy, and 12
in the Army – and she retired
this year,” Williams-Jackson
said. “My older brother
(Stephen Hayes) is in the
Army and returned from Iraq
two years ago. My mother
and brother raised me and
made the sacrifice not only to
serve our country, but also to
me personally so I could pursue my love for basketball.”
Their selflessness allowed
the coach to focus on school
and earn a college scholarship.
Some players on the team
also have personal reasons to
honor veterans and military
members. Six of the 14 players have relatives who are
either currently enlisted or
are veterans. “They know
personally about the sacrifices being made by people in
the military,” said the coach.
The team will also salute veterans at the home basketball
game against Victoria Col-
Richard David
Sorenson
Richard “Rick” David
Sorenson, 55, of South Belt,
died Oct. 11, 2013. He was
born in San Antonio on Aug.
11, 1958, to Alice Danish,
who called him her “miracle
baby boy.”
Sorenson is survived by
his wife, Sandy Sorenson;
daughter Elysia Thomas, son
Richard Sorenson; brother
Jesse Henley Sr.; brother and
best friend Joel Clem; sisters
Cora Gulley and Linda Goldberg; mother Alice Danish;
granddaughter Alyssa Cunningham; nephew Jesse Henley Jr.; and niece Kim Garza.
Being strong-willed even
until his last days, Sorenson
had always been a fighter and
had overcome many challenging health issues. He was
not only a father to his two
children, Elysia and Richard,
but he was a father to any
other adolescents who came
across his path.
Sorenson was very involved in his children’s activities, sharing their joys and
sorrows. When his granddaughter, Alyssa, was born,
he was so excited he gave her
the name Sugar Bear.
He and Sandy started out
as high school sweethearts,
and ended up raising two
children, sharing many family memories throughout 38
years of marriage. Sorenson
also enjoyed his “toys” which
were motorcycles and fast
cars.
One rule that he lived by
was “if you do anything, you
better do it right.” Sandy,
Richard and Elysia will continue to live by his legacy.
The service celebrating
Sorenson’s life was held
at Niday Funeral Home,
Beamer Chapel. Interment
followed at Forest Park East
Cemetery in Webster.
1935. She was raised in Donna, Texas.
After graduating from
Donna High School in 1953,
she married the love of her
life, Richard Wehunt, of
Boyle, Miss., on March 14,
1954. The couple had no children of their own but helped
raise nieces Virginia Clark
and Edith “Bubba” Bartnesky. Wehunt would claim them
as “her daughters” with sister
Hazel’s blessing. A nephew,
Lee Woodcock, was a big
help when Eula and Richard were by themselves after
Virginia and Edith married.
They treated him as a son.
Wehunt and her husband
loved to fish and spent many
summers at Toledo Bend,
Texas, fishing with numerous
nephews and nieces. Bubba
was a devoted caregiver to
Wehunt. She was a practicing
RN for 32 years. She retired
to care for her second mother.
Wehunt was preceded in
death by her husband of 49
years, Richard; her parents;
sisters Hazel (2008), Christine (1952), Agnes (1929),
Elsa Lois (1932), and Eva
Pearl (2006); brothers Robert
(1927) and Melvin (1990).
She is survived by sister
Margie Woodcock of Porter,
Texas; her twin sister, Lula
Mae Hales (Jack), of New
Braunfels, brothers Tommy
Ivey of Porter, and John L.
(Sandra) of Donna; brother-in-law O.J. Wehunt of
Anderson, Texas; sisters-inlaw Lula Dell Cummings of
Nettleton, Reatha Murphy
of Fort Worth, and Richard’s
niece, Prissey, of Dallas.
The visitation will be held
on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, at
SouthPark Funeral Home in
Pearland. A graveside service
and interment will be held
Saturday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. at
McNeil Cemetery in Luling,
Texas.
Words of comfort may
be shared with the family at
www.southparkfunerals.com.
Travis Leon
Cheatwood
Nov. 5, 2013, after a long battle with cancer. She was born
in San Perlita, Willacy CounThe Southeast Volunteer Fire Department is currently seeking volunteers. Interested ty, Texas, to Robert Ivey and
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Volunteers train every Thursday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. and on weekends at SVFD
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Prospective volunteers should attend a Thursday training session or visit www.south
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Meador to celebrate 50 years
by his parents, Charlie and
Mattie Iola Cheatwood; parents by love, J.D. and Georgia Ellen Cheatwood; mother
and father-in-law Louise and
Jimmy Snider; brothers Lee
Cheatwood, Clovis Cheatwood, Loyd Cheatwood and
Leonard Cheatwood.
Cheatwood is survived
by his wife of 50 years, Carla Cheatwood; son Mike
Cheatwood and wife Yvette;
daughter Cindy Coronado
and husband Homer; brothers
Alton and Merl Cheatwood;
sisters Ila Mauldin and Faye
Mack; grandchildren Nathan
and Jared Coronado and
Derek, Brooke and Meghan
Cheatwood; and a host of
other family and friends.
Cheatwood
graduated
from Phillips High School in
Phillips, Texas. He was a veteran who served in the U.S.
Army in Heidelberg, Germany, and in Europe. He worked
for more than 30 years in
the information technology
field. His favorite hobbies
were spending time with his
grandchildren, watching their
many sports and activities,
gardening, collecting antiques, and woodworking.
A funeral service for
Cheatwood was held on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, at Clayton
Funeral Home in Pearland.
Cheatwood’s brother-in-law,
the Rev. Allen Gregory, officiated. Interment followed at
Forest Park East Cemetery in
Webster.
Online condolences may
be left for the family at www.
claytonfuneralhomes.com.
Shannon Gries
Services for Shannon
Gries will be held Saturday,
Nov. 9, at 10 a.m. at Niday
Funeral Home. Visitation
will be an hour before the
service. She is the wife of
Brian Gries.
Gries has been assisting in
the operation of C&D Burger
Shoppe since the death of her
father, Joe Craddock, on May
1, 2013.
Her obituary will be in
next week’s Leader.
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policy
Eula Me Ivey
Wehunt
The Knights of Columbus invite the public to their BBQ Brisket Weekend Nov. 23
and Nov. 24 at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 11011 Hall Road.
A brisket barbecue sandwich, chips and a drink will be available for $5, both days
from 10 a.m. until sold out. Proceeds benefit the purchase of a defibrillator (AED) for
Eula Me Ivey Wehunt, 78,
the church.
of South Belt died Tuesday,
Travis Leon Cheatwood,
73, a longtime South Belt
resident, died Monday, Oct.
28, 2013, surrounded by his
family.
He is preceded in death
Obituaries submitted to the
Leader are published free of
charge. They are
edited to conform
to the Leader
style.
Park Manor of South Belt
Meador Elementary is planning a celebration for its 50th birthday (1963-2013). All
former students, parents, employees and community members are invited to attend a
reception in the school library on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 4 to 6 p.m.
BHI collects box tops
The Beverly Hills Intermediate SUCCESS class collects box tops all year long. Last
year, the school earned approximately $360 from box tops. SUCCESS students love to
collect, cut and count out the box tops. Also, those who shop online can go through the
market place to purchase popular items from clothes and shoes to travel and rental cars
and more, and BHI can earn eBoxtops.
Visit www.btfe.com to register and print coupons for box tops items. Donations can
be submitted to the front office of the school.
San Jacinto College to salute veterans week of Nov. 11
In honor of Veterans Day,
San Jacinto College will host
several events at all three
campuses to salute American
veterans and military personnel during the week of Nov.
11 through 15.
Central campus
On Monday, Nov. 11, at
1:30 p.m. there will be a ceremony to honor military personnel at the flagpole located
at the entrance of the
Interactive Learning Center.
The Deer Park High School
color guard will present the
American flag, and a brief
keynote speech will be presented by Dr. James Braswell,
Central campus dean of
administration. Braswell is a
veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served on aircraft carriers
with the 6th Fleet during the
Vietnam War era.
Following the formal presentation, attendees may visit
the Central Campus Center
of Excellence for Veteran
Student Success where
refreshments will be served.
South campus
On Monday, Nov. 11, at
8:30 a.m. a ceremony to
honor veterans will begin
with the presentation of colors and a flag raising ceremony by students from Clear
Brook High School.
During the ceremony, two
San Jacinto College veteran
Deaths
Elected officials share their words
lege that will start at 6 p.m.
on Nov. 15.
Veterans film festival
All three San Jacinto
College campuses will host
screenings of the Veterans in
Our Community Film Festival
throughout the week that
begins with Veterans Day.
On Nov. 11, the North
campus will host four film
screenings. At noon in the
Monument Room of the student center, As Long as I
Remember: American Veteranos by filmmaker Laura
Varela will examine the toll
of the Vietnam War on visual
artist Juan Farias, author
Michael Rodriguez, and
actor/poet Eduardo Garza.
Varela will be on campus to
discuss the making of the
film and for a short Q&A
session at the noon screening,
and at a later screening at 6
p.m., which will be held in
the Charles Grant Fine Arts
Center.
At 7 p.m. in the fine arts
center there will be a screening of Marines ’65, a gritty
documentary about combat
during the Vietnam War. At 8
a.m. in the fine arts center
there will be a screening of
We Were Soldiers, which documents the battle of La
Drang, the first major battle
of the Vietnam War.
On Friday, Nov. 15, at 1
p.m., the South campus will
host The Best Years of Our
Lives, a film about three
World War II veterans returning home, facing uncertainty
and change. The screening
will take place in the Marie
Flickinger Fine Arts Center
auditorium.
On Saturday, Nov. 16, the
Central campus will host the
following five films at the
Monte Blue Music Building
auditorium:
• Why We Fight, Prelude
to War (1 p.m.), is billed as
“possibly the only Army
training film to win an
Oscar.” Shot six months after
Pearl Harbor, the film encouraged Americans to get
involved in the war effort.
• Go For Broke (2 p.m.) is
based on exploits of America’s most decorated infantry
regiment, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
• This is Korea (4 p.m.) is
the only full-color documentary shot during the Korean
War.
• When Women Come
Marching Home (5 p.m.)
deals with women veterans
who were challenged by
post-traumatic stress, disabilities, and the Veterans
Administration bureaucracy.
• We Were Soldiers (7
p.m.) documents the battle of
La Drang from the Vietnam
War.
For more information
about veteran services at San
Jacinto College, visit www.
sanjac.edu/veterans.
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Thursday, November 7, 2013, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section A, Page 3
Houston Public Library honors JFK
Nov. 22, 2013, marks the
50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy. The Houston
Public Library will commemorate the life and death
of the United States’ 35th
president with two author
events. The authors will discuss their books, research,
and accounts of that fateful
day. The events are free and
open to the public. For more
details visit www.houstonlib
rary.org or call 832-3931313.
Featured programs:
• Authors Bill Minutaglio
and Steven L. Davis, Dallas
1963, moderated by author
Claudia Kolker – Tuesday,
Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. in the Julia
Ideson Building - Auditorium
II, 550 McKinney, 77002,
832-393-1662.
About the book
Dallas 1963
In the early 1960s, Dallas
was brewing with political
passions, a city crammed
with larger-than-life characters dead set against the
Kennedy presidency. Dallas
1963 is an explosive, chilling
account of the city that would
become infamous for the
assassination of a president.
Breathtakingly paced, Dallas
1963 presents a clear, cinematic, and revelatory look at
the shocking tragedy that
transformed
America.
Countless authors have
attempted to explain the
assassination, but no one has
ever bothered to explain
Dallas – until now.
With spellbinding storytelling, Minutaglio and
Davis lead us through intimate glimpses of the
Kennedy family and the
machinations of the Kennedy
White House, to the obsessed
men in Dallas who concocted the climate of hatred that
led many to blame the city
for the president’s death.
Here at long last is an accurate understanding of what
happened in the weeks and
months leading to Kennedy’s
assassination. Dallas 1963 is
not only a fresh look at a
momentous national tragedy
but a sobering reminder of
how radical, polarizing ideologies can poison a city –
and a nation.
About the authors
Award-winning author
Minutaglio has been published in the New York Times,
Esquire, Newsweek, Texas
Monthly and the Bulletin of
the Atomic Scientists. A professor at the University of
Texas at Austin, he has
worked at the Dallas Morning
News, Houston Chronicle and
San Antonio Express-News.
He has written acclaimed
books about George W. Bush,
Molly
Ivins,
Alberto
Gonzales, and America’s
greatest industrial disaster.
He lives in Austin.
Davis is the author of two
highly praised books on
Texas, and his work has
appeared in several magazines and journals.
Davis is a curator at the
Wittliff Collections at Texas
State University in San
Marcos, which holds the literary papers of Cormac
McCarthy and many other
St. Luke’s hosts food drive
St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church is holding a
Thanksgiving food drive to assist area families. Donations
of nonperishable food can be brought to the church office at
11011 Hall Road Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Donations can also be dropped off at the church entrance before Mass on Saturday or Sunday. The food drive will continue
until Friday, Nov. 22. For information, call 281-481-6816.
writers. He lives in New
Braunfels.
Kolker is the author of
The Immigrant Advantage
and an award-winning journalist who has reported from
Mexico, El Salvador, the
Caribbean, Japan and India.
A former Los Angeles Times
bureau chief, she has written
for The Washington Post, The
Boston Globe and The Economist. She lives in Houston
with her family and is a contributing editor to the
Houston Chronicle.
• Author Kaaran Thomas
- Trip in the Dark: It Began
with the Kennedy Assassination on Saturday, Nov. 23, at
2 p.m. at the Central Library
- Program Place, 500
McKinney, 77002, 832-3931313.
About the book
Trip in the Dark: It Began
with the Kennedy
Assassination
Trip in the Dark: It Began
with the Kennedy Assassination is a fictional work loosely based on Gov. John B.
Connally Jr., a victim of two
tragedies – the Kennedy
assassination and the great
Texas recession.
Conspiracy theories swirl
almost 50 years after the
assassination. Trip in the
Dark asks a different question… if there had been a
conspiracy, what would have
happened next? And where is
the evidence?
The thriller follows the
murky trail of a set of incriminating tape recordings of
Lyndon Johnson and his conspirators (the Texas oil cartel)
from the Oval Office to
Richard Nixon, who discovers them during his Watergate
cover-up, to Texas Gov. Jake
McCarty, the surviving victim of Oswald’s assassination
attempt. McCarty, embittered
by his wounds and enraged
by Johnson’s failure to tell
him of the plot, uses the tapes
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McCarty’s plans are disrupted by another great disaster – the crash of the oil
market and the Texas recession of the 1980s. Facing
financial ruin, McCarty must
entrust the tapes to his naïve,
ambitious protégé, bankruptcy lawyer Tom Nielsen. Now,
Nielsen must embark on his
own trip in the dark threatened by criminals who want
the tapes and haunted by his
lost innocence.
About the author
Thomas is a nationally
recognized bankruptcy attorney. She began her career in
Houston in 1977 and went on
to become the first female
bankruptcy partner in the
largest firm in Texas and an
adjunct professor at the
University of Texas.
About the Houston
Public Library
The Houston Public
Library (HPL) operates 35
neighborhood libraries, four
HPL Express Libraries, a
Central Library, the Houston
Metropolitan Research Center,
the Clayton Library Center for
Genealogical Research, the
African American Library at
the Gregory School, and the
Parent Resource Library located in the Children’s Museum
of Houston.
Serving more than 7 million customers per year in
person and online, HPL is
committed to excellent customer service and equitable
access to information and
programs by providing library
customers with free use of a
diverse collection of printed
materials and electronic
resources, Internet, laptop
and computer use, and a variety of database and reference
resources with live assistance
online 24/7.
For more information, visit
the Houston Public Library at
www.houstonlibrary.org or
call 832-393-1313.
Moore families enjoy annual Pumpkin Festival
Moore Elementary recently held its second annual
Pumpkin Festival, complete with pumpkin patch,
pumpkin walk, good food and friends. Richard,
the Moore Mighty Hawk, was on hand to welcome
families and pass out candy.
Photos submitted
Maria and Abigail Zamarripa, Ivan Salazar, Christina Torres and Emily Torres.
Ainsley Willis and Richard, the Moore Mighty Hawk
Isaac Rubio, Caleb Rubio, Manuel Gomez, Richard, the Moore Mighty Hawk,
Amy Cao, Kim Nguyen, Thien Nguyen and Jade Scott.
Moore lists 1st 9-weeks honor, merit rolls
Moore Elementary School
recently announced its first
nine-weeks honor and merit
rolls. Students earning status
are:
Second grade
Honor roll
Viviana Acosta, Nancy
Bazaldua, Zachary Becker,
Roberto Corona, Oscar Espinoza, Justice Garcia, Esteban
Garibay, Adrianna Gonzalez,
Julia Hernandez and Mia
Hernandez.
Timothy Huynh, Eric
Huynh, Daniel MendezCazares, Cindy Nguyen, Audrey Paredes, Joshua Parra,
Sabrina Pector, Arianna Rivera, Brianna Trevino, Trang
Vu and Hannah Zamora.
Merit roll
Imaad Ali, Owen Blair,
Daniela Cantu, Maya Castellano, Alexis Castillo, Dylan
Erickson, Jordan Leahman,
Isaiah Limon, Joshua Lopez
and Daniela Martinez.
Jazmyn Martinez, John
Moya, Tyler Nguyen, Malik
Nguyen-Simmons, Alan Perez,
Ramon Perez, Y “Lucy” Phan,
Jacob Ramales, Emily Salinas,
Kenton Thai and Jimmy Tran.
Third grade
Honor roll
Chelsey Blanton, Hannah
Carte, Shelby Carte, Jovan
Corrales, Camren Fowler,
Vaneli Gonzalez, Billy Junkin,
Connor King, Evan Krustchinski and Olivia Lugo.
Melissa Martinez, Alexandra Moorman, Mia Munoz,
Landon Nguyen, Ann Nguyen,
Katie Nguyen, Dylan Nguyen,
Linh Phan, Sieryn Rocha,
Jade To-Nguyen, Kate Wang
and Ainsley Willis.
Merit roll
Jordi Acosta, Jorge Arredondo, Christian Cantu, Mariana Cuevas, Nathalia Gonzalez, Haleigh Jones, Hue Le,
Sean Lopez and Ivan Lopez.
Felipe Miranda, Victoria
Montano, Sydney Pector,
Joseph Rincon, Alex Rivera,
Montana Silva, Jessica Tan
and Joel Ward.
Fourth grade
Honor roll
Julio Alonso, Matthew
Arnesen, Gabriela Campo,
Amy Cao, Diego Cortez,
Emilio Galvan, Gloria Gonzales and Briana Gutierrez.
Grace Nguyen, Kim Nguy-
en, Jeenny Nguyen, Isabella
Padilla, Alexandra Ramos, Vi
Tran, Derek Tran and Kailey
Tsikis.
Merit roll
Jordan Barrett, Logan
Blair, Thomas Bustamante,
Lydia Chicas, Arianna Galves,
Nicole Jasso, Kathleen Nguyen, Jose Ramirez, Aaron
Sargent, Annette Tran and
Luke Zamudio
Kobe and Kalel Arredondo
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SG Potters
Guild sets
holiday sale
The Salt Grass Potters
Guild will hold its annual
holiday sale of original handmade pottery on Saturday,
Nov. 16, and Sunday, Nov.
17. Sales hours are Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.
The sale will be held at the
Clear Lake Park meeting
room at 5001 NASA Parkway
in Clear Lake. The park is
one stoplight east of the
Hilton on the Lake.
About 20 artists will be on
hand to answer questions
about their work, and a variety of items from functional
dishware to purely decorative
clay pieces and sculpture will
be on display. Many items
are suitable for decoration or
as gifts.
For more information, call
713-851-4012 or visit the
website at www.saltgrasspot
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areas of the lung that were previously unreachable. In fact, we’re the only hospital in southeast
Houston to offer this innovative treatment. And because we’re an Accredited Cancer Center, and
recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award from the American College of Surgeons
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The Lung Nodule Clinic is committed to reducing the time
from diagnosis to treatment of lung cancer. Physician referral
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Lariaette of the Week
The Lariaette of the Week for Oct. 21 through 25
is sophomore Mayalen Suarez. She is a first-year
line member and is the daughter of Martha and
Gerardo Suarez.
PW Library sets
coming week’s events
The following events are
scheduled for the Parker Williams Library, 10851 Scarsdale Blvd. Nov. 7 through
Nov. 13.
Database Workshop is
scheduled for Thursday, Nov.
7, at 1 p.m. Learn about the
Hobbie and Crafts Reference
Center and Home Improvement Reference Center databases.
The following computer
classes will be offered in November: Microsoft Word II
- Nov. 8 from 3 to 4:30 p.m.;
Microsoft Word III - Nov. 13
from 3 to 4:30 p.m.; Micro-
soft Word IV - Nov. 15 from
3 to 4:30 p.m. To register for
classes, stop by the reference
desk or call the library at 281484-2036.
Preschool storytime is at
10:30 a.m. Wednesday, and
toddler storytime is at 10:30
a.m. Thursday.
Vietnamese storytime is
held every Saturday and includes elementary storytime
at 10:30 a.m., followed by
preschool storytime at 1 p.m.,
and Reading Club at 2:30 p.m.
For more information on
these programs, call the library at 281-484-2036.
Lariaette Escort
of the Week
Over The Back Fence
HAVE A MONSTROUS 5TH BIRTHDAY, MANDITO!
Happy 5th birthday is sent to Armando
Leandro Garcia on Nov. 11 from parents Toni
and Armando Garcia. Also helping celebrate
his birthday are maternal grandparents Sandra
and Enrique Mendoza, paternal grandparents
Silvia and Juan Garcia, great-grandparents
Antonia Calbillo and Raul and Petra Moreno,
aunts, uncles and cousins.
SCHOOL DAZE
The following personnel and staff members
of the Pasadena Independent School District
celebrate birthdays Nov. 7 through Nov. 13.
Atkinson Elementary
Birthday wishes are sent to Emily Doran
Nov. 7. On Nov. 11, Debra Lambert celebrates a birthday. The day for a party for Hilda
Gonzales is Nov. 13.
Frazier Elementary
Greetings for a wonderful birthday are sent
to Natalie Ladanyi Nov. 8.
Meador Elementary
Nov. 8 is the day for a double-layer cake
for Kari Keown and Tina Caudill. Enjoying a
birthday Nov.10 is Janet Flores.
Moore Elementary
On Nov. 7, a birthday greeting is sent to
Matthew Alexander.
South Belt Elementary
Blow out the birthday candles for Chelsey
Law Nov. 9.
Beverly Hills Intermediate
A birthday wish is sent to Marsha Fuller
Nov. 7.
Thompson Intermediate
On Nov. 7, blow out the birthday candles for
VeAnn Richards and Emily Cruz. Celebrating
a birthday Nov. 8 is Gina Gibson. The day for
a party for Carol Waters is Nov. 12.
Dobie High
Wishes for a wonderful birthday are
sent to Rhonda Dover, Monique Jackson,
Michael Johnson, Tonie Noise and Charles
Washington Nov. 7. A double birthday is
celebrated by Jasmine Hooker and Stephen
Sutton Nov. 8. Lori Alexander is wished a
happy birthday Nov. 9. The day for a party for
Eula Comfort is Nov. 10. Norma Gamino
celebrates a birthday Nov. 11. Blow out the
candles for Ruth Gonzales Nov. 13.
DOBIE TRAILMIXERS MEET
The Dobie Trailmixers recently met for
their monthly meeting. Topics for the meeting
included:
Helen Drab-Stigant, former Dobie social
studies teacher and now social studies supervisor for Pasadena ISD, announced that her
son, Dr. Jarrod Drab, opened the Fuqua
Family Practice & Urgent Care Center in the
Dobie area in April. It’s located on Fuqua
across the street from C & D Burger Shoppe.
Kirk Lewis, PISD superintendent, has written a book called Put Away Childish Things.
Barnes & Noble in Pasadena will host a
book-signing honoring Kirk on Saturday, Nov.
16, from 1 to 3 PM.
Jean Boudreaux called attention to a
Facebook site for all folks interested in Dobie:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/dobie-highschool-gone-but-not-forgotten/teachers-andstaff/218388951523575. Check it out.
Roger Woest sent word of his next planned
charitable performance, scheduled for the
Sorrento Ristorante Italiano on Sunday, Nov.
17. The entertainment is for a good cause.
Seating is limited, so contact Roger soon for
reservations.
Carol Barber sent an update on her granddaughter who recently graduated from TCU
but is back for the fall completing a special internship. Carol recently enjoyed her
55th high school reunion near Albany, N.Y.
She said she had a great time in spite of
40-degree weather.
Pam Comer Burris, one of Dobie’s first
and youngest English teachers who finished
her career in education as a counselor in Katy
ISD, has been in Austin since Oct. 4, and will
be for an undetermined length of time. Her
88-year-old mother fell in the H-E-B and does
not remember the fall, the ambulance, or the
ER experience. She has a fractured jaw, fractured orbital bone, and lost three front teeth.
Her jaws are wired shut until at least Nov.
22. Pam has to crush and dissolve all medications for her. Her husband is 91 and can’t
really take care of her, so Pam, as an only
child, is there “for the count.”
Judy Kemler reported that her father,
James Carson, died on Oct. 25 at age 89.
He was the math department chairman at
South Houston and then PISD math supervisor until his retirement in 1985.
Nelda Sullivan, PISD board member for
20 years, recently endured knee surgery. She
is recuperating well, and plans to be up and
about soon.
Christine Pavalko, Dobie’s original school
nurse, was recently hospitalized for a racing
heartbeat. She checked out after a brief stay,
and is fine.
Jon Rascoe recently completed a trip to
Cuba, and has already shared a few pictures.
He promises more to come; he probably has
interesting stories to tell.
Cathy and Roy Haney announced that
their new granddaughter, Catherine, is doing
well. She weighed only 16 ounces at her premature birth on Sept. 20, but now checks in at
2 pounds, 6 ounces, and is growing at a rapid
rate. All are in hopes that she will be ready to
leave the hospital by her original due date in
December.
The Trailmixers meet the first Tuesday of
each month at 1 p.m. at the Luby’s Cafeteria
on Fuqua.
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Dobie Band Section of the Week announced
The Lariaette Escort of the Week for Oct. 21
through Oct. 25 is co-head Escort and junior
Collyn Davis. He is the son of Shannon and Keith
Davis.
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Oct. 21 through Oct. 25 is the percussion section. Percussion
members pictured are, left to right, (front row) Andrea Chapa,
Meghan Smith, Victoria Udoh, Danielle Espinosa, Cesar Garza,
Hristo Infante, Christian Garza, (middle row) Marques Forde,
Traeven Minkins, Ivan Luna, Jason Diaz, Raul Rodriguez,
Raquel Mendoza, Justice Cumpian, Isabella Curiel, Dejean
Jolivette, Jared Wilson, Alfredo Santoscoy, (back row) Steven
Castorena, Caleb Denton, Khoa Troung, David Holcomb, Zack
Reyes, Anthony Perez, Jentrel Jolivette and Prince Ibe. Not
shown is Ruben Perez.
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Remember When
35 years ago (1978)
James Michael Dupuy,
35, died of gunshot wounds
inflicted upon him by his estranged wife, Joyce.
Mary Ruth Quade was
named teacher of the week at
Stuchbery.
30 years ago (1983)
A report commissioned
by Coldwell Banker realtors
found that the average annual family income for a South
Belt resident was $36,746.
Scarsdale residents voted
not to change the name of
Scarsdale Boulevard to Highland Glen Drive at a Scarsdale Civic Association meeting.
25 years ago (1988)
Mauro Molina, a Spanish
teacher at South Houston
High School, was suspended
with pay after “allegations of
a sensitive nature.”
After Houston Mayor
Kathy Whitmire’s community meeting at Meador Elementary, Whitmire said the
city would support changing
Sam Houston Parkway back
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REPLACEMENT & STORM WINDOWS
20 years ago (1993)
Dedication
ceremonies
were held for the new Wedgewood Elementary School.
The Parker Williams
Branch of the Harris County Public Library, located at
Beamer and Scarsdale, held
its grand opening. The library
was the largest of the county’s 24 branch libraries, opening with more than 35,000
volumes.
In just its fourth year of
existence, the 138-member marching band of Clear
Brook High School captured
ninth place in state finals in
Austin in 4A competition.
Area residents protesting
granting a liquor license and
late hours permit to the proposed Saxophone Cabaret on
Kingspoint had until Nov. 15
to submit a legal protest, outlining legal grounds for denying the permit.
15 years ago (1998)
An empty building located
on Hughes and Beamer was
bought by George Valtasaros
for approximately $2 million.
The building was owned by
Gerlands Food Fair. Property
manager Valtasaros decided
to call the building “The Gardens.”
The Dobie boys’ and girls’
cross country teams placed
second at the district cross
country meet. The top runners for the two teams were
Brian McKinstry and Rachel
Stuart with third place finishes.
10 years ago (2003)
A grievance filed against
the Pasadena Independent
School District alleging that
performance pay was being
distributed unfairly was taken
before the board of trustees,
according to Sherry Matula,
filer of the complaint.
Bishop Vincent Rizzoto
presented the Archbishop
Thomas J. Murphy Stew-
ardship Honorable Mention Award to The Catholic
Community of St. Luke the
Evangelist and the Rev. Steve
Horn.
5 years ago (2008)
With results tallied from
the general election, Democratic incumbent Nick
Lampson lost his 22nd Congressional District seat to
Republican challenger Pete
Olson. Republican incumbent Mike Jackson retained
his state Senate District 11
seat, easily defeating Democratic challenger Joe Jaworski. In the race for the House
District 129 seat, Republican
incumbent John Davis handily defeated Democratic challenger Sherrie Matula, a former teacher and school board
member. Republican businessman Ken Legler narrowly defeated Democrat mortgage broker Joel Redmond
in the race for the House District 144 seat, formerly held
by Robert Talton. Democratic
incumbent Gary L. Freeman
easily defeated Republican
challenger Daniel Vela for
the position of Harris County
Precinct 2 constable.
There was an attempted
bank robbery at the Chase
Bank at 11222 S. Sam
Houston Parkway E. Two
men wearing ski masks
entered the bank. One of
the men wielded an assault
rifle and immediately approached the teller’s booth.
The second man carried a
white bag and ordered everyone inside the bank to lie on
the floor. Bank customers,
as well as the tellers, heeded
the men’s warnings and lay
down on the floor. Once the
men could no longer see the
tellers, they unsuccessfully
attempted to kick a door in
to gain entrance behind the
counter. When this proved
futile, the men quickly left
the bank with no money. The
pair fled the scene in a silver
sedan. No immediate arrests
were made.
1 year ago (2012)
The Texas Department of
Transportation reopened the
stretch of FM 1959/Dixie
Farm Road that crosses the
Gulf Freeway to through traffic. The original overpass was
demolished, and a new
ground-level intersection was
constructed in its place so the
Gulf Freeway main lanes
went over the FM 1959/
Dixie Farm Road intersection. The work was part of an
ongoing construction effort
to widen the Gulf Freeway
from Beltway 8 to El Dorado
Boulevard. The project is
approximately five miles in
length, beginning at Kurland
Road, just north of Beltway
8, and ending approximately
one mile south of FM 2351
(Clear Lake City Boulevard).
The freeway would be increased from three to five
lanes in each direction, and
the frontage roads would be
increased from two to three
lanes in each direction.The
entire project is scheduled to
be completed in 2015.
A man was killed after
being struck on the Beltway
8 service road near Crenshaw
by a driver who police said
had a blood-alcohol content
nearly four times the legal
limit. According to police,
Alan Jeffery Mininni, 26,
of Sugar Land, was driving
west on the feeder at roughly 2:30 p.m. in a white Ford
F-250, towing a trailer and
stopped in the center lane,
possibly stalled. As Mininni
exited his vehicle, the trailer
was struck by a silver Honda
Accord, driven by Pamela
Dixon. Mininni was critically
injured in the crash and transported to Memorial Hermann
Hospital, where he died. Dix-
on, 44, was transported to
Ben Taub General Hospital,
where she was treated for minor injuries. Police say Dixon
smelled of alcohol and had
slurred speech and bloodshot eyes. She failed a field
sobriety test, and a blood test
indicated that her blood-alcohol content at the time of the
accident was more than 0.3.
The state legal limit is 0.08.
Dixon was charged with intoxication manslaughter.
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Pasadena Early College High School receives $200,000 grant Cruz celebrates 100 years
Pasadena Early College
High School has about
200,000 reasons to celebrate.
TG, a non-profit educational
organization, awarded the ness initiatives.
school a grant for nearly
Funding from the grant
$200,000 on Tuesday, Oct. will be used to support a
22 to support college readi- summer acceleration pro-
Pasadena ISD receives a $200,000 grant on Tuesday, Oct. 22, from TG to assist with
the college promotion efforts at Pasadena Early College High School. Funding from the
grant will be used to support a summer acceleration program and provide need-based
aid to students for tuition costs. Several district officials were on hand to receive the
award (from left) Rikitra Stewart, grant compliance coordinator; Steve Laymon, associate superintendent of campus development; TG representative Jenny Achilles; Superintendent Dr. Kirk Lewis, Sheri Dennis, Pasadena Early College dean of instruction; and
Claudia Harmon, a counselor at Pasadena Early College.
Photo submitted
gram and provide need-based
aid to students for tutoring
and tuition costs for college
courses.
Pasadena Early College
High School Dean of Instruction Sheri Dennis says
faculty, staff and especially
students and their families
will be celebrating this generous contribution from TG
for years to come.
“On behalf of the Pasadena Independent School
District, I would like to thank
TG for supporting our students through this generous
grant award,” Dennis said.
“Our students represent families in which approximately
64 percent of parents did not
graduate from high school.
These students have the
opportunity to impact not
only future generations within their own families, but the
community
served
by
Pasadena ISD. We are proud
of our students’ accomplishments and look forward to
future achievements made
possible by TG.”
Headquartered in Round
Rock, Texas, TG promotes
postsecondary educational
access and success by offering resources to help students
and families plan and prepare
for college, learn the basics
of money management, and
repay their federal student
loans.
TG representatives, including Jenny Achilles, who
made a special guest appearance to the administration
building to present the check,
said they are honored to fund
– for the first time – Pasadena
ISD’s first secondary dualcredit program.
“TG is very pleased to
make this contribution to
Pasadena ISD and the Early
College High School,” said
TG’s president and CEO, Sue
Student conductors highlight of fall concerts
A highlight of music concerts in November and
December at San Jacinto
College will include selections led by student conductors.
All concerts are free and
open to the public. The South
campus concerts will take
place in the Marie Flickinger
Fine Arts Center, 13735
Beamer Road in Houston.
The North campus concerts
will take place in the Charles
Grant Fine Arts Center, 5800
Uvalde Road in Houston.
Unless otherwise noted, the
Central campus concerts will
take place in the Monte Blue
Music Building, 8060 Spencer Highway in Pasadena.
South campus concert
• Tuesday, Dec. 3, 7:30
p.m. – A holiday concert by
the South Campus Choir will
feature Antonio Vivaldi’s
Gloria as the centerpiece,
and will also include traditional and contemporary holiday favorites, including The
First Noel, Jingle Bells, and
Three Holiday Songs from
the classic Christmas film
Home Alone.
Central campus concerts
• Friday, Nov. 8, 1:30
p.m. – A “Meet the Composer” session in the Corbin
Recital Hall will feature
musician and composer Phil
Hawkins discussing an original work, The Pebbles, a
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and is seduced into possessing them, only to discover
that her possession consumes
her.
• Friday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. –
A two-part concert in the
Slocomb Auditorium will
open with the Central
Campus Steel Band under the
direction of Michael Mizma
performing student arrangements of Beatles songs,
including Obladi Oblada,
Twist and Shout, Octopus’s
Garden, Maxwell’s Silver
Hammer, and And Your Bird
Can Sing. The arrangements
were crafted by music students Thomas Grove and
Cindy Vasquez.
During the second part of
the concert, acclaimed musical artists Phil and Michelle
Hawkins will join the Steel
Band, Vocal Quintet and
Chorale to perform The
Pebbles, a four-movement
composition for steel band
and choir. Phil Hawkins is an
accomplished jazz drummer,
and one of the leading innovators of music for the steel
band. Michelle Hawkins is an
award-winning choral director and music educator. Her
West Valley College group,
Synchronicity, has been
named Best Vocal Jazz Group
for three consecutive years
by Downbeat magazine.
• Thursday, Nov. 14, 7
p.m. – The Orpheus Concert,
under the direction of music
professor Joseph Schenck,
will feature San Jacinto
College music students performing original compositions.
Student composers to be
featured will include David
Hernandez (electronic composition), Elijah Reed (piano
solo), Nahan Schweitzer
(cello solo), Thomas Grove
(clarinet solo), Adrian Loftin
(string quartet), Jacob
Bernstein (voice and piano),
Cindy Vasquez (string quartet), Chris Ortiz (guitar and
voice), Byron Williams (solo
saxophone), and Nick Young
(solo flute).
• Wednesday, Dec. 4, 7
p.m. – The Central Campus
Jazz Ensemble, under the
direction of Jeffrey Adams,
will present a concert featuring students performing
selections ranging from traditional standard jazz arrangements to original big band
songs. The concert will also
feature two swing Christmas
selections.
The ensemble is a full
instrumental group consisting of saxophones, trombones, trumpets, piano, guitar, bass and drums.
North campus concerts
• Tuesday, Nov. 19, 7:30
p.m. – The North Campus
Jazz Band, under the direction of Dr. Randy Snyder,
will perform a diverse repertoire of commercial styles,
including swing, rock, funk,
and Latin jazz that will showcase music students.
• Tuesday, Dec. 3, 7:30
p.m. – The North Campus
Wind Ensemble will perform
a concert featuring marches,
orchestral transcriptions, and
classics of the concert and
band literature. Student conductor Jeremy Dergent will
lead the group for the classical selection Rhosymedre.
Student conductor Jonathan
Cebrian will lead the group
for the neoclassical song
Havedance.
• Wednesday, Dec. 4,
7:30 p.m. – The North campus will present a holiday
concert that will showcase
two groups, the Chorale and
the Chamber Singers under
the direction of Dr. Edgar
Moore. The concert will feature traditional carol arrangements, as well as a holiday
cantata by J.S. Bach, which
will be accompanied by the
Camerata Chamber Ensemble.
San Jacinto College offers
music degrees and courses,
as well as private music lessons at all three campuses.
For more information, visit
arts.sanjac.edu.
McMillin. “We believe their
efforts, not only promoting
the importance of a postsecondary education, but also
giving students the opportunity to actually earn college
credits while in high school
provides an overall benefit to
our state in terms of creating
more educated workforce
able to compete in a global
economy.”
In September 2010, Pasadena ISD and San Jacinto
Community College jointly
created Pasadena Early College High to increase high
school and college graduation rates among students
who are not widely represented on college campuses.
District officials submitted a grant proposal to TG in
hopes that it could help facilitate their mission.
“We were excited to discover how well TG’s mission
fit with the Pasadena Early
College High School program, Olivia Smith-Daugherty, Pasadena ISD’s grant
writer said. The funding will
allow us to grow the program
and help students realize they
are able to attend college,
making this award impactful
for the entire Pasadena community.”
Cenobia G. Cruz of South
Belt recently marked her
100th birthday. She was
born on Oct. 29, 1913, and a
celebration was held for her
birthday. Cruz worked as a
member of the the International Ladies’ Garment
Workers’ Union which was
once one of the largest labor
unions in the United States,
one of the first U.S. unions
to have a primarily female
membership, and a key
player in the labor history
of the 1920s and 1930s.
Family members include
Cruz’s niece, Nelly Brown
and husband Allen, their
oldest son, Paul Puente and
wife Janie Puente, and their
children, Stephanie Puente,
Ashley Puente, Jackie
Medina, Eddie Medina,
Oscar Puente and Pablo
Puente; and Nelly and
Allen’s daughter, Nelly
Griffin, husband Albert
and their daughter, Gaby
Griffin. Nelly and Allen
have her in their care.
Photo submitted
Girl Scouts donate school supplies
Students at Melillo Middle School truly live up
to the school’s motto of Hearts that Care, Hands
that Serve, and Minds that Think. Girl Scouts
at Melillo collected school supplies and donated
them to the school for students who were not able
to afford supplies. Teachers also filled their classroom community supply boxes from the Scouts’ donation. Pictured are, left to right, Rida Asif, Bailee Dang, Samantha Carter, Shelby Couchman
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recently named its first nineweeks honor, merit and perfect attendance rolls. Students
earning status are:
Kindergarten
Perfect attendance
Julian Acevedo, Anderson
Aguilar, Olivia Aguirre,
Christopher Berrum, Diego
Betancourt, Jonas BoulerisDuarte, Evan Bowden, David
Castillo, Daija Collins, Jaylyn
Constanza, Uriyah Coronado,
Savannah Flores, Kourtney
Goeman and Kayla Hopkins.
Jeremy Jaso, Jesse Kelley,
Nayelly Marqueze, Andrea
Marroquin, Diego Martinez,
Addison McAfee, Aubrey
McAfee, Morgan McGee, Eric
Michaud, Evelina Muñoz,
Anna Orrego, Diego Paz,
Octavio Paz, Amy Rangel and
Ava Rose.
Ethan Saldivar, Francisco
Serrano, Gregory Thomas,
Lillian Thomas, An To,
William Tripplett, Alex TuftsGaray, Addison Vela, Lexington Watkins, Sy’Niyah
Wiggins, Braylen Williams,
Deshawn Williams and
Brianna Yanez.
First grade
Perfect attendance
Ariana Alaniz, Julian
Ayala, Lorenzo Betancourt,
Isabella Burr, Sebastian Cervantez, Jalyn Coats, Valeria
De Ochoa, Andre Espinoza,
Burke Feil, Lindsey Flores,
Madison Ford, Andrea Garcia,
Max Garza, Daniella Gonzales
and Nicholas Grochoske.
Shelby Gutierrez, Stacie
Harris, Ericka Henry, Codi
Hernandez, Myranda Kelley,
Karyme Leal, Matthew Manzano, Alexandria Martinez,
Kevin Martinez, Rubi Marti-
nez, Yaretzi Martinez, Laura
Mata, Jenny Nguyen and
Christian Olvera.
Avery Owens, Juliana Perez, Kymberly Perla, Nathaniel
Ramirez, Alina Sanchez,
Daniel Silva, Jocelyn Vega,
Nina Walker, Ca’Renthian
Wallace, Za’Kayla Wallace
and David Williams.
Second grade
Honor roll
Ezekiel Arriaga, Anthony
Canales, Melvin Carcamo,
Titus Giang, Karley Goeman,
Aurora Johnson, Nathan Lind,
Ryley Malveaux, Laly Mercedez and Jazzlyn Moya.
Victoria Ngo, Alton Parker,
Edward Peña, Ariana Perez,
Gabriel Preciado, Daniel
Rodriguez, Jeovany Rodriguez, Damian Rosales and
Samantha Whittle.
Merit roll
Sebastian Aguilar, Sofia Burr,
Ashley Cruz, Madison Fedler,
Andres Gonzalez, Christian
Harvey, Shalini Johnson,
Darius Jones, Noah Keigley,
Hannah Pyper and Hallie Vu.
Perfect attendance
Ivan Acosta, Ezequiel
Arriaga, Leilani Barron, Maya
Bouleris-Duarte, Sofia Burr,
Diego Camacho, Melvin Carcamo, Azalea Coronado,
Ashley Cruz, Madison Fedler,
Karley Goeman, Kira Goeman, Alexa Gonzalez, Andres
Gonzalez and Kaleb Guerrero.
Christian Harvey, MacKenna Houston, Oscar Huerta,
Angelica Jasso, Aurora
Johnson, Darius Jones, Noah
Keigley, Nathan Lind, Laly
Mercedez, Jesus Moreno,
Hudson Paris, Jullian Peña,
Ariana Perez, Belle Perridon
and Gabriel Preciado.
Hannah Pyper, Daniel
Rodriguez, Sophia Rodriguez,
Damian Rosales, Jorge Salinas, Oscar Silva, Joise SimsCampbell, James Thomas,
Ke’Asia Thomas-Miller, Nkeonyelu Uzomah, Darien Valdez, Madison Valladares,
Samantha Whittle and Mary
Young.
Third grade
Honor roll
Alexis Acosta, Jesus Avitia, Amy Cruz, Sean Durham,
David Gonzalez, Emma Gonzalez, Fernando Hernandez,
Mauricio Leal, Ava Morales,
Nataly Peña, Jeremiah Rodriguez, Emily Salazar, Evelyn
Sanchez, Kaitlyn Webb and
David Xue.
Merit roll
Dylan Campos, Ashlee
Garcia, Jisselle Gonzalez,
Aryana Mejorado, Isela Muñoz, Joseph Ochoa, Silas San
Miguel Tobias, Joseph Venturella, Travis Webb and Leah
West.
Perfect attendance
Alexis Acosta, Ethan Bishop, Daylan Cadoree, Dylan
Campos, Jason Coats, Alexander Cornejo, Andrea Espinosa,
Hayden Feil, Alana Garcia,
Ashlee Garcia, David Gonzalez, Emma Gonzalez, Jisselle
Gonzalez, Xiclaly Gonzalez
and Fernando Hernandez.
Nevan Hulse, Marcus
Kemp, Gage Krenek, Mauricio
Leal, Nathan Leal, Madison
Lugo, Zaid Marqueze, Emily
Martinez, Martin Martinez,
Sheila McGee, Isaac Morales,
Isela Muñoz, Mia Naranjo,
Daniel Nguyen, Joseph
Pacheco and Adrian Panerio.
Nataly Peña, Jaden Pham,
Emily Salazar, Evelyn Sanchez, Valeria Silva, Chris
Soza, Samantha Talamantez,
Jayden Triplett, Joseph Venturella, Amia Wallace, Kaitlyn
Webb, Travis Webb, Leah
West, David Xue and Catalina
Zendejas.
Fourth grade
Honor roll
Josh Carter, Timothy Giang,
Adrianna Golden, Hailey
Henderson, Jaidyn Kelley,
Gabriela Lozano, Lauren
Mendez, Arianna Reyna,
Rickey Scheier, Sebastian
Velasquez, Emilio Villarreal
and Peter Xue.
Merit roll
Lucy Davis and Pedro
Herrera.
Perfect attendance
Taelyn Ansley, Jayden
Barbosa, Ethan Beltran, Ty
Bennett, Christian Boijseauneau, Kendall Brown, Josh
Carter, Ruben Castillo, Fernanda Davila, Eric Gonzalez,
Zachery Grachoske and
Hailey Henderson.
Pedro Herrera, Alan Iniguez, Jaidyn Kelly, Ladarius
Kiel, Gabriela Lozano, Ezequiel Mejia, Jonathan Mendoza, Riley Mercer, Luis Morales, Luke Morales, Albert
Ngo and Audrey Owens.
David Pierre, Joshua
Reyna, Jaden Richardson,
Jared Saldivar, Rickey Scheier,
Elijah Silva-Romo, Emily
Tamez, Brandon Torres,
Emilio Villarreal, Khari
Walker and Peter Xue.
Lions Club meeting set
The Houston Space City Lions Club will meet Tuesday,
Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Golden Corral, 12500 Gulf
Freeway. For more information, call George Malone at
281-438-7243.
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Lady Longhorns outlast North Shore in five
Bre’shaun Franklin had ter losing the first and third trailed, it turned to its fourthseven of her match-high games. Yet each time Dobie year standout for guidance.
31 kills in the decisive fifth
game, leading the Dobie varsity girls’ volleyball team to
a thrilling bidistrict playoff
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at Pasadena Memorial High
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The Lady Longhorns,
who will take on state-ranked
Friday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m.
Clear Falls in the area round
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Franklin, taking in the
playoff atmosphere this postseason for a fourth and final
time, was her best when it
mattered most.
She rocketed kill after kill
in the fifth game, delivering
her 31st of the match to put
Dobie up 13-10. North Shore
did not play the ball over the
net on the final two points as
Dobie celebrated a marathon
16-25, 27-25, 26-28, 25-17,
15-10 victory.
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season,” Dobie head coach
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“The girls showed a lot of
heart. They came out a little
slow but still had confidence
that they could win even
after that first-game loss.
Bre’shaun was great, and the
rest of the team rallied around
her. She’s our leader, and she
showed why tonight.”
Truthfully, North Shore
will be left wondering, “What
if?” The Lady Mustangs, the
second-place finisher out of
District 21-5A, won the first
game relatively easily and
then led 24-21 in the second
game.
Yet after a North Shore
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Dobie senior hitter Bre’shaun Franklin (11) blasts one of Lady Longhorns to the area playoff round. There, Dobie
her match-high 31 kills against North Shore as the Lady will face state-ranked Clear Falls. The match is set for FriMustangs’ Faedra Early (10) goes up for the block. Frank- day, Nov. 8, at Dawson High School. Match time is 6 p.m.
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SJC men’s soccer downs Northeast Texas,
now a win away from national tournament
Its focus still on the big
prize, the San Jacinto College men’s soccer team has
inched closer to reaching
the National Junior College Athletic Association’s
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San Jacinto, now 17-1
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its postseason opener, eventually downing Northeast
Texas 6-1 Nov. 1 at Coyote
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The win sends the locals
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Region XXIII champion
Pearl River Community
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held Friday, Nov. 8, on the
PRCC campus in Poplarville, Miss.
A San Jacinto win will
send the team to nationals
for the first time since 2008,
when current head coach
Ian Spooner was in his first
season as an assistant at the
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As exciting as the season
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his best to keep his team
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mind, the 17-1 record and
all of the accomplishments
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if San Jacinto doesn’t keep
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Continued from Page 1B
py for the guys and pleased
that we have reached this
point in the season,” Spooner said.
“I said early in the year
that I felt like we had the
talent to be a top-five team
nationally. So far, we’ve
held up to that assessment.
“But we also know that
all of this could be considered a disappointment and
go for naught if we don’t
get to nationals and do
some damage.
“We just have to do as
we have all season and take
things one game at a time.”
Little is known locally
about the Pearl River program, but the Wildcats have
won the Region XXIII title
two years straight now.
The way Spooner sees it,
it’s all about his team playing its game at this point
and making the opponent
adjust accordingly.
In the 6-1 win over
Northeast Texas at regionals, Seoane strengthened
his bid as a National Player
of the Year candidate with
a star performance. And
his teammates added to the
mix.
Pablo Vasquez had a
goal and an assist, and Joao
Monteiro dealt two assists.
Carlos Ibarra also scored a
goal.
The defense tightened after giving up the game’s first
goal with just eight minutes
played. In all, Spooner sent
San Jacinto College (17-1)
at Pearl River, Miss. (13-1)
Friday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.
20 players into action as his
team assumed control.
Defensively, the team
has excelled despite giving
up an early score a couple
of times in recent games.
For the season, San Jac
has a 1.1 goals against per
game average according
to Spooner, compared to a
figure well over 2 a season
ago.
“One of our focuses this
season was to improve that
(goals against) number, and
we have,” Spooner added,
citing defenders Call Casarez, Brian Mulkahey and
Gonzalo Orozco among
others for strong play.
“It all starts with the level of competition that is created in practice and the way
these guys push each other,”
Spooner said.
“That, and the camaraderie that has developed.
These guys like one another
and spend time off the field
together. It’s a close-knit
group. They are all focused
on the same goal.”
“Seoane has been outstanding, but he is not always going to get three
goals.
“The strength of our
team is that so many guys
can and have contributed.
Sports calendar
FOOTBALL
Thursday, Nov. 7
Dobie JV hosts Pearland, Auxiliary, 6:30
Dobie sophomores host Pearland, campus, 4:30
Dobie freshman Orange at Pearland, The Rig, 6:30
Dobie freshman White at Pearland, The Rig, 4:30
Friday, Nov. 8
Brook varsity at Brazoswood, Hopper, 7:00
Dobie varsity at Pearland, The Rig, 7:00
BASKETBALL
Thursday, Nov. 7
Brook varsity boys host scrimmage, 4:30
Brook varsity girls at Baytown Lee tourn., TBA
Dobie varsity girls at Baytown Lee tourn., TBA
Dobie JV girls at Alief ISD tourn., TBA
Dobie freshman A girls at Alief ISD tourn., TBA
Friday, No. 8
Brook varsity girls at Baytown Lee tourn., TBA
Dobie varsity girls at Baytown Lee tourn., TBA
Dobie JV girls at Alief ISD tourn., TBA
Dobie freshman A girls at Alief ISD tourn., TBA
Dobie freshman B girls host tourn., TBA
Saturday, Nov. 9
Brook varsity girls at Baytown Lee tourn., TBA
Dobie varsity girls at Baytown Lee tourn., TBA
Dobie JV girls at Alief ISD tourn., TBA
Dobie freshman A girls at Alief ISD tourn., TBA
Dobie freshman B girls host tourn., TBA
Tuesday, Nov. 12
Brook varsity boys at Brazosport, 7:30
Brook varsity girls host Bay City, 7:30
Dobie varsity girls host Madison, 7:00
Dobie JV girls host Madison, 5:30
Brook JV boys at Brazosport, 6:00
Brook JV girls host Bay City, 6:00
Brook freshman A girls host Bay City, 4:30
Brook freshman A boys at Brazosport, 4:30
Dobie freshman A girls host Madison, 4:00
Brook freshman B boys at Brazosport, 4:30
We just have to stay focused.”
A win over Pearl River
will send San Jacinto to the
NJCAA national tournament, to be held Nov. 18-23
at Tyler Junior College.
Tyler, the defending national champion, is also still
alive in the postseason and
could meet up with SJC at
nationals. The two teams
split two conference matchups.
But Spooner, who has
continually repeated the
“eyes on the big prize”
mantra, is looking no further than Pearl River.
“The No. 2 ranking and
17 wins are nice, but we’re
not No. 1. And we haven’t
won a title yet.
“It’s always difficult to
make sure the perspective
is kept, but these guys know
what the goal is.”
South Belt
football
predictions
Troy Leland
John Bechtle
Eli Tanksley
Toni Muse
Emory Gadd
Debbie Vaughn
Dobie at Pearland
Pearland
Pearland
Pearland
Pearland
Dobie
Pearland
Clear Brook at Brazoswood
Brazoswood
Brazoswood
Brazoswood
Brook
Brazoswood
Brazoswood
Pasadena vs.
Sam Rayburn
Pasadena
Sam Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Pasadena
Pasadena
Westfield at Dekaney
Westfield
Westfield
Westfield
Westfield
Westfield
Westfield
Pasadena Memorial
at Alvin
North Shore at
Deer Park
Alvin
Alvin
Memorial
Memorial
Memorial
Alvin
North Shore
North Shore
North Shore
North Shore
North Shore
North Shore
La Porte
PAM
PAM
PAM
PAM
La Porte
Creek
Springs
Creek
Creek
Creek
Creek
Summer Creek
Summer Creek
Summer Creek
Summer Creek
Summer Creek
Summer Creek
Lake
Dickinson
Dickinson
Dickinson
Dickinson
Dickinson
This week’s record
7-3
7-3
7-3
6-4
5-5
6-4
Season record
68-34-1
65-34-1
72-27-1
64-35-1
61-38-1
66-33-1
Port Arthur Memorial
at La Porte
Clear Creek vs.
Clear Springs
Dayton at
Summer Creek
Dickinson at
Clear Lake
Two Rams’ teams to conference finals; Sagemont, SB fall in quarters
The Ellington Rams are
left to carry the torch in the
community after winning
a pair of games in the Bay
Area Football League’s
semifinal playoff round.
The Rams’ senior and
junior teams are moving on
to the National Conference
championship game after
wins Nov. 2. Ellington’s seniors are now 10-1 overall
this season after topping the
Texas City Stingrays 40-19
in the first round.
Rams juniors 25
Bulls 0
The junior division Rams
moved on to the conference
championship game after
Bay Area Football League
Semifinal Playoff Matchups
Saturday, Nov. 9
blanking the Beaumont
Bulls 25-0.
Marquice Scott had a
rushing touchdown and
also ran for a conversion
point.
Christian Cleckley had
three rushing touchdowns
to lead the way as the Rams
moved to 9-2 overall this
season. Daniel Mateen also
ran the ball well.
The Rams controlled
play both offensively and
defensively while getting
outstanding play from Salvador Vargas, Zion Pineda,
Fernando Sifuentes, Nicholas Rojas, Omar Mateen,
Zachory Dehoyos, Kyle
Button, Abel Condado, Deven Cypert, Marco Deleon,
Nicholas Esparza, Orion
Hererra , Damien Sotomayor, David Cherry, Damien
Arrellano, Travis Watson
Jr., Arturo Zamora, Dominic Martinez and Leroy
Rios.
The Rams will next take
on the East End Eagles,
who finished first in the National Conference during
the regular season.
Cowboys lose pair
The news wasn’t as good
for the Sagemont Cowboys,
who were defeated in opening-round games in both
the senior and junior divi-
sions.
The Southbelt Dolphins’
freshman team was also in
the playoffs, where it suffered a hard-fought 13-6
loss to the East End Eagles.
The conference semifinal round is Nov. 9. The
league’s Super Bowl round
will play Saturday, Nov. 23.
Junior Rams advance to National Conference championship game
Senior Ellington Rams
at Pearland Hurricanes
10:45 a.m., The Rig, Pearland
Junior Ellington Rams
vs. East End Eagles
9 a.m., The Rig, Pearland
Quarterfinal Playoff Results
Senior Ellington Rams
Texas City Stingrays
40
19
Senior Magnolia Sharks 34
Sagemont Cowboys
0
Junior Ellington Rams
Beaumont Bulls
25
0
Junior PearlandTexans
Sagemont Cowboys
26
0
Freshman E.E Eagles
Southbelt Dolphins
13
6
With the help of a great block from teammate Daniel Mateen
(10), Ellington Rams junior running back Christian Cleckley
(28) busts through an opening for a big gain during the Rams’
easy 25-0 victory over the Beaumont Bulls Nov. 2, at the League
City Sportsplex. The Rams, now 9-2 overall this season, have
advanced to the Bay Area Football League National Conference
championship game. There, the Rams will face a tough matchup as they go up against the 9-1 Pearland Hurricanes, who will
be playing on their home field at The Rig in Pearland. The winner advances to the Super Bowl to play either the Pearland
Texans (11-0) or League City ’49ers (10-1).
Photo by Jaime Hickman
Cowboys’ seniors, juniors play hard despite playoff losses
Thursday, Nov. 14
Dobie JV girls at Baytown tourn., TBA
Friday, Nov. 15
Brook varsity boys host Dawson, 7:00
Brook varsity girls at Brazosport, 6:30
Brook JV girls at Brazosport, 5:00
Dobie JV girls at Baytown tourn., TBA
Brook freshman A girls at Brazosport, 5:00
Brook freshman A boys host Dawson, 5:30
Brook freshman B boys host Dawson, 4:00
Saturday, Nov. 16
Dobie JV girls at Baytown tourn., TBA
Monday, Nov. 18
Brook freshman A boys at Pearland, 5:30
Brook freshman B boys at Pearland, 4:00
Tuesday, Nov. 19
Brook varsity boys at Pearland, 7:00
Brook varsity girls at Texas City, 7:00
Dobie varsity girls at Clear Lake, Krueger, 7:00
Dobie JV girls at Clear Lake, Krueger, 5:30
Brook JV girls at Texas City, 5:30
Brook JV boys at Pearland, 5:30
Brook sophomore boys at Pearland, 4:00
Brook freshman A girls at Texas City, 4:00
Dobie freshman A girls at Clear Lake, Krueger, 4:00
At left, Sagemont Cowboys’ junior running back Jacob Martinez turns upfield
against the Pearland Texans during the Texans’ 26-0 victory . Above, Cowboys’
senior defensive player Nick Hartnett (11) dives to make the tackle against a Magnolia Sharks’ runner. The Sharks, now 10-1 this season, won the game 34-0.
Photos by Jaime Hickman
Thursday, November 7, 2013, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Section B, Page 3
Dobie varsity girls’ basketball employs youth movement in 2013-14
By John Bechtle
Sports Editor
The remnants of a hardluck previous season are in
the past as the Dobie varsity
girls’ basketball program
has undergone a vast makeover heading into the 20132014 campaign.
Just two players return
from a season ago when
the Lady Longhorns won
just a handful of games and
missed the playoffs for the
first time in a long while.
Head
coach
Shane
Brown is ready to begin
anew as his current squad
features a freshman starting point guard, four sophomores and six juniors to go
with three seniors.
Speaking to the Leader
prior to the team’s Nov. 5
regular-season opener at
Friendswood, Brown said
his early impressions were
plenty favorable. He knows
his inexperienced team is
bound to endure its share
of bumps in the road ahead
yet is confident it will all be
well worth it.
To be frank, Dobie’s District 22-5A ranks will be
top heavy as Manvel enters
the season as perhaps the
region’s best team with the
region’s top overall player
– Notre Dame University
commit Brianna Turner.
Then there’s Pearland,
which, along with Manvel,
has earned a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches
preseason state ranking.
But that will leave room
for teams such as Dobie,
Memorial, Alvin and South
Houston to battle for playoff berths. Certainly by that
time, Brown expects his
team to have melded and to
have developed the chemis-
try needed to make a lateseason push.
“I have been very impressed with the way we
have practiced as a team
and played well together in
scrimmage environments,”
Brown said. “We went to
a scrimmage that included
Westside, Dulles and Barbers Hill, and we competed
well. I was pleasantly surprised to have watched that
happen against three solid,
playoff-caliber squads.”
Still, Brown doesn’t hide
the fact that he and his team
have their focus set firmly
on both now and later.
Many of the players, if
not all of them, had a great
deal of success while attending Beverly Hills and
Thompson intermediates.
Some of the players were
part of back-to-back 31-1
teams for Beverly Hills Intermediate.
How well that amount of
intermediate level success
translates to high school
varsity basketball is the biggest unknown of all.
That said, Brown is
banking on the results being
positive for years to come.
While he had yet to identify his full starting five at
the time, Brown said freshman Jade Giron will start at
point guard.
He also looks for early
contributions from sophomore wing Marina Allen,
senior post Deja Richards,
junior post Taylor Bainter,
senior Shalyn Scott and
Makaela Scott, a junior
who is not related to Shalyn
Scott.
Sophomores such as
Gabby Jones and Georgette
Wandji have also earned
court time, and Kristy
Christmas and Patrice Jackson will be welcomed back
when they recover from minor preseason injuries.
Perhaps
above
all,
Brown is excited to have
players with size and length
in the paint. Junior posts
Kiara Hart (5’10”) and Patrice Jackson (6’0”) will
be joined by Jones (5’11”),
Richards (6’1”), junior
wing Stella Somdah (5’10”)
and junior post Isabella
Villarreal (6’1”) to give
the Lady Longhorns both
playmaking ability and the
opportunity to alter shots in
the middle.
“We’re going to be big
and strong in the middle,
and we have some players
on the wings who can get
the job done,” Brown said.
“It’s all about us learning to play together and just
gaining that experience you
need to win at this level.
There’s going to be some
bumps along the way, no
doubt, but we’re excited
about what can be.
“We have a chance to
have the majority of these
players together for at least
two years and in some cases
three.
“That type of scenario
gives you the chance to develop something special. Of
course, you still have to go
out there and do it, but we
like the players we have and
some of the possibillities
both now and beyond this
year.”
The Lady Longhorns
will head to the Baytown
Lee Tipoff Classic Nov. 7-9
(see Page 1B).
Naturally, Brown merely
wants to see his team develop while gaining game experience early on.
Final Pasadena Independent School District intermediate volleyball standings
8 Light Records District
Zone A
W L T
Beverly Hills 4
San Jacinto 3
Southmore 2
S.Houston 1
Park View
0
0
1
2
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
Overall
W L T
Zone A
4
6
4
5
3
San Jacinto 4
Beverly Hills 3
Park View
1
S. Houston 1
Southmore 1
5
4
6
5
8
8 Dark Records District
0
0
0
0
0
W L T
0
1
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
Zone B
W L T
W L T
Zone B
W L T
Thompson
Bondy
Jackson
Queens
Miller
4
3
2
1
0
9
9
1
3
5
Bondy
Queens
Jackson
Thompson
Miller
4
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
7
7
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
7 Light Records District
Overall
W L T
Zone A
6
6
2
4
5
Park View
4
Southmore 3
Beverly Hills 2
San Jacinto 1
S.Houston 0
3
4
9
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
W L T
0 10 0
0 7 3
0 6 4
0 5 6
0 0 9
0
0
0
0
0
W L T
0
1
2
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
Zone B
W L T
Bondy
Thompson
Jackson
Miller
Queens
4
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
4
Overall
W L T
Zone A
7
5
5
3
3
San Jacinto 3
S. Houston 3
Park View
3
Beverly Hills 1
Southmore 0
3
5
5
7
7
0
0
0
0
0
W L T
0 10 0
0 7 3
0 3 7
0 4 6
0 3 7
0
0
0
0
0
7 Dark Records District
W L T
1
1
1
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
Overall
W L T
7
9
7
3
4
2
1
1
6
7
0
0
0
0
0
Zone B
W L T
W L T
Bondy
Queens
Thompson
Miller
Jackson
4
3
2
1
0
9
4
6
2
2
0
1
2
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
4
9
8
0
0
0
0
0
Director of athletics note: Final standings include tournament results.
Dobie High School swim team opens with strong showings at Deer Park, Pearland invitational meets
The Dobie High School
swim team is off to a great
start to the 2013-2014 season.
The Longhorns competed well in a quad-meet
at the Pearland Recreation
Center Nov. 5, facing other
competitors from Pearland, Clear Creek and South
Houston high schools.
Kevin Nguyen and Tin
Nguyen paced Dobie with
a pair of wins in individual
events, and Lady Longhorns’ swimmer Emily
Wolfe also won an event.
Kevin Nguyen was first
in both the 50-yard freestyle
and the 100-yard freestyle.
Meanwhile, Tin Nguyen
was victorious in the 200yard individual medley as
well as the 100-yard freestyle.
Wolfe’s victory came in
the 50-yard freestyle as she
sprinted to a win over the final few yards.
Summer Naser was the
runner-up in the 100-yard
freestyle, and Vanessa Gon-
Dobie High School
Varsity boys’ hoops schedule
zalez took second in the
100-yard fly and third place
in the 100-freestyle just a
tick behind Nasser.
The Dobie teams also did
very well in the relays. Kevin Nguyen and Tin Nguyen
teamed with Christian Bertrand and Ivan Macias for
the win in the 200-yard
freestyle.
The Nguyens and Macias also teamed with Ralph
Lopez to take second place
in the 200-yard medley relay.
In the girls’ relays, Tay-
lor Nguyen, Naser, Gonzalez and Wolfe combined
for second place in the 200yard freestyle relay. Jenna
Perez joined Naser, Gonzalez and Wolfe for the 200yard medley relay as the
Lady Longhorns were third.
JFD places at DP
The team opened the season at the Deer Park High
School Invitational Oct. 26,
as the boys’ team was third
and the girls’ squad sixth
out of 14 entries. Overall,
Dobie was fifth in the combo category.
yard freestyle.
Dobie’s boys were sixth
in the 400-yard freestyle relay as Bertrand and Lopez
teamed with Ahmad Abusaif and L.J. Walker.
Among the top girls’
finishers, the 200-yard
freestyle relay unit, represented by Taylor Nguyen,
Opponent
Time
at McDonald’s tourn.
TBA
Date
Opponent
Nov. 26
Dawson
7 p.m.
Nov. 12
at Brazosport
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 30
Clear Lake
2 p.m.
Nov. 15
Dawson
7 p.m.
Dec. 3
Clear Brook
7 p.m.
Nov. 19
at Pearland
7 p.m.
Dec. 5-7
at Katy tourn.
TBA
Nov. 21-23
at Aldine Invitational
TBA
Dec. 9
Clear Springs
7 p.m.
Nov. 26
at Dekaney
1 p.m.
Dec. 13
Channelview
7 p.m.
Dec. 3
at Dobie
7 p.m.
Dec. 17
*South Houston
7 p.m.
Dec. 5-7
at Clear Creek tourn.
TBA
Dec. 20
*at Memorial
7 p.m.
Dec. 10
Galveston Ball
7 p.m.
Dec. 26-28
at Alvin Lions tourn.
TBA
Dec. 16
Alief Hastings
7 p.m.
Jan. 3
*Manvel
7 p.m.
Dec. 20
*at Clear Springs
4 p.m.
Jan. 7
*Alvin (PFH)
7 p.m.
Dec. 26-28
at Lions Club tourn.
TBA
Jan. 10
*at Pasadena
7 p.m.
Jan. 2
*at Clear Lake
7 p.m.
Jan. 14
*Sam Rayburn
7 p.m.
Jan. 4
*Clear Falls
2 p.m.
Jan. 17
*at Pearland
7 p.m.
Jan. 7
*at Dickinson
7 p.m.
Jan. 21
*at South Houston
7 p.m.
Jan. 10
*Clear Creek
7 p.m.
Jan. 24
*Memorial
7 p.m.
Jan. 17
*at Brazoswood
7 p.m.
Jan. 28
*at Manvel
7 p.m.
Jan. 21
*Clear Springs
7 p.m.
Jan. 31
*at Alvin
7 p.m.
Jan. 24
*Clear Lake
7 p.m.
Feb. 4
*Pasadena
7 p.m.
Jan. 28
*at Clear Falls
7 p.m.
Feb. 7
*at Sam Rayburn
7 p.m.
Jan. 31
*Dickinson
7 p.m.
Feb. 11
*Pearland
7 p.m.
Feb. 4
*at Clear Creek
7 p.m.
Feb. 11
*Brazoswood
7 p.m.
Time
* District 24-5A games
Summer Naser, Jenna
Perez and Vanessa Gonzalez, was fourth. The same
foursome competed for the
Lady Longhorns in the 200yard medley relay, placing
eighth.
Gonzalez placed fifth in
the 100-yard butterfly, and
Naser was fifth in the 50-
Freshman Elisa Woinowsky will lead the San Jacinto College women’s basketball team
into the Nov. 8-11 National Junior College Athletic Association Region XIV tournament.
The team is vying for another trip to the national tournament. To date, San Jacinto is
21-8 overall.
Photo by Jeannie Peng-Armao
With a 21-8 overall record, the 13th-ranked San
Jacinto College volleyball
team will head to the Region XIV tournament as the
second seed from the South
division.
San Jacinto College will
face the No. 4 seed from the
North – Trinity Valley Community College – at 11 a.m.
on Friday, Nov. 8, at Tyler
Junior College.
The tournament runs
through Sunday, Nov. 10,
with the championship
match teams advancing to
the National Junior College
Athletic Association national tournament in Casper,
Wyo.
“Our team has shown
exceptional growth this
season,” said San Jacinto
College head coach Sharon
Nelson, who is in her 12th
season at the helm of the
San Jacinto College volleyball program.
“With each practice, the
potential for our success at
the regional tournament becomes more of a reality.
“That’s what you want
– to peak at the end. That’s
when it counts and when it
means the most.”
Seven of the eight teams
set to compete at the Region
XIV tournament are currently, or have been, ranked
in the NJCAA top 20 for
part or all of the 2013 season.
The winner of the San
Jac/Trinity Valley match
will face the winner of the
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
7 a.m.
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through Friday at 7 a.m. at the First United Methodist
Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, in the
Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-487-8787 for information, or just drop in.
Noon
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free water exercise
from noon to 1 p.m. at Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital,
655 E. Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Visit www.hapsonline.org for a complete list of services offered.
6:30 p.m.
Diabetes Support Group – A support group for young
adults with diabetes. All subjects are open for discussion: new technologies, research advances, fears, phobias, dating and other personal matters. Meets the first
Thursday of each month at 1315 St. Joseph Parkway
#1705, Medical Place One. Contact Dan Steiner, CDE,
at 713-922-9677 for more information.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Sunday, Thursday and
Friday at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church,
1062 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena, Fellowship Hall 4.
Call 713-922-9677, or just drop in.
7 p.m.
The Bay Area Writers League – Meets the first
Thursday of each month at Barnes and Noble at Bay
Area Boulevard and the Gulf Freeway. Newcomers are
welcome.
8:30 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Alcohol problems? AA
meetings are held Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.,
and Sundays and Tuesdays from 8 to 9 p.m. at St.
Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2217 Theta Street. For
information, call 713-204-2481.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday
through Friday at 7 a.m. at the First United Methodist
Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, in the
Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-487-8787 for information, or just drop in.
Noon
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Anonymous – The ACA group meets Fridays at
noon at the Up The Street Club in Webster, 508 Nasa
Parkway, in room 4. ACA is a 12-step program of hope,
healing and recovery for people who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. For more information, call
281-286-1431.
6 p.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking)
– Provides support for family and friends of alcoholics
or addicts. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m.
at First United Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062
Fairmont Parkway, Room 232. Call 281-487-8787, or
just drop in.
6:30 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Sunday, Thursday and
Friday at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church,
yard freestyle.
Head coach Bradley
Nguyen was impressed by
the way his athletes opened
the season and is looking
forward to another great
season.
Dobie will compete next
at the La Porte invitational
Nov. 16.
San Jacinto College volleyball headed to regionals
Varsity boys’ hoops schedule
Date
PFH – Will be played at Phillips Field House
Ivan Macias and Christian
Bertrand to give the Longhorns fourth place in the
200-yard freestyle.
Elsewhere, the Dobie
200-yard medley relay
team of Kevin Nguyen, Tin
Nguyen, Macias and Ralph
Lopez took fifth place, and
Macias was sixth in the 50-
Brook High School
Nov. 21-23
* District 22-5A games
Kevin Nguyen led the
way for Dobie, winning the
100-yard freestyle and taking third place in the 100yard breaststroke.
Tin Nguyen did his part
by takig third place in the
100-yard butterfly, and
Kevin Nguyen and Tin
Nguyen were joined by
1062 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena, Fellowship Hall 4.
Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
7:30 a.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Saturday at 7:30 a.m.
at First United Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062
Fairmont Parkway, Cornell Conference Room. Call 281487-8787, or just drop in.
9 a.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking)
– Provides support for family and friends of alcoholics
or addicts. Saturday at 9 a.m. at First United Methodist
Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 232.
Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
11 a.m.
Al-Anon Meeting (Women Only, English) – For
persons whose lives are affected by someone who is
addicted. Each Saturday morning at 11 a.m. at First
United Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont
Parkway, Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-4878787, or just drop in.
6 p.m.
Frontier Squares – Meets to square dance at the
Westminster Academy at 670 E. Medical Center Blvd. in
Webster. Refreshments provided. For more information,
contact Gina Sherman at 281-554-5675 or visit www.
frontiersquares.com.
7:30 p.m.
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Saturdays 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Open discussion. Memorial
Hermann Prevention and Recovery PARC, 2245 N.
Main St., Suite 2, Pearland 77581. (Located on Hwy 35,
just north of Broadway). The group’s primary purpose is
to abstain from compulsive overeating and to carry the
message of recovery to those who still suffer. Call 713
865-1611 for information, or just drop in.
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2 p.m.
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loved one. Meets every Sunday, except Mother’s Day,
Easter and Christmas from 2 to 3:15 p.m. at First United
Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway.
For more information, call 281-487-8787.
5:30 p.m.
Celebrate Recovery – A faith-based 12-Step Program
meets every Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel
of the Educational Building at Life Church in Houston
at 9900 Almeda Genoa. Call 713-419-2635 for more
information or to RSVP for child care.
6:30 p.m.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – For persons who are
trying to overcome drug addiction. Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
at First United Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062
Fairmont Parkway, Cornell Conference Room. Call 281487-8787, or just drop in.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Sunday, Thursday and
Friday at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church,
1062 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena, Fellowship Hall 4.
Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
Continued on Page 4B
Tyler Junior College (No. 1
from the North) and Wharton County Junior College
(No. 4 from the South)
match. That winner’s bracket match is set for Saturday,
Nov. 9, at 11 a.m.
San Jacinto College is
led by freshman outside hitter Elisa Woinowsky, who
owns a 3.35 kills-per-set average.
Sophomore
middle
blocker Chyla Thomas
leads the team in blocks
with a 1.22 average.
San Jacinto College will
vie for its ninth-straight
Region XIV tournament
championship and a ninthstraight trip to the NJCAA
national championship.
Overall, San Jac has appeared in 15 national tournaments and has placed in
the top 10 in each of the last
seven years under Nelson’s
guidance.
San Jacinto College won
the national championship
in 1987.
The NJCAA national
tournament is slated for
Nov. 21-23 at the Casper
Events Center in Casper,
Wyo.
More information about
the national tournament
can be found at www.nj
caavbd1.com.
For a complete regional
tournament bracket and for
more information on the
San Jacinto College volleyball team, visit the athletics
website www.sanjacsports.
com.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 (continued)
8 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Alcohol problems? AA meetings are held
Sundays and Tuesdays from 8 to 9 p.m. and Thursdays from 8:30 to
9:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2217 Theta Street. For
information, call 713-204-2481.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11
9 a.m.
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free exercise and speech
therapy from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital,
655 E. Medical Center Blvd., Webster. Visit www.hapsonline.org for a
complete list of services offered.
10 a.m.
Al-Anon Deer Park – Mondays 10 to 11 a.m. Literature Study. In His
Presence Fellowship Church, 1202 East P Street, Deer Park. Enter
through Fellowship Hall in back of church. Call 409 454-5720 for information, or just drop in.
11:30 a.m.
Overeaters Anonymous Deer Park – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Literature Study. In His Presence Fellowship Church, 1202 East P
Street, Deer Park. Enter through Fellowship Hall in back of church.
Call 409 454-5720 for information, or just drop in.
6 p.m.
Scrabble Club #511 – Meets every Monday at IHOP at 11222 Fuqua
at 6 p.m. Come and improve crossword game playing skills. Call 281488-2923 for more information.
7 p.m.
Sagemont Civic Club – Meetings are held the second Monday of
every month at 7 p.m. at Kirkwood South Christian Church, 10811
Kirkfair Dr.
Grief Support Group – “Friends Helping Friends” meets every
Monday from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at Kindred Rehabilitation Hospital, 655
E. Medical Center Blvd. in Webster. Those who have lost a spouse or
other loved one are invited to participate. For information, call Betty
Flynn at 281-474-3430 or Diana Kawalec at 281-334-1033.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday through Friday at 7
a.m. at the First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont
Parkway, in the Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-487-8787 for
information, or just drop in.
9:30 a.m.
CCART – The Clear Creek Association of Retired Teachers meets the
second Tuesday of each month, September through May. They are
held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Bay Area Community Center, 5002
Nasa Parkway in Seabrook near the Landolt Pavilion. All Texas retired
school employees from all surrounding school districts are welcome to
attend and join this organization. Annual dues are $35.
10 a.m.
American Begonia Society – Meets the second Tuesday of each
month at the Pasadena Town Square Community Room. For more
information, call 713-941-7158.
10:30 a.m.
Tri-County Republican Women – General meetings are held the
second Tuesday of every month except June and July at Golfcrest
Country Club, 2509 Country Club Drive in Pearland. A luncheon is
available. To make reservations, call Laura Morgan at 281-484-8083.
1 p.m.
Pasadena Heritage Park and Museum – Exhibits include dioramas,
an old-time kitchen and a turn-of-the-century doctor’s office. Tuesday
through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. 204 S. Main, Pasadena. For information, call 713-472-0565.
1:30 p.m.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) – TOPS #1530 meets at the
Sagemont Park Community Center, 11507 Hughes Road, at 1:30 p.m.
For information, call Jeanette Sumrall at 713-946-3713.
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free exercise and speech therapy from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Bayshore Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
Center, 4021 Brookhaven, Pasadena. Visit www.hapsonline.org for a
complete list of services offered.
6 p.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking) – Provides
support for family and friends of alcoholics or addicts. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church,
Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 232. Call 281-487-8787,
or just drop in.
6:30 p.m.
Green Thumb Series – The Harris County Master Gardeners at
Precinct 2 offers free evening gardening lectures the second Tuesday
of each month at the Clear Lake Meeting Room (lakeside) at 5001
Nasa Parkway. Programs will be held at 6:30 p.m. Visit the Web site
for a list of topics and location at www.hcmga.tamu.edu or call 281991-8437.
7 p.m.
Houston Space City Lions Club – Meets the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Golden Corral, 12500 Gulf
Freeway. For more information, call George Malone at 281-438-7243.
8 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Alcohol problems? AA meetings are held
Tuesday and Sunday from 8 to 9 p.m. and Thursdays from 8:30 to
9:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2217 Theta Street. For
information, call 713-204-2481.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday through Friday at 7
a.m. at the First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont
Parkway, in the Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-487-8787 for
information, or just drop in.
9:30 a.m.
Young at Heart Club – Meets the second and fourth week of each
month at Covenant United Methodist Church, 7900 Fuqua. Lots of
activities, trips, etc. Call Nellie Galney at 713-991-3517 for more
information.
10 a.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking) – Provides
support for family and friends of alcoholics or addicts. Wednesday at
10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont
Parkway, Room 232. Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
11:30 a.m.
American Business Women’s Association Bay Area Vision
Chapter – Now meets at Perry’s Italian Grill, 1001 Pineloch in
Houston on the second Wednesday of every month. For more information or to R.S.V.P., call Lorilyn Wynn at 281-388-5202.
4 p.m.
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free exercise held from 4 to
5 p.m. at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 2535 E. Broadway/FM518
in Pearland. Visit www.hapsonline.org for a complete list of services
offered.
6 p.m.
Un Dia a la Vez Alanon Group (Spanish speaking) – Provides
support for family and friends of alcoholics or addicts. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church,
Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Room 232. Call 281-487-8787,
or just drop in.
Alzheimer’s Support Group – The free group meets the second
Wednesday of each month at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital.
For more information, call Steven Williams at 281-929-4199 or 713266-6400.
6:30 p.m.
Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Intervention Center – Domestic
violence support group for male survivors meets each Wednesday at
210 S. Walnut off NASA Parkway. Call 281-338-7600 for information.
Participants may join at any time as this is an open group.
7 p.m.
Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Intervention Center – Confidential
domestic violence support group for women meets every week. For
information, call 281-338-7600 or visit www.bayareaturn ing point.
com. BATP is located at 210 S. Walnut off NASA Parkway between
Interstate 45 South and Highway 3. The 24-hour crisis hotline is 281286-2525.
Bay Area New Democrats – Meet at the Clear Lake Court House at
16603 Buccaneer Drive, across from the new Clear Lake Library. For
more information, contact John Cobarruvias at john.cobarruvias@
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14
7 a.m.
AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” each Tuesday through Friday at 7
a.m. at the First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 1062 Fairmont
Parkway, in the Cornell Conference Room. Call 281-487-8787 for
information, or just drop in.
9:30 a.m.
NASA Aglow Community Lighthouse – meets the second Thursday
of the month at 9:30 a.m. at the Lighthouse Fellowship of Friends, 144
Park Avenue in League City. The public is welcome and encouraged
to bring others to the interdenominational meeting.
11:30 a.m.
ABWA - Southeast Express Network – American Business Women’s
Association-South meets on the second Thursday of each month at
MiMi’s Cafe in the Pearland Town Center, 11200 Broadway Street,
#1600. Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $20 and includes networking with professional business women, lunch and guest speaker.
Women of all ages and occupations are invited. Bring plenty of business cards. Reservations are appreciated. Contact Monica Perez at
mlynnperez2002@yahoo.com for reservations, or visit the Web site at
www.seen-abwa.org.
Noon
Houston Area Parkinson Society – Free water exercise from noon
to 1 p.m. at Clear Lake Rehabilitation Hospital, 655 E. Medical Center
Blvd. in Webster. Visit www.hapsonline.org for a complete list of services offered.
6:30 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Sunday, Thursday and Friday at 6:30 p.m.
at First United Methodist Church, 1062 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena,
Fellowship Hall 4. Call 281-487-8787, or just drop in.
8:30 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous – Alcohol problems? AA meetings are held
Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., and Sundays and Tuesdays from 8
to 9 p.m. at St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, 2217 Theta Street. For
information, call 713-204-2481.
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Playoff scenarios involving Dobie
At present, Dobie has qualified along with Pearland
to represent District 22-5A in the Class 5A Division
I playoffs. Meanwhile, North Shore has captured the
Class 5A Division I top seed out of District 21-5A.
Dobie and Pearland will play for the Division I top
seed Nov. 8 at The Rig in Pearland. If Dobie wins, it
would play either Deer Park or Beaumont West Brook,
both possible No. 2 seeds out of 21-5A, in the first
round of the playoffs.
If the Longhorns lose to Pearland and fall into the
Division I No. 2 seed slot, they will take on North
Shore for a third consecutive season. In the two previous matchups, the Mustangs won handily.
In Texas high school football, Class 5A and Class
4A programs are sent to Division I and Division II
brackets based solely on stated school enrollment figures.
In other words, first through fourth-place district
finishes no longer factor into things once the postseason begins..
The state playoffs call for each of the district’s No.
1 seeds in Class 5A to face off against No. 2 seeds in
the first round. There are no No. 1 vs. No. 1 matchups.
Dobie eyes Pearland matchup after crushing Texans 54-3
Dobie’s varsity football
team figures to have plenty
of confidence entering its
second-place
showdown
with host Pearland Nov. 8 at
The Rig.
Quarterback Joe Gonzalez and tailback Adoniz
Thomas combined for
five touchdowns as the
Longhorns won their third
straight District 22-5A
matchup, a 54-3 blowout.
When things got out of
hand so quickly, the Dobie coaching staff had the
chance to field players who
hadn’t made their way onto
the game program’s roster.
The win, coupled with
Pearland’s surprising 42-7
blowout loss to Manvel,
leaves both teams at 5-1.
The
Dobie/Pearland
matchup should be dubbed
the “We don’t want to play
North Shore” contest, given
that the loser will face the
state-ranked Mustangs in
the first round of the playoffs. The winner will draw
either Beaumont West
Brook or Deer Park.
Regardless of whether
one is a Dobie fan or one
who roots for the Oilers, a
Dobie victory will be considered an upset. The simple facts say Dobie hasn’t
defeated Pearland in a game
in this decade or last.
Then again, the Dobie
offense is playing at a pace
that closely resembles that
of the 2010 district championship team.
Gonzalez seemingly improves with each game, and
Girls’ hoops openers
CB hammers Chavez;
Dobie falls at F-wood
The Clear Brook varsity
girls’ basketball team got
off to a hot start on opening night Nov. 5, crushing
Houston Chavez 58-30 on
the road.
Chassidy Harris led all
scorers with 19 points as
the team won its first game
under the leadership of
first-year head coach Garrett Hilton.
Twon Mackey added 14
points for the Lady Wolverines, and Alex Box had 12.
Clear Brook, a playoff
qualifier last season, started
off a bit slow but came up
big in the third quarter to
pull away.
“It was a good way to
open up the season,” Hilton
said. “We started off slow
but had a little separation at
the half and came out and
put the game away in the
third period.
“We showed flashes of
very good basketball but
also showed spurts of sloppy as well.”
Next up for Clear Brook
is an appearance at the
Baytown Tipoff Classic, including a first-round game
against George Ranch.
“This weekend will be
a really good test to let us
know exactly where we are
because the tournament is
stacked with some great
teams,” Hilton said.
Dobie’s varsity girls’
basketball team opened the
season with a road game
against Friendswood, falling 51-13
With just two varsity
players back from last sea- Dobie had its rushing attack in high gear once Rashaad Randall (22) gains the edge against Rayson, Dobie’s inexperience
again against the Sam Rayburn Texans, collecting burn’s Javier Martinez (13) in the first half. Randall
showed. The team had 29
442 yards on the ground in a 54-3 victory Nov. 2 at carried the ball just five times but had a 74-yard
turnovers in the game.
Pasadena ISD’s Veterans Stadium. Above, Dobie’s touchdown run along the way. Photo by Gary Williams
Dobie volleyball makes area round
Continued from Page 1B 10 and 19-12 along the way, ber Nguyen was terrrific in
kill attempt also fell way out,
Dobie got to within 24-23.
Dobie eventually tied it at
24-all and then won it at 2725 after Franklin’s kill try
clipped the net and fell into
a wide open middle for the
winner.
After dropping the third
game, Dobie controlled the
fourth. Building leads of 17-
Dobie was threatened briefly
at 21-15 before closing it out.
After an hour and 50 minutes of play, Franklin had had
enough. She simply took over
to become one of the stars of
the bidistrict round.
Dobie also got a great
night from setter Kaitlyn Kindred as well as hitters Sady
Olguin and Riley Miller. Am-
the back row.
Now it’s on to the area
round against District 24-5A
champion Clear Falls.
Dobie is trying to reach
the regional quarterfinal
round for the first time since
2003 and will have to play its
best match of the season to
do so. Franklin and her teammates will be ready.
The Dobie blocking duo of Amanda Bates (17) and Jai Franklin (10) goes high
to challenge a North Shore shot during the Lady Longhorns’ bidistrict playoff
win Nov. 5 at Pasadena Memorial High School.
Lady Gander tipoff awaits Dobie,
Clear Brook basketball programs
The Dobie and Clear
Brook varsity girls’ basketball programs will be part of
the 20-team field at the Lady
Gander Tip-off Classic, set
for Nov. 7-9 at Baytown Lee
High School.
It will be the first tournament appearance for both
teams as they and the remaining 18 teams look to build
early season momentum.
Dobie will take on host
Baytown Lee in a first-round
game Nov. 7, at 11 a.m. From
there, Dobie will face either
Katy or Galena Park.
Clear Brook has drawn
George Ranch in a firstround contest. Those two
teams will face one another
Nov. 7, at 12:30 p.m.
Brook will then go against
any number of four teams in
the second round.
Other programs in the
tournament include Baytown
Sterling, Clear Falls, Clear
Lake, Concordia Lutheran,
Cypress Lakes, Dawson, Galena Park, Galveston Ball,
George Ranch, Goose Creek
Memorial, Katy, Kingwood
Park, Pearland, Terry, Westbury and The Woodlands.
Top contenders for the
championship game could be
Pearland, Dawson or Concordia Lutheran.
The Texas Association
of Basketball Coaches rates
Pearland No. 5 in Class 5A,
while Dawson is No. 18 in
Class 4A. Concordia Lutheran opened the season at No. 5
among large private schools.
Baytown Lee Tipoff Classic
Nov. 7-9, Lee High School
Dobie vs. Baytown Lee
Nov. 7, 11 a.m.
Brook vs. George Ranch,
Nov. 7, 12:30 p.m.
the trio of running backs
that includes Thomas, Darobie Stenline and Rashaad
Randall has caused plenty
of headaches in recent
games.
Texans no match
With the Pearland game
coming, Dobie head coach
Jim Phillips no doubt hoped
to get as many players as
possible on the field against
the Texans – especially with
senior day festivities having
been held prior to the game.
Phillips got his wish.
The outcome was never in
doubt.
Sam Rayburn opened the
game with a bit of trickery,
delivering an onside kick
that would have worked had
it not slipped through the
grasp of a Texan player.
Instead, the Longhorns
set up shop at their own 46yard line and needed just
three plays to score.
Gonzalez ran for 26
yards on the game’s first
offensive play and then
covered 27 yards for the
touchdown two plays later.
The conversion kick was
missed, but Dobie led 6-0.
A 3-yard Rayburn punt
helped start Dobie’s next
scoring drive later in the
quarter. Starting at the Texans’ 25-yard line, Dobie
needed two plays to find
paydirt.
This time, Gonzalez
went 20 yards for the score.
Rayburn’s Samson Tamijani kicked a 41-yard field
goal as the Texans closed to
within 13-3 on the second
play of the second quarter,
but that was it for the Texans.
Gonzalez later scored
on a nifty 62-yard keeper,
giving him three carries for
130 yards and three scores
at that point.
Thomas got in on the act
later with a 1-yard plunge
for a 27-3 lead and then
saved his best effort for a
highlight reel maneuver.
With just 20 seconds
remaining in the first half,
Thomas took a pitch at his
own 20-yard line and headed down the right sideline.
Leaping over a Rayburn
defender at about the 30yard line, Thomas brought
the Dobie crowd to its feet
by racing the remaning distance for an 80-yard touchdown run.
Randall had a 74-yard
touchdown run in the second half.
After that, Dobie sent
sophomore quarterback Tyler Giron into the game for
his first-ever varsity play.
He completed both of his
two passes.
Jonathan Webb, seeing
his first varsity action at
tailback, added a late 6-yard
touchdown burst.
So it’s on to Pearland
for the Longhorns’ biggest
game of the season – at least
until next week.
The Oilers have owned
the rivalry but will face a
Dobie team that has plenty
of weapons on offense and a
defense that has played well
all season. Let’s do it.