South Belt-Ellington Leader Thursday, March 18, 2021

Email: mynews@southbeltleader.com www.southbeltleader.com Vol. 46, No. 7Thursday, March 18, 2021

Sagemeadow holds election

The Sagemeadow Homeowners Association

will hold an election for the position of vice-chair,

Saturday, April 3, from 10 to 2 p.m. The election

will be held at Sagemeadow Park, 11219 Sageyork

Drive. Nominations will still be accepted in person

at the monthly HOA meeting, Thursday, March 18,

at 7 p.m.; also at Sagemeadow Park. The details of

the election and the position can be found on the

website, https://sagemeadow.org All homeowners

of Sagemeadow are urged to participate. For any

questions, email at info@sagemeadow.org or leave

a message at 832-377-0847.

Drive-thru fish fry held

St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church, 11011

Hall Road, will host a drive-thru ﬁ sh fry Fridays

through March 26, 4 to 7 p.m. in the rear parking

lot. Dinner consists of a breaded USA catﬁ sh fried

ﬁ llet, hush puppies, corn on the cob, French fries,

tartar sauce and a drink. Baked ﬁ sh ﬁ llets are avail-

able in limited quantities. Cost is $10. Cash and

credit are accepted. All money raised will beneﬁ t

KC local and community projects.

COVID numbers continue

As of Wednesday, March 17, there were 118

conﬁ rmed deaths among South Belt residents

due to the COVID-19 pandemic, up four from

the previous week. Reporting of deaths related

to COVID-19, however, may be delayed by lo-

cal ofﬁ cials.

Of the 5,190 conﬁ rmed cases in 77089 (to-

tal population: 53,866), 247 remain active. To

date, 49 from the ZIP code have died from the

disease, no increase from the previous week.

In 77075 (total population: 43,933), 120 of

the 3,747 conﬁ rmed cases remain active. A total

of 35 from the ZIP code have died, an increase

of three from the previous week.

Of the 3,851 conﬁ rmed cases in 77034 (to-

tal population: 40,532), 116 remain active. To

date, 34 residents from ZIP code 77034 have

died from the disease, up one from the previ-

ous week. According to Harris County Public

Health ofﬁ cials, the vast majority of the fatali-

ties suffered from pre-existing health issues.

Countywide, there are 366,192 total con-

ﬁ rmed cases. Of those, 349,720 have recovered

from the disease, while 12,981 cases remain ac-

tive. A total of 3,473 deaths have been reported

in Harris County.

Statistics are updated daily and include num-

bers from within both the Houston city limits

and throughout Harris County. To view an in-

teractive map, visit publichealth.harriscountytx.

gov/Resources/2019-Novel-Coronavirus.

Beltway closures planned

At least one eastbound Beltway 8 frontage road

lane will be closed from Furman to Scott Street/ Fel-

lows Road daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Satur-

day, March 27.

At least one northbound and one southbound Belt-

way 8 frontage road lane will be closed from Vista to

SH 225 daily from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and nightly

from 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Sunday, April 4.

At least one northbound and one southbound

Beltway 8 frontage road lane will be closed at Spen-

cer Highway continuously through 4:30 p.m. Friday,

March 19.

The closures are associated with the ongoing proj-

ect to widen Beltway 8 from two to four lanes in each

direction.

Gulf Freeway closures set

Two alternate northbound and southbound main

lanes and frontage road lanes on the Gulf Freeway

will be closed from NASA Bypass/NASA Road 1

to SH 96 daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and nightly

from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Friday, Dec. 31.

At least one northbound and one southbound

lane on the Gulf Freeway will be closed from FM

517 to FM 518 in League City daily from 9 a.m. to

3 p.m. and nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. through

Wednesday, March 31. Closures may intermittently

affect two lanes of trafﬁ c and include alternate en-

trance and exit ramp closures.

At least one northbound and one southbound

lane on the Gulf Freeway will be closed from FM

2004/Camp Wallace Access Road to FM 519/Main

Street in La Marque daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and

nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Wednesday,

March 31.

The northbound exit ramp from the Gulf Free-

way to NASA Bypass/NASA Road 1 will be com-

pletely closed through Friday, Dec. 31. Motorists

wishing to access these intersections may exit using

the exit to FM 518 and proceed on the northbound

frontage road to the intersections or exit using the

Bay Area Boulevard exit ramp, then make a U-turn

and travel south to the NASA Bypass or FM 528.

Two alternate northbound and southbound main

lanes and frontage road lanes on the Gulf Freeway

will be closed from IH 610 South Loop to Broad

Street nightly from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. through Friday,

Dec. 31. Both the northbound and southbound en-

trance and exit ramps between IH 610 South Loop

and Broad Street will be closed nightly from 9 p.m.

to 3 a.m. though Friday, Dec. 31.

The closures are associated with an ongoing

construction project to widen the freeway from

three to ﬁ ve lanes in each direction and the frontage

roads from two to three lanes in each direction.

Kirkwood Civic set March 25

The Kirkwood Civic Association will meet on

a conference call meeting March 25 at 7 p.m. The

phone number is 605-475-6006; access code:

4382419. Visit the Facebook page of Kirkwood

Civic Club or call Ericka McCrutcheon at 281-

989-9990 for more information.

K of C hosts blood drive

Knights of Columbus Council 9201 is hosting

a blood drive at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic

Church Social Hall, 11011 Hall Road, March 21,

8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. COVID-19 protocols (masks

and social distancing) are observed. Make an ap-

pointment online at https://www.commitforlife.org/

donor/schedules/drive_schedule/323998. Drop-ins

are welcome and will be assigned an appointment.

For details, call Val Comeaux at 713-582-5358.

Neighbors save 7 from house fire

Meeting set for March 26 on controversial school

A house caught ﬁ re around 1 a.m. Sunday, March 14, on Sagedowne near Beamer. Seven

occupants, including four children and three adults, were saved from the burning home by

the actions of four heroic neighbors. The victims were renting the house and were not cov-

ered by the homeowner’s insurance. They lost nearly everything in the blaze. The Leader

is assisting the family recover from the incident. Pictured below, the heroes responsible for

saving the lives of the occupants are, left to right, Ivan Madrigal, Jorge Cardenas, Chris

Cardenas and Alejandro Almaguer. Chris was treated at the hospital for an injury he in-

curred while breaking a window as he was attempting to wake the family.

Luna dies in off-duty cycling accident

Houston ﬁ reﬁ ght-

er and longtime South

Belt resident Walter

Luna died the evening

of Tuesday, March 9, in

an off-duty cycling acci-

dent.

A 1989 Dobie grad-

uate, Luna was an engi-

neer/operator at Houston

Fire Department Station

72D in the Clear Lake

area and served more

than 26 years with HFD.

At press time, the speciﬁ c details of the inci-

dent were not made available.

“On behalf of the @HoustonFireDepart

ment, our deepest condolences to the family

of Engineer Operator Walter Luna who was

killed today in an off-duty cycling accident,”

HFD Chief Samuel Peña said in a tweet fol-

lowing the accident. “E/O Luna served the city

of @HoustonTX for 26.5 years; last stationed

at 72D. Please keep the Luna family in your

prayers.”

See related obituary on Page 2.

HPD investigates Genoa shooting

ther. Statements indicate there was a disturbance

that escalated into a shooting.

The male shooter, 67, and another family

member in the room at the time of the shooting

provided statements and are cooperating fully

with detectives.

At press time, no arrests had been made.

Harris County District Attorney’s Ofﬁ ce, de-

termined the case would be presented to a grand

jury.

Houston police are investigating a fatal shoot-

ing that took place around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday,

March 9, in the 12100 block Palmton Street near

Fuqua and SH 3/Old Galveston Road. The case

will be referred to a Harris County grand jury.

The victim, Wesley Doss, 42, was pronounced

deceased at the scene. According to police, ofﬁ -

cers were dispatched to a shooting call at a resi-

dence at the above address and were advised that

Doss had been shot once by his elderly stepfa-

County clerk moves to full operations

County facilities can and should continue to

operate in their current manner with all safety

protocols in place. All county guidelines regard-

ing employee and public conduct at county facil-

ities can and should continue to remain in place.

A complete set of guidelines is here. All persons

entering any county facility, including employ-

ees, contractors and members of the public, are

required to:

– Wear a face covering (unless medically un-

able or under the age of 2).

– Submit to a temperature screening and suc-

Continued on Page 3

Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth an-

nounces that all County Clerk’s ofﬁ ces will be

moving toward full operations. This comes after

Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order that goes into

effect on March 10, lifting the mask mandate in

Texas and increasing businesses and facilities’

capacity in the state to 100 percent.

“I am concerned about the new ruling, but I

hope that people will do the right thing to protect

their health and the health of others,” said Hud-

speth. “County administration is evaluating the

order but has given us initial guidance regarding

general operations.”

State Rep. Dennis Paul will host a public

meeting at 6 p.m. Friday, March 26, at Melillo

Middle School, located at 9220 Hughes Road,

to address the future status of the controversial

charter school in the Riverstone Ranch subdivi-

sion, which has remained half-constructed for

several years, causing many complaints from

residents who view the property as an eyesore.

The meeting has been months in the making,

as event organizers said ofﬁ cials from the charter

school have been less than cooperative in agree-

ing to participate in the forum.

Under construction for more than ﬁ ve years,

work on the new charter school in the River-

stone Ranch subdivision has once again come to

a standstill, frustrating many residents that have

long opposed the project.

Located on a nine-acre site on Riverstone

Ranch Road at Kirksage, the property was set to

house the Elite College Prep Academy

– River-

stone, a branch of Houston Gateway Academy.

At press time, it remained unclear why con-

struction was halted, as multiple calls from the

Leader and Paul’s ofﬁ ce to both the school and

its attorneys went unanswered. The campus has

been dormant, however, for several months –

well before the current COVID-19 scare.

This is not the ﬁ rst time work has stopped on

the school, as construction has been met with

problems since it began in 2015.

Contract disputes have been cited multiple

times for work delays. The validity of these

claims is suspect, however, as the local campus

has been the target of multiple criminal investi-

gations. Court records further indicate the school

has been the target of multiple civil suits for lack

of payment.

In April 2019, the former head of the school,

along with another employee, were indicted on

multiple federal charges, accused of stealing

hundreds of thousands of dollars from the cam-

pus.

Former Houston Gateway Academy Super-

intendent Richard Garza was charged with one

count of conspiracy, two counts of theft con-

Continued on Page 3

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years of covering South Belt

Walter Luna

Vandals damage Bishop Park gazebo

Constable ofﬁ cers from the ofﬁ ce of Jerry Garcia are investigating damage caused by van-

dals in Bishop Park on Blackhawk late Saturday night. A minimum of $5,000 damage was

done. Clear Brook City Municipal Utility District which manages the property for the

district’s taxpayers is seeking information on the damage. CBCMUD is offering a $200

reward for information leading to the arrest of the vandal(s). Anyone with information on

this case should call Sgt. Robert Sanchez at 281-481-9189.

Fatal shooting near Almeda Genoa

Houston police are investigating the fatal

shooting of a male that took place about 12:25

a.m. Saturday, March 13, in the 9800 block of Fa-

biola Drive near Blackhawk and Almeda Genoa.

The identity of the victim is pending veriﬁ ca-

tion by the Harris County Institute of Forensic

Sciences.

According to police, ofﬁ cers were dispatched

to a shooting call to the above address and located

the victim unresponsive in the roadway. Paramed-

ics were called and pronounced the male dead at

the scene. A witness reported seeing a light-col-

ored, four-door sedan driving away from the area

shortly after the gunshots were heard.

Anyone with information in this case is urged

to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-

308-3600 or Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-

222-TIPS (8477).

The Shell gas station located in the 12500

block of Beamer at Scarsdale was robbed at gun-

point around 3:15 a.m. Saturday, March 6.

According to ofﬁ cials from Harris County

Precinct 2 Constable Jerry Garcia’s ofﬁ ce, the

store clerk reported that a black male with a full

face mask and gloves displayed a handgun and

demanded the money from the cash register. The

clerk complied giving the suspect $1,200 in cash.

Robbery at Scarsdale Shell

The suspect then ﬂ ed the scene on foot, heading

north on Beamer.

Deputies canvassed the area but were unable

to locate the suspect. Investigators said there was

surveillance footage of the robbery.

Anyone with any information on this case is

urged to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Of-

ﬁ ce at 713-221-6000 or Crime Stoppers of Hous-

ton at 713-222-TIPS (8477).

Easter egg hunt set in COVID style

This will mark Garcia’s ﬁ rst time participat-

ing in the family event since being elected this

past November.

The Clear Brook City MUD is also co-hosting

the function.

According to Delgado, 1,000 bags of candy

will be available to area children.

The Easter Bunny will also be present at the

function, organizers said.

Out of health concerns, the event will include

just one entrance and one exit. All COVID-19

safety protocols will be in place.

For the ﬁ rst time in the event’s 30-year history,

the annual Harris County Easter egg hunt – set to

take place from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, March

27, at El Franco Park, located at 9400 Hall Road

– will be a drive-thru function this year due to

COVID-19 fears.

Hosted by Precinct 1 County Commission-

er Rodney Ellis; Precinct 2, Place 1 Justice of

the Peace Jo Ann Delgado; and Precinct 2 Con-

stable Jerry Garcia, the event was completely

canceled this past year due to the ongoing pan-

demic.

Family with 4 children needs help

A South Belt family is in need of assistance

after their home on Sagedowne near Beamer.

was destroyed by ﬁ re early Sunday, March 14.

Three adults and four children, were asleep

in the house at the time of the blaze but were

saved by heroic neighbors, who broke win-

dows to gain access into the ﬁ ery home.

Those in the home at the time of the ﬁ re in-

cluded two adult visitors and a mother and her

three children.

Two of the family members suffered from

minor smoke inhalation and were treated by

paramedics at the scene.

The contents of the home were not insured.

The family was renting the home.

The family is now currently staying in an

apartment with a relative but is in need of a

more permanent housing arrangement, as well

as baby supplies and clothes.

Fireﬁ ghters from Houston Fire Department

Station 70 were the ﬁ rst responders to arrive at

the multi-alarm incident shortly before 1 a.m.,

ﬁ nding that all seven occupants had been safe-

ly extricated from the home by neighbor Jorge

Cardenas, his brother Chris Cardenas and their

uncles Alejandro Almaguer and Ivan Madri-

gal.

Chris Cardenas lacerated his arm on a win-

dow during the rescue, requiring stitches.

Jorge Cardenas was humble in his role as a

hero. “We just did what we had to do,” Carde-

nas said.

Cardenas’ mother is an employee at Stuch-

bury Elementary, where one of the ﬁ re victims

is a third-grade student, along with Cardenas’

son. The other three child victims are 3 years

old and younger, including a newborn.

Upon their arrival, emergency crews saw

heavy smoke coming from the rear of the house

and were able to determine it was a wind-driv-

en ﬁ re.

According to HFD Station 93 Capt. Joshua

Vogel, it appeared the ﬁ re started on the patio

of the residence, before being blown into the

home by strong winds.

“It looks like right now, maybe something

back there may have gotten knocked over or

started in the back patio,” Vogel said at a press

conference outside the home. “It swirled for a

bit, then started charring, then moved into the

house.”

At press time, the exact cause of the ﬁ re

was still under investigation.

Vogel said ﬁ reﬁ ghters were able to quickly

extinguish the blaze.

“We went out the back and we were able to

go inside and prevent the ﬁ re from spreading

to the rest of the house,” Vogel said.

Despite the ﬁ reﬁ ghters’ best efforts, howev-

er, the Davonda Brown family lost nearly ev-

erything in the blaze.

The Leader is accepting donations to help

the family in their recovery efforts.

“The most important thing for us right now

is housing,” said ﬁ re victim Davonda Brown.

“If anyone knows homeowners or is a home-

owner and would like to help, we will be able

to pay rent moving forward but just ask for a

little leeway with the moving process. Oth-

er things we could use are diapers size 3 and

pull-ups size 4. We may also need a storage

unit and a truck for box truck to move what-

ever we may be able to salvage and store. But

any help is much appreciated.”

To contribute, email mynews@southbeltlead

er.com or [email protected].

Page 2, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Thursday, March 18, 2021

In My Opinion

Weld sorry to learn ID;

misses Popeye!

I miss Popeye! Does anyone know what

happened to Earnest, the little man who sold

newspapers at the beltway and Sabo? He was

such a nice man. We often stopped to buy a

paper that we had no intention of reading just

to get a smile and a kind word from him. I think

Sagemont Church must have taken him under

their wing. He often had a sign promoting the

church. Suddenly he was gone. I hope nothing

happened to him.

On another note, I was disappointed to see

the mystery donor of roses identiﬁ ed. It made a

much better story when it was an anonymous

person. I believe it was an extremely nice thing

to do, and he is to be commended, but mystery

man is much better. David R Weld

Jackson’s reasons

to be up beat

I agree with Marie that a little happy news

would be welcome. Perhaps by looking for the

positives in all the negatives we face daily we

can indeed ﬁ nd some happy news. Not to

diminish in the least the sadness of job losses

for some, but others have been able to work

from home, spend time with family, and avoid

the time and stress of rush hour trafﬁ c.

While COVID hasn’t miraculously gone

away as once thought, there is perhaps light

in the tunnel as vaccines now exist and are

made more available. And being taken. Per-

haps soon we can reach the desired herd

immunity level. With infection levels dropping

the lockdown has been lifted. And, in spite of

some reluctance, most of us continue to wear

masks in public out of respect to each other

and to prevent a possible resurgence. But we

are out again.

Many of us have been able to increase

donations to our favorite charities as we are

not spending as much on travel, gas, enter-

tainment, dining out and other discretionary

items. Even the killing freeze had an upside.

Now we will have an opportunity -and ex-

cuse- to spend more time outside rebuild-

ing our gardens during Houston’s fabulous

Spring weather.

Also the power outages and frozen pipes

gave us a chance to check on -or be checked

on by- neighbors, to see if all was well or if

help was needed. The neighborhood bond

grew stronger.

Certainly the past year has been a bad

one by any standard, but it’s also giving us

another chance to show who we are as indi-

viduals and a community. Usually we’re test-

ed by hurricanes and ﬂ oods, and we’ve met

all they had to offer and came out better for it.

The happy news is we rise to the chal-

lenge: We’ve done it before and we will do it

again.

Ed Jackson

Bailey sets record

straight on PISD

It must be Pasadena ISD School Board

election time again. I have been hearing some

disparaging claims regarding the district in sev-

eral regards that are simply not true. One ridic-

ulous claim is that the district and the board of

trustees does not care about the kids or does

not consider what is best for the education

of the students of the district! Imagine that. I

ask you to think back with me to late August,

2017, when Hurricane Harvey ravaged our

area with 45 +” of rain over a four-day period.

It was during this time that the South Belt area

suffered extreme ﬂ ooding. Chief Tylka contact-

ed Marie Flickinger seeking her help to locate

another shelter for the South Belt area, as

Sagemont Church was no longer accessible

due to the excessive ﬂ ooding. Marie thought

she could get to Dobie HS and called Dr. Dee-

Ann Powell, Superintendent of Pasadena ISD

schools, at about 10:30 PM to ask for assis-

tance. Dr. Powell was ﬂ ooded in herself but with

the help of the Pasadena ISD Police Depart-

ment immediately arranged for two doors to be

opened electronically and Dobie HS was trans-

formed into a 5-day shelter to any and all need-

ing a safe, dry place to stay, many of whom had

to be rescued in high water trucks and boats.

Dr. Powell later notiﬁ ed the board of trustees as

to her decision and of course, we all applaud-

ed her actions. It is estimated that about 3,300

people actually took refuge at Dobie for several

days. The entire community stepped in to help

feed these folks while they were there. Dr. Pow-

ell did not hesitate to make the decision to open

the school to the kids and the families of the

South Belt community and supported several

schools in the area in functioning as disaster

relief sites for several more weeks. Pasadena

ISD stepped up in a big way during this time

and also began district wide damage assess-

ments and necessary repairs to get schools

opened safely and as soon as possible.

Fast forward to 2020 when the U. S. was

struck by the Covid-19 Pandemic. The staff

and kids left for Spring Break and did not return

through the end of the school year. Everything

changed, almost over night. District staff in all

departments were busy reworking and revamp-

ing their end of year plans as well as dealing

with personal family issues themselves. Virtu-

al school plans took precedent. Child Nutrition,

under the capable leadership of Mary Harry-

man, quickly geared up for this new reality with

their highly successful and effective Curbside

Grab-and-Go Program. Between mid- March

and August of 2020 just under 900,000 meals

(breakfast, lunch and supper) were served to

Pasadena ISD students in a drive-thru curbside

system. This school year to date, Pasadena

ISD Child Nutrition has served over 3,800,000

meals. Pasadena ISD is the only district in this

area to have served meals through holiday

breaks and Spring Break. Seven days of meals

were served on the Mondays of the Thanksgiv-

ing, Christmas and Spring breaks. As recently

as just a few days ago ﬁ ve days of breakfast

and lunch were distributed on the Thursday

before the recent ice storm in anticipation of

school closings. These absolutely heroic efforts

did not go unnoticed by the kids and families

of our community or the business community.

On March 2 Pasadena ISD was recognized as

the number 1 large school district in the Hous-

ton Kroger School Food Rankings program

and number 2 in the state. In these rankings

and recognition it was said that the district was

“selected as a top performing district for going

above and beyond to provide nutritious meals

for students, especially in times of crisis, includ-

ing the Covid pandemic and February’s winter

storm.”

I would submit to you that these are just two

examples of the many ways Pasadena ISD has

been operating as “a top performing district”

over the last several years. Excellence is ex-

pected at Pasadena ISD. Many wonderful and

effective programs are indicative of the passion,

commitment and dedication to educating each

and every student that walks through the doors

of our schools. You might ask what stepping up

in a time of disaster and Child Nutrition have to

do with a great education. My answer to that is

everything! In both of these examples the heart,

passion and dedication of our school district is

on display for all to see. These “can do” and “be-

yond expectations” examples permeates all as-

pects of the daily management and operation

of an 8,000 employee/50,000+ students district

with a $552,601,000 budget.

The current Pasadena ISD school board

plays a vital role in the vision, goal setting and

governance of the district. Notice I did not men-

tion management. Management is a role the

state of Texas has designated to the administra-

tion of its just over 1,000 public school districts.

Everyday district management is NOT and

should not be a role of the trustees singularly or

collectively.

I have seen recent social media posts from

a slate of three current candidates claiming that

when their slate of three is elected that they will

change things because “then they will answer

to us!” Nothing could be more detrimental to a

school district. The board of trustees hires one

employee, the superintendent. It is his or her

responsibility to manage the district under the

governance and oversight of the board of trust-

ees who are elected ofﬁ cials.

I could go on sharing recent Pasadena ISD

success stories and speciﬁ c accolades and

recognitions that Pasadena ISD and its current

board of trustees have received in recent years

that have come our way by virtue of the excel-

lent job being done in the education of its stu-

dents. That job starts with putting kids ﬁ rst in all

opportunities and situations that we encounter.

That is not a cliché nor a catch phrase to pay

lip service to. Every decision we make starts

with doing what is best for the kids and how we

might best educate them.

As I mentioned above there are falsehoods,

and innuendos being tossed about and repre-

sented as the truth by the three candidates call-

ing themselves the “Educators” in this election.

Since I have been on the PISD Board we have

been honored as a state ﬁ nalist school board

by HEB Excellence in Education (2015), Honor

Board of the Year Region 4 and one of ﬁ ve state

ﬁ nalists by TASA/TASB, (2019) and Technology

Education Board of the Year award for the state

of Texas, TECA (2021).

I would ask that you give the following can-

didates your full consideration in this important

election. We are dealing with the education of

our kids, our most precious asset and the fu-

ture of our community. Mariselle Quijano, Nelda

Sullivan, Noble Alix, Jr and Casey Phelan are

experienced, poised and ready to Continue the

Success of Pasadena ISD as well as the lives

of those students fortunate enough to be a stu-

dent in Pasadena ISD.

Jack Bailey

Proud Current Position 4 – Pasadena ISD

School Board Member

Hernandez advises

on face masks

Texans have a (Choice) Wear a Mask / So-

cial Distance!

Since the Pandemic started and the thou-

sands and thousands of Americans were af-

fected and dieing! Our Doctors and Nurses nev-

er had a (Choice) They just jumped right in to

the front lines to save American lives. They nev-

er asked if you were Democrat or Republican!

If you Bled Blue or if you Bled Red! No they just

put their very lives in danger, Day In, Day Out,

Month In, Month Out, and as our many Doctors

and Nurses lost their lives all across the coun-

try, They were never given a (Choice) If they

wanted to live or die. No they just kept stepping

up to the front line to save American lives at the

very risk of their own. So we have a (Choice);

Wear a face mask! Social distance!

Save the lives of our Doctors and Nurses!

By saving the lives of our Doctors and Nurses!

We are saving our own lives! Wear a mask! So-

cial Distance and save a doctor! Save a nurse!

Save the world! Please pass it forward.

Randy Hernandez

Local library events set

In case of storms or adverse weather, refer to library

website for details.

Bracewell Branch Library

Bracewell Library, is located at 9002 Kingspoint. For in-

formation, visit https://houstonlibrary.org/location/brace

well-neighborhood-library?items_per_page=200#events or for

virtual programs, visit https://houstonlibrary.org/learn-explore/

library-events or call 832-393-2580.

Bracewell HPL To Go curbside service is in operation

Contactless Curbside services, known as HPL To Go, is avail-

able by appointment Mondays, noon to 7 p.m.; Tuesdays and

Thursdays, noon to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to

4 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Customers walking or

riding a bike may also pick up reserved materials. For questions,

call circulation at 832-393-2222. To use HPL To Go:

1. Place a hold through the online catalog or by phone.

2. Receive email or phone call of notiﬁ cation prior to schedul-

ing a time for pickup.

3. Upon arrival, park and stay in the vehicle and call to notify

staff of arrival.

4. Have MY Link card number and PIN ready.

Book drop

The book drop is open. Library materials can be returned with no

overdue fees. The library continues to provide online resources so

the public can enjoy the library at home. Large items such as FLIP

kits or laptops should not be placed in the book drop. Keep those

items until further notice.

Additional resources

The Library has electronic resources, books, audiobooks, data-

bases for research, tutoring, language learning, education and parent

information for residents with a library card. To get a card, visit the

home page at www.houstonlibrary.org under Here’s What’s Happen

ing. Click on Free Resources for All to access the digital resourc-

es and a link to obtain a temporary card. Under the Here’s What’s

Happening link, the card titled Online Resources for Kids accesses

a Virtual Storytime, provided on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

at 11 a.m. The storytimes can be found on Facebook under Houston

Public Library Virtual Storytimes. Another virtual program is Craft.

Houston Public Library’s free online resources and digital ser-

vices are available 24/7 with a MY Link Library Card at www.hous

tonlibrary.org, including e-books and e-audiobooks, streaming TV,

movie and music services, online classes and tutoring and databases.

Until further notice, only electronic items are eligible for holds and

check-out. HPL has a robust collection of free e-books and audio

books. Visit the catalog to determine if a previously requested hold

selection may be in a digital format. Instructions on downloading the

e-book or audio book are on the site.

All overdue fees will be waived through June 30, 2021, retroac-

tive to March 14, 2020. While Bracewell remains closed, Wi-Fi is

still available by coming to the library standing/sitting within 6 feet

of the building. A password is not needed. Go to Settings, then Net-

work and Internet, Wi-Fi and connect to HPL – Public. HPL is not

accepting book donations at this time. Visit www.houstonlibrary.org

to ﬁ nd virtual programs and digital resources. For more information,

visit www.houstonlibrary.org to chat with a librarian 24/7, or to send

questions through HPL’s email reference.

Parker Williams Library

Parker Williams Library, is located at 10851 Scarsdale Blvd.

Visit the website at https://www.hcpl.net/branch/parker-willi

ams-branch-library or call 832-927-7870.

For tax help through AARP, call the library for an in-

formational packet that will be distributed by the library.

Patrons will be given instructions on setting an appointment

after receipt of packet.

The book drop is open. No late fees will be charged during

the library closure. Social media links are Facebook.com/Park

erWilliamsLibrary and Instagram.com/ParkerWilliamsLibrary.

Parker Williams “No-Contact Curbside Holds Pick-Up”

– After receiving notiﬁ cation that holds are ready for pickup,

call 832-927-7870.

– Have a library card number and PIN handy.

– A pickup time and instructions will be given.

– Upon arriving at the library, follow the instructions given.

– Be prepared to show library card other form of ID.

Curbside hours are: Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.;

Friday, 1– 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Visit https://www.

hcpl.net/branch/parker-williams-branch-library for details.

Online services

– Use HCPL Wi-Fi service with HCPL’s Drive-up Wi-Fi.

– Download e-books and audiobooks, stream movies, re-

search and learn at www.hcpl.net.

– Attend an HCPL program or story time online through

Facebook or YouTube.

– Check an account to renew loans or request books, e-Books,

comics or graphic novels.

– Stream classic ﬁ lms, indie cinema and award-winning doc-

umentaries on Kanopy.

– Listen to audiobooks through RBDigital or OverDrive.

– Read along and play with picture books on TumbleBooks.

Don’t have an HCPL library card? Instant access can be ob-

tained to all HCPL’s digital materials and research tools with

an iKnow Digital Access Card. Apply at https://www.hcpl.net/

services/iknow-card for a HCPL card. For details, visit https://

www.hcpl.net.

Thursday, March 18, 10:30 a.m. Virtual Toddler Time. Take

a moment to have some fun and interaction with the little one

or little ones. Join Mr. John Harbough and Mr. Jason Cruz

for a virtual Toddler Time through Microsoft Teams. Parents

are encouraged to participate to facilitate interaction. While this

program is designed for 18 months to 4-year-olds, all children

and families are welcome to join virtually. Sign up once with

a valid email address online at https://www.hcpl.net/branch/

parker-williams-branch-library to get a weekly invitation. #tod

dlertime #storytime #story #childrensbooks #reading #books

#harriscountypl #HCPL.

Friday, March 19, 1 p.m. Draw with Me. Join Ariel Perez

who tries something a little difﬁ cult, but still fun and easy to

follow. Residents will be needing pens and markers for these

videos which will be featured on Facebook and Instagram.

Friday, March 19, 4 p.m. Codenames. Spymasters. Clues.

Codenames! Join in as the library hosts an online game of Code-

names. Two teams face off and race to ﬁ nd their operatives before

the enemy ﬁ nds them. An internet connection is required. Contact

[email protected] for more information.

Tuesday, March 23, 10:30 a.m. Virtual Story Time Join Mr.

John (John Harbaugh) and Mrs. Celeste (Celeste Plew) Fami-

lies with children of all ages are welcome! This program will

be on Facebook Live and can be found at Facebook.com/Park

erWilliamsLibrary#storytime #story #childrensbooks #read

ing #books #harriscountypl #HCPL

Tuesday, March 23, noon. Drawing with Ariel Perez for vir-

tual fun and easy cartoon drawings featuring various doodles,

numbers and letters. This video will be featured on Facebook.

com/ParkerWilliamsLibrary and Instagram.com/ParkerWil

liamsLibrary.

Wednesday, March 24, 1 p.m., Spanish storytime with

Jason Cruz. The video will be on Facebook.com/ParkerWil

lamsLibrary and at 3:30 p.m., for ages 16 and older, Dungeons

& Dragons is Online. Join Tanner Adams online. No prior expe-

rience is required. Email tanner[email protected] for details.

New Covenant Christian Church

Day Care

Christian Based Child Care

New Covenant Christian Church provides Christian

based child care for the local community. Director

Nedra Jackson and her staff are here to take

perfect care of your children while you work.

281.481.2003

www.newcovenantchristianchurchhouston.com

10603 Blackhawk Blvd. Houston, Tx 77089

Blackhawk @ Kirkfair

Now Enrolling

Deaths

Dr. Charles E. Nelson, 86,

passed away March 6, 2021, in

Webster.

He is survived by his

daughters Shelley M. Perez

and Julia L. Ulabarro; grand-

children Andrea Farrar, Jerrica

Farrar and Logan Ulabarro;

and great-grandchildren Te-

resa Castillon, Nadia Perez,

Giovani Perez, Adrian Perez,

Libby Perez, CJ Swope and

Cameron Swope.

He was preceded in death

by his mom, Florence Denham

Nelson and Edward J. Nelson;

stepmom Blanche Nelson; and

sister Barbara Carter.

Chuck was born Oct. 21,

1936, to Edward and Florence

Denham Nelson in Yakima,

Wash. Chuck’s legal blind-

ness was discovered at age 2.

Chuck attended the School for

the Blind in Vancouver, Wash.

After nine years at the school

for the blind, his mother en-

couraged him to attend public

high school. Charles went on

to graduate from high school in

1954. He insisted on continu-

ing his education and fought

hard to be allowed to attend the

University of Washington, as

their ﬁ rst blind student.

He graduated in 1958, with

a degree in elementary educa-

tion and married his college

sweetheart Shirley Haskins.

Chuck then began his career

as a ﬁ fth-grade teacher in the

Highline School District in

Seattle. Over the next few

years, he continued to amaze

his friends, family, colleagues

and students with all the elec-

tronic devises he designed and

created to improve learning in

his classroom. During the next

few years, Chuck and Shirley

added two beautiful baby girls

to their family, Shelly and Julia

Nelson.

Chuck then decided he

wanted to pursue a master’s

degree. In order to continue

his education, Chuck moved

his family to Carbondale, Ill.,

and attended Southern Illinois

University. He became the

ﬁ rst blind student to achieve

not only a master’s degree,

but also to graduate with his

Ph.D. He was then hired by the

State of Illinois Department

of Disabilities and moved the

family to Springﬁ eld, Ill. After

a few years of working for the

state, Charles was interviewed

and hired at Southern Illinois

University at Edwardsville, a

satellite school for SIU, where

he had previously attend-

ed. Chuck was the ﬁ rst blind

professor to teach at SIU-E.

Now known as Dr. Nelson, he

taught at SIU-E for more than

30 years in instructional tech-

nology. He loved teaching col-

lege and continued to excel at

his job. Chuck later retired and

moved to Deer Park to be near

one of his daughters and fami-

ly.

Chuck was a social, active

man, deeply involved in his

community. He was elected to

the public library board where

he helped to raise money, plan

and design the renovation of

the public library in Edwards-

ville. He was also voted onto

the public school board and

participated in the planning

and building of Edwardsville

High School. Another proj-

ect in which he was involved

helped bring public access

channel online for the city of

Edwardsville.

Once Chuck moved to

Texas, he found a church and

immediately became involved

with Sunday school classes,

speaking, attending men’s

groups, various service proj-

ects and many other activities

at Sagemont Church. He also

completed the Deer Park Citi-

zen’s Police Academy.

Chuck’s hobbies included

woodworking, gardening, cars,

acting, reading, wine collect-

ing, ham radio operating, com-

puters and music.

He was most happy work-

ing in his workshop, building

grandfather clocks and other

furniture, by hand.

His family and friends will

always remember him as an

extremely smart, educated man

who did not let his disabilities

set his limits. His father treated

him like any other child on a

farm, despite being blind. He

learned to do many things peo-

ple believed blind people could

not do. As a result of his par-

ent’s encouragement, Chuck

set out to show the world all

the amazing things people with

disabilities can do.

The funeral service was

held March 12 at Peevey Fu-

neral Home.

Dr. Charles

E. Nelson

Margarita

V. Aguirre

Longtime South Belt area

resident Margarita “Margie”

V. Aguirre, 89, passed away

peacefully in her Houston

home surrounded by loved

ones Wednesday, March 3,

2021, from heart and kidney

conditions worsened by a re-

cent battle with COVID-19.

Everyone who knew Margie

will miss her radiantly beau-

tiful soul and will forever

carry the deep void of her

presence.

Margarita was born June

11, 1931, in San Luis Po-

tosí, Mexico. In her youth,

Margie enjoyed working on

the family farm and riding

horses. In 1959, she wed

airmen Rudolph “Rudy”

Aguirre. She immigrated to

the United States of Amer-

ica, tenaciously taught her-

self English and joined the

hospitality industry as a

hard-working member.

Margarita fulﬁ lled her

lifelong dream of becoming

an American citizen in 2018.

Margie will be remembered

fondly for her elegant style,

the way her eyes sparkled

when she was cracking a

cheeky joke and how her

smile beamed sunshine. She

expressed her love through

food and her UT Health Sci-

ence Center Founders Fun

Fest award-winning salsa

was always a hit. Margie

shared her love of bowl-

ing with her children and

grandchildren. She enjoyed

quiet, simple pleasures like

crocheting, playing rum-

my, or tending her rose

garden. Margarita’s great-

est pride and joy was her

family. She delighted in ev-

ery minute spent with her

children, grandchildren and

great-grandchildren.

Margie’s very active re-

tirement was devoted to

volunteering with Cleve-

land-Ripley Neighborhood

Center, UT House Medics

and Pasadena Community

Ministries. In 1960, Margie

converted to Lutheranism

and at the center of her com-

munity service was Zion Lu-

theran Church of Pasadena.

Margie reunites with her

parents Abran and Leon-

arda Rodriguez; her sister

Mercedes Corrie; her broth-

er Domingo Rodriguez; her

husband; and many friends.

Margarita leaves behind

loving children Sandra Her-

nandez of Houston and Mark

Aguirre of Homberg-Efze,

Germany; grandchildren Ery-

ka Nematpour and husband

Capt. Bryan Nematpour of

Dothan, Ala; Monica Her-

nandez of Houston; Pat-

rick and Eric Aguirre of

Homberg-Efze, Germany;

grandchildren in her heart

Jason Winters and his chil-

dren of Dallas and Natasha

Winters and her children

Walter Luna, 49, was born

in Nederland, Texas, March

30, 1971. The son of Judi and

Henry Luna, Walter graduat-

ed with honors from Dobie

High School and then served

honorably in the U.S. Military

Corps. After earning three as-

sociates degrees, Walter was

pursuing a bachelor degree in

information technology at the

Walter

Luna

University of Houston at the

time of his passing. Walter was

an extraordinary husband, fa-

ther, son, ﬁ reﬁ ghter and friend.

His survivors include his

wife April; daughter Makayla

Potts and ﬁ ancé Sean Strick-

land; his mother; father-in-law

Bill Pillars; grandmother Ma-

ria Graciela Luna; sister-in-law

Robin Reed and brother-in-law

David; nephews Joshua, Bren-

dan and D.J. Reed; and many

loving aunts, uncles and cous-

ins. Walter was predeceased by

his father and his mother-in-

law Margaret Pillars.

He was a member of the

Houston Fire Department

Academy Class of 1994. An

experienced, committed en-

gineer operator, his 26-year

HFD service included a ﬁ nal

assignment at Station 72 on

the D shift. He was a proud

member of the Houston Pro-

fessional Fire Fighters Associ-

ation-IAFF Local 341. His re-

spect and love for his brothers

and sisters in the ﬁ re service

was only strengthened by the

recent years of political and le-

gal challenges.

Walter met April at the

age of 11 and they reconnect-

ed many years later through

mutual friends. April was the

love of his life. He adored her

daughter and ﬁ ancé, and his in-

laws. He strived to be a good

ﬁ reﬁ ghter and a better person.

He never forgot from where

he came, and he admired and

honored his parents, aunt and

uncle.

To his family and friends,

Walter was loyal, kind, giv-

ing and ﬁ ercely loved. He lit

up a room when he entered it.

He was a shining light. Wal-

ter enjoyed smoking a good

cigar with friends and many

wonderful times with family

members including father-in-

law Bill and Makayla, whom

he loved as his own daughter.

He was sentimental and gener-

ous with his gifts to family and

friends.

Walter also is missed by his

beloved dachshunds Guinness,

Bandit and Bella. Walter loved

his memory of Bandit’s secret

life at the ﬁ re station where, as

a puppy, he spent many shifts

in service to the city.

The Luna family is appre-

ciative for the support of the

HFD family and the Houston

Professional Fire Fighters As-

sociation.

To send ﬂ owers or a me-

morial gift, visit the South

Park Funeral Home Sym-

pathy Store at https://www.

southparkfunerals.com/store/

funeral-service?icn=desk

top_memorial_obituary_link#.

The visitation and funeral

were held Wednesday, March

17 at Sagemont Church.

of Houston; and beloved

great-grandchildren Evan,

Emmett and Tobias Nemat-

pour of Dothan.

She is also survived by

her siblings Maria Davi-

la and Nicolas Rodriguez

of Monterrey, Mexico, and

many extended family mem-

bers and friends.

A public viewing service

will take place Thursday,

March 25, from 9 a.m. until

her burial service at 1 p.m. at

Forest Park East, 21620 Gulf

Freeway in Webster. Her me-

morial service will be held

Friday, March 26 at 1 p.m. at

Zion Lutheran Church, 5050

East Sam Houston Parkway

South in Pasadena.

The family has requested

monetary donations cover-

ing Margarita Aguirre’s ﬁ nal

resting expenses be made

to the GoFundMe at https://

bit.ly/2MTqgyy or call 281-

332-3111 for payments di-

rectly to Forest Park East.

Longtime South Belt resi-

dent since 1962, Sylvia Hunt-

er Brannon, 89, went to be

with her Lord and Savior af-

ter a long battle with cancer.

At her passing, family mem-

bers were by her side.

Sylvia was born Nov. 3,

1931, to Daniel and Annie

Huett in Ravenden, Ark.

She married her ﬁ rst love

Joseph A. Hunter of N. Little

Rock, Ark., April 2, 1951.

After Joe’s passing she mar-

ried her second love, Jack

Brannon, in 1993.

Sylvia was preceded in

death by her grandparents;

parents; husbands; daughters

Patricia Hunter Scarborough,

Pamela Hunter and Paula

Hunter; and seven siblings.

She is survived by daugh-

ters Phyllis Hunter Gray and

husband James and Peggy

Hunter Hansford and hus-

band Gabe; grandchildren

Joseph Manuel, Monica Gray

Cauley and husband Nathan,

Samantha Manuel Harrell

and husband Matthew, Aman-

da Gray Duke and husband

Josh and Gabby Hansford

Gordon and husband Gaige;

great-grandchildren Nathan

Cauley, Aiden Harrell, Khloe

Duke, Emily Harrell, Olivia

Cauley and Presley Duke.

Sylvia loved bowling,

reading, gardening, ﬁ shing

and attending church.

A small graveside service

was held Friday, March 12,

where she was laid to rest at

Forest Park East Cemetery in

Webster.

Sylvia Hunter

Brannon

Linda Kay

Carswell

Linda Kay Carswell, 73,

of Pearland, passed away on

March 15, 2021, surrounded

by her loved ones. She was

born Aug. 30, 1947, to loving

parents Georgina “Clarice”

(nee Albright) and Lucius

Clifford Clark in Alpine, Tex-

as. She spent her early years

in the Rio Grande Valley and

graduated from Pan Ameri-

can University of Texas-Pan

American (now University of

Texas Rio Grande Valley) after

deciding to become a teacher.

She met Bob Carswell in

1981 and they were married on

July 5, 1982. Linda taught En-

glish for 38 years and retired

from Hastings High School in

Alief. She spent much of her

free time with family and her

grandchildren. She was an

avid reader, loved crossword

puzzles, antiquing, and watch-

ing murder mysteries.

She was preceded in death

by her parents and her sister

Paula Joyce Cameron. Left

to cherish her memories are

her husband of 39 years; her

brother Russel Cameron; her

daughters Daune O’Connell,

Amanda Meyers, and Holly

Gentle; and ﬁ ve grandchil-

dren.

In lieu of ﬂ owers, the fam-

ily requests donations to be

made to Linda’s favorite char-

ity, St. Jude Children’s Re-

search Hospital at stjude.org.

A memorial service will

be held at Clear Lake Elk’s

Lodge at 623 Hanson Road,

Kemah, at 3 p.m. on Wednes-

day, March 24, 2021.

By Natalie Abarca

A member of Southbelt/

Sagemont Crime Alert Face-

book group posted Saturday,

March 13, at 12:27 a.m., that

someone tried to break into

their vehicle and then took

off in a black vehicle on

Sagewind Drive and Hughes

Road.

Another member of the

same Facebook group post-

ed a video of a lady that the

member stated she needs

help identifying. The inci-

dent happened Wednesday,

March 10 at 8:10 a.m., near

the Blackhawk Boulevard,

Carmalee, Fern Terrace and

Lettie area. The member

stated that she was trying to

give the lady the beneﬁ t of

the doubt and not make an

accusation but that the lady

took something off their

property that morning and

would like it back.

A member from the

Neighbor’s app posted that

there was a man walking

around, looking through ve-

hicle windows and asking to

be let in to charge his phone.

When the member declined

to provide assistance, the

man attempted to enter by

grabbing the door handle

and jiggling it, but the door

was locked. The incident oc-

curred Friday, March 12, on

Fuqua Street near Highway

Leader

checks out

social media

Milstead Middle School Principal Scott Pollack (left) was recently named Pasade-

na ISD’s Elementary Principal of the Year. A former longtime South Belt resident,

Pollack attended Frazier Elementary, Thompson Intermediate and Dobie High

School, graduating in 1993. Pasadena ISD Superintendent Dr. DeeAnn Powell sur-

prised Pollack at his campus with the honor. Dobie Principal Franklin Moses was

named Pasadena ISD’s Secondary Principal of the Year. Moses and Pollack will go

on to represent Pasadena ISD in the Region 4 Principal of the Year contest.

Pollack named top principal

LITURGY SCHEDULE

(Modified during COVID-19)

Saturday Vigil 5:30 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m.*

Sunday 1 p.m. Misa en Español*

*Also Available on Facebook Live

Wednesday & Friday 9 a.m.

Tuesday & Thursday 7 p.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions)

Thursday 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday 4 to 5 p.m.

Parish Office: 281-481-6816

Children’s Faith Formation: 281-481-4251

Adult Faith Formation: 713-538-2862

All are welcome to come to worship and serve the Lord

in a spirit of love, sharing, and hope.

ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST

Catholic Church

Rev. Douglas J. Guthrie, Pastor

11011 Hall Rd.

(between Beamer & Blackhawk)

www.stlukescatholic.com

March 18, 2021, South Belt-Ellington Leader, Page 3

Beverly Hills Intermediate

ofﬁ cials announced the fourth

six-weeks honor roll.

Seventh grade

Aubrey Adler, Leonela

Aguila, Jozeph Alejo, Dreagon

Alexander, Dulce Arias, Hus-

sai Arias, Alyciana Armelin

and Eduardo Arredondo.

Freddy Ayala, Brylon Bad-

ger, Mikalya Bain, Diego Bar-

ahona Martinez, Sara Berinyu

Nfor, Tanner Bo, Diana Bonil-

la and Julian Calderon Vargas.

Allen Campos, Angel

Cano, Julissa Cantu, Thien

Cao, Christian Castille, Pay-

ten Centeno, Daniel Chavez

and Zenaida Cisneros.

Tiffany Contreras, Chris-

tina Dang, Jeremiah Davis,

Katelyn De Leon, Josselyn

Delgado, Hayden Do, Gi-

zelle Escobar, Chloe Estes,

Norman Fabian Alba, Emily

South Belt Elementary announces VIPs

South Belt Elementary ofﬁ cials congratulate their

VIPs for the month of March. These students were

chosen by their teachers, based on their ability to dis-

play the character trait of the month – acceptance.

Shown are, left to right, (ﬁ rst row) Conner McCoy, Lil-

lian Mwaniki, Faith Cavazos, Thomas Duong, Mont-

serrat Sanchez, Matthew Mejia, (second row) Soﬁ a

Garcia, Arianna Yanez, Diego Ramos, Sophia Garcia,

Jake Sanchez, Camree Walker, Abby Peterson, (third

row) Heily Buendia, Alora James, Cobe Walker, Presli

Carroll, Gabriel Garcia, (fourth row) Arian Faulkner,

Arian Banda, Aaron Martinez, Mateo Mancillas, Ma-

son Rogers, (ﬁ fth row) Raiden Riley, Amber Nguyen,

Grayson Riley, Brianna Scott, Joshua Salazar and

Ruby Dent. Not shown are Ethan Brawley, Yamileth

Davila, Annabel Elmore, Michael Esposito, Madeline

Herrera, Payton Meyer, Kaynat Mian and Luna Moli-

na. Photo by Lakitha Thomas

Flores, Esbeidy Fonseca, Jor-

dyn Galloway, Karyme Gal-

van, Ethan Garay, Edward

Garcia and Johnny Garcia.

Christopher Gomez, Angel

Gonzales, Ryleigh Gonzalez,

Kaelyn Grice, Ella Guerra,

Daniela Guerrero, Joel Gutier-

rez and Alejandro Hernandez.

Ashley Hernandez, Janice

Hernandez, Michael Hernan-

dez, Mike Hernandez, Trinity

Hoang, Ami Johnson, Jordan

Johnson and Richard Le.

San Le, Jayden Lee, Fran-

cia Luengo Montano, Ilana

Luna, Nathan Luna, Peyton

Lynn, Nayelly Marqueze,

David Martinez and Eduardo

Martinez.

Evelyn Martinez, Natalia

Martinez, Xavier Martinez,

Mark Mata, Victor Mejia,

Isaac Mendez, Nelson Men-

dez and Simon Montemayor.

Nathan Montez, Zariah

Morales, Steven Morillo Ro-

driguez, Matthew Muniz,

Tommy Ngo, Andrew Nguy-

en, Anthony Nguyen and

Chloe Nguyen.

Dan Nguyen, Diana

Nguyen, Gia Nguyen, Han-

nah Nguyen, Hoang Nguy-

en, Mary Nguyen, Matthew

Nguyen and Minh Nguyen.

Michaela Offord, Nair Ol-

vera Guerrero, Ryan Pache-

co, Waleska Palacios, Isabella

Pena, Matthew Perez, Stepha-

ny Perez and Don Pham.

Hannah Pham, Mylan Pie-

dra, Cynthia Pineda, Ademay

Pol, Ezekiel Portales, Yatciry

Portales, Austin Prouse and

Jezreel Ramales.

Joaquin Ramirez, Daniel

Ramos, Mariely Rangel, Lu-

cas Reed, Kaitlyn Resendez,

Alexander Resendiz, Aileen

Rivera and Isaiah Rodriguez.

Alexander Salguero, Ja-

cob Sanchez, Erik Santillanes,

Alejandro Sauceda, Kaitlyn

Sherwood, Cameron Smith

Mikle, Savannah Talavera and

Jaiden Torres.

Bladimir Tovar, Kay-

la Tran, Mike Tran, Khang

Nguyen Duy Truong, Andres

Valdez, Arianna Vasquez,

Brandon Ventura and Theo-

dore Villarreal.

Clayton Washington,

Jai’ana Washington, Xandria

Williams, Ximena Yepez,

Yuliana Zambrano and Chris-

topher Zarate Moreno.

Eighth grade

Rachel Alonso, Abigail

Alvarez, Bryan Anderson,

Malynia Armelin, Kalel Arre-

dondo, Soﬁ a Banda, Rosette

Calvillo and Kimora Campbell.

Mia Campos, Kailee Ca-

nales, Mikera Carraway, Aid-

en Carrillo, Thomas Castelan,

Victor Chapa, Covan Chavez

and Kobi Conaway.

Avangeline Cosse, Kiana

Cruz, Eduardo Cuevas, Alexis

Davis, Khaden Davis, Antho-

ny Dinh, Samuel Errasti and

Sarah Espinal.

Bethany Espinoza, Emir

Espinoza, Jose Flores, Bren-

den Foxx, Jenny Gallardo,

Angel Garcia, Faith Garcia

and Aldemy Garza.

Alexandra Gomez, Freddie

Gonzales, Christian Gonza-

lez, Javier Gonzalez, Jayden

Hernandez, Juan Hinojosa

Vasquez, Ruben Hinojosa and

Valerie Hinojosa.

Halaina Hobbs, Addison

Idele, Heaven Jackson, Mel-

anie Jaramillo Zamora, Isaiah

Jasmine, Erron Jones, Abigail

Koplin and Ximena Leal Gar-

za.

Christopher Lopez, Fer-

nando Lopez, Mia Lozano,

Katlyn Martinez, Naomi Mar-

tinez, Samuel Martinez, Alex-

ander Medina and Joy Mena-

hem.

Daniela Mendoza, Mateo

Mercado, Miguel Mercedes,

Rayan Mirza, Jacob Mokar-

zel, Isabella Monita, Danilo

Moran and Shazia Mustapha.

Riley Nguyen To, Bruce

Nguyen, Dylan Nguyen,

Nguyen, Linda Nguyen, Ya-

naiza Nino, Lex Palm and An-

gelina Paquinto.

Soﬁ a Pastrana, Diana Pena,

Jashara Pendleton, Jacque-

line Peralta, Michelle Pham,

Khanh Phan, Jamare Philbert

and Isabelle Pichardo.

Tahllon Provost, Emili

Quinonez, Gabriella Ramirez,

Tariq Riley, Marcelo Rios,

Yainely Robles, Christopher

Rodriguez and Milly Salas.

Emily Sanchez-Fuentes,

Rhema Sanni-Thomas, Omar

Santos Fuentes, Lizbeth Ser-

rano, Cindy Su, Jasmine Sun-

ga, Jazmine Teissonniere and

Andres Tolentino.

Anabel Torres, Kyler Tran,

Loi Tran, Sarah Trinh, Sa-

mantha Tam Nguyen Truong,

Samantha Uribe, Yara Valois,

Vivian Vega and Kennedy Vil-

lafana.

De’ashia Williams, Ray

Williams, Jordi Zamudio, Mi-

chelle Zarate, Juliana Zollocof-

fer and Yuriana Zollocoffer.

Thompson Intermediate

school ofﬁ cials announced

the fourth six-weeks honor

roll.

Seventh grade

Julian Acevedo, Sure-

al Alcorta, Henry Armen-

ta Alonso, Celeste Arriaga,

Sean Arroyo, Kendall Ash-

worth, Lahnay Avendano and

Alexander Baumgartner.

Megan Bui, Kimber-

ly Castillo, Ethan Cavazos,

Alonzo Chapman, Kevin Ky

Anh Chau, Ryan Ky Giang

Chau, David Contreras and

Breunna Davis.

Dinah Dean, Daphney

DeLeon, Kenneth Domin-

guez Gonzalez, Hadi Elgha-

wi, Cooper Estes, Cheyenne

Evans, Calvin Flowers and

Parrish Ford.

Helio Frausto, Kayla Gar-

cia Cortez, Max Garza, Emi-

ly Golenko, Adam Gonzales,

Ava Gonzalez, Abel Gutier-

rez, Abigail Gutierrez and

Lance Heath.

Maddox Hernandez, Mor-

gan Hill, Isabella Labra,

Rayne Larson, Alex Le, Dan-

ton Le, Nathan-Cuong Huy

Le and Breanna Lott.

Ava Macias, Jorge Mar-

tinez, Sarah Massey, Dulce

Mejia Hernandez, Mehreen

Mortaza Mir, Aziel More-

no, Ayden Munoz and Jawad

Ngo.

Gia Nguyen, Haley Nguy-

en, Minh Nguyen, Tiffany

Nguyen, Victory Nwosu,

Thalia Oddo, Jefry Ordonez

and Jonathan Orellana

Sarmiento.

Luke Penaloza, Alex Pe-

rez, Emyly Pineda, Giovan-

ni Ramirez, Natalie Rangel,

Leila Reyes, Isaiah Solorza-

no and Alison Soriano Gon-

zalez.

Daniel Soto, Mia Sudario

Garza, Lillian Thomas, Kian

Ton, Parker Tran, Fernando

Vargas, Marissa Vasquez,

Aidan Veitia, Hector Ve-

la-Puerto, Leon Vu and Oliv-

ia Wheeler.

Eighth grade

Juliana Aguirre, Rigo-

berto Alanis, Ariana Alaniz,

Manal Aleem, Jonathan Al-

exander, Sophia Alonso, Kei-

ley Anthony, Daniel Arcene-

aux and Grace Arriola.

Jaydon Askew, Oscar

Barajas, A’nyia Beasley, Lo-

riana Betancourt Mejia, Da-

vid Bonilla, McKenzie Bon-

ner, Kaylie Bui and Miguel

Caballero.

Emily Cano, Paris Cer-

vantes, Danielle Chenier,

Miranda De La Rosa, Ale-

jandro Del Villar Rodriguez,

Kristin Do, Vyvy Do and

Abril Delaluz Dosal.

Kirsten Duong, Paul Eli-

sondo, Aniya Epps, Andre

Espinosa, Natalie Espinosa,

Gabriel Fulgado, Elizabeth

Garcia and Lauren Garza.

Max Garza, Genesis Go-

mez, Victoria Gomez, Al-

fonso Gonzales-Adame,

Yazmine Gonzalez, Emily

Grimaldo, Isabella Guajardo

and Erik Guerrero.

Patience Hayes, Emily

Henriquez, Emily Hernan-

dez, Lillian Herte, Lena Ho-

ang, Marvin Jerezano, Jake

Joslin and Reigne Knoxon.

Iakovos-Panagioti Kostik-

oglou, Yocelyn Lagos, Nata-

lia Le Goenaga, Nathan Le,

Karyme Leal, Gabriel Lopez,

Shyla Marcano and Mayte

Marﬁ l.

Alexandria Martinez,

Jorge Martinez, Juelz Marti-

nez, Rubi Martinez, Yaretzi

Martinez, Mark Massoud,

Laura Mata and Kiana Mc-

Combs.

Julian Melchor, Lucius

Monarez, Abriana Neco,

Jenny Nguyen, Ny Nguyen,

Ryan Nguyen, Trish Nguyen

and Avery Owens.

Angel Padilla, Jabez Pal-

ma, Lauro Perez, Eric Perez,

Julianne Pham, Tony Phan,

Madison Puente and Damian

Quinonez.

Ethan Ramirez Garivey,

Matthew Rangel, Jayden Re-

imer, Andre Reyes, Domingo

Reyes, Joel Reyes, Jack Her-

rera Roberts and Derek Ro-

driguez.

Katherine Sabillon-Velas-

quez, Carlos Salazar, Justin

Salazar, Luis Salazar, Isa-

bella Sanchez, Daniel Silva,

Ethan Snow and Pitou So.

Jocelyn Stringer, Tristan

Sudario, Jason Ta, Amari

Taylor, Philip Tran and An-

drew Ullman.

Joscelyn Vazquez, Isaiah

Vivier, Khanh Vu Do, Me-

gan Vu, Sophia Vu and Karis

Williams.

Beverly Hills names fourth 6-weeks honor roll

Thompson announces fourth 6-weeks honor roll

Sweepstakes trophies at UIL

Thompson Intermediate ofﬁ cials congratulate the orchestra students, led by

Mark Varian, above, for receiving two sweepstakes trophies at the University In-

terscholastic League competition. Students worked hard and put in a lot of extra

hours to make this UIL season a success.

Home Grown lecture March 18

The Home Grown lecture “All About Basil” will be present-

ed by Brandi Keller, Harris County Master Gardener program

coordinator March 18. This free virtual lecture will start at 10

a.m. Registration is required. Visit https://homegrown2021Q1.

eventbrite.com/ for additional information.

The City of Houston has

begun focusing on recov-

ery efforts and is urging

residents to report residen-

tial damage caused by last

week’s severe winter weath-

er.

Houstonians can submit

damages via the following

“Personal Property Damage

Reporting” forms including:

– An English form that

can be found at the following

link http://bit.ly/DamageRe

portEn.

– A Spanish form that can

be found at the following

link http://bit.ly/DamageRe

portES.

City urges residents to report

damages from winter storm

Affected residents are

urged to report severe win-

ter weather damage to their

homes. This will help the

City of Houston provide an

accurate summary of affect-

ed structures, which is re-

quired for the city and state

to qualify for federal recov-

ery assistance.

Additionally, it will allow

City of Houston staff to un-

derstand the type of help the

community needs as staff

coordinates local resource

with area partners.

Do not use the survey to

request direct assistance or

disaster relief.

Submitting this form is

not a way to receive aid.

Residents should contin-

ue to report broken pipes

and water mains to 311 so

that Houston Public Works

can isolate the leak.

To keep call wait times

low, report service requests

to 311 online at https://hous

tontx.gov/311 or via the

Houston 311 app.

Houston residents should

continue to visit www.Hou

stonEmergency.org for up-

dates on the city's ongoing

response to the winter storm.

Recovery resource informa-

tion is also available.

Continued from Page 1

cessfully pass the screening.

– Maintain social dis-

tancing at all times within a

county facility.

– Comply with all other

provisions established by the

county.

Last summer, the Har-

ris County Clerk’s Ofﬁ ce

opened up most of its ser-

vices to the public by ap-

pointment only, in addition

to offering many services on-

line, including electronic ﬁ l-

ing in real property, electron-

ic ﬁ ling in the courts (county

civil and probate) and per-

sonal records.

“Our ofﬁ ce will move for-

ward with all previously set

appointments but will accept

walk-ins as well, during nor-

mal business hours,” added

Hudspeth. “Customers with-

out an appointment may have

to wait as we will continue to

follow social distancing and

protective guidelines.”

Appointments for mar-

riage licenses, birth/death

certiﬁ cates, DBAs and real

property recordings are still

encouraged. To make an

appointment, go to www.

cclerk.hctx.net/Applications/

AppointmentBooking or call

713-274-8600 if one has any

questions. For other County

Clerk’s Ofﬁ ce services, visit

www.cclerk.hctx.net.

For additional informa-

tion, check them out at Har

risCoTXClerk on Facebook,

Twitter and Instagram to stay

updated about their services.

County Clerk moves

to full operations

Soaring into 2021, the

Clear Creek Education

Foundation (CCEF) is excit-

ed to announce a new virtu-

al event, Give-A-Grant rally

week, scheduled for March

29 through April 1. As the

community is aware, teach-

ers need support now more

than ever.

With the cancellation

of spring events, CCEF is

planning a virtual event fea-

turing teacher testimonies

and a call campaign to raise

funds that will go direct-

ly toward Clear Creek ISD

teacher grants. CCEF grants

provide innovative learning

materials to students of all

ages, both in the classroom

and virtually.

CCISD Give-A-Grant March 29-April 1

During Give-A-Grant ral-

ly week, CCEF will be pro-

moting their mission and ral-

lying community support in

hopes of raising $100,000.

Anyone can directly impact

students in the classroom by

donating any amount during

rally week.

All donations help CCEF

continue to inspire educa-

tional excellence across

Clear Creek ISD. All donors,

regardless of amount, will

be recognized in the daily

newsletter blast and website

page during rally week. Do-

nors who give $100+ will be

invited to award grants di-

rectly to the teachers later

this spring and donors who

donate $1,000+ get a special

shout out on social media

and recognition as a “Grand

Donor.”

“We are so excited to

host a virtual Give-a-Grant

Week,” stated CCEF Ex-

ecutive Director, Deborah

Laine. “This event truly rep-

resents everything we stand

for and our mission to sup-

port teachers and students

through innovative materials

in the classroom and online.

We know this community

loves our teachers and stu-

dents and have high hopes

this campaign will be a huge

success.”

This event would not be

possible without the support

of all the generous spon-

sors. Special thanks to the

Headline Sponsors: Chemi-

cal Process and Production,

Joiner Architects, Perdue

Brandon Fielder Collins &

Mott, Ron Carter Cadillac

Hyundai, UTMB Health

Educators Federal Credit

Union, Huckabee and Ron

Carter Cadillac Hyundai.

Anyone interested in do-

nating toward Give-A-Grant

rally week, early bird dona-

tions are welcome. Check in

daily during Give-A-Grant

rally week to see teach-

er testimonials, activities,

a tracking thermometer

and a list of all donors at

www.ClearCreekEducation

Foundation.org. Every do-

nation will count and be rec-

ognized daily.

Continued from Page 1

cerning programs receiving

federal funds, three counts of

wire fraud and two counts of

engaging in monetary transac-

tions involving criminally ac-

quired property.

Houston Gateway Acad-

emy IT specialist Ahmad

Bokaiyan faced one count of

conspiracy and three counts

of wire fraud. The pair were

accused of stealing more than

$250,000. According to in-

vestigators, Garza awarded a

$280,841.85 no-bid contract in

2014 to a company owned by

Bokaiyan called Hot Rod Sys-

tems to build an IT system at

the new campus, even though

construction at the school had

yet to begin. Bokaiyan then

allegedly wired $164,381 into

Garza’s personal bank account.

Investigators alleged Garza

used these funds to purchase

a condominium and a vehicle

and pay toward a home loan.

At the time of the indictments,

it was reported that both sus-

pects were fugitives from the

law. Garza later told the Lead-

er, however, this was untrue.

While Garza was initially

suspended from duty, he is re-

portedly now back in his posi-

tion of superintendent.

Following the criminal

charges, the school hired a new

contractor to ﬁ nish construct-

ing the new Riverstone cam-

pus, with Frost Construction

replacing Crain Group as the

project’s general contractor.

While there was some ini-

tial progress made at the site,

Frost’s work, too, soon came

to a stop.

According to the school’s

website, ofﬁ cials are seeking

a new contractor to ﬁ nish con-

structing the campus.

“Houston Gateway Acad-

emy Inc. is pleased to an-

nounce the recommencement

of construction for a new char-

ter school campus located in

Houston, Texas,” a post on the

school’s website stated. “HGA

seeks competitive sealed pro-

posals from qualiﬁ ed gener-

al constructors to complete

unﬁ nished construction of a

174,938-square-foot pre-K

– 12th-grade facility that is

approximately 40 percent con-

structed.”

The new school was to

be the fourth in the Houston

Gateway Academy system and

roughly twice the size of the

other campuses.

Plans called for a three-sto-

ry facility with such amenities

as a band hall, natatorium,

basketball gym, soccer ﬁ eld,

full kitchen and cafeteria. The

campus was designed to have

Riverstone school meeting set for March 26

the capacity to eventually

house 1,600 students.

In past issues of the Leader,

school ofﬁ cials touted the new

campus would have features

superior to its traditional public

school counterparts, including

smaller class sizes and man-

datory drug testing – for both

students and staff.

HPD features Explorer program

The Houston Police Department Southeast Division Post

8300 is offering its Explorers program every Tuesday at 5

p.m. at the HPD Southeast Patrol Station, located at 8300

Mykawa, to area youth considering a career in law enforce-

ment.

The Explorers program provides educational training pro-

grams for young adults on the purposes, mission and objec-

tives of law enforcement. The program provides career orien-

tation experiences, leadership opportunities and community

service activities. The primary goals of the program are to

help young adults choose a career path within law enforce-

ment and to challenge them to become responsible citizens.

For more information, call HPD Ofﬁ cer L.E. Anderson at

346-397-1363 or email [email protected].

Frazier offers scholarships

Frazier Elementary is offering ﬁ ve scholarships to gradu-

ating Dobie High School seniors who attended Frazier Ele-

mentary School. Applications are available at the Dobie Col-

lege Now ofﬁ ce and are due back to that ofﬁ ce by March 26.

Moore scholarships set

The Moore Elementary Student Council will offer three

scholarships to graduating seniors from Dobie High School or

Dr. Kirk Lewis Career & Technical High who attended Moore

in the fourth grade. Applications can be accessed through the

Dobie senior counselor’s ofﬁ ce website, Moore Elementa-

ry’s website and the Dobie senior counselor’s ofﬁ ce. Applica-

tions must be returned by April 15 via email to DeeDee Pitts,

Moore assistant principal, to be considered for scholarships.

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Remember When

45 years ago ( 1976)

The J. Frank Dobie varsi-

ty baseball team won second

place at the Pasadena Invita-

tional Tournament.

The Scarsdale Civic Club

presented the Scarsdale Civ-

ic Association with a propos-

al for the combining of the

two organizations.

40 years ago ( 1981)

Construction of a new

gym, a new band hall and

music ensemble rooms began

at Thompson Intermediate.

Conversion of the existing

band hall to accommodate

the orchestra department and

expansion of the existing

library were also being as-

signed.

Dobie High School Latin

students took the state cham-

pionship at the Junior Classi-

cal League Convention held

at Lamar Consolidated High

School.

35 years ago ( 1986)

A raid by ofﬁ cers from

the Precinct 2 Constable’s

ofﬁ ce, Houston Police De-

partment and the South Belt

Security Alliance conﬁ scated

nearly four pounds of mari-

juana and arrested area res-

idents Joe DeLarosa, alias

George Mendez, and wife

Maria Rincon.

Pending approval of

member subdivisions, the

South Belt coalition voted to

oppose any annexation in the

South Belt area.

30 years ago (1991)

Over a three-year peri-

od, Pasadena Independent

School District schools were

to receive six computers per

classroom.

Reigning Miss Teen South

Belt Rita Garcia won the title

of Junior Miss La Porte Ro-

deo Queen.

25 years ago (1996)

After 18 months of suc-

cessfully negotiating a Brio

superfund remedy satisfac-

tory to both the community

Three years’ worth of ne-

gotiations rose to a new level

as a proposed agreement was

presented to the Pearland

City Council. If approved,

the agreement would allow

Hughes Road to be extended

to Pearland Parkway. This

would open the door for two

new schools, a possible San

Jacinto College South exten-

sion and other community

facilities.

The Clear Brook City

MUD board of directors vot-

ed unanimously to increase

the over-65 and disabled ex-

emptions by 100 percent to

$50,000.

Precinct 2 Constable dep-

uties were busy with assaults

and family violence calls.

A resident was robbed and

shot outside his apartment on

Beamer. A friend who had

followed him home hap-

pened upon the robbery and

the two suspects left. They

later led Houston Police on a

chase but were captured after

they stopped and ran through

a neighborhood near Moss-

crest and Interstate 610.

10 years ago (2011)

In a surprising move,

Harris County Precinct 2

Constable Gary L. Freeman

announced that due to ﬁ nan-

cial reasons, his ofﬁ ce would

no longer provide contractual

law enforcement services to

areas of the South Belt com-

munity that are not incorpo-

rated by the City of Houston,

beginning April 15.

Mike Stephens, the

Pasadena Independent

School District’s athletic

director, announced his plan

to retire at the end of the

2010-2011 academic year.

His retirement brought an

and the chemical companies

charged with cleaning, rela-

tions broke off over the Brio

Site Task Force’s refusal to

pilot a study on soil vapor

extraction of volatile organic

compounds at the site.

Newly elected Houston

councilman Rob Todd re-

quested the Texas Depart-

ment of Transportation allow

for trafﬁ c ﬂ ow from Elling-

ton Field to Beltway 8.

20 years ago (2001)

A new study for a ﬂ ood

reduction plan involving

Clear Creek was initiated.

City of Houston Fire

Chief and Dobie graduate

Chris Connealy was recom-

mended for accreditation as

a member of the Chief Fire

Ofﬁ cer Designation, an hon-

or held by only 17 people in

the world.

15 years ago (2006)

end to a career in public

school athletics that spanned

35 years, including the last

14 in PISD. Stephens began

his PISD career at Dobie,

where he was an assistant

under Stan Labay. Stephens

succeeded Labay prior to the

1999 season and remained

the head coach of the

Longhorns until 2003.

Stephens then spent three

years as the PISD assistant

athletic director, before

becoming the district’s lead

man. Prior to arriving at

Dobie, Stephens spent much

of his career in the Odessa

area, where he was part of a

state championship at Odessa

Permian High School. He

also made stops in Houston

at Klein High School and

later at MacArthur High

School.

5 years ago (2016)

Former longtime Dobie

varsity football head coach

Hensley “Buzzy” Kieth died

March 13 at the age of 81.

Kieth coached at the area

school from 1985 to 1994.

During Kieth’s debut season

in 1985, Dobie went 10-0,

winning a district title.

1 year ago (2020)

Fears over the COVID-19

pandemic continued to wors-

en, forcing the closures of lo-

cal schools, businesses and

social gatherings.  ree days

a er declaring COVID-19 a

national emergency, Presi-

dent Donald Trump o ered

the following guidelines to

slow the spread of the poten-

tially fatal virus: avoid gath-

ering in groups of 10 or more

people; start homeschooling

if possible; avoid discretion-

ary travel; and refrain from

visiting bars, restaurants

and food courts. Trump also

recommended that citizens

practice social distancing for

at least 15 days, allowing 6 to

10 feet of space between indi-

viduals.  ese protocols were

reinforced by Mayor Sylves-

ter Turner who on March 16

made a similar announce-

ment, ordering that all city

restaurants, bars and night-

clubs be closed for at least

15 days. Restaurants were

to o er only takeout, pickup

and delivery options until

further notice. Both Pasade-

na ISD and Clear Creek ISD

announced they would close

all operations through April

10, 2020.

SBE names academic champions

South Belt Elementary ofﬁ cials conducted a summer ac-

ademic challenge in which they awarded students who

met their goals for reading and math. Students were

challenged to compete in the Academic Triathlon, com-

pleting at least 84 lessons in Dreambox, 630 total minutes

in IStation and 700 minutes of reading. Third-grader AJ

Rodriguez received a trophy for having the schoolwide

highest overall for all three categories. Shown (left pho-

to) wearing their medals are ﬁ rst graders Jax DeSoto

(left) and Jose Tenorio. Above, third-graders Rodriguez

(left) and Nathaniel Molina display a winning trophy

and medals. Photo by Allison Sutton, librarian

Over The Back Fence

by Alexis

SCHOOL DAZE

The following personnel and staff of the

Pasadena Independent School District cele-

brate birthdays March 18 through March 24,

2021.

Burnett Elementary

Celebrating a special birthday March 20

is Jae Lee, principal. Maria Vargas enjoys a

day of celebration on March 22.

Moore Elementary

Join in the birthday fun March 23 for

Katlyn Box. Send a birthday greeting March

24 to Kirsten Leeper.

South Belt Elementary

Warm wishes for a wonderful birthday are

sent to Chum Kim March 20. Break out the

birthday balloons and party favors March 23

for Katherine Myers and Praisy Thomas.

Stuchbery Elementary

Light the candles March 18 on a birthday

cake for Linda Reyes.

Roberts Middle School

Marking a birthday March 22 is Shelby

Tammie Little, Tonyka Smith, Cindy

Dominguez, Shanna Young and Keith

Pinchbec; Saturday, March 20: Roxanne

Wheeler, Ken Dittrich, Martinez Joaquin,

Carol Dawkins, Al Vanek, James Leslie,

Martha Heinrich and Sheri Rose; Sunday,

March 21: Suni Ballard, Jamacia Zabala-

Gonzalez and Joseph Block; Monday,

March 22: Kristy Poole, Maria Ybarra,

Michael Hansen, Edwin Watson and Gary

Hooks; Tuesday, March 23: Cindy Kiessling,

Monica Garza, Michael McKissick and

James Lucadou; and Wednesday, March

24: Jessica Faulkner, Jaime Napoli,

Rainbow Montenegro, Larry Bischof and

Michelle Noble.

LEADER WANTS YOU IN THE NEWS

Email anniversary, vacation, con-

gratulations, etc., to mynews@south

beltleader.com with OTBF in the subject line

by Friday noon for the next week’s publi-

cation. For birthdays, type “OTBF: Friends

Celebrate Birthdays” in the subject line.

Willis. Break out the birthday cake and ice

cream March 23 for Melissa Hargrave.

Thompson Intermediate

Blow out the candles for Travis Meyer

March 24.

Dobie High

Mallory Castillo and Meredith Williams

celebrate a happy birthday March 18. Warm

birthday greetings are sent to Jennifer

Johnson on March 19. The day for cake

and ice cream for Leanna Foster is March

20. Light the birthday candles on March 21

for Carol Declercq. Robert Francis marks

a birthday March 23. Break out the bal-

loons and party favors March 24 for Angela

Gaston and Emily Lyons.

FRIENDS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS

Thursday, March 18: Orenia Craven,

Gina Rodriguez, Meredity Jones, Derek

Jones, Jodi Johnston, Charlene Hardin,

Alicia Rodriguez, Josh Nance, Tristan

Soria, Andre Rohrman, Daniel Goeman

and Andrea Charles; Friday, March 19:

Dobie releases school honor roll for fourth 6-weeks

Dobie High School ofﬁ -

cials announced the fourth six-

weeks honor roll.

Ninth grade

Ivan Acosta, Viviana Acos-

ta, Elizabeth Aguirre, Rey

Aguirre, Chelsea Akinloye,

Imaad Ali, Alyssa Allen, Tiara

Allen and Adriyionna Alvara-

do.

Bianca Amaya, Sheylene

Amaya, Xitlali Araujo Silves-

tre, Cassius Arredondo Zuniga,

Michelle Avalos, Kevin Ayala,

Nico Barr, Gianna Barreiro

and Leonardo Barron Watson.

Katharina Bleith Ramirez,

Jaydon Bonilla, Arianna Bor-

rego, Camryn Broussard, Ari-

anna Brown, Alan Bui, Brook-

lynn Bush, Tristan Calderon

and Faith Calvillo.

Jorge Camacho, Kayden

Campos, Jill Canales, Caroli-

na Cantarero, Yen Cao, Cailen

Carroll, River Carroll, Max-

well Cash and Maya Castella-

no.

Julian Cavazos, Aryan-

na Chapa, Torry Chase, Linh

Chung, Julio Cisneros, Cam-

ryn Collins, Ariel Cortez Ama-

ya, Haylie Cortez and Amyiah

Cotton.

Alondra Cruz Balbuena,

Ashley Cruz, Adan Curiel,

Aislynn Curtis Brooks, Madis-

son Cuyo, Pham Dang, Mela-

nie De La Rosa, Emiliano De

la Torre Carlos and Kevin Diaz

Alvarado.

Richard Diaz, Anna Dinh,

Loi Doan, Francisco Dunn,

Vivian Duong, Emmanuel Eli-

zondo, Brian Erazo, Dylan Er-

ickson and Jorge Escobar.

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rez.

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dez, Edward Hernandez, Ethan

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ley, Sebastian King, Quynh Ky

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ly Lazo, Rachael Le, Ryan Le,

Tommy Le, Jordan Leahman,

Naima Leblanc, Xavier Lee

and Angel Limachi.

Alejandro Lopez, Joshua

Lopez, Katarina Lopez, Trinity

Lopez, David Lozoya, Melanie

Luengo Montano, Kaleb Luna,

Mercedes Luna and Han Ly.

Jennifer Ly, Julie Machado,

Alejandro Macias, Aidan Mal-

donado, Hailey Maldonado,

Cesar Martinez, Daisy Marti-

nez, Daniel Martinez and Ga-

briel Martinez.

Gwendlyn McGrew, Frida

Mejia, Darianny Mercedez,

Shaina Miles, Roselynn Moli-

na, Frida Monreal, Itzel Mon-

tanez Olan, Michael Montano

and Lesly Montoya.

Carlos Morales, Jazmin

Morales, Yessica Moreira

Ramirez, Isabel Nava, Kev-

in Navarro, Kameron Nettles,

Jessica Ngo, Linh Ngo and

Tran Ngo.

Anh Nguyen, Cindy Nguy-

en, Crystal Nguyen, Duyen

Nguyen, George Nguyen, John

Nguyen, Long Nguyen, Mason

Nguyen and My-An Nguyen.

Nghi Nguyen, Peter Nguy-

en, Quan Nguyen, Taylor

Nguyen, Terry Nguyen, Thanh

Nguyen, Troy Nguyen, Tuyet

Nguyen and Tyler Nguyen.

Vy Nguyen, Cindy Ni,

Aaryan Nizam, Valeria Nunez

Garza, Kylie Obregon, Jacke-

lyn Ochoa, Yulissa Oliva Lo-

pez, Diego Orta and Sabino

Ortiz.

Lacie Pace, Hellen Padil-

la Palacios, Ayah Palomares,

Adrian Pantoja, Abigail Panza,

Audrey Paredes, Alton Parker,

Sabrina Pector and Brianna

Pedraza.

Mary Pelekamoyo, Jazmin

Perez, Belle Perridon, An-

drew Pham, Kim Pham, Linda

Pham, Loan Pham, Vina Pham

and Annie Phan.

Ricardo Pichardo, Sariyah

Pickens, Christian Pierce, So-

phia Posey, Cymone’ Potier,

Haley Precella, Jacob Rama-

les, Arianna Ramos and Gael

Ramos.

Angelina Rapalo, Jordan

Rendon, Randy Reyes Chicas,

Amalia Reyes, Aylin Reyes,

Emily Reyes, Joel Reyes, Da-

vid Richard and Ariznelly Ri-

vera.

Ja’kayla Rock-Butler, Al-

yssa Rodriguez, Jaretsy Rodri-

guez, Jeovany Rodriguez, Juan

Rodriguez, Maryssa Rodri-

guez, Sophia Rodriguez, Itzel

Romero and Stefanny Rosales

Gaitan.

Damian Rosales, Amiyah

Ross, Meadow Ross, Kaylee

Ruiz, Melania Salazar, Valerie

Salazar, Emily Salinas, Gus-

tavo Salinas and Jorge Salinas.

Aliyah Sanchez, Jalyssa

Sanchez, Zamyra Sanchez,

Francisco Santana, Juanmanu-

el Santana, Jacklyn Santos, Al-

yson Schwausch, Isabel Sego-

via and Madelyn Sepulveda.

Malcolm Sherwood, Minza

Siddiqui, Maddisyn Sock-

well, Jesus Solache, Eric Solis,

Nicolas Soto, Malaika Tape-

la, Maximo Tapia and Kenton

Thai.

Ian Thomas, Kyler Thom-

as, Leonel Torres, Leyla Tor-

res, Kimberly Tovar, Evelyn

Tran, Kayla Tran, Lilly Tran

and Ngoc Tran.

Thomas Tran, Y Tran, Eli-

ana Trevino, Blaine Turner,

Henry Valadez, Darien Valdez,

Vivica Valencia, Liam Vasquez

and Azael Villasenor.

Jasmin Villeda, Cardin Vo,

Misa Vo, Glory Vouffo, Hallie

Vu, Mathew Vu, Mia Vu, Tere-

sa Vu and Thomas Vu.

Trang Vu, Linh Vuong,

Derek West, Ciara Williams,

Evante Williams, Antwoine

Wilson, Giselle Wittenberg,

Zoey Celinda Zaragoza and

Denise Zuniga.

10th grade

Alexis Acosta, Jordi Acos-

ta, Jalen Adams, Evelyn Agu-

irre, Lizeth Aguirre, Valerie

Akinloye, Kaylin Alexander

Hamilton, Mia Alexander and

Clarissa Alvarado.

Katherine Alvarez Benitez,

Alize Alvarez, Carlos Amezc-

ua, Xander Amparado, Ryan

Anderson, Angel Arias, Janet

Armenta, Jorge Arredondo and

Allison Arreola.

Rabab Asif, Annabella Avi-

la, Jovanni Avila, Yael Azuara,

Sydney Bailey, Kennedy

Baines, Janelle Barreiro, Ol-

ivia Batres and Sayra Beltran

Fernandez.

Houda Ben Achour, Jenni-

fer Ben-Smith, Dynasti Ben-

son, Isabel Brasﬁ eld, Jared

Brock, Noah Brock, Theresa

Burchﬁ eld, David Caballero

and Evelyn Cabello.

Jade Cabrera, Dylan Cam-

pos, Sully Cantu, My Cao,

Abigail Carreon, Jaiya Carrier,

Gavin Carrillo, Damean Caste-

lan and Linda Castelan.

Gisselle Castillo, Jasmine

Cazares Corona, Kyra Cer-

vantes, Nathanael Chapa, Aar-

on Charles, Kayla Christie,

Soﬁ a Cisneros, Alexis Cline,

Kayla Coleman and Kenneth

Collins.

Isaiah Correa, Elizabeth

Cowart, Madison Creekmore,

Amy Cruz, Soﬁ a Cruz, Anh

Dang, Diana Nguyen Dang,

Keiarra Davis Hathorne and

Emily Delgado.

Jenevie Devora, Joe Diaz

Rodriguez, Nhi Dinh, Viet-Vu

Dinh, Jenny Do, Mai Uyen

Doan, Ashley Dunn, Abel Es-

pinoza and Leslie Espinoza.

Hayden Feil, Fernando

Flores, Kaylee Frank, Ma-

tia Franklin, Tristan Fuentes,

Megan Gallegos, Andres Gar-

cia Covarrubia, Gracie Garcia

Turner and Ariana Garcia.

Arturo Garcia, Brianna

Garcia, Jasmin Garcia, Julis-

sa Garcia, Noah Garcia, Aly-

sia Garcia-Garza, Alec Garza,

Ashley Garza and Damian

Garza.

Gabriela Garza, Natalia

Garza, Oscar Garza, Shairis

Gil Rodriguez, Kameron Giv-

ens, Melanie Gone, Ariana

Gonzales, Julianna Gonzales

and Kylee Gonzales.

Hannah Gonzalez, Vane-

li Gonzalez, Victoria Gonza-

lez, Wilson Gonzalez, Ravin

Harvey, Dibanhi Hernandez,

Emma Hernandez, Emmanuel

Hernandez and Fernando Her-

nandez.

Marianna Hernandez, San-

dy Hernandez, Victor Hernan-

dez, Eleanne Herrera, Nigel

Hill, William Ho, Trisha Ho-

ang, Nevan Hulse and Ryan

Humphrey.

Chance Hurd, Ashley

Huynh, Kim Huynh, Cassidy

Idele, Gloria Immaculate, Jaid-

ia James, Victoria Jasso, Leslie

Jimenez and Ian Johnson.

Justice Johnson, Bianca

Kinder, Shemora Laﬂ eur, Isa-

bella Lara, Douglas Lawson,

Brandon Le, Hue Le, Thalia

Le and Mauricio Leal.

Angel Leon, Juanmanu-

el Leon, Jennika Lim-Tom,

Greydi Logan, Ashly Lopez,

Santiago Lopez, Hoang Long

Luu, Ivan Mariscal and Emily

Martinez.

Eyanna Martinez, Yair Mar-

tinez, Braxton Mayo, Tashjae

McCann, Zachary McKenzie,

Angelica Medina, Cindy Me-

dina, Julissa Melenciano and

Jacob Mikulski.

Connor Mohwinkel, Maria

Monge Hernandez, Marilyn

Montalvo, Andrea Montano,

Jacob Montez, Deanne More-

no, Mario Moreno, Shishira

Moreno and Alexandra Moya.

Isela Munoz, Aubree My-

ers, Mia Naranjo, Nhi Ngo,

Anh Nguyen, Daniel Nguy-

en, Dylan Nguyen, Huyhoang

Nguyen and Jonathan Nguyen.

Kelly Nguyen, Mason

Nguyen, Ngoc Bao Chau

Nguyen, Ngoc Tran Ky Nguy-

en, Ryan Nguyen, Steven

Nguyen, Thai Nguyen, Vivi-

an Nguyen and Vy Vu Tuong

Nguyen.

Carlie Nix, Samantha Oli-

vas, Haley Olsen, Ju’dah Oro-

biyi, Dominic Ortiz, Steven

Oviedo, Ingrid Pasasin, Syd-

nee Pector and Jordan Peralez.

Erin Perez, Jaden Pham,

Dang Phan, Vivian Phan, Da-

vid Pichardo, John Pozo, Na-

than Proctor, Thessaly Quin-

tana and Alissa Ramirez.

Antonio Ramirez, Claris-

sa Ramirez, Destiny Ramirez,

Marlee Reed, Sandy Reyes,

Jacob Reyna, Anneliese Rich-

ardson, Curtis Rivers, Ronaldo

Rodriguez Roman and Alejan-

dro Rodriguez.

Deanna Rodriguez, Fabian

Rodriguez, Mariana Abril Ro-

driguez, Yariel Rodriguez, Ma-

rissa Rojas, Eva Rubio, Emily

Salazar and Leyla Salazar.

Jessica Saldana, Alisa San-

chez, Charles Sanchez, Evelyn

Sanchez, Nya Sanford, Cier-

ra Santee, Emerson Sarabia,

Rainy Sciba, Karina Serrano

and Neyvia Soliz.

Christopher Soza, Car-

rick Steans, Emilee Sulak,

Savannah Taplin, Alexis Tay-

lor, Adrieanna Terry, Cornell

Thompson, Trinh Tieu and

Jade Tran To Nguyen.

Irene Torres, Karen Torres,

Luis Torres, Rachel Torres, An

Tran, Britney Ngoc Vy Tran,

Carol Tran, Hien Thi Tran and

Khanh Tran.

Khoa Tran, Nhat Tran,

Thang Nguyen Tran, Tiffany

Tran, Vincent Tran, Johnathan

Trott, Camden Turner, Giselle

Valencia and Vianca Valencia.

Alan Vargas, David Vidal,

Ashley Villagomez, Katherine

Villarreal, Cardin Vo, Natalie

Vo, Lay Vong, Khoi Vu and

Minh Vu.

Phu Vu, Kimberly Vuong,

Ariana Walls, Kaitlyn Webb,

Travis Webb, Maria Wence,

Evelyn Wheeler, Jacob White

and Elijah Williams.

Ainsley Willis, Derrick

Woodley, Abigail Yanez,

Shunia Young, Jared Zamudio

and Emily Zuniga-Aguilera.

11th grade

Bayan Abdeljawwad, An-

gelica Acac, Eris Acosta, Nico-

las Acosta, Victoria Acosta,

Kemi Alade, Sahidul Alam,

Adalynn Alanis and Montser-

rat Alba.

Julissabeth Alfaro, Jaidyn

Almaguer, Naydelin Almagu-

er, Alfredo Alvor, Abraham

Amaro-Diaz, Emily Amezcua,

Rafael Argueta, Hussiel Arias

and Jonathan Arizpe.

Ublester Arroyo Espinoza,

Khamani Ashby, Keegan Ash-

worth, Marco Ayala, Jazmyne

Backman, Karlie Barba, Nick-

olas Baron, Jordan Barrett and

Andre Barrientos.

Miguel Bazaldua, Raul

Belman, Brian Blanco, Bri-

anna Blanco, Kendall Brown,

Gabriella Campo, Daniela Ca-

nas Ortiz, Kaitlynn Cantu and

Amy Cao.

Ricky Cao, Ashley Castel-

lanos, Alani Chapa, Mercedes

Chapa, Mya Chapa, Alyssa

Chapman, Jasmine Chew, Joe

Chicas and Lydia Chicas.

Amaiya Collier, Manuel

Contreras, Isaac Cortez, Asha-

ra Crum, Louis Cuellar, Malia

Curry, Fernanda Davila, Lu-

cinda Davis and Trajan Davis.

Michael De La Garza,

Alonzo De Leon, Karina Del

Villar, Blessing Ekwe, Mo-

hamed Elghawi, Analaura

Elizarraras, Precious Ellison,

Micaela Escobar and Priscilla

Espinoza.

Jacob Estrada, Taelor Faux,

Nayely Faz Urias, Pedro

Flores, Kevin Franco, Sarahy

Franco, Evan Fuentes, Selena

Galicia and Celeste Gallardo.

Katie Gamez, Alexis Gar-

cia, Alexis Garcia, Cassandra

Garcia, Isaac Garcia, Ramiro

Garcia, Adalie Garza, Alejan-

dro Garza and Annabelle Gar-

za.

Michael Garza, Timothy

Giang, Adrianna Golden, Bri-

ana Gomez Portillo, Kayla Go-

mez, Gloria Gonzales, Alyssa

Gonzalez, Andrea Gonzalez

and Isaac Gonzalez.

Ivan Gonzalez, Jesus Gon-

zalez, Leslie Gonzalez, Ma-

rio Gonzalez, Paris Gonza-

lez, Ronnie Gonzalez, Serena

Graham, Daniel Grajales and

Cameron Gray.

Damarcus Groves, Salma

Guerrero, Dahira Gutierrez Ol-

vera, Briana Gutierrez, Estevan

Guzman, Scotlynn Hamilton,

Emam Hassan, Hailey Hen-

derson and Alexis Henriquez.

Elijah Hernandez, Emily

Hernandez, Guadalupe Her-

nandez, Kyaana Hernandez,

Leslie Hernandez, Niklas Her-

nandez, Rodolfo Hernandez,

Annie Herrera Welchez and

Pedro Herrera.

Bryson Hicks, Sanaiya Hill,

Phuc Hoang, Thu Hoang, Sar-

rionna Hobbs, Mia Horton,

Andrew Huynh, Thuat Huynh

and Tina Huynh.

Jennifer Ibe, Emily Igle-

sias, Elliyah Jackson, Kiera

Jackson, Kyra Jackson, Remi

Jackson, Nicole Jasso, Aynaiya

Jones and Ladarius Kiel.

Natalia Knight, Anh Ky,

Christofer Laygo, An Le, Anh

Khoa Le, Jimmy Le, Thong

Minh Le, Tracey Le and Con-

nor Leach.

Ayana Lee, Emily Legaspi,

Kevin Lewis, Brandon Licea-

ga, Isaias Lira, Elissa Lopez,

Xavier Lopez, Ayanna Love

and Gabriela Lozano.

Alexandra Luna, Keena

Magana, Jasmine Maldonado,

Payton Manuel, Trixie Mar-

quez, Ariana Martin, Karen

Martinez, Lael Martinez and

Lexi Martinez.

Natalie Martinez, Celina

Mata, Brynn McHugh, Emma

McKenzie, Ashlyne Medina,

Christian Medina, Jimena Me-

dina, Crystal Mejia and Leyda

Mendoza Hernandez.

Katelyn Mendoza, Devin

Molina, Marcus Momie, An-

drew Montano, Luis Montes,

Anny Morales, Crystal Mo-

rales, Edwin Moreno and Jesa-

lynn Moreno.

Shayla Morrison, Avry

Munoz, Tjasa Murray, Alexia

Nettles, Johnathan Ngo, Brian

Nguyen, Grace Nguyen, Jac-

lyn Nguyen and Jeenny Nguy-

en.

Kathleen Nguyen, Lilly

Nguyen, Linh Nguyen, Natalie

Nguyen, Quan Nguyen, Tai

Thai Nguyen, Thien Nguyen,

Thu Ngoc Anh Nguyen and

Tommy Nguyen.

Tung Quang Nguyen, Vic-

toria Nguyen, Huong Hoang

Thuy Ninh, Salma Nunez gar-

za, Andrea Nunez, Nicholas

Ochoa, Damaris Oder, Mikay-

la Okafor and Deja Oldacre.

Sairi Oliva Leal, Angel Ol-

iva Lopez, Jose Olivares Al-

colea, Natalie Onozie, Patrick

Ortega, Abigail Ortiz, Celeen

Ortiz, Diego Osuna and Daniel

Pacheco Melgar.

Isabella Padilla, Christian

Padua, Jeremiah Palma, Han-

nah Pang, Alejandra Perez

Chavez, Fernando Perez, Na-

talie Perez, Amy Pham and An

Tran Truong Pham.

Ashley Dang Pham, Jason

Pham, Kristyn Pham, Tina

Pham, Valerie Phonxaya-

linkham, David Piere, Ashley

Pineda, Nicole Portillo and

Javon Portis.

Kori Pounds, Aiden Pro-

vost, Isabela Pruneda, Sindy

Puerto Oseguera, Joel Queza-

da, Marilee Quiroga, Henneisy

Quiroz, Josue Ramales and

Victoria Ramirez.

Alexandra Ramos, Dakarey

Ramsay, Santiago Resendiz,

Arianna Reyna, Adrian Rios,

Victoria Rivera, Keasia Robin-

son, Vanessa Rocha and Lisette

Rodriguez.

Megan Rodriguez, Issys

Romero, Ashlyn Ross, Angel

Saenz, Kayla Salas, Paris Sal-

darriaga, Haley Salinas, Emily

Sanchez and Ilianna Sanchez.

Santos Sanchez, Victoria

Sanchez, Bryan Santacruz,

Aaron Sargent, Jacqueline

Sauceda, Kelly Saucedo, Ryan

Saxton, Rickey Schreier and

Maya Scott.

Soniya Semien, Roselin

Serrano, Amira Shephard,

Jaelan Sherman, Ahmed Sho-

baki, Metzli Silva, Peyton

Smith, Alexa Snow-Eaton and

Piseth So.

Galilea Solis, Gerardo So-

lis, Celeste Spiller, Kevin Su,

Giselle Suarez, Natalie Suarez,

Huxley Taganahan, Rosmery

Torres Lara and Brandon Tor-

res.

Diego Torres, Eleezabeth

Torres, Francisco Torres, Jon-

athan Torres, Jose Torres, Va-

nessa Torres, Anh Phuong

Tran, Annette Tran, Eric Tran

and Lilly Tran.

Nhi Tran, Thu Minh Tran,

Tracy Tran, Vanessa Tran, Vi

Tran, Violet Tran, Julian Tre-

vino, Han Truong and Kailey

Tsikis.

Trinity Tucker, Jacob Val-

ladares, Genessis Valtier-

ra, Kristal Vargas, Daniela

Vazquez, Celene Velasquez,

Melanie Velazquez, Emilio

Villarreal and Fernando Villar-

real.

Luis Villarreal, Melanie-Tu

Vo, Michael Vouffo, Hailey

Vu, Hoang Vu, Huy Vu, Kath-

leen Vu, Ngan Thanh Vu and

Ngan Thi Kim Vu.

Paul Vu, Quan Vu, Cyrae

Washington, Xavier Williams,

Aspen Woods, Heidi Ybarra,

Michael Zambrano, Natalie

Zeledon and Nevaeh Zermeno.

12th grade

Jacob Acevedo, Gail Aﬂ a-

lo, Maliha Akhter, Bryan Al-

barran, Anna Allen, Cristina

Alonso, Elias Alvarez, Brelea-

na Anderson and Jayla Arenas.

Jaqueline Arredondo, Lylah

Arredondo, Maritza Arreola,

Maryam Badr, Jeremiah Bal-

lard, Jonathan Banda, Kristen

Barba, Trinity Barber and Ali-

yah Barreiro.

Annaya Belton, Briana

Benavides, Jasmin Benitez,

Kaitlyn Bess, Carlos Bonilla,

Melisa Bonilla, Corey Britton,

Elizabeth Bui and Julia Bui.

Tony Bui, Danielle Bul-

man, Evan Cadena, Renata

Cadena, Khadryan Caldwell,

Esmeralda Calvillo, Alberto

Campa, Julissa Campos and

Matthew Campos.

Yarline Campos, Rayden

Canales, Jacob Canil, Gizelle

Cardona, Roman Caretela,

Jhancarlos Carpio, Grace Cas-

taneda, Juan Castaneda and

Sarah Charles.

Jadyn Chavez, Kimberly

Chavira, Jalissa Clavijo, Han-

nah Collazos, David Corte,

Ivana Coto, Alisha Countee,

Colton Cox and Alexandra

Cuba.

Danny Dang, Marshall

Dang, Tyler Dang, Amaya

Daniels, Kalicia Davis, Alyssa

Day, Yelizavet De La Cerda,

Jacob De La Rosa and Antho-

ny De Leon.

Jade De Robles, Zachary

Dehoyos, Isabella Delgado,

Geriah Derouen, Daisy Diaz,

Laura Diaz, Vinh Diep, Myri-

hael Diggs and Celene Duong.

Brittany Duran, Abby

Duron, Kimora Edwards, Di-

ego Escamilla, Erick Escobar,

Drake Escobedo, Francisco

Estrada, Gavin Feeley and Ra-

ven Finister.

Krystal Flores, Lizbeth

Flores, Lizeth Flores, Miliana

Flores, Johann Galvan, Devin

Gamez, Andrew Garcia Her-

nandez, Alexander Garcia and

Damian Garcia.

Francisco Garcia, Isaac

Garcia, Andrea Garibay, Alys-

sa Garza, Brissa Garza, Jay-

lynn Garza, Savannah Garza,

Vanessa Garza and Zachary

Glover.

Wesley Godwin, Alyssa

Gomez, Roy Gomez, Anasta-

sia Gonzales, Alberto Gonza-

lez, Andrea Gonzalez, Daisy

Gonzalez, Kitana Gray and

Darren Groves.

Aixa Guerra Gomez, Xavi-

er Gutierrez, Kevin Harris,

Erica Hay, Briana Haywood,

Christopher Hernandez, Cindy

Hernandez, Emily Hernandez

and Eric Hernandez.

Ethan Hernandez, Joseph

Hernandez, Karisa Hernan-

dez, Sarah Hernandez, Shelsea

Hernandez, Carlos Hernan-

dez-Chavarria, Thomas Herre-

ra, Joseph Hinojosa and Ylise

Hinojosa.

Jennifer Ho, Amy Hoang,

Quang Hong, Jaylne Hum-

phrey, Diarra Hypolite, Deaira

Jackson, Briana Jamaica, Luis

Jamaica and Aries Jimenez.

Ambreon Jones, Casey

Junkin, Briana Keim, Kassan-

dra Keller, Danae Kostikoglou,

Mikayla Lagos, Thao Lam, Va-

nessa Lam and Ryle Lawson.

Victoria Lazo, Ha Le, Lew-

is Le, Thiminhkhoa Le, Tony

Le, Andrionay Lee, Jesus

Leon, Evelyn Lien, Abel Li-

machi. Jesse Limas, Tarzis

Lobos, Chanel Lofton, Les-

lie Longoria, Aaliyah Loosa,

Yoselin Lopez Alfaro, Mauri-

cio Lopez, Nathan Lopez and

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Dobie boys’ soccer dynasty wins seventh straight crown

A loss to Deer Park

Feb. 5 left the Dobie var-

sity boys’ soccer team at

1-2 and in win-now mode

in the District 22-6A race.

How did the six-time

defending league cham-

pion program respond?

Nine consecutive victories

gave the Longhorns the

maximum 27 points down

the stretch.

The final three points

came courtesy of a 5-0

win over South Houston

March 12 at Veterans Sta-

dium in Pasadena as the

Longhorns claimed a sev-

enth straight title for the

program at 10-2-0.

In the clincher over

South Houston, Isaac Cor-

tez tallied his team-best

21st goal and Alejandro

Vigil had a hat trick with

three goals. He added an

assist.

Kevin Guzman had a

goal and an assist, and Ja-

hir Arias, Jordi Garcia and

Natanael Delgado dished

assists as the Longhorns

again used a team effort to

score the win.

Dobie will next face

Kingwood, the No. 4 seed

out of District 21-6A,

in the bidistrict playoff

round. Final details are

yet to be determined, but

a likely date is March 26.

Back in 2014, head

coach Justo Manrique de-

buted with the Longhorns

and saw his fourth-place

team lose to Deer Park

in the bidistrict playoff

round.

Since then, Dobie has

hoisted seven consecutive

District 22-6A crowns.

The pinnacle came in

2017 with a Region III

championship and 6A

state semifinal match ap-

pearance.

From 2015, Man-

rique-led Dobie title teams

have 83 district wins with

just five losses and 12 ties.

Eighth straight win

Dobie’s march to the

top continued March 2

with a 4-1 win over Sam

Rayburn as four different

players netted goals.

Jahir Arias, Oscar Me-

drano, Max Parra and Jon-

athan Torres scored for

the Longhorns, who land-

ed their eighth straight

victory in league play.

Isaac Cortez had two

assists and Parra and Me-

drano fed goals at Veter-

ans Stadium.

In the final league

standings, Channelview

was second with Pasade-

na third and Deer Park

fourth.

of the seventh, sent Deer

fans home happy after vic-

timizing Perla and Dobie

with a two-run, walk-off

home run with one out in

the bottom half.

Applebe’s heroics gave

Deer Park a 3-2 win and

the early edge in District

22-6A action, while Do-

bie will have a week off

to regroup before facing

Memorial March 23 at the

Pasadena ISD complex.

Pitching controlled the

action for much of the

night at Deer Park. Perla

allowed just three hits and

a run through six innings,

while Deer Park’s Hannah

Benavides struck out 10,

pitching into the sixth in-

ning.

With Dobie down 1-0 in

the top of the sixth, Jasmin

Benitez tied the game with

a double.

The Lady Longhorns

then took a 2-1 lead in the

top of the seventh as Perla

opened things with a single

and eventually scored on a

passed ball.

Three outs from a huge

win, Perla allowed a lead-

off double to Haidyn Hard-

castle in the bottom of the

seventh.

One out later, Applebe

lined the game-winner over

the wall in left field for the

win as Deer Park celebrat-

ed its return to District 22-

6A with a walk-off.

Hernandez homers

As expected, the Lady

Longhorns rolled past

Pasadena 15-0 over four

frames March 2 as Karisa

Hernandez had a three-run,

inside-the-park home run

to lead a 14-hit attack.

Claire Ramirez drew the

start in the circle and went

the distance, allowing just

one hit and striking out

seven.

Eight of Dobie’s 14 hits

went for extra bases in the

game as the locals scored

seven runs in the first in-

ning and five more in the

third.

Gabby Galvan was 3 for

3 and scored two runs, and

Hailey Henderson had two

hits and scored three times.

Marisa Perla scored

twice and knocked in three

runs, and Shellie Fergu-

son drove in two runs and

scored once as the locals

made it a short night.

At 2-1, there’s a lot of

softball to go.

Deer walk-off softball win

stuns Dobie in 22-6A duel

A two-season break in

the district rivalry between

Deer Park and Dobie did

little to diminish the inten-

sity and drama as the two

programs again engaged in

a thriller March 12 at Deer

Park.

Deer Park reliever Madi-

son Applebe, who watched

Dobie’s Marisa Perla score

the go-ahead run in the top

Clear Brook junior Camryn Dickson starred at the

Clear Creek High School Reuben Jordan Classic

March 12, resetting her meet record in the 200 dash

and also winning the 100. A time of 12.13 seconds

got her the win in the 100, and she then claimed the

200 with a new meet record of 24.00. Dickson’s 2020

time of 12.026 still stands as a Jordan Classic meet

record. According to Texas Mile Split, Dickson’s 200

time is the state’s best thus far in 2021.

Dickson’s 200 is fastest

Dobie junior Isaac Cortez (10) finished the regular season with a team-high 21

goals in 20 overall matches and also tied for the lead with 10 assists as part of a

monster season for the 22-6A champion Longhorns.

JFD baseball wins pair in Baytown

Colton Cox homered,

doubled and drove in four

as Dobie handed Kinkaid

a 9-2 loss to cap the Goose

Creek ISD tournament as

the locals shifted to the

crux of 22-6A play with a

win.

How’s 5-9-3? That’s

what the Longhorns’ over-

all record looked like after

the completion of nondis-

trict play. Dobie is also off

to a 1-0 start in District 22-

6A action after a 1-0 win

March 2.

At Baytown, the Long-

horns made six errors in

a 10-1 loss to Kingwood

March 4 and then scored

three runs in the bottom of

the sixth inning to tie San-

ta Fe a day later.

In that one, Ryan Sax-

ton paced the Dobie of-

fense with a 3 for 4 day

that included three runs

batted in and two more

scored.

Noah Torres had three

hits and an RBI, and Cox

doubled. Christian Medina

was also 1 for 3.

Juan Estrada tripled

and doubled against Con-

roe later in the day, but it

wasn’t enough as the Ti-

gers plated five runs in the

first inning of a 7-1 win.

Cox then drove in a pair

of runs in a 5-5 tie against

Episcopal in an early

March 6 game before his

huge performance against

Kinkaid.

Also against Kinkaid,

Luis Nieves had a hit and

drove in a pair of runs,

while Matthew Castillo

got the win on the mound.

Castillo went five

strong frames, allowing

three hits and one earned

run while fanning four.

Torres blanks Trojans

Noah Torres had the

finest outing of his var-

sity career on the mound

March 2 at Dobie, blank-

ing South Houston 1-0 on

a two-hitter with 10 strike-

outs over seven innings.

Mikey Torres knocked

in the lone run of the game

in the bottom of the fifth

as the Longhorns grabbed

the win with the benefit of

three singles.

Dobie returns to Dis-

trict 22-6A play March 19

as the locals visit Chan-

nelview.

SJC baseball moves up

San Jacinto College

baseball is rising in the

ranks of the National Ju-

nior College Athletic As-

sociation’s initial Division

1 baseball rankings, ad-

vancing to spot No. 4 in

the week 2 rankings with a

15-5 record.

The Gators led off the

2021 season slated at No.

5 in the season’s week 1

ranking, up from No. 12

in the NJCAA’s Preseason

poll.

“It’s extremely early in

the season, but it’s a great

feeling to already be con-

sidered among the nation’s

best,” says San Jacinto Col-

lege baseball head coach

Tom Arrington.

“The team is more com-

mitted and motivated than

ever to come out strong and

accomplish our goals this

season after the early stop

last year.”

The team is coming off

a 2020 season interrupted

by COVID-19, where the

Gators were 21-6 (.778)

overall and 12-0 (1.000)

in conference play by

March 16, 2020, when the

NJCAA suspended all re-

maining athletic activity

for the season due to the

pandemic.

Despite the truncated

season, San Jacinto Col-

lege had six current and

former players selected

in the 2020 MLB Draft

in June 2020, and more

should come this June.

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District 22-6A

Varsity Boys’ Basketball

Most Valuable Player

Kanye Ortiz, Pasadena

Co-Offensive MVP

Chris Shelvin, Memorial

Kevin Juarez, Pasadena

Co-Defensive MVP

Kevin Juarez, Pasadena

Johnathan Baldwin, Dobie

Newcomer of the Year

Kam’ron Webb, S. Houston

Coach of the Year

Jon Pillow, Pasadena

All-District First Team

Brock Fosnight, Pasadena

Damian Garcia, Dobie

Jailyn Henry, S. Houston

Waymon Hayes, Dobie

Isaiah Gonzalez, Rayburn

Jordan Mapp, Memorial

Kentavious Dixon, Dobie

Brett Dodd, Deer Park

Josh Larry, S. Houston

Luke Giron, Memorial

All-District Second Team

Camren Fowler, Dobie

Yahir Amaro, Memorial

Harrison Black, Rayburn

Keith Marshall, Channelview

Jaylon Jackson, Dobie

Tayvein O’Guinn, S. Houston

Benito Telio, Pasadena

Zach Hawthorne, Rayburn

Dareon Fontenot, Channelview

Michael Romero, Deer Park

BHI, GAT ﬁ nish PISD track

22-6A runner-up Dobie scores all-district hoops honors

Waymon Hayes will be a top returnee for the Longhorns heading into the 2021-

2022 season as his all-district ﬁ rst-team season included eight points, six assists

and a pair of rebounds as a freshman.

Kentavious Dixon wound up on the 22-6A ﬁ rst team

as his senior season included consistent averages of

eight points, seven rebounds, two blocks and a pair

of steals. Photos by Gloria Wallace

Damian Garcia (23) was an easy ﬁ rst team all-dis-

trict performer as he led second-place Dobie with

11 points per game in the scoring column and added

seven rebounds and an assist per outing.

The Bondy girls

equaled Thompson’s dom-

inance in the boys’ divi-

sions, winning the seventh

and eighth-grade overall

team titles at the Pasade-

na ISD Track and Field

Championships March 10

at Auxiliary Stadium in

Pasadena.

The Lady Patriots

scored 143 points for the

eighth-grade win, while

Thompson was second

with 113. Beverly Hills

wound up fourth with 74

points.

Bondy also won the

seventh-grade crown with

120 points, while Thomp-

son’s 83 points were third

and Beverly Hills was ﬁ fth

with 75.

Lady Lion 8s excel

Thompson’s eighth-

grade team kept the pres-

sure on eventual champion

Bondy before eventually

settling for second place.

Twenty key points came

Thompson’s way in the

4x200 relay as the Lady

Lions scored the win at

1:59.07 behind the efforts

of Charlesaya Emerson,

Andrea Garcia, Bre’yanna

Williams and Stacie Har-

ris.

The Lady Lions also

took second in the 4x400

relay ﬁ nale as Taillyn Cur-

tis and Priscilla Martinez

teamed with Garcia and

Harris.

Harris and Alina San-

chez delivered in a big

way for the Lady Lions

in the 100 hurdles, with

gold-medalist Harris win-

ning at 18.27 seconds for

the win and Sanchez sec-

ond in a time of 20.15.

Curtis also took a gold

in the 100 dash with a time

of 14.27 as she added 10

points to the Lady Lions’

total.

Margarita Gaona was a

gold medalist for the Lady

Lions in the discus as she

was at 71-4 for the top

spot.

Williams battled the

ﬁ eld in the high jump and

claimed a silver medal at

4 feet, four inches for sec-

ond place. She was also

third for a bronze medal in

the long jump at a distance

of 13-8.

GAT 7s third

The Lady Lions’ sev-

enth-grade team wound up

its season at the champi-

onships with 83 points for

third place.

Thompson scored 20

points for its win in the

4x200 relay as Makayla

St. Romain, Natalie De

Hoyos, Audrie DeRoos

and Kristin Madise com-

bined for a time of 2:08.37.

Thompson also won the

4x200 relay and claimed

20 team points as Jada

Moore, De Hoyos, Sureal

Alcorta and Lelia Reyes

combined for a time of

5:00.00.

In the 400, teammates

Moore (1:14.26) and Jes-

sica Moise (1:16.52) were

the silver and bronze med-

alists, respectively.

St. Romain added a

bronze medal for the Lady

Lions in the 100 hurdles

with a time of 21.66 for

third place.

Likewise, the Lady Li-

ons’ Alcorta was third in

the 300 hurdles after a

clocking of 1:04.41.

BHI 7s are ﬁ fth

The Lady Bears’ sev-

enth-grade team placed

ﬁ fth with 75 points, and 20

of those came early on as

the locals won the 4x100

relay.

Audrey Volper, Chris-

tina Rodriguez, Cynthia

Pineda and My’Kaylia

Mitchell teamed in the

sprint relay for a time of

58.93 and the win.

Mitchell, having an-

chored the Lady Bears’

win in the 4x100, came up

with another gold in the

100 as she took the win at

14.10.

Keeping up the pace

in the 200 dash, Mitchell

won yet another gold med-

al for the win at 29.65.

Volper grabbed another

gold as she edged the ﬁ eld

in the 400 for the win at

1:13.03.

Not to be outdone, Bev-

erly Hills’ Jai’Ana Wash-

ington claimed the top

spot and a gold medal at

1:02.08 in the 300 hurdles.

Volper also challenged

for the win at the 1,600

distance before claiming

second and a silver medal

at 6:35.22.

BHI 8s take fourth

In taking fourth in the

eighth-grade division, the

Lady Bears got several

terriﬁ c performances on

the way to 74 points.

Beverly Hills got a huge

lift from Samantha Uribe

and Neveah Ben-Smith as

they went 1-2 in the 800

run.

Uribe pocketed gold

with a time of 3:03.38,

with Ben-Smith next at

3:07.49.

Ashley Hernandez was

the gold medalist for the

Lady Bears in the 400

with a time of 1:11.99.

The Lady Bears com-

bined for a bronze med-

al and third place in the

4x400 relay as Hernandez

was involved along with

Ben-Smith, Leyla Marti-

nez and Uribe.

Kylie Gale came away

with a bronze for third

place in the 100 hurdles at

20.59.

And at 4-0, Shala-

ci Hollis was third in the

high jump for a bronze

medal as she helped her

team.

Thompson boys dominate PISD track; BHI excels

The Thompson boys

and Bondy girls dominat-

ed the competition March

11 at the Pasadena ISD

Championships at Auxil-

iary Stadium, with the Li-

ons’ seventh-grade squad

tallying 188.5 points for

their team win.

The Lions’ eighth-

grade squad closed out its

2021 run with 126 points

for the win.

Lions’ 7s cruise

It was never close in the

seventh-grade boys’ divi-

sion as the Lions used vic-

tories in each of the three

relay events for 60 of their

incredible 188.5-point to-

tal.

In the 4x100, it was

the Lions’ Dereon Stea-

rns, Marquise Williams,

De’Marcus Hodges and

Jordan Hernandez team-

ing for the win in a time of

48.43 seconds.

Shifting to the 4x200, it

was the same four taking

the win at 1 minute, 42.69

seconds, while Williams

teamed with Jaquan Bet-

ties, Noah Villareal and

Tristian McKissick in the

4x400 event for the vic-

tory at 4:21.46, a win of

more than 14 seconds.

The Lions also did

very well in the individual

events.

Villareal scored a gold

medal in the 800 run with

a time of 2:33.60, and Am-

ari Wilks championed the

100 hurdles with a clock-

ing of 18.95.

Villareal was back at it

in the 400 as his time of

1:01.22 got him yet anoth-

er gold medal.

Hernandez, a gold med-

alist in the 4x1 and 4x2 re-

lays, scored a third for his

win at 24.60 in the 200.

A fourth gold came his

way in the triple jump as

he claimed the win at 29

feet, 10 inches, giving him

a meet high of 30 total

points.

At 9:42.59. it was Luke

Penazola with second

place in the 2,400 run,

and Hodges’ time of 12.29

gave him second in the

100 dash.

Elsewhere in the ﬁ eld

events, Stearns was a gold

medalist in the long jump

at 15-10, and Betties was

third at 14-11.

Cedric Gillespie got in-

volved with a gold-medal

throw of 102-69.

Gillespie was second

in the shot at 37-10, and

teammate Nathan Bele-

ville was third for a bronze

medal at 36-0.

At 9:42.59. it was Luke

Penazola with second

place in the 2,400 run,

and Hodges’ time of 12.29

gave him second in the

100 dash.

GAT 8s are champs

The Lions’ eighth-grade

unit used a team effort to

grab the championship in

the season ﬁ nale.

Thompson overcame

a sixth-place ﬁ nish in the

4x100 relay with as Kev-

in Elias and Julz Martinez

teamed with Adam Agui-

lar and Cameron Mathews

for the win in the 4x200

relay in a time of 1:45.90.

Mathews scored a sec-

ond gold medal for his win

in the 100 as he clocked

in at 11.72. He then con-

tinued a dominant perfor-

mance with the win and a

third gold medal at 23.19

in the 200.

The Lions’ Eric Perez

had a win in the 400 at

48.04 as he kept the Lions

rolling, and Carlos Salazar

took third for his effort of

5:47.66 in the 1,600 run.

Elias took a gold med-

al in the high jump at 5-2,

and Able Gonzalez was

second in the pole vault at

8-0.

Kaden Dilliard champi-

oned the triple jump with

an effort of 33-4 1/2, and

Theodore Washington was

the gold medalist for the

Lions in the discus at 105-

09,

Aguilar’s time of

2:30.42 gave him third

place and a bronze medal

in the 800 run.

BHI 7s are third

The Bears’ sev-

enth-grade team picked up

76 points for a third-place

tie at the championships.

The team got off to a

solid start with second

place in the 4x100 relay at

50.12 as Mark Chase, Ti-

tus Randle, Jeremiah Da-

vis and Desmond Etienne

teamed in the event.

Beverly Hills also took

second place in the 4x400

relay at 4:35.36 as Ju-

lian Calderon and Chase

teamed with Jezreel Ra-

males and Etienne.

In the individual events,

the Bears’ Andre Val-

dez was second for a sil-

ver medal in the 800 at

2:40.75, and Dynzeil Lew-

is grabbed a silver medal

for second in the 100 hur-

dles at 18.96.

Ramales was third in

the 400 with a time of

1:05.21, and Lewis’ time

of 55.42 placed him third

in the 300 hurdles.

Bears’ 8s fourth

Eighty-one points

earned the Beverly Hills

eighth-grade team fourth

place in the season ﬁ nale.

The Bears capped the

meet in style, winning the

4x400 relay as Luis Ibarra,

Christopher Jones, Dylan

Nguyen and Tariq Riley

teamed for a ﬁ ne time of

4:06.67.

Christopher Lopez’s

time of 9:07.19 was third

in the 2,400 run, and Riley

did Lopez one better as

his time of 2:29.68 earned

him second at the 800 dis-

tance.

Elvis Nguyen got in-

volved for the Bears as

his time of 11.93 was sec-

ond in the 100, and Ibarra

grabbed a bronze medal

for third at 1:01.14 in the

400. Nguyen was also sec-

ond in a time of 25.29 in

the 200.

A time of 5:42.56

landed Lopez second in

the 1,600 run, and Jones

went 5-0 on fewest tries

in the high jump for sec-

ond place as he helped the

Bears ﬁ nish strong.

Thompson seventh-grade competitor Jordan Hernandez collected the maxi-

mum of 30 points as he helped lead the Lions to the overall team crown at the

Pasadena ISD Track and Field Championships as he was part of two relay wins

and also claimed two individual golds March 11 at Auxiliary Stadium.

P/Y Giron leads Lyon to NAIA nationals

Dobie High School graduate Jade Giron is en-

joying one of the ﬁ nest seasons in Lyon College

(Arkansas) history as she leads the Scots into the

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

Women’s Basketball National Championships

beginning March 18 in Sioux City, Iowa. Lyon

College ﬁ rst won the American Midwest Confer-

ence regular season and postseason tournament

crowns as Giron was named AMC Player of the

Year and Defensive Player of the Year along with

picking up ﬁ rst team all-conference honors. The

Scots then won the NAIA Opening Round Alex-

andria Bracket in Louisiana with a ﬁ nal-seconds

60-57 victory over top-seeded Lindsey Wilson

(Kentucky) March 13 as Giron had a game-high

20 points and assisted on teammate Katie Turn-

er’s three-point play with two seconds remaining

in regulation. Giron leads Lyon College at 19.1

points and 8.6 rebounds per game as she became

the ﬁ rst Lyon player to become AMC Player of

the Year. Lyon, now 15-1 overall this season, won

its ﬁ rst conference title since the 2015-2016 cam-

paign.

Lyon College Athletics photo

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Morgan’s Janitor Service

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vices will be performed online. To join the 7 p.m.

Friday night service or the 9:30 a.m. Saturday

service, email [email protected]

to get the link. Visit https://www.shaarhasha

lom.org/shabbat-online.html for information.

8 p.m.

Serenity Now Al-Anon Group – meets at

CrossRoads UMC, 10030 Scarsdale Blvd.

Family members and friends of problem drink-

ers/addicts share, learn Al-Anon principles and

discover choices available. For details, call

281-484-9243.

Alcoholics Anonymous – meeting at

CrossRoads UMC on Wednesday, Friday and

Sunday, 8 p.m., 10030 Scarsdale Blvd. For

details, call 281-484-9243.

SATURDAY, MARCH 20

7:30 a.m.

AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” See

Thursday’s notice.

9:30 A.m.

Congregation Shaar Hashalom – See Fri-

day’s notice.

11 a.m.

Al-Anon Meeting (Women Only, English) –

For women affected by an addicts, First United

Methodist Church, 1062 Fairmont Pkwy.,

Pasadena, Cornell Conference room #111. Call

281-487-8787. Visit https://www.houstonala

non.org/for more information.

SUNDAY, MARCH 21

8 p.m.

AA – meets at CrossRoads UMC. See Friday’s

notice.

MONDAY, MARCH 22

Noon

AA – Imperfect Nooners. See Thursday’s

notice.

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Toastmasters – The Young Professionals

Southeast Toastmasters Club #05324194

meets on a virtual site at https://youngprofes

sionalstoastmasters.com/. To be a guest, select

the “contact us” button on the toastmasters’

home page to obtain access. For additional

information, contact Karen Nunn at 832-722-

9061 or Carolyn Carmichael at 832-372-3565.

7 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) – Saint Luke’s

12-Step Recovery, open meeting, education

Bldg., room 4,11011 Hall Rd. Call Jesse at

832-725-8479 or Rita at 281-309-2801.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – Vigilance

Group. See Friday’s notice.

TUESDAY, MARCH 23

7 a.m.

It is advisable to verify if face-to-face meet-

ings are being held. For Alcoholics

Anonymous meetings, visit https://aahous

ton.org/meetings; for Narcotics Anonymous

(NA) meetings, visit www.hascona.com; for

Al-Anon meetings, visit https://www.hous

tonalanon.org/online-meetings.html.

NOTE: Clear Lake Bridge Club – The club is

currently closed. Visit https://acblunit174.org/

clearlak/clean-blue-working/clearlake.html for

games or email [email protected].

THURSDAY, MARCH 18

7 a.m.

AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” Tuesday

through Friday, 7 a.m., and Saturday at 7:30

a.m. First United Methodist Church, 1062

Fairmont Pkwy., Pasadena, in Cornell

Conference room. Call 713-686-6300 (24/7) or

visit https://aahouston.org/meetings/ for more

information.

7:30 a.m.

Rotary Club of Pearland – Meets Thursdays

at 7:30 a.m. either at Pearland Chamber of

Commerce, 6117 Broadway St., Pearland,

or online on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.

us/j/81372891968. Meeting ID: 813 7289 1968.

Details are on Pearland Chamber of Commerce

website under calendar.

Noon

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) – Imperfect

Nooners Group, 3525 Broadway, Pearland, or

online at https://aahouston.org/meetings/

imperfect-nooners. Call 713-686-6300 for more

information.

7 p.m.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) – #0683

Friendswood chapter meets at the Friendswood

Methodist Church, 110 N Friendswood Dr. in the

educational bldg., room 201. Call Lynette Rin-

grose at 832-858-4617 or Dorothy Pourteau at

713-875-8820.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – Women’s

Group, open meeting, 2930 E. Broadway (FM

518), Pearland, First Presbyterian Church. Call

713-661-4200 or visit https://nastuff.com/.

FRIDAY, MARCH 19

7 a.m.

AA –“Breakfast With Bill” See Thursday’s

notice.

7 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – Vigilance

Group of NA, open meeting, 2930 E. Broadway

(FM 518), Pearland, First Presbyterian Church

(youth building). For details, call 713-661-4200

or visit www.hascona.com.

7 p.m.

Congregation Shaar Hashalom – All in-per-

AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” See

Thursday’s notice.

Noon

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) – Imperfect

Nooners. See Thursday noon notice.

7 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – Vigilance

Group. See Friday’s notice.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24

7 a.m.

AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” See

Thursday’s notice.

Noon

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) – Imperfect

Nooners. See Thursday’ss noon notice.

7 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – Vigilance

Group. See Friday’s notice.

Bay Area Turning Point Crisis Intervention

– Call 281-286-2525 (24-hour crisis hotline) for

confidential domestic violence/sexual abuse

support group for women. Visit www.bayarea

turningpoint.org for information.

8 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous – CrossRoads UMC

meeting. See Friday’s notice.

THURSDAY, MARCH 25

7 a.m.

AA Meeting – “Breakfast With Bill” Tuesday

through Friday, 7 a.m., and Saturday at 7:30

a.m. First United Methodist Church, 1062

Fairmont Pkwy., Pasadena, in Cornell

Conference room. Call 713-686-6300 (24/7) or

visit https://aahouston.org/meetings/ for more

information.

7:30 a.m.

Rotary Club of Pearland – Meets Thursdays.

See Thursday’s notice.

Noon

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) – Imperfect

Nooners Group, 3525 Broadway, Pearland, or

online at https://aahouston.org/meetings/

imperfect-nooners. Call 713-686-6300 for addi-

tional information.

7 p.m.

Kirkwood Civic Association – meets on a

conference call meeting. Call Ericka

McCrutcheon at 281-989-9990 for details. Civic

club meeting conference dial-in 605-475-6006

Access Code: 4382419. Visit the Facebook

page of Kirkwood Civic Club.

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) – Women’s

Group, open meeting, 2930 E. Broadway (FM

518), Pearland, First Presbyterian Church

(youth building). For additional information, call

713-661-4200 or visit https://nastuff.com/.

TOPS

– See Thursday’s notice.

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Sandy Lu.

Joseph Lukner, Truc Luu,

Trang Mai, Jesse Maldona-

do, Nohemy Marquez, Mi-

chelle Marr, Jesus Martinez De

Hoyos, Adrian Martinez and

Gerardo Martinez.

Jacob Martinez, Joscelin

Martinez, Lailah Martinez,

Valerie Martinez, Erin Maslon-

ka, Cadie Masterson, Malcolm

McGee, Taizhon McKinney

and Patricia Medina.

Joel Mejia, Nathaly Mejia,

Alejandro Melendez, Marcelo

Merced, Desiree Miller, Tau-

rean Millien, Ashley Miranda,

Carolina Miranda and Robert

Montano.

Alyssa Montes, Jaidan

Montes, Elias Montez, Janelle

Mooney, Aileen Morales,

Nabila Munshi, Mia Myers,

Neriah Nanez, Janah Naser

and Michael Ndudim.

Jonathan Neira, Amy Ngo,

Thien Ngoc Ngo, Alan Nguy-

en, Albert Nguyen, Andrew

Nguyen, Augustin Nguyen,

Bruce Nguyen and Diana

Nguyen.

Harrison Nguyen, Henry

Nguyen, Huy Mai Nguyen,

Jason Nguyen, Lucas Nguyen,

Phuc Thinh Nguyen, Steven

Nguyen, Tammy Nguyen and

Tan Nguyen.

Thao Nguyen, Thi Nguy-

en, Tri Nguyen, Trishta Nguy-

en, Trung Nguyen, Viet The

Nguyen, Avionette Nix, Sarah

Oba and Precious Oko.

Kyana Oliver, Bianca On-

tiveros, Celeste Ortiz, Trynidi

Pacely, Karina Palos, Phung

Pang, Maximiliano Parra,

Tristan Pedraza and Yessenia

Pena.

Jasmine Peralta, Alerah

Perea, Jacob Perez, Helene

Pham, Kevin Pham, Leyna

Pham, Mary Pham, Ky Phan

and Vincent Phan.

Destiny Pichardo, Ayan-

na Pope, Neyna Portis, Vivian

Postel, Vincent Powell, Jor-

dan Promise, Isaura Quinones,

Natalie Quinteros and Ivan

Ramirez.

Lessly Ramirez, Marc

Ramirez, Amya Ray, Jaden

Rendon, Francesca Reyes,

Austin Rhoden, Devin Rich-

ard, Israel Rico and Elvis Rivas

Hernandez.

Ivan Rivera, Lauren Rob-

inson, Baldemar Rodriguez,

Benito Rodriguez, Clarissa

Rodriguez, Denise Rodriguez,

Evan Rodriguez, Jacob Rodri-

guez and Jose Rodriguez.

Juan Rodriguez, Kaxandra

Rodriguez, Sandy Ruiz, Emily

Rummel, Celeste Salazar, Juan

Salazar, Vanessa Salazar, Alicia

Salvador and Alexis Sanders.

June Santillanes, Lendi

Santos, Marshall Scott, Alyana

Silva, Julio Silva, Amari Sin-

gleton, Kaitlin Skidmore, Klo-

ey Smith and Toni Smith.

Mia Sonnier, Tristan Soria,

Jasmine Soto, Marisa Soto,

Kendall Spafford, Madelyn

Spray, Paris Steen, Santrell

Steward and Christina Suarez.

Elyssa Sulak, Dylan Ta,

Wazha Tapela, Jared Tate,

Samuel Tinoco, Eric To, Ge-

rardo Torres, Giselle Torres

and Jose Torres.

Julio Torres, Noah Torres,

Victor Torres, Miguel Tor-

res-Velasco, Angel Tran, Deb-

orah Tran, Kathy Tran, Lili

Tran and Vy Tran.

Deeangel Trinh, Kevin

Trinh, Tien Truong, Erica Tsui,

Alexis Tubb, Joshua Turrubi-

ates, Trinity Vanek, Gia Vargas

Diaz and Marina Vasquez.

Justus Vela, Madylin Vela,

Daisy Veloz, Hilda Venegas,

Tiffany Villarreal, Hailey Ville-

gas, Diep Vo, Michael Vo and

Thuc Vo.

Anh Que Vu, Tuyen Vu,

Alexis Webber, Deanjanae

Williams, Razzmon Williams,

Jadah Willrich, Saniya Wil-

son, Hannah Woernley, Ledar-

ius Woodard, Joshua Wygant,

Jonathan Ysaguirre, Jannatun

Zaman, Emma Zapata and

Melanie Zuniga.

Dobie names school honor roll for fourth 6-weeks

Frazier celebrates Seuss’ birthday

Frazier El-

ementary

School par-

ticipated in

Read Across

America from

March 1–5

with fun dress-

up themes and

activities daily

to go with the

book of the

day. Students

and staff es-

pecially en-

joyed dressing

up March 2

for Dr. Seuss’

birthday.

Shown right are, left

to right, Mirtha Her-

nandez, bilingual

aide; Adriana Cor-

tez, second-grade

teacher; and Jessica

Vela, second-grade

teacher.

Shown right are,

left to right, sec-

ond-graders Mi-

chael Aguirre,

Mia Brown and

Evan Johnson.

Shown above are,

left to right, kinder-

garteners Aliana

Sanchez, Delilah

Dammel, Christian

Ramirez, Laura

Mejia and Alexan-

der Boone.