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Voice of Community-Minded People since 1976 September 18, 2014 Email: [email protected] www.southbeltleader.com Vol. 39, No. 33 Knights host blood drive The Knights of Columbus No. 9201 will host a blood drive in the social hall at St. Luke Local charter school met with opposition the Evangelist Catholic Church, 11011 Hall Road, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, The future charter school to be located in the existing Pasadena Independent School District Contrarily, the school will actually be held to knowledge of what was proposed until the sale Sept. 21. Riverstone Ranch subdivision has drawn the campuses all have staggered start times to avoid a higher performance standard than traditional was fi nal and a story was in the South Belt news- ire of residents in the community who fear the overlapping congestion. It is unsure at the mo- public schools as a requirement to receive its paper as an article for the area,” said Rodriguez. Dobie nominations accepted school of choice may bring unwanted traffi c and ment what measures would be taken by Gateway public funding. “The residents of Riverstone Ranch and neigh- crime to the area. to avoid such problems. Gateway’s other campuses have received sev- boring subdivisions in the area are mostly work- Dobie High School is accepting nomina- To be located on Riverstone Ranch Road at The same level of displeasure has not been eral academic honors. In multiple years, Hous- ing class citizens of Houston and just did not see tions for the 2015 Hall of Honor until Oct. 17. Kirksage, the Elite College Prep Academy–Riv- displayed in regards to proposed PISD campus- ton Gateway Academy has been recognized for or read the article that appeared in the South Belt Individuals may be nominated in the follow- erstone, which will eventually serve pre-kinder- es, as the Leader has received zero complaints outstanding academic performance by the Texas newspaper having to do with the construction of ing categories: alumni, community volunteer, garten through 12th grade, is tentatively set to about the future intermediate school to be con- Education Agency and has received the Texas another school in the Riverstone Ranch subdivi- faculty/staff/administrator, and fallen hero. open for class by fall 2016. structed in the area, pending the result of a No- Honor Circle District Award from the Texas sion and the effects that construction will have Nominations can be submitted at dobie.pasa “This area already has a problem with traffi c vember bond election. Comptroller’s offi ce. It has also been rated as on the traffi c fl ow in the area.” denaisd.org/campus_information/hall_of_ because of the 10 or 11 schools located very near The Leader has received multiple calls from Exemplary by the TEA multiple years. While the law does not require a public noti- honor. Forms are available in the front office by,” said Riverstone Ranch resident Sylvia Rod- residents who are under the misguided impres- Further, unlike other public schools, all stu- fi cation of such a project, the Gateway endeavor at Dobie. The event will be held Friday, March riguez in a letter to the Leader. “The Houston sion that the school is for troubled or at-risk stu- dents and faculty will be subject to random drug has also been on the Clear Brook City Municipal 6, 2015, in the Dobie auditorium. Gateway Academy will only add to the disrup- dents, possibly adding to area crime. screens, Gateway offi cials said. Utility District’s monthly agenda on multiple oc- tion of an already bad traffi c fl ow for the subdivi- “At the annual HOA meetings, the constable’s Despite the Leader publishing multiple ar- casions. Church offers tutorials sions on both sides of Blackhawk Boulevard and report on crime has always indicated that Riv- ticles on the proposed school over the past fi ve In an attempt to halt construction of the school, New Covenant Christian Church offers tuto- to the right and left of Riverstone Ranch.” erstone Ranch had a low crime rate,” said Ro- years, some residents feel they were not properly a group of Riverstone residents are currently col- rials to students in fi rst through 12th grade. in While there are several schools in the area driguez. “Now because of construction of the notifi ed and should have had a say in the matter. lecting petition signatures. At press time, more the South Belt area on Wednesdays. Tutorials (Dobie High School, Melillo Middle School and Houston Gateway Academy in the near future, “We also feel that the property or properties than 100 signatures had been collected (many will be conducted from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Moore and South Belt elementaries, all located there is a fear of an increase in the crime rate for sold was without the knowledge of the residents of which are from residents who admitted they within one mile of the proposed campus), the the whole area.” of the subdivisions in the area. There was no were misinformed about the proposed school). CT Church hosts festival CT Church, 9701 Almeda Genoa, will host its 21st annual Fall Festival and Market Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27, from noon to 8 Early morning fire strikes PapaGayos, Scotty’s Pub on Scarsdale p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday fea- turing shopping and craft booths, a Kid Zone with infl atables and games, food booths, live entertainment, a silent auction, and a Lil’ Tikes Parade. For information on being a vendor or activities, call 713-944-4815 or visit www. ctchurch.tv/event/fall-festival-and-market. Thompson sets drive September is Hunger Action Month, and Thompson Intermediate’s Science Department is teaming up with Cheesecake Factory at Baybrook for its fourth annual peanut butter drive. Students donate peanut butter to help support Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger relief charity. Students bring the peanut butter to their science teacher through Sept. 24. Students receive a contribu- tor certificate for their Rites of Passage presenta- tion, and a teacher specified reward. The science class bringing the most peanut butter will par- ticipate in a special lab. For information, contact Carol Waters at [email protected]. Knights sell spaghetti Knights of Columbus Council 9201 will sponsor a fundraising spaghetti dinner Friday, Sept. 26, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the St. Luke’s social hall. The menu includes all-you-can-eat spaghetti with KC 9201 pasta sauce, two handmade Italian meatballs, garden salad with Italian dressing, French bread, and iced tea or An offi ce fi re at PapaGayos on Scarsdale at Beamer spread to the restaurant’s kitchen lemonade. The cost is $7 eat in or take out. For (left), then to the adjacent Scotty’s Pub (right) early Friday, Sept. 12. The cause of the sus- children under 12, the cost is $3, eat in only. picious fi re was still under investigation at press time. During the blaze, an independent Sagemont cleanup set for Oct. 11 ESL class at Life Church cameraman working for KHOU was briefl y detained after pulling a handgun on a pair of bar regulars, who were later arrested for being intoxicated. The incident marked the “Let’s Spark Sagemont” is the combined ef- “We are going to mow, edge and clean along An ESL Class will be held on Thursday second time in less than a month that an area bar has been damaged by fi re, as Beamer’s fort of the City of Houston and the Sagemont Hughes and Beamer,” said Sagemont Civic Club nights beginning Oct. 2 at Life Church, 9900 Place suffered extensive smoke damage Aug. 31 after a nearby nail salon caught fi re. Civic Club to clean up the neighborhood and get President Julius Schindler. “Also the City of Almeda Genoa. This will be an opportunity to Photos by Marie Flickinger city laws enforced. Houston will help board up and clean a couple of learn conversational English. The class lasts six On Saturday, Oct. 11, the City of Houston will abandoned homes.” weeks and costs $50, which includes the work- sponsor “Keep Houston Beautiful Day” and is Volunteers will meet at the Sagemont Park book. To enroll, email Mike Carlen (mike.car partnering with Sagemont to have a much need- Community Center at 8 a.m. to sign in, pick up [email protected]) or call 713-910-1911 by Sept. 21. Groundbreaking planned for pond ed cleanup of the area. Continued on Page 2A Harris County and Galveston County offi cials County offi cials have agreed to contribute up to Dobie 40-year reunion set will hold an offi cial groundbreaking ceremony $10 million to the project, as it will also benefi t The Dobie Class of 1974 will hold its 40th for the new South Belt Stormwater Detention them by detaining water that currently drains to Annual Evening of Cuisine nears reunion Saturday, Oct. 11, from 7 p.m. to 11:30 Basin on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 10 a.m. Clear Creek. The South Belt-Ellington Chamber of Com- Time Out Sports Bar, H-E-B Blackhawk, San Ja- p.m. at South Shore Harbour. Cost per person is Formerly known as the Mud Gully Storm- The entire project is estimated to take seven merce’s annual Evening of Cuisine will take cinto College Culinary Department, Cakelicious, $95. water Detention Basin (A520-03-00-E001), the years to complete. place Thursday, Oct. 10, at The Gardens, 12001 Savannah Café & Bakery, Rene’s Catering, Egg Make checks payable to Dobie 40 Reunion, 174-acre site will be located in the area that once Flood control offi cials are also moving for- Beamer, from 5:30 to 9 p.m.