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Voice of Community-Minded People since 1976 February 19, 2015 Email: [email protected] www.southbeltleader.com Vol. 40, No. 3 Cowboys registration set The Sagemont Cowboys and Cowgirls will hold early registration Saturday, Feb 21, from Local Islamic building destroyed by fire 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cowboy’s football fi eld at El Franco Lee Park. Early registration is open to last year’s returning football players Homeless man charged with arson, says incident was accidental and their siblings and all drill and mascot ap- plicants, returning and new. The club will also A homeless man was arrested for starting a degree felony arson. Offi cials said Ferguson ad- building. No injuries were reported. credit card abuse and drug possession to burglary be accepting contact information from any Feb. 13 fi re that destroyed a storage building at mitted to setting the fi re but said it was to merely Fire offi cials said Ferguson approached detec- and prostitution. new football players. A $100 deposit is due at the Quba Islamic Institute at 730 FM 1959/Dixie keep warm and not intended to damage the build- tives on his bike and voluntarily asked to speak The incident made national headlines, with the time of early registration. For more infor- Farm Road, located between the Gulf Freeway ing. with them about the incident. many suspecting it to be an anti-Islamic hate mation, contact club President Denny Wranich and Highway 3. According to authorities, the blaze started According to Harris County Court records, crime. At press time, however, fi re offi cials de- at 281-785-8353 or club Drill Director Lynn Darryl Ferguson, 55, was arrested around 4 about 5:30 a.m. Friday. It heavily damaged a Ferguson has an extensive criminal history with clined to comment on a possible motive in the Blanton at 832-423-0139. p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, and charged with fi rst- 3,000-square-foot prefabricated metal storage more than 40 arrests for crimes ranging from case. Scarsdale Civic meets The Scarsdale Civic Association will hold Hughes Road project delayed, again an election of offi cers meeting at 6 p.m. at Firefighters battle area blaze The long-awaited project to repair Hughes it along with curb, gutter and sidewalks on both 12127 Teaneck Monday, Feb. 23. A quorum Road from Beltway 8 to the Houston city limits sides of the street and provide necessary storm of members is needed to conduct the meeting in Sagemeadow has been delayed once again, ac- sewer system and street lighting. and elect a board of directors. Be watching for cording to City of Houston Public Works and En- Part of the city’s Capital Improvement Plan proxy letters in the mail. gineering Department spokesman Alvin Wright. (CIP), the undertaking was initially proposed in Work was supposed to have begun last month, 1999, while Rob Todd served as the South Belt Knights sell fish dinners but funding for the project must be reapproved area’s City Council member. by City Council, as a new contractor has been Construction was originally scheduled to be- Knights of Columbus at St. Luke the Evan- selected. gin in 2000 but has been pushed back multiple gelist Church, 11011 Hall Road, will serve Mainline Industries was awarded the new times to make room for other projects. fi sh dinners Fridays, Feb. 20 through March contract this past December after the company The $11.7 million project is expected is go 27. Dinners consist of breaded USA catfi sh originally assigned to the project was forced to before Council in the next 30 to 45 days, Wright fried fi llet, hush puppies, cole slaw, corn-on- withdraw its offer, citing delays from Center- said. the-cob, fries and iced tea or lemonade. Baked Point Energy in hooking up the necessary utili- Despite the delay, Wright said construction is fi sh fi llets will be available in limited quanti- ties. still scheduled to take place before the end of the ties. Dinners will be served between 5 and 7 In the works for nearly two decades, the en- city’s 2015 fi scal year (July 2015), with a target p.m. All money raised will benefi t local and deavor will remove existing paving and replace date sometime in May. community projects. Dine in or take out din- ners are $10 each. Blood drive at St. Luke’s Martin to hold CIP/town hall March 3 Houston District E City Council Member and delivery in the council district. The Knights of Columbus #9201 will host Dave Martin will hold a joint Capital Improve- The CIP is a fi ve-year document outlining the a blood drive in the social hall at St. Luke the ment Project (CIP) and town hall meeting on city’s infrastructure improvement strategy and is Evangelist Catholic Church, 11011 Hall Road, Tuesday, March 3, at Space Center Houston, organized by priority, project capacity and tim- from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22. located at 1601 NASA Parkway, from 6:30 to 8 ing constraints. Save lives by donating blood. p.m. Additionally, funding sources are identifi ed These meetings encourage residents to par- for all proposed projects. Dobie cheer tryout meeting set ticipate in the CIP process by contributing ques- For more information about the CIP projects A Dobie cheerleader tryout meeting will tions, comments and suggestions to the respec- for District E, visit the CIP homepage at www. be held Thursday, Feb. 26, at 6:45 p.m. in Houston fi refi ghters are shown above responding to a blaze Friday, Feb. 13, that destroyed a tive city department regarding project planning houstontx.gov/cip/CIP-Home-Page. the Dobie cafeteria for all students interested storage building at the Quba Islamic Institute, 730 FM 1959/Dixie Farm Road. The incident in becoming a cheerleader for next year. The garnered national media attention, as many suspected it to be a hate crime. A homeless man meeting is for eighth-graders from Thompson has since been arrested for starting the fi re but said it was unintentional. Edgebrook Flood Control meeting set and Beverly Hills and all Dobie students. A Photo by Isaiah Wright Harris County Flood Control District offi cials ing caused by Berry Bayou. candidate must have a parent with them at the will meet with residents of the Edgebrook com- Offi cials will also address the ongoing con- meeting to receive paperwork. munity Thursday, Feb. 26, at St. Stephen Presby- struction of detention ponds and concrete lining terian Church, located at 2217 Theta, beginning of ditches in the area and their completion dates. Church hosts cooking class Filing underway for school elections at 7 p.m. Once improvements are complete, the Edge- The Gulfhaven Adventist Church, 10716 Filing for multiple area school board elec- At press time, Rander and Pond had fi led to Representatives will furnish residents with the brook area will be re-evaluated for fl ooding, and Sabo Road, will conduct a vegeterian cook- tions is currently underway and will remain open maintain their positions, but Scott had not. No current status concerning the mitigation of fl ood- there is a chance insurance rates will go down. ing class on Sunday, Feb. 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. through 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27. challengers had fi led. This is a free benefit to learn how to prepare PISD Terms are for two years. healthy dishes and increase health awareness. In the Pasadena Independent School District Potential candidates may pick up a candi- The dishes will be available to sample, and a election, Larry Savala (Position 5), Marshall date application and information packet at the SJC honor students recognized video on health will be shown. For informa- Kendrick (Position 6) and Vickie Morgan (Posi- CCISD Education Support Center located at Five Honors Program students from San Ja- sophical Tinge and Danielle Rivers’ Tom Lea: tion, call 713-944-6912 or 713-562-4580. tion 7) are all up for re-election. All three have 2425 E. Main Street in League City or request cinto College, representing all three campuses, The Artist from the Texas Desert of El Paso. fi led to maintain their positions. the packet in email form by emailing Early were chosen to present their research at the Na- The three are students of professors Greg PTO scholarships offered Kenneth Fernandez and Alvino Gonzalez Voting Clerk Beatriz Bentley at bbentley@ tional Conference on Undergraduate Research in Smith and Eddie Weller. have fi led to challenge Savala. ccisd.net. Atkinson Elementary April. The lone abstract selected from the Central Morgan is being challenged by Erica Davis The district will accept applications between This year, the conference is being hosted Campus was Jeffery Hallinan’s The Cowboy of The Atkinson Elementary PTO is offering Rouse and Charles Maricle. 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. $500 scholarships to two graduating seniors at by Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Pasadena, Texas: The Origins Behind the Pasa- At press time, Kendrick was running unop- For more information, email Bentley or call Wash. dena Livestock Show & Rodeo and its Relevance Dobie High School who attended Atkinson at posed. her at 281-284-0181. least two years, one being fourth grade. Ap- Last year, out of 465 institutions of higher Today. Terms are for four years. San Jacinto College education represented at the conference, fewer Hallinan is a student of professor Marcus plications and requirement information are Ballot applications must be submitted to the In the San Jac College election, the seats of available through the senior counselor’s offi ce than a dozen were community colleges.