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SPORTS

Ranger GOP aims to block Syrian refugee plan

beats Texans lead revolt in Congress as a bipartisan 2016 spend-
ing bill to keep the govern-
gress are being urged to
use the power of the purse
More coverage
Astro for Ryan urges ‘pause’ in resettlement ment running after Dec. 11,
particularly as opposition
to kill President Barack
Obama’s refugee plan.
›› French hunt second fugitive
in terror attacks. Page A5

manager By Kevin Diaz where Republicans are

threatening to block a
to the resettlement plan
sweeps across the GOP
The coming showdown
escalated Tuesday as
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While state officials like
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called for a “pause” in Syr-
“contained”? Page A12
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The Astros-Rangers dozen other states seek to ugees in the coming year. Gov. Greg Abbott have ian resettlement in the U.S. refugee process. Page A13
rivalry extended to bar Syrian immigrants in The Republican revolt little power to influence while Congress develops a
awards season as the wake of the Paris ter- — with a group of Texans federal immigration and new plan to address the ›› Abbott orders state police to
Astros manager A.J. ror attacks, the real battle in the lead — presents a resettlement policies, Re- Syrian refugee crisis. check if refugees in Texas are
Hinch finishes second is shifting to Congress, potential new obstacle for publican leaders in Con- Spending continues on A13 dangerous. Page B1
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Clawing their way back Prostate

Banister. Page C1

cases fall
as fewer
screened
By Denise Grady
NEW YORK TIMES
Associated Press
Jeff Banister Fewer men are being
played high school screened for prostate can-
baseball at La cer, and fewer early-stage
Marque before cases are being detected,
going on to UH. according to two studies
published Tuesday in the
Journal of the American
Medical Association.
POLITICS The number of cases
Jindal ends has dropped not because
the disease is becoming
run for GOP
less common but because
nomination there is less effort to find
Louisiana Gov. Bobby
it, the researchers said.
Jindal drops out of
The declines in both
the 2016 race for
screening and incidence
president Tuesday,
“could have significant
ending a campaign
public health implica-
that failed to gain
tions,” the authors of one
much support
of the studies wrote, but
among Republicans.
they added that it was
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too soon to tell whether
the changes would affect
BUSINESS death rates from the dis-
ease.
Luxury movie About 220,800 new
theater chain Jon Shapley / Houston Chronicle cases of prostate can-
sues 2 rivals UH players stormed the field Saturday against Memphis for the second sellout in the history of TDECU Stadium. cer are expected in 2015,
Luxury movie theater along with 27,540 deaths,
company iPic has UH’s unbeaten Cougars hope success If they can win out — “The fans have according to the Ameri-
filed suit against two and win they must in a can Cancer Society.
large chains it claims puts them on the national map again world where one loss is to show up. Screening for prostate
are trying to squeeze enough to put dreams and cancer — like mammog-
smaller players out By David Barron on Saturday at TDECU ambitions on ice — the They have to fill raphy for breast cancer —
of business. Page D1 Stadium over Memphis, Cougars will be consider- has long been the subject
After years of prompt- punctuated by a shock- ably closer to their ulti- the stadium for of intense debate, with
ing mostly yawns and ing 20-point comeback in mate goal: moving into one every game and advocates insisting that
shrugs beyond Southeast the fourth quarter. With of the Power Five leagues it saves lives, and detrac-
Texas, the University of two games remaining, the — the ACC, Big Ten, Big show passion tors arguing that it leads
Houston Cougars once team holds the inside track 12, Pac-12 or SEC — if and to too much unnecessary
more are in position to to capture the American when those leagues choose for their team.” treatment.
emerge as a national play- Athletic Conference title to expand. The decrease in testing

e tra
er in college football. and the team’s first New “You have to win confer- Andre Ware, former UH is almost certainly the
quarterback and 1989
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The Cougars are 10-0 Year’s Day bowl game ence games,” said Andre result of a recommenda-
after a signature victory since the 1984 season. UH continues on A7 Heisman winner tion against screening
made in 2012 by the U.S.
Preventive Services Task
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in The
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Truckers trying to push south on Interstate 25 near Castle Rock, Colo., stop to put on chains on their vehicles
to deal with snow and ice. A powerful wintery storm dumped heavy amounts of snow across Colorado while
bringing the threat of tornadoes to millions in Arkansas and Texas.
Winter blast drops snow in Colorado,
could bring twisters to southern U.S.
By Colleen Slevin
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — A power-
ful wintery storm dumped
heavy snow on parts of
Colorado on Tuesday
while bringing the threat
of tornadoes to millions
in central and southern
states.
Much of Interstate 70,
Colorado’s main east-west
highway, was closed be-
cause of blizzard condi-
tions on the state’s Eastern
Plains as well as in north-
west Kansas, where up
to 15 inches of snow and
heavy winds are in the
forecast. Dozens of semi-
trailers and cars were lined
up along the interstate and
a nearby frontage road on
Tuesday as strong winds
blew snow across the road.
“I’ve got to go to Liberal,
Kansas, and this is the best
way to go. So I came this
way not realizing that they
were shutting the roads
down, that it was that bad,”
said truck driver Thomas
Meyer, who was traveling
with his dog, Little Hank.
Truck driver Fernando
Rendell said he was head-
ed to Kansas City, Mo., but
stopped after seeing two
trucks in the ditch along
the slick interstate.
As the system pushed
NEWSMAKERS
Sheen admits he
has HIV, says he
was blackmailed
Troubled television
star Charlie Sheen
revealed his HIV-positive
status Tuesday, saying
that he had paid people
upward of $10 million to
keep quiet about his con-
dition and that he wanted
to put a stop “to this
onslaught, this barrage of
attacks and of sub-truths
and very harmful and
mercurial stories that are
about me.”
“I am in fact HIV-
positive,” he said during a
live interview with Matt
Lauer on NBC’s “Today”
show.
Sheen said that part
of his goal in coming
forward was to put an
end to the payments
he was making to keep
people quiet. “I think that
I release myself from this
prison today,” he said.
The actor said he had
known about the diagno-
sis for about four years
but did not know how he
contracted the virus. At
first, he said, he thought
he had a brain tumor. “It
is a hard three letters to
absorb,” he said.
In an open letter
published on the “Today”
website Tuesday, Sheen,
50, said that the diagnosis
had led to “a temporary
yet abysmal descent into
profound substance abuse
and fathomless drinking”
that he called “a suicide
run.”
He said that during the
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Elaine Thompson / Associated Press
Wind-blown waves batter houses Tuesday in Seattle,
while rain and high winds snarled the morning
commute in the Puget Sound area. The Pacific storm
included wind gusts of up to 70 mph.
east, the National Weather
Service issued a tornado
watch for parts of Texas,
including Houston, and a
large swath of Arkansas,
where heavy rain had led
to standing water in Little
Rock and winds caused
property damage in the
southwest part of the state.
Tornado watches also
were in effect for most of
Louisiana and western
Mississippi through the
evening hours of Tuesday,
while Alabama is brac-
ing for severe storms on
Wednesday.
Peter Kramer / NBC via Associated Press
Former “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen
talked to NBC’s Matt Lauer about having HIV.
period he “dazedly chose
(or hired) the compan-
ionship of unsavory and
insipid types.”
“Regardless of their
salt-less reputations, I
always lead with condoms
and honesty when it came
to my condition,” he said.
“Sadly, my truth soon
became their treason,
as a deluge of blackmail
and extortion took center
stage in this circus of de-
ceit.” He did not provide
specifics about the claims
of extortion.
Sheen said he had dis-
closed his diagnosis to all
of his sex partners.
Hours after the inter-
view, one of his former
girlfriends said that she
learned about Sheen’s
HIV diagnosis “right
along with everyone else.”
Bree Olson, a former
actress in pornographic
movies, said that she was
involved with Sheen for
about a year and lived
with him for about six
RJ Sangosti / Denver Post via Associated Press
On Monday, a least five
tornadoes touched down
in the Texas Panhandle, in-
cluding one that hit a Hal-
liburton district office near
Pampa. Early Tuesday, two
weak tornadoes touched
down in the northern sub-
urbs of the Dallas-Fort
Worth area, according to
the National Weather Ser-
vice. No one was injured in
any of the tornadoes.
Tuesday’s storms come
on the two-year anniversa-
ry of tornadoes and thun-
derstorms that killed eight
people in Illinois. In 2015,
months during the time
after his HIV diagnosis.
“He never said anything
to me,” Olson said on
Howard Stern’s Siri-
usXM Radio show. “I was
his girlfriend. I lived with
him. We were together.
We had sex almost every
day for a year.”
Kitty Genovese
killer loses 18th
bid for parole
NEW YORK — The
man convicted of killing
bartender Kitty Geno-
vese has been denied
parole more than half a
century after a crime that
became a symbol of urban
breakdown, officials said
Tuesday.
CORRECTION
››An article about a proposed condominium tower near
River Oaks that appeared on Page D3 of Tuesday’s Busi-
ness section misidentified the developer, Revere Park at
River Oaks. New Quest Property represented the group
on the purchase of the property.
only 10 people have died
due to tornadoes — two in
Arkansas, two in Oklaho-
ma, two in Illinois and four
in Texas, according to data
from the Storm Prediction
Center. At the same point
last year, 42 people had
been killed.
The storm that origi-
nated in the Gulf of Alaska
could be a harbinger of El
Niño, the ocean-warming
phenomenon that’s pre-
dicted to bring heavy rain
to the West in the coming
months, said Kathy Hoxsie
of the National Weather
Service.
“It’s the beginning of the
winter season,” she said.
“We want storms. We want
rain. We’ve been project-
ing that we’re going to have
a wet winter, and this is a
sign that it’s going to hap-
pen.”
California in particular
is anxiously awaiting win-
ter rains as it seeks relief
from its record, four-year
drought. Heavy rain will
help, but isn’t expected to
erase the deficit. Forecast-
ers canceled high wind
warnings in Southern Cal-
ifornia on Tuesday morn-
ing, but not before downed
trees blocked roads over-
night and thousands of
customers in Los Angeles
County lost power.
Citing “the extreme
violence you exhibited
and callous disregard” for
Genovese, a parole board
turned down Winston
Moseley’s 18th bid for
release. Now 80 and New
York’s longest-serving
inmate, he is serving a
20 years-to-life sentence
in the 1964 stabbing of
Genovese and a 1968
prison breakout, during
which he held hostages
in Buffalo before being
recaptured.
The random stabbing
of the 28-year-old Geno-
vese became an urban
horror story after reports
that dozens of neighbors
saw the attack and heard
her screams but didn’t try
to help her. Details of that
account were later chal-
lenged; in recent years,
reporters found that the
number of people who
actually saw the murder
was significantly exag-
gerated and that some
neighbors did try to help.
But in the meantime,
the crime led to a 1970
study that pinpointed the
“bystander effect,” the
concept that individuals
are more likely to provide
help when alone than in a
group.
He’s next eligible for
parole in 2017.
From wire reports
Jindal ends
bid for GOP
nomination
‘This is not my
time,’ he says as
drops from race
By Melinda Deslatte
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BATON ROUGE, La.
— Louisiana Gov. Bobby
Jindal dropped out of the
2016 race for president
Tuesday, ending a cam-
paign that failed to gain
much support among Re-
publicans sifting through
a long list of contenders for
the GOP nomination.
“I’ve come to the real-
ization that this is not my
time,” Jindal said on Fox
News Channel as he an-
nounced the decision to
suspend his campaign.
The 44-year-old gover-
nor said he wasn’t ready
to endorse another candi-
date, but intended to sup-
port the eventual Republi-
can presidential nominee.
Term-limited and out
of office in January, Jindal
said he will work with a
think tank he started a few
years ago, called America
Next, to devise what he
called “a blueprint for
making this the American
century.”
“Going forward, I be-
lieve we have to be the
party of growth and we can
never stop being the party
that believes in opportu-
nity. We cannot settle for
the left’s view of envy and
division,” Jindal said in a
statement.
Low poll numbers
The nation’s first elected
Indian-American gov-
ernor, Jindal focused his
entire campaign effort on
Iowa, first courting evan-
gelical voters and then try-
ing to broaden his appeal
as a candidate with con-
servative policy plans that
others weren’t offering.
But he never won much
support in Iowa or else-
where against higher-pro-
file Republican candidates
such as Donald Trump,
Ben Carson and Florida
Sen. Marco Rubio.
Jindal’s low poll num-
bers kept him off the main
debate stages where he
could have drawn more at-
tention, and his fundrais-
ing lagged. He was facing
a major cash crunch to
keep the campaign going,
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Advisers to Gov. Bobby
Jindal blamed finances
and the debate criteria
for his poor showing.
after wrapping up the last
fundraising period with
$261,000 on hand.
He also was saddled
with low approval ratings
and criticism about his
governing back in Louisi-
ana, which followed him
as he campaigned for the
White House.
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Jindal’s advisers blamed
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bate criteria that locked
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events for the governor’s
decision.
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GOP committeewoman
from Iowa, said the re-
sponse was strong when
Jindal spoke to crowds
there. She said the Loui-
siana governor was dam-
aged by a debate process
that used national polling,
rather than early state poll-
ing, to determine who ap-
peared on the main stages.
“He had solutions, not
just talking points,” said
Scott. “To me this is very
sad that we are losing one
that really resonated well
with Iowans when they got
to hear him.”
Jindal is the third Re-
publican contender to exit
the race, all governors. For-
mer Texas Gov. Rick Perry
and Wisconsin Gov. Scott
Walker ended their cam-
paigns earlier this year.
Timmy Teepell, Jindal’s
campaign manager and
longtime political adviser,
said the governor was
heading home to Louisi-
ana to announce his plan
for closing a $490 million
budget deficit before trav-
eling the state as he wraps
up his tenure in office.
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WASHINGTON — Re-
publican lawmakers on the
House committee investi-
gating the fatal Benghazi
attacks in 2012 are travel-
ing to Europe as part of
their inquiry.
The committee declined
to release details about the
trip for security reasons,
but Democrats say Repub-
licans are embarking on “a
lavish and expensive new
congressional delegation
to Italy and other Europe-
an destinations.”
The Republican-led
House Select Committee
on Benghazi, which heard
testimony from former
Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton last month, is al-
ready facing criticism for
costing taxpayers millions.
It has proven more cost-
ly than permanent panels
on intelligence, veterans
affairs, ethics and small
business, according to the
Committee on House Ad-
ministration, which col-
lects monthly expenditure
reports from each commit-
tee.
“In the 11-hour mara-
thon hearing with Secre-
tary Clinton, Republicans
showed the world that the
Benghazi Select Commit-
tee is a taxpayer-funded
fishing expedition to de-
rail Secretary Clinton’s
presidential campaign —
and that their net came up
empty,” said Rep. Elijah
Cummings of Maryland,
the top Democrat on the
committee.
“The Republicans will
never resuscitate the cred-
ibility of this committee,
and they certainly won’t
do so by traveling to Italy
on the taxpayers’ dime.”
Republicans say that
the Democrats do not un-
derstand the relevance of
learning about military
facilities assigned to re-
spond to terrorist attacks
on America’s diplomatic
outposts.
Democrats say the com-
mittee already has access to
information about Depart-
ment of Defense actions in
Libya through testimony
and hearings conducted by
the House Armed Services
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WORLD

Shots erupt as police seek suspects in Paris

Raid aims to capture
fugitives wanted
in terrorist attacks
By Liz Alderman,
Aurelien Breeden
and Katrin Bennhold
NEW YORK TIMES
PARIS — The police stormed
the northern Paris suburb of St.-
Denis early Wednesday morn-
ing in a raid evidently aimed at
capturing at least two fugitives
wanted for participating in the
terrorist attacks that killed 129
people in Paris on Friday.
Heavy gunfire erupted around
4 a.m., the suburb’s mayor, Didi-
er Paillard, and residents told a
French television channel, iTélé,
and lasted at least 20 minutes.
Helicopters flew overhead, and
the authorities warned people to
stay indoors.
The raid appeared to focus
on an apartment near Place Jean
Jaurès, a main square in St.-
Denis not far from the Stade de
France, where three of the seven
attackers who died on Friday
blew themselves up. The Paris
prosecutor’s office confirmed the
raid but could not provide imme-
diate details.
The assault in St.-Denis ap-
peared to focus on a fugitive,
whose existence was confirmed
by intelligence officials on Tues-
day night.
The police in France and Bel-
gium continued their pursuit
of another fugitive, Salah Ab-
deslam, 26, a Frenchman who
is believed to have escaped to
Brussels, while two French offi-
cials — who were briefed on the
investigation but not authorized
to discuss operational details —
said Tuesday evening that the
authorities were looking for an
accomplice who was directly in-
volved in the attacks.
Airstrikes continue
Seven attackers died in the as-
saults on Friday night, but it now
appears that at least nine took
part or played some role.
Some of the attackers, who
killed 129 people in a closely
coordinated series of assaults
that lasted three hours, rented a
house in the northeast Paris sub-
urb of Bobigny last week, telling
the landlady that they were busi-
nessmen from Belgium, and a
hotel suite in the southeast Paris
suburb of Alfortville, officials
said.
The person suspected of or-
ganizing the attacks — a Belgian
militant named Abdelhamid
Abaaoud, who is 27 or 28 — is be-
lieved to be in Syria with fellow
Islamic State militants, French
and U.S. intelligence officials
have concluded.
Early Tuesday, 10 French
fighter jets, taking off from bases
in Jordan and the Persian Gulf,
dropped 16 bombs on what the
French Defense Ministry de-
scribed as an Islamic State com-
mand center and training center
in the group’s self-proclaimed
capital of Raqqa, Syria. Hours
later, Russia carried out an attack
on Raqqa, with cruise missiles
and long-range bombers, after
acknowledging that a terrorist
bomb brought down a Russian
jetliner over the Sinai Peninsula
in Egypt — a hotbed of Islamic
State activity — on Oct. 31.
France, through its defense
minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian,
took the extraordinary step
Tuesday of invoking a European
Union treaty that obliges mem-
bers to help any member that is
“the victim of armed aggression
on its territory.”
President François Hollande
took steps to shore up global sup-
port for what he has called a war
to annihilate the Islamic State,
also known as ISIS or ISIL. He
met with Secretary of State John
Kerry, who expressed sympathy
but reiterated the Obama admin-
istration’s view that the group
will not be destroyed until Syr-
ia’s embattled president, Bashar
Assad, leaves power.
Hollande to visit Obama
Hollande will visit Wash-
ington and Moscow next week
to meet with President Barack
Obama and the Russian presi-
dent, Vladimir Putin. In Britain,
Prime Minister David Cameron
told Parliament that the Paris at-
tacks had strengthened the case
for intervening against the Is-
lamic State in Syria, a move that
Parliament rejected in 2013.
On France’s third and fi-
nal day of national mourning,
crowds gathered to light candles
and lay flowers at the Place de
la République and at makeshift
memorials at the sites of the at-
tacks. In the southwestern city
of Toulouse, thousands gath-
ered in the central square, wav-
ing French flags and singing “La
Marseillaise,” France’s national
anthem.
“The terrorists want to erase
everything: culture, youth, life,
and also history and memory,”
Hollande said in a speech at a
UNESCO conference in Paris.
“You do not fight against ter-
rorism by hiding, by putting
your life on hold, by suspending
economic, social and cultural
life, by banning concerts, theater,
sports competitions,” he said.
“We will not yield to terrorism
by suspending our way of life.”
Many Parisians and visitors
followed his advice, flocking to
restaurants, cafes and museums
in an effort to carry on with nor-
mal life. But the country contin-
ued to reel from the attacks, the
worst violence on French soil in
decades.
Officials said that the bodies
of 117 of the 129 people killed had
been positively identified; 221 of
the 352 people injured remained
in hospitals, 57 of them in inten-
sive care.
The country remained under
a state of emergency, as devel-
opments in the investigation
emerged in a steady trickle.
In the morning, the authori-
ties seized a black Renault Clio
with Belgian license plates in
the 18th Arrondissement on the
northern edge of Paris, next to
the suburb of St.-Denis, where
three suicide bombers detonat-
ed their explosives during a soc-
cer game at the Stade de France.
Authorities are looking into the
possibility that the vehicle might
have been intended for yet an-
other attack.

Russia says bomb downed its jetliner, intensifies airstrikes in Syria

NEW YORK TIMES
MOSCOW — Rus-
sia said for the first time
on Tuesday that a bomb
aboard a Russian charter
jet full of vacationers had
destroyed the aircraft that
crashed more than two
weeks ago on Egypt’s Sinai
Peninsula, and the Krem-
lin responded immediate-
ly by escalating airstrikes
across Syria.
The Russians said they
were coordinating their
military campaign with
France in sharply ratchet-
ing up attacks on Syrian
territory, especially areas
held by the Islamic State,
the militant group that has
asserted responsibility for
destroying the Russian
jetliner and for the deadly
attacks across Paris on Fri-
day.
Russia said it had de-
ployed cruise missiles,
long-range bombers fly-
ing from Russia and other
warplanes, releasing the
details through a mili-
tary briefing for Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin and
Defense Minister Sergei
Shoigu televised live na-
tionwide.
“A massive airstrike is
targeting ISIL sites in Syr-
ian territory,” Shoigu said,
using one of the acronyms
for the Islamic State. “The State targets and had called asserted that it was pre- gave indications that it be-
number of sorties has been for a united front against mature to conclude that lieved a bomb was the most
doubled, which makes it the group, suggested that a bomb had destroyed likely cause.
possible to deliver power- the Kremlin was using the the Russian jetliner. But Russia also offered
ful pinpoint strikes upon moment to help rebuild re- Egypt’s position has be- $50 million for any infor-
ISIL fighters all through- lations with the West. come harder to maintain mation leading to the cap-
out the Syrian territory.” Egyptian officials have as the Russian government ture of the bomb plotters.
Russia acknowledged
that a bomb downed the
Metrojet Airbus A321, kill-
ing all 224 people aboard,
after 17 days of hedging,
even though it was increas-
ingly clear that Russian
investigators had reached
that conclusion.
The timing of such a
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FROM THE COVER

UH knows success on field critical to future

UH from page A1
Ware, the former UH quar-
terback who won the 1989
Heisman Trophy. “You
have to be ready for what-
ever happens. And the fans
have to show up. They have
to fill the stadium for every
game and show passion for
their team.”
That requires patience,
the scarcest commodity
in college athletics, as the
Cougars scramble to match
more well-connected, more
financially stable competi-
tors. But the present, and,
UH partisans hope, the fu-
ture, appears promising.
In first-year coach Tom
Herman, the Cougars boast
one of the nation’s most
talked-about, most coveted
young offensive minds. The
school’s Board of Regents is
meeting Thursday to au-
thorize a new contract for
Herman, who is mentioned
as a candidate for several
of the top openings around
the nation.
‘History of success’
Fans filled the stadium
for the Memphis game,
which was the most-
watched college football
game on cable television
in Houston last weekend,
and the school Monday
announced a sellout for its
Thanksgiving weekend
game with Navy.
In basketball, men’s
coach Kelvin Sampson’s
team will move next month
into a new operations cen-
ter that he describes as a
game-changer for the Cou-
gars. Hunter Yurachek,
the Cougars’ first-year vice
president for intercollegiate
athletics, hopes the univer-
sity can begin work in 2016
on a $60 million upgrade
mer CBS Sports executive
who is the American Ath-
letic Conference commis-
sioner. “The Tom Herman
hire showed their commit-
ment, and the city has sold
out for the Navy game. This
is a new day for Houston.”
The power of money
Herman has brought
new life to UH football
with his #HTownTakeover
slogan and his unbeaten,
high-scoring team. But, as
someone who worked in-
side football programs at
Texas and Ohio State, two
giants of the college sports
industry, he also knows
where UH ranks within the
hierarchy.
“In the last 25 years,
men’s basketball and foot-
ball have a combined three
conference championships
at the University of Hous-
ton,” Herman said. “We
understand that we have
to take care of winning our
conference before we start
talking about anything
else.”
Houston in the 1970s
barged its way to center
stage as a new member of
the Southwest Conference,
and it hopes to do the same
within the current peck-
ing order. The goal, said
university chancellor and
president Renu Khator, is
“building a nationally rec-
ognized and relevant ath-
letics program, then com-
peting on the highest level
we can.”
At present, the NCAA’s
Football Bowl Subdivision
is divided into two camps
— the so-called Power Five
conferences and the Group
of Five, which includes the
American Athletic Confer-
ence, to which UH belongs.
The Power Five have a
not included when Baylor,
Texas, Texas A&M and
Texas Tech left the South-
west Conference in the mid-
1990s to form the Big 12.
With less exposure, and
less money, the Cougars
have struggled to keep pace.
UH last year ranked 80th
among 265 programs in the
Learfield Sports’ Directors
Cup standings, which mea-
sures overall performance
by Division I sports pro-
grams.
The UH athletic depart-
ment brought in about
$40 million in revenue,
which ranked 66th among
230 schools included in a
list compiled by USA To-
day. That total, including
to research by Huffington
Post and the Chronicle of
Higher Education, includes
about $14 million in univer-
sity subsidies and about $7
million in student fees.
Making strides
The Cougars made sig-
nificant strides in recent
years under former ad-
ministrator Mack Rhoades
and football coach Kevin
Sumlin, both of whom left
for Power Five schools
(Rhoades to Missouri,
Sumlin to Texas A&M).
UH last year moved to the
American Athletic Confer-
ence, and the school last
year opened its $128 million
TDECU Stadium.
Yurachek, however, said
much remains to be done
to emulate TCU, which
won seven football con-
ference titles and the 2011
Rose Bowl and spent tens
of millions on new facilities
before it was invited to join
the Big 12 in 2012.
“All we can be right now
at the University of Hous-
ton is to be the best program
tied into television agree-
ments that continue into
the mid-2020s.
“Why would the Power
Five grow?” said one ana-
lyst who declined to be
identified because of previ-
ous relationships with UH.
“Which schools are going
to add enough value so that
the yield per acre (or the fi-
nancial payout per school)
will increase? If it doesn’t
increase, why do it?”
Big 12 out of reach?
The Big 12 is a target for
many UH fans and admin-
istrators, including Tillman
Fertitta, chairman of the
school’s board of regents.
But consultant Chuck Nei-
nas, the former Big 12 in-
terim commissioner, said
that is not likely in the short
term.
“Although there is some
discussion among presi-
dents, it’s my understand-
ing that athletic directors
are pretty unanimous
about wanting to remain
(Big 12 membership) at
10,” Neinas said. “What
we don’t know is what the
future holds and what may
be the impact of the College
Football playoff format.”
A key factor driving
conference expansion has
been increasing television
markets by adding markets
inside a league’s traditional
geographic area. No Power
Five conference has more
than four members from
the same state, and the only
three with four are the Pac-
12 (four of 12 from Califor-
nia), Atlantic Coast Con-
ference (four of 14 in North
Carolina) and Big 12 (four
from Texas).
The SEC over the last
quarter-century has limit-
ed expansion to one school
er Houston would bring in
enough additional revenue,
in the form of higher TV
rights fees, to carve the rev-
enue pie into 11 slices rather
than 10.
“There is concern about
having another (Big 12)
team in Texas,” Neinas said.
Some Big 12 proponents
argue that if the league is
to expand, it should strike
into new territory — be it
Memphis or Cincinnati or
a Florida school — rather
than adding another Texas
school.
Of course, the Big 12 may
be forced to expand if its
champion, be it an Okla-
homa State team or a one-
loss Oklahoma, Baylor or
TCU squad, is left out of the
College Football Playoffs
for a second straight year.
NCAA rules require a con-
ference to have 12 members
to have a conference title
game, and the current Big 12
is two schools short. Pend-
ing legislation, though,
could impact that situation.
Some have mentioned
the Big Ten, whose televi-
sion deal expires in 2016-17,
but that league has focused
on schools that belong to
the research-oriented As-
sociation of American Uni-
versities. UH is not an AAU
member.
‘Best of the rest’
UH’s best hope, Neinas
said, is to make itself “the
best of the rest, so to speak.
The next question is can
they make themselves the
most attractive candidate if
there is expansion. No one
can predict the future. Just
be the best you can be.”
Aresco, the American
Athletic Conference com-
missioner, argues that UH
can benefit by staying put.
Strong seasons by UH,
Temple, Navy and Mem-
phis, with wins over Power
Five teams and strong tele-
vision performances, show
the collective strength of
the conference that eventu-
ally could pay off in a more
lucrative TV agreement be-
fore the end of this decade.
“I fully understand the
challenges that we face, but
I’m excited about the prog-
ress,” he said. “You punch
from where you stand.”
Keeping focused on the
task at hand, rather than on
what may or may not be in
store, is particularly critical
at a time when the college
football landscape is more
evenly matched that at any
point in memory, said Fox
Sports analyst Spencer
Tillman, a former OU and
NFL player and longtime
Houston-area resident.
“If you have the right in-
tellectual property, you can
excel,” Tillman said. “Tom
has a great system and a
great mind. He’s the XBox.
He has the structure, the
intellectual property, and
he knows how to motivate.”
And so, while confer-
ence expansion may be at a
standstill for the next three
to four years, “It’s only a
matter until they (UH) as-
cend,” Tillman said.
That is UH’s intent.
“For the most part, we’re
making progress,” Her-
man said. “I know it can’t
happen overnight. But I do
think we’re headed in the
right direction, and the sky
is the limit.”
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of Hofheinz Pavilion and
a new $25 million indoor
football practice center.
“Houston has a history
of success, but this program
has a level of sustainability
now with the new football
significant edge in income
and television exposure,
which ups the ante for
schools like UH, Memphis,
Connecticut, Cincinnati
and BYU to compete for
conference upgrades. A few
in the American Athletic
Conference,” Yurachek
said. “If we can’t be the best
in this conference, we don’t
have to worry what the next
step is.”
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per state, which seems to
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Nigeria’s leader says ex-official took $2B

Funds were meant
to arm military to
fight Islamic rebels
By Bashir Adigun
and Michelle Faul
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s
leader on Tuesday ordered the
arrest of the former president’s
national security adviser for al-
legedly stealing more than $2 bil-
lion meant to purchase weapons
for the military to fight Islamic
militant Boko Haram rebels.
“It was observed that in spite
of this huge financial interven-
tion, very little was expended to
support defense procurement.
Thousands of needless Nigerian
deaths would have been avoided”
if the money had been properly
spent, Femi Adesina, an adviser
to President Muhammadu Bu-
hari, said in a statement.
It accuses Sambo Dasuki, a
key adviser to former President 32 die in blast linked to extremists tee last year to explain South
Goodluck Jonathan, of awarding YOLA, Nigeria — A nighttime explosion blamed on Boko Haram Africa’s seizure of $9.3 million
“phantom contracts” to buy 12 extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in in cash from a private Nigerian
helicopters, four fighter jets, and northeastern Nigeria, an emergency official said. jet that landed in Johannesburg
bombs and ammunition worth $2 Tuesday night’s blast breaks a three-week hiatus in bombings after and a $5.7 million bank transfer
billion that never a string of suicide attacks culminated in twin explosions in mosques in that South Africa blocked, say-
were supplied. two northeastern cities that killed 42 people and wounded more than ing it involved an illegal arms
Dasuki also or- 100 on Oct. 23. deal. Dasuki said the deals were
dered the Central One of the mosques attacked was in Yola, capital of Adamawa state, legitimate.
Bank to transfer where the insurgents struck again on Tuesday. At least 32 people were Adesina says Buhari has also
$142.6 million to killed and about 80 wounded victims were evacuated to hospitals, co- ordered the arrest of several oth-
a company with ordinator Sa’ad Bello of the National Emergency Management Agency ers linked to the scandal.
accounts in the said. Most victims were vendors and passers-by, said Deputy Superin- “The findings made so far are
Dasuki United States, the tendent Othman Abubakar, the police spokesman for Adamawa state. extremely worrying consider-
United Kingdom Associated Press ing that the interventions were
and in West Africa for unknown granted within the same period
purposes and without contracts, that our troops fighting the in-
Adesina said. illegal possession of arms seized presidential committee investi- surgency in the northeast were
The State Security Service has at two of his homes. Dasuki has gating arms procurement, part in desperate need of platforms,
kept Dasuki under house arrest denied the charges of money of the fight against Nigeria’s en- military equipment and ammu-
for more than a week despite a laundering and illegal arms pos- demic corruption that Buhari nition,” Adesina said. Security
Federal High Court order allow- session. has waged since taking office in agencies must “arrest and bring
ing him to travel abroad for medi- The State Security Service, an May after defeating Jonathan in to book all individuals who have
cal care. The court had allowed agency formerly under Dasuki’s elections. been found complicit in these
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nocent to other charges of mon- swer questions about arms deals. role of the Ministry of Defense said.
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POLITIFACT

What did Obama mean when he said ISIS was ‘contained’

By Lauren Carroll
Last week President
Barack Obama said the Is-
lamic State is “contained,”
a comment that has been
scrutinized in the wake of
the deadly attacks in Paris
that have been attributed to
the terrorist group.
But has Obama’s com-
ment been taken out of
context?
“ABC This Week” host
George Stephanopoulos
presented White House
Deputy National Security
Adviser Ben Rhodes with
a list of politicians criticiz-
ing Obama for his Nov. 12
remarks. Republican presi-
dential candidate and New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christie,
for example, said Obama
sees the world “as a fan-
tasy.”
Rhodes said Obama was
talking about a particular
aspect of containment that
in no way dismissed the
possibility of terrorist at-
tacks in the West.
“The president was re-
sponding very specifically
to the geographic expan-
sion of ISIL in Iraq and
Syria,” Rhodes said, using
another acronym for the
group. “A year ago, we saw
them on the march in Iraq
and Syria, taking more and
more population centers.
The fact is that we have
been able to stop that geo-
graphic advance and take
back significant amounts of
territory in both northern
Iraq and northern Syria. At
the same time, that does not
diminish the fact that there
is a threat posed by ISIL,
not just in those countries
but in their aspirations to
project power overseas.”
In the context of
Obama’s Thursday inter-
view with Stephanopou-
los — the day before the
Paris attacks — it actually
is quite clear that when he
says ISIS is contained, he is
talking about ISIS’ territo-
rial expansion in Syria and
Iraq. Here are the relevant
parts of the interview:
Stephanopoulos: “Some
of your critics say, even
your friendly critics say,
like Fareed Zakaria, that
what you have on the
ground now is not going to
be enough. Every couple of
months you’re going to be
faced with the same choice
of back down or double
down.”
Obama: “I think what is
true is that this has always
been a multiyear project
precisely because the gov-
ernance structures in the
Sunni areas of Iraq are
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in Syria. And we don’t have
ground forces there in suf-
ficient numbers to simply
march into Raqqa in Syria
and clean the whole place
out. And as a consequence,
we’ve always understood
that our goal has to be mili-
tarily constraining ISIL’s
capabilities, cutting off
their supply lines, cutting
off their financing at the
same time as we’re putting
a political track together
in Syria and fortifying the
best impulses in Baghdad
so that we can, not just win
militarily, but also win by
improving governance.”
Stephanopoulos: “And
that’s the strategy you’ve
been following. But ISIS
is gaining strength, aren’t
they?”
Obama: “Well, no, I
don’t think they’re gaining
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ia they’ll come in, they’ll
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systematic march by ISIL
across the terrain. What we
have not yet been able to do
is to completely decapitate
their command and con-
trol structures. We’ve made
some progress in trying to
reduce the flow of foreign
fighters.”
When Obama said, “we
have contained them,” it’s
within a plainly defined
scope: ISIS’ territorial am-
bitions in Iraq and Syria.
This context is bolstered by
the fact that Stephanopou-
los asks Obama about the
ground efforts in those two
countries.
He wasn’t saying, as crit-
ics have shorthanded, that
ISIS no longer presents a
threat — an assertion that
the Paris attacks would
have negated. In fact, in the
same interview, Obama ac-
knowledged that ISIS may
have surpassed al-Qaida as
the greatest terror threat in
the world, adding that they
are constantly looking for
“a crack in the system” to
exploit to carry out attacks.
Is ISIS contained in Iraq
and Syria?
The region Obama re-
fers to is significant be-
cause it’s the epicenter of
ISIS’s caliphate. We sur-
veyed a number of experts,
and they all said Obama is
accurate when he says ISIS
hasn’t gained territory in
Iraq and Syria in recent
months, though it does not
give a full picture of ISIS’s
global reach.
While ISIS has captured
a couple towns in the past
few months, it ultimately
has lost roughly a quarter
of its Iraq and Syria terri-
tory overall. A good por-
tion of the losses resulted
from United States air
strikes, but also from fight-
ing with Iraqi forces and re-
gional groups, said Daveed
Gartenstein-Ross, senior
fellow at the Foundation
for Defense of Democra-
cies. This is a far cry from
a year ago, when there was
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10 things to know about refugee process

By Lomi Kriel about how the refugee process process includes an investiga- try to determine where to place well along in their clearance
works: tion by the National Counter- refugees and help them in their and expected to arrive in great-

1.
The Obama administration The United Nations High terrorism Center and the FBI’s transition. The process is funded er numbers soon.
sought to push back Tuesday Commissioner for Refu- Terrorist Screening Center. by federal, not state, money.

8.
against calls from 27 mostly gees first screens appli- By comparison, more

Republican governors, includ-
ing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to
ban Syrian refugees from reset-
tling in their states as the recent
Paris attacks have stirred con-
cern over the stream of migrants
seeking safety in Europe and
cants to determine if they are
eligible and whether to send
them to one of 28 countries,
including the United States.
It’s impossible for refugees to
know where they will be sent.
3.
The government has
added an extra level of
screening for Syrian ref-
ugees based on its experience
withIraqirefugees,whospurred
much of the same security con-
cerns as we’re hearing today.
5.
From when the U.N. re-
fers someone as a refugee
to when they are finally
placed takes an average of 18-
24 months but can take as long
as three years. Syrian refugees
have taken significantly longer
than 4 million refugees
have fled Syria since
the war began in 2011, accord-
ing to the United Nations, with
almost 1.8 million going to Tur-
key, more than 600,000 to Jor-
dan and 1 million to Lebanon

2.
the U.S. After the U.N. agency has Some of what that contains is to process because of security — a country whose population
In a briefing with reporters, referred candidates to classified but it also includes a concerns and the fact that the is just 4 million.
senior administration officials the U.S., based on a host detailed review of each refugee’s U.S. doesn’t have a diplomatic

outlined the detailed security
procedures the Department of
Homeland Security and U.S.
State Department follow when
interviewing and screening ap-
plicants referred to them by the
United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees.
The U.S. has resettled
784,000 refugees since Sept.
of factors including whether
they have friends and family
there or if they require special-
ized medical attention, the De-
partment of Homeland Security
begins its process. Candidates
undergo multiple in-person
interviews. They are also
screened biographically, which
includes checking their names
basic file, created by the U.N.
agency. “If someone says, ‘I was
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would be appropriate” to see if
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it more complicated for them to
gather information about appli-
cants. About half of all U.N. re-
ferrals from Syria have been ap-
proved, the administration said
Tuesday, though it expects this
number to increase as more Syr-
ians edge forward in the clear-
ance process in coming months.
9.
The United States has ad-
mittedabout2,200Syrian
refugees since the war
broke out but the vast majority,
nearly 1,700, were resettled in
last fiscal year ending in Septem-
ber. In that period, 90 Syrians
were placed in Houston, accord-
ing to the State Department.

10.
11, 2001, according to Kathleen against federal databases, and ministration official said. After living here for

6.
Newland, co-founder of the Mi- biometrically, which runs their About half of all Syrian one year, refugees

gration Policy Institute, a non-
partisan think tank in Washing-
ton D.C. Since then, Newland
said, only three resettled refu-
gees — two Iraqis in Kentucky
and an Uzbek in Idaho — have
4.
fingerprints. After a refugee has
Investigators check for crim- passed his or her Depart-
inal records and certain civil ment of Homeland Secu-
information, such as if the ap- rity background investigation,
plicant has ever applied for a the State Department works
visa or gone to a U.S. embassy with the nine mostly faith-based
refugees the adminis-
tration has admitted
have been children, officials
said, and only 2 percent are
single males of combat age.
can apply for their
green card and move where
they would like just like any
American. Houston has reset-
tled the most refugees overall
in the nation for the past two

7.
been arrested for planning ter- or consulate to check for consis- organizations which contract Of the 18,000 Syrians re- years.
rorist activities. tencies such as claims of identi- with more than 250 local reset- ferred by the U.N. refugee
Here are 10 things to know ty, location and nationality. The tlement groups across the coun- agency, about 10,000 are lomi.kriel@chron.com

Spending bill threatened as many urge vetting of relocation plan

Spending from page A1
“Our nation has always
been welcoming, but we
cannot let terrorists take
advantage of our compas-
sion,” Ryan said. “This is
a moment when it is better
to be safe than sorry.”
Ryan’s statement was
echoed by U.S. Sen. John
Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2
Republican in the Senate.
“I’m proud of our his-
tory of opening our doors
to innocent people fleeing
violence for religious per-
secution. That’s part of
who we are as a country,”
Cornyn said Tuesday on
the Senate floor. “But fol-
lowing Friday’s attack, we
should pause our Syrian
refugee program until we
can be sure that the in-
dividuals are being fully
vetted for potential terror
ties, so we can ensure the
public safety of all Ameri-
cans.”
Religious test for entry?
Both statements came
as lawmakers awaited
Tuesday’s classified brief-
ing by the FBI and other
national security officials
on the Paris attacks that
took the lives of 129 people.
They also came as sev-
eral Republicans seeking
the presidency, including
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, floated
plans to bar Syrian Mus-
lim refugees — but not
Christians — from enter-
ing the United States.
“President Obama and
Hillary Clinton’s idea that
we should bring tens of
thousands of Syrian Mus-
lim refugees to America,
it is nothing less than lu-
nacy,” Cruz said in a
weekend interview on Fox
News.
But Cruz, whose cam-
paign is banking heav-
ily on support from white
evangelical voters in Iowa
and the South, said Chris-
tian refugees are a differ-
ent matter. “Christians
who are being targeted for
genocide, for persecution,
Christians who are being
beheaded or crucified, we
Supporters place a sign welcoming Syrian refugees outside the Arizona
governor’s office Tuesday in Phoenix. Gov. Doug Ducey joined a growing number
of governors calling for a halt to the placement of new Syrian refugees.
standing in the Middle
East and possibly hamper
U.S. efforts to recruit Arab
and Muslim allies in the
fight against Islamic State
terrorists.
But the effort to put
Obama’s entire refugee
project on hold has gained
significant traction in
Congress in recent days,
led by several Texans in
key positions to influence
the pending year-end
spending bill.
A bill introduced by
Texas U.S. Rep. Brian
Babin at the start of the
Syrian refugee crisis in
July would yank 2016
funding for the president’s
resettlement plan, an is-
sue that could prove to be
a major flash point of the
2016 presidential election.
For Babin, a freshman
lawmaker from Wood-
ville, the Paris terror at-
tacks were all the warning
that’s needed to vindicate
the concerns of many con-
servatives that the Syrian
refugee program could
represent a national secu-
rity risk.
Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press
“The terrorist attack McCaul introduced a
in Paris by militant Is- separate bill in September
lamists is a loud clanging that would require con-
alarm bell to Congress gressional approval be-
and the American people fore any Syrian refugees
warning us why we must are admitted to the U.S. In
block Obama’s reckless a letter to Obama on Mon-
and foolish plan to allow day, McCaul pushed back
tens of thousands of Syr- against administration
ian refugees into the U.S.,” assurances that the refu-
Babin said. gees are being thoroughly
Babin wrote a letter to screened before being ad-
Ryan on Monday asking mitted to the U.S.
that his provision be in- Citing the testimony of
cluded in the current talks a number of U.S. security
for the year-end spending officials before Congress,
bill, creating a new stick- McCaul said “we lack the
ing point in negotiations on-the-ground intelli-
already weighted down gence necessary to thor-
by partisan differences oughly vet Syrian refugees
over taxes and funding for seeking to resettle here.”
Planned Parenthood. Cruz and Alabama U.S.
Sen. Jeff Sessions also crit-
Lone Star backing icized the administration
Signing on to Babin’s Tuesday for withholding
letter so far are 11 Texas immigration details on 72
Republicans, including immigrants “identified as
Houston-area U.S. Reps. having a connection to ter-
Kevin Brady, Pete Olson rorism over the last one-
and Randy Weber. Also year period.” At the same
signing on is Austin Re- time, Humble Republi-
publican Michael McCaul, can Ted Poe, who chairs
the influential chairman a House subcommittee
of the Homeland Security on terrorism, unveiled a
Committee. bill giving governors the
right to opt out of the U.S.
Refugee Resettlement pro-
gram.
The United States ac-
cepted some 1,700 Syr-
ians fleeing the civil war
in the past year. About 90
of them settled last year
in Houston, one of the top
locations for refugee reset-
tlement in the nation.
Those numbers are
expected to grow as a
European refugee crisis
worsens and the Obama
administration remains
committed to increas-
ing its overall refugee in-
take from about 70,000 to
100,000 a year by 2017.
Some Democrats have
called for increasing reset-
tlement for refugees flee-
ing the civil war in Syria,
as long as they’re properly
vetted. Democratic presi-
dential front-runner Hill-
ary Clinton has called for
the U.S. to accept as many
as 65,000 more Syrians.
While several of the
Paris attackers who have
been identified so far had
French or Belgian pass-
ports, at least one of the
terrorists is believed to
have been a Syrian refugee
traveling through Greece.
U.S. on edge
Immigrant advocates,
however, say the lengthy
U.S. screening process
cannot be compared to
the chaotic flow of refu-
gees from Syria and North
Africa that have over-
whelmed European offi-
cials.
“We should not be
controlled by fear,” said
Houston’s U.S. Rep. Shei-
la Jackson Lee, a ranking
Democrat on the House
Homeland Security Com-
mittee. “The United States
is well-placed with intel-
ligence, law enforcement
and a vetting process that
can carefully screen, and
has carefully screened …
the Syrian refugees that
have come into this coun-
try.”
While the idea of
America as a haven for the
world’s huddled masses
has long been an article of
faith in both parties, the
Paris attacks have created
a new edginess, sending
shock waves through the
nation’s immigrant com-
munities.
“Our proud history
makes even more dis-
heartening the current
partisan declarations
about shutting the door
on vulnerable Syrian fam-
ilies fleeing violence,” said
Marielena Hincapié, ex-
ecutive director of the Na-
tional Immigration Law
Center. “Those asserting
that refugees are not wel-
come — either because of
their country of origin or
their faith — are acting
out of small-minded panic
and nativism.”
But those urging a
freeze on U.S. resettlement
efforts say the Friday the
13th attacks were a game-
changer.
“We cannot allow Syr-
ian refugees in the United
States in the current dan-
gerous environment,” said
Fort Worth Republican
Kay Granger, who chairs
a House oversight com-
mittee on refugee resettle-
ment funding.
Granger now wants to
see the U.S. focus on refu-
gee camps in the Middle
East. “We have provided
significant assistance to
the refugees and nations
in the region to address
the crisis, and that should
continue to be our re-
sponse.”
kevin.diaz@chron.com
twitter.com/DiazChron

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Woodlands boat service got federal funding

Woodlands from page A1
ly tourists along The Woodlands’
man-made waterway, are as much
a part of this enclave as the tall
pines, manicured neighborhoods
and young families riding bikes
on its elaborate trail system. The
township features the enclosed
35-foot boats in advertising, float-
ing alongside glass buildings and
bustling restaurants and bars.
The decision to keep the boats
afloat for a few more months
“gives us time to make a more
thoughtful decision on what we’re
going to do,” said Gordy Bunch,
chairman of the visitors bureau
and a member of the township’s
governing board. “We’re hoping
to gain a lot of feedback.”
The water taxis began shut-
tling people along The Wood-
lands Waterway in 2004. The
route stretches for about 1 ½
miles, from The Woodlands Mall
to Town Green Park and the Cyn-
thia Woods Mitchell Pavilion,
with 10 stops in between.
It takes more than an hour for
a round-trip cruise, making the
boats the least efficient way to get
around the densely packed dis-
trict of shops, hotels, restaurants,
high-rise condominiums and
white-collar employers in this
booming suburb about 30 miles
north of downtown Houston.
The cruisers drew 53,408 rid-
ers in 2008. Since then, the num-
ber of passengers has dropped to
about 35,000 a year — a fall attrib-
uted in part to decisions to charge
fares and to reduce the days and
number of boats in operation.
The waterway’s free trolley,
meanwhile, was used by more
than 80,000 people last year. Rid-
ership is up 3 percent so far this
year, officials said.
Shortfall predicted
Without more people rid-
ing the water taxis, the visitors
bureau projected a shortfall of
$202,960 for the service in the
coming fiscal year, which begins
Jan. 1. The bureau’s decision this
month to cut the boats’ operation-
al hours nearly in half could trim
the projected deficit to $110,729.
The budget is based on the as-
sumption that fares will cover 34.5
percent of operating expenses.
Any shortfall will be covered by
the bureau through taxes on hotel
stays.
Although the water taxis don’t
make money, officials said that’s
not the point. Rather, they are
an amenity, like parks and pools,
intended to enhance the suburb’s
appeal.
The Woodlands Development
Co. launched the boats a decade
ago to draw people to the fledgling
waterway.
The developer later gave the
cruisers to the visitors bureau,
which contracted with the Bra-
zos Transit District to run them.
The service has at times been
lampooned over the years, such
as when Fox News commentator
Sean Hannity put it on his list of
the government’s worst spend-
ing in 2010. Even U.S. Rep. Kevin
Brady, a Woodlands resident, said
the boats didn’t deserve federal
funding at a time when roads and
bridges need improvements.
Nick Wolda, president of the
visitors bureau, said waterway
distinguishes The Woodlands’
urbanized center from other
shopping, dining and entertain-
ment spots in Greater Houston.
Visitors tell the bureau that the
waterway has “a different look
and feel,” particularly compared
to the town centers in Sugar Land
and Pearland, Wolda said.
Even so, the visitors bureau
in August asked the township’s
board to take over the money-los-
ing service, so it could focus on the
suburb’s events and conventions
business. The board said no.
Now the bureau is open to sell-
ing the cruisers. But the market
appears to be limited, consider-
ing the boats are not suitable for
use in open waters. That leaves
other cities with closed canals as
the most likely potential buyers —
places like San Antonio, Oklaho-
ma City and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Each cruiser is worth about
$40,000. For smaller and faster re-
placements, it could cost between
$70,000 and $160,000 per water-
craft, according to the Goodman
Corp., the township’s consultant
on transit matters.
What to do with federal aid
At the same time, the visitors
bureau also must consider what
would happen if the service is
discontinued. In particular, the
Federal Transit Administration
provided funding for the main-
tenance facility for the cruisers.
If the bureau abandons the water
taxis before 2041, it should find
another public use for the 4-year-
old facility to lessen any financial
liability, the Goodman group said.
The federal agency also recent-
ly provided $253,844 for new gen-
erators and motors on four boats.
The grant, however, hasn’t been
used yet.
Mike Bass, a member of the
governing board for The Wood-
lands, said the funds should go
toward public transit instead of a
tourist attraction. He said the wa-
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terway cruisers have marketing
value, but it’s up to the bureau to
decide what that’s worth. It also
should eliminate fares to boost
ridership.
“It’s an attraction, but less of
one for $5 a trip,” he said. “There
isn’t enough on the waterway to
justify the cost. In San Antonio,
you get some history on the tour.
We don’t have the history.”
But there are bridges, build-
ings and fountains to see. The
cruise was an enjoyable hour or so
for residents Carolyn and George
Newman and their out-of-town
friends. There were only seven
people on the 50-seat boat for a
trip last Friday, but the Newmans
said it’s worth keeping.
“Right now you can get any-
where you want faster by walk-
ing,” said George Newman, who
was riding the cruiser for the sec-
ond time in five years. “But part of
the appeal is the slow ride.”
Staff writer Bridget Balch contrib-
uted to this report.
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Screen ‘smarter’ for prostate cancer, expert urges
Screen from page A1
Force. The task force, an
independent panel of ex-
perts picked by the gov-
ernment, found that risks
outweighed the benefits
of routine blood tests for
prostate-specific antigen,
or PSA, a protein associ-
ated with prostate cancer.
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plish with its guidelines.
But, the authors also say,
“less screening or discon-
Because prostate can- often leaves them impotent lum has swung too far the by researchers from the tinuing screening may
cer often grows slowly, the and incontinent. other way. American Cancer Society, lead to missed opportuni-
panel said, screening finds An editorial accompa- Rather than issuing a found that early-stage di- ties for detecting biologi-
many tumors that might nying the articles, by Dr. blanket recommendation agnoses of prostate cancer cally important lesions at
never have harmed the pa- David Penson, the chair- against screening, Penson per 100,000 men age 50 an early stage and prevent-
tient. But they are treated man of urologic surgery said, it would be better to and older dropped to 416.2 ing deaths from prostate
anyway. As a result, it con- at Vanderbilt University “screen smarter” by testing in 2012, from 540.8 cases cancer.”
cluded, testing saves few Medical Center, acknowl- most men less often and in 2008, with the biggest The percentage of men
lives and leads too many edged that too much focusing more on those at decrease occurring be- 50 and older who reported
men into unneeded sur- screening can do harm but high risk. tween 2011 and 2012 — af- PSA screening in the pre-
gery or radiation, which suggested that the pendu- One of the new studies, ter a draft of the task force vious 12 months dropped
guidelines was released in to 30.8 percent in 2013,
October 2011. from 37.8 percent in 2010.
The authors estimat- Although the study
ed that the total number could not prove that the
of diagnoses decreased drop in screening caused
to 180,043 in 2012 from the drop in diagnoses, it
213,562 in 2011 — a differ- was the most plausible ex-
ence of 33,519 cases. planation.
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whom I know and love. They
pray five times a day. They made
the pilgrimage to Mecca this
year. They love their grand-
children and their redheaded,
Christian daughter-in-law. And
they are peaceful people.
Terrorism is all about divid-
ing us. It is about making us
scared and angry and vengeful.
But it is our choice whether to
give in to those emotions.
Gov. Greg Abbott and other
governors across the country
seem to be making that choice
with vows to block the resettle-
ment of Syrian refugees.
Because some refugees are
Muslim, and because some
terrorists falsely claim to be
Muslim, we would slam the door
shut on an entire nationality
desperately seeking to escape
such terrorism?
It is OK to turn our backs on
people like Mohamad Alakish,
the clothes maker and father of
three young children I wrote
about in 2013, who fled to the
United States after surviving
war and brutal torture in his
native Syria?
That is the message that Ab-
bott and others are sending: Our
generous, open and powerful
nation has been scared to the
point of abandoning deeply held
principles, including consti-
tutional protections against
discrimination.
To fear is natural, and under-
standable, in light of the horrors
in Paris.
I want to believe that Abbott’s
declaration to President Barack
Obama is born of something
more substantive than political
considerations. I want to believe
it’s born of the heavy burden to
keep Texans safe. But attempt-
ing to ban Syrian refugees from
Falkenberg continues on B5

CITY | STATE
INSIDE EDITORIAL

UH, A&M face federal Texas lawmakers should

investigations into their give mental health the same
handling of sexual assault attention and awareness as
allegations on campus. bodily health issues.
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HISD
tightens
seat belt
policy
New buses
to have 3-point
restraints
By Ericka Mellon
Houston ISD an-
nounced Tuesday that
any new school bus it
buys will have three-
point seat belts, comply-
ing with a new federal
recommendation that
comes two months after
the crash of a district bus
killed two students.
The state’s largest dis-
trict will become one of
the first in the area to
move toward buses with
the seat belts that strap
across the shoulder and
the waist, like those in
cars.
The National Highway
Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration changed its posi-
tion this month, advising
— but not requiring —
that all school buses have
the three-point belts.
“School buses are al-
ready one of the safest
modes of transportation
available to students,”
Superintendent Terry
Grier said in a statement
Tuesday. “If the NHTSA
believes three-point seat-
belts will make our stu-
dents even safer, we will
absolutely act on it.”
After the Septem-
ber bus crash, Grier’s
HISD continues on B4
Refugees face
more scrutiny
Abbott wants
Syrians in Texas
to get 2nd look
By Brian M. Rosenthal
AUSTIN — Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott ramped up
his campaign against
Syrian refugees Tuesday,
ordering the state health
commission to tell reset-
tlement organizations not
to accept people fleeing
the war-torn country and
directing law enforcement
officials to find out wheth-
er those already in the
state are dangerous.
The moves, which
were detailed in a letter
obtained by the Hous-
Attempts to induce
abortions reported
By Markian Hawryluk
A new survey of wom-
en in Texas has found that
many experience barri-
ers to getting abortions
through local clinics and
have tried to terminate a
pregnancy on their own.
In the survey of 779
Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle Texas women ages 18
Stabbing of 2-month-old probed to 49, conducted by the
Texas Policy Evaluation
Police investigate the scene of a stabbing involving a 2-month-old child Project, about 1.7 percent
Tuesday at 10181 Windmill Lakes Blvd. The incident occurred about 2 a.m. at reported having tried to
Longboat Key Apartment Homes, said David Stark, a homicide investigator self-induce an abortion,
with the Houston Police Department. Story on page B2. mainly through the use of
ton Chronicle, served as
a doubling down of the
Republican governor’s
hard-line position against
President Obama’s plan
to allow at least 10,000
refugees into the United
States.
Thirty governors have
come out against the plan
in the days since terrorists
thought to have ties to the
Syria-based Islamic State
killed at least 129 people in
Paris. The governors have
cited fear that terrorists
could pose as refugees and
then conduct attacks here.
Abbott went a step further
Tuesday by focusing on
people who have already
made it through back-
Abbott continues on B6
abortion drugs obtained
without a doctor’s pre-
scription or ineffective
natural remedies.
The researchers found
no evidence of any in-
vasive methods that in-
volved inserting objects
into the uterus. And they
acknowledged that their
data did not show wheth-
er self-induced abortions
increased after the Texas
Legislature imposed
new restrictions on the
procedure.
Abortion continues on B9

Bell surprises Lot of

trouble

by backing King
for a book
Joseph Boaz,
huddled
By Rebecca Elliott positioned himself as the under a tarp
establishment choice in a and a broken
Former Congressman city that has not elected a umbrella,
Chris Bell endorsed fiscal Republican mayor since makes his way
conservative Bill King in 1979. to the library
the Houston mayoral run- Former Harris County as heavy rain
off Tuesday, a move that Sheriff Adrian Garcia, a and stiff winds
could help King counter Democrat, and City Coun- sweep through
his rival’s attempts to cast cilman Steve Costello, a downtown
him as an extremist and Republican, both of whom Tuesday.
potentially allow him to failed to make the may- Severe weather
make inroads with pro- oral runoff, have backed gripped much
gressive voters. Turner. of the area as
Bell’s decision shocked “There’s potential for a cold front
many political insiders this to signal that King rolled in.
expecting the progressive is not as extreme a politi-
former mayoral candidate cian as the Turner camp
to support Democrat Syl- would like to paint him Mark Mulligan /
vester Turner, who has Bell continues on B2 Houston Chronicle
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CITY | STATE Editor, Tony.Freemantle@chron.com • @TonyFreemantle Houston Chronicle

Mom charged in 2-month-old’s stabbing death

By Dane Schiller
A Houston mother was
charged Tuesday with
capital murder, accused of
stabbing her 2-month old
son to death.
Investigators are
searching for answers in
the killing of Levi Thorn-
ton-Smith, including
whether Rochelle Brown
was battling postpartum
depression.
The 28-year-old woman
was taken to a hospital for
observation, released and
then placed into police
custody.
“According to homi-
cide investigators, there is
no known motive at this
time,” Houston Police
spokesman Keese Smith
said earlier Tuesday.
The woman’s two other
children, who are estimat-
ed to be 8 and 5, along with
her adult sister, were in
the third-story apartment
asleep at the time of the
stabbing, police said. They
were not injured. Brown
stabbed her son with a
knife, according to court
documents.
Both Houston Police
and the Department of
Family and Protective
Services are investigating
facets of the incident, re-
ported at 2:30 a.m. at the
Longboat Key Apartments
on Windmill Lakes Boule-
vard in southeast Houston.
Chilling crime
The little boy’s death
marked another homicide
for investigators, but few
crimes are as chilling and
inexplicable as this one,
authorities said.
“It is just unfathomable
for most people to even
think about: How could
a parent do something
like this?” the protective
services agency’s spokes-
woman, Estella Olguin,
said. “This is an innocent
child. Many times the
perpetrator is the person
they trusted the most, the
person who is supposed to
keep them safe and from
harm.”
Olguin said everything
from the woman’s mental
history, to possible drug
use, to why the family re-
cently moved here from
out of state, will be inves-
tigated.
“All these pieces we are
going to try and put togeth-
er,” she said.
The surviving children
were placed in the custody
of their aunt, she said.
The death harkens to
past local cases, such as Je-
nea Ann Mungia, who was
charged in February with
beating and stabbing her
4-year-old son.
He was in critical condi-
tion but survived. She fac-
es a December competency
hearing.
Perhaps the nation’s
most infamous such case
involves Andrea Yates,
who in 2001 drowned her
five children in the bathtub
of her Clear Lake home.
She was sentenced to life
in prison after being con-
victed of capital murder.
An appeals court granted
Yates a new trial, and a
jury found her not guilty
by reason of insanity. She
was sentenced to a mental
hospital.
Hormones ‘shift’
Houston lawyer George
Parnham, who still repre-
sents Yates, said such cases
are complex and hard to
grasp.
“It is the very definition
of motherhood turned up-
side down,” he said. “It is
hard for lawyers to under-
stand, hard for the public
to understand and hard
for potential jurors to un-
derstand.”
Parnham said that if it
turns out the mother has
postpartum depression,
she would basically have a
hormonal imbalance trig-
gered by the recent birth.
“You have a chemical
imbalance that is caus-
ing delusional thoughts,”
he said, noting that some
mothers with postpartum
depression can hear voic-
es, have hallucinations and
conjure bizarre thoughts.
McClain Sampson, an
assistant professor at the
Graduate College of Social
Work at the University of
Houston, said mental ill-
ness usually plays a role in
such cases, but that doesn’t
necessarily mean postpar-
tum depression is the cul-
prit.
“When women give
birth, their hormones go
through a major shift,” said
Sampson, who specializes
in postpartum depression.
“For some people, that is a
trigger.”
Possible conditions
A mother could have an
array of underlying condi-
tions, such as a predisposi-
tion for mental illness or
problems handling stress,
she said.
“It is kind of a perfect
storm when something
goes this tragically wrong,
a storm that has been
building,” Sampson said.
“When you have a child,
it is a major, challenging
transition in life.”
Nearly all women have
a temporary hormonal im-
balance after giving birth,
and about 15 percent expe-
rience depression, but that
rarely leads to psychosis
that involves hearing voic-
es and serous thoughts of
harming a child, she said.
Mothers may be hesitant
to share feelings of depres-
sion or of not wanting to
bond with their child, for
fear it will be interpreted
as wanting to harm their
child, she said.
“But what people need
to know, is that is a dif-
ferent thing than having
delusions and hallucina-
tions about hurting your
child,” she continued. “It is
a difference between, ‘let’s
intervene and have some-
body give you support’ and
‘let’s get you to Ben Taub’s
psychiatric unit immedi-
ately.’ ”
dane.schiller@chron.com
twitter.com/Daneschiller

Bell says he and King share interest in flood prevention

Bell from page B1
as, and it may be that this soft-
ens his support against the
HERO ordinance and also per-
haps quells concerns about him
receiving endorsements from
clear radical conservatives like
Steve Hotze,” said University
of Houston political scientist
Brandon Rottinghaus, refer-
ring to Houston’s equal rights
ordinance and the GOP power
broker who helped finance the
campaign against the law.
Bell finished fifth
Bell cited King’s focus on pen-
sion reform, public safety, road
repair and flooding as reasons
for his endorsement, as well as
what he said was the business-
man’s thoughtful approach to
policy issues.
“It might come as a surprise to
some because of my political per-
suasion, but it really shouldn’t,”
Bell said alongside King in Mey-
erland. “Truth be told, we agree
much more than we disagree.
As far as the major principles of
his campaign, we’re in complete
agreement.”
Bell, who struggled to keep
pace with other top-tier can-
didates’ fundraising efforts,
finished fifth on Nov. 3 with
7 percent of the vote, mostly con-
centrated in District C, which
arcs from Oak Forest, through
Midtown to the Meyerland area.
He and King rarely wrangled
in public forums, but they did
not agree on a broad range of
policy questions, either.
Bell advocated lifting Hous-
ton’s revenue cap, which limits
property tax collection, was an
ardent HERO supporter and
prioritized issues such as tech-
nology and education.
King wanted to keep the rev-
enue cap in place, opposed the
nondiscrimination law, and fo-
cused his campaign on finance,
infrastructure and public safety.
However, both candidates
spoke at length about flood pre-
Former candidate Chris Bell, right, stood with Bill King on
Tuesday in Meyerland, saying, “Truth be told, we agree much
more than we disagree.”
vention throughout the cam-
paign, a focal point of Tuesday’s
announcement. Bell took an in-
creased interest in flood control
after his own Meyerland-area
home flooded during the Memo-
rial Day storms.
Says King is no ‘zealot’
“At the end of eight years, I
want to be able to say that we do
not have a single family in this
city that, when we have a rain
Marie. D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle
event like this, worries about
their house being flooded,” King
said. “And Chris … if I can get
him to do it, I want him down
playing a role in figuring out,
‘How do we solve this problem
once and for all?’ ”
Asked about some of his dis-
agreements with King, Bell ze-
roed in on HERO, which was
defeated 61 percent to 39 percent.
“This runoff election is not
about HERO, and it’s not on the
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“At the end of eight years, I
want to be able to say that we
do not have a single family
in this city that, when we
have a rain event like this,
worries about their house
being flooded. And Chris … if
I can get him to do it, I want
him down playing a role in
figuring out, ‘How do we solve
this problem once and for
all?’ ”
Bill King, mayoral candidate
ballot,” Bell said. “To try to paint
Bill as some kind of right-wing
zealot or hater is absolutely ab-
surd.”
Turner’s campaign recently
released television and radio ads
slamming King as “too extreme
for Houston.”
Given Houston’s Democratic
leanings, it is to Turner’s advan-
tage to frame the race in partisan
terms, while King, who rode
conservative support into the
runoff and identifies as indepen-
dent, is seeking to reinforce that
city races are nonpartisan.
Democratic political strate-
gist Keir Murray questioned
whether Bell’s endorsement
would sway many voters in the
runoff, when turnout typically
drops off.
“Most voters who are going
to bother to turn out will make
their own judgments about each
of the finalists,” Murray said. “I
don’t think one politician’s sup-
port in and of itself is going to be
determinative.”
Some Dems angry
News of Bell’s endorsement
sparked anger among some
Democrats.
Among them was Melissa
Vivanco, a Human Rights Cam-
paign volunteer who said she
voted for Bell primarily because
of his support of HERO.
“He ran on being the most
progressive, supporting HERO
publicly,” Vivanco said. “I was
actually physically angry about
it.”
Bell, who said he does not plan
to run for office again, said he did
not think anybody could ques-
tion his Democratic credentials.
“I’ve been a stalwart for the
Democratic Party, but I think Bill
is trying to run an independent
campaign and is an independent
thinker and is reaching out to all
groups, and in a city this size and
this diverse, that’s what you re-
ally need going forward.”
Former Bell supporter Da-
vid Arpin, a Democrat now on
King’s finance team, echoed that.
“If you ask Bill any question
about a problem at the city, you
will get a pretty detailed and
specific response as to how one
might go about solving that is-
sue,” Arpin said. “I don’t dislike
Sylvester Turner, but when I
hear him or you go on his web-
site, you read his position pa-
pers, they’re all very general.
It seems to me they sort of end
with, ‘Serious discussion must
be taken up by all stakeholders
involved,’ as if there hasn’t been
serious discussion.”
Turner spokeswoman Sue
Davis dismissed Bell’s endorse-
ment as “irrelevant.”
“Houstonians who voted for
Bell are unlikely to go to King in
the runoff because King’s values
are not theirs,” Davis said in an
email. “Bell got their votes be-
cause he positioned himself as
a progressive. Just because Bell
has changed his stripes doesn’t
mean his voters will.”
Early voting for the Dec. 12
runoff to replace term-limited
Mayor Annise Parker runs from
Dec. 2 to Dec. 8.
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AROUND THE AREA AND STATE

Man accused Mesa, said Officer Rhonda Indictment

of social media
threat to mosque
A Fort Bend County
man is accused of making
threats on social media
to “shoot up a mosque,”
authorities said Tuesday.
About 3 p.m., police in
New Jersey told Fort Bend
County Sheriff’s officials
they received reports
about the threats, includ-
ing photographs of an
assault rifle and ammuni-
tion.
Sheriff’s officials said
the person who sent the
threatening message
was Clayton Alexander
Cansler, 26, who lives in
the New Territory section
of Fort Bend County.
After noting that he
lives near a mosque,
sheriff’s deputies went
to Cansler’s home, but he
wasn’t there.
They tracked him
to the Sugar Land Mu-
nicipal Airport where he
works.
Cansler was taken into
custody and has been
charged with making
Pemberton, a homicide
investigator with the
Houston Police Depart-
ment.
Police identified the
baby as J’zyra Thompson,
who was found next to an
oven in an apartment. She
had severe burns.
Pemberton said patrol
officers were called to
the home to meet with
firefighters. When they ar-
rived, they found the child
dead.
Two people were taken
to police headquarters to
be interviewed, but Pem-
berton said they were not
suspected in the death.
When asked if the death
Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle was suspicious, Pember-
This building in northeast Houston is where a 19-month-old girl died early ton said: “It appears to be
Tuesday morning. The child was found next to an oven, and she had severe accidental.”
burns, police said. Police are still investigating the case. Police said the girl’s
parents were not in the
a terroristic threat — a cooperating with investi- who died early Tuesday apartment at the time of
felony. gators. morning in what police incident. No other details
He later cited losing say appears to have been about the incident have
a friend on 9/11 and the 19-month-old girl an accident at a home in been released.
more recent terrorist northeast Houston. Police are investigating
attacks in Paris as the
dies of burns The incident happened the case.
reason for his threatening in apartment about 12:10 a.m. at the No arrests have been
messages, officials said. Police have identi- Angel Ridge Apartments made, and no charges have
Authorities said he is fied a 19-month-old girl at 8600 Sterlingshire near been filed.
indicates 10 died
in Waco brawl
An indictment from
the deadly biker brawl
in Waco this summer
indicates that a 10th
person was killed in the
melee.
Up until the release
of the indictment this
month, authorities have
reported that nine bik-
ers died as a result of a
clash on May 17 at a Twin
Peaks restaurant.
The indictment
handed up by a McLen-
nan County grand jury
is one of several docu-
ments used to charge 106
people with conspiring
to engage in organized
crime in the melee that
unfolded as part of an
alleged clash between the
Cossacks and Bandidos
motorcycle clubs.
Neither Waco police
nor the McLennan Coun-
ty District Attorney’s
Office could be reached
for comment about the
indictment.
From staff reports
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CITY | STATE

UH, A&M part of sexual violence inquiry

Accused Aggie
may have had
rights violated
By Benjamin Wermund
The University of Hous-
ton and Texas A&M Uni-
versity are among five Tex-
as schools facing federal
investigations into how
they responded to allega-
tions of sexual violence on
campus.
As of Nov. 12, 177 sexual
violence cases were under
investigation at 147 post-
secondary institutions, ac-
cording to a list provided
by the U.S. Department of
Education.
It is unclear what the
investigation at UH —
launched late last month
— involves. Regarding the
A&M inquiry, the Texas
Tribune reported that the
Department of Educa-
tion’s Office of Civil Rights
is investigating claims that
A&M officials went too
far when they suspended
a male student accused of
assaulting a female class-
mate. That investigation
was launched in March.
UH officials said in a
statement that no details
were provided to the uni-
versity about the ongoing
investigation. The federal
agency said it is “conduct-
ing a review of the univer-
sity’s policies and proce-
dures regarding Title IX
complaints during the past
few years,” according to
the UH statement.
Last year, two former
UH students sued the
school after they were ex-
pelled for alleged involve-
ment in a sexual assault
on the southeast Houston
campus.
The two were among a
growing number of stu-
dents who contend univer-
sities are running rough-
shod over due process to
demonstrate their com-
mitment to swift justice
for sexual assault victims.
In their federal lawsuit
against UH and two ad-
ministrators, the students
claimed they were largely
kept in the dark during
the lengthy investigation
of the complaint against
them and were given little
chance to defend them-
selves in an administrative
hearing.
The lawsuit was dis-
missed in May by U.S.
District Judge Vanessa
Gilmore, but the students
appealed last week, their
attorney, Joshua Engel,
said in an interview.
The accuser in that case
filed a complaint with the
university, saying her Title
IX rights were violated.
Title IX is the federal law
that requires universities
to combat gender-based
violence and protect sur-
vivors. Colleges must walk
a fine line, acting quickly
to ensure sexual assault
survivors are safe while
not rushing to judgment
against the accused.
The federal govern-
ment recently has lowered
the standard of evidence
required to find students
guilty in such cases, sharp-
ening the tension over how
the cases are handled.
A 2011 letter from the
U.S. Department of Educa-
tion’s Office of Civil Rights
prompted many universi-
ties to respond more ag-
gressively. The letter urged
universities to rely on a
preponderance of evidence
— essentially, “more likely
than not” — as opposed
to the more stringent “be-
yond a reasonable doubt”
standard applied in crimi-
nal trials.
Engel, who has repre-
sented other students or
former students suing uni-
versities, said schools have
acted too swiftly in fear of
federal investigations be-
ing launched on their cam-
puses.
“We’ve seen schools
really rush to judgment
on these cases in order to
make themselves look bet-
ter for the Department of
Education all around the
country,” he said.
The three other Texas
schools under investiga-
tion are Trinity Univer-
sity in San Antonio, the
University of Texas-Pan
American and Cisco Junior
College in North Texas.
“UH is proud of its ro-
bust Title IX programs and
will fully cooperate with
the review, using this as
an opportunity to provide
the OCR with information
about the many policies,
procedures, and programs
in place to maintain an en-
vironment where students,
faculty, staff and visitors
are free from discrimina-
tion of any kind,” the UH
statement said.
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Survey: Muslim values at odds with U.S., Christians say

Experts see
misperceptions
about Islam
By Allan Turner
From white Protestants
to Catholics, from Maine
to Hawaii, a solid major-
ity of American Christians
believes Muslim values
are at odds with Ameri-
can values and way of life,
a national survey released
Tuesday indicates.
In the Public Religion
Research Institute poll,
which seeks to elicit opin-
ions on social, political,
economic and religious is-
sues, almost three of four
white evangelical Protes-
tants told researchers they
believe Muslim values are
out of sync with those of
America.
More than 60 percent of
white mainstream Protes-
tants and Catholics agreed,
as did 55 percent of Afri-
can-American Protestants.
Overall, the study found,
56 percent of Americans
perceive an American-
Muslim values divide —
up from 47 percent in 2011
and 2014.
Only adherents of non-
Christian religions — not
differentiated by faiths
— strongly affirmed a
unity between Muslim and
American values. Fifty-
eight percent said they did
not believe the value sys-
tems were in conflict.
Approximately seven
in 10 of all of those inter- repeated from evangelical mate around us.” Addressing one of the There’s spiritual warfare
viewed said Muslims suf- pulpits. Martin Cominsky, pres- study’s most surprising between the two sides. Ei-
fer “a lot” of discrimination “Basically, these presen- ident and CEO of Inter- findings, the large percent- ther you’re for Christ or
in the United States. tations of Islamic values faith Ministries of Greater age of white evangelicals you’re against him. There’s
The poll did not define are biased and very incom- Houston, said he found the who see a disconnect be- not much gray area, not a
American or Muslim val- plete, but they find support new poll surprising and “a tween Muslim and Ameri- middle space. When they
ues and offered little con- through the acts of a few little discouraging.” can values, Cominsky and see (Christians) beheaded,
text. radical Muslims,” he said. “Fear comes mainly Baylor University profes- that underscores the nar-
Reviewing the findings, Muslim and American from not understand- sor Chris van Gorder sug- rative.”
Robert Hunt, director of values share much in com- ing others,” he said. “Our gested the phenomenon For El-Badawi, Chris-
global theological educa- mon, Hunt said. country has experienced may stem from Protestants tians with misgivings
tion at Southern Method- “Islam is capitalist in na- xenophobia at wartime seeing in Islam a mirror- about Muslim values are,
ist University’s Perkins ture,” he said. “Islamic law points, and clearly we’re in image of themselves. in part, victims of “corpo-
a wartime mentality.” “Evangelical Protes- rate media” that “tells us of
tants are loyal and commit- wars, terrorism, the kinds
“They are people with good intentions without Misperceptions ted to their faith,” Comin- of things that question (Is-
good resources. They get wrongly perceived by To an extent, he said, sky said. “I think they may lamic) values and morals.”
Christians, who say ‘they don’t apologize, they don’t Muslims have failed to believe Muslims have a “This is not surprising
act the way they should.’ They act the best way they positively convey their val- similar evangelical spirit. to me,” he said of the sur-
know how, but they need to start embracing others. ues to the larger American They know how important vey. “My American broth-
society. religion is to them, and ers are confused, and their
We need to start telling each other our stories or
“They are people with they fear people of a differ- television set is telling
we’re going to continue to have polls with results good intentions without ent religion who have that them that all Muslims need
like these.” good resources. They get deep, abiding commitment to take all responsibility for
Martin Cominsky, president and CEO, wrongly perceived by to their faith.” terrorism. They question
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CITY | STATE

HISD acts after 2 students killed in crash

HISD from page B1
administration said it
would wait for more infor-
mation to decide its stance
on seat belts. In addition to
the fatalities, two students
were injured in the wreck.
The bus that crashed,
plummeting off Loop 610
after being struck by a car,
had lap belts. Authorities
have not said whether the
four students on board
were wearing them.
Nathan Graf, who over-
sees transportation for
the Houston Independent
School District, said short-
ly after the wreck that the
district does not require
“There is no question
that seat belts offer
improved safety. Seat
belts will save the lives
of children who we
might otherwise lose in
crashes.”
Mark Rosekind, National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration administrator
school buses. About 90
have three-point belts, and
roughly 430 have lap belts,
according to the district.
HISD did not disclose
Tuesday how many new
buses it planned to buy or a
timeline for purchases.
tion long has declined to
advocate for seat belts on
school buses. Mark Rose-
kind, the agency’s top ad-
ministrator, announced a
shift in position on Nov. 8.
His agency also is con-
sidering whether to push
for rule changes to make
the three-point belts man-
datory on all school buses.
(They already are required
on small buses, which typi-
cally transport special-
needs students.)
“School buses should
have seat belts. Period,”
Rosekind said in prepared
remarks. “It should be
utterly uncontroversial.
There is no question that
seat belts offer improved
safety. Seat belts will save
the lives of children who
we might otherwise lose in
crashes.”
District sued
An agency presentation
given in July said that a
federal mandate for three-
point seat belts could save
two lives annually, assum-
ing the devices were worn
all the time. The estimated
cost of the seat belts ranged
from more than $7,300 to
$10,300, the agency said.
On Monday, a mother
whose daughter died in
the HISD bus wreck in
September sued the school
district and the bus manu-
facturer, International
Truck and Engine Corp.
The lawsuit, filed by
Melody Johnson on behalf
of Mariya Johnson, alleges
that the school bus was
“unreasonably danger-
ous.” It notes that the bus
only had lap belts.
“The vehicle industry
has known for decades
that 3-point seat belts are
inherently safer than only
lap belts and that they help
to prevent ejection better,”
said the lawsuit, which
seeks more than $1 million
in damages.
Spokeswomen for HISD
and the bus company, now
called Navistar, declined to
comment.
State Sen. Sylvia Garcia,
D-Houston, and Sen. Ed-
die Lucio Jr., D-Browns-
ville, had asked Lt. Gov.
Dan Patrick to commis-
sion a study of school bus
safety before the 2017 legis-
lative session. But the issue
was not among the interim
charges given to the edu-
cation and transportation
committees.
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CITY | STATE

Deputy shoots, kills knife-wielding man

Ex-girlfriend with protective order was being followed
By Mike Glenn
A sheriff’s deputy said
he shot and killed a man
who came at him with a
butcher knife Tuesday eve-
ning after a short foot chase
in north Harris County.
The man, identified by
relatives as Jeray Chatham,
30, was pronounced dead
at the scene about 7:30 p.m.
inside an apartment com-
store. Sheriff’s officials said patio of an apartment in- the deputy’s account of
he was holding a butcher side the complex, briefly what happened at the
knife when he got out of the eluding the deputy. He scene.
plex along Blue Bell Road against him. car. then stripped down to his Sheriff’s officials said
near Veterans Memorial. The woman waited for The deputy chased after underwear. they don’t know why the
“He didn’t deserve this, deputies in the parking lot him with both men run- “He waited for the dep- man took off his clothes.
said Ray Chatham, who of the nearby Blue Bell Cor- ning toward the nearby uty to turn the corner. He Ray Chatham said he
said he is the dead man’s ner Store, 9702 Veterans apartment complex. When lunged at the deputy with last spoke to his son Mon-
father. Memorial. Sheriff’s officials he wouldn’t drop the knife, the knife,” Collier said. day evening.
Sheriff’s officials said said her ex was there when the deputy fired a Taser at The deputy fired twice “He was getting along
the incident began when the deputies pulled up. him. at the man. He fell to the good with his life. I don’t
the man’s ex-girlfriend The man identified as “The Taser was ineffec- ground and was pro- know what happened,” the
called police to say she was Chatham then drove away. tive,” said Harris County nounced dead. father said.
being followed by him. Au- The deputy followed him Sheriff’s Sgt. Cedrick Col- Sheriff’s officials said
thorities confirmed there through the neighborhood lier. they have spoken to wit- mike.glenn@chron.com
was a protective order filed until he returned to the The man ran toward a nesses who corroborated twitter.com/mrglenn

Falkenberg: Blocking Syrians is not the way to confront terrorism

Falkenberg from page B1
Texas is as illegal as it is
illogical.
Abbott, a former state
Supreme Court justice and
attorney general, knows
the law.
Restricting state
resettlement services
to refugees who come
from particular coun-
tries, or have particular
religious beliefs, violates
federal and Texas law. It
also could be construed
as interfering with federal
executive power to regu-
late immigration.
In Texas, the state’s
own constitution specifi-
cally provides for “equality
under the law,” which can-
not be denied or abridged
because of sex, race, color,
creed or “national origin.”
Confronting terror-
ism is necessary, but
attempting to block Syrian
refugees isn’t the way to do
it, said Geoffrey Hoffman,
director of the University
of Houston Law Center
Immigration Clinic.
He said it plays right
into the hands of terrorists
since it disadvantages the
very people — Yazidis, eth-
nic minorities, families,
›› Read more from this award-winning columnist at And yes, there have war began in 2011, ac- lims, as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz
HoustonChronicle.com/Falkenberg been reports that one of cording to the U.N. Just suggested? Or until we ban
the Paris terrorists may 2,200 Syrian refugees all Muslims?
“A risk analysis is helpful. Consider that more than have come in as a fake ref- have been settled in the That is a rash reaction,
4 million refugees have fled Syria since the war began ugee. But more terrorists United States. The most one that bears no resem-
in 2011, according to the U.N. Just 2,200 Syrian than that have been born for any one city, 90, came blance to the America I
refugees have been settled in the United States. The on U.S. soil. Still more have to Houston. know.
overstayed U.S. visas. And for the potential ac- In our attempt to pro-
most for any one city, 90, came to Houston.
A risk analysis is help- tions of one, some want to tect the land of the free, we
ful. Consider that more ban them all. Where will cannot stop being brave.
than 4 million refugees that stop? With Syrians?
“We cannot and should They hate not only our have fled Syria since the Or just with Syrian Mus- lisa.falkenberg@chron.com
not retreat into xenopho- freedom. They hate our ac-
bia and desperate jingo- ceptance. And they don’t
ism, at the expense of com-
passion, human rights,
and our moral and legal
understand it. It doesn’t fit
into their dire narrative of
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CITY | STATE

Abbott orders DPS to gauge refugee risk

Abbott from page B1
ground checks and other
hurdles in the yearslong
refugee process.
“I direct the Texas De-
partment of Public Safety
to work with federal and
local officials to ensure
any refugees already in
this state do not pose a
risk to public safety,” Ab-
bott wrote in a letter to Col.
Steve McCraw, the depart-
ment’s director.
More than 200 Syrian
refugees were resettled in
Texas during the fiscal
year that ended Aug. 31, ac-
cording to the state health
commission. Twenty-one
more have been resettled
since the beginning of
September.
Overall, there are 70,000
refugees from 78 countries
living in Houston alone
and about 4,800 who came
to Harris County just last
year, mostly from Iraq and
Cuba.
The governor’s office
described the move as
“precautionary” and “not
in response to a specific
threat.” A public safety
department spokesman
declined comment.
Alter resettlement plan
Abbott also asked Chris
Traylor, the executive
commissioner of the Texas
Health and Human Servic-
es Commission, to formally
amend the state’s Refugee
Resettlement State Plan
to exclude Syrians and to
communicate his views to
all social-services agencies
Gov. Greg
Abbott’s
office de-
scribed the
move as
“precau-
tionary.”
hat participate in resettle-
ment.
The latter move may
represent the governor’s
effort to get local organi-
zations on board with his
directive, which some ex-
perts have said will be dif-
ficult to enforce because
of how the federal officials
in charge of refugee efforts
could work directly with
resettlement entities.
“As you are aware, I sent
a letter to President Obama
yesterday informing him
that the State of Texas will
not participate in the re-
settlement of Syrian refu-
gees in the wake of recent
deadly terrorist attacks
in Paris,” Abbott wrote to
McCraw and Traylor. “I
direct your agencies to use
your full authority to com-
ply with this direction.”
One of 30 governors
The letter came on a day
when Texans and others
across the country grap-
pled with the ramifica-
tions of the positions of the
governors, which included
29 Republicans and Demo-
crat Maggie Hassan of New
Hampshire, who is run-
ning for the U.S. Senate.
Obama scheduled an
evening conference call to
talk to the governors about
the situation.
Also Tuesday, Abbott
appointed a state refugee
coordinator, Cecile Young,
the health commission’s
chief of staff. GOP state
Sen. Charles Perry of
Lubbock, a supporter of
Abbott’s stance, asked At-
torney General Ken Pax-
ton to clarify whether it
was legal. And state Rep.
Tony Dale, R-Cedar Park,
a strong supporter of gun
rights, turned heads by
saying refugee resettle-
ment did not make sense
for Texas in part because
of the accessible gun-pur-
chase laws.
‘Woefully misguided’
Texas Democrats de-
cried the developments,
with Manny Garcia, the
deputy executive director
of the state party, calling
Abbott’s position “woe-
fully misguided” and ig-
norant of the “security
reviews from the State De-
partment, Homeland Se-
curity, the U.N., and many
other U.S. agencies” in the
“incredibly rigorous and
comprehensive” refugee
screening process.
“We are disappointed
that Gov. Abbott has given
into the very fear that ter-
rorists are seeking to spark
in our communities,” Gar-
cia said. “Texas Democrats
know that in these times of
crises abroad, more than
ever, the United States
must lead by our values
and principles.”
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William “Bill” Bauer Jr.
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Bill Bauer, age 90, passed
away on November 14, 2015.
For service information and a
Jose DaviD Beltran
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With his beloved wife, Ceci-
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and Jordi, family members
and close friends by his side,
Jose David Beltran went with
the Lord on November 15,
2015 after a brave fight with
cancer.
Jose David was born in
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and Manolita Llopis de
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and grew up in the Canary
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family moved to the United
States. Jose David attended
Baylor University and gradu-
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Architecture and Engineering
from the University of Texas
in Austin.
His career in the energy
industry had his family living
in numerous countries and
cities in the USA. Throughout
his career, he worked and
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Meredith Blickwede
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Mrs. Meredith Blickwede
passed away on the morn-
ing of Tuesday, the 3rd of
November 2015, at her home
in Houston. She was 93.
A more detailed and spe-
cific obituary was published
in Sunday’s edition and may
be accessed electronically via
the Chronicle’s website.
A memorial service
celebrating her life is to be
conducted at two o’clock in
the afternoon on Friday, the
20th of November, in the
chapel of Memorial Drive
Presbyterian Church, 11612
Memorial Drive in Houston,
where Rick Myers, Associate
Pastor, is to officiate.
Immediately following the
service, all are invited to greet
the family during a reception
at a venue to be announced
during the service.
In lieu of customary
remembrances, and for those
Dominique ThiboDeaux
Clark
1988-2015
From every wound that is
a scar, and every scar tells a
story. a story that says “I have
survived”. “Turn your wounds
into wisdom”.
Dominique departed this
life November 9, 2015.
Her life will be celebrated
Thursday, November 19th
at 11:00 AM, Greater Law
Memorial C.O.G.I.C., 4807
Wayne, Rev. W. A. Jenkins,
Pastor, Rev. Paul Cain Jr.,
officiating.
Visitation will be prior to
service beginning at 9 AM.
Charlie Mae FletCher
1925-2015
Charlie Mae Fletcher
expired Friday, November 13,
2015. Visitation (Thursday)
November 19, 2015 from 11-
11:55 a.m., Funeral Services
at 12:00 p.m., both services
will be held at Life Tabernacle
Church 6948 Bellfort. Bishop
Alfredo diAz GonzAles
1923-2015
Alfredo Diaz Gonzales
was born on July 9, 1923 in
Genoa, Texas to Antonio and
Concepcion Gonzales. He
is a World War II Army Air
Corp Veteran. He was one
of 12 children. Alfredo met
and married Simona Lozano
Gonzales. He worked for 40
years with The Weingarten
Company. Alfredo D. Gon-
zales passed away Saturday,
November 14, 2015 to reunite
with his wife of 65 years,
Simona.
Alfredo is survived by his
9 children and their spouses,
28 grandchildren, 27 great
grandchildren, and 1 great
great grandchild. Alfredo and
Simona were blessed with 10
children (5 daughters and 5
sons). To all who have met
Alfredo Gonzales, he was a
father, a grandfather, a friend,
a gardener, and an adviser.
A visitation will be held
Wednesday, November 18,
Fleetwood, Daniel
Fletcher, Charlie
Gonzales, Alfredo
Grover, Rose
Guidry, Jessica
complete obituary, visit www.
TedDickeyFuneral.com
He is survived by his wife
and their two sons, sisters
Nike Luqman and Lydia
Maier and family of Houston,
and brother John Paul Bel-
tran and family of Montecito,
California. He leaves his
beloved Colombian family
and many friends around the
world.
A memorial service will be
held at 12 noon on Friday,
November 20th, at the Cha-
pel of the Grace Presbyterian
Church, 10221 Ella Lee Lane
- Houston, TX 77042.
In lieu on flowers, the
family has requested that a
donation be made in his name
to the charity of your choice.
desiring, the family requests
with gratitude that memorial
contributions in Meredith
Lloyd Blickwede’s name be
directed to Living Water In-
ternational, 4001 Greenbriar
Drive, Stafford, TX 77477,
www.water.cc.
In God’s care she leaves her
mother, Andrea Thibodeaux;
daughter, Aubry Carter;
brother, Rashard Thibodeaux
and many other dear relatives
and friends.
Eddie Ferguson Officiating.
Interment Houston Memorial
Gardens.
2015 from 6PM to 8PM at
Brookside Funeral Home-
Champions. A funeral
service will be held Thursday,
November 19, 2015 at 10
AM at Brookside Funeral
Home-Champions. Interment
is to follow at Forest Park
Lawndale Cemetery.
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life tributes
Horace, Roderick
Knight, Daniel
Knight, James
LeBow, Opal
Lester, Jr., Earl
Rose Ann GRoveR
1937-2015
After a tenacious fight, our
mother, Rose Ann Grover,
passed away with all four
of her children present on
October 23, 2015. She left us
with specific instructions for
this tribute that said she “had
a great life as a mother, nurse
practitioner and grand-
mother, sends dry kisses from
her to all family and hugs to
friends”; that she “did not
want to die, but she had to.”
Our one-of-a-kind mother
was born in Binghamton,
New York to Vern Grover and
Beatrice McCranie Grover,
and was orphaned in 1942 at
age five along with her four
siblings, Louise, Martha,
Leo and Nancy. The “Grover
orphans” had an adventur-
ous upbringing in Dallas,
Texas with their maternal
grandmother, Eulalie Poole
McCranie, and with the
assistance of several maternal
aunts. She graduated from
Woodrow Wilson High
School in Dallas in 1954,
and then earned her nursing
degree from the University
of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston in 1957. In 1975,
she was among the first to re-
ceive a relatively new degree
as a nurse practitioner from
the University of North Caro-
lina at Chapel Hill. Being a
nurse practitioner was part of
our mother’s identity, and in
this role she was beloved by
the many patients whose lives
she positively impacted. She
proudly practiced until she
retired at age 70. Our mother
was never short on medical
advice or stories, and she was
Daniel Scott
FleetwooD (DFleet)
1983-2015
Daniel Scott Fleetwood
(DFLeet), 32, passed away
Tuesday, November 10, 2015,
at his residence in Spring,
Texas.
Daniel was born September
30, 1983, in Galveston, Texas.
He earned an Associate’s de-
gree in computer technology
followed by a Rehabilitation
Counseling degree in 2008
and a Masters in counseling
with academic honors in 2010
from Stephen F. Austin State
University (SFA). Daniel was
President of the Academic
Rehabilitation Club and very
involved with CASA (Child
Appointed Service Advocate)
in addition to being the
drummer in the Praise Band
during college. Besides his
love for Star Wars and video
games, he enjoyed playing
in different bands growing
up, particularly his Sleeping
in Transit Band, as drum-
mer. He was known amongst
friends as DFleet or Frost.
In his senior year at SFA he
met his loving and devoted
wife, Ashley Cohagan, and
was married on July 31,
2010. They moved to Fort
Worth, Texas, where Daniel
interned and worked at
DARS. In 2012 Daniel and
Ashley moved to Spring,
Texas, where Daniel found his
dream job at MHMRA (Men-
tal Health Mental Rehabilita-
tion Association). They soon
bought their home with plans
to raise a family. After a few
months Daniel was diagnosed
with cancer and fought
bravely for over two years.
His survivors include his
loving wife, Ashley Cohagan
Opal leBOw
1917-2015
Opal Raney LeBow, born
September 21, 1917, passed
away on November 16, 2015.
She is preceded in death by
her husband, Clinton Marion
LeBow; children, Carol Ellis,
Clinton Marion LeBow Jr.
and sisters, Pearl Francis ,
Mae Nairn and Jewel Bell
Raney.
Mrs Willie M shelton
1924-2015
“Earth has no sorrow that
Heaven cannot heal”.
Our loving and devoted
mother peacefully entered
into Eternal rest November
11, 2015.
Her life will be celebrated
Thursday, November 19th at
10:00 AM.
Visitation will be prior to
service beginning at 9 AM.
Both services will be held
in the Rose Chapel of Mabrie
Memorial Mortuary.
Interment - Willie Workers
Cemetery, Hallettsville, Tx.
leaves her daughter,
Moore, Edith
Norman, Roy
Pepe, Josephine
Reyna, Steven
Riddle, Eugene
the best diagnostician we
ever knew.
“Momma Rose”, as she
called herself alternating
with “Granna” when she
became a grandmother, was
enormously proud of her
family, and she frequently
embarrassed us by telling
friends and strangers of her
children and grandchildren’s
accomplishments. She was
beloved for her irreverent hu-
mor, her unfailing generosity
and kindness to all, and her
extraordinary wit that kept
all who knew her on their
toes. She was a loving and
loyal woman who had eclectic
collections ranging from
antique fairy lamps and art to
hundreds of quartz crystals
that she gathered on many
digging trips to Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
Rose is survived by her
children and their spouses:
Cindy Farach-Carson (Dan
Carson), Carolyn Schanen
(Jeff Twiss), Kathryn Kissam
(Luke), and Timothy
Schanen, and eight grand-
children: Mariana Farach
(Trevor Tierney), Patrick
Carson, Andrew Farach
(Laura), Kevin Carson, Cole,
Henry and Griffin Kissam,
and Nicholas Schanen. She
also is survived by four great-
grandchildren, Roman and
Lola Widjaja and Natalie and
Simone Farach. She is also
survived by her sisters Louise
Ferri and Nancy Ware and
numerous nephews, a niece,
and their children, and a
host of friends who miss her
greatly.
Fleetwood of Spring, Texas;
parents, Dennis and Brenda
Fleetwood; sisters, Sarah
Landers (Christian) and Olya
Fleetwood; grandparents, Ed-
mond and Doris Brister and
JoAnn Fleetwood. He was
preceded in death by Cecil
Fleetwood (grandfather).
Loving father and mother-
in-law are Randy and Susan
Cohagan; and brother-in-law,
Matthew Cohagan. Daniel
also leaves behind his loving
“fur babies” Daisy, Maggie,
and Cora. Daniel is in heaven
holding his sweet Lucy dog.
Daniel will be dearly missed
by a multitude of family and
friends throughout the world.
May the Force Be With You
Master Jedi Daniel.
Memorial services will be
held Saturday, November 21,
2015, at 2:00 P.M. at Cason
Monk-Metcalf ’s Sunset Cha-
pel, located at 5400 North
Street, Nacogdoches, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made to either Ashley’s
on-line Go Fund Me account
(https://www.gofundme.com/
e1tqh4) or by sending a check
directly to Ashley Fleetwood
at 1010 Spring Lakes Haven
Drive, Spring, Texas 77373.
Online memories and
condolences may be offered
at www.CasonMonk-Metcalf.
com.
Left to cherish her memory
are her grandchildren, Andy
Ellis and Arthur Clinton
LeBow.
Visitation will begin at
10am, followed by funeral
service at 11am at the Chapel
of Angels of Forest Park
Lawndale Funeral Home on
Friday, November 20, 2015.
Interment will immediately
follow in Forest Park Lawn-
dale Cemetery.
Marilyn Tucker; son, Dwayne
Randle and many other dear
relatives and friends.
Her son, Walter R. Shelton
preceded her in death.
“Earth has no sorrow that
Heaven cannot heal”.
Shelton, Willie
Sikorski, Bennie
Thelen, Margaret
Thompson, James
Whitehead, Jo-Ann
The family would like to
thank all of mom’s many
friends for their constant
support and encouragement,
the fantastic physicians and
nurses at Houston Methodist
Hospital for their loving care
during her illness, and the
nursing staff at Brookdale
Galleria for their attention
to her needs during her time
there in the skilled nursing
unit.
A celebration of Rose’s
life will be held the 22nd of
November at one o’clock in
the afternoon at the Memo-
rial Chapel at Rice University,
6100 Main Street in Hous-
ton. A private interment of
her ashes will take place next
year in Dallas, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, Rose
asked that donations be
made to the School of Nurs-
ing Scholarship program,
in Memory of Rose Grover,
RN Class of ’57, University of
Texas Medical Branch, Devel-
opment Office, 301 Univer-
sity Boulevard, Galveston, TX
77555-0147 or the School of
Nursing, Nurse Practitioner
Jessica Tarin Guidry
1968-2015
A very easy going lady with
a heart for volunteering and
teaching children, that is how
I would describe a woman
who devoted her life to her
community and education.
Jessica Tarin Guidry passed
away on November 16, 2015,
and will be forever missed by
all of us who have taken the
tour into the past at Washing-
ton on the Brazos Historical
Site. For the past 10 years, as
a park administrator, Jessica’s
smiling face would greet
you and provide you with a
trip into history. It wasn’t
just the people she enjoyed
but the oxen on the working
Barrington Farm as well. She
loved her co-workers and all
of us that would go there,
especially the children on
school field trips. No matter
how fashionably late she was,
Jessica was always generous
with her time and known by
all that loved her, never in a
hurry!
Jessica was born in New
Orleans, La, on February 14,
1968 to Cleveland Guidry and
Charlene (Tohey) Guidry. She
was their only child. A work-
ing family both Cleveland and
Charlene were employed by
Gulf Oil. Their professions
gave them the opportunity to
travel the world with Jessica
by their side until their retire-
ment in later years. With age,
Jessica’s strive for knowledge
lead her to graduate from
DANIEL LEVI KNIGHT
1932-2015
Daniel Levi Knight, 83
of League City, Texas died
Thursday, November 12,
2015. Born February 5, 1932
in Summerville South Caro-
lina, he was son to the late St.
Clair Ainsley Knight and Ella
Christine Cone Knight.
Dan was a graduate of The
Citadel Military College of
South Carolina. He served
in the U.S. Navy during
the Korean War receiving
several medals for his bravery
in combat.
Upon receiving his
engineering degree at The
Citadel, Dan went to work
for NASA at Langley Field
in Virginia. Not one to like
the cold winters, he was one
of the first to volunteer to
relocate to Texas and pioneer
the Johnson Space Center in
Houston, Texas. Dan went on
to spend over 30 years work-
ing at NASA and remembered
his days there fondly.
In addition to his work at
NASA, Dan enjoyed camp-
ing, fishing and hunting
with his family and friends.
He was also an avid reader,
and loved to watch sports
and FOX News Channel on
B7
Wood, Kathy
Program, in Memory of Rose
Ann Grover, FNP, University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill School of Nursing, Office
of Gift Planning, 208 West
Franklin Street, Campus Box
6100, Chapel Hill 27599-
6100.
Do not stand at my grave
and weep. I am not there. I
do not sleep. I am a thousand
winds that blow. I am the
diamond glints on snow. I am
the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn
rain. When you awaken in
the morning’s hush I am the
swift uplifting rush of quiet
birds in circled flight. I am
the soft stars that shine at
night. Do not stand at my
grave and cry; I am not there.
I did not die. Mary Elizabeth
Frye
Texas A&M University
with a bachelor’s degree in
recreation parks, tourism and
sciences, also with a master’s
degree in land economics
and agriculture. Needless to
say, Jessica loved everything
about Texas A&M University
and was proud to be an active
participant in our community.
She also loved the Houston
Astros!
Jessica leaves behind her
Godparents, Jimmy and
Paula Guidry, and her loving
extended family.
Friends and family will
spend time sharing her
memories on Wednesday, No-
vember 18, 2015 from 6:00
p.m. to 8:00p.m. at Hillier
Funeral Home of College
Station; 4080 State Hwy 6 S,
College Station, Texas.
Donations in Jessica’s
honor should be made to:
Aggieland Humane Society;
5359 Leanard Road, Bryan,
TX 77807.
Please view Jessica’s memo-
ries and share stories at www.
hillierfuneralhome.com
TV. But most of all, Dan
enjoyed spending time with
his beloved wife, family, and
caregivers.
He was predeceased by
the love of his life, Sara
Knight, and son, Christopher
Knight. Surviving are a
son and daughter in law,
Craig and Tammy Knight of
Georgetown, Texas, daughter
Cheryl Knight of League City,
Texas and grandson Shannon
Knight of Georgetown, Texas.
In honor of Dan, a private
ceremony will be held for the
family.
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LIFE TRIBUTES

Earl laurEncE lEstEr, Jr.

1914-2015

having outlived them all.

Houston has lost a gentle-
man - loving, honorable and
gracious to all.
Earl Laurence Lester, Jr., a
third generation Houstonian,
was born on the 8th of July
1914, and died with dignity
on Saturday, the 7th of No-
vember 2015, the anniversary
of the birth of his son Mark.
He was 101 years old and the
only child of Earl Laurence
Lester, Sr. and Ruth Howard
Lester.
Earl was predeceased by his
parents; Mary Gray Lester,
his beloved wife of almost
seventy two years; and by two
beloved sons, Earl Laurence
Lester III and Mark Howard
Lester. He is survived by
his favorite daughter, Linda
Lester Griffin, his favorite
son in law, John Irving
Griffin; granddaughters,
Laura Griffin Schuhmacher
and her husband, John
William Schuhmacher III,
Allison Griffin Lorenzo
and her husband, Philip
Andrew Lorenzo; and great-
granddaughters, Sarah Gray
Schuhmacher, Hilary Helms
Schuhmacher and Melissa
Brydia Lorenzo. He is also
survived by three lovely
goddaughters, Olive Allen
Hughes, Julie Hull Johnson
and Barbara Moore. Earl is
also survived by many close
friends and business associ-
ates. However, he did not
have an enemy in the world,
The family would like to
express its sincere apprecia-
tion to Angelica Castillo for
her faithful support, a loving
friend and companion to the
Lester family for 30 years,
and to Latarsha Hunter. Also,
the family is very grateful to
Houston Hospice, especially
Svanhaniel Crim and Dora
Narvaez for their exceptional
care and attention.
Earl attended Montrose
Elementary School, Sidney
Lanier Junior High and San
Jacinto Senior High, class of
1933. He also attended Rice
Institute for two years, class
of 1937. In 1936, he started
his business career with a
division of Brown & Root,
Inc. and remained with that
fine company until volunteer-
ing for the Army Air Corps in
1943. He served as an aerial
navigator and radar bombar-
dier. When the war ended in
mid-August 1945, Earl was
on shipping orders to the
20th Air Force, a B-29 group
based on Tinian Island in
the South Pacific which was
home base of “Enola Gay,” the
B -29 which dropped the first
atomic bomb on Hiroshima
and ended World War II.
In January, 1948, with the
encouragement and support
of Howard Tellepsen and
Harry K. Smith, two vital
friends and mentors, Earl
founded the E.L. Lester &
Company in Houston. It
distributed heavy construc-
tion equipment which
operated successfully in
Texas and Louisiana for more
than 50 years. E. L. Lester
& Company shared in many
opportunities presented by
the unprecedented growth
of Houston and the entire
Gulf Coast economy. As one
of Houston’s leading citizens
said “Houston made a lot of
us country boys look smart.”
Earl had the privilege of
serving on the board of direc-
tors of Stewart & Stevenson
Services, a Fortune 500 Com-
pany, St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital, Enterprise Bank,
Interfaith Care Partners and
San Jacinto Alumni Asso-
ciation. Earl and Mary Gray
were long members of the
Houston Country Club, Texas
Corinthian Yacht Club and
the Colonneh Club.
Earl and Mary Gray
were active members of St.
Martin’s Episcopal Church
from 1957 until their deaths.
Earl served on the vestry of
St. Martin’s and as senior
warden with the Reverend
Tom Bagby, the founding
rector of St. Martin’s. Earl
was honored to be awarded
the St. Martin’s Star in 1998.
His family is so appreciative
of the clergy at St. Martin’s
Episcopal Church.
In his later years, Earl
enjoyed the warm friendship
and support of a number of
younger friends who kept
him active and in touch
with the real world and Earl
and his family would like to
express their thanks and deep
appreciation to Oscar Hahn,
John Hovas, Christopher
Criner, Tom Tellepsen, Judge
Lynn Hughes and Dr. Arlys
Bing for their friendship and
warm support.
Earl always felt most
fortunate to have been born
in and live most of his life in
the twentieth century, the
century in which the United
States of America came of age
and became the world leader
and industrial giant that it
is today. It was a century of
many challenges but also
of great opportunities. Earl
always felt that our greatest
privilege is to have lived our
lives in the United States of
America…God bless you all.
Friends are cordially invit-
ed to gather with the family
and share remembrances of
Earl during a reception to be
held from five o’clock in the
afternoon until seven o’clock
in the evening on Wednesday,
the 18th of November, in the
grand foyer of Geo. H. Lewis
& Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in
Houston.
A memorial service cel-
ebrating his life will be held
at two o’clock in the after-
noon on Thursday, the 19th
of November, at St. Martin’s
Episcopal Church, 717 Sage
Road in Houston, where the
Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson,
Jr., Rector, is to officiate.
Kindly note that valet park-
ing will be provided by the
church for the service.
Serving as honorary pall-
bearers are Dr. Arlys Bing,
Christopher Criner, Sanford
Criner, Jr., Fred Griffin, Oscar
Hahn, John Hovas, Judge
Lynn Hughes, Howard Tel-
lepsen, Jr. and Tom Tellepsen
II.
Immediately following, all
are invited to greet the family
during a reception in the
adjacent Bagby Parish Hall.
At a later date the fam-
ily is to gather for a private
interment.
In lieu of customary
remembrances, memo-
rial contributions may be
directed to St. Martin’s
Episcopal Church, 717 Sage
Road, Houston TX, 77056;
or to the Rice University
Colonneh Club Scholarship,
PO Box 1892, Houston, TX,
77252; or to the charity of
one’s choice.
“A father’s legacy is not
riches, possessions or worldly
goods of any kind; it is the
way he lived, the lives he
touched, the promises he
kept. It is the kind of man he
was.” - Author Unknown

EUGENE NEESE RIDDLE

James OthO Knight
1930-2015
James Otho Knight, 85,
of Houston, went home to
be with Jesus on Sunday,
November 15, 2015.
Jim was born June 9, 1930
in Fort Worth, Texas, where
he lived until 1991 when he
moved to Houston. He was
Assistant Scout Master - BSA
Troop 179 in Ft Worth from
1966 to 1974, and a 65-year
member of the Masonic
Lodge, served as Worshipful
Master of the Cade-Rothwell
Lodge in Houston 1998-1999.
He was a member of Travis
Avenue Baptist Church in Ft
Worth, and then St Luke’s
United Methodist Church in
Houston.
Early in his career, Jim
worked as an Illumination
Engineer for Texas Electric,
and then as an electrical
equipment salesman for
over 30 years. After moving
to Houston, Jim worked at
Bering’s hardware, where he
retired at the age of 81.
He was a loving husband,
brother, father, grandfather,
great grandfather and friend.
Whether you knew him as
Jim, Jimmie, or J.O., you
knew him as a friendly man,
yearning to swap stories and
brag about his family. He was
“Mr. Fix-it”; a handyman
for his friends’ home-repair
projects, enjoyed “piddling” in
his shop and building models.
He loved to sing, and was
making a joyful noise with his
last breath.
Roy Lee NoRmaN, JR.
1962-2015
Roy Lee Norman, Jr., 53,
of Texas City, TX passed
away on 11.10.2015 at A
Med Community Hospice in
Texas City. He was employed
as a police officer with the
Pasadena Police Dept. and
he was retired from the U.S.
Marine Corps. On 11.19.2015
there will be a wake from
7 p.m.-9 p.m. at Troy B.
Smith Professional Services,
(9013 Scott St, Houston,
TX, 713.734.8769). On
11.20.2015 at Cross Roads
Community Church, (3350
Manvel Rd, Pearland, TX
713.436.2211) there will be
a visitation 8 a.m. until the
home-going service at 9:30
Josephine pepe
1933-2015
Josephine Augustine Pepe
82, passed away at home
November 13, 2015, sur-
rounded by her family. She
was born in Galveston, TX on
November 11, 1933 and was
third youngest of 7 to Ben and
Josephine Augustine. She was
married to John Pepe for 59
years and survived by her hus-
band John, her children John
Jr., Michael, and Chris; sisters
Rosalie, Margaret, brother
August and many nieces and
nephews.
Memorial Services will be
with visitation and Rosary on
Wednesday, November 18th
from 5-8pm at the Forest
Park Westheimer Funeral
Home and Mass Services will
be held at St. John Vianney
Catholic Church at 10:30 am
He is survived by Barbara
Bamberg-Knight, his wife
and “Angel” of 26 years, sister
Margaret Knight of Houston,
son George Knight and wife
Jane of Arlington, daughter
Susan Flowers and husband
Allen of Ft Worth, stepson
Todd Bamberg and wife Julia
of Chicago, six grandchildren,
one great grandchild and
countless extended family.
Jim’s memorial service will
be at two o’clock in the after-
noon on Thursday, November
19, 2015 at St. Luke’s United
Methodist Church, 3471 Wes-
theimer Rd, Houston 77027.
In lieu of flowers, the family
suggests donations be made
to “Friends of Music” at St.
Luke’s, or Houston Hospice,
1905 Holcombe Blvd, Hous-
ton, Texas 77030.
a.m. Burial will follow at
the Houston VA National
Cemetery. Funeral arrange-
ments are being handled by
Comeaux Community Funeral
Chapel, in Beaumont, TX,
409.838.6598. Please visit us
at www.comeauxchapel.com
or on social media #Comeaux
. Nov. 12, 2015. Steven was
on Thursday November 19th
followed by burial service
at Forest Park Westheimer
Cemetery.
Edith LadEEn MoorE
1926-2015
Edith Ladeen Moore passed
peacefully away at dawn on
November 13, 2015. She is
preceded in death by her par-
ents, James and Jewel Askew,
husband Prentiss Lee Moore
(P.L.) and her son, Prentiss
Lee Moore, III. Edith is sur-
vived by her daughter, Kathie
Eileen Moore, son James
Moore (wife Sheryl), and her
granddaughter (daughter of
James and Sheryl), Madeline
Moore.
Edith was born March 29,
1926, in St. Joseph’s hospital,
Houston, Texas. She grew
up in the Heights area of
Houston and graduated at age
16 from Austin High School.
Edith then attended Baylor
University, with plans to at-
tend medical school. At Bay-
lor, she met, fell in love with,
and married P.L. Moore. P.L.
was called to service in World
War II and Edith graduated
from Baylor soon thereafter.
She followed in her mother’s
footsteps and became a
teacher. She taught grades
three through six for thirteen
years at various schools in
Houston, making great and
lasting friendships. During
this time, Edith acquired her
Master’s degree in Educa-
tion from the University of
Houston. In 1959 Edith was
appointed to be principal of
Cunningham Elementary
where she served four years.
In 1963 she was selected as
principal to open Pat Neff
Elementary in Sharpstown,
which at peak enrollment
served 1600 students with 55
teachers. Her vision and lead-
ership capabilities allowed her
to create innovative learning
programs for students. One
of these became the model
at the state level. Pat Neff
served as a center for practice
teachers as they finalized their
training. Edith served on
multiple committees for edu-
cation at the local, state, and
national level. She was also
the president of the Houston
Principal’s Association.
In 1972 Edith was ap-
Steven R. Reyna
1962-2015
STEVEN R. REYNA (53),
of Pasadena TX. passed away
born in Pasadena to Joe and
Dorlene Reyna. He graduated
from Pasadena high school
where he played football.
Steven worked at the Atlantic
Coffee Solutions plant on
Harrisburg as an A.M.C.O.
Coordinating Supervisor. His
death was due to a chemical
leak at the plant where he
worked for over 20 years. His
favorite things were spending
time with his son and friends.
Steven leaves to cherish his
memories, his parents, Joe
and Dorlene Reyna, his son,
Zachary Reyna, three sisters,
Joetta Rose Reyna (deceased),
Mellisa Ann Adams and
husband, Donnie Adams,
and Vineta Lynne Veracruz
and husband Ben Veracruz.
Steven is also survived by his
grandmother Rosie Reyna
and numerous family mem-
bers and friends.
HONORARY PALL BEAR-
ERS;
RICKEY AQUINO--MIKE
pointed Deputy Superinten-
dent of Special Programs and
Support Services. After one
year, she accepted the position
as Deputy Superintendent
of Area 2, which served 41
schools: 28 elementary, 7
junior high, and 6 senior
high schools. Edith retired
as Deputy Superintendent
in 1985 and later moved to
Montgomery, Texas. After her
retirement , she continued to
serve education by mentor-
ing, advising, and supervising
student teachers from area
universities. She stayed active
and eventually, following her
father’s footsteps, became the
Mayor of Montgomery from
2004-2008.
Edith loved her family,
friends, cooking, traveling,
and reading. She possessed
a laser wit, a sparking and at
times bawdy sense of humor,
a brilliant mind, decisive
leadership abilities, and a
love of God and family that
translated into a wisdom that
pervaded her life.
Edith will be missed by
all who knew her, but leaves
behind a striking legacy
in those she educated and
mentored. The memorial
service will be held at Sam
Houston Memorial Funeral
Home in Montgomery, Texas,
on November 21st at 11:00
am. A reception will follow at
noon, at the Lone Star Com-
munity Center, 2500 Lone
Star Parkway, Montgomery
Texas 77356. You may post
memorial tributes to her fam-
ily at www.shmfh.com
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PLEASE DONATE IN HIS
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ING;
UNITED WAY,DISABLED
VETS.,OR ANY LOCAL
YOUTH SPORTS PRO-
GRAM.
1927-2015
Eugene Neese Riddle
passed away peacefully early
Monday morning, November
16, 2015 in Sugar Land, Texas
at the age of 88.
Gene was born on October
17, 1927 in Roper, North
Carolina and earned degrees
from The Citadel, 1950
(B.S. Civil Engineering) and
Georgetown University Law
Catherine McIntosh (David)
Center, 1955 (Juris Doctor-
of Macon, GA, Jefferson
ate). He was admitted to the
Riddle (Gloria) of Sugar
Bar in 1955. He was a former
Land, TX and Charlotte
patent examiner in the United
Sebesta (Michael) of Roswell,
States Patent and Trademark
GA; six grandsons, Luke
Office; formerly Chief Patent
McIntosh (Hillary), Scott
Counsel of ACF Industries in
McIntosh (Lindsey), Clayton
New York and patent attorney
Riddle (Ashley), James
with Houston firm of Bush,
Riddle, Andrew Riddle and
Riddle & Jackson; admitted
Matthew Sebesta; one grand-
to Texas, District of Colum-
daughter, Laura McIntosh
bia, Missouri and North
Winters (Benjamin); and four
Carolina Bars. Colonel U.S.
great-granddaughters.
Army Reserve (ret).
A private inurnment will be
He enjoyed spending time
held at Lewis Memorial Park,
with his family in Amelia
in Asheville, NC, on Saturday,
Island, FL and Montreat, NC.
November 21, 2015. In lieu
Among his many interests
of flowers, you are invited to
and hobbies were fishing,
send a contribution, in Gene’s
golfing, boating, tennis, trav-
memory, to the Montreat
eling, and playing bridge.
Conference Center, P.O. Box
Gene was preceded in
969, Montreat, NC 28757, or
death by his wife of 59 years
the benevolence of you choice.
Sybil Corbett Riddle. He is
survived by three children
Bennie W. SikorSki
1931-2015
A beloved husband, loving
father and grandfather,
passed away peacefully on
November 14, 2015. Bennie
retired from the Army as a Lt.
Col. after 23 years of service.
His military career started
in Texas and took him to
many military bases includ-
ing France, Vietnam, and
Korea. He began a second
career with General Dynam- 20, 2015, at Jaynes. The
ics and Computer Science Rosary will begin at 6:30 pm.
Corporation. Bennie was A Mass celebrating his life
predeceased by his wife of 54 will begin at 10:15 am, Sat-
years, Virginia. He is survived urday, November 21, 2015, at
by his daughter, Belinda; son, Holy Spirit Catholic Church,
Michael and wife, Mikki, and 1111 W. Danieldale Road in
grandson, Sean; sister, Mary Duncanville. Interment will
Grace Pavlik; brothers, Stan- be held in Arlington National
ley Sikorski and Father Louis Cemetery in Virginia. In lieu
Sikorski; sister-in-law, Eunice of flowers, the family requests
L. Balke; cousins, nieces, memorial donations to the
nephews, caring friends, and Wounded Warrior Project at
extended family. Visitation http://www.woundedwarrior-
with the family is 5:00 to project.org/
6:30 pm, Friday, November
Margaret Jean Stone thelen
1931-2015
Margaret Jean Stone by her parents, her husband
Thelen, 83, passed away Jack and her son Jim. She
on November 14, 2015 in is survived by her children,
Houston, TX. She was born Bill and his wife Lan Thelen,
in Drexel Hill, PA to parents Mary and her husband Brad
Clifford and Lavinia Stone on Rooker and Carol Ambuhl;
November 25, 1931. and four grandchildren,
Peg was a loving wife and Jimmy and Jennifer Thelen,
mother. In her spare time and Christopher and Casey
she enjoyed reading, cross- Rooker.
stitching, sewing, baking and A Rosary will be held at
playing tennis. She also en- 12:30 pm with a Memorial
joyed spending time with her Mass at 1:00 pm on Novem-
children and grandchildren. ber 19, 2015 at St. John
Peg is preceded in death Vianney Catholic Church.
Kathy a. Wood
1950-2015
Kathy A. Wood passed away
on November, 15, 2015 at the
age of 65. Kathy was a loving
wife, mother, grandmother,
and friend. Kathy is sur-
vived by her son Justin, her
daughter Dawn, and her four
beloved grandchildren, Bruce,
Derek, Tyler, and Taylor. Visi-
tation will be held at 10:00
a.m. on Friday, November 20,
2015 at Woodlawn Funeral
Home with the funeral to
follow at 11:00 a.m.

CITY | STATE
Murder retrial focuses on self-defense claim
Neighbor killed
after argument
over loud music
By Brian Rogers
Whether Raul Rodri-
guez was a ticking time-
bomb who provoked a
deadly shooting or a busy-
body neighbor who had
just a split second to make
a life-or-death choice will
be a decision for jurors in a
Harris County courtroom.
Opening statements
from prosecutors and de-
fense lawyers painted two
different pictures of the
50-year-old who is being
retried on charges of mur-
der, accused of gunning
down his neighbor on a ru-
ral street in Huffman dur-
ing a birthday party.
Rodriguez has claimed
he was acting in self-de-
fense under the “stand
your ground” law when
he shot Kelly Danaher,
who was celebrating the
birthdays of his wife and
daughter with friends on
May 2, 2010.
The all-day party had
been a grand affair, with
Abortion survey aims to tie Texas’ restrictions to trend
Abortion from page B1
“We are very concerned
that as clinic-based abor-
tion becomes harder to
access in this state, more
women will take matters
into their own hands,” said
Dr. Daniel Grossman, a
professor at the University
of California, San Francis-
co and co-investigator for
the project.
The findings, he said,
reflect the intersection of
two trends in reproductive
health: tighter restrictions
on abortion access in Texas
clinics and the increased
availability of abortion
drugs, such as misopro-
stol, over the counter in
Mexican pharmacies.
Restrictive laws
Texas has been a hotbed
in the battle over abor-
tion. The U.S. Supreme
Court has agreed to hear a
challenge to House Bill 2,
passed in 2013, which im-
posed some of the strictest
requirements in the coun-
try on abortion providers.
The law bans abortions af-
ter 20 weeks of pregnancy,
sharply limits the use of
LIFE TRIBUTES
JAMES DANIEL
THOMPSON
1924-2015
JIM THOMPSON was
born in Texarkana, Texas on
October 22, 1924, to Charles
A. Thompson and Carmen
Fletcher White, and passed
away peacefully on November
16, 2015. He was raised in
Texarkana and attended Texas
A&M University, earning a
degree in Chemical Engineer-
ing in just 2-1/2 years. Jim
joined the Navy immediately
upon graduation, serving in
WWII until 1946. He then
joined Shell Oil Company
in Houston, where he met
and married Laurah Loraine
Campbell on December 4,
1948. Like many Shell fami-
lies at the time, Jim, Loraine
and their expanding family
moved 11 times across Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, New
York and Canada, settling
finally back in Houston in
1968. During his time with
Shell in New Orleans, Jim
earned his law degree from
Loyola. Jim remained with
Shell until 1975, when he
became President of ANR
Production Company and
Executive Vice-President
of Michigan Wisconsin
Pipeline. After 11 years with
ANR/Mich-Wisc, Jim began
practicing law, specializing
in Trusts and Estates. He
maintained his law license
until very recently, help-
ing family and friends with
their wills and probate. Jim
and Loraine were long-time
members of Memorial Drive
Presbyterian Church, where
they taught Sunday school
for many years. Among other
things, Jim loved to dance
with Loraine in the Agnes
Maule Dance Club and the
Thalia Dance Club. Jim also
loved music, having earned
his way through A&M playing
guitar with his brother Char-
lie on the local radio station,
Raul Rodriguez, center, sits with his attorney, Kyle Sampson on Monday.
Rodriguez claims he shot and killed his neighbor in self-defense.
a bouncy house, a giant
slip-n-slide and a pool for
the kids, prosecutors said.
Families came and went all
day enjoying birthday cake
and brisket, and as the sun
went down, they put out
speakers for karaoke.
Prosecutors said Rodri-
guez grew irritated with
abortion medications, re-
quires abortion clinics to
meet the expensive stan-
dards of hospital-style
surgical centers, and man-
dates that abortion doctors
obtain admitting privileges
at nearby hospitals.
The Texas Policy Evalu-
ation Project is a partner-
ship between the Univer-
sity of Texas at Austin,
the University of Alabama
Birmingham and Massa-
chusetts-based Ibis Re-
productive Health, which
advocates increasing ac-
cess to safe abortion. The
project was organized to
study Texas laws affecting
abortion access. The group
previously found that after
HB2 was passed, the num-
ber of abortions in Texas
dropped 13 percent, and 23
of the state’s 41 clinics have
closed.
“The reality is these laws
do not prevent the need for
abortion. They do not ad-
dress the factors leading
to unplanned pregnancy.
They simply block access
for women to professional
medical care in their com-
munities,” said Amy Hag-
strom Miller, founder and
and playing in numerous
bands throughout his years at
Shell and ANR. After losing
Loraine in 2009, Jim moved
to Parkway Place, where he
took up Spanish and con-
tinued playing guitar in the
trio “Strings and Things.” His
unwavering positive spirit,
keen mind and sharp wit have
been an inspiration to all who
knew him. Jim is survived
by his children and their
spouses, Laura and Jim Dunn
of Houston, Nancy and Jim
Overbey of Dallas, Cathy and
Brian Pasher of Austin, and
Jim and Sharla Thompson of
Houston; his grandchildren,
Matthew and Adam Dunn,
Emily (Overbey) and Jason
Brandt, Alyson (Overbey) and
Steve Tatigian, Brandon and
Lauren Pasher, and Ashlyn
and Jay Thompson; his
sister-in-law Iris Mae Kemp
of Granbury; brother-in-law
A.B. Campbell and wife,
Lunell of Dadeville, Alabama;
and numerous nieces and
nephews. Jim’s family will
receive visitors at the Houston
Racquet Club, 10709 Memo-
rial Drive on Wednesday, No-
vember 18 from 5:30 to 7:30
pm. A celebration of Jim’s life
for family and close friends
will be held in the chapel at
Memorial Drive Presbyte-
rian Church on Thursday,
November 19 at 2 pm. In lieu
of flowers, the family requests
that contributions be made
to the Church or charity of
your choice. Micah 6:8; John
14:1-3; 2 Timothy 4:7.
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his neighbors because he
thought the music was too
loud on their 4-acre lot. Af-
ter unsuccessfully calling
the police several times, he
walked to the Danaher’s
house from his home, more
than 100 yards away, with a
videocamera, a cell phone
and a gun.
CEO of Whole Women’s
Health, the lead plaintiff
in the HB2 challenge un-
der consideration by the
Supreme Court. “Women
still need abortions in our
communities, and many of
those women take matters
into their own hands.”
Anti-abortion activ-
ists called the study deeply
flawed and questioned its
relevance to the HB2 debate.
“The case is trying to be
made that HB2 is going to
have this major spiral ef-
fect, and you really can’t
draw that analysis,” said
Melissa Conway, a spokes-
woman for Texas Right to
Life. “It’s not tied to HB2 in
any way.”
Lack of context
The survey did not col-
lect data on when the self-
induction attempts oc-
curred or how many of the
women were successful
in terminating their preg-
nancy on their own or by
visiting a clinic.
“Some of these attempts
happened before 2013, and
we don’t have any clear
data indicating the rate of
self-induction has gone
Jo-Ann Bonnell HAywArd wHiteHeAd
1925-2015
Jo-Ann Bonnell Hayward
Whitehead, devoted wife,
mother, grandmother and
sister died peacefully while
surrounded by her family on
the 15th of November 2015.
She was born August 31,
1925 to William Gardner
Hayward and Caroline Bon-
nell Hayward. Her family was
among the original founders
of Youngstown, Ohio where
they had interests in iron,
coal, steel and banking. The
family also established The
First Presbyterian Church of
Youngstown in 1799.
Jo-Ann graduated from the
National Cathedral School
in Washington, D.C. in 1943
and Miami of Ohio Univer-
sity four years later. After
college she moved to New
York City to pursue a career
in broadcasting working
for CBS radio and became
Program Coordinator for the
network. While visiting family
in Houston, Jo-Ann met her
future husband, Tom, who
was the love of her life. They
were married December 13,
1961 at her family church in
Youngstown where she later
brought her children, Toby
and Caroline, to be baptized.
Jo-Ann was active in
the Junior League of
Youngstown, New York City,
and Houston; past President
and board member of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, Alexander Love
Chapter; member of the
Society of Mayflower Descen-
dants; the National Society
of New England Women;
Daughters of Founders and
Patriots of America; and
a founding member of the
Houston Racquet Club.
Jo-Ann centered her life
around her family and was
View today’s and past obituaries at chron.com/tributes
Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle
Kyle Sampson, Rodri-
guez’s lawyer, said the
irate neighbor had printed
out the law on “public nui-
sance” and planned to vid-
eotape the noise, then call
the police with proof of the
nuisance. That plan went
awry when Rodriguez got
to Danaher’s home and
up since HB2,” Grossman
said. “We weren’t spe-
cifically asking about at-
tempts since HB2.”
The percentage suggests
that over the past four de-
cades, more than 100,000
women in Texas have tried
to terminate pregnancies
themselves.
Grossman said previous
evidence suggests rates of
self-induction are higher in
Texas than in other states.
A 2012 study by the proj-
ect found that 7 percent of
patients at Texas abortion
clinics had previously tried
to terminate pregnancies
on their own. A survey by
the Guttmacher Institute,
by comparison, found the
national rate of self-induc-
tion to be about 2 percent of
abortion patients.
The latest survey, Gross-
man said, is the first to look
at how many women in the
general population have
tried to self-induce.
The researchers con-
ducted follow-up inter-
views with 18 women who
had tried to self-induce. Of
those, 10 used misoprostol,
with seven reporting a suc-
cessful termination. Of the
an active participant in her
children’s activities, teaching
Sunday School at St. Luke’s
United Methodist Church
and volunteering for Post
Oak Little League, The Awty
School and The Kinkaid
School.
Jo-Ann is preceded in
death by her parents and
her brother Hugh Bonnell
Hayward. She is survived by
her husband, Thomas Phillip
Whitehead; son, Thomas
Hayward Whitehead and
wife Katherine; daughter,
Caroline Bonnell Whitehead
Hildreth and husband Jef-
frey; grandchildren William,
Suzannah, Thomas, and
James Whitehead; Hayward,
John and Alexandra Hildreth.
She is also survived by her
sister, Elizabeth Hayward
Marshall; stepson Bruce
Willson Whitehead and wife
Chisa; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
Jo-Ann traveled the world,
loved politics and was an avid
sports fan. She leaves behind
a legacy of love and generos-
ity and her celebrated pound
cake. She will be greatly
missed.
A memorial service will be
held on Friday, November
20, 2015 at one o’clock in the
afternoon at Christ the King
Presbyterian Church, 1201
Silber Road, Houston, Texas
77055.
In lieu of flowers, please
donate to the charity of your
choice.
used his flashlight to signal
the partygoers that he was
watching from the street,
about 25 yards away.
“Raul Rodriguez was
confronted by a group of
angry men,” Sampson
said. “And they weren’t
just angry, they were in-
toxicated.”
He said video of the
shooting would show the
men were threatening Ro-
driguez, then charged him.
Rodriguez can be heard
on the video repeatedly
saying, “I am in fear for my
life” during the arguing.
As he was being
charged, he fired at least
twice, killing 36-year-old
Danaher, prosecutors said.
Jurors would under-
stand the group’s intent,
Sampson said, when they
hear voices on the video
including a maniacal laugh
from one of the men as Ro-
driguez was charged.
Prosecutors said Rodri-
guez provoked the situa-
tion and is hiding behind
the law on self-defense.
Video footage of Rodri-
guez would show that he
was talking to himself and
to authorities on his cell
other three, two went on
to have abortions through
clinics, while one contin-
ued her pregnancy.
Alternate methods
The other eight women
tried herbs, teas or oth-
er nonpharmaceutical
products.
“Not surprisingly, none
of those worked, and they
ended up seeking abor-
tion at a clinic,” Grossman
said. “None of the women
we spoke with had serious
medical complications re-
lated to their self-induction
attempt.”
Misoprostol is one of
two drugs generally used
together to induce abor-
tions in the U.S. Women
are generally given mife-
pristone, better known
as RU486, first, and then
misoprostal, sold under
the brand name, Cytotec,
24 to 48 hours later.
Grossman said that
combination is 90 percent
to 95 percent effective in
terminating a pregnancy.
Misoprostol alone is about
85 percent effective if tak-
en in the first 10 weeks of
pregnancy and is often
RodeRick A. HoRAce
1970-2008
Nov 27, 70 - Nov 18, 08
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and miss you so much.
Soon it will be your
birthday,
Happy Birthday.
Mom, Dad,
Brothers, Niece,
Family and Friends.
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1948-2015
John Collmorgen, age 67
of Waller passed away on
November 15, 2015. Go to
the website listed below for
arrangement details.
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phone about not “losing to
these people.”
“As the minutes tick by,
he gets angrier and angri-
er,” prosecutor Kelli John-
son told jurors. “Finally he
beckons the men from the
safety of the porch out to
the street.”
In 2012, Rodriguez was
sentenced to 40 years in
prison after being convict-
ed of murder.
Last year, Houston’s
First Court of Appeals said
the jury’s instructions on
the law on self-defense
were so confusing that Ro-
driguez did not get a fair
trial.
During breaks on
Tuesday, Rodriguez, who
is free on $50,000 bond,
milled about with friends
and family outside of the
courtroom. A group of Da-
naher family supporters
from Huffman remained
in court, sitting attentively
behind prosecutors.
The trial, in front of vis-
iting judge Jay Burnett, is
expected to last through
the week.
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used alone as a lower-cost
alternative. It can be pur-
chased without prescrip-
tion in Mexico and other
countries but can have se-
rious complications if used
improperly.
Money and stigma
Many of the women in-
terviewed said they did not
have the money to pay for a
clinic abortion or to travel
to the nearest clinic. Others
said they wanted to avoid
the stigma associated with
going to a clinic.
Cecile Richards, presi-
dent of Planned Parent-
hood Federation of Amer-
ica, called the findings
disturbing.
“Most people thought
we were well past the days
of women taking matters
into their own hands, but
laws that make it impos-
sible to get safe and legal
abortion are taking us
backwards,” she said.
“These desperate mea-
sures will only become
more commonplace if this
law takes full effect.”
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Mental health
It’s time state officials take illness of the mind
as seriously as illness of the body.
The technical term is “parity.” America. That figure makes us
For Susan Fordice, president and 44th in the nation. We’re tempted
CEO of Mental Health America to say it’s crazy, the way we short-
of Greater Houston, it’s “reattach- change the state’s mental health
ing head to body when it comes to needs.
health care.” For insurers, lawmak- One result of our self-imposed
ers and the rest of us, it’s an ac- penury is that we’ve transformed
knowledgement that mental health our criminal justice system into
and physical health are one and the latter-day Bedlams. Approximately
same and deserve the same level of 76,000 people with some form of
attention, awareness and support. mental illness get their treatment,
It’s a concept that the state of Texas, however inadequate, from city and
until fairly recently, has been reluc- county jails. The Harris County
tant to grasp. lockup, in fact, is the largest pro-
To his credit, House Speaker vider of psychiatric treatment in LETTERS
Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, seems
to be aware of the need for parity
the state. That’s unfair to those who
desperately need help, unfair, as Texas and Syrians
when it comes to mental health, not well, to those professionals whose
only insurance parity but parity of primary duty is law enforcement. Closed doors and shooting innocent The United States has
bystanders and that see- the most rigorous refugee
concern. Last week he formed an Granted, lawmakers have in- Regarding “Refugees: ing all those guns around vetting process of any
interim committee to “take a wide- creased spending on mental health Texas, other states seek would scare the dickens developed country and
ranging look at the state’s behav- by about $200 million annually in to block resettling of Syr- out of them and they even after that, so far we
ioral health system for children and recent years, but so much remains ians” (Page A1, Tuesday), would get out of Texas? have only admitted 1,500
adults.” In this state, it will take an to be done. Whether it’s the day-to- several state governors, Chris Bobbitt, Houston refugees, a miniscule per-
IMAX-style approach, at least, to day struggles of our friends, neigh- including Texas’ Greg Ab- centage of the total Syrian
encompass the range of deficiencies bors and loved ones with bipolar bott, have said that their Our Texas refugees. The process
states will no longer ac- includes several security
in mental health treatment. Straus’ disorder, depression, addiction cept any Syrian refugees I wonder if our gover- clearances that can take
House Select Committee on Mental or other forms of mental illness; following the terrorist at- nor is aware that between up to months, an in-
Health is the first such panel since whether it’s families and individu- tacks in Paris because one 1907-1914 there were person interview, medical
1995. als trying to cope with of the attackers may have 10,000 Eastern Euro- screening and cultural
Local mental health Texas ranks 49th in such debilitating entered France posing as pean Jews who arrived orientation classes. The
advocates are pleased per capita mental conditions as schizo- a refugee. in Galveston via Bremen, entire process can take up
that three Houston health spending, phrenia; whether it’s The vast majority of Germany. Texas and other to two to three years.
those who have survived Western states absorbed The deadly terrorist
lawmakers who are according to figures an alarmingly high the perilous sea crossing these immigrants, who attacks in Paris should
knowledgeable and se- compiled by the rate of suicide among to Europe are not ter- were fleeing persecution, make us more empathetic
rious about the issues Kaiser Family white, working-class rorists. They are men, through “The Galveston to the Syrians and other
— Republican Sarah Foundation. males in late middle women and children, Plan.” refugees who are facing
Davis and Democrats age (as a recent study young and old alike, flee- My grandfather, of violence on a daily basis
Senfronia Thompson and Garnet has found) or whether it’s the by- ing the ravages of civil blessed memory, was one and are putting their lives
Coleman — are among the 13 com- now regular outbreaks of mass war, including the depre- of those 10,000. He was so on the line to free them-
dations of ISIS. proud when he became an selves to have a better life
mittee members. State Rep. Four shootings in this country, we see One thing is certain: American citizen. for themselves and their
Price, R-Amarillo, will chair the the needs all around us. If we turn our backs and I wish our current gov- family.
panel, with state Rep. Joe Moody, We’re hopeful the committee permit thousands to per- ernor would not spread Muhammad Ahmad,
D-El Paso, serving as vice chair. will put aside politics and address ish for fear of a few, we fear and xenophobia, Round Rock
Those appointments suggest that the need to expand the mental will have handed ISIS an and would instead focus
Straus is serious about uncovering health workforce, to find ways enormous victory. on the importance of the Keep home safe
answers, strategies and solutions. to reach underserved and rural Tom Moore, Katy immigrant experience in
Texas history. As a nation, our main
The panel will study mental populations and to increase
health care, substance abuse treat- community-care options, among Face evil Alan J. Hurwitz, Houston concern should lie in the
safety of our citizens.
ment, ways of improving early a number of other challenges. We Accepting refugees is Morals, values Although it is true that an
identification and treatment and can even hope that politics will treating the symptom not overwhelming majority
increasing collaboration and mea- recede so far that the committee the problem. The problem As a member of the of these refugees are law-
surement of outcomes. Services will recommend Medicaid is the rise of repressive Ahmadiyya Muslim Com- abiding and simply look-
for rural Texans, veterans and the expansion, so that more Texans governments in areas munity I immigrated to ing for a better way of life,
like Syria, governments the United States fleeing it only takes one terrorist
homeless will get special attention. than ever before have access to that cross the red lines religious persecution in who slips through the
The state’s dismal numbers are good mental health care. of civilization and use Pakistan. I am blessed cracks to cause destruc-
by now depressingly familiar: That may be stretching the wish everything from chemical and thankful for the tion to our nation.
Texas ranks 49th in per capita list a bit far — this is ideologically weapons to beheadings freedom and liberties As in everything the
mental health spending, according sclerotic Texas, of course — but to obtain power. Another that the Constitution of federal government does,
to figures compiled by the Kaiser we can always hope, as does state version of this is rolling United States provides homeland security should
Family Foundation. About 200 of Rep. Coleman. “Mental health through Ukraine. me. Therefore, I find Gov. be the No. 1 priority. I
There is not enough Abbott’s refusal to accept believe potential solutions
the 254 counties in the state are crosses into so many areas of room in the West for all of any Syrian refugees mor- like camps, monitoring,
federally designated Mental Health public policy, whether it’s criminal the refugees that will be ally wrong and against or refusal to entry are our
Professional Shortage Areas, which justice, juvenile justice, education generated if evil is allowed the very American values only viable options for
means there are more than 30,000 or health care in general, and this to expand unchecked. of fairness, justice and these Syrian refugees.
people per psychiatric professional. is the best way to look at it, by Karen Kleinen, posted on compassion. Alan Hernandez, Houston
HoustonChronicle.com
As the Chronicle’s Brian Rosenthal bringing together people who are
reported last week, just 36 percent familiar with the different areas,”
of Texas adults with mental illness the veteran lawmaker told the We’re armed
receive help, according to the Chronicle. “This is a great thing.” I don’t understand Gov.
advocacy group Mental Health We agree. Greg Abbott’s stance that
he will not allow any Syr-
ian refugees to settle in

Food for change Texas because there could

New strategies can address nagging
problems, such as food insecurity.
In this age of limited resources, that
warm and fuzzy feeling should no
longer be your sole guide for giving.
Policymakers in Washington and at
the state and local level need to take the
lead in reducing poverty. But philan-
thropy can and should become a larger
part of the solution by shifting its focus
to the transformation of systems and
by adopting better ways to determine
programs’ effectiveness.
The Houston Food Bank already
has stepped up to meet this challenge
through an innovative program, Food
for Change. The nation’s largest food
bank by some measures passed a star-
tling milestone five years ago: The non-
profit distributed $100 million worth of
food in a single year.
Using its asset — food — the Hous-
ton Food Bank has begun a collabora-
tion, likely the first of its kind in the
nation, with three local community
college systems. The community college
systems will offer food scholarships of
120 pounds of healthy food to food-
insecure students each month. Starting
in January, the community colleges will
measure the impact of food donations
on the lives of the recipients.
The community college partners are
to set the criteria, but basically, students
who receive the food scholarships must
stay enrolled. The scholarships are
not intended to supply all food needed
on a monthly basis but a significant
part. Researchers will track whether
food scholarships help students stay in
school and increase graduation rates.
People who experience setbacks such
as emergency health problems and tem-
porary unemployment will always need
the food bank or a similar resource as a
bridge to better times. But by promot-
ing education, the food bank’s goal is to
help permanently lift some out of the
ranks of the food insecure.
Not content to stop with community
college systems, the food bank is ac-
tively seeking partnerships with other
organizations that could distribute food
to families who live with food insecu-
rity. These organizations must be in a
position to measure the impact of food
donations on the lives of the recipients.
Clinics, schools and community cen-
ters that meet the food bank’s criteria
should consider joining with the food
bank to try to better serve their com-
munities.
Current problems “can’t be solved by
your grandfather’s philanthropy,” Ju-
dith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller
Foundation, told the New York Times
recently.
We agree. The food bank’s approach
is a smart and nimble way to invest
community resources.
be terrorists trying to
sneak in. I thought “open
carry” was supposed to
take care of this problem.
Weren’t we told that if
we had more armed Tex-
ans around we wouldn’t
have to worry about some Syrian children wait earlier this year after entering
terrorist (homegrown or Turkey at the Akcakale crossing gate between
foreign) pulling out a gun Turkey and Syria.
Law and order in Waco
Regarding “Lawyer seeks a ‘test case’
trial for biker” (Page B2, Tuesday), it is
alarming that a person can become part
of a mass prosecution simply by being
in the wrong place at the wrong time
and become guilty by association simply
because you enjoy riding a motorcycle.
The debacle playing out in Waco is just
that, nearly every customer in the Twin
Peaks restaurant has been charged
with conspiring to engage in organized
crime. This seems to be an overreach by
prosecutors and will likely come back to
haunt Waco and McLennan County. The
whole thing does not pass the smell test.
Having ridden motorcycles and meet-
ing some of the individuals who wear
colors, which I did not wear, I think
the premise that everyone at that loca-
tion came there with criminal intent is
ludicrous. I’m not saying that there are
not some shady characters in the biking
world, but my experiences on the whole
have shown that they are not as mean as
they look.
AFP / Getty Images
What is happening with these charges
is the prosecutors are hoping that defen-
dants will take a plea deal to a reduced
charge, even if not guilty, in order to
show how tough officials in McLennan
County and Waco are. It is a form of
extortion but legal because the prosecu-
torial authority is doing it. I find it very
disturbing. Just find the shooters and
prosecute them and quit persecuting the
ones who did nothing.
James Connealy, Baytown
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OUTLOOK
Give the Middle East
an alternative to ISIS
Thomas Friedman says an island of
decency is needed where Sunnis can
thrive and create progress that will
counter extremists’ appeal.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Today,
I’ll talk about the Paris attacks, but before I
do, I want to share two news stories here, in
case you missed them: The first calf to come
from a cloned camel was born at a research
center in Dubai and a local taxi startup is
taking on Uber in the Arab world.
You may think that these emirates start-
ups — cloning camels and cabs — have
nothing to do with Paris, but they do. Bear
with me.
A newspaper here, The National, quoted
Dr. Ali Ridha Al Hashimi, the administra-
tive director of the Reproductive Biotech-
nology Center in Dubai, announcing “that
Injaz, the world’s first cloned camel, gave
birth to a healthy female calf weighing
about 38 kilos on November 2. Injaz, whose
name means ‘achievement’ in Arabic, was
cloned in 2009 from the ovarian cells of a
dead camel.” Previously, when the preg-
nancy was disclosed, the center’s scientific
director, Dr. Nisar Wani, said, “This will
prove cloned camels are fertile and can re-
produce the same as naturally produced
camels.”
Also last week, a hot local Arab ride-
sharing startup, Careem.com, raised $60
million more in venture financing to take
on Uber in the Arab world, using technol-
ogy that allows for pre-booking of vehicles
through its mobile app — ideal for Saudi
Arabia, where women can’t drive and need
chauffeurs to take them everywhere.
So, about 1,000 miles south of the Islamic
State startup in Iraq and Syria — where ji-
hadis are using technology to spawn dis-
ruption on a massive scale — another group
of Muslims (and non-Muslims) in another
Arab country are disrupting the world of
camels and cabs.
The message? The context within which
Arabs and Muslims live their lives really
matters. And in too many places they’ve
had only two choices — SISI or ISIS — the
iron fist of generals, like Egypt’s President
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who is trying to stifle
all dissent, or the ISIS madness that says
the only way forward is to take the Arab-
Muslim world backward.
Fortunately, there is a third way: the au-
tocracies, monarchies and a few frail de-
mocracies that have invested in their people
and created islands of decency — Tunisia,
Jordan, Lebanon, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Mo-
rocco and the UAE — where more young
Arabs and Muslims can realize their poten-
tial and build their dignity by disrupting
camels and cabs — not Paris and Beirut.
For me, the big strategic question in Iraq
and Syria is: What would it take to uproot
ISIS and create a Sunni island of decency in
its place? For starters, that requires an hon-
Getting inspectors on job is key to pipeline safety
By Pete Olson and Gene Green
Pipelines are among the safest and most
efficient ways to transport energy. But as
we have recently seen, accidents happen.
We believe an indispensable prerequisite to
maintaining pipeline safety and efficiency
is a robust inspection regime. Inspectors
are the “cops on the beat” and the better
we train our inspectors, the better we can
mitigate risks associated with pipeline
transportation. As members of the House
Energy and Commerce Committee we’ve
introduced, alongside Brian Babin and
Janice Hahn on the Transportation and In-
frastructure Committee, a bill to get more
inspectors on the job.
Texans know our state is crisscrossed
with hundreds of thousands of miles of
pipelines. Oil and gas lines reach every ma-
jor city and connect the refineries and pet-
rochemical sites that dot our state, safely
passing under neighborhoods and river-
ways in the process.
The cornerstone of our success is a care-
ful balance between the state Railroad
Commission and the federal Department
of Transportation (DOT). The DOT’s Office
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est assessment of how big the challenge is.
Sixty years ago Asian dictators told
their people in effect, “I am going to take
away your freedom — but give you the best
education, export-led economics and in-
frastructure that money can buy — and in a
half-century you’ll build a middle class that
will gradually take your freedom back.” In
the Arab world, 60 years ago dictators told
their people, in effect, “I am going to take
away your freedom and give you the Arab-
Israeli conflict, a shiny object to distract you
from my corruption and predation.”
That difference, 60 years later, has pro-
duced the Asian economic miracle and
fueled the Arab civilizational meltdown/
disorder in Yemen, Libya, Syria and Iraq.
Given that, I believe U.S. foreign policy
out here should progress as follows: Where
there is disorder, help create order, because
without order nothing good can happen. I
will take Sisi over the Muslim Brotherhood.
But where there is order, we need to push
for it to become more decent and forward-
looking. That is where Sisi is failing: His vi-
sion is just order for order’s sake, with no
positive slope.
An Iraqi friend with family still in ISIS-
controlled Mosul tells me that President
Barack Obama’s stepped-up bombing and
special operations with the Kurds are hurt-
ing ISIS a lot. It was in part to disguise this
that ISIS unleashed its death parade in Par-
is. But these ISIS guys are smart and still
dangerous. I’d support more bombing and
special ops to further weaken them.
But before we go beyond that, we need
to face this fact: To sustainably defeat bad
ISIS Sunnis you need good non-ISIS Sun-
nis to create an island of decency in their
place. And right now, alas, finding and
strengthening good non-ISIS Sunnis is the
second priority of all the neighbors.
Turkey cares more about defeating
Kurds; Saudi Arabia and its Arab Gulf al-
lies care more about defeating Iran and its
proxies in Iraq, Yemen and Syria; Qatar
cares more about promoting the Muslim
Brotherhood in Syria and annoying Saudi
Arabia; Iran cares more about protecting
Shiites in Iraq and Syria than creating a
space for decent Sunnis to thrive; and many
of the non-ISIS Sunni activists in Syria and
Iraq are still Islamists — and they’re not go-
ing away. How do you weave a decent car-
pet from these threads?
I don’t know — and until I do I’d be cau-
tious about going far beyond what we’re al-
ready doing. Paris may be totally different
today. The Middle East is not.
Friedman is a columnist for the New York
Times and a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
of Pipeline Safety is responsible for setting
pipeline standards and laying the ground
rules for inspections and upgrades.
In recent years, flaws in the system have
been exposed. In 2010, the horrific pipeline
explosion in San Bruno, Calif., prompted
Congress to pass the Pipeline Safety, Reg-
ulatory Certainty and Job Creation Act of
2011. This important bill created needed
safety measures and put in place penalties
for bad actors. In Washington, we know
there are many stakeholders playing im-
portant roles, but the federal government
is in charge of setting the rules of the sys-
tem. That’s why Congress’ 2011 bill created
pipeline safety rules and set a deadline for
DOT to improve safety standards. Unfor-
tunately, their response has been slow and
uncertain. Congress created 42 regulatory
requirements for DOT to implement; re-
grettably, more than a dozen critical items
have slipped past their deadline for action.
At the same time, DOT remains woe-
fully short of pipeline safety inspectors —
inspectors tasked with enforcing the rules
the agency does update. Congress has al-
located new funds to bulk up the number
of inspectors, but only half of the new posi-
U.S. values must guide
our policy on refugees
Kathleen Parker says that while
fear is understandable, turning
away immigrants is contrary to
what America is all about.
WASHINGTON — We shouldn’t be
surprised that many Americans fear the
fresh arrival of Syrian refugees in the wake
of last week’s Paris slaughter by jihadists,
including at least one who appears to have
entered Europe posing as a refugee.
It’s pretty natural. Horrified by the sav-
agery perpetrated on hundreds of civilians
enjoying a Friday night, people think: No
Syrians need apply here.
What they mean, of course, is no jihad-
ists here. Agreed. There’s no guarantee
that there are none here now, but why
take a chance? If ever there were a case
for abundant caution, it would seem to be
now.
Except for the fact that what is be-
ing proposed by several governors and
politicians, including a few presidential
candidates, is morally reprehensible, un-
American and in some instances, legally
untenable. If I may be blunt.
Fear does strange things to people.
What happened to our admiration for
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s call to cour-
age: “The only thing we have to fear is fear
itself”?
By recent counts, at least 27 governors
have vowed to not allow any of the 10,000
expected Syrian refugees to settle in their
states. Legally, governors can’t prevent
the free movement of people once they are
granted refugee status by the federal gov-
ernment. So this is political posturing, un-
less the governors intend to take up arms
against the feds, which would be especial-
ly interesting to the Islamic State.
Meanwhile, several contenders for the
presidency have resorted to some rather
bizarre interpretations of the Constitu-
tion, showing either a worrisome lack of
understanding or some unremarkable
“thinking.”
Ted Cruz, who presumably knows bet-
ter, has suggested that we should allow
only Christian Syrians and not Muslims
to enter the United States. Cruz promises
to introduce legislation along these lines.
As President Obama pointed out, we don’t
do religious testing here.
Not to be outdone — ever — Donald
Trump has said he would even consider
shutting down mosques, presumably be-
cause they might be preaching un-Amer-
ican values. Where was he when West-
boro Baptist Church was spewing hatred
toward gays? Or when Terry Jones, “pas-
tor” of the Dove World Outreach Center,
wanted to burn Qurans?
The great thing about America?
We’ll let any old crank preach his own
gospel from any fruit crate or mosque
(though not on college campuses, where
privileged children hide from mean ideas
tions have been filled.
As a result, Congress now has an oppor-
tunity to step in to keep our communities
safe, and keep the economy moving.
In the short term, we need more inspec-
tors in the field. One reason why DOT has
had such a hard time hiring new pipeline
inspectors is the lengthy hiring process for
the federal government to fill vacant posi-
tions. DOT is required to rank, test and
measure candidates throughout the pro-
cess. These metrics have a deterrent effect
on applicants who may easily find other
positions in the private sector.
That’s why a bipartisan group of mem-
bers from both the Energy and Commerce
and Transportation and Infrastructure
Committees have written a bill designed
to cut the red tape for hiring inspectors.
By giving DOT the ability to expedite the
hiring process, we can spur on a “surge”
of inspectors to enforce the new rules. The
process will be structured to encourage the
hiring of women, veterans and minorities,
many of whom are underrepresented and
possess unique skills in this field.
In the long term, we intend to keep pres-
sure on DOT to fully implement critical
B11
in “safety zones”).
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, appar-
ently intent on displaying just how tough
he is, said he wouldn’t even let in Syrian
orphans under age 5. Both he and Ben
Carson say they don’t trust our govern-
ment to properly vet refugees.
Into this moral morass wanders at least
one rational man, South Carolina Sen.
Lindsey Graham, who has suggested only
that we temporarily pause our refugee
program — perhaps to recover from the
horror and clear our minds. Being low-
est in the polling frees one to be rational
about this.
Obviously, political polling indicates
that the Republican base, already unhap-
py about ineffective immigration policies,
approves of such draconian measures.
They figure if the government can’t pre-
vent millions of people from entering the
U.S. illegally or staying past their visas,
then how can we be sure it won’t let in a
few jihadists among the refugees?
It’s a fair question that deserves a seri-
ous, responsible answer. But it is unfair to
label people as anti-immigrant or Islama-
phobic when their legitimate concerns
are about rule of law and staying alive.
Anyone who isn’t concerned about the
promised Islamic caliphate at the point of
a spear, possibly with your head on it, has
better drugs than I do.
From Turkey on Monday, Obama de-
fended his policy in Syria and said he
won’t engage in another ground war in
the Middle East.
Obviously referring to our attempt to
impose democracy in Iraq, he said that
freedom from ideological extremism has
to come from within “unless we’re pre-
pared to have a permanent occupation of
these countries.”
Only the most hawkishly delusional
would disagree with this assessment.
But freedom from slaughter is some-
thing else, is it not? Thus far, more than
200,000 Syrians have died. How many
does it take to bestir our moral outrage?
When does someone else’s civil war
become our problem? And, pointedly,
does helping victims by killing Muslim
“warriors” reduce or increase the like-
lihood that radicalism will cease or de-
crease?
These are all tough questions without
clear answers, but our values and princi-
ples can help guide us through delibera-
tions. Once we retreat from those values,
we will have compromised, and poten-
tially lost, what there is left to protect.
Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@
washpost.com.
rules. The Energy and Commerce Com-
mittee held an important oversight hear-
ing earlier this year on regulatory delays.
We also questioned pipeline operators and
trade associations to hold them account-
able. We must also reauthorize pipeline
safety rules, and this presents us with an
excellent opportunity for more oversight.
As we continue to work toward making
our infrastructure more reliable, this legis-
lation will provide a critical boost to ensure
Texas and our nation’s energy economy op-
erate at a safer level, reducing the risk of ac-
cidents. No single rule will make our pipe-
line network completely secure. Accidents
have happened before but working togeth-
er, through a multipronged approach, we
can keep making our infrastructure safer
and our economy stronger.
Olson, a Republican, represents the
22nd Texas Congressional District in the
House and is vice chairman of the House
Energy and Power Subcommittee. Green,
a Democrat, represents the 29th Texas
Congressional District in the House and is
a senior member of the House Energy and
Commerce Committee.
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SCIENCE WEEKLY
November 18, 2015

BIG-CAT
KILLSINU.S.
Trophy hunting isn’t just
DNA sheds light
on a big-toothed
human relative
6 quintillion gallons
of water are hiding
in Earth’s crust
reserved for Africa’s big game Page 4 Page 6
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IT’S NOT JUST CECIL:

CIL:
Killingofftoomany
cougarscancausedemo-
graphicproblemsinthecats’
populations,Wielgussaid.
Malecougarsareterritorial.
Ifyoukilloffonemale,other
(usuallyyounger)maleswill
moveintotheareatotake
populationsandminimizing
conflictwithhumans.
Butstatewildlifemanage-
mentagenciesdon’talways
wanttoabidebythe12-per-
centquota—andit’snotjust
limitedtoWashington.
InUtah,statewildlife

Trophy hunting is threatening mountain lions

ions right her
here in the U.S.
hisplace.Invadingyounger
maleswillseekoutfemales
intheterritoryandfrequent-
lykillanyexistingcubsin
ordertomakeroomfortheir
ownoffspring.
managementofficials
decidedthisyeartoslightly
increasecougarhunting
quotasinanefforttoprotect
muledeerandbighorn
sheep.Initsupdatedcougar

I
Chelsea Harvey | Washington Post Thisinfluxofyoung managementplan,theDivi-
malescancauseanumberof sionofWildlifeResources
n July, the death of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe at the hands conflicts.First,youngmale pointstoasetofmanage-
“...(T)his heavy hunting of cougars was cougarstendto“getintrou- mentguidelinesfrom2005
of trophy hunter Walter Palmer sparked international ble,”saidHowardQuigley, thatsuggestcougarpopula-
actually causing all the problems we pumaprogramdirectorfor tionscansustainaharvest
outrage, incited widespread debate about the ethics of
were seeing (in Washington).” Panthera,aglobalwildcat rateof20to30percentof
trophy hunting, and provoked calls to the U.S. government conservationorganization. thepopulation,whilealso

to ban the import of trophies from other countries. But

some conservationists are arguing that people in the United States
Bob Weilgus “It’skindoflikeinahuman
society,ifyouhadabunchof
teenagersrunningaround,”
acknowledgingWielgus’
morerecentresearchthat
indicatestheaveragegrowth Paula French / Zuma Press file
Director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Lab hesaid. rateofacougarpopulationis In July 2015, an American dentist named Walter
should be paying more attention to the trophy hunting of our own at Washington State University Theseyoungmalesare 12percent. Palmer killed Cecil the lion with a bow and arrow
theonesusuallyresponsible AndinColorado,state during an illegal hunt in Zimbabwe.
lions — mountain lions, that is. forpreyingonlivestockand officialsrecentlyproposed
otherwisecausingproblems increasingharvestratesin
TheHumaneSociety halfadozenstates—includ- WildlifeCommissionand withhumans,saidWielgus. certainareas,mostlysur- cougarsdoesn’tdomuch cougar.Whileincreased
oftheUnitedStates,along ingColorado,NewMexico, metwithimmediateoutrage Additionally,femalecougars roundingthetownofWest- tohelpmuledeerpopula- huntinghasbeenproposed
withotherwildlifeadvocacy Oregon,UtahandWash- fromadvocacygroups,in- oftengointohidingto cliffe,byupto46percentin tions,accordingtoQuigley, inahandfulofstatesinthe
groups,hasexpressedcon- ington—haveproposedan cludingtheHumaneSociety, protecttheircubsifyounger aresearchprojectaimedat thePantherapumaexpert. pastyear,it’sonlybeenfinal-
cernnumeroustimesinthe increaseincougarhunt- whichappealedthedecision. malesstartinvadingtheir doublinglocalmuledeer Suchresearchsuggeststhat izedinafew,includingNew
pastfewyearsaboutpropos- ingquotasforavarietyof Theexpandedhunting territories,Wielgusadded. populations.Theproposal habitatdegradationisthe Mexico,UtahandOregon.
alsbystatewildlifeagencies reasons,includingthedesire wasproposedforregions Thismeanstheysometimes wouldhaveincreasedthe criticalfactorindeclining Thecougar’sstorycan
toincreasecougarhunting toreducehumanconflict, ofthestatealsooccupied enduphidingoutinplaces harvestlimitintheareafrom muledeer. bethoughtofasa“two-
withoutconsideringthebest protectlivestockorincrease bywolvesinanattemptto theypreviouslydidn’tinhab- 24catsto35—potentiallyup Additionally,Keefover edgedsword,”accordingto
scienceoncougarmanage- nativedeerpopulations. quelltheconcernsofcitizens itandstarteatinganimals to50percentofthecougar pointedtoresearchfromthe Quigley.
ment,ortakingmajority Theseproposalshavebeen concernedthatlivingin theydidn’tpreyonbefore. populationinthatarea,ac- U.S.DepartmentofAgricul- “It’sawonderfulsuc-
publicopinionintoaccount. madedespiterecentresearch closeproximitytotwolarge “Basicallythebottomline cordingtoWendyKeefover, turesuggestingthatpreda- cessstorythatwestillhave
Suchhuntsarealmostexclu- suggestingthatoverhunt- predators—insteadofjust wasthisheavyhuntingof nativecarnivoreprotection tors,andparticularlycou- thislargecarnivoreacross
sivelycarriedoutforsportor ingactuallycausesmore one—couldcauseanin- cougarswasactuallycaus- managerforTheHumane gars,accountforarelatively mostoftheWesternstates
trophies. conflictswithhumans. creasedriskofconflict.The ingalltheproblemswewere SocietyoftheUnitedStates. smallpercentageoflosses andthey’reincreasingtheir
Currently,theonlycougar Oneofthemostrecent wolfisaprotectedspeciesin seeing,”Wielgussaidofhis Thisproposalwaslater inlivestock.Andoutofthe pawprintintotheMidwest,”
populationsinthecountry instancesoccurredinWash- Washingtonandcurrently workinWashington. withdrawn. livestockkilledbypredation, hesaid.“Thatreallytome
thathavefederalprotection ingtonstate,whereGov. cannotbehunted,sothe Cougar-relatedproblems Butit’snotjustthe cougarsusuallyaccounted saysthatwe’recreatingthe
aretheFloridapantherand JayInsleejustreverseda stateproposedcuttingdown inthestatelargelydissipated increaseinhuntingquotas forlessthan10percentofthe environmentfortheexpan-
theEasterncougar,thelatter controversialnewrulefrom oncougars. onceanappropriatehunt- that’sbotheringscientists losses,althoughthisnumber sionofmountainlionsin
ofwhichisbelievedextinct thestate’swildlifemanage- Butacougarharvestrate ingquotawasestablished, andconservationists.It’sthe canriseashighas15percent NorthAmerica.
andhasbeenproposed mentagencythatwould of21percentwouldhave accordingtoWielgus.The reasonsfordoingso. forsheepandlambsinsome “Ontheotherhand,”he
fordelistingunderthe haveexpandedcougar likelyonlyproducedmore harvestrateiscurrentlyset Inseveralrecentcases, areas. added,“Ithinkit’sthese
EndangeredSpeciesAct. hunting,allowingaharvest problems,accordingtoRob at12to16percentofthepop- therationalebehindpropos- “Ithinkthere’sthispublic stepsbackwardthatreally
Mostotherpopulationsare rateofupto21percentofthe Wielgus,directorofthe ulation.Wielgus’sresearch inganincreasedharvestisto antipathytotrophyhunting worrymeandotherlion
unprotectedandspread populationinsomeareas, LargeCarnivoreConserva- hassuggestedthatcougar protectlivestockorincrease cougarsatthesametime biologistsinthatitseemslike
throughouttheWest,where withoutallowingforapublic tionLabatWashingtonState populationstendtoincrease preypopulations,frequently wehavealltheseagencies there’smuchmoredifficulty
theonlystatethatcurrently commentperiodfirst.The University,whohasbeen atarateof12percent— muledeer. pushingformoretrophy withthesegameagenciesto
forbidscougarhuntingis newrulewashastilypassed attheforefrontofcougar meaningahuntingquotaof Buttherehavealsobeen hunting,”Keefoversaid. cometogripswithaccept-
California. duringanAprilmeetingof researchforthepastseveral National Park Service file photo 12percentorlowerisbestfor atleastfourstudiessofar Butitdoesseemthat ingsomeofthesemodern
Inthepastyear,nearly theWashingtonFishand decades. Big-cat trophy hunting is largely seen as a sport for Africa’s game reserves. But the U.S. facess its own issues — and consequences — with mountain lion kills. maintainingstablecougar indicatingthatremoving there’ssomehopeforthe approaches.”
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DNA sheds light on
mysterious, big-toothed
human relatives
Sarah Kaplan | Washington Post
Like a distant cousin you only
know from stories, the Deniso-
vans are just a hazy, hinted-at
presence on the human family
tree.
We know they lived tens of
thousands of years ago in a cave
in Siberia’s craggy, ice-ensconced
Altai Mountains. But we can’t
picture them. We don’t know
what they looked like, what kind
of communities they built, how
tall they grew, how they hunted,
how they treated their dead.
In fact, since these long-lost
relatives, the Denisovans, were
discovered five years ago, the sum
total of evidence of their existence
could fit inside a plastic sand-
wich baggie: one tooth and one
fragment of a child’s pinkie finger,
both uncovered from the remote
Siberian cave.
But if those bits of bone don’t
offer many clues about the
Denisovans’ individual lives,
scientists have been able to recon-
struct their life as a species from
fragments of DNA preserved
within them. And on Monday, the
life story of the Denisovans got
both more confusing and more
interesting.
According to a new analysis of
a huge, recently-discovered fos-
silized molar, published Monday
in the journal Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences,
the Denisovans lived for roughly
60,000 years in Asia alongside
both Neanderthals, their close
cousins, and more distantly
related Homo sapiens — us.
Their complicated genetic legacy
suggests that they interbred with
both species, and, possibly, with
another hominid group that has
yet to be discovered.
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“The world at that time must
have been far more complex than
previously thought,” Susanna
Sawyer, an author of the study,
told National Geographic. “Who
knows what other hominids lived
and what effects they had on us?”
The new tooth, like the other
two items in scientists’ sandwich-
bag-sized collection of remnants,
comes from Denisova Cave, a
remote spot roughly 200 miles
north of the Kazakhstan border
and closer to Beijing than to
Moscow.
The cave averages a tempera-
ture at just about freezing all year
long, meaning that its contents
are extraordinarily well-pre-
served. In addition to the Den-
isovan remains, scientists have
found Neanderthal fossils and
tools used by modern humans
(“modern humans” meaning ana-
tomically modern humans living
50,000 years ago, not current-day
Russians).
Denisova Cave is the only
place in the world where all three
species are known to have lived,
but researchers believe there
must be many more Denisovan
remains out there. Perhaps we’ve
already found them, the study
authors suggested to National
Geographic: In China, research-
ers are analyzing ancient teeth
with some striking similarities to
the Denisovan remnants.
Though it’s difficult to extrapo-
late much from a tooth, this new
one’s unusual size affirms one of
the only things we do know about
the Denisovans: they were large.
When Bence Viola, an anthropol-
ogist at the University of Toronto,
first saw the molar in 2010, ““I
thought it must belong to a cave
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“(In J.R.R. Tolkien’s
Middle-Earth) you’ve got
elves and dwarves and
hobbits and orcs. We had
a ton of hominins that
are closely related to us.”
Todd Disotell
Molecular anthropologist at New
York University who was involved
in the new study
bear,” he told Science Magazine.
But far more information
about the Denisovans is hid-
den in the molar’s interior, in
preserved bits of what’s called
“mitochondrial DNA,” a portion
of genetic material that is passed
down solely from the mother and
acts as a “molecular clock” that
indicates how long it’s been since
two specimens had an ancestor in
common.
In 2010, scientists sequenced
the entire Denisovan genome
using material from the pinkie
bone fragment, which came
from a young girl. They found
that Denisovans split off from
Neanderthals about 400,000
years ago, and had given some of
their genetic material to modern-
day indigenous Australians and
Melanesians. Another paper
published later that year found
that Southeast Asians had
roughly 1 percent Denisovan
DNA, according to the New York
Times.
Since then, researchers have
been on the lookout for more
clues about the Denisovans’ ex-
istence - the species is, as Science
Magazine put it, “a genome in
Two views of an upper molar tooth found in the Denisova cave
in Siberia. The tooth has yielded DNA information on a distant
human cousin, the Denisovans.
search of a fossil record.”
The tooth, known as “Deniso-
va 8,” was just that clue. Though
it yielded only a modest amount
of DNA, it was enough to com-
pare to the two other specimens
to find the most recent common
ancestor of the three.
Surprisingly, Denisova 8 was
110,000 years old, roughly 60,000
years older than the other two.
That indicates that the Deniso-
vans survived in Siberia for tens
of thousands of years, or left and
then returned.
They must have been re-
sourceful to last so long, Viola
told the New York Times: “It’s not
a very pleasant environment.”
The Denisovans were more
genetically diverse than their Ne-
anderthal relatives, a remarkable
feat for a group of three that came
from a single Siberian cave. And
they showed signs of interbreed-
ing throughout their long tenure
in Asia.
“You actually see more diversi-
ty in the Denisovans than you’ve
seen in Neanderthals from Spain
to the Altais, and that, I think, is
pretty astonishing,” Viola said.
Indeed, some of their DNA
seems to come not from Neander-
thals or humans but some other,
unknown hominid.
Todd Disotell, a molecular
anthropologist at New York Uni-
David Reich / Nature file photo
versity who was not involved in
the new study, said it proved how
much the world inhabited by our
ancient ancestors “was a lot like
Middle-earth.”
“There you’ve got elves and
dwarves and hobbits and orcs,”
he told the New York Times,
describing the host of human-
like creatures that jointly inhabit
J.R.R. Tolkein’s fictional world.
On the real Earth, “we had a
ton of hominins that are closely
related to us.”
That anthropologists are even
speculating about the existence
of a species that’s never been
seen is a testament to how DNA
analysis has changed the field.
Before it became possible to se-
quence ancient genomes, species
were defined only after careful
accumulation and documenta-
tion of specimens. They were
distinguished from one another
by what they looked like and how
they acted.
Now, scientists can declare a
new species without ever seeing a
whole individual. They can even
theorize about the possibility of
species for which no fossils have
been found.
“If you would have told me
five years ago I would be talking
about species we don’t have any
fossils for,” Disotell said. “I would
have thought you were crazy.”

By Kenneth Chang | New York Times
With technologies like
CT scans and 3-D print-
ing, a team of scientists
reported Monday that it
had solved a mystery about
the family tree of mammals
that started with a single
tooth a century and a half
ago.
The tooth, found in
Germany in 1847, was tiny
and distinctive in shape —
not quite reptile, not quite
mammal. More fossils
of that kind were found
around Europe, but always
just single teeth. Scientists
named this group of ani-
mals haramiyids — Arabic
for “trickster.”
The teeth were embed-
ded in rocks as old as 210
million years, an era that
ancestors of the first mam-
mals were evolving.
“These were some of the
most enigmatic fossils for
years,” said Neil H. Shubin,
a professor of organismal
biology and anatomy at
the University of Chicago.
“People didn’t know what
they were at all.”
In the late 1980s, Shubin,
then a graduate student,
was part of a four-scientist
team led by Farish Jenkins,
a Harvard paleontologist,
that searched for fossils in
East Greenland. “You’re
looking for tiny teeth in
this vast Arctic landscape,”
Shubin said. “The words
‘needle in a haystack’ seem
very appropriate.”
The researchers found
one particularly intrigu-
ing specimen, which
they named Haramiya-
via. “Avia” is Latin for
“grandmother” — this was
Jawbone in rock may clear up
a mammal family mystery
the grandmother of the
trickster.
After a couple of years of
meticulously clearing away
much of the limestone
surrounding the fossil,
they reported on part of the
Haramiyavia jawbone, re-
vealing that the animal was
indeed a proto-mammal.
What was not clear was
whether Haramiyavia was
a direct part of the family
tree of mammals — that
would push the emergence
of mammals back to more
than 200 million years
ago — or an evolutionary
branch that split off before
the emergence of the com-
mon ancestors of mam-
mals, the view of paleon-
tologists who believe that
the first mammals evolved
170 million to 160 million
years ago.
About two years ago,
Shubin decided to re-ex-
amine the slab of limestone
from Greenland that en-
shrouded the Haramiyavia
fossil. “We knew that there
were more bones in the
rock,” he said.
Clearing away more
limestone would jeopardize
the fragile fossil. Instead,
Shubin and his colleagues
placed it in CT scanners to
peer through the rock at a
mostly complete jawbone
and many of the teeth.
“This kind of work used
to be unimaginable,” said
Zhe-Xi Luo, another Uni-
versity of Chicago paleon-
tologist who joined Shubin
on the new analysis.
Their conclusion:
Haramiyavia, and thus
all haramiyids, were not
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mammals, but belonged
to a more ancestral side
branch.
The crucial evidence
they cite, reported Mon-
day in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of
Sciences, is a trough in the
lower jaw of Haramiyavia.
In mammals, the trough is
absent, because two bones
connected to the trough mi-
grated to the middle ear to
form part of the three-bone
hearing mechanism. (Birds
and reptiles have only one
bone in their middle ears.)
“This thing had a very
primitive ear,” Shubin said.
“That is the piece that is
sort of the smoking gun.”
From the scans of the
jaw and the teeth, the
researchers created three-
dimensional enlargements
of the fossils, studying
them like puzzle pieces to
see how they fit together.
Haramiyavia, a few inches
long and rodentlike in
appearance, ate plants by
grinding leaves between
broad teeth.
One of the arguments
that haramiyids were
mammals was the similar-
ity of the teeth to those of
a later group of animals
known as multitubercu-
lates that were unquestion-
ably mammals. But Shubin
said the explanation
instead was that the similar
tooth characteristics
evolved independently.
Timothy Rowe, a profes-
sor of geology at the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin
who was not involved in the
new research, praised the
work. “They really stepped
out and squeezed every last
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April Neader / University of Chicago photos
The recreated jawbones and teeth of Haramiyavia, a
rodentlike animal that lived in Greenland more than
200 million years ago is shown above. A new analysis
of the fossil from Greenland indicates the rodent-
like animal was outside the family tree of mammals,
although it was related.
bit of information that they the American Museum of
could from these fossils,” Natural History in New
he said. “What a relief after York.
all these years to see a very Meng is a member of a
compelling case made for team that in the last couple
exactly where haramiyids of years has described more
fit on the family tree.” recent species of haramiy-
Rowe said there was no ids that lived in China
longer evidence that the about 160 million years
earliest divergence of mam- ago. The well-preserved
mals occurred during the Chinese fossils, nearly
Triassic Period more than complete, possessed the
200 million years ago. characteristics of true
“The oldest date that’s mammals, Meng and his
based on real evidence is 30 colleagues said.
or 40 million years young- The mammalian
er than that,” he said. “It characteristics include the
helps more accurately absence of a trough in the
calibrate the mammalian jawbone, Meng said in an
tree of life.” interview. “If we accept the
Not everyone agrees. conclusion of this study,
“It’s a very great work, but many of those mamma-
I don’t think I’m totally lian structures must have
convinced that is the case,” evolved independently,” he
said Jin Meng, the cura- said. “I still think the other
tor of fossil mammals at hypotheses remain alive.”
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By Deborah Netburn |
Los Angeles Times
Most of us think of the
water cycle as something
that occurs above ground
— water falls from the
sky, evaporates back into
the atmosphere and then
condenses into rain once
again.
But above-ground water
is just a fraction of our
planet’s water story.
Hidden in the Earth’s
crust are vast stores of
what is known as “ground-
water” — water that fell
from the sky and then
trickled into the cracks and
crevices between the sand,
gravel and rocks beneath
our feet.
We can’t see this ground-
water, but more than 2 bil-
lion people across the globe
rely on it for drinking water
every day. In arid areas it is
pumped out of the ground
to grow crops, and it also
plays an important envi-
ronmental role, keeping
streams and rivers running
in times of drought.
Back in the 1970s a team
of scientists estimated how
much of the planet’s water
lies buried beneath the
ground, but that calcula-
tion had not been updated
for 40 years — until now.
In a new study in Nature
Geoscience, researchers
took another stab at esti-
mating how much water is
stored in our planet’s crust,
this time with tens of thou-
sands more data points.
They also looked at the age
of that water, or how long
it had been underground,
to understand how quickly
it can be replenished as
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6 quintillion gallons of water
are hiding in the Earth’s crust
Pumped groundwater pours into an irrigation ditch on the farm of Bobby Skov, a farmer who relies on
groundwater until he receives his surface water allotment, in Fabens. In a new study, researchers took
another stab at estimating how much water is stored in our planet’s crust.
humans keep pulling it out.
“Our maps and esti-
mates show where the
groundwater is quickly
being renewed and where
it is old and stagnant and
nonrenewable,” said Tom
Gleeson, a hydrogeologist
at the University of Victoria
in Canada who led the
study.
Gleeson and his team
report that there are 6 quin-
tillion gallons of ground-
water in the upper 1.2 miles
of the Earth’s crust. If you
could magically pump
it all out of the ground
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and spread it across the
continents, it would form a
layer of water 600 feet high,
or twice the height of the
Statue of Liberty.
To derive that number,
the scientists used com-
puter models that take into
account 40,000 distinct
measurements of how
much water can be stored
in various types of rocks
across the planet.
The researchers were
also interested in the age
distribution of that under-
ground water. Previous
studies have shown that
Max Whittaker / New York Times file
water that has made its way water resource than older
into the ground could have “fossil” ground water, and
fallen from the sky as little is also more vulnerable to
as a day ago, or as long as industrial or agricultural
millions — even billions — contamination.
of years ago. To see how much of
In particular, the groundwater is “modern,”
scientists wanted to they decided to look at how
know how much of the much tritium had been
Earth’s groundwater was found in groundwater
“modern,” meaning it had across the globe. Tritium
entered the ground system is a radioactive isotope of
less than 50 years ago. hydrogen that spiked in
Quantifying the amount rain water approximately
of young groundwater 50 years ago as a result of
is crucial for a variety above-ground thermo-
reasons, they write. It is a nuclear testing.
more renewable ground- The team reviewed the
scientific literature and
eventually found 3,700
tritium measurements
of groundwater from 55
countries.
From this data set they
determined that just 5.6
percent of groundwater
is less than 50 years old.
That’s about enough water
to cover a stop sign across
the continents, if it was
pumped out of the ground.
Gleeson said the finding
that modern groundwater
was such a small percent-
age of overall groundwater
was the biggest surprise of
the study.
In a News and Views
article accompanying the
paper, Ying Fan of Rutgers
University, who was not in-
volved in the work, writes
that the team’s findings
have several implications.
From a science per-
spective, it suggests that
researchers in the future
might look to the Earth’s
ancient stores of water
for information about our
planet’s past.
“(The study) hints at the
sluggishness and the vast-
ness of the world’s older
groundwater stores, which
may record the climate
and tectonic history over
centuries, millennia or
even millions of years,” she
writes.
Gleeson said the next
step for his team is to take
their new estimates of
young groundwater and
combine them with local
estimates of groundwater
use.
“We want to find out
how long before we run out
of this critical resource,”
he said.

Feeling woozy?
It may be
cybersickness
By Kate Murphy | New York Times
If you are watching comput-
er-generated mayhem in the
latest action film or scrolling
rapidly on your smartphone,
you may start to feel a little off.
A dull headache, maybe. Dizzi-
ness, or creeping nausea.
No, it is not something you
ate.
A peculiar side effect of life
in the 21st century is something
called digital motion sickness,
or cybersickness: Experts say
many of us can grow woozy
while viewing moving digital
content, feeling as if we are on a
boat in a churning sea.
“It’s a fundamental problem
that’s been kind of been swept
under the carpet in the tech in-
dustry,” said Cyriel Diels, a cog-
nitive psychologist and human
factors researcher at Coventry
University’s Center for Mobil-
ity and Transport in England.
“It’s a natural response to an
unnatural environment.”
Digital motion sickness, also
known among medical profes-
sionals as visually induced
motion sickness, stems from
a basic mismatch between
sensory inputs, said Steven
Rauch, medical director of the
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Bal-
ance and Vestibular Center and
professor of otolaryngology at
Harvard Medical School.
“Your sense of balance is dif-
ferent than other senses, in that
it has lots of inputs,” he said.
“When those inputs don’t agree,
that’s when you feel dizziness
and nausea.”
In traditional motion sick-
ness, the mismatch occurs
because you feel movement in
your muscles and joints as well
as in the intricate coils of your
inner ear, but you do not see it.
That is why getting up on the
deck of a ship and looking at the
horizon helps you feel better.
But with digital motion
sickness, it is the opposite. You
see movement — like the turns
and twists shown in a movie
or video game car chase — that
you do not feel. The result is the
same: sensory conflict that can
make you feel queasy.
It can happen to anyone, even
if you are someone who is not
prone to motion sickness in
cars, boats or airplanes. Various
studies indicate it can affect 50
to 80 percent of people, depend-
ing on the fidelity of the digital
content and how it is presented.
Studies show that women
are more susceptible than men,
as are those with a history of
migraines or concussion. Often
symptoms are subtle. Many
people with digital motion sick-
ness do not quite know what
is causing their discomfort,
typically chalking it up to stress,
stomach upset, eye strain or
vertigo.
None of this is news to the
military, which has long known
about the sickness that even
seasoned pilots can feel in flight
simulators. And the problem
has become worse as simula-
tors have improved with virtual
reality and 3-D imagery.
The same sort of mind-bend-
ing artistry is now pervading
television and film, and even
underlies the icons floating
on your smartphone’s home
screen. Quick cuts, rapid pan-
ning and first-person-view cam-
era angles intensify the effect.
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“The idea is to get audiences
to feel like participants in the
action rather than outside ob-
servers of the action,” said Jona-
than Weinstein, a former film
producer and now a professor
at the Kanbar Institute for Film
and Television at New York
University’s Tisch School of the
Arts. “It makes viewers more
connected to the story — or it
makes them hurl, because in a
film, there’s really no horizon to
look at.”
Indeed, there is a website
called MovieHurl.com that rates
movies on how likely they are to
make you feel sick. And mobile
device and gamer forums are
full of postings looking for
advice on how to engage with
the latest operating systems and
interfaces without throwing up.
Apple had to add extra ac-
Frderic J. Brown / Getty Images
cessibility settings to its mobile
operating system to allow users
to tone down the visual stimuli.
And executives at Oculus V.R.,
makers of the much-anticipated
virtual reality headset Oculus
Rift (the company was pur-
chased by Facebook last year
for $2 billion), have said digital
motion sickness is one of their
biggest hurdles.
“The more realistic some-
thing is, the more likely you
are going to get sick,” said
Thomas Stoffregen, a professor
of kinesiology at the University
of Minnesota, who has done
extensive research on digital
motion sickness. “No one got
sick playing Pac-Man.”
Balance specialists said
the problem could often be
improved with habituation —
watching, say, a chaotically cut
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film or playing a virtual reality
game in short spurts just until
the onset of mild symptoms,
then leaving it, recovering and
repeating it at specified inter-
vals.
“People usually respond well
if we have them do it in a very
controlled, conservative way,”
said Lisa Heusel-Gillig, a physi-
cal therapist and neurological
clinical specialist at the Emory
Dizziness and Balance Center in
Atlanta.
But some experts wonder
whether it is a good idea to train
your brain to ignore conflict-
ing sensory stimuli, as it might
inhibit your ability to react ap-
propriately in the real world.
“There are certainly con-
cerns, particularly when it
comes to long-term exposure,”
said Kay Stanney, a human
factors researcher in Orlando,
Florida, who consults with the
military and businesses on the
design and use of virtual reality
and other immersive technolo-
gies.
Stanney said her team had
tested more than 1,000 subjects
in virtual reality sessions and
had seen that the magnitude of
aftereffects can be strong and
long lasting. When study sub-
jects returned to the real world,
they had trouble with visual
focusing, tracking images and
hand-eye coordination.
Stanney said her team also
measured a fundamental shift
in people’s postural stability.
The worry is that a teenager,
after several hours of playing a
virtual reality game, might get
behind the wheel of a car and
have balance and vision impair-
ments similar to being drunk.
Lengthy viewing of high-defi-
nition televisions or scrolling
wildly on a phone might also
somehow alter people’s sense of
equilibrium, making them more
likely to trip and fall.
“Long-term studies need to
be done to understand the full
impact,” Stanney said. “In the
military, you can be grounded
for up to 12 hours after a simula-
tor session because they under-
stand the aftereffects are real.”
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Scientists hope to curb
nearsightedness epidemic with eye drops
Emily Mullin |
Washington Post
Lots of people seem to
need glasses these days.
That’s because nearsight-
edness, or myopia, is be-
coming increasingly prev-
alent around the world.
More than 40 percent of
Americans are nearsight-
ed, up from just 25 percent
in the 1970s. In developed
Asian countries, that rate
is even higher with nearly
90 percent of children
developing myopia.
Glasses and contacts
offer a corrective solution,
but don’t actually stop or
slow vision’s decline. But
medicated eye drops may
do just that.
In a five-year clinical
trial conducted in Sin-
gapore, drops of a drug
called atropine seemed
to slow the progression
of nearsightedness in
children. Intriguingly,
researchers found that a
lower dose of the drug was
more effective than higher
dosages, in addition to
risking fewer side effects.
The research was present-
ed Nov. 16 at the annual
meeting of the American
Academy of Ophthalmol-
ogy in Las Vegas and will
appear in the February
2016 edition of the journal
Ophthalmology.
“The problem with
myopia is if you get it at an
early age and you regress,
you end up with high myo-
pia,” said lead researcher
Donald Tan of the Sin-
gapore Eye Research
Institute.
And high myopia —
where the eyeball stretch-
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es and becomes too long
— isn’t just an inconve-
nience: It raises the raises
the risk of other, more
serious eye conditions,
such as retinal detach-
ment, macular degenera-
tion, premature cataracts
and glaucoma. “So what
we’ve been trying to do
for many years is to find
out if there’s any way to
reduce the progression of
myopia,” Tan said.
Atropine drops are
approved for use in the
United States at a higher
concentration than that
used in the study. The
drops (which are cur-
rently used to treat lazy
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eye in children) can cause
light sensitivity and blurry
vision up close at higher
doses, so researchers set
out to determine whether
a smaller dose could still
be effective without pro-
ducing side effects.
The trial included 400
children ages 6 to 12 who
were randomly assigned
a nightly dose of atropine:
0.5 percent, 0.1 percent or
.01 percent for two years.
Doctors then stopped the
medication for 12 months
and observed whether
children’s eyes wors-
ened over that period.
For children whose eyes
became more nearsighted,
researchers restarted a
treatment of atropine at .01
percent for another two
years.
At the end of the trial,
investigators found that
children receiving the low-
est-dose atropine drops at
0.01 percent were the least
myopic when compared
to patients treated with
higher doses. On aver-
age, myopia progression
was -0.63, -0.94 and -1.09
D for the 0.01 percent, 0.1
percent and 0.5 percent
formulations, respectively.
(The “D” stands for diop-
ter, a unit of measurement
of the optical power of a
lens designed to correct
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nearsightedness.)
Tan said the findings
were surprising because
his team didn’t expect the
lowest dose to work. “For
the first time we might
have a treatment for myo-
pia in children that looks
to be effective,” he said.
Michael Repka, a
professor of ophthalmol-
ogy at the Johns Hopkins
Wilmer Eye Institute
who was not involved in
the Singapore study, said
treatments for myopia are
sorely needed. But Repka
said one of the limitations
of this study is that it’s im-
possible to know how the
subjects’ myopia would
have progressed — or not
progressed — had they
not received the eye drop
intervention. The study
did not include a control
group. Repka noted that
the children involved
in the study still devel-
oped myopia, so there’s a
concern whether the eye
drops would be worth it to
some patients.
“The reduction in
progression is still modest
if you look at the overall
myopia progress,” Repka
said.
The researchers also
note that about 9 percent
of children in the low-dose
group did not respond to
the drops in the first two
years.
Still, Repka said, it’s
good that researchers are
investigating drug treat-
ment options for myopia,
because it’s much easier to
administer a medication
than try to change the cur-
vature of a patient’s eye —
a feat scientists elsewhere
are trying to accomplish
with specially designed
contact lenses.
Tan said similar at-
ropine studies are being
planned for Japan and
Europe. As for this treat-
ment being available in
the United States anytime
soon, Repka said it would
difficult to do a clinical tri-
al here because the myopia
rate is so much lower than
in many Asian countries.
Also, it’s less likely that
drug companies would be
interested in conducting
a trial since the atropine
is available as a generic in
the U.S. — and not very
profitable as a result.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL SOCCER

Kentucky saddles The U.S. team

defending champion settles for a tie
Duke with its first loss in a World Cup
of the new season. qualifier.
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Stunning win leaves coach jumping for joy, QB in limbo

First signature victory fires up O’Brien Hoyer first to realize something wrong
I’ve seen Bill O’Brien
happy.
I’ve heard the Texans’
coach laugh so loud his
echo fills up a room.
I’ve watched him joy-
ously celebrate with so
much enthusiastic pride
that his 46 years fell away
and a sports-obsessed kid
from Boston was instantly
brought back to life.
But I’ve never seen
O’Brien go full roar, full
blast like he did late Mon-
day night in Cincinnati.
There was O’Brien, sur-
rounded by fiery Texans
still in uniform, inside the
BRIAN T. SMITH
Commentary
opponent’s locker room at
Paul Brown Stadium.
Then there was O’Brien,
arms raised, cap in one
hand, the other a clenched
fist, shouting toward the
ceiling after the once-
undefeated Bengals were
silenced, a 10-6 victory by
the road team became an
indisputable fact and the
biggest win of his two-
year career could never be
taken back.
“Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!”
screamed the Texans, as
J.J. Watt and Whitney
Mercilus bounced around,
and lesser-known play-
ers normally yelled at
by O’Brien intentionally
chest-bumped their coach.
“Ha, ha, ha!” proclaimed
O’Brien, exhaling eight
previous games filled with
mostly fury and frustra-
Smith continues on C3
In the Texans’
10-6 victory at Cin-
cinnati on Monday,
quarterback Brian
Hoyer was hit hard
and sacked on the
third play of the JOHN
second half. McCLAIN
On the Texans
The offense
was struggling
to move the ball, but the
Texans trailed 6-3 because
the defense, which hasn’t
allowed a touchdown in 10
quarters, was pummeling
the Bengals’ offense.
After he was sacked by
nose tackle Domata Peko,
Hoyer didn’t feel right but
continued to play Texans
for one more se- vs. Jets
ries. From the sack When/where:
until he was pulled Noon Sunday;
for concussion-like NRG Stadium.
symptoms, Hoyer TV/radio: CBS; 610
was 5-of-7 for 38 AM, 100.3 FM, 1180 AM
yards.
(Spanish).
Hoyer told
backup T.J. Yates
to get ready and informed George Godsey, who calls
coach Bill O’Brien he was the plays, noticed Hoyer
having memory issues. having problems.
“I think it says a lot “(Hoyer) got hit twice
about him,” O’Brien said. in the head on that play
“He wants to do what’s (including) once at the
best for the team. That’s ground,” O’Brien said.
the type of guy he is.” “I give a lot of credit to
Offensive coordinator
Offensive Texans continues on C2

ROCKETS AL MANAGER
OF THE YEAR

A TIME Like race

in West,
TO TALK Rangers,
Astros
finish 1-2
IT OUT
Guard James
Harden says
“individual
guys have By Evan Drellich
been
struggling.” The Astros-Rangers ri-
After players-only meeting, valry extended to awards
season Tuesday night
McHale says no to ‘blame game’ when Astros manager A.J.
Hinch finished second
By Jonathan Feigen in the American League
Manager of the Year race to
The Rockets could not brush off their struggles Texas’ Jeff Banister.
any longer. They could not point to a slow start after “I’m proud and humbled
the injury-filled preseason. They could no longer to be considered,” Hinch,
dismiss the losing streak as early in the season. one of three finalists, said
In a sure sign of a team searching, on Tuesday by phone after the an-
they had their players-only meeting — part airing nouncement on MLB Net-
of grievances, part pledging to make amends — to work. “We’ve gotten a lot of
discuss the issues that have recognition for a successful
made them among the season, and
NBA’s most disappointing Rockets that’s great.
teams. update I congratu-
“It was a good talk for Monday: late Banny.
us,” Rockets guard James Celtics 111, Rockets 95. “I don’t
Harden said. “It was good Record: 4-7. really view
for us to kind of commu- Today: Portland at it as a disap-
nicate. Each guy said what Toyota Center, 7 p.m. pointment
their role was and how TV/radio: Root; 790 b e c a u s e Banister
every single night they’re AM and 850 AM it’s a great
going to contribute to that (Spanish). honor to be recognized this
role. way. I’m proud of where
“After the talk, we had our organization is and the
a really good practice. Guys communicated. We strides we made.”
worked hard. Now, it’s about carrying over. It’s about Minnesota’s Paul Moli-
going out there and carrying it to the floor.” tor came in third in the vot-
If the 4-7 start to the season, the place as the ing, which was conducted
league’s second-worst defensive team or a losing by 30 members of the Base-
streak longer than any they have had since January ball Writers’ Association
2013 were not indication enough of how things have of America who ranked
fallen apart, the need to meet would be. Teams do their top three skippers in
not get together to discuss how to stay wonderful. the AL on a ballot that had
But the Rockets left the session believing they were to be submitted before the
ready to “buy in” as Harden said they had not before. start of the postseason.
“It was more of a collective (decision to meet), and All three finalists were
Mark Mulligan / Houston Chronicle

the guys bought in,” said Harden, who is shooting a in their first year managing
career-worst 37.2 percent to start the season. “That their respective clubs.
was the most important thing. Individual guys have Banister, who played
been struggling. You kind of tend to go your own high school baseball at La
Rockets continues on C5 Marque before attending
the University of Houston,
totaled 112 points while
Inside Houston Sports Hinch had 82 points and
›› Brian T. Smith on Kevin McHale’s fears coming Molitor 33. Banister re-
true. houstonchronicle.com/sports ceived 17 first-place votes,
Rivalry continues on C7

UH FOOTBALL

School takes first step in sweetening Herman’s contract

By Joseph Duarte
The University
Houston made a jump in
of
the College Football Play-
off rankings Tuesday.
It was the school’s sec-
ond-biggest move of the
day.
With Tom Herman be-
ing linked to seemingly
every available job, the
university is taking steps
to lock up their fast-rising,
first-year head coach.
An item on Thursday’s
UH Board of Regents
agenda seeks approval “to
delegate authority to the
Jon Shapley / Houston Chronicle
The Cougars have performed so well for Tom
Chancellor to negotiate
and execute an amend-
Herman that the first-year coach is a hot commodity. ment to the contract of the
Bigger dreams
›› ›› The future looks
promising for UH, which has
a goal of moving into a Power
5 conference. Page A1
head football coach at the
University of Houston.”
Herman, who has led
the Cougars to a 10-0
start and No. 19 in the
latest CFP rankings, has
been mentioned for sev-
eral Power 5 openings
in the SEC (Missouri
and South Carolina), Big
Ten (Maryland), Pac-12
(Southern Cal) and ACC
(Miami).
UH is being forced to
address Herman’s con-
tract earlier than expected CFP rankings
because of the Cougars’
immediate success — the
Nov. 27 game against Navy 1. Clemson
is for a spot in the Ameri-
can Athletic Conference 2. Alabama
championship game —
and the unusual number 3. Ohio State
of openings at major-con-
ference programs with 4. Notre Dame
deeper pockets.
At the time of his hir-
ing, Herman agreed to a
6. Oklahoma State
five-year contract worth
at least $6.75 million. The
7. Oklahoma
deal includes a $1.35 mil-
lion annual salary, making
10. Baylor
Herman the highest-paid
football coach in school
18. TCU
history.
There is a buyout of
19. Houston
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PRO FOOTBALL
JOHN McCLAIN’S TEXANS REPORT
POWER RANKINGS
WEEK 11 It’s hopeful Hoyer to play vs. Jets
1. New England 9-0 (1): The Patriots are the fifth
Texans starting quar-
team, and the first since San Francisco (1983-
terback Brian Hoyer
98), with at least 15 straight winning seasons.
remains under the NFL
concussion testing pro-
2. Carolina 9-0 (3): Cam Newton and Steve tocol, but team officials
Young are the only players to have at least 30 have some optimism he’ll
games with at least one TD passing and rushing. recover in time to play
Sunday against the New
3. Cincinnati 8-1 (2): When the Bengals lost to York Jets.
the Texans, they failed to give the NFL 3 teams The
with 9-0 records for the first time in history. Texans
don’t plan
4. Arizona 7-2 (5): The Cardinals’ top-ranked to make
offense has been incredibly consistent. They rank a roster
move while
eighth in rushing and fourth in passing.
waiting
5. Minnesota 7-2 (6): Adrian Peterson tied O.J. Hoyer for Hoyer
Simpson with a sixth 200-yard rushing perfor- to recover
mance, the most in NFL history. from the head injury.
Hoyer’s symptoms have
6. Denver 7-2 (4): This is the last year of quarter- improving steadily since
back Brock Osweiler’s contract, so the Broncos he suffered the injury in
need to find out if he can play. the second half of a 10-6
victory Monday over the
Cincinnati Bengals.
7. Pittsburgh 6-4 (8): Antonio Brown is the fourth
If Hoyer can’t go, the
player in league history with at least 27 catches in
Texans would start T.J.
a two-game span.
Yates after he engineered
the winning rally with a
8. Green Bay 6-3 (7): The biggest mystery in the fourth-quarter TD pass.
NFL is what has caused the Packers to lose three “Brian is in the con-
straight games and fall behind Minnesota. cussion protocol, and
that’ll be a day-to-day
9. Atlanta 6-3 (12): Perhaps having a week off deal with Brian,” coach
will help the Falcons rediscover their disappear- Bill O’Brien said. “We’re
ing offense when they entertain Indianapolis. hoping he’ll be able to
play for us, but right now
10. Buffalo 5-4 (15): Rex Ryan got revenge it’s day to day.”
against the Jets. Now he has a Monday night Hoyer suffered the
game against New England. concussion in the third
quarter, apparently when
11. N.Y. Jets 5-4 (13): After their 3-1 start under
sacked by 6-3, 325-pound
defensive tackle Domata
Peko. Later in the quar-
ter, Hoyer informed offen-
sive coordinator George
Godsey he was having
problems functioning.
O’Brien expects
Clowney back
Although Texans coach
Bill O’Brien expected
outside linebacker Jade-
veon Clowney to return
this week from a lower
back injury, his answer
wasn’t set in stone.
With Clowney’s
problematic back, it’s
unpredictable how it will
respond. O’Brien was
guardedly optimistic
about Clowney, who was
scratched Monday and
replaced by Whitney
Mercilus, who had five
tackles (three for losses).
Clowney attempted to
practice last Wednesday,
but the former top overall
draft pick aggravated an
injury that’s muscular in
nature with tests reveal-
ing no structural damage.
“I do, but we will have
to see (Wednesday),”
O’Brien said when asked
if he expects Clowney to
return this week.
When asked if Clowney
would be back in the
starting lineup once he’s
healthy, O’Brien replied:
“The answer to that is
we’re going to play the
guys that practice the
best. If you’re out there,
and you’re not practicing
well, you’re not going to
play a lot. If you practice
really well, then we’ll put
you in the game.”
Big improvement
seen in tackling
Between upgraded
tackling and much better
discipline in gap integrity
and maintaining sound
pass-rushing lanes, the
Texans limited a usually
prolific Bengals offense to
six points, 4-of-14 conver-
sions on third downs and
256 yards of offense.
The Texans haven’t
allowed a touchdown in
10 consecutive quarters,
improving their tackling
markedly.
“We worked hard on
that,” coach Bill O’Brien
said. “It’s not easy to
work on that in practice
because you can’t always
be in pads. We have
worked on tackling. We’ve
had tough practice, and I
think those have paid off.
We’ve had tackling drills
because we struggled to
tackle early in the year.”
The Texans had three
sacks of Bengals quarter-
back Andy Dalton, with
one each from linemen
J.J. Watt and Christian
Covington and lineback-
er John Simon.
Reserve James
plays pivotal role
Known previously for
his colorful sock collec-
tion and star turn as a
featured plot line on the
“Hard Knocks” HBO
series, reserve cornerback
Charles James contrib-
uted to the Texans’ fourth
win of the season.
James played a career-
high 48 snaps on defense,
operating as a nickel back
and shadowing inside
wide receivers. He had
a career-high six tack-
les, one for a loss. James
played 11 snaps on special
teams while battling a
foot injury.
“He’s playing hurt,”
coach Bill O’Brien said.
“He’s a guy who’s really
toughing it out in practice.
He’s out there every day.
He’s meant a lot to us. He
brings a lot of energy to
our locker room.”
Aaron Wilson

Texans will stick with Hoyer, if healthy

first-year coach Todd Bowles, the Jets have lost
three of five going into the Texans game.

12. N.Y. Giants 5-5 (11): The best thing the Giants
have done is force turnovers. They lead the league
Texans from page C1
with 23 takeaways and a plus-13 differential.
George (because) he kind
of noticed it right away.
13. Kansas City 4-5 (19): Alex Smith is playing as
“(Hoyer) wasn’t func-
well as two years ago, when he helped Andy Reid
tioning correctly as to
and the Chiefs earn a wild-card playoff berth.
how we know he would
usually function calling a
14. Indianapolis 4-5 (14): Matt Hasselbeck, 40, play, receiving the play in,
gets his third start this year in place of the injured trying to communicate it
Andrew Luck. Hasselbeck has a 2-0 record. to the offense. So George
pointed it out to me when
15. Seattle 4-5 (9): One reason the Seahawks the series was over.
have a losing record is because they’re last in red- “I went over to him, and
zone offense with a 35.0 success rate. he just said, ‘I’m having
trouble remembering the
16. Miami 4-5 (21): The Dolphins’ win over Phila- plays right now.’ That’s
delphia gave interim coach Dan Campbell a 3-2 when I called the (trainer
record, including wins over the Jags and Texans. Geoff Kaplan).”
17. Philadelphia 4-5 (10): The Eagles blew a Confidence in Yates
chance to tie the Giants for first place in the NFC And that’s when the
East when they lost at home to Miami. SOS went out to Yates, the
Cincinnati Kid who threw
18. Washington 4-5 (20): Kirk Cousins (158.3)
the winning touchdown
is the team’s first QB to throw for 300 yards and
pass to DeAndre Hopkins
have a 150.0 rating since Sammy Baugh in 1948.
and improved his record
to 3-0 against the Ben-
gals, including 2-0 at Paul
19. Chicago 4-5 (23): Jay Cutler is the first
Brown Stadium.
quarterback in Chicago history to throw two TD
With a short week and
passes of at least 80 yards in the same game.
the New York Jets coming
to town, Hoyer is in the
20. Houston 4-5 (22): Winning at Cincinnati on concussion protocol and
Monday night moved the Texans into a first-place must be cleared to play.
tie with Indianapolis in the AFC South. The Texans must be
Brett Coomer / Chronicle
T.J. Yates was 5-for-11
for 69 yards and a TD in
his relief stint Monday.
confident Hoyer will
be able to play because
O’Brien and general man-
ager Rick Smith weren’t
rushing to sign another
veteran quarterback.
Make no mistake:
Hoyer is the starting quar-
terback and Yates is the
backup.
But if something hap-
pens to Hoyer, they won’t
hesitate to call Yates out of
the bullpen again.
Three weeks ago, Yates
was on the golf course
working on his handicap.
Last week, Yates was at
The Improv cracking one-
liners at the Chris Myers
Roast. On Monday night,
he was leading the Texans
to one of the best moments
in team history before
ESPN’s national television
audience.
“That’s a tough situa-
tion for a guy to go into,”
O’Brien said about Yates
entering the game late in
the third quarter. “He’s a
very calm guy. Nothing
really fazes him.
“The way that he ap-
proached that situation
was really what you’re
looking for.”
Playing against a Cin-
cinnati defense that was
terrific, Hoyer finished
with 12-of-22 for 123 yards
and an interception on a
Hail Mary pass at the end
of the first half.
Yates was 5-of-11 for 69
yards, including the game-
winning, 22-yard touch-
down pass to Hopkins,
who made an incredible
one-handed catch in the
end zone.
“One thing about T.J. is
the locker room has a lot of
respect for him,” O’Brien
said. “A lot of these guys
have played with him.
As soon as he entered
the huddle, they knew he
would do his job.”
Hard work pays off
Now the Texans are 4-5
and tied with Indianapolis
for first place in the AFC
South Division. The Colts
play at Atlanta on Sunday.
“Anytime you go into a
game like that and you end
up winning, that means a
lot for your team,” O’Brien
said. “Now, the key is we
have to understand how
we got to that point.
“(The players and
coaches) were honest with
each other. We worked
very hard. We had full-
padded practices. The
guys put a lot of time in
the meeting room and the
film room. We’ve got to
continue to do it that way.”
john.mcclain@chron.com
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21. Tampa Bay 4-5 (24): After beating the Cow-

boys, the Bucs are thinking about a wild-card NFL
berth going into Sunday’s game at Philadelphia.
Raiders’ Smith gets
1-year suspension
22. Oakland 4-5 (16): Second-year quarterback
Derek Carr has 21 touchdown passes, six inter-
ceptions and a 101.5 rating.
NFL AT A GLANCE
23. St. Louis 4-5 (17): Jeff Fisher has benched QB ALAMEDA, Calif. — return this weekend after AMERICAN CONFERENCE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
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who was 2-0 as a starter for the Texans last year. backer Aldon Smith was a broken collarbone. Indianapolis 4 5 0 200 227 N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 273253
suspended Tuesday by Weeden went 0-3 filling Houston 4 5 0 184 211 Washington 4 5 0 205209
24. New Orleans 4-6 (18): The week off comes
the NFL for one calendar in for Romo and Matt Jacksonville 3 6 0 192 255 Philadelphia 4 5 0 212 184
at a good time after the Saints fired defensive co-
year because of violations Cassel was 0-4. Tennessee 2 7 0 169 214 Dallas 2 7 0 166214
ordinator Rob Ryan and promoted Dennis Allen.
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abuse policy, a person waived cornerback Corey New England 9 0 0 303169 Carolina 9 0 0 255 175
with direct knowledge of White and running back Buffalo 5 4 0 231 207 Atlanta 6 3 0 229190
25. San Francisco 3-6 (25): The 49ers have
the decision said. Christine Michael. White N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 217 184 Tampa Bay 4 5 0 191 237
scored only 12 TDs, fewest in the league. Their
The penalty is effective was acquired off waiv- Miami 4 5 0 191 225 New Orleans 4 6 0 255 315
minus-97 point differential is the NFL’s worst.
immediately, said the per- ers from New Orleans in North W L T PF PA North W L T PF PA
son, who was speaking the offseason, and Dallas Cincinnati 8 1 0 235 152 Minnesota 7 2 0 198154
26. Jacksonville 3-6 (31): The Jaguars’ upset vic- on condition of anonym- traded a late-round pick Pittsburgh 6 4 0 236 191 Green Bay 6 3 0 219 185
tory at Baltimore pulled them within one game of ity because the decision to Seattle for Michael the Baltimore 2 7 0 210 236 Chicago 4 5 0 199234
first place in the AFC South. hadn’t been formally first week of the season. Cleveland 2 8 0 186277 Detroit 2 7 0 167 261
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27. Baltimore 2-7 (26): The Ravens’ once-power- Smith, 26, was released Browns to keep Denver 7 2 0 205168 Arizona 7 2 0 302185
ful defense has forced a league-worst five turn- by the San Francisco Kansas City 4 5 0 224 195 St. Louis 4 5 0 166 183
overs. They’re minus-10 in turnover differential. 49ers in August after
Manziel as starter Oakland 4 5 0 227241 Seattle 4 5 0 199179
several run-ins with the The Cleveland Browns San Diego 2 7 0 210 249 San Francisco 3 6 0 126 223
28. San Diego 2-7 (28): Injuries and perhaps the law, including an accusa- will go with quarterback Week 11 schedule
distraction of a possible move have curtailed tion by Santa Clara police Johnny Manziel as their Thursday’s game
what was expected to be a promising season. of drunken driving, hit starter for the remainder Time Open. line Cur. line O/U TV
and run, and vandalism. of this season. Tennessee at Jacksonville 7:25 Jac. 3 Jac. 3 43½ NFL
Sunday’s games
29. Detroit 2-7 (32): Sunday’s victory over the Following his release, The team made the
Time Open. line Cur. line O/U TV
Packers was the first time since 1991 the Lions he landed across the bay announcement before N.Y. Jets at Houston noon NL NL NL CBS
have won a game at Lambeau Field. with the Raiders. Tuesday’s practice. Denver at Chicago noon Chi. 2 Chi. 1 41½
Smith was in a contract Manziel takes over for Oakland at Detroit noon Oak. 1 Oak. 1½ 48
30. Tennessee 2-7 (27): In the wins over Tampa
year. He started seven Josh McCown, who went Indianapolis at Atlanta noon Atl. 6 Atl. 6 47
Bay and New Orleans, Marcus Mariota threw
games and played in nine 1-6 as a starter and missed Tampa Bay at Philadelphia noon Phil. 7 Phil. 5½ 45
eight TD passes without an interception.
for the Raiders, finish- the last two games with St. Louis at Baltimore noon PK Balt. 2 41½
ing his second straight injured ribs. Dallas at Miami noon Dall. 1 PK 47½
suspension-shortened Meanwhile, the NFL Washington at Carolina noon Car. 7½ Car. 7 45½
31. Dallas 2-7 (29): The Cowboys are on a seven- Kansas City at San Diego 3:05 K.C. 3 K.C. 3 44½
season with 28 tackles announced it has con-
game skid. They’ve scored 166 points and 16 TDs, San Francisco at Seattle 3:25 Sea. 12 Sea. 12½ 40½
and 3½ sacks. cluded its investigation
both tied for the second fewest in the NFL. Green Bay at Minnesota 3:25 PK G.B. 1 45 Fox
into a domestic incident Cincinnati at Arizona 7:30 Ari. 3½ Ari. 3½ 47½ NBC
32. Cleveland 2-8 (30): Dating to last season, the
Cowboys waive last month involving Monday’s game
Manziel, saying that
Browns have lost 13 of 15 games. They have a QB Weeden “there is an insufficient
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Buffalo at New England 7:30 N.E. 7½ N.E. 7 48½ ESPN
five-game losing streak with no relief in sight. The Dallas Cowboys basis on which to take Off: Cleveland, N.Y. Giants, New Orleans, Pittsburgh
waived quarterback disciplinary action.”
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COLLEGES | PRO FOOTBALL
TEXAS A&M
Aggies’ QB situation as unsettled as ever
By Brent Zwerneman
COLLEGE STATION
— Texas A&M is gearing
up for its first trip to Nash-
ville, Tenn., as a Southeast-
ern Conference member
crooning a familiar tune:
Who’s going to saddle up
at quarterback for the Ag-
gies?
Ten games into the sea-
son, A&M has little offen-
sive identity, and even less
of a starting quarterback,
after coach Kevin Sum-
lin said Tuesday the job
was (again) up for grabs
between freshman Kyler
Murray and sophomore
Kyle Allen.
“We’ll evaluate where
we are in practice,” Sum-
lin said during the weekly
news conference. “We’ve
had some good moments,
some not so good moments
(with both). We’re looking
for consistency out of the
position, and that’s what
this week of practice will
be about.
“We’ll name a starter as
we get closer to game time.”
The Aggies (7-3, 3-3)
play at Vanderbilt (4-6, 2-4)
at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, fac-
ing an improving defense.
COLLEGES
Notre Dame blocking playoff path of Big 12 teams in CFP
The rankings
With Notre Dame re-A&M’s Garrett is
maining at No. 4 in the lat-
est College Football Playoff
rankings, the Irish appear
able to block any of the
three Big 12 teams listed in
this week’s top 10 if they
can win out in remaining
games against Boston Col-
lege and Stanford.
The Big 12’s only un-
beaten team, Oklahoma
State, is the conference’s
highest-ranked team at No.
6. Oklahoma is listed at
seventh and Baylor is 10th.
The Irish are 9-1 with
their only loss at No. 1
Clemson. Alabama and
Ohio State held on to the
second and third spots.
Notre Dame’s 38-3
season-opening victory
over Texas, combined with
OU’s 24-17 loss to the
Longhorns five weeks later
in Dallas, was considered
among the reasons to keep
the Irish ahead of OU after
the Sooners beat Baylor
last week, CFP committee
chairman Jeff Long said.
But OU coach Bob
Stoops remains convinced
his team will make the
CFP if it can finish with
wins in its final two games
against No. 18 TCU on
Smith: O’Brien’s coaching skill set shines with back against wall
Smith from page C1
tion, then calling the room
to attention after the uni-
fied dance was complete.
The buzz kept going.
Then the message was
delivered.
“I couldn’t be more
proud of this team,”
O’Brien said. “But look,
this is what we’re capable
of doing. … We just came
in here on the road and
beat an 8-0 team. And you
ought to be (darn) proud
of yourselves, because you
worked your (butts) off.
And you know what your
reward is? You can wear
sweats home!”
Eruption.
Blue, red and white-
clothed bodies engulfed
their coach. The room
became a single extended
shout, as jumping Texans
briefly made their leader
disappear, turning a pro
locker room into a college
party doubling as a Super
Bowl celebration.
Roller-coaster ride
Monday’s joy was two
months in the making for
O’Brien’s Texans. And in a
single game that could de-
fine a season — if the AFC
South keeps stinking and
this year becomes as crazy
as it’s setting up to be — we
were reminded why we be-
lieved in the hot-tempered,
always all-in coach in the
first place.
Because he can coach.
Twice, O’Brien has been
The Commodores are
coming off a home victory
over Kentucky (21-17) and
a close loss at No. 8 Florida
(9-7) the week prior.
“Vanderbilt is in the top
five in the major categories
of defense,” Sumlin said.
“It will be a challenge for
us offensively.”
Flashes from Murray
Who will accept that
challenge is apparently to
be determined by the next
couple of days of practice.
Allen started the season’s
first seven games but was
benched after poor show-
ings against Alabama and
Mississippi.
Murray turned in a solid
first start in the Aggies’ 35-
28 victory over South Car-
olina but labored might-
ily in A&M’s 26-10 loss to
Auburn. He didn’t look
much better last Saturday
in bumpily guiding the Ag-
gies past FCS foe Western
Carolina 41-17.
Murray threw three
touchdown passes and
two interceptions (includ-
ing an interception on a
Hail Mary pass to close out
the first half ), but at least
three more of his passes
UH 19th
College Football Playoff
committee Top 25
School Rec. Pvs.
1. Clemson 10-0 1
2. Alabama 9-1 2 defensive end Myles Gar-
3. Ohio St.
4. Notre Dame
10-0
9-1
3
4
5. Iowa 10-0 5 for the 2015 Rotary Lom-
6. Oklahoma St. 10-0 8 bardi Award, presented to
7. Oklahoma 9-1 12
8. Florida 9-1 11
9. Michigan St. 9-1 13
10. Baylor 8-1 6
11. Stanford 8-2 7 Houston.
12. Michigan
13. Utah
8-2
8-2
14
10
14. Florida St. 8-2 16
15. LSU 7-2 9 bardi finalists, leads the
16. Navy
17. North Carolina
8-1
9-1
20
23
18. TCU 9-1 15
19. Houston 10-0 24
20. Northwestern 8-2 18
21. Memphis 8-2 21
22. Mississippi 7-3 — State junior defensive end
23. Oregon 7-3 —
24. Southern Cal 7-3 —
25. Wisconsin 8-2 25
Saturday and next week at
Oklahoma State.
“I don’t know how you
couldn’t,” Stoops said in
an interview with ESPN.
“If you go on the road
and beat the No. 6 team
(Baylor) in the country,
you beat the No. 11 team
in the country (TCU) and
Oklahoma State also on
the road — the No. 4 team
in the country — who else
is doing that at the end of
the year, or even through
the whole year?”
backed up against a wall,
stripped of his weapons
and been forced to survive
with a season on the line.
He’s a perfect 2-for-2.
And just like when
O’Brien coached the heck
out of the Texans in Week
16 last season, calling once-
discarded Case Keenum
out of a deer blind to mi-
raculously shoot down the
then 9-5 Baltimore Ravens,
O’Brien rediscovered his
best athletic attributes just
in time for the Bengals on a
national stage.
No Arian Foster and no
real running game. Ryan
Mallett discarded. A con-
cussed Brian Hoyer. T.J. “I
was golfing three weeks
ago and you cut me a year
ago” Yates as O’Brien’s
third quarterback this sea-
son and sixth in 14 months.
And somehow, despite
just 256 Texans offensive
yards, O’Brien’s squad gut-
ted, toughed and clawed
out the coach’s first signa-
ture win of his pro career.
“Anytime you go into a
game like that and you’re
playing an 8-0 team and
you end up coming out on
the winning end of it, that
means a lot for your team,”
O’Brien said Tuesday at
NRG Stadium. “Now, the
key is for us that we have
to understand how we got
to that point. And the way
we got to that point was
we were honest with each
other.”
Let’s be honest about
O’Brien.
xxx
A&M wanted to see how Kyler Murray fared as more
of a pocket passer than a scrambler against Western
Carolina, and the results were mixed.
were nearly intercepted.
The Aggies led only 21-14
in the third quarter before
pulling away from their
overmatched opponent.
Murray, who led Allen
High to three consecutive
state titles the past three
Lombardi finalist
Texas A&M sophomore
rett is one of four finalists
the college lineman of the
year by the Rotary Club of
Garrett, the only under-
classman among the Lom-
Southeastern Conference
with 10½ sacks and five
forced fumbles through 10
games. He’s joined by Ohio
Joey Bosa, Clemson junior
defensive end Shaq Law-
son and Penn State senior
defensive end Carl Nassib
as Lombardi finalists.
The award will be pre-
sented Dec. 9 at Revention
Music Center.
UH uncertain
on Ward’s status
University of Houston
quarterback Greg Ward Jr.
dressed out for Tuesday’s
practice but was limited,
coach Tom Herman said
on his weekly radio show.
Ward rolled his ankle
We’re still figuring him
out. Owner Bob McNair
is, too. The good has been
encouragingly good, the
bad has been weirdly and
embarrassingly bad, and
what we’re left with after
25 games is 13-12 O’Brien
and a 2015 team that has a
shot to make the playoffs
(thanks to the wonders of
the AFC South).
And only if the Texans
play with passion and
guts.
Winning cures all
For a myriad of reasons
that ultimately are now
just a fact of life, the Tex-
ans hadn’t been right this
year. They weren’t in Week
1. They were a disaster in
Atlanta and Miami. It took
their everything just to
beat Tampa Bay, Jackson-
ville and Tennessee.
But that team we saw
Monday in Cincinnati?
It had the same heart
of the squad that was 4-5
entering the open date in
2014, then rolled off five
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“The focus was to get Texas A&M
him out there and play a at Vanderbilt
complete game as a quar- When/where: 6:30 p.m.
terback,” Spavital said. “I Saturday; Nashville, Tenn.
said, ‘I don’t want to see TV/radio: SEC; 740 AM.
you running around out
there the whole time; we
know you’re a player, I lower division. “He’s got-
want to see you operate the ten to step back and take a
offense from the pocket.’ … breath, and that may have
I wanted him to work on helped him.”
going through his progres- A&M entered the SEC
sions, not just revert to his three years ago as a high-
athletic ability.” octane passing team that
led the conference in total
Allen gets a refresher offense, but that has gone
Allen also returned to ac- by the wayside with the
tion for the first time since departure of quarterback
his benching and played Johnny Manziel nearly two
the fourth quarter against years ago. The lone bit of
Western Carolina. He ap- consistency as Sumlin con-
peared much sharper than tinues trying to establish a
Murray, with more zip on new offensive identity is se-
his passes as he completed nior running back Tra Car-
all six for 88 yards, includ- son, who needs 136 yards to
Juan DeLeon / Associated Press ing a 22-yard touchdown become the 11th player in
strike to Christian Kirk for school history to reach 1,000
A&M’s final score. rushing yards in a season.
“There’s less pressure “He’s setting the tone
stepping in against an FCS for us offensively,” Spavi-
seasons, is best known opponent in the fourth tal said.
for his scrambling and quarter than there would Unlike the quarterbacks,
elusiveness. But offensive be playing on the road who are in a perpetual tus-
coordinator Jake Spavital against an SEC team,” sle just to see who will start
said the plan against West- Sumlin said of allowing Al- next.
ern Carolina was for him len to try to get his feet back
to work on his pocket pres- under him against a non- brent.zwerneman@chron.com
ence. conference squad from a twitter.com/brentzwerneman
victory over Kansas and
didn’t play after halftime. UH from page C1
Doctson injured his left
wrist after a catch in the $2.25 million if Herman
first half of TCU’s loss at leaves the school before
Oklahoma State on Nov. Feb. 28, 2018.
7. He played against the An athletic spokesman
Garrett Boykin Jayhawks but had only one declined further comment
catch for 12 yards. on the agenda item.
just before halftime and Hunter Yurachek, UH’s
did not play in the sec- Nebraska players vice president for intercol-
ond half of the Cougars’ legiate athletics, has said
35-34 comeback win over
talk to police publicly in the past month
Memphis. Lincoln (Neb.) police that “don’t think I’m not
“He’s a lot better than said they were investigat- developing a plan to try
he was (Monday) and ing a report of a sexual and retain” Herman and
certainly better than he assault at the residence UH “doesn’t need to be
was Saturday night,” Her- of Nebraska quarterback a steppingstone to other
man said. “We’re going to Tommy Armstrong Jr. and schools” similar to the
continue to ease him back standout receiver Jordan departures of Art Briles
into practice.” Westerkamp. (Baylor) and Kevin Sum-
No decision has been Officer Katie Flood lin (Texas A&M) over the
made whether Ward or said a 20-year-old woman past decade.
Kyle Postma will start went to a Lincoln hospital After being 25th and
against Connecticut. Sunday and said she had 24th the previous two
been raped. The woman weeks, the Cougars
Boykin, Doctson told police she knows the jumped to No. 19, three
suspect, and Flood said spots behind Navy in
are questionable
that person was contacted. the race for the highest-
TCU coach Gary Patter- Flood said no arrests had ranked school from the
son says quarterback Trev- been made. Group of Five. The AAC
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Kentucky shuts down Duke;

Michigan St. topples Kansas
CHICAGO — Tyler rebounds and 12 assists, a 3-pointer with 1:18 left to added 15 points and Phil
Ulis had 18 points and six taking over the game for break a tie, and the third- Booth scored 11 for Vil-
assists, and No. 2 Ken- the No. 13 Spartans in ranked Terrapins got 24 lanova (2-0).
tucky used its speed and the second half as they points from Melo Trimble The game was part
athleticism to hold off No. beat the fourth-ranked in a rousing victory over of the inaugural Gavitt
5 Duke for a 74-63 victory Jayhawks in the Champi- their neighborhood rival, Tipoff Games, which pits
in the Champions Classic ons Classic at Chicago’s the Hoyas, in College teams from the Big East
on Tuesday night. United Center. Park, Md. against Big Ten squads.
Kentucky forced 16 Perry Ellis led the Kan- Maryland (2-0) was Andrew White led Ne-
turnovers and outscored sas (1-1) with 21 points, stretched to the finish braska (1-1) with 18 points.
the defending national Frank Mason III added against Georgetown,
champions 18-4 in fast- 14, and Wayne Selden Jr. which led by seven in the NOTRE DAME 86
break points. Jamal had 12. second half before wilt- MILWAUKEE 78
Murray scored 11 of his Michigan State im- ing. The Hoyas fell to 0-2 Demetrius Jackson
16 points in the second proved to 2-0. for the first time since the scored 20 points, and V.J.
half as the Wildcats (3-0) 1998-99 season. Beachem tied a career
placed four players in TULSA 77, WICHITA ST. 67 high with 19 while add-
double figures. Shaquille Harrison OKLAHOMA 84 ing a career-best eight
Amile Jefferson led the scored 20 points, and MEMPHIS 78 rebounds in the No. 18
Blue Devils (2-1) with 16 Marquel Curtis added Buddy Hield scored 30 Irish’s win over the Pan-
points and 15 rebounds, 16 to help the Golden points, and the eighth- thers in South Bend, Ind.
and Marshall Plumlee Hurricane upset the No. 9 ranked Sooners held off The Irish (2-0) had
had 12 points, 10 rebounds Shockers in Tulsa, Okla., the Tigers in their season- all five starters score in
and six blocked shots. overcoming three years opening game at Mem- double figures, including Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press
Grayson Allen, who of frustration against phis, Tenn. Zach Auguste, who was Duke guard Derryck Thornton, left, has his drive
scored 54 points in Duke’s Wichita State, which had This was Oklahoma’s 7-of-8 from the field and contested by Kentucky’s Tyler Ulis.
first two games, was held won a school record seven first victory over Mem- scored 15 of his 17 points
to six points on 2-for-11 straight in the long-run- phis (1-1) in seven tries. in the second half. the Celts in their home Women
shooting. He got his first ning series. Akeem Springs opener in Huntville. OKLAHOMA ST. 87
basket on a 3-pointer from The Shockers (1-1) were VILLANOVA 87 matched his career high Bryon Makel led St. TEXAS SOUTHERN 52
the corner with 12:08 left led by Ron Baker with 23 NEBRASKA 63 with 21 points for Milwau- Thomas (1-2) with 23 Brittney Martin had 24
in the second half. points. Josh Hart scored 19 kee (3-1). points. points, and the Cowgirls
Pat Birt added 14 points points, Daniel Ochefu had Aurimas Majauskas beat the Tigers in Stillwa-
MICHIGAN ST. 79 for Tulsa (2-0). 17 points and 10 rebounds, SAM HOUSTON ST. 114 added 21 points for Sam ter, Okla. Toni Cheadle
KANSAS 73 and the No. 11 Wildcats ST. THOMAS 92 Houston State (1-1). and Amari Dennis scored
Senior guard Denzel MARYLAND 75 rolled past the Cornhusk- Dakarai Hender- The teams combined 13 points apiece to lead
Valentine recorded a tri- GEORGETOWN 71 ers in Villanova, Pa. son scored 27 points to for 71 personal fouls and Texas Southern (0-2).
ple-double of 29 points, 12 Rasheed Sulaimon hit Ryan Arcidiacono lead the Bearkats past 104 free throws. From Web and wire reports

Nothing was the same for Aledo after ’98 championship

All roads to the UIL state schools. coach. The Bearcats are seek- Both teams played with time.
football 11-man champi- It’s a meeting place for In 1993, ing their sixth state title in heavy hearts. Cuero suf- But the Bearcats found
onships lead to Houston. the community, full of Buchanan seven years. fered a massive flood that a way, getting scores from
regulars. If you’re the head became It wasn’t always like October, displacing many, Joel Laminack and Matt
With the announcement football coach, it’s where Aledo’s fifth that. When Buchanan ar- including members of the Saunders.
that the 2015 title games you really can get the pulse coach in rived, the program had 17 team. Aledo has won fewer
will be at NRG Stadium, of the town. six years. players total. He won two “I knew that part of than 10 games only twice
the first time they have “When I first got here, Buchanan Going to games in 1993 and six each Texas and I knew how since 1996. The Bearcats
the superintendent Wil- the Bearcat in 1994 and 1995, but no devastating it was when won three straight titles
been held in the city since lard Stuard called me in Cafe was all about a playoff berths. those floods came through from 2009-11, another in
2008, the Chronicle will and said, ‘If you want to 32-year-old rookie head It all clicked in 1996 there,” Buchanan said. 2013 in Buchanan’s last
look back each week at keep this job, you have to coach endearing himself as Aledo went 11-2-1 and “People lost their homes. season and last season
some of the best games, do what those five guys to a tight-knit community reached the state quarter- Not just flooded, people under Steve Wood, the
before you wouldn’t do. west of Fort Worth. finals. lost their homes.” team’s longtime defensive
moments and perfor- It was a rocky start for
You have to go down to the Aledo was good in the “If we hadn’t done it that coordinator.
mances from past cham- coffee shop every day for 1960s and 1970s, but the year, they were going to Aledo. The communica- “The ’98 team was the
pionship games here. about 15 to 20 minutes and success it found in 1998 let me go,” said Buchanan, tions system went awry. team got us over the hump
listen to people. You don’t changed everything. adding many thought he The starting fullback was and got our kids thinking
By Adam Coleman have to talk to them. You The Bearcats beat Cuero was too young and inex- injured in the semifinals. that not only could we win
don’t have to do what they 14-7 in the Class 3A Divi- perienced. “Luckily, we’ve The Bearcats were flagged but we could win a state
There’s a diner in Aledo say. But you do need to sion I state championship been to the playoffs every for too many men on the championship,” Buchanan
called the Bearcat Cafe, listen to them,’” said Tim at the Astrodome. That year since.” field or a delay of game said.
named of course, for the Buchanan, Aledo’s cur- win launched one of the Aledo reached the semi- three times early.
mascot of not just the rent athletic director after state’s top modern dynas- finals in 1997 before meet- Aledo had minus-2 total Adam Coleman is
high school but all seven spending 21 years as head ties. ing Cuero the next year. yards of offense at half- a freelance writer.

FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS BASKETBALL

Class 6A Division I
Area
Region I
Ama.Tascosa(9-2)vs.OdessaPermian(10-1)
1 p.m. Saturday; Lowrey Field, Lubbock
Denton Ryan (11-0) vs.S.Grand Prairie (7-4)
5:30 p.m. Friday; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Amarillo (9-2) vs.Arlington Martin (9-2)
7 p.m. Friday; Memorial Stadium, Wichita Falls
Allen (11-0) vs.DeSoto (6-5)
9 p.m. Friday; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Region II
Dal. Skyline (9-2) vs.Garland Rowlett (9-2)
2 p.m. Saturday; Memorial Stadium, Mesquite
RR Cedar Ridge (10-1) vs.Atascocita (10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Reeves Complex, Round Rock
N.Mesquite(9-2)vs.KilleenShoemaker(9-2)
5:30 p.m. Saturday; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Aus. Westlake (10-1) vs. Woodlands (10-1)
3 p.m. Saturday; Bryan HS
Region III
Cypress Falls (10-1) vs. Bellaire (6-5)
1 p.m. Saturday; TDECU Stadium
North Shore (8-3) vs. Clear Springs (6-5)
7 p.m. Friday; League City
Aldine Eisenhower (8-3) vs. Lamar (10-1)
1 p.m. Saturday; Thorne Stadium
Pearland (11-0) vs. Dickinson (10-1)
2 p.m. Saturday; NRG Stadium
Region IV
Converse Judson (10-1) vs.SA O’Connor (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Converse
Laredo United (9-2) vs. Weslaco (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Fri.; Cabannis Stadium; Corpus Christi
Smithson Valley (8-3) vs. SA Stevens (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Fri.; Comalander Stadium, San Antonio
McAllen Memorial (11-0) vs. Harlingen (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Boggus Stadium, Harlingen
Class 6A Division II
Bi-district
Area
Region I
EPAmericas(7-4)vs.SanAngeloCentral(9-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Grande Stadium, Midland
DentonGuyer(8-3)vs.SouthlakeCarroll(9-2)
7:30 p.m.; Friday, Allen
EPEastwood(9-2)vs.ArlingtonLamar(10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Ratliff Stadium, Odessa
Lewisville Marcus (10-1) vs.Mansfield (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Fri.; Birdville Complex, N. Richland Hills
Region II
Dallas Jesuit (10-1) vs.Rockwall (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Kimbrough Stadium, Murphy
Pfluger. Hendrickson (9-2) vs.Spring (10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; College Station HS
Highland Park (10-1) vs.Waco Midway (8-3)
2 p.m. Saturday; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Lake Travis (11-0) vs.Westfield (9-2)
2 p.m. Saturday; Brenham
Region III
Cypress Ranch (10-1) vs.Katy (11-0)
7 p.m. Friday; Tully Stadium
Dawson (8-3) vs.Friendswood (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; NRG Stadium
Cypress Creek (7-4) at Strake Jesuit (7-4)
7 p.m. Friday
Manvel (9-2) vs.Clear Creek (11-0)
7 p.m. Friday; Pasadena’s Memorial, Pasadena
Region IV
Cibolo Steele (11-0) vs.SA Brennan (9-2)
2 p.m. Saturday; Heroes Stadium, San Antonio
Del Rio (8-3) vs.Weslaco East (8-2)
2 p.m. Saturday; Alamo Stadium, San Antonio
Schertz Clemens (9-2) vs.SA Brandeis (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Alamodome, San Antonio
Laredo Alexander (5-6) vs.San Benito (9-2)
TBA; Wildcat Stadium, Corpus Christi
Class 5A Division I
Area
Region I
EP Chapin (10-1) vs. Canyon Randall (10-1)
4 p.m. Saturday; Grande Stadium, Midland
FWBoswell(10-1)vs.BurlesonCentennial(8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday, Southlake
EP Del Valle (9-2) vs. Abilene Cooper (6-5)
4 p.m. Friday; Grande Stadium, Midland
Denton (9-2) vs. Aledo (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Justin Northwest HS
Region II
Wylie (7-4) vs. Rockwall-Heath (8-3)
9 p.m. Saturday; AT&T Stadium. Arlington
Mansfield Summit (10-1) vs. Longview (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; DeSoto
Wylie East (10-1) vs. Mesquite Poteet (8-3)
10:30 a.m. Sat.; AT&T Stadium, Arlington
Mansfield Lake Ridge (11-0) vs. Tyler (8-3)
2 p.m. Saturday; Forney
Region III
Temple (10-1) vs. Stratford (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Bryan HS
C.E. King (9-2) vs. Foster (9-2)
7 p.m. Friday; TDECU Stadium
Bryan (8-3) vs. Magnolia West (8-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Waller
Nederland (8-3) vs. George Ranch (11-0)
7 p.m. Friday; Berry Center
Region IV
Austin Vandegrift (9-2) vs. Lockhart (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Rattler Stadium, San Marcos
Victoria East (7-4) vs. Edinburg Vela (11-0)
2:30 p.m. Saturday; Buccaneer Stadium
Vista Ridge (9-2) vs. San Marcos (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos
VictoriaWest(10-1)vs.MissionVeterans(8-3)
7:30 p.m. Fri.; Buccaneer Stadium, Corpus Christi
Class 5A Division II
Area
Region I
EP Burges (7-4) vs. Canyon (9-2)
7 p.m. Friday; Seminole
WF Rider (7-4) vs. Everman (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Fri.; Chisholm Trail Stadium, Fort Worth
EP Eastlake (10-1) vs. Lubbock Cooper (9-1)
8 p.m. Friday; Socorro ISD Complex, El Paso
Lake Dallas (9-2) vs. Burleson (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Pennington Field, Bedford
Region II
Frisco Lone Star (10-1) vs. Forney (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Clark Stadium, Plano
South Oak Cliff (8-3) vs. Marshall (10-1)
3 p.m. Saturday; DeSoto
Lucas Lovejoy (8-3) vs. Terrell (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Saturday; Allen
Lancaster (8-3) vs. Hallsville (7-4)
1:30 p.m. Saturday; Rose Stadium, Tyler
Region III
A&M Consolidated (8-3) vs. Magnolia (10-1)
7 p.m. Thursday; Waller
Crosby (11-0) vs. Ridge Point (8-3)
5:30 p.m. Saturday; NRG Stadium
College Station (9-2) vs. North Forest (10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Spring
Port Neches-Groves (9-2) vs.Angleton (6-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Barbers Hill HS
Region IV
Cedar Park (11-0) vs. Kerrville Tivy (11-0)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Georgetown ISD Complex
Somerset (10-1) vs. Edcouch-Elsa (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Shirley Field, Laredo
Georgetown(8-3)vs.BoerneChampion(8-3)
7:30 p.m. Fri.; Alamo Stadium, San Antonio
CC Calallen (9-2) vs.Mission Sharyland (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Javelina Stadium, Kingsville
Class 4A Division I
Area
Region I
Pampa (8-3) vs. Mineral Wells (9-2)
7 p.m. Friday; Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock
Andrews (10-1) vs. Brownwood (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; San Angelo Stadium
Abilene Wylie (9-2) vs. Borger (5-6)
8 p.m. Friday; Lowrey Field, Lubbock
Stephenville (4-6) vs. Levelland (6-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Sweetwater
Region II
Kennedale (11-0) vs. Athens (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Ennis
Argyle (10-1) vs. Pittsburg (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Royse City
Liberty-Eylau (10-1) vs. Sanger (10-1)
7 p.m. Thursday; Royse City
Kaufman (10-1) vs. Alvarado (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Fri.; Gopher-Warrior Bowl, Grand Prairie
Region III
Kilgore (8-3) vs. El Campo (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Porter
Silsbee (9-2) vs. Sealy (6-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Woodforest Stadium
Navasota (11-0) vs. Jasper (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Moorhead Stadium
Stafford (11-0) vs. Carthage (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Turner Stadium
Region IV
WacoLaVega(11-0)vs.Rockport-Fulton(7-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Rhodes Stadium
Liberty Hill (9-2) vs. Gonzales (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Fischer
La Vernia (7-4) vs. Gatesville (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Buda
La Feria (9-2) vs. China Spring (10-1)
3 p.m. Saturday; Converse
Class 4A Division II
Area
Region I
Iowa Park (7-4) vs. Krum (6-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Jacksboro
Sweetwater (11-0) vs. Aubrey (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Granbury
Celina (11-0) vs. Monahans (7-4)
7 p.m. Friday; Shotwell Stadium, Abilene
Anna (3-8) vs. Perryton (6-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Cache, Okla.
Region II
Gilmer (11-0) vs. Mexia (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Memorial Stadium, Mesquite
Center (9-2) vs. Fairfield (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Lobo Stadium, Longview
Lorena (8-3) vs. Canton (6-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Ennis
Coldspring-Oakhurst (7-4) vs. Atlanta (7-4)
2 p.m. Saturday; Athens
Region III
West Orange-Stark (10-1) vs. Wharton (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Channelview
La Marque (9-2) vs. Caldwell (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Huffman Hargrave
Giddings (11-0) vs. Orangefield (6-5)
7:30 p.m., Friday; Pearland ISD Stadium
Bellville (9-2) vs. Hamshire-Fannett (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Memorial Stadium, Klein
Region IV
Geronimo Navarro (10-0) vs. Yoakum (6-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Bastrop
Devine (10-1) vs. Cuero (6-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Heroes Stadium, San Antonio
Sinton (10-0) vs. Llano (4-7)
7:30 p.m. Fri.; Edgewood Stadium, San Antonio
Orange Grove (10-0) vs. Wimberley (4-7)
5 p.m. Saturday; Victoria
Class 3A Division I
Area
Region I
Muleshoe (10-1) vs. Breckenridge (8-3)
7 p.m. Friday; Big Spring
Shallowater (8-2) vs. Bowie (6-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Snyder
Wall (11-0) vs. Littlefield (6-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Snyder
Brock (11-0) vs. Denver City (6-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Weatherford
Region II
Pottsboro (11-0) vs. White Oak (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Terrell
Sunnyvale (10-1) vs. Daingerfield (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Lindale
Big Sandy Harmony (7-4) vs. Callisburg (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Paris
Mineola (11-0) vs. Whitesboro (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Greenville
Region III
Grandview (10-0) vs. East Chambers (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; A&M Consolidated HS
Cameron Yoe (10-1) vs. Malakoff (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Waco ISD Stadium
Teague (9-1) vs. Rockdale (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Crusader Stadium, Belton
Kirbyville (10-1) vs. West (10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Bowers Stadium, Huntsville
Region IV
Luling (5-6) vs. Goliad (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Harlandale, San Antonio
Edna (8-3) vs. Mathis (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Victoria
Hallettsville (9-2) vs. Hitchcock (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Traylor Stadium
AransasPass(8-3)vs.RiceConsolidated(5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Karnes City
Class 3A Division II
Area
Region I
Idalou (10-0) vs. Colorado City (5-6)
7 p.m. Thursday; Andrews
Cisco (10-1) vs. Coleman (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Brownwood
Post (11-0) vs. Henrietta (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Clyde
Sonora (8-3) vs. Eastland (9-2)
7 p.m. Thursday; Sweetwater
Region II
Howe (10-1) vs. West Rusk (10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Forney
Leonard (7-4) vs. Omaha Pewitt (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Prairiland
Arp (6-5) vs. Lone Oak (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Van
Waskom (11-0) vs. Gunter (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Mount Pleasant
Region III
Dublin (5-6) vs. Corrigan-Camden (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Buffalo
Jarrell (11-0) vs. Crockett (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Groesbeck
Newton (7-4) vs. Marlin (6-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Palestine
Franklin (11-0) vs. Clifton (6-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday, Hewitt
Region IV
E.Bernard(9-2)vs.SantaGertrudisAca.(8-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Seguin
Blanco (11-0) vs. Taft (10-1)
7:30p.m.Friday,Gustafson Stadium,San Antonio
Odem (11-0) vs. Tidehaven (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Edna
Hebbronville (5-6) vs. Boling (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Beeville
Class 2A Division I
Area
Region I
Canadian (11-0) vs. Stamford (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Vernon
Panhandle (7-4) vs. Anson (6-5)
7 p.m. Friday, Wolfforth
Windthorst (6-5) vs. Wellington (6-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Iowa Park
Hawley (10-1) vs. Stratford (10-1)
4 p.m. Friday; Lowrey Field, Lubbock
Region II
Valley View (7-4) vs. Tolar (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Bridgeport
Clarksville (5-6) vs. Bosqueville (7-4)
7 p.m. Friday; Mabank
Goldthwaite (9-2) vs. Alvord (4-7)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Joshua
Crawford (11-0) vs. Blue Ridge (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Waxahachie
Region III
Harleton (6-5) vs. Centerville (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Lufkin
Shelbyville (10-0) vs. Price Carlisle (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Tatum
Alto (11-0) vs. Beckville (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Rose Stadium; Tyler
Lovelady (11-0) vs. San Augustine (6-5)
7 p.m. Friday; Troup
Region IV
Holland (9-2) vs. Weimar (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Manor
Mason (11-0) vs. Refugio (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Farris Stadium, San Antonio
Shiner (11-0) vs. Moody (6-5)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Brenham
Flatonia (6-5) vs. Junction (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Boerne
Class 2A Division II
Area
Region I
Sunray (7-4) vs. Memphis (5-6)
7 p.m. Friday; Kimbrough Stadium, Canyon
Vega (11-0) vs. Crosbyton (10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Plainview
Quanah (7-4) vs. Farwell (6-4)
7 p.m. Friday; Bivins Stadium, Amarillo
Seagraves (10-1) vs. Wheeler (5-6)
7 p.m. Friday; Amarillo River Road HS
Region II
Iraan (11-0) vs. Electra (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Colorado City
Roscoe (7-4) vs. Hamlin (7-4)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Tuscola
Seymour (9-2) vs. Menard (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Moore Stadium, Abilene
Albany (10-1) vs. Van Horn (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Midland Greenwood HS
Region III
Muenster (10-1) vs. Iola (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Midlothian
Hubbard (9-2) vs. Maud (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Whitehouse
Tenaha (6-5) vs. Era (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Wills Point
Normangee (9-2) vs. Lindsay (8-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Alvarado
Region IV
Bremond (11-0) vs. Woodsboro (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Wimberley
Falls City (11-0) vs. D’Hanis (7-4)
7:30 p.m.Friday; SouthsideStadium,San Antonio
La Pryor (11-0) vs. Yorktown (9-2)
7:30 p.m.Friday; SouthSan Stadium,San Antonio
Bruni (10-1) vs. Louise (8-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Taft
Class A Six-Man Division II
Regional semifinals
Region I
Happy (11-0) vs. Meadow (7-4)
7 p.m. Friday; Ralls
Borden County (11-0) vs. Turkey Valley (10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Lockney
Region II
Garden City (10-1) vs. Hermleigh (10-1)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Blackwell
Crowell (7-3) vs. Sterling City (10-1)
7 p.m. Friday; Merkel
Region III
Newcastle (9-2) vs. Zephyr (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Gorman
Rochelle (10-1) vs. Gordon (11-0)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Hamilton
Region IV
Abbott (9-2) vs. Savoy (8-3)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Dallas Life School
Chester (10-0) vs. Milford (9-2)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Brownsboro
Class A Six-Man Division II
Regional semifinals
Region I
Follett (9-1) vs. Whitharral (7-4)
6 p.m. Friday; Groom
Southland (10-1) vs. Lefors (6-5)
7 p.m. Thursday; Jayton
Region II
Balmorhea (10-1) vs. Blanket (4-7)
7:30 p.m. Thursday; Garden City
Rising Star (7-4) vs. Imp. Buena Vista (11-0)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Mertzon
Region III
Guthrie (9-2) vs. Chillicothe (5-6)
7:30 p.m. Friday; Crowell
Forestburg (8-3) vs. Motley County (9-2)
7 p.m. Thursday; Chillicothe
Region IV
Rich. Springs (11-0) vs. Mount Calm (10-0)
7:30 p.m. Thursday; Hico
Calvert (11-0) vs. Jonesboro (11-0)
7:30 p.m. Friday, McGregor
RESULTS
Boys
Non-district
New Caney 58 ........................................Lufkin 57
Houston Chr. 89......................Northland Chr. 72
Bay. Chr. 104......... School of the Woodlands 16
St. John’s 77................... Fort Bend Christian 62
Clear Creek 74......................................Manvel 60
Tomball 71...................................Caney Creek 60
Strake Jesuit 73......................................... Elsik 61
Katy Taylor 83 .......................................... Terry 57
Friendswood 56....................... George Ranch 51
Pearland 74........................................ Cy Creek 54
Lamar 68........................................ Clear Lake 60
Cy Falls 64..............................The Woodlands 61
Westbury Christian 90 ................West Brook 61
Wheatley 103 ........................................ Austin 53
Stafford 50 ............................................Waller 40
Brenham 72 ..............................................Elgin 46
Spring 86....................................Clear Springs 68
Klein Collins 78.....................................Conroe 63
Cy Ridge 73......................................MacArthur 57
Kingwood Park 66 ...................................Katy 53
Westfield 55 ...................................Kingwood 50
Mayde Creek 66 ....................................Cy-Fair 61
Cy Falls 64..............................The Woodlands 61
Cy Ranch 73................................. Cinco Ranch 65
Clear Falls 55...................................Texas City 53
Alvin 54 ..........................................Eisenhower 51
Cy Springs 68..............................Seven Lakes 65
Kempner 88.................................Brazoswood 57
Hastings 59 ..................................... Memorial 34
Alief Taylor 62 .................................. Stratford 47
Elkins 93...................................Morton Ranch 46
Aldine 50.................................... Montgomery 43
Furr 50 ...................................... Spring Woods 45
Klein Oak 46.....................................Magnolia 39
North Forest 86 ..................................Sterling 74
Baytown Sterling 58........................... Crosby 48
Clear Brook 64 .....................................Chavez 44
Santa Fe 35.......................................Hitchcock 31
Girls
District 23-6A
Dulles 43.................................................... Elsik 38
Kempner 56..................................... Clements 36
Hightower 73................................... FB Austin 43
Non-district
Clear Falls 45.................................... Pearland 34
Clear Lake 64......................Baytown Sterling 41
Wheatley 86............................................ Davis 23
Cleveland 52.........................................Silsbee 26
Bmt. Legacy 62.......................... FB Christian 40
Langham Creek 50..................... Klein Forest 47
Foster 51 ...................................Morton Ranch 43
Northbrook 32.....................................Reagan 24
Conroe 36............................................Tomball 28
Bryan 72.............................................Brenham 40
Lufkin 71............................................Huntsville 37
George Ranch 59 ............................. El Campo 19
Waller 39.............................................Stafford 35
Klein Oak 53.................................... Oak Ridge 34
Katy Taylor 46..........................................Klein 26
Cy Falls 66...................................College Park 30
Kingwood Park 47 ...........................Magnolia 36
Clear Brook 64 .................................. La Porte 44
MacArthur 47......................................Cy Ridge 32
Clear Creek 47......................... Summer Creek 43
Cy Woods 59............................................ Bush 50
Elkins 54..............................................Humble 49
Westside 60 ..................................... Stratford 47
Tompkins 49..............................Friendswood 46
Katy 64...............................................Cy Lakes 50
Bellaire 70................................... Aldine Davis 49
Tomball Memorial 56.............. Mayde Creek 29
Terry 43.............................................Texas City 23
North Shore 54 ................................... Manvel 49
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NBA AT A GLANCE ROCKETS REPORT

Despite slow start, Howard

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct. GB L10 Str. Home Away Conf.
San Antonio 8 2 .800 — 8-2 W-5 4-0 4-2 3-1

keeps focus on big picture

Dallas 7 4 .636 1½ 6-4 W-4 3-2 4-2 6-2
Memphis 6 6 .500 3 5-5 W-3 3-2 3-4 4-5
Houston 4 7 .364 4½ 4-6 L-4 2-5 2-2 3-4
New Orleans 1 10 .091 7½ 1-9 L-4 1-4 0-6 1-5
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City 6 5 .545 — 5-5 L-2 4-2 2-3 3-2 With the Rockets’ resil- Scouting report: vs. Trail Blazers “Effort is one thing
Denver 6 5 .545 — 5-5 W-1 3-2 3-3 5-5 ience so much of an issue, When/where: 7 p.m.; Toyota Center. we’re lacking right now,
Utah 5 5 .500 ½ 5-5 W-1 1-1 4-4 2-1 coach Kevin McHale and TV/radio: Root; 790 AM, 850 AM (Spanish). that and communication.
Minnesota 5 6 .455 1 4-6 W-1 0-5 5-1 2-3 center Dwight Howard Rockets update: The Rockets’ four-game losing streak We got to pick up on both
Portland 4 8 .333 2½ 3-7 L-6 2-3 2-5 4-6 called for greater fortitude is their longest since January 2013, also the last time they of those ends.”
Pacific Division to compete through “a started 4-7. They went 45-37 that season. … Forward Asked how to remedy
Golden State 11 0 1.000 — 10-0 W-11 6-0 5-0 9-0 tough stretch.” Terrence Jones, who is probable with a bruised left the defensive issues, Trev-
Phoenix 6 4 .600 4½ 6-4 W-3 5-2 1-2 6-3 “My focus is not on the hand, has averaged 20.3 points per game in his past or Ariza said, “Taking it
L.A. Clippers 6 4 .600 4½ 6-4 W-1 5-1 1-3 5-4 (4-7) record,” Howard said. three games. … The Rockets have allowed 100 points in one play at a time, doing
Sacramento 4 7 .364 7 4-6 W-3 4-5 0-2 1-7 “My focus all 11 games, 110 in five games. They are 28th in points the little things and paying
L.A. Lakers 2 9 .182 9 2-8 L-1 1-3 1-6 0-6 is on our more attention to detail.
allowed, 29th in points allowed per 100 possessions. …
EASTERN CONFERENCE team get- “We have to continue
Guard Pat Beverley is out for a third consecutive game
Atlantic Division
ting better with a sprained left ankle. … The Rockets’ bench has been out the game plan, con-
W L Pct. GB L10 Str. Home Away Conf.
Toronto 7 4 .636 — 6-4 L-1 3-1 4-3 4-3
and becom- outscored in all 11 games. … The Rockets have had a better tinue to play hard for 48
Boston 6 4 .600 ½ 6-4 W-3 3-3 3-1 4-3 ing a better shooting percentage than opponents once this season. minutes, or as close to 48
New York 6 6 .500 1½ 5-5 W-2 3-4 3-2 4-5 unit. Once Trail Blazers update: After a strong 4-2 start, the Blazers minutes as we can. When
Brooklyn 2 9 .182 5 2-8 W-1 1-3 1-6 1-4 the playoffs have lost their past six games. … The Rockets are second- you don’t do that, things
Philadelphia 0 11 .000 7 0-10 L-11 0-6 0-5 0-7 Howard come, re- to-last in 3-point shooting percentage, and the Blazers are like (Monday’s loss) hap-
Southeast Division cords don’t holding opponents to 32.1 percent 3-point shooting to rank pen.”
Atlanta 8 5 .615 — 6-4 L-3 4-3 4-2 6-3 matter. We just got to battle seventh best. … The Blazers are 4-2 when outrebounding
Miami 6 4 .600 ½ 6-4 L-1 5-2 1-2 2-3 out the rest of the season. opponents, 0-6 when outrebounded. … Guard CJ Seeking better
Washington 5 4 .556 1 5-4 W-2 3-2 2-2 4-3 It’s super early in the McCollum’s scoring average has jumped from 6.8 last
Orlando 5 6 .455 2 5-5 L-1 3-2 2-4 2-4 season. Let’s say we win season to 20.4 this season. … Center Myers Leonard is out.
mental approach
Charlotte 5 6 .455 2 5-5 L-1 3-1 2-5 2-5 10 games in a row. We’ll Statistically speaking: The Portland backcourt of The Rockets’ issues may
Central Division be above .500 and we’ll go Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum has averaged 45.6 points have come as a surprise,
Cleveland 8 3 .727 — 8-2 L-2 5-0 3-3 6-3
from there. But we can’t per game, ranking third among starting backcourts behind but they have been clear.
Chicago 7 3 .700 ½ 7-3 W-3 5-1 2-2 6-2
allow the negativity affect only Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the Warriors The root cause is not as ob-
Indiana 6 5 .545 2 6-4 L-1 4-2 2-3 5-3
Detroit 6 5 .545 2 5-5 W-1 3-1 3-4 3-1
who we are as people. and Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant of the Thunder. vious, but forward Trevor
Milwaukee 5 6 .455 3 5-5 L-1 3-3 2-3 5-5 “At the end of the day, Jonathan Feigen Ariza had a theory.
we’re blessed to do some- “This is just me think-
Results/schedule thing we love. We have to stretch for a long time. We cropped up along the way ing, but we feel like teams
Monday’s results Denver 115 New Orleans 98 take our blessings and our have to keep on working. — from the poor defensive are just going to lay
Boston 111 Houston 95 Toronto at Golden State late gratefulness and use it on We have to stay as positive rebounding against the down,” Ariza said. “That’s
Dallas 92 Philadelphia 86 Today’s games the floor. This is a dream as we can. It’s no fun to get previous winless Nets to not the case. That’s never
Chicago 96 Indiana 95 Indiana at Philadelphia 6 for all of us to be able to your (butt) kicked, but you the 39 points off turnovers been the case. We have to
Memphis 122 Oklahoma City 114 Minnesota at Orlando 6 play at this level. There’s got to stay as positive as given up to the Celtics — fight through that mental-
San Antonio 93 Portland 80 Brooklyn at Charlotte 6 going to be some bumps in you can and we have to go the Rockets’ defense has ity.
Phoenix 120 L.A. Lakers 101 Dallas at Boston 6:30 the road. There’s going to out and keep on fighting. been a consistent prob- “Nothing is going to be
Tuesday’s results Portland at Houston 7 be some times where we “The option is quitting. lem. easy. The game we play is
Washington 115 Milwaukee 86 New Orleans at Oklahoma City 7 maybe not make a shot and I don’t understand that. Ranked sixth in the hard. Teams in the NBA
Minnesota 103 Miami 91 Sacramento at Atlanta 7 things may happen, but You got to keep on grind- NBA last season, the are professional. You can’t
Brooklyn 90 Atlanta 88 Denver at San Antonio 7:30 we have to stick together. ing. We have to get better Rockets have given up the think anything is going to
Detroit 104 Cleveland 99 Toronto at Utah 8 There’s only one way out offensively. We have to second-most points per be easy. You just have to
New York 102 Charlotte 94 Chicago at Phoenix 9:30 of it — that’s to fight. You get better defensively. We possession this season, work through it.”
can’t quit.” have to get better speed. more than any team but Ariza believed the solu-
The Rockets have re- We have to get better ef- the New Orleans Pelicans. tions are not far off, but he
NBA BOX SCORES peatedly cited a tendency fort. There are times we’ll Once again, improving indicated the Rockets have
Nuggets 115, Pelicans 98 Lopez 1-4 2-2 4, Calderon 2-6 2-2 8, Afflalo
to lament poor plays on make three efforts, but if the defense was a pri- to be committed to every
DENVER (115) 7-15 0-0 16, Seraphin 5-10 0-0 10, Grant 1-4
Gallinari 12-19 3-4 32, Faried 5-6 1-1 11, 2-2 4, Galloway 3-8 0-0 9, D.Williams 1-3 2-2 one end, rather than com- the offense makes four, mary focus of Tuesday’s possession.
Hickson 1-2 0-0 2, Mudiay 5-14 2-3 12, Harris 4, Thomas 0-2 0-0 0, Amundson 0-1 0-0 0,
Vujacic 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-89 20-21 102.
pete on the other. That was you got to make four. If practice. “Of course we’re upset
5-8 3-4 16, Foye 2-8 1-1 5, Barton 7-12 0-0 17,
Papanikolaou 2-4 0-0 4, Nelson 6-11 0-0 16, Charlotte 21 27 24 22 — 94 especially evident Monday the offense makes five, “We went back to the that we’re losing,” Ariza
Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Jokic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-85 New York 26 20 34 22 — 102
3-point goals—Charlotte 5-20 (Hawes
when the Celtics scored 39 you have to make five. You basics,” Rockets guard said. “We’re not panicking.
10-13 115.
NEW ORLEANS (98) 2-4, Walker 2-5, Batum 1-4, Kaminsky 0-1, points off turnovers in the have to keep going. Our Ty Lawson said. “A lot of But we do need to step up
Gee 0-1 0-0 0, Davis 0-3 0-0 0, Cunningham M.Williams 0-2, Lamb 0-2, Lin 0-2), New York
10-20 (Galloway 3-5, Porzingis 2-2, Calderon
Rockets’ fourth consecu- effort hasn’t been where it pick-and-roll coverages, our focus and take it one
5-8 1-2 11, Holiday 4-13 2-2 10, Gordon 7-17
3-3 19, Smith 6-9 0-0 13, Anderson 10-17 3-4
2-3, Afflalo 2-5, Anthony 1-4, Vujacic 0-1). tive loss, 111-95. has to be.” we had a lot of miscom- play at a time. If we can do
24, Babbitt 4-7 0-0 11, Douglas 3-5 0-0 6,
Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Charlotte
52 (Batum, Lamb 6), New York 56 (Anthony,
“You have to be resil- munication on it. We that, we get a possession,
Ajinca 2-3 0-0 4, Fredette 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
41-83 9-11 98.
Porzingis 11). Assists—Charlotte 13 (Lin, ient,” McHale said. “We’re Defense remains simplified it today. We’ll that builds confidence. Get
Lamb 3), New York 22 (Galloway, Anthony going through a tough see how it goes tomorrow; a stop, that builds confi-
Denver
New Orleans
31 20 32 32 — 115
21 32 22 23 — 98
5). Total fouls—Charlotte 16, New York 20.
Flagrant fouls—M.Williams. Ejected—M. stretch, man. We’ve been
a huge concern coverages to let guards dence.”
3-point goals—Denver 15-30 (Gallinari 5-8,
Nelson 4-6, Barton 3-4, Harris 3-4, Mudiay
Williams. A—19,812 (19,763). going through a tough While other issues have into the paint, kick it out. Jonathan Feigen
0-1, Papanikolaou 0-1, Miller 0-1, Foye 0-5),
Nets 90, Hawks 88
ATLANTA (88)
New Orleans 7-23 (Babbitt 3-4, Gordon 2-8,

Rockets turn to talking their issues out

Smith 1-1, Anderson 1-4, Cunningham 0-1,
Douglas 0-1, Holiday 0-4). Fouled out—
None. Rebounds—Denver 49 (Gallinari 8),
New Orleans 38 (Babbitt 7). Assists—Denver
27 (Gallinari, Mudiay 8), New Orleans 25
(Smith 8). Total fouls—Denver 15, New Or-
leans 17. Technicals—Denver defensive three
second, Babbitt. A—17,269 (16,867).
Pistons 104, Cavaliers 99
CLEVELAND (99)
James 11-21 4-5 30, Love 7-13 4-4 19, Mozgov
4-6 2-4 10, Williams 6-13 1-2 15, Smith 6-10
0-2 15, Dellavedova 1-6 0-0 2, Thompson
2-5 0-0 4, Jefferson 0-3 0-0 0, Jones 1-2
1-3 4, Cunningham 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-80
12-20 99.
DETROIT (104)
Morris 4-12 5-6 14, Ilyasova 6-10 4-4 20,
Drummond 10-15 5-9 25, Jackson 7-18 8-8
23, Caldwell-Pope 5-11 2-2 13, Johnson 2-6
0-0 4, Tolliver 0-2 0-0 0, Dinwiddie 1-6 1-2 3,
Baynes 1-3 0-0 2, Bullock 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
36-84 25-31 104.
Cleveland 27 29 25 18 — 99
Detroit 31 24 20 29 — 104
3-point goals—Cleveland 11-33 (James 4-7,
Smith 3-6, Williams 2-8, Jones 1-2, Love 1-4,
Jefferson 0-2, Dellavedova 0-4), Detroit
7-21 (Ilyasova 4-6, Jackson 1-2, Morris 1-4,
Caldwell-Pope 1-5, Johnson 0-1, Dinwiddie
0-1, Tolliver 0-2). Fouled out—None.
Rebounds—Cleveland 49 (Love, Thompson
9), Detroit 55 (Drummond 18). Assists—
Cleveland 21 (Williams 7), Detroit 20 (Jackson
12). Total fouls—Cleveland 25, Detroit 15.
A—18,442 (22,076).
T-Wolves 103, Heat 91
MINNESOTA (103)
Prince 0-1 0-0 0, Garnett 2-3 0-0 4, Towns
6-12 2-2 14, Rubio 1-7 5-8 7, Wiggins 8-21 8-11
24, Bjelica 0-7 0-0 0, Martin 2-11 4-4 8, Dieng
2-8 1-2 5, LaVine 5-12 5-6 17, Muhammad
6-8 2-2 16, Payne 4-7 0-0 8. Totals 36-97
27-35 103.
MIAMI (91)
Deng 8-14 1-3 20, Bosh 5-12 0-0 10, Whiteside
10-14 2-9 22, Dragic 5-12 5-7 16, Wade 5-13
0-0 10, Winslow 1-2 5-10 8, Johnson 1-6 1-1 3,
McRoberts 0-1 0-0 0, Green 1-5 0-0 2. Totals
36-79 14-30 91.
Minnesota 20 25 17 41 — 103
Miami 25 25 19 22 — 91
3-point goals—Minnesota 4-21 (Muhammad
2-3, LaVine 2-5, Payne 0-1, Wiggins 0-1, Rubio
0-2, Martin 0-4, Bjelica 0-5), Miami 5-24
(Deng 3-8, Winslow 1-2, Dragic 1-4, Wade
0-1, Green 0-2, Johnson 0-2, Bosh 0-5).
Fouled out—Dragic. Rebounds—Minnesota
66 (Towns 14), Miami 62 (Whiteside 14).
Assists—Minnesota 14 (LaVine, Rubio 3),
Miami 20 (Dragic 9). Total fouls—Minnesota
26, Miami 26. Technicals—Payne, Deng.
A—19,600 (19,600).
Knicks 102, Hornets 94
CHARLOTTE (94)
M.Williams 1-4 0-0 2, Zeller 3-5 0-1 6, Jef-
ferson 5-12 0-2 10, Walker 12-21 5-8 31, Batum
1-9 1-2 4, Kaminsky 1-5 0-0 2, Hawes 4-10
4-4 14, Lamb 5-7 2-2 12, Lin 4-9 5-6 13. Totals
36-82 17-25 94.
NEW YORK (102)
Anthony 6-18 5-6 18, Porzingis 10-17 7-7 29,
Millsap 6-10 3-4 17, Horford 8-11 0-0 18,
Splitter 1-4 0-0 2, Schroder 3-11 1-2 8, Korver
4-11 3-3 13, Sefolosha 3-9 1-2 8, Mack 3-8 0-0
8, Holiday 1-2 0-0 3, Muscala 2-4 0-0 5, Scott
2-6 2-3 6. Totals 33-76 10-14 88.
BROOKLYN (90)
Johnson 5-14 1-2 13, Young 7-13 2-2 16, Lopez Rockets from page C1 come the greater commitment his
11-21 2-4 24, Jack 5-10 1-3 14, Hollis-Jefferson players made to each other.
3-5 1-2 7, Bogdanovic 0-4 0-0 0, Ellington 1-4
0-0 2, Robinson 0-1 0-0 0, Bargnani 0-1 0-0 way. But we’re here to say, we’re “You’re either making excuses or
0, Larkin 5-11 0-0 14. Totals 37-84 7-13 90. all in this together. You might be you’re making plays,” McHale said.
Atlanta 19 27 22 20 — 88
Brooklyn 17 28 27 18 — 90 struggling, but you know somebody “If you’re making excuses, you’re not
3-point goals—Atlanta 12-29 (Millsap 2-2, has got your back. That’s what you thinking about what you’re doing.
Horford 2-3, Mack 2-4, Korver 2-6, Muscala 1-1,
Holiday 1-2, Schroder 1-4, Sefolosha 1-5, Scott
needed to talk about, making sure I got to think about countering ev-
0-2), Brooklyn 9-20 (Larkin 4-6, Jack 3-5, guys knew we had each other’s back erything you’re saying so I can make
Johnson 2-5, Bogdanovic 0-2, Ellington 0-2).
Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Atlanta
and how important that was.” some BS excuse. When you’re mak-
47 (Sefolosha 7), Brooklyn 53 (Young 11). That has been a problem. There ing plays, you’re not making excuses.
Assists—Atlanta 22 (Schroder 10), Brooklyn
22 (Johnson 9). Total fouls—Atlanta 17,
might not have been previous play- You are moving on. That’s what we
Brooklyn 14. A—12,241 (17,732). ers-only meetings, but the Rockets got to get to.
Wizards 115, Bucks 86 had often pointed out their short- “At certain point, we have to go out
MILWAUKEE (86)
Middleton 6-12 0-0 14, Antetokounmpo 3-13
comings, from a debilitating lack of and do it. You (as a coach) can pick
3-6 9, Monroe 1-6 2-4 4, Carter-Williams 5-10 communication defensively to a loss apart everybody’s problems. Until
0-2 12, Bayless 5-11 0-0 13, Vaughn 1-4 2-2
5, O’Bryant 0-1 0-0 0, Vasquez 5-7 0-0 12,
of effort when things go badly. they can talk to each other honestly
Henson 3-3 4-6 10, Ennis 0-1 3-4 3, Copeland When the Rockets went from a and say, ‘Hey, that was my bad,” then
1-2 0-0 2, Plumlee 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 31-72
14-24 86.
15-point lead to a 29-point deficit you’re not getting there. Hopefully,
WASHINGTON (115) against Boston on Monday, falling we can get to that point. On func-
Porter 7-11 4-5 19, Humphries 2-4 4-4 9,
Gortat 4-9 4-6 12, Wall 7-10 3-6 19, Temple
to their fourth straight loss, they de- tional teams, usually by the time you
3-9 2-2 10, Sessions 2-5 3-4 7, Neal 4-6 0-0 cided a heart-to-heart was necessary. get over to the sideline, everything
10, Nene 2-6 4-6 8, Dudley 4-6 2-2 13, Oubre
Jr. 2-3 2-4 7, Blair 0-1 1-2 1, Gooden 0-0 0-0 0.
(the opponent) is doing, you figured
Totals 37-70 29-41 115. Correcting mistakes out. Dysfunctional teams get over
Milwaukee
Washington
29 17 20 20 — 86
27 37 21 30 — 115
Guard Ty Lawson said on Monday and they start blaming each other.
3-point goals—Milwaukee 10-21 (Bayless he would initiate such conversations We can’t get into the blame game. We
3-6, Vasquez 2-3, Carter-Williams 2-4, Middle-
ton 2-6, Vaughn 1-2), Washington 12-22
after the 111-95 loss to the Celtics, have to get into the fix game.”
(Dudley 3-4, Neal 2-2, Temple 2-4, Wall 2-5, when the Rockets demonstrated that
Oubre Jr. 1-1, Humphries 1-2, Porter 1-3, Nene they can play at a greater level but Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle Building character
0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Mil-
waukee 43 (Henson, Bayless 6), Washington fell apart when things went wrong. Trevor Ariza had an appropriate Dwight Howard, who would not
53 (Gortat 9). Assists—Milwaukee 22 By Tuesday, he said players had not way to view the end of Monday’s discuss anything said behind closed
(Antetokounmpo 7), Washington 25 (Wall 9).
Total fouls—Milwaukee 27, Washington 19. been running the defensive cover- 111-95 loss to the Celtics. doors, repeatedly had called for the
A—15,485 (20,308). ages coaches wanted, but believed Rockets to resist any temptation to
NBA leaders Tuesday’s pre-practice sit-down defensive end, we should all be on point fingers. He did say, “It was
Through Monday
SCORING G FG FT PTS AVG pointed out and corrected that issue. the same page. No matter what the good for us to sit down and talk”
Curry, GOL 11 122 66 367 33.4 “If you go back and look at tape, coaches say, we need to do. We need and that the start of the season was
Durant, OKC 8 77 50 225 28.1
Harden, HOU 11 83 107 300 27.3 we were doing our own thing,” to be on the same page. “embarrassing.” Beyond that, he
James, CLE
Westbrook, OKC
10
11
105 49
103 65
270 27.0
294 26.7
Lawson said. “Like coaches’ say, ‘run “For the most part, I think we got typically found a bright side.
Griffin, LAC 10 106 54 266 26.6 this pick-and-roll coverage.’ We were everything in order.” “All this stuff is going to build our
Davis, NOR 8 72 53 204 25.5
Lillard, POR 12 108 50 303 25.3
calling something totally different. On Saturday, after the Rockets character,” Howard said. “That’s
George, IND 11 87 68 269 24.5 We had three or four different cover- were blown out by the severely what we want. Sometimes, the
Anthony, NYK 11 91 56 259 23.5
Bledsoe, PHX 10 83 48 230 23.0 ages. We were only running one. We shorthanded Dallas Mavericks, toughest tests are given to the stron-
Beal, WAS 6 52 16 136 22.7 had to get on the same page. Hope- coach Kevin McHale brushed off the gest warriors. Right now, we’re going
Leonard, SAN 9 80 21 194 21.6
DeRozan, TOR 11 73 83 232 21.1 fully, we’ll do it tomorrow. need for more meetings, saying that through a strong, tough test. We’ll
Thomas, BOS
Wiggins, MIN
10
9
70 49
68 40
210 21.0
185 20.6
“It’s going to be a work in prog- since the Rockets are not “a debate see where we are as a team.”
McCollum, POR 12 92 36 245 20.4 ress. Everything is not going to team,” they need more action and
Jackson, DET
Knight, PHX
10
10
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77 22
204 20.4
202 20.2
happen overnight. But I think out of less talk. jonathan.feigen@chron.com
Lowry, TOR 11 66 55 216 19.6 that meeting the one thing is on the By Tuesday, he seemed to wel- twitter.com/jonathan_feigen

NBA

Nuggets take full advantage as Pelicans lose Davis to injury

NEW ORLEANS — helping Denver secure PISTONS 104, CAVS 99 a couple of big posses- KNICKS 102, HORNETS 94 Verizon Center.
Denver’s Danilo Gallinari its fourth victory in five Andre Drummond had sions down the stretch Rookie Kristaps Porz- Washington had six
scored a season-high 32 games. Will Barton added 25 points and 18 rebounds and Cleveland couldn’t ingis scored a season-high players in double figures.
points, New Orleans’ 17 points and Gary Harris and made some crucial convert. 29 points and grabbed 11
Anthony Davis hurt his 16. free throws when he rebounds, and New York TIMBERWOLVES 103, HEAT 91
left shoulder in the first Ryan Anderson scored was fouled intentionally, NETS 90, HAWKS 88 beat Charlotte at Madison Andrew Wiggins scored
quarter, and the Nuggets 24 and Eric Gordon 19 helping Detroit rally to a Brook Lopez had 26 Square Garden. 24 points, Zach LaVine
defeated the downtrod- for the injury-riddled victory over Cleveland at points and Thaddeus added 17 and Minnesota
den Pelicans 115-98 on Pelicans, who were able The Palace. Young hit two free throws WIZARDS 115, BUCKS 86 overcame a triple-double
Tuesday night. to stay within single LeBron James scored with 1.4 seconds left to John Wall had 19 from Miami’s Hassan Wh-
Jameer Nelson scored digits most of the game 23 of his 30 points in the give Brooklyn a victory points, nine assists and iteside for a win at Ameri-
all 16 of his points in the before fading in the final first half, but the Pistons over Atlanta at the Bar- six rebounds as Washing- can Airlines Arena.
last 14:10 of the game, minutes. double-teamed him on clays Center. ton beat Milwaukee at the From wire reports
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SCOREBOARD AROUND SPORTS

America’s Line Television
U.S. plays to a tie
Monday’s results
N.Y. Islanders 5 .....................................Arizona 2
(Home team in CAPS) Col. basketball Northwestern St. at Texas (w) LHN 11 a.m. Anaheim 4 ............................................ Carolina 1
Basketball Col. basketball Illinois at Providence FS1 6 p.m. Montreal 4 ............................. Vancouver 3 (OT)

during World Cup

Col. basketball Wofford at N. Carolina FSSW Plus 6 p.m. Detroit 4 ...................................... Ottawa 3 (OT)
Favorite Points Underdog
Florida 1 ..........................................Tampa Bay 0
NBA Col. basketball Loyola-Chicago at New Mexico Root Plus 8 p.m. St. Louis 3.......................................... Winnipeg 2
Pacers 7½ 76ERS
Col. basketball Tennessee Tech at New Mexico St. FSSW Plus 8 p.m.

qualifying match
MAGIC NL Timberwolves Tuesday’s results
HORNETS 7½ Nets Col. volleyball Texas Tech at TCU (w) FSSW 7 p.m. San Jose 5 .............................................. Boston 4
Dallas 3................................................... Buffalo 1
CELTICS 5 Mavericks Col. football C. Michigan at N. Illinois ESPNU 6 p.m.
THUNDER 8½ Pelicans Los Angeles 3 .................... Philadelphia 2 (SO)
Col. football W. Michigan at N. Illinois ESPN2 7 p.m. Columbus 3...........................................St. Louis 1
ROCKETS 6½ Blazers
HAWKS 4 Kings Golf Australian Masters Golf 7 p.m. Pittsburgh 4..................................... Minnesota 3
Toronto 5............................................. Colorado 1
PORT-OF-SPAIN, in conjunction with the
SPURS 14 Nuggets Golf DP World Championship Golf 2 a.m. Trinidad and Tobago Rotary Lombardi Award,
JAZZ 4 Raptors Nashville 3 ..........................................Anaheim 2
Pro basketball New Orleans at Oklahoma City ESPN 7 p.m.
SUNS 2 Bulls
Pro basketball Portland at Rockets Root 7 p.m.
Calgary 3......................................... New Jersey 2 — Gyasi Zardes’ open presented annually to
Today’s games
College basketball
Pro basketball Chicago at Phoenix ESPN 9:30 p.m. Vancouver at Winnipeg............................... 6:30 header hit the crossbar the nation’s top college
Favorite Points Underdog
Cal-Irvine 2½ C FLORIDA Pro hockey Washington at Detroit NBCSN 7 p.m.
Washington at Detroit .......................................7 early in the second half, football lineman.
Chicago at Edmonton.................................. 8:30
PROVIDENCE 6½ Illinois
Radio and the U.S. finished with The winner will be
WAKE FOREST 2½ Richmond
Toledo 4½ YOUNGSTOWN ST. Col. basketball Prairie View at Houston 950 AM, 91.3 FM 7 p.m. Soccer a 0-0 draw against Trini- announced Dec. 9 at the
OAKLAND 7 E Michigan Pro basketball Portland at Rockets 790 AM 7 p.m. MLS dad and Tobago in World Revention Music Center.
ST. JOSEPH’S 7½ Buffalo
Cincinnati 13 BOWLING GREEN Rockets in Spanish 850 AM Playoffs Cup qualifying Tuesday.
Kent St. 1½ SO ILLINOIS Conference Championship After the first two TENNIS
ARKANSAS 4 Akron Grand Canyon 88..................... Black Hills St. 72 Class 5A
NEW MEXICO 6 Loyola-Chicago Hawaii 76 ............................................ Nevada 75 Lucas Lovejoy (43-6) vs. George Ranch (41-7)
Eastern Conference
N.Y. Red Bulls (1) vs. Columbus (2)
games of semifinals in Federer halts
Long Beach St. 66................................... BYU 65 the North and Central
College football
Favorite Open.-Curr. Underdog
N. Colorado 85 ............... Colorado Christian 70
12 p.m. Friday
Dripp. Springs (49-3) vs. Can.Randall (42-6)
Leg 1 — New York at Columbus.............. 4 Sun.
Leg 2 — Columbus at New York ..6:30 Nov. 29 American and Carib-
Djokovic’s streak
Oregon St. 93 ............................................ Iona 73 2 p.m. Friday Western Conference
Today
NO. ILLINOIS 3½-2½ W. Michigan Utah St. 83..................................... Adams St. 68 Final: 3:30 p.m. Saturday FC Dallas (1) vs. Portland (3) bean region, the U.S. and Roger Federer
C. Michigan 10-10½ KENT ST. Women Class 4A Leg 1 — FC Dallas at Portland ...........TBD Sun. Trinidad both have four stopped Novak Djokov-
Thursday EAST Robinson (45-5) vs. Argyle (40-7) Leg 2 — Portland at FC Dallas..... TBD Nov. 29
E. Carolina 15-14 C. FLORIDA Brown 57 ........................................Providence 47 6 p.m. Thursday points, Guatemala has ic’s ATP Finals winning
TEXAS ST. 5-6½ La.-Monroe Buffalo 54 .......................................... Canisius 40 Bushland (39-6) vs. Columbus (41-8)
Tennis three and St. Vincent and streak at 15, beating the
Friday CCSU 64......................................Mass.-Lowell 53 8 p.m. Thursday
Cincinnati 2½-2½ S. FLORIDA Columbia 73.......................................Vermont 56 Final: 1:30 p.m. Saturday the Grenadines none. top-seeded Serb 7-5, 6-2 to
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
BOISE ST. 13-12 Air Force George Washington 78............. American U. 48 Class 3A
Tuesday’s results at London In other soccer news: reach the semifinals at the
Hofstra 71 .................................... Stony Brook 66 Jewett Leon (45-3) vs. Denver City (39-5)
Round Robin • Jesus Corona and season-ending tourna-
College basketball Penn 54 .............................................Lafayette 37 9 a.m. Thursday
Singles
Scores
VCU 74 ........................................................Iona 58 Peaster (46-1) vs. Goliad (35-6)
Ilie Nastase Group
Juergen Damm scored to ment in London.
11 a.m. Thursday
Men
Youngstown St. 71 ............................. Niagara 54
SOUTH Final: 11 a.m. Saturday Standings: Murray 1-0 (sets 2-0), Nadal 1-0 lead Mexico to a 2-0 win On Sunday, Federer
EAST East Carolina 87..............................Alcorn St. 58 Class 2A (2-0), Wawrinka 0-1 (0-2), Ferrer 0-1 (0-2). over Honduras in a World beat Tomas Berdych,
Fordham 76 ............................... Queens (NY) 57 Windthorst (36-7) vs. Weimer (37-9) Stan Smith Group
Hampton 61................................ American U. 48
FAU 62 ............................... Florida Gulf Coast 55
5 p.m. today Kei Nishikori (8), Japan, def. Tomas Berdych Cup qualifier at San Pedro giving him a 2-0 record.
Gardner-Webb 84........................... Montreat 49
La Salle 73................................................Rider 60 George Mason 88 ...............................Towson 76 Iola (41-1) vs. Crawford (32-13) (6), Czech Republic, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Sula, Honduras. He will still play Kei
Marist 73........................................ Dartmouth 63 7 p.m. today Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Novak
Northeastern 91...........................Wentworth 62
James Madison 92 ........................Morgan St. 31
Final: 3:30 p.m. Thursday Djokovic (1), Serbia, 7-5, 6-2.
Honduras midfielder Nishikori, a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
Miami 61 ....................................Old Dominion 35
Penn St. 68...........................................DePaul 62 NC State 67......................................... Radford 52
Class A Standings: Federer 2-0 (4-0), Djokovic 1-1 Luis Garrido, who just victor over Berdych on
Kopperl (34-11) vs. North Zulch (25-18)
Pittsburgh 84...................St. Joseph’s (Ind.) 43
St. Francis (Pa.) 103....... Westminster (Pa.) 72
North Carolina 94......................Florida A&M 58
1 p.m. Wednesday
(2-2), Nishikori 1-1 (2-3), Berdych 0-2 (1-4). finished a 1½-year loan Thursday in the final
Prairie View 81.............................. Nicholls St. 70
St. Francis Brooklyn 93 .. Mount St. Vincent 67 Samford 73 ................................................Troy 69
Top-Carmine (30-9) vs. Fort Davis (33-11)
Transactions spell with the Dynamo, round-robin match.
3 p.m. Wednesday
Syracuse 79..........................St. Bonaventure 66
UConn 85 ............................. New Hampshire 66
South Alabama 64 .......................Spring Hill 49
Final: 1 p.m. Thursday
suffered a serious right
Tulane 92 ...................................... Jackson St. 49 Baseball knee injury. Garrido was TRACK AND FIELD
UMass 69 ............................................ Harvard 63
UCF 89.......................................................... FIU 72 MLB
Valparaiso 58 ............................Rhode Island 55
Villanova 87......................................Nebraska 63
UNC Asheville 70 ............................... Wofford 63 Hockey American League
sprinting in to make a IAAF probe
Wake Forest 77.................................Davidson 58 tackle when one of his
SOUTH
Colorado 91..........................................Auburn 84
MIDWEST
NHL
Eastern Conference
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms
with INF Cliff Pennington on a two-year Honduran teammates
targets Kenya
E. Michigan 94....................................Hillsdale 77
ETSU 103 .........................................Green Bay 90 contract.
Furman 79.............................Appalachian St. 70
Indiana 54..................................Chattanooga 43 Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA National League fouled Mexican forward The IAAF has been
Loyola of Chicago 86............. E. Illinois 75 (OT)
Jackson St. 78 ....................... Southern Miss. 60
N. Illinois 69..............................Wis. Lutheran 42 Montreal 19 14 3 2 30 67 42 CINCINNATI REDS — Promoted Steve Javier Aquino, who investigating alleged dop-
Lipscomb 96.............................. Oakland City 69
Louisiana College 73 ................. McNeese St. 70
N. Iowa 64................................ South Dakota 43 Ottawa 18 8 5 5 21 54 57 Baumann to athletic trainer. Named Jimmy
Mattocks assistant athletic trainer.
tumbled onto Garrido’s ing cover-ups in Kenya
North Dakota 67 .............. Nebraska-Omaha 52 Detroit 18 9 8 1 19 41 45
Louisiana Tech 80 .............. Texas-Arlington 68
Saint Louis 82 ..........................................Tulsa 73 Florida 18 8 7 3 19 49 45 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Signed SS right leg in the first half. since last March, track
Louisville 87....................................... Hartford 52
Murray St. 76 ....................Middle Tennessee 65
Wright St. 73.......................................Kent St. 68 Tampa Bay 20 8 9 3 19 46 49 Brandon Crawford to a six-year contract Garrido’s leg buckled and field’s world govern-
Boston 17 8 8 1 17 56 54 through the 2021 season.
N. Kentucky 83..........................................Tiffin 71
SOUTHWEST
Oklahoma St. 87...................Texas Southern 52 Buffalo 18 8 9 1 17 41 49 Football
in the wrong direction, ing body said.
Oklahoma 84 ................................... Memphis 78
Penn 60...................................... Delaware St. 54 UTEP 78...........................................N. Arizona 66
Toronto 19 6 9 4 16 45 55
NFL tearing his anterior cruci- Confirmation of the
Metropolitan Division
The Citadel 94 ................................... Stetson 93 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed WR ate and posterior cruciate probe into Kenya by the
UNC Greensboro 81 .......................... Chowan 60 College football N.Y. Rangers 18 14 2 2 30 57 32
Breshad Perriman on injured reserve. Waived-
injured DB Asa Jackson. Waived WR-KR ligaments in his knee. IAAF’s ethics commis-
VMI 88 .............................................. Tusculum 76 Schedule Washington 16 11 4 1 23 50 37
Warner 75....................................................FAU 72
Tuesday’s results N.Y. Islanders 19 10 6 3 23 54 44
Jeremy Ross. Signed WR Kaelin Clay, TE sion came four days after
William & Mary 70...............................Liberty 59 Pittsburgh 18 11 7 0 22 40 40 Chase Ford and CB Cassius Ford. HIGH SCHOOLS Russia was suspended
Toledo 44 ................................ Bowling Green 28 CHICAGO BEARS — Signed CB Jacoby Glenn
Winthrop 106 .................... Truett McConnell 78 New Jersey 18 10 7 1 21 46 43
MIDWEST
Ohio 48...................................................Ball St. 31
Today’s games
Philadelphia 18 6 8 4 16 35 53 from the practice squad. Waived CB Terrance Four area players from international com-
Mitchell. petition for a state-spon-
Cent. Michigan 79...................................Alma 64
Cleveland St. 62..................................Malone 46 Central Michigan at Kent St. .............................7
Western Michigan at Northern Illinois .............7
Carolina
Columbus
18 6 10 2 14 35 53
19 7 12 0 14 48 63 DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived QB Brandon listed as finalists sored doping program.
Creighton 103 ..........................................UTSA 78 Western Conference Weeden, CB Corey White and RB Christine
Dayton 80.........................................Alabama 48 Thursday’s games
Central Division Michael. A pair of district rivals
Evansville 84 ............................... Marian, Ind. 59 Coastal Carolina at Liberty................................ 6 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed TE James RUGBY
Kentucky 74..............................................Duke 63 Nicholls St. at SE Louisiana............................... 6
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
O’Shaughnessy on injured reserve. Claimed highlight the quartet
Dallas 19 15 4 0 30 68 48
Miami (Ohio) 68..................................Kenyon 47 East Carolina at Central Florida .................6:30
Louisiana-Monroe at Texas St. ..................8:30
Nashville 17 11 3 3 25 53 40 DT David King off waivers from Seattle.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed
picked as finalists for the All Blacks legend
Michigan St. 79 .................................... Kansas 73 St. Louis 19 12 6 1 25 51 46 second Greater Houston
N. Iowa 70 ......................... Stephen F. Austin 60
Nebraska-Omaha 95..................... UMKC 89 OT
Friday’s games Minnesota 17 10 4 3 23 51 47 WR Chris Harper from the practice squad.
Released OL Chris Barker. High School Rotary Lom-
Lomu dies at 40
Brown at Columbia .......................................6:30 Chicago 18 10 7 1 21 49 44
NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed WR Hakeem
Notre Dame 86 ............................. Milwaukee 78
Ohio St. 82 ................................Grambling St. 55
Cincinnati at South Florida ................................7 Winnipeg 19 8 9 2 18 50 62
Nicks.
bardi Award. All Blacks legend Jo-
Air Force at Boise St. ....................................8:30 Colorado 18 7 10 1 15 50 50
W. Illinois 84 ..................................Ill.-Chicago 57 Pacific Division SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR Chris Westfield defensive nah Lomu, whose power
W. Michigan 74 ............................... San Diego 62
High schools GP W L OT Pts GF GA Matthews. Signed WR Kevin Smith from the lineman Ed Oliver and and pace revolutionized
Wisconsin 78 ............................North Dakota 64 Los Angeles 18 12 6 0 24 46 38 practice squad.
Xavier 78............................................. Missouri 66 State volleyball San Jose 18 10 8 0 20 50 47 TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed WR Tre Spring defensive lineman rugby and whose humil-
SOUTHWEST Culwell Center, Garland Vancouver 19 7 6 6 20 55 50 McBride from the practice squad and WR Bravvion Roy join Katy ity and grace won mil-
Tulsa 77........................................... Wichita St. 67 Class 6A Arizona 18 9 8 1 19 50 54 Andrew Turzilli from San Francisco’s practice
Abilene Christian 70..............Howard Payne 56 Hebron (41-5) vs. Comal Canyon (37-12) Anaheim 19 6 9 4 16 35 49 squad. Placed CB Jason McCourty and WR linebacker Paddy Fisher lions of fans, died early
Sam Houston St. 114 ...................St. Thomas 92 4 p.m. Friday Calgary 20 7 12 1 15 48 74 Justin Hunter on injured reserve. Signed and Hightower line- Wednesday, New Zealand
WEST FB Austin (45-2) vs. Oak Ridge (35-6) Edmonton 18 6 12 0 12 47 58 LB Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil and CB Shaquille
CS Bakersfield 68 .................................. Idaho 45 6 p.m. Friday Note: Two points for a win, one point for Richardson to the practice squad. Released
backer Clifton Lewis. Rugby said. He was 40.
Cal St.-Fullerton 77 ............................. Pacific 76 Final: 6 p.m. Saturday overtime loss. LB Markus Pierce-Brewster. The award is presented From staff and wire reports

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BASEBALL

Rivalry MLB

starting Cubs’ Maddon voted

to grow
Rivalry from page C1
Hinch eight and Molitor
two.
Hinch’s second-place
Astros (86-76) and Ban-
ister’s division-winning
Rangers (88-74) ultimately
had similar performances
but followed different tra-
jectories. The Astros led
the AL West almost all sea-
son after an 18-7 start but
lost their grip on the divi-
sion in September as the
Rangers rose to the top and
stayed there with the infu-
sion of newly healthy play-
ers and timely outside ad-
ditions, like Mike Napoli.
Decisive series
A four-game Rangers
sweep in mid-September
in Arlington was too much
for the Astros to overcome
in the division race, but
they did hold on for a wild-
card playoff spot.
“The utmost respect for
A.J.,” Banister said of his
Astros counterpart. “A.J.
and I are close friends and
our friendship has contin-
ued to grow stronger.
“It’s the tip of the iceberg
(for the rivalry), and it’s
a great thing I believe for
the state of Texas, and also
baseball, to have two teams
within close proximity of
each other, to have that
type of rivalry.”
The Rangers were just
the sixth team in the divi-
sion era (since 1969) and
the first since 2006 to win
a division after trailing by
at least eight games in Au-
gust.
At the same time, the
Astros’ 16-game improve-
ment in regular-season
wins from 2014 was the
largest for a first-year man-
ager in franchise history.
Even without winning the
award, Hinch’s top-three
finish in the award bal-
A.J. Hinch, right, developed a good rapport with his
players, whether a rookie like Carlos Correa, left, or
a veteran such as Jose Altuve.
AL Manager of the Year balloting
Manager, team
Jeff Banister, Rangers
A.J. Hinch, Astros
Paul Molitor, Twins
John Gibbons, Blue Jays
Joe Girardi, Yankees
Ned Yost, Royals
Mike Scioscia, Angels
loting highlights how the
conversation around the
41-year-old manager has
flipped dramatically in a
year’s time.
When Hinch took over
the Astros, his second
managerial job, there were
questions about his time
as the Arizona Diamond-
backs manager from 2009-
10. This year has provided
validation, although he has
long sidestepped questions
whose answers would lead
to tooting his own horn.
“So validation, I don’t
know, I don’t need valida-
tion,” he said. “I need the
players’ respect. I need the
players to play well. I need
a team identity and a team
culture to show up every
day to win.”
Hinch was 34 when he
was given the reins in Ari-
zona and moved from the
Diamondbacks’ front of-
fice into the big chair with-
out any managing experi-
ence. It wasn’t hip in those
days to install managers
who hadn’t coached pro-
Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle
1st 2nd 3rd Pts.
17 8 3 112
8 13 3 82
2 3 14 33
1 5 2 22
2 0 2 12
0 1 5 8
0 0 1 1
fessionally, but those hires
are now common.
Impressed new star
“A.J. helped me in a big
way. He’s a great man-
ager,” Carlos Correa said
Monday on his confer-
ence call after winning
the AL Rookie of the Year.
“As soon as I got there, he
called me to his office and
he said, ‘Hey kid, you’re
going to hit sixth tonight,
just go out there and have
fun. Don’t try to do too
much, just be yourself. …
Your best is going to be
good enough for us.’ ”
“I will never forget that,
when he said, ‘Your best is
going to be good enough
for us.’ ”
The Astros still can win
two of the four BBWAA
awards in the AL for
2015 if lefthander Dallas
Keuchel captures the Cy
Young award as expected
on Wednesday.
evan.drellich@chron.com
twitter.com/evandrellich
NL Manager of Year
NEW YORK — Joe
Maddon has won his
third Manager of the Year
award, earning his first in
the NL after guiding the
Chicago Cubs to their first
postseason berth since
2008.
Mad-
don got 18
first-place
votes for
124 points
from the
Baseball
Writers’
Asso- Maddon
ciation of
America in balloting an-
nounced Tuesday.
Maddon becomes the
seventh manager to win
the award three times and
the seventh to earn it in
both leagues. He won the
AL award with Tampa
Bay in 2008 and ‘11.
With NL Rookie of the
Year Kris Bryant anchor-
ing a youthful lineup,
Maddon’s Cubs won 97
games, good for third-best
record in the majors this
year — and third place in
the Central. Chicago beat
Pittsburgh in the wild-
card game before losing to
the New York Mets in the
NL Championship Series.
Report: Ortiz set
to retire after ’16
David Ortiz, the Boston
Red Sox slugger who
put up some of the best
numbers since the prime
of his career last season
at the age of 39, will retire
after the 2016 season, Fox
Sports’ Ken Rosenthal
reports.
USA Today Sports re-
ports Ortiz will announce
the news Wednesday.
Big Papi, who turns
40 on Wednesday, has a
contract guaranteed for
$11 million next season.
NL Manager of the Year balloting
Manager, team
Joe Maddon, Cubs
Mike Matheny, Cardinals
Terry Collins, Mets
Clint Hurdle, Pirates
Bruce Bochy, Giants
Don Mattingly, Dodgers
Ortiz hit 35 home runs
last season for the sixth
time in his major league
career and topped 100
RBI for the ninth time.
The nine-time All-Star
has 503 career homers, in-
cluding 445 in 13 seasons
with the Red Sox.
Crawford gets
$75 million deal
Fresh off his Gold
Glove award last week,
San Francisco Giants
shortstop Brandon Craw-
ford signed a new $75
million, six-year contract
that takes him through
the 2021 season.
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Commentary
Lower-for-longer oil prices,
massive energy job cuts and
slowing population growth are
presenting a clear, stark reality:
Houston’s economy will stall in
2016.
Almost a year after OPEC
decided to stop propping up
crude prices, trouble in the oil
markets is spreading across the
local economy.
“Many of the options to
quickly get out of this downturn
are receding rather quickly,”
Bill Gilmer, chair of the Insti-
tute for Regional Forecasting at
the University of Houston, said
in his semiannual forecast.
For the past two years,
Gilmer has been consistently
more upbeat about Houston’s
economy than I have, so when
he starts getting gloomy, it’s
time to pay attention. The prob-
lem, Gilmer pointed out, is that
every time the energy sector
lays off an employee, it endan-
gers four jobs in the broader
economy. About 50 percent of
Houston jobs are indirectly tied
to revenues produced by oil and
gas companies, Gilmer says, so
when they stop making money,
it hurts.
After adding more than
120,000 jobs in 2014, Houston
will create close to zero net jobs
in 2015, according to the Federal
Reserve Bank in Dallas. This
doesn’t bode well for next year.
“As soon as the price of oil
falls, all of the sudden, the job
growth machine is broken,”
Gilmer said.
The energy sector has laid off
56,000 people in Texas alone,
according to the Fed. In Hous-
ton, the bank has also observed
job losses in manufacturing,
professional services and real
estate. Only health care, educa-
tion, information technology
and government will add jobs
in 2015, but they won’t make up
for all of the losses elsewhere,
the bank said in a report last
week.
The energy sector needed to
shed those jobs because in the
fourth quarter, earnings will de-
cline 64 percent compared with
last year, the data analysis firm
FactSet estimates. Many Hous-
Tomlinson continues on D2

BUSINESS
INSIDE
AT A GLANCE
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Movie chain sues 2 major rivals

iPic says AMC and Regal are trying to keep it
from showing recently released films
By Mike D. Smith
Luxury movie theater com-
pany iPic Entertainment has
filed suit against two large chains
it claims are trying to squeeze
smaller players out of business.
The iPic lawsuit, filed Tues-
day in Harris County state Dis-
trict Court, alleges that AMC
Entertainment and Regal Enter-
tainment are using their market
clout to prevent the licensing of
recently released films to smaller
theaters, blocking their ability
to run movies at the same time
as larger ones and leaving them
unable to compete. The lawsuit
claims AMC and Regal have
threatened boycotts of specific
movie studios — refusing to play
their films to their much larger
audiences — if smaller theaters
are given licensing rights to re-
cent releases.
The iPic chain noted in an-
nouncing its legal action that
the U.S. Justice Department’s
antitrust division earlier this
year asked three major theater
companies for documents for
its own investigation of boycott
practices.
An AMC representative re-
sponded in an email that the
company isn’t doing anything
out of the ordinary from long-
established industry practices.
Florida-based iPic Entertain-
ment opened an eight-screen,
578-seat Houston theater ear-
lier this month at the River Oaks
District luxury shopping and
residential development on Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle
Westheimer. Another theater is Hamid Hashemi, leader of iPic Entertainment, gets comfortable
AMC continues on D2 at the new iPic Theater in the River Oaks District development.

PRICE SLUMP COMMERCE

Oil job
losses Outer
mount space is
around
world open for
By Collin Eaton

Still nursing deep fi-

nancial wounds from the
oil market collapse, the
petroleum industry has
shed roughly 25,000 jobs
around the world in the
last two months, cutting
upstream workers that an-
alysts say may be difficult
to replace when the down-
turn ends.
Job losses in recent
weeks have increased the
industry tally to more than
233,000 since the slump
in crude prices took hold
late last year, according
to energy recruiter Swift
Worldwide Resources.
Given the speed at which
companies are cutting pay-
rolls — a rate that hasn’t
slowed yet — Swift expects
layoffs to grow to more
than 250,000 this year and
to increase again next year
if oil prices languish at cur-
rent levels.
Swift CEO Tobias Read
said there’s no sign of an
immediate turnaround in
the oil and gas job market,
and the situation “is likely
to get worse.”
Crude prices started
crumbling a year ago af-
ter the Organization of
Jobs continues on D2
business
Conference seeks ways to attract
more private enterprise ventures
By Andrea Rumbaugh
A few miles from the Rice University campus
where President John F. Kennedy pledged to land a
man on the moon a half-century ago, more than 1,500
space enthusiasts from around the world have gath-
ered this week to discuss the commercialization of
outer space.
The global space econ-
“Innovation is all omy, primarily due to sat-
around us right ellites beaming television
now in space. We channels, GPS signals and
have to grab it with other services, was about
$320 billion in 2014, a panel
both hands and moderator from the Tauri
take advantage Group reported Tuesday
of it, or it will just during the opening of the
sweep past us.” inaugural Space Commerce
George Whitesides, Conference and Exposition
CEO of Virgin Galactic at the George R. Brown Con-
vention Center downtown.
These satellites are an im-
portant aspect of space commerce and provide ample
commercial opportunities, but the SpaceCom attend-
ees are dreaming bigger. They discussed spaceports,
commercial flights to the International Space Station
and other ways to get more people and products into
space with less expense.
To make space viable for the private sector, they
Steve Gonzales / Houston Chronicle agreed, NASA cannot be their only customer.
Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa welcomes attendees Tuesday to the “If we’re the only customer, we’ll never be success-
inaugural Space Commerce Conference and Exposition. NASA continues on D2

REAL ESTATE

New roles for Martha Turner leaders

By Nancy Sarnoff
Martha Turner, one of
the grande dames of Hous-
ton real estate, is stepping
away from her role as co-
president of the firm she
founded some three de-
cades ago and grew into
one of the city’s top resi-
dential realty concerns.
Turner and her co-
president in Martha Turn-
er Sotheby’s International
Realty, Tom Anderson, an-
Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle file nounced Tuesday that they
Tom Anderson and Martha Turner, co-presidents of would be stepping aside to
Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty, will make room for a new re-
now hold chairman emeritus roles. gime that would run the
business on day to day. The
pair will now hold chair-
man emeritus roles.
Marilyn Thompson,
a native Houstonian and
the company’s longtime
vice president of sales, has
been chosen to lead the
firm, which was acquired
at the beginning of 2014
by Sotheby’s International
Realty.
After the acquisition,
the New York brokerage
tied to the storied Sothe-
by’s auction house said
it would retain the local
leadership. But there was
still concern that Sotheby’s
would recruit someone
from the East Coast to take
over.
“Our real estate world
is a small group of people,
and so ever since the sale
of the company, the word
on the street is that Martha
Turner will retire someday
and they’ll send somebody
from New York to run the
company,” Turner said.
“We knew they weren’t go-
ing to do that.”
Turner expected there
would be a regime change
at the end of 2016, but she
and other executives de-
cided to move up the date.
The leadership change
was announced Tuesday at
a special breakfast meeting
for the agents and employ-
ees at an event space in the
Galleria area.
The response was “un-
believable,” said agent San-
dra McHenry, who’s been
with the company since the
late 1980s.
“Everyone gave Marilyn
a standing ovation,” she
said. “Everyone was just
thrilled.”
Turner and Anderson
plan to retain key roles
in helping steer the com-
Turner continues on D2
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FROM THE COVER

AMC defends using ‘allocated film zones’

AMC from page D1
planned in the Dallas area.
When distributing their mov-
ies in a given area, movie studios
look at geographic zones around
theaters to maximize ticket sales.
What was once common in the
industry were “clearances,” or
provisions that prevent one the-
ater from playing the same movie
at the same time as another for
competitive reasons.
Hamid Hashemi, iPic’s presi-
dent and CEO, said he was not
aware of any such agreements
when the company was looking
at the Houston area.
However, the legal filing
states, Regal in July 2014 called
“every major studio,” telling
them they would refuse to play
films that also were licensed to
iPic. Regal runs the Edwards
Greenway Grand Palace 24 the-
ater about 1.4 miles away from
River Oaks District.
Representatives with Regal
did not return requests from the
Chronicle for comment.
The lawsuit further claims
AMC sent a July 2014 email to all
major studios threatening a boy-
cott of films licensed to the Dal-
las-area iPic theater, which was
then under development and for
which a lease had not yet been
signed.
“Allocated film zones are a
longstanding, well-established
industry practice,” AMC spokes-
man Ryan Noonan said. “They
have demonstrated benefit to all
stakeholders — moviegoers, stu-
dios and exhibitors.”
IPic contends the boycott
threats have major impacts
because AMC, Regal and Cin-
emark — the latter of which is not
named in this lawsuit — together
control about 60 percent of the
screens in the Houston area and
69 percent of the revenue. Na-
tionally, they control 69 percent
of movie ticket revenue.
IPic also claims the larger
companies have engaged in simi-
lar behaviors in other markets.
“This anticompetitive scheme
threatens to close down two
Texas iPic theaters, inflict ir-
reparable harm on iPic, and
eliminate the public’s choice of
movie-viewing experience,” the
lawsuit states. “If successful, de-
fendants will reduce the quality
of this experience in our county
and state.”
The iPic lawsuit cites concerns
that it may face a fate similar to
Viva Cinema.
Viva opened at Sharpstown
Mall in May 2013, showing
Spanish-dubbed movies a few to
several weeks after their release,
and some independent films. It
closed the following November.
Owners cited unfair competition,
telling the Chronicle that larger
theater chains were blocking
smaller ones. Hashemi said Viva
has also filed suit against AMC.
The iPic lawsuit claims AMC
had Viva Cinema on a list of
“predatory competitors” target-
ed for closure and that through
boycott threats, Viva was unable
to get any newly released films.
AMC officials at the time de-
nied ever prohibiting movie stu-
dios from playing films at Viva
Cinema.
michael.smith@chron.com
twitter.com/mdsmithnews

NASA, industry working together Turner to remain

NASA from page D1

ful in what we’re trying to

do here today,” NASA Ad-
ministrator Charles Bolden
said.
Private industry is play-
ing an increasingly impor-
tant role in space, and space
technology is solving prob-
lems on Earth. This cross-
pollination of industries is
a central theme for Space-
Com, which runs through
Thursday. Its goal is to con-
nect people from the aero-
space industry to those in
energy, medical, satellite
and communications, mar-
itime and advanced manu-
facturing.
“Innovation is all
around us right now in
space,” Virgin Galactic
CEO George Whitesides
said. “We have to grab it
with both hands and take
advantage of it, or it will
just sweep past us.”
Among the current chal-
lenges, he said, is getting
more vehicles, including
Virgin Galactic’s, to pass
tests to get them into com-
mercial service.
Houston’s Johnson
Space Center is already
tapping into the commer-
cial market locally. Direc-
tor Ellen Ochoa said JSC
has partnered with Hous-
ton Methodist to evalu-
ate imaging of spaceflight
hardware using a CT scan-
ner attached to robotic arm.
The scanner creates 3-D
pictures that can be used to
better diagnose malfunc-
tions.
Space and deep water
Mark Gittleman, ex-
ecutive vice president of
Houston-based Intuitive
Machines, an engineering
More than 1,500 space enthusiasts from around the world are at SpaceCom.
think tank that studies the
intersection of aerospace,
energy and medicine, cited
similarities between explo-
ration of space and of deep
water. Both require bulky
suits and complex struc-
tures working in harsh en-
vironments, for example,
and he said advances in
space technology can help
energy companies cope
with low oil prices.
Intuitive Machines, for
instance, is applying space-
craft guidance, navigation
and control techniques to
help drillers be faster and
more accurate.
More than 1,800 tech-
nologies have been spun
off from NASA activities,
Bolden said.
“As we speak today,
NASA is partnering with
American businesses on
everything from 3-D print-
ing to high-performance
computing to small satellite
technologies,” he said.
He also discussed
NASA’s working relation-
ship with SpaceX and Boe-
ing to provide commercial
Steve Gonzales / Houston Chronicle
transportation to and from novation can flourish.
the International Space Kim Slater, program
Station. That includes hu- manager of space science
man flight. for Boston-based Draper,
attended SpaceCom “to see
Mars in the 2030s where NASA and indus-
As commercial com- try are progressing in the
panies handle trips to low small satellite industry,”
Earth orbit, NASA can fo- which she said provides
cus on its Orion spacecraft data to solve humanitarian,
and its goal to send humans commercial and scientific
to an asteroid by 2025 and problems.
Mars in the 2030s. Draper is a nonprofit
“At NASA we recognize research and development
that by working together company most known
across sectors and across in the space realm for its
countries, we will reach guidance and navigation,
our goal of sending astro- which was recently used in
nauts to the red planet in NASA’s Orion flight test.
the 2030s,” Bolden said. Slater has been to many
“So we’re actively seek- NASA conventions and
ing out partners: industry many commercial space
partners, international conventions, and she said
partners, academic part- this one likely has the best
ners, citizen scientists.” representation she’s seen
Mayor Annise Parker from both NASA and pri-
highlighted the city’s his- vate industry.
tory in aerospace and El- “I think this is the first
lington Airport’s license to time I’ve really seen a good
build a spaceport. Citing contingent from both sides
the city’s strong energy, working together,” she said.
medical and transporta-
tion industries, she called andrea.rumbaugh@chron.com
Houston a place where in- twitter.com/andrearumbaugh
face of company
Turner from page D1
pany’s future through
continued involvement
in business development,
sales and marketing and
mentoring.
“I told them I am going
to remain as a goodwill
ambassador and face for
Martha Turner Sotheby’s
International Realty,”
Turner said. “I will con-
tinue to do the television
commercials. I am going
to promote Sotheby’s at all
the social events I go to, the
luncheons, the galas, and
will continue to bring in
business.”
She also said she’ll con-
tinue to accompany agents
on important listings and
speak to select organiza-
tions.
As president, Thomp-
son will handle business
growth and development,
finance, corporate reloca-
tion and community in-
volvement. Sales manager
Robin Conner has been
promoted to senior vice
president, and sales man-
ager Robin Suter has been
promoted to vice presi-
dent.
Thompson has worked
for the firm for more than
20 years. She graduated
from Lamar High School
and earned a degree in
education from Louisiana
State University. After
seven years teaching in
Houston public schools,
Thompson started selling
real estate in the 1980s.
“In Marilyn you have
someone that’s been with
the company over 20 years,
understands the business,
has the highest respect
from the agents, is smart
and, most importantly,
decisive,” said Anderson,
70. “That makes a great
leader.”
Thompson said she
wants to continue to help
the firm grow and add new
offices to the expanding
market. Today the compa-
ny has offices in Memorial,
Briar Hollow, The Wood-
lands, the Bay Area and
Kingwood.
“No agent can know the
entire greater Houston
area,” Thompson said. “It’s
impossible.”
Turner, a veteran in
Houston real estate, co-
founded Turner Owens
Real Estate in 1981. The
company became Martha
Turner Properties five
years later.
Over the last two years,
the company’s 245 or so
sales agents have been in-
volved in more than $2 bil-
lion in closed sales volume
each year.
Turner, an East Texas
native who turned 75 in
June, still plans to come
into the office most days.
Her schedule will be more
flexible, but she is not retir-
ing.
“It’s kind of bittersweet
because I’m handing over
something I birthed. It’s
like when you have a child
and that child begins to
grow and they go off to col-
lege. It’s slipping away in
my hands,” Turner said.
“But I can still see it every
day and watch it.”
nancy.sarnoff@chron.com
twitter.com/nsarnoff

Angie’s List turns down Jobs may be hard to fill

$512 million takeover offer once oil market recovers
CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICES
NEW YORK — Angie’s
List says that its board has
rejected a $512 million take-
over deal from Internet
company IAC/InterAc-
tiveCorp.
Shares of Angie’s List
fell almost 3 percent in
morning trading Tuesday
before recovering late in
the day to finish up 1.3 per-
cent at $9.96.
The home services re-
view site said last week’s
offer “dramatically under-
values” the company. IAC
offered $8.75 for each share
of Angie’s List, which was
a 10 percent premium on
the stock at the time.
Angie’s List said it has a
plan to grow its profit and
said a deal with IAC will
not benefit shareholders.
IAC did not immediate-
ly respond to a request for
comment. The New York
company owns websites
including About.com and
HomeAdvisor.com.
Angie’s List, based in
Indianapolis, lets users
research, shop for and rate
plumbers, cleaners and
other home services.
Scott Durchslag, chief
executive of Angie’s List,
said in prepared remarks
that the board thinks An-
gie’s List should have the
chance to evaluate its so-
called profitable growth
plan and share it with its
stockholders before mak-
ing any merger decisions.
Blake Harper, an ana-
lyst at Topeka Capital
Markets., said Angie’s List
likely wants more time to
prove itself so it can negoti-
ate with a stronger hand in
the future.
“It’s definitely the right
move for them,” said Harp-
er, who rates the stock a
hold. “They are probably
just angling for a higher
bid down the road.”
Angie Hicks and Wil-
liam Oesterle founded An-
gie’s List in 1995.
Jobs from page D1
the Petroleum Exporting
Countries signaled that
its member countries —
which collectively produce
about a third of the world’s
oil — wouldn’t slow pro-
duction to balance the oil
market and bring up prices
that had plummeted as in-
ternational markets filled
up with an oversupply of
crude.
Prices rose somewhat in
the spring, but the market
tumbled again in July and
August. Analysts had said
the recent decline would
trigger another wave of job
cuts, after significant cut-
backs earlier this year.
U.S. benchmark West
Texas Intermediate crude
fell $1.07 to $40.67 in trad-
ing Tuesday on the New
York Mercantile Ex-
change. International
benchmark Brent crude
lost 99 cents to $43.57 in
European trading.
In the last two months,
U.S. oil producers Devon
Energy and Marathon Oil
Corp. announced a com-
bined 400 job cuts, while
U.S. oil services supplier
Superior Energy Services
said it would shed 4,760
jobs. Canadian oil pro-
ducer and refiner Husky
Energy said it cut 1,400
jobs, and Maersk Oil, the
oil and gas production
arm of Danish shipping
conglomerate AP Moller-
Maersk Group, is cutting
12 percent of its global head
count, or around 1,250
jobs.
Read said the jobs will
be hard to fill once the mar-
ket recovers. He says his
company’s estimate uses
conservative assumptions
in tallying job losses, us-
ing both publicly available
data and keeping an “ear to
the ground” in cases where
losses are hard to track.
collin.eaton@chron.com
twitter.com/CollinEatonHC

Tomlinson: Forecaster sees oil market recovery in 2017

Tomlinson from page D1
ton businesses haven’t
felt energy’s pain yet
because the lag between
when trouble strikes the
oil patch and when it
shows up at grocery store
cash registers is often a
long one. But cracks in
the region’s economy are
becoming apparent.
Class A office occu-
pancy rate in Houston is
dropping to 80.8 percent,
compared with 88.1 per-
cent last year, according
to real estate firm Colvill
Office Properties. Class A
or B office space available
for sublease in Houston
has reached 5.8 million
square feet, the company
reported Monday. That’s
the equivalent of about 20
multistory office build-
ings.
Homeowners got a
shock last week when the
Houston Association of
Realtors announced that
area home sales dropped
10 percent in October
from a year ago. It was the
first double-digit plunge
since 2011, when the city
was still recovering from
the wounds of the Great
Recession. Hot neighbor-
hoods are cooling off,
while less popular areas
are going cold.
Needless to say, these
dire numbers have made
Houston executives pes-
simistic. The Houston
Purchasing Managers
Index, which measures
wholesale orders, rose
marginally from its Sep-
tember level of
47.6 percent to 48 percent
in October, but with
50 percent considered
neutral, the index re-
mains in negative terri-
tory.
If Houston’s economy
relies on higher oil prices,
then the depth of the
problem can be seen
parked off Galveston,
where a 2-mile-long line
of tankers parked is car-
rying 28.4 million barrels
of excess oil. The world
is producing at least
2 million more barrels a
day than the world needs,
and that glut has sent
prices below the break-
even point for most wells,
damaging corporate bal-
ance sheets of energy and
energy-related firms.
Many experts expected
oil and gas production
to slow by now, which
would boost prices and,
eventually, profits. But
due to a variety of eco-
nomic and geopolitical
issues, crude supply has
grown, and there is no
sign it will let up anytime
soon.
Forecasters at Vitol,
the world’s largest energy
trader, expect oil to trade
below $60 a barrel in 2016.
Gilmer expects the en-
ergy markets to balance in
late 2016 and to recover in
2017. That’s the optimistic
bet and assumes no major
economic disruptions.
A strong U.S. economy
will keep Houston from
slipping into recession,
Gilmer said, but U.S.
growth has been uneven
this year, and I worry
the global economy may
be cooling more than
expected.
The drop in energy ex-
penses has not translated
into higher consumer
spending, with most
Americans paying down
debt and building sav-
ings instead. Developing
countries are the source
of almost all new demand
for fossil fuels, and those
economies remain mired
by low commodity prices.
That lack of demand
could delay a return to
higher energy prices.
Here’s what we do
know: The Houston
economy in 2016 will be
a lot slower than 2015,
and the repercussions
will affect many more
people.
Tomlinson is the Chronicle’s
business columnist. His
commentary appears on
Sundays and Wednesdays.
chris.tomlinson@chron.com
twitter.com/cltomlinson
He also posts a daily
news analysis at
HoustonChronicle.com/
Boardroom
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BUSINESS
PERSONAL FINANCE

Sometimes financial data just won’t fly

An anecdote from
World War II tells us a lot
about why most of what
passes for investment data
is wrong.
Here’s a thumbnail of
the story, which I found in
number theorist Jordan
Ellenberg’s wonderful
book “How Not to Be
Wrong.” During the war, a
group of mathematicians
— experts in statistics —
was tasked with finding
ways to keep more Ameri-
can airplanes in the air.
They wanted to reduce the
number that didn’t return
from missions.
Military officers had
gathered and studied bul-
let holes in the aircraft that
returned from missions.
One early thought was
that the planes should
have more armor where
they had been hit the most
— fuselage, fuel system,
the rest of the plane — but
not on the engines, which
had the smallest number
of bullet holes per square
foot.
Abraham Wald, a lead-
ing mathematician, dis-
agreed. Working with the
SRG (Statistics Research
Group) in Manhattan,
he asked
an odd
question:
Where
were the
missing
SCOTT bullet holes
BURNS — the ones
that would
be all over the engine if
bullets were equally dis-
tributed?
They were on the
missing planes, the ones
that had been shot down.
So the vulnerable place
wasn’t where all the bullet
holes were on the return-
ing planes; it was where
the bullet holes were on
the planes that didn’t
return.
Restricting your
measurements to a final
sample, excluding part
of the sample that didn’t
survive, creates what
statisticians call “survivor
bias.” It can cause you to
come to conclusions that
are entirely wrong.
Now let’s examine mu-
tual funds in this light. At
a recent conference at Di-
mensional Fund Advisors
in Austin, I learned that
45 percent of the managed
equity funds with 15-year
records at the end of 2014
outperformed their target
indexes. Not wonderful,
but not terrible, either.
But DFA’s James Davis,
a vice president in their
research group, went on
to explain that the group
didn’t include the equiva-
lent of the missing planes.
It didn’t include the mutu-
al funds that had failed to
complete their mission. At
the beginning of the period
there were 2,711 funds. At
the end of the period there
were 1,139. Only 42 percent
of the starting funds had
survived.
Do the arithmetic again,
and you get a very differ-
ent figure. Only 19 percent
of the managed funds that
started the 15-year period
outperformed their index
target. Comparable figures
for fixed-income funds are
even worse — only 8 per-
cent of funds that started
the period did better than
the index they were sup-
posed to beat.
It looks like a lot of those
managed funds had bad
pilots. Most either didn’t
survive or were beaten by
an unmanaged fund that
tracked an index. Things
A study of
bullet holes
in World
War II
planes has
parallels to
managed
equity funds.
Associated Press
file
appear a lot better than scientific. Let’s put it this expected to know about
they are when you just way. The next time you statistical bias. That’s most
measure, and talk about, see a professional expert people. But this disci-
the surviving funds. An using survivor group data pline has been around
accurate assessment to tout the superiority of for decades. Most of the
would start with the full managed funds, remem- investment professionals
group. It would not be ber this old joke: you see on TV, quoted in
limited to the survivors. A police officer sees a newspapers and maga-
In spite of this, virtually drunk under a streetlight zines have been exposed to
all discussion that you and and asks what he is doing. it. They have the education
I see, hear or read is based “Looking for my car that would expose them
on surviving funds, not keys,” the drunk answers. — MBA degrees, CFA
original sample groups. “Where did you lose the certifications, etc.
In fairness, we can say keys?” the officer asks. So if you see, hear or
that this happens because “Oh, about two blocks read one making this er-
surviving fund data is away, but the light is much ror, what’s the problem?
what is generally avail- better here,” the drunk Upton Sinclair best stated
able. Even Morningstar’s says. it:
oft-cited figures are based The professional expert “It is difficult to get
on surviving funds. is closely related to the a man to understand
But available or conve- drunk. Both are looking in something when his sal-
nient doesn’t mean this is the wrong place because ary depends upon his not
information that should it’s convenient. understanding it.”
be considered accurate or Non-experts can’t be Universal Uclick

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figure for the third quarter,
even as a stronger dollar
pressured its performance
overseas.
The world’s largest re-
tailer also issued a forecast
for the holiday shopping
season that largely topped
Wall Street expectations,
and narrowed its full-year
outlook after cutting it in
August.
Its shares rose more
than 3 percent Tuesday to
$59.92. Wal-Mart shares
have decreased 33 percent
since the beginning of the
year.
Cleaner stores
Wal-Mart has been
pressured on a number of
fronts this year. The com-
pany, based in Bentonville,
Ark., is facing increasing
competition from online
retailers like Amazon.com
and dollar stores, and its
profits have been squeezed
by pay raises for workers
and a strong U.S. dollar
that has dampened sales
Wal-Mart’s
Greg
Foran says
custom-
ers report
improve-
ment.
from overseas.
In the U.S., the com-
pany is also trying clean-
liness and service. Greg
Foran, CEO of the U.S. di-
vision, said during a call
with reporters Tuesday
that customers are telling
the company they’re see-
ing improvement in the
stores.
The company said sales
at stores open at least
a year rose 1.5 percent,
marking the fifth straight
quarterly increase. But
the increase was driven
by higher traffic, while av-
erage spending per visit
dipped. This figure is a key
gauge of a retailer’s health
because it excludes re-
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ENERGY FUTURES BLOOMBERG COMMODITY ENERGY PRICES ETFS - $1,000 INVESTED IN EACH
PRICE OUTLOOK
Prices in U.S. dollars per unit for energy commodities for the Cash price in U.S. dollars paid at delivery for various Performance of various index-based
contract closest to delivery: commodities: investment products:
The median price of analysts ENERGY
C Date Open High Low Settle Chg Unit Last Pvs $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Lt Sw Crude DEC 15 41.96 42.03 40.58 40.67 -1.07 barrel surveyed by Bloomberg: Name Price Day Unit return return return
Natural gas DEC 15 2.333 2.396 2.285 2.371 -0.014 MMBtu 2015 2016 2017 Unleaded Gasoline - NY 1.30 1.30 gallon Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr
Gas blend DEC 15 1.24 1.25 1.23 1.24 -0.00 gal Forecast Forecast Forecast North Sea Brent 41.63 42.69 barrel XLE Energy Select Se 974 848 808
Heating oil DEC 15 1.39 1.41 1.37 1.37 -0.02 gal Crude oil 50.40 55.00 65.00 W. Texas-Int. - Cushing 40.94 41.74 barrel XES SPDR Oil & Gas E 959 691 588
Ethanol DEC 15 1.47 1.47 1.46 1.46 -0.00 gal Natural gas 2.82 3.25 3.50 Nat Gas - Henry Hub 2.05 2.14 MMBtu USO US Oil Fund 855 634 454

METALS
BLOOMBERG/CHRONICLE ENERGY INDEX $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
return return return
Top and bottom performers among Houston-based and other major energy companies: Performance of a basket of Houston-based and other Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr
major energy companies over the past 12 months: IAU iShares Gold T 910 872 900
DAILY GAINERS DAILY LOSERS SLV iShares Silver T 887 809 874
Last % Last % Aug. 2007=100
Tick Name Price Chg Volume Tick Name Price Chg Volume
120 SOFT/LIVESTOCK/GRAIN
FTK Flotek Indst 10.63 18.0 4,926,239 HLX Helix Enrgy 5.71 –9.4 1,506,052 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
MCF Contango Oil&G 8.43 9.1 128,042 BTU Peabody Energy 12.68 –8.6 758,387 return return return
CVI CVR Energy Inc 43.09 2.2 383,437 CHK ChesapkEng 5.87 –7.4 25,720,095 100
Ticker Name 1 mo 6 mo 1 yr
HFC HollyFrontier 48.98 0.8 1,522,873 COG Cabot O&G 21.00 –6.9 6,616,452 77.99 JO DJ-UBS Coffee 904 775 525
WMB Williams Cos 37.56 0.7 7,702,461 SWN SW Energy 10.93 –6.3 16,873,835 CORN Teucrium Corn 949 928 824
NFX Newfield Exp 40.38 0.6 3,063,913 EGY VAALCO 1.90 –4.5 356,298 80 CANE Teucrium Sugar 1,024 960 761
EPM Evolution Ptr 6.06 0.5 59,581 LNG Cheniere Enrgy 47.74 –4.4 3,085,087 CATL* ETFS Live Cattle 941 825 777
VLO Valero 70.00 0.5 3,392,430 WTI W&T Offshr 3.44 –4.2 955,293 COW iPath DJ-UBS Liv 879 803 692
RIG Transocean 14.51 0.4 6,393,320 EVEP EV Energy 3.70 –4.1 715,404 60
BRGYY BG Group PLC 15.20 0.3 251,540 AROC Archrock Inc 11.00 –3.8 619,461 N D J F M A M J J A S O N *Trades on London Stock Exchange

U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL WHAT A U.S. DOLLAR TREASURIES, BAKER HUGHES

STOCK INDEXES IS WORTH IN . . . INTEREST RATES RIG COUNTS
Daily close and change in value for selected Value of the U.S. dollar Yields for the most recently issued securities: Current rig count:
stock indexes: in selected currencies:
TREASURIES Total U.S. Texas
1-Mo 6-Mo 1-Yr
U.S. INDEXES Currency Last Ago Ago Ago Yld Yld 767 338
Index Last Price Chg. % Chg YTD Australian Dollar 1.40 1.38 1.25 1.15 Pvs 1 Day Yld Yld Yld Yld One-year trend
Dow Jones Ind. 17,489.50 6.49 0.0 –1.9 Brazilian Real 3.81 3.89 3.01 2.61 Last Day Net Wk Mo 3-Mo Yr 25%
Nasdaq Composite 4,986.02 1.40 0.0 5.3 British Pound 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.64 Bill/Note Yld Clo Chg Ago Ago Ago Ago
S&P 500 2,050.44 –2.75 –0.1 –0.4 Canadian Dollar 1.33 1.30 1.22 1.13 3-month t-bill 0.13 0.13 –0.01 0.11 0.01 0.24 0.01
0%
BBG Houston 150 448.74 –2.87 –0.6 –14.9 Chilean Peso 711.37 680.55 599.68 595.37 6 month t-bill 0.33 0.32 0.01 0.32 0.07 0.23 0.06
DJ US Total Stk p 21,205.67 –32.68 –0.2 –1.0 Chinese Ren (yuan) 6.38 6.36 6.20 6.13 2-year t note 0.86 0.85 0.00 0.88 0.65 0.83 0.96
Russell 2000 1,153.21 –2.87 –0.2 –4.3 Colombian Peso 3,080.87 2,918.91 2,433.00 2,159.38 5-year t note 1.66 1.65 0.00 1.72 1.35 1.57 1.63
–25%
Euro 0.94 0.88 0.88 0.80 10-year t note 2.27 2.27 0.00 2.33 2.03 2.17 2.34
Indian Rupee 66.03 64.81 63.72 61.74 30-year t bond 3.05 3.06 –0.01 3.08 2.88 2.82 3.06
INTERNATIONAL INDEXES Japanese Yen 123.42 119.50 119.99 116.65
–50%
Index Last Price Chg. % Chg YTD Mexican Peso 16.73 16.49 15.12 13.59
FTSE 100 6,268.76 122.38 2.0 –4.5 Norwegian Krone 8.68 8.13 7.41 6.78 PRIME, FED FUNDS
Hang Seng 22,264.25 253.43 1.2 –5.7 Singapore Dollar 1.42 1.39 1.33 1.30 6-month 1-year –75%
Mexico IPC 44,184.65 566.92 1.3 2.4 S. African Rand 14.27 13.29 11.88 11.13 Rate change change ND J F M A M J J A S O
Nikkei 225 19,630.63 236.94 1.2 12.5 S. Korean Won 1,170.30 1,121.14 1,085.51 1,093.93 Bloomberg Prime Rate 3.25 0 0
Source: Baker Hughes
S&P/Toronto S E 13,280.39 –37.13 –0.3 –9.2 Taiwan Dollar 32.83 32.36 30.52 30.68 Fed Funds Target 0.25 0 0

S&P 1500
MOVERS

Top and bottom performers based on one-day percentage change in stock price: Top and bottom S&P 500 Industry Groups, based on 1-day change:
DAILY GAINERS DAILY LOSERS INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT
Last 1-day 1-month Last 1-day 1-month
Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume Industry 1 day chg –50% 1 yr chg +50%
ARG Airgas Inc 137.35 29.4 49.4 10,024,692 SUNE SunEdison Inc 3.02 –33.8 –66.5 165,457,519 Specialty Retail 1.93%
FTK Flotek Indst 10.63 18.0 –45.9 4,926,239 UVE Universal Ins 20.69 –30.7 –40.5 9,040,523 Food & Staples Retailing 1.44%
TNGO Tangoe Inc 6.83 10.5 –17.5 551,803 BKH Black Hills 40.25 –9.9 –12.0 3,111,376 Leisure Equipment & Prod 1.22%
TUES Tuesday Morning 6.14 10.4 5.5 1,114,032 GMCR KeurigGreen Mtn 40.13 –9.8 –21.0 6,011,610 Semiconductors & Semi Eqp 1.08%
MCF Contango Oil&G 8.43 9.1 –14.1 128,042 DKS Dick'sSprtg Gds 36.96 –9.4 –22.7 22,969,178 Building Products 1.08%
FOSL Fossil Group 34.57 8.5 –37.1 5,574,268 HLX Helix Enrgy Sol 5.71 –9.4 7.7 1,506,052 Energy Equipment & Svcs –1.50%
SZMK Sizmek Inc 4.22 8.2 –35.0 203,441 CLD Cloud Peak En 3.06 –8.9 –0.3 1,544,483 Multi-Utilities –1.59%
KIRK Kirkland's Inc 20.49 7.4 –15.0 270,883 ICON Iconix Brand 6.40 –8.6 –60.0 5,263,965 Electric Utilities –2.00%
RGEN Repligen Corp 27.68 5.7 –8.6 248,712 TDW Tidewater Inc 9.82 –8.5 –37.0 1,149,418 Metals & Mining –2.61%
QRVO Qorvo Inc 54.74 5.6 15.7 2,726,856 CENX Cen Aluminum 3.48 –8.4 –33.7 2,048,143 Power Prodct & Enrgy Trdr –3.81%

BLOOMBERG COMMODITY
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 150 PRICES
The Bloomberg Houston 150 includes major companies based in Houston and significant employers in the area. The table shows the
Closing values for the most active contract of various commodities:
current value of $1,000 invested in different stocks six months ago and a year ago, assuming dividends are reinvested. The divi-
dend reflects the most recently announced annualized yield. The day’s top gainers/losers are highlighted. METALS
Contract Last Pvs Day YTD
Last Chg % Chg 6-Mo 1-Yr Div Last Chg % Chg 6-Mo 1-Yr Div Name Date Price Close % Chg % Chg Unit
Name Ticker Price Day YTD ago ago Yld Name Ticker Price Day YTD ago ago Yld Palladium DEC 15 546.50 551.55 –0.9 –31.6 usd/oz
ABM Industries ABM 28.86 0.05 0.7 912 1,090 2.22 Kirby Corp KEX 63.30 –0.20 –21.6 781 615 … Copper MAR 16 2.11 2.13 –1.1 –25.7 usd/pd
Amer Natl Ins ANAT 104.74 –0.23 –8.3 1,074 941 3.06 Kroger KR 37.02 0.48 15.3 1,019 1,284 1.13 Gold DEC 15 1,068.60 1,083.60 –1.4 –10.0 usd/oz
Anadarko Petro APC 61.12 –0.99 –25.9 727 697 1.77 Linn Energy LINE 2.23 –0.18 –78.0 192 116 … Platinum JAN 16 855.00 865.50 –1.2 –29.7 usd/oz
Apache Corp APA 49.71 –0.78 –20.7 792 702 2.01 Luby's Inc LUB 4.72 –0.04 3.7 896 990 … Silver DEC 15 14.17 14.22 –0.5 –10.0 usd/oz
Archrock Inc AROC 11.00 –0.43 –44.2 586 505 5.45 LyondellBasell LYB 93.99 –0.43 18.4 913 1,108 3.32
AT&T Inc T 33.26 0.22 –1.0 996 981 5.65 Macy's Inc M 38.03 –0.59 –42.2 578 631 3.79 AGRICULTURE
Atwood Oceanics ATW 15.80 –0.33 –44.3 483 446 6.33 Marathon Oil MRO 17.71 –0.16 –37.4 654 573 1.13 Contract Last Pvs Day YTD
Baker Hughes BHI 49.47 0.08 –11.8 756 765 1.37 Mattress Firm MFRM 45.06 0.53 –22.4 803 639 … Name Date Price Close % Chg % Chg Unit
Banco Bilbao BBVA 8.14 –0.04 –13.3 798 789 4.32 McDermott MDR 4.85 –1.06 66.7 1,052 1,138 … Live Cattle FEB 16 1.31 1.30 0.7 –15.3 usd/pd
Bank of America BAC 17.42 –0.01 –2.6 1,072 1,032 1.15 Midcoast Energy MEP 11.09 –0.36 –18.9 906 779 12.89 Coffee MAR 16 1.18 1.18 0.0 –33.9 usd/pd
Benchmark Elec BHE 20.08 –0.12 –21.1 829 849 … MRC Global Inc MRC 14.25 0.17 –5.9 868 657 … Corn MAR 16 3.68 3.67 0.3 –14.3 usd/bu
BHP Billiton BHP 28.05 –0.61 –36.8 601 547 8.84 Nabors Indst NBR 9.31 –0.35 –28.3 607 586 2.58 Cotton MAR 16 0.63 0.63 0.1 –4.2 usd/pd
BoardwalkPipeln BWP 12.33 –0.31 –30.6 721 750 3.25 NatOilwellVarco NOV 37.04 –0.73 –43.5 738 535 4.97 Lumber JAN 16 239.20 242.10 –1.2 –29.7 usd/
Boeing BA 146.08 1.66 12.4 1,007 1,166 2.49 Natural Res NRP 1.61 –0.04 –82.6 344 146 11.18 1k bd ft
BP PLC BP 34.18 –0.30 –10.3 825 889 7.02 NCIBuilding Sys NCS 11.51 –0.16 –37.9 749 624 … Orange Juice JAN 16 1.47 1.54 –4.4 0.8 usd/pd
Bristow Group BRS 29.47 –1.09 –55.2 492 429 4.61 Newfield Expl NFX 40.38 0.23 48.9 1,136 1,242 … Soybean JAN 16 8.64 8.60 0.5 –14.4 usd/bu
Buckeye BPL 67.67 –0.42 –10.6 874 900 6.95 Newpark Res NR 5.70 –0.13 –40.3 612 477 … Wheat MAR 16 4.87 4.96 –1.7 –21.3 usd/bu
Cabot Oil&Gas COG 21.00 –1.56 –29.1 594 628 0.38 NiskaGasStorage NKA 3.18 –0.06 7.4 1,620 612 …
Calpine Corp CPN 14.38 –0.54 –35.0 697 611 … Noble Corp plc NE 13.12 –0.01 –20.8 800 686 4.57
Camden Property CPT 75.60 0.38 2.4 1,012 1,040 3.70 Noble Energy NBL 36.46 –0.54 –23.1 821 678 1.97 MARKET
Cameron Intl CAM 67.15 –1.20 34.4 1,282 1,158 … NOW Inc DNOW 17.12 0.07 –33.5 688 600 … INDEXES
CARBO Ceramics CRR 16.94 –1.31 –57.7 390 360 2.36 NRG Energy Inc NRG 12.02 –0.70 –55.4 469 391 4.83
Cardtronics Inc CATM 34.93 0.18 –9.5 925 928 … Oasis Petroleum OAS 11.77 –0.69 –28.8 684 462 …
Carrizo Oil&Gas CRZO 39.03 –0.50 –6.2 747 783 … Occidental OXY 74.25 –0.72 –7.9 986 937 4.04
Daily close of the Nasdaq Composite index and the S&P 500 over the past six months:
CB&I CBI 41.16 –1.02 –2.0 750 771 0.68 Oceaneering Int OII 43.96 –0.77 –25.3 843 653 2.46 NASDAQ S&P 500
CenterPt Energy CNP 17.07 –0.16 –27.1 860 737 5.80 Oil States OIS 29.88 –0.61 –38.9 693 536 …
5,400 2,190 2,050.44
Cheniere Energy CQP 26.20 –0.18 –18.1 825 892 6.49 Par Pacific PARR 25.73 0.88 58.3 1,117 1,698 … 4,986.02 -0.1%
Chevron Corp CVX 91.03 –0.42 –18.9 863 822 4.70 Parker Drilling PKD 2.67 –0.08 –13.0 736 664 … 0.0%
Cobalt Intl CIE 7.89 –0.21 –11.2 757 806 … Patterson-UTIEn PTEN 15.42 –0.25 –7.1 747 765 2.59
Columbia Pipeln CPPL 14.73 0.58 … 556 … 4.68 Phillips 66 PSX 91.12 0.05 27.1 1,139 1,285 2.46 5,100 2,080
Comcast Corp CMCSA 61.13 –0.22 5.4 1,088 1,148 1.64 Plains All Am PAA 26.32 –0.45 –48.7 565 532 10.64
Comfort Sys USA FIX 29.92 –0.84 74.8 1,342 2,117 0.87 Plains GP PAGP 12.04 –0.38 –53.1 424 455 7.67
ConocoPhillips COP 53.90 –0.47 –22.0 851 792 5.49 Powell Indst POWL 32.89 –0.20 –33.0 901 791 3.16
Contango Oil&G MCF 8.43 0.70 –71.2 510 239 … PROS Holdings PRO 20.88 –0.04 –24.0 1,072 708 … 4,800 1,970
Crestwood Eqy CEQP 2.23 –0.08 –72.5 456 303 24.66 Prosperity Bncs PB 53.30 0.15 –3.7 1,018 914 2.25
Crown Castle CCI 84.85 0.27 7.8 1,033 1,103 4.17 QuanexBuldngPrd NX 18.02 –0.16 –4.0 981 923 0.89
CVR Energy Inc CVI 43.09 0.91 11.3 1,100 946 4.64 Quanta Services PWR 20.95 –0.22 –26.2 706 632 … 1,860
4,500
CVS Health Corp CVS 93.79 0.17 –2.6 925 1,055 1.49 Rowan Cos Plc RDC 20.04 –0.04 –14.1 870 857 2.00 M J J A S O N M J J A S O N
Devon Energy DVN 45.91 –0.59 –25.0 704 732 2.09 RoyalDutchShell RDS/A 49.27 –0.32 –26.4 806 758 7.63
Diamond Offsh DO 21.77 –0.22 –40.7 664 613 2.30 Schlumberger SLB 76.74 –1.59 –10.2 843 821 2.61
Dow Chemical DOW 51.65 0.00 13.2 1,021 1,048 3.56 Service Corp SCI 26.87 –0.04 18.4 946 1,236 1.79
Dril-Quip Inc DRQ 61.18 –0.60 –20.3 797 708 … Southwestern En SWN 10.93 –0.73 –59.9 394 325 … LARGEST
DXP Enterprises DXPE 29.20 –0.67 –42.2 662 451 … Spectra Energy SE 27.27 –0.14 –24.9 766 742 5.43 MUTUAL FUNDS
Dynegy Inc DYN 16.47 –0.75 –45.7 487 485 … Stage Stores SSI 8.83 –0.41 –57.3 490 574 6.80
Enbridge Energy EEP 25.21 –0.42 –36.8 713 708 9.26 Stewart Info STC 41.57 1.19 12.2 1,158 1,194 2.89 Net asset value of selected major U.S. mutual funds two trading days
Energy XXI EXXI 1.61 –0.13 –50.6 452 241 … Sunoco LP SUN 35.99 1.02 –27.7 768 840 8.28 ago. Returns annualized. Dividends reinvested.
Enterprise Prod EPD 26.37 –0.43 –27.0 804 741 5.84 SuperiorEn Svcs SPN 14.88 –0.67 –26.2 622 622 2.15
EOG Resources EOG 82.98 –1.81 –9.9 921 868 0.81 SWest Airlines LUV 45.93 0.19 8.5 1,101 1,183 0.65 Mgmt YTD 1-Yr 3-Yr 5 Yr
EP Energy Corp EPE 5.98 0.18 –42.7 466 414 … Swift Energy SFY 0.40 0.00 –90.1 168 67 … Last Annual % Tot % Tot % Tot % Tot
EV En Partner EVEP 3.70 –0.16 –80.8 268 154 54.05 Sysco Corp SYY 40.48 –0.11 2.0 1,104 1,074 2.96 Name Ticker Price Fee% Ret Ret Ret Ret
Exxon Mobil XOM 79.96 –0.94 –13.5 932 870 3.65 Targa Resources NGLS 25.16 –0.69 –47.5 568 486 13.12 Amcap Fund-A AMCPX 27.45 0.31 1.3 1.5 17.8 14.0
Flotek Indst FTK 10.63 1.62 –43.2 860 490 … Target Corp TGT 72.91 0.60 –4.0 949 1,117 3.07 Amer Bal Fund-A ABALX 24.82 0.23 1.9 2.7 11.9 10.8
Fluor Corp FLR 47.02 –0.82 –22.4 800 751 1.79 Team Inc TISI 38.02 0.05 –6.0 955 902 … Amer Cap Incm Bl CAIBX 56.71 0.23 –2.3 –3.5 7.3 7.0
FMC Tech FTI 33.14 –0.30 –29.2 799 607 … Tesco Corp TESO 7.79 –0.11 –39.2 632 508 2.57 Amer Cap Wrld G& CWGIX 44.88 0.37 –1.0 –2.5 11.1 7.9
Forum En Tech FET 13.86 –0.32 –33.1 629 514 … Tetra Tech TTI 8.69 –0.33 30.1 1,287 1,068 … Amer Europac Gr- AEPGX 47.46 0.42 0.7 –1.6 8.4 4.8
FreeportMcMoRan FCX 8.39 –0.47 –63.8 372 304 2.38 TOTAL SA TOT 48.95 –0.12 –4.4 941 905 5.66 Amer Fundm Inv ANCFX 52.89 0.25 3.7 4.1 16.3 12.8
Gen Electric GE 30.32 –0.04 20.0 1,131 1,181 3.04 Transocean Ltd RIG 14.51 0.06 –20.8 712 589 … Amer New Persp-A ANWPX 38.31 0.38 5.6 5.1 14.0 10.3
Genesis Energy GEL 40.49 –1.12 –4.5 873 888 6.33 Ultra Petroleum UPL 4.98 –0.08 –62.2 305 222 … Amer Smallcap Wr SMCWX 46.40 0.63 2.4 3.3 13.0 8.5
Geospace Tech GEOS 14.58 –0.85 –45.0 763 448 … United Contl UAL 57.38 –0.70 –14.2 931 1,025 … Amer Wash Mut In AWSHX 40.47 0.24 0.2 0.9 15.5 13.4
Goodrich Petro GDP 0.54 –0.01 –87.7 155 62 … UPS Inc UPS 103.14 0.00 –7.2 1,024 997 2.83 Davis NY Vent Fd NYVTX 34.48 0.50 4.4 4.9 16.6 11.4
Group 1 Auto GPI 79.82 0.89 –10.9 970 934 1.10 Valero Energy VLO 70.00 0.33 41.4 1,181 1,437 2.86 Dodge & Cox Bal DODBX 98.84 0.50 –1.3 –0.4 13.4 11.1
GulfMark Offsh GLF 5.03 –0.19 –79.4 340 171 19.88 VanguardNat Res VNR 6.09 –0.24 –59.6 400 290 23.15 Dodge & Cox Intl DODFX 38.83 0.60 –7.8 –10.4 8.7 4.5
Halcon Res HK 0.60 –0.05 –66.3 492 204 … Verizon VZ 45.08 0.04 –3.6 928 920 5.01 Dodge & Cox Stk DODGX 173.19 0.50 –2.4 –1.2 17.7 13.7
Halliburton HAL 38.11 –0.38 –3.1 823 787 1.89 W&T Offshore WTI 3.44 –0.15 –53.1 604 358 … Fdlty Bl Chip Gr FBGRX 67.75 0.71 4.1 5.5 21.1 15.6
Helix Enrgy Sol HLX 5.71 –0.59 –73.7 336 213 … Walgreen WBA 82.97 1.13 8.9 971 1,268 1.74 Fdlty Contrafund FCNTX 103.05 0.49 6.2 7.1 18.0 13.9
Hess Corp HES 60.09 –1.75 –18.6 870 751 1.66 Wal-Mart WMT 59.92 2.05 –30.2 761 735 3.27 Fdlty Diver Intl FDIVX 35.52 0.71 3.1 1.4 10.4 6.2
Huntsman Corp HUN 12.35 –0.43 –45.8 563 492 4.05 Waste Connect WCN 53.69 –0.14 22.1 1,137 1,091 1.08 Fdlty Equity-Inc FEQIX 54.58 0.45 –2.9 –2.4 12.5 10.3
Insperity Inc NSP 43.06 –0.19 27.1 820 1,430 2.04 Waste Mgmt WM 52.68 0.12 2.7 1,074 1,106 2.92 Fdlty Free 2020 FFFDX 15.08 0.00 0.2 0.2 7.3 6.7
ION Geophysical IO 0.33 0.02 –88.1 185 124 … Weatherford Int WFT 10.38 –0.20 –9.3 716 630 … Fdlty Grth & Inc FGRIX 29.57 0.45 –0.7 –0.8 15.8 13.8
Jacobs Eng JEC 40.93 –0.53 –8.4 930 867 … WeinRlty WRI 33.18 –0.01 –5.0 987 968 4.16 Fdlty Grth Co FDGRX 139.61 0.65 6.0 8.0 20.9 16.7
JC Penney JCP 7.43 –0.20 14.7 868 1,023 … Wells Fargo WFC 54.96 –0.31 0.3 1,003 1,056 2.73 Fdlty Low Pr Stk FLPSX 48.39 0.63 0.0 1.6 15.6 12.9
JPMorgan Chase JPM 66.13 –0.38 5.7 1,018 1,125 2.66 Western Gas WES 49.01 –0.66 –32.9 729 729 6.33 Fdlty Magell Fd FMAGX 93.07 0.52 3.9 5.0 19.2 12.6
KBR Inc KBR 17.93 –0.43 5.8 995 983 1.78 Westlake Chem WLK 59.05 –0.09 –3.3 851 894 1.23 Fdlty Puritan Fd FPURX 20.40 0.15 1.7 2.8 12.0 10.3
Key Energy Svcs KEG 0.51 –0.01 –69.5 196 204 … WholeFoodsMarkt WFM 29.89 –0.18 –40.7 699 638 1.81 Fdlty Spar 500 FUSEX 72.55 0.03 1.5 2.7 17.0 14.0
Kinder Morgan KMI 23.36 –0.67 –44.8 566 613 8.73 Willbros Group WG 2.45 –0.02 –60.9 1,099 521 … Fdlty Value FDVLX 108.23 0.55 –4.4 –3.0 16.4 12.6
Fidelity Bal Fd FBALX 21.39 0.15 0.6 1.3 11.4 10.0
Franklin Gr Fund FKGRX 76.62 0.45 2.6 3.7 17.2 13.0
BLOOMBERG HOUSTON CHRONICLE Franklin Income FRIAX 2.16 0.37 –4.7 –6.6 6.1 6.6
150 MOVERS Harbor Intl HAINX 63.27 0.75 –2.3 –4.5 5.3 3.8
Income Fd of Am AMECX 20.80 0.22 –1.3 –2.0 9.3 9.0
Top and bottom performers based on one-day percentage change in stock price: Pimco Tot Ret II PMBIX 9.91 0.50 –0.6 –0.3 0.5 2.6
Pimco Tot Ret-In PTTRX 10.45 0.46 0.5 0.9 1.2 3.3
DAILY GAINERS DAILY LOSERS
T Rowe Pr Equity PRFDX 30.66 0.52 –5.1 –4.1 11.8 10.7
Last 1-day 1-month Last 1-day 1-month T Rowe Pr Gr St PRGFX 56.70 0.52 9.1 8.7 20.4 15.7
Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume Tick Name Price % Chg % Chg Volume
The Bond Fd of A ABNDX 12.65 0.20 0.3 0.9 1.3 3.0
FTK Flotek Indst 10.63 18.0 –45.9 4,926,239 MDR McDermott 4.85 –17.9 –9.9 9,482,574 The Inv Co Amer- AIVSX 36.29 0.24 –0.2 –0.9 15.9 12.2
MCF Contango Oil&G 8.43 9.1 –14.1 128,042 HLX Helix Enrgy Sol 5.71 –9.4 7.7 1,506,052 Vgrd 500 Idx Fd- VFINX 189.91 0.11 1.4 2.6 17.0 14.0
IO ION Geophysical 0.33 7.9 –44.9 1,957,560 HK Halcon Res 0.60 –8.0 –39.2 1,820,154 Vgrd Eur Stk STK VEURX 27.11 0.23 –1.4 –3.3 8.2 4.8
CPPL Columbia Pipeln 14.73 4.1 3.0 266,960 EXXI Energy XXI 1.61 –7.5 –24.8 1,935,992 Vgrd Ins Tot Stk VITNX 46.39 0.04 0.8 2.2 17.1 14.0
WMT Wal-Mart 59.92 3.5 1.7 24,636,129 LINE Linn Energy 2.23 –7.5 –25.7 2,074,849 Vgrd Tot Int St VGTSX 14.78 0.17 –3.2 –6.1 5.2 2.5
PARR Par Pacific 25.73 3.5 18.4 153,151 CRR CARBO Ceramics 16.94 –7.2 –19.6 442,058 Vgrd Tot St Mk I VTSMX 51.25 0.15 0.7 2.0 16.8 13.8
EPE EP Energy Corp 5.98 3.1 –12.2 3,499,300 COG Cabot Oil&Gas 21.00 –6.9 –9.5 6,616,452 Vgrd Totl Bd VBTIX 10.69 0.04 0.5 1.2 1.3 3.0
STC Stewart Info 41.57 2.9 –2.1 192,335 SWN Southwestern En 10.93 –6.3 –16.8 16,873,835 Vgrd Wellingtn-I VWELX 38.71 0.25 0.7 1.6 11.0 10.0
SUN Sunoco LP 35.99 2.9 –2.5 522,498 OAS Oasis Petroleum 11.77 –5.5 –3.9 7,515,199 Vgrd WIndsor II VWNFX 36.34 0.34 –1.5 –0.7 14.7 12.8
CVI CVR Energy Inc 43.09 2.2 –1.6 383,437 GEOS Geospace Tech 14.58 –5.5 –10.5 126,452 Vgrd Windsor Inv VWNDX 20.86 0.37 –1.9 –0.5 17.0 13.4
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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, DALLAS DIVISION associated guaranties and mortgages,subject to the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement.
COMPETITIVE In re: § Chapter 11 6. Bar Dates.
SEALED PROPOSALS ERG Intermediate Holdings, LLC, et al.,1 § Jointly Administered a. Time for Filing Administrative Claims. The holder of an Administrative Claim,other than (i) a Fee Claim; In the 281ST
Debtors. § Case No.: 15-31858-hdh-11 (ii) a liability incurred and payable in the ordinary course of business by the Estate (and not past due); (iii) an Judicial District Court of
The Klein Independent Administrative Claim that has been Allowed on or before the Effective Date; or (iv) a DIP Facility Claim, must file Harris County, Texas

Creditors
School District will accept
Competitive Sealed Pro-
posals (including State-
ment of Qualifications) for
the 2016 Miscellaneous
Renovations – Roofing un-
NOTICE OF: (I) ENTRY OF ORDER CONFIRmINg FIRST AmENDED JOINT CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF
REORgANIzATION DATED SEPTEmBER 18, 2015, AS AmENDED, IN RESPECT OF ERg INTERmEDIATE with the Bankruptcy Court and serve on the Reorganized Debtors,the Exempt Assets Trustee,and the Office of the PLAINTIFF: THE BANK OF
HOLDINgS, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATED DEBTORS; (II) EFFECTIVE DATE; AND (III) BAR DATES FOR United States Trustee, notice of such Administrative Claim within forty (40) days after service of this Notice of the NEW YORK MELLON (FKA
CERTAIN ADmINISTRATIVE CLAImS, PROFESSIONAL FEE CLAImS AND REJECTION DAmAgE CLAImS Effective Date (i.e,by December 22,2015).Such notice must include at a minimum (A) the name of the holder of the THE BANK OF NEW
Claim;(B) the amount of the Claim;and (C) the basis of the Claim.Failure to file and serve such notice timely YORK) AS TRUSTEE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWINg: and properly shall result in the Administrative Claim being forever barred and discharged.
1. Confirmation of the Plan. On October 30, 2015 (the“Confirmation Date”), the United States Bankruptcy vs.
b. Time for Filing Fee Claims. Professional Persons asserting a Fee Claim for services rendered before the DEFENDANT: JOSE RENE

Ad
til 2:00 p.m., Tuesday,
December 8, 2015, at the
Klein ISD Administration
Building, Attn: Mr. Robert
Court for the Northern District of Texas (the“Bankruptcy Court”) entered an order (the“Confirmation Order”) con-
firming the First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization Dated September 18, 2015, As Amended, In
Respect of ERG Intermediate Holdings, LLC And Its Affiliated Debtors (the “Plan”) in the chapter 11 cases of the
above-captioned debtors (collectively, the “Debtors”). Unless otherwise defined in this Notice, capitalized terms
and phrases used herein have the meanings given to them in the Plan and the Confirmation Order.
Effective Date must, unless previously filed, file with the Bankruptcy Court and serve on the Reorganized Debtors
GONZALEZ, RANDY GON-
and the Disbursing Agent and such other entities who are designated by the Bankruptcy Rules,the Professional Fee ZALEZ, AND THE UN-
Order,the Confirmation Order or other order of the Bankruptcy Court an application for final Allowance of such Fee
Claim no later than 30 days after the Confirmation Date;provided,however,that any Professional Person who may KNOWN HEIRS AT LAW
receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals Order may con- OF ELIA DEYSY GONZA-

$
69.00*
Robertson, Associate Su- 2. Effective Date. Pursuant to the Confirmation Order,the Debtors hereby certify and give notice that the Plan tinue to receive such compensation and reimbursement of expenses for services rendered before the Effective Date LEZ (AKA ELIA D MARTI-
perintendent Facilities & became effective in accordance with its terms,and the Effective Date occurred,on November 12,2015. pursuant to the Ordinary Course Professionals Order without further Bankruptcy Court review or approval (except NEZ)
School Services, Room 3. Releases. as provided in the Ordinary Course Professionals Order). CITATION BY
214, 7200 Spring Cypress a. Releases by the Debtors and Reorganized Debtors. As of the Effective Date, the Debtors and the Objections to any Fee Claim must be filed with the Bankruptcy Court and served on the Reorganized Debtors and PUBLICATION
Road, Klein, Texas 77379- Reorganized Debtors, on behalf of themselves and their Affiliates, the Estates and their respective successors, the Disbursing Agent and the requesting party by the later of (A) 14 days after the Filing of the applicable request THE STATE OF TEXAS
3299. assigns and any and all entities who may purport to claim by,through,for or because of them,forever release,waive COUNTY OF Harris
+$5.00 Affidavit Fee and discharge all Claims that they have, or had against any Released Party except with respect to any obligations
arising under or in connection with the Plan, including in connection with any agreement, document, or contract
for payment of the Fee Claim or (B) such other period of limitation as may be specifically fixed by a Final Order for
objecting to such Fee Claims. NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:
The Proposal documents, The failure to timely file and serve a Fee Application shall result in the Fee Claim being forever ‘‘You have been sued.
Call Cynthia including the Prop osal
Form, Statement of Quali-
entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan;provided that the foregoing provisions will have no effect on
the liability of any Person otherwise resulting from any act or omission since the Petition Date to the extent that
such act or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted willful misconduct.As of the Effective Date,
barred and discharged.
c. Rejection Damage Claims. Notwithstanding anything in the Bar Date Order to the contrary, Claims cre-
You may employ an attor-
ney. If you or your attor-
fications form, Project ated by the rejection of executory contracts and unexpired leases or the expiration or termination of any execu- ney does not file a written
713-362-6435 Drawings, and Specifica-
tions will be released on or
without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing,the Debtors are deemed to release and forever waive and
discharge any and all Lambert Road Avoidance Actions.
b. general Release by Holders of Claims and membership Interests. As of the Effective Date, in con-
tory contract or unexpired lease prior to the Confirmation Date are Unsecured Claims and must be filed with the
Bankruptcy Court and served on the Debtors or, if after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, the Exempt
Assets Trustee,and the ERG Plan Trustee:(a) in the case of an executory contract or unexpired lease rejected by the
answer with the clerk who
issued this citation by
about November 18, 2015, sideration for the obligations of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors under the Plan and the Cash, contracts, 10:00 a.m. on the Monday
*$69.00 includes first 36 lines and may be obtained at
the offices of the
instruments,releases,agreements or documents to be entered into or delivered in connection with the Plan,except
for the Prepetition Agent and the Prepetition Lenders, each holder of a Claim or Membership Interest (solely in its
Debtors prior to the Confirmation Date, in accordance with the order rejecting such executory contract or unex-
pired lease; or (b) in the case of an executory contract or unexpired lease that (i) was terminated or expired by its next following the expira-
tion of forty-two days af-
terms prior to the Confirmation Date;or (ii) is rejected pursuant to the Plan,no later than thirty (30) days after the
*$1.92 per line over 36 lines Engineer/Consultant: capacity as such) that voted in favor of the Plan to the fullest extent permissible under law, is deemed to forever
release, waive and discharge all Claims in any way relating to a Debtor, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Estates, the Plan,
Confirmation Date (i.e., by November 30, 2015.) Any such Claims for which a proof of claim is not filed and served
by the deadlines set forth herein will be forever barred from assertion and shall not be enforceable against the
ter the date of issuance of
this citation and petition,
Price Consulting, Inc. the exhibits to the Plan and the Plan Supplement, the Disclosure Statement, or the Prepetition Facility that such Debtors or their Estates.Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, all such Claims that are timely filed a default judgment may
211 Highland Cross Drive Person has, had or may have against any Released Party (which release will be in addition to the discharge of as provided herein shall be treated as Unsecured Claims under the Plan subject to objection by the Disbursing be taken against you.’ ’
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given BIDS Suite 220 Claims provided in the Plan and under the Confirmation Order and the Bankruptcy Code),except with respect to any Agent. YOU ARE HEREBY COM-
& PROPOSALS Houston, Texas 77073 obligations arising under or in connection with the Plan or any act, event, injury, omission, transaction, or agree- 7. Service Upon Claims and Noticing Agent. Proofs of claim that are required to be filed in accordance M A ND ED to be and ap-
that original Letters of ment arising after the Effective Date (other than Claims relating to such act, event, injury, omission, transaction or
Administration for the Es- Phone: 281-209-1724 with the terms of the Plan, the Confirmation Order or other applicable orders of the Bankruptcy Court must be pear before the 281st Judi-
Houston Community agreement first arising or occurring prior to the Effective Date);provided,however,that the foregoing provision has served on the Debtors’claims and noticing agent,All proofs of claim must be filed so as to be received on or before
tate of Ronald Bolton, College no effect on the liability of any Person otherwise resulting from any such act or omission to the extent that such act cial District Court of Harris
Generally, the Project con- the applicable Bar Date, at the following address: If via first class mail: ERG Intermediate Holdings, LLC County, Texas in the
Deceased, were issued on Notice of Procurement or omission is determined in a Final Order to have constituted willful misconduct. Claims Processing Center, c/o Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 4419, Beaverton, OR 97076-4419 -or- If via
October 28, 2015, in Opportunities sists of performing roof re- 4. Discharge of Claims Courthouse in the city of
placement work at Klein messenger or overnight mail: ERG Intermediate Holdings, LLC Claims Processing Center, c/o Epiq Bankruptcy Houston, Texas at or be-
Cause No. 438022, pend- Project No. IFB 16-05 a. Pursuant to section 1141(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, and, except as set forth in Section 4.1(b) of the Plan Solutions,LLC,10300 SW Allen Blvd,Beaverton,OR 97005.Proofs of claim will be deemed filed only when actually
ing in the Probate Court Reroofing at HCC’s Admin- Collins High School and or in any contract, instrument, or other agreement or document created pursuant to the Plan, the distributions, fore 10:00 o’clock A.M.
received by the Debtors’ claims agent, Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC. Proofs of claim may not be delivered
No. 1, Harris County, istration Building, 3100 Athletic Field Concessions rights, and treatment that are provided in the Plan are in complete satisfaction, discharge, and release, effective by facsimile or electronic mail transmission. Any facsimile or electronic mail submissions will not be accepted Monday , the 16th day of
Texas, to: Independent Main Stand/Restroom Buildings, as of the Effective Date,of Claims,Membership Interests,and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever,including and will not be deemed filed until a proof of claim is submitted by one of the methods described above. NOVEMBER, 2015, being
Administratrix, Mikell and applying elastomeric any interest accrued from and after the Petition Date, whether known or unknown, against, liabilities of, Liens on, 8. Notice Parties’ Service Addresses. Any notices, requests, and demands required or permitted to be pro- the Monday next after the
Bolton. coating on single ply roofs obligations of,rights against,and interests in,the Debtors or any of their assets or properties,regardless of whether vided under the Plan, in order to be effective, shall be in writing (including, without express or implied limita- expiration date of forty-
A pre-bid meeting for IFB any property is distributed or retained pursuant to the Plan on account of such Claims and Membership Interests,
All persons having claims 16-05 will be held at HCCS at Frank Elementary tion, by facsimile transmission), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been two days after this citation
School, Krimmel Inter- including demands, liabilities, and Causes of Action that arose before the Effective Date, any contingent or non duly given or made when actually delivered or, in the case of notice by facsimile transmission, when received and is issued, and you are
against this Estate which Administration Building, contingent liability on account of representations or warranties issued on or before the Effective Date,and all debts
is currently being admin- 3100 Main, Houston, Texas mediate School, telephonically confirmed, addressed as follows: (i) If to the Debtors: Jones Day, 717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3300, hereby commanded and
Schindewolf Intermediate of the kind specified in sections 502(g), 502(h), or 502(i) of the Bankruptcy Code.The provisions of Section 14.4 of Houston,Texas 77002, Attn:Tom A.Howley;With a copy to: ERG Resources, LLC,Three Allen Center, 333 Clay Street, required then and there to
istered are required to 77002, on Wednesday, the Plan do not apply to the Prepetition Facility Claims.
present them to the un- December 2, 2015, at 2:00 School, and Klein Forest Suite 4400,Houston,TX 77002,Attn:Kelly Plato;(ii) If to the Prepetition Agent or the DIP Agent: CLMG Corp., appear and file written an-
b. In accordance with the foregoing,except as provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order,the Confirmation 7195 Dallas Parkway,Plano,TX 75024,Attn:James Erwin;With a copy to:White & Case LLP,555 South Flower Street,
dersigned within the time p.m. (local time). High School. Order is a judicial determination,as of the Effective Date,of a discharge of all Claims,including any debts and liabili- swer to the PLAINTIFFS
and in the manner pre- Suite 2700, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Attn:Roberto J.Kampfner; (iii) If to the Committee: Pachulski Stang Ziehl & ORIGINAL PETITION, filed
ties against the Debtors, pursuant to sections 524 and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, and such discharge shall void Jones LLP,780Third Avenue,34th Floor,NewYork,NY 10017,Attn:Robert J.Feinstein;(iv) If to the Exempt Assets
scribed by law. Documents can be ob- A deposit check of $100, any judgment obtained against a Debtor at any time, to the extent that such judgment relates to a discharged in said Court on the 24th
made out to Klein Inde- Trustee: Jason R.Searcy,SEARCY & SEARCY P.C.,446 Forest Square,P.O.Box 3929,Longview,TX 75606;With a copy day of FEBRUARY 2015, in
c/o: Jessica Rymer, tained at: www.hccs.edu/ Claim. to: Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, 780 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Attn: Robert J. Feinstein;
Attorney At Law district/departments/ pendent School District, 5. Injunctions. suit numbered 2 0 1 5 -
will be required for each (v) If to the ERg Plan Trustee: Sean Clements, Opportune LLP, 711 Louisiana St #3100, Houston,TX 77002; (vi) 1 0 6 1 8 docket of said
2839 North Main procurement. a. As of the Effective Date,all Persons who have been,are,or may be holders of Claims against or Membership If to the United States Trustee: Office of the United States Trustee,1100 Commerce Street,Room 976,Dallas,TX
Suite 104 hard-copy set of Project Interests in the Debtors are permanently enjoined from taking any of the following actions against or affecting 75242,Attn:Erin Schmidt. court, wherein, BANK OF
Stafford, TX 77477 Sealed bids will be re- Drawings/Project Manual the Reorganized Debtors,the Debtors,the Estates,the Assets,the Disbursing Agent,the ERG Plan Trust,the Exempt 9. Copies of the Plan,Confirmation Order and Proof of Claim Forms.Copies of the Plan,the Confirmation NEW YORK MELLON
DATED the 16th day of ceived in Procurement Op- requested. Deposits will Assets Trust,or any of their respective current or former members,directors,managers,officers,employees,agents, Order and Proof of Claim Forms may be obtained free of charge at http://dm.epiq11.com/ERG. (FKA THE BANK OF NEW
November, 2015. be returned to document trustees, professionals or successors and assigns (other than Scott Y.Wood and his non-Debtor Affiliates) or their YORK) AS TRUSTEE,
erations (3100 Main respective assets and property with respect to such Claims or Membership Interests (other than actions brought to Dated:November 12,2015 BY ORDER OF THE COURT
The Law Office of Jessica Street, Room No. 11A06, holders returning sets in Plaintiff (s), and J O S E
good condition within 10 enforce any rights or obligations under the Plan and other than with respect to the Prepetition Facility Claims): Tom A. Howley, JONES DAY, 717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3300, Houston, Texas 77002, Telephone: (832) 239-3939, RENE GONZALES, RAN-
Swann Rymer Houston, Texas 77002) un- i. commencing,conducting or continuing in any manner,directly or indirectly,any suit,action or other pro- tahowley@jonesday.com -and- Brad B.Erens,Joseph A.Florczak,JONES DAY,77WestWacker,Chicago,Illinois 60601,
2839 North Main til 2:00PM (local time) on days after proposal due DY S GONZALEZ AND
date. Documents in elec- ceeding of any kind (including all suits, actions, and proceedings that are pending as of the Effective Date, which Telephone: (312) 782-3939, bberens@jonesday.com, jflorczak@jonesday.com, Attorneys for the Debtors -and- THE UNKNOWN HEIRS
Suite 104 Tuesday, December 15,, must be withdrawn or dismissed with prejudice); Thomas E Lauria, State Bar No. 11998025, WHITE & CASE LLP, Southeast Financial Center, Suite 4900, 200 South
Stafford, TX 77477 2015. tronic format may be ob- AT LAW OF ELIA DEYSY
ii. enforcing, levying, attaching, collecting or otherwise recovering by any manner or means, whether Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33131, Telephone: (305) 371-2700, Facsimile: (305) 358-5744, tlauria@whitecase.com
Tel: (281) 969-8911 tained from the Engineer directly or indirectly,any judgment,award,decree or order; GONZALEZ (AKA ELIA D
-and- Craig H. Averch, State Bar No. 01451020, Roberto J. Kampfner (admitted pro hac vice), WHITE & CASE LLP,
Fax: (281) 966-1772 at no cost. iii. creating,perfecting or otherwise enforcing in any manner,directly or indirectly,any encumbrance;and 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Telephone: (213) 620-7700, Facsimile: (213) 452-2329, MARTINEZ) Defendant(s),
By: /S/ Jessica Rymer NOTICE TO BIDDERS iv. asserting any setoff,right of subrogation or recoupment of any kind;provided,that any defenses,offsets caverch@whitecase.com, rkampfner@whitecase.com, Attorneys for CLMG Corp., in its capacity as the Prepetition the nature of plaintiff’s de-
Jessica Rymer A Pre-Proposal Confer- or counterclaims which the Debtors may have or assert in respect of the above referenced Claims are fully preserved Agent mand and the said petition
Attorney for Independent Sealed bids in duplicate, ence will be held at the in accordance with Section 15.11 of the Plan. 1
The Debtors in these cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, are alleging: SUIT INVOLVING
Administratrix addressed to Fort Bend Commons Area in Klein b. In addition,the Confirmation Order enjoins permanently the commencement or prosecution by any Person, ERG Intermediate Holdings, LLC (2521); ERG Resources, L.L.C. (0408);West Cat Canyon, L.L.C. (7377); ERG Interests, LAND
State Bar No. 24035485 County Municipal Utility Collins High School at whether directly, derivatively or otherwise, of any Claims released pursuant to the Plan. Nothing contained in LLC (2081);and ERG Operating Company,LLC (8385).ERG Intermediate Holdings,LLC is the direct or indirect parent Plaintiff the Bank of New
jessica@jsrymerlaw.com District No. 128 will be 20811 Ella Boulevard, Section 14.7 of the Plan affects the rights of (i) the Exempt Assets Trust from asserting, prosecuting, or enforc- of each of its affiliated Debtors.The mailing address for each of the Debtors, with the exception of ERG Operating York Mellon f/k/a the Bank
received at the offices of Spring, Texas 77388 on ing any judgment obtained in respect of any Transferred Cause of Action; or (ii) the Prepetition Agent and the Company,LLC,is 333 Clay Street Suite 4400,Houston,TX 77002.The mailing address for ERG Operating Company,LLC of New York, as Trustee for
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Costello, Inc., 9990 Rich- Tuesday, November 24, Prepetition Lenders from asserting, prosecuting, or enforcing against any non-Debtor party any rights in respect is 4900 California Avenue Suite 300B, Bakersfield, CA 93309.The above addresses are listed solely for the purposes the Certificateholders of
Notice is hereby given that mond Avenue, Suite 450, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. Site of or relating to the Prepetition Loan Documents, including rights against Scott Y.Wood in respect of any and all of notices and communications. the CWABS, Inc. Asset-
original Letters of Inde- North Building, Houston, visits to each of the sub- Backed Certificates, Series
pendent Administration Texas 77042 until 10:00 ject schools will be con- 2006-17, its successors
with Will Annesed for the a.m. local time, Wednes- ducted following the meet- CAUSE NUMBER: and assigns by and
Estate of John L. Winoski, day, November 25, 2015 ing. The City of Houston Floodplain Management Of- 2015-46098 NOTICE OF INTENT TO OPERATE through its attorney of re-
Deceased, were issued on and then publicly opened fice and the Permit Office of the Harris County En- IN THE 125TH JUDICIAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY cord, Danya F. Gladney of
OctNovember 10, 2015, in and read for furnishing gineering Department, in accordance with Nation- DISTRICT COURT OF TCEQ PERMIT NO. MSW-2364 Barrett Daffin Frappier
Cause No. 443785, pend- all plant, labor, material
LEGAL NOTICES al Flood Insurance Program regulation 65.7(b)(1), HARRIS COUNTY Turner & Engel, LLP, 1900
ing in the Probate Court and equipment and per- hereby gives notice of the County’s intent to re- TEXAS The Ralston Road Transfer Station was originally St. James Place, Suite
No. 1, Harris County, Texas, forming all work required Annual Management vise the flood hazard information for White Oak Plaintiff9s): WILLIAM permitted on February 15, 2011. The 5.45-acre 500, Houston , TX 77056.
to Robert Wisnoski. for the construction of Report Hearing Notice Bayou (E100-00-00), generally located between RANEY BRAASTAD AND 713-693-2027, brought
ALEX LIEBER-ALESSIE site is located at the intersection of John Ralston suit against Defendants
All persons having claims the project: Water, Drain- The Rhodes School will the mouth of E100-00-00 and approximately
against this Estate which is age and Paving Improve- hold a public hearing on 3,000 feet upstream of the North Houston vs. Road and U.S. Highway 90 approximately 3.4 Jose Rene Gonzalez, Ran-
currently being adminis- ments for Cabrera Road Thursday, December 3, Rosslyn Road bridge. Flood hazard information Defendant(s): THOMAS miles northeast of the intersection of U.S. High- dy S. Gonzalez, and the
tered are required to pres- in Fort Bend County, 2015, to present its annual changes are also proposed for Vogel Creek (E121- ARMSTRONG, ET UX, Unknown Heirs of Elia
MARY ARMSTRONG way 90 and Interstate 610. The entrance is off of Deysy Gonzalez a/k/a Elia
ent them to the under- Texas. The location of Financial Management Re- 00-00) between its mouth and 600 feet upstream
signed within the time and the work is the intersec- port. of Gulf Bank Road. The flood hazard information CITATION BY John Ralston Road, approximately 580 feet south D. Martinez to enforce the
in the manner prescribed tion of Cabrera Road and TIME 6:30 p.m. revisions are being proposed as part of Condition- PUBLICATION of the intersection with U.S. Highway 90, in Hous- Loan Agreement on the
by law. LJ Parkway. A voluntary Location 12818 Tidwell al Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) Case No. 14- THE STATE OF TEXAS property located at 17711
County of Harris ton, Harris County, Texas. The facility has not
c/o Brian W. Frink pre-bid conference will Rd., Houston, Texas 77044 06-3864R for a proposed project along E100-00- Glenmorris Drive, Houston,
Attn: Attorney at Law be held in the office of 00; and White Oak Bayou tributaries E121-00-00, To: THOMAS ARM- been constructed or ever opened for waste accept- TX 77084 and legally de-
MOORE & FRINK, PLLC Costello, Inc. at 10:00 E141-00-00 and E200-00-00. The Harris County STRONG, ET UX, MARY ance. scribed as:
Case No. FA-2015-29 ARMSTRONG (WHOSE
P.O. Box 249 a.m. local time, Wednes- Flood Control District initiated the CLOMR to re- LOT TWENTY-SIX (26),
Frankston, Texas 75763 day, November 18, 2015. flect the flood hazard changes from all currently RESIDENCE AND BLOCK FIVE (5), OR
IN AND FOR THE WHEREABOUTS ARE The site is a Texas Commission on Environmental
DATED the 12th day of All prospective bidders DISTRICT planned channel improvement and regional deten- NORTHGLEN, SECTION
November, 2015. are invited to attend. tion improvements along E100-00-00, E121-00- UNKNOWN) (TCEQ) permitted Type V facility and is author- TWO (2), A SUBDIVISION
COURT OF BRYAN YOU ARE HEREBY COM-
/s/ Brian W. Frink Plans, specifications and COUNTY STATE OF 00, E141-00-00 and E200-00-00. Once the proj- ized to store and process municipal solid waste, a IN HARRIS COUNTY,
State Bar No.: 24077642 bid documents may be ect has been completed, a Letter of Map Revision MANDED to be and appear TEXAS, ACCORDING TO
OKLAHOMA before the 125th Judicial term defined in 30 TAC Chapter 330.3 as solid
MOORE & FRINK, PLLC viewed and downloaded (LOMR) request should be submitted that will, in THE MAP OF PLAT
P.O. Box 249 free of charge (with the part, revise the following flood hazards along District Court of Harris waste resulting from or incidental to municipal, THEREOF, RECORDED IN
In the Matter of the County, Texas in the Court-
Frankston, Texas 75763 option to purchase hard Adoption of E100-00-00 and E121-00-00: community, commercial, institutional, and recrea- VOLUME 273, PAGE 121
Telephone: (903) copies) at the house in the city of Hous- OF THE MAP RECORDS
CivCastUSA Website (ww ton, Texas at or before tional activities, including garbage, putrescible OF HARRIS COUNTY,
876-5086 A Minor Child
Facsimile: (903) w.CivCastUSA.com). Re- The floodway would be revised from the mouth of 10:00 o’clock A.M. Mon- waste, rubbish, ashes, brush, street cleanings, TEXAS.
production charges will day, the 21st day of De- abandoned automobiles and all other solid waste Notice hereof shall be giv-
876-4884 NOTICE OF HEARING TO E100-00-00 to approximately 3,000 feet up- cember, 2015, being the
E-mail: brian@moorefrink apply according to DETERMINE INDENTITY stream of the North Houston Rosslyn Road bridge other than industrial waste. Class 2 and 3 industri- en by publishing this Cita-
law.com CivCastUSA rates. along E100-00-00. The floodway would be revised Monday next after the ex- tion once a week for four
piration date of forty-two al waste as defined in 30 TAC Chapter 335, Sub- consecutive weeks previ-
Attorney for Robert Notice is given that at from the mouth of E121-00-00 to approximately days after this citation is
Wisnoski 11:00 a.m., on Jan. 4, 2016 600 feet upstream of Gulf Bank Road along E121- part R, may be accepted. Construction and demo- ous to the 1 6 T H day of
NOTICE TO BIDDERS issued, and you are hereby NOVEMBER, 2015, in
Sealed proposals for the or as soon thereafter as 00-00. commanded and required lition debris waste as defined in 30TAC Chapter
NOTICE TO CREDITORS the matter may be heard, some newspaper publish-
Notice is hereby given that Construction of Water, then and there to appear 330.3 may be accepted. ed in the County of Harris,
in the above-entitled court,
original Letters Testamen- Sewer and Drainage Facili- at Durant, Oklahoma, the Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) would increase and and file written answer tot if there be a newspaper
tary for the Estate of ties to serve Hidden Lakes, court will hear the petition decrease along E100-00-00 and E121-00-00. The he Original Petition, filed
In accordance with TAC Chapter 39, Section published therein, but if
MARY R. REYES, De- Section 4-B and Hidden on Christopher Matlock Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) would increase in said Court on the 6th not, then the nearest coun-
ceased, were issued on Lakes Section 5-B, within day of August, 2015, in a 39.510, WCT is informing you that the Ralston ty where a newspaper is
and Ashley Matlock for de- and decrease along E100-00-00 and E121-00-00.
November 10, 2015, in Galveston County Munici- termination of whether you Increases are the result of corrections to previous suit numbered 2015- Road Transfer Station is currently inactive and, as published , and this Cita-
Cause No. 443580, pend- pal Utility District No. 45, are the natural father of a hydrologic and hydraulic modeling or mapping er- 46098 docket of said a permitted facility, may begin operation or con- tion shall be returned on
ing in the Probate Court will be received at the of- female child, born on Au- rors, and not related to any physical changes or court, wherein WILLIAM
struction in the future. WCT anticipates the initia-
12TH day of NOVEMBER,
No. 1, Harris County, Texas, fice of Dannenbaum Engi- gust 21, 2015 at Kingwood construction. RANEY BRAASTAD AND 2015 which is forty two
to: ANNA MARINA LO- neering Corporation, 3100 Medical Center, Kingwood, ALEX LIEBER-ALESSIE the tion of construction and operation of the facility in days after the date it is is-
West Alabama, Houston, Plaintiff(s) and THOMAS sued, and the first publica-
PEZ. Montgomery County, the Fall of 2016.
All persons having claims Texas 77098 (Tel.
Texas, and if so, whether Maps and detailed analysis of the revision can be ARMSTRONG, ET UX, tion shall be at least
713/520 9570) until 10:00 MARY ARMSTRONG, twenty-eight days before
against this Estate which is your consent is required reviewed at the City of Houston Floodplain Man-
currently being adminis- A.M. CST, Tuesday, De- for her adoption by peti- agement office at 1002 Washington Avenue 3rd Defendant(s). For Further Information: Contact the TCEQ Waste said return day.
tered are required to pres- cember 1st, 2015 and then tioner. Floor, Houston, TX 77002. Interested persons CASE SUMMARY Permits Division Director at MC 124, P.O. Box HEREIN FAIL NOT, but
ent them to the under- publicly opened and read. may call City of Houston Floodplain Management This suit sounds in Tres-
13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or call at 512-239- have before said court on
signed within the time and A NON-MANDATORY PRE- Your failure to appear may at 832-394-9380 for additional information from pass to Try Title - Adverse said return day this Writ
in the manner prescribed BID CONFERENCE WILL result in termination of 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday. Possession, regarding real 1000. You may also contact Marcos Elizondo, Re- with your return thereon,
by law. BE HELD AT THE OFFICE property situated at 2117 gion Director at Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P., showing how you have exe-
OF DANNENBAUM ENGI- your parental rights with Elision St., Houston, Texas
c/o: respect to the child. The City of Houston Ad- 14115 Davis Estate Rd., Needville, TX, 77461 or cuted same.
BRIAN D. KENNEMER NEERING CORPORATION ministration and Regula- 77026, and said property WITNESS: CHRIS DAN-
ON Thursday, November is legally described as: call at 979-246-2865. IEL, District Clerk, Harris
Attorney at Law
19th, at 10:00 A.M. CST. WITNESS MY HAND AND tory Affairs Department NOTICE OF INTENT TO OPERATE LOT 8, in BLOCK 34 of
403 W. Sealy St SEAL this 4 day of Nov., has received the follow- County, Texas
Alvin, TX 77511 Each bid must be accom-
2015. ing applications for resi- MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY LITTLE & DICKINSON, an GIVEN UNDER MY HAND
DATED the 12th day of panied by certified check dential permit parking addition in HARRIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC IN THE GENERAL AND SEAL OF SAID
or bid bond, duly executed, TCEQ PERMIT NO. MSW-2276 COUNTY, TEXAS, accord- HEARING COURT COURT at Houston, Texas
November, 2015. /s/ Mark Campbell areas. Residential Permit
/s/ Brian D. Kennemer in the amount of five (5%) Parking designation pro- ing to the map or plat OF JUSTICE DISTRICT this 1ST day of OCTOBER,
percent of the bid. Bid District Judge
BRIAN D. KENNEMER vides for the establish- The Applerock Disposal Facility was originally per- thereof recorded int he TO DISCUSS HARMONY COURT DIVISION 2015.
Attorney for ANNA Documents will be availa- ment of parking permit MAP RECORDS of HAR- PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATE 15 CVD (SEAL)
MARINA LOPEZ ble online at www.civcastu
By: Donna Alexander, areas in neighborhoods mitted in June, 2003. The 100.644-acre site is lo- RIS COUNTY, TEXAS, to- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTA- CHRIS DANIEL
State Bar No.: 24036892 sa.com. Court Clerk,Deputy with documented prob- cated at 313 Genoa Red Bluff Road, approximate- gether with all improve- BILITY RATING NORTH CAROLINA District Clerk
403 W. Sealy St GALVESTON COUNTY lems from parking by ments thereon. GUILFORD COUNTY Harris County, Texas
Alvin, TX 77511 MUNICIPAL UTILITY
Approved For Entry: commuters. ly one-quarter mile east of the intersection of Notice thereof shall be giv- As part of the December 201 CAROLINE
Telephone: (281) DISTRICT NO. 45 en by publishing this Cita- 14, 2015 Board of Direc- DANG HUU LE, Houston, Texas 77002
/s/ John H. Nix State Highway 3 (Old Galveston Highway) and tion once a week for four tors Regular Meeting, Plaintiff, PO Box 4651
585-4500 Law Office of John Nix A public hearing is
Facsimile: (281) 331-3715 Notice to Proposers 514 N. Elm scheduled for: Genoa Red Bluff Road, within the City of Houston consecutive weeks previ- Harmony Public Schools Houston, Texas 77210
E-mail: bdkennemer@ ous to the 14th day of De- will hold a public hearing By: /s/ Juanika Trosclair
Sherman, Texas 75090 in Harris County, Texas. In December 2003 the cember, 2015 in some to discuss the HPS vs. Deputy District Clerk
yahoo.com Gulf Coast Waste Disposal (903) 868-2600 phone Date:
Authority (GCA) (“Authori- (903) 868-2330 fax December 8, 2015 permit was transferred to Waste Corporation of newspape3r published in Schools’ 2014-2015 Fi- Newspaper:
the County of Harris, if nancial Rating Systems BICH THI THU DOAN, Houston Chronicle
BIDS ty”) is soliciting sealed Texas, L.P (WCT). The site has never been devel- there be a newspaper pub- of Texas (FIRST) ac- Defendant. Issued at the request of:
proposals from qualified SOLICITATION FOR BIDS Time: 5:30 p.m.
& PROPOSALS
firms to provide Invest- oped or opened for waste acceptance. lished therein, but if not countability ratings. The Danya F. Gladney
ment Advisory Services. Location: Parking then the nearest county meeting will be held at TO: BICH THI THU Address: 1900 St. James
EDUCATION SERVICE Harris County - Joint where a newspaper is pub- 6:00 p.m. in the Multi- DOAN, Defendant
CENTER REGION 17, (THE Proposal packages are due County/City Processing Management Division Place, Suite 500
CENTER), IS SOLICITING no later than 2:00 pm Center Bid Package #2 2020 McKinney The site is a Texas Commission on Environmental lished, and this Citation purpose Room, located at Houston, TX 77056
Houston, TX 77003 shall be returned on De- 9321 W Sam Houston TAKE NOTICE that a Bar Number: 24059786
SEALED PROPOSALS ON (CST), on Monday, Janu- Clark/Horizon a Joint Ven- Quality (TCEQ) permitted Type IV facility and is cember 14th, 2015, which Pkwy S, Houston, TX complaint seeking an ab-
BEHALF OF THE WEST ary 4, 2016 to the fol- ture, CMAR, is requesting authorized to store, process, and dispose of is forty-two days after the 77099." solute divorce was filed
TEXAS FOOD SERVICE CO- lowing address. In proposals for the above Purpose: To receive oral
or written testimony for date it is issued, and the on September 29, 2015
OPERATIVE FOR THE person/Courier/Overnig referenced project located wastes in accordance with the permitted site oper- first publication shall be at in the office of the Clerk
PROCESSING OF USDA ht or By Mail: GULF at 700 N. San Jacinto the following proposed SER-Niños Charter
COMMODITY FOOD PROD- COAST WASTE DISPOSAL Street, Houston, TX 77002. Residential Permit Park- ating plan. The acceptable wastes include: least twenty-eight days be- of Superior Court for
School, Houston, Harris Guilford County, North State of Connecticut
ing area. Only the streets fore said return day.
UCTS. PROPOSALS WILL AUTHORITY, Manager of Construction of the com- construction-demolition debris, brush, yard HEREIN FAIL NOT, but County, Texas Carolina, Greensboro di-
BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 11:00 Financial Services, 910 plete building (above foun- and blocks listed below Notice of Hearing on vision. Court of Probate, District
AM, JANUARY 12, 2016 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, dations) is available for are being considered. waste, and rubbish that are free from other types have before said court on
2014 Financial Manage- You must answer this of New Haven Regional
said return day this Writ
THROUGH TX 77058. Late proposals bid. All competitive sealed of municipal solid wastes. with your return thereon, ment Report November complaint within forty Children’s Probate Court
www.bidforge.com AND will not be considered. proposals are due on De- 101315-62-253 100 block 30, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.
of Dennis (north side) be- showing how you have exe- (40) days of December
PROPOSALS WILL BE Proposals must include cember 10, 2015 at cuted same. SER-Niños Charter 21, 2015, exclusive of that
OPENED AT 3:00 PM ON three (3) hard copy pro- 2:00pm at 5353 West Ala- tween Helena and Albany In accordance with the Texas Administrative Code, School Board of Trustees date. Upon failure to so NOTICE TO Robert Mad-
requested times, Thurs- W ITNESS: Chris Daniel, dox, whose last known
JANUARY 14, 2016. INFOR- posals including a submit- bama, Suite 220, Houston, Chapter 39, Section 39.510, WCT is informing you District Clerk, Harris will hold its annual public answer or otherwise
MATION ON PROPOSALS tal letter and one (1) elec- TX 77056. A non- day – Sunday, 8 pm – 7 hearing for the 2014 Fi- plead, Plaintiff will apply residence was in the town
am, tow-away zone County, Texas
CAN BE OBTAINED BY tronic copy on CDs or mandatory pre-bid confer- that the Applerock Disposal Facility is currently in- GIVEN UNDER MY HAND nancial Management Re- to the relief requested on of Houston, TX.
CALLING 806-281-5710 OR memory stick containing ence (Divisions 1-7 at 1:00 port, which is based on January 25, 2015, 2015
AT http://wtfsc.esc17. THE electronic files of all other PM, and Divisions 8-32 at Oral testimony will be active and, as a permitted facility, may begin oper- AND SEAL OF SAID
financial data from the in Courtroom 2A of the
limited to two minutes. COURT at Houston, Texas
CENTER RESERVES THE proposal contents. All 2:00 PM) will be held on ation or construction in the future. WCT antici- this 6th day of November, 2013-2014 fiscal year. Guilford County Court- Pursuant to an order of
RIGHT TO REJECT ANY quotes must be plainly November 17, 2015 at The Hearing will be held house Building, Greens- Hon. Frank J. Forgione,
AND/OR ALL PROPOSALS. marked with the quote Houston Development Inc. Prior to the hearing, writ- pates the initiation of construction and operation 2015.
on November 30 2015, at boro, North Carolina, or Judge, a hearing will be
name: INVESTMENT AD- 5330 Griggs Road, Hous- ten testimony may be of the facility in the Fall of 2016. 10:30 a.m., at the Charter as soon thereafter as held at New Haven Re-
VISORY SERVICES. sent to: (SEAL) gional Children’s Court,
Houston Community ton, TX 77021. Electronic, School campus located at may be heard.
College Proposer is responsible for faxed, or late bids will not 5610 Gulfton, Houston, 873 State Street, New
parking@houstontx.gov Chris Daniel,
Notice of Procurement Op- delivery of response by the be accepted. Bid docu- For Further Information: Contact the TCEQ Waste District Clerk TX 77081. This 30th day of Octo-
Haven, CT 06511-3923
portunities date and time set for the ments can be viewed at Complete written copies ber, 2015. on December 2, 2015 at
Project No. IFB 16-04 closing of the quote ac- the following locations: Parking Management Permits Division Director at MC 124, P.O. Box Harris County, Texas
of the prepared financial 9:15 AM on an applica-
Division 201 Caroline
Reroofing at HCC’s Katy ceptance. Responses re- Clark/Horizon’s main of- 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or call at 512-239- Houston, TX 77002 management report will /s/ Anne R Littlejohn tion for Temporary Cus-
Campus ceived after the date and fice at 5353 West Alaba- 2020 McKinney be disseminated to pa- Attorney for Plaintiff tody Pending Removal of
time set for the closing will ma, Suite 220, Houston, Houston, TX 77003 1000. You may also contact Marcos Elizondo, Re- PO Box 4651
rents and taxpayers who 437 West Friendly Avenue Guardian concerning a
Houston, TX 77210
A pre-bid meeting for IFB not be considered. GCA TX 77056; Houston AGC gion Director at Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P., attend. The written finan- Greensboro, NC 27401 certain minor child born
16-04 will be held at HCCS will select the best propos- 3825 Dacoma Street, For more information cial management report (336) 373-8476 on April 25, 2015. The
Katy Campus, 1550 al based upon the selec- Houston, TX 77092; Elec- about the designation 14115 Davis Estate Rd., Needville, TX, 77461 or Newspaper:
will also be available Court’s decision will af-
process, visit: Houston Chronicle
Foxlake Drive, Houston, tion criteria included with- tronic bid documents are call at 979-246-2865. Issued at request of: upon request. Persons fect your interest, if any,
Texas 77084, on Thursday, in the Proposal Package. available at http:// http://www.houstontx. wishing to express their as in said application on
ALEX LIEBER-ALESSIE

SMART
December 3, 2015, at 2:00 GCA reserves the right to harriscojpc.com. Bid docu- gov/parking/rpp.htm views may do so in per- file more fully appears.
reject any and all propos- Address 2203 Hardy
p.m. (local time). ments can be purchased Houston, Texas 77026 son at the public hearing
als and waive from B&E Reprographics Contact: or in writing addressed to
Documents can be ob- informalities in proposals at 713-243-7200. See sup- Melonie Curry the SER-Niños Charter RIGHT TO COUNSEL: If
tained at: www.hccs.edu/ received. plemental CM Specifica- Residential Permit Park- Home | LocaL | US & worLd | SportS the above-named person

BUYERS
School Board of Direc-
district/departments/ tions in bid documents for ing Program Coordinator tors at the above ad- wishes to have an attor-
procurement. All inquiries concerning additional details. Bid Email: melonie.curry@ dress. ney, but is unable to pay
this RFP must be made bonds/bid securities are houstontx.gov for one, the Court will
Sealed bids will be re- in writing and addressed required. HUB participa- Phone: 832-393-8645
BREAKING NEWS FIRST provide an attorney upon

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ceived in Procurement Op- to GCA Elizabeth Free at tion is highly encouraged. proof of inability to pay.
erations (3100 Main efree@gcwda.com prior Contact Michael Burtner at To place a legal Any such request should
Street, Room No. 11A06, to Monday, December 14, be made immediately by
Houston, Texas 77002) un- 2016. Inquiries should
michael.burtner@clark
texas.com or 713 636 3705
WHERE DO YOU FIND THE
BEST BUYS IN HOUSTON? notice e-mail contacting the court of-
til 2:00PM (local time) on reference the RFQ, page, fice where the hearing is
Tuesday, December 15,, section and paragraph.
or our website at http://
harriscojpc.com for any
In the city’s largest clas-
sified market place legals@chron.com the best selection to be held.
2015. questions regarding bid. Chronicle Classifieds. Big
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BUSINESS

Schlumberger-Cameron deal
receives regulators’ approval
By Rhiannon Meyers
Federal regulators have
cleared Schlumberger’s
$12.7 billion bid to buy
Houston oil tool maker
Cameron International,
putting the companies on
track to close the deal early
next year.
The U.S. Department
of Justice found that the
transaction did not violate
antitrust laws, and cleared
the proposed merger with- exchange ratio are fixed re-
out any conditions, the two gardless of fluctuations in
companies said Tuesday. Schlumberger’s stock price,
Cameron shareholders the companies said in fil-
still must sign off on the ings with the U.S. Securi-
agreement. ties and Exchange Com-
Under the terms of the mission.
deal announced in August, In Tuesday trading,
Cameron shareholders will Schlumberger shares fell
get 0.716 shares of Schlum- $1.59 to $76.74, and Cam-
berger stock and $14.44 eron’s fell $1.20 to $67.15.
in cash for each share of
Cameron stock. The per- rhiannon.meyers@chron.com
share cash amount and twitter.com/ChronRhiannon

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An American Airbus A321 taxis at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
The carrier’s frequent-flier changes take effect in the second half of 2016.
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OFFICIAL NOTICE OF SALE

$2,645,000
HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL
CAUSE NO: 2015-20477
In the 281st
Judicial District Court of
Harris County, Texas
& IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 74 PLAINTIFF: WELLS FAR-
(A Political Subdivision of the State of Texas GO FINANCIAL TEXAS
Located in Harris County, Texas) INC
UNLIMITED TAX BONDS, SERIES 2015 vs.
Selling: December 1, 2015 DEFENDANT: ESTINE L.
at 12:00 p.m., local time JOHNSON, EUGENE M.
CAUSE NO: 2015-23438
In the 11th Judicial
District Court of
Harmony Public Schools
(HPS), open enrollment
charter schools and the
schools HPS provide serv-
American shifts
frequent flier focus
Harris County, Texas ices to, intend to procure
special education services,
PLAINTIFF: NATIONSTAR security services, trans-
MORTGAGE LLC (D/B/A portation services and jan-
CHAMPION MORTGAGE itorial supplies for the up-
COMPANY) coming school year. Inter-

to amount spent
JONES JR., RONALD K. ested parties may request
The Bonds are obligations solely of Harris County JONES., DEBORAH vs. a copy of the Request for
Water Control & Improvement District No. 74 and CLEAVES, STEVEN F Proposals package via
are not obligations of the City of Houston, Texas; JONES, AND THE UN- DEFENDANT: THE ESTATE email at purchasing@harm
Harris County, Texas; the State of Texas or any en- KNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF GERTRUDE onytx.org. Proposals must
tity or political subdivision other than the District. OF CLARA A. JONES (DE- V BONNER (A/K/A GER- be received by 11am, De-
CEASED) TRUDE VIOLA BONNER) , cember 11, 2015 at 9321
THE DISTRICT WILL DESIGNATE THE BONDS AS CITATION BY DONNA FERNANDEZ, West Sam Houston Park-
PUBLICATION JOHNNY SWEENEY, THE way South, Houston, TX
"QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS" FOR FI-
THE STATE OF TEXAS UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GER- 77099. HPS reserves the By Gregory Karp Industry experts said gram members get 5 miles
NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
COUNTY OF Harris TRUDE V BONNER (A/K/A right to reject any or all CHICAGO TRIBUNE the change to a revenue- for each dollar spent, while
Place and Time of Bid Opening: The Board of Di- GERTRUDE VIOLA proposals. For further in-
rectors of the District (the “Board”) will open and NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: BONNER) formation, please contact based rewards program gold members get 7 miles,
"You have been sued. You Mr. Mehmet Bayar at
publicly read sealed bids for purchase of the
may employ an attorney. If CITATION BY purchasing@harmonytx.
American Airlines, the seemed inevitable, and the platinum get 8 and execu-
Bonds at the designated meeting place within the
boundaries of the District at 4901 Sandydale you or your attorney does PUBLICATION org. world’s largest carrier, said changes to the program tive platinum get 11. Those
not file written answer
Lane, Houston, Texas 77039 on December 1,
2015 at 12:00 p.m., local time. The award of the with the clerk who issued THE STATE OF TEXAS The Harris County Sher- Tuesday that it is funda- overall balanced the fi- earning levels are in line
this citation by 10:00 am. COUNTY OF Harris iff’s Office impounded the
Bonds will take place at the District’s Board Meet-
on the Monday next follow- following animals. A de- mentally changing the way nancial needs of the airline with competitors.
ing at 5:00 p.m., the same day. tailed description of the
ing the expiration of forty- To: JOHNNY SWEENEY
animal, photo or owner-
it awards frequent flier with the desires of its fre-
two days after the date of AND THE UNKNOWN
Address of Bids/Bids Delivered in Person:
issuance of this citation HEIRS OF LAW OF GER- ship papers must be pro- miles, joining other major quent fliers. An example
Sealed bids, plainly marked "Bid for Bonds," vided for the animals re-
should be addressed to the Board of Directors of and petition, a default TRUDE V BONNER (A/K/A U.S. airlines by rewarding “There’s no way Ameri- So a regular member
Harris County Water Control & Improvement Dis- judgment may be taken GERTRUDE VIOLA lease. Anyone having a
trict No. 74 and, if delivered in person, at the des- against you." BONNER) claim should contact the
Livestock Office @ 281-
dollars spent instead of can could make these whose fare and airline fees
To: STEVEN F. JONES and ("DECEASED’’)
ignated meeting place within the boundaries of
UNKNOWN HEIRS AT 454-6235 Monday-Friday miles flown. changes and make every- totaled $1,894 to fly round
the District, at 4901 Sandydale Lane, Houston,
Texas 77039, by 12:00 p.m., local time, on the LAW OF CLARA A. JONES YOU ARE HEREBY COM- 8am-4pm. (Oct. 23) 1- The change, also made one happy,” said Henry trip from Dallas to London
MANDED to be and appear Goat 2418 Lily (Oct. 26) 1-
date of the bid opening. All bids must be submit-
ted on the "Official Bid Form" without alteration YOU ARE HEREBY COM- before the 11th Judicial Dis- Pot Belly Pig 502 by Chicago-based United Harteveldt, a travel indus- would earn 9,470 under
or interlineation. Copies of the Official Bid Form M AND ED to be and ap- trict Court of Harris County, Sealander (Nov. 2) 1- Airlines earlier this year, try analyst with Atmo- the new calculation. That’s
accompany the Preliminary Official Statement. pear before the 281ST Ju- Texas in the Courthouse in Horse 1906 Dolly Wright
dicial District Court of the city of Houston, Texas (Nov. 3) 1-Horse 408 Pe- benefits big-spending cor- sphere Research Group. slightly less than under the
Harris County, Texas in at or before 10:00 o’clock can (Nov. 4) 1-Mule 17219
Electronic Bidding Procedure: NOTICE IS HERE-
the Courthouse in the city A.M. Monday , the 12TH Janacek (Nov. 4) 1-Horse porate travelers, who are “I think these changes are current system, in which
BY GIVEN that electronic proposals will be re-
ceived via PARITY, in the manner described be- of Houston, Texas at or day of OCTOBER, 2015, be- 9210 Madera (Nov. 4) 1- more profitable for the air- very smart.” the same flier would earn
low, until 12:00 p.m., local time, on December 1 before 10:00 o’clock A.M. ing the Monday next after Horse 3700 Glenrose St.
2015. Bids may be submitted electronically via Monday , the 12h day of the expiration date of forty- (Nov. 5) 1-Horse 12900 line, and hurts deal-seek- 9,502 miles because the
OCTOBER, 2015, being the two days after this citation Cullen (Nov. 5) 1-Horse
PARITY pursuant to this Notice of Sale, until
Monday next after the ex- is issued, and you are here- 1628 Paul Quinn (Nov 11) ers who take many cheap Similar to others flight’s actual length is
12:00 p.m. local time, but no bid will be received
after the time for receiving bids specified above. piration date of forty-two by commanded and re- 1- Donkey 6100 Osprey long-haul flights. American’s AAdvan- 9,502 miles round trip. Us-
days after this citation is quired then and there to (Nov. 13) 1-Pot Belly Pig
To the extent any instructions or directions set
forth in PARITY conflict with this Notice, the issued, and you are hereby appear and file written an- Barker Cypress & Spring The change is also an tage loyalty program ing the same example, a
terms of this Notice shall control. For further in- commanded and required swer to the Plaintiff Origi- Cypress (Nov. 14) 1-Horse outgrowth of how setting changes, which begin in gold member would earn
formation about PARITY, potential bidders may then and there to appear nal Petition , filed in said 7700 Knox
contact the financial advisor to the District or PAR- and file written answer to Court on the 4TH day of fares has changed. Years the second half of 2016, about 12 percent more re-
the Plaintiffs First Original AUGUST, 2015, in suit
ITY at (212) 849-5021.
Petition, filed in said Court numbered 2015-2 3438 ago, fares correlated more affect both accumulating ward miles, while a plati-
For purposes of both the written sealed bid proc- on the 9th day of April docket of said court, where- closely with miles trav- reward miles and redeem- num member would earn
CHRONICLE LEGAL NOTICES
e-mail legals@chron.com call 713-224-6868

ess and the electronic bidding process, the time 2015, in suit numbered in, NATIONSTAR MORT-
as maintained by PARITY shall constitute the offi- 2015-20477 docket of said GAGE LLC (D/B/A CHAM- eled, so miles were a good ing them, or “earn and 20 percent fewer miles.
court, wherein, WELLS PION MORTGAGE COMPA-
cial time. All electronic bids shall be deemed to
FARGO FINANCIAL NY, the Plaintiff and THE gauge of money spent with burn.” In basing rewards on
incorporate the provisions of this Official Notice of
Sale and the Official Bid Form. TEXAS, INC., Plaintiff(s) ESTATE OF GERTRUDE V the airline. That’s no longer While the changes are dollars spent, the dollars
and ESTINE L. JOHNSON, BONNER (A/K/A GER-
Bids by Facsimile: Bidders that choose to exer- EUGENE M. JONES JR., TRUDE VIOLA BONNER), true. Flights of the same not a strict copy-and-paste include the base fare plus
cise the facsimile bidding options MUST SUBMIT RONALD K. JONES ST., DONNA FERNANDEZ, number of miles could cost of its competitor’s pro- carrier-imposed fees but
SIGNED Official Bid Forms to Chris Lane, SAMCO DEBORAH CLEAVES, STE- JOHNNY SWEENEY, THE
Capital Markets, Inc. 6805 Capital of Texas High- VEN F. JONES, AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF $200 or $1,000, depending grams, many features are exclude government-im-
UNKNOWN HEIRS AT GERTRUDE V BONNER
way, Suite 350 Austin, Texas 78731 and submit
their bid by facsimile on the date of the sale. Any LAW OF CLARA A. JONES (A/K/A GERTRUDE VIOLA on the destination, when a similar. posed taxes and fees, Fort
bids received by facsimile will be attached to the ( D E C E A S E D ) . BONNER), the Defendant
Defendant(s), the nature (s), the nature of plaintiff’s
flight is booked and a host On the earning side, Worth-based American
signed Official Bid Form previously submitted.
of plaintiff’s demand being demand and the said peti- of other factors. regular AAdvantage pro- said.
Facsimile bids will be accepted at (281) 227-3681 and the said petition alleg- tion alleging negligence
by 12:00 p.m., Local time on the date of sale to ing: SUIT INVOLVING
the attention of Melissa Saenz. LAND SUMMARY

Air Liquide is buying out

SUMMARY OF SUIT FOR
Information: Bonds will mature on August 1, CITATION BY PUBLICA- NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE
2016 through 2035, and will be dated December TION LLC D/B/A CHAMPION
1, 2015. The “Official Notice of Sale”, the “Preli- You are hereby notified MORTGAGE COMPANY
that suit has been brought ("PLAINTIFF’’), ITS SUC-

Airgas for $10.3 billion

minary Official Bid Form” may be obtained the
District’s Financial Advisor, Chris Lane, SAMCO by Wells Fargo Financial CESSORS IN INTEREST OR
Capital Markets, Inc., 6805 Capital of Texas High- Texas, Inc., its successors ASSIGNS, BY AN
way, Suite 350, Austin, Texas 78731. The District and assigns, as plaintiff THROUGH ITS ATTORNEY
reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to against Estine L. Johnson, OF RECORD, JONATHAN
waive any and all irregularities except time of fil- Eugene M. Jones Jr., Ro- M WILLIAMS OR
nald K Jones, Sr., Deborah MARINOSCI LAW GROUP,
ing. This notice does not constitute an offer to
Cleaves, Steven F Jones, PC, DBA MARINOSCI & CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICES including more than counts nearly 200 employ-
sell the Bonds but is merely notice of sale of the
Bonds as required by Texas law. The offer to sell and the Unknown Heirs at BAXTER, 14643 DALLAS 1,300 in the Houston ees in the area.
Bonds will only be made by means of the “Official Law of Clara A. Jones, De- PARKWAY, SUITE 750,
Notice of Sale”, the “Preliminary Official State- ceased, and any other per- DALLAS, TEXAS 75257, French industrial gas area. Air Liquide just The companies say
son claiming any right, ti- (972) 331-2300,
ment” and the “Official Bid Form”.
tle interest or possession BROUGHT SUIT AGAINST producer Air Liquide has completed in October its Air Liquide will pay $143
Dated: October 6, 2015 in and to the property THE ESTATE OF GER- agreed to buy U.S. counter- move to a new and larger in cash for each share of
commonly known as 9429 TRUDE V BONNER A/K/A
Adan C. Diaz, President Sierra Dr., Houston, Texas GERTRUDE VIOLA part Airgas in a deal valued office building near Airgas in a deal that has
Board of Directors 77051, and legally descri- BONNER
bed as:
(‘‘DECEASED
MORTGAGOR’’), DONNA
at $10.3 billion. Memorial City from its already been approved by
Harris County Water Control
& Improvement District No. 74 LOT EIGHT (8), FERNANDEZ, JOHNNY Air Liquide has its previous location near the the boards of both compa-
BLOCKTEN (10), SWEENEY, AND THE UN-
BLUERIDEGE ADDITION, KNOWN HEIRS OF GER- North American head- Galleria. nies. Including debt, the
SECTION ONE (1), A SUB- TRUDE V BONNER (A/K/A
DIVISION IN HARRIS GERTRUDE
quarters in Houston. It Radnor, Pa.-based Air- deal is worth $13.4 billion.
VIOLA
NOTICE OF INTENT TO OPERATE COUNTY, TEXAS, AC- BONNER (DEFEND- has over 5,000 employ- gas has a much smaller The acquisition still
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE CORDING TO THE MAP ANTS’’), TO ENFORCE THE
DISPOSAL FACILITY OR PLAT THEREOF FIXED RATE NOTE HOME ees in the United States, Houston presence, but still needs approval from
TCEQ PERMIT NO. MSW-1389A RECRDED IN VOL. 45, EQUITY CONVERSION regulators and Airgas
PAGE 21, MAP RECORD, CLOSED-END (‘‘NOTE’’)
The Greenbelt North Landfill was originally shareholders. Airgas will
Who Says Business
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS ON THE PROPERTY LO-
permitted in August 1982. The facility was Plaintiff petition is styled CATED AT 16129 ACAPUL-
operated but ceased accepting waste in Wells Fargo Financial CO DR., HOUSTON, TX
become a wholly owned
1998. The 38.3917-acre site is approximate- Texas, Inc. V. Estine l. 77040 AND LEGALLY DE- subsidiary of Air Liquide
ly 1,000 feet north of the intersection of
Haynesworth Road and Beltway 8, and east
of Haynesworth Road, in Houston, Harris
County, Texas. The permit was transferred
Johnson, Eugene M. Jones SCRIBED AS:
Jr., Ronald K. Jones St., LOT ONE (1), IN BLOCK
Deborah Cleaves, Steven F. NO. TWENTY-FOUR (24),
Can’t Be Personal? once the companies com-
plete the deal.
Jones, and the Unknown OF JERSEY VILLAGE, A A business doesn’t care if you meet your financial goals.
to Waste Corporation of Texas, L.P. (WCT) in Heirs at Law of Clara A. SUBDIVISION IN HARRIS We do. Airgas supplies indus-
2000 and has remained inactive. Jones, Deceased. The COUNTY, TEXAS AC-
Plaintiff seeks to enforce CORDING TO THE MAP OR A business doesn’t lie awake at night worrying about your success. trial, medical and specialty
The site is a Texas Commission on Environ-
mental Quality (TCEQ) permitted Type IV fa-
its home equity lien PLAT THEREOF RECORD- We do. gases. Its produces carbon
against and assert superi- ED INVOLUME 46, PAGE 4
cility and is authorized to store, process, or title to the above descri- OF THE MAP RECORDS OF A business doesn’t have a relationship with you. dioxide, dry ice and nitrous
and dispose of wastes in accordance with bed property. We do.
the permitted site operating plan. The ac-
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
Notice hereof shall be giv- Notice hereof shall be given
oxide as well as other prod-
To us, business is personal.
ceptable wastes include: construction- en by publishing this Cita- by publishing this Citation ucts like welding equip-
demolition debris, brush, yard waste, and tion once a week for four once a week for four con-
rubbish that is free from other types of mu- consecutive weeks previ- secutive weeks previous to ment.
nicipal solid wastes. ous to the 12th day of Oc- the OCTOBER 12, 2015, in Briggs & Veselka: Buying Airgas, which
tober, 2015, in some news- some newspaper published
In accordance with the Texas Administrative paper published in the in the County of Harris, if A Legacy of Loyalty gets 98 percent of its rev-
Code, Chapter 39, Section 39.510, WCT is in- County of HARRIS, if there there be a newspaper pub-
forming you that the Greenbelt Landfill is be a newspaper published lished therein, but if not, enue from the U.S., would
currently inactive and, as a permitted facili-
ty, may begin operation or construction in
therein, but if not, then the then the nearest county help Paris-based Air Liq-
nearest county where a where a newspaper is pub-
the future. WCT anticipates the initiation of newspaper is published lished, and this Citation uide leapfrog competi-
construction and operation in the Fall of and this Citation shall be shall be returned on the
2016. returned on the 5th day of OCTOBER 5, 2015, which is Nine Greenway Plaza Suite 1700
tors Linde, Air Products
October, 2015, which is forty two days after the
Houston, Texas 77046 & Chemicals and Praxair
attention
Get the public’s

For Further Information: Contact the TCEQ forty two days after the date it is issued, and the
Waste Permits Division Director at MC 124, date it is issued, and the first publication shall be at (713) 667-9147 • www.bvccpa.com to the top spot in North
P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or first publication shall be at least twenty-eight days be- America.
call at 512-239-1000. You may also contact least twenty-eight days be- fore said return day.
Marcos Elizondo, Region Director at Waste fore said return day. HEREIN FAIL NOT, but The deal comes four
Corporation of Texas, L.P., 14115 Davis Es-
tate Rd., Needville, TX, 77461 or call at
979-246-2865.
HEREIN FAIL NOT, but have before said court on
have before said court on said return day this Writ
said return day this Writ with your return thereon,
dentiq years after Air Products
abandoned a $5.9 billion
your return thereon, show- showing how you have exe-
ing how you have executed cuted same. hostile bid for Airgas.
same. WITNESS: CHRIS DANIEL, The accord with Air
WITNESS: CHRIS DANIEL, District Clerk, Harris Coun-
District Clerk, Harris ty, Texas Liquide is “a surprise given

Get the public’s

County, Texas GIVEN UNDER MY HAND
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID that Airgas has resisted ap-
proaches in the past,” said

attention
AND SEAL OF SAID COURT at Houston, Texas
COURT at Houston, Texas this 24TH day of AUGUST,
this 24TH day of August, 2015. Jason Miner, an analyst at
2015. (SEAL)
(SEAL) CHRIS DANIEL Bloomberg Intelligence.
CHRIS DANIEL District Clerk However, he said, “Airgas
District Clerk Harris County, Texas
Harris County, Texas 201 CAROLINE is the only large oppor-

CHRONICLE LEGAL
201 CAROLINE Houston, Texas 77002 tunity available in global
Houston, Texas 77002 PO Box 4651
PO Box 4651 Houston, Texas 77210 gas,” leaving competitors

NOTICES e-mail
Houston, Texas 77210
By: /s/ B. Evans
Deputy District Clerk
By: /s/ MARCELLA HILL
Deputy District Clerk to either make a counter-
Newspaper:
WE ENSURE A DIFFERENT KIND OF PATIENT EXPERIENCE. offer for Airgas or grow via

legals@chron.com
Newspaper: Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle Issued at the request of: WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE BETTER. smaller, bolt-on acquisi-
ssued at the request of: JONATHAN M. WILLIAMS
tions.
Let Us Impress You
call 713-224-6868
JOSEPH M. VACEK Address: 1463 Dallas
Address: 15000 SURVEY- Parkway, Suite 750
OR BLVD SUITE 100
Shares of Airgas rose
Dallas, Texas 75254
ADDISON, TX 75001 Bar Number: 00791932 1355 W. Gray, Houston, TX 77019 | 713-526-2904 | dentiq.net 29 percent, or $31.17, to
Bar Number: 24039948
$137.35 Tuesday.
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BUSINESS
A Google self-driving car tours Austin. The tech giant sees Texas law needing no changes to handle its cars.
Self-driving cars take a liking to Texas
By Paul J. Weber
and Justin Pritchard
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — With
Google’s self-driving cars
slowed in a gridlock of
California regulation, Tex-
as is offering a fast lane.
Officials in Austin have
embraced the technology,
a welcome so warm that the
mayor used talking points
written by a Google lobbyist
when the tech titan began
testing prototypes on their
streets over the summer.
That embrace came as
state transportation and
safety policymakers are
struggling with whether
IN BRIEF
CRUDE OIL
Iran sets
goal for
exports
TEHRAN — Iran said
Tuesday it will export an
additional 500,000 bar-
rels of oil a day after sanc-
tions are lifted under a
landmark nuclear deal in
a bid to reclaim its market
share despite low prices.
Oil
Minister
Bijan Zan-
ganeh said
that the
increase
is part of
Iran’s plans
Zanganeh to double
its crude
oil exports as sanctions
are lifted, which officials
expect to happen in early
2016. Iran now exports
1.1 million barrels of
crude oil per day and
hopes to get back to its
pre-sanctions level of
2.2 million.
RAILROADS
Canadian Pacific
looks at Norfolk
Southern
Canadian Pacific says
it wants to buy Norfolk
Southern to create a much
larger transcontinental
railroad.
The company did not
disclose the price Tuesday
but said the offer includes
a “sizable premium in
cash and stock” to Nor-
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they share Google’s vision
of — sooner than later —
getting the public access
to cars that have neither a
steering wheel nor pedals.
For now, Google’s test
cars have an employee in
the driver’s seat, ready to
grab the wheel should the
onboard sensors and com-
puters get in trouble. Four
retrofitted Lexus cars and
four bubble-shaped cars
Google commissioned are
rolling around Austin,
the hub of tech innovation
in Texas and the first area
Google has done extended
testing outside its Silicon
Valley base.
Four months into
folk shareholders.
Canadian Pacific oper-
ates in Canada and the
United States. It would
significantly expand its
reach by buying the Nor-
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DESSERT: Pumpkin, pecan and apple pies are Thanksgiving’s classic finishing touches
By Greg Morago

Call it a sweet coda, delicious denouement, Thanksgiving’s most anticipated conclusion. It’s
pie, of course, and this is the dessert’s time to shine. It would be unthinkable to consider
Thanksgiving dinner without a slice of pie. Now through New Year’s Eve, every home
baker worth his or her flaky crust will put hands in flour to bake pies. So we asked three of
Houston’s top pastry chefs — Alyssa Dole of Revival Market, Rebecca Masson of Fluff Bake
Bar and Samantha Mendoza of Triniti restaurant — to share their favorite pie recipes.
Any way you slice it, you’re ready to end your Turkey Day on a sweet note.

Revival Market Pumpkin Pie

with Lard & Butter Crust
Courtesy Alyssa Dole
Makes 2 pies
PIE CRUST
4 ounces unsalted butter
12 ounces unbleached all-
purpose flour
3 tablespoons kosher salt
4 ounces cold lard (can
be purchased at Revival
Market or substitute with
butter)
6 ounces ice water
Instructions: Cut butter into
small cubes. Return to refrig-
eration until needed.
Place the flour and salt in
the bowl of a food processor
fitted with a steel blade and
pulse a few times to mix. Add
the butter and pulse 8 to 12
times, until the butter is the
James Nielsen photos / Houston Chronicle size of peas. Add lard and pulse
4 more times. Add half of the
ice water and pulse the dough
8-12 times. With the machine
running, add ice water 1 or 2
tablespoons at a time until
the dough begins to form a
ball. You may not use all
the water. Wrap in plastic
and refrigerate for at least
2 hours before using.
Preheat oven to 350
degrees. Cut the dough
in half. Roll each half
on a floured surface to a
10-inch to 11-inch round
circle that is about 1⁄8-
to ¼-inch thick. Place
dough in 9-inch baking
tins, then line with foil, fill
with dry rice, beans or len-
tils. Blind bake for about 20
minutes. Remove and let cool.
Pies continues on E4

FEAST’S PARTNER
RESTAURANT REVIEW

Destination-quality Norteño fare Some wines go better with turkey than

others. Our suggestions for what to serve
By Alison Cook
with the holiday bird. Page E2
For salsa aficionados — a
large and opinionated tribe in
our city — there is no finer mo-
ment at Saltillo Mexican Kitchen
than the one in which four
ceramic cups arrive at the table,
filled with potions in red, green,
orange and a bright-flecked deep
purple.
From mildest to hottest, a
server walks diners down the
salsa path. Tart mildish toma-
tillo salsa with a cilantro edge on
the left. Next comes cooked red
salsa tinged with serrano chile
and given a distinctively round-
ed umami boost with chicken
stock. Then a wild bouncy
mince of red onion marinated
Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle in lime and lemon juices, with a
A cowboy bone-in rib-eye with grilled vegetables is served along with subtle twinge of habanero chile
Sam Wolson
four salsas at Saltillo Mexican Kitchen. Saltillo continues on E5
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WINE By Dale Robertson

All-American pairings for Turkey Day

I’m of two minds when it
comes to pairing wines with
our Thanksgiving Day feasts.
A side of me says, “Don’t sweat
it!” After all, it’s usually a big
family party where anything
goes, beverage-wise. So drink
what you like, not what you’re
told to like.
But it’s also a known fact that
some varietals handle the wide-
ranging Turkey Day flavors
better than others. The default
grape, most agree, is pinot noir
with zinfandel close behind, as
long as it’s not the high-alcohol
kind. The Bordeaux-blend
grapes are to be shunned if at
all possible, although one of
our recommendations does
include a small petite verdot
component. And chardonnay
works only if you’re eating
turkey straight, no cranberry
sauce, sweet potato or rich
mushroom-gravy chasers.
I’m personally a fan of pair-
ing rosé with the varied flavors
of Thanksgiving, but make sure
it’s a well-structured wine with
a strong mineral backbone.
Today we’re recommend-
ing an all-American lineup for
the all-American holiday with
three pinot noirs and the petite
verdot-petit sirah blend that’s a
really fun wine to drink and not
over-think. Unless otherwise
stated, the prices listed are what
Spec’s charges for a cash pur-
chase and bottles were available
at the chain’s Midtown store
at press time. But that doesn’t
mean you won’t find the wines
elsewhere locally or by ordering
directly from the winery.
dale.robertson@chron.com
twitter.com/sportywineguy
2012 Golden Eye
Gowan Creek
Pinot Noir
Overall score: 17 (9 for quality, 8
for value)
Our tasters: Gave it a unanimous
recommendation with four scores
of 9 or higher. “A big, round and
concentrated wine but one that’s
well-balanced.”
My score: 8.9. The fruit was grown
in Anderson Valley in Mendocino
County, California’s answer to Bur-
gundy (but without the limestone)
and Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
If your net worth isn’t tied directly
to the price of oil and you are truly
feeling thankful, this flawless wine
from the Duckhorn family is a su-
perb choice. Alcohol: 14.5 percent.
Winemaker Michael Fay’s notes
on the wine: “Intense and opulent
… immediately commands your
attention with a cornucopia of vivid
plum, wild berry and black cherry
flavors that sweep across the pal-
ate. Additional layers of violet and
clove add complexity and contrib-
ute to a compelling finish.”
Critical acclaim: Earned a score
of 92 from Wine
Spectator: “Gener-
ous, offering ripe
plum, black cherry
and wild berry fla-
vors, with touches
of anise and black
licorice. Ends with
hints of dusty
dried herb and
cedar that fold
into the finish.”
Buy it: $73.99
Dale Robertson
photos /
Houston
Chronicle
2012 Frei Brothers
Reserve Pinot Noir
Overall score: 18.9 (8.9 for quality, 10 for
value)
Our tasters: Gave it a unanimous recom-
mendation with a high score of 9.2 and
two scores of 9. “Cherry and tobacco
notes. Well-structured but also yummy.”
My score: 9. Swiss immigrant Andrew Frei
established the property in 1890 in the
Dry Creek Valley that was run by Frei’s two
sons, Walter and Lewis, for 70 years. Gallo
purchased Frei Ranch in the late 1970s and
today makes six varietal-specific wines, all
offering excellent value. The pinot noir is a
prime example. Alcohol: 14.5 percent.
Winegrower Scott Johnsen explains
how the wine was made: “The grapes
were de-stemmed but not crushed to
retain a significant portion of whole ber-
ries, then cold-soaked for two days to
enhance color and create a round, rich
mouth feel. The fermentation temperature
was capped at 83 degrees Fahrenheit to
preserve more delicate aromas like laven-
der and boysenberry. We used pump-overs
and rotations in the cone-sweep and rotary
tanks to encourage a smooth, elegant
taste. Following fermentation, the wine
aged for eight to 10 months in a combina-
tion of new and used
French and American
oak barrels to comple-
ment the dark fruit fla-
vors with toasted vanilla,
treacle and aspic.”
Critical acclaim: Earned
a 90 from Wine Enthu-
siast: “Beguiling streaks
of red cherry surround a
light, spicy, food-friendly
core that’s well balanced
and integrated, the oak
and tannin elegantly re-
spectful of the red fruit.
It offers medium weight
amid the smoothness.”
Buy it: $21.84
2013 J Vineyards
Russian River Valley
Pinot Noir
Overall score: 17.9 (8.9 for quality, 9
for value)
Our tasters: It didn’t work for one, but
another awarded a 9.3, and two others
scored it 9 or higher. “Pronounced
dried red fruit. Finishes long.”
My score: 8.8. Judy Jordan sold her
eponymous winery to Gallo earlier
this year, but the transition has been
seamless. It’s a beautiful property
where beautiful, reasonably priced
wines are made, both still and spark-
ing. Although this is J’s “entry level”
pinot noir, it measures up just fine
with its eight more expensive siblings.
Alcohol: 14.3 percent.
Winemaker’s notes: “The 2013 J
Vineyards Russian River Valley Pinot
Noir is a well-balanced, food-friendly
wine with bright berry flavors — red
cherry, raspberry and blackberry — with
hints of licorice and red zinger tea on
the finish. The aromas of wild straw-
berries and spices delight the nose.”
Critical acclaim: Earned a score of
90 from the Wine Enthusiast: “Made
in a full-bodied style, this estate wine
is generous in black-
berry, black licorice
and dark cherry, with
classic cola spice
dancing around its
edges. Smooth and
memorable, it is
made from a handful
of vineyards, includ-
ing Nicole’s, Bow Tie
and Robert Thomas,
all vineyard-desig-
nates of their own for
the producer.”
Buy it: $32.89
2013 Michael
David Petite-Petit
Sirah
Overall score: 18.9 (8.9 for quality,
10 for value)
Our tasters: Gave it a unanimous
recommendation with two scores
of 9 or higher. “Bright, ripe, jammy
fruit and wood smoke.”
My score: 9. Michael and David
Phillips are fifth-generation
growers in the Lodi area, where
they sustainably farm 750 acres
given over mostly to Rhone
varietals and old-vine zinfandel.
The name of this vibrantly tasty,
food-friendly wine reflects the
blend: It’s 85 percent petit sirah
and 15 percent petite verdot.
Alcohol: 14.5 percent.
Winemaker notes: “Opaque and
purple-colored, it exhibits gorgeous
aromas of camphor, blueberries,
blackberries, licorice, toast and
subtle background smoke.”
Critical acclaim: Earned a 90
from the Wine Advocate: “An
outstanding wine with gorgeous
aromatics of incense, blueberry
liqueur, camphor and blackberry,
the wine hits the
palate with a full-
bodied, thunderous
inky feel to it,
great fruit purity,
amazingly supple,
velvety tannins for
Petite Sirah and
Petit Verdot, and a
long finish. Over-
delivers (price-
wise) in a big way.”
Buy it: $15.19

Additional Thanksgiving-meal choices

A few other American wines that received unanimous recommendations from Spec’s.
the Chronicle’s tasting panel this year and would also pair nicely with a traditional • 2013 Fox Glove Zinfandel,
Thanksgiving dinner. But call ahead. Availability may be an issue. Central Coast: Earned overall score
of 18.8 (8.8 for quality, 10 for value).
Riesling Pinot Noir Buy it: $15.69 at Spec’s.
• 2013 Dr. Konstantin Frank Dry • 2012 Noble Vines 667 Pinot Noir,
Reisling: Earned overall score of California: Earned overall score of
18.9 (8.9 for quality, 10 for value). 18.8 (8.8 for quality, 10 for value). Petit Sirah
Buy it: $14.39 at Spec’s. Buy it: $10.79 at Spec’s. • 2013 Bogle Petite Sirah,
• 2013 Frank Family Pinot Noir, California: Earned overall score
Rosé Carneros: Earned overall score of 18.8 (8.8 for quality, 10 for value).
• 2014 Bliss: Earned overall score of of 17.9 (8.9 for quality, 9 for value). Buy it: $9.09 at Spec’s.
18.8 (8.8 for quality, 10 for value). Buy it $32.99 at Spec’s.
* 2012 Stag’s Leap Napa Valley
Buy it: $10.99 at Spec’s.
Petite Sirah: Earned overall score
* 2014 McPherson Cellars Les Zinfandel
Copains: Earned overall score of 18.8 • 2012 Seven Deadly Zins, Lodi: of 17.4 (8.9 for quality, 8.5 for value).
(8.8 for quality, 10 for value). Earned overall score of 18.9 (8.9 for Buy it: $30.39 at Spec’s.
Cooking Light file Buy it: $11.09 at Spec’s. quality, 10 for value). Buy it: $11.89 at Dale Robertson

NO FAN OF CRANBERRIES?
ADD BACON TO THE SAUCE
Ingredient enhances savory and sweet taste

By J.M. Hirsch Bacon and Fried Onion

Admittedly, I’m a bit of a freak
when it comes to cranberry sauce.
Nonetheless, I can’t help but think
there is something seriously disturbed
about people who claim not to like it.
What is there to dislike? Whether
shplopped (that’s the official sound)
from a can or homemade with loving
care, cranberry sauce is sweet and
tangy and just a little spicy and
mouth-puckeringly luscious in every
way. I don’t actually care about the
rest of the Thanksgiving meal. Just
give me a bowl of cranberry sauce,
a spoon and leave me alone.
Many years ago — in a bid to win
over the faithless, including my son
— I spent a good deal of time perfecting
what I then considered the Platonic
ideal of cranberry sauce. It was chunky
and sweet with just the right amount of
tart. It had fresh cranberries and dried
cherries, chopped pears and candied
ginger, golden raisins and apple cider.
And the secret ingredient? Cardamom.
It was heaven.
And yet it still didn’t win over
my son. Or, it would seem — based
on the number of cranberry-sauce
naysayers I encounter around this
time each year — plenty of others.
So I shall try again. This time,
I shall deploy a new weapon. I’m
going to enhance my cranberry
sauce with the one food most people
are powerless to resist. The one
food that can improve anything it
touches. The one food that adds
savory and sweet and rich and bold
and chewy and crunchy all at once.
This time, I’m calling in the
bacon. See if you can resist.
Cranberry Sauce
Servings: 12
1 pound bacon, cut into 1-inch chunks
1 large yellow onion, diced
½ cup orange juice
12-ounce bag fresh or frozen
cranberries
1 large or 2 small apples, peeled, cored
and diced
½ cup sugar
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
Instructions: In a large saucepan over
medium-high heat, cook the bacon until
lightly crisped, 10 to 12 minutes. Use a
slotted spoon to transfer the bacon to a
plate and set aside, leaving the saucepan
and bacon fat over the heat. Carefully
add the onion and cook until lightly fried,
2 to 3 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to
transfer the onions to the plate with the
bacon.
Dispose of the fat in the pan, but don’t
scrape the pan. You want any browned
bits on the bottom.
Return the pan to the heat. When the
pan is hot, carefully add the orange juice
and bring to a simmer while using a
wooden spoon or silicone spatula to
scrap up the bits from the bottom of
the pan. Add the cranberries, apple and
sugar, then bring to a simmer. Cook
until the cranberries pop and the juice
thickens, about 6 minutes. Return the
bacon and onions to the pan, then taste
and season with salt and pepper. Cool
before serving.
J.M. Hirsch is the food editor for
the Associated Press. He blogs at Matthew Mead / Associated Press
LunchBoxBlues.com and tweets at Enhance your cranberry sauce with the one food most people are powerless
twitter.com/JM_Hirsch. to resist: bacon.

FLAVOR
WHAT I’M READING
Bread how-to in handy paperback
Everlasting Rolls, fresh out of oven, are a good place to start
with this book, and perfect for a holiday table.
By Elizabeth Pudwill
Hardcover cookbooks can
be beautiful, but sometimes
paperback is preferable. As
it is in the case of “Bread,”
a new cookbook by Mother
Earth News. I can carry this
KITCHEN TO KITCHEN By Elizabeth Pudwill
A twist on the rainy-day project: homemade pretzels
Chronicle reader Heidi
Mitchell sent in a recipe she
recently tried for homemade
pretzels. She found it on the
Food Network’s website, and
said it’s fairly easy and yielded
a special family treat — an ideal
project for a rainy afternoon.
Requests
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she had sweet potato hush
puppies at a restaurant in New
Orleans and has been wanting
to make them ever since.
Readers?
Respond to requests by emailing
elizabeth.pudwill@chron.com
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as they knead and bake.
“Bread” is an enjoyable
read. The first 45 pages are
dedicated to quick breads,
including fan favorites banana,
pumpkin and zucchini, as
well as blueberry muffins. The
book also offers some new
recipes to try: Whole Grain
Asian Pear Muffins, Savory
Bacon Muffins and a Savory
Bacon, Sage and Peppered
Cornbread.
The yeast-breads section
features recipes that lull
the soul into thinking one
is young again, conjuring
memories of the scent of
baking bread wafting from
the kitchen. Two pages of
instructions with photos help
even the novice bread baker
create lovely caramelized
crusts with light, airy insides.
Voyageur Press All types of classic loaves
are represented (sourdough,
whole wheat, oatmeal), and
we’re also introduced to
paperback delight around intriguing Old-Fashioned
with me to decide which Potato Water Bread.
combination of flour, yeast Rolled breads are next —
and liquid I will concoct next. biscuits and scones galore.
The photos are plentiful, at A few recipes that caught
least one per page, and several my eye: Sourdough Biscuits
recipes include step-by-step (puffy, golden biscuits
photos to accompany readers crowded into a cast-iron
Homemade Soft Pretzels
Makes roughly 6 pretzels make a sticky dough. Turn the dough
out onto a lightly floured surface and
1 cup milk knead, adding more flour if needed,
1 package active dry yeast
3 tablespoons packed light brown
until smooth but slightly tacky, about
sugar 5 minutes. Shape into a ball, place in a
2¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus more lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic
for kneading wrap. Let rise in a warm spot until
10 tablespoons butter, plus more for doubled in size, about an hour.
greasing Preheat the oven to 450 degrees
1 teaspoon fine salt
¹/³ cup baking soda
and grease a large baking sheet. Punch
2 tablespoons coarse salt the dough down to deflate it, then turn
out on lightly floured surface. Divide
Instructions: Warm the milk in a into six pieces. Roll and stretch each
saucepan until it is about 110 degrees; piece with the palms of your hands into
pour into a medium bowl and sprinkle a 30-inch rope. Form the rope into a
in the yeast, let soften about 2 minutes pretzel shape.
then stir in the brown sugar and 1 Dissolve baking soda in 3 cups of
cup flour with a wooden spoon. Dice warm water. Dip each pretzel in the
2 tablespoons butter and soften; soda solution, then arrange on the
stir into the mix. Add the remaining prepared baking sheet and sprinkle
1¼ cups of flour and the fine salt to with salt. Bake about 10-12 minutes.
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barrels (with 2 French barrels, and 75% of the barrels were new) for 24
months. Only 725 cases made. Purple-red with well formed legs; dry,
medium-full-bodied with freshly balanced acidity and chewy
phenolics. Rich, juicy, cabby, ripe-but-balanced classic Cabernet
Sauvignon offering tobacco leaf and darker red and some black fruit
along with dusty notes of oak and terroir. Delicious, classic, ripe.
Stunningly good wine. Spec’s Score 92.
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skillet) and Whole Wheat
Biscuits, which beg to be
crowned with melting butter
and honey. The book rounds
out with flatbreads, boiled and
fried breads, then ends with
gluten-free options.
I’m sharing the recipe for
a basic dinner roll made with
potatoes. Soft, fluffy and
slightly sweet and sour, they’re
perfect for a holiday table. ‘Bread’
edited by Karen K. Will
Mother Earth News;
elizabeth.pudwill@chron.com
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Everlasting Rolls
3 cups lukewarm water, divided Mix in the dissolved yeast. Let stand in
2¼ teaspoons active dry yeast a warm place for 30 minutes.
1 cup lukewarm mashed potatoes Work in enough of the remaining
1 cup lard or unsalted butter,
flour so the dough can be handled
melted
1 cup sugar and kneaded. The more you knead the
1 tablespoon salt dough, the finer and nicer the texture
1 teaspoon baking powder of the rolls. Cover and set in a warm
6-8 cups unbleached all-purpose place for about 2 hours, then punch
flour, divided down and let rise again.
2 tablespoons butter, melted for
Form the dough into rolls, any
brushing
shape you desire, and place on two
Instructions: Combine 1 cup of the ungreased baking sheets. Let rise
lukewarm water with yeast; stir and again, about 15 minutes. Put bak-
set aside. ing sheets into a cold oven and turn
In a large bowl, combine the pota- temperature to 400 degrees. Bake for
toes, lard or butter, sugar, salt, baking about 25 minutes, until golden.
powder, remaining 2 cups of lukewarm Remove from oven and brush tops
water and 3 cups of the flour; mix well. with melted butter.
Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle
Homemade Soft Pretzels are large and close a bit as they bake.
BAVARIA BLU TRIPLE CRÈME CHEESE
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FROM THE COVER
Pies to suit all holiday guests’ taste buds
Pies from page E1
FILLING
30 ounces pumpkin purée
6 egg yolks
2 eggs
2 14-ounce cans sweet-
ened condensed milk
2 teaspoons ground cin-
namon
1 teaspoon ground gin-
ger
1 teaspoon ground nut-
meg
¼ teaspoon ground clove
¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions: Preheat oven
to 400 degrees. Combine
pumpkin purée, yolks and
eggs in a large bowl. Whisk
until combined. Add sweet-
ened condensed milk and
spices. Whisk until smooth
and well combined.
Pour into blind-baked
pie shells. Place into oven
for 10 minutes, then reduce
heat to 350 degrees and
bake for another 30 to 40
minutes. Rotate the pie
about halfway through to
ensure even baking. The
pie should no longer jiggle
in the center when ready. If
you see the top of the pie
start to crack, it is a good in-
dicator that your pie is ready
to come out of the oven.
Cool and refrigerate. Serve
with whipped cream.
Triniti pastry chef Samantha Mendoza's pecan pie
Pecan Pie
Courtesy Samantha Mendoza
Makes a 9-inch pie
CRUST
6 ounces all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 ounce cold water
4 ounces butter, cut into small cubes
Instructions: In a small mixer fitted with
the paddle attachment place the flour,
salt and water. Gradually add the butter
until dough forms.
When the butter is completely incorpo-
rated in the dough, wrap the dough tightly
Mountain Rose Apple Pie
Courtesy Rebecca Masson
Makes a 9-inch pie
CRUST
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated
sugar
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1½ sticks unsalted butter,
cubed and chilled
¼ cup ice water
2 teaspoons distilled white
vinegar
TOPPING
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup old-fashioned rolled
oats
1 cup packed dark brown
sugar
Pinch kosher salt
2 sticks cold unsalted but-
ter, cubed
FILLING
3 pounds Mountain Rose
or Granny Smith apples,
peeled, cored and cut into
1
⁄3-inch-thick wedges
3 tablespoons all-purpose
flour
1½ tablespoons fresh lemon
juice
1½ teaspoons ground cin-
namon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon freshly grated
nutmeg
½ teaspoon kosher salt
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Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle
Alyssa Dole, pastry chef of Revival Market
in plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for
about one hour to let it rest.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Place the
dough between two pieces of parchment
paper and begin to roll out to fit 9-inch
pan. Place dough in pie tin and blind bake
for about 20 minutes. Allow crust to cool.
FILLING
8 ounces sugar
8 ounces dark corn syrup
1 ounce melted butter
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
10 ounces pecans
Instructions: To make the
crust, pulse the flour with the
granulated sugar and salt in
a food processor. Add the
butter and pulse until the
mixture resembles coarse meal
with some pea-size pieces
remaining. Sprinkle the ice
water and vinegar on top and
pulse until evenly moistened.
Turn the dough out onto a work
surface, gather up any crumbs
and form into a ball. Flatten
into a disk, wrap in plastic and
refrigerate until firm, about 1
hour.
Preheat the oven to 400
degrees. On a floured work
surface, roll out the dough to a
14-inch round, a scant 1/4-inch
thick. Ease the dough into a
9-inch deep-dish glass pie
plate and trim the overhang to
2 inches. Fold the overhanging
dough under itself to form a
½-inch-high rim; crimp deco-
ratively. Freeze the crust for 15
minutes.
Meanwhile, make the top-
ping: In a stand mixer fitted
with the paddle, mix the flour
with the oats, brown sugar
and salt at low speed. With the
machine at medium speed,
gradually beat in the butter.
Prefer to buy?
Don’t have the time or desire
to bake? You can order pies
from these bakers through-
out the holiday season.
9 Alyssa Dole’s Thanks-
giving pies are available
to order through Thursday
by visiting Revival Market,
550 Heights, or emailing
info@revivalmarket.com.
Pumpkin, apple, pecan and
chocolate cream pies are
$29 each and can be picked
up Monday-Nov. 25.
9 Rebecca Masson’s pies
are available to order at Fluff
Bake Bar, 314 Gray; or by
calling 713-522-1900; or by
emailing rebecca@fluff-
bakebar.com. Pies should
be ordered for Thanksgiving,
but the shop will have a lim-
ited number of take-away
pies for sale Tuesday-Nov.
25. Apple, pumpkin and
pecan are $24; chocolate
cream, $28; and Mountain
Rose Apple Pie, $35.
9 Samantha Mendoza’s
Thanksgiving pies are
available by calling 713-
527-9090 through Friday.
Apple, pecan, buttermilk
and chocolate cream pies
are $28 each and can be
picked up at Triniti, 2815 S.
Shepherd, Tuesday-Nov. 25
during restaurant hours.
James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle
Instructions: In a saucepot add sugar,
corn syrup and butter, stirring until the
sugar has fully dissolved. Do not allow
mixture to boil.
In a separate mixing bowl combine
the eggs and vanilla. Pour sugar mixture
into the egg mixture and whisk until
fully combined.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Place the pecans in the par-baked
crust, then pour in filling. Bake pie for
20 to 30 minutes, rotating every 10
minutes so that it will bake evenly.
Remove from the oven and allow to
cool.
James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle
Fluff Bake Bar owner/pastry chef Rebecca Masson's
Mountain Rose Apple Pie
Transfer to a bowl and press until the crust is just starting to
into clumps. Cover and refriger- brown.
ate until firm, about 15 minutes. Remove the pie from the
oven and gently pack the crumb
To make the filling: In a large topping onto the apples. Bake
bowl, toss the apples with for 30 minutes longer, until the
the flour, lemon juice, cinna- topping is golden and the pie is
mon, cloves, nutmeg and salt. just starting to bubble. Let cool
Spread the apple mixture in the completely on a rack before
crust and set the pie on a large serving.
rimmed baking sheet. Bake
the pie for about 25 minutes, greg.morago@chron.com
COOKBOOK
Perfect pie crust
from precise measuring
Quirk Books
First things first. If you don’t have one, go out and
purchase a kitchen scale. Without one you won’t
have much luck with the recipes in “Making Dough:
Recipes and Ratios for Perfect Pastries” (Quirk
Books, $24.95) by Russell Van Kraayenburg.
The author is of the firm belief that measuring
ingredients by weight (or mass) is preferable to
measuring by volume (cups and spoons) when
it comes to baking. Certainly more precise, the
Cypress resident writes in his new cookbook that
looks at 12 basic dough recipes that yield a variety
of baked sweets and savories.
Van Kraayenburg doesn’t stop at measures. Each
of his recipes is assigned a ratio — such as the one
for his pie dough, which is eight parts flour to seven
parts fat to two parts liquid (8:7:2).
Yes, it’s math. But baking is a science. So Van
Kraayenburg, who said he loves the technical/
mathematical aspects of baking, has done all the
hard work for you so that you can make perfect
biscuit dough, scone dough, pie dough, shortcrust
and sweetcrust dough, pâte à choux dough, brioche
dough, puff pastry, croissant and Danish dough, and
phyllo dough.
Pie Dough
Recipes from
“Making Dough”
Yield: 1 pound
6 ounces bread flour
2 ounces cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
7 ounces (14
tablespoons)
unsalted butter, cold
¼ cup water
MIXING THE DOUGH
By-Hand Method: recipe and store enough for
1. Mix flours and salt in a a month’s worth of pies. If
large bowl. Chop butter you know the shape of the
into ½-inch chunks and add dough you plan to roll later,
to flour mixture. Pinch or form it into that shape,
cut butter into flour using about 1 inch thick, before
your fingers or a pastry cut- storing to make rolling it
ter, breaking it into pieces later easier. Refrigerator: 4
days. Freezer: 4 months.
about the size of large peas.
If using your hands, work
quickly to keep butter from Bourbon
melting.
Chocolate
2. Pour water into flour
mixture. Mix dough with
your hands or about 10 to 15
Pecan Pie
Makes 1 (9-inch)
turns of a wooden spoon, open-faced pie
until it just starts to come
together. The dough will be 1 pound prepared Pie
very tough and should re- Dough (see recipe),
main in a few large chunks. refrigerated
3. Place dough on a 3 ounces brown sugar
lightly floured surface 4 fluid ounces (½ cup)
and push chunks together. light corn syrup
Knead 4 to 5 times, just 4 eggs
until it holds together. Flat- ½ ounce (1 tablespoon)
ten dough into a disk about bourbon
1 inch thick. Wrap tightly in ½ teaspoon ground
parchment paper and let cinnamon
rest in the refrigerator for at ½ teaspoon vanilla
least 1 hour. extract
2 ounces (4
Food-Processor Method: tablespoons) unsalted
butter, melted
1. Pulse flours and salt
in the bowl of a food
processor 2 or 3 times to
12 ounces pecans,
roughly chopped
6 ounces dark (50
combine. Chop butter into
percent to 70 percent
½-inch cubes and add to
cacao) chocolate,
flour mixture. Pulse for 1
roughly chopped
second about 8 times, until
Pecan halves, for
butter is in pieces about the
decoration
size of large peas. Add wa-
ter and pulse 3 to 4 times, Instructions:
until dough begins to come
together. It may remain in a
few large chunks.
1. Position a rack in the
center of the oven
and preheat oven to 375
2. Place dough on a
lightly floured surface
and push chunks together.
degrees. Mix brown sugar
and corn syrup in a large
bowl. Add eggs one at a
Knead 4 to 5 times, until time, mixing well after each
it holds its shape. Flatten addition. Stir in bourbon,
dough into a disk about 1 cinnamon, vanilla and but-
inch thick. Wrap tightly in ter. Mix in chopped pecans
parchment paper and let and chocolate until well
rest in the refrigerator for at combined. Set aside.
least 1 hour.
FLOUR RATIO
2. Transfer dough from
the refrigerator to a
lightly floured surface. Roll
This pie dough uses a 3:1 into a circle about 14 inches
ratio of bread flour to cake in diameter. Transfer dough
flour. The large amount of to a 9-inch pie dish and
bread flour results in a rela- press into the bottom, tak-
tively high protein content, ing care not to let it stretch.
which helps create a flakier, Lightly press dough down
crisper crust. You may also around the edges and cut
use all bread flour or all all- off any excess.
purpose flour.
3.
Pour filling into pie.
STORAGE Arrange pecan halves
Because pie dough con- around the edge, press-
tains no chemical leavener, ing down lightly so they
it stores well wrapped tight- stay in place. Bake for 40
ly in parchment paper. You to 45 minutes, until top is
browned.
can easily double, triple or
even quadruple this dough
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FROM THE COVER
Saltillo keeps northern Mexico, South Texas at heart
Saltillo from page E1
for bite. Last in the quartet
is burnished-gold haba-
nero with its characteristic
sunny, blooming burn.
Scooped up with sturdy
tortilla chips fried in-
house, these potions not
only make an exciting
kick-off to dinner at Saltil-
lo, they go on to brighten
and customize the entire
meal — from the mesquite-
grilled beef cuts that are
specialties of the house, to
more casual dishes such
as a torta, a burger or the
deftly fried cubes of fresh
white cheese served as an
appetizer.
Those cubos de queso
frito, bronze-filmed with-
out and squeaky-spongy
within, are a brilliant new
idea from Saltillo’s owner,
chef and resident mesquite
grill master Carlos Abed-
rop. I was a big fan of the
Saltillo native’s La Casa
del Caballo steakhouse on
Westheimer, and when
it closed I hoped against
hope he would resur-
face in Houston. Now, at
Saltillo, he has — bringing
a looser, more affordable
Norteño concept to Bel-
laire, a neighborhood in
serious need of more good
restaurants.
The locals already have
gravitated to the narrow
strip-center space, its rich
cocoa-colored walls hung
with the slightly surreal
horse paintings that made
Casa del Caballo such a
florid dreamscape. Saltillo
is much lower-key, the
tables unclad, the earth-
toned room more intimate,
the slender bar at the back
of the space an invitation
for regulars to hang out at
happy hour and beyond.
Latin guitar fills the air, or
retro jazz; occasionally an
anomaly (“My Boy Lolli-
pop”?) slips in like a rogue
puppy.
The mesquite grill that
gave Casa del Caballo’s
steaks the sweet-sharp
Saltillo Mexican Kitchen
66
5427 Bissonnet, Suite 200
832-623-6467
Hours: L&D: 11 a.m.-10
p.m. Mondays-Thursdays;
11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays; noon-5 p.m.
Sundays
Credit cards: all major
Prices: starters $5-$17;
entrees $15-$43; desserts
$6-$8
Must-orders: coctel
de camaron; cubos de
queso frito; green, red
6666 superlative; can hold its own on a national stage.
666 excellent; one of the best restaurants in the city.
66 very good; one of the best restaurants of its kind.
6 a good restaurant that we recommend.
No stars: Restaurant cannot be recommended
at this time.
A sweet-spicy chili sauce graces the shrimp cocktail.
Texture makes Saltillo’s enchiladas, including these enchiladas verdes, stand out.
flavor of northern Mexico
and South Texas remains
at the heart of Abedrop’s
new operation, as do the
distinctive beef cuts you
won’t find elsewhere in
town. A mammoth whole
rib-eye cap — tapa de lomo
— still serves a half-dozen
people for $190, includ-
ing the meticulous sides
that give steak dinners
such character. That tapa
de lomo is my idea of a
celebratory meal, whether
the occasion be a birthday,
a promotion or a good
weekend at the casino.
On the humbler end
of the beef spectrum is
the specially trimmed
shoulder-clod cut called
cañita de diezmillo, lean
and dense and deeply
charged with beef flavor.
I was glad to see it on
Saltillo’s menu as part
of a Tampiqueña plate,
sculpted into its charac-
teristic torpedo shape and
cooked to precisely the
medium-rare condition I
had specified. Consumed
with dabs of the various
or mole enchiladas;
bone-in-cowboy rib-eye;
Tampiquena plate with
cañita de diezmillo steak
cut; steak and enchilada
plate with eye of rib-eye
cut; grilled vegetables;
refried beans; house
margarita
Reservations: suggested;
walk-ins welcome at bar
Noise level: quiet to
moderate
Website:
saltillomexicankitchen.com
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salsas, along with a bite of
deep-dusky mole enchi-
lada here and elemental
quesadilla there, the cañita
came off like an old friend
who suddenly reappears
with an entertaining new
wardrobe.
About that enchilada:
Devotees of the red-chile-
sauced beauties served by
the platterful at Casa del
Caballo will rejoice to find
a whole range of smaller-
portioned specimens at
Saltillo. Like the salsas, the
enchiladas demand a con-
noisseur’s respect.
Each of three enchilada
sauces displays its own
virtues: the not-too-sweet
mole with its dark, nutty,
warmly spiced bite; the
briskly tart tomatillo with
its cilantro zing; the red
with its earthy, sunburnt
chorus of dried chiles.
Yet it’s the textures that
make Saltillo’s enchila-
das stand out from the
Houston crowd. Each corn
tortilla is partially fried
before the sauce goes on,
so that each enchilada
has its own unique range
of softness and crunch.
The treatment is Mexican
rather than Tex-Mex, and
that makes it memorable.
Saltillo likewise has
expanded on Caballo’s
beef-centric repertoire to
include a host of chicken
dishes along with a couple
of fish dishes. There’s a
new grouper in green
sauce, for instance, the
grouper sparklingly fresh
and firm of flake, its blan-
ket of mint-green purée a
low-key blend of poblano
pepper and cilantro.
The whopping USDA
Prime bone-in cowboy
rib-eye I remember fondly
from Caballo is present
and well-accounted for
here, smoky-flavored and
precisely grilled, juicy
and resilient, its 18-ounce
sweep enough to feed two
normal diners or a single
beef beast for $48. It comes
with immaculate grilled
peppers and zucchini, just
barely kissed with smoke;
pinto beans of an astonish-
ing creaminess and subtle
pork flavor; and chunks
of potato that appear to
have been under-fried but
aren’t. Instead, they are
ever so delicately crisped,
a happy surprise.
Mention must be made
of the rambunctious
Mexican shrimp cocktail,
its big shrimp cut up into
E5
serts are homey and even
unusual, from a flour-
less pecan cake to a nifty
ice-cream cake made with
a base of pan dulce. And
yes, Señora Abedrop’s
crackling glazed pecans, a
true Norteño treat, are still
served as a sweet compli-
mentary finish.
What’s not to like? Not
much. The track lighting
has shed way too much
glare on a couple of occa-
sions; it just needs turning
down a bit. A wedge salad
I adored at Caballo seems
to have lost the oomph
in its clever buttermilk-
avocado dressing. That’s
the sum of my complaints
over four visits.
I even like the strip-
mall setting on a corner of
Bissonnet where it runs
into Chimney Rock. The
Melissa Phillip photos / Houston Chronicle parking lot smells tantaliz-
ingly of smoke and beef
because the small band of
stores is home to dueling
pearly hunks and bathed list has been supplanted steakhouses: one Norteño,
in sweet-spicy chili sauce. by a serviceable small one Kosher. (Genesis by
It costs $17, which seems list of more affordable name.)
fair given the shellfish bottles, featuring some Puro Houston.
quality and the fact that sensible South American
there’s enough for two and Spanish choices over alison.cook@chron.com
diners. (Although I could fancy French reds. Des- twitter.com/alisoncook
eat the whole thing myself,
and have.)
Honor likewise is due to
the house margaritas, and
to young bartender Travis
Ortiz. On my first visit,
when I ordered the cock-
tail, he asked me a ques-
tion I wish I heard more
often in this city: “Would
you like it on the tart side
or the sweet side?”
“Tart,” I told him.
“Shaken, straight up.
Salt.” I was rewarded by a
perfectly mixed margarita
made with the house all-
agave tequila, Morales,
and served in a flared mar-
tini glass. On subsequent
visits, versions made with
Herradura silver and Mes-
calia mezcal proved just as
precise and just as suited
to my particular palate.
That is what I call fine bar
service.
Abedrop’s sizable,
pricey Caballo-era wine Margaritas are serves to the customer’s taste.
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STAR
SOCIETY DIARIES
Lolo Jones speaks on homelessness
Jon Shapley photos / Houston Chronicle
Lolo Jones
Top chefs serve trendy plates for TUTS
By Amber Elliott
For the third year in a
row, Theatre Under The
Stars paired up with Reef
to host its annual Vine
& Dine Charity Wine
Dinner, raising $150,000.
Both are Houston
treasures in their own
right; the seafood
restaurant’s chef and
co-owner Bryan Caswell
has been nominated for
two James Beard Awards,
and TUTS is one of the
nation’s largest musical
theater companies.
Some 180 diners and
community leaders
gathered at the Midtown
WINE CALENDAR
Wines to give thanks for: At
Memorial Wine Cellar, 7951
Katy Freeway, Suite B. 6:30-8
p.m. Wednesday. 713-826-
2967.
Holiday Italian wine dinner:
At Antonia’s Cucina Italiana,
2001 Katy Mills Blvd., Suite
A. 6:45 p.m. Wednesday. $72
plus tax and gratuity. 281-644-
6000.
Italian wine meets Mexican
cuisine: At Caracol, 2200
Post Oak, Suite 160. 7 p.m.
Wednesday. $140 plus tax and
gratuity. 713-622-9996.
Beaujolais Nouveau dinner:
At Bistro Provence, 13616
Memorial. 7 p.m. Thursday. $69
plus tax and gratuity. 713-827-
8008.
Beaujolais 2015 tasting: At
Silver Street Studios, 2000
Edwards. 6-11 p.m. Thursday.
$95-$175. 832-831-3167.
Hollywood Vine Cellars
wine dinner: At Strata
Restaurant & Bar, 122 Vintage
Park, Suite A. 6:30 p.m.
Monday. $125 plus tax and
gratuity. 281-379-2889.
Annual wine sale: At
Camerata at Paulie’s, 1830
Westheimer. 1-3 p.m. Sunday.
713-522-8466.
Weekly free tastings: French
Country Wines, 2433 Bartlett.
Noon-6 p.m. Saturdays and 5-7
p.m. Wednesdays. 713-993-
9500. Houston Wine Merchant,
2646 S. Shepherd. 5:30 p.m.
Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays.
713-524-3397.
Email event information
to dale.robertson@chron.
com. (Please give two weeks’
notice if possible.)
The Guide to Good Divorce Seminar
Saturdays, February 27, May 21, September 24, 2016
8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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111 N. Post Oak Lane
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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2929 Unity Drive
Houston, Texas 77057
For details on seminars and other events,
visit www.GuideToGoodDivorce.com
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By Amber Elliott
The Salvation Army
recognized two outstand-
ing women at its annual
fall luncheon recently.
Keynote speaker and
three-time Olympian
Lolo Jones and honoree
Jeanie Kilroy Wilson
were commended by con-
tributors and supporters
at the Hilton Americas-
Houston.
Ann and John Book-
out, who chaired the
luncheon that raised
$545,000, introduced Wil-
son by saying, “She may
breed thoroughbreds, but
Jeanie is a workhorse.”
Jones, who competed
in Olympics and Olympic
trials in 2004, 2008 and
2012, talked about how
the Christian organization
has long been part of her
life.
“The question I’m
always asked is, ‘How do
you get the courage to try
Jon Shapley photos / Houston Chronicle
Terrence Gallivan, from left, Bryan Caswell and
Carmelo Mauro
restaurant for the annual Gross prepared Hamachi
five-course feast. Uchi’s crudo hors d’oeuvres
Kaz Edwards and John paired with Chandon
BOOK SIGNING
Kardashian touts book in Houston
By Joy Sewing
Khloé Kardashian talks
openly about her struggles
with her weight, her mar-
riage to Lamar Odom and
being in the public eye in
her new book, “Strong
Looks Better Naked” (Re-
gan Arts, $26.99). She’ll be
in Houston at 7 p.m. Friday
at the Barnes & Noble, 2030
W. Gray.
In the book, she credits
fitness trainer Gunnar
Frederick M. Brown / Peterson with helping her
Getty Images build a fit body. She wrote
Khloé Kardashian will that she told him she want-
sign “Strong Looks Better ed Jennifer Lopez’s abs, and
Naked” in Houston. for two months she put in
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Wallace and Jeanie Kilroy Wilson
again?’ I always answer,
‘With the help of the
Salvation Army.’” Jones
and her family lived at the
Salvation Army Citadel
Corps and Community
Center in Des Moines,
Iowa, during a time of
homelessness. “When
we lost our house, I saw
my mother pack up her
five kids, give us each a
blanket and drive around
with no destination. They
brut sparkling wine
for the pre-dinner
reception.
Once guests were
seated in the restaurant’s
open dining room,
chairs Dan D’Armond
and Helen Shaffer
spoke briefly on the
organization’s educational
programs: Humphreys
School of Musical
Theatre, the River
Performing and Visual
Arts Center and Classes
in the Community.
Reef co-owner Bill
Floyd introduced the
evening’s remaining
chefs and vintners from
Carmelo’s, the Pass
extra workout time.
“I remember walk-
ing into my bathroom
one morning, seeing my
stomach in the mirror and
doing a double take, ‘Hello,
baby abs! … I can’t wait to
meet your other ab friends
soon!’ ”
She advises finding
people who have your same
intensity. For her, it was
sister Kourtney. But Kim,
“not so much,” she writes.
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Bizarro
JaCQueline Bigar
Your Horoscope for Wednesday,
November 18
aries (march 21-april 19) HHHH
You’ll have a discussion with a friend and
gain insight into a controversial matter.
Friendships play a big role in your plans.
Honor your commitments.
taurus (april 20-may 20) HHHH
You come from an anchored position,
whereas others seem to be rather flighty.
A friend finally will express his or her feel-
ings. You will understand why he or she
has been acting so strangely lately.
mother goose and grimm gemini (may 21-June 20) HHHHH Let
your mind wander, especially when look-
ing for a solution. The more detached you
become, the better the results will be. A
family member requires your attention.
CanCer (June 21-July 22) HHHH
Your creativity surges all day long, espe-
cially when it comes to a trip or a poten-
tial new friend. Your words have impact
way beyond what would be considered
normal.
leo (July 23-aug. 22) HHHH Others
surprise you with their understanding,
depth and insights. You rarely open up to
conversations of this nature, but you will
at times. Use care with your finances.
hagar the horriBle Virgo (aug. 23-sept. 22) HHH Your
efforts to accomplish what you want
could cause a problem. A loved one will
share much more than he or she has in a
long time.
liBra (sept. 23-oct. 22) HHHH Your
playfulness might not be appreciated as
much as you would like. Be careful, as
others could be much more serious than
you are. A flirtation marks your day.
sCorPio (oct. 23-nov. 21) HHH Ten-
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you do. You’ll want to do your thing, but
something or someone could be holding
you back. On some level, you might feel
cornered by the circumstances.
sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21)
HHHHH Be willing to state your case and
get feedback. You will see how creative
others become when interacting with you.
A neighbor or sibling could be seeking you
out. Don’t fight an inevitable conversa-
tion.
CaPriCorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH
Watch what goes on with your finances.
Be careful with an unusual offer that feels
too good to be true, because it prob-
ably is. Try to detach when hearing new
information.
aQuarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18) HHHHH
Your ideas strike people as being unusual,
but they often prove to be more workable
than others’ suggestions. A friendship
continues to rank high in importance;
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change in some way.
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My boy-
friend’s son, “Matt,” just
turned 21, but he looks 16.
He has just announced
that he’s moving in with a
50-year-old woman — the
mother of a friend of his.
I feel uncomfortable
about welcoming her into
my home and making con-
versation as if they are a
normal couple. His father
and I are the woman’s age.
I’m usually of the
mind-set to “live and let
live,” but here I am tested.
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Handle this by with-
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waiting to see how the
romance plays out. Matt
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Q&A
Famous smile turns to grief
By Melena Ryzik
NEW YORK TIMES
Julia Roberts was meant
to be a man, at least in
her new movie, “Secret in
Their Eyes.” Her character
in this noirish murder
thriller was written as a
man who loses his wife.
That’s how it was in the
Oscar-winning Argen-
tine drama upon which
the film is based. But in
the U.S. remake, writ-
ten and directed by Billy
Ray (the screenwriter of
“Captain Phillips”) and
co-starring Chiwetel Ejio-
for and Nicole Kidman,
it is Roberts who loses a
family member, this time
her daughter. Those script
changes, conceived by
Roberts, “had a seismic
effect on the movie,” Ray
said, giving audiences a
new emotional entry point
even as the character’s
personality did not other-
wise change.
As Jess, Roberts, the
onetime rom-com and
box-office queen, appears
starkly harrowed, bathed
in grief. “She had this
brilliant idea of putting
in these contact lenses
that would make her eyes
look kind of milky and
washed out,” Ray said. To
get the portrayal right, she
did camera tests with her
husband, Danny Moder,
who signed on as the film’s
cinematographer at Rob-
erts’ suggestion. The film
opens Friday.
Roberts, 48, whose ca-
reer shifted with an Oscar
for “Erin Brockovich”
in 2001, has for the past
decade focused on family
life; she and Moder have
three children, 8-year-old
Henry and nearly 11-year-
old twins Hazel and Phin-
naeus, and live mainly in
Malibu, Calif. “I’ve always
been pretty picky,” she
said of her roles. Now, “it
just has more to do with
a combination of picky
and the school calendar
and my husband’s work
schedule.”
Recently in Santa Mon-
ica, Calif., Roberts spoke
about being “on the fringe-
ish” end of the entertain-
ment industry. “I don’t
know the players and the
temperatures of every-
thing, what movies are
doing well and not doing
well,” she said. “There’s
not quite enough hours in
the day to keep up with all
that.” These are excerpts
from the conversation.
Q: Mr. Ray told me
he sent you the script
because he heard you
were looking to disap-
pear into something.
A: It does need to be
something that’s really
challenging, that you can
really sink your teeth into.
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ENTRETENIMIENTO
Cuca compite por un Latin Grammy
Por primera
vez en su
larga carrera
David Dorantes
Son los caciques del
rock pesado en México.
Llenan estadios y tienen
una legión de seguidores
que van desde adolescen-
tes hasta gente adulta. Y
todo eso sin que ninguna
estación de radio toque su
música. La televisión muy
pocas veces les da espacio.
Sólo algunos medios de
comunicación muy libe-
rales hablan de ellos en la
prensa con regularidad.
En 25 años de carrera,
los músicos del cuarteto
Cuca, apócope de cucara-
cha, han labrado su nom-
bre como el grupo con el
sonido más poderoso en
su país.
La fórmula que los ha
hecho grandes está en su
música potente, veloz y
contundente. A esto le su-
man unas letras cínicas,
llenas de humor, crudas y
llenas de honestidad con
el lenguaje de la calle.
Con esos argumentos a
su favor, la banda recibe
ahora reconocimiento
más allá de su país, ya
que por primera vez en
su carrera está nominada
a la categoría de Mejor
Disco de Rock por su
espléndido La Venganza
de Cucamonga (2015) en los
Latin Grammy 2015. Nada
mal para una cucaracha
que creció en el mundo
subterráneo de la ciudad
de Guadalajara.
“Para empezar fue una
sorpresota la nomina-
ción al Latin Grammy…
Nosotros siempre hemos
sido una banda subte-
rránea, que nunca suena
en la radio. Éste es un
disco independiente y de
los más irreverentes que
hemos hecho, por eso que
te volteen a ver después
de 25 años de andar roc-
kandrolleando pues está
chido”, explica el cantante
cubano-mexicano José
Fors, vocalista de Cuca, en
una entrevista desde su
casa en Guadalajara.
Además de Fors, a
Cuca lo completan los
músicos mexicanos Igna-
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La banda de rock mexicana Cuca ha sido reconocida con una nominación al Latin Grammy por Mejor Disco de Rock por primera vez en
su extensa carrera de 25 años por su disco ‘La Venganza de Cucamonga’.
cio El Implacable Gonzá-
lez (batería), Carlos Avilez
(bajo) y Alejandro Otaola
(guitarra), todos maestros
en sus instrumentos den-
tro de los parámetros del
rock pesado, que requiere
velocidad y precisión.
Antes, en diferentes
momentos, también
formaron parte de Cuca
los músicos Galileo Ochoa
(guitarra) y Alfonso Fors
(voz), este último, herma-
no de José.
La historia musical de
Cuca, al menos en sus
conciertos, comenzó en
el salón de fiestas Ama-
deus, de Guadalajara, una
noche de febrero de 1990,
en un espectáculo en el
que también estuvieron
la banda mexicana de
rock-soul Azul Violeta y
el brillante cantautor de
rock-blues Óscar Fuentes.
Rock, humor y alcohol
La banda se formó
bajo el influjo de grupos
de rock pesado como los
Ídolo de Houston por un día
En su con-
cierto, Juan
Gabriel volvió
a demostrar
que es un fe-
nómeno so-
ciocultural
David Dorantes
Tres horas de pasión al
extremo y sin respiro.
Así fue el concierto que
el cantante y compositor
mexicano Juan Gabriel
presentó el 15 de noviem-
bre en el Toyota Center
de Houston con algunas
de las 28 canciones más
representativas de su
repertorio.
El espectáculo, que
resumió 45 años de
carrera del artista, llevó
a la audiencia a desbor-
darse en una suerte de
comunión con el cantante
acompañándolo en todos
los temas.
Los conciertos del
llamado Divo de Juárez se
han convertido en fenó-
menos socioculturales de
unión latinoamericana
por la diversidad cultural
y de nacionalidad de los
asistentes, que lo conocen
y disfrutan sus canciones
como un clásico, algo que
pocos artistas latinos han
logardo a un nivel tan
masivo.
En Houston también
fue así.
Juan Gabriel apareció
en el escenario vestido de
blanco y naranja mientras
la audiencia lo recibía
enloquecida en un grito
australianos AC/DC y los
británicos Black Sabbath
y Led Zeppelin.
Las letras de Cuca recu-
peran el cinismo y sentido
del humor muy mexicano
de grupos de rock de ese
país como El Tri, Botellita
de Jerez y el mítico El Per-
sonal. Además, la banda
revela un sazón del rock-
punk del rockero estado-
unidense Iggy Pop y la
experimentación sonora
del rockero estadouniden-
se Frank Zappa.
Cuca ha hecho otros
grandes discos como La
invasión de los blátidos
(1992), Tu Cuca madre
ataca de nuevo (1993), La
racha (1995), El cuarto de
Cuca (1997), luego del cual
se separaron por cinco
años para regresar con
Con pelotas (2006).
En esos discos entrega-
ron temas que ahora son
fundamentales en la his-
toria del rock mexicano
como el Son del dolor, Cara
de pizza, Qué chingados,
Juan Gabriel, durante su actuación en el Toyota Cen-
ter de Houston, el 5 de noviembre, donde demostró
una vez más que tiene seguidores incondicionales.
fervoroso que no decreció
el resto de la noche.
“Gracias Houston por
traerme de nuevo” saludó
el artista a la audiencia
que le aplaudía de pie.
El espectáculo abrió
con los temas Para qué me
haces llorar y Así fue.
La voz afectada
Desde las dos primeras
canciones, Juan Gabriel
evidenció que su voz está
muy afectada, ya no tiene
la amplitud de matices
que lo caracterizó, ni la
potencia, y por momentos
dejaba totalmente de can-
tar. Sin embargo, suplió
eso con pasión interpreta-
tiva y emoción.
Tras los dos primeros
Rap de dar, Acariciando,
Hijo del lechero, Ay Juanito,
Mujer Cucaracha, y Todo
con exceso, entre otros.
“En 25 años, en que
hemos enfrentado pro-
blemas, separaciones,
reconciliaciones, como
cualquier banda… la neta
lo único que nos mantie-
ne unidos son dos cosas
básicamente: amor al
rock and roll, a lo que
hacemos, al rock pesado,
y los seguidores, que son
los que realmente han
mantenido a Cuca viva”,
dice Fors.
Una leyenda viva
Durante los cinco años
que Cuca estuvo alejada
de los escenarios, ainales
de los 90, su leyenda no
decreció y, al contrario, se
afianzó entre un público
más joven que no creció
viéndolos.
“Nosotros estuvimos
cinco años fuera de los
escenarios y en ese tiempo
a todos en la banda nos
Jon Shapley / La Voz de Houston
temas el artista siguió con
una descarga de cancio-
nes de dolor como No te
guardo rencor, Insensible,
Ya no me interesas, La
diferencia, Tu abandono,
Inocente pobre amigo, Cos-
tumbres, No vale la pena,
Caray, La frontera, Amor
eterno y Que seas muy feliz.
Los primeros temas
que Juan Gabriel ofreció
en Houston fueron como
un veloz tobogán de emo-
ciones para la audiencia,
ya que los llevó por el
vértigo del rock-soul, el
reposo del vals ranchero,
el frenesí de un son, y
remató con el dolor de
una balada.
Uno de los momentos
más emotivos de la noche
MIÉRCOLES 18 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2015
Sergio Garibay / Cuca
tocó ver que a cada bar La tapatía, del grupo El
que entrábamos estaban Personal.
tocando otros grupos el Con este disco debu-
Son del dolor, Alcohol y rock tó como guitarrista de
and roll, La balada… y nos Cuca Alejandro Otaola.
dimos cuenta que hasta El único de los cuatro
los chavitos de 14 ó 15 años integrantes que no vive
se sabían las letras de las en Guadalajara sino en
rolas mejor que yo. Al ver Ciudad de México, Otaola
lo prendida que estaba la es conocido por haber
gente con Cuca decidimos sido guitarrista de bandas
continuar”, rememora de rock en su país como
Fors sobre aquellos años Santa Sabina, La Barran-
en que cada integrante del ca y San Pascualito Rey.
grupo emprendió proyec- “Éste es uno de los
tos en otras bandas o de discos más frescos en su
manera solista para luego sonido porque así se hizo,
volverse a reunir. con mucha energía y fres-
En La Venganza de cura, las rolas (canciones)
Cucamonga, el disco no- salieron en cuestión de
minado al Latin Grammy, pocos meses, de volada…”,
Cuca entrega una pieza de explica Fors.
precisión como reloj suizo Además del rock pesa-
pero tan explosivo como do, Cuca se ha destacado
una granada de mano. por sus letras con mucho
Entre los brillantes sentido del humor en un
temas del nuevo disco país en el que sus rocke-
estám Ladilla humana, ros suelen ser demasiados
Más daño, Arre Lulú, En el solemnes y dogmáticos.
nombre del rock and roll, Mi
vieja, Esto no te va a doler, david.dorantes@chron.com
y su versión del tema @HDaviddorantes
fue cuando Juan Gabriel lo sé que tú te vas.
presentó a la soprano A partir de ese
mexicana Bárbara Padilla, momento, el resto del es-
quien reside en Houston, pectáculo fue creciendo
para que cantara el tema en intensidad con temas
No tengas miedo, que el encendidos que levanta-
compositor hizo especial- ron a la audiencia de sus
mente para ella.
“Qué honor volverla a
asientos como Señor sol,
No tengo dinero, Abráza-
oír Bárbara... ustedes aquí
en Houston tienen el pri-
me, El Noa Noa y Siempre
en mi mente.
vilegio de tenerla viviendo Sin embargo, tal vez
aquí, escuchen su ma- uno de los momentos
ravillosa voz”, dijo Juan más divertidos de la
Gabriel cuando presentó a noche fue cuando Juan
la soprano. Gabriel interpretó Yo no
nací para amar, en un
Bien acompañado nuevo arreglo de jazz-
Padilla estuvo espec- soul en el que protago-
tacular en su interpreta- nizó un exotico baile
ción, lo que arrancó una mientras se despojaba
larga ovación de pie de del saco y el chaleco,
parte de la mayoría del y abría la camisa para
público. La ovación creció mostrar el pecho y sa-
cuando Juan Gabriel cudir las caderas lo que
le pidió a Padilla que provocó silbidos y gritos
interpretara otro tema y del público exultante,
dijo como introducción tras casi tres horas de
“hasta que ella la cantó concierto.
me di cuenta que era una
bonita canción”, para que david.dorantes@chron.com
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ESTILO DE VIDA
En busca de estatus para todos los bolsillos
Más diseñadores de lujo se
alían con cadenas de ropa
Lara Barreiro
EFE
La moda es un mundo
en el que, además de los
materiales y la mano de
obra, se paga la exclusi-
vidad, normalmente con
muchos billetes.
O así era, hasta que
las cadenas de ropa de
bajo costo llegaron para
revolucionar el panora-
ma, con sus asociaciones
temporales con marcas
de lujo, permitiendo así
vestir una prenda firmada
por la misma mano que
diseña para las grandes
estrellas de cine, pero con
un precio asequible.
La cadena sueca H&M,
que tiene cinco tiendas en
Houston, fue la pione-
ra en crear este tipo de
colaboraciones y vende
anualmente en algunas
tiendas seleccionadas
de todo el mundo unas
colecciones cuyo mérito
no está en el precio, sino
en la exclusividad y el lujo
que aporta el nombre del
diseñador que la firma.
Colas de cientos de
personas, noches en vela
guardando sitio, peleas
por las prendas y algún
maniquí desvestido en el
fragor de la batalla, son
escenas que se repiten
con cada colaboración
anual para hacerse con las
prendas limitadas.
Asequible y deseable
La última, firmada por
la casa de modas fran-
cesa Lanvin, salió a la
venta el 5 de noviembre
y se agotó pocas horas
después, al mismo tiempo
que en las páginas web de
venta de segunda mano
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piezas de LanvinxH&M
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alcanzar incluso el de un
Lanvin original, sin cola-
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“H&M consigue hacer
de lo asequible algo
deseable”, vaticinaba ya
el diseñador de lujo Karl
Lagerfeld, el primero en
colaborar con la cadena,
en 2004, justo antes de
enfadarse con el gigante
sueco porque su “demo-
cratización” de la moda
no llegaba tan lejos como
quería hacer ver.
El camino iniciado por
el alemán Lagerfeld lo
continuó la británicaS-
tella McCartney, hija del
Beatle Paul McCartney, y
el tándem de diseñadores
de lujo Viktor&Rolf, que
incluyó un vestido de
boda entre sus diseños.
Otros nombres de alta
costura que colaboran con
la cadena son el italiano
Roberto Cavalli, con una
colección de fiesta, o la
firma francesa Comme
des Garçons, con una
colaboración estratégi-
camente coordinada con
la apertura de la primera
tienda de H&M en Tokio.
Desde entonces han
sido muchos los diseña-
dores de alta costura que
se han unido a campañas
con cadenas de productos
de bajo costo.
Gangas de lujo
Los opositores de las
colaboraciones entre las
firmas de lujo y el low cost,
o bajo precio, dicen que
esto daña la imagen de
la marca de alta costura
porque cuando la moda
de ese nivel se populariza
deja de ser lujosa, ya que
el lujo asequible no existe.
Los defensores, en
Una de las propuestas que la fima de lujo francesa
Maison Martin Margiela diseñó para H&M.
cambio, opinan que las
barreras entre moda
rápida y la exclusividad
pueden diluirse para
ayudar a conseguir las as-
piraciones de los clientes;
pero lo seguro es que los
diseñadores obtienen el
beneficio de ser más visi-
bles incluso entre los que
ni siquieran los conocían
por falta de acceso a sus
productos..
Más allá de la pionera
H&M, otras cadenas se
han sumado a la estra-
tegia: la marca italiana
Marchesa lo hizo con LF
USA en 2012 y el fran-
cés Jean Paul Gaultier
también quiso acercarse a
más bolsillos en 2010 con
MIÉRCOLES 18 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2015
EFE
Compras de la colección de la firma francesa Balmain
para H&M en una tienda de Madrid, que congregó a
más de 400 personas en su apertura.
menos que los precios grandes diseñadores,
habituales de los diseña- que crean colecciones
dores), en colaboración con piezas que prefieren
con la cadena estadouni- etiquetar como “asequi-
dense Target, con la que ble” antes que utilizar el
ya habían trabajado Anna término de “barato”.
Sui y el británicoAlexan- “¿Barato? Qué palabra
der McQueen. tan deprimente”, decía
Pero no sólo el común Karl Lagerfeld cuando
de los mortales se apunta le preguntaban por sus
a la tendencia de comprar colecciones menos pro-
EFE prendas de diseñadores hibitivas, y agregaba que
de lujo a precios de cade- “Es un asunto de gusto. Si
na de ropa. Las estrellas eres barato, bueno, nada
del espectáculo también ayuda”.
una colección en la que la lucen sobre la alfombra
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DEPORTES

Clark acapara premios del Dynamo

EI veterano Premios de la
mediocampista temporada 2015
del Dynamo:
fue la figura de Jugador Más Valioso (MVP):
Ricardo Clark.
la temporada Mejor jugador (elegido por

pasada los jugadores): Ricardo Clark.

Germán Fernández-Moores
El veterano mediocampista
Ricardo Clark se quedó con tres
galardones por su participación
en la pasada temporada del
Houston Dynamo en la MLS
luego de ser elegido como el
mejor jugador del equipo por
la prensa y también por sus
propios compañeros, además de
ganar el premio a la mejor labor
humanitaria.
En un evento llevado a cabo
el miércoles por la noche en
el estadio BBVA Compass,
presentado por la fundación
caritativa Halliburton, Clark
recibió el premio MVP del
Dynamo por segunda vez en sus
ocho años con el equipo naranja
ya que había sido galardonado
con el mismo honor en la
temporada 2013.
El ex jugador de la
selección de Estados Unidos
y mundialista en Sudáfrica
2010 anotó ocho goles en los
30 partidos que disputó en la
temporada regular, todos como
titular, y sumó otro en la Copa
Abierta Lamar Hunt. Cuatro de
esos goles fueron en los últimos
nueve partidos de la temporada,
en los cuales el Dynamo luchó
hasta el final del torneo para
tratar de clasificar a los playoffs
en la Conferencia del Oeste.
Clark jugó como titular en
30 partidos de la temporada
regular por primera vez desde
2006 y estuvo en la cancha
por 2,573 minutos, su mayor
cantidad desde ese mismo año.
En total, acumuló 59 remates, 21
de ellos a la portería.
Además, el experimentado
jugador de 32 años de edad y
oriundo de Atlanta ganó por
primera vez en su carrera el
premio Humanitario del Año
gracias a sus contribuciones
a Positive Passes, una
organización que fundó en 2013
Ricardo Clark (13) escapa a la marca de Juninho (19) en el triunfo sobre el Galaxy de Los Ángeles
en el estadio BBVA Compass de Houston, en la mejor actuación del año del equipo naranja.
dedicada a ayudar a los jóvenes
a través del fútbol. Con ese fin,
lideró múltiples eventos para
difundir el mensaje positivo de
esa entidad.
El delantero Will Bruin, por
su parte, se llevó el premio al
máximo goleador y el veterano
DaMarcus Beasley fue elegido
como el mejor defensor.
Es la segunda oportunidad
que Bruin, de 25 años, termina
una temporada como el máximo
artillero. Esta vez anotó 11 goles,
uno menos de los 12 que marcó
cuando se adjudicó el mismo
galardón en 2012. También
marcó un gol en la Copa
Abierta.
El atacante oriundo de St.
Louis se convirtió así en el
primer jugador en la historia de
la franquicia en terminar con 10
o más goles en tres temporadas
(2012, 2014 y 2015) de la MLS y el
segundo en superar la barrera
Bob Levey / Houston Chronicle
de los 50 goles, para quedar con
53 a sólo 10 de alcanzar al ex
internacional Brian Ching, el
máximo artillero del Dynamo
con 56 dianas en temporadas
regulares de la liga.
El experimentado zaguero
español Raúl Rodríguez fue
considerado como la máxima
revelación en su primera
temporada con el equipo,
mientras que otro que cumplió
su primera campaña en la MLS,
Botín de Oro Budweiser: Will
Bruin (máximo goleador).
Revelación: Raúl Rodríguez
Mejor defensor: DaMarcus
Beasley.
Ironman del año: David Horst
(mayor cantidad de minutos en
el campo de campo).
Mejor jugador joven: Leonel
Miranda.
Premio Humanitario: Ricardo
Clark.
Mejor gol: Leonel Miranda
(contra LA Galaxy, el 25 de
julio).
Mejor salvada: Tyler Deric, por
su atajada ante un tiro libre de
Kaká contra Orlando City SC a
los 41 minutos el 13 de marzo).
Mejor jugador de la Academia
juvenil: Christian Lucatero.
Mejor jugador de la Academia
juvenil (elegido por los
jugadores): Charly Flores.
Premio Siempre Naranja:
a la alcaldesa de Houston
Annise Parker (por su gran
colaboración con el club).
Simpatizante del año: Wally
Elarusi.
Premio Espíritu de Equipo:
Andrea Singletary.
Mejor partido: Dynamo 3 - LA
Galaxy 0, el 25 de julio.
Leonel Miranda, fue elegido
como el mejor jugador joven,
menor de 23 años.
El argentino, que llegó a
préstamo desde Independiente
de Avellaneda en su país,
además fue premiado por
marcar el mejor gol gracias a
su brillante jugada, con regate
y definición de emboquillada,
para coronar el triunfo 3-0
sobre el Los Ángeles Galaxy
en el mejor partido del año del
equipo naranja, el 25 de julio en
el estadio BBVA Compass.
El volante ofensivo de 21 años
jugó 20 partidos, 11 como titular.
gf.mooores@chron.com

BREVES

VILLAR, MULTADO POR

FIFA: El dirigente español
Ángel María Villar, vicepre-
sidente de la FIFA y
presidente de la federación
de fútbol de su país, fue
amonestado y multado el
viernes por una suma de
25,000 francos suizos
(25,000 dólares) por
conducta indebida durante
la investigación sobre las
candidaturas para las
sedes de los mundiales de Héctor Guerrero / AFP/ Getty Images
2018 y 2022.
BRAVO RENUEVA CON actual Torneo Apertura, su
CHIVAS: Luego de una máxima cifra desde que
temporada en la que ha marcó esa misma cantidad
marcado su mayor en el Clausura de 2008.
cantidad de goles en siete Bravo, el goleador histórico
años, el delantero Omar de Chivas con 126 tantos,
Bravo fue recompensado ya tenía un acuerdo por
con una extensión de seis meses más. Además
contrato por dos años para de Chivas, el delantero ha
seguir con Chivas, anunció jugado con Deportivo La
el jueves el dueño del Coruña en España,
equipo de Guadalajara, Sporting Kansas City de la
Jorge Vergara. Bravo MLS y con Tigres y Cruz
Alessandro Della Bella / AP acumuló 10 tantos en el Azul en la liga local.

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Houston poet scripts success

Inprint executive Community programs
Along with the Margarett Root Brown
director Rich Levy Reading Series, Inprint offers a “Cool
Brains!” series for young readers, and
relishes work with “Poetry Buskers” who produce po-
etry on-demand at local festivals. Other
literary nonprofit programs for readers include the Inprint
Book Club and First Fridays Reading
Series.
By Judi Griggs For writers, Inprint provides a variety
SENIOR LIVING CORRESPONDENT of workshops ranging from intensive
sessions for serious writers to special-
On the October day after the much- ized classes that include the tuition-free
anticipated release of her latest book, Teachers-As-Teachers Workshop and the
internationally acclaimed author Sandra Senior Memoir Workshop in area com-
Cisneros stood before a packed audience munity centers.
at the Stude Concert Hall at Rice Univer- Inprint has funded more than $3
sity with a full-face smile. million in fellowships, juried prizes and
“Not even my hometowns, San Anto- other direct support for the renowned
nio and Chicago, turn University of Hous-
out like Houston,” said ton Creative Writing
Cisneros, a MacArthur More information Program. It recruits Photo by Daniel McQuade
Genius Grant fellow instructors for pro- With friends right outside her door, Treemont resident Ethyl Van Tine said she is
To learn about Inprint’s liter-
who has sold more grams from the best of never lonely and is thankful to have so many opportunities to laugh every day.
ary performance programs or
than a million books. program alumni.
writing workshops, including its
The event was
hosted by Inprint, a
literary arts nonprofit
Senior Memoir Workshop, go to
www.inprinthouston.org, or call
Roots in writing
Levy holds a Master
Simple joys make all the difference
713-521-2026.
organization which of Fine Arts in Poetry
offers programs that from the Iowa Writers By Alice Adams
support and engage Workshop at the Uni- SENIOR LIVING CORRESPONDENT
readers and writers of fiction, poetry and versity of Iowa, long considered one of

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creative nonfiction. the best graduate writing programs in the s the Thanks-
Headquartered in a small, light-filled nation. As a college student, Levy said he giving holidays
Museum District bungalow with brightly discovered the only thing he wanted to do draw near, it’s
painted walls and mismatched furniture, was write poetry. time to begin thinking
Inprint’s five-and-a-half-person staff Although Levy studied at Iowa with about what to give thanks
quietly lead one of the best programs for some of this generation’s literary greats, for this year. For some, it’s
readers and writers in the nation. his MFA did not prove to be a spring- about the new job or the
board to personal literary renown. big raise, the new house
Behind the scenes “I went too young, I was still too inse- or new friends.
Staff turnover is a fact of nonprofit life, cure and goofy,” Levy said. However, for the resi-
particularly in the arts, but three of the Levy met his former wife in Iowa and dents of two of Houston’s
team have been with Inprint for 13, 18 and senior communities, it’s
19 years each. Levy continues on 6 the little things they’ll
They are quick to credit be giving thanks for this
Inprint’s first full-time Thanksgiving. Photo by Greg Schultheis
employee, Rich Levy, 59, Nancy Hill, a career
The Buckingham residents need not go far for a day
who has been the execu- public school teacher,
of pampering at the community’s on-site salon.
tive director there for 20 counselor and administra-
years. When he took the tor, moved to The Buck-
helm, Inprint had a bud- ingham in March 2007. they’re johnnie-on-the- by new construction. He
get of $180,000. “We became tired of spot to take it and park it,” does have plans to plant a
Today, it is $1.2 mil- dealing with the upkeep of she said. new garden, once con-
lion, and the staff still our home,” she said, “and Kipp Halliday, who struction is completed.
works long, hard and lean wanted to move to a place lives at The Buckingham, “I grew up on a farm in
maintaining a focus on where we could relax and has been experiencing Kansas and we grew ev-
outreach and program- let someone else take care some health challenges erything we ate,” Sechrest
ming. of the problems.” recently and is currently said. “Right now, I’m bar-
“We believe in what Hill, a cancer survi- at The Plaza, the skilled tering with the contractor
we do, we value it, we vor and now widowed, nursing wing of the con- next door to let me have
feel proud of it, and we remains highly involved tinuing care community. some lumber from a fence
feel privileged to be able in myriad activities and “I’m thankful I live they tore down for my
to do the work we do. thankful for her quality here,” Halliday said. “So ‘winter job,’ which will be
And together, we have of life. many people who are building my new garden. ”
fun along the way,” said “I don’t have to drive to seniors don’t know how Since the beginning
Krupa Parikh, marketing play bridge and it’s easy senior communities make of the year, Sechrest has
and outreach director. to have friends over,” life easier for us. For spent time sitting on a
She said Levy is open to she said. “I can be alone me, it’s a joy every day. I third floor veranda of The
people, new ideas, input when I want, and there’s moved to Houston in 1999. Buckingham, which gives
and contrary opinions. something exciting going In the past, I was involved him a front row-center
“His openness helps on here all the time. I’ve in Junior League and my seat, watching the prog-
keep the organization Photo courtesy of Inprint served on the residents’ church group, but here, ress of the development
fresh, inclusive and Poet Rich Levy has served as the executive director council, and the biggest I’ve never had so many next door.
always growing,” she said. of Inprint for 20 years. complaint people have is friends in my life.” “I enjoy watching the
we have too many good Halliday, who has been construction, which is
things to do.” hospitalized recently, is what I did for 30-some
Calling herself ex- happier in the health area odd years,” he said.
tremely blessed, Hill said of The Buckingham. Sechrest is also thank-
Mark your calendar she’s thankful for the “I’m near my friends ful the community’s bil-
hugs she receives when and they miss me. Every- liard club.
66th annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade: Welcome Thanksgiving she goes to the dining one is so kind, and I’m “Right now, we have
morning with floats, balloons, marching bands and live entertainment room for meals, and for very appreciative of such 30 men and every week
along downtown Houston. The parade begins 9 a.m. on Smith at wait staff who knows caring individuals,” she we have a tournament, he
Lamar, continues north to Walker, east to Milam, south to Pease, her needs and how, as if said. said. We have a lot of fun.
west to Louisiana, north to Clay, west to Smith, and north to end at by magic, a glass of tea Ed Sechrest, 85, has It’s one of my main hob-
Smith and Dallas. For more information, go to www.houstontx.gov/ appears almost as soon as lived with his wife at The bies — I plan tournaments
thanksgivingparade. she’s seated. Buckingham for the past and handle the paper-
“The staff knows our decade and is retired from work,” he said.
Mayor’s Holiday Celebration: 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, in front of likes and dislikes and Shell Oil’s engineering “It’s such a different
City Hall, 901 Bagby. The Mayor’s Holiday Celebration and Tree Lighting, truly care about our department. lifestyle, and everybody
presented by Reliant, an NRG company, brings music and a visit from comfort. The people here He has had a small here is a friend,” he said.
Santa. See the city’s holiday tree glow with energy-efficient LED lights, are unbelievable, asking vegetable garden on land The Buckingham’s
shimmering ornaments and a stunning star topper. Free and open to the what they can do for us. adjacent to The Buck- director of Resident Ser-
public. For more information, go to www.houstontx.gov/mayorsholiday. I use an electric scooter ingham, but this plot has
and when I go to meals, recently been gobbled up Neighbors continues on 2

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

THE BUCKINGHAM: One of Houston’s
premier senior living communities, The
Buckingham recently sponsored a golf team
in the CanCare Golf Classic held at Lakeside
Country Club. The team consisted of current
residents and future residents who soon
will move into the community. CanCare is
celebrating 25 years of fighting cancer with
hope, and the organization’s one-on-one
emotional support makes a tremendous,
positive impact on the lives of cancer
patients and their families. For details, visit
www.buckinghamhouston.com, or call 832-
426-1372.
CONSERVATORY SENIOR LIVING:
Feel at home for the holidays at Conserva-
tory Senior Living. Visitors can join Con-
servatory for festive Holiday Open House
celebrations. As the bells jingle, guests can
mix and mingle over a variety of holiday
treats and seasonal refreshments while
enjoying the splendor of Conservatory’s
beautifully decorated communities. ’Tis the
season for holiday glee, and whether they
have been naughty or nice, Conservatory
invites guests to celebrate. Call 832-482-4344
or 281-378-6069, or visit www.Conservato-
rySeniorLiving.com for dates and times.
EAGLE’S TRACE: This Erickson Living
retirement community announces the addi-
tion of Amarillo Terrace, an independent liv-
ing building under construction. The project
features 108 residences with fresh floor plans
that highlight open-concept designs, as well
as screened-in porches and patios, which
will be options for a number of residences. A
new media room, fitness center and restau-
rant are planned amenities. Amarillo Terrace
is currently accepting reservations, and is
scheduled to open late 2016. For more infor-
mation about Eagle’s Trace, call 281-496-7676
or www.ericksonliving.com.
PARKWAY PLACE: Residents at
Parkway Place volunteer for many good
causes. Their latest project was participat-
ing in a walk to help benefit orphans in
developing countries around the world.
The annual event provides children with
new shoes to help them get to school
and decrease their chances for disease.
Friends and neighbors also joined the
walk and sent funds via www.shoesfo-
rorphansouls.org. For more information
about the inspirational life at Parkway
Place, call Rick at 281-677-5912.
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Regular vision checks can help prevent falls

By Alice Adams
SENIOR LIVING CORRESPONDENT
In the 65-plus age
group, one out of three
seniors will fall this year.
According to data from
the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention,
2.5 million non-fatal falls
among older adults were
treated in emergency de-
Photo by Daniel McQuade partments, and more than
At Treemont, resident Earl Lesure can focus on his 734,000 of these patients
game during Saturday night pool parties. were hospitalized.
“Glaucoma, a build-up
of pressure inside the eye
that could cause damage
of the optic nerve, impacts
one’s ability to walk, such
as not seeing the curb in a
path,” the professor said.
“We urge older patients
to have good lighting,
high contrasts between
levels, having things
marked in the home,
like step downs ... and to
vary colors between tubs,
showers and bathroom
floors.”
ing problems with their Panzer said technol-
vision without realizing ogy now allows doctors
poor vision can lead to to address many condi-
falls. tions that impair vision,
“Sometimes it does and this leads to better
take a catastrophe before balance and being able to
they see a physician,” he move more safely.
said. “Laser treatments can
The “big three” com- correct diabetic retinopa-
mon visual problems for thy. Intra-ocular injec-
those over 60 can be (1) tions can treat certain
cataracts, (2) glaucoma cases of macular degen-
and (3) macular degenera- eration,” Panzer said.
tion. “Cataracts, which are
“Because changes in common in older Ameri-
vision appear relatively cans, produces an overall

Neighbors, caring staff Vision concerns suddenly, the patient blur to vision. However,
Among the major Common conditions should determine if it is cataracts can be removed
causes for falls, aside As soon as an unsteady in one eye or both,” Scott and the lens inside the
help bring smiles daily from poor lighting, ill-fit-
ting shoes, or hazards in
gait is noticed, Modi rec-
ommends using a cane or
said. “If vision is good
in one eye and not the
eye, just behind the iris,
can be replaced.”
pathways, is poor vision walker, or having regular other, that’s one pathway Another vision-related
Neighbors from page 1 or visual disturbance. assistance. He also recom- to diagnosis. If both are condition, dermatocha-
Dr. Swati Modi, clinical mends regularly monitor- involved, that leads into lasis or drooping eyelids,
vices and Lifestyles Pam assistant professor of low ing one’s muscle function another.” can often begin impairing
Ortiz plans and coordi- vision at the University of and blood pressure, as vision in one’s later years.
nates resident activities, Houston’s School of Op- these also are contribu- Treatments available This problem, according
coordinates move-ins and tometry, said one of the tors to falls. Allan Panzer, OD, PA to Panzer, can easily be
oversees housekeeping. most dangerous visual In some cases, those and Certified Glaucoma repaired by a procedure
“I’m thankful for my impairments in seniors who fall opt not to inform Specialist, has been in called ‘blepharoplasty,’
supportive husband, involves loss of depth their physicians or family practice for 36 years at otherwise known as a lid
who is also an honorary perception and contrast members. Bellaire’s Dry Eye Clinic. lift.
Buckingham employee sensitivity. “It’s much better to “Good eye health is All of the physicians
and helps me with many “In people over age 80, report all falls, so a diag- essential to good vision interviewed recommend-
events,” she said. 8.4 percent have visual nosis may be made at an and good balance,” he ed an eye exam every
“I’m also thankful for impairment (equaling earlier stage,” Modi said. said. “It’s also necessary year, particularly after age
the amazing stories resi- 945,000). This number Dr. Paul Scott, certified to have your prescriptions 65. They also recommend
dents share — and there is Photo by Greg Schultheis will increase to 2 million by the American Board for glasses checked and/ to see an eye professional
something special about The housekeeping staff in 2030 and 4 million in of Optometry, said some or adjusted as needed as soon as possible if one
everyone who lives here, at The Buckingham 2040,” she said. seniors may be experienc- every year.” notices a change in vision.
whether it’s where they’ve helps make residents’
been, what else they want days easier.
to learn and how much
they do, themselves, to
keep learning. I’m truly
activities director, who
introduced her to other The Hallmark residents enjoy culture of community
blessed to know each residents and encouraged
one.” her to join community Many communities lates thought-provoking
Houston’s Treemont events. offer premium dining, theological discussions.
Retirement Community, “Our activities calendar fitness and health care This fall, a faculty
a continuing care com- is so jam-packed with amenities, but it is often member from Rice Uni-
munity at 2501 Wester- fun endeavors, it’s hard through residents’ shared versity conducts opera
land, provides a catered to chose what to do next. interests that a real com- lectures and presenta-
lifestyle and amenities for With all my heart I am munity is formed. tions on the upcoming
its residents. thankful for the Treemont Many residents of The operas of the season. The
Ed Lesure recently con- Retirement Community Hallmark — a luxury Opera Workshop Class
tributed to the commu- which, all in all, brought boutique senior living has even performed ex-
nity’s joy after he brought me back to life.” community in the Gal- cerpts from various plays It is often through residents’ shared interests that a
a pool table back to its Ethyl Van Tine said she leria area — share an and operas. real community is formed, such as at The Hallmark.
original purpose. is grateful for the friends interest in cultural and In addition to these
“I’m thankful I discov- she can find anytime she educational pursuits. classes held on site, The enjoy these outings about living in a cultured
ered a pool table that was leaves her apartment. A new Bible study Hallmark provides trans- together, creating last- community at The Hall-
being used as a food and “When I slow down group, led by an inspiring portation to educational, ing friendships along the mark, call 713-235-1828, or
beverage table for large from all the activities, it teacher from St. Martin’s fine art and performance way. visit the website at www.
parties,” Lesure said. occurs to me that I’m nev- Episcopal Church, stimu- venues in town. Groups For, more information thehallmark.org.
“It’s been uncovered er lonely, and I’m thankful
and a new activity has I have so many opportuni-
begun that allows for a ties to laugh every day.”
‘pool party’ on Saturday For Betty Stubbs, it’s
nights. We can play pool dancing that brings a
whenever we want. It’s a smile to her face.
great opportunity
to socialize and
have fun.”
Marie Lynn “The smell of the basil
Hayes said she gets
a wonderful, hap-
py feeling from the
care she receives at
we planted makes me
smile — it brings back
memories of being a
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Treemont.
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caregivers let me
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tant I am to them,” memories of a happy Memorial Hermann Advantage will be here. Enjoy your original Medicare benefits
she said.
Treemont’s childhood ...” along with a range of additional benefits not covered by Medicare, including:
community garden Camella Scalise,
is also a source
of happiness for
Treemont resident
+ $0 Plan premium for HMO or PPO plans
residents.
Camella Scal-
+ $0 Primary care physician copay
ise is part of Treemont’s
Gardening Angels club,
“I’m thankful for the
opportunity to dance
+ Prescription Drug Coverage at no additional cost
which recently planted a
herb garden.
often,” said Betty Stubbs.
“Here at Treemont, we
+ No referral needed to see any specialist
“Planting that herb have lots of parties and
garden gave me such joy; I dances for the residents.”
+ Vision and hearing benefits
was able to get my hands Dolores Sagissor is + National and worldwide emergency coverage
in the soil again,” Scalise
said. “The smell of the
thankful for many things,
including the opportunity + Unlimited access to 24-hour nurse hotline at no cost
basil we planted makes
me smile — it brings
to worship.
“I’m also grateful for + Fitness program at no additional cost
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the friendliness and
kindness shown to me at + Access to a vast network of hospitals and physicians
for my family and memo-
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well as our residents,” she + Supplemental benefits available that cover dental,
growing up in an Italian said. vision, eyewear and chiropractic services for an
family. It’s medicine for Eve Comeaux finds joy additional monthly charge
my soul.” in her beautiful apart-
Kaye Barksdale moved ment.
to Treemont after a severe “The sun shines into
injury.
“Essentially, I was like
my apartment and makes
me happy,” she said, “and
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Marcus Roberson with the Circle of Friends program spends quality time with
Belmont Village resident Sue Johnson.
Memory care communities
propel programs forward
By Jill Narciso
SENIOR LIVING CORRESPONDENT
The Alzheimer’s Association reports
that by 2025, the senior population in Tex-
as with dementia will reach half a million.
In accordance with these numbers, senior
living communities are expanding their
facilities and are continuously improving
their memory care programs.
Brazos Towers at Bayou Manor, 4141
S. Braeswood Blvd., has eight rooms in
a new wing created solely for dementia
residents. Less than 5 miles away, Belmont
Village’s West University community,
2929 W. Holcombe Blvd., has expanded its
memory care section from 23 to 36 rooms.
Dementia is a broad term for a brain
disorder commonly associated with
memory loss. About 60 to 70 percent of
those with dementia have Alzheimer’s,
an irreversible degenerative disorder that
affects speech and thought patterns.
Brazos Towers director Steven Moore
said he’s seen an increased need for
memory care services over the years, and
he believes the new program will be well-
received in the community.
The memory care wing in Brazos
Towers will have its own dining and
living room areas, as well as an enclosed
mezzanine courtyard. There will be staff
dedicated to lifestyle activities, and medi-
cal care will be available 24 hours a day.
The new memory care wing is sched-
uled for completion by March 2016.
Belmont Village’s West University ex-
pansion included a new dining room and
two activity rooms for its residents with
dementia.
Belmont Village also has three different
memory care programs available to resi-
On Casablanca
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
& Having the Best
Time Of Your Life
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Retirement Tradition
Photo by James Klein
dents according to their individual needs.
A Continuum of Care Campus
The mind-body-awareness or MBA
Independent Living
club is for those who want to stay mentally
active despite no signs of dementia. In this
program, residents assess their current
mental abilities and track their learning
Assisted Living
goals.
For those experiencing early stage Skilled Nursing & Rehab
memory loss, the Circle of Friends pro-
gram offers a structured schedule of group
activities that helps improve both mental
and physical fitness. While fun and engag-
ing, these activities are research-proven to
maintain one’s mental capacity.
Residents with mid to late Alzheimer’s
qualify for Person-Centered Living. In this
program, residents will also have a daily
schedule, although activities will be tai-
lored according to their specific needs and
abilities. For example, residents may play
FALL
SPECIAL
poker or bridge with their cards face up,
along with a staff member to help facilitate starting at
$1,495
the game.
Beverly Sanborn, Belmont’s vice presi-
dent of Program Development, has more
than 20 years of experience with dementia CALL TodAy
research. With activities dedicated to
stimulate a person’s mind, Sanborn said
she saw dramatic changes.
“When I first started, (dementia pa-
tients) would sit and stare all day long,”
she said. “In this program, they come to
life. They’re laughing. Now people can’t
believe they have dementia.” Call for Free Lunch & Tour!
Dementia, she said, can be a debilitating
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People may also not recognize their own
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Engagement continues on 10 www.Treemont.com
“Joe and I looked at several places,” Jeannette Priour said,
“Parkway Place was by far the best. It has delightful people.
It didn’t take long for us to make new friends here. Joe and I love
watching classic movies on Movie Night — one of our favorites is
Casablanca. The dining room is lovely, the food is superb and the
conversation is always lively. There are a lot of discussions about
current events, politics and the arts. My favorite dish is mashed
sweet potatoes with grilled ham. We adore our beautiful
apartment. It’s so spacious — in fact, we just seated nineteen
family members at a holiday gathering. Because Parkway Place
is a continuing care campus, we appreciate the peace of mind
knowing on-site healthcare is available, if ever needed.
We’re having the best time of our lives, and you will too!”
Why not learn more? Call Rick or Darby today at 281.677.5912
or visit BucknerParkwayPlace.org. Or better still, drop in
for a visit. Jeannette and Joe would like to meet you.
281.677.5912
1321 Park Bayou Drive
Houston, TX 77077
BucknerParkwayPlace.org
Jeannette and Joe Priour
moved into Parkway Place
in 2012.
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Renovations, BBB ON SENIORS

additions to
Brazos Towers
at Bayou Manor
nearly finished
It’s an exciting time at
Brazos Towers at Bayou
Manor as it reaches the fi-
nal stretch of both renova-
tions to existing facilities
and finishing out of the
new East Tower.
Just weeks ago, the
newly renovated dining
room was unveiled, and
the last of the extensive
renovations to the health
center were completed.
Next month, the new
living room, lounge and
bar overlooking the lush
garden area will open.
Soon, to tie it all together,
will be the completion of
the East Tower.
First moves are slated
for late December, with
the majority of new
residents moving in Janu-
ary through March. The
Brazos Towers at Bayou
Manor offers residents a
stylish new dining room.
last Solutions Seminar
recently was held, and
new residents were given
the opportunity to meet
with Brazos Towers staff
who will be serving them
in a variety of capacities
— dining, activities and
services to make their
lives more enjoyable. The
excitement is building.
For more information
and a tour of the new East
Tower and the renovated
West Tower, visit www.
BrazosTowers.org or call
713-660-5000.
There are tips to managing someone else’s money
Last April, the New
York Times published a
story titled “As Cognition
Slips, Financial Skills are
the First to Go.”
The article states that
several studies show the
ability to handle simple
math and financial mat-
ters are the first skills one
loses with dementia and
Alzheimer’s.
There are other studies
that demonstrate that
an individual’s ability to
handle financial matters
can begin to decline in
their 50s.
Here are some star-
tling statistics. There are
44.7 million people 65
and older, representing
14 percent of the popula-
tion, and this number will
grow to an estimated 66
million in 10 years. This
older population has tril-
lions of dollars in wealth,
and they are frequently
struggling
to manage
their own
finances
as they
BARBARA
PARROTT become
MCGINITY increasingly
vulnerable
to financial exploitation.
As people are living
longer, well into their 80s
and 90s, who ends up
being the primary care-
giver? Most likely aging
children.
One advisor quoted
in the New York Times
article said he wished that
when people reach 65,
they would simplify their
investments.
But what we have are
65-year-olds managing
both their own finances
and the finances of par-
ents and loved ones who
no can no longer handle
even the basics of paying
monthly bills.
In other words, it
doesn’t get less compli-
cated, only more compli-
cated.
Becoming the financial
caregiver can be chal-
lenging. The Consumer
Financial Protection
Bureau has developed a
set of guides to help you
“Managing Someone
Else’s Money.” These
guides provide informa-
tion on:
» Agents under a power
of attorney,
» Court-appointed
guardians of property
and conservators,
» Trustees, and
» Government-benefit fi-
duciaries (Social Security
representative payees and
VA fiduciaries).
The guides help finan-
cial caregivers in three
ways. They walk them
through their duties, they
tell them about protect-
ing their loved ones from
financial exploitation and
scams, and they tell them
where to go for help.
But be aware that
your power to oversee an
individual’s finances does
vary from state to state, so
make sure you know the
rules in Texas and use the
guides to assist in your
decision-making.
You can always find
an elder care attorney
through the Texas Bar
Association to help you
with the appropriate legal
documents for Texas. The
guides are available at the
Consumer Financial Pro-
tection Bureau website at
www.cfpb.gov.
Feel free to contact me
at 713-341-6184 if you have
questions.
Barbara Parrott McGinity,
LMSW, is program director for
the BBB Education Foundation.

Henry Winkler visits The Buckingham

HOW DO YOU PAY FOR
Residents and special
guests recently enjoyed “A
Conversation with Henry
ASSISTED LIVING?
Winkler” at The Buck-
ingham, one of Houston’s
premier senior living
communities. The visit was
part of The Buckingham
Red Carpet Speaker Series. Photo courtesy of Bruce Bennett

Winkler discussed his
diverse career that extends
far beyond his best-known
role as “The Fonz” on the
TV show Happy Days.
Winkler discussed his
acting career and his love
and inspiration for writing
children’s books.
The community also
held a private meet-and-
greet session with Winkler
and a book-signing. More
than a decade ago, Win-
kler began writing with
co-author Lin Oliver a
series of children’s novels
inspired by his struggles
in school due to Winkler’s
Julie Fenske, left, executive director of The Bucking-
ham, visits with Henry Winkler and Julie Baker Finck.
learning challenges with
unidentified dyslexia.
Moved by Winkler’s re-
counting of his childhood
struggles with dyslexia,
The Buckingham saw this
event as an opportunity to
raise awareness about the
learning challenges that so
many children face.
The community made
a donation of books from
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Eagle’s Trace celebrates 10-year milestone

Honoring history and celebrating a bright future,
Eagle’s Trace held a three-day celebration to commemo-
rate its 10th anniversary.
The festivities at the Erickson Living retirement com-
munity began on Oct. 8 during a ceremony that honored
its founding members, 93 pioneer residents who moved
or reserved in 2005, and the eight employees who began
working at the campus the same year.
Special guests included U.S. Rep. Jim Murphy, Brooke
Bacuetes representing U.S. Rep. John Culberson, and
Heather Ramsey-Cook representing U.S. Rep. Ted Poe,
all of whom presented proclamations. Governed by a
board of directors, Eagle’s Trace board members Michelle
Bohreer, John D. Bowser, Shelaghmichael Brown and
Boone Powell attended.
Steve Aigner, executive director of Eagle’s Trace, served
as the emcee. The day was completed with an elegant din-
ner prepared for all residents by the dining services team
in the Garden Room Restaurant.
The celebration continued on Oct. 9, as residents and
employees partnered to create the “perfect 10,” a photo op
held in the community’s front courtyard. In the evening,
Eagle’s Trace hosted a cocktail reception for residents and
priority list members.
With the weekend came the circus. The community
held an outdoor, family-friendly event featuring music,
games, food and even rides with “Patrick the Camel.”
Eagle’s Trace employees Faye Drennan and Lisa Hadley
served as co-chairs of the 10th Anniversary Committee.
Opened in 2005, the 70-acre campus is currently home On Oct. 9, residents and employees of Eagle’s Trace
to over 650 residents and 425 full- and part-time employ- created a perfect 10 to celebrate the Erickson Living
ees. retirement community’s 10th anniversary.

Levy: Not
yet looking Inspire the Next Chapter of Your Life at
to retire
Levy from page 1

the couple ping-ponged

between Texas and the
Midwest as she finished
law school and they grew
their family and careers.
Levy served as director
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Looking ahead
Levy turns 60 this year,
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Age need not be an CAREER RESCUE

BY KIMBERLY

issue in job search THOMPSON

Job searching affects everybody, no needs rather than Opening in 2016!

matter the age, but there are two groups
that appear to struggle with similar issues
— those who are starting their career and
those in the 50-plus age range.
Common dynamics often shared be-
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If you are 50 and in the midst of a career
transition, you know by now the job mar-
ket has changed dramatically than when
you first started your career. The issues
faced by those 50-plus are how quickly
technology and globalization have affected
the marketplace.
All job-search candidates need to
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to leverage technology in reaching their
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moving from outdated job-search tech-
niques to ones that require more cus-
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seekers would create one resume and rely
on it to get them through their entire job
search.
Fast forward to job searching today and
relying on one generic resume is ineffec-
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resume to the employer’s needs for serious
consideration because your resume con-
being rejected
— they would
increase their
chances of land-
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Happiness, gratitude lead to tools have been donated

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Several studies are where the worries of home health care, lovely apart-
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY eligible for Social Security. February is the

first full month you will be age 62, so that
Social Security claim online, or maybe
you just like the idea of dealing with a real

File complex claims in person means February is your “month of entitle-

By Tom Margenau file for my Social Security?
CREATORS SYNDICATE
A : Social Security Administration
computers are set up to begin taking
ment” for Social Security purposes. Three
months before February is November. So I
suggest contacting SSA any time after Nov.
1 to start the ball rolling. As I’m sure you’ve
heard, Social Security benefits are always
paid one month in arrears. So your first
human being, then you should call SSA
at 800-772-1213 — again, in your case, any
time after Nov. 1.
When you do that, you will be given the
option of filing your claim over the phone
or setting up an appointment to talk to a
“claims representative” at your local Social

Q : I am finally approaching Social

Security age, and I’ve decided to
buck the current trend of delaying
benefits as long as possible. Instead, I
plan to file when I turn 62, which will
be on Jan. 8, 2016. I have a 58-year-old
wife who is still working. So she is out
of my Social Security picture. Our
kids are grown. I just want to know
the basics: when, where and how do I
Clarewood House employees participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Nov.
7, while residents sponsored employee team members in a show of solidarity.
Residents, employees
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retirement claims three months ahead of
the date you want your benefits to begin.
You turn 62 in January, and three months
before that would be October. Normally, I’d
tell you to start the process any time now.
But there is a twist in your case — and
for that matter, in the case of anyone who
starts his or her Social Security at age 62.
There is a law that says you have to be
age 62 for an entire month before you are
ity and honor for current and past resi-
dents who have dealt with Alzheimer’s.
According to the Alzheimer’s Asso-
ciation, Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading
cause of death in the United States. One
in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or
another form of dementia. Of the top 10
check — the February payment — will be
sent to you in March.
Now let’s answer your questions about
how and where to file. You are a prime
candidate for filing your Social Security
claim online. It sounds like you’ve got a
very simple, straightforward situation,
with no complexities. So sometime in
November, go to SSA’s website, socialsecu-
rity.gov.
At the home page, you will find a very
prominent link about filing an online
claim for Social Security benefits. That
link will lead you to an application that
will take about less than 30 minutes to
complete. And that’s probably all you will
need to do. Depending on circumstances,
you might need to show SSA one or two
documents. You may need to provide a
birth certificate.
SSA may also ask you for proof of earn-
ings for the previous year if those earnings
are not yet posted in their records.
If you are wondering about 2015 earn-
ings, they can’t be posted to your records
until the end of the year. But SSA has an
automated process in place that identi-
fies earnings each year and refigures your
benefit rate, if applicable. In other words,
sometime in mid-2016, you will get a notice
from SSA telling you that they have added
2015 earnings to your record and refigured
your benefit accordingly. Any increase you
might be due is retroactive to January 2016.
If you are not comfortable with com-
puters or you just don’t want to file your
Security office.
Earlier, I mentioned complexities in
certain Social Security situations. These
are possible complications that should
steer people away from their computers
and filing online Social Security claims
and into their local Social Security office
to deal with real people. The most com-
mon complex Social Security claim today
involves maximizing strategies.
Anyone who wants to employ one
of those strategies, usually either filing
and suspending or filing and restrict-
ing — tactics that I’ve discussed almost ad
nauseam in this column — should not file
online. The situations are just too messy
or involve too many potential variables
for SSA’s online claims-taking system to
handle. I strongly recommend anyone
who wants to try to maximize benefits to
deal with a representative at their local
Social Security office.
In fact, even if you don’t want to use a
maximizing strategy, but simply have a
spouse or child who is possibly eligible for
benefits on your account, I recommend
you forgo the online world and talk to a
human being either on the phone or at
your local office.
If you have a Social Security question, Tom
Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.
margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about
Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see
features from other Creators Syndicate writers and
cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at
www.creators.com.

Alzheimer’s and dementia is some-

thing residents and caregivers deal with
regularly at Clarewood House, a faith-
based, nonprofit senior-living community
in southwest Houston. Since opening in
1963, Clarewood House continues in its
mission to provide comfortable, secure
and dignified living for senior adults.
For the third year in a row, a team of
Clarewood House employees showed
their support by participating in the
Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Walk
to End Alzheimer’s on Nov. 7. Clarewood
House residents joined the effort by
raising awareness about dementia in the
facility.
Residents also sponsored employee
team members as a way to show solidar-
causes of death in America, it is one of the
only diseases that cannot be prevented,
cured or slowed.
“One of the reasons Clarewood is par-
ticipating in the walk is because we have
seen this issue up close and know how
terrible it can be. I like being able to show
support to the residents. I also appreciate
all of the facts and information I can learn
about Alzheimer’s and dementia shared
by experts from Alzheimer’s Association
at the Walk. It helps me recognize the
signs and symptoms as I interact with
residents on a daily basis,” said Santos
Escobar, a Clarewood House employee.
For more information, contact Amy
Springer, Clarewood House marketing di-
rector at 713-774-5821, ext. 307, or at amy@
clarewoodhouse.com.
Engagement
is key to care
Engagement from page 3
However, Sanborn
said it is important for
relatives and caretakers to
understand that dementia
doesn’t take away a per-
son’s identity.
“It’s the brain that has
the dementia, but the spirit
of the person is still there,”
she said. “If the person is
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Patients needing specific
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Because HHRC is five
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Welcome to a retirement community rich in history —

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ADDING YEARS TO LIFE...

Active seniors may select a
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Life-long learning opportunities
include art, cooking, Spanish,
technology and wellness
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are met through a variety of
worship services and activities
for all denominations.

Call 713-799-9031 today to schedule a visit

and experience the extraordinary care generations
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Prime inner-loop location a few minutes from the
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Monthly lease is inclusive of meal plan, cable,
housekeeping and transportation services, and
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Active seniors can select from a variety of

floorplans to meet personal budget needs that
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After a day of planned activities, outings and

exercise programs, an Assisted Living resident
can relax in their well-designed apartment homes
with high ceilings, oversized bathrooms, and
abundant closet space.

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Holly Hall’s skilled nursing and rehab unit is an

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