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GOVERNMENT

Constable Diaz faces 2lawsuits, denies charges

(HOUSTON – Jan. 06,2020) On Jan. 06, SheldonIndependent School Dis-trict (ISD) celebrated thecompletion of its new C.E.King High School. It wasestimated that between1,000-1,200 individualsfrom in and around theSheldon community cameout last Monday evening tocelebrate the official rib-bon cutting ceremony forthe new C. E. King HighSchool.

Sheldon ISD Superin-tendent Dr. King Davisthanked those in atten-dance, as well current andpast Sheldon ISD schoolboard members, for help-ing make this dream a re-ality following a May 2016bond election where morethan 70 percent of voters

Tristan Chavez of Galena Park runs off the field at NRG Stadium after picking up the teefrom the opening kick off of the Houston Texans recent home playoff game against theBuffalo Bills. Tristan’s name was drawn as a winner of the Ashley HomeStore Kickoff Kidprogram. Visit any Houston-area Ashley HomeStore to enter for a chance to win.

Primaries start 2020Election season

Early voting begins Feb. 18

J.R. Boatman Brian Babin

NORTHEAST HARRISCOUNTY – March 3 Pri-mary voting begins for ear-ly voters on February 18and runs until Friday, Feb-ruary 28, according to theTexas Secretary of State.The last date to register tovote in primaries is Febru-ary 3. March 3 is the lastday to vote in person. Anyrun-off is to be completedby May 26. Candidatesmust achieve 50% or moreto avoid run-off elections.

Locally, many are anx-ious to vote in the 2020November 3 election sotheir vote will solve thePresidential question.

Few local candidates areunopposed this year, butState Representative AnaHernandez D., TexasHouse #143, has no oppo-nent.

Dan Huberty R.,TexasHouse #127 after a high-ly successful year with

House Bill 3 (school fund-ing) and locally House Bill76 is opposed by a Repub-lican, Dwight Ford.

Briscoe Cain, R., TexasHouse #128 of Pearland,Highlands, Baytown andCrosby is challenged byRobert C. Hoskins former-ly of Baytown City Coun-cil in the RepublicanPrimary and Josh Markleand Mary E. Williams bothDemocrats.

District #128, a little re-search will show is com-prised of about 172,221folks that are 58.2% white,38.7% black or Hispanicand 3.1% other. Ethnical-ly, District #128 is 70.8 %non-Hispanic and 29.2%Hispanic.

Local offices of conse-quence include Precinct 2

See Elections, Page 6

RECOGNITION

Galena Park Youngster winsHouston Texans Contest

Sheldon ISD Ribbon Cutting celebratesopening of new C.E. King High School

approved a $285 millionbond package that includ-ed Sheldon Lake Elemen-tary, Sheldon ISD PantherStadium, and the new C. E.King High School.

“The opening of this newcampus is an extraordi-nary milestone in the sto-ried history of SheldonISD,” said Sheldon ISDSuperintendent KingDavis. “Our students andstaff of C.E. King HighSchool will have the bestlearning environment pos-sible in this landmark fa-cility. We are all excited forthis grand opening andoptimistic about the futureleaders that will emerge

See New C.E. King HighSchool, Page 8

By Allan Jamail

Houston, TX. Tuesday, Jan-uary 7, 2020 the GPISD NorthShore Mustangs basketballteam went to the Sheldon ISDC. E. King court defeatingthem 63 to 50 in their seconddistrict game.

The Mustangs opened theirdistrict season by beating theLaPorte Bulldogs 68 – 42.

Nshore Coach Sam Benitezwho last year took his teamto the state’s final four cham-pionship contest only to losein a close game, one gameaway from playing in the fi-nal championship game. Thisyear he’s built a team that’llonce again be a strong forcein the state.

North Shore (2-0) travels toDeer Park to play the Deer (1-1) Friday, January 10 at 7 PM.

North Shore Mustang Basketballdefeats C. E. King Panthers 63-50

Pictured to the right: # 22Jakari Marshall, Mustang 3 pointshooter makes six 3 point shotsin 63 – 50 win over C. E. King.

PHOTO BY ALLAN JAMAIL

School District Officials, local community leaders, parents and students at the ribbon cutting of the new C.E. King HighSchool last Monday, January 6, 2020.

See more game photos,Page 8

Two lawsuits have beenfiled involving personnelpractices in the ConstablePrecinct 2 office, run byConstable Chris Diaz.

The original Petition tothe state court was filedlast June, in which Plain-tiffs Jerry Luman, theChief Deputy, and threeothers claimed retaliation,demotions and termina-tions for their part in a“whistleblower” report.Defendents named wereConstable Diaz, DeputyLee Hernandez, and Har-ris County. Diaz and Her-nandez were subsequentlyremoved from the Defend-ents, due to restrictions inthe state laws.

The whistleblower re-port had involved the ac-cusation that Lt. KimBellotte had misused re-sources that were meantfor Hurricane Harvey vic-

Constable Chris Diaz

tims, and filed incorrecttime cards in relation tothat effort. The charges in-cluded Diaz distributingtee-shirts printed with hisname, even though theywere donated as flood re-lief. The Texas Rangers in-vestigated these reports,and no charges were filed.

The second lawsuit was

filed in December,in federal court, andeleven plaintiffsclaimed discrimina-tion and abridge-ment of their firstamendment rightsof the U. S. Consti-tution, due to thepersonnel actionssimilar to the com-plaints in the firstlawsuit, and an ad-ditional charge thatthey were requiredto support ChrisDiaz financially and

personally in his politicalcampaign. Named as de-fendents were ConstableChris Diaz, Mayor AnaDiaz, and the city of Jacin-to City.

In a statement to theNorth Channel Star, Con-stable Diaz said that there

See Constable Lawsuit, page 6

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In early 2019, the FloodControl District received agrant from FEMA, whichprovided funding for thefirst phase of MAAPnext.Phase 1 consists of hydro-logic and hydraulic (H &H) analysis of 11 of theCounty's 22 watersheds

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and is currently underway.Phase 2 will study the re-maining 11 Harris Countywatersheds and will befunded by the award of thissecond FEMA grant. Thiswork is anticipated to be-gin in early 2020.

With MAAPnext, theFlood Control District andFEMA are transforminghow we understand andmanage Harris County'sfloodplains. The overarch-ing goal for MAAPnext isto provide you with theflood risk information youneed to make importantlife decisions. MAAPnextwill improve understand-ing of the risk of floodingin Harris County so thatthe public, local communi-ties and emergency man-agers can make informeddecisions to protect life andproperty that may be atrisk during flood events.MAAPnext will concludewith the Flood Control Dis-

trict creating new floodhazard communicationstools and FEMA releasingnew preliminary Flood In-surance Rate Maps(FIRMs) by the end of2023.

While developing anddelivering this data, theFlood Control District willcontinue to engage com-munity officials, decisionmakers, and technical staffto relay project findings. Aspart of MAAPnext, therewill be a period of publicopen houses hosted by theFlood Control District andFEMA, followed by a 90-day comment period, al-lowing the public to beinvolved in the progress ofthe MAAPnext findings.For more information andto get involved in MAAPn-ext, visitwww.maapnext.org. Youmay also follow us on Twit-ter and Facebook @MAAP-next.

Judge Hidalgo highlightedthe need for residents toprotect themselves nowregardless of whether ornot they reside in a high-risk zone.

HARRIS COUNTY, TX -Tuesday, January 7th -Harris County Judge LinaHidalgo held a press con-ference following her meet-ing with Pete Gaynor, theActing Administrator ofthe Federal EmergencyManagement Agency(FEMA) to discuss areas ofongoing attention betweenHarris County and FEMA,including the importanceof increased adoption offlood insurance among res-idents in Harris Countyand the urgent need to fo-cus on mitigating thethreat of future disasters.

Flooding is the mostcommon and costly disas-ter, and purchasing floodinsurance is the only way

for families to protectthemselves financiallyfrom this ongoing threat toHarris County.

Key Facts:. Standard homeown-

ers and renters insurancedoes not typically coverflood damage. Additional-ly, residents should notwait for a pending storm topurchase insurance sincetypically there is a 30-daywaiting period from thedate of purchase until floodinsurance policies go intoeffect.

. According to FEMA,just 1 inch of water cancause $25,000 in damage.

. Many flood claimscome from outside of high-risk flood zones. Of the3,990 homes flooded fromImelda, 2,479 (62%) wereoutside the 1% (100-yr)floodplain. Of those whoresponded to a survey fol-lowing Tropical Storm Im-elda, over 77%

self-reported not havingflood insurance.

. Flood insurance canpay regardless of whetheror not there is a Presiden-tial Disaster Declaration.

To learn more aboutflood insurance, or to findout how to get covered res-idents can click the link onReadyHarris.org or visitfloodsmart.gov.

Harris County Judge urgesresidents to "Resolve" to purchaseFlood Insurance in 2020

Harris County JudgeLina Hidalgo


COMMUNITY NEWS

Dear Reader,My name is Kim

Patel and I am avolunteer recruiter forthe Red Cross. Everyday, our team ofvolunteers in HarrisCounty are respondingto home fires. They areout in the community,24/7, ensuring thatwhen families have losteverything that theyhave a safe place tostay, food to eat,clothes to wear andtheir life sustainingmedications.

•East Houston Democratswill meet Thursday, January 16at 6:30 p.m. at the Milton LuskYouth Community Centerlocated on Mercury drive, just 2blocks south of I-10. For moreinformation, please contact Lindaat 281.782.6437.

•Inspire Senior Ministryunder the direction of PastorsB.L. and Brenda George wouldlike to invite all seniors, age 55and older to join us on thesecond Saturday of each monthat 11 a.m. for a time of fun,fellowship and food. The groupwhich was founded in Octoberhas already reached over 60individuals and planned theircalendar for 2020.

The Events will includeinformation to help start the NewYear off with Health and Fitnesssuggestions well as anintroduction into organic foods.In February, the focus will beMatters of the Heart and FAST(Stroke awareness) presentedby local physicians. March willbring a Community Health Fairfocused on Living the BlessedLife.

Seniors do NOT have to be amember of Inspire Church toparticipate in the meeting or

Upcoming Community Eventsactivities. Mark our calendarsand should you have anyquestions, please contactBrenda at 979.665.7712.

•Street Athlete Mentors(SAM) is looking for those in thecommunity who are willing tocommit to make a difference inthe lives of young people. Thegroup, led by Freddie Evans willbe working to bring the gapbetween educators, studentathletes and parents. SAM willbe working from the outside instarting with the North ChannelCommunity. Too often there aremany of our young men andwomen being written off orthrown to the side after making abad decision. Often after a poorchoice, they are removed fromthe team, organization or schoolthey had participated in. Yet,those volunteering with SAM willbelieve in second chances,rehabilitation and helping youngpeople learn life skills such asplanning and decision making.SAM will help our youth becomemore productive citizens, far pasttheir athletic contributions. If youare interested in learning more,please contact Freddie at 832-525-2811.

•Interested in participatingin a John C. Maxwell Master

Mind Group? Groups are nowbeing formed for 2020. Currentplans are for the traditional groupas well as an all women groupand a group for those under 30years of age. For moreinformation, please call 346-297-0080. You may also visitwww.johnmaxwellgroup.com/corneliuswilson

•Are you a Senior orDisabled Adult? If you areover the age of 55 and would feelmore secure with a weeklyphone call from ConstableEagleton’s Staff, you are invitedto call the RUOk? Office at 713-274-2513 to learn moreinformation as well as to sign up.Staff Members are also availableto come out to speak to groupswho may have multiple membersinterested. As of July, the CASAProgram was been added toassist our Spanish speakingcommunity member as well.Please call for details.

The Social Striders WalkingClub is off to a great start. Thegroup meets weekly at 6 a.m. onSaturdays for a short time ofwalking and with each month,the goal is to walk a little farther.Please contact Kristina at713.305.0140 for more details.

Red Cross needs volunteersin East Harris County

With that said, ourteam is looking forsome new members tohelp deliver thisimportant service.Particularly, newvolunteers who live onthe eastern side ofHarris County. Wewant to empower thecommunity, to takecare of their neighborsand their communitywhen there is a disas-ter. Even if thatdisaster is as small as asingle family fire thataffects one person.

I’m working with ourcommunications teamto pull together storiesabout clients andvolunteers to highlightour services (and ourneed for volunteers).

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Dear Editor,Pay close attention to

things that are changing ata rapid pace here inAmerica. Newspapers usedto report the actual newsand did not often getinvolved in opinions. Theyinstead gave you the factsand let you decide. ‘ITSTARTED” when writersand many reporters givingtheir obviously biasedopinion, often changing ortrying to change publicopinion. Opinions that canoften be changed basedsolely on biased reporting.Newspapers are nowblatantly engaged inpushing their own agenda,often regardless of thefacts. The public islistening and informationis being skewed to mold toa sometimes hiddenagenda.

Gun manufactures arenow being sued for sellingtheir products, althoughcompletely legal, this is anattack on the US 2ndamendment, “the right tokeep and bear arms,”something that forged USindependence from theBritish in 1776 and againin the war of 1812. Are thepoliticians trying to disarmAmerica? Why? Thinkabout how many countiesdisarmed the citizens andthen elected a dictator?During most of the decadesfollowing Venezuela'sadoption of a democraticgovernment in 1958through the 1980s, thecountry was the richestnation in South America.In 1989, Caracas explodedinto protest, riots, andlooting. Somewherebetween an estimated fewhundred to 3,000 peoplewere killed, mostly at thehands of a brutal crack-down by governmentsecurity forces. The publiccould not fight their owngovernment because theyhad been disarmed. Ithappened again just a fewyears ago. Before that,were you aware that Hitlerwas actually elected? Weknow how that turned out,with the killing of millionsof people that “he” did notlike. “IT STARTED” withHitler’s military followingorders, regardless of theconsequences. Noteveryone supported Hitler,but again, being disarmed,they could not fight their

Dear Editor,To LIVE UNITED you

first need to care aboutyour community. Thenyou take it a step furtherand get involved inpositive actions thatmake the communitybetter. You may join agroup that is working todisrupt the causesnegatively affectingfamily members andfriends. You might makea thoughtful donationthat is then invested insolutions to the communi-ty-wide issues. Some doboth. It’s your choice onhow you LIVE UNITED.

I think all who arereading this are commu-nity-minded and haveconcerns about theircommunity. Many wouldlike to be involved in thesolutions in a mannerthat fits their lifestyles.Your United Way invitesyou to be part of thesolution.

United Way works forthe betterment of ourcommunity and is makinga difference. This ispossible because ofvolunteerism and funding

A Night atthe FuneralHome”

“What do you think?” myhusband, Peter, asked about thelink he’d sent me as we preparedto head home from the holidays.

“The funeral home?” I asked.“Yeah, that one.”“I thought it was a joke.”“No, it’s right on our way.”“We’re going to spend the

night in a funeral home?”“It’s very inexpensive!”I suddenly felt like I was in the

opening scene of every horrorfilm I’d ever watched.

Peter wanted us to spend thenight in a historic funeral homeon our way home. The funeralhome had been converted intoan Airbnb. It was both right onour way and suspiciously cheap.

Peter and I drive home ontwo-lane roads. The roads areslower, but the route is moredirect. The problem is that thefew motels on the way are verymuch the worse for wear. We’vetried virtually every one and I canno longer keep them straight.

“We stayed there,” Peter willsay as we drive by.

“Was that the one with thereally loud heater?” I ask.

“No, that was the one with thetoilet that rocked—and not in agood way.”

If a person stayed in a badfuneral home, I figured, at leastthe experience would bememorable.

We pulled in about sunset.There was a bare weeping willowout front. The proprietor, awoman about my age namedCheryl, met us at the door. We’dbeen having trouble with our carbattery, so we asked if we couldplug a trickle charger into theunusually large garage.

“Boy!” Peter said, “This is abig garage.”

“They stored the coffins hereuntil the hearse picked them up.”

“Huh,” Peter said.We entered the house and

noticed the front hallway was atan odd angle. I asked Cherylwhy this was.

“There are three parlors, allwith pocket doors to close themoff and separate entrances,”Cheryl explained. “So they couldhave three funerals at once!”

“Did they really have threefunerals at the same time?” Iasked. That seemed like a lot ofsimultaneous casualties in atown this size.

“I don’t know if they did, butthey could!”

Cheryl had four cats. Onewas black and named “OldScratch.”

“You know, that’s a nicknamefor the devil,” I told her—certainshe already knew.

“No! I didn’t know. He used tohave a sibling named ‘Sniff,’ whodied years ago and now I just callhim ‘Old Scratch.’”

There was a life-sizedskeleton at the pump organ inone of the parlors and a figure inVictorian dress looking out thewindow. Our room upstairs wasfilled with antiques. There wasalso a skeleton in our closet, Idiscovered, when I put ourluggage away.

Cheryl told us about thepurported paranormal activitiesthat had occurred in the houseand the people who had stayedthere, looking for them. Therewas, she told me, a persistentreport of a woman on the backstairway.

“I don’t know if it’s haunted ornot,” Cheryl concludedcheerfully. “If I hear somethingfunny, I just say, ‘Oh! It’s the catsagain!’” This seemed to me like apractical response.

I slept very well in the funeralhome.

The house was quiet and bedwas comfortable and I cannot tellyou anything unusual thatoccurred during the night. Exceptthis:

I had a particularly vividdream. I was flying and feltfearless and full of joy andhumor. I was learning new thingsand surrounded by friends.

If that’s what haunting feelslike, I’ll take it.

Till next time,Carrie

Carrie Classon’s memoir iscalled, “Blue Yarn.” Learn moreat CarrieClasson.com.

AUSTIN — Gov. GregAbbott and Lt. Gov. DanPatrick released state-ments following a deadlyshooting on Dec. 29 at WestFreeway Church of Christin White Settlement, a cityof 16,000 people on thewest side of Fort Worth.

Two church memberswere killed in the shooting,which occurred duringSunday services. A possiblemotive for the shooting isunder investigation.

The shooter was shotand killed at the scene bya member of the congrega-tion who is a member ofthe church's volunteer se-curity detail and is a fire-arms instructor.

"Places of worship aremeant to be sacred and Iam grateful for the churchmembers who acted quick-ly to take down the shoot-er and help preventfurther loss of life,” Abbottsaid.

Patrick said the TexasDepartment of Public Safe-ty is leading the investiga-tion in cooperation withthe White Settlement Po-lice Department, the Fed-eral Bureau ofInvestigation and the Tar-rant County Sheriff ’s Of-fice.

Revenue total ishigher

Texas ComptrollerGlenn Hegar on Jan. 3 re-ported that state sales taxrevenue totaled $3.01 bil-lion in the month of De-cember, 4.8% more thanthe amount reported forDecember 2018.

“Growth in state salestax revenue was led by re-ceipts from the construc-tion, information servicesand restaurant sectors,”Hegar said in a news re-lease. “While revenuegrowth was slightlybuoyed by collections fromremote sellers and onlinemarketplace providers, col-lections from retail tradewere depressed due to sig-nificantly fewer Christmasshopping days in Novem-ber this year compared tothe previous year.”

The majority of Decem-ber sales tax revenue is

Abbott, Patrick react aftershooting incident at church

based on sales made in No-vember and remitted tothe agency in December.Total sales tax revenue forthe three months ending inDecember 2019 was up6.0% compared to the sameperiod a year ago.

Sales tax is the largestsource of state funding forthe state budget, account-ing for 57% of all tax col-lections, according to thecomptroller’s office.

In December 2019, Tex-as collected the followingrevenue from other majortaxes:

-Motor vehicle sales andrentals, $427.3 million, up7.9% from December 2018;

-Motor fuel, $310.7 mil-lion, down 1.1% from De-cember 2018;

-Natural gas produc-tion, $114.0 million, down33.8% from December2018; and

-Oil production, $362.5million, up 18.3% from De-cember 2018.

Toll hike takes effectThe Texas Department

of Transportation's annu-al toll rate increase took ef-fect Jan. 1.

According to TxDOT, thebiggest increase will be feltby drivers who still pay bymail, as the surcharge for

those transactions will in-crease to 50% of the baserate paid by all toll users.Motorists with a TxTagaccount will experience aneven larger comparativediscount on tolls – a dis-count of 33% compared toPay By Mail rates, theagency said in a late-De-cember news release.

The 50 percent sur-charge for Pay By Mailtransactions helps defraythe rising administrativecosts associated with thesemailed payments, such asviewing license plate imag-es, generating and mailinginvoices and processingpayments. Raising the sur-charge to 50% also bringsTxDOT Pay By Mail ratesin line with other toll au-thorities in Austin andDallas and across thecountry, and further incen-tivizes having a TxTag ac-count.

Flu season hits hardIn its weekly update on

Jan. 2, the Texas Depart-ment of State Health Ser-vices encouraged"everyone to get vaccinat-ed now."

The most recent flu sur-veillance report showswidespread flu activity inTexas and high levels ofinfluenza-like illness.There have been eight pe-diatric flu-related deathsreported in the 2019-2020flu season.

Influenza is a conta-gious respiratory illnesscaused by one of a numberof related viruses. The fluvaccine is made up ofstrains similar to ones like-ly to be circulating inNorth America, and vacci-nation is especially impor-tant for people withchronic health conditionsand weaker immune sys-tems and their caregivers,the DSHS said.

Additional informationabout influenza and waysto stop the spread of the fluvirus can be found onlineat texasflu.org.

Ag chief hosts showTexas Agriculture Com-

missioner Sid Miller inmid-December announcedhe would host a new week-ly television show to pre-miere on the RFD-TVnetwork. The first show isset to air on Jan. 21.

The show, Texas Agri-culture Matters, will spot-light Texas agriculture for52 million viewers nation-wide, according to Miller’soffice. The show is pro-duced by RFD-TV in agree-ment with the TexasDepartment of Agricultureand recorded at the RFD-TV/The Cowboy Channelstudio in the Fort WorthStockyards, with Millerhosting in his capacity asTexas agriculture commis-sioner and receiving nocompensation for his par-ticipation.

LETTERSTo The Editor

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own corrupt government.

Credit Card companiesare refusing to allow“YOUR” business to acceptdebit and/or credit cards.This can make it moredifficult to own a businessand for your business tothrive. “Your” businesscould be anything deemedpolitically incorrect likegun stores. It started byseveral CC companiesrefusing to do businesswith a gun store, or a gunmanufacture. What kind ofbusiness could be next andwhere does it end? “ITSTARTED” should bringfear to Americans since“anyone” could thenbecome their next targetdepending on the politicalwinds. Is this an attemptto put politically incorrectbusiness out of business?Government can’t discrim-inate but private corpora-tions do so often, and withlittle or no recourse by thepublic.

There are currently nolaws that force companiesto permit free speech.Facebook, and others, arelimiting free speech asthey deem fit. That’s right;“they” make the soledecision as to what isacceptable “on theirplatforms.” Yet anotherdangerous precedent since“they” now control what isbeing said and/or seen onmany different sites.Imagine your phonecarrier turning off yourphone because they did notlike what you were talkingabout. Wow. “They” makethe decision that “they”don’t like something andthen attack that producton many levels. Oftenattacks can be fake news tomeet a certain agenda.Many Americans will readthe news and take it asGospel since if they saw iton the internet it must betrue. This is a war forinformation, to control thefuture since he whocontrols the media can alsocontrol elections. Wake up,speak up, learn the truthbecause the truth is often“what they say it is.”

Jerry Fallin

Jerry Fallin is born andraised in the NorthChannel Area, attendedGalena Park High School.He and his wife now live inBaytown.

Things change at rapid pace

Caring about the communityfor the three focus areas -education, financialstability and health thatdrive United Way’smission. In 2019, commu-nity impact fundinghelped nearly 50,000residents who utilizedlocal program services,which were funded bydonations from individu-als, businesses andfoundations. As thedisaster recovery groupfor our region, UnitedWay repaired 63 homesdamaged by HurricaneHarvey. United Way’simpact is evident inhuman service programcollaborations andpositive results of thecapacity-building effortsof local programs.

To further our efforts,your United Way needsyou to participate in oneof the upcoming commu-nity conversations. Thefull schedule is foundonline at https://www.unitedwaygbacc.org/uw-host-community-conversations. To learnmore, please call281.424.5922 x1001.

Melissa Reabold

READERS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT LETTERS OROPINION PIECES EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS.SEND TO [email protected].


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1. Is the book of Nahum inthe Old or New Testament orneither?

2. In Acts 7, who recountsthe story of Abraham alongwith the captivity andfreedom of the children ofIsrael? Paul, Peter, Stephen,Andrew

3. From II Corinthians3:17, "Where the spirit of theLord is, there is ..."? Hope,Liberty, Love, Peace

4. Who went to sleep andfell out the window while Paulpreached? Esua, Enid,Eutychus, Eucyrus

5. In what Macedonian citywere Paul and Silasimprisoned? Philipi, Neapolis,Jericho, Jerusalem

6. From Acts 13:6,Barjesus was a ...? Cousin ofJesus, Early priest, Sorcerer,Friend of Mark

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Rotarians heard about the HoustonMuseum of Natural Sciences at theirweekly luncheon last Tuesday, Dec. 10.Temple was accompanied in his presen-tation by Chuck Leah, a grammy nomi-nated musician who also works at themuseum.

Temple has been with the museum for27 years, and shared his depth of knowl-edge with the Rotary members. He is apaleontologist, and studied archeology atthe University of Houston.

As a spokesperson for the HMNS(Houston Museum of Natural Science) heintroduced the group to the many variedaspects of the museum, some new andsome traditional.

Examples of current exhibits include amodel of Stonehenge made from Legoblocks, and a model train show.

The museum has 17 permanent exhib-it halls, the Cockrell Butterfly Center, theBurke Baker Planetarium, and theWortham Gian IMAX Screen Theater. Injust one visit you can investigate dino-saurs, mummies, the stars, and butter-flies.

Exhibits are designed for both younglearners and older adults. Children liketo have birthday parties there. The mu-seum charges admission, but also has

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family memberships to help with the cost.Temple gave out guest passes as an incen-tive to the Rotary audience. He also dis-tributed a game board with images of thevarious features of the museum, and chal-lenges to find things in the artwork.

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For babies born inJanuary, the garnet isthe perfect gem torepresent their birth-stone. This beautifulstone, which is mostcommonly red but can befound in a range of othercolors, symbolizes peace,prosperity and goodhealth. Some say it evenhas the power to givethe wearer eternalhappiness, health andwealth.

We say it’s the perfectway to start each year!

Garnet is actually thename of a group ofminerals that comes in arainbow of colors, fromthe deep red of thePyrope garnet to thevibrant green of Tsavor-ites. Some rare garnetsare even blue, colorless,or—most rare of all—change colors in differ-ent lights. But the mostcommon color is abeautiful range of reds,from rust colored to deepviolet-red.

The garnet is a verydurable gemstone (6.5-7.5 on the Mohs scale)found all over the world,including Wyoming,Czech Republic, Greece,Russia, Tanzania,Madagascar, Sri Lankaand India.

The folklore on garnetis extensive. Legend hasit that the garnet canbring peace, prosperityand good health to thehome. Some even calledit the “Gem of Faith,”and it’s believed that tothose who wear it and dogood, more good willcome. (Conversely, itwas also said to bringvery bad fortune tothose who commit badacts while wearing it.)

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Over the past fewmonths, I have beenmeeting with variouspeople in the NorthChannel Community. Atdifferent gatherings, wehave talked about theobstacles, the determina-tion and the amount thatwe collectively have beenable to make happenwhen none of us ant thecredit. We simply wantthe community to be abetter place. Better inwhat ways? We want tosee services beingoffered, businesses beingsuccessful and all of usworking together toreach common goals.These meetings havebeen with a variety ofpeople. Some of thepeople were lifelongresidents of the area.Some were from the firstgraduating Class ofNorth Shore Senior HighSchool. Some are firstgeneration Americans.Some are still in school.Some work in thecommunity. Mostworship in the communi-ty. And certainly thelarge majority of peopleREFUSE to give up onthe Eastside or as it isaffectionately known bymany, “The Beastside”.

Nearly two decadesago, our nation wasattacked on September11; yet before thathappened, a young mannamed Misha Gautreauxdecided that with thehelp of some familymembers, some friendsand many communitymembers, somehow thethree local ISDs and SanJacinto College weregoing to pull off a “NorthChannel MulticulturalFestival” to connect thecommunities and unlessyou were there, youmissed it. Ask some ofthe older folks in thearea and they will tellyou than teamworkhappened. Lives werechanged and walls camedown. The InauguralFestival drew in over5,000 attendees andmany of the relation-ships that were formedare stronger today thanever.

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Planning for theCommunity

Ike touched the commu-nity and left most of uswith no electricity andsome other obstacles.Another young manbegan to meet withothers in the communityand find out what needsthere were in those threeISDs as well as CrosbyISD and soon, TheRhodes School. TreyNarcisse was a youngerand even more energeticgift to the community.He founded East HarrisCounty empowermentCouncil and beganmoving mountains. Bythe time HurricaneHarvey tried to take usout, Trey had bondedwith many and littlemountains of suppliesand resources started toflood our area. (I have toshare that on oneconference call, heexplained the communitywould soon receive aMILLION packages ofunderwear. Yes, aMILLION packages.Suddenly, I found myselflistening to a handful ofothers saying we did notjust need a warehouseand lots of volunteers,but we really neededprayers, as Trey was notsomeone who talked thetalk, he PUSHEDmountains.)

So we now findourselves at the begin-ning a new decade andwe still have needs andwe still have volunteers.I do not even begin toknow what God is goingto do when all of theseamazing people pushforward to work togeth-er, but I know that one ofthe most importantlessons that any of uscan share with others issimply stated “Life is notabout you.”

If you are ready tojump in, mark yourcalendar for Sunday,January 19 at 6 p.m.Better yet, bring yourcalendar and details ofany events that youalready know areplanned for 2020 andmeet with some amazingpeople to get busy andmove mountains.Location will be an-nounced in next week’spaper.

Diamond Jim: "What is thebirthstone for January?"

January’s Birthstone isGarnet

you wear garnet, thisbeautiful gemstone isperfect for those whoshare January birthdaysand get to start eachNew Year with a senseof goodwill, happiness,and purpose.

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If you’re looking topurchase a garnet foryourself or a loved one,it is a great way tocelebrate friendship,toast a 2ndweddinganniversary or recognizethe wearer’s Januarybirthday. When buying,visit a jeweler you knowyou can trust to assistyou in purchasingexactly the right stoneand piece. Look at howthe garnet reacts underlight and check for anintense, saturated color.

Try to find a cut thatspreads light evenlyover the surface of thegemstone. This will helpto bring out the overallbeauty and color of thegarnet. No matter whichstone or piece youchoose, remember thatthe garnet is known forits durability andrichness of color, so yourinvestment will not onlyhave great emotionalvalue but could be apiece that stands thetest of time.

Thank you for readingthe “Ask Diamond Jim”column and for support-ing the North ChannelStar Newspaper!

Diamond Jim is adiamond dealer andprecious metals broker ofNTR Metals. See moreat:www.pineforestjewelry.com.

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Constable, with incum-bent Chris Diaz runningagainst several opponents,including Democrats JerryGarcia, a police officer;George Goffney Jr., a pro-cess operator technician;Alberto Rivera, a deputyconstable; and RepublicanDaniel Vela, police officer.

Precinct 3 Constable.That job is now in the ca-pable hands of ShermanEagleton, D., being chal-lenged by Democrats Deb-orah Florus, a Sheriff ’sDeputy; Ken Jones, retiredfrom the office; Michel Pa-ppilion, a retired HoustonPolice Department officer;John “Jay” Portillo, policeofficer, formerly of Precinct3 and Deputy Eric Reed. ARepublican Challenger isAndre Hines, a deputy.

Precinct 3 is 56% non-Hispanic and 43% Hispan-ic. Of the 347,174residents, 53% are white,25% are black, about 1%are Indian and 1.5% areAsian.

Two local US Congres-sional elections are to bedecided by voters. One isUS Congressional Dis-trict #2, formerly TedPoe’s District and still in-cludes the wealthier hous-es on Lake Houston, DanCrenshaw, R., age 35, bornin Aberdeen, Scotland isbeing challenged by threeDemocrats Elisa Cardnell,Travis Olsen and wait forit, Sima Ladjevardian.

US CongressionalDistrict #36, the rest ofTed Poe’s District #2 in-cluding the rest of Crosby,Highlands, a little Bay-town, to Beaumont is nowrepresented by Brian Bab-in, R., he is challenged byR.J. Boatman a Republicanand Democrat RashadLewis. The single differ-ence in rhetoric betweenBabin and Boatman is thatBoatman promises to im-pose his own term limit.

Kim Ogg, a Democrat isDistrict Attorney beingchallenged by Carvana

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Cloud, Democrat and At-torney; Audia Jones, aDemocrat and Attorney;Todd Overstreet, Democratand Lawyer; and LoriDeangelo, Republican At-torney; Mary Huffman,Republican Attorney;Lloyd Wayne Oliver, Re-publican Attorney.

Harris County -County Attorney VinceRyan a Democrat is chal-lenged by Attorney BenRose, Democrat; AttorneyChristian Dashaun Mene-fee, Democrat; AttorneyJohn Nation, Republican.

Harris County - Sher-iff Ed Gonzalez a Demo-crat, is challenged byDemocrat Jerome Moore, aDeputy Constable; Demo-crat Harry Zamora Hous-ton Police Lt. Ret.;JoeDanna, Republican Depu-ty Sheriff. Paul Day, Re-publican Patrol Deputy;Randy Rush, Republicanretired law enforcement.

Senator JohnCornyn, Incumbant, ispolling weakly with about45% against everybodyand is running againstfour Republicans and tenDemocrats. Virgil Bier-schwale, John Castro,Dwayne Stovall and MarkYancey are Republicanscandidates against theformer Senate whip andformer best prosecutor inTexas. Chris Bell formerHighlands and Crosby USCongressman is pollingbest now for the Demo-crats. Royce West, MichaelCooper, Amanda Edwards,Jack Daniel Foster, VictorHugo Harris, M.J. Hegar,Sema Hernande4z, AdrianOcegueda and Cristina Tz-intzün Ramirez fill out theDemocrat candidates.

Of course this is notnearly all the candidates tobe on the ballot likeJudgegs and Clerks butare the result of local elec-tion coming to Primarysaccording to Ruth R.Hughs.

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was no merit to the charg-es, that personnel were as-signed to enhance theefficiency of the office, andto better serve the public.

The second lawsuit wasfiled by plaintiffs’ attorneyScott Poerschke, in theUnited States DistrictCourt Southern DistrictTexas. He also represent-ed the plaintiffs in the firstlawsuit in state court. Thatprocedure has been sched-uled for a trial in August

2020. The plaintiffs haveasked for a jury trial, andare demanding reinstate-ment to similar jobs, backpay, and compensation fordamages.

The county is also a de-fendent and the AssistantCounty Attorney workingon the case is Laura Beck-man. She told the Star thatthey will seek to have thecharges dismissed prior toa trial date.


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Campus tours werealso provided after Mon-day's brief program wherecommunity members hadan opportunity to see thisawesome new facility thatwas incorporated to drive21st century learning.

Designed by Huckabeeand constructed by Duro-tech, the school is a flag-ship campus for SheldonISD’s program. The state-of-the-art, 580,000-square-foot campus is just a milefrom Generation Park andwill house up to 3,500 stu-dents. The school is de-signed like a collegecampus, with promenadesand quads where students,faculty and communitymembers can interact. Theclassrooms have flexiblespaces where educatorscan plug and play variousteaching equipment basedon workforce demand.

The campus features atraditional, comprehensivehigh school education pro-gram, as well as six careerand technical academiesaimed at helping studentsbecome college and careerready. The six academiesinclude: business and in-dustry; human services;public service; agriculture,manufacturing and con-struction; science, technol-ogy, fine arts and math;and an early college acad-emy for traditional aca-demics. The goal for theearly college academy isfor students to graduatewith not only a high schooldiploma, but an associate’sdegree or an industry cer-tificate that can help stu-dents continue on tocommunity college, tradeschools and traditionalfour-year college.

Sheldon ISD is consid-ered one of the fastest-growing school districts inthe Houston area. The9,000-student school dis-trict is in the booming pet-rochemical corridornortheast of Houston. By2025, Sheldon ISD is ex-

New C.E. King High School building. Photo Credit: LAN

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pected to have more than15,000 students. In May2016, to handle this rapidgrowth, Sheldon ISD vot-ers overwhelmingly passeda $285 million bond to ad-dress student growth, safe-ty and security measuresand other potential facili-ty upgrades. This bond pro-gram is the largest in thedistrict's history.

“Sheldon is making astatement with this newhigh school,” said JP Grom,AIA, vice president atLockwood, Andrews &Newnam, Inc. (LAN), thefirm serving as the pro-gram manager for the bondprogram. “The high schoolwill serve as a visual an-chor point for Sheldon ISD.They’re driving a stake inthe ground, saying ‘Shel-don ISD is here, we’ve ar-rived.’”

Other elements of thebond program include theSheldon Lake ElementarySchool and Panther Stadi-um that opened in August2019, new track, baseballand softball fields, and ten-nis courts. The bond pro-gram also includesadditions and renovationsto existing middle schoolsas well as district-wide en-ergy management up-grades.

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#2 Kose Egbule, Mustang leaves the floor on a 2 point layup shot.

# 0 Joshua Cooper, Mustang avoids a C. E. King defender makinga 2 point layup shot. Photos by Allan Jamail

Sheldon ISD Superintendent Dr. King Davis talks to theaudience at the celebration of the ribbon cutting of thenew district’s High School, C.E. King. last Monday, January6, 2020.

Attendees walked the new High School. There were severalcampus tours.

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