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Groundbreaking for new Jacinto City Elementary

Sheldon Fire Dept. opens newFire Station and Training Tower

Channelview High SchoolTop 10% students

Galena Park ISDannounces Top 10 HighSchool students

Census award atSafety meeting

By Allan Jamail

May 29, 2019 – The Ga-lena Park IndependentSchool District Trustees(GPISD) is working to-wards the completion ofthe voter-approved $290million school bondprojects with the groundbreaking ceremony for thesoon to be built 2 story re-placement school of theJacinto City ElementarySchool. The $26 millionnew school is scheduled tobe completed by the fall of2020.

Photo By Allan JamailL – R: Constable Chris Diaz, Sara Montelongo-Oyervidez, Trustees Wilfred Broussard Jr, Superintendant Dr. Angi Williams,Principal Becky Gardea, Trustee Ramon Garza, Assistant Principal Cecilia Meza, Hector Morales and Linda Jamail.

Continued NewSchool, Page 8

Channelview High School Top10% students are:

1. Micah Rois MacarandangMicarandayo

2. Summer Grace Ijarah3. Ashley Nicole Durbin4.Alondra Guadalupe Gallegos5. Ashley Maldonado6.Byron Dunstan Henderson, Jr.7. Lilia Ana Morales8. Diojani Carolina Valle9. Carolina Alejandra Herrera

Sonora10. Luis Eduardo Sarabia11. Diana Diaz12. Brianna Renee McGee13. Ana Cristina Arredondo14. Jason Garzon Haro15. Salma Yuliana Tellez16. Christopher Diaz17. Frida Estefania Torres18. Fernando Tamez19.Hannia Estefania Yeverino

20.Rheyna Elizabeth Tinguee21. Estefani Guadalupe Vega22.Jose Luis Perez23. Joselin Aneth Lara De Leon24. Henry Fernando Saravia

Ortega25. Jewel Angelique Gonzalez26. Anthony Nathaniel Vega27. Jessica Clarissa Rivera28. Paola Jazmin Aranda Vela29. Catalina Caprice Olivares30. Brizeida Ruiz31. Amanda Naydelin Flores32. Richard Meza33. Alexandria Paige Colvin34. Jose Enrique Sanchez35. Hannah Elise Adams36. Matthew Isaac William

Applewhite37. Heidi Brizeyra Cabrera38. Madison Taylor Dovie Hall39. Adrian Esteban Dominguez40. Daniel Armenta Onate

41.Veronica Alexandra Magana42. Genesis Montoya43. Hugo Rodriguez Martinez44. Andrea Guadalupe Fonseca45.Alexa Michelle Hernandez46. Jesus Jared Escamilla47. Guadalupe Garcia, Jr.48. Chloe Celeste Munoz48. Jose Leobardo Rodriguez,

Jr.50. Jonathan Lakieth Walker, Jr.51. Audrey Irene Ortiz52. Gabrielle Victoria Enriquez53. Guillermo Guadalupe

Arredondo54. Taylor Cynee Guillory55. Eduardo Abel Velasco55. Kairi Jae Mitchell57. Miguel Angel Martinez58. Oscar Jose Alejandro59. Emily Janeth Escobar59. Isabella Guadalupe Rodas61. Marian Zarate

North Shore Senior High Top 10Daniel T. Arenales, Naya S. Edwards, Jason D. Boudreau, Nicholas Carmona Morales, LukeR. Chavanne, Jazmine Chavez , Noah E. Jones, Natalia Martinez, Josh Dominique T. Monta,Francis M. Sampson with Principals and Superintendent Angi Williams.

Survey in CrosbySurvey teams from Harris

County Public Health (HCPH)will visit the Crosby/Huffmanarea to conduct a survey Sat-urday, June 8, on how you havebeen doing since Harvey andwhat are your current needs.They will not ask for your nameor identification. All answersare confidential.

See Picture of newbuilding on Page 8

See Galena Park High School and Early College Top TenStudents on Page 8.

Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia became a Proud Partner of U. S.2020 Census. Melissa Allala, U. S. Census Partnership Specialistpresents Proud Partnership certificate. (PHOTO BY ALLAN JAMAIL)

By Allan JamailHouston, TX. - May 29,

2019 at the Houston PoliceDepartments East Free-way storefront office Con-gresswoman Sylvia Garciabrought together govern-mental agencies, law en-forcement and citizenstogether for her regularNeighborhood Safetymeeting.

Harris County SheriffDeputy Sergeant E. Riverasaid, “The crooks and bad See SAFETY MEETING, p. 8

guys crisscross back andforth from law enforce-ment jurisdictions so thesheriff ’s department andHouston’s police depart-ment work closely togeth-er on solving andpreventing crime.” He saidgun and cell phone is high-ly sought after by crimi-nals. “Criminals don’t buytheir guns legally, they

NEW SHELDON FIRE AND RESCUE STATION #2, as seen from US90 Old Beaumont Highway.

By Gilbert HoffmanSheldon Community

Fire and Rescue, and Har-ris County Emergency Ser-vices District #60, openedan impressive new fire sta-tion, and training towerlast Thursday morning.

The 15,000 sq. ft. firestation is the third stationin the ESD#60 District,and with expansive growthof the area, the plan is tobuild two more and anoth-er to replace the existingstation on C.E. King Park-

way, according to FireChief Sydney Webb.

Webb presided over thegrand opening ceremonies,and the ceremonial ribboncutting and hose uncou-pling for the two buildings.

Participating in the cer-emonies were members ofthe ESD#60 board, withHelen Lauersdorf, presi-dent; and Fire E-boardmembers, with CurtisRoane, president. Alsospeaking were “PistolReed” the son of Paul V.

Reed, whom the trainingcenter is named for, andJudge Joe Stephens.

The Training Center isa tall 5-story building, to beused to train firefighters inmulti-story rescues andfires. The fire station hasroom for six vehicles inthree drive-thru bays. Italso has offices, sleepingrooms, training and exer-cise facilities, and a dayroom with kitchen and TV.

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Parade Results: Best in Show as depicted at left: First Place CrosbyHigh School’s Theater Group with the Hogwarth Express, 2nd PlaceStar Steppers, 3 Crosby High School Cheer TeamBest Western Heritage wagon or Trail Ride Trail went to SoutheastTexas Cowboy Church, Second place went to Cow Punchers andCrosby Community Center had third place.

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AUSTIN — While theMemorial Day holiday wasobserved across Texas,lawmakers stayed busy atthe state Capitol, voting onkey bills in the final threedays of the 86th TexasLegislature’s 140-dayregular session.

Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt.Gov. Dan Patrick and HouseSpeaker Dennis Bonnen didwhat they jointly set out todo at the beginning of thesession in January. Theyexercised their leadershipskills well enough for theSenate and House to passproperty tax reform (SenateBill 2) and school financereform (House Bill 3), and topass a state budget for fiscalyears 2020-2021 (House Bill1).

The Legislature isconstitutionally mandated topass a state budget everytwo years. HB 1, the statebudget written by HouseAppropriations CommitteeChair John Zerwas, R-Richmond, and sponsored bySenate Finance CommitteeChair Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, contains$250.6 billion in spending.The two-year budget issubject to certification bythe state comptroller. Thegovernor has until June 16to sign or veto any bill orveto any line item within HB1.

SB 2, titled the “TexasProperty Tax Reform andTransparency Act of 2019,”amends the property taxappraisal and rate-settingprocesses. Lt. Gov. Patrickcalled it the first propertytax reform in 40 years. “Itwill provide an average of$200 in property tax reliefthis year on a $250,000home,” Patrick said.

SB 2’s main author wasSenate Property TaxCommittee Chair PaulBettencourt, R-Houston.House Ways and MeansCommittee Chair DustinBurrows, R-Lubbock,sponsored the bill in theHouse. Bettencourt calledSB 2 and HB 3 “astonishingtax relief.” SB 2 limits mostmunicipal tax rate increasesto 3.5 percent on the $100valuation. The current limitis 8.0 percent without arollback election. However,it will continue to beincumbent upon countyappraisal districts and localoversight to control propertyvalues.

HB 3, authored by HousePublic Education CommitteeChair Dan Huberty, R-Houston, and sponsored bySenate Education Commit-tee Chair Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, provides about$2 billion for pay raises forteachers and other publicschool employees andreduces local school propertytax rates by an estimated 13cents per $100 valuation by2021. The reduction,according to the SenateNews Service, will providemore than $5 billion inproperty tax relief withintwo years. Taylor said HB 3would put $4.5 billion moreinto the classroom and directmore funds toward studentswith economic disadvantag-es, those still learningEnglish and those withdyslexia. HB 3 also wouldcreate an optional July termfor eligible students and full-day, pre-kindergartenprograms for students fromlow-income backgrounds.

Senate elects protempore

Senate State AffairsCommittee Chair JoanHuffman, R-Houston, onMay 27 was sworn in as thebody’s president pro temporefor the remainder of the 86thLegislature, which continuesuntil January of 2021.

As president pro tem,Huffman serves as thestate’s chief executive whenboth the governor andlieutenant governor are outof the state. She succeedsSen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo.

Whitley resignsfrom office

Texas Secretary of StateDavid Whitley, the state’schief elections officer,announced his resignationfrom office on May 27.

Gov. Abbott last Decem-ber appointed Whitley, butthe appointment was subjectto confirmation by theSenate. The Senate ad-journed sine die on May 27without voting to confirmhim.

In January Whitleyissued an advisory on voterregistration list mainte-nance to election officialsacross Texas. The advisorypotentially would haveinvalidated the voting rightsof Texans who werenaturalized as citizens andlawfully registered to vote.The Texas League of United

(AUSTIN) — TexasComptroller Glenn Hegartoday said state sales taxrevenue totaled $3.01 bil-lion in May, 9 percent morethan in May 2018.

“State sales tax revenuegrowth was propelled byboth business and consum-er spending,” Hegar said.“The strongest growth wasin remittances from themanufacturing, wholesaletrade and services sectors,with strength apparent inthe retail trade sector aswell.”

Hegar also said statefranchise tax revenue forMay was $3.47 billion.Revenue was up 7.4 per-cent from May 2018,slightly above projectionspresented in the BiennialRevenue Estimate in Jan-uary.

Total sales tax revenuefor the three months end-ing in May 2019 was up 6.9percent compared to thesame period a year ago.

CountyAttorney VinceRyan advises:“Protect legaldocuments in adisaster”

“A flood can happenbefore you know it,” warnsHarris County AttorneyVince Ryan, who is advisingresidents to be prepared toprotect their legal docu-ments.

Every year we recognizeJune 1 as the beginning ofthe hurricane season.However, even as many stillrecover from the effects ofHurricane Harvey, theunfortunate incident offlooding has devastatedmany homes this year wellbefore this recognized date.It doesn’t take a hurricaneto flood a home; Kingwoodwas devastated last monthwhen 10 inches of rain fell insix hours.

“While you can fileinsurance claims for yourpossessions, there are somethings that insurance cannothelp with especially yourlegal documents,” saidCounty Attorney Ryan.“When it comes to yourimportant paperwork, youneed to ask yourself anumber of questions aboutthe safety and security ofnecessary documents.”

• If your home floods, willyour important documentsbe safe?

• If you have to evacuate,could you quickly put yourhands on medical records?

• If you file insuranceclaims, would you be able toprovide a copy of your policyand records of your posses-sions?

Be prepared thishurricane season byensuring that all your legaldocuments are safe and youcan avoid destruction ordamage to them. A littlepreparation now can make abig difference later.

First, originals of yourmost important documentsshould be kept in a water-proof safe at your home or ina safe deposit box at yourbank. Keep copies electroni-cally on your computer harddrive, on portable devicessuch as jump drives or in thecloud. You could also emailthem to yourself or to afriend out of the storm zone.In many cases, courts willconsider electronic copiesvalid if originals are lost.You should keep at least onecopy of your documents in aportable file system or lockbox you can quickly grab ifyou have to evacuate in ahurry.

What legal documents doyou need to protect and havecopies of in case in anemergency? In an emergen-cy, you will need personaldocuments such as birth andmarriage certificates, socialsecurity cards, passports ornaturalization certificates.You also need to safeguardyour will, living will, powerof attorney and any instruc-tions you have left in case ofdeath. Also, protect propertyrecords, including deeds,titles to property andmortgage and closingstatements.

You want to keep safe anyappraisals of valuablesalong with photos and videosof your property for insur-ance purposes. And, ofcourse, your insurancepolicies—especially home,auto and health.

Financial records arecritical: bank statements,savings or investmentaccount information, stocksand bonds and tax records.And don’t forget medicalinformation, includingprescription information andphone numbers for yourdoctors.

In addition to thesedocuments, if you have toleave your home for anatural disaster, please takewith you a copy of phonenumbers of relatives andfriends. You may not be ableto rely on your cell phone iftowers are damaged or yourbattery runs down.

“This may sound like a lotof work, but when the nextdisaster destroys or severelydamages your home, you’llbe glad you have thesedocuments available so youcan start to put your lifeback together,” advisedCounty Attorney Ryan.

Legislature passesproperty tax, schoolfinance reform

Latin American Citizens andothers sued Whitley to stopthe voter purge. The partiessettled in late April whenthe state agreed to revise itspractices.

One bill out offive passes

How busy were ourlawmakers from Jan. 8 toMay 27?

The 150 members of theTexas House and 31members of the TexasSenate combined filed 7,324bills proposing, amending orrepealing laws in the 140-day legislative session thatended last week. Of the totalnumber of bills, 1,429passed, resulting in apassage rate of 19.5 percent.

The 2019 Legislature’soutput of bills seems high,and it was. The last timemore bills were filed in aregular legislative sessionhappened was 10 years ago,during the 81st TexasLegislature in 2009. Then,the House and Senate filed acombined total of 7,419 billsand passed 1,459 or 19.7percent.

To learn how a billbecomes a law, visit:

https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/legislativeprocess.pdf

State Sales Tax RevenueTotaled $3 Billion in May

Sales tax is the largestsource of state funding forthe state budget, account-ing for 57 percent of all taxcollections.

In May 2019, Texas col-lected the following reve-nue from other majortaxes:

• motor vehicle salesand rental taxes — $429.5million, up 1.3 percentfrom May 2018;

• motor fuel taxes —$316 million, up 2 percentfrom May 2018;

• natural gas produc-tion taxes — $129 million,up 28.4 percent from May2018; and

• oil production taxes —$367.3 million, up 16.2 per-cent from May 2018.

For details on all month-ly collections, visit theComptroller's MonthlyState Revenue Watch. Foran extensive history of taxpolicy developments andfees since 1972.

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ANGLICAN CHURCH• Church of the Resurrection,meeting at Crosby BrethrenChurch, 5202 1st Street, Cros-by. 832-661-9693.APOSTOLIC CHURCH• First Apostolic Church of High-lands, 1211 S. Main St. High-lands. 281-426-4133ASSEMBLY OF GOD• Crosby Gospel Assembly, 633Kenning Rd., Crosby, 281-328-2516• First Assembly of God, 406 N.Magnolia St., Highlands, 281-426-3170• Gospel Lighthouse, 8218John Martin Rd., Baytown, 281-421-1168BAPTIST• Calvary Baptist, 2217 Huff-man Eastgate Rd., Huffman,281-324-3409• Highlands Baptist, 111 E. Ca-nal Rd., Highlands, 281-426-2470• Northeast Freeway Baptist,1635 Runneberg Rd., Crosby,281-328-2723• Unity Baptist, 2625 Broad Dr.,Highlands, 281-426-4223• Iglesia Bautista Comunidad,5323 Highway 90, Crosby, 281-421-9810. “Venid y te Harem-os Bien”BAPTIST-Missionary• Antioch Missionary Baptist,2500 Harris St., Highlands,281-426-6565.• First Missionary BaptistChurch, 301 Cypress Avenue,Crosby, 281-462-7634.• Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist,315 Nod, Crosby, 281-328-4650• True Vine Missionary Baptist,404 Oak Ave., Crosby, 281-328-7637• Shiloh Missionary BaptistChurch, 12418 Crosby Rd.,Crosby, 281-328-1851BAPTIST-Southern• First Baptist- Crosby, 615Runneberg Rd.,Crosby, 281-328-2564• First Baptist- Highlands, N.Magnolia at Wallisville, High-lands, 281-426-4551• First Baptist- Huffman, 25503FM 2100, Huffman, 281-324-1888• Northside Baptist, 317 Bar-bers Hil l Rd., Highlands,nsbchighlands.org• Second Baptist, 400 E. Wall-isville Rd., Highlands, 281-426-5557• Crosby New Hope BaptistChurch, 18319 FM 2100, Cros-by, 281-328-6086BRETHREN• Crosby Brethren, 5202 1st St.,Crosby, 281-328-2442CATHOLIC• Holy Family, 7122 WhitingRock, Baytown, 281-426-8448• Sacred Heart, 915 RunnebergRd., Crosby, 281-328-4871

• St. Martin De Porres, 12606FM 2100, Crosby, 281-328-4451• St. Jude Thaddeus, 800 S.Main St. , Highlands, 281-843-2422• St. Phillip the Apostle, 23083rd St.,Huffman, 281-324-1478CHURCH OF CHRIST• Church of Christ at WallisvilleRd., 1500 E. Wallisville Rd.,281-426-7557.• Crosby Church of Christ, 3737Hwy 90, Crosby, 281-328-3496• Highlands Church of Christ,214 Clear Lake Rd., Highlands,281-426-2742• Barrett Station Church ofChrist, 281-328-7882CHURCH OF GOD• First Pentecostal Church ofGod, 1328 Old Atascocita, Huff-man, 281-324-1518• Harvest Time Church of God,495 S. Diamondhead Blvd.,Crosby, 281-462-8060CHURCH OF GODIN CHRIST•�Mt. Rose Church of God inChrist, 13000 FM 2100, Cros-by, 281-328-1314EPISCOPAL• Church of the Resurrection,5202 Churhc St., Crosby.INDEPENDENT• Crosby Church, 5725 Hwy 90,Crosby and 30673 HuffmanCleveland Rd., Huffman, 281-328-1310• Huffman Church, 1707 Huff-man Eastgate Rd., Huffman,281-324-3705• New Covenant of Faith, 12217Holly Rd., Crosby, 281-328-1315• Restoration House, 1609Jones Rd., Highlands, 281-843-4000• Son Harvest, 2027 FM 1942,Crosby, 281-543-2860.LUTHERAN• Our Shepherd, 19704 FM2100, Huffman, 281-324-2422METHODIST• Crosby United Methodist,1334 Runneberg Rd., Crosby,281-328-2616• Highlands United Methodist,107 W. Houston St., Highands,281-426-3614• Lake Houston United Method-ist, 23606 FM 2100, Huffman,281-324-1541NON DENOMINA-TION

• Lifepoint Church, 9235 NorthHighway 146, Baytown, Tx.77523. �281-576-5452.UNITED PENTECOS-TAL CHURCH

• Pentecostals of Crosby502Pine at Hwy 90 Crosby, TX�77532(281) 328-5054. Sunday10 AM. Wednesday 7 PM. Pas-tor Kerry D. Lee

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•Second Street Church ofChrist, 15821 2nd. Street,

Channelview, TX. 77530.www.2ndstreetchurchofchrist.com

ASSEMBLY OF GOD•Galena Park Assembly ofGod, 1211 2nd. St., GalenaPark, TX. 713-455-0836.BAPTIST•New Life Baptist Church ofEast Houston, 18570 VanRoad, Houston, 77049. 281-456-0082•Second Baptist Church, 191318th. St., Galena Park, TX. 713-672-9232.•Second Baptist Church, 10501Muscatine, Jacinto City, TX.713-674-8463.•St. Matthew Baptist Church,119 Fidelity, Houston, TX. 713-674-0062.•First Baptist Church, 1505 1st.St., Galena Park, TX. 713-455-1261.•Macedonia Baptist Church,1230 Maxnie Street, Houston,TX. 77049. 713-674-6607.BAPTIST-Southern•Dell Dale Avenue BaptistChurch, 402 Dell Dale Avenue,Channelview, TX. 281-452-3704.•South Drive Baptist Church,15229 South Drive, Channel-view, TX. 77530. 281-452-4500.•First Baptist Church of JacintoCity, 10701 Wiggins, JacintoCity, TX 77029. 713-672-2802.•Beaumont Place BaptistChurch, 13101 Ivydale Street,Houtson, TX. 77049.•First Baptist Church of Gale-na Park, 206 Woofle St., 77547.713-455-1261.CATHOLIC•St. Andrew Roman CatholicChurch, 827 Sheldon Rd.,Channelview, TX. 281-452-9865.•Our Lady of Fatima, 1705 8thSt., Galena Park, TX. 713-675-0981.CHURCH OF CHRIST•2nd. St. Church of Christ,15821 2nd St., Channelview,TX. -281-452-4049.•Channelview Church of Christ,1301 Sheldon Rd., Channel-view, Tx. 281-452-7129.•Galena Park Church of Christ,301 Holland Ave, Galena Park,TX. 713-455-0826.EPISCOPAL•St. Timothy’s EpiscopalChurch, 13125 Indianapolis St.,Houston, 713-451-2909.HOLINESS•Bible Missionary Church,10246 Fairfax St., Jacinto City.713-671-3500.METHODIST•Old River Terrace United Meth-odist Church, 16102 East Free-way, Channelview, TX.281-452-2861.•Jacinto City United Methodist,10730 Wiggins, Houston, TX.713-673-7132.•Holy Trinity United Methodist,13207 Orleans St., Houston,Tx. 713-453-7203.

For corrections or new listings,call 281-328-9605

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MARANATHA CHURCHBy Dr. Mark Trice

Leave Your Mark“And you know that God

anointed Jesus of Naza-reth with the Holy Spiritand with power. ThenJesus went around doinggood…” (Acts 10:38a NLT)

The verse continues, ofcourse, but let’s stop heretoday. Jesus, having beenanointed by God, wentaround “doing good.” Ev-erything He did – castingout demons, healing thesick, etc. – can really becovered in these twowords. The whole time Hewas on this earth, Jesuswas doing good. As Christfollowers, we are to do asHe did, so what is our job?We are to go around doinggood.

As long as we focus ondoing what Jesus did, aslong as we set our heartson always doing good toothers, serving them asthey need to be served, weare naturally going to ful-fill the Great Commission(Mark 16:15 – “And he saidunto them, Go ye into allthe world, and preach thegospel to every creature.”).Our very lives, if they arespent in doing good to oth-ers, will be sermons; theywill cause us to be lightsin the darkness. And peo-ple will be drawn to thatlight.

What does doing goodlook like? It looks like usregularly choosing to bemiracles in other people’s

lives. Individually, it canmean mowing a neighbor’slawn, caring for a childwhile Mom is sick, or tu-toring a friend’s son inmath. As a church, it canlook like our church’s Op-eration BAM, which hasencompassed such thingsas taking hundreds of giftsand vehicles full of willingworkers to assist at a bat-tered women’s shelter; car-rying boots, blankets, andsocks to the homeless inHouston; and sending ourdisaster response truck outwith supplies in the wakeof natural disasters.

Speaking for our congre-gation, do you know whowas helped the most ineach of those instances?We were! While we werefocusing on being the lightin other people’s darkness,the light began to shinemore brightly for us: Fewthings can compare withbeing the hands and feet ofJesus.

Every year, we’ve donemore, reached out more,

and every year the experi-ence has inspired us toreach further. In fact, werecently began to shift ourfocus even more outward-ly, to expand our vision tohelp our congregation ac-tively develop a habit - aculture - of service andcommunity involvementthat would even more di-rectly impact the world welive in. Our goal is to keepour eyes and arms open, tobe a light in the darkness.

Which is exactly whatJesus did. He came as alight into darkness, andthe darkness fled beforeHis face. He didn’t justwalk around enjoying thenotoriety of being knownas “Rabbi;” He reached outt o t h e u n r e a c h a b l e ,touched the untouchable,and left His mark every-where He went. No onewas foul enough that Hewasn’t willing to meetthem in their need if onlythey would open up to re-ceive what He had to offer.

Be like Jesus: Be thelight and leave your mark!

Historic Crosby (Phase 4)This week’s

historical photoof Crosby islooking northalong MainStreet (FM2100) just southof the railroad.The photo wastaken circa1909, and threeyoung men areworking for thecounty placingan oyster shelltopping alongwhat was thena dirt road. Theman in themiddle is AbbEthington, andthe one of theright is JosephClawson. Oyster shellswere hauled fromLynchburg and were usedto give an all-weathertopping to the roads inthe area. Mule teamshauled the shell, andlocal young men werehired to spread themusing a hoe.

This photo came fromCathy Harbour of Liberty,who is a descendant ofthe Clawson family.Joseph Clawson was theson of John Clawson, whowas the patriarch of aprominent early family inCrosby. Mr. Clawsonowned a cotton gin, was apart owner in the SirockaSaloon and was one of thefounding members of theCrosby State Bank. Heowned a large section ofland at the corner ofBohemian Hall Road andFM 1942, where he builtan early school house (theClawson School). His son-in-law Anton Danek,owned the Crystal

Theatre and the CrosbyHotel & Restaurant.Another son-in-law, DanRombs owned an earlybarber shop.

The two buildingsvisible in the backgroundof the photo are theCrosby train depot, andthe R. E. Dunks GeneralStore. This was the firstgeneral store in Crosby.It was originally built in1865 by Charles Karcher.It was the first commer-cial building in thecommunity that wasthen known as Gentry,Texas. Charles and hisbrothers came fromPrussia in 1838 withtheir father Jacob whenCharles was two.However, the threeyoung boys were or-phaned when theirfather died on the wayover. He and his brotherswere then raised by thePenn and Singletonfamilies who lived nearHuffman. Jacob Karch-

er’s items were sold atauction and George andJesse White who ownedthe land near the present-day Sterling-WhiteCemetery bought Jacob’sliquor still.

This is the fourth photoin a series, of historicphotos of Crosby in honorof its upcoming bicenten-nial. Over the next fewweeks, we will hopefullypresent some morehistoric photos. Crosbywas settled in 1823,making it one of the oldestsettlements in Texas.Lifetime resident JodyFuchs, is preparing aphotographic history ofthe community in prepa-ration for the upcomingevent, and is looking forother old or interestingphotos of the community.He is working withmembers of the CrosbyHistorical Society, DonnaDavenport and KlausDuda. The HistoricalSociety hosted a presenta-

tion of the book inprogress on June 1st.Thanks to all of thepeople who came out.Stay tuned for upcomingpresentations of localhistory

The book will coverthe entire 200-year

pictorial history of thetown, as well as brieflycovering the surroundingcommunities of High-lands, Huffman, Lynch-burg, Barrett, Baytown,Liberty, etc. If you haveany interesting photos orartifacts of the area or its

residents from 1823 untilthe present, pleasecontact the CrosbyHistorical Society at 281-731-7010.

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Each one of us has avoice, but do you use it inthe most effective way?When communitymeetings are held todiscuss important issues,do you attend the meet-ings? Earlier this week,Commissioner AdrianGarcia’s Advisory Teamheld a meeting onhousing issues andtonight, they will hold oneon health concerns in ourcommunity. Were youthere to share yourconcerns and suggestionsabout housing? Will yoube there tonight abouthealth concerns?

On Monday there wasa large group, probably 60area residents who cameto share why they lovedtheir community as wellas what the needs are forhousing. While therewere many who expressedthat they loved “home”because it has a smalltown feel with amazingschools, there were otherswho asked questionsabout the crime, thehomeless people livingunder the freeway andabout the industrialpollution that affects usall.

In any community, youwill have opposingviewpoints and as thegroup discussed manytopics, they were noted.The meeting facilitatorsasked additional ques-tions and assured thegroup that all of theinformat5ion will beshared with Commission-er Garcia. Some peoplewalked out the doorhoping for changes whileothers grumbled that justbecause they shared theiropinions, there were noguarantees that anythingwould be done.

Tonight, there will beanother communitymeeting discussinghealth. After HurricaneHarvey, with the excep-tion of a small hospitallocated east of Normandyand south of Interstate10, our community hasbeen lacking the muchneeded replacement forHCA’s East Houston

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Pearl

Pearls are unique asthey are the only gemsfrom living sea creaturesand require no faceting orpolishing to reveal theirnatural beauty. In theearly 1900s, the firstsuccessful commercialculturing of roundsaltwater pearls began.Since the 1920s, culturedpearls have almostcompletely replacednatural pearls in themarket.

The qualities thatdetermine the overallvalue of a natural orcultured pearl or a pieceof pearl jewelry are size,shape, color, luster,surface quality, nacrequality, and—for jewelrywith two or more pearls—matching.

When other valuefactors are equal, largerpearls are rarer and morevaluable than smallerpearls of the same type.Round is the mostdifficult shape to culture,making it the rarestcultured pearl shapeand—if all other factorsare equal—also generallythe most valuable. Thereare exceptions, though.Well-formed pear, oval, orbaroque (irregularlyshaped) cultured pearlsare also prized by pearllovers.

Natural and culturedpearls occur in a broadrange of hues. There arewarm hues like yellow,orange, and pink, andcool hues like blue, green,and violet. Pearls have awide range of tone fromlight to dark. Pearl colorstend to be muted, with asoft, subtle quality.

Alexandrite

A relatively moderngem, Alexandrite, wasfirst discovered in Russiain 1831 during the reignof its namesake, CzarAlexander II, and is anextremely rare chrysober-yl with chameleon-likequalities. Its color is alovely green in bothdaylight and fluorescentlight; it changes color to apurplish red in incandes-

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A special exhibit of D-Day-related artifacts fromthe ship’s collections willbe on display, including amicrophone reportedlyused by Dwight D. Eisen-hower.

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vintage military vehicles, apop-up museum sponsoredby the Houston MaritimeMuseum, and entertain-ment from 1940s-stylesinger Maria Thorne andthe Big Band sounds of TheJazz Connection. All activ-ities off the ship are freeand open to the public.

Food and refreshmentswill be available from localfood trucks The Lunch Bagand Smoothie Strong, andin the park’s Ship Store.

Battleship TEXAS isowned and operated byTexas Parks and WildlifeDepartment. The Battle-ship TEXAS is permanent-ly moored adjacent to theSan Jacinto Monument,3523 Independence Park-way, in LaPorte, Texas.

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Moonstone

The third birthstonefor June is the moon-stone. It was given itsname by the Romannatural historian Pliny,who wrote that moon-stone's appearancealtered with the phases ofthe moon — a belief thatheld until well after thesixteenth century. Aphenomenal gemstone,moonstones show afloating play of light(called adularescence)and sometimes showeither a multi-rayed staror a cat's eye.

Considered a sacredstone in India, moon-stones often are displayedon a background of yellow(a sacred color) and arebelieved to encapsulatewithin the stone a spiritwhose purpose is to bringgood fortune. Part of thefamily of minerals calledfeldspar, moonstoneoccurs in many igneousand metamorphic rocksand comes in a variety ofcolors such as green, blue,peach, and champagne.The most prized moon-stones are from SriLanka; India, Australia,the United States,Mayanmar, and Mada-gascar are also sources.

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You Have a VoiceRegional Hospital. Therehave been several peoplewho died before theycould get to a hospital aswell as many who havelearned the hard wayabout the differencebetween using an urgentcare facility, a stand-alone emergency centerand an emergency roomat a large hospital.

For many of us whogrew up in the communi-ty, our first volunteerexperiences were as aCandy Striper (laterchanged to JuniorVolunteer) at the commu-nity hospital. An evenlarger group of adultsserved with the VolunteerAuxiliary. They operatedthe gift shop and providedscholarships to local highschool graduates. Manyof the students from localcommunity colleges wereable to have hands onexperience in their field ofstudy here well.

When studies havebeen done on types ofcancers and cancerclusters in Harris County,too often there are largereports of cancer found inour area. The environ-ment affects the health ofresidents.

There are those whoare concerned that whilethe refineries contributefinancially in many waysto our community, thosewho work here do not livehere. Last year duringthe campaign to fillformer CongressmanGene Green’s seat, onecandidate proposed thatthose companies shouldset up a fund specificallyto educate and train arearesidents as well as offerthem some sort ofincentive to gain employ-ment here.

I am appreciative thatCommissioner Garcia isasking for input. Whatwill become of what isshared at these meetings?Only time will tell. In themeantime, you have avoice and should makethe time to share it. Hopeto see you tonight at theBaldree Center on CorpusChristi at Freeport.

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Application and Draft Permit. Rescar Companies, 407 W Brentwood St, Channelview, TX 77530-3952, has ap-plied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal of Federal Operating Permit (hereinreferred to as Permit) No. O3238, Application No. 28592, to authorize operation of the Rescar Channelview Facility,a rail car coating facility. The area addressed by the application is located at 407 W Brentwood St in Channelview,Harris County, Texas 77530-3952. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is providedas a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to the application. You can findan electronic map of the facility at: http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=29.77722&lng=-95.14861&zoom=13&type=r. This application was received by the TCEQ on January 29, 2019.

The purpose of a federal operating permit is to improve overall compliance with the rules governing air pollutioncontrol by clearly listing all applicable requirements, as defined in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code § 122.10 (30TAC § 122.10). The draft permit, if approved, will codify the conditions under which the area must operate. Thepermit will not authorize new construction. The executive director has completed the technical review of the applica-tion and has made a preliminary decision to prepare a draft permit for public comment and review. The executivedirector recommends issuance of this draft permit. The permit application, statement of basis, and draft permit willbe available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ Central Office, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building E, First Floor,Austin, Texas 78753; the TCEQ Houston Regional Office, 5425 Polk St Ste H, Houston, Texas 77023-1452; and theHarris County Library - North Channel Branch, 15741 Wallisville Rd, Houston, Texas 77049-4607, beginning the firstday of publication of this notice. The draft permit and statement of basis are available at the TCEQ Website:

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Public Comment/Notice and Comment Hearing. Any person may submit written comments on the draftpermit. Comments relating to the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of the permit conditions may resultin changes to the draft permit.

A person who may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the permitted area may request anotice and comment hearing. The purpose of the notice and comment hearing is to provide an additional opportu-nity to submit comments on the draft permit. The permit may be changed based on comments pertaining to whetherthe permit provides for compliance with 30 TAC Chapter 122 (examples may include that the permit does not containall applicable requirements or the public notice procedures were not satisfied). The TCEQ may grant a notice andcomment hearing on the application if a written hearing request is received within 30 days after publication of thenewspaper notice. The hearing request must include the basis for the request, including a description of how theperson may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the application area. The request should also specifythe conditions of the draft permit that are inappropriate or specify how the preliminary decision to issue or deny thepermit is inappropriate. All reasonably ascertainable issues must be raised and all reasonably available argumentsmust be submitted by the end of the public comment period. If a notice and comment hearing is granted, allindividuals that submitted written comments or a hearing request will receive written notice of the hearing. Thisnotice will identify the date, time, and location for the hearing.

Written public comments and/or requests for a notice and comment hearing should be submitted to theTexas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin,Texas 78711-3087, or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ and be received within 30 days after the date of newspaper publication of this notice. Please be aware thatany contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address willbecome part of the agency’s public record.

A notice of proposed final action that includes a response to comments and identification of any changes tothe draft permit will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments, a hearing request, or requestedto be on the mailing list for this application. This mailing will also provide instructions for public petitions to theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request that the EPA object to the issuance of the proposed permit.After receiving a petition, the EPA may only object to the issuance of a permit which is not in compliance with theapplicable requirements or the requirements of 30 TAC Chapter 122.

Mailing List. In addition to submitting public comments, a person may ask to be placed on a mailing list for thisapplication by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address above. Those on the mailing list willreceive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Chief Clerk for this application.

Information. For additional information about this permit application or the permitting process, please contact theTexas Commission on Environmental Quality, Public Education Program, MC-108, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas78711-3087 or toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

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The elementary schoolhome of the Tigers wasbuilt 75 years ago in 1944.It was a small single storybuilding consisting of anoffice, small kitchen, cafe-teria and several class-rooms for the 200 students.As student enrollment in-creased the building wasenlarged and renovatedseveral times to its currentsize with 925 students at-tending.

The district has 15 ele-mentary schools and thetrustees plan to replaceand build 6 new elementa-ry schools, renovate 24 oth-er campuses and facilities,upgrade safety and securi-ty and fully conform to theAmericans with Disabili-

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ties Act district-wide withthe bond funds.

The GPISD slogan,BUILDING A STRONGFOUNDATION FOR OURFUTURE LEARNERS wasdisplayed on a bannerwhich is used throughoutall building projects. Sou-venir jars of the actual dirtfrom the location wherethe construction workersfirst broke ground weregiven to the attendees.

Attending the eventwere Board of TrusteesWilfred Broussard Jr, Ra-mon Garza, Superinten-dant Dr. Angi Williams,Assistant SuperintendantTerri Moore, Galena ParkISD Associate Superinten-dent for Operations Dr.

John Moore, Director NewFacilities and PlanningSonny Fletcher, Senior Di-rector for Community Re-lations SherrhondaJohnson, Coordinator ofWeb Services Chris Gause,Principal Becky Gardea,Assistant Principal Cecil-ia Meza, AdministrativeAide Dina Gonzales, Hec-tor Morales of Commis-sioner Adrian Garcia’soffice, Constable ChrisDiaz, President NorthChannel Area Chamber ofCommerce Margie Buent-ello, State Senator CarolAlvarado and State Repre-sentative Ana Hernandezwere in Legislative Sessionand were represented bySara-Oyervidez and LindaJamail respectively.

ARCHITECTS RENDERING:VLK architect’s rendering of the future Jacinto City Elementary School.

Galena Park High School Top 10Hugo I. Martinez , David D. Gonzalez-Benavides , Crystal Arguelles , Luis U. Serrano , JocelynSandoval , Pedro A. Hernandez , William L. Blaisdell , Daryen J. Garza , Julian A. Lopez andFernando R. Cantu.

Early College High SchoolGuadalupe D. Lombera , Vanessa Barquera, Alondra Barquera , Estefany N. Bazaldua ,Guadalupe Zamora , Pastor T. Gomez, Jesus A. Gonzalez , Ariana G. Cardozo , Xochilth X.Ortiz Alvarez , Mayelly I. Guerra.

steal them from citizenswho are careless with theirguns,” Rivera said. “Ceme-teries is a place citizensusually get careless, theyleave purses, cell phonesand guns unlocked in theirvehicles while walkingaway to visit graves.”

Houston Police Ser-geant T. Schmidt reportedcrime statistics along theEast Corridor from down-town Houston eastward toBeltway 8 along the EastFreeway (IH-10) includingPleasantville and ClintonPark. Reports of breakinginto vehicles was high with64 cases, 77 cases of thefts,27 cases of robbery, 28 autothefts and 23 cases of ag-gravated assault.

Deputy Constable ofPct. 2 Lt. C. W. Brown fromConstable Chris Diaz’ of-fice said the constable’s of-fice is available to anyoneneeding their help.

Deputy Charlotte Jack-son RUOK Coordinatorfrom Pct 3 Constable Sher-man Eagleton said theirfree senior program,RUOK (are you okay) is

available to seniors wholive alone or don’t havesomeone to check in onthem can sign up for theprogram. To participate,seniors will fill out a formdesignating what daysthey would like to becalled. Should the senornot answer the call a dep-uty will be sent to theirhome checking on the wel-fare of the senior. For moreinformation you can call(713) 274-2500.

Congresswoman Garicawill carry on the Commu-

nity CleanupDay programstarted by re-tired Congress-man GeneGreen. Thisyear’s event willbe on Saturday,June 22nd at 9AM at the HPDEast FreewayStore Front,12001-A EastFreeway (nextto Burlington’s).For more infor-mation call Dis-trict Director

Yuroba Harris at 832-325-3150.

Melissa Allala, CensusPartnership Specialist withthe U. S. Department ofCommerce-Bureau of Cen-sus said, “Citizens shouldn’tbe concerned about theirinformation they provide.The information gathered isonly for producing statisti-cal data and will not beshared with anyone or anyother agency.

Safety Meeting,CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Deputy Charlotte Jackson RUOK Coordinator

New Sheldon Fire Station,CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

In his remarks, ChiefWebb recalled the historyof the department, thus:

“64 years ago in 1955,Beaumont Road VolunteerFire Department wasformed by residents seeingthe need for fire protection.These founding fathersmade due with HomemadeFire Trucks and the like.Our Tanker/Pumper thatyou can see parked herewas dedicated in 2014 tohonor Beaumont Road FireDepartment charter mem-bers and is dedicated in thememory of J.W. Perrymanwho served as Fire Chief in1955.

In 1965, a military vet-eran, Paul V. Reed, movedinto the Sheldon WoodsCommunity and saw theneed for a fire departmentand ambulance service toserve this large East Hous-ton suburb. In 1972, Ijoined the Department asa junior firefighter, I was13 years old. In one capac-ity or another, I haveserved 47 years in this onedepartment. Sometimes asAmbulance Chief, some-times as both Fire andAmbulance Chief. The ul-timate goal is to providefire protection and helpingthe sick and injured.

We know how importantour first responders are.We’re proud to have thisfacility in our district, in aplace that provides servic-es not only to the Sheldon

THE OFFICIAL “UNCOUPLING” to dedicate the new building andtraining center in the background, with Fire Chief Webb, JudgeStephens, and other members of the department and ESD#60.

area but to thecommunity atlarge being ourneighbors likeChannelview,C l o v e r l e a f ,Crosby, High-lands, Huff-man, Atascocitaand EastexFire.

And I don’twant to leaveout South LakeHouston EMSD e p a r t m e n twho also servethe ever-grow-ing Sheldon area.”

The ceremonies con-cluded with a ribbon cut-ting by the North Channel

FIRE CHIEF SYDNEY WEBB

Chamber, a hose uncou-pling by the firefighters,refreshments, and tours ofthe new buildings.