Issue #159 of the STAR Super Combo Express, P. 3 VOLUME 5, NO. 05 (#159) www.northchannelstar.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017 Serving all of the North Shore -- Channelview, Sheldon, Galena Park, Jacinto City NORTH CHANNEL✯STAR Turner Chevrolet, P. 8 CHANNEL CHATTER Your News, Your Newspaper By Allan Jamail Houston, TX – On Jan- uary 6, 2017 at the Harris County Civil Courthouse the Honorable Alfred H. Bennett United States Dis- trict Judge, Southern Dis- trict of Texas administered the oath of office to Fred- First African American female judge for 61st District court Photo by Allan Jamail US Judge Al Bennett congratulates Judge Phillips with her daughters Ashley and Amber. Judge Alexandra Smooths-Hogan Master of Ceremony. ericka Phillips. Making history Judge Phillips became the first African American female to preside in the 61st Dis- trict. The 61st Civil District Court is a court of general jurisdiction for resolving civil disputes in which the amount in controversy is North Shore Rotary Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo presentation North Channel Chamber celebrates 40 yrs North Channel Chamber Luncheon Friday, February 3, 2017. San Jacinto College N. (inside the Monument Room of the Student Center | 5800 Uvalde Rd., 77049, 11:30 am. Speak- er: Chris Daniel, Harris County District Clerk. For additional in- formation you may contact Blanca at 713.450.1114. Galena Park/ Jacinto City CIP meeting THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017. 5:45 pm – light dinner. 6:15 pm - business starts. Meeting adjourns by 8:15 p.m. at Alvin Baggett Recreation Building, 1302 Keene in Gale- na Park. Pct. 2 Senior Market Day Wednesday, February 15, 2017 from 10 am to 2pm, Gray- son Center, 13828 Corpus Christi. Shopping, Healthcare, Screenings, Crafts, Jewelry, handmade quilts, door prizes, silent auction. Free to the pub- lic. Highlands Rotary Club 42nd Annual Chili Feast The occasion is the Rotary Club’s 42nd Annual Chili Feast, at St. Jude’s Catholic Church Hall on Saturday, Feb. 4th from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The local crowd always looks forward to socializing with old friends, eating great chili, bidding on auction items, and anticipating the winning numbers in the raffle. The public is invited. Jacinto City Mayor awards volunteers $200 or more involving property, contract dis- putes, and other civil mat- ters in which jurisdiction is not placed in another trial court. Examples of cases this court hears are con- tract disputes, personal See First Judge, page 3 By Allan Jamail Jacinto City, TX. - Thursday, January 26, 2017 at the City Council meeting Mayor Ana Diaz and former Mayor Allan Jamail recognized volun- teerism in the city. Each volunteer received a certif- Photo by Linda Jamail Front Row (L to R): Chispirrin (clown, Jaime Valdez), Erick A. Jaime, Erick Pena, Angel Jaime, Oziel Salinas, Jr., Vicente Salinas, Miguel Pena, Edgar A. Salinas, Jose Angel Pena. Back Row (L to R): Felix Ochoa, Marisol González, Teresa Tamez, Francis González, Marisa De La Cruz, Maria Guadalupe Barba, Maria Guadalupe Jaime, Maria Teresa Arzapala, Mayor Ana Diaz, former Mayor Allan Jamail, Irasema Salinas, Noema B. González, Rosa M. Godínez, Myriam Cortez, Esther Gallardo, Rosa De La Cruz, Maribel Tamez. Volunteers not present: Nora Elia Cruz, Patricia Nava, Susana Palacios, Oziel Salinas, Carmen Ochoa, Irma Ochoa, Ramiro Alvarado, Armida Patricia Pena, Nancy Patricia Romero. icate of recognition for ex- ceptional dedication and volunteering services to the community signed by both Diaz and Jamail. At the close of the city’s business meeting but be- fore adjournment the Award Ceremony consist- ed of certificate presenta- tions, a Zumba exercise dance by Lupita’s Crazy Energy Z Fitness - 832- 882-3562, magic tricks per- formed by Chispirrin Magic Show-832-909-4915 and Norteño Mexican folk music by brothers Edgar Salinas, Oziel Salinas Jr., and Felix Ochoa. Refresh- ments were donated by Constable Chris Diaz. In a separate ceremony at City Hall Special Volun- teer Appreciation Awards was presented to fulltime city officials, City Secre- tary Joyce Raines with 30 years of service and City Finance Manager Kathy Greiner with 38 years of service for their valuable volunteer service to the city. Both Mayor Ana Diaz and former Mayor Allan Jamail praised Joyce and Kathy for annually giving See VolunteeRs Awarded, Page 3 ABOVE, Past Chairmen of the Chamber Board over the last 40 years gather for a group photo, to socialize, and to watch a video presentation of their accomplishments documented in pictures. 23 of the chairmen were present. Shalonda Dawkins noted in her introduction that some of them had passed away. LEFT, Wayne Oquin, past president of the Chamber, and current president of the Galena Park Education Foundation, presented a history of the Chamber in his usual dry humor, much to the enjoyment of the several hundred guests present at the Gala. MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 8. HOUSTON – Several hundred guests and Chamber members gath- ered last Saturday night at the Houston Hobby Air- port Marriott Hotel, for a grand evening of good food, socializing, reminiscing, and dancing. The occasion was the observance of the 40th Anniversary of the North Channel Chamber of Com- merce. The evening was a ben- efit fund raiser for the chamber, as well as a hap- py and historical occasion. A silent auction with a number of very special items kept the bidding lively. Master of Ceremonies was chair-elect Shalonda Dawkins, and awards were presented by past chair Lucia Bates and chamber president Margie Buentel- la. The evening included the swearing in of the new Chamber Board for 2017, with Constable Chris Diaz officiating. Music was by the San Jacinto North jazz trio, and a video history of the chamber was prepared by Wayne Oquin, John Lewis and Chris Goss of the Ga- lena Park ISD. Wayne Oquin was the keynote speaker, tracing the history of the chamber since its founding in 1977 with Dr. Ed Lehr as its first chairman. The program concluded with remarks from outgo- ing chair Lucia Bates about the accomplish- ments of her year, and this was followed by remarks from the incoming new chairman, Adam Lund. The evening ended with dancing and music, social- izing and picking up silent auction items, and a gen- eral great time. NORTH SHORE ROTARIANS learn about Bull Riding from Gary McHenry, left, by acting it out. Participating in the fun are Charles Grant, Don Spies, Matt Davis, Scott Stephens. NORTH SHORE – Gary McHenry, chairman of the Speakers Committee of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, made a presenta- tion to the Rotarians on January 19 at their week- ly luncheon. McHenry covered the usual fact, such as 33,000 volunteers, $430 million in scholarships since the be- ginning, today’s scholar- ships of $20,000 for 4 years, and more. This year’s show runs for 21 days, and starts Tuesday, March 7th. He mentioned the first performer was Gene Autry. The show is basically for and about ag- riculture, and students that are in that field. But the talk took an in- teresting twist, when McHenry told about bull riding, one of the most pop- ular events. He said that a rider only had to stay on the bull for up to 8 seconds, and in a full 20 day show could earn $56,000. To better understand bull riding, McHenry dressed Rotarians in clos- tumes and acted out a bull riding sequence. Imagine a clown, a cowboy rider, a barrel tender, a bull, and a matador type, and the club watched their moves, and listened to an explanation.
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VOLUME 5, NO. 05 (#159) www.northchannelstar.comTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017Serving all of the North Shore -- Channelview, Sheldon, Galena Park, Jacinto City
NORTH CHANNEL✯STARTurner Chevrolet, P. 8
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Your News, Your Newspaper
By Allan Jamail
Houston, TX – On Jan-uary 6, 2017 at the HarrisCounty Civil Courthousethe Honorable Alfred H.Bennett United States Dis-trict Judge, Southern Dis-trict of Texas administeredthe oath of office to Fred-
First African American femalejudge for 61st District court
Photo by Allan Jamail
US Judge Al Bennett congratulates Judge Phillips with her daughters Ashley and Amber.Judge Alexandra Smooths-Hogan Master of Ceremony.
ericka Phillips.Making history Judge
Phillips became the firstAfrican American femaleto preside in the 61st Dis-trict.
The 61st Civil DistrictCourt is a court of generaljurisdiction for resolvingcivil disputes in which theamount in controversy is
North Shore RotaryHouston Livestock Show &Rodeo presentation
North Channel Chamber celebrates 40 yrs
North ChannelChamberLuncheon
Friday, February 3, 2017.San Jacinto College N. (insidethe Monument Room of theStudent Center | 5800 UvaldeRd., 77049, 11:30 am. Speak-er: Chris Daniel, Harris CountyDistrict Clerk. For additional in-formation you may contactBlanca at 713.450.1114.
Galena Park/Jacinto City CIPmeeting
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2,2017. 5:45 pm – light dinner.
6:15 pm - business starts.Meeting adjourns by 8:15 p.m.at Alvin Baggett RecreationBuilding, 1302 Keene in Gale-na Park.
Pct. 2 SeniorMarket Day
Wednesday, February 15,2017 from 10 am to 2pm, Gray-son Center, 13828 CorpusChristi. Shopping, Healthcare,Screenings, Crafts, Jewelry,handmade quilts, door prizes,silent auction. Free to the pub-lic.
HighlandsRotary Club42nd AnnualChili Feast
Theoccasionis theRotaryClub’s42ndAnnualChili Feast, at St. Jude’sCatholic Church Hall onSaturday, Feb. 4th from 11a.m. until 3 p.m.
The local crowd alwayslooks forward to socializingwith old friends, eating greatchili, bidding on auctionitems, and anticipating thewinning numbers in the raffle.The public is invited.
Jacinto City Mayor awards volunteers
$200 or more involvingproperty, contract dis-putes, and other civil mat-ters in which jurisdiction isnot placed in another trialcourt. Examples of casesthis court hears are con-tract disputes, personal
See First Judge,page 3
By Allan Jamail
Jacinto City , TX. -Thursday, January 26,2017 at the City Councilmeeting Mayor Ana Diazand former Mayor AllanJamail recognized volun-teerism in the city. Eachvolunteer received a certif-
Photo by Linda JamailFront Row (L to R): Chispirrin (clown, Jaime Valdez), Erick A. Jaime, Erick Pena, Angel Jaime, Oziel Salinas, Jr., Vicente Salinas, Miguel Pena, Edgar A.Salinas, Jose Angel Pena. Back Row (L to R): Felix Ochoa, Marisol González, Teresa Tamez, Francis González, Marisa De La Cruz, Maria Guadalupe Barba,Maria Guadalupe Jaime, Maria Teresa Arzapala, Mayor Ana Diaz, former Mayor Allan Jamail, Irasema Salinas, Noema B. González, Rosa M. Godínez,Myriam Cortez, Esther Gallardo, Rosa De La Cruz, Maribel Tamez. Volunteers not present: Nora Elia Cruz, Patricia Nava, Susana Palacios, Oziel Salinas,Carmen Ochoa, Irma Ochoa, Ramiro Alvarado, Armida Patricia Pena, Nancy Patricia Romero.
icate of recognition for ex-ceptional dedication andvolunteering services tothe community signed byboth Diaz and Jamail.
At the close of the city’sbusiness meeting but be-fore adjournment theAward Ceremony consist-ed of certificate presenta-
tions, a Zumba exercisedance by Lupita’s CrazyEnergy Z Fitness - 832-882-3562, magic tricks per-formed by Chispirr inMagic Show-832-909-4915and Norteño Mexican folkmusic by brothers EdgarSalinas, Oziel Salinas Jr.,and Felix Ochoa. Refresh-
ments were donated byConstable Chris Diaz.
In a separate ceremonyat City Hall Special Volun-teer Appreciation Awardswas presented to fulltimecity officials, City Secre-tary Joyce Raines with 30years of service and CityFinance Manager Kathy
Greiner with 38 years ofservice for their valuablevolunteer service to thecity. Both Mayor Ana Diazand former Mayor AllanJamail praised Joyce andKathy for annually giving
See VolunteeRsAwarded, Page 3
ABOVE, Past Chairmen of the Chamber Board over the last40 years gather for a group photo, to socialize, and to watcha video presentation of their accomplishments documentedin pictures. 23 of the chairmen were present. ShalondaDawkins noted in her introduction that some of them hadpassed away.LEFT, Wayne Oquin, past president of the Chamber, andcurrent president of the Galena Park Education Foundation,presented a history of the Chamber in his usual dry humor,much to the enjoyment of the several hundred guestspresent at the Gala.MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 8.
HOUSTON – Severalhundred guests andChamber members gath-ered last Saturday night atthe Houston Hobby Air-port Marriott Hotel, for agrand evening of good food,socializing, reminiscing,and dancing.
The occasion was theobservance of the 40thAnniversary of the NorthChannel Chamber of Com-merce.
The evening was a ben-efit fund raiser for thechamber, as well as a hap-py and historical occasion.A silent auction with anumber of very specialitems kept the biddinglively.
Master of Ceremonieswas chair-elect ShalondaDawkins, and awards werepresented by past chairLucia Bates and chamberpresident Margie Buentel-la.
The evening included
the swearing in of the newChamber Board for 2017,with Constable Chris Diazofficiating.
Music was by the SanJacinto North jazz trio, anda video history of thechamber was prepared byWayne Oquin, John Lewisand Chris Goss of the Ga-lena Park ISD.
Wayne Oquin was thekeynote speaker, tracingthe history of the chambersince its founding in 1977with Dr. Ed Lehr as its firstchairman.
The program concludedwith remarks from outgo-ing chair Lucia Batesabout the accomplish-ments of her year, and thiswas followed by remarksfrom the incoming newchairman, Adam Lund.
The evening ended withdancing and music, social-izing and picking up silentauction items, and a gen-eral great time.
NORTH SHORE ROTARIANS learn about Bull Riding from Gary McHenry, left, by acting it out.Participating in the fun are Charles Grant, Don Spies, Matt Davis, Scott Stephens.
NORTH SHORE – GaryMcHenry, chairman of theSpeakers Committee of theHouston Livestock Show &Rodeo, made a presenta-tion to the Rotarians onJanuary 19 at their week-ly luncheon.
McHenry covered theusual fact, such as 33,000volunteers, $430 million inscholarships since the be-ginning, today’s scholar-ships of $20,000 for 4
years, and more. Thisyear’s show runs for 21days, and starts Tuesday,March 7th. He mentionedthe first performer wasGene Autry. The show isbasically for and about ag-riculture, and studentsthat are in that field.
But the talk took an in-teresting twist, whenMcHenry told about bullriding, one of the most pop-ular events. He said that a
rider only had to stay onthe bull for up to 8 seconds,and in a full 20 day showcould earn $56,000.
To better understandbull riding, McHenrydressed Rotarians in clos-tumes and acted out a bullriding sequence. Imagine aclown, a cowboy rider, abarrel tender, a bull, and amatador type, and the clubwatched their moves, andlistened to an explanation.
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Rotary Club supports BayArea Homeless Services
Rotary president Diana Weaver presents a checkto Pete Alfaro and Bill Eckert of the Bay AreaHomeless Services.
HIGHLANDS – Rotaryheard from former Bay-town Mayor Pete Alfaro, ata recent luncheon, speak-ing about the services pro-vided to homeless or needyfamilies at their new facil-ity. BAHS started in 1982,and serves an average of30 families every year.
BAHS just opened afamily shelter last year,with 6 family apartments,costing $800,000. Familiesthat stay there are encour-aged and helped to findjobs, and usually leave in30 days.
Alfaro said that federalsupport for the project end-ed in 2016, and now allfunding is from privatesources. On March 2 of thisyear, BAHS will hold a“Main Event: to raise mon-ey. It will be at the Sylvan
Beach Pavilion, and be a“roast & toast” of Fred Na-varre. It is expected to draw300 to 400 attendees, andAlfaro encouraged Rotari-
ans and the public to comeand help support the or-ganization. Co-chairs ofthe event are Jim Wadz-inski and Roger Elswick.
New Year’s Resolutions–Why bother?
Austin Tenette spoke to theRotarians about resolutions,what are the most common, andhow to keep them.
HIGHLANDS – Austin Tenette is a Busi-ness and Life Coach with an organizationknown as Focal Point Coaching. He typicallyworks with companies that want to improvetheir approach to business, and employeeperformance.
At a recent Rotary luncheon, he gave ahumorous talk about how people make resol-lutions and usually break them in the firstseveral weeks of the New Year.
However, he offered insight into a set oftools that would help keep them. Basically,he said you have to change your routine andbreak habits. His suggested tools includesmall changes in routines, partnering, visu-aliztion such as “if, then what,” change inenvironment. His motivational tools includ-ed visualization of goals, self-monitoring ofprogress, and journaling.
Crosby Subway robbed,suspect eludes deputies
CROSBY – The SubwayRestaurant in CrosbyTown Center was robbedMonday morning, Jan. 30,the suspect remains atlarge.
A call from a neighbor-ing shop operator at 5:55a.m. to the Harris CountySheriff’s Office was madeto report a robbery.
The caller reported thata man in a black hoodiewearing black pants andb r a n d i s h i n g a p i s t o lwalked up to the restau-rant operator, a womanholding a four-year-old andforced her inside the res-taurant the instant thatshe unlocked the door.
In about three minutes,two Sheriff’s patrol unitswere at the front door andwere joined there in twomore minutes by anotherpair. A minute later anoth-
er patrol car made thescene.
The suspect forced thewoman to open the cashregister. He took the con-tents, he insisted that sheopen the safe but she hadno access to the safe. Hetook the woman’s cellphone by point of pistol.
When deputies arrivedoutside, the suspect fledout the back door on foot.The operator and her four-year-old were apparentlynot physically injured.
This is the second rob-bery in as many weeks bysomeone described asabout 5’7”, thin build, me-dium brown completionblack male, believed to bebetween 30 and 35 yearsold.
It seems a donut shop onNorth Main in the vicinityof Crosby Town Center had
also been a robbery victimat about the same time ofday.
Likewise, within thattime frame, a woman hadher car window smashedat the Crosby Post Officeand the contents taken asshe went to her Post OfficeBox. All of these incidentshave in common that nosuspect vehicle is associat-ed with these incidents. Itmight be presumed thatthe suspect does not livefar from where the inci-dent took place.
Harris County Sheriff’sOffice considers this sus-pect armed and dangerous.The robbery division isseeking information thatcould lead to the arrest ofthis perpetrator. Anyonewith information shouldcall 713-274-9200.
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Galena Park Senior Dance Senior Dance is every Monday at the Alvin D. Building,
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North Shore Senior Dance North Shore Seniors holds a dance every Thursday from
1 - 4 pm at the Grayson/Baldree Building, Corpus Christistreet. Live bands and refreshments. Cost is $ 5/per person.For more information call 713-455-3660.
San Jacinto Pilot Club meetingThe Club meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at Ly-
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On January 17, high school students from Galena Park ISD were recognized at the Administration Building for earning topscores on their SAT and ACT tests.All students who earned a 1300or higher on their SAT and a 27 or higher on their ACT were invited to the luncheon. Manyof the students have already chosen their university and career, and are excited to start the next chapter of their lives.Dr. Williams, Superintendent of Schools, was on-hand to congratulate and celebrate with the students on theiraccomplishments. She expressed her excitement to each of the students while presenting them with a certificate and giftcard. GPISD wishes all of these wonderful students the best of luck in their future endeavors!
Galena Park ISD honors students withtop SAT and ACT scores
On Tuesday, January27, North Shore’s ChasityPatterson scored her3,000th point making herthe all- time leading scor-er for Lady Mustangs Bas-ketball.
Patterson is now the71st player in women’shigh school basketball toreach 3,000 points.
“It’s definitely an honorto become the 71st playerto score 3,000 points,” saidPatterson. “I am proud tobe a part of this elitegroup.”
The future Texas Long-horn was recently namedto the 2017 McDonald’sAll- American team roster. The game will be on March 29 at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN 2.
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Lady Mustang Breaks SchoolBasketball Record
Coach Allison Campbell, Chasity and North Shore SeniorHigh Principal, Dr. Coleman
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Fredericka Phillips is anative of Beaumont, Tex-as. Fredericka attendedcollege at Lamar Universi-ty Beaumont where she re-c e ived a Bache lo r o fScience in Criminal Jus-tice graduating cum laudein 1996. Fredericka relo-cated to Houston in 1997to attend South Texas Col-lege of Law where she wasa member of law review.Fredericka received herJuris Doctorate in May2000 and practiced law forover 16 years representingclients in state and feder-al courts across the coun-t ry . Freder i cka waselected judge of the 61stDistrict Court in Novem-ber 2016.
The Honorable Alexan-dra Smooths-Hogan of the164th District Court pre-sided over the InvestitureCeremony.
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East Houston Democrats VolunteerDeputy Voter Registar Training
East Houston Democrats Club is hosting a Volunteer Dep-uty Voter Registrar Training on Saturday, February 18 at 230p.m. This free training is open to any registered voter inHarris County. The training will take Harris County Librarylocated at 15741 Wallisville Road, Houston 77049. The classis presented by the Office of Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Ann Harris Bennett. Class is one hour and partici-pants must arrive on time and attend the training in its en-tirety.
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more volunteer hours tothe city than anyone.
C i t y M a n a g e r L o nSquyres said Joyce andKathy never complainabout staying after work ordoing what may not bewithin their job descrip-tion. They adapt to what-ever happens and alwayshave a can do attitude nomatter the task, in short,if I had to sum up their roleit would be that they arethe glue that holds Jacin-to City together Squyressaid.
Volunteers Awarded,CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
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City Secretary Joyce Raines, Mayor Ana Diaz, FinanceManager Kathy Greiner & Former Mayor Allan Jamail.
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AUSTIN – GovernorGreg Abbott today listedproperty and franchisetax reduction as legisla-tive priorities in his Stateof the State address. Low-tax advocates were quickto offer praise for theGovernor’s call to action:
On Property TaxReduction:
“Americans for Pros-perity is applaudingGovernor Abbott forpledging to supportproperty tax reform herein Texas. Currently, toomany hard-workingfamilies in the state areliterally being taxed outof their homes and that issimply unacceptable.Lower taxes have playedan essential part inTexas’ role as an econom-ic leader in the nation.Burdening Texas familieswith higher taxes is not asensible solution for ourstate budget. We areproud to stand alongsideGovernor Abbott in hiseffort to give taxpayersgreater control over risingproperty tax rates.”
“There is a revoltbrewing in Texas oversoaring property tax billsthat are neither realisticnor sustainable. In 2015,Texas’ 4,171 local govern-ments walloped home-owners and businesses formore than $52 billion inproperty taxes, or about$1,900 for every man,woman, and child in theLone Star State. Asmammoth an amount asthat is, trends suggestthat the burden is likelyto get heftier still, withtax levies historicallyoutpacing standardeconomic measures by awide margin. GovernorAbbott’s call for structur-al property tax reformcould not have come at amore urgent time. Texanseverywhere are strug-gling to cope with therelentless onslaught oflocal property taxes, andsystemic change isneeded to secure neededand lasting relief.”
James Quintero,Director, Center for LocalGovernance-Texas PublicPolicy Foundation
On Franchise TaxReduction:
“We are pleased withthe Governor’s commit-ment to continue workingto eliminate the franchisetax. The compliance costplus payment makes thistax one of the mostburdensome taxes Texasbusinesses have tocontend with.”
Talmadge Heflin,Director, Center for FiscalPolicy-Texas Public PolicyFoundation
“Governor Abbott's callto ultimately phase outthe franchise tax is anapproach that the statemust continue to pursue.The franchise tax wascreated in 2006 to helplower property taxes andto keep the school financesystem out of court, yet ithas failed in both of thoseobjectives. Texas hasslipped in nationalrankings for tax policyand economic outlook, inpart, because of it.Economic projectionsshow that eliminating thefranchise tax wouldproduce 41,500 net newjobs, $3.4 billion in netnew investment, and $9.8billion in new personaldisposable income.Eliminating the franchisetax would make Texasone of only four stateswithout a corporateincome tax or grossreceipts-style businesstax, which would be aboon for investment, jobcreation, and economicgrowth.”
John Colyandro,Executive Director, andTom Aldred, Director ofPolicy & Research-TexasConservative CoalitionResearch Institute
Washington, D.C. –January 30, 2017 –Congresswoman SheilaJackson Lee, a seniormember of the HouseHomeland Security andJudiciary Committeestoday released thefollowing statement afterintroducing H.R. 735, theUniversal Security ofAmerican Values Act of2017 (USA Values Act),which will invalidate thediscriminatory ExecutiveOrder issued by thePresident banningvisitors and refugees fromcertain countries fromentering the UnitedStates simply becausethey exercise their rightto religious liberty byadherence to the Muslimfaith:
“The United States ofAmerica is a countryfounded by personsescaping religiouspersecution and freedomof worship has been abedrock national valuesince the Pilgrims landedon Plymouth Rock in1620. It is no coincidencethat the first of theamendments comprisingthe Bill of Rights protectsinviolate the free exerciseof religion
“Neither the Constitu-tion nor the First Amend-ment recognizes anexception to the freeexercise of religion in thecase of persons of theMuslim faith. Theexecutive order issued bythe President last Fridayis discriminatory Execu-tive Order because it hasthe effect and intent ofexcluding from theUnited States thosepersons from predomi-nately Muslim countrieswhose religious faith isMuslim. This is the typeof invidious discrimina-tion that our Constitu-tion, laws, customs, andtraditions do not counte-nance.
“That is why I haveintroduced H.R. 735, theUniversal Security ofAmerican Values Act of2017 (USA Values Act of2017), which declares theExecutive Order issuedby the President onJanuary 27, 2017 to benull and void and of noforce and legal effect. Inaddition, USA Values Act
Washington, DC – U.S.Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36),who has been a leadingcritic of America’s UnitedNations (UN)-led refugeeresettlement program,issued the followingstatement today insupport of PresidentTrump’s executive orderon extreme vetting:
“I commend PresidentTrump for delivering onhis campaign pledge toput a common-sensepause on a broken refugeeprogram and immigrationsystem that has seriousnational security gapsand is in desperate needof repair.
“By temporarilyrestricting entry into theUnited States fromseveral nations that wereestablished as terroristhotspots by the ObamaAdministration, Presi-dent Trump is doingexactly what he promisedthe American people hewould do – and that’s puttheir safety, security andwell-being first.
“This is not a radicalidea. In fact, polls show amajority of Americanssupport such a plan. It isalso not a new idea.President Obama did thesame thing in 2011 bysuspending Iraqi refugeeadmissions for sixmonths. The TrumpAdministration hassimply stepped up thescreening of those
AUSTIN — Gov. GregAbbott has stepped up thepressure on Travis Coun-ty Sheriff Sally Hernandezto participate in immigra-tion enforcement, warningthat she could lose statefunding if she refuses.
In a Jan. 23 letter, Ab-bott urged the sheriff toreverse her policy directive“forbidding Travis CountySheriff ’s Office employeesfrom cooperating with U.S.Immigration and CustomsEnforcement detainer re-quests.”
Failure to reverse herdirective would put in jeop-ardy millions of dollars infunding from the gover-nor’s office to Travis Coun-ty, Abbott warned. Abbottmentioned that last year,he conditioned all Crimi-nal Justice Grant fundsfrom his office to countieson their enforcement offederal immigration law.Furthermore, Abbott said,he is committed to signinglegislation that bans sanc-tuary cities throughout thestate of Texas.
Sheriff Hernandez post-ed a news release in reac-tion to the governor’sletter, saying: “I respect thejob of our state leaders, butI will not allow fear andmisinformation to be myguiding principles as aleader sworn to protectthis community. I am fol-lowing all state and feder-al laws, and upholdingconstitutional rights to dueprocess for all in our crim-inal justice system. Ourcommunity is safer whenpeople can report crimeswithout fear of deporta-tion. I trust the court sys-tem and our judges toassess the risks and setappropriate bonds and con-ditions for all who are in-carcerated. The voters,who elected state leadersand me, expect and de-serve a collaborative effortto come up with solutionsto this very complex issue.That is precisely what I’mcommitted to.”
Court rules againstregent
Outgoing University ofTexas regent Wallas L.Hall Jr. has lost the latestround in his legal battle toobtain admissions recordsfrom the university.
The Court of Appeals for
Abbott tells sheriff to reversesanctuary policy or lose funding
Babin issues Statementsupporting PresidentTrump Executive Order
entering the U.S. fromthese seven countries,which were designated asterrorism hotspots by theObama Administration.
“As I have been sayingfor nearly two years, therefugee resettlementprogram poses a clear andpresent danger to theAmerican people. Wewere told by PresidentObama’s own DHS, FBIand DNI Directors thatU.S. intelligence officialscannot properly vet orscreen refugees comingfrom Syria and otherterrorist hot spots. Wehave seen the deadlyconsequences in Europeas ISIS has alreadysuccessfully infiltrated itsrefugee population. Whyrepeat the same mistakeshere?
“As a compassionateChristian, I believe wecan and should helpdisplaced refugees bycaring for them in safezones near their owncountries. In fact, for thecost of bringing onerefugee into America, wecan help at least twelverefugees in safe zones.
“The President’sexecutive order willensure our U.S. intelli-gence agencies have timeto strengthen the vettingsystem and close thisgaping hole in ournational security. Presi-dent Trump has my fullsupport.”
the Third District on Jan.27 ruled unanimously infavor of the defendant, UTSystem Chancellor Will-iam H. Raven, in a lawsuitbrought by Hall.
Hall sued over McRa-ven’s refusal to grant Hallcomplete access to recordscontaining student-admis-sions information. McRa-ven had the legal standingto deny Hall’s requests forcertain information, thecourt ruled.
The underlying disputebegan in 2013, when Hallraised concerns about po-tential improprieties in theadmissions process of UTAustin and requested in-formation to conduct hisown investigation.
Hall was appointed tothe board of regents bythen-Gov. Rick Perry in2011. Hall’s term of officeends in February.
Jobless rate stayssame
The Texas WorkforceCommission on Jan. 20 re-ported that Texas added anestimated 210,200 season-ally adjusted jobs sinceDecember 2015, with theaddition of 800 nonfarmjobs in December.
Furthermore, accordingto the agency, the state hasadded jobs in 20 of the past21 months. Texas’ season-ally adjusted unemploy-ment rate maintained a 4.6percent rate in December,the same rate as in Novem-ber, according to informa-
tion posted by the U.S. Bu-reau of Labor Statistics.
The Education andHealth Services industryrecorded the largest pri-vate-industry employmentgain over the month, with7,300 jobs added. Leisureand hospitality employ-ment grew by 3,900 jobs inDecember and manufac-turing employment ex-panded by 1,400 jobs.
Abbott reappointstwo
Gov. Abbott on Jan. 25reappointed CharlesSmith as executive com-missioner of the TexasHealth and Human Servic-es Commission, effectiveFeb. 1, for a term to expireon Feb. 1, 2019.
Smith, first selected forthe post by the governor onJune 1, 2016, earlierserved as deputy for childsupport in the attorneygeneral’s office.
Abbott also reappointedDonna Bahorich of Hous-ton as chair of the TexasState Board of Education,effective Feb. 1, for a termto expire Feb. 1, 2019.
Bahorich was elected tothe board in November2012. She serves on theboard’s Committee onSchool Initiatives thatoversees agenda items re-lated to charter schools,State Board for EducatorCertification rules and theappointment of schoolboard members for dis-tricts located on militarybases.
Both appointments aresubject to Senate confirma-tion.
Vehicles to be testedin Texas
The U.S. Department ofTransportation has pickedTexas as one of 10 testinglocations for autonomousvehicle technology.
In a Jan. 24 news re-lease, the Texas Depart-ment on Transportationsuggested the designationestablishes Texas as aleader in the research anddevelopment of new trans-portation technologies thatcould make roads saferand less congested.
TxDOT will be involvedin a “Texas AutonomousVehicle Proving GroundsPartnership” with the Tex-as A&M TransportationInstitute, The Universityof Texas at Austin’s Centerfor Transportation Re-search, Southwest Re-search Institute and 32municipal and regionalentities.
“This partnership putsTexas at the forefront ofautomated vehicle technol-ogies that likely will shapethe future of transporta-tion around the world,”said Marc Williams, depu-ty executive director of Tx-DOT.
“ProtectingReligious Liberty”
OPINIONBy CongresswomanSheila Jackson Lee
prohibits the issuance orimplementation of anyExecutive Order that hasthe effect of abridgingreligious liberty or any ofthe privileges andimmunities guaranteedunder the Constitution orlaws of the United States.
“As Americans we arebest when we are true tothe values we hold dear,beginning with fidelity tothe Constitution and thelaws of the United States.The executive order,which represents thePresident’s attempt tomake good on his pledgeto impose a ban onMuslims from enteringour country, is a radicaldeparture from thevalues, principles, andpractices that heretoforehave made America theenvy of the world.
“Former presidentBarack Obama ‘funda-mentally disagrees withthe notion of discriminat-ing against individualsbecause of their faith andreligion.’ The formerpresident is right, thecurrent president iswrong and I call upon thePresident to rescind thisdiscriminatory orderimmediately.”
“Arbitrarily excludingMuslim visitors to ourcountry will not make ussafer and makes amockery of our reputationas the world’s mostwelcoming nation. TheUSA Values Act, whichaffirms the nation’s corevalues, complements the‘Statute of Liberty ValuesAct’ (SOLVE Act), whichbars ethnic and religiousdiscrimination againstrefugees that was alsointroduced today by mycolleague, Congresswom-an Zoe Lofgren of Califor-nia, and sponsored by meand more than 125Members of the House.”
CongresswomanJackson Lee is a Demo-crat from Texas’s 18thCongressional District.She is a senior member ofthe House Committees onJudiciary and HomelandSecurity and is RankingMember of the JudiciarySubcommittee on Crime,Terrorism, HomelandSecurity and Investiga-tions.
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Baytown Junior SchoolMariachis perform duringthe opening exercises of arecent meeting of theGoose Creek CISD Boardof Trustees in honor ofSchool Board RecognitionMonth. Pictured are (froml e f t ) D i e g o D e a v i l a .Eriberto Sanchez andDaniel Lucatero. Theg r o u p i s u n d e r t h ed i rec t ion o f Jeane t teShackelford.
Baytown Junior School Mariachis performance
Colleyville, TX – Consti-tuting America is pleasedto announce that ParkerEmerich, of Crosby, Texas,is the winner of this year’sTurner Maurice Gauntt,Jr. Exemplary CitizenScholarship Award.
Parker, who attendedCrosby High School and isnow a freshman at TexasA&M University, is thethird recipient of theaward created in honor ofMr. Turner MauriceGauntt, Jr., who passedaway on January 24, 2014.Parker was selected be-cause he most exemplifiedthe characteristics of Mr.Gauntt in the four corner-stone areas of the award:Stellar Academic RecordAthletic Excellence Stu-dent Body LeadershipCommunity Service.
Parker is an exception-al student who was induct-ed into the National HonorSociety and Mu Alpha The-ta (math’s honor society),earned the Principal’sAward for Top Student ofthe Year and was namedDistinguished Scholar forall 8 semesters of his highschool career. He is an out-standing athlete whoserved as a 4-year captain
Crosby student wins2016Turner Maurice Gauntt, Jr.Exemplary Citizenship Award
of his football team andwas awarded 1st team All-District and All-State Ac-ademic team in football.He also exhibited leader-ship as a member of thestudent council as SeniorClass Treasurer and waschosen as Student Ambas-sador for the Good Sports-manship League. Finally,he was active in his com-munity as a mentor to ele-mentary and intermediateschool students and volun-teered to read at the com-munity library.
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attend Texas A&M, beforewe knew had chosen to jointhe Corps Cadets, beforewe knew he had chosen theAir Force unit and beforewe knew the nickname ofParker’s squadron is “Hus-tlin’ One,” reminiscent ofthe B-58 Hustler my fatherflew. These amazing coin-cidences certainly validat-ed our decision! Parker, asa high school student ex-emplified and as a TexasA&M student continues toexemplify, the remarkablelife of my father, TurnerMaurice Gauntt, Jr. saidConstituting America’sFounder and Co-Chair Ja-nine Turner.
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Steve DonCarlos, (middle) presents a proclamation from the City of Baytown to the GooseCreek CISD Board of Trustees in honor of School Board Recognition Month. Pictured are(from left) Agustin Loredo, III, assistant secretary; Al Richard, president; Randal O’Brien,GCCISD superintendent; GiGi Cockrell, member; DonCarlos; Jenice Coffey, member; PetePapa, vice president; Jessica Woods, secretary and Howard Sampson, member.
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There was a young manwho had been diagnosedwith a terminal illnessand had been given threemonths to live. So as hewas getting his things ‘inorder,’ he contacted hisPriest and had him cometo his house to discuss cer-tain aspects of his finalwishes.
He told him whichsongs he wanted sung atthe service, what scrip-tures he would like read,and what outfit he want-ed to be buried in.
Everything was in or-der and the Priest waspreparing to leave whenthe young man suddenlyremembered somethingvery important to him.
“There’s one morething,” he said excitedly.
“What’s that?” came thePriest’s reply.
“This is very impor-tant,” the young man con-tinued.
“I want to be buriedwith a fork in my righthand.”
The Priest stood look-ing at the young man, notknowing quite what to say.
“That surprises you,doesn’t it?” the young manasked.
“Well, to be honest, I’mpuzzled by the request,”said the Priest.
The young man ex-plained. “My grandmotheronce told me this story,and from that time on Ihave always tried to passalong its message to thoseI love and those who arein need of encouragement.
In all my years of at-tending socials and din-ners, I always rememberthat when the dishes ofthe main course were be-ing cleared, someonewould inevitably lean overand say,
“Keep your fork”.”
AUSTIN, TX- January31, 2017 – Governor GregAbbott delivered his bien-nial State of the State Ad-dress.
"Governor Abbott saidthat 'the only good tax is adead tax.' But he failed tostand up to the disastrousproposed Trump tax onMexican imports that willincrease costs for Texasconsumers and devastatelocal businesses," saidState Representative AnaHernandez. "As Texas'slargest trading partner, weshould be working to im-
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“It was my favorite partbecause I knew that some-thing better was coming….like velvety chocolatecake or deep-dish applepie. Something wonderful,and with substance! So, Ijust want people to see methere in that casket witha fork in my hand and Iwant them to wonder‘What’s with the fork?’”
The man went on,“Then I want you to tellthem: ‘Keep your fork …the best is yet to come.’”
The Priest’s eyes welledup with tears of joy as hehugged the young mangood-bye. He knew thiswould be one of the lasttimes he would see himbefore his death.
But, he also knew thatthe young man had a bet-ter grasp of heaven thanhe did. He had a bettergrasp of what heavenwould be like than manypeople twice his age, withtwice as much experienceand knowledge.
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At the funeral peoplewere walking by the youngman’s casket and they sawthe suit he was wearingand the fork placed in hisright hand. Over and over,the Priest heard the ques-tion, “What’s with thefork?” And over and overhe smiled.
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PASADENA, Texas –San Jacinto College pre-sents a variety of eventsthroughout February inobservance of Black Histo-ry Month.
This year’s theme is“The Crisis in Black Edu-cation.” Each campus willhost events that are freeand open to the public.Black History Monthevents are sponsored bythe College’s Office of Stu-dent Engagement and Ac-tivities and the Council on
Rep. Hernandez responds to GovernorAbbott's State of the State Address
prove commerce, not sup-port anti-business taxes."
"While the Governorfailed to push back againstthis projected $17 billiontax hike, he instead spokein favor of hundreds ofmillions of dollars inwasteful, unaccountable'border security' fundingand has chosen to sideagainst local law enforce-ment by supporting poli-cies that will tear apartTexas families."
"These proposals will donothing to create jobs,
grow our economy, or posi-tion Texas competitively onthe world stage. Our statedeserves better."
Rep. Ana Hernandez rep-resents District 143 in theTexas House of Representa-tives and is serving hersixth term. She serves onthe House Committee onJudiciary and Civil Juris-prudence and the HouseCommittee on Pensions.District 143 includes part ofHouston, Channelview, Clo-verleaf and the cities ofGalena Park and JacintoCity.
San Jacinto College presentsevents during Black History Month
Diversity and Inclusivity. North Campus•Black History Month
•Trip to the Movies:“Hidden Figures”, Tues-day, Feb. 7, Time TBA,Tinseltown Movie The-ater. Limited tickets avail-ab le . S ign up in theStudent Engagement Of-fice.
For more informationabout an event, call the Of-fices of Student Engage-ment and Activities –North Campus at 281-459-7167. For updates, pleasevisit sanjac.edu/bhm.
Members of the C. E. King High School Choir performed a song at the Jan. 17 school boardmeeting in honor of School Board Recognition Month.
C. E. King High School Choirsings at January Board meeting
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Wayne Marshall McIn-tosh was born in N. Char-leroi, PA on February 16,1940 and went to be withthe Lord in Cleveland, TXon January 22, 2017.
Wayne attended GalenaPark HS and was a mem-ber of the class of ‘58’. Hethen went on to college atStephen F. Austin. Heworked in the constructionindustry until retirement.Wayne is survived by hiswife Susan, his son Jamesand wife Jeri, StepsonMichael and his family.His sister Margie Pyronand husband Howard. Hisbrother in laws Douglas
and Jeffrey Simmons inaddition to many belovednieces, nephews and dearfriends.
He was preceded indeath by his parents Jamesand Margret McIntosh, sis-ter Sally Roberts and hus-band Raymond C. Roberts,niece Dorthy Roberts-Ab-shre and stepson RussellMcIntosh.
There will be a memori-al service for Wayne to cel-ebrate his life on February11, 2017 at 1PM at the OakShade Baptist Church lo-cated at 1807 CR 2212,Cleveland, TX 77327,phone 281-593-1362.
WAYNE MARSHALL McINTOSH
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