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With over 5,300 sworn police officers, nearly 1,300 civilian employees and an annual bud-get of more than $825 million, the Houston Police Department is the fifth largest police agency in the US. HPD’s current chief is Charles McClelland, who was sworn in on April 14, 2010 and has served in the department for 37 years.

HPD currently has several po-lice stations and neighborhood storefronts in several locations in The Leader’s area. These include the Heights substation, located at 1127 North Shepherd Drive, and the Near North sub-station, located at 1335 West 43rd Street. The Heights substa-tion is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and can be reached by phone at 713-803-1151. The Near North substation is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and can also be reached by phone at 713-956-3140. For those with non-emergency calls, dial 713-884-3131.

The Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office also patrols many communities in The Leader

area, with Alan Rosen currently serving as Constable. Rosen has served with the Constable’s Office for over 14 years and maintains its patrol division headquarters at 7300 North Shepherd and another location at 1302 Preston Sreet, inside Suite 301.

The Constable’s Office of-fers numerous resources for residents to take advantage of, including Vacation Watch services and digital crime alerts which are emailed to communi-ty members with updates from ongoing investigations, crimes, arrests and other information.

Residents can sign up for these alerts and find more resources at www.pct1constable.net. The general phone number for the Precinct 1 Constable’s Office is 713-755-5200.

The area is also served by the Harris County Sheriff ’s Office, which is the third largest of its kind in the US. Sheriff Ron Hickman leads more than 4,000 employees across the county, and has served as sheriff since 2009. The Sheriff ’s Office’s non-emergency line can be reached at 713-221-6000, public information at 713-755-5300 and administrative services at

713-755-6044. Information can also be found at www.har-riscountyso.org.

For additional information, see the directory on this page:

Houston Police Dept.

General ContactsEmergency Calls: 911Non-Emergency: 713-884-

3131Website: www.houstonpolice.

org.

North Command Station9455 W. Montgomery Street

281-405-5300Open 24 Hours

Independence Heights Storefront

803 Crosstimbers St.713-742-1491Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday

through FridayCovers: Area south to Loop

610, north to Tidwell, east to Interstate 45 and west to North Shepherd.

Heights Storefront1127 N. Shepherd Drive713-803-1151Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday

through FridayCovers: North Durham to Loop

610, south to Memorial Drive east of the Hardy Toll Road.

Near North Storefront1135 West 43rd St.Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday

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Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office

General ContactsPhone: 713-755-5200Dispatch: 713-755-7628Website: www.pct1constable.

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Downtown Location1302 Preston, Suite 301Houston, TX 77002

Patrol Division7300 North ShepherdHouston, TX 77091

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Houston Police DepartmentChief Charles McClelland

Harris County Sheriff’s OfficeSheriff Ron Hickman

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tion services for non-emer-gency medical care and sup-portive service appointments, including the Ryan White Ur-ban Transportation Program for those with HIV, the Harris County Coordinated Transpor-tation Porgram for the elderly and disabled and the Medicaid Transportation Program. Pas-sengers must be residents of Harris County and be elderly and/or disabled adults who reside outside of Metro’s ser-vice area.

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Several groups offer a plethora of networking and business growth opportunities for all kinds of area businesses, big and small, sponsor community events to showcase their members goods and services and provide fundraising for local causes.

Serving The Leader areas are:

• Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce545 W. 19th St713-861-6735www.heightschamber.com.

The Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce aims to connect businesses with the resources they need to take their organizations to new heights (no pun intended.) The group offers monthly functions, networking opportunities for both business owners and customers and other promotions which appeals to a membership that reaches beyond the Heights and into central and North Houston. Other events include evening mixers, semi-nars and breakfast presentations.

The chamber gives back to the community through charita-ble organizations, schools and other civic associations and has awarded nearly $350,000 in scholarships to area students.

The Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce President is currently Jacob Milwee.

• North Shepherd Area Business Associationwww.nsaba.info

This group brings together businesses in the Oak Forest-Gar-den Oaks areas for discussion of common issues, networking, crime prevention and community service particularly for busi-nesses located along the North Shepherd Drive corridor. The association’s president is currently Kathryn van der Pol.

• The Oaks Business Associationwww.theoaksbusinessassociation.com

A business networking group for businesses in, or belonging to, Oak Forest, Garden Oaks, Shepherd Park Plaza, Shepherd Forest, Candlelight Estates, Timbergrove Manor and other sur-roudning areas.

• Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce3920 Cypress Creek Parkway, Suite 120281-440-4160www.houstonnwchamber.org

Founded in 1974, the Houston Northwest Chamber of Com-merce operates in a challenging location of Houston, which has operated primarily as an unincorporated area without the benefit of a town hall, mayor or main street. To help fill this void, the group hosts, sponsors and supports numerous grassroots inita-tives designed to promote growth among the community and businesses in Northwest Houston.

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If you’re picking up this Guide and are new to town, welcome. If you’re a long-time resident, thanks for reading. And anyone else, thanks for taking the time to mo-sey through these pages.

I’d like to introduce myself in case you haven’t picked up The Leader lately, if that’s okay. I moved to Houston about a year and a half ago. So like some of you, The Leader area is new to me. I moved to Houston for a job, not specifically for The Leader, but we will save that story for another day. I was fortunate enough to move to the area with two college friends already living here. One I decided to room with during my first year in Houston, the other lives in the Heights and had taken me under her Houstonian wing to show me the area. The first few weeks of living here, my Houstonian friend wowed me with places in the Heights, Garden oaks and really won me over with her select choices. Some of those choices you’ll find in these pages from witnessing how hard these businesses work in providing a home away from home for our community.

Our Food and Drink section is some-thing I have come to love in our weekly

newspaper and the love isn’t just because I get to drink and try all kinds of differ-ent things (yes, that is part of it) but these things have an art behind them. Creating new ideas and sharing those ideas with someone can be intimate, and I enjoy learning and watching our area chefs, bar-tenders and everyone in-between share those thoughts and ideas.

So as we continue at The Leader you may see something you’ve seen before. You might find something new. But I hope you’ll continue with us, and with me in ex-ploring this great city of Houston.

Thanks for reading.

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Sure, there are the restaurants that get all the buzz, but there are also favorite spots which fly under the radar. Whether a restaurant is under-rated may be a debatable issue, The Leader let readers chime in on theirs. See what they said. Those with multiple mentions are listed first with an honorable mentions category at the end.

Bellissimo, 1848 Airline Dr, Houston, TX 77009

This Italian restaurant offering create-your-own pasta and pizzas plus other Italian fare has a vocal following in the area. “Great food and family owned,” said Melanie Long. Mandy Der-ryberry went further: “It’s delicious, but isn’t al-ways super busy. I’m always afraid that one day I’m going to pull up and they are going to have shut down because enough people don’t know about it! It may be my favorite Italian food in town...and that’s saying a lot.”

Cajun Town Café, 6476 W Little York Rd, Houston, TX 77091

There are two locations of the restaurant but the Little York is most convenient. Debbie Straube says she loves their fried shrimp, fried catfish, crawfish étouffée, and their fish dishes with the toppings. “They also have really good onion rings. And even their fries are better than most places. I don’t know that I’ve ever eaten anything there that I didn’t like.”

Captain Benny’s, 10896 Northwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77092

Look for the boat! Captain Benny’s may be a chain but it gets a lot of Leader love. Lauren Anne Baker says the 290 location has the best inexpensive seafood around. What you may not know - Capt. Benny’s has been in Houston, originally on Main Street, since 1967. The fried fish and oysters are Leader reader favorites.

Los Dos Hermanos, 5013 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77018

There are more than a few Mexican restau-rants in the area but Los Dos Hermanos may have escaped your attention. This small restau-rant with a drive through is the one for reader Sandy Francis. “A hidden gem,” she says. “Su-per good food, very clean and low prices. Love this place.”

Thai Lanna, 1714 West Loop N, Hous-ton, TX 77008

Mary Margaret Carroll was just one of the readers who mentioned the “awesome food”

here. While Thai Lanna does a brisk take out business, they also offer eat in with BYOB. The cleanliness and the fair prices were also points in the restaurant’s favor. Looking for a dish to try – start with the Cashew Ginger Chicken.

Thu-Thu Restaurant, 5015 Antoine Dr, Houston, TX 77092

This unassuming restaurant next to a Dis-count Tire offers Chinese and Vietnamese cui-sine and according to reader Elaine Gentry you must get the BBQ pork. Yelpers say that they do Vietnamese (Pho noodle soups, wonton soups) better than Chinese but you be the judge. You can do delivery or eat in.

Honorable MentionsBiskit Junkie, 2925 W T C Jester Blvd, Houston, TX

77018Chicago Italian Beef (Pizza), 1777 Airline Dr, Houston,

TX 77009China Doll Restaurant, 5630 Antoine Dr, Houston,

TX 77091Doyle’s Restaurant, 2136 W 34th St, Houston, TX

77018Fiesta Tacos, 4620 W 34th St, Houston, TX 77092House of Fries, 5322 Antoine Dr, Houston, TX 77091Houston Panini & Provisions, 1727 W 34th St, Hous-

ton, TX 77018La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, 1431 W 26th St,

Houston, TX 77008Los Nopalitos, 4723 W 34th St, Houston, TX 77092Mi Sombrero, 3401 N Shepherd Dr #4, Houston, TX

77018Nene’s Refresqueria, 4920 W 34th St, Houston, TX

77092Nundini Chef ’s Table, 500 N Shepherd Dr, Houston,

TX 77007PaPa Mo’s Deli, 465 T C Jester Blvd, Houston, TX

77007Pho & Grill, 10971 Northwest Fwy, Houston, TX

77092Pho Vang, 13147 Northwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77040Taco truck in the Fiesta parking lot sure is popularTaqueria El Tapatio, 4550 N Shepherd Dr, Houston,

TX 77018Tia Maria’s, 4618 Dacoma St, Houston, TX 77092Shepherd Park Draught House, 3402 N Shepherd Dr,

Houston, TX 77018Simos Diner, 5004 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77018Zelko Bistro, 705 E 11th St, Houston, TX 77008

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Whether it’s craft beer brewed on the spot, a quick shot to go down the hatch or a spot to watch the big game, The Leader area has become a destination and our “watering holes” are on that list. Here’s a few of our staff’s favorites, however, this is not all of our great bars in our area.

Beaver’s2310 Decatur St. 77007

Laid-back eatery serving barbecued organic meats, inventive cocktails and microbrew beers.

Beer Market Co.920 Studemont St. #900, Beer Market Company is the

newest neighborhood spot for the Studemont and Memorial area. A come as you are place.

Big Star Bar1005 W. 19th St.An old style (but newer) neighborhood hangout with beer and

pool, a jukebox and room to dance. Large patio welcomes dogs and you can catch a variety of live music any given week.

Brash Brewing Co.510 W Crosstimbers Rd. Located on the north side, near sister icehouse, Petrol Station,

you can try the latest brews in their taproom - “Brashland”.

Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. 5301 Nolda St.You can grab a tour of the

brewery on Saturdays, or check out happy hour in the taproom on Fridays.

Christian’s Tailgate2820 White Oak DriveKnown for its burgers, there’s

lots more on the menu and an impressive wine list. Dog-friendly patio.

Cottonwood3422 N. ShepherdHuge patio with games and

live entertainment, craft beers and small plates made this a popular Garden Oaks-area site right from its start a year ago.

Crisp2220 Bevis St. 77008CRISP Wine, Beer & Eatery

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D&T Drive Inn1307 Enid St.An old ice house got a new

life on the edge of the Heights from the creators of Down House. Known for its craft beer selection, but the food draws praise, too.

Harold’s at Heights General Store

350 W. 19th St. 77008The Heights General Store

- bringing you quality food coupled with a unique shop-ping experience.

Hughie’s Tavern and Grille1802 W. 18th St.Hughie’s is a Vietnamese/

American restaurant situated in the well-established Tim-bergrove and Lazybrook com-munity.

Johnny’s Gold Brick2518 Yale St.Treadsack’s newest bar,

claiming themselves as a ‘bar ass bar’, you can get a well made cocktail or a cheap

shot and beer. Whatever your poisen, there is something for everyone.

Karbach Brewing Co.2032 Karbach St.One of the nation’s top craft

breweries, right in the neigh-borhood, it offers tours, tast-ings and a venue for special events.

Lei Low6412 N MainThe Heights Tiki Bar that’s

serving up modern takes on tiki classics. Your tiki shirt is most welcome.

Oak Forest Bar & Chill3542 Oak Forest Dr. 77018Tucked away in Oak Forest,

Oak Forest Bar and Chill is a testament to icehouses, open-ing in the late morning and closing late.

Petrol Station985 Wakefield DriveTucked away in Garden

Oaks, this place has a reputa-tion throughout Houston for its craft beer selections and top-notch food. A must for beer knurds alike.

Saint Arnold Brewery2000 Lyons Ave.Texas’ oldest craft brewery

offers tours, tastings and spe-

cial events.

Sassafrass5022 Pinemont Dr. 77091Local bar with spacious pa-

tio seating offers a pool table, jukebox tunes and sports on TVs.

Shepherd Park Draught House

3402 N. Shepherd DrivePopular tavern in Garden

Oaks-Shepherd Park features an impressive selection of craft beers, wines and drinks plus a solid menu.

Shiloh Club1321 StudewoodA longtime dive bar in the

Heights, with good drinks and a jukebox.

Town In City Brewing Co.1125 W Calvacade St. The newest Heights mi-

crobrewery, Town In City is brewing up international beer styles for their community to walk and bike to.

Wakefield Crowbar954 Wakefield Dr. Crowbar doesn’t just have

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DATE NIGHTIt’s Date Night, what to do?So it’s date night, or date day, and you want to do something a little different after – or in lieu of

lunch/dinner – but you are running short on ideas. Below, Leader readers share their suggestions.

Be Artistic

1Clay & Cabernet at McCheek’s Academy (619 West 9th St., corner of Waverly) was suggested by readers Jacqueline Coker and Jenny Espeseth. On Thursday evenings, the Heights ceram-ic studio McCheek’s lets you bring your own wine, beer or liquor. They provide the glasses,

corkscrew, fridge and ice. Once you are fortified, create ceramic tiles, serving dishes, plates, and more. Charmaine Szostek suggests Pinots Palette (2406 Taft St.) for a fun painting class where you can BYOB. A third option is Painting with a Twist (728 W 19th St.) also BYOB.

Get Moving

2Jean Castro suggests a bike ride to Cedar Creek (1034 W 20th St.) to grab a bite and a drink. Lorraine Cherry recommends a walk to the Watonga Bridge to see the bats, just be there by nightfall. Another option, courtesy of Michael Broderick, is to get out and enjoy Buffalo

Bayou Park (http://buffalobayou.org/visit/). There’s a downloadable guide to the trails as well as information about bike and boat rentals. Thanks to Morgan Shields for yet another idea. She says that she and her husband Kent like to go to Texas Rock Gym (1526 Campbell Rd.) and work on their rock climbing skills.

Snack and Walk

3Laurie Pitzer is a fan of the night hikes – and wine and cheese – at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (4501 Woodway Dr.) Two options coming up are the Wicked Woods Party on October 31 and the Trees

& Stars Winter Celebration on December 19. Jean Castro pro-poses a trip to El Bollilo (2517 Airline Dr.) where you can grab a tray and fill it up with Mexi-can sweet breads. Then head across the street to the Farmers Market. A little further down is Houston Dairymaids (2201 Air-line Dr.) where they offer cheese tastings paired with wines. You can also make a night of it on 19th Street. Hit up the Happy Hour at Shade and Harold’s in the Heights. Then peruse the shops and finish the evening off with some decaf coffee at Boomtown Coffee.

Get Cooking

4The Main Course Cook-ing School is a bit of a drive up to Spring but

they offer a ton of options like Fall Specialties, Elegant Italian and Spanish Tapas & Paella. See: http://mccooking.com/cooking-classes/cooking.html. Laurie Waters also likes the cooking class at Sur La Ta-ble (1996 W Gray St.) or Well Done Cooking Classes (2811 Airline Dr. #5). The classes at Central Market (3815 Wes-theimer Rd.) are another op-tion too.

Tried and True

5You can’t go wrong with your favor-ite bar, club or joint. For Stella Stevens that’s billiards and darts at Rudyard’s

(2010 Waugh Dr). Laurie Pitzer digs the “sing-er-songwriter” showcase and fish-n-chips at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck (2425 Norfolk St.) Delicia Harvey says that Johnny’s Gold Brick (2518 Yale St.) is fun for a night cap and close while Scott Lewis chooses drinks at Sassafras (5022 Pinemont Dr.) Kelly Drakey prefers the patio at the Rainbow Lodge (2011 Ella Blvd.), people watching at T-Bones Sports Pub (1971 W T C Jester Blvd.), and games or hanging out at Cottonwood (3422 N Shepherd Dr.) Julie Wil-son heads to Fuego’s Saloon (817 Durham Dr.)

to watch or play a game. Becky Werlla hits up Dave and Buster’s (7620 Katy Fwy #100) and Nancy King likes the “new” Fitzgerald’s (2706 White Oak Dr.) for their opening music act.

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The Leader readers love their pets almost as much as they love each other (or vice versa, depending on which animal lover you talk to). Numerous organiza-tions provide services to our area, including both public and private institutions focusing on licensing, vaccination, adoptions and enforcing local and state laws regarding pets.

• Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC)

3200 Carr St. 713-229-7300.Hours: Noon - 6 p.m., closed

Mondays and Thursdayswww.houstonbarc.com

BARC is the only city shelter required by law to accept every animal regardless of breed, health and circumstance. The organizaiton works with Houston Pet Rescue groups through social media to cast the widest possible

adoption net and promotes spay-ing/neurtering, microchipping, training and vaccinations.

• The Harris County Veteri-nary Public Health

612 Canino Rd.281-999-3191 Hours: 1 p.m. to 5:50 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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HCPHES works to protect the health of pets and their owners in unincorporated Harris County. The group works to enforce Harris County Animal Laws, investigates reports of animals biting humans, sheltering lost or potentially dan-gerous animals, providing license, vaccinations and microchips and planning for pets during disasters.

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Youngsters looking to make some friends and have fun while playing their favorite sports have a lot to love about The Leader area. Here are some of our local youth sports organizations.

Baseball/softballThe largest baseball/soft-

ball league in the area is the Little League, a national as-sociation for girls’ softball and boys’ baseball.

Following is a partial list of area leagues:

• Oaks Dads’ Club Little League: 3410 East T.C. Jester, 713-680-2757.

• Northwest National Little League: (Northwest Ath-letic Association) 8787 North Houston-Rosslyn (behind St. Timothy’s UMC). Boys T-ball/ baseball, ages 5-18; girls T-ball/softball, ages 5-14. Ray Morgan, 713-702-2527.

• Harriet and Joe Foster Family YMCA: 1234 W. 34th. Call 713-869-3378 for infor-mation.

• Candlelight League offers baseball, ages 3-14; girls soft-ball, ages 7-14. Call 713-688-8590.

• Timbergrove Sports As-sociation: 1300 Bevis. Boys and girls, ages 4-14. For in-formation, visiteteamz.com/T_S_A or contact timber-grove [email protected].

Basketball• Harriet and Joe Foster

Family YMCA: 1234 W. 34th. Boys and girls, ages 4-17. Call 713-869-3378.

• Oaks Dads’ Club: 3410 East T.C. Jester, 713-680-2757.

• Candlelight League: Win-ter basketball, ages 5-14. Call 713-688-8590.

Cheerleading •Northwest Panthers, home

games at Dean Middle School in Cy-Fair, ages 4-12. Presi-dent: Ray Vasquez. 832-418-6607

•Northwest Tigers, home games at Lutheran High North, ages 5-12. President: Shane Johnson Sr. 832-654-2778

•North Houston Oilers, home games at Hamilton Middle School, Reagan High School, ages 5-12. President: Steve Ayarzagoitia, 832-236-

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Football•Harriet and Joe Foster

Family YMCA: 1234 W. 34th. Flag football, boys 6-13. Call 713-869-3378.

•Northwest Panthers, home games at Dean Middle School in Cy-Fair, ages 4-12. Presi-dent: Ray Vasquez. 832-418-6607

•Northwest Tigers, home games at Lutheran High North, ages 5-12. President: Shane Johnson Sr. 832-654-2778

•North Houston Oilers, home games at Hamilton Middle School, Reagan High School, ages 5-12. President: Steve Ayarzagoitia, 832-236-9442.

Soccer• Harriet and Joe Foster

Family YMCA: 1234 W. 34th, Boys and girls, ages 3-17. Call 713-869-3378.

• Timbergrove Sports Asso-ciation: 1300 Bevis. Boys and girls, ages 4-12. eteamz.com/T_S_A. [email protected].

•Oaks Dads Club, ages 4-12 Call 713-680-2757.

Swimming• Northwest Aquatic

League: Some 96 swimming teams in northwest Houston subdivisions participate in this league. It is the second larg-est swimming organization in the United States and is open to ages 4-18. Contact Cindie Miller at [email protected].

• Harriet and Joe Foster Family YMCA: 1234 W. 34th, offers swimming lessons, 6 months to adult. Call 713-869-3378 (summer only).

Track & Field• Northwest Flyers Youth

Track Team: Boys and girls, ages 6-18. Call 281-587-8442 or visit www.northwestflyers.org.

Volleyball• Harriet and Joe Foster

Family YMCA: 1234 W. 34th. Spring, girls 8-15. Call 713-869-3378.


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In a time when many people are turning to E-readers and mobile devices to get their reading needs, libraries are having to reinvent themselves as centers for their local com-munities – libraries serving The Leader area are no different, with the four main facilities providing a variety of activi-ties for children, students and bookworms alike.

The Houston Public Library System currently consists of 44 public service units including 31 Neighborhood Libraries, four Regional Libraries, three Special Collection Libraries and four Express Libraries. While the HPL’s flagship Central Library is located in downtown, Leader readers have much to choose from at Collier Regional Library, Oak Forest Neighbor-hood Library, Heights Neigh-borhood Library and Carnegie Neighborhood Library & Center for Learning.

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Collier Regional Library reopened in 2013 after extensive renovations and provides a variety of services for children attending school and infants. The library offers its After School Zone program during the school year from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for youngsters ages 10 to 18. Kids can play Xbox 360 games, board games, puzzles and complete homework on the library’s computers. The program also offers crafts and other activities.

For toddlers and preschoolers, the library offers an interactive Story Time program from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays, with songs and rhymes and other ac-tivities. Computer Help Sessions are available at 3 p.m. Thursdays and families can enjoy songs and

socializing every other Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. as part of Family Time.

Oak Forest Library1349 West 43rd StreetHouston, Texas 77018832-393-1960http://www.houstonlibrary.org/

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HoursMonday – ClosedTuesday – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.Wednesday – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.Thursday – 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.Friday – 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.Saturday – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Sunday – Closed

The After School Zone is of-fered for youngsters at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at the Oak Forest branch. Babytime, a program which offers books, songs and finger plays for infants, is provided from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. on Tuesdays. Computer help sessions are also available at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays, with Pre-school Storytime begin-ning at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Pajama Storytime, also for pre-schoolers, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Heights Neighborhood Library1302 Heights BoulevardHouston, Texas 77008832-393-1810http://www.houstonlibrary.org/

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HoursMonday – 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.Tuesday – 10 p.m. – 6 p.m.Wednesday – 12 p.m. – 9 p.m.Thursday – 10 a.m – 6 p.m.Friday – 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.Saturday – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Sunday – Closed

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Heights Neighborhood Library offers an extensive collection of books, magazines, newspapers and oth-er resources along with a meeting for community events. During the school year, youngsters can drop by for the After School Zone at 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Baby Time is offered at noon on Mondays, with Toddler Storytime at 10:15 a.m. on Thursdays and Baby Yoga at 2 p.m. Thursdays.

Job seekers can also complete applications and prepare for interviews in a relaxed setting during Open Job Labs at 10 a.m.

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Carnegie Neighborhood Library & Center for Learning

1050 QuitmanHouston, Texas 77009832-393-1720http://www.houstonlibrary.org/

carnegie-neighborhood-libraryHoursMonday – 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.Tuesday – 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.Wednesday – 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.Thursday – 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.Friday – 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.Saturday – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Sunday – Closed

This campus offers residents a chance to engage in a variety of entertaining and educational activities. Families can relax with a movie on Monday afternoons from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. as part of Monday Movie Madness, with Afternoon Movie Madness begin-ning at 4 p.m. on Thursdays. Fam-ily Fun Tuesdays begin each week at 10 a.m. with reading, songs and other activities for 1 to 4 year old children and their parents. Open Job Labs are open at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays.

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1801 Durham Dr.713-862-8001www.snapus.org

The clinic offers a variety of services including reduced-cost spaying and neutering, vaccina-tions, flea prevention and heart-worm testing and prevention to Houston and Harris County.

• The Houston SPCA900 Portway Dr.713-869-SPCA (7722)www.houstonspca.org

The Houston SPCA shelters homeless animals, places animals into humane environments, promotes humane education, in-vestigates animal cruelty, rescues animals in distress and serves as advocates for all animals.

• Friends for Life2902 S. Shepherd Dr.Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 5-7

p.m. Saturday and Sunday, noon - 5 p.m.

www.adoptfriends4life.org

The fastest growing no kill, non-profit animal adoption and rescue organization in Houston, offering

rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, humane education and animal and food supply support.

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