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When home beer brewer Landon Weiershausen lived on the south side of Houston, there was a homebrew shop a short drive from his place. But when he moved two years ago to Oak Forest with wife Natalie, there was no shop conve-nient to Weiershausen. And the idea for Farmboy Brew Shop was born.

“I knew of other brewers in the neigh-borhood,” said Weiershausen, who has a

Facebook group, appropriately enough called Brewers of the Hood. The online Home Brew Club includes members in Oak Forest, Garden Oaks, Timbergrove, Lazybrook and the Heights, and meets monthly.

He secured a 2,400 square foot space in the Garden Oaks Shopping Plaza next to the post office and if permitting proceeds as planned, Weiershausen will open the end of August or beginning to Septem-ber.

Weiershausen will sell all the equip-

ment and ingredients for those who want to make beer, wine, cider – “basically any-thing that is fermentation based,” he said. Farmboy Brew Shop will also be the of-ficial home for the Home Brew Club.

“We’ll have malt from England and Scot-land, and hops from all over the world,” he said. For the wine maker, Weiershau-sen will sell a variety of grape concentrate and certain seasonal fruits as well.

Although he’s been a home brewer for

Gateway to Government luncheonNavigating local govern-

ment can be a daunting task. Just getting approval for a new sign, whether for your busi-ness or your neighborhood street corner, seems to require (pardon the pun) an act of Congress.

Well, next Thursday, August 7, the Greater Heights Area Chamber hopes to improve that with our Gateway To Lo-cal Government luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel. In effect we’ll be bringing local government to our communi-ty. In one room you’ll have ac-cess to dozens of key agencies and public officials, all there to provide information and an-swer your questions.

The model is simple. We will line the interior perimeter of the Sheraton’s ballroom with dozens of exhibit tables rep-resenting important depart-ments of local government: City Planning, Public Works,

permitting, signage, HCAD, County Judge, City Council-men, Sheriff, Constable, TEX-DOT, the procurement divi-sions of the City, HISD and Port of Houston, and many more. Numerous elected of-ficials and department heads have indicated they will attend (though they will have key staff members manning their tables). For 45 minutes both

before and after the luncheon address by Mayor Annise Parker, attendees will have the ability to talk directly to all these agencies.

Want to ask about the City’s plans for an area thorough-fare? Like some help from a Congressman’s office regard-ing a VA issue? Want to dis-cuss an issue with a Council-member or Commissioner? Then come join us that Thurs-day. Simply reserve your seat by calling the Chamber office at 713-861-6735. Tickets are $65 each. We have a limited number of discounted tickets set aside for the officers of lo-cal civic organizations.

We’d also like to call your attention to the Chamber’s monthly Breakfast Connec-tion, the following Thursday morning, which will feature Channel 13’s Ted Oberg inter-viewing two legendary local business leaders, George Mar-tinez and Stan Marek.

Allegiance Bancshares acquires Enterprise Bank

Allegiance Bancshares, Inc., of which the Allegiance Bank Texas, 2222 N. Durham, is part, announces the signing of a defini-tive agreement for Allegiance to acquire F & M and its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Enter-prise Bank, Houston, Texas.

“We are very pleased that the management of Enterprise Bank has agreed to join their great team with ours to serve the busi-nesses in the Houston Metro-politan Area. We look forward to working together to fulfill the needs of the Houston business community,” commented George Martinez, CEO of Allegiance.

The merger has been approved by the Boards of Directors of Alle-giance and F & M and is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2014, although delays could occur. The transaction is subject to customary conditions, includ-ing approval by the shareholders of both companies and regulatory approvals.

Massage Heights Retreat expands

A year after opening, the Houston Washington Heights area Massage Heights Retreat is expanding its facility and services to better serve members and guests. The larger and improved Retreat, located at 103 Yale St., now offers guests seven additional massage rooms, eight more tables, additional licensed massage therapists, and weekend appointment times.

The expansion added 1,500 square feet to the location, bring-ing the total size to 4,200 square feet. The facility now includes 17 massage rooms, two couples massage rooms and three facial rooms.

Husband and wife owners Mickey and Stephanie Peters are thrilled to experience the changes within their Retreat.

“We are so grateful for the posi-tive response from the Heights community and are excited to ex-pand the Retreat to better serve our Guests’ needs for affordable, convenient and professional massage and facial services,” said Mickey Peters.

To celebrate, the Peters invite the community to a one-year anniversary and expansion cel-ebration on Wednesday, Aug. 6, from 6-9 p.m. The celebration will feature hors d’oeuvres, compli-mentary chair massages, facials and prize drawings.

Houston Dance Works announces schedule

Houston Dance Works, a dance studio serving our area, is hosting Registration Days for its 2014-2015 dance season. Registration Days are August 12, August 13, and August 14 from 5-8 p.m. at 3500 E. TC Jester Blvd., Ste. G, next to The Leader. Classes are available in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, Mommy and Me, and more in various levels for ages 18 months to adult. There is also a Boys dance program for hip hop and tap. Go to www.houstondanceworks.com to view the current class schedule.

Apartment building sold to the Creek Group

Amidst the online discussion of the sale of Ella Plaza last week, Marcus & Millichap commercial real estate associate Juan Cuevas wrote on Oak Forest’s Homeown-ers Association page that he sold the Brookhollow Apartments at East TC Jester at West 34th Street to Gary Mosley, owner of the Creek Group, which includes On-ion Creek, Cedar Creek, Canyon Creek and Dry Creek. According to Cuevas, Mosley has no immediate plans of tearing it down to build a new Creek.

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In the 1960s, Black Middle School counselor Glenn Buffaloe and his wife, Irene, were looking for extra money, so he could send his daughters to college.

The Shepherd Park Plaza residents started a carpet cleaning company out of their home, and it eventually became a carpet and floor installation company.

The Buffaloes never imagined the com-pany would take off and become one of the most successful floor covering com-panies in the Houston area. Glenn retired from Houston ISD in 1976 to focus on the company full-time.

The Buffaloes have both passed on, but their two daughters Renie Kristynik and Denie Lunsmann have carried on the company’s proud tradition, as the compa-ny’s owners, along with their respective husbands, Larry Kristynik and Ken Lun-smann.

They have a 10,000 square foot ware-

house that also houses a showroom and office space at 3831 Pinemont, and two years ago, Buffaloe Flooring opened a second showroom at 3815 N. Fry Rd. in the Cypress/Katy area.

“We’re servicing the third generation

customers of the same families,” Larry said. “Mr. Buffaloe’s idea was to build the company off referrals, and we’ve been servicing the same referrals for years. His

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Buffaloe Flooring owners, from left, Larry Kristynik, Renie Kristynik, Denie Lunsmann and Ken Lunsmann have a location at 3831 Pinemont and another one on Fry Road in the Katy/Cypress area. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

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Landon Weiershausen, with wife Natalie, has a passion for beer, which he brews at his Oak Forest home. (Photo by Betsy Denson)

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seven years and says beer is his passion, Weiershausen knows a lot about wine too from his current job as a bar-tender at The Tasting Room in Uptown Park. In addition to selling products at Farmboy, he will offer his expertise – as well as classes and tastings of both beer and wine. “If people like what they’re drinking, I can give them the recipe,” he said.

The Farmboy part of the company’s name comes from Weiershausen’s upbringing in Knox City in West Texas. He grew up on a 2,500 acre farm there where his grandfather has been farming more than 50 years. He met Natalie at the University of Texas at Austin and fi nished up his schooling at the University of Houston – Downtown with a degree in interdisciplinary studies, fo-cusing on business.

As for his newest venture, Weiershausen said that he realized he’s not the kind of person who sits in a cubicle. “I fi nally took the plunge.”

It will be just Weiershausen

and Natalie, and their home brew friends, at the store ini-tially with more staff hired as the business grows. Wei-ershausen also plans to be a presence at Oak Forest’s holi-day market and local farmers markets.

He encourages budding brewers to come to Farm-boy to check out the process. Short of the brew day, where the brewer is actively work-ing, a beer can be brewed anywhere from three weeks to two months.

“Wine is even easier than

beer,” he said. “There’s no heat, and more mixing.” Al-though the wait time can be a little longer – by 10 to 20 years – Weiershausen said that six months for fermentation is more his speed.

He looks forward to open-ing Farmboy and sharing some samples of his work. “I’d love to open my own brewery, but that takes a lot of time and a lot of money,” he said. “Later on, if everybody loves my beer, sure, I might do it. But for now, I’m really enjoying teach-ing others how to brew.”

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idea was quality at a good price.”Even though they’ve grown in recent years,

Buffaloe prides itself on a friendly, customer-fi rst atmosphere.

“We’re a family business,” Larry said. “We’re all about service and quality. At bigger stores, a lot of times you’re just a number. We like to make our customers feel like they’re part of the Buffaloe Family.”

In addition to local residents, Buffaloe has installed fl ooring and carpets for many com-mercial clients over the years.

They received a Leader Reader’s Choice #1

Award and were recognized with an award from the Better Business Bureau.

“It means a lot - it means we’re well thought of in the community,” Larry said.

The current trend has been a demand for fl ooring, over carpet.

Some homeowners choose fl ooring over carpets due to allergies and because fl ooring is permanent, whereas carpets must be replaced.

Carpet, however, is making a comeback be-cause they’ve had to improve quality, due to fl ooring’s meteoric rise

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New Heights store is Manready

On a street full of unique stores, Manready Mercantile certainly fi ts in with the char-acter of West 19th Street in the Heights.

“We’re a mix between an antique shop, a general store and a men’s clothing store,” said Travis Weaver, owner of Manready Mercantile, which opened in March at 321 W. 19th St., Suite B.

The most immediate thing that people notice when they enter Manready is the 48-star American Flag in the lobby that one of Weaver’s business partners purchased in New York City.

“People take photos of it and put it up on social media,” Weaver said.

A trip up the stairs introduc-es the customer to a wide vari-ety of antiques, from tools and cameras to telephones and all types of vintage Americana items.

“We have highly-curated vintage goods,” Weaver said.

Weaver knows all of the vendors whose clothes or items he sells in the store.

There’s Coyote Alert, a Den-ton, Texas-based clothing and

accessories brand where the owner uses the proceeds to put himself through college.

Another vendor makes bags by hand in San Diego.

Most of the items are made in the United States, and Weaver fi rmly believes that quality is paramount.

“We just don’t want stuff made in a sweatshop,” he said. “We do a lot of educating about our items, and we have a lot of local products. We’re excited about all of the brands. They’re made well, and they have a great story.”

Weaver started the business by going door-to-door (and fl ea markets, trade shows) for

six months with a few workers and “building a business out of nothing.”

After picking up some retail accounts, Manready moved their presence online, and eventually jumped at the op-portunity to open on a store on W. 19th St.

“We signed the lease and opened within four weeks,” said Weaver, who has a staff of 12 people who “wear all of the hats” in the small business. “I’ve always liked the Heights, and we’re a good fi t for the street. There’s nothing like us here.”

Weaver sells natural bath products that are packaged to

reach his target audience of male customers.

“We have an affl uent clien-tele – it’s not a cheap store,” Weaver said. “Good things aren’t cheap, and cheap things aren’t good.”

In addition to being a popu-lar store, it’s also a gathering spot for local residents and musicians, who often perform live shows inside the store.

“People are coming in, and they’re coming back,” Weaver said. “People hang out here – they don’t just shop.”


Travis Weaver started Manready Mercantile, 321 W. 19th St., Suite B in March. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

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THE OBITUARIES.Mark Franklin Floyd, 59,

born Aug. 28, 1954 in Houston, died July 24, following a brief but intense battle with cancer. He was a 1972 graduate of Waltrip High School and also attended Stephen F. Austin State University. Floyd specialized in water resources management, working for the City of Houston Water Department for 12 years and was a Level IV operator for The San Jacinto River Authority for 15 years. He is survived by his mother Pauline Floyd; former wife Deborah (Grimes) Floyd; sons James and Evan Floyd; daughter Lisa Greve; brothers Tim and Jeff Floyd; sister Paula Lawson; and two grandsons.

Ernest A. Knipp, born Oct. 10, 1929, died July 26.

Kyle William Rapp, 88, born Feb. 20, 1926 in Houston, died July 21. He grew up in the Mineola/Quitman area. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy where he honorably served in WWII and Korea. He and his wife, Alyece, were married 53 years before her death in 2013. Rapp is survived by his son Steve Howell, daughters Brenda Everts and Kylene Overstreet, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Robert Lewis Stone, 81, born July 11, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, died July 24. He served in the U.S. Navy. Stone is survived by his wife, Lucy Stone; daughters Patricia Smith, Vicky Utesch, Robin Stone, Carolyn Psencik and Marsha Jordan; sons

Robert Stone Jr., and Billy Stone; sister Pricilla McGhee; brothers Roger Stone and Billy Stone.

Odell Ira Street, born July 18, 1921 in Wirt, Okla., died July 24. He was a native of Port Acres, Texas. Street is survived by his devoted wife of 68 years, Dorothy Street; daughters, Beverly George and Susan Synnott; brothers Harold Ryman, Edward and James Street; sisters, Thelma Street, Lois Roberts and Billie Hebert; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Mary Ann Townsend, 57, born May 29, 1957 in Houston, died July 27. Townsend was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Her life was enriched during the last few years with dear and lasting friendships through Ram Jam. She is survived by many dear relatives and loving neighbors and friends.

Isabel Alicia (Perez-Nuno) Washa, 34, born on Feb. 3, 1980, in Mexico City, died July 22, due to diabetic complica-tions. Washa graduated from Langham Creek High School and earned a degree in Architecture from the University of Houston. She was Sr. Project Administrator for Levinson Alcoser Associates, L.P. Washa also volunteered as a Catechist and Girl Scout Troop Leader. She is survived by her mother Alicia Perez, brother Armando David Perez, sisters Ana Garcia, Julia Navarrete, Laura Cristina and Sara Perez.

LOOKING BACK.A glimpse of past Leader news

Design work is under way on a proposed new $28 million headquarters for Houston Indepen-dent School District at the intersection of 18th Street and the West Loop in northwest Hous-ton.

Construction on HISD’s new central offices should begin sometime in November and is ex-pected to be completed in February 2006.

The district will remain in the 24-acre Hat-tie Mae White Building complex at 3830 Rich-mond while the new headquarters facility is under construction.

Houston ISD officials have entered into nego-tiations with the Trammel Crow Company and Morgan Group for the sale of the Richmond site that has been the district’s home since 1969.

30 years agoAug. 2, 1984

Stude Park set to undergo renovationCity Council gave approval July 24 for ex-

tensive renovations and improvements to the Stude Park facilities at 1030 Stude.

Approximately $430,000 will be spent to re-model Stude Park, according to Joe Howard, spokesman for the City Parks and Recreation Department.

Plans call for removing partitions in the recre-ation center building to create a spacious crafts and activity room. The building will be air con-

ditioned, more storeage space will be added, a kiln will be installed and the restroom will be re-done to make it accessible to the handicapped.

There will also be a new kitchen with addi-tional activity space, a new office area and the roof will be replaced.

A new floor, backboards and basketball goals are planned for the gymnasium.

Stude is one of the oldest city parks, having been acquired in 1915.


Northwest transitway work to begin by 1988METRO officials say construction on the

bus/vanpool transitway for the Northwest Free-way will begin by early 1988.

Approximately 50 area residents, including civic club representatives and businessmen, turned out for a July 26 meeting on the progress of plans for the 13 1/2-mile reversible one-lane median.

Paul Bay, systems general manager, said de-sign and construction of the transitway would take about 2 1/2 years. He said METRO is seek-

ing approval and funding from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration and he sounded confident UMTA would provide half of the $95 million needed to build the transitway as well as two additional Park and Ride lots along the freeway and Northwest Transit Center.

“This project is rated the third highest prior-ity in the country by federal officials,” Bay said. He said they regard the project as being cost ef-fective and able to attract heavy ridership make it high on UMTA’s priority list.


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protect them. their family and the community. Examination, parasite testing, and consulting are required before a veterinarian prescribes the best preventative for safety and effectiveness. Ongoing testing is also needed as a preventative does not exist that controls all parasites. Also owners are rarely 100% compliant in using monthly parasite preventatives.

Some parasites are elusive from testing, especially in cats. They cause ongoing discomfort that you may not detect in your cats. Physa-loptera, the stomach worm, is acquired by pets that eat cockroaches, crickets, or beetles. Small lizards, birds, and mice that also eat these bugs will transport Physaloptera to cats if they are also consumed.

Tapeworms are usually acquired when pets ingest fl eas. Since monthly parasite prevention for cats does not control these worms, we recommend an annual strategic deworming and even more ag-gressive treatment if cats have suspicious symptoms.

People with indoor cats have a false sense of security. These trans-port hosts are common inside Houston homes and it’s a cat’s nature to catch, kill, and eat these vectors. There are many other ways that indoor cats can acquire various other parasites also.

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See Page 7BSouthwestern University redshirt sophomore running back Dylan Wilburn, right, graduated from Reagan High in the spring of 2012. Wilburn and fellow Reagan Class of 2012 graduate Alex Ty-son will look to lead Southwest-ern to its fi rst victory since the program was brought back last season - after a 62-year-hiatus. (Photo courtesy of Southwestern University)

New Mexico State redshirt sophomore off ensive lineman Peter Foreman, a 2012 St. Thomas High gradu-ate (pictured right), is looking forward to the Aggies’ season opener on Aug. 28 against Cal Poly in Las Cruces, N.M. (Photo courtesy of New Mexico State)

St. Thomas High graduate’s ready for the Division I grind

Someday, Peter Foreman, a 2011 St. Thomas High gradu-ate, hopes to cover and ana-lyze all types of sports.

“When I read the newspa-per, I normally read the sports section fi rst,” said Foreman, a New Mexico State journalism student and aspiring sports writer. “I like reading Michael Wilbon’s articles. He writes a lot of good articles.”

Before Foreman, 20, steps into the press box, he has three more years to make an impact on the football fi eld for the New Mexico State Aggies.

As a freshman in the fall of 2012, the 6-foot-4, 295-pound offensive lineman burned his redshirt by playing a single snap in a game against the University of Idaho.

Last season, he redshirted, so the redshirt sophomore heads into his third year of college with little on-the-fi eld experience, but lots of energy and desire to contribute to the

Aggies.“New Mexico State is the

fi rst college that gave me a chance, and I committed to them once they committed to me,” Foreman said. “I’ve defi -nitely grown a lot as a player and a person. I’ve seen my role get bigger. I feel like I can defi nitely contribute and be a reliable part of this team.”

Foreman was a senior on the 2011 St. Thomas team that reached the TAPPS 5A State Semifi nals. That helped catch the attention of the Aggies, who are based in the south-ern New Mexico town of Las Cruces.

He’s spent much of the offseason in the weight room and fi lm room preparing for the Aggies’ season opener on Thursday, Aug. 28 against Cal Poly.

Foreman and the Aggies will have two rivalry games within the fi rst four games of the sea-son. UTEP and New Mexico are the Aggies’ arch rivals.

Foreman said playing against St. Pius X and Strake

Jesuit helped prepare him for the intensity of those rivalries.

“We want to be better than New Mexico and UTEP ev-ery day,” Foreman said. “It’s a pretty big deal in this state.”

In addition to those games, Foreman will get a chance to play in an NFL stadium when the Aggies visit Georgia State in the Georgia Dome (home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons) on Sept. 6 in its Sun Belt Confer-ence opener.

On Sept. 27, NM State will visit perennial power LSU.

“I’m defi nitely looking for-ward to that game,” Foreman said. “My family in Houston will be able to attend that game, and I have a lot of fam-ily in Louisiana.”

Next season, the Aggies will have two games relatively close to the area against Sun Belt rivals – Texas State in San Marcos and the University of Louisiana-Lafayette at Cajun Field in Lafayette, La.

They’re also scheduled to visit Florida and Ole Miss.


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Former Reagan grads look to make an impact at Southwestern

Garden Oaks resident Bray-dan Salinas, a St. Rose of Lima student, plays for the Lonestar Lobos Baseball Team.

The 8-year-old is playing on an elite a 9U Elite Baseball Team out of North Houston. He also plays sports at Tim-bergrove Sports Association and the Foster YMCA.

Salinas and the Lobos fin-ished second in the Gulf Coast Ultimate World Series Cham-pionship last week in Gulf Breeze, Fla. – near Pensacola.

The team defeated squads from Florida, Louisiana and Texas to get to the Champion-ship game where they lost a hard-fought game to a squad from Georgia.

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Garden Oaks resident competed in elite Florida baseball tournament

Brayden Salinas of Garden Oaks competed in the Gulf Coast Ultimate World Series Baseball Championship last month in Gulf Breeze, Fla. (Submitted photo)

Fast Pitch Softball Legends to induct new members

The Fast Pitch Softball Leg-end Hall of Fame will hold their annual meeting as five former fast pitch stars will be inducted. Inductees will be Pee Wee Thomas, Herb Theiss, Gene Smith, George Koenning and Gene Martin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at Lyndon’s BBQ, 5320 Hollister Rd.

“We are really looking for-ward to this meeting, and we are excited about the five in-dividuals that will be inducted

into the Hall of Fame,” said Hall of Fame president Ron “Pinky” Lee. “They’ve all had great softball careers, and they’re very deserving of this honor.”

The five inductees – Pee Wee Thomas, Herb Theiss, Gene Smith, George Koennig and Gene Martin have more than 20 years of fast pitch softball experience apiece.

Former softball players are voted in by a committee con-sisting of Hall of Fame mem-

bers and board members. The group meets periodically to induct new members.

For more information on the event, call 713-682-5358.

NEW INDUCTEES–Pee Wee Thomas–Herb Theiss–George Koennig–Gene Martin– Gene Smith

Alex Tyson enjoys being part of a program-building ef-fort.

The Southwestern Univer-sity sophomore defensive end had been through a rebuilding project in high school, but now he got to help an NCAA Divi-sion III university start from scratch.

“At Reagan, we were strug-gling during my freshman year, but we continuously got better,” Tyson said.

Tyson and running back Dylan Wilburn – both 2012 Reagan High graduates who met as sixth graders at Ham-ilton Middle School – joined Southwestern’s team in the fall of 2012.

The duo was part of a Reagan team that reached the playoffs for the first time

in seven years, in the fall of 2011.

Southwestern, a university of 1,536 students in George-town, Texas (just north of Austin), fielded a football team from 1908 through 1951.

The Pirates brought back the program in 2012 but didn’t play any games. The players trained and prepared for the 2013 season, in which they finished 0-10 with 60-to-70 freshmen on the team.

Although Tyson and Wil-burn are juniors academically, they’re sophomores on the field because they didn’t lose any eligibility for the ‘12 sea-son (because SU didn’t play any games).

“It’s had a couple of bumps, but now that the first year is over, and we’re starting to pick up speed,” Wilburn said. “We’re getting things done.”

Wilburn rushed for 334

yards and a touchdown in five games before a broken collar-bone sidelined him for the rest of the season.

Tyson finished the 2013 season with 26 tackles and a forced fumble in 10 games, about half of which he start-ed.

The duo is expecting big things when they kick off the season in a Sept. 6 home game against Hardin-Simmons.

“We have the capability to be a pretty good team this year,” Tyson said. “Defensive-ly, we’ll have almost every-body back.”

Having a familiar face on the squad was helpful for both players.

“We were both going through the same adjust-ments,” Wilburn said. “We lived across the hall from each other our freshman year.”


Southwestern University redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Alex Tyson (No. 59), a 2012 Reagan High graduate, finished with 26 tackles and a forced fumble last season. (Photo courtesy of Southwest-ern University)

A championship career

Kedra Holland-Corn, a 1993 Lutheran High North graduate, was part of two WNBA Championship teams and went to two Final Fours in 1995 and 1996, respectively, at the University of Georgia. Holland-Corn now lives with her husband, Jesse, and their two children, in Saudi Arabia. (Submitted photo)

Holland-Corn, LHN’s top athletic alum

Kedra Holland-Corn didn’t make the 1996 U.S. Women’s National Basketball Team for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and it turned out to be the best thing for the 1993 Lutheran High North graduate.

“I got in the very first round and was just devastated,” Hol-land-Corn said. “They told me I was too short (at 5-foot-6), and I thought ‘don’t tell me I’m too short because I can’t do anything about that’. That made me work really hard that summer and learned to do something to compensate for my lack of height. I took hundreds and hundreds of shots per day and worked on defense. I wanted to take my talent as far as possible.”

Holland-Corn, a 39-year-old Acres Homes native, saw her hard work pay dividends. She was selected to the World Uni-versity Games in Italy where she helped lead the U.S. team to a gold medal.

“I loved winning the gold medal, and it was only the beginning of what turned out to be a great career,” Holland-Corn said.

Holland-Corn averaged 6.5 points per game in seven WNBA seasons and was a part of two league champion-ship teams in 2003 and 2006, respectively, with the Detroit Shock.

She also played with the hometown Houston Comets in 2004 and averaged double fig-ures twice in four years for the Sacramento Monarchs from 1999-2002.

These days, Corn is still in-volved in the game. She lives with her husband, Jesse Corn, and their two children in Saudi Arabia where Jesse works for Saudi Aramco.

Last season, Holland-Corn came out of retirement to play for a professional women’s basketball team in the neigh-boring country of Bahrain. Next season, she’s considering coaching that squad.

Holland-Corn’s exciting basketball career started on the LHN campus in the fall of 1989.

“High school was fun, just because of the fact I had a really good coach,” Holland-Corn said. “My coach began to schedule 5A teams. We played all 5A schools and 5A tourna-ments throughout the year.”

Holland-Corn knew most of her teammates from middle school because they’d attended Our Savior Lutheran together.

The Lady Lions reached the state tournament all four years under head coach Elizabeth Krause, losing in the champi-onship game three times and the state semifinals once.

Holland-Corn was recruited by schools throughout the na-tion but narrowed it down to Georgia, Colorado and USC before choosing the UGA Lady Bulldogs.

“I loved Athens, Georgia,” Holland-Corn said. “It was just what I needed. I was kind of sheltered growing up and didn’t have a big city mental-ity. In Athens, you know every-body and everybody knows you.”

During her time in Athens, the Lady Bulldogs had a heated rivalry with the University of Tennessee. During her sopho-more year, UGA lost in the Final Four, and the following year, they lost to Tennessee in the championship game.

“Rivalries brings out the best in you,” Holland-Corn said. “We had two powerhouses in the SEC duking it out. Who wouldn’t like that?”

While Holland-Corn was a starter for the Monarchs, she became the first player off the bench for Detroit, under head coach Bill Laimbeer, the for-mer Detroit Pistons star.

“I didn’t have the pressure of starting, and knew exactly what my minutes were,” Hol-land-Corn said.

During the WNBA offsea-son, Holland-Corn played professionally in Italy, Spain, France and Hungary before retiring in 2007.

“European basketball is bas-ketball at its purest, and fun-damentally sound basketball is their focus,” Holland-Corn said. “It was more of a train-ing ground for my entire ca-reer. That’s where I honed my skills.”


Top pro athletes from The Leader area high schoolsReagan – Craig Reynolds.

The two-time All-Star played a decade for his hometown Astros after brief stints with the Pirates and Mariners, respectively. He played in three National League Championship Series. Reynolds lives in the Houston area and is a pastor at Second Baptist Church’s North Campus in Kingwood.

Waltrip – Keenan McCardell. The former Waltrip wide receiver wasn’t recruited heavily out of high school, but he played in the NFL from 1991-2007, earning two Super Bowl rings

and making two trips to the Pro Bowl. His 883 catches are 13th in NFL history, and he’s currently the wide receivers coach at the University of Maryland.

St. Pius X – Gary Kubiak. Kubiak, a former SPX quarter-back, had a roller coaster ride as the Houston Texans head coach from 2006-13. He led the team to a pair of playoff appearances, going 2-2 in the postseason. But he was fired after a disappoint-ing 2013 season. Kubiak, who has won three Super Bowls as an assistant coach, is now the offensive coordinator for the

Baltimore Ravens, a franchise less than two years removed from a Super Bowl of their own. He was also part of two Denver Broncos teams that lost in the Super Bowl as John Elway’s backup.

Scarborough – Dr. Rick Nixon. Nixon was one of the top baseball players in the Southwest Conference at the University of Texas. He played for Wayne Graham at Scarbor-ough High. Nixon now works at Northwest Orthopedic As-sociates and serves as the team doctor for St. Pius X and several

Houston ISD schools.

St. Thomas – Jack “Jackie” Burke Jr. Burke, a 1940 St. Thomas High graduate, won the 1956 Masters Professional Golf Association Tournament, and claimed the PGA Champion-ship that year. The following year, Burke and fellow PGA Tour champion, Jimmy Demaret, started the Champions Golf Club in north Harris County. Burke, who is 91 years old, was in-ducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000 and received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achieve-ment Award in 2003.



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