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Mosquito Joe 1B · Improved heart procedure at Memorial Northwest 2B • Spay your cat 3B
In this week’s special section, area businesses share what’s new for them,and how they can help you in the coming year.
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If you’ve driven by Wake-field Crowbar lately, you’re probably wondering what’s going on in the parking lot. It just so happens that there’s another sand volleyball court. Business has been steadily growing, similar to the fast growth of the neighborhood in the past two years. Upon walking in, you’ll notice some great new seasonal beers on tap as well as additions to the liquor and wine selection. It’s hard not to enjoy coming to this neighborhood bar, with its laid back atmosphere, sprawl-ing deck space and dog friend-
ly patio.Volleyball courts and bar
additions aren’t where the news stops. The bar has gath-ered feedback for early week-end breakfast hours and in turn have moved their original time from 9:30 a.m. to now opening at 8 a.m.
Chef Victor Garcia will be adding more weekly specials to the menu, and daily spe-cials will soon be added for consistent favorites.
Over on the bar side, you can look forward to weekly pint nights with local brew-eries and wine tastings. On Mondays, Wakefield Crowbar run club starts at 6 p.m. and on Wednesday, Trivia Night starts at 8 p.m.
With the volleyball leagues in full force soon, the place is sure to be the neighborhoods hot spot of the spring.
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Mosquito Joe, a leading mosquito con-trol treatment company serving residen-tial and commercial customers nation-wide, signed a deal to open its newest location in Houston, which will service the Houston Heights, Memorial Heights, Garden Oaks, Oak Forest, and Northwest Houston areas. Mosquito Joe will open on approximately March 1 with the help of local entrepreneur Robert Torres, who plans to grow the brand in the future.
“We’re thrilled to introduce Mosquito Joe to homeowners, business owners and property managers in the Houston area,” said Mosquito Joe CEO (aka Head
Joe) Kevin Wilson. “By partnering with Robert, we expect he will spearhead growth of the brand in the area, and con-tinue to promote our brand’s quality ser-vices in the community for many years to come.”
Consumers may call 1-855-275-2563 at any time for information.
Mosquito Joe provides mosquito con-trol treatment to residential and commer-cial customers. Its technicians are trained mosquito control experts dedicated to one thing: getting rid of mosquitoes so you can enjoy being outside again. Out-fitted with the latest gear and backed by the coordination of a top-notch support staff, its technicians in the field get the job done swiftly and thoroughly, leaving a noticeable absence of biting insects in their wake. Each Mosquito Joe operation is an independently owned franchise of-fering customers reliable and effective service from a trusted community mem-ber, backed by a national network of technical expertise.
“Mosquito Joe experienced tremen-dous growth in 2014 by adding 43 new franchisees and enjoyed a system-wide increase of sales by 311 percent,” said Robert Torres. “In addition to wanting to join a brand with this type of success and positive momentum, I chose Mos-quito Joe because of the earning poten-tial, and the professional executive team in place offering steadfast support to the franchise system. I’m looking forward to bringing this much-needed service and many new jobs to north and northwest Houston areas.”
Mosquito Joe continues to build a strong reputation amongst its clientele and currently boasts open territories in twenty states.
With mosquito populations continu-ing to wreak havoc in the summertime, coupled with an increase in insect-borne illnesses, Mosquito Joe’s growth proves that it continues to provide a vital service to communities and a premier business option for future franchisees.
Local entrepreneur Robert Torres opens mosquito prevention franchises
Submitted photoMosquito Joe opened their newest location that will service the Heights, Memorial Heights, the GOOF and Northwest Houston areas.
Something to Crow about
Photo by Christina Martinez Wakefield Crowbar has changed their breakfast hours and will now start serving at 8 a.m. Featured food (from the left) Shrimp and Grits, Bellgian Waffles, and the Build Your Own Omelette.
Neighborhood bar adds new additions and new hours
Celebrating 75 years
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St. Mark’s United Methodist Church origi-nated in 1875 as the German Emmanuel Meth-odist Episcopal Church located at the corner of Hamilton and Preston Street. In 1891, the Church moved and was renamed Zion Method-ist Episcopal Church. Through a further series of name changes and mergers, the present St. Mark’s was established in 1938. The corner-stone at 600 Pecore in the Woodland Heights, was laid on August 10th, 1939. On February 4th, 1940, the old bell cast in 1892 for Zion Method-ist Church, rang out in St. Mark’s tower calling people to the new church’s first service. The phrase cast on the bell in German is: “Come unto me all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.”
St. Mark’s is a dynamic congregation led by the Reverend Emily Chapman. With numerous programs for Children and Adults, St. Mark’s
has something to offer everyone. The Chil-dren’s Development Center offers child care and pre-school for ages 12 months to 5 years and includes weekly chapel services. There are numerous scouting groups that call St. Mark’s home, including the 90 year old Troop 30 which was established on February 14, 1925. St. Mark’s supports the Heights Interfaith Minis-tries Food Pantry by volunteering and providing fresh produce grown in its Community Garden. St. Mark’s sponsors a number of missions, in-cluding Habitat for Humanity, Joyful Threads, mission trips and mentoring at neighborhood schools. On February 8th at 4 pm, The St. Mark’s Choir will present Sweetheart Ser-enades with music and desserts. On February 17 at 5:30, St. Mark’s will hold its annual Shrove Tuesday All You Can Eat Pancake Supper.
Please join us in joyous and thankful celebra-tion on Sunday, February 1 at 10:50 to com-memorate the anniversary of our Sanctuary.
Submitted photos A then and now photo of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church from 1875 to 2015.
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John previously owned Funeral Discounters in the Timbergrove area from 2004 until 2007 and is the owner of Texas Medical Supply located at 1906 West 18th Street in the same neighborhood.
Having had to face the loss of two close family members in the same year, his wife and his grandfather, John decided to reopen a retail casket store to help offer an alternative to budget conscious families in their time of need. So he began scouting locations and chose this centrally located showroom just off the I-45 North feeder offering easy access for families wanting to see what caskets are avail-
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Do you have New Year’s resolutions related to improving your health? Would you like a partner to help you achieve your goals? You have that resource right here in the Heights. Heights of Health is a naturopathic clinic with years of experience helping Heights residents achieve their health goals.
Our experienced and compassionate prac-titioners operate from the premise that the body has an innate ability to heal itself when given the proper tools and guidance. We work with a variety of tried and true holistic meth-ods from health and wellness coaching to meditation, teaching our clients how to take back control of their health and wellbeing.
Our Natural Health Clinic is located in a charming bungalow in the Houston Heights, where you will feel right at home. All ages and levels of health are welcomed at Heights of Health, as our innovative methods are non-in-vasive and work with the body, not against it. Please visit our website to read more about us and see some of our great testimonials.
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My name is Pat Walker and I have been handling Real Estate in Leader Country for 27 years. I spent many years working for the telephone company and then decided Real Estate is what I wanted to do. I received my first com-mission check as a realtor with Garden Properties in 1988 for selling a property on Birdsall in the Memorial area and have been staying busy ever since!
I have had the pleasure of helping area families with their Real Estate needs for not only one or two, but for three gen-erations! What a pleasure it is! They are not only clients but have become lifelong friends. That’s the best deal there is!
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One’s Junk is a new start with a fresh way of doing business. Started by Greg-ory M. Chagoya with the help of his Dad Manny, f o r m e r l y of Trash Tr immer s, having had business in the Leader area since 2000, and now with having won Angie’s List Super Ser-vice Award two years in a row, Greg is on track to help out more of our neighbors.
One’s Junk is a Trash Hauling Service for people who require excellent at your door service. We work cleanly and neatly, with re-spect for our client’s privacy. Now you’re wondering what
sets us apart from the com-pany that comes and takes your heavy stuff once a month from the curb? Our service is a matter of conve-nience to some customers - no need to wait around or even to lift a finger, we’ll get it for you, whenever! Also for DIY’ers, you can keep doing your work knowing you have an appointment to have that mess picked up. One’s Junk is also striv-ing to do more recycling, and keep our practices eco-friendly. We’ve made it more convenient to contact us through our Website, Email, Text, Facebook, Phone and Picture Quotes. We’ve also added a convenient way to pay with a debit or credit card, although we still ac-cept checks or cash.
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For The LeaderMemorial Hermann Northwest Hospital
Memorial Hermann North-west Hospital offers an inno-vative heart procedure, that may be safer and more com-fortable for patients, called transradial cardiac catheter-ization. This new technique allows access to a patient’s heart through the wrist, in-stead of the groin.
Since minimally invasive cardiac catheterization was pioneered in the 1950s, the procedure has traditionally been performed by threading a thin tube through the femo-ral artery in the groin guided by X-rays toward the heart, using the circulatory system to clear blockages, deliver medication, and place stents.
However, numerous stud-ies and clinical trials have proven that using blood ves-sels through an artery in the wrist, instead of an artery in the leg, offers many advan-tages.
“Inserting the catheter through the radial artery in the wrist, rather than through the groin, has been shown to markedly reduce major vas-cular complications,” said Imran Dar, M.D., an inter-ventional cardiologist affili-ated with Memorial Hermann Northwest. “Patients usually are able to sit up and walk around within two hours or less after the procedure, rath-er than lying down for many hours which was typical with the traditional method.”
After the procedure is fin-ished, a temporary deflatable wrist band will be placed over the artery for compression. Typically, this will be removed after one or two hours.
“This access point allows for easier compression of a much smaller artery, lend-ing it to safer practices,” said Dar.
Patients at Memorial Her-mann Northwest are cared for by a multi-disciplinary, experi-enced team of board certified cardiologists, interventional
cardiologists, and vascular surgeons. Each patient’s spe-cific needs and disease stage are used to formulate an indi-vidualized treatment plan.
“As with every procedure, we evaluate each patient’s case carefully to determine the best type of procedure to perform,” said Dar. “We encourage patients to ask our team about this form of diag-nostic testing to see if it is ap-propriate for them.”
With a Chest Pain Center accredited by the Society for Chest Pain Centers, Memorial Hermann Northwest’s com-prehensive Heart and Vascu-lar Program includes nonin-vasive cardiology, peripheral invasive cardiology, peripheral vascular surgery, and cardiac rehabilitation. Memorial Her-mann Northwest offers three cardiac catheterization labs, complete with electrophysiol-ogy capabilities, to provide an array of diagnostic and inter-ventional procedures.
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Houston’s pet overpopula-tion problem isn’t new, and it isn’t going to be “fixed” over-night. Every local neighbor-hood fights the same battle, countless homeless pets dumped each and every day all around our city. To truly win the war on pet overpopulation it is imperative for pet owners to do their part, and it starts with spaying and neutering pets. Part of being a respon-sible pet owner includes mak-ing sure your pet is not part of the overpopulation problem. Spaying and neutering is so important that Houston Hu-mane Society has created an annual event called Fix Felix for Free to help local cat lovers neuter male cats for free. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Houston Humane Society will neuter 700 male cats for free at the HHS Animal Wellness Clinic. It takes the entire HHS staff, many dedicated volunteers, and the staff of All Cats Vet-erinary Clinic coming together to make this event a success. It is a long, tiresome day of hard work that leaves staff and volunteers feeling rewarded for doing their part to combat pet overpopulation. Grateful cat owners can often be seen hugging and thanking staff for providing their pet with a qual-ity surgery at a price anyone can afford, for free!
Cat owners must have an appointment, and there is a limit of five cats per person. Domesticated and feral cats qualify, and for the health and safety of all cats, as well as
the HHS staff and volunteers, each feline must be in a plas-tic crate or carrier. A current rabies vaccination is required by law. Pet owners must show proof of current rabies certifi-cate, or they may purchase a rabies vaccine for their cat the day of the event. Additional optional services are offered at
the time of surgery for a small fee. Pet owners can request an appointment by email at [email protected] or by phone at 713-433-6421. To find out more information about Fix Felix for Free or low cost spaying and neutering at Houston Humane Society, visit www.HoustonHumane.org.
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Customers who make a minimum donation of $35 to Child Advocates during the month of February online or at one of the participating Car Pros for Kids locations will re-ceive two free oil changes to be used on the same vehicle any time during the year.
Child Advocates, Inc. mo-bilizes court appointed vol-unteers to break the vicious cycle of child abuse. They speak up for abused children who are lost in the system and guide them into safe environ-
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Byron Rusk is owner of Master Car Care and RMS Auto Care. In 1992, he found-ed Car Pros for Kids, a cam-paign that car shops through-out Houston participate in to raise money for Child Advo-cates each year. Last year, 20 shops participated and over $35,000 was raised. Byron has been instrumental in sign-ing up auto shops throughout Houston who participate in the annual Car Pros for Kids fundraiser by donating oil changes in exchange for 100% donations to Child Advocates. Car Pros for Kids is held every year throughout the month of February.
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2015 brings Buffaloe Floor Covering into its 50th year in the flooring industry! Found-ed by Glenn & Irene Buffa-loe as a part time endeavor from Glenn’s full time job at F. M. Black Middle School as a Counselor, Buffaloe has grown to be one of the leading flooring businesses in Hous-ton. Ownership is now with the Buffaloe’s two daughters and their husbands, Renie & Larry Kristynik and Denie & Ken Lunsmann. Throughout the past 50 years, Buffaloe employees have striven to maintain the work ethic and personalized customer ser-vice that was the hallmark of Glenn & Irene and passed on to their children.
Flooring may have changed over the years, but
Buffaloe Flooring continues to maintain the customer service and integrity that our company was founded on when there were just a few customers a month. Now we service hundreds of residen-tial customers per month, as well as commercial jobs of all flooring types. We also sell blinds and shutters, sport team rugs, and Artstone per-sonalized gifts.
Located on Pinemont, be-tween Ella & TC Jester, we welcome all of the Leader Readers to come join the Buffaloe family and let us help you update your floor-ing. Anyone who mentions seeing this story will receive a sports team front door mat of their choosing free with any flooring purchase.
Celebrating 50
Submitted photoBuffaloe Floor Covering, located at 3831 Pinemont Dr., is celebrating 50 years in business this year.
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Rhonda Skillern-Jones is a former president of Oak Forest Elementary’s PTA. Since 2012, she has been the representa-tive for District II which in-cludes Oak Forest Elementary, Black Middle School, Stevens Elementary, and Katherine Smith Elementary. She is a na-tive Houstonian who attended River Oaks Elementary and Lanier Middle School before graduating from Eisenhower High School in Aldine ISD. Her five children have all attended HISD schools.
Skillern-Jones has a bache-lor’s degree in business admin-istration and a master’s degree in clinical sociology from Texas Southern University. Recently she was unanimously selected by the board for a 1-year term as president of the board. The Leader recently asked her some questions about her tenure on the board, what she hopes to achieve in her new role and about the challenges our schools face.
What do you think the biggest misconception peo-ple have about your role? What is the time commit-ment and the compensa-tion?
The biggest misconception is the exact role of the Board. We have only governance powers. We legislate and direct policy, approve the budget and we only supervise the Superinten-dent. The Superin-tendent is respon-sible for the district operations and all the employees. The second mis-conception is that we are paid. While this is an elected po-sition, School Board members are volunteers. I put in an average of 25 hours a week. As president that will likely increase to about 35 hours as I am still responsible for the District II constituency and students as well as the presidential responsibility.
You have talked about wanting to enact a higher level of accountability. Why is that important?
I think the key to maximiz-ing our student achievement level is through increased ac-countability. I know we have room for improvement there. In order for our system to work, every employee at ev-
ery level must take ownership for their responsibility and do their jobs both efficiently and effectively. This includes the Board and Super-intendent as well.
Why is third grade the make
it or break it time for lan-guage mastery, math profi-ciency and literacy?
The education standard is literacy by grade 3. It is the grade by which it is critical that children are reading to avoid remediation. While it is the requirement, it is not the goal. The goal is for every stu-
dent to read at or above grade level from the start.
What do you think the biggest challenge is this year for the schools in HISD?
The challenge for all schools is doing more with less. Until the Texas Legislature returns and right sizes the budget al-location for public education, our classrooms will not have the funding our students de-serve to support a quality edu-cation.
As a District II represen-tative, are you required to visit your schools a certain amount of times per year?
I am not required to visit any schools. It is actually not a good idea to visit schools un-less you are invited. The Board members have to respect the administrative boundaries of day to day operations. Board presence can disrupt the school day and distract from the work. I prefer to come for special occasions and when invited.
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Q&A: A sit-down with HISD’s newest Board of Trustees President
By Kim HogstromFor The Leader
In July 2014, the city of Houston held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a single park-ing space on 19th St. in the Heights. Mayor Annise Parker and several city council mem-bers attended. Perched on top of the 19th St. concrete in that very parking space sits a 125-square-foot, wooden, urban gathering space replete with reclaimed wooden benches and sustainable landscaping. This former parking space is now a little, welcoming greenspace - Houston’s pilot urban park, or “parklet.”
Introduced in San Fran-cisco in 2011, a ”parklet” is a new concept in urban plan-ning and is defined as a small space serving as an exten-sion of a sidewalk to provide amenities for people walking the street. Houston’s blog-gers had a snarky field day over the parklet, particularly regarding its size. One stated that the mayor overturned a “teaspoon of dirt,” at the ribbon-cutting, among other sarcastic comments. Many claimed that a parking space holds more value in Houston than a “park for insects,” and that the public would simply ignore it.
Were they correct? The Leader thought it would be interesting to take a look at the parklet six months after its launch.
Jeff Kaplan is the owner of New Living Bedroom, the business fronting the parklet, and he is elated with the little
space’s activity. “Ripe Cui-sine, a wonderful, all-vegan food truck, is often out there serving brunch in the parklet. We also have open-mic music sessions, and we even had a spontaneous performance of ‘Shakespeare in Parklet!’ The space has been a great success from its first day,” he stated.
Notably, Kaplan had the most to lose if the parklet failed. He spearheaded the project, surrendered one of only three parking spaces in front of his store, hand-con-structed the platform and its canopy, then planted the spe-cial landscaping.
“I approached Laura Spanjian,(the city of Hous-ton’s Director of the Office of Sustainability) about it first. Laura is very interested in building urban public space, so she embraced it right away and called it a ‘pilet program.’” Kaplan said. “She understands the value public greenspace offers the community.
“Still, the city of Houston’s Public Works Department just didn’t ‘get it’,“ Kaplan said. “It was hard for them to under-stand why on Earth a small business would choose to give up a parking space. Laura was able to hammer it through.”
On the two afternoons The Leader visited the parklet, it was buzzing with people. Most of those utilizing the space were eating and mingling while watching the parade of passers-by. A few were simply resting in the shade.
“I really like this space,” Adam Daniels said as he con-
sumed his brunch in the par-klet. “The last time I was here, it was raining, so I was look-ing forward to returning so I could sit outside this time.”
“The parklet in the Heights has been extremely well-re-ceived and successful. Resi-dents and customers love it,” Spanjian said. “Now, other neighborhoods and business-es have inquired about build-ing a parklet in their commu-nities,” Spanjian said. “We are working with them on viabil-ity, garnering neighborhood support, and more. We would love to see the pilot program expand.”
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19th Street ‘Parklet’ a hit with park lovers, Heights community
Photo by Kim HogstromIt may be hard for Heights residents to not enjoy their lo-cal ‘parklet,’ like Adam Daniels (left) who enjoyed his brunch during some great weather.
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Stacy Mathews, Broker Owner of Prudential Pre-mier Properties, An Oak Forest “Fixture” is pleased to announce their new Af-filiation with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. On December 10, 2014, 5 existing offices and 117 agents made the conver-sion over to Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. On September 23, 2013, Warren Buf-fet purchased Pru-dential Real Estate, 1014 offices Coun-trywide started the conversion over to Berkshire Hathaway Brand. Berkshire Hathaway is pres-ently in 47 states and has 34, 000 agents strong. Sta-cy Mathews is quot-ed “We are most excited to be #2 with Barron’s Most Respected Compa-nies and #4 with Fortune as Most Admired 2014; customers and clients trust the brand”. Added value to their agents is a high technology plat-form but the office remains high touch to the consumer. Dory Gordon, Market De-velopment Director is quot-ed “Agents are all about relationship building, meet-ing with agents to review marketing plans in the next several months includes Open Houses, Community events, Buyer/Sellers/Tax Seminars, and good old fashion face to face con-tact from your local trusted agent”. Stacy Mathews, a Garden Oaks resident himself thrilled about the resent appreciation in the community and continued growth. Berkshire Hatha-
way HomeServices Premier Properties is a full service firm with Residential prop-erties, Commercial proper-ties, Luxury Homes, Prop-erty Management Division, Relocation, Leasing and Apartment/Loft Rentals. Kim Fischer Vice President is quoted: “I look forward to all the new relocation opportunities with Berk-
shire Hathaway. We have recruited new agents Claire Johnson, Antonio Nichols, Peggy Smith, Todd Welch, Regina Davis, Anthony Whorton to our Oak For-est office to accommodate more buyers and sellers in the marketplace”. Stacy Mathews has added to his team a Regional Director John Barba Jr., Training Director Robin Powel, and Operations Director Rich-ard Voorhies. The company is moving forward with their companywide goal to grow to 215 agents in the greater 5 county area in 2015. They invite you to stop and visit the office for your real es-tate needs, located at 1803 West 43rdst.
1814 Althea DrHouston, TX 77018 3 Beds | 1 Baths | 1,447 Sq. Ft. $345,000
1038 Lamonte LnHouston, TX 77018 2 Beds | 1 Baths | 1,031 Sq. Ft.$399,900
National affliation brings better service to arearesidents.
“We are most excited to be #2 with Barron’s Most Respected Com-
panies and #4 with Fortune as Most Ad-
mired 2014; customers and clients trust the
brand”.
- Stacy Mathews
Stacy Matthews and Karen Vick-nair celebrating at recent award ceremony
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“He who has something to sell and whispers it into a well, is not as apt to get the dollars as he who stands up tall and hollers.” Advertise!
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Positions Available
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PLUMBERSONNY’S REPAIR SERVICE
832-465-5325Est. 1979 Ins. RMP #18131
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Call Sonny and SAVE!Single Homeowner Discount
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PLUMBINGDrain & Sewer Cleaning
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#17773 - 7 Days a week
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WOOD FENCING
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SERNA BROS.Serving NW Houston Since 1973
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• Shingles: Flat - Tile - Metal • 5" and 6" Seamless Gutters
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Doors/Openers
½ HPSears
OpenersInstalled281-807-5588
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713-545-3414
7 DAY SERVICE
$27000
GARAGE DOORS• Repair Specialist• Springs • Rollers
• Sections repaired &replaced • Cables
40 years' exp. • Low Rates
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Adam’s WOOD FLOORS
832-515-4214
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• Painting • Ceiling fans & Lights• Drywall • Carpentry • General Repairs• Door Locks
References • Heights Home Owner
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HELP YOU WITH YOUR HOME REPAIRS
Complete Pavers
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• Brick Columns
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• Ceramic Tile • Kitchen/Bath• Flood Damage Repair
• Painting • Sheetrock, Concrete
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• Wood • Chain LinkCall Frank Direct 281-236-6774
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Power WashingGood
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• Chain link • Wood• Ornamental Iron
Small jobs welcomeCall 7 Days
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• Carpentry - Cabinets to Patios & Decks• Painting, Interior/Exterior
• Sheet Rock Repair & Installation
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• Custom Homes • Garages• Room Additions • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Hardi Siding
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BURGLAR BARS: Custom made. Residential and com-mercial. Free estimates. 281-448-2759. www.burglar-barsandmore.com. (TF)
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Washers - DryersDishwashers - Ranges
KINARD’SAppliance Service
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“We Make House Calls”
• Refrigerators• Ovens• Washers• Dryers
832-526-8531
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ELECTRICSERVICES
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HARBINGERelectric
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713-721-5490 TEL.17823
ELECTRICIANAll types of new
wiring and repairs
D&E ElectricSince 1975Low Rates
TECL# 43460
(281) 448-8615
• Residential • Commercial • ServiceLicensed - Insured - 23 Yrs. Exp.
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12’X30’ CARPORTS: Per-fect for boats, RVs, etc. Call 713-694-4647. (TF)
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Notice of Seizure ANd iNteNt to forfeitNotice is hereby given that the United States Department of the Interior is hereby commencing a forfeiture proceeding against the following items of wildlife or wildlife products, which were seized in the Houston area of Texas on the dates indicated because they were involved in one or more violations of any of the following laws: Endangered Species Act, Title l6 U.S.C. Sec. l538, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 11 U.S.C. Sec. 1371‑1372, the Lacey Act, l6 U.S.C. Sec. 3372, Wild Bird Con‑servation Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 4901‑4916 or the African Elephant Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 4221‑4245. These items are subject to forfeiture to the United States under Title l6, U.S.C. Sec. l540(e), 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1377, or l6 U.S.C. Sec. 3374 and Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Section l2.23. Any person with an ownership or financial interest in said items who desires to claim them must file a claim with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Law Enforcement office,16639 W. Hardy, Houston, TX 70060‑6230. Such claim must be received by the above office by April 1, 2015. The claim will be transmitted to the U.S. Attorney for institution of a forfei‑ture action in U.S. District Court. If a proper claim is not received by the above office by such date, the items will be declared forfeited to the United States and disposed of according to law. Any person who has an interest in the items may also file with the above office a petition for remission of forfeiture in accordance with Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, and Section 12.24, which petition must be received in such office before disposition of the items. Storage costs may also be assessed.
File No. Seizure Value Item2014203978 09/10/14 $2,000 One Mirror trimmed with the following;
Four (4) European Brown Bear (Ursusarctos) Claws, Four (4) Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Tusks, One (1) Elk (Cervus ela‑phus) antler, One (1) European Roe (Capreolus capreolus) deer antler, One (1) Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) antler
Charlee Peddicord
(281) 701-8006my castle realty
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The Mosquitoes are taking over.Throughout the United States, mosquito populations are flourishing and insect-borne illnesses are on the rise. The news media regularly warns us to protect our families and ourselves. And so we retreat, taking cover indoors and miss-ing out on all the fun. A quick internet search will reveal a plethora of articles about the dangers of mosquito-borne ill-nesses and the need for deliberate prevention methods.
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Worldwide, mosquitoes are re-sponsible for more than a million deaths each year due to parasitic and viral diseases like malaria and dengue fever.
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