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Caught early, slow-growing colorectal cancer is treatable. It‚‘s also preventable.

But many adults delay or ignore‚ being screened for polyps, abnor-mal tissue or other indicators of this disease, which can grow u n d e t e c t e d until more seri-ous, later-stage symptoms draw attention, ex-plains Joseph R. Cali, M.D., a colorectal surgeon affiliated with Memorial Hermann Northwest Hos-pital.

Don’t be squeamish, overly modest, or fearful, about having a colonoscopy, he says, calling the

procedure the Gold Standard of colorectal cancer testing.

Dr. Cali believes that having a colonoscopy every 10 years ‚“should be considered one of your regular health checkups,” right up there with monitoring blood pressure, tracking skin conditions, having a mammo-gram or testing prostate-specific antigen levels.

Over the past 20 years, due to more effective screening practices that catch precancerous polyps and significant advancements in treat-ment, the survival rate for colorectal cancer has been increasing. Earlier treatment also means fewer compli-cations and fewer patients needing a colostomy, chemotherapy or more surgery, Dr. Cali said.

Still, about 50,000 adult Ameri-cans die each year from colorectal

cancer, the third most common type of cancer. An adult’s lifetime risk of a diagnosis is about one in 20, according to American Cancer Society (ACS) statistics. In 2014, for example, ACS estimates there will be more than 135,000 new cases of either colon cancer (96,000) or rectal cancer (40,000).

QUIET ONSETColorectal cancer can appear and

grow undetected, Dr. Cali noted. “The disease was once considered to affect primarily the lower colon and rectum,” he says, ‚“but it now is understood to be more evenly distributed throughout the large intestine, including both colon and rectum.”

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MHNW: Colonoscopies are crucial

Waltrip High School senior Melissa Martinez plans on becoming a neu-rosurgeon.

She’s taken the first step toward that goal by earn-ing a full scholarship to Amherst College, a pres-tigious school in Amherst, Mass.

Martinez has always been interested in human behavior and the brain.

“The best way to com-

prehend how the brain works is to get to the root,” Martinez said.

Martinez first discov-ered Amherst when she visited the school’s Diver-sity Fly In Day program, which brings in minority students for free, to look at the campus.

She became interested in Amherst because of the convenient open curricu-lum, which gives students freedom with the courses they take, and the small, private atmosphere.

At Waltrip, Martinez has been very involved with many organizations and sports, such as soccer,

Social media drives a major life change

Change.It’s something we’ve heard about for

the past month or so. But enough about elections, and the

importance of voting. One Oak Forest resident became an

agent of change without ever expecting to play that role.

Nikki Reihle, who has lived in Oak Forest since last summer, made a Face-book post last week about losing 100 pounds over the past four years through making good decisions.

She received such a positive response from friends and family that she made another post on the popular Oak Forest Homeowners Association Facebook page, with the idea of creating a a non-profit people-helping-people organiza-tion.

The 29-year-old Lafayette, La. native was pleasantly surprised with the re-sponse, and three days later, she was branding the new organization, “Always A Better You‚“ – creating a Facebook page, buying a website domain (Alway-sABetterYou.org) and meeting with a lawyer.

The quickness in which “Always A Better You” was established is a testa-ment the power of social media.

We’re constantly reminded of the negative effects of social media, wheth-er it’s from our friends, or even, the eve-ning news.

So, it’s really cool to see a great idea come to fruition in less than a week, due to the positive effects of social media.

But a social media outlet is only as good as the folks who are part of it, so Reihle is thankful for the Oak Forest community, and its corresponding Face-book page.

“There really is a bond between Oakies,” Reihle said. “When you live in a big city, it really is special (to have a tight-knit community).”

Reihle’s network will pair individu-als who have successfully made a life-style change, with those hoping to get started.

“We want to pair regular people, who fought the good fight with people who

City Dance members enjoy a tap class on a Monday morning. (Photos by Michael Sudhalter)

Beyond the enjoyment and ex-citement of dancing, there are both obvious and not-as-well known ben-efits of dance classes.

“It does involve an aerobic, and we’re going to stretch every part of your body,” said Sherise Camp-bell, owner of City Dance Studio, just south of Washington Heights at 1307 W. Clay St. “But dance is also beneficial for students who have At-tention Deficit Disorder. They learn to sequence. Dance is about muscle memory and using your brain, so it helps those concerned about devel-oping Alzheimer’s.”

City Dance moved to its current location in July 2012 after many years in Rice Village.

“I feel like I really enjoyed chang-ing peoples’ lives,” Campbell said. The studio has 30-to-40 clients, ranging in age from 4 and 5, to 83 years old. They offer tap, ballet, modern, jazz and other classes.

The classes are separate for adults and children, but there is one class of experienced teenage danc-ers with adults.

Campbell, who graduated from Southern Illinois University and moved to Houston 20 years ago, has always been interested in dancing and has performed as part of a pro-fessional dance troupe.

Her troupe will be traveling to Scotland for a prestigious dance fes-tival later this year.

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Waltrip High senior Melissa Martinez will attend Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. on a full scholarship this fall. (Photo by Julia Pena)

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Memorial Hermann Northwest ranks among the top one percent of American hospitals

For the fi fth consecutive year, Memorial Hermann Health System has four hospi-tals among the nation’s 50 best hospitals, according to Health-grades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

“We are pleased with this distinction,” said M. Michael Shabot, M.D., Memorial Her-mann Health System chief medical offi cer. “This recog-nizes the type of High Reli-ability Organization behaviors that give our patients the com-

fort of knowing their loved ones are at hospitals where everyone not only cares about patient safety and quality, but are committed to it.”

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hospitals were evaluated by Healthgrades.

The outstanding perfor-mance of these four hospitals-can be measured in prevent-able deaths. If all hospitals performed at the high level of the award recipients, 157,069 lives could have potentially been saved nationwide be-tween 2010 and 2012. In other words, this translates to a 23.29 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate for the hospi-tals among the Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals when compared to all other

hospitals in the nation (across 19 procedures and conditions where in-hospital mortality was the clinical outcome).

Variation in hospital perfor-mance exists locally as well as nationally. For example, of the 15 hospitals in Houston evalu-ated for the treatment of heart attack, risk-adjusted in-hospi-tal mortality rates ranged from 3.5 percent on the low end to 11.9 percent on the high end. This is a greater than three-fold difference in mortality rates.

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A family history of the dis-ease is still a major risk factor, but the majority of new cases are in adults with no family history of it. Other risk factors include:

Infl ammatory bowel dis-ease

Crohn’s diseaseUlcers in the colon’s liningFor adults with no family

history of colorectal cancer or polyps, age 50 is the recom-mended milestone for having a colonoscopy.

For Hispanics and African-Americans, Dr. Cali recom-mends age 45 as the trigger since those populations have had lower screening rates, higher rates of colorectal cancer and more advanced cases of it when detected.

Meanwhile, individuals older than age 75 without symptoms need not be screened unless there is a history of polyps or

other abnormal tissues.

CAMERA WORK A colonoscopy typically

takes 30 to 45 minutes. Dr. Cali says the patient is sedated and should feel nothing of the instrument – a thin, fl exible wand capped by a tiny camera that sends images to a nearby monitor.

Any precancerous polyps detected can be removed, re-ducing the chances of future colorectal cancer. Any larger tumors spotted can be biop-sied.

Dr. Cali prefers the colo-noscopy to earlier technolo-gies still in use, such as an annual fecal occult blood test, fl exible sigmoidoscopy every fi ve years or a double-contrast barium enema every fi ve years. CT-colonography, a newer procedure which cre-ates a virtual colon as a CT-

scan, appears to net a high rate of false positives, he says, and adds that you should ask your healthcare provider which test is warranted.

WATCH FOR THESE SYMPTOMS

While Dr. Cali warns against attempting to diagnose your-self by Internet, you should watch for these symptoms:

Bright red or very dark blood in the stool

Changes to bowel move-ment frequency and stool characteristics (such as persis-tent diarrhea or constipation or failure to completely evacu-ate waste)

Frequent gas pains, cramps or bloating

While these symptoms may point to less serious problems, you should still tell your health-care provider about them, Dr. Cali says.

It is possible to survive colorectal cancer. The Ameri-can Cancer Society estimates more than a million adults have done so.

Dr. Cali, however, would prefer that you take steps to prevent it.HIS ADVICE:

Get regular exercise.Eat a high-fi ber diet rich in

whole grains, fruit and leafy green vegetables.

Minimize consumption of red meat, especially processed or high-fat ones.

Be moderate in alcohol con-sumption.

Maintain a healthy weight.And, importantly, get a colo-

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need motivation or help to get started,” Reihle said.

Reihle and the other soon-to-be helpers are not personal trainers, but their life experi-ences go a long way in helping encourage fi tness and positive lifestyle choices.

Sometimes, the fi rst step is the most important.

“When I fi rst started,‚“ Reihle said. “I couldn’t run to the mailbox and back.”

Now, Reihle is training for a half-marathon, which means 13.1 miles of endurance, if you’re keeping score at home.

Reihle said everyone is dif-ferent when it comes to work-out plans and diets, so they have to fi nd what works for

them.But she said a lifestyle

change, not a diet, was the right approach for her.

“The secret,“ she said. “is there’s no secret. It’s easy as easy and as hard as it sounds.”

Reihle’s strategy is simple: “eat better with less calories, and move more.”

It sounds easy, but life gets in the way for all of us.

Whether it’s working long hours or setting up a new home, it’s not always easy to stick to a plan.

There are social gatherings where those chocolate chip cookies seem to be calling your name, or that trip home where your mom’s going to

make your favorite dish, high calories and all.

That’s where the support network of a helpful workout mentor/partner comes into play.

A plan is one thing, but en-couragement from a designat-ed encourager can help.

That encouragement often is the missing link in our de-cisions to keep healthy or to use Reihle’s words, “fall off the wagon.”

Often, you need an objec-tive person encouraging you.

Raise your hand if you get defensive when a family member or close friend com-ments on your fi tness, or lack there of.

I’m as guilty as anyone in that scenario.

But the good news that those foods that you’ve always enjoyed don’t have to com-pletely go by the wayside.

“I recommend to have one cheat meal each week, and I enjoy the everliving life out of my cheat meal,” Reihle said. “You don’t have to sit in the corner at the offi ce party and munch on a piece of lettuce. You can learn how to function in real life, and make better de-cisions each day.”

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track, swim, cross country, and National Honor Society.

She also has extracurricu-lars outside of school, like GEO Force.

In college, Martinez plans to keep up with an active lifestyle and participate in her favorite sports at the intramural level.

If Martinez could give advice to anyone applying for college she would tell them to visit all types of schools.

“I would’ve never thought I would go to a small school, but I ended up liking the at-mosphere better,” she said. “Also, don’t choose a college based on major, because you’ll probably end up changing it. And, don’t go to a school just because your friends are going there; go somewhere that is a good fi t for you.”

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John and Marisol Denson have always been interested in fitness, so it was a natu-ral fit to open a chain of six Koko FitClub franchises in Greater Houston, including one at 189 Heights Blvd.

“The majority of people want to be healthier, but a small percentage are ac-tually improving it,” John said.

Koko FitClub was started by Michael and Mary Lannon, a Massachusetts couple, who weren’t satisfied with tradi-tional gyms. Koko now has 130 locations across the country.

A lack of time, can be an obstacle to fitness training, but Koko’s workouts of 30 minutes cardio and 15 minutes of strength – not always on the same day – can squeeze into even the busiest of schedules.

Koko combines fitness and technol-ogy, with a personalized workout plan on

a USB Drive, that the individual inserts every time they work out.

The USB drive tracks all of the indi-vidual’s workouts and provides informa-tion such as body fat percentage and a customized meal plan, complete with recipes.

John said Koko makes an effort to pro-vide personalized service to its clients, something they may not find at tradi-tional gyms.

“If we care about people, we’re going to be successful,” he said. “We use custom exercise and custom nutrition to get results.”

John said hearing success stories from clients makes him feel like he made the right decision.

Koko offers three-month and year-long contracts to its clients.

“Ninety-five percent of the people who do three months sign up for a year,” John said.


Koko FitClub Heights owner John Denson worked out on one of the machines last week at 189 Heights Blvd. (Photo by Michael Sudhalter)

Curves Heights announces annual food drive effort

Curves International, Inc. the largest chain of fitness centers for women in the world, today announced that the 2014 Curves Food Drive will take place from March 10 through March 23 at participat-ing Curves Clubs.

Curves in the Heights is located at 625 W. 19th Street.

This year, Curves is inviting both non-members and members to take part in the Food Drive by bringing in a bag of non-perishable food or a monetary contribu-tion of at least $30 to be donated to a local community food bank. All new members who make a food or monetary donation will not be required to pay a service fee when joining Curves as either a Fitness or Curves Complete member.

“Once again we are honored to offer the Curves Food Drive as a unique way for the community to come together and feed the needs of local food banks while simultaneously feeding the need for women’s health and fitness,” said Dawn McCarthy of Curves in the Heights. “This year, donations will benefit Heights Inter-faith Ministries Food Pantry.”

The Curves Food Drive has donated more than 75 million lbs. of food to ben-efit local community food banks.

The offer expires on Sunday, March 23.

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Women should be more aware of their increased risk for stroke because of their gender said a Memorial Her-mann Southwest Hospital neurologist.

“Men and women share many of the same risks for stroke; however, we have long recognized there are sig-nifi cant differences physicians must be aware of,” said Reza Sadeghi, M.D., a physician who specializes in neurology and neurophysiology at Memorial Hermann Southwest. For the fi rst time, the American Heart Association and the Ameri-can Stroke Association issued guidelines that outline stroke risks unique to women and provide scientifi cally-based recommendations on how best to treat them. Research shows women’s stroke risk is infl uenced by hormones, re-

productive health, pregnancy, childbirth, and other gender-related factors.

The new guidelines include:– Women who have mi-

graine headaches with aura should stay away from smok-ing to avoid higher stroke risks.

– Women should be screened for high blood pres-sure before taking birth con-trol pills because the combina-tion raises stroke risks.

– Women over age 75 should be screened for atrial fi brillation risks due to its link to higher stroke risk.

– Pregnant women with moderately high blood pres-sure (150-159 mmHg/100-109 mmHg) may be considered for blood pressure medication, whereas expectant moth-ers with severe high blood pressure (160/110 mmHg or

above) should be treated.– Women with a history of

high blood pressure before pregnancy should be con-sidered for low-dose aspirin and/or calcium supplement therapy to lower preeclampsia risks.

–Women who have pre-eclampsia have twice the risk of stroke and a four-fold risk of high blood pressure later in life. Therefore, preeclampsia should be recognized as a risk factor well after pregnancy, and other risk factors such as smoking, high cholesterol, and obesity in these women should

be treated early.“The correlation between

migraine headaches and stroke has been understood for years, but one of the more interest-ing points is the new correla-tion between preeclampsia and increased risk of stroke,” said Sadeghi.

– Preeclampsia is a blood pressure disorder during pregnancy that causes major complications, including stroke during or after delivery, premature birth, and risk for stroke well after child-bearing.

– Each year, nearly 700,000 Americans experience either

their fi rst or second stroke, and more than 20 percent of them are fatal. Stroke is third lead-ing cause of death in women compared to the fi fth leading cause for men.

The warning signs include sudden weakness or numbness of face or limb on one side; sudden, severe headache; diffi -culty talking or understanding speech; unexplained dizziness; and sudden dimness/loss of vision, often in one eye. The key to surviving and reducing long term disability is early recognition and calling 911.

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Therapy Village satisfi es patients in Oak ForestThe Houston location of

The Therapy Village (TTV) has been at 1354 W. 43rd Street, Suite D for 14 months, and those in the neighborhood are still discovering it.

Offi ce Manager Maria Hall spoke about a teacher who works in another area, whose child attends an elementary school nearby. She was driving her child to a pediatric therapy service located about 45 min-utes away, but noticed TTV’s banner one day coming out of Kroger. Now, she is a happy client.

“All this time we have been right here,” said Hall. ‚“About 90% of our clients who were referred here were shocked that we are so close.”

Speech and Language Pa-thologist, Julie Ngo Scott opened the Houston branch of TTV in 2012. The fi rst TTV has been in Cypress since 2005 and it is the largest of the two branches with 14 speech,

occupational, and physical therapists.

The Oak Forest location currently has fi ve speech therapists on staff and one bilingual occupational thera-pist. The occupational thera-pist works with patients on their fi ne motor skills as well as sensory integration issues. Physical therapy is not offered at the Oak Forest TTV at this time. Home therapy is not part of TTV services.

“It’s benefi cial for the chil-dren to go to a facility where they can get access to all the right equipment and resourc-es.,” said Scott. “It is also good for children who need help with transitioning from one environment to the next.”

Over the past year, Scott has learned a lot about the Oak Forest location and sur-rounding communities. She re-cently attended the fi rst Oaks Business Association meeting at Plonk with Hall.

“When I opened the Cypress location I was the only speech

therapist for two years,,” said Scott. “Things take time to grow and we are picking up speed. We do wonderful work here and families and caregiv-ers are hearing about it.”

While area pediatricians who recommend pediatric therapy services refer their clients to TTV, Scott says that a large majority of clients are coming to them from parent referrals. They also have their fair share of walk-ins.

No matter how they come, they are motivated to advocate on behalf of the client - which is always a good thing.

“Parents come to TTV wanting help for their children because they see that their child is delayed and they are seeking answers,” said Scott.

The Therapy Village takes most insurance and Medicaid. The Oak Forest location is cur-rently open Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-7 p.m. For more infor-mation, call 713-680-3400 or visit www.thetherapyvillage.com.

Julie Ngo Scott of The Therapy Village works with a patient in Oak Forest. (Submitted photo)

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Physical Therapy/Pilates program promotes fi tnessHeather Norbeck, of Jen-

nifer Klein Physical Therapy and AATB Pilates, is a Certi-fi ed Practitioner of YAMUNA Body Rolling (YBR) as well as a Certifi ed Pilates Teacher.

“My goal‚“ said Heather “is not only to provide therapy, but also to help people keep their body fi t, pain-free, and

totally functional, so it can sustain their quality of life well into the golden years. Imagine never having to worry about painful feet, knees, hips, or an aching back.”

YBR is a fi tness and therapy practice that combines heal-ing, wellness, and injury pre-vention. It uses 6- to 10-inch

balls to strengthen, tone, and realign the body and correct all sorts of problems, includ-ing but not limited to sciatica, herniated disks, rotator cuff injuries, fi bromyalgia, neck, shoulder, and low back pain. Improvement is noted after one session and the therapy practice has a compound

effect regarding achievement of desired results.

Norbeck passionately em-barked on the certifi cation program as she realized the demand and overwhelming need for the work.

Aside from treating prob-lems, YBR is a great way to prevent injury and improve

performance in yoga, Pilates, running, weight training, or whatever you practice, as well as a variety of other sports and fi tness practices. It’s really a workout, massage, and ther-apy treatment all in one,” says Heather.

There are two convenient locations, one in Heights at

1212 Columbia Street and the other, close to Memorial Park, at the corner of Feagan and Malone. For more informa-tion, contact the studio at 713-203-0787 or online at www.jenniferkleinphysicaltherapy.com.

North Houston author provides spiritual health through books

North Houston resident Paul Murrell released his second book, “There’s Reason To Be Encouraged‚“ on Jan. 31.

“The book is a collection of encouraging stories, short devotionals, memorable quips and verse all based on The Bible and some of my experi-ences in life,” he said.

“These are tough times for a lot of people,” Murrell said. “I want this book to give them hope, make them laugh a little, think a lot, and above all, en-courage them.”

Murrell is a Christian writer with more than 130 published articles, short stories, devo-tional pieces and poems that have appeared in periodicals for many denominations.

His fi rst book, “Good Cent$” was published in 2010.

Both books can be pur-chased at Amazon, Barnes and Noble online, and directly from the publisher’s website: http://www.crosslinkpub-lishing.com/product_detail.php?product_id=161($7.69 from Publisher)

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THE SPORTS.Saturday, March 8, 2014 • B

Local duo spark Rice baseball’s successLast season, a Waltrip High

graduate and a St. Thomas High alum led the Rice Univer-sity baseball team to the brink of reaching the College World Series.

Now, junior pitcher Zech Lemond and sophomore catcher Hunter Kopycinski are back to fi nish the job.

“Being so close and not making it motivated us a great amount,” said Kopycinski, a Shepherd Park Plaza native who helped lead STH to a pair of state championships. “We’re going as hard as we can. We’re just playing with a little more of a chip on our shoulder.”

Legendary Rice coach Wayne Graham, who gradu-ated from Reagan High in 1954 and coached Scarborough High in the 1970s, said Kopy-cinski gave the Owls a boost in the postseason last year.

Rice lost to host Oregon in a three-game Super Regional Series last season.

Kopycinski has caught and played designated hitter through the Owls fi rst 12 games of the season, with fi ve hits, fi ve RBI and fi ve runs scored.

Next season, Kopycinski’s former STH teammate, pitcher Michael Rodgers, will join the Owls program.

“It’ll be exciting to have two St. Thomas guys on the team,” Kopycinski said.

Lemond, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Waltrip but chose to attend Rice, was a third team All-American last season for the Owls.

He has a 1.64 ERA through fi ve appearances and has struck out 12. He earned the victory in a 1-0 win over TCU last Saturday in the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid

Park.“I want to push myself a little

harder,” Lemond said. “I don’t want to get satisfi ed. Once you get satisfi ed with where you are, you’l never get better.”

Lemond said he’ll probably declare for the MLB Draft after the season, but he hasn’t made a fi nal decision yet.

For now, he’s focused on leading the Owls to another Conference USA Champion-ship.

“If we get hot at the right time, we can make it a long way,” Lemond said.

The Owls host Old Domin-ion in a three-game series this weekend at Reckling Park.


Rice University junior pitcher Zech Lemond, a Waltrip High graduate, led the Owls to a 1-0 win over TCU last Saturday in the Houston Col-lege Classic at Minute Maid Park. (Photo courtesy of Rice athletics)

Rice University sophomore catcher Hunter Kopycinski, a St. Thomas High graduate, has fi ve hits and fi ve RBI this season. (Photo cour-tesy of Rice athletics)

Pius boys basketball misses state championship game by a pointThe St. Pius X boys bas-

ketball team was less than a second away from competing in the TAPPS 5A State Cham-pionship Game.

The Panthers (23-11) led Plano Pope John Paul II by two points in the second over-time of a 5A semifi nal game in Mansfi eld on Feb. 28.

The offi cials called a foul with 0.9 seconds, and Pope John II sent the game into a third overtime, eventually winning 63-62.

Plano Prestonwood Chris-tian defeated Pope John Paul II, 45-44, in the state title game last Saturday.

St. Pius X fi rst-year head coach Russell Carr, who won four state titles at Westbury Christian, was proud of his team’s effort on Saturday.

Last weekend marked the Panthers’ fi rst trip to the state semifi nals since 2007 when they won a state title.

“We were down by 18 with four minutes left to go in regu-lation,” Carr said. “We started making shots, and they started missing free throws. I thought the kids did a good job of embracing what we’re doing. They saw that if we do things right, we can compete for a championship.”

Senior Cameron Coleman, who scored a game-high 23 points, made two free throws to send the game into the fi rst

overtime, in which neither time scored.

SPX graduates seven se-niors – Jonathan Wiley (who has signed with Division I, Texas State), Jabali Coleman (who will play at Southwest-ern College in Kansas), Avery Sims (who will play football at Quincy University), Cam-eron Coleman, Desmond Ray, Madison Miller and Ricky Castillo.

“I think we’ve got some

rebuilding to do, but I think we’ll have a good nucleus with Jordan Jackson and Mekhi Cannon,” Carr said.

Jackson, a Division I pros-pect, scored 15 points in the semifi nal loss on Feb. 28.

Carr said the Panthers could have contended with Prestonwood, which defeated SPX by three points during the season.

LHN boys soccer contends for state title

The Lutheran High North boys soccer team will look to win its fi rst state champi-onship in school history this weekend.

The Lions (15-3) braved the weather on Tuesday, defeat-ing San Antonio Texas Mili-tary Institute in a 4-3 shootout (after a scoreless double over-time tie) in College Station.

Seniors Donald Mambo, Sean Dandy, Danny Mayz and John Ferguson each scored a

goal in the shootout.LHN will face district rival,

Awty International or Katy Pope John XXIII in the TAPPS 4A semifi nals at 6 p.m. Friday at St. Thomas High’s Granger Stadium.

If the Lions win Friday, they’ll meet Fort Worth South-west or Grapevine Faith in the 4A championship game will be held at noon Saturday at Awty International’s fi eld, I-10 and Loop 610.

The Lions swept Awty, the district champion, and Pope John during the regular season but fi nished second in district due to losses against Lutheran South and Second Baptist.

LHN head coach Detlef Kemnitz has guided the Lions to six state championships in 28 seasons, but they fi nished second each time (most re-cently, in 2006)

Mambo, one of six seniors on the team, has led the Lions with 23 goals, including the game-winner in a 1-0 victory

over San Antonio Christian in both teams’ playoff opener last week.

Dandy is the team’s only four-year starter, and Fergu-son anchors the team defen-sively.

Mayz, a transfer from Venezuela, and senior Luke Schoppe, a cross country standout, and sophomore Byunghun Han play key roles on the team.

Junior Jacob McLemore, is a three-year starter for the Lions.

STH soccer drops playoff opener

The St. Thomas High boys soccer team won a district championship but lost its play-off opener to Addison Trinity Christian, 3-2, last Saturday.

Andres Martinez and Peter Hawkins scored one goal apiece for the Eagles.


St. Pius X junior Jordan Jackson, pictured earlier this season, scored 15 points in the Panthers’ 63-62 triple overtime loss to Plano Pope John Paul II in the TAPPS 5A semifi nals on Feb. 28 in Mansfi eld. (File photo)

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Recently, six busloads of chattering, bright-eyed and wiggling students from Garden Oaks Magnet Montessori School traveled to Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center to see a production of the Karen Stokes Dance Company called Fram-ing Dance. Framing Dance is a special field trip experience into the world of contempo-rary dance which was created in 2007 by dancer and chore-ographer Karen Stokes at the request of the Hobby Center’s Discovery Series.

In 2010, Framing Dance was accepted as a special program partner with Young Audiences of Houston. Fully funded with a combination of grants and donations (par-tially funded by Young Audi-ences of Houston), since 2010 this program has been fully booked with over 2,500 stu-dents participating annually and to date, the program has served over 14,000 students in the greater Houston area. What that means is this hugely valuable field trip for students is free! Paying for school buses alone is a great expense and this prices many schools out of receiving the benefit of field trips. You may not realize the cost for Houston ISD buses and field trips comes directly from each school’s budget and some schools do not have any-thing in their budget for field trips and school buses! This is devastating when I think back to the field trips I enjoyed as a child in HISD schools –I re-member seeing the Houston Symphony for the first time,

visiting the Houston Museum of Natural Science and seeing the dinosaurs, and I will never forget traveling to the John-son SpaceCenter or Huntsville State Park with my school chums. I had many wonderful “firsts” on my field trips back in the 1970s.

Garden Oaks neighbor Toni Valle has danced with the Karen Stokes Dance Company since 2000 and is currently its Company Manager. Her son, Dante, attends GOMM. Valle narrated the dances, explained dance and theatre terminology and methodology, and urged the students to look for clues related to meaning and story-telling during each section of the performance. The beauty of this educational perfor-mance in a professional dance theater setting is that it brings the nuts and bolts of a pro-duction down to the students’ level and the children respond to it; the Garden Oaks students soaked up the experience like little sponges. Because field trips like this one are rare for most inner city schools due to

the expense as I mentioned above, this may be the one and only time some of the students will go downtown to a professional theatre and see something live.

For children who have had no exposure to art or dance, and for those who have seen plays or a dance production before, Valle’s narration and the fun audience interaction together with the charming portrayals by the dancers pro-vided an eye opening experi-ence as the students learned about contemporary dance, lighting, sound production, costumes, props, how many people and how much time it takes to produce one dance performance, and what is ac-tually behind the curtain back-stage.

In a lively Q&A session after the performance with Ms. Stokes, Ms. Valle and the dancers, the students’ ques-tions were surprisingly syner-getic and painted a wonderful, full picture of how a dancer is created (“How long do danc-ers train and how old are they

when they start? How do you create a dance? How do you pay for your dance company? How long does it take to learn a dance?”). It was easy to un-derstand how a dance itself can be born out of an initial dream in one’s mind and be developed into a full-fledged production with performers, costumes and music. The children were completely en-gaged the entire time and that is saying something!

Kudos to Lindsey Pollock for saying yes to the field trip. She is a strong supporter of the arts herself and is always on the lookout for enrichment experiences for GOMM’s stu-dents. One last comment by one of GOMM’s teachers, Faith Davis, sums it all up: “What was gratifying is the

dimension the program pro-vides for the students to learn about an art form like dance and have it broken down into a professional discipline that re-quires planning, study, dedica-tion, and growth. All of those dancers the students met seemed so well adjusted, well balanced and were such stel-lar role models for those kids who began to think that pick-ing out an alternative career in the arts is a reasonable goal. The dancers demonstrated that schoolwork is important, and they all have some con-nection to a program that has helped balance their lives and keep them disciplined. Such a good focus for children who are pushed too often into the pressures of test taking and paper and pencil studies.”


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Texas on December 5, 1955 passed away February 28 2014. The son of Helen and Alfonso Rodriguez, he attend-ed San Jose Catholic Prepara-tory School in Puerto Rico. He is survived by his wife of 30 years Maria Luisa Rodriguez, his sons Gustavo A. Rodriguez and William A. Rodriguez. His sisters Anita R. Trullenque and Sofia R. Schnell, Sister in law, Alicia V. Vaidez, Mary Harbin, Estella Hernandez, Brother Mario Rodriguez and Brother in law Juan Valdez. He worked for AC Engineering Systems for 20 years; more recently he was employed by Taxman & Associates, LLC. He was an active member of All Saints Catholic Church and was the recipient of many awards and commendations for his staunch support of local sports and education programs.A vigil will begin at 5 pm on Thursday March 6th in the chapel of Pat H Foley & Co. Funeral Directors. Service for Mr. Rodriguez will be Friday March 7th at All Saints Catholic Church 215 E 10th Street Houston TX 77008. In lieu of customary floral tributes, the family welcomes any donation made to The American Diabetes Association - P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312, in memory of their beloved Husband, Father and Godfather.

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