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2012 Football Preview

• New coach, new era for Waltrip Rams - (0)
• So close in 2011, St. Thomas looking to take it all - (0)
• It’s all about the ‘journey’ in tough St. Pius schedule - (0)
• Coach strives to bring ‘Friday Night’ experience to Scarborough - (0)
• Experience could make difference for Reagan - (0)
• Toughest opponent for Lutheran North could be itself - (0)

Back to school 2012

• Backpack overload? How to keep your child safe - (0)
• St. Rose blooming with new facilities, tech marvels — and 8th-graders - (0)
• What’s new in HISD this year - (0)
• Advice to parents: best to ease children back into school - (0)
• Summerhouse eases journey to productive, adult living - (0)

Breast Cancer

• Survivor is Leader of the Pack in annual bikers’ breast cancer fundraiser - (0)
• Opinion: Don’t sacrifice cancer patients because of controversy over state institute - (0)
• More than 25,000 Race for the Cure through downtown - (0)
• Every life is touched in efforts to defeat this terrible disease - (0)
• Ready, set — Race for the Cure - (0)
• The Rose ‘Me2′ campaign takes isolation out of breast cancer testing - (0)
• Out of the shadows: Ellen Cohen’s 42-year survivor’s tale traces history of breast cancer awareness - (0)
• Houston survivor counts on friends, family – and The Rose - (0)
• One tough lady: martial arts expert’s toughest battle was breast cancer — twice - (0)
• Self-exams save lives. Brenda Pinon is living proof. - (0)

Briefly

• Food Network ‘Ten Dollar Dinner’ expert to sign book at Sam’s Club - (0)
• Weigh in on bike-pedestrian project - (0)

Business Leaders

• Memorial Hermann Northwest opens new ER/trauma facilities - (0)
• Spotlight on local business - (0)
• Lance Fegen’s recipe for success: cultural influences (like surfing, pigs, Spam) - (0)
• Don Ball: Doing marketing homework is key to business success - (0)
• Mickey Blake: Stop shooting for the stars – aim at top 20 percent - (0)
• Business briefs – April 2013 - (0)
• Drought has already spawned relief loans for small businesses - (0)
• UH center offers GrowthWheel as development tool - (0)
• Teach youngsters money smarts - (0)
• Greater Heights Chamber chief stepping down - (0)

Calendar

• Calendar 3/2/13 - (2)
• Community calendar 2/16/13 - (0)
• Community calendar 2/9/13 - (0)
• Calendar 2/02/13 - (0)
• Calendar 1/26/13 - (0)
• Leader calendar 1/19/13 - (0)
• Calendar 1/12/13 - (0)
• Leader calendar 12/27 - (0)
• Calendar: Holiday singalong fun, silent auction at Heritage Oaks School - (0)
• Calendar for week of 12/6/12 - (0)

Community

• Good taste, good health: Share your recipes - (0)
• Heights resident gets (and gives) a kick from TUTS Spamalot - (0)
• Downsizing Mom and Dad: it’s easier if you talk first - (0)
• Double trouble ends with robbery in North Loop lot - (0)
• Help for Hwy. 290 commuters as Metro opening HOT lane - (0)
• Neighbors: Squeezing in time for a master’s degree - (0)
• Obituaries 5/18/13 - (0)
• News From the Pews 5/18/13: Interim rector named at St. Andrew’s Episcopal - (0)
• Memorial Hermann Northwest opens new ER/trauma facilities - (0)
• Shipley’s on Ella robbed - (0)

Contact us

• Guidelines for submitting articles & photos to The Leader News - (0)
• How to contact us - (10)
• Staff/Departments - (1)
• To submit a death notice/obituary - (0)

Crime Reports

• Crime blotter 5/18/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 5/11/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 5/4/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 4/27/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 4/20/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 4/13/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 4/6/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 3/23/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 3/16/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 2/21-3/3 - (0)

Deaths

• Obituaries 5/18/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 4/27/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 4/20/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 4/13/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 4/6/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 3/30/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 3/23/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 3/16/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 3/9/13 - (0)
• Obituaries 3/2/13 - (0)

Eater Nibbles

• Eater Nibbles: Great Taste of the Heights offers sampler of area dining - (0)
• Eater Nibbles: Indian food nearby at last, sweet idea for Mom - (0)
• Nibbles: Reinvention of D&T Drive Inn, opening of Federal Grill - (0)
• Nibbles: Taco delivery, classic cars and burgers, full belly fete, Empty Bowls preview - (0)
• Nibbles: Austin wings joint may fly into Harolds site - (1)
• Nibbles: Spaghetti Western, the sequel; Town in City, craft beer benefit week, Table 19, MAM’s - (0)
• Nibbles: Volleyball bar coming to Garden Oaks, new life for SRO’s crawfish - (0)
• Nibbles 3/9/13: Sweet treats, bittersweet goodbye, smoked meats - (0)
• Nibbles: Fratelli’s bids ciao for now, Lenten menus, celeb chef plans 2 eateries in Washington Heights - (2)
• Nibbles: What’s coming to Branch Water site - (0)

Education

• At Stevens ES, there’s a science to having a lively street festival - (0)
• High achievers: Lutheran North seniors earn elite scholarships - (0)
• Law enforcement/criminal justice HS sale up for HISD board vote next week; public weighs in first - (0)
• School briefs 2/2 - (0)
• HISD building schedule: Waltrip among first, Garden Oaks among last for makeovers - (0)
• State of HCC is healthy – but bonds would make it robust, says chancellor - (0)
• School briefs: Sinclair TV field trip, family literacy night at Harvard, special programs at Field - (0)
• School briefs: FAST ranking, great things at Field ES, Reagan HS leader - (0)
• School briefs: Crockett petitions to be magnet, HISD needs nurses - (0)
• Backpack overload? How to keep your child safe - (0)

Family Time

• Downsizing Mom and Dad: it’s easier if you talk first - (0)
• Summer fun alert: Where to go from those who know - (0)
• Summer reading and more: For young and old, what’s coming up in June at Heights Library - (0)
• Galveston as a summer home-away-from-home - (0)
• Where wild is perfectly OK (and getting even wilder) - (0)
• Before your teen looks for a summer job, learn the laws - (0)
• Houston’s ‘Summer Book’ of activities is a decade old, but always brand-new - (0)
• Neighborhood intel: Here’s what parents recommend for summer camp/class fun - (0)
• From tots to teens, Foster YMCA summer camps offer fun, friendship - (0)
• ARTS ALIVE! teaches self-awareness through creativity - (0)

Fighting crime

• Crime blotter 5/18/13 - (0)
• Double trouble ends with robbery in North Loop lot - (0)
• Shipley’s on Ella robbed - (0)
• FBI limiting details in ‘takeover’ of Wells Fargo on 34th St. - (0)
• Crime blotter 5/11/13 - (0)
• COMMUNITY ALERT: Post your own crime & prevention info here - (17)
• Updated with survey, minutes: Oak Forest Homeowners eye constable patrols as crime deterrent - (2)
• Crime blotter 5/4/13 - (0)
• HPD storefronts: what they do and don’t do - (2)
• Free guns for vulnerable neighborhoods: Armed Citizen Project launching with 77018 - (2)

Football schedules

• Lutheran North Lions football schedule 2012 - (0)
• Waltrip Rams football schedule 2012 - (0)
• Scarborough Spartans football schedule 2012 - (0)
• Reagan Bulldogs football schedule 2012 - (0)
• St. Pius X Panthers football schedule 2012 - (0)
• St. Thomas Eagles football schedule 2012 - (0)

Gardening

• Dennis Woodward: Giveaway to plant seed for horticultural sharing - (0)
• Time to nurture love of nature is in childhood - (0)
• Dennis Woodward: Gardening as an altruistic activity, for the community - (0)
• Plant now, harvest green beans in 6 weeks, cucumbers not long after - (0)
• Dennis Woodward: Of homegrown tomatoes and bountiful loquat trees - (0)
• Dennis Woodward: Creating a magnetic land for birds, butterflies - (0)
• Dennis Woodward: When you can’t see true reforestation for the trees - (0)
• Backyard gardener: Growing a home orchard - (0)
• The Reader: Home fruit and vegetable production as a crime deterrent - (0)
• For Dennis Woodward, it’s about seeing the forest and the trees - (0)

Hipstrict

• Leader Eater: At Miller’s, the magic is in the burger buns - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Powder puff football, BrewFest, hit the patios - (0)
• Eater Nibbles: Great Taste of the Heights offers sampler of area dining - (0)
• Art a la carte: Independent spirit in Houston art scene - (0)
• Leader Eater: Ruggles Green was worth the wait - (0)
• Eater Nibbles: Indian food nearby at last, sweet idea for Mom - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Pub league ready to bowl you over, week devoted to craft beer - (0)
• Art a la Carte: Last weekend for Wind Water Gallery in Heights - (0)
• Leader Eater: Soma doesn’t fail to fill the stomach - (0)
• Locavoracious: Zelko’s Bistro is creating a buzz about sustainability - (0)

Jonathan McElvy Publisher

• Jonathan McElvy: Men, have you ever bought Lil Tummys gas drops? - (1)
• Jonathan McElvy: A mother’s love cannot be duplicated anywhere on earth - (0)
• Jonathan McElvy: Social media stories make me proud of our medium - (2)
• Jonathan McElvy: Do these poor students really need another label? - (0)
• Jonathan McElvy: HPD’s media policies don’t help improve public safety - (2)
• Jonathan McElvy: Columns are never personal –– they should start dialogues - (0)
• Jonathan McElvy: There’s unfinished business at the Heights Chamber - (3)
• Jonathan McElvy: Get your story in The Leader –– as long as there’s no cult involved - (0)
• Jonathan McElvy to local businesses: take down the flags, stop ringing the bells - (0)
• Jonathan McElvy: Parts of our community are not growing like the rest of us - (0)

Leader Eater

• Leader Eater: At Miller’s, the magic is in the burger buns - (0)
• Leader Eater: Ruggles Green was worth the wait - (0)
• Leader Eater: Soma doesn’t fail to fill the stomach - (0)
• Leader Eater: Minis make life of pie more attainable - (0)
• Leader Eater: Bugs ‘n brews, while they last, at Woodrows Heights - (0)
• Leader Eater: Kraftsmen take the frenzy out of brunching - (0)
• Leader Eater: Cavatore discovery better late than never - (0)
• Leader Eater: Winning wings, hearty handshake is Lucky’s recipe for success - (0)
• Leader Eater: Lupe Tortilla gets the little things right - (0)
• Leader Eater: Liberty Kitchen’s ceviche and – yum – a bacon-y side - (0)

Leader Listings: Real Estate

• Leader-area home sales, prices continue strong in March - (0)
• Oak Forest Homeowners Association growing along with neighborhood - (0)
• Heights leads the way: Quality schools = higher home values + neighborhood desirability - (0)
• Expert opinion: Do residential home sales result in commercial growth? - (0)
• The Do-Over: Past honored, present accommodated in award-winning re-do - (0)
• Housing sales slow down in Leader areas, but prices go up, up, up - (0)
• Do Over: To the studs and back - (0)
• Heights’ Germantown OK’d as Houston’s newest historic district - (1)
• 19th Street in the Heights to be ‘Painted Red’ - (0)
• Homes sales best since ’01 - (0)

Living

• The Molly Diaries: Looking out for the defenseless - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: To rescue or not to rescue - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Chew on this helpful information - (0)
• Dennis Woodward: Giveaway to plant seed for horticultural sharing - (0)
• Aak-aak: Regurgitating hairball help - (0)
• Time to nurture love of nature is in childhood - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Rodents make great pets. Really - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Spring cleaning means addressing pet needs, too - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Bites are worse than barks and here’s how to avoid them - (0)
• Houston’s ‘Summer Book’ of activities is a decade old, but always brand-new - (0)

Locavoracious

• Locavoracious: Zelko’s Bistro is creating a buzz about sustainability - (0)
• Locavoracious Farm Stand report: A pitch to contact legislators - (0)
• Locavoracious: Say ‘cheese’ at Houston Dairymaids’ one-of-a-kind shop - (0)
• Texas bills give locavores something to chew on - (0)
• Urban Harvest closes Highland Village market, adds Sunday hours to Eastside - (0)
• Locavoracious: Master Gardener grow-your-own info is available online, in person - (0)
• Locavoracious: Community garden expands its education outreach - (0)
• Locavoracious: Coltivare finds it’s not easy being a green restaurateur - (0)
• Locavoracious: Hen ordinance, sustainable living fest, milk controversy - (2)
• Locavoracious: Your guide to nearby farmer’s markets - (1)

Lynn Ashby

• Lynn Ashby: The moving experience of settling in Texas - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: Shutting down the red light district - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: Shutting down the red light district - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: Give us your winners - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: Lure of wealth attracts junkyard hogs - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: What’s on Texans’ plates is food for thought - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: We pledge our trough - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: A bigg apollogee frum are deportment of korreshuns - (2)
• Lynn Ashby: Giving discredit where discredit is due - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: Let’s pin the blame on the donkey - (0)

Neat Tweets

• Neat Tweets 2/2/13 - (0)
• Neat Tweets 1/19 - (0)
• Neat tweets 1/12/13 - (0)
• Neat Tweets 9/6: full of awe, humor and even a touch of romance - (0)
• Neat Tweets 8/30: Any Lavinias, Reitas, Onies, Coramaes, Montas out there? - (0)
• Neat Tweets 8/23 - (0)
• Neat tweets 8/16 - (0)
• Neat Tweets week of Aug. 9 - (0)
• Neat Tweets for the week August 2 - (0)

Neighbors

• Neighbors: Squeezing in time for a master’s degree - (0)
• Neighbors are blowing out the birthday candles - (0)
• Neighbors are buzzing with spring activities - (0)
• Neighbors: Getting friendly over mounds of crawfish - (0)
• Neighbors: Sure signs of spring - (0)
• Neighbors: Hunting eggs, celebrating a milestone, doing the ‘shake’ - (0)
• Neighbors: Oaks Dads get ready to play ball - (0)
• Neighbors include flocks of feathered friends - (0)
• Neighbors: Girl Scout takes aim at state, national archery titles - (0)
• Neighbors 2/9/13: Waltrip students get global perspective - (0)

Pets-The Molly Diaries

• The Molly Diaries: Looking out for the defenseless - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: To rescue or not to rescue - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Chew on this helpful information - (0)
• Aak-aak: Regurgitating hairball help - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Rodents make great pets. Really - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Spring cleaning means addressing pet needs, too - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Bites are worse than barks and here’s how to avoid them - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Opportunities for blessings and philanthropy this weekend - (0)
• Molly Diaries: The small, the furry and the preventable - (0)
• The first entry in The Molly Diaries: meet our new pet columnist - (1)

Photo Gallery

• Entry 111 – Peanut - (0)
• Entry 110 – Nefte - (1)
• Entry 109 – Skippy - (0)
• Entry 108 – Dude - (0)
• Entry 1 – Larry Bird - (2)
• Entry 2 – Birdie - (1)
• Entry 3 - (0)
• Entry 4 – Chica - (4)
• Entry 5 – Jinx - (1)
• Entry 6 – Leia - (2)

Politics

• Heights resident making run at Houston council - (0)
• Harris Co. voters won’t be removed on basis of dead-or-alive letter, registrar says - (0)
• HISD, Houston, HCC to decide if $2.5 billion in bonds go on ballot - (0)

Public Safety Briefs

• Crime reports, from your neighbors, via social media - (0)
• HPD seeks info on robberies - (0)
• Houston Police: Scams aren’t just in person - (0)
• Not a hostage… just a shoplifter at Kroger - (0)
• Crime briefs 9/27: National Night Out, Most Wanted, Most Stolen, Most Embarrassed - (0)
• Tragedy in Washington Heights: drifter burns to death in shed - (0)
• Crime blotter: smart car, bad move; grisly find at building site - (0)
• HPD investigating Heights death - (0)
• Probe continues in fire death - (0)

Religion

• News From the Pews 5/18/13: Interim rector named at St. Andrew’s Episcopal - (0)
• News From the Pews 4/20/13 - (0)
• News From the Pews 4/13/13 - (0)
• News From the Pews 4/6/13 - (0)
• Heights mission helps rebuild church in Haiti - (0)
• News From the Pews 3/30/13 - (0)
• News From the Pews 3/23/13 - (0)
• News From the Pews 3/16/13 - (0)
• News From the Pews 3/9/13 - (0)
• Heights Presbyterian to install new pastor - (0)

Sports

• Reagan alum, Reynolds, reflects on relationships, faith and baseball - (0)
• VIEW FROM THE STANDS: Pius’ baseball season was second to none - (4)
• Pius freshman, Stewart, excels on the golf course - (0)
• St. Pius X baseball falls to Liberty Christian in TAPPS 5A title game - (0)
• Notebook: LHN’s Quickel, SPX’s Jackson finish second at state track - (0)
• UPDATED: St. Pius X downs St. Thomas to fight for state TAPPS title Tuesday - (0)
• HISD’s Truelove leaving a great legacy at Delmar-Tusa - (0)
• Sports Notebook: Oaks Dad’s Club 12U Softball team wins Spring Tournament - (1)
• Lutheran North senior aims for state shot put title - (0)
• Pius teams advance to quarterfinals; Reagan, Waltrip, Scarborough baseball fall in first round - (0)

Summer fun

• Houston’s ‘Summer Book’ of activities is a decade old, but always brand-new - (0)
• Neighborhood intel: Here’s what parents recommend for summer camp/class fun - (0)
• From tots to teens, Foster YMCA summer camps offer fun, friendship - (0)
• ARTS ALIVE! teaches self-awareness through creativity - (0)
• Tradition blends with life skills at Girl Scout resident camps - (0)
• Downtown walking tour makes great family activity - (0)
• At Texas Children’s, camps are for all youngsters - (0)
• Claire School of Dance makes summer magic - (0)
• Kids Fun Camp is an area tradition - (0)
• Kidcam Camps launch second summer season - (0)

The List

• The Tex-Mex recipe: Sabor, simplicidad, familia - (0)
• Houston pioneers led the Tex-Mex food craze - (0)
• Say buenos dias with breakfast tacos - (0)
• Tex-Mex on wheels: Great food in Houston isn’t just at restaurants - (0)
• Offal-ly good: a primer on the Tex-Mex use of offbeat meats - (0)
• Andy’s Café serves Tex-Mex the old-fashioned way - (0)
• Frida oversees artful food at two neighborhood eateries - (0)
• Spanish Flowers is familiar –– and (almost) always open - (0)
• Heart and soul of Tex-Mex served at Heights Alma Latina - (0)
• Legend of Cyclone Anaya lives on - (0)

The Public

• Crime blotter 5/18/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 5/11/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 5/4/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 4/27/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 4/20/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 4/13/13 - (0)
• Crime reports, from your neighbors, via social media - (0)
• HPD seeks info on robberies - (0)
• Crime blotter 4/6/13 - (0)
• Crime blotter 3/23/13 - (0)

The Reader.

• The Reader 5/18/13 - (0)
• The Reader 5/11/13 - (0)
• The Reader 5/4/13 - (0)
• The Reader 4/27/13 - (0)
• The Reader 4/20/13 - (1)
• The Reader 4/13 - (0)
• The Reader 4/6/13 - (0)
• The Reader 3/30/13 - (0)
• The Reader 3/16/13 - (0)
• The Reader 3/9/13 - (0)

The Topics

• Jonathan McElvy: Men, have you ever bought Lil Tummys gas drops? - (1)
• The Reader 5/18/13 - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: The moving experience of settling in Texas - (0)
• Jonathan McElvy: A mother’s love cannot be duplicated anywhere on earth - (0)
• The Reader 5/11/13 - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: Shutting down the red light district - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: Shutting down the red light district - (0)
• Jonathan McElvy: Social media stories make me proud of our medium - (2)
• The Reader 5/4/13 - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: Give us your winners - (0)

Thirsty Explorer

• Thirsty Explorer: Powder puff football, BrewFest, hit the patios - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Pub league ready to bowl you over, week devoted to craft beer - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer preview: Corkscrew update, mass printmaking, Spam-off - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Wine not take advantage of wine bargains? - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Here comes another Little Woodrow’s, and it’s big - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Arriba! Margarita taste-off for fun, charity - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Washington Ave. stroll yields tequila, kegs and eggs - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: OKRA is more than a food - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Jam Night is live music without the pain - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Powering your party by pedal - (0)

Top Stories

• Timbergrove residents hope fears over NW Mall nightclub are enough to keep it from opening - (0)
• Historic Heights Baptist Temple making way for new retail, dining - (0)
• Memorial Hermann Northwest opens new ER/trauma facilities - (0)
• FBI limiting details in ‘takeover’ of Wells Fargo on 34th St. - (0)
• North Loop chaos alert: Ella eastbound exit closing for 2 months - (0)
• Developers will try, try again with Yale St. apartments in Heights - (0)
• Waitress’ No. 1 job: being a mom - (0)
• Oak Forest family has a ball creating an Art Car; details on rescheduled Saturday parade - (0)
• UPDATED: Man hit by lightning in Lazybrook-Timbergrove parking lot; storms waning for now - (0)
• Updated with survey, minutes: Oak Forest Homeowners eye constable patrols as crime deterrent - (2)

Uncategorized

• Lynn Ashby: Shutting down the red light district - (0)
• The Molly Diaries: Aak-aak: Regurgitating hairball help - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: What’s on Texans’ plates is food for thought - (0)
• Lynn Ashby: A bigg apollogee frum are deportment of korreshuns - (2)
• Event of the week 3/9/13 edition - (0)
• Thirsty Explorer: Jam Night is live music without the pain - (0)
• Leader Eater: You’d better get Gatlin’s when you can - (2)
• Event of the week 2/23/13: Heights Association awards - (0)
• Mitch Cohen: Beyond the galleries, Houston outdoor art venues thrive - (0)
• Crime blotter 2/1/13-2/10/13 - (0)

• Test - (0)
• Daily Online Winners - (0)
• Leader Lovables - (27)