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October is upon us and were just a couple weeks away from trick-or-treaters and festive parties. This year Halloween falls

on a Friday, so what better way to celebrate All Hallows Day then with a few good friends and a killer cocktail. Well, maybe not killer (we want your friends alive) but something tasty.

For this month’s cocktail of the month, I would like to offer a suggestion: A Bloody Gin Fiz.

This year the phrase has been “gin is in,” or so I hear. The dry spirit hasn’t always had an “in” wrap. The spirit can usually be referenced with the three martini lunch era, an era that didn’t last long for obvious reasons. Depending on who you ask, the spirit took a bad wrap over the years. As of recent, Gin has become a popular go-to choice and will be our go-to choice for our Bloody Gin Fiz.

To keep it local, LoneSpur gin will be our foun-dation. A Texas gin made in Carrolton that is lo-

cated just north of Dallas. The gin is decently priced for $14.99 for a 750 ML bottle.

Ingredients• 2 ounces gin• 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice• Simple syrup• 1/2 ounce blood orange • Sprig of mint, eyeball or spider DirectionsMuddle your blood orange in a shaker. Then

add your gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, club soda and ice. Shake vigorously. Strain and pour.Finish with your garnish of choice.

Legend has it, that a couple New Orleans fi zz-es back in the day had to be shaken so much that it had to be passed from bar tender to bar tender, as arms gave out. The better the shake, the better the fi z. So an extra set of hands might be usful.

Have fun with your cocktails for this year’s festive fall parties. Designate a cocktail menu for your party and include it on your invitation. A menu will tell your party attendees what to ex-pect and will set your party at the top of the list to attend. Let us know how your Bloody Gin Fiz comes out by sending in photos via email or to our social media platforms. Cheers!

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Sweet fall treats and festive cocktails

3 Brothers Bakery just celebrated 65 years of business, tradition and serving gen-erations of Houstonians with their sweet

treats. A big celebration was had at the Braes-wood location. As part of a social media cel-ebration campaign, 3 Brothers has a traveling life-size gingerbread man. Customers are encouraged to take a photo with the gingerbread man, upload the photo to Twitter and Facebook, share memories made at the bakery and use the hashtag #3BBMemories. The ginger bread man is currently at the Washington location and will soon be traveling to the Memorial bakery location.

In the spirit of the fall season, 3 Brothers Bakery’s fall treats is this month’s “Entree” of the Month.

Washington Store Manager Tif-fany Martinez has picked a handful of their fall treats to share with you today.

•Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffi n: a spiced cake, pumpkin pie cheesecake blended icing, with white chocolate shavings on top.

• Apple Spiced Cupcake: spiced cake with an apple fruit fi lling and a cinnamon brown sugar icing on top, and yellow strudel crumbs on the side.

• Black Widow Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with raspberry fruit fi lling, washed with rum and a chocolate butter cream topping that has been airbrushed black, and has raspberry “blood” coming off the top of it.

•Dipped Deck Cookies: bear shaped cook-ies that are decorated in halloween costumes. These cookies can also be ordered as a dipped deck round cookie, which are the same cookie,

but have different halloween or fall decorations and come in the shape of ghosts, cats, or pump-kins.

• Chocolate Pecan Pie: pecan pie with fudge fi lling in it. This can be ordered as a personal six

inch pie or as a sharing eight inch size.

• Pumpkin Pie: a traditional pumpkin pie that can also be or-dered as a personal or eight inch pie.

“Our regular pecan pie is cur-rently sold out,” Martinez said. “We also make deep dish pies. For the pecan pie, fi ve pounds go into the deep dish. This is a great option for a Thanksgiving dinner or a fall party.”

Any of the suggested items are made to order. Martinez says 3 Brothers Bakery should be your destination of choice for your fall

treats because of the tradition and generations the bakery has served.

“I think it is the fact that we have been around for so long and generations have followed us to each location over the years,” Martinez said. “Everything is the same recipe from years back. Our bakers have been here for years and ev-erything is still made by hand. You can know that someone is back there making it with their hands, the same way we have for 65 years.”

Whether you eat the treats as an entree, we will leave that decision up to you. The bakery has a full cafe bar, breakfast options and even a dog friendly patio to enjoy sweet treats with your canine best friend. Any of the listed treats can be found at any of the 3 Brothers Bakery lo-cations: Washington, Braeswood and Memorial.

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MARTINEZManaging Editor

Trick or treat. Here is something good to eat!

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By Betsy [email protected]

It’s date night and you’re looking for some quality time and good food with your sig-nifi cant other. But where to go? The Leader polled area readers on social media and came up with a top fi ve, in no particular order.

1 Carrie Hardaker said that her spot is Lillo and Ella,

2307 Ella Blvd. “We abso-lutely love the food, especially the scallops and octopus,” she said. “The cocktails are to die for, and the bartenders are awesome.”

2 More than a few people mentioned Rainbow

Lodge, just down the street at 2011 Ella Blvd. Nan Hayden said that the restaurant is her Sunday night date night spot. “Since moving here from Mas-sachusetts a year ago, that has been our substitute for Sun-day family dinners,” she said. “Rose the bartender is friendly and brilliant.”

3 Megan Lapari Rasmussen and Kay Cattoni both men-

tioned Shade, 250 W. 19th St. “We try to avoid going south of I-10 if possible so many of our date nights are limited to the Leader area,” said Ras-mussen. “We have celebrated several special occasions at Shade,” said Cattoni. “Fantas-tic food and great service.”

4 Missy Frenchman’s heart belongs to Don Jose, 5305

Antoine Dr. “I grew up eating there every Friday with my parents and siblings and lunch with my grandma for most of my life,” she said. “Moved away to Oklahoma for almost nine years and never found anything remotely close to good ol’ Don Jose. We have moved back to Oak Forest and we are there every Friday night for dinner and margari-tas.”

5 Ken Marek waxed nostal-gic in his answer and talked

about The Texan Drive In on Hempstead, and the Prince’s on Shepherd; both closed now. However the Prince’s was franchised in the 1990s by Elizabeth Flores, a former car hop and longtime Prince’s employee. The closest loca-tion is at 1201 N. Post Oak Rd. at I-10. They actually close at 4 p.m. Monday - Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturdays. So make it a lunch date instead with a cherry limeade and Hound Dog (Two all-beef hot dogs with homemade chili, cheese, mustard and onions.)

Reader suggestions for your next night out on the town

Photo by Betsy DensonGuests of Lillo and Ella, located at 2307 Ella Blvd., enjoy the nice weather outside on the patio.

Photos by Christina MartinezFrom the left, the Apple Spiced Cupcake, the Black Widow Cupcake and the Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffi n.

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Wakefi eld CrowBar’s Sec-ond edition of the CrowBar Olympics will be this Sat-urday, October 18! So, dust off your bobsleds and join them for a fun fi lled day of friendly competition. There will be fl ip cup, pong, tug of war, dodgeball, volleyball, a relay race and trivia with prizes awarded for fi rst, second and third place. For more information, visit www.wakefi eldcrowbar.com or fi nd them on Facebook.

Ziegenbock Music Festival The 12th annual Ziegen-

bock Music Festival will return to Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday, October 18 starting at 12:30 p.m. The line up includes Josh Turner, Pat Green, Dan + Shay, Casey Donahew Band, Kevin Fowler, Roger Creager, and

so many more! There will be a full day of amazing live country music on the grassy hill

near the Sam Houston Race Park’s West Lot. Tickets start at $25. For more informa-tion about Sam Houston Race Park, located at 7575 N. Sam Houston Parkway W., visit www.shrp.com.

Big Brew HoustonCrafted for beer lovers

in Houston and across the nation, Big Brew is the fi rst destination craft beer festival in Houston. On October 20-26 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, this incredible festival will feature over 1,000 craft beers and hard-to-fi nd specialty brews for all beer enthusiasts from novice to expert.

Offerings for the week-long event include VIP experiences, pub crawls, craft beer dinners, food and beer pairings, beer education seminars, intimate meet-

and-greet opportunities, a Best in Texas event focused on Texas offerings only and two grand tasting sessions. The event will spotlight Houston’s role as a leader in the craft beer industry.

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day, October 23, from 6 - 9 pm. This event will spotlight Houston’s top culinary talent in this fi ne tasting experience where each Chef ’s prepara-tion is paired with award winning craft beers for a taste bud blowout.

Texas Brewed, Friday, Oc-tober 24, 6 - 9 p.m., where 40 Texas Breweries show their Texas pride and a passion for Texas’ best craft brews.

Big Brew Grand Tasting Sessions, Saturday, October 25, Session 1: 1- 4:30 p.m.; Session 2: 6:30 - 10 p.m. Enjoy over 1,000 craft beers, featuring the Spec’s Universi-ty Seminar Stage, and a slew of brew brains, brewmasters and beer industry movers

and shakers.Big Brew is sponsored

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fl icts, Houston Press Brew-Fest organizers decided to cancel the October 18, 2014 BrewFest. BrewFest will be back in May 2015 and they look forward to seeing every-one there! For more informa-tion, microapp.houstonpress.com/brewfest/2014/.

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The Glass Wall’s Shepard Ross tells The Leader that they aim to keep the familiarity of the restaurant at 933 Stude-wood St. while freshening it up a bit with the help of Erin M. Hicks interiors. They were closed one day this week but will stay open for the rest of the work week. “We’re doing it in phases,” said Ross of the interior work on upholstery, fi xtures and walls. “We didn’t want to close for an extended period of time since we’re a neighborhood spot – we have people who eat here two or three days a week.”

The restaurant, which has been around for nine years, is also about to get a revamped website to match their new look. And with the fall weath-er, there’s a new menu which takes advantage of the fall produce. Ross suggests the Ghost Pumpkin Ravioli with spice brown butter and can-

died pumpkin seeds.

Update on Coppa and it’s not good

At fi rst the word was build-ing maintenance issues re-garding the temporary close of Coppa Ristorante Italiano, 5555 Washington Ave. But sadly, the close is to be per-manent. From their website: “Coppa Ristorante has closed. The owners and staff thank you for your patronage and support through the years. We look forward to serving you at one of our other Clark Coo-per Concepts including Ibiza, Brasserie 19, Coppa Osteria and Punk’s Simple Southern Food.”

Zoës Kitchen has new opening date

The Houston Press report-ed weather delays as the cause of Zoës Kitchen’s (250 W. 20th St.) push back of their grand

opening in the Heights from October 16 to October 23. Find more below.

Calamari call at Hughie’sHughies, 1802 W 18th St.,

is offering half priced appetiz-ers every Monday night from 5-10 p.m. Get fried dump-lings, spring rolls and calamari among other options.

Happy hour menu at BRC

BRC Gastropub, 519 Shep-herd Dr., also shared their hap-py hour menu for night owls (9-11 p.m.) which features such deliciousness as brisket nachos and deviled eggs with bacon jam. Draft beers are $3.

Papa Murphy’s gets Spooky

The pizza place at 1214 W. 43rd St #1000 has got some things cooking for Hallow-een like their Jack-O Pizza for

$8 and their Spooky Cookie Dough for $4. Want them both? The scream of a deal is $11.

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Zoës Kitchen will soon be opening its doors at its 33rd location in Texas, situated in the Heights.

The Mediterranean restau-rant chain will be opening its doors Oct. 23., and is located inside Suite 400 at 250 W. 20th Street, according to a press release. The new restaurant was originally slated to open on Oct. 16, however inclem-ent weather pushed back the opening date.

The chain offers signature dishes including salads, chick-en kabobs, chicken rollups and hummus, along with a variety of gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options. Customers can also dine in, order online or call ahead for takeout.

The new restaurant seats approximately 86 guests in its dining room and 26 guests on an outdoor patio, according to the release. It will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and will also offer beer and

wine. Customers can also uti-lize the Zoës L.I.F.E mobile ap-plication to receive free good-ies, order online, set goals and “receive daily inspiration.”

“We are thrilled to become a part of the Houston Heights community and expand our presence in Texas,” Regional Operator of Zoës Kitchen, Ric Chuon, stated. “At Zoës, our mission is to deliver goodness

from the inside out. We pro-vide nutritious, high quality, made-from-scratch meals to our guests and deliver it with genuine, southern hospitality and attentive service. Whether our customers choose to dine-in, take-out or host a catered event, we look forward to de-livering Zoës goodness to the Houston Heights community.”

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fPhoto by Christina MartinezZoës Kitchen is scheduled to open their doors from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct. 23 in Suite 400 at 250 W. 20th Street.


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When Leader Eater hears the term “dive,” my mind au-tomatically conjures up the image of a sticky-fl oored es-tablishment with a scratchy-screen TV sitting alongside halfway drained bottles of cut-rate liquor and local sports team kitsch. A weathered bar-tender with an even scratchier voice from running through packs of Marlboro Reds and long necks of Lone Star is popping tops and slinging one liners. What has also crept into this image of a dive bar is the inclusion of edgy hipsters looking for the next up-and-coming cool spot that bucks the mainstream bar scene. An archetypal dive bar takes years to shape itself into a rundown, laid-back local beer-drinking headquarters (see Shiloh Club on Studewood as an endearing example of this genre). Dive bars have evolved from places of near-disgust to mainstream to havens of hip that have elic-ited bar owners to open new establishments as ready-made hole-in-the-wall haunts; a full gentrifi cation of the sector.

Dive has even made its way as into the description of a wine bar (see: Max’s Wine

Dive) and now into the depic-tion of a local coffee and pas-try shop called Red Dessert Dive. This pint-sized place on Studewood is actually the antithesis of Leader Eater’s image of a dive. In fact, it’s safe to say that Red is the least dive-iest coffee shop on the street (with all due respect to my favorite coffee and beer cultural incubator in the city known as Antidote). Red is rather a modern shop with a fresh feel (with tiny bouquets of fl owers on each of a dozen or so two-topped tables) and has clean glass cases carry-

ing an assortment of cookies, croissants, squares, scones and slices of cake. It’s an in-tersection of the traditional, small-town American bakery and the urban terrain that it is occupying in the emerging foodie fi xture at the corner of Studewood and 11th. Red is not quite as expansive and in-ventive as Common Bond on Westheimer and has a stron-ger bias towards desserts but conjures up a similar vibe to Kraftsmen Baking. As its name suggests, the newly-opened Red will likely be known for its offerings of after-dinner delights as much as anything. With it located in walking dis-tance of some of the Heights’ best restaurants, Red should be a destination for a post-entrée change of scenery (although its desserts will have some diffi culty competing with one of the city’s best in the White Chocolate Bread Pudding at Ruggles next door).

In contrast, my experience at Red was on the a.m. side of

things and swung through for a coffee and early-morning pastry. (Red has turned to lo-cal roaster Boomtown for its coffee and a stiff, well-made cup is an essential sidekick to both breakfast and dessert.) As previous readers of the re-view might know, Leader Eater has a fondness for scones and I was immediately drawn to an elevated serving dish full of them. But at closer look, the historically stodgy pastry had peanut butter-colored lumps protruding out from it and my lovely barista confi rmed that they were indeed butterscotch chips. These little bursts of butterscotch throughout the still-slightly-warm scone el-evated it from above average to awesome and provided a helping hand in getting through what is a dense pas-try. A smooth cortado capped

it all off. Red does have a scaled

down pre-dessert menu with egg and chicken salad sand-wiches, their own baked bread and even a cheese plate. This goes well with its selection of wine curated by 13 Celsius and local craft beers. But just because Red has beer on the menu and dive on the sign out front, doesn’t mean it is a sub-terranean spot for suds. Rath-er, it is part of the welcome redefi nition of a dive.

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The newly-renovated Den-ny’s at 2120 N. Loop West will be opening its doors Oct. 22 and some of the fi rst diners through its doors will be eat-ing free of charge.

The restaurant will reopen at 9 a.m. with an “all-new, locally-inspired design and diner menu,” according to a press release. To kick off its “Grand Slam celebration,” the fi rst 100 customers will receive free Original Grand Slam breakfasts and hun-dreds of additional prizes and discounts will be given away throughout the day.

The diner now has a vari-ety of new features, including an exclusive Houston mural, updated booths, chairs and tables, modern wall accents, new fl oor tiles and landscap-ing improvements.

“Today’s reopening is not only an exciting day for the residents of Houston, but for all of us at Denny’s, as well,” David Madani, franchisee of the Houston Denny’s, stated in the release. “We’ve been a key part of this community for many years, and we couldn’t think of a better way to thank our friends and neighbors for their continued support than with a Grand Slam® of a cel-ebration.”

Among some of the pro-motions includes a discount for Denny’s Classic Burger & Fries, which will be offered at a reduced price at $3.99 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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As the final bell rings at Waltrip High School, most students go home or head to extra-curricular activities. On the south side of campus, the Waltrip Ram Band can be seen practicing and marching in the staff parking lot from 34th street on any given day. The Ram Band has their fair share of trophies and awards to give accreditation, but the band also has a fair share of budget restrictions they are juggling.

Currently, there is not a set budget for fine arts or for band in particular. Funding for the Ram Band is at the discretion of the principal to use general school funds to support all programs on campus.

“Our budget at Waltrip High School is very limited due to restrictions or obligations that are set by the state or school district,” Waltrip High School Band Director Jesse Espinosa said. “We currently receive funds from the principal for transportation, teacher posi-tions, and UIL activities the band participates in annually. We currently do not receive funding for maintenance or re-pair of instruments or replac-ing old out-dated instruments that are beyond their shelf life with new instruments.”

Since the district is decen-tralized, Espinosa says it’s on the shoulders of the principal to manage funds at the cam-pus level. However, how bud-get funds are being distributed is not the issue. Espinosa be-lieves Principal Andria Schur, and principals in the HISD district have too much to man-age in terms of maintaining or improving the instructional side of the school, or much less know the ins and outs of managing funds for programs like his.

“Many of the surrounding districts provide the things we need from the central office.

It keeps that responsibility in the hands of specialists or di-rectors at the district level to help keep tabs of what kind of needs there are at every cam-pus,” Espinosa said. “Houston ISD does have such a person, but is housed in the curricu-lum department and has no budget or ability to control the various needs of our fine arts programs. With all of that said, many, if not all, programs must be self-sufficient in order to meet the needs of its student members. We spend almost as much time fundraising as we do teaching.”

Fundraising is another chal-lenge for Espinosa and his Ram Band. The band previ-ously had a long relationship with Chick-Fil-A selling chick-en sandwiches during school lunch.

“This steady influx of money helped to fund many repairs, new music and even cover the cost for some stu-dents that are unable to af-ford their band fees,” Espinosa said. “We are no longer able to sell during lunch because of a new federal law that came into effect this summer. Any items that do not meet a specific nu-tritional value cannot be sold during school hours. I know the concern that goes along with the new legislation has to do with the well being of our students, however, now we are unable to have constant reve-nue like we had before to help support our program needs.”

Like many other high school bands, the Ram Band is not given a substantial budget and Espinosa acknowledges and understands this. The grey area is that the band is with-out a budget and is also not allowed to make up the dif-ference with the new nutrition law passed by the first lady Mi-chelle Obama.

“As the band competes at many different competitions and attends away varsity foot-ball games, we notice the major difference in quality of instru-ments and extra items the oth-

er band programs have from surrounding school districts, like an 18 wheeler trailer to carry their instruments, while we have to rent a U-Haul or some other equipment truck,” Espinosa said. “I ask my fellow colleagues about how they get those special things and some of it is due to their booster club participation.”

Waltrip is scheduled to play their home football games at Delmar or Dyer stadium, like several other HISD schools. Currently Aramark is contract-ed for the concession stand sales at Delmar and Dyer. Es-pinosa says he has been told by outside districts that they make anywhere from $10,000 to $35,000 a year in conces-sion stand sales. Espinosa says in HISD he isn’t afforded this opportunity.

“I believe our school district is very proud of the many great things our band programs are doing for our students as we prepare them for their future,”

Espinosa said. “However, we just do not see it in the way of consistent financial support.”

Principal Schur agrees with Espinosa and says they spend close to $100,000 on the band program each year, which in-cludes buses, fees and other similar expenses.

“There hasn’t been a set budget because as the program grows, more buses and instru-ments are needed. So we try to accommodate the best that we can to support students,” Schur said. “We are very fortu-nate to have a dedicated staff and student body, who have worked to compensate for the lack of resources. However, Mr. Espinosa is correct. More is needed and fundraising for all programs and or commu-nity partners is essential.”

Espinosa is an alumni of Waltrip High School and HISD. He says he works at his alma mater because he wants to make a difference for the stu-dents, in the same way he was

offered years ago.“I’m hoping things will

change over time to get the proper budget and support we need to continue our success,” Espinosa said. “It sometimes feels like we are at a huge dis-advantage when we arrive at these competitions and see what they have in the hands of the other students. Then we take the field and do the very best we can with what we have. It’s amazing to see these students put their heart and soul out there in spite of the many things they go with-out every time they compete against the “richer” schools.”

On a positive note, the band has competed in different marching band competitions and have been successful: TMEA Region 23 Jazz Band Auditions, The Lamar CISD Marching Invitational, The Blinn College 40th Annual Buccaneer Marching Festival, The Houston ISD Marching Band Festival and the Katy

ISD Marching Invitational. From the TMEA Region 23 Jazz Auditions, 16 students competed with other HISD students and surrounding area schools, and from those 16, 5 students earned spots in the 2nd All-Region Jazz Band. From the marching invitation-als and festivals, Waltrip Ram Band earned a superior rating (first place) and/or excellent rating (second place).

Despite budget constrains and fundraising obstacles, Espinosa and his Ram Band continue the show with what they do have. The Ram Band is hosting a barbecue dinner fundraiser in the Waltrip Cafe-teria on Nov. 7. Tickets are $10 each and there will be a live and silent auction to go along with special performances by the Waltrip Ram Band.

HISD Superintendent Terry B. Grier has been contacted to comment on the story and an-swer questions on the district’s contract with Aramark.


Waltrip band juggles budget, fundraising restrictions

Contributed photo by Jesse EspinosaThe Waltrip Ram Band poses for a photo at the Katy ISD Marching Invitational Oct. 11. The band earned first division for percussion and color guard and second division - excellent rating overall.

‘Journey to America’

By Jonathan [email protected]

The inside of several his-tory classes at St. Pius X High School looked quite different last week as students em-barked on an annual exercise designed to show them the realities facing immigrants at the turn of the 20th century.

Every year, the school hosts an activity for its nearly 200 juniors in on-level United States history classes which creates a simulation of what immigration was like on Ellis Island during the 1890s. Gary West, a history teacher at St. Pius X, said students are re-quired to research their own relatives who immigrated to America, and those who cannot find such relatives can instead create their own character. Students are also encouraged to dress for the period and are given a flaw to act out.

Photo by Jonathan GarrisStudents wore period clothing and also carried props to en-hance the realismn of the activity.

Residents pay tribute to Cooley School with new historical marker

By Jonathan [email protected]

Stormy weather did little to keep away local represen-tatives and Heights residents Oct. 12 from paying tribute to a new historical marker for the former site of Daniel Cooley Elementary at Rutland and 17th streets.

While the school may no longer be there, residents like Anne Sloan felt it was impor-tant to highlight the former el-ementary, which was built by Daniel Denton Cooley. Cooley is sometimes referred to as “the father of the Heights” and his home at 1802 Heights Boulevard was one of the very first residences built in the neighborhood, according to the Houston ISD website. He is also the grandfather of famous heart surgeon Denton Cooley.

Sloan currently owns a home on part of the land where the former school once stood. Daniel Cooley Elementary was first built in the 1890s, however the school later caught fire in 1961, Sloan

said. It was rebuilt a short time later and was used as a school by HISD until 1980 when it was turned into an administrative building and housed the district’s Alterna-tive Certification Program headquarters.

The building was demol-ished several years ago to make way for residences con-structed by Sullivan Broth-ers, who Sloan approached regarding creating a potential historical marker.

“When I was speaking with Sullivan Brothers Building, I felt it was very important to commemorate the school and its place in our community,” Sloan said. “People don’t al-ways care about history or are concerned with it, but some of us still do.”

Sunday’s dedication cere-mony was the result of a near-ly two year-long process to get the marker placed on the site, Sloan said. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Houston City Council member Ellen Cohen, Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia and other local representatives were in atten-

dance for the dedication and the pledge of allegiance was led by Cub Scout Pack 30.

Also in attendance was the 94-year-old Daniel Denton himself.

“He loved the unveiling of

the marker,” Sloan said. “We also had him come out to the unveiling of the historical marker for St. Andrews Epis-copal Church, which was also founded by his grandparents.”

Contributed photoDenton A. Cooley unveiled the new historical marker on Oct. 12 at Cooley Elementary School.

St. Pius students discover orgins of history during annual activity

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