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Horace Mann principal inspires students
Covering East Harris County,
THE BAYTOWN SUN
When Horace Mann Junior School
principal Erica Navejar encounters stu-
dents whose families have emigrated
from Mexico, their struggle to learn En-
glish and assimilate into American culture
strikes a deep familiar chord.
Just 5 years old when her parents man-
aged to gather the money and secure the
approvals they needed to move to lexas.
Navejar entered kindergarten at San Ja-
cinto Elementary on Vir-
ginia Street and quickly
felt the frustration of try-
ing to master English and
adapt to a new way of life.
“They come to a dif-
ferent world and I say,
*1 know you don't get it.
I know how you feel. 1
know that you're lost,"
Navejar told a group of I
NAVEJAR
atino student?
at a holiday luncheon for the Lee College
Puente Project program. “But your mom
is here, and it's her dream to have you
here and to move forward. So. you're go-
ing to have to do that.*
It's not always an easy message to de-
liver to her young pupils, but Navejar
speaks from personal experience - much
of which is chronicled in her autobiogra-
phy, "El Sucfto: The Dream." She donat-
ed signed copies of the book to a pair of
Puente students who attended the event.
Motivated by the knowledge that her
parents had worked tirelessly and sacri-
ficed greatly in the hope that their children
w ould he and do better than they ever had,
Navejar rose from her humble beginnings
in a one-bedroom house on blocks in Old
Baytown.
She pushed through those difficult days
of school and eventually learned English
SEE NAVEJAR • PAGE 3
Contributed photo
joAn Marlin of Baytown, a volunteer with Women’s Storybook Project of Texas, prepares to record an inmate reading to her child.
Building connections
i/olunteers enhance prisoners
lationships with children, fai*
BY CiYIO BIRK0KIT2
rews^bayt owresun.com
weekend is gener-
I ally a time to unwind
I and relax with family
M. and friends.
However, some parishioners
with Trinity Episcopal ( hureh
in Baytown view it is an op-
portunity to help inmates build
connections.
With books and recording
devices in hand, women volun-
teers help mothers at the Plane
and Henley state jails near
l)a>lon form stronger bonds
with their children.
Male volunteers, armed with
food, fellowship and music,
inv ite men at the ( aroi Vance
Unit near Richmond to forge
closer relationships with (iod.
Storybook Project
Rhonda C handler is among
a group of volunteers from
I rinity I piscopal Church and
others in the Greater Houston
area involved in the Women s
Story book Project of Texas.
SEE CONNECTIONS • PAGE 3
Rhonda Chandler has a stack of books ready for mothers in
prison to read for their children through the Women’s Sto-
rybook Project of Texas.
►BAYTOWN LITTLE THEATER
New Year s
show: ‘•Always
%J
... Patsy Cline’
A beloved and lovingly remembered coun-
try-western singing star comes to the Baytown Little
Theater to help celebrate the New Year and close out
our 2013 season.
“Always...Palsy Cline," a ground-breaking mu-
sical theater phenomenon conceived and written bv
Ted Swindle* will see its first BLT performance
Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m., with a celebratory eve-
ning ushering in 2014, including gourmet food and
drink and party favors. Tickets for this event are S50
each ($40 for 2013 season ticket holders).
Six performances will follow Fridays, Satur-
days. and Sundays, for the two weekends after the
beginning of the year, Jan. 3-5, 10-12. I riday and
Saturday performances are at 8 p.m. and Sunday
matinees are at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for these regular
performances, part of the 2013 season, are $ 15 each.
The production features BI 1 favorites lammy
Skinner-Calaway and Sylvia Wad/inski. Skin-
ner-Calaway plays the role of the personable but
world-weary singer t line. Wad/inski plays her
long-time friend Louise Sager, who happened to
catch a I%1 appearance at Houston's Esquire Ball-
room, and a years-long friendship developed, ended
only by the untimely death of Cline at age 30 in a
plane crash. The musical is a memory play in which
Sauer recalls the highlights of the singer s music
and career, and their private relationship. Among
those highlights was her appearance as the first
female country singer to appear at C arnegie Hall.
1 he musical features 27 chart-topping songs which
made her the star that her fans still remember her as.
The production, directed by BLT veteran Gordon
Gallatin, will feature live musical accompaniment
prov ided bv local musicians.
To purchase tickets, visit baytown.littletheater.
Reservations can also be made by calling the the-
ater at 281-424-7617. Please leave a message and
the box office personnel w ill return your call to take
care of your ticket needs. Please be patient, since the
box office can be very' busy this time of year.
Se
Robey selects Katy girl for giveaway
BY ALBERT VILLEGAS
albert.vtllegas(a)baytownsun.com
In the four years London Kin-
ney has lived, she has seen her
struggles regarding her health,
her mother, Jameka Kinney said.
She was not given long to live
grandmother W ilma Kinney said.
“It's all about love, a lot ol
people think about Christmas
trees and gilts but it s all about
Jesus Christ's birthday and he
showed love," said Robey owner
and funeral director Murphy L.
Robey. hen we do things like
In honor of Mickey & Valerie Rcdus^
family - Thanks for your good work.
f rom Jean Lee SI00
In memory of Jennifer Sutton - from
Bobby, Robin, Conor «& Shea S25
In loving memory of lobv C ote -
from the Cote family SI00
in memory of Ambrosio & Genoveva
Rios - from Ambrose, Jr. &
Karen Rios SI00
National Federation of Grandmother
CTub of America Chapter No. 3146 SI 50
In memory of Hayden Margaret]
Brown-
from James & Sandra Mct .ee $_5
She was not given long uj isouey. "mui
when she was born at Texas Chil- this we are showing his love tor
dren’s Hospital. someone.”
I wo years later, she was diag- Robey and the Rev. Gregory
nosed w ith type I diabetes and it Griffin with KWWJ Gospel Ra-
mmed the family's world upside dio selected the Kinney family,
down.
I he tyke was the recipient of
Robey f uneral Home's annual
('hristmas toy giv eavvay I uesday
in Baytown.
“She is so deserv ing of this,"
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which hails from Katy.
“I’ve been a part of these give-
aways but never been on the oth-
er side receiving it so we are so
blessed and so thankful, Jameka
Kinney said.
Baytown Sun photo/Albert Villegas
Jameka Kinney watches her daughter, London Kinney, ride
her new bike she received from Robey Funeral Home.
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