The Texan Newspaper (Bellaire and Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1990 Page: 4 of 12
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January 31,1990
Houston Proud Offers Leadership
Academy for Civic Groups
The Houston Proud Neighborhood
Program will offer six leadership
training classes for area residents who
are directors, officers or committee
chairmen of civic clubs, homeowners
associations, tenants associations, and
other types of neighborhood-based
organizations.
Classes begin Monday, February 5,
and will meet every other Monday
until April 16 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the
Houston Office Center, 6001 B Gulf
Freeway, Suite 161.
“We are very proud to be able to
bring together several local experts
who have volunteered to share their
knowledge so that Houston’s neigh-
borhood organizations can gain new
ideas and energy,” said Houston Proud
volunteer Marjorie J. Meyer, chairman
of the Leadership Training Academy.
“Not only will attendees learn how to
run their organizations better, they’ll
also get a chance to meet and build
networks with other leaders who are
working to improve their neighbor-
hoods as well.”
Each two-hour class will deal with
two topics, including the mechanics of
bylaws, articles of incorporation and
other governing documents, volunteer
recruitment and motivation, success-
ful meetings, fund raising and social
events, neighborhood crime preven-
tion, services and resources for neigh-
borhood groups, and many other sub-
jects. A Neighborhood Program vol-
unteer or staff member who has exten-
sive experience in leading and work-
ing with neighborhood organizations
will teach each topic.
Because classroom space is limited,
persons interested in attending the
Leadership Training Academy should
contact the Houston Proud Neighbor-
hood Program at 621-1788 or 622-
6677 by Friday, Feb. 2, to pre-register.
Houston Proud requests a $10 dona-
tion from each registrant to cover the
costs of class materials and outlines for
all six sessions. Classroom facilities
for the first offering of the Leadership
Training Academy are being provided
by the Association for the Advance-
ment of Mexican Americans
(AAMA).
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Memories
By Barbara Adair
From Meyerland
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665-7096
Already January is completed. What a busy month it usually turns out with after
Christmas reorganization and first of the year resolutions to attempt plus normal
daily lifestyles.
Our neighbors, the RIDDLES, got off to a great start with a trip to California
where they have a son residing and also attended a conference. Was glad to see
them home safely!
January is also that lime of the year when new committees and board members
are selected. This is one of the times I am especially glad I do not have an answering
machine.
In defense of those machines, they do definitely have some good points. They
are especially good when there is no other way one can receive messages around
the clock. In my case, with my Broker’s license hanging on the wall at GARY
GREENE, BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, we have a live body answering
our telephones 24 hours a day everyday of the year. The number is 622-8222 if you
want to call me.
HUGH STEPHENS has been named the new President of the MEYERLAND
CLUB. He and his wife, CLAIRE, reside on Jason street.
At the annual meeting January 20th, four new board members were elected.
They are: BARBARA COOPER, JOAN RECHT, CHRISTOPHER KLEIN and
CHARLES McCARVER.
Speaking of meetings, the Annual Parish Meeting of St. Thomas’ Episcopal
Church was held January 15th, with the election of new vestry members for three-
year terms.
They are: GEORGE BLACK, VERNON COLPITS, WILLI AM B. KLINKEIV
and C.F. (DOC) M AGINNIS. They are replacing CARL DAVIS, EARL HARRIS,
CURTIS HERBERT and BOB ROBERTSON.
It is my understanding that BOB ADAMS has been named new Senior Warden,
and CULLEN CLARK, Junior Warden.
Another thing that happens this time of year is high school seniors begin
selecting colleges of their choice.
GINGER OLIVER made a drive to College Station with three co-eds from
Bellaire High last week to let them see what it is all about.
Remembering eight years ago we did the same with our daughter. We allowed
her to visit more than one campus to see what the atmosphere was like. We really
did not say we would only pay her way to one school!
Guess I need to get out and about and see what else is happening in our area, just
in case you won’t telephone me.
West U. Council
to City Manager:
Good news,
bad news
From Page 1
The council has informed the City Manager that we will
evaluate his performance again in four months at which time we
will look for improvement in the following areas:
1. Provide adequate, accurate and timely accounting of all cash
advances and other expenditures related to city business.
2. Be more responsive and available to citizens.
3. Be more responsive to the media.
4. Issue a statement to the media regarding the expense issue.
Your Mayor and council wish to provide the residents of West
University Place with leadership, stewardship arid understanding.
The past few months have been difficult and we do not wish any
issue to divide our city. We feel the action we have taken with the
City Manager is responsible and fair to all parties.
We ask for your support now and in the future.
The Mayor and City Council of West University Place”
The series of Page One stories in the Village Life newspaper,
cast a shadow on the city manager by challenging his expense
account records, recounting a personnel controversy encountered
16 years ago at another city, and declaring his salary exorbitant.
The stories were written by Village Life publisher Kathleen
Ballanfant and ex-West University Police Sgt. John B. Johnson,
who now works for the paper as editor and reporter.
The stories began Oct. 25, several weeks after Johnson resigned
from the W.U. police force. After his resignation, Johnson also
dropped a lawsuit against the city he instigated after being sus-
pended for a shooting incident.
The paper’s stories were criticized by some West University
City Council officials, who questioned the paper’s motives for
running the stories and called them an “...unprecedented attack
leveled against Mr. Rockcnbaugh...
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The Texan Newspaper (Bellaire and Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1990, newspaper, January 31, 1990; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth641756/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.