Happy New Year! The next meeting is Thursday January 28th at 7:00
pm at Houston Brethren Church (Main and E 23rd). The January meeting
will include the 2010 officers elections, if you would like to
volunteer for a position please let us know.
This is the
start of the calendar year, so it is a great time to sign up for your
annual membership. Memberships and donations are how we pay for
projects like this year's Halbert Park Improvement Project to resurface
the tennis court which was awarded a 2010 Matching Grant. Details on
how to pay for memberships are at the bottom of the newsletter.
Sunset Heights has a group on Facebook now.
If you would like to contribute news or stories for the newsletter, please send a note to
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Feel free to forward this newsletter to your neighbors.
100th Birthday
We
have a big birthday coming up. September will mark Sunset Heights
Centennial. East Sunset Heights Association and Sunset Heights Civic
Club are getting together to plan this event. We are looking for
volunteers to make it a success. If you would like you to be on the
committee, or share ideas, or donate time, money or goods for the
celebration then please contact us.
Chili Cook Off
The
Rose Garden is having it's annual chili cook off on Saturday Feb 20th.
The entry fee is $30 if you want to cook some chili. Just stop by the
Rose Garden at located at E 26th and Link to sign up. The cooking will
start around 10 am and tasting with start around 3 pm. The East Sunset
Heights Association already has a team signed up. Anyone willing to
represent Sunset Heights?
Pet Emergency
Here is great little article on keeping a pet emergency sheet on your refrigerator or some other handy place.
TO CELEBRATE SCHOOL BUILDING
Sunset Heights Will Witness Exercises
on Next Thursday
Special to The News.
Houston,
Tex. Sept. 8, 1913 -The citizens of Sunset Heights are planning to
celebrate the completion of their $20,000 school building Thursday
night, Sept. 11. On this occasion the faculty of the school for the
ensuing year willl be presented. The main address of the meeting: will
be by Mrs. Hortense Ward. Mayor Ben Campbell of Houston, Mayor R. F.
Isbell
of Houston Heights, County Superintendent of Schools L. I,.
Puffh and David Daly are among those on the program. T. H. Dixon and
M:s. Will Huston have charge of the exercises.
Trash
Big trash day is Feb 16th for 77008 and Feb 12th for 77009. They will be picking up junk waste this time.
Recycling
days
for 77008 and 77009 are the same, they are the Thursdays of Feb: 4, 18.
Recycling and trash pickup are on the same schedule again.
The Citizen Patrol logged 33 hours for December. The Citizen Patrol is
always looking for more volunteers. Residents can become volunteers by
attending a training session held by HPD and passing a background
check. Volunteers help HPD by watching the neighborhood and reporting
information about suspicious activity, if a crime in progress is seen
the volunteer calls 911 immediately. Please send an email to
if you are interested in getting on the waiting list for training.
Here are stats up through Jan 24th
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The
month PIP meeting's speaker with be Sgt. Patrick Plourde from the
mental Health Unit. He will be talking about a new program that deals
with the mentally ill.
The
civic club received a purchase order number last week, this enables us
to be reimbursed the amount of the matching grant by the City of
Houston once the Halbert Park improvements project to resurface the
tennis court is completed.
The PVC drain pipes around the
basketball court were covered over with dirt! The ground slopes up to
the level of the court now. Thanks City of Houston Parks and
Recreation Department!
We still hope to spread mulch in
February, which is fast approaching, please send us your email if you
are not on the Halbert Park volunteer list and want to help with the
spreading of mulch.
Restaurant Review of the Month
Instead
of a review this month, we're including links to charities that are
working to help the victims of the earth quake in Haiti. Next month
we'll make it up with a double review...
3. Just come by the monthly meeting and do it in person.
One
question that comes up frequently is whether or not we are non-profit.
The civic club is a 501(c)(4) organization. That means the civic club
is a non-profit and tax exempt, but donations to the civic club are not
tax deductible.
Newsletter 
We
have a big birthday coming up. September will mark Sunset Heights
Centennial. East Sunset Heights Association and Sunset Heights Civic
Club are getting together to plan this event. We are looking for
volunteers to make it a success. If you would like you to be on the
committee, or share ideas, or donate time, money or goods for the
celebration then please contact us.
The
Rose Garden is having it's annual chili cook off on Saturday Feb 20th.
The entry fee is $30 if you want to cook some chili. Just stop by the
Rose Garden at located at E 26th and Link to sign up. The cooking will
start around 10 am and tasting with start around 3 pm. The East Sunset
Heights Association already has a team signed up. Anyone willing to
represent Sunset Heights?
Big trash day is Feb 16th for 77008 and Feb 12th for 77009. They will be picking up junk waste this time. 
The Citizen Patrol logged 33 hours for December. The Citizen Patrol is
always looking for more volunteers. Residents can become volunteers by
attending a training session held by HPD and passing a background
check. Volunteers help HPD by watching the neighborhood and reporting
information about suspicious activity, if a crime in progress is seen
the volunteer calls 911 immediately. Please send an email to
if you are interested in getting on the waiting list for training. 
