Chief Adrian Dillehay When new Westfield Fire Chief Adrian Dillehay visits Aldine ISD schools to recruit students for the Fire Explorer youth program, he usually doesn't find young people looking for cheap thrills or excitement. “What I see are young people who have a need to help people and become law-abiding citizens,” Dillehay [...]
A five-member team of Harris County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Scout Post 42 stealthily climbed a staircase in the role of deputies. Physical training For the purpose of the training exercise, other young people in the team-building exercise pretended to be suspects in a studio apartment. The “deputies” captured two “suspects,” a missing gun [...]
Towering over the end of Sunny Drive in East Aldine is a tribute to the old cars that have been transformed into automotive showpieces at Ekstensive Metal Works. The artful work was done by native son Bill Carlton, the expert welder and star of the popular TV show Texas Metal. Carlton forged the “Tower of [...]
Graduation They are a group of “community engineers” who help East Aldine shape its future by promoting community events and advocating for cleaner air and neighborhood improvements –- while forging lasting friendships. Graduates of the BakerRipley “Community Engineers” training classes say they expect “life-long” benefits from the course. Ruben Salazar, the youthful founder [...]
Monica Cortez The snack shack known as the Big Kahuna Hut has grown to offer other goods and services with a local touch. The Hut is now a hub for East Aldine community gatherings, coffee klatches, haircuts and beauty treatments. Not to mention retail shopping “therapy,” too. And although the Hut is not [...]
Residents & supporters East Aldine residents who had launched verbal fireworks against the proposed expansion of a concrete batch plant in their neighborhood had plenty extra to celebrate on July 4. A day earlier, residents received a letter from the plant operator, Yellow Jacket Readymix LLC, that it was withdrawing a request to [...]
“I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.— President John F. Kennedy, October 1963 Adickes,Silva The East Aldine Management District celebrates its newly installed giant bust of President John F. Kennedy as a gateway to a community that is pursuing grace and beauty through the arts. [...]
The foundations of the Texas economy — especially in the Houston region — lie deep underground. Houston-based oil and natural gas industries with a global reach help drive local prosperity, and drilling will be critical to the growing geothermal power and carbon capture storage sectors. So, for one Norwegian company that makes fittings for ultra-deep [...]
Dallas-based Buckner International has a 143-year history of serving communities across the U.S., but the Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine’s history tells a story of generational struggles and gaining community trust through dedication to service. Sylvia Bolling “The Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine began as the Aldine Youth Center by Sylvia [...]
The last thing the East Aldine community needs is another Tex-Mex restaurant. Venues for chips, salsa, queso, tamales, enchiladas, fajitas, beans and rice are as widespread there as Houston’s humidity and as frequent as late summer afternoon thunderstorms. Sushi Tex-Mex, a month-old restaurant owned by long-time East Aldine chef Luis H. Velez, adds a breath [...]
