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West U - 2025-01

West U - January 2025

Features

Cindy Gabriel, Stan Ehrenkranz

70 is Not the New 50

By Cindy Gabriel
People in this article:
Cindy Gabriel, Stan Ehrenkranz, Joni Hoffman
Linda Lowe, Michelle Caillouet

A Songwriter’s Calling

By Cathy Gordon
People in this article:
Linda Lowe, Bonnie Raitt, Jesse Colin Young, Donovan, Loudon Wainwright III, Michelle Caillouet, Karl Caillouet, Malcolm Smith, Martha Gay, Townes Van Zandt, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Lucinda Williams, Shake Russell, Mary Shannon McConaty, Jordan Maat, Kayla Pendleton, Riley Child, Mia Vellano, Gabriella Rose, Lee Monistere, Rock Romano, Aura Lee Emsweller, David Amram, Dizzy Gillespie, Leonard Bernstein, Jack Kerouac, David Broza, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Al Danto
steak frites

An Air Fryer Skeptic

By Andria Dilling
People in this article:
Andria Dilling, Lucy Frankfort
The Between the Lines Book Club

Book-Club Books

By Cindy Burnett
People in this article:
Lydia Companion, Carla Buerkle, Kathy Rundstein-Lopez, Karen Urbani, Hina Pandya, Phebe Chen, Dinah Godwin, Linda Alley, Elizabeth Basler, Lisa Martin, Gigi White, Meredith Clarage, Barbara Davis, Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Sanaka Hiiragi, Jason Pargin, Marissa Stapley, Karissa Chen, Renée Rosen, Jakob Kerr, Roisín O’Donnell
Henry Peterman, Paul Scott, Lester Klebe, Sandy Weiner, Ben Portnoy, Nachum Dafny, Howard Derman, Marvin Beasley, Chuck Pehr

Romeos, Without Our Juliets

By Ben Portnoy
People in this article:
Alan Fisherman, Henry Peterman, Paul Scott, Lester Klebe, Sandy Weiner, Ben Portnoy, Nachum Dafny, Howard Derman, Marvin Beasley, Chuck Pehr
EyeCan Alliance

Running Blind

By Pooja Salhotra
People in this article:
Adam Smooke, David Adame, Brandon Adame, Marilyn Adame, Mary Lowe, Louis Ditta, Madison Smooke, Mikey Fields, Nicole Small, Amanda Forner, Mark Mayo, Adam Boutté, Eric Garibay, Tjuana Richardson, April Taylor, Phoenix Brown, Jennifer O'Shea Bratkowski, William Greer, J.J. Rodriguez
Gary Pagtama, Emery Desilets

Stayin’ Alive

By Cheryl Ursin
People in this article:
Gary Pagtama, Emery Desilets, Mark Nitcholas, Ashley Miller, Salil Bhandari, LeBron James, Bronny James, Gail Gould, Ben Bobrow
Alli Tompkins, Clay Tompkins, Warren Tompkins, Austin Tompkins, Lila Tompkins

Unplugged Moments

By Annie Blaylock McQueen
People in this article:
Annie Blaylock McQueen, Alli Tompkins, Clay Tompkins, Warren Tompkins, Austin Tompkins, Lila Tompkins

Back Porch

READY, SET, GO

Thinking About a New Year: Pop culture insights

By Andria Dilling
People in this article:
Andria Dilling, Matthew McConaughey, Jay Shetty, Ina Garten

Buzz About Town

Paul Marvin, Scott Humphries

100 flights and rides for cancer treatment

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Paul Marvin, Scott Humphries
Michael Wiesenthal, Sam Malone

A survivor by your side

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Michael Wiesenthal, Sam Malone
Donna Wotkyns, Lin Espey, Kim Bergen, Jen Espey, and Lisa Descant

BBQ and bright futures

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Donna Wotkyns, Lin Espey, Kim Bergen, Jen Espey, Lisa Descant, Matt Garcia-Prats, Pat Rosenberg, Shubhra Endley, Michael Sambrooks, David Sambrooks
Pin Oak Middle School’s eighth-grade students

Beyond the classroom

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Ann Linsley, Shelly Hulbirt, Eric Meyer
Birthday gals

Birthday gals give back

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Linda Mendeloff, Sylvia Schultz
Gary Kansas, Jzeke Dukes, Tina Peters Berry, Fran Callahan

Golfing for Lamar

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Gary Kansas, Jzeke Dukes, Tina Peters Berry, Fran Callahan, Andre Humphrey, Dominique Allen, Enrico Callaway, Jim Graham, Mark Pieratt, Enrique Franco
Brant Randle

Junior gourd artist

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Brant Randle, Blanche Cavarretta, Roy Cavarretta
Lamar High School Class of 1984

Lamar’s Class of ’84 comes home

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Winthrop Nunn, John Goode, Everitt Soliz, Sean Johnson, Anthony Taylor, James DeGregori, George Davis, Tim Taite, Beth Brown, Kay Johnson, Gary Bundage, Katherine Feser, Tangie Estes, Keisha Gardner, Felicia Guidry Carpenter, Margi Arias, Duncan Robertson, Kathy Potter McGuire, Kim Jones, Ursula Jones, Falana Batiste Adams, Janet Bell, Kris Able Frost
Emily Gamboa, Jamilah Robinson

Missing Pieces 5K for pregnancy loss

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Emily Gamboa, Jamilah Robinson, Skai Shadow, Ariana Ford, Weijiang Tang, Francis Leulliette
Emmie Boisaubin, Stella Trevino

Stella’s sparkle squad

By Angie Frederickson
People in this article:
Emmie Boisaubin, Stella Trevino, Vanessa Lopez, Amanda Boisaubin

Buzz Kidz

Caroline Harvey

Looping together community

By Caroline Harvey
People in this article:
Caroline Harvey

Buzz Reads

WHAT TO READ

Five picks for January

By Cindy Burnett
People in this article:
Marianne Cronin, John McMahon, Fiona Davis, Tiffany L. Warren, Tracey Lange

Editor's Note

Joni Hoffman

Editor's Note - January 2025

By Joni Hoffman
People in this article:
Joni Hoffman, Brandon Adame, Mikey Fields, Linda Lowe, Annie Blaylock McQueen, Andria Dilling, Cindy Gabriel

Mailbag

Eli Weber, Cindy Gabriel, Faires Weber

Mailbag - January 2025

By The Buzz
People in this article:
Cindy Gabriel, Helmi Khadra, Shellie Lewis, Jeff Lewis, Kathryn Wilson, Andria Dilling, Cheryl Ursin, Bennett Fisher, Barbara Lauren Schmeitz, Dai Huynh, Jesse Ando

Neighborhood Tails

Augie

Augie, age 2.5

By The Buzz

SportzBuzz

R.J. Lee

SportzBuzz - January 2025

By Todd Freed
People in this article:
Cole Allen, Kevin Veltri, Jackson Staley, Brandon Layhew, Ameer Mustafa, Owen Daniels, Lucas Peters, Nathan Larned, Alexander Donnelly, Kristopher Carlson, Cooper Chambers, Beck Brydon, R.J. Lee, Lucas Mensing, T.J. Walker, Bryce Butler, Ethan Dishman, Cash Harris, Felan Li

SportzBuzz Jr.

Jacob Everaard

Swim-bike-run

By Annie Blaylock McQueen
People in this article:
Jacob Everaard, Caylee Canonico, Sophie Everaard, Kinley Canonico
Caylee Canonico, Michelle Maldonado, Annabelle Frierson, Cameron Wang, Sophie Everaard, Phoebe Emden

Tiny dancers

By Annie Blaylock McQueen
People in this article:
Caylee Canonico, Annabelle Frierson, Cameron Wang, Sophie Everaard, Phoebe Emden, Michelle Maldonado
West University Softball Association 10U Wave

Tournament winners

By Annie Blaylock McQueen
People in this article:
Izzy McKenny, Talia Wright, Isla Shaftel, Danica Rajevac, Reagan Grimm, Brooke Stewart, Annabelle Whitley, Gemma Baird, Nina Dawson, Mylah Grigsby, Sam Stewart, Lacey Grimm, Miranda Rajevac, Ali McKenny, Madison Beleiff

Travel Buzz

Leopold Oakes, Natalia Cokinos Oakes

Reversing Roles in Wales: A Mother-Son Road Trip

By Tracy L. Barnett
People in this article:
Natalia Cokinos Oakes, Leopold Oakes