Bay Area Edition | June 2023

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NEW OWNERSHIP 10 As of late April, Sylvan Learning Center , 20814 Gulf Freeway, Ste. 50, Web- ster, has a new owner. Andrew Helminiak, a long-time Houston-area teacher, is the center’s new owner. Helminiak was a high school English teacher for 10 years before he joined the Webster center as its direc- tor. When the previous director suggest- ed Helminiak buy the center, he did so. Helminiak wants to strengthen partner- ships with Webster and Friendswood-area schools as he believes Sylvan can help teachers and students succeed, according to a news release. 713-893-1539. https://locations.sylvanlearning.com/us/ 11 The Dr. Ned and Fay Dudney Clear Creek Nature Center at 1220 Egret Bay Blvd., League City, closed in mid-June and will not reopen until late fall. The closure is due to a capital improvement project, a portion of which will go through the nature center, to improve the city’s drinking water infrastructure. Workers will install about 17,000 feet of a 36-inch pipe connect- ing the Hey. 3 booster pump station to the South Shore Harbour booster pump station. Contractors will use horizontal drilling during the work to minimize impact to the nature center. 281-554-1000. www.leaguecitytx.gov CLOSINGS 12 Bed Bath & Beyond is closing its Webster location at 19801 Gulf Freeway as part of a nationwide clo- clear-lake-webster-tx IN THE NEWS

College of the Mainland will soon oer a new radiologic technology associate degree.

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FEATURED IMPACT IN THE NEWS Starting this fall, College of the Mainland , 1200 Amburn Road, Texas City, will oer a new radiologic technology associate degree. Radiographers help interpret images of patients’ bodies for diagnosis in hospitals, clinics, urgent care centers and other health care facilities. In this new program, students will learn anatomy, patient positioning, examination techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, radiation protection, patient care and communication skills, according to a college news release. “This program will train future technologists,” Radiography Program Coordinator Laura Schrettner said in the release. “Students who graduate from the program will have patient care skills, professionalism and will be clinically competent to enter the workplace and will be employable from day one.” The program will prepare students for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists national board exam. Students may also apply for a medical technologist certication from the

state of Texas, the release reads. Radiographers are the third-largest group of medical professionals in the U.S. and growing fast, according to the release. Radiographers’ median annual wage this year is $62,810, according to the Occupational Information Network. Locally, 443 radiographer jobs will be created between 2020 and 2030, according to the release. The college held virtual and in- person sessions in early May for those who wanted to learn about the new program. Applications opened May 1. 409-938-1211 www.com.edu/academics/ radiologic-technology/index.html

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sure of 360 stores, including 10 in the Greater Houston area. In April, Bed Bath & Beyond led for bankruptcy due to its inability to attract shoppers. www.bedbathandbeyond.com 13 Webster’s buybuy Baby location at 19801 Gulf Freeway, Ste. 800, is closing along with four other locations in the Greater Houston area. A total of 120 buybuy Baby locations will close after parent company Bed Bath and Beyond led for bankruptcy in April. www.buybuybaby.com

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