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And the winners are . . . selecting 12 photos was a challenge for the judges for the fi rst DeWalt Heritage Annual Photo Contest that will feature a calendar of the winners in various catego-ries and age groups. It also provides a slice of life about what Fort Benders were doing and photographing in Fort Bend. The winning photo shown here was taken by Jaci M. Elliott and is called “Wind in the Water.” The refl ection of the wind-mill in the water and the ripples and fl owing grass, actually shows wind in the water on many levels. Other winners and ti-tles include: Yolanda Abrego, A Mother’s Proud Moment; Jaci M. Elliott, Longhorns or Wholesteins?; Clint Drake, Booth School; Eliazbeth Toros, Red Barn; Rebecca Pappenjusen, The Remains of Ernst Blofeld: A Halloween Prop; Jaci M. El-liott, Downed Tree at Brazos Bend State Park; Wendy Hobdy, Buzzzzin’ Around; Wendy Hobdy, Swervin’ on a Dirt Road; Wendy Hobdy, Ocean View; Rebecca Pappenhussen, Unique Sunshine Daisies; Susan Nicholson Barnes, Last Sun of the Day. The calendar is currently for sale at a discounted rate of $15.00 if you buy by November 15. Proceeds benefi t DeWalt Heritage Center. Mail your checks now to FBCMA-DeWalt Heritage Center, ATTN: Diane Ware, PO Box 460, Richmond, TX 77406-0460 to save from the regular $20 price.

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METHODIST SUGAR LAND EXPANDS. The staff and administrators at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital celebrate the opening of the sixth fl oor Main Pavilion, adding 56 beds and improving the hospital’s ability to meet the volume and needs of patients from Fort Bend and surrounding areas.

Sugar Land Police Capt. Mike Lund was arrested on Oct. 27 and charged with driv-ing while intoxicated. The ar-rest was made by a Stafford police offi cer assisting SLPD with traffi c control at U.S. Highway 90A and Dairy Ash-ford.

Lund has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of crimi-nal investigations by Stafford PD and the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Offi ce, as well as an administrative in-vestigation by SLPD Internal Affairs.

Lund has been a police of-fi cer for 27 years. Lund was arrested and booked into the Fort Bend County Jail for Driving While Intoxicated.

Lund has posted bond and has been released from Fort Bend County Jail.

On Oct. 27, at 11:35 p.m. Lund tried to drive through the blocked intersection and

Offi cer Michael Ramirez stopped the vehicle.

By BARBARA FULENWIDERMobility is a problem

throughout the Houston region.The Houston-Galveston

Area Council has done a study and a draft of recommenda-tions regarding less disruptive, more effi cient and cost effec-tive ways to move goods in the area.

With the draft in hand, H-GAC held nine public meet-ings regarding the report and the last meeting was hosted recently at the Stafford Centre.

Alan Clark, H-GAC’s di-rector of transportation and planning, said, “We’ve under-taken a regional goods move-ment study that will be a com-prehensive evaluation of the multi-modal goods movement system and developed strate-gies and recommendations for improving mobility and ac-cess for both commuters and

freight. “We have identifi ed issues

and looked at strategies to help enable us to maximize the benefi ts of what is a growing part of our region’s economy, yet addressed concerns when that activity is your next door neighbor.”

The study looks primarily at trucking since comprehensive studies have already been done on rail and shipping.

Clark said there was a lot of talk at the various regional meetings H-GAC held about the economic impacts of freight activity in and around Houston.

“There are direct impacts about the jobs created and the indirect effects. If goods are delayed then it costs more to get them here so they cost con-sumers more. Freight affects us in many dimensions.”

Clark said, “The nature of the discussion is almost always infl uenced by where we are and in Stafford we have one of the busiest rail corridors in the area.

“It cuts Stafford almost down the middle, so the prob-lems this causes the city -- traf-fi c, noise and safety concerns” are paramount.

Paula Dowell, with Cam-bridge Systematics, a con-sulting fi rm hired by H-GAC, said, “Every business out there depends on mobility. It’s all of our business.

“It’s also essential for con-sumers. All the goods we get are transported by train, truck or ship. The more it costs to move goods, the more the end buyer pays. It’s important for us to study it so we can maxi-mize the benefi ts and minimize the community impact of it.”

She also said, “Fort Bend County is a hot bed for mobil-ity.”

She recommended enhanc-ing existing roads that are most critical to make them more ef-fi cient, “make the roads that you want trucks to use the path of least resistance and even if you fi x everything you already have, this region is growing so that means the people and jobs will be in the outer ring so we need to connect those high growth areas without funneling them through the urban core. We can’t build our way out of this just by building more roads.”

As for the expected growth of Fort Bend County, Dowell said, people will be moving here right along with freight transportation so you’ll need to connect the roads and promote

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‘Fort Bend is hot bed of mobility’

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Newly acquired orphan Anne Shirley (Savannah Schakett) gives Mathew Cuthbert (Doug Hyde) a surprise kiss on the cheek for allowing her to taste ice cream for the very fi rst time in award- winning Fort Bend Theatre’s production of Anne of Green Gables performing Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m and Sundays at 3 p.m, November 4th -19th. Perfor-mances will be held at 2815 N Main Street in Stafford.

This delightful classic is not to be missed.

Tickets are available on-line at http://www.fortbend-theatre.com for only $15 for adults, $14 for students and seniors and $12 for children 10 and under.

Frederick Perrier, left, of Aura Restaurant, Child Advocates of Fort Bend Development Direc-tor Patty Green, Laura Millis, Jill Barber and Dillon Kao of Sweetwater Country Club, Pam Collins and Joan Soland. Photo by Mary Favre.

Discounted pre-sale tick-ets to the Child Advocates of Fort Bend casa Christmas Home Tour are now available at the following locations: all Fort Bend County Kroger and Randalls stores, The River-stone Information Center, the Sienna Plantation HomeFind-er Center or online at www.cafb.org.

Tickets are $20 presale or $25 during the event which takes place December 9 and 10. There is no better way to get into the holiday spirit than attending the Tour which has become a Fort Bend holiday tradition and was voted best home tour in 2009 by Fort Bend Lifestyles & Homes Magazine.

The Tour, benefi ting Child Advocates of Fort Bend, will feature six distinctive homes in Sugar Creek, Greatwood, Sweetwater, Riverstone and Sienna Plantation.

Tour guests will be treated to a rare glimpse of these

beautiful homes, and will enjoy festive entertainment, beautiful holiday decorations and tasty home-made cookies and hot apple cider.

The event runs Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. with a special candle-light tour on Friday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. One ticket provides admission to all six homes and can be used at any time during the tour. The map to the homes is on the back of the ticket.

“In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we have some special treats in store for guests at this year’s tour,” stated Child Advocates of Fort Bend Events Specialist Lisa Moore.

“We are re-visiting neigh-borhoods we haven’t been to in several years and are branching into new neigh-borhoods. It’s not your aver-age home tour - our homes have something for everyone – from exquisite decorations

to a wildlife lover’s holiday paradise to a fantasy racing room, complete with a race car simulator.”

This is one of Child Advo-cates of Fort Bend’s largest fundraisers. There is no easier way to help abused and ne-glected children in Fort Bend County than by purchasing a home tour ticket. Tickets make great gifts for family, friends and co-workers. For more information on the Tour or to purchase a ticket, con-tact Lisa Moore at 281-344-5108 or log onto www.cafb.org.

Sponsorship opportuni-ties from $100 - $10,000 are available. All $300+ level sponsors are invited to at-tend a special pre-tour spon-sor party on December 4 catered by Aura Restaurant and Sweetwater Country Club. For more information on sponsorship contact Patty Green at 281-344-5106 or [email protected].

Holiday Home Tour tickets on sale nowAnne of Green Gables

On Wednesday, Oct. 26, more than 160 existing and new supporters gathered at Pecan Grove Plantation Country Club for the fi rst Friends For Life Breakfast fundraising event.

The attendees were moved to tears as the hour-long pro-gram progressed. The rea-son—the PRC premiered its compelling new Changing Lives Video, featuring sev-eral of our clients’ stories. The video, a fi rst for the PRC, ended followed by a live cli-ent testimony.

When the client fi nished, guests burst into applause and gave her a well-deserved standing ovation. You can still fi nd out about our life-changing work by attending a Vision Hour at our Center at 4203 Ave. H, Suite 16 in Rosenberg. Hours scheduled are for Thursday, Nov. 10

Eva Vargas (Amanda’s Mother); Andy Reyes, Mia Marie Reyes, and Amanda Reyesfrom 7—8 p.m, or Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 8:30—9:30 a.m. Call 281-232-2375 for more

information. To view the vid-eo, visit our website at www.prcftbend.org.

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Trever J. Nehls, an 18-year veteran and supervisor with the Sugar Land Police Department has formed an exploratory committee for a potential run for Precinct 4 Constable, Fort Bend County.

Nehls feels his experi-ence, education and lead-ership qualities qualify him for the offi ce.

Nehls is a Master Peace Offi cer with over two de-cades of law enforcement experience. He completed his Bachelor degree from University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and earned a Master’s degree from Cen-tral Michigan University.

Nehls credits his leader-ship development qualities to his 23 year military ca-reer.

He holds of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserve, and has served three combat tours to Iraq and Afghani-stan. His leadership quali-ties and successes are well documented.

In 2009, Nehls was se-lected by a military board to attend the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Upon graduation, Nehls deployed to Afghanistan

and he recently returned in July 2011.

He holds numerous mil-itary awards and decora-tions, most notable, three Bronze Stars.

Nehls will make a for-mal announcement contin-gent upon the current in-cumbent’s decision to seek a higher offi ce.

(The incumbent is his brother, Troy Nehls, who is exploring the option of running for county sher-iff.)

Nehls is married to Kerri Nehls and they have three children, Madison, Wyatt and Parker. He is a mem-ber of various civic clubs and organizations through-

Join for shopping, food, tree decorating contest, and prizes at HOLIDAY IN THE GROVE. Shop unique ven-dors featuring food, cloth-ing, accessories, home goods and more at the Sugar Grove Church of Christ (59 & West Airport) on Saturday, No-vember 5, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. For more information go to http://women.sugargrove.org and select “special events” or call 281-530-9651.

As the mother a four-year old son, Lisa Garson knows how important physical ac-tivity is for growing kids. As a result, Garson has brought Great Play, a kids’ gym that uses its patented Interactive Arena to bring classes to life using computer technology, image projection and direc-tional sound, to Sugar Land.

The unique gym concept, located at 4646 Highway 6 South (at the corner of Aus-tin Parkway), offers fun-fi lled motor skill, sports skill and physical education classes for children ages six months through fi fth grade.

This is the fi rst of eight lo-cations planned for the Hous-ton metro area within the next fi ve years.

With high-profi le individu-

als like First Lady Michelle Obama focusing on the na-tion’s efforts to improve children’s health through nu-trition and physical fi tness, parents’ awareness of child-hood obesity has increased signifi cantly over the past few years.

Great Play aims to provide children with a structured play regimen that develops specifi c skills and fi tness to boost confi dence at each lev-el and foster a healthy, confi -dent, active life.

“I fell in love with Great Play when my son was 6 months old and he took class-es at the facility in Stamford, Conn.,” said Garson.

“After I moved to Texas in 2008, I knew the concept would be a perfect fi t for kids

in the Sugar Land and Mis-souri City community and surrounding areas.”

Budget cuts and lack of funding for physical educa-tion programs in schools have left many children without the knowledge of how to in-corporate exercise and fi tness into their everyday lifestyle.

“Keeping kids active is so important for their growth and development,” said Gar-son. “With so many schools eliminating PE programs, I know children can benefi t from the classes Great Play offers. The classes really mo-tivate children and get them excited about physical activ-ity.”

Great Play classes are conducted in a patented In-teractive Arena™ that uses

computer technology, image projection and directional sound to bring the space to life.

The concept has been rec-ognized as one of the most innovative youth programs in the world by the IHRSA (In-ternational Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association), the global trade association for the fi tness industry.

Great Play incorporates all three legs of motor skill development (locomotor, stability and manipulative skills) into a varied and fun curriculum designed to help kids reach their full physical potential.

For more information, visit http://www.greatplay.com/sugarland.

Great Play debuts in Sugar Land

Trever Nehls

Trever Nehls considers run for Pct. 4 Constable

Holiday in the Grove

Ginger Fisher was sen-tenced to 30 years in prison on October 17, for stabbing a Stafford Police Offi cer in the back during an incident in February 2008.

The 28 year-old Baytown woman was convicted of ag-gravated assault of a public servant by a jury despite her claim of insanity in Fort Bend County.

According to Assistant Dis-trict Attorney Amanda Bolin, Stafford Police Offi cers Kristi Hill and Leslie Claunch re-sponded to the local bowling alley on February 22, 2008 just before 10 p.m. in refer-ence to a “disturbance” in-volving an intoxicated man.

The offi cers arrived and located Fredrick “Freddie” Syrett, who appeared to be in-toxicated and quickly became combative when they con-fronted him.

Syrett’s girlfriend, Ginger Fisher, interfered with the offi cers until they told her to back off. When the offi cers turned their attention back to Syrett, he lunged at Offi cer Hill and a struggle ensued. Syrett was eventually hand-cuffed – taking both offi cers and the help of several bowl-ing alley employees to do so.

As Offi cers Hill and Claunch began to lead Syrett out of the bowling alley, Fish-er attacked Offi cer Claunch from behind – stabbing her in the back/armpit area.

Though severely wounded, Offi cer Claunch and bowling alley employees wrestled the defendant to the ground and placed her under arrest. Of-fi cer Claunch suffered a punc-tured lung and was rushed to the hospital where she had a painful chest tube inserted to save her life. Offi cer Claunch remained in the hospital for 5 days followed by months of rehabilitation.

Fisher argued at trial that she was insane at the time of the offense. The evidence revealed, which the State did not contest, that the defendant has a lengthy mental health history and has been diag-nosed as bi-polar.

The defendant called Dr. Carmen Petzhold, a psycholo-gist who testifi ed that as a re-sult of her mental disease she did not know her conduct was wrong.

The State relied on the

court-appointed psychiatrist, Dr. Seth Silverman, who had also evaluated the defendant and found that she was sane at the time of the offense.

Additionally, the State re-lied on an audio recording of the defendant made shortly after the crime where she told a detective, “he did nothing wrong (referring to Syrett), I did something wrong to pro-tect him.”

Fisher had also made mul-tiple statements while being transferred fi rst to Stafford Police Department and then to the county jail.

She asked offi cers “Did I hurt her? Because I think I stuck her in the kidney…that’s where I was aiming!” and “This is some bullshit! That’s why I stabbed that bitch cop.”

Upon hearing that offi cers were charging her with at-tempted capital murder, she responded “It’s capital mur-der, right? So that means I got her good, right?”

The jury quickly dismissed the claims of insanity and found the defendant guilty as charged.

During the punishment phase, the prosecution called Offi cer Claunch and her fam-ily members to explain the ex-tent of her injuries and the se-rious physical and emotional impact that the crime had on her.

The defense called the de-

fendant’s mother, an elemen-tary school principal, who asked that the defendant be placed on probation so that she could receive mental health help. The jurors agreed with the State that probation was just too risky for this kind of behavior and sent her to prison for 30 years.

“There is no doubt that Ms. Fisher has some mental dis-order, but she knew full well what she was doing and that it was wrong,” said Bolin.

“Offi cer Claunch has spent her life protecting others, but this was an opportunity for the jury to protect her – to ‘protect the protector’, and they did just that with their verdict.”

The case was heard in the 240th District Court before Presiding Judge Thomas R. Culver, III.

Aggravated assault of a public servant is a fi rst -de-gree felony punishable by 5 to 99 years or life in prison and a fi ne up to $10,000. Fisher must serve half of her sen-tence before she can be con-sidered for parole because a weapon was used to commit the crime. Fisher was proba-tion eligible.

Assistant District Attorneys Amanda C. Bolin and Natalie Sarfi n prosecuted the case. Q. Tate Williams represented the defendant.

out Fort Bend County. Trever Nehls and his

family attend Grand Park-way Baptist Church.

Don McCall, a resident of New Territory has also announced his intention to run for Pct. 4 Constable in the March Republican pri-mary.

McCall is a sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff’s Offi ce.

Fisher

30 years for woman who stabbed police offi cer

The fi ling period for pre-cinct chairs began on Sep-tember 12 and ends on De-cember 12, 2011.

Sign up today and make a difference, says Fort Bend County GOP Chair Sharon Roberts.

Have you considered run-ning for offi ce?

Each year thousands of men and women make the decision to become a candi-date. Filing for candidates will begin on November 12, 2011 and end at 6 p.m on De-cember 12, 2011. Filing dates and locations are:November 12, 20119:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m.Fort Bend County North AnnexJustice of the Peace, Pct 3 Courtroom22333 Grand Corner DriveKaty, Texas November 14, 20119:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Fort Bend County Annex4520 Reading Road, Suite A Rosenberg, TX 77471 December 12, 2011

1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Fort Bend County Annex4520 Reading Road, Suite A Rosenberg, TX 77471

Short on time? Applications may also be mailed:1860 FM 359, #250Richmond, TX 77469

Key dates November 12 - Candidate fi l-ing begins for all other offi ces December 12 - Candidate fi l-ing deadline 6:00 p.m. December 20 - Last day for Ballot Draw for position on the ballot February 21 - First day of Early Voting March 2 - Last day of Early Voting March 6 - Primary DAY!! May 14 - First day of Early Voting for the Primary Run-off Election May 18 - Last day of Early Voting for the Primary Run-off Election May 22- Primary Run-off Election Day!!

Filing period for party precinct chairs has begun

By RUSSELL JONESA week ago European lead-

ers announced in Brussels that they had found the solu-tion to the Euro’s woes. Fi-nancial markets worldwide gave a collective sigh of re-lief. By the end of the week, closer analysis revealed that celebrations were premature.

The announcement was suspicious in the fi rst place. It followed by just a few days French and German hints that controls might be placed on the major rating services, which had been rumbling about potential downgrades of European debt, exactly the same as happened in the Unit-ed States a few months ago.

Apparently some bureau-crat’s thought was that an announcement of sovereign credit downgrades would cre-ate worse publicity than the scandal to be expected from muzzling credit analysts. Moody’s and S&P were quick to let the markets know that censorship was in the offi ng and that their American of-fi ces would not be cowed by any European action to hide the true state of the economy.

The new economic plan calls for beefi ng up the Eu-ropean bailout fund, recapi-talizing banks and reducing Greece’s debt, a euphemism for requiring private banks to swallow the loss of half of the country’s entire sovereign debt. A day of worldwide eu-phoria morphed into a real-ization that the proposal did little to benefi t Italy or Spain, the two next most debt-rid-den European states, did not adequately boost the bailout fund, and might be ignored by Greece.

The new requirements for

Greek austerity could result in the fall of its current gov-ernment in Athens, where the ruling Socialist party hangs on with a mere 3 vote majority in the parliament. A poll after the Brussels announcement found that 59% of Greeks op-pose the plan. A change in the Greek government followed by a rejection of the Brussels plan would further mire the European economy in chaos.

Most Americans are not fully immersed in the goings-on of the European economy. Suffi ce it to say that Greece is in immediate danger of soci-etal collapse. Its current un-employment rate is approach-ing 43% among 15 to 24 year-olds and 17% in the gen-eral population. Those num-bers are expected to rise. The country’s debt equals 164% of its gross domestic product. Assuming that the new plan works, debt will only fall to 120% of GDP in 2020, about where Italy is now. Spain’s unemployment rate stands at 22% now.

Germany is showing signs of tiring of being the eco-nomic benefactor of the en-

tire Euro zone. If it fails to fully support the proposed expansion of the bailout fund, believed to be inadequate re-gardless of German support, the European crisis could be-come the new normal. The possibility of various nations withdrawing from the Euro, including the U.K., has al-ready been discussed.

The lesson for Americans is that Europe fi nds itself in this situation as the result of years of excessive govern-ment spending on social pro-grams, and paying for it with borrowed money. It fi nds it-self redistributing the wealth of its entrepreneurs, stifl ing job growth and paralyzing the economy by making it costly to hire employees and do business. Such has been the direction of the American economy for years. True, it happened under Bush, but Obama has adopted the Euro-pean philosophy with a ven-geance.

Maybe the Europeans can fi nd a way out of their mess. Maybe not. But America became great by leading the world with its economy, not by following Europe, China or anyone else. It is time for a change, but not the change promised in 2008. We need more than hope. We need a plan. The plan is free enter-prise, and it will not be rein-stated until we have leaders who believe in it, and focus their entire efforts on allow-ing it to blossom.

Jones served as a mem-ber of the Sugar Land City Council from 2003 through June, 2011. He owns a law fi rm and a title insurance company in Sugar Land.

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AUTOMOBILE: Scion xB

By JANICE SCANLANMy Dad was always do-

ing experiments, particu-larly with his farm, gardens and pecan orchard. He read Robert Rodale’s publications on organic farming and gar-dening, subscribed to all the ag extension publications and was always looking for ways to improve his farm and methods. And I never knew what might be in store for us and what I might get to help do.

When Dad bought the farm near Hollister, Oklahoma, it needed work. He set about terracing the land to prevent soil erosion and then began a lifelong commitment to or-ganic soil building. He was always looking for someone else’s waste that was either free for hauling away or al-most free. So we spent time each year at the cotton gin for cotton hulls and at the feedlot for cattle manure. We also got all kinds of other waste from processing op-erations particularly of bone and blood byproducts.

This is stuff you mostly have to buy today, but then they were happy for you to haul it off in the 1950’s.

The most interesting day was the day we picked up the fi sh to stock the “tank” which city folk would call a pond. But it was a tank because we dug it. We’d been sav-ing milk cartons for months and several days before the fi sh were to arrive, we fi lled the milk cartons so the water

would de-chlorinate. We went down and met an ag extension truck that was distributing the fi sh that day—wide-mouthed bass.

We got our pickup truck full of milk cartons fi lled with minnows and headed for the farm. Let’s just say the last four miles on dipping dirt roads took awhile. I was amazed there was any water in the cartons, but somehow they didn’t completely slosh out. Did I mention my job was to beat the water before the fi sh were put in so it’d be oxygen-ated? We stocked the tank, and that worked out pretty well, especially for the cat-fi sh that ate many of the min-nows, but we did have some bass survive. Honestly, for my Dad, the stocking was the ad-venture.

In reading some of the his-tory about our family they basically “played out” farms in Maryland and Tennessee and moved on. Not practicing crop rotation or fertilization

methods, planting single crops (tobacco in this case) led to unproductive soil. My Dad made up for this ignorance and poor stewardship. Work-ing diligently, he broke down the clay soil with cotton hulls. He enriched it with waste of all kinds. One of the people my uncle eats lunch with at the seniors center is Mrs. Holloway whose grandson owns the farm now. She told me after all these years, it is one of their highest producing farms—and they are a large ranch and farm operation.

That’s the miracle of organ-ics. Microbes loosen the soil. Cotton hulls actually work in clay to break it up or serve as a binding agent in sandy soils. I’ve used them for our clay soil here on the Oyster Creek terrace—which is the same red as Oklahoma soil. Cotton hulls are much faster than gypsum. Organic fertil-izer paid off for us this sum-mer in our lawn by keeping the soil more porous so the water doesn’t just run off. And in places we had bad spots, I used back-fl ushed water from the biological pond fi lter.

With the exception of the pond back fl ush and a small compost, we now pay for the “waste.”

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By BARBARA FULENWIDER For 2011 the second genera-tion Scion xB still has its dis-tinctive boxy looks but is class-ier and provides a comfortable ride and drive in an amazingly roomy interior.

The 2011 xB is upgraded with an aggressive new look on the outside and added comfort and convenience on the inside. The enhancements to the 2011 xB come with a $150 price in-crease over the 2010 model re-sulting in MSRPs of $16,000 and $16,950 for manual and automatic transmission mod-els, respectively.

The xB enters the 2011 mod-el year with a new front bum-per featuring enlarged outer vents and a front grille with a new honeycomb pattern and improved headlamp design. The single rear backup lamp has been integrated into com-bination lamps. For the 2011 model year the xB is available in seven exterior colors includ-ing the new Army Rock Metal-lic and Elusive Blue Metallic.

Changes to the 2011 xB’s interior include more comfort-able driver- and front-passen-ger seats, which now include larger bolsters. Front and rear seats are also covered in a new light gray fabric with a geomet-ric pattern for the seating sur-faces contrasted by black fabric covering the bolsters, bases and backs.

A combination center con-sole with sliding armrest has been added. An improved gauge-cluster design with black background, along with a separate clock and outside temperature display, provides better visibility to information. Completing the changes, the steering wheel now includes both telescopic and tilt func-tions.

The iconic Scion xB urban utility vehicle has continued to appeal to young consumers as it receives new standard and optional audio systems. The standard Pioneer audio system features iPod/USB connectiv-ity, a programmable welcome message screen and an RCA output for adding an external amplifi er and subwoofer. An available Alpine Premium au-dio system takes the standard audio to the next level with several upgrades including a 4.3-inch color touch-screen

monitor, HD Radio™ technol-ogy and optional navigation.

The 2011 xB features a 2.4-liter dual overhead-cam four-cylinder engine with Vari-able Valve Timing with intelli-gence (VVT-i) and makes 158 horsepower. The xB has esti-mated EPA fuel economy rat-ings of 22 city/28 highway.

The xB rides on 16-inch steel wheels and customers have the choice between three standard wheel covers which are shared with the xD. The xB stops with 10.83-inch ventilat-ed discs in the front and 10.98-inch disc brakes in the rear and has a front MacPherson strut and rear torsion beam suspen-sion.

The xB’s interior offers 21.7 cubic feet behind the rear seats, 60/40 split fold fl at rear seats for additional space and a fl at cargo fl oor. In addition, the front seats fully recline for increased cargo space or relax-ation.

For interior storage the xB offers a driver’s convenience tray, a glove box, console box and front door storage. Beneath the rear seats a fi xed tray pro-vides for hidden storage and can accommodate small items like magazines, cameras, lap-tops, cell phone chargers and CDs.

A series of sleek circular gauges, including the speedom-eter and deep orange multi-in-formation display, sit centered on the metal-tone accented dash. Upon starting the engine, “xB” fl ashes on the multi-in-formation display before the driver can toggle through the clock, outside temperature, instantaneous MPG, average MPG, distance to empty, trip timer, or the average speed.

All Scion vehicles are mono-spec so customers only need to choose exterior color and trans-

mission type. The xB comes with a generous list of standard features including power steer-ing, windows, door locks and mirrors; remote keyless entry; air conditioning; cruise control; four-wheel anti-lock brakes (ABS) with Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist (BA).

Also, driver and front pas-senger dual stage airbags; front seat-mounted side airbags; front and rear side curtain air-bags, Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) with Traction Control (TRAC); fi rst-aid kit; and tilt steering wheel with audio con-trols.

I like the looks, handling, size, utilitarian options and ease of ride and drive of the xB. It provides a lot for the money.

multi modal roads. Completing the Grand

Parkway is a key investment needed in order to access the new growth areas in Fort Bend, she said. The outer links need a port connector route.

The study includes a mon-etary value on preliminary public benefi ts that would be a result of primary and sec-ondary freight rail investment. Households and businesses both benefi t. The study “mon-etized” travel effi ciency ben-efi ts from 2018 to 2035.

The study shows that access to new growth areas along with existing freight facilities would benefi t households by $5,155.2 million and benefi t businesses by $9,763.7 mil-lion with total benefi ts esti-mated to be $14,918.9 million.

Dowell also said total ef-fi ciency benefi ts of $1,158 million would accrue via pri-mary freight rail and highway effi ciency benefi ts. Secondary commuter rail benefi ts, such as travel time, emission costs, vehicle operating costs, acci-dent costs and vehicle repairs would save commuters an es-timated $241 million.

She said, “We used the 2007 TxDOT study and vali-dated it. We wanted to address some of the biggest freight rail bottlenecks in the com-munities. These projects are also necessary to move com-muter rail forward. Then we

expanded that analysis to look at a couple areas of benefi ts. If you were to do these im-provements you could divert some truck traffi c to rail and that would improve highway mobility. The second benefi t was commuter rail, which also benefi ts highways.

“Operational solutions,” Dowell said, “are exciting be-cause they are short and me-dium terms. They can be done in a relatively short amount of time and are cost effective because you get more out of what you already have.”

The study lists fi ve short term and two medium-term solutions.

The short-term solutions include a freight corridor im-provement program, off-peak operations, regional truck route and freight facilities map for the trucking industry. The two medium-term opera-tional solutions she noted are HazMat network update and to modernize freight equip-ment.

As for the institutional solu-tions, Dowell said the process-es for getting to the solutions include seeking federal fund-ing for freight investments, conducting benefi t costs and economic impact analysis, providing good movement outreach and communication programs for local public sec-tor planners, elected offi cials and the public.

“Paying for these things will require cooperation and a level of public and private,”

Dowell said, and added that the regional goods movement report contains “a lot of ideas for H-GAC in order to keep the action going forward” rather than it being just anoth-er study sitting on a shelf.

Understandably, in Staf-ford there was a lot of con-cern about rail and trucks and the congestion of major thor-oughfares. There was also talk about the need for new transit services, such as commuter rail, and the diffi culties Fort Bend communities have had when working with Union Pa-cifi c (UP) over that issue.

When Mayor Leonard Scar-cella spoke he began his re-marks by citing Stafford’s rail-road history, which started in 1853 “when the fi rst railroad in Texas ran from Junction in Houston to Stafford.”

He then went on to say that Stafford “is quite limited in area and we’re quite con-cerned about what the dual tracking UP will do to us. A critical component of com-muter or passenger rail is not included.”

The mayor said Union Pa-cifi c’s position is “very dis-ingenuous. They have no in-tention of adding a track in order to make their trains run more effi ciently. Union Pacif-ic would have up to 60 or 70 trains running and would like to have even more. Now we have 30 to 36 running through Stafford every day. You dou-ble that and it will create a lot of problems.”

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On Saturday, Nov. 12, the Chamber’s Annual Celebra-tion Ball, which is presented this year by Legacy Ford and Kevin Patton State Farm, will recognize the member busi-nesses, organizations and in-dividuals who are the back-bone of not only the Chamber but the business community itself. The black-tie affair is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to midnight at the Safari Texas Ranch’s Texas Ballroom, 11627 FM 1464, Richmond. The Ball will commence at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail re-ception and silent auction, followed by seated dinner and a live auction conducted by expert auctioneer, Jeff Council, Fort Bend County Treasurer. For more informa-tion, call 281-342-5464, stop by the offi ce at 4120 or visit www.CFBCA.org.

Chamber’s Celebration Ball


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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

EVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES

Sealed bids in triplicate, one (1) original and two (2) copies, addressed to the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday,

November 10, 2011 for:

Sealed bids shall be appropriately marked as follows:

BID NO. 2012-04 EVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES

BIDDER’S NAME, ADDRESS, AND DUE DATE

Bidder shall sign and date the bid. Bids that are not signed and dated will be

rejected.

Signed and sealed bids shall be delivered to the City Secretary Offi ce, on or before 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, November 10, 2011 , City of Sugar Land, City Hall, Suite 122, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All bids received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within thirty (30) days following the date for the opening of bids.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifi cations prior to the date set for opening of bids. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifi cations. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not aff ect the bid opening date.

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities in bids received. The award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder.

ITB documents may be secured from City of Sugar Land City Secretary Offi ce, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, or by registering at https://www.bidsync.com . Registration is free. All bid documents, amendments and other information relating to the bid will be posted at this site.

All questions regarding the bid must be received no later than 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, November 3, 2011. Please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator, at telephone number (281) 275-2302 or email [email protected] .

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAECity Secretary

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEThe Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 for replat of Fulbrook, Section 4A, replat of Lots 5 and 6 Block 1, Precinct 3.The hearing will be held in the Com-missioners Courtroom, William B. Travis Bldg., 309 S. Fourth St., Rm. 700, Rich-mond, Texas.Under state law, you the owner, have certain rights with respect to the pro-posed replat. Should you wish to ex-ercise your right, you may be heard at the planned public hearing. You may contact David Leyendecker with Clay & Leyendecker Inc at 281-391-0173 forinformation prior to the hearing.

Submitted by,Dianne WilsonFort Bend County Clerk

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

SUGAR LAND SENIOR CENTER PROJECT

The City of Sugar Land seeks bids for furnishing all labor, material, and equipment, and performing all work required for the following project in the City:

CIP PROJECT NAME: Sugar Land Senior Center Project

CIP PROJECT NUMBER: MU1102

LOCATION OF WORK: 226 Matlage Way, Sugar Land, TX 77478

Plans, specifi cations, and bidding documents may be obtained at the following offi ces and location with payment of $235.02:

A&E Reprographics Digital Vault

4235 Richmond Avenue

Houston, TX 77027

(713)-621-0022

Sealed bids shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land City Secretary Offi ce,

2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after the opening date and time will not be considered.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 2:00 p.m.,

Thursday, November 10, 2011, City of Sugar Land City Hall, 2700 Town Center

Boulevard North, Sugar Land, TX 77479.

The City Council will award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder that complies with all requirements of the Request for Bids. The City of Sugar Land will give notice of the contract award within sixty (60) calendar days after the bid opening date and time.


FORT BEND COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

FY 2010 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION

REPORT (CAPER)

Fort Bend County’s FY 2010 Draft Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) is now available for public review and comment from Friday, November 4, 2011 to Friday, November 18, 2011. The document is available for review at the offi ce of the Fort Bend County Community Development Department at 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, Texas, 77471.

The public is encouraged to review this document and submit written comments to Marilynn Kindell, Community Development Director, at 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, Texas, 77471 by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 18, 2011. A public meeting to receive comments will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at the Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Break Room, Rosenberg, Texas.

Comments will be incorporated into the fi nal document, as appropriate, prior to submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for review and approval.

For information, please contact the Fort Bend County Community Development Department 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, Texas, 77471, (281) 341-4410.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Fort Bend County, in carrying out its Housing Rehabilitation Program, in particular a project located in the 100 block of 7th Street, Rosenberg, Texas, funded by the HOME Program by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has determined that this project is located in the base fl oodplain (100-year fl oodplain) as shown on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Insurance Rate Map, Panel 210 J, dated January 3, 1997. Mitigation measures will be enforced because avoidance of the fl oodplain is not practical. The project is located on 7th Street and is within the fl oodplain of the Brazos River, Rosenberg, Texas. The cost of the involvement is estimated to be $35,000.00. This notice is published to provide public involvement in the decision-making process for Fort Bend County’s compliance with Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management.Comments will be received for fi fteen (15) days following the publication of this notice.Comments should be forwarded to: Marilynn Kindell, Fort Bend County Community Development Department, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, Texas 77471.

Join the Fort Bend Aggie Mom’s Club for Bunco night on Monday, November 14 at 7 p.m at the Sugar Land Com-munity Center, 226 Matlage Way. Come have fun and get to know other Aggie moms. For more information con-tact Stephanie Rammrath at [email protected] .

On Thursday, Nov. 10, from 9:30-10 a.m., Southminster School students will honor America’s veterans in a special ceremony called “Prayer around the fl agpole – Southminster School thanks our veterans.”

Students have collected names of veterans from their own families, school staff families and Southminster church fami-lies. Those names will be read in a continuous cadence by the school’s fourth- and fi fth-grade students. Additionally, all the students are being taught in weeks leading up to the event that freedom should not be taken for granted and that democracy provides us the privilege to stand proudly for our beliefs.

All veterans attending the ceremony will be presented with a special, patriotic pin to wear so they may be recognized by the children and thanked for their service to our country.

“This ceremony helps us impress upon our students the im-portant roles of this nation’s service men and women,” said Head of School Helen Jackson.

The morning will include patriotic songs, local dignitaries, and a speech by retired U.S. Army Capt. Will Reed, a South-minster parent and motivational speaker. The program will conclude with the playing of Taps. The community is invited for this special tribute to the men and women of our military to whom we owe so much.

Located at 4200 Cartwright Road in Missouri City, South-minster School is a private Christian academy that serves chil-dren from 16 months through the fi fth grade. Its student body is a refl ection of the diverse, energetic community that sur-rounds the school, and its staff takes full advantage of the tools with which it is provided to help those children grow and learn through the early, critical years of development.

The Sugar Land Heritage Foundation is proud to an-nounce the launch of an excit-ing new program celebrating the history of our city.

Beginning this December, the Foundation will release a limited-edition collectable ornament as part of its Sugar Land Heritage Collection. Each year, a treasured historic building or site in Sugar Land will be featured. Collecting these ornaments is a great hol-iday tradition to start this year and enjoy for years to come!

These high-quality brass ornaments come individually packaged in a beautiful gift box which includes a printed card with information about the structure depicted.

A unique addition to any Christmas tree or holiday dis-play, a Sugar Land Heritage ornament is the perfect gift for family members, friends, or clients.

The 2011 Sugar Land Heri-tage Collection ornament will feature the Imperial Sugar Company Char House located at Highway 90 near Brooks Street.

During the early 1920s, the Imperial Sugar Company

faced emerging competition from other Texas refi neries; so its owners, I. H. Kempner and W. T. Eldridge, authorized ambitious plans to increase refi ned sugar production by fi fty percent. They enlarged existing structures and con-structed new buildings. The largest of these was the bone char fi lter house—an eight-story, steel and brick building along Highway 90-A in Sugar Land, Texas.

Construction costs for the Char House totaled $1,000,000. It remained the tallest building in Fort Bend County until the 1970s.

The Char House got its name from bone char. Sim-ply put, bone char is crushed and charred animal bone used to transform amber-colored sugar syrup into clear syrup. This is how the process went:

The Char House contained thirty vertical cylindrical cast iron tanks, each larger than a railroad tank car. Operators fi lled these tanks with bone char and then added the am-ber-colored sugar syrup. As it percolated through the bone char, the dissolved impuri-ties were absorbed, and the

amber-colored syrup became clear. The clear syrup was lat-er pumped to another building to be processed into refi ned products, such as white table sugar.

The Char House has been an icon of Fort Bend County’s

landscape for decades. Be-fore the development of the area, the Char House could be seen for miles around. At night, the blue and red neon “IMPERIAL ‘PURE CANE’ SUGAR” sign atop the build-ing proudly advertised the

sugar it produced.The building also holds

fond memories for many peo-ple. In the old days, the Char House, located 21 miles from Houston, signaled the end of a long trip when travelers re-turned from the big city. And beginning in the 1960s—on alternating years—a large cross, candle, or Christmas tree radiated at night from the southern-facing Char House windows during the holiday season. This tradition contin-ues today.

Currently, Sugar Land’s Char House—the last classic char house built in the United States—is undergoing an ex-tensive renovation as part of the mixed-use redevelopment at the historic Imperial Sugar refi nery site. It remains Sugar Land’s most iconic historic building.

The cost of each limited-edition collectable ornament is just $25. All proceeds

benefi t the Sugar Land Heri-tage Foundation, a non-profi t 501(c)3 organization.

Don’t miss your chance to own a piece of Sugar Land history! For more informa-tion or to place your order, please call the Sugar Land Heritage Foundation at 281-494-0261 or email Executive Director Eleanor Barton at [email protected].

The Sugar Land Heritage Foundation’s mission is to inspire community pride by collecting, preserving, com-municating, and celebrating the history of Sugar Land, Texas. Executive Director Eleanor Barton invites those interested in the opening of a Sugar Land history muse-um to call 281-494-0261 or to visit the foundation’s web site. Learn how to volunteer, sponsor, and donate artifacts and photographs at www.sl-heritage.org.

Fort Bend Aggie Moms

Start a new Sugar Land Holiday Tradition

Earlier this year, Methodist Sugar Land Hospital began building out the sixth fl oor of its Main Pavilion, adding 56 beds and improving the hospital’s ability to meet the volume and needs of patients from Fort Bend and surround-ing areas.

The fl oor is dedicated to orthopedic and neurosurgery patients and includes a gym and rehabilitation equipment to accommodate patients who require physical therapy fol-lowing a procedure. On Octo-ber 24, Methodist Sugar Land Hospital opened 20 beds and the remaining 36 beds will open based upon the needs of our community.

“The build-out of our sixth fl oor allows us to expand and

provide a dedicated area for patients in two of our fastest growing service lines—neu-rosurgery and orthopedics,” says Chris Siebenaler, Meth-odist Sugar Land Hospital CEO. “Investments like this further our commitment to the community—to provide leading-edge services close to home.”

A true testament that Methodist Sugar Land Hospi-tal is Leading Medicine is the number of signifi cant medi-cal fi rsts we have contributed to the Fort Bend community, which at one time, were only available in the medical cen-ter, including:

•First abdominal aortic an-eurysm repair

•First angioplasty with

stents•First brain surgery &

awake brain surgery•First carotid artery stenting•First gastric lap band sur-

gery & laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

•First minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft-ing

•First open heart surgery•First MRI guided biopsy •First robotic surgical sys-

tem & related surgeries•First robotic thymectomy•First rotational atherec-

tomy •First single puncture lapa-

roscopic gallbladder surgery•First thermoregulatory de-

vice used for hyperthermia technique

• First urinary bladder reconstruction

•First urinary artifi cial sphincter surgery

•First video-assisted thora-coscopic esophagomyotomy surgery

To learn more, visit Meth-odistSugarLand.com

Methodist Sugar Land Hospital expands again

Southminster School honors Veterans

First United Methodist Church presents Rob Landes Trio

Rob Landes Trio joins Friends of the Arts once again with a concert, “Music You Love,” in which the trio will take re-quests from the audience and perform them. This concert will be arranged with an intimate setting and feel for listeners’ en-joyment on Sunday, Nov. 20, beginning at 4 p.m. in the church sanctuary at First United Methodist Church, Missouri City ,3900 Lexington Blvd near the intersection of Lexington and Murphy Road. The Friends of the Arts is a community out-reach ministry of First United Methodist Church, that is dedi-cated to offering a variety of quality fi ne arts to the church and community free of charge. In addition, the public is invited to a silent auction at the church’s Fall Festival, on Saturday, Nov. 12, where they can bid for the best seats in the house. For more details, call 281-499-3502, email FriendsoftheArts@ comcast.net or check out www.fumcmc.org.


NOTICE TO BIDDERS

2.0 MG ELEVATED STORAGE TANK


CIP PROJECT NAME: University 2.0 MG Elevated Water Storage Tank

CIP PROJECT NUMBER: WA0503

LOCATION OF WORK: West of University of Houston Sugar Land

Campus, Adjacent to U.S. 59 and Levee


Cobb, Fendley, and Associates, Inc.

13430 Northwest Freeway, Suite 1100

Houston, TX 77040

Available for download on CivCast at www.civcastusa.com for no charge.



A mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 2:00 p.m.,

Tuesday, November 8, 2011, City of Sugar Land City Hall, 2700 Town Center

Boulevard North, Sugar Land, TX 77479.



NOTICE TO BIDDERS

WAYFINDING SIGN SYSTEM


CIP PROJECT NAME: Wayfi nding Sign System

CIP PROJECT NUMBER: TR1103

LOCATION OF WORK: Various Locations Throughout the City of

Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, TX


Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

12012 Wickchester Lane, Suite 500

Houston, TX 77079

281-597-9300

Sealed bids, in duplicate, shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land City

Secretary Offi ce, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land,

Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after the opening date and time will not be considered.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 9:00

a.m., Thursday, November 10, 2011, City of Sugar Land Public Works, 111

Gillingham Lane, Sugar Land, TX 77478.

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities in bids received. The City Council will award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder that complies with all requirements of the Request for Bids. The City of Sugar Land will give notice of the contract award within sixty (60) calendar days after the bid opening date and time.


NOTICE TO BIDDERS

PURCHASE OF FLEET VEHICLES

Sealed bids in triplicate, one (1) original and two (2) copies, addressed to the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, November 10, 2011, for:


BID NO. 2012-08 PURCHASE OF FLEET VEHICLES

BIDDER’S NAME, ADDRESS, AND DUE DATE

Bidder shall sign and date the bid. Bids that are not signed and dated will

be rejected.

Signed and sealed bids shall be delivered to the City Secretary Offi ce, on or before 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, November 10, 2011, City of Sugar Land, City Hall, Suite 122, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All bids received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within thirty (30) days following the date for the opening of bids.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifi cations prior to the date set for opening of bids. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifi cations. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not aff ect the bid opening date.

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities in bids received. The award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder.

ITB documents may be secured from City of Sugar Land City Secretary Offi ce, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, or by registering at https://www.bidsync.com . Registration is free. All bid documents, amendments and other information relating to the bid will be posted at this site.

Questions regarding the bid must be received by the City of Sugar Land Purchasing Offi ce no later than 3:00 p.m., Thursday, November 3, 2011. Please contact Miki Bienek, Buyer, at telephone number (281) 275-2701 or email [email protected].


NOTICE TO PROPOSERS

Six (6) sealed proposals, one (1) original and fi ve (5) copies, addressed to the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 2:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, November

10, 2011, for:

DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM / DESTINATION

BRANDING AND KEY MARKETING MESSAGES


RFP NO. 2012-03

DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM / DESTINATION BRANDING AND

KEY MARKETING MESSAGES

BIDDER’S NAME, ADDRESS, AND DUE DATE.

Respondent shall sign and date the proposal. Proposals that are not signed

and dated will be rejected.

Signed and sealed proposals shall be delivered to the City Secretary Offi ce, on or before 2:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, November 10, 2011, City of Sugar Land, City Hall, Suite 122, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All proposals received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within ninety (90) days following the date for the opening of bids.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifi cations prior to the date set for opening of proposals. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifi cations. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not aff ect the bid opening date.

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive informalities in bids received. The award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder based on the evaluation criteria provided in the RFP.

Proposal documents may be secured from City of Sugar Land Offi ce of the City Secretary, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, or by registering at https://www.bidsync.com. Registration is free. All bid documents, amendments and other information relating to the bid will be posted on this site.

For questions regarding the request for proposal, please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator at telephone number (281) 275-2302 or email at [email protected] .


NOTICE TO BIDDERS

1.0 MG ELEVATED STORAGE TANK

REHABILITATION


CIP PROJECT NAME: Industrial Boulevard 1.0 MG Elevated Storage

Tank Rehabilitation

CIP PROJECT NUMBER: A1102

LOCATION OF WORK: 1050 Industrial Boulevard, Sugar Land, 77478.

Plans, specifi cations, and bidding documents may be obtained at the following offi ces and location with payment of $75 :

Pate Engineers, Inc.

13333 Northwest Freeway, Suite 300

Houston, TX 77040



A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 10:00

a.m., Thursday, November 3, 2011, City of Sugar Land City Hall, 2700 Town

Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, TX 77479.



CITY OF MISSOURI CITYNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

On Monday, November 14, 2011, there will be held, during a special City

Council meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City of

Missouri City, City Hall, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, a public

hearing to discuss the annexation and proposed annexation service plan for

the property east of the current city limits, west of the extension of Teal Road,

south of State Highway 6, and north of Newpoint Estates and that portion of

the Newpoint Estates subdivision that is west of the extension of Teal Road

right of way and not currently within the city limits of the City of Arcola,

excluding Reserve B and that portion of Reserve A not currently within the

City. Any interested person is entitled to speak and present evidence for or

against the proposed annexation and service plan. The proposed annexation

service plan is available for public inspection in the Development Services

Department during regular business hours. For questions concerning the

annexation process, please contact the Development Services Department

at (281) 403-8541.

NOTICE TO PROPOSERS

Six (6) sealed proposals, one (1) original and fi ve (5) copies, addressed to the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, November

17, 2011, for:

COMPREHENSIVE FEE STUDY


RFP NO. 2012-07

COMPREHENSIVE FEE STUDY

BIDDER’S NAME, ADDRESS, AND DUE DATE.

Respondent shall sign and date the proposal. Proposals that are not signed

and dated will be rejected.

Signed and sealed proposals shall be delivered to the City Secretary Offi ce, on or before 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, November 17, 2011, City of Sugar Land, City Hall, Suite 122, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All proposals received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within ninety (90) days following the date for the opening of bids.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifi cations prior to the date set for opening of proposals. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifi cations. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not aff ect the bid opening date.

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive informalities in bids received. The award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder based on the evaluation criteria provided in the RFP.

Proposal documents may be secured from City of Sugar Land City Secretary Offi ce, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, or by registering at https://www.bidsync.com. Registration is free. All bid documents, amendments and other information relating to the bid will be posted at this site.

Questions regarding this proposal must be received by the Purchasing Offi ce on or before 3:00 p.m., Thursday, November 10, 2011. Please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator at telephone number (281) 275-2302 or email [email protected] .


NOTICE OF RATES AND FEES FOR VARIOUS SERVICES

The City of Sugar Land City Council on September 20, 2011 adopted on second consideration City of Sugar Land Ordinance No. 1828:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE V, DIVISION 4 (FEES FOR VARIOUS CITY SERVICES) AND CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE VIII, DIVISION 3 (RATES AND CHARGES) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REVISING CITY SERVICE FEES AND MONTHLY RETAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER CHARGES. Said ordinance is available in the offi ce of the City Secretary, City of Sugar Land, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, (281) 275-2730, and may be examined between the hours of 8:00 o’clock a.m. and 5:00 o’clock p.m., Monday through Friday. Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMCCity Secretary

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEThe Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 for replat of Fulbrook, Section 2C, replat of Lots 5 and 6 Block 1, Precinct 3.The hearing will be held in the Com-missioners Courtroom, William B. Travis Bldg., 309 S. Fourth St., Rm. 700, Rich-mond, Texas.Under state law, you the owner, have certain rights with respect to the pro-posed replat. Should you wish to ex-ercise your right, you may be heard at the planned public hearing. You may contact David Leyendecker with Clay & Leyendecker Inc at 281-391-0173 forinformation prior to the hearing.


PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEThe Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 for replat of Fulbrook, Section 2D, replat of Lots 5, 6 and 7, Block 4, Pre-cinct 3. The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, William B. Travis Bldg., 309 S. Fourth St., Rm. 700, Richmond, Texas.Under state law, you the owner, have certain rights with respect to the pro-posed replat. Should you wish to ex-ercise your right, you may be heard at the planned public hearing. You may contact David Leyendecker with Clay & Leyendecker Inc at 281-391-0173 forinformation prior to the hearing.


Budget Blinds of Missouri City has been selected for the 2011 Best of Missouri City Award in the Window Treatments category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program rec-ognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifi es companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through ser-vice to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2011 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are deter-mined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, market-ing and advertising.

Budget Blinds gets Best of Missouri City award

NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT OFADDITIONAL OUT-OF-DISTRICT

MEETING PLACE

To the residents and taxpayers of Fort Bend County Levee Im-provement District No. 14 (the “District”), and to all the persons interested in the meetings of the Board of Directors of such Dis-trict:

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors, at a meeting held October 21, 2011, established an additional out-of-district meeting place at 1001-1095 TX-6, Sugar Land, Texas 77478.

All residents and taxpayers of the District and other interested persons are hereby invited to attend any meetings of the Board of Directors at such location.

/s/ Herbert Krog Secretary, Board of Directors

The Fort Bend Boys Choir is gearing up for its 8th walk-a-thon! Called Walk in Concert with the Fort Bend Boys Choir, this walk-a-thon will be held on Saturday, November 5th at 9:00 a.m. in Oyster Creek Park in Sugar Land. Participants will complete a 3-mile walk and of course, receive a walk-a-thon t-shirt. Proceeds will help fund the Fort Bend Boys Choir’s fi ve music programs, including scholarships.

Businesses who would like to support the Fort Bend Boys Choir can contact them for information about becoming a spon-sor for the Walk in Concert walk-a-thon. If anyone in the com-munity would like to help through a pledge or by participating in the walk-a-thon, call the choir offi ce at (281) 240-3800 for details. You can also fi nd more information about this event on the Fort Bend Boys Choir’s Facebook page or website at www.fbbctx.org. Walk in Concert and make a difference in the lives of these talented young boys.

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I saw this powerful movie at First Colony AMC on a beautiful Saturday morning at 11 a.m. and the theatre had a surprisingly large crowd. Ev-eryone should see this movie, but I want to encourage the men to take the time to see and experience this spectacu-lar story.

This movie is about four Deputy Sheriffs who grow spiritually through their Christian faith after tragedy and disappointment hit them squarely in the face.

Watching this fi lm was one of the most moving and emo-tionally-fueled experiences in my movie career. I was teary-eyed for about a third of the fi lm. At one point, I left the theatre to get a drink of wa-ter and to calm down. It is unabashedly Christian with a theme that fathers have a re-sponsibility to their wives and children and they are “doubly accountable” to each other and to God. Simple theme: spend time with your kids.

This is the fourth fi lm by Sherwood Pictures which is part of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA. Here is the storyline as lifted from IMDB which is my favorite source for movies: “Four men, one calling: To serve and pro-tect. As law enforcement of-fi cers, they face danger every day. Yet when tragedy strikes close to home, these fathers are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, and their faith. From this struggle will come a decision that changes all of their lives. With action, drama, and humor, the fourth fi lm from Sherwood Pictures embraces God’s promise to “turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers.” Souls will be stirred, and hearts will be challenged to be ... courageous!”

The star, co-writer, and di-rector is Alan Kendrick who plays Deputy Adam Mitchell. While watching this movie, it became abundantly clear to me that Mr. Kendrick was sincerely inspired by his reli-

Javier reads the Bible to his familygious beliefs and was bold and unapologetic. He reminded me a lot of my friend, Steve D., who is an experienced law enforcement offi cer; the two of them look, act, and talk like one another. Sorry, Steve, but I thought about you (and Eric H.) the entire movie and you will be rewarded if you see this movie, if you have not already seen it, and of course, you will not think you look anything like Kendrick. Note: Steve D. contacted me and said “…you’re not the only person that thinks I look like that Kendrick guy.”

Here is the short bio on Alan Kendrick as it appears on IMDB: “Born in Athens, Georgia as the middle of three sons to Larry and Rhonwyn Kendrick. Grew up in Smyrna, GA and graduated from Ken-nesaw State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Commu-nications. Worked as a Chris-tian DJ for two radio stations before attending New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and being ordained into the ministry. Served as a minister to college students in Marietta, GA for four years. Married his wife, Christina, and moved to Albany, GA where he served as Associate Pastor of Media at Sherwood Baptist Church. While at Sherwood, he found-ed Sherwood Pictures and be-gan writing, producing, acting, and directing feature fi lms. Also co-wrote three novels

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Blooming with beauty from Jujube, Mexican Plum and Mexican Persimmon trees, Missouri City’s Edible Arbor Trail is truly a site to see! To celebrate the unique project; a ribbon-cutting celebration will be held on Thursday, Nov. 10 at noon at Oyster Creek Trail, just west of Murphy Road at Raoul Wallenberg Lane.

All residents are encour-aged to attend the community ceremony and Parks’ staff will join the Quail Valley Garden Club in planting a new grove of trees. The trail of trees and shrubs that will produce ed-ible fruits and nuts, blossoms from Mosley Park to FM 3345, along the Missouri City section of Oyster Creek Trail.

Ultimately, it will give visitors “a chance to experience and taste nature,” said Forester Paul Wierzbicki.

The environmental project is the fi rst of its kind in the re-gion and includes educational signage detailing tree facts and displaying sponsor logos. Photo courtesy of Missouri City.

Edible Arbor Trail

The 1 ½-year-old was found wandering around and was brought to the Missouri City Animal Shelter. She’s in great shape, has a fi ne coat and is super friendly and very energetic. All the puppy needs now is a new name and a caring family.To adopt her or any other pets, call 281-403-8707 to make an appointment to see them. The shelter is located at 1923 Scanlin Rd., be-hind the City Hall complex.


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The amendment would revise the “resign to run” provision in Texas law, extending the length of time elected offi cials may serve in offi ce once they announce their candidacy for another offi ce. Some say this is to address the fi ling deadline that was bumped to December, from January. If the proposition is adopted, elected offi cials may announce plans to run for a diff erent offi ce one year and one month — rather than just one year, as the law currently states, before their term ends — without having to resign their post.Do not allow an elected offi cial to ignore his or her elected offi ce and paid to manage, while they seek another offi ce. Under current law, an elected offi cial can literally not come to work and the only recourse is a removal petition. There is no supervisor to ensure that elected offi cials perform their obligations.

If this proposition passes, the offi cial seeking a diff erent offi ce may devote full time

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It’s Fall in Fort Bend Coun-ty, and the 9th Annual “Taste of Sugar Land” is reaping the bounty of the harvest once again.

This year, three deserving area charities will share in the proceeds of the “Taste” which happens Sunday, Nov. 13, 4 to 8 p.m. at Safari Texas Ranch, 11627 FM 1464.

Hosted by members and friends of the First Presby-terian Church, Sugar Land, 281-240-3195, and generous-ly presented by Whole Foods, Sugar Land, Team leader Kip Landry, this year’s event will benefi t the Fort Bend Wom-en’s Center, 281-344-5750, represented by Vita Goodell,

Executive Director, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, 281-261-1006, represented by Executive Director, Vickie Coates, and Fort Bend Family Promise, 281-403-3923, rep-resented by Executive Direc-tor Vera Johnson.

This executive team is committed to a county-wide partnership of caring for our less fortunate neighbors as we approach the holiday season. “Taste of Sugar Landers” can also do their part as they care and share by purchasing a ticket to this tasty gourmet event.

Attendees will be served non-stop by 20 of Fort Bend’s fi nest restaurants, and enter-

tained by generous and talent-ed area musicians throughout the evening.

Exciting auction venues and other attractions will round out the evening as we all benefi t in the spirit of the season by helping out our neighbors.

Tickets can be purchased for $30 through any of the organizations listed above, or by accessing the offi cial web site, tasteofsugarland.com. Reserved tables and sponsor-ships are also available.

Don’t miss the “Taste” - it’s bigger and tastier than ever! Don’t miss visiting the awesome pumpkin patch at Whole Foods, Sugar Land.

“Taste of Sugar Land” shares the bounty with Fort Bend County

Fort Bend Women’s Center, Executive Director Vita Goodell, left, Whole Foods Market Team leader Kip Landry, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, Executive Director Vickie Coates and Fort Bend Family Promise Executive Director Vera Johnson.

In celebration of America Recycles Day, Keep Sugar Land Beautiful (KSLB) will be at Whole Foods Market in Sugar Land on Tuesday, November 15, from 11 a.m to 2 p.m, to answer your recycling questions and to collect gently used books for the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County. What may be recycled in your curbside cart? Where can you donate gently used items? Where can you recycle an old cell phone, TV, or computer? What should you do with leftover paint or cooking oil? Please make plans to join us for these answers and recycling tips. Don’t forget to bring gently used books for all ages. Keep Sugar Land Beautiful is a 501c3 non-profi t affi liate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep Texas Beautiful dedicated to educating and engaging everyone to take responsibility for the environmental health of our community. Please visit www.kslb.org for more information. For more information on Amer-ica Recycles Day, please visit www.americarecyclesday.org. Please visit www.ftbendliteracy.org, www.wholefoodsmarket.com, and www.kslb.org.

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