The Fort Bend / Southwest STAR By Cheryl Skinner The Republican candidates for the March 2 primary election were announced last week. There are five county-wide races that will see incumbents pitted against challengers, while a number of the incumbents will sail through this year’s election unopposed. The office drawing the most interest appears to be that of Fort Bend County District Attorney. District Attorney Candidates Incumbent DA John Healey graduated in 1977 from the University of Connecticut, moved to Texas, and graduated from South Texas College of Law in 1981 and began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Fort Bend County. In 1992, he was appoint- ed as Fort Bend County’s District Attorney and has been reelected each year since that time. Healey and his wife, Theo, live near Richmond with their four dogs. Theo has been a teacher for 36 years. Healey faces two candidates, Nina Schafer, and Richard Raymond in the March primary. N i n a Schaefer, a Richmond- based attor- ney, will try to unseat Healey in the prima- ry election. Schaefer is a 1985 gradu- ate of South Texas College of Law and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1986. Schaefer and her husband, Bob Maine, live in Richmond. She has three adult children. Richard Raymond, a Fort Bend County resident and prac- ticing attorney, has been married to his high school sweet- heart, Melissa, for 28 years. He says his proudest accomplish- ments are his three beauti- ful daughters. The Raymond family have been residents of Fort Bend County since 1986 and are members of the Holy Cross Church in Sugar Land. District Judge 268th Court Incumbent State District Judge of the 268th District Court, Brady Elliott, is fac- ing a chal- lenger this year. Roxie Roll will try to unseat Elliott in the March primary election. See REPUBLICAN, page 15 Volume XXXII • No. 22 ★★★ Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Williams Elementary School 832-223-2704 Katie Coppedge By Cheryl Skinner Fort Bend County Democrats will be going to the polls in March to try and unseat several incum- bent Republicans and to hold on to the seats they currently have. Fort Bend County Judge Rodrigo Carreon, (no photo submitted) a Fresno resident, is asking voters to pick him as the official candidate for the Democrats. Carreon, who is single, is known as a community activist and has sought a number of city, county and school board positions as a candidate in the past. Dr. Philip Aitsebomo, (no photo submitted) 55, earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from Indiana University in Blooming Indiana in 1981. He came to Houston in August of that year to pursue a PhD (Physiological Optics) degree from the University of Houston, where he was a full time fac- ulty member for 3 years before opening his own practice - Alpha Eyecare Associates. Aitsebomo said his wife is from Houston, and the couple have two children 18 years old old son, Aloaye, and 14 year old daughter, Aki. The family has lived in the city of Meadows Place for almost 23 years. JP Pct 1 Place 2 Aurelia Moore, (no photo sub- mitted) 42, is a resident of Sienna Plantation in Missouri City. She has a 14 year old daughter and a nine year old son. This is her first experience at running for office and she is cur- rently an administrator and edu- cator. R.J. Blue, (no photo submit- ted) 36, is an attorney and lives in Sienna Plantation in Missouri City. He and his wife, Candace, have been married for six years and the couple have two children, Paige, age 5 and Gabrielle, age 2. Marty Rocha, (no photo submitted) a career law enforce- ment officer, was unable to get the information to the office due to computer problems. He is a long time resident of Fort Bend County. Justice of the Peace, Pct 2 Incumbent Justice of the Peace Joel G. Clouser Sr. was elected and took office as Justice of the Peace of Precinct Two on January 1, 1993. He and his wife, Gloria have lived and raised their children in the community since 1980, where he has been actively involved in civic and community affairs. Former Texas Arts Commissioner, Tony Sherman, has filed to run for Justice of the Peace in Precinct 2. Sherman is no stranger to the citizens of Fort Bend County, and Precinct 2 in particular. See DEMOCRAT, page 15 By LeaAnne Klentzman The largest single contributor to a Sheriff’s candidate for the 2012 election cycle has been busted. In January of last year, just days after Sheriff Milton Wright took his Oath of Office, he announced at a political break- fast that his Chief Deputy would be seeking that office at the end of his term - four years in the future. Thusly, Chief Deputy Craig Brady has been running since the first month of the sher- iff’s last four year term. Fast forward; just shy of one year. Early last Thursday morn- ing just minutes past midnight, Richmond police were called to a physical altercation in progress in the 100 block of Morton Street. When officers arrived, they found three men were involved. According to police, Brookshire resident Bobby Freeman had taken exception to the behavior of two north Richmond men; Derrick Morales and Adrian Perez. So, reminiscent of days of old, they left the Lone Star Saloon and took their differences out to the street. As a result of the melee, all three men were arrested for public intoxication. Everything was standard for a bar fight scene until during a search incidential to his arrest for public intoxication, police dis- covered a controlled substance in Bobby Freeman’s pocket. Unable to provide a prescrip- tion for the Xanax, Freeman was also charged with possession of a controlled substance. The charge was upgraded from a misde- meanor to a felony as the offense took place within the “Drug Free Zone” of the Methodist Church’s School for Little Children. According to police, stan- dard procedures were followed. Freeman, along with his two cohorts, were taken into custody and booked into the county jail. Freeman was released shortly thereafter on a $1,500 personal recognizance bond, authorized by County Court at Law Judge R.H. “Sandy” Beilstein, who has neighboring property to Chief Deputy Craig Brady and his fam- ily. When asked about the PR bond Bielstein said, “It was noth- ing sinister.” He said, “ Craig (the Chief Deputy) called me and I issued the PR bond.” When asked if he issued a PR bond for either of the other men in the fra- cas who were only charged with public intoxication, he said “No, no one called me about them.” See POLITICAL, page 15 by B.K. Carter At this point in time, I’ll bet that Justice of the Peace Joel Clouser wishes he had just gone ahead and paid his $1000 filing fee to get on the Democratic pri- mary ballot. It would have been cheaper. Candidate filing fees are used by the political party which col- lects them to help pay for the primary election. However, candidates can file by petition in party primaries if they get a certain amount of signatures of registered voters. The amount of signatures they are required to gather is based on the number of voters in the past election. This year, Joel Clouser was required to collect 500 signatures, and he had supposedly collect- ed, according to whomever you believe, 589, or 549, or 621. Judge Clouser says he has always been a loyal and faith- ful party member. Judge Clouser said he collected the signatures instead of paying the filing fee because by collecting signatures, a candidate identifies his support- ers early, sees his supporters early, and nails down their support. It also is a good list to use to attempt to place yard signs later. See JP, page 4 By Cheryl Skinner Fort Bend County Commissioners recently approved a request to revise On- site Sewage Facility fees and to increase oversight and enforce- ment of the system’s needing routine maintenance. The vote was cast without discussion, however, a member of the audience attending the court session questioned why the fees were needed. “Our mission is to pro- tect the public, consumer, and environmental health of the people in Fort Bend County. Inappropriately maintained septic systems can spread dis- ease and have potential adverse effects on human health, water quality and ecosystems. Our goal is to increase the num- ber of Spot or Site inspections of these systems and ensure that both the property owner is maintaining compliance and that the Licensed Contractor is doing their part,” explained Troy Scalco, the Director of Environmental Health Services. See RATES, page 4 By Cheryl Skinner Fort Bend County Commissioners are expected to vote on recommendations that would change subdivision regu- lations later this month. A public hearing last week produced some input from citizens and officials who say making the changes will be of benefit to incorporated and unincorporated portions of the county. Rev. Robert Petitt of Kendleton spoke to the court asking the commissioners to approve the changes. He said the suggested adjustments to the rules will allow citizens, such as himself and 20 other families in the rural Kendleton area, to have access to city water and sewer services and will save money. Precinct 1 Commissioner Richard Morrison said that the regulations will allow the coun- ty to regulate red flag subdivi- sions. Red flag subdivisions, he said, give the county problems from an environmental stand- point. If the county adopts the suggested changes in regula- tions it will “open the spigot” and allow the county to tap into grant funds that might other- wise be unavailable. See ACTION, page 15
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The Fort Bend / Southwest
STAR
By Cheryl SkinnerThe Republican candidates
for the March 2 primary election were announced last week. There are five county-wide races that will see incumbents pitted against challengers, while a number of the incumbents will sail through this year’s election unopposed.
The office drawing the most interest appears to be that of Fort Bend County District Attorney. District Attorney Candidates
Incumbent DA John Healey graduated in 1977 from the University of Connecticut, moved to Texas, and g r a d u a t e d from South Texas College of Law in 1981 and began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Fort Bend County. In 1992, he was appoint-ed as Fort Bend County’s District
Attorney and has been reelected each year since that time.
Healey and his wife, Theo, live near Richmond with their four dogs. Theo has been a teacher for 36 years.
Healey faces two candidates, Nina Schafer, and Richard Raymond in the March primary.
N i n a Schaefer, a Richmond-based attor-ney, will try to unseat Healey in the prima-ry election. Schaefer is a 1985 gradu-ate of South Texas College of Law and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1986.
Schaefer and her husband, Bob Maine, live in Richmond. She has three adult children.
Richard Raymond, a Fort Bend County resident and prac-ticing attorney, has been married
to his high school sweet-heart, Melissa, for 28 years. He says his p r o u d e s t accomplish-ments are his three beauti-ful daughters. The Raymond
family have been residents of Fort Bend County since 1986 and are members of the Holy Cross Church in Sugar Land.
District Judge 268th CourtIncumbent
State District Judge of the 268th District Court, Brady Elliott, is fac-ing a chal-lenger this year. Roxie Roll will try to unseat Elliott in the March primary election.
See REPUBLICAN, page 15
Volume XXXII • No. 22 ★★★ Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Williams Elementary School832-223-2704
Katie Coppedge
By Cheryl SkinnerFort Bend County Democrats
will be going to the polls in March to try and unseat several incum-bent Republicans and to hold on to the seats they currently have.
Fort Bend County JudgeRodrigo Carreon, (no photo
submitted) a Fresno resident, is asking voters to pick him as the official candidate for the Democrats.
Carreon, who is single, is known as a community activist and has sought a number of city, county and school board positions as a candidate in the past.
Dr. Philip Aitsebomo, (no
photo submitted) 55, earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from Indiana University in Blooming Indiana in 1981.
He came to Houston in August of that year to pursue a PhD (Physiological Optics) degree from the University of Houston, where he was a full time fac-ulty member for 3 years before opening his own practice - Alpha
Eyecare Associates.Aitsebomo said his wife is from
Houston, and the couple have two children 18 years old old son, Aloaye, and 14 year old daughter, Aki. The family has lived in the city of Meadows Place for almost 23 years.
JP Pct 1 Place 2Aurelia Moore, (no photo sub-
mitted) 42, is a resident of Sienna Plantation in Missouri City. She has a 14 year old daughter and a nine year old son.
This is her first experience at running for office and she is cur-rently an administrator and edu-cator.
R.J. Blue, (no photo submit-
ted) 36, is an attorney and lives in Sienna Plantation in Missouri City.
He and his wife, Candace, have been married for six years and the couple have two children, Paige, age 5 and Gabrielle, age 2.
Marty Rocha, (no photo
submitted) a career law enforce-ment officer, was unable to get
the information to the office due to computer problems. He is a long time resident of Fort Bend County.
Justice of the Peace, Pct 2 Incumbent Justice of the Peace
Joel G. Clouser Sr. was elected and took office as Justice of the Peace of Precinct Two on January 1, 1993. He and his wife, Gloria
have lived and raised their children in the communi ty since 1980, where he has been actively involved in civic and communi ty affairs.
Former Texas Arts Commissioner, Tony Sherman, has filed to run for Justice of the Peace in Precinct 2.
Sherman is no stranger to the citizens of Fort Bend County, and Precinct 2 in particular.
See DEMOCRAT, page 15
By LeaAnne Klentzman The largest single contributor
to a Sheriff’s candidate for the 2012 election cycle has been busted.
In January of last year, just days after Sheriff Milton Wright took his Oath of Office, he announced at a political break-fast that his Chief Deputy would be seeking that office at the end of his term - four years in the future. Thusly, Chief Deputy Craig Brady has been running since the first month of the sher-iff’s last four year term.
Fast forward; just shy of one year.
Early last Thursday morn-ing just minutes past midnight, Richmond police were called to a physical altercation in progress in the 100 block of Morton Street. When officers arrived, they found three men were involved. According to police, Brookshire resident Bobby Freeman had taken exception to the behavior of two north Richmond men; Derrick Morales and Adrian Perez. So, reminiscent of days of old, they left the Lone Star Saloon and took their differences out to the street. As a result of the melee, all three men were arrested for public intoxication.
Everything was standard for a bar fight scene until during a search incidential to his arrest for public intoxication, police dis-covered a controlled substance in Bobby Freeman’s pocket. Unable to provide a prescrip-tion for the Xanax, Freeman was also charged with possession of a controlled substance. The charge was upgraded from a misde-meanor to a felony as the offense took place within the “Drug Free Zone” of the Methodist Church’s School for Little Children.
According to police, stan-dard procedures were followed. Freeman, along with his two cohorts, were taken into custody and booked into the county jail. Freeman was released shortly
thereafter on a $1,500 personal recognizance bond, authorized by County Court at Law Judge R.H. “Sandy” Beilstein, who has neighboring property to Chief Deputy Craig Brady and his fam-ily.
When asked about the PR bond Bielstein said, “It was noth-
ing sinister.” He said, “ Craig (the Chief Deputy) called me and I issued the PR bond.” When asked if he issued a PR bond for either of the other men in the fra-cas who were only charged with public intoxication, he said “No, no one called me about them.”
See POLITICAL, page 15
by B.K. CarterAt this point in time, I’ll bet
that Justice of the Peace Joel Clouser wishes he had just gone ahead and paid his $1000 filing fee to get on the Democratic pri-mary ballot.
It would have been cheaper.Candidate filing fees are used
by the political party which col-lects them to help pay for the primary election. However,
candidates can file by petition in party primaries if they get a certain amount of signatures of registered voters. The amount of signatures they are required to gather is based on the number of voters in the past election.
This year, Joel Clouser was required to collect 500 signatures, and he had supposedly collect-ed, according to whomever you believe, 589, or 549, or 621.
Judge Clouser says he has always been a loyal and faith-ful party member. Judge Clouser said he collected the signatures instead of paying the filing fee because by collecting signatures, a candidate identifies his support-ers early, sees his supporters early, and nails down their support. It also is a good list to use to attempt to place yard signs later.
See JP, page 4
By Cheryl SkinnerFort Bend County
Commissioners recently approved a request to revise On-site Sewage Facility fees and to increase oversight and enforce-ment of the system’s needing routine maintenance.
The vote was cast without discussion, however, a member of the audience attending the court session questioned why the fees were needed.
“Our mission is to pro-tect the public, consumer, and environmental health of the
people in Fort Bend County. Inappropriately maintained septic systems can spread dis-ease and have potential adverse effects on human health, water quality and ecosystems. Our goal is to increase the num-ber of Spot or Site inspections of these systems and ensure that both the property owner is maintaining compliance and that the Licensed Contractor is doing their part,” explained Troy Scalco, the Director of Environmental Health Services.
See RATES, page 4
By Cheryl SkinnerFort Bend County
Commissioners are expected to vote on recommendations that would change subdivision regu-lations later this month. A public hearing last week produced some input from citizens and officials who say making the changes will be of benefit to incorporated and unincorporated portions of the county.
Rev. Robert Petitt of Kendleton spoke to the court asking the commissioners to approve the changes. He said the suggested adjustments to the rules will allow citizens, such as himself and 20 other families in the rural Kendleton area, to have access to city water and sewer services and will save money.
Precinct 1 Commissioner Richard Morrison said that the
regulations will allow the coun-ty to regulate red flag subdivi-sions. Red flag subdivisions, he said, give the county problems from an environmental stand-point. If the county adopts the suggested changes in regula-tions it will “open the spigot” and allow the county to tap into grant funds that might other-wise be unavailable.
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JANUARY 14The art of Spinning
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JANUARY 16Czech Heritage Society to meet
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All Fort Bend Libraries will be closed Monday, January 18, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, January 19. For more information call 281-341-2677.
JANUARY 19“Bringing your
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Learn about banking optionsGeorge Memorial Library will pres-ent a basic introduction program “Money Matters: Discover Your Banking Options”, Tuesday, January 19, George Memorial Library, 1001 Golfview, RIchmond. Free & open to
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Sugar Land Great Books Group meets
This book group will meet to dis-cuss “The Conservationist” Tuesday, January 19, 7 p.m., Conference Room, First Colony Branch Library, 2121 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land. Free and open to the public. Call the branch at 281-265-4444 for more information.
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Connect the dots.....There is a story on the front page of the Star this week about an incident that happened in a bar fight which goes to show that in some political races in Fort Bend, it pays to contribute. What is so disconcerting about this story is that it involves both the law enforcement com-munity and the judicial system as well in Fort Bend. Chief Deputy Craig Brady’s political supporter was given a “get out of jail free” card by the judge who is Chief Deputy Craig Brady’s neighbor, County-Court-At-Law Judge Sandy Bielstein. Not only was the man arrested for fighting in the street, it was upgraded to a felony when a controlled sub-stance was found in his pocket.
His “get out of jail free” card was after a call to the judge from Craig Brady. Chief Deputy Craig Brady has been running for sheriff for years, but he began in earnest and the hardest since the first day of now Sheriff Milton Wright’s current four year term.
Wright himself announced that Brady would be running for his office on the day that Wright handed out “anony-mous” thousand dollar bonuses to all enforcement personnel.
My complaints about Chief Deputy Brady go back a long way. He was deeply involved with a former sheriff who was rejected by the voters. As a result of that, he was fired by the incoming sheriff and only got his job back after suing the county and working to get Wright elected.
While Chief Deputy, he has used his clout to get his sons out of scrapes, even as he acted inappropriately around them. He divorced his wife of 35 years, which is none of our business except that at the same time, he got a jailer who worked under him pregnant and mar-ried her. Some of that time had to be on my taxpayer dollar.
Complaints about his actions go back years and I can cite many of them which I will in the coming months.
You have to ask yourself why Sheriff Wright would put up with him until you remember that Sheriff Wright doesn’t know how to run a sheriff’s department himself and besides, it would interfere with him playing golf several days a week, or playing his squeeze box, and various other entertaining habits.
There is some consolation. It is another whole year before
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Craig Brady can even file for sheriff and another several months after that before the primary vote and then anoth-er several months before the general election. Craig Brady is constitutionally unable to behave himself for that long.
Oh, by the way, he does have some bumper stickers out. Perhaps you are thinking you won’t get a ticket if you are sporting one of those bumper stickers. Fool alert! There are just as many cops in other juris-dictions, which you may have to drive through, that feel the same way about him as I do. Don’t test it or you may get a ticket for DWBBS--Driving with Brady Bumper Sticker.
To take you into my con-fidence, dear reader, I hardly know if I should mention his name or not. Does it hurt him or help him? The Tom DeLay school of thought is there is no bad publicity and any time your
name is mentioned, it helps your name ID with the public. So I am loath to call him by name.
Yet, how are you going to know who NOT to vote for unless you know his name? Believe me, you will be hear-ing it a lot before the election in two years.
Yep, I believe I’ll just keep mentioning his name.
A citrus year.....Have you noticed the number of oranges on the trees in Fort Bend this year? They are loaded and in many cases, dropping over the fence into the public right-of-way. At least that’s what I say. I mentioned the other day that I was going to drive around and make Katharina (the exchange student) jump out and pick up oranges in the right-of-way. My son said to save my gas and Katharina’s dignity; he’d buy me a bag of oranges.
Millie says many of them
aren’t sweet either. I don’t know about all that. I
just know I now want to plant one and I know that some con-fluence of rain and temperature has made a once-in-a-decade abundance of crop.
One more note.....The Sugar Land Cultural Arts gala and play was a big success. Honey, there was no culture going on that night, although I think I remembered all my lines.
To those worried about mak-ing fools of themselves, I told them I wasn’t worried as I made a fool of myself every week,
right here in these pages.A new county western
title.....The day after New Year’s eve I told my daughter, “You’re too young to be old,” when she complained about staying up past midnight. I thought it sounded like a good CW song title and I give it to you. If you write it, you have to dedicate it to me.
Happy New Year!B.K. Carter is the owner/
publisher of the Fort Bend/Southwest Star. She can be reached at [email protected].
Library, 1001 Golfview, RIchmond. Bring a lunch & discuss “The Ha-Ha”. Free & open to the public. Call 281-341-2677 for more informa-tion.
Sugar Creek Garden Club’s meeting
The Club’s monthly meet-ing will be Thursday, January 21, 9:30 a.m., Sugar Creek Country Club. Joel Kempfer with Brookwood community is guest speaker on “Houston Area Heat-Proof Color”. For more info call Aileen 281-242-8488.
Guardianship information session
Brazos Bend Guardianship Services is hosting this ses-sion Thursday, January 21, 6:30 p.m., Sugar Land Branch Library, 550 Eldridge, Meeting Room, Sugar Land. Session is designed for families who need information on obtaining legal guardianship. Call 281-207-2320 for more information.
Intro computer classes offered
Mamie George Branch Library, 320 Dulles Ave., Stafford, will present free classes beginning Thursday, January 21, 10 a.m. Free & open to public. Seating limited, reservations necessary. Call 281-491-8086 or visit library.
The Gathering of Men in Fort Bend
This luncheon will be held Thursday, January 21, 11:30 a.m., LYF Center of Sugar Creek Baptist Church, next to Bally’s Fitness Center, S/W Freeway at Dairy Ashford. Guest speaker Jack Parker, Links rainmaker knows how to tee up a sale. Cost $15. Call 281-732-5646 for more infor-mation.
UPCOMINGNAMI to offer course
National Alliance on Mental
Illness (NAMI) will offer a series of 12 weekly classes for family members with close rel-atives with major depression, bipolar disorders, schizophre-nia and schizoaffective disor-der. Classes begin March 1, First United Methodist Church, 3900 Lexington, Missouri City. Classes are free. For more info & registration call 281-494-5193.
ProGrad fundraiser garage sale
Austin HS ProGrad to hold annual garage sale, Saturday, January 23, 8 a.m. to noon, Parkway United Methodist Church, 5801 New Territory Blvd., Sugar Land. Come shop to support this worthy cause.
ONGOINGThe IBM Investment Club meets the first Wednesday of every month, 6 p.m., in Stafford. Come join us for a lively investment discussion and some refreshments. RSVP at 281-615-5946 or email [email protected].
Now you can enjoy four star quality Japanese Cuisine in Rosenberg. Tsukiji is located in Brazos Town Center and offers a full selection of quality sushi, hibachi grill and steak items. They also offer such popular items as teriyaki and tempura.
Tsukiji offers the freshest Sushi from their full service sushi bar offering many choices including a variety of california rolls, dynamite rolls and rain-bow rolls.
Tsukiji features a beautiful main dining room with sushi
bar and hibachi grill room. Their staff is proud to serve you and your family for all your special occasions. They also offer catering for all your functions.
If you are looking for fine Japanese cuisine, then Tsukiji is your best choice in Fort Bend. Tsukiji is located at 24102 Commercial Drive, just off Hwy 59 in the Brazos Mall Center, in Rosenberg.
For more information call Tsukiji at 832-595-9992 or 832-595-2999.
There will be an opportunity for the public to view the K-12 English literature, reading, English as a Second Language and English Language Proficiency Standards text-books to be used beginning in the 2010-2011 school year.
The public is invited to view these books from Monday,
January 11, to Thursday, January 14, at the Fort Bend ISD Education Complex in the Textbook Department from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Education Complex is located at 1555 Independence Blvd., Missouri City, TX.
PREVENTION & TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES Type 2 diabetes is a chronic health problem characterized by the
abnormal metabolism of sugar, or glucose. Insulin is an important hormone that is responsible for moving glucose into body cells. Persons affected by type 2 diabetes do not respond properly to body insulin, or do not produce enough insulin. Common symptoms of the condition include increased thirst, increased hunger, and unexplained weight loss. Fatigue and blurred vision also may occur. Those who are overweight or are inactive are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Weight loss and increase in physical activity are recommended for the prevention of type 2 diabetes. A low carbohydrate or low-fat calorie-restricted diet may be recommended. Metformin (Glucophage) is commonly prescribed for persons with this type of diabetes. This medication decreases the production of glucose by the liver. Sulfonylurea medications, such as glipizide (Glucotrol), increase the production of insulin. Dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor medications, such as sitagliptan (Januvia), also increase the production of insulin. It is recommended that persons with type 2 diabetes should also receive the pneumococcal vaccine and the influenza vaccine each year.
AUTOTALK
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Car Care Center
By: David and Cindy Fauvelle, Owners
TRANSMISSION TROUBLES
Because an automatic transmis-sion is a large, complicated system, few things unsettle automobile owners more than the prospect of paying for a transmission repair or overhaul. If the transmission slips, surges, or fails to engage at all, there is the potential for a costly repair. However, the best approach involves taking one thing at a time, beginning with the transmission flu-id and filter. A clogged filter is easy to correct and may be the source of the transmission’s difficulty. Leaky seals have the potential to pose another problem, as do faulty sen-sors, which may feed the computer wrong information that contributes to improper shift points. Experi-enced technicians know how to rule out potential problems before jump-ing to expensive conclusions.
Regular maintenance is health insurance for your vehicle. It needs regular maintenance to retain its safety, dependability, performance, and fuel economy. Please call AUTO CENTRAL at 281-499-9684 to schedule a routine mainte-nance check. One of our ASE Certi-fied Master Technicians can inspect the transmission fluid and filter and replace parts as needed so that you avoid inconvenience and more cost-ly repairs in the future. Visit us at 2526 5th St., Stafford. Free shuttle service is available. Do you have a car care question? Visit our dis-cussion board on Facebook-Auto Central. Autocentralautomotive.com.
HINT: Vehicles utilize either a throttle cable or vacuum modulator to monitor engine load and deter-mine shift points.
FOOT FACTSFUNGAL FIGHTER
Toenail fungus afflicts about 40 percent of the population. This fungus is often contracted from one’s surroundings. Athletes and peo-ple who wear tight-fitting shoes are at higher risk for toenail fungus. Anti-fungal medications are not always effective and may have some uncomfortable side effects. A patented foot laser is now an option for those who want to rid their toenails of the nasty fungus. A beam passes through the toenail to reduce the infection in the nail bed. This revolutionary laser procedure, which takes less than an hour, is performed on an outpatient basis and does not require anesthesia. It eliminates the toenail fungus in over 80 percent of the cases. This is an especially effective and painless procedure.
Fungal nails can be persistent. They don’t disappear on their own, sometimes resist cure, and may become re-infected. Seek profes-sional treatment if this problem plagues your every step. Because your comfort during treatment is our utmost concern, our skilled professional staff works as a team to make your visits pleasant as well as productive. For an appointment for a consultation regarding your particular foot care concern, please call 281-980-3668. You’ll find high-tech care with old-fashioned service at 3143 Hwy. 6 South.
HINT: Currently, insurance does not cover laser fungal treatments.
Ongoing service contracts are required for systems that use secondary treatment, drip irrigation, and surface appli-cation disposal. After expira-tion of the initial two (2) year maintenance contract, property owners are required to pay an Annual Maintenance Contract Renewal Fee in the amount of $20 annually.
This fee must be collected and processed when renewal maintenance contracts are sub-mitted. Any renewing contract received after the effective date without the fee will be denied and returned.
Any renewal contracts submit-ted for two or more years must pay the annual fee for the length of the contract. It is the respon-
sibility of the property owner to maintain an annual service con-tract held by a Certified or State Licensed Maintenance Provider for the life of the system.
Failure to maintain a mainte-nance contract can result in legal action.
Additional information can be found at www.fortbendcounty-gov.com.
The challenger in that Justice of the Peace race, Tony Sherman, who has run for the same office before, has challenged the validity of Clouser’s signatures. Sherman said some of the signatures have incomplete addresses, wrong birth dates, and some are signed
by the same person. Party chairman Elaine Bishop
told me this weekend that she thought Judge Clouser was in good shape and denied that she had a formal challenge from Sherman, although Clouser him-self said he received notice of the challenge on Saturday.
Bishop also said the chair had seven days to make a ruling on the challenge.
Before press time on Tuesday, Bishop was unavailable for com-ment, having Carol Trujillo call me and tell me Bishop was hav-ing a medical procedure and would not be available until after we went to press. However, I later found out she had a meeting with Tony Sherman scheduled in the early afternoon. Who are you goin to believe? According to Trujillo, Clouser was on the bal-lot that Bishop sent in to the local election office today. Trujillo did admit however, “There is a situ-ation.”
Meanwhile Clouser says he is on the ballot and that several of Sherman’s complaints have no basis in law. Clouser says the Supreme Court has ruled that leaving off the name of the city does not disqualify the signature. He says he has sent the party chair a letter citing case law and has “several” lawyers to repre-sent him. He said he “objected to Sherman’s objection.” He added that the party chair has a
“reasonable” amount of time to determine the validity of the sig-natures. He said this whole thing gives Sherman something to do.
And meanwhile Sherman still maintains that Clouser’s filing is defective but he is sure that Party Chair Elaine Bishop will do the right thing.
*Editorial comment: It’s been like nailing jello to a wall--bkc
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital (MSLH) has extend-ed its sponsorship of Eclipse Soccer Club, which serves more than 2,000 youth players from across Fort Bend County and southwest Houston.
Methodist and Eclipse recently reached a multi-year agreement that will pro-
mote Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists of Texas (MOST) to all Eclipse players, parents, team managers, coaches and volunteers. As part of the agree-ment, MOST conducts week-ly sports medicine clinics at Sugar Land’s Lost Creek Park, Eclipse’s home field, and will provide VIP cards to expedite
treatment at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital and at Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists of Texas.
The Club also plans to team up with MSLH on other ini-tiatives that can benefit the community, such as the recent Score for the Cause fund-rais-er in support of breast cancer awareness and treatment
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital will continue as the primary jersey sponsor of the
Eclipse recreational program. The Club plans to use funds from the sponsorship to pro-vide scholarships to cover training fees, improve and enhance field conditions and expand the club’s activities and offerings.
To learn more about Eclipse Soccer Club, visit the web-site at www.eclipsesoccerclub.com. For a physician refer-ral to Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, call 281-274-7500.
T h o m a s A n d r e w LaPointe, of M e a d o w s Place and BSA Troop 301 recently earned the Eagle Scout Rank, the high-est award of
honor in Scouting. LaPointe’s Eagle project was
building three rolling 30” x 24”wooden collection boxes, for the Fluor Community Involvement Team. He decided on the box size by using the cardboard box dimensions which the FCIT had previously been using.
He designed and added picture frame type slots to three sides of the boxes so the group can slide posters in them to advertise what is being collected. The boxes will be used to collect items from Fluor Enterprise employees to be donat-ed to outside organizations such as the Fort Bend Women’s shel-ter, Special Pals, Human Needs Ministry, Adopt-A-Platoon, and many others.
He led members from Troop 301, with the building of the boxes and the cutting of the Plexiglas for the frames. These boxes were entirely funded through personal donations, holding garage sales, and sales of Aloe Vera plants at a Christmas Bazaar. They were
donated to the Fluor Community Involvement Team as a gift.
He is a junior at Dulles High School. He is studying sign lan-guage and hopes one day to use it to assist others. He plays the trumpet in the Dulles Marching Band, and is on the Dulles Bowling Team.
He is the son of Kathi LaPointe of Meadows Place and Lawrence LaPointe of Houston.
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The first city to be designated a Community of RespectTM by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Sugar Land has received a Community of RespectTM designation for the third year in a row, after completing all the requirements and sending docu-mentation of completion to the ADL.
Sugar Land has been dedicated for years to city-wide apprecia-tion of its diverse community, and to recognizing the richness of that diversity through its participation in the Community of RespectTM Initiative.
The city first achieved the designation in 2007, under the guidance of then-Mayor Dave Wallace and his Multi-Cultural Subcommittee. That year and every year since then, thanks to the dedication and commitment of Mayor James A. Thompson and City Manager Allen Bogard, Sugar Land city officials and
Sugar Creek Garden Club members are busy prepar-ing for their annual Friendship Luncheon/Silent Auction.
This fun event will be held on Saturday, February 6, at Sugar Creek Country Club, 420 Sugar Creek Blvd in Sugar Land. The event will help provide schol-arships, community beautifica-tion, and other local charities that Sugar Creek Garden Club
sponsors. There will be something to
tempt everyone. Children’s tables will be available with other activities for the young-er set along with lunch and a silent auction for the adults. Reservations can be made by calling 281-494-5065 , February 4 is the deadline for making a reservation for you and your friends.
A special Eagle Court of Honor was held at St Laurence Catholic Church to recognize Austin Comer and Ryan Lord of Troop
731 for earning Eagle Rank. Austin Comer, now a fresh-
man at The University of Texas in Austin, son of David and Laura
First Class Rank in a year, were members of the Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s Honor Society, and attended National Youth Leadership Training.
Plaques from the Exchange Club of Sugar Land, chartering organization for the troop were presented to each of the scouts to recognize their accomplishments.
residents signed a Resolution of Respect, formed a diversity coali-tion, completed at least three anti-bias activities, and send proof of completion to the ADL.
This year, the City Manager’s Multi-Cultural Advisory Team held a series of half-day semi-nars about Sugar Land’s diverse Asian population, a community summit on the future of Sugar Land, including its cultural landscape, and sponsored and helped plan the Association for Chinese Americans Professionals Diversity Summit.
This year’s Community of RespectTM designation was pre-sented Tuesday, January 5, at the Sugar Land City Council meet-ing.
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Comer, joined BSA Troop 731 in March 2002. He completed a total of 29 merit badges, served the community with numerous service hours, and had a num-ber of leadership positions in the troop.
Comer’s Eagle project was to refurbish four butterfly gardens at Highlands Elementary in Sugar Land and make one of them more accessible to the special needs students.
Ryan Lord, currently a junior at
the Strake Jesuit, son of Paul and Lori Lord, joined BSA Troop 731 in October 2003. He completed 21 merit badges, served the com-munity with numerous service hours, and had a number of lead-ership positions in the troop.
His Eagle project was to con-struct a mobile lost and found box and two bookshelves for Settlers Way elementary.
Both Austin and Ryan com-pleted Arrow of Light, Cub Scouting’s highest award, earned
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OOPS: There were a LOT of people who had valves “blow”. Commercial centers did also. Along highway 6 there were shopping centers who did not protect their systems and water was spraying into the highway. I understand that people were on waiting lists to get parts.
CART PATH #16. Golfers and adjacent neighbors: The Pro Shop is aware of this water prob-lem and they are working to cor-rect it.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL. Spring Registration: Missouri City Little League is the ONLY officially sanctioned Little League Franchise in Missouri City. Founded more than 25 years ago, it attracts the highest qual-ity coaches, players and umpires, plus an internationally recognized safety program to deliver the best overall experience for your child. Both boys and girls, ages 4 to 18 can play. Register online [email protected]. or email [email protected]
RETURNING THIS SPRING. MCLL is offering its MVP League for boys and girls, ages 5 thru 18, with mental and physical disabilities.
REGISTRATION DATES: Now thru January 24th.
MORE INFORMATION?
Go to www.quailvalleyproud.com/sports
FYI: QV East Trash Pickup. Questions? [email protected] or call 281-416-8467 and ask for Eunice.
FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. http://www.city-data.com/zips/77459.html You can get Missouri City as a whole or can click on indi-vidual neighbors (e.g., Quail Valley Thunderbird) but the latter searches don’t seem to have as many facts of information.
CHECK OUT YOUR CHILDHOOD HOME. Enter an address you will see a picture of that place. There’s a little map with a little man on it - you can move the little man up and down the block if you need to. I just looked at my childhood home!
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Chicago White Sox player Kyle Colligan, former resident of Meadows Place and graduate of Dulles High School, will be hold-ing a baseball camp in Meadows Place.
The two day camp will be on February 13 from 12:00-5:00 p.m. and February 14 from 1:00-5:30 p.m. Participants will be sharpening their baseball skills with guidance from White Sox
player Kyle Colligan. The cost is $115 per participant
(ages 7 to 15). Registration forms can be found on the Meadows Place website: www.cityofmead-owsplace.org or can be picked up at city hall: One Troyan Drive, Meadows Place, TX 77477. The last day payment and registration will be accepted is February 1.
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At the regularly scheduled City Council meeting held on Monday, Jan. 4, Councilmembers discussed the dangers of using cell phones while driving, received an update on the sidewalk repair program and endorsed a move to improve the Texas Parkway/Cartwright Road Corridor.
Here are some actions taken at the meeting:
ª Received a report from Public Works Director Scott Elmer on the City’s sidewalk repair plan, which was adopted in May 2007 with a budget of $150,000 a year. Presently, more than 300 work orders city-wide have been com-pleted at a total cost of $386,740. Additional money for the repairs came from Operational dollars and Community Development Block Grant funding. For this fiscal year, $350,000 will be bud-geted for sidewalk repairs and replacement. A new contract will begin around May and the con-tractor will focus solely on side-walk repair, allowing for a quicker response time. Information also was presented on staff and First Colony Community Association coming to a common solution for street tree mitigation/replacement and the cost of sidewalk repair for
Missouri City residents who are members of FCCA.
• After a lengthy discussion, Council agreed to postpone fur-ther debate on trash-can viola-tions. Councilmembers Robin Elackatt, Cynthia Gary and Bobby Marshall will work with Director of Planning Ornita Green to deter-mine what constitutes a violation and outline how violations should be handled. This will be pre-sented at the Feb. 1 meeting.
• Agreed to postpone a pro-posed ban on the use of wire-less communication devices by motorists, unless they were hands-free. After Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald discussed the dif-ficulty of enforcing such an ordi-nance, the Council asked him to draft a binding decree, working with Director of Public Works Scott Elmer. The recommenda-tion will be presented at the Jan. 19 Council meeting.
• Authorized a contract between the City and SWWC Services, Inc., for operation and maintenance of three wastewater treatment processes that are locat-ed on the Mustang Wastewater Treatment Plant site. The City approved an exemption from the competitive bid process to assure
the facility operates smoothly during the time it changes from ownership by a municipal utility district to City control.
• Approved authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and enter into a professional ser-vice agreement for the design of Texas Parkway and Cartwright Road Corridor Landscape Improvements. The $40,600 agreement is with TBG Partners. Phase I of the project will be
implemented over the next month with the planting of trees at street medians that intersect with Texas Parkway, including the entrance to City Hall.
• Approved the first of two readings to amend an ordinance on graffiti removal, allowing the graffiti to be removed at City expense. Under the current ordi-nance, homeowners are respon-sible for removing graffiti at their own expense.
Stafford Municipal School District has received the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its 2009-10 budget.
The award from the Chicago-based organization represents a significant achievement of a pro-cess involving SMSD administra-tion, SMSD Board of Trustees, and the Stafford City Council and reflects the commitment of meet-ing the highest principles of gov-ernmental budgeting. In order to receive the award, nationally-rec-ognized guidelines for effective budget creation and presentation had to be met. These guide-lines are designed to assess how well the budget serves as a policy
document, a financial plan, an operations guide, and a commu-nications device. To receive the award, budget documents must be rated ‘proficient’ in all four categories and the fourteen man-datory criteria within those cat-egories.
GFOA presented the Certificate of Recognition for Budget Presentation to Mr. Lucas Janda, SMSD Business Manager for having led the district in the process of attaining this award. Superintendent H.D. Chambers stated, “This national recognition is a credit to the tireless efforts of Mr. Janda and his staff in prepar-ing a sound and transparent bud-get. Mr. Janda and the taxpayers of SMSD should be proud.”
Well maintained Ryland Home * Formal Dining * Study w/double doors * Living w/Built-ins & Fp * Berber Carpeting * Great elevation w/front porch. $228,900.
Princeton Classic on the water, Former Model home, NEVER LIVE-IN. Private Pier. 5/3.5, Master suite w/walk-in closet.Gameroom & Media Rm on the 2nd floor. $374,900.
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Waterfront property on cul-de-sac w/pool & spa, private dock! Study w/great closet! Peterson home has been well-maintained! Washer, dryer & freezer stay! $1,025,000.
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On Dec. 15th, Jim Hardzog received a check from the fund-raiser that was held in his honor on Nov. 15th. The committee did an outstanding job on the “Jammin for Jim” fundraiser. There was a fun run held at Eldridge Park and then a B-B-Q at Knights of Columbus Hall on Burney Road. During the B-B-Q the committee held a live auction and a silent auc-tion. There was a tremendous turn out for this function, prov-
ing again why people of Fort Bend are such great people. The Committee’s goal was exceeded. The committee consisted of a lot of Keller Williams agents, title company representatives, mortgage companies and news media.
Special thanks goes out to Andre Davis, Eric Winston, Matt Schaub, Jesse Crain, KC Hall.
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Women’s Health and Wellness
Thursday, January 14, 2010Sweetwater Country Club
11:30 a.m. Networking12:00 p.m. Meeting & Lunch
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Fort Bend Chapter WCR Business
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Dr. Sangeeta Saikia, a Cardiologist at Sugar Land Methodist Hospital, will inspire us to start the year off right
Go Hurley Group, Hooke’d on Real Estate, Mary & Scott, Mike Harness & Sherry Miles, Craig Owen, StarTex Title Company, Kimbra V Realty, O’Callaghan Family, Best Burger Stafford, Brendan & Melinda Lynch, Butch Watterson Team, First American Home Warranty, Keller Williams Memorial, Keller Williams Southwest, SIA Group, Sloan/Kittridge Family, Stephen A. Buehler, DDS.
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CHELSEA HARBOUR .........$309,7774/3.5/2 Stunning waterfront lot , enjoy your home with master down, gameroom up, formal dining rm, Island kitchen. Tile roof (14334AR)
GREATWOOD SHORES ....$327,0003-4/3.5/2 spiral staircase w/mediterranean hand railing! Large family room/dining room w/hardwd floors w/ golf views/ study could be 4th br. (1719FO)
PECAN GROVE PLANTATION ...$209,0003-4/2/2 Complete rebuild, new roof, a/c, heat. Open floor plan, hi ceilings in den, new kit cabi-nets w/SS appl., granite countertops. (1903ML)
SWETWATER ..........................$738,0005/3.5/2 Oversized lot. Stairway in foyer, formals/spac. Family rm/isl. Kit. w/SS appl. Master in-cludes sitting area w/fp. Pool & spa! (4011MO)
LAKE OLYMPIA ....................$299,0004/2.5/2 Main living area has hi ceilings/wall of windows. Formal dining & study. Master bath/seperate shower/ whirlpool tub. (407JL)
TELFAIR ....................................$279,0003/2.5/2 One year young. Lots of upgrades: Tile floor down, carpet, solar screens, . Whirlpool Tub & Separate shower in Master bath. (2435Rb)
TELFAIR ...................................$425,0004-5/3.5/2 Soaring Ceilings, 2 Story Den w/Book Case Alcoves adjacent to FP, Gourmet Granite Kitchen + Refrig. Washer & Dryer stays. (1914BT)
VICKSBURG ...........................$187,9004/2.5/3 Culdesac lot. 2 story entry, formals w/Per-go flooring. Lrg isl. kit./brkfst rm w/tile floors. No backyard neighbors & a POOL. (3639Ya)
SUGAR MILL ..........................$220,0004/2.5/2 Completely remodeled, granite counter-tops & backslpash in the kitchen. Tile floor/Kit./brk & area. Formal. NO MUD TAX, (923GR)
THE RESERVE AT RIVERSTONE ..$625,0004/3.5/3 Private Gated Community. Study w/Built-Ins, Isl. Kit. w/Granite Countertops. Master Re-treat. Gamerm/Media Rm. up (6411CP)
NEEDVILLE AREA ...............$225,0002 parcels of land totaling 36.52 acres w/access to Big Creek. Lots of trees. Barn/garage on property. Close to proposed Grand Parkway. (13310PE)
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VENETIAN ESTATES ..........$479,9003/2/2 on approx. _ acre. Cul-de-sac lot. Study/office in back of home w/awesome lake views. Sprinkler system. Mature shade trees. Low Tax rate! (115CA)
RICHMOND ...........................$795,0002.25 acres hrdwd floors built-ins! isl kit ss appl, butler’s, pantry Formals, FP; study/den, game or media rm, outdr kit, pool & spa! (2826PB)
QUAIL VALLEY .....................$279,900Corner lot w/pool/spa, Isl kit, SS appl, Tile/wd flrs, Atrium w/koi pond. 3 Full baths, 2-1/2 baths, Gamerm dwn! 3 Car garage+bath (3134SB)
CANYON GATE ....................$184,9954/2.5/2 Gated Community. Corner lot. Hi-ceilings in Family w/gas log FP. Master suite down/ga-merm up. Lrg Pantry & walk-in closets. (6359BO)
SPRING SHADOWS ..........$ 220,0004/2/2 New granite counters tops; SS dishwasher & under-mounted sink; fresh paint & carpet throughout; refrigerator stays! (2730TR)
WILLIAMS GLEN ................$ 369,9004/3.5/2 Cul-dec-sac street. Granite counter tops, new capet. A/C coil, hardwd ‘08, both A/C compressos are within 5 years, walk to clements. (3123SM)
BRIDLEWOOD ESTATES ..$359,0004/3. 5/3 Sits on 1. 2 Acres. Granite, and SS appl. Recent carpet/paint. Wood flrs, master down/ga-merm up. Enclosed pool w/screen. (1411Mu)
K W DAVIS ..............................$150,00010.25 Acres Land Sale located near the Brazos Bend Park. Has water and power on a paved county Rd. (6629BR)
B C FRANKLIN ......................$176,20017.16 acres, 1,000 ft frontage on four-lane Hwy-35. Potential as retail, motel, restaurant or homestead. Electric accessible. (0HWY35)
SIENNA .....................................$429,9004/3. 5/3 Over 65k in upgrades, featuring a spar-kling pool/spa W/coolcrete patio/lge corner lot, 3-car gar w/10’ extention. (3711DO)
HY SCOTT ...............................$139,9001.66 Acres near Hwy 59 & Hwy 36, property is listed as lot value only. Property has a house and a garage that will go with the land. (2102MO)
SHARPSTOWN .....................$119,9003/2/2 Lrg formal/dining, paneled den w/book-case. Kit with breakfast bar. Double door refrig-erator. Lrg master. Huge backyard. (7310CA)
SUGAR MILL ..........................$264,9003/2/2 Home on the water * Upgraded laminate/tile floors except stairs & hall * Recent interior paint * Formals * No MUD tax ! (1127ML)
COLONY LAKES ...................$259,9004-5/3.5/2 Formals, french doors to a study off liv. rm. Master down/deluxe bath, gameroom/3 more bed-rooms/2 full baths up, cul de sac street (4123LV)
AVALON ...................................$767,8885/4/2 Formals, 2 bedrms down & 3 bedrms up w/gamerm. Master down w/sitting area second bedrm down w/ own bathrm. (5314TL)
WESTWOOD ..........................$124,90060x120 lot in Westwood subdivision close to Med Center, downtown, Greenway Plaza. New con-struction priced from $400’s to $600’s. (4102WO)
COLONY COVE .....................$449,0004/3.5/2 Lakefront/waterfront house, gorgeous lakev-iew from many rooms. Zoned to Clements HS. .COMPLETELY updated/remodeled (3131OM)
FIFTH AVENUE ESTATES ...$139,9004/2.5/2 Den w/brick FP w/shelves & cabinets, re-cessed lighting & upgraded fan. Formals. Gran-ite counters in mstr & sec. baths. (503DE)
SEVEN MEADOWS .............$183,6453/2/2 Beautiful leaded glass door, formal dining room, great room, great open floor plan, nice size backyard w/sprinkler system (23139EC)
MEADOWS .............................$139,9003/2/2 Fresh paint, new carpet, both formals fir-place pass thru serving bar. (11910MO)
RIVERSTONE .........................$519,0004/3.5/3 Tasteful recent construction/true attention to detail w/impressive spac. W/granite/ media rm w/sur-round sound & projection screen system. (4614LK)
GREATWOOD KNOLL ......$209,9004/2.5/2 Family rm/tile floors/kit/brkfst. Master down/gamerm up! Heating & a/c system replaced within last 4 yrs! Corner cul-de-sac lot. (6802KF)
NEW TERRITORY ................................4/2.5/2 Close to schools & all amenities. Master down & dining rm. Gamerm & 3 bedrooms up. Isl. kit, brick on all four sides. Culdesac location. (4407ZI)
WATERFORD PARK ............$252,500 3/2.5/2 Model * Reduced * On the water * Gor-geous water views*Granite countertops *Double pane * www.gayledaniel.com (2338WP)
SUGAR CREEK ......................$296,0005/3.5/2 Tiled front porch. Formals, study & Mas-ter down. Big den with corner FP. Covered pa-tio, Pool. Well planned upstairs layout. (335FB)
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Darren Glynn, civilian contractor Corporal Jarrod Wayman, USMCSgt. Simon Gutierrez, USMCPvt. Marques Roberson, U.S. ArmyCapt. Daniel Seiter, U.S. ArmyMike Carroll, 1st Lieutenant, USMCDan Carroll, 1st Lieutenant, USMCHenry Blassingame, contractor SPC Christopher Kimrey, U.S. ArmySgt. Bryan Lemmon, USMCPvt. Ezequiel Grimaldo, U.S. ArmyCapt. Matthew Fox, U.S. ArmyCpl. Jason Lee Mejorado, USMCAirman Oscar Mejorado II, USAFSeaman Jacob G. Mejorado, USNCapt. Richard Carrell, USAFSgt. Jeffrey A. WIlliams, USMC Sgt. Holly K. Williams, USMC E3 Barett Clement, USCGCapt. Joseph DeWitt, U.S. ArmyMaj. William J. Stoesser, U.S. ArmyAirman Caleb J. Powell, USAFCpl. Erick Tijerina, USMCLCDR James D. Shaw, U.S. NavyTSgt. Daniel Vargas, USAFLCpl. Jeffrey B. Brock, USMCFC2 Penny McGaughy, U.S. NavyLCpl. Raymond Padilla, Jr., USMCLCpl. Robert Originales, Jr., USMCPFC Patrick Fege, U.S. ArmyCorporal Jonathon Ross, USMCCapt. Clay Bland, U.S. ArmyCapt. Hunter Bland, U.S. ArmyLCpl. Michael Gomez, USMCPFC Eli Harrington, USMCLCpl. “Trey” L. Chapa III, USMC Lt. Col. Bentley Nettles, U.S. ArmyCpl. Jose R. Zepeda, USMCJerry Zepeda, civilian contractorFR Brad Lindsey, U.S. Navy Capt. Chris Taylor, U.S. Army LCpl. Michael Pereira, USMC LCpl. Kevin Canada, USMCSPC Donald McPaul, U.S. ArmySSgt. Percy Engineer, U.S. ArmyLCpl. Douglas R. Johnson, USMCSgt. Jerome Estrada, USMCSSgt. Joseph Crow, USAFSteven Markesino, Civilian ContractorDaNetra D. Pittman, Civilian ConractorAirman Shannon Fleming, U.S. Navy
Corporal Jake Crocker, USMCCorporal Armando Olivares, USMCCorporal Jonathan McCoy, USMCSgt. Cory Wolston, U.S. ArmyLCpl. Brad Robideaux, USMCPFC Kent Finley, 1st CavalryEns. Leslie Ward, USNLCpl. Chris White, USMCSpc. Mark Shimala, U.S. ArmySgt. Matthew Austin Gaines, U.S. ArmyPFC E4 Michael Andrew Hernandez, U.S. ArmyLCpl. Michael Cannata, USMCJohn R. Simmons, U.S. ArmyCapt. Sean Nolan, U.S. ArmyPvt. V. JordanVoss, U.S. ArmyLCpl. Alfred Paul Garza, USMCJohn David Woodcock, Petty Officer, US NavyLt. Ryan Stevens, U.S. ArmySenior Airman Oscar J. Perez, USAFSpc. Johnny Ray DeLeon, U.S. ArmyCapt. Robert Jason Wisham, U.S. ArmyPFC Zachary T. Gazaway, USMCPFC Luke M. Havemann, U.S. ArmyPFC Zachary Johnson, U.S. ArmyPFC Charlie Kasel - U.S. ArmyLCpl. Adam C. Turek - USMCPFC Sean (CJ) Johnson, U.S. ArmySeaman Fernando Hernandez Jr., USNLt. Matt Malone, U.S. NavyChaplain Joe G. Grace II, Army ReservesLCpl. John Rossi, USMCSR Francisco Quintanilla, U.S. NavySR Joel Soto, U.S. NavyPFC Miguel Soto, Jr., U.S. ArmyRP Jeffrey (Bubba) Evans, U.S. NavyPFC Rodolfo Castellanos, U.S. ArmyPvt. Domingo Arrona Jr., USMCENS. Megan Haydel, U.S. NavyPvt. Matthew Butcher, U.S. ArmySPC Michael Spencer Tesanovich, U.S. Army Cav.Sgt. Jeramy Kitchen, Texas Army Guard, IraqPFC Michael Fleming, USMCPvt. Andrew R. Winchell, US ArmyPFC Bryan Horner, U.S. ArmyMajor Brian Garino, U.S. Air ForcePFC Jordan Allen, Texas Army GuardPvt. Sean Michael Robinson, U.S. Army
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Howard Watt Gaines died most peacefully on the evening of Janu-ary 8, 2010 following a valiant two-year struggle with brain cancer. Howard was a 7th generation Texan. He was born in Houston and raised in Fresno, TX in Fort Bend County. He was a proud graduate of Dulles High School, where he was an outstanding athlete, lettering in football, baseball, basketball, and track. By his junior year of high school he had become one of the top football players in the State of Texas according to a State High School Magazine. He was always #24, and the stadium announcer called him the “Fresno Flash.”
Howard was also active in FFA at Dulles and showed swine at the Fort Bend County Fair. In those days the fairgrounds were in Rosenberg on Hwy 90 where HL&P now stands. The FFA boys would take their tents and bedrolls and camp on the grounds for three days. He also did a ‘little rodeo’ in the Dulles arena, where Dulles Elementary School is now. How-ard had wonderful memories of high school. He then went on to attend Alvin Junior College where he played baseball, and then semi-
pro ball following college. From that point on Howard
lived in Houston where he worked at several careers until the cancer took him down. The family is secure in the knowl-edge that his last days were peaceful and pain free. Those who are left behind know that he “was lost, but now has been found.” God
has put his arms around Howard and has led him to his new life.
He is survived by his son Jonathan, and Jonathan’s mother Lorrine Gaines. Also surviving Howard are his mother, Marsha Gaines, sister Shelly Gaines Schroeder and her husband, George; brother Ron Gaines, niece Kayte Smith, and nephew Jason Smith. A memorial service is planned for Thursday, January 14, at the First Presbyterian Church of Sugar Land, 502 Eldridge Rd., Sugar Land, TX. A dinner reception will begin at 6pm in the fellowship hall, followed by the service at 7pm in the sanctuary. The Reverend Bob Murphy will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be given to the charity of your choice.
Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors, 281-342-4671.
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By Cheryl SkinnerWell wishes and prayers I want to wish Judge Harold
Kennedy the best and ask our readers to join me in a prayer for his recovery from cancer.
Harold has been undergoing both radiation and chemother-apy for head and neck cancer and despite this grueling treat-ment seems to have a very upbeat attitude.
I wish him a very speedy recovery.
Don’t mention the word can-didate to me!
It would not be a good week to use the word political candi-date to me ... nope it wouldn’t.
You would think that people running for public office, who depend on the public to get them elected, would be doing hoops trying to get their names in the paper.
Apparently some don’t see it that way. You will not believe how hard some of them are
to find. I’m still looking for several.
And, for those I finally tracked down, it is equally hard for me to believe that it took several phone calls and e-mails to get a response.
I finally gave up and used what I had so we could at least get some of the candidates information out to voters.
I’m not going to name names. But I can say this, I know who I’d vote for based on the response that I got from the candidates.
If some of them are this hard to track down when they are seeking office, just think of how much fun they are going to be when they are elected to office.
Some politicians just can’t seem to get it through their heads that they work for the people. Which, in my book, means they should provide a decent resume in order to get the job or keep it.
I wish someone would clue them in.
The Central Fort Bend Chamber Alliance’s Murder By Chocolate Mystery Dinner
Theatre production of “Murder at the Mansion”, an interactive, audience-participation produc-
tion, is set for Jan. 17 at Safari Texas Ranch.
Guests who correctly solve the “who done it,” will be put in a drawing for the grand prize – an exquisite ring, donated by Dostal’s Designs in Fine Jewelry and valued at more than $1,800.
Bill Dostal, owner of Dostal’s Designs in Fine Jewelry, which has been in business for 72 years, said “We try to do whatever we can do to support the promotion of this community. That’s what most of the things we do are all about. It’s about supporting the people of this community. We appreciate being to give back to the people who have brought us (our business) to this point.”
The limited tickets are $100 per person and they can be pur-chased by contacting Joy Dowell at [email protected]. For more information, call the Chamber at 281-342-5464.
Lamar CISD’s 2010 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Student Art Show will begin Tuesday at the Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex at 4520 Reading Road.
The exhibit will be open Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with student recognition sched-uled for 6 p.m. The show contin-ues January 13-20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit is closed week-ends and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The Lamar CISD Student Art Exhibit is an artistic exhibition of works by the students of LCISD. These works will be judged by
the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo School Art Committee.
Best of Show, Gold Medal, and Special Merit winners will be further judged and exhibited at the Reliant Center during the Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Contact the Lamar CISD Fine Arts Department at 832-223-0512 for more information.
Spring Registration for Missouri City Little League is now through January 24. Founded more than 25 years ago, it attracts the high-est quality coaches, players and umpires, plus an internationally recognized safety program to deliver the best overall experience for your child. Both boys and girls, ages 4 to 18 can play.
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INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids in duplicate addressed to Vicksburg Joint Powers Board will be received in the offices of Jones & Carter, Inc., Con-sulting Engineers, 6335 Gulfton, Houston, Texas 77081, until 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 26, 2010, and then publicly opened and read for furnishing all plant, labor, material and equipment and performing all work required for the construction of: Truesdale Lift Station Rehabilitation.
The lift station is located at 3206 Truesdale Drive, Missouri City, Texas. A map is attached showing the location of the lift station site (Fort Bend County Key Map 610-U). For construction contracts over $25,000 but less than $250,000, the bidder shall submit a certified or cashier’s check on a respon-sible bank in the State equal to two percent (2%) or five percent (5%) bid bond of the maximum total bid amount. For construc-tion contracts over $250,000, the bidder shall submit a two percent (2%) certified or cashier’s check or a five percent (5%) bid bond of the maximum total bid amount. Make the cashier’s check or bid bonds payable to the Owner.
Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be purchased in the Construction Division of Jones & Carter, Inc., 6335 Gulfton, Houston, Texas 77081, for the price of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per set. No refunds will be made. Said documents may be exam-ined without charge in the office of Jones & Carter Construction Division, A.G.C. or F.W. Dodge Corporation.
There will be a pre-bid conference in the offices of Jones & Carter, Inc., 6335 Gulfton, Houston, Texas 77081 at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Attendance is mandatory. Bids will not be accepted from contractors who do not attend the pre-bid conference.
The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any or all irregularities. No bid may be withdrawn until the expiration of 90 days from the date bids are open.
CITY OF MISSOURI CITYNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
LOCATION/DATE: The City Council of the City of Missouri City will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 1, 2009, at the City Council Chambers – 2nd Floor, City Hall Building, 1522 Texas Parkway (FM-2234), Missouri City, Texas at 7:00 p.m.
PURPOSE: To receive comments for or against a request by Mina Barekzei of STM and Associates on behalf of Gary Hamidan and Ali Qattom to amend Ordinance O-09-01 pertaining to PD, Planned Development District #66 to allow for deviations from the architectural style of exterior accent materials and wall signage in order to develop a 9er’s Grill Restaurant Franchise.
SITE LOCATION: The subject site is located northwest of the in-tersection of State Highway 6 and Colonial Lakes Drive, south of the Kids R Kids Learning Center and west of the Goodwill Store and Oyster Creek Plantation Subdivision.
SITE LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The subject site can be described as being all of the Colonial Lakes Village subdivision as recorded on Instrument No. 20080027 of the plat Records of Fort Bend County, Texas and being all of the Colonial Lakes Village Phase II subdivision as recorded on Instrument No. 20080150 of the Plat Records of Fort Bend County, Texas.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Additional information and a map of the subject site are available for review at City Hall, Missouri City, Texas on Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You may call 281-403-8600 or email the Planning Department at [email protected] for further information.
CITY OF SUGAR LANDREQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
Sealed submittals in quintuplicate (one original and four copies), addressed to the City Secretary Office of the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, January 28, 2010, for:
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS NO. 2010-11SUGAR CREEK PHASE II AND PHASE III DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Submissions shall be appropriately marked in the upper left hand corner as follows:
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS NO. 2010-11SUGAR CREEK PHASE II AND PHASE III DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Signed and sealed submittals shall be delivered to the City Secretary Office, on or before 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, January 28, 2010, City of Sugar Land, City Hall, Suite 122, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All submissions received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the date for the opening of submittals.
The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifications prior to the date set for opening of submittals. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifications. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective submitters and may or may not affect the submission opening date.
The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all submissions and to waive informalities in submittals received. The award will be made based on a panel evaluation of submittals received.
Request for Qualifications documents are available for download on the City of Sugar Land’s electronic bidding system, BidSync at www.bidsync.com.
For questions regarding this request for qualification, please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator, telephone number (281) 275-2302 or email [email protected].
Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAECity Secretary
CITY OF SUGAR LANDNOTICE TO BIDDERS
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, January 28, 2010, for:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BUILD-OUT PROJECT
Sealed bids shall be appropriately marked as follows:
BID NO. 2010-12 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE BUILD-OUT PROJECT
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 Office, on or before 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, January 28, 2010, 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.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 20, 2010, City Hall, Brazos Room, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas 77479.
The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifications prior to the date set for opening of bids. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifications. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not affect 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 Office, 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.
For questions regarding this bid, please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator, telephone number (281) 275-2302 or email [email protected].
Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAECity Secretary
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ANDNotice is hereby given that original letters testamentary for the ESTATE OF ALLEN LESLIE VYVIAL, were issued on January 11, 2010, in Docket No. 09-CPR-022413 pending in Probate Court Number Three (3) of Fort Bend County, Texas to SHIRLEY VYVIAL.The residence of the independent executrix is in Galveston County, Texas, the mailing address is P.O. Box 58536, Webster, Texas 77598.All Persons having claims against this estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED THIS 11th day of JANUARY, 2010. LOVE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. /s/ Stacy Schnitzer McCarty SBN 24041881 3423 FM 762 Richmond, Texas 77469 Tel: 281-633-2980 Fax: 281-633-2080
THE CITY OF ROSENBERG IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:• Parks Maintenance Worker• Assistant Economic Development Director• Communications Specialist/ Dispatcher • Police Officer
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS ANDNotice is hereby given that original letters testamentary for the ESTATE OF WILLIAM DAVID McARTHUR, were issued on December 7, 2009, in Docket No. 09-CPR-022345 pending in Probate Court Number Three (3) of Fort Bend County, Texas to JOAN HELEN McARTHUR.The residence of the independent executrix is in Fort Bend County, Texas, the mailing address is 8118 Blase Road, Rosenberg, Texas 77471.All Persons having claims against this estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.DATED THIS 11th day of JANUARY, 2010. LOVE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. /s/ Stacy Schnitzer McCarty SBN 24041881 3423 FM 762 Richmond, Texas 77469 Tel: 281-633-2980 Fax: 281-633-2080
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CITY OF STAFFORD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Stafford, Texas on Wednesday, the 17th day of February, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., in the City Council Chamber, Stafford City Hall, 2610 South Main, Stafford, Texas for the pur-pose of receiving testimony for and against the following:
A proposal to adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 102 of the Code of Ordinances, the same being the City’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, by amending the Specific Use Permit granted to National Coupling Co., Inc., on February 18, 2009 which allowed the expansion and development of a Light Industrial Use, on a 14.0177 acre tract of land located within the City in Zoning District MU, and further identified as be-ing located at 1316 Staffordshire.
All residents of the City of Stafford and other interested parties are invited to attend and will be given the opportunity to be heard. /s/ Bonnie BaiamonteCity Secretary
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Elliott was appointed to his cur-rent position by Governor Bill Clements in 1988 and has been elected in each subsequent elec-tion and have served as judge of this court for 20 years.
Elliott began the practice of law in 1973.
He and his wife, Rhea, have two sons and one grandson. They have been residents of Fort Bend County for over 36 years.
His chal-lenger, Roxie Roll, failed to respond to requests for information, however a posted resume indicates she has been a sole practi-
tioner attorney since 1998 and worked prior to that time in a variety of administrative positions for companies in the Stafford and Sugar Land areas.
Precinct 4 CommissionerPrecinct 4 Commissioner
James Patterson is facing a chal-lenge from Steve Smelley.
Patterson is seeking a fourth term in office. He and his fam-ily have lived in Sugar Land since 1965 when he began his career with the Fort Bend
Independent School District. He was principal of Dulles High School, FBISD’s first high school, from 1984 to 1992, when he trans-ferred to open Elkins, the district’s fifth high school. He retired from
FBISD in August 1998.Patterson and his wife of over
45 years, Mary Jo, have three children, two sons-in-law and two grandchildren
S t e v e Smelley, a Missouri City resident for over 17 years, has served on the Fort Bend Independent S c h o o l District Board of Trustees for 10 years.
He currently serves as President of the University of Houston Sigma Chi House Corporation and is a former soccer and foot-ball coach.
County Court at Law #2Two candidates are seeking the
judgeship created by the retire-ment of incumbent County Court at Law Judge Walter McMeans.
Jeff McMeansFort Bend County Attorney Jeff
McMeans has announced his bid to seek the Republican nomina-tion for County Court-At-Law #2, the bench currently held by his father Honorable Judge Walter
McMeans.McMeans,
a lifelong Fort Bend County r e s i d e n t and lifelong Republican, has his own law firm in R i c h m o n d which focuses
primarily on criminal, juvenile, family, civil, and probate law.
He is a 1984 graduate of Dulles high School, a 1988 graduate
of Texas A&M University and a 1992 graduate of Texas Tech School of Law.
Rick ForlanoRick Forlano is a practicing
attorney who specializes in trial law in the areas of civil, fam-ily, criminal, probate and juvenile law.
Awarded a BA in math-ematics from A d e l p h i Universi ty, F o r l a n o earned his law degree from the University of Houston College of Law. He was employed by Shell Oil Company before entering pri-vate law practice.
Forlano is married to Sharon Forlano, a retired teacher and has 3 children and two grandchildren. He is a member of Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Sugar Land.Justice of the Peace #1 Place 2
Long time incumbent Justice of the Peace Gary Geick (no photo
submitted) is being challenged by two Republican hopefuls during the forthcoming primary election.
Geick, a Needville area resi-dent for many years, is currently recovering from a stroke and was unable to submit information prior to deadline.
He is being challenged by Mary Ward, (no photo submitted) who held the position many years ago and by Bob Thomas, (no photo
submitted).
Neither Thomas or Ward con-tributed any information.
The party primaries will be held on March 2. Early voting for the primary will begin on Feb. 16.
He has been a community lead-er for many years, and currently serves the people of Precinct 2 through his nonprofit corpora-tion, the Council of Elders. The C.O.E. provides troubled youth with counseling and mentoring services to prevent them from entering the criminal Justice System.
Sherman is certified in Conflict Resolution and Mediation from
the South Texas School of Law.
He has lived in Fort Bend County for over two decades with his wife Teri Sherman of 43 years and
three children.
In an attempt to put ques-tions to rest, Chief Deputy Craig Brady’s campaign records were perused. Neither Morales nor Perez had made any listed con-tributions to the Chief Deputy’s political campaign for Sheriff in 2012.
However, those same records filed July 14, 2009 with the Elections Office, indicated that Bobby Freeman had. In fact, to date he is the single high-est donor, having contributed $25,000 in expendable funds to the Chief Deputy’s campaign on January 29, 2009. Then on May 16, 2009 he made a pledge to give yet another $50,000, for a report total of $75,000. The next filing deadline for political contributions and expenditures is this coming Friday.
The other large pledges listed on the Chief Deputy’s report were from his Houston lawyer
for $10,000, his parents who reside in Richmond for $100,000 and an uncle who lives in Bryan for $25,000.
Freeman, whose occupation is left blank in the official cam-paign filings, is an independent businessman in Rosenberg who owns a mobile home moving business.
According to Richmond City Court, Morales and Perez each entered a plea and received time served for their public intoxi-cation charge. That same City Court has yet to receive offi-cial paperwork on Freeman, said the clerk. As of press time no court date could be found for Freeman.
Tom Wilcox, of Johnson Development , also spoke to the court. He said he was on the Subdivision Regulation Committee, a group formed to review subdivision regulations for Commissioners.
While very supportive of the resolution overall, Wilcox said some last minute changes done by Harris County were made avail-able in late December and the committee had not yet had time to go over the information. In the “current condition” presented to the court there were “some inher-ent problems” that need to be addressed, he said. Wilcox sug-gested the court not take any action until the panel had the opportunity to fully review the changes and make final suggestions.
Morrison asked Wilcox if the group would be able to finalize their review and suggestions in short order. “I’m not trying to be a horses ass but the deadlines for applying for money are coming up in February and March and we don’t want to miss out on any of that,” Morrison noted.
He added that anything he or his office staff could do to expedite the process would be available to Wilcox and the committee.
County Judge Bob Hebert said there was no action item to go with the public hearing and he felt sure the measure would come up before the end of January and could be fully resolved and voted on at that time.
Wilcox said he felt that with the holidays over the panel could come up with suggestions and be ready for the meeting.
The American Red Cross Super Ball IX committee has kicked off the new season with an exciting addition to their team roster. Congressman Pete and Nancy Olson will serve as the Honorary Chairmen for this year’s event sched-uled for Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Safari Texas Ranch in Richmond.
This year’s proceeds from the American Red Cross Super Ball IX will support service delivery, program operations and general operating needs for the American Red Cross Southwestern Branch and spon-sorships range from $1,000 to $10,000. In addition to receiv-
ing tickets to the event, spon-sors at the $2,500 and above level receive Standard First Aid with Adult CPR Courses for their employees. Sponsorship levels outlining benefits and forms are available online at www.houstonredcross..org/super-ball or by contacting the American Red Cross office at 281.342.9480.
To purchase tickets to the American Red Cross Super Ball IX, to serve as a com-mittee volunteer or to partici-pate as a sponsor to the event, contact the American Red Cross Southwestern Branch at 281.342.9480 or visit www.houstonredcross.org/super-ball.
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Seven Fort Bend ISD high school football players were recently among outstanding athletes throughout the Greater Houston Area honored by the Touchdown Club of Houston. The Touchdown Club of Houston has honored the outstanding high school football players since 1980. Selection of recipients is made by the area’s coaches and athletic directors.
FBISD athletes honored in the 2009 Greater Houston High School Awards Program as Defensive Finalists of the Year were Mike Jones of Kempner High School, Shaun Lewis of Hightower High School, Zach McMillian of Dulles High School, and Ray Oppman of Clements High School. Offensive Finalists of the Year represent-ing FBISD were Jordan Jolly of Elkins High School and Andrew Suter of Clements High School. They were among the 20 final-ists honored at the 30th Annual High School Awards Dinner, held December 9 at the JW Marriott Hotel.
Sugar Land Rotary recently sponsored Fort Bend CORPS by providing funds raised from Shrimpfest, and by assisting with a Hearts and Hammers project for a disabled World War II veteran. Sugar Land Rotarian Steve Smelley was the team leader, and he and his volunteer Rotary team performed all of the repairs and painted a home and garage as part of the project. Rotarians supplied their exper-
tise and brought their own tools, ladders, paint and equipment for the project.
The Fort Bend Corps located the house and Rotary supplied the volunteers and funds for the project. Pictured are some of the Rotarians at the beginning of the project. The CORPS assists those who are unable to make needed home repairs themselves. For more information about the CORPS go to www.fbcorps.org.
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Six and seven year olds can take a magical journey through music! Music Magic, an enrich-ment program, is for six and seven year old boys who like music and singing and want to learn more!
The eight-week program brings music alive for the boys through the use of movement, singing, musical games, and other child-centered activities
The Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas, administers the Music Magic program. Sara Ward, a staff member of the organization for over twenty years, serves as the Music Magic director.
Music Magic will continue its 13th season on Tuesday evenings at the First United Methodist Church of Missouri City, 3900 Lexington Blvd., Missouri City, from 6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. beginning January 19 and ending March 9. The cost for the course $70 and no auditions are required for this class. Boys will receive a free Music Magic T-shirt after classes start. Classes are limited in size, so please call the choir office at (281) 240-3800 to pre-register or visit their website at www.fbbctx.org.
