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The Rocket, Roger Clemens, made a mark in baseball history on Saturday, Aug. 25. Wearing the Sugar Land Skeeters uniform, Clemens, 50, was the cynosure of nearly 8,000 spectators in Constellation Field in Sugar Land, as his action was beamed around the country via ESPN Television. PHOTOS — Anthony Vasser. Skeeters Corner, Page 10.

Can missing VRCs bring Stafford mayor keeps budget at current level of $25 million the “dead” back to life Some Fort Bend County voters are extremely concerned about the unknown number of missing Voter Registration Cards in U.S. mail.

The Fort Bend County Election Administration and elected officials are equally concerned.

But their concerns appear to be totally opposite — voter fraud versus voter suppression.

If the concerned citizens are vigorously trying to ensure that the missing cards are not misused for voting in the November general election, the administration appears to be less concerned with voter fraud, but is more worried that those who did not receive the cards may stay away from voting.

So, their focus is to ensure that such people get a duplicate card and to assure them that they can vote with a photo ID even if they don’t have the VRC.

Opinion: Inside Track By Seshadri Kumar For the same reason, officials underplay the prospect of fraudulent voting with the use of missing VRCs. The contrary perspective between the election administration and the public has given rise to the perception that the administration is not taking the matter seriously.

Even when officials are acting, their objective falls short of the public’s expectation.

As reported in this newspaper (Two zip codes to get duplicate VRCs, Aug. 15, 2012) an unspecified number of vot-

er registration cards mailed to voters in Pecan Grove and Cinco Ranch areas in Zip Codes 77406 and 77494 have not been delivered and the Fort Bend County Election Administration is likely to send replacement cards for them.

About 45,000 cards were mailed to the two Zip Codes on March 30 and April 5.

Whatever is the missing number of cards would be an educated guess, ranging from 18,000 to 25,000.

Adding to the complexity is that Fort Bend County officials are hamstrung by two situations.

The State of Texas has antagonized the U.S. Department of Justice with the its Voter Photo ID lawsuit.

Also, Fort Bend County itself is under a consent decree to implement certain measures to ensure that minorities who do not speak English get See VRC, Page 4

Sugar Land Town Square bans outdoor smoking of cigars

By SESHADRI KUMAR The Sugar Land Town Square management recently introduced a ban on outdoor smoking of cigars and pipes. Aggrieved by the sudden change in the rules, Cigar, Cigar, a cigar outlet in Town Square, has sued the management challenging the ban.

Cigar, Cigar is distributing a

flyer to customers which reads “Until further notice we will not be smoking cigars and pipes on the patio. You can continue cigarette smoking on the patio.”

“This we hope will be a temporary situation. We will continue to fight this ridiculous infringement on our rights and hope to have a favorable solution to this

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issue very soon,” the flyer says.

Tom Parks, general manager of the store, is frustrated with the sudden rule change by the management. After the Town Square management banned outside cigar smoking, Cigar Cigar obtained a temporary restraining order. Subsequently, the restraining order was lifted and the cigar shop and Town Square management have been asked by the court to try mediation.

Steve Ewbank, executive vice president of Planned Community Developers, and spokesman for the SLTS management, declined to comment on the pending lawsuit. The Town Square management decided to ban outside cigar and pipe smoking all through the Town Square and it was not confined to or aimed at any one particular area or business location, Ewbank said.

By BARBARA FULENWIDER Stafford Mayor Leonard Scarcella will present the draft of his $25 million budget to city council at a special Aug. 29 meeting.

After council members attend three successive budget meetings and make any changes they may want, they will adopt the 2013 city budget in September.

Even though the economy has improved a tad, the city budget proposed is the same amount as that of fiscal year 2012.

Scarcella said, “In order to make sure we keep city services where they need to be and do some other important things, we’ve got to look at our resources and revenues very closely because there are all kinds of expenditures people want. Coming up with the revenues to support them is what I’ve been focused on.”

Besides maintaining city services Scarcella said doing some other “important things,” include buying 20 acres of the Regal Ranch property from the county, finishing the Dulles Avenue improvements, and in conjunction with the county starting improvements to Brand Lane.

Scarcella Also, extending Staffordshire Road from Fifth Street past the Stafford Municipal School District campus to Scanlin Road for an estimated $700,000; re-decking the city swimming pool “for about $50,000,” looking at the city’s technology along with the related security for it and considering some cabling for SME-TV, “which could run as much as $200,000 initially,” the mayor said.

Another item Scarcella put into the proposed 2013 budget is more money for refurbishing and upgrading Stafford Centre.

He noted that the performance auditorium and convention center will be getting “a lot of

competition from Sugar Land” when their facility opens and that Katy is also considering building an entertainment center.

He has between $600,000 to $700,000 in the budget for improved lighting on festival field, replacing some carpeting, freshening up everything and being able to televise from the center and offer DVDs of some performances, update the exterior signs and improve the landscaping to make it a “neater, cleaner, fresher and more attractive facility. The minute we don’t do that we start losing guests,” Scarcella said.

Another important part of the proposed 2013 budget is an across the board three percent raise for all full-time employees. Some may get more but everyone will get a minimum of three percent, the mayor said.

“We’ve also maintained our very strong healthcare and prescription drug plan, which we make available to the dependents of our employees at a very good cost.”

One thing Scarcella said the city won’t be doing in 2013 is hiring any full-time employees or handing out any pink slips

Local delegates at the RNC in Tampa Bay

Sheriff’s department closes FBCGOP probe The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office has completed an investigation in which the Fort Bend County Republican Party alleged its computer system had been breached last year.

In October, 2011, party officials believed the party’s computer had been hacked and brought their concerns to the Sheriff’s

Office. Party officials said the concern of foul play arose when, for unknown reasons, the computer crashed on or about Oct. 20, 2011.

Sheriff’s detectives conducted several interviews and requested records concerning the matter, said Sheriff Milton Wright. Detectives reviewed records from

the Internet hosting company and determined there was no evidence suggesting foul play.

A second part of the investigation was financial. After reviewing financial records provided through subpoena, detectives determined there were no irregularities and the case is now considered closed.

Rick Miller, left, Babs Miller, Tina Gibson, Cindy and Bruce Bond, all of Sugar Land, among the Fort Bend delegation to the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, weathered the storm that spared Florida on Monday but delayed the convention, and they are ready to nominate Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate for President of the United States.

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Stafford From Page 1 because of the economy.

“We intend to keep all of our current employees and in no way trim back staff through attrition. We intend to keep all of our current positions filled.”

While the proposed 2013 budget has remained at the same amount as last year’s, the city has increased its fund balances.

“We’re up to $17 million in the general fund and have over $10 million in the SEDC (Stafford Economic Development Corp.) fund.”

He noted that SEDC funds can only be used for economic development and that the city will use the hotel/motel tax it collects to buy, improve, maintain, etc. Regal Ranch.

While sales tax collections have increased somewhat this year to last, they aren’t rip roaring yet. The mayor said,

“If things were to go south, our sales taxes could drop pretty significantly. The sales tax provides $2 out of every $3 we spend, so we have to be careful that we don’t go out and spend or propose to spend a lot of money and then the sales tax isn’t there to support it.”

He also said, “We can’t get giddy or excited and go out and do this, this and this. I’ve held the reins tightly here on what’s proposed to council. We have a zero property tax and all the money to pay off our debt. We are down to less than a half a million on our bonded indebtedness. We’ll pay the county for Regal Ranch in four or five annual installments without interest.”

The mayor said his proposed budget “will show roughly a $3 million shortfall but we’ll be able to make most of it up in terms of the sales tax and others ways we’re able

to transfer the funds we have because we aren’t having to pay property tax.

“One of our great premises,” Scarcella said, “is just because something is budgeted

for doesn’t mean employees have the right to buy it. When we get the dollars we’ll spend them but not until we have them,” Scarcella said.

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Back to school health fair Each year, in honor of National Health Center Week, Fort Bend Family Health Center (FBFHC) hosts its annual Backto-School Health Fairs. This year’s health fairs, themed, A Community Operation, took place on Aug. 11 in Missouri City and on Aug. 18, in Richmond. During the fairs, families were able to receive valuable information regarding health services, emergency preparedness and other services available to them throughout the county. Children 18 years old or younger received free immunizations (if a copy of the child’s shot record is shown), free dental and visions screenings, free scoliosis screenings, and over 1500 free backpacks filled with school supplies were made available through the donations and efforts of the community.

Local officials and businesses partnered with FBFHC for the fairs including Kevin Patton State Farm, All Star Storage, First Victoria Bank, Fluor Daniel and Texas Children’s Health Plan.

Fort Bend Family Health Center is a private, not-for-profit community health center that serves Fort Bend County and the surrounding areas. Fort Bend Family Health Center is dedicated to excellence in providing integrated health care services to improve the quality of life in the communities it serves without regard to income or circumstance. Fort Bend Family Health Center is a United Way agency. Each year The Center provides assistance to approximately 23,000 members of the Fort Bend, Wharton and Waller communities.

Mayor Leonard Scarcella said that a high priority in his 2013 City of Stafford budget is buying Regal Ranch.

“At this point we’re simply in negotiations with the county, so nothing is a done deal.” As for buying 20 acres of the ranch, which is all in Stafford’s city limits, the mayor said, “It is exceedingly difficult to get a handle on what the anticipated costs to improve it and operate it will be -- the potential revenues that come out of it and the expenditure related to it.

“All of that gets a bit more difficult when you’ve never done it before.” He likened it to a crap shoot and added that he thinks the city has a “pretty good chance of rolling a seven even though it’s no slam dunk. Trying to anticipate these various costs and the aspects of it make it dicey.”

The mayor believes buying the 20 acres that the ranch’s buildings are on will benefit the city’s residents and make Stafford better known. “A lot of people in the Houston area know where Regal Ranch is but don’t know where Stafford is, so the name has an attraction.

“The fact that we’ll be using the hotel/motel tax and possibly have a project connected to SEDC when looking at events that will bring people in…will enhance the property and elevate the activities that have been held there.”

Scarcella said he sees Stafford making the facility more broad based and more upscale and “something that the entire population of Stafford can enjoy. We’ll need to use it in a way to generate revenues. Maintaining it will have a nice little price tag, so we’ll have to figure out how to mitigate that.

“You have to have revenues coming in, so we’ll want something that people will enjoy coming to and that will pay a major part of the expenses.”

NOTICE OF TAX REVENUE INCREASE The Fort Bend County General Fund conducted public hearings on August 23, 2012 and August 28, 2012 on a proposal to increase the total tax revenues of the Fort Bend County General Fund from properties on the tax roll in the preceding year by 0.41 percent.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised last year at last year’s tax rate of $0.480960 for each $100 of taxable value was $192,519,786.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised this year at the proposed tax rate of $0.480760 for each $100 of taxable value, excluding tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year, is $189,961,642.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised this year at the proposed tax rate of $0.480760 for each $100 of taxable value, including tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year, is $195,256,243.

The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County General Fund is scheduled to vote on the tax rate that will result in that tax increase at a public meeting to be held on September 11, 2012 at Commissioners Courtroom, 7th Floor, Wm. B. Travis Building in Richmond, Texas at 1:00 PM.

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NOTICE OF TAX REVENUE INCREASE The Fort Bend County Drainage conducted public hearings on August 23, 2012 and August 28, 2012 on a proposal to increase the total tax revenues of the Fort Bend County Drainage from properties on the tax roll in the preceding year by 1.66 percent.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised last year at last year’s tax rate of $0.018800 for each $100 of taxable value was $7,442,241.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised this year at the proposed tax rate of $0.019000 for each $100 of taxable value, excluding tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year, is $7,519,367.

The total tax revenue proposed to be raised this year at the proposed tax rate of $0.019000 for each $100 of taxable value, including tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year, is $7,728,426.

The Board of Directors of Fort Bend County Drainage is scheduled to vote on the tax rate that will result in that tax increase at a public meeting to be held on September 11, 2012 at Commisssioners Courtroom, 7th Floor, Wm. B. Travis Building in Richmond, Texas at 1:00 PM.

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Opinion Around the neighborhoods Quail Valley, then and now

By CAROLYN BOWDEN THE PAST: My first glimpse of Quail Valley Subdivision was on New Year’s Day in 1971.

There were so many trees and as far as you could see there was undeveloped land.

As we turned into the main entrance there was a feeling of “coming home.”

At that time there were only three families living in Quail Valley. In April we moved and discovered that living here was like the television show, “Cheers.” It was the place to go, “where everybody knew your name.”

ANECDOTE: There was one month left in the school year. Our first grader came home that first school day with mixed emotions. There was no air conditioning in the schools (only three schools in all of FBISD at that time) so the teacher moved her to sit by a window.

She was embarrassed although happy that they had hamburgers for lunch. However, at bedtime she had been upset because her spiral notebook was different from the other students. The only “store” that was open at 9 p.m. on a week night was a drive-in grocery in Stafford.

Opening our “tiny” phone directory, I found their number and called, explaining my

VRC From Page 1 adequate communication about the elections in their respective languages.

The official response is to prepare adequate grounds to justify the mailing of duplicate cards to the two zip codes and a telephone survey has been proposed in selected areas, before mailing the duplicates.

Some of the activists who are pursuing the missing VRCs suggest that the county seek approval from the Department of Justice for the use of a second ID in addition to VRCs in the two zip codes during the November election.

The county is somewhat reluctant to do that as it feels the DOJ would certainly reject the request.

Meanwhile, time is running out for the county and if such a request has to be made to the DOJ, it should be done by the first week of September.

Unrelated to the issue of missing VRCs, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has launched an investigation into the cases of dead people voting in the recently concluded primary elections.

All the counties in the state have been asked to verify if any dead person had voted.

According to sources, Tarrant County had about six cases reported.

Fort Bend County has been notified of one case and the election administration is ascertaining if the person who voted is really dead or if there was any mistaken identity.

Meanwhile, Evelyn Montalvo of Pecan Grove, who unearthed the issue of missing VRCs in April, ahead of May 12 local elections and

Bowden situation. The lady who answered the phone asked me, “Who is the teacher?” I told her and she said, “No problem. I have that notebook.

Come get it. I will wait for you.”

This was one of many “small town experiences” I was to have in those early years.

THE PRESENT: There is an air of “anticipation” throughout the area.

The former Quail Valley Country Club building is being replaced.

The elevation of the “new” City Centre @ Quail Valley is impressive. In just a few weeks, people will be able to, finally, view the inside. Recently, there was the opening of the “new” Tennis/Fitness Center and, before that, renoMay 31 primaries, primaries has been working in parallel on another issue of purging “dead” voters and duplicate names from the voter list.

After painstaking research for several months, Montalvo submitted a list of 800 names to the Fort Bend County Elections Administration, suggesting that several “dead” people are still in the voter list.

Election Administrator John Oldham sent a letter to Montalvo recently saying that he cannot act on the list because Montalvo’s submission did not meet the legal requirements. She failed to furnish a personal affidavit.

Oldham, however, told this writer that Montalvo’s list was “valuable” and he was using it. Many names in the list were already found in what is known as “suspended list.” The suspended names will be purged after two federal election cycles.

“We will use the list to the extent we can. It has value to us. We have already begun correcting the duplicate registrations based on the list provided by Ms. Montalvo,” Oldham said.

For removing the names of the “dead” people, the department has to take some verification steps. The department would attempt to clean the list of dead people down the road, Oldham said, suggesting that the outcome of Montalvo’s list is the same, though he was legally bound to reject the submitted list.

Non-citizens in jurors’ list A Missouri City resident took another extraordinary measure of scrutinizing the list of jurors called by the

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vations to existing golf courses.

All these changes have been followed closely by Texas media and have brought visiting golfers who enjoy a challenge.

ANECDOTE: Our granddaughter has lived her entire life in Quail Valley and played a lot of golf. One summer she signed up for a golf tournament (ages 14 to 15) when out of town on family vacation.

She was the only girl in a field of lots of boys. She shot in the high 70’s and all the boys were in 80’s.

One boy told her: “If you come back next year I’m not playing!” When asked, she credits her skill on the course and love of golf to living in Quail Valley.

THE FUTURE: Continued renovations that will draw the interest of what we refer to as the “second generation” of residents. Here they find mature landscaping, custom built homes and “friendly” people.

Just announced, the Quail Valley Golf Course, will be the third location for The First Tee Program of Greater Houston. WOW! NEXT COLUMN. (Sept.12.) How our family benefited from being Quail Valley residents.

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The attempt was to find out those who sought to excuse themselves from jury duty by stating that they are “noncitizens” are stating the truth.

If so, how such names entered the registered voter list needs to be investigated.

The district clerk’s office, the county attorney and the state have all denied the request of the Missouri City resident on the grounds that the juror information is confidential and exempt from the Texas Open Records Request.

Well, the Missouri City resident asked the question in a different way.

Has the election administration from January to July 2012 removed anyone’s name from the voter registration list based on the declaration by a potential juror that he or she is a non-citizen?

The administration said no name was removed during the said period.

However in previous years a handful of names have been removed based on the declaration in the juror information list, according to Oldham.

Potential exists for noncitizens to enter the jury summons list because names are also drawn from the Texas Department of Public Safety based driver license database.

Have you heard of a potential juror being prosecuted for falsely claiming to be a noncitizen to avoid jury duty?

Is there a mechanism even to verify such a claim?

There is no positive response from long time court observers.

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Letters Futility and utility of FBISD’s Building Utilization Committee To the Editor: I read with interest your recent article and opinion piece regarding FBISD Board Of Trustees meetings and a few specific issues they have been dealing with at the meetings.

I would like to address the recent Building Utilization Committee (BUC) meetings held this past spring for the purpose of evaluating school building usage.

Personally, I have found it difficult to attend all meetings of the school board, but I do try to attend them when I see an item of great importance on the agenda.

I would like to think that my definition of importance is not limited to personal impact, but to the community as well.

Items such as new construction of schools and attendance boundary changes meet my definition of importance.

When the email arrived from the school district to solicit parental involvement in the BUC, I applied to participate as it appeared to be a matter of importance to myself and to the community. I submitted an application to both of the schools that my children attend/attended, Travis High School and James Bowie Middle School.

My name was not chosen for either campus, so I was not a member of the committee.

I would like to draw attention to the process of selection outlined in the email as it was a lottery system.

The scope of the committee is defined with the opening statement, “Fort Bend ISD is developing a Building Utilization Committee that will be responsible for recommending changes in school attendance areas to the Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees.”

A total of seven parents were selected. The email indicates one parent from each school drawn by lottery will then be entered in a second round lottery for seven names.

Please note that the applica-

tion does not request employment, professional accreditation, or if the applicant had children attending schools that might be affected by the process. Hence, there would not be any way to screen potential conflict of interest through this application process, would there?

I attended several of the meetings as an observer, beginning with the third meeting on February 28 of this year.

At that meeting the moderator outlined an approximate schedule of two more meetings on March 6 and March 20/21 (later determined by availability of committee members to be March 21).

It was anticipated the latter meeting would include a draft and vote on recommendations to the BOT followed by three town-halls throughout the district for public input.

Following the public input, the BUC would meet again to respond to issues raised through the public input and to submit a final recommendation to the trustees. It was emphasized that trustees would participate in the BUC meetings, but would not vote on the recommendations.

Sure enough, by the March 21 meeting, draft recommendations for attendance boundary changes and for Elementary school #46 had been approved through consensus of the committee.

However, rather than conclude their efforts and proceed forward with the town hall meetings, the decision was made to poll the members and ask them to think of additional issues they would like to consider.

This decision meant there would be more BUC meetings thus delaying the town hall meetings and subsequent submission of BUC recommendations to the BOTs. Please keep in mind the BOT election was held May 12 and new members were seated at the May 21 meeting.

Typically in the past the BOTs voted on any building use recommendations prior to the seating of a new board, which obviously did not happen this year.

Unfortunately, attendance at the BUC meetings was sporadic. I never saw more than four parent volunteers.

After the March 6 meeting, the number of trustees attending was too few to even require a videotape record of the meeting.

I certainly appreciate the parents who volunteered to serve on this committee, particularly those members who faithfully attended the meetings, participated in the discussion and attempted to construct resolutions that would be helpful to the community.

I think they correctly identified with comments made at the April meetings, that some of these resolutions would be difficult for the community to accept on short notice.

Interaction between the community and the BUC is a great idea. However, I have doubts whether community members should actually be part of the BUC. Nonetheless, if the BOTs prefer this approach, then the process for populating the committee should be more discriminate. Specifically, full attendance by the community members should be mandatory and the scope of the committee should be clearly defined with a strict timetable in place to allow the BOTs to consider any recommendations prior to the seating of a new Board.

Otherwise, you run the risk of having a rogue committee of unelected persons, unaccountable to the patrons of FBISD, making decisions on matters that have far-reaching impacts on its residents, without newly-elected trustees having an opportunity to fully vet these decisions.

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Stafford MSD’s spirit commended To the Editor: Recently it was my honor and privilege to address employees of Stafford Municipal School District at the convocation kicking off the 20122013 school year.

I have made such talks to hundreds of schools over a period of more than four decades, and never have felt a stronger spirit of commitment, teamwork and partnership than was evidenced there.

Stafford MSD has grand fa-

cilities, and its personnel take advantage of opportunities to interface with the community through shared commitment and shared facilities.

Stafford citizens get maximum results from their tax dollars.

I salute Mayor Leonard Scarcella and members of the City Council; Board President Ittienne Zak and his fellow trustees, and Dr. Lance Hindt, Superintendent of Schools.

Strong leadership begins at the top, and is effective when

there is mutual respect and confidence as there is in Stafford. Further, employees feel they are valued members of the team.

I found all these qualities to be evident in Stafford, and predict a grand school year.

Citizens of Stafford have much to be proud of in Stafford Municipal School District.

Dr. Don Newbury Chancellor Howard Payne University

Missouri City’s priorities skewed To the Editor: I think you’re missing the key story about Missouri City’s future.

Do the residents really want all their bond issue money used for amenities that only cater to an insignificant portion of the City’s population?

As you know, more and more minorities are making their home in Quail Valley, the chief subdivision within the City. Can they really afford golf, tennis, etc.

So, why is Missouri City Government making it their chief priority to fund these amenities?

Why mortgage the future of Missouri City for amenities that people can’t afford?

In the future, the residents will wake up and see that the bond monies that should have been spent to beautify and reconstruct the City’s crumbling

infrastructure, were spent on frivolous items.

City government has plainly ignored the priorities of the people that actually inhabit the City.

They’ve been unrealistic about its future needs.

We don’t need tennis and basketball courts that our kids can’t afford (due to the membership dues). We don’t need a Golf Course that caters

mainly to outsiders.

I think that beautification of the City has not been the priority it should have been. Sure, we’ve planted a few trees.

But, what about sidewalk repair and street repair?

New streets can make a huge difference in an older subdivision just as sidewalk repair can do the same thing.

Howard Moline Missouri City

FREE LEGAL ADVICE Fort Bend Lawyers CARE (FBLC) will offer free advice by phone to low-income Fort Bend County residents on Friday, August 31, 2012. Call 281-239-0015 to qualify for this service between 10:00 a.m. and noon. Veterans with civil legal questions are especially encouraged to call. The attorney will return calls the same day and/or the following Monday.

FBLC’s mission is to provide equal access to justice through volunteer lawyers. Fort Bend Lawyers Care is funded in part by grants from The George Foundation, Texas Access to Justice Foundation, and Fort Bend County Bar Association.

AUGUST 29, 2012 • INDEPENDENT • Page 5 CITATION BY PUBLICATION STATE OF TEXAS

THE STATE OF TEXAS CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO: Wesley Logans, Deceased, Ida Hammond, Deceased, Commodore Davis, Deceased, Olevia Delaney, Deceased, J. Collins, Deceased, De’Andre Taylor, De’Andrea Taylor, De’Ron Taylor, Dante Taylor, Dorothy Collins, Ruth Willard, Deceased, Peggy Hite, Deceased, Robert Hall, Deceased, Josephine Buckley, Deceased, A. Richardson, Deceased, W. Richardson, Irma Russell, Deceased, Percy Dixon, Deceased, Ludie Crawford, Deceased, Beatrice Dixon, Deceased, Thelma Ingram, Deceased, Ludie Ingram, Deceased, Nannie Johnson, Deceased, Susie Veto, Ruth Wilford, Unknown Address, Unknown Heirs, Such Person’s Unknown Heirs Successors and Assigns Whose Identity and Location are Unknown Unknown Owners Such Unknown Owners Heirs Successors and Assigns and Any and All Other Persons Including Adverse Claimants Owning or Having or Claiming any Legal or Equitable Interest in or Lien upon the Property Which is the Subject of the Claim in this Case NOTICE: You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issuance of this citation, same being October 01, 2012 a default judgment may be taken against you. Said answer may be filed by mailing same to: District Clerk’s Office, 301 Jackson, Richmond, Texas 77469, or by bringing it to the office. Our street address is 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond TX 77469. We are located on the first floor of the Justice Center building.

The case is presently pending before the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County sitting in Richmond, Texas, and was filed on July 13, 2012. It bears cause number 12-DCV-199412 and is styled: Diogu Diogu, II vs Wesley Logans, Deceased, Ida Hammond, Deceased, Commodore Davis, Deceased, Olevia Delaney, Deceased, J. Collins, Deceased, De’Andre Taylor, De’Andrea Taylor, De’Ron Taylor, Dante Taylor, Dorothy Collins, Ruth Willard, Deceased, Peggy Hite, Deceased, Robert Hall, Deceased, Josephine Buckley, Deceased, A Richardson, Deceased, W. Richardson, Irma Russell, Deceased, Percy Dixon, Deceased, Ludie Crawford, Deceased, Beatrice Dixon, Deceased, Thelma Ingram, Deceased, Ludie Ingram, Deceased, Nannie Johnson, Deceased, Susie Veto, Ruth Wilford, Unknown Address, Unknown Heirs, Such Person’s Unknown Heirs Successors and Assigns Whose Identity and Location are Unknown Unknown Owners Such Unknown Owners Heirs Successors and Assigns and Any and All Other Persons Including Adverse Claimants Owning or Having or Claiming any Legal or Equitable Interest in or Lien upon the Property Which is the Subject of the Claim in this Case The name and address of the attorney for PLAINTIFF OR PETITIONER is: DIOGU KALU DIOGU DIOGU LAW FIRM PO BOX 994 FULSHEAR TX 77441 713-791-3225 The nature of the demands of said PLAINTIFF OR PETITIONER is as follows towit: PETITION TO QUIET TITLE. PLAINTIFF DIOGU KALU DIOGU II IS A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF FORT BEND AND STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE REAL ESTATE AS ISSUES ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 1. 0050 E LATHAM, TRACT 1, ACRES 4.183, 80.00% UDI; 2. 0050 E LATHAM, ACRES 3.00 (PT S 4.00 ACS OF N 20 ACS) 3. 0050 E LATHAM, ACRES 4.176; AND 4. 0050 E LATHAM, TRACT 1, ACRES 4.183, 20.00% UDI If this Citation is not served, it shall be returned unserved. Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, at Richmond, Texas on this the 16th day of August, 2012.

DISTRICT CLERK ANNIE REBECCA ELLIOTT By: Deputy District Clerk TENTAA ALLEN Telephone: (281) 633-7616

TO: MOTHER UNKNOWN CITATION BY PUBLICATION STATE OF TEXAS and to all whom it may concern, Respondent(s), You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do (does) not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. The petition of ANDREW RHODES BROWN; SHAYNA LYNN BROWN, Petitioner, was filed in the 328TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County, Texas ON THIS THE 22ND DAY OF MAY, 2012 against MOTHER UNKNOWN, Respondent(s), numbered 12-DCV-198317, and entitled IN THE INTEREST OF SHAMMER SUMAVA, A CHILD. The suit request TO TERMINATE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND FOR ADOPTION OF A CHILD as is more fully shown by Petition on file in this suit.

The date and place of birth of the child(ren) who is/are the subject of the suit: OCTOBER 18, 2009 The Court has authority in this suit to render an order in the child(ren)’s interest which will be binding on you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child(ren)’s adoption.

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Richmond, Texas, on this the 21st day of August, 2012.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER OR RESPONDENT: BRET ALAN BOSKER PEL TIER BOSKER & GRIFFIN PC 952 ECHO LANE SUITE 315 HOUSTON TX 77024 713-461-5288 DISTRICT CLERK ANNIE REBECCA ELLIOTT Fort Bend County, Texas By: Deputy District Clerk Adele Janczak Telephone: (281) 341-4524

NOTICE OF CONSTABLES SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF FORT BEND By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 400TH DISTRICT COURT of FORT BEND County on the 30TH Day of JULY 2012 BY the Clerk thereof, in the case of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT vs. GHANEM BAVI, ET AL in Cause# 11DCV-188013 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 0’ Clock AM on the 4th day of September, 2012, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Fort Bend County Justice Center Parking Garage, 1418 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, Level 1 of the Parking Garage at the South End, West Corner, near Stairway “B” of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit: TRACT 1: GEO: 2177010040680907 THE SURF ACE ESTATE ONLY IN LOT 68, BLOCK 4, OF BRIAR VILLA SOUTH SECTION 1, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDES 619/B AND 620/A OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS..

Levied on the 6TH DAY as the property of GHANEM BA VI, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA to satisfy a judgment amounting to $11,820.59, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY OF HOUSTON; FORT BEND COUNTY GENERAL FUND; FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND FORT BEND COUNTY LATERAL FLOOD AND ROAD CONTROL. ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.

NOTICE OF CONSTABLES SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF FORT BEND By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 400TH DISTRICT COURT of FORT BEND County on the 30TH Day of JULY 2012 BY the Clerk thereof, in the case of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT vs. PAMELA J. SPAULDING in Cause# 11DCV-193451 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 0’ Clock AM on the 4th day of September, 2012, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Fort Bend County Justice Center Parking Garage, 1418 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, Level 1 of the Parking Garage at the South End, West Corner, near Stairway “B” of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit: TRACT 1: GEO: 9170030010290907/ 9170030010290 LOT TWENTY-NINE (29), BLOCK ONE (1) OF WATERSIDE VILLAGE, SECTION THREE (3), AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NUMBER 2509/B OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Levied on the 6TH DAY as the property of PAMELA J. SPAULDING to satisfy a judgment amounting to $13,060.02, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT #118; FORT BEND COUNTY GENERAL FUND; FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND FORT BEND COUNTY LATERAL FLOOD ROAD CONTROL. ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.

CONSTABLE’S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 400th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas on JUNE 12, 2012, , in cause numbered 09-DCV-174155 styled LEXINGTON SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. vs. ERNEST O. EHONWA, in which a judgment was rendered on MARCH 8, 2010 in favor of LEXINGTON SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. for the sum of FIVETHOUSAND- EIGHT-HUNDRED –THIRTYNINE DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS ($5839.60); plus fees for posting notice of sale, publishing, costs of suit rendered by the court, legal fees, and all costs of executing this Writ.

I have levied upon the below listed property on JULY 3, 2012 and will on SEPTEMBER 4, 2012, Tuesday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the Right, Title, and Interest ERNEST O. EHONWA to and in the following described Real Property LOT -EIGHT(8) IN BLOCK FIVE (5) OF AMENDING PLAT OF LEXINGTON SETTLEMENT,SECTION THREE (3), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS , ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 1053B OF THE MAP/PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of LEXINGTON SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE RICHMOND, TX 77469 DATE: SEPT 4, 2012 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am BY: SGT M.W KUTACH

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 6TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2012.

By BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 6TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2012.

By BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324

TROY E. NEHLS Constable Pct. 4 Fort Bend County, Texas

Rob Cook, Constable Precinct 3 Fort Bend County

Rob Cook, Constable Precinct 3 Fort Bend County

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 1ST day of JULY, 2012 by the 434TH Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 11-DCV-190700 in favor of the Plaintiff QUAIL VALLEY EAST COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,547.00 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 19TH day of JULY, 2012, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant( s) JANIE ZUNIGA had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 4TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2012 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten 0’clock a.m. and four 0’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 5, BLOCK 16 OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 9, PAGE 11 IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS AND MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2415 FALL MEADOW, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77459.

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and I or Order of Sale issued on the 17TH day of JULY, 2012 by the 400TH DISTRICT Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 1O-DCY-182054 in favor of the Plaintiff - QUAIL YALLEY EAST COMMUNITY ASSOCIA TON, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $4,111.00 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and I or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 30TH day of JULY, 2012, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized al l rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - KYLE & ERICA PATRICK had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 4TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2012 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 18, BLOCK 21, OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST SUBDIVISION, SECTION 4, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 12, PAGE 3 IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $74,860.00

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $71,000.00

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324

BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324

Rob Cook, Constable Precinct Three Fort Bend County, Texas

Rob Cook, Constable Precinct Three Fort Bend County, Texas

CONSTABLE’S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 400TH District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas on July 19, 2012 in cause numbered 09-DCV-173445 styled COLONY LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. vs. MAY NGOZI IHEZUKWU AND VICTOR C. IHEZUKWU AKA VICTOR C. VICTOR in which a judgment was rendered on AUG 30, 2010 in favor of COLONY LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC, for the sum of TWO-THOUSAND-SEVEN-HUNDREDEIGHTEEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY NINECENTS ($2718.59)Dollars; plus fees for posting notice of sale, publishing, costs of suit rendered by the court, legal fees, and all costs of executing this Writ.

I have levied upon the below listed property on August 1, 2012 and will on September 4, 2012 Tuesday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the Rights, Title, and Interest of VICTOR C IHEZUKWU AKA VICTOR C. VICTOR AND MAY NGOZI IHEZUKWU in the following described Real Property LOT TWENTY –EIGHT (28) , BLOCK TWO( 2), OF FINAL PLAT OF COLONY LAKES, SECTION EIGHT(8) A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 2390/B OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY,TX, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 3619 SHOREVIEW , MISSOURI CITY , FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS 77459 The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of COLONY LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE RICHMOND, TX 77469 DATE: SEPT 4, 2012 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am BY: Deputy S. Steele TROY E. NEHLS Constable Pct. 4 Fort Bend County, Texas

NOTICE OF CONSTABLES SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF FORT BEND By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 434TH DISTRICT COURT of FORT BEND County on the 30TH Day of JULY 2012 BY the Clerk thereof, in the case of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT vs. SHIRLEY JOHNSON, ET AL in Cause# Il-DCV -187932 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 0’ Clock AM on the 4th day of September, 2012, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Fort Bend County Justice Center Parking Garage, 1418 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, Level 1 of the Parking Garage at the South End, West Corner, near Stairway “B” of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit: TRACT 1: GEO: 2150020011700907 A PART OF LOT SIXTEEN (16), AND LOT SEVENTEEN (17), IN BLOCK ONE (1), OF BRIARGATE, SECTION TWO (2), AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 9, PAGE 3, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Levied on the 6TH DAY as the property of SHIRLEY JOHNSON, FRANCES JOHNSON to satisfy a judgment amounting to $10,141.60, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY OF HOUSTON; FORT BEND COUNTY GENERAL FUND; FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND FORT BEND COUNTY LATERAL FLOOD AND ROAD CONTROL. ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 6TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2012.

By BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324 Rob Cook, Constable Precinct 3 Fort Bend County

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 for replat of Grand Corner Reserves, Partial Replat No. 2, Precinct 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 proposed replat. Should you wish to exercise your right, you may be heard at the planned public hearing. You may contact Gerald Grissom with Brown & Gay Engineers Inc at 281-558-8700 for information prior to the hearing.

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 for replat of Avalon at Pine Mill, Section 1, being a partial replat of unrestricted Reserve “A” of Katy ISD High School No. 7, Precinct 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 proposed replat. Should you wish to exercise your right, you may be heard at the planned public hearing. You may contact Luis Valencia with Benchmark Engineering Corp at 713-266-9930 for information prior to the hearing.

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk INVITATION TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received in the Office of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 for the following until THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All bids will then be publicly opened and read in the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469. Bids received after the specified time will be returned unopened.

Solicitation is available on the Purchasing Agent’s website site located at www.co.fort-bend.tx.us. All addendums will be posted on Purchasing Agent’s website.

BID 12-061 – PROVIDE AND INSTALL INCINERATOR SYSTEM A pre-bid conference will be conducted on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM (CST). The pre-bid conference will be held at the Fort Bend County Sheriffs Office located at 1410 Williams Way Blvd, Richmond, TX. All bidders are encouraged to attend.

Unit pricing is required; payment will be by check. Bonds are required.

Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Signed: Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing Agent Fort Bend County, Richmond, Texas PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 for replat of Felro Subdivision, being a partial replat of Magnolia Place, Precinct 1. 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 proposed replat. Should you wish to exercise your right, you may be heard at the planned public hearing. You may contact Silvio Prieto with Cassurvey at 832-721-0595 for information prior to the hearing.

Legal Notices CITATION BY PUBLICATION STATE OF TEXAS TO: FATHER UNKNOWN ADDRESS UNKNOWN and to all whom it may concern, Respondent(s), You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do (does) not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. The petition of ANDREW RHODES BROWN; SHAYNA LYNN BROWN, Petitioner, was filed in the 328TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County, Texas ON THIS THE 22ND DAY OF MAY, 2012 against FATHER UNKNOWN, Respondent(s), numbered 12-DCV198317, and entitled IN THE INTEREST OF SHAMMER SUMAVA, A CHILD. The suit request TO TERMINATE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND FOR ADOPTION OF A CHILD as is more fully shown by Petition on file in this suit.

The date and place of birth of the child(ren) who is/are the subject of the suit: OCTOBER 18, 2009 The Court has authority in this suit to render an order in the child(ren)’s interest which will be binding on you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child(ren)’s adoption.

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Richmond, Texas, on this the 21st day of August, 2012.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER OR RESPONDENT: BRET ALAN BOSKER PEL TIER BOSKER & GRIFFIN PC 952 ECHO LANE SUITE 315 HOUSTON TX 77024 713-461-5288 DISTRICT CLERK ANNIE REBECCA ELLIOTT Fort Bend County, Texas By: Deputy District Clerk Adele Janczik (281) 341-4524

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 8TH day of June, 2012 by the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 11-DCV-187481 in favor of the Plaintiff - Quail Bridge Community Improvement Association Plaintiff, for the sum of $6,378.76 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 2nd day of July, 2012, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant( s) - Elvin D. Roberson had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 4th day of September, 2012 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 8, IN BLOCK 4, OF BENCHMARK, SECTION ONE (1), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 28, PAGE 22 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS (THE “PROPERTY”) ALSO KNOWN AS 16730 SONATA COURT, HOUSTON FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS 77053.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $70,200.00

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324

BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $53,610.00 Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324

Rob Cook, Constable Precinct Three Fort Bend County, Texas

Rob Cook, Constable Precinct Three Fort Bend County, Texas

Rob Cook, Constable Precinct Three Fort Bend County, Texas

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 11TH day of JULY, 2012 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRlCT Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 09-DCV-172598 in favor of the Plaintiff - WATERSIDE ESTATES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $6,967.08 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same.

Therefore, on the 23RD day of JULY, 2012, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - IMMANUEL V. PRASAD had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 4TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2012 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 43, BLOCK 1, OF WATERSIDE VILLAGE, SECTION 1, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO 2098/A OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 4826 LAKE DANIEL COURT, RICHMOND, TEXAS 77407.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $156,790.00 Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324 Rob Cook, Constable Precinct Three Fort Bend County, Texas

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 7TH day of June, 2012 by the 400th Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 11-DCV-186801 in favor of the P1aintiff Quail Bridge Community Improvement Association Plaintiff, for the sum of $5,895.93 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 2nd day of July, 2012, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Delorce Anderson had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 4th day of September, 2012 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TR 16B BLK4, N1I2 OF LT, QUAIL BRIDGE SEC 2 UIR RIP (THE “PROPERTY”) ALSO KNOWN AS 16603 PARKRIDGE CT, HOUSTON, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, 77053.

CONSTABLE’S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 240th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas on JULY 2, 2012 in cause numbered 11DCV192770 styled Brightwater Homeowners Assoc vs.

FRANK W JEFFREYS AND MARY JANE UCHENDU JEFFREYS, in which a judgment was rendered on MAY 3, 2012 in favor of Brightwater Homeowners Assoc for the sum of EIGHT THOUSAND SIXTY THREE Dollars and TWENTY FOUR Cents ($8063.24); plus fees for posting notice of sale, publishing, costs of suit rendered by the court, legal fees, and all costs of executing this Writ.

I have levied upon the below listed property on JULY 23, 2012 and will on SEPT4th, 2012, Tuesday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the Right, Title, and Interest FRANK W. JEFFERYS AND MARY JANE UCHENDU JEFFERYS to and in the following described Real Property: Lot (35), in Block One (1) of BRIGHTWATER ESTATES, , a subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in slide number 1260/A, 1260/B, of the map/plat records of Fort Bend County, Texas The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of Brightwater Homeowners Assoc, Plaintiff, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE RICHMOND, TX 77469 DATE: SEPT 4, 2012 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am BY: SERGEANT M. KUTACH TROY E. NEHLS Constable Pct. 4 Fort Bend County, Texas

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 10TH day of JULY, 2012 by the 240TH DISTRICT Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 10-DCV184282 in favor of the Plaintiff - HUNTERS GLEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, for the sum of $4,343.68 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same.

Therefore, on the 30TH day of JULY, 2012, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) GILBERTO HERNANDEZ-LUNA had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 4TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2012 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 17, BLOCK 11, OF HUNTERS GLEN, SECTION 3, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 20, PAGE 8 IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $69,320.00 Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 25TH day of July, 2012 by the 268th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 10-DCV-179996 in favor of the Plaintiff Seven Meadows Community Association, Inc. Plaintiff, for the sum of $4,561.79 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 6th day of August, 2012, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) Adewunmi Kuvinu had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 4th day of September, 2012 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 7, BLOCK 1, OF AVALON AT SEVEN MEADOWS, SECTION 3, AN ADDITION, IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT NO. 20040069 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 23007 CATALINE HARBOR COURT, KATY, TEXAS 77494.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $440,390.00 Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

BY: V. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy Constable # 1324 Rob Cook, Constable Precinct Three Fort Bend County, Texas

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Community News West Nile Virus case confirmed in Sugar Land The City of Sugar Land has confirmed its first case of West Nile virus.

Statewide there have been 640 human West Nile virus cases and 23 deaths reported this year. Texas is experiencing a higher than usual number of human West Nile cases this year due to the warm winter and recent rains, particularly in North Texas.

The City of Sugar Land recently increased its mosquito spraying and is working closely with the Texas Department of State Health Services to trap and test mosquitos for the presence of the West Nile virus.

The traps are in addition to the city’s continued larvicide and regular, weekly mosquito spraying operations. Additional sprayings will be scheduled if any West Nile virus positive mosquitos are detected.

Humans can contract West Nile virus from a mosquito

bite. Infected mosquitoes get the virus from feeding on infected birds. The virus can cause serious illness or death.

The City of Sugar Land and the Texas Department of Health Services urges residents to take precautions to reduce West Nile exposure.

Dr. Joe Anzaldua, the City’s Medical Director and Health Authority, recommends, “Residents should use insect repellent whenever they are outdoors and avoid going outside at dusk and dawn. People over 50 years old and those with compromised immune systems are at a higher risk of becoming seriously ill if infected with the virus. If people have symptoms that cause them concern, they should contact their healthcare provider immediately.”

There are no medications to treat or vaccines to prevent West Nile virus infection.

Symptoms may include a stiff

neck, visual problems, body tremors, mental confusion, memory loss and seizures.

The milder form of the illness is West Nile Fever.

Symptoms may include fever, headache, muscle and bone aches, nausea and drowsiness.

People with the milder form of the illness typically recover on their own, although symptoms may last for several weeks.

Up to 80 percent of people infected with West Nile virus will have no symptoms and will recover on their own.

The intensity of West Nile virus activity in Texas fluctuates from year to year and depends on a variety of factors including the weather, the numbers of birds and mosquitoes that maintain and spread the virus, and human behavior.

The season can last up until the first hard freeze of the year.

Fort Bend sends record number to the Democratic National Convention Democrats in Fort Bend are sending ten delegates, the largest number ever, to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, next week.

And the largest contingency comes from Silver Democrats, a group of Democrats over the age of fifty. Six of the ten attendees from Fort Bend are members of Silver Democrats.

Although the group is only a year old, they already have 200 paid memberships and have opened a Democratic headquarters in Rosenberg.

“Even though most of us are three years older than dirt,” laughed Susan Bankston, President of the group, “there’s plenty of pep and determination in our step.”

“This will be the first time all of us are attending a Democratic national convention, so sharing this trip with folks you already know and like makes it even more meaningful. We’ve all been involved in politics for most of our lives, so this truly is a once in a lifetime experience,” Bankston explained.

In addition, two couples were elected as individual delegates, which is unusual, according to Bankston.

George and Doretha Gill of Missouri City and Don and Susan Bankston of Richmond are attending the convention.

Steve Brown, chairman of the Fort Bend County Democratic Party, is an honorary member of the group and also a national delegate appointed by Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto

CONSTABLE’S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 400th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas on JULY 17, 2012 in cause numbered 11dcv192773styled Brightwater Homeowners Assoc vs.

CLIFTON CALBERT, in which a judgment was rendered on MAY 21, 2012 in favor of Brightwater Homeowners Assoc for the sum of SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT Dollars and EIGHTY EIGHT Cents ($6868.88); plus fees for posting notice of sale, publishing, costs of suit rendered by the court, legal fees, and all costs of executing this Writ.

I have levied upon the below listed property on JULY 30, 2012 and will on SEPT 4th, 2012, Tuesday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the Right, Title, and Interest CLIFTON CALBERT to and in the following described Real Property: Lot 27, in Block One (1) On Brightwater Estates, a subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in slide number 1260/A and 1260/B of the map/plat records of Fort Bend County, Texas The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of Brightwater Homeowners Assoc, Plaintiff, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE RICHMOND, TX 77469 DATE: SEPT 4, 2012 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am BY: SERGEANT M. KUTACH

City of Missouri City LEGAL NOTICE The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing an Invitation for Bids for the following: TERM CONTACT FOR LOT MOWING SERVICES IFB # 035-13 Scope: The City of Missouri City is accepting bids from vendors to provide lot mowing and clean up services on an as-needed basis for the Missouri City Code Enforcement Division.

The City intends to award a contract to one vendor for a term contract. The successful vendor will serve as the City’s on-call contractor for these services and will provide all equipment and labor necessary to perform in accordance with the specifications herein.

Bids will be accepted until 2 PM local time September 17, 2012 and then opened.

The bid packages may be obtained beginning August 8th from Purchasing Office at (281) 403-8626 or by email to Charles@missouricitytx.gov Bids must be sealed, marked on the outside of the delivery envelope with the IFB name and number as listed above, and the date of opening. Bids must be delivered to the attention of the Sealed Bid Box, City of Missouri City Purchasing Office, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Bids marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualified.

Bids are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.

Charles Oberrender, CPPB Purchasing Manager City of Missouri City, Texas

TROY E. NEHLS Constable Pct. 4 Fort Bend County, Texas

NOTICE TO BIDDERS RIVER PARK WATER WELL NO. 1 REHABILITATION

INVITATION TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received in the Office of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 for the following until THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All bids will then be publicly opened and read in the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469. Bids received after the specified time will be returned unopened.

CDs are available in the Purchasing Agent’s Office. All addendums will be posted on Purchasing Agent’s website located at www.co.fort-bend.tx.us.

BID 12-062 – FALCON LANDING BLVD FROM SPRING GREEN TO GASTON ROAD, GASTON ROAD FROM FALCON LANDING BLVD TO 3,600 LF NORTH OF FALCON LANDING BLVD AND GREENBUSCH ROAD FROM GASTON ROAD TO 3,100 LF EAST OF GASTON ROAD A pre-bid conference will be conducted on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 9:00 AM (CST). The pre-bid conference will be held at Fort Bend County Purchasing Department located in the Travis Annex at 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX. All bidders are encouraged to attend.

Unit pricing is required; payment will be by check. Bonds are required.

Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Signed: Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing Agent Fort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

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:

River Park Water Well No. 1 Rehabilitation

CIP PROJECT NUMBER: LOCATION OF WORK:

WA1006 5975 Summit Creek, Sugar Land TX 77479

Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be obtained from the following office and location with payment of $30.00: Jones & Carter, Inc. 6335 Gulfton Drive Houston, TX 77081 713-777-5337 Sealed bids in triplicate, one (1) original and two (2) copies, shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land, Office of the City Secretary, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 13, 2012, 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 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 6, 2012, Public Works Conference Room, 111 Gillingham Lane, Sugar Land, TX 77478.

Questions regarding this bid must be received by 11:00 A.M. on or before Monday, September 10, 2012. Please contact Toby McQueary, Jones & Carter, Inc. 713-777-5337.

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.

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC City Secretary

Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate Back row from left: Doretha Gill, Susan Bankston, and Rene Brown; Front row from left: Don Bankston, George Gill, and Chairman Steve Brown. (not pictured: Kate Mitchell) Hinojosa.

“Silver Democrats has taken off and found a niche in Fort Bend. They not only get the work of politics done, they have fun doing it. We’re all proud of what they have accomplished in such a short time. They recognize the importance of this election not only to themselves, but to their grandchildren.”

Delegates to the national convention were elected at the state convention in Houston on June 9th.

The competition for delegates is heavy and campaigning to be a national delegate starts months before the state convention.

In addition to the Gills and the Bankstons, also elected as delegates from Silver Democrats were Kate Mitchell of Richmond and Rene Brown of Missouri City.

Fort Bend also touts Deron Patterson and Ben Chou of Sugar Land and Trisha Frederick and Akayla Pomare of Arcola as national delegates.

The FORT BEND COUNTY L. I. D. # 2 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2012 on September 12, 2012 at 8:30 AM at Sugar Land Marriott Town Square, 16090 City Walk, The Burning Pear Restaurant, Sugar Land, Texas 77479.

Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Andre McDonald, Glen Gill, Bryan Chapline AGAINST the proposal: None PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: None The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.

Total tax rate (per $100 of value)

Last Year $ .13400/$100

This Year $ .12900/$100

Adopted

Methodist Oncology Partners opens Jorge Darcourt, M.D., has joined Methodist Oncology Partners, with an office in Medical Office Building II on the Methodist Sugar Land Hospital campus.

Dr. Darcourt has an extensive background in cancer care. He is focused on understanding each patient’s unique needs and believes in an integrated, team-based approach to treatment.

“I am extremely pleased to join Methodist and help continue the hospital’s excellent track record of service to patients in Fort Bend and surrounding areas,” said Dr. Darcourt.

“Having access to Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s leading edge technology – as well as the hospital’s out-

Jorge Darcourt, M.D. standing nursing, radiology and other staff – will enable me to offer the best care for my patients. Oncology is a multi-faceted specialty that requires a team approach to ensure that we are utilizing all treatment options available to us, with a focus on the patient’s overall health in addi-

tion to his or her cancer.”

A graduate of Universidad de Buenos Aires-Facultad de Medicina, Dr. Darcourt completed his residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center and fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine where he was the Chief Fellow of the Hematology and Oncology Program.

He is board-certified in internal medicine, oncology and hematology and was selected as one of the Houston Top Docs for 2011.

Methodist Oncology Partners is located at 16659 Southwest Freeway, Suite 151 in Medical Office Building II. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Darcourt, call 281-276-5200.

Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase/decrease in rates(+/-) Average appraised value General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled person’s exemptions) Average taxable value Tax on average residence homestead Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)

Proposed

$ .00500/$100 -3.73% $ 297,216 $ 306,804 $0 $0

$ 297,216 $ 398.26

$ 306,804 $ 395.77 $ -2.49 - 0.62%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.

Bob Leared, Tax Assessor-Collector 713-932-9011

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Community news A Sugar Land mystery revealed

Sugar Land resident and newly published author, Stephanie Jaye Evans, recently visited a local area book club where she provided the group with delightfully entertaining insights into her first novel “Faithful Unto Death—a Sugar Land Mystery”.

The local murder mystery vividly depicts life in Sugar Land, Texas where a murder occurs on a golf course. The author also shared fascinating insights on her journey to becoming a Berkley Prime Crime published author after winning a prestigious literary grant. For potential speaking engagements, Stephanie Evans can be contacted at 832-630-5358 or at maliceinsugarland@gmail.com. Pictured at the event Back Row (L to R): Valerie Barnes, Adeline Sorgenfrei, Gwyn Weaver, Debe Fannin, Sandy Meinecke, Kathy Hradecky. Front: Pat Brindley, author Stephanie Evans, Maggie Roy. Photo: Pam Allan

Cross Creek Ranch to open largest collection of model homes Cross Creek Ranch, one of the top 20 best-selling masterplanned communities in the United States, soon will be home to one of the largest collections of new model homes in the Houston area.

Beginning October 5, eleven model homes will be open in Cross Creek Ranch for home buyers to discover the latest in new home design and style as part of their visit to the awardwinning community, located minutes west of the Grand Parkway and Westpark Tollway. The model homes are located by the Cross Creek Ranch entry at Fry Road and FM 1463.

Cross Creek Ranch’s model home collection will include new fully furnished models from Darling Homes, Highland Homes, Ashton Woods Homes, Newmark Homes, Perry Homes, Plantation Homes, Trendmaker Homes and Village Builders.

Lennar Homes will join Cross Creek Ranch and open its model home in November.

A project of Johnson Development Corp., Cross Creek Ranch offers a number of amenities including the Cross Creek Water Park, a large resort-style swimming pool with a 200-foot water slide, a wading pool and spray park. It also offers a Lifestyle Director who provides a multitude of recreational activities.

Cross Creek Ranch is home to miles of hike-and-bike trails and a fitness center and sports complex with tennis courts, basketball court, sand volleyball court and playgrounds for all ages.

Plus, several parks are located within walking distance of every neighborhood in the community, including Canine Commons, a one-acre fenced dog park with areas designated for large and small breed dogs opening in September.

Cross Creek Ranch has another 5,000 home sites available for development over the next ten years. Approximately 200 acres in the community have been set aside for retail and commercial. Residents attend schools in the top-performing Katy and Lamar Consolidated school districts, For information about Cross Creek Ranch, go to www.crosscreektexas.com

Hospital Partners with Youth Football League Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital has partnered with the Fort Bend Youth Football League (FBYFL) to keep its athletes healthy on and off the field. The three-year sponsorship – already underway – names the hospital the league’s exclusive healthcare provider and offers multiple benefits to more than 3,000 youngsters who take part in FBYFL’s football and cheerleading programs.

“The welfare of each of our athletes is a priority,” said Reuben Muhammad, Executive Director for FBYFL. “This new partnership will advance our program in the area of sports medicine coverage and continuing education for our coaches, athletes and parents.”

As part of the sponsorship, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land will provide weekly injury assessment clinics and game day medical coverage at all league games, as well as training to help prevent injuries before they happen. This includes coaches’ clinics throughout the year and workshops for the athletes and their families geared toward various sports-related topics. .

Greg Haralson, the newly appointed CEO at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital said he’s looking forward to serving the league and even seeing some of the athletes in action, “we are extremely proud to partner with Fort Bend Youth Football League to provide top-notch medical support and educational opportunities to some of our youngest neighbors and the parents and coaches who support them.”

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land just hosted the inaugural FBYFL coach’s symposium covering sports medicine issues, including concussions, athletic injuries, and care or prevention of injuries. The event will be an annual event held at the Sugar Land Skeeters stadium.

Bargain Book Sale Friends of First Colony Branch Library, 2121 Austin Parkway at Grants Lake, Sugar Land, will hold their monthly bargain book sale Sat. Sept. 1, 9 a.m to 2 p.m. Hardbacks $1, paperbacks $.50 (some upcharged). Lots of children’s books. GOOD CONDITION ONLY books, CD’s, DVD’s may be donated during regular library hours or at the sale and are tax deductible.

Call 281 416-0936 for more information.

Recycling up, Solid waste rate increase avoided A planned rate increase next year for solid waste collection has been avoided due to collection efficiencies and increased recycling throughout the City.

Since Sugar Land implemented a new solid waste and recycling program in December, more than 31 percent of waste has been diverted from landfills.

Residents recycled more than 3,358 tons of materials from April through June, an increase of more than 2,906 tons from January through March. Prior to launching the new program, residents recycled 34 pounds per household per month. Residents are now recycling 80 pounds per household per month.

“The City of Sugar Land asked us for a more comprehensive recycling program and Republic Services was proud to partner with them to provide an enhanced solution to the City and its residents,” said Republic Services General Manager Todd Fawcett.

“The recycling results, both in percentage and tonnage, far exceeded our best expectations.

“As a further value to the communities we serve, we are in the process of converting our fleet to clean-burning compressed natural gas. This is just one more way that demonstrates our commitment to being good neighbors.”

Sugar Land’s curbside recycling program was expanded last year to include all colors of glass bottles and jars. The addition of a green waste program ensures all green waste -- grass clippings, leaves, brush, tree limbs, etc. -- will be recycled rather than sent to a landfill.

Residents currently receive automated recycling collection once per week utilizing a city-issued 65-gallon recycling cart. Green waste collection is also provided weekly. Green waste materials such as grass clippings and leaves should be placed in a reusable container or in tied bags; compostable bags are not required.

For more information on the newly expanded recycling program, visit www.sugarlandtx.gov/solidwaste.

Quail Valley Quails

(281)277-7800 Texans Insurance & Financial Group, Inc 101 Southwestern Blvd, Ste 230 Sugar Land, TX 77478-3535 basil@texansinsure.com

The Quail Valley Quails will kick off their 42nd year on Thursday, September 6, 2012, at the new City Centre at Quail Valley located at the corner of El Dorado Blvd. and La Quinta Road.. Guest Speaker, Mayor Allen Owen, will present an update on the new City Centre and Fitness and Tennis Center.

The Quails is a social organization of women who were former members of the Quails and/or presently residing in Quail Valley. Social hour begins at 10 a.m. Lunch is served at noon with door prizes awarded during dessert. Membership dues are $35, payable at the September meeting. Lunch is $25 and reservations are required.

For more information about the Quails or to make reservations, please contact Judy Pasadyn at judy@pasadyn.net. or 713249-1251. Deadline for reservations is Sunday, September 2.

Proudly Presents:

Science is “T”-rrific!!

Join us at the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land (13016 University Blvd. - 281.313.2277)

for an evening of science-filled fun!

Friday, September 21, 2012 6:00 to 9:00 PM

• Full Museum Access • Scavenger Hunt • Science Exhibits • Silent Auction • Raffle Give-aways

Help EWB take a bite out of water shortages and power outages!

Tickets: $5 per child (2 - 14 yrs.) $25 per adult (18 yr. +) $10 per teen (15 - 18 yrs.)

FREE (under 2 yrs.)

Event Sponsored by:

Enjoy complimentary appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as a cash bar!

To learn more and purchase tickets, visit ewbhouston.org or email us at: fundraising@ewbhouston.org EWB-USA is a 501(c)(3) organization which supports community-driven development programs worldwide through partnerships that design and implement sustainable engineering projects

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FILM REVIEW: Celeste and Jesse Forever This is Rashida Jones’ official coming out party. She’s been a second-tier star for years with her success as Karen on “The Office” and Ann in “Parks and Recreation,” but she has been consistently the second banana and even seemed satisfied in a small part as an associate attorney in “The Social Network.”

And of course, she has a splendid pedigree with parents Quincy Jones and Peggy Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg star in “Celeste and Jesse Lipton not to mention her Forever” If you just sit at home and Harvard degree earned in this extremely well-written and produced film. don’t have any friends or 1997.

The story is obviously family born during the 70’s Rashida Jones plays Celeste and one can only think from a woman’s perspective, and 80’s, then take a gander at that she had herself in mind but will be appealing to both this confusing love story that all along as she co-wrote the sexes in much the same way would make Doris Day and screenplay with Will McCor- that “Bridesmaids” enjoyed a Rock Hudson think they were from another planet. Mary mack who co-stars in this ro- wide appeal.

This modern version of the Tyler Moore; forget about it. mantic comedy.

Kristen Wiig co-wrote and Jones also was one of the thirty-something American Executive Producers so she couple in and out of love will starred in “Bridesmaids” and put her money where her writ- not achieve “Bridesmaids” she was not an A List star, but success, but the stamp of de- she is now, and so is Rashida ing was.

So how’d she do? Fantas- fining Generation X, or what- Jones. You can’t put a lid on tic! Her unpretentious life as ever they’re called these days, that much talent and power.

I’m sorry; I forgot to mena supporting cast member will is steadily rolling out on the tion that Andy “SNL” Sambe difficult to maintain after big screen.

berg plays Jesse and he is impressive as the male star who holds his own with Jones’ Celeste.

You tell me if you’ve seen or heard of this screenplay and plot in real life: husband and wife are going through a divorce but remain best friends and hang out together constantly even though they are separated and then other people become part of the mix. And let the madness begin!

I saw this movie at Sundance Theatres in downtown Houston; I chose to sit in J-1. Left side aisle seat. I was hungry upon arrival on this hot Friday afternoon in August so I ordered a Turkey Bacon Club with a Coke and instead of French fries I had a bag of popcorn. It doesn’t get much better than that.

Rock ‘n Roll.

Grade 88. Larry H.

Dodge Journey SXT models.

The SXT with the four-cylinder engine will be available at a starting U.S. suggested retail price of $22,995. The price does not include destination charges and is $1,500 less than the V-6 model.

The four-cylinder Journey models deliver 173 horsepower and 160 lbs.-ft. torque yet gets 26 mpg on the highway.

Dodge Journey SXT customers can also opt for the available Pentastar V-6 engine, which is mated to a sixspeed automatic transmission, which delivers 283 horsepower and 25 miles per gallon on the highway. The V-6 models are also available with an all-

Quail Valley Golf Course is home for First Tee of Greater Houston The City of Missouri City’s family-friendly golf course will allow The First Tee of Greater Houston to deliver entry level life skills programming at its existing facilities while additional funding is being raised to construct a learning center dedicated solely for purposes of The First Tee delivery.

The First Tee is a worldwide youth development program that uses golf as a mechanism to help youngsters understand and implement the Nine Core Values, plus the Nine Healthy Habits.

The Nine Core Values are: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment. The Nine Healthy Habits are: energy, play, safety, vision, mind, family, friends, school and community.

As a proposed green-grass facility of The First Tee of Greater Houston, Quail Valley Golf Course joins Redstone Golf Club in Humble, TX and Houston Oaks Country Club & Family Sports Retreat in Hockley, TX as programming locations of the chapter. The Houston Golf Association, promoter of the Shell Houston Open PGA TOUR event, holds the charter for The First Tee of Greater Houston.

In addition to the Quail Valley Golf Course green grass location, The First Tee In-School Program is currently in 11 elementary schools within Fort Bend Independent School District. The First Tee of Greater Houston currently ranks No. 2 in outreach in a global network of nearly 200 chapters. Programming is now being delivered annually to more than 88,000 youngsters through efforts of the Houston Golf Association’s community impact activities.

Initial curriculum delivery will be led by Sugar Land resident and volunteer The First Tee Coach Roger Dauzat. “I am thrilled and very excited The First Tee programming is coming to Quail Valley and Missouri City,” says the 2011 recipient of the George H.W. Bush/Shell Oil Company “Volunteer of the Year” Award. “The number of people who have made inquiries about volunteering and enrolling their child in programming has far exceeded my expectations.” Dauzat says he is looking for more volunteers and invites those interested to attend a volunteer training session on Aug. 30 at 5 p.m. Programming begins Sept. 22 for young people ages 7-18 and the initial new member orientation for parents/guardians will take place on Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. Registration is handled on a firstcome, first-served basis at www.thefirstteegreaterhouston.org.

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Engineers reduced noise, vibration and harshness with sound-deadening treatments and insulation throughout the vehicle.

Inside the center console got a lot of extra cushion

on the tilt-and-slide armrest and inside the center storage bin there is a 12-volt outlet and USB port. There is also a multi-functioning, threespoke Dodge brand steering wheel with integrated audio controls.

For safety sake, the Journey also comes with advanced multi-stage front passenger air bags, active head restraints, electronic stability control with all-speed traction control, electronic roll mitigation and Brake Assist, new driver-side knee blocker air bag, side-curtain air bags covering all three rows, front seat-mounted side air bags, four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, LATCH child seat anchor system and Trailer-sway Control.

FBISD’s Math and Science Academy hosts Freshman Orientation and Robotics Event The Math and Science Academy at Dulles High School welcomed approximately 100 ninth graders to its Freshman Orientation and Robotics Event on August 14.

The event gave the new students an opportunity to meet with fellow Academy peers and mentors, learn more about the program, and engage in a group activity using Lego Robotics kits provided by Sue Burns, Robotics Engineer at NASA. Amber Pearson, Math and Science Academy Coordinator, welcomed students to the event and shared details about what they can expect to learn throughout the school year.

She also led students in an icebreaker activity before involving them in a robotics group activity that allowed them to utilize their science and interpersonal skills. Students also received their Academy t-shirts and met with representatives of the school’s Red Cross Club, Student Council and National Honor Society to receive membership information.

Pearson is excited about what the new school year will bring. “We are entering year three of the program and are expecting an enrollment of approximately 260 students this year,” she said. “In addition to receiving new students, we are also introducing organic

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Academy mentors pictured (from left to right) include: Arjun Goswami, Secretary of Public Relations Committee; Michelle Nguyen, Chair of Public Relations Committee; Arun Kane, Vice Chair of Public Relations Committee; Priya Kane, Secretary of Events Committee; Elaine Ramirez, Junior Representative to Executive Council; Lauren Spiwak, President of Executive Council; Saira Alex, Secretary of Executive Council; and Sushain Cherivirala, Sophomore Representative to Executive Council. chemistry, scientific research and design, and multivariable calculus components to the program.”

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High School, the Digital Me- approximately 3,300 students 2012. The event will give india Academy at Hightower will be enrolled in its acad- terested students and their High School, and the Medical emies during the 2012-2013 parents/guardians an opporAcademy at Hightower High school year. To learn more tunity to meet representatives School. Offered at the middle about FBISD’s Academies, from all FBISD academies school level are the Gifted and visit the FBISD website at and learn more about the apTalented Academy at Quail www.fortbendisd.com/depart- plication process and timeline.

Valley Middle School and the ments/academics/academies/ More information about the Pre-IB Academy at Missouri academies. FBISD will also Academy Expo will be availCity Middle School. host its annual Academy Expo able on the District’s website The District projects that on Wednesday, October 24, prior to the event.

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Work begins on $2 million Katy area project Fort Bend County’s Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers and Katy area public officials on Aug. 16 participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the $2 million Falcon

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The county is building a 3,200 foot section from Westheimer Parkway to the Willowfork Creek at Buffalo Bayou and Pulte Homes will build 4,200 feet through the new King Lakes subdivision.

The county will also build a bridge across the creek.

The new four-lane road will provide faster and shorter route for emergency vehicles as well, Meyers said..

The county will take up improvements on Gaston Road from Falcon Landing Blvd. to Nathan Hatcher, left, of Fort Bend County Engineering Department, Afroz Shaikh of Huitt Greenbusch Road in October. Zollars, Peter McElwain of Katy ISD, Jeff Cannon of Schaumberg Polk Inc., Greg Wine, Huitt Zollars, County Judge Bob Hebert, Commissioner Andy Meyers, Mark Dessen, Schaumberg Polk Inc., Lance LaCour of Katy EDC and Sam Moore of Allgood Construction Company at the Falcon Landing road groundbreaking ceremony.

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Skeeters Corner Clemens sends Skeeters into orbit Seven-time Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series Champion Roger Clemens paced the Sugar Land Skeeters to a 1-0 win in game two Saturday night at Constellation Field in front of a sold out crowd of 7724.

Roger Clemens got the nod in game two for his first start in five years in professional baseball in a Skeeters uniform.

Clemens struck out the first batter he faced in four pitches exploding the crowd into a frenzy. Two batters later, Prentice Redman went down looking for Clemens second punch-out of the game.

The Skeeters offense gave the righty the lead in the bot-

tom of the second inning when Aaron Bates hit a linedrive single into right-center field.

Dionys Cesar scored from second after his leadoff double put him in scoring position to put the home team ahead, 1-0.

Clemens finished his evening with three and a third innings pitched with two strikeouts while only giving up one hit through the eleven batters he faced. Michael Nix (4-9) picked up the win after three and a third innings of scoreless baseball in relief before Roberto Giron and Gary Majewski sealed the game with a scoreless inning each in the eighth and ninth.

Majewski left two runners stranded in the ninth on his way to his 20th save of the season and a Skeeters’ victory to even the series After coming off a high with Roger Clemens on the mound from Saturday Night, the Skeeters played another close one-run game against Bridgeport in a 2-1 loss in ten innings Sunday evening at Constellation Field in front of 5773 fans.

Jason Lane’s seven-inning performance and Dominic Ramos’ two-run homer helped the Skeeters even the series at 2-2 with a 5-1 win Monday night at Constellation Field in front of 5412. .

Rock-n-Roll weekend at Constellation Field Featuring a state of the art staging system in center field, plus additional seating on the field, Constellation Field will host an all-star weekend lineup featuring REO Speedwagon and Night Ranger on October 19th, plus ZZ Top and Kenny Wayne Shepherd on October 20th.

The Skeeters have entered

into a multi-year agreement with ACE Theatrical Group, a leading promoter of musical concerts, to be the exclusive presenter of concerts at the team’s new home.

“In announcing this partnership and these shows, we are bringing the community of Sugar Land and the Houston metropolitan region, top tier na-

tional entertainment in a beautiful outdoor venue” said Matt O’Brien, President of the Sugar Land Skeeters.

“We have been committed from day one to show the versatility of this great venue, providing not only great family baseball, but also offering other great entertainment options to our fans and our community.”

Gary Gaetti pledges guaranteed win Attention all Full Season Ticket Holders, have we got a special for you. Introducing Gary’s Guaranteed Win Pledge! Starting August 26th, Gary has guaranteed that we will win the next 4 home games, among many other things.

In fact, Gary has guaranteed that no rain will touch the field for the next three months, the Skeeters will be on national t.v. for at least one more game this season, and Ross Perot will win a surprise nomination at the Republican Convention.

What this means is if the Skeeters lose you will receive a $10 concession voucher that

you can redeem for the following game. You can’t miss this special opportunity!

For all non-season ticket holders please visit the Box Office prior to the 5th inning to purchase tickets to the game the following night and receive your special offer.

For more information, call Jasmine Burns at 281-2079134.

Home games Fri, Sept. 7 Long Island Ducks; Bollywood Night!

Bollywood postgame concert

Sat Sept. 8 LI The Human Fireball, Ted Batchelor will perform after the game. The first 2000 fans will receive a team poster! Kids Run the Bases!

Sun Sept. 9 LI Health Fair Night!

Catch on the Field!

Team Autograph Session!

Mon Sept. 10 LI Calling all Longhorn fans! Come out to Constellation field for University of Texas Night

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