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Democrats challenge veteran incumbents in local judicial races By SESHADRI KUMAR With the campaign slogan “Respect and Justice for all,” Republican Thomas Culver is seeking a sixth term as Judge of the 240th Judicial District Court in Fort Bend County. Over the past 29 years and seven elections, Culver had no Republican or Democratic opposition. He had no opponent in the Republican party primary this year. But, he is being challenged by a Democrat, Frederica Allen, in the Nov. 2 general election. Culver served as Assistant District Attorney in Fort Bend for four years and as a county court-at-law judge for 10 years. He has been a district judge for 20 years. “My primary obligation as Judge has always been to provide a ‘level playing field’ for all litigants who appear before me. With so many new cases filed each year in the 240th District Court, the challenge remains to continue to manage those cases effectively. More importantly, each of those cases represents people - plaintiffs, defendants, victims, and families - each with a right to a fair and impartial trial,” Culver says. “Some of the most difficult criminal cases in my court involve children who have been treated horribly, and sometimes killed. All victims, and their families, have a right to be treated with dignity and respect. That has been my goal as a Judge for the past twen-

ty-nine years and I continually strive to make that goal a reality.” His opponent, Allen has more than a decade of legal experience representing both individuals and business in state and federal courts. Public service, law and justice have been her passion. “The law impacts everyone, and changes lives,” she says. “That is why it is so important that our judiciary consist of fair and neutral arbitrators.” Calling Fort Bend one of the most diverse counties in Texas, Allen says, “Our leadership inside the courtrooms should reflect that diversity. Only then can our citizens feel they are being given a fair and level playing field. Only then can there be justice for all.” A native of Beaumont, Allen attended college at Lamar University Beaumont and received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, graduating with cum laude distinction in 1996. She moved to Houston in 1997 to attend law school at South Texas College of Law, where she was a member of Law Review. Allen graduated in May 2000, finishing in the top 25 percent. Shortly after completing law school, she was licensed to practice by the State of Texas. Allen’s involvement in politics and law began at an early age with her participation in voter registration drives and canvasses with local civic or-

Culver ganization. Allen also served as an Election Protection volunteer lawyer in 2008 to ensure all citizens access to the polls and right to vote was protected.

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Hollan Facing the five-term Republican incumbent Brady Elliott, the 268th District Court Judge, Democrat Albert Hollan says he is clearly the better candidate. A licensed attorney and member of the State Bar of

Del Webb unveils Sweetgrass Fort Bend County has a new community named Del Web Sweetgrass. The Houston operations of Del Webb unveiled the new name Del Webb Sweetgrass, scheduled to open in early 2011. It will include approximately 1,500 homes on more than 500 acres, with a muchanticipated multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art amenity center with indoor and outdoor pools, fitness center, new walking trails, outdoor pavilion with fishing pier, and other amenities. “The name imparts the community’s place within Fort Bend County. The community is named after a native grass that implies a design that will allow the community and our residents to blend in to the rus-

tic surroundings with an invigorating outdoor recreation and indoor lifestyle that is deserving of the engaging and active lifestyle that Boomers want

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today,” said Jim Rorison, division president for the Houston operations of Del Webb. “With its natural, rolling topography, the community’s de-

Texas and Fort Bend County Bar Association, Hollan is board certified in civil and personal injury trial law by the Texas board of Legal Specialization. He maintains an A/V rating – the highest rating by his peers. “Every candidate for public office has an obligation to observe and uphold basic principles of decency, honesty and fair play in order that, after vigorously contested but fairly conducted campaigns, citizens

sign takes advantage of beautiful country-like views of the area with plenty of opportunities to view wildlife in its natural habitat. “With curvilinear streets, abundant cul-desacs and meandering thoroughfares, Del Webb Sweetgrass will incorporate the natural beauty of the Richmond area, showcasing native and planted landscaping and significant water features,” Rorison said. The model park will feature a total of nine designer-decorated model homes. Del Webb Sweetgrass will

may exercise their constitutional right to a free and informed choice that expresses their will,” Hollan says. “I pledge to conduct my campaign fairly and honestly, just as I will administer justice from the bench if I am elected.” Hollan moved to Fort Bend County at the time of his graduation from the UH law school in 1987. He and his wife, Peggy, were married at First Unit-

ed Methodist Church in Sugar Land, and reside with their two children in the BelknapBrookside subdivision near Imperial Sugar. Elliott has served for over 20 years as a judge of the 268th district court. He has been recognized by the State Bar of Texas with a Presidential Commendation for leadership in improving justice

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Incumbent County Court-at-Law No.1 Judge Bud Childers, left, faces Democrat Milton Flick, right.

For the County Court-at-law Judge No. 2, being vacated by Walter McMeans, a Republican, his son Jeff McMeans, left, and Democratic challenger Harrison Gregg are on the ballot. feature all single-story homes, ranging in size from 1,5002,500 square feet with 2-3 bedrooms and 2-3 bathrooms. Additionally, construction has already begun for the new 8,000-square-foot sales pavilion and model park, with a target grand opening date of early Spring 2011. First residents are expected to move into the community in summer 2011.

There are 60 Del Webb active adult communities currently open for sale across the United States. Under its Del Webb brand, PulteGroup is the nation’s leading builder of active adult communities for people age 55 and better. For more information about Del Webb Sweetgrass, visit www.delwebb.com/houston or call 866-232-6072.

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Dist. 26 State Rep.Charlie Howard draws two opponents “I will continue to fight in Austin for lowering property taxes; capping property tax appraisals; controlling our borders against terrorists and illegal immigrants; and providing a quality education for every student in Texas with a well-paid teacher in every classroom, with quality textbooks, and with up-to-date technology,” says State Rep. Charlie Howard. A Republican legislator for 16 years, Howard is seeking re-election for the Dist. 26 seat in the Texas House of Representatives. Howard faces Phillip Andrews, Democrat, and Joey Roland, Libertarian, on the Nov. 2 ballot. Howard says his goal in the next legislative session is to balance the projected budget deficit without raising taxes and by reducing state spending. His other goals include

Howard lowering the franchise tax, capping the real estate appraisals at 5 percent and replacing school funding mechanism with a consumption tax instead of property tax. Securing the borders has been a major issue for Texas. Howard has joined his colleagues in the Texas Conser-

vative Coalition, the conservative caucus of the Texas Legislature, “in pledging to advance, support and vote for legislation that lawfully protects Texas and Texans from the fiscal and social costs of illegal immigration.” His current legislative agenda also includes requiring photo ID to vote. His opponent, Andrews says he used to be a Republican, but has been frustrated with the party. He used to be Vice President of the College Republicans at the University of Saint Thomas, and a Precinct Chairman. “I served in many elections, including the Bush campaign, and spent time in the inner circles that made my future filled with opportunity in politics. I spent four years doing such things while I studied political science. However, I grew increasingly frustrated from

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Andrews the constant abrasion by religious Republicans who filled most elected positions of the Republican Party,” Andrews says. He is against teaching any religion or allowing religious activities in a public school. “Our current economic hardships require a change of leadership and new decision makers must be sent to Austin,” he says. “Under the Republican majority, I saw government

get bigger, civil liberties shrink with the Patriot Act, and spending get out of control. I determined that this is too much failure in following what the Republican Platform states, “ Andrews says. Educated at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Phillip Andrews holds a Masters Degree in Accounting, and a B.A. with studies in Political Science & Philosophy. Andrews is self-employed at Andrews Financial & Management Services. Joey Roland, a Sugar Land resident, who is running on the Libertarian platform, says he is not a professional politician and this is his first attempt to seek an elected office as an ordinary citizen. Roland has 35 years of management experience in the hospitality industry. Roland says he plans to represent the people and find out what their real time needs are, instead of placing one’s own personal agenda. Roland, for example, is opposed to the abolition of cash tolls and the EZ Tag Only toll

Roland roads. He is also concerned about the school funding and believes the Texas Lottery should be revisited. Roland is concerned about border security and he believes the state should stop spending money on illegal immigrants and divert the funds to secure the borders. If the federal government fails to do the job, the state should step and do it, he says. As a Libertarian, Roland says he has not taken any political contributions and campaigns in neighborhoods by walking door to door.

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On the first day of early voting in Fort Bend County on Monday, Oct. 18, a total of 5,319 voters cast ballots, according to John Oldham, Fort Bend County Election Administrator. “This number is in line with our projected turnout based upon a 40-45 percent overall turnout for the Nov. 2 election,” Oldham says. First Colony Conference Center in Sugar Land had the largest turnout with 631. It was followed by Cinco

Ranch Library with 609, and Missouri City Community center with 561. By comparison, the turnout for the first day of Early Voting in previous elections in Fort Bend County was: November 2006 - 1,599 November 2008 - 12,081 March 2010 - 973. Other voting numbers on the first day of early voting are: Aliana 131 Beasely 17 Chasewood 184 Cinco UH 454

Fulshear 165 Hightower 149 Lost Creek 175 Meadows Place 268 Needville 111 Pecan Grove 409 Randalls(NT) 386 Rosenberg 469 Sienna Library 239 Sugar Land Methodist 361. Besides the several local races, the most watched race is the governor’s race where Rick Perry (R) and Bill White (D) are the top contenders.

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hol and Drug Abuse Council, the 100 Club, and the Oyster Creek Rotary Club. The Republican nominee, Jeff McMeans, son of the retiring Judge Walter McMeans, has been an attorney in Fort Bend County for over 18 years and has owned his own private practice for 16 years. McMeans handles criminal cases from murder to misdemeanors giving him vast experience to understand what is fair in the hands of justice. “As a judge I will utilize that knowledge to uphold the law and to protect the citizens of Fort Bend County from hardened criminals,” McMeans says. McMeans says, “My experiences as a mediator give me yet another skill set to run for Judge. As a mediator, I listen to both sides of the case with an unbiased position to help resolve and settle issues.”

McMeans not only mediates but volunteers judging Moot Court/Mock trials at South Texas College of Law. McMeans says his vision is to create a solid standard of court procedures and administrative functions that will save the taxpayers of Fort Bend County money. Wasting the court’s time is unacceptable because that decreases the efficiency of the court and increases costs. It is imperative to streamline the dockets. McMeans plans to limit the amount of criminal resets that clog the docket. Secondly, he will work with the District Attorney’s office to insure proper evaluation of cases and to work within the guidelines of the Speedy Trial Act of Texas. “ I will not tolerate attorneys that deplete the court’s budget with incorrect ‘billable hours’.”

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From Page 1 in Texas. He has been designated a class facilitator for the National Judicial College. He is one of the few trial court judges in the state assigned to the 14th court of Appeals as a visiting judge. In recognition of his extensive judicial experience, Elliott was asked to author a section in the Capital Murder Bench Book for Judges. Prior to becoming a judge, Elliott had had experience in many areas of law. He served as associate general counsel and general counsel to two of Houston’s large public corporations before entering the private practice of law. He used his extensive trial experience to implement docket control procedures and courtroom and chambers computerization, resulting in the reduction of a backlog of over 3,000 cases when he took the bench. “I will continue to run a efficient and fair court giving all those who appear before me the full opportunity to present their cases and decide the issues based on the law as applied to those facts. I instituted a mental health Court in the 268th District Court (the only one like it in Texas) to address the growing issue with the number of individuals charged with crime who have mental health issues. This program has been successful in diverting these individuals to treatment and supervision programs and not prison while still assuring that public safety is always at the forefront and that the individual accounts for the law violation if they are guilty of the offense charged.” Elliott believes that each litigant before the court should have the opportunity to have the case concluded in a timely manner and victims of crimes have their cases decided at the earliest. Elliott and his wife Rhea have been residents of Fort Bend County for over 36 years and have two sons and one grandson.

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Opinion The View from Sugar Land The empire is striking back By RUSSELL C. JONES The editor of this newspaper has taken quite a bit of abuse over the past year as each week this column has discussed the issues facing our community, state and nation. From time to time, Republicans have complained that this column is not conservative enough. More often Democrats have lodged complaints. Each time the editor has offered to publish an opposing article, but usually the complainer fails to follow through. Last week a story written by a local Democrat party official at the invitation of the editor appeared adjacent to this column. This column’s subject was “Why Parties Matter.” It noted the critical nature of the Texas gubernatorial election because of the influence it will have on national politics over the next decade. Nothing could have made the point of the dichotomy of the two parties better than the nearby pro-Democrat column. That writer fell into the same old tired “blame Bush” rhetoric which has been the backbone of Democrat excuses for the wretched condition of the American economy for the past four years. The title of the article read “Democrats and the economy.” Great! Let’s discuss Democrats and the economy. Over the past four years the Democrats have held the majority in both houses of Congress. Despite having a Republican in the presidency for the first two of those years, the other party has controlled the purse strings of the nation. It has pursued an ever-expanding policy of government growth and private sector regulation. Even though Barney Frank will not admit it, he and Christopher Dodd were

Jones at the epicenter of creating and encouraging the market for substandard mortgage loans for two decades, culminating in the financial crisis of 2008. Now we are supposed to blame Bush? According to the local party official, under Bush “household income fell, the cost of living increased, health care costs rose, more people were in poverty and jobs vanished.” Let’s say there is some merit to his claim, ignoring the fact of Democrat control of Congress. Where have we gone under Obama? Record unemployment with no end in sight, the upheaval of the health insurance markets and business uncertainty about upcoming tax increases under this administration make any complaints about Bush’s term in office look silly. Unemployment rates have been above 9% for over a year. Consumers are reporting record price increases for health insurance. Businesses simply are not hiring due to uncertainty and hostility presented by this administration. If there is any question about government hostility to business, look only as far as the White House attacks on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, including the unfounded ad accusing the Chamber of taking

By STEVEN BROWN The next Governor of Texas will be faced with significant challenges in the next legislative session: the state budget is depleted, schools are poorly funded, road construction has stalled and legislative districts must be redrawn. We need a leader with the ability to persuade state legislators to make tough choices, as well as the integrity and insight to make the right choice. This scene is very similar to the 2003 Legislative Session. At that time, the Governor was faced with a $16 billion budget shortfall. Gov. Rick Perry and his Republican Legislature chose to balance the budget on the backs of our state’s most vulnerable populations. Children, the elderly, mentally ill and special needs communities all suffered stiff budget cuts to programs that each needed and deserved. You might remember that the 2003 Legislature cut over 200,000 children from the state’s children’s health insurance program. They also cut millions out of the Medicaid program, reduced services associated with mental health care and eliminated medications for many medically needy Texans. Although future Legislatures were able to restore some of these programs and services, it says something about a Governor whose first option was to pick on the weak and the vulnerable. Now, some of the more fiscally conservative readers Jones is a member of the would probably think that cutSugar Land City Council, having been first elected in 2003. He owns a law firm and a title insurance company in Sugar Land. foreign money and Obama’s complaint on Saturday that the “empire is striking back.” Remind me again why anyone would want to allow Congress to stay in Democrat hands. Under this Democrat Congress, the national debt has expanded far beyond anything conceivable during Bush’s term. The ultimate burden of repayment can be resolved in only two ways. Either it will linger for decades with our grandchildren finally picking up the tab, or it will have to be repaid with cheaper dollars resulting from huge inflationary pressures. Neither option will be pretty. Just this past weekend, the administration began to test public reaction by suggesting that the nation could escape its “liquidity trap” by letting “inflation overshoot levels consistent with price stability as part of a broader attempt to help stimulate the economy.” In other words, the Federal Reserve is looking at the possibility of high inflation rates as a way out of the current economic slump. Inflation as a solution to the current economy’s problems may provide a path toward repayment of the national debt with less valuable dollars, but it has other consequences as well. Inflation which surpasses interest rates means devalued cash assets, including everything from your savings account to your retirement account. That sounds like more bad economic times to come. How is all that hope and change working out for you?

Scanlan more in the second sense of the definition of dilemma which is logic, a form of reasoning, that leads to undesirable choices. Is our logic and understanding of free speech inadequate with an “anything goes” attitude? Enter technology and the internet that provides individuals and fringe groups with a megaphone equal to press . . . without the editors, fact checkers or professional tenets of journalism, which unfortunately have been stretched a little thin anyway. So I found what Sweden uses as guidelines for free press and how it relates free speech to individuals and groups perhaps might be useful in looking at this dilemma between free speech and privacy to frame our arguments so we arrive at better choices. Sweden also believes free speech and press is a founda-

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Brown ting these programs is a good idea. That is, if you aren’t dependent on these services, then you probably don’t care if they get cut. Perhaps you should. Just because you cut funding for a service, doesn’t mean that the demand for that service vanishes as well. In response to the proposed cuts that session, Ray Perryman of The Perryman Group analyzed the impact that those cuts make to our local economy. Perryman found that every dollar cut from the state’s Medicaid and CHIP programs result in “adverse consequences for business activity.” His dynamic model for health funding cuts demonstrated that such cuts raised health insurance premiums, resulted in the elimination of health-sector jobs, and caused the loss of federal matching dollars.

Specifically, his research found that every $1 cut in these programs raises local taxes $0.51. That’s the ultimate fallacy of Perry’s Karl Rove style politics. You’re not really solving the problem; you’re just pushing it onto someone else. In this case, it is county governments who pick up the tab with increased costs to run county hospitals and clinics. Many of our local school districts are facing this very problem with public school finance now. By contrast, Bill White has shown superior leadership qualities in the face of adversity. He marshaled community-wide support to assist evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and worked to restore resources and facilities in the wake of those disasters. White operated in a non-partisan manner while Mayor of Houston, and engaged both conservatives and progressives to keep Houston moving forward. As a result of his leadership as Mayor, White was awarded the coveted John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award in 2007. Today, the Comptroller estimates that the State is facing another $16 billion deficit. Sound familiar? Let’s hope for new leadership in the Governor’s office to take a bi-partisan approach to solving our budgetary challenges with precision, and not just push tough decisions to our counties and school districts to deal with. (Steven Brown is the Chairman of the Fort Bend County Democratic Party.)

Physicians face more punishments from Medicare

Musings: The dilemma By JANICE SCANLAN It’s rare I find myself at a true impasse on an issue. What got me thinking about dilemmas was the current Supreme Court case that pits privacy against free speech. Two things I find equally important. You know the case. This is a “family church” that protests military funerals because they believe God is punishing the military for allowing homosexuality. Rev. Fred Phelps and his family travel to funerals of slain U.S. soldiers. They hold up signs with winning phrases like “Thank God for Dead Soldiers.” Whether this is a soldier who has given his life for his country or any family going through a tragedy, the Phelps’ behavior is just the epitome of poor judgment and totally lacking in empathy or common courtesy. While there have been some limits to free speech such as yelling fire in a theatre, most precedent comes down to upholding that saying, thinking and embracing unpopular beliefs is part of living in a democratic society. Then there’s privacy . . . and being free of harassment. However abhorrent the belief, I believe in free speech as being a cornerstone of a democratic society. So the dilemma may be

Election 2010 Reliving 2003; I’d rather not

tion for democracy, but places four limits or guidelines on free press. Swiss journalists are forbidden to publish child pornography of a violent or sexual nature no matter how artistic the originator may believe it is. Cannot incite or exhort someone to commit a crime. The press is forbidden to defame or slander another person—they need proof to publish a claim. Moreover, the press is forbidden to engage in the persecution of an ethnic group. As free speech applies to individuals, no one has the right to harass or humiliate another person. What might happen to bullies and taunting if we were so well grounded in civics? And that’s why I’m very pleased and excited about an initiative that former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is supporting. Justice O’Connor is helping develop a Web site and interactive civics curriculum for seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students called Our Courts. Part of the curriculum is actually learning games where students would be exposed to thinking about what issues like free speech means in areas relevant to them such as student newspapers and dress codes. Experiencing and thinking through a tough issue is truly where learning happens. And we might even get a crop of citizens who have an appreciation and understanding of the responsibilities of citizenship as well as possessing better skills for living with others in our plural and global society. Exercise your free speech. Write to janicescanlan@ earthlink.net.

By JOANNIE PARR Thirteen years ago, Congress very proudly passed The Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Soon thereafter, one local Representative told me the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 “would save Medicare.” He was surprised when I disagreed, saying that Congress had just advanced the ruin of American Healthcare. On Nov. 30, 2010 (right after the Nov. 2 election), the effects of that law are going to bring even more destruction to your personal physicians and thus to America’s health care system. The negative impact of this law is somewhat complex, and of course was never fully explained to the American Public. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 created the Sustained Growth Rate formula, called SGR, which has no basis in economic reality. The idea behind the SGR was to punish doctors for using too much medical technology and providing too much medical and surgical care to America’s seniors. But only the doctors are “punished” for spending Medicare dollars on their patients. According to the Texas Medical Association, “... the current payment system ensures hospitals, nursing homes, pharmaceutical companies, Medicare HMOs, and many other Medicare providers receive an automatic costof-living increase.” Every year, those mandated cuts grow deeper. A 21% cut was supposed to have been enacted earlier this year. Congress did stall those cuts until November 30th. But by doing so, the physician payment cuts will be 28% instead of 21%. No business can continue

Parr to survive under such conditions, but doctors are being told the lame duck Congress will allow this 28% cut to go into effect. While the SGR was created long before this year’s Health Care Reform Act, the two are now related. All those undefined “cost savings” in the Healthcare Reform Act are actually the continued annual reduction of physician compensation through SGR. There is no way this Congress would consider getting rid of SGR, as that would expose some of the biggest flaws in the “landmark” legislation known as Obamacare! Many years ago, the health care insurance industry decided to tie what it calls “reasonable and customary,” as well as all physician provider contracts, to what Congress allows doctors to be paid under the Medicare system. Any time the SGR rate reduces what doctors are paid, the health care insurance industry receives an additional windfall profit of the same amount. But since Congress and the health care insurance industry have been working together against your doctors since 1997, Congress has no intention of taxing this unearned insurance industry profit - a profit Congress created by an act of law!

What the Congress really did in 1997 was to continue covering up the reality that the Medicare system was unsustainable. There was no way the career politicians in Washington, DC would admit that America’s seniors could not continue to have almost unlimited health care at almost no cost to themselves for an indefinite period of time. If the members of Congress had been honest with the American people, none of them would have been reelected! So instead, in 1997, they set up winners and losers in America’s health care system, and they chose to make your doctors be the losers. Your doctors have been under this financial wrecking ball for the past 12 years. This upcoming SGR cut will probably turn out to be the breaking point for America’s health care system. Both the Democrats and the Republicans are responsible for this mess because neither has had the courage to be honest with the American people. Your physicians must be allowed to return to a free market system. If your physicians cannot treat you the way they have been medically trained to and be paid enough to cover their actual costs for that care, then they cannot keep their doors open. Therefore, all this legislation that is “for the people” is really for the benefit of Congressional members’ political careers and the insurance industry’s corporate financial gains. (Parr has a BS Degree in Business and Finance and a Masters Degree in Federal Tax Law and has worked in the Medical accounting industry for more than 20 years.. )

Page 6 • INDEPENDENT • OCTOBER 20, 2010 CONSTABLE’S NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY OF FORT BEND § By virtue of an Order of Sale dated AUG 24, 2010, delivered pursuant to a Judgment issued out of the 434th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas, said judgment rendered in favor of BRIGHTWATER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION., plaintiff, and against JAMES R. MOUTON AND LISA R. MOUTON, defendant, in Cause No. 09-DCV-168933, for the sum of FIVE-THOUSAND- ONE- HUNDREDSIXTY-THREE DOLLARS AND 03/100’s ($5163.03), plus fees for posting notices, publishing, and all costs of executing sale. I did on the 14TH day of SEPT, 2010, at 10:00 AM, levy upon the following described tract of land in Fort Bend County, Texas, as the property of JAMES R. MOUTON AND LISA R. MOUTON , defendant(s), to-wit: LOT TWENTY FIVE (25), BLOCK ONE (1), OF LAKESIDE MEADOW,SECTION ONE, (1) AT BRIGHTWATER, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on AUGUST 25, 2010 by the Honorable County Court at Law 2 of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #10-CCV041556 in favor of the Plaintiff Cherry Moving Company, Inc. d/b/a Cherry Demolition, Plaintiff, for the sum of $15,284.88++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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., and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - FARIDA-AZIZ ENTERPRISES, INC. AND ZENITH SIGNATURES HOMES, LLC had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARKWAY CENTER, ACRES 0.3799, RESERVE (9PT), 110 DULLES AVENUE, STAFFORD, TEXAS 77477 TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to held at or about 11 a.m. RUBEN DAVIS, CONSTABLE, Precinct 2 Fort Bend County , Texas By Lt. Gary Majors #73 Deputy Constable CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on AUGUST 30, 2010 by the 268TH DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #07-DCV-158934 in favor of the Plaintiff QUAIL GREEN WEST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, for the sum of $4,375.00++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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., and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - EARTHALA AND MELVIN WOOLRIDGE had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 17, IN BLOCK 2, OF QUAIL GREEN WEST, SECTION THREE (3), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAPS OR PLATS FILED IN THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS UNDER SLIDE NOS. 586/B AND 587/A, REPLATTED UNDER SLIDE NOS. 676/B AND 677/A, AND PARTIALLY REPLATTED UNDER SLIDE NOS. 1676/B AND 1789/B, AS MODIFIED BY ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO OR ADDITIONAL REPLATS THEREOF. 2322 POCO DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77489. TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to held at or about 11 a.m. RUBEN DAVIS, CONSTABLE, Precinct 2 Fort Bend County , Texas By Lt. Gary Majors #73 Deputy Constable NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-171955 in favor of the Plaintiff FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $9,632.12 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 30TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - CLYDE QUINAN, ET & AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT : GEO: 0402000003406907/ CPC: R156111/ AN UNDIVIDED 6.68% INTEREST IN 11.17 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN THE J. LEVERTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT 402, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING THE SAME LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 1965, FROM C.W. AUSTIN, TRUSTEE TO SAM WALLACE, RECORDED IN VOLUME 469, PAGE 71 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ACCOUNT NO. 0402000003406907 ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $26,650.00 Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED UNDER CLERK’S SLIDE NOS. 1267/A,1268/B,1268/A, AND 1268/B, PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. and on NOV 2, 2010 being the first Tuesday of said month, between the hours of 10:00 o’clock a.m. and 4:00 o’clock p.m., at the north entrance of the Fort Bend County Courthouse, in Fort Bend County, Texas, I will offer for sale and sell at public auction for cash, all the right, title and interest of JAMES R. MOUTON AND LISA R. MOUTON., defendant, in and to said property. LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE RICHMOND, TX. 77469 DATE: NOV 2, 2010 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 AM BY: SERGEANT M. KUTACH TERMS: CASH AT SALE TROY E NEHLS Constable Pct. 4 Fort Bend County, Texas

Legal Notices NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 16TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-176566 in favor of the Plaintiff MISSION BEND NO.5 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,164.49 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 28TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) -ELIZABETH MEMBRENO had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 10TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #08-DCV-165282 in favor of the Plaintiff KINGSBRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,790.55 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 28TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) -DAREGO MACLAYTON had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 17TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-174870 in favor of the Plaintiff BRADFORD VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,677.96 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 1ST day of OCTOBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) -CHINEDU UBEZONU had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT TWENTYTW0 (22), IN BLOCK TWO (2) OF KINGSBRIDGE PLACE, SECTION TWO (2) A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 2182/A AND 2182/B, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS (THE PROPERTY) ALSO KNOWN AS 14802 WAVERTON COURT, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS 77478.

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

ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $169,820.00

ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $135,040.00

Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306 NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 15TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-175672 in favor of the Plaintiff FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $11,069.58 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - RICHARD T. MOORE ET & AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 3528010030140907/ LOT FOURTEEN (14), IN BLOCK THREE (3) OF GRAND MISSION ESTATES, SECTION ONE (1), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN NO. 20060107 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT FOURTEEN (14), IN BLOCK ONE (1) OF BRADFORD VILLAGE, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 2528/A IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS AND MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 2603, VILLAGE SQUARE DR., MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77489-4095.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306 NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-176837 in favor of the Plaintiff FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $6,756.40 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 30TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - ROSE M. WHITE, ET & AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT: GEO: 2150010091100907/ CPC: R55392/ LOT ELEVEN (11), IN BLOCK NINE (9) OF BRIARGATE, SECTION ONE (1), AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 6, PAGE 15 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ACCOUNT NO. 2150010091100907

ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $378,930.00 ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $85,240.00 Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-169822 in favor of the Plaintiff FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,397.41 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 30TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - KUDIART DOCAPO ADELAKEN, ET & AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 3850040060110/ CPC: 235 06340060110/ LOT 11 IN BLOCK 6 OF HUNTERS GLEN, SECTION 4, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 22, PAGE 26 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $98,650.00 Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #08-DCV-166383 in favor of the Plaintiff FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $4,464.68 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 30TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) GONZALO FAOUNDO JR., & ET AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 0025000003101907/ CPC:R32493/ A TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 1 ACRE, MORE ORM LESS, LOCATED IN THE DAVID FITZGERALD SURVEY, ABSTRACT 25 IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS; BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN A DEED FROM RILEY B. MALONE TO GONZALO FAOUNDO, JR., AND JEANIE TORRES DATED MARCH 20, 2003 AND RECORDED UNDER CLERK’S FILE NO. 2003036524 IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $22,820.00 Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT TWENTYNINE (29), IN BLOCK THIRTY-TWO (32) OF MISSION BEND, SECTION EIGHT (8) A SUBDIVISION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 275, PAGE 110, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND IN VOLUME 22, PAGE 13, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS (PROPERTY LIES WHOLLY WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY), MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 15630 RIO DEL SOL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77083. ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $103,640.00 Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 16TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #08-DCV-162468 in favor of the Plaintiff WESTPARK LAKES HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,384.15 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 30TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) -COTTRELL MARSHALL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT TEN (10), IN BLOCK THREE (3) OF WESTPARK LAKES, SECTION ONE (1) A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 858/A AND 858/B, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/ $126,420.00

MARKET

VALUE:

Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of AUGUST 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #08-DCV-167131 in favor of the Plaintiff QUAIL VALLEY EAST COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,141.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 6TH day of OCTOBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) RONALD PERRY AND GAYLE PERRY had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 58, IN BLOCK 7, OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED AT VOLUME 10, PAGE 7 IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $102,900.00 Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 for replat of Long Meadow Farms Commercial Reserve Section 4, Partial Replat No. 1, Pct. 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 Jorge De La Rosa with Costello Inc. at 713-783-7788 for information prior to the hearing. Submitted by Dianne Wilson, Fort Bend County Clerk CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on AUGUST 27, 2010 by the 240TH DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09DCV-175296 in favor of the Plaintiff QUAIL VALLEY FUND, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,526.52++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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., and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - CHERYL MRSSICK had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT THIRTY(30), IN BLOCK ONE (1), OF THAT CERTAIN SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS QUAIL PARK IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, AS RECORDED IN THE DEED OR OTHER RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS IN VOLUME 21, PAGE 3, KNOWN AS 3315 HUNTERWOOD DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77549. Terms: Cash, RUBEN DAVIS, Sale to held at or about 11 a.m. CONSTABLE, Precinct 2 At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse Fort Bend County , Texas By Lt. Gary Majors #73 Deputy Constable NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 27TH day of AUGUST 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #08-DCV-162458 in favor of the Plaintiff WESTPARK LAKES HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,384.15 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 14TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - JOSE BARILLAS had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of AUGUST 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #08-DCV-166641 in favor of the Plaintiff WESTPARK LAKES HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,588.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 6TH day of OCTOBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - UBADIRE S. ANOSIDE had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT THREE (3), IN BLOCK THREE (3) OF WESTPARK LAKES, SECTION ONE (1) A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 858/A AND 858/B, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT THREE (3), IN BLOCK TWO (2) OF WESTPARK LAKES, SECTION ONE (1) A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 858/A AND 858/B, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $134,550.00

ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $126,130.00

Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306 NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 28TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-177233 in favor of the Plaintiff BRADFORD VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,741.88 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 6TH day of OCTOBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - ANTOINETTE J. AGE had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT THIRTY-NINE (39), IN BLOCK ONE (1) OF BRADFORD VILLAGE, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 2528/A IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $133,640.00 Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of AUGUST 2010 by the 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-174862 in favor of the Plaintiff BRADFORD VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $1,835.46 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 6TH day of OCTOBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - JOHNNY T. FLETCHER JR. AND BLANCA M. FLETCHER had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT TEN (10), IN BLOCK FOUR (4) OF BRADFORD VILLAGE, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 2528/A IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $139,410.00 Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306 NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 15TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-169794 in favor of the Plaintiff FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $4,124.12 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - ROSALBA RIVERA & ET AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 3450010011000907/ CPC: R66223 LOT 10, IN BLOCK ONE, GATEWAY ACRES ADDITION NO. ONE (1), IN THE MANUEL ESCALERA SURVEY, ABSTRACT 170, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 374, PAGE 12 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $408,480.00

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 15TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-169385 in favor of the Plaintiff FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $7,219.87 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 21ST day of SEPTEMBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - TRI HUE TRICH & ET AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 0118000000701907 CPC: R41385 FILED NOTES DESCRIPTION OF A TRACT OR PARCEL OF AND CONTAINING 13.1448 ACRES SITUATED IN THE EAST QUARTER OF B.B.B. & C.R.R. COMPANY SURVEY SECTION NO. 9 ABSTRACT 118 OF FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, AND BEING 1.3.4105 ACRE TRACT SAVE AND EXCEPT A 0.2657 ACRE TRACT WITH NET ACREAGE OF 13.1448 (ACCOUNT NUMBER 0118000000701907) ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $341,530.00

Terms: Cash. Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/ or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of AUGUST 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT DENT COUNTY, TEXAS in cause #09-DCV-173117 in favor of the Plaintiff ROYAL LAKES ESTATES HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $4,090.88 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 6TH day of OCTOBER 2010 and will offer for sale on the 2ND day of NOVEMBER, 2010 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 said Defendant(s) - KENDALL ROEHE AND ELIZABETH ROEHE had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT FOURTEEN (14), IN BLOCK FIVE (5) OF ROYAL LAKES ESTATES SUBDIVISION SECTION 2, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED AT CLERK’S FILE NO. 2000061741 AND SLIDE 2020B IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

ADJUDGED/ MARKET VALUE: $176,670.00

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

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Exchange Club of Sugar Land recently honored Araceli Ramirez of Kempner High School with the distinguished award of Octoberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Youth of the Month. Ramirezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high achievements include memberships in the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society. As President, she leads the Criminal Justice Club with high energy and clear vision. Her community service places her as a regular volunteer at the Silverado Senior Living Center to help ensure a high quality of life for our precious seniors. Ar-

A coalition of cities has announced it is seeking a nearly $150 million rate cut from the Houston-Galveston area electric utility, CenterPoint Energy. The cities, which include Galveston, Dickinson, Sugar Land, Rosenberg, and others, are adopting ordinances this month that call for the rate reduction. The ordinances have the simultaneous effect of blocking a rate hike proposed by the company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Electric bills in the Houston and Galveston area are already too high â&#x20AC;&#x201D; consumers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a rate hike. They need a rate cut,â&#x20AC;? said Julie Johnston, City Administrator for Dickinson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The analysis by our city coalition shows CenterPoint already collects more than its need. Consumersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; electric bills should be lower.â&#x20AC;? Dickinson is a member of the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities, a group of 34 area municipalities that have banded together to protect its local citizens from unfair rates. CenterPoint recently began seeking authorization to charge more across its system, which includes the Gulf Coast Coalition and other cities. In response to the ordinances adopted this month, the issue now goes to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, which has until January 1 to decide whether to lower CenterPointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rates or to increase them. If cities prevail, typical home electric bills could decrease by more than 5 percent. CenterPoint Energy serves about 2 million electric customers in the Houston-Galveston area. The cost of maintaining the monopoly utilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s system of poles and wires is imbedded in all area electric bills â&#x20AC;&#x201D; regardless of the retail electric provider selected by the consumer. Johnston said evidence collected by the city coalition suggests CenterPoint may be

aceliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collee plans have her considering Texas State, Texas A&M or the University of Texas, where she hopes to begin her career in teaching. Every Wednesday morning, The Exchange Club invites the public to join for breakfast at the Sweetwater Country Club at 7 a.m.

Missouri City woman wins National Business Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award Marilyn Nelson, a Missouri City resident, was selected by the American Business Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association as one of its Top 10 National Honorees for the year 2011. Nelson will be judged by a panel of three judges in Chattanooga, TN, the latter part of October, where the Top 10 ABWA Business Woman of 2011 will be chosen. Nelson will be featured in American Business Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magazine. Nelson said her highest professional goal was to be named ABWA National Top 10, the highest award given to an ABWA business woman. An active member since May 2001, she believes that ABWA is responsible for her success in business because without the support of Fort Bend Chapter members and her attendance at ABWA spring and national conferences, she would not have the accomplishments she achieved in the workforce. Nelson is a Senior Certified Paralegal with Seitel, Inc. (a seismographic testing company), where she has worked since 2006.

Nelson In 2008, she completed the necessary courses to become a Certified Independent Travel Agent. Being active in community service, Nelson participates in yearly fundraisers for St. Theresaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic Church in Sugar Land. She also participates in 5 to 6 walk-a-thons per year benefiting many charities, including Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Visit www.abwa.org for more information.

seeking that extra money to offset its investment losses and to boost its earnings. She said the proposed rate hike would add another $111 million each year to the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coffers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; money the company doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need and shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t collect. Johnston also noted that residents in the Houston-Galveston area already pay some of the highest electric bills around. For instance, a recent survey of 21 major cities shows that electric bills in the Houston area are among the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; higher even than electric bills in scorching hot Phoenix and Las Vegas. Johnston also cited recent federal and state data suggesting that even the lowest-cost fixed rate deal in CenterPointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service territory is more expensive than just the average rates in neighboring Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This new rate hike would make the bad news for consumers even worse,â&#x20AC;? she said. Consumer Groups also oppose One-Way or Streamlined Ratemaking. Many cities also have joined with consumer groups to oppose a separate anti-consumer initiative known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;streamlinedâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;one-wayâ&#x20AC;? ratemaking. The regulatory gimmick could pile even more costs onto home electric bills across the state. CenterPoint and other Texas utilities are pressing the issue with Texas regulators and lawmakers. Consumer groups oppose it because one-way ratemaking would allow monopoly electric utilities to obtain rate hikes without first submitting to meaningful regulatory review. Johnston said the procedures often are described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;one wayâ&#x20AC;? because they send electric rates only one way: up. The PUC is expected to consider both CenterPointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed rate hike and separate

streamlining proposals in the coming months. Utility lobbyists also are pushing streamlining proposals at the Texas Legislature. The Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities includes Dickinson,

Galveston, South Houston, Sugar Land, Texas City, Webster, Missouri City, Deer Park, Friendswood, La Marque, Lake Jackson, Alvin and more than 20 other cities.

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Call 281-242-PINK (7465) to schedule a mammogram at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital.

LEADING MEDICINEÂŽ Breast Center

16655 Southwest Freeway Sugar Land, Texas 77479 281-242-PINK (7465) Â&#x2021; MethodistSugarLand.com

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AUTOMOBILE: Hyundai Santa Fe NOTICE TO BIDDERS ADDITIONAL CONVEYANCE TO JANE LONG LAKE 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: CIP PROJECT NUMBER: LOCATION OF WORK:

Additional Conveyance to Jane Long Lake DR0903 From the Intersection of US 59 and Sugar Creek Boulevard to outfall at Jane Long Lake

Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be obtained at the following location with payment of $75.00: Klotz Associates, Incorporated 1160 Dairy Ashford, Suite 500 Houston, Texas 77079 (281) 589-7257

By BARBARA FULENWIDER For 2010 Hyundai introduced a refreshed Santa Fe, which is a mid-size SUV. It got a revised exterior and new power trains with sixspeed transmissions, which improved fuel economy and performance. The 2010- Santa Fe comes with either a 2.4-liter dual overhead cam Theta II inline four-cylinder engine that outperforms the previous 2.7-liter V6 or the 3.5-liter DOHC Lambda II V6 engine, which also has improved power and

fuel economy. The four-cylinder engine makes 175 horsepower and 169 lb.-ft. of torque and gets an estimated 20 miles to the gallon in city driving and 28 mpg on the highway. The Lambda II V6 makes 276 horsepower and 248 lb.ft. of torque or 34 more horsepower and 22 more pound-feet of torque than the 2009 3.3-liter V6 did. The 3.5-liter V6 gets an estimated 20 mpg in town and 26 on the highway. Both engines use continuously variable valve timing to

Sealed bids shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land City Secretary Office, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 11, 2010, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after the opening date and time will not be considered. NOTICE TO PROPOSERS

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 28, 2010, Fire Administration and Annex, 10405 Corporate Drive, Texas 77479. The City Council will award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder that complies with all requirements of the Request for Bids. The City of Sugar Land will give notice of the contract award within sixty (60) calendar days after the bid opening date and time. Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

ON-CALL PAVEMENT REHABILITATION 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: CIP PROJECT NUMBER: LOCATION OF WORK:

On-Call Pavement Rehabilitation ST1101 Various Locations Throughout the City

Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be obtained at the following location with payment of $25.00: City of Sugar Land Public Works 111 Gillingham Lane Sugar Land, Texas 77478 Sealed proposals shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land City Secretary Office, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 04, 2010, at which time the names of firms submitting proposals will be read. Proposals received after the opening date and time will not be considered.

NOTICE TO PROPOSERS PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT The City of Sugar Land seeks bids for furnishing all labor, material, and equipment, and performing all work required for the following project in the City: CIP PROJECT NAME: CIP PROJECT NUMBER: LOCATION OF WORK:

Pavement Rehabilitation Project ST1101 Various Locations Throughout the City

Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be obtained at the following location with payment of $25.00:

A non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting for all interested parties will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, October 28, 2010, City of Sugar Land Public Works, 111 Gillingham Lane, Sugar Land, Texas 77478. The City Council will award the contract to the respondent providing the best value that complies with all requirements of the Request for Proposal. The City of Sugar Land will give notice of the contract award within sixty (60) calendar days after the opening date and time. Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

City of Sugar Land Public Works 111 Gillingham Lane Sugar Land, Texas 77478 Sealed proposals shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land City Secretary Office, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 04, 2010, at which time the names of firms submitting proposals will be read. Proposals received after the opening date and time will not be considered.

maximize the power spread. All three Santa Fe models, the GLS, sportier SE and luxurious Limited, now come with Hyundai’s first six-speed shiftronic automatic transmission, which features an overdrive lock-up torque converter for increased fuel economy. The Santa Fe four-cylinder motor comes with a standard sixspeed manual transmission. In an effort to help Santa Fe drivers get the most miles per gallon out of their vehicles, Hyundai added a fuel economy indicator for 2010. It displays a green light to indicate when acceleration, etc, are contributing to fuel economy. Safety technology on the 2010 Santa Fe includes side and curtain airbags and rollover sensors to the side curtain airbags. They are designed to measure the lateral and vertical acceleration, vehicle speed and roll rate to predict an impending rollover. When such is detected, the control module triggers the head-curtain side air bags and safety belt

Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate

A non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting for all interested parties will be held 10 a.m., Thursday, October 28, 2010, City of Sugar Land Public Works, 111 Gillingham Lane, Sugar Land, Texas 77478.

The FORT BEND CO. L.I.D. #14 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for

The City Council will award the contract to the respondent providing the best value that complies with all requirements of the Request for Proposal. The City of Sugar Land will give notice of the contract award within sixty (60) calendar days after the opening date and time.

the tax year 2010 on November 5, 2010, 12:00 PM at One Avalon Place, Sugar Land, Texas 77479. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

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: Jeffrey Anderson, David Shaw, Herb Krog AGAINST the proposal: None PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: None

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REZONING 15.9 ACRES TELFAIR CENTRAL COMMERCIAL

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.

PERMANENTLY ZONING 15.9 ACRES TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PD) DISTRICT (GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN), FURTHER DESCRIBED AS BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEW TERRITORY BOULEVARD AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD PURPOSE:

ONE (1) PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT WHICH ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE PROPOSED PERMANENT ZONING SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

WHERE:

CITY OF SUGAR LAND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER 2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH

WHEN:

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING 6:30 P.M., NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Total tax rate (per $100 of value)

Last year $ .20000/$100

This year $ .20000/$100

(Adopted)

(Proposed)

$ .00000/$100 Percentage increase/decrease in rates(+/-) 0.00% Average appraised value $512,773 $501,350 Difference in rates per $100 of value

DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED PERMANENT ZONING MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND PLANNING OFFICE (281) 275-2218 OR EMAIL PLANNING@SUGARLANDTX.GOV. THE PLANNING OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 O’CLOCK A.M. TO 5:00 O’CLOCK P.M., AND IS LOCATED IN CITY HALL, 2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WISH TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO GO OVER ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN PERSON.

General exemptions available

(excluding senior citizen’s or disabled person’s exemptions)

Vicinity Map:

Average taxable value Tax on average residence homestead

$512,773 $ 1,025.54

$501,350 $ 1,002.70

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)

$-22.84 -2.22%

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

pre-tensioners to help protect passengers against serious injury. The Santa Fe trim levels come standard with electronic stability control (ESC). Studies by the National Highway Transportation Safety Association show that there are 63 percent fewer fatalities in SUV single-vehicle crashes when equipped with ESC. Standard equipment also includes front and rear disc brakes, anti-lock braking system, brake assist, electronic brake-force distribution and a tire pressure monitoring system. Design wise the Sante Fe’s exterior got new bumper fascias, foglights, bodyside moldings, wheel and grille. The standard roof rack side rails help define the Santa Fe’s aerodynamic look. Cross bars are added on the SE and Limited models. Hyundai’s navigation system is now available on all Santa Fe models and the manufacturer also offers a rearview camera and XM NavTraffic. In addition, Bluetooth, iPod/USB auxiliary inputs and steering wheel audio controls are now standard on all models. Air conditioning is standard. Dual-zone climate control is standard only on the Limited. Blue backlighting for interior gauges, switches and buttons highlight the interior design. The Santa Fe rides on a unibody crossover platform that delivers a good ride, handling and balance. The Santa Fe Limited all wheel drive model retails at $30,295 with all standard features. The optional navigation system, rearview camera, carpeted floor mats and premium audio system increased the price by $2,375.

MCTV bags three awards Missouri City’s municipal television station has been recognized this year by three national and state-wide organizations for excellence in programming, including one first-place honor. MCTV won its first national award from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors by placing third for Excellence in Government Programming (Operating Budget to $100,000) category. The Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (TAMIO) awarded MCTV first place for the station’s Video Text Bulletin Board for the second year in a row. The public service announcement “Mulch Madness” earned a second-place honor from TAMIO. The Texas Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors honored MCTV for the station’s Overall Excellence in Government Programming with a third place trophy for cities with an operating budget under $250,000.

Directory Directory Directory Directory Directory Lawn& Landscape AT Renovations, Inc. 101 Southwestern Blvd. Ste.230 Sugar Land, TX 77478 lawn@texansfp..com (281) 787-4302

Insurance

Accountant

Attorney

Texans Insurance & Financial Group,

Sandersen & Knox LLP , Accountants

Hrbacek & Associates,P.C.

101 Southwestern Blvd., Suite 230 Sugar Land, TX 77478 www.texansinsure.com (281) 277-7800 Basil Housewright, President

130 Industrial Blvd., Suite 130 Sugar Land, TX 77478 www.SKBTexas.com (281) 242-3232

130 Industrial Blvd., Suite 110 Sugar Land, TX 77478 lawfirm@Hrbacek.com 281-240-2424

Physician Nik Nikam, MD

Sugar Land Heart Center 16659 S.W. FWY, #361 Sugar Land, TX 77479 281-265-7567 www.sugarlandheartcenter.com

OCTOBER 20, 2010 • INDEPENDENT • Page 9

Brewing help for kids in need

With a little help from Friends of Child Advocates of Fort Bend, abused and neglected children are getting opportunities they never could have imagined. Friends is hosting its annual membership coffee on Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at 834 Bel Mar in the Venetian Estates section of Sugar Land to grow its membership. In addition to coffee and pastries, guests will enjoy informative tips on Fall decorating trends courtesy of Teena and Lauren Caldwell and their

crew at Twenty-Two Fifty Interiors and Gifts in Sugar Land Town Center. Guests at the coffee are encouraged to bring Target or Wal-Mart gift cards in any denomination to help purchase emergency supplies for children served by Child Advocates of Fort Bend. Sampling brews for the coffee above are L to R: Cathy Yasilli, Pam Gray, Child Advocates of Fort Bend Development Director Kelli Metzenthin and Lynn Halford. Friends of Child

FILM REVIEW

Motorcycle ride for youth

Advocates of Fort Bend is an auxiliary group to fund the “extras” like summer camp, a letter jacket, driver’s education, tutoring, and prom supplies, among other things, for children served by CAFB. For more information on Friends and the Fall Coffee, contact Pam Duggan Gray at 713851-7293 or email pamdg@ wt.net. For more information on Child Advocates of Fort Bend and its volunteer opportunities, call 281-341-9955 or visit www.cafb.org.

Motorcycle riders are invited to assist disadvantaged Fort Bend youth by joining a motorcycle ride sponsored by local nonprofit, Fort Bend Cares, Saturday morning, Nov. 13. The ride will begin at Republic Harley Davidson in Stafford, and travel 45 miles to the new town center in Fulshear. There, area restaurants will donate a portion of their lunch-sale proceeds to Fort Bend Cares, which funds organizations benefiting Fort Bend youth. Motorcycles will be available for rent at Republic Harley Davidson, 12707 Southwest Freeway in Stafford, where registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. The registration fee is a $25 per person, tax-deductible donation to Fort Bend Cares. Passengers pay a $10 tax-deductible registration fee. Both cash and credit cards will be accepted. Riders will depart from Republic Harley Davidson between 9 a.m. and 9:30a.m, riding along Hwy. 90A West, Hwy. 36 North, and F.M. 1093 from Stafford to Fulshear. To reserve a motorcycle, call Republic Harley Davidson at 281-2951000. Fort Bend Cares, a charitable foundation, supports organizations and programs that serve disadvantaged children and youth in Fort Bend County. Last year, the group gave $122,000 to 18 local nonprofits, including Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos, Child Advocates of Fort Bend, Communities in

Schools, DePelchin Children’s Center, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry, ESCAPE Family Resource Center, Fort Bend Community Partners Rainbow Room, Fort Bend County Women’s Center, Fort Bend Family Health Center, Fort Bend Lawyers Care, Fort Bend Regional Council on Substance Abuse,

Memorial Hermann Foundation, Parks Youth Ranch, Pooh’s Panda Special Needs Academy, S.I.R.E., Soaring Eagles Ministry, and the YMCA of the Greater Houston Area. For more information, call 832-392-1983 or visit www. FortBendCares.org.

REPUTATION DOES MATTER Top Orthopedic Surgeon Texas Super Doctor

(State Level)

by “Texas Monthly” Magazine for the past 5 years

Houston’s Top Doctors by “H Texas Magazine” 2009

THOMAS J. PARR, M.D. ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON 14090 Southwest Fwy, #130 Sugar Land, TX 77478 Phone: (281) 491-7111 www.tomparrmd.net Not just oil, Pennzoil

This is the epitome of an action comedy. And of course you can’t make an action comedy without Bruce Willis. Director Robert Schwentke didn’t have to look too far for the rest of this cast either. I must admit that pairing Mary-Louise Parker as Willis’ love interest is a bit of a stretch but I bought it much to the credit of Parker. The choice of crusty Morgan Freeman as an 80 year-old retired CIA agent and the elegant Helen Mirren as a former machine-gun toting agent who describes herself as “I kill people” were brilliant. And when a director needs an actor that has been used as a human LSD experiment for eleven years by the CIA, the choice is obvious: John Malkovich as Marvin Boggs. Crazy John has the facial expressions and weird stare that is euphemistically described as “...don’t get John too riled up; he’s wound a little tight.” And he carries and old school revolver with a six-inch barrel. Speaking of guns, this movie has all kinds. Willis’ character, Frank Moses, routinely carries a 1911 .45 and can make a speed magazine change when necessary. How refreshing! Most of the other characters rely on M-4’s and other assortment of automatic firepower and a few missiles and grenades. I counted the rounds fired and I lost track at 17,525; it became quite difficult to keep up when 10-15 guys were firing automatic weapons simultaneously. I knew you would want me to make an accurate count, but there was just too much going on. I tried. Please note that I have not written a word about the plot or the story. Does it really matter? This is a movie with good guys that were former CIA agents that are fighting current CIA agents (bad?) and everyone is a little good and a little bad. The audience is pulling for Willis, Parker, Malkovich, Freeman, and Mirren, but Karl Urban as CIA Agent Cooper who is chasing our oldsters is also likeable. Now let’s add Ernest Borgnine as Henry, The Records Keeper, and Richard Dreyfuss as Alexander Dunning who is a ...I’ve forgotten and don’t care. And then there’s Brian Cox as the sweet Russian, Ivan Simanov, who still has a crush on Victoria (Helen Mirren) all these years after The Cold War; how charming is that? This is a silly little movie that is designed to make you chuckle and enjoy some legendary actors having fun and I did. Grade 87. Larry H. See old reviews at www.larryhmoviereviews.com and email at sugarlaw@larryharrison.com

(National Level)

One of only 23 named in the Houston area by the “Consumers’ Checkbook Guide to Top Doctors”

(Local Level)