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FORT BEND FAIR. BALANCED. INFORMATIVE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010

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Sugar Land baseball team gets a name today The Fort Bend Aggie Moms’ Club 2010-2011 college scholarship applications are now available for Fort Bend County students currently attending Texas A&M University College Station, Galveston and Blinn TEAM. Completed applications including transcripts with Fall 2010 grades must be received by Feb. 14, 2011. Scholarship amounts ranging from $500 to $1500 will be awarded in May 2011. For more information contact scholarshipchairman@gmail.com or Debbie Jacobson at 281-980-8008. Electronic applications can soon be found online at www. fortbendaggiemoms.com. Scholarship Winners 2010: Back Row, L to R: Mark Jessup, Chase Murphree, Albert Yen, Taylor Rammrath, Ariana Klein, Sara Butters, Kyle Papso, Alec Palmer; Front Row, L to R: Kristen Porter, Bryan Croft, Casey Edmiaston, Lindsey Waddell, Cristina Muko, Monica Lowry, Mary Hesse. The top award, received by Mary Hesse, is In Memory of Lauren Baker ‘11. Lauren, whose mother is a member of the Fort Bend Aggie Moms’ Club, was tragically killed in an auto mobile accident in November 2009. Not Pictured: Stephen Conway, Laura Glasscock, Kyle Pencak, and Mary Kate Pharis.

Christmas Tree Lighting on Dec. 2 The time is fast approaching for Sugar Land’s highly anticipated 8th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 5-8 p.m. The entire community is invited to join Mayor James Thompson, Santa Claus and a variety of favorite holiday characters to light the 40-foot Christmas tree. Activities for the entire family are planned throughout the evening to entertain the estimated 10,000 attendees.

Children’s activity booths will include: ● ornament decorations host-

ed by Hilton Garden Inn; ● a bean bag toss by Luggage and Leather; and ● “Learn How to Shave Santa’s Beard” (with Popsicle sticks, red balloons and shaving foam) by Christopher’s Vintage Shave. Be sure not to miss this year’s giant walkin snow globe where visitors will be able to take pictures in a “winter wonderland.”

Cox Radio’s 107.5 “The Eagle” will also have a booth with exciting give-a-ways and activities for the whole family.

Santa and Mrs. Claus will also

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be available for free professional pictures at the beginning of the event. Street entertainers such as juggling elves and marionette puppet shows will capture the crowd’s attention by creating holiday magic as they roam the streets of Town Square.

Festive music will be performed by a variety of groups on the main stage, including Leah White and The Magic Mirrors, Sugar Land Super Star winner Chase Nease and choirs from Commonwealth Elementary School, Settlers Way Elementary School, Kempner High School and Stephen F. Austin High School.

Delightful treats such as strawberry white chocolate bread pudding and hazelnut flavored French crepes will be available at food booths hosted by area restaurants such Vineyard on the Square and Genesis Catering.

A free shuttle service will run from Mercer Stadium, 16403 Lexington Blvd., to Sugar Land Town Square.

Opening Day Partners, operators of Sugar Land’s new minor league baseball franchise will unveil the name and logo of the team on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. at the Lakeview Elementary School Auditorium, 314 Lakeview Drive, Sugar Land.

Sugar Land Mayor James Thompson, Matt O’Brien and Christopher Hill of Opening Day Partners/SL Baseball,

LLC and Janet Moring, Principal, Lakeview Elementary, will participate. Visit www. fbindependent.com for the latest on naming the team.

Sugar Land recently began the process to select a final design-build contractor for the construction of a minor league baseball stadium northeast of Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 90.

A final decision is expected

in late January. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2011 to have the stadium ready for opening day in April 2012.

The $30 million stadium will be funded with a portion of sales tax revenues that may only be used for economic development purposes. No general fund tax dollars will be spent on the stadium. Above, the stadium design.

Kempner Theatre Front row: Crystal Cheung, Chelsie Scheffer, Clair Daly and Christian Bowsher; Second row: Vy Nguyen, Andrea Mendoza, Kristin Donaldson, Shannen Soffar and Amanda Perez.

Third row: Nathan DeJesus, Brenna Ludwig, Brenda Lau, Kate McCroskey, Ginny Moon and Molly Pedowicz. Back row: Ty Hughes, Shane Dorman, Allie Mock, Kendrick James, Luke Burchfield and James Watts. Not pictured: Kaleigh Treiber and Liz Jackson. Congratulations to the members of Kempner Theatre Troupe 4385 who traveled to Corpus Christi to compete at the Texas Thespian State Festival (TTSF). Both actors and technicians won top honors and many qualified to move on and compete at the International Thespian Festival in June. Earning a rating of Excellent were Brenda Lau and Brenna Ludwig (Duet Acting) and Kaleigh Treiber, Andrea Mendoza, Allie Mock and Molly Pedowicz (Group Acting). National qualifying performers include Kristin Donaldson (Monologue), Amanda Perez (Solo Mime), Vy Nguyen and Shannen Soffar (Duet Mime), Shane Dorman (Solo Musical), Nathan De Jesus and Elizabeth Jackson (Duet Musical) and James Watts, Ginny Moon, Kate McCroskey and Clair Daily (Group Musical). Kendrick James earned a rating of Excellent in the Sound Design category. Technicians who will move on to Nationals are Chelsie Scheffer (Stage Management), James Watts (Costume Construction) and Kristin Donaldson (Costume Design). Also earning top honors in the Texas Techie Contest were the costume design team of Crystal Cheung, James Watts, Molly Pedowicz and Kate McCroskey who placed in the top ten.

Shane Dorman, Kaleigh Treiber, Allie Mock and Ty Hughes comprised the 2nd place set design team. Kempner also won All-Star Troupe honors for the scrapbook and display created by Shannen Soffar and Vy Nguyen.

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News

Suzette Peoples Broker /Owner 21 years of experience!

Quail Valley’s El Dorado celebrates anniversary Since the 18-hole course underwent a major renovation by premier golf architect Jeff Blume, nearly twentythousand golfers have played on it.

The El Dorado course has hosted over forty golf tournaments and was a qualifying site for the 2010 Houston

BRIEF ON CITATION BY PUBLICATION. In the name and by the authority of the State of Texas: Notice is hereby given to the following Defendants: To: All Unknown Heirs of the Estate of George and Harriet Smith and all unknown property owners and/or lien holders, hereafter called Defendants whose residence, address and whereabouts are unknown, and if deceased, legally incapacitated or dissolved, the unknown heirs, devisees, successors and legal representatives, and unknown spouse or spouses, each and all of whose residences, addresses and whereabouts are unknown, and if they are deceased, legally incapacitated or dissolved, their unknown heirs, devisees, successors and legal representatives.

TO: ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE KNOWN BUT CANNOT BE LOCATED AND OR EVADE SERVICE You are commanded to appear before the Special Commissioners appointed by the Judge of the Fort Bend County Civil Court at Law Number Two (2) on January 13, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in the Fort Bend County Attorney’s Conference Room, 301 Jackson St., Suite 728, Richmond, Texas 77469, who shall then and there assess the value of the property belonging to Defendants which are sought to be condemned by Plaintiff, Cause No. 10-CCV-042391 styled Fort Bend County, Texas v. Willie M. Flora, Pamela Edwards, Rachel Edwrads, Mary E. Jackson, Verna Thompson, Vickie Green, Michael Robbins, Kenneth Pittman, Lonnie Jones, Clifford Thomas, Lawrence J. Kelley, Jr., Carla Thomas, Beverly J. Thomas a/k/a Beverly Childs, Beatrice Kelley, All Unknown Heirs of the Estate of George and Harriet Smith, All Property Owners who are known but cannot be located and/or evade service, and All Unknown Property Owners and/or Lien Holders, Fort Bend County, Lamar Consolidated Independent School District and City of Richmond are Defendants. The Second Amended Original Statement and Petition for Condemnation filed on November 2, 2010 discloses that the nature of the suit is a condemnation case. Plaintiff seeks fee title to 0.145 acre of land more particularly described in the attached Exhibit A of Plaintiff ’s Second Amended Original Statement.

Attorneys for Plaintiff are Fort Bend County Assistant County Attorneys, William H. “Bill” Vidor and Joe W. Cox, 301 Jackson Street, Suite 728, Richmond, Texas 77469.

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court in the City of Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, on the 8th day of November, 2010.

Dianne Wilson, Clerk of Fort Bend County, Richmond, Texas 301 Jackson Street, Richmond, Texas 77469.

By Deputy Holly Clemons

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Mayor Allen Owen completes the ceremonial first putt.

The future looks very bright City Amateur, Houston Baptist Fall Invitational and the for 2011 as the El Dorado AJGA Houston Junior tourna- Course will play host to more charitable and competitive ments.

The course has received a tournaments.

Quail Valley Golf Course lot of praise from players of all calibers including 2009 also offers another 18-hole PGA Champion Y.E. Yang course, the La Quinta, which who played on the El Dorado features challenging play for any golfer. Both courses have before its opening.

Yang said how pleased he new fees that make playing was with the layout following even more affordable, from single play to an annual pass. his round of golf.

Local players have also en- And don’t forget, once you joyed the El Dorado course. are done playing to stop by “The course is challenging yet The Grille for a snack, lunch fair, which is why we are see- or even dinner.

For a look at both El Doing a lot of players returning on a regular basis” said Tyson rado and La Quinta courses, Stittleburg, Quail Valley Golf the new prices and even a Course General Manager. menu at the Grille, visit www.

“We are very pleased with the golfquailvalley.com or call the way the El Dorado Course has pro shop at 281-403-5910. turned out.”

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CUSTOM SHOW CASE HOME! Over 4300sqft 5 bedrooms 4 baths & 1/2 bath. Study and game room. Private cul de sac lot. Thousands in upgrades! Designer Decor thru out the home. Gourmet island kitchen & more! Rare find! Hurry priced to go fast under $450K.

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FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS V WILLIE M. FLORA, PAMELA EDWARDS, RACHAEL EDWARDS, MARY E. JACKSON, VERNA THOMPSON, VICKIE GREEN, MICHAEL ROBBINS, KENNETH PITTMAN, LONNIE JONES, CLIFFORD THOMAS, LAWRENCE J. KELLEY, JR., CARLA THOMAS, BEVERLY J. THOMAS a/k/a BEVERLY CHILDS, BEATRICE KELLEY, ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE AND HARRIET SMITH, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE KNOWN BUT CANNOT BE LOCATED AND/OR EVADE SERVICE, AND ALL UNKNOWN PROPERTY OWNERS/ AND/OR LIEN HOLDERS, et al.

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The El Dorado golf course at Quail Valley celbrated its one year anniversary in style last weekend.

To mark the occasion, players received a complimentary Quail Valley El Dorado course hat when they booked their next outing on the El Dorado Course.

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Texas Children’s Hospital launches the Kids’ Fun Run challenge Texas Children’s Hospital announces the start of the Kids’ Fun Run challenge which will run through Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at 5 p.m. All Houston-area schools with students between the ages of 5 and 15 are eligible to participate in the challenge. The challenge kicks-off the 14th annual Kids’ Fun Run which will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 at 12 p.m. and will be a part of the Chevron Houston

Marathon race weekend of events. To help students get prepared for the race, a comprehensive training guide is available by visiting http://bit. ly/trainkfr.

The schools with the most students registered to participate in the 2011 Kids’ Fun Run by the contest’s end will win a meet and greet with professional football players Kevin Walter and Dan Orlovsky, who will talk to the students about

fitness and the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

The schools will also receive a personally autographed football from Kevin and Dan for winning the challenge.

Participants can register in the following ways: Students can ask their school how to register with the school’s group; Individuals can register to participate online at http://bit.ly/individualregisterkfr.

Parents will be required to sign a consent form which can be found online in English and Spanish at http://bit.ly/consentkfr. Schools participating in the challenge must provide all parent consent forms to Texas Children’s by the contest deadline on Dec. 3. Texas Children’s encourages all kids to participate in the Fun Run, but only school groups will be eligible to win the visit from Kevin and Dan.

Jobs & Education for Texans (JET) SCHOLARSHIPS for WCJC Vocational Students

Wharton County Junior College invites students who are majoring in or who intend to major in one of the following areas to apply for a JET Scholarship: Automotive Technology AAS (CIP 47) Automotive Technology Certificate (CIP 47) PC Technical Support Certificate (CIP 11) Cisco Router Networking Certificate (CIP 11) Computer Programming AAS (CIP 11) Network Administration AAS (CIP 11) Dental Hygiene AAS (CIP 51) Engineering Design AAS (CIP 15) Architectural Design Certificate (CIP 15) Computer-Aided-Drafting Certificate (CIP 15) Electronics Engineering Technology AAS (CIP 15) Emergency Medical Services Certificate (CIP 51) Emergency Medical Services AAS (CIP 51) Health Information Technology AAS (CIP 51) Associate Degree Nursing AAS (CIP 51)

Vocational Nursing Certificate (CIP 51) LVN-ADN Transition AAS (CIP 51) Radiologic Technology AAS (CIP 51) Human Services AAS (CIP 51) Human Services Certificate (CIP 51) Nuclear Power Technology AAS (CIP 41) Nuclear Power Technology – Enhanced Skills Certificate (CIP 41) Process Technology AAS (CIP 41) Physical Therapist Assistant AAS (CIP 51) Surgical Technology Certificate (CIP 51) Welding Technology Certificate (CIP 48) Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Certificate (CIP 47)

JET Scholarship funds can be used for the payment of tuition, required fees, laboratory fees, and costs of certification or licensure.

Eligibility requirements for applicants for JET Program Scholarships: • Citizen or permanent legal resident of the United States and Texas.

• Majoring in or declaring a major in one of the programs listed above.

• Demonstrate unmet financial need.

• Are not receiving any JET nonprofit funds.

Applications are available at any of the WCJC campuses as well as online at the WCJC Financial Aid website.

For more information, please contact the Financial Aid Office at any one of the WCJC campuses.

Financial Aid Office (Wharton): 979-532-6345 Financial Aid Office (Richmond): 281-239-1540 Financial Aid Office (Sugar Land): 281-243-8431 Receptionist (Bay City): 979-244-4552 Texans Insurance & Financial Group, Inc 101 Southwestern Blvd, Ste 230 Sugar Land, TX 77478-3535 PH (281)277-7800 FAX (281)277-7801 basil@texansinsure.com

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Opinion Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis

The View from Sugar Land The team has a name

By RUSSELL C. JONES An hour or so after this newspaper is published this week, Opening Day Partners will announce the name of Sugar Land’s new minor league baseball team. The subject of a public contest drawing over 8,000 entries, a second round runoff, and unending controversy, the name has been a topic of conversation for Sugar Landers for months.

The announcement will be made at Lakeview Elementary School, the city’s oldest, where city officials, media and team staff will be outnumbered by hundreds of excited students, each decked out in a new shirt or cap featuring the team’s new mascot and logo.

Regardless of the final name, baseball and Sugar Land are starting a new era for the city.

Korean provocations The news out of Korea would be frightening if one could really believe all of the saber rattling coming from the North. Last Thursday it launched an unprovoked rocket attack on a nearby island belonging to South Korea.

The purpose of the attack is not really an expression of unhappiness over joint U.S./ South Korean military exercises in the Yellow Sea, as has been claimed. Nor is it intended as an abrogation of the 60 year old armistice between the two Koreas. Instead, it appears to be an effort to force the United States back to multi-lateral talks.

Already China has called for such talks. The administration in Washington has opposed them, saying that a resumption of negotiations would reward the North for a series of provocations and backsliding on its commitments to abandon atomic-weapons programs.

The North Korean ac-

Jones tion creates a conundrum for Obama. His natural philosophy would call for avoiding American influence on actions by third world countries; but he also would be sympathetic to a transfer of American wealth to a country which he views as having been the victim of American power for so many years.

The most likely action will be a few rough words, followed by no substance.

With no real help coming from Obama, South Korea could use the latest provocation as an excuse for starting its own nuclear program.

Gore backtracks on ethanol “It is not a good policy to have these massive subsidies for first-generation ethanol,” the speaker told a gathering of “clean energy financiers” in Greece last week. The benefits of ethanol are “trivial.”

Acknowledging the difficulty of correcting a bad policy, he added “It’s hard once such a program is put in place to deal with the lobbies that keep it going.”

Let’s see, could that have been Gingrich, Palin, Huckabee, or McCain who said that?

No, it was Al Gore, the king of all green, particularly when

it comes to carbon emissions, such as those pushed out of your average tailpipe.

So, why is it that 10% of the gasoline pumped in America today is made of corn ethanol?

Surely there was some scientific proof that led Congress to make such a decision.

Guess again. According to Green Al, “One of the reasons I made that mistake is that I paid particular attention to the farmers in my home state of Tennessee, and I had a certain fondness for the farmers in the state of Iowa because I was about to run for President.”

As the Wall Street Journal noted this weekend, Gore’s confession proves that the whole ethanol myth has been a political play.

“It serves no purpose other than re-electing incumbents and transferring wealth to farm states and ethanol producers.”

Correction Last week this column commented on a new phenomenon in director elections for the First Colony Community Services Association.

The assertion was made that yard signs for the election violate the city’s sign ordinance.

The comment was made with the idea that such signs were being called “political”; if they are not, the sign ordinance would prohibit the signs.

Inexcusably, another section of the sign ordinance, allowing “stake signs” on private property, was not considered when that statement was written.

Apparently the signs would be allowed under the sign ordinance as “stake signs.”

Jones is a member of the Sugar Land City Council, having been first elected in 2003. He owns a law firm and a title insurance company in Sugar Land.

Musings: BTW

By JANICE SCANLAN Nowadays it seems we need dictionaries for acronyms . . . and that the context for acronym usage is as important as context can be in language of words having multiple or different shades of meaning. My business side came out this morning with BTW meaning “back to work” for me after the Thanksgiving holiday. I was so puzzled the first time I got BTW in an email . . . and BTW was not a back to work idea—quite the contrary.

So when I started receiving it from multiple sources, I did what every dedicated computer user does for all things . . .

I Googled it. The context for BTW here was “by the way” which is pretty different from back to work. But it seems BTW is a popular acronym for many contexts and not just British Telecom Wholesale or Booker T. Washington.

In the religious community it can mean “burn the witches,” but it can also mean “British Traditional Wicca.”

So again, very context dependent. Do you want to bet that British Traditional Wicca came first as a normal acronym, which by normal, I mean an abbreviation? Does anybody know or care?

In sports, BTW can mean “below the waist.” Not to be outdone, sports can also

Scanlan use it as BIG TIME WRESTLING. The conundrum is could someone be hit BTW in BTW? But BTW can mean “behind the wheel” in transportation . . . so could someone be BTW, hit BTW heading for BTW? I’m even lost which 3 contexts, and I just wrote the darn thing.

But internet chat is the winner with three more usages for BTW . . . one means “between,” another “bye till Wednesday,” while another means “But That’s Wild.”

In hobbies, BTW can mean Brothers of the Third Wheel.

Now I had to Google that as well, and it seems that Brothers of the Third Wheel are trikers . . . motor cyclists who ride 3-wheel machines particularly Harleys . . . that are quite interesting and inven-

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tive . . . and they have chapters and “trike-ins.” Now are Brothers of the Third Wheel “behind the wheel3” in transportation or to the hip BTW3?

Or perhaps semi-trailer truck drivers are BTW18.

The acronyms have turned into a new language called “digispeak,” “geekspeak,” “Internet speak,” “Webspeak” and “IMglish.” And you can download a popular dictionary or go to more authoritative sources . . . all right in Google. And Noah Webster thought he had a franchise in 1806 for the dictionary?

That’s the wonderful thing about a holiday . . . it gives you a little time to be silly, decompress or just nap after over eating. . . even if it is a BTW (back to work) day afterwards.

BTW (by the way) write to janicescanlan@earthlink.net.

Commissioner Morrison to speak at Chamber Fort Bend County Commissioner Richard Morrison, Precinct 1 will speak at the Infrastructure Planning Division meeting on Thursday, December 9, 2010. The breakfast, hosted by Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc, will be held at the Fort Bend Chamber Office located at 445 Commerce Green Blvd, Sugar Land at 7:30 am.

Make reservations on-line at www.FortBendChamber. com or email Jaine Garvin at jaine@fortbendcc.org or call 281-491-2407.

Individual reservations are $10 for Fort Bend Chamber members & $20 for prospective members and members at the door.

By THOMAS J. PARR, M.D. Do your fingers, your hips, or your knees hurt enough to affect what you do? Is it just one joint or a number of joints?

This might be arthritis.

There are two major kinds of arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Osteoarthritis.

In both cases, early diagnosis and treatment is important to your long-term ability to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, where the body decides to attack its own joint tissues, trying to destroy the lining, cartilage, and cushioning tissues of the joints. Most likely, rheumatoid arthritis will attack a number of joints at the same time.

RA is a systemic disease, which will also typically attack other body tissues, such as the lungs, heart, and eyes.

If left untreated, it can eventually cause severe incapacity.

RA is three times more common in women than men, and can often run in families.

It usually first shows up between the ages of 30 and 50.

Preteens and teenagers can develop a form of RA, called juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Since JIA occurs in patients with growing bones, the inflammation can cause life-long joint deformities and pain.

On the other hand, osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease (DJD) which develops over time due to wear and tear of specific joints, very commonly started by some sort of trauma.

With osteoarthritis, the lining, cartilage, and cushioning tissues are being worn away through use, until there is no protection left between the two bones of the joint.

In addition to fractures or trauma to a joint, obesity also is a factor in developing

Parr degenerative joint disease.

Osteoarthritis can also result from several less common causes, including congenital limb malformations, certain metabolic diseases, and neurologic injuries.

In the absence of preexisting problems with the joints, running does NOT cause arthritis.

Early diagnosis and treatment of both forms of arthritis are very important. Your primary care physician can make the diagnosis of developing arthritis from your history and a physical exam, along with a series of blood tests and, in some cases, with x-rays.

X-rays taken several years after trauma, for example, might show development of bone spurs in the affected joint or narrowing of the space between the joints. More extensive imaging studies are usually not needed for diagnosis.

Today, we have a vast range of medicines which can drastically improve the long-term outcomes for rheumatoid arthritis.

Because their potential side effects and drug interactions are quite complex, RA patients do best under the lifelong care of a rheumatologist who is able to stay abreast of the continually changing pharmacology of RA drugs.

We also have new and improved medical and surgical treatments for all stages of osteoarthritis.

If you have been diagnosed

with DJD, your orthopedic surgeon can guide you in a variety of early treatment options designed to postpone your need for a total joint replacement for many years -- until you are finally boneon-bone.

For your joints, motion is lotion! In order to continue functioning as long as possible without major surgery, it is imperative to maintain an active lifestyle.

And the more physically fit you are when you do finally have the joint replaced, the better your chances of having a more successful outcome.

Exercise is important as part of the treatment for both RA and DJD. Walking one or two miles at a time several days a week is excellent, including walking in a swimming pool.

Muscles that still have good tone act as shock absorbers for the joints.

If you have either type of arthritis, you should consult your orthopedic surgeon before becoming involved in contact sports, however.

Since excess weight contributes adversely to arthritis, it is important to slowly bring your weight down to a more appropriate level through a combination of improved diet and exercise habits.

The pain of arthritis, combined with the sheer energy of trying to move an extra 50 pounds or so, can rob you of vital mobility, while complicating future joint surgery and subsequent post-op recovery.

For both RA and DJD, the sooner you are able to start on an appropriately planned medical intervention program, the greater your chances are for reducing the long-term negative effects of both forms of arthritis.

Dr. Thomas Parr, an orthopedic surgeon in Sugar Land, can be reached at 281-4917111.Visit www.tomparrmd. net for more information.

Guest Commentary The downside of success

By FLOYD EMERY There has been much discussion recently in the local media and blogs concerning the possible loss of our Chief of Police as he is being considered for a Chief’s position in another City.

This potential loss of a key member in the Missouri City management structure has consequences and gives us reason to look at the facts and impact surrounding this possible loss or for that matter the loss of any key City management individual.

Missouri City has received awards and recognition of performance such as the 8th safest City in Texas, recognition of budgetary excellence by financial boards/organizations, a City that ranks 21st in the best city in America in which to live, parks and green space awards and a planning and engineering function that is recognized by their peers and more importantly by businesses looking to locate/relocate and who select Missouri City.

These successes place members of the City’s management team responsible for this performance, as a target of public and private “search committees” and “headhunters” who are looking for potential candidates for open positions.

The potential loss of a key member of the Missouri City management team through this process is what I consider “the downside of Missouri City’s success.”

There can also be a personal factor when we experience the loss of a key management member as there will be times when an individual will pursue

Emery an independent search for employment.

I submit that any individual worth their salt is driven to improve their lot in the business arena.

In most cases this drive is fueled by a desire and sometimes a financial need to advance one’s earnings power and their station in life.

The ability to find and secure a new position outside of the Missouri City management group is enhanced by the successes that can be displayed on one’s resume.

The loss of any key member of the Missouri City management team through this process is another example of what I consider “the downside of Missouri City’s success”.

The reporting of the potential loss of our Police Chief by the local media in most part states the facts and does not attempt to give an opinion on the underlying reasons for the Chief to consider making this move.

However in the blogs you can find motives for this move ranging from the funding of our police force, direction from the City Council and other rea-

sons that are outside the realm of probability. In my opinion many of these bloggers are looking for any reason to criticize City officials and to push a personal political agenda.

As Missouri City faces the potential loss of key management personnel the City must insure that it has effective succession planning programs in place and practical individuals qualified to meet this need.

During the period when replacements are being put into place I believe the City has displayed through its successes that it has programs and personnel in place to meet the day to day safety needs of the public.

This readiness is what I consider an example of “the upside of Missouri City’s success.”

Floyd Emery is a resident of Quail Valley in Missouri City.

Holiday Luncheon The Women’s Association of

Sugar Creek Country Club combined with the Sugar Creek Garden Club will hold its holiday luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. The location is 420 Sugar Creek Blvd., in Sugar Land. Members and guests will enjoy holiday music by the Elkins High School Choral Group. As the association’s on going community service project, a donation will be given to the East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry. For reservations call 281494-5065 or e-mail consy@ earthlink.net.

DECEMBER 1, 2010 • INDEPENDENT • Page 5

LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received in the Office of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 for the following until THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All bids will then be publicly opened and read in the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Bids received after the specified time will be returned unopened.

BID 11-025 – AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEMS INTEGRATION PROJECT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER Unit pricing is required; payment will be by check after products/services are rendered. 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

LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received in the Office of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 for the following until THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All bids will then be publicly opened and read in the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Bids received after the specified time will be returned unopened.

BID 11-023 – DELIVER AND INSTALL JUSTICE CENTER SPECTATOR BENCHES Unit pricing is required; payment will be by check after products/services are rendered. Bonds are required.

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

Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing Agent Fort Bend County, Richmond, 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 September 29, 2010 in cause numbered 06DCV148017 styled Summerfield Estates Homeowners Assoc vs. Zafar and Nasreen Warsi, in which a judgment was rendered on July 29, 2010 in favor of Summerfield Estates Homeowners Assoc for the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Nine Dollars and Forty One Cents ($1,539.41); 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 October 20, 2010 and will on December 7 ,2010 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 of Zafar and Nasreen Warsi to and in the following described Real Property LOT Nineteen (19), BLOCK Two (2) REPLAT OF Summerfield, Section Six, A SUBDIVISION, IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS,ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 1753/B OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, (THE PROPERTY) ALSO KNOWN AS : 17006 Summerfield, SUGAR LAND, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS 77478 The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of Summerfield Estates Homeowners Assoc, Plaintiff, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE, RICHMOND, TX 77469 DATE: December 7, 2010 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am BY: SHANE STEELE TROY E. NEHLS Constable Pct. 4 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 September 28th, 2010 in cause numbered 07dcv157821 styled Village of Oak Lakes Homeowners Assoc vs. Michael E. Anderson and Nicole B. Cheek, in which a judgment was rendered on December 20, 2007 in favor of Village of Oak Lakes Homeowners Assoc for the sum of Four Hundred Eighty Eight Dollars and Forty Five Cents ($488.45); 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 October 20, 2010 and will on December 7, 2010, 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 Michael E. Anderson and Nicole B. Cheek to and in the following described Real Property: Lot Four (4), in Block Two (2) of Village of Oak Lake Estates, Section Three (3), a subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in slide number 1460/B of the map/plat records of Fort Bend County, Texas together with all improvements located thereon, also known as 15322 Cobblestone Point Ct, Sugar Land, Texas The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of Village of Oak Lakes Homeowners Assoc, Plaintiff, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE RICHMOND, TX 77469 DATE: December 7, 2010 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am BY: DEPUTY S. STEELE

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 15TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #10-DCV-179999 in favor of the Plaintiff - SEVEN MEADOWS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $6,902.70 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 25TH day of OCTOBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 EMETERIO FLORES 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 there to. All sales are final.

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of SEPTEMBER 2010 by the 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-170401 in favor of the Plaintiff - SIENNA POINT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,360.74 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 8TH day of OCTOBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 WILLIAM H. SPARROW II AND VICKI PALMER, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT ONE (1), IN BLOCK TWO (2), OF SIENNA POINT, SECTION THREE (3) A SUBDIVISION OF LAND IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED UNDER SLIDE NOS. 1795/B, 1796/A, 1796/B, 1797/A, 1797/B, AND 1798/A OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS (“SUBJECT PROPERTY”) Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $118,580.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

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

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT THREE (3), IN BLOCK TWO (2), OF SEVEN MEADOWS, SECTION ONE (1) AN ADDITION, IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED UNDER SLIDE NO.2308/A OF THE MAP/ PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 23615 WINDHURST STREET, KATY, TEXAS 77494.

Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $236,550.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

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

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

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the traffic control plan for Winfield Lakes, Section 13, Precinct 2.

The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, 309 South Fourth St., Suite 700, William B. Travis Bldg., Richmond, Texas. You are invited to attend and state your approval or objection on this matter.

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. to consider road name change from Katy Fort Bend Road to Kingsland Blvd. from Katy Fort Bend Road (North/ South portion) east to Harris County Line, Precinct. 3. The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, 309 South Fourth St., Suite 700, William B. Travis Bldg., Richmond, Texas. You are invited to attend and state your approval or objection on this matter.

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the traffic control plan for King Lakes, Section 6, Precinct 3.

The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, 309 South Fourth St., Suite 700, William B. Travis Bldg., Richmond, Texas. You are invited to attend and state your approval or objection on this matter.

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the traffic control plan for Cinco Ranch Southwest, Section 23, Section 27 and Section 28, Pct. 3.

The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, 309 South Fourth St., Suite 700, William B. Travis Bldg., Richmond, Texas. You are invited to attend and state your approval or objection on this matter.

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk

LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BIDDERS Sealed Bids will be received in the Office of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 for the following until THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All bids will then be publicly opened and read in the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Bids received after the specified time will be returned unopened.

BID 11-026 – PROVIDE AND INSTALL 100 FOOT TOWER AT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT A pre-bid conference will be conducted on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 9:00AM (CST). The pre-bid conference will be held at the Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management located at 307 Fort Street in Richmond. All vendors are encouraged to attend.

Lump sum pricing is required; payment will be by check after products/services are rendered. 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

CONSTABLE’S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 434th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas on OCTOBER 1, 2010 in cause numbered 09DCV171750 styled Colony Lakes Homeowners Assoc. Inc. vs. CARL T. TAYLOR, in which a judgment was rendered on JULY 23, 2009 in favor of Colony Lakes Homeowners Association for the sum of TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY TWO CENTS ($2149.92); 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 October 18, 2010 and will on December 7, 2010, 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 CARL T. TAYLOR to and in the following described Real Property: Lot Forty-Three (43), in Block two (2) of Colony Lakes, Section Six (6), a subdivision in Fort Bend County, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in slide No(s) 1735/A and 1735/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 Colony Lakes Homeowners Assoc., Inc Plaintiff, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE RICHMOND, TX 77469 DATE: December 7, 2010 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am BY: Sergeant M. Kutach TROY E. NEHLS Constable Pct. 4 Fort Bend County, Texas

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 26TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-176064 in favor of the Plaintiff -FORT BEND MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT #19 & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,489.55+++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 4TH day of NOVEMBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 VG HOMES, INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION, 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 7620010030080901/ CPC:387620010030080901/ LOT 8 IN BLOCK 3 OF RIVERWOOD VILLAGE, SECTION ONE, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 18TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-170211n favor of the Plaintiff -FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $15,287.54+++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 25TH day of OCTOBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 MARION FAULTRY AKA MARIAN FAULTRY & 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 0025000004800907/ CPC: R32510/ AN UNDIVIDED 1/6 INTEREST IN 116.49 ACRES OF LAND,

THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 23, PAGE 24 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. TRACT 2: GEO: 7620010030090901/ CPC: 387620010030090901/LOT 9 IN BLOCK 3 OF RIVERWOOD VILLAGE, SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 23, PAGE 24 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. TRACT 3: GEO: 7620010070330901/ CPC: 387620010070330901/ LOT 33 IN BLOCK 7 OF RIVERWOOD VILLAGE, SECTION ONE, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 23, PAGE 24 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/MARKED VALUE: TRACT 1$17,000.00 TRACT 2: $17,000.00 TRACT 3: $17,000.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306 MORE OR LESS SITUATED IN THE DAVID FITZGERALD SURVEY, A-25, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS; AND BEING THE SAME LAND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS SHARE NO. 1 IN A JUDGEMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME Y, PAGE 492, ET SEQ., DISTRICT COURT RECORDS, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS; TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE. TRACT 2: GEO: 0025000004810907/ CPC: R32512/AN UNDIVIDED 1/6 INTEREST IN 116.49 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS SITUATED IN THE DAVID FITZGERALD SURVEY, A-25, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS; AND BEING THE SAME LAND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS SHARE NO. 1 IN A JUDGEMENT RECORDED IN VOLUME Y, PAGE 492, ET SEQ., DISTRICT COURT RECORDS, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS; TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE. ADJUDGED/MARKED VALUE: TRACT 1$74,190.00 TRACT 2: $74,190.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

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

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 11TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #08-DCV-166350 in favor of the Plaintiff -FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,013.98 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 19TH day of OCTOBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 JAMES Z. OJEDA & ET AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 18TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #07-DCV-157242 in favor of the Plaintiff -FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,908.22 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 25TH day of OCTOBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 DAREUS M. COLE & 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 3450030050800907/CPC:R66362 LOT 8 IN BLOCK 5 OF GATEWAY ACRES, SECTION 3, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 413, PAGE 529 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/MARKED VALUE: $48,820.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

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

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: CPC 2500010011300907/ LOT 13 IN BLOCK 1 OF REPLAT OF CHASEWOOD SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 7, PAGE 4 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. ADJUDGED/MARKED VALUE: $105,670.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

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

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 18TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-169019 in favor of the Plaintiff -FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $7,369.39 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 25TH day of OCTOBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 ISABEL GONZALEZ 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 6400000281500907/CPC:R107733/ LOT FIFTEEN(15), BLOCK TWENTY EIGHT (28), IN RIDGEWOOD ESTATES AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 5 PAGE 29 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, (SAID PROPERTY WHOLLY IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS) (ACCOUNT NUMBER 6400000281500907.)

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $95,340.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

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

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

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306 CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 11TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-170348 in favor of the Plaintiff - PARK AT MISSION GLEN HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, for the sum of $5,608.03 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 4TH day of NOVEMBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 THEOTIS OWENS AND MARILYN YVONNE OWENS, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 29, BLOCK 01, OF PARK AT MISSION GLEN, SECTION TWO (2) AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED UNDER SLIDE NO.2286B AND 2287A OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS AS MODIFIED BY ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO OR REPLATS THEREOF. Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $118,480.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

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

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 11TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-173290 in favor of the Plaintiff -FORT BEND MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT #118 & ET AL, Plaintiff, for the sum of $8,394.35+++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 19TH day of OCTOBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 PAMELA J. SPAULDING 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: GEO: 9170030010290/ CPC/33702030012900/ LOT TWENTYNINE (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.(91700 30010290/9170030010290907) ADJUDGED/MARKED VALUE: $185,180.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m.

At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #08-DCV-164790 in favor of the Plaintiff - MEADOWCREEK ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,443.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 8TH day of NOVEMBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 HILLARY MOSES 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 10, BLOCK 19, OF MEADOWCREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 5, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 22, PAGE 43, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $170,040.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #08-DCV-168029 in favor of the Plaintiff - MEADOWCREEK ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,000.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 8TH day of NOVEMBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 ROBERT K. BROWN 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 4, BLOCK 18, OF MEADOWCREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 5, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 22, PAGE 43, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $129,850.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #08-DCV-168751 in favor of the Plaintiff - MEADOWCREEK ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,396.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 8TH day of NOVEMBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 BEVAN WALKER 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 10, BLOCK 3, OF MEADOWCREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 12, PAGE 12, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $82,390.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 29TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-172638 in favor of the Plaintiff - MEADOWCREEK ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,198.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 8TH day of NOVEMBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 TIMOTHY MAI 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 22, BLOCK 1, OF MEADOWCREEK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 12, PAGE 12, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $115,130.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 11TH day of OCTOBER 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #08-DCV-167757 in favor of the Plaintiff - QUAIL VALLEY EAST COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of 1,093.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 25TH day of OCTOBER, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER 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 GOREE BYRD AND ERRANA J. BYRD 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 there to. All sales are final.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 6, BLOCK 22, 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. Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED. MARKET VALUE: $91,340.00 Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

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

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

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

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

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

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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. Dec. 4, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

GOOD CONDITION ONLY books, CD’s, DVD’s may be donated during regular library hours or at the sale and are tax deductible. Children’s items are especially needed. Call 281-416-0936.

Legal Notices

LEGAL NOTICE REQUESTS FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS Sealed Qualification Statements will be received in the Office of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg TX 77471 for the following until THURSDAY, DECEMER 16, 2010 AT 1:30 P.M. (CST).

Q11-024 – PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all qualification statements received.

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

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Sealed submittals one (1) original and five (5) copies, addressed to the City Secretary Office of the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, December 16, 2010 for: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 2011-06 TOWN CENTER PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS Submissions shall be appropriately marked in the upper left hand corner as follows: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 2011-06 TOWN CENTER PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Sealed submittals one (1) original and five (5) copies, addressed to the City Secretary Office of the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, December 16, 2010 for: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 2011-05 SENIOR CENTER DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Submissions shall be appropriately marked in the upper left hand corner as follows: REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 2011-05 SENIOR CENTER DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Signed and sealed submittals shall be delivered to the City Secretary Office, on or before 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, December 16, 2010, City of Sugar Land City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All submissions received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the date for the opening of submittals.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifications prior to the date set for opening of submittals. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifications. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective submitters and may or may not affect the submission opening date.

Signed and sealed submittals shall be delivered to the City Secretary Office, on or before 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, December 16, 2010, City of Sugar Land City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All submissions received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the date for the opening of submittals.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifications prior to the date set for opening of submittals. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifications. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective submitters and may or may not affect the submission opening date.

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all submissions and to waive informalities in submittals received. The award will be made based on a panel evaluation of submittals received.

For questions regarding this request for qualification, please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator, Telephone (281) 275-2302 or email jposcovsky@sugarlandtx.gov.

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

EQUIPMENT NOTICE Prequalification statements must be submitted no later than Tuesday, December 07, 2010.

INVITATION TO PREQUALIFY TO FURNISH EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS 9 MGD SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT (SWTP) Bidders must prequalify in order to bid this Project. The new Surface Water Treatment Plant will be located on a 70.5 acre tract at Voss Road and Burney Road, adjacent to Gannoway Lake. CH2M HILL Constructors, Incorporated is the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for this Project.

Equipment required for this project includes: Vertical Multi-Stage Centrifugal Booster Pumps; Horizontal Split-Case Centrifugal Pumps; Vertical Turbine Pumps; Vertical Shaft Flocculators; Residual Solids Thickener; Peristaltic Pumps for Chemical Services; Polymer Systems; Chlorine Dioxide Generation System; Reservoir Hydrodynamic Mixing System (HMS); Slide Gates and Weir Gates; Submersible Sump Pumps; Submersible Centrifugal Pumps for Process Service; Progressive Cavity Pumps; Granular Activated Carbon and Contactor Vessels; Fiberglass Tanks; Inclined Plate Settlers; Chain and Flight Sludge Collectors, Centrifuge; Rotary Screw Type Air Compressor Package System; Rotating Foam Skimmer; Medium Voltage Switchgear; 480V Motor Controls and AFDs; Diesel Generator; Fuel Tank and accessories.

To request a Prequalification package, contact Maria Thomas, Telephone (720) 286-0313 or email maria.thomas@ch2m.com. Prequalification statements must be submitted no later than Tuesday, December 07, 2010.

SUBCONTRACTOR NOTICE

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on theSeptember 30, 2010 by the District Courts Dallas County, Texas in cause #DC-10-0297-J in favor of the Plaintiff -Southern Star Concrete, inc., Plaintiff, for the sum of $17,088.00+++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same.

I have levied on on October 28, 2010 and will offer for sale on the 7TH day of DECEMBER, 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) - NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.: Legal Description: BEING A 4.4226 ACRE (192,650 SQUARE FEET) TRACT OF LAND AND BEING OUT OF THAT CALLED 5.2665 ACRE TRACT IN F.B.C.C.F #9352131, SAVE AND EXCEPT THAT CALLED 0.8439 ACRE TRACT IN F.B.C.C.F. BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED

BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: (BASES OF BEARING WHERE DERIVED BY RTK GPS OBSERVATIONS BASED ON TEXAS STATE PLANE COORDINATES TEXAS SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE NAD 83 GEOID 03); COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 21 BLOCK 1 OF BRIAREGATE SECTION 9 AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 22, PAGE 34 OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY PLAT RECORDS ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF WEST FUQUA DR8IVE (100’ R.O.W) SAME BEING THE SOUTHERLY CORNER OF SAID SAVE AND EXCEPT O.8439 ACE TRACT; THENCE NORTH 40 DEGREES 31’ 37” EAST, ALONG SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF WEST FUQUA DRIVE, A DISTANCE OF 50.54 FEET TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROOD WITH CAP SET FOR THE COMMON EAST CORNER OF SAID 0.8439 ACRE TRACT AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT;

THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 11’ 02” EAST, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF 200’ DRAINAGE EASEMENT, A DISTANCE OF 956. 45 FEET TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD WITH CAP SET ON SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF WEST FUQUA DRIVE, FOR THE EAST CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 31’ 37” WEST, ALONG SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF WEST FUQUA DRIVE, A DISTANCE OF 553.92 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 4.4226 ACRES OF LAND, SAID ADDRESS BEING 6400 WEST FUQUA, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77489.

TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to be held at or about 11: 00 A.M. Ruben Davis, Constable Fort Bend Precinct Two

By Lieutenant G. Majors #73 Deputy Constable

REZONING 58 ACRES TELFAIR CENTRAL RESIDENTIAL

Sealed bids in triplicate, one (1) original and two (2) copies, addressed to the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, December 16, 2010, for:

PERMANENT ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 58 ACRES TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PD) DISTRICT (FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN), FURTHER DESCRIBED AS NORTHWEST OF NEW TERRITORY BOULEVARD AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD WITHIN A. HODGE LEAGUE, A-32 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.

BID NO. 2011-04 AIRPORT GREEN SPACE PROJECT BIDDER NAME, ADDRESS, AND DUE DATE

WHERE:

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

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

WHEN:

CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:00 P.M., DECEMBER 21, 2010

Signed and sealed bids shall be delivered to the City Secretary Office, on or before 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, December 16, 2010, City of Sugar Land City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All bids received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within thirty (30) days following the date for the opening of bids.

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.

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

Vicinity Map:

Sealed bids shall be appropriately marked as follows:

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

For questions regarding this bid, please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator, Telephone (281) 275-2302 or email jposcovsky@sugarlandtx.gov.

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

Prequalification statements must be submitted no later than Tuesday, December 07, 2010.

INVITATION TO PREQUALIFY TO PROVIDE SUBCONTRACTOR SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS 9 MGD SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT (SWTP) Bidders must prequalify in order to bid this Project. The new Surface Water Treatment Plant will be located on a 70.5 acre tract at Voss Road and Burney Road, adjacent to Gannoway Lake. CH2M HILL Constructors, Incorporated is the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for this Project.

Subcontracts required for this project include: Electrical/I&C (w/integration) for Main Plant and Forebay, including underground, temporary fence installation, initial site clearing/preparation, and Forebay development; Yard Piping (including stormwater system); deep foundation and structural concrete package, including all building foundations; site masonry (all buildings); metals , including metal joists, floor decking and roof decking; roofing; fire protection; HVAC and plumbing; glazing and doors; Admin/Membrane building; pile subcontractor; finish grade; sidewalk and paving; landscaping and irrigation; site fencing; painting and coatings; process piping and equipment installation; and security system.

To request a Prequalification package, contact Maria Thomas, Telephone (720) 286-0313 or email maria.thomas@ch2m.com. Prequalification statements must be submitted no later than Tuesday, December 07, 2010.

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 51’ 37” WEST, ALONG AND SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF 0.8439 ACRE TRACT AND THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT, AND THROUGH 75’ WIDE UNITED TEXAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE EASEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENTS RECORDED IN VOLUME 277, PAGE 305 AND VOLUME 316, PAGE 383 OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY DEED RECORDS A DISTANCE OF 703.11 FEET TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD WITH CAPO SET FOR THE COMMON WEST CORNER OF SAID 0.8439 ACRE TRACT AND THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT IN THE SOUTH LINE OF A 200’ WIDE DRAINAGE EASEMENT AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 509, PAGE 360 OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY DEED RECORDS;

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 08, 2010, Sugar Land Regional Airport, Conference Room 24, 12888-B Highway 6 South, Sugar Land, Texas, 77498.

Deputy District Clerk Amanda Morales Telephone: 281-238-3282

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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

The State of Texas TO: Lary Anyadike, and to all whom it may concern, Respondent GREETINGS: 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 AM on the Monday next following the expiration of twenty (20) days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. The Original Petition For Divorce of Gloria ObiAnyadike, was filed in the 328th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas, on May 14,2009 against Lary Anyadike, being numbered 09-DCV-171803 and entitled In the Matter of the Marriage of Gloria Obi-Anyadike and Lary Anyadike and in the Interest of Obinna Lary Anyadike, A Child. The suit requests a divorce.

The court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree dissolving the marriage and providing for the division of property which will be binding on you.

The Court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the child(ren)’s interest which will be binding upon 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 the said Court at Richmond, Texas, on this the 23rd day of November, 2010.

Petitioner’s Attorney: CATHERINE H. DEL VALLE ATTORNEY AT LAW 7322 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY, SUITE 1100 HOUSTON TX 77074 DISTRICT CLERK ANNIE REBECCA ELLIOTT 713-821-3004 Fort Bend County, Texas

For questions regarding this request for qualification, please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator, Telephone (281) 275-2302 or email jposcovsky@sugarlandtx.gov.

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

AIRPORT GREEN SPACE PROJECT

CITATION BY PUBLICATION DIVORCE

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

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all submissions and to waive informalities in submittals received. The award will be made based on a panel evaluation of submittals received.

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

24th Annual Winter Wonderland Enjoy melodious Christmas music from The Salvation Army Harbor Light Choir and, a delicious steak meal from the Safari Texas Ranch at the 24th Annual Winter Wonderland featuring “The Triumphs” on Friday, Dec. 3, Safari Texas Ranch 6 to 11 p.m. Live and silent auctions allow you to take care of your Christmas shopping while supporting the men and women that reside at the Richmond State Supported Living Center. Contact the Volunteer Services Council (VSC) of the Richmond State Supported Living Center (RSSLC) (Formerly The Richmond State School) www.vscofrss.org or 281/344-4286.

LEGAL NOTICE The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing an Invitation for Bids for the following: IFB #115-10 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE CLEARWELL Bid responses will be accepted until 2:00 P.M. local time December 15, 2010 and then opened.

Project Description: Construction of a 1.0 Million gallons prestressed concrete clearwell. An alternate bid will be received for a capacity of 1.5 million gallons.

The successful contractor shall provide labor, materials, equipment and transportation necessary to perform under this contract per specifications.

Bid packages with drawings and specifications are available beginning November 24, 2010 from the project engineer: Enprotec/Hibbs & Todd, Inc. Attn: Jordan Hibbs 402 Cedar Street Abilene, Texas 79601 Telephone (325) 698-5560 There will be a non-refundable cost payable by check, money order, or credit card to Enprotec/Hibbs & Todd, Inc.: •$125.00 for a set of Construction Documents, plus shipping costs •$ 50.00 for Construction Documents on CD in pdf files, plus shipping costs Bids must be sealed, marked on the outside of the delivery envelope with “IFB #11510 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE CLEARWELL” along with the date of the bid 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

LEGAL NOTICE The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing an Invitation for Bids for the following: IFB #117-11 TERM CONTRACT FOR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER UNIFORMS AND GEAR Scope: The City of Missouri City is soliciting bids for a contractor to supply police and fire personnel uniforms and related gear for use by the City’s Police and Fire Departments. All prices bid are to be FOB Missouri City.

Bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. local time December 13, 2010 and then opened.

The bid packages may be obtained beginning November 24th by requesting the document name and number listed above by: •contacting the Purchasing Office at (281) 403-8612 •email from charles@missouricitytx.gov or cjohnson@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

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AUTOMOBILE: Nissan Rogue

By BARBARA FULENWIDER For 2011 the Nissan Rogue gets an upgraded look inside and out – including exterior, interior, comfort and convenience, and audio and entertainment system enhancements. Model names and options are also revised so the 2011 Rogue is now offered in two trim levels, S and SV, along with the sporty Rogue S Krom™ Edition.

Among the many enhancements for the fourth year of Rogue production is a redesigned exterior featuring a new front fascia and grille, new front and rear spoilers, new chrome side door guard molding trim accents, new front and rear tire deflectors and a new chrome license plate finisher.

Also added for 2011 are new 18-inch aluminum-alloy wheels for the Rogue S

Krom™ Edition and Rogue SL Package, new low rolling resistance tires (available with the 17-inch aluminumalloy wheels) and a new under-body cover.

The Nissan Rogue’s fuel economy has improved with estimates at 22/28 mpg for city and highway driving.

Rogues with all-wheel drive get an estimated 22 miles to the gallon in the city and 26 on the highway.

The new 2011 Nissan Rogue offers a standard 170-horsepower 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, Nissan’s advanced Xtronic CVT™ (continuously variable transmission), vehicle dynamic control (VDC) and four-wheel disc brakes with anti-lock braking system (ABS). Rogue S, Rogue SV and Rogue S Krom™ Edition are available with an intuitive all-wheel drive system.

The 2011 Nissan Rogue provides 58 cubic feet of cargo space combined with a 60/40 split rear seat and available fold-down front passenger seat. Utility is enhanced by numerous storage and functionality features, including an oversized glove compartment and large center console.

Available Rogue technol-

ogy features include Nissan intelligent key, Bluetooth® hands-free phone system, XM® Satellite Radio (XM® subscription required, sold separately) Nissan navigation system, rearview monitor, Xenon headlights and a Bosedeveloped audio system.

The new Rogue SV comes standard with a six-way

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computer with outside temperature display, A/C, power windows, door locks and steering, halogen headlights, body colored bumpers, rear spoiler and outside mirrors, chrome grille, door handles, body side moldings, license plate finisher and exhaust finisher. Also, variable intermittent front windshield wipers, intermittent rear window wiper and roof rails with silver accent.

The 2011 Nissan Rogue SV retails for $23,220. Options, which included a premium audio system, power sliding glass moonroof, fog lights, 18-inch alloy wheels, leather seats, leather wrapped steering wheel, heated front seats and mirrors, navigation system and auto-dimming inside mirror hiked the suggested retail price to $27,255.

power driver’s seat, driver’s seat power lumbar support, rearview monitor and Nissan intelligent key. The optional premium package and SL package are available to SV buyers.

The test driven 2011 Nissan Rogue was the SV model with front-wheel drive, independent strut front suspension with coil springs and stabilizer bar. Rear suspension was independent multi-link with stabilizer bar. Safety features include four-wheel anti-lock braking system, vehicle dynamic control with traction control, electronic brake force distribution, brake assist, tire pressure monitoring system, vehicle security system and vehicle immobilizer system.

Other standard equipment on the Rogue SV includes tachometer, multi-function trio

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By BARBARA FULENWIDER The 2011 Subaru Outback Limited is no racer but torque has definitely been improved, which means it’s more fun to drive.

Even though the Outback got more horsepower for 2011 thanks to a 3.6-liter flat-six, the story to report here is the torque. Horsepower provided by last year’s 3.0-liter was 245 compared to this year’s 256 but torque took a big leap from 215 lb.-ft. to 247.

The test drive Outback paired the engine to a fivespeed automatic, which sends power to the all-wheel drive system and is standard equipment on all Subarus. The torque splits 45 percent in front and 55 in the rear.

There are three transmissions available on Outbacks.

Buyers who choose the 2.5i can have either a six-speed manual, which is standard equipment, or a continuously variable transmission. It is optional and a first for a vehicle with all-wheel drive. The fivespeed automatic is smooth and comes with wheel-mounted paddle shifters.

Along with having more torque and a tad more power, the 2011 Subaru Outback is also roomier. It’s built on a new platform and has a longer wheelbase and increased width for more interior space.

It stands 8.7 inches above the ground and has up to a 530mile range capability when equipped with a 2.5i engine.

Also new for 2011 is a new rear vision camera that’s included in the power moonroof option package. What the camera sees appears in the left side of the auto-dimming rear view mirror. The mirror with HomeLink is added to the optional navigation package.

The harman/kardon audio package, which is standard on the limited and optional on premium models, now includes XM Satellite Radio with a three-month subscription.

The 2010 Subaru Outback got major changes in the style department so none were made on 2011 models. Even though Subaru considers its Outback an SUV, it sure looks like a station wagon and got lots of compliments on its looks during my test drive.

There are three transmissions available on Outbacks.

Buyers who choose the 2.5i can have either a six-speed manual, which is standard equipment, or a continuously variable transmission. It is optional and a first for a vehicle with all-wheel drive. The fivespeed automatic is smooth and comes with wheel-mounted paddle shifters.

The Subaru Outback rides well on 17-inch tires and doesn’t let much road or wind noise invade the cabin. The Outback runs on unleaded regular and fuel economy

with the automatic transmission is estimated at 18 in the city and 25 on the highway.

Standard equipment on the Subaru Outback Limited, which retails for $31,495, includes vehicle dynamics control, anti-lock brakes, fourwheel disc brakes, anti-theft alarm and immobilizer, tire pressure monitoring system, brake assist, rollover sensor, fully independent raised suspension and roof rails with integrated cross bars.

Also, dual zone automatic climate control, auto up/down front driver’s window, Blu-

etooth hands-free phone connectivity, 440-watt harman/ kardon audio system with nine speakers, heated seats, mirrors,

wiper de-icer, leather trimmed seats, 10-way adjustable power driver’s seat and four-way adjustable power passenger seat, 60/40 fold down/recline rear seatback and tilt/telescopic steering wheel.

The optional package with moonroof, etc., added $1,445 to the bottom line. The Subaru Outback is a great size for running about Houston and the area. It holds five adults and has ample cargo space. It rides and drives well and has all-wheel drive for those rainy days.

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Integrated judicial information system ready Fort Bend County’s Judicial Steering Team (JST) has completed its four-year project to implement an integrated justice system, said County Clerk Dianne Wilson, who headed the team.

The system enables sharing of critical information throughout the justice enterprise symbolizing a new way of doing business in local courts and law enforcement agencies.

The implementation of Odyssey system represented 23 offices/courts and more than 50 dedicated subject matter experts who collectively gave over 50,000 hours during the past four years.

With the integration of Odyssey, the county has eliminated over 22 justice applications with the savings of over $305,000 annually.

Included in the implementation is an interface between Odyssey and the Constable System for exchanging of civil/criminal information.

In addition, the county received the first rebate check of $65,712 from the Conference of Urban Counties for participation in the CIJS Program.

Recently, the court approved the implementation of additional applications to integrate with Odyssey: Jury, Auto-Redaction and E-filing to be paid from the project budget for a total of $560,000.

During these past four years, JST approved only one change order impacting the original $7.3 million Rawhide budget.

“I’m proud to announce that Rawhide was completed on time and under budget for a project total expenditure of $6.5 million. JST estimates a return to the county of about $845,000 plus any additional rebates from the CUC,” Wilson said.

“However, in 2011, we will bring a proposal for consideration: to interface Odyssey and Tiburon (Jail/Law Enforcement software) for the sharing of data which was in the original JST Business Plan,” she said.

At this time, the cost estimate is unknown.

Wilson presented certificates to four special people who led Project Rawhide: Connie Heinecke, IT senior project manager, Paul Ilami, Tyler senior project manager, Teresa Kubena and Wes Wittig, co-project managers.