Cypress Happenings

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"There’s no good answer,” Mark Henry, superintendent of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District near Houston, told trustees at a recent special meeting in which they voted to postpone the district’s hybrid reopening until September. “If there was a good answer, if there were an easy answer,” he said, “we would lay it out for you and everybody would be happy.” Source: New York Times: “A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In” August 1, 2020

aquatic athletes earn Tisca academic all-state honors

Twenty-two of the Thirty-four CFISD swimmers, divers and water polo players named to the Texas Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (TISCA) Academic All-State Team represented Bridgeland and Cypress Ranch High Schools. To qualify for academic all-state honors, athletes are required to have a minimum GPA of 3.750 on a 4- point scale, for five semesters (juniors) or seven semesters (seniors); be cl assified as a junior or senior; and lettered in their high school p rogram (swimming, diving or water polo) during their junior or senior year. TISCA recognized the following students:

Bridgeland

Aldercy Bui Lianne Duran Ashley Harris Lane Hovorka Mia Lawton Hanna Vinklarek Jackson Dement Hayden Faulk Ezequiel Imbern John McMahon Jonathan Ware Nail Wright Nicholas Wright

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Kevin Pham Eric Gabriel Azcoitia Dev Randalpura Ve daant Kaura James Gavin Wyatt Fredrickson Pranav Sosale Austin Jones Colin Wenger

Tennis Players named to 2020 all-district Teams

37 tennis players from Bridgeland and Cy-Ranch were named to the Academic All-District 14-6A and District 17-6A tennis teams. Athletes named to the academic all-district teams finished the se ason in good standing and earned an overall weighted grade point average of 5.5 or higher for all classes for the two identified six weeks that make up the majority of their regular season. Bridgeland Abby Porter Denny Hwang Divya Tuluri Adi Makthala Haley McNabb Alison Chen Ethan Payne Dallas White Emma Eads Lucas White Sid Rayapur Abbey Faggard Carston Heinrich Ethan Reader Lauren Green Elise Barlow

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Darcy Thompson Abby Guillaume Nathan Hill Sophie Ritter Keith Seafous Manvir Singh

Vinayak Belavadi Grant Curington Hiba Dadabhoy Mikayla Flippin Jasmine Flores Corinne Francois Carolina Gonzalez Keegan Smith Valeria Tellez-Dara Michael Thompson Chloe Vancemelbecke Arka Bose Maya McDaniel Julia Tran

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gulf Coast regional Blood Center Blood drive & Covid-19 antibody Testing at the Berry Center

The Berry Center • 8877 Barker Cypress Rd. • Cypress, TX Appointments available throughout August. Please visit www.berrycenter.net/events to view available dates and sign up.

Mint express Car Wash Food drive & grand Opening

FOOD DRIVE: August 24 - September 6, 2020 GRAND OPENING: Friday, August 28 - Sunday, August 30 2020 8640 Barker Cypress • Cypress (across from the Berry Center) Mint Express Car Wash, a new state-of-the-art express car wash, is opening its first location in Cypress. The Grand Opening event will be held August 28-30, 2020 offering free car washes to all customers. “As part of our motto to be part of the community that we serve, Mint Express is hosting a food collection drive August 24 - September 3, in partnership with Cy-Fair Helping Hands, a community non-profit which serves the homeless and hungry. Our goal is to give back to the community during these uncertain economic times; we hope to collect 10,000 cans of non-perishable food during the campaign. We l ook forward to meeting people in the community as we work together to feed those in need. As our commitment to the campaign, Mint Express pledges to donate at least 1,000 food cans,” states owner Vinay Chhabra.

Benefit for hPd helicopter Pilot, Chase Cormier

Sunday, August 23, 2020 • Noon-6pm Bareback Bar & Icehouse • 19940 Kuykendahl • Spring $10 for Adults, $5 for kids 12 and under (3 & under free). Live Music with Neal McCoy. All Proceeds go to the Cormier Family.

Blood drive - giannina’s Pizza and Catering

Sunday, August 30, 2020 • Noon-4:30pm 9740 Barker Cypress Rd. • Cypress, TX 77433 Free pint of Blue Bell Ice Cream & Free Covid-19 Antibody Testing*! Sign up online at www.CommitForLife.org and enter Sponsor Code: GIAN. Contact Giannina Cicciarella at 832-963-8008 or gianninaspizza@gmail.com with questions. *This test is authorized by the FDA only for detecting the presence of antibodies against SARS-Co V-2 and is not intended for diagnosis of Covid-19.

Cypress-Fairbanks isd Classes resume

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

senior Travelers of Cypress nashville show Trip

Sunday, November 29 • 8am - Saturday, December 5, 2020 Good Shepherd Methodist • 20155 Cypress Wood • Cypress Transportation, meals, live shows, guided tours and much more! Cost: $765 - $75 due upon signing. Final payment due Sept. 22 (Per person, double occupancy. Add $255 for single occupancy.) For more info and reservations contact: Jo Ann Lambert at pstlgrl@gmail.com or Jackie Devine at jackie.devine@comcast.net

a Message From The Commissioner

I write to you with a message of hope and encouragement. Although our world these days may seem bleak when we watch the news, this coronavirus p andemic will not break our spirit. In the midst of this storm, Harris County Precinct 4 still celebrates many small triumphs. Commissioners Court recently passed the Small Business Recovery Fund (SBRF) program offering up to $30 million in grants to small businesses. We hope these funds, provided by our federal partners under the CARES Act, will give businesses the spark needed to survive this p andemic and serve us long into the future. Those in need may also qualify for food, masks, and other assistance. Learn more about some of these resources below. In Precinct 4, we offer an abundance of beautiful parks to explore and virtual programs to see. Your county workers also continue to repair streets, build roads, and find contactless ways to provide entertainment and recreation. My staff recen tly hosted a virtual concert spotlighting the music of The Beatles. The event reached 13,298 people and received 5,900 u nique views as of July 21! While the pandemic continues, we hope to present many more virtual programs like this to inspire and entertain you. Stay tuned for details on Precinct 4’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HCPrecinct4. Stay safe, wash your hands, and remember that your serva nts h ere in Precinct 4 continue to serve you.

harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner r. Jack Cagle

Cy-Fair helping hands annual Backpacks and school supplies drive nOW through augusT 18

The Coronavirus has put a great financial strain on families that are already struggling within our community. This has been evidenced by the long lines of cars that are coming through our Cy-Fair Helping Hands weekly drive-thru pantry food distribution. CFISD students will begin classes on September 8, 2020. Cy-Fair Helping Hands is committed to providing backpacks filled with school supplies to registered CFHH clients whose children attend CFISD schools. We a re asking community businesses, churches, organizations, neighborhoods, and families to purcha se and fill new backpacks with s chool supplies appropriate to the ages of the students. Our annual Backpacks and School Supplies Campaign will run through Tuesday, August 18, 2020, with a drive-thru distribution Wednesday, August 26, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, and Saturday, August 29, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, or until all supplies are distributed. EligiBiliTy reQuireMenTs Registered CFHH cli ents t hat have received food through the Cy-Fair Helping Hands Drive-Thru distribution in the month of July, with children that will attend CFISD schools beginning September 8, 2020 (Must have school identification or documentation from school campus for each student), are eligible to receive backpacks and school supplies. To commit to donating backpacks and school supplies, and to arrange delivery to our C y-Fair Helping Hands office, 7520 Cherry Park Drive, Ste. B, Houston, TX 77095, or email phudson@cyfairhelpinghands.org. To donate funds, please go to www.cyfairhelpinghands.org, or mail to: 7710 Cherry Park Drive, #T-385, Houston, TX 77095.