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A recent outbreak of COVID-19 at a Missouri City nursing home has left 19 of its residents dead, according to a news release from the city. The city said Fort Bend County data provided on Wednesday reported 38 total cases of COVID-19, the infectious disease
caused by the new coronavirus, at Paradigm at First Colony nursing home at 4710 Lexington Blvd. Additionally, 24 staff members have also been infected. Mayor Yolanda Ford called the outbreak “harrowing” and said it emphasizes the continuing severity of COVID-19, which had infected 10,021 county residents as of Monday afternoon, according to Fort Bend
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The Pacific Coast Tacos outdoor patio area, shown here in October 2019, could soon be expanded as the restaurant considers taking advantage of a city of Sugar Land initiative aimed at helping local restaurants recover from the economic impact of COVID-19. (Photo from Facebook)
Sugar Land allowing restaurants to expand outdoor dining By Landan Kuhlmann LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
Restaurants in the city of Sugar Land could soon be able to expand their outdoor dining capacity in an attempt to help them cope with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is a blessing for some in the hospitality industry, such as Pacific Coast Tacos situated in Lake Pointe Town Center. Restaurants across Texas have been forced to reduce their indoor dine-in
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allow restaurants in the municipality to temporarily expand their outdoor dining areas, including by using space in their parking lots. The city said it will work with businesses to maximize onsite capacity while keeping diners safe in accordance with federal and state guidelines. "I'm excited that we've identified a new and innovative opportunity to support our business community," City Manager Michael W. Goodrum said. "Our top priority will
always be the safety of our citizens, but we must also work with our businesses to ensure the economic health of our city. … This pandemic may not be over soon, so we must be prepared to work together for our common good." Nicole Solis, Sugar Land’s assistant director of environmental and neighborhood services, said an area business reached out to the city July 14 inquiring about providing additional possibilities for outdoor seating, which is not calculated as part of
the 50 percent maximum capacity allowed for an establishment under Abbott’s order. “They were looking for ways to make their customers a little more comfortable coming in while allowing them to serve more customers,” she said. The idea has been welcomed by those in the restaurant industry, including Pacific Coast Tacos. Espinosa said
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This year's county fair has been canceled over COVID-19. (File photo by Joe Southern).
capacity to 50 percent of their building occupancies under an executive order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “When he first reopened the state (in May), we were flourishing and getting our numbers back up,” Pacific Coast manager Carlos Espinosa said. “Then when the (mask mandate) came in (late June), it slowed everything down again for us.” According to a news release, Sugar Land’s city council passed an ordinance Aug. 4 that will
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produces called “The Greatest #AtHome Videos.” The video featuring Cannon aired on CBS last Friday. “It definitely blew up a lot more than we were anticipating,” Jaime said. “But I guess people just love to hear babies try to say words that (the babies) can’t (say
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With Missouri City reeling from a recent COVID-19 outbreak at Paradigm at First Colony Nursing home, the area’s state and federal representatives partnered with United Memorial Medical Center and local faith leaders to open a free coronavirus testing center Monday at Christ Temple of Deliverance church. State Rep. Ron Reynolds of District 27 and U.S. Rep. Al Green of District 9 were in attendance for the opening of the testing site,
along with Bishop Destry Bell. “Those who need testing, (even) if they don’t think they need it, they should come,” Bell said. The free testing location replaces a Missouri City site previously operated by Fort Bend County, which has added a testing location at Fifth Street Community Center in Stafford. The county also is administering free COVID-19 tests at Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, Gallery Furniture in Richmond and Seven Lakes Middle School in Katy. Appointments are required at the county sites and can be made by visiting
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Clements High School choir director Janet Menzie was named the 2021 Region 4 Secondary Teacher of the Year during a virtual awards ceremony Monday, according to a news release from Fort Bend ISD. As a result, Menzie will be up for a statewide honor at the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) Texas Teacher of the Year program. The winner will be announced during a joint convention
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New direction brings exciting possibilities Conventional wisdom, for whatever it’s worth, tends to lean toward a consensus that there’s a time and a place for everything. And I’m very grateful to finally be able to call Houston home and to be covering your local communities here in Fort Bend County. You’ve no doubt been wanting to put a face to the new name you’ve seen online and in last week’s paper. My name is Stefan Modrich, and in my new role as a reporter here at the Fort Bend Star, I hope to make a good impression on you, dear reader, and to become a conduit for your voice. I find myself at home working in Fort Bend not only because of my love of Buc-ee’s brisket, chicken tikka masala and matcha bubble tea, but because I feel like I belong among this diverse set of ethnic groups and communities, a place that is both forward-thinking
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and accepting but also values tradition and history. I have always been a voracious reader and consumer of news, going back to the time I read the Chicago Tribune and The Wall Street Journal at the breakfast table. As a fourth grader it was only the Tribune’s sports and comics section that drew my attention, but it didn’t take long for me to open myself up to a vast media landscape that continues to grow and evolve in ways that are nearly impossible to predict. Those same characteristics have defined, in some way, nearly every place I’ve lived, whether it was growing up in Chi-
cago, where I was born and raised, going to college at Arizona State University (Go Devils!) or living abroad in Croatia and having tremendous opportunities to travel to Spain, France, Hungary, Slovakia, and many other places previously unknown only outside of a map. I’m proud of my family’s origin story and ancestry, and I know so many of the immigrant families in Fort Bend are as well. So I look forward to speaking with those of you who may not even realize yet just how historically significant your presence is in this richly multicultural place and its implications for a more truly diverse nation in the years and decades to come. I’m also very fortunate to have started my journey in Texas with The Brownsville Herald, where I was a sports reporter covering the Rio Grande Valley, a border community that has
strong and ever-present ties to the Houston area. Moving here from the Valley during a global pandemic and Hurricane Hanna was quite a difficult obstacle to overcome. But I’m happy to admit that during some of the more trying and challenging periods of life in quarantine, I found solace in being reminded what one of my interview subjects, ESPN producer Jeremy Williams, called the hardworking student-athletes and families they met in Brownsville — “the greatest Americans I’ve ever met.” The pandemic and the resulting crises have not relented, of course. And yet already, I am in awe of the melting pot of people in Fort Bend, from Missouri City to Kendleton and everywhere in between, for their resiliency and their instincts to look out for one another. Whether you or someone you know is a new TikTok star breaking out
County officials: Number of COVID-19 cases spike because of system backlog By Stefan Modrich SMODRICH@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
Fort Bend County officials announced Aug. 5 that a change in their COVID-19 tracking and contact tracing system would result in an “exponential increase” in cases, according to County Judge KP George. Dr. Jacquelyn Johnson Minter, the director of the county’s Health and Human Services department, said Texas Health Trace, the state’s data management and contact tracing system for COVID-19 cases, had begun to attribute a backlog of coronavirus cases to patients in Fort Bend County that had not been previously reported to county officials.
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★ FAIR FROM PAGE 1 planning with board members, staff, and committeemen, as well as with county, city & health officials,” County Fair officials wrote in a statement. “The Fair Association will faithfully and respectfully follow the city and county’s recommendation.” Sean Gutierrez, the president of the fair, said in a Facebook video that the fair is still planning to hold a modified livestock show and auctions, along with other traditions such as awarding scholarships and crowning a fair queen, but the events are still in the preliminary planning stages. All of those events are required to adhere to state and county coronavirus mitigation guidelines. “Our event has changed, but our spirit has not,” Gutierrez said. “Volunteers make the difference. As your event may have been canceled, your opportunity to help has not. As we make the necessary modifications to meet the COVID-19 mitigation plan, we will be reaching out to all our volunteers to help us fill different roles.” Gutierrez said an altered schedule for the modified events is forthcoming. In the interim, the Fair Association announced it plans to hold next year’s fair from Sept. 24-Oct. 3, 2021.
As of Monday, the county had reported 10,018 total coronavirus cases, adding 2,064 cases since Aug. 5. Of those newly reported cases, 1,538 resulted from the Texas Health Trace backlog, according to the county. “Only a portion of those will be newly confirmed cases,” Minter said during an Aug. 5 news conference at the County Courthouse in Richmond. “We will provide identification of which cases were in the database before and which cases are currently new cases.” George said the recent spike in new cases is a result of community spread, not from outside the county. “You need to be careful. You need to be living your life with caution,” George
local, county and state leaders,” Ford said. “The city is concerned about the individuals and families who are affected by the Paradigm cases, and staff will continue to monitoring the situation and working proactively to help flatten the curve.” For COVID-19 updates and information
said. “COVID is still here. It is real.” According to county data, there have been 52,909 total tests administered by county-sanctioned sites. In addition, 3,451 patients have recovered from COVID-19 and 113 deaths have been reported among county residents. According to the SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC), which tracks ICU and hospital bed usage in the region, 26.4 percent of the county’s ICU patients as of Monday were suspected or confirmed coronavirus cases. COVID-19 patients represented 15.2 percent of the total number of patients in general hospital beds. The county’s hospitals as a whole remain below their
pertaining to Missouri City, residents can go to the city’s websites at missouricitytx.gov and missouricityready.com, or follow the Office of Emergency Management on Twitter @MissouriCityEM.
operational capacities for both general beds and ICU beds, although only 16 of 122 ICU beds were available as of Monday. Rita Obey, a spokesperson for the county’s Health and Human Services department, said it is important for the community to recognize their role in minimizing the spread of the virus. “Every person has to be able to recognize that while they may have important business that they may need to attend to, that they need to think through how those decisions may impact their family members,” Obey said. “There are a lot of activities that are available for people to engage in, but are they the best option for them to protect their family members?”
onto the scene and going viral, or you and your family are raising chickens, starting a garden, or helping volunteer at a food bank to help your neighbors, please share them with me. Are you an essential worker? A first responder? I want to hear from you. And likewise, if you feel you aren’t getting a fair shake during a time when so many are struggling, I also want to hear from you. As members of the press, our job, as it was famously detailed by Chicago journalist Finley Peter Dunne in his portrayal of the fictional character Mr. Dooley, “is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” When you see my name in this space, I will ask you to respect the distinction between my reporting and my opinion and hold me to the same high standards I hold myself. My responsibility to you outside of this column is to pro-
vide rigorous, unbiased reporting, and it’s something I always have and always will strive for no matter where my byline appears. I will also ask you to continue to support my colleagues and I through word-of-mouth and by letting us know when our work is meaningful to you, as well as when you think we fell short and could have done better. If you have a book or movie recommendation or if you see me out and about on a running trail or at a restaurant and would like to say hello from a safe, social distance, you’re more than welcome to. I hope you’ll reach out to me when you can to let me know what’s on your mind, and what I can do to bring light to the concerns and the triumphs alike of this diverse and vibrant place. You can contact Stefan on Twitter @StefanJModrich or via email smodrich@ fortbendstar.com.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FISCAL YEAR 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET The City of Sugar Land will hold a public hearing hosted via live stream at http://www.sugarlandtx.gov/1238/SLTV-16-Live-Video or https://www. youtube.com/sugarlandtxgov/live -Sugar Land Comcast subscribers can also tune-in on Channel 16. Public Hearing 6:00 p.m. City Council Meeting September 1, 2020, City of Sugar Land City Council Chamber, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North to hear all persons interested in the proposed Fiscal Year 2021 budget. This budget will raise more total property taxes than last year’s budget by $2,284,936 or 4.42%, and of that amount, $715,234 is tax revenue to be raised from new property added to the tax roll this year. The proposed budget may be inspected by appointment only in the Office of the City Secretary, City of Sugar Land City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; please call 281-275-2730 to schedule an appointment. The budget is available at www.sugarlandtx.gov/budget. The Sugar Land City Council encourages all City of Sugar Land taxpayers to review the proposed budget and participate in the public hearing. You may also provide written comments or input, visit www.sugarlandtx.gov/ PublicHearingComment for feedback or information. As of the date of this publication (August 12, 2020), the City of Sugar Land will limit meetings to City of Sugar Land staff and essential personnel in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a result, the City of Sugar Land has elected to conduct this meeting online. Members of the public wishing to view the meeting live may do so at the links referenced above. Members of the public desiring to make comments during the public hearing may submit their written comments to the Office of City Secretary (citysec@sugarlandtx. gov). Comments should reference the hearing in the subject line, must be received by 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2020, then will be read into the record during the public hearing. Members of the public desiring to make their comments during the published date and time of the public hearing must e-mail (citysec@sugarlandtx.gov) or call ((281) 275- 2730) the Office of the City Secretary by 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2020 to register and receive instructions for participation remotely during the hearing. Should the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and/or an appropriate prevailing authority, revise restrictions related to social distancing and the avoidance of large and small gatherings in public spaces prior to 72 hours of the date of the public hearings, the City of Sugar Land will provide notice to the public on the City Council meeting agenda at www.sugarlandtx.gov under “Meeting Agendas.”
Jerrius Kyle Buffer, whose whereabouts is unknown, must answer Jesse A. Pierce’s Petition for Divorce and other relief by 11th day of September, 2020 (30 days after the date of the last publication), or thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case No. 55-DR-2020-000001.00, Circuit Court of Pike County, Alabama. Done this the 20th day of July, 2020. Clerk of Circuit Court of Pike County, Alabama Jamie G. Campbell Attorney for Jesse A. Pierce 904 South Brundidge Street Post Office Box 325 Troy, Alabama 36081
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LEGAL NOTICE Original application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a WINE & BEER RETAILERS PERMIT with FOOD and BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE by Corleone’s Food Group, LLC, a Texas Liability Company d/b/a Drake’s Burgers and Shakes, located around 6560 Greatwood Parkway, Ste #100, Sugar Land, Texas 77479. Officers of said company are Kevin Rios, President/ Secretary/ Manager and Mario Rios, Vice President/Manager
CIP PROJECT NAME: Grants Lake Water Well, Thompson Chapel Water Well and Boulder Oaks Water Well No. 3 Rehabilitations CIP PROJECT NUMBER: WA2001 LOCATION OF WORK: Grants Lake Water Well: 2628 Grants Lake Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77479 Thompson Chapel Water Well: 4603 Thompson Chapel, Sugar Land, TX 77479 Boulder Oaks Water Well No. 3: 1922 ½ Boulder Oaks Ln, Sugar Land, TX 77479
Es norma del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Fort Bend no discriminar en sus procedimientos de empleo por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, impedimento o edad, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la ley de Discriminación por Edad, de 1975, según enmienda; y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.
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Missouri City teenager selected for national baseball showcase By Landan Kuhlmann LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
For much of his life, Logan Shields has traded off between perfecting his academic work as a home-schooled student and perfecting his craft as an athlete. The latter endeavor resulted in the Missouri City teenager being chosen to participate in a national select baseball tournament later this month. Shields, a seventh-grader at Thornton Middle School who pitches and plays third base, was one of 28 players recently selected to play in the inaugural Perfect Game 12U Select Baseball Festival on Aug. 28-30 in Marietta, Georgia. The event will showcase the talents of the top 12-and-under players in the country as selected by Perfect Game staff members. Those selected must have attended at least one Perfect Game tournament or Perfect Game “The Series” event in 2020 to be considered for selection. “I put in a lot of hard work going out to the baseball field with my dad, and my mom is the one that really pushes me,” Shields said. “It felt amazing knowing my name was out there among the top kids in the nation.” In addition to scheduled tournaments and other games, some participants also took part in a series of skills-training exercises and competitions against similarly-skilled players during the 2020 season until the player pool was whittled down to 28. Though he had been noticed before, Shields said his selection was special. “I was honestly just surprised that I made it that far,” he said. Success on the diamond is in Shields’ bloodlines. His mother, Stacy Shields, was a high school softball player, while his aunt pitched at Texas Lutheran University. Ever since picking up a ball at age 3 and playing T-ball at age 5, Stacy said her son immediately took to the game and has never taken his talent for granted – even as it takes him around the region and the country to states like Georgia, where he was playing in a tournament last weekend.
“We definitely do have some ball background, and we do push him pretty hard. But he’s definitely embraced it all,” Stacy said. “He’s extremely hardheaded and very competitive, so that helps with his drive as well. His coaches all have very high expectations as well, so everybody involved really pushes him hard.” Logan echoed the sentiment. “I tried it out in T-ball and thought it was fun, so I kept on playing it and loving it from there,” he said. It’s not the first time the younger Shields has been recognized for his standout talent. He was also chosen for the 12U USA national team that traveled to Taiwan as part of the U17 Baseball World Cup last year, and pitched in a win against the Korean 12U national team. Closer to home, he has played with Houston-based ZT Elite select baseball team for the past three years and will do so again this season. But amidst the success – on or off the field – Stacy Shields said the family mantra has always been to enjoy it while keeping their nose to the grindstone. She also said playing with select and national teams has helped Logan develop a maturity that belies his years. “We were just so proud (when he was selected), because he has definitely put in all the hard work,” she said. “We’ve always stressed to him to work hard, but also stay humble. You can be good today and not so good tomorrow.” Logan appears to have taken the advice to heart. When he’s not traveling the country or the world playing baseball, he’s laying low at a friend’s lake house or the neighborhood pool in Sienna, at an amusement park or playing video games. But when he’s on that field and all eyes are on him, Stacy said her son is living his passion – which is all a parent can want for their child. “We’re very nervous when he pitches like all parents are,” she said. “But just seeing the smile on his face because he loves the game and wants to be one of the top players makes us so proud.”
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Review: Pupuseria Lazo strikes the right balance By Stefan Modrich SMODRICH@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
In order to fully appreciate the cuisine of one of the fast-growing ethnic groups in the Greater Houston area and Fort Bend County, treating yourself to a pupusa is a must. For pupusas of the El Salvadoran variety, Fort Bend residents have several options to choose from in close proximity. At Pupuseria Lazo #2 in Stafford, you can expect a quality and inexpensive meal that is well-balanced and satisfying. By going off the main menu, I spent less than $15 and ended up with
enough food to easily share between two people. For those who are venturing out to try pupusas ($1.50 and up) for the first time, here is a primer: A pupusa is a thick flatbread stuffed with cheese and your choice of protein. It has a soft and smooth texture on the inside and out. You can try them the way I did — stuffed with beans and pork — or with loroco, an edible flower that has a similar flavor profile to broccoli, chard or squash. No pupusa is complete without its sidekick, curtido. Salvadoran curtido is like coleslaw or kimchi, lightly fermented and most often made with a white
cabbage base. It also includes onions, carrots, oregano and sometimes lime juice. Curtido’s bright, crisp and crunchy texture pairs well with the hearty, chewy pupusa. Other popular items are tamales ($1.25 and up), which differ mainly from Mexican tamales in that they are made with banana leaves instead of corn husks. A glass of horchata, a plant-based milk, is an excellent way to wash down a meal like this. But there are several refrescos (natural juices) available, including natural flavors like hibiscus and tamarind ($2.50 for a medium, $3.50 for a large). Sodas are $1 in a can and $2.50 for a bottle.
★ TODDLER FROM PAGE 1 yet).” When Cannon tries to pronounce tomato, he says the first syllable and adds in some gibberish. TikTok users have no doubt been entertained as Jaime’s account, @jaimecrawford34, now has 33,500 followers. “He loves tomatoes,” Jaime said. “We were watching ‘Veggie Tales,’ and Bob the
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Pictured are the pupusas with the curtido at Pupuseria Lazo #2 in Stafford. (Photo by Stefan Modrich)
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Tomato came on the screen. I tried to get him to say ‘Bob the Tomato’ and obviously he could say ‘Bob’ super easily. But then he got tripped up on the tomato part. So that’s when that whole thing kind of started. “For some reason, he could not say tomato. And the more we laughed, obviously, the more (likely it was) he wouldn’t do it.” Jaime said TikTok provided a way for the family to entertain friends and other
relatives with their son’s progress from infancy into childhood. “It was really nice to give them a little insight into what Cannon is up to these days,” Jaime said. Now, the entire country has had a chance to watch Cannon. “We’re pretty excited to see it,” Jaime said before it aired. “We’re all going to have a little watch party for it.” The show’s premise, according to a CBS/Viacom news release, is to highlight the “creativity, humor and humanity” of the shared experience of quarantining and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The show is hosted by Cedric The Entertainer. As a toddler, Cannon may not be able to fully grasp the significance of his social media stardom and network television fame. But his
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