The 02-15-23 Edition of the Fort Bend Star

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$1.2 billion bond referendum

By Ken Fountain KFOUNTAIN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

At the end of a marathon regular meeting that ended past 1 a.m. Tuesday, the Fort Bend ISD board voted 6-1 to postpone voting on a proposed bond referendum until a special called meeting on Friday. The board faces a Saturday deadline to approve a bond measure in order to get it on the May 6 ballot.

District officials, after taking advice from consultants, are recommending a $1.2 billion bond initiative for capital projects, including the construction of new schools and the rebuilding of others, as well as long-deferred maintenance of facilities throughout the district.

The $1.2 billion figure was one most board members were leaning toward in discussions during the meeting. three other possible proposals were also presented by administration officials. The most conservative, at $998.5 million, was rejected even by the two trustees who were most vocal about keeping the bond proposal under $1 billion, Judy Dae and David Hamilton. Two higher scenarios at $1.4 billion and $1.6 billion, would include a new natatorium for the district and a new transportation facility.

Deputy Superintendent Steven Bassett and chief financial officer Bryan Guinn laid out in detail how each of the proposals would affect the district's income and savings tax rate, with the two lowest adding one cent, the third highest three cents, and the highest five cents. The current ad valorem tax rate of $1.1346 for maintenance and operations would remain unchanged.

Commissioners court looking to address homelessness

By Ken Fountain KFOUNTAIN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

Fort Bend County may soon consider getting into the business of helping people who are without housing in a much more concerted way.

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During the February 7 meeting of Commissioners Court, there was a lengthy discussion about one item involving the use of funds from the federal HOMEAmerican Rescue Plan

Allocation Plan, which was created by a Congressional act passed and signed into law in 2021 that set aside $5 billion to address the homelessness problem nationwide.

In earlier public comments, Fulshear Mayor Aaron Groff, executive director of the nonprofit organization Abigail's Place, spoke on behalf of that organization and several other area nonprofits: At-

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Renovation of Missouri City's Freedom Tree moving ahead

By Ken Fountain KFOUNTAIN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

With the last piece of the puzzle now in place, Missouri City is soon to embark on a project to renovate and greatly expand Freedom Tree Park, which pays homage to the summer day in 1865 when

enslaved people at the former Palmer Plantation learned that they were free.

According to the historical marker placed at the park, the Palmer Plantation was founded by planter and Texas state official Edward Palmer in 1860. After the death of Palmer and later his wife,

the plantation was owned by their teenage daughter, Bettie.

After the end of the Civil War and the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston (now honored as the federal holiday Juneteenth), a white overseer and Ed Graves, one of the slaves at the Palmer Plantation, gath-

ered the remaining slaves underneath the large oak tree to announce that they were now free. They would be able to continue working the on the property, with a portion of the crops as compensation.

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Among the items the facilities bond referendum approved by Missouri City voters in 2021 was a $3.5

million item for the renovation of Freedom Tree Park, which has gained more public notice in recent years, according to District B Councilman Jeffrey Boney.

The tree is located in the smaller portion of the present park, tucked

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HS Hoops: Hurricanes clinc District 20-6A title

By Landan Kuhlmann LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

The Hightower Hurricanes have come back to the state’s largest classification, and are kings of one of the area’s most competitive districts.

In their return to Class 6A following realignment, the Hurricanes are district champions after a pair of wins clinched the Hurricanes the outright District 20-6A title last week. Hightower (23-8, 13-2) knocked off Austin 66-51 on Feb. 7 before defeating Travis 71-59 on Feb. 11 to claim the title in their return to the state’s largest classification.

Milton Rice scored 27 points to lead the Hurricanes against Travis, while Jaden Hughes added 22 points of his own to pace Hightower in the title-clinching victory. Clements is headed back to the postseason for a second consecutive season after two more victories last week. Bukola Oboye had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Rangers (20-7, 11-4) in a 50-37 victory over George Ranch on Feb. 11, while Bryce Mathews scored a gamehigh 20 points in their 63-51 win over Dulles on Feb. 17. Divine Ugochukwu also had 16 points, six assists, and eight rebounds against Dulles.

In Class 5A action, the Kempner Cougars split a pair of games last week, defeating Lamar Consolidated 49-38 on Feb. 7 before losing 76-34 to district-leading Marshall on Friday. Despite the loss to Marshall, however, the Cougars (17-15, 6-7 district) clinched District 20-5A’s fourth and final playoff spot and will return to the postseason next week. It is the first

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playoff appearance for the program in 10 years, with the last time coming during the 2012-2013 campaign. The Cougars were slated to finish off their regular season with a game against Rosenberg Terry on Tuesday night.

Elsewhere in the district, Fulshear kept its winning streak alive with wins over Foster (65-61) on Feb. 7 and Lamar Consolidated

(68-35) on Feb. 12 to run its record to 20-13 overall and 12-1 in district play. Grayson Bennett had 12 points and five rebounds to lead the charge against Lamar Consolidated, while Dylan Garner scored a game-high 17 points in the win over Foster. Foster rebounded from the loss to Fulshear with a 69-60 win over Randle on Feb. 10 to improve to

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14-15 overall and 9-4 in district play, and will end the regular season as the district’s third seed. Jace Jones had 19 points and nine rebounds against Randle, while Jaime Archelle had 13 points and Bode Karunwi added 10 points of his own.

Jaylen Reedus had a team-leading 27 points and 11 steals for Marshall (30-3, 13-0) while Jaland

Lowe scored 26 points in the win over Kempner, and Demarcus Johnson led the charge with 17 points in a 74-29 over Willowridge on Feb. 7.

In Class 4A action, the Stafford Spartans clinched a fourth consecutive district championship with wins over Columbia (81-36) on Feb. 7 and Sweeny (71-29) on Feb. 10. Glenn Bishop had 23

points for Stafford (26-7, 11-0) against Columbia, and Braden East added in 17 points of his own. The Spartans were ranked 9th in Class 4A by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches ahead of Tuesday’s regular season finale against Bay City.

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Fort Bend sending dozens to state swim meet

By Landan Kuhlmann LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

Fort Bend County will be well-represented when the best swimmers and divers the state has to offer come together in Austin for the Class 5A/6A state swimming and diving meets this weekend.

The Class 5A and 6A state meets will take place this Friday and Saturday at the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center on the campus of the University of Texas, and dozens of local athletes will have their chance to etch their names in the state’s record books.

Among Class 6A schools from the area, Clements has three individual qualifiers along with the boys’ 200 freestyle relay team.

Texas A&M commit Logan Brown is back in defense of his state title last year in the boys’ 100 breaststroke after posting the state’s best qualifying time (54.48 seconds) and also had the second-best qualifying time

(1:47.33) in the boys’ 200 Individual Medley. Kayla Fu is looking for a second consecutive state crown in the girls’ 50 freestyle, and will also look to move to the top in the 100 free, where she was a silver medalist last season.

In Class 5A, Foster leads the way with 11 individual qualifiers and four different relay teams headed to the state meet. Adelaide

Williford and Kylie Kennedy each qualified in both the girls’ 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, while Caedmon Doherty qualified in the same events on the boys’ side.

Fulshear will also be well-represented in Austin with five total individual qualifiers and four different swimmers qualifying in multiple events. The Chargers are also sending five different relay teams to the state meet.

Below is a full list of the Class 5A and Class 6A state qualifiers from Fort Bend County.

Class 6A

Austin

Boys 200 medley relay

Boys’ 200 free relay

Boys’ 400 free relay

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Boys’ 200 free relay

Logan Brown – Boys’ 200 IM (1:47.33, 2nd-best qualifying time); 100 breast (54.48, best qualifying time)

Kayla Fu – Girls’ 50 free (22.82, 2nd-best qualifying time); 100 free (49.82, best qualifying time)

Hayden Bellotti – Boys’ 50 free (20.21, 2nd-best qualifying time); 100 fly (46.83, best qualifying time)

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Girls’ 200 medley relay

Girls’ 200 free relay

Annie Schoditsch – Girls’ 50 free

Emily Ford – Girls’ 100 breaststroke

Kadyn Boettcher – Girls’ 100 backstroke

Ridge Point

Ethan Hunter – Boys’ 1M diving

Class 5A

Foster

Girls’ 200 medley relay

Girls’ 200 free relay

Boys’ 200 free relay (1:25.92, 2nd-best qualifying time)

Boys’ 400 free relay

Karleigh Nyles – Girls’ 1M diving

Elijah Baker – Boys’ 1M diving

Immanuel Cutler – Boys’ 1M diving

Kinley Nyles – Girls’ 100

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Fulshear

Girls’ 200 medley relay

Boys’ 200 medley relay

Girls’ 200 free relay (1:38.68, 2nd-best qualifying time)

Boys’ 200 free relay

Girls’ 400 free relay

Avery Dillon – Girls’ 200 free; 500 free

Kaito Quiroz – Boys’ 200 free; 500 free

Kailey Kennedy – Girls’ 50 free (23.51; 4th-best qualifying time); 100 breaststroke

Ellie Paisley – Girls’ 100 fly; 500 free

Gabe Pedracio – Boys’ 100 backstroke

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Tanner McKay – Boys’ 100

breaststroke

Adelaide Williford – Girls’ 50 free; 100 free

Kylie Kennedy – Girls’ 50 free; 100 free

Benjamin Schwank –Boys’ 50 free

Caedmon Doherty – Boys’ 50 free; 100 free

Kyle Den Herder – Boys’ 100 fly

Malea Tremaine – Girls’ 100 breaststroke

Kempner

Girls’ 200 medley relay

Girls’ 200 free relay

Boys’ 400 free relay

Jack Boyson – Boys’ 50 free; 100 fly

Arthur Newton – Boys’ 200 free; 100 backstroke

Holly Finley – Girls’ 200 IM; 200 free; 100 free

Randle

Ethan Esparza – Boys’ 100 backstroke

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The Sugar Land City Council recently approved a new residential reinvestment initiative that empowers Sugar Land homeowners to invest in their community by preserving, protecting and enhancing their neighborhoods.

The Great Homes Design program provides Sugar Land homeowners and homeowners associations with a re-envisioned exterior home design at a cost

exclusive to Sugar Land residents, according to a news release.

Under the Design program, a $500 rebate may be available for homeowners who substantially implement at least one qualifying exterior improvement on their home within six months of receiving a design through the program.

The Great Homes Update Program is a reimbursement incentive encouraging rehabilitation and refurbishments of the exterior of single-fami-

ly houses. Through the Update program, homeowners may be eligible for a reimbursement of up to $10,000 for a portion of their exterior home improvement costs. Eligibility requirements

for both programs must be met to qualify for program participation and reimbursement. Applications for the programs will be available starting Feb. 15 at www.SugarLandEcoDev.com/Great-Homes.

“This is an incredible opportunity for residents who own single-family homes to update their homes and invest in the community they already call home,”

Jonathan Soriano, Sugar Land community development program strategist, said in the news release.

“Investing in older homes

and neighborhoods is vital to pushing Sugar Land to the next stage of its success and provides the chance for residents to finally do those home improvements they’ve been putting off.”

More than 70 percent of single-family homes in Sugar Land were built before 2000. The Great Homes program is meant to ensure the city keeps pace with new housing options within the region, according to the release. All single-family homeowners with properties

within the Sugar Land city limits are potentially eligible and encouraged to participate in the program.

Great Homes is a one-year pilot program funded with existing one-time sales tax capacity available in the general fund and will be re-evaluated in 2024. For more information and to apply for the Great Homes program, visit www.SugarLandEcoDev. com/Great-Homes.

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away on a plot of land surrounded by homes of the Lake Olympia neighborhood. That portion will be renovated and new amenities will be built on a much larger property directly across Misty Hollow Drive.

Boney said an ad hoc committee was formed to develop the project design involving city officials, business owners, residents and other stakeholder. The effort is also led by Mayor Pro Tem Floyd Emery,

on the impact scenarios would have if the district were to have to use its fund balance to cover some costs, and how that might impact the district's stellar bond rating. At the outset of the meeting, more than 30 people spoke in the open session, with the majority speaking on the other major piece of

whose District D includes Lake Olympia and Freedom Tree Park. (Emery was not available for comment by press time for this story.) While the project design has been moving apace, but there was one major sticking point. The larger piece of property includes an easement held by the Houston-based Phllips 66 energy company. At the beginning of the February 6 City Council meeting, Boney announced that after discussions between city officials and Philips 66 representatives,

business of the meeting, the vote to alter the district's feeder pattern boundaries. That has been the subject of numerous meetings of the district's School Bond Oversight Committee since last fall.

Many parents, and a few students, voiced opposition to the scenarios presented for approval, particularly as it concerned busing students to new schools rather than the ones closest to their homes. Others expressed a

facilitated in part by U.S. Rep. Al Green, including a visit to the park site, the company has agreed to forgo the easement.

Boney told the Fort Bend Star that will allow the city to move forward with its current design without major modifications that might have delayed construction.

The proposed design includes new vegetation to act as a buffer from the traffic of surrounding streets, a pergola, two children's playgrounds, a performance stage, and off-street parking. Expect-

need for equity across the entire district.

Some members of the SBOC also were critical of the process by which they were presented with various proposals, saying that it gave a false impression of consensus among the committee members.

Among those who spoke on behalf of the bond proposal were Jeffrey Willey, president and CEO of the Fort Bend Economic Development Council, and Sugar

ed to begin next year. As an African-American who has lived in Missouri City for decades, Boney said the enhancement of Freedom Tree Park is important to him not only personally, but as a recognition of residents of the history of the area and the need for education.

He said he expects the park will attract visitors from around the Houston region, including school children, who will come to learn about and reflect on that history.

Land Mayor Joe Zimmerman.

In their discussions, board members showed evident doubt about how much the SBOC process had gathered a broad enough cross-section of input from the public. Some seemed ready to postpone all three rezoning proposals until a special called meeting on February 27. But Superintendent Christie Whitbeck urged the trustees to vote on the two

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tack Poverty!, the George Foundation, Parks Youth Ranch, and the HendersonWessendorff Foundation.

Those organizations, which all do work involving low- and moderate-income people, are working on putting together a formal proposal to bring before the Court in a later workshop discussion.

Groff said one of the most critical issues facing the county is the lack of "diversified housing stock"

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- affordable places that working families can either rent or own. That is contributing to more homelessness in the county, with Fort Bend ISD and Lamar CISD reporting a combined 1,600 students without permanent housing in the 2021-2022 school year, he said.

The proposal would include providing both immediate and long-term assistance, as well as the creation of a family service center that would offer wrap-around services that would help people get on

the path toward long-term stability. Rental assistance that was put in place during the early phase of the pandemic may be ending at the end of March, Groff noted, which will exacerbate the problem.

"In order to address these needs, we need to get to the root of the problem," he said.

When the actual item came up on the agenda, Precinct 3 Commissioner Andy Meyers noted that there had been no information on it in the meeting

County Judge KP George said that the item was only for discussion purposes, with no action to be taken on it. While county officials and business leaders, including himself, often tout Fort Bend's wealthy, he said, they sometimes miss part of the wider picture.

least contentious proposals so that the administration can make plans based on them as soon as possible.

At the end of the meeting, following an executive session, the trustees voted 6-1 (with Danetta Williams the sole no vote) to approve updated attendance boundaries for the Travis High School, Austin High School, and Kempner High School feeder patterns' and to approve updated attendance boundaries to open

At times speaking emotionally, George referred to the school districts' figures.

As of November, he said, Fort Bend ISD reported it had 803 students who were homeless, 193 of which were unaccompanied by parents or legal guardians.

"How did we miss that?" he asked. "How did we miss

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Alyssa Ferguson Elementary School and to relieve Heritage Rose Elementary School.

The trustees voted 5-2 (with Hamilton and Angie Hanan voting against) to postpone the vote on a new attendance boundary to open Almeta Crawford High School and to update the Hightower High School attendance community to provide additional relief to Ridge Point High School.

these children?"

"Knowing about it, it's time that we begin to address it," George said. With little other discussion, the item was tabled until it can be addressed in a workshop, expected in the next couple of weeks.

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2. This guy LOVES to snuggle! ALWAYS wants to be near someone and slept on the couch snuggled up against my mom last night. Total lap dog. Loves to jump onto the couch or recliner if someone is sitting there. Will nudge your hand if you are petting him and suddenly stop.

3. He appears to be potty trained! No accidents in the house. Didn't try to lift his leg on anything, either.

4. Not a shy or scared dog….. confidently walked into the house and acted like he had lived there for years.

5. Loves walks and has a high level of energy so will need to be walked several times a day. Pulls on leash.

6. He's like a cat when it comes to jumping. He can jump high. Fearless… can even jump onto a bar stool.

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8. Likes toys that make crinkle sounds, can chew them up fast.

9. No biting incidents although he'll "play bite" a little when he's actively playing with someone on the floor. He wasn't nervous around men…No biting or growling when he was sitting with me and my dad walked up to pet him. Sat with my dad a lot, too.

10. Will not try to run out the door anytime I come into or out of the house.

11. Never heard him bark!

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Mushrooms are for more than salads and recipes. Their components are used in cosmetics, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, animal feed, and bio-composite materials, such as vegan leather.

A new grant from the University of Houston Division of Research will fund a mushroom test beds at the University of Houston College of Technology at the Sugar Land campus to produce edible and medicinal mushrooms, as well as fungal mycelium for product research and development.

The $320,803 grant also will establish a training center and will bring together research faculty from several UH colleges, according to a story on the UH website.

“We will produce different mushrooms and extract compounds for use in research to treat things like cancer, tumors and depression,” Venkatesh Balan, associate professor in the College of Technology’s Department of Engineering Technology, said. He is collaborating with the College’s Driss Benhaddou and Weihang Zhu, both professors of engineering technology.

Internet of Things technology will improve mushroom farming productivity and efficiency as the growth chamber will be automated. Internet of Things refers to a network of objects that are connected and can exchange data through technologies such as sensors or software. The test bed will be located at near the College of Technology building. The three 8’ X 20’ insulated containers will be equipped with refrigeration and aeration. The first container will be used to process the agricultural residues, used as substrate for growing mushrooms. The second container will be used as an observation space and for data collection. The third container will be used to produce mycelium and mushrooms by controlling the environmental conditions, such as light, temperature, humidity and aeration. It is anticipated that 25-50 pounds of mushrooms can be harvested every three weeks.

“The mushrooms will be dried and ground to powder so the components can be extracted into oligosaccharides, proteins, lipids, polyphenols, and chitin for nutritional and skin care ap-

plications,” Benhaddou said.

“The test bed also will be used to produce fungal mycelium used for producing biomaterial composites.”

Because the water, light and temperature of the test bed will be automated, the amount of water and energy required to produce the mushrooms will be more sustainable. It also will reduce the carbon footprint more than conventional farming methods. Additionally, growing the mushrooms in shipping containers will help small scale mushroom producers quickly set up and operate reliably and economically.

“We hope to attract the attention of large mushroom companies, as well as organize workshops for local farmers and practitioners,” said Zhu.

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Barry Herman Cohn, devoted disciple of Christ, loving husband, father and proud grandfather, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.

Barry was born in Louisville, KY, on October 18, 1946 to Alice Carter Cohn and Herman Cohn between siblings Maureen and Louis Franklin. Their family moved to Tampa when Barry was three years old. He thoroughly enjoyed living in the sunshine, going to the beach and having the joy and freedom of his boyhood in Florida. The family returned to Louisville when Barry

was fifteen where he met his loving wife Glenna Mae Tyler, in their senior year of high school. They dated throughout college with Barry attending the University of Louisville where he graduated with a Chemical Engineering degree and Glenna attending Western Kentucky University. Barry and Glenna were married in 1968 and moved to Beaumont, Texas shortly after Barry’s graduation where he began his career with Mobil Oil.

Barry and Glenna enjoyed several years together in Beaumont where they were active at Amelia Church before welcoming Daniel Herman, Rebecca Rose and Rachel Allison into their young family.

Barry’s career took the family to Oklahoma where he worked for Phillips 66 and Champlin Refining, then back to Texas, back to Oklahoma, a brief year back with family in Kentucky then on to California working for Powerine Oil Co. Barry and Glenna relocated the family back to Texas to stay in 1988 when he joined Bechtel Engineering followed by Aspen Technology. He later retired from LyondellBasell. Barry’s time at

Bechtel and Aspen Tech blessed him with lifelong friends and took him and Glenna all over the world. They enjoyed many trips to Europe, Canada and Asia and Barry spent time in the Middle East and Latin America as well.

While Barry enjoyed his career, his pride and joy was his family; his wife, children and grandsons, Alexander (Xander), Chase and Mason. He was a devoted family man and loved discussing math and science with Xander, hearing about Chase’s football and lacrosse victories and watching Mason play baseball, taking him fishing & hearing his hunting stories.

Barry loved to spread the word of Jesus and lived his life with strong conviction. He is preceded in death by his father Herman Cohn, mother Alice Carter Cohn, and nephew Paul Wayne Severs. Barry leaves behind his devoted wife of 54 years, Glenna (Tyler) Cohn, son Daniel (Kim Macdonald Cohn), daughter Rebecca (Richard Stepp), daughter Rachel, and grandsons Xander Stepp, Chase Stepp and Mason Cohn, as well as his sister Maureen Cohn Severs

and his brother Louis F. Cohn and his family. Barry is remembered with deep and abiding love and cherished happiness that we were a part of his time here on earth.

Visitation will be held Friday, February 17th, at 11:00am with the funeral service immediately following at 12:00pm at Sugar Land Baptist Church, 16755 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX 77479 followed by a family farewell at his graveside.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to: St. Jude: http://giftfunds.stjude. org/BarryHCohn Or MD Anderson Cancer Center online, or mail in checks to: Remember a Loved One P.O. Box 4470, Houston, TX 77210-4470

Please include Barry H. Cohn and fec22r when mailing in check donations. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.settegastkopf.com for the Cohn family.

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