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SEE BOOK PAGE 7A By Matt deGrood MDEGROOD@FORTBENDSTAR.COM Local district draws backlash for book reviews Rising demand FBISD trustees call for tax rate election SEE INSECURITY PAGE 7A County planning museum tour for 200th anniversary REVEALEDWINNERS ON PG. 1B READE 2022 RS’ CHOICE AT THE CENTRESTAFFORD Expo SENI R 6TH VENDINGANNUALSPOTSAVAILABLEJSAZMA@FORTBENDSTAR.COM281-690-4200signupnowtoattend!10/12/22•9AM-1PM SEE TAX PAGE 7A Volunteers

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The reason voters need to approve maintaining the tax rate is because, under state law, the dis trict must seek voter approval to institute any tax rate that would in crease revenues by more than 2.5 percent of the previous year’s, accord ing to the Becausestate.ofrising prop erty values across Fort Bend County, maintain ing that rate would give the district about $47 mil lion in additional funding, according to a news re lease.District leaders plan to use that money to re duce a $47 million deficit, provide funding for new safety measured, increase teachers’ starting salaries up to $60,000 and pro vide supplemental pay to long-serving employees, according to the district.

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“It’s the confluence of all these different issues, be cause it is systemic,” said David Sincere, a pastor at Fort Bend Transforma tion Church who has aided those dealing with food insecurity. “With inflation, rental rates are going up along with gas prices and wage stagnation. People are having to choose, how much food are they going to buy versus are they going to be able to afford rent?” Food prices have in creased about 10.4 percent from a year ago, which is good for the largest 12-month increase since 1981, according to a New York Times article.

Rising prices for gas and food have combined to cre ate more food insecurity in Fort Bend County, while al so reducing businesses’ and residents’ ability to provide donations, according to ex perts with local charitable organizations.Whiledemand for aid isn’t as high as it was during the height of the pandemic in March 2020, it’s still high er than it ever was before, according to Shayne Baker, a food pantry coordinator at Catholic Charities in Fort Bend“We’reCounty.currently seeing about 1,000 to 1,400 fami lies per week,” she said, comparing it to the 300 families the pantry served before the pandemic. Experts on food insecu rity in Fort Bend County say the rising cost of prices in several different areas, combined with relatively stagnant wages have made life difficult for county resi dents who might not have had a problem in the years before the pandemic.

“I don’t believe in ban ning any books,” said Sumita Chowdhury Gosh, a parent with two children in Fort Bend ISD schools. “Especially when we have the internet freely avail able, which has a lot more toxicDistrictcontent.”administrators, in conversation last week with the Fort Bend Star, ex plained that only one book had been fully removed, and that the district’s pro cess for hearing complaints had existed for years. A Houston Chronicle in vestigation was the first to unveil a list of books either under review or removed at Fort Bend ISD. As part of the investigation, the newspaper sought records from districts across Texas, determining through public information requests sent to almost 600 school dis tricts that they performed more than 2,000 book reviews on 880 titles, of which 1,740 were from the 2021-2022 school year, ac Voters this November will decide whether or not Fort Bend ISD can use extra tax revenues to reduce a $47 million bud get shortfall, while also working to increase staff salaries along with a host of other benefits. The district’s board of trustees late Monday eve ning gave final approval to placing a voter approv al tax rate election, or VATRE, on the November ballot.Ifapproved, the dis trict’s maintenance and operations tax rate would actually remain the same as it was last year, at $1.21 per $100,000 of valuation, according to the district.

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Fort Bend ISD has re moved one book from its library shelves and several others have come under re view because of complaints about them in individual classrooms – moves some parents are criticizing as censorship. News that the district has removed a title from its shelves comes amid a ris ing national debate about the content of some books in school libraries.

Fort Bend County is plan ning a tour of historical sites as part of celebrating the county namesake’s 200th anniversary in the coming weeks.On Sept. 10, the Fort Bend County Historical Commission will host a “Museum Crawl and His tory Fair” on Saturday, September 10 from 10:00 am until 2:30 pm. at Mira beau B. Lamar Homestead Park on Eugene Heimann Circle in Richmond, across from the Justice Center. "Come celebrate the two hundred years of progress, economic and cultural development, and prosperity which Fort Bend County continues to enjoy," the commission said in a newsTherelease.celebration will include free guided bus tours along routes visit ing a number of Fort Bend County’s premier historical museums as well as several points of local historical in terest consistent with each tour’s theme. The bus tours will include stops at the Dew House, Freedom Tree, Stafford’s Point Historical Marker, Sugar Land Heri tage Museum, Bullhead Convict Labor Camp Cem etery, Fort Bend Museum and more according to the news release. In 1822 a small group of colonists, the release said the first of Ste phen F. Austin’s “Old Three Hundred”, made their way up the Brazos River to a large bend in the river near present day Richmond. The colonists construct ed a two-room log cabin to store their supplies that became known as “Fort Bend,” according to the re lease. Agent, MBA, CNE, Army

Total, about 25 mil lion adults in the country haven’t had enough to eat in the previous seven days, according to the article. Unlike in the early months of the pandemic, however, increased prices are affecting potential donors along with those seeking help, Baker ex plained.“Food banks acquire food in many ways,” she said. “One of those is part nerships with groceries. But as inflation increases, people are buying less and so groceries purchase less. That all trickles down to foodCatholicbanks.”Charities in Fort Bend County has seen its role addressing local food insecurity change dramati cally in the years since the pandemic began. Before March 2020, the organization served about 300 families each week, most of them coming from the area near the Mamie George Community Center, 1111 Collins Rd., Richmond, where the charity is based, Baker said. As the pandemic began,

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Average appraised residence homestead value$365,957 $404,517

If the district adopts a combined debt service, operation and maintenance and contract tax rate that would result in the taxes on the average residence homestead increasing by more than 3.5 percent, an election must be held to determine whether to approve the operation and maintenance tax rate under Section 49.23602, Water Code.

AGAINST the proposal: None PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: J. Farrar

Water District

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Total tax rate (per $100 of value) 0.460$ /$100 0.430$ /$100 Adopted Proposed Difference in rates per $100 of value -$0.030 /$100

General homestead exemptions available (excluding 65 years of age or older or disabled person’s exemptions) $0 $0 Average residence homestead taxable value$365,957 $404,517 Tax on average residence homestead 1,683.40$ $1,739.42

NOTICE OF VOTE ON TAX RATE

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-)

Questions regarding this notice can be directed to the tax office at (281) 499-1223.

Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.

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

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate

The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state. Questions regarding this notice can be directed to the tax office at (281) 499-1223.

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The Sienna Municipal Utility District No. 2 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2022 on Monday, September 19, 2022, at 12:00 noon, at Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, 3200 Southwest Freeway, 1st Floor Conference Room, Houston, Texas 77027. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the tax rate that is adopted and on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property determines the distribution of the tax burden among all property owners.

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Four men have been charged in connection to the shooting deaths of two teenagers, and injury to a third, in De cember 2020, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office. Dalan Phillips, 19, Donovan Phillips, 20, Jaiden Gaines, 20, and Jaelen Allen, 19, have all been charged with murder and aggravated assault in connection to the deaths of broth ers Devin and Jonathan Massey in 2020, accord ing to court records.

residents in need are them selves struggling, in no small part because donations aren’t pouring in like they once did. Charity experts explained that the reasons for this were many, though most not un expected. Donors, including businesses and individuals, are themselves struggling with increased prices and concern about the economic state of things moving

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deGroodMatt MANAGINGEDITOR BAPTIST CHURCH HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH • 281-403-4994 2223 FM1092 • Missouri City, TX 77459 John Strader , Senior Pastor Sunday Bible Study 9:30 am Sunday Worship 10:45 am 6:00 pm Wednesday 7:00 pm AWANA/Youth www.hbctx.org CHRIST CHURCH SUGAR LAND • 281-980-6888 A United Methodist Community 3300 Austin Parkway • Sugar Land, TX 77479 Sunday Schedule 8:30 am Blended Worship 9:30 am Sunday School for all ages 10:30 am Traditional & Contemporary Worship www.christchurchsl.org EPISCOPAL ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH • 281-499-9602 605 Dulles Avenue, Stafford, TX 77477 10:30SUNDAY:am Worship Holy www.allsaints-stafford.orgEucharist CHURCH OF CHRIST STAFFORD CHURCH OF CHRIST • 281-499-2507 402 Stafford Run Rd. -Stafford, 77477 Worship:SUNDAY: 10:30 www.staffordchurchofchrist.orga.m. METHODIST

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DR.Varghese John is a local dentist. He says “I was experiencing back pain that was limiting my ability to work. I decided to consult with SLHC after reading stories about them in a local publication. My first impression of Dr. Harris was that he tells the truth. He told me he can’t cure this; that my back pain may be generational or due to my profession. Being a dentist, I do not sit properly. I sit in odd positions for a long period of time and I turn in awkward ways. It has caused damage to my cartilage, joints and muscles. However, Dr. Harris said he could make my life better. He put together a treatment course for me that included appointments with both Dr. Harris & Dr. Brazzell. About halfway through the course, I started to find relief. Now that my treatment course is over, I’m much better! My pain level used to be between 4 and 7 and now I’m at 0 or 1. I do recommend SLHC. They’re good. They don’t promise to make you good as new...they explain the limitations, what to expect, how it will feel and what it will cost. They leave it up to you to decide what to do. There’s no pressure. Everyone in the office is very matter of fact, respectful and professional. It has worked for me. In addition to my reduction in pain, my mobility in my neck has improved! I’m no longer limited in my ability to work.”CODE: HIS 500 Land, Meadows Place — Rhonda Sue Cellner, age 78, of Meadows Place, Texas passed away on July 27, 2022. She was born in Denison, Texas on October 6, 1943 to Ralph and Lamoyan Douglas. After graduating from Denison High School, Rhonda attended college for three semesters before moving to Dallas. She was working for an eye doctor when she met her future husband Jim who lived in the apartment above her and her roommate. Jim saw Rhonda for the first time while she was sitting by the apartment swimming pool, shelling peas, with giant rollers in her hair. He instantly said to the friend standing next him, “I’m going to marry that girl”. He married “that girl” on September 4, 1965. Rhonda and Jim soon moved to Houston, Texas with Jim’s job at GSI, a division of Texas Instruments.Twoyears later Jim was transferred to the UK and off the couple flew across the ocean to Purley, Surrey, England. Rhonda was pregnant and didn’t yet know it. Kandi was born in 1967 and Doug was born in 1969 during their four year European adventure. Transferred once again in 1970, pregnant and not knowing it (again!) the family moved to Stafford, now known as Meadows Place, Texas where Rodney was born in Rhonda1971. loved Elvis and dancing in the living room while the oldies played on the radio. Hummingbirds, butterflies and the color yellow were her favorites. She absolutely loved and adored her best friend and younger sister Karen. She was crafty and often funny without even trying. She taught macrame in the 70’s dubbing herself “The Knotty Lady” on her business cards. She was a Blue Bird Leader and room mother. She was loving and the most supportive mom during all of her kid’s baseball games and dance performances. Rhonda worked as an aide in various jobs and schools within the Fort Bend Independent School district for 23 Rhondayears. and Jim lived in their Brook Meadows Lane home for 52 years, surrounded by many of the original neighbors, until moving to The Woodlands, Texas in March. They were the loves of each other’s lives and were very happily married for nearly 57 Thoseyears.left to cherish Rhonda’s memory are her husband Jim Cellner; sister Karen Patterson; daughter Kandi Meisinger & husband Ron, grandsons Brett Meisinger and Mitch Meisinger; son Doug Cellner and wife Kaye, granddaughter Adrienne Cellner and grandson Alex Cellner; son Rodney Cellner and grandson Dawson Cellner. A Celebration of Rhonda’s Life will be held at a later time.

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Dalan Phillips is facing an additional evading ar rest with a vehicle charge and Jaiden Gaines is facing an unlawful pos session of a firearm by a felon charge, according to court records. Their bonds are set at $1 mil lion, according to a news release.Deputies in Decem ber 2020 were called to a report of shots fired in the 300 block of Broad more Drive in Fresno, where they found three people with gunshot wounds, according to the release. Devin and Jonathan Massey were both pronounced dead at the scene, according to a newsSheriff’srelease.office rep resentatives at a press conference last week declined to provide an alleged motive for the shooting.

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ers to remember the greatness we’re capable of when we band together to help those in need.Ifyou can, please make a point to donate to one of the many organizations working to serve those in need. Something deep within our beings brings us together in times of strife, as we’ve seen several times recently. But what sets a good community apart from a great one is the sustainability and willingness to keep a helping hand ready for a neighbor at all times. to donate to a food insecurity organization CHURCH

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Thinking back to March 2020, one of the most im pressive things to watch was people coming together in our greatest time of need. While I was still working in Galveston County at the time, the images I got to see of people bringing truckloads of donations to food banks and neighbors helping neighbors make ends meet, was one of the most encouraging things I’ve ever seen. It’s not dissimilar from the hope I felt after Hurricane Harvey, where people put aside any differences they might normally have to help anyone who needed it. Fortunately, the worst parts of the pandemic are seem ingly behind us today. The unemployment rate is hover ing around 3.5 percent and our chance to celebrate com munity is more available than in the first few months after March 2020.

Conditions aren’t as bad as they were back then. Local organizations are still facing a significant uptick to how much demand they faced before the pandemic, how ever. Catholic Charities in the county, for instance, served about 300 homes per week before the pandemic. That number rose to about 2,000 at the height of the pandemic, but the organization is still serv ing between 1,000 and 1,400 families per week, according to Theexperts.takeaway here isn’t to chide anyone for forgetting the need out there. Rather, the Fort Bend Star urges its read

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Driving around beautiful Fort Bend County, it’s easy to feel like life isn’t so bad. And for many of us, it’s not. But for those of our neigh bors that are still struggling, it’s important not to forget that our help is still needed – that one of the greatest acts we can take as a community is to help those in need. This week, we spoke to Catholic Charities in Fort Bend and several other nonprofit or ganizations and learned that a growing number of county residents struggle with food insecurity.Morethan that, the orga nizations set up to help those

HS Sports roundup: Former George Ranch standout gets call-up to MLB

Clements enters this season ranked No. 8 in the state in Class 6A and No. 2 in 6A Re gion III behind only Houston Memorial. The ranking comes following a 2021-2022 season that was spent mostly among the state’s top 10 with victories over The Woodlands, Tomp kins, Seven Lakes and San Antonio Reagan – all of whom were ranked in the state’s top 10 at the time of the match. Lamar Consolidated, meanwhile, enters the season ranked No. 10 in Class 5A Re gion III.

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A former Fort Bend high school baseball star has made it to the highest level of his sport.Former George Ranch High School standout baseball player Stone Garrett made his MLB debut for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Aug. 17. The former Longhorn picked up two hits – both doubles – against the San Francisco Giants in his debut, then fol lowed that up with two more hits including another double the following day. He is the first player in Diamondbacks history to ac cumulate three extra-base hits in his first two MLB games, according to a tweet from the team on Aug. 18. Garrett was originally draft ed by the Miami Marlins in the 8th round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of George Ranch and spent six seasons in the Marlins’ organization before signing with Arizona as a mi nor league free agent prior to the 2021 season. The 27-yearold was hitting .251 with a .738 OPS in 642 minor league games over eight seasons prior to his call-up last week. Local tennis squads among state, region’s best Ahead of the 2022-2023 high school tennis season, several of the area’s schools are viewed as being among the state and region’s premiere teams. The Texas Tennis Coaches Association released its annu al preseason rankings on Aug. 15, and both Fort Bend ISD’s Clements High School and La mar Consolidated ISD’s Lamar Consolidated High School re ceived some recognition.

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If there’s been a common theme during the Houston Astros’ current run of sus tained success, it has been their ability to find an end less supply of pitching. In spite of losing stars like George Springer and Car los Correa, and even Gerrit Cole, they’ve remained a fixture at the top of MLB and the American League. And it has been on the back of said pitching. Current starting rotation fixtures like Framber Val dez, Jose Urquidy and Luis Garcia were not highly her alded prospects. And though the subject of this week’s Cowboys Corral spotlight is a reliever as op posed to a starter, he fits the mold of a diamond in the rough like the players mentioned above. This week’s feature is on Space Cowboys reliever Seth Martinez, who recent ly returned to Sugar Land after spending the last few months performing well in a relief role in Houston before falling victim to a numbers game. Initial overview The Oakland Athletics initially picked Martinez in the 17th round of the 2016 MLB draft following a three-season career at Arizona State in which he compiled a 3.50 ERA in 244 innings – including a 2.75 ERA in 111.1 innings his se niorAfterseason.three seasons in Oakland’s minor league system, the Astros took Martinez in the 2020 Rule 5 draft. In parts of the last two seasons in Sugar Land, Martinez has a 2.94 ERA in 67.1 innings with 89 strike outs and a 0.97 WHIP. For his minor league career, he has amassed a 3.08 ERA in 313 innings in parts of six seasons.Hehas been with the As tros for much of the season and excelled, posting a 2.48 ERA with 31 strikeouts and a 1.04 WHIP in 32.2 innings while allowing opponents just a .180 batting average against him, but was op tioned back to Sugar Land earlier this month with the activation of Lance Mc Cullers Jr. from the Injured List.Landan’s lowdown Martinez is not going to light up any radar guns, possessing a fastball that sits around 91-92 miles per hour as well as a slider, changeup, and cutter. But like with any pitcher, it’s not necessarily about the raw arsenal – it’s about utilizing it in the manner that plays to someone’s strengths. Prior to coming to Houston, Martinez was av eraging about 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings with about a 21 percent strikeout rate. But in two seasons in Sugar Land, he has upped that to 11.9 K/9 along with a 33.1 percent strikeout rate. So how has he done it? Let’s digMartinezin has been pri marily a fastball/slider guy in recent seasons, and stuck to that trend in Houston, having thrown those pitches a combined 62 percent of the time with the Astros this season. It has been about the same in Sugar Land as well, and it has led to significant suc cess.In addition to the elevat ed strikeout rate, Martinez has been able to do what several Astros’ major and minor league pitchers have done – in the absence of the strikeout, he has been able to induce suboptimal con tact when the ball is put in play.He is a heavy fly ball pitcher (generally around 30-35 percent for his mi nor league career), which in theory would not play well in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. However, not all fly balls are created equal. About 42 percent of the balls put into play in the air against Martinez in parts of two seasons in Sugar Land are classified by Fangraphs as “infield fly balls.” Those are essential ly pop-ups – which, along with ground balls, are the least likely batted balls to be base hits. That trend has continued in Houston. Though the 18.3 percent infield fly ball rate is down from his Tri ple-A rate, it is well above the MLB average of 10.3 percent. So he has con sistently produced either suboptimal contact or high strikeout rates (or both) since his Rule 5 selection, which is a major factor in why he has excelled during his short time in Houston –no matter the level. Truthfully, there is not a lot for Martinez to prove at the minor league level at this stage of his develop ment. It’s simply a question of when he will be back in Houston.ProjectionMartinez has already proven to be a revelation this season, and appears to be another diamond in the rough discovered by the Astros. He has gone from relative afterthought to be ing an asset in the bullpen this year in a variety of game situations – he simply fell victim to the numbers game in the bullpen when McCullers was activated a couple of weeks ago. He should be back up in the week or so when rosters expand for September. And by virtue of being under club control through the end of the 2027 season, I would certainly look for him to be a mainstay in the Houston bullpen for years. Rd. Houston, TX 77053

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The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state. Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281 482 0216.

This is part of a twostep plan to permanently eliminate the district’s ongoing budget deficit, according to admin istrators. The district has already reduced its spending by about $15.4 million and plans to make further reductions, according to a news re lease.District administrators have blamed the size of the deficit on a combina tion of spending on new programming, a decline in the number of students attending the district and more.Essentially, the dis trict spent about $40 million on new pro gramming and had been instituting teacher salary increases to keep pace with the market, but a quickly-growing student population helped make that possible, according to the Thatdistrict.allchanged with the start of the corona virus pandemic in March 2020.The district saw its first material deficit in the 2021 fiscal year and now the shortfall has grown to be about $49 million, according to the district.The student enroll ment the most recent school year was about 2,100 fewer children than expected, according to the district. District de mographers estimated the enrollment would be about 79,700, but the year started with about 77,500 enrolled students, according to the district. That number increased to about 78,650 by the end of the school year – higher than the prepandemic enrollment – but not enough to reach where demographers ex pected, according to the district.Theboard of trustees has approved an almost $768 million budget for the school year, accord ing to documents.

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The FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 24 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2022 on Thursday, September 01, 2022 at 12:00 P.M. at the office of Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, 3200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 2600 Houston, TX, 77027. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the tax rate that is adopted and on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property determines the distribution of the tax burden among all property owners.

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Catholic Charities part nered with the Houston Food Bank and became a supersite, with some of the smaller nonprofit agencies shutting down, Baker said. People visited the center from as far away as Harris County and Wharton, and the agency was serving as many as 2,000 families in a day, she said. “That calmed down a bit, but once inflation started, we’re seeing an increase again,” she said. For county residents, the uptick in prices has made life tougher across the board, Sincere said. “You might have an indi vidual a couple years ago who was living paycheck to paycheck, and expecting to pay a certain amount for their bills,” he said. “Now, they’re having to come up with a way to fit $500 more per month into their bud get.”Increasing prices aren’t just affecting those living paycheck-to-paycheck, he said. Even some people living in more affluent neighborhoods are turning to food pantries to cover the difference amid rising prices, Sincere said. “I know one person who is having to change the quality of their diet so they can pay bills,” he said. About 20 percent of the county’s population falls un der the poverty line, Baker said. But with rising prices, food pantries are seeing people who would have nev er visited before, she said.

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Gosh in a conversation with the Star gave praise to a district policy that lets par ents know what books their children have checked out from the library. But Gosh criticized the de cision to remove any book, mentioning a recent visit to a book burning memorial in Berlin,“WhereGermany.theyburn books, they will ultimately burn people as well,” she said. Still other parents, on a social media page dedicated to discussing the district, criticized the idea of ban ning books. “If you could ask them to slow down on the banning, I am running out of money to buy them,” one parent wrote. FROM 1

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Melissa Hubbard, the district’s executive director of teaching and learning, in a follow-up conversation with the Star provided more detail about the books that came under Essentially,review.only one book, “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe, has come under a formal review and, in a May recon sideration meeting, district representatives decided not to keep the title in the collec tion, Hubbard said. The title in question is a graphic memoir that tells readers about Kobabe’s experience growing up non-gender-conforming, ac cording to a description on Publisher’s Weekly. District representatives review the book after a parent filed formal reconsid eration paperwork, Hubbard said.“We have had that formal reconsideration process for multiple years,” Hubbard said.The district is working to revise its policies on books based on guidance from the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Association of School Boards, Hubbard said.Several other titles have received complaints on a campus level, but those have not gone through the full process, Hubbard said. One of those books, which the Houston Chronicle arti cle listed as “under review,” is “Night,” by Elie Wiesel. In that instance, a teacher had been using the novel as a classroom novel, when a parent expressed concern about some of the imagery in the text, Hubbard said. “In instances like this, if we know a parent is con cerned about reading a book, a lot of times we’ll give that parent an option of something else they can read,” Hubbard said. “In this case, we found out about it after the class finished the text.”As a result of that com plaint, the individual campus determined that the novel would remain on a campus list of options, Hub bard said. But if a classroom is going to use the novel as its only option, then the teacher must send a permis sion slip home to parents, Hubbard said. Fort Bend ISD is not the only school district to field complaints about “Night” amid the latest uproar about book content. But the deci sion for some districts to remove that title has been controversial, because it’s a memoir about the author’s time in concentration camps during the Holocaust. Despite the recent cases, Hubbard said Fort Bend ISD has fared better than some school districts in Texas and elsewhere when it comes to complaints about books. “We’ve been very fortu nate the district hasn’t had the same scrutiny and atten tion when it comes to books that some other districts have had,” she said. “I attri bute that to the diversity of the community.”

If the district adopts a combined debt service, operation and maintenance, and contract tax rate that would result in the taxes on the average residence homestead increasing by more than 8 percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the voter-approval tax rate under Section 49.23603, Water Code.

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H INSECURITY FROM PAGE 1 cording to the article. “The books referenced in the Houston Chronicle ar ticle mostly represent texts that were read in individual classrooms in the district,” said Sherry Williams, a spokesperson for the dis trict. “Those books went through informal processes and may have been re moved from use in singular classrooms, or an alternate reading opportunity was provided to the students.”

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The Board of Directors of Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 131 (the “District”), a municipal utility district operating pursuant to chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code, as amended, removed the offices of Tower Insurance & Financial Services, LLC at 11200 Broadway St. Pearland, Texas 77584, as an additional meeting place outside the boundaries of the District, and established additional meeting places for its Board meetings outside the boundaries of the District at the Mustang Community Center, 4521 FM-521, Fresno, Texas 77545, the offices of Quiddity Engineering, LLC, 6330 West Loop South Suite 150, Bellaire, Texas 77401, and Si Environmental, LLC, 6420 Reading Road, Rosenberg, Texas 77471. Such meeting places are open to the public. given that original Letters of Independent Administration for the Estate of Nancy Ruth Simpson, Deceased, were issued to Stephen M. Simpson on August 11, 2022, under Docket No. 22-CPR-037390, pending in County Court at Law No. 2, Fort Bend County, Texas. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Representative, Estate of Nancy Ruth Simpson, Deceased, c/o The Stone Law Firm, 2245 Texas Drive, Suite 300, Sugar Land, Texas 77479. All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

The Fort Bend ARB is interested in you if you meet the following requirements:

• Have good moral character and are motivated to participate

The Fort Bend Appraisal Review Board is now accepting applications for members to serve beginning in January, 2023 The ARB is a citizen board of Fort Bend County residents. ARB members serve on panels of three and preside over property disputes between property owners and the Fort Bend Central Appraisal District (FBCAD). The ARB serves as a neutral body who listens to testimony and reviews evidence from both sides to resolve the protests. Members are compensated for hearings, meetings, and training, serve up to 3, 2-year terms, and must be available each term year May - July.

• Are available to appear without interruption mid-May through July

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Notice of public sale of property to satisfy landlords lien. Sale to be held on Aug 31,2022 via email bids. Email your bid to cliff @cpc-pchem.com. Property was located at Affordable Stalls and Storage 1132 Crenshaw Pasadena Tx. Seller reserves the right to withdraw property at any time before the sale. Items sold as-is to highest bidder. Property includes contents of space: Item 1. Automobile 1972/73 Chevrolet Impala vin no 1M6742S287070. Item 2. 50’s model Chevrolet truck frame with cab and motor. Item 3. 1965/6 Mustang vin. no 6R07c134490. No guarantee of title. Item 4. 40’ gooseneck 2 axel 8 tire trailer 11804170 abandoned on property. Item 5. 60’ model ford tractor new diesel front bucket and brush hog.

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See us online www.FortBendStar.com THE STAR Wednesday, August 24, 2022 • PAGE 1B WINNERSREADE 2022 RS’ CHOICE THANK YOU FOR VOTING! ANIMALS & PET SERVICES Best Day Care/ Boarding Service WINNER - Texas Doggie Care Best Pet Grooming WINNER - Country Club Groomers w/Brian- Missouri City Best Veterinarian WINNER - Sugar Creek Animal Clinic - Dr. James BestAUTOMOTIVECoxSERVICES/PRODUCTSAutoCollision/BodyShop WINNER - Charlton’s Body Repair Best Auto Dealer WINNER - Gillman Honda- Fort Bend Best Auto Repair WINNER - Crissman’s Auto Repair & Service BestBEAUTYHair Salon WINNER - Strands Salon DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS Best Bar WINNER - Brick House Tavern + Tap Best Coffee Shop WINNER - Joseph’s Coffee Shop Best Happy Hour WINNER - Lupe Tortilla Best Sports Bar WINNER - Baker St. Pub & Grill Sugar Land BestEDUCATIONLearning Center WINNER - Harvest Green Montessori SchoolBestRichmondNursery/ Day Care WINNER - Harvest Green Montessori SchoolBestRichmondPrivate School WINNER - Harvest Green Montessori SchoolBestRichmondPublic School WINNER - Wharton County Junior College Best Teacher WINNER - Ms. Hetal Vyas (Harvest Green Montessori School) ENTERTAINMENT & FINE ART Best Art/ Craft Activity Venue WINNER - Fire It Up Pottery & Art Studio Best Community Theater WINNER - Creative Learning Society Best Family Entertainment Center WINNER - Tanks Paintball Parks Best Live Music Venue WINNER - Stafford Centre Best Local Museum WINNER - Sugar Land Museum of Natural Science FOOD & RESTAURANTS Best Asian Restaurant WINNER - Hunan Garden- Rosenberg Best Bakery WINNER - 85 C Bakery Café - Sugar Land Best BBQ Restaurant WINNER - Schultz’s- Rosenberg Best Breakfast Spot WINNER - The Toasted Yolk Best Caterer WINNER - Hunan Gardens - Rosenberg Best Dessert WINNER - The Jay Café - Needville Best Hamburger Joint WINNER - Five Guys - Missouri City and Sugar Land Best Hot Wings WINNER - Buffalo Wild Wings Best Indian Restaurant WINNER - Mahek Indian Restaurant Best Irish Restaurant WINNER - Clancy’s Public House Best Italian WINNER - Corelli’s Italian Café Best Lunch Spot WINNER - Hunan Garden- Rosenberg Best Mexican WINNER - Lupita’s Mexican Restaurant Best Mediterranean WINNER - Cava –Sugar Land Best Pizzeria WINNER - Brooklyn Pizzeria Best Sandwich Shop WINNER - McAlister Deli Best Seafood WINNER- Pier 36 Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar Best Service WINNER - Brandani’s Restaurant & Wine Bar Best Steak House WINNER - Long Horn Steak House - Sugar Land Best Sushi WINNER - Akashi – Missouri City Best Take-Out WINNER - Hunan Garden- Rosenberg Best Tamales/ Tacos WINNER - Bob’s Taco Station Best Service WINNER - Hunan Garden - Rosenberg HEALTH CARE Best Audiologist WINNER - Advanced Hearing - Dr. Terry Snook AuD, FAAA Best Chiropractor WINNER - FREEDOM Chiropractor Best Dentist WINNER - Dr. Rashmi Biyani- Star Plus Dental Best Dermatologist WINNER - Advanced Dermatology - Dr. Sherry N. Ingraham, MD Best Eye Care Provider WINNER - Dr. William Richey Best Hospital WINNER - Methodist- Sugar Land Best Local Pharmacy WINNER - Ed’s Pharmacy - Missouri City Best Massage Therapist WINNER- Advanced Massage Therapy, LLC - Karen Koonce Salyers Best Primary Physician WINNER - Dr. Joe Anzaldua Best Urgent Care WINNER - Next Level Best Wellness Center WINNER - Sugar Land OB/GYN Assoc. - Dr. Deanna McDonald GENERAL SHOPPING Best Children’s Clothing Store WINNER - Carter’s Best Health Food Store WINNER - Whole Foods Best Jewelry Store WINNER - Dostels Best Musical Instrument WINNER - Fort Bend Music Center Best Resale Shop WINNER - Fort Bend Women’s Center HOME IMPROVEMENT/ MAINTENANCE Best Flooring Store WINNER - Ideal Carpet and Flooring Best Garden/ Landscaping Company WINNER - H& H Escobar Property Service Best Hardware Store WINNER - Court Hardware Store PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Best Attorney WINNER - Radhika Dave Best Bank WINNER - Frost Bank Best Credit Union WINNER - Brazos Valley School Credit Union Best Financial Advisor WINNER - Bridget Yeung Best Custom Home Builders WINNER - Pierce Built Construction Best Developer WINNER - Johnson Development Best Florist WINNER - Terra Flora Best Funeral Home WINNER - Settegast Kopf Co. Best Insurance WINNER - Jeremy Adams State Farm Best Mortgage Company WIINER - HomeWay Mortgage Best Mortgage Agent WINNER - Dawn Spiccia Best Real Estate Agent WINNER - Jeanne Gregory ReMax Southwest Best Real Estate Company WINNER - Gary Greene Better Homes and Garden Real Estate Best Business Coach WINNER - Action Impact Coaching SPORTS & FITNESS Best Dance Studio WINNER - Cookie Joe’s Dancin’ School Best Golf Course WINNER - Pecan Grove Plantation Country Club Best Workout Facility/Gym WINNER - Snap Fitness- Missouri City Best Yoga Studio WINNER - Hot Yoga- Sugar Land READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2022 FORTBENDSTAR.COM

FridaySaturday Entrée prices: $12.99$21.99 Kid-friendly: Yes Alcohol: Yes Senior discount: No Healthy options: De luxe Salad ($13.99) Star of the show: En chiladas de Mole ($12.50) Rating: ONGOING FT. BEND ACCORDION CLUB Meets on the 4th Sunday of every month from 2:pm - 4:pm at: CHRIST CHURCH SUGAR LAND (in the Chapel) 3300 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX 77479 FREE and Open to the Public! We welcome everybody! If you play accordion, beginners to professional and would like to play Call, Text or email: Vince Ramos Cell: 281-204-7716 vincer.music@gmail.com PROPEL SOCCER ACADEMY Fall recreational teams practice with a Propel Soccer Coach every Monday and Wednesday. Practice Time: between 5:30-8:00 Weekend Games! Season: September 7th- November 13th Who: 6-12 year oldsWhere: Practices- Sienna. Games at Hickory Slough Sportsplex in Pearland. When: Practices Monday and Wednesdays Games will be Saturday mornings before noon (U8-U10) or Sunday afternoons before 6pm (U12). Practice Time: between 5:30-8:00 For more information, please email us at info@ propelsocceracademy.com! FORT BEND JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS FOR 2022-2023 YEAR To join, the membership application can be accessed at FortBendJuniorServiceLeague/.FacebookisInformationmemberseventsmultiplebecome-a-member/.https://www.fbjsl.org/join/how-to-FBJSLwillalsobehostingvirtualandin-personrecruitmentoverthesummerwherepotentialnewcanlearnmoreabouttheLeague.regardingattendingtheseeventsavailableatwww.fbjsl.orgorontheFBJSLpageatwww.facebook.com/ LITERACY COUNCIL OF FORT BEND COUNTY We enhance lives and strengthen communities by teaching adults to read. We need your help.

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SUGAR LAND AMERICAN LEGION American Legion Freeman Post 942 meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Post facility, 311 Ulrich, Sugar Land, Texas, at 7:00 PM. All veterans are welcome. Post hall is available for rental for events. Call 713-553-5370 if interested.

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BECOME A FOSTER GRANDPARENT Volunteers are needed to be a role model, mentor and friend to children with exceptional needs in the community. Training, mileage reimbursement, tax-free monthly stipend if eligible. Call today to help change the world, one child at a time in Rosenberg. For more information, call 281-344-3515.

A Richmond-based gour met comfort food restaurant is planning to open up a second Fort Bend County location in the next couple of months.Ramble Creek Grill has plans to open a new restau rant in Missouri City at the site of the old Cabo Dogs (7022 State Highway 6 Suite 100) in October. Owner Rich ard Harris said in a Facebook message to The Star that he is shooting for Oct. 1 as a ten tative opening date. “We are super excited to be part of the commu nity,” the restaurant wrote on Facebook. “…Thank you to all our amazing custom ers, this wouldn’t be possible without you, and we are so thankful.”Therestaurant will con tinue operating its original location at 7930 W. Grand Parkway South in Richmond. Follow @ramblecreegrill gp or visit ramblecreekgrill. com for more information and to stay up-to-date on the new restaurant. Brett’s BBQ hosting weekend pop-up Even though its old Katy location has been closed for more than a month, Brett’s Barbecue Shop is still serv ing its fare in the area to tide patrons over. This Saturday and Sunday, Brett’s BBQ will host a curb side pickup pop-up event at its original location (606 S. Mason Rd.) where commu nity members can place an order online and pick it up at the original Katy location, according to its website. All orders can be picked up either day between 11 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information on the pop-up event or to place an order for pickup, visit the restaurant’ website at bretts bbqshop.squaresite or follow them on social media. Sugar Land coffee shop offering tasting workshop In September, Blendin’ Coffee Club in Sugar Land will be bringing back its Coffee Tasting Workshop, according to an Aug. 16 Face book post from the company. “You will be able to ex pand your palate, learn how to evaluate coffee and gain techniques to seek out your next favorite cup,” the shop wrote.Only six seats are avail able for the workshop. To sign up, visit Blendin’ Coffee Club’s website at blendincof feeclub.com.

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Literacy Council is actively recruiting Volunteer Tutors to provide instruction for English as a Second Language (ESL) Levels 0-5, three hours a week. For more information, call 281-240-8181 or visit our website www.ftbendliteracy.org

DVD-BASED ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS WITH NO HOMEWORK REQUIRED Weekly class designed to help you understand and appreciate the Bible by giving you a better sense of the land and culture from which it sprang. The class meets at 9:30 am every Sunday at First Presbyterian of Sugar Land (502 Eldridge Rd.). For more information call 281-240-3195 EXCHANGE EXCHANGE, America’s Service Club, always welcomes guests and is in search of new members! Various Fort Bend clubs exist and can accommodate early morning (7 a.m.), noon and evening meeting time desires. For more info, contact Mike Reichek, Regional Vice President, 281-575-1145 or mike@reichekfinancial.com We would love to have you join us and see what we are all about! MISSOURI CITY AARP CHAPTER 3801 Meets the second Monday of every month at 11:30 a.m., at 2701 Cypress Point Dr., Missouri City Rec Center. Lunch, education, and entertainment. All seniors over 50 invited. For more information, call 713-859-5920 or 281499-3345.

THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY FOR MEN Sugar Land First United Methodist Church, 431 Eldridge Road offers a Thursday Morning Bible Study For Men. This group is ongoing and uses a variety of studies throughout the year. The breakfast, coffee and donuts are free. Join us any time! Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 am in Wesley Hall. Call the church office at 281-491-6041 or Mike Schofield at 281-217-5799 for more information.

Deadline is noon every Friday. Limit entries to 40 words and answer the “5 Ws” Who, What, When, Where, and Why. to jsazma@fortbendstar.com or mail to: Bend Star, 14100 Southwest Frwy. Ste 230, Sugar Land, TX 77478 Vaqueros Missouri but two filling meals. (Photo by Matt deGrood)

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There comes a point when you review enough restau rants, where you start to notice the similarities across the plac es you Whenvisit.you visit a good Italian food restaurant, for in stance, you expect the staples. The menu should feature a fun combination of pizzas, pastas and appetizers (a Margherita pizza, amatriciana and brus chetta, at the very least). In a world in which you ex pect all good restaurants to have some base-line in quality, it’s those unique features that help a place truly stand out. Last week, I made a visit to Missouri City’s popular Casa Vaqueros Mexican Grill, 2140 FM 1092, where I discovered a menu that contains all the tra ditional favorites, along with a few unique items. From the moment I walked in for a rather late lunch, I could tell this place holds a special place in the eyes of nearby residents. Despite being firmly between lunch and dinner, at a time when you’d typically expect an empty building, the place was bustling, on a week day no less. I wasn’t quite sure what I was in the mood for, and so I spent more time than usual pe rusing the menu until my eyes settled on the mole enchiladas. The menu also featured all the staples of any other Mexican restaurant, such as a bevy of taco and enchilada plates. It turns out a plate of the enchiladas drenched in that ever-famous sauce that origi nated in Oaxaca was a good choice. While the rice and beans were nothing atypical, the mole sauce was quite sweet and made for some fun flavors when combined with the en chiladas.Alsoworth noting is the employee helping me was in credibly attentive, and made sure my chips and salsa were constantly replenished. This served a dual purpose of pro viding me more delicious chips and salsa and also helping me fill my stomach enough to give me leftovers for the next day. Shockingly, I almost think the enchiladas were better as leftovers than they were at the restaurant. Perhaps it was the extra time the mole sauce had to seep into the food? Whatever the case, it made for some very happy eating, not once but twice. Address:MexicanVaquerosGrill FM 1092, Missouri City 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday Thursday, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

JAM WITH SAM Join Sam Grice Tuesday evenings at 6:30 for a casual evening of music. We play a variety of music including bluegrass, country, gospel and some western. We request acoustic instruments only please. We welcome both participants and music lovers who enjoy listening to good live music. There’s no charge and we welcome beginners and gladly offer gentle assistance. We meet at First Presbyterian Church, 502 Eldridge Rd, Sugar Land. Please call Sam at 832-4283165 for further information.

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