Thursday, April 9, Thursday, November 6, 2015 2014 • Katy, Texas • KATY TIMES • Page 7A 1D
Community Waller to host meeting on high speed rail
Katy Rotarians take part in 'Stuff the Cup' Katy Rotary Club member Doyle Callender stuffs a punch card in a tasting cup in preparation for the Wild West Brewfest, scheduled this year for May 2 at Katy Mills. Each patron will get a tasting cup, depending on whether they are general admission or VIP. The punch card gets punched for each tasting and each card has 12 places to punch. In the background, fellow Katy Rotarians Nick Shrader, left, and Ralph Brock also stuff those cups.
Texas Central Partners (TCP), the company that intends to build and operate high-speed rail service between Dallas and Houston, will host 12 come-andgo Open House Informational Meetings in the Dallas-to-Houston corridor during April. One of the meetings will be held in Waller from 6:30-8 p.m. on Friday, April 24, at Waller High School, 20950 Fields Store Road. The purpose of these sessions is to provide information about the project, answer questions, listen to concerns and discuss solutions. “We want to work with the communities, landowners and all stakeholders along the potential route,” said Richard Lawless, chief executive officer of Texas Central Railway. “From the beginning, this project’s goal has been to minimize the impact on communities as much as possible while making a major private investment in the state’s transportation infrastructure. We have listened carefully to all public input to date. In sponsoring these sessions, we are hoping to provide another opportunity for residents along the potential route to provide direct input and receive accurate answers as we look for joint solutions.”
'Breast Friends' support group to meet The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Katy sponsors the Breast Friends Focus and Support Group for Katy and surrounding communities. The group's next meeting will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meetings take place in the third floor Conference Room, KTC3.1017, at the MD Anderson in Katy at 19770 Kingsland Boulevard. This month’s meeting, titled Ride the Roller Coaster of Emotions, will feature an educational presentation from Ariana Detert,
MSW, LCSW. Detert is a social work counselor at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Breast Friends group facilitator Monica Cerda-Juarez, RN, nurse navigator at the MD Anderson location in Katy, attends every meeting to support, uplift and empower patients as they go through this challenging time. A small group discussion concludes the meeting, as well as a question-and-answer period and light refreshments. MD Anderson physicians from the center in Katy attend each meeting to answer questions.
No pre-registration is required. For more information, call 281646-4371. MD Anderson in Katy is located on the campus of Houston Methodist St. Catherine Hospital at 19770 Kingsland Boulevard. \ The center is housed on the first and second floors of the medical office building adjacent to the hospital and offers specialized medical, surgical and radiation oncology, chemotherapy infusion, and a range of supportive services. To learn more, visit www. MDAnderson.org/Katy.