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CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AWARENESS FIELD. A sea of white stakes with blue ribbons behind the Fort Bend County Justice Center in Richmond marked Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. On April 18, the Exchange Club of Fort Bend, along with elected offi cials from Richmond and Rosenberg participated in a brief ceremony at the Awareness Field. From left to right: Dorothy Nall, Katina Scott, Ralph Piazzo, Bar-bara Piazzo, Mike Reichek, John Healey, Bill Dostal. Dostal , a Commissioner from the city of Richmond, joined Precinct One Commissioner Richard Morrison (not shown), in presenting Proclamations to members of the Exchange Club of Fort Bend and members of the Children’s Advocacy Center including Executive Director Ruthanne Mefford (not shown), to commemorate National Child Abuse Awareness Month, and the service which Child Advocates rendered in 2012 to 1274 abused children. Mike Reichek challenged the citi-zens of Fort Bend County that “ it is our responsibility to be pro-active and report all child abuse”. Joining the gathering in support was Police Chief of the city of Richmond Bill Whitworth( not shown). Fort Bend County Libraries, in conjunction with Sugar

Land Area Artists, invites artists and art enthusiasts of all ages, skill levels, and art mediums to meet to learn more about edu-cational opportunities in the area. The program will take place on Saturday, May 18, beginning at 10:15 a.m, with a meet-ing followed by a demonstration of watercolo.r painting in the Meeting Room of the Sugar Land Branch Library, located at 550 Eldridge.

Visual artist Barbara Jeffery Clay will demonstrate water-color painting using bold, bright, dynamic colors. Get tips on composition design, values, and techniques, and learn about the patterns of shadows and light on subjects. Clay will also discuss the use of analogous colors to bring the subject into the light, as well as the usual value changes.

Clay is a signature member of The American Watercolor Society, The National Watercolor Society, the Watercolor Art Society-Houston, and other watercolor organizations. Her paintings hang in many public and private collections, and her work has won many awards in juried competitions. Clay is au-thor of the book, 10 Favorite Subjects in Watercolors, and her watercolor painting, “Snowing on St. Francis Church,” appears on Leanin’ Tree greeting cards. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the branch library at 281-238-2140, or the library’s Public Information Offi ce at 281-341-2677.

Water color painting

Early voting in local city and school board elections began on April 29 and will last until May 7. The election day is May 11.

The city of Sugar Land and Stafford have canceled the elec-tion because there were no con-tested races.

In Missouri City, election is being held for District A and District B seats, along with city charter amendments.

Incumbent Bobby Marshall faces Rodney Smith and Yolan-da Ford and incumbent Don Smith faces Henderson Hunter.

In Stafford Municipal School District, fi ve people are vying for three at large seats.

In Fort Bend ISD, six people, including two incumbents, are contesting for two seats. In-cumbent Jim Rice faces Vene-sia Johnson. Incumbent Dave Rosenthal faces Cynthia Len-ton-Gary, Rodrigo Carreon and Keciana Enaohwo.

Early voting in progress in local elections

By BARBARA FULENWIDERMissouri City’s District A

has the incumbent councilman, Bobby Marshall, running for re-election with Rodney Grif-fi n and Yolanda Ford in pursuit of his position.

Marshall, a business owner, has served two two-year terms on council and is seeking a third term because his job isn’t yet fi nished. “I’ve been serv-ing the citizens of Missouri City for more than 20 years. I’ve been on my homeowners board for 20 years and plan-ning & zoning for four years and this is just an extension of that service to the city. I’d like to continue the hard work that council has been doing to keep Missouri City moving forward and an experienced council-man in place,” Marshall said.

“The city is doing well and we need to stay on track.” Marshall’s primary goals for the city are increased public

safety, smart economic devel-opment, fi scal responsibility, enhancing city services and listening to citizens.

Marshall also pointed out that council and staff are “mak-ing things more cost effective. People want us to continue do-ing what we’ve been doing to maintain their property values and we’re doing everything we can to keep those values up.”

He also said citizens “want us to repair streets, curbs and sidewalks now that we have available bond money to do in-frastructure repairs.”

Something council used bond money for a few years back was investing in Quail Valley Golf Course (QVGC). Marshall pointed out that more than 75 percent of citizens vot-ed in favor of that bond refer-endum and building the tennis/recreation center and commu-nity center.

“We followed the will of the

people. They wanted new ame-nities and so we hope we’ve built both facilities to meet their expectations. We’re not pick-ing one part of the city over another. It just so happens that’s where the golf course is. Over-whelmingly city wide, citizens approved of that bond elec-tion,” the councilman said.

The 2005 bond election had multiple parts with $35 million in bonds going to numerous areas. In it was the building of a new community center that initially was to be next to city hall. Marshall said, “After the bonds were approved and be-fore we were able to build it, the city was given the opportu-nity to buy the old tennis courts and center and it was a deal we couldn’t refuse.

“The land and 20 tennis courts were acquired for a good price and we got almost a $1 million grant from Texas Parks & Wildlife. The grant paid for the majority of the land acquisi-tion so the bond money went for construction. It was approved before anything was done re-garding Quail Valley.

“We just changed the loca-tion of the community center and acquired 20 tennis courts that were already built. We re-furbished them with new light-ing for about $12,000. We kept 12 of the 20 courts and didn’t have to spend $1.2 million to build them because they were already there. I think the city

Keen contest in Missouri City for District A seat

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County to acquire software to monitor social mediaBy SESHADRI KUMAR

Fort Bend County’s Offi ce of Emergency Management plans to purchase software to monitor social media for monitoring and vetting social user-generated content on the Internet during emergency and non-emergency events.

The item was on the com-missioners court agenda last week.

County Judge Bob Hebert pulled the item and delayed its consideration after Com-missioner Andy Meyers said he had serious concerns about the project and had many un-answered questions.

The Offi ce of Emergency Management has received a

federal grant to purchase a re-gional social media monitoring system called “Swift River.”

The project includes design, delivery and support of a soft-ware system which is capable of actively and passively mon-itoring popular user-generated content websites on the Inter-net for key phrases, trending keywords or themes, tempera-ment, broadly or within sev-eral specifi ed and confi gurable geographic regions.

The development of a so-cial media monitoring tool is not specifi cally a Fort Bend County project, but it is a proj-ect of the Houston Urban Area region. It is a regional project recommended for develop-ment by the Houston Urban Area Security Initiative pro-gram, a Department of Home-land Security grant program designed to strengthen the Houston area’s response to and recovery from a catastrophic event in our region, according to Jeff Braun, Fort Bend Coun-ty’s Emergency Management Coordinator.

Fort Bend County is act-ing as the “conduit” for the purchase of the software for the entire region. The funding for the project was allocated to Fort Bend County OEM so that it could manage the pro-curement process and then supervise the installation and use of the system in the region,

Braun told county commis-sioners, while explaining the project. The region is look-ing at procuring two different types of software to accom-plish the above purpose; one is called SwiftRiver and the other is called Ushahidi.

SwiftRiver gathers as many possible streams of data about a particular crisis event as pos-sible (e.g. Boston Marathon bombing). Second, that stream of data is fi ltered through both machine based algorithms and humans to better understand the veracity and level of im-portance of any piece of infor-mation.

Ushahidi offers many tools for visualizing geospatial data. It offers a robust platform for mapping events.

The SwiftRiver platform is being sought after by the re-gion because increasingly pub-licly shared information from citizens gives the best overall picture in the fi rst hours of a major incident, according to Braun.

Braun gave an example for the use of the software. During 2011 winter weather incidents, OEM used social networking sites to gather in-formation about where roads were icy or impassable; and where accidents were causing road closures. This informa-tion was found by searching Twitter and Facebook; often

individuals are more likely topost this information on Face-book or Twitter instead of calling 9-1-1. In subsequentyears, the OEM used social media to gather informationabout fl ooded intersections, malfunctioning traffi c signals, wildfi res, and even rumors of school shootings.

During the Deepwater Ho-rizon oil spill, Tulane Univer-sity students used Ushahidi, anopen source software platform, to aid in the massive cleanupeffort.

SwiftRiver and Ushahidicombined will provide onepublic space, across the region, for the public to share incidentreports in a secure and openplatform.

This Project will help theHouston region build a “state-of-the-art” social media moni-toring project which will hope-fully set the standard for othersin the fi eld of emergency man-agement and homeland secu-rity, Braun says.

The software will not beused to track or monitor in-dividual citizens or used forcollecting non-public informa-tion from citizens, accordingto Braun. The software is notcapable of scanning password protected accounts or read-ing any individual’s email ac-counts. Further, the software is not able to view private posts on social networking sites.

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Natalia Kapacinskas, a junior at Fort Bend Christian Acad-emy, received national recognition with a silver medal for per-suasive writing in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2013, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.

Of the 230,000 submissions received, fewer than one per-cent were recognized on the national level. Fort Bend Chris-tian Academy English teacher Mrs. Alex Dravis was also given credit by the Awards for her instruction on Natalia’s piece.

Natalia will be in attendance at this year’s National Celebra-tion, which begins in New York City on May 31, for a special ceremony at Carnegie Hall where she and other recipients will be recognized.

The Awards are the country’s longest-running and most pres-tigious recognition program for creative teenagers, with 2013 marking their 90th anniversary.

Alumni of the Scholastic Awards have gone on to continue their education at many of the top colleges and universities across the country. Distinguished alumni include Robert Red-ford, Andy Warhol, Joyce Carol Oates, Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, John Updike, and Stephen King.

Natalia is the daughter of Catherine and Chris Kapacinskas of Sugar Land.

Back Row Standing: Doug Perry, Janice Perry, Hector Vasquez, Angela Vasquez, Ray Aguilar, Rachel Novoa, Angelica Martinez, and Rick Salazar. Front Row from Left: Angela Rebeles, Andres Novoa (Owner of La Cocina), and Loretta Acosta. Not pictured: Johanna Compean, Sandra Jentzen and Pam Jones

It’s May and that means it’s Cinco de Mayo time, but this celebration is not your usual event. This outdoor event, rocks and grooves, so, get ready to dance to live music, enjoy great food exclusively prepared for the evening, sip great margarita’s, and review and bid on live and silent auc-tion, raffl es and more – all happening Saturday, May 4, at La Cocina Mexican Restau-rant, 515 FM 359, Richmond., 5:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

“It is going to be a great evening, full of fun, great food, great company, great en-tertainment, and we are look-ing forward to another suc-cessful event. This is the 8th Annual Cinco de Mayo event, hosted by La Cocina Mexican

Restaurant, and benefi ting Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels,” said Andras Novoa, owner, La Cocina Mexican Restaurant.

Ask anyone who has at-tended this event for the past eight years and they all agree, La Cocina’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration means two things, It’s time to party and have a good time.

“Everyone has a blast, and every year more people come out and join us for the wonder-ful event, all for a great cause, which is supporting Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels as they continue to provide 1,100 meals daily for the el-derly in our communities,” said Rachel Novoa, Cinco de Mayo Committee member.

So many people from the community come out and help with this event to make it suc-cessful.

“It is great to see the com-munity come together for this event, and we are blessed to have so many helping. I’d like to send a shout-out to one person in particular and that is Lisa Anhaiser who is an im-portant part of this event and provides her services from her shop, Linens by Lisa,” Andras said.

“To date, Andres Novoa’s Cinco de Mayo Commit-tee have helped to raise over $165,000 to provide hot meals to seniors whose plates would otherwise be empty, and for this, we simply cannot thank him and all who support this

event. Thank you and we look forward to seeing everyone May 4,” said Fort Bend Se-niors Meals on Wheels CEO, Manuela Arroyos.

For more information or to order your VIP table or in-dividual tickets, please visit www.fortbendseniors.org or call 281-633-7051.

Cinco de Mayo Celebration is about to rock Natalia Kapacinskas recognized by The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

“All Men are Like Grass”An Exhibition of High School Photography & Art will be

held May 4, from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Sugar Land Town Square. The event is presented by Fort Bend Christian Academy with Guest Photographer Geoff Nesossi. Admis-sion is free.

The City of Sugar Land and Shape Up Sugar Land will cel-ebrate National Bike Month on Friday, May 17 with the third annual Bike to Work Day and fi rst annual Bike to School Day.

Sugar Land’s Comprehen-sive Mobility Plan identifi es a vision for “Superior Mobility” and events that support trans-portation choices and healthy, active lifestyles.

Shape Up Sugar Land is hosting this year’s Bike to Work Day event with support from the City of Sugar Land and other sponsors.

Shape Up Sugar Land is a nonprofi t organization that raises awareness and encour-ages activities that foster a healthy lifestyle.

The event begins at 7:30 a.m. at the South Meadow Pavilion at Sugar Land’s Me-morial Park, 15300 University Blvd., adjacent to the Pawm Springs Dog Park.

At 8:15 a.m, Bike to Work Day participants will ride 3.8 miles to Town Square via Uni-versity Boulevard and Lexing-ton Boulevard. Bike to School Day participants will ride 1.1 miles to Fort Settlement Middle School via University Boulevard.

Event participants may reg-ister on site prior to the start of the bike rides.

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Juan Alberto Benitez was convicted of Driving While Intoxicated – second Offense by a jury on April 18, after deliberating for approximately 15 minutes.

Presiding Judge Jeffrey A. McMeans sentenced the 28-year old Houston man to 18 months probation one day later.

Benitez was charged with the crime in 2011 after a con-cerned citizen notifi ed authori-ties of his erratic driving.

According to Assistant Dis-trict Attorney Richa Kumar, a citizen observed a green Honda Civic driving errati-cally near Highway 6 and West Airport Boulevard close to midnight on July 16, 2011.

The citizen testifi ed at trial that the Honda Civic nearly struck his car and had diffi-culty maintaining a single lane. Suspecting an intoxicated driver, he followed the car to Highway 6 and 90 at which point he called 911.

As he continued to follow the green Honda on Highway 6 to Highway 59, the vehicle had trouble maintaining a

single lane and would rapidly accelerate and decelerate for no apparent reason.

The citizen followed the green Honda onto Highway 59 north when the Sugar Land Police Department responded. The citizen testified that he never lost sight of the green Honda and the vehicle was easy to identify because it had its left blinker on for some dis-tance and never changed lanes.

Sugar Land Police Offi cer Rutland observed the green Honda with its left blinker

Frank Simpson, city man-ager of College Station died on April 27 after a heart attack.

Simpson, 48, had been doing yardwork when he collapsed and was taken to College Sta-tion Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. He was the city manager for less than a month.

A public visitation was held Tuesday. Funeral services were set for Wednesday in College Station.

Simpson and his wife, Kelly, have three children.

Frank Simpson was named city manager on March 28, 2013 after serving slightly more than two months as in-terim city manager.

Prior to that, Simpson served

as Deputy City Manager with oversight of Public Works, Wa-ter Services, and the Electric Utility. Simpson went to the City of College Station after serving as city manager of

got an extremely good deal on QVGC,” said Marshall, who was not a councilman at the time but served on the city’s Quail Valley Acquisition Com-mittee and favored council buy-ing it.

Opponent Rodney Griffi n, a retired business owner, said he’s running for council be-cause of “the conditions in the city.”

He pointed to the “blight” along Texas Parkway and Cart-wright Road and said, “Taxes are getting higher, especially on the northeast end (of Missouri City), and I want to see if I can do something about it and give representation to people who have not gotten visible repre-sentation.”

As for why the District A electorate should choose him as their next councilman, Grif-fi n said he’s a problem solver, a former Southwest Bell engi-neer and held a senior position in city government in Austin.

“The most important thing is I worked in a manager/council form of government in Austin, just like Missouri City has. I’m quite aware of city governments and how they work.”

Griffi n disagrees with Mar-shall on Quail Valley Golf Course. He said, “It has been a sinkhole for us. The recreation center is also a sinkhole.

“Both have added to the city’s fi nancial woes, and the crash tax has made Missouri City the laughing stock of the whole world. National cable television truly made fun of it. You have an accident and police come out and you get charged.”

The candidate went on to say that he wishes Missouri City had the same amenities as some surrounding towns have so ev-eryone could buy everything they need in Missouri City, “es-pecially around Texas Parkway, which is the entry to the city.

“We need to revitalize Texas Parkway. All those tax dollars we’ve been paying all those years should stay in the area in a TIRZ (tax increment rein-vestment zone). I want taxes

to get lower and have more of them used here (District A) rather than putting them into Hwy. 6. I also wish all citizens would count – that their voices counted. I think there’s a lack of political will to hear all the citi-zens’ voices,” Griffi n said.

Yolanda Ford, an urban plan-ner and land development pro-fessional for a non-profi t, has lived in Missouri City for 35 years.

She said she decided to run for the District A seat on city council because “after watch-ing the city grow and oversee-ing that growth, I realized the city was in need of leadership that was innovative and able to grow the city collectively in-stead of disjointedly.”

She believes that she is quali-fi ed for the job thanks to having a Masters of Architecture de-gree and experience as a former city planner for Missouri City and Houston.

She said that her experience in city policy, quality economic development and leadership make her “ready to work with the citizens of Missouri City to

improve the quality of life, in-crease property values, repair infrastructure and provide a safe place to live for everyone.

“I believe my commitment to the city as a lifelong resident along with my education, expe-rience in city government and land development knowledge can provide leadership and ex-perience that will grow our city to its full potential.”

As for buying Quail Val-ley Golf Course, Ford said, “I believe the need to protect the quality of life and property val-ues of Quail Valley residents was absolutely necessary, but it was delivered improperly. This is why it is very important for citizens to be a part of the elec-tion process so that they can se-lect leadership that will ensure transparency in government spending and that their tax dol-lars will be properly invested.”

When asked if she would support or oppose next year’s bond referendum, she said she would follow the dictates of her constituents – however they feel about it would determine her support or opposition.

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Former Missouri City City Manager Frank Simpson passes away

Simpson

Missouri City for seven years from 2004 to 2011. He previ-ously served as city manager of Webster (2001-04) and Center (1995-01), and was an assistant city manager in La Marque (1994-95).

Simpson began his long municipal government career as a public utilities worker for the City of College Station in 1986 while attending Texas A&M. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1988 and a master’s in public administration from A&M in 1990. Simpson worked in vari-ous administrative capacities with the City of College Station from 1989-93.

In June, 2011, at the time of Simpson’s departure from Mis-

souri City, Mayor Allen Owen said “Frank guided the city and our council forward during the acquisition of the Quail Valley Golf Course, through the chal-lenges posed by the impact of Hurricane Ike and during the downturn in the economy.”

Simpson was also instru-mental on the economic de-velopment helping to attract notable companies to the city, including those in Lakeview Business Park and Beltway Crossing Business Park, he said.

“During his seven and one-half years as city manager, Frank has also led staff in plan-ning and implementing key in-frastructure projects citywide,” Owen said.

Teresa Cox Reading and Deanna Clapsaddle, Mental Health America Fort Bend County Beacon of Hope Banquet co-chairs, announce upcoming event to be held on Friday, May 31st, at Sugar Creek Country Club. This year’s event is a Military Tribute. Tickets can be purchased on-line at www.mhafbc.org or by calling 832-617-0642.

Geraldo Olivo, playwright, poet and author, is announcing the Be Theatre House staged reading of The Bullfi ghter, a play delving into the mercurial underworld of presidential politics, at FrenetiCore Theatre in Houston, Texas on May 5th at 6:00 p.m.

David Rainey, Alley Theatre Resident Company Member for the past 12 years and Artistic Director of The Landing Theatre Company, will be playing the lead character of Gene.

The cast, who are active and veteran members of the Houston theatre scene, include Kalob Martinez, Matt Benton, Jeff Dor-man, Susan Ly, Dave Osbie Shepard, Shondra Marie, Jonathan Gonzalez, Darin Montemayor and Ryan Heitzman. Arianna Day is the stage manager.

Be Theatre House, the producer of The Bullfi ghter Houston staged reading, is a member of the Be House companies, includ-ing Be Bookhouse, a publishing company founded by the creative team of Geraldo Olivo, Robert Cortez and Alfredo Cortez.

Olivo formerly served as director of compliance for one of the top campaign fi nance and election law fi rms in Washington, D.C., alongside the attorneys who guided the political operations for some of the most infl uential groups in American politics, including MoveOn.org and the Democratic National Committee.

The Bullfi ghter, a political and psychological thriller, is about a mathematical genius, homeless and delusional after the disap-pearance of his true love, who becomes entangled in a shadow political group’s attempt to sway a pivotal Presidential election in return for a chance to see her again.

A video promotional trailer for the play can be found at face-book.com/iamthebullfi ghter. There will be a Talk-back/Recep-tion with the playwright and actors following the performance. Admission is free.

The Bullfi ghter

Man convicted for second DWI offense

fl ashing to be speeding down Highway 59 when it changed lanes in front of her and nearly swerved into the next adjacent lane.

Rutland pulled the vehicle over and identifi ed the driver as Juan Alberto Benitez. Benitez stated that he had drunk four or more beers. He stated that on a scale of one to ten, one being completely sober and ten be-ing the most drunk he has ever been, he was an eight.

Rutland evaluated the de-fendant’s level of intoxication using the three standardized fi eld sobriety tests.

Benitez performed poorly and was unable to complete the second and third test.

The defendant was then ar-rested for driving while intoxi-cated. When asked to provide a breath sample, Benitez refused.

While he was in the back of

the patrol unit, Officer Rut-land stated “[you] shouldn’t be drinking and driving,” to which the defendant responded,

“yeah, seems like it,… sounds like it too.”

Benitez was tried in County Court at Law No. 2. Driving While Intoxicated in this case is a Class A Misdemeanor pun-ishable by 30 days to one year in jail and/or a fi ne up to $4,000.

Benitez will pay a $750 fi ne, perform 64 hours of commu-nity service and be required to install an interlock ignition device on his car as part of his probation. He will also attend a DWI subsequent offender program in addition to a Victim Impact Panel presentation.

Assistant District Attorneys Richa Kumar and Tonika Davis prosecuted the case.

Attorney Anthony Segura represented the defendant.

Benitez

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott will be speaking at the May 10, Patriot Luncheon, hosted by Fort Bend Republican Women at the Sweetwater Country Club, 4400 Palm Royal, Sugar Land, 11:30 – 1 p.m. Abbott was re-elected as the 50th Attorney General of Texas on Nov. 2, 2010. Prior to his elec-tion as Attorney General, he served as a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court and as a State district Judge in Harris County. Sponsorships are available. For more information call 281-341-6662 or email yfl [email protected].

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OpinionPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the traffi c/safety study for West Tavener from Pink Taylor Run to Koym, Battle Road from FM 2919 to West Tavener and Powell Point School Road from FM 2919 to West Tavener to include placement of “No Trucks” signs and placement of speed limit signs on West Tavener Road, Precinct 1.The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, 309 South Fourth St., Suite 700, William B. Travis Bldg., Richmond, Texas. You are invited to attend and state your approval or objection on this matter.

Submitted by,Dianne WilsonFort Bend County Clerk

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEThe Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the revised traffi c control plan for Agnes Road, Precinct 1.

The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, 309 South Fourth St., Suite 700, William B. Travis Bldg., Richmond, Texas. You are invited to attend and state your approval or objection on this matter.

Submitted by,Dianne WilsonFort Bend County Clerk

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEThe Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the revised traffi c control plan for Hagerson Road at LJ Parkway within the Riverstone Development, Precinct 4.The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, 309 South Fourth St., Suite 700, William B. Travis Bldg., Richmond, Texas. You are invited to attend and state your approval or objection on this matter.Submitted by,Dianne WilsonFort Bend County Clerk

By KARL ROVEThe dedication in Dallas

on Thursday of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum has triggered a lot of talk about the legacy of America’s 43rd chief ex-ecutive, and of the issues that arose between 2001 and 2009. But it should also be a time to refl ect on the character of the man who occupied the Oval Offi ce during this century’s fi rst eight years.

I’m obligated to state the obvious, which is that George W. Bush is hardly fl awless. But those who want to focus on his fl aws best turn else-where, since in my experience with him—which spans 39 years—his fl aws are greatly overshadowed by his virtues, starting with his moral clarity.

It was this trait that led him to use all the energy of his of-fi ce to keep America safe after 9/11. It drove his response to the AIDS pandemic in Africa, where American leadership has saved millions of lives. On issues from immigration to education to stem-cell re-search, Mr. Bush drew on his understanding of America’s deepest moral commitments. Even his use of phrases like “the axis of evil,” which drove critics batty, was grounded in a true understanding of the North Korean, Iranian and Saddam Hussein-ruled Iraqi regimes.

But moral clarity without courage is worth little in a political leader, and Presi-dent Bush possessed cour-age in abundance. I saw it many times, such as when he touched the “third rail” of American politics, calling for Social Security reform in two presidential elections.

The most obvious example of his courage as a leader is the Iraq surge of 2007, a pol-icy opposed by nearly every Democrat, many Republicans, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and some members of his own cabinet. The Iraq war was

then deeply unpopular with the public. Success was by no means assured. Yet Mr. Bush persevered, put a counterin-surgency plan in place and turned around a war on the edge of being lost. In many re-spects, this was his fi nest mo-ment.

Mr. Bush once said, “Some folks look at me and see a cer-tain swagger, which in Texas is called ‘walking.’ Critics saw arrogance, but those around him experienced something different: a man with enough self-confi dence to encourage people to say what they be-lieved, especially when their opinions differed from his. But they had to be prepared, since Mr. Bush, an insatiable information collector, did his homework and expected oth-ers to have done the same.

Where Mr. Bush and I dif-fered was in how to treat those who directed political abuse his way. For example, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid would phone the White House after he had in-sulted the president—such as in 2005, when he called Mr. Bush “a liar” and “a loser.” He said he didn’t know that his speechwriters had slipped “loser” into his remarks until he delivered them, so he want-ed to apologize for using that word (but not for calling the president a “liar”). Mr. Bush didn’t take umbrage. I did. The president felt he had bet-ter things to do, starting with handling threats foreign and domestic.

So Mr. Bush pressed for-

ward on issues from reform-ing entitlements and the tax code, improving education, reining in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before they imploded, fi xing immigra-tion, strengthening the role of faith-based institutions, modernizing the military, and overhauling our counterter-rorism systems. He some-times made progress and sometimes was stalled.

But even where he failed, I am confi dent that solutions he offered—on matters from re-forming immigration to inject-ing choice and competition into entitlement programs—will eventually be embraced by policy makers because they are so sensible.

Mr. Bush ran in 2000 prom-ising to restore honor and dig-nity to the presidency. He took seriously the example of John Adams, whose words to his wife Abigail are etched over the fi replace in the State Din-ing Room in the White House: “I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but hon-est and wise men ever rule un-der this roof!”

In his biography of Harry Truman, David McCullough wrote that CBS newscaster Eric Sevareid “would say nearly forty years later of Tru-man, ‘I am not sure he was right about the atomic bomb, or even Korea. But remember-ing him reminds people what a man in that offi ce ought to be like. It’s character, just char-acter. He stands like a rock in memory now.’”

Character is what is being celebrated in Dallas this week.

A version of this article ap-peared April 25, 2013, in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: The Bush Character, Four Years Later and online at WSJ.com.

The Bush character, Four years laterThe President

didn’t take umbrage when

Harry Reid called him ‘a liar’ or ‘loser.’ I did.—Karl Rove

hen deeply unpopular with

INDEPENDENT • MAY 1, 2013 •

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DEVELOPMENT CODE LAND USE AMENDMENTS

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND DEVELOPMENT

CODE-CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE II, TO REVISE SEC. 2-55 LAND USE MATRIX

FOR SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL USES WITHIN THE BUSINESS OFFICE (B-

O), NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS (B-1), GENERAL BUSINESS (B-2), AND

RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL (M-1) DISTRICTS

PURPOSE: ONE (1) PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT WHICH

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE PROPOSED CODE

AMENDMENT SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO

BE HEARD

WHERE: CITY OF SUGAR LAND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

CITY HALL

2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS

WHEN: CITY OF SUGAR LAND

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

6:00 P.M., MAY 21, 2013

DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT MAY BE OBTAINED BY

CONTACTING THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND PLANNING OFFICE AT (281) 275-

2218 OR BY EMAIL AT [email protected]. THE PLANNING

OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 O’CLOCK A.M. TO

5:00 O’CLOCK P.M., AND IS LOCATED AT CITY HALL, 2700 TOWN CENTER

BOULEVARD NORTH, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS. PLEASE CONTACT THE

PLANNING OFFICE IF YOU WISH TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO GO OVER

ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN PERSON.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ZONING 2.691 ACRES

WEST GRAND PARKWAY AND RIVER FALLS DRIVE

PERMANENT ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 2.691 ACRES LOCATED AT

THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST GRAND PARKWAY AND RIVER FALLS

DRIVE FROM THE INTERIM STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1-I)

DISTRICT TO NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS (B-1) DISTRICT. PROPERTY IS IN J.

KUYKENDALL LEAGUE, ABSTRACT NO. 49.

PURPOSE: ONE (1) PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT WHICH

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE PROPOSED

PERMANENT ZONING SHALL BE GIVEN AN

OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

WHERE: CITY OF SUGAR LAND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH

WHEN: CITY COUNCIL

6:00 P.M., MAY 21, 2013

DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE MAY BE OBTAINED BY

CONTACTING THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OFFICE,

TELEPHONE (281) 275-2218 OR EMAIL [email protected].

THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH

FRIDAY FROM 8:00 O’CLOCK A.M. TO 5:00 O’CLOCK P.M., AND LOCATED IN

CITY HALL, 2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS.

PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WISH TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO REVIEW

ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN PERSON.Vicinity Map:

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALENOTICE OF LEVYREAL PROPERTY

Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 7th day of February, 2013 by the 400th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause #10-DCV-183738 in favor of the Hunters Glen Community Association , Plaintiff , for the sum of $3,952.54++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 15th day of March, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Elaine Williams had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION:LOT 12, BLOCK 1, OF HUNTERS GLEN, SECTION 3, A SUBDIVISION OF FORTBEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 20, PAGE 8 IN HE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORTBEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $68,760.00

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affi xed thereto. All sales are fi nal.

Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check, or Money OrderSale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M.

Rob Cook, Pct. 3 ConstableFort Bend County, Texas

By: M. Scheibel Deputy #1331


Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 5th day of March, 2013 by the 400th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause #11-DCV-194193 in favor of the Briargate Community Improvement Association, Plaintiff , for the sum of $3,149.32++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 19th day of March, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Santos A. Canales and Norma A. Martinez had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION:LOT 22, BLOCK 10, OF BRIARGATE, SECTION 8, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 6, PAGE 15 IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.


Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affi xed thereto. All sales are fi nal.Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check, or Money OrderSale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M.




Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 4th day of March, 2013 by the 268th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause #12-DCV-197468 in favor of the Townewest Community Improvement Asso-ciation, Inc. , Plaintiff , for the sum of $4,911.74++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 20th day of March, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Jenny Lin Boone and Travis Wayne Heidrick had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION:LOT 65, BLOCK 5, OF TOWNEWEST, SECTION 6, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, UNDER VOLUME 30, PAGE 10, AS MODIFIED BY ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO OR REPLATS THEREOF.ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $59,920.00Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affi xed thereto. All sales are fi nal.Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check, or Money OrderSale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M.



NOTICE OF CONSTABLES SALETHE STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY OF FORT BENDBy virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 268TH DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County on the 19th day of February 2013 by the clerk thereof, in the case of Fort Bend County vs CHERYL KAY SALISBURY, AKA CHERYL KAY SCHWAMKRUG in Cause #04-DCV-140342 and 11-DCV-191454 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O’ Clock AM on the 7th day of May, 2013, which is the fi rst Tuesday of said month, at the Fort Bend County Justice Center Parking Garage, 1418 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, Level 1 of the Parking Garage at the South End, West Corner, near Stairway “B” of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit:TRACT 1: GEO: 7550040094900907LOT 49 IN BLOCK 9 OF SUGAR CREEK, SECTION 4, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 8, PAGE 14 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.Levied on the 8th day of March, 2013 as the property of CHERYL KAY SALISBURY AKA CHERYL KAY SCHWAMKRUG to satisfy a judgment amounting to $33,169.69, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and postjudgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, FORT BEND COUNTY.ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 9th DAY of APRIL, 2013.


By: Sergeant Shawn D. Sayers Deputy #1309


COUNTY OF FORT BENDBy virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 240TH DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County on the 1st day of March 2013 by the clerk thereof, in the case of FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT # 142 vs AKlNWUMI AJIBOLA, ET AL in Cause ## 11- DCV -186742 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O’ Clock AM on the 7th day of May, 2013, which is the fi rst Tuesday of said month, at the Fort Bend County Justice Center Parking Garage, 1418 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, Level 1 of the Parking Garage at the South End, West Corner, near Stairway “B” of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit:TRACT 1: GEO: 3104040010050907,1: GEO: 3104040010050 LOT FIVE (5) IN BLOCK ONE (1) OF FIELDSTONE, SECTION FOUR (4), AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT NO. 20060117 OF THE MAP/PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.TRACT 2: GEO: 2256020020190901LOT NINETEEN (19), BLOCK TWO (2), OF CANYON LAKES AT WESTHEIMER LAKES SEC. TWO (2), AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 20060227 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

Levied on the 21st day of March, 2013 as the property of AKINWUMI AJIBOLA, FIELDSTONE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. to satisfy a judgment amounting to $29,715.56, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of FORT BEND INDEPENDENTSCHOOL DISTRICT; FORT BEND COUNTY LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT # 12;FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT # 142; FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT # 165, LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; FORT BEND COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT #4, FORT BEND COUNTY GENERAL FUND; FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND FORT BEND COUNTY LATERAL FLOOD ROAD CONTROL.ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 21st DAY of MARCH, 2013.



NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids in triplicate, one (1) original and two (2) copies, addressed to the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, May 16,

2013, for:

TELEVISION OPERATIONS EQUIPMENT

Sealed bids shall be appropriately marked as follows:

BID NO. 2013-18 TELEVISION OPERATIONS EQUIPMENT

BIDDER’S NAME, ADDRESS, AND DUE DATE

Bidder shall sign and date the bid. Bids that are not signed and dated will be

rejected.

Signed and sealed bids shall be delivered to the Offi ce of the City Secretary, on or before 11:00 o’clock a.m., Thursday, May 16, 2013, City of Sugar Land City Hall, Offi ce of the City Secretary, Suite 122, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All bids received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within thirty (30) days following the date for the opening of bids.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifi cations prior to the date set for opening of bids. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifi cations. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not aff ect the bid opening date.

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities in bids received. The award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held on 10:00 a.m. CST, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, City Council Chamber, City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479.

ITB documents may be secured from City of Sugar Land, Offi ce of the City Secretary, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, or by registering at www.publicpurchase.com. Registration is free. All bid documents, amendments and other information relating to the bid will be posted at this site.

Questions regarding this invitation to bid must be received by Thursday, May

9, 2013 on or before 3:00 P.M. Please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contracts Manager, telephone number (281) 275-2302 or email [email protected] .

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMCCity Secretary

The Spirit of Freedom Re-publican Women’s Club will host Congressman Louie Gohmert, US Congressman from Texas’s 1st Congressio-nal District.

The meeting will take place Friday May 10th at Sugar Creek Baptist Church Chapel at 13213 SW Freeway, Sugar Land from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A light lunch will be served courtesy of Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert.

An RSVP is requested for those who plan to eat or just attend the meeting. To RSVP, email President Deb-bie Fancher at [email protected] or call or text her at 281-543-3195.

Serving his fi fth term in the United States House of Repre-sentatives, Congressman Lou-ie Gohmert was fi rst sworn in January 4, 2005. He represents the First District of Texas, which encompasses over 12 counties stretching nearly 120 miles down the state’s eastern border.

Louie serves on numerous House committees and sub-committees. He was recently named Vice Chair of the Judi-ciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Se-curity due to his extensive knowledge stemming from years in the courtroom.

Prior to being elected to serve in Congress, Louie was elected to three terms as Dis-trict Judge in Smith County, Texas. During his tenure on

the bench, he gained national and international attention for some of his innovative rul-ings. He was later appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to complete a term as Chief Justice of the 12th Court of Appeals.

Louie received his under-graduate degree from Texas A&M University and later graduated from Baylor School of Law. He is also a veteran having served his country as Captain in the U.S. Army.

Today, he and his wife Kathy are the proud parents of three daughters. Their family attends Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, where Louie has served as a deacon and still teaches Sunday school.

For more information on Spirit of Freedom Republi-can Women’s Club go to their website www.spiritoffreedom-women.com

NewsSpirit of Freedom Republican

Women host U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert

Gohmert

Clements High School Sophomore, Julian Libin, earned his Eagle Scout rank recently. He joined the Scouting program in First grade as a Tiger Cub with Pack 1882 at the age of 6, and on becoming a Boy Scout joined Troop 1631 in Sugar Land where he has been a member since 5th grade. This troop was the fi rst troop to be established in First Colony over 25 years ago. To achieve this rank, Julian earned 23 merit badges and served in many leadership positions, his most recent as the Se-nior Patrol Leader. For his Eagle project, Julian built a desk and hutch workstation for the Debate Teachers’ workroom at Clements. The project totaled 277.75 man-hours with the help of 14 volunteers.

Troop 1631 is affi liated with the Sam Houston Area Coun-cil Houston, the largest BSA Council in the United States, and chartered by Fort Bend Optimist Club, Sugar Land. The Troop meets on Monday nights at 7 at Fort Settlement Middle School, in Sugar Land. The stated mission of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-ca is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. The vision of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsi-ble, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law.

Julian Libin, left, Eagle Scout and Ed Gifford, Troop 1631 Advancement Chair.

Julian Libin earns Eagle Scout badge

The annual Fort Bend County Peace Offi cer Memorial Ser-vice will be conducted at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Peace Offi cers’ Memorial at the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Offi ce.

Each year, the Fort Bend County law enforcement offi cers who lost their lives in the line of duty are honored during this solemn event. Sixteen law enforcement offi cers dating back to Feb. 7, 1843, will be honored.

The Rev. Ben Gardner of Grace Baptist Church in Rosen-berg will present the invocation.

The Fort Bend County Honor Guard will present the Col-ors, followed by the National Anthem performed by Daryle Ryan, Fleet Coordinator for the Sheriff’s Offi ce.

Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls will be the keynote speaker at this year’s ceremony.

A Roll Call of the Fallen will be recited. Taps will follow the presentation of a wreath and a 21-Gun Salute. Claudia Garza of Grace Baptist Church will perform “Amazing Grace,” the Colors will be retired and The Rev. Claude Villemaire of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Rosenberg will conduct the Bene-diction.

Peace offi cer memorial service


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THE STATE OF TEXAS

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF RITA GEORGE RANDOLPH AND THE UNKNOWNDEVISEES OF RITA VIRGINIA GEORGE RANDOLPHADDRESS UNKNOWNNOTICE:You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not fi le a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issuance of this citation, same being May 27, 2013 a default judgment may be taken against you. Said answer may be fi led by mailing same to: District Clerk’s Offi ce, 301 Jackson, Richmond, Texas 77469, or by bringing it to the offi ce. Our street address is 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond TX 77469. We are located on the fi rst fl oor of the Justice Center building.The case is presently pending before the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County sitting in Richmond, Texas, and was fi led on AUGUST 01, 2012. It bears cause number 12-DCV-199821 and is styled:Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, Plaintiff FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP vs Senter George, Jr., The Unknown Heirs at Law of Rita Virginia George Randolph and the Unknown Devisees of Rita Virginia George Randolph, Defendants IN RE: 2718 Atlas Drive, Missouri City, TX 77459The name and address of the attorney for PLAINTIFF OR PETITIONER is:DAMIAN WILLIAM ABREO

BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TURNER & ENGEL LLP

1900 ST.JAMES PLACE ,SUITE 500

HOUSTON TX 77056

713-693-2027

The nature of the demands of said PLAINTIFF OR PETITIONER is as follows to-wit:LOT TWELVE (12), BLOCK THREE (3) OF OLYMPIA ESTATES, SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED UNDER SLIDE NO. 2330/A OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXASIf this Citation is not served, it shall be returned unserved. Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, at Richmond, Texas on this the 10th day of April, 2013.

DISTRICT CLERK ANNIE REBECCA ELLIOTTFort Bend County, Texas

By Deputy District Clerk Brittany Rebeles281-633-7613


Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 4th day of March, 2013 by the 400th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause #11-DCV-194694 in favor of Briargate Community Improvement Association, Inc., Plaintiff , for the sum of $2,954.05++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 20th day of March, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Daniel Mata and Rosa Maria Perez had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 35, BLOCK 1, OF BRIARGATE, SECTION 6, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 18, PAGE 6 IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, AND MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 15807 PINWOOD DR. MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77489.ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $63,570.00Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affi xed thereto. All sales are fi nal. Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check, or Money OrderSale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M.




Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 11th day of March, 2013 by the 400th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause #11-DCV-193308 in favor of The Estates Community Association, Inc., Plaintiff , for the sum of $2,954.05++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 20th day of March, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Yvette Lemons Forest had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION:LOT 54, BLOCK 3, OF HUNTERS POINT ESTATES, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 32, PAGE 23 IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.





LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing a Request for Statements of Qualifi cation for the following:

TERM CONTRACT

ON CALL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES

RSQ # 122-13

The City of Missouri City is requesting statements of qualifi cations from a registered professional engineer or engineering fi rm for assorted traffi c engineering services. The City desires to enter into a term agreement for traffi c engineering services on an “on-call” basis.

It is the intent of the City to negotiate an agreement with one (1) fi rm. The responses received will be evaluated and ranked. The City will then enter negotiations with the highest ranked respondent with the objective of entering into contract for services at a mutually agreeable cost. All costs involved with preparing a submittal, including any interview travel expenses, are the responsibility of the respondent.

Statements will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. local time May 13, 2013 and then opened. The statements will be evaluated with the intent of negotiating an agreement with one of the responding fi rms.

Interested parties must obtain an RSQ package and provide the required information to the City in order to be considered. RFP packages are available by contacting the DemandStar bid service at (800) 711-1712 and requesting the solicitation name above for the City of Missouri City, Texas.

Statements must be sealed, marked with the RSQ name and number as listed above and the date of opening. Statements must be delivered to the attention of the Missouri City Purchasing Manager, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Statements marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualifi ed. Statements are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.

City of Missouri City

LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing a Request for Proposals for the following:

RFP #127-13

ADMINISTRATION OF STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

The City of Missouri City requests proposals from interested parties for the Complete development of revised Storm Water Management Program to address new permit requirements within the allotted time frame as set by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality once the new general permit for municipal separate storm sewer system is issued.

It is the intent of the City of Missouri City to contract with one (1) vendor. Vendors are requested to submit a proposal that meets all requirements contained herein. Proposals submitted shall be complete and include all costs associated with the proposal and shall be subject to negotiation by the City. All costs involved with preparing a proposal for submittal, including interview travel expenses, are the responsibility of the proposal respondent.

Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. local time May 20, 2013 and then opened.

RFP packages are available by contacting the DemandStar bid service at (800)

711-1712 and requesting the bid name above for the City of Missouri City, Texas.

Proposals must be sealed, marked on the outside of the delivery envelope with the RFP name and number as listed above, and the date of opening. Proposals must be delivered to the attention of the Sealed Bid Box, City of Missouri City Purchasing Offi ce, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Proposal packages marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualifi ed. Proposals are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.

City of Missouri City

Yogapalooza on Sunday, May 5, 2013, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. at Yoga on the Brazos, 936 FM 359, Richmond, will honor Anabel Edwards, a 16-month old Pecan Grove girl who was diagnosed with Angelman’s Syndrome in March.

“Angels”, as they are called because of their angelic de-meanor, have profound developmental delays, develop no func-tional speech and suffer from debilitating seizures.

The Edwards have spent the last 6 weeks learning all they can about the syndrome and are working on a treatment road map. Rusty Edwards is a Houston police offi cer and together with his wife, Allison, have three other children. Anabel requires 2-4 therapy appointments every week and much of the cost is not covered by insurance.

Yogapalooza, will focus on the mind/body/spirit connection and will include yoga, meditation, healing energy work, henna tattoos, a silent auction and activities for the children. Admis-sion is free.

Sugar Land Town Square and Revolution Studio present Fi-esta in the Plaza on Saturday, May 4 at 5:30 p.m in the Plaza of Sugar Land Town Square, located at 2711 Town Center Blvd. This fun event will allow members of the community to ride to the rhythm of Latin beats while raising funds for Casa de Esperanza. The event will feature DJ Tantrum, with food and drinks provided by a Sugar Land Town Square restaurant. Participants are asked to make a donation of $20 or more, and proceeds of the event will be donated to Casa de Esperanza. To reserve a spot at the event, call Revolution Studio at 281-313-0662. Space is limited to 35 participants.

The Episcopal Diocese of Texas on April 19 approved a Defi nitive Agreement for the transfer of St. Luke’s Episco-pal Health System to Catholic Health Initiatives, a nationally recognized health care sys-tem.

As part of the transfer of St. Luke’s, CHI will contribute more than $1 billion to cre-ate a new Episcopal Health Foundation, which will focus on the unmet health needs of the area’s underserved popu-lation.

In addition, CHI has com-mitted an additional $1 billion for future investment in the health system. The Right Rev-erend C. Andrew Doyle, Bish-op of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, said in announcing the decision, “We are humbled to be able to preserve the legacy

of St. Luke’s, while also ex-panding the Diocesan com-mitment to health care.”

The name of the System will be the St. Luke’s Health System. The transaction is expected to be completed early this summer, subject to obtaining required regulatory approvals.

The Agreement includes the entire Health System: the Texas Medical Center cam-pus, as well as suburban hos-pital locations in The Wood-lands, Sugar Land, Pasadena and The Vintage. CHI has committed to maintain all cur-rent physician models and all employees will continue to be employed by St. Luke’s. In addition, CHI will con-tinue to grow and enhance St. Luke’s signifi cant affi liations with Baylor College of Medi-

Fort Bend County Libraries’ George Memorial Library is slated to begin a new chapter in its story when renovations on the 27-year-old building begin on May 1.

The facility, located at 1001 Golfview in Richmond, is the main library in the Fort Bend County library system.

The renovations at George Memorial Library are the fi -nal phase of a $130-million bond referendum approved by voters in May 2006, which in-cluded $24.5 million for three county library projects: the construction of the University Branch Library in Sugar Land and the Sienna Branch Library in Missouri City, and renova-tions at George Memorial Li-brary in Richmond.

“As buildings age, they require a certain amount of maintenance and upkeep to keep them operating as ef-fi ciently as possible,” says Clara Russell, County Li-brarian. “The area served by George Memorial Library has

also grown and changed con-siderably since the library was originally built. To better serve the growing population and its changing needs, we feel we have an obligation to ensure that George Memorial Library will continue to be here to serve the people of Fort Bend County for many, many more years to come.”

The renovation process will begin on the upper north level of the library, which currently includes the audiovisual col-lection, study and meeting rooms, the Computer Lab, and the biography collection. Dur-ing this phase, ceilings will be replaced in all of the listed ar-eas, and some of the walls will be re-confi gured to improve access.

George Memorial Library’s audiovisual collection will not be available from May 1 until further notice, but AV items may be reserved from other branches and picked up and returned at George Memo-rial Library. The Computer

Lab will close on May 2, and will remain closed for several weeks. Public computers will still be available for adults in the Adult Services area on the fi rst fl oor, and for children in the Youth Services area.

Study rooms and meeting rooms on the second fl oor will not be available after May 1, and will remain closed until further notice. Anyone need-ing meeting space is encour-aged to reserve a room at one of FBCL’s other libraries in the area, including the Univer-sity Branch Library in Sugar Land, the Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library in Fulshear, and the Cinco Ranch Branch Library in Katy.

The biography collection will be moved from the sec-ond fl oor to the Adult Services area on the fi rst fl oor by May 1. The staff parking lot on the north side of the building will be closed May 1, in prepara-tion for the start of construc-tion of a library maintenance building. The Bohachevsky

Gallery on the lower-level of the library will also be closed indefi nitely.

George Memorial Library opened in 1986, when the main library moved from its original location by Polly Ryon Hospi-tal in Richmond. Original con-struction of the 77,000-square-foot building was funded by The George Foundation. The last renovation and expan-sions were completed in 2002 – more than 10 years ago.

“We have some exciting changes coming,” says Rus-sell. “We want to make the dis-ruption to services and materi-als as minimal as possible, and we hope our patrons will bear with us during our ‘growing pains.’ When the renovations are complete, we’ll have ad-ditional public space and more amenities that can be enjoyed by everyone.”

The public can stay abreast of ongoing changes during construction with updates on the libraries’ website, www.fortbend.lib.tx.us.

Yoga is a benefi cial exercise for both the body and the mind, and a regular practice can help people maintain a healthy weight and an active lifestyle, two traits known to help pre-vent cancer.

“Some styles of yoga include postures and movements that may get your heart pumping,” said Alejandro Chaoul, Ph.D., assistant professor in MD Anderson’s Integrative Medicine Program. “And if your heart rate goes up for an extended pe-riod of time, you can count it as exercise. In addition, yoga is a mind-body practice that guides the body through a series of breathing exercises. These activities can help relieve stress and improve your overall health.”

Other health benefi ts of yoga include increased fl exibility, improved circulation, improved mood, increased balance and better sleep. There are many different styles of yoga to choose from based on fi tness level and goals. Hatha yoga is a popu-lar style that follows well-known methods for doing certain postures and breathing. It can either be very gentle or intense, depending on how it’s being practiced. Below is a list of other styles of yoga.

1. Ashtanga or Power Yoga is a more athletic style of yoga. Its fast pace gets the heart rate up and helps the participant lose weight.

2. Kundalini Yoga has a strong focus on meditation. It pro-motes proper breathing and chanting. While it may not in-crease the participant’s heart rate, this type of yoga can im-prove mental clarity and fl exibility.

3. Bikram Yoga is also known as hot yoga. It strengthens the body through a series of physically challenging positions in a 105-degree room with 40 percent humidity. This exercise makes the participant sweat and relaxes his or her muscles for a deeper stretch and workout.

4. Tibetan Yoga focuses on controlled breathing, simple movements and meditation. This type of yoga can improve sleep, lessen fatigue and reduce stress.

“No one style of yoga is best,” Chaoul said. “It’s more im-portant that you fi nd a class and type that works for you.”

To learn more about the MD Anderson Regional Care Cen-ter in Sugar Land, visit www.mdanderson.org/sugarland.

Renovations to begin on May 1 at George Memorial Library

St. Luke’s Hospital in Sugar Land gets a new ownercine, Texas Heart® Institute, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Texas Children’s Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The 11-month evaluation process undertaken by the St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Board included 30 prospective local and national partners with multiple strate-gic alternatives and, in March, this list was narrowed to three well-qualifi ed fi nalists.

“We are enormously grate-ful to all participants for their earnest and forthright effort throughout this process,” said The Right Reverend Dena A. Harrison, Bishop Suffragan and Chair of the St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Board.

CHI became the choice be-cause it brings many benefi ts to the community:

•CHI operates across the continuum of care that is so key to the new model in Amer-ican health care delivery.

•CHI brings cultural com-patibility with the St. Luke’s brand of Faithful, Loving Care®.

•CHI values the people who made St. Luke’s what it is to-day: our patients, our physi-cians, our employees, our af-fi liates, our management, our

donors and our Board leader-ship.

“The relationship with Catholic Health Initiatives ensures the Greater Houston area will retain one of its great healthcare institutions, while best preparing St. Luke’s to meet future changes in health-care,” said Kevin Lofton, CHI President and CEO.

While this decision means the Episcopal Diocese of Texas will no longer provide acute care, the Diocese re-mains committed to its health care mission through the new Episcopal Health Founda-tion. “This new Founda-tion will address a widening gap in healthcare throughout our 57-county area,” Bishop Doyle said.

“There is a care vacuum that must be addressed, in-cluding access to health care, prevention, community and environmental health, pov-erty, education and health disparities,” he said, adding, “This direction refl ects the initial vision of Bishops Quin and Hines in founding St. Luke’s. They called upon ‘all the mountain-moving powers of faith and prayer and human skill which can be brought to bear on individuals in need.’”

Yoga: Build a strong body and mind

Yogapalooza to honor 16-month-old

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital and the Sugar Land Skeeters will team up to honor breast cancer survivors during Pink in the Park on Friday, May 17 at Constellation Field. The Skeeters take the fi eld at 7:05 p.m. during the fourth game of a six-game home stand against the Bridgeport Bluefi sh.

During Pink in the Park, all breast cancer survivors in atten-dance will receive a special gift and on-fi eld recognition. There will be no doubt that this event focuses on breast cancer as the Skeeters’ players wear pink jerseys, and all attendees are in-vited to wear pink as well. Following the game, an auction of the Skeeters’ jerseys will take place with all proceeds benefi ting the new comprehensive Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Breast Care Center scheduled to open in early 2014.

For information about breast imaging services at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land, visit memorialhermann.org/sugarland. For tickets to Pink in the Park, visit sugarlandskeeters.com.

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Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 19th day of February, 2013 by the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 12-DCV-196551 in favor of the Plaintiff - Chelsea at Mission Bend Community Association, Inc. Plaintiff , for the sum of $5,010.90 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 22nd day of March, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of PrecinctThree Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Electsandros K. Golston and Patricia Golston had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION:CHELSEA AT MISSION BEND RIP BLOCK 3, LOT 20, DEED PAGE 2008110219 ALSO KNOWN AS 8235 ALABASTER, HOUSTON, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS 77083.






Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 14th day of February, 2013 by the 240th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause #1O-DCV-182556 in favor of the Townewest Community Impro-vement Association, Inc. Plaintiff , for the sum of $6,533.53++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 8th day of April, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Daniel A. Brown and Annette Brown had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION:LOT 4, IN BLOCK 5, OF TOWNEWEST, SECTION 5, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 29, PAGE 1, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $$66,700.00




LEGAL NOTICEREQUEST FOR SEALED COMPETITIVE

PROPOSALSSealed Competitive Proposals will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 for the following until THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. CST). All proposals will then be opened in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 and the names of the proposers made public. Proposals received after the specifi ed time will be returned unopened. Solicitation and any and all addendums will be posted on Purchasing Agent’s website located at www.fortbendcountytx.gov.RFP 13-052 – BUS WRAPS FOR TRANSIT VEHICLESA pre-RFP conference will be conducted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 2:00PM (CST). The pre-RFP conference will be held at the Fort Bend County Public Transportation Department located at 12550 Emily Court, Sugar Land, Texas 77478. Following the pre-RFP conference vehicle site visits will be held at both Emily Court and 1809 Eldridge. All vendors are encouraged to attend; this is the only day that will be scheduled for vehicle viewing. Detailed unit pricing is required. Bonds are not required.Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

Signed:Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing AgentFort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

LEGAL NOTICEREQUEST FOR SEALED COMPETITIVE

PROPOSALSSealed Competitive Proposals will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 for the following until THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. CST). All proposals will then be opened in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 and the names of the proposers made public. Proposals received after the specifi ed time will be returned unopened. Solicitation and any and all addendums will be posted on Purchasing Agent’s website located at www.fortbendcountytx.gov.RFP 13-058 – INMATE PHONE SYSTEMA pre-RFP conference will be conducted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 2:00PM (CST). The pre-RFP conference will be held at the Fort Bend County Sheriff s Offi ce located at 1410 Williams Way, Richmond, Texas 77469. All vendors are encouraged to attend; this is the only day that will be scheduled for site visit. Detailed unit pricing is required. Bonds are not required.Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.Signed:Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing AgentFort Bend County, Richmond, Texas


COUNTY OF FORT BENDBy virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 268TH DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County on the 19th day of February 2013 by the clerk thereof, in the case of Fort Bend County vs CHERYL KAY SALISBURY, AKA CHERYL KAY SCHWAMKRUG in Cause #04-DCV-140342 and 11-DCV-191454 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O’ Clock AM on the 7th day of May, 2013, which is the fi rst Tuesday of said month, at the Fort Bend County Justice Center Parking Garage, 1418 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, Level 1 of the Parking Garage at the South End, West Corner, near Stairway “B” of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit:TRACT 1: GEO: 7550040094900907LOT 49 IN BLOCK 9 OF SUGAR CREEK, SECTION 4, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 8, PAGE 14 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.Levied on the 8th day of March, 2013 as the property of CHERYL KAY SALISBURY AKA CHERYL KAY SCHWAMKRUG to satisfy a judgment amounting to $33,169.69, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and postjudgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, FORT BEND COUNTY.ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 9th DAY of APRIL, 2013.




COUNTY OF FORT BENDBy virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 434TH DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County on the 19th day of February 2013 by the clerk thereof, in the case of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT vs WILLANDRIA TRANISE DAVIS, ET AL in Cause #12-DCV-197266 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O’ Clock AM on the 7th day of May, 2013, which is the fi rst Tuesday of said month, at the Fort Bend County Justice Center Parking Garage, 1418 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, Level 1 of the Parking Garage at the South End, West Corner, near Stairway “B” of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit:TRACT 1: GEO: 5922000020200907Lot Two (2) , in Block Two (2) , of Thunderbird North, a Subdivision in Fort Bend County Texas, according to the Map or Plat thereof, recorded in volume 14 , page 16 , of the Plat Records of Fort Bend County, Texas.Levied on the 8th day of March, 2013 as the property of WILLANDRIA TRANISE DAVIS, TERRILL DWANYE THORTON, RASHUNDA DIONNE THORTON AKA RASHUNDA THORTON WILLIAMS, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, WILLIAM T. BENTON A HEIR OF BYRON BENTON INDIVIDUALLY AND DBA ABC BONDING COMPANY to satisfy a judgment amounting to $4,728.37, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT; FORT BEND COUNTY GENERAL FUND; FORT BEND COUNTY LATERAL ROAD AND FLOODCONTROL; HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MISSOURI CITY AND CITY OFMISSOURI CITY.ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 9th DAY of APRIL, 2013.




COUNTY OF FORT BENDBy virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 434TH DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County on the 20th day of February 2013 by the clerk thereof, in the case of Fort Bend County vs WEBSTER M. SLAUGHTER AKA WEBSTER MELVIN SLAUGTHER AKA WEBSTER MELVIN SLAUGHTER, JR. in Cause #12-DCV-199125 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O’ Clock AM on the 7th day of May, 2013, which is the fi rst Tuesday of said month, at the Fort Bend County Justice Center Parking Garage, 1418 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas, Level 1 of the Parking Garage at the South End, West Corner, near Stairway “B” of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit:TRACT 1: GEO: 8130510030070907Lot Seven (7) Block Three (3) of Sienna Steep Bank Village, Section 5~A, an addition in Fort Bend County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Slide No(s) . 2268/B and 2269/A of the Plat Records of Fort Bend County, Texas. Levied on the 8th day of March, 2013 as the property of WEBSTER M. SLAUGHTER, AKA WEBSTER MALVIN SLAUGHTER, AKA WEBSTER MELVIN SLAUGHTER JR. to satisfy a judgment amounting to $16,095.55, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney’s fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; SIENNA PLANTATION LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; SIENNA PLANTATION MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT # 2, FORT BEND COUNTY, FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT, FORT BEND COUNTY GENERAL FUND.

ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 9th DAY of APRIL, 2013.




Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 7th day of February, 2013 by the 400th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause #10-DCV-183738 in favor of the Hunters Glen Community Association , Plaintiff , for the sum of $3,952.54++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 15th day of March, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Elaine Williams had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION:LOT 12, BLOCK 1, OF HUNTERS GLEN, SECTION 3, A SUBDIVISION OF FORTBEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 20, PAGE 8 IN HE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORTBEND COUNTY, TEXAS.


Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affi xed thereto. All sales are fi nal.

Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check, or Money OrderSale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M.




Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 1st day of March, 2013 by the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause #12-DCV-197660 in favor of the Mission West Civic Improvement Association, Plaintiff , for the sum of $5,542.06++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 15th day of March, 2013, I, Constable Rob Cook of Precinct Three Fort Bend County, have levied on and have seized all rights, title, interest, and claim to which the said Defendant(s) - Sabino Guerra had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will off er for sale on the 7th day of May, 2013 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours often o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the above defendant had of, in, or to the following described real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz:LEGAL DESCRIPTION:LOT 03, BLOCK 08, OF MISSION WEST SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION IN FORTBEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 23, PAGE 17, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, AS MODIFIED BY ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO OR REPLATS THEREOF.ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $61,600.00Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affi xed thereto. All sales are fi nal.Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check, or Money OrderSale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M.



PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEThe Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 for replat of Fulbrook, Section 2D, replat of Lots 6 and 7 of Block 2, Precinct 3. The hearing will be held in the Commissioners Courtroom, William B. Travis Bldg., 309 S. Fourth St., Rm. 700, Richmond, Texas.Under state law, you the owner, have certain rights with respect to the proposed replat. Should you wish to exercise your right, you may be heard at the planned public hearing. You may contact David Leyendecker with Clay & Leyendecker Inc. at 281-391-0173 for information prior to the hearing.Submitted by,Dianne WilsonFort Bend County Clerk

CONSTABLE’SNOTICE OF SALE

Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 268th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas on MARCH 5th, 2013 in cause numbered 12DCV199151 styled Brightwater Homeowners Assoc vs. ZAFRULLAH KHAN AND SUMERA KHAN, in which a judgment was rendered on JAN 28, 2013 in favor of Brightwater Homeowners Assoc for the sum of FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY Dollars and SIXTY EIGHT Cents ($4940.68); plus fees for posting notice of sale, publishing, costs of suit rendered by the court, legal fees, and all costs of executing this Writ.I have levied upon the below listed property on MARCH 19, 2013and will on MAY 7th, 2013, Tuesday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the Right, Title, and Interest ZAFRULLAH KHAN AND SUMERA KHAN to and in the following described Real Property:

Lot 1, in Block 2 of Brightwater Estates a subdivision inf Fort Bend County, Texas

The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of Brightwater Homeowners Assoc, Plaintiff , and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSERICHMOND, TX 77469DATE: MAY 7, 2013TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am

BY:SERGEANT M. KUTACHTREVER J.. NEHLS

Constable Pct. 4Fort Bend County, Texas

Firethorne, a 1,400-acre master-planned community in Katy/Fulshear, broke ground on its fi rst-ever gated section, a secluded neighborhood to be built exclusively by Perry Homes. Located just east of FM 1463, the expansion com-prises 80 acres within Fire-thorne and will be developed in two phases. There will be 163 homes upon completion.

“We’re addressing the market’s strong demand for homes geared to empty-nest-ers and young professionals looking for new homes in Katy/West Houston. They desire a gated community environment with homes in the size and price-range of a patio home versus a larger custom home you’d fi nd in most gated communities,”

said Firethorne General Man-ager Wayne Meyer. “A gated section such as this means re-duced traffi c and more seclu-sion for single homeowners, young marrieds and couples who are down-sizing.”

Meyer says he had conver-sations with several build-ers about Firethorne’s gated section, but Perry Homes “jumped quick to do the whole deal.”

Perry Homes will build one- and two-story homes on 60- by 130-foot lots. Their fl agship is a one-story, four-bedroom, three-bath brick and stone model set to open this week. The Perry model, located at 27947 Colonial Point Drive in Model Park II, will be on Firethorne’s up-coming Taste of Texas Model

Home Tour May 4-10. Firethorne’s new gated sec-

tion will feature a two-acre lake surrounded by nature/walking trails, a mail kiosk and a playground. Phase I will be composed of 67 homes, with 96 homes planned for Phase II. Home prices start in the $290,000s. Homeowners in the gated community have full access to all Firethorne amenities.

Firethorne has sold 147 new homes to date in 2013 and 1,777 homes since its inception in mid-2005. Last year marked a record-break-ing year with 280 new homes sold. For info, go to http://www.fi rethorne.info or call 281-693-1010 or to visit Fire-thorne, take I-10 West and exit Pin Oak to FM 1463.

By BARBARA FULENWIDERThe all-new 2013 Accord

Sedan and Accord Coupe mark the beginning of the ninth generation of Honda’s best-selling midsize car. Bet-ter equipped than any other model in the Accord’s 37-year history, the 2013 models ad-vance the sense of luxury and craftsmanship, vehicle dy-namics and the range of stan-dard equipment to the highest levels in their class.

The exterior length and wheelbase of both the Accord Sedan and Coupe are slightly more compact than the prior generation Accord while still providing improvements in rear legroom and trunk vol-ume.

From the tip of the front bumpers to the end of the exhaust fi nishers, nothing was left unexamined when redesigning the Accord. This includes the unit-body, sheet metal, glass and aerodynam-ics, along with interior fea-tures and electronic systems, the engines and transmis-sions, the chassis components and the many safety systems.

Fuel effi ciency is also im-proved, with EPA estimated highway mileage ratings up to 36 mpg for the 4-cylinder Ac-cord and 34 mpg for the V-6. The all-new 2013 Accord se-dan four-door is available in LX, Sport, EX, EX-L, EX-L V6 and new Touring trim lev-els, while the two-door Ac-cord Coupe comes in LX-S, EX, EX-L and EX-L V6 trim levels. Standard features in-clude Bluetooth, HandsFree-Link with audio streaming, USB/iPod integration, rear-view camera and an audio/in-formation screen and an Eco Assist driving system.

Other standard features include dual-zone climate control, Pandora internet ra-dio integration and an SMS text messaging function. Available features include a hard disc drive (HDD)-based Honda Satellite-Linked Navi-gation System with Voice Recognition and FM Traffi c and Adaptive Cruise Control. New visibility technologies include an expanded-view driver’s mirror and Honda’s new LaneWatch feature – along with available features

such as LED headlights, day-time running lights (DRLs) and brake lights.

Two powertrains are avail-able initially, including an all-new 2.4-liter 4-cylinder with Honda’s fi rst use of direct in-jection in North America, and a 3.5-liter V-6. The 2.4-liter engine makes 185 horsepow-er and 181 lb.-ft. torque. The V-6 engine makes 278 horse-power and 252 lb.-ft. torque. The Accord 4-cylinder mod-els will offer a continuously variable transmission along with a new 6-speed manual transmission on selected models. The Accord’s V-6 en-gine offers a choice of a new 6-speed automatic or in the V-6 Coupe, a 6-speed manual.

Lighter than the double-wishbone system it replaces, the Accord’s new MacPher-son strut front suspension system provides excellent ride and handling qualities, while also reducing interior noise and vibration. The front suspension also rides on a new aluminum and steel front subframe that is assembled with a new proprietary Honda friction-stir-welding process.

The Touring Sedan fea-tures Honda’s fi rst use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) projector headlights for im-proved visibility. LED day-time running lights (DRLs) are on the V-6 powered mod-els, and LED brake lights come on all EX-L and Tour-ing models. Honda’s Lane Departure Warning system comes standard on the Accord EX-L and Touring models and alert drivers when lane drift is detected without a turn signal in use.

Other safety equipment on the Accord EX-L and Tour-

ing Sedan and EX-L Coupe models include Forward Col-lision Warning, which alerts the driver when the system detects a potential collision with another vehicle ahead and LaneWatch Blind Spot Display, which provides an expanded rear view of the passenger side road via the audio/information screen.

Exclusive to the Touring Sedan model is the Adaptive Cruise Control, which allows the driver to set a desired speed and a distance inter-val behind the vehicle ahead. This allows using cruise con-trol in light traffi c.

For model year 2013, all Honda models tested have earned a top safety pick or top safety pick plus rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The completely redesigned 2013 Honda Accord Coupe has earned the highest avail-able safety rating – a 5-Star1 Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffi c Safety Administration (NHT-SA).

The 2013 Accord Coupe is the only vehicle in its class to earn a NHTSA 5-star Overall Vehicle Score and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) top safety pick plus rating with good ratings in all test modes. For model year 2013, all tested Honda mod-els have earned a top safety pick or top safety pick plus rating from the IIHS.

The two-door EX-L V-6 re-tails for $32,350 with all stan-dard equipment. Honda has offered a fun to drive Accord for years and the 2013 coupe is pure pleasure – hot to look at and drive.

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Regional Care Center in Sugar Land spon-sors the Breast Friends Focus and Support group for Fort Bend and surrounding com-munities, and the next meet-ing with be Tuesday, May 14.

The breast cancer sup-port group is hosted at the St. Luke’s Sugar Land Hospital campus and takes place on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Meetings are open to all

breast cancer patients or sur-vivors, regardless of where they are receiving or received treatment.

Breast Friends facilitator Laurie Hughes, RN, a nurse navigator at the MD Anderson Regional Care Center in Sug-ar Land, schedules speakers for the monthly meetings who support, uplift and empower patients as they go through this challenging time.

After the brief presentation, a group discussion follows as

well as a question and answer period and light refreshments. MD Anderson physicians from the Regional Care Cen-ter in Sugar Land attend each meeting to answer questions.

Meetings take place in the fi rst fl oor conference room of the St. Luke’s Sugar Land campus at 1327 Lake Pointe Parkway. No pre-registration is required. For more infor-mation contact Laurie Hughes at (281) 566-1908.

“Breast Friends” meet on May 14


To the registered voters of the City of Missouri City, Texas:

Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on May 11, 2013, for voting in a general election to elect district council members for District A and B and for voting in a special election for the purpose of submitting to the voters the following propositions to amend the Charter of the City of Missouri City:

CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 1Shall Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, and 2.05 of Article II; Sections 6.01, 6.05, and 6.07 of Article VI; Subsection C of Section 9.03 of Article IX; and Section 11.10 of Article XI of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended and Section 6.08 of Article VI of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be deleted in its entirety to conform to requirements and provisions of state law and to remove redundant provisions otherwise provided for in state law?

Fiscal impact to the City: None

CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 2Shall Section 2.06 of Article II of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to require that notification of a lawsuit against the city must be provided to the city manager within six months of the date on which the cause of action accrued?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 3Shall Section 3.05 of Article III of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to clarify that the mayor shall sign official plats of city property and to clarify inconsistent language?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 4Shall Section 3.11 of Article III of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to require the City of Missouri City to publish an ordinance imposing a penalty, fine, or forfeiture at any time after the passage of the ordinance to become effective?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 5Shall Section 4.01 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to provide that the city manager may appoint one or more assistant city managers with the concurrence of the city council, to provide that the city manager set the compensation of such assistant city managers, and to provide that, if designated as the acting city manager, an assistant city manager shall act in the absence or disability of the city manager?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 6Shall Section 4.02 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to provide that the city attorney appoint one or more assistant city attorneys with the concurrence of the city manager and to provide that the city manager set the compensation of such assistant city attorneys?

Fiscal impact to the City: None CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 7

Shall Section 4.04 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to provide that the city secretary appoint one or more assistant city secretaries with the concurrence of the city manager, to provide that the city manager set the compensation of such assistant city secretaries, and to change the title of the “assistant city secretary” to the “deputy city secretary?”


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 8Shall Section 4.06 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to update and modernize certain terms, particularly “personnel,” “classified service,” “merit and fitness,” “pension,” and “in-service training program” and to clarify conflicting language?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 9Shall Section 5.03 of Article V of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to add state law requirements for an initiative petition?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 10Shall Section 7.01 of Article VII of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to more accurately describe the functions of the city’s finance department which administers the assessment and collection of the city’s taxes?


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CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 11Shall Section 8.01 of Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to clarify the requirements for membership on the planning commission by substituting the term “citizens” with the term “residents” and by removing the requirement that a member of the planning commission must own real property in the City of Missouri City?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 12Shall Section 8.02 of Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to remove the requirement that the planning commission submit an annual list of recommended capital improvements to the city manager before the beginning of each budget year?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 13Shall Section 8.03 of Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be deleted in its entirety to allow the appointment process for the director of planning, currently named the “director of development services,” to be consistent with the appointment process for other city department directors as provided in Section 4.01 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Missouri City?


CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 14Shall Section 9.04 of Article IX of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to allow the transfer of unencumbered appropriations among programs within a department, division, or office or, with city council authorization, between departments, divisions, or offices not later than the 60th day after the last day of the fiscal year?

Fiscal impact to the City: None CHARTER PROPOSITION NO. 15

Shall Sections 10.02, 10.04, and 10.05 of Article X of the Charter of the City of Missouri City be amended to add language to clarify that the City of Missouri City may take action regarding franchises only to the fullest extent authorized by law?


On Election Day, voters must vote in their precinct where registered to vote. Election Day polling places and precinct numbers are as follows:

City election precinct number 1:All of that territory lying within that portion of Harris County election precinct number 506 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 1 shall be the Fondren Park Community Center, 11800 McLain Boulevard, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 2: All of that territory lying within that portion of Fort Bend County election precinct number 4065 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 2 shall be Austin Parkway Elementary School, 4400 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, Texas.

City election precinct number 3: All of that territory lying within that portion of Fort Bend County election precinct numbers 4049 and 4127 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 3 shall be the Lexington Creek Elementary School, 2335 Dulles Avenue, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 4: All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct number 2081 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 4 shall be the East End Annex Building, 303 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 5: All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct numbers 2061 and 2108 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 5 shall be the Elkins High School, 7007 Knights Court, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 6:All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct number 2077 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 6 shall be the Glover Elementary School, 1510 Columbia Blue Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 7:All of that territory lying within that portion of Fort Bend County election precinct number 2050 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 7 shall be the Hunters Glen Elementary School, 695 Independence Blvd., Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 8:All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct numbers 2033, 2090, and 2091 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 8 shall be the Lantern Lane Elementary School, 3323 Mission Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 9: All of that territory lying within that portion of Fort Bend County election precinct numbers 2092 and 2093 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 9 shall be the Meadowcreek Clubhouse, 2410 LaQuinta Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 10:All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct numbers 2059 and 2075 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 10 shall be the Old Municipal Court Room, City of Missouri City, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 11:All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct number 4062 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 11 shall be the Palmer Elementary School, 4208 Crow Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 12:All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct number 2089 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 12 shall be the Quail Green Clubhouse, 2605 Spring Place Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 13:All of that territory lying within that portion of Fort Bend County election precinct numbers 2115 and 2136 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 13 shall be the Quail Valley East Clubhouse, 2206 Turtle Creek Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 14:All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct number 2078 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 14 shall be the Quail Valley Elementary School, 3500 Quail Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 15:All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct number 4030 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 15 shall be the Quail Valley Middle School, 3019 F.M. Road 1092, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 16:All of that territory lying within that portion of Fort Bend County election precinct number 4028 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 16 shall be the Quail Valley Elementary School, 3500 Quail Village Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

City election precinct number 17:All of that territory lying within those portions of Fort Bend County election precinct number 1109 situated within the city. The polling place for city election precinct number 17 shall be the Mustang Community Center, 4521 F.M. Road 521, Fresno, Texas.

For early voting, a voter may vote at any of the locations listed below:

Schedule for: Irene Stern Community Center – 6920 Katy Fulshear Rd., Fulshear, TX Missouri City Old Municipal Court – 1522 Texas Pkwy., Missouri City, TX Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex – 4520 Reading Rd., Rosenberg, TX Fort Bend County Road & Bridge – 3743 School Street, Needville, TX Pecan Grove Baptist Church – 1727 FM 359, Richmond, TX Richmond Water Maintenance Facility – 110 N. 8th Street, Richmond, TX

Schedule for: First Colony Conference Center – 3232 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX Hightower High School – 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX Sugar Land Branch Library, 550 Eldridge, Sugar Land, TX Holley Elementary School – 16655 Bissonnet, Houston, TX

Day Date Hours

Monday – Friday April 29 – May 3, 2013 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Saturday May 4, 2013 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday May 5, 2013 CLOSED

Monday - Tuesday May 6 – 7, 2013 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Saturday May 4, 2013 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.



Schedule for: Lost Creek Park – 3703 Lost Creek Blvd, Sugar Land, TX Sugar Land City Hall – 2700 Town Center Blvd. North, Sugar Land, TX

Schedule for: Fort Bend ISD Admin. Bldg. – 16431 Lexington Blvd., Sugar Land, TX Willowridge High School – 16301 Chimney Rock, Houston, TX

Schedule for: Meadows Place City Hall – One Troyan Dr., Meadows Place, TX Stafford City Hall – 2610 Main Street, Stafford, TX Beasley City Hall – 319 S. 3rd Street, Beasley, TX

Schedule for: Stafford MSD Administration Bldg. – 1625 Staffordshire Rd., Stafford, TX

Applications for ballots by mail may be submitted by mail to the Fort Bend County Elections Administrator, 301 Jackson, Suite 101, Richmond, Texas 77469; by personal delivery at 4520 Reading Road, Suite A-400, Rosenberg, Texas 77471; or by fax at 281-341-4418.

Applications for ballots by mail must be received no later than the close of business on May 3, 2013.

Issued this the 24th day of April, 2013.

/s/Allen Owen, Mayor

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Saturday May 4, 2013 CLOSED



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MAY 1, 2013 • INDEPENDENT •

A los votantes registrados de la Ciudad de Missouri City, Texas:

Por el presente se notifica que los centros electorales enumerados abajo estarán abiertos desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m., el 11 de mayo de 2013, para votar en una elección general para elegir a los miembros del consejo de distrito para los Distritos A y B y para votar en una elección especial con el objetivo de someter ante los votantes las siguientes propuestas para enmendar la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City:

PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN Nº1¿Deberían modificarse los artículos 2.01, 2.02, 2.03 y 2.05 de la Sección II; los artículos 6.01, 6.05 y 6.07 de la Sección VI; el Inciso C del Artículo 9.03 de la Sección IX; y el Artículo 11.10 de la Sección XI de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City y debería eliminarse por completo el Artículo 6.08 de la Sección VI de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para cumplir con los requisitos y las disposiciones estipuladas según la ley estatal y para eliminar las disposiciones redundantes que ya se encuentran contempladas en la ley estatal?

Impacto fiscal en la Ciudad: Ninguno

PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN Nº2¿Debería el Artículo 2.06 de la Sección II de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City ser modificado para exigir que las notificaciones de demandas contra la ciudad sean entregadas al administrador municipal dentro de los seis meses posteriores a la fecha en la cual sucedió la causa de dicha acción?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN Nº3¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 3.05 de la Sección III de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para que el alcalde deba firmar las escrituras de los terrenos oficiales de propiedad municipal y aclarar el lenguaje inconsistente?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN Nº4¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 3.11 de la Sección III de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para exigir que la Ciudad de Missouri City publique una ordenanza que imponga una penalidad, multa o decomiso en cualquier momento luego de la entrada en vigor del texto de la ordenanza?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN Nº5¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 4.01 de la Sección IV de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para establecer que el administrador municipal pueda designar a uno o más administradores municipales adjuntos con la conformidad del consejo municipal, para establecer que el administrador municipal determine una remuneración para dichos administradores municipales adjuntos, y para establecer que, si es designado administrador municipal interino, un administrador municipal adjunto pueda actuar en la ausencia o incapacidad del administrador municipal?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN Nº6¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 4.02 de la Sección IV de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para que establezca que el abogado municipal designe a uno o más abogados municipales adjuntos con la conformidad del administrador municipal y para que establezca que el administrador municipal determine la remuneración de dichos abogados municipales adjuntos?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN Nº7¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 4.04 de la Sección IV de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para que establezca que el secretario municipal designe a uno o más secretarios municipales adjuntos con la conformidad del administrador municipal y para que establezca que el administrador municipal determine la remuneración de dichos secretarios municipales adjuntos y para modificar el nombre de “secretario municipal adjunto” a “secretario municipal auxiliar”?


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PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN Nº8¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 4.06 de la Sección IV de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para actualizar y modernizar ciertos términos, en especial los términos “personal,” “servicios clasificados,” “mérito e idoneidad,” “pensión,” y “programa de capacitación en el trabajo” y aclarar el lenguaje conflictivo?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN N°9¿Debería ser modificado el Artículo 5.03 de la Sección V de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para añadir los requisitos de las leyes estatales en relación a una solicitud de iniciativa legislativa?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN N°10¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 7.01 de la Sección VII de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para que describa con mayor exactitud las funciones del departamento de finanzas municipal el cual administra la evaluación y recaudación de impuestos municipales?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN N°11¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 8.01 de la Sección VIII de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para aclarar los requisitos para convertirse en miembro de la comisión de planificación sustituyendo el término "ciudadanos" por el término "residentes" y eliminando el requisito de que un miembro de la comisión de planificación debe ser propietario de un bien inmueble en la Ciudad de Missouri City?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN N°12¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 8.02 de la Sección VIII de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para eliminar el requisito de que la comisión de planificación debe presentar anualmente una lista de las mejoras de capital recomendadas ante el administrador municipal con anterioridad al comienzo de cada año presupuestario?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN N°13¿Debería eliminarse completamente el Artículo 8.03 de la Sección VIII de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para permitir que el proceso de designación del director de planificación, actualmente llamado el “director de servicios de desarrollo,” sea consistente con el proceso de designación de otros directores de departamentos municipales, conforme al Artículo 4.01 de la Sección IV de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN N°14¿Debería modificarse el Artículo 9.04 de la Sección IX de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para permitir la transferencia de asignaciones libres de gravámenes en los programas dentro de un departamento, división u oficina o, con la autorización del consejo municipal, entre los departamentos, divisiones u oficinas con anterioridad al 60° día luego del último día del año fiscal?


PROPOSICIÓN DE CONSTITUCIÓN N°15¿Deberían modificarse los Artículos 10.02, 10.04 y 10.05 de la Sección X de la Constitución de la Ciudad de Missouri City para añadir lenguaje que aclare que la Ciudad de Missouri City podrá tomar acciones con respecto a franquicias sólo hasta el alcance máximo autorizado por la ley?


El Día de la Elección, los votantes deberán votar en el distrito electoral donde se encuentren registrados para votar. Los números de los centros electorales y distritos electorales del Día de la Elección son los siguientes:

Distrito electoral municipal número 1:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 506 del Condado de Harris situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 1 será el Fondren Park Community Center, 11800 McLain Boulevard, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 2: Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 4065 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral número 2 será la Austin Parkway Elementary School, 4400 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 3: Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral números 4049 y 4127 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 3 será la Lexington Creek Elementary School, 2335 Dulles Avenues, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 4: Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 2081 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 4 será el East End Annex Building, 303 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 5: Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral números 2061 y 2108 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 5 será la Elkins High School, 707 Knights Court, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 6:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 2077 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 6 será la Glover Elementary School, 1510 Columbia Blue Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 7:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 2050 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 7 será la Hunters Glen Elementary School, 695 Independence Blvd, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 8:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral números 2033, 2090 y 2091 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 8 será la Lantern Lane Elementary School, 3223 Mission Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 9: Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral números 2092 y 2093 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 9 será el Meadowcreek Clubhouse, 2410 LaQuinta Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 10:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral números 2059 y 2075 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 10 será el Old Municipal Court Room, Ciudad de Missouri City, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 11:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 4062 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 11 será la Palmer Elementary School, 4208 Crow Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 12:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 2089 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 12 será el Qual Green Clubhouse, 2605 Spring Place Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 13:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral números 2115 y 2136 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 13 será el Quail Valley East Clubhouse, 2206 Turtle Creek Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 14:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 2078 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 14 será la Quail Valley Elementary School, 3500 Quail Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 15:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 4030 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 15 será la Quail Valley Middle School, 3019 F.M. Road 1092, Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 16:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 4028 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 16 será la Quail Valley Elementary School, 3500 Quail Village Drive Missouri City, Texas.

Distrito electoral municipal número 17:Todo el territorio abarcado dentro del distrito electoral número 1109 del Condado de Fort Bend situado dentro de la ciudad. El centro electoral para el distrito electoral municipal número 17 será el Mustang Community Center, 4521 F.M. Road 521, Fresno, Texas.

Para votar temprano, los votantes pueden votar en cualquiera de los lugares que se especifican a continuación:

Horario para: Irene Stern Community Center – 6920 Katy Fulshear Rd., Fulshear, TX Missouri City Old Municipal Court – 1522 Texas Pkwy., Missouri City, TX Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex – 4520 Reading Rd., Rosenberg, TX Fort Bend County Road & Bridge – 3743 School Street, Needville, TX Pecan Grove Baptist Church – 1727 FM 359, Richmond, TX Richmond Water Maintenance Facility – 110 N. 8th Street, Richmond, TX

Día Fecha Horario

Lunes a Viernes Del 29 de abril al 3 de mayo de 2013 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Sábado 4 de mayo de 2013 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Domingo 5 de mayo de 2013 CERRADO

Lunes a Martes Del 6 al 7 de mayo de 2013 7:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m.

Horario para: First Colony Conference Center – 3232 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX Hightower High School – 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX Sugar Land Branch Library, 550 Eldridge, Sugar Land, TX Holley Elementary School – 16655 Bissonnet, Houston, TX

Día Fecha Horario


Sábado 4 de mayo de 2013 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.



Horario para: Lost Creek Park – 3703 Lost Creek Blvd, Sugar Land, TX Sugar Land City Hall – 2700 Town Center Blvd. North, Sugar Land, TX

Día Fecha Horario


Sábado 4 de mayo de 2013 CERRADO



Horario para: Fort Bend ISD Admin. Bldg. – 16431 Lexington Blvd., Sugar Land, TX Willowridge High School – 16301 Chimney Rock, Houston, TX

Día Fecha Horario






Horario para: Meadows Place City Hall – One Troyan Dr., Meadows Place, TX Stafford City Hall – 2610 Main Street, Stafford, TX Beasley City Hall – 319 S. 3rd Street, Beasley, TX

Día Fecha Horario





Horario para: Stafford MSD Administration Bldg - 1625 Staffordshire Rd., Stafford, TX

Las solicitudes de boletas electorales pueden ser enviadas por correo al Administrador de Elecciones del Condado de Fort Bend, 301 Jackson, Suite 101, Richmond, Texas 77469; por entrega personal en la dirección 4520 Reading Road, Suite A-400, Rosenberg, Texas 77471; o por fax al 281-341-4418.

Las solicitudes de boletas electorales por correo deben ser recibidas antes de la hora de cierre de nuestras oficinas el día 3 de Mayo de 2013.

Emitido el 24 de Abril de 2013.

/s/ Allen Owen, Alcalde

Día Fecha Horario





Kính g�i các c� tri �ã ��ng ký c�a Thành Ph� Missouri, Texas: Nay ra thông báo r�ng nh�ng �a �im b� phi�u li t kê d��i �ây s� m� c�a t� 7:00 gi� sáng ��n 7:00 gi� t�i vào ngày 11 tháng N�m, 2013 � b� phi�u t�ng tuyn c� nh�m b�u ch�n các �y viên h�i ��ng qu�n cho Qu�n A và B c�ng nh� � b� phi�u b�u c� ��c bi t nh�m � trình lên các c� tri nh�ng d� lu�t sau �ây � tu chính Hi�n Ch��ng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City:

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 1 Các Ph�n 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, và 2.05 �i�u II; các Ph�n 6.01, 6.05, và 6.07 �i�u VI; Phân �o�n C c�a Ph�n 9.03 �i�u IX; và Ph�n 11.10 �i�u XI trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính và Ph�n 6.08 �i�u VI trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c xóa b toàn b� �� phù h�p v�i các yêu c�u và quy ��nh c�a pháp lu�t ti�u bang và �� lo�i b nh�ng quy ��nh d th�a trong pháp lu�t ti�u bang không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 2 Ph�n 2.06 �i�u II trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính yêu c�u là ph�i g�i cho qu�n lý thành ph� thông báo v� v� vi�c t� t�ng ��i v�i thành ph� trong vòng sáu tháng k� t� ngày v� ki�n t�ng có hi�u l�c thi hành không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 3 Ph�n 3.05 �i�u III trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính làm rõ vi�c th� tr�ng s� ký các s �� b�t ��ng s�n chính th�c c�a thành ph� và làm rõ ngôn ng� không th�ng nh�t không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 4 Ph�n 3.11 �i�u III trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính yêu c�u Thành Ph� Missouri City công b� s�c l�nh áp �!t kho�n ph�t, ti�n ph�t, ho!c t�ch thu vào b�t k" lúc nào sau khi s�c l�nh ��c thông qua và có hi�u l�c không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 5 Ph�n 4.01 �i�u IV trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính quy ��nh r#ng qu�n lý thành ph� có th� b$ nhi�m m�t ho!c nhi�u phó qu�n lý thành ph� có s� ��ng thu�n c�a h�i ��ng thành ph�, quy ��nh r#ng qu�n lý thành ph� �n ��nh kho�n ti�n thù lao cho các phó qu�n lý thành ph� �ó, và quy ��nh r#ng n�u ��c ch% ��nh làm th�a hành qu�n lý thành ph�, phó qu�n lý thành ph� s� hành ��ng khi qu�n lý thành ph� v�ng m!t ho!c g!p �i�u ki�n b�t l�i không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 6 Ph�n 4.02 �i�u IV trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính quy ��nh r#ng lu�t s thành ph� b$ nhi�m m�t ho!c nhi�u phó lu�t s thành ph� có s� ��ng thu�n c�a qu�n lý thành ph� và quy ��nh r#ng qu�n lý thành ph� �n ��nh kho�n ti�n thù lao c�a các phó lu�t s thành ph� �ó không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 7 Ph�n 4.04 �i�u IV trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính quy ��nh r#ng th ký thành ph� b$ nhi�m m�t ho!c nhi�u ph� tá th ký thành ph� có s� ��ng thu�n c�a qu�n lý thành ph�, quy ��nh r#ng qu�n lý thành ph� �n ��nh kho�n ti�n thù lao c�a các ph� tá th ký thành ph� �ó, và thay �$i ch�c danh c�a "ph� tá th ký thành ph�" thành "phó th ký thành ph�" không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

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D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 8 Ph�n 4.06 �i�u IV trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính c�p nh�t và hi�n ��i hóa các thu�t ng� nh�t ��nh, c� th� là “nhân s�,” “d�ch v� chính ng�ch,” “công lao và fitness,” “lng hu,” và “chng trình �ào t�o t�i ch�c” và làm rõ ngôn ng� mâu thu'n không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 9 Ph�n 5.03 �i�u V trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính b$ sung các yêu c�u c�a pháp lu�t ti�u bang ��i v�i �n ki�n ngh� tiên kh�i không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 10 Ph�n 7.01 �i�u VII trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính trình bày chính xác hn các ch�c n(ng c�a s� tài chính thành ph� qu�n lý công tác th)m ��nh và thu thu� thành ph� không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 11 Ph�n 8.01 �i�u VIII trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính làm rõ các yêu c�u ��i v�i thành viên v� �y ban k� ho�ch b#ng cách thay th� thu�t ng� “công dân” thành thu�t ng� “c dân” và bãi b yêu c�u m�t thành viên trong �y ban k� ho�ch ph�i s� h�u b�t ��ng s�n t�i Thành Ph� c�a Missouri City không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 12 Ph�n 8.02 �i�u VIII trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính bãi b yêu c�u r#ng �y ban k� ho�ch ph�i �� trình danh sách c�i thi�n chính y�u �� xu�t hàng n(m lên qu�n lý thành ph� tr�c khi b�t ��u m*i n(m ngân sách không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 13

Ph�n 8.03 �i�u VIII trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c xóa b hoàn toàn cho phép quy trình b$ nhi�m giám ��c k� ho�ch, hi�n ��c g+i là “giám ��c d�ch v� phát tri�n,” phù h�p v�i quy trình b$ nhi�m các giám ��c s� khác c�a thành ph� nh ��c quy ��nh trong Ph�n 4.01 �i�u IV trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 14 Ph�n 9.04 �i�u IX trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính cho phép chuy�n các kho�n phân b$ không g!p tr� ng�i trong các chng trình trong m�t phòng ban ho!c v(n phòng, ho!c, khi có s� �y quy�n c�a h�i ��ng thành ph�, gi�a các phòng ban, ho!c v(n phòng không tr< hn ngày th� 60 sau ngày cu�i cùng c�a n(m tài khóa không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không

D� LU�T HI!N CH"#NG S$ 15 Các Ph�n 10.02, 10.04, và 10.05 �i�u X trong Hi�n Chng c�a Thành Ph� Missouri City có ��c tu chính b$ sung thêm ngôn ng� �� làm rõ r#ng Thành Ph� Missouri City có th� có ��ng thái ��i v�i �!c quy�n kinh doanh ch% trong ph�m vi pháp lu�t cho phép ��y �� nh�t không? Tác ��ng tài chính lên Thành Ph�: Không Vào Ngày B�u C�, các c� tri ph.i b� phi�u t/i khu v�c �ã ��ng ký b� phi�u c�a mình. (a �im b� phi�u và các con s� khu v�c vào Ngày B�u C� nh� sau: Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 1: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 506 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Harris n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 1 là Fondren Park Community Center, 11800 McLain Boulevard, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 2: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 4065 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 2 là Austin Parkway Elementary School, 4400 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 3: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 4049 và 4127 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 3 là Lexington Creek Elementary School, 2335 Dulles Avenue, Missouri City, Texas.

Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 4: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2081 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 4 là East End Annex Building, 303 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 5: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2061 và 2108 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 5 là Elkins High School, 7007 Knights Court, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 6: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2077 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 6 là Glover Elementary School, 1510 Columbia Blue Drive, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 7: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2050 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 7 là Hunters Glen Elementary School, 695 Independence Blvd., Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 8: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2033, 2090, và 2091 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 8 là Lantern Lane Elementary School, 3323 Mission Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 9: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2092 và 2093 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 9 là Meadowcreek Clubhouse, 2410 LaQuinta Drive, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 10: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2059 và 2075 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 10 là Old Municipal Court Room, City of Missouri City, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 11: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 4062 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 11 là Palmer Elementary School, 4208 Crow Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 12: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2089 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 12 là Quail Green Clubhouse, 2605 Spring Place Drive, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 13: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2115 và 2136 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 13 là Quail Valley East Clubhouse, 2206 Turtle Creek Drive, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 14: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 2078 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 14 là Quail Valley Elementary School, 3500 Quail Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 15: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 4030 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 15 là Quail Valley Middle School, 3019 F.M. Road 1092, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 16: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 4028 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 16 là Quail Valley Elementary School, 3500 Quail Village Drive, Missouri City, Texas. Khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 17: T�t c� các ��a bàn thu�c ph�m vi s� 1109 c�a khu v�c b�u c� Qu�n Fort Bend n#m trong thành ph�. ��a �i�m b phi�u trong khu v�c b�u c� thành ph� s� 17 là Mustang Community Center, 4521 F.M. Road 521, Fresno, Texas. N�u c� tri mu�n b� phi�u s�m, c� tri có th b� phi�u t/i b<t k= �a �im nào ��>c li t kê d��i �ây: L�ch c�a:

Irene Stern Community Center – 6920 Katy Fulshear Rd., Fulshear, TX Missouri City Old Municipal Court – 1522 Texas Pkwy., Missouri City, TX Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex – 4520 Reading Rd., Rosenberg, TX Fort Bend County Road & Bridge – 3743 School Street, Needville, TX Pecan Grove Baptist Church – 1727 FM 359, Richmond, TX Richmond Water Maintenance Facility – 110 N. 8th Street, Richmond, TX

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Ngày Gi�

Th� Hai – Th� Sáu

29 tháng 4 – 3 tháng 5 n(m 2013

8:00 gi> sáng ��n 5:00 gi> chi�u

Th� B�y

4 tháng 5 n(m 2013

8:00 gi> sáng ��n 5:00 gi> chi�u

Ch� Nh�t

5 tháng 5 n(m 2013

�ÓNG C@A

Th� Hai - Th� Ba

6 – 7 tháng 5 n(m 2013

7:00 gi> sáng ��n 7:00 gi> t�i

L�ch c�a:

First Colony Conference Center – 3232 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX Hightower High School – 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX Sugar Land Branch Library, 550 Eldridge, Sugar Land, TX Holley Elementary School – 16655 Bissonnet, Houston, TX

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Ngày Gi�


29 tháng 4 – 3 tháng 5 n(m 2013

8:00 gi> sáng ��n 7:00 gi> t�i

Th� B�y

4 tháng 5 n(m 2013

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Ch� Nh�t

5 tháng 5 n�m 2013

�ÓNG C�A

Th� Hai - Th� Ba

6 – 7 tháng 5 n�m 2013

7:00 gi sáng �n 7:00 gi t�i

L�ch c�a:

Lost Creek Park – 3703 Lost Creek Blvd, Sugar Land, TX Sugar Land City Hall – 2700 Town Center Blvd. North, Sugar Land, TX

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Ngày

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29 tháng 4 – 3 tháng 5 n�m 2013

10:00 gi sáng �n 7:00 gi t�i

Th� B y 4 tháng 5 n�m 2013 �ÓNG C�A

Ch� Nh�t

5 tháng 5 n�m 2013

�ÓNG C�A

Th� Hai - Th� Ba 6 – 7 tháng 5 n�m 2013


Ngày Ngày Gi�


29 tháng 4 – 3 tháng 5 n�m 2013


Th� B y

4 tháng 5 n�m 2013

�ÓNG C�A

Ch� Nh�t

5 tháng 5 n�m 2013

�ÓNG C�A



L�ch c�a:

Meadows Place City Hall – One Troyan Dr., Meadows Place, TX Stafford City Hall – 2610 Main Street, Stafford, TX Beasley City Hall – 319 S. 3rd Street, Beasley, TX

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Ngày

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29 tháng 4 – 3 tháng 5 n�m 2013


Th� B y

4 tháng 5 n�m 2013

�ÓNG C�A

Ch� Nh�t

5 tháng 5 n�m 2013

�ÓNG C�A



L�ch c�a:

Stafford MSD Administration Bldg - 1625 Staffordshire Rd., Stafford, TX

Các �n xin b� phi�u qua b�u i�n có th� g�i qua �ng b�u i�n �n the Fort Bend County Elections Administrator, 301 Jackson, Suite 101, Richmond, Texas 77469; ho�c tr�c ti�p chuy�n �n 4520 Reading Road, Suite A-400, Rosenberg, Texas 77471; ho�c chuy�n fax � s� 281-341-4418. ��n xin b� phi�u qua b�u i�n ph i �n không quá cu�i ngày làm vi�c 3 tháng N�m, 2013. ��c �ng vào ngày 24 tháng 4 n�m 2013. /s/Allen Owen, Th� Tr��ng

L�ch c�a:

Fort Bend ISD Admin. Bldg. – 16431 Lexington Blvd., Sugar Land, TX Willowridge High School – 16301 Chimney Rock, Houston, TX

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Ngày Gi�


29 tháng 4 – 3 tháng 5 n�m 2013

7:30 gi sáng �n 4:30 gi chi�u

Th� B y

4 tháng 5 n�m 2013

�ÓNG C�A

Ch� Nh�t

5 tháng 5 n�m 2013

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11800 McLain Boulevard, Missouri City, Texas

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4049 4127 3 Lexington Creek

Elementary School, 2335 Dulles Avenue, Missouri City, Texas

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Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas

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7007 Knights Court, Missouri City, Texas

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Columbia Blue Drive, Missouri City, Texas

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695 Independence Blvd., Missouri City, Texas

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Elementary School, 3323 Mission Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas

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Clubhouse, 2410 LaQuinta Drive, Missouri City, Texas

10 2059 2075 10 Old Municipal Court

Room, City of Missouri City, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas

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Crow Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas

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3500 Quail Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas

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F.M. Road 1092, Missouri City, Texas

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3500 Quail Valley Drive, Missouri City, Texas

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1109 17 Mustang Community Center,

4521 F.M. Road 521, Fresno, Texas

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Peter Fenelon of Sugar Land traveled more than 8,000 miles for the adventure of a lifetime. But when his trip was cut short due to a medi-cal emergency, he found the specialized care he needed right in his home town, thanks to Dr. Nicholas Desai and the Advanced Wound Care Clinic at Methodist Sugar Land Hos-pital.

In December 2012, Fenelon celebrated his graduation from the University of Texas by heading to Nepal with three college buddies for a 15-day hike around the Annapurna Mountains near Kathmandu. Though the fi rst few days of the once-in-a-lifetime trip went well, blizzard conditions eventually forced the quartet to make a slow, diffi cult leg of the hike through thick snow at high altitudes. What was sup-posed to be an eight-hour trek took 15 hours in freezing tem-peratures.

After crossing the Throng La mountain pass, the group rested for the evening. But when Fenelon removed his boots and socks, he realized he was in trouble. His feet were severely swollen, and a guide immediately recognized signs of frostbite.

“I honestly thought that the main issue was that my feet were very swollen from all the walking,” Fenelon says. The guide, however, convinced him that he needed medical care, and called for a medivac helicopter to take Fenelon and another hiker with a milder case of frostbite to the hospi-tal.

Fenelon spent four days in a nearby hospital receiving treatment when a doctor told him he had to go home to re-ceive additional treatment be-cause he could not continue traveling. But, he warned, it was possible that he would eventually have to have all of his toes amputated.

After a painful, 30-hour fl ight home, Fenelon began seeing Dr. Desai at Method-ist Sugar Land Hospital’s Ad-vanced Wound Care Clinic. Dr. Desai put the young pa-tient on a rigorous treatment plan that included twice-a-day hyperbaric oxygen therapy sessions of two hours each.

In hyperbaric oxygen ther-apy, patients are enclosed in a specially designed, pres-

surized chamber where they breathe 100 percent oxygen. “Breathing pure oxygen under pressure increases the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream, where it is delivered to dam-aged tissues,” says Dr. Desai. “The increased oxygen fl ow speeds up the growth of new blood vessels and collagen, both of which are necessary for healing. The therapy can actually preserve tissue that otherwise would die.”

The hyperbaric oxygen therapy led by Dr. Desai and the Advanced Wound Care Clinic’s team of physicians saved Fenelon’s feet. “Over four weeks, I watched my toes progress slowly from a dark blue, very scary color to pink and red and even fl esh colors,” Fenelon says. “I have been absolutely thrilled with my progress.”

Fenelon’s injuries still re-quired the amputation of his big toe and a portion of the little toe on his left foot. But the alternative was far worse.

“There are tremendous so-cial and psychological costs to losing a limb,” says Dr. Desai. “And there is a fi nan-cial cost, as well. The typical diabetic amputation requires 24 months of ongoing treat-ment and costs approximately $60,000. We can treat a pa-tient in two weeks and save the limb if the patient presents to us in time. We have seen some remarkable results oc-cur very quickly and very ef-fi ciently.”

Once used solely to help deep water divers recover from the “bends,” or decom-pression sickness, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is especially useful for treating wounds and injuries in patients who have diabetes, damaged tissue due to radiation treatment or blood clots, traumatic injuries to the extremities and infections of the bone or skin. The key is to seek treatment early, says Dr. Desai.

“Most wounds should heal within four weeks,” he ex-plains. “If you have a wound that is lingering past that date – even if it doesn’t appear to be serious – hyperbaric oxy-gen therapy can make a dif-ference. And the sooner we start, the more likely it is that we can preserve tissue or save a limb. Early detection leads to better results and improved

quality of life.”One of the keys to the Ad-

vanced Wound Care Clinic’s success is its multi-disciplin-ary approach to treating pa-tients. The clinic’s medical team includes 10 physicians who specialize in a range of medical fi elds, including vas-cular care, infectious diseases, neurology, plastic surgery, podiatry and more. “One pa-tient, one chart and 10 physi-cians,” says Dr. Desai. “Be-cause a slow-healing wound is often a sign of an underly-ing medical condition, each of us is involved with every patient, and we work together to ensure that we are devel-oping the best treatment plan for each patient’s unique situ-ation. Our communication with one another and with our patients is critical to achieving success.”

The Advanced Wound Care Clinic is onsite at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, which allows for easy access to im-aging and lab services if need-ed. “We can use all the avail-able technological resources and medical expertise here at Methodist Sugar Land Hospi-tal to help our patients, which is something offsite clinics can’t match,” says Dr. Desai.

Most importantly, he says, it is critical for the community to understand the value that the Advanced Wound Care Clinic at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital can provide.

“We have the ability to pre-vent many of the amputations that are taking place these days … but only if we see the patient in time,” he says. “The average diabetes patient, for example, waits 16 months be-fore seeing a doctor for wound or ulcer treatment, because there is a real lack of public awareness about hyperbaric oxygen therapy and how it can prevent tissue and limb loss. If a person has a cut, scrape or other wound that is not heal-ing properly after 28 days, that is an emergency and the indi-vidual should seek help. The good news is that we can often heal the wound and help the patient return to normal activ-ity in just a short time.”

To make an appointment with Dr. Desai or Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s Ad-vanced Wound Care Clinic, call 281-275-0770.

From frostbite to diabetes ulcers: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy at MSLH

Peter Fenelon and Dr. Nicholas Desai

Fort Bend Boys Choir’s Spring Performance May 11th. Calendar in some family-friendly fun for Saturday, May 11th, 7:00 p.m. The Fort Bend Boys Choir is holding their annual Spring Concert at Grace Presbyterian Church in Houston - just off the beltway at Westheimer. Tickets are only $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. All four choirs – Training, Town, Tour and Cantabilé (alumni choir of changed voices) – will be showcased as they celebrate this year’s theme “A Place Where Boys Have a Voice.” Special guests include a select group of talented choir dads who are singing with Cantabilé. Find out more about the Fort Bend Boys Choir and how they make a difference in the lives of boys by visiting their website at www.fbbctx.org or their fan page on Facebook. They also want everyone to know that auditions for new choirboys are ongoing through the summer! Call the choir offi ce at (281) 240-3800 to inquire about pur-chasing Spring Concert tickets or to schedule an audition for the young boy in your life.

AGGIE MOMS. Texas A & M Aggie Moms will hold their last meeting of the year on May 13, 6.30 p.m. All gradu-ating Seniors will be honored and scholarship funds will be gioven out at the meeting. All new Aggie Moms are welcome to come too. It is a free meet-ing at the Sugar Land Imperial Recreation Room by the Sugar Land Post offi ce on Matlage Way. Visit fortbendmoms.ag-gienetwork.com or call Steph-anie at 281-265-9026.

Fort Bend Harris Retired Educators. The Fort Bend Harris Retired Educators will meet at 12 noon on Thursday, May 9, in the Great Hall of Sugar Land First United Methodist Church, 431 Eldridge Road, Sugar Land. This event is the fi nal one be-fore the summer break and will include a luncheon and business meeting. If you are a member, please bring a dish to share. All retired educators are welcome.

PET ADOPTION. On Sunday, May 12 – Mother’s Day – First Colony Mall is hosting the Houston Humane Society’s pet adop-tion. The organization will be at the shopping center from 12 to 4 p.m. with six to eight dogs in a variety of sizes and breeds that are available for adoption. Adoption fees: • Dogs 25 pounds or under; or six months of age or younger - $125 per dog; •Dogs 26 pounds or more; and older than six months - $95 per dog.


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Up Next: The Skeeters have Monday off, but re-turn home for a six-game series to take on the Lan-caster Barnstormers for the fi rst time this season. Tuesday is an 11:05 a.m. start for the fi rst of back-to-back nights of “Baseball in Education.”

The pitching matchup will feature Skeeters Ace RHP Matt Wright (2-0, 0.90) vs. RHP Dwayne Pol-lok (2-0, 5.06) for the Barn-stormers.

April 28, 2013, Sunday:The Skeeters took two of

three winning on Sunday, with a pair of four run in-nings in a 12-3 victory.

The fi rst on RBI singles by Adam Godwin and Dominic Ramos, as well as a Dustin Martin triple that drove in two and Sugar Land was up 4-0.

They were at it again put-ting up three in the fourth inning on back-to-back homeruns by Dustin Mar-tin and Steve Moss to take a 7-0 lead. Sugar Land made it 11-2 when Aaron Bates and Dominic Ramos both hit their fi rst homeruns of the year in the seventh and cruised their way to a win.

Sugar Land starter Mi-chael Nix retired 9 of the fi rst 10 batters, but could not fi n-ish the fi fth going 4.2 innings and did not qualify for what would have been his fi rst win of the year.

The Skeeters take 2 of 3 games from the Ducks and go 4-2 on the road trip.

April 27, 2013, Saturday.The Skeeters had Saturday

Night fever getting hot early scoring solo runs in the fi rst and second innings for a 2-0 lead. They made it 6-0 when Koby Clemens hit his third homerun of the season in the fi fth and never looked back, winning by a fi nal of 7-1.

Sean Gallagher was bril-liant in his second start for Sugar Land going six innings allowing just one run and re-tired 14 of the fi rst 15 batters including ten straight bat-ters at one point. The bull-pen was equally good again, coming into the game with a 1.00 ERA, Roy Corcoran Jay Marshall and Jason Berg-mann combine for three shut-out innings to seal the win.

April 26, 2013, FridayOn Friday night it was a

wild one in Gotham as the Skeeters traveled to New York to take on the Long Island Ducks in their home opener. A battle of big leagu-ers to start it pitted Skeeters LHP Bobby Livingston and former 2003 NL Rookie-of-the-Year and World Series

Champion LHP Dontrelle Wil-lis.

Tons of runs scored in this one highlighted by an 8 run third by the Ducks that fea-tured a 3-run homer by Ra-mon Castro and a grand slam by Danny Perales that gave Long Island a 9-3 lead after four. The Skeeters mounted a comeback scoring a pair of runs in back-to-back innings in the third and fourth, but they would fall short losing by a fi nal score of 10-5.

April 25, 2013, ThursdayOn Thursday night the fi nal

game of a three game series against Somerset, the Skeeters would suffer their fi rst loss of the season. It also ended their franchise high six game win-ning streak, losing by the fi nal score of 3-1.

The Cuban born Yunesky Sanchez a star in this year’s World Baseball Classic, was the hitting hero on this night going 2-3 with a homerun, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Start-er Brad Thompson pitched a gem for the Patriots, going 7.0 innings, allowing one run, on seven hits, a walk and two strikeouts.

April 24, 2013, WednesdayOn Wednesday in an early

morning affair beginning at 11a.m. the Skeeters tried to re-main undefeated and did com-ing from behind and winning 3-1.

Sugar Land trailed early when the Patriots Jake Fox homered in the fi rst to give Somerset a 1-0 lead. It would stay that way until the fi fth when Travis Scott doubled home a run to tie it at 1-1.

After Anthony Granato’s RBI single in the eighth broke the tie, Scott was at it again, getting a sac fl y RBI for insur-ance to give Sugar Land a 3-1 lead, which would be the fi nal in just two hours and eighteen minutes.

The Sugar Land Skeeters announced last week that the club has partnered with KBRZ Sports Radio on 1460 AM for the 2013 season, presented by ABC Home & Commercial Services.

All regular season Skeeters games are broadcast on 1460 AM, via online stream and through the TuneIn Radio App available for Apple and An-droid users.

The station, which is li-censed to Missouri City, has put the fi nishing touches on an interactive website developed by Nextstepnext.

The new website, www.kbrzsports.com, delivers live audio from both road and home games and ticket pur-chasing ability. Fans may also tune in to a live audio stream via the Skeeters website, www.sugarlandskeeters.com.

The Skeeters time slot on 1460 AM KBRZ begins around 6 p.m. Radio broad-casting of Skeeters home and road games scheduled earlier than 6:00 p.m. (CT) will result in a tape delay.

In these cases, the broadcast will be recorded and played back at the 6 p.m. time slot on 1460 KBRZ Sports Radio sta-tion. For fans with the TuneIn Radio App or those listening via online stream, there is no tape delay for games sched-uled earlier than 6:00 p.m. (CT).

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“We’re very excited to an-nounce that 1460 KBRZ will be the broadcast home for

the Skeeters,” said RAFTT Corporation President Jerome Friemel. “In its inaugural sea-son, Sugar Land set a number of records and KBRZ looks to support the community and build on their success.”

Skeeters Introduce Ira Liebman as the “Voice of

the Skeeters” The 2013 season will mark

a full decade in baseball for Ira Liebman and his second season with the Skeeters. Li-ebman is not only the new lead broadcaster, but he was also a part of the broadcast team dur-ing the club’s inaugural sea-son.

“I feel honored to be named the voice of the team,” said

Liebman. “We have Skeeters fans not only in Fort Bend County, but in the Greater Houston area, and radio is the perfect way to reach them.”

Prior to joining the Skee-ters, Liebman worked for the San Angelo Colts as the direc-tor of broadcasting and com-munity relations (2010-11). He started with the Colts as the team’s director of broad-casting/media relations and marketing (2006), working the inaugural season of the United League as the “Voice of the Colts.”

Between his stints with San Angelo, Liebman worked for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox as the director of community relations and marketing. He

was also the Sky Sox on-fi eld host and radio broadcaster.

The following season, Lieb-man worked for Major League Baseball as the media liaison offi cer for Team Australia in the 2009 World Baseball Clas-sic.

“Being part of a startup team was a lot of hard work, but it has been so worth it,” said Liebman.

“I was part of the inaugural broadcast last season, but to have a role on the fi rst-ever Skeeters radio broadcast is go-ing to be great. KBRZ has al-ready been great to work with and they are as excited as we are to have all 140 Skeeters games broadcast via radio.”

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Daniel Haugen were united in marriage on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at two o’clock in the afternoon at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Houston, Texas. The double ring ceremony was offi ciated by the Reverend John Rooney of St. Angela Merici Catholic Church. Music for the ceremony was provided by the Divisi Strings and vocalist Mrs. Chrys O’Neill, Aunt of the groom, accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Jill Rickard, family friend of the groom. Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted a reception at The Petroleum Club with entertainment provided by The Pictures Band of Austin, Texas. On the eve of the wedding, the groom’s father hosted a rehearsal dinner at The Armadillo Palace.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Howe of Missouri City, Texas. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kilian Bodensteiner of West Union, Iowa and the late Mr. and Mrs. Otto Howe of Guy, Texas. The groom is the son of Mr. Daniel Haugen and the late Mrs. Cathy Haugen of Dana Point, California. He is the grandson of Mrs. Charlene Stromstad and the late Mr. Walter Stromstad of Beltrami, Minnesota and the late Mr. and Mrs. Gus Haugen of

Fertile, Minnesota.Escorted by her father and presented in marriage by her parents, the bride wore a couture

gown designed by Monique Lhuillier. The strapless gown of ivory embroidered lace featured a sweetheart neckline with a fi tted bodice, which was accented with a silver embroidered embellished belt of crystals. The modifi ed trumpet skirt was beautifully adorned with silk white Chantilly lace and embroidered tulle that fell into a gently sweeping train. To complement her gown, the bride wore a custom fl oral embroidered cathedral length veil designed by Monique Lhuillier and carried a lush, mixed bouquet of seasonal peonies, hydrangeas, and roses in shades of white, ivory, pale pink, and cream, wrapped in antique white satin ribbon. Wrapped around the ribbon was a rosary which her mother carried on her own wedding day as well as a locket containing a picture of the bride’s late mother-in-law. The bridesmaids wore Monique Lhuillier dresses in blush and carried unique bouquets of roses, hydrangeas, peonies, and stock all in shades of white.

The bride’s sisters, Miss Cara Howe and Miss Kristie Howe of Houston, Texas, served as the Maids of Honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Amanda Otte of Palo Alto, California and Miss Abigail Speight of San Francisco, California. Mr. Alexander Bandza of Berkeley, California served as Best Man. Groomsmen were Mr. Brett Hammon of Palo Alto, California, Mr. Ryan Jones of San Francisco, California, and Mr. Charlton Gholson of San Francisco, California. Ushers were Mr. Michael Baer of Stanford, California, Mr. Sureel Sheth of Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Sean Sandoloski of Washington D.C., Mr. Vaughan Tuohy of San Francisco, California, and Mr. Jonathan Wan of South San Francisco, California. The House Party and Scripture Readers included Rachel Deming of San Francisco, California and Mrs. Sara Walters, cousin of the groom, of California, Maryland.

Erin is a 2004 graduate of Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas. She graduated from Stanford University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and was a four-year member of the varsity softball team. She is currently employed as an associate with Goldman Sachs in San Francisco, California. Austin is a 2004 graduate of Colorado Academy in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Stanford University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. In 2009 he received a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. He is currently employed as a product manager at Facebook in Menlo Park, California.

Following their honeymoon to Uruguay and Argentina, the couple now resides in San Francisco, California.

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We get to see yet another side of Matthew McCo-naughey who has obviously tried to expand his acting resume to include characters that do not involve the col-lege fraternity mentality or pole dancing even though he was pretty darn good in all of his silly movies. But Mat-

thew Mc is in his early 40’s now and it’s time for him to have big-boy roles.

His character in the role of Mud is an odd choice of parts but it clearly shows McCo-naughey in a character that will deepen and broaden his career. Mud is a man with a shady past that lives on an

island by himself and sleeps in an abandoned boat that is stuck in a tree. Most of the movie, he’s dirty and his beau-tiful hair is a complete mess, but his rugged Texas good looks still shines. The boy was born in Uvalde, Texas, and he is one of the most famous UT Ex’s, so we have to take some responsibility and credit for his career.

Mud knows that a gang of men with serious weapons led by King (Joe Don Baker) are hunting him; hence taking ref-uge on a tiny deserted island. Mud befriends two young teenage boys who do every-thing for him from bringing him food to stealing a motor so he can refurbish his boat for an escape.

The character development and bonding between Mud and the two boys (Tye Sheri-dan and Jacob Lofl and) was the core of the movie. The boys are named Ellis and Neckbone.

Each of them carries a heavy past and family discord beyond their tender years. They have a lot in common

with Mud; especially in the area of rejection and love.

These two young actors demonstrated that they can help carry a movie and par-ticipate in starring roles, but Tye Sheridan as Ellis was the brightest star and he has already had the additional unique opportunity to work with Terrence Malik in “A Tree of Life.”

Kudos to writer and direc-tor Jeff Nichols for casting and convincing Reese Wither-spoon to take a minor role as Juniper; the choice was bril-liant.

This movie will not be loved by all, even though I predict success at the box offi ce, but if you want to see a movie that is full of raw emotion and ex-tremely well-acted, then give “Mud” a chance.

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Tye Sheridan, left, and Jacob Lofl and, right, play two Arkan-sas boys who fi nd Mud (Matthew McConaughey) living in a boat. — James Bridges/Roadside Attractions

Right, Mud hopes to run away with Juniper (Reese

Witherspoon).

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