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Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is first in Texas to implant new medical device in patient to prevent pulmonary embolism Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital is the first in Texas to implant the new Crux® Vena Cava Filter in a patient at risk for pulmonary embolism (PE), a condition caused by a large blood clot migrating to the lungs. The filter is designed to trap these blood clots before they can lead to potentially fatal outcomes in patients with recurrent PE. Imran Mohiuddin, M.D., vascular surgeon and Uttam Tripathy, M.D., cardiothoracic surgeon, both on staff at Houston Methodist
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Sugar Land Hospital, implanted the device in a 51-year-old male patient on February 10, 2014. The patient came to the ER with pain in his leg, and was soon diagnosed with a blood clot in his leg. Using the Crux Vena Cava Filter, Mohiuddin and Tripathy used medication to break up the clot and filter it, preventing the possibility of the clot breaking away and moving to the lung—a potentially fatal outcome. Once the clot is dissolved, the filter is retrieved. “The physicians and nurses
STHRSPOTTER By Elsa Maxey
Mardi Gras party festive on Texas Primary Election day With a piano accordion playing fast tempo along with the sounds of a rub-board adding to the flavor of what is known as “la la” music, Fort Bend’s annual Mardi Gras party couldn’t have been any better. The tradition on Fat Tuesday taking place locally featured Jabo “The Prince of Zydeco” and his band at a bash that had people flocking to Legacy Ford alongside U.S. 59, where the party was hosted. Not exactly the Big Easy,
but the party-goers were taking it easy for sure on festive mode while election returns from the Texas primary were being counted that evening. As for Mardi Gras, this is a traditional celebration of the day before Lent and the day before Ash Wednesday. At this Mardi Gras event, savoring tasty foods and king cake provided by community partners turned out many celebrants, some in costume and some not, and among those spotted were Jake Messinger, Liz Moreno, Shannon Orsak, Central FB Chamber Alliance President Shanta Kuhl, Carlo Arcilla, the perfumed Bud Light girls handing out beads, Tony Francis and Gilbert Limones. A little bit of New Orleans with music, laughter, the beads and good treats, this Mardi Gras get together, which no doubt took place among others in Fort Bend, was probably the biggest
Melissa Tipson and Leigh Ann Sawson with another masked Mardi Gras celebrant enjoy an evening of fun.
(l-r) Andres Novoa, Jake Messinger, Shannon Orsak, Tony Francis and Patrick Sexton party it up on Fat Tuesday. one. This 7th annual Fort Bend Mardi Gras party was organized by the Central Alliance Fort Bend Chamber and presented by Legacy Ford, the Fort
Bend County Sheriff’s Office and St. Michael’s Emergency Rooms with admission open to anyone reinforcing Fort Bend’s hospitality!
6th Annual Grant-A-Starr Foundation 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk is March 22 BAPTIST CHURCH
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HERITAGE BAPTIST CHURCH • 281-403-4994
SOUTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • 281-499-2310
2223 FM1092 • Missouri City, TX 77459 Dr. Charles Murphy, Pastor Sunday Bible Study 9:30am - 6:00pm Sunday Worship 10:45am - 7:00pm Wednesday: 7:00pm Bible Study / AWANA "A Place To Call Home" - www.hbctx.org
4200 Cartwright Road, Missouri City, 77459 Contemporary Worship Service: 9:00am Sunday School: 10:15am Traditional Worship Service: 11:15am www.southminpres.org
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SUGAR LAND • 281-240-3195
502 Eldridge Road, Sugar Land, TX 77478 Sunday Worship 8:30am • 11:00 am 3300 Austin Parkway • Sugar Land, TX 77479 Sunday School for All Ages 9:30am Sunday Worship: 8:15am - 9:45am - 11:05am Pastor's Bible Study Tuesday 7:00 pm the hub - 11:00am Sunday School for all ages - 9:45am LUTHERAN CHURCH www.cumcsl.org
CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • 281-980-6888
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • 281-499-3502 3900 Lexington Blvd., Missouri City, TX 77459 Traditional Worship: 8:00am and 10:30am Contemporary Worship: 9:15am Sunday School all ages: 9:15am and 10:30am www.fumcmc.org
SUGAR LAND METHODIST CHURCH • 281-491-6041 431 Eldridge Road, Sugar Land, TX 77478 Worship @ 9:00am and 11:15am Bible Study, all ages, @ 10:10am www.sugarlandmethodist.org CHURCH OF CHRIST
MURPHY RD. CHURCH OF CHRIST • 281-261-5216 2025 FM 1092 • Missouri City Sunday Worship: 9:30am - 5:00pm Bible Classes: Sunday 10:45am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm www.murphyroadchurch.org
SUGAR LAND CHURCH OF CHRIST • 281-561-0881 15590 Voss Road • Sugar Land • www.slcoc.org Sunday Worship Services: 7:00am • 10am • 5pm Bible Study (all ages): Sun. 9am & Wed. 7pm Tuesday Seniors' Bible Study: 10am Scripture of the week
The Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. —Deuteronomy 7:9
FISHERS OF MEN LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS) • 281-242-7711 2011 Austin Parkway - Sugar Land, TX 77479 www.fishersofmen.org Sunday Worship: 8:30am - 11:00am Sunday School classes for ages 2 & up: 9:40am
NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA) • 281-499-7611 1424 FM 1092 Rd., Missouri City, 77459 Worship w/Holy Communion: 8:00 & 10:30 am Education hour for all ages: 9:15am www.newhopelc.org
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH, LCMS 281-242-7729 800 Brooks St., Sugar Land Sunday: 8:00 am Traditional Worship 9:15 am Sunday School 10:30 am Contemporary Worship (Nursery Available) 4:00 pm Spirit of Life Worship NON DENOMINATIONAL
BRIGHTON CHURCH • 281-988-7755 11925 SW Frwy 59 • Stafford (Between W. Airport and Murphy Rd.) Sunday Worship: 10:30am www.brightonhouston.org • Refreshing & Relevant
FREEDOM CHURCH • 281-240-1055 121 Wood ST. • Sugar Land, TX 77498 Sunday Worship: 11:00am www.facebook.com/freedomchurchintl Pastor - Bryan Eggenbeger
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The Grant-A-Starr Foundation is holding its 6th Annual Family Fun Run & Walk! The charity event date has been set for Saturday, March 22, at the Sugar Land Memorial Park, 15300 University Blvd, Sugar Land. The 1 mile Fun Run/Walk begins at 9AM and the 5K Chip Timed Run/Walk begins at 9:30AM. Race day registration will be available at 6:30AM. An award ceremony and post race party is at 10:30AM. The course is USATF certified. They will also have a Kid’s Zone sponsored by St. Luke’s Sugar Land Hospital. The Grant-A-Starr Foundation was founded to celebrate the life of Grant Starr, a precious seven-year-old boy who passed away from unidentified virus. What makes the Grant-AStarr Foundation Fun Run unique is the student steering committee. It is made up of local area high school volunteers who have taken a deep personal interest in the event. Slater, a senior at Clements HS, says, “We have been blessed by great sponsorship in the past, and now we want to take it to the next level! Our goal this year is to raise $50,000 for the Foundation and obviously, we need generous
Shown are students encouraging you to come out and support the 6th Annual Grant-A-Star fun run/walk. donations from the Sugar Land and Greater Houston business communities. There are many levels of support available, and both businesses and individuals are encouraged to participate. We welcome them all!” For sponsorship information, please contact Terri Wang at (281) 731-7691. To learn more about the Grant-AStarr Foundation, please go to: www.grantastarr.org. This year’s event includes both a Team and School Challenge. The Team Challenge
is open to all companies, organizations, or groups with a minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 participants per team. For more information or to register your team, please contact Audrey Vanderzyl at audrey. vanderzyl@st-agnes.org. The School Challenge is open to all FBISD schools and provides a variety of incentives for the participating schools. For more information on the School Challenge, please contact Ms. Betty Ann Williams at bafromsl@aol.com.
Fort Bend ISD’s Ridgemont Early Childhood Center selected as statewide finalist Fort Bend ISD’s Ridgemont Early Childhood Center was recently named one of five regional finalists in the 2014 H-E-B® annual Excellence in Education awards program. As a regional finalist in the early childhood category, Ridgemont received $5,000 and will advance to the statewide competition. More than 60 applications were filed in the category. “I believe the comprehensive alignment with our elementary school campus and our strong
collaborations with various agencies throughout the community separates our early childhood center from the pack,” said Ridgemont Elementary and Early Childhood Center Principal Dr. Robert Long. To determine overall statewide winners, a panel of judges toured each facility and talked with administration, staff and parents. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Houston in May. The winning early childhood facility will receive $25,000.
“We are honored to have been named a finalist in the competition and excited about the opportunity that winning this award could provide for the students and families for both Ridgemont and the greater Fort Bend community,” said Ridgemont Early Childhood Center Manager Nick Cantu. If chosen as the winner, Cantu plans to propose the construction of an exercise track that surrounds both the elementary school and early childhood center.