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ne of the largest luxury home suites is making its way to the Katy area and should be ready to open in the coming days. These suites are not meant to offer state-of-the-art care for humans. “We offer indoor and outdoor boarding,” said Chief Operating Officer Lisa Sebree. “It allows for a more natural environment for the dogs.” Co-owner Malcolm Macaulay believes Katy Dog Suites will revolutionize the way dogs are boarded in the future. “Most boarding facilities are concrete, and the dogs don’t have ready access inside to outside,” Macaulay said. “The inside of the suite is wood with linoleum on it and it is air conditioned and heated in the winter months.” The Katy location will offer 320 suites and sits on 20 acres located at 28785 Clay Road. The owners of Woodlands Dog Suites in Magnolia have teamed up with the owners of the luxury home and commercial builders Buster and Cogdell to build one of the largest boarding facilities in the United States in Katy. The idea for Katy Dog Suites is based on many designs that originated in Australia. “My business partner (co-owner Robert Sherlock) went to 20 different facilities in Australia and broke down what makes those facilities stand out above the rest,” Macaulay said. “He picked the finest innovations and made this facility.” When Sherlock returned to the U.S., he formed smaller dog facilities featuring these ideas and later sold off those facilities to open up the facility in The Woodlands with 160 kennels. “We will be adding all those innovations, plus a few more, into the Katy facility,” Macaulay said. The plan is to keep as many trees as possible on the property

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and keep the facility away from the road for more safety and privacy for the dogs. The complete layout of the facility has been designed for dogs, with only 10 suites per air-conditioned building, and each suite has its own window and easy-out dog door that allows all guests to go into their backyard whenever they want. “There will also be two lakes located on the property so when the dogs are out for their playtime, they can enjoy the lake, as well,” Sebree said. Katy Dog Suites does not charge extra for playtime, feeding or medicating, but does for bathing. Standard suites are priced at $35 for one guest. The larger suites are priced at $55 per guest. Another added feature is that experienced managers live on site, so pick-up and drop off are allowed by appointment. Matt and Alicia Segari will serve as co-managers at the Katy Dog Suites and bring more than 12 years of experience in running dog facilities. “This is a big step from working at The Woodlands’ facility,” Matt Segari said. “We have to make sure the animals are taken care of and bringing the people into the facility to make sure they know our presence,” said Alicia Segari. Macaulay said one reason the Katy location will present a bigger challenge than The Woodlands is because of the size. Macaulay said the areas that have been chosen based on population and the disposable income available in those areas. “We find that most of the areas are the people that have pets and can afford to have them,” Macaulay said. “These are luxury dog suites and these dogs will have a lot more freedom and will have their own grass. Most people associate kennels with having a bad smell and you won’t have that at Katy Dog Suites.”

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The Love of Reading Little Book Buddies at Katy and Maud Marks

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ooking for a chance for your kindergarten through third-grade child to share the joy of reading this fall? The Little Book Buddies program is taking applications for spots in this free program. The program pairs a child with a trained adult or teen volunteer to meet on a weekly basis to read together for 45 minutes. Little Book Buddies is a 10-week program. Buddies meet once a week for 45 minutes, one-on-one for shared reading. “The final session is a big celebration where we invite all the parents,” said Misty Wraght, children librarian at Katy Library. “We share about what their child has been reading, do an activity in the library, and the kids get to choose a pretty gift

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box to take home to their own personal libraries.” Wraght describes what happens when the child and trained volunteer read together. “They just read together, adult reading to the child, the child reading to the adult, taking turns whenever they choose. It’s to promote a love of reading in children, but it has been also helping with their comprehension and their reading confidence as well.” Book Buddies started as a very small pilot program in the spring of 2016 at a Harris County Public Library in Clear Lake. “It was a very successful pilot, and so we decided to try and bring it to more of our branches,” said Holly Takashima, youth literacy services specialist with HCPL. The following fall four new library branches were added. The most recent cycle of the Buddies that just concluded in April

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had nine branches participating. The projection for this fall is 25 libraries with Little Buddy programs. “The program is adaptable to the different branches in different communities,” said Takashima. “Our aim is to help young kids become independent readers, enjoy reading, and then library users. We get to have the readings in the libraries, surrounded by books. It has helped them figure out who they are as a readers, how you choose a good book.” Success stories are numerous at Harris County Public Libraries where the program has been used. “Most of the kids who participated in the Little Buddies are behind in their reading,” said Jacque Mitchell at the Aldine Library. “This is a little push that they need. In my first session I had a child who had been held back a grade because he couldn’t read well. He showed amazing progress, was reading on his own at the end. His mom at the end was crying, thanking me because they couldn’t afford a tutor. Now he goes home and pursues reading on his own.” The fall 2017 Book Buddies cycle will run from September to November at 25 branch locations including Katy, 5414 Franz Rd, Katy, (281-391-3509) and Maud Marks, 1815 Westgreen Blvd, Katy (281-492-8592).

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Application period for adult volunteers is closed for this upcoming fall cycle. However, if you are 18 years old or over and interested in being an adult Big Buddy for our cycle in spring 2018, please fill out the Interest Form and you will be contacted as soon as the application opens again. http://www. hcpl.net/form/book-buddies-interest-form Naomi Haught, assistant branch manager at Maud Marks Library, said the program is the same at any of the different locations. The only difference might be that they take place on a different day. “At our location, the Little Buddies will meet on Mondays, beginning Sept. 11. It’s a 10-week program, ending Nov. 13. We have somewhere between 10-15 Buddies, very excited about getting this started. We have about a dozen children signed up, but still taking applications.” Books are chosen by the volunteer and Buddy. “We want the children to enjoy reading; we want the children to pick out what they want to read,” said Haught. “The Little Buddies are what we’re looking for now,” said Misty Wraght. ”We still have slots open. I can still take applications. If we get too many applications then we use a lottery for the available spaces.”

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