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FBISD joins lawsuit against state over school finance

By SESHADRI KUMAR The Fort Bend ISD board of trustees Monday night adopted a resolution to file a lawsuit against the state over the existing statutory system for the financing of public education in Texas.

Along with other school districts, the board has retained the law firm of Thompson & Horton, LLP, to file the lawsuit.

The law firm will be paid $65,000 by FBISD, according to the district’s chief financial officer Tracy Hoke.

The board believes that the existing finance system will continue to impair public education available to the students and will impair the ability of the district to provide an appropriate education, unless it is significantly reformed.

The board “deems it in the best interest of the district to seek an end to such an impairment through the judicial system.”

The decision to join the lawsuit was adopted with six votes in favor.

Trustee Sonal Bhuchar recused herself from the vote, citing the “unique position,” she was in.

Bhuchar is seeking the Republican party nomination for the Dist. 26 State Representative seat.

She favored the resolution, and hoped to effect a change in the legislature, but she does not want her ability to vote in the legislature to be affected in any way by her voting now on the school board resolution.

FBISD now joins more than 100 other school districts in the legal fight, spearheaded by Equity Center, an organization fighting for fair and equitable funding for all public schools.

Many school districts adopt the same tax rate or have reached the maximum allowed tax rate, but the per student reimbursement varies significantly from district to district.

According to the Equity Center, the existing funding

system is inadequate, inefficient and is unconstitutional.

The lawsuit is expected to be filed in November and at least 300 school districts are expected to be parties to the lawsuit.

Appraisal Board In other action, the school board nominated three people to the Fort Bend County Central Appraisal District.

They are Albert Glover, Al Abramczyk and Jim Kij. Texas Property Tax Code sets out procedures for electing directors for county appraisal districts and requires the governing body of each voting unit to submit names of nominees for the Board of Directors by adopting a resolution.

The Chief Appraiser has asked that nominees and their contact information be forwarded to him before October 15. After receiving all nominees, the Chief Appraiser will prepare a ballot of those nominated and send it to the different taxing units.

Each unit will then cast its votes by resolution and return to the Chief Appraiser before December 15, 2011.

The voting entitlement for FBISD is 1,440 votes.

Two current members, Rick Garcia and Jim Kij, were nominated and elected by the FBISD Board of Trustees in 2009.

FBISD board president Susan Hohnbaum voted against the nomination of Kij, while Trustee Marilyn Glover, wife of Albert Glover, abstained.

Bhuchar nominated the current CAD member Rick Garcia, but her motion failed as no one seconded it.

Glover said she abstained not only because her husband was being nominated, but she took objection to the CAD chair’s indifference.

When former board president Sonal Bhuchar sought information from the CAD board chair on the election process, she recieved no information.

“It was arrogant,” she said.

The school board had nominated Albert Glover, but the CAD board did not appoint him in 2009.

Meanwhile, the City of Sugar Land has nominated Jim Kij and Al Abramczyk to the CAD board.

The school board also made a budget adjustment for the receipt of $10.87 million from the state, known as “EduJob funds.”

Nearly $6.7 million of this fund will go to employee health insurance and $1.5 million will be used to hire 22 teachers in grades K-4 and eight special education aides.

Also, $750,000 will be used for the development of curriculum to support the implementation of the STAAR program.

The new truancy court set up by the county will receive $300,00 from the school district.

“After prayerful and careful consideration, I have decided not to run for the state legislative seat for House District 26,” said Tom Abraham, who is currently active as the At Large, Position 1 city council member for the City of Sugar Land and principal as a Regional Director of the Texas Municipal League holding its annual conference in this area this month.

“This was a difficult decision, as I know that my supporters eagerly encouraged

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me to run and endorsed me for the position,” he said.

“I want to especially emphasize that it is vitally important that the community focus on the conservative beliefs and values that unite us and let no agenda narrow our vision or drive us apart.”

Abraham, who has successfully won his consecutive seat on city council and has also served as the city’s Mayor Pro Tem said, “I want to thank my supporters and those endorsing me. After my

continuous years serving as an elected official since 2004, I have found that there are many opportunities to look at things from a different perspective, and it was with that in mind that I made my bid to run for office at the state level.”

Abraham, a small business owner, will be focusing on both his role as a city council member and the private sector, especially during the current economic climate.

He and his wife Sarah wish

to thank the many area residents, who have continuously offered their support in the name of community.

Sugar Land Councilwoman Jacquie Chaumette, Fort Bend ISD Trustee Sonal Bhuchar and former Fort Bend GOP Chairman Rick Miller have announced their intention to run for this seat in the March Republican Party primary.

Incumbent Charlie Howard has decided not to seek re-election.

Rate and fee changes begin Jan. 1 in Sugar Land The City of Sugar Land will implement several rate and fee changes beginning Jan. 1. The fees and rates were approved

by City Council in September.

The “surface water” rate will increase from 76 cents to $1.42 per 1,000 gallons beginning Jan. 1.

In addition to the normal charges for water usage, city utility customers pay a sepa-

provide food to our neighbors in need, donations are down by 10 percent and Food Pantry shelves are bare.

East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry is in need of your help. Consider holding a food drive or making a monetary donation.

Please don’t delay.

Your help is needed now. feeding their families,” said Vickie Coates, Executive Director of EFBHNM. As the Ministry strives to

The MD Anderson Regional Care Center in Sugar Land recently lit the Plaza of Sugar Land Town Square pink during a free Fort Bend Symphony Concert in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. MD Anderson physicians and staff were on hand during the event to pass out free educational materials and pink glow necklaces to spread the light of breast cancer awareness and hope. (Pictured) Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra Members Liesl Schindler, Sandy Chapman, Coleman Locke, Lauren Chapman and Charity James.

Tom Abraham decides not to run for Dist. 26 State Rep.

Help restock food pantry shelves For over 20 years, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry has been making sure that neighbors in our community have enough food to feed their families.

Located in Stafford, East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry operates the largest Food Pantry in Fort Bend, helping over 3,000 individuals every month.

Loss of jobs, increased food prices and economic uncertainty has led to more people coming to the Ministry seeking help.

“Most of those we help come to us when they’ve reached a point of choosing between paying the bills or

Plaza turns pink

By making a donation to EFBHNM you are helping your Fort Bend neighbors who are struggling to makes ends meet during a difficult time in their lives.

To learn more about East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry go to www.HumanNeeds. org, or stop by for a visit at 435 Stafford Run Road.

Donations can be made online at HumanNeeds.org or mailed to P.O. Box 1611, Stafford, TX 77497.

All donations are tax deductible.

rate rate based on billed water consumption.

The surface water charges support the city’s mandated conversion to surface water.

Construction of the City’s surface water treatment plant is in progress.

Although the surface water rate is increasing, water and wastewater rates will not change -- an effort by the City to minimize the impact of overall utility bills while Sugar Land transitions to surface water.

An average residential utility bill for 11,000 gallons of water usage will increase by $7.25 per month.

The City’s water and wastewater system is self-supporting. Each year, rates are adjusted to reflect increasing costs of providing water to customers. All expenses are paid through the fees charged to customers each month. No property tax or sales tax dollars support the utility system.

Despite surface water rate increases, residential solid waste rates will decrease beginning Jan. 1 due to implementation of automated waste collection.

Customers currently pay $17.63 per month for twice weekly curbside recycling and refuse collection.

The switch in December to automated pickup will result in a new rate of $16 per month that will be reflected on January bills, a savings of $1.63 per month.

Other user fees -- such as facility rental charges, permits and rental registration licenses -- will also increase in January. These fees are adjusted annually based on the CPI index, to offset inflationary expenses. However, the City did not increase fees in 2011 to minimize impacts of the recession on residents.

Fees will be increased 4.9 percent based on the two year CPI change.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011 • INDEPENDENT • Page 3

News Drought shakes home foundations, breaks water mains

By BARBARA FULENWIDER The rain the Houston area received on Sunday was a major gift even if it didn’t erase the drought that has ravaged area yards, parks, esplanades, woods and farm and ranch land for most of 2011.

Rainfall amounts that fell on the area Sunday were anywhere from one to three inches.

While various weather forecasters put the possibility of receiving more rain at 20 percent for the next three days the damage and costs caused by the severe drought still gnaw at budgets.

No entity in east Fort Bend County instigated water rationing over the torrid summer but some restricted landscape watering to twice a week and some requested voluntary compliance to the twice a week watering.

While trees, plants and grass suffered mightily the biggest costs are cracked concrete streets and sidewalks out of kilter. The highest personal costs the drought causes will likely be to house foundations.

As Missouri City Assistant City Manager Scott Elmer told council members last month, “The potential for damage to infrastructure in Missouri City is high due to the expansive clay soils found in the region that are undergoing significant changes in moisture content. The region is currently 24 inches below normal rainfall this year.”

He also told council that to date the Missouri City Public Works Department “has a 290 percent increase in the number of curb repairs and a 26 percent increase in the number of sidewalk repairs from the summer of 2010.” He also said that there’s been a “slight increase” in the number of street repairs over the summer and all have been larger in scope than during the summer of 2010.

Many of the 128 municipal utility districts in Missouri City, Elmer said, “have seen a 100 percent increase in water main breaks compared to a year ago.”

So far, Missouri City Forester Paul Wierzbicki said, Missouri City has lost about 20 percent of the trees planted on city property since 2009. The 20 percent losses were in “high maintenance areas and 50 percent was lost in low maintenance areas (reforestation areas.)

“Most losses,” Wierzbicki

said, “were younger trees and almost all were removed inhouse. On average, we used about 12,000 gallons of water per week to water trees. It is twice as much as was anticipated prior to this drought.”

Sugar Land started a nightime, twice a week voluntary watering schedule in an effort to deliver adequate water throughout the city and not stress water plants “beyond comfortable operation mode.”

Over the next few months, Sugar Land park employees will be assessing the impact of the drought on city property along with cracks on city sports fields and in concrete and asphalt trails, fence posts for benches, trash receptacles, signs and other features in city parks. “Our focus so far has been to maintain the operations of irrigation systems to keep the turf, trees and landscape alive,” said Doug Adolph, assistant communications director.

As for the increase in water usage by the city to maintain parks and facilities, Adolph said water expenditures for 2011 have been $65,503 for 11,858,310 gallons, which is up $13,856 or 27 percent from 2010.

Right-of-way maintenance has cost Sugar Land $83,587 for 42,852,200 gallons of water, which is up $47,700 or 133 percent from 2010. Water used for park maintenance has totaled 59,471,180 gallons and cost $174,375 or $64,811 more than it did in 2010. Water used at the Sugar Land airport totaled 3,846,200 gallons this year and is 69 percent more than was used last year. The cost of the water has totaled $18,135 and is an increase of $7,377, according to Adolph.

He said that 2010 “was a very average year for the volume of water produced and used by Sugar Land customers. For 2010 the city produced 5.243 billion gallons of water compared to 7.281 billion gallons this year for a 38 percent increase.

From April to September of 2010 the city produced 3.25 billion gallons of water and during that same period this year produced a total of 4.723 billion gallons for a 45 percent increase. The per day, per capita number of gallons produced in 2010 was 170 compared to 236 this year.

Riverstone slates Oct. 15 Heart and Sole 5K and Boo Bash Riverstone’s annual Heart and Sole 5K Run and Walk is set for Saturday, Oct. 15.

The event benefits Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels, which provides services to more than 1,000 seniors daily.

The race begins at 8 a.m., with racers following a certified course through Riverstone. Racers, supporters and the general public are invited to the post-race Boo Bash, which will include midway games with prizes, an inflatable obstacle course, dunking booth, high-striker game to test strength and more. Children and adults can vie for top honors in a costume contest and two disc jockeys will keep the atmosphere lively. Food will be available on-site for purchase.

Last year, approximately 200 people raced in Riverstone’s inaugural event, raising $4,000 for Second Mile Mission, another Fort Bend-based charity.

“We hope to top last year’s results with more runners and more money raised for a good cause,” said Riverstone’s lifestyle director Melanie Rushé, who is organizing the event.

For more information, visit www.riverstone.com or phone Rushé at 713-817-6427.

Toys for Tots Fort Bend 2011 The Toys for Tots Fort Bend program is under way recruiting toy drop-off locations and volunteers for the seventh annual campaign that helps Fort Bend area families. Last year’s successful program provided assistance to more than 2,400 local children. “We are proud of how our community comes together for this annual event that brings joy to so many children,” said Jack Molho, coordinator for Toys for Tots Fort Bend. “Since 1948, Toys for Tots and the United States Marine Corps have been providing toys for our most needy children but this is once again a very challenging economic time. With that in mind, we still are asking local businesses and residents to support our 2011 campaign.” In addition to toy drop-off at First Colony Mall, Toys for Tots is seeking additional locations for residents to conveniently drop-off a new, unwrapped toy. To become a collection site, volunteer or donate, please visit the website at http://stafford-tx.toysfortots.org or call 281-891-3401.

Water and sewer line breaks also increased substantially in Sugar Land this year compared to 2010. This year there have been 724 compared to 496 a year ago. Adolph said, “We were able to complete all the repairs within our current budget allocation. Additional revenue from increased water sales due to the drought are available to pay for the increased repair costs.”

Doug Earle, executive director of First Colony Community Association said, “We haven’t had anything near to the extent Houston has. Our losses have been a lot less than theirs.

“We’ve had some movement of concrete streets and some shifting of concrete steps and sidewalks but nothing earth shaking. Our biggest challenge has been keeping our grass and plants alive with the significant increase in water and the water restrictions.”

He said the homeowner association’s water bill “is about doubled over last summer and while 2010 was also a drought year, this year was the worst and we’re still not out of it.”

Earle also said the association’s evaporation in swimming pools “is somewhat of an issue but not nearly as much as the irrigation.”

Stafford Mayor Leonard Scarcella said the city has “had to spend a lot more money on water” this year, and that “one thing I worry about is so many homeowners are going to find their foundations cracked.”

One positive aspect of the drought that the mayor noted is “Stafford hasn’t had to buy as many chemicals this year to spray for mosquitoes as we usually do.”

Stafford City Engineer Charles Russell said, “The streets and sidewalks throughout the city have been dramatically affected by the drought and heat. When we get no rain we have major issues with rigid and flexible pavements. At this point we’re just trying to hit the worst areas and when we do get

some rain we’ll do more work on them.

“We’re getting reports of so many faulty sidewalks that we’re having to go in and put temporary asphalt ramps in. As we get rain, we hope to go back and make a more permanent repair.

We’ve been fortunate not to have a lot of breaks in the irrigation system. The contractor who takes care of the new landscaping along U.S. 90A is responsible for ensuring that the irrigation system is operational.

“He only comes in once a week, so it’s important that we monitor that too. Our guys have been doing repairs on it. We’ve had to do a lot of monitoring as far as the times and length we’re watering,” Russell said, and added that any dead trees along 90A will be replaced by the contractor free of charge per the city’s contract with him.

Matt Breazeale, engineer with Fort Bend Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 (WCID No. 2), said, “No water restrictions were issued this year and none are anticipated.” In the 65 years of service to Stafford, the district has never rationed water, which limits the volume of water used, versus restrictions, which limits when people can water, Breazeale said. “The district has not and does not plan to issue any water restrictions or rationing.”

So far, Breazeale said, WCID No. 2 customers, who are also in a part of Missouri City, Houston, Sugar Land and unincorporated Fort Bend County areas, use a low per capita amount of water daily. It is 113 gallons a day versus the regional average of 143 gallons daily.

August has been the highest usage month this year. The highest single day water pumpage in 2010 was 7,070,000 gallons and the highest so far this year is 8,972,000 gallons, according to Braezeale.

The district has the capacity to supply 17.4 million gallons of surface and ground water per

day. The district’s surface water plant came online this past April and has reduced groundwater usage by 50 percent.

“Main breaks have been a large problem this year,” Braezeale said. “Repair crews have worked 45 percent more

overtime this year. In a typical year we average between 40 to 50 water main breaks, which cost the district about $5,000 a year to repair. So far in 2011, we have had 204 water main breaks and have spent $35,000 on repairs.”

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 for Wills Estate being a replat of Lots 1 & 2, Blk. 1 out of Sienna Village of Bees Creek, Sec. 4B, Precinct 1.

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 Julie Edwards with Probstfeld & Associates at 281-829-0034 for information prior to the hearing.

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 for replat of Veranda Professional Building Replat No. 1, 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 Brian Nawara with Texas Engineering and Mapping at 281-491-2525 for information prior to the hearing.

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NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS City of Missouri City, Texas 1522 Texas Parkway Missouri City, Texas 77489 281-403-8661 REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS On or about November 5, 2011, the City of Missouri City, Texas will submit a request to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to release federal funds under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to undertake the following projects that: Minor Housing Rehabilitation for low- to moderate-income homeowners Locations: Throughout the City of Missouri City Site specific environmental reviews to be conducted upon location determination $83,210 Code Enforcement through assessment of exterior code violations Locations: Throughout CDBG Target Areas $94,720 Public Infrastructure (Installation of sidewalk) Locations: Along east side of Texas Parkway from Buffalo Run to Missouri City Drive

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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The City of Missouri City, Texas has determined that the projects will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at the City of Missouri City, Texas City Hall located at 1522 Texas Parkway and may be examined or copied weekdays 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency disagreeing with this determination or wishing to comment on the projects may submit written comments to the Planning Department. All comments received by November 4, 2011 will be considered by the City of Missouri City, Texas prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

RELEASE OF FUNDS The City of Missouri City, Texas certifies to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that Allen Owen in his capacity as Mayor consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities, and allows the City of Missouri City, Texas to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will accept objections to its release of funds and the City of Missouri City, Texas’ certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Missouri City, Texas; (b) the City of Missouri City, Texas has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at 1301 Fannin, Suite 2200 Houston, Texas 77002. Potential objectors should contact the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

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Opinion The View from Sugar Land Occupying Wall Street

By RUSSELL JONES The demonstration known as Occupy Wall Street continues into its fourth week despite the inability of its leaders to state any specific goal. True, the original stated purpose was to protest “corporate greed.” The problem is that one man’s corporate greed is another man’s free enterprise.

Attacking the very economic system that made the United States the wealthiest nation on the planet is a strategic war which the protesters cannot win.

The last time anyone looked, most corporations were not organic in the anthropological sense. Motivations such as greed are amorphous and difficult to prove in an inert institution. Income to pay employees and managers is critical. Profits to reward shareholders are desirable. But greed?

The largest shareholders in the country are pension plans which exist for the benefit of millions of individuals. Those individuals have built their savings so that they might someday retire comfortably. Is that an activity to be vilified?

Perhaps I misunderstand.

Originally described as an anticapitalism rally, the movement has grown nationwide and seems to have evolved into a combination of dissatisfied anarchists, misfits and others sympathetic to the nation’s down and out.

Obama and Biden are attempting to cozy up to the movement, particularly as it gains support from union leaders. Obama claimed that people were angry because “Wall Street had not been following the rules.” Biden, putting his own spin on the protests, joined the chorus: “The bargain has been breached. The American people do not think the system is fair.” Neither offered a replacement for equal opportunity capitalism.

Jones Republican candidate Herman Cain has suggested that the demonstrations are being used

by Obama supporters to distract from the failed policies of his administration. Reaching further out to attack the demonstrations than the other candidates, his logic has a certain appeal. “Do not blame Wall Street. Do not blame the big banks. If you do not have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself. It is not someone’s fault if they succeed. It’s someone’s fault if they fail.”

Even for conservatives it is difficult to be too harsh about the demonstrations. The government let Lehman Brothers go down the tubes, but then got scared. Suddenly AIG, Citibank and others were too big to fail. Instead of their creditors and shareholders paying for bad management, as is the American way, those institutions were bailed out by TARP, with the taxpayers footing the bill.

Whatever their goals, the demonstrators view themselves as the “have nots” who desperately want the “haves” to pick up their tab. They are the vanguard of the people’s army waging class warfare against Obama’s “millionaires and billionaires.”

Fifty years ago, another demo-

cratic president, a liberal in his own day, challenged his followers to “ask what you can do for your country.” Today’s mob, lacking or having lost all personal motivation, is asking “what your country can do for” them.

That same president, speaking at Rice University, proposed that the country should send a man to the moon “not because it is easy, but because it is hard.” This crowd, following the footsteps of the president who killed the space program, will not accept Cain’s suggestion that they not blame others for their own problems.

That would be hard.

It is ironic that the nation should lose Steve Jobs while these demonstrations continue.

Jobs, for years a corporate CEO making many multiples of the average income, must be considered one of the bad guys by the protesters. Yet, this crowd fails to notice its dependence on such examples of capitalist success, unashamedly keeping itself entertained by listening to his iPods, planning strategy with his iPhones, and maintaining its demonstration schedule on the Internet using his iPads.

Economist Milton Friedman long ago observed that “the world runs on individuals pursuing their self-interest.” He challenged anyone to identify a successful economic system where that statement was not true. Where everyone is freely allowed to pursue his own success within the system, call it greed if you must, the economy succeeds. When the pursuit of economic self-interest is stifled, such as in socialist states, the economy inevitably fails.

Jones served as a member of the Sugar Land City Council from 2003 through June, 2011.

He owns a law firm and a title insurance company in Sugar Land.

Musings: Cemetery Ridge

By JANICE SCANLAN I knew my immediate families were pioneers in Oklahoma being homesteaders before 1907 statehood as early as 1899 and had put down permanent roots with homes and multiple farming operations by 1904. What has interested me is the family’s role in settling Texas. And by that I mean founding communities, churches and schools.

I know the migration path of one line of the family back to the 1600s, but am coming along slower on the others.

The Briscoe part of my family has been in Texas since 1845. This is only becoming real to me in the past year. I had to first explore the family’s roots in Oklahoma. That journey takes us to Cemetery Ridge and the Hess Cemetery.

No, you won’t find it on most maps. It’s an unincorporated farming community. It also for a period was part of Greer County, Texas. That’s another story.

I’m sure at one point or another I visited Hess some 20 miles from where I grew up . . . but I have no memory of it.

And nothing prepared me for its grandeur and the imposing ridge and mesa it occupies.

The pictures on findagrave. com don’t prepare you as it looks like normal flat land, but I did know that we had at least 42 ancestors in the Hess Cemetery before we entered.

Never being ones to waste

Scanlan farm land, the Hess cemetery is located on a mesa-- those flat “table top” mountains prevalent in the Southwest US. Wow, the colors of the steep ridge of pinks and reds. It was really beautiful to stand on the ridge and look onto the farmland and Wichita Mountains in the distance.

This is the land of the Apache, Comanche and Kiowa Indians—Plains Indians.

The far southwestern corner of Oklahoma was their land that was opened to white settlers with preserves for open hunting and fishing during the land runs and various lotteries in Oklahoma.

My father had memories (and pictures still exist) of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, in full headdress, leading the Frederick, Oklahoma, band on Sunday afternoons 100 years ago. And yes, my great grandparents were married in Parker County Texas, where Quanah Parker’s mother, Cynthia lived,

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before my great grandparents homesteaded near Hess. So all these threads intrigue and addict to learn more.

So Uncle Loyd, cousin Cindy, her 14 year old granddaughter Abigail, and I had quite an adventure going to Hess, ancestor hunting and just getting the immediate family lines straight.

Abigail got to be quite a grave finder. Getting the family lines straight, cataloging pictures and telling stories kept us late into the night when we weren’t playing checkers.

Getting a picture of the North Fork of the Red River that my grandmother, Minnie Alice Briscoe Holden Atkison, forded in 1904 to move to a new homestead after living in a dugout on Great Uncle Andy’s homestead at Hess showed the gumption pioneers possessed.

Despite the drought, the river had a good bit of water, plenty of quicksand and steep banks.

Last Sunday at the Dew House Photo Contest, there was a 1931 picture of Mason Briscoe with the Dews in their permanent collection.

I had known about the Briscoe Cemetery in Fort Bend, but that photo put seeing if there’s a connection higher on my bucket list that doesn’t seem to end.

For photos, visit http://traction.typepad.com/musings or write janicescanlan@clear.net

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Pamela Geller to speak at Sugar Land Tea Party meeting The Sugar Land Tea Party will host well-known activist, author and blogger, Pamela Geller, Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Hyatt Place,16730 Creek Bend Drive in Sugar Land.

The event will start with a meet and greet at 6:30 p.m., with Geller’s presentation from 7 to 8 p.m.

Following the event, she will sign her newly released book, Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance.

In Stop the Islamization of America, Geller lays bare the chilling details of the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy of steady subversion and erosion of our freedoms, while offering a practical guide for how to fight back.

“Written by an original thinker and innovative, tested, successful activist, Stop the

Islamization of America is a much-needed wake-up call about a sinister, subversive agenda that could do nothing less than destroy the United States – with unique instructions about how we can and must fight back now to defend our nation and civilization,” according to a press release issued by the Sugar Land Tea party.

Geller is the founder, editor and publisher of the blog, Atlas Shrugs. She is the executive director of Stop the Islamization of America, as well as the Freedom Defense Initiative, and is a regular columnist for American Thinker, Human Events, and other publications.

She is the author of The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration’s War on America and the new-

U.S. Senate candidates’ forum The Spirit of Freedom Republican Women PAC will hold a Texas US Senate Candidate forum on Friday Oct. 21at Sugar Creek Baptist Church Chapel at 13213 SW Freeway, Sugar Land from 11a.m. to 1 p.m.

The GOP Candidates who are running for US Senate in Texas that have accepted our invitation to speak are: Glenn Addison, Andrew Castanuela, Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst, Elizabeth Ames Jones, Tom Leppert and Lela Pittenger.

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison decided not to seek re-election to a fourth full term.

Meet and greet starts at 11 CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/or Order of Sale issued on JULY 12, 2011 by the 240th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in Cause #10DCV-181540 in favor of the plaintiff- THE VICKSBURG COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Inc., plaintiff, for the sum of $6,986.15++++ costs as taxed on said execution and/ or order of sale and further the sum of executing the same.

I have levied on August 19, 2011 and will offer for sale on the 1ST day of NOVEMBER 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of Ten O’clock A.M. and Four O’clock P.M., and all rights, title, interests, and claims which the said Defendant (s) -MARK PORTER & ANNA PORTER had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: Legal Description: LOT 23, BLOCK 02, OF REPLAT OF VICKSBURG, THE VILLAGE OF SHILOH, SECTION ONE (1), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NOS. 843/B AND 844/A OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS AS MODIFIED BY ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO OR REPLATS THEREOF. TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to be held at or about 11:00 A.M. Ruben Davis, Constable Fort Bend County Precinct Two By: Lieutenant G. Majors #73 Deputy Constable CONSTABLE’S NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a certain WRIT OF EXECUTION issued by the clerk of the 190TH District Court of HARRIS County, Texas on AUG 24, 2011 in cause numbered 2009- 63908 styled AMERICAN BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO, INC. vs. CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION CO, INC AND LONG T. CHAU JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY in which a judgment was rendered on MAR 9, 2010 in favor of AMERICAN BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS SUPPLY, CO. INC , for the sum of FIFTY-THREE –THOUSANDSIX HUNDRED TWENTY- -DOLLARS AND TWENTY-THREE CENTS (53,620.23) Dollars; 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 OCT 5 , 2011 and will on NOV 1, 2011, 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 Rights, Title, and Interest of LONG T. CHAU in the following described Real Property THE SURFACE ESTATE ONLY OF A 9.5205 ACRES,BEING LOTS THIRTY-SIX (36),THIRTY-EIGHT(38), AND FORTYTWO (42) OF OYSTER CREEK FARMS, AN UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AND RECORDED UNDER FILE NUMBER 9681585 OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY,TEXAS. The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of AMERICAN BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS SUPPLY,. INC. .Plaintiff, and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE RICHMOND, TX 77469 DATE: NOV 1, 2011 TIME: APPROX. 10:00 am BY: SGT. M KUTACH TROY NEHLS, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 4

a.m. and the meeting will begin promptly at 11:30 a.m.

To RSVP contact President Cindy Bond at 281-980-5719 (home), 281-435-3547 (cell), or cindybond7@gmail.com Spirit of Freedom Republican Women PAC meets on the third Friday of the month at Sugar Creek Baptist Church Chapel.

Primary elections will be held Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

The general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the traffic control plan for Fry Road extension east of Holton Grip Drive Street Dedication, Precinct 3.

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 Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/or Order of Sale issued on SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 by the 268th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in Cause #11-DCV-188261 in favor of the plaintiff-SIENNA PLANTATION RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION, Inc., plaintiff, for the sum of $3,938.23++++ costs as taxed on said execution and/or order of sale and further the sum of executing the same.

I have levied on SEPTEMBER 06, 2011 and will offer for sale on the 1ST day of NOVEMBER, 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of Ten O’clock A.M. and Four O’clock P.M., and all rights, title, interests, and claims which the said Defendant (s) -JAMES SCOTT had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: Legal Description: LOT FIFTY-ONE (51), IN BLOCK TWO (2) OF SIENNA VILLAGE OF ANDERSON SPRINGS, SECTION ONE-B (1-B), AMENDING PLAT NO. 1, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT NO. 20060238 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. 8006 EMPERORS PASS, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77459.

TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to be held at or about 11:00 A.M. Ruben Davis, Constable Fort Bend County Precinct Two By: Lieutenant G. Majors Deputy Constable CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/or Order of Sale issued on SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2011 by the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in Cause #11-DCV-188284 in favor of the plaintiffSIENNA PLANTATION RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION, Inc., plaintiff, for the sum of $6,829.94++++ costs as taxed on said execution and/or order of sale and further the sum of executing the same.

I have levied on SEPTEMBER 06, 2011 and will offer for sale on the 1ST day of NOVEMBER 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of Ten O’clock A.M. and Four O’clock P.M., and all rights, title, interests, and claims which the said Defendant (s) -MONIQUE MERCIER had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: Legal Description: LOT SEVEN(7), IN BLOCK ONE, (01), OF SIENNA VILLAGE OF WATERLAKE, SECTION TWENTYSEVEN (27), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT NO. 20070173 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. 5919 BUFFALO GAP, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, 77459.

TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to be held at or about 11:00 A.M. Ruben Davis, Constable Fort Bend County Precinct Two By: Lieutenant G. Majors Deputy Constable

ly released Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance. She has been a guest on numerous news programs, including Sean Hannity.

The Sugar Land Tea Party is a group of local activists that seek to harness the power of individual conservative Americans through grassroots organizing, training and education; to do all within our power to prevent our freedoms and liberties from being taken away from us; to stop our government’s out-of-control spending in order to save our economy and families from financial destruction; and to stop the big government takeover of our private market.

For more information, visit www.sugarlandteaparty.org.

CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/or Order of Sale issued on AUGUST 4, 2011 by the 240th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in Cause #09DCV-172619 in favor of the plaintiffQUAIL GREEN WEST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Inc., plaintiff, for the sum of $5,226.66++++ costs as taxed on said execution and/or order of sale and further the sum of executing the same.

I have levied on AUGUST 19, 2011 and will offer for sale on the 1ST day of NOVEMBER, 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of Ten O’clock A.M. and Four O’clock P.M., and all rights, title, interests, and claims which the said Defendant (s) -STEVE ORUERIO had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: Legal Description: LOT 9, BLOCK 10 OF QUAIL GREEN WEST SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOL. 22, PAGE 56 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. 1907 QUAIL FEATHER COURT, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77489.

TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to be held at or about 11:00 A.M. Ruben Davis, Constable Fort Bend County Precinct Two By: Lieutenant G. Majors Deputy Constable CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/or Order of Sale issued on AUGUST 17, 2011 by the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in Cause #10-DCV181373 in favor of the plaintiff-WINFIELD LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, Inc., plaintiff, for the sum of $8,983.36++++ costs as taxed on said execution and/ or order of sale and further the sum of executing the same.

I have levied on SEPTEMBER 06, 2011 and will offer for sale on the 1ST day of NOVEMBER, 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of Ten O’clock A.M. and Four O’clock P.M., and all rights, title, interests, and claims which the said Defendant (s) -LUIS A. FUERTE had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: Legal Description: LOT 6, BLOCK 1, OF WINFIELD LAKES, SECTION 9, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDED IN THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 20060006, AS MODIFIED BY ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO OR REPLATS THEREOF. 2147 ACORN GLEN TRAIL, FRESNO, TEXAS, 77545.

TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to be held at or about 11:00 A.M. Ruben Davis, Constable Fort Bend County Precinct Two By: Lieutenant G. Majors Deputy Constable CONSTABLE SALE Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and/or Order of Sale issued on AUGUST 10, 2011 by the 240th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in Cause #08DCV-163855 in favor of the plaintiff- THE VICKSBURG COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Inc., plaintiff, for the sum of $6,256.08++++ costs as taxed on said execution and/ or order of sale and further the sum of executing the same.

I have levied on August 04, 2011 and will offer for sale on the 1ST day of NOVEMBER 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of Ten O’clock A.M. and Four O’clock P.M., and all rights, title, interests, and claims which the said Defendant (s) -TYRYN D. SIMMONS had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz: Legal Description: LOT 43, BLOCK 05, REPLAT OF VICKSBURG, THE VILLAGE OF CUMBERLAND, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDED IN SLIDE NOS. 664/B AND 645 A&B OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS AS MODIFIED BY ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO OR REPLATS THEREOF. 2822 BOWDEN COURT, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, 77459.

TERMS: CASH TIME: Sale to be held at or about 11:00 A.M. Ruben Davis, Constable Fort Bend County Precinct Two By: Sergeant J. Lawrence Deputy Constable

OCTOBER 12, 2011 • INDEPENDENT • Page 5

Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted at the: (La votación adelantada en persona se llevará a cabo en:)

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION (AVISO DE ELECCIÓN ESPECIAL)

Schedule for: Horario para:

To the registered voters of the County of Fort Bend, Texas: (A los votantes registrados del Condado de Fort Bend, Texas:)

Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., November 8, 2011 for voting in a special election to adopt or reject the proposed Constitutional Amendments as submitted by the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, of the State of Texas.

(Notifíquese, por las presente, que las casillas electorales sitados abajo se abrirán desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. el 8 de Noviembre de 2011 para votar en una elección especial para adoptar o rechazar las enmiendas propuestas constitucionales así como fueron sometidas por la 82 Legislatura, Sesión Regular, del Estado de Texas.)

LOCATIONS OF POLLING PLACES: (DIRECCION(ES) DE LAS CASILLAS ELECTORALES) PRECINCT

POLLING PLACE

ADDRESS

CITY

ZIP

1001, 1073

George Memorial Library

1001 Golfview Dr

Richmond

77469

1002

Kendleton Church of God

619 FM 2919

Kendleton

77451

1003, 1058, 1134

Mustang Community Center

4525 FM 521

Fresno

77545

1008

Orchard City Hall

9714 Kibler

Orchard

77464

1010

Fort Bend County Road & Bridge

3743 School St

Needville

77461

1012, 1039, 1054

Fellowship Church of Fort Bend

1110 Bamore Rd

Rosenberg

77471

1013, 1074

Calvary Baptist Church

4111 Airport Ave

Rosenberg

77471

1015, 1024

Frieden's United Church of Christ

7526 Avenue I

Beasley

77417

1018

Fairchilds Volunteer Fire Dept

8715 Fairchilds Rd

Fairchilds

77469

1021

Brazos Bend Home & Ranch

22930 FM 1462

Needville

77461

1025

Agriculture Extension Building

1402 Band Rd

Rosenberg

77471

1037, 1016

Travis Elementary School

2700 Avenue K

Rosenberg

77471

1040

St John Fisher Catholic Church

410 Clay St

Richmond

77469

1048, 1072

Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex 4520 Reading Rd

Rosenberg

77471

1067, 1007, 1085

Williams Elementary School

5111 FM 762

Richmond

77469

1068

Schultz Trucking Company

18602 Highway 36

Guy

77444

1076

River Pointe Community Church

5000 Ransom Road

Richmond

77489

1103

Pecan Grove Baptist Church

1727 FM 359

Richmond

77469

1114

FBC MUD 23/M.R. Massey Admin B 1570 Raab Road

Fresno

77545

1118, 1097

Houston Community College at Sienna

Missouri City

77459

5855 Sienna Springs Way

1120, 1087, 1128

Dickinson Elementary School

7110 Greatwood Parkway

Sugar Land

77479

2017

Briargate Elementary School

15817 Blue Ridge Rd

Missouri City

77489

2023

Ridgemont Elementary School

4910 Raven Ridge Rd

Houston

77053

2027, 2070, 2140

Houston Community College

10141 Cash Rd

Stafford

77477

2028

Quail Valley Elementary School

3500 Quail Village Dr

Missouri City

77459

2030

Quail Valley Middle School

3019 FM 1092

Missouri City

77459

2031

Ridgegate Elementary School

6015 West Ridgecreek Dr

Houston

77053

2033, 2090, 2091, 2115, 2136

Lantern Lane Elementary School

3323 Mission Valley Dr

Missouri City

77459

2050, 2089

Hunters Glen Elementary School

8295 Independence Blvd

Missouri City

77459

2051

Chasewood Clubhouse

7622 Chasewood Dr

Missouri City

77489

2052

Briarchase Missionary Baptist Church 16000 Blue Ridge Rd

Missouri City

77489

2055

Willowridge High School

16301 Chimney Rock Rd

Houston

77053

2056

Mayfair Park Civic Center

6006 Arthington Ave

Houston

77053

Missouri City Community Center

1522 Texas Parkway

Missouri City

77459

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

631 Avenue E

Stafford

77477

2061, 2034, 2108

Elkins High School

7007 Flat Bank Dr

Missouri City

77459

2077, 2141

Glover Elementary School

1510 Columbia Blue Dr

Missouri City

77489

2088, 2078, 2112

Stafford Civic Center

1415 Constitution Ave

Stafford

77477

2092, 2093

Meadowcreek Clubhouse

2410 LaQuita Dr

Missouri City

77459

2116, 2036

Missouri City Baptist Church

16816 Quail Park Dr

Missouri City

77489

2123

Blue Ridge Elementary School

6241 McHard Road

Houston

77053

3004 , 3122

McMeans Junior High

21000 Westheimer Pkwy

Katy

77450

3005, 3057

Frost Elementary School

3306 Skinner Lane

Richmond

77406

3006

Irene Stern Fulshear Community Ctr 6920 Fulshear-Katy Road

Fulshear

77441

3009, 3069

Sugar Creek Country Club

420 Sugar Creek Blvd

Sugar Land

77478

3014

Katy ISD Administration Bldg

6301 S Stadium Ln

Katy

77494

3019

Simonton City Hall

35011 FM 1093

Simonton

77476

3020,3035

Sugar Land Church of God

1715 Eldridge Rd

Sugar Land

77478

3022, 2096, 2117

Meadows Place City Hall

One Troyan Dr

Meadows Place 77477

3038, 3143

Seven Lakes High School

9251 S. Fry Rd

Katy

77494

3043

Southwest Calvary Baptist Church

12910 West Belfort Dr

Houston

77099

3053

Barrington Place Homeowners Assn 13318 Rosstown Ct

Sugar Land

77478

3063, 3041

Austin Elementary School

1630 Pitts Rd

Richmond

77469

3066, 3099, 3113

Mission Glen Elementary School

16053 Mission Glen Dr

Houston

77083

3082, 3095

Oakland Elementary School

4455 Waterside Estate Dr

Richmond

77469

3083

Crockett Middle School

19001 Beechnut St

Richmond

77469

3098, 3032, 3086

Townewest Town Hall

10322 Old Towne Ln

Sugar Land

77478

3101, 3100, 3106

George Bush High School

6707 FM 1464

Richmond

77469

3104

Pecan Grove Elementary School

3330 Old South Dr

Richmond

77469

3130

Cinco Ranch High School

23440 Cinco Ranch Blvd

Katy

77494

3132, 3133

Roosevelt Alexander Elem Sch

6161 S. Fry Rd

Katy

77494

3144, 3142

Beckendorf Junior High School

8200 South Fry Rd

Katy

77494

4011

Colony Bend Elementary School

2720 Planters St

Sugar Land

77479

4026, 4135

Walker Station Elementary

6200 Homeward Way Blvd

Sugar Land

77478

4029, 4105

Knights of Columbus Hall

702 Burney Rd

Sugar Land

77478

4042, 4080

Imperial Park Recreation Center

234 Matlage Way

Sugar Land

77478

4044 , 4065

Austin Parkway Elementary School

4400 Austin Parkway

Sugar Land

77479

4045, 4125, 4126

Garcia Middle School

18550 Old Richmond Rd

Sugar Land

77478

4046, 4109, 4121

Highlands Elementary School

2022 Colonist Park

Sugar Land

77478

4047, 4084

Colony Meadows Elementary School 4510 Sweetwater Blvd

Sugar Land

77479

4062, 4094

Palmer Elementary School

4208 Crow Valley Dr

Missouri City

77459

4064, 4111

Settlers Way Elementary School

3015 Settlers Way Blvd

Sugar Land

77479

4083

Lost Creek Park

3703 Lost Creek Blvd

Sugar Land

77479

4107

Sugar Lakes Clubhouse

930 Sugar Lakes Dr

Sugar Land

77478

4110

Sugar Land City Hall – Lakeview Room

2700 Town Center Blvd North Sugar Land

77478

4119

Clements High School

4200 Elkins Dr

Sugar Land

77479

4124

Brazos Bend Elementary School

621 Cunningham Creek Blvd Sugar Land

77479

4127, 4049

Lexington Creek Elementary School 2335 Dulles Ave

Missouri City

77459

4129, 4102

Commonwealth Clubhouse

4330 Knightsbridge Blvd

Sugar Land

77479

4131

First Colony Conference Center

3232 Austin Parkway

Sugar Land

77479

2059, 2071, 2075, 2079, 2081 2060, 2137, 2138, 2139

Rosenberg Annex Building - 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg, TX Beasley City Hall – 319 S. 3rd Street, Beasley, TX Cinco Ranch Branch Library – 2620 Commercial Center Blvd, Katy, TX Irene Stern Community Center, 6920 Fulshear-Katy Road, Fulsher, TX Aliana Clubhouse – 17122 West Bellfort, Richmond, TX Hightower High School – 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX Meadows Place City Hall – One Troyan Dr., Meadows Place, TX Missouri City Community Center - 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, TX Pecan Grove Baptist Church – 1727 FM 359, Richmond, TX Day (Dia)

Date (Fecha)

Hours (Horas)

Monday – Friday (Lunes - Viernes) Saturday (Sábado) Sunday (Domingo) Monday – Wednesday (Lunes - Miercoles) Thursday – Friday (Jueves - Viernes)

October 24 - 28, 2011 (Octubre 24 - 28, 2011) October 29, 2011 (Octubre 29, 2011) October 30, 2011 (Octubre 30, 2011) October 31 – November 2, 2011 (Octubre 31 – Noviembre 2, 2011) November 3 – 4, 2011 (Noviembre 3 - 4, 2011)

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CLOSED (CERRADO) 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Schedule for: Chasewood Clubhouse -7622 Chasewood Drive, Missouri City, TX Horario para: First Colony Conference Center - 3232 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX FBC Road and Bridge (Needville) – 3743 School Street, Needville, TX Sienna Branch Library – 8411 Sienna Springs Blvd, Missouri City, TX Sugar Land Methodist Church – 431 Eldridge, Sugar Land, TX Day (Dia)

Date (Fecha)

Hours (Horas)

Monday – Friday

October 24 - 28, 2011

(Lunes - Viernes)

(Octubre 24 - 28, 2011)

Saturday

October 29, 2011

(Sábado)

(Octubre 29, 2011)

Sunday

October 30, 2011

(Domingo)

(Octubre 30, 2011)

Monday – Wednesday

October 31 – November 2, 2011,

(Lunes - Miercoles)

Thursday – Friday (Jueves - Viernes)

10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CLOSED (CERRADO)

(Octubre 31 – Noviembre 2, 2011)

10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

November 3 – 4, 2011 (Noviembre 3 - 4, 2011)

7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Applications for ballot by mail should be mailed to: (Las solicitudes para boletas que se votarán adelantado por correo deberán enviarse a:) John Oldham Fort Bend County Elections Administrator 4520 Reading Road Rosenberg, Texas 77471-2133 Phone 281-341-8670 Applications for ballot by mail must be received no later than the close of business on November 1, 2011.

(Las solicitudes para boletas que se votarán adelantada por correo deberán recibirse para el fin de las horas de negocio el día 1 de Noviembre, 2011) Issued this the 7th day of September 2011.

(Emitada este día 7 de Septiembre, 2011.) __________________________________ Robert E. Hebert, County Judge (Firma del Juez del Condado)

Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate The First Colony Municipal Utility District No. 9 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2011 on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 4 p.m. at the offices of Quail Valley Utility District located at 3134 Cartwright Road, Missouri City, TX. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value on all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: A.K. Sandersen, G.P. Perry, M. Burton, S. Gorgan and R. Castells AGAINST the proposal: None PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: None The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.

Total tax rate (per $100 of value) Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase Average appraised value General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled person’s exemptions) Average taxable value Tax on average residence homestead Annual increase/decrease in taxes if Proposed tax rate is adopted And percentage of increase

Last Year This Year $ 0.305/$100 $ 0.320/$100 Adopted Proposed $ .015/$100 4.9180% $191,288 $ 195,243 $0 $191,288 $583.25

$0 $ 195,243 $ 624.78 $41.53 7.1205%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.

Sales associates needed Fort Bend Independent immediately needs motivated advertising sales personnel with a passion for success.

Call 281-980-6745 or email editor@fbindependent.com

Questions or comments regarding this notice can be directed to Esther Buentello Flores at the tax office at (281) 499-1223.

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CITY OF MISSOURI CITY

PUBLIC NOTICE OF TEST OF AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT AVISO PUBLICO DE PROBAR EL EQUIPO TABULAR AUTOMATICAMENTE

The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing an Invitation for Bids for the following:

Notice is hereby given that the automatic tabulating equipment that will be used in the General Election to be held on November 8, 2011 and by local political subdivisions, for whom Fort Bend County is conducting elections, will be tested on October 18, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at the Fort Bend County Elections Department, 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg Texas. The purpose of the test is to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures being tabulated on behalf of those jurisdictions.

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT IFB # 052-12

Por lo presente se da aviso que el equipo para tabular automáticamente que se usará en la Elección General el 8 de Noviembre de 2011, y por subdivisiones políticos para quien el Condado de Fort Bend está llevando a cabo las elecciones, se probará el 18 de Octubre del 2011 a las 3:00 p.m. en el Departamento de Elecciones del Condado de Fort Bend, 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg Texas. El objetivo de éste ensayo es para determinar que contará con precisión los votos emitidos para todas las oficinas y sobre todas las medidas que se tabularon en nombre de aquellas jurisdicciones. /s/ John Oldham Fort Bend County Elections Administrator Administrador de Elecciones del Condado de Fort Bend

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS FORT BEND COUNTY By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 240TH DISTRICT COURT of FORT BEND County on the 9TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2011 by the Clerk thereof, in the case of FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. ROBERT L. WILLIAMS, SR, ET AL in Cause # 10DCV -181130 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 0’ Clock AM on the 1st day of November, 2011, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Official door of the Courthouse of said FORT BEND County, in the City of RICHMOND, Texas, the following described property, to wit: TRACT 1: GEO: 2150090040090907 LOT NINE (9), BLOCK FOUR (4), OF BRIARGATE, SECTION NINE (9), AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME PAGE 34, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Levied on the 6TH day of DAY OF OCTOBER as the property of ROBERT L. WILLIAMS, SR. & DOROTHY B. WILLIAMS to satisfy a judgment amounting to $4,737.27, 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 AND CITY OF HOUSTON. ALL BIDDERS MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and lor Order of Sale issued on the 26th day of August, 2011 by the 240th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 1O-DCV-181902 in favor of the Plaintiff QUAIL VALLEY EAST COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,633.00 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 5th day of October, 2011, 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) -JOHN DANIEL AND ALEYAMMA DANIEL had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 01ST day of NOVEMBER, 2011 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 21, BLOCK 32, OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST SUBDIVISION, SECTION 5, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 15, PAGE 3, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

Terms: Cash Sale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Sergeant J. M. HUTSON#1310 Deputy Constable

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and lor Order of Sale issued on the 24th day of August, 2011 by the 400th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 10-DCV-181773 in favor of the Plaintiff -QUAIL VALLEY EAST COMMlJNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $2,636.00 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and I or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 05th day of October, 2011, 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) -SHARI LYNN GOODIE had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 1ST day of NOVEMBER, 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten 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 26, BLOCK 30, OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST SUBDIVISION, SECTION 5, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME IS, PAGE 3, IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 24th day of August, 2011 by the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 08-DCV-162458 in favor of the Plaintiff -WESTPARK LAKES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, for the sum of $1,204.23 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same.

Therefore, on the 05th day of October, 2011, 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) -JOSE BARILLAS had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 01ST day of NOVEMBER, 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten 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 3, BLOCK 3, OF WESTPARK LAKES, SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT SLIDE NOS. 858/A AND 858/B IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Sergeant J. M. HUTSON#1310 Deputy Constable NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and I or Order of Sale issued on the 07th day of September, 2011 by the 240th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 10-DCV-180354 in favor of the Plaintiff -KINGS BRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, for the sum of $3,673.71 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and I or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 28th day of September, 2011, 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) -MONMPOINT & GUIRLANDE CHERY had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 01ST day of NOVEMBER, 2011 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 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 18, IN BLOCK 1, OF KINGSBRIDGE PLACE, SECTION 5, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 2053/A AND 20531/B OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, (THE “PROPERTY”) ALSO KNOWN AS 9331 ROYAL WAY, HOUSTON, FORT BEND COUNTY, TX 77083.

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $175,240 Terms: Cash .

Sale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Sergeant J. M. HUTSON#1310 Deputy Constable

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $134,550 Terms: Cash Sale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Sergeant J. M. HUTSON#1310 Deputy Constable NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 4th day of August, 2011 by the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 10-DCV-183074 in favor of the Plaintiff -BARRINGTON PLACE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, for the sum of $4,856.90 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 7th day of October, 2011, 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) -SANDRA I. ARTAVIA AND LUIS ARTAVIA had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 01ST day of NOVEMBER, 2011 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten 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 17, BLOCK 8, BARRINGTON PLACE, SECTION 3, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NOS 594/B AND 595/A OF PLAT RECORDS OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, AS MODIFIED BY ANY SUPPLEMENTS THERETO OR REPLATS THEREOF. Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $134,820.00 Terms: Cash .

Sale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M. ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Sergeant J. M. HUTSON#1310 Deputy Constable

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.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the traffic control plan for Cinco Ranch Southwest, Section 42, Precinct 3.

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 Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk

Submitted by, Dianne Wilson Fort Bend County Clerk

Bids will be accepted until 2 PM local time October 24, 2011 and then opened.

The bid packages may be obtained beginning October 5th from Missouri City Purchasing Office at (281) 403-8626 email charles@missouricitytx.gov There is no charge for the bid package.

Bids must be sealed, marked on the outside of the delivery envelope with the IFB name and number as listed above, and the date of opening.

Bids must be delivered to the attention of the Sealed Bid Box, City of Missouri City Purchasing Office, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Bids marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualified. Bids are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.

Charles Oberrender, CPPB Purchasing Manager City of Missouri City, Texas

CITY OF MISSOURI CITY LEGAL NOTICE The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing a Request for Proposals for the following: RFP# 050-12 BANK DEPOSITORY SERVICES The City of Missouri City is seeking proposals from eligible financial institutions to be the banking depository for the City. The banking services proposal will include the basic services of receiving deposits, paying items, wiring funds out, receiving funds wired in, stop payments, and other normal business banking activities. The contract will not cover investment transaction activities other than safekeeping services. The City plans to manage its own investment portfolio.

Proposals will only be accepted from financial institutions qualified under Chapter 105 depositories for municipal funds with branches located within the City of Missouri City.

Any and all charges and fees associated with the services must be clearly and accurately included in the proposal response.

Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. local time November 7, 2011 and then opened.

The RFP packages may be obtained beginning October 12th by requesting the document name and number listed above by: •contacting the City Purchasing Office at 1522 Texas Parkway (281) 403-8626 •email charles@missouricitytx.gov

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $91,370

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 6th day of October, 2011.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Sergeant J. M. HUTSON#1310 Deputy Constable

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $92,190.

Terms: Cash .

Sale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M.

Scope: The City of Missouri City is accepting bids for the purchase of laboratory equipment for its new surface water treatment plant. The City intends to award to one or more vendors a contract for the purchase of the items specified. Bid shall include any delivery, fuel surcharge or other miscellaneous charges. The bid shall be for unit prices lump sum and include the days to completion.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. for acceptance of the traffic control plan for Eugene Heimann Circle, Precinct 1.

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 Office, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Proposal packages marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualified. Proposals are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER TAXATION OF GOODS-IN-TRANSIT and SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE CAMPUSES For Fort Bend Independent School District 4:00 P.M. on October 24, 2011 in the Board Room of the FBISD Administration Building 16431 Lexington Blvd. • Sugar Land The purpose of this meeting is to consider the taxation of goods-in-transit and school improvement plans for academically unacceptable campuses for Fort Bend Independent School District.

Public Encouraged to Attend NOTICE OF CONSTABLE SALE NOTICE OF LEVY REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and lor Order of Sale issued on the 02nd day of September, 2011 by the County Court at Law No. 3 Court of Fort Bend County, Texas in cause # 961491703 in favor of the Plaintiff -Ocean Waves Products Plaintiff, for the sum of $15,077.49 ++++costs as taxed on said Execution and I or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. Therefore, on the 12th day of September, 2011, 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) -Marc Issa had of, in, or to the following described real property, and will offer for sale on the 01st day of NOVEMBER, 2011 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: LAKEMONT SECTION 4, BLOCK 1, LOT 14.

Property is sold with all encumbrances and liens affixed thereto. All sales are final.

ADJUDGED/MARKET VALUE: $138,230 Terms: Cash Sale to be held at or about 10:00 A.M.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLE Fort Bend County Precinct 3 Sergeant J. M. HUTSON#1310 Deputy Constable

Charles Oberrender, CPPB Purchasing Manager City of Missouri City, Texas

CITY OF MISSOURI CITY

NOTICE FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS 36-INCH SURFACE WATER LINE FROM VOSS ROAD TO FIRST COLONY WATER PLANT

LEGAL NOTICE The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing a Request for Statements of Qualification for the following: Engineering Design Services for Cangelosi Watershed Detention Facility Improvements RSQ #059-12 The City of Missouri City is requesting statements of qualifications for engineering design services for Cangelosi Detention Facility Improvements. The selected firm will develop construction plans for raising existing berm and widening existing weir and connector channel. The construction plans will include engineering design details for the construction, construction sequencing, and traffic control plan if necessary. The firm will also be responsible for the following: surveying, geotechnical report, civil engineering, final design, and specifications.

Statements will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. local time October 24, 2011 and then opened. The statements will be evaluated with the intent of negotiating an agreement with one of the responding firms.

Interested parties must obtain an RSQ package and provide the required information to the City in order to be considered. The RSQ packages may be obtained beginning October 5th by requesting the document name and number listed above by: •contacting the City Purchasing Office at 1522 Texas Parkway (281) 403-8612 •email to charles@missouricitytx.gov 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 disqualified. Statements are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.

The City of Sugar Land seeks competitive sealed proposals for furnishing all labor, material, and equipment, and performing all work required for the following project in the City: CIP PROJECT NAME:

36-Inch Surface Water Line from Voss Road to First Colony Water Plant CIP PROJECT NUMBER: SW0801 LOCATION OF WORK: Voss Road, Hwy 6, and Ditch H in Fort Bend County, Sugar Land, TX. Plans, specifications, and competitive sealed proposal documents may be obtained at the following offices and location with payment of $50.00 for electronic format of Adobe.pdf copies saved to compact disc media: Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, Inc. 2925 Briarpark Drive, 3rd Floor Houston, TX 77042 Contact Kerri Burton at 713-821-0406 Sealed proposals shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land City Secretary Office, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 3, 2011, at which time the names of the firms submitting sealed proposals will be read. Sealed proposals received after the opening date and time will not be considered A mandatory pre-proposal meeting for all interested parties will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2011, at the City of Sugar Land City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, TX 77479.

The City Council will award the contract as provided in the Request for Competitive Sealed Proposals. The City of Sugar Land will give notice of the contract award within ninety (90) calendar days after the opening date and time.

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAE City Secretary

Charles Oberrender, CPPB Purchasing Manager City of Missouri City, Texas

CITY OF MISSOURI CITY LEGAL NOTICE The Missouri City Recreation and Leisure Corporation is now issuing a Request for Proposals for the following: RFP #057-12

Design and Set Up of Golf Pro Shop Retail Space

The Missouri City Recreation and Leisure Corporation (“MCRLC”) is soliciting proposals for design, provision, and installation of retail display space for the operation of the Quail Valley Golf Course Pro Shop. The proposals submitted shall contain all services and costs necessary to convert a new built-out unoccupied retail space in the MCRLC’s Golf Pro Shop. The MCRLC intends to contract with one (1) vendor.

A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held at 11 AM, Thursday, October 13, 2011 in the Quail Valley Golf Course Pro Shop located at 2880 La Quinta in Missouri City, Texas.

Proposals will be accepted until 2 PM Local Time, October 31, 2011 and then opened.

The RFP packages may be obtained beginning October 5th by requesting the document name and number listed above by: •contacting the Purchasing Office at 1522 Texas Parkway (281) 403-8626 •email charles@missouricitytx.gov 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 Office, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Proposal packages marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualified. Proposals are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.

Charles Oberrender, CPPB Purchasing Manager, City of Missouri City, Texas

Notice of Public Hearing Water and Waste Water Planning Project Small Scale Scalping Plants A public hearing will be held to give all interested parties an opportunity to discuss and contribute comments at the commencement of a Regional Water and Waste Water Planning Project to Study the Feasibility of Small Scale Scalping Plants as a water source for amenity lake filling and irrigation in the City of Sugar Land and the Sugar Land Extra Territorial Jurisdiction.

All interested parties are invited to the Public Hearing on: Monday, October 24, 2011 6:30 PM Sugar Land City Hall, Cane Room 2700 Town Center Boulevard North Sugar Land, Texas 77479 Comments and questions can be submitted before October 24, to the City of Sugar Land Water Utilities Department: 111 Gillingham Way, Sugar Land, Texas, 77478; P.O. Box 110, Sugar Land, Texas 77487-0110; cspencer@ sugarlandtx.gov; or faxed to (281) 275-2465.

Background On July 5, 2011, City of Sugar Land City Council approved funding and accepted a Grant with the Texas Water Development Board for a Regional Water and Wastewater Facility Planning Grant to fund 50% of a $100,000 study of Small Scale Scalping Plants in the City of Sugar Land and Sugar Land’s ETJ. This study will look at Scalping Plants as a water supply source for Sugar Land’s water demand for irrigation and lake filling.

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, this facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for special accommodations or interpretive services must be made at least 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the Water Utilities Department at 281.275.2450 or FAX 281.275.2465.

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FILM REVIEW: The Ides of March Clooney loses a squeaker.

Nah, that’s being too kind.

He lost big-time in a runoff.

Pretty Boy George Clooney co-wrote, directed, and starred in this political intrigue centered on an Ohio primary race for President of the United States. Clooney played Governor Mike Morris who was running for President and desperately needed to win Ohio, but actually was the co-star.

“Desperate” also means treacherous in national politics.

The star of this movie is soon-to-be superstar Ryan Gosling who is the seemingly naïve campaign staffer and second banana to the campaign chair played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Gosling has recently had winning roles in “Crazy, Stupid Love” and “Drive” not to mention his fantastic performance in “Blue Valen-

tine” but he was taken to the woodshed by Hoffman and Paul Giamatti who played the campaign manager for Morris’ Democratic primary opponent.

Gosling’s performance, however, is to be commended if for no other reason than he did not exhibit his six-pack abs and still performed admirably.

But he was no match

for Hoffman (“Doubt” and “Capote”) and Giamatti (“Barney’s Version” and “Sideways”). Don’t worry, Ryan, I’m not sure Clooney is worthy of Hoffman and Giamatti and I’m a huge fan of Clooney.

Let’s be candid, Hoffman and Giamatti might be two of the best actors to ever step in front of a camera.

Come on, Larry H. aren’t you exaggerating just to make people think you are a real move critic?

Well, there’s that, too, but Hoffman and Giamatti are that good. I found their prowess distracting.

My comments have centered on the acting partially because the ensemble that also included Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood was outstanding, but more importantly because the script was weak, not engaging, and lacked significant character development.

I was pulling for everyone and no one.

Surprisingly, the movie was not boring at any point, but did not engender much emotion even when Clooney was trying to make his biggest moves.

I give Clooney high marks for being able to produce and direct a movie, but moviemaking is hard and all of the pieces did not fit in this political jigsaw.

I made an exception and allowed my dear friend Robert B. to accompany me to this movie, but he came by to pick me up in his brand new, custom-built 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500CR. That car is so cool and sounds like Steve McQueen was driving. We had a blast.

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More than 217,000 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed this year, and one in six men will be diagnosed at some point in their lives. Fortunately, when detected and treated early, prostate cancer has an excellent cure rate.

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A special thank you to the age, disrupting normal urinary habits. This can simply be the urologists, Lawrence Baum, result of an enlarged prostate M.D.; John Boon, M.D, or it could be a sign of cancer. Antoine Makhlouf, M.D. “Most prostate cancer does and Carl Ogletree, M.D. not cause symptoms, how- and all of our volunteers, ever, and can only be detect- who made the event posed by PSA screening along sible for the Fort Bend and communities! with digital rectal exam.” surrounding For more information on The American Cancer Society suggests that all men over Methodist Sugar Land Hospiage 50 should be screened tal, visit www.MethodistSugannually, and men at high arLand.com or call 281-274risk, such as African Ameri- 7500 for a physician referral. cans and men with a fam-

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Motorcycle experts, or “Wild table foundation that supports Hog” weekend warriors, this organizations and programs shout out is for you! The sec- serving disadvantaged children ond Annual Fort Bend Cares and youth in Fort Bend CounMotorcycle Road Rally to ben- ty. For more information call efit disadvantaged Fort Bend 832.392.1983, visit www.Fortyouth will be Sat. Nov. 19.

BendCares.org, or listen on Nov. Registration begins at 9:30 12th to Trae Smith and Joe Lana.m. at Republic Harley David- caster, (Fort Bend County Sherson at 12707 Southwest Free- iff Deputy), on dial 700AM from way, Stafford and the bikers de- 8-9 a.m with host Craig Sovika part at 11 a.m. on the American Revival Show The one-hour ride will go to for more details. the new town center in Fulshear, escorted by volunteer Fort Bend County Sheriff Deputies. There, area restaurants will donate 15 percent of their lunch-sale proceeds to Fort Bend Cares, which funds organizations benefiting Fort Bend youth. These Restaurants include Rey’s Grill, Doziers Grocery and Market, Highway 6 & Austin Parkway and Pepperoni’s.

Motorcycles will be available for rent at Republic Harley Davidson by calling 281-2951000. The tax-deductible registration fees are $25 per motorcycle, plus $10 per passenger.

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Cadets join Wreaths Across America

Clements High School Cadets give real world meaning to their National Security and Modern Conflict Unit Lesson. The cadets have partnered with Wreaths Across America-Houston to magnify the point that the freedom we share is not free. Many

gave their all so we can enjoy democracy. The cadets are soliciting family, friends, and neighbors to ensure that every grave of a fallen hero in the Houston National Cemetery receives a wreath.

If you would like to support the Clements NJROTC Program and WAA-Houston to place a wreath on the grave of every veteran in the Houston National Cemetery visit https://waahouston.myetap. org/fundraiser/waahonline/team.do?participationR ef=3639.0.74490908 or call 281-540-9444.

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VOTER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, PLEASE GO TO THE POLLS ON NOVEMBER 8, 2011 AND VOTE NO FOR PROPOSITION 10.

PROPOSITION 10 WILL READ AS FOLLOWS ON THE BALLOT: The constitutional amendment to change the length of the unexpired term that causes the automatic resignation of certain elected county or district officeholders if they become candidates for another office.

FURTHER EXPLANATION: The amendment would revise the â&#x20AC;&#x153;resign to runâ&#x20AC;? provision in Texas law, extending the length of time elected officials may serve in office once they announce their candidacy for another office. Some say this is to address the filing deadline that was bumped to December, from January. If the proposition is adopted, elected officials may announce plans to run for a different office one year and one month â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rather than just one year, as the law currently states, before their term ends â&#x20AC;&#x201D; without having to resign their post.

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Missouri Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nationally recognized Police Department has won a prestigious federal grant for $893,676 and will fund four new positions with the money in Fiscal Year 2011.

The award is one of five allocations to Texas police departments and will be instrumental in helping the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Show Me Cityâ&#x20AC;? advance its proactive approach to combating crime and implementing prevention programs.

Missouri City will use its allotment from the Justice Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Oriented Policing Services â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hiring Programâ&#x20AC;? to pay 100 percent of entry-level salaries and benefits for four positions for three years.

The Police Department will be required to retain the new officers for a minimum of 12 months beyond the three-year funding period. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The COPS grant will be essential in helping us maintain superior public safety standards and we will continue to intelligently address staffing issues and crime from every angle possible,â&#x20AC;? said Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The four additional police officers we gain brings our grand total to seven new predominantly grant-funded positions this year. Our expansion in staffing of 18 percent over two years epitomizes the commitment Missouri City Council members make to Public Safety.â&#x20AC;?

In May, Council members authorized police officials to submit a grant application to the competitive COPS program, highlighting specific crime-fighting goals, including the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus on gang intervention strategies.

Mayor Allen Owen traveled to Washington, D.C. last month to meet with Missouri Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Congressional Delegations

Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald, right, speaks with a resident about crime prevention at the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent National Night Out kickoff event on Texas Parkway. and Justice Department offi- and drugs and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gang Awarecials to explain â&#x20AC;&#x153;exactly what nessâ&#x20AC;? workshops also imgrant funds would be used for pact crime,â&#x20AC;? Fitzgerald said. and the importance of adding â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we seek alternative officers to the police force to funding, we place emphasis effectively prevent the emerg- upon building sustainable ing gang violence in nearby programs and retaining our areas from becoming an issue employees; since 1994 COPS has distributed billions of dolhere.â&#x20AC;?

He added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;having direct lars to communities like ours discussions with these lead- across the nation.â&#x20AC;?

COPSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mission is to assist ers was a critical component of the process and we were law-enforcement agencies in elated to learn last week that three key areas: community partnerships, organizational we won the award.â&#x20AC;?

Department has been suc- transformation and problem cessful in cracking down on solving.

The organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall gangs by conducting strategic stings, increasing patrols, goal is to enhance public safehosting community education ty through community partprograms such as the popu- nerships and the disseminalar Crime Watch Program tion of critical information. In and devoting resources to the Texas, other cities receiving Special Crimes and Gang En- grants from the group are the forcement Team and the Fort Houston Police Department, Bend County High Intensity the Huntsville Police DepartDrug Trafficking Area Task ment, the City of Patton Village, and the Waller County Force. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our interaction with the Constableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, Precinct homeownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; associations 2.

The 2011 award for all and other proactive measures like the â&#x20AC;&#x153;I choose to follow five Texas communities is the rulesâ&#x20AC;? elementary school $6,403,830, and will result in program, which teaches stu- the hire of 33 additional lawdents to say no to violence enforcement officers.

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