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sugar land list JULY 2019
DISCOVER SUGARLAND
Summer Scoop
EVENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY REDISCOVERY: SUMMER SCOOP - STACKED ICE CREAM SILVER SCREEN SUMMER HISTORY FRIDAY JULY 2019 SOCIAL WELLNESS MONTH TOP TEN THINGS TO DO IN JULY AUNTIE A’S SUMMERTIME PEACHY LEMONADE
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Discover Sugar Land: Summer Scoop
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Arc of Fort Bend
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Top Ten Things To Do in the Month of July
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Summer History Friday
MOLDING MINDS
Social Wellness Month
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Goat Yoga for Kids!
IN OUR COMMUNITY
July 12th | 10:00 to 11:15am | Gen Yoga | 7738 Katy Fulshear, 77441 You read that right. It’s yoga for kids… with adorable baby goats! Perfect for first time yogis.
Dino Daze
July 13th | 10:00am to 3:00pm | Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center | 7738 Katy Fulshear, 77441 Hang out with t-rexes and long necks as you learn how to identify fossils!
Toddler Music with Sessions
August 1st | 9:30 to 10:15am | Sugar Land Town Square | 2711 Plaza Drive, 77479 Sing, sway, laugh and play! This free event immerses your child in a musical atmosphere of play, song and dance, all while developing fundamental skills and connecting with other parents and families.
Princess Party
August 10th | 10:00am to 3:00pm | Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center | 198 Kempner Street, 77498 You are cordially invited to meet Belle, Ariel, and Jasmine! Grab your ballgown and tiara and get ready for a full day of princess fun!
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CONTRIBUTORS: COLUMNIST JASON LUTHOR
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ON THE COVER: DANIEL & ABIGAIL STINE WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO STACKED ICE CREAM
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the lion king July 19th After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
Dora and the lost city of gold august 9th Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her most dangerous adventure ever – high school.
the kitchen august 9th When mobster husbands wind up in prison in the late 1970s, their wives take over their organization and become Hell’s Kitchen’s most powerful mobsters.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF RAYMOND PHOTOGRAPHY @SAPOVISION
blinded by the light august 14th A Pakistani teenager living amidst the racial and economic turmoil of 1987 England finds his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
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C OM MSUNI TY POTLIGHT
SUMMER SCOOP I
n an age of extreme food preparations where cheeseburgers are placed on a donut instead of a bun and cauliflower is turned into pizza crust, why should our favorite frozen treats be any different? This month, I let my waistline take one for the team to bring you the most extreme frozen treats in Sugar Land to beat the summer heat.
First on our stop was local favorite Stacked Ice Cream, just a short jaunt off of University. The sweet aroma of waffle cones filled the air with the first step in the door. Their dÊcor is modern with crisp black and white with pops of green and clever affirmations posted on their walls. They offer ice-cream filled donut sandwiches, a variety of flavored macaroon and cookie cups and if you are still drawn to the traditional waffle cone, they can accommodate you too. Delectable creamy ice cream flavors ranging from Thai and Jasmine Milk Tea to Cookie Monster. Don’t forget to top off your ice cream with your favorite of traditional toppings or maybe even your favorite cereal.
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f you are looking for something fresh on the Sugar Land scene you will want to stop by Baked by Beena on University Blvd! After finding great success with repeat baking clients, CBO- Chief Baking Officer & Sugar Land native, Beena Hassan opened a perfectly delicious bakery. In addition to carrying her baked goods she carefully sampled and curated an array of 6 flavor filled gelatos to offer her guests, including 3 non-dairy flavors. The sky is the limit when you consider the options of adding gelato to any of her perfectly baked desserts. Offering a variety savory cookies, macaroons, or even a cupcake with your favorite gelato flavor, you really can have your cake and eat it too.
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hile New York is the capital of cronuts, have you ever considered topping your croissant with banana slices, Nutella Ice Cream, Captain Crunch cereal and a drizzle of Nutella on top? Or what about stacking ice cream on top of a churro? That’s exactly what Churned Creamery is determined to set a trend for. Walk into what feels like an old ice cream parlor with an industrial twist and watch all of the 16 flavors of ice cream whilst they churn. Top whatever your heart desires with a variety of cereals or the quintessential favored toppings. So when you are ready for that break from the pool or if you just want to spoil your dinner, stop by, let your wildest ice cream dreams run rampant and stay cool!
Sincerely, Your CEO & Publisher,
Meaghan Barsamian Meaghan Barsamian
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ummertime is a great time to start volunteering in the community. For younger people, it is a time away from school when they can start learning more about what it means to volunteer. For adults, summer still provides a great time to volunteer because it’s a time when new programs are launching. This summer, one of the places most in need of volunteers is The Arc of Fort Bend, an organization committed to improving the lives of children with developmental disabilities. First established in 1968, The Arc of Fort Bend has spent decades advocating for these children. Through grassroots advocacy, The Arc helps improve the lives of those with intellectual and related developmental disabilities.
However, The Arc is more than just an advocacy group. The organization also spends plenty of time hosting recreational and social programs meant to improve the social lives of those with disabilities. The Arc goes even a few steps further by providing employment assistance and housing support. It also hosts the largest Special Olympics program in the Fort Bend area. The Arc tries to reach all ages of those with intellectual disabilities, from those still in high school to older individuals. The Special Olympics is the largest adult program the Arc hosts. This event includes all kinds of ports, including baseball, softball, and soccer. The event is designed for anyone who has completed high school and has been medically diagnosed with an intellectual or related disability.
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hose interested in a more low key sporting event may want to join The Bowling Group, yet another program for post high school adults with disabilities. For a small fee, people can join the group and participate in bowling games three times each week. A group targeted at younger adults includes the TwentySomethings. Meant to focus on those who’ve graduated from high school but are still in their young adult phase, TwentySomethings gives young people between the ages of 19 and 30 a group to call their own. This group hosts social events and networking opportunities. Between six to eight events are held throughout the year, giving members an almost monthly event to look forward to.
Programs are also tailored toward younger people. The Arc hosts The Youth, a group meant for those the age of 19 and younger. The Youth connects these younger people with events and activities throughout the community. There’s even a chance that those who become members will be able to enjoy reduced prices at some of the events and locales around town such as the Sugar Land Holiday Lights. Anyone interested in volunteering with The Arc can easily reach out to them by finding them on their website. There are several contacts that can link volunteers with the Special Olympics, fundraising, and various youth programs. Anyone who wants to volunteer for the Parent Night Out and Teen-Tween Social Event can fill out an application on the website. This application covers basic information, like the age of the volunteer and their place of residence.
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TOP TEN THINGS TO DO IN THE MONTH OF JULY!
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It’s time to plant some trees! Fruit bearing trees are an incredible way to transform your backyard with edible treats right outside your window. When planted near your home, they also have the added benefit of shade and blocking heat which can lower your electric bill significantly. Right now, I am planting peaches, plums, apples and mandarins. Gather from your garden a little bouquet and place in your guest bathroom as a warm and welcoming surprise for a friend that stops by.
Make a large pitcher of my peach lemonade and get caught up on your meal planning for the summer while enjoying the sunshine in your back yard.
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Take inventory of your pantry and if your garden has not produced as much as you will need, drop by the local farmer’s market and purchase veggies for canning to completely restock for the fall. This is a great activity to do while the kids are away at camp. On my nightside table now is FLEX!: a flexible approach to work, life and everything by Annie Auerbach and A Marriage Well Done by Boo Walker.
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Take a minute and do something just for you. write a list of places you’d like to go and give yourself the freedom of no budget! Include everything you’d like to do, almost like a bucket list, but wishes for your dream getaway.
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Each evening when the day is done meditate about who you have touched and what the next day has in store. Ask the children for their observations from a summer day at play. Cherish the time spent together as they grow too fast and maybe consider writing down some of your conversations in your diary.
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Drop over to the local food shelter and bring 10 boxes of cereal. They will make sure those children in Fort Bend who are home for the summer get a breakfast. Write 50 Thank You Notes to friends and family. Include everyone that touches your life in even the smallest of ways. Your local grocery store clerk, your priest…you’d be surprised at how delighted they will be to get that kind gesture delivered either by mail or in person.
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Take a moment to learn something that you always wanted to know but never found the time. It can be as simple as watching a few how-to’s on Youtube or as extensive as taking a class in crochet.
Auntie A’s
SUMMERTIME PEACHY LEMONADE This is a refreshing take on an old favorite and especially lovely with shortbread cookies by the pool!
YOU WILL NEED: 4 cups of water 2 cups of coarsely chopped peaches 3/4 cup of sugar 1 cup of lemon juice (about 4-6) 1 peach, cut into wedges Fresh mint or thyme for garnish
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO: On the stovetop on high heat, combine the sugar, peaches and sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 3 minutes. Let cool and then pulse in blender. Place in refrigerator for at least 3 hours. Add the lemon juice and garnish with fresh mint from the garden. JULY 2 019
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SUMMER H I S T O RY F R I D AY S T
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Fort Bend Museum will host Summer History Fridays throughout July and August.
his summer, kids and their families will get to celebrate the summer and the history of the Fort Bend area at the Fort Bend Museum. The museum, open since 1972, normally features a variety of exhibits throughout the year. These exhibits include printed samples of newspapers from throughout Fort Bend’s history. However, the museum is best known for the tours that it hosts. These tours come in packages that explore either the historic museum buildings or the local Richmond Historic District. However, this summer, the museum will also be hosting Children’s Summer History Fridays. Designed for kids between the age of five and 12, the Children’s Summer events are held every Friday from between July 5th and August 9th. Guests get to experience all sorts of events, from experiencing what life was like in the 1800s to participating in archaeological exploration. These events will continue throughout the entire summer. On July 19th, the museum will be discussing life during the Civil War. These lessons will take kids around the Smith Family Cottage and show them what life was like on the home front. On this day, kids will not only get to take a tour of the home, but they’ll help with the daily chores that families would have had to take care of from day to day. These fun chores will include making food, like creating butter and grinding corn. A week later, kids will get a chance to enjoy solving an old time Victorian mystery. Kids will explore the john and Lottie Moore home, built in 1883, and search for clues to a mystery crime that the staff will set up. This will be the perfect chance for young detectives to put their problem-solving skills to work.
August 2nd will take kids back to the home front. This time, kids will experience what life was like in this region during World War II. Unlike the July 19th exploration of the Smith Family Cottage, the August 2nd even will feature events related to the war effort. Kids will make a “victory garden” and learn to type out messages using Morse code.
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inally, the season of Summer History Fridays will come to an end on August 9th during the Summer Favorites celebration. This festive event will celebrate the end of summer with a variety of
activities meant for kids. Guests will vote on which events they want to do again before the end of the event, making for a fun day for all. Guests interested in attending can find the museum at 500 Houston Street, north of Interstate 69. Members can attend for $5 per child, while non-members can attend for $7 per child and $ per adult. The events will start every morning at 9:30 a.m., with events ending by noon. If you’re interested in attending the museum, you can find it online or contact them directly at (281) 342-6478.
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SOCIAL WELLNESS uly is Social Wellness Month and, at first, it might be hard for people to understand what social wellness exactly means. Social wellness refers to the level of social support that people have. Social support can actually by good for your mental health in several ways.
First, social support helps people with stress. Research has previously shown that stress can help people successfully navigate stressful periods of their lives. Whether the stress in your life is due to work or because of troubling personal times, social support helps reduce overall stress. Researchers believe that the help of family and friends is important to getting through these difficult periods.
If you’re health conscious, you may be interested in the fact that social support helps improve your health in a number of ways. People who have social support are less likely to have heart disease. Among the elderly, social sup-
port and a feeling that one is useful to the community is associated with a lower chance of disability and lower mortality. Social support is also useful because it helps reduce the chance of job burnout. Although all jobs can lead to job burnout, those who are in highly stressful jobs, such as healthcare or education, are more likely to feel overworked and stressed. After a while, this leads people to perform worse at work or quit entirely. However, social support helps people manage that stress more effectively and helps prevent burnout. Because social support is so important, it’s also critical that we not only receive social support, but give it. Giving social support to our friends and family lessens the chance that they will feel overly stressed. However, there are also personal benefits, since feeling useful to the community was linked with lower mortality. The social support we show others helps them and ourselves.
However, one must be careful of overextending social support. Sometimes, we get too involved with trying to take care of others and forget the importance of taking ourselves. At other times, we simply put forward so much effort that we become overworked. While it’s important to be there for others, also recognize when you’re actually becoming stressed out by always trying to be there for everyone else. We all have different cues that tell us when we’re overworking ourselves. For some of us, that means headaches, for others it may mean just a general sense of fatigue. When this happens, take a step back, continue to provide some support, but don’t be afraid to let others know when you’re also feeling strained. It’s also important that we teach our kids to understand the importance of social health. Teaching kids early how to work and play with others can help them learn how to trust others and develop healthy relationship. Parents can do this by putting together playtime environments for children and their friends and encouraging them with games and toys that promote social interaction.
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octors at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital are using innovative 3D mapping technology to identify lung tumors at their earliest stages, increasing the ability to successfully treat the disease. The new navigation system, uses electromagnetic sensors – placed on a patient’s chest throughout a regular CT scan — and proprietary software to navigate the bronchoscope through the lungs, even incorporating the patient’s breathing patterns. The result is an exceptionally detailed pathway to potential lesions. “Because of the complexity of the bronchial system and movements related to breathing in and out, navigation with a bronchoscope can be a challenge,” said Priya Oolut, M.D., boardcertified pulmonologist with Houston Methodist Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Specialists.
“The navigation system gives us a detailed, 3D roadmap that is in synch with the patient’s breathing movements and even calculates the shortest path to a lesion. This makes it easier to identify and reach potential tumors for biopsy or removal, even the smallest nodules at the periphery of the lungs.” The SPiN Thoracic Navigation System™, by medical manufacturer Veran Medical also includes sensor-tipped instruments that give doctors precise location information as they move the bronchoscope and associated tools through the lung. Since it can be used for screening, biopsy and tumor location marking can be done in a single procedure, reducing the need for multiple hospital visits and lower patient risks. “In the past, lung cancer often went undetected until it was significantly advanced and difficult to treat,” said Suneesh Nair, M.D., board-certified pulmonologist at Houston Methodist Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Specialists. “The new navigation system is a major step forward, enabling us to identify, locate and biopsy tumors at
their earliest stage. Studies show that when lung cancer is found early, the 10-year survival rate is higher than 90%, significantly better than at later stages when the cancer has likely spread. At Houston Methodist Sugar Land, the navigation system is a critical tool in our efforts to screen and diagnose high-risk patients earlier than ever before.” For more information on this 3D mapping technology, call our oncology nurse navigator at 281.672.8585 or to schedule an appointment with Houston Methodist Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine Specialists call 281.325.0005. To learn more about Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, visit houstonmethodist.org/sugarland or our Facebook page at fb.com/methodistsugarland for the latest news, events and information.
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