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Ridge Point’s Chase Hendrix allowed no earned runs in the 4-2 win Friday over Travis. (Photo by Bill McCaughey)

WEDNESDAY • APRIL 18, 2018

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There wasn’t a real fort in Fort Bend County

Log cabin served as a storage shed for colonists

Covered graves dot the landscape at the construction site of the Fort Bend ISD’s new James Reese Career and Technical Center at University Boulevard and Chatham Avenue. So far 70 graves have been discovered at the historic cemetery.

(Photo from KTRK-TV)

Grave count up to 70 at school district’s construction site

By Joe Southern JSOUTHERN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

By Joe Southern

What’s in a name? Apparently for Fort Bend County it’s more fiction than fact.

The structure that the county’s name was derived from wasn’t a fort at all, but rather an over-glorified storage shed. It was a two-room dog run cabin built in haste and used to store goods of early settlers who were lost.

“The ‘fort’ was built by members of Stephen F. Austin’s first set of colonists to Texas and a few others they met along the way,” said Chris Godbold, chief curator of collections for the Fort Bend History Association. “Austin created two traveling parties to settle in Texas. One of the parties traveled over land and the other went by boat, the Lively, from New Orleans.

Eventually the Lively landed at the mouth of the Brazos and unloaded all of the settlers and their provisions, expecting to meet up with Stephen F. Austin. However, he wasn’t there, as they had actually agreed to meet at the Colorado River.”

It is not known for certain how they ended up on the Brazos rather than the Colorado, though navigational error is a good probability. According to Paul N. Spellman in his book “Old 300 Gone to Texas,” The Lively’s captain, Ebenezer Cannon of Massachusetts, was described as “in the neighborhood of 50 years old, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, quite fleshy, weighing about 160, of a florid complexion, fond of his toddy, and quite on the lethargic order.”

The 30-ton schooner Lively sailed from New Orleans on Nov. 23, 1821, with 27 passengers and crew. They endured a hellish six-week trip before disembarking and unloading at the mouth of the Brazos.

Little is known about what happened to the Lively after it left the settlers on Jan. 3, 1822, but four months later it sank on Galveston Island during its second voyage out of New Orleans.

As for the colonists, they planned to meet up with Austin upriver and find their land allocations.

“After waiting for him awhile attempts were made to go upriver to search for Austin,” Godbold said. “Not finding him, they eventually chose to find a place to settle anyway. They chose a place where there was a break in the timber near a big bend and a creek running into the river. Here, on the west side of the river, they built a log cabin where the settlers could store their supplies and take shelter should Indians attack. It was called a fort though it really wasn’t one. Those settlers who chose to remain estab-

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This model of the original “fort” that settlers built to store materials and provisions for the new colony here in 1822 is currently in storage with the Fort Bend Museum. (Submitted photo)

SANTA ANNA’S ROUT TO BRA ZOS RIVER CROSSING

This historical marker was erected for the 150th anniversary of the City of Richmond and also commemorates the original structure that was known as Fort Bend. It is located on the west side of the Brazos River between the lanes of Highway 90A. The actual location of the fort was just south of this spot. (Photo by Joe Southern)

lished their homesteads near the fort and the area became known as the Fort Settlement.

The fort was referred to as the Fort in the Bend, or Fort Bend for short. Later, this area became Richmond.”

In his book, Spellman gives just brief mention to the fort.

“But in the spring of 1822, William Little supervised the construction of a large cabin for future shelter and storage of the provisions that needed now to be brought up from the mouth of the Brazos. After 12 days of building the large structure – ‘the fort’ as it came to be called was a typical ‘dog run’ cabin with two large rooms separated by a breezeway – (William S.) Lewis and about a dozen of the party headed back down the river on board (David) Fitzgerald’s larger pirogue and the smaller

yawl,” he wrote. (A pirogue and yawl are small boats.)

It was during these trips to bring up building materials and other provisions from the coast that the colonists en-

countered some Indians. One could speak broken Spanish and through him they learned they were on the “Brazos de Dios” River, and not the Colorado. Although contact was eventually made with Austin, the colonists opted to stay by their fort on the Brazos and made their homes there.

Eventually joining them there was a woman they had encountered on their journey who would become known as the “mother of Texas,” Jane Long.

According to an entry on Wikipedia, the closest the fort came to any military action was during the Texas Revolution in 1836.

“The Fort Bend crossing was briefly defended in April 1836 by a rear guard detachment led by Wiley Martin.

After Martin was maneu-

SEE FORT, PAGE 3B

Archaeologists continue to excavate the historic cemetery recently discovered at a construction site in Sugar Land.

“As of today, they have identified approximately 70 (graves),” said Amanda Bubela, spokesperson for the Fort Bend Independent School District.

The school district is building the James Reese Career and Technical Center at University Boulevard and Chatham Avenue. The first human remains were found about a month ago and were immediately reported to po-

lice. It was determined that the remains could be older than a century and as excavation of the site continued, more graves were found.

“The work is still in the early stages, so we will continue to work with the (Texas) Historical Commission to determine the most appropriate next steps when we have more information about the history of this cemetery, its age and size,” Bubela said.

Construction of the facility continues on other portions of the 65-acre site away from the cemetery.

“The crews at the site are working diligently under the

SEE GRAVES, PAGE 3B

Urban cowgirl Emily Scherer of Richmond attempts to ride a mechanical bull Saturday night during the Lone Star Stomp at George Ranch Historical Park. The event was a fundraiser for the Fort Bend History Association and featured live and silent auctions. The arena was decorated in an “Urban Cowboy” theme, paying homage to the classic 1980 western romance film.

Guests could test their mechanical bull-riding skills and enjoy “Bud” and “Sissy” signature cocktails. A hearty Texas dinner was catered by Rudy’s Bar-B-Que and live music provided by the Triumphs. (Photo by Joe Southern)

Stafford moving forward with TI property project

By Theresa D. McClellan FOR THE FORT BEND STAR

This is the approximate location of the original wooden structure that became known as Fort Bend. Erosion from the Brazos River claimed the structure long ago. (Photo by Joe

Southern)

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By mid-May Stafford officials will learn the names of the businesses that developers say will attract money and visitors to the 192 acres in the proposed $500 million former Texas Instruments site project.

The City Council approved

6-1 the proposal that has been discussed and debated since Texas Instruments left Stafford. The council approved the venture last week and the developers promised the mayor – who has been a vocal opponent of the plan – that they would do right by the city.

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Ridge Point’s Chase Hendrix allowed no earned runs in the 4-2 win Friday over Travis. (Photo by Bill McCaughey)

WEDNESDAY • APRIL 18, 2018

Fort Bend / Southwest • Volume 40 • No. 36

Visit www.FortBendStar.com

There wasn’t a real fort in Fort Bend County

Log cabin served as a storage shed for colonists

Covered graves dot the landscape at the construction site of the Fort Bend ISD’s new James Reese Career and Technical Center at University Boulevard and Chatham Avenue. So far 70 graves have been discovered at the historic cemetery.

(Photo from KTRK-TV)

Grave count up to 70 at school district’s construction site

By Joe Southern JSOUTHERN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

By Joe Southern

What’s in a name? Apparently for Fort Bend County it’s more fiction than fact.

The structure that the county’s name was derived from wasn’t a fort at all, but rather an over-glorified storage shed. It was a two-room dog run cabin built in haste and used to store goods of early settlers who were lost.

“The ‘fort’ was built by members of Stephen F. Austin’s first set of colonists to Texas and a few others they met along the way,” said Chris Godbold, chief curator of collections for the Fort Bend History Association. “Austin created two traveling parties to settle in Texas. One of the parties traveled over land and the other went by boat, the Lively, from New Orleans.

Eventually the Lively landed at the mouth of the Brazos and unloaded all of the settlers and their provisions, expecting to meet up with Stephen F. Austin. However, he wasn’t there, as they had actually agreed to meet at the Colorado River.”

It is not known for certain how they ended up on the Brazos rather than the Colorado, though navigational error is a good probability. According to Paul N. Spellman in his book “Old 300 Gone to Texas,” The Lively’s captain, Ebenezer Cannon of Massachusetts, was described as “in the neighborhood of 50 years old, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, quite fleshy, weighing about 160, of a florid complexion, fond of his toddy, and quite on the lethargic order.”

The 30-ton schooner Lively sailed from New Orleans on Nov. 23, 1821, with 27 passengers and crew. They endured a hellish six-week trip before disembarking and unloading at the mouth of the Brazos.

Little is known about what happened to the Lively after it left the settlers on Jan. 3, 1822, but four months later it sank on Galveston Island during its second voyage out of New Orleans.

As for the colonists, they planned to meet up with Austin upriver and find their land allocations.

“After waiting for him awhile attempts were made to go upriver to search for Austin,” Godbold said. “Not finding him, they eventually chose to find a place to settle anyway. They chose a place where there was a break in the timber near a big bend and a creek running into the river. Here, on the west side of the river, they built a log cabin where the settlers could store their supplies and take shelter should Indians attack. It was called a fort though it really wasn’t one. Those settlers who chose to remain estab-

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This model of the original “fort” that settlers built to store materials and provisions for the new colony here in 1822 is currently in storage with the Fort Bend Museum. (Submitted photo)

SANTA ANNA’S ROUT TO BRA ZOS RIVER CROSSING

This historical marker was erected for the 150th anniversary of the City of Richmond and also commemorates the original structure that was known as Fort Bend. It is located on the west side of the Brazos River between the lanes of Highway 90A. The actual location of the fort was just south of this spot. (Photo by Joe Southern)

lished their homesteads near the fort and the area became known as the Fort Settlement.

The fort was referred to as the Fort in the Bend, or Fort Bend for short. Later, this area became Richmond.”

In his book, Spellman gives just brief mention to the fort.

“But in the spring of 1822, William Little supervised the construction of a large cabin for future shelter and storage of the provisions that needed now to be brought up from the mouth of the Brazos. After 12 days of building the large structure – ‘the fort’ as it came to be called was a typical ‘dog run’ cabin with two large rooms separated by a breezeway – (William S.) Lewis and about a dozen of the party headed back down the river on board (David) Fitzgerald’s larger pirogue and the smaller

yawl,” he wrote. (A pirogue and yawl are small boats.)

It was during these trips to bring up building materials and other provisions from the coast that the colonists en-

countered some Indians. One could speak broken Spanish and through him they learned they were on the “Brazos de Dios” River, and not the Colorado. Although contact was eventually made with Austin, the colonists opted to stay by their fort on the Brazos and made their homes there.

Eventually joining them there was a woman they had encountered on their journey who would become known as the “mother of Texas,” Jane Long.

According to an entry on Wikipedia, the closest the fort came to any military action was during the Texas Revolution in 1836.

“The Fort Bend crossing was briefly defended in April 1836 by a rear guard detachment led by Wiley Martin.

After Martin was maneu-

SEE FORT, PAGE 3B

Archaeologists continue to excavate the historic cemetery recently discovered at a construction site in Sugar Land.

“As of today, they have identified approximately 70 (graves),” said Amanda Bubela, spokesperson for the Fort Bend Independent School District.

The school district is building the James Reese Career and Technical Center at University Boulevard and Chatham Avenue. The first human remains were found about a month ago and were immediately reported to po-

lice. It was determined that the remains could be older than a century and as excavation of the site continued, more graves were found.

“The work is still in the early stages, so we will continue to work with the (Texas) Historical Commission to determine the most appropriate next steps when we have more information about the history of this cemetery, its age and size,” Bubela said.

Construction of the facility continues on other portions of the 65-acre site away from the cemetery.

“The crews at the site are working diligently under the

SEE GRAVES, PAGE 3B

Urban cowgirl Emily Scherer of Richmond attempts to ride a mechanical bull Saturday night during the Lone Star Stomp at George Ranch Historical Park. The event was a fundraiser for the Fort Bend History Association and featured live and silent auctions. The arena was decorated in an “Urban Cowboy” theme, paying homage to the classic 1980 western romance film.

Guests could test their mechanical bull-riding skills and enjoy “Bud” and “Sissy” signature cocktails. A hearty Texas dinner was catered by Rudy’s Bar-B-Que and live music provided by the Triumphs. (Photo by Joe Southern)

Stafford moving forward with TI property project

By Theresa D. McClellan FOR THE FORT BEND STAR

This is the approximate location of the original wooden structure that became known as Fort Bend. Erosion from the Brazos River claimed the structure long ago. (Photo by Joe

Southern)

SOUTHWEST

FORT BEND’S TOP SELLING AGENTS

By mid-May Stafford officials will learn the names of the businesses that developers say will attract money and visitors to the 192 acres in the proposed $500 million former Texas Instruments site project.

The City Council approved

6-1 the proposal that has been discussed and debated since Texas Instruments left Stafford. The council approved the venture last week and the developers promised the mayor – who has been a vocal opponent of the plan – that they would do right by the city.

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Scholarships help students get a chance to go to college

By Theresa D. McClellan FOR THE FORT BEND STAR

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It started with the musings of a high school teacher who dreamed about creating affordable housing if she won the lottery.

Then Valerie Tolman realized that some people would already consider her rich, so first she approached her husband, Davis, with an idea.

That was 16 years ago.

In April, three Hightower High School seniors learned they are joining the ranks of 48 students – all the firsts in their families to attend college – who will get a full scholarship to the school of their choice thanks to the Fort Bend County couple, the Thoreau campus of the Unitarian Universalist church, and a Jewish church visitor who wanted to make a difference.

“We were already putting our son through college and he was done.

I wondered if we could keep it up; why not send someone else to college,” Tolman said.

That was in 2002 and she thought it was fun.

“So I came to Hightower and said I wanted to start a scholarship for kids who started out not doing well and are now doing better.

I was really attached to those kids,” said Tolman, who was teaching journalism at the school.

That first year they received four application letters from students – which was more than she and her husband could afford.

“We still had kids at

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She attends the Thoreau campus of the First Unitarian Universalist church in Stafford. A Jewish man who was visiting the church heard her dilemma said he would send two students to college.

“We got a sponsor who said, I will send them through all four years. We raised enough money from the congregation to send

one and we’d committed to one. Now every year the church raises money and the man still sponsors two students. It’s a lot of money,” said Tolman.

She looked at the three students seated before her in a Hightower High School classroom listening to the scholarship history, leaned forward saying, “but you all don’t have to worry about that.”

Syeda Tayyaba, 17, and Jasmin Gil, 18, will attend college studying the health

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Angel Moran (top left) stands with Valerie Tolman and Syeda Tayyaba (seated left) and Jasmin Gil. Tolman and her husband provide scholarships to help students break cycles of poverty in their community. (Photo by Theresa D. Mc-

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‘Escape Artist’ is non-stop, heart-pounding escapism

By Joe Southern

Book Review

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Leave it to Brad Meltzer to make characters of some of the most nondescript professions imaginable and turn them into action heroes.

In his latest thriller, “The Escape Artist,” Meltzer’s protagonist is an Army mortician. Meltzer’s best-known trilogy of thrillers is based on an archivist. All of his novels explore the most obscure nooks and crannies of government operations. They take you to places you didn’t know existed with professions no one has ever aspired to and reveal minutely colossal details that can change the world.

“The Escape Artist” is Meltzer’s 12th thriller (he has a line of children’s books, non-fiction books, and also writes comics). The story is about Jim “Zig” Zigarowski, a civilian mortician who works on the military’s most important cases at Dover Air Force Base. When a plane leaving a top-secret military base in Alaska crashes after takeoff, the bodies are sent to Dover. Among them is a young woman named Nola Brown. Nola is a childhood friend of Zig’s daughter and once saved her life.

When Zig opens the casket, he is quick to realize that the dead woman is not Nola.

He also discovers a hastily written note to Nola inside the woman’s stomach. Zig quickly deduces that Nola is alive, on the run, and in great

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danger. He is determined to find her and to repay a huge debt to her. The more Zig digs into the case, however, the deeper and more tangled the mysteries become.

In typical Meltzer fashion, the story is multi layered and plays out with numerous characters with hidden agendas and loyalties that seem to turn with every twist of the plot. The story alternates between present day and Nola’s past, retelling her brutal childhood and her blossoming talent as an artist. Nola holds the distinguished position as the U.S. Army’s artist-in-residence. Shipped to some of the world’s ugliest hot spots to paint the horrors of war, she becomes as troublesome and unpredictable

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as the scenes she captures on canvas. But there’s more to her than that, much more.

There is also the layer of government agents who are covering up her supposed death while also hunting her down. Key high-level officials falsified her death and replaced hers with another body. Who and why? The answers spread to the highest levels of government and to some of the lowest. They also reach to history’s greatest escape artist – Harry Houdini.

If you enjoy thrillers, mysteries, documentaries, and histories, this book has them all and leads you on a nonstop, page-turning thrill ride that you just can’t put down.

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Funeral museum pays tribute to Roy Rogers with car, clothing display

By Joe Southern

gift to him from his dear friend Nudie Cohn and was a treasured artifact in the Roy Rogers Museum in Branson, Mo. Unfortunately, the museum has since closed, and therefore I am most honored to be able to have on display an artifact that was so dear to the iconic cowboy Roy Rogers,” Keeney said.

The car is owned by museum board member Buck Kemphausen, whose replica of the 1966 Batmobile was on display last year.

The car isn’t the only thing in the exhibit, but it is a rolling exhibit in itself. The interior is lined with hand-tooled leather.

The dash, doors and other parts are encrusted with silver dollars.

There is a black saddle between the bucket seats, decorated with rhinestones and more silver dollars. The door handles and gear shifter are all pistols, and all kinds of pistols and rifles decorate the car. Many of the knobs

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Fans of Roy Rogers will want to make some Happy Trails on over to the National Museum of Funeral History to see an amazing exhibit of the renowned singing cowboy and movie star.

From now until the end of the year the museum will be displaying the 1963 Pontiac Bonneville convertible once owned by Rogers and his wife Dale Evans, among other items.

“Those who love all things Western – its history, music, movies, television shows and especially cowboys who inspired us – will love this exhibit,” said Genevieve Keeney, president and chief operating officer of the museum.

The garishly tricked-out car was given to Rogers by noted fashion designer Nudie Cohn.

“His vehicle on display was a

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Genevieve Keeney, president and chief operating officer of the National Museum of Funeral History stand in front of a 1963 Pontiac Bonneville convertible that was owned by Roy Rogers. The car and other memorabilia are on display at the museum through the rest of the year. (Photo by Joe Southern)

are chrome horse heads. Keeney counted and there are 346 silver dollars in the car. There are simply too many fine details to list; it has to be seen to be believed.

The car’s exterior is decorated with rifles and pistols and has a fancy set of Texas longhorns on the front grille. Standing right behind the car is a mannequin of Rogers wearing one of his iconic Nudie outfits and cowboy hat.

Displayed on a wall behind the car is a case is a pair of Rogers’ signature double-eagle boots, autographed photos, a book about Nudie Cohn, and the CD of music that was played at Rogers’ funeral 20 years ago. Also on the wall are more photos of Rogers and Evans, along with funeral programs.

“This was an opportunity to celebrate Roy Rogers’ contribu-

The interior of the 1963 Pontiac Bonneville convertible that was owned by Roy Rogers is covered with silver dollars, pistols, horse heads and hand-tooled leather. The car and other memorabilia are on display at the National Museum of Funeral History through the rest of the year. (Photo by Joe Southern)

tions to Hollywood, the Wild, Wild West, and the cowboys and

cowgirls of today,” Keeney said.

The items other than the car

are on loan from Rogers’ son, Roy “Dusty” Rogers Jr. Although the exhibit is a tribute to Roy Rogers, it’s just as much a tribute to Nudie Cohn, who designed some of the most flamboyant and recognizable outfits from the 1950s through the 1970s, including some for Elvis Presley, Elton John, John Lennon, John Wayne, Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger), Gene Autry, Cher, President Ronald Reagan, George Jones, Porter Wagoner, Glen Campbell, and scores of others.

The car he made for Rogers wasn’t the only one. Cohn customized 18 automobiles between 1950 and 1975 – mostly white Pontiac Bonneville convertibles.

They were nicknamed “Nudie Mobiles,” and the nine surviving cars – including the one at the museum – have become valued collector’s items. Cohn died in 1984 at the age of 81. Rogers was born Leonard Franklin Slye on Nov. 5, 1911. He died July 6, 1998.

“This special exhibit gives visitors an opportunity to learn a bit about Roy Rogers, who was an American cowboy,” Keeney said.

“Many visitors will remember turning on the television to watch his iconic show in the ’50s. Texas is known for its cowboys and I find nothing more fitting than paying a tribute to Roy Rogers on the 20th anniversary of his death.”

The National Museum of Funeral History is located at 415 Barren Springs Dr., Houston, and is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.nmfh.org.

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Finding the Fort Bend of Fort Bend County not an easy task It’s been said that a man’s home is his castle. In the case of Fort Bend County, you might call it a fort.

The long vanished wooden structure that settlers called a fort was nothing more than a two-room cabin that was built as a storage shed. It was never designed to be a fort and would have been very inadequate to the task had it been needed for that purpose. Fortunately, it never was.

The structure did serve a purpose – primarily to store construction materials and provisions while some of Stephen F. Austin’s original colonists built their settlement near present-day Richmond. Other than that, it was a deteriorating marker on the path of progress as Texas won its independence from Mexico and eventually became part of the United States.

No one seems to know exactly where it stood or when its last remnants were swept away in the Brazos River but there is a historical marker near the spot where it is believed to have been. Just south of the marker on the west bank of the river near where Front and Fort streets are in Rich-

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mond sits a collection of rusted old mobile homes, thick brush and a landscape littered with junk. It’s hardly a fitting sight for the historic location of the humble building that was important enough to name a county after, but that’s where it supposedly was.

If there is one thing I have learned while studying Texas history is that many of the people and things that made this state great were true underdogs. Some of the heroes of old such as Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, and William Travis were has-beens running from their past and trying to forge a future in a new land.

The ragtag band of rebels that called themselves an army defeated one of the biggest and best-trained armies of its time. And a hastily constructed wood cabin became a fort for which this county was named.

As I have visited historic sites in Texas the past few years I have been both impressed and bemused by the degree of historic preservation in this state. The state’s most iconic and revered historical treasure – the Alamo – is in a sad state.

I’m not talking about the church most of us know as the Alamo, but the rest of the compound that is long gone and paved over.

Many of us cheered when George P. Bush campaigned for Land Commissioner on a promise to save the Alamo and restore the hallowed grounds. Today, many of us vilify him for his plan to “re-imagine” the Alamo, not by rebuilding its stone walls, but outlining the compound with glass panels.

If you ask me, the Alamo should be rebuilt like Presidio La Bahia in Goliad.

Part of “Fort Defiance” is original, but much of it is reconstructed to look like it did when Col. James Fannin and his troops were slaughtered there in the Goliad Massacre. It’s a prime example of historic restoration and preservation at its finest.

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Then Mike Stone turned the podium over to a City Of Sugar Land engineer, and Mr. Stone said to him, “OK Jorge, get up here and tell us why it’s not your fault.” (Mike Stone has already told me by email, and I quote, “Drainage in your neighborhood, streets, gutters, storm sewer, slab elevations etc. are all the responsibility of the City not the levee district.”)

So, at that point I was thinking, “come on City of Sugar Land, I want to hear something juicy”. But, when the City of Sugar Land engineer took the podium I couldn’t understand him at all, so I left (no offence, but what’s the point? This process is already a pain in the #*@ without other problems).

And, of course, no one is actually going to take the blame and open the door for lawyers and all that nasty stuff. (I must have lost touch with reality for a moment.)

Bottom Line: I’ll just wait and see what goes down.

We’ll either remain screwed or someone will get it right (eventually, hopefully they’ll get it right before I go to the big retention pond in the sky).

Yours very friggin truly, Linden Hudson (not so proud owner of a flood house) Sugar Land

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Wouldn’t it be great to buy up the dilapidated properties where the fort once stood, create a historic park and make a new replica of the fort there? You wouldn’t need millions of dollars to do it. Another idea would be to make a “Santa Anna trail” that follows the route the Mexican dictator and his army took through this area, culminating at another historic park at the area where Thompson’s Ferry once was.

These would be relatively small investments with big local impact. If there is one thing the Richmond/Rosenberg area is sorely lacking is good hiking and biking trails. This would help meet an outdoor/fitness need as well as a historical one.

Who knows, maybe this is just a pipe dream, or maybe not. I can only hope this will plant a seed that will germinate and blossom into something wonderful for our area. A very unique chapter of Texas, American, and Mexican history happened here. I just seems logical to me that we would capitalize on that so that future generations and visit and appreciate their past.

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Still not happy with flood response ing Mr. Stone attempted humor, but well, this topic just isn’t funny at all (After all, who was at the meeting? Well, I repeat, it was unlucky flood victims who totally got the shaft).

Mr. Stone said, “we learned some things that we didn’t know” (I truly believe that).

Mr. Stone said, “until Harvey we didn’t know how low some of the house elevations were.” (As I’ve said, a previous storm event two years before Harvey, which only lasted a few hours, brought water to within one inch of being in my house.

That should have been a clue. You guys frustrate me sometimes.)

Mr. Stone also told us another big pump will be installed for LID2. (My thought would be: my neighborhood of Chimneystone is on the far side of the levee district from that new pump, so it almost sounded moot from my point of view.)

At one point in this meeting, it was mentioned that my neighborhood was annexed and they didn’t know how low some of the houses were. (Why not?

Isn’t that what city and levee engineers are supposed to know? In my neighborhood we generally believe that we were annexed for revenue. It almost looks like they didn’t really study any-

and landing used by Santa Anna and his army to cross the Brazos. I spent part of Thursday in Richmond looking at historical markers and buildings and coming away feeling like there is a lot of lost opportunity there.

The area is rich in history but does a poor job of preserving and promoting it. I don’t mean this as a slight against the Fort Bend History Association or any historical preservation organizations – as nonprofit volunteer groups they are limited in what they can do.

Mine is just the observation of a Johnny-come-lately who has seen the success of other historic sites across the country.

For whatever it’s worth, I see a great opportunity here to capitalize on historic tourism. The whole region inside the big bend in the Brazos on the north end of Richmond has recently been designated as an Opportunity Zone.

That means the government is providing tax incentives for economic investment in the very area I’ve been talking about here. Before the bulldozers come and plow under more history for the sake of progress, why don’t we take advantage of this

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Letter to the Editor Dear City Of Sugar Land, I finally attended a “flood victim” meeting at the “Grand Palace of Sugar Land” (multi-million dollar City Hall, “9th wonder of the world”) on April 4, 2018.

I chuckled with my neighbor as we agreed “the other meetings weren’t in the palace, I guess they’re trying to put on a show tonight.”

Mike Stone (manager of Levee Improvement District 2, LID2) spoke first.

He launched into the “Hurricane Harvey dog and pony show,” re-enforcing how apocalyptic the event was (wow, I haven’t heard or seen that presentation before, just joking, we’ve received many glossy full color mailers with this exact story from LID2 and the city, printed all fancy on “public relations” quality paper). For future reference, we’ve heard about Harvey, we were there (right?). So, all you guys need to do is say “it rained a whole bunch,” then get on to the meat and potatoes. Yes, we know the “storm track” by heart (meetings hosted by desk jockeys waste so much time). But then, we totally know they’re pounding home their message of: “nothing was our fault, we’re on top of this, we’ll say it over and over again until you believe it.”

Occasionally, during this “targeted audience” meet-

April 27. The site has also been the focus of archaeological digs to find remnants of original structures that were burned down by fleeing colonists during the Runaway Scrape. It’s been a slow process, but I applaud the work that is being done there to bring that part of history back to life.

Here in Fort Bend County, historical preservation has been a hodgepodge of successes and failures. One of the things that jumped out at me was the lack of information about the “fort” that the county was named after.

As I began my research for the story on the front page of this week’s paper, I found it very difficult to find any information about it. I can’t thank Chris Godbold, chief curator of collections for the Fort Bend History Association, and Paul N. Spellman, author of the book “Old 300 Gone to Texas,” enough for their help with the story.

Even with their help, information was scarce.

Godbold told me that at one time there was a replica of Fort Bend, but it, like the original, is long gone and forgotten. Likewise, so is Thompson’s Ferry, the raft

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AVISO DE ELECCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MUNICIPALIDAD A los votantes registrados de la Ciudad de Meados Place:

La Ciudad de Meadows Place da aviso que el Ayuntamiento la Ciudad de Meadows Place informa que el del edificio del Ayuntamiento Municipal de Meadows Place estarán abiertos el 5 de mayo de 2018, de 7:00 A.m. a 7:00 P.m., para votar en una elección general con el fin de elegir a miembros del consejo municipal. Esta votación concierne a toda la municipalidad y serán para Alcalde, Concejal, Lugar 1, Concejal, Lugar 2, y Concejal, Lugar 3.

La votación anticipada en persona se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de Meadows Place edificio del Ayuntamiento Municipal, 1 Troyan Drive, Meadows Place, Texas, cada día de la semana que comienza el 23 de abril y concluye el 1 de mayo del 2018 desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta 5:00 p.m. El horario de votación se extenderá el 30 de abril y el 1 de mayo desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. Adicionalmente, la votación anticipada en persona se llevará a cabo el sábado 28 de abril del 2018 desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta las 5:00 p.m Las solicitudes de boletas para votar por correo se deben enviar a: Oficial de votación anticipada, 301 Jackson St., Richmond, TX 77469, Jersey Village, Texas 77040. Las solicitudes de boletas para votar por correo se deben recibir a más tardar al cierre de oficinas el 24 de abril de 2018.

La votación anticipada en persona se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de Meadows Place edificio del Ayuntamiento Municipal, 1 Troyan Drive, Meadows Place, Texas, cada día de la semana que comienza el 23 de abril y concluye el 1 de mayo del 2018 desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta 5:00 p.m. El horario de votación se extenderá el 30 de abril y el 1 de mayo desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. Adicionalmente, la votación anticipada en persona se llevará a cabo el sábado 28 de abril del 2018 desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta las 1:00 p.m Las solicitudes de boletas para votar por correo se deben enviar a: Oficial de votación anticipada, 301 Jackson St., Richmond, TX 77469, Jersey Village, Texas 77040. Las solicitudes de boletas para votar por correo se deben recibir a más tardar al cierre de oficinas el 24 de abril de 2018.

Emitido este día 12 de abril de 2018. /firma/ Charles D. Jessup IV, Alcalde

Qualified companies are invited to submit sealed proposals to Stafford Municipal School District for one or more of the RFP’s listed below, at the Stafford MSD administration building, 1625 Staffordshire Rd, Stafford, Texas before 2:00 p.m. central standard time on the 11th day of May, 2018.

RFP # 18-0002 Athletic Supplies, Awards and Equipment RFP # 18-0003 Apparel and Promotional Items RFP # 18-0004 Band Instrument Repairs and Services RFP # 18-0005 Bilingual/ESL Supplies RFP # 18-0006 Fine Arts Supplies RFP # 18-0007 Fundraising Supplies RFP # 18-0008 General Supplies RFP # 18-0009 Maintenance Supplies RFP # 18-0010 Special Education Supplies RFP # 18-0011 Staff Development RFP # 18-0012 Technology Supplies RFP # 18-0013 Vehicle Parts and Supplies RFP # 18-0014 Cleaning and Janitorial Supplies RFP # 18-0015 Career and Technical Education Supplies Bid documents can be found on the District’s website www.staffordmsd.org

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ORDER OF GENERAL ELECTION (ORDEN DE ELECCIÓN GENERAL) To the Registered Voters of Sugar Land, Texas: (A los votantes registrados de Sugar Land, Texas:) To the Registered Voters of Sugar Land, Texas: (A los votantes registrados de Sugar Land, Texas:) An election has been ordered by, Ordinance No. 2125, to be held on May 5, 2018 for the purpose of electing a Mayor and members for the Council At-Large Position 1 and At-Large Position 2 (La Ordenanza Número 2125 decreta que se lleve a cabo una elección el 5 de Mayo, 2018 con el fin de elegir a un Alcalde y miembros para el Consejo At-Large puesto 1 y At-Large puesto 2.)

The Early Voting Clerk will receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail until the close of business on April 24, 2018. (El Funcionario Electoral de votación adelantada recibirá solicitudes para la elección por correo no más tardar al cerrar de operaciones diarias el 24 de abril, 2018.)

Mail or fax applications to vote by mail to: (La aplicacion para votar por correo puede ser mandada por correo o fax a:) Early Voting Clerk Office of Elections Administration 301 Jackson St. Rosenberg, TX 77471 Fax 281-341-4418 Early voting by personal appearance will be held at the locations, times and on the days as set forth in the below schedule.

(Votación temprana mediante la comparecencia personal se llevara a cabo en los lugares, tiempos y días establecidos en el calendario siguiente).

Election Day Vote Centers will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the locations as set forth below.

(Centros de votación el día de las elecciones estarán abiertos desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. en las localidades que se enuncian a continuación.)

Early Voting Schedule May 5, 2018 Joint Election Horario de Votación Temprana 5 de Mayo del 2018, Elección Conjunta Hours (Horas) Monday-Friday Saturday April 28 Sunday April 29 Monday-Tuesday April 23-27, 2018 (Sábado) April 30 - May 1 (Domingo) (Lunes-Viernes) (Abril 28, 2017) (Lunes-Martes) (Abril 29, 2018) (April 30 - Mayo 1, (Abril 23-27, 2018) 2018)

Early Voting Location

Beasley City Hall- 319 S. 3rd Street, Beasley Chasewood Clubhouse - 7622 Chasewood Dr, Missouri City Irene Stern Community Center - 6920 Fulshear-Katy Road, Fulshear, TX Fort Bend County Road & Bridge - 3743 School Street, Needville, TX Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex -4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg, TX Meadows Place City Hall - One Troyan Place, Meadows Place Richmond Water Maintenance Facility -110 N. 8th St., Richmond, TX

8:00 a.m.

To 5:00 p.m

8:00 a.m.

To 5:00 p.m

CLOSED (Cerrado)

7:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m.

First Colony Conference Center - 3232 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX Four Corners Community Center - 15700 Old Richmond Rd, Sugar Land, TX Hightower High School - 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX James Bowie Middle School - 700 Plantation Dr, Richmond, TX Randall’s - 5800 New Territory Blvd., Sugar Land, TX Sugar Land Branch Library - 550 Eldridge, Sugar Land, TX

10:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m

8:00 a.m.

To 5:00 p.m

CLOSED (Cerrado)

7:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m.

CLOSED (Cerrado)

CLOSED (Cerrado)

CLOSED (Cerrado)

CLOSED (Cerrado)

10:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m 8:00 a.m.

To 5:00 p.m

Sugar Land City Hall - 2700 Town Center Blvd, Sugar Land, TX Stafford City Hall - 2610 Main St., Stafford, TX

7:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m.

Election Day Vote Centers May 5, 2018 centros de votacion del dia de las elecciones CITY

ZIP

COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE

ADDRESS

CITY

ZIP

SUGAR LAND

77479

Museum of Natural Science

13016 University Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77479

BEASLEY

77417

Mustang Community Center

RICHMOND

77406 Needville Road & Bridge

4525 FM 521

FRESNO

77545

3743 School Street

NEEDVILLE

77461

MISSOURI CITY

77489

MISSOURI CITY

77489

Pinnacle Senior Center

5525#C Hobby Road

HOUSTON

77053

Randall’s New Territory

5800 New Territory Dr

SUGAR LAND

77479

4200 Elkins Dr

SUGAR LAND

4330 Knightsbridge Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77479

Richmond Water Maintenance Facility

110 N. 8th St

RICHMOND

77469

77479

Ridgegate Community Association

5855 W. Ridgecreek Dr

HOUSTON

77053

Eagle Heights Church

16718 W. Bellfort Blvd

RICHMOND

Elkins High School

7007 Knights Court

MISSOURI CITY

77406 Ridgemont Early Childhood Ctr

5353 Ridge Creek Circle

HOUSTON

77053

77459

River Park Recreation Ctr.

5875 Summit Creek Drive

SUGAR LAND

77479

First Colony Conference Center

3232 Austin Parkway

Four Corners Community Center

15700 Old Richmond Rd

SUGAR LAND

77479

Rosenberg City Hall

2110 4th St

ROSENBERG

77471

SUGAR LAND

77478

Sienna Annex

5855 Sienna Springs Way

MISSOURI CITY

77459

George Memorial Library Greatwood Community/Rec Center

1001 Golfview Dr

RICHMOND

77407

Simonton City Hall

35011 FM 1093

SIMONTON

77476

7225 Greatwood Pkwy

SUGAR LAND

77479 Stafford City Hall

2610 Main St

STAFFORD

77477

Hightower High School

3333 Hurricane Lane

MISSOURI CITY

77459

Sugar Creek Country Club

420 Sugar Creek Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77478

Imperial Park Recreation Center

234 Matlage Way

SUGAR LAND

77478

Sugar Lakes Clubhouse

930 Sugar Lakes Dr

SUGAR LAND

77478

Irene Stern Community Center

6920 Katy-Fulshear Road

FULSHEAR

77441

Sugar Land Branch Library

550 Eldridge

SUGAR LAND

77478

Kempner High School

14777 Voss Rd

SUGAR LAND

77498

Sugar Land Church of God

1715 Eldridge Rd

SUGAR LAND

77478

Lost Creek Community Center

3703 Lost Creek Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77478

Sugar Land City Hall

2700 Town Center Blvd North

SUGAR LAND

77479

Meadows Place City Hall

One Troyan Dr

MEADOWS PLACE

77477

Thompsons City Hall

520 Thompson Oil Field Rd

THOMPSONS

77481

Missouri City Baptist Church

16816 Quail Park Dr

MISSOURI CITY

77459

Townewest Towne Hall

10322 Old Towne Ln

SUGAR LAND

77478

M.R. Massey Admin. Building

1570 Rabb Road

FRESON

77545

University Branch Library

14010 University Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77479

COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE

ADDRESS

Austin Parkway Elementary School

4400 Austin Pkwy

Beasley City Hall

319 S. 3rd St

Bowie Middle School

700 Plantation Dr

Briarchase Missionary Bapt Church

16000 Blue Ridge Rd

Chasewood Clubhouse

7622 Chasewood Dr

Clements High School Commonwealth Clubhouse

Notice of such election is given by posting a substantial copy of this election notice, in English and Spanish, at City Hall and three other places in the City, not less than fourteen days nor more than thirty days prior to the date set for the election; and a substantial copy of this election notice, in English and Spanish, published on the same day in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, the date of the first publication being not more than thirty days and not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for the election.

(Este decreto de tal elección constituirá un aviso de elección y se fijará en el tablón del Ayuntamiento y también en tres otros lugares en la cuidad en Ingles y en Español no menos de catorce días ni más de treinta días antes de la fecha fijada para la elección; y una copia sustancial de este decreto de la elección será Issued this the 5th day of April 2018. publicada en Ingles y en Español en el mismo día en cada una de dos semanas sucesivas en un periódico publicado en la ciudad de circulación general no más temprano que 30 días ni más tarde que 14 días antes del día de la elección.)

Issued this theeste 5th día day 5th of April Emitido de 2018. abril, 2018.

Emitido este día 5th de abril, 2018. _____________________________ Thomas Harris III, Assistant City Secretary

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By Theresa D. McClellan FOR THE FORT BEND STAR

TOP PRODUCERS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2018 DEBBIE MARCELL TOP PRODUCER

with sales in excess $5 Million #1 in Company

ARLENE NOVAK TOP BUYER SALES

with sales in excess of $1 Million #13 in Company

SHARON UZICK TOP LISTINGS SOLD with sales in excess of $1 Million

It started with the musings of a high school teacher who dreamed about creating affordable housing if she won the lottery.

Then Valerie Tolman realized that some people would already consider her rich, so first she approached her husband, Davis, with an idea.

That was 16 years ago.

In April, three Hightower High School seniors learned they are joining the ranks of 48 students – all the firsts in their families to attend college – who will get a full scholarship to the school of their choice thanks to the Fort Bend County couple, the Thoreau campus of the Unitarian Universalist church, and a Jewish church visitor who wanted to make a difference.

“We were already putting our son through college and he was done.

I wondered if we could keep it up; why not send someone else to college,” Tolman said.

That was in 2002 and she thought it was fun.

“So I came to Hightower and said I wanted to start a scholarship for kids who started out not doing well and are now doing better.

I was really attached to those kids,” said Tolman, who was teaching journalism at the school.

That first year they received four application letters from students – which was more than she and her husband could afford.

“We still had kids at

From staff reports

Camp Hope, an organization that provides interim housing for wounded warriors, veterans, and their families coping with combat related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is holding a charity golf event May 21 at the Pecan Grove Country Club.

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home so I went to my church and said I have four application letters and don’t know who to turn down. You look at them and tell me who I should turn down.” She said.

She attends the Thoreau campus of the First Unitarian Universalist church in Stafford. A Jewish man who was visiting the church heard her dilemma said he would send two students to college.

“We got a sponsor who said, I will send them through all four years. We raised enough money from the congregation to send

one and we’d committed to one. Now every year the church raises money and the man still sponsors two students. It’s a lot of money,” said Tolman.

She looked at the three students seated before her in a Hightower High School classroom listening to the scholarship history, leaned forward saying, “but you all don’t have to worry about that.”

Syeda Tayyaba, 17, and Jasmin Gil, 18, will attend college studying the health

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Angel Moran (top left) stands with Valerie Tolman and Syeda Tayyaba (seated left) and Jasmin Gil. Tolman and her husband provide scholarships to help students break cycles of poverty in their community. (Photo by Theresa D. Mc-

a.m. with registration, followed by lunch. At 12:45 p.m. there will be a helicopter ball drop with a shotgun start at 1:15 p.m.

The cost is $100 per player (tax deductable) and that includes the round of golf, cart, range balls, lunch, replay card for free golf, dinner, prizes, and free ball in the ball drop.

Sponsorships are still available, including cor-

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To register, visit birdeasepro.com/ camphopegolfevent. For more information, contact Curtis Brown at curtisraybrown@gmail.com or David Esch at desch@ pecangrovecc.com or 281342-9945.

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Leave it to Brad Meltzer to make characters of some of the most nondescript professions imaginable and turn them into action heroes.

In his latest thriller, “The Escape Artist,” Meltzer’s protagonist is an Army mortician. Meltzer’s best-known trilogy of thrillers is based on an archivist. All of his novels explore the most obscure nooks and crannies of government operations. They take you to places you didn’t know existed with professions no one has ever aspired to and reveal minutely colossal details that can change the world.

“The Escape Artist” is Meltzer’s 12th thriller (he has a line of children’s books, non-fiction books, and also writes comics). The story is about Jim “Zig” Zigarowski, a civilian mortician who works on the military’s most important cases at Dover Air Force Base. When a plane leaving a top-secret military base in Alaska crashes after takeoff, the bodies are sent to Dover. Among them is a young woman named Nola Brown. Nola is a childhood friend of Zig’s daughter and once saved her life.

When Zig opens the casket, he is quick to realize that the dead woman is not Nola.

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gift to him from his dear friend Nudie Cohn and was a treasured artifact in the Roy Rogers Museum in Branson, Mo. Unfortunately, the museum has since closed, and therefore I am most honored to be able to have on display an artifact that was so dear to the iconic cowboy Roy Rogers,” Keeney said.

The car is owned by museum board member Buck Kemphausen, whose replica of the 1966 Batmobile was on display last year.

The car isn’t the only thing in the exhibit, but it is a rolling exhibit in itself. The interior is lined with hand-tooled leather.

The dash, doors and other parts are encrusted with silver dollars.

There is a black saddle between the bucket seats, decorated with rhinestones and more silver dollars. The door handles and gear shifter are all pistols, and all kinds of pistols and rifles decorate the car. Many of the knobs

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Fans of Roy Rogers will want to make some Happy Trails on over to the National Museum of Funeral History to see an amazing exhibit of the renowned singing cowboy and movie star.

From now until the end of the year the museum will be displaying the 1963 Pontiac Bonneville convertible once owned by Rogers and his wife Dale Evans, among other items.

“Those who love all things Western – its history, music, movies, television shows and especially cowboys who inspired us – will love this exhibit,” said Genevieve Keeney, president and chief operating officer of the museum.

The garishly tricked-out car was given to Rogers by noted fashion designer Nudie Cohn.

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Genevieve Keeney, president and chief operating officer of the National Museum of Funeral History stand in front of a 1963 Pontiac Bonneville convertible that was owned by Roy Rogers. The car and other memorabilia are on display at the museum through the rest of the year. (Photo by Joe Southern)

are chrome horse heads. Keeney counted and there are 346 silver dollars in the car. There are simply too many fine details to list; it has to be seen to be believed.

The car’s exterior is decorated with rifles and pistols and has a fancy set of Texas longhorns on the front grille. Standing right behind the car is a mannequin of Rogers wearing one of his iconic Nudie outfits and cowboy hat.

Displayed on a wall behind the car is a case is a pair of Rogers’ signature double-eagle boots, autographed photos, a book about Nudie Cohn, and the CD of music that was played at Rogers’ funeral 20 years ago. Also on the wall are more photos of Rogers and Evans, along with funeral programs.

“This was an opportunity to celebrate Roy Rogers’ contribu-

The interior of the 1963 Pontiac Bonneville convertible that was owned by Roy Rogers is covered with silver dollars, pistols, horse heads and hand-tooled leather. The car and other memorabilia are on display at the National Museum of Funeral History through the rest of the year. (Photo by Joe Southern)

tions to Hollywood, the Wild, Wild West, and the cowboys and

cowgirls of today,” Keeney said.

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are on loan from Rogers’ son, Roy “Dusty” Rogers Jr. Although the exhibit is a tribute to Roy Rogers, it’s just as much a tribute to Nudie Cohn, who designed some of the most flamboyant and recognizable outfits from the 1950s through the 1970s, including some for Elvis Presley, Elton John, John Lennon, John Wayne, Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger), Gene Autry, Cher, President Ronald Reagan, George Jones, Porter Wagoner, Glen Campbell, and scores of others.

The car he made for Rogers wasn’t the only one. Cohn customized 18 automobiles between 1950 and 1975 – mostly white Pontiac Bonneville convertibles.

They were nicknamed “Nudie Mobiles,” and the nine surviving cars – including the one at the museum – have become valued collector’s items. Cohn died in 1984 at the age of 81. Rogers was born Leonard Franklin Slye on Nov. 5, 1911. He died July 6, 1998.

“This special exhibit gives visitors an opportunity to learn a bit about Roy Rogers, who was an American cowboy,” Keeney said.

“Many visitors will remember turning on the television to watch his iconic show in the ’50s. Texas is known for its cowboys and I find nothing more fitting than paying a tribute to Roy Rogers on the 20th anniversary of his death.”

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Finding the Fort Bend of Fort Bend County not an easy task It’s been said that a man’s home is his castle. In the case of Fort Bend County, you might call it a fort.

The long vanished wooden structure that settlers called a fort was nothing more than a two-room cabin that was built as a storage shed. It was never designed to be a fort and would have been very inadequate to the task had it been needed for that purpose. Fortunately, it never was.

The structure did serve a purpose – primarily to store construction materials and provisions while some of Stephen F. Austin’s original colonists built their settlement near present-day Richmond. Other than that, it was a deteriorating marker on the path of progress as Texas won its independence from Mexico and eventually became part of the United States.

No one seems to know exactly where it stood or when its last remnants were swept away in the Brazos River but there is a historical marker near the spot where it is believed to have been. Just south of the marker on the west bank of the river near where Front and Fort streets are in Rich-

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mond sits a collection of rusted old mobile homes, thick brush and a landscape littered with junk. It’s hardly a fitting sight for the historic location of the humble building that was important enough to name a county after, but that’s where it supposedly was.

If there is one thing I have learned while studying Texas history is that many of the people and things that made this state great were true underdogs. Some of the heroes of old such as Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, and William Travis were has-beens running from their past and trying to forge a future in a new land.

The ragtag band of rebels that called themselves an army defeated one of the biggest and best-trained armies of its time. And a hastily constructed wood cabin became a fort for which this county was named.

As I have visited historic sites in Texas the past few years I have been both impressed and bemused by the degree of historic preservation in this state. The state’s most iconic and revered historical treasure – the Alamo – is in a sad state.

I’m not talking about the church most of us know as the Alamo, but the rest of the compound that is long gone and paved over.

Many of us cheered when George P. Bush campaigned for Land Commissioner on a promise to save the Alamo and restore the hallowed grounds. Today, many of us vilify him for his plan to “re-imagine” the Alamo, not by rebuilding its stone walls, but outlining the compound with glass panels.

If you ask me, the Alamo should be rebuilt like Presidio La Bahia in Goliad.

Part of “Fort Defiance” is original, but much of it is reconstructed to look like it did when Col. James Fannin and his troops were slaughtered there in the Goliad Massacre. It’s a prime example of historic restoration and preservation at its finest.

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thing.)

Then Mike Stone turned the podium over to a City Of Sugar Land engineer, and Mr. Stone said to him, “OK Jorge, get up here and tell us why it’s not your fault.” (Mike Stone has already told me by email, and I quote, “Drainage in your neighborhood, streets, gutters, storm sewer, slab elevations etc. are all the responsibility of the City not the levee district.”)

So, at that point I was thinking, “come on City of Sugar Land, I want to hear something juicy”. But, when the City of Sugar Land engineer took the podium I couldn’t understand him at all, so I left (no offence, but what’s the point? This process is already a pain in the #*@ without other problems).

And, of course, no one is actually going to take the blame and open the door for lawyers and all that nasty stuff. (I must have lost touch with reality for a moment.)

Bottom Line: I’ll just wait and see what goes down.

We’ll either remain screwed or someone will get it right (eventually, hopefully they’ll get it right before I go to the big retention pond in the sky).

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and restore some of our history?

Wouldn’t it be great to buy up the dilapidated properties where the fort once stood, create a historic park and make a new replica of the fort there? You wouldn’t need millions of dollars to do it. Another idea would be to make a “Santa Anna trail” that follows the route the Mexican dictator and his army took through this area, culminating at another historic park at the area where Thompson’s Ferry once was.

These would be relatively small investments with big local impact. If there is one thing the Richmond/Rosenberg area is sorely lacking is good hiking and biking trails. This would help meet an outdoor/fitness need as well as a historical one.

Who knows, maybe this is just a pipe dream, or maybe not. I can only hope this will plant a seed that will germinate and blossom into something wonderful for our area. A very unique chapter of Texas, American, and Mexican history happened here. I just seems logical to me that we would capitalize on that so that future generations and visit and appreciate their past.

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Still not happy with flood response ing Mr. Stone attempted humor, but well, this topic just isn’t funny at all (After all, who was at the meeting? Well, I repeat, it was unlucky flood victims who totally got the shaft).

Mr. Stone said, “we learned some things that we didn’t know” (I truly believe that).

Mr. Stone said, “until Harvey we didn’t know how low some of the house elevations were.” (As I’ve said, a previous storm event two years before Harvey, which only lasted a few hours, brought water to within one inch of being in my house.

That should have been a clue. You guys frustrate me sometimes.)

Mr. Stone also told us another big pump will be installed for LID2. (My thought would be: my neighborhood of Chimneystone is on the far side of the levee district from that new pump, so it almost sounded moot from my point of view.)

At one point in this meeting, it was mentioned that my neighborhood was annexed and they didn’t know how low some of the houses were. (Why not?

Isn’t that what city and levee engineers are supposed to know? In my neighborhood we generally believe that we were annexed for revenue. It almost looks like they didn’t really study any-

and landing used by Santa Anna and his army to cross the Brazos. I spent part of Thursday in Richmond looking at historical markers and buildings and coming away feeling like there is a lot of lost opportunity there.

The area is rich in history but does a poor job of preserving and promoting it. I don’t mean this as a slight against the Fort Bend History Association or any historical preservation organizations – as nonprofit volunteer groups they are limited in what they can do.

Mine is just the observation of a Johnny-come-lately who has seen the success of other historic sites across the country.

For whatever it’s worth, I see a great opportunity here to capitalize on historic tourism. The whole region inside the big bend in the Brazos on the north end of Richmond has recently been designated as an Opportunity Zone.

That means the government is providing tax incentives for economic investment in the very area I’ve been talking about here. Before the bulldozers come and plow under more history for the sake of progress, why don’t we take advantage of this

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Letter to the Editor Dear City Of Sugar Land, I finally attended a “flood victim” meeting at the “Grand Palace of Sugar Land” (multi-million dollar City Hall, “9th wonder of the world”) on April 4, 2018.

I chuckled with my neighbor as we agreed “the other meetings weren’t in the palace, I guess they’re trying to put on a show tonight.”

Mike Stone (manager of Levee Improvement District 2, LID2) spoke first.

He launched into the “Hurricane Harvey dog and pony show,” re-enforcing how apocalyptic the event was (wow, I haven’t heard or seen that presentation before, just joking, we’ve received many glossy full color mailers with this exact story from LID2 and the city, printed all fancy on “public relations” quality paper). For future reference, we’ve heard about Harvey, we were there (right?). So, all you guys need to do is say “it rained a whole bunch,” then get on to the meat and potatoes. Yes, we know the “storm track” by heart (meetings hosted by desk jockeys waste so much time). But then, we totally know they’re pounding home their message of: “nothing was our fault, we’re on top of this, we’ll say it over and over again until you believe it.”

Occasionally, during this “targeted audience” meet-

April 27. The site has also been the focus of archaeological digs to find remnants of original structures that were burned down by fleeing colonists during the Runaway Scrape. It’s been a slow process, but I applaud the work that is being done there to bring that part of history back to life.

Here in Fort Bend County, historical preservation has been a hodgepodge of successes and failures. One of the things that jumped out at me was the lack of information about the “fort” that the county was named after.

As I began my research for the story on the front page of this week’s paper, I found it very difficult to find any information about it. I can’t thank Chris Godbold, chief curator of collections for the Fort Bend History Association, and Paul N. Spellman, author of the book “Old 300 Gone to Texas,” enough for their help with the story.

Even with their help, information was scarce.

Godbold told me that at one time there was a replica of Fort Bend, but it, like the original, is long gone and forgotten. Likewise, so is Thompson’s Ferry, the raft

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Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be obtained from www.CivCastUSA.com, search City of Sugar Land – Dairy Ashford Widening Project. Bidders must register on this website in order to view and/or download specifications and plans for this project. There is NO charge to view or download documents.

Sealed bids one (1) original and two (2) copies, shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land, Office of the City Secretary, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after the opening date and time will not be considered.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 Cane Room, City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas 77479.

Questions regarding this bid must be received by Mr. John Peterson or on Civcast on or before 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Please contact Mr. John Peterson at (713) 622-9264 (office) or email: John.

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The City will award and give notice within sixty (60) calendar days after the opening date and time.

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The City of Sugar Land seeks bids for furnishing all labor, material, and equipment, and performing all work required for the following project in the City CIP PROJECT NAME: Covington Woods Paving and Drainage Improvements Jess Pirtle Side Streets and Greywood Drive CIP PROJECT NUMBER: DR1701 LOCATION OF WORK: Sugarfield Court, Sugardale Court, and Greywood Drive in Sugar Land, TX Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be obtained from www.CivCastUSA.com. Questions regarding this bid must be submitted online or contact Kelly Humphries, 5Engineering, at (832) 800-3483 by Friday, April 20, 2018 on or before 5:00 P.M. Sealed bids one (1) original and two (2) copies, shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land, Office of the City Secretary, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after the opening date and time will not be considered.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 19, 2018 Cane Room, City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas 77479.

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Administration with Will Annexed in the Estate of JOSEFA M. EMERY, Deceased, were issued to ADRIANA EMERY AKA ADRIANNA LUCIA EMERY, INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR WITH WILL ANNEXED on March 7th, 2018, in Docket No. 17CPR-030563, pending in the County Court-at-Law No. 2 of Fort Bend County, Texas, to: JOSEFA M. EMERY The post office address to which claims may be presented and which is preferred by the personal representative is: DAVID R. DOEHRING Attorney for ADRIANA EMERY AKA ADRIANNA LUCIA EMERY, INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR WITH WILL ANNEXED 2000 South Dairy Ashford, Ste 298 Houston, Texas 77077 All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

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LEGALS To Patients and Families: Notice is hereby given that I am retiring from my private practice of Hematology and Medical Oncology as of May 1, 2018. The practice will be closed as of May 1, 2018.

To obtain your medical records between May 1 and July 1, 2018, please call 281-265-5454 and leave a voicemail.

-1pm Sealed bids one (1) original and two (2) 9am copies, shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land, Office of the City Secretary, 2700 Town Center BaptistonChurch Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land,Heritage Texas, 77479, or before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after the opening date and time will not be considered.

To obtain your medical records AFTER July 1, 2018, please contact VeriTrust, who will be the custodian of the records. VeriTrust can be reached at 713-263-9000 or www.veritrust.net.

Questions regarding this bid must be submitted online to Public Purchase www.publicpurchase.com by Thursday, April 26, 2018 on or before 3:00 P.M.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your physician for the past 33 years.

The City will award and give notice within sixty (60) calendar days after the opening date and time.

Sincerely, Charles L. Conlon M.D. FACP

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NOTICE OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION

To the Registered Voters of the City of Meadows Place: The City of Meadows Place hereby gives notice that the City Hall, 1 Troyan Drive, Meadows Place, Texas 77477 will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on May 5, 2018, for voting in a General Municipal Election to elect at large a Mayor, an Alderman Place 1, an Alderman Place 2, and an Alderman Place 3.

Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted each weekday at Meadows Place City Hall, 1 Troyan Drive, Meadows Place, Texas from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., beginning on April 23, 2018, and ending on May 1, 2018. Voting hours will be extended on April 30, 2018 and May 1, 2018, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Also, early voting by personal appearance will be conducted on Saturday, April 28, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to Early Voting Clerk, 301 Jackson St., Richmond, TX 77469.

Applications for ballots by mail must be received no later than the close of business on April 24, 2018.

Issued this 12th day of April 2018. Signed: Charles D. Jessup IV, Mayor

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN GENERAL DE LA MUNICIPALIDAD A los votantes registrados de la Ciudad de Meados Place:

La Ciudad de Meadows Place da aviso que el Ayuntamiento la Ciudad de Meadows Place informa que el del edificio del Ayuntamiento Municipal de Meadows Place estarán abiertos el 5 de mayo de 2018, de 7:00 A.m. a 7:00 P.m., para votar en una elección general con el fin de elegir a miembros del consejo municipal. Esta votación concierne a toda la municipalidad y serán para Alcalde, Concejal, Lugar 1, Concejal, Lugar 2, y Concejal, Lugar 3.

La votación anticipada en persona se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de Meadows Place edificio del Ayuntamiento Municipal, 1 Troyan Drive, Meadows Place, Texas, cada día de la semana que comienza el 23 de abril y concluye el 1 de mayo del 2018 desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta 5:00 p.m. El horario de votación se extenderá el 30 de abril y el 1 de mayo desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. Adicionalmente, la votación anticipada en persona se llevará a cabo el sábado 28 de abril del 2018 desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta las 5:00 p.m Las solicitudes de boletas para votar por correo se deben enviar a: Oficial de votación anticipada, 301 Jackson St., Richmond, TX 77469, Jersey Village, Texas 77040. Las solicitudes de boletas para votar por correo se deben recibir a más tardar al cierre de oficinas el 24 de abril de 2018.

La votación anticipada en persona se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de Meadows Place edificio del Ayuntamiento Municipal, 1 Troyan Drive, Meadows Place, Texas, cada día de la semana que comienza el 23 de abril y concluye el 1 de mayo del 2018 desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta 5:00 p.m. El horario de votación se extenderá el 30 de abril y el 1 de mayo desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. Adicionalmente, la votación anticipada en persona se llevará a cabo el sábado 28 de abril del 2018 desde las 8:00 a.m. hasta las 1:00 p.m Las solicitudes de boletas para votar por correo se deben enviar a: Oficial de votación anticipada, 301 Jackson St., Richmond, TX 77469, Jersey Village, Texas 77040. Las solicitudes de boletas para votar por correo se deben recibir a más tardar al cierre de oficinas el 24 de abril de 2018.

Emitido este día 12 de abril de 2018. /firma/ Charles D. Jessup IV, Alcalde

Qualified companies are invited to submit sealed proposals to Stafford Municipal School District for one or more of the RFP’s listed below, at the Stafford MSD administration building, 1625 Staffordshire Rd, Stafford, Texas before 2:00 p.m. central standard time on the 11th day of May, 2018.

RFP # 18-0002 Athletic Supplies, Awards and Equipment RFP # 18-0003 Apparel and Promotional Items RFP # 18-0004 Band Instrument Repairs and Services RFP # 18-0005 Bilingual/ESL Supplies RFP # 18-0006 Fine Arts Supplies RFP # 18-0007 Fundraising Supplies RFP # 18-0008 General Supplies RFP # 18-0009 Maintenance Supplies RFP # 18-0010 Special Education Supplies RFP # 18-0011 Staff Development RFP # 18-0012 Technology Supplies RFP # 18-0013 Vehicle Parts and Supplies RFP # 18-0014 Cleaning and Janitorial Supplies RFP # 18-0015 Career and Technical Education Supplies Bid documents can be found on the District’s website www.staffordmsd.org

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ORDER OF GENERAL ELECTION (ORDEN DE ELECCIÓN GENERAL) To the Registered Voters of Sugar Land, Texas: (A los votantes registrados de Sugar Land, Texas:) To the Registered Voters of Sugar Land, Texas: (A los votantes registrados de Sugar Land, Texas:) An election has been ordered by, Ordinance No. 2125, to be held on May 5, 2018 for the purpose of electing a Mayor and members for the Council At-Large Position 1 and At-Large Position 2 (La Ordenanza Número 2125 decreta que se lleve a cabo una elección el 5 de Mayo, 2018 con el fin de elegir a un Alcalde y miembros para el Consejo At-Large puesto 1 y At-Large puesto 2.)

The Early Voting Clerk will receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail until the close of business on April 24, 2018. (El Funcionario Electoral de votación adelantada recibirá solicitudes para la elección por correo no más tardar al cerrar de operaciones diarias el 24 de abril, 2018.)

Mail or fax applications to vote by mail to: (La aplicacion para votar por correo puede ser mandada por correo o fax a:) Early Voting Clerk Office of Elections Administration 301 Jackson St. Rosenberg, TX 77471 Fax 281-341-4418 Early voting by personal appearance will be held at the locations, times and on the days as set forth in the below schedule.

(Votación temprana mediante la comparecencia personal se llevara a cabo en los lugares, tiempos y días establecidos en el calendario siguiente).

Election Day Vote Centers will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the locations as set forth below.

(Centros de votación el día de las elecciones estarán abiertos desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. en las localidades que se enuncian a continuación.)

Early Voting Schedule May 5, 2018 Joint Election Horario de Votación Temprana 5 de Mayo del 2018, Elección Conjunta Hours (Horas) Monday-Friday Saturday April 28 Sunday April 29 Monday-Tuesday April 23-27, 2018 (Sábado) April 30 - May 1 (Domingo) (Lunes-Viernes) (Abril 28, 2017) (Lunes-Martes) (Abril 29, 2018) (April 30 - Mayo 1, (Abril 23-27, 2018) 2018)

Early Voting Location

Beasley City Hall- 319 S. 3rd Street, Beasley Chasewood Clubhouse - 7622 Chasewood Dr, Missouri City Irene Stern Community Center - 6920 Fulshear-Katy Road, Fulshear, TX Fort Bend County Road & Bridge - 3743 School Street, Needville, TX Fort Bend County Rosenberg Annex -4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg, TX Meadows Place City Hall - One Troyan Place, Meadows Place Richmond Water Maintenance Facility -110 N. 8th St., Richmond, TX

8:00 a.m.

To 5:00 p.m

8:00 a.m.

To 5:00 p.m

CLOSED (Cerrado)

7:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m.

First Colony Conference Center - 3232 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX Four Corners Community Center - 15700 Old Richmond Rd, Sugar Land, TX Hightower High School - 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, TX James Bowie Middle School - 700 Plantation Dr, Richmond, TX Randall’s - 5800 New Territory Blvd., Sugar Land, TX Sugar Land Branch Library - 550 Eldridge, Sugar Land, TX

10:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m

8:00 a.m.

To 5:00 p.m

CLOSED (Cerrado)

7:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m.

CLOSED (Cerrado)

CLOSED (Cerrado)

CLOSED (Cerrado)

CLOSED (Cerrado)

10:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m 8:00 a.m.

To 5:00 p.m

Sugar Land City Hall - 2700 Town Center Blvd, Sugar Land, TX Stafford City Hall - 2610 Main St., Stafford, TX

7:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m.

7:00 a.m.

To 7:00 p.m.

Election Day Vote Centers May 5, 2018 centros de votacion del dia de las elecciones CITY

ZIP

COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE

ADDRESS

CITY

ZIP

SUGAR LAND

77479

Museum of Natural Science

13016 University Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77479

BEASLEY

77417

Mustang Community Center

RICHMOND

77406 Needville Road & Bridge

4525 FM 521

FRESNO

77545

3743 School Street

NEEDVILLE

77461

MISSOURI CITY

77489

MISSOURI CITY

77489

Pinnacle Senior Center

5525#C Hobby Road

HOUSTON

77053

Randall’s New Territory

5800 New Territory Dr

SUGAR LAND

77479

4200 Elkins Dr

SUGAR LAND

4330 Knightsbridge Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77479

Richmond Water Maintenance Facility

110 N. 8th St

RICHMOND

77469

77479

Ridgegate Community Association

5855 W. Ridgecreek Dr

HOUSTON

77053

Eagle Heights Church

16718 W. Bellfort Blvd

RICHMOND

Elkins High School

7007 Knights Court

MISSOURI CITY

77406 Ridgemont Early Childhood Ctr

5353 Ridge Creek Circle

HOUSTON

77053

77459

River Park Recreation Ctr.

5875 Summit Creek Drive

SUGAR LAND

77479

First Colony Conference Center

3232 Austin Parkway

Four Corners Community Center

15700 Old Richmond Rd

SUGAR LAND

77479

Rosenberg City Hall

2110 4th St

ROSENBERG

77471

SUGAR LAND

77478

Sienna Annex

5855 Sienna Springs Way

MISSOURI CITY

77459

George Memorial Library Greatwood Community/Rec Center

1001 Golfview Dr

RICHMOND

77407

Simonton City Hall

35011 FM 1093

SIMONTON

77476

7225 Greatwood Pkwy

SUGAR LAND

77479 Stafford City Hall

2610 Main St

STAFFORD

77477

Hightower High School

3333 Hurricane Lane

MISSOURI CITY

77459

Sugar Creek Country Club

420 Sugar Creek Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77478

Imperial Park Recreation Center

234 Matlage Way

SUGAR LAND

77478

Sugar Lakes Clubhouse

930 Sugar Lakes Dr

SUGAR LAND

77478

Irene Stern Community Center

6920 Katy-Fulshear Road

FULSHEAR

77441

Sugar Land Branch Library

550 Eldridge

SUGAR LAND

77478

Kempner High School

14777 Voss Rd

SUGAR LAND

77498

Sugar Land Church of God

1715 Eldridge Rd

SUGAR LAND

77478

Lost Creek Community Center

3703 Lost Creek Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77478

Sugar Land City Hall

2700 Town Center Blvd North

SUGAR LAND

77479

Meadows Place City Hall

One Troyan Dr

MEADOWS PLACE

77477

Thompsons City Hall

520 Thompson Oil Field Rd

THOMPSONS

77481

Missouri City Baptist Church

16816 Quail Park Dr

MISSOURI CITY

77459

Townewest Towne Hall

10322 Old Towne Ln

SUGAR LAND

77478

M.R. Massey Admin. Building

1570 Rabb Road

FRESON

77545

University Branch Library

14010 University Blvd

SUGAR LAND

77479

COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACE

ADDRESS

Austin Parkway Elementary School

4400 Austin Pkwy

Beasley City Hall

319 S. 3rd St

Bowie Middle School

700 Plantation Dr

Briarchase Missionary Bapt Church

16000 Blue Ridge Rd

Chasewood Clubhouse

7622 Chasewood Dr

Clements High School Commonwealth Clubhouse

Notice of such election is given by posting a substantial copy of this election notice, in English and Spanish, at City Hall and three other places in the City, not less than fourteen days nor more than thirty days prior to the date set for the election; and a substantial copy of this election notice, in English and Spanish, published on the same day in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, the date of the first publication being not more than thirty days and not less than fourteen days prior to the date set for the election.

(Este decreto de tal elección constituirá un aviso de elección y se fijará en el tablón del Ayuntamiento y también en tres otros lugares en la cuidad en Ingles y en Español no menos de catorce días ni más de treinta días antes de la fecha fijada para la elección; y una copia sustancial de este decreto de la elección será Issued this the 5th day of April 2018. publicada en Ingles y en Español en el mismo día en cada una de dos semanas sucesivas en un periódico publicado en la ciudad de circulación general no más temprano que 30 días ni más tarde que 14 días antes del día de la elección.)

Issued this theeste 5th día day 5th of April Emitido de 2018. abril, 2018.

Emitido este día 5th de abril, 2018. _____________________________ Thomas Harris III, Assistant City Secretary

_____________________________

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