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WEDNESDAY • SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Fort Bend / Southwest • Volume 44 • No. 3
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Fort Bend ISD on Monday released the executive summary of its report, “Back to Bondage - Forced Labor in Post Reconstruction Era Texas: The Discovery, Exhumation, and Bioarcheological Analysis of Bullhead Convict Labor Camp Cemetery,” which focused on the 95 peo-
ple whose remains were found on FBISD property in 2018. The Texas Historical Commission approved the report, which documents the findings associated with the research conducted on the Bullhead Convict Labor Camp Cemetery. “The historic discovery of the Sugar Land 95 two and half years ago has had a significant impact on not only FBISD and the Fort
Bend community, but on the state and national level as well,” FBISD Board President Jason Burdine said in a news release. “The finalization of this report marks an important milestone in the ongoing efforts to educate the community about the Sugar Land 95 and the atrocities of the state-sanctioned con-
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A protester stands outside the James Reese Career and Technical Center, where 95 sets of human remains were found in 2018. Fort Bend ISD recently released the summary of its report on the "Sugar Land 95." (Photo by Landan Kuhlmann)
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Area helps with Laura relief efforts By Stefan Modrich SMODRICH@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
Shortly after Hurricane Laura made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border Aug. 27, the Fort Bend County Emergency Management Services team mobilized, along with several other EMS departments from across the Greater Houston area and the state to help provide medical services to those affected by the record-setting storm. In addition, Fort Bend County Judge KP George and the Houston-based Minaret Foundation organized several donation and collection events to benefit those displaced by Hurricane Laura. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ several area branches, including those in Richmond, Rosenberg, Sienna and Sugar Land, held drives for non-perishable food, water, personal pro-
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Fort Bend EMS vehicles load up to help with Hurricane Laura relief efforts. (Photo from Twitter)
Inigo Laugermann, center, and son Nico, right, take a break from filming their documentary called "A Father's Day." The Richmond father and son co-produced the documentary, which debuted at the Beyond The Curve Film Festival in Paris last weekend. (Contributed photo)
Richmond father, son produce award-winning documentary By Stefan Modrich SMODRICH@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
What does it mean to be a dad? Richmond resident Inigo Laugermann believes it is best to have dads tell us themselves. He debuted his first feature-length film, “A Father’s Day”, at the Beyond the Curve International Film Festival (BCIFF) on Saturday and Sunday in Paris. BCIFF named the film its Best Documentary. It is also an official selection of the Los Angeles Motion Picture Film Festival. “I’ve kind of been sitting on this idea for a couple of years,” Laugermann said. “You hear all of the horror stories about dads not al-
Inigo and Nico Laugermann, background, take a candid photo during filming of "A Father's Day." (Contributed photo)
ways being there and dads just kind of being a physical presence in the house but not really involved. I’m an involved dad, and then the guys I interviewed in the film are involved dads. So I’m like, ‘you know what, why don’t we show some
examples of great fathers who are doing their duty and are proud of being dads?’” He sought to cast a diverse group of fathers of different ethnicities and ages, and also elicits strong emotional responses when
the interview turns to the worked with every oil subject of the men and their company here in Houston relationships with their fa- except for Anadarko (which was acquired by Occidental thers. “What’s great about Petroleum in 2019). I have it, it has every emotion,” an eye and a creative pasLaugermann said. “You’ll sion for coming up with probably get mad at a cou- stories and producing them ple of things there, you’ll myself.” Filming began in Feblaugh at a couple of things just listening to them talk ruary and continued into about their experience be- March. The COVID-19 paning fathers. It touches on demic’s spread into the U.S. prompted stay-at-home orevery emotion.” Laugermann, a gradu- ders throughout the state, ate of the Art Institute of including in Fort Bend Houston and a veteran vi- County, and Laugermann sual content creator, cut his was laid off by Exxon Moteeth in the film industry bil. As a result, Laugermann working for several major oil companies, including experienced many of the ups and downs of workExxon Mobil. “I’m an artist and de- ing from home during the signer who morphed into filmmaking,” Laugermann said. “I’ve pretty much SEE DOCUMENTARY PAGE 5
Gardening provides pandemic outlet for local family By Stefan Modrich SMODRICH@FORTBENDSTAR.COM
Sherry Bub, a retired computer programmer, has lived in the same Missouri City home alongside the Quail Valley La Quinta golf course for 30 years. But her true labor of love, aside from looking after her grandchildren as they begin a school year of virtual learning, is one that many Texans have adopted as a safe way to get some fresh air and a sense of calm and peace during the COVID-19 pandemic – gardening.
Back when she first moved in, Sherry’s three children, then all under 10 years old, would often play tag together under the shade of a large live oak tree. “They would step on the rocks and poke through the plastic (weed barrier),” Sherry said. “And then weeds came up. Well, there’s nothing worse than pulling weeds through plastic. We hired (someone) to get all the rocks out, and I think we just sodded it.” That’s how Sherry and her husband, Jack Bub, got into gardening. Their ongoing efforts were
recognized by the Quail Valley Garden Club, which awarded them the “Yard of the Month” for August. The tree is the centerpiece of the Bubs’ front yard and makes for an ideal spot for relaxation and having socially distanced interactions with neighbors in the cul-de-sac. But it can also present a challenge for the diverse range of plants to get the necessary nutrients as the live oak’s large roots soak them up first. “It’s hard to find things
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Sherry Bub stands in front of her home garden in Quail Valley. She said many Texans have taken up gardening as a way to put their minds at ease during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Stefan Modrich)