The 11-23-22 Edition of the Ft Bend Star

Sugar Land woman convicted of theft, money laundering

By Ken Fountain KFOUNTAIN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

A Sugar Land woman pled guilty to felony theft and money laundering and was sentenced to 18 years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from her employer, the Fort Bend District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.

According to Assistant District Attorney Susan Sweeney, McDonough was responsible for a Sugar Land real estate developer’s business accounts for eight years between 2010 and 2018. Through unauthor ized payroll and direct pay ments to her personal credit card, McDonough was able to divert more than $1.3 million for her own benefit, according to prosecutors.

According to prosecu tors, McDonough began her thefts by cashing her very first paycheck twice in 2010 and continued to inflate her own payroll over eight years. As she gained the developer’s trust, she also used one of the busi ness accounts to pay ap proximately 80 percent of the $1.1 million in charges she made on one of her per sonal credit cards.

Fort Bend County Dis trict Attorney Fraud Exam iner Betty Chi testified that in 2012 McDonough built a new home with a pool. Other significant credit card purchases included brandname and boutique cloth ing for women and children,

Students in custody following ‘swatting’ at George Ranch HS

By Ken Fountain KFOUNTAIN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

Three George Ranch High School students are in custody and face multiple charges after making a false report that forced Lamar Con solidated Independent School District officials to put the Richmond school on lockdown and nearby schools in "secure status" on Thursday, au thorities said.

In what police called a case of "swatting," the students made separate

911 calls from the school auditorium around noon, with one stating that they "need help."

Within minutes, Lamar CISD police, Fort Bend County deputies and constables and mem bers of other agencies responded and quickly moved into the school, checking all of the doors, authorities said at a press conference Thursday evening.

They found that all of the school's doors were locked in accordance with lockdown protocol. When police reached the

auditorium, they found no evidence of guns or injured students, Lamar CISD Police Lt. Daryl Segura said. The process of checking the school took about 30 minutes, he said.

Segura said after investigation, police ar rested three students, who on Thursday were going before a Fort Bend magistrate. They face multiple charges, includ ing terroristic threat and making a false report, he said.

Segura said that the investigation showed

that other students were nearby when the phone calls were made and may have been involved.

Segura said that it did not appear that the false reports were connect ed to speculation that threats had been made that something was go ing to happen at the school on Thursday, but stressed that the investi gation was continuing.

Segura and George Ranch High School Principal Heather Pat terson praised the staff and students for follow ing protocol, including

Classes at George Ranch continued as normal on Friday, an ear ly-release day before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Dream chaser

Missouri native Miss USA implores local students to follow dreams

By Ken Fountain KFOUNTAIN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

R’Bonney Gabriel, the newly crowned Miss USA, returned to her Missouri City roots Friday and de lighted scores of eighthgrade girls with a message of empowerment and pur suing their dreams at Quail Valley Middle School.

Gabriel became the first Filipino-American to hold

the Miss USA title when she won the competition in Reno, Nevada in October. She grew up in Missouri City and attended Lake Olympia Middle School and Elkins High School. In January, she will represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant in New Orleans.

“I’m a Mo City girl, y’all,” Gabriel said in her best Texas twang, to the ap

preciative screams of the students during a special assembly in the school’s cafeteria, which doubles as an auditorium.

Gabriel visited the school at the invitation of its KICKSTART instructor Dana Pettman, who taught her in the same karate program at Lake Oympia. Throughout the presenta tion, Pettman beamed as he advanced the slide pre

sentation behind her.

Speaking with an infec tious teenage argot geared for her young audience, Gabriel said she grew up always trying out new things that interested her, whether she excelled at them or not. Among those were playing volleyball for four years, playing clarinet in band, tennis, and serv ing on the yearbook.

“I applied myself to all

of the things that made me excited,” she said. “It’s all about giving things a try.” Even though she wasn’t always successful, she said, she was always proud that she made the attempt and kept trying new things.

In high school, Gabriel became interested in fash ion design. She was pre paring to enter her first de

George wins re-election to headline area political races

By Ken Fountain KFOUNTAIN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

Fort Bend County vot ers showed on Election Day that the area is in creasingly moving into “purple” territory.

In still unofficial results, Democrats solidified their majority on Commission ers Court, while the coun ty’s delegations in the U.S. Congress and the Texas

Legislature indicated there remains a strong mix of political leanings across the county.

County Judge KP George, a Democrat in his first bid for reelec tion, scored a victory over his Republican chal lenger, former Fort Bend Precinct 4 Commissioner Trevor Nehls, 51.61 per cent to 48.39 percent. By contrast, Nehl’s brother, Republican U.S. Rep. Troy

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Fletcher, a Democrat, eas ily defeated Republican challenger Johnny Teague. Longtime U.S. Rep. Al Green, a Democrat, also overwhelmingly defeated Republican Jimmy Leon in District 9.

In the top three state wide races, the Demo cratic challengers scored surprisingly well in Fort Bend County against the

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Gabriel gives an interview to Raider Roundup, a student driven newspaper (Photo by Ken Fountain)

overwhelmingly defeated Democrat Jamie Kaye Jordan in House Dis trict 22.

Precinct 2 Commissioner Grady Pre stage, a Democrat, handily defeated Republican Me lissa Wilson. In Precinct 4, Democrat Dexter McCoy also won solidly over Re publican Ray Aguilar.

the county’s two other Congressional rac es, District 7 Rep. Lizzie

New editor asks for help covering diverse, burgeoning county

By Ken Fountain KFOUNTAIN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

Greetings!  My name is Ken Fountain, and I’m the new Managing Edi tor of the Fort Bend Star, your home for local news. I’m honored to have been chosen for this role and to begin working with a great team, some of whom I’ve worked with before.

A little bit about my self: I’m a Houston native (growing up mostly in Alief) and have spent most of my life in the region, save for a part of my childhood in Louisiana and in California while I was serving in the Navy and a couple of years after I mustered out. There, I served as a Journalist in the Public Affairs Office of an aircraft carrier. My first job as a civilian journalist was at a small community paper in suburban San Di ego, before I returned to Texas.

Since then, I have worked in journalism in various ca pacities, including at news papers large and small, at a legal news service, and as a stringer for an international wire service. I’ve also taken a couple of career detours into academia and the non profit sector.

But now I’ve returned to community newspapers, where my roots are. I’ve always found that commu nity newspapers are where the journalistic rubber meets the road.

People really care about the goings-on in their hometowns. They want to know what their City Coun cil is doing, how their kids’ schools are performing,

how local businesses are faring, and what’s going on with the local infrastruc ture. They want you to re port on it all, and they want you to get it right.

While I didn’t grow up in Fort Bend, I have family ties to the area going back nearly three decades. I’ve been living here back a few years, and I’ve marveled at how the place has grown and changed.

As my very talented pre decessor in this role, Matt deGroode, noted in one of his final columns for the Star, people both inside and outside Fort Bend County have been paying a lot of attention of late to our di versity. By coincidence, that change in demograph ics roughly coincides with the period of which I’ve been acquainted with the county.

As Dr. Stephen Klineberg, the Rice University sociolo gist and emeritus professor, often notes in his presenta tions, Fort Bend may be the most diverse county in the nation, with the four major racial groups at near parity.

Klineberg is fond of say ing that Houston (by which he means the greater Hous ton region) is, demographi cally speaking, where the rest of the country will be by the middle of the centu ry. And in many ways, Fort Bend has led the charge.

A few weeks ago, I at tended the area’s first Dia de los Meurtos celebration at Sugar Land Town Square and was amazed at the huge turnout, made up of people of all stripes.

Just last week, I made a reporting trip to Quail Val

ley Middle School. On the wall of the reception area is an image featuring the word “Welcome” in various languages. By my count there were 29 languages represented, all of which I’m told are spoken in Fort Bend County.

The county has also gone from what was once a largely agricultural place to a bustling suburban one, with all of the advantages and challenges that entails.

All of this change hasn’t gone without some resis tance and controversy, as a recent New York Times noted. With the demo graphic change has come a change in the political

tenor of the county, once solidly red and now purple. This kind of change can have wide-ranging effects, which will be welcomed by many but not by all. That is the way of things, but I feel we can all strive to make our county a better place.

It’s a lot to try to get a handle on as I begin this job. So I’ll end with an appeal. Of course, please reach out to me with story ideas and news tips. But also, reach out to me to discuss your concerns, your hopes, and your ideas on how to make Fort Bend County the best place it can be. You can reach me at KFountain@ fortbendstar.com.

Fort Bend Women’s Center gets grant

ter, based in Richmond, helps survivors of domes tic violence and sexual as sault and their children find safety and self-sufficiency. The center operates the only crisis hotline and emergency shelter for sur vivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Fort Bend County. The hotline number is 281-342-HELP (4357).

Texas Bar Foundation has awarded $31,292 to Fort Bend Women’s Cen ter to provide legal repre sentation for survivors of family violence, according to a press release from the center.

Fort Bend Women’s Cen ter, with the support of Chad Bridges, chief pros ecutor for the Domestic Vi olence Division at the Fort Bend County District At torney’s office, working in conjunction with Fort Bend County Crime Response Team and Fort Bend Coun ty Domestic Violence HighRisk Team, will use the ad ditional funding to assist in serving the needs of survi vors of domestic violence.

Fort Bend Women’s Cen

Since 1980, Fort Bend Women’s Center, has helped over 54,000 survi vors of domestic abuse and sexual assault. All services are free of charge and open to all survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault.

“It is an honor to receive the funding from Texas Bar supporting FBWC’s mis sion,” executive director Vita Goodell said in the press release.

Since its inception in 1965, the Texas Bar Foun dation has awarded more than $24 million in grants to law-related programs. Supported by members of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Bar Foundation is the nation’s largest charitablyfunded bar foundation.

Ken Fountain, Managing Editor

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tition, but her mother con vinced her that she should go through with it. She did, and won the “Most Cre ative” award. She also met a talent scout who recruit ed her to pursue a model ing career.

Gabriel, now 28, said she got a late start in the beauty pageant world, entering the Miss Kemah competition in 2020, where she placed among the top five run ners-up. She would go on to the Miss Texas USA 2021 competition, where she was named first runner-up.

Although saddened at not taking the title, Gabriel said that didn’t deter her from pursuing her goal. She told the students that one of her favorite quotations is “Failure is life’s way of di recting you to another op portunity.”

In 2022, she entered the Miss Texas USA competi tion again, and ultimately took the title in early Octo ber, paving the way to her Miss USA crown.

Gabriel has continued her passion for fashion, and

now works at the Houstonbased design house Mag pies & Peacocks, which specializes in using up-cy cled and recycled materi als. Along the way, Gabriel has also pursued a model ing career, and was recently featured in a photo shoot for Vouge magazine.

None of this would have happened, Garbriel told her young audience, if she had let setbacks prevent her from pursuing her dreams. She urged the students to find their own “super power” -- the thing they are most interested in -- and never giving up on achiev ing their goals.

“I think it is so important that you show the world what your talent is,” she said.

After the main presenta tion, Gabriel met with sev eral students in a smaller classroom, including the school’s cheerleading squad, and gave an inter view to two students from the Raider Roundup, a stu dent-driven school news letter.

Republican incumbents, while still losing overall.

Democrat Beto O’Rourke garnered a 51.6 percent edge over Gov. Greg Ab bott. Democrat Mike Col lier scored 51.1 percent over Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Democrat Rochelle Mercedes Garza edged out Attorney General Ken Pax ton with 50.95 percent.

In Texas Senate races, Republican incumbent Dis trict 7 Sen. Joan Huffman easily defeated Democrat Titus Benson, while Demo crat Josh Tutt edged out incumbent District 18 Sen. Lois Kolkhorst.

In the Texas House, Re publican Jacey Jetton de feated Democrat Daniel Lee for District 26; incum bent Rep Ron Reynolds, a Democrat, defeated Re publican challenger Sohrab Gilani; Republican incum bent District 28 Rep. Gary Gates, defeated Democrat ic challenger Nelvin Adri atico; and Republican Stan Kizamn defeated Democrat Larry Baggett in District 85.

Voters in Fort Bend County ISD rejected Propo sition A, which would have kept the tax rate at its cur rent level. District officials maintain this will result in the district having to make drastic budget cuts, includ ing proposed raises for

teachers in a highly com petitive job market. Mean while, voters in Lamar Consolidated ISD approved Propositions A, B, and C, but rejected Propositions D and E.

In Missouri City munici pal elections, incumbent Mayor Robin J. Elackatt defeated his predecessor, Yolanda Ford, in his first bid for reelection. Sonya Brown-Mashall defeated incumbent Vashaundra Ed wards for At-Large Position 1; and incumbent At-Large Position 2 Councilperson Lynn Clouser defeated Bruce Zaborowsi.

Find the full election re sults at www.fortbendcoun tytx.gov.

furniture, home décor, and other personal expenses, Chi testified.

Prosecutors presented evidence that McDonough had previously completed an 18-month deferred ad judication probation for stealing $1,100 from a store where she worked in her teens. Witnesses and records showed that just prior to working for the developer, the defendant was terminated from an oil services company for mak ing personal charges on the company’s credit card. The oil services company did not file criminal charges against McDonough.

The victims in the cur rent case testified that the family had known Mc Donough since she was

in high school. The devel oper discovered her thefts after learning that she had been shredding bank statements and cancelled checks. Shortly after the shredding was discovered, McDonough began calling in sick and banks notified the victim that the victim’s accounts were overdrawn. The victim also discovered that some of the victim’s computer records had been deleted.

Sweeney prosecuted the case with Economic Crimes Chief Prosecutor John Brewer.

“There is no realistic chance for financial resti tution from the defendant, and there was very little expression of remorse oth er than her plea of guilty,” Sweeney said in the press release. “Considering all the damage done, both

personal and financial, a prison sentence was just in this case.”

In the release, District Attorney Brian Middleton said, “White collar crime is expensive and the costs are often passed to consumers and other businesses. The sentence in this case was just relative to the harm that was caused by the de fendant.”

Sugar Land Police Detec tive Keith Krueger investi gated the case with tech nical assistance from Sgt. Matt Levan.

Theft of Property and Money Laundering, both over $200,000 in this case, are first-degree felonies punishable by 5-99 years, or life, in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. McDonough was probation eligible.

ELECTION

R’Bonney Gabriel, Miss USA, primps one of her own fash ion designs before a presentation at Quail Valley Middle School (Photo by Ken Fountain)

R’Bonney Gabriel poses with KICKSTART Kids instructor Dana Pettway and English-Language Arts teacher Alma Diaz-Wu. Pettway taught Gabriel at Lake Olympia Middle School. (Photo by Ken Fountain)

Applications open for Sugar Land Art Festival

Staff Reports

The Sugar Land Cultural Arts Foundation is seek ing artists in all media to apply to participate in the second annual Sugar Land Arts Festival presented by PrimeWay Federal Credit Union at the Smart Finan cial Centre Plaza on April 1-2, 2023.

The festival is an outdoor art gallery event with live music and entertainment featuring artists from all backgrounds and artwork in all media. During this year’s inaugural edition, more than 3,000 people

visited the festival, accord ing to the foundation. The artist application process is free, and ac cepted artists will receive a special discount on booth

space if their registration is completed by January 31, 2023.

For more detailed in formation visit the festi val website

Sugar Land Holiday Lights open at Constellation Field

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To many more years fi ed with love

Don and Linda Ru e with love, John

Staff Reports

The Sugar Land Space Cowboys have opened the annual Holiday Lights dis play at Constellation Sugar Land Holiday Lights, which will run through Jan. 1, features more than 3 million lights, light shows, 10 themed light areas, visits with Santa Claus, a carnival, holiday shopping and an assort ment of theme nights. New this year is a 40-foot Christ mas tree located in the Constellation Field outfield with lights that are synchro nized to hourly light shows.

Tickets and a full Sugar Land Holiday Lights pro motional schedule can be found today by visiting  sugarlandholidaylights. com.

The following are some key dates for this year’s Sugar Land Holiday Lights:

Nov. 18

Opening Night and Tree Lighting Ceremony

Nov. 20

Orion Santa-Themed Bobblehead Giveaway (presented by H-E-B)

Lights and Leashes (presented by Hollywood Feed) Patrons are permitted to bring their dogs and there will be on-site dog adoptions. Dec. 4

‘Holiday Sweater’ T-Shirt Giveaway (presented by Regions Bank)

Dec. 11

Lights and Leashes  Dec. 13

Date Night

Patrons can purchase a ticket add-on that includes a Christmas-themed mur der mystery show, entry to Sugar Land Holiday Lights and a meal  Dec. 29

Lights and Leashes  Dec. 31

New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show (presented by Planet Fitness)  Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Ball New this year, patrons can purchase a ticket add-on that includes admission to Sugar Land Holiday Lights, a drink ticket, buffet din ner, cash bar, DJ and photo booth from 8p.m.-12:15a.m. in the Regions Bank Club

The following promotional nights will take place on a weekly basis throughout Sugar Land Holiday Lights:

Santa’s Nice List

Mondays (Nov. 21, Dec. 5, 12)

Children 12-and-under will receive a discounted ticket to Sugar Land Holiday Lights.

Silver Bells / Military Discount Tuesdays (Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6)

Seniors and members of the military will receive a discounted ticket to Sugar Land Holiday Lights by pre senting a proper ID.

Center Field Cinema (presented by Houston Methodist) Wednesdays (Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 28) Patrons can enjoy a hol iday-themed movie on Constellation Field’s Texassized videoboard and watch from the outfield.

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BREAD

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CRANBERRY

TURKEY BONES - Cooked bones are a hazard for dogs! They can cause choking, or worse, splinter and damage or puncture the stomach and intestines resulting in life-threatening injuries.

OTHER DANGEROUS INGREDIENTS FOR PETS: onions, garlic, grapes and raisins, caffeine, chocolate, cherry, peach and plum pits, salt, mushrooms.

A FEW PET SAFE ALTERNATIVES TO CONSIDER:

A stuffed Kong filled with your pet's favorite treats

Baby carrots

Apple slices (no seeds)

Canned pumpkin (small amounts of plain, non-seasoned variety only)

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Sugar Land Holiday Lights have kicked off at Constellation Field in Sugar Land. (Photo courtesy Sugar Land Space Cowboys)

Fulshear continues historic season with area round win

By Landon Kuhlmann

LKUHLMANN@FORTBENDSTAR.COM

The Fulshear Chargers might not have gotten that coveted district title during the regular season, but they will likely take historic play off success over any regu lar season crown.

Fulshear defeated A&M Consolidated 50-38 on Friday, advancing to the regional semifinals for the first time in the program’s young six-season history. The Chargers (11-1) will

now square off with Smith son Valley (11-1) in a Re gion III-5A DI semifinal next weekend.

Running back Davion Godley was once again the engine for the Chargers, as he eclipsed the 100-yard mark for a 12th consecu tive time this season while rushing for three scores – the seventh time this season the junior tailback had scored multiple touch downs in a game. Quarter back Parker Williams also ran for a touchdown, while throwing a touchdown pass

each to Jax Medica and Tate Struble.

Elsewhere in the Class 5A ranks, the Marshall Buf falos marched on to the Re gion III-5A D2 semifinals courtesy of a 49-7 win over Waco University on Friday, advancing to third round for the sixth time in seven sea sons. Jy’Adrian Wortham, Jonathan Haynes, and George Kirkland scored a rushing touchdown apiece, while quarterback Jordan Davis ran for a score and threw a pair of touchdown passes to Ja’Koby Banks.

Marshall (11-1) will face Montgomery Lake Creek (12-0) in the regional semi finals at 1 p.m. Friday at Houston ISD’s Delmar Sta dium.

In Class 6A action the Ridge Point Panthers sur vived a scare from Houston Lamar on Friday, defeating the Texans 14-10 to ad vance to the Region III-6A DI semifinals. Quarterback Austin Carlisle had a rush ing touchdown and a pass ing touchdown to Derrick James to account for all the scoring the Panthers would need. Ridge Point (10-2) will square off with Atascocita (10-2) at 7 p.m. Friday at the Berry Center.

canes are on to the Region III-6A Division II semifinal thanks to a 42-27 win over Houston Heights last Satur day. Hightower (10-2) will square off with C.E. King (8-4) on Friday at 1 p.m. at Pridgeon Stadium. The Hurricanes were down 7-0 early, but then proceeded to score 35 unanswered points to eventually put the game away. Jeremy Payne ran for two touchdowns in the win, while quarterback Joseph Stewart Jr. ran for one and threw touchdown passes to Khaleb Davis and Jalen Davis

In Class 4A action, the Stafford Spartans dropped a 23-8 decision to Lumber ton, concluding their sea

son in the area around. The Spartans finished the 2022 season with a 7-4 overall record. This week’s playoff schedule

Friday Region III-5A Division II semifinal Marshall (11-1) vs. Montgomery Lake Creek (12-0), 1 p.m., Delmar Stadium Region III-6A Division II semifinal Hightower (10-2) vs. King (8-4), 1 p.m., Pridgeon Stadium Region III-6A Division I semifinal Ridge Point (10-2) vs. Atascocita (10-2), 7 p.m., Berry Center

Missouri City native named to All-Lone Star Conference team

Micah Flowers of Mis souri City, is one of 21 play ers from the Angelo State University Rams football team who have been named to the 2022 All-Lone Star Conference Teams follow ing the Rams’ undefeated regular season.

Flowers, a inebacker who attended Westbury Chris tian, was named to the First

Team. Find his career stats and other details at his bio page.

The Rams went 11-0 to post their first undefeated regular season since joining NCAA Division II and claim their first outright LSC championship since 1984. See more details at an gelosports.com and on the LSC website.

Micah Flowers (Contributed photo)

Two Fulshear football players celebrate after a play. The Chargers are regional bound for the first time (Photo from Twitter).

The Hightower Hurri

Davion Godley breaks away from tacklers. Godley had three touchdowns in the Char gers' area round win (Photo from Twitter).

Stafford Municipal School District Notice of Public Hearing

The Stafford Municipal School District will conduct a public hearing to distribute its 2021-2022 FIRST rating and Annual Financial Management Report based on FY 2020-21 data on Monday, December 12, 2022, at 8 p.m. At the public hearing the Report will be distributed and mem bers of the public are permitted to address the Board of Trustees. The public hearing will be held at Stafford Municipals School District in the Board Room at 1633 Staf fordshire Rd., Stafford, Texas 77477

Games! Season: September 7th- November 13th Who: 6-12 year oldsWhere: Practices- Sienna. Games at Hickory Slough Sportsplex in Pearland. When: Practices Monday and Wednesdays Games will be Saturday mornings before noon (U8-U10) or Sunday afternoons before 6pm (U12). Practice Time: between 5:30-8:00 For more information, please email us at info@ propelsocceracademy.com!

FORT BEND JUNIOR SERVICE

LEAGUE RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS FOR

2022-2023 YEAR

To join, the membership application can be accessed at https://www.fbjsl.org/join/how-to-become-a-member/.

FBJSL will also be hosting multiple virtual and in-person recruitment events over the summer where potential new members can learn more about the League. Information regarding attending these events is available at www.fbjsl. org or on the FBJSL Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ FortBendJuniorServiceLeague/.

LITERACY COUNCIL OF FORT BEND COUNTY

We enhance lives and strengthen communities by teaching adults to read. We need your help. Literacy Council is actively recruiting Volunteer Tutors to provide instruction for English as a Second Language (ESL) Levels 0-5, three hours a week. For more information, call 281-240-8181 or visit our website www.ftbendliteracy.org

music lovers who enjoy listening to good live music. There’s no charge and we welcome beginners and gladly offer gentle assistance. We meet at First Presbyterian Church, 502 Eldridge Rd, Sugar Land. Please call Sam at 832-428-3165

THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY FOR MEN

Sugar Land First United Methodist Church, 431 Eldridge Road offers a Thursday Morning Bible Study For Men. This group is ongoing and uses a variety of studies throughout the year. The breakfast, coffee and donuts are free. Join us any time! Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 am in Wesley Hall. Call the church office at 281-491-6041 or Mike Schofield at 281-2175799 for more information.

GIVE A GIFT OF HOPE

Give a Gift of Hope one-time or monthly. Your help provides access to therapies and services children with autism might otherwise go without. Please consider Hope For Three in your Estate, Planned, or Year-End Giving. Register now, or learn more about exciting events: www.hopeforthree.org/events

DVD-BASED ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS WITH NO HOMEWORK REQUIRED

Weekly class designed to help you understand and appreciate the Bible by giving you a better sense of the land and culture from which it sprang. The class meets at 9:30 am every Sunday at First Presbyterian of Sugar Land (502 Eldridge Rd.). For more information call 281-240-3195

EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE, America’s Service Club, always welcomes guests and is in search of new members! Various Fort Bend clubs exist and can accommodate early morning (7 a.m.), noon and evening meeting time desires. For more info, contact Mike Reichek, Regional Vice President, 281-5751145 or mike@reichekfinancial.com We would love to have you join us and see what we are all about!

MISSOURI CITY AARP CHAPTER 3801 Meets the second Monday of every month at 11:30 a.m., at 2701 Cypress Point Dr., Missouri City Rec Center. Lunch, education, and entertainment. All seniors over 50 invited. For more information, call 713-859-5920 or 281-499-3345.

JAM WITH SAM

Join Sam Grice Tuesday evenings at 6:30 for a casual evening of music. We play a variety of music including bluegrass, country, gospel and some western. We request acoustic instruments only please. We welcome both participants and

for further information.