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The Fort Bend / Southwest STAR Volume XXXII • No. 6 !!! Wednesday, September 23, 2009 The “Star” was notified last week that Fort Bend judges have incorpo- rated in their docket preamble the catch phrase “Attorney of the Day”. For those of you not currently represented by counsel, you may discuss a plea arrangement with our “Attorney of the Day”. Interestingly, with all the commotion over day laborers in this country, now Fort Bend County appears to be trying to turn attorneys into just that, day laborers. Story goes that “the courts have decided to hire lawyers with flexible schedules as “Attorney of the Day”. See DUMB, page 9 By LeaAnne Klentzman Texana Center 281-239-1427 Cary Woodruff By B.K. Carter Tears and shocked expressions were the order of the day at the Fort Bend County courthouse as jurors were reported hung about the conviction of a Pecan Grove woman who shot and killed her husband three years ago, claiming he was abusive for many years and she shot him in self-defense. After the judge met individu- ally with the dead-locked jury, ju- rors continued deliberations until almost 4 pm, Tuesday afternoon when they reported they were hopelessly deadlocked. The jury first began delibera- tions Monday after lunch. The tri- al, which has been ongoing since Tuesday, Sept. 8 has seen a slew of witnesses who have testified that Danny Hill, was abusive and had many run-ins with friends, relatives, and customers over the years. After her testimony in her own behalf, she was questioned by the prosecution. Charlene Hill testi- fied that the fateful day of Nov. 14, 2006 started out with her hus- band going to his office and her staying at home to wait for the oven repair man because Danny Hill had pulled off the oven door in a fit of rage because something wasn’t cooking properly. After lunch, when she joined him at the office they shared, he became enraged and knocked her out of her chair so hard she fell over backwards and the chair broke. She said she got home about 4 p.m. and started dinner. She said her brother-in-law, Craig Hill, who had bought the storage business from them, called and told her that Danny was mad and had a list of people he was threat- ening to kill, including her son Jeremy. He told her to leave. She said Danny Hill arrived home before she could leave and parked behind her in the drive- way. She said she could tell by his body language that he was angry. When he came in, he started talk- ing about how mad he was at his mother, his manager, his manag- er’s wife and his brother, pacing on his side of the bed. Meanwhile she was folding laundry and try- ing to calm him down. She said in trying to calm him, she became the focus of his rage. His eyes started changing when he became aggressive toward someone. She said she thought she was trapped even though he was on the other side of the bed from her. She said she reached into the night stand and put the gun that was there on the bed to try to warn him. She told him to stop and not come any closer and he said he was going to kill her. According to her, he laughed and said, “You want to have a shoot-out, we’ll have a shoot out.” She said she picked up the gun when he started coming around the bed saying, “You are a dead bitch!” She said she was clos- er to the door but believed she was in danger. “My husband is a lethal weapon without a gun,” she declared. Several members of what looked like the Aryan Brotherhood (shaved heads, many tattoos) See JURY, page 5 By Cheryl Skinner A meeting last week with the residents of the beleaguered Royal Lakes subdivision turned out on a positive note once factual information was disseminated, says Precinct 1 Commissioner Richard Morrison. The residents were fearful that the only access to their subdivision was going to be shut down by Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company after some of their top officials allegedly threatened to do so at a recent meeting of the homeowner’s association. The residents of Royal Lakes, an upscale subdivision near Booth, were confused and fearful they would find themselves with- out a way to get in or out of their community following a meeting of the Royal Lakes Homeowner’s Association several weeks ago. Morrison said representatives of the railway company apparently used strong arm tactics and told residents the company was about to shut down the only entrance to the community because the company had won a lawsuit that has been in and out of various courts of jurisdiction for nearly 11 years. Morrison vehemently denied that BNSF had won the lawsuit and vowed to stop any action should the company attempt to take it. He also gathered legal representatives of the county for a meeting with residents last week. Morrison said the meeting went very well and he once again reassured residents that he was confident no judge would allow the railroad to put such an undue hardship on citizens. The saga began over 11 years ago when the county initiated See MORRISON, page 9 Sugar Land police recent- ly concluded an online sex predator sting with the arrests of Mathiyalagan Gopal, 26, of Plano; Paul Mahan, 37, of Friendswood; Wesley Bitner, 46, of Cypress; and Sergio Herrera, 42, of Spring. The arrests were the result of a summer- long investiga- tion targeting child predators who engaged in sexually explicit and illegal conduct with children in Internet chat rooms. In each inci- dent, the men participated in illegal sexu- ally-oriented activity with a person they believed was a 13- year-old female. • Gopal traveled to the Sugar Land area after soliciting sex. • Paul Mahan sent a sexually explicit photo of himself. • Bitner sent sexually explicit material of himself. • Herrera sent sexually explicit messages. All were arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor, a second-degree felony with bond amounts ranging from $25,000 to $200,000. SLPD will continue to take a proac- tive approach on the Internet to keep local children safe. Police should consider the following safe- ty tips: • Investigate safeguarding programs or options online service provid- ers offer. These may include monitoring or filtering capabili- ties. • Web sites for children are not permitted to request personal information without a parent’s permission. See PREDATORS, page 5 Sugar Land Police are investi- gating several commercial burglar- ies The most recent occurred at All Tech Communications, 16126 Southwest Freeway, on Sept. 11, at 2:15 a.m. Surveillance video from the business shows a man pry open the front door, forcibly remove a wall-mounted television and leave in a black pick-up truck. The same business had been burglarized two months earlier. The suspect appears to be an Hispanic male with light facial hair, wearing a sleeveless black shirt, a black hat with a white sym- bol in the front, blue jean shorts, black shoes and white socks. Police are investigating whether similar crimes may be related. Anyone with information should call SLPD at (281) 275-2540 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at (281) 342-TIPS (8477). By Cheryl Skinner Lloyd Haynes was the talk of the town before anyone even knew his name. That’s because the mystery winner of a $1 mil- lion Texas lottery scratch off ticket bought at Rudy’s Stop and Shop in Rosenberg and the news spread like a California wild fire. Last Friday a “regular” at the popular convenience store pur- chased several tickets and one of those tickets was a winner. The customer turned out to be Lloyd Haynes of Richmond. Haynes said he and his wife stopped by the store on their way home from the local football game. He purchased the array of scratch off tickets and went home. Later in the evening, he scratched the tickets and found he had won the big prize on the “Blockbuster” game card. See WINNING, page 9

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The Fort Bend / Southwest

STARVolume XXXII • No. 6 !!! Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The “Star” was notified last week that Fort Bend judges have incorpo-rated in their docket preamble the catch phrase “Attorney of the Day”. For those of you not currently represented by counsel, you may discuss a plea arrangement with our “Attorney of the Day”.

Interestingly, with all the commotion over day laborers in this country, now Fort Bend County appears to be trying to turn attorneys into just that, day laborers. Story goes that “the courts have decided to hire lawyers with flexible schedules as “Attorney of the Day”.

See DUMB, page 9

By LeaAnne Klentzman

Texana Center

281-239-1427

Cary Woodruff

By B.K. CarterTears and shocked expressions

were the order of the day at the Fort Bend County courthouse as jurors were reported hung about the conviction of a Pecan Grove woman who shot and killed her husband three years ago, claiming he was abusive for many years and she shot him in self-defense.

After the judge met individu-ally with the dead-locked jury, ju-rors continued deliberations until almost 4 pm, Tuesday afternoon when they reported they were hopelessly deadlocked.

The jury first began delibera-tions Monday after lunch. The tri-al, which has been ongoing since

Tuesday, Sept. 8 has seen a slew of witnesses who have testified that Danny Hill, was abusive and had many run-ins with friends, relatives, and customers over the years.

After her testimony in her own behalf, she was questioned by the prosecution. Charlene Hill testi-fied that the fateful day of Nov. 14, 2006 started out with her hus-band going to his office and her

staying at home to wait for the oven repair man because Danny Hill had pulled off the oven door in a fit of rage because something wasn’t cooking properly.

After lunch, when she joined him at the office they shared, he became enraged and knocked her out of her chair so hard she fell over backwards and the chair broke. She said she got home about 4 p.m. and started dinner. She said her brother-in-law, Craig Hill, who had bought the storage business from them, called and told her that Danny was mad and had a list of people he was threat-ening to kill, including her son Jeremy. He told her to leave.

She said Danny Hill arrived home before she could leave and parked behind her in the drive-way. She said she could tell by his body language that he was angry. When he came in, he started talk-ing about how mad he was at his mother, his manager, his manag-er’s wife and his brother, pacing on his side of the bed. Meanwhile she was folding laundry and try-ing to calm him down. She said in trying to calm him, she became the focus of his rage. His eyes started changing when he became aggressive toward someone. She said she thought she was trapped even though he was on the other side of the bed from her. She said she reached into the night stand and put the gun that was there on the bed to try to warn him. She told him to stop and not come any closer and he said he was going to kill her. According to her, he laughed and said, “You want to have a shoot-out, we’ll have a shoot out.”

She said she picked up the gun when he started coming around the bed saying, “You are a dead bitch!” She said she was clos-er to the door but believed she was in danger. “My husband is a lethal weapon without a gun,” she declared.

Several members of what looked like the Aryan Brotherhood (shaved heads, many tattoos)

See JURY, page 5

By Cheryl SkinnerA meeting last week with

the residents of the beleaguered Royal Lakes subdivision turned out on a positive note once factual information was disseminated, says Precinct 1 Commissioner Richard Morrison. The residents were fearful that the only access to their subdivision was going to be shut down by Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company after some of their top

officials allegedly threatened to do so at a recent meeting of the homeowner’s association.

The residents of Royal Lakes, an upscale subdivision near Booth, were confused and fearful they would find themselves with-out a way to get in or out of their community following a meeting of the Royal Lakes Homeowner’s Association several weeks ago. Morrison said representatives of the railway company apparently

used strong arm tactics and told residents the company was about to shut down the only entrance to the community because the company had won a lawsuit that has been in and out of various courts of jurisdiction for nearly 11 years.

Morrison vehemently denied that BNSF had won the lawsuit and vowed to stop any action should the company attempt to take it. He also gathered legal representatives of the county for a meeting with residents last week.

Morrison said the meeting went very well and he once again reassured residents that he was confident no judge would allow the railroad to put such an undue hardship on citizens.

The saga began over 11 years ago when the county initiated

See MORRISON, page 9

Sugar Land police recent-ly concluded an online sex predator sting with the arrests of Mathiyalagan Gopal, 26, of Plano; Paul Mahan, 37, of Friendswood; Wesley Bitner, 46, of Cypress; and Sergio Herrera, 42, of Spring.

The arrests were the result of a summer-long investiga-tion targeting child predators who engaged in sexually explicit and illegal conduct with children in Internet chat rooms.

In each inci-dent, the men participated in illegal sexu-ally-oriented activity with a person they believed was a 13-year-old female.

• Gopal traveled to the Sugar Land area after soliciting sex.

• Paul Mahan sent a sexually explicit photo of himself.

• Bitner sent sexually explicit

material of himself. • Herrera sent sexually explicit

messages.All were arrested and charged

with online solicitation of a minor, a second-degree felony with bond amounts ranging from

$25,000 to $200,000.

SLPD will continue to take a proac-tive approach on the Internet to keep local children safe. Police should consider the following safe-ty tips:

• Investigate safeguarding programs or options online service provid-ers offer. These may include

monitoring or filtering capabili-ties.

• Web sites for children are not permitted to request personal information without a parent’s permission.

See PREDATORS, page 5

Sugar Land Police are investi-gating several commercial burglar-ies

The most recent occurred at All Tech Communications, 16126 Southwest Freeway, on Sept. 11, at 2:15 a.m. Surveillance video from the business shows a man pry open the front door, forcibly remove a wall-mounted television and leave in a black pick-up truck. The same business had been burglarized two months earlier.

The suspect appears to be an Hispanic male with light facial hair, wearing a sleeveless black shirt, a black hat with a white sym-bol in the front, blue jean shorts, black shoes and white socks.

Police are investigating whether similar crimes may be related.

Anyone with information should call SLPD at (281) 275-2540 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at (281) 342-TIPS (8477).

By Cheryl SkinnerLloyd Haynes was the talk

of the town before anyone even knew his name. That’s because the mystery winner of a $1 mil-lion Texas lottery scratch off ticket bought at Rudy’s Stop and Shop in Rosenberg and the news spread like a California wild fire.

Last Friday a “regular” at the popular convenience store pur-chased several tickets and one of

those tickets was a winner. The customer turned out to be Lloyd Haynes of Richmond.

Haynes said he and his wife stopped by the store on their way home from the local football game. He purchased the array of scratch off tickets and went home. Later in the evening, he scratched the tickets and found he had won the big prize on the “Blockbuster” game card.

See WINNING, page 9

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BUSINESS LAWYERSSEPTEMBER 23

Sugar Land AARP Chapter meeting

This meeting will be their covered dish

luncheon at the Sugar Land Community

Center. Bring your favorite dish to add to

a table. L.G. Wilkinson will be the guest

offering entertainment on the piano. Call

Jerri Helms at 281-208-2070 for the time

& more information.

SEPTEMBER 25

Concert in the Plaza

Sugar Land Town Square, in the Plaza,

will hold a concert Friday, September 25,

7 p.m. to 9 p.m., featuring the dynamic

duo Adam and Lena with their fun mix-

ture of Folk & mellow rock-n-roll.

High School Musical 2

Fort Bend Theatre, 2815 N. Main, Stafford,

will hold their production of Disney’s

“High School Musical 2” Sept. 25 thru

Oct. 25, Fridays & Saturdays, 8 p.m. &

Sundays at 3 p.m. Adults $13, students

$12, $10 children. Go to www.fortbend-

theatre.com or call 281-208-3333.

Fair Day to be observed by libraries

All branches of Fort Bend Libraries will

be closed Friday 25, in observance of Fort

Bend Co. Fair Day. Regular hours will

resume Saturday, Sept. 26.

SAR to hold social meeting

Alexander Hodge Chapter #49 Sons

of the American Revolution will host

guest speaker Dr. James Kirby Martin,

University Professor of History at the

U. of H. on Friday, September 25 at

their social meeting. Cost for the din-

ner $15. For time & place call 281-

499-6002.

September Business Luncheon

Central Fort Bend Chamber Alliance

to host guest speaker Senator Florence

Shapiro, Chair, Senate Education

Committee, at their business luncheon

Friday, Sept. 15, noon, Fort Bend Country

Club. Advanced reservations required.

Contact Kristy at 281-342-5464 x 201.

SEPTEMBER 26

Cadillac Car Show

Sugar Land Town Square will have the

David Taylor Cadillac Car Show Saturday,

September 26, noon - 5 p.m. Calling all

car lovers! David Taylor Cadillac invites

you to come & enjoy both new & classic

cars on display in the Plaza.

Intro computer class

Sugar Land Branch Library, 550 Eldridge,

Sugar Land, will present a free intro to

“Computers 101” Saturday, September

26, 10 a.m. in the Tech Center. Free &

open to the public. Reservations required.

Call 281-277-8934.

Last Saturday Poetry reading

Fort Bend Poets Group will this

poetry reading Saturday, Sept. 26, 10

a.m., Fill Your Cup, 1410 East Hwy.

90A, Richmond. Featured poet will be

Sandi Stromberg. Poets should bring 3

poems, no longer than 1 page. Email

[email protected] for info.

College Softball Classic

Sugar Land Girl’s Softball Association

announces 2009 College Softball

Tournament, Saturday, September 26, 1

p.m., & September 27, 9:30 a.m., Imperial

Park/SLGSA Fields, Hwy. 90, Sugar

Land. For more info www.slgsa.org.

Hispanic Heritage month observed

Missouri City Branch Library, 1530 Texas

Parkway to host Mexican dance & music,

sample tasty treats at this celebration

Saturday, Sept. 26, 2 p.m. to p.m., in the

Meeting Room. Free & open to the public.

Call 281-499-4100 for more information.

Babysitter training offered

American Red Cross Babysitter’s Training

class geared for ages 11-15 will be held

Saturday, September 26 9 a.m. to 4 p.m,

2610 B.F. Terry Blvd., Rosenberg. Pre-

registration is required at www.hous-

tonredcross.org or call Monica at 281-

342-9480.

SEPTEMBER 28

Basic accounting for beginners

Mamie George Branch Library, 320 Dulles

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STARRINGS ...............................................................................................................................from page 2

This column expresses the personal opinions/views of the pub-

lisher. If you would like to express your opinions/views regard-

ing the column, write a SIGNED letter to the editor. Names can

be withheld by request with a valid day time phone number.

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Experience the Best Mexican Food in Town

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WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY SPECIAL

FOOTBALL HAPPY HOUR

Burger Joint

Different. Better.

Sugar Land. Lunch at 11:30 a.m.,

speakers at noon. Call Andy Ramos

at 281-732-5646 for more info or res-

ervations.

Now is the time to make your reser-

vation for a spot at the biggest garage

sale of the season! To be held Saturday,

October 17, Sugar Land Community

Center, Matlage Way, Sugar Land.

Deadline for space is August 31. For

a reservation form call 281-937-7016

or [email protected]. Put

Garage Sale in subject line.

Fort Bend Fabulous Model &

Talent Search benefitting the Fort

Bend Education Foundation is open

to all children ages 5-18. Applications

accepted September 26 and are avail-

able on line at ww.fortbendisd.com/

foundation..

The International Festival of Fort

Bend 2009 will be held Saturday,

October 17, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Stafford

Centre, 10505 Cash Road, Stafford.

Family event & free admission. Parade,

cultural performances, ethnic foods, arts

& crafts, children’s attractions. Visit

www.IF-FB.org or call 832-452-8747.

Free fun activities for all senior citi-

zens of Fort Bend the 2nd Wednesday

of every month from 10 a.m. to 11:30

a.m., Select Senior Clinics, 12221

South Kirkwood, Suite 100, Meadows

Place. To RSVP call 713-234-7384.

The Sugar Land/First Colony Al

Anon Group meets every Wednesday,

10 a.m., Christ United Methodist

Church, 3300 Austin Parkway, Sugar

Land, Family Life Center, Room 304.

Contact Renee at 281-414-5074.

La Leche League of Fort Bend has

the answers. This group meets twice a

month. This support group offers meet-

ings, education, and support for new &

expectant mothers. Call 281-277-4989

or 281-778-3433 for more info.

Does someone else’s drinking affect

your emotional state of well-being?

If you answered yes, then maybe this

family group is for you. Call Jill at

281-416-9005.

Ave., Stafford, will present a pro-

gram on “Basic Accounting”, Monday,

Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m. Free & open to the

public. For more information call 281-

238-2880 or 281-341-2677.

Learn American Red Cross

Community First Aid/CPR adult, child

& infant, Monday, September 28, &

Wednesday, September 30, 6 p.m. to

10:30 p.m., 2610 B.F. Terry Blvd.,

Rosenberg. Pre-registration is required

at www.houstonredcross.org or call

Monica at 281-342-9480.

The American Red Cross invites

you as an American Red Cross Disaster

Action Team member (DAT). To start

DAT training attend “Fulfilling Our

Mission” Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m.,

or Oct. 1, 9a.m., Southwestern Branch,

2610 Terry Blvd., Rosenberg. As a

member of DAT you will be on call

during local disasters. If interested in

this training, call 281-342-9480.

Brett & Kellie Hurst will discuss

authentic marriage life: “Turning

Toward One Another” on Thursday,

October 1, Sugar Creek Baptist Church

LYF Center, next to Bally’s Fitness

Center, 13444 Southwest Freeway,

I hear from FBISD super.......To the editor:In response to inaccu-

rate information published in your September 16 newspaper regarding remarks I made at the September 9 State of the Schools luncheon, I offer this clarifica-tion. The column states that I, “simply didn’t give the complete picture...while I wouldn’t accuse Dr. Jenney of lying, I think a fair assessment would be that he was putting lipstick on...”

The editorial comments made by the publisher were primar-ily in reference to my statement, “We increased our district wide achievement indicators from 21 to the maximum of 25 — enough to have met the academic stan-dards to be a Recognized dis-trict.” This is an accurate state-ment. It is exactly the same

information which was printed by your paper, verbatim, in the August 5, 2009 edition of the “Fort Bend/Southwest Star.”

To officially be designated by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) as a Recognized dis-trict, there are other indicators in addition to the 25 academic indicators. These indicators are based on “high school comple-tion rates” and “middle school dropout rates.” Let me repeat, Fort Bend ISD met all 25 aca-demic TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) mea-sures to be a Recognized dis-trict. Additionally, we met the state standards in dropout rates as well—contrary to publisher’s assertion—and student comple-tion rates. However, the district rating remains “Academically Acceptable” due to exceeding

the limit (150) on the number of “underreported” students.

Underreported students, which include students from all grade levels, are those who did not return to the district in the fall of 2008, and whose status could not be verified by the TEA. In most instances for example, these are students who moved out of the district and are attending school in another district or state. The TEA cap for underreported stu-dents is 150. This means a dis-trict, regardless of its enrollment, must have less than 150 under-reported students to qualify for Recognized status. Fort Bend ISD had 357 underreported stu-dents. Even before we received our rating from TEA, we were able to locate many of those stu-dents, and now have reduced the number to 139 (under the 150 cap) that have not been located. Based on these efforts, we are appeal-ing our district’s Academically Acceptable rating to the TEA, which was also reported in your paper on August 5, 2009 and we will know in October if our appeal has been approved. If the appeal is approved, we will then

ing to correct.If you would quit worrying

so much about what the right wing Conservatives in your dis-trict might do, and worry more about good messages to the very students who are causing you to not reach your educational goals,

the district would be better off.Sincerely,Bev CarterB.K. Carter is the

owner/publisher of the Fort Bend/Southwest Star. She can be reached at [email protected].

By Cheryl SkinnerA free benefit concert is sched-

uled this Friday, September 25, to help the children of a Sugar Land woman killed in a tragic car accident on August 5. The teens are recovering from dev-astating injuries they received in the crash.

The concert will be held at 7:30PM for the children of Elena Tsongos Badger at Grand Parkway Baptist Church, 12000 FM 1464, in Richmond.

Elena Badger was a well known Sugar Land resident, sponsors say. She was fatally injured in the accident near Pearland and her teenage daugh-ters, Melina and Alexia Sitaras, popular choir singers and excep-tional students at Dulles High School. They received severe

injuries in the accident and con-tinue to be hospitalized.

Badger is also survived by her husband James and six year old son, Niko Badger, who attends Highland Elementary in Sugar Land.

The concert, featuring the musical talents of 200 area teens, is being held to raise funds in an effort to ensure that resources are available for the monumen-tal medical and rehabilitation expenses, encountered by the children, friends say.

A trust fund has been set up for the surviving family mem-bers and donations are being accepted. To donate to this fund please send your donation to: Elena Tsongos Badger Children’s Trust, P.O. Box 79650, Houston, Texas 77297.

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be designated as a Recognized district.

It is easy to misunderstand some of the language associated with the descriptions of the TEA accountability system criteria. However, suffice it to say that School Board members and most others understand we were not designated as Recognized due to exceeding the limit on the number of underreported students at the time the ratings were released by TEA.

Sincerely,Timothy R. JenneySuperintendent, FBISD

The super hears from me.........Dear Superintendent Jenney,You can couch it in a much

educationese as you know, but I still say you left the audience with the impression that FBISD is a RECOGNIZED district, while it isn’t. However, your neigh-bor to the west, which allowed President Obama’s speech, is a RECOGNIZED district.

While I didn’t exactly say you lied, I simply said you didn’t tell the whole truth. And the school board members sitting behind me, who heard the same speech I did, told me exactly what you have taken about 300 words to express. Fort Bend had too many drop out students, a situation I believe I mentioned the President was try-

The Sugar Land Police Department is looking for sus-pects and information on a hit and run incident Saturday, September 19, that left one man seriously injured.

Police received a call just after midnight about an altercation that

occurred during a party at a resi-dence in the 13800 block of Blue Vista. The altercation occurred in the street in front of the house. Brent Hilton, 27, of Sugar Land, was intentionally struck by a vehicle and was Life Flighted to Houston’s Hermann-Memorial

Hospital with serious injuries. No suspects or information

about the suspected vehicle have been identified.

Anyone with information should call SLPD at (281) 275-2540 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at (281) 342-TIPS (8477).

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An important step after the City of Sugar Land incorporated on Dec. 29, 1959, was the cre-ation of a City police force during the 1960s. Sugar Land hired Joe Burke to the newly created posi-tion of city marshal.

By 1973, the Sugar Land Police Department had grown to six offi -cers. The Fort Bend County Major Crimes Task Force was created during the early 1970s. Taylor, an SLPD captain, was the group’s commander for nine years, during which time the group conducted regional undercover and surveil-lance operations that resulted in major arrests.

The Task Force acquired a mil-itary L21B recon plane in 1979. Federal funding covered the cost of the $5,000 plane, which was based at Hull Field in the Sugar Land area. Dr. John Donald

“Doc” Hull helped Taylor restore the plane to fl ying condition. The plane was fl own by Taylor to conduct numerous surveillance operations throughout the county. The aircraft held the distinction as the fi rst plane operated by the county.

Fendley served Sugar Land from his appointment as the fi rst police chief until his retirement in 1982. Ross, assistant police chief at the time, was promoted to replace Fendley.

Taylor advanced from patrol offi cer to detective to captain of the Fort Bend Major Crimes Task Force and fi nally police chief in 1992. He retired in 2002.

SLPD has since grown to more than 176 employees who are ded-icated to improving the life of the citizens of the City of Sugar Land by reducing crime and making Sugar Land one the safest place

to live in the United States. The Sugar Land Police

Department places an empha-sis on quality law enforcement, crime prevention and community policing. The overall goal of the organization is to develop part-nerships and joint problem-solv-ing techniques with the commu-nity that will increase the quality of life for residents and visitors of the City of Sugar Land.

Citizens will have an opportu-nity to further enhance an already

effective partnership with their police offi cers during National Night Out on Oct. 6, from 6-9 p.m. Neighborhoods, blocks or streets in Sugar Land are able to register their parties each year, and police offi cers, fi refi ghters, the Mayor, City Council mem-bers and other City offi cials visit as many parties as possible.

For more about National Night Out, contact Crime Prevention Offi cer Harris Johnston with the Sugar Land Police Department at (281) 275-2580.

The 3rd Annual Sugar Land Fire Department Open House is expected to attract hundreds on Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Sugar Land Community Center, 226 Matlage Way. The annual event provides an oppor-tunity to learn about Sugar Land’s fi rst responders and the many fi re and life safety programs available for citizens.

The event, sponsored by SLFD’s Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association (CFAAA) is intended to raise public awareness of SLFD’s many educational pro-grams and raise money for future CFA classes, restoration of the SLFD’s vintage fi re truck and the newly created Hearts and Hoses program. This event is held on the last day of Fire Prevention Week each year. For 85 years, fi re departments have observed Fire Prevention Week, making it the

longest running public health and safety observance on record.

In addition to live fi re safety demonstrations, information is provided on a number of volun-teer opportunities, including the CFA and Citizens Emergency Response Teams. There will be demonstrations such as the “Jaws of Life” in action, tours of the newly opened Fire Station #1 and hands-on opportunities to learn about fi re equipment and vehi-cles, including the department’s state-of-the-art hazmat truck.

The public will have the opportunity to purchase $2, $5 and $10 raffl e tickets for a chance to win themed gift baskets. Free popcorn, children’s games and $5 dinner plates cooked by fi refi ght-ers are also planned.

For more information, call the SLFD’s administrative offi ces at (281)491-0852.

Professional and amateur ath-letes, including some represent-ing Fortune 500 companies, will soon arrive in Sugar Land to compete in one of the world’s fastest growing team water sports - dragon boating.

Sugar Land is joining Fluor Corporation, Planned Community Developers and First Colony Community Association to host the Texas Dragon Boat Association’s 6th Annual Gulf Coast International Dragon Boat Regatta, Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 17-18, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. The event is scheduled at the calm waters of Brooks Lake at Fluor Corporation, 1 Fluor Daniel Drive. Admission is free to the public, and parking is available in the adjacent Fluor Corporation parking garage.

Teams competing from across the country will include two groups of City of Sugar Land employees led by event co-Chair Mayor James Thompson and other community organizations and corporations. Competitions will include more than 30 teams from Houston, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Austin and LaFayette in multiple heats for amateurs and experienced teams, including a number of youth teams.

The two-day festival will offer live cultural performances, pan-Asian cuisine, a Kid Zone, arts and crafts and of course, dragon boat racing.

The event is organized to help foster year-round dragon boat programs and fundraising for the Sugar Land boat house, while promoting the tradition and art of dragon boating, increase awareness of Asian and Asian-American culture and enhance cross-cultural understanding.

“The association’s goal to promote cross-cultural under-standing is a perfect fi t for Sugar Land, one of the state’s most diverse cities,” said Thompson. “That’s why we are partnering with First Colony Community Association, Planned Community Developers and Fluor Corporation to ensure another successful event in Sugar Land and help benefi t a good cause.”

Visit www.texasdragonboat.com for more information.

On March 20, in a large convention hall in Atlanta, Georgia, Sartartia Middle School Symphony Orchestra students took the stage as the youngest presenters in the annual American String Teachers Association 2009 conference. String teachers and orchestra directors from across the nation occupied the audience as concert master Travis Yeh and Sartartia’s orchestra director, Ann Victor, were presented.

The program included a chal-lenging selection for middle school students. The audience took a musical journey through the ages as they enjoyed, among oth-ers, the baroque Concerto Grosso in D major by Stradella, the senti-mental romance of Debussy’s Girl with the Flaxen Hair, and a foot stomping rendition of Copeland’s Hoedown. The students were

well prepared, playing with ener-gy and sensitivity. The 45 minute program fi nished with a delight-ful performance of Clebanoff’s Millionare’s Hoedown and the program received a standing ova-tion. Following the performance, Victor was greeted by educators whom offered their congratula-tions.

It was for this recorded perfor-mance that the Sartartia Middle School Symphony Orchestra was recognized as national winners in the Mark of Excellence National Orchestra Honors project.

Rick Yancey, director of the National Orchestra Honors Project, noted that “The Sartartia Orchestra is a fi ne example for orchestras everywhere. It is a credit to [Ms. Victor’s] teaching and leadership, as well as the school district.”

The High Adventure scouts from BSA Troop 38 in Sugar Land recently completed a 12 day backpacking trek at the leg-endary Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico.

The 35 scouts and leaders each hiked between 58-80 miles thru the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains. Some of the highlights of the trip included climbing to the top of the 12,441

foot Mount Baldy and the Tooth of Time ridge.

During the trek the scouts stopped at staffed camps to par-ticipate in activities such as rock climbing, horse back riding, black powder rifl e and shotgun shooting.

Troop 38 meets every Monday evening at Parkway United Methodist Church in New Territory, under the guidance of scoutmaster Long Pham.

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An important step after the City of Sugar Land incorporated on Dec. 29, 1959, was the cre-ation of a City police force during the 1960s. Sugar Land hired Joe Burke to the newly created posi-tion of city marshal.

By 1973, the Sugar Land Police Department had grown to six offi-cers. The Fort Bend County Major Crimes Task Force was created during the early 1970s. Taylor, an SLPD captain, was the group’s commander for nine years, during which time the group conducted regional undercover and surveil-

lance operations that resulted in major arrests.

The Task Force acquired a mil-itary L21B recon plane in 1979. Federal funding covered the cost of the $5,000 plane, which was based at Hull Field in the Sugar Land area. Dr. John Donald “Doc” Hull helped Taylor restore the plane to flying condition. The plane was flown by Taylor to conduct numerous surveillance operations throughout the county. The aircraft held the distinction as the first plane operated by the county.

Fendley served Sugar Land from his appointment as the first police chief until his retirement in 1982. Ross, assistant police chief at the time, was promoted to replace Fendley.

Taylor advanced from patrol officer to detective to captain of the Fort Bend Major Crimes Task Force and finally police chief in 1992. He retired in 2002.

SLPD has since grown to more than 176 employees who are dedi-cated to improving the life of the citizens of the City of Sugar Land by reducing crime and making Sugar Land one the safest place to live in the United States.

The Sugar Land Police Department places an empha-sis on quality law enforcement, crime prevention and community policing. The overall goal of the

organization is to develop part-nerships and joint problem-solv-ing techniques with the commu-nity that will increase the quality of life for residents and visitors of the City of Sugar Land.

Citizens will have an opportu-nity to further enhance an already effective partnership with their police officers during National Night Out on Oct. 6, from 6-9 p.m. Neighborhoods, blocks or streets in Sugar Land are able to register their parties each year, and police officers, firefighters, the Mayor, City Council mem-bers and other City officials visit as many parties as possible.

For more about National Night Out, contact Crime Prevention Officer Harris Johnston with the Sugar Land Police Department at (281) 275-2580.

The 3rd Annual Sugar Land Fire Department Open House is expected to attract hundreds on Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Sugar Land Community Center, 226 Matlage Way. The annual event provides an oppor-tunity to learn about Sugar Land’s first responders and the many fire and life safety programs available for citizens.

The event, sponsored by SLFD’s Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association (CFAAA) is intended to raise public aware-ness of SLFD’s many educational programs and raise money for future CFA classes, restoration of the SLFD’s vintage fire truck and the newly created Hearts and Hoses program. This event is held on the last day of Fire Prevention Week each year. For 85 years, fire departments have observed Fire Prevention Week, making it the

longest running public health and safety observance on record.

In addition to live fire safety demonstrations, information is provided on a number of volun-teer opportunities, including the CFA and Citizens Emergency Response Teams. There will be demonstrations such as the “Jaws of Life” in action, tours of the newly opened Fire Station #1 and hands-on opportunities to learn about fire equipment and vehi-cles, including the department’s state-of-the-art hazmat truck.

The public will have the oppor-tunity to purchase $2, $5 and $10 raffle tickets for a chance to win themed gift baskets. Free popcorn, children’s games and $5 dinner plates cooked by firefight-ers are also planned.

For more information, call the SLFD’s administrative offices at (281)491-0852.

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers in Sugar Land will host a fundraiser for Clements High School Project Graduation (ProGrad) 2010 on Saturday, September 26 from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Raising Cane’s will donate 20% of all sales during these hours to CHS ProGrad. A car wash fundraiser will also

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KICK-OFF “COMMUNITY” GATHERING (5:30 to 7 pm) at TARGET (FM 1092 @ Highway 6). Meet police officers, MC Bike Patrol, All Terrain Vehicle, Dive Rescue and SWAT teams, MCGRUFF (the crime “dog”). See: CITY, Police vehicles, Fire and Rescue Services Department ladder truck and rescue boat.

HANDOUTS: Crime preven-tion materials and TARGET will furnish refreshments and “good-ies” for the kids.

STAY INFORMED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY: Sign up to receive the “Valley Views Enews which includes news alerts and local activities and events. To subscribe Email: [email protected].

WHERE TO MEET FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY? * Kids – Youth sports, (www.quailvalleyproud.com ) Mother’s Day Out programs and day care schools, Gymboree in Township, local YMCS on Cartwright. * Ladies Groups & Men’s Groups – Contact the QV Golf Club since the majority of them meet there. (281-403-5900) * Upcoming Events: Fort Bend County Fair (free kid’s day on Friday, September 25th (with rodeo on October 2nd and 3rd.) Rodeo is free with a fair admission. Great entertainment value for entire family. QV PROUD “Party Proud” Event: QV GRILLE/Patio on Saturday, November 21st. Information about ticket sales: [email protected].

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FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN: Any refrigerator that is placed where children can easily see it, is a MAJOR HAZARD. To lessen this DANGER, please remove the door and make sure that it is on level ground.

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The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston purchased 26 acres of land on Sienna Ranch Road. Archbishop Daniel Cardinal DiNardo decided to establish a Catholic parish under the patron-age of St. Angela Merici. This parish is to minister to the needs of those families in this part of Missouri City.

In July, 2007, Cardinal DiNardo named Father John Rooney as founding pastor of St. Angela Merici. After 8 months, a facility, the PLEX, was leased in Stafford, where Mass is cur-rently celebrated at 5:00 pm on Saturday and 9:00 and 11:00 am on Sunday. The PLEX allows us to gather and celebrate Mass.

In addition, religious formation sessions for children, youth and adults are conducted.

On Sunday, September 20, Archbishop Emeritus, Joseph Fiorenza celebrated the 11:00 am Mass. Then the parishioners of St. Angela Merici gathered at the parish property for a prayer of blessing and a turning of the shovel as we broke ground for the first building on the parish property.

Future plans for the par-ish include a place for worship, gathering space and a parochial school to serve K-8th grade. The property is located at 9009 Sienna Ranch Road across from Baines Middle School.

The Brightwater Garden Club will launch the new year on Monday, September 28, with a presentation by Bob Patterson of Southwest Fertilizer entitled “Caring for the Established Yard”. The meeting will be held

at the Brightwater Clubhouse, Brightwater Drive at Westshore Drive, Missouri City, starting with refreshments at 6:45pm and the featured speaker at 7pm. The event is free and open to anyone interested in gardening.

For the first time, the Stafford Municipal School District and Stafford City Council approved the school district’s annual bud-get with a unanimous vote of 14-0. Following a series of joint budget workshops between the two entities, Superintendent H.D. Chambers presented the final version of the total budget for the 2009-10 school year at $30,000,000.

The unanimous vote, “is sig-nificant because the vote is a loud and strong statement from the elected leadership in Stafford that they are pleased with the direc-tion we are moving as a district

and they have confidence in us to continue this movement,” said Chambers.

SMSD, the only municipal school district in Texas, established in 1985, was formed around the premise that the city and school district would work together for the best education for the children of Stafford, Texas. Its charter mandates that the operating bud-get and tax rate must be approved not only by the governing school board but also the Stafford City Council. The district’s tax rate will be voted on by the two enti-ties after the official tax rolls have been certified by the county.

Chambers added that in today’s economy with local, state, and nation-wide school districts hav-ing to cut services, raise taxes, and adopt deficit budgets, he is extremely proud that “the SMSD 2009-10 budget reduces the tax rate for the second straight year, does not cut any student or staff services, and projects a posi-

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Missouri City resident, Janet Schellberg, receives a $1,000 scholarship to help further her education in the medical field during the 2009 Houston West Chamber of Commerce Health and Wellness Luncheon.

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The Volunteer Services Council (VSC) of the Richmond State Supported Living Center, former-ly known as the Richmond State School, is having a raffle giving the purchaser the chance to win 9 different hunting rifles. According to a VCS sponsor,”This raffle features nine opportunities to win rifles just in time for the upcom-ing hunting season.”

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were in the courtroom, and when Charlene Hill looked at them about that time, she start-ed sobbing. Court stopped for a minute for her to regain her composure. She said he had both arms in motion and was coming toward her. She said she didn’t know how many shots she fired, but after she fired and he finally stopped, she crawled to the bedside table to call 911. She said the 911 operator told her to put something on his arm wound, but she was afraid he would grab her.

When the prosecution asked her what she was afraid of as he had three bullets in him, she replied, “That wouldn’t stop my husband.” After the shooting, police found eight guns in her husband’s pickup that night.

Under intense questioning by Prosecutor Jill Stotts, Charlene Hill tried to detail every move she and Danny Hill made in the bedroom. She was asked over and over about her testimony. She denied many of the accusa-tions that her family members, all of whom are suing her for wrongful death, had previously made. She denied telling sons Jeremy and Joby that he really was not coming after her. She said almost immediately after she gave them $1 million, they had a dinner where both boys were drinking. She said they threw pictures of Danny on the table and told her what a won-derful man he was and started grilling her about what hap-pened that night. The eldest son had earlier admitted that the boys had hatched a plan to kill their father when they were younger.

When asked why she didn’t leave him when the children were young, she said she took them to California for three months and he followed her there and promised he had quit drinking.

She said she filed for divorce one time in 2003 and during that time some people (Aryan Brotherhood) broke into the house and threatened her that she could disappear. She said she non-suited him the next day and signed everything over to him.

Attorney George Parnham next put on several witness-es, all of whom testified about Danny Hill’s temper.

These included elderly wit-nesses Roy and Dorothy Kelly, who had lived next door to

the Hills for several years. Mr. Kelly testified that he had a run-in with Danny over a sprinkler system and Danny was like a rattlesnake ready to strike.

Colin Green, a pastor who now lives in Canada and came from there to testify, said he counseled the couple for their marital discord. He said he also performed the funeral service for Danny Hill. He testified that the children told him that Danny became more violent after the accident, which con-tradicted earlier testimony by their son and son’s wife. The pastor said the family dynam-ics were that everyone had to make Danny happy; the chil-dren were codependents; and Charlene was the enabler. He said he visited Charlene in jail and she told him it was “him or me.”

The next witness was Jennifer Hinch, a friend of Charlene’s for 19 years. Ms. Hinch testified that she rented a house from the Hills and noticed two or three round holes in the door of the master bedroom. When she asked Danny what they were, he said they were where he missed--shot and missed---then he laughed.

Susan Watts, who oper-ated an electrical contracting business with her husband in the warehouse owned by the Hills, testified about the day she saw Hill toss Charlene across the room. Watts hid Charlene behind some file cabinets in her office until Danny left.

Other witnesses, mostly family members, have testified that Danny Hill was a changed man after a motorcycle accident in 2003, and had quit his abu-sive ways.

The next witness was JoAnne West, an older woman who managed the Hills’ storage business for five years, quit-ting three years ago. She testi-fied that she worked for and had daily contact with the Hills both before and after they were injured in a motorcycle acci-dent.

West said before the motor-cycle accident, she saw suspi-cious bruises on Charlene who always had an excuse for the injuries. West said Charlene was so good to Danny and would never make the com-ments about him that she was accused of making by the chil-dren. West said Charlene pro-tected him way too much, was

even overprotective. She said he remained abusive after the accident.

The last defense witness was Jeff Douglas, who related his 17 years friendship with Danny Hill. Douglas is in the real estate management busi-ness and said he first came to know Danny because he did landscape work for him in vari-ous communities. He said he liked Danny who had a great work ethic. “He was the hardest worker I know,” he said.

He testified that he and his wife also socialized with the Hills. He related one incident at a bachelor party when Danny got into an argument with a man and Danny lost control and tossed the 5’9” man from wall to wall.

West said Danny Hill him-self brought up the tattoos on his arm. He told West that the tattoo “1% er” had to be earned, and it meant you have to take someone out. West testified that he took it to mean that you had to have killed someone, but he, West, didn’t want to talk about it.

He also related how Hill had told him about fighting with Charlene, then sneaking up behind her in the shower, push-ing her down and throwing her on the bed where he raped her.

West said that Danny Hill would become visibly upset and you could tell it because of his body language, and his eye would become fixed and glazed. West related the time a Fed Ex driver clipped one of Danny’s trucks whereupon Danny beat the driver to the point of putting him in the hospital.

He related one incident when

several couples were having a cookout and Danny became enraged because Charlene had bought the steaks only 1 1/2 inches thick instead of the 2 inch steaks he had ordered. West said they couldn’t stand there and let Danny beat her up, nor did they want to shoot him. He said they hid the women under the porch and he and another man took chairs to fend Danny off.

West said he never saw or heard Charlene belittle Danny after the accident. When asked if he was surprised after hear-ing about Charlene shooting Danny, West said he was only surprised because he expected it to be the other way around.

After the defense rested, the prosecution called two rebut-tal witnesses. The first was Lt. Lester Phelps, currently employed by the sheriff’s department in the community services division.

Phelps testified about the crime scene and the sequence of bullets. It was established that a sequence of the four bul-lets could not be known. And the last rebuttal witness was Danny Hill’s brother, Craig, who bought the storage busi-ness from Danny and Charlene. His testimony elicited conten-tious exchanges by defense attorney George Parnham as his testimony has changed since the affidavit he gave soon after the shooting.

On Monday, both the prose-cution and defense gave closing arguments where they summed up the testimony of the trial. The jury started deliberations shortly after lunch and contin-ued up until 9:30 p.m.

Wednesdays Beginning October 7

6:00-7:30pm

Sugar Land Select

Training Location:

Plex 711 Ave E, Stafford

832-755-3335

www.sugarlandselect.com

[email protected]

Beginner Volleyball for Boys and Girls

Ages 8 to 14

Also offering Club Volleyball for Ages 11 to 17

PREDATORS .............................................................from page 1

Talk to children about what personal information is and why it should never be provided to people online.

• If children use chat or e-mail, talk to them about never meeting in person with anyone they first “met” online.

• Keep the computer in the

family room or another open area of your home.

• Children should not complete a profile for a service provider and children’s screen names should be nondescript so as not to identify that the user is a child.

More tips can be found at www.netsmartz.org.

http://www.fbcfa.org
http://www.SugarLandNewcomerGuide.com
http://www.sugarlandselect.com
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For More Information, call (281) 275-2710

Let’s Talk ...About Your

Neighborhood.

District 2 Thursday, October 1

Sugar Creek Country Club

420 Sugar Creek Boulevard

Represented by Councilmember Don Olson

District 1 Monday, October 5

Sugar Land Community Center

226 Matlage Way

Represented by Councilmember Don Smithers

District 3 & 4Thursday, October 8

Sugar Land City Hall

2700 Town Center Boulevard North

Represented by Councilmembers

Russell Jones-Dist. 3 & Michael Schiff-Dist. 4

District Town Hall meetings will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. to offer

City Council members and residents a chance to meet and talk about

what’s happening in their district’s neigborhoods.

City representatives will answer questions and provide information

specific to each district. Residents will have the opportunity to speak

and ask questions. Don’t know your district? Check out

www.sugarlandtx.gov. Just click “Single Member Districts” under

City Government or call (281) 275-2730.

CITY OF SUGAR LAND

Water District

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate

The FORT BEND CO. M.U.D. #47 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Oct. 21, 2009 @ 12:15PM at 1001 McKinney, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77002. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value on all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Jerome Cogan, Glenn Murray, Steven Brad Vanderford, Warren P. Maas

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: Michael L. Jones

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Total tax rate (per $100 of value) $1.04000/$100 $1.04000/$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $ .00000/$100

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) .00%

Average appraised value $ 157,339 $ 154,647

General exemptions available $ 0 $ 0

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions)

Average taxable value $ 157,339 $ 154,647

Tax on average residence homestead $ 1,636.32 $ 1,608.32

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) $ -28.00

and percentage of increase (+/-) -1.71%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

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

Bob Leared, Tax Assessor-Collector 713-932-9011

By Cheryl Skinner Lawsuit alleges county’s

legal notice in paper didn’t go to the right spot

I can hear it now. Bev Carter is going to be saying “I told you so” all over the place.

A lawsuit filed in federal court by relatives of a Fulshear man is all about egress, and land access, and foreclosures, and mental instability, and more.

It is also all about the allega-tion that the county put the legal notices that allegedly led to the taking of this man’s property. The plaintiffs say, according to Assistant County Attorney Randy Morse, by posting the legal notice in the Fort Bend Sun, the county failed to place the notice in a newspaper that is distributed in the Fulshear area.

Randy thinks the newspaper issue is something the commis-sioner’s will have to look at and from his perspective it is just a tiny mention in a very large and

complex lawsuit that names half of Fort Bend County.

He is representing Constable Rob Cook because he has been named as one of the defendants due to the constable sale of the property in question.

Just a week or so ago Bev Carter, alias “the boss,” was predicting that one of these days the county will be sued by a vendor or citizen because of how they pick and choose the newspapers that become “the official county newspaper.”

I’ve mentioned several times that the commissioners seem to choose newspapers that do not go anywhere or are not well read in the community.

The newspaper mentioned in the lawsuit is not the current official newspaper. Right now, the India Herald is printing the county’s legal notices.

Snippy A couple of weeks ago I

inadvertently and mistakenly

changed the name of one of the Fort Bend Independent School District board members.

I’d like to say I had a good excuse, but I just flubbed up. When I wrote down the name in my notes, Board member Daniel Menendez turned into “David” Menendez. I’m sorry for the mistake, it was uninten-tional.

It was brought to my atten-tion by the FBISD Director of Communications Mary Ann Simpson.

Normally, I appreciate any name, date, or number mistake that I have made being imme-diately brought to my attention. And, proudly I can say that the number of times I have been contacted about errors have been rare over the past 30 plus years.

But back to the e-mail from Mary Ann. I did not appreciate it. In my humble opinion it was “snippy.”

I don’t like snippy.

Investments Build Money (IBM), a local investment club will host Charles Fahy, senior vice president and financial advisor with James E. Bashaw & Co. at their regular meeting on Wednesday, October 7 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.

Fahy has created the Diversified Assets Portfolio (ticker symbol FTADSX), which is structured as a unit investment trust with a 15-month matu-rity. It contains a selection of all major asset classes, industry sectors, world geography and market capitalizations.

Fahy will discuss the creation of this new investment vehicle, the importance of diversifica-tion, the allocation of this par-ticular portfolio and the bench-marking that it represents.

The club business meeting will follow Fahy’s presentation so that visitors get a sense of what a typical monthly meet-ing is like. Refreshments will be served. For more informa-tion or to make a reservation for the upcoming meeting, call Membership Chair Jacqueline Blankenship at 281 615-5946.

The IBM club was formed

in January 2001 by a group of seven local investors for the purpose of education in sound

investment principles and investing to take advantage of compound income.

The Friends of the Arts Committee, First United Methodist Church, Missouri City is pleased to present in concert, illusionist, Jared Hall in its sea-sonal concert series.

Jared Hall will entertain his audience with “Illusion and Comedy”, which he uses to illus-trate lessons of the gospel in rel-evant engaging ways. The FOA committee promises the audience will be kept on the edge of their seats as Jared performs a straight jacket escape, make audience members float, or finds your cho-sen card.

His performance will appeal to all ages, so bring your kids, your grand kids, your friends and neighbors for an entertaining eve-ning. The concert will be held on Sunday, October 11 at 6:00 pm in the church sanctuary at First United Methodist Church, 3900 Lexington Blvd., Missouri City.

It is free to the public. Further details, call 281-499-

3502 or e mail [email protected].

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Ft. Bend County Municipal Utility District #42 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Monday, October 12, 2009, 12:00 p.m., at the offices of Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, 3200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 2600, Houston, TX 77027. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Leldon Walenta, Richard Lathrop, Ronald Sodek, E. Kent Hudson, Diane Mauricio

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

The following table compares taxes on an average residence home-

stead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average

residence homestead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $0.42000 /$100 $0.42000 /$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.0000

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) 0.00%

Average appraised value $229,095 $226,868

General exemptions available

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions) $ 0 $ 0

Average taxable value $229,095 $226,868

Tax on average residence homestead $962.20 $952.84

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) -$9.36

and percentage of increase (+/-) -0.97%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

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

Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

A Helping Handfrom

Ed’s Pharmacy

DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANXIETY DRUGS

Anxiety is a condition of nervousness and uneasiness, with both mental and physical components. Hyperthyroidism, heart failure, and asthma may lead to anxiety. Corticosteroids, amphetamines, and caffeine also may lead to anxiety. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and panic attacks are different types of anxiety. Generalized anxiety disorder is a common condition in which there is anxiety and worry on a regular basis for more than 6 months. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is typically characterized by a compelling need to perform repetitive rituals, such as excessive hand washing or checking door locks. Panic attacks involve the sudden onset of intense fear or discomfort, usually lasting only minutes.

Antidepressants, such as paroxetine (Paxil) and venlafaxine (Effexor), are prescribed for GAD. Benzodiazepines, such as alprazolam (Xanax) may be prescribed initially during the time period before the antidepressant takes effect, and then gradually reduced in dosage. For people with OCD, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, (SSRI)s, such as fluoxetine (Prozac), may be prescribed. Panic attacks may resolve without treatment. However SSRIs may be prescribed to help reduce the intensity of attacks.

Scripture of the week

... of the liberal news media harassing Joe Wilson. You know how you can tell when a politician is lying? His lips are moving. The president got up in front of Con-gress and lied repeatedly to them and the American people. Maybe Joe Wilson should not have hol-lered out like that, but he was just saying on national TV what I was saying in my living room.

Give me a break! Obama repeatedly lied during that cam-paign speech before Wilson shouted ‘you lie.’ He called citi-zens liars and said health care

reform opponents were telling lies and spreading falsehoods. He also said opponents (Repub-licans) want to do nothing. Liar, liar pants on fire.

Republicans have proposed reforms that Democrats have dis-missed including tort reform, por-tability, tax reform, and pre-exist-ing condition reform.

Republicans have submit-ted amendments that specifically stated recipients must prove they are legal US citizens to get “free health care” but Democrats would not allow that in the bill. Do you

think for one minute that even if that amendment was included that it would do what it was intended to do? Not a chance. Democrats and the ACLU would have that thrown out on discrimination grounds such as... we can’t grant citizens something that we don’t grant any one else that penetrates our borders.

What is funny is when his lips were moving about it not adding “one dime to the deficit now or in the future,” even liberal Democrats must have burst out laughing. Let’s see... Obamacare will add health care coverage for 47 million uninsured “residents” and it won’t cost anything. And the pinheads in the media rail on Joe Wilson for calling President Obama a liar?

Five years ago the media would have spent hours and hours of airtime and pounds and pounds of ink spelling out every penny and the huge costs of any proposition that President Bush had said wouldn’t add a penny to the deficit. That is all they would have been doing since that cam-paign speech before Congress. Then John Conyers and Barney Frank would be asking rhetori-cally if they should be writing up impeachment proceedings. I’ve said it before; we must be in the Twilight Zone.

One thing I really don’t under-stand is how perfectly intelligent

people can conclude that we pay the most in the world for health care but somehow the health care we receive is inferior to Canada, or France, or some 34 other coun-tries with socialized medicine that pay less for health care?

Maybe we should have gone socialized medicine a long time ago. It costs less and we get more, there are no lines and every single resident within our borders will get to see a doctor whenever they want. Finally, it will cost less than what we pay today and will not be rationed. Now, sign up to get your free O’botomy.

Remember to call your con-gressman or senator today and give them a friendly reminder that we do not need comprehensive health care reform or any com-promise with the Democrat writ-ten HB 3200. What we need is tort reform, tax reform, Medicaid reform, and insurance reform, and then after five or 10 years we can evaluate the impact on health care costs.

This column expresses the personal opinions/views of Gen-eral Manager Michael Fredrick-son. If you would like to express your opinions/views regarding the column, write a SIGNED letter to the editor. Names can be withheld by request with a valid day time phone number. You email com-ments to [email protected].

The Board of Trustees held a workshop September 14 to review proposed recommenda-tions for attendance zones for High School #11 and Elementary School #45. After reviewing the recommendations, the Board asked the Administration to develop additional zoning plans for consideration.

Therefore, the public hear-ings to review proposed atten-dance zones for High School #11 and Elementary School #45 which were scheduled for September 29, at Hightower High School and September 30, at Schiff Elementary have been postponed to provide the Board with time to review other pos-sible recommendations.

The date of the next Board Zoning Workshop and the

public hearings will be pub-licized once dates have been confirmed. Please stay tuned to the district website at www.fortbendisd.com for the latest information.

By Cheryl SkinnerSugar Land city council mem-

bers approved a rate increase last week for water, wastewater, and solid waste as recommended by R.W. Beck, Inc.’s cost of service and rate study.

New water, wastewater, and surface water rates are effective for bills generated after October 1, Sugar Land officials said. The increase amount will be $3.63 per month for most residential customers. The rate increase was originally scheduled to occur last year, but city council delayed the planned increase to provide relief to citizens affect-ed by the nation’s economic downturn.

Residential customers are billed monthly service charges plus a volumetric charge per 1,000 gallons for wastewater; the volumetric charge is set in April based on the average of each customer’s water volume billed in February and March. This winter average sets the volume for wastewater bills for April through the following March.

As a result, customers may see a change in the amount billed for wastewater on their April bill. By controlling water usage dur-ing this time period, customers can manage the amount they are billed for wastewater through the rest of the year.

The city water and wastewa-ter system is self-supporting and all expenses are paid through the fees charged to customers each month. No property tax or sales tax dollars support the util-ity system. As the city prepares to meet the mandated 30 percent reduction of groundwater usage by 2013, it is essential that the rates are adjusted each year to reflect the increasing cost of providing water to customers, city officials have said.

Residential solid waste rates will increase by 88 cents per month beginning March 1 based on planned increases in a contract with Allied Waste that began March 1, 2008. The contract runs for five years and provides for annual increases beginning March 2010.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District # 24 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate or the tax year 2009 on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. at the offices of Allen Boone Humphries Robinson, 3200 Southwest Freeway, STE 2600, Houston, Texas 77027. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. FOR the proposal: Robert Atkinson, Kelly Buettner, Robby McGinnis, Barbara Rozelle, Cherie Howell

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $1.29000/$100 $1.29000/$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.00000

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) 0.00%

Average appraised value $137,865 $139,801

General exemptions available $ 0 $ 0

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions)

Average taxable value $137,865 $139,801

Tax on average residence homestead $1,778.46 $1,803.43

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) $24.97

and percentage of increase (+/-) 1.40%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

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

Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

WATER DISTRICT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The FORT BEND CO. M.U.D. #49 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Tues, 10/13/09 at 12 noon

at 602 Sawyer, Suite 205, Houston, Texas. Your individual taxes may

increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value

of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other

property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Terry Sparks, Donna Kottwitz, Dennis Hurta & Bill Quinn

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: Beverly Boyle

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in

this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-

stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Total tax rate (per $100 of value) $.95000 /$100 $.95000/$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $ .00000/$100

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) .00%

Average appraised value $ 170,120 $ 169,798

General exemptions available $ 0 $ 0

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions)

Average taxable value $ 170,120 $ 169,798

Tax on average residence homestead $ 1,616.14 $ 1,613.08

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) $ -3.06

and percentage of increase (+/-) - .18%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

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

Bob Leared, Tax Assessor-Collector 713-932-9011

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District #7 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Thursday, October 1, 2009, 5:00 p.m. at the offices of Southwest Water Company, 12535 Reed Road, Sugar Land, Texas 77479. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Epifanio Salazar, Jr., James Hicks, Karen Mawyer

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in

this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-

stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $0.21500 /$100 $0.21500 /$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.00000

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) 0.00%

Average appraised value $245,455 $251,046

General exemptions available $ 0 $ 0

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions)

Average taxable value $245,455 $251,046

Tax on average residence homestead $527.73 $539.75

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) $12.02

and percentage of increase (+/-) 2.28%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the opera-tion and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236 (d), Water Code.

Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Palmer Plantation Municipal Utility District #2 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 12:30 p.m. at the offices of Paul A. Philbin & Associates, 6363 Woodway, Suite 725, Houston, Texas 77057. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: James Wagner, Elizabeth Layman, Benita Migues, Jim Gasper, Billy R. Siems

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $0.49000 /$100 $0.49800 /$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.00800

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) 1.63%

Average appraised value $202,144 $201,820

General exemptions available

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions) $0 $0

Average taxable value $202,144 $201,820

Tax on average residence homestead $990.50 $1,005.06

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) $14.56

and percentage of increase (+/-) 1.47%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the opera-tion and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236 (d), Water Code.

Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

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MARRISON .................................................................from page 1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Palmer Plantation Municipal Utility District #1 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 11:30 a.m. at the offices of Paul A. Philbin & Associates, 6363 Woodway, Suite 725, Houston, Texas 77057. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Tara Wagner, Mike Ware, Terri Ellis, Lynn Macko, Larry Eaton

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $0.68000 /$100 $0.69000 /$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.01000

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) 1.47%

Average appraised value $249,715 $242,959

General exemptions available

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions) $0 $0

Average taxable value $249,715 $242,959

Tax on average residence homestead $1,698.06 $1,676.42

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) -$21.65

and percentage of increase (+/-) -1.27%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the opera-tion and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236 (d), Water Code.

Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District # 67 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. at the offices of Allen Boone Humphries Robinson, 3200 Southwest Freeway STE 2600, Houston, Texas 77027. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Michael Albrecht, Allen Viktorin, Leanne Pfister, Marcel Theriot, Glen Farber

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: None

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $0.47500/$100 $0.47500/$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.00000

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) 0.00%

Average appraised value $232,210 $240,110

General exemptions available $ 0 $ 0

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions)

Average taxable value $232,210 $240,110

Tax on average residence homestead $1,103.00 $1,140.52

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) $37.53

and percentage of increase (+/-) 3.40%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase

The City of Sugar Land will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 3.11 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax rate calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

The first public hearing will be held on October 6, 2009 at 6:00 PM at Sugar Land City Hall.

The second public hearing will be held on October 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM at Sugar Land City Hall.

The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows:

FOR: James A. Thompson Thomas Abraham

Jacqueline Baly Chaumette Donald L. Smithers

Donald G. Olson Russell Jones

Michael Schiff

AGAINST:

PRESENT and not voting:ABSENT:

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in City of Sugar Land last year was $243,710. Based on last year’s tax rate of $0.30000 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $731.13.

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in City of Sugar Land this year is $255,557. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.29096 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $743.57

If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.30000 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $766.67.

Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.

CITY OF SUGAR LAND

Imagine ... a judge has a lengthy docket so they send their bailiff over to the corner where all the suits and briefcases are milling around waiting for a work - flexible as they are, you know. As the bailiff rolls in the lot, he shouts to the crowd, “I need five defense lawyers for the day.” And the race is on, scrambling into the back of the county truck for their ride over to the courthouse to see

the accused. Silly as this sounds, this is hap-

pening with your tax dollars and the accused could be you or your child. These people are accused, not convicted. Many are in the system for the first time. And the lawyer of the day has no access to pertinent information or the nuances of the case, only what they are handed by the prosecu-tion at that moment.

the condemnation proceedings to acquire some pieces of land for widening a road that con-nected FM 2759 and a county road across the existing rail-road crossing that is owned by Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). The pur-pose of the condemnation was to construct the entry road to provide access to the Royal Lakes subdivision.

BNSF filed a federal law-suit in an attempt to stop the condemnation proceedings. The federal court dismissed the suit, without prejudice, because no property had yet been con-demned.

The county later did go forth with condemnation and the action resulted in a jury trial in the court of County Court-at-Law Judge Susan Lowery. The court assessed a compensation

fee of a little over $90,000 plus interest that Fort Bend County would pay the railroad for con-demnation, after the jury found in favor of the county.

The county appealed the assessment and the result was the June 21, 2007 opinion by 14th Court of Appeals Justices J. Harvey Hudson, Leslie Brock, and John S. Anderson.

The appeals panel vacated the local trial court’s judgment thus dismissing the county’s appeal. Officials said the court found that the federal courts had jurisdiction in the case.

Morrison said a number of county representatives attended the latest meeting, including County Attorney Roy Cordes and the county’s outside coun-sel, who represents the county in this case, and they explained to the residents that at this point

Haynes admits to living fru-gally. He spent 22 years in the U.S. Army, so the couple, married 46 years, has had the unique experience of traveling throughout the world. He then went on to work as an ROTC instructor at the High School for Law Enforcement in Houston. After 21 years there, he retired to enjoy all of the fruits of his labors, a fully paid for home,

a car and a truck, both paid for, and recent improvements to his home, including brand new carpeting.

Therefore, he says, they real-ly don’t have any desire for anything major or extravagant.

They do plan on helping their nine grandchildren pay for col-lege when the time comes.

Haynes says he often buys scratch off tickets for relax-

in the lawsuit there were no winners or losers so no action could be taken by the railroad.

Morrison said the county will be monitoring the cross-ing because of reports that the trains are blocking the entrance for as long as 40 minutes and under law this is a violation. He also noted that lawyers felt the judge in the current active lawsuit would take a dim view of anyone putting pressure on the Royal Lakes residents.

In the meantime, Morrison is pushing for a new turn lane into the subdivision. He says when the railroad blocks the entrance as many as 30 cars at a time are often blocking the highway waiting to turn into their subdivision.

“This is a major accident waiting to happen. If there was a turn lane into the subdivi-sion at least that would provide some safety,” he said.

WINNING ......................................................................from page 1 ation, fun, and the challenge of “maybe someday” beating the odds and becoming a big win-ner. This is the first large prize he has ever won, but he doesn’t plan to stop playing now that he has met that big challenge.

In the meantime, he and his family have become local celebrities.

And while he admits to enjoying the attention some-what, he says he will probably quit granting interviews.

DUMB .................................................................................from page 1 This is all about pushing plea deals and get‘n the numbers on down the line. If you’re tempted to say, oh, what the heck, remem-ber what separates America from the rest of the world is “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”.

Not only is this a miscarriage of justice, we taxpayers are gonna’ foot the bill when “Attorney of the Day” is ruled ineffective counsel when the appellate courts get a hold of this!

Who’s the dummy now?

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Last year’s tax rate:

Last year’s operating taxes $13,608,345

Last year’s debt taxes $12,603,555

Last year’s total taxes $26,211,900

Last year’s tax base $8,737,300,000

Last year’s total tax rate 0.30000/$100

This year’s effective tax rate:

Last year’s adjusted taxes $25,814,386

(after subtracting taxes on lost property)

÷ This year’s adjusted tax base $8,872,069,029

(after subtracting value of new property)

= This year’s effective tax rate 0.29096 /$100

(Maximum rate unless unit publishes notices and holds hearings.)

This year’s rollback tax rate:

Last year’s adjusted operating taxes (after $22,943,402

subtracting taxes on lost property and adjusting for

any transferred function, tax increment financing,

state criminal justice mandate, and/or enhanced

indigent health care expenditures)

÷ This year’s adjusted tax base $8,872,069,029

= This year’s effective operating rate 0.25860 /$100

x 1.08 = this year’s maximum operating rate 0.27928 /$100

+ This year’s debt rate 0.14000 /$100

= This year’s total rollback rate 0.41928 /$100

- Sales tax adjustment rate 0.11091 /$100

= Rollback tax rate 0.30837 /$100

2009 Property Tax Rates in City of Sugar Land

This notice concerns 2009 property tax rates for City of Sugar Land. It presents information about three tax rates. Last year’s tax rate is the actual rate the taxing unit used to determine property taxes last year. This year’s effective tax rate would impose the same total taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in both years. This year’s rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate the taxing unit can set before tax-payers can start tax rollback procedures. In each case these rates are found by dividing the total amount of taxes by the tax base (the total value of taxable property) with adjustments as required by state law.

The rates are given per $100 of property value.

Statement of Increase/Decrease

If City of Sugar Land adopts a 2009 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.29096 per $100 of

value, taxes would increase compared to 2008 taxes by $217,723.

Schedule A - Unencumbered Fund Balances

The following estimated balances will be left in the unit’s property tax accounts at the end of the

fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by a corresponding debt obligation.

Type of Property Tax Fund Balance

General Fund $14,343,316

Debt Service Fund $6,356,697

Schedule B - 2009 Debt Service

The unit plans to pay the following amounts for long-term debts that are secured by property taxes.

These amounts will be paid from property tax revenues (or additional sales tax revenues, if ap-

plicable).

2003A General Obligation $675,000 $147,113 $0 $822,113

2004 General Obligation $275,000 $155,188 $0 $430,188

2004A General Obligation $520,000 $53,525 $0 $573,525

2005 General Obligation $990,000 $217,416 $0 $1,207,416

2005B Certificates of Obligation $85,000 $79,990 $0 $164,990

2006 General Obligation $1,950,000 $1,425,425 $0 $3,375,425

2006 Certificates of Obligation $35,000 $41,691 $0 $76,691

2008 Certificates of Obligation $145,000 $192,394 $0 $337,394

2008 General Obligation $225,000 $298,381 $0 $523,381

2000 FBC MUD 113 $60,000 $57,600 $0 $117,600

2001 FBC MUD 113 $215,000 $10,750 $0 $225,750

2009 Certificates of Obligation $560,000 $555,170 $0 $1,115,170

2010 Certificates of Obligation $300,000 $462,480 $0 $762,480

1996A General Obligation $310,000 $103,525 $0 $413,525

1998 General Obligation $1,390,000 $173,825 $0 $1,563,825

2001 General Obligation $1,100,000 $340,843 $0 $1,440,843

2002 Certificates of Obligation $320,000 $409,608 $0 $729,608

2003 General Obligation $1,220,000 $192,040 $0 $1,412,040

2003 Certificates of Obligation $975,000 $404,360 $0 $1,379,360

Total Required for 2009 Debt Service $16,671,324

- Amount (if any) paid from funds listed in Schedule A $0

- Amount (if any) paid from other resources $3,954,293

- Excess collections last year $0

= Total to be paid from taxes in 2009 $12,717,031

+ Amount added in anticipation that the unit will

collect only 100.00% of its taxes in 2009 $0

= Total Debt Levy $12,717,031

Schedule C - Expected Revenue from Additional Sales Tax

In calculating its effective and rollback tax rates, the unit estimated that it will receive $10,073,781

in additional sales and use tax revenues.

This notice contains a summary of actual effective and rollback tax rates’ calculations. You can

inspect a copy of the full calculations at 2700 Town Center Blvd N., Sugar Land, TX 77479.

Name of person preparing this notice: Donna Svatek

Title: Treasury Manager

Date Prepared: September 8, 2009

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CITY OF MISSOURI CITY

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Missouri City, Texas (the “City”) will meet at its regular meeting place in City Council Chambers at City Hall, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas at 7:00 p.m. on the 19th day of October, 2009, which is the time and place tentatively set for the passage of an ordinance and such other action as may be deemed necessary to authorize the issuance of the City’s certificates of obligation, payable from ad valorem taxation and a limited (in an amount not to exceed $10,000) subordinate pledge of certain revenues of the waterworks and sewer system of the City, in the maximum aggre-gate principal amount of $5,500,000, bearing interest at any rate or rates, not to exceed the maximum interest rate now or hereafter authorized by law, as shall be determined within the discretion of the City Council at the time of issuance and maturing over a pe-riod of years not to exceed forty (40) years from the date thereof, for the purpose of evidencing the indebtedness of the City to pay all or any part of the contractual obligations to be incurred for the construction of public works and the purchase of materials, sup-plies, equipment, machinery, buildings, land and rights-of-way for authorized needs and purposes and for the payment of contrac-tual obligations for professional services, to wit (i) the purchase of water, sewer, utilities, drainage and street improvements for Lake Shore Harbour Section One; (ii) the purchase of water, sewer, utili-ties, drainage, and street improvements for Lake Shore Harbour Section Two, (iii) the purchase of water, sewer, utilities, drainage, and street improvements for Lake Shore Harbour Section 3; and (iv) professional services rendered in connection with the above listed projects.

/s/ Patrice Fogarty, TRMCCity Secretary

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CITY OF SUGAR LANDNOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids in triplicate, addressed to the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 1, 2009, for:

INVITATION TO BID NO. 2009-025TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATION

STATE HIGHWAY 6 AT WILLIAMS TRACE BOULEVARDSTATE HIGHWAY 6 AT SETTLERS WAY BOULEVARD

STATE HIGHWAY 6 AT FROST PASS

Sealed bids shall be appropriately marked in the upper left hand corner as follows:

INVITATION TO BID NO. 2009-025TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATION

STATE HIGHWAY 6 AT WILLIAMS TRACE BOULEVARDSTATE HIGHWAY 6 AT SETTLERS WAY BOULEVARD

STATE HIGHWAY 6 AT FROST PASS

The location of the work is in the CITY OF SUGAR LAND, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, 77479.

Sealed bids shall be delivered to the City Secretary Office, on or be-fore 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 1, 2009, City of Sugar Land, City Hall, Suite 122, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All bids received after the appointed time shall be re-turned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within sixty (60) days following the opening of bids.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 24, 2009, City of Sugar Land Public Works Facility, 111 Gillingham Lane, Sugar Land, Texas, 77478.

All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Bond from a Surety Com-pany in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract and execute Performance and Payment Bond within five (5) days after award by City Council. Bids without Bid Bond will not be considered.

Successful bidder must furnish Performance and Payment Bonds upon approved standard form in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price from an approved Surety Company li-censed by the Texas Board of Insurance Commissioners.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifications prior to the date set for opening of bids. Such revisions or amend-ments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifications. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not affect the bid open-ing date. The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities in bids received. The award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder.

Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be secured from the office of Traffic Engineers, Incorporated, 8323 Southwest Freeway, Suite 200, Houston, Texas, 77074, Telephone (713) 270-8145, Fax (713) 270-8148), with a non-refundable deposit of $100.00.

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAECity Secretary

CITY OF MISSOURI CITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

On Monday, October 5, 2009, and on Monday, October 19, 2009, there will be held, during the regularly scheduled City Council meetings beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City of Missouri City City Hall, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, public hearings relating to designating Reinvestment Zone No. 5 for tax abatement purposes. The proposed Rein-vestment Zone No. 5 is located in the Lakeview Business Park, in the vicinity of Fondren Road and Buffalo Run, within the City of Missouri City. Any interested person is entitled to speak and present evidence for or against the designation of Reinvestment Zone No. 5.

/s/ Patrice Fogarty, TRMCCity Secretary

CITY OF SUGAR LANDREQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Sealed submittals in quintuplicate (one original and four copies), addressed to the City Secretary Office of the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, October 8, 2009 for:

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 2009-35UTILITY DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Submissions shall be appropriately marked in the upper left hand corner as follows:

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 2009-35UTILITY DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Signed and sealed submittals shall be delivered to the City Secretary’s Office, on or before 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, October 8, 2009, City of Sugar Land, City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All submissions received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the date for the opening of submittals.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifications prior to the date set for opening of submittals. Such revisions or amend-ments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifications. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective submitters and may or may not affect the submission opening date.

The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all submis-sions and to waive informalities in submittals received. The award will be made based on a panel evaluation of submittals received.

Specifications and required documents may be secured from City of Sugar Land City Secretary Office, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land Texas, 77479.

For questions regarding this request for qualification, please contact Jason Poscovsky, Contract Administrator, at telephone number (281) 275-2302 or via email at [email protected].

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAECity Secretary

CITY OF SUGAR LANDNOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids in triplicate, addressed to the City of Sugar Land, Texas, will be received until 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 30, 2009, for:

INVITATION TO BID NO. 2009-022THREE-TIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

Sealed bids shall be appropriately marked in the upper left hand corner as follows:

INVITATION TO BID NO. 2009-022THREE-TIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

The location of the work is in the CITY OF SUGAR LAND, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, 77478.

Sealed bids shall be delivered to the City Secretary Office, on or before 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 30, 2009, City of Sugar Land, City Hall, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479. All bids received after the appointed time shall be returned to bidder unopened. Notice of the award of contract shall be given by the City within sixty (60) days following the opening of bids.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 16, 2009, City of Sugar Land City Hall, Cane Room 161, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479.

All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid from a Surety Company as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract and execute Performance and Payment Bond within five (5) days after award by City Council. Bids without Bid Bond will not be considered.

Successful bidder must furnish Performance and Payment Bonds upon approved standard form in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price from an approved Surety Company licensed by the Texas Board of Insurance Commissioners.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifications prior to the date set for opening of bids. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifications. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not affect the bid opening date. The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities in bids received. The award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder.

Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be secured from the office of Traffic Engineers, Incorporated, 8323 Southwest Freeway, Suite 200, Houston, Texas, 77074, Phone (713) 270-8145, Fax (713) 270-8148, with a non-refundable deposit of $75.00.

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CITY OF SUGAR LAND

TRAFFIC ENGINEER II, Public Works Department - The primary responsibility of the Traffic Engineer II is to assist the Assistant Public Works Director in coordinating, analyzing and updating traffic control devices in the City. Qualifications are a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Engineering or a related field from an accredited school or university; Two (2) years experience in traffic signal and hardware software technology; Municipal experience preferred; Experience with traffic signal software required as well as a valid Class “C” Texas Drivers License. Starting salary: $24.76- 28.47 per hour DOQ.

TRAFFIC TECHNICIAN II, Public Works Department - The primary responsibility of this position is to assist the City’s Traffic Operations Supervisor and Traffic Engineer in the operation and maintenance of traffic signals and wayside horns in the City. Qualifications include a HSD/GED and two years of college. Additional experience will be considered in lieu of the college education requirements; Minimum of five (5) years experience in traffic signal technology; Municipal experience preferred; Experience with traffic signal software required with IMSA Traffic Signal Certification; Valid Class “A” Texas Drivers License. Starting salary: $16.66-$ 19.16 per hour DOQ.

Offers of employment are contingent upon the results of a pre-employment controlled substance screening, criminal conviction history report, and a physical examination. Completed application required on or before the deadline of September 30, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Applications can be obtained at City Hall, 8-5, M-F or online at www.sugarlandtx.gov. Qualified candidates may mail their applications along with salary expectations to: CITY OF SUGAR LAND, Attn: HR Dept., P.O. Box 110, Sugar Land, TX 77487-0110. Fax: (281) 275-27

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PAGE 16 ! Wednesday, September 23, 2009 THE STAR See us online www.FortBendStar.com

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District #68 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Thursday, October 8, 2009, 12:00 p.m. at the offices of Schwartz, Page & Harding, 1300 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1400, Houston, TX 77056. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Christian Landry, Thomas Hopkins, Gregary Jones, Jordan Mack

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: Harold Barber

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $0.40500 /$100 $0.40000 /$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value -$0.00500

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) -1.23%

Average appraised value $173,980 $179,921

General exemptions available

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions) $0 $0

Average taxable value $173,980 $179,921

Tax on average residence homestead $704.62 $719.69

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) $15.07

and percentage of increase (+/-) 2.14%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the opera-tion and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236 (d), Water Code.

Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District #148 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Friday, October 2, 2009 8:30 a.m. at the Rosenberg Civic and Convention Center, 3825 Highway 36 S, Rosenberg, Texas 77471. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

FOR the proposal: Scott Pleus, Fernando De La Rosa, Ryan Newton, Kenneth Kucherka, Edward Streich

AGAINST the proposal: None PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: None

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $0.90000 /$100 $0.90000 /$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.00000

Percentage increase/decrease in rates(+/-) 0.00%

Average appraised value $130,074 $120,004

General exemptions available

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions) $0 $0

Average taxable value $130,074 $120,004

Tax on average residence homestead $1,170.67 $1,080.04

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) -$90.63

and percentage of increase (+/-) -7.74%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE

The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District #111 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2009 on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 11:00 a.m. at the offices of Southwest Water Company 12535 Reed Road, Sugar Land, Texas 77479. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. FOR the proposal: Jennifer Wienecke, Louis Manuel II, Matthew Shepard, Rosemary Ruths

AGAINST the proposal: None

PRESENT and not voting: None

ABSENT: Brian Durbin

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence home-stead this year.

Last Year This Year

Tax rate $0.30000/$100 $0.30000/$100

Adopted Proposed

Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.00000

Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) 0.00%

Average appraised value $338,853 $345,280

General exemptions available $ 0 $ 0

(excluding senior citizen’s or

disabled person’s exemptions)

Average taxable value $338,853 $345,280

Tax on average residence homestead $1,016.56 $1,035.84

Annual increase/decrease in taxes if

proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) $19.28

and percentage of increase (+/-) 1.90%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and mainte-nance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.

Should you have any questions concerning this notice, please contact the tax office at 281-482-0216.

By Cheryl SKinner Sugar Land City Council

approved on September 15 a $220.3 million budget for fis-cal year 2009-10, which begins October 1.

“I am recommending no change to the total tax rate for 2009; the city’s $0.3000 tax rate continues to be one of the lowest in the state, and second lowest for cities over 25,000 in popula-tion. There is a need to reallocate within the total tax rate between the debt service and operations to support the increasing costs of operations from completion of capital projects. The reallo-cation can be done within the existing tax rate and allow the city to remain below the rollback provisions of the tax code,” said Sugar Land City Manager Allen Bogard.

In May Bogard recommend-

ed that no changes be made to the homestead exemption for tax year 2009. City council agreed with Bogard and there-fore the homestead exemption will remain at 7% for tax year 2009.

The preliminary tax roll showed an overall increase of 9.9% in tax-able value, with average residen-tial revaluation of about 4%.

Much of the new growth is occurring in MUDs within the city where the city has agreed to rebate 50% of the property taxes collected from within the districts to assist the MUDs with lowering their tax rates to encourage devel-opment within the city.

The budget will raise $1.4 mil-lion or 5.4 percent more in total property taxes than last year’s budget.

This budget is based on conser-vative revenue estimates in light

of the current economic climate, with zero growth in sales tax anticipated and property tax rev-enues based on the certified tax roll, said Bogard. However, he also noted there is a possibility there will be positive changes in the future economy that will ben-efit the city.

But that can’t be counted on, so the focus for 2010 is to main-tain current service levels within available resources and serve an estimated population of 83,819 as of January 2010, which includes the annexation of 3,600 River Park residents, effective Dec. 1, 2009.

Therefore, the budget main-tains the existing tax rate of 30 cents per $100 of assessed prop-erty valuation. The tax rate will be officially adopted in October after the required notices are published and public hearings are held.

Fort Bend Junior Service League (FBJSL) was pleased to present a $2,000 Community Assistance Fund (CAF) Grant to ARTreach to fund its unique art-related mentoring programs within FBISD schools. ARTreach will pilot a 5-week “Within My Reach” vocational and entrepre-neurial program at the high school level with a portion of these funds. ARTreach programs target at-risk students and seek to build self-esteem, introduce positive role models and offer a positive outlet for stresses.

FBJSL accepts CAF applica-tions throughout the year for grant funding up to $5,000 per year. Applicants must be nonprofit orga-nizations serving Fort Bend County with requests to fund a critical need, pilot program and/or expand a sig-

nificant service to the community. For additional eligibility require-

ments or to download an applica-tion, please visit www.fbjsl.com.

The Ocean Corporation of Houston is pleased to announce that James Kyle Woodson of Sugar Land, graduated recently with an Nondestructive testing/Inspection certification.

The Ocean Corporation, located in Houston is the pre-mier commercial diving train-

ing organization in the United States and has been training commercial divers since 1969. Graduates are trained for what most people would consider a very unique career.

With job placement assis-tance provided, graduates will go to work for professional

dive companies performing underwater welding and cut-ting, underwater construction, search and salvage, inspections and repairs and various other tasks below the water’s sur-face.

James is the son of Jim Woodson and Kim Woodson.

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Joseph is played by Ron Roberts, a certain crowd pleas-er. Ron and his wonderful tenor voice have been enjoyed and appreciated by church members for many years.

The show’s narrator is Sharon Galvan, a well-known singer in the Sugar Land community. She will captivate the audience as she guides us through the story of Joseph’s adventures in Egypt.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will be performed September 26 and 27 and October 3 and 4 at 7:00 p.m. The public is invited to bring neighbors and friends to an evening of musical enter-tainment. First Colony Church of Christ is located at 2140 First Colony Blvd., behind Garden Ridge Pottery. Tickets may be purchased online at www.first-colonychurch.org.

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The Dulles Dolls High School Dance Team will be hosting a dance clinic for stu-dents in grades kindergarten through 12th grade on Saturday, September 26, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. This exciting event takes place in the Dulles High

School gyms. Check in time is 8:15 am and “show-offs” will be at 1:00 pm. This year’s theme is “Where the Wild Things Dance” and safari snap-shots will be available for an extra fee of $5. The cost of the clinic is $30 if students pre-

register and $35 at the door. Included in the cost is a dance clinic t-shirt, a pizza lunch and a free voucher to the 2010 Dulles Dolls Spring Show. Please contact Debi Sokoloff at 281-455-7263 to register or email [email protected].

Philippa Gregory is coming to Fort Bend County! Gregory, well known for her novel, The Other Boleyn Girl, which was made into a 2008 movie starring Natalie Portman, is an established historian well versed in the Tudor era.

Philippa will appear at the University of Houston System at Sugar Land (US 59 and University Blvd.) in Brazos Hall on Wednesday, September 23, at 7:00 p.m. Her latest novel, The White Queen, intro-duces the Plantagenet period, and will be the focus of her presentation.

This event will benefit lit-eracy efforts in Fort Bend County, the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County and the scholarship efforts of Fort Bend Friends and Neighbors Bookworms, a special interest group of Fort Bend Friends and Neighbors.

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