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The Fort Bend County Women’s Center, along with title sponsor, PCCA, will be shaking up Fort Bend County celebrating the King of Rock ‘n Roll, Elvis’ 75th Birthday Bash at the Stafford Centre on Saturday, March 27 beginning at 6:30 p.m.

If you like to dance, if you like to watch a great show, and if you are looking for fun, then you are going to love to attend Boogie.

Michael Garfield, The High-Tech Texan radio and TV personality will serve as master of ceremonies for this

fun-filled event. Pre-event entertainment will introduce a hip shaking, lip-curling, first-class Elvis Tribute Artist by the name of Ralph Elizon-do. He is the #1 rated Elvis in Texas and in Houston and has performed before crowds of 10,000-15,000 receiving standing ovations.

Complimenting Elizon-do’s performance is the Fred Astaire Studio professional dancers swinging to Jailhouse Rock and other famous tunes.

Equally impressive is the endless repertoire of songs and costumes Elizondo offers

his audience.Rotel and the Hot Tomatoes

will take stage afterwards. Boogie is the Women’s

Center’s fabulous ‘50s and ‘60s annual fundraiser bring-ing out over 900 plus guests.

Proceeds from this fundrais-er provide emergency shelter, crisis intervention, counsel-ing and other support services to victims of family violence and sexual assault and their children to achieve safety and self-sufficiency. For more in-formation email [email protected] or call 281-344-5757.

All eyes will be on “Elvis”, Saturday, March 27 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Stafford Centre celebrating his 75th birthday. Boogie event chair Alina Gonzalez, Heather Gould, Telfair by Newland Communities; “Elvis”, Liz Welch, Chevron; and Judy Turpie, PCCA.

By SESHADRI KUMARSugar Land Mayor Jimmy

Thompson and two at-large council members Tom Abra-ham and Jacquie Chaumette have been elected unopposed, but their counterparts in Mis-souri City are facing a contest in the May city council elec-tions.

Sitting councilmember Cynthia Lenton-Gary has filed to run against incumbent Mayor Allen Owen.

Owen has been Missouri City mayor since 1994 and he was a council member for eight years prior to that.

Cynthia Gary is in the mid-dle of her second two-year term and she won the District B council seat in 2007, defeat-ing the then incumbent Don Smith.

Similarly, Wyatt has been a councilmember from 1981 to 1994 and again an at-large

councilmem-ber since 1998.

Wyatt is director of occupational health and safety at the Memo-rial Hermann

Hospital.Wyatt is opposed by An-

thony G. Maroulis.Maroulis, a healthcare ser-

vice operations manager, cur-rently serves as vice- chairman of the Missouri City Parks and Recreation Board.

Maroulis says, “If elected I will be receptive to commu-nity concerns & citizen input. I will work to seek solutions. I will dedicate my efforts to making the City Council more reflective of the concerns of the community.

“I have been speaking with

r e s i d e n t s and busi-ness own-ers; they are frustrat-ed and they feel they are not get-ting back what they are putting in. We are a city without a hospital, a movie theatre, or a community pool. We call ourselves the SHOW ME City but many feel it is the OWE me city. We have the BEST police team in the area. Our Fire Department is first class. Missouri City has so much potential.”

“I am all about Family. If you have seen me in public then chances are you have seen me with my kids. We do everything together and they

Incumbents face keen challenge in Missouri City

MaroulisWyatt

Time to Boogie

Impact a Hero and KPRC’s Sports Director Randy McIl-voy hosted the Sixth Annual Impact a Hero Weekend-Kick off Party at Marathon Oil Cor-poration in Houston recently.

Special guest and keynote speaker was Marine Cpl. Aar-on P. Mankin.

Annell Bay, Vice President of World Wide Exploration for Marathon Oil Corp. pre-sented Jim Hoelker, Chair-man of the governing board for Impact Player Partners with a $50,000 check at the 2010 Impact Player Partners kick-off party.

The donation will go to-wards Impact Player Partners’

efforts in supporting our na-tion’s wounded veterans dur-ing Impact a Hero Weekend’s 5K Walk, Run and Wheel on June 5, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at Mercer Stadium, Sug-ar Land Over the past three years, Marathon Oil Corp. has donated more than $210,000 to Impact Player Partners.

Impact A Hero gives Hous-tonians an opportunity to join national celebrities at Impact a Hero Weekend, June 5-7. This year, Impact A Hero an-ticipates more than 2,000 run-ners, including 50 wounded heroes and their families.

Houston Texans Head foot-ball Coach Gary Kubiak and

several of his coaches and players will participate with our wounded heroes.

KKBQ-FM and KTHT-FM crews will entertain the crowd with music and games for the patrons and participants.

On Sunday, June 6, at 5 p.m. Impact A Hero, Hall of Fame Gala Dinner will be held at the Sugar Land Mar-riott Hotel.

The Impact A Hero Golf Challenge will be held Mon-day, June 7, at 10 a.m. at Champions Golf Club with Honorary Chairmen Jackie Burke and Peter Jacobsen.

Visit www.impactahero.org for more details.

Front Row: Army Specialist Dillon Canon, Army Sergeant Javier Negret’e; Back Row: An-nell Bay, Vice President of World Wide Exploration for Marathon Oil Corp., Marine Corporal Aaron Mankin, Army Staff Sergeant Michelle Mitchell, Army Sergeant Sergio Trejo, Marine Corporal Steven Schultz, Army Corporal Andrew Powers , Marine Captain Chris Ayres, Army Staff Sergeant James Johnson, W. James Hoelker, Chairman of the Board, Impact A Hero and Randy McIlvoy, KPRC Sports Director.

Impact A Hero weekend set for June 5

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Memorial Hermann Sug-ar Land Hospital and River Pointe Church will co-host the 3rd Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt on Satur-day, April 3 at 10 a.m. on the church grounds at 5000 Ran-som Rd. in Richmond. The event is Fort Bend County’s largest Easter egg hunt with 15,000 eggs.

Children can also greet Topper, the Children’s Me-morial Hermann Hospital mascot, and the Chick-fil-A cow. Other activities include inflatables, face painting and tours of the Children’s Memo-rial Hermann Transport Team pediatric ambulance and the Richmond Fire Department fire engine.

The Easter egg hunt is open to all children in the commu-nity, ages 2 through grade 5. The event starts promptly at 10 a.m. so please allow time for parking.

The Triumph Christian Center will host an Easter Egg Hunt on April 2, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Crabb River Road at FM 762, Richmond. There will also be one of the largest eggs hunts with 30,000 eggs.

The City of Sugar Land

Easter Egg Hunts in the areawill again host an egg hunt for children with special needs on Saturday, March 27, at El-dridge Park, 2511 Eldridge Road.

A “Beeping Bunnies Egg Hunt” is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. and will in-clude beeping eggs hidden among plush bunnies for chil-dren with vision impairments and a course with eggs hidden at accessible heights for chil-dren with mobility impair-ments. When possible, eggs will be adjusted during the “Beeping Bunnies” event to suit the skill levels of children with other special needs.

“Our goal is to host events for all types of individuals

with special needs and their families,” said Event Produc-tion Manager Teresa Preza.

The egg hunts for children with special needs will be ongoing throughout the af-ternoon. Other activities will include free photo opportuni-ties with the Easter Bunny, face painting, a petting zoo, children’s DJ, a stilt walking Daisy, crafts and activities provided by local businesses and a demonstration of the art of Origami, including an opportunity to make bunnies, butterflies and other interest-ing shapes from paper.

The Sugar Land Lion’s Club plans to sell refreshments at the pavilion in the park.

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“I am extremely excited and energized about this op-

portunity. I am committed to my city. My campaign is MOving MO City Forward,” says Maroulis.

“I will represent Missouri City well. I especially want to hear from those who are raising families here. They are our future and they should be the framework to MOving MO City forward,”Maroulis said.

Wyatt says he is running for re-election because “I believe voters want experienced and qualifi ed representation.”

“After all, it is the voters who have repeatedly put me in offi ce and I am very proud the voters allow me to con-tinue representing them. For the voters, this race is about having qualifi ed, honest rep-resentation knowledgeable

about local government which I have demonstrated continu-ously over the years,” Wyatt says.

Wyatt compares Maroulis’ experience of PTO publicity chairman and six months on the Missouri City Parks Board to his own service of nearly 26 years including chairman of the city’s budget commit-tee, utilities committee, and

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“Missouri City needs con-tinued Leadership and with the voters’ approval I am will-ing to continue serving,” he says.

The at-large position 2 is an open seat as incumbent Buddy Jimerson is not seek-ing re-election.

Four candidates Kevin

Tunstall, healthcare adminin-strator, Danny Nguyen, busi-ness owner, Yolanda Ford, planner, and Judith Neil Du-pre, insurance executive, have fi led for this position.

The election is on May 8. Profi les of other candidates will be published in future weeks.

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By BARBARA FULENWIDERThis election season four

candidates are vying for three seats on the Stafford City Council and three of the four are incumbents seeking re-election.

Council Members Cecil Willis, Ken Mathew, and Robert Sorbet want to con-tinue their public service while Mike Guerra, a former Stafford Municipal School District trustee, hopes to un-seat one of them.

Robert Sorbet is running for his second city council term. Sorbet, a native of New Orleans, said he ran for the fi rst time two years ago be-cause members of the com-munity urged him to and he’s running for re-election for the same reason. “I asked people if they want to see me con-tinue and I got affi rmative an-swers so I fi led again.”

The incumbent is in electri-cal sales and believes that his professional expertise helped Stafford land a $380,000 FEMA grant. The grant will enable the city to buy backup generators for the police sta-tion and city hall so the city will be “fully operational in the event of another hurri-cane,” Sorbet said. After Hur-ricane Ike downed numerous power lines, the Stafford po-lice station was without air conditioning.

Sorbet has also been in-volved in SMSD’s hiring a fi rm to implement the district’s fi rst strategic study. “From a unique standpoint those two things I’ve been involved in stand out,” Sorbet said. The biggest upcoming problem the councilman sees is weath-ering the recession “because Stafford is dependent on sales tax income. We don’t have to do any layoffs, cut benefi ts or do anything like that to make sure we stay in sound fi nancial shape,” Sorbet said, but added that he also doesn’t “want to

draw down the fund balance to an uncomfortable level” ei-ther in order to pay the bills.

Sorbet has lived in Stafford for 13 years. He came from New Orleans to Houston to work for Brown and Root. He and his wife have four chil-dren who have all graduated from SMSD.

While Sorbet has the least time on council Cecil Willis has the most. He has been a public servant for 13 terms on city council and is running for his 14th. Willis got into gov-ernment service thanks to al-ways “having had an interest in government” and because his uncle, an attorney, was a state representative.

Willis fi rst ran for a seat on the water board and then city council. “A vacancy on council came up and I fi led. Nobody ran against me so I got in the fi rst time I ever ran. When I came back to council in 2000 only three of us fi led for three seats so every other term I’ve had an election,” Willis said.

Of all those years of work, he said, “It’s been a distinct honor and privilege to serve the residents of Stafford.” He also said he’s running on his record and not on rhetoric. “I still believe in zero property taxes, a strong, sound fi scal policy and I support our out-standing police and fi re de-partments and maintaining our ISO rating of one, which saves people money on their insurance.”

Willis said he believes the cornerstone of Stafford and its numerous successes are its residents “and the diversity we have in this city. We need to continue to embrace that diversity and build on it and not allow anyone or anything to divide or drive a wedge be-tween Stafford citizens.”

This past term, Willis said he’s most proud of the U.S. 90A completion, the lighting

and landscaping that is now underway and the big entry markers that tell people they are entering Stafford.

The councilman is a native of San Antonio who came to the Houston area in 1996 because employment oppor-tunities were prevalent here. The Texas A&M graduate has called Stafford home for 34 years.

Ken Mathew, the cur-rent Stafford mayor pro tem, is seeking his third term as a city councilman. He was born in India and with his wife im-migrated to the U.S. in 1976. He got a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Detroit, and in 1981 the couple moved to Houston “because it was booming.” He “got a nice job in fi nance” and lived in Hous-ton for three years before moving to Stafford for the school district.”

Mathew said he ran for city council to begin with thanks to the infl uence of his father. “Back in India my father is a known person in the commu-nity where he lives. He had the respect of the community and I saw people coming to him for advice regarding poli-tics. I grew up in that environ-ment and it’s been in my mind since childhood,” he said.

The same thinking prompt-ed him to seek a third term. “I really have a passion to do service for the community.” He pointed out that he is not a politician and has no par-ticular party affi liation, has no personal agenda and “really wants to serve the people and do some good things for the people.”

Since he ran for and joined city council he said he’s proud of the improving look of the city, which is “very, very important. As for taxes you cannot beat Stafford, and the crime rates are low when compared to neighboring cit-

ies,” Mathew said. Mathew is seeking a third

term because he wants to get zoning done on the island corridor and Murphy Road, he said, and he wants “to see SMSD brought back to its former glory. I have to give credit to Superintendent H.D. Chambers. Ever since he’s taken over you see he’s done a very good job. I want him to stay with us.”

The challenger, Mike Guerra, was born in 1958 in Kansas City, MO. He came to Houston in 1970 when his father, a postal worker, was transferred here. He works as a purchasing agent and opera-tions manager for a masonry contractor and has lived in Stafford for 21 years “because I like the country living within a big city atmosphere.”

He said friends and fam-ily encouraged him to run for a seat on the SMSD school board so he did and served for seven years. During those seven years he said he was proud of “reducing teacher turnover, balancing the bud-get, increasing the district’s fund balances and hiring one of the best superintendents we’ve ever had.” Last spring Guerra fi led to run in SMSD’s general election in May but withdrew. This year he said he decided to run for city council because he “thought it was time for new faces and new beginnings.

“I think for years the cur-rent and past administrations have done a great job promot-ing the commercial side of Stafford, and I think it’s time now to focus on the residents and the city in general. We’ve got corporations moving their headquarters into Stafford but they aren’t moving their resi-dents here. I would like to turn that around somehow if we can. I want to try to develop the city and grow housing that is upper tier,” Guerra said.

Four vie for three Stafford City Council seats

MO CityFrom Page 1

Sorbet Willis Mathew Guerra

Four board members of the Meadowcreek Homeowners Association in Missouri City have fi led a lawsuit against the association and fi ve other board members.

A hearing on the lawsuit has been scheduled for March 29 in the 400th Judicial Court presided by Judge Cliff Va-cek.

Russell Jones of the Hol-loway Jones Law Firm, the association’s legal counsel, has received notice of the lawsuit.

Lewis W. “Chip” Smith, with the Jones Law Firm, who handles the association mat-ters, said he has not yet seen the copy of the lawsuit.

It is believed that the two

groups of board members have some disagreement over the interpretation of the by-laws. It is also said that the group suing the association may want to fi re the associa-tion’s attorney.

Smith said his fi rm is not likely to represent the asso-ciation in the lawsuit and the association’s insurance under-

writers will hire an attorney to defend the association.

The suing board members are representing themselves in this case.

Though it is a fi ght between two factions in an association, the lawsuit may have some interesting legal ramifi cations for HOAs in general.

Meadowcreek HOA lands in factional fi ght

By RON PAULFollowing months of heat-

ed public debate and aggres-sive closed-door negotiations, Congress fi nally cast a his-toric vote on healthcare late Sunday evening.

It was truly a sad weekend on the House fl oor as we wit-nessed further dismantling of the Constitution, disregard of the will of the people, explo-sive expansion of the reach of government, unprecedented corporate favoritism, and the impending end of quality healthcare as we know it.

Those in favor of this bill touted their good intentions of ensuring quality health-care for all Americans, as if those of us against the bill are against good medical care.

They cite fanciful statistics of defi cit reduction, while si-multaneously planning to ex-pand the already struggling medical welfare programs we currently have.

They somehow think that healthcare in this country will be improved by swelling our welfare rolls and cutting re-imbursement payments to doctors who are already los-ing money.

It is estimated that thou-sands of doctors will be eco-nomically forced out of the profession should this gov-ernment fuzzy math actually try to become healthcare real-ity. No one has thought to ask what good mandatory health insurance will be if people can’t fi nd a doctor.

Legislative hopes and dreams don’t always stand up well against economic reali-ties.

Frustratingly, this legisla-

tion does not deal at all with the real reasons access to healthcare is a struggle for so many – the astronomical costs.

If tort reform was seriously discussed, if the massive reg-ulatory burden on healthcare was reduced and reformed, if the free market was allowed to function and apply downward pressure on healthcare costs as it does with everything else, perhaps people wouldn’t be so beholden to insurance companies in the fi rst place.

If costs were lowered, more people could simply pay for what they need out of pocket, as they were able to do before government got so involved. Instead, in the name of going after greedy insurance com-panies, the federal govern-ment is going to make people even more beholden to them by mandating that everyone buy their product!

Hefty fi nes are due from anyone found to have commit-ted the heinous crime of not being a customer of a health insurance company. We will need to hire some 16,500 new IRS agents to police compli-

ance with all these new man-dates and administer various fi nes.

So in government terms, this is also a jobs bill. Never mind that this program is also likely to cost the private sec-tor some 5 million jobs.

Of course, the most trou-bling aspect of this bill is that it is so blatantly unconstitu-tional and contrary to the ide-als of liberty. Nowhere in the constitution is there anything approaching authority for the Federal government to do any of this.

The founders would have been horrifi ed at the idea of government forcing citizens to become consumers of a particular product from cer-tain government approved companies. 38 states are said to already be preparing legal and constitutional challenges to this legislation, and if the courts stand by their oaths, they will win.

Protecting the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happi-ness, should be the court’s re-sponsibility.

Citizens have a responsi-bility over their own life, but they also have the liberty to choose how they will live and protect their lives. Health-care choices are a part of lib-erty, another part that is being stripped away. Government interference in healthcare has already infringed on choices available to people, but rather than getting out of the way, it is entrenching itself, and its corporatist cronies, even more deeply.

(Ron Paul represents the 14th Congressional District in Texas.)

By JANICE SCANLANAfter the past couple of

weeks, where do I start? Can’t cover it all, so I’ll pick.

Good news: Missouri City’s business parks are starting to negotiate more and larger leases. This corre-sponds with a general trend --business is ready to get back to business. However, in talk-ing with companies that oper-ate from growth and building, many projects are still on hold and suppliers predict a fl at year in 2010. So it may be an-other year or more before this translates into jobs. I need to take a new poll, but I under-stand credit is still tight, but I haven’t called a cross section yet.

Healthcare: I won’t attempt to “out doctor” or “out philos-ophize;” so at the risk of being called intellectually dishonest from having a different opin-ion, I’ll offer my opinion as a small business person. When I had employees, most of my administrative time was taken with insurance matters—and this was in 1985-2000 when coverage and cost was more predictable. However, be-ing in a small pool for small businesses, the waves were already crashing in.

The principle of insurance used to be spreading the risk, and that you invested to have peace of mind.

I’ll just ask, do you have peace of mind that your health insurance (or home in-

surance for that matter) will pay a claim without a hassle or invoking a gimmick? As an individual policy holder, I don’t.

This attitude comes from experience. When I had em-ployees, the approach the health insurance representa-tive took was that my em-ployees were a pit of vipers waiting to strike the insur-ance company and take ad-vantage of me. What I saw, was people who did their best not to get sick nor abuse their healthcare or providers.

But it depends if you see costs or if you see people. The year my business got a fairly large increase, the insurance rep called to deliver the news . . . that one guy got cancer and ran up a big bill so we all had to pay for it. This was not said kindly or even matter-of-factly. It was callous and im-

plied this individual sought to get sick. Well, this was more than an individual to me. It was my former partner who lost a very hard battle to can-cer. I can assure you, he did not want to cost the insurance company in this manner.

Again, perspective is how you look at things. It’s okay to mandate automobile in-surance, so what is different about healthcare if the prin-ciple is spread the risk?

Do we have to constantly fi ne tune and monitor what does and does not work? Yes, we need doctors, hospitals, healthcare and healthcare in-novation. And we need sober, level heads who can factor in all the stakeholder’s perspec-tives. It’s the “I have mine, to heck with you” attitude that seems to be part of this de-bate that bothers me. And my perspective is we need health-care that helps us stay well, that addresses those who are sick, and truly spreads the risk among a big population.

But we have responsibility to take better care of ourselves, eat better (and less), exercise more, etc. And you can do that by walking in the Telfair Charity of Your Choice Walk April 10. It benefi ts 14 wor-thy Fort Bend charities. Reg-ister and choose your charity at www.charityofyourchoice-walk.com .

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By RUSSELL C. JONESEarlier this month, it was

revealed that Attorney General Eric Holder has engaged the services of nine attorneys who have a history of having given free legal services to terrorists being held at Guantánamo Bay. What is the job for which they have been hired? Of course, it is the prosecution of Gitmo terrorists in U.S. courts.

Holder has refused to iden-tify most of the lawyers, and defends their selection by comparing the Gitmo terror-ists to mass murderer Charles Manson. To Holder’s way of thinking, the terrorists should have the same rights in Ameri-can courts as any other com-mon criminal.

The folly of Holder’s deci-sion has been argued again and again. Amazingly, even some Republicans have come for-ward to defend his position.

In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, former Attor-ney General Michael Mukasey defended the selection of the attorneys on the grounds that lawyers should not be judged by the clients whom they de-fend. He compared these at-torneys to the lawyer for Ber-nard Madoff, who was roundly criticized for his selection of clients.

Mukasey correctly observed that a lawyer who represents a party has an ethical obligation to make any and all tenable legal arguments that will help that party. A lawyer who un-dertakes to represent someone whom his neighbors—perhaps rightly—revile as a threat to the public welfare is obligated to bring his talents to bear.

But Mukasey distorts the is-sue involved in the question of which lawyers Holder should employ to prosecute terror-ist cases. The question is not

whether lawyers should repre-sent their clients diligently, but rather whether lawyers who have taken on terrorist detain-ees as clients on a voluntary basis in the fi rst place should be hired to prosecute other de-tainees.

Every lawyer chooses his clients. To an even greater ex-tent, every lawyer chooses his pro bono clients. In this case, these lawyers had to go out of their way to fi nd terrorist cli-ents for whom they could vol-unteer their services. They did not choose to defend the poor widow who was about to have her home foreclosed, nor did they choose to provide legal services to an indigent mental-ly retarded client who needed to have a guardian appointed.

It is the choice of the pro bono clients that was made by these lawyers that demon-strates their political bias and their unfi tness for the roles to which they have been appoint-ed. For a lawyer to prosecute a case diligently–and to do it for free--he must fi rst believe in what he is doing. If these law-yers diligently defended their terrorist clients, they believed in what they were doing as a philosophical matter. It is sim-

ply impossible for them now to turn around and take the op-posite position with the same enthusiasm and moral convic-tion.

Mr. Holder needs to employ attorneys who believe in the cause of prosecuting the terror-ists, not individuals who have given away their valuable time in support of the very cause which they are now sworn to defeat.

Some have compared the role of these lawyers to that of John Adams, who defended British redcoats following the Boston Massacre. They were as reviled then as the Gitmo terrorists are today. Maybe, but John Adams did not keep his identity secret from the public, nor did he turn around within a very brief time and at-tempt to become a prosecutor of the very same type of defen-dants.

It is said that Holder’s own law fi rm has contributed more than a million dollars worth of legal defense time to terror-ists held at Gitmo. Perhaps that fact alone explains many of the bizarre decisions which have come out of his offi ce, in-cluding terrorist trials in New York City and Miranda rights for the Christmas day airplane bomber.

Some commentators say Obama is in the process of mar-ginalizing Holder’s role in the administration, perhaps fi rst to be evidenced by a forthcoming compromise on the closing of the Gitmo itself. Let’s believe it when we see it.

(Jones is the Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Sugar Land and serves as Councilman for District 3. He was fi rst elected to the City Coun-cil in 2003. He owns a law fi rm and a title insurance company in Sugar Land.)

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CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 20TH day of JANUARY 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #08-DCV-166494 in favor of the Plaintiff - MISSION GLEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC, Plaintiff , for the sum of $4,053.99 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 11TH day of FEBRUARY, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - TIFFANY SMAULDON had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 18, BLOCK 14,OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST SUBDIVISION, SECTION 3, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AT VOLUME 11, PAGE 1 IN THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $101,110.00

Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.

ROB COOK, CONSTABLEFort Bend County Precinct 312550 Emily Court, Ste 200Sugar Land, TX77478(281) 491-7226 Deputy Juan Diaz, #1306

CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 1ST day of FEBRUARY 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-171562 in favor of the Plaintiff - MISSION GLEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC, Plaintiff , for the sum of $4,053.99 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 11TH day of FEBRUARY, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - WILFREDO ALVAREZ had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT FORTY-SIX (46), IN BLOCK TWO (2) 0F MISSION GLEN, SECTION THREE (3) A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED UNDER SLIDE 678-A AND SLIDE 678-B OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED THEREON, ALSO KNOWN AS 8515 GREEN CEDAR DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS.Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $79,610.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 1ST day of FEBRUARY 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-170197 in favor of the Plaintiff - WATERSIDE ESTATES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC Plaintiff , for the sum of $4,183.40 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 10TH day of FEBRUARY, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - STEVEN D. ALLEN AND CHERI ALLEN had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT THIRTY-THREE (33), BLOCK ONE (1) 0F WATERSIDE ESTATES, SECTION FIVE (5) AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 2069/A OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS MORE COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS 1506 LAKE HOLBROOK LANE, RICHMOND, TEXAS 77469.Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $448,840.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 1ST day of MARCH 2010 by the 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #07-DCV-156057 in favor of the Plaintiff - SAN MIGUEL CIVIC ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff , for the sum of $2,855.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 2ND day of MARCH, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) -IAN GENTLES had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: A PARCEL OF LAND, HEREIN CALLED TRACT FIVE (5), BEING A PART OF LOT FOUR (4), IN BLOCK TWENTY-THREE (23) OF THE CORRECTED PLAT OF MISSION BEND, SAN MIGUEL, SECTION SIX (6), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 29, PAGE 11, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS; (AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 15119 BEECHNUT ST., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77083)

Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.

MARKET VALUE: $113,720.00

Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 23RD day of FEBRUARY 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #07-DCV-160299 in favor of the Plaintiff - FORT BEND COUNTY & ET AL, Plaintiff , for the sum of $4,083.62 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 4TH day of MARCH, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) -BEN MITANI had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: LOT 35, BLOCK 11 OUT OF FRESNO GARDENS SUBDIVISION SITUATED IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, AS SHOWN IN VOLUME 426 PAGE 675 OF THE DEED AND PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS (ACCOUNT NUMBER 3300000113500907)Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.

ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $134,500.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 18th day of FEBRUARY 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #06-DCV-152996 in favor of the Plaintiff - FORT BEND COUNTY & ET AL, Plaintiff , for the sum of $11,683.70 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 4TH day of MARCH, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) -DORIS MCWASHINGTON had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: A LOT 100 FEET BY 67 FEET, OUT OF THE JIM TOWNSEND 4.4 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN THE DEED FROM SILAS GIBBS AND WIFE IRENE GIBBS TO JIM TOWNSEND DATED MARCH 31, 1959 AND RECORDED UNDER VOLUME 289, PAGE 663 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS; SAID LOT 13 HEREIN CONVEYED IS MORE PARTICULARLY SHOWN AND LOCATED ON A MEMORANDUM PLAT HERETO ATTACHED AND MARKED EXHIBIT A AND MADE A PART HEREOF (ACCOUNT NUMBER 8200000001300907)Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $24,930.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE’S NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given, that by virtue of a certain Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 434th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas on JAN 26, 2010 in cause numbered 08DCV166658 styled NEW TERRITORY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. vs. AGUSTUS EDET, in which a judgment was rendered on JAN 8, 2009 in favor of NEW TERRITORY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. for the sum of FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS AND THIRTY FIVE CENTS ($4406.35); plus fees for posting notice of sale, publishing, costs of suit rendered by the court, legal fees, and all costs of executing this Writ.I have levied upon the below listed property on FEB 23, 2010 and will on APRIL 6,2010 Tuesday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the Right, Title, and Interest AGUSTUS EDET to and in the following described Real Property

LOT FIFTY-TWO (52) IN BLOCK ONE (1) OF NEW TERRITORY PARCEL SF-3 (BRANDONS POINT) AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY,ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 1728/B OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, (THE PROPERTY) ALSO KNOWN AS : 4607 PLATO PARK., SUGAR LAND, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS 7747

The above sale to be made by me to satisfy the above described judgment in favor of NEW TERRITORY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff , and the proceeds applied to the satisfaction thereof.

LOCATION: FORT BEND COUNTY COURTHOUSE, RICHMOND, TX 77469DATE: APRIL 6, 2010TIME: APPROX. 10:00 amBY: SGT. M. KUTACH

TROY E. NEHLSConstable Pct. 4Fort Bend County, Texas

CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 18TH day of FEBRUARY 2010 by the 434TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #09-DCV-172498 in favor of the Plaintiff - FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT & ET -AL, Plaintiff , for the sum of $5,071.57 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 4TH day of MARCH, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - LAWRENCE E. GARVIN & ET-AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: TRACT 12, OAKWICK FOREST ESTATES SECTION 2, 1.0779 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING PART OF A 44.476 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE MOSES SHIPMAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT 86, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING PART OF A CALLED 198.91 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 605, PAGE 382, FORT BEND COUNTY DEED RECORDS (0086000004751907)Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $66,830.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 18TH day of FEBRUARY 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #07-DCV-158002 in favor of the Plaintiff - FORT BEND COUNTY & ET - AL, Plaintiff , for the sum of $6,102.45 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 4TH day of MARCH, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - ALEXANDER WATSON had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: LOTS 1 THROUGH 5 IN THE SOUTH HALF OF BLOCK 29 OF FRESNO DOME ADDITION, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID ADDITION BEING SITUATED IN THE SUBDIVISION OF MAGNOLIA PLACE, ACCORIDNG TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 232, PAGE 346 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY TEXAS; BEING THAT SAME PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE DEED FROM DOROTHY SOR RELLS TO ALEXANDER WATSON DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1940 AND FILED UNDER VOLUME 188, PAGE 592 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS (ACCOUNT NUMBER 460000292010907)Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $18,380.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 18TH day of FEBRUARY 2010 by the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #05-DCV-146658 in favor of the Plaintiff - FORT BEND COUNTY & ET-AL, Plaintiff , for the sum of $16,451.73 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 4TH day of MARCH, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, & ET AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT 1: LOT 32 IN BLOCK 6 OF THE CORRECTED PLAT OF QUAIL GLEN, SECTION 2, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 25, PAGE 8 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. (ACCOUNT NUMBER 5860020060320907)Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $91,680.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 18TH day of FEBRUARY 2010 by the 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #08-DCV-161660 in favor of the Plaintiff -FORT BEND COUNTY & ET- AL Plaintiff , for the sum of $37,725.25 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 4TH day of MARCH, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - MIGUEL ANGEL V. DEL CASTILLO & ET- AL had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TRACT1: LOT 16, IN BLOCK 2 0F SIENNA STEEP BANK VILLAGE, SECTION SIX-A, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN SLIDE NO.1933/B OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS (ACCOUNT NUMBER 8130610020160907)Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $251,400.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on the 12TH day of JANUARY 2010 by the 400TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #08-DCV-166546 in favor of the Plaintiff - QUAIL VALLEY EAST COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC Plaintiff , for the sum of $3,141.00 +++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on the 18TH day of FEBRUARY, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL, 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., any and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - VALENTIN GARCIA AND JUDITH GARCIA had of, in or to the following described Real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 31 OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST SUBDIVISION, SECTION 5, A SUBDIVISION OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 15, PAGE 3 IN THE MAP RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Any properties sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the property or their interest therein if allowed, within the time and in the manner provided by law.ALL SALES SHALL BE BY CONSTABLE’S DEED AND ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO TITLE OR CONDITION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS EVIDENCED BY CONSTABLE’S DEED.MARKET VALUE: $105,350.00Terms: Cash, Cashier’s Check or Money Order; Sale to held at or about 10 a.m. At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse.


LEGAL NOTICEINVITATION TO BIDDERS

Sealed Bids will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 for the following until THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All bids will then be publicly opened and read in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Bids received after the specifi ed time will be returned unopened.BID 10-077 – CONSTRUCTION OF TWO (2) BASEBALL FIELDS AND REQUIRED FENCING IN THE BUFFALO BAYOU PARK AND TRAIL SYSTEMLump sum pricing is required; payment will be by check after products/services are rendered. Performance and Payment Bonds are required.Fort Bend County reserves the right to re-ject any or all bids.Signed: Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing Agent Fort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

LEGAL NOTICEREQUEST FOR SEALED COMPETITIVE PROPOSALSSealed Competitive Proposals will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 for the following until THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All proposals will then be opened in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 and the names of the proposers made public. Proposals received after the specifi ed time will be returned un-opened.RFP 10-076 – EMPLOYEE, DEPENDENT AND RETIREE ON-SITE MEDICAL A Pre-Proposal Conference is scheduled for Thursday, April 1, 2010 starting at 10:00 AM. Respondent’s are encouraged to attend. The conference will convene at the County Purchasing Agent’s Offi ce located at 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg, Texas.Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

Signed:Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing AgentFort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

LEGAL NOTICEINVITATION TO BIDDERS

Sealed Bids will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 for the following until THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All bids will then be publicly opened and read in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Read-ing Road, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Bids received after the specifi ed time will be returned unopened.1. BID 10-078 60 TON TRAILER;2. BID 10-079 DUMP TRUCKS.Unit pricing is required; payment will be by check af-ter products/services are rendered. Performance and Payment Bonds are not required.Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all bids.Signed: Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing Agent Fort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

LEGAL NOTICEREQUEST FOR SEALED COMPETITIVE PROPOSALSSealed Competitive Proposals will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 for the following until THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All proposals will then be opened in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Rosenberg Annex, 4520 Reading Road, Suite A, Rosenberg, TX 77471 and the names of the proposers made public. Proposals received after the specifi ed time will be returned un-opened.RFP 10-080 – LEASE OF PROPERTY FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

Signed:Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing AgentFort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

CONSTABLE SALEUnder and by virtue of a Writ of Execution and / or Order of Sale issued on February 1, 2010 by the 268TH DISTRICT Court of FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas in cause #07-DCV-155960 in favor of the Plaintiff - SIENNA PLANTATION RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff , for the sum of $7,064.00++++costs as taxed on said Execution and / or Order of Sale and further the sum of executing the same. I have levied on FEBRUARY 3RD, 2010 and will off er for sale on the 6TH day of APRIL 2010 at the County Courthouse steps of Fort Bend County, Texas in the city of Richmond, Texas between the hours of ten o’clock a.m. and four o’clock p.m., and all rights, title, interests and claims which the said Defendant(s) - SANDRA L. BOSWELL had of, in or to the following described Real Property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas; viz.:LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 44, BLOCK 3, SIENNA VILLAGE OF ANDERSON SPRINGS, SECTION FOUR-A, AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT NO. 20040085, PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS (THE “PROPERTY”) ALSO KNOWN AS 7518 BLUE GAP, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77459.

Terms: Cash, Sale to held at or about 11 a.m.At the steps of the Fort Bend County courthouse

RUBEN DAVIS, CONSTABLE,Precinct 2Fort Bend County , TexasBy Gary Majors #73

PUBLIC NOTICE OF TEST OFAUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT

AVISO PUBLICO DE PROBAREL EQUIPO TABULAR AUTOMATICAMENTE

Notice is hereby given that the automatic tabulating equipment that will be used in the election to be held on April 13, 2010, will be tested on April 1, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Fort Bend County Elections Department, 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg Texas to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offi ces and on all measures.

Por lo presente se da aviso que el equipo para tabular automáticamente que se usará en la elección el 13 de Abril del 2010 se probara el 1 de Abril del 2010 a las 2 p.m. en el Departamento de Elecciones del Condado de Fort Bend, 4520 Reading Road, Rosenberg Texas para determinar si el equi-po contara’ con exactitud los votos para todos los puestos ofi ciales y sobre todos los proyectos de ley. /s/ John Oldham

Fort Bend County Elections AdministratorAdministrador de Elecciones del Condado de Fort Bend

Fort Bend County Librar-ies will again host representa-tives from the American As-sociation of Retired Persons (AARP), who will provide free income-tax-preparation assistance for low-income taxpayers at several locations in the Fort Bend County li-brary system. Patrons should bring last year’s tax return to the session. April’s schedules are as follows:

• George Memorial Li-brary, 1001 Golfview, Rich-mond; Room 2B:

Thursdays, April 1, 8, 15; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Saturday, April 10; 10:00

a.m to 1:00 p.m.• Cinco Ranch Branch,

2620 Commercial Center Boulevard, Katy; Meeting Room 1:

Mondays, April 5, 12; 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

•Sugar Land Branch, 550 Eldridge; Conference Room:

Wednesdays, April 7, 14; 10:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m.

•First Colony Branch, 2121 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land; Conference Room:

Tuesdays, April 6, 13; 10:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, April 7, 14; 10:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m.

•Missouri City Branch,

Free tax help at Fort Bend County Librarieslibraries in the Fort Bend County library system dur-ing regular library hours. This service is free and open to the public on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. For more information, call the library’s Public Information Offi ce at 281-341-2677.

1530 Texas Parkway; Meeting Room:

Tuesdays, April 6, 13; 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Thursdays, April 1, 8, 15; 10:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m.

•Bob Lutts Fulshear/Si-monton Branch, 8100 FM 359 South, Fulshear; Meeting Room:

Saturday, April 10; 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Income-tax forms may be obtained at any of the branch

Child Advocates of Fort Bend, along with Friends of Child Advocates of Fort Bend, and Exchange Club of Sugar Land will mark the beginning of April Child Abuse Prevention Month Friday, March 26, 6 p.m. at the Sugar Land Town Square Plaza (in front of City Hall) with their annual Light of Hope event.

The event will include: •Ceremony to kick off April Child Abuse Prevention Month

•Featuring Sugar Land Mayor James Thompson, 328th Ju-dicial District Court Judge Ron Pope, former foster child, 300 area Girl Scouts.

•Singing by Sugar Land recording artist Debbie Fancher and former Sugar Land Mayor David Wallace

•CAFB’s expanded blue ribbon quilt will be unveiled To call attention to the fact that child abuse exists in every

community and build community support in the fi ght against abuse, Child Advocates of Fort Bend speaks up for abused and neglected children. More than 8,000 abused and neglected children have been served since its opened its doors in 1991. On average, it serves more than 400 children each month be-tween our two programs, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the Children’s Advocacy Center.

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Healthy eating The University of Texas

M. D. Anderson Clinical Care Center in Sugar Land will host a free seminar on healthy eat-ing at the Sugar Land Senior’s Program on Friday, March 26 at 1 p.m. This event is open to guests who are at least 55 years old. Attendees will learn about eating healthy, maintaining a healthy weight and balancing caloric intake, as well as the link between obesity and cancer, from an M. D. Anderson clinical di-etician. The Sugar Land Se-nior’s Program is located in the Sugar Land Senior Center at 200 Matlage Way in Sugar Land. For more information call 281-275-2893. Reserva-tions are not required.

Minute Maid recently an-nounced its partnership with Sugar Land Town Square to present Movies Under the Moon to the Sugar Land com-munity. Minute Maid will con-tinue the popular Town Square event series for the months of April, through October of this year. A baseball-themed, kick-off event is planned for April 16, 7:30 p.m. which will in-clude an appearance by Former Houston Astro Craig Biggio. Come early to enter a drawing to win Houston Astros-signed memorabilia. This event is free and open to the public. For more information visit Sugar-LandTownSquare.com.

Movies Under the Moon

Texana Center, The Arc of Fort Bend, Focus Initia-tive and Amegy Bank have partnered to host Celebrating Abilities, Saturday, March 27 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Plaza at Sugar Land Town Square. This fun fami-ly-oriented afternoon will in-clude a rock wall, clown, face painting, children’s activities and refreshments. There will be lots of entertainment too, with a variety of performanc-es from bands, choirs, karate demonstrations and more.The purpose of this event is to create awareness of the is-sues and abilities of people

Celebrating abilities

The University of Houston System at Sugar Land will host an Open House and Advising Night on April 8, 4 to 7 p.m. at the UHSSL campus, 14000 University Blvd. Sugar Land, at the intersection of U.S. 59 South and University Blvd. where prospective students can learn about junior, senior and graduate courses leading to more than 30 bachelor’s, master’s and certifi cations of-fered close to home.

To learn more, call 281-275-3300 or log onto www.sugar-land.uh.edu/advisingnight

UHSSL hosts open house

Houston Lace Eyebrows & Lashes Wellness Center and Juzo, a leading manufacturer of compression therapy gar-ments, are teaming up to offer FREE leg vein screenings on April 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 2715 Bissonnet, Suite 203. Designed to detect if your legs are at risk of devel-oping circulatory problems, the screening is as fast and simple as having your blood pressure checked. For more information on our free leg vein screenings, contact Ter-ry Tribble at 713-522-PINK (7465).

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Moms Market Just in time for Mother’s

Day, Little Fishers Pre-school will be hosting a great spring craft and gift sale on the grounds of their school and Fishers of Men Lutheran Church 2011 Austin Parkway Sugar Land on April 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This rain or shine event will feature local vendors with unique home, yard, candles, food, soaps, jewelry, kitchen items, handbags, clothing, and baby items. Lunch and snack items will be for sale.

Admission is free. Proceeds benefi t the Little

Fishers Preschool. For more information, contact Cathy Shisler at 281-285-5656.

Quail Valley Exchange Club Golf

The Quail Valley Ex-change Club will be host-ing their annual Golf Tour-nament on Friday, March 26 at the Quail Valley Golf Courses. “This event is our largest fundraising effort every year, and provides us with the monies to support The Escape Center, Fort Bend Literacy Council, Fort Bend CASA as well as many other charities in Fort Bend County,” said Bob Dimmitt, Exchange Club Past Presi-dent. “We consistently raise approximately $100,000, all of which is donated back into the community.” The high-light of this annual tourna-ment is the raffl ing of a 2010 Golf Cart and a custom fi tted set of Titleist Irons. Raffl e tickets are available at the Quail Valley Golf Courses for $5. Entry forms are avail-able at the Quail Valley Golf Courses or from any Quail Valley Exchange Club mem-ber. For additional informa-tion, contact Bob Dimmitt at 281-416-8499.

Schlumberger education expedition

On Saturday, March 27, the Fort Bend Education Founda-tion will host its 7th annual MS 150 training ride. We will provide you with a quality ride whether you are training for the all-important BP MS 150 or just wanting a great day with friends. The Schlum-berger Education Expedition will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Ken Hall Stadium which is located at Hightower High School in Missouri City. For more information, visit www.fort-bendisd.com/foundation.

Cyber securityThe Business & Profes-

sional Division of the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce presents “Cyber Security” presented by Jorge Marra, Cognitas Technologies, Inc. This “lunch and learn” work-shop will be held Thursday, April 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $20 for mem-bers and $30 for prospective members and walk-ins and includes lunch and materi-als. This seminar will be held at the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce located at 445 Commerce Green Blvd. in Sugar Land.

An Instructive and prag-matic security discussion for both the novice and the sea-soned expert alike, this work-shop will focus on the follow-ing key topics:•“My Enterprise Data is se-cure.” Or is it?•How can cybercrime and cyber-warfare affect my en-terprise?•Can I leverage the effi cien-cies of the cloud to get better security at a lower cost?

To register, contact El-len Bush with the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce at 281-491-0277 or [email protected].

Kempner’s Fashion ShowThe Kempner High School

Class of 2010 will hold their annual Student Fashion Show and Auction on March 27, in the Kempner Commons. The evening will include a Fashion Show, hors d’oeuvres catered by Safari Texas, Live & Silent Auction and a raffl e. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20. The evening will be-gin at 6:30 p.m. with the silent auction and hors d’oeuvres. The fashion show will begin at 8 with students modeling clothing from Cache’, Macy’s, David’s Bridal, Men’s Ware-house & Urban Rendezvous. All proceeds benefi t Kemp-ner 2010 Project Graduation. Contact Vicki Palmer at 832-489-8999 to purchase tickets for the event. For more infor-mation visit www.kempner-prograd.org.

Chapel Singers The Friends of the Arts com-

mittee presents in concert the FUMC Chapel Singers. The Chapel Singers will share in-delible mark on their lives and yours - children’s songs, the National Anthem, the Kyrie, hymns, and yes, love songs. This concert will remind you that through the changing of the generations (ages 18 to 80) and the changing of soci-ety, constant in each person’s memory, a reminder of things past. The concert will be held on Saturday, March 27, in the church Chapel, 3900 Lexing-ton Blvd., Missouri City be-ginning at 4 p.m. It is free to the public but love donations will be accepted. More de-tails, call 281-499-3502 or email:[email protected].

Interested in growing your business during these diffi cult times?

Learn how at the Fort Bend American Business Women’s Association’s annual Business Associates Event on Thursday, April 1, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Sugar Creek Country Club.

The guest speaker will be Houston fashion designer, Gayla Bentley.

In October 2009, Ms. Bent-ley succeeded in convincing two venture capitalists to in-vest $250,000 in her business on the reality show Shark Tank.

This fun fi lled event, fea-turing informal modeling and vendor tables, is the per-fect way to meet area busi-ness women and learn how to “Swim with the Sharks.”

Networking begins at 6 p.m., dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m.

Sugar Creek Country Club is located at 420 Sugar Creek Blvd., Sugar Land, 77478.

Guests are welcome to call the reservation hotline, 281-319-9995, to reserve your seat or table. Vendor tables avail-able for rent.

For more information on

ABWA’s Business Associates Event, contact chairperson Marilyn Nelson at [email protected] or visit www.abwafort-bend.org.

The mission of the Ameri-can Business Women’s As-sociation is to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, educa-tion, networking support and national recognition.

in our community who have intellectual and developmen-tal disabilities. “Celebrating Abilities” is about recogniz-ing the diversity of our com-munity and celebrating our different abilities.

Fort Bend ABWA hosts winner of Reality Show “Shark Tank,” Gayla Bentley

Fort Bend ABWA Business Associates Event Committee: Melissa Lewandowski, left, Judy Gulgun, Keynote Speaker Gayla Bentley, Chair Marilyn Nelson, Ursula Chester, Loan Mansy, Bee Franks Walker, Lula Blakely.

Prosperity Bank is excited to be the Presenting Sponsor for Texana Center’s Reaching for the Stars Gala event which takes place on Friday, April 9 at Safari Texas Ranch.

The gala committee, under the direction of Thelma Shel-ton, has been hard at work to ensure that the 2010 Reaching for the Stars Gala is an eve-ning of great food, fabulous entertainment and superb

company! If that is not enough, there

will be a chance to bid on one-of-a-kind items in the live auction, in addition to a won-derful silent auction which is sure to be full of interesting, must-have items.

The live auction includes a Ladies’ Beach Get Away for 10, Dinner in the Vineyard, a Breakfast with Champions hosted by our favorite elected

offi cials and much more.The event will benefi t a

variety of Texana programs, with the main focus on the new west campus which will start construction in April 2010. The campus will have a Learning Center to provide education in life and job skills for people with intellectual and developmental disabili-ties, and will also have a Ser-vice Center to accommodate the staff who deliver services in Fort Bend County.

Mike & Judy Schmid, who have been great supporters of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, were delighted to be asked to serve as Honorary Chairs for the event.

They are supported by a distinguished line-up of com-munity leaders as the 2010s Honorary Committee; Drs. Scott & Juliet Breeze, Judge Robert & Pat Hebert, Mayor Joe & Doris Gurecky, Ann Smith, Allison & Cassandra Wen, Billie & Jack Wendt and Milton & Marian Wright.

Greg Groogan of Fox 26 News will serve as the Master of Ceremonies and Commis-sioner James Patterson, one of Fort Bend’s outstanding auctioneers, will guide the crowd through the live auc-tion with his persuasive style. Yvonne Washington & the Mix will entertain guests with some fabulous music to dance the night away.

Table sponsorships are available at $1,500 upwards and individual tickets are $100 each. For sponsorship or tickets contact 281-239-1311. To purchase tickets, visit www.texanacenter.com

Mike and Judy Schmid, Gala Honorary Chairs; Thelma Shel-ton, Gala Committee Chair; and John Rebeles Jr., President, Prosperity Bank Sugar Land and Presenting Sponsor.

“Reaching for the stars” gala to aid Texana Center

Bargain Book SaleFriends of First Colony Branch

Library, 2121 Austin Parkway, Grants Lake, Sugar Land, will hold their monthly bargain book sale Saturday, April 10, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Books, CD’s, DVD’s (no magazines or encyclopedias) in good condition may be donated during regular library hours or at the sale and are tax deductible. Children’s items are especially needed. Call 281-416-0936.

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By BARBARA FULENWIDERThe Infi niti G-37 is a pow-

erful beauty with the same handling fi nesse of the Nis-san 350Z Roadster. In other words it’s close to driving nir-vana.

The 2010 Infi niti G convert-ible comes with a three-piece folding hardtop and 325 horsepower 3.7 liter V6, and both provide an exhilarating ride.

The convertible debuted last year and for 2010 got more refi nements and en-hancements. They include some revised interior fea-tures, new navigation system functions and power folding outside mirrors. Unchanged is the G convertible’s abil-ity to put the thrill back into driving.

The Infi niti G convertible’s responsive handling and fi rm ride are provided by its front mid-ship platform design, which optimizes front/rear weight balance and creates a rigid, stable foundation for the four-wheel indepen-dent suspension. The front suspension is a double wish-bone design and multi-link is in the rear.

The V6 motor makes 267 lb.-ft. of torque and estimat-ed fuel economy is 16 and 24 in city/highway driving. The motor is mated to either a close-ratio six-speed manual transmission or an electroni-cally controlled seven-speed automatic transmission. The automatic transmission in-cludes manual mode, down-shift rev matching, Drive Sport mode and adaptive shift control and optional sol-id magnesium paddle shift-ers for sports car driving.

Braking is provided by standard four-wheel vented discs and an anti-lock brak-ing system, electronic brake force distribution and brake assist. The G37 convertible

with sport package or the Sport 6MT have larger ven-tilated rotors and aluminum four-piston calipers front/two-piston calipers rear, embossed with the Infi niti name.

While all of this provides a great ride, the exterior styl-ing gets lots of looks. The G 37 convertible is beauti-fully proportioned so looks graceful, nimble and power-ful. It maintains a coupe-like silhouette with the top up through the use of a three-piece clamshell retractable hardtop, which allows for a shorter rear overhang and a low trunk lid. Compared to the G coupe, the convert-ible uses all new body panels from the A-pillar back, and is 1.1 inch wider overall, has a wider rear track and modifi ed rear suspension.

Up front the G convertible has signature Infi niti styling cues such as fl owing front fender curves, a wave-style aluminum hood, expressive front fascia with double-arch grille and L-shaped high in-tensity discharge bi-func-tional xenon headlights with integrated fog lamps.

In the rear the taillights are unique to the convertible and the chrome rear trunk fi nisher incorporates an inte-grated high-mount stoplight and small camera for the rear view monitoring system.

The automatic top opening/closing sequence takes ap-proximately 30 seconds and the switch is conveniently lo-cated on the center console. With the top up, the convert-ible’s styling hides the fact that it’s an open air vehicle and when the top is dropped the G takes on even more beauty.

The Infi niti G convertible’s list of standard equipment includes a double hand-stitched leather-covered steering wheel with wheel-mounted audio and cruise controls, leather seats, heat-ed eight-way power driver and front passenger seats, push button ignition, adap-tive dual zone climate,

The G convertible 6MT was the test drive model and it comes with sport-styled front seats with manual thigh extension and driver’s power thigh and torso support, high-grip aluminum pedals and foot rest and a power walk-in device that moves the front seats forward for easier access to the second row.

The Infi niti G convertible 6MT retails for $43,900 and with the optional illuminat-ed kick plates, a navigation package and premium pack-age came in at $50,365, in-cluding the $865 destination charge. But what a fun drive in a classy looking car it is.

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Dinner and a date with Mo-nique H. That’s how I spent my Saturday night.

When I go to movies on Fridays, Monique H. thinks that I’m at my day job so it is not a problem, but when I want to see a movie on a Sat-urday night, things get a little more complicated. She’s a fun date.

We started the evening at Smash Brothers near Edwards 24 inside the loop.

As I have explained before, when I take Monique H. out to dinner, I attempt to show her a good time. She had a burger and I had a “classic hot dog” with beans on it instead of chili; what’s up with that?

I’d heard good things about this movie directed by Roman “I Don’t Live Here Any-more” Polanski, so I was look-ing forward to seeing a qual-ity movie in 2010; the pickins have been slim.

Immediately before and after the Oscars, weak movies prevail.

If you doubt me, take a look at the dismal list of fl icks now showing at your local theatre. Don’t despair; this is an an-nual ritual and I promise that the movies will get better.

This is billed as a suspense thriller and I admit that I

had Hitchcockian fl ashbacks throughout.

I don’t want to over hype this movie, but it had the feel and cinematography of Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” (1959) starring Cary Grant as Roger Thorn-hill.

Ewan “Moulin Rouge” McGregor plays the ghost writer hired to write the memoirs for former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan).

The publishers are in a hurry to get the book in print within a month. The schedule just hit a snag as Lang’s for-mer ghost was recently found washed up on shore near the exclusive and highly secured compound in the USA where Lang is living.

McGregor is the conscience of the audience and is our investigator in his attempts to unravel the mysteries sur-rounding the British inves-tigation of Lang’s potential involvement of war crimes involving torture and the U.S. Government. The secrecy is intense and he is ordered not

to remove the manuscript “...from this room and it is not to be copied.”

Lang and his wife Ruth (Ol-ivia Williams) seem to be the classic political couple with all the ego and marital prob-lems related to power.

And The Ghost is in the middle.

Note to women: there is a shot of the backside of Ewan getting out of bed nude.

The screenplay by Robert Harris and Polanski adapted from Harris’ novel “The Ghost” is spectacular.

The dialogue and twists and turns of the story are in-triguing and spellbinding. Polanski has made an excep-tional movie that hits on all cylinders.

The acting, editing, and set design are brilliant.

The music by Alexandre Desplat is perfect for the sto-ry and sets the ideal moods. Hitch would approve of this movie. Rock ‘n Roll.Grade 91. Larry H. email: [email protected]

Get ready for a rockin’ and rollin’ good time at the 21st annual Lone Star Stomp gala! Set for Saturday, April 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at the George Ranch Historical Park, the Stomp is an evening of great food, lively music and fun you won’t want to miss.

The original Triumphs will headline as the night’s entertainment. The band played with pop/rock/country star B.J. Thomas in the 1960s.

“I’m so excited about the 21st annual Lone Star Stomp!” said Event Chair-man Becky Covell. “Not only will guests be able to dance the night away with music from the Triumphs, but we’re also spinning the feel of the event by intro-ducing a little bit of Carib-bean fun.”

This year’s Western/Ca-ribbean theme is “Rockin’ and Rollin’: An Event with a Beat of its Own!” Covell also chaired the very successful “Dudes & Divas” Lone Star Stomp XIX in 2008.

In addition to music and dancing, the Lone Star Stomp features catering by The Swinging Door, live and silent auctions (with auctioneer Jeff Council), and other all-star extras.

“Our committed-to-suc-cess event team is bringing in some great live auction items this year,” Covell said. “Plus there will be some-thing for everyone in the silent auction.”

Honorary chairs are Jeff and Ann Council, who are being recognized for their 20+ years of dedication to the Fort Bend County Mu-seum Association.

“We are delighted to rec-ognize Ann and Jeff Council as the honorary chairs,” said Executive Director Candace Jones.

“They have actively and consistently supported the Museum Association for a great number of years. Ann was a charter member of the Docent Society and served on the Museum’s Board of Trustees; Jeff and Ann have been signifi cantly involved with the Lone Star Stomp every year and have generously contributed their time and resources to-wards its success. They are both genuinely deserving of commendation for their generosity and gracious-ness to our organization and community.”

So save the date for Satur-day, April 17 and get ready to celebrate with us at the

George Ranch Historical Park’s covered arena. Tickets are $65 each and reserved tables are available for groups of eight or more. All proceeds from the evening will benefi t the educational and preservation eff orts of the Fort Bend County Mu-seum Association.

For the fi rst time in Lone Star Stomp history, tickets and sponsorships are avail-able for purchase online at http://www.fortbendmu-seum.org/annual-events/stomp/.

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Pictured from left to right are Candace Jones (executive director of the Fort Bend County Museum Association), Elyce Kahn (a member of the Lone Star Stomp steering committee), Becky Covell (Lone Star Stomp chairman) and Ann and Jeff Council (honorary chairs).

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THINK GIG RALLY. A public rally was held at the Sugar Land Town Square Plaza on March 19 to drum up support for Sugar Land’s selection for a Google pilot project. A com-mercial was also fi lmed to convince Google of overwhelming community support for the Sug-ar Land area’s selection as the proving ground for the next generation of the Internet. The public rally was held during Friday’s intermission of a concert by the Grady Skelton Band -- a high-energy country, southern rock, Americana group. Free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream was provided to those who completed a survey intended to determine the public’s support for an ultra high-speed Internet pilot project in Sugar Land. Google has announced plans to build the infrastructure for a pilot project that will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today -- over 1 gigabit per second, fi ber-to-the-home connections. As part of the initial selection process, Sugar Land must demonstrate community support for Google’s pilot project. Above, participants show their support with their own posters. —Photo by RANDY KOZLOVSKY

QUAIL VALLEY QUAILS. Quail Valley Quails members Terry Colley, left, second Vice President, Bev Yellowlees, Inge-Lise Braswell, fi rst Vice-President & Program Chair and Sara Cornett are looking forward to the upcoming Coldwater Creek Style Show to be held April 1 at the Quail Valley Grille in Missouri City. Members of Quails will strut their stuff in the latest fashions designed to put a spring in your step. Meetings begin with a social hour from 10 a.m. followed by a brief business meeting and the program at 11 a.m. Lunch is served at noon and door prizes are awarded with dessert. For luncheon and style show information or reservations, contact Terry Colley at [email protected] or 281-438-6234.

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