Sugar Land, Texas (October 31, 2013) - Nalco General Manager and board member of Child Advocates of Fort Bend Kurt Kirchof was honored as the Texas CASA Excellence in Governance Board Member of the Year by Texas CASA, the statewide network of local Court Appointed Special Advocate programs which recruit, train and support volunteers who speak up in court for children in the foster care system. The award was presented during Texas CASA’s annual conference in San Marcos on October 25.

Child Advocates of Fort Bend Executive Director Ruthanne Mefford, Kurt Kirchof and Texas CASA Chief Executive Officer Vicki Spriggs

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 29, 2013) - The Ridge Point High School Marching Band and Color Guard, led by Director Dr. Michael Barnes and Assistant Director Andrew Lee, have made school and district history by advancing to the UIL State Marching Band Contest.

This is the first year that the band and color guard have advanced to the competition, and they are only the third Fort Bend ISD band to do so. (They follow the Austin High School and Clements High School Bands.)

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 28, 2013) - Eclipse Soccer, recently had a shirt sale/drive for Breast Cancer Awareness month. They created pink t-shirts for their club and sold them to their community. A portion of the amount raised from sales of the Eclipse Pink shirts (the ones the girls are wearing), was donated back to the Memorial Hermann Foundation.

Paul Rossetti, Eclipse President said, “With over 3 million women battling breast cancer in the U.S. today, it is our responsibility to join the efforts to raise money for research and awareness.”

Dr. Michael Kent (Richmond Bone and Joint), Kim Vinson (Eclipse Soccer club), Steven Ramirez (Memorial Hermann Sugar Land) and Paul Rossetti (Eclipse Soccer Club). Front row, from left: Nicholas Sanders, Joshua Sanders, Lauren Vinson, Taylor Vinson, Kara Canetti, Morgan Vinson, and Owen Rossetti

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 28, 2013) - Reading Recovery is just what it sounds like – a program that helps students recover from a faulty start, catching them up with their classmates.

But it recovers something else: children who love to read.

Reading Recovery teacher Jessica Thibodeaux with Smith first-grader Lucki Covarrubio

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Sugar Land Texas Emergency Rooms

• 24 Hour Emergency Room 16000 SW Frwy, #100 Sugar Land, TX 281-277-0911
• Emerus 24 Hour Emergency Room 1600 SW Frwy Sugar Land, TX 281-277-0911
• SPHIER Emergency Room 8721 Hwy 6 Missouri City, TX 832-321-1000

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 25, 2013) - The community charity event, Pretty in Pink—Town Square, raised more than $114,000 to benefit local cancer patients through the Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Cancer fund.

Presenting sponsors, Breast Surgeons – Dr. Sandra Templeton & Dr. Kelly Dempsey joined a wide range of other sponsors and donors to make Pretty in Pink a huge success.

Diane Chambers, Brittany Scally, Rosalie Thornblom and Evelyn Traylor

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 24, 2013) - The New Territory Women’s Association is proud to donate $1,500 to The Rosenberg Railroad Museum. The Rosenberg Railroad Museum preserves and displays historical resources related to rail, and provides an educational and entertaining rail experience to visitors.

NTWA President, Sarah Warburton; RRM Executive Director, Lisa Rickert; NTWA Community Service Chair, Lisa Dolezal; and RRM Assistant Administrator, Colette Lock

The New Territory Women’s Association, founded in 1996, is a diverse group of women with a variety of interests joining together to make new friends, have fun and give back to the community.

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Sugar Land Texas Urgent Care

• MedSpring Urgent Care 1403 Hwy. 6, Sugar Land, TX 832-260-0640
• Next Level Urgent Care 8729 Hwy 6., #400 Missouri City, TX 832-342-9204
• Next Level Urgent Care 16902 Southwest Fwy., #108 Sugar Land, TX 832-342-9205
• Nightlight Pediatric Urgent Care 15551 SW Fwy., Sugar Land, TX 281-325-1010
• Southwest Urgent Care 19875 SW Fry., Sugar Land, TX 281-545-2323
• St. Michael’s Urgent Care 16062 SW Fwy., Sugar Land, TX
• Sugar Land Minor Emergency Center 4415 Hwy. 6, Sugar Land, TX 281-494-9000
• Sugar Land Urgent Care Center 1211 Highway 6 South, Sugar Land, TX 281-494-7773

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Fort Bend ISD (October 17, 2013) - For the eleventh consecutive year, Bush High School Navy JROTC cadets earned the first place overall award for their outstanding performance at the Fort Bend ISD Drill and Skills Competition, held at Kempner High School.

Luis Salazar, Male Color Guard Commander; Trashawn Sillimon, Armed Exhibition Commander; Daniel Mendoza, Battalion Commanding Officer and Armed Regulation Commander; Siomara Ayala, Female Color Guard Commander; and Rosmeri Ayala, Unarmed Drill Team Commander.

The competition invited all FBISD JROTC Drill Units to enter the competition and demonstrate their skills. The units were evaluated on Personal Appearance, Armed and Unarmed Drill, Color Guard Demonstration, and Physical Fitness prowess.Bush cadets earned the first place overall award after receiving first place in the following areas of competition:

• Armed and Unarmed Drill
• Male Color Guard Demonstration
• Female Color Guard Demonstration

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 17, 2013) - Radio Disney is making its way to Town Square for Sugar Land’s sixth annual Halloween Town event on Oct. 27, from 4-8 p.m.

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” spectacular prizes and the Radio Disney road team will spice up the night with choreographed dance moves and interactive intermissions.

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Campbell Elementary students

Campbell students in Art teacher Deborah Holzhuter’s class were introduced to International Peace Day. This event is held word wide. Their students celebrated by making a pinwheel and taking it out to put in their school-wide pinwheel display. This is the second year our school has participated in this event as they, “Imagine… whirled peace!”

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 10, 2013) - David Crockett and Sugar Land Middle Schools raised $1,040.47 for the Volley Pink Project volleyball game October 4 at Crockett. It is the third year the two schools have teamed with the Fort Bend Junior Service League to help local cancer patients with the costs associated with their treatment. Each school contributed just over $500 to the cause.

Stacey Rouze, Antwanita Bonom, Chanel Johnson, Heather Carroll, Thomas Graham; front row from left: Favour Alejo, Karen Efron, Debbie Cooper, Versie Turner, Stephanie Carter, Cindy Dempster, Debbie Buckner, and Joshua McLain.

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 8, 2013) - The U.S. Army has drafted Terry High principal Vera Wehring. Wehring is one of only 15 principals in the United States selected by the Army and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) to attend the inaugural leadership and professional development in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Wehring and Araguz

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Sugar Land, Texas (October 3, 2013) - Despite the thunder at the end of their preliminary performance, the Austin Bulldog Marching Band and Angels Dance Team finished in second place at the fourth annual Friendswood Marching Festival.

Austin Bulldog Marching Band and Angels Dance Team

Stephen F. Austin took home the awards for best auxiliary and best general effect in both the preliminary and finals competition. This year the band and Angels are under the direction of Bob Chreste, Michael Roche, Clark Gardner, Lilian Mason, and Ashlee Williamson.

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