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  Vol. XXXIII   No. 3

 

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Pet of the week
Curley is a 7 month old wire terrier mix who needs a home. Curley is affectionate with people and very playful and good with other dogs.
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1st Annual Red, White and Blue
Jean Bash set for September 4
Community leaders and business owners across Fort Bend County have joined together to support Helpingahero.org.
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Fort Bend Co. outstanding volunteers honored
Fort Bend County’s top volunteers were honored at the 2010 County Judge’s Volunteer Awards Ceremony with a celebratory breakfast on Thursday, April 29, at Safari Texas Ranch.
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Fort Bend Libraries to close for Fair Day
All branches of Fort Bend County Libraries will be closed Friday, September 24, in observance of Fort Bend County Fair Day.
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Keep Sugar Land Beautiful receives
prestigious state environmental award
Keep Texas Beautiful recently announced Keep Sugar Land Beautiful (KSLB) as one of just 10 winners of the 2010 Governor’s Community Achievement Award
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Library seeks oldest Fort Bend library card
Do you have the oldest library card in the county?
September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month.
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Turrubiate honored with
Good Samaritan Award
Correctional Officer Roy “Turbo” Turrubiate was
honored Monday with a Good Samaritan Award.
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Walk-In Clinic offered by
Fort Bend Lawyers CARE
Fort Bend Lawyers CARE (FBLC) will offer a Walk-In Legal Clinic at Calvary Episcopal Church, 806 Thompson Road, Richmond, in the school gym, on September 11, from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Sponsored by FBLC.
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QV Proud Hotline
The Quail Valley Proud Hotline
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Methodist Sugar Land Hospital offers
free prostate cancer screenings
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s Cancer Center will host free prostate cancer screenings September 13 and 14 from 5:30–8 p.m. Pre-registration is required.
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Application deadline for Mayor’s
Youth Advisory Council is Friday Aug. 27
The deadline for high school students who live in Sugar Land and are interested in serving on the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council’s Class of 2010-2011 is fast approaching!
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Deadline nears for Fort Bend
County Fair contests
On September 12, the Fort Bend County Fair will crown the Fair Prince & Princess, Fair Duke & Duchess and the Jr. Fair Queen for this year’s fair.
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Exchange Club donates bears
The bears are used by the Court to give to
children going through adoptions in that Court.

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Get gatorwise at Brazos Bend State Park
Special programming focusing on alligators
will be featured August 28 & 29.
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Master Naturalist Training
now open to applicants
The Texas Master Naturalist Program, Coastal Prairie Chapter,
is now open to applicants for the Fall 2010 program.
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Missouri City Pet of the Week -
A Sweetheart Named Sampson
The Missouri City Pet of the Week, Sampson,
is a Shih Tzu looking for a “forever home.”
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NAMI announces meeting -
Jack Callagham guest speaker
“I am bipolar. I went from being a CPA/attorney
to living on the streets for 18 months.”
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Pet of the week
Little JuneBug is a female Redbone Coonhound
mix and is about 14 weeks old.

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Save some “Green by Going Green”
Missouri City residents can save some green by
going green, thanks to a $50 voucher program.
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Sugar Land plans for storm debris removal
The severe weather experienced on Monday evening has created a substantial amount of storm debris throughout Sugar Land.
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SLPD holds Labor Day enforcement
initiative to keep motorists safe
Sugar Land police will partner with agencies across Texas to keep City streets and highways safe and target drunk drivers during a special Labor Day holiday enforcement initiative now through September 6.
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Yard of the Month awarded to the Schweigerts
Quail Valley August Yard of the Month goes to
Don & Sheila Schweigert, at 2903 Lakeview Drive.

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QV Proud Hotline
The Quail Valley Proud Hotline
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Swing for the Cure
announces platinum sponsor
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital and the Fort Bend Junior Service League are “going for the green” with a new golf tournament benefiting the American Cancer Society.
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Beat the Heat!!
As the summer heat continues, the need to stay cool
becomes all the more important, especially for the elderly.
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Grand opening of Missouri City
Annex set for August 21
Fort Bend County leaders are inviting residents to a grand opening of
the new Missouri City Annex, 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, August 21.

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Gulf Coast Medical Foundation provides
$25,000 to support Ft. Bend Seniors
Meals on Wheels Program 
Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels is honored to announce Gulf Coast Medical Foundation has provided funds of $25,000, which will provide support for the Meals on Wheels Program for seniors citizens...
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Inspiring program for women
with cancer set for August 25
The University of Texas MD Anderson Regional Care Center in Sugar Land will host a series of classes...
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Pet of the week
Zeus is a magnificent 100 pound Black Lab/Rottweiler mix.
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SLPD Citizens Police Academy
registration ongoing
Want to discover firsthand what it takes to be a police officer, get to know your beat officer and learn more about criminal investigation?
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Williams Trace Baptist Church to
become Sugar Land Baptist Church
Williams Trace Baptist Church is changing
its name to Sugar Land Baptist Church.
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QV Proud Hotline
The Quail Valley Proud Hotline
>FULL STORY

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