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Fort Bend Aggie Mom’s Club announces scholarship raffle

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Fort Bend Aggie Mom’s Club are selling tickets for their scholarship raffle. This year the grand prize is a 2013 Camaro! Tickets are $100 each, and only selling up to 500 tickets. Those are great odds! Second prize is an offshore fishing trip for three people; third prize is two nights at the Victorian Condos [...]

Patient gets an uplifting visit from a surprise visitor

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Recovering in his room after surgery, patient Malcolm Host received a powerful pick-me-up when he was able to see a familiar face with a cold, wet nose. Host received a visit in the hospital by his dog, Chai, a 6 year old toy poodle. Chai’s trip to the hospital was the first personal pet visit [...]

Do you have the best chili in Fort Bend?

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How did famous R&B Musician Archie Bell get a gig judging the best chili in Fort Bend? He says, “I was driving around San Antonio and my car starting acting up. I called my lawyer, David Showalter, and had him set up a meeting for me at Classic Chevrolet. Over the years I’ve dealt with [...]

Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists of Texas provides injury prevention outreach to local athletes

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When local athletes are injured, they rely on the physicians and therapists at Methodist Orthopaedic Specialists of Texas (MOST) to get them back into the competition quickly. To help prevent injuries in the first place, rehabilitation specialists from MOST are now providing in-service training and seminars to local runners, swimmers and triathletes in groups such [...]

YMCA Golf Classic scheduled for March 25

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For the second year in a row and the sixth time in the last ten years, Fort Bend Toyota and Sterling McCall Lexus agreed to be the Title Sponsors of the Fort Bend County Y’s Annual Golf Classic.  This year’s tournament, the Fort Bend Toyota/Sterling McCall Lexus Spring Golf Classic, will be held at Pecan [...]

New store coming to Sugar Creek Village Shopping Center

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By Elsa Maxey At what is known as the Sugar Creek Village Shopping Center in Sugar Land, there will soon be a Fiesta Market Place doing business there. Residents have noticed the considerable construction underway in front of the building at the 13800 block of U.S. 59, the main entrance to the Sugar Creek subdivision. [...]

Huggins Family gift helps Fort Bend Y kick off Annual Campaign

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At the recent kick off of the YMCA’s annual Partners Campaign, the Fort Bend YMCA leadership announced that a pacesetting gift was again pledged by Bo and Amy Huggins.  Earlier that month, Bo Huggins, President/CEO of Houston Distributing, announced that his family would be pledging $50,000 to the campaign for the support of the Y’s [...]

Methodist taking Strides4Stroke to increase stroke awareness

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Increased awareness about the signs and symptoms of stroke has likely contributed to a steady decrease in stroke deaths in Houston and Texas over the past few years. However, the disease is still the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of long-term disability. To continue raising awareness about [...]

Help Child Advocates of Fort Bend by Voting Today: CAFB Needs Your Help to Win the Chance to Crowdfund Their Project

Child Advocates of Fort Bend has entered a project in the Give for Youth Challenge to win the chance to Crowdfund on GiveforYouth.org, and needs your vote. The top 20 vote-getters in the Give for Youth Challenge will get to crowd-fund their projects on GiveforYouth.org. Best of all, Microsoft will match funds raised during the [...]

Ben E. Keith Foods – Missouri City to host Job Fair Sat., Feb. 9

Ben E. Keith Foods will host a job fair on Saturday, February 9, at the Houston Community College (Stafford Campus) at 10041 Cash Road from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Candidates are asked to bring a resume or complete an applicant information form at the event. Ben E Keith Foods – Missouri City General Manager [...]

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