Get Involved with Public Education

The Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce’s Education Division will host Raise Your Hand Texas Trustee-in-Residence, Missy Bender. This session, moderated by Jim Rice, Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce Education Division Chair, will be held Thursday, September 8th, at the Fort Bend Chamber, 445 Commerce Green Blvd.,...

Learn Line-Dancing Basics at Mission Bend Branch Library

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Mission Bend Branch Library will present a demonstration of popular line dances on Saturday, August 20th, beginning at 2 pm, in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 8421 Addicks Clodine Road in northeast Fort Bend County. Library staff will demonstrate and teach basic...

Application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals for the 2022-23 School Year Now Open

The application period for Fort Bend ISD’s Free and Reduced-Price Meal program is now open. Families can complete the application online at www.schoolcafe.com/fbisd. Student meals will be available for purchase this school year, but students who qualify may receive...

My Truths

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher You know how when you were young, you were absolutely 100 percent certain you knew everything? I mean you exuded confidence in your vast knowledge and informed your parents frequently of your know-it-all encyclopedic enlightenment. No one could tell you nothing because...

You Can’t Rush the Finer Things in Life

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher There are certain things in this world that simply cannot be rushed. Art, nature, babies, beauty – just to name a few. And me, well, I am one of those things. Now, I can rush. I have the ability to do so. I can move things along, burn rubber, make haste – call it what...

Cullinan Park Conservancy Announces 2022 Photo Contest

Cullinan Park Conservancy (CPC) invites photographers of all levels to submit photos to its annual photo contest. The contest is held in conjunction with the Conservancy’s sixth annual “Picnic for the Park” luncheon to be held on Friday, October 7th at River Pointe Church in Richmond. The contest opens...