Boil Water Notices

As of 11:30 am on Thursday, February 18, 2021, the following cities and districts in the area should boil their water at least two minutes prior to using. The City of Pearland Quail Valley Utility Districts: Thunderbird Utility District #1 Palmer Plantation MUD #1 Palmer Plantation MUD #2 Harris...

Sienna Women’s League Presents Grants to Fort Bend County Charities

Sienna Women’s League (SWL) presented three grants totaling $30,000 to three Fort Bend County non-profit organizations on Thursday, February 11th at Club Sienna in Sienna. SWL also recognized its corporate and individual sponsors. SWL’s planned fundraising event – High Hats, High Heels & High Tea...

The Last Straw

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher It has finally happened.  That last nerve of mine that has been poked, proded and provoked over the course of the past 12 months has finally snapped – kind of like our water pipes this week.  It’s not so much that the wicked winter wonderland did it; it was the...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Hosts Mega Community Vaccine Event

Although the weather started off dreary for Houston Methodist Sugar Land’s Mega Community Vaccine Event, it did not stop over 8,700 members of the community from getting their COVID-19 vaccine.  The event, held on the hospital’s campus February 5th through 7th, was part of the state-designated vaccine...

Roses are Red, Violets are Not Really Blue

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher It’s Valentine’s Day this week – the official day when we celebrate the ones we love. I have to confess I have mixed emotions about the entire concept of Valentine’s Day. Now I love a good Valentine gift – don’t get me wrong and certainly do not give Tim...

Finding Peace – Like Finding Nemo, But Much Harder

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I was born in the 1960s, so I wasn’t necessarily a child of the decade from a movement perspective, but much about our culture during that period was prominent in my life. The tall, teased-up hairdos, the mini-skirts, the white go-go boots – and that’s just the...