“Birthday Quarter” Blues

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Four weeks into my “Birthday Quarter,” it got real.  After a raucous, rambunctious and real night of revelry, my entire body quit. Now I know what you’re thinking – hangover.  I’m not certain exactly what a hangover entails since I have not had this particular...

Opinion Editorial: Missouri City Election Matters: For Missouri City and Fort Bend

By: James Thompson, Former Sugar Land Mayor and Municipal Committee Chairman, Fort Bend Business Coalition This November 4, 2025, Missouri City voters will go to the polls to elect the leadership for their city. This race is not only critical for the citizens of Missouri City; it is critical to the overall...

The “Birthday Quarter” Stats

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher This week marked the day, the actual birthday – the day the deed was done 60 years ago – associated with the official “Birthday Quarter.”  Since it is football season, and it’s all about the numbers, here are the stats for the first 15 days of the “Birthday...

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Patient Now Cancer-Free with Help of Fast Track Program

When 34-year-old Caitlyn Prescott found a lump in her breast, she knew she had to act quickly. For the past five years, Prescott had been proactively getting mammograms due to her family history and testing positive for the BRCA1 gene — a genetic mutation that significantly increases the risk of developing...

Basic Birthday

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher On a recent mad dash to the airport in keeping with the “Birthday Quarter” shenanigans, I arrived just in time for my flight – thank you Shay! – only to discover that Southwest Airlines had profiled me.  They deemed me as “basic” per the boarding pass that...

Lamar CISD Buys Property for New School at The George

Lamar Consolidated Independent School District has purchased 15 acres in The George for a new elementary school. The purchase closed August 15, 2025. This is one of two parcels within The George master plan that have been designated for a school. “A community where parents can walk their children to school...