FBISD Grab and Go Meals will Continue for Summer

Fort Bend ISD’s Grab and Go Meals will continue for the summer, beginning this month and ending July 29. Meal pickup is available on Monday and Thursday of each week, where families will receive bundled meals for Monday through Wednesday on Monday and meals for Thursday through Saturday on Thursday. Please...

Repeat Offender

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher It’s happened again, and I honestly have no idea how it happened.  And I mean I really have no idea how it happened, not like when I said these very words to Mother when I was 16 about a dented fender or getting a C in Algebra.  I really mean it this time.  Well,...

10th Annual Run to Attack Poverty Scheduled for June 19th

Attack Poverty, a local nonprofit organization committed to strengthening under-resourced communities through spiritual growth, education, revitalization, and basic needs, invites you to join them on Saturday, June 19th, for its 10th annual “Run to Attack Poverty.” “This event is a great way for the...

Fort Bend County Fair Farmers’ Market Debuts

It’s a ripe occasion with a new Farmers’ Market debuting this June thanks to the Fort Bend County Fair Association. Local growers will be offering up fresh fruits and vegetables, plants and canned goods. Vendors will be set up in the front parking lot of the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds from 8 am to Noon...

First Congregate to Reopen June 7th

After more than a year of serving our Congregate participants in their homes, we are thrilled to announce the first of our centers will reopen Monday, June 7th!  The Bud O’Shieles Community Center, located at 1330 Band Road in Rosenberg, will welcome seniors back with activities, including bingo, art...

Momma’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up …

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Willie and Waylon said, “Don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.” I disagree because I really don’t want my babies to grow up at all. I don’t care if the baby of our bunch is turning 264 months or – gulp – 22 years old today. He’s still my baby –...

Fort Bend ISD Announces Masks are Optional at Graduation Ceremonies

Fort Bend ISD (FBISD) announced today masks will be optional at all graduation ceremonies, including those that take place before June 5th, the date the governor’s executive order goes into effect. Anyone choosing to wear a mask has the option to do so and their choice is to be respected. Social distancing...

Catholic Charities’ Mamie George Community Center to Welcome Clients Back Inside in June

As more people get vaccinated against COVID-19 and cases decline in Fort Bend County, Catholic Charities’ Mamie George Community Center (MGCC) in Richmond will soon open the door to safely invite clients back inside the facility. “We’re going to be very intentional in how we re-open to ensure that...

If You Don’t Want My Peaches, Don’t Shake My Tree

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher It was from the mouth of Stacey Lee’s Aunt Ruby that I first heard this phrase in college.  Aunt Ruby didn’t play.  She was a motorcycle-riding badass who was at least in her late sixties – likely her seventies – dating a turtle farmer when I first met her. ...

Ringing in the Next Longhorn Nation

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I love my alma mater. At this point, The University of Texas is part of my DNA. I truly believe I bleed burnt orange. And when both of my children decided to pursue their higher education at The University, I was beyond proud – nothing would ever top this achievement...

Harvest Green Re-Opens Farmers Market May 15th

After a year-long hiatus, Harvest Green will reopen the community’s farmers market allowing the public to conveniently purchase farm-fresh produce and a multitude of locally sourced items on the third Saturday of each month beginning Saturday, May 15, 2021. The market takes place from 8 am to noon at 8939...

A Mother’s Day Minute

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher It’s that time of year again – the most important holiday of the entire year – if you are a momma. And if you’re not, it is still the most important second only to the birth and death of our Lord and Savior – just accept it. Mother’s Day is the Super Bowl....

Mamie George Community Center Begins Evening Food Distribution in May

Beginning Wednesday, May 5th, working low-income families in Fort Bend County will have an easier time accessing food assistance. The Mamie George Community Center (MGCC) in Richmond, operated by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, will begin distributing food one evening a week:...

Blue Jean Blues

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Remember when we were teenagers, and we purposely bought jeans a size too small? We would lie down on our beds to zip them up and then do squats to get them to “stretch.” And if we had trouble getting a particularly stubborn pair on, one of our girlfriends lent a hand...

Makin’ Do

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher One of the phrases that I often heard growing up was “make do.” If you didn’t have a particular thing you needed, you got creative and you “made do.” Spending summers in rural northern Louisiana from the age of six through my college years, I got to live this...