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VOLUME 125, NUMBER 204 www.fbherald.com ROSENBERG-RICHMOND, TEXAS 75 CENTS Like us on Facebook! HARVEY’S NOT THRU YET Brazos River in Fort Bend County expected to breech levies BY SCOTT REESE WILLEY [email protected]

The Fort Bend County Office of Emer- gency Management has issued a man- datory evacuation for some residents of Fort Bend County and a voluntary evac- uation for others. Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert Visit fbherald.com said the emergency operations agency personnel have been closely monitoring the water level in the Brazos River. TODAY! The National Weather Service forecast indicates that the Brazos River will crest sometime Tuesday, Aug. 29, in the late af- ternoon or early evening at an elevation Good Afternoon of fifty nine feet at the Richmond gauge on U.S. 90A. “A flood of this magnitude is an 800- School supplies giveaway year event and it exceeds the design spec- The Word of Life Worship Center ifications of our levees, and is potential- offers free school supplies, backpacks ly dangerous for a good portion of Fort and shoes at 13135 Battle Road, Beas- Bend County,” said Hebert, who directs ley on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 8-10 a.m. the office emergency management. First-come, first-serve while supplies “A 59-foot-river level threatens to over- last. For more information, contact top many of the levees in our area. Pastor Edward Zamora at 713-405-9157. “As a result, I am ordering both vol- Bazaar rescheduled untary and mandatory evacuations for Holy Rosary Catholic Church has many of the levee improvement districts rescheduled its 81st Annual Bazaar along the Brazos River, based on all spe- due to weather. The bazaar was set for cific facts pertaining to each levee,” He- Sunday, Aug. 27. It has been resched- bert announced late Sunday night. uled to take place on Sunday, Sept. 10. The Brazos River at Richmond is pres- ently at 43.6 feet. Race for Grace During the record-setting 2016 Memo- Abigail’s Place will host its second rial Day flood, the Brazos River crested HERALD PHOTO BY TYLER JOHNSON annual Race for Grace on Saturday, MASSIVE SINKHOLE formed on FM 762 in front of the 24 HR Fitness on Sunday. The sinkhole expanded across the rest of the road- Oct. 14, at Cross Creek Ranch in Ful- way by Sunday afternoon, making the highway impassable. HARVEY 3 shear. Race for Grace consists of a 5k SEE , PAGE and 1k fun run. For more informa- tion, please contact Shereen Sampson at Shereen.sampson@abilgailsplace. City of Rosenberg water still working org. Despite rumors to the contrary, the Monday morning. City Secretary Jen- LCISD campuses closed city of Rosenberg is not shutting off ny Pavlovich said city offices will be Due to inclement weather and mo- people’s water, city officials reported closed Tuesday. bility issues, all Lamar CISD campus- es and facilities will be CLOSED on Monday, Aug. 28 through Friday, Sep. 1. Classes are scheduled to resume on Tuesday, Sep. 5, following the Labor Day holiday. We are closely monitoring the weather and will inform the commu- nity if there are any further changes. Please monitor our website—www. lcisd.org—or the District Facebook and Twitter accounts for the latest in- HERALD FILE PHOTO BY SCOTT REESE WILLEY formation. Traffic on the Grand Parkway where it crosses the Brazos River is safe and open to traffic, authorities reported Sunday. The bridge has been temporarily restricted to one lane each way while contractors shore up the Judge Jodie Stavinoha Bridge, which was Fort Bend Journal damaged during the 2016 Memorial Day flood. However, because of the storm, all the lanes are open to traffic. Too close Be careful when you follow the mass- es…sometimes the “m” is silent. Report: Stavinoha — BH HERALD PHOTO BY RYAN DUNSMORE Around the Bend Bridge is safe, open Flood streets in Walnut Creek Lamar Consolidated High School THE HERALD STAFF As flood waters rise, the laser measure- A resident walks a dog down the swamped Mossy Point culdesac in the Walnut Creek senior Brian Kaminsky sharing his ments will also increase and if the slight- subdivision on Saturday. The water has since receded but more rain is forecast for the next three days and streets could flood again. love for FFA, his excitement for com- The Stavinoha Bridge spanning the est movement is observed, the bridge will peting in rodeos and how he’s mixed Brazos River near New Territory is safe be immediately closed, said Hebert, who with Vietnamese, Polish and Hondu- and open to traffic, despite rumors other- directs the county’s Office of Emergency ran origins... wise, authorities reported Sunday. Management. “There is a rumor floating around Fort “If water rises to the level that prevents Roads closed in Fort Bend LCHS seniors and FFA officers Ev- Bend County that the Stavinoha Bridge direct observation of its action on the pier erett Lane, Micaela Escochea and over the Brazos River on the Grand Park- and/or the northern abutment, the bridge Juan Perez spark Lamar Junior High way (SH 99) will be closed this Sunday will be closed immediately,” he said. County because of storm students’ interest in FFA during Mus- morning,” Fort Bend County Judge Bob “Toll Road personnel have been in- tang Orientation... Hebert said. “There is no truth in the ru- structed that, if in doubt, to act in the in- BY TYLER JOHNSON below Road; SH 6 at FM 521; FM 1093 east- Steven G. Wong having a fun day mor.” terest of public safety. [email protected] bound at Katy Gaston; US 90A at SH 36; of work, eating delicious sushi and top- Erosion from the three major floods in “If the river rises to the predicated fore- SH 99 (Grand Parkway) frontage roads at ping off the night with some dope dro- 2015 and 2016 has removed much of the cast of 55-foot elevation at the Richmond Fort Bend County is continuing to FM 1093; US 90A (Main Street) at Texas nography in Portland, Oregon... earthen bank reinforcing the northern gauge, the bridge will undoubtedly be close roadways throughout the area. Parkway; FM 1463 north of FM 1093; FM Ahmad Kz, Vance Lawrence, pier support, Hebert noted. However, “the closed due to inability to observe the riv- The following the major roadways that 1462 at Nordt Road; 59 Feeder Rd North Sigourney, Joanne Mae, and Blake bridge is safe, but major repairs to restore er’s action against the pier and abutment, are closed: Westpark Tollway Mainlanes at Williams Trace; Williams Trace at US Shelfan exploring Seoul, South Ko- ground support for the pier and prevent but no firm date or time can be set due to between FM 1464 to Mason Road (Not ver- 59; US 90A (Jackson Street) at Collins rea... future erosion are currently being made. our inability to exactly predict river eleva- ified); FM 1093 at Weston Lakes; FM 762 Road (FM 3155); FM 762 at Austin Street Rosenberg City Councilwoman Al- Reflectors have been installed on the pier tions.” at 1994; SH 6 at Lake Shore Harbor; FM (YMCA area) (Not verified); US 90A un- ice Jozwiak helping to fill sandbags components and they are checked regu- Should the bridge be closed, the detour 1994 (5000 block near FM 762); SPUR 10 derpass between Lane Drive and Collins on Friday for city residents at the larly by laser level to confirm no move- route will be via Highway 6 to U.S. 90A, (Hartledge Road) at Kunz Road; SH 6 at Road; Eastbound FM 1093 (Westpark Toll- public works... ment has occurred. Hebert said. In the event that the under- Kitty Hollow park; FM 762 at Benton Road way) Frontage Road at Harlem; FM 1489 Rosenberg City Councilwoman “Due to the predicted flood event con- pass at TX-99 and U.S. 90A is flooded, the (5100 block); FM 359 from North Fulshear north of Johnson Road. Lynn Moses picking up some to-go struction has been halted and all lanes of detour will be Highway 6 to West Airport to Junt/Jordan Road; FM 359 at Precinct The following are the local roads that Chinese food on Saturday... Boulevard. Line Road; FM 1462 from SH 36 to Brum- the bridge are open.” SEE ROADS, PAGE 8 Today’s Scripture The Lord, he it is that doth go before Ohio veterans group won’t McCain bashes Arpaio pardon thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Mc- He also says Arpaio has shown no re- thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, nei- Cain of Arizona is voicing his displeasure morse for his actions. ther be dismayed. show Browns games after at President Donald Trump’s pardon of the Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Arizona Deuteronomy 31:8 former Phoenix metro area sheriff Joe Ar- congressman Andy Biggs are supporting players’ anthem protest paio, who was convicted of a misdemean- the presidential pardon of fArpaio. or contempt-of-court charge for defying a Ducey says Arpaio “deserves credit for Thought for Today judge’s orders that he stop conducting im- helping to reduce crime in Maricopa Coun- “The essence of immorality is the STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An graces the flag or the anthem that we have migration patrols. ty over his long career in law enforcement tendency to make an exception of one’s Ohio Veterans of Foreign Wars post says fought for.” Arpaio was facing the prospect of jail and public office.” self.” it won’t show Cleveland Browns football A team spokesman responded by saying time at his sentencing in October. He says Trump’s pardon “has brought fi- — Jane Addams, American social work- games this season after a group of players the Browns organization has a “profound” McCain says in a statement that “no one nality to this chapter in Arizona’s history.” er and Nobel Peace laureate knelt during the national anthem before a respect for the anthem, the American flag is above the law” and “sworn law officers Ducey adds that Arpaio is his friend and (1860-1935) preseason game Monday. and those in the military but also respects should always seek to be beyond reproach now the 85-year-old ex-lawman can move on VFW Post 3345 Commander Tim the “freedom of personal expression.” in their commitment to fairly enforcing the and enjoy his retirement with his wife and Zvoncheck posted a message to his Face- Nearly a dozen Browns players knelt laws they swore to uphold.” family. book page Wednesday that says the during the anthem, including tight end By pardoning Arpaio, McCain says it un- Biggs says he applauds Trump for par- Strongsville post outside of Cleveland Seth DeValve, the first known white NFL dermines Trump’s claim for the respect of doning Arpaio and adds that “America won’t support a group or person who “dis- player to do so. 786037 20032 2 rule of law. owes Sheriff Arpaio a debt of gratitude. 2 MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 NEWS FORT BEND HERALD Today in History Looking Fur Love BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Your World Today is Monday, Aug. 28, the SUSHI in Five Minutes 240th day of 2017. There are 125 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS days left in the year. ID#A009967 Today’s Highlight in History: On August 28, 1917, 10 suffrag- Ready to be ists demanding that President STATE NATION WORLD Woodrow Wilson support a con- adopted! stitutional amendment guarantee- Coast Guard rescues 12 Police fence off park before Peace marchers flood the ing women the right to vote were If interested off Texas coast before right-wing event streets of Barcelona arrested as they picketed outside hurricane hits SAN FRANCISCO — San BARCELONA, Spain — A the White House. please contact PORT MANSFIELD — The Francisco officials have erected street-wide white banner with On this date: Ft. Bend County U.S. Coast Guard has rescued a fence around a park where a black letters reading “No Tinc In 1609, English sea explorer a dozen people from a boat tak- right-wing group known as Pa- Por” —”I’m not afraid” in Cat- Henry Hudson and his ship, the Animal Service ing on water near Port Man- triot Prayer plans a news confer- alan— is making its way down Half Moon, reached present-day sfield, Texas, about 120 miles ence. Police were screening peo- one of Barcelona’s main street Delaware Bay. at 281-342-1512 south of Corpus Christi, Texas. ple as they enter Alamo Square in a massive march against vi- In 1862, the Second Battle of park on Saturday morning. Pa- olence. Bull Run (also known as Second The names of these animals has been Man inside Killeen home triot Prayer’s news conference is Manassas) began in Prince Wil- added for cuteness-factor only. You Few bidders in online sale may name your pet anything you like killed by shots fired into scheduled there later in the day. liam County, Virginia, during the once you adopt them. house of South African rhino horn Civil War; the result was a Confed- Settlement reached in Ken- JOHANNESBURG — A rhino To adopt, foster or rescue animals, call KILLEEN — Police say a erate victory. 34-year-old man has died af- tucky police shooting case breeder in South Africa who In 1916, Italy declared war on Fort Bend Animal Services at 281-342-1512 or ter being shot while inside a BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A held what he called the world’s Germany during World War I. visit the facility at 1210 Blume Road in Rosenberg, Tx. Central Texas house that was confidential settlement has been first legal online auction of rhi- In 1922, the first-ever radio com- hit by gunfire from outside. reached in a lawsuit filed by the no horns says there were fewer mercial aired on station WEAF in Sponsored by: Killeen police say no one has family of an unarmed Kentucky bidders and sales than expect- New York City; the 10-minute ad- been arrested in the deadly man shot by police. The 2012 ed. However, a law firm repre- vertisement was for the Queens- drive-by shooting. shooting occurred after 46-year- senting breeder John Hume boro Realty Co., which had paid a old Gregory Harrison called po- said Saturday that the two-day fee of $100. lice several times to say he want- auction sets the stage for future In 1947, legendary bullfighter ed to kill his brother, had a gun sales. Hume says a legal trade Manolete (man-oh-LEH’-tay) was and needed help. will undercut rhino poaching. fatally gored during a fight in Lin- Dr. Michael Moore | Dr. Mark Buvinghausen ares, Spain; he died early the next Read the rest of these stories, and more, online at fbherald.com day at age 30. 4716 FM 359 • Richmond, TX 77406 In 1955, Emmett Till, a black teen-ager from Chicago, was ab- www.fcvethospital.com • 832-363-1227 ducted from his uncle’s home in Sign Me Up! Money, Mississippi, by two white men after he had supposedly whis- ONGOING nFriedens United Church of County to put on their game face tled at a white woman; he was n The Fort Bend County Fair will Christ in Beasley is hosting its 6th and join the Hope For Three Golf found brutally slain three days kick off with a parade on Friday, Annual Friedens Craft Show & “Fore” Autism charity tourna- later. Sept. 29, and the parade committee Bake Sale on Saturday, Nov. 4, from ment on Oct. 2, at Sugar Creek In 1963, is presently accepting applications 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Wenceslaus Country Club, 420 Sugar Creek more than for entries. For more information Catholic Church, CCD Bldg., 407 Blvd., Sugar Land. Tee time is 200,000 people on the Fair’s schedule or parade S. Third St., in Beasley. Admission noon. listened as the R e v. Martin entry forms, visit fortbendcounty- is free. Interested vendors should SATURDAY, OCT. 7 fair.com or call the Fair Office at call 281-814-6301. (Outside space Luther King n Keep Richmond Beautiful 281-342-6171. available only; covered pavilion). J r. delivered will host a free onsite document SATURDAY, SEPT. 9 SUNDAY, Sept. 10 his “I Have shred event at the Richmond City a Dream” n The Friends of the University n Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Hall, 402 Morton St. from 9 a.m. speech in Branch Library will hold its fall 1416 George St., in Rosenberg, will to noon. Shred items include all front of the book sale from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M., at hold its 81st annual bazaar. Bar- Emmitt paper-based materials. No need to Lincoln Me- the library, 14010 University Blvd., becue beef, chicken and sausage Till remove staples, paperclips, or fas- morial in Sugar Land. Books, CDs, DVDs meal served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. teners. Three-ring binders, metal Washington, D.C. and LPs for adults and children in the gym. Drive-thru is available or plastic objects, and electronic In 1968, police and anti-war will be available. Most items are 50 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the media will not be accepted. demonstrators clashed in the cents to $1. Proceeds support read- Allen Street entrance. Event in- ID is required. streets of Chicago as the Demo- ing and other educational library cludes children’s activities and Bring your city of Richmond wa- cratic National Convention nomi- programs. Good condition books, game booths. Live music will be ter bill stub for identification pur- nated Hubert H. Humphrey for CDs and DVDs may be donated to performed by the Lazy Farmers poses. Keep Richmond Beautiful president. the library during the sale, or at Polka Band. Auction begins at 1:30 volunteers will be on-hand for In 1972, Mark Spitz of the Unit- any time. A receipt for income tax p.m. in the Joerger-Lindsey Fami- any assistance needed. For more ed States won the first two of his purposes can be provided. The li- ly Life Center. information on the shred event or seven gold medals at the Munich brary is located on the University MONDAY, OCT. 2 to volunteer, call Keep Richmond Olympics, finishing first in the of Houston campus at Hwy. 59 and n County Judge Robert Hebert is Beautiful Chair Barbara Johnson 200-meter butterfly and anchor- University Blvd. Parking is free. challenging mayors in Fort Bend at 281-342-4114. ing the 400-meter freestyle relay. The Soviet women gymnasts won the team all- around. Jerry Lee Lewis doesn’t understand In 1987, a fire damaged the Arcadia, Country Music Hall of Fame snub Florida, home NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jer- Skyville Live. sion from the Country Music Hall of Ricky, Rob- ry Lee Lewis is one of the early pi- He quickly found fame under the of Fame. Lewis was among the first ert and Ran- oneers of rock ‘n’ roll music, but he guidance of Sam Phillips at Sun Re- inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall dy Ray, three doesn’t understand why his contri- cords in Memphis, where he played of Fame in 1986. hemophiliac butions to country music haven’t alongside Elvis Presley, Carl Per- “I don’t know why I am not in brothers in- been recognized by the Country Mu- kins, and Johnny Cash in the now it,” Lewis said. “I mean, they got Mark fected with sic Hall of Fame. famous Million Dollar Quartet. His it stirred up and talking about it. I Spitz AIDS whose Tex-Mex House Leveling Now 81, Lewis said that when he outrageous talent, energy and ego don’t know why they don’t put me court-ordered first came to Nashville from Louisi- were showcased on his early hits like in it. I don’t understand that.” school attendance had sparked a Roofing & Remodeling ana, he was advised to pick up a gui- “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Within Nashville’s music com- local uproar. Academy Award-win- tar instead of playing the piano. Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” munity, there seems to be plenty ning movie director John Huston “I was trying to get a record out But his career was nearly derailed of support for his inclusion in the died in Middletown, Rhode Island, FREE ESTIMATES and get my start in the business and over the scandal of his marriage to genre’s most elite group. In fact, at age 81. CALL ABOUT OUR 15% DISCOUNT they really didn’t any part of rock his 13-year-old cousin, Myra, and he many of today’s country stars con- In 1988, 70 people were killed n’ roll,” Lewis said in an interview spent several years blacklisted be- sider “The Killer” more of a country when three Italian stunt planes collided during an air show at SERVING ALL AREAS Thursday in Nashville, where he fore mounting a return to the coun- singer than a rock star. was being honored by artists such try charts in the late ‘60s. He had top “You know, I was at the age that I the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein LICENSED & INSURED as George Strait, Kris Kristofferson, country singles like “What Made didn’t really know him as a rock ‘n’ (RAHM’-shtyn), West Germany. In 1996, Democrats nominated 979-233-0369 • 979-201-3808 Chris Stapleton and Lee Ann Wom- Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a roller until I got in the bar and start- ack during the live concert series Loser Out of Me),” ‘’She Even Woke ed playing his rock stuff,” said Toby President Bill Clinton for a sec- Me Up to Say Goodbye,” and “To Keith. ond term at their national conven- Make Love Sweeter for You.” “But I knew all of his country tion in Chicago. The troubled 15- Recently a petition was started songs. He’s an incredible country year marriage of Britain’s Prince online to call attention to his exclu- singer.” Charles and Princess Diana offi- cially ended with the issuing of a divorce decree. Ten years ago: After reports surfaced of his June arrest at the Minneapolis airport, Senator Larry Craig, R-Idaho, told a news 281-232-7676 conference the only thing he’d 27940 Southwest Freeway, Rosenberg, TX • done wrong MON-THURS, 9:30AM – 9:00PM was to plead FRI & SAT 7:30AM – 10:00PM • SUNDAY, 7:30AM – 9:00PM guilty to disor- derly conduct after a police complaint of lewd conduct WEATHER LUNCH SPECIALS TUE-SAT 11-3P in a men’s room; Craig 918 San Jacinto St ★ 281-341-8170 also declared, (Across from Burke’s Outlet) “I am not gay. I never have Larry BULLCREEK ROSENBERG.COM been gay.” Craig A military court at Fort Meade, Maryland, TEXAS LOTTO WINNING acquitted Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan of failing to control U.S. NUMBERS BELOW! soldiers who’d abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but WE SUPPORT TEXAS EDUCATION found him guilty of disobeying an order not to discuss the investiga- 7-15-32-38-66-(15) tion. (That conviction was later thrown out.) 3-7-8-10-26 Area Birthdays MORNING DAY EVENING NGHT Wishing a very happy 70th birthday to Alton Ray Laza with 8--1-9-8 7-5-9-3 6-7-4-8 0-9-2-1 lots of love always, from wife Do- ris, Kristin, Nolan, Jason and MORNING DAY EVENING NGHT the rest of the family and friends. 1-6-0 2-1-2 5-7-8 2-9-9 Note: The deadline for Area Birth- days is 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 4 p.m. Friday for the 7-11-33-41-43-49 weekend edition. Any birthdays called in after that will go in the The Fort Bend Herald is not responsible for the accuracy of the lottery numbers. See State Lottery website. following day. MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 NEWS FORT BEND HERALD 3 Harvey is worst Texas storm since

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NWS said 46 people were killed preliminarily tallied at least $50 five deaths. CELL: (832) 595-5533 and more than 450 were injured. billion in damage, though some IVAN Larry D. Loesch Hurricane Harvey reached land Total damage was estimated at sources cite around $75 billion. Ivan’s 10- to 15-foot storm surge REALTOR ® Friday night, securing its place in $2.36 billion with Texas suffering There were at least 147 deaths di- in 2004 caused as much as a quar- history as the most furious hurri- more than $400 million in dam- rectly tied to storm conditions, ter-mile of an interstate bridge to cane to hit the Texas coast since age. In Texas, 1,915 homes were as well as a number of indirect collapse in Florida, which along INDOOR Hurricane Carla in 1961. Carla destroyed. fatalities linked to hypothermia, with Alabama was among the killed dozens and destroyed near- carbon monoxide poisoning and TRAMPOLINE KATRINA hardest-hit states, according to ly 2,000 homes. falling trees during the cleanup Katrina crossed the tip of Flor- the Hurricane Center. Thousands PARK 832-847-4727 A look at Hurricane Carla and effort, the center said. Repairs to ida and then swept into the Gulf of homes were damaged or de- some of the most damaging hur- homes and infrastructure contin- of Mexico and over Louisiana and stroyed. Debris piled up after the 28000 Southwest Freeway, Suite E1 • Rosenberg, TX 77471 ricanes to hit the United States ue today. Mississippi, causing more than storm stretched for more than since 2000: (Figures have not been 1,800 deaths and an estimated $108 IKE three-quarters of a mile and were adjusted for inflation) BUY 1 20% OFF billion in damage and becoming Ike’s storm surges raised wa- as tall as seven stories. 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Waves battered CALL FOR VENDORS Rita, one of the strongest hur- 5, only to be downgraded to a Cat- flooding. Mississippi, Florida, the coasts of Texas and Louisi- We need vendors for the Autumn Arts ricanes of the record-breaking egory 4 by Sept. 11, when it made Georgia and Alabama also report- ana, and almost 3 million people & Antiques Festival on October 14th 2005 season, prompted one of the landfall on Matagorda Island, a 38- ed deaths in the 2005 hurricane, in those state lost power. Winds in Downtown Rosenberg. Interested largest-scale evacuations in U.S. mile (61-kilometer) barrier island which left about 3 million people uprooted trees, and a number of vendors should contact Vendor Coordinator history, with more than 2 million on the Texas Gulf coast, according without power, some for weeks at homes were damaged. Martina Murphy • (281) 509-1225 people estimated to have fled the to the National Weather Service. a time. 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Trees storm, the center said. winds in some parts hit 170 mph. 2012, damaging at least 650,000 were downed, windows shattered, Nearly every structure in some The hurricane spawned 18 tor- homes and causing about 8.5 mil- roofs torn up and crops lost. All coastal areas of southwestern 281-240-0116 nadoes, including 10 in Louisiana lion power outages, according to told, the U.S. reported more than Louisiana was destroyed, some and eight in Texas. Between Carla the Hurricane Center. U.S. officials $21 billion in damage, as well as entirely swept away. and the subsequent tornadoes, the With fun-friendly president, NRA targets media ATLANTA (AP) — The election the bow,” and say the gun-rights it with your constant protection of The kicker on one of the videos of President Donald Trump and group is “coming for you” and that your Democrat overlords, your re- — “We’re coming for you” — is Republican control of Congress “elites ... threaten our very surviv- fusal to acknowledge any truth that straight out of the movies, she Each office is independently owned & operated meant the National Rifle Associa- al,” terms that suggest opponents upsets the fragile construct that said, and “that phrase means that tion could probably rest easy that are enemy combatants. you believe is real life. And we’ve violence is imminent and we will gun laws wouldn’t change for at “The times are burning and the had it with your tone-deaf asser- perpetrate it.” least four years. 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FOR the proposal:The following table comparesD. Perkins, taxes on theB. averageNelson, residence G. Reuter, homestead M. in this Colihan taxing unit & last S. year Ghani to AGAINST the proposal:taxes proposed on the average(none) residence homestead this year. PRESENT and not voting: (none) Last Year This Year ABSENT: Total tax rate (per $100(none) of value)$ 0.975 /$100$ 0.975 /$100 Adopted Proposed Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.000 /$100 The following tablePercentage compares increase in taxesrates on the average residence homestead0.0000% in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed onAverage the appraisedaverage value residence homestead $227,509 this year. $231,054 General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled person’s exemptions) Last$0 Year $0 This Year Average taxable value $227,509 $231,054 Tax on average residence homestead$ 2,218.21 $2,252.78 Total tax rate (perAnnual $100 increase of value)in taxes if $ 0.975 /$100$ 0.975 /$100 Proposed tax rate is adopted Adopted$34.57 Proposed Difference in rates And per percentage $100 ofof increasevalue1.5585% $0.000 /$100 Percentage increase in NOTICErates OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION0.0000%

Average appraised valueIf taxes on the average residence homestead $227,509 increase by more than eight percent, the qualified $231,054 General exemptionsvoters ofavailable the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the (excluding senioroperation citizen’s and maintenance or disabled tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. person’s exemptions) $0 $0 Average taxable valueQuestions or comments regarding $227,509 this notice can be directed to $231,054 Tax on average residence homestead Esther Buentello Flores$ at 2,218.21 the tax office at (281) 499-1223. $2,252.78 Annual increase in taxes if Proposed tax rate is adopted $34.57 And percentage of increase 1.5585%

NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. 4 MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 OPINION FORT BEND HERALD Pat on the Back A big pat on the back to Stewart Hall, who has worked for the city of Richmond’s parks department for the past five years. Thanks for your service! SAL-UTE! More bad weather

Our View Hurricanes seem to follow me nother hurricane. The storm battered Corpus big front page story in that week’s I was only about Christi, so we weren’t much better paper: RUNNING FROM RITA! Seriously time to leave the area A I was born months before off. But we were well away from the In 2014 I was working at a small Hurricane Carla struck Texas in storm surge that covered the island weekly paper in Winnie, Tex- he Fort Bend County Office hood. September 1961. town of Port Aransas, so we were as, when Hurricane Dolly came of Emergency Management You may be stuck in your neighbor- I must have been around 10 years better off than many. through. has issued a mandatory evac- hood for several days. old when Celia bashed Texas in 1970. I was fresh out of high school I remember my headline said: I was old when Hurricane Allen hit the upper DOLLY’S A DUD!” Tuation for some residents of A mandatory evacuation means enough to re- coast of Mexico. It send heavy rain Yep, everyone had evacuated the Fort Bend County and a voluntary that there is risk to life and safety as member Celia. and winds to Texas, as well. area and then the storm didn’t do evacuation for others. well as property. We were living Port Aransas was hit but not very squat. in Port Aran- hard. Still, better to be safe than sorry. Fort Bend County Judge Bob He- There is also a risk to the lives of sas, Texas, at My older brother and I spent days And that’s the same philosophy I bert said the emergency operations first responders who might be called the time and driving up and down the beach look- share today. agency personnel have been closely on to rescue you when the expected my aunt and ing for lumber washed ashore. Hurricane Harvey may be only a her family had I was working at a condominium tropical depression at this point, but monitoring the water level in the Bra- danger materializes. come to visit there at the time. it is still deadly. zos River. During a mandatory evacuation us. The storm had cracked some of Weather experts say the rains The National Weather Service fore- emergency, personnel will not be able My dad Scott Reese the walls. will continue through Wednesday — cast indicates that the Brazos River to respond to your calls for help. was in the On the eighth floor, a contractor a total of five straight days of rain! Coast Guard Willey was squirting glue into one of the The Fort Bend County Office of will crest sometime Tuesday, August You will be on your own. and had to cracks in the concrete wall. Emergency Management said the 29 in the late afternoon or early eve- You cannot rely on help from others. work during the storm. He would I remember thinking to myself: heavy rains are swelling the Brazos ning at an elevation of fifty nine feet A mandatory evacuation indicates call my mom up often as the storm “Yikes, I wouldn’t want to stay here River, and they believe the river will approached, telling her what to do in the next storm if glue is the only shortly spill its banks. at the Richmond gauge. the possibility of danger to your life. and when they would shut down the thing holding this place up!” In fact, they believe the river will “A flood of this magnitude is an 800 We urge you not to ignore it. ferries. I was working on an oil rig in the reach its highest ever, and spill over year event and it exceeds the design If you are in a mandatory evacua- About 6 a.m. the day before the Gulf when Alicia roared ashore. levies throughout Fort Bend County. storm hit, we loaded up in a pickup I was on the last helicopter flight The river hasn’t been that high in specifications of our levees, and is po- tion zone, do the smart thing: leave truck (we sat in the back with our out of the Gulf. I had stayed behind an estimated 800 years, said County tentially dangerous for a good portion and be safe. Local law enforcement belongings) and my mom, uncles to help secure everything on the rig. Judge Bob Hebert. of Fort Bend County. A fifty-nine foot and the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s of- and aunts each took a load of us to We could hardly take off and land County authorities have issued river level threatens to overtop many fice will patrol evacuated areas. the small town of Gregory. the wind was so strong. But I was a mandatory evacuation for those It took about five trips to get ev- young and thought it a great adven- who live inside of levies, and a vol- of the levees in our area. We at the Fort Bend Herald cannot eryone to the tiny hamlet on the ture. untary evacuation for all others “As a result, I am ordering both vol- stress hard enough how important mainland. From there, they ferried I was working in Three Rivers, countywide. untary and mandatory evacuations it is for you, our valuable readers, to us in small groups to a small motel Texas, when Rita hit the upper Tex- Please listen to them and get out in Corpus Christi. as Gulf Coast. now. Don’t be a statistic. for many of the levee improvement heed Hebert’s advice and leave while We settled in around 5 p.m. the We had so many evacuees coming Contact Scott Reese Willey at swil- districts along the Brazos River, based you still can. night before Celia arrived. down U.S. 77 that I ended up with a [email protected]. on all specific facts pertaining to each If you live inside a levy, grab a few levee. ” things and get out while roads are still A voluntary evacuation means that passable. If you live outside a levy — you should consider leaving to head and your home has flooded in the past Outside View for a safer area. – leave now. There is a chance that surrounding We have posted a supply list on Page flood waters may hinder your ability 5 of items you will need in an emer- to get in and out of your neighbor- gency. Lessons from the eclipse he solar eclipse last week us even notice a man there in times. Saint Augustine contin- was a marvel. After all, distress, never mind stop to help ued: “From the time of that first Tpeople were looking up, and get to know him and his sto- Adam to the time of his descen- instead of looking at screens! ry? dants today, man’s lot has been There was a widespread In city life, especially, we pass labor and sweat, thorns and sense of the wonder of creation people by all the time. But every- thistles. Have we forgotten the at a time of social, religious where. Even with the people we flood and the calamitous times and other turmoil. People were could know and love the most, of famine and war whose histo- even talking on New York City sometimes. And yet, we often are ry has been recorded precisely in street corners! And goodness, on top of the latest Trump tweet order to keep us from complain- for once peo- and are full of opinions about ing to God on account of our own ple weren’t it and him. There’s being an in- times? Just think what those past obsessing formed citizen, but then there’s ages were like! Is there one of us over Donald using news as entertainment or who does not shudder to hear or Trump and distraction from the real power read of them? Far from justify- his adminis- we yield in our own lives and in ing complaints about our own tration, wait- the world around us. time, they teach us how much we ing for the On eclipse day, the Liturgy of have to be thankful for.” next person the Hours, which priests and oth- I noticed people on social me- to quit or be ers in the Catholic Church pray dia being thankful on eclipse fired or bul- throughout the day, came from day. Many were even grateful to lied into sub- Kathryn the words of Saint Augustine, the media for making such a big mission. Lopez and he seemed to be preaching deal of it, so it was nearly impos- Whether to us. He asked rhetorically: sible not to pay attention to the Peace through border control it be Char- “Is there any affliction now en- time and find a way to view it. ’m dying to hear about the “3-D which surely triggers the reward current war. lottesville or the increase in dured by mankind that was not Thankful, too, for the time spent chess” Trump is playing with center in his brain, like giving a During the Cold War, America violence as not just a political endured by our fathers before with family, friends or people his announcement that he’s mouse cheese. was facing an aggressively impe- statement but expression of an- us? What sufferings of ours even who came to the rescue of those I breaking his promise on Afghan- What was so refreshingly dif- rialistic, nuclear-armed Soviet ger, vitriol on social media, or bear comparison with what we who weren’t prepared. We don’t istan and throwing more forces ferent about the Trump campaign Union. wistful talk in a New York City know of their sufferings? And have an eclipse every day, but its into that utterly pointless war. was that the candidate didn’t use By contrast, the main threat to diner about the president being yet you hear people complaining lessons could inspire a change Will he be sending the trans- any of the idiotic, consultant-writ- Americans’ safety today comes assassinated or otherwise dying about this present day and age of approach to daily life and all gender troops? ten bromides offered by every oth- not from a country, but from mil- (as I’ve overheard in recent days because things were so much the seemingly bad news. There’s But then the Emperor God gave er GOP presidential candidate for lions of individual savages spread and weeks), we are not seeing better in former times. I wonder good, too. Being atwitter with a magnificent speech in Arizo- at least the past 30 years. throughout the globe. the best of ourselves lately. As what would happen if they could gratitude daily would certainly na Tuesday Instead, he looked around the Americans aren’t being slaugh- we were all frenzied about the be taken back to the days of their be a different approach during night. country, saw what the problems tered by invading Soviet troops, eclipse, I walked out of St. Agnes ancestors — would we not still times where SAD! seems to suck Curiously, were and said he’d fix them. “Red Dawn”-style, but by Islamic Church by Grand Central (where hear them complaining? You up so much of the oxygen. when he talks Here are the highlights from terrorists on tourist visas flying there are 39 Masses celebrated may think past ages were good, to voters — as every speech by any Non-Trump commercial airplanes into our throughout the week, along with but it is only because you are not Kathryn Jean Lopez is senior opposed to his candidate for the past several de- skyscrapers, and by first- and multiple confession times and af- living in them.” fellow at the National Review In- Cabinet and cades: second-generation Muslim im- ternoon Eucharistic adoration), That’s a little perspective to stitute, editor-at-large of Nation- White House “I listened to the American peo- migrants setting off bombs and and came across a man resting help you with your frustrations, al Review Online and founding staff — there’s ple.” shooting people at the Boston beside his own vomit. The whole be they personal, professional director of Catholic Voices USA. very little “People are frustrated.” Marathon, American military city seems as though it passes or political. A little reality check She can be contacted at klopez@ about send- “This election is about the fu- bases, community centers and gay by that block, and how many of for our short-attention span nationalreview.com. ing more U.S. Ann ture!” nightclubs. troops to die Coulter It may not seem like it at Americans are raped, addict- in the human first, but another one of those ed and murdered not by the Red The First Amendment meat-grinder head-scratching cliches is: “Peace Army, but by millions of illegal of Afghanistan. through strength.” aliens waltzing across our wide- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise Trump got thunderous ap- During the campaign, this was open border. thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to as- plause from his 30,000-person fo- a staple of knuckleheads like Jeb!, Our freedoms are being taken semble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. cus group for the wall, stepped-up but I’m sorry to report that our away not by a foreign power, but deportations and Arizona Sheriff hero used it on the Arizona crowd, by our own government — in or- Joe Arpaio — recently convicted referring to his decision to send der to protect us from terrorists, of contempt for “racially profil- more troops to die in Afghanistan international crime rings and ing” Hispanics. for no earthly purpose. Mexican drug cartels operating in But you could hear a pin drop The Swamp is sticky. our own country. when he mentioned Afghanistan, When Reagan said, “peace Defeating a non-country adver- Nikki Haley and Gen. John Kelly. through strength,” it meant some- sary may seem an impossible task, (At least he had the good sense not thing. but the savages are perfectly con- Lee Hartman Scott Reese Willey Ron Depuy But 30 years after Reagan won tainable. Today’s enemy has no EDITOR & PUBLISHER MANAGING EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER to bring up Goldman Sachs’ Gary Cohn again.) the Cold War, anyone who uses capacity to harm a hair on a single John Oliver Rebekah Ramos Ryan Dunsmore There were long faces all over this expression conveys only that American’s head — as long as we ADVERTISING DIRECTOR CLASSIFIED MANAGER SPORTS EDITOR cable news after Trump’s speech, he has no understanding of the don’t let them come here.

Bill Hartman Fred Hartman Clyde King Mark Thormaehlen CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT CONTROLLER Zinc’s sale of motorhome questioned We invite your opinion HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. In- high-powered and well-connected. perts. “If the asset is worth $50,000, This page is for everyone’s opinion, yours and ours. We invite you to express your views through our terior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s dor- After learning about the transac- and they sell it to somebody for letters to the editor column, P.O. Box 1088, Rosenberg, TX 77471 or e-mail is at newsroom@fbherald. mant congressional campaign com- tion, campaign finance watchdogs $25,000. It’s the equivalent of them com. Only signed letters – preferably fewer than 200 words – can be considered. Please include your mittee recently sold a 2004 motor are raising a $25,000 question: Why giving $25,000 to that person,” No- address and a telephone number for verification. home at a steep discount to an old would Zinke’s campaign committee ble said. friend in the Montana Legislature. sell the Kountry Star Freightliner The Federal Election Commis- But a seemingly ordinary trans- for half the price of its apparent sion prohibits political committees To subscribe or reach us action between friends, when seen $50,000 market value? to sell assets, including campaign The Fort Bend Herald (USPS 241-040) is published afternoons Monday through Friday and Sunday at through the optics of stringent It’s a head-scratcher for Law- vehicles, below fair market value. 1902 Fourth Street, Rosenberg, Texas. 77471-5140. 281-232-3737 or 281-342-4474. SUBSCRIPTION campaign finance laws, can raise rence Noble, a senior director of It’s akin to a gift, Noble said. “The RATES: By carrier, $9 per month, $100 per year. Single copy: 75 cents, $1.25 Sunday. Mail rates on a bevy of questions — especially the Campaign Legal Center, a non- campaign cannot give a $25,000 gift request. Entered as periodicals at the Rosenberg Post Office. www.fbherald.com when those friends are politically partisan group of election law ex- to somebody,” he said. MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 NEWS FORT BEND HERALD 5 Emergency supply list Water District The most important thing you can q High energy foods household gas and water Water District do as hurricane season approaches is q Vitamins q Whistle to get yourself, your family and your q Food for infants q Plastic sheeting Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate home prepared. q Comfort/stress foods q Map of the area (for locating shel- Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate By starting early, you’ll avoid the ters) rush at home supply stores, grocery First Aid and Non-Prescription The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 106 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate stores and other venues typically Drugs Sanitation, Clothing and Bed- crowded and often chaotic when q First Aid Kit ding The Fort Bend Countyfor theMunicipaltax year 2017 Utilityon Thursday,DistrictSeptemberNo.21, 2017106atwill5:00 p.m.holdat thea MikepublicStonehearingAssociates,onInc. a proposed tax rate hurricane watches and warnings are Assemble a first aid kit for your q Toilet paper, towelettes* located at 19875 Southwest Freeway, Second Floor, Suite 270, Sugar Land, TX 77479. Your individual taxes issued. home and one for each car. q Soap, liquidfor detergent*the tax year 2017 on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Mike Stone Associates, Inc. You should stock six basics for q (20) adhesive bandages, various qFeminine supplies* may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the your home: water, food, first aid sup- sizes. q Personal hygiene items* plies, clothing and bedding, tools q (1) 5 x 9 sterile dressing. q Plastic garbagelocated bags,at ties19875 (for per- Southwestchange in taxableFreeway, value on allSecond other propertyFloor, and theSuite tax rate270, that is adopted.Sugar Land, TX 77479. Your individual taxes and emergency supplies, and special q (1) conforming roller gauze ban- sonal sanitation uses) items. Keep the items you would dage. q Plastic bucketmay withincrease tight lid or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the most likely need during an evacua- q (2) triangular bandages. qDisinfectant tion in an easy-to carry container— q (2) 3 x 3 sterile gauze pads. qHousehold chlorine bleach suggested items are marked with an q (2) 4 x 4 sterile gauze pads. change in taxable valueFOR onthe proposal: all other propertyL. Shultz, and J. Sams, the J. tax Molho rate & C. that Bryant is adopted. asterisk (*). q( 1) roll 3 cohesive bandage. Clothing and Bedding AGAINST the proposal: (none) Possible containers include a q (2) germicidal hand wipes or wa- *Include at least one complete large, covered trash container, a terless alcohol-based hand sanitizer. change of clothing and footwear per PRESENT and not voting: (none) camping backpack, or a duffle bag. q (6) antiseptic wipes. person. Even though Hurricane Harvey q (2) pair large medical grade non-la- q Sturdy shoes or work boots* ABSENT: S. Nowak has already hit land and has been tex gloves. q Rain gear* downgraded, the potential for dam- q Adhesive tape, 2 width. q Blankets or sleeping bags* The following table compares taxes on the average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes age still exists. q Anti-bacterial ointment. q Hat andFOR gloves the proposal: L. Shultz, J. Sams, J. Molho & C. Bryant The Fort Bend County Office of q Cold pack. q Thermal underwear proposed on the average residence homestead this year. Emergency Management has issued q Scissors (small, personal). q SunglassesAGAINST the proposal: (none) a mandatory evacuation order for q Tweezers. those residents living inside of a levy q CPR breathing barrier, such as a Special Items Last Year This Year and a voluntary evacuation order for face shield. RememberPRESENT family members and with not voting: (none) everyone else. special requirements, such as in- Total tax rate (per $100 of value)$ 0.300 /$100$ 0.300 /$100 Don’t risk leaving without sup- Non-Prescription Drugs fants and elderlyABSENT or disabled: persons. S. Nowak plies. Everyone else is evacuating, q Aspirin or nonaspirin pain reliev- For Baby* Adopted Proposed which means supplies — even hotel er q Formula Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.000 /$100 rooms — may not be available. q Anti-diarrhea medication q Diapers Here’s a supply list for anyone q Antacid (for stomach upset) q Bottles Percentage increase in rates 0.0000% evacuating the area: q Laxative q PowderedThe milk following table compares taxes on the average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes q Activated charcoal (use if advised qMedications Average appraised value $403,155 $393,537 Water by the American Association of Poi- For Adults*proposed on the averageGeneral residence exemptions available homestead this year. A normally active person needs son Control Centers) Heart and high blood pressure to drink at least two quarts of wa- medication (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled ter each day. Hot environments and Tools and Supplies q Insulin person’s exemptions) $0 -$39,354 intense physical activity can dou- q Mess kits, or paper cups, plates, qPrescription drugs Last Year This Year ble that amount. Children, nursing and plastic utensils* qDenture needs Average taxable value $403,155 $354,183 mothers, and ill people will need q Emergency preparedness manu- qContact lenses and supplies Tax on average residence homestead$ 1,209.47 $1,062.55 more. al* qExtra eye glasses Take at least a three-day supply q Battery-operated radio and extra Annual decrease in taxes if of water per person (two quarts for batteries* EntertainmentTotal tax rate (per $100 Proposed of value) tax rate is adopted $ 0.300 /$100-$146.92 $ 0.300 /$100 drinking, two quarts for each person q Flashlight and extra batteries* q Board games and other games in your household for food prepara- q Cash or traveler’s checks, change* that don’t require batteries or elec- And percentage of decrease Adopted -12.1475% Proposed tion/sanitation).* q Non-electric can opener, utility tricity, books for adult readers and knife* for children.Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.000 /$100 Food q Fire extinguisher: small canister NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION q Take at least a three-day supply ABC type For Pets of non-perishable food. Select foods qTube tent In the interestPercentage of protecting increase pets, in rates 0.0000% that require no refrigeration, prepa- q Pliers the Humane Society of the United If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters ration or cooking, and little or no q Tape States offersAverage these tips for appraised inclusion value $403,155 $393,537 water. If you must heat food, pack a q Compass in your family disaster plan: of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation can of sterno. Select food items that q Matches in a waterproof contain- q Do not leave your pets behind. and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. are compact and lightweight. Include er q SecurelyGeneral fasten a current exemptions identi- available a selection of the following foods in q Aluminum foil fication tag to your pet’s collar and your Disaster Supplies Kit: q Plastic storage containers carry a photograph (excluding of your pet. seniorIt’s citizen’s or disabledQuestions or comments regarding this notice can be directed to q Ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits, q Signal flare important to include the phone num- and vegetables q Paper, pencil ber of a friend or family member on Esther Buentello Flores at the tax office at (281) 499-1223 . q Canned juices q Needles, thread the tag so anyone person’s who may find exemptions) your For general Greatwood$0 information visit www.greatwooddristricts.com -$39,354 q Staples (salt, sugar, pepper, spices, q Medicine dropper pet is able to reach someone who etc.) q Shut-off wrench, to turn off knows you.Average taxable value $403,155 $354,183 Tax on average residence homestead$ 1,209.47 $1,062.55 Water District Annual decrease in taxes if Water District Proposed tax rateNOTICE is adoptedNOTICE OF OF 2017 2017 TAX TAX YEAR YEAR PROPOSED-$146.92 PROPOSED NoticeNotice of Public of Public Hearing Hearing on on Tax Tax Rate And Rate PROPERTYpercentage ofPROPERTY decrease TAX TAX RATE RATE FOR FOR CITY CITY OF-12.1475% RICHMOND OF RICHMOND The Fort Bend Municipal Utility District No. 81 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for The Fort Bend Municipalthe tax year 2017 Utility on September District 26, 2017No. at 81 9:00 will am athold Fort Benda public County hearing Commisioner on Precincta proposed 3 NOTICE tax rate foOFr TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION the tax year 2017Office on Building, September 8100 Highway 26, 2017 359, atFulshear, 9:00 Texasam at 77441. Fort Your Bend individual County taxes Commisioner may increase or Precinct 3 decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the changeIf taxes in on theA tax average rate of $0.710000 residence per $100 homestead valuation has increasebeen proposed by by more the governing than body eight of City percent, of the qualified voters Office Building,taxable 8100 value Highway of all other 359, property Fulshear, and the tax Texas rate that 77441. is adopted. Your individual taxesA taxNOTICE may rate increase of $0.710000 or perOF $100 2017valuation has TAX been proposed YEAR by the governing PROPOSED body of City of decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property ofin relation the districtRichmond. to the by change petition Richmond. in may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation For the proposal: Robert Machen Robert D. Riley PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR CITY OF RICHMOND taxable value of all other propertyStephen and E. theUtterback tax rate that is L.A. adopted. Meyers and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. Robert J. Pfaffenberger PROPOSEDPROPOSED TAX TAX RATE RATE $0.710000$0.710000 per $100 per $100

For the proposal: Against the proposal: Robert Machen Robert D. Riley A tax rate of $0.710000PRECEDING perPRECEDING $100 YEAR'Svaluation YEAR'S TAXTAX RATEhas RATE been$0.735000 $0.735000proposed per $100 per by $100 the governing body of City of Stephen E. Utterback L.A. Meyers Richmond. EFFECTIVEEFFECTIVE TAX TAX RATE RATE $0.712994$0.712994 per $100 per $100 Present and notRobert voting: J. Pfaffenberger PROPOSED TAX RATE $0.710000 per $100 Absent: The effectivePRECEDINGThe tax effective rate istax therate istotal the YEAR'S total tax tax rate rate neededneeded TAX to raise toRATE raisethe same the amount $0.735000same of propertyamount tax per ofrevenue property $100 for tax revenue for Against the proposal: City of RichmondEFFECTIVECity of Richmond from the from same theTAX same properties properties RATE in in both both the 2016 the tax 2016 year$0.712994 andtax the year 2017 andtax year. perthe 2017$100 tax year. The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year. The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for Present and not voting: YOUR TAXESYOUR OWED TAXES OWED UNDER UNDER ANY ANY OFOF THE THE ABOVE ABOVE RATES CANRATES BE CALCULATED CAN BE ASCALCULATED AS Last Year This YearCity of Richmond from the same properties in both the 2016 tax year and the 2017 tax year. $0.3293/$100 $0.3300/$100 FOLLOWS: Total tax rate (per $100 of value) FOLLOWS: Adopted Proposed YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS Absent: Difference in rates per $100 of value $0.0007 Percentage increase/decrease in rates(+/-) 0.21% propertyproperty tax amount= tax amount= (rate)(rate) x (taxablexFOLLOWS: (taxable value of value your property)/100 of your property)/100 Average residence homestead appraised value $444,463 $437,867 The following tableGeneral compareshomestead exemptions taxes available on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit lastproperty year to tax amount= (rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100 taxes proposed on (excluding the average65 years of age orresidence older or disabled homestead$0 this year. $0 For assistanceFor or assistance detailed or detailed information information about about tax tax calculations, calculations, please contact: please contact: person's exemptions) For assistance or detailed information about tax calculations, please contact: Average residence homestead taxable value $444,463 $437,867 Tax on average residence homesteadLast $1,463.62 Year $1,444.96This Year PatsyPatsy Schultz Schultz Patsy Schultz Annual increase/decrease in taxes if $0.3293/$100 $0.3300/$100 City Cityof Richmondof Richmond Tax Tax Assessor-Collector Assessor-Collector Total tax rate (per $100 proposed of value) tax rate is adopted(+/-) $-18.66 City of Richmond Tax Assessor-Collector and percentage of increase (+/-) Adopted -1.27% Proposed 13171317 Eugene1317 Eugene Eugene HeimannHeimann Circle Circle Circle Richmond, TX 77469 Difference in rates per $100 ofNOTICE value OF TAXPAYERS' RIGHT TO ROLLBACK $0.0007 ELECTION Richmond,Richmond, TX TX 7746977469 Percentage increase/decrease in rates(+/-) 0.21% 281-341-3710281-341-3710281-341-3710 If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters [email protected] Average residenceof homestead the water district appraised by petition value may $444,463 require that an election be held to determine $437,867 whether to reduce the www.fortbendcountytx.govPatsy.Schultz@[email protected] General homesteadoperation exemptions and maintenance available tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. www.fortbendcountytx.govwww.fortbendcountytx.gov (excluding 65 years of age or older or disabled $0 $0 person's exemptions) Average residence homestead taxable value $444,463 $437,867 Tax on average residence homestead $1,463.62 $1,444.96 Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted(+/-) $-18.66 and percentage of increase (+/-) -1.27%

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If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the water district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. SPORTS 6• MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 High School Sports Calendar HURRICANE HARVEY HALTS WEEK 1 Lamar CISD, Fort Bend ISD, Needville cancel sporting events Foster BY RYAN DUNSMORE Friday, Sept. 8 [email protected]

Football: Falcons vs. A&M Hurricane Harvey has devastated the Consolidated, Traylor Stadium, 7:30 Houston region over the weekend, putting homes and highways under water. Fort Bend County was spared the brunt of the force but it will feel the after effects Fulshear with the Brazos River basin preparing for record floods. Thursday, Sept. 7 Lamar Consolidated ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Needville ISD and Brazos ISD have Football: Chargers vs. Shadow Creek, cancelled school for Monday and many Charger Stadium, 7 have already cancelled the entire week of schoool. In a corresponding move, the athlet- ics departments have cancelled sporting events for the upcoming week including George Ranch the first week of football. “Stay home, stay safe and take care of your families,” said LCISD athletic direc- Friday, Sept. 8 tor Nikki Nelson said on Sunday after events were cancelled. Football: Longhorns at Dickinson, The local games that were cancelled in- Sam Vitanza Stadium, 7 clude Foster at Katy Taylor on Thursday. HERALD PHOTO BY RHONDA TAORMINA The game scheduled to open Katy ISD’s The Foster Falcons were scheduled to open the season on Monday against Katy Taylor. Foster’s game was cancelled due to the flodding new Legacy Stadium. caused by Hurricane Harvey. Thursday also had the Travis Tigers morning that have cancelled from Texas- • Aldine Eisenhower vs. Fort Bend Hightower • Lumberton at New Caney Porter football.com: • Cypress Springs vs. Conroe • Houston Austin vs. Houston Scarborough Lamar Consolidated traveling to Delmar Stadium deep in the • Houston Bellaire at Clear Brook • Houston Furr vs. Houston Yates heart of Houston take on Houston Heights. • Houston Chavez at Houston Spring Woods • Austin Westlake vs. Katy • Houston Northside vs. Houston Kashmere The home opener for Lamar Consoli- • Clear Springs at Pearland • Houston Lamar at Spring Westfield • Houston Sharpstown vs. Houston Wheatley dated against Santa Fe and the reunion of • Spring at Clear Falls • Houston Sam Houston vs. Houston Wash- • LaMarque at Houston Sterling Friday, Sept. 8 ington the 2007 State Championship football team • Katy Cinco Ranch vs. Cy Ranch • Huntsville at Houston Waltrip • Baytown Lee at Houston Westbury • Tomball at Houston Wisdom Football: Mustangs at Ridge Point, has been spoiled. • Katy Mayde Creek vs. Fort Bend Kempner • Humble vs. Katy Tompkins • Houston Westside at Brenham • Livingston vs. New Caney Hall Stadium, 7 The first game under Cornelius Antho- • Katy Morton Ranch vs. Aldine Nimitz • The Woodlands vs. Cy-Fair • Houston King at College Station ny at Waller and Needville’s trip to Huff- • Katy Seven Lakes vs. Houston Memorial • San Antonio Southwest at Victoria West • Deer Park vs. Bellaire Episcopal man Hargrave have been put on hold. • Fort Bend Austin vs. Alief Hastings • Victoria East at Edinburg Vela • Alvin vs. Houston Stratford • Clute Brazoswood at Port Lavaca Calhoun • Fort Bend Elkins vs. Dickinson • Victoria East at Edinburg Vela No word yet if the Brazos Cougars’ • Crosby vs. Manvel • Fort Bend Marshall vs. Houston Madison • Houston Worthing vs. Freeport Brazosport game against Weimar has been cancelled • Fort Bend Ridge Point vs. Humble Kingwood • Clear Lake at Baytown Sterling Terry • Corpus Christi Flour Bluff vs. Cedar Park • Houston North Forest at Stafford but the field was under water as of Sunday. • Pasadena Dobie at Humble Summer Creek • Sealy at Wharton The Saturday slate with Weslaco travel- • Spring DeKaney at Galena Park North Shore Vista Ridge • Aldine Davis vs. Klein • Cuero at Houston KIPP Generations ing to Rosenberg to face George Ranch has • Humble Atascocita at LaPorte Thursday, Sept. 7 • Fort Bend Willowridge vs. Aldine • Friendswood at Texas City • Cleveland at Shepherd been cancelled. • Alief Taylor vs. Fort Bend Bush • Angleton at Galveston Ball • Robstown at Ingleside • Splendora at Cleveland Tarkington Football: Rangers vs. Dulles, Traylor The Foster-Katy Taylor game will not be • Houston Stratford at Alvin • Willis vs. Aldine MacArthur rescheduled. No word if any other games • Montgomery at Houston Strake Jesuit • Pearland Dawson at Conroe Oak Ridge • Aransas Pass at Rockport-Fulton Stadium, 7 • Boling vs. Van Vleck will be rescheduled. • Pasadena Sam Rayburn vs. Fort Bend • Conroe Caney Creek at Houston Northbrook Clements • Channelview at Dayton • Skidmore-Tynan at Freer The following list of high school football • Pasadena at Galena Park • Goose Creek Memorial at Tomball Memorial • Nixon-Smiley at Woodsboro games have been confirmed as of Monday • Alief Elsik vs. Fort Bend Dulles • Magnolia at Humble Kingwood Park • Victoria St. Joseph at Bloomington Travis Thursday, Sept. 7 Texas teams’ plans upended by Hurricane Harvey Football: Travis vs. Katy Taylor, Edward Mercer Stadium, 7 Astros and Texans travel to Dallas with Houston under water BY KRISTIE RIEKEN he said before Houston’s game against the a situation where we put baseball in front Houston. The Texans are scheduled to host Associated Press Angels. “Really, I think everything is up in of what’s important for these people. So for the Cowboys at NRG Stadium on Thursday, the air. We might get to Houston sometime us to have to defer and go somewhere else, but that game could be in jeopardy with Needville HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros in the next couple of days and play. We it’s no issue for us.” massive flooding in the city and rain con- and Texas Rangers won’t travel to Houston might not, so I don’t know what’s possible.” Some have suggested that this week’s se- tinuing to fall. Friday, Sept. 8 as planned after their games Sunday in Cal- MLB spokesman Michael Teevan said of- ries with the Rangers could be moved to Ar- The University of Houston’s football ifornia because of torrential floodwaters ficials who handle scheduling are commu- lington. If it is, it wouldn’t be the first time team went to Austin on Friday, practiced that have engulfed the city in the wake of nicating with the teams and monitoring the home games in Houston have been moved Football: Blue Jays vs. Brookshire there on Saturday and will resume practice Hurricane Harvey. Royal, Blue Jay Stadium, 7 situation. to another park because of a hurricane. Sunday on the University of Texas campus. The Rangers had been scheduled to head While Hinch knows there is interest in In the wake of Hurricane Ike in 2008, It could make sense for the team to remain to Houston after playing Oakland to await when and where the Astros will play, he MLB moved two games with the Chicago in Austin for the week with the Cougars the start of a three-game series with the was quick to point out that they’re far more Cubs to Milwaukee, about 95 miles from scheduled to open the season on Saturday Astros beginning Tuesday. Instead, they’ll worried about what the storm has done to Chicago, effectively making the contests at Texas-San Antonio, which is just about 80 return to Dallas to await word on its status. Houston than anything related to baseball. home games for the Cubs. Chicago won miles from Austin. The Astros are in Anaheim and also will fly “The most important thing is (that) base- both of those games, with Carlos Zambrano A team spokesman said Sunday that the Brazos to Dallas while a decision is made on when ball is secondary right now,” he said. “Our throwing a no-hitter in the first one, leaving and where the series will be played. schedule, our flight times, where we’re the Astros furious about the move. team hadn’t made any plans for the rest of Friday, Sept. 8 “We have been in continuous contact going to be, the buses, like all that stuff is The Rangers and Astros were just the the week yet. with the Astros and Major League Baseball meaningless compared to what everybody latest teams to change their travel plans be- Rice opened its season this weekend in Australia against Stanford. The Owls are Football: Cougars at Burton, Panther regarding travel tonight and the status of is suffering through.” cause of the storm, which settled over the set to fly from Australia to Los Angeles on Stadium, 7:30 this week’s series,” Rangers president and Texas manager Jeff Banister echoed Texas coastline Saturday before sending general manager Jon Daniels said. “We will Hinch’s sentiments. devastating floods pouring into the nation’s Monday morning and said they’ll decide if continue to talk throughout the day to get “The best thing for all of us is to allow fourth-largest city. they can travel to Houston when they arrive updates on the situation.” them to survive through this, understand- The NFL’s Texans flew to Dallas after there. Astros manager A.J. Hinch said the team ing that when all this water recedes and it’s their preseason game Saturday in New was in a holding pattern. gone, there’s still a monumental challenge Orleans instead of returning home and AP Sports Writers Jay Cohen and Dennis “We’re going to fly to Dallas and really for all of them, the cleanup and kind to as- have said they’ll stay there until conditions Passa and AP freelancers Josh Cooper and Professional just sit there and wait to see what happens,” sess where they’re at,” he said. “This is not improve enough for them to come back to Michael Wagaman contributed to this report. Sports Calendar MLB on deck Soccer College football Astros McCann helps Astros win one for Houston Dynamo, Dash Cougars head reschedule matches Tuesday BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS his previous start on Wednesday. game sweep and hasn’t given up a to Austin Power vs. power run in 28 innings. The Houston Dynamo and A look at what’s happening all MLB: Astros vs. Rangers, TBA The surprising Marlins are Get his plaque ready Houston Dash home games sched- around the majors Monday: making a run at an NL wild-card Rookie slugger Rhys Hoskins uled for this Saturday and Sunday during storm at BBVA Compass Stadium have berth, and they’ve got a matchup will try to homer for a sixth AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The McCann lifts Astros been postponed due to the pend- Brian McCann didn’t feel like worthy of a playoff race: Giancar- straight game when the Phillies ing arrival of Hurricane Harvey, University of Houston is send- celebrating very much. He was lo Stanton against Max Scherzer. host the Braves. Hoskins has 11 which is projected to affect the ing its football team to Austin to Dash too worried about Houston. Miami opens a three-game series home runs over 64 at-bats in his Greater Houston area over the practice and get out Hurricane at Washington with Scherzer (12- first 18 games, making him the While incessant rain from weekend. Harvey’s way. Sunday 5, 2.25 ERA) scheduled to start fastest player in major league Tropical Storm Harvey pounded The Dynamo game against The University of Texas has for the NL East leaders. The two- history to reach that mark. Houston and much of Texas, Mc- Sporting Kansas City, which was agreed to let the Cougars use NWSL: Dash vs. Seattle Reign, 7 time Cy Young Award winner Three of those long balls came Cann tripled with the bases load- scheduled for an 8 p.m. kickoff on their indoor practice facility. has been sidelined by neck in- while last-place Philadelphia ed in the eighth inning to lead the Saturday night at BBVA Compass flammation and last pitched Aug. took two of three from the World Austin is supposed to get some Astros to a 7-5 win against the Los Stadium, has been rescheduled to 13. Stanton hit his 50th home Series champion Cubs over the rain from the storm but nothing Angeles Angels on Sunday. Wednesday, Oct. 11 and will kick run Sunday and became the first weekend, and Chicago manager like the deluge expected for sev- “It’s tough, it really is tough,” off at 7 p.m. CDT. Dynamo National Leaguer in a decade to Joe Maddon predicted Hoskins eral days in Houston and along McCann said. “Our thoughts and A makeup date for the Dash reach the mark. Scherzer took a would be “going to the Hall of the Texas Gulf coast. prayers are with the people in the game against the North Carolina no-hitter into the eighth inning Fame next week” after he started The move puts the Cougars Saturday, Sept. 9 city of Houston. This is not good. Courage, originally scheduled for against the Marlins on June 21 a triple play with a diving catch in the backyard of their former You see pictures and it’s devastat- a 7 p.m. kickoff on Sunday eve- MLS: Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids, 7:30 but then allowed two unearned in left field. head coach Tom Herman. Texas ing. You just pray for everybody’s ning, has not been finalized at this runs and lost 2-1. “We beat him hired Herman away from Hous- safety.” Heart of a Tiger time. before,” Stanton said. “He’s a ton after last season. The Tigers are hoping for Correa close to return workhorse out there, but we’ve Houston starts the season Astros manager A.J. Hinch got to stick to our plan.” good news on Victor Martinez. The 38-year-old designated hitter Atlantic League Sept. 2 at UTSA. Texas hosts said SS Carlos Correa (thumb) Maryland on the same day. Texans was expected to play Sunday for Pair of aces went on the 10-day disabled list Skeeters change course The storm has impacted other Triple-A Fresno. He has been out A big week for the Yankees Sunday because of an irregular sports as well. The Houston Dy- Thursday of the Houston lineup since July at home begins with a marquee heartbeat, the second time he’s Due to the effects of Hurricane Harvey, the four game home series namo announced that a Satur- 17. ... RHP Will Harris (shoulder) matchup between All-Star pitch- landed on the DL this season for against New Britain scheduled day match with Sporting Kansas NFL Preseason: Texans vs. Cowboys, TBA was activated from the disabled ers when Luis Severino (11-5, 3.10 the condition. Detroit manag- for Monday, August 28 through list. ERA) faces Cleveland ace Corey er Brad Ausmus said Martinez City has been postponed until Kluber (12-4, 2.65). New York plays spent Saturday night in a hospi- Thursday, August 31 will now be Oct. 11. Up next three games against the Indians tal and his heartbeat was regu- played in New Britain at the fol- Astros: RHP Mike Fiers (8-8, and then four vs. Boston, both lated. Martinez was expected to lowing times: Texas Kickoff in doubt Skeeters 4.17 ERA) is scheduled to pitch division leaders in the American be released and travel by car to ■ Monday, Aug. 28, 3:05 p.m. The storm also raised ques- Tuesday at home against Texas, League. Gary Sanchez and the Detroit, where doctors will try to ■ Tuesday, Aug. 29 - Double tions about whether the Ad- Monday provided the game isn’t delayed Yankees are 2½ games behind determine the cause. “You don’t header (two 7-inning games), 11:05 voCare Texas Kickoff game because of Hurricane Harvey. Fi- the Red Sox but lead the wild-card mess around with the heart,” a.m. /TBD between LSU and BYU can be Atlantic League: Skeeters at ers pitched seven solid innings in chase. Cleveland just outscored Ausmus said. “This is something ■ Wednesday, August 30, 11:05 played Saturday night at NRG New Britain Bees, 3:05 a 6-1 win against Washington in Kansas City 20-0 during a three- you take very serious.” a.m. Stadium. MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 SPORTS FORT BEND HERALD 7 NBA NFL Tennis College softball Cavaliers-Celtics 49ers safety Eric Reid Murray withdraws Former Auburn blockbuster trade in limbo resumes kneeling protest players claim sexual CLEVELAND (AP) — Just when it appeared the during national anthem from U.S. Open Cavaliers’ chaotic summer had calmed, there’s a harassment from coach MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — San Francisco 49ers NEW YORK (AP) — His voice choking, Andy Mur- flare-up. strong safety Eric Reid has resumed his kneel- ray unexpectedly announced that he was withdrawing That blockbuster deal between Cleveland and ing protest for human rights during the nation- from the U.S. Open because of a hip injury, adding to the AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — A former Auburn Boston is stuck. al anthem, after joining then-teammate Colin lengthy list of top players who will miss the year’s last softball player has filed a Title IX sexual dis- The Cavaliers have some concerns about guard Kaepernick’s polarizing demonstration last Grand Slam tournament. crimination complaint alleging sexual ha- Isaiah Thomas’ health and are doing a “deep and season. Murray was seeded No. 2 at Flushing Meadows, where rassment by the coaching staff. thorough” review of the deal that brought him over Reid knelt while the Star Spangled Banner play begins Monday. Murray, who yielded the No. 1 rank- ESPN.com reports that Alexa Nemeth from the Celtics, two people with knowledge of the was played at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneso- ing to Rafael Nadal this week, has not played a match filed the complaint May 31, four days after situation told The Associated Press on Saturday. ta on Sunday night, when the 49ers took on the since July 12 at Wimbledon, where he was the defending the Tigers’ season ended. The report cited a On Tuesday, the Cavaliers rocked the NBA by Vikings in an exhibition. Reed stood for the champion and clearly was hampered by his hip during a 14-page letter from Milwaukee attorney Mar- honoring All-Star guard Kyrie Irving’s trade re- anthem during the team’s first two preseason five-set quarterfinal loss to Sam Querrey. tin Greenberg sent in July to university Pres- quest and dealing him to the Celtics — one of their games. He initially said he’d stopped because of The 30-year-old from Britain revealed during a news ident Steven Leath, Auburn athletic director biggest rivals — for Thomas and a lucrative package frustration last year about the way the protest conference at the U.S. Open site that the hip first both- Jay Jacobs and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. that included an unprotected 2018 first-round draft was portrayed and perceived by some factions ered him during his semifinal loss to Stan Wawrinka at Nemeth’s complaint says then-Auburn pick. of the public. the French Open in June. coach Clint Myers “knowingly let his son The two people said the trade has not been com- The change of heart, Reid said after the 32- Murray said he will decide in the “next couple of Corey Myers have relations and pursue re- pleted and the Cavs are continuing to do a medical 31 victory by the Vikings, came after a white days” whether to end his season because of the injury. lations with multiple members of the team.” evaluation on Thomas, who injured his right hip nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Murray’s exit from the U.S. Open further depletes an Clint Myers announced his retirement last season and had to drop out of the Eastern Con- on Aug. 12 resulted in the death of one count- event that already was missing three of last year’s four Wednesday. Corey Myers resigned as an as- ference finals against Cleveland. They spoke to the er-protester and injuries to many more. men’s semifinalists, including 2016 champion Wawrin- sistant coach in March. AP on condition of anonymity because the team is “We’ve got to keep talking about the issues ka, runner-up Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori. In a statement, Auburn says it doesn’t pub- not publicly discussing its plans. that are happening in this country,” Reid said. Add in 2016 Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic, who licly discuss personnel matters but that it fol- According to the NBA’s collective bargaining “That’s the only way things will change, if we has a problem with his left wrist, and Murray, and now lowed appropriate NCAA and Southeastern agreement, a trade can be voided if a player fails his keep shedding light on these topics. 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Are you paying too much for life insurance? HERALD PHOTO BY TYLER JOHNSON Why? Rates are at all time lows! Lory Street Get instant price quotes through an online LORY STREET in Rosenberg was flooded on Saturday along with several front yards. The street has since drained. More rain might cause it to flood application process (no home visit needed)! again. Over 50 companies to choose from! ROADS: Streets are closed throughout Fort Bend County CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Drive; Mason Road at Lewisville; FM 2977 Minonite Road); Sunrise Alston Road from Reddington Call Today! 832-368-0029 Mason Road at Victoria Bay; Ma- Meadow subdivision (Koeblen Road to Summerfield Place; Dairy Rudy Vela [email protected] are closed: West Airport at Maple son Road (9000 block) at Oyster Road area); Greenwood at Red- Ashford Rd from Fountain Lake Downs; West Airport at Noble- Creek (Not verified); West Airport bud; Frances and Land Drive; Dr to West Airport Blvd; Settlers wood; South Post Oak at Ando- from US 59 to Amblewood; US 59 1700 First Street; Sally Ann at Way at Honey Creek; Lexington CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS ver Glen; South Post Oak at SH southbound frontage road from Lane Drive; Brazos Town Cross- Blvd at Oyster Point Drive; Cor- We need volunteers for the Autumn 6; Fry Road at Peek Road; Fry West Bellfort Ave to West Airport ing at Spacek; Avenue N at 8th porate Drive from Dairy Ashford Arts & Antiques Festival on October Road at Center Villiage; Bellaire Blvd; Sugarbridge Trail at Old Street to Louise Street; Avenue I to US 59 (Not verified); Lexington th 14 in downtown Rosenberg. Interested Boulevard at Mason Road; Fry Richmond Road; Town Square at Mahlmann, Avenue I at Tobola; Boulevard at Riverbend Crossing; volunteers should contact Volunteer Road from Carriage Bend to Ma- south of Towneview; Cartwright First Street at City Hall Drive and US 59 Frontage Roads at Sweet- Coordinator Abby Urbina (832) 490-9856 son Road; South Mason at Uni- (FM 3345) from Valley Forest to 300 First Street; Avenue I at Lane water Boulevard; Lexington Bou- [email protected]. versity Park Drive; Fry Road at Texas Parkway (FM 2234); Teal Drive; Avenue N at Radio Lane; levard between Creekside and Mason Road (Not verified); Jeske Run Boulevard at Teal Run Place Avenue H at Lane Drive; Hwy 6 at Colonist Park; Telfair at Addison; at Wolfgang; Jeske at Roesler; Drive Trammel Fresno at Jan; McKeever Road; West Airport at Williams Trace between Lexing- Old Needville Fairchild between Trammel Fresno at Jan; Winfield Kirkwood; Wright Road between ton and Edgewater; First Colony Abby Urbina Oberrender Road and Jeske Road Lakes subdivision; University US 50 and Kirkwood Road; US 59 between SH 6 and Soldiers Field; (Not verified); Huggins Road from at Wilkshire Way; Sienna Park- Brazos River Turnaround; Aus- SH 6 at Imperial Boulevard; Sugar Dixon Street to Houston Street; way north of Sienna Springs; tin Parkway at Commonwealth; Creek Boulevard at Fairway; SH Hunt Road from FM 359 to Pool Oilfield Road at Creekstone Vil- Pheasant Creek east of FM 1464; 6 (northbound) at Town Center Hill Road; Fulshear Bend from lage; Sienna Springs at Sienna University at Winding Waters; Boulevard; Ricefield Road at FM FM 1463 to Cross Creek Bend Parkway; Oilfield Road at Stone West Airport at Alston; Rabbs 762; Waterside Estates at Manor Lane; FM 723 at Bellaire Boule- Bank; Cartwright Road at Hawks Crossing at Greatwood Parkway; Court. vard/Fulshear Gaston; Wallis Road; Foerster School Road at University Boulevard at Elkins; For more information about Street between 5th Street and SH 36; 14500 Barak Road (south US 59 frontage roads at Williams road closures, visit www.fbcoem. FM 359; eechnut between Har- of Quail Covey lane); Missouri Trace; Williams Trace at US 59 org/fort-bend-county-road-clo- lem Road and Mason Road; South at Aylor; Arnie Road west of FM frontage roads; Alston Road at sures/ Residential & Commercial Fry Road from Carriage Bend to 1489; 700 Plantation (west of Har- Ashford Haven Drive; Williams If you have information about South Mason Road; Lakemont lem Road); Williams Way at Ve- Trace Blvd at Highlands; Austin a road closure that is not reported Bend at FM 1093; Mason Road randa Trails; 900 Morton Road; Parkway at Autumn Lakes; West above, or is reported inaccurate- FREE Estimate and Insured at Bellaire Boulevard; Skinner 500 Newton Drive (4th Street to Airport near Dairy Ashford; 3900 ly, please contact the Fort Bend Road west of Mason Road; Farm- Cub Lane area); Frances at Lane Hwy 6; Austin Pkwy at Grants County Office of Emergency Gregory Macha, Owner 832-984-5252 er Road south of Mitchell Lake Drive; 7500 Reading Road (east of Lake in Front of Fire Station #4; Management.

WaterWater DistrictDistrict WaterWater DistrictDistrict Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate NoticeNotice of Public of Public HearingHearing on Taxon RateTax Rate Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 123 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax The Grand Mission Municipal Utility District No. 2 will hold a public hearing on a proposedThe tax Fort rate for Bend Countyrate for the Municipal tax year 2017 on Utility Wednesday, District September, No. 20, 123 2017 will at 9:00 hold a.m. at a the public offices of hearing Allen Boone on a proposed tax The Grand Missionthe tax Municipal year 2017 on Monday,Utility September District 18, No. 2017 2 will at 12:15 hold p.m. a at public the offices hearing of Coatsrate on Rose, for a proposed P.C.the tax year taxHumphries rate 2017 for Robinson on Wednesday, LLP located at September, 3200 Southwest 20, Freeway, 2017 Suite at 2400, 9:00 Houston, a.m. at TX the 77027. offices Your of Allen Boone the tax year 2017located on at 9 Monday, Greenway Plaza, September Suite 1100, 18, Houston, 2017 TX at 77046. 12:15 Your p.m. individual at the taxes offices mayHumphries increase of orCoats Robinson Rose,individual LLP P.C. taxes located may increase at or 3200 decrease, Southwest depending on Freeway, the change in Suite the taxable 2400, valueHouston, of your property TX 77027. Your decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in in relation to the change in taxable value on all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. located at 9 Greenwaytaxable value Plaza, on all other Suite property 1100, and the Houston, tax rate that TX is adopted. 77046. Your individualindividual taxes taxes may increase may increase or or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property inin relationrelation toto thethe change in taxable value on all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. taxable value on all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. FOR the proposal: L. Perkins, B. Whittaker, J. Caballero, J. Joseph, & M. Odums FOR the proposal: W. Barnett, J. Ulke, M. Childs, F. Donnelly III & J. Puckett Jr. AGAINST the proposal: (none) AGAINST the proposal: (none) PRESENT and not voting: (none) FOR the proposal: L. Perkins, B. Whittaker, J. Caballero, J. Joseph, & M. Odums PRESENT and not voting: (none) ABSENT: (none) ABSENT: (none) AGAINST the proposal: (none) FOR the proposal: W. Barnett, J. Ulke, M. Childs, F. Donnelly IIIPRESENT & J. Puckett and Jr. notThe followingvoting: table compares(none) taxes on the average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to The following table compares taxes on the average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year. AGAINST thetaxes proposal: proposed on the average(none) residence homestead this year. ABSENT: (none) PRESENT and not voting: (none) Last Year This Year Last Year This Year ABSENT: (none) The following table compares taxes on the average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed onTotal the tax average rate (per $100 residence of value) homestead$ this 1.099 year./$100$ 1.090 /$100 Total tax rate (per $100 of value)$ 1.200 /$100$ 1.150 /$100 Adopted Proposed Adopted Proposed Difference in rates per $100 of value -$0.009 /$100 The followingDifference table compares in rates per $100 taxes of value on the average residence homestead -$0.050 /$100 in this taxing unit last year to Percentage decrease in rates Last Year-0.8189% This Year Percentage decrease in rates -4.1667% taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year. Average appraised value $230,338 $234,859 Average appraised value $279,131 $289,440 Total tax rate (perGeneral $100 exemptions of value) available $ 1.099 /$100$ 1.090 /$100 General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled Adopted Proposed (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled Last Year This Year person’s exemptions) $0 $0 person’s exemptions) $0 $0Difference in rates per $100 of value -$0.009 /$100 Average taxable value $230,338 $234,859 Average taxable value $279,131 $289,440Percentage decrease in rates -0.8189% Total tax rate (per $100 of value)$ 1.200 /$100$ 1.150Tax on /$100 average residence homestead$ 2,531.41 $2,559.96 Tax on average residence homestead$ 3,349.57 $3,328.56 AdoptedAverage appraised ProposedAnnual value increase in taxes if $230,338 $234,859 Annual decrease in taxes if General exemptions Proposed available tax rate is adopted $28.55 Difference in rates Proposed per $100 tax rate of is adoptedvalue -$21.01 -$0.050 /$100 And percentage of increase 1.1278% Percentage decrease And percentagein rates of decrease -0.6272%-4.1667% (excluding senior citizen’s or disabled person’s exemptions) $0 $0 NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION Average appraised valueNOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT $279,131 TO ROLLBACK ELECTIONAverage taxable $289,440 value $230,338 $234,859 General exemptions available If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent,Tax the on qualified average residenceIf taxes homestead on the average residence homestead$ 2,531.41 increase by more than eight percent, the qualified $2,559.96 (excluding seniorvoters of citizen’s the district byor petition disabled may require that an election be held to determine whetherAnnual to reduce increase the votersin taxes of the if district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. person’s exemptions)operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback$0 tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. Proposed $0 tax rate is adopted $28.55 Average taxable value $279,131 And percentage $289,440 of increase 1.1278% Tax on average residence homestead$ 3,349.57 $3,328.56 Questions or comments regarding this notice can be directed to Questions or comments regarding this notice can be directed to NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION Annual decrease in taxes if Esther Buentello Flores at the tax office at (281) 499-1223. Esther Buentello Flores at the tax office at (281) 499-1223. Proposed tax rate is adopted -$21.01 If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified And percentage of decrease -0.6272%voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION

If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. Monday, August 28, 2017 NEWS FORT BEND HERALD 9

Earl and Mary Tipton Zwahr having dinner dear friend...Curtis Bish- tage automobiles... Tenas for their hard work back from Navasota, Tex- with Richard and Don- op waiting in the morning Former Sheriff Mil- at “What’s the Deal.” as, after having lunch with na Brewer...Penni Paus- sun for a cropduster...Eth- ton Wright joining Czech Marilyn Emmons, Lar- grandson Joshua... ewang telling everyone el Arrington enjoying a friends for lunch...Joyce iese Meyen, Marie Lo- Alfonse Drabek playing about her friend of 40 dessert...Debbie Antrich Lolley reading her sec- pez, April Meyen, Sha- with his two great-grand- years...Vicki Schodek Kayes showing off pics of retary report...Pat Par- ron Patterson and Pat ma keeping everyone Dirba planning a bridal informed via email..Glo- shower... ria Mican whipping up a Hailey and Zach Willey batch of her delicious gua- driving home from their camole dip... mother’s to visit their Joyce Bartos telling a dad... friend about Sunday morn- Emily Cosgray of ing coffee and donutes.... Simonton, Kate Mann of Clarence Myers recalling Richmond, Rachel Polzer the days when he used film of Fulshear making the AROUND in cameras... Family and dean’s list at the Universi- friends wishing Ryland ty of Dallas... Rodriquez an awesome Jeff Rayome still shar- college send-off to Blinn ing stories of his June and starting his goal of camping trip into the wil- obtaining a law degree ... derness of Oklahoma. ... Christina Nguyen cele- Vaishali Pagidipally of THE brating her 25th birthday Fulshear earned a degree on Friday with friends from Fairfield University.... and family singing her Having a great and won- heart out at karoake, Car- derful summer camp at the los Rubio laughing it up YMCA were Case Carlisle at his 28th birthday with and sister Abby with cous- BEND... friends... ins Mia Moore and sister Kathleen Qualia threw Brianna... a “Pie Party” at the Bud Terry campus coordina- O’Shieles Community Cen- tor Tim Teykl walking out Friends. ter for her fellow seniors, to get the newspaper on a while Sara Adams enjoys rare day off... a bite of her frosted brown- Jonghyun Sung of ie pie. ... Rosenberg earned a mas- Family. Richmond Commissioner ter’s agree from Texas A&M Jesse Torres picking up University-Kingsville... maps of the city of Rich- Patricia Rodriguez and mond at the Fort Bend Christine Sawnz enjoy Coworkers. County Annex in Rosen- a meal together at Panera berg. ... Bread at the Town Brazos Richmond Commission- Center... Glenda Hansen, er Barry Beard stopping Donovan and sister Abi- Neighbors... by Joseph’s Coffee and Ci- gail Surovik playing Uno gars in Historic Downtown with Donovan being the Richmond. ... overall winner... Richmond Jerry Tydlacka taking resident John L. Davis IV in a relaxing walk on the attenting the NAACP con- track during a break in the vention in Cincinnati... hot weather. ... Michelle Biggs remi- Shopping. Kenzie McDowell ex- niscing about the Lamar cited about her upcoming National 11U All-stars’ Mickey Mouse clubhouse state title comeback... birthday party. ... Matt Ramos stopping Dining. AgriLife Extension Ser- traffic in front of Terry vice agent Justin Saenz High School to rescue a catching his breath after a turtle crossing the road... very busy summer full of James White and son Laughing. camps for local youths ... Rusty getting readjusted Brenda Mullinix par- to Texas heat after spend- ticipating in an Advanced ing some time in cooler Family Law seminar in Colorado... Visiting... San Antonio. ... Cindy Schaaf still beam- Steven Vasek taking in ing with pride after her son a fishing expedition in Gal- Collin earned Academic veston with family mem- accolades at the University Whats happening Around the Bend bers. ... of Houston - Victoria.... Lorraine Fatheree Whitney I. Smith of in your life? Let us know. We’ll share showing pride of Deuce Fulshear earned a degree Fatheree after his effort at from the University of it with the rest of our readers on the a Dallas basketball tourna- Wyoming at the end of the ment. ... 2016 spring semester... front page of The Fort Bend Herald. Kirsten De Boer of Sandra Kresse, sister Richmond earned aca- Cheryl and brother-in- demic distinction, being law Robert Burt doing a Email Around the Bends to named to the Dean’s List fantastic job mowing and at the University of Massa- cleaning at their brother [email protected], chusetts Lowell. ... Joe Fishbeck’s lawn and Emily Cosgray of home... Sisters Chloe, or call 281-342-4474, ext. 591. Simonton, Kate Mann Capri and Cait excited of Richmond and Rachel to spend the day swim- Polzer of Fulshear saw ming with their aunt Kel- sons ... spending an evening out her ner grandson...Fran- their hard work pay off af- ly Araguz... Needville Duc Ngo of Richmond with family...Judy Poncik ces Michulka talking ter being named to the Uni- softball coach Amber was named to the Dean’s Hardin sharing her fish with friends Saturday veristy of Dallas Dean’s Schmidt watching a new List at Binghamton Uni- plate with friends...Soila morning...Neal Adam- List. ... crop of players excel at the versity ... Segura and her husband reck discussing his visit to Thumbs up to Moham- Lady Jay camp... Brenda and Calvin singing happy birthday to a a private museum of vin- med Earls and Daurius Rose Pickens celebrates 10 MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 NEWS FORT BEND HERALD HARVEY: Storm dumps more rain

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing more than 200 locations affect- ed by high water on Texas high- Thousands of homes were affect- ways and frontage roads around ed by the flood water and hundreds the Houston district; not including of high-water rescues took place. conditions on local streets,” said However, no levee was breeched. Quincy Allen, TxDOT Houston Dis- A voluntary evacuation means trict Engineer reported Monday. residents should consider leaving “The Houston area has experi- to head for a safer area. enced 18 inches or more of rainfall There is a chance that surround- from Tropical Storm Harvey over- ing flood waters may hinder their night and our system is taking on ability to get in and out of their record amounts of water through- neighborhoods, Hebert reported. out the six-county area.” “You may be stuck in your neigh- Additionally, the Fort Bend borhood for several days,” Hebert County area is forecasted to con- warned. tinue to receive increasing rainfall “A mandatory evacuation means amounts over the next couple of that there is risk to life and safety as days, he said. well as property.” Shelter in place There is also a risk to the lives “Citizens are encouraged to stay of first responders who might be out of harm’s way by not getting on called on to rescue you when the the roads today.” expected danger materializes, he “Please shelter in place. added. “First responders are working “During a mandatory evacua- diligently to address motorists al- tion emergency, personnel will not ready in distressed situations and be able to respond to your calls for we need everyone to do their part to help,” Hebert cautioned. help keep our roadways safe. Please “You will be on your own. stay off the roadways.” “You cannot rely on help from The shelter in place advisory others.” seems to contradict the mandatory A mandatory evacuation indi- evacuation order issued by the Fort cates the possibility of danger to Bend County Office of Emergency life, Hebert continued. Management. “We urge you not to ignore it,” Calls to the OEM went unan- Hebert said. swered Monday morning. “If you are in a mandatory evacu- Certain areas of Rosenberg and ation zone, do the smart thing: leave Richmond are under mandatory and be safe. Local law enforcement evacuations. and the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Kingdom Heights could be the office will patrol evacuated areas.” next area to be evacuated. Fort Bend County has partnered A mandatory evacuation was is- with the Red Cross and Sacred sued for Sienna Plantation around Heart Church in Richmond and 10:30 a.m. Monday. opened a temporary shelter to serve The city of Rosenberg has set up residents affected and displaced by an emergency shelter at the Sacred flooding related to Hurricane Har- Heart Catholic Church in Rich- v e y. mond, 507 S 4th St. “We are current- The Red Cross shelter is locat- ly trying to get more transportation ed at Sacred Heart Church at 507 to the shelter,” said Jenny Pavlov- South 4th St. in Richmond. ich, communications director for Local residents who require Rosenberg City Hall. help with transportation or medi- “The high water has flooded a cal needs related to the evacuation number homes, which is putting an should call 211 for assistance. extra strain on first responders.” Please be advised that the Red Cross will not allow pets inside the Harvey stalls shelter who are not service animals. As of Monday morning, Hurri- Pets will require you to make al- cane Harveys center was located ternative accommodations. about 25 miles northwest of Vic- Shelters set up toria. The storm is barely moving and is expected to make a second The shelter at Sacred Heart landfall later this week closer to the Church in Richmond will close as Texas-Louisiana border. of 10:00 am. on Monday, Aug and transport residents to the new Rainfall so far shelter at B.F. Terry High School in Dayton (Liberty County) Rosenberg. 27.45” The Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management issued a mandatory evacuation for residents living within levees and a voluntary evacu- The shelter is located at 5500 Av- Dixie Farm Road (Brazoria ation for all others in the county. Here’s a look at the mandatory evacuation zones along the Brazos and San Bernard River. enue N in the Rosenberg and hous- County) 26.76” ing evacuees in the gymnasium. Santa Fe (Galvaston County) Pets are accepted at the shelter and 24.50” transportation is already in place Near First Colony (Fort Bend Fort Bend County residents ordered to for residents coming from Sacred County) 24.34” Heart Church. Near Pearland (Harris County) Rosenberg currently has Man- 24.27” leave neighborhoods protected by levees datory Evacuations in effect for the Near Bacliff (Maritime Station) The following areas are under a FBC MUD #49; Oyster Creek Field Court, Stephens Grant, Sugar FIRST COLONY LID #2; Alcorn following areas: 18.75” MANDATORY evacuation order: Place, Oyster Creek Village, Pearl Creek, Sugar Land Town Square, Bend, Austin Meadow, Austin Park, • West Street and Mulcahy Street: Near Magnolia (Montgomery Pointe , Rustlers Crossing Sugarwood, Sweetbriar, Sweetwa- Briarwood, Chimneystone, City North of Avenue D County) 17.80” First Colony LID #1 FBC MUD #115; Riverstone ter, The Highlands, The Lakes, The Plaza, Colony Bend, Colony Cove, • River Road area: All properties Near Carmine (Washington Fort Bend County LID #20 FIRST COLONY LID #1; Colonial Towns of Grants Lake, The Village Colony Creek, Colony Grant, Colo- North of River Road, adjacent to the County) 16.95” Fort Bend County LID #6 Lakes Office Park, Creekshire, Heri- on Royal Oak, Town Center Square, ny Meadows, Colony Oaks, Colony river 7 Miles E of Ellinger(Colorado Fort Bend County LID #7 tage Colony, Lake Colony, Lakefield, Travis Park, Villas of Sweetwater, Park, Colony Woods, Condomini- • North of Brazos: all properties County) 16.50” Fort Bend County MUD #115 Lakes of Austin Park, Lakeway, Lex- Williams, Woodstream ums at Grants Lake, Creekside at North of the Brazos River, within Mont Belvieu (Chambers Coun- Fort Bend County MUD #46 ington Colony, Magnolia Plantation, FBC LID #10; Riverpark Town Center, Crescent Lakes, Edge- City limits including the neighbor- ty) 16.27” Fort Bend County MUD #49 Old Mill Park, Oyster Creek Plan- FBC LID #11 (and the portion of water, Englewood, Englewood Place hood of Kingdom Heights Near Coldspring (San Jacinto Municipal Utility District #121 tation, Plantation Bend, Plantation Mud #116 within their levee); Great- Estates, Englewood Place, First Col- • North Rosenberg: All proper- County) 14.19” Palmer Plantation #1 Colony, Plantation Creek, Plantation wood , Canyon Gate ony Mall, First Colony MUD #5, Flu- ties East of 4th Street, North of Av- New Ulm (Austin County) Palmer Plantation #2 Park, Plantation Trails, Riverbend, FBC LID #14; Avalon, Brazos or Central, Grants Lake, Highlands enue B; all properties on 1stStreet 14.16” The following areas are under a Sugar Crossing Landing Square, Lake Pointe, Lakes of Edge- North of Avenue D Near Katy (Waller County) VOLUNTARY evacuation order: MUD #121; River Park, Williams FBC LID #15; Alden Springs at water, Landing at Grants Lake, Lex- • Huntington Road properties 13.42” Fort Bend County LID #2 Crossing Riverstone, Auburn Manor, Avalon, ington Meadows, Meadows Lakes, The Fort Bend County Office of Near Boling-iago (Wharton Fort Bend County LID #10 PALMER PLANTATION MUD Brookside, Cabrera Dr, Crescent Oakland, Oaks of Alcorn, Old Mill Emergency Management has flood County) 13.16” Fort Bend County LID #11 #1; Flamingo Estates, Flamingo Is- View Estates, Crossing Cove, CVS Park, Oyster Point, Rivercrest, Set- maps and evacuation maps avail- Near Bay City (Matagorda Coun- Fort Bend County LID #14 land, HarborView Village, Lakeside Riverstone, Discovery at River- tlers Grove, Settlers Park, Soldiers able on their website at fbcoem.org ty) 13.03” Fort Bend County LID #15 Estates, Lakeside Village, Palmer stone, Edgewood, Enclave, Hartford Field Court, Stephens Grant, Sugar and the City of Rosenberg is posting 11 Miles WSW of Huntsville Fort Bend County LID #17 Plantation, Peninsula, Swan Isle Landing, Ivory Ridge at Riverstone, Creek, Sugar Land Town Square, updates at rosenbergtx.gov/Harvey. (Walker County) 12.20” Fort Bend County LID #179 PALMER PLANTATION MUD Ivy Bend, Kensington, Landmark, Sugarwood, Sweetbriar, Sweetwa- Residents who wish to seek shel- Mandatory Evacuations #2; Crescent Oak Village, Jade Is- U Parkway, Majestic Point, Marble ter, The Enclave at Lake Pointe, The ter in other areas are advised to vis- Government, school clos- FBC LID #6; Dell Webb-Rich- land, Lakeshore Forest, Mustang Bend, Meridian Park, Nandina, No- Highlands, The Lakes, The Market, it ReadyHarris.org for a list of shel- ings mond, Veranda, Williams Ranch Crossing, Parkview Village, Sunrise ble Seven, Olive Hill, Pecan Ridge, The Offices, The Towns, The Village, ters. In case of emergency, please The Lamar CISD school district FBC LID #7; Autumn Ridge, Bay, Villa Del Lago Prestwick, Providence, Riverstone Town Center, Travis Park, Villas dial 9-1-1. For non-emergency assis- will remain closed all week due to Blakely Bend, Clayton’s Bend, Fos- Voluntary Evacuations North, Sanders Glen, Satya River, of Sweetwater, Williams Glen, Wil- tance, please call police dispatch at Hurricane Harvey. ter’s Green, High Meadows, Lake FBC LID #2; Alcorn Bend, Austin Senova, Silver Grove, The Crossing, liams Grant, Woodstream 832-595-3700. Needville ISD students were to have started school Monday, Aug. Pointe, Meadowvale, Morningside, Meadows, Austin Park, Briarwood, The Enclave, The Island, The Vil- PECAN GROVE MUD; Greens at Tornado hits Sienna Plan- 28. New Territory, Point Royale, Robin- Chimneystone, Colony, Condomini- lage, Vintage Trail, Waterside, Wet- Pecan Grove, Pecan Grove Planta- tation Because of Hurricane Harvey, son’s Landing, Sanders Ridge, Spen- ums at Grants Lake, Crescent Lakes, lands Park, Whisper Rock, Winding tion, Pecan Lakes, Plantation Place, Hurricane Harvey slammed into we previously reset that date for cers Glen, Stonehaven, Summerhill, Crescents on the Green, Edgewater, Waters The Greens, The Grove, The Terrace the Texas Gulf Coast late Friday Tuesday, Aug. 29. Walkers Station, Wilkin’s Crossing Englewood, First Colony MUD #5 , FBC LID #17; Telfair, The Cross- SIENNA PLANTATION; Avalon, night as a Category 4 hurricane. However, we have now pushed FBC LID #20; Kingdom Heights Grants Lake, Lake Pointe, Lakes of ing at Telfair Enclave, Hunnington, Pecan Estates, It spawned at least one tornado the start date to Tuesday, Sept. 5. FBC MUD #46; Brazos Crossing, Edgewater, Landing at Grants Lake, FBC LID #19; Creekstone Village, Sienna Acreage, Sienna Parkway, that touched down in Fort Bend There will be no student activities Colony Lakes, Lake Bend Condo- Lexington Meadows, Meadow Lakes, U Parkway, Lost Creek, Millwood, Sienna Plantation, Sienna Point, County. until that date. Anyone with ques- minium, Water’s Edge at Colony Oakland Oaks, Old Mill, Oyster Shadow Glen, Stonebrook, Sweetbri- Sienna Steep Bank Village, Sienna One tornado damaged the Sien- tions, call 281-633-1422. Lakes, Rocky Creek Crossing, Point, Rivercrest, Settlers, soldiers ar, The Orchard Village, Southern Colony na Plantation subdivision, injuring Due to flooding and predicted one person and damaged as many forecast of more rains brought on as 50 homes. by Hurricane Harvey, the Texas The early-morning tornado State Technical College campus struck shortly after Harvey made in Fort Bend County will remain landfall near Rockport, Texas. CLOSED on Monday, Aug. 28, and The tornado uprooted trees in Tuesday, Aug. 29. the Sienna Plantation neighbor- This decision has been made hood and caused damage to Ridge out of an abundance of caution for Point High School. students and employees. We ask The roofs of homes were ripped all members of the TSTC family off and windows were broken to exercise caution and stay off the throughout the subdivision. roads over the next few days. Fort Bend County road and TSTC will hold late registration bridge crews fanned out on Satur- for new students into next week to day morning to remove damaged make up for the days off. tree limbs for public roadways. Texas National Guard re- Evacuation routes sponds The Texas Department of Public Gov. Greg Abbott announced Safety said Monday morning that Monday he has activated the entire U.S. 59 is still open to traffic. Grand Texas National Guard in response Parkway (TX 99) is also open but to Hurricane Harvey, bringing the there is high water at U.S. 59 inter- total number of deployed guards- section. man to roughly 12,000. The Texas Department of Trans- These National Guardsman will portation advised motorists to avoid assist in the ongoing search and HERALD PHOTO BY TYLER JOHNSON traveling in current conditions. rescue effort for any Texans in im- “The roadway network is inun- mediate danger, and will be heavily Brazos River rises dated with water and not safe for involved in the extensive recovery travel. TxDOT is presently report- BRAZOS RIVER continues to rise and is expected to rise to nearly 60 feet by Tuesday evening. This photo was taken near Brazos Park on SH 36 in effort in the aftermath of the storm. Rosenberg on Monday morning.