WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 AND TEXAS COASTER VOLUME 125, NUMBER 212 www.fbherald.com ROSENBERG-RICHMOND, TEXAS 75 CENTS Keep up with our storm coverage on Hurricane Harvey the Herald Facebook page! CLEANUP BEGINS Visit fbherald.com TODAY! Good Afternoon Church unveils new name The Embassy Church (formerly First Assembly of God Rosenberg), 2512 Ave. N in Rosenberg, is hosting Embassy Day on Sunday. Everyone is invited to come join the congregation for worship at 10:30 a.m. as the church unveils its new name to the community and celebrate afterwards with a meal For more information, con- tact 281-342-3805. American Legion American Legion Post 271 and Aux- iliary will meet on Thursday at the Post Home 4520 SH 36 South. Covered dish meal at 6:30 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. Call 281-341-9966 for more infor- HERALD PHOTO BY TYLER JOHNSON mation. VOLUNTEER BRYAN Moss, left, and Rosenberg homeowner Jessie Leandro, right, carry a china cabinet out of Leandro’s home on Monday. Leandro’s home took on about 2 feet of Needville Harvest Festival water from the overflow of the Brazos River. Needville Harvest Festival turkey, ham, dressing, and all the trimmings drive-thru dinner will be held on Sunday, Residents return to their Sept. 10, Proceeds will go toward scholar- ships. For meal tickets, call 713-254-1300. Deadline extended The 34th Annual Needville Harvest flood-damaged homes Festival Sponsorship has been extended due to the hurricane. Any business or BY TYLER JOHNSON n Needville FCCLA members to [email protected] individual interested in sponsoring the hold collection drive for storm 2017 festival may call 281-468-9314. Dead- line is Sept. 12. With his house only about 50 yards victims Thursday. Story, Page 3. away from the Brazos River, Rosenberg Monthly dance resident Jessie Leandro knew every- The Happy Cousins Dance Club will thing in his home had been ruined by n Chamber of Commerce col- hosts its monthly dance on Saturday, Hurricane Harvey and a record-high lects items for victims. See Sept. 9, from 8-11:30 p.m. at the American Brazos River last week. list of drop-off sites, Page 8. Legion Hall, 4520 SH 36, in Rosenberg. Al He also knew he had a lot of cleaning Sulak and The Country Sound will per- to do once the river receded. form. For information, call 281-232-3531. He’d need help. That much was certi- n Pecan Grove first responders The club will also take donations for Hur- ain. treated to meals, thanks to ricane Harvey victims. On Monday, he got it. local business. Story, Page 8. Nearly a dozen volunteers from Friends of North Rosenberg, a local At- Fort Bend Journal tack Poverty organization, helped Lean- n Museum, George Ranch One great thing dro remove couches, bookshelves, dish- Historical Park offer discount es, clothes, carpets, pictures and other admission. Story, Page 8. “What great thing would you attempt furnishings from his home. if you knew you could not fail?” — Rob- “I lost everything,” Leandro said later ert Schuller Monday. “It messed me up real bad.” n Hurricane and flood victims Leandro’s home took the worst of the will need help to rebuild. You — BH storm on Tuesday, Aug. 29. His girlfriend can help. See Our view, Page 4. Gloria, whose home in Fairchilds was also flooded, said his home took on about Around the Bend 2 feet of water. n Lack of zoning contributed to Polly Ryon Middle School students Ja- The Friends of North Rosenberg has human misery after historical sey Johnson, Kate Krafcheck, Molly been working diligently to find home- flood. See Froma Harrop, Page 4. Moore, Campbell elementary students owners who were affected like Leandro. Yvette Garza, Ava Campbell, Brook The volunteer group’s main goal right Billedo, Terry High School coaches Pat- HERALD PHOTO BY TYLER JOHNSON now is to assess the damage of their n City of Rosenberg lifts manda- rick Longstreet, Darnell Jackson, VOLUNTEER DAVID Tong, left, and Rosenberg homeowner Jessie Leandro, right, carry a homes, figure out what the homeown- tory evacuation orders. Nick Cavallo, Greg Jones, Beasley Ele- damaged couch out of Leandro’s home on Monday. Leandro’s home sits about 50 yards Story, Page 3. mentary School teacher Amy Jones, Jane away from the Brazos River. “I lost everything,” he said. SEE CLEANUP, PAGE 12 Long fourth-grader Matthew Moody, Smith Elementary School Principal Car- la Thomas, PTO mom Kim Ashley, Ramon Torres, Robert Hodge, Terry Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick visits junior Treshuan Marshall, sophomores Hurricane Irma slams Moses Alvarez and Ruperto Rodriguez volunteer their time helping victims of Common Threads in Richmond Hurricane Harvey... Caribbean as Cat. 5 storm He also visited the county’s emergency operations ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — Hur- rectly over the island of Barbuda, caus- Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joined state people coming together to help,” Patrick Obituaries ricane Irma roared into the Caribbe- ing widespread flooding and downing Sen. Joan Huffman at the Fort Bend said. an with record force early Wednesday, trees. France sent emergency food and County Emergency Operations Center on Patrick joined state Sen. Lois Kolk- Joe Edward Stransky, 87 its 185-mph winds shaking homes and water rations to the French islands Tuesday afternoon. horst and state Rep. Phil Stephenson and Lavern Oakes flooding buildings on a chain of small of Saint Martin and Saint Barthele- Patrick and Huffman then visited the Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Wharton earli- Karen Kay Henson islands along a path toward Puerto my, where Irma ripped off roofs and Volunteer Disaster Recovery Center at er in the day. They visited the emergency Earnest Wendt, 71 Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, knocked out all electricity. Jane Long Elementary School in Rich- operations center in the hard-hit commu- Bertha (Gonzalez) Villagomez, 91 Cuba and a possible direct hit on South The regional authority for Guade- mond where Common Threads volun- nity. Florida. loupe and neighboring islands said the See page 5 teers were helping victims of Hurricane Last week, Kolkhorst visited Terry The strongest Atlantic Ocean hur- fire station in Saint Barthelemy was Harvey. High School, which was serving as a shel- ricane ever recorded passed almost di- flooded by more than 3 feet of water. Today’s Scripture “They are another great example of ter for hurricane and flood victims. How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! Psalm 133:1 Library to hold annual Rosenberg council floored Thought for Today photo contest in September “We live in a fantasy world, a world by cost of new city hall roof of illusion. The great task in life is to Theme: Capture Fort Bend County BY AVERIL GLEASON council members voted in favor of roof re- find reality.” Fort Bend County Libraries is seeking Entries can be submitted at any of the [email protected] pairs for City Hall and fence repairs for the — Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish author and police department. philosopher (1919-1999) entries for its “Capture Fort Bend Coun- libraries in the Fort Bend County library ty” Photography Contest in September. system beginning Sept. 5; the deadline for Rosenberg City Hall is in the process of “This is not the place for a flat roof, that’s Amateur photographers of all skill entries is Sept. 30. getting a new roof. for sure,” council member Alice Jozwiak levels are invited to enter original photo- Prizes will be awarded for 1st-, 2nd-, The only problem is, some Rosenberg said. “Maybe in some point in the future graphs that portray the culture, nature, and 3rd-place entries. City Council members are not happy that there would be a way to put a pitch on that people, and places of Fort Bend County — Winners will be announced at a special the $300,000 allocated for the roof replace- roof, but that is going to take some money. from hidden gems in our communities to ment project will be spent on building a flat Right now, that’s not in our budget.” 786037 20032 2 favorite places and scenes around town. SEE CONTEST, PAGE 9 roof. At the Tuesday city council meeting, SEE ROSENBERG, PAGE 9 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 NEWS FORT BEND HERALD Today in History Looking Fur Love BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Your World Today is Wednesday, Sept. 6, CACAO in Five Minutes the 249th day of 2017. There are BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 116 days left in the year. ID#A010506 Today’s Highlight in History: On September 6, 1901, Pres- Ready to be ident William McKinley was STATE NATION WORLD shot and mortally wounded by an- adopted! archist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’- Bystander among 3 wom- Oklahoma police: Fatal hit- Colombia says nation’s top gawsh) at the Pan-American If interested en shot at end of police and-run targeted homeless drug fugitive eyes surrender Exposition in Buffalo, New York. please contact chase TULSA — Two hit-and-run BOGOTA — Colombia’s presi- (McKinley died eight days later; HOUSTON — Three women crashes reported in less than 12 dent says the country’s top drug Czolgosz was executed on Octo- Ft. Bend County have been shot and wounded by hours appeared to target home- fugitive has expressed interest ber 29.) Houston police as a miles-long less people in northeast Okla- in turning himself and ending On this date: Animal Service chase ended with the driver of homa, and investigators believe a life on the run with a $5 mil- In 1861, Union forces led by at 281-342-1512 a car hitting a tree and fire hy- the same person carried out lion U.S.