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C O V E R S T O R Y 8 RICHMOND’S ROSANNA PACE BRINGS HOME THE CROWN

Miss Rodeo Texas 2012 and Fort Bend County native Rosanna Pace has nurtured her passion for rodeo for over a decade. Carrying on the tradition of Miss Rodeo Texas, Pace promotes the sport of rodeo and her love for Western heritage wherever she goes.

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It’s March and in the greater Houston area, that means it’s time to rodeo! While Fort Bend has already kicked off the rodeo season last fall, rodeo is top of mind with many this month because of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™. So, what better time to bring you a story of a hometown girl who will be appearing at the Rodeo as Miss Rodeo Texas 2012? For those of us who attend the Fort Bend County Fair every year, Rosanna Pace is a familiar face. This Richmond native served as Junior Fair Queen and was ultimately named Fair Queen. I had the opportunity to interview Rosanna when she was crowned Fair Queen in 2006, and she spoke of her ambitions to compete for Miss Rodeo Texas. This young lady has realized her dream and now, strives to inspire young people by showing them through hard work, you truly can accomplish anything. Rosanna, you make us proud.

Speaking of pride, there is a great deal of pride in our community. This was especially evident when I attended the Central Fort Bend Chamber Alliance Awards Luncheon. The Chamber recognized community leaders for their steadfast efforts toward making our home a very special place to live, work and raise our families. Richmond Mayor Hilmar G. Moore was honored with a Lifetime Service Award, and Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert was honored with a Legislative Leadership Award in recognition of their commitment to Fort Bend. Numerous other awards were presented including the Business Person of the Year, which, for the first time in its 15 year history, was awarded to a female. May W. Tape, DDS was the recipient of this award, and it was well-deserved. I know the gentlemen who served on the selection committee, and I have only one comment: Way to go guys!

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R osanna Pace woke up the morning after she won Miss Rodeo Texas 2012 last June.

The day before didn’t quite seem real. The Richmond native looked over to see her crown. It was still there.

“It was a dream of mine that came true,” Pace said. “It was 10 years in the making.”

The Miss Rodeo Texas pageant is an annual scholarship contest in which participants are judged based on horse-manship, a speech, interviews and modeling. Pace’s victory came after a long year of studying, practicing, work-ing out and speech therapy. After fail-ing to win in 2011, Pace, who would be 23 and in her last year of eligibility the next June, was told her voice was what needed improvement.

In 2009, Pace was walking her mare through a gate when the horse spooked, knocked Pace down and ran over her, hit-ting her in the jaw. Pace’s jaw hurt, but she didn’t see a doctor immediately and figured the pain would go away even-tually. She started overcompensating

when she talked and developed a lisp.The issue wasn’t obvious to the people

around Pace at first as she worked to-ward the Miss Rodeo Texas title. After the 2011 competition, her first try at the pageant, Pace went right to work with a speech therapist. “She was 110 per-cent dedicated,” said Avery Scott, Pace’s friend and the Miss Rodeo Texas 2008 winner. “Losing that first year made her drive to win so much more. She spent all her free time working to win. The speech pathology was extra on top of everything else the other girls had to work on.”

Pace was working on a master’s de-gree at Texas A&M and student teach-ing at the time as well. “I had to over-come the speech problem if I wanted to win,” Pace said. “It’s something I still concentrate on. It’s something that’s always going to be a bit of a problem.”

Pace’s dream of winning Miss Rodeo Texas started when she entered the Junior Fair Queen contest at the Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo in 2002. She didn’t win that year, but came back to grab the title in 2003. Two years lat-

COVER STORYBy Brian Simmons

Richmond’s

Rosanna PaceBrings Home the Crown

er, she was named Fair Queen. The horsemanship portion of the

Miss Rodeo Texas pageant came natu-rally for Pace, who has had a passion for rodeo for as long as she can remem-ber. It was the fashion and modeling that was a challenge.

“When I first started, I didn’t have a clue,” Pace said. “I had to learn how to do the hair, the makeup and how to model. I had to work on the speeches and interviews.”

In the interviews at the Miss Rodeo Texas pageant, judges asked contes-tants questions in three different cat-egories: horsemanship, personality and appearance. The participants were also asked what the pageant calls “extempo-raneous questions.” Pace was quizzed on everything from professional rodeo knowledge to how many times a horse’s heart beats per minute.

As Miss Rodeo Texas, Pace represent-ed the state at the Miss Rodeo America pageant at the MGM Grand in Las Ve-gas in December. The pageant was in conjunction with the National Finals Ro-

Rosanna Pace at the Miss

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deo. The whirlwind event took place over seven days, during which contestants’ cell phones were confiscated and contact with the outside world was non-existent. The 31 participants, who each won their re-spective state competitions, tested, inter-viewed, performed dance routines, gave speeches and rode horses. Pace took the third runner-up spot and was pleased to finish in the top five. “That was the hard-est and most rewarding experience I’ve ever had,” she said.

Each year’s Miss Rodeo Texas, who wins $15,000 in scholarships, a trophy saddle, a trophy buckle and fur and mo-hair jackets among other prizes, spends most of her year-long reign on the road, making appearances at rodeos, fairs, schools and civic events. Pace plans to rack up 40,000 miles by June. The Foster High School graduate is scheduled to ap-pear every day during the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and then make stops at the Houston and Austin rodeos as well throughout February and March.

Carrying on the tradition of Miss Rodeo Texas, Pace promotes the sport of rodeo and her love for Western heri-tage wherever she goes. “I’m just a simple girl,” Pace said. “All of a sudden, you’re a celebrity. I hope I inspire oth-ers to follow their dreams.”

Growing up in Fort Bend County, Pace always wanted to be around hors-es and the rodeo. When she was two years old, Pace’s mother signed her up for ballet. The young girl cried for a pony instead, received one and started barrel racing two years later.

She showed animals at the Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo for years and always looked up to the Fair Queen. Pace won that title herself on her first try in 2005 and even rode a horse while carrying the American flag that year, something she had to con-vince people she was able to do.

Seven years later, Pace returned to the county fair as Miss Rodeo Texas. “It was great to get to see people who knew me as a little girl,” Pace said. “I was able to say, ‘I did it, and it was because of you.’ I said I would come back as Miss Rodeo Texas some day. I wouldn’t be where I am without this community that is involved in agriculture and horses and without the FFA and supportive teachers I had.”

Pace is just nine hours away from fin-ishing her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. She already has a bach-elor’s degree in communication from Tex-as A&M. While she had to move to San Antonio and take a year off from school to carry out her duties as Miss Rodeo Texas, Pace plans to take classes again in the fall and then return to Fort Bend County and teach ju-nior high or high school.

“When I go into schools, I tell kids that education is the key to life,” Pace said. “You’ll have endless oppor-tunities in life. I tell them, ‘Find your passion – what you want to do for the rest of your life.’”

Pace also wants to get her Women’s Professional Rodeo Association card and to continue barrel racing. She recently started taking up breakaway roping as well. “I live, breath and eat rodeo,” Pace said, “I can’t imagine life without it.”

Pace plans to stay involved in pag-eants by helping girls who have the same goals she did 10 years ago. “I had a lot of former Miss Rodeo Texas win-ners encourage me,” Pace said. “I want to inspire people and show them that through hard work, you can accomplish anything.”

Scott continues encouraging Pace as she goes throughout the year. “I told her to enjoy every minute of it,” Scott said. “In some ways, it’s a long year, but when it’s over, you feel like you didn’t take in all those special moments. So I told her to make sure she does.”

Pace’s reign as Miss Rodeo Texas 2012 ends in June, but the memories of this Richmond girl’s time represent-ing the state and Western heritage will last a lifetime.

“I want to inspire people and show them that through hard work, you

can accomplish anything.” – Rosanna Pace

Pace barrel racing with her mare HJ Smokin’ Delta Flame in Rockdale, Texas.

As Miss Rodeo Texas,Pace carried the American flag for the National Anthem at the 2012 Fort Bend County Fair.


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Chamber Recognizes Champions atAnnual Awards

Luncheon Chamber Board Chair Joe Freudenberger, Board Member of the Year Kevin Kohl, Ambassador of the Year Tom Wilson, Committee Member of the Year Katie Yount, Legislative Leadership Award winner Judge Robert Hebert; Business Person of the Year May W. Tape, DDS; Committee Member of the Year Justin Ring, Raymond Saage Volunteer of the Year Award Winner Lisa Matthews, Young Professionals Division Member of the Year Justin Morales, Hispanic Business Division Member of the Year Shirley Jackson and Gilbert Limones, representing Corporate Sponsor of the Year First Victoria National Bank.

The Central Fort Bend Chamber Alliance (CFBCA) held its an-

nual Awards Banquet at Safari Texas Ranch in Richmond on Friday, Janu-ary 11th. Several community leaders were honored with awards including May W. Tape, DDS, a pediatric dentist with a practice in Rosenberg, who was the recipient of the Business Person of the Year. Selected by a committee of previous winners including former Rosenberg Mayor Joe M. Gurecky, Tape was the first female in the Cham-ber’s history to receive this honor.

“We had our work cut out for us when we agreed to serve on the selec-tion committee for the CFBCA in Busi-ness Person of the Year,” said Gurecky. “We discussed the qualifications of many candidates, all of whom merited this distinguished honor; yet the dis-cussion seemed to center around this one special person – Dr. May Tape – whose enthusiasm and generous shar-ing of time, talents and treasure stood out like a beacon in the night.”

Additional honorees at the annual luncheon included Corporate Spon-

sor of the Year, First Victoria National Bank; Raymond Saage Volunteer of the Year Award, Lisa Matthews, Servpro of West Fort Bend County; Ambassador of the Year, Tom Wilson, Reading Road Self-Storage; Board Member of the Year, Kevin Kohl, Silver Eagle Distributors; Committee Members of the Year, Justin Ring, EHRA, and Katie Yount, McDonough Engineering; Young Professional’s Division Member of the Year, Justin Morales, Greenscape As-sociates and Hispanic Business Division Member of the Year, Shirley Jackson, La Casona Mexican Restaurant.

The Chamber also presented two spe-cial, one-time awards. The first honored late Richmond Mayor Hilmar G. Moore, who served in that post for a believed na-tional record 63 years before his passing at age 92, with a Lifetime Service Award. Moore’s wife and current Richmond May-or, Evalyn, accepted the award on behalf

of the Moore Family.The Chamber also recognized Fort

Bend County Judge Robert “Bob” Hebert with a Legislative Leadership Award. Hebert spearheaded an ef-fort that ultimately reauthorized the National Flood Insurance Program for another five years, thwarting a pro-posal by the Senate Banking Com-mittee that would have mandated the purchase of insurance for all areas protected by a levee, including areas in the 500-year floodplain for a 500-year levee. Such a provision would have been economically devastating to Fort Bend County residents and businesses located behind FEMA ac-credited levees built and maintained by local taxpayers.

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The Volunteer Services Council of the Richmond State Supported Living Center (RSSLC), formerly the Richmond State School, is proud to announce a new fam-ily fundraiser: The First Annual Plop Drop!

The Plop Drop will take place at the George Ranch on Saturday, March 23rd from 11 am to 4 pm. Family and friends will enjoy a fun-filled day of activities, mu-sic and food. Enjoy playing Poo-Poo Putt-Putt, participating in the Cow Pie Toss, jumping on Balloon Fun Jumps or taking a Snake Train Ride. There will be clowns, face painting, a fish pond, Duck Pull, Pet-ting Zoo, Horseshoe Tournament, Chicken Plop and riding demonstration by the indi-viduals in the SIRE Program (Therapeutic Riding Program). The main event will be the Plop Drop, and Plop Drop squares will be sold for $25 each or 5 for $100. There will be two $1,000 prizes awarded to Plop Drop participants. Only 400 squares are available, and a live and silent auction will also be featured during the event.

Admission is free to the event; tickets are available for purchase for activities, food and beverages. Special seating VIP tables of eight are available for $1,000 and VIP individual admission is $100 and in-cludes food and beverages. Event and ac-tivity sponsorships are available from $250 to $15,000.

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The event will be held on Saturday, March 9th with the softball tournament being played on both the T. W. Davis Family Y fields in Richmond and the Travis Park fields in Rosenberg. Rosenberg Mayor Vincent Morales will throw the first pitch at the Travis Park Fields in Rosenberg, and Richmond Mayor Evalyn Moore will throw the first pitch at the YMCA Fields in Richmond. There will be maximum number of 12 teams for softball and 8 teams for vol-leyball. Slots are filling quickly!

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Cavalry Episcopal senior An-gie Gonzalez has perfected the art of time management

as she combines school work and ac-tivities, community volunteer work, and a 30-40 hour per week job to help pay for college.

Starting in her junior year, Angie has worked 30 to 40 hours per week at the Greatwood Chick-fil-A to help pay for college. “My biggest obstacle was time management. I wanted to be able to work and still excel in school. It was a struggle for me be-cause I thought it would be really easy, but I realized that I wanted to focus on school and still be able to participate in my outside activities and be able to work.”

This semester Angie earned all A’s and a higher GPA. At Chick-fil-A, she recently got a second promo-tion as assistant manager of service. “It’s a really cool experience. At first I was a team member, and after six months I got my first promotion. Time management really helped me a lot.”

Last year Angie qualified for state in TAPPS (Texas Association of Pri-vate and Parochial Schools) Spanish competition and will compete again this year. She is also a member of Student Council and has served as its president, vice-president and sec-retary and has been president of Na-tional Honor Society two years.

At Cavalry Episcopal, Angie is presi-dent and coordinator of PALS (Peer As-sistance Leadership Service). A favorite project is Mix It Up Day where children are encouraged to make new friends and increase their social boundaries. “Too many times social boundaries pre-vent students from working together, being friends and forging relationships. Whenever you start building relation-ships in elementary school, it really improves motivation for school and mo-tivation to excel in other things outside of school. It’s a national campaign that we’re trying to get started locally.”

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don’t know and are encouraged to talk to each other. They are taught the harmful effects of bullying and intolerance.

Angie is also involved with an out-side school activity, Youth in Philan-thropy. Last year she received a $500 scholarship for her work. “I volunteer with Fort Bend Family Promise, Child Advocates and the Women’s Shelter. There are so many non-profits in our community. It really helps me connect that back to my school, because then we can help them out.”

Angie would like to attend either Baylor University or Texas A&M and major in nursing or biology for a ca-reer as a neonatal nurse practitioner.

Her advice to underclassmen is to take advantage of the opportu-nities available. Learn how to time manage, take school seriously and work hard to get a high GPA.

“I’m very blessed to attend Cav-alry Episcopal mostly because I get the opportunity to become a first-generation student to attend college in my family. That’s one of my big-gest achievements, so when I gradu-ate, I’m definitely going to be proud of that.” Angie added that it is a great joy to have received help and support from the faculty to achieve this feat.

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NEWSWORTHYChild Advocates of Fort BendAnnounces 2013 Gala Plans

Child Advocates of Fort Bend (CAFB) invites you to dive under the warm blue ocean to experience Treasures Under the Sea Gala on May 4th in the Ballroom of the Sugar Land Marriott Town Square beginning at 6 pm. Immerse yourself in an elegant evening of de-lightful treasures, ocean spectacles and unpredictable shipwrecks. Paired with a delicious dinner, melodies from the band Funksion, and a dynamic live and silent auction, the night is expected to be one-of-a-kind.

CAFB is thrilled to have Carole and Bob Brown serving as Hon-orary Chairs for the Treasures Under the Sea Gala. “The work Child Advocates of Fort Bend does has such tremendous impact on so many children and their families. Carole and I are honored to be part of this event,” said Bob Brown. The presenting sponsor for this exciting event is Exchange Club of Sugar Land.

“At the very heart of this event is the belief that every child de-serves a safe and healthy childhood. Community participation in our Gala fundraiser is a crucial part of our mission to help children and families affected by child abuse,” said Ruthanne Mefford, ex-ecutive director at Child Advocates of Fort Bend.

Want to join in the fun? Sponsorship and underwriting op-portunities are now available and range from $1,500 to $10,000. Individual tickets are available for $125. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, donating an auction item, volunteering or

attending the event, call 281-344-5108 or visit www.cafb.org for more details.

Child Advocates of Fort Bend is a non-profit agency dedicated to providing a voice, healing the hurt and breaking the cycle of child abuse in Fort Bend County. Through its Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program, Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) and more than 200 trained community volunteer advocates, Child Ad-vocates touches the lives of more than 400 children each month.

Child Advocates of Fort Bend Program Assistant Lianna Estrada; 2013 Board President Mark Magee; Executive Director Ruthanne Mefford; Events Specialist Lisa Moore and Honorary Chairs Carole and Bob Brown.


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Two Volunteer Leadersto Be Honored by the

Fort Bend County Historical Commission

Rene Lamb and Vickie Tonn are this year’s recipients of the Fort Bend County Historical Commission’s annual Heritage Award. The prestigious award will be pre-sented during a public reception on Tues-day, March 5th scheduled for 7 pm at Sa-fari Texas in Richmond. The two Fort Bend County residents are officers of the Old Fos-ter Community Museum board of directors.

In announcing the recipients for 2013, Historical Commission Chair Bert Bleil noted that Lamb and Tonn were chosen in recognition of their organization’s achieve-ments “as an all-volunteer grassroots orga-nization.” Tonn is in her third term as presi-dent of the board, while Lamb is secretary and former interim president. Lamb is also the remaining charter member of the board, which organized in 2003. “These volun-teers exemplify the spirit found throughout Fort Bend County,” Bleil said.

Both recipients have prior histories of civic involvement. Their diverse roles with the Foster museum include fundraising, awarding of scholarships, acquisition of museum properties and general manage-ment. Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert will present each honoree with a Heritage Award trophy. This will be the fifth year for the award. Last year’s recipient was Sugar Land historian Bettye Anhaiser.

The Heritage Award, Bleil noted, was created to recognize the accomplishments by persons or organizations that resulted in the preservation or promotion of historical and cultural assets within the county.

Examining artifacts at an Old Foster Community Museum desk are Rene Lamb and Vickie Tonn.


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March 1st – 15th Garden Club of Richmond’s Annual Caladium Bulb Sale These “fancy-leafed” caladium bulbs are available in Red Flash, Carolyn Wharton Pink and White Christmas. Bulbs can be pre-ordered until March 15th and will be available for pick-up the first week of April at Joseph’s Store, 202 Morton Street in Richmond. Prices are $25 for 25 bulbs, $50 for 50 bulbs and $90 for 100 bulbs. Call 281-342-8528 or 281-342-2684 to order.

March 2nd, 2 pm Quilt Historian to Speak on Antique Textiles from Civil War EraIn conjunction with the exhibit, Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, which is on display at George Memorial Library until April 4th, Fort Bend County Libraries presents “History of Civil War Quilts” in the Meeting Room at George Memorial Library, 1001 Golfview in Richmond. The program is presented by Ellis Bennett, an award-winning quilter. Call 281-341-2677.

March 9th, 7:30 amOakBend Annual Stroke Awareness Walk Join the OakBend team to help raise awareness about stroke and stroke prevention at Seaborne Creek Nature Park, 3831 Highway 36 South in Rosenberg. Contact [email protected] or call 281-633-4030.

March 11th, 2 pmOriginal Children’s Opera Daniel and the Dreamcatcher Fort Bend County Libraries’ Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library will present a performance by Houston Grand Opera’s “Operas to Go!” of Daniel and the Dreamcatcher in the Meeting Room of the library, located at 8100 FM 359 South in Fulshear. The free program is presented with the generous support of the Friends of the Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library. Call 281-633-4675.

March 20th, 6 – 7 pmHistoric Richmond Association Monthly Meeting The public is invited to attend Historic Richmond Association’s meetings on the third Wednesday of every month at the Italian Maid Café on Morton Street in downtown Richmond. The organization supports Historic Richmond’s businesses and the community through historic preservation, community improvement and the promotion of the City of Richmond. For more information, call 832-752-9645.

March 23rd, 9 am – 4 pm Gifts Galore Greatwood Spring 2013 Gift Show Gifts Galore Greatwood invites shoppers to the 11th Annual Spring Gift Show at Dickinson Elementary in Greatwood, 7110 Greatwood Parkway. The event features over 75 vendors with a variety of new merchandise. A portion of the proceeds benefits Lamar Educational Awards Foundation (L.E.A.F.), a non-profit community-based organization created to support the educational programs of Lamar CISD. Contact [email protected] or visit www.facebook.com/giftsgaloregreatwood.

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The studio has 35 bikes, immaculate locker room facilities and classes 7 days a week. Each 50-minute class is designed to burn fat, tone muscle and build endur-ance all while leaving clients 500-800 calo-ries lighter. Revolution Studio instructors incorporate motivational music and inspi-rational coaching into every ride. The cy-cling “sanctuary” is dimly lit with candles to set the mood for riders to escape the day and enjoy a physically and emotionally re-warding cycling experience.

“We drew inspiration from our com-bined 20 plus years in fitness. Kim was a UT cheerleader and has a strong background in dance choreography, which is how rhythm comes into play in our classes,” says Mitch Syma. “I bring the strength conditioning aspect to our workout, drawing from my experience as a personal strength and condition-ing coach for the United States Air Force. Together, our experiences allow us to create a fun, effective, full body workout, one that feels less like a work-out and more like a party on a bike.”

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Debbie Marcell and Doris Gurecky were all smiles at the Central Fort Bend Chamber Alliance annual Awards Banquet.

In celebration of the Super Bowl and to promote school spirit, Austin Elementary students and teachers participated in a hall decorating contest. The second grade team theme was "A Soup-er Tailgate." Students collected soup cans and other canned goods to be donated to the Helping Hands food pantry. Pictured are Bryce Boyd, Rylea Broussard, Nathan Andrade, Luna Balle, Riley Emlert, Brady Dever, Analiese Restrepo, Ellery Davis and Kiley Garcia.

The Kindergarten Team at Austin Elementary won 1st place in the Super Bowl hall decorating contest for their decorations. Shown here are excited kindergartners Walker Thompson, Jordan Tosch, Madison Triana, Nick Blyth and Michaelle Ugochukwu showing off their winning wall.

Cheryl Stalinski, Fulshear Mayor Tommy Kuykendall and Mary Meier attended the January 11th Central Fort Bend Chamber Alliance annual Awards Banquet.


Marcia and James Vogelsang enjoyed lunch at the Ol’ Railroad Café in Rosenberg.

Texana artist Lyle Woodruff showed off his work at the exhibit.

Board Chair of the Texana Center Dianne Wilson and Sugar Land artist Karen Shaw attended the unveiling.

Texana artists Rafika Milledge, Abel Ramos and Belinda Muth.

Guests Donna Kay Tucker and Robin Miller enjoyed the art exhibition.

The artists of the Texana Learning Center hosted an Unveiling Ceremony and Reception on January 23rd to showcase their work. The opening of the Texana Learning Center at Rosenberg has provided an opportunity to significantly expand the art program and enlarge the range of art related activities for the center. The event was a "sneak peek" at the paintings, collages and sculptures of the artists created by clients of the Learning Center.

Congratulations to Rosenberg’s BR Vino who celebrated their one year anniversary in February. Pictured are Patti Parish-Kaminski and BR Vino owner Mike Mercado toasting their successful first year in business.

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changes and nothing ever hap-pens. Trapped at home with a father who has completely with-drawn since the sudden death of Ethan’s mother, Ethan yearns for a life he can only read about in books.

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she approaches her 16th birthday. It is that time when a Caster is chosen by the forces of either the Light or the Dark. But Lena’s fate may already be sealed by the curse that draws both herself and Ethan into a tangled web of spells and peril from which there may be no escape.

R ichard LaGravenese is back in the director’s chair helming the supernatural love story Beauti-

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At first glance, Beautiful Creatures seems quite similar to a number of the tweener film series that have hit the big screen, most notably that of the Twilight genre. Yes, there are similarities, but one could come to expect that with a film fo-cusing on young requited love. The direc-tion of the film and pacing was sufficient, but what stood out more than anything was the chemistry of the cast. With the leads being such young performers (Eh-renreich and Englert), it makes perfect sense to throw the brilliant Jeremy Irons into the fray. The cinematography is re-ally quite lush, and I found the action sequences to be more than enough to keep those in the audience interested.The story is fresh and should make for the perfect date movie.



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Texas history is defined by the early settlers. Stephen F. Aus-tin became legendary because of

the accomplishments of the “Old 300.” In 1821, an empressario contract was grant-ed to him by Spain to settle three hundred families in Spanish Texas. When Austin headed out to find land for his colony, he followed the Brazos and Colorado Rivers. Fifty-seven of the three hundred families received land in what is now Fort Bend County.

The attraction to Fort Bend was the promise of inexpensive land at only twelve and a half cents an acre. Colonists moved from Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Some sailed from New Orleans and Mo-bile to the Texas port cities of Brazoria and Matagorda. If a family farmed, they would receive 177 acres. If they raised stock, 4,428 acres were allotted. Colonies were established along the Brazos River, communities grew and businessmen set out to establish new towns.

Fourteen miles south of Richmond in Fort Bend County is the small town of Needville. August Schendel, a German immigrant from Washington County, with his wife, Louisa, and two children,

purchased a 160 acre tract of land in 1891. The following year, Schendel opened a general store, built a home and a cotton gin and named the area Schendelville. In 1894, Schendel applied for a post office us-ing the name Needmore as a joke, because the place needed more of everything. There was already a Needmore, Texas, so Schendel settled on the name Needville.

The early settlers of Needville were mostly of German and Czech heritage. As time went on, Schendel platted the town and began selling lots. The first school was opened in 1897. By 1914, there were three general stores, two cotton gins and a mov-ie theater in the town boasting a popula-tion of about 100.

Needville’s economy was mainly farm-ing and ranching but in the 1920s and 1930s, oil, natural gas and sulfur were dis-covered in the area. In 1918, the Galves-ton, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad was built through the community enhanc-ing trade and transportation. The greatest benefit to the city came when Highway 36 was paved and opened for traffic in 1932, allowing residents to commute to Rosen-berg and Richmond.

Today, the population of Needville is approximately 2,823 according to the 2012

census. The community has a country cas-ual feel with charming old and new homes in neighborhoods lined with trees and grass. Downtown Needville is a historic area comprised of renovated buildings with merchants of hardware, antiques, of-fices and restaurants.

This innovative city is known for host-ing events to stimulate local business. The Needville Harvest Festival, founded in 1983, is held every October. This is a non-profit organization with the proceeds of the festival benefiting the development of Harvest Park, the Community Center and funding scholarships for local high school students. The Creekside Hunting

and Fishing Show held every spring on the campus of Creekside Christian Fel-lowship is a free event hosting exhibitors of hunting and fishing equipment, dog clinics, shooting competitions and demon-strations. The Needville Citywide Garage Sale is on a Saturday every March and September. Pickers from all over Fort Bend and Houston come to find treasures and explore the city. With so much to of-fer visitors, Needville makes a great des-tination point. Stephen F. Austin would be amazed.

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