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Sign Up For ‘Smartest Card of All’ During Library Card Sign-Up Month
September is Library Card Sign-up Month and Fort Bend County Libraries wants to make sure all area children are among the two-thirds of Americans that carry a library card.
Studies show that children who are read to in the home – and who use the library – perform better in school and are more likely to [...]
Volunteer Fort Bend Looking For People To Visit Alzheimer’s Patients, Mentor Troubled Children
2. September 2010
Volunteer Fort Bend is looking for Katy-area residents who are interested in helping local civic and nonprofit organizations.
BE A FRIENDLY VISITOR to residents of a small, home-like assisted living facility in Katy for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or related illnesses. Visiting for an hour or two on any day of the week, during the daytime [...]
Library System Looking For Oldest Library Card In Fort Bend County
1. September 2010
Do you have the oldest library card in Fort Bend County?
September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month and in celebration, Fort Bend County Libraries is seeking the oldest library card in the county, which could date back as far as 1947 when the library system was founded.
The library patron with the oldest library card will [...]
Fort Bend County Libraries To Close In Observance Of Labor Day
1. September 2010
All branches of Fort Bend County Libraries will be closed Monday, Sept. 6 in observance of Labor Day.
Regular library hours will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
The library system’s online library will remain open at www.fortbend.lib.tx.us for searching the catalog, renewing books or placing holds, downloading e-books or using the research databases.
For additional information, contact the [...]
Cinco Ranch High PSTA To Hold Community Garage Sale Oct. 2
31. August 2010
The Cinco Ranch High School PTSA will be sponsoring a community garage sale in the parking lot of the school Oct. 2.
Hours for the garage sale will be 7 a.m. – noon.
Sale spaces can be rented for $25 each. The fee includes parking space for a vehicle.
Spaces will be filled as registrants arrive on the [...]
Pet Of The Week – Unwanted Birthday Gift Cheyenne Needs A New Home
30. August 2010
This week, Citizens for Animal Protection is looking for a home for Cheyenne, a three-month-old female Basenji.
Cheyenne ended up without a home because she was “an unwanted birthday gift,” according to CAP’s Rita Benton.
“Typical of any Basenji, Cheyenne rarely barks, but howls occasionally in a curious voice not unlike an Alpine yodeler,” Benton said. “And [...]
Fort Bend Libraries To Present ‘Cat In The Hat’ Story Time Events
23. August 2010
The youth services departments at Fort Bend County Libraries will present special “Cat in the Hat” family story times this month in conjunction with Houston PBS’s “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!” program.
Designed to spark a love of learning and an interest in science, the story times use Dr. Seuss’s popular [...]
Volunteer Fort Bend Looking For People To Help Victims Of Domestic Abuse
23. August 2010
Volunteer Fort Bend is looking for Katy-area residents who are interested in helping local civic and nonprofit organizations.
BE AN ADVOCATE for women victimized by domestic abuse. Volunteering with an organization that works to prevent violence against Asian women, you’ll help heal the hurt of past abuse and foster healthier interaction among family members in the [...]
‘Ultimutt’ Charmer “Kahlua” Looking For A Good Home With A Good Lap
23. August 2010
This week, Citizens for Animal Protection is looking for a home for Kahlua, an eight-month-old “Ultimutt.”
“This is a fancy breed, meaning we don’t really know what her lineage is. She’s possibly an Italian Greyhound mixed with a Chihuahua and she’s as big as she will ever be – which is small,” CAP spokesperson Rita Benton [...]
Volunteer Fort Bend Looking For People To Help In Katy Area Hospital
16. August 2010
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Volunteer Fort Bend is looking for Katy-area residents who are interested in helping local civic and nonprofit organizations.
A HOSPITAL IN KATY offers a variety of volunteer opportunities from which to choose. Assignments can include greeting patients and visitors at the information desk, serving as liaison between staff and patients, filing, answering the phone, or working [...]
Abandoned Along IH-45, Corn Bread The Cat Looking For Loving Home
16. August 2010
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This week, Citizens for Animal Protection is looking for a home for Corn Bread, a three-month-old red Tabby boy.
Just like the other corn bread, CAP representative Rita Benton said, this happy feline goes with anything and everything.
“Corn Bread has the sweetest disposition and personality, too. He likes to be held and cuddled like a baby,” [...]
Cinco Ranch Night Readers To Discuss ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’
12. August 2010
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Fort Bend County Libraries is inviting booklovers to attend the next meeting of the Cinco Ranch Night Readers book club.
The meeting will be held next Tuesday, Aug. 19, beginning at 7 p.m. in the conference room #2 of the Cinco Ranch Branch Library.
The book to be discussed is Li Cunxin’s autobiography, “Mao’s Last Dancer.”
Li Cunxin [...]
Fulshear Book Clubs Announce August Reading Selections
10. August 2010
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Area book lovers are being invited to take part in one of the two book clubs that meet monthly at Fort Bend County Libraries’ Bob Lutts Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library in Fulshear.
New members are always welcome.
The next meeting of the Fulshear Book Club will take place next Monday, Aug. 16, beginning at noon in the meeting [...]
2. September 2010
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