Thanksgiving Traditions Friends, Family and Feasts

Thanksgiving is a very special time of year that brings many of us some our favorite things: family, friends, football, and of course, the Thanksgiving feast. Whether your Thanksgiving feast is a traditional roasted turkey and dressing fare or a more down home pit-smoked turkey breast, what makes this...

Fort Bend Focus and absolutely! Brazos Magazines Host the GEMS of Fort Bend Generous, Enthusiastic Men Serving

For the past five years, Fort Bend Focus Magazine has hosted a stellar evening honoring the JEWELS of Fort Bend – the Joyous, Extraordinary Women Enriching Lives. From 2008 to 2012, twenty-five Fort Bend women were honored as JEWELS in an exclusive annual event that raised nearly $100,000 for six community...

Common Threads: A Lifeline for Lamar CISD Families

By Linda K. Eaves | Photos by Nesossi Studios – Common Threads gives struggling families one less thing to worry about. Jill Duban, director of Common Threads, hears the stories while families shop for clothing and basic items for school.  “The gravity of needing help for some families is really...

Caring For Women For Life

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Understands Women’s Unique Needs By Nancy V. Mills, APR | Photos by Nesossi Studios – At every stage of life, women need a trusted health partner that understands their unique needs. Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital is that partner. From maternity and children’s care...

Lunches of Love

Serves Meals To Fill The Gap For Kids During Summer Break By Linda K. Eaves –  Most children look forward to summer. The living is easy – no homework, no getting up early to catch the bus for school, long stretches of carefree days. In the Rosenberg-Richmond area, however, many children don’t...

What’s New at George Ranch? The Heritage Trail

By Nick Nicholson –  The George Ranch Historical Park is already well-known for the four generations of one family that homesteaded the property over one hundred years. The farm, the prairie home, as well as the ranch mansion and complex have been visited for years by an adoring public, but now there...

US Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Team Roping Weekend

By Nick Nicholson During “Operation Red Wing” on June 28th, 2005, Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land Teams) Danny Dietz was killed in action along with fellow Navy SEALs Michael Murphy and Matthew Axelson as they were ambushed by over 100 Taliban fighters. Sixteen Special Forces personnel, including eight SEALs,...

Texana Children’s Center For Autism Changes Lives

Meet Abrahim Shabib By Linda K. Eaves –  April is World Autism Awareness Month created to do just that: bring awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) through the dissemination of education and information. But, what exactly is autism? Autism is a complex developmental disability that causes...

Richmond’s Rosanna Pace Brings Home the Crown Miss Rodeo Texas 2012

By Brian Simmons –  Rosanna 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...

Richmond’s New Mayor Moore: The Legacy Continues

By Patti Parish-Kaminski – On Tuesday, December 4, 2012, an era ended in Richmond, Texas. Hilmar G. Moore passed away at age 92 after being hospitalized for a lengthy illness. But Moore wasn’t only an esteemed resident, community servant and philanthropist for Richmond; Moore was the mayor of the...