Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
The annual Katy Rice Harvest Festival parade will be held Saturday, Oct 3, in historic downtown Katy. Tom Zizka, Fox 26 morning news anchor, will serve as the parade grand marshal. Among the entries will be the Katy Cowgirls, a horse-drawn carriage with dogs, Miss Teen –Texas World and the National American Miss, a World War II military fire truck plus floats and entries.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Katy Independent School District Partners in Education will sponsor its sixth annual open house on Friday, Oct. 2, from 8-9:30 a.m. in the arena of the Merrell Center, 6301 S. Stadium Lane.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
The Morton Ranch High School Mavriety Show is this Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, 21000 Franz Road. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. The choir will open and close the show, which is filled with students singing, dancing and playing the piano, bass and cello.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Fort Bend County's property tax rate for next year will likely remain at the current year's level although county officials anticipate expenditures could increase by nearly 3 percent. County officials have set a series of public hearings on the tax-rate and budget proposals in October before their adoption on Oct. 20.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
The annual Bikers Ball at the Katy Elks Lodge No. 2628 allows people to give back to the community. The Oct. 17 event will include a steak and chicken dinner provided by Outback Steakhouse and music by the Martha White Band at the Elks Lodge, 1050 Katy-Fort Bend Road, beginning at 6 p.m.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Lisa Simmons, principal of Rylander Elementary School, has been honored by the Texas School Counselor Association as its 2009 Administrator of the Year. The award is based on an administrator's commitment to support the school counselor and counseling program.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Heather Hyslop recruiting and retention officer of West I-10 Fire Department, will be the featured speaker at the Greater Katy Exchange Club at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, at West I-10 Fire Department Station 1, at 22125 Kingsland Blvd.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Katy City Council members split 3-2 in denying themselves a pay raise on Sept. 28, as they put the finishing touches on a $15,075,455 million budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors of Washington, D.C., will perform a free concert at Taylor High School Performing Arts Center, 20700 Kingsland Blvd. at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21. The concert is sponsored by Cinco Ranch Conservatory of Music and Katy Independent School District.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
It may be a one-day race, but Katy-area resident Katharine Miles feels like she's a winner all the time.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
On the outside, Raja Banga's house looks like any other house. But every Sunday morning, the inside transforms into a meeting place for generations of Indians and Indian-Americans, whose collective hands and voices sing and drum out the songs of their homeland.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
It will cost the West Memorial Municipal Utility District an estimated $2 million to build a new water well after its oldest of three existing wells stopped working this week.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
As temperatures begin to drop and the fall season approaches, Katy-area residents are gearing up for block parties with neighbors and police officers as part of National Night Out.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
The Katy Heritage Society will host vintage baseball on Oct. 3 when it will host the Richmond Giants and the Boerne White Sox on the field at Katy Heritage Park, 5990 George Bush Drive. The games will start after the 10 a.m. Katy Rice Harvest Festival concludes.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Rayanne Baxter has been chosen as the Medical Fitness Pros Summer Slimdown Challenge winner after losing a18.5 pounds and 17.5 inches in 10 weeks. Sponsored by Medical Fitness Pros, Carnival Cruise Lines and CompuSolutionX, the Summer Slimdown Challenge began June 15 and ended Aug. 24. Fitness professionals were chosen to pick the winners.
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