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The City has organized an excellent group of volunteers which are planning this event as well as others.  If you’d like to help plan for this or future community events, call Cheryl at City Hall: 281-346-1796.

Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day!

Join the City of Fulshear in celebrating this uniquely “Fulshear” version of the Irish tradition!

The fun starts March 17th at 5:30 PM in Downtown Fulshear.  There will be lots of fun for everyone including:

• A “Pot-O-Gold Raffle” from Local Merchants
  • Valuable Gift Basket Worth Over $100!
  • Starts at the Fulshear.com Table!
  • Visit Participating Stores and Enter for FREE!
• Celebrate with:
  • Live Music from “Sugar Land Brass Company”
  • Green Beer
  • A Balloon Artist
  • Special St. Patrick’s Day Merchant Discounts
  • and Lots More!

The festivities are sponsored by the City of Fulshear and the Central Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce. If you have a business in town and would like to offer discount pricing and become involved the City and the Chamber of Commerce encourage you to participate. Please call Cheryl Stalinsky for information at Fulshear City Hall: 281-346-1796.

Plan to Bring your family and Celebrate the Green!

Cheaper than Wal-Mart?

The Simonton Beautification Committee is holding its “Annual Mulch Sale” to raise funds for Simonton area beautification projects.

• Order Hardwood, Cedar, or Red Mulch
• $3.00 per bag
• 50 bags or more include free delivery (50 bag minimum for local delivery)
• Distributed in Simonton on March 27th from 8:00 AM-12:00PM at Fred Reyes Nursery
• Delivery on March 25th, 26th & 27th
• To place your order or call 281-533-0440

HEART FOR HAITI Month

Congratulations and thank you SCA Students and Families. Our “Heart for Haiti” offerings during the month of February, we raised over $155 just in our special chapel offerings. All the money will go directly to World Vision International Christian Relief agency now in Haiti.

BOCCE BALL COMES TO FULSHEAR CREEK CROSSING

Reader’s Note:  From feedback we’ve received, some of “us Texans” don’t know how to say “Bocce”.  The game is Italian, and it is pronounced “Bochy”. 

Fulshear Creek Crossing developer Doug Konopka, of DHK Development, Inc., known for his emphasis on the unique, has built a bocce court for his residents and the enjoyment of surrounding area residents.

Fulshear Creek Crossing is hosting a Bocce Ball Festival and Demonstration on March 21 at 1:00 p.m. “Our goal is to eventually have several local bocce teams, which will compete against each other in an area league,” said Mr. Konopka.

Heralded as the oldest known sport in the world, bocce, in its earliest form, was practiced by the Egyptians as early as 5,000 B.C. From Egypt it made its way to Greece and from there to Rome and eventually all of Southern Europe. The word bocce derives from the Vulgate Latin bottia, meaning boss.

Thanks to Italian immigrants at the turn of the century, bocce has come to flourish in the United States. The popularity has risen in America with some 25,000,000 enthusiasts throughout the country today. Next to soccer and golf, bocce is the third most participated sport in the world. This is a game for the entire family.

The festival will be held at the Lodge at Fulshear Creek Crossing on March 21, 2010 at 1:00pm. The event will feature bocce demonstrations, activities for the kids and Italian foods and refreshments. David DiPuma, organizer of the bocce tournaments at Houston’s annual Italian Festival, will lead the event. For more information call Tracy Boyd at 713-961-0033 or visit FulshearCreekCrossing.com.

We found the following YouTube video which may help you get ready!

CLICK HERE to find out more about playing Bocce Ball

Katy ISD FFA Livestock Show and Sale, Students’ College Funds

Katy/Fulshear, TX — March 9, 2010. . . The “Firethorne Stampede” auction team raised its bidding paddle high to purchase the Grand Champion Goat, Reserve Champion Broiler, Grand Champion Showman Lamb, and several other prized animals at the Katy Independent School District (I.S.D.) Future Farmers of America (FFA) Livestock Show and Sale. The Firethorne team also bought the fourth place goat, eighth place rabbit, 14th place lamb and pig, plus 10 add-ons in the Barn Sale to support FFA college funds for Katy I.S.D. students.

“The Katy I.S.D. FFA Livestock Show and Sale is always a highlight of the year. We especially were thrilled to purchase the rabbit raised by one of our own Firethorne Guide employees, Shelby Jasso, who is a senior at James Taylor High School,” said “Firethorne Stampede” spokesman Wayne Meyer. “Shelby has done a great job as an FFA student and at Firethorne, where she’s worked after school and summers,” said Meyer, general manager of the 1,400-acre Firethorne master-designed community in Katy/Fulshear.

The “Firethorne Stampede” participants are Mike Dinges, John Steffes & BKD, Lyndel Berry, Cliff Kavanaugh, Tax Tech, Terracon, Storm Water Solutions, Freed Advertising, Susan Farb Public Relations, Park Construction, Bluegrass Maintenance, Jones & Carter, David Weekley Homes, K. Hovnanian and Jefferson Development Company.

Firethorne, located 15 miles west of the Houston Energy Corridor, features 150 acres devoted to parks and recreational amenities, a 12-acre lake with surrounding greenbelt, resort-style swim center, sports fields, hike/bike trails, parks and playgrounds, wildlife observation area and a natural bird habitat. It’s where the vibrancy of West Houston meets the small-town charm of Katy/Fulshear. Take I-10 West and exit Pin Oak to FM 1463, go to www.firethorne.info, or call 281-693-1011.