Katy Lifestyles and Homes magazine Feb 2009: Katy Texas Info, Katy People, Homes in Katy, Events, News, Business, Schools

BILL AND JIMMY NASH OF NASH3 to SiNG AND SPEAK AT GREATER KATY EXCHANGE CLUB. The Greater Katy Exchange Club hosted Bill Nash, song writer and professional singer, as speaker and his son, Jimmy Nash, at their meeting on Dec. 3. They talked about Legends 4 Kids (www.legends4kids.com) featuring stars of the Grand Ole Opry who will perform on Feb. 14 at the Verison Wireless Theater, which benefits the Champions Kids Camp and the Escape Family Resource Center ( www.LearnToParent.org).

For more information about the Exchange Club, contact president-elect Kyle Simmons at 281-497-7180 or Newell Cheatheam at 281-392-3034.

VFW and American legion host pearl harbor program. On Veterans Day weekend, post members and visiting officials met at the site of the three flag poles on George Bush Drive and Avenue. D. A highlight of the Sunday “Remember Pearl Harbor” ceremony was a series of brief remarks from three World War II VFW members who were in the thick of the action. George Berg, Ed Christensen and Norris Miertschin each covered phases of the war in Europe and in the Pacific. Katy Mayor Don Elder welcomed the audience and emphasized the importance of remembering what happened at Pearl Harbor in in 1941.

Houston Rockets take children on shopping spree for holidays. Houston Rockets players, basketball operations personnel and their families took children from Houston ’s Casa de Esperanza on a Toys R Us shopping spree as part of the team’s Season of Giving activities.

the slovensky tchouvatch dog club of america. The Slovensky Tchouvatch Dog Club Of America is working again. The club is the parent club for this rare breed F.C.I 142 in the United States.

Nancy and Ed Smith, former owners of the club, have transferred over all papers of the club to Elisabeth Pisula.

Pisula is active for this breed in the states. Since March, 15 new Slovensky Cuvac have arrived in the United States.

The Slovensky Cuvac Dog Show will be held on April 11 in Richmond.

(L-R, back row) Steve Smith, Mark Netland, Zach Walker, Paul Ventura, Steven Ventura, LeRoy Martin, Kyle Balden, John Balden; (front row) Nat Smith, Michael Breton, Asa Grimsley, Andrew Rebeck, James Netland, Sean Schuepbach, Landon Willson, Kevin Cooke, Martin Bergstrand-Reiersgard and John Martin. Not pictured: Todd Breton.

Katy Naval Sea Cadets receive Unit Citation for Community Service. Sea Cadets in the Katy Division of the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps received a unit citation ribbon for their community service in 2008.

The cadets helped victims of Hurricane Ike, cleaned up Matagorda beach, assisted in the Houston Rodeo Run, assisted Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9182 and volunteered at the Wings Over Houston Air show.

“Only a handful of our Sea Cadet Divisions in the United States earn a unit citation in a typical year, ” said Lt. j.g. Cliff Borgstedt, commanding officer of the division. “Our Sea Cadets should be very proud of themselves.”

Katy author publishes book. Local author and Katy resident, Claire Sanders is making a name for herself in the field of romance novels. After many years of writing and publishing in the nonfiction world of academia, she turned her energy, humor and creativity towards the production of compelling romance fiction.

Her new book, Fresh Start tells the story of a bride, who after being left at the alter, flees the humiliation by taking a job as far away as possible. The book is available at Katy Budget Books, amazon.com or thewildrosepress.com.

Girl scout troops holds coat drive. Junior Girl Scout Troop 3068 of Katy held a coat drive that provided them with 200 warm coats for the Star of Hope Mission.

The coats were donated on a day when temperatures dropped into the 30s. Star of Hope began distributing coats as soon as they were received and were very thankful for the girls ’ efforts.

The Briarwood School and Grand Lakes Presbyterian Church allowed the girls to place collection boxes in their lobbies. All 10 girls in the troop helped collect coats.

Legionnaires do double duty. A special double-duty detail was planned for the Oaks at Brookshire for members of the Katy Jonathan D. Rozier Post 164 American Legion after the New Year ’s holiday.

The first mission was to take down all the Christmas lights and decorations, and clean, pack and put them away. Legionnaires visited the Brookshire center in late November to work with the staff and residents installing the decorations.

The group also installed a modification to the Oaks’ flagpole because the mechanism in the base of the pole that hoists the flag was damaged, and the center preferred a standard halyard for hand raising and lowering the flag.Ron Stiles, a veteran and member of Post 164, has taken on responsibility for properly displaying “Old Glory.” Others who took part in the dual project were Evelyn Bonds, social director at The Oaks; and Legion members Ralph West, Barry, Ernie Cormier, Stan Kitzman and Paul Dudkowski.

Boy Scout Troop 230 Camps at Lake Texana. Despite the cold December weather, adults and Scouts from BSA Troop 230 camped at Lake Texana. While there, the Scouts learned and completed several skills needed to achieve First Class Rank. Activities included a five-mile hike, fire building techniques and knot tying skills.