Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes Magazine Oct 2009: Campus1

National Fusion Wins Team Warm Up Cup Tournament - The National Fusion U18 boys soccer team won the Team Warm Up Cup tournament. The tournament is a warm up before the season starts for club soccer. The tournament record was three wins and a tie. The championship game went into overtime with National Fusion winning in penalty kicks.

Team members are Jens Bergersen, Chris Bourgeois, Christopher Brelsford, Tyler Buttle, Eric Calderon, Will Childers, Nick Dombalis, Christo Driscoll, Alex Ewald, Barnaby Fryer, Ryan Learned, Daniel Medina, Fernando Montelango, Roberto Montelango, Matthew Paquette, Javier Perez and Jackson Tolleson. The team trainer is Johnathan and the team manager is Loretta Brelsford.

Southminster School is Going Green - The fifth-grade class at Southminster School has started a year-long paper recycling program with the help of parent volunteer Patty Godfrey. To kick off the project, students ordered and assembled recycling boxes for every classroom and office in the school and church. Each student prepared a speech about the importance of recycling and shared their thinking with the entire school and staff as they distributed the boxes.

Each week the boxes are emptied by the fifth- grade students and the paper is hauled to a recycling center by a parent volunteer. The fifth-graders will fulfill a part of their service hour requirements through their participation in this project.

Lamar Consolidated HS Technology Students Garner Two Top 10s at Nationals - Seven students from Lamar Consolidated High School attended the Technology Student Association National Conference in Denver, competing with nearly 5,000 students from all over the United States and Germany for five days in events designed for students with an interest in technology and engineering.

The team of Elizabeth Cantu, Andrew Fails and Savannah Zamudio placed ninth in Scientific and Technical Visualization. The competition involved creating a three-minute animation using 3D software to explain a scientific or technical concept. In addition to recognition on stage, the students were awarded $8,000 worth of software from AutoDesk.

Alise Isaksen and Andrew Vavra placed 10th in Debating Technological Issues. They had to write both pro and con cases for the statement, “High school students in leading countries have better skills in science and math than American students ” and debated against other teams.

Kristin Rausch is the advisor for the LCHS Technology Student Association.

Brandon Walquist Earns Eagle Scout Rank - Brandon Walquist from Boy Scout Troop 1656 earned the Eagle Scout rank.

Brandon began his scouting career in Cub Scouts in 2001, when he joined Pack 1680. After his Arrow of Light ceremony he crossed over and joined Boy Scout Troop 1656 in 2004. He has held several positions of leadership including patrol leader, librarian and troop guide. As a Scout, Brandon earned 30 merit badges and achieved Order of the Arrow.

His Eagle leadership project consisted of planting six trees to help beautify his church Joy Lutheran. Over the past several years, some of the larger trees on the property had to be removed due to age and disease. Last year, Hurricane Ike blew over two of the largest pecan trees remaining on the property. Brandon completed his project, totaling 155 hours of service, with the help of 15 scouts from his troop and seven adults.

In addition to digging the holes and planting the trees, they installed an irrigation system to help the trees get through the first couple of years of the hot and dry Texas summers.

FBTSL Hosts Luncheon to Welcome New Members - Fort Bend Teen Service League held its new members luncheon to welcome 44 new teens to the Teen League for the 2009-10 year.

This is the FBTSL’s fourth year, and it has grown to more than 100 members. In the 2008-09 League year, FBTSL logged approximately 1,000 volunteer hours and participated in 40 events across Fort Bend County.

In the spring of 2010, FBTSL will host its first fundraising event, Glitter & Gloss on April 10 at the Sugar Land Community Center. Proceeds from this event will benefit various local non-profit organizations through the Fort Bend Junior Service League ’s Community Assistance Fund.

(Front row) Sarah Warshauer, Lara Hoover, Molly Singleton; (second row) Noelle Mallios, Samantha Avila, Kenzie Feuerbach, Aubrey Moncure, Megan Greene, Taylor Nielson, Kelly Child; (third row) Courtney McKeever, Allison Warshauer, Andrea Eller, Alexa Sparks, Kayleigh Wong, Lauren Sanderson; (fourth row) Head Coach Christine Graham, Brittany Stegent, Sheridan Shipley, Jennifer Veazie, Jordyn Dierschke and Coach Karen Thompson.

Clements Ranger Cheerleaders Win Big at Texas A&M U.C.A. Cheer Camp - The 2009-10 Clements High School cheerleading squad swept the U.C.A. Cheerleading summer camp competition at Texas A &M University with four first-place trophies. The girls placed first for their Home Dance (choreography, dance, tumbling, jumps and music), first for the UCA Camp Xtreme Routine, first for the UCA Camp Cheer and received a Superior trophy for receiving superior ribbons all week long. CHS ’s new mascot earned the Most Improved trophy.

The CHS cheerleaders will hold their 5th annual “Think Pink” campaign on Oct. 24 during the football game at Mercer stadium. They will continue their tradition to team up with the local cheer squads to support the battle against breast cancer. Enrollment is also under way for the Cheer Camp fundraiser on Dec. 5. For more information, go to www.clementscheer.org.