The Woodlands Lifestyles & Homes June 2009
Cut-N-Shoot HOGS donate to MCWC. The Cut-N-Shoot Harley Owners Group Charities held its annual charitable grant
distribution, gifting donations to six Montgomery County nonprofit agencies:
The Montgomery County Women
’s Center, The Friendship Center, Montgomery County Youth Services, Montgomery
County Food Bank, Montgomery County Interfaith Hospitality Network and
Montgomery County Emergency Assistance.
The event was hosted by Cut-N-Shoot Charities Inc., which gives back to the
community through financial, as well as in-kind donations and volunteer efforts
to ensure a better future for the communities where they live, work and ride.
“The Cut-N-Shoot HOGS have been very good to the Montgomery County Women’s Center and we are so grateful,” said Donna Wick, director of outreach and communications for the agency. “They are a strong alliance partner for us specifically, but are also a strong
alliance partner for Montgomery County collectively with all the good they do
and the causes they support.
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(L-R) Chris Miles (seated), David Moore, Sarah Raleigh, Donna Wick, Steve Meeds,
Gwen Sullivan, Cathie Gillum and Linda Meeds.
MCUW Joins Forces with local Health Care related NonProfits at KIDZFeST. Mother Nature intervened and flooded Kidzfest, the Friends of Conroe festival
designed for kids and families. It was going to be Montgomery County United Way
’s introduction of its efforts to provide collaboration and ultimately, long-term
solutions for community well being
—facilitating access to affordable and quality health care and the prevention and
treatment of drug and alcohol abuse.
This long-range community priority is one of three areas addressed by MCUW and
its member agencies and community partners to provide solutions for those in
need in the county.
(L-R) John Nguyen, St. Luke’s Community Medical Center and a MCUW board member, assist with setting up the
booth at Kidzfest with Cathy Yowell, MCUW director of fiscal services, and her
husband, Jim Yowell.
Devon Energy Contributes $250K to The Pavilion’s Restoration. Devon Energy donated $250,000 to The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion to benefit
the restoration of The Pavilion following destruction from Hurricane Ike.
(L-R) Margaret Hitchcock, manager of public and community affairs for Devon;
George Mitchell, founder of The Woodlands; Lori Parr, senior community affairs
coordinator for Devon; Joe Ash, senior vice president of Devon
’s International Division; and Jerry MacDonald, president and CEO of The
Pavilion.
WOODLANDS RESIDENT AUTHORS HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY ABOUT CIVIL WAR ERA IN TEXAS. Texas A&M University Press has released Moss Bluff Rebel: A Texas Pioneer in the Civil War, by Philip Caudill, who is a resident of Grogan’s Mill in The Woodlands.
The historical biography—the latest volume in the Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life—chronicles the life of previously unknown Texas cattle drover, sheriff and Civil
War Confederate cavalry officer William Berry Duncan of Liberty County.
Caudil’s accounts, culled from Duncan’s personal and business diaries and letters, paint a picture of everyday life
for the Anglo-Texans who settled the Mexican land grants and subsequently
became citizens of the proudly independent Texas Republic.
“It has been thoroughly enjoyable to have discovered Duncan’s papers,” explained Caudill, “and it is a great honor for me to tell the story of a Texas pioneer
who helped build our state and our nation on the 19th century frontier.”
Caudill wrote Moss Bluff Rebel after a 35-year career in business and public affairs in the United States and
Europe. He is a former television news anchor with master
’s degrees in both history and journalism.
The book’s abstract, six reviews, first chapter and sidebars to each chapter may be found
at
www.mossbluffrebel.org. The book is available at Barnes & Noble at The Woodlands Mall and throughout Texas, as well as at www.amazon.com.
Philip Caudill, a resident of The Woodlands, is the author of Moss Bluff Rebel: A Texas Pioneer in the Civil War.
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The Woodlands Homes, Upscale Living, Health and Well-Being,
Shopping, and Entertainment in The Woodlands Texas.
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