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Glenn Eller, a Katy Texas resident competing in the Olympic games in Beijing China set a new world record in trap shooting during qualifying on Tuesday.

The record was formerly held by Ahmed Almaktoum of the United Arab Emirates and was set Aug. 17, 2004 at the Athens Olympics.

Eller hit 145 targets out of 150. The previous record was 144.

Glenn is with The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit out of Fort Benning currently and he went on to win the GOLD medal, the USA's first in the event in the last 24 years!

Way to go Glenn, from Katy Texas!

La Centerra shopping center in Cinco Ranch is hosting the Hot Nights, Cool Jazz featuring The Billy Keener Band on July 31st. Admission is free!

This is one of many events hosted by La Centerra in Cinco Ranch!

Hot Nights, Cool Jazz is held every Thursday evening through the summer!

Tokyo Steak and Sushi in Villagio!

Fantastic!

The atmosphere was great and the food was even better! I've never been to a place that had happy hour all day long with a free glass of wine with your dinner but it was a nice touch!

The HIBATCHI dinners were fantastic...I had the steak and my wife had the chicken but it all looked GREAT! Might I suggest the noodles instead of the rice though as the noodles were really good (especially withe Teriaki sauce).

The meals were about $15 a piece and the service was great! The do have a flat screen tv on the wall that was a little odd to be watching sports in a place like that but overall great place! Interesting decor as well (that looks like bamboo flooring used to panel the lower wall!).

My grandmother is coming to visit this month and we can't wait to treat her to this neat place!

Tokyo Steak And Sushi is located in Villagio at the corner of Peek road and Westheimer Parkway.

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So my family and I went to Alvin Texas today (about 40 minutes south of Hobby Airport) to the Bayou Wildlife Park to go on Safari the cheap way.

I'll bet a lot of people don't even know it's there but they have quite an amazing place there. Lots of animals from all over the world...only a few that would be "dangerous". MOst that just come up and eat out of your hand (if you're brave) or out of your bucket if you are not!

But this fellow===================>

just had to be about the strangest of the bunch. Yep, he has FOUR horns growing out of his head.

I can't remember where they said he was from but the people there once believed that these animals possessed magical qualities.

Personally, I just thought he was interesting looking!

If you go, you will see all kinds of deer (many breeds), camels, water buffalo, a ZONKEY (yes, it really is a cross between a donkey and a zebra!), an albino buffalo, a rhino and a couple of GREAT long horn cattle!

You ride a little tram pulled by a truck and the animals come right up to you!

Watch out for the Ostriches...they are AGGRESSIVE!

They come over and start LOOKING for your bucket of food and they have taken many a bucket away from passerby it looks like. This one was going after our bucket while my daughter looked on in amazement. My other daughter and wife were too scared to even try to feed this bugger!

Great time at the park and in my opinion, it rivals the San Antonio Natural Bridge wildlife preserve (although the San Antonio preserve does have nicer facilities, the animals were very similar that you get to see).

Cost was $14/adult, $7/child and and each child under three is free if they have a paying adult for each child under 3. The buckets of food were $2.50.

Great fun in the HOUSTON area and I'll bet overlooked by many!

There were 390 homes sold in Katy Texas in April 2008. In this case, sold is defined not a s going under contract but rather actually CLOSED. Area 25, which is in general terms, Katy Texas north of Interstate 10 had 181 homes that sold. Area 36, roughly defined as Katy Texas South of Interstate 10 had 184 homes sold in February 2008.

Some facts about February 2008

• In Area 25, the average list price was $118,691 and the actual SOLD price was $116,405 or approximately 98% of list value.
• In Area 25 , the average days on market was 93 days. This does not take into consideration that some properties may have expired and been relisted or possibly changed listing agents and had their days on market appear to be shortened.
• In Area 25, the average $/square foot was $59.66.
• In Area 36, the average list price was $247,097 and the actual SOLD price was $237,018 or approximately 96% of list value.
• In are 36, the average days on market was 72 days. This does not take into consideration that some properties may have expired and been relisted or possibly changed listing agents and had their days on market appear to be shortened.
• In Area 36, the average $/square foot was $85.04.

Please keep in mind these are averages over broad areas and do not account for many factors in pricing and selling homes in Katy Texas.

These basic Katy Texas Stats for the month of APRIL 2008 were brought to you by Ron Tarvin and The Katy Agent Team! If you would like more specific stats for your area, you can get them, direct from the Houston MLS, in real time and instantly delivered to your email by clicking here to visit our Market Snapshot page.

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