Montgomery County investigators are looking into the death of a 3-year-old boy.

Montgomery County investigators are looking into the death of a 3-year-old boy.

Deputies were called to the boy’s home on Edgefield Lane for a welfare check around 6:40 p.m. Monday.

When they arrived, they found paramedics performing CPR on the boy.

The boy was rushed to St. Luke’s Hospital in The Woodlands, where he was pronounced dead.

Detectives from the Major Crimes Unit went to the hospital and to the boy’s home.

They said the boy appeared to have suffered some kind of recent trauma.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for the home and began looking for evidence on the boy’s cause of death.

An autopsy was ordered for the child, and the results are expected on Tuesday.

Investigators have not released the boy’s name.

Deputies said there were numerous adults and other children living with the boy.

CPS removed five kids, ranging in age from 2 to 12, from the home.

Anyone with information on this case is urged to call Det. Paul Hahs Sr. at 936-760-5876 or Montgomery County Crime Stoppers at 800-392-7867.

Waterspout comes ashore in Galveston

By Chris Paschenko & Rhiannon Meyers / The Daily News & Kevin Reece / 11 News
GALVESTON, Texas — The National Weather Service confirmed a waterspout came ashore in Galveston on Sunday damaging buildings, knocking out power and injuring at least three people.

It happened soon after a strong line of storms moved into the county, and the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning. A waterspout is a tornado that forms over water.

Dolphin World, a souvenir shop in the 2900 block of Seawall Boulevard, was damaged about 9:45 p.m. Debris covered the streets.

Ironically, Dolphin World survived Hurricane Ike with very little damage. But after this storm, things were different.

“It’s very, very bad. Very difficult. Basically everything inside is gone. Brings back memory of Ike,” Schlomo Hamo of Dolphin World said.

Witnesses told The Daily News that a piece of the roof from Dolphin World struck a man who was pushing his bicycle down the seawall. They said he was taken away by ambulance.

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CNN) -- Three boaters who were stranded at sea for more than a week were being reunited with their families Sunday.

Three missing boaters were returned safely to Port Aransas, Texas, after their rescue on Saturday.

A day after the U.S. Coast Guard said it was suspending its weeklong search for the boaters, the men were found alive Saturday night.

The crew of a Good Samaritan vessel found Curtis Hall, 28, James Phillips, 30, and Tressel Hawkins, 43, sitting on top of their capsized 23-foot fishing vessel about 180 miles from Port Aransas, Texas, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

The men had been missing at sea since they failed to return from a fishing trip on August 22.

The Coast Guard had called off their search Friday after it said it had looked over more than 86,000 square miles.

Hall went to a hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, but left after he waited too long in the emergency room, his mother told CNN. He returned to his home in Palacio, Texas, to rest and will see a doctor later on Sunday for what he thinks are second-degree burns on his legs from sun exposure, she said.

After the rescue, Phillips was on his way home to reunite with his family, his wife, Shane, told CNN. He did not seek medical attention, she said.

Hawkins suffered open sores on his legs after floating in the water for eight days, he told CNN from the emergency room of a Corpus Christi hospital. He plans to leave the hospital soon and head to Fort Worth, Texas, to reunite with his family, he said. E-mail to a friend | Mixx it | Share

Houston hair glue bandit victim videos prankster with cell phone

HOUSTON -- Another woman has come forward saying she too, was a victim of the so-called hair glue bandit. The woman says it happened in a Marshalls in Southwest Houston. She was looking at cookbooks when she felt something in her hair.

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"There was this man standing about a foot and a half beside me. He said, ‘Excuse me,’ and I said, ‘It's ok.’ But then I felt something warm on the back of my head," said the hair glue bandit’s latest victim, who wishes to remain anonymous. "There was this white substance on my hand. It dried instantly."

The victim says she was able to pull out her cell phone and capture video of the man who poured the glue on her.

Plus, because she didn't want him to disappear into a busy parking lot, she followed him out and took down the license plate of the car he was in. She then passed the information over to the police.

Over the past few weeks, glue victims have been studying a surveillance video taken from another attack. The latest victim claims the same man poured the glue in her hair.

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Rotary seeks young professionals for exchange program

By OBSERVER STAFF
Updated: 07.10.09
The Rotary Club of East Montgomery County is seeking applicants for the 2009-10 Group Study Exchange to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The five-person team will participate in an expenses–paid trip to Brazil from May 4-31, 2010.

The GSE Program of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is an educational program that promotes international understanding through organized travel and personal contact. The program provides travel grants for teams of business and professional women and men to visit the host country.

The team will be visiting Brazil for four weeks. During this time the team members will study the host country through local Rotary District 4430 (Sao Paulo) and have the opportunity to exchange ideas in matched vocations.

This program provides each participant a chance to study professions and practices in the host country, and to develop personal relationships and the ability to exchange ideas for years to come. Individuals who participate in this very valuable, once-in-a-lifetime experience will return home not only with new perspectives and an enlarged vision, but with fresh ideas and an understanding of another nation’s culture, commerce and government that can be invaluable to the future of a company, organization and individual.

A Group Study Exchange offers a unique and rewarding skill-building opportunity and personal growth experience available for young professionals as humanity steps forward to face the challenges of the new millennium.

A GSE team consists of four non-Rotarian business or professional persons and a Rotarian team leader. Applicants must:

1. Be committed to remaining in the work force well after the exchange.

2. Be in the early stages of their careers or professions.

3. Reside in or be employed in the sending Rotary district, be a citizen of the United States, and be between the ages of 25 and 40.

4. Be personable, articulate, cooperative, exemplary in their work and enthusiastic about their vocation.

5. Seek to gain a maximum educational value from the program, as well as be able to fulfill the rigorous demands of international travel and active participation in an extensive itinerary.

For each team member, the Rotary Foundation provides a round-trip air ticket between the home and host countries. Local Rotarians in the host area provide meals, lodging and group travel in their district. Each team member is responsible for all personal and incidental expenses incurred before, during and after the study tour.

To apply, contact Rotary District Governor-Elect Rose Austin of the Rotary Club of East Montgomery County at 281-312-1674 for additional information about application materials, procedures and deadlines.

Applications are due by Sept. 30. Get an application and more information online at http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Fellowship/GroupStudyExchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx.

Annual YMCA Golfer’s Challenge Set

This annual event benefits the Lake Houston Family YMCA and East Montgomery County YMCA Partners Campaign which provides financial assistance to individuals and families who can not afford the services offered at the YMCA.

The Lake Houston Family YMCA is pleased to announce that once again Administaff, Inc. will be the event sponsor of the 12th Annual YMCA Golfer’s Challenge on Monday, August 17, 2009 at Kingwood Country Club. Additional sponsors include Edward Jones Kingwood, Joe and Cathy Cleary, The Mint Bank, Kingwood Medical Center, Dan Huberty, K Austin & Associates, The Observer Newspapers, Monterey’s Little Mexico and Mission Burrito.

This annual event benefits the Lake Houston Family YMCA and East Montgomery County YMCA Partners Campaign which provides financial assistance to individuals and families who can not afford the services offered at the YMCA. Thanks to the generosity of individuals and businesses in our community, hundreds of children receive financial assistance, which allows them to participate in summer day camp, swim lessons, youth sports, after school child care and many other activities at the YMCA.

The cost to participate in this years tournament is $125 per individual or $500 per team. The fee includes golf, practice range, Izod golf shirt, golf balls, tees, continental breakfast provided by Monterrey’s Little Mexico, awards and lunch. Registration forms are available at the Lake Houston Family YMCA or contact Carol Sutton, carols@ymcahouston.org to have a form e-mailed to you. Tee/hole sponsors are still available at a cost of $250.00 and include one individual entry.

Check in will begin at 7:00 AM with tee time at 8:30 AM on the Island or Lake courses of Kingwood Country Club located at 1700 Lake Kingwood Trail in Kingwood, Texas. Trophies will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place team members on each course as well as awards for the closest to the hole and longest drive.

There are additional contest to play that will provide for a fun, exciting challenge on several of the holes. Additionally, chance tickets for fantastic prizes are available for $1.00 each.

For additional information contact Carol Sutton at 281-360-2500 or e-mail carols@ymcahouston.org.