Bella Vista
BELLA VISTA
Bulletin
April 2010
Official Publication of the Bella Vista Homeowners Association
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Hello Neighbors! Spring is finally here and along with the warm sunny days we have been greeted by bright green WEEDS! I will be cleaning up my landscaping this month to preclude a reminder letter from Real Manage and I hope you will be doing the same. Don’t forget to submit an Architectural Committee Approval Request Form before beginning any Spring projects and the form is located on the Bella Vista website (http:// www.bellavista-hoa.com/bellavista/outside_home.asp). The HOA annual meeting is coming up in May and we have 3 open Board positions. Please consider running for election and if you are interested, let one of the board members or Real Manage know. Bill is not seeking reelection for Treasurer so we need someone with a strong financial background to review the HOA monthly reports and provide recommendations for managing HOA funds. Sincerely, Veronica Frederick (
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BOARD REPORT
Long overdue landscaping projects for Bella Vista have begun. You may have noticed, vines have been trimmed on the perimeter fencing and monument signs. Shrubs have been pruned and mulch will be applied throughout the neighborhood in March. The pool will open on April 1 and preparations are underway which include cleaning the facility, furniture and deck. Our pool did not sustain any damage from the freezing weather this winter and we appreciate the winterization efforts of Real Manage maintenance personnel. Updated pool rules will be posted to the website in April. Please register your email on the Bella Vista HOA web site (http://www.bellavista-hoa.com ) where we can send out bulletins to the entire neighborhood. Your email address is strictly CONFIDENTIAL and will not be sold or shared with any individual or organization. Please let any Board member know if you wish to attend Board meetings which are typically held on the first Wednesday of each month. If you have any landscaping issues to report, please contact John Shumaker (john.
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Important Info:
Upcoming Events
The Annual Bella Vista EASTER EVENT will be held on Sunday, March 28th from 3 – 5 p.m. at the playground and the much enjoyed Petting Zoo and Easter Bunny are back by popular demand. Don’t forget your baskets! Spring community garage sale will be held Saturday April 24th from 8 am –12 pm.
Recovered Stolen Bella Vista Property
The Travis County Sheriff ’s office has recovered some stolen property from vehicle burglaries in Bella Vista during January 2010. In the event you have suffered a loss and can identify the items, please contact: TCSO Sr. Deputy Amber Moore #1480 @ 854-8728 or email: amber.moore@ CO.TRAVIS.TX.US. Lock, Take and Hide: Please lock your vehicles while parked outside, take your keys and hide your valuables.
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Bella Vista Important Contacts President, Veronica
[email protected] Vice President, John Shumaker........
[email protected] Treasurer, Bill
[email protected] Secretary, Shelley Lee............................
[email protected] Director, Brian Lott........................
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HOA Management RealManage Resident Services (pool, issues, etc)..........................
[email protected] Association Manager: Kathy Frazier, RealManage, 10800 Pecan Park BLVD, Ste. 100, Austin, TX 78750 When calling 911 for assistance, let the dispatcher know we are served by Cedar Park Fire Station #2 on Cypress Creek.
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Spring is in the Air
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Spring is on the way - we can only hope that the rain comes with it. What else comes are weeds! Weed seeds respond to rising soil temperatures and begin to germinate. A lot of the spring time weeds can be managed by a strong, healthy and thick turf. If the turf is weak, thin and sickly, then weeds are more likely. Use of pre-emergent weed control products are in order if the turf is weak. Most garden centers have different choices and you should ask them for their advice. Always follow the directions. DO NOT use the old adage that “if a little is good more is better”. Too much pre-emergent product is never better. These products come with a bit of fertilizer which is good because you do not need much fertilizer right now. The typical spring fertilization that will kick start your turf comes in late March or early April, so for now treat your lawn with pre-emergent products if necessary and enjoy the glory of spring
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Bella Vista Cedar Park Swimming Cedar Park Swimming would like to congratulate the following swimmers who went to the 2010 Short course South Texas Age Group Champs and Senior Champs this past weekend in San Antonio, both with around 500 participants at each meet! Our 12 & Under swimmers competed in STAGS at an amazing best times percentage of 77%! And what's more amazing is that of the 88 swims we competed in, 24 of those swims qualified them for the finals! Awesome! TOP 10 FINISHERS South Texas Champions Taylor Abbott 500 Free Silver Medalists Taylor Abbott 200 Free, Taylor Abbott 200 Fly Bronze Medalists Taylor Abbott 100 Free Fourth Place Adam Toler 200 Breast Fifth Place Taylor Abbott 100 Fly, Adam Toler 200 Back Sixth Place Taylor Abbott 200 IM, Colin Reeve 200 Breast Adam Toler 50 Back Seventh Place Zachary Bezella 50 Back, Zachary Bezella 100 Back, Jacob Schuller 200 Fly Eighth Place Adam Toler 100 Breast, Rachel Tovar 50 Fly Ninth Place Taylor Abbott 50 Fly, Jacob Stubbs 50 Breast
Tenth Place Hannah Brown 100 Back Our 13&Over swimmers who competed at Senior Champs finished with a 57% best time percentage, and an incredible 62% of their races qualified them for finals!! TOP 10 FINISHERS South Texas Champions 200 Back Chris Flynn 2:02.79Y Silver Medalists 200 Fly Amanda Alspaugh 2:16.26Y, 100 Free Chris Flynn 51.79Y, 100 Fly Amanda Alspaugh 1:03.15Y 50 Free Chris Flynn 23.78Y Bronze Medalists 500 Free Amanda Alspaugh 5:28.80Y, 200 IM Chris Flynn 2:07.60Y Fourth Place 50 Free Sheena Wang 26.16Y Fifth Place 1650 Free Branden Graf 17:40.88Y, 100 Free Mackenzie Alspaugh 55.56Y Sixth Place 50 Free 26.16Y & 100 Fly 1:04.26Y Sheena Wang Seventh Place 400 IM 4:43.05Y Branden Graf, 100 Free Sheena Wang 56.86Y Eighth Place 100 Fly 1:01.13Y Steve Gerken (Continued on Page 4)
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Nominate Your Favorite Yard for
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Do you know a neighbor who takes excellent care of their property or a neighbor who has added something new to their yard? Nominate them by emailing the address to vfrederick@austin. rr.com. Please include a photo if possible.
Ninth Place 1650 Free Kayleigh Rago 21:01.97Y, 500 Free Emily Sweet 5:54.46Y We want to wish luck to our four swimmers who will be competing at the 2010 Short course Southern Zone Sectional Championships held at College Station March 4-7th. Mackenzie Alspaugh, Carder LaBrake, Ben Wiese, and Megan Ziemann will be racing the fastest swimmers in our region!!
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Bella Vista Church at Canyon Creek Saddle Ridge Ranch (VBS)
July 26th-30th (9:00 a.m-12:15 p.m.)
Howdy Partners, It is once again time for Vacation Bible School (VBS) at the Church at Canyon Creek, so saddle up and hit the trails with us from July 26th-30th from 9:00 a.m-12:15 p.m. During this year’s VBS, we will be roundin’ up some of life’s biggest questions about who we are, who God is, and how we can be like Jesus. In this one-week adventure, we will drive home answers through Bible stories, crafts, music, and games. Saddle Ridge Ranch is available for free to kids who are going into 1st-6th grade. To register, go to www.churchatcanyoncreek. com/VBS.htm. If you have any questions, contact Reba Kieke at
[email protected] or Tami Overhauser at coverhauser@att. net. See you soon! www.churchatcanyoncreek.com
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Bella Vista Nature Watch
The Song of the Vireo
As a family, vireos are small to medium-sized birds that seem similar to warblers at first glance, apart from their heavier bill and generally dullgreen plumage. In fact, the word vireo is Latin for ‘I am green.’ Most vireo species are migratory, and return to their breeding grounds in early spring. Of the 13 true vireo species that are present in the United States and Canada, none is more at risk than the black-capped vireo, which has been on the endangered species list since 1987. At 4.5 inches in length, it is the smallest vireo to occur regularly in the US, and ranges from only three counties in Oklahoma to central and west Texas, and south to north and central Mexico.
A handsome songbird, adult male black-capped vireos are olive green above and white below with faint yellow flanks and wing bars. A glossy black cap is broken by white spectacles that frame brownish-red irises, and the bill is black, sturdy, and slightly hooked at the tip. It takes two years for a male to reach full adult plumage. Females are similarly marked but duller in color, and have a slate gray crown and greenish-yellow underparts. Recent research has shown that Black-capped vireos have the largest repertoire of song notes to draw from, about ten times larger than other vireos. The males are persistent singers, usually
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Bella Vista Nature Watch - (Continued from Page 6) vocalizing in melodious phrases of two to four notes separated by one to three second pauses. It can also emit several calls, including a scolding ‘zhrree’, especially while vigorously defending its territory. Insectivores, they glean leaves, twigs, and branches, sometimes hanging upside down or hovering, as they feed on beetles and caterpillars. Black-capped vireos nest in brushy areas called ‘shinneries.’ Groups of shin oak or sumac of appropriate height and density are critical success factors for breeding, with the most important requirement being foliage that extends to ground level. Once trees begin to reach to full size, the vireos will look for other early succession sites in which to breed. Nests are an open, hanging cup, only 15-50 inches from the ground, and are made of leaves, grasses, plant fiber, and spider silk. Obscured from view by foliage, they are often decorated with items like lichens or bits of paper. The opening to the nest is usually narrower than the nest itself, but the nest is deep enough so that an adult bird can sit inside with only its bill and tail tip showing. Both the male and female share the task of nest construction and incubation. After the three or four eggs that are laid have hatched, the female does most of the brooding while the male supplies most of the food. While breeding pairs are sometimes able to produce more than one clutch of eggs during the breeding season, the male
cares for some or all of the fledglings, while the female re-nests, sometimes with another male. The black-capped vireo is endangered due to multiple threats of brood parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird as well as loss of suitable habitat through urbanization, fire exclusion, livestock grazing, and brush control. Female cowbirds may remove some of the host eggs from the nest and replace them with their own. These eggs hatch first and the quickly growing nestlings out-compete the smaller vireo nestlings for food and nest space. Cowbird trapping and habitat maintenance and creation through prescribed burning and mechanical manipulation are a high management priority in prime areas like the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve system. Send your nature-related questions to
[email protected] and we’ll do our best to answer them. If you enjoy these articles, look for our book, NatureWatch Austin, to be published by Texas A&M University Press in 2011. - by Jim and Lynne Weber
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