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May 2008
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News for the Residents of the Villages at Western Oaks AND Legend Oaks I
Gardening in the Hill Country May 2008 Spring is in full swing with bright green mornings full of sunshine and bird song. Area garden centers are bursting with eager gardeners loading carts with compost, flowers and landscape supplies. While riding the energy of the season to beautify your yard, keep in mind a few things that will help the garden flourish through spring and summer. Healthy soil supports a healthy landscape. Dedicate energy every year to improving your soil, and you will be richly rewarded with better blooms, improved water efficiency, and fewer disease problems. Work compost into garden and flower beds, and top-dress established areas and lawns with compost. Compost improves soil quality, and reduces or eliminates the need for fertilizer. Water your garden efficiently and effectively. Although some watering is necessary to sustain gardens in the Hill Country, many people water too much! Over-watering wet or shallow soil results in weakened or diseased plants as well as runoff (water and money down the storm drain). For our thin and clay Hill Country soils, ½ inch, twice per week is the maximum amount you should need to water--even during the heat of summer. During spring and fall, ½ inch once per week is plenty. Watering between dusk and dawn further increases the effectiveness of the water you use by reducing evaporation and increasing the amount of water that makes it to plant roots. Twice per week summer watering is good for landscapes and also good for water supply. Over 60 percent of residential water is used on landscapes in the summer, resulting in water treatment plants experiencing peak demands. Efficient watering reduces the need to built new water treatment plants.
The City of Austin recently adopted a mandatory twice per week watering schedule effective May 1 through September 30. In April, the LCRA board will consider adopting the same watering schedule for LCRA water customers. The watering schedule is as follows: Odd addresses: Wednesday and Saturday Even addresses: Thursday and Sunday Commercial and HOA common areas: Tuesday and Friday Healthy soil and efficient watering will assure that the vibrant flowers in your shopping cart at the garden center thrive in your yard throughout the growing season. Happy planting! Elizabeth Drozda-Freeman is the conservation landscape specialist for the Lower Colorado River Authority. She can be reached at (512) 473-3200 Ext.2230 or
[email protected] if you have comments, questions or suggestions for future gardening topics.
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The Village Gazette IMPORTANT NUMBERS EMERGENCY NUMBERS EMERGENCY.................................................................... 911 Fire...................................................................................... 911 Ambulance.......................................................................... 911 Sheriff – Non-Emergency...................................512-974-0845 SCHOOLS Elementary Clayton............................................................512-841-9200 Kiker................................................................512-414-2584 Mills................................................................512-841-2400 Patton...............................................................512-414-1780 Middle Bailey..............................................................512-414-4990 Small................................................................512-841-6700 High School Austin..............................................................512-414-2505 Bowie..............................................................512-414-5247 UTILITIES Water/Wastewater City of Austin....................................................512-972-0101 City of Austin (billing)..................................... 512-494-9400 Emergency........................................................512-972-1000 Texas State Gas Customer Service.......................................... 1-800-700-2443 Gas related emergency.................................. 1-800-959-5325 Pedernales Electric Cooperative New service, billing..........................................512-219-2602 Problems...........................................................512-219-2628 ATT/SBC Telephone New Service.................................................. 1-800-288-2020 Repair............................................................ 1-800-246-8464 Billing........................................................... 1-800-288-2020 Allied Waste........................................................512-247-5647 Time Warner Cable.............................................512-485-5555 OTHER NUMBERS Oak Hill Postal Station................................... 1-800-275-8777 City of Austin Dead Animal Collection....................................512-494-9000 Abandoned/Disabled Vehicles..........................512-974-8119 Stop Sign Missing/Damaged............................512-974-2000 Street Light Outage (report pole#)....................512-505-7617 NEWSLETTER PUBLISHER Peel, Inc...............................................................512-989-8905 Article Submissions.....................
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CHANGE OF DATE/CHEER CAMP IN JULY
BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING CAMP Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 to Friday, July 18, 2008 Location: James Bowie High School Gym— 4103 W. Slaughter Lane, 78745 Morning Session: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Afternoon Session: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Both Sessions: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Lunch 12-1) Cost: One Session (Morning or Afternoon) $75.00 per child (if turned in by May 12) Both Sessions (All Day) $125.00 per child (if turned in by May 12) (Late) Door Registration: Above cost +$20.00 $25 charge on all NSF checks General Information: ♥ All day participants must bring their own lunches. Our concession stand will be serving drinks and treats only. ♥ Free Camp T-shirt to all participants. ♥ The Bowie Cheerleader Booster Club will sell drinks and treats daily. ♥ Attire: tennis shoes and clothing suitable for easy movement. (t-shirt and shorts) ♥ A 5:20 pm evening performance will be held on Friday for the parents. ♥ Pictures of your child and their favorite cheerleader or bulldog will be taken on Wednesday. Pictures are $5.00. Orders will be delivered on the last day of camp. ♥ Additional information or questions: Claire Groves, Bowie Cheer Fundraising sponsor, 841-3690/282-6211 or e-mail
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After you complete this form, place it in an envelope with your cash or check payment to Bowie Cheerleading and turn it in at the Bowie High School Main Office by June 6, 2008--- ATTN: Bowie Cheer or mail to Bowie Cheer, 3716 Rocky Ford Drive, Austin, TX 78749 Name of Participant(s):_________________________________ Grade (K-8th as of next fall):____________________________ Parent’s First & Last Name:_____________________________ Street Address:_________________________ Zip Code:______ Home Phone:___________________ Cell Phone:____________ Check which session your child will be attending: Morning___ Afternoon__ _ All Day_____ T-Shirt Size (Circle One): Youth S Youth M
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THe Village gazette Citizen’s Bond Advisory Committee
A Citizen’s Bond Advisory Committee met throughout the fall of 2007, visited campuses and hosted public forums to evaluate a number of urgent issues: building and health code requirements and safety changes, new science graduation requirements, relief for overcrowded schools at 125 percent-plus capacity; much-needed repairs and renovations, and improvements in energy and environmental responsiveness to help relieve overcrowding by building new permanent classrooms and schools. The AISD Board of Trustees voted to place three propositions on the ballot for a May 10th election. The Bond Package will: • Expand wireless networks to the 30 percent of our schools that do not currently have wireless capability; purchase technology for all schools so that teachers can more closely monitor students' achievements; meet state requirements for special education testing; help students meet the requirements of the 21st Century. • Protect the environment: Renovate air conditioning and heating units; purchase low-emission-fuel hybrid buses; implement upgrades to meet new health code requirements and complete other critical repairs and renovations that will save resources and promote healthier and safer learning conditions. • Improve education by building and renovating classrooms: Constructand renovate high school science labs to meet new fouryear state requirements; construct new schools and classroom additions at overcrowded campuses; purchase land to address for is ad ion th ervice t n e M off s $100 0 or more 0 0 of $1
existing overcrowding in our schools. • Build a performing arts center for use by all schools: Construct a performing arts center and renovate school auditoriums to ensure equitable standards at local high schools and to support the fine arts curriculum district-wide. A Citizen's Bond Advisory Committee met throughout the fall of 2007, visited campuses and hosted public forums to evaluate a number of urgent issues: building and health code requirements and safety changes, new science graduation requirements, relief for overcrowded schools at 125 percent-plus capacity; muchneeded repairs and renovations, and improvements in energy and environmental responsiveness to help relieve overcrowding by building new permanent classrooms and schools; If the bond package is passed, a citizen's oversight committee comprised of local citizens representing all of Austin ISD will ensure public accountability by monitoring the scope, timelines, and expenditures of the bond projects. The bond money can only be spent on projects approved by voters. This bond package would help to improve education, expand technology to all schools in the district and protect the environment. This package is especially important to our neighborhoods because it allows for the purchase of land for a South High School to help relieve severe overcrowding. You can check out www.voteyesforaustinschools. com. Early voting begins on April 28 and continues through May 6. Election Day is Saturday May 10.
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THe Village gazette Best Practices Benefit Homeowners Discuss Solutions to Common Community Issues
Austin, Texas - The upcoming CAI Tradeshow offers solutions - solutions to homeowner’s problems that keep their community association directors awake at night; solutions that other associations have faced and solved; solutions local service and equipment providers offer; solutions that work. In a single evening - less time than a typical board meeting community association directors will have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with other directors, local vendors, and professional property managers from the greater Austin area, to discuss best practices. Debby Cole, tradeshow organizer and board director at the Austin chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), relates: “The job of managing a group of homeowners can be daunting for the volunteer leaders, because few have experience running a community association - collecting delinquent fees, upholding covenants and restrictions, resolving disputes, establishing reserve funds. But there are solutions - best practices that directors of other community associations have successfully employed. And that’s what CAI is all about - helping community association governing boards as well as the professional property managers and other business partners that support them and their communities.” The CAI Tradeshow will feature four educational sessions for community association leaders (board directors, committee chairpersons, etc.) emphasizing best practices proven successful in other communities. Over 40 local service and equipment providers will be exhibiting including landscapers, insurance providers, contractors from all disciplines, professional property managers, and more. Attendance is complementary for community association leaders - funded by the members of CAI and the exhibitors. Contact Beth Bentley, (512) 261-4283,
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The Village Gazette What You Really Need to Know about Braces
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braces? The American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) recommends that children begin seeing an orthodontist by the age of seven, to address any problems that could benefit from early orthodontic treatment. However, parents often believe that they must wait until all of the baby teeth have been lost. In some cases, the permanent teeth cannot erupt properly; there are no permanent teeth under the baby teeth; or there are bite issues that should be addressed before all the adult teeth come in. Another misconception with many adults is that they are too old for braces. Over the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic increase in adults undergoing some form of orthodontic treatment (braces, Invisalign, and retainers, to name a few). The idea that losing teeth is part of the aging process is no longer accurate. In fact, getting permanent teeth pulled creates more dental problems over time-- and can compromise the surrounding teeth, gums, and TMJ. One of the biggest changes in orthodontics is that, in many cases, patients no longer need to have extractions done in order to straighten their teeth. Due to advances in technology of braces, patients with very crowded teeth can still get a beautiful smile, without extractions, in less treatment time than before. In addition, the use of expanders, headgears, and other uncomfortable appliances can be avoided in some cases. The AAO has an excellent website which addresses many general questions, and provides unbiased information about orthodontics. You can also locate experienced orthodontists in your area. The website is: www.braces.org. A new smile is just around the corner!
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THe Village gazette Attention: Business Owners, Marketing & Sales Professionals #1 REFERRAL GROUP IS GROWING INTO A NEW LOCATION!
For the 2nd year in a row, The Live Oak Network, a professional by referral? Visit us this week! We meet each Wednesday morning, business referral organization, was rated #1 in membership and and there is no obligation to join. referrals generated in Central Texas! That’s right… and we are the biggest and the best again! But you know what’s even better? We NEW LOCATION are also the most fun-loving, enthusiastic and supportive group of Waterloo Ice House professionals too! 9600 Escarpment, 78749 Quick Quiz: 1. Do you know a reliable and trustworthy professional (residential, The Live Oak Network commercial, health and beauty, financial services, trades, or event Wednesday - 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM planning) who places their customer’s needs first? 2. Would you refer them to your friends and or family members The $10.00 meeting fee includes a healthy without hesitation because they are the best you’ve ever seen? breakfast and beverages. If you answered “Yes”, tell them The Live Oak Network is looking for more full-time, trustworthy, experienced professionals to join our growing network today! The Live Oak Network is a non-competitive professional referral organization that admits one high quality individual or company per professional category to share ideas, contacts and most importantly referrals. Are you curious? Do you want to learn how to build your business
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The Village Gazette Oak Hill United Methodist Church Vaca�on Bible School Your child is invited to join more than 150 other great kids at Oak Hill UMC’s annual vaca�on bible school. This year we’ll be ge�ng re-acquainted with Jesus and all his followers at the Oak Hill beach resort. There’ll be lots of fun stuff to do; we’ll play some games, work on cra�s, have some fun singing, and of course, read and talk all about those great Bible scriptures and stories. The fun starts on June 16 at 9am and con�nues daily from 9-12 through June 20. If you sign up before June 1, the cost is $35 for the first child in your family and $30 for each addi�onal child. A�er June 1, the cost is $40 per child. Fee includes beach bum T-shirt, snacks, supplies, and a music CD your child can enjoy listening to long a�er the beach party is over. Parents, volunteer to assist Beach Party staff for all five days of VBS and get a $5 enrollment fee discount per child. Enrollment forms are available at the OHUMC website h�p://www.oakhillunitedmethodistchurch.org/ or come by the church office at 7815 Hwy 290W, across from the Aus�n Community College Pinnacle campus Don’t put off registra�on another day. We have a limited number of spaces available and we don’t want your child to miss out. We can’t wait to “Surf through the Scriptures’ with your child. It will be great fun.
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Aisha, Lee, Layiron and Ayisha are Waiting for Their Forever Family!
Aisha and Ayisha DOB: February 1997 Lee DOB: May 2003 Layiron DOB: November 2004
Aisha and Ayisha are adorable twins. Aisha is more outgoing than her sister and enjoys being outside. She enjoys cooking (loves making guacamole), cheerleading and playing soccer. Ayisha loves to read and would much rather spend her time reading than anything else. Ayisha also enjoys being outdoors, playing soccer and shopping. Both Ayisha and Aisha are in the 5th grade and LOVE Mexican food. Lee is a sweet little boy who enjoys school and playing with his siblings. Layiron is an energetic male who loves to sing and enjoys hugs. These children were removed from their biological family due to abuse and neglect and are hoping to find a family that will adopt all 4 of them. For more information about becoming a foster or adoptive parent, please contact Tracy Eilers at
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Computer: Examine your desktop for icons or shortcuts you no longer use. Delete those and organize the remaining ones on the desktop in an order that makes sense for how you use them. Then add any extra icons of frequently used programs. Pantry: On a pantry door, place a clear shoe organizer. It can be a useful place to store gravy/soup/sauce mixes, flavored rice and pasta packs, dry marinades and sauces, Jell-O, extra utensils, spices, or other small items. Shoeboxes are also great to use as inexpensive organizers for small pantry items. Refrigerator: Before grocery shopping, examine your fridge. Discard any stale food & clean shelves with a damp cloth. Upon return, the new groceries can go right in. Freezer/Fridge: For food in the freezer/refrigerator, rotate the oldest to the front and newest in back. Use adhesive labels to date items in storage containers. Laundry: Before putting small articles of clothing into the washing machine, get a few inexpensive mesh bags (used for hosiery) and separate each family member’s socks, undergarments, and other small items into them. When washing is complete, these bags can be tossed into the dryer and dropped in everyone’s room to put away. Cleaning Supplies: Use a caddy with a handle to carry around cleaning products (sprays, rags, wipes, sponges) from room to room with ease. Also, items stay in one place and are quick to locate when needed. Drawers: Use ice-cube trays and empty check boxes as drawer organizers to hold loose coin, pins, buttons, earrings, rubber-bands, etc. Paper Data: Information on Post-It Notes and business cards with important names, numbers, and addresses should be transferred to your electronic database or address book. Garage: Use a tall trashcan or umbrella stand for holding long items such as baseball bats, fishing rods, etc. Games: Use Ziploc bags to store small game pieces, and then put those bags back in their correct boxes.
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Featuring our members as models. The ladies will be modeling resort wear, holiday attire and classics from such fashion names as Chico’s, Ann Taylor, and Talbots—and all at thrift store prices! Join us for a fabulous afternoon and learn how you too can look wonderful without spending a fortune. “Great style doesn’t have to cost a lot of money”
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1-Jun. 1—AUSTIN: Texas Wildflower Season (Began Mar. 15.) www. wildflower.org 512/232-0100 11—AUSTIN: Austin Symphonic Band: Mother’s Day Concert in the Park Begins at 7 p.m. Zilker Hillside Theater. www.asband.org 512/345-7420 11—GRUENE: Gospel Brunch with a Texas Twist Serves up aweinspiring gospel music with a mouth-watering buffet. Gruene Hall. www.gruenehall.com 830/629-5077 16-17—AUSTIN: Austin Symphony Featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F Major, and Symphony No. 9 in D Minor. Long Center for the Performing Arts. www.austinsymphony.org 512/476-6064 16-18—FREDERICKSBURG: Trade Days Shop more than 350 vendors or relax in the biergarten while listening to live music. Hwy. 290 E. www.fbgtradedays.com 830/990-4900 or 210/846-4094 17—AUSTIN: O. Henry Pun Off The Pun-Off World Championships feature 32 contestants twisting words and meaning in the categories of “Punniest of Show” and “Punslingers.” Brush Square, 409 E. 5th St. www.punpunpun.com 512/472-1903 17-18—GRUENE: Old Gruene Market Days More than 100 vendors offer uniquely crafted items, collectibles and packaged Texas foods. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.gruenemarketdays.com 830/8321721
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18—GRUENE: Americana Music Jam Celebrates Americana music and features exceptional artists of the genre. Gruene Hall. www. gruenehall.com 830/629-5077 24—SPRING BRANCH: Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country Join Park Interpreter Craig Hensley for this workshop on the identification and natural history of Hill Country wildflowers. Reservations required. Guadalupe River State Park. 830/438-7653 or 830/438-2656 24—STONEWALL: Centennial Celebration Series: Soap Making at the Sauer-Beckmann Farm Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site. 830/644-2252 24-25—BANDERA: Bandera County Artists Association Arts & Crafts Show More than 90 vendors. Courthouse Square. www. banderacountyartists.com 830/460-3294 24-25—FREDERICKSBURG: Pacific Combat Living History Reenactment Includes presentations at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. National Museum of the Pacific War Combat Zone. www.nimitzmuseum.org 830/997-4379 24-26—LAMPASAS: Memorial Golf Classic Hancock Golf Course. 512/556-3202 Texas Events has been published with the permission of the Texas Department of Transportation. All events are taken in part from the Texas Events Calendar. All dates for events were correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.
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