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Vista APRIL 2011 volume 3, issue 4 vistaoaks.org
Official Publication of the Vista Oaks Owners Association
UPCOMING EVENTS
THE HISTORY EASTER EGG
Vista Oak’s Annual Egg Hunt
When: April 23rd (Saturday) 10 – 12 p.m. Where: Rec Center Participating families in the egg hunt are requested to drop of a dozen eggs at the Rec Center on Friday 22nd after 5 p.m.
Magnolias & Cosmos
Vista Oak’s Garden Club Some residents have requested that we form a garden club as an avenue to meet other Vista Oaks residents and contribute to the landscaping of our community. If you are interested in meeting new friends and take part in the planning and installation of landscape projects, please join us for coffee at the Recreation Center on April 21st at 7pm. We will review the areas that the board has designated for the club to work up, budget and schedule projects. We will be recruiting middle and high school kids who need to complete service hours in May for our first installation. Please RSVP to Deirdre at
[email protected].
Garage Sale
Get ready for our next neighborhood garage sale scheduled for April 9th, 2011.
Triathlon Training
Women of Vista Oaks are gearing up to run the Danskin Triathlon on June 5th. Under the direction of Angela Beechum and Leigh Ann Doherty training will commence on March 28th to race day. Group training will take part on Mondays (running), Wednesday (swimming), Saturdays (biking). Contact Angela Beechum at
[email protected] or Leigh Ann at
[email protected] for all details. This is open to families, friends and co-workers.
Round Rock New Neighbors - APRIL 2011
The talented women of Round Rock New Neighbors will feature a craft show at their April 13th Meeting. The doors open at 10:15AM at the Fern Bluff Community Center, Round Rock. For lunch reservations call Jackie Waldecker at 255 -7519 before Friday, April 8th. Circle the date on your calendar and join us for a fun show, choice shopping and a tasty lunch, but best of all….come and meet new friends. Copyright © 2011 Peel, Inc.
In honor of the Vista Oaks annual Egg Hunt, we thought you may want to know some trivia of the history of the Easter egg. The word Easter comes from the Norse word “Eastar or Ostara and is related to the pagan goddess Eostre. Eastar and Eostre are associated with new life and spring time. The egg complimented “Easter” since it too is a symbol of new birth for several cultures around the world. Pope Gregory the Great ordered his missionaries to use old religious sites and festivals to absorb them into Christian rituals. Easter was then used in celebration of the resurrection. Easter Egg rolling contests were brought to the New World by European settlers. Dolly Madison started the Easter Egg rolling festival at the Capitol Building in 1814. It was discontinued in 1877 to preserve the new lawn. President and First Lady Hayes brought the Easter Egg rolling contest back and moved it to the White House where it has been celebrated with many administrations. The decorating of Easter Eggs is done world wide, in Macedonia the eggs are “etched” with dyes and wax. The most (Continued on Page 2)
Vista Oaks Owner's Association Newsletter - April 2011
Vista Oaks Board of Directors President........................................................Deirdre Goggins VP......................................................................Suman Khisty Secretary................................................................Ed Medford Treasurer............................................................Suman Khisty Landscaping...................................................... David Pedroza MAL..................................................................... Doug Mink Social Committee...........................................Angela Beechum
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The History of the Easter Egg (Continued from Cover Page) famous and elaborate eggs were done by Russian jeweler Peter Carl Faberge. The 57 eggs by Faberge were made of silver, gold and jewels. Ukrainian artisans are famous for the “Pksanky” style of scrolled or written design. Pennsylvania Dutch used calico cloth and coils to create interesting shapes around the egg. Although, the boiled egg does not gain any favor as the days go by, many use the old Easter eggs to incorporate them into culinary wonders such as egg salad with capers and olives, Indian Eggs served with a curried white sauce, cabbage and mushroom pie or the popular pub grub of pickled eggs. The least favorite is the Scotch egg where the hard boiled egg is wrapped in ground beef/sausage, breaded and deep fried. Once this glorious delight is cooked it is spilt open and served with tomato sauce. If you are still engaged in post holiday hard boiled eggs perhaps you may like tarragon brie sauce over the hard boiled eggs or a pate made with egg, nut and mushrooms.
Easter Egg Games
At the White House, the eggs are carried on a wooden spoon on a set course. In Germany eggs are rolled down a track of sticks and Denmark the egg that travels down a grassy area the furthest rolled egg wins. Egyptian children bowl red and yellow eggs toward a row of eggs and whoever cracks one egg wins them all. United Kingdom participates in “pace-egging” that comes from the Old English word of “Pasch” meaning Passover. Pace-egging is when the people trick or treat for eggs.
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