2009 Officers President Ann Collum 713-645-0241 Vice President Shannon McNair 713-847-6685 Recording Secretary Alsine Ryan 713-641-3670 Membership Secretary Norma Navarro 713-645-3409 Treasurer Vicky Schoppe 713-643-7643
Directors at Large 832-279-5332 Robert Searcy (NE) Roxanna Ramirez (NW) 713-644-5860 Saundra Hughes (SWI) 713-645-7617 Hazel Carney (SWII) Gilbert Martinez (SE)
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Helpful Numbers Deed Restrictions Karen Carpenter 713-640-1336 Or Any Director Citizens-on Patrol 713-641-5373 HPD Broadway Storefront 713-847-4155 - 8751 Broadway Non-Emergency Police 713-884-3131 Heavy Trash Pick-up 2nd Thursday of each month Southeast - 713-928-4101
Neighborhood Protection/ Public Works 24 hour number - 311
Airport Noise 281-233-3900
Street light problems - 311 District Council Member James Rodriguez 832-393-3011 E-mail: districtI@cityofhouston.net
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Holiday Judging Tuesday Evening, December 15 “Tis the season to demonstrate pride in Glenbrook Valley!” All residents are encouraged to decorate their homes for the holiday season. A sting of lights or a wreath on every house in Glenbrook Valley would transform our neighborhood into a “wonderland of good cheer.” Please make your contribution to the spirit of the season. The judges are volunteers. They graciously give their time, and gasoline, in selecting the winning residences. Their decision is final. The judges are looking for creativity and effort. A “theme” is always impressive. The award winning categories are “Most Beautiful,” “Most Original,” and “Honorable Mention.” There is a winner in each category in each of the 5 major sections. The Glenbrook Valley Civic Club honors those homes that have been continuous award winners by declaring them to be in the “Hall of Fame.” To become a member of this elite category requires five consecutive years of winning in any of the categories. The “Hall of Fame” sign is placed in the designee’s yard each year the yard continues to be decorated. The judges will be making their decisions on Tuesday evening, December 155h. Please have your lights turned on by 6 p.m. Membership in the Glenbrook Valley Civic Club is NOT a requirement to win an award this year. ★
El juicio de las decoraciones festivas Martes, 15 de diciembre ¡Ya llegó la temporada para demostrar nuestro orgullo por Glenbrook Valley! Alentamos a todos los residentes a que decoren sus residencias en celebración de esta estación festiva. Las luces decorativas en todas las casas transformarían al vecindario en una tierra de maravilla y alegría. Por favor haga su contribución al espíritu de la temporada.
Los jueces son voluntarios. Ellos dan de su tiempo y cubren sus gastos, como la gasolina, para seleccionar a las residencias ganadoras. Sus decisiones son definitivas. Los jueces buscan la creatividad y el esfuerzo en la creación de las decoraciones; una presentación temática siempre impresiona. Las categorías de los premios son: “La más hermosa,” “La más original,” y “Mención honorífica.” Hay la posibilidad de tener cinco ganadores en cada categoría. El Club Cívico de Glenbrook Valley reconoce con honor a las residencias que han sido continuamente ganadoras y éstas serán incluidas en el “Hall of Fame” (galería de personajes famosos). Para ser miembro/a de esta categoría exclusiva, se requiere ser ganador/a por cinco años consecutivos. El letrero de “Hall of Fame” es colocado enfrente de la residencia cada año que dicha residencia exhibe decoraciones.
Los jueces harán sus decisiones por la noche del martes el 15 de diciembre. Por favor prenda sus luces para (o antes de) las 6 p.m. Los residentes participantes deben ser miembros del Club Cívico de Glenbrook Valley para ser ganadores. ★
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ana Ramirez; Northeast – Jamie Oyler; Southeast – Gilbert Martinez; Southwest I – Saundra Hughes; Southwest II – Open. Directors: Section 2 – Billimarie Gannon; Section 3 – Robert Searcy; Section 4 – Emma Valdes; Section 6 – open; Section 7 – Allison Kennedy; Section 8 –Karen Kemper; Section 10 – Karen Carpenter; Section 12 – Michael Smith.
Just a reminder: bring your cookies to the Park Place Library Saturday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. to prepare trays for the Houston Police Department and Houston Fire Department stations that serve Glenbrook Valley. It’s a small way to say “thank you for a job well done!” The Officers and Directors-at-Large
La colección de galletas Solamente un recuerdo: traiga sus galletas a la Biblioteca Park Place sábado, el 12 de diciembre, a las 10 a.m. para preparar bandejas para las estaciones del Departamento policíaco de Houston y del Departamento de bomberos de Houston que sirven Glenbrook Valley. Es una manera pequeña de decir "Muchas gracias por un trabajo bien hecho!"
Nominating Committee Report The Nominating Committee of the Glenbrook Valley Civic Club, chaired by Norma Navarro, presented the following slate of officers for 2010: President – Ann Collum; VicePresident – Shannon McNair; Recording Secretary – Alsine Ryan; Membership Secretary – Norma Navarro; Treasurer – Vicky Schoppe. Directors-at-Large: Northwest – Rox-
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Los Oficiales y Directores de áreas son elegidos para servir por una duración de un año. Los Directores de secciones son elegidos por dos años. Los directores de las secciones de números impares son elegidos en los años de números impares, y los de números pares en los años de números pares. De acuerdo con los estatutos del Club, los miemare elected to one year terms. The bros de la Mesa Directiva se encargan Section Directors are elected to two de asignar a las posiciones vacantes de year terms. Directors of odd num- dicha mesa directiva. bered sections are elected in odd La elección de los oficiales del año numbered years and Directors of 2010 tomará lugar en la Reunión Geneeven numbers are elected in even ral, el jueves 21 de enero del 2010. En years. As per the By-Laws of the esa ocasión, se aceptarán nominaciones Club, vacancies that occur on the por parte del público. ★ Board are filled by appointment from the Board.
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The election of the 2010 officers will Beautification be held at the General Meeting on Volunteers Thursday, January 21, 2010. At that time, nominations may be made from Saturday, December 5th at 9 a.m. is the last opportunity you’ll have to help on the floor. ★ the Broadway esplanade in 2009! Meet on the Chase Bank (WaMu) parking lot Reporte del Comité de at 9 a.m. We hope to complete the Nombramiento trimming and clean up of second and El Comité de Nombramiento del third esplanades from Rockhill this Club Cívico de Glenbrook Valley, time. It won’t take much time if we presidiado por Norma Navarro, pre- have a lot of volunteers! ★ sentó la siguiente lista de candidatos oficiales para el año 2010: PresidenVoluntarios para el ta- Ann Collum; Vice-presidentaembellecimiento de Shannon McNair; Secretaria de documentos – Alsine Ryan; Secretaria de membresía – Norma Navarro; Tesorera – Vicky Schoppe. Directores de áreas: Noroeste – Roxana Ramirez; SOLD Noreste – Jaime Oyler; Sureste – Gilbert Martinez; Suroeste I - Saundra Hughes; Suroeste II – open. Directores: Sección 2 – Billimarie Gannon; Sección 3 – Robert Searcy; Sección 4 – Emma Valdes; Sección 7 – Allison Kennedy; Sección 8 – Karen Kem-
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Glenbrook Valley ¡Sábado, el 5 de diciembre a las 9 a.m. es la última oportunidad que tendrá para ayudar en la explanada de Broadway en 2009! Nos reuniremos en el aparcamiento del Banco Chase (WaMu) a las 9 a.m. Esperamos acabar con el recorte y la limpieza de la segunda y la tercera explanada de Rockhill esta vez. ¡No tardaremos mucho si tenemos muchos voluntarios! ★
been a mix of good & bad news when comparing the first half of 2009 to the first half of 2008. We will look at different components including price per square foot ($psf) & median sales prices
Glenbrook has not escaped the issues you have heard in the news such as the impact of foreclosures and a slower housing market. The good news is overall sales activity is up for the first half of 2009. We had 21 sales comHistoric Petition pared to 14 for the same time period in There are several neighbors that have 2008 yet to sign their historic petition. In case you intended to sign it and send it Foreclosures in, but just haven’t gotten “around to The number of foreclosure sales reit” yet, we’ve included one in this mained steady at 6, but they reprenewsletter so that you may remove the sented a smaller percentage of the petition “round to it” from your 2009 overall sales this year . Foreclosures resolution list! represented 29% of all sales for the For those of you already on the his- first half of 2009 compared to 43% for toric team, thanks for your time, coop- the same period last year. This reduceration, encouragement, and enthusi- tion is good news since foreclosures are “distressed” sales usually sold at a asm with this major project! ★ discount. They put downward pressure La petición histórica on overall values. This becomes eviHay varios vecinos que todavía no dent when you compare the prices of firmaron su petición histórica. En el foreclosures against non-foreclosures. caso de que intentara firmar y mandarOverall Glenbrook’s median sales la, pero se le olvidó hacerlo, price on foreclosures is $72,300 com¡incluimos otra con este boletín para que pueda quitarla de su lista de que- pared to $91,600 last year. $psf also dropped from $48 to $43 this year. haceres para 2009! This compares to non-foreclosures Para ustedes que ya se juntaron con el with a median sales price of $119,000 equipo histórico, ¡muchas gracias por which is obviously much higher, but su tiempo, cooperación, aliento, y en- down from $142,500 last year. That tusiasmo con este proyecto grande! ★ may sound bad, however, changes in the $psf were nominal with a slight Real Estate Report for drop from $56 to $55. ★
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Informe de bienes en la primera mitad de 2009 El mercado de bienes en Glenbrook ha rendido una mezcla de noticias buenas y malas comparando la primera mitad de 2009 a la primera mitad de 2008. Examinaremos varios componentes incluyendo el precio por pie cuadrado y precios de venta medianos. Glenbrook no ha evitado los temas que se oyen en las noticias como el impacglenbrookvalley.org
to de las ejecuciones de hipotecas y un mercado de casas más lento. Las buenas noticias son que la actividad de ventas totales se ha aumentado en la primera mitad de 2009. Tuvimos 21 ventas en comparación con 14 en el mismo periodo de tiempo en 2008.
Ejecución de hipotecas El número de hipotecas ejecutadas permaneció igual en 6, pero representaron un porcentaje más pequeño de todas las ventas este año. Ventas hipotecarias representaron 25% de todas las ventas en la primera mitad de 2009, en comparacion con 43% en el mismo periodo del año pasado. Esta reducción es buena noticia como las ventas hipotecarias son ventas apuradas generalmente vendidas en un descuento. Ejercen una presión para bajar los valores totales. Esto se vuelve evidente cuando se compara los precios de ventas hipotecarias con las no hipotecarias. El precio de venta mediano de Glenbrook por su totalidad es $72,300 en comparación a $91,600 el año pasado. El precio por pie cuadrado también bajo de $48 a $43 este año. Esto se compara con ventas nohipotecarias con un precio de venta mediano de $119,000, que obviamente es mucho más alto, pero más bajo que $142,500 el año pasado. Esto puede aparecer mal, sin embargo, cambios en el precio por pie cuadrado eran nominales con una bajada pequeña de $56 a $55.
Resumen En general las ventas aumentaron, pero los precios bajaron. Ventas hipotecarias se venden siempre a un descuento mayor, poniendo presión en los precios generales. Afortunadamente el porcentaje de ventas que son hipotecarias parece ser disminuyéndose. El precio mediano por pie ha bajado de $55 a $51 por los dos periodos comparables. Los precios de venta medianos bajaron de $114,500 a $98,000. ★
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Civic Club Dues for 2010 The Glenbrook Valley Civic Club dues for 2010 are as follows: regular membership will be $35.00; senior membership $25.00. If you have an over 65 homestead exemption with the Harris County Appraisal District, you qualify for the senior membership. Please send in your dues check as soon as possible. You may also pay at our regular meetings. ★
Las cuotas del Club cívico por 2010 Las cuotas por el Club cívico Glenbrook Valley en 2010 serán lo siguiente: la membresía regular será $35.00; la membresía para personas de mayor edad, $25.00. Si usted tiene una exención en sus impuestos de casa con Harris County Appraisal District, por tener más que 65 años, usted califica para la membresía de $25. Por favor envíen sus cuotas tan pronto como les sea posible. También pueden pagar en nuestras reuniones regulares. ★ COP
are already at work. They seem to start earlier and earlier each year. The following are a few safety tips to help keep you safe: PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS 1. PARK AS CLOSE TO A DOOR OR LIGHTED AREA AS POSSIBLE. 2. Do NOT make multiple trips to your car with packages. If it takes more than one trip to your car to carry your packages have the store personnel help carry your bundles to your car or have them delivered to your home. 3. Be careful where you park. Try to shop during daylight hours but if you can’t again park close to a door or light area and have store security walk you to your car when you leave. (That’s one of the jobs they are paid for.) 4. If you notice something and it makes you feel uncomfortable, if you
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can safely leave the area - do it, if you can’t then call security or the police and ask for assistance. Report what you are seeing. It could save you or someone else from a dangerous situation. SHOPPING 1. Carry as little as possible and keep it close to your body. Take everything out of your purse and wallet but the essentials. Try to carry only one credit/ debit card and or cash for your purchases, your driver’s license and your
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proof of insurance. (Write down all of your credit card numbers and the 800 #’s on the backs of those cards in case they are lost or stolen and keep them in a safe place along with your driver’s license number, your social security number and the license plate number on your vehicles.) 2. Clean out your car. Packages, brief cases, cell phones and purses, left in your car, are open invitations to steal. DON’T forget to lock your car and if you have one set the alarm. 3. ATM machines – you find them everywhere. Before you use any cash machine for cash, gas or groceries, jiggle the area where you insert your card. If it moves or comes off call a manager and the police. 4. Parking lots - When pumping gas or walking in a parking lot and you are approached by someone with a hard luck story, I don’t care how plausible it sounds or how pitiful they look, do not let them get within arms reach of you. Some of the stories are legitimate but it’s not worth your life or your safety to find out which is which. SHOPPING WITH THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED 1. Dropping Off. If they are wheelchair bound or use a walker or other aide. Get that out of the car first, and then help remove the elderly or disabled and LAST get your or their purse from the vehicle. Again carry as little as you can. 2. Picking Up. When you are leaving – reverse the procedure. Secure purses and briefcases in the car first, then any packages, then the passenger, then the appliance and finally you. Don’t forHobby Area Estate Sale Service Phone/Fax: 713-649-9545 haess_zalar@yahoo.com www.hobbyareaestatesaleservicehaess.com
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get to lock the doors. HOME DECORATIONS As we decorate our homes for the holidays, be aware that among those that admire your art and handiwork others maybe plotting to remove your hardwork from your property to theirs. IF this happens be sure to report the theft to the Houston Police Department either. You may file a report on line at www.houstontx.gov/police , or call the non-emergency HPD number, 713884-3131. You may also file the report at the Broadway Storefront on Broadway or call at 713-847-4155. Also, please Alert Glenbrook Valley Citizens on Patrol at 713-641-5373. Cost is not a factor when reporting a crime and the police want and need to know about any and all incidents in our area. Report all crime or suspicious activity to HPD, ignoring it won’t prevent additional crime from occurring. We, the Patrollers of Glenbrook Valley Citizens on Patrol, want to wish all of you a safe and happy holiday season and we will continue to do our part to make sure this happens with your continued help and support. We are always looking for more volunteers to drive the neighborhood. The next meeting date is January 18, 2010. At 7:00PM at the Park Place Regional Library, 8145 Park Place Blvd. Have a Safe and Happy Holiday!
Wishing you a Joyful Holiday Season! Glenbrook Valley Officers and Directors
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