Wood Glen - October 2011 by Peel, Inc.

Wood Glen

Official Publication of the Wood Glen Property Owners Association

Dear All,

The following was accidentally left out of the September newsletter: Wood Glen POA will have our regular disbursement of fire ant bait on Saturday October 8 from 9:30 AM until 12:00 Noon. Wizzie Brown will be there to answer questions. Ant bait will be distributed only to adults with a held spreader! (No children and no plastic bags, etc.) Exciting new way to network: Linda DeMarco, a Wood Glen resident and realtor who sells Wood Glen, has offered to put together a new Wood Glen Directory! If you want your name, address, phone number and email address listed in a neighborhood directory, please send that information to either Linda at ldemarco@ austin.rr.com or current board secretary Lela Solum at lelasolum@austin.rr.com by November 1 for inclusion in the 2012 directory. ALSO, Wood Glen business owners, please send your company information for inclusion in the directory. (And consider purchasing an advertisement in the Wood Glen Newsletter – www.peelinc.com ) So, do you want to know what is going on in Wood Glen? This newsletter is one way the board communicates with you; however, the best and fastest is via “E-blast”! If you are not signed up to receive the official Wood Glen emails, please take a minute, go to www.woodglen.org, scroll down to the blue box and enter as many email addresses as you want! There is no charge and you can delete each message, or request to be removed from the list if you change your mind! Get networked with your neighborhood! Look for the article in this issue about the November Wood Glen – Hidden Glen garage sale. As of newsletter deadline, I had no article about Oktoberfest, but you know it will be happening, it will be fun and we will send out email info and post signs at the Amenity Center. Enjoy the cooler weather….hopefully by the time you get this, we will have had some rain! Donna

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Announcements Fall Garage Sale It is time (again) to clean out attics, garages and closet and get rid of your unappreciated “treasures” that someone else may covet. Mark you calendars for Saturday, November 12 from 8:00 to noon for the Wood Glen/Hidden Glen Fall Garage Sale. This Fall Garage Sale is in conjunction with our neighbors in Hidden Glen that it should drive additional traffic. Our sponsor this fall is Cynthia Maguire with RE/MAX Capital City. Please email her at cynthia.maguire@sbcglobal.net should you have any questions. Cynthia will be providing signage for both neighborhoods at the entrance of the subdivisions several days before the sale to advertise the event. In addition, she will be placing ads in the Austin American Statesman and the Round Rock Leader. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) Free yourself from food addiction and food obsession. Come to a community information meeting for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating and bulimia. Everyone is welcome to this free meeting, including those who think they may have a food problem or those who are concerned about someone who may. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Saturday Ocotber 15, 2011 9:00am – 10:30am Tarrytown United Methodist Church 2601 Exposition Blvd, Austin. Room 101 A/B. enter from side door on McCullough St. ABOUT FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous is a 12 Step fellowship based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Many adult and teen members were overweight, some by as much as 200 pounds. Others were dangerously underweight or controlled their eating to the point of obsession through under-eating, bulimia or exercising. Today, many lead fulfilling lives without abusing food. WEBSITE: www.foodaddicts.org

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Wood Glen BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: Donna Tucker........................donnactucker@att.net Vice President: ............................................................. OPEN Treasurer: Ken Stites................................ kstites@austin.rr.com Secretary: Lela Solum.........................lelasolum@austin.rr.com Section 1: Eric Boren........................ eric_boren@sbcglobal.net Section 2: Derric Hobbs........................ dchobbs1@yahoo.com Section 3: Julie Cowan................................julie.cowan@att.net Section 4: Mark Murray.................. murray.markd@gmail.com Section 5: Donna Tucker............... donnatucker@austin.rr.com Section 6: Rod Kerr......................................rod_kerr@shi.com Section 7: Christopher Loft.........................chrival22@aol.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS Modifications: Sam Myers ................. slmyers58@earthlink.net Pool/Amenity Center Co-Chairs: Julie Cowan....................................................jcowan@att.net Landscaping / Greenbelt: Karen Fischer.................................... kfischer4@austin.rr.com Capital Improvements: .................................................................................... OPEN Social Activities: Cynthia McGuire....................cynthia.maguire@sbcglobal.net Communications: Donna Tucker.......................................donnactucker@att.net ...........................................................donnate@austin.rr.com Ant Bait Control Program Co-Chairs: Leslie Myers..........................................myersls@earthlink.net Sue Kernan.......................................... ladysue2007@aol.com Safety/Security ............................................................................................... Care Calendar: Denise Ferguson.............................. dferguson@austin.rr.com Welcome Committee: David & Elaine Lloyd.............................Lloyd1111@aol.com

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Wood Glen EARWIGS Earwigs, while mostly a nuisance, may scare homeowners with the sight of their enlarged pincers on the abdomen. Their name comes from a wives’ tale that they would enter the ear while a person was sleeping and tunnel into the brain. Earwigs are somewhat flattened, brown to black in color with large forcep-like pincers coming off the tip of the abdomen. Adults have a pair of shortened, leathery forewings that cover the membranous hindwings. Earwigs feed on other insects that are alive or dead. They will also feed on decaying organic matter, lichen, moss, fungi or greasy foods. When earwigs are found indoors, they are moving in from outside as an accidental invader. The insects can be removed with a vacuum or broom. If large numbers are found indoors, you may need to treat with a residual insecticide outdoors. It may also help your management program to utilize some of the following: • Replace old weather stripping around doors & windows • Seal pipe penetrations and cracks & crevices with sealant • Keep grass & foliage trimmed around the structure • Eliminate damp areas in crawl spaces or around the foundation • Reduce lighting around doors & windows or use yellow bulbs that are less attractive to insects

For more information or help with identification, contact Wizzie Brown, Texas AgriLife Extension Service Program Specialist at 512.854.9600. Check out my blog at www.urban-ipm.blogspot.com The information given herein is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by Texas AgriLife Extension Service or the Texas AgriLife Research is implied. Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

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Wood Glen Taking a Ride Through Our Neighborhood 300 Years Ago! Over the past two issues we have reviewed the history of this area based on the recollections of the previous owners, Leroy and Ruth Lange. Now we’ll go back even farther in time before the arrival of the pioneers and cattle drives. In its days as a wilderness, Wood Glenn was home to Native Americans, especially the Comanches, Tonkawas, Lipan Apaches, and Tawakonis. It may have been the Tonkawa tribe that left behind piles of flint that once dotted this neighborhood. Arrowheads were patiently crafted beneath the shade of Oak trees which still offer respite from the heat. Indian Mounds were also evidence of the presence of these earlier inhabitants. These dirt piles were roughly 10 feet square and about three feet in height. Other artifacts left behind by these tribes were common in the woods before they were covered over with asphalt and concrete. Critters that naturally roamed these parts were rabbits, armadillos, raccoons, coyotes, and skunks. Wild turkeys and deer were introduced to the area in 1950. Doves and quail were plentiful. You can still spot some of these wild animals today, but most have been crowded out of their habitat. The wild hogs are a more recent addition, appearing in the woods only about 15 years ago. So these pesky beasts were not native to this neck of the woods. When Leroy Lange’s parents bought 400 acres from the Merrill and Johnson families in 1938 they started raising cattle. Some years later they built a house where Leroy and Ruth still live today. Horses were a necessary means of getting around the ranch, but in 1980 they became seriously involved in raising some fine-looking Quarter Horses for show, and moved here from Austin in 1987. Their remodeled house displays many trophies and pictures of these prize horses. So these woods have seen a variety of animals and people. If these trees could talk, they could tell us many interesting tales from across the years. In view of this historical overview, I feel that is somewhat arrogant of me to claim where I live as “my land.” It is God’s land, a product of the Creator’s handiwork. I am only passing through, one of many who have inhabited this space, doing my small part in appreciating its past and caring for my corner of it as its latest resident. I hope you also feel a little more connected now to this particular land, and have a little more appreciation for its interesting history.

BRITT’S BOOK BUZZ: THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins

Remember the compelling and cult-following TV show, Lost? To me, The Hunger Games is the literary equivalent in that the writers creatively demonstrated survival and unity when faced with extremely harsh circumstances. The difference is that while Lost was the result of a plane crash on a strange island where anything could happen, The Hunger Games is ruled by the Capitol where young adults fight to the death as a form of entertainment for the government. Set in the not so distant future, North America as we know it has been completely reorganized into separate districts (12 of them) all closely controlled by the militant, big brother, harsh “Capitol.” These districts were formed when the Earth had become so violated environmentally and morally that war broke out. As a reminder to all of the segregated districts that rebellion is not tolerated, there is a yearly “Hunger Game” where a male and female from each district aged 12-18 is chosen at random to fight each other to the death. There can only be one victor and everything is televised, complete with sponsors. It is in district 12 that the heroine, Katniss Everdeen lives with her mother (a healer) and her younger sister. Her father was killed in a mining accident but left his oldest daughter with the gifts and talents of hunting, which is her family’s key to survival. When Katniss’ sister is chosen as one of the “tributes” to fight in the hunger games, Katniss volunteers in her place. Her male counterpart, Peeta, is also chosen. Their experience at the Capitol and the whole tradition around the hunger games is so intriguing and fascinating as are the people they encounter. However, it is the way the hunger games are so carefully and technologically orchestrated and Katniss’ amazing ingenuity and will to live and survive that kept me reading and enjoying the brutal, yet thoroughly entertaining book. At the time I am writing this review, I am already on the final book of the trilogy! This book has it all -- a love triangle, a heroine, an underdog, fighting, mystery, science fiction--it is a reader’s big Kit Kat bar! Feel free to comment on this review, your thoughts on the book or suggest a book for me to review on my blog: http://brittsbuzz.blogspot.com

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