Lakewood Grove - June 2012 by Peel, Inc.

Lakewood Grove

June 2012

Volume 6, Issue 6

Official Publication of the Lakewood Grove Homeowners Association

Con gra tula tion s

Ya rd of the Mon th for Jun e

Home of Janet Morris at 16215 Hidden Grove Trail

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! July 4th Parade and Pool Party Wednesday, July 4 - 10:00 Luau at the Pool Saturday, August 11 6:30 to 8:30 Fall Festival Saturday, October 27 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Santa Ride Saturday, December 15th 2:00 Copyright ÂŠ 2012 Peel, Inc.

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Lakewood Grove IMPORTANT NUMBERS

OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY SCS Property Management..............................281-500-7111 Important: Please refer all questions/comments to SCS Property Management and then SCS will send the Board members information they need to respond to. This will save everone time and effort.

Animal Control................................................. 281-999-3191 Dead Animal Pick Up....................................... 281-353-8424 Emergency.........................................................................911 CyCreek Volunteer Fire Department................. 281-894-0151 Constable Precinct 4......................................... 281-376-3472 Medical Cy Creek EMS Ambulance.............................. 281-440-4300 Cy Fair Hospital.............................................. 281-890-4285 Methodist Willowbrook.................................. 281-477-1000 Northwest Hospital......................................... 281-440-1000 Tomball Hospital............................................. 281-401-7500 Veterans Hospital............................................ 713-795-4411 Poison Control.............................................1-800-931-1085 Utilities Allied Waste..................................................... 800-637-7339 Centerpoint..................................................... 800-332-7143 Malcomson MUD (SW Water Co)................... 832-209-5000 Southwestern Bell/ATT .................................... 713-881-8181 Comcast ..................................................... 800-COM-CAST

BOARD MEMBERS President – Mark Schubert...............................281-251-0322 ......................................................mark.schubert@c-a-m.com  Vice President – Gloria Tann............................281-655-8320 ............................................................... gtann@sbcglobal.net Secretary/Treasurer –Lisa Watts........................713-304-3047 .....................................................................Im.watts@att.net COMMUNITY CONTACTS Block Captain Coordinator......... Laura Truax, 281-655-5997 ........................................................... laurajtruax@gmail.com Directory......................................Henry Silva, 215-776-6679 ............................................................... hsilva3630@aol.com Garden Club Committee................................, 281-320-1905 ............................................................... Coordinator Needed Marquee-Pool...... Fernando & DeeDee Flores, 281-370-6161 ........................................fgfsatx@aol.com or ddftex@aol.com Marquee – Tennis Court............ Dougie Scott, 281-370-1836 .........................................................................dmti@aol.com Newsletter................................................... Sandra Hoffpauir .......................................................... sandra4lwg@yahoo.com Newsletter Advertising............................................................ ..................................... PEEL, Inc - Ryan 512-263-9181 X23 Ryan@PEELinc.com Pets Lost & Found..................... Kelly Jackson, 281-379-4489 ...................................................kellyjackson_99@yahoo.com Pool, Greater Houston Pool Management........713-771-7665 Recreation Committee..................Henry Silva, 215-776-6679 ............................................................... hsliva3630@aol.com Security Coordinator...................................... Dennis Coburn ..................................281-376-8526, dennis.coburn@hp.com Recreation Center/Pool Rental Coordinator.....281-251-0322 Catherine Schubert............ CatherineSchubert@sbcglobal.net Website............................................ www.lakewoodgrove.com NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS End of School Party..........................................215-776-6679 Garage Sale........................... Stephanie Valdes, 832-594-0443 Santa Ride....................................Henry Silva, 215-776-6679 ............................................................... hsilva3630@aol.com House Decorating Contest...........Henry Silva, 215-776-6679 ............................................................... hsilva3630@aol.com

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Bashans Painting & Home Repair Commercial/Residential Free Estimates

281-347-6702 281-731-3383cell • Interior & Exterior Painting • Garage Floor Epoxy • Hardi Plank Installation

• Custom Staining

• Wood Replacement

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• Interior Carpentry

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Lakewood Grove Community Bulletin A place to boast a little…

Let everyone know how well your children have done over the past year. • Awards received • Scholarships awarded • Exciting news for this upcoming summer • Adults and Kids post • Special Anniversary • Special Birthday • Achievements Submit your special announcement to Sandra at Sandra4lwg@Yahoo.com by the 5th of each month to post in the following months newsletter.

LAKEWOOD GROVE BOOK CLUB Do you love to read? Can’t wait until you see the bestseller list in the newspaper? Come join our book club. We read all genres of books. We meet once a month at different members homes to review the book she has chosen. Our meetings are on the 2nd Wed. of the month at 7:00. We have fun too! Call Trudi Trainor for further information, 281-655-8509 or e-mail me at trudi. trainor@sbcglobal .net MOPS AT THE MET REGISTRATION If you need a listening ear, friendship with other moms, your kids involved in a fun program, delicious breakfast buffets, advice from seasoned moms, then you need MOPS at The MET. Two dynamic groups meet two Friday mornings per month (August – May) from 9:15 – 11:45a.m. Childcare is provided upon registration. Register online at TheMETonline.org/MOPS or visit us at facebook.com/METmops. If you have any

questions please call (281)890-1900. TEXAS HOLD-EM TOURNAMENT Every other Thursday — If interested call Jack 281256-0265 or Don 281-256-8711. CYPRESS-TOMBALL DEMOCRATS JUNE 20TH MEETING The Cypress-Tomball Democrats will hold their next monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 20th, at a new location: Rudy’s Grill & Cantina, 11760 Grant Rd., Cypress, TX 77429. A meet and greet will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by the general meeting at 7:00 p.m. June’s guest speaker will be Lydia D. Avila, with the Texas Sierra Club. Ms. Avila will discuss the Sierra Club’s efforts to inform communities of the EPA’s recently announced carbon (or greenhouse gas) protections. All are welcome to join this growing club. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month. For more information, contact Olga Moya at cytomdems@yahoo.com.

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PERSONAL CLASSIFIEDS

FOR SALE: 7 foot countertop unit with lots of storage underneath! $140. Great for garage projects! 3 Natural Wood computer desks, different sizes—great for kids, dorms, small spaces. Beautiful. Prices $40-65 varies by sizes. Call message line 281-655-1918, or email georgiacsb@gmail.com WANTED: Looking for someone to drive my daughter home from Willow Wood Junior High Mon - Thurs. Will pay for this service. We live on Birchview Dr. Please call Julie at 832-797-3465.

FOR SALE: Kymco 2ZX50 - 2005 moped. Showroom condition 665 miles, street legal and easy to ride $699 David 281-627-3361

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ACC APPLICATION

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Before making any improvements/repairs or additions to your home, please request a copy of the ACC Application from SCS Services or the application can be obtained by downloading from the SCS website (http://www.scsmgmt.com).

Graduation Announcements Congratulations Sidney Watts on your graduation from Tomball High School and your acceptance into the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University. WAR EAGLE! We love you, Mom, Dad and Justin

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A Message From Malcomson Road Utility District

Dear Water Customer, As you are aware, Malcomson Road Utility District is responsible for providing water and sewer services in our neighborhood. The Board of Directors for the District has chosen Environmental Development Partners, “EDP” as our new operating company to serve the District. Beginning Monday, May 7th, 2012, all calls for water and sewer service, all water and sewer billing questions and all other questions pertaining to water and sewer service should be directed to EDP at 832-467-1599. Emergency calls are responded to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Malcomson Road UD is not affiliated with your Home Owners Association. H.O.A. matters should be directed to your H.O.A. or its management company. Most issues can be resolved without a trip to EDP’s offices, so please call before going to the office. Should you need to visit EDP’s office, it is located near HWY 290 and Jones Road, at 17495 Village Green Drive. Please call for directions. The mailing address for your water bill payment is changing and the account number for your bill is changing. The new mailing address for your water bill payment will be P.O. Box 690928,

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Houston Texas 77269-0928. The new account numbers will appear on the water bills being mailed on or about May 24th, 2012. The water bill being mailed on April 24th, 2012 will have the new return address printed on the bill stub and will include a return envelope. If you are making online payments please use the new account number and mailing address to ensure proper delivery and posting of your payment. During the first two weeks after May 7th, 2012, it may take a bit longer for your payment to clear your bank; please be patient. If your payment doesn’t clear within a 14 day period after sending your payment to the District, please call EDP. A magnetic business card that you may place on your refrigerator for future reference is included with this notice. We look forward to a successful transition and many years of service to the District from EDP. Thank You, Board of Directors Malcomson Road UD

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Block Captains Ashvale Drive Birchview (north) Birchview (south)

16023

Tyson Dees

281-376-2605

Lake Drive

15827

Roseann Miller

281-379-2492 millers92@sbcglobal.net

16018

Angie Stewart

281-660-6043 Astewart222@aol.com

Lakegrove Bend

11807

Beverly & She Pard Curelop

281-257-4986

Lakegrove Ct.

16114

Liz Curtain

Lakegrove Forest

16102

Pat Serafin

Lakewood Crossing Dr.

NEED

Lakewood Field Ct.

11327

Lakewood Field Dr.

NEED

Lakewood Grove Dr.

16222

Char Crowley

Lakewood Trail

11831

Beth Clark Peyton Cascarelli Karen Stephens

NEED Don/Karen Rabel

Briar Canyon

11707

Broad Oak Ct.

NEED

Brown Trail

11411

Laurie Schuetzner

11927

Kellie Greenberg

16114

Trudi Trainor

11630

Lisa Norwood

Brush Canyon Dr. Buckhead Court Buck Springs Tr.

281-370-3897 rabeld@comcast.net

281-251-5419 281-251-8340 klgreen999@pobox.com 281-655-5809 trudi.trainor@sbcglobal.net 832-244-5747 lisanorwood@sbcglobal.net

David Ellington

281-655-0135 lcurtain@comcast.net 281-370-5259 serafin-@msn.com 281-257-9894 david.ellington11@gmail,com 281-376-1621 crowleyca@sbcglobal.net 281-251-3765 Rclark68@comcast.net 281-251-6807 pcascarelli@sbcglobal.net 281-989-5756 knicstephs@yahoo.com

Camillia Tr.

16010

Barbara Dupuy

281-370-4493 bdupuy@comcast.net

Castlegrove Ct.

16106

Taylor Delleney

832-498-9093 tdelleney@hotmail.com

Cedarvale Ln

NEED

Chateau Tr.

11818

Kelly Jarvis

281-379-2226 Kjarvis2008@att.net

Lochberry Ct.

11731

Zelma Mikolajcayk

Chestnut Tr.

16210

Wendy Bevard

832-868-6021 wendybevard@sbcglobal.net

Maple Falls Ct.

15806

Dacia Alford

Country Tr.

15835

Magda Lopez

281-655-0787 magdalopezb@yahoo.com

Maple Falls Dr.

11415

Joe Orr

Deerpath Ct.

NEED

Maplewick Dr.

15810

Frost River Ct.

11311

Douggie Scott/ Maria Iglesias

Maycrest Ct.

16011

Gatesden Dr.

11743

Tracy Smith

Moccasin Ct.

11719

Susan Cline

Gray Forest Tr. (West)

11846

Helen Brzymiallkiewicz

281-320-1836 jdsmti@aol.com 281-374-9856 topforty@swbell.net 281-379-5257 brzymialkiewicz@msn.com

Newlands Ct.

11814

Lisa Druzbik

Gray Forest Tr. (East)

11719

Darrell Schoolcraft

281-376-1294 Darrell.schoolraft@sug.com

Oak Island Dr.

15814

Dee Dee Flores

281-370-6161 ddftex@aol.com

Gray Trail Ct.

11846

Helen Brzymiallkiewicz

15818

Ann Embry

281-257-9091 aembry@comcast.net

Guernsey Dr.

11703

Laura Traux Lisa Watts

Pecan Canyon Ct.

11506

Joe Allen

281-514-6964 Joseph.allen@hp.com

Hermitage Oaks Dr.

15935

Mary Vatuna

Ridgewick Ct.

11510

Rachel Martin

281-370-8092 rachelmartin@comcast.net

Heron Tr.

16006

Amy Austin

Shadow Pass Trail

NEED

11506

Rena Malinowski

281-379-5257 brzymialkiewicz@msn.com 281-655-5997 LauraJTruax@gmail.com   713-304-3047 lm.watts@att.net 281-379-2636 tmvatuna@yahoo.com 281-257-3658 Amy_Austin@hotmail.com 281-376-1422 rena@r-malinowski.com

Summerstone Ct.

11602

Teal Hollow Lane

11607

Hidden Grove Ct. Hidden Grove Tr. Kingsbarn Ct.

NEED 11423

Rob Gordon

616-915-7791 rob.gordon@mcfa

Laurel Cove

15810

Laurel Meadow

NEED

Little Orchard Ct.

11402

Kim Mitchell

Timber Grove Ct. Wild Grove Ct.

16102

Stephanie Bahn Stephanie Valdes

Pat/Melissa Wilson Donna Carnahan

281-655-0397 kmitchell8@comcast.net 281-379-3635 zelmamik@hotmail.com 817-723-1362 Alford10@aol.om 281-251-2318 orr281@gmail.com 281-257-3967 sb1hot1@sbcglobal.net 832-594-0443 smcline1557@yahoo. com. 281-304-9183 ladruzbik@earthlink.net

Mel4612@yahoo.com 281-379-5665 dkcarnahan@comcast.net

Cherie Boudreau

832-559-3488 cher4916@comcast.net

David Gallegos

281-655-7655 dgallegos@comcast.net

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Lakewood Grove Comedy Magician Harry Maurer

Searching for volunteers for the fall school year

Here is something fun to do as a family this Father's Day weekend! Houston Family Arts Center (www.houstonfac.com) is a lovely family-focused theater here in our area that puts out great theater and has a phenomenal children's academy, as well. It is hosting a series of shows on Father’s Day We e k e n d . T h e website gives you complimentary magic tricks as part of the show promotion. Fun for the family! Las Vegas and Atlantic City Comedy Magician Harry Maurer will be performing at the Houston Family Arts Center presenting clean and fun shows filled with comedy, drama, danger, spectacle, surprise, puzzlement and wonder to benefit the HFAC Actor’s Academy! Showtimes are: Friday, June 15th........ 8:00pm Saturday, June 16th...... 6:00pm and 8:30pm Sunday, June 17th........ 2:00pm and 7:00pm Tickets for the kids are $15 and adults are $25. It would make a cool Father's Day outing/gift. Register: http://goo. gl/4fK03

Center for Cultural Interchange is looking for volunteer hosts for foreign students. These students need a caring and safe environment to stay for the school year. Our students come from over 60 countries and are high school aged. They have their own spending money and are fully insured. Hosts are required to provide a bed and meals in their home. Searching for volunteers for the fall school year now. For more information or to get started please contact Jennifer Tausworthe at 713-203-6556 jennifer4cci@ aol.com

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Rosehill Christian School Student Wins Scholarships from CCU Rosehill Christian School Senior Wayne McCullough signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Colorado Christian University. Wayne, a member of the National Honor Society, has received both academic and athletic scholarships from CCU. Colorado Christian Head Coach Kevin Lubbers was also impressed with Wayne’s All-State Recognition and his contribution to the RCS Eagles State Semi-Finalist status earlier this year. The 6’4” point guard has led the Eagles basketball team in rebounds, assists, steals and 3-pointers. Colorado Christian University is a NCAA Division II university located in Lakewood, a suburb of Denver. CCU is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference which includes 14 universities. Wayne has attended Rosehill Christian School since kindergarten and has played football, baseball, and basketball for the school. He has thrived under the coaching of RCS coaches Ed Lamar and Jonathan Whitson. He has also been playing for Lamar’s AAU teams. While he will miss the personal attention and encouragement from both coaches, he is excited about the prospect of playing for CCU. Pictured with Logan are his parents, Cindy and Doug McCullough (front) and Coaches Jonathan Whitson and Ed Lamar (back row) www.rcseagles.org

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Lakewood Grove Women! Following the July 4th holiday, my wife handed me my updated “Honey Do” list. When we were first married, she’d put Post It notes at the breakfast table, to remind me of this thing, or that. Of course, I’d peel them away as I dealt with each reminder. Still, her reminders started getting ahead of me. In fact, the collection of sticky little squares of paper got so thick and uneven, I began having problems keeping my cereal bowl level. So, in the interest of keeping things neat, I asked if she’d slip the notes into the in-box atop my desk. That worked for a while. Eventually, she got her own in-box, labeled “Honey Do.” Then, her own file drawer. Well, you get the idea. Which is why when she put “The List” on the dining room table, I was reminded of an old cell phone commercial. The one where the gal puts the cell phone bill on the table and the table promptly collapses under the weight. Gratefully, Laura took the time to collate, index, prioritize and bind “The List” into a nice, thick binder. It’s really quite pretty the way she color coded the priorities – even if there is a lot of red. Like any good and dutiful husband, I’ve been working my Honey Do these past few weeks. I’m proud to say that I’m more than half way through and most of the red stuff is gone! However, this musing isn’t about “The List.” Rather, it got me thinking about the way women’s minds work. Now, I’m not an expert on the subject. I don’t think I could live that long. In fact, I don’t

think any man could live that long. Still, there have been stories. Which is why I’d like to relay one ofmy own. For posterity, so to speak. Hopefully, someone out there will bestow a little wisdom upon me. Perhaps something that doesn’t make reference to “The List.” I may have shared this story with one or two of you in recent weeks. If it sounds familiar, I apologize. Still, good material is hard to walk away from. More importantly, truth is stranger – and funnier – than fiction. However, in the interest of keeping it, well, interesting to all who might take the time, I’ll endeavor to embellish, just a bit. I’ve changed names and tweaked details, but not such that you’d notice. If you make it to the end of my narrative, drop me a note. Share your thoughts. Just don’t mention “The List.” Sorry, I already said that. A few years ago, I took up swimming at a local indoor pool. I’d been having some back problems and was looking for a way to keep the blood pumping without abusing myself too much. The pool is part of a larger facility, owned and operated by one of the local hospitals, which serves as a both a gym and out patient rehabilitation center. When I first showed up, it became immediately evident that I was the youngest person there. Before my arrival, the average age was about seventy. After my arrival, it was still about seventy. However, I did double the male population. I met (Continued on Page 11)

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(Women! - Continued from Page 10) Bob – not his real name - at the pool. Whenever the senior aerobics class is in session, Bob and I share the lap lane. Venturing into the main area of the pool during class is not all together safe. The classes are large and the students rowdy. Any poor soul there to swim laps could get roughed up if he ventures outside the lap lane, during class. Bob is somewhere on the other side of ninety years of age. He was a stunt man in Hollywood, as heputs it, “When they knew how to make movies.” He’s fond of telling me that whenever you saw Tom, Roy, or Big John kicking butt on the big screen, that was his butt getting kick. Of course, he says he’d have stayed with Vaudeville if George hadn’t run him out of town for hitting on Gracie. The first time I met Bob, he was walking into the pool room sporting a snorkel mask and a pair of flesh tone Speedos. He waved to all the ladies, in the class, as he shuffled to the edge of the pool. In perfect unison, the gals all waved back and said, “Hi Bob.” Once in the water, he swam with an unusual style. The closest thing to Bob’s swimming style that I can reference are Patrick Duffy’s underwater swim scenes from the ill-fated ‘70’s TV show “Man from Atlantis.” For an hour each day, Bob swims from one end of the pool to the other, surfacing only at the pool’s edge to turn around and catch his breath. The rest of Bob’s routine is little more than a ripple below the water. One day I showed up at the pool, while Bob was on vacation. He was visiting relatives in New York and looking

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for some new Speedos. I’d been doing laps for about twenty minutes when the water aerobic class ended. The ladies from the class lined up along the lap lane and began slipping dollar bills into the waist band of my trunks, as I swam past! One or two shouted as I passed, “Work it baby! Work it!” One gal must have been on a “fixed income” because she kept slipping quarters into my shorts. When I got home, I showed Laura the roll of soggy singles and explained to her what had happened. Without a moments hesitation, she relieved me of my wad of cash and shot back, “If I put you in some skimpy Speedos, like Bob, do you think they’d stuff it with tens and twenties?” I kept the quarters to myself. Shortly after Bob returned from his vacation, we were in the men’s locker room, when I mentioned the Incident in the pool. He chuckled a bit and smiled broadly as I recounted my tale. When I’d finished, he shook his head, “Al, I’m glad you’re here. Those women have been running me ragged for months now. It’s good to know you’re here to spell me.” Then, he lowered his head and shook it slightly, “Still, I’m gonna miss all that extra cash. Don’t know what I’m gonna do when I’m in Baton Rouge next month, for the quarter slots.” Albert W. Waterfield July 20, 2009 Copyright © Albert W. Waterfield, 2009

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