The Dominion - September 2012

THE OUTLOOK SEPTEMBER 2012

The

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OUTLOOK News for the Residents of The Dominion

Falling for Color San Antonio-Style

By Mark A. Peterson Many folks have relocated to San Antonio and had to leave their previous landscaping experience behind.

First of all, welcome!

There are a couple of important things to note about your new hometown: Humidity and hot temperatures are facts of life, but it does cool down eventually.

Still, San Antonio does present unique opportunities for gardening, so it helps to know what to plant for a beautiful landscape that doesn’t cost a fortune to maintain.

For new residents from the Northeast who crave good fall color, there’s Bigtooth maple, crape myrtle and sumac, as well as pansies, petunias and geraniums.

If you’re a transplant from the southwest U.S. or northern Mexico, you can grow most of the plants you’re familiar with, and very likely with less irrigation.

And for our new residents from interior Mexico, your native plants like bougainvillea and poinsettia will fare well here albeit with special care.

Check out our new website for ideas on water conservation, recommended plants and a review of drought regulations. SAWS also offers free conservation consultations and landscape assistance, which can help you seamlessly adjust to your new climate.

Mark A. Peterson is a conservation project coordinator for San Antonio Water System.

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WHAT ARE CC&RS? When The Dominion was developed, the developer filed with the state a series of documents designed to uphold design and the integrity of our community and set forth the duties of The Dominion Homeowners Association (HOA) as well as the responsibilities of each of us, the owners. These documents are called the CC&R’s (Conditions, Covenants & Restrictions).

The CC&R’s establish the power and duties of the HOA and regulate both the physical characteristics of The Dominion development and certain restrictions applicable to the residents. Of all of the governing documents, the CC&R’s are often the least understood but inarguably the most important.

Each Dominion homeowner has signed a series of papers, one of which states the owner(s) read the CC&R’s and agree to abide by them.

Each Dominion owner has a contractual agreement with the other owners in our HOA to comply with the CC&R’s. All homeowners should take time to read the CC&R’s. Often, owners first learn of non-compliance with the CC&R’s is through correspondence received by our HOA. Often we focus on the “pain in the neck” aspect of our CC&R’s, but by doing so miss their purpose. The CC&R’s provide a structural framework to help residents of different backgrounds, ideals, and perceptions live together in harmony and by doing so, the community and our property values benefit.

If we had no architectural controls (as spelled out in the CC&R’s) or no ability to correct violations of the Rules & Regulations (also spelled out in the CC&R’s), there would be no harmony and ultimately our community and our property values would suffer. In other words, the CC&R’s are good business…they help ensure our property values are maintained and investments protected.

Submitted by Rob McDaniel FROM THE DOMINION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, The Dominion Board of Directors established the Neighborhood Outreach Committee(NOC) to communicate effectively with the residents and to help in becoming an active community.

The mission of the NOC is: (1) To be the primary body through which the concerns of the Neighborhoods are communicated to the HOA Board of Directors and any committee (2) Provide for enabling neighborhood-level social activities resulting in a more vibrant and healthy community and (3) To coordinate the activities of the New Neighbor Welcome Program The NOC has organized a quarterly “Meet & Greet” to welcome new residents to our community and to bring the community together as a whole.

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from 6:30-8:30pm at the home of NOC chair Carla Ruiz. Please RSVP to juliemacaluso@sbcglobal.net.

ACH FEE WAIVED The Dominion Homeowners Association would like to encourage you to utilize ACH Debit for your monthly HOA dues! It’s free to use just come by our office with a voided check and complete the form and we will debit your account on the 10th day of each month for you. In the event the 10th day falls on a weekend or holiday your account will be debited the following business day. For residents currently taking advantage of ACH there will no longer be a $2.00 fee the withdrawal of HOA assesments. Presently, ACH Debit is not available to Cottage Estates residents. Those residents will need to continue to mail their checks or leave them at the HOA office.

WEB DIRECTORY The Homeowners Association is introducing the new Resident Directory in a streamlined, up-to-date online format to be published with tight security on the Dominion Homeowners Association website.

To submit your information and be listed in the directory, please click this link: http://www.dominionhoa.com/node/230 The site will possibly inform you that you do not have permission to view the form. If that occurs, please just log in as usual, and after authentication you will be returned directly to the form. This is not an error, just a by-product of very tight security. All submissions will be reviewed and published in the new directory as requested.

SECURITY Security related reminders: 1. The speed limit throughout the Dominion is 20mph unless otherwise posted. Please inform your guests and vendors to help keep our streets safe.

2. When entering a temporary guest in QuickPass, please remember to set the admit time if they are expected before 7am. Otherwise our officers will not see your guest on the list until 7am.

3. Only licensed drivers are authorized to drive motorized vehicles on Dominion streets, and this includes golf carts. Unlicensed drivers will be ticketed.

4. Please remind service personnel to use the north or south gates only. We are still turning around many commercial vehicles. This causes delays in processing guests through the main gate.

5. Only one vehicle per gate cycle in the transponder lane, please.

Vehicles that follow too close or don’t wait for the gate to close may have the gate come down on the vehicle. The stop signs are there to prevent tailgating and gate strikes.

6. For residents who own more than one property in the Dominion,

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planted areas of colorful flowers and plants. This is funded by voluntary contributions to be used only for beautification projects at the lakes. please ensure guests are entered for the correct address. Contact security It is not part of the Dominion HOA or the Cottage Estates HOA. or the HOA to ensure you have the log-ins/passwords for each address.

Also, those of you who walk your dogs in the area please clean up 7. If your home is for sale, inform security as soon as possible. after them. The Cottage Estates has had two trash receptacles and Our list is updated weekly and sometimes realtors arrive before our pet stations installed. In some places this is the law. In consideration updates. This will help facilitate entry for those showing the home. of your neighbors please cooperate, walk your pets in the woods or Also, let security know if you wish for realtors to be able to clear undeveloped areas. contractors to your address (inspectors, appraisers, etc.).

One final note; the swans are an added beauty but not pets. Please Submitted by Joseph H. DiStefano Jr. use caution around them. A homeowner feeds them special food daily but they enjoy bread from visitors. Please do not feed them bread with LIFESTYLE mold as that is poisonous for them.

The Cottage Lakes/Park For more information about helping or joining The Friends of the The man made ponds in the Cottage Estates is owned by the Cottage Lakes contact Cookie Belinsky at 27 Aston Glen or leave a note for Estates Homeowners Association but can be enjoyed and used by all of The Dominion. For many years it was entirely maintained by the her at the main guard gate.

Submitted By: Cookie Belinsky Cottage Estates until late 1990’s when The Dominion Homeowners Association agreed to contribute a monthly amount to help with the ANIMAL ISSUES increasing cost of the upkeep and maintenance of this area. The HOA Security has received a report from our neighbors at TMI regarding currently contributes $1,350 per month towards the maintenance of two wild dogs near the south side of the Dominion. One is reddish in the Lakes. color and weighs about 60lbs, the other is white and brown, maybe a Most agree this is the beauty spot in The Dominion and a significant Pit-Bull, and weighs about 40lbs. These dogs appear to roam together, amenity of our neighborhood. The “Friends Of The Lakes” have been established to see the lakes restored to their original beauty with more (Continued on Page 5)

EXPERIENCE COUNTS SALES IN THE DOMINION by Jean Gross

I have worked & lived in The Dominion over a decade. I am totally committed to my neighborhood & I thank all my Buyers & Sellers who have given me their business over the years. Please feel free to call me for accurate market information.

2 Amber Glen ~ 10 Ashley Green 17 Ashley Green ~ 3 Belcourt 13 Burnham Glen ~ 23 Carriage Hills 12 Champions ~ 16 Champions Lane 31 Champions Lane ~ 39 Champions Lane 43 Champions Lane ~ 44 Champions Lane 51 Champions Lane ~ 54 Champions Lane 57 Champions Lane ~ 59 Champions Lane 83 Champions Lane ~ 97 Champions Lane 1 Clubhouse Green ~ 2 Clubhouse Green 6 Cotswold ~ 10 Eton Green Circle 6 Davenport ~ 3 Eden Park 6 Esquire ~ 12 Esquire

Call Jean

1 Duxbury Park ~ 14 Duxbury Park 16 Galleria ~ 5 Henley 8 Highgate ~ 7306 Hovingham 9 Kings Castle ~ 6 Kings Castle 15 Kings View ~ 3 Links Green 5 Links Green ~ 6 Links Green 9 Links Green ~ 2 Mallory 6 Morning Green ~ 8 Morning Green 2 Sarazen ~ 4 Sarazen 3 Trophy Green ~ 2 Turin Court 10 Tuscany ~ 18 Tuscany 7 Venice Court ~ 4 Victory Green 38 Vineyard ~ 40 Vineyard 9 Waterford Glen ~ 136 Westcourt Lane

Gross, REALTOR® ~ 34 years in the Business Luxury Property Analyst #1 Agent in San Antonio 2008 Realty Executives of San Antonio 210.215.6778 Direct JeanGross@realtyexecutives.com

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THE OUTLOOK The Dominion News (Continued from Page 4) are aggressive and have attacked deer on TMI property. Please notify security or the HOA immediately if you see this pair roaming our streets.

NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH President Obama visits The Dominion President Barack Obama visited The Dominion on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 for a private fundraiser at the home of attorney, Mikal Watts.

Speaking in a private indoor basketball court with soaring ceilings, the president acknowledged dignitaries in the audience before his prepared statement. About 75 people attended the event.

Dominion Security Chief, Joseph DiStefano, and his security guards prepared and strategized for over two weeks for the security of the President. Chief coordinated with local and Washington Secret Service and SAPD to discuss local conditions relevant to the security of the event.

“It was a great experience and pleasure to work with Secret Service and SAPD. We worked together toward what turned out to be a flawless and smooth event,” said Chief. The Dominion Security Officers exceeded the expectations of everyone involved.

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Study by Local Researcher Stands in Contrast to U.S.Task Force Recommendations PSA testing may be under fire by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, but a paper published today in the Journal of Urology by a local researcher shows that prostate cancer deaths have declined sharply since it came into regular use.

The “PSA era” — the era in which PSA testing for prostate cancer became routine for about half of the men in the U.S. — began in 1990. Since then, the rate of men dying from prostate cancer has dropped by 44 percent. What’s more, the study found that the enormous disparity in death rates for African American and Caucasian men with advanced disease has shrunk to the point of insignificance.

Ian M. Thompson Jr., M.D., director of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, worked with Catherine M. Tangen, Ph.D., of the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle to analyze the data from three large studies starting in the mid-1980s, and they concluded that PSA testing has a proven positive role in assessing prostate cancer risk.

“While not all of these welcome improvements can be attributed strictly to PSA testing, without a doubt it has played a role in extending many lives,” Dr. Thompson said.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, and the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test is commonly used to look for the markers of prostate cancer.

The PSA test has come under fire for being overused to diagnose prostate cancer without taking other factors into account. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended in May that doctors stop doing routine PSA tests on men of any age.

The task force members looked at data from three different studies suggesting that a focus on PSA screening and treatment in recent years has had marginal benefits at great cost.

But the new analysis stands in contrast to their conclusions.

Dr. Thompson and Dr. Tangen looked at data from three clinical trials done through SWOG, a multi-institutional group that conducts nationwide cancer clinical trials. The studies evaluated patient survival after androgen deprivation treatment (ADT) for prostate cancer.

Median survival in the first trial, which enrolled patients from 1985 to 1986, was 30 months, and median survival in the second, which enrolled patients from 1989 to 1994, was 33 months. In contrast, median survival in the third trial, which enrolled patients from 1995 to 2009, was 49 months.

“What this really means is that PSA testing has an entire range of effects,” Dr. Thompson said. “As shown in an enormous European study of screening, simply screening men with PSA will save some lives. It also means that even if you find the disease when it’s (Continued on Page 7)

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THE OUTLOOK Study by Local Researcher... (Continued from Page 6) advanced — even then — you get a big benefit by finding it earlier.

In so many ways, so many lives are saved.”

For African-American men in the first trial, median survival was 27 months, while in the last trial analyzed, their survival rate had increased to 48 months.

“We hypothesize that this improvement is based on greater awareness of prostate cancer among African-American men, and more willingness to see a doctor about it,” Dr. Thompson said.

However, African-American men have a two- to three-fold greater incidence of newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer compared to white men, and that contributes to a similarly increased mortality rate. “More work is needed to eliminate disparities in prostate cancer,” Dr. Thompson said.

Dr. Thompson has been critical of overreliance on the PSA test, which can lead to unnecessary treatment in healthy men. But he argues that it is an important diagnostic tool, and he and his colleagues designed the Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator, available on the UT Health Science Center website, so that doctors and patients can more easily incorporate PSA counts with other information that would affect a man’s risk.

For current news from the UT Health Science Center, please visit our news release website or follow us on Twitter @uthscsa.

Dominion TNR Update Volunteers for the Dominion TNR Initiative have trapped, neutered, and vaccinated ten cats over the past month. Four kittens are presently in foster care to be socialized and readied for adoption. Efforts are continuing in a number of areas in the Dominion. To report stray or feral cats, request assistance, or volunteer to help with this program, please call Louan LeDoux at (210) 854-8055, Lyn Hicks at (210) 219-9772, Susan Shaked at (210) 744-1200, or the HOA office.

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2012 San Antonio has had an extremely strong year over last for all price categories in Real Estate re-sales, new homes, and custom builds.

GOLF CART FOR SALE Completely refurbished, like new Report date range is all activity for 2012 (1-1-12 to 8-20-12) 4 passenger E-Z-GO electric golf cart. Very seldom driven and HOUSES: in excellent condition. A bargain at $ 4,000. Please call Ed at 30 Houses Sold: 210-698-0657.

COLLECTIBLES FOR SALE Selling my collection of Lalique, SOLD PRICE RANGE Baccaret Erte Bronzes, Sehring Bronzes and many pieces of art work Low $337,500 | High $2,300,000 | Median price range $625,000 unframed. Other antique items available. If interested, please call PRICE PER SQ. FT. Low $91.78 | High $377.97 Jackie at (210) 698-7071 7 Houses Pending: PUPPY TRAINER Looking for a qualified puppy dog trainer.

Smart, lovable 5 month old Sheltie female puppy with a not so LIST PRICE RANGE smart Mommy. I prefer for the puppy to be trained in my home Low $379,000 | High $1,100,000 ­ | Median price range $775,000 at the Cottage Estates. I am also looking for a young student for PRICE PER SQ. FT. puppy sitter/walker for my 7 month old Sheltie. Please call Sylvia Low $121.93 | High $214.85 116 homes Active for sale: at (210) 363-0883.

LIST PRICE RANGE ITEMS FOR SALE 8 seat dinning set with side matching piece and chairs. Iron base solid wood top. 8x12 area rug, import from Low $369,000 | High $2,600,000 | Median price range $784,250 India mixture of silk and wool, brand new. For more information, PRICE PER SQ. FT. Low $91.41 | High $437.71 please call (210) 887-5866 LOTS: ITEMS FOR SALE Vintage American Antique Armoire 45” 65 Lots active for sale: Wide X 80” Deep $800.00 - Southwest Style Framed Artwork - 42” LIST PRICE RANGE Wide X 53” High $450.00 OR 38” Wide X 53” High $400.00 OR 45” Wide X 80” High $750.00. For more information, please Low $105,000 | High $1,500,000 | Median price range $250,000 Median price per Square Foot $10.64 contact Ed at (210) 827-1451 for appointment.

3 Lots pending: LIST PRICE RANGE Low $125,000 | High $350,000 | Median price range $180,000 Median price per Square Foot $7.94 6 Lots Sold: HOUSEKEEPING – 20 years experience. Excellent references. Honest SOLD PRICE RANGE and Dependable. I am also a certified nurse assistant, do elder care, Low $105,000 | High $655,000 | Median price range $252,500 housesitting, and pet care. Please call 210-733-1462 Median price per Square Foot $8.73 Business classifieds (offering a service or product line for profit) are $65, limit 40 words, please contact Peel, Inc. Sales Office at Prepared By: Matthew Resnick, GRI ­KW Luxury International Realty 8/20/12 512-263-9181 or advertising@PEELinc.com.

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THE OUTLOOK FIESTA® SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZED FOR MARKETING EXCELLENCE The Texas Festival and Events Association (TFEA) recently recognized 2012 Fiesta® San Antonio for excellence in events and marketing in 18 different categories. A number of the Fiesta® events, along with the Fiesta® Commission received awards that recognized innovation in event marketing and its components. Fiesta is comprised of over 100 events run by various San Antonio nonprofits that are participating member organizations of the Fiesta® San Antonio Commission.

The events and entities recognized by TFEA include: Fiesta® Flambeau Parade Association | Fiesta® Flambeau Parade In the category of events with a budget of $75,000 - $250,000: • Best New Merchandise • Best Pin or Button • Best Event Invitation • Best Commemorative Poster St. Mary’s University Alumni Association | St Mary’s Oyster Bake In the category of events with a budget of over $750,000: • Best Promotional Poster • Best Event/Program to Benefit a Charity

• Best Public Safety/Security Plan • Best Hat San Antonio Conservation Society | A Night In Old San Antonio In the category of events with a budget of over $750,000 • Best Pin or Button Fiesta® San Antonio Commission Fiesta® Fiesta Opening Ceremony and Overall Fiesta® Marketing In the category of events with a budget of less than $75,000 • Best Event Photograph • In the category of events with a budget of over $750,000 • Best Event Program (4 or More Colors) • Best Promotional Brochure • Best Event Photograph • Best Community Outreach Program for Fiesta Verde, the environmental initiative • Best Event within an Existing Festival for Fiesta® Fiesta • Best T-Shirt Design • Best New Merchandise • Best Miscellaneous Clothing

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The San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustees has announced that it is seeking nominations for the 2012 Library Champion Awards. These awards recognize individuals (not employed by the Library), businesses and community organizations for their substantial involvement with the Library system, or who have contributed time, talent or resources that resulted in the enhancement of library service in San Antonio. The deadline for nominations is September 17, and award recipients will be honored at a ceremony at the Central Library on October 24.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Information and the nomination form are available at http://guides.mysapl.org/librarychamps2012 or by calling (210) 207-2595. Completed forms may be mailed to the San Antonio Public Library Public Relations Office, 600 Soledad Plaza, San Antonio, Texas 78205; faxed to (210) 207-2603; or emailed to esther. sanchez@sanantonio.gov.

The San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustees created the Library Champion Awards in 1996 to honor notable contributions to the Library system. Past award recipients include Dr. Amy Freeman Lee, former San Antonio City Manager Alex Briseño, author Barbara Stanush, Wings Press publisher Bryce Milligan, the Friends of the San Antonio Public Library, the San Pedro Hills Women’s Club, the San Antonio Express-News, and the San Antonio Public Library Foundation.ore relying thereon.

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