Westside at Buttercup Creek

Westside news Volume 3, Number 9

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Official Newsletter of the Westside at Buttercup Creek HOA

September 2012

Meet The Candidates For The Two Available Board Positions

Two out of the five board positions are up for election this year. The election takes place at the annual meeting which will be on Oct. 8th if we have over 500 homeowners at the meeting either in person or by proxy, or Nov. 5th if there were not enough attending the October meeting. We have three candidates running for the two board positions. They are: Jerry Bordic, Denis Domanski and Travis Krischke. At the annual meeting the candidates will have a few minutes to present themselves before voting. These project include refinishing of the pools During my time on the Board my plan was ravis rischke decks, purchasing additional pool furniture, adopted for a functional operating statement for My name is Travis V. Krischke. I currently obtaining Water Department approval to run revenue source analysis and detailed cost centers serve on the Westside HOA Board of the Waterscape at Kay Redden pool, painting for administrative, legal, pools, landscape, storage Directors. My wife, Jennie, and I have lived and updating lighting at the pools. Christmas facility, insurance and capital expense. As a result in Westside Preserve with our two children decorations at the entrance ways, adding and revenue source and expense elements are now Garrett and Emily for almost five years. We updating landscaping, and assisting other Board clearly identified thereby significantly improving enjoy the amenities, atmosphere and quality of members with their projects. the fiscal management and budgeting process life that the neighborhood provides. I would I enjoy working as a neighbor with neighbors of your Association. Over the years this has like to continue serving the homeowners of to make our community a sought after place to contributed to increased cash reserves sufficient Westside Preserve. Professionally I work for live. I firmly believe in treating people equally to meet large capital repairs to pools, other costly Absolute Software headquartered in Austin. I with respect for their concerns and needs, while improvements and replacement of assets. have also served on the HOA Modifications working to insure that one of their most valuable Main elements of my past background consist Committee. I believe my experience, common assets, their home, grows in value and our of the following; sense values and commitment to working in community continues to provide a safe, friendly • U.S. Marine Corp Officer, active duty four the best interest of the community qualify me and healthy environment. years and eight years in the reserves for the Board. Thank you for your support. I ask that you attend the Annual Homeowners • MBA Graduate of the University of meeting and support me in my re-election bid Georgia ennis omanski to the Board. • Retired from Exxon Company USA with I and my wife, Dodie, have lived in Westside 29 years’ service Preserve for five years. Prior to moving here we erry ordic • Past President of a Community Association resided in Franklin Tennessee where I was on After serving over eight years on the Board in Houston the Homeowners Board of Directors for 10 of of Directors and the Treasurer for seven years • Past President of Exxon Retiree Club of the 12 years we lived there. I currently serve on I resigned March 2012. My resignation was Lake Houston Westside Preserve’s Home Owners Board of because of my hip replacement surgery in I continue to have sufficient time, energy Directors as Vice President, which I have done March and the uncertainty about recovery and interest to devote to the management for the past 2 years of my 3 year term. I have and my ability to carry out my responsibilities. of the Association and request your vote so worked on coordinating and planning various Happily, I’m 95% recovered and much better I may resume working for the benefit of the projects for the betterment of the neighborhood. than before the replacement. homeowners beginning in November 2012.

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Westside at Buttercup Creek BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President, Darrell Park......................darrelljpark@yahoo.com V. President, Dennis Domanski..... ddomanski@austin.rr.com Secretary, Terra Thomas......................... terrac13@yahoo.com Treasurer, Travis Krischke..............traviskrischke@yahoo.com Director, Natalie Woods................... natalie@radiorandy.com HOA Website........................................www.westsidehoa.org

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COMMITTEES Do you want to help out in the community but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of time? Join one of the following Committees and help out as much or as little as you want. Cave Preserve............. Darrell Park..........darrelljpark@yahoo.com Communications...... Randy Woods........randy1@radiorandy.com Fence.......................... Ross Burns...................... rburns@texas.net Landscaping.................Jerry Bordic.............. jbordic@sbcglobal.net ............................. Jennifer Fontana... jfbdinfo9.3@sbcglobal.net Modifications..........Torsten Weirich ...........torsten@weirich.com Neighborhood Watch....Phil Crochet................philjcrochet@yaoo.com Pool.............................Jay Clover...............jay.clover@yahoo.com Social........................ Terra Thomas.............. terrac13@yahoo.com 2

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Westside Haunted Trail Committee Westside Haunted Trail Committee needs NEW members. We are in desperate need of committee members. Without a full committee, we will NOT have a Haunted Trail this year. COMMITTEE MEMBER MUST BE WILLING TO: • Attend ALL preparation meetings • Take on some projects • Help Set-up (1 Full Day) & Tear Down (Half Day) trail • Participate in Trail • Once committee is set up, we will be recruiting volunteers to be in Trail. All Trail participants MUST be high school age or older. If interested in a committee position, please email westsidehauntedtrail@gmail.com.

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Westside at Buttercup Creek Dental Tips From The Dark Corner Of The Mouth

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By Darrell Park, D.D.S. People ask me all the time if they should use mouthwash. Most of the time my answer is to go ahead if you think it helps, but most people will be just fine if they brush twice a day for two minutes each time, and floss once a day. In my opinion, most mouthwashes aren’t going to help you that much more. Many even contain alcohol, which at first may seem good for killing germs, but it also constricts blood vessels which may not be the best thing for your gums. Some mouthwashes don’t contain alcohol, but do contain other great ingredients like Zytex which don’t just mask bad breath, but actually help break down the chemicals that cause bad breath. A well known and widely used brand is called Breath Rx, and it can be found at some drug stores and online. Personally, I just brush and floss. However, the next time we are having a close conversation, feel free to let me know if you think I should add one more weapon to the arsenal. Over the past several months I’ve covered a variety of dental topics, but I’m confident there are people out there that have questions about other dental related things. So here’s your chance to ask some questions and get some answers. Email me your dental related questions at darrelljpark@yahoo.com, and I will post your anonymous question along with the answer. It can be about anything dental, including but not limited to procedures, education, research, controversies, products, etc… I’m looking forward to some great questions. Don’t let me down.

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Fly Control

Westside at Buttercup Creek

By Howard Garrett

Westside at Buttercup Creek

Fly control with water bags is a solution that some restaurants, farms and homeowners have used with great success. Hanging clear plastic bags of water can completely eliminate fly problems and it seems to be growing in use. One theory is that flies mistake the bags as spider webs. Something about the way the water bulging in a clear plastic bag causes a prism effect and confuses the flies. Who knows what flies think? Maybe they just don’t feel comfortable flying around a place that hangs up bags of water. The rounder and plumper the bag, the better the fly control. Bags that get dusty or dirty need to be cleaned or replaced or they won’t work. Some people recommend putting a few pennies in the bag, but water without the pennies seems to work. Another theory is that houseflies are defenseless, nervous and don’t like to sit still when they see something moving nearby, because it could be a predator. Water bags act like lenses and exaggerate the movements of people and plant foliage. Just the shifting of light and dark in the water bags could be interpreted as dangerous movement. Other insects aren’t bothered as much by the bags apparently because they have different kinds of eyesight. Give it a try - it really seems to work.

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If you ever wanted to see something again from an old HOA newsletter, you can just go to the HOA website, www.westsidehoa. org, and click on the “Newsletter” link in the left column. That will take you to a page with links to all the past digitized newsletters. There is also a link that will take you to our HOA page on Peel’s website. This will give you even more newsletter options, like how to submit articles, how to receive newsletters electronically via email and also how to advertise in the newsletter. Go check it out!

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Teenage Job Seekers Westside at Buttercup Creek Name Age Phone

Baby Sitting CPR

Dog House Walking Sitting Lifeguard

Pet Sitting

Yard Work

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Ainsley.................................9.............. 284-2476.............................................. •............... •........................................ •................................................................... Phoebe................................11............. 284-2476............. •............................... •............... •........................................ •................................................................... Jessy....................................12............. 983-2293............. •................................................ •........................................ •............................. •..................•................. Brandon.............................14............. 948-6058............................................................... •........................................ •...............•................................................... Claire..................................14............. 750-2923............. •..............•................ •............... •........................................ •............................. •..................•................. Codie..................................13............. 382-6139............. •................................................ •........................................ •............................. •..................•.................

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Maddy................................13............. 761-4640............. •................................................ •........................................ •................................................................... Morgan...............................14............. 900-0489............. •................................................ •........................................ •................................................................... Sian.....................................13............. 568-5833............................................................... •........................................ •.................................................•................. Ashley.................................16............. 739-1611............. •................................................ •........................................ •................................................................... Jake....................................15............. 574-5667............. •................................................ •........................................ •...............•................................................... Clay....................................16............. 335-1848.................................................................................... •................... •.................................................•................. Melanie...............................17............. 417-3818............. •................................................ •........................................ •............................. •..................•................. Amanda..............................17............. 529-9070............. •................................................ •........................................ •............................. •..................•................. Ashley.................................13............. 791-9326............. •............................... •............... •........................................ •.................................................•................. Evan....................................15............. 788-6317.............................................. •................ •......................................... •.................................................•.................

ATTENTION: Teenage Job Seekers is a list of kids in the neighborhood who would like to work for you by doing things like babysitting, dog walking, pet sitting, house sitting, yard mowing etc… If you are a kid in the neighborhood and would like to add you name to the list, just have one of your parents send your name, age, contact info and jobs that you do to westsidenewseditor@yahoo.com and we will add you to the list. Let’s get these kids that want to work busy!

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Santa Clause Is Coming To Town! Santa is coming to Kay Redden Park on Sunday December 16, 2012 from 3-5pm. Festivities will include a petting zoo, hot chocolate, s’mores, and of course pictures with Santa (please bring your own camera). Please bring food donations for Hill Country Community Ministries along with new and unwrapped toys for Toys For Tots donations. Hope to see you all there! Volunteers needed...please contact Nancy at ntownsend1@att.net

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