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BRIARHILLS

The Briar Beat

NOVEMBER 2013

The Official Publication of The Briarhills POA

VOLUME 1, ISSUE 7

POA ELECTION RESULTS

Recycling Day Saturday, November 16th, 9 AM to 2 PM at the parking lot behind the Conoco gas station, N. Eldridge and N. Dairy Ashford, just north of I-10. For more information visit http://www.energycorridor.org/news/calendar/ event?event=recycle-event.

We thank everyone who voted on October 8th, providing a solid quorum of members for the second election attempt. At the meeting that evening, POA members elected three directors for 20132015: Cecilia Brown, Tom Mikus, and Warren Murdoch. They join the four 2012-2014 directors: Luis Cartagenova, Eduardo Garcia-Rameau, James Gilmer, and Lawton Park. There was no quorum of directors for a board meeting that evening, so the election of officers by the s had not occurred as of this writing. We thank outgoing directors Diane Cartwright and Arnold Witte for serving since 2011.

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Trash collection...............................................713-733-1600 Amenity tags...................................................281-558-7422 Tennis courts...................................................281-558-7422 Pool parties......................................................281-558-7422 Clubhouse rental.............................................281-558-7422 Marquee messages...........................................281-558-7422 ADVERTISING INFORMATION Please support the businesses that advertise in the Briar Hills Beat. Their advertising dollars make it possible for all Briar Hills residents to receive the monthly newsletter at no charge. If you would like to support the newsletter by advertising, please contact our sales office at 888-687-6444 or advertising@PEELinc.com. The advertising deadline is the 8th of each month for the following month's newsletter. NEWSLETTER INFORMATION

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MOVIE NIGHT AT BRIARHILLS PARK ON NOVEMBER 7TH AT 6:30 PM Movie night is a golden opportunity for our community to come together and have a night out. Your POA board is implementing Movie night on November 7th at 6:30 pm in the quad area near the playground on Briarhills Parkway. We will have a Big Screen outside for everyone enjoyment. Please bring your lawn chairs and coolers and enjoy a great movie. We will provide or subsidized snacks such as Popcorn, Nachos, Hot Dogs and Snow Cones. We will show one of the 3 movies Blind Side, Despicable Me 2 or Despicable Me 3. We hope everyone in our community will participate in this 1st Annual Movie Night Out to strengthen our community bond and for us to get to know one another better. I look forward to seeing you at Movie Night on November 7th at 6:30 pm. Our Retail partner Blue Sky Liquor on Briarhills Parkway & HWY 6 will provide Free Ice with any purchase.

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Effective Saturday, September 28, 2013, all tennis court reservations must be made online on Briarhills. org. You must have a Briarhills.org log-in account in order to access the online reservation system. If you do not have an account, please register online at Briarhills. org as soon as possible because the webmasters may take 48 hours or more to verify that you are a POA or HOA resident before activating your account. Please note the following guidelines: • When you make a reservation, the website will send you an email confirming your reservation. You may use this email as proof that you have reserved the tennis court for that particular time and day. • You must be at the tennis court no later than 15 minutes after the reserved start time. If you are not, others are allowed to use the court. • As a courtesy to others, please cancel your reservation online if your plans change. • The tennis courts may NOT be used for professional purposes without a current written contract with Briarhills POA. Please contact the POA office if you are giving paid tennis lessons.

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