Prairie On The Creek - November 2013

THE HORIZON November 2013 Volume 2, Issue 11

The Official Newsletter for the residents of Prairie On The Creek

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EMERGENCY.................................................................911 FIRE.................................................................................911 Kyle Police Dept. (non-emergency).........512-268-3232 (24 hrs.)

Kyle Animal Control...................................... 512-268-8800 Seton Medical Center Hays............................ 512-504-5000 SCHOOLS - HAYS CISD

Susie Fuentes Elementary School................... 512-268-7827 Chapa Middle School..................................... 512-268-8500 Lehman High School...................................... 512-268-8454 Hays CISD...................................................... 512-268-2141 UTILITIES

City of Kyle (water, sewer, refuse).................. 512-262-1010 CenterPoint Energy (gas)............................1-800-427-7142 To report gas leaks........................................1-888-876-5786 Pedernales Electric Cooperative..................1-888-554-4732 OTHER NUMBERS

Kyle Library.................................................... 512-268-7411 Kyle Post Office.............................................. 512-268-5541 Kyle Municipal Court..................................... 512-262-3994 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tawana Henderson................................................. President Amy Hunter.....................................................Vice President Beatrice Vela.............................................................Secretary Rey Sigala.................................................................Treasurer John Nice.................................................................Alternate COMMITTEES

OPEN.............................................. Social Committee Chair Kevin Covington.. Architectural Review Committee member Carolyn Harkins... Architectural Review Committee member

IMPORTANT DATES November 3, 2013 Daylight Saving Time

November 9, 2013 Neighborhood Garage Sale November 11, 2013 Veteran’s Day Holiday November 25 – 29, 2013 Hays CISD Student Holiday November 28, 2013 Thanksgiving Day

CITY OF KYLE EVENTS November 2, 2013 2013 Fall Fishing Tournament (Lake Kyle) November 5, 2013 Kyle City Council Meeting November 10, 2013 Kyle Public Library Board Meeting November 14, 2013 Kyle City Council Meeting

SAVE THE DATES

December 4, 2013 Santa’s Arrival, School Choir & Tree Lighting Ceremony (City Square Park & Historic Kyle City Hall) December 25, 2013 Christmas Day December 19 – January 3 Hays CISD Student Holiday

HOA MANAGEMENT

Alliance Association Management 512-328-6100 www.allianceonline.net Jessica Hamilton........................................Property Manager For questions or concerns in your neighborhood contact our Property Manager at info@allianceonline.net.

NEWSLETTER INFORMATION Editor..........................................prairieonthecreek@peelinc.com Publisher, Peel, Inc........................................... 512-263-9181 Advertising.................................... advertising@PEELinc.com 2

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COOK’S CORNER

Chicken Salad on Sourdough Toast INGREDIENTS • 1 can (10 ounces) chicken in water • ¼ cup low-fat sour cream • ¼ cup Greek yogurt • 1 stalk celery, finely chopped • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard • 1 teaspoon seasoned salt • ¼ cup sliced almonds • ¼ cup dried cranberries • 4 slices sourdough bread • ¼ cup spinach leaves • 1 large tomato, sliced, optional DIRECTIONS Combine chicken, sour cream, yogurt, celery, mustard, salt, almonds and cranberries in a large bowl and mix well.

Lightly toast bread. Top with chicken mixture and spinach leaves. Add sliced tomatoes if desired. Serve immediately.

Servings: 2 Serving size: 1 sandwich Per servings: 847 calories, 53.3 g protein, 27.2 g fat, 94.7 g carbohydrates, 7.1 g dietary fiber, 1,173 mg sodium, 18.7 g sugar, 66 mg cholesterol NOTES If you want a creamier texture, increase the amount of sour cream and decrease the amount of yogurt.

Also, you can always substitute the chicken and use the leftover Thanksgiving turkey!!!!

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME When we change our clocks: Most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time. In the U.S., clocks change at 2:00 a.m. local time. In spring, clocks spring forward from 1:59 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.; in fall, clocks fall back from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.

In the U.S., 2:00 a.m. was originally chosen as the changeover time because it was practical and minimized disruption. Most people were at home and this was the time when the fewest trains were running. It is late enough to minimally affect bars and restaurants, and it prevents the day from switching to yesterday, which would be confusing. It is early enough that the entire continental U.S. switches by daybreak, and the changeover occurs before most early shift workers and early churchgoers are affected.

Some U.S. areas: For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and Arizona. The Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, even in Arizona, due to its large size and location in three states.

A safety reminder: Many fire departments encourage people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks because Daylight Saving Time provides a convenient reminder. “A working smoke detector more than doubles a person’s chances of surviving a home fire,” says William McNabb of the Troy Fire Department in Michigan. More than 90 percent of homes in the United States have smoke detectors, but one-third are estimated to have dead or missing batteries.

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LET’S KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN If you have any unwanted mail, i.e. phonebooks, magazines, etc., please do not leave it on the ground at the mailbox.

Please dispose of it properly. Recycling them is great for the environment!!!

Prairie On The Creek Neighborhood Garage Sale

Saturday November 9, 2013 It’s that time again. Time to clean out those closets, attics, garages, and get ready for our Bi-Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale!!! All residents in the neighborhood are invited to join in the event, and the Association will take care of all the advertising!! The garage sale will be Saturday, November 9th from 7am – 1pm. So let’s sale, sale, sale!!!!

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Secret Santa Gift Program WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF YOU SMELL GAS? The natural gas industry has an excellent safety record.

Still, it’s important for customers to know what to do if they suspect a natural gas leak. Natural gas actually has no odor, so CenterPoint Energy adds a scent similar to rotten eggs to help customers detect a leak. If someone smells natural gas inside or outside the home, they should follow these steps; Step 1 Leave immediately on foot! Individuals should not use electric switches, telephones (or cell phones) or anything that could cause a spark. Individuals should also not try to start or drive their car.

Step 2 Go to a safe location. Then, call the CenterPoint Energy Gas Leak Hotline (see below) and 911. Customers should never assume someone else has reported the leak. They should also alert their neighbors. CenterPoint Energy checks suspected natural gas leaks at no cost to customers.

Step 3 Never try to repair a natural gas leak; leave all repairs to a trained technician.

Would you like to help us make the holidays brighter for hundreds of Central Texas foster children! Secret Santa is a special holiday gift program of the Adoption Coalition of Texas (ACT) helping Child Protective Services and foster families provide gifts and spread holiday cheer to Central Texas foster children through the generosity of community donors.

If you would like to be a Secret Santa this year and purchase holiday gifts for a Central Texas foster child, please email your name, email address and contact phone number to ACTSecretSanta@gmail.com. The gift drop-off days will be at several Austin-area locations on Wednesday through Saturday, December 4 – 7, and caseworkers will be picking up the gifts the following week. Once you sign up to be a donor, we’ll send you all the details. Last year, thanks to the kindness of people like you, we brought smiles to the faces of more than 350 foster children!

The Adoption Coalition is a partnership of nonprofit adoption agencies and Child Protective Services working together to find forever families for abused and neglected children waiting for adoption. These are usually older children, sibling groups and children with special needs. For information about ACT and adoption, visit www.adoptioncoalitiontx.org.

CenterPoint Energy Gas Leak Hotline: 888-876-5786 Source: CenterPoint Energy TouchPoint

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Attention residents, there have been numerous complaints of animal feces found on their lawns. Please be courteous and pick up after your pet(s). It is also a violation of the law to allow your pet to defecate on someone’s property without removing it. The ordinance and penalty is listed below.

Part II. Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5. Animals Article II. General Regulations Sec. 5-40. Animal defecation in certain areas. (a) Prohibited. It is unlawful for the owner or person in control of an animal to intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence allow or permit such animal to defecate on any public property or improved private property other than that of the owner of the animal. That the animal was at large at the time it defecated on any property shall constitute a prima facie evidence that the owner or person in control of the animal allowed or permitted the animal to so act. (b) Exception. It is an exception to the application of this section that the owner or person in control of the animal immediately removed and cleaned up such animal’s feces from public or private property.

(Ord. No. 287-1, § 34, 2-1-2005; Ord. No. 713, § 1, 11-20-2012) Sec. 5-2. Penalty. (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or shall fail to comply therewith, or with any of the requirements thereof, within the city limits shall be deemed guilty of an offense and shall be liable for a fine not to exceed the sum of $500.00. Each day the violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Such penalty shall be in addition to all the other remedies provided herein. (b) A person commits an offense if, with intent to deceive, he knowingly makes a false report or statement, either verbal or written, that is material to an investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter to an animal control officer or other person authorized to enforce provisions of this chapter. (c) A person commits an offense if he reports to a person authorized to enforce provisions of this chapter an offense or incident within that person’s concern knowing that the offense or incident did not occur.

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