Wimbledon Champions - May 2014

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS

May 2014

The Official Newsletter for The Wimbledon Champions Community

2014

Wimbledon Champions H. O. A. Meeting Dates All meetings will be held a t C h a p a r r a l Ma n a g e m e n t Company, 6630 Cypresswood Drive, conference room. The meetings will begin at 6:00pm.

Please note that the meeting has been changed to the third Monday of every other month.

Every resident may sign up for the Wimbledon Champions web-site and receive the agenda for the meetings. To register for the web-site, please go to wimbledonchampionshoa,org and select click here to register for a user name and password.

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Neighborhood

ATTACK ON ANTS The best defense against fire ants is a community wide effort, according to the researchers of Texas A&M. They suggest that an entire community treat for fire ants at the same time, thus reducing the “save zones” fire ants can retreat to when confronted with an insecticide. The recommended procedure would be to treat any visible mounds and then to broadcast insecticide across the entire yard and all flowerbeds.

Our landscape company has already treated the common areas of our property.

Your neighborhood Landscape committee is proposing that we set the weekend of May 17 & 18 as the first “Wimbledon Champions Attack on Fire Ants”! Please consider participating. Tell your neighbors! Check with your favorite garden center for the most effective products. Our landscape company recommends Amdro or Logic. We do not all have to use the same product as long as we all put down something within the given 48 hour period. We will need to treat visible mounds, entire yards and flowerbeds and even outside the fence line. This won’t be effective unless we all participate. Please don’t be the one who allows fire ants a safe haven for breeding!

So pull those broadcasters down and get ready to attack the Wimbledon Champions Ants!

The Wimbledon Champions Landscape Committee

May 19th July 21th September 15th November 17th December Annual Meeting TBD

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IMPORTANT NUMBERS WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS CHAPARRAL MANAGEMENT....................281.537.0957 Stacy Johnston............................................................. Ext. 42 ............................................................. FAX 281.537.0312 ................................sjohnston@chaparralmanagement.com NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEES Newsletter Contact Sharon Connors................................................281.374.8877 Contact for HOA Gayle Jennings..................................................281.374.9889 Landscape Gayle Jennings.................................gmjenn65@sbcglobal.net Kelli Adams..................................... kelliadams@sbcglobal.net Contact for MUD 316 Jimmy T. Watson...............................................281.379.2252 Architectural Control Nicole Wilson.................................................. 281-537-0957 Block Captains Jean Kuecher............................................. jkpuppet@aol.com Communications (Public Relations & Signage/Web) Gayle Jennings.................................gmjenn65@sbcglobal.net Yard of the Month Gayle Jennings, Doris Edmonds Newsletter/Directory Sharon Connors..............................sharonconnors@msn.com Kelli Adams..................................... kelliadams@sbcglobal.net Social Cheryl Garza................................. cheryl.garza@sbcglobal.net Women's Coffee Jean Kuecher............................................. jkpuppet@aol.com EMERGENCY.................................................................911 Sheriff...............................................................713.221.6000 Harris County Constable..................................281.376.3472 Sergeant............................................................281.376.3472 C.C.E.M.S........................................................281.440.4300 N.W. Hospital...................................................281.440.1000 Poison Control Center......................................800.222.1222 Republic Waste..................................................281.446.2030 Fire (Klein VFD)...............................................281.251.0101 Water/Sewer Repairs.........................................281.374.8989 ......................................................................281.379.6948 Centerpoint.......................................................713.207.7777 Street Light Repair............................................713.207.2222 Cypress Creek Library.......................................281.376.4610 SCHOOLS Mittelstadt Elementary......................................832.484.6700 Kleb Middle......................................................832.249.5500 Klein High........................................................832.484.4000 NEWSLETTER PUBLISHER Editor..............................................sharonconnors@msn.com Peel, Inc...................................................... www.peelinc.com Advertising....................................................... 888-687-6444 2

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If you love cabbage, you are going to freak out about how good this is. Now, if you are on the fence about cabbage, you need to try this because this might be the recipe that converts you to a cabbage lover. This is a simple side dish worthy of a dinner party and couldn’t be easier to make. Four ingredients, a couple of minutes to prepare and toss in the oven for an hour. Walla!

Garlic Rubbed Roasted Cabbage Steaks

Ingredients:

1 (approx 2lb) head of organic green cabbage, cut into 1" thick slices 1.5 tablespoons olive oil 2 to 3 large garlic cloves, smashed kosher salt freshly ground black pepper spray olive oil OR non-stick cooking spray

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400F and spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Pull outer leaf off cabbage (it’s usually dirty and nasty looking), cut cabbage from top to bottom (bottom being root) into 1" thick slices. Rub both sides of cabbage with smashed garlic. Use a pastry brush to evenly spread the olive oil over both sides of the cabbage slices.

Finally, sprinkle each side with a bit of kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper. Roast on the middle rack for 30 minutes. Carefully flip the cabbage steaks and roast for an additional 30 minutes until edges are brown and crispy.

Serve hot and enjoy!

Bon Appetit!

If you have a favorite recipe you would like to share with your WC neighbors please call Kelli Adams at 281-374-6246 or email to kelliadams@sbcglobal.net Copyright © 2014 Peel, Inc.

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS of Yard the Month

MAY Congratulations to the Bell Family at 6503 Frasier Point Court The May Yard of the Month award goes to the Bell home located in the Estate Section of Wimbledon Champions. Since this picture was taken in April, you can see an array of Easter decorations including colorful eggs and bunny rabbits peeking through the shrubs. Their yard has multiple flower beds filled with rose, pink, purple, and white Petunias, as well as, deep pink Roses supplying seasonal color. Elaeagnus, Indian Hawthorn, Dwarf Yaupon, Liriope and low-growing Juniper are evergreen shrubs that provide varying height to these gardens. The front door is flanked by potted Italian Cypress and a bright pink Hibiscus Topiary. In appreciation for their superb effort, the Bell family will receive a $50 gift certificate from Plants For All Seasons, their address listed as YOM on the Wimbledon Champions marquee on Cypresswood Drive and color photos on the Peel, Inc. web site for Wimbledon Champions.

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Crossword Puzzle

MAY GARDENING REMINDERS • Plant Spring Annuals and Perennials • Plant Caladium bulbs • Plant Trees, Shrubs, Roses • Apply 2nd application of Preemergents • Apply Lawn Food • Spray to kill visible weeds • Apply granules to control ants

The challenge is to fill every row across, every column down, and every 3x3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Each 1 through 9 digit must appear only once in each row across, each column down, and each 3x3 box.

SUDOKU

View answers online at www.peelinc.com DOWN ACROSS 1. Incline 1. Tack 2. Change 5. Giant 3. Small particle 9. Philippine dish with marinated 4. Compass point chicken or pork 5. Night bird 11. Journalist's question 6. Body snatcher 12. Tiny insects 7. Cultivate 13. Cut of beef 8. Volcano 14. School group 10. Change into bone 15. South 16. Musical productions 17. United States 18. Canadian prov.

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2007. every Feature column, Exchange and The goal is to fill in the grid so that every©row, every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Each digit may appear only once in each row, each column, and each 3x3 box.

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WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS Ayusa, a non-profit organization that promotes global learning and leadership through cultural exchange and leadership programs for high school students from around the world, is looking for American families in the Houston area interested in sharing their America with international high school students for the 2014-2015 school year. Applications for interested Houston area host families are currently being accepted.

“Sharing the American experience with an international student is a unique opportunity for the average American to profoundly impact the life of a teenager, and provide them with a positive, transformational experience that they will remember for the rest of their lives,” said Sherry Carpenter, executive director of Ayusa. “Houston host families are in a great position to show international exchange students an especially authentic slice of American life, which is one reason we are actively looking for Houston area host families.”

Ayusa foreign exchange students come from more than 60 countries, are fully insured, bring their own spending money, and are proficient in English. Whether from Japan or Brazil, India or Sweden, Ukraine or Mexico, France or Lebanon, foreign exchange students are a window into another culture and a great way to travel the world without leaving your home.

“Houston host families are the heart and soul of Ayusa’s foreign exchange program,” said Vicki Odom, Community Representative for Ayusa, and the local contact for Houston and the surrounding towns. “Local families have been hosting Ayusa exchange students for the last six years, and the experience has been transformative for the students, who blossom in the local community through support from the families and schools.”

There is no “typical” American host family and Ayusa welcomes all interested families, with or without children, from both urban and rural communities. Host families provide three meals a day and a bedroom (either private or shared). Each student is supported by a professionally trained community representative from Ayusa who works with the family and student for the entire program. All host families must pass a criminal background check and a home visit by an Ayusa representative.

Ayusa has been a member of the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET) for more than 25 years – since its foundation. CSIET evaluates U.S.-based youth exchange programs so that students, families and schools can identify inbound and outbound reputable exchange organizations.

Ayusa is a 501(c)(3), and an official U.S. Department of State designated Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor. Families interested in learning more about hosting an exchange student can visit http://www.ayusa.org or contact Vicki Odom at 832-455-7881.

ABOUT AYUSA

Ayusa International (http://www.ayusa.org) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to promote global learning and leadership through cultural exchange and leadership programs for high school students from around the world. In addition, Ayusa administers high profile grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of State and other organizations. Ayusa is part of the Intrax family of organizations that provide a lifetime of high quality educational, work, and volunteer programs that connect people and cultures, with operations in more than 100 countries worldwide Copyright © 2014 Peel, Inc.

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WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS At no time will any source be allowed to use The Wimbledon Champions'Telegraph contents, or loan said contents, to others in anyway, shape or form, nor in any media, website, print, film, e-mail, electrostatic copy, fax, or etc. for the purpose of solicitation, commercial use, or any use for profit, political campaigns, or other self amplification, under penalty of law without written or expressed permission from Peel, Inc. The information in The Wimbledon Champion s' Telegraph is exclusively for the private use of the Wimbledon Champions' HOA and Peel, Inc. DISCLAIMER: Articles and ads in this newsletter express the opinions of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Peel, Inc. or its employees.

Peel, Inc. is not responsible for the accuracy of any facts stated in articles submitted by others. The publisher also assumes no responsibility for the advertising content with this publication. All warranties and representations made in the advertising content are solely that of the advertiser and any such claims regarding its content should be taken up with the advertiser. * The publisher assumes no liability with regard to its advertisers for misprints or failure to place advertising in this publication except for the actual cost of such advertising. * Although every effort is taken to avoid mistakes and/or misprints, the publisher assumes no responsibility for any errors of information or typographical mistakes, except as limited to the cost of advertising as stated above or in the case of misinformation, a printed retraction/correction. * Under no circumstances shall the publisher be held liable for incidental or consequential damages, inconvenience, loss of business or services, or any other liabilities from failure to publish, or from failure to publish in a timely manner, except as limited to liabilities stated above.

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WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS DROWNING IS FAST & SILENT KEEP KIDS IN ARM’S REACH

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