Twin Creeks - November 2014

TWIN CREEKS TRIBUNE

NOVEMBER 2014

VOLUME 7, ISSUE 11

TWIN CREEKS Neighborhood Watch

National Night Out was a tremendous success! Thank you to all neighbors who left their lights on, arranged pot lucks, casual gatherings and huge block parties.

It was wonderful to see so many get together to take a stance against crime in our neighborhood. Here are a few photos that were sent to us by Block Captains.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS President.............................................................. Ross Burns Vice-President..................................................Brandon Lind Secretary...................................................... Brian Dougherty Treasurer....................................................... Deb Hackbarth Director.............................................................Bruce Roach

MANAGEMENT INFO Jim Smitherman Property Manager Goodwin Management Office: 512-502-2114 Cell: 512-230-3220 Fax: 512-346-4873

NEWSLETTER INFO EDITOR Peel, Inc. ......................................twincreeks@peelinc.com

SAFETY TIP Travis County Sheriffs reminded us during National Night Out that criminals take advantage when opportunity presents itself. Remember that the best place to keep your vehicle safe from vandalism is in your garage. The next best place is a welllit driveway. Vehicles left unlocked and in dark shadows are an easy target.

BLOCK CAPTAIN POSITIONS STILL NEEDED We still have a handful of streets without Block Captains. Contact the Twin Creeks Neighborhood Watch Chairpersons, Brian & Shannon Tweedt, at tweedts@gmail.com to discuss volunteering.

Block Captains for the following streets are needed:

The Canyons: Copford Ln The Enclave: Culver Cliff Ln The Gardens: 2500’s Farleigh Ln The Park: Tattler Dr The Reserve: Hidden Hills Ln, Millstream Dr, Shadow Canyon Dr, Sugar Maple Ct & The Condos

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PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN Paul is a sweet, loving boy—and he almost always has a smile on face! While he is extremely active and loves to play sports and be outside, Paul does well academically and is a polite young man.

Paul is 7 years old and is confident in his abilities to entertain others with his dance moves, creativity, and jokes. An abundance of support and patience will help Paul achieve success in his promising young life.

To find out more about Paul, please contact Grace Lindgren, LMSW, Wendy's Wonderful Kids Recruiter, at (512) 810-0813 or glindgren@ helpinghandhome.org.

Adopting a child from the foster care system requires little or no cost to the adoptive family and funding may be available to help the adoptive family support the child or sibling group.

The Heart Gallery of Central Texas is a program of Partnerships for Children. To learn more about the adoption or fostering process, please call the Heart Gallery of Central Texas at (512) 834-3102, email heartgallery@partnershipsforchildren.org or visit our website at www. partnershipsforchildren.org.

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CARPENTER ANTS Carpenter ants nest outdoors in dead wood (tree stumps or dead limbs, fences, firewood, etc.). They may also be found in wood siding, beams, joists, fascia boards or trim on structures. Damage is usually limited since carpenter ants tunnel and nest within wood; they do not eat wood. However, wood can become weakened by carpenter ant excavation.

Carpenter ants are large ants that can vary in color from all black to reddish to yellowish or a combination of colors. These ants have one node, no stinger and a circle of hairs at the tip of their abdomen.

Galleries in the nest are excavated following the grain of the wood and have clean, smooth walls. Nest locations may be discovered by searching for piles of sawdust-looking material under exit holes.

Sawdust is coarse and may also contain soil or sand, uneaten insects as well as dead ants from the colony.

Carpenter ants are able to enter homes from tree branches or utility lines touching the home, through cracks and crevices around windows and doors, cracks in foundation walls, ventilation openings

or heating and air conditioning ducts.

Here are some tips for a carpenter ant infestation: • Remove dead trees and/ or limbs and remove tree stumps from the landscape. Many times you can remove the (possible) nesting sites and get rid of the ants without using pesticides.

• Prune trees and shrubs that touch the home. Carpenter ants will often use these areas as a bridge to enter the home.

• Replace wood that is water damaged. Carpenter ants are drawn to moisture damaged wood, so make sure to repair any water leaks and replace damaged wood.

• Remove wood debris and firewood that is near the home.

Carpenter ants may nest in firewood and when it is stacked right next to the home, it allows the ants to enter more easily.

For more information or help with identification, contact Wizzie Brown, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Program Specialist at 512.854.9600.

The information given herein is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service or the Texas A&M AgriLife Research is implied. Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status.

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NATURENOTES: Talking Turkey

by Peter English Last month we talked about Mississippi Kites and their amazing 5500 mile migration. It turns out that they are not alone in the hawk world with that tremendous migration. Swainson’s Hawks are even more amazing, as they travel from as far north as Alaska to the plains of north-central Argentina - south of where the Mississippi Kites end up stopping. All that distance to spend Thanksgiving in a place that has better weather and better food than they would find if they stayed in North America with us.

Speaking of Thanksgiving - one of the iconic parts of the holiday revolves around a bird. Turkeys are native to North America and are found in all of the lower 48 states. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the number of Turkeys dwindled as people shot pretty much anything that moved in the wild. Passenger Pigeons and Carolina Parakeets ended up going extinct from all the shooting, but Turkeys made it. Their wide distribution today is primarily the result of reintroduction programs and rational hunting laws.

This round of reintroductions in the 1940s and onward was

actually the second big reintroduction of Turkeys in the US. Back in the 1500s and 1600s, explorers from Europe were shipping all kinds of things back to home from the New World. Among these were Turkeys from Mexico. The Europeans of the time found the Turkeys to be delicious, and soon figured out how to domesticate them. When British settlers came to North America in the 1700s they brought domesticated Turkeys here with them.

But the Turkeys the Europeans had domesticated were the Western US/Mexican subspecies, and it has white tips to the feathers at the base of the tail and the tail itself. The other four North American subspecies that are found in most of the US have brownish tips to the tail. So the domesticated Turkeys the Europeans brought had white feathers where the native turkeys had brown. As domesticated turkeys escaped and joined the local wild populations, bits of white started turning up in the tail feathers. To this day you can tell if a Wild Turkey has domesticated blood in it by the color of its tail.

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Love Your Dog, Leash Your Dog

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This fun kit includes a hardcover storybook and two adorable plush reindeer. Available at www.roamingreindeer.com or on Amazon under "Roaming Reindeer."

We love dogs—we really do. That’s why the association is committed to enforcing the county leash law on association property.

According to the U.S. Humane Society, an Business classifieds (offering a service or product line for profit) unleashed dog has an average life span of are $50, limit 40 words, please contact Peel, Inc. Sales Office at less than four years? Allowing your dog to 512-263-9181 or advertising@PEELinc.com. nal Center Parkway, CA 94903 • 800.505.4150 • 415.924.8722 fax run free threatensSan yourRafael, dog’s health and welfare and the happiness it brings to you.

We also love our community.

That’s another reason the association is committed to enforcing the county leash law—so all residents may enjoy our community.

Do you have an article or story Another great way you can help everyone that you would like to run in this enjoy our community is by picking up your newsletter? Send it to us and we dog’s poop. will publish it in the next issue.

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