Ranch at Brushy Creek - August 2015

RANCH AT BRUSHY CREEK

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RANCH AT BRUSHY CREEK BOARD & MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION MANAGER

Celeste Starr Schulz.............. Celeste.Schulz@Goodwintx.com RANCH AT BRUSHY CREEK HOA BOARD

Stale Bjordal............................................................. President Aneka Lilya..................................................... Board Member Theresa Galella................................................ Board Member Angel Carter.................................................... Board Member RBM BOARD

Candace Lambert............................................ Board Member COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Pool Committee Byron Stephens.......................byronstephens@earthlink.net Social Committee Candace Lambert............................ designertexan@aol.com .......................................... rbcsocialcommittee@gmail.com Neighborhood Watch Brian Banasik.......................................................................

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Matt and Heather Powell moved to Texas from California in 2001, and to Cedar Park in 2003. They welcomed their daughter, Lark, five years ago at Cedar Park Regional Medical Center. The Powells have lived in the Ranch at Brushy Creek since 2013.

Matt was elected to the Cedar Park City Council in 2005, and has served as the Mayor of Cedar Park for the last 3 years. Matt owns his own consulting firm, Powell Strategic Communications, specializing in public relations and business development services. Matt holds an MBA from Concordia University Texas, where he is also an adjunct faculty member.

Heather holds a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a dancer in the Irish Dance Company, the performance group for the Irish Dance Center in Austin. A stay-at-home mom, Heather runs her own specialty catering business, Tea & Cake, providing traditional afternoon tea service. She also writes a lifestyle blog, Often Charming.

Lark will begin kindergarten this fall. She is one of the youngest members of the Irish Dance Center, beginning last year at the age of four. She loves music, art, and swimming in the neighborhood pools.

The Powells love living in the Ranch at Brushy Creek and spending time with friends and neighbors. Photo by Erica Woodford Photography

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“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” Benjamin Franklin We plan where to go on vacation, how to raise the kids / animals, how to be successful at work/ life / our hobbies. Planning well to achieve our health and fitness goals is critical to success with the most fun and least stress!

Here are some guidelines when making a plan. Write down your responses for all of these somewhere so you can reflect on them. Do not cut corners when it comes to your preparation or you can get stuck in the proverbial hamster wheel chasing your goals!

• Identify a health goal YOU personally are passionate about! Not something you think you SHOULD do or would be important to someone else. You have to be excited about it and reaching this goal will fulfill you.

• Make sure it’s a SMART goal (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound).

• Document why you chose this goal and how you will feel when you achieve the goal and how will you feel if you do not achieve the goal.

• Itemize the start and end date for the goal achievement, your current baseline or where your health stands now, and the individual tasks you are going to do when to reach this goal.

• Lay out all the possible obstacles that can get in the way of you achieving your goal followed by a listing of all the things you can do / set into place to overcome these obstacles or avoid before they happen.

• Brainstorm what tools and resources you need for success and how you’ll get them.

• Enlist the help of a professional or a partner or a group to support your success especially when you’re not feeling particularly motivated or optimistic – you’re not in this alone!

• Record milestones and status updates on a regular basis as you approach achievement and pat yourself on the back for your continued progress, but understand that hiccups and regression is also normal.

• Re-read your goal and tasks and strategy through out the defined period to re-invigorate yourself and keep focus.

• Use positive self-talk always and enjoy the journey!

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TENNIS TIPS

By USPTA/PTR Master Professional - Owner, Manager and Director of Tennis Grey Rock Tennis Club, Austin, TX

“Tennis for Children 11 years and older – Yellow Ball” This series of Tennis Tips is focused on how to involve children of all ages learning to play tennis and offering tips to the parents on how to assist at home. In the last issue I offered advice for children 9-10 years old and under playing with the softer green ball on a 78’ foot court. This issue, will focus on children 11 years and older playing with the yellow ball on a 78’ foot regular size court.

The children should be using rackets ranging in length from 25” to 27” long. The size of the racket will depend on how tall and strong the players are. The grip size should now range from 4” to 4 ½ “, again depending on the size of their hands.

Caption 1: Tennis Court: For those players ready to cover the regular size court, they will now be playing on a 78” x 36’ tennis court. Lines are now painted regular white making it much easier to see the ball landing, especially while the opponents are serving.

Players need to be physically ready to cover the entire court.

Caption 2: Groups: The key to children learning how to play the game of tennis, is to assemble them in group lessons. Most clubs offer them according to age level and ability. The tennis professional

will separate them so each player is comfortable in their respective group. A good ratio is 6 players to 1 pro, and the range going from beginner to advance.

Tennis camps are also an excellent way to give them a concentrated learning experience. The students usually spend two hours working on fundamental strokes and also playing games. At the end of the week, these players should be able to start playing on their own and/or with the help of their parents. Of course, if additional help is needed, they may consider taking tennis lessons from a certified tennis professional.

Children at this age are already playing points and are given tips on how to hit groundstrokes, volleys and serves with control. The USTA provides tournaments and leagues for children 12, 14, 16 and 18 and under using the yellow ball. Matches are normally 8 game pro-sets and they are encouraged to play round robins and/ or consolation rounds.

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TRAVELING TARANTULAS

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NATUREWATCH

by Jim and Lynne Weber

For a few weeks late in the summer or early fall, one of the most Relatively common throughout Texas, the Tarantula (Aphonopelma sp.) is Texas’ heaviest and largest spider. Typically, spectacular spider events occurs in Texas. Not well understood, the head and legs are dark brown, and the this phenomenon is often called a migration, abdomen is brownish-black. Coloration but it may be related more to mating rather than seasonally motivated movement. varies between individuals as well as Males actively wander to seek out females, between the 14 different species found in and can travel 50 miles in search of a mate.

Texas. Identification of individual species Populations seem to follow a boom and bust is difficult, however, and is often performed cycle, depending on weather patterns and only on mature males under a microscope. the availability of food, but a good year can Tarantulas are typically found in be a sight to behold if summer rains have grasslands and semi-open areas, and use been plentiful. While the males are out burrows, natural cavities under stones or Tarantula searching, females wait in their burrows for fallen logs, spaces under loose tree bark, and even old rodent holes as shelters. They are also capable of digging a suitor to appear. Larger and more robust, the female does not their own burrows, and often line them with webbing, placing a always accept any male that comes along, and will kill and eat few strands across the front to help detect passing prey. Laying males that are deemed unsuitable.

As formidable as they may seem, tarantulas are not without their several hundred eggs in a hammock-like web constructed inside own enemies. In fact, in late spring and the burrow, females will guard them until early summer they are routinely hunted by they hatch. Females have lived in captivity female Tarantula Hawks as food for their for over 25 years, while males rarely live larvae. Belonging to a group of spider over two or three months after reaching wasps in the genera Pepis and Hemipepsis, maturity. tarantula hawks are large, 2-inch long Like many animals, tarantulas molt wasps with iridescent blue-black bodies their exoskeletons several times as they and bright, rust-colored wings. This grow. The skin on the hard upper shell vivid color combination is a form of and abdomen splits, and the tarantula Tarantula Hawk aposematism or warning coloration, a begins the process of squeezing through the opening. Most of the time, tarantulas molt while positioned type of advertising signal to both predator and prey that these on their backs, twitching, stretching, and kicking until the entire species are potentially harmful. These wasps have the ability to exoskeleton has been cast off. After they have wriggled free of deliver a powerful sting, and their long legs have hooked claws their old skin, this discarded exoskeleton is a perfect replica of for grappling their victims.

Flying low over the ground, the female tarantula hawk will the spider, minus its head and fangs.

Other insects such as crickets, beetles, grasshoppers, cicadas, find a tarantula and sting it, which paralyzes the spider but does and caterpillars form the basic diet of the tarantula. They inject not kill it. She then drags the inert tarantula into her burrow or their prey with a poison when they bite, which liquefies the prey’s transports it to a specially prepared nest, where she lays a single insides, making it easier to ingest. While they can climb, they egg on the spider’s abdomen, then seals the opening to the burrow are usually restricted to the ground, where the majority of their as she leaves. When the wasp larva hatches, it creates a small prey is found. The hairiness and large size of tarantulas often hole and enters the spider’s abdomen, where it feeds voraciously, evokes concern, but the bites of Texas species are not serious to avoiding vital organs to keep the spider alive as long as possible. humans. Tarantulas maneuver quickly to face whatever disturbs After several weeks the spider dies, the larva pupates, and then them, often raising up on their hind legs and stretching out their it emerges from the spider’s abdomen to continue its lifecycle. front legs in a threatening posture. They have also been observed Send your nature-related questions to naturewatch@austin.rr.com and rapidly brushing the top of their abdomen with their hind legs to we’ll do our best to answer them. Check out our blog at naturewatchaustin. dislodge hairs that can be used to irritate the attacker’s eyes or skin. blogspot.com if you enjoy reading these articles!

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Love Your Dog, Leash Your Dog 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 unleashed dog has an average life span of less than four years?

Allowing your dog to run free threatens your 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.

Another great way you can help everyone enjoy our community is by picking up your dog’s poop.

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• Roll dough into half teaspoon balls and place on prepared cookie sheet. Use a skewer to press an X-shape into each cookie ball.

• Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes, until they are dried on top and slightly browned. Allow to cool completely.

• Place treats in an airtight container and store in refrigerator for up to seven days. *Note: It’s easy to make your own oat flour. Simply grind oldfashioned oats in a spice grinder (or a super clean coffee grinder) until it is transformed into a light powder.

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RANCH AT BRUSHY CREEK Welcoming the World to our Town Throughout the month of August, neighbors in our area will be welcoming a new member into their families. They have chosen to open their hearts and their homes to an International Exchange Student. These courageous, dedicated and talented high school students leave their countries and their homes to fulfill one of their lifelong dreams of spending a year as an American teenager.

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The application process for the 2016/2017 school year will start in October – it is recommended to start now as available schools spots fill up early.

30+ Years Connecting People & Cultures Ayusa is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 to promote global learning and leadership through foreign exchange, study abroad, and leadership programs for high school students from the U.S. and around the world.

For more information about hosting a high school foreign exchange student, please contact your local representative Vicki Odom at 832.455.7881 or vodom@ayusa.org or Ayusa at 1.888.552.9872 or by visiting the website at www. ayusa.org.

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TAWNY CRAZY ANTS

The Tawny crazy ant, formerly known as the Rasberry crazy ant, was originally found in Harris County in 2002. It is currently confirmed in 27 Texas counties.

Tawny crazy ants have a cyclical population level throughout the year with populations peaking in late summer, decreasing in the fall and then beginning to build again in the spring. Tawny crazy ants are capable of biting, but do NOT sting like fire ants. They are mostly nuisance pests, but can reach extraordinary population levels (in the millions) and can become a problem when getting into electrical equipment.

Tawny crazy ants do not have nests or mounds like fire ants; they tend to nest under things- rocks, landscape timbers, flowerpots, etc.

For more information on this particular ant species go to http:// urbanentomology.tamu.edu/ants/rasberry.html Treatment Options Removing harborage areas- fallen limbs, rocks, leaf litter, etc. These ants will nest under pretty much anything on the ground, so you may want to remove anything that is not necessary.

Alter moisture conditions (crazy ants prefer moist, humid conditions)- reduce watering, repair any leaks, improve drainage

Eliminate honeydew producers from area. Crazy ants tend honeydew producers such as aphids, whiteflies, hoppers, mealybugs and scale insects.

Use pesticide sprays to treat infested areas- under rocks, along landscape edging, etc. Pesticide sprays can also be used to create a barrier around the outside of the home. Piles of dead ants may build up in treated areas, so they must be removed to keep the barrier maintained.

Hire a pest management professional (PMP). PMPs have access to pesticides that are unavailable to homeowners and they also have experience dealing with pest problems regularly.

For more information or help with identification, contact Wizzie Brown, Texas AgriLife Extension Service Program Specialist at 512.854.9600. Check out my blog at www.urban-ipm.blogspot.com 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.

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School starts in August, so now is the time for drivers to pay closer attention to the school zones in the neighborhood. We want to remind you that the speed limit in a school zone is 20mph and traffic fines double!

Other changes to be aware of include; • Children behaving unpredictably • School Bus Stops • Crossing Guards – please obey the guards! Remember, they are there for the safety of you and your children • New areas of traffic congestion • Be prepared for delays • Use of cell phones in schools zones is prohibited!

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