Westside at Buttercup Creek - October 2015

Westside at Buttercup Creek

Westside news Volume 6, Number 10

Official Newsletter of the Westside at Buttercup Creek HOA

October 2015

THE HEART GALLERY OF CENTRAL TEXAS Marques is a charming and quiet young man.

He loves basketball and enjoys most all sports.

He also enjoys riding his bike, playing video games and listening to music. He would enjoy being in a family that would provide activities for him to be active, especially sports. He would like to have a Mom that is caring and loving. He would also like to have a father that will do "guy things" like playing basketball and camping.

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) 834-4756, emailheartgallery@ partnershipsforchildren.org or visit our website at www.partnershipsforchildren.org.

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Westside at Buttercup Creek BOARD OF DIRECTORS Walt Conlin............................................................ President Dawn Harris....................................................... V. President David Jackson..........................................................Secretary Denny James........................................................... Treasurer Dennis Domanski ....................................................Director

Hosting an International Exchange Student

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Submitted by Vicki Odom Hosting an International Exchange Student is such a great experience for all of those involved. It leads to a better understanding between individuals of other cultures, hopefully branching its way out to a more peaceful global society. But don’t just take my word about it, read about Nelva’s experience and understanding of the exchange program.

MANAGEMENT INFO Celeste Starr Schulz - Property Manager Goodwin Management Office: 512-852-7922 Fax: 512-346-4873 Celeste.Schulz@Goodwintx.com

NEWSLETTER INFO EDITOR Joey Surls...................... communications@westsidehoa.org PUBLISHER Peel, Inc....................................................... 512-263-9181 Advertising............................... advertising@PEELinc.com

ADVERTISING INFO Please support the businesses that advertise in the Westside News. Their advertising dollars make it possible for all Westside at Buttercup Creek residents to receive the monthly newsletter at no charge. No homeowners association funds are used to produce or mail the newsletters. If you would like to support the newsletter by advertising, please contact our sales office at 512-263-9181 or advertising@PEELinc.com. The advertising deadline is the 8th of each month for the following month's newsletter.

COMMITTEES Do you want to help out in the community but don’t have a lot of time? Join one of the following Committees and help out as much or as little as you want.

Neighborhood Watch - Vacant..neighborhoodwatch@westsidehoa.org Modifications - Denney James ............ modifications@westsidehoa.org Social - Nancy Townsend & Janet Theriault......social@westsidehoa.org Pools - Darrell Park.............................................pools@westsidehoa.org Fences - Chris Bardash.......................................fences@westsidehoa.org Landscaping - Vacant...................... landscaping@westsidehoa.org Caves & Preserves - Darrell Park....cavesandpreserves@westsidehoa.org Lighting - Vacant.................................. lighting@westsidehoa.org 2

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I'm so lucky to have been placed with a great host family in Texas! The best part is when we share each other’s cultures and have a lot of quality time together. I'm blessed to have chance to study in American High School.

Being an exchange student is hard. For the first couple days it was hard because I didn’t know anybody, the moving class system is new for me and sometimes it's hard to understand what they say. But America is really friendly and handy so I got a lot of help from them. From the exchange program, people can really get to know each other, people start to respect each other and we can start a new chapter to have a better world.

So if you want to enrich your life, host an exchange student!

Nelva is from Indonesia and is spending the academic year here in Texas as part of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program. This program is funded by the US Department of State which provides scholarships for secondary school students from countries with significant Muslim populations. As part of her program year, Nelva is required to perform at least 60 hours of community service (however most YES students hours amount to hundreds of hours) and continue working with the program in her home country.

Our application process for the 2016 Spring Semester and 2016/2017 academic year will soon be opening. School spots in our area tend to fill up rather quickly, so get your application in early to host one of these amazing students!

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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Clothes moths can cause considerable damage to materials containing wool, fur or other animal-derived products. There are two common clothes moths, case making clothes moths and webbing clothes moths. The names describe the larval (caterpillar) stage of the moth. Case-making clothes moths spin silken cases that they drag along with them while they feed. Webbing clothes moths feed within silken burrows that they spin over the surface of fabric.

Adults are small, tan moths about 3/8 an inch long. They are weak fliers and avoid light. Larvae like to feed in protected areas, such as folded clothing, and rarely leave their food source.

To reduce or avoid clothes moth problems, the following tips may be helpful: Locate & remove any infested items.

Look in drawers & closets; on the floor; on or under furniture; on or in walls, ceilings & attics.

Launder or dry clean clothing.

Periodically shake & air out items such as rugs & clothing.

Use heat and/ or cold to kill insects in infested items.

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CLOTHES MOTHS

Thoroughly clean storage areas.

Store clothing in tightly sealed containers.

Cedar is not that effective in repelling clothes moths.

Cedar must be freshly cut or chipped for vapors to be effective & vapors lose potency quickly.

Mothballs (naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene) can be used to repel insects.

Read & follow all label instructions.

Use only in sealed areas or closed containers.

Note that the fumes from these products may soften or melt some plastics.

Insecticide sprays can be used to supplement sanitation techniques.

Remove all items from the area before treating with an insecticide.

Allow area to completely dry before returning items.

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

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NATUREWATCH

by Jim and Lynne Weber

and nutrients, mostly from the minerals When the time of year arrives when leaves begin to fall and the landscape starts naturally leached from the foliage of its host to appear a bit more barren, some things tree. Its specific name ‘usenoides’ means ‘resembling Usnea’, which is also known as become more noticeable, even though they were present all along. One such thing is Beard Lichen, but this plant is not a lichen either. It grows in chain-like fashion to epiphytes, or plants that grow harmlessly upon another plant (such as a tree), and form hanging structures up to 20 feet in derive moisture and nutrients from the air. length, and bears tiny whitish-green flowers from April to June. Its primary range is the The word epiphyte comes from the Greek ‘epi’ meaning ‘upon’ and ‘phyton’ meaning southeastern US, but is found as far north ‘plant.’ Epiphytes differ from parasites in as Virginia, and it propagates both by seed that they grow on other plants for physical and vegetatively with fragments carried support and do not necessarily negatively by the wind to neighboring tree limbs.

Spanish Moss has been used for various affect their host. They are also called ‘air plants’ since they do not root in soil. In purposes, including building insulation, central Texas, the most common epiphytes packing material, and mattress stuffing. native to our area are Ball Moss (Tillandsia It is still in use today for arts and crafts, recurvata) and Spanish Moss (Tillandsia and even in the manufacture of evaporative or swamp coolers. These coolers contain usneoides).

Ball Moss Members of the Bromeliad or Pineapple thick pads of Spanish Moss that are pumped family, neither of these plants are real with water, with the cooling effect of mosses, but true plants with flowers and evaporation caused by a fan that pulls air seeds. Ball Moss is a scurfy herb with through the pad and into the building.

There is a common misconception that narrow leaves forming small, grayish ball-like clusters on the branches of these epiphytes are parasites, and that deciduous trees. In North America, it is they harm the trees that serve as their native from Florida to southern Georgia, hosts. While trees that are heavily infested Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, with a with these plants can have increased wind resistance and result in fallen limbs, there disjunct population in central Louisiana.

Slender, pale violet flowers appear on long is little evidence among the botanist bracts from June to August. Ball Moss community that a reasonable presence of grows well in areas with low light, little these plants have a noticeable effect on airflow, and high humidity, which is why the growth or health of the tree. In fact, the presence of these air plants serves as it is often found on shade trees in the South. It photosynthesizes its own food a benefit to many forms of wildlife by by receiving water vapor from the air, harboring small insects that provide food, nitrogen from bacteria, and other minerals supplying nesting material, and serving as from windblown dust. Wind is also the shelter from the outside elements. main method of Ball Moss seed dispersal, and its plentiful seeds are armed with fine, Send your nature-related questions to Spanish Moss straight hairs that cling well to wet or rough naturewatch@austin.rr.com and we’ll do surfaces such as bark. our best to answer them. If you enjoy reading these articles, Generally growing upon larger trees such as Southern Live check out our book, Nature Watch Austin (published by Texas Oak and Bald Cypress, Spanish Moss forms a cascading mass of A&M University Press), and our blog at naturewatchaustin. slender, scaly gray leaves. These scales help the plant absorb water blogspot.com.

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Green Tips for October

SMALL STEPS TO BIG SOLUTIONS FOR AIR QUALITY The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission is recommending solutions for Air Quality

improvements in Central Texas. With the ozone standard being redefined, we all can benefit from reducing our emissions to avoid non-attainment so here are some of their recommendations.

1. Exchange your gas mower for an electric. Running a gasoline mower for one hour is about equal to the emissions of driving 100 miles.

2. Postpone filling your gas tank on hot sunny days until late in the afternoon or in the evening to reduce the time ozone-forming pollutants can “cook” in hot weather.

3. Don’t overfill or “top off” your car’s gas tank. Even if you don’t spill gasoline, ozone-causing fumes escape.

4. Use an energy-conserving multigrade motor oil. These oils can improve your mileage by 1 or 2 percent.

5. Keep your tires properly inflated. Just 4 pound of underinflation can cost you ½ mile per gallon.

For more ideas, go to the following links: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/ozonetips.html http://austintexas.gov/airquality

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Never heard of Lacrosse?

It’s an exciting team sport that is played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick. The head of the lacrosse stick is designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. The sport consists of 4 positions: midfield, attack, defense, goalie so there are multiple positions for your son to learn and grow as a lacrosse player.

Raiders Lacrosse club is looking for boys in grades 9 through 12 who are interested in learning the game of lacrosse for the Spring 2016 season. I guarantee if you come to a few practices you will not be disappointed. Come out and enjoy a day with the Raiders Lacrosse and feel the excitement of the fastest game on two feet.

Coaches and Players will be available to teach anyone wanting to learn Once you experience Lacrosse you will be hooked!

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Halloween Safety A few safety tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission can protect children who plan to go trick-or-treating this Halloween.

TREATS Warn children not to eat any treats before an adult has carefully examined them for evidence of tampering.

loose-fitting mask that might restrict breathing or obscure vision. If a mask is used, however, make sure it fits securely and has eyeholes large enough to allow full vision.

Swords, knives, and similar costume accessories should be of soft and flexible material.

Follow these tips for a safe and Happy Halloween!

FLAME RESISTANT COSTUMES When purchasing a costume, masks, beards, and wigs, look for the label Flame Resistant. Although this label does not mean these items won’t catch fire, it does indicate the items will resist burning and should extinguish quickly once removed from the ignition source. To minimize the risk of contact with candles or other sources of ignition, avoid costumes made with flimsy materials and outfits with big, baggy sleeves or billowing skirts.

COSTUME DESIGNS Purchase or make costumes that are light and bright enough to be clearly visible to motorists. For greater visibility during dusk and darkness, decorate or trim costumes with reflective tape that will glow in the beam of a car’s headlights. Bags or sacks should also be light colored or decorated with reflective tape. Reflective tape is usually available in hardware, bicycle, and sporting goods stores. To easily see and be seen, children should also carry flashlights. Costumes should be short enough to prevent children from tripping and falling. Children should wear well-fitting, sturdy shoes. Hats and scarves should be tied securely to prevent them from slipping over children’s eyes.

Apply a natural mask of cosmetics rather than have a child wear a

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Westside at Buttercup Creek CROSSWORD PUZZLE Crossword Puzzle ACROSS DOWN 1. Charge 1. Nativity scene piece ACROSS DOWN 5. Syrian bishop 2. Competition 1. Syllables used in songs (2 wds.)

1. Worship at the Greek 9. Against games 5. Swiss mountains 2. Domain 10. Landing 3. Capital of the Ukraineof) 9. Waterless 3. In __ of (instead 11. Leaves 4. Symbol 10. Expression 4. Totals (2 wds.)

12. Boom box 5. Expression of surprise 11. Unwanted plant 5. Wood chopper 12. Striped animal 6. African country 13. Allure 6. Emblem 13. Seasickness 7. Tiny skin holes 15. African antelope symptom 7. Pickle juice 15.

Affirmative 8.

Hit 16. Polite 8. A ball out of bounds (2 wds.)

16. Set loose 10. Rhododendron 18. Leafy green 10. Twist violently 18.

Pups 14. Mystery 21. Marry 14. Ripper 21. Epoch 17. School writings 22. Esophagus 17. Strums 22. Vapors 18. Spanish coins 26. Woken 18. Slough 26. Vapor 19. Salaam 28. Goad 19. Ross ___, philanthropist 28. Singing voice 20. Encomium 29. Type of tooth 20.

Gods 29. Japanese city 23. Pig food 30. Refer 23. Brand of sandwich cookie 30. Not mine 24. Decorative needle case 31. Posttraumatic stress 24. Seaweed substance 31. In __ (together) 25. Classify disorder 32. Skewer 27. American Kennel Club (abbr.)

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DOWN 1. Worship 2. Domain 3. In __ of (instead of) 4. Totals (2 wds.)

5. Wood chopper 6. African country 7. Tiny skin holes 8. Hit 10. Rhododendron 14. Mystery 17. School writings 18. Spanish coins 19. Salaam 20. Encomium 23. Pig food 24. Decorative needle case 25. Classify 27. American Kennel Club (abbr.) © 2007. Feature Exchange

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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.

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.

18. Bottle need 19. Palladium (abbr.)

20. Upset 20. Many 22. Cow's chow 21. Perfect 23. Year (abbr.)

22. Captain (abbr.)

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