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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 5

Official Newsletter of the West Cypress Hills HOA

Community-Wide Garage Sale Saturday, October 3 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon

OCTOBER 2015

THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, SO IT’S TIME TO CLEAN OUT CLOSETS FOR ALL THE NEW BTS CLOTHES. DON’T MISS OUR SEMI-ANNUAL EVENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL SOME OF THOSE “TREASURES.” ALL ADVERTISING IS COMPLETED FOR YOU, JUST PUT OUT YOUR GOODS ON THE DAY OF THE SALE. THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY RESIDENT KASEY DALBY WHO IS PROVIDING DIRECTIONAL SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET CUSTOMERS TO YOUR SALE! RSVP YOUR PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE RESIDENT-RUN FACEBOOK PAGE (FACEBOOK.COM/ GROUPS/WCHRESIDENTS) OR EMAIL THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON AT: AMVALLEJO@AUSTIN.RR.COM.

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THOSE WHO RSVP WILL GET A DOZEN OF DELICIOUS DONUTS DELIVERED EARLY THAT MORNING!

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The Homefront IMPORTANT NUMBERS EMERGENCY NUMBERS EMERGENCY.................................................................... 911 Fire....................................................................................... 911 Ambulance........................................................................... 911 Sheriff – Non-Emergency.....................................512-854-9285 Travis County ESD No.6/Lake Travis Fire Rescue Administration Office.......................................512-266-2533 Travis County Animal Control.............................512-972-6060 SCHOOLS Lake Travis ISD....................................................512-533-6000 Lake Travis High School.......................................512-533-6100 Lake Travis Middle School...................................512-533-6200 Lake Travis Elementary.........................................512-533-6300 Hudson Bend Middle School...............................512-533-6400 Lake Pointe Elementary........................................512-533-6500 Lakeway Elementary............................................512-533-6350 Serene Hills Elementary.......................................512-533-7400 Bee Cave Elementary............................................512-533-6250 West Cypress Elementary.....................................512-533-7500 UTILITIES Pedernales Electric................................................512-331-8883 Propane Cypress Ranch........................................512-272-5503 Trash - Roy's Disposal..........................................512-264-1019 Cypress Ranch WCID#1......................................512-402-1990 AT&T New Service...................................................1-800-464-7928 Repair............................................................1-800-246-8464 Billing............................................................1-800-858-7928 Time Warner Cable Customer Service..............................................512-485-5555 Repairs.............................................................512-485-5080 Austin/Travis County Hazardous Waste...............512-974-4343 OTHER NUMBERS Postal Office- Spicewood Branch..........................830-693-2377 NEWSLETTER PUBLISHER Peel, Inc...............................................................512-263-9181 Editor............................................westcypresshills@peelinc.com Advertising...........................................advertising@peelinc.com

COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Home Owner's Association managed by:

Southwest Management Services 7 Lakeway Centre Courte, #200 Lakeway, Texas 78734 512-266-6771 Annual Dues: $525 (paid quarterly)

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Annual Fall Fest & Chili Cook-off Saturday, November 7 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Amenity Center We had so much fun last year, we’re doing it again!

Fun fall activities for the whole family: music, food and of course, the contest for the best chili in Texas! A silent auction will also be held to benefit a local charity.

Accepting applications for business owners residing in the neighborhood to be a part of the vendor fair.

Promote your business (and sell your goods!) to the community at this event. Guidelines posted through the resident-only Facebook page or you may request an electronic copy by emailing the Social Committee Chairperson at amvallejo@austin.rr.com.

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Lake Travis High School now educates 2,700 students and encompasses a whopping 700,000 square feet of campus. The high school alone grew by approximately 160 students over the summer months.

Rapid growth often brings growing pains. The LTHS Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) plays a vital role in the limitations of state funding when faced with hyper growth. The PTO supports important student health and welfare programs in our school, including Project Graduation, Empower LT, and counseling from an on-campus psychologist.

In addition to ongoing student programs and staff appreciation, the LTHS PTO invests in a school Wish List. Each year, LTHS Principal Kim Brents works with her staff to identify and prioritize needs that cannot be met by the school budget, and brings this list to the PTO. The PTO membership allocates money to meet these needs as funds allow.

In 2014-2015, the PTO was able to allocate $24,000 toward Wish List items for our campus. These items included: textbooks, educational tools and vocational licenses for our special education students, laptops, a water bottle filling station, travel costs for Model UN students to compete at Harvard University, and technology support tools for the new LTHS Annex.

Some of these items seem essential and you may wonder why Lake Travis property taxes didn’t cover them initially. That is due to Texas State Equalization, a.k.a. “Robin Hood”. Out of about 1200 public school districts in Texas, LTISD is considered a “Chapter 41 District”. Simply put, we are one of about 175 districts subject to “recapture / Robin Hood” of tax dollars because we exceed the threshold of revenue dollars collected per student compared to the other districts within Texas. These funds are then redistributed throughout the state to the less fortunate districts. This 2015-2016 school year alone, LTISD is projected to send back $31,799,720 in recapture payments, approximately 37.5% of our generated tax revenues, according to the LTISD CFO. Your financial support to the LTHS PTO is essential for bridging these financial gaps and makes ongoing programs for students, staff and the Wish List possible. The LTHS PTO relies on two major sources of funding: ad sales for the LTISD Student Directory and the LTHS PTO No Hassle Fundraiser campaign. We call it "No Hassle" because we don't ask you or your student to buy or sell anything, just to make a one-time donation. Even if you can only donate $15, it all goes to enriching the education of each child on our campus. You can donate anytime to the 2015-16 No Hassle Fundraiser by visiting our website lthspto.org. No donation is too small or too large. Go on, grant a wish!!

MAGNOLIA MUSIC PIANO STUDIO Magnolia Music Piano Studio is dedicated to offering piano lessons with a warm and personal approach for students ages 5 and up.

Sandra Tate Owner and Instructor Located in Sola Vista/West Cypress Hills off Hwy. 71 5220 Diamante Drive Spicewood, TX 78669

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Meet and Greet Book Club The Social Committee is encouraging women in WCH to open your home one morning, afternoon or evening for a very simple meet and greet that is open to all the women in the neighborhood. If you interested in hosting or attending one of these events, please email Angie Vallejo at amvallejo@ austin.rr.com.

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The WCH Book Club meets every second Thursday of the month. The book for September is ‘Outlander’

by Diana Gabaldon.

If you’re interested in joining, please contact Shelly Jackson Slane at 281.380.2223.

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THE MRS SET TO PERFORM The Hill Country Galleria is teaming up with Susan G. Komen Austin for the third year to present a one-of-a-kind shopping and dining event called “eat.drink.shop.PINK”. On Saturday, October 3rd from noon-6pm the community is invited to eat, drink, shop, PINK with participating retailers in the Hill Country Galleria to join in the local fight against breast cancer.

Attendees should purchase a PINK PASSBOOK which will entitle holders to exclusive in-store discounts valid the entire month of October. Additionally, the PINK PASSBOOK serves as admission to the Pink Headquarters on October 3rd where attendees will enjoy beauty touch ups, complimentary bites and drinks, and plenty of pink swag, courtesy of Hill Country Galleria retailers. In the Pink Headquarters, a transformed space within the Hill Country Galleria located across from the outdoor amphitheater, guests may also purchase raffle tickets for their chance to win items at participating retailers.

Items included in the raffle are a full outfit from LAVO collections,

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a catered meal from Jersey Mike’s Subs, even a YETI cooler from Backwoods.

The event includes a performance from local, female rock band, The Mrs. at 2pm in the Hill Country Galleria’s outdoor amphitheater.

Guests are encouraged to claim their seats on the lawn early, wear pink apparel, and prepare to be empowered by The Mrs. lyrics and style.

For those who cannot attend the event on October 3rd the PINK PASSBOOK is available to purchase online at HYPERLINK "http:// www.komenaustin.org/"www.KomenAustin.org or purchase your PINK PASSBOOK at the Hill Country Galleria Guest Services office.

Pricing is $20 before October 3rd and $25 after October 3rd. Exclusive offers inside the PINK PASSBOOK are valid throughout the entire month of October. All proceeds go directly to Komen Austin.

Media support for the event is provided by Mix 94.7, Magic 95.5, and 96.3 RnB, and all three stations will be onsite throughout the day with additional giveaways.

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The Homefront Please Support Sean Price’s Osteosarcoma Fight

Sudoku 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.

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Sean Price is a 20 year old junior at Texas Tech University and his family was one of the first residents in West Cypress Hills on Texas Bluebell. He was born and raised in the Lake Travis area, went to Bee Cave Elementary, Lake Travis Middle School, and graduated from Lake Travis High School.

He is an amazing man, who is in the honor society at Tech, has a wide circle of friends, loves to fish, is a World of Warcraft genius, and most importantly, Sean is an awesome son, brother, and friend. He was working this summer to save some money for school, but that was unfortunately cut short when, on June 23rd, he was diagnosed with chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the mandible, which is a rare form of bone cancer.

He originally went to the dentist because he noticed a small gap in his bottom front teeth and a small lump behind those same teeth.

Dr. Sengbusch sent us to our oral surgeon, Dr. Perkins, who did the biopsy and was able to connect us with MD Anderson. Needless to say after the biopsy results came in, we were devastated, scared, confused and overwhelmed by emotions.

The rest of the summer has been spent traveling to and from MD Anderson meeting with doctors and determining a plan of action to take care of this cancer and let Sean get on with his life. The surgery that Sean faces is really like three surgeries in one. The first surgery will be to resect the part of the jaw with the tumor; the second surgery will be to remove his right fibula in order to create a new jaw, the third surgery will be to reconstruct his jaw and put him back together.

All of this will take approximately 10 hours to complete. We will be in Houston for 2-3 weeks after the surgery, then back and forth for follow up appointments.

We have been blessed with absolutely amazing doctors at MD Anderson, and know that they are doing everything possible to make sure that Sean will have a long life ahead of him. Once the surgery is completed and they have analyzed everything, then the Sarcoma Team will determine what additional treatment, if any, will be needed. Even without chemo or radiation, Sean's recovery will be a long road, but with all of the prayers and support of family and friends, he will get through this, stronger than before, and ready to take on the world.

Friends and family have set up this account http://www.gofundme. com/WeLoveSean to help with the medical bills and the travel expenses for the Price family to travel back and forth to Houston.

Please share and spread the word and help this incredible family fight! Your support is very appreciated.

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Since the middle of August, the stock market has experienced increased volatility that we have not seen since the second half of 2011. The question is, were you ready?

Simply put, volatility is a measure of the roller coaster ride that individual stock and public markets go on when there is nervousness and unrest based on uncertain economic conditions.

For the past 4 years, our market has remained at a historically low level of volatility. Think of it like the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. You don’t know exactly when it is going to blow, but the pressure is going to build up and eventually let off a little steam.

During times of relative calm in the volatility of markets, it is important to begin to insulate your portfolio from the impending release of pressure that is sure to happen. Many institutional investors and university endowments utilize noncorrelated investments to hedge against the volatility of public stock markets. These non-correlated assets tend to change in value independent of financial markets such as stocks and bonds.

It is also important to have a stash of cash on hand when volatility hits. The recent sell offs in public equity markets have created an opportunity to purchase quality stocks at drastically discounted prices. I liken this to the Foley’s Red Apple Sale.

Back in the day, my mother would wait expectantly for this once a year sale to roll around so that she could stock up on the name brand department store items at discount store prices.

If you do not prepare for the eventual sale on quality stocks, then you might find yourself without enough purchasing power to make good on these name brand stock discounts.

With a proper allocation to non-correlated investments and a healthy portion of cash, many of our clients have been in a position to benefit from the recent market volatility. With more uncertainty on the road ahead, it’s not too late to begin insulating your own personal investment portfolio from future fluctuations.

Ask yourself, were you comfortable with your experience on your investments over the last couple of months. If not, it may be time to stress test your current portfolio and begin to hedge your bets.

If you would like further information on this topic or to receive a copy of our report on retirement investment planning, please send your requests to the email below. As always, we are here to answer your pressing questions and concerns regarding retirement investment planning.

Send your questions and information requests to retirebetter@ platinumwealthadvisory.com

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Color the drawing below and mail the finished artwork to us at: Peel, Inc. - Kids Club 308 Meadowlark St Lakeway, TX 78734-4717 We will select the top few and post their artwork on our Facebook Page - Facebook.com/PeelInc. DUE: October 31st

Be sure to include the following so we can let you know!

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