Lakeshore - September 2021 by Peel, Inc.

THE LAKESHORE REPORT

September 2021

Official HOA Newsletter for Lakeshore

Volume 7 , Issue 09

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THE LAKESHORE REPORT IMPORTANT NUMBERS LAKESHORE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONBOARD OF DIRECTORS CREST MANAGEMENT CO. COMMUNITY MANAGER BICH@crest-management.com.................................................281-945-4657

Contact for Board Requests, Board Meeting, Information, Contracts, Contractors

ON-SITE PROPERTY MANAGER Heidi@crest-management.com.................................................281-458-3345 Contact for Daily issues, clubhouse rental, access cards, Homeowner questions ASSISTANT DanielE@crest-management.com.............................................281-945-4645 Contact for Deed Restrictions, Property Modifications ACCOUNTANT Cheryl@crest-management.com.............................................281-945-4639 Contact for Payments and Accounting Matters EMERGENCY INFORMATION FIRE, MEDICAL OR LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY ...................................................................................................................9-1-1 Constable Precinct 4................................................................281-376-3472 Humble ISD Police (Schools).................................................281-641-7900 Harris County Animal Control..............................................281-999-3191 After Hours.................................................................................281-221-5000 Texas Poison Control Center..................................................800-222-1222 UTILITY SERVICE NUMBERS Public Utility Commission Consumer Hotline .............................................................................. https://www.puc.texas.gov ....................................................................................................888-782-8477 Entouch Systems.......................................................................281-725-1000 (Telephone, Cable, Alarm Monitoring) - https://www.entouch.net AT&T - https://www.att.com..............................................800-288-2020 Electric, (multiple providers)...............................www.powertochoose.org Gas, Centerpoint Energy.........................................................713-659-2111 Reliant Energy - https://www.reliant.com.............................713-207-7777 Harris County MUD 412 - https://www.hcmud412.org/...281-579-4500 MMLA (Water District Operator) - https://www.hcmud412.org/............... .......................................................................................................713-651-1618 Garbage Pickup – Best Trash - https://www.best-trash.com ...................... ........................................................................................................281-313-2378 (Tuesday and Fridays + Recycling) HUMBLE ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT (ZONED TO LAKESHORE) Lakeshore Elementary.............................................................281-641-3500 Woodcreek Middle School......................................................281-641-5200 Summer Creek High School...................................................281-641-5400 ....................................................................................................281-641-1000 .................................................................................... www.humble.k12.tx.us POST OFFICE Post Office - http://www.usps.com.........................................713-695-2690 206 Little York, Houston, TX 77078 NEWSLETTER Peel, Inc......................................................................................512-263-9181 Article Submission: ......................heidi@crest-management.com Advertising............................................................ advertising@peelinc.com COMMITTEE INFORMATION 2

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Community Watch ............................................................................lakeshore-ca@sbcglobal.net COMMITTEE INFORMATION Community Watch..............................................lakeshore-ca@sbcglobal.net Garage Sales........................................................lakeshore-ca@sbcglobal.net Social Committee Kim Koehn...................................................lakeshorehoaevents@gmail.com To volunteer, please email lakeshore-ca@sbcglobal.net Landscape Committee Scot Hutchens.........................................................cshutchman@yahoo.com Pool Committee Bill Tabor......................................................................... williamht2@aol.com

P.S. Did you know? You can rent the clubhouse for your

special event or party! You can also rent the pool

after hours! Visit the clubhouse during open hours to find out more.

Did you know? To get an Amenity Access Key card you need to come to the clubhouse. Bring your proof of residency.

Did you know? To access the pool you must sign the

COVID-19 Waiver (it will then be kept on file), bring

your Access Key card, AND your ID. REMEMBER ALL THREE! Pool hours on Lakeshoretx.org

Did you know? A community email goes out each week with information about community events,

meetings, and important topics. To get on the email list send an email to Heidi@crest-management.com LAKESHORE CLUBHOUSE 281-458-3345 Onsite Manager Hours WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Tuesday & Thursday: 2:00PM - 7:00PM Monday & Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm Closed on Sundays Copyright © 2021 Peel, Inc.

THE LAKESHORE New to Lakeshore? Welcome! REPORT Dear New Resident of Lakeshore Community, Welcome to the neighborhood! We are thrilled that you are here. Moving in can be exciting and challenging. Use this simple to-do list to help you get comfortable and connected. Sincerely, Lakeshore HOA Board

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The Lake Houston Ladies Club is back and we can’t wait for you to join us. We are a social organization that meets from September through May for a luncheon on the third Tuesday of the month at the Walden Country Club, 18100 Walden Forest Drive in Humble, TX. We are currently making plans to hold our next luncheon, so join us to greet old friends and make new ones on Tuesday, September 21, at 10am. The club welcomes new members from all surrounding areas and offers many avenues for individual interest. They include: Hand Knee and Foot, Shooting Club, Travel Club, Scrabble ‘N Babble, Bunco, Artsy Smartsy, Movie Group, Mah Jongg, Lunch ‘N Look, Supper Club, Mexican Train, Readers’ Choice, Game Day, Tea Time and Bridge. There are also events during the year that include spouses or significant others. The club is an excellent way to meet new people and make new friends. New members are welcome to join at any time. For more information about the club or to make reservations for the luncheon, please see our web page at http://www. lakehoustonladiesclub.com or call Betty at 832-633-2991.

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Not the prettiest of birds but vultures serve a very important purpose. They eat the carcasses of dead animals. Driving along our roads, you may see a vulture feasting on roadkill. You may see a black vulture, turkey vulture or both. The easiest way to tell them apart is by their heads. The black vulture has a black head with a thin bill. The turkey vulture has a red head with a white bill. The wingspan of the black vulture is about 4.7 feet while the turkey vulture has a wingspan of about 5.7 feet. Black vultures are more likely to be seen around humans. The turkey vulture is shy and tends to shy away from heavily populated areas. The turkey vulture has an acute sense of smell and uses this to locate the whereabouts of carrion. They can smell the gases coming off of a dead animal up to 5 miles away. Black vultures must rely more on their eyesight to locate carrion but will sometimes follow turkey vultures to get their next meal. Vultures use their hooked bills to tear their food from the carcass. Sometimes they will stick their entire head inside of a carcass so the fact that they lack feathers on their heads helps to keep them clean. They may also step inside of a contaminated carcass which can cover their feet and legs with bacteria. To kill the bacteria, they will defecate on their legs which acts as an antiseptic wash. Vultures will often sit with their wings completely stretched out, especially in the morning. This is called the “horaltic pose”. They do this for several reasons. In the morning, it’s to help warm them since their body temperature drops at night. They also strike this pose to dry their wings or to bake off bacteria. Here are some other interesting facts about vultures: • There is a structure just above the bill that looks like a large nostril. It’s actually a bony structure that protects the nostrils from getting food in them. • Vultures don’t have a voice box so they don’t make much noise other than a hiss or a grunt. • During hot weather, vultures will urinate down their legs. This cools the blood vessels in the feet and lowers the overall temperature of the bird. It also helps kill bacteria. • If a vulture feels threatened, it will projectile vomit. • Both males and females incubate the eggs and help raise the young. • Vultures have their own holiday. International Vulture Awareness Day is celebrated the first Saturday of each September. The next time you see a vulture, remember that beauty is only skin deep. They should be appreciated for controlling bacteria in our environment. If dead animals were left to rot, bacteria that causes swine flu, botulism, leprosy and anthrax, can flourish. The bacteria can then be spread into human populations by animals and through the air. Cheryl Conley Copyright © 2021 Peel, Inc.

THE LAKESHORE REPORT Sun trackers by Jim and Lynne Weber

This time of year, the most notable family of plants are the Heilianthus, or sunflowers. From the Greek helios or ‘sun’ and anthos or ‘flower’, these plants are usually tall annuals or perennials that during their growth phase exhibit a subtle behavior in the daylight h o u r s . T h i s b e h a v i o r, called heliotropism or solar tracking, is the ability for the young flower buds and leaves to gently tilt toward the sun, following it as it Maximilian Sunflower moves across the sky. By the time the flower heads mature, they are stationary but generally facing east to greet the rising sun. Sunflowers are typically tall plants with one to multiple flower heads, consisting of bright yellow ray florets or flowers, surrounding yellow or maroon disc florets. In wild or native species, the rough and hairy stems are normally branched, and the leaves are often sticky and lance or heart-shaped. Sunflowers also exhibit phyllotaxis, or the arrangement of leaves on a stem that forms a distinct pattern, in this case a repeating spiral. Additionally, the disc florets also display a phyllotactic pattern, one that creates the optical effect of criss-crossing spirals in the flower’s center. In our area, the two most abundant sunflowers are the Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and the Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani). Blooming from May to October, the Common Sunflower grows on dry soils, especially in disturbed areas. It can reach 1.5 to 8 feet tall, and various parts of the branched stems can be either green or dark purple. The heart-shaped leaves are coarse and covered in rough hairs, and grow from 2.5 to 10 inches long. Up to 4 inches across, the flower heads have yellow ray flowers and reddish-brown disc flowers. As their scientific name suggests, these plants are annuals. Maximilian Sunflowers, on the other hand, are perennials that bloom in September and October. They grow 1 to 6 feet tall in colonies on both the dry ground of prairies and the moist ground of roadside ditches and other low places. Shorter, rough hairs cover the narrow lance-shaped leaves, which average 2 to 4 inches long. The 1.5 to 3 inch wide flower heads have yellow ray flowers surrounding yellow disc flowers in the center, Copyright © 2021 Peel, Inc.

with numerous flower heads growing along the unbranched stems. As a side note, the similarlooking Plateau Goldeneye (Viguiera dentata), sometimes called Sunflower Goldeneye, also WatchCommon Sunflower blooms along our roadsides and in woodland edges and openings from September to November, but it belongs to the Aster Family and is not a sunflower. Multi-branched, bushy, and 3 to 5 feet high, it can be identified by 1.5 inch wide yellow daisy-like flowers at the ends of long, branching stalks, and triangular green leaves with toothed edges. Aside from their aesthetic value to humans, sunflowers are generally palatable to deer and numerous species of birds eat their seeds. Their flower heads provide nectar for pollinators such as bees, and they are the food plants for several butterfly species such as the Bordered Patch and Silvery Checkerspot. When mixed with other native annuals, these sun trackers provide g o o d c ov e r f o r many species of wildlife, and would be a great addition to your Plateau Goldeneye native wildscape. Send your nature-related questions to naturewatch@austin. rr.com and we’ll do our best to answer them. If you enjoy reading these articles, check out our books, Nature Watch Austin, Nature Watch Big Bend, and Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, all published by Texas A&M University Press, and subscribe to our blog at naturewatchaustin. blogspot.com. The Lakeshore Report - September 2021

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