Lakes on Eldridge - January

Lakes on Eldridge

Volume 21, Issue 1

January 2022

What a wonderful time of the year! It was a great turn out at the holiday party on December 4th. So many neighbors and friends gathered at our clubhouse to play, craft, and greet Santa! We enjoyed Christmas donuts and took lots of pictures too! Thanks to Santa for stopping by and taking wishes and hugs! Also a big thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who helped make this event a success!

Assessments are due on or before January 1, 2022. Payments not received by March 1, 2022 will incur a late fee of $100.00 plus 18% interest until the assessment is paid in full. Payment coupons were mailed out in December. Include your coupon with your payment to ensure it is applied to the proper account. Failure to do so could delay processing of your payment.

Please forward the payment coupon to your mortgage company if they escrow these funds. For additional copies of your payment coupon please email contactus.tx@fsresidential.com and reference LOE 2022 Assessment in the subject line.

Make check payable to LAKES ON ELDRIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. Payments may also be made on-line at www. clickpay.com. Your assessment payment is not tax deductible. Contact Donna (Donna.McDonald@fsresidential.com) promptly if you have any questions or concerns regarding your assessment payment.

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Lakes on Eldridge IMPORTANT NUMBERS FIRST SERVICE RESIDENTIAL 1330 Enclave Parkway, Suite 425, Houston, TX 77077 713-932-1122 (24/7) or contactus.tx@fsresidential.com Office hours are 9am to 4pm Monday through Friday LOE Guard House........................................................713-937-8825 Waterfowl, Betty Burkett................................................713-302-9929 Sheriff - (non-emergency)...............................................713-221-6000 Cy-Fair Fire Department - (emergency)..........................281-466-6161 (non-emergency)..................281-550-6663 Poison Control............................................................1-800-764-7661 Texas DPS......................................................................713-681-1761 Texas Pride Disposal.......................................................281-342-8178 (trash collection Mondays & Thursdays, recycling Mondays) TNG Utility (Water)..................................................... 281-350-0895 Harris County Tax Office...............................................713-224-1919 Reliant Energy............................................................... 713-207-7777 CenterPoint (gas)...........................................................713-659-2111 Center Point (street light)...............................................713-207-2222

(give pole # of street which is out) Comcast.........................................................................713-341-1000 Houston Chronicle........................................................713-220-7211 Metro Transit Info..........................................................713-635-4000 Kirk Elementary............................................................ 713-849-8250 Truitt Middle School......................................................281-856-1100 Cy-Falls High School.....................................................281-856-1000 Cy-Ridge High School...................................................281-807-8000 Newsletter Publisher Peel, Inc........................advertising@PEELinc.com, 512-263-9181

Are You Ready for a Freeze?

With the potentially erratic winter weather in Houston, it may be a warm and sunny one day and freezing the next. Preparing for cold weather before it comes may save last minute scrambling and possibly costly repairs if a pipe freezes.

Freeze Tips: • Drain, if possible, and insulate all external pipes and faucets – towels/ bubble wrap may work for mild freezes but pipe insulation is an inexpensive easy to install option, and usually available at any home improvement store.

• Turn off your sprinkler system and drain the back-flow preventer.

• Take plants inside or cover them – sheets are good for mild freezes.

Drop cloths or plastic sheeting is better for severe freezes as it helps capture the ground heat and keep it around the plants.

• Disconnect and drain garden hoses.

• Keep pool pumps running as long as the temperature is below freezing.

If there is a power loss, drain all pool equipment quickly to avoid water freezing in the pool equipment.

• For extended weather below freezing and loss of power, let inside faucets drip/trickle to keep water moving. Moving water is less likely to free in pipes.

• Open cabinet doors under sinks.

• A hairdryer can be used to thaw frozen pipes.

LOE BOARD OF DIRECTORS To contact a member of the Board of Directors, call Donna McDonald at FirstService Residential (FSR), 713-332-4711 and leave a number where you can be reached, or send an email to donna.mcdonald@fsresidential.com. Your message will then be forwarded to one of the following Board Members: Gaynor Richardson..................................................President Gary Fehsenfeld...............................................Vice President Sue Strebel...............................................................Treasurer Jim Wynn................................................................Secretary Alphine Freeman......................................................Director

Visit the Association Website: https://lakesoneldridge.nabrnetwork.com

LOE CLUBHOUSE RENTALS Clubhouse inquiries for rentals are handled by FSR. Please review the Clubhouse Rental Agreement found on the Resources tab at www.lakesoneldridge.net. To inquire about availability or other information, please email contactus.tx@fsresidential.com with LOE Clubhouse in the subject line and include information about your proposed dates, type of event, number of guests, etc. Email inquiries are preferred over phone call inquiries due to the time needed to address your inquiry.

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As has been previously noted many pear trees within LOE have reached the end of their lifespan. There have been several instances recently where large pear limbs have fallen across sidewalks unexpectedly without warning. The HOA has removed most of these pear trees and is continuing to evaluate remaining pear trees and remove them as necessary. If you have pear trees on your property and are interested in having them removed, the HOA has contacted Pablo Sierra with All Texas Tree Services. He has offered to remove corner lot pear trees for $250/tree, including grinding the stumps & cleanup for all LOE residents. This is for pear tree removal on side yards of corner lots only.

Please contact Pablo for pricing on any other tree removals.

Please text or email Pablo directly before March 31 with your name, address, and number of pear trees to remove. At his discretion he may wait until he has several requests in LOE before scheduling the tree removal and may not give advance notice. When the work is complete you will receive an invoice from All Texas Tree Service. Payments should be made directly to All Texas Tree Service.

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The Tree Resolution requires side yards for corner lots to have 2 medium sized trees or 3 small sized trees (a listing of suggested tree species for both medium and small trees is included in the resolution appendix).

Typically, any trees removed should be promptly replaced. However, any homeowners who decide to have the pear trees removed with this offer will have up to 18 months to replace the trees.

Pablo Sierra All Texas Tree Service 281-723-0862 pcsierra1973@gmail.com *Please note: The HOA is providing this information for informational purposes only and all contracting will be between the homeowner and All Texas Tree Service. The HOA disclaims all liability should a homeowner elect to use All Texas Tree Service to remove any trees.

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Lakes on Eldridge Look for this Wi-Fi QR code at the pool and clubhouse for easy access to the Lakes on Eldridge Wi-Fi. Open your camera on your phone and hover over the code a gray bar will pop up that says Wi-Fi QR Code Join “Lakes on Eldridge _5G” Network .Tap the gray bar and you will be joined to the Wi-Fi newtork

Most of us chose to live in LOE because it is a safe neighborhood and each of us has a responsibility to contribute to this environment. Speeding and running stop signs may get you home seconds sooner but are those seconds worth increasing the possibility of accidently hitting a child playing or not seeing a pedestrian crossing the street? This might happen in an instant but could permanently change your and another family’s lives forever. Please, please, please, slow down and remind all drivers in your household as well as visitors and contractors to be considerate and obey the traffic rules. Your help will let everyone continue to feel safe in LOE!

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Lakes on Eldridge Book Club’s next meeting is on January 24 at 7:30 PM in the clubhouse. Plenty of room, masks optional. We welcome anyone to join us! Usually the 4th Monday of each month at 7:30 PM (we sometimes move the date because of holidays, so check with celeste. fritz@gmail.com ) Don’t forget about LOE’s Little Free Library located at the bus stop in front of the clubhouse! Take a book / leave a book.

January 24 – The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri Nuri is a beekeeper and Afra, his wife, is an artist. Mornings, Nuri rises early to hear the call to prayer before driving to his hives in the countryside. On weekends, Afra sells her colorful landscape paintings at the open-air market. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the hills of the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo—until the unthinkable happens. When all they love is destroyed by war, Nuri knows they have no choice except to leave their home. But escaping Syria will be no easy task. Afra has lost her sight, leaving Nuri to navigate her grief as well as a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece toward an uncertain future in Britain.

Nuri is sustained only by the knowledge that waiting for them is his cousin Mustafa, who has started an apiary in Yorkshire and is teaching fellow refugee’s beekeeping. As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world, they must confront not only the pain of their own unspeakable loss but dangers that would overwhelm even the bravest souls.

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Above all, they must make the difficult journey back to each other, a path once so familiar yet rendered foreign by the heartache of displacement. Moving, intimate, and beautifully written, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a book for our times: a novel that at once reminds us that the most peaceful and ordinary lives can be utterly upended in unimaginable ways and brings a journey in faraway lands close to home, never to be forgotten.

When the stress of the holidays gets to you, why not curl up with a good book? Here’s our reading list for 2022;

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November December

Beekeeper of Aleppo My Cousin Rachel Lady in Waiting A Gentleman In Moscow The Courtesan American Dirt When We Were Young & Brave Anxious People 12 Mighty Orphans Life After Life This Tender Land Bittersweet

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