Lakes on Eldridge - April 2022

Lakes on Eldridge

Volume 21, Issue 3

March 2022

New Playground & Volleyball Net The new clubhouse playground installation and volleyball net upgrades have been completed! Thanks to the LOE parents who gave input on the playground features. With multiple slides and a mini rockclimbing wall, it is proving to be popular with many LOE children.

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A huge thank you to Dan Massingill for organizing the volleyball court upgrade. The new poles were donated

by Jimmy Kash and installed with pads for safer play. A great updated addition to LOE! Lakes on Eldridge - March 2022 1

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

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 Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 9th 10:00 am LOE Clubhouse The Easter Bunny may hop by!

Notices Some neighbors have said they don’t know what to do or who to contact when then notice anything out of the ordinary or something they think that security should be aware of in neighborhood. For safety issues, please call the LOE guard house at 713.937.8825.

For any other issues or concerns please contact our community manager, Donna McDonald at Donna.McDonald@fsresidential. com or 713-332-471.

LOE WEBSITE Please register for full resident access to HOA documents, forms, events information and management company contacts.

By providing your contact information you will receive HOA notifications, community messages and reminders. Your contact information is kept private and is not available to any external parties.

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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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Lakes on Eldridge Kirk Elementary School

Back Gate Entrance on Summerland Ridge Many of our younger residents attend Kirk Elementary and it is a great advantage for their parents to be able to drop off and pick them up at the back gate on Summerland Ridge. Unfortunately, we have received reports of non-LOE parents using the back gate which is an LOE-only benefit and the extra vehicles are adding to the congestion. Do not loan remotes to friends outside of LOE to give them this private access.

If you are picking up your child by car, please follow the guidelines below: •

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Please park on one side of the road only along the school fence to avoid having children cross the street especially from between parked cars

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Avoid parking on the cul-de-sac and across from or in front of driveways

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No double parking

These guidelines are for the safety of our children and residents. Your cooperation is appreciated.

Summerland Ridge is intended to be one-way east bound only during 3:40 pm – 4:30 pm

SECURITY AND SAFETY Gate Remote Rules Reminder Please remember that homeowners are responsible for all use of gate remotes assigned to their residence. Remotes are issued to and are only for use by residents. They are not for friends, frequent guests or service personnel such as nannies, pool and yard maintenance etc. Providing remotes to people other than those in your household is violating the rules and puts the security of LOE at risk. Should you lose your remote please report it to First Service Residential immediately so that it may be deactivated and removed from the gate opening system. The safety and security of LOE is a shared responsibility and we appreciate your cooperation in following these simple rules.

PEAR TREE REMOVAL

sPECIAL OFFER EXTENDED TO APRIL 30, 2022 Contractor discounted price of $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 April 30, 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.

Pablo Sierra All Texas Tree Service 832-723-0862 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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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

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Book Club’s next meeting is on March 28 at 7:30 PM in the clubhouse. 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) Mask wearing is according to your own comfort level. 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.

March 28 – My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier I threw the piece of paper on the fire. She saw it burn ...Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, a man who will love his grand home as much as he does himself. But the cozy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries - and there he dies suddenly. In almost no time at all, the new widow - Philip's cousin Rachel - turns up in England. Despite himself, Philip is drawn

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to this beautiful, sophisticated, mysterious woman like a moth to the flame. And yet ...might she have had a hand in Ambrose's death?

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 Beekeeper of Aleppo February Lady in Waiting March My Cousin Rachel April A Gentleman In Moscow May The Courtesan June American Dirt July When We Were Young & Brave August Anxious People September 12 Mighty Orphans October Life After Life November This Tender Land December Bittersweet

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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 and 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 Culinary arts students compete in fifth CFISD Cupcake Battle

CUPCAKE BATTLE 5: Cypress Ranch High School junior Amalie Biehl’s lemon meringue pie cupcakes won Best Frosting at the fifth annual CFISD High School Cupcake Battle on Jan. 21 at the Berry Center.

Jersey Village High School junior Ananda Stephens and Cypress Ranch High School junior Kiersten Vincenti won first place in their respective competition divisions at the fifth annual CFISD High School Cupcake Battle, held Jan. 21 at the Berry Center.

spoons and answering food safety questions before ultimately creating a meringue. Teams from Cypress Creek (Session A) and Cypress Springs (Session B) high schools won their “This was a really good test of their skills,” respective challenges. said Catherine Piotrowski, a Jersey Village Culinary students prepared cupcakes graduate and former CFISD culinary and presentations the week before the student currently studying at the University competition at their local campuses and of Houston’s Hilton College of Hotel and set them up at the Berry Center on the day Restaurant Management. “Seeing all these of the competition. The top three places amazing cupcakes here can hopefully spark were awarded in both Advanced Culinary more creativity and give them more interest Arts (second-year students) and Culinary in baking, cooking and the industry as a I. Winners in both divisions received prizes whole. They can see that this does have a including KitchenAid mixers, decorating pathway to their future and it is applicable.” kits, baking accessories and gift cards.

The competition featured more than 70 entries from all 12 CFISD high schools.

Industry professionals, CFISD culinary arts alumni and local bakers joined CFISD staff members in judging this year’s competition.

The judges graded the cupcakes for multiple

During judging, participating culinary students participated in a Meringue Challenge in addition to a breakout session featuring guest speaker Lisa Barcelona, owner of Barcelona Cakes. The relay-style challenge featured students carrying eggs in

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categories, including overall taste and design, Best Cake, Best Frosting, Most Unique Flavor, Most Advanced Technique and Best Presentation.

Vincenti placed first in the Culinary I division, Cypress Creek High School junior Miranda Gray finished second and Cypress Woods High School junior Olivia Cecchini placed third.

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Lakes on Eldridge Continued from Page 10 Stephens placed first in the Advanced Culinary, Jersey Village High School junior Mikayla Kirkland finished second and Cypress Springs High School senior Ofelia Valle placed third.

“This was really fun,” Stephens said. “I really like to bake so I enjoyed looking at everyone else’s cupcakes and seeing their ideas. It was really creative and I like to be around like-minded people as me who like to back, decorate and show other people what we can do.”

The following Culinary I students won specialty awards: Best Cake – Tyrese Gordon, Cypress Lakes; Best Frosting – Amalie Biehl, Cypress Ranch; Most Unique Cupcake – Shelby Reynolds, Cypress Ridge; Most Advanced Technique – Emily Rose, Langham Creek; and Best Presentation – Iliyah Booker, Cypress Ranch.

“We love bringing our kids here every year because they love to come and show off the skills they’ve learned throughout the year,” said Blair Roy, Jersey Village culinary arts teacher. “We really missed not having it last year so it was a great treat to be able to come out here and see all the special guests, judges and people from the community come out and support us. Not only are they making cupcakes to bring here and present, they’re also meeting with people in the community that have businesses and work here.”

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