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General Meeting Tuesday, May 12 7:00 PM Sinclair Elementary School Cafeteria Guest Speaker Harvin Moore from HISD Board of Education HPD Q&A Neighborhood News and Discussions Committee Reports come early: pizza and social time at 6:30 PM Special Meeting Recap: Contract Security MAY 2015 TIMBERGROVE MANOR CIVIC CLUB PO BOX 70977 HOUSTON, TX 77270-0977 WWW.TIMBERGROVE.ORG The annual Easter Egg Hunt was an egg-ceptional success this year. See some of the hoppy faces inside ! INSIDE THIS ISSUE The Timbergram by Chris Ochterbeck & Jennifer Vickers More than 50 neighbors from Timbergrove Manor and surrounding neighborhoods gathered at Lazybrook Baptist Church on April 14 to learn about three different contract security options being considered. This meeting, an official Timbergrove Manor Civic Club Special Meeting, was held in response to growing requests for information on contracting supplemental neighborhood security to support Citizens On Patrol. Representatives from the Houston Police Department off-duty services and S.E.A.L. Security, along with Constable Alan Rosen presented on the benefits and costs associated with each of their services. S.E.A.L. Security, a private entity, offers patrol services for residential areas that include highly trained security personnel, K-9 protection services (including pre- event screenings), marked patrol cars and uniformed guards. Perhaps best known by residents for their efforts in nearby Oak Forest subdivisions, S.E.A.L. Security emphasized their advanced high tech monitoring and deployment facility. They maintain a 24 Hour Emergency Hot Line for clients allowing their dispatchers to direct on-duty officers to specific residences when help is requested. S.E.A.L. Security offers Vacation Watch services where residents can ask officers to check in on their abodes while they are traveling. However, while guards are able to carry firearms and non-lethal weapons, they are not authorized to make vehicular stops. Harris County Constable Precinct 1 offers a contract deputy program which assigns officers to a specific neighborhood, like Timbergrove Manor, and shares costs and time allocations with Harris County. Constables are on duty, in uniform and marked vehicles. Unlike other options considered, Constables have the authority to stop people in their cars. Residents requesting constable assistance will be provided with the switchboard phone number and officers will execute Vacation Watch services. Both S.E.A.L. and Constable services would have dedicated personnel assigned to our neighborhood working eight to ten hour shifts, with varying degrees of coverage based on cost. Both services recommend having their respective switchboard numbers listed on resident’s security system alert lists, if contracted. Houston Police Department off-duty services would be organized by Heights HPD sub-station director Sgt. Wall. If selected, off-duty officers would rotate three to four hour shifts before or after their HPD shifts, maintaining about a 40 hour week. Working from their personal vehicles, residents would be able to directly contact officers during patrol hours on a cell phone provided by TMCC. (TMCC can also provide continued on page 6 School Zone Safety Staying in touch seems to be a full time endeavor for some of us. But distracted driving is dangerous - especially near schools. Learn more inside…

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General Meeting Tuesday, May 12

7:00 PM Sinclair Elementary

School Cafeteria

Guest Speaker Harvin Moore

from HISD Board of Education

HPD Q&A

Neighborhood News and Discussions

Committee Reports

come early: pizza and social time at 6:30 PM

Special Meeting Recap: Contract Security

MAY 2015 TIMBERGROVE MANOR CIVIC CLUB ○ PO BOX 70977 ○ HOUSTON, TX 77270-0977 WWW.TIMBERGROVE.ORG

The annual Easter Egg Hunt was an egg-ceptional success this year. See some of the hoppy faces inside !

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE

The Timbergram

by Chris Ochterbeck & Jennifer Vickers

More than 50 neighbors from Timbergrove Manor and surrounding neighborhoods gathered at Lazybrook Baptist Church on April 14 to learn about three  different contract security options being considered.   This meeting, an official Timbergrove Manor Civic Club Special Meeting, was held in r e s p o n s e t o g r o w i n g r e q u e s t s fo r  i n fo r mat ion on con t rac t ing supplemental neighborhood security to support Citizens On Patrol.Representatives from the Houston Police Department off-duty services and S.E.A.L. Security, along with Constable Alan Rosen presented on the benefits and  costs associated with each of their services. S.E.A.L. Security, a private entity, offers patrol services for residential areas that include highly trained security personnel, K-9 protection services (including pre-event screenings), marked patrol cars and uniformed guards.   Perhaps best known by residents for their efforts in nearby Oak Forest subdivisions, S.E.A.L. Security emphasized their advanced high tech monitoring and deployment facility.    They maintain a 24 Hour Emergency Hot Line for clients allowing their dispatchers to direct on-duty officers to  specific residences when help is requested.  S.E.A.L. Security offers Vacation Watch services where residents can ask officers to check in on their abodes while they are

traveling. However, while guards are able to carry firearms and non-lethal weapons, they are not authorized to make vehicular stops.   Harris County Constable Precinct 1 offers a contract deputy program which a s s i g n s o f fi c e r s t o a s p e c i fi c neighborhood, like Timbergrove Manor, and shares costs and time allocations with Harris County.   Constables are on duty, in uniform and marked vehicles. Unlike other options considered, Constables have the authority to stop people in their cars.    Residents requesting constable assistance will be provided with the switchboard phone number and officers w i l l e x e c u t e  Va c a t i o n Wa t c h services.    Both S.E.A.L. and Constable services would have dedicated personnel assigned to our neighborhood working eight to ten hour shifts, with varying degrees of coverage based on cost.   Both services recommend having their respective switchboard numbers listed on resident’s security system alert lists, if contracted.   Houston Police Department off-duty services would be organized by Heights HPD sub-station director Sgt. Wall. If se lected, of f -duty officers would rotate  three to four hour shifts before or after their HPD shifts, maintaining about a 40 hour week.    Working from their personal vehicles, residents would be able to directly contact officers during patrol hours on a cell phone provided by TMCC.    (TMCC can also provide

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School Zone SafetyStaying in touch seems to be a full time endeavor for some of us. But distracted driving is dangerous - especially near schools. Learn more inside…

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Timbergrove Manor’s 2015 Annual Easter Egg Hunt was by all accounts EGGCEPTIONAL!

With a few big changes introduced at this year’s event, which was held on Saturday, March 28 and once again sponsored by Elizabeth McCormick, Realtor with Heritage Texas Properties, it was said by many people at the two hour get together to be the best Easter Egg Hunt ever hosted by our neighborhood’s Civic Club. The biggest change made this year was the location itself. This year, the Easter Egg Hunt was moved from the back of the Spark Park at Sinclair Elementary

School to the front of the park on Grovewood Lane and along Ella Boulevard. Everyone who entered the park from the double gate on Grovewood Lane noticed the changes immediately, smiling as they were greeted by the event volunteers.The other big change was that we added one hour of free play time was scheduled before the Hunt actually began. This meant that all of the children and their parents were able to take advantage of the entire park. It was fantastic seeing many children covering the playground equipment, running through the lawn, chasing balls and playing on the basketball court. Entire families showed up with food, drinks, blankets, toys and enjoyed picnics in the grass as they laughed and simply spent time together. Throughout the park, the sounds of happiness and fun was heard – chortles and giggles, squeals of delight and excitement, parents calling out to children, children asking their moms and dads to come and take a look at every new thing they saw, dogs barking and cheerful volunteers helping to get everyone involved.More changes were made this year by adding more activities under the pavilion along with a better selection of beverages and food. Everybody enjoyed “Apple Dumplin,” the sweetest balloon lady in all of Houston, with her wonderful balloon creations, magic wand and coloring book. Yared did a sensational job with the children as she painted their design choice from her numerous face painting selections. Every person there enjoyed

milk, chocolate milk, orange juice, water and everyone chose their favorite flavor from six varieties of homemade breakfast muffins.After all of the candy filled eggs were found in three age specific areas where the eggs were hidden, the children carefully nestled them in their favorite Easter baskets. The eggs were excitedly emptied. then re-assembled and placed in several bins to be used again next year. Finally, every Easter egg hunting child was asked to go to a table literally covered in prizes and asked to select their favorite toy. And what is the highlight of all Easter Egg Hunt highlights? A picture with the Easter Bunny of course! With a near 50 / 50 mixture of fear and delightful anticipation, children lined up with their parents, dog owners standing with their sweet puppies and random adults as giddy as school kids were waiting to have a picture taken with the Easter Bunny. With a huge thank you to Lauren Morgan at “L ephant Photography” for donating her sensational photography at this year’s event, everyone agrees that the pictures are gorgeous and will surely be loved for years to come. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the help of so many generous volunteers. THANK YOU! We appreciate you and we need YOU! If you’d be interested in volunteering to help us out in any way possible with future events, please send an e-mail to T i m L o u q u e a t [email protected]

Hoppy Hoppy Joy Joy

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by Darlene Wayt

As a volunteer for Citizens on Patrol and a regular morning walker, I often see drivers using a cell phone or texting while driving through our school zone on Ella Boulevard or crossing our school zone on Grovewood.

Google “Distracted Driving” and you will get facts, figures and stats from all kinds of sources: TX DOT, AAA, the Federal Highway Administration, Stop Texts Stop Wrecks. Bottom line: using a cell phone while driving is extremely dangerous and accidents happen in a split second.

Per www.distraction.gov, “Because text messaging requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention from the driver, it is by far the most alarming distraction.”

Using a cell phone to talk or text is especially dangerous in a school zone. As you know, traffic in the Ella/Grovewood

area is heavy in the mornings and in the afternoons and “traffic” ranges from walkers and bike riders to subcompact cars to SUVs, vans and school buses. Children are small and hard to see.

Last October, I spoke to Sinclair’s crossing guard and she told me that unfortunately it is very common to see drivers talking on cell phones and see drivers with their eyes downcast not looking ahead while driving through the school zone. And this happens when the lights are flashing and even when she blows her whistle and raises her crossing guard sign to get children across the street!

Safety is the main concern and goal. Also, Texas has banned the use of handheld phones and texting in school zones. So, please refrain from this dangerous practice in our school zone, and remind others to do the same, for safety sake and also to comply with Texas state law.

Join us for the next meeting of the Timbergrove Manor Civic Club on Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 PM. As usual, the meeting will be held in the cafeteria of Sinclair Elementary and guests are invited to arrive as early as 6:30 PM for pizza and social time. Our speaker will be Harvin Moore.

Mr. Moore, our HISD Board of Education District VII trustee, was elected in 2003 and reelected in 2005, 2009, and 2013. He served as board president in 2008. Mr. Moore grew up in Houston, resides here with his family, has worked in finance, marketing, and consulting for over 20 years, most recently in the aerospace industry, and has an extensive background and expertise in public education having served as a tutor, mentor, director and a d v i s o r f o r m a n y e d u c a t i o n a l organizations. Last year Mr. Moore opposed the HISD magnet cuts, which passed by a board vote of 5-4, and negatively impacted Sinclair’s budget. Mr. Moore helped to alter the original

proposal so that the magnet cut for Sinclair for the coming school year 2015-16 was reduced to just $27,180. In addition, Mr. Moore simultaneously led an effort to increase general funding for all schools, and Sinclair’s share of that was an additional $31,365 for the coming school year, more than offsetting the magnet cut this coming year. In addition, Mr. Moore’s also directed approximately $72,000 of discretionary funds to help Sinclair with other facility needs including painting, flooring and lighting improvements not otherwise covered by bond or district funds.

Mr. Moore will discuss with us the above issues as well as other important district initiatives that affect Sinclair, including a recently proposed (and then tabled) plan to make changes to elementary school zone boundaries in northwest Houston.

Abby Taylor, Sinclair’s Principal, and Evan Grossman, Sinclair’s Magnet Coordinator, will be on hand to address

the importance of early enrollment for the next school year.

Meet Our Speaker: Harvin Moore

School Zone Safetyby Tim Louque

Jus t in ca se you mi s sed i t , T imberg rove Manor sponsor s a neighborhood Rummage Sale in spring every year. This year’s Rummage Sale was March 28th. It was originally scheduled to be held on the 21st but had to be postponed because of the weather.

This year, eighteen people requested booths at the sale which was held in the Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church parking lot. Out of the eighteen people who registered, eight made it out to the sale on the day of the event.

The crowd was good. Many people showed up to shop. The variety of items for sale was remarkable and the weather was perfect.

Keep watching here. Next year, we are going to beef this thing way up!

As in past years, free document shredding was offered and sponsored by Carolyn Bryant of RE/MAX Metro 281-723-9810. This service went over very well and the shredding company was kept busy from start to end.

You Sold WHAT?!?

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by Lorraine Cherry

“If you can’t make it to Lebanon this week…”

For almost 10 years, loyal customers have flocked to Mary’z Lebanese Cuisine on Richmond to get delicious and authentic Mediterranean and Lebanese food. Now, this family-owned business has expanded with the opening of a second restaurant at 4500 Washington Avenue, just a few blocks east of North Shepherd.

In the short time that Mary’z has been open, we have eaten there twice and returned a third time with friends. Everything we’ve tried has been fresh and wholesome and absolutely wonderful. The original Mary’z on Richmond has long been renowned for their grilled meats, and they’ve brought that expertise here. My husband Dave tried the tenderloin kabob, grilled with tomato and onion slices, and said it was some of the best meat he’s had in Houston. While he was eating that, I worked my way through

a plate of marinated grilled quail, accompanied by an ethereal spread made with pounded garlic and butter. (You could put that spread on a golf ball and people would line up to order it.) For lunch one day, he enjoyed chicken shawarma rolled up in a foot-wide fresh pita, while I had a plate of falafel and a fattoush salad topped with chunks of freshly-baked pita. Our friends enjoyed a mixed grill for two that included grilled tenderloin, chicken marinated in garlic and lemon, and kafta (ground meat mixed with parsley, onions, and spices). All entrées come with two sides that you select from a large variety of vegetable dishes (including fava beans blended with lemon juice, fried cauliflower served with tahini, roasted eggplant, green beans simmered in tomato and onion, home-made yoghurt and cucumber, and more) or salads (Greek, Caesar, cabbage). All of the vegetable dishes and salads are available à la carte, making Mary’z a great choice for vegetarians.

The bread at Mary’z is something special. A large brick oven (the open-fire

pizza oven preserved from a previous incarnation of this place as an Italian restaurant) is used to make fresh pitas to order. They seem dedicated to making sure that you never have cold bread, so they bring it out in small quantities to make sure that what you have is always fresh and hot. If you keep asking for it, they will keep bringing it. They have an impressive full bar, including wines and local beers on tap. The new décor is beautiful, elegant but not intimidating. And the service is helpful, knowledgeable, and very friendly.

Mary’z is open from 11 a.m. until midnight Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. There is a special menu for lunch, and the late hours make it a great place to stop after a theater event downtown. There is ample non-valet parking in the back of the restaurant. Check out their menu at http://www.maryzcuisine.com and give them a try. This is a very welcome addition to the Washington Avenue corridor!

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Contract Security for Timbergrove

Traces of Timbergrove Chris Daigle sends this terrific photo of racing legend A.J. Foyt just after his victory in the 1977 Indianapolis 500.  Foyt and his crew built racing cars one block south of Timbergrove, and tested the engines twice a week, making a memorable sound that carried over the neighborhood. In 1964, after Foyt's second Indianapolis win, Timbergrove residents held a "Welcome Home" reception for the team.

photo credit: Chris Daigle

by Chris Ochterbeck, [email protected]

If you haven’t checked out the latest news stories, they’re up! Also, with help from the Timbergram Editor you will find the notable stories published in not only the Timbergram, but on our website at www.timbergrove.org as well. Recently added is a form for Deed Restriction Enforcement that gets submitted to the committee and coming soon will be meeting minutes from the General Meetings and Board Meetings. The latest features being rolled out over coming weeks are in the special section for the topic of Neighborhood Contract Security – which includes the questionnaire about preferences for any contract assistance. And, if there’s development time (before the next Timbergram, that is) we will try to add a special section for New Residents to help the Timbergreeters. I always appreciate feedback but ask your understanding regarding response time that there are a lot of features in development right now…

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magnetic decals to label the patrol vehicles.)

Attendees of the meeting were given a special questionnaire to prioritize the s e r v i c e s d e s i r e d a n d t o g a u g e n e i g h b o r h o o d i n t e r e s t i n t h e program.    Whether in attendance or not, residents can state a preference using t h e o n l i n e s u r v e y at www.timbergrove.org.   Results will be analyzed on May 31 and presented to the neighborhood afterwards. Make sure you fill out survey now! The latest information will be included on the website under the special section dedicated to Neighborhood Contract Security.

The first quarter of 2015 was a great success in terms of Timbergrove Manor Civic Club memberships. Already 46% of households have paid their dues. That’s nearly two-thirds of the way to our goal! We’ve also seen a spike in meeting attendance lately. Not only did we have a recent record number of attendees at the March meeting when we discussed contentious deed restriction related construction, but have had an upward trend in meeting attendance since the beginning of 2014. If you haven’t been to a general meeting lately, stop by to connect with neighbors and learn about the work the Civic Club does to maintain the cherished quality of life we’ve come to appreciate in Timbergrove Manor.

And if you have not yet paid your $30 annual household dues, it’s not too late. It takes less than five minutes to visit www.timbergrove.org, click the large, red “Pay Dues Online” button on the right and complete the donation process.

Want to do more to get involved? Reach out to [email protected] and let us know if you’re available to help. We’d love to get to know you.

Membership UpdateWebmaster’s Blog

complete your

Contract Security Questionnaire

at www.timbergrove.org

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Crime in TMCCby Lillian Jolliffe, Timbergrove Manor Citizen PatrolWow, the number of incidents in District 2 and Timbergrove are way down compared to December and January. However, do not become too confident, secure valuables in your trunk or better yet take them into the house. The bad guys are always out there. National Night Out is October 6, so please start making plansg now so we can get the right addresses to HPD by the first week of September. We stand a better chance of having HPD visit if we get request in early. *2400 Willowby,, 6500 Kury #900 Drane Ct, 6200 Queenswood (note: blocks, not specific addresses)

TYPE OF CRIMEFEB 2015 MARCH 2015

DIST. 2 TMCC DIST. 2 TMCC

Aggravated Assault 1 0 3 0

Auto theft 8 0 2 0

Burglary of Motor Vehicle 11 0 27 0

Burglary 10 2* 16 2#

Theft 32 0 20 0

Robbery 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 62 2 68 2

by Darlene Wayt

The park’s Capital Improvement Project (CIP) allocation will upgrade the park’s lighting/security lighting by prioritizing the southwest corner which is the ball field. Per the Parks Program Manager, if any funds remain after this prioritization, other

park lighting improvements will be considered.

Per the Project Schedule, the Electrical Design and Geotechnical phases should be complete by the time you receive this Timbergram. The other phases and time frame end dates are as follows: Permitting 6-4-15; Contractor Proposal 6-19-15; Work

Authorization 7-24-15; and Lead Time 10-26-15. Contractor Site Work is scheduled for 50 days from 9-15-15 to 11 -23 -15 w i th Subs tan t i a l Completion ending on 12/1/15.

To see the Project Schedule and check for updated info, go to w w w. s n c -1 4 . o rg an d c l i c k o n “Records.”

Update from Jaycee Park

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How do some people never get sick while the rest of us seem to get a cold or the flu at least once a year? Health journalist, Gene Stone, captured the secrets of 25 people who claim to never get sick in his recent book The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick. If you want to be healthier this year, here are four practical, food-related secrets he discovered to prevent sickness:

Garlic

Researchers at the University of Western Australia found people who started eating garlic regularly reduced their sick days by more than 50%. Garlic has antibacterial and antiviral properties that can help ward off colds or the flu. An easy way to eat more garlic is to include it in a rice or pasta dish a few times a week.

Probiotics

This good bacteria can relieve gastrointestinal conditions and boost your body’s immune system. Probiotics that live in your digestive system make it harder for disease-creating germs to move in. Eat one or more of these probiotic-rich foods each day: yogurt with live cultures, sauerkraut, cottage cheese, or probiotic-fortified soy milk. You can also take a probiotic supplement found in most natural food stores.

Brewer’s Yeast

Most of the brewer’s yeast that you can buy from vitamin or health food

stores is an extract from yeast used to ferment beer and wine. Brewer’s yeast contains B vitamins that the body uses to maintain blood cells and the immune system. Take one tablespoon each day in powdered form, dissolved in water, to get your recommended daily allowance of B v i t a m i n s . T h i s s i m p l e supplement can also lower your risk of some cancers.

Vegetables

There’s a reason your mother always told you to eat your veggies. If you eat a lot of meats and sugars, your diet is probably acidic with not enough alkaline-based foods to balance out your pH levels. Your pH level is a measure of the acidity to alkaline in your body. And recent studies have linked disease to high levels of a c i d i t y. E a t i n g vegetables, legumes, and olive oil keeps your body more at a pH “neutral” level and can help you stay healthy.

Stone says, “Since I s tarted researching this book, I haven’t been sick once.” I hope you’ll say the same after trying some of these tips. To get a copy of Stone’s book, search “Secrets of People” on amazon.com.

Locksmith Secrets Revealed

If you get locked out of your home or simply need new locks, here are some

insider secrets to protect y o u r s e l f a n d y o u r

pocketbook:

Check all your doors before you call. They often arrive at the house and t r y a n o t h e r door, fi n d i t

un locked and charge you for the

service.

Be careful of scam a r t i s t s p o s i n g a s

professionals. Some quote a great rate on the phone and claim they have a

special lock at a higher price when they arrive. Find reputable pros at: www.findalocksmith.com.

Cheap locks are easily defeated. Purchase a “Grade 2” lockset. It’s more secure and durable than Grade 1, but you don’t need Grade 3 which are for commercial buildings and can be expensive. You may want to ask your locksmith to install high-security locks with keys that can’t be replicated at the hardware store.

The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick

Special Feature for Timbergram readers by Pamela Efferson Properties

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by Lorraine Cherry, Friends of West 11th Street Park

Did you know that West 11th Street Park functions as a great storm water detention pond for our neighborhood? On March 22 of this year, more than 24 hours after the end of a major rainstorm, streams of water were still rippling out of park. The trees and shrubs actually influence the flow of rain water, helping to protect against flooding and to improve water quality in the urban environment.

How do they do this? Think about what happens to water during a heavy rain. If it falls on a surface like a concrete parking lot, all of the water quickly flows into a storm sewer. Not only does this increase the risk of flooding, but it also washes chemicals and litter from roads and parking lots into our bayous.

Now think about what happens to rain falling in a forest. In a process called vertical detention, the leaves, branches, and bark break the fall of the raindrops, slowing down their progress to the ground. A lot of the captured rainwater evaporates back into the air. The water that does reach the ground is more likely to sink in and less likely to run away because the tree’s roots make the soil more porous. And these same roots move water up from

the soil into the leaves, where it eventually comes out through tiny pores on the underside of the leaves and away into the air.

The water oak shown in the picture below (Stop #12 on the Wireless Wilderness cell phone tour) is still a relatively young tree, but already it is able to intercept almost 10,000 gallons of stormwater run-off each year.

Super Neighborhood 14 Meeting Dates

SN 14 will meet in June, August, October and December at 6:00 p.m. Topics include the Jaycee Park CIP and the Bryce Chemical Feed Station Rebuild. Changes are in the works regarding the day and venue so check the website, www.snc-14.org, which is the primary m e a n s o f c o m mu n i c a t i n g w i t h neighborhood residents, including announcements, minutes and council correspondence. For more info, contact Correspondence Secretary Megan Jackson at [email protected].

Mark Your CalendarsI Scream. You Scream. We All Scream For … T h e T M C C A N N U A L INDEPENDENCE DAY ICE CREAM SOCIAL of Course!

Even though we have been having a lot of rain a n d c o o l e r temperatures lately, you can bet that the weather will be plenty h o t a n d hopefully clear and sunny when the July Fourth w e e k e n d r o l l s around.

So make plans now to beat the heat! Join us and your neighbors for some delicious ice cream and w a t e r m e l o n a t o u r A n n u a l Independence Day Ice Cream Social generously sponsored once again by Sharon Ett inger with Kel ler Williams Metropolitan Realty.

And KIDS! There is going to be a Fourth of July Parade and you can be a part of it! Be sure to decorate your wagons, tricycles, carts and bikes the very best you can with a 4th of July theme. The best decorated entry will win a great prize!

Put it on your calendar now – Saturday, July 4th at 4:00 PM at Jaycee Park / 1300 Seamist Drive / 77008

West 11th Street Park

Rainwater coming out of the park after a heavy rain.

This Water Oak can intercept nearly 10,000 gallons of stormwater run-off each year.

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Timbergrove Manor Civic Club Leadership

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

President Bill Morfey 832-651-0112 [email protected]

VP Leslie Hillendahl 281-236-6345 [email protected]

Secretary Peter Davies 713-861-1550 [email protected]

Treasurer Paige Ochterbeck 214-435-6293 [email protected]

Director Kirk Guy [email protected]

Director Darlene Wayt 713-385-4465 [email protected]

Director Lorraine Cherry 713-869-4445 [email protected]

Director Forrest Andrews 713-328-9848 [email protected]

Director Gary Nordstrom [email protected]

CHAIRPERSONS - TMCC COMMITTEES

Activities Tim Louque [email protected]

Beautification Leslie Hillendahl 281-236-6345 [email protected]

Block Captains Carolyn Bryant 281-723-9810 [email protected]

Deed Restrictions Enforcement

Traci [email protected]

Design Review Dana Whitney [email protected]

Environmental Affairs

Lorraine Cherry 713-869-4445 [email protected]

Membership Tim LouqueGary Nordstrom

[email protected]

Timbergram Jennifer Vickers 713-240-9671 [email protected]

Timbergreeters Carolyn Bryant 281-723-9810 [email protected]

Web Site Chris Ochterbeck

[email protected]

Yard of the Month

Leslie Hillendahl 281-236-6345 [email protected]

Tree Waste:

Wednesday, May 20Wednesday, July 15

Junk Waste/Heavy Trash:

Wednesday, June 17Wednesday, August 19

Recycling - every other week:

Thursday, May 7Thursday, May 21Thursday, June 4Thursday, June 18Thursday, July 2Thursday, July 16

Solid Waste Collection Schedule

Sinclair Elementary will be registering zoned students for the 2015-2016 school year during the week of May 11.  Register now to ensure secure your spot for the upcoming school year!

May 13, 9 AM-12 noon

incoming 1st and 2nd graders

May 14, 9 AM-12 noon

incoming 3rd and 4th graders

May 15, 8:30 AM-10:30 AM

i n c o m i n g 5 t h g r a d e r s a n d kindergarteners

If you are unable to attend during the scheduled registration window, please c o n t a c t J o A n n A n t h o n y a t 713-867-5160.

Sinclair Registration

Yard of the MonthTo win Yard of the Month you must be a current dues-paying TMCC member and cannot have won a YOTM award within the past year.  Congratulations to the following neighbors for their attractive, well-groomed yards!

 March

6410 Lindyann – Iyengar & Padmini Srinivasan 2419 Tannehill – Gail Eldridge6226 Linton – Robin & Ira Palmer6623 Lindyann – Cindy Hamann

 April

6303 Kury – Tim Heinrich 2510 Haverhill – Kay Yasoni 6510 Kury – Jon Crucian 6146 Queenswood – Gayle & Harry Myers

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