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Volume 10, Issue 3 March 2018 Volume 10, Issue 3 March 2018 Copyright © 2018 Peel, Inc. Lakeway Voice - March 2018 1 107 BELLA MONTAGNA CIRCLE A new standard in senior living A unique residential experience for older adults, nestled in Northwest Austin. A community built to high standards with thoughtful design, warm hospitality and innovative programming for a variety of lifestyles and needs. LAKEWAY Opening Summer 2018. Now accepting reservations. Independent Living | Assisted Living | Award-Winning Memory Care Distinctive Residential Settings | Chef-Prepared Dining and Bistro Premier Health and Wellness Programs | Enrichment and Social Activities Professionally Supervised Fitness, Therapy and Rehabilitation Services Information Center Now Open at Lakeway Commons 900 Ranch Road 620 South, Suite A100 • 512-402-1800 The Community Built for Life.® belmontvillage.com/lakeway Artist’s rendering. © 2018 Belmont Village, L.P. 2 Lakeway Voice - March 2018 Copyright © 2018 Peel, Inc. IMPORTANT NUMBERS AROUND LAKEWAY EMERGENCY NUMBERS 4 LAKEWAY LAKERS SWIM TEAM EMERGENCY ...............................................................911 Fire ...................................................................................... 911 5 EAGLE SCOUTS Ambulance .......................................................................... 911 6 NEW HORIZONS BAND Lakeway Police Department ................................512-314-7590 Sheriff – Non-Emergency ....................................512-974-0845 6 BIG BAND BASH Travis County ESD No.6/Lake Travis Fire Rescue 6 ST. PATTY’S BLOOD DRIVE IN LAKEWAY Administration Office ......................................512-266-2533 Travis County Animal Control ............................512-972-6060 6 SERENE HILLS ELEMENTARY CARNIVAL SCHOOLS 7 SPRING CLEANING Lake Travis ISD ...................................................512-533-6000 8 LAKEWAY PLAYERS Lake Travis High School ......................................512-533-6100 Lake Travis Middle School...................................512-533-6200 9 THE VIEW - SPEAKER MAESTRO PETER BAY Lake Travis Elementary ........................................512-533-6300 Hudson Bend Middle School ..............................512-533-6400 10 20TH ANNUAL WILDERNESS RUN & WALK Lake Pointe Elementary .......................................512-533-6500 10 DEER TRAPPING Lakeway Elementary ...........................................512-533-6350 Serene Hills Elementary ......................................512-533-7400 12 2018 SPRING SHOW Bee Cave Elementary ...........................................512-533-6250 12 ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP West Cypress Elementary ....................................512-533-7500 14 LT LOV UTILITIES Travis County WCID # 17 ..................................512-266-1111 Lakeway MUD ...................................................512-261-6222 Hurst Creek MUD ..............................................512-261-6281 Austin Energy .....................................................512-322-9100 Pedernales Electric ...............................................888-554-4732 Texas Gas Service Custom Service .............................................1-800-700-2443 Emergencies .....................................................512-370-8609 Call Before You Dig .........................................512-472-2822 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 Progressive Waste Solutions (Trash & Recycle) ....512-282-3508 Austin/Travis County Hazardous Waste ..............512-974-4343 OTHER NUMBERS Baylor Scott & White Medical Center .................512-571-5000 VIK Complete Care ............................................512-527-6247 Lake Travis Community Library ..........................512-263-2885 Lake Travis Postal Office ......................................512-263-2458 Lakeway City Hall ...............................................512-314-7500 City of Lakeway .........................................www.lakeway-tx.gov NEWSLETTER PUBLISHER Peel, Inc. .............................................................512-263-9181 Editor .......................................................lakeway@peelinc.com Advertising ..........................................advertising@peelinc.com Copyright © 2018 Peel, Inc. Lakeway Voice - March 2018 3 Around Lakeway LAKEWAY LAKERS SWIM TEAM The Lakeway Lakers swim team is busy getting ready for another or pool membership requirement. The minimum qualifications great season of summer swimming! Our team focuses on stroke include being at least 5 years old and not older than 17 years development and individual improvement, making new friends, old as of May 1, 2018, the ability to swim one lap (25 yards) of and learning how to swim and compete in a fun and recreational elementary freestyle, and ready to participate on a team. If you are season. uncertain about your child’s swimming abilities, please schedule Registration for the Lakeway Lakers summer swim team will a tryout before registering for swim team. Tryouts will be held be done online and will open to returning members on March 26 on April 2-4 in the afternoons at the Lakeway Swim Center. and to new members starting April 2. Registration continues until Tryouts are highly recommended for swimmers who are new to we reach our enrollment cap. We usually fill our spots quickly so swim team. The registration fee is $220 per swimmer, and this be sure to register early! includes everything except the team swimsuit. Practices begin after school starting on April 30 and continue Running a swim team is a community effort and all families on weekdays until school ends on May 25. Then we switch to weekday the team are needed to work at least three swim meets or to help morning practices until June 22. All practices are at the Lakeway in other areas related to team operations. If you are new to the Swim Center, in the heated competition pool. We will compete sport of swimming, we will help you find the right job. in seven swim meets at the Lakeway Swim Center and other local You can learn more about our team at www.lakewaylakers.org. pools on Saturday mornings during our season. If you have any questions about summer swim team, or need to All swimmers are welcome to join the team; there is no residency schedule a tryout, please contact us at [email protected]. 4 Lakeway Voice - March 2018 Copyright © 2018 Peel, Inc. Eagle Scouts TROOP 5 EAGLE SCOUT COURT OF HONOR On Sunday, February 25th, eleven scouts from Troop 5 participated in an Eagle Scout Court of Honor. The following is a list of participants: David McKenzie Allen, Benjamin Charles Ballard, Bennett Wilson Folsom (of Lakeway), Henry Hutchins Hornfischer, Malik Jones, Clayton Hamilton Reimers, Charles Campbell Scott, Benjamin Edwards Shepherd, Carl Eric Svahn, Matthew Austin Tobias, and Zachary Thomas Ward. Each of these scouts worked diligently over the past several years to progress through the various classes of scouting, committing to both service and education to better themselves and their community. This progression culminated in a project organized and led by each scout to the benefit of our city. Our team is Professional: Verified Our employees have successfully completed a background check We service pools to ensure peace of mind while in your backyard. in the neighborhood! Certified Your assigned pool technician will be properly educated and certified* Verified - Certified - Licensed. in water chemistry balancing to keep your pool sparkling clean. Professional Pool Service *CPO (Pool Operators Certification by & the National Swimming Pool Foundation Equipment Repair Licensed Pool equipment issues are properly diagnosed and repaired by an appropriatly* licensed technician. *RAIL (Residential Appliance Installers License) required by the State of Texas. Contact us to switch to Professional grade: 512.452.5326 [email protected] www.realcleanpools.com Copyright © 2018 Peel, Inc. Lakeway Voice - March 2018 5 Around Lakeway Give your red, wear your green for St. Patty’s blood drive in Lakeway Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the wearing o’ the green and the giving o’ the red in the form of a blood donation at the Lakeway Community Blood Drive on March 17. The drive will be from 8 a.m.-noon at the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek. Blood collected at this drive is dedicated for use in Central Texas, except in unusual circumstances like during the response to last year’s hurricanes. Appointments may be made by visiting at WeAreBlood.org and searching for Group Code A197 or by contacting the drive coordinators at [email protected]. For information The New Horizons Band tuning about eligibility, call 512-206-1108. Please send other questions to up for Lakeway concert the email address above or call 512-206-1204. Walk-ins are always welcome, although donors with appointments The Lakeway Arts Committee will present The New Horizons are given priority. Donors who are unable to schedule an appointment Band in a free concert from 4-5 p.m. March 11 in the ballroom of for a time that works for them may email the coordinators to have the Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek. their names put on the
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