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SCHOOLS Emergency Numbers.... ***911*** Who Do I Call? www.katyisd.org Fire Department Non Emergency 281-498-1310 Canyon Gate @ Historic Cinco Ranch KISD Administration 281-396-6000 Fort Bend County Sheriff 281-341-4665 20422 Canyon Gate Blvd. • Katy, Texas 77450 KISD Transportation. 281-396-7560 Utilities/Post Office Entex Gas 713-659-2111 Phone: 281-492-6020 Sue Creech Elementary 281-237-8850 Reliant Energy 713-207-7777 Fax: 281-492-3415 Beck Junior High 281-237-3300 Light Outage 713-207-2222 Visit Us on the Web: http://app.townsq.io/login Cinco Ranch High School 281-237-7000 INFRAMARK (MUD District Oper.) 281-579-4500 Miller Career Center 281-237-6300 AT & T New Customer 1-800-288-2020 CCB PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 281-793-8938 AT & T Repair 1-800-246-8464 LIBRARIES FT. BEND CO. Fort Bend Telephone 281-391-2222 Recreational Center 281-492-6020 Best Trash 281-313-2378 Canyon Gate Guard House 281-646-7906 Cinco Ranch Library 281-395-1311 (Pick up & heavy trash Tues & Fri.) Fri-Recylcling Pay Phone @ Pool 281-492-9075 Maud Marks 281-492-8592 Comcast Communications 713-341-1000 DPS Katy 281-391-4872 COMMUNITY Driver’s License Office Katy 281-391-4874 BOARD MEMBERS YMCA 281-392-5055 DSS Security 281-395-2419 Chris Harrell - President Katy - Park Row Post Office 1-800-275-8777 VFW 281-391-4872 Dept. of Public Safety 713-465-8462 [email protected] Fort Bend Co. Court House 281-342-3411 Poison Control 1-800/222-1222 Hugh Durlam - Vice President William B. Travis Building 281-342-3411 Ft Bend County Animal Control 281-342-1512 Jane Long Annex 281-342-3411 Voter Registration 281-342-3411 [email protected] Harris County Court House 281-859-0685 Kemi Akosa-Ofili - Treasurer Katy Chamber of Commerce 281-391-2422 [email protected] MEDICAL NEWSLETTER - KRENEK PRINTING Brian Gardner - Secretary Fort Bend County Health Dept.) 281-342-6414 281-463-8649 [email protected] Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital 281-392-1111 www.krenekprinting.com Mark Olson - Director Christus St. Catherine 281-599-5700 [email protected] for non-profit articles Memorial Hospital 713-932-3000 [email protected] for Business Ads [email protected] Christus St. Catherine 281-599-5700

Canyon Gate | August 2021 3 ON-SITE MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION: NATIONAL BACK TO SCHOOL MONTH Amy Duran, [email protected] Back to School Month in August gears up parents, teachers, schools and Bernita Armstrong, [email protected] students gear for education. With shorter days, it’s time to dust off the Office Phone: 281-492-6020 backpacks, fill them up and plan for a new school year. Preparing children for the new year includes everything from supplies, clothes, checkups, Office Hours: planning schedules and making new friends. Teachers develop their Monday: 8 AM until 5 PM lesson plans and ready their classrooms for the new, smiling faces. Tuesday: 7 AM until 4 PM Wednesday: 8 AM until 5 PM Despite all the excitement, the expense of going back to school can put a Thursday: 7 AM until 4 PM damper on going back to school. Fill-the-bus events, back-pack programs Friday: 8 AM until 5 PM and teacher supply initiatives help to fill the gaps. Organizations around the country pull together to make the first day of school fun every year. FITNESS CENTER/RECREATION CENTER LOBBY Anyone under the age of 18 is not allowed in the fitness center unless Whether you’re ready or not, friends, activities and books are just around accompanied by a parent or guardian. The recreation center lobby is not the corner. Get ready to learn! to be used as a gathering place for kids to socialize. The Association is asking for all homeowners who use these facilities to help with watching National Back to School Month has been observed since the 1960s. The over these areas. If a child is under the age of 18 and is in the fitness school year has traditionally begun in the fall and ended in late spring center without a parent or guardian or appears to be simply loitering in allowing the children of farmers in our agricultural society to help with the lobby, please politely ask them to leave. Thank you. planting and harvesting. Though today most families have moved to a more urban and suburban lifestyle, most schools in the United States still RECREATION CENTER RENTAL function on this system. However, a trend toward a year-round school The recreation center has a room available for parties, meeting, reunions, year is gaining steam. etc. A signed contract plus a $300 security deposit will hold your reservation. Homeowners must be current on their dues (or payment TEXAS TAX FREE HOLIDAY plans) and rental fees must be received prior to the party. The rental rate FRIDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 6TH-8TH is $50 an hour with a two-hour minimum. The key for the clubhouse is This year’s Sales Tax Holiday is August 6th-8th. As in previous years, the law to be signed out and returned to the guards in the guardhouse. Please exempts most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced READ THE CONTRACT CAREFULLY before signing - this is a binding legal under $100 from sales and use taxes, which could save shoppers about document and the rules and regulations stipulated in the contract will be $8 on every $100 they spend. Many school supplies are also tax free? enforced. Call the onsite office for additional information. Check out the list: All-inclusive list of qualifying school supplies (if priced less than $100) Remember to bring your trash home with you after a party - the clubhouse • Binders • Book bags • Calculators • Cellophane tape • Blackboard chalk • trashcans are being filled to overflowing regularly. Fines will start being Compasses • Composition books • Crayons • Erasers • Folders: expandable, assessed if the rec center trashcans are filled up with party debris. pocket, plastic, manila • Glue, paste and paste sticks • Highlighters • Index cards • Index card boxes • Legal pads • Lunch boxes • Markers (including OUTDOOR HOME IMPROVEMENTS dry erase markers) • Notebooks • Paper • Pencil boxes/other school supply Please remember that when planning to do any outdoor home boxes • Pencil sharpeners • Pencils • Pens • Protractors • Rulers • Scissors • improvements, you must first apply for approval from the Architectural Writing tablets Control Committee. Forms are available via the website at www. Link: https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/98-490/ canyongateatcincoranch.com/forms or by contacting the office. Please include as much information as possible, including survey, samples and TEENAGE JOB SEEKERS schematic drawings. If you are between 12 and 18 and would like to be added to the teenage job seeker’s list, please fill out the form on our website (www. ANIMAL / PET CONTROL krenekprinting.com, click submissions and choose Jobseekers) with your Please respect your neighbor’s yard and their personal space. Remember, name, birthdate (mo. & yr.), phone number, year you will graduate and that pets must be confined to a fenced backyard or within the house the name of your newsletter/subdivision. Check the list of jobs you want and must not be allowed to bark all night long or cause a nuisance to on your form. Please make sure your email is correct, we send emails neighbors. They must be on a leash at all times when away from this in the summer to make sure all the info is still good and that you want contained environment. It is also the pet owner’s responsibility, when to stay on the list. If we do not hear back from you after 3 tries, we will walking their pet within the subdivision, to keep ALL areas free of pet remove you from the list until we do. Must have parent(s) permission. debris. Please remember that cats must also be confined. Animal control can be reached by calling 281-342-1512 and will pick up strays and/or DISCLAIMER:Neither the subdivision, nor Krenek Printing is responsible unconfined pets. for those listed on the Teenage Job Seeker List. Please ask for and check out references if you do not personally know those listed. This is just a EZ TAGS FOR FRONT GATE ACCESS list of teenagers from the subdivision who wish to find part time jobs. The Homeowners’ Association sells EZ tags that will open the resident Responsibility for any work done by these teenagers is between those gate at the Canyon Gate entrance. Residents may purchase these at seeking helpers and the teens and their parents. the onsite office for $25. These EZ tags contain a battery that should last for approximately 3 years. The HOA offers a one-year warranty CODE KEY: B - BABYSITTING, CPR - CPR CERT., FAC - FIRST AID CERT., on these tags. If the battery goes bad and your EZ tag stops working RCC - RED CROSS CERT., SS - SAFE SITTER, SL - SWIM LESSONS, PP - within the first year, the tag will be replaced at no cost. If your EZ tag PET/PLANT SITTER, P - PET CARE ONLY, H - HOUSE CARE, L - LAWN stops working after the one-year time limit, a new EZ tag will need to CARE, C- CAR CARE/DETAILING, T - TUTORING be purchased.

All Guest must show ID to enter the community. All residents will be called between 10 PM and 6 AM when guest arrive. If no number is on file TEENAGE JOB SEEKERS NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE your guest will not be permitted to enter the community.

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Free Estimates & Demos KATY ISD ONLINE ENROLLMENT ​ www.katyisd.org/registration/Pages/default.aspx New Student Registration [email protected] Welcome to Katy ISD! Register your new student using Katy ISD’s online SERVICES OFFERED: registration system powered by PowerSchool Enrollment. A new student is defined as new to Katy ISD and having never attended a school in Katy Roof Cleaning - No Pressure Damage Free ISD, or a previous Katy ISD student that withdrew and is re-enrolling. Power Washing - Low Pressure Damage Free FAQs can be found under the FAQ Category group.

Pressure Washing - High Pressure Steps to register: Prior to beginning online registration, gather the following. Upload of documents is required in New Student Registration:

• Proof of Residence: utility bill (light, water, or gas), purchasing paperwork, or lease agreement - If a lease agreement or purchasing paperwork is provided at the time of registration, a utility bill must be provided within 30 days of occupancy. • Official Birth Certificate or Passport of student Marcus Raif - Owner / Operator • Government-issued Identification Card of person registering student • Proof of Immunizations- Legible in English • Report Card or Transcript from most recently attended school • Any additional documents defined if applicable​​

Exterior House Cleaning Specialists Annual Student Update What is an Annual Student Update? ​This electronic, online process is required yearly for all current Katy ISD students. This process will allow parents and guardians the opportunity to electronically review, update and sign all documentation for your child in one spot. All parents are required to update their student’s information prior to the start of each school year.

Prior to the start of the school year (around the first week of August), Callll our expertts ffor allll off your ellecttriicall & ggenerattor needs!! all parents and guardians will receive a unique SnapCode for each child currently enrolled in Katy ISD to their email address on file. If you do not • Panel Upgrade / Replacement • Indoor/Outdoor Lighting have an email address on file, a letter will be mailed to you. A current • Ceiling Fan Installation • !Surge Protection • Smoke Detectors • Flat Screen TV Installation student is defined as any student that was actively enrolled by July for • Troubleshooting • Recessed Lighting the upcoming school year on any Katy ISD campus. You are a current • Generators • Code Compliance student even if you have moved within the Katy ISD boundaries and are attending a new campus or if you are attending a new school due to promotion (i.e. moving from 5th grade elementary to attend 6th grade Residential & Commercial Service • Family Owned & Operated • Licensed & Insured Junior High or moving from 8th grade Junior High to attend 9th grade High School). 24-Hour Emerg! ency Service Annual Student Update begins on August 2nd: *5-Year Warranty, Satisfaction Guaranteed Please visit https://www.katyisd.org/Parent-Student-Tech-Support/ 713-467-1125 | wiredes.com Pages/default.aspx for Technology related issues; such as PowerSchool Enrollment and SnapCodes. generatorsbywired.com KATY ISD VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL Following the close of the regular Texas Legislature session on May 31st, s a v e $25 OFF Texas school districts learned that the state did not pass legislation that YOUR NEXT SERVICE would have provided funding for public school districts to offer virtual CALL I N AUGUST! learning. Not to be combined with any other discount or offer. Not valid on generator maintenance. Expires 9/1/21 In result, Katy ISD, like many school districts across the state, is unable to offer a standalone Katy Virtual School (KVS) High School during the 2021- Master #100394 TECL # 22809 22 school year. We look forward to welcoming all Katy ISD students back to in-person learning on Wednesday, August 18.

6 August 2021 | Canyon Gate Katy ISD, however, continues to offer supplemental paid online course programs through Katy Virtual School for students interested in pursuing on-line course work outside of the regular school day. LOU'S PAINTING, Ltd. • Interior - Exterior Your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated as we awaited • Power Washing further guidance and legislation regarding the future of virtual learning • Sheetrock & Texture Your home is an expensive investment! in Texas. • HardiPlank® Replacement Painting beautifies & • Minor Repairs KATY ISD’S VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY preserves that investment! CELEBRATES A YEAR OF SUCCESS Free Estimates In a year full of challenges where stepping back would have been easy, O 281-492-2643 C 281-844-4338 Katy ISD volunteers were determined to stay connected, reimagine "Doing business from the same location since 1978" programs and steadfastly support thousands of teachers, administrators and students across the district.

Volunteers in Public Schools or VIPS, are the behind-the-scenes, hands- on heartbeat of Katy ISD schools who are always willing to help no matter Forever Landscape the task. VIPS drummed in the 2020-2021 school year with the hashtag #NewBeatSameHeart, setting the bar high for community engagement • Tree Trimming • Drain System in the district, without setting foot inside schools: International Night • Tree Removal • Garden Soil, Top Soil became a car parade that circled campus neighborhoods, Book Fairs • Tree Fertilizer • Grass Installation became outdoor evening events, with food trucks and family time and • Trim Bushes • Lawn Aeration • Flower Bed Design • Lawn Dethatcher volunteers became experts at sidewalk chalking, grab & go and drive- • Planting, Renovation • Mulch thru gatherings. • Stone Border • Sprinkler System Repair

• Flagstone • Brush Removal Katy ISD VIPS capped off the year with the same heart, vision and passion as they drummed it in with, hosting a VIPS Family Movie Night Call Everth 281-891-0370 at Legacy Stadium on May 7th featuring The Greatest Showman and debuting “We are VIPS.” The landmark event went beyond the walls of Fully insured for your protection. the Merrell Center to celebrate district volunteers and honor campus volunteers of the year. Free

Katy ISD Business & Community Partners answered the call for “outside Estimates the campus walls” engagement by painting staff parking spaces and donating yard signs to honor outstanding teachers. American Furniture Warehouse, sent their landscaping crew to mow the Tiger Prairie at Katy SPECIAL LAWN AERATION High School and Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union peppered Katy ISD campuses with grab-and-go goodies. $125

In November, in place of reading to kids in classrooms, valued partners like BP, Chick-fil-A, Sewell Mercedes-Benz and Bass Pro Shops read stories on video, allowing every Katy ISD elementary campus access to the first ever Promise to Read video library!

In addition to the traditional Food for Families holiday campaign, Partners GEYER ROOFING in Education launched a summer initiative called Food for Families - School’s Out to gift Katy ISD families in need with grocery gift cards over summer break. Thanks to unwavering community support, Food for Specializing in Families raised over $80,000 for Katy ISD families in the 2020-2021 school Re-Roofing year, the most ever raised in a single year.

The obstacles volunteers encountered this year presented a new path for “We work as unto Ron Geyer community engagement and Katy ISD VIPS and the volunteer community the Lord” marched boldly on, finishing the 2020-2021 school year with the same 713-462-3898 faithful heart. RESIDENTIAL & DONATUTORS COMMERCIAL Donatutors is a nonprofit tutoring organization that donates 100% of our proceeds to charity. All of our tutors are straight-A students at and we offer a multitude of courses like creative REMODELING writing, computer science, biology, public speaking, ICTW writing and many different math courses too. We charge $20 per class, but the first • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Windows / Doors • Floors • Hardi Siding one is free! For more information, check out donatutors.com or email • Rooms Additions • Complete Renovations • Patio Covers us at [email protected]. What’s even cooler is that this summer Rob Geyer Donatutors was able to raise $1,283 which we used 70% to give to a Houston based charity called NAMI and 30% to buy a bunch of masks and canned food for donation. Please check us out! 281-477-3456

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Canyon Gate | August 2021 9 Roasted Asparagus with Lemon and Goat Cheese You could make this in August for National Goat Cheese Month!

Ingredients: 2 pounds fresh asparagus, trimmed 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ cup Vegetable Broth 3 ounces soft goat cheese, crumbled 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

Directions: Set the oven to 425 degrees F. Spray a roasting pan with vegetable cooking spray.

Stir the asparagus and oil in the pan. Season the asparagus as desired. Add the broth. Roast the asparagus for 20 minutes or until tender, stirring once during cooking. Top with the cheese, lemon juice and lemon zest.

Source: http://allrecipes.com/

Doughnut Grilled Cheese Sandwich You could make this in August for National Sandwich Month!

Ingredients: Ingredient Checklist 1 tablespoon butter, softened 1 glazed raised ring doughnut, halved horizontally 2 slices Gouda cheese

Directions: Spread butter onto the cut sides of the doughnut.

Preheat a skillet over medium heat. Place 1 doughnut slice, butter side down, into the skillet. Lay Gouda cheese on doughnut slice; top with remaining doughnut slice, butter side out. Flatten with a spatula. Cook, flipping once, until lightly browned on both sides and cheese is melted, about 4 minutes.

Source: http://allrecipes.com/

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