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GreatwoodNews The publication of the Greatwood Community Association, Inc. October 2016 Early Voting and Election Day What’s Inside Polling Places Near Greatwood Useful Info ........................................... 2 ort Bend County has added a new Early Voting location and Election Day Safety and Security .........................6-9 Fpolling place near the Greatwood Community. Clayton Oaks Living Center Manager’s Corner ........................12-13 located at 21175 Southwest Freeway will be open for voting each day of the Library News .....................................16 Early Voting period which begins October 24 and extends until November 4. The facility will also be open as an Election Day voting center on November 8. Group and Club News ....................... 18 Clayton Oaks may be accessed from Greatwood via Sansbury Blvd. During the Community News ......................... 20-27 Early Voting period and on Election Day, registered voters may cast a ballot at any Voting Center. School News.................................. 30-36 Neighborhood Reps. ......................... 39 In addition to Clayton Oaks, other Election Day polls convenient to Greatwood include Dickinson Elementary School, Great Oaks Baptist Church at 7101 FM 2759, and the Fort Bend County University Branch Library at 14010 Calendar University Blvd in Sugar Land. 10/6........................................ ACC Meeting 10/13................... Shores Annual Meeting See the complete Voting Schedule for Fort Bend County on page 20. 10/13....................Manor Annual Meeting 10/18............Springfield Annual Meeting 10/18................ Tuscany Annual Meeting Have a Safe Halloween 10/20............Brooksmill Annual Meeting 10/20..................Estates Annual Meeting alloween is a kid’s delight. It’s a blast to dress up in 10/27...................Monthly Board Meeting Hcostumes, go trick-or-treating, attend parties and, most of all, eat candy. Architectural Control Committee (ACC) ϐ At the same time, Halloween can be scary for parents. ǣ͵Ͳ ǤǤ ϐ located at Rec. Center #2 Costumes can be dangerous, too much candy can be sickening and walking around at night can be risky. Board meetings are on the fourth Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer these Rec Center #1. Ttips (in anagram form) to make sure your little ghouls and goblins have a safe Halloween: Any change of meeting times will be posted on the Greatwood Website: (Continued on page 9) www.mygreatwood.com GO TO OUR COMMUNITY WEB SITE: www.mygreatwood.com 1 Greatwood Useful Information News GO TO OUR COMMUNITY WEB SITE: www.mygreatwood.com Produced under the authority of the ϐ ǣ Greatwood Community Association Community Board ϐ ǡ by the Communications Committee. Rec Center #2 at 8802 Greatwood Jack Molho – President Parkway will be opened on [email protected] Committee Members: Mon. and Wed. 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Judy Holy Stuart Rimes – Vice President and Tues. and Thurs. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. John Bowen [email protected] Harold Symmonds Greatwood Community Association Kate Brewer Chip Smith – Treasurer Managed by [email protected] Published by Pamela Printing Co. Mike Wills - Secretary Management Services Advertising: [email protected] Pamela Printing Co. 17049 El Camino Real, Ste. 100 550 Julie Rivers Dr, Ste. 310 Brian Shaw – Director Houston, Texas 77058 Sugar Land, Texas 77478 [email protected] For any billing questions or concerns, [email protected] contact 832.864.1200 or 800.568.6807 281.240.1313 • fax 281.240.1312 Street Lights Out? For all other questions or concerns regarding If you notice street lights out, take note of the the Association, including deed restrictions, Please send inquiries about ads to number on the pole, (should be 6 digits), and ϐ ʹͺͳǦͷͶͷǦͳͳ͵Ͷ [email protected] call Centerpoint Energy at 713.207.2222. or call them at 281-240-1313. www.centerpointenergy.com/outage Nikkole Luna, Assn. Community Mgr. To report lights out on the High Mast Lighting Editorial Policy: Phone: 281-545-1134 The purpose of “Greatwood News” on the 59 feeder road take note of the number is to inform residents of business on the pole and report it to: Fax: 281-545-1136 email: [email protected] affairs of the community, issues ϔ affecting residential and community 281-275-2490 property, useful information of general Wendy Troxlar interest and reference information for Asst. Community Mgr. community resources. Irrigation Issue? Phone: 281-545-1134 No social, club, service organization Occasionally, our irrigation system may go on Fax: 281-545-1136 and not shut off. If you notice this, we ask that news (unless directly connected to a email: [email protected] Greatwood event), political advertising ϐ or church news will be accepted. business hours, 8am-5pm, Monday - Friday, at 281-545-1134. Before or after business For Recreation Room Rentals All information and articles submitted hours, weekends and holidays, contact Houston Phone: 281-545-1134 to the Committee become the property Fax: 281-545-1136 of the Community Association, which Community Management at 832-864-1200 so publishes articles at its’ sole discretion. ϐǤ To rent the meeting room at Recreation All submissions to the Newsletter must Please make sure that you can give the location Center One you can go to be in WORD format. of the issue by citing an exact location or cross REC CENTER AGREEMENT street. on our new community web site: Article submissions and suggestions: www.mygreatwood.com Email only to Friendly Reminder visit [email protected] Pool Party Reservations www.mygreatwood.com for A Beautiful Pools: 281-376-6510 Deadlines for newsletter submissions: Ȉ ϐ • January – December 7 Request Forms Pool Card & Tennis Court Key If you have recently moved into • February – January 7 • Read Greatwood Board Meeting Minutes Greatwood and have not received your • March – February 7 Pool Card, or have lost your card, please • April – March 7 • Check out Greatwood’s Master Calendar ϐ ǣ • May – April 7 281-545-1134. • June – May 7 • Rec Room Rental Form [email protected] • July – June 7 • Financials - and much more There is a $25 replacement charge for lost cards. • August – July 7 Other Useful Websites: • September – August 7 sugarlandtx.gov Please remember that no signage • October – September 7 lcisd.org whatsoever may be placed on • November – October 7 FortBendCountyGov.com Association property which includes • December – November 7 grandpky.com all common areas 2 3 O’Neal Team Real Estate Audra O’Neal Realtor (281) 315-1000 [email protected] www.ONealTeamRealEstate.com 4 “Caring for your pet as we would our own” FULL MEDICAL, SURGICAL & DENTAL SERVICES BOARDING AND GROOMING Greatwood Veterinary Hospital Dr. Rodney Anderson & Associates 281.342.7770 401 Crabb River Road, RichmonEt.'SaU • Wood Fencing • Ornamental Iron • Driveway Gates • Gate Operators • Emergency Service Ask about our 20 Year Warranty! “Quality with Affordability” 5 Safety and Security News Vacation / House Watch Greatwood Patrol Activity Program August 2016 reatwood is very fortunate to have the Vacation/ GHouse Watch Program. As part of our contract with Type Number the Sheriff’s Department, residents can call in and request Dispatched Calls 167 that our Greatwood officers check on their homes when they are out of town. Traffic 169 Greatwood has had this program for many years but Field Contacts 41 since the Sheriff’s Department is now in charge of our Property Checks 209 security, some residents have said they’ve had trouble registering for this program when they’ve called the Arrests 1 Vacation/House Watch number. Case Reports 20 Keep in mind that there are literally hundreds of neighborhoods in Fort Bend County with one set of rules and Alarm Calls 34 Greatwood has another. The exceptions are that Greatwood 911 Calls 3 residents may have people House Watches 797 coming into their house to check on pets and plants * CRIMINAL ARRESTS includes: traffic stops, felony and they may be gone & misdemeanor. longer than two weeks and * HOUSE WATCHES includes: vacation watches and can have the Officers check close patrols on their homes for a longer period of time. It is not hard to see how new personnel might find this difficult to remember at first when a resident calls in to sign up. In an effort to insure that all Greatwood residents receive this service there is a “safety net”. If, for some reason, dispatch refuses to accept the Vacation/House Watch request the resident can send the following form to our Assistant Property Manager, Wendy Sulak at: wsulak@ houcomm.com. She will forward it to the Sheriff’s office. 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