August 2008 Our Three-Day 4Th of July Celebration Exceeded All Expectations!
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PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE lllllll PAID lll lll PERMIT 34 ll ll LAKE KIOWA GAINESVILLE, TEXAS l ll 76240 ll l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l OMMUNI UE Lake KiowaC on the Web: www.lakekiowatx.com Q Vol. 30 - No. 8 Offi cial Publication of Lake Kiowa Property Owners Association August 2008 Our Three-Day 4th of July Celebration Exceeded All Expectations! Lake Kiowa’s “Jaws” is almost as big as your average grandkid! This is The Griffeths-Payne Gang won the Most Beautiful Float Award Kirsten Holmen, granddaughter of Mike Holmen, who caught the 54.5 lb. catfi sh. Board Notes July... TO THE LAKE KIOWA COMMUNITY My thanks to all of you who supported fi reworks thrown into her yard. Golf our wonderful July 4th weekend course fl ags were broken when vandals celebration. I have heard so many drove on the greens. compliments for Jan and Bill Dalton and Tampering with mailboxes is a federal their hardworking committee members. offense and those incidents will be The Beebe’s Karaoke music kept things turned over to federal authorities for lively, and we are grateful to all the investigation and prosecution. The performers. A large thank you also goes postal authorities have already been to Phyllis and Nels Thomsen for their notifi ed of some of the destruction. many hours spent ordering, sorting, and Kiowans are not willing to accept selling our Logo items. the vandalism and many residents Unfortunately not everything was have contributed to a reward fund for glorious. Some individuals decided information leading to prosecution and to do damage to various properties, conviction. including homes of our residents. Some of the American fl ags put out Security always tries to be vigilant in by the Rotarians were also stolen or looking out for us, but let’s face it. We damaged. must look out for each other, too. I wish Is this what we are willing to accept I had seen who damaged Jeanie Kelley’s for our community? mailbox that included damage from Is it time for us to form Neighborhood fi reworks and setting a newspaper on Watch groups? Do you have suggestions fi re. She also had a balloon containing for protecting each other and our property? INSIDE THIS ISSUE I feel quite sure we are talking about a small number of vandals out here, Advertiser Index . 36 Arts . 9 but even one is too many. Most of our Calendar . 39 residents, including our young people, Events and Information . 1-3 are very respectful of each other and Editor. 8, 32 try to obey our rules. It is time we step Golf . 22, 23, 26-28 up our efforts to stop the ones who lack respect for others, and who need Inspirational. 10 The fi reworks show the LKVFD provided was absolutely spectacular! Kiowa Kares . 6, 7 more supervision. Parents must be Kiowa Kids . 4, 5 aware of where family members and Trailer Hill Clean-up Lake Activities . 28, 29 their friends are—especially during the It is time to clean-up trailer hill (trailer LKPOA . 32-35 night and early morning hours. There storage) so residents are asked to remove Lodge. 18-19, 30 should be known consequences for any your trailers by Aug. 31. Work will begin on Voting Deadline Market Place.. 36, 37 misbehavior, by teens, young adults, September 1st to remove the weeds and to ® Rally for the Cure . 16, 17 and adults. install additional gravel to prevent the weeds August 15 Security . 31 I am grateful to live in such a wonderful from returning. An unsecured area will be set LKPOA By-Law Service Orgs community and feel privileged to serve aside at the Campgrounds for those residents Kiowans . 14 Changes (see page 33) as president of the LKPOA. who don’t have the space to store their trailers LKVFD . 12, 13 Peggy Padgham Woman’s Club . 16 at their homes until the work is completed. 2 CommuniQue August 2008 Lake Kiowa’s 4th of July Celebration August 2008 CommuniQue 3 Most Patriotic Float was awarded to the Penland family. The Koberick family won the Most Original Float award. LETTER TO THE LAKE KIOWA COMMUNITY The two of us would like to take this Audrene Robinson and other WGA opportunity to say “thank you “ to the members were in charge of the putting volunteers and especially, the entire green contests. Fred Anderson managed Celebration Committee. the arts and crafts for both days and The success of the 4th of July reported that it was the best year yet. celebration was due to the hard work of Joe Rider and LKVFD were in charge many people. It is always a great feeling of bingo, leading the parade, fi reworks to see something come together as these and food court and reported a good two days did. year. Kathie Milburn and the KWC R. J. Stroup did a marvelous job with conducted the cakewalk. Ed Bryant was all the booths for the MGA. He not only in charge of both days of Texas Hold worked from sun up to sun down for ‘em. LaVonne Jucha and the Computer two days, but many days in advance Club operated a booth as well as Jan The Arts & Crafts show even had a few customers while the parade marched on. in preparing the booths and organizing Thies and Jerry Parr with the Kiowans for the Blue Star Mothers. before and during the celebration committees to man these booths. and Leroy Becker with the Kiwanis Another important part of operations working with Brett Wilson for the Lloyd Butts was in charge of keeping Club. Elaine Blackwell and members of was the ticket sales and accounting, excellent service of the Lodge food and the entertainment tent active for fi ve the Rally Committee operated a booth, which were handled by Lee Skinner and bar service for a very busy three days. hours each day, acting as MC for the to raise money for the Rally for the Wayne Shearer and their teams. He also directed Don Hoover and his parade and entertainment, and fi nding Cure®. A new item that was added this year staff in preparing for all the booths, a band for the great dance on Saturday Bob Bingham was in charge of was the boat rides that turned out to be arranging for electricity, setting up the night. Bill and Miriam Beebe assisted preparing for and organizing our Blue a great success. Ted and Sally Grant assembly hall for each activity, cleaning him with his equipment and karaoke for Star Mothers in the parade. What a and the Angler Club handled this. They up and preparing for each day, and the two days. beautiful tribute for such deserving worked eight full hours each day. What numerous other tasks that we cannot Special thanks go out to the Kiowa parents. Bob also assisted us in a splendid job! begin to mention. Ya Ya’s Molly Worthen, Peggy Robins, arranging for the parachute skydivers The Kiowa Choir and two local Boy Special thanks go out to Nels and Pat Morgan, Peggy Coolidge and Sue on Saturday. Scout troops gave their time and talent Phyllis Thomsen who spent many hours Sprenger for adding their special touch Many thanks to Al and Betty Johnson, for the opening ceremony, along with in preparation for the logo booth and in acting as judges for the parade and Glen Polk AutoPlex, and Bill and Eileen Chris Lovejoy who played the horn. then worked the booth on both days presenting the awards. Hinshaw for supplying their convertibles Randy Schmaltz stayed very busy along with members of the POA Board. We’ll Design and Build Your New Home in 16 Weeks SAVE THE DATE! Friday, September 19, 2008 NOAH’S ARK presents The 3rd Annual “RAINING CATS AND DOGS FEAST AND FINE ARTS AUCTION” Renada Henderson Phyllis Rudy Gainesville Civic Center Rio Vista Homes 5:30 p.m. ....the way home Our beautiful homes include our complete design service... 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In transit directly from a point of Celebration has health problems, can’t understand how entrance to the community to the place come and gone or why anyone would want to hurt them, of residence(s) of the juvenile(s) in the and from all nor do I. community, or accounts it was In recent weeks we have had an 4. In transit directly from a place of a tremendous increase in petty theft and vandalism. employment in the community to the s u c c e s s . The crimes range from TP’ing homes, place of residence(s) of the juvenile(s) I cannot thank to the theft of a scooter and a go-cart.