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Grand Lakes | March 2020 1 Vuk Vujasinovic is a founding partner of VB Attorneys, located in West Houston. He is a Board Certified attorney helping Houston homeowners get compensation for their losses. We represent businesses & property owners in all communities impacted by reservoir waters after Harvey. We are still accepting new clients. Call 888-695-6993 or visit HurricaneHarveyLawsuitHelp.com to get started today.
Call (888) 695-6993 or visit HurricaneHarveyLawsuitHelp.com 2 March 2020 | Grand Lakes Always there for you! myACandHEAT.com Same-Day Service $30 off MPL#40815 any Job Water Heaters • Drain Problems Over $95 HEATING • AIR CONDITIONING Faucet Installation & Repair Gas Test • Water Leaks & Much More FREE 1 LB. FREON 35+ Years Experience Low Price Guarantee with AC Check-up. Up to $99 Value. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Freon used only if needed. Must redeem coupon at time of service. Expires 3/31/2020 832-890-8449 Licensed & Insured Call Anytime! [email protected] FREE ESTIMATES TACLB019260E 281-492-3450 www.tonysplumbingtx.com FREE ESTIMATES on New Equipment HELPFUL NUMBERS FOR GRAND LAKES GRAND LAKES - COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS POLICE/FIRE SCHOOLS Emergency Numbers.... ***911*** www.katyisd.org COMMUNITY EVENTS Fire Department (Emergency) 281-498-2800 KISD Administration 281-396-6000 WINTER FESTIVAL / HALLOWEEN EVENT/ EASTER EGG HUNT/ JULY 4th EVENT Fire Department (Non Emergency) 281-498-1310 Fort Bend Co. Sheriff 281-341-4665 KISD Transportation 281-396-7560 Alexander Rae Elementary 281-237-7100 GARAGE SALE Utilities/Post Office/FT BEND CO. Beckendorf Junior High 281-237-8800 NEWSLETTER Carla Brownlee [email protected] CenterPoint Energy 713-659-2111 Griffin Elementary 281-238-8700 WOMAN’S ASSOC. Garima Dasgupta [email protected] Reliant energy 713-207-7777 Seven Lakes High School 281-237-2800 email:[email protected] Miller Career Center 281-237-6300 GL GATOR’S SWIM TEAM Reliant energy light outage 713-207-2222 www.katyisd.org David Garrett [email protected] Municipal District Services ( MDS) LOST & FOUND PETS Lisa Lambert 281-392-5792 GL’s MUD # 1,2 & 4 contract with MUD Services (MDS) to LIBRARIES FT. BEND CO. https://m.facebook.com/Grandlakes4Pets/ operate the GL public water and sewer utilities Katy/Ft. Bend Mini-Branch 281-395-1311 PLAY GROUPS VOLUNTEER NEEDED Cinco Ranch Library 281-395-1311 CRIME WATCH GLEN GESOFF [email protected] 24-Hr Repair Hotline -Water Leaks/Sewage Stoppages George Memorial 281-342-4455 281-290-6503 Maud Smith Marks 281-492-8592 Billing/Payment/Customer Care 281-290-6507 GRAND LAKES BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEDICAL Consolidated Comm.(west of Peek) 1-866-989-2255 Methodist West Hospital 832-522-5522 Glen Gesoff Richard Powell AT & T (east of Peek) 1-800-464-7928 Texas Childrens Hospital West 832-227-1000 Dennis Wang Jon Burns Best Trash 281-313-2378 Fort Bend Co.Health Dept. 281-342-6414 Lijuan Wang (Pick up Mon. & Thurs.) (Thurs.-Recycle) Street Lights - not working 713-207-2222 Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital 281-392-1111 www.grandlakeslife.com 1-800-332-7143 Houston Methodist St. Catherine Hospital 281-599-5700 or www.centerpointenergy.com/houston> Memorial Hospital 713-932-3000 Association - Principal Management Group of Houston Comcast 713-341-1000 11000 Corporate Centre Drive, Suite 150, Houston, TX 77041 DPS Katy 281-391-4872 Phone: 713-329-7100 Fax: 713-329-7198 Katy & Park Row Post Offices 1-800-275-8777 NEWSLETTER: Krenek Printing Co. Dept. of Public Safety 713-465-8462 For Business Ads contact: 281-463-8649 Emergencies can be reported after hours and on weekends by calling Poison Control 1/800/222-1222 713-329-7100, the emergency on call manager can assist you. Ft Bend Co. Animal Control 281-342-1512 or email [email protected] Non-Profit Articles: [email protected] Contact: Erica Donner - [email protected] COMMUNITY www.krenekprinting.com Contact: Erica Morgan - [email protected] Katy Family YMCA 281-392-5055 Contact: Margie Pingleton - [email protected] Fort Bend Co. Court House 281-342-3411 Please contact them with Grand Lakes questions or concerns. Katy Chamber of Commerce 281-391-5289
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Grand Lakes | March 2020 3 HAPPY SPRING! HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! LOU'S PAINTING, Ltd. HAPPY TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY! • Interior - Exterior HAPPY BIRTHDAY CESAR CHAVEZ! • Power Washing GRAND LAKES NEWSLETTER MARCH 2020 • Sheetrock & Texture Your home is an expensive investment! Make someone feel happy today, history of March Madness, Family • HardiPlank® Replacement Painting beautifies & activities for the month of March, Grand Lakes Gators Swim Team and St. • Minor Repairs preserves that investment! Patrick’s Day Facts! Grand Lakes is online: grandlakeslife.com. Free Estimates NEWSLETTER ARTICLE DEADLINES O 281-492-2643 C 281-844-4338 Newsletter articles are due by the 20th of the month for the upcoming "Doing business from the same location since 1978" issue. Newsletter article deadlines are: May 2020 - due 3/20 • June 2020 - due 4/20
GRAND LAKES VOLUNTEER LITTER PICKUP SERVICE PROJECT ON MARCH 28TH Feel 10 Years Younger! The fourth annual Grand Lakes litter pickup service project will be on Saturday, March 28, 2020 from 9-11 AM. The event will start and end at Alexander Elementary and is open to individuals, families and scout groups. Note: for safety, age guidelines apply. For more information and You Deserve to a link to the volunteer waiver (needed for volunteers under 18), please visit www.grandlakeslife.com -> Green Committee. Service hours are available for teens and scouts will receive a patch. Please direct questions Look and Feel to [email protected]. We hope you will join us for a safe, impactful event!
Your Best! The project will pick up litter along Peek and Fry (in the medians, along the curb and litter caught in landscaping) as far as GL extends and INSIDE the fenced GL landscaped and wooded areas along 99. Our project Call today to schedule was inspired by Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup, the your FREE ASSESSMENT: nation’s largest community improvement program, taking place annually each spring. Let our Medi-Weightloss® experts give you the support, education Thank you to the girl and boy scouts and residents who plan to volunteer and tools you need to lose weight for this initiative! Please keep an eye out for us that morning and drive carefully. and keep it off. PATRICE, ACTUAL PATIENT, Curious about litter? Check out www.dontmesswithtexas.org/about/ LOST 30 LBS* litter-facts.
281-305-0735 COMPOSTING TIP 22167 Westheimer Pkwy. Ste. 105 by Margie Benitez, Grand Lakes Green Committee Member Katy, TX 77450 I have a compost bin in the corner of my yard and getting to it to throw MediWeightloss.com my food scraps in was like trekking the Sahara desert! Long and hot! I could never find the “right” time to get to my composite bin, so my food * On average, patients compliant with the Medi-Weightloss® Program lose scraps would pile up under my kitchen sink and overflow the bin - Yuck!!! 6.4 pounds the first week and 14 pounds the first month. Rapid weight loss may be associated with certain medical conditions and should only be My solution... place the food bin in the FREEZER!! No more smell, no more considered by those who are medically appropriate. gnats and fewer trips to the composite bin! If you’re interested in getting started composting or are looking for more information, there are many resources on the web and at the library. One site I like is “Crazy About ACCEPTING INSURANCE** Compost.” It has informative and easy to follow videos - Check it out at **Not all carriers are in network. https://crazyaboutcompost.com/about/. If you want a comparison of the different types of composting and their pros and cons, one of my fellow committee members recommends Zero Waste Home by Bea Johnson. The NOW HIRING book is available at Cinco Ranch Library - see pages 27-32 and use the index. REMINDER: SIMPLE RECYCLING CURBSIDE TEXTILE LIFEGUARDS! AND HOME GOODS RECYCLING IN GRAND LAKES As of April 25, 2019, Grand Lakes residents can recycle clothing, shoes APPLY TODAY! and various home goods curbside thanks to a contract between the Grand Lakes Community Association and Simple Recycling. This program www.tinyurl.com/SWPPreAPP complements the existing Best Trash recycling program and items accepted Call or Text do not overlap. The Community Association hopes that participation in this program will help our community divert textiles and select home goods 281-988-8480 from landfills. According to the EPA website, discarded clothing is the main 15 years old + source of textiles in everyday garbage from homes, schools, hospitals and businesses. A 2015 EPA estimate pegged the U.S recycle rate for textiles
4 March 2020 | Grand Lakes in clothing and footwear at 14.2%. Landfills received 10.5 million tons of textiles. Of the items Simple Recycling collects, usable items are sold to Your Neighborhood Plumber thrift stores (10-20%) and the remaining 80% (which is not resaleable in Since 1974 the U.S.) is sorted for international export or broken down for raw materials, C with only 5% ultimately ending up as waste. If you currently donate unwanted textiles and home goods to charitable organizations for tax or Aaron’s $25 OFF philanthropic purposes, you are encouraged to continue to do so. Katy With this Ad Christian Ministries, Clothed by Faith, Goodwill, St. Vincent de Paul and other IRS designated non-profit organizations depend on donations to Up-front Pricing continue their good work in the community. If you aren’t currently donating these items, Simple Recycling will accept them as well as the worn-out or Complete Plumbing & Drain Service non-working items that Goodwill and KCM, et.al. cannot accept. Simple We Welcome Your Questions • Open 7 Days a Week Recycling makes money on the items it collects, allowing the Grand Lakes 281-444-2000 www.aarons-plumbing.com Community Association to pay no costs associated with this service and be compensated $20 for every ton of material collected. Simple Recycling reported 734 pounds of items/materials collected from Grand Lakes SPRING SPECIALS ON EQUIPMENT residents in April, 3,091 in May, 1,500 in June and 1,656 in July. That’s nearly • Annual 3½ tons of goods diverted from our landfills! The program launched April Maintenance 25, 2019. Simple Recycling mailed residents an information card and two Programs collection bags in April. If you did not receive bags in the mail, please utilize • All repairs information below to contact Simple Recycling to request them. guaranteed
To utilize the program: • Serving area 1. Place clothing, shoes and accepted home goods (in any condition) into 281-394-0028 since 1994 the orange bags provided by Simple Recycling. Free estimate or 2nd opinion 2. Place your bags at the curb on your regular recycle day (Thursday) next License TACLB 24777E and Insured to your Best Services recycling cart. 3. Simple Recycling will pick up your bags and leave replacement bags $25 off behind. any FREE 0% Interest Wi-fi thermostat financing available Simple Recycling accepts the following items (in any condition): repair w/ equipment purchase • Clothing (men’s, women’s, children’s) Expires 3/31/20 Expires 3/31/20 WAC Expires 3/31/20 • Socks (single or in pairs) and undergarments