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www.willowlake.siteblast.com October 2005 Volume 1, Issue 7 The Official Publication of the Willowlake Homeowners Association Annual Meeting September Yard of the Month Thursday, October 27, 2005 Again, as a reminder, please mark on your calendars for an important upcoming event - Thursday, October 27, 2005 from 7 PM to 9 PM - Willowlake Homeowner Association (HOA) Annual Meeting. Our meeting is scheduled to be held at our neighboring subdivision’s clubhouse at 9330 Willowbridge Park Blvd (Willowbridge Subdivision) HOA Annual Meeting Proxy forms will be mailed out by October 7, 2005 by SCS Management company, so please be on the lookout for them. If you’re unable to attend the meeting, we respectfully ask that you promptly return the completed forms by mail to the SCS Management office, preferably no later than Monday, October 24, 2005. As a Homeowner Association entity, we are required to establish quorum in order to conduct ofﬁ cial HOA business. While the 2006 Budget will be an important topic of discussion, there will be other equally important issues related to our community that we will address and we hope that you’ll want to discuss and be directly involved with as well. Congratulations to Thomas & Judy Simon of 9719 Trailing Moss Finally, thanks to the unknown individual(s) who made repairs for being our last Yard of the Month winner for 2005. They put a to our damaged “Duck Crossing Sign” at the corner of Big Branch lot of hard work into their yard and were awarded a Home Depot Dr. and Willowlake Park Dr. Initially, I had assumed that it was our gift certiﬁ cate. The Yard of the Month sign will be displayed at their management company (SCS) who took the initiative to make the home for the month of September. repairs. However, after further discussions with our SCS service Thanks to all the winners this year and to everyone else for their manager, that turned out not to be the case. In any event, the repairs efforts in making our neighborhood a beautiful and wonderful place were made (quite nicely, if I may add) and our sign is up once again. to live. More importantly, the costs of the repairs were not incurred by our I haven’t rec’d the picture from Michele yet, but will email it to Homeowner Association. While on the subject, let me remind you you once I have it. Thanks. again to slow down. While we care about our neighborhood signage, we care even more about our pedestrians, joggers & bicyclists (kids especially) who are making use of our streets and sidewalks. View the Willowlake Area Neighborhood Newsletter each month online at October 10th www.PEELinc.com Copyright © 2005 Peel, Inc. Willowlake Community Newsletter - October 2005 1 Willowlake

Important Numbers Board of Directors All Emergencies ...... 911 Board's E-mail ...... [email protected] Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital ...... 281-897-3300 President Harris County Sheriff ...... 713-221-6000 Bob Ngao ...... 281-249-2431 Department of Public Safety ...... 713-681-6187 Vice President Fire Department (non-emergency) ...... 713-466-6161 OPEN Center Point Energy- Power Outages Only ...... 713-207-7777 Treasurer ENTEX Gas ...... 713-659-2111 Shelly Lackey ...... 281-970-4671 Harris County Animal Control ...... 281-999-3191 Secretary Memorial City Hospital ...... 713-932-3000 OPEN MUD #11 ...... 281-209-2020 Director Poison Control Center ...... 800-222-1222 Joe Casa ...... [email protected], 281-469-1271 Post Ofﬁce Central ...... 800-275-8777 Sweetwater Pool ...... 281-988-8480 fax ...... 281-988-8503 Your SCS Management Team 281-463-1777 Newsletter Publisher Peel, Inc...... 512-989-8905 Association Manager Sales Ofﬁce ...... [email protected], 512-989-8905 Terri Brown ...... [email protected], ext. 7121 Adver. Donna Sommer . [email protected], 832-237-4684 Service Manager SCS Management Services, Inc. Debbie Spaw ...... [email protected],ext. 7134 Terrie Brown .... [email protected], 281-463-1777 ext.7121 Deed Restriction Coordinator Rene Ruiz ...... [email protected],ext. 7212 Accounting Representative Brenda Kidd ...... [email protected], ext. 7130 Committees 2005

Architectural Control Committee Mark Lackey ...... 281-970-4671 Social Events OPEN Newsletter OPEN Yard of the Month Susan Childress ...... 281-955-8927 Michele Kindler Security Chairman Fred Flores Block Captains OPEN Mom's Group OPEN Gazebo Rental - SCS SCORE! Debbie Spaw ...... 281-463-1777 Pool Chairman EARN A GREAT RATE Paul Ford ...... 832-237-5103 Park Chairman ON NEW CHECKING Karla Foley ACCOUNTS! 9155 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N. At no time will any source be allowed to use the Willowlake contents, or loan said Houston, Tx 77064 contents, to others in anyway, shape or form, nor in any media, website, print, ﬁlm, 281-970-9636 e-mail, electrostatic copy, fax, or etc. for the purpose of solicitation, commercial use,

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2 Willowlake Community Newsletter - October 2005 Copyright © 2005 Peel, Inc. Willowlake School Is Back In Session CHRISTMAS DECORATING CONTEST Well summer has come and gone once again and our little ones are Christmas will be here before you know it!! back in school. Please take extra precautions when driving through Awards will be given again for outstanding decorations in the our neighborhood in the early mornings and afternoons. Especially following categories: in the mornings while the sun has not yet brightened our streets, Spirit of the Season (religious theme), Winter Wonderland (tons watch out for kids crossing streets and perhaps not fully awake yet. of white lights), Holiday Magic (creative & original), and Santa’s Some of our young teenagers are walking to the bus at 6:30 am and favorite (toys/children’s theme). the last thing we want to have is a pedestrian accident involving a Homes will be judged the evening of Monday, December 19, so child. have your lights on as soon as it gets dark. Good luck to everyone; And if you happen to notice a car you feel is traveling to fast, please we appreciate all your efforts in helping to make this a festive holiday don’t hesitate to write down the license plate number and car model season! and color and mention it to the deputy patrol or forward it to a board Contact Susan @ 281-955-8927 for more information. member and we’ll see the deputy keeps an eye out for our children’s safety.

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Copyright © 2005 Peel, Inc. Willowlake Community Newsletter - October 2005 3 Willowlake National Night Out 2006 Advertising Information What happened to NNO 2005 you ask? Well, it kind of snuck up Please support the businesses that advertise in the Willowlake on us and we missed it. We won’t let that happen next year though. Community Newsletter. Their advertising dollars make it possible If you would like to volunteer as next years NNO organizer and assist for all Willowlake residents to receive the monthly newsletter your HOA board, then please contact a board member and help us at no charge. No homeowners association funds are used to make NNO 2006 one to remember. produce or mail the newsletters. If you would like to support the NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to: Willowlake Community Newsletter by advertising, please contact • Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; our Sales Office at 512-989-8905, [email protected] • Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime or sales representative, Donna Sommer @ 832-237-4684 or at programs; [email protected]. The advertising deadline is the 10th • Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community of each month for the following month's newsletter. partnerships; and • Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. Along with the traditional display of outdoor lights and front porch vigils, cities, towns and neighborhoods ‘celebrate’ NNO with a For streetlight outage: variety of events and activities such as: http:\\www.centerpointenergy.com-outage • Block parties, • Cookouts, For information on your homeowner’s assessments, deed • Visits from local police and sheriff departments restriction violations or questions in general please contact: • Parades, exhibits, SCS Management Services • Flashlight walks, 7170 Cherry Park Drive • Contests, and Houston, Texas 77095 • Youth programs. 281-463-1777 NNO has proven to be an effective, inexpensive and enjoyable www.scsmgmt.com program to promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships in our fight for a safer nation. Plus, the benefits your community will derive from NNO will most certainly extend well Sales and Installation Store Hours beyond the one night. Excellent Service & Price Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

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6 Willowlake Community Newsletter - October 2005 Copyright © 2005 Peel, Inc. Peel, Inc.Willowlake Texas Events has been published with the permission of the Texas Printing & Publishing Department of Transportation. All events are taken in part from Publishing community newsletters since 1991 the Texas Events Calendar. All dates for events were correct at the time of publication and are subject to change. We currently publish newsletters for the following subdivisions:

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