GreatwoodNews The publication of the Greatwood Community Association, Inc. May 2012 Greatwood Night at Sugar Land Skeeters June 8th Game Time: 7:05 pm Price: $12 What’s Inside Useful Info ........................................... 2 Safety and Security ......................... 3-5 Group and Club News .................... 8-10 Library News ................................ 14-15 Community News ......................... 22-32 School News.................................. 34-44 Come out to Constellation Field and have the Neighborhood Reps. ......................... 47 chance to participate during in-game promotions and mingle with fellow Greatwood Residents! Calendar First 100 Tickets purchased will receive a Skeeters 5/3.......................................... ACC Meeting hat!! Tickets can be picked up at the Greatwood 5/8........................Quarterly Rep Meeting Office at Recreation Center # 2. 5/17......................... Glen Annual Meeting 5/17........................Knoll Annual Meeting Call 281-545-1134 5/24.................................... Board Meeting or Email - Nikkole Luna - [email protected] ACC meets the first Thursday of to reserve your tickets. the month at 7:30 at Rec Center #2. Board meetings are on the fourth TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. NO LATER THAN MAY 15. At Rec. Center #1 1 Useful Information GreatwoodNews Produced under the authority of the New Greatwood Ofϐice Hours: Greatwood Community Association Community Board The Greatwood ofice, located at by the Communications Committee. Rec Center #2, will be opened on Bob Hauck - President Mon. and Wed. 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Committee Members: 281-937-0805 and Tues. and Thurs. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Judy Holy [email protected] John Bowen Greatwood Community Association Harold Symmonds Robert Thompson - Vice President Houston Community 713-402-8951 Kate Brewer Management Services [email protected] Published by Pamela Printing Co. For questions or concerns Judy Holy - Secretary Advertising: regarding the Association: 281-343-7097 17049 El Camino Real, Ste. 100 Pamela Printing Co. [email protected] 550 Julie Rivers Dr, Ste. 310 Houston, Texas 77058 832.864.1200 or 800.568.6807 Sugar Land, Texas 77478 Bob Farr - Treasurer Fax: 281.218.6973 [email protected] 281-9372-9107 281.240.1313 • fax 281.240.1312 [email protected] LeJean Grifϐin, Property Mgr. Phone: 832-864-1228 Please send inquiries about ads to Jack Molho - Director Fax: 281-218-7018 [email protected] 281-343-5819 email: [email protected] or call them at 281-240-1313. 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Recreation Center One you can go to Community Website REC CENTER AGREEMENT on our All submissions to the Newsletter must www.mygreatwood.com new community web site: be in WORD format. www.mygreatwood.com Friendly Reminder Article submissions and suggestions: visit Pool Party Reservations Email only to Texas Aquatic Enterprises [email protected] www.mygreatwood.com for 713-416-5161 • Architectural Modiϐications Deadlines for newsletter submissions: Request Forms Pool Card & Tennis Court Key • January – December 1 • Read Greatwood Board If you have recently moved into • February – January 1 Meeting Minutes Greatwood and have not received your Pool Card, or have lost your card, • March – February 1 • Check out Greatwood’s Master please contact the Greatwood Ofice at: • April – March 1 Calendar 281-545-1134. • May – April 1 • Rec Room Rental Form [email protected] • June – May 1 • Financials - and much more There is a $25 replacement charge • July – June 1 for lost cards. • August – July 1 Other Useful Websites: Please remember that no signage • September – August 1 sugarlandtx.gov lcisd.org whatsoever may be placed on • October – September 1 Association property which includes • November – October 1 FortBendCountyGov.com all common areas • December – November 1 grandpky.com 2 Safety and Security News On the Board’s Agenda Constable’s Bulletin By Constable A.J. Dorr our Current Board of Directors has done it’s best to Ybalance the use of the most popular of Greatwood he month of May is probably one of the busiest months amenities - the Pools. We have considered the requirements Tof the year. It is time to plan those vacations and trips, and requests of our two (200) member swim teams and plan for childcare for the summer, and wrap up the school have tried to balance what we feel is a fair use of the aquatic year with the end-of-year events. With all of this, you must facilities with the desires and requirements of our residents - continue to be alert to security and safety. It is also important who we realize are paying the bills. Realizing that Greatwood to get out and exercise your right to vote. Currently, there is only has one aquatic facility, Pool #1, capable of supporting a strong possibility that there will be only one voting place in the stringent bather load of competitive swim teams; we Greatwood. That place will be Dickinson Elementary School. have allocated the use of that facility to maximize its use with To keep up with the latest info on polling places, go to the the intention of satisfying everyone. Constable’s website in www.fortbendcountygov.com. Go to Briefly, in concert with our 2012 contracted quick links, click Constables in the drop down. After you do professionally qualified Pool Management Company, Texas that, there will be a drop down with Precinct 1 in the upper Aquatic Services; we have re-evaluated the Greatwood Pool’s left side box. Click on Precinct 1, this will bring you to our capabilities and have determined, for technical reasons, that website. Here you will be informed about early voting dates Pool #2 cannot be used for high population swim team use. and locations. In that Greatwood desires to support two (200) member We know that there will be children old enough to stay at swim teams we made the decision that both teams must use home while parents are away at work. In any case, it is a good the single Pool #1 available for their operations. This meant practice to leave a list of contact numbers on the refrigerator. that the practice schedules and competitive meets had to be If an emergency arises and a contact is needed by emergency accommodated. responders, this is where we look first. Teach your children To make this accommodation during the Swim Team how to answer the phone, and what not to say to the caller. season, through July 13, 2012; we allocated the available Further, these instructions should carry over when a stranger time in Pool#1 as follows: comes to the door. The biggest mistake children make is to say, “My parents are not here.” For adults, they may say, “My Monday: Swim Meets (both teams alternating weeks) (your significant other) is not at home, can you come back Tuesday: Pool closed for maintenance later?” The next question is followed up by “What time will they be home?” One good way to teach some of these practices Wednesday: Swim Team Activity - Pool Closed is to rehearse the phone call or knock at the door situations Thursday: Swim Team activity with them, make the corrections as needed until they have the 7:00AM - 10:30AM and 4:00PM - 7:30PM best understanding, and you both are confident about how to Open for Resident use: 11:00AM - 4:00PM respond. In any questionable situation, be sure that they know Friday: Swim Team activity where the contact list should be. Having a close by neighbor’s 7:00AM - 10:30AM and 4:00PM - 7:30PM phone number will be a good number for the list. Open for Resident use: 11:00AM - 4:00PM Caller ID “spoofing” is another scheme. You check your caller ID to see who is calling. There it is: your bank name or Saturday & Sunday: Resident use only one of your favorite credit/bank card companies. The caller isn’t the person or company who’s calling. This is generally We sincerely hope that everyone will support both our how it works: Caller ID spoofers log onto one or several swim teams and our decision to allocate the pool use as we websites, create an account by paying a small fee, and enter have proposed. a name and number they want to pretend to be calling from, that is either a bank or major credit card company. The phone network then displays that information on a recipient’s caller ID. In any situation, when you get calls over the phone, from a person claiming to be from a financial institution, hang up. Call your bank or credit card representative and let them know what just happened.