Echoes from the Canyon Official Newsletter from the Canyon Gate at Cinco Ranch HOA Board of Directors ON-SITE MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION MAGGIE MCKAY, [email protected] Office Phone: 281-492-6020 Office Hours: Monday: 7 AM until 4 PM Tuesday: Office Closed Wednesday: 9 AM until 6 PM Thursday: Office Closed Friday: 7 AM until 4 PM Onsite office holiday closure - December 26th-Janaury 2nd December 2018 Important Numbers pg.3 Katy ISD Info pg.12 December Events pg.16 Houston Events pg.18 Library News pg.20 Kids Korner pg.23 Recipes pg.26 Published courtesy of Krenek Printing, 7102 Glen Chase Ct., Houston, Texas 77095 • 281-463-8649 Advertising: [email protected] • News: [email protected] • www.krenekprinting.com Find us on FACEBOOK for more news & events! Find Businesses easier on our BIZFINDER at www.krenekprinting.com! HOLIDAYS IN CANYON GATE The sticker-type EZ tags can be programmed into the Please check Townsq for the upcoming Winter Festival Date. system. However, the signal is not as powerful as that of the battery-powered tags. Please approach the gate slowly and Holiday decoration contest: Judging starts December 15th. stay as close to the left median as possible (that is where the Winners will be announced December 21st. reader is located); the new tags can’t be read by the system • Best Decorated home until you are very close to the gate. • Best Street • Best Theme FITNESS CENTER/RECREATION CENTER LOBBY • Honorable mentions Anyone under the age of 18 is not allowed in the fitness center unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. The recreation HOME IMPROVEMENTS center lobby is not to be used as a gathering place for kids to Please remember that when planning to do any exterior modifications socialize. The Association is asking for all homeowners who or improvements to your home or yard, you must first apply for approval use these facilities to help with watching over these areas. If a from the Architectural Control Committee (ACC). Forms are available child is under the age of 18 and is in the fitness center without via both websites Https://app.townsq.io or canyongateatcincoranch. a parent or guardian or appears to be simply loitering in the com. Please include as much information as possible, including survey, lobby, please politely ask them to leave. Thank you. samples and schematic drawings. RECREATION CENTER RENTAL TRASH The recreation center has a room available for parties, meeting, RECONSTRUCTION DEBRIS will not be picked up due to handling issues at reunions, etc. A signed contract plus a $300 security deposit will the landfill. Contractors should remove their debris. Regular household hold your reservation. Homeowners must be current on their trash will be collected Tuesdays and Fridays. Place your trashcans or dues (or payment plans) and rental fees must be received trash bags under 40 lbs out front at the curb, landscape trimmings need prior to the party. The rental rate is $35 an hour with a two- to be tied in 4 ft. bundles. If you have a construction pile waiting for hour minimum. The key for the clubhouse is to be signed out removal, please place your trashcans or trash bags on the other side of and returned to the guards in the guardhouse. Please READ the driveway. Any questions call BEST TRASH at 281-313-2378 or www. THE CONTRACT CAREFULLY before signing - this is a binding best-trash.com. legal document and the rules and regulations stipulated in the contract will be enforced. Call the onsite office for additional HARRIS COUNTY TOLL TAGS information. Please call the onsite office (281-492-6020) or email us to register your Harris County toll tag ([email protected]). The following Remember to bring your trash home with you after a party - the information is required: Name, Address, Vehicle Make & Model and Old clubhouse trashcans are being filled to overflowing regularly. and New EZ Tag Numbers. Please do not give tag information to the Fines will start being assessed if the rec center trashcans are guards - they do not have access to the gate computer. PLEASE REMEM- filled up with party debris. BER to have your old tag number available when you are registering a new tag, so we can remove it from the system. IMPORTANT NUMBERS FOR CANYON GATE @ CINCO RANCH SCHOOLS Emergemcy Numbers.... ***911*** Who Do I Call? www.katyisd.org Fire Department Non Emergency 281-498-1310 Canyon Gate @ Historic Cinco Ranch KISD Administration 281-396-6000 Fort Bend County Sheriff 281-341-4665 20422 Canyon Gate Blvd. • Katy, Texas 77450 KISD Transportation. 281-396-7560 Utilities/Post Office Entex Gas 713-659-2111 Phone: 281-492-6020 Sue Creech Elementary 281- Reliant Energy 713-207-7777 Fax: 281-492-3415 237-8850 Light Outage 713-207-2222 Beck Junior High 281-237-3300 S.T.Environmental (MUD District Oper.) 281-579-4500 Visit Us on the Web: http://app.townsq.io/login Cinco Ranch High School 281-237-7000 AT & T New Customer 1-800-288-2020 Miller Career Center 281-237-6300 AT & T Repair 1-800-246-8464 Fort Bend Telephone 281-391-2222 CCB PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 281-793-8938 Best Trash 281-313-2378 LIBRARIES FT. BEND CO. (Pick up & heavy trash Tues & Fri.) Fri-Recylcling Recreational Center 281-492-6020 Cinco Ranch Library 281-395-1311 Comcast Communications 713-341-1000 Canyon Gate Guard House 281-646-7906 Maud Marks 281-492-8592 DPS Katy 281-391-4872 Pay Phone @ Pool 281-492-9075 Driver’s License Office Katy 281-391-4874 COMMUNITY DSS Security 281-395-2419 Katy - Park Row Post Office 1-800-275-8777 BOARD MEMBERS YMCA 281-392-5055 Dept. of Public Safety 713-465-8462 VFW 281-391-4872 Poison Control 1/800/222-1222 Jim Pongrass - President 832-713-1340 Fort Bend Co. Court House 281-342-3411 Ft Bend County Animal Control 281-342-1512 [email protected] William B. Travis Building 281-342-3411 Voter Registration 281-342-3411 Jane Long Annex 281-342-3411 Harris County Court House 281-859-0685 Doug Brewer - Secretary 281-829-9718 Katy Chamber of Commerce 281-391-2422 NEWSLETTER [email protected] For Commercial Ads contact: MEDICAL Krenek Printing Co. 281-463-8649 Janet Heard - Treasurer [email protected] Fort Bend County Health Dept.) 281-342-6414 7102 Glen Chase Ct. Fax: 281-463-2425 Vipin Kumar - Director Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital 281-392-1111 Houston, Tx. 77095 Christus St. Catherine 281-599-5700 Email: [email protected] for articles Eileen Swanson - Director Memorial Hospital 713-932-3000 Email: [email protected] for Ads Christus St. Catherine 281-599-5700 Canyon Gate@ CR Community Newsletter | December 2018 3 EZ TAGS FOR FRONT GATE ACCESS WINTER SKIN TIPS - EVEN IN TEXAS! The Homeowners’ Association sells EZ tags that will open the resident gate at the Canyon Gate entrance. Residents may purchase We do get winter in Texas and this means these at the onsite office for $35. These EZ tags contain a battery taking care of our skin! Keep these tips in that should last for approximately 3 years. The HOA offers a one- mind as the season changes: year warranty on these tags. If the battery goes bad and your EZ tag stops working within the first year, the tag will be replaced at • Moisturize face AND hands no cost. If your EZ tag stops working after the one-year time limit, a • Use sunscreen new EZ tag will need to be purchased. • Dry your wet socks and gloves asap • Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate CANYON GATE TEENAGE JOBSEEKER’S LIST • Use a humidifier If you are between 12 and 18 and would like to be added to the teenage • Skip harsh facials job seeker’s list, please fill out the form on our website (www.krenek- • Avoid long hot showers and baths printing.com, click submissions and choose Jobseekers) with your name, birthdate (mo. & yr.), phone number, year you will graduate and Courtesy of: http://youqueen.com/beauty/ the name of your newsletter/subdivision. Check the list of jobs you want skin-care/10-winter-skin-care-tips-to-get-you- on your form. Please make sure your email is correct, we send emails through-the-cold-months/ in the summer to make sure all the info is still good and that you want to stay on the list. If we do not hear back from you after 3 tries, we will FIVE REASONS WHY EVERYONE SHOULD BE KIND remove you from the list until we do. Must have parent(s) permission. From: www.theodysseyonline.com/5-reasons-why-everyone-should-kind Everyone grows up with morals and one moral that is through and DISCLAIMER through culturally is to be kind. This timeless lesson is installed into Neither the subdivision, nor Krenek Printing is responsible for our brains when we are little kids and should stick with us as adults. those listed on the Teenage Job Seeker List. Please ask for and However, it’s become more apparent to me as a college student that not check out references if you do not personally know those listed. everyone understands why kindness is important. So, whether you’re a This is just a list of teenagers from the subdivision who wish to find ten-year-old surfing the internet, a mom who is trying to back up your part time jobs. Responsibility for any work done by these teenagers moral points or a grandparent in need of something to read, please is between those seeking helpers and the teens and their parents.