September 2021

September 01 2021

Westcreek Board

MEETINGS - 4TH TUESDAY AT 6:30 PM

The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at the Forest Heights meeting room (this is subject to change so please watch for the confirmation email). The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM and residents are invited to attend.

(WC) BOARD MEETINGS

The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at the Forest Heights meeting room (this is subject to change so please watch for the confirmation email). The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM and residents are invited to attend.

(WC) HOA WEBSITE

The HOA has a new portal website for owners to access their account information and important HOA information. The site address is https://graham.cincwebaxis.com/. Once there you will click “Register” and enter the required information. You can opt into a community directory if interested but the default setting is opted out. You will receive an email for a password reset and then you will be registered. There is a video on how to register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/8005163047361833473

WESTCREEK CRIME WATCH COMMITTEE

National Night Out is on Tuesday, October 5th!

This gives everyone plenty of time to plan a Block Party, if you are comfortable doing so with ongoing Covid. Parties can be very simple - just grab a chair and sit on the driveway and have hot dogs, pot luck or even pizza and get to know your neighbors. If your party would like a Sheriff’s deputy to stop by, just let the Crime Watch Committee Chair, Bill Shindler know at wrspo@sbcglobal.net.

National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community. Furthermore, it provides a great opportunity to bring police and neighbors together under positive circumstances.

On another note, you may have noticed these new signs at our entrances. Paul Hawkins, County Precinct 3 assisted us by providing and erecting the signs. Many thanks to him for responding to our request.

If you are a Block Captain and/or want to be one, please email me at wrspo@sbcglobal.net.

WESTCREEK LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE

Meetings - 2nd Monday of every month at 6:30 PM

Location - Forest Heights Pool Meeting Room or remotely by Zoom If you are interested in helping make a difference in our neighborhood and would like to become part of the group, we welcome and encourage your attendance and hope to see you there - there is always room for you! Contrary to popular opinions we do not do manual labor! We are a friendly group of decision-makers! Comments, suggestions, or questions regarding common areas or other landscape topics are always welcome. The Landscape Committee at LandscapeWestcreek@gmail. com. A member will then get back to you to answer your questions or concerns. Please be a good neighbor: If you notice that the sprinklers on your cul-de-sac are not working, please inform either Graham Mgt. or someone on the landscape committee. Since the winter freeze, the grass on these small areas is struggling.

We would also like to remind all homeowners with perimeter fencing, (fencing bordering Royal Gardens, Hudson Oaks, Forest Heights and Queenston), to please position your sprinkler heads so that water does not hit the fence.

THANK YOU: The Landscape committee would like to thank the Copperfield Community Association for the planting of the monument signs. Thanks to our CCA representative for continuing to bring up the issue at the monthly meetings.

LANDSCAPES WELCOMING WILDLIFE TRAVELERS OFFERING FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER

by Julie Dablaing Parts of our community landscapes offer food, water and shelter for wildlife travelers. This summer Mississippi Kites (Ictinia mississippiensis) nested in the trees near the Forest Heights pool. These graceful, acrobatic hawks with narrow pointed wings hunt large flying insects such as dragonflies and cicadas. While they spent the summer here, they will soon be migrating south to South America for the winter.

Two smaller, well-known migrants will also be traveling through Texas this Fall - the Monarch Butterfly and the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. These migrants will be looking for nourishment to assist them on their journeys. Red, tubular flowers, such as Salvias and Turk’s Cap, are most inviting for the hummingbirds, while open-faced asters, such as Rudbeckia and Mistflower refuel the butterflies.