Easter Party tomorrow

Friday April 22
5:30 – dark
Westwood Community Park

5:30pm: Food, Snacks, Drinks
6:00pm: Easter Egg Hunt

Everyone Welcome!!!

As always, thanks so much to Laura Stafford who is organizing and providing everything, and bringing the food!

April 13, 2011

Park Volunteer Days

Park Volunteer Days, last two Saturdays in April, 8am-Noon

April 23 and 30. Y’all come. The Westwood Board has established the last two Saturdays in April as “Park Volunteer Days.” Most Board Members will be there with tools and supplies to do various tasks. The hope is that it will be a fun event, with neighbors working side by side.

Their goal is to avoid having to hire people, which will allow the park to be maintained and maybe even be improved at low cost.

It has been a long standing policy, that if anyone wants something done in the Park and is willing to provide free labor the Association will almost always say “yes” and pay for any materials and any special tools and equipment needed.

However, over the last many years, except for Laura and Mike Stafford, who keep the trash and broken limbs picked up and for a guy who walks along Traditions Dr. now and then picking up trash, there have been no takers. Hopefully, the Park Volunteer Days will attract more people, so larger jobs can be done.

What follows is a list of work the Board has put together with a guesstimate of what it would cost to hire contractors to do them:

Weeds: Remove from graveled playground area. $200
Sidewalk: Fix 3’x50’ leading from Dewberry. $1000
Paint wall: Seal 4’x60’ wood wall ( 5gal. @ $200 + labor ) = $300
Paint bench: Power wash & seal 18”x200’ (15gal). $1000
Vines: Remove from shrubs at Westwood Sign & trim. $200
Dinosaur: Replace stolen dinosaur. $1500
- Or, build a wood seesaw on dinosaur spring platform. $300
Sprinkler: Fix it for shrubs around canopy. $1000
Trees: Fix watering system for trees. $300
Sign: Replace “Rules” sign on Park bulletin board. $200
Clear out growth for 3 picnic areas on hill. $300
Tables: Buy and install three picnic tables for above. $800
Trails: Trim 400’ nature trail that runs through trees on hill. $400

TOTAL $7200

See you at the Park April 23 and 30!

March 12, 2011

Recycling pick-up service

A resident who uses this service requested that they make a presentation to the board at our monthly meeting this past Thursday. Brazos Valley Trash Valet & Recycling offers:

weekly pickup of recyclables from your home
for Westwood Estates, the cost is $15.95 plus tax per month
you use your own (clear) bags
you can mix recyclables in the bags—glass bottles and jars (any color), tin, aluminum, metal, cardboard, white paper, and newspapers. They sort it for you later.

If you’re interested in signing up or learning more, here’s the rep who presented to us:

Ron Fox
979-777-8968
email: service@bvtrashvalet.com
web: www.bvtrashvalet.com

February 22, 2011

Found dogs

A resident on Westwood Main found these two sweet pups running loose. They don’t have tags or collars but they’re safe and happy and waiting for their owner! Please call Rod at 255-4601 to claim.

Small dogs at large

February 9, 2011

2011 Annual Meeting Report

The 2011 annual meeting was held Thursday, January 13, 2011 at at Mary Branch Elementary. 15 members attended along with 58 members represented by proxy.

At that time the following members were elected to the Westwood Estates Board of Directors:

Andy Merritt
Mike Stafford
Walter Kamphoefner (re-elected for a second term)

Chris Galindo volunteered to be on the Architectural Control Committee, and Brad Brelsford took over as Block Captain of Dewberry.

Thanks to everyone who attended or signed a proxy, and particular thanks to Gene Savage whose proxies gave us the quorum to have the meeting.

January 10, 2011

Annual Meeting this Thursday

The upcoming annual meeting is scheduled for

Thursday, January 13, 2011
7:00 pm
at Mary Branch Elementary School Cafeteria . Enter at the east entrance, the side facing toward Aerofit.

If you cannot attend, please have your vote represented by proxy. We’ve printed the proxies and they will be distributed in the next few days. If you prefer, or somehow don’t get one, download one here: 2011 Proxy. Then fill it out and bring it to a block captain or a board member.

We will be electing board members to fill three (3) positions. We have three openings on the board, with only two willing candidates. We need at least one other resident, ideally three, to step forward to run for the board.

If less than 25% (49 votes) of the members are represented at the meeting, the meeting will not occur and eventually the Association will cease to exist. (Notice of meeting was in October Newsletter. Per Bylaws, notice of meeting has to be given not less than two weeks before the meeting.)

December 17, 2010

Found dog

Update: Dog returned to owner! All is well

This little brown and white dog snuck through our front door and made itself comfortable on our couch!

He/she’s safe, but I’m sure wants to go home. If this dog is yours, please call

979-574-7595, or
979-575-7481 or
email us.

Thanks!

November 24, 2010

Return of predators?

Careful; these guys are out there.

A resident on Hummingbird phoned to report that she’d found a dead cat in her yard this morning with its head gone, presumably the result of some predator animal. The cat was yellow, not fully grown.

As you may remember, we’d had coyote problems earlier in the year. Everyone, please protect your animals!

Also, from the earlier article, The Texas Parks and Wildlife website has some excellent information regarding dealing with urban animals whose habitats are being encroached upon.

October 29, 2010