June - Balcones Woods Neighborhood Association
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Balcones Woods Newsletter June 21 Swim team Champs meet at UT September 8 Board Meeting, 7PM, Clubhouse Sept 20 Casino Night, 7PM, Clubhouse November 11 Board Meeting, 7PM, Clubhouse Maintenance project manager Contact: [email protected] June 2014 The Blue Wave Swim team is off to a great start! We started practices back on April 28 in some real cold water. The team has braved the cold water and cooler May. We have had two home swim and two away meets and are looking forward to finishing the season strong. Our team is comprised of 196 children from our neighborhood, ranging from 4 to 18 years old. We have an awesome coaching staff, many have been with our team for years. In her second year as head coach, Lesley Murray is doing a nice job building up confidence and improving the stroke technique of our young swimmers. The Blue Wave eight-member coaching staff is rounded out by Huddie Murray, Juli Zamora, Sandy Pobst, Shelby Kiser, Christy Olsen (swimming her final year on the team), Young Jae Hur and Dan Murray. They all work so hard for our kids. We hosted our first swim meet May 17 against the JCC Piranhas. When the meet started it was 58 degrees. Over 68% of our team had improved times from trials held two weeks before. The team swam fast and won the meet 460-124. In the next home meet on May 24 against the tough Twin Creeks Texas Twisters, we had over 57% time improvements and won a close competitive meet 317.5 – 278.5. Several of the relay races were the closest we’ve seen. The third meet, Avery Ranch, on May 31, against the Redfish and Westover Wild Orcas was a tri-meet. Nice Blue Wave swimming and sportsmanship! It was a close meet until we got to the breaststroke. Then the Blue Wave’s strong performance expanded the narrow lead to over 80 points in both the breaststroke and butterfly. Blue Wave: 314, Wild Orcas: 219, Avery Ranch: 64. The fourth meet, at Great Hills on June 7, was the undefeated Gators against the undefeated Blue Wave. We swam fast, but the Gators swam a little faster: Gators 313, Blue Wave 280. The season will round out with a “Fun Tri-Meet“ at our pool with the three original members of the AAL (Austin Aquatic League), Westover Wild Orcas, Great Hills Gators and your Balcones Woods Blue Wave. Please come and support our team on June 28. We want to thank many in the neighborhood who sponsor our team (many for a number of years). Our sponsors and volunteer parents make it all happen! GO BLUE WAVE! Jack Butler, 2014 BW Blue Wave President Balcones Woods Admin. Board [email protected] President, Chris Grunska Vice President, Dan Dworin Op. Committee President, Ray Spivey Co-Secretary, Robbie Chance, Rachell Jackson Board Members Robbie Chance Jason Childs Dan Dworin Rachell Jackson Jodi Schrobilgen Operating Committee [email protected] President, Ray Spivey Vice President, Harrison Smith Treasurer, Allison Dady Secretary, Evelyn Saucier Directory, Frank Cedeno Newsletter, Rachell Jackson Maintenance, Dennis Cecil Neighborhood Watch, Joe Zygarlenski Pool Personnel, Scott Dady Fire Prevention, Joe Zygarlenski Social, Rosa Bowen, Peggy Miller, Annette Bohne, Jeannie Pinkman, Dan and Jane Burstain, Victoria Field, Darla Smith, Nancy Norman Sports Courts, Carol Lockley, Darla Smith Swim Team, Jack Butler Website, Victoria and Nick Field Welcoming Committee, Elaine HeinzkeHennig Youth Social, Jennifer Heinzke, Allison Dady, Leah Gibson, Sue Rubio, Kristen Dugan, Shelly Mitchell, Holly McKee, Erika Knox Board and Operating Committee Meetings At the Operating Committee meeting on May 6, Bill Hennig reported that the spring clean-up day was well attended by neighborhood volunteers. There was a lot of work to do in the commons area and the pool area to prepare for Splash Day, the formal opening of the pool. Thank you to those who showed up and made it happen. Darla Smith discussed the resurfacing of the sports courts completion. Online reservations and paper sign-up for the various neighborhood resources was reviewed. The Balcones Woods Board met on May 12. Balcones Woods residents are encouraged to attend these meetings. You can also drop an email to the Board members or to Operating Committee members. If you have matters of concern or interest, please send a note to the Board at [email protected] or the Operating Committee at [email protected]. July Fourth Neighborhood Parade Our annual Fourth of July parade and celebration is coming up. We’ll assemble for the parade in the commons area parking lot at 8:45AM. Bikers and walkers will gather in the parking lot; motor vehicles will assemble along Alhambra, near the parking lot. The parade starts at 9AM. Prizes will be awarded for best float, car, bike, stroller, pet and costume. After the parade, have an ice pop. The pool opens at 10:00AM and games begin at 11:00. Prizes awarded for family relay, big splash, belly flop, water balloon toss, and watermelon scramble. Multiple prizes will be awarded in several competitions. Volunteers are needed to decorate, take pictures and judge the parade. Please contact Jennifer Heinzke at [email protected] Congratulations to 2014 Graduating Seniors Eric Abernathy, Anderson Hich Katie Beckham, Anderson High Balcones Woods Club, Inc. Erin Buergner, Redeemer Lutheran 11204 Alhambra Alayna Enos, Anderson High Austin, TX 78759 Carter Hanson, Anderson High Website: www.balconeswoods.org Aaron Marshall, Anderson High Balcones Woods Club, Inc., takes no respon- Matthew Michaels, Westlake High Madison Mullins, Anderson High Christy Olsen, Anderson High Layne Powers, Anderson High Alex Schultz, Liberal Arts and Science Academy Garrett VanderStoep, Anderson High Alex Veteikis, Anderson High sibility for the content, promises made, or the quality/reliability of the products or services offered in all advertisements. Newsletter For comments, to submit articles or for ad information, please call (512) 342-1982 or e-mail [email protected] Neighborhood Resources Spanish Tutor, middle/high school: Allison Assunto, [email protected]; 512567-8010 Pampered Chef consultant: Pat Stivers, 512-970-6679, pamperedchef.biz/patstivers Avon representative: Lou Ann Devetter, 512-345-9713 Arbonne Representative and personal trainer/wellness coach: Michelle Spears, [email protected], 512-514-3067 2 Meet your neighbor Eye Surgeon & Founder of the Eye Clinic of Austin By Tom Henderson, MD My wife Janice and I bought our first home in Balcones Woods in the summer of 2005 based primarily on location — it is close to my practice, Eye Clinic of Austin, located at Far West Boulevard and Mopac. We quickly realized how fortunate we are to live in such a close-knit community, and we absolutely adore the camaraderie that comes with living in Balcones Woods. Revolutions in Healthcare Technology The ability to cure and prevent disease wherever possible improves each year. Revolutions in healthcare technology allow us to see structures of the eye so clearly that we can detect disease earlier than ever before. I cannot imagine practicing without the advanced equipment that is available today. When time allows, Janice and I enjoy traveling and experiencing new activities and restaurants while away from home. Janice enjoys gardening and keeps our yard looking wonderful year-round. The Five Rules Upon moving to Austin in 1982, I founded the Eye Clinic of Austin and it has grown over the years to become one of Central Texas’ leading eye care centers. My staff and I practice on five rules: • Try to treat each patient the way you want a member of your family treated; • Try to do it right the first time because it is easier than doing it over; • If it’s not broken bad enough, don’t try to fix it; • Be nice and tell the truth; and • Expect excellence of yourself and deliver it to others. They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care Someone once told me, “Doc, they don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” This continues to ring true today. My team and I make patient care and understanding a top priority, and we work hard to ensure that our patients really feel like a part of our family — because they are. Tom and Janice Henderson I may be considered a rare breed by some because I love what I do every day. My passion for patient care and providing the most advanced ways to cure and treat eye disease is never ending. One of my many long-term patients recently said she has been “going steady” with me for a month longer than the I summarize our patient care as, “Advanced Eye Care thirty-two years she has been married to her husband. I with Old Fashioned Caring from Award Winning Docfeel so much gratitude for the special relationships I have tors.” with my patients. List Your Small Business List your services and skills in the Newsletter. Drop a note to [email protected] describing what you offer, like yard work, pet care or babysitting. Support our Newsletter advertisers. They invest in the neighborhood. 3 Real Estate Boom in Balcones Woods By Dan Burstain Did you hear that BOOM? No, that wasn’t a transformer blowing. That was Balcones Woods crashing another price barrier. We are into the $200/sqft arena now and, in my opinion, any house in our neighborhood could sell for over $300,000 — many closer to $400,000 and above. All of Austin is booming and with our neighborhood's great schools, access to 183 and Mopac, proximity to the Domain and new employers like Apple, we are smack dab in the middle of a highdemand area. tin is still more affordable than many other large cities. The current median price for a home in Austin is around $226,300, which may seem high but is less than half what a house costs in Los Angeles or New York. Why all the craziness in the housing market? Builders are working fast and furious, but they are only projected to build about 10,500 homes this year and, of course, none of those new homes will be in Balcones Woods. So for at least the next year or two, we can expect housing in our neighborhood to remain in a seller's market, driving prices possibly even higher. How long will the housing market craziness continue? To predict real estate growth, you look at population growth which, in turn, is driven by job growth. There's no sign of either slowing down. Texas is projecting more than 30,000 new jobs in 2014 and another 30,000 in 2015. Every day, 110 people are moving to the Austin metro area, and the inventory of available homes is at a 13-year low. It really is quite simple. Demand is significantly exceeding supply. For the past decade, the Austin Chamber of Commerce has been actively recruiting businesses to move to Austin, focusing primarily on those in California, the Upper Midwest, and the Northeastern states. These efforts combined with our businessfriendly environment and relatively affordable cost of living make Austin a hot spot. In the past decade, over 300 companies have moved to Austin and for the past four years, Austin has topped Forbes’ annual list of “America’s Fastest-Growing Cities.” More than 80,000 people have moved here in the last two years. These new people have bought up all of Austin's excess housing inventory. Last year, 2013, was the highest sales year on record for the Austin area. So although you might be grimacing as you read your property tax bill while waiting in bumper-to-bumper traffic, enjoy the fact that your home equity wealth is significantly increasing on a daily basis. If anyone would like more information on this data or a free market analysis of your home, I would be happy to help. Dan Burstain, Realtor® , JB Goodwin Realtors [email protected], (512) 588-3260 Although demand has driven home prices higher, Aus- Easter Egg Hunt 4 Sport Courts Resurfaced and Ready for Play By Darla Smith The Balcones Woods Sport Courts were recently resurfaced and look great! It is the perfect time of year for outdoor activities so take advantage of your neighborhood park. Basketball and volleyball courts are open on a walk-up basis. A sign-up sheet for the tennis courts is located right next to the gate. In the near future, we will pilot an online sign-up system for tennis court reservations. Watch for an e-mail blast along with an announcement on the website. Resurfaced basketball court Fledging Owl JOE REYNOLDS 30319 Live Oak Trail, Georgetown, TX Phone #512-635-0261 E-MAIL [email protected] Bathroom Remodeling Kitchen Remodeling Tile Floors, Wood Floors. No job too small. 5 Austin’s Recycled Reads By Gregory Smith Recycled Reads is Austin Public Library’s bookstore. Located at 5335 Burnet Road, one block north of North Loop, Recycled Reads is a hidden gem for parents, grandparents, school teachers or really just anyone looking for a bargain in used books and media. and DVDs priced from $1 to $2 with cassette tapes for 25 cents. Vintage books are mostly sold online, and magazines are not sold. Store Hours The store is open Thursday noon to 8PM and FriChildren — the store has a large kids’ section filled day through Sunday noon to 6PM. Call the store with hardback and paperback books as well as a at (512) 323-5123 and ask if they have the book you reference area, for example: Geography, History, want! Animals, Science, etc. The pricing for all children’s books is 50 cents. Kids’ paperbacks that do not have Donations and Bargains the title on the spine are 25 cents. The store also The store accepts donations and receives has young adult books and a kids’ colits inventory from the Austin Public Lioring station with crayons and colorbrary Warehouse. ing pages. Adults — adult hardback books and To make your money go far, Recycled paperbacks priced from $1 to $2. The Reads is the place to shop! No sales tax store stocks encyclopedias, dictionareither because their prices already inies and thesauruses, civil war, literaclude the tax. I tell grandparents to give ture, large print, mysteries and relitheir grandkids a dollar and let them gion sections just like a library would choose their own four books. Such a deal, be organized. huh? Board games are $2. Comic books and graphic novels. As you can tell, Recycled Reads is a real hidden gem in Bookmarks, magnets and even greeting cards! The Austin. See you there! only items not sold are magazines. For more information and to see upcoming events, go to Media — DVDs , vinyl records, CDs, Blu-ray discs www.recycledreads.org. Sections of the store Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stress: Who’s at Risk? Watering Restrictions and Schedule Contributed by David Vaughn Hose-end sprinklers: before 10AM and after 7PM. Even number address on Sunday; odd number address on Saturday. Prolonged or intense heat stress can be fatal to anyone, but people older than 60 appear to have the highest risk for death from heat illness, especially if they are frail or have pre-existing heart disease, respiratory problems or diabetes. To a lesser extent, babies and young children – especially those left unattended in cars or enclosures – people with a history of alcoholism and others using certain drugs and medications are at high risk of heat illness. People most at risk of heat illness from exertion include athletes, military personnel, manual laborers, farm workers and people who have diabetes or are obese. Anyone who is not used to high temperatures and humidity may become ill during exertion. Automatic irrigation: before 5AM and after 7PM. Even number address on Thursday; odd number address on Wednesday. 6 Then and Now: Balcones Woods Remembered By Angela Hicks Every now and then, I think about then and now. In 1973, my family and I moved far outside Austin’s city limits into a new neighborhood called “Balcones Woods.” It was a small barren network of streets sandwiched between two rock quarries. Research Boulevard (183) was just another lonely state highway, with not a single traffic light between Burnet Road and Highway 620. It was actually an improvement on “Old 183” (now Jollyville Road), which was peppered with mobile home parks and auto salvage yards. boards (regular and high-dive), but the quarry had a Tarzan rope swing. My brother and I had more fun as other kids moved in. We built forts out of discarded construction materials, squashed pennies on the railroad tracks, and signed our names in wet cement sidewalks. However, our fa- My family settled into a modest brick house on Balcones Woods Drive, as colorful flags waved potential neighbors into the model homes. My brother Jimmy and I waited patiently for our future friends to arrive because there really wasn’t much to do. We frequently rode our bicycles up to Henry Griner’s full-service Texaco gas station located at Angus Road and 183. He added a convenience store, Griner’s Grocery, to compete with the nearby UAngela, 1973 Totem. Jimmy. 1973 vorite activity was Wilderness Exploration. We traveled on foot, by bicycle, and via mini-bike. Our range was impressive, considering the area was mostly wooded game trails. Our territory stretched from Balcones Village to the north, IBM/Burnet Road to the east, and Lakewood Drive to the west (another swimming hole, before it was christened Bull Creek Park). Of course, there was no Arboretum, no Loop 360, no MoPac, no Northcross Mall. There was a lot more wildlife around back then: deer, armadillos, civet cats, rattlesnakes, The neighborhood pool didn’t exist yet, but M.E. Ruby’s scorpions, toads, tarantulas, jackrabbits, roadrunners, quarries did. The north quarry was quiet and picturand more. esque, already filled with water and a few ducks. ReAs fun as it was, I couldn’t wait to move out when I was finally 18 and independent. I spent the next three decades living a great life in the Zilker neighborhood, during some of Austin’s best years. Unfortunately, through death and tragedy, I’m back in my Angela, 2014 markably, the south quarry was still in business. Our childhood home on Balcones windows rattled from the dynamite blasts that occaWoods Drive. But as much as things have changed, sionally sent stone shrapnel into our backyard. The some things remain the same. The train still rumbles activity ceased when water flooded in, actually abanthrough like an old friend. The woodpecker still visits doning Euclid dump trucks where they were the same perforated utility pole. The front porch is still parked. The south quarry became our favorite swimdraped in jasmine blossoms (a gift from the Welcome ming hole, even after the Balcones Woods pool was Wagon 41 years ago). And sometimes, I can still see my finished. Sure, the neighborhood pool had a two diving mom waving to me from the front porch. 7 8
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