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Addison Pacesetters Learn About The Town's Recreation Dept. at Dunn Bros. Coffeehouse

07-02-09

Lorrie Semler, Addison Real Estate Specialist

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Office: (214) 739-5500

Mobile: (972) 416-3417

Addison Pacesetters (the 50+ group) meet the first Wednesday of each month at Dunn Bros. Coffeehouse Dunn Bros Coffee, Addison on Beltline Road and learn about the Town of Addison. This month, Ms. Betsy Sterns from the Recreation Department spoke to us.

Here are some interesting tidbits from her presentation:

Betsy has had some interesting jobs before coming to the Town of Addison. She served in the Air Force in Biloxi, helping to clean up after Hurricane Camille; worked in the food service industry; at a Petco store; and as an instructor for a special population program in Yuma, Arizona. She has been with the Town of Addison for the past 9 years.

Betsy's responsibilities include:

investigating if Addison Athletic Club members actually live in Addison (a requirement for continuing membership)
scheduling the Pavillion across from the AAC
overseeing the towel service
providing monthly reports to the Parks & Rec director and the town manager
filing membership paperwork
opening the AAC (5:30, most mornings)
testing the water in the pool
filling the magazine racks
keeping the coffee pots full

In her spare time, Betsy volunteers at Operation Kindness, a no-kill animal shelter.

Next month, August 15th is the first Wednesday. Come out and join us at Dunn Bros.

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Happy 4th from Austin: Why Austin??????

07-02-09

Tim Moncrief, Co-Owner-Bartlett RE Group

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Office: (512) 418-1435

Mobile: (512) 576-7344
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HAVE A SUPER JULY 4TH FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why would one move to Austin????
Click to find out.......

Here are some lists where Austin ranks near or at the top:

Best Bang for the Buck Cities
10 Cities where Americans are relocating
Top 10 Cities for Jobs i
Best Cities for Recession Recovery
Best US Places to Raise a Family in
Most Attractive People in America
Best US Cities to have a Baby
Austin is the 2nd Fastest Growing City in the Nation
Best City for a Fresh Start
Best Cities for Singles
The Healthiest Housing Market
Best US Cities for High Tech Jobs

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League City, Texas: Mandatory WATER RATIONING

07-02-09

Sara Goss, Realtor, Houston Bay Area, Texas

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Office: (409) 744-4622

Mobile: (281) 748-4380

MANDATORY WATER RATIONING . . .
Under threat of Penalty for Violation

Strong words for citizens who now need to be aware that The City of League City, Texas has enacted a stage 2 response to the water shortage.

June is typically a wet month, but this year the rainfall so far has been little more than not much. What happened to the 50-52" a year that we are accustomed to?
Water? Since when do we need to water our lawns and sprinkle the flowers? Latest news is that even though the brown tips of your St. Augustine are increasing daily, now you cannot water, except during specified hours according to your address.

New Water Conservation Rules - starting Thursday, July 2, 2009
The City is aiming for a ten percent reduction in daily water demand.

1. Irrigation with hose-end sprinklers or automatic irrigation systems is limited to Tues and Thur for water customers with even-numbered addresses, and limited to Mon and Wed for those with odd-numbered addresses. Hours of irrigation are limited to midnight-5:00 a.m., and 8:00 p.m.-midnight on your designated days.
However, irrigation of landscaped areas is permitted at anytime if it is by means of a hand-held hose, a faucet filled bucket or watering can of five gallons or less, or a drip irrigation system.

2. Washing any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane, or other vehicle with water is subject to the same rules: designated days and designated hours only. Use a hand-held bucket or a hand-held hose equipped with a positive shutoff nozzle for quick rinses.
Vehicle washing any time is allowed on the immediate premises of a commercial car wash or commercial service station. Washing may be exempted from these regulations if the health, safety and welfare of the public is contingent upon frequent vehicle cleansing, such as garbage trucks and vehicles used to transport food and perishables.
3. You may fill, refill or add to any indoor or outdoor swimming pools, wading pools and Jacuzzi-type pools only on designated watering days between midnight and 5:00 a.m. and between 8:00 p.m. and midnight. (same rules folks)

4. Ornamental fountains or ponds for aesthetic and scenic purposes are prohibited, except when necessary to support aquatic life or if they are are equipped with a recirculation system.

5. Use of water hydrants is limited to fire fighting, related activities, or other activities necessary to maintain public health, safety and welfare. The use of water from designated fire hydrants may be allowed for construction purposes only under special permit from the city.

6. Irrigation of golf course greens, tee boxes, and fairways is subject to the same rules: designated watering days between midnight-5:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.-midnight. If the golf course uses water that is not provided by the city, they are not be subject to these regulations.

7. Water may not be served at restaurants to patrons unless requested by the patron.

8. Non-essential water use is prohibited. You may NOT use water to:
Wash down sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking lots, tennis courts or other hard-surfaced areas
Wash down buildings or structures for other than immediate fire protection
Use water for dust control
Flush gutters or permit water to run or accumulate in any gutter or street
Fail to repair a controllable leak within a reasonable period of five days after having been given notice directing the repair of such leak

For water conservation tips and/or questions concerning this notice, please call 311.

Please follow the rules: Conserve now to deter household water rationing.
Stay Cool!

SARA GOSS, REALTOR®
HatmakerGroup.com GMAC Real Estate
www.har.com/saragoss

Serving the Houston Bay Area of Texas, helping families sell their houses and helping families find the home that is just right.

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Kaboom Town 2009 - Addison Texas Independence Day Celebration

07-02-09

Lorrie Semler, Addison Real Estate Specialist

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Office: (214) 739-5500

Mobile: (972) 416-3417

Celebrate Independence Day, Addison style! Kaboom Town 2008

Friday, July 3, 2009
5 PM - Midnight
Next to the Addison Conference Centre
15650 Addison Road
Addison, Texas 75001

Enjoy live music, amazing fireworks, and a historic Warbird flyover.

The schedule of events includes:

Family Fun Zone (5:00 PM - 9:30 PM) concessions, rock climbing wall, giant slide, inflatables and more

Main Stage
(5:00 - 5:45) Air National Guard Band of the Gulf Coast's Thunder Roll
(6:15 - 7:15) Studio 54
(7:45 - 8:00) Plano Children's Chorale
(8:05 - 9:15) Air National Guard Band of the Gulf Coast and
the United States Air Force Band of the West Concert Band
(9:20 - 9:35) Mayor's Welcome, Presentation of the Colors by the Civil Air Patrol Group 3 Color Guard and the National Anthem featuring Air National Guard Band of the Gulf Coast, United States Air Force Band of the West and Plano Children's Chorale
(10:00) Movie Raiders of the Lost Ark - Stay for the movie and avoid the traffic!

Overhead in the Addison sky
(7:30) Cavanaugh Flight Museum Historic Warbird Flyover
(9:35) FIREWORKS!!! choreographed to music on radio station Mix 102.9

Bring a blanket or some lawn chairs and a picnic and enjoy a night under the stars in Addison, Texas!

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275 slaps in the face to make me a better man........Thanks AR members, alot!!!

07-02-09

Tim Moncrief, Co-Owner-Bartlett RE Group

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I can not thank enough for all the replies from you guys on my blog last week, "3 Reasons why you should NEVER EVER hold an OPEN HOUSE". Mind you, it was a bit of a challenge to go through 275 replies, but I promise that I read everyone, and directly emailed several of you with your witty replies.

The post did not take off at all as members were flying through it not catching my disturbed sense of humor. So I went back and revised the post with the words "READ SLOWWWWLLLLLYYY". Then the post took off like a rocket as most caught the off beat humor. Others did not, and it was quite interesting to see the differences in the replies.

Some scolded me at the thought of not holding open house; others totally agreed with me that open houses were a total waste of time, the majority loved the witty satire; but, my favorites, were the members that actually read not only through my post slowwwwllllyyy, but they also read the comments. Mind you there were 275 replies. Some of their comments were absolutely hilarious.

So one little post taught me more than the previous 468 sent. Part of this because allot of my previous blogs stunk, but I learned so much how to appreciate and read slowwwlllly the content of others blogs. Many of the really good bloggers (I would not be included in that list) spend or appear to spend an enormous amount of time in thinking of what they want to say and how they want to say it and the look they want to present it in.

So I feel pretty bad about some of the 10 worder comments I have made in the past on some of the incredible posts prepared by the best of the best. This experience was a good slap in the face for me, and I thank all.....but geeeez.....those 275 slaps tend to hurt.....

I am a better man after one blog.

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