Spring Texas News Updates April 1, 2009

The Riddle Report March 31, 2009

Dear Friends and Neighbors, It took much longer than any of us anticipated, but the House is finally on a regular schedule, hearing bills every day on the floor. It seems every session we feel like we are behind the expected pace, yet we always seem to catch up. The real question is this: is it a good thing or a bad thing if we pass less legislation than normal? On the one hand, fewer laws usually means less intrusive government. On the other hand, good bills and bad bills both tend to die when we fall behind. Like my mother always told me: “There’s no piece of pie sliced so thin that it doesn’t have two sides!”

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Spring ISD Kindergarten Roundup Schedule

HOUSTON – Spring ISD elementary schools will hold Kindergarten Roundup in April and May for children who will begin kindergarten in the 2009-10 school year. Kindergarten in Spring ISD is a full-day program for children who will be five years old by Sept. 1, 2009. Registration for kindergarten is voluntary, but once a child enrolls for kindergarten, he or she becomes subject to the compulsory attendance law. That law requires a student to be in attendance at least 90 percent of the days that school is in session in order to receive credit.

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FUEL FRIDAY at the YMCA

FUEL Friday returns to the South Montgomery County YMCA on April 3rd, 700pm.

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“Making Fitness Fun” at the South Montgomery County YMCA

Healthy Kids Day® on April 18th YMCA Healthy Kids Day® Builds Healthier Lives for Local Kids and Families Join hundreds of children and their families as we celebrate fitness at the 18th Annual YMCA Healthy Kids Day® on Saturday, April 18th,, at more than 35 YMCA centers across the Houston area. The big celebration is FREE to the public and is the nation’s largest health day for children, supporting the healthy growth and development of kids and families.

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YMCA Trail Run Presented by “Conroe’s Incredible Pizza”

Charity Event Featuring a 5K Trail Run, One Mile Kids Race and 3K Walk Early Registration Deadline is April 24th.

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YMCA Spring Youth Sports

Where everyone is given the opportunity to play

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Chamber Singers Set to Embark on Spring Tour in Central Texas

“Choral Potpourri and the British Invasion” on Tap for Georgetown, Austin The Lone Star College-Montgomery Chamber Singers, a select choir of 16 voices, will appear on tour in Georgetown and Austin, Texas. The choir will present free, public performances at the First United Methodist Church of Georgetown on Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. and Central Presbyterian Church in downtown Austin on Friday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m.

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Spring Texas New Year Photo Contest

Spring Texas New Year Photo Contest

 

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Enter for a chance to win a Chick-Fil-A Party Platter Valued at $50 and Explorespring Tee with winning Photo.

 

Theme: Open – Submit your favorite photo of anything as long as it meets the rules below.

Submit your photos for this month. Whether photography is your passion, your hobby, or just an occasional pastime, w e invite you to participate in our ExploreSpring.com photo contest.

 

 

Entries for the Contest must be received by 6:00 p.m. CST the last calendar day of the month.

ExploreSpring Monthly Photo Contests Rules

Monthly photography contests featuring a different theme each month. All contests run from the 1st to the last day of each month and will be started 8:00 a.m. CST and close at 6:00 p.m. CST. Photo must be family friendly — nothing offensive. It’s not okay to enter photos with nudity or violence.

 

 

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   1. Entries and voting will be accepted between 8:00 a.m. CST on the 1st day of the month and 6:00 p.m. CST on the last day of each month. 

   2. All entrants must be 13 years of age or older. Kids age 12 and under may enter photos, but only through a sponsoring parent or adult guardian. 

   3. Entries will be accepted from residents in the Houston Metro Area, except where indicated. 

   4. You must have taken the photos you submit YOURSELF. 

   5. ExploreSpring.com associates or family members of associates are not eligible to enter.
   6. Entries must comply with the current theme.
   7. Winner annouced by 2nd of Each Month.
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   9. The photo with the most votes on the last day of the month wins!
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   11. he winner will be featured on our homepage and contest winner page.
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Spring, Texas Hurricane Ike Update – 9/20/08

Spring TX, September 20, 2008 – While life returns to normal for some Spring residents, many are still without power. Please call or email ExploreSpring.com if we can help you find some resources to assist you info@explorespring.com or (281) 912-1107. Here are some updates as of Saturday, September 20, 2008. If you know of any stores throughout the Spring area that are stocked with food, fuel, ice or basic household goods, please e-mail or text the locations to info@explorespring.com and let us know what is available.

Food, Ice, Water

• Nearby PODs at which ice, water, and food are available as of 1:45 C.S.T. on Sep 17–Greenspoint Harvest Time Baptist Church, 17770 Imperial Valley.
• Food Pantries in Montgomery County: Gateway Baptist Church 2930 Rayford Road, Spring 12 noon to 3pm daily; St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church,7801 Bay Branch, Woodlands, 9am to 5pm daily; Interfaith of the Woodlands, 4242 Woodrush Dr., Woodlands, 9am to 3pm daily.
• Hurricane Ike: United Way Recovery Information 9-19-2008, 8:00 AM

Power

• The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration by the end of day on Friday, September 19:  77382
• The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration by the end of day on Monday, September 22:  77373, 77386
• The following zip codes have sustained extensive damage, and will therefore have a restoration timeline that extends beyond Monday, September 22: 77379, 77380, 77386, 77388, 77389

Schools

• Spring ISD Pending power restoration, employees will return to work on Tuesday, September 23. Students will return to school on Wednesday, September 24.
• Conroe ISD will resume classes on Monday, September 22 for campuses with power. No Spring schools have power.
• Klein ISD will resume classes on Wednesday September 24, 2008 for campuses that have power. The following campuses have power—Benfer, Frank, Greenwood Forest, Haude, Kaiser, Klein Collins HS, Klein Forest HS, Klein Instructional Center, Klein Intermediate, Klein Oak HS, Klenk, Kohrville, Krahn, Kreinhop, Krimmel, Kuehnle, Mittlestadt, Nitsch, Roth, Schindewolf, Strack, Vistas, and Wunderlich.

Other

YMCA facilities are now open to the community for showers and battery charging. Even if you do not have a YMCA membership, you may go to any open YMCA and charge your cell phone and laptop or take a shower.

Hours at each location vary based on area curfews and staff availability. South Montgomery County Family YMCA, 6145 Shadowbend Pl., The Woodlands – 281-367-9622.

For more information on Hurricane Ike and Spring Texas visit us online at www.explorespring.com.

ICE, WATER, MRES TO BE AVAILABLE MONDAY MORNING AT CHAMPION FOREST BAPTIST CHURCH

HOUSTON – Representative Debbie Riddle has announced that deliveries of ice, water, and meals-ready-to-eat will be available at the parking lot of Champion Forest Baptist Church, 15555 Steubner Airline Road, in Houston on Monday morning at 10:00AM.  Please forward this information on to anyone who may be in need of these supplies.   

 

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SPRING/ HOUSTON AREA POD TO BE OPEN FRIDAY (TOMORROW) MORNING

HOUSTON – Two 18-wheeler trucks worth of ice and water will be distributed in the parking lot of Champion Forest Baptist Church at 15555 Stuebner Airline in Houston tomorrow morning at 10:00 am. 

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Spring Area Schools Annouce Closures

• Spring ISD will be closed Monday, Sept. 15th through Friday, Sept. 19th due to Hurricane Ike.
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  Conroe ISD will be closed Monday, Sept. 15th through Friday, Sept. 19th due to Hurricane Ike.

• Klein ISD will be closed Monday, Sept. 15th through Wednesday, Sept. 19th due to Hurricane Ike.

• To stay up to date with school closings and openings please visit Spring Online.

Harris County Precinct 4 Annouces Spring area Openings & Closures

Due to Hurricane Ike, several Harris County Precinct 4 facilities are closed and some of the September programming has been cancelled. The community centers and parks will re-open as electricity is restored and damages are repaired. Precinct 4 staff is working to open facilities as quickly as possible and updates will be posted online at www.hcp4.net. Please refer to the list below for Spring area openings and closures:

• Bayer Park (24811 W. Hardy Road, 77373) will be open within two weeks
• Collins Park Picnic and Playground Area (6727 Cypresswood Drive, 77379) will be open within two weeks
• Collins Skate Park (6727 Cypresswood Drive, 77379) CLOSED pending long-term damage assessment and repair
• Klein Park (4531 Spring Cypress Road, 77379) CLOSED pending long-term damage assessment and repair
• Meyer Park, Playground Area and Walking Trails (7700 Cypresswood Drive, 77379) open now or by the end of this week
• Meyer Park, North Side (7700 Cypresswood Drive, 77379) Meyer Park, South Side Picnic will be open within two weeks
• Southwell Park (27419 Nelson Street, 77373) open by Saturday, September 20

To read the press release in its entirety please visit Spring TX Online at http://www.explorespring.com/pages/spring_texas_news_article.

Spring Neighborhood to be Ruined by Tollway

A recent article posted in the Houston Chronicles identifies Lakes of Avalon Village, a Spring, Texas neighborhood as potentially being on the chopping block to accommodate the four-lane tollway that is planned to be built. Though the Grand Parkway project has been on the books for about 25 years, its completion through Spring has been in the planning stages since about 2003 and has been the subject of much debate. 

The biggest travesty here is that the builder was aware of the planned highway and built the neighborhood anyway. The 2nd travesty is that the county fails to adequately zone the unicorporated areas of Harris county to protect such disasters from happening.  The homeowner is treated egregiously and results in a breach of public trust!

This is why I support the petition for Spring-Klein cityhood. Spring needs to be its own city, so it can control it’s zoning, schools, law enforcement and more.  I don’t know if we can stop the Grand Parkway or not. However, if we ban together, we can form our own government we can protect what is left of Spring. To read the Houston Chronicle article in full, please read Spring residents learn subdivision is in tollway’s path — and wonder why they weren’t told

Precinct Four Announces Resurgence of Phone Scam Alert

  The recent resurgence in the Star-7-2 telephone scam has prompted the Department to issue the following warning:

  

The Star-7-2 scam involves the victim receiving a call from a stranger posing as telephone technician or a person in a desperate situation such someone who has been arrested.  The caller attempts to invoke a sense of urgency with the victim that requires the victim’s immediate assistance.  The victim is prompted by the caller to forward the call by pressing star-7-2 and entering a number provided by the caller.  The caller may advise that he is not allowed make another call, children are involved and need to be picked up, or any number of similar tactics to convince the victim to participate.  If the victim complies, the victim’s calls are forwarded to another number where the caller’s partner in crime can accept collect calls and third party calls which are all billed to the victim’s telephone phone.  The victim is usually not aware of the scam until he or she receives their phone bill.  

 

If you receive a call from an unknown person similar in nature to the one described above beware.  Advise the caller that you are not willing to participate and hang up the phone.  

Deputy Contracts for Neighborhood Security Will No Longer be Honored

According to a recent story on ABC13 neighborhood associations will no longer be able to procure additional patrols for their community from the harris county law enforcement agencies as the result fo meeting vote by County Commissioner’s Office.

Article reads as follows:

HOUSTON (KTRK) — Homeowners in Harris County are no longer allowed to hire extra deputies to patrol their neighborhoods.

County commissioners voted yesterday to no longer honor deputy contracts, at least until they completely review the program. Email obtained by 13 Undercover revealed the sheriff’s office was cutting into taxpayer patrols, so it could sign new contracts. That essentially benefited only neighborhoods who could afford the service.

Commissioner Sylvia Garcia says deputies should instead provide quality service to the entire county.

“Because what you do then is create the have and the have nots. People who have money can pay for contract deputy service. People who can’t afford it don’t get the deputies,” she said. “It’s absolutely, patently unfair.”

County commissioners will revisit the issue in September.

What are your thoughts?