Spring’s Own Laura Wilkinson to Compete Tomorrow

Set your DVR’s to record tomorrow from 11:30am - 1:00pm to catch Spring’s own Laura Wilkinson in the preliminaries of the Women’s 10m platform. Laura is a highly accomplished diver and two time olympian. Lets show our support our home girl.

Spring TX Mommy & Me Photo Contest Needs Your Vote!

Putting Everything Spring at Your Fingertips!

Vote Now for Your Favorite Photo! Scroll down and view our entries Choose your favorite and click the photo to enter your vote You will be directed to the login screen Only 1 vote per registered user Poll closes midnight August 31, 2008. Brought to you by     Spring TX Mommy & Me Photo Contest Entry - Houston Rodeo 2008 Coming Next Month Best Friends Forever (BFF) Photo Contest!!! Now accepting Contest Sponsors for October, November & December 2008, as well as January 2009.

 

Everything Spring August Newsletter

Putting Everything Spring at Your Fingertips!

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE: Back to School Tip of the Month Mommy & Me Photo Contest Virtual School Showcase FitTip Back to School It’s back to school time! Back to school activities begin this week. Please check the community calendar do find your schools events. Tax Free Weekend is August 15 -17. The 1st day of school is August 25, 2008! ExploreSpring.com’s Tip of the Month Ten Tips to Avoid Luggage Surcharges. With most major airlines now charging $25 each way to check a second bag (and some starting to charge for checking even one), it makes sense to rethink your packing routine so that you won’t bust your travel budget before you get to your destination. Read More…..   $35 Visa Gift Card Proud Sponsor of Press Release The ExploreSpring.com and Houston Work at Home Mom’s Mommy & Me Photo Contest ends on August 31, 2008. So upload your favorite photo of you and your child for a chance to win a $35 Visa Gift Card and other valuable prizes from ExploreSpirng.com. If you don’t have children, then logon an VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE TODAY! Houston Work at Home Mom’s is the proud sponsor of our August Mommy & Me Photo Contest. HoustonWAHMs is a networking organization for those who are currently or striving to maintain either a full or part time work-at-home business. If you would like to Sponsor a photo contest and be featured here e-mail info@explorespring.comfor more information. Community Invited to Spring ISD Virtual School Showcase Aug. 16    ”Business and community members are invited to experience the V-Zone at the Spring ISD Virtual School Showcase from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 at Carl Wunsche Sr. High School, 900 Wunsche Loop. “  Read More….

FitTip  Interval Train to maximize your workout! Do a few strength exercises followed by a quick burst of cardio to keep your heart rate elevated. You will burn extra calories throughout your workout and continue to burn extra calories for several hours. Brought to you by OnceUponAWorkout.com.

 

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Share your news on ExploreSpring.com. Annouce your accomplishments or special events in our articles section where you can annouce births, engagements, weddings, and more. Items for inclusion in next month’s edition need to be e-mailed to me at info@explorespring.com by no later than 23rd of the month. Please also use this opportunity to promote events that may be of interest to other members. As always, I look forward to hearing from you. Here’s your up-to-date news from Everything Spring! EditorEmail us your annoucement and photos today or submit online here. Check out our online store. Post your garage sale on line FREE. Post your community events on our community calendar FREE. Post job annoucements FREE Make sure your business in listed in our business directory FREE or enhance your listing for as little as $3.97 per month. Stay in touch with community happenings and submit your church, business, and community events to our calendar! Help us spread the word about ExploreSpring.com. Send this newsletter to all your friends! ExploresSpring.com Putting Everything Spring at Your Fingertips! 1010 Spring-Cypress Rd #133 Spring, Texas 77373 (832) 579-8570

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ExploreSpring.com Spring Texas’ Online Community And Pets Are Inn North Houston Announce The Winner Of July’s Cutest Pet Photo Contest

Skye Chosen as Spring TX Cutest Pet in ExploreSpring.com Monthly Photo Contest.

Spring, TX  August 08, 2008 - ExploreSpring.com and Pets Are Inn North Houston announces the

Skye, ExploreSpring.com July 2008 Cutest Pet Photo Contest Winner

winner in its month-long Spring TX Cutest Pet Photo Contest. The event attracted 7 entrants, each of which had the chance to be voted on by the general public. Pictures were entered and displayed online at the ExploreSpring.com website throughout the month of July. Votes were cast online, by registered users of ExploreSpring.com.

In the end, the picture that garnered the most votes was recorded as the winner. Earning top billing for July 2008 was “Skye,” owned by Michelina Fedele. As Spring’s Cutestet Pet contest winner, Skye won a 2 day stay with Pets Are Inn and an ExploreSpring.com Personalized Dog Bowl, and for her owner, a personalized ExploreSpring.com T-shirt with a picture of the winning photo on it.

Spring’s August photo contest is already underway with our Mommy & Me Photo Contest co-Sponsored by Houston Work-At-Home Moms honoring the relationship between a mother and her child(ren). Mom’s and children of all ages are eligible for entry and a chance to win a $35 Visa Gift Card. To enter please visit www.explorespring.com/pages/Photo_Contest.com and upload your picture today!

ExploreSpring.com is currently seeking sponsors immediately for 2008, and welcome businesses of all sizes to participate. For more information please email Elle at info ( @ ) explorespring dot com or call (281) 912-1107.

About Pets Are Inn North Houston
Pets Are Inn is a unique pet lodging alternative for those who may feel uncomfortable leaving their furry family member at a kennel or with friends or relatives. The staff at Pets Are Inn screens private homes to care for your pet as in a way their accustomed to. They also provide convenient round-trip pickup and delivery of your pet. The company Web site is located at http://www.petsareinn.com.

About ExploreSpring.com
Explore Spring Texas is a locally owned and operated online city guide and business directory for Spring TX. Here you can find all kinds of services - from restaurants and automobiles to shopping and home services. A online community guide and business directory for Spring Klein TX, providing local news, real estate, jobs, advertising, calendar, events and more.ExploreSpring.com provides a central online location 24 hours a day to find information relevant to the Spring TX Community. The web site is located at http://www.explorespring.com.

Back to School Events in Spring TX

The first day of school is around the corner, and on August 25, all Spring Schools will be back in session. Spring, Klein, and Conroe ISD have all published their back to school events in one form or another. To help the parents get ready ExploreSpring has consolidated all of the Back 2 School information for you on one calendar.  From tax free weekend to orientations, to textbook pickup, ExploreSpring, has pulled all the information together for you on one resource. So check out August’s calendar to see what your local Spring elementary, intermediate, junior high, or high school is doing, so you don’t miss a beat!

About ExploreSpring.com

Explore Spring Texas is a locally owned and operated online city guide and business directory for Spring TX. Here you can find all kinds of services - from restaurants and automobiles to shopping and home services. A online community guide and business directory for Spring Klein TX, providing local news, real estate, jobs, advertising, calendar, events and more.ExploreSpring.com provides a central online location 24 hours a day to find information relevant to the Spring TX Community. The web site is located at http://www.explorespring.com.

Spring Residents Along with the Rest of the Nation Can Save $2 off Starbucks Iced Coffee

According to a recent press release, Starbucks morning drinkers can save $2 off an afternoon caffine fix if they bring in their receipt from their morning puchase after 2 pm.  “Looking to bring more value-seeking consumers through its doors for a late-afternoon caffeine fix, Starbucks Corp. said it will now offer its morning customers any iced grande beverage for $2 after 2 p.m.”

So if you are a Starbucks lover, here’s a chance to save a few bucks on your daily caffine fix. To read the article in its entirety click here.

The Faith Chapel Festival Festival

 

Faith Chapel Assembly of God would like to invite the community to a fun-filled festival

Faith Chapel Assembly of God would like to invite the community to a fun-filled festival on September 27, 2008.  The Faith Chapel Festival is a fundraiser for Project Destiny, a ministry that helps women here in the U.S. and around the world (for more information, visit http://www.stxagwm.org/projectdestiny.htm).  Starting at 9:00 a.m., there will be a yard sale, crafts for sale including fleece blankets with pillows, handmade jewelry, and gift baskets, a delicious bake sale as well as concessions and fun games for the kids!  There will also be a team horseshoe tournament, single elimination, $10 per team.  Please join us at 5824 Louetta Road in Spring.  We’re the church in the trees and we’ll be there til 1:00 p.m.!

This event and many others can be found on Spring’s community calendar visit Spring online Today!

Spring-Klein Chamber of Commerce Announces School House Rock Back to School Drive!

Spring, Texas - The Spring-Klein Chamber of Commerce (SKCC) announced its first ever School House Rock Back to School Drive. The event to be held at the Crabby Daddy Steakhouse on Thursday, August 14, 2008 from 5pm to 7 pm will collect school supplies for less fortunate children in our community. Crabby Daddy Restaurant is located at 25186 1-45 North, 1 block east on Rayford Rd, in Suite 4G, The Woodlands, TX 77386. So come on out and mix and mingle with business colleagues while helping our community’s children return to school with the supplies they need for a good start this school year!

For a list of needed items and details on this event, please e-mail the Spring-Klein Chamber of Commerce at info@springkleinchamber.org.

This event and many others can be found on Spring’s community calendar visit Spring online Today!

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?