Events
Westcreek Plans for National Night Out 2010
Posted by elainepozos in Events, News & Announcements on August 10th, 2010
| October 5, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
27th Annual National Night Out – Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 6 to 9 p.m.
Attention Westcreek! Calling all neighbors…turn on your porch lights, lock your doors and spend the evening outside with your neighbors, police officers, firefighters and EMS paramedics. Consider hosting an event here in Westcreek, such as a cookout, block party or neighborhood walk. Events will occur simultaneously throughout the city and the entire nation! Let’s continue to strengthen our community, show our support for first responders, meet our neighbors, and send a message to criminals that we are unified in fighting crime.
Are you interested in hosting/co-hosting a block party? If so, go to the City’s web site for an application and turn it in as soon as possible
via fax (512) 974-6222 or to the following address:
Austin Police Department
Community Liaison Office
P.O. Box 689001
Austin, Texas 78768-9001
If you’d like a first responder to attend your event (police, firefighters, EMS), please get your application in by September 5, 2010
Looking to team up with another resident and co-host an event? Contact me (Jennifer) directly at jleidun@yahoo.com and if anyone else has contacted me as well, I will try to help connect you.
Also see http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/police/nno.htm
For additional information, please contact Rosie Salinas at the Community Liaison Office at (512) 974-4900 or by e-mail at nno@ci.austin.tx.us
Community Dialogue about Austin ISD School Facilities
Posted by elainepozos in Events, News & Announcements on May 10th, 2010
| May 20, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
If you have ever wondered why there is not a high school to relieve the overcrowding at both Austin High School and Bowie High School, here’s your chance to provide public input to AISD.
In the last AISD Bond package, money was approved to purchase land for a future High School. I’ve heard that it could be in northern Hays County, it could be far southeast, or it could even be a magnet school. The AISD Board is now asking for input on what type of secondary education facility the “public” desires. Now is your chance to tell them! If you don’t participate, the School Board will do what they want, because they sense you just don’t care. Please mark your calendar. Travis High is just west of IH-35 on Oltorf.
Your insights and opinions will help shape the future of public education
in Austin. Please attend, listen, and speak up. Bring your neighbors and
friends.
Discuss issues that directly impact our public school facilities with educators, parents, students, civic and business leaders, and other engaged community members. The Power of Your Voice Will Help Guide the Emerging Facility Master Plan for Austin Schools.
Thursday, May 20, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Travis High School, Cafeteria
1211 E. Oltorf St.
Refreshments and child care provided.
For more information, call AISD Facilities Management, 414-2667, or check
the website, www.austinisd.org
Janis Guerrero, Ph.D.
Executive Director for Planning and Community Relations
Austin Independent School District
1111 West 6th Street
Austin, TX 78703
Phone: 512-414-9776
Fax: 512-414-9773
Visit our website at http://www.austinisd.org
WNA Garage Sale Scheduled
Posted by elainepozos in Events on April 21st, 2010
| May 15, 2010 |
Saturday May 16 is the Westcreek Neighborhood Garage Sale. The Executive Committee will put signs out at entry points to the neighborhood as well as run an add in the Austin American Statesman.
Please remember to pick up your garage sale signage after holding a sale.
Landscape Irrigation Workshop Offered by COA
Posted by elainepozos in Events on April 1st, 2010
| April 6, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Learn the basics of using your irrigation system efficiently while saving water at a free Austin Water seminar. Austin Water conservation staff will offer a free landscape irrigation workshop on Tuesday, April 6 from 6-8 p.m. in Room 105 of the water utility offices located at 625 East 10th Street.
Topics will include:
- scheduling landscape irrigation systems
- programming the controller
- basic irrigation system maintenance
- adjustments to avoid runoff and overspray
The goal of this class is to give homeowners the tools to manage their irrigation system efficiently while conserving water.
Space for the class is limited. To register, contact David Turnage, Conservation Program Specialist, at 512.974.3517 or david.turnage@ci.austin.tx.us.
For more information on conserving water, visit www.waterwiseaustin.org.
AISD Candiate Forum at Mills
Posted by elainepozos in Events on March 23rd, 2010
| April 7, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
The Mills Elementary PTA is sponsoring a candidates’ forum for those seeking seats on the AISD Board of Trustees for District 7 and At-Large District 9. The forum will be held Wednesday, April 7 at 6:30pm in the Mills Elementary School cafeteria at 6201 Davis Lane. The event is open to the public. The forum will be a Q/A style with questions taken from the audience. Two candidates are vying for District 7: Incumbent Robert Schneider and former AISD administrator Warren Faulkner. Five candidates are vying for District 9: Tamala Barksdale, Cassandra Enoch Brown, Julie Cowan, Dianne T. Mendoza, & Mike Reed.
Large Brush Collection
Posted by elainepozos in Events on March 22nd, 2010
| April 12, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 am |
Large Brush Collection will begin April 12, 2010 for the Westcreek Neighborhood. Branches over 3 inches in diameter and up to 15 feet long are collected during specially-scheduled large brush collections. Large brush must be at the curb in front of your house by 6:30 a.m. on the first day of the scheduled collection week(s).
Large brush should be stacked, unbound, in one row along the curb with the cut ends facing the street. The row should be no more than 15 feet long and four feet high. Anything beyond this amount will not be collected unless you have made prior arrangements to pay additional fees.
Large brush will not be collected if it’s inaccessible. Place your large brush about five feet from your garbage cart and other potential obstacles such as mail boxes, fences, walls, water meters, telephone connection boxes and parked cars. Avoid placing large brush under low-hanging tree limbs or power lines.
Solid Waste Services cannot collect the following items during large brush collections:
- Bamboo, cactus, vines, rose bushes or vegetation with thorns. (These can be included with your weekly yard trimmings collection. Cactus, rose bushes and thorny branches should be wrapped in cardboard or several layers of newspaper before being placed in a reusable container or paper yard waste bag on your yard trimmings collection day.)
- Yard trimmings (grass, leaves and small branches)
- Garbage
- Bulky items
Patton PTA Fundraiser Schlotzsky’s Night
Posted by elainepozos in Events, Patton Elementary on March 11th, 2010
| May 25, 2010 | ||
| 4:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
On March 30 from 4-10 p.m. Schlotzsky’s on Brodie Lane will hold a Patton Night. This optional fundraiser will allow the Patton PTA to receive 20% of the donated receipts.
When you go to Schlotzsky’s there will be balloons and a sign “Patton Night” with a gold wrapped box. If you “drive-thru” just tell them to put your receipt in the Patton Box. Schlotzky’s will even print a duplicate receipt if you need to keep a copy for yourself.
Again the hours are 4-10PM, but Patton parents have reported going in for lunch and the box was already out on the counter. Mark your calendars now for the April 27 and May 25 Patton Nights. Thank you for your participation!
CSMS Annual Plant Sale
Posted by elainepozos in Clint Small Middle School, Events on March 10th, 2010
| April 10, 2010 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 1:00 pm |
The annual Spring Plant Sale will be on Saturday April 10th from 9am to 1pm in and around the greenhouse. Lots of native and naturalized plants perfect for the Oak Hill area will be on sale.
WOOD PROJECTS
Also, wood projects from Mr. Scott’s classes will be available for purchase/preorder including children’s picnic tables. Hope to see you, your neighbors, and your relatives there. If you are interested in volunteering,
please email David Matthews at damatthe@austinisd.org.
DONATIONS NEEDED
Potting containers of all sizes and bags of leaves are needed for this event. Drop these items off next to the yellow gate on the 290 West side of the building at Clint Small Middle School or contact David Matthews for more information.
Patton PTA Fundraiser: Taco Cabana Night
Posted by elainepozos in Events, Patton Elementary on March 10th, 2010
| March 10, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Visit Taco Cabana on Wm. Cannon and Mo-Pac on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 5-9 PM. This is an optional, but easy, fundraiser to raise funds for our schools while feeding the family.
When ordering, tell the cashier you are there to support Patton. 20% of all food and drink sales (including beer and margaritas) go to the Patton PTA! If you want to order to go, please order from inside the restaurant so Patton will benefit and you can say hello to your friends.
Again, this is an optional fundraiser. A good answer to children who beg to attend a fundraiser is to say that “we chose not to spend our money that way.” Thank you again for all you do for Patton.
VOTE Today
Posted by elainepozos in Current Issues, Events on March 2nd, 2010
| March 2, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 am | to | 7:00 pm |
Many of us in Westcreek are in precinct 339, but please check your voter registration card to verify or by calling 854-9473. To find your polling precinct click here.
Registered voters can vote with a voter registration card, driver’s license or any official photo ID, birth certificate, United States citizenship papers or passport, a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement or other official document that shows the name and address of the voter.
Get familiar with the primary election by viewing the League of Women Voters voter guide by clicking here.
Let’s get out the WNA vote!
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