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Copyright © 2008 Peel, Inc. WestcreekNeighborhoodAssociationNewsletter - November 2008 �

Westcreek Neighborhood

Volume 4, Issue 11

Westcreek NeighborhoodA S S O C I AT I O N

Westcreek NeighborhoodA S S O C I AT I O N

November, 2008 - Published Monthly for our Westcreek Neighbors Log on at westcreekna.org

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National Night Out Review

The kids have the right idea! Time to hang out in the ‘hood and be safe. From left to right: Briana Sanders, Maire McKeefer, Codi Scovell-wood, Tracey Burton, Calin Scovel-wood and Brandon Sanders. “NNO” continued on page 3

Outcome of FLUM to be decided on October 23Please check our website for final status of the Oak Hill FLUM vote that was to be held on October 23 at City Council chambers. This vote affected properties at 4808 Wm. Cannon Drive and 6110 Hill Forest Drive, as well as all properties along Old Fredericksburg Road. Our website is westcreekna.org.

Neighborhoods throughout Austin joined with thousands of communities nationwide on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 to participate in the 25th Annual National Night Out. APD officers, EMS and fire fighters joined City Council Members and other City officials in attending neighbor-hood parties throughout Austin. Our own neighborhood held quite a few events. Your newsletter editor had to hurry from each party because there were so many of them, and it was get-ting dark! The first party I visited was hosted by Mary and Herschell Esquell at their home on Maulding Pass. They hold a party every year. There was quite a crowd already at 6:30 when I stopped by, and LOTS of great food — neighbors brought some of their own dishes to add to the buffet. Herschell, as always, was the Grill master and I could tell the crowd was enjoying all of his hard work! Four APD officers were attending the party as well. Next I visited a NNO party held in the Patton School parking lot by Adrienne Coggins from Hill Forest Drive and several other folks that went together to host the

Westcreek knows how to party – NNO Style!

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Westcreek Neighborhood“NNO”, continued from page 1

celebration. This was more than a party, it was an event! They had a live band playing, lots and lots of food and even a jump house for the kids! It was quite the event, and several APD officers were there as well. As I drove around the neighbor-hood, I came across another party on Honey Dew, hosted by Tom and Melissa Hamilton and their daughter, Shannon (her mother says Shannon is a “Baker Extraordinaire” and a “fantastic baby-sitter”!). It was beginning to get dark, so I snapped a few photos (turns out I should have used the flash, d’oh! But I still have the photo here in the newslet-ter) and was off to the party on Steer Trail. As I drove down Honey Dew, I saw yet another party — neighbors, my apologies that I didn’t stop at your house, too! The last party I attended was on Steer Trail, held by Tina and Paul Plummer. They hold a party every year, too. Our new APD DR, Zachary

Left:Caden Sanders

Right:Herschell Esquell,

the BBQ Master chef.

Left:Tina Cannon, Deborah Sanders, Officer Kathy Hector and Officer Bob Buck.

Right:Herschell serving

up his wares to neighbor

Matthew Beckett.

Right:Ibbie & Lloyd Crawford and Officer Tom Hoemeke.

Left:Matthew and

Barbara Beckett“NNO” continued on page 4


Outcome of FLUM to be decided on

October 23 Please check our website for final status of the Oak Hill FLUM vote that was to be held on October 23 at City Council chambers. This vote affected properties at 4808 Wm. Cannon Drive and 6110 Hill Forest Drive, as well as all properties along Old Fredericksburg Road. Our website is westcreekna.org.

Westcreek Minutes Because of the recent flurry of meetings with the City of Austin Planning Commission and the City Council on the Oak Hill FLUM, plus numerous meeting with 4808 Wm. Cannon representatives and the 6110 Hill Forest re-zoning case, there have been no “official” Westcreek Neighborhood Executive Committee meetings since June. We will post the most recent minutes (from this month’s upcoming Executive Committee meeting in October) on the Westcreek website, westcreekna.org, as soon as they are available. In addition, there was a temporary change in the President’s position (Chris Schexnayder volunteered to fill in only for the remainder of the year 2008, after Christie Gaderson needed to resign), and there is now a vacancy in the Vice President position as well. Because of these changes, the WNA is looking for volunteers to serve on the Committee. The President and Vice President positions will both be open as of December 31, 2008. Please email any of the WNA Contacts listed in this newsletter if you would like to nominate someone or if you are interested in running for one of these positions. Our next Westcreek Neighborhood-wide Meeting, with elections for these vacancies, will be held in January 2009.The date is yet to be set.— Editor



LaHood, was in attendance. I got off one good photo as the darkness settled in completely, but it looked as if ev-eryone there was having a great time as well. On the way home, I passed even more parties in the neighborhood. My apologies to all the folks that I didn’t get to! A little more about National Night Out: It’s a great opportunity for citizens, law enforcement and other pub-lic safety officials to join forces. Events are planned to promote crime prevention and drug prevention aware-ness and to strengthen the police - community partner-ship — sending the message that we are all working together to prevent crime and keep our neighborhoods safe. Events in our neighborhood in the past have includ-ed cookouts, ice cream parties, BBQ’s and block parties. For the past 13 years, Texas has led the nation in citizen and police involvement. Sure looks as if our neighborhood did our part to keep that record again this year!

The buffet line at Maulding Pass!

Officers Matthew Greer and Robin Denton attend the Hill Forest NNO Party, held at Patton Elementary.

The crowd at Hill Forest NNO Party.

Adrienne Coggins and Nicole Hequet are two neighbors that put together the Hill Forest NNO Event.

“NNO”, continued from page


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The crowd at Hill Forest NNO Party. The band! Their audience.

Body and face painting for the kids.Nothing like a giant inflatable playhouse slide!

Sorry about the photo quality! This is when I should have been using my flash. The Honey Dew Terrace folks, from L to R: Anne Spacht, Claire Bondy Hyder, Tom & Melissa Hamilton (the hosts), Ted Hughes and Shannon Hamilton.

Gary Wilcox eats some of the goodies served at one of the Honey Dew gatherings. (I missed the other party on Honey Dew, trying to get to the Plummer residence!)

Tina Plummer, Officer Zachary LaHood and Paul Plummer at the Steer Trail party.

Calin Scovel-wood, having a little fun before filling up his plate!

Eatin! How cute is Briana??? YUMMMM!!!




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GO VOTE!!! One of the best ways for any neighborhood to be recognized for future needs and represented fairly is by looking at how many of its residents turn out for voting. If you don’t vote, government doesn’t pay attention to you. We have over 850 households in Westcreek alone, and have had very poor turnout in past elections (city and county) — averaging less than 5 percent of our neighborhood showing up to cast their ballot (this is based on Precinct 351, which is primarily Westcreek). We’ve done better in State elections (Governor, State Senator and State Representative), up past 30%. Past presidential elections have us at a healthy 58.62%. But voting is not just about the Presidential election. Voting is about our city, our county and our state as well. If we don’t vote, we will not be recognized. Below is a chart of how Westcreek Precinct 351 has voted in the past:

Voting Event Registered Voters

Ballots Cast %

June 14, 2008City Council Run-Off Election 2,796 55 1.96

May 10, 2008 City Council Races 2,836 123 4.30

Nov 6, 2007 Travis County Bonds 2,927 200 6.83

May 12, 2007 Travis County Amendments 2,887 88 3.05

Nov 7, 2006 Governor, St Senator & State Rep 3,176 961 30.26

May 13, 2006 Mayor & City Council Not Published 177 —

Nov 2, 2004 Presidential Election 3,403 1,995 58.62

There are almost 3,000 of us in this neighborhood. Get our voices heard! Go VOTE on Nov. 4th, and vote on our City issues as well!!

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Westcreek Resident and Sous-chef at Kenichi I wanted to submit some great side dishes for the fall/holidays/cooler weather. Next month: the perfect Holiday Dessert recipes!!! CHEF’S TIP: Remember, season everything with salt and pepper, and food is often ruined by over-cooking it! Guests ask me all the time how the filet, sea bass or rib eye tasted so good. They are a little disappointed to hear about my liberal use of salt and pepper, and cooking it properly. Have fun when you cook, and if you can, try something new one night a week for dinner. You might be surprised at how good it is!

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