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Copyright © 2009 Peel, Inc. Enchanted Valley Homeowner's Association Newsletter - January 2009 �

Enchanted Valley

Official Publication of Enchanted Valley Homeowners AssociationJanuary 2009 Volume 3, Issue 1

Enchanted Valley Echo

Heard and Overheard

(Continued on Page 3)

January Birthdays

January Anniversaries

Gloria Ashbaugh, Jason Burgess, Erich Burrer, Jonathon Burrer, Chad Campdonico, John Caporale, Rachael Cilny, David Clough, Michael Cole, Allison Cole, Bob Collins, Millie Croy, Goerge Dalton, Jr., Harry Dreenan, Peggy Fix, Zachary Foreman, Edna Fraser, Leslie Frazier, Mary Ann Gorham, Lani Grantland, Pamela Gryer, Christopher Gryer, Heather Isenhower, Teresa Kelly, Debra Kline, Sarah McConaughy, Roxanna McDaniel, Gramm McDaniel, Joey McPeek, Nathan McPeek, Terry Meyers, Alexandria Mikhaylov, Andrey Mikhaylov, Jr., Josiah Moffit, Matthew Ogrodowicz, Austin Oravec, Jenna Poole, Stephanie Riddle, Ricardo Santillan, Ashleigh Swearengin, Skylar Small, Kathy Stilwell, Jeffrey Stilwell, Nathan Sykes, Dylan Talley, Nicole Tomich, Katelynn Usry, Debbie Wells, and Steve Zanprelli.

Happy Birthday to any January birthdays we may have missed. Hope you all had a wonderful birthday.

James & Norma Head, Bill & Laura Loving, Paul & Joyce Moffitt, Jim & Carolyn Philp, Julius & Marie Jo Reid, Richard & Cecilia Spencer, Bill & Sheri Stice, and Dave & Jennifer Swearengin.

Happy Anniversary to any anniversaries we may have missed. Here’s to many more years of wedded blis!

January 2009 Yard of the MonthJanuary yard of the month goes to Charles and Ruth Densmore at

12810 Rolling Valley Drive. Charles and Ruth have been living in Enchanted Valley over 30 years, raising four children. They are always in the yard together. Charles is mowing and trimming. Ruth is the busy bee, buzzing in her flower beds and gardens. Their backyard is as well groomed as the front yard. Your labor and TLC is greatly appreciated. Charles is a skilled craftsman, the water wheel and bench in their front yard shows his workmanship.

Congratulations, we thank you both for the pride and care you display. A $25.00 gift certificate was presented from Buds and Blossoms.

Christmas Yard Winners will be published in the next issue. Dead line for January news articles was before judging night, Dec. 14th.

From The EVHOAHAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

December Craft FairThanks to all our craft fair participants! Vendors and shoppers

couldn’t have asked for nicer weather in December! We appreciate each of you who signed up to sell and to those who showed up to browse and buy. We’ll definitely be seeing you next year!

How’S Your (Snail) Mail Delivery Service?There have been numerous complaints from E.V. residents about

receiving mail other than their own since Keith, the new carrier has been on our route.

I believe we received excellent service from Linda, the previous carrier and also the 2 carriers prior to her. Therefore, it is possible to get the service we pay for when the carrier is conscientious and dedicated to their job. Someplace during our good times, a year or so ago, Keith was our substitute carrier. During that period, my street had the same problems we have now. Some days we would all just go to our mailboxes and gather to pass our mail to the rightful owner.

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For information on your homeowner’s assessments, deed restriction violations or questions in general please contact:

Association Manager Service ManagerTerrie Brown – ext 7121 Liz Pettit – ext [email protected] [email protected]

Accounting Representative Deed Restriction InspectorFelita Henderson – ext 7131 Rene Ruiz – ext [email protected] [email protected]

Enchanted Valley Estates2008 Board of Directors

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OfficersPresident ....................Norman Goad .............. 281-256-3704Vice President ........... Wally Hudnall ............. 832-455-6922Secretary ....................... Bill Stice .................. 281-373-1032 Treasurer .................. Bobby Don Hill ............ 281-373-1918

Directors Linda Bagley .................................................... 281-373-0713Randall Sims .................................................... 281-373-4657Donny Pardue ................................................... 281-373-0045

Committee HeadsCommunity Center Rental ...................... SCS Management 281-463-1777 .................... 14910 Enchanted Valley DriveNewsletter .............. Tammie Ogrodowicz [email protected] ......................Marj Andreo ............... 281-373-1708Security ..................... Donny Pardue .............. 281-373-0045Beautification ............Nancy McPeek ............. 281-304-2487Park Gate ................. Bobby Don Hill ............ 281-373-1918ACC ............................... Bill Stice .................. 281-373-1032 Swim Team ................... Steve Cole ................ 281-373-1329Block Captains ........... Linda Bagley .............. 281-373-0713Event Coordinator Tara Weigner .................................................... 281-758-1850Welcoming Committee Jean Loden .................................................... 281-304-7007

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Enchanted ValleyHeard and Overheard - (Continued from Cover Page)He may just as well have left it all in a pile at the end of the cul-de-sac and we could go pick out our own. However, sometimes items delivered weren’t even addressed to an address in the subdivision.

Anyway, I have spoken to Keith and made him aware of the problems. I also told him if he gives us good service, I will be informing the Postmaster of that – and, if he continues with misdirected mail, I and possibly others will be calling the Postmaster to that effect.

Hopefully, he will get his act together to give us acceptable service. He seems like a nice young man.

Meanwhile, so we can see how he is doing, if you have a problem with your mail delivery, I would appreciate hearing about it. I will document the details and I WILL contact the Postmaster if it becomes necessary. I would also like to have any positive comments as well.

Please record: date of delivery – very important to identify carrier delivering on that day.number of piecesnote if address was on your street or not on your streetnot in Enchanted Valley

Thank You. Jean Loden Email – [email protected] Phone – (281) 304-7007

Cy-Woods High School - WRAPJeans & Jewels Dinner-dance And Silent Auction – Feb 20th

Entire community – you are cordially invited to the Jeans & Jewels Dinner-Dance and Silent Auction in honor of WRAP (Wildcats Right After Prom)! This evening of fun will be at Lindsay Lakes on Friday, February 20th from 7:30-11:30 – so save the date! Tickets will be going on sale soon and cost will be $25 if purchased by February 1st, $30 after February 1st and at the door. Please contact our committee chair (see website cywoodswrap.org ) if you have donations for the silent auction or to purchase tickets.

MR. CY WOODSWinter/early spring. This is a beauty pageant type show attended

by the students that spotlight the senior men. More to come on this fun event for the students!

WRAP is Cy-Woods High School’s parent-driven Project Prom organization. The purpose of WRAP is to provide a drug- and alcohol-free all-night party for the graduating seniors and their guests after their prom. Held at the CFISD Berry Center on May 22, 2009, from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., it is a fun-filled evening of shows, games, activities, food, gifts and prizes

NOTE:Christmas Yard Winners will be published in the next issue. Dead line for January news articles was before judging night, Dec. 14th.

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Mary Purvis Arnold (Part 3)Continued from the December newsletter

of neutrality at this point, and school went on in Cypress as usual. Mrs. Arnold’s volleyball girls brought home a district championship, an achievement that occurred as mentioned earlier many times in the years to come.

An air of uncertainty filled the air as the 1940-41 school year began. The nation was gearing itself for war. A shortage of paper curtailed publication of the school yearbook that school year, and throughout the remainder of the war years. People were beginning to really feel the pinch of wartime sacrifices by the fall of 1941. Although the U. S. did not formally enter the war until December 3, 1941, rubber was already in short supply. Eventually gasoline, tires, lumber, shoes, meat, sugar, coffee were rationed to limit civilian consumption of products vital to the military. Nylon and silk stockings were rarely available because nylon and silk were in demand for parachutes. Travel was severely limited by shortages of gas and tires. Lights at night were prohibited at certain times (black outs). However, Cypress was a farming community, and farmers were needed at home to grow food for the nation. Life generally continued in the Cypress community as before, but at a slower pace.

To be continued next month .............................................................

The marriage of Mary Purvis and Forest Arnold took place on June 5, 1938 in her parents home, Mr., & Mrs. A. D. Purvis in Waller, Texas. The newly wedded Arnolds took a trip to California for their honeymoon. Upon their return they made their first home in a small rented cottage a few miles from Cypress school.

An important highlight of the 1938-39 school year was the visit of the first lady of the United States, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, to Houston and surrounding communities on March 14, 1939. This visit was in the interest of the National Youth Administration (N. Y. A.) project. I asked Mrs. Arnold what was the N. Y. A. She explained, this was a government program designed to teach youths skills to be prepared to do something well after finishing school.

Mrs. Roosevelt held a press conference as soon as she stepped off the train in Houston. She then made her way to Jefferson Davis hospital, and was gratified to know that jobs in the hospital were given to girls who had completed the N. Y. A. project. Mrs. Roosevelt’s next stop was at the Cypress school campus to visit a N. Y. A. project started at the school earlier in the year. The project consisted of a teacher’s cottage for the Superintendent. As you can imagine, this created much excitement at the little Cypress school. After leaving Cypress, Mrs. Roosevelt continued her tour to Hempstead. On her return to Houston, she stopped at Prairie View College. Both locations having N. Y. A. projects.

The Houston Chronicle reported on March 15, 1939: “The president’s wife had stopped for a brief visit at the rural school in Cypress. When word came that the president’s wife had arrived, one little fellow ran to tell his playmates that Mrs. George Washington was walking around the school grounds. Mrs. Roosevelt learned of the incident in a note sent to her at the rostrum of the Music Hall that night. She chuckles as she read it aloud.”

In December 1939 an election was held to bring Fairbanks school and Cypress school districts together as one; the measure passed by a vote 129-66 in Cypress and 90-87 in Fairbanks. The new district was named Cypress-Fairbanks Consolidated School District (CSD) and was changed to ISD in the early 1960’s.

On a National level, hopes for world peace fostered by the signing of the Munich Pact in 1938 were shattered on September 1, 1939 by Hitler’s invasion of Poland. The United States maintained a stance

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281-376-3449In today’s fast paced living, it is easy to lose our focus in life. We start out with great ambitions and aspiration to make our mark in this world. We make a five year plan stating where we would like to be at the end of that time period. We do all of this planning and working so that we can give our families the best that this life has to offer.

Sometime during the process of making our mark, we lose our focus of why we are doing what we are doing. We forget how to love our families. We tend to speak a different languages even though we still use English. We find ourselves saying the same things over and over but not being heard or understood.

Over the years of offering my counseling services, I have learned that people start out well intended, but lose their way in the process of achieving their goals. When this happens, it happens slowly over a long period of time. Family members live in the same house but they don’t know each other. They speak to each other but no one listens. It becomes a losing battle which often times ends in divorce.

You may be wondering if you need biblical counseling. Maybe you can relate to some of these thoughts:

“I am so depressed and I wonder why I even bother getting out of bed...”

“My marriage is falling apart and I have no hope it can be saved...”

“I feel trapped by pornography and can’t see a way out...”

“I have persistent sin in my life that I can’t seem to overcome...”

“I don’t even know if I am a Christian...”

“No one listens to me”

“My wife consistently nags me to my breaking point”

“My kids are out of control”

“I think my spouse is cheating on me”

“My husband doesn’t love me”

“My wife doesn’t respect me”

If you can relate to the thoughts mentioned above, I want to encourage you in that there is hope for you. Start-ing over with a new marriage has statistically proven that it doesn’t fix the problems. Most people who divorce will divorce again. This is because “if you always do what you’ve always done, then you’ll always get what you’ve always got”.

Call and get an appointment set up today. Our service is no charge to you. This is a free service! Yes it is free. It costs you nothing.

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Enchanted ValleyUS Olympian to Speak at Northwest Flyers

Registration Breakfast on February 7thThe Northwest Flyers Track Club will host

its annual free information / registration breakfast on February 7, 2009 for all boys and girls and their parents interested in joining for the 2009 season. The breakfast starts at 8:30AM at the Cypress Creek Christian Community Center Forum located at 6823 Cypresswood Dr., Spring, TX, 77379.

The breakfast is the annual opportunity for youth athletes to register for the 2009 summer track season, and to meet the Northwest Flyers coaches and staff, and other new and returning athletes. The event will be highlighted by a special presentation from a member of the USA Track & Field Olympic team.

The Northwest Flyers Track Club is a youth (age 6 -18) track organization, affiliated with USA Track & Field (USATF), that provides a full program of sanctioned “track” events such as sprints, hurdles, middle distance, distance and relays, and sanctioned “field”

events such as long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, shot put and javelin. The Northwest Flyers has approximately 195 members, boys and girls. The club was founded 21 years ago by Olympic gold medalist Fred Newhouse to foster the development of youth track & field in the Northwest Houston area.

The Northwest Flyers is a member of the “Win with Integrity” program, a partnership between USATF and the American College of Sports Medicine. “Win with Integrity” brings elite track & field athletes and school-aged kids together to promote healthy lifestyles, keeping active, and living with integrity through the sport of track & field.

For additional information on The Northwest Flyers Track Club, please visit the team website at http://www.northwestflyers.org or contact Linette Roach at (281) 587-8442 or [email protected].

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West Houston Quilter’s Guild’s bi-annual quilt show will be held February 20-21 at the Leonard E Merrell facility in Katy, Texas. Hours: Fri. 9-5 Sat. 9-4 There will be over 200 quilts, vendors, donation quilt, guild boutique, quilt appraisals by appointment. For more information: www.whqg.org or 281-373-0072.


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