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Volume 4, Issue 11
November, 2008 - Published Monthly for our Westcreek Neighbors
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National Night Out Review
Westcreek knows how
to party – NNO Style!
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.
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 neighborhood 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 getting 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
“NNO” continued on page 3
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.
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“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 neighborhood, 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 babysitter”!). 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 newsletter) 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
“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.
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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
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 rezoning 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
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“NNO”, continued from page 3
The buffet line at Maulding Pass!
The crowd at Hill Forest NNO Party.
Officers Matthew Greer and Robin
Denton attend the Hill Forest NNO
Party, held at Patton Elementary.
Adrienne Coggins and Nicole Hequet
are two neighbors that put together
the Hill Forest NNO Event.
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LaHood, was in attendance. I got off one good photo as
the darkness settled in completely, but it looked as if everyone 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 public safety officials to join forces. Events are planned to
promote crime prevention and drug prevention awareness and to strengthen the police - community partnership — 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 included 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!
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The crowd at Hill Forest NNO Party.
The band!
Their audience.
Nothing like a giant inflatable
playhouse slide!
Body and face painting for the kids.
Tina Plummer, Officer Zachary
LaHood and Paul Plummer at the
Steer Trail party.
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!)
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, 2008
City 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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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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