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Copyright © 2010 Peel, Inc. Sonoma Homeowner's Association Newsletter - January 2010 1 January 2010, Volume 4, Issue 1 Official Publication of Sonoma Homeowners Association The Grapevine The Grapevine Meet the newest Board Member: Alan Wynn Allen Wynn has been a Sonoma resident for over 6 years. He and his wife, Christy, have 3 kids (Jake 14, Sarah 12 and Mattie 9). He has previously been involved in the HOA as a member of the Landscaping Committee. He works as an Environmental Project Manager overseeing the construction of renewable energy projects, such as wind farms and solar facilities. Incidents of Vandalism Glue in the gate lock at Barefoot pool Paint poured in the Barefoot Pool Adhesive and paint on the swings at Barefoot park Pool furniture stacked and put in the middle of Via Sonoma Pool (Multiple times) smoker’s station nearest the entry and dumped the sand and refuse in the men’s room. They smashed the inside collection bucket and threw it in the trash. the motion detectors at the Barefoot men’s room were broken off. Broken bulletin boards at Via sonoma pool Probably the most extensive damage has been done in November at the Via Sonoma Trail pool. Walls and doors were broken and kicked in. The janitors closet and fire alarm were damaged. Are you looking to grow your business in 2010? If so, you might be interested in a business networking group in the area. Meetings are held every Wednesday morning from 7:30-9am at Gumbos in Round Rock (the cost of the breakfast is $10). Visitors are welcome! If you are interested in finding out more, email mail@five-startravel.com or visitwww.bniaustin.com. Neighborhood Watch Program Before you leave home Going away? Burglars hope to avoid confrontations, so make your home look occupied! Leave lights on and the radio playing, preferably a talk show, when you go out. Keep your garage door closed and locked. Use inexpensive timing devices to turn inside lights and radio on and off at different times. If no one will be at home for more than a few days, arrange to have someone pick up the mail and newspapers. Have deliveries stopped or sent Plan your trip and give the itinerary with emergency phone numbers to a trusted friend or neighbor. Do not hide house keys in mailboxes, planters or under doormats. Place identification tags on the inside and outside of your luggage. Use your first initial and last name only. Install good locks on your doors and windows and be sure to use them. Make sure all valuable are engraved with your driver’s license number and expiration date. (Continued on Page 3)

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Copyright © 2010 Peel, Inc. Sonoma Homeowner's Association Newsletter - January 2010 1

The Grapevine

January 2010, Volume 4, Issue 1 Official Publication of Sonoma Homeowners Association

TheGrapevineTheGrapevineMeet the newest Board Member:

Alan WynnAllen Wynn has been a Sonoma resident for over 6 years. He and his wife, Christy, have

3 kids (Jake 14, Sarah 12 and Mattie 9). He has previously been involved in the HOA as a member of the Landscaping Committee. He works as an Environmental Project Manager overseeing the construction of renewable energy projects, such as wind farms and solar facilities.

Incidents of VandalismGlue in the gate lock at Barefoot poolPaint poured in the Barefoot PoolAdhesive and paint on the swings at Barefoot parkPool furniture stacked and put in the middle of Via Sonoma Pool (Multiple times)smoker’s station nearest the entry and dumped the sand and refuse in the men’s room. They smashed the inside collection bucket and threw it in the trash.the motion detectors at the Barefoot men’s room were broken off.Broken bulletin boards at Via sonoma pool

Probably the most extensive damage has been done in November at the Via Sonoma Trail pool.

Walls and doors were broken and kicked in. The janitors closet and fire alarm were damaged.

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Are you looking to grow your business in 2010?

If so, you might be interested in a business networking group in the area. Meetings are held every Wednesday morning from 7:30-9am at Gumbos in Round Rock (the cost of the breakfast is $10). Visitors are welcome! If you are interested in finding out more, email [email protected] or visitwww.bniaustin.com.

Neighborhood Watch

ProgramBefore you leave

homeGoing away? Burglars hope to avoid

confrontations, so make your home look occupied! Leave lights on and the radio playing, preferably a talk show, when you go out. Keep your garage door closed and locked. Use inexpensive timing devices to turn inside lights and radio on and off at different times. If no one will be at home for more than a few days, arrange to have someone pick up the mail and newspapers. Have deliveries stopped or sent

Plan your trip and give the itinerary with emergency phone numbers to a trusted friend or neighbor.Do not hide house keys in mailboxes, planters or under doormats. Place identification tags on the inside and outside of your luggage. Use your first initial and last name only.Install good locks on your doors and windows and be sure to use them.Make sure all valuable are engraved with your driver’s license number and expiration date.

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BoArd of dIrectors

NeWsletter INfo

PresIdeNt Candice Nusbaum [email protected]

VIce PresIdeNt Carl [email protected]

secretAry Donna Kohn [email protected]

treAsurerRob Nusbaum [email protected]

MeMBer At lArge Laura [email protected]

coMMIttees

Pool chAIr Candice Nussbaum [email protected] chAIr Donna Kohn [email protected]

socIAl coMMIttee chAIr ..................................................Cyndi@HoaSonoma.com

NeWsletter Amy Smith .................................. [email protected]

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NeWsletter PuBlIsher Peel, Inc. ..................................................... 512-263-9181 Article Submissions [email protected] Advertising............................... [email protected]

IMPortANt NuMBersEmergency ......................................................................911Fire Department ................................................... 218-5590Poison Control .............................................. 800-764-7661 Police Department ............................................... 218-5500Round Rock Hospital ........................................... 341-1000Williamson County Sheriff ’s Department ............ 246-1155 Post Office- 2250 Double Creek Road ........... 800-275-8777 Blackland Praire Elementry School ........................ 424-8600 http://schools.roundrockisd.org/bkldprairie/Ridgeview Middle School ...................................... 424-8400 http://schools.roundrockisd.org/ridgeview/Stony Point High School ....................................... 428-7000 http://schools.roundrockisd.org/stonypoint/City of Round Rock Website ....................................... http://www.roundrocktexas.gov/

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Please join us for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner!Phone ahead for To-Go at 512-248-0450

Open: 7am-8pm Mon thru Sat8am-7pm Sun

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Make a record of your credit card and travelers check numbers and keep it in a safe place.Make arrangements to have your lawn watered and mowed.Use timers for interior lights and radios. Make your house look “lived in”.Make arrangements for the care of your pets.Purchase a prepaid phone card.

Operation Identification is a citizen’s burglary prevention program for use in homes. The Operation ID program involves the marking of property with an identifying number as a means of discouraging burglary and theft. In communities where is has been properly implemented, Operation ID has shown dramatic results in its ability to reduce burglaries.

Neighborhood Watch - (Continued from Cover Page)sonoma Neighborhood

Thanksgiving CruiseJoin your fellow Sonoma neighbors on a special Thanksgiving cruise to the Caribbean

November 21, 2010. This will be a 7 day cruise on board the fun ship Carnival Conquest. The ship will sail to the Caribbean ports of Montego Bay, Jamaica; Grand Caymanand Cozumel, Mexico. A portion of your cruise fare will support the Sonoma Social Committee. Cruise fares begin at only $707 per person for adults and $527 for children. The cruise fare will include all your shipboard meals, entertainment, fully supervised children's program and room service. There will also be special exclusive events and gifts just for the Sonoma group. You don't have to be a resident to sail. So, tell your friends and family members to join you for Thanksgiving in the Caribbean next year.

Please report!Please report IMMEDIATELY any sprinkler system irregularities you notice to

[email protected]. This would include any areas sprinkling when you think they should be off or any water coming from sprinkler heads in am improper fashion. We also need homeowners to report any common area that is not being properly maintained. Thanks-the Landscape Committee

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REPoRt a CRiMEIf you know a crime is happening, or suspect that something is

suspicious or dangerous is going on, or even if potential trouble exists, do the following:

Make an assumption if it is an EMERGENCY: an emergency requires IMMEDiatE Police, or Sheriff, Fire and /or Paramedic response. iMMEDiatELY call 911

If the situation is ROUTINE, then do not tie up the emergency lines. Call the regular number of your local law enforcement agency. Unsure ?Call 911

The first 4 things you need to know to report a crime. HoW and WHY are very important, but many times you don’t know these answers. When calling, here is what to provide, and what you maybe asked:

FiRSt: You will be asked what is your emergency? Police, Fire or Medical? What is your location, your name and phone number? Are you in danger?

WHat is happening. Try to be as calm and specific as possible.WHat is needed. Police, Sheriff, Fire Department, Paramedics?

WHEN is it happening, Is it now? How long ago did it occur?WHERE is it happening. Give the specific address and

directions.WHo is involved? Quick description of the victims and

perpetrators need to be communicated.Be as specific and factual as possible in answering them. Follow any

instructions given you. Your police department appreciates you acting on behalf of them. Sometimes your are suspicions are unfounded. As a Neighborhood Watch Participant, two jobs are involved. It is up to you to provide your local law enforcement agency with your suspicions. It is up to your law enforcement agency to investigate your suspicions. You may occasionally be wrong, but your local law enforcement agency will not be made at you. CaLL tHEM aNY tiME your suspicions are aroused. They are on the job 24 hours a day. DoN’t HESitatE-CaLL!!!!!!!

Phoning in the emergency or routine call is the FiRSt StEP in rendering assistance and helping to stop crime.

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Just as moms-to-be have a choice of physicians, their physicians have a choice of hospitals. They choose the one they know provides the best patient care. St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center is chosen more often than any other health care facility in Williamson County. This is a trust we don’t take lightly.

Physicians share our commitment to exceptional care for any type of delivery, whether in our family birthing suites or Cesarean section surgical suites.

They know that should an emergency arise, we are prepared with superior facilities and support staff. Our Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) are staffed

by highly-skilled neonatalogists, specially-trained neonatal nurses and nurses experienced in all aspects of newborn care.

As a member of St. David’s HealthCare, we provide care to more mothers and their babies than any other health-care system in Central Texas.

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pediatrician to meet your family’s needs.

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Recently there have been several thefts and vandalism in the neighborhood. Reports of people entering unlocked open garages is on the rise, Christmas lights being cut, and bikes being stolen.

When Officer Wright visited with the Neighborhood Watch members last summer one thing she repeated – Target Hardening.

Don’t make it yourself a target. Lock your car doors, take your valuables in, and close your garage doors. When you go on vacation, remember to stop your paper (or have a neighbor pick it up).

Officer Wright also re-enforced. It’s ok to be suspicious of strangers coming to the door.

Recently, a fellow knocked on my door. He said he was in the neighborhood working for on one of my neighbor’s homes installing an alarm system. He wanted to know if I had one and if it was monitored. I am not sure which made me more nervous, the fact that I was home alone and had actually opened my door to a total stranger, or the fact that he was in jeans and a T-shirt (and not having any company identifying information on him).

Another incident was reported where a man knocked on a homeowner’s door saying that the homeowner’s vehicle had the windshield smashed. Lucky the female homeowner didn’t go right out with the gentlemen, she called the police. Later, when she did go outside her car was fine.

Also on the rise are incidents of vandalism to the community pools. Late in the summer some teens were caught after they had poured blue paint into the Barefoot Pool, more recently graffiti and damage to the bathrooms at the Via Sonoma Pool. Because of this, the pools are CLOSED until April 1. During this time repairs, winterization and much needed upgrades to the security cameras will be done. Anyone entering the pool area will be considered trespassing and the Board will take all necessary actions to punish for that offence.

The following are incident reports sent to the Neighborhood Watch. If you have signed up for the Neighborhood E-Blast you have seen these before. If you haven’t signed up for the blast and would like to see real time information send Amy Smith and email with “sign me up for the blast” in the subject line. Amy’s email is [email protected]

Dec 6 (Paradise Ridge) North side of neighborhood: 2 teenagers on bikes entered homeowners garage. Both kids ended up leaving their bikes there. The police came out and took a report, and took the bikes with them.

Dec 6 (midnight) North side of neighborhood) suspicious car (Maroon Ford Expedition) driving around police were called and took report.

Dec 9 Received a report that Christmas light wire had been cut.

Neighborhood Watch report

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The GrapevineEver feel like you are missing

information?Or feel like you are out of the

loop?Sign up for the

email blaSt!Its easy, email [email protected] with the subject line of “add

me to the blast”.

What iS the “blaSt”? The blast was created to disburse

information quickly. It is a great tool to get information out between newsletters, as we have

recently seen with the school boundary issue. We are also able

to use it to help lost pets find their way home.

If you would like to submit YOUR recipe email it to [email protected].

Recipe of the Monthcheese Ball

ingredients 2 - 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese 1 small can crushed pineapple, drained well ¼ C green onion, chopped ¼ C green pepper, chopped 1½ tsp. seasoned salt 1 C nuts, finely chopped

Directions Mix well. Form a ball and roll in chopped nuts.

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I came across Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl on the Amazon Editor’s Picks of the top 100 books of 2009…with what appeared to be an intriguing plot and a gorgeous book cover, I thought I couldn’t go wrong.

I was wrong. This young adult book is about a small town and a teenage boy, Ethan, who is stuck in it. The town is pretty stereotypical—nothing changes, people are narrow minded and everyone knows everyone else’s business.

It seems that ever since his mom’s death, Ethan’s dreams are filled with a strange girl whom he is trying to save but is unsuccessful. In comes Lena, the girl whom Ethan has been dreaming about and who is a supernatural being, along with her hermit uncle and bizarre family.

During the Civil War, a curse was cast, which will directly affect Lena on her sixteenth birthday. The countdown begins as Ethan and Lena together try to save Lena’s future. Does Ethan save Lena? I won’t

divulge the end, but I will say that all of the effort is fruitless (not necessarily the outcome, mind you, but the effort, like the continual skipping of school to research a book that they think will have the answers they need to reverse the curse. Not the best example for our young adult audience).

Even with curses, sci-fi details and an introduction to the vocabulary of the supernatural (Caster, Natural, Witches, Spells…), the book is full of fluff and is a complete disappointment. This book doesn’t even compare to the Twilight series.

Lesson learned; don’t judge a book by its cover.Feel free to comment on this review, your thoughts on the book

or suggest a book for me to review on my blog: http://brittsbuzz.blogspot.com.

Britt's Book Buzz: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

“Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover, No Matter “Witch” One You Choose”

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Lisa is a 13-year-old girly girl. She loves to be pampered and is a people person. She is very outgoing, energetic, loving, and kind. She counts singing and dancing among her favorite things and loves to keep busy. Lisa looks to learn from all her experiences and move forward with her life. She is a joy to be around, is funny, sweet, and grateful for all that she’s been given.

She’s hoping there will be more things to be thankful for, like being adopted into a loving family. More than anything, she’s ready to stop hoping for a family and to start loving one. For more information about adoption, please call Adoption Coalition of Texas at 512-301-2825. For more information about Lisa, email [email protected]

The Adoption Coalition of Texas is a nonprofit organization (operating under the Austin Community Foundation), created in 2003 to focus on finding forever families for children languishing in the foster care system. Adoption Coalition of Texas partner agencies include Arrow Child and Family Ministries, Child Protective Services, Lutheran Social Services of the South, Marywood Children and Family Services, and Pathways Youth and Family Services.

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Google is best known of course for its search engine (with 65% of the market no one is even close), and perhaps you’re also a user of gmail, Google’s free email service, but did you know that Google also offers everything from photo editiing to telephone services for free? The list is too long to cover everything here, but here are a few highlights you might be interested in:

PICASA - This is a very easy to use photo editing program that can do everything from correcting color, contrast and saturation with a single click to automatically finding the “red” in the red-eye in your photos.GMAIL - With gigabytes of free storage that grows everyday, gmail is a great email alternative. With an excellent junk mail filter and superfast searches of all your messages, it is worth taking a look at.GOOGLE DOCS - Looking for a free alternative to a locally installed office productivity suite, Google Docs offers what most

people need through your web browser, including a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation manager.GOOG-411 - Hate paying a dollar or more just to dial 411 from your cell phone? Next time dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (800-466-4411) and forget those high cell-phone fees.CALENDAR - Google Calendar makes it easy to sync all your calendars together and share events with your friends. It

can work alone or with most mail clients on your computer and cell phones.GOOGLE VOICE - How about one phone number for the rest of your life? With Google Voice you can get a free phone number that when called, will ring one or several phones of your choice at the same time, take messages and then forward a transcript via SMS to your cell phone. You can listen to your messages on the web, and even place calls from your browser. You can also have customized voice mail greetings depending on who is calling you.

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Google encourages its employees to take a certain amount of time to work on projects they find interesting, which is where a lot of Google’s products come from. You can bet there will be more to come in the next year.

Have You Googled Lately? - (Continued from Page 10)

Do You Have Reason to Celebrate?

We want to hear from you! Email [email protected] to let the community know!

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Easy on Your WalletMedicare and most insurance accepted

No hospital deductible

Ease of MindADC physicians and providers to care for you

and your family.

Open to ADC patients and the community.

* After 5:00 pm and on Saturday and Sunday additional charges may apply** X-ray available at all times; Lab available Mon-Fri 8 am to 5 pm

EasyCare ClinicADC Family Practice & Pediatric Center

2400 Cedar Bend Dr., 1st floor512/901-4031

www.adclinic.com

When you’re feeling bad, you want help.

And you want it fast. That’s why The Austin

Diagnostic Clinic created EasyCare.

Peel, Inc.311 Ranch Road 620 S. Ste 200Lakeway, TX 78734-4775www.PEELinc.com

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