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Richland News Richland Park, Richland Oaks Homeowners Association Newsletter
P. O. Box 852636 Richardson, TX 75085-2636 February, 2005
Website: www.richlandhoa.com
2005 Board/Committee
Members
President Ken Schuman 972-889-9436 Vice President Charlie Patchen 972-690-5817 Secretary Karen Sandlin 972-669-1778 Treasurer Bill Greenhaw 972-644-2204 Beautification Cary Fitzgerald 972-234-6670 Susan Mather 972-690-4123 Activities/Social Newsletter Pam Vickery 972-480-0132 Membership Carolyn & Bob Sherman 972-783-6305 Crime Watch Coordinator Larry V. Howell 972-234-4655 Crime Watch Patrol Carl & Nancy Wenholz 972-690-9504 Website Coordinator Eric Pendergrass 972-690-8362 Board Members At Large Tony Calderone 972-480-8468 Dave Peters 972-231-7909 Gary & D’Nelle Lyons 972-238-8560
Message From the President
Hello, From Your HOA President. It’s the start of another great year here in southern Richardson. As the new President of the Richland HOA, I am excited about our new board members and our plans for the coming year to make this the best neighborhood around. I am fairly new to Richland Park. We bought our home on Goodwin in August of 2003. You may see me out with my wife Ruth and my two daughters, Teresa (8 years old) and Melissa (6 years old) at the park with our dog Onyx, or at PTA meet-ings serving popcorn. Professionally I am a Licensed Realtor and Mortgage Loan Officer and have been in business for seven years. Please look at the listing of the Board Officers and Committee Chairs on this page. You will see some new names and some familiar names in new places. We are always in need of residents that want to help the HOA. From crime patrol and block captains to beautification and special events, you can help. Please let us know what you are willing to do. Just check what you are interested in on the mem-bership form on page 15. Some of the items we are working on are new signs for the entries, better landscap-ing and maintenance, a redesigned and interactive website (www.Richlandhoa.com) as well as our seasonal functions. You will be seeing some dramatic changes in the future. Please feel free to contact me or the other board members with your concerns or sug-gestions. Sincerely, Ken Schuman President, Richland HOA 214-803-7653 [email protected]
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The Social Scene
Richland Homeowner’s Book Club
The following books have been selected for review through May. Guests and new members are always welcomed! Please call Ginny Griffith at 972.907.2073 for meeting times and locations.
• February 14, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
• March 14, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
• April 11, Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
• May 9 , Growing up by Russell Baker
UPCOMING EVENTS
RHA Board Meeting
February 20
RHA Board Meeting
March 20 Do you have any concerns that need to
be brought before the Board? Call any
board member.
It may seem very early, however
Easter is early this year so start
thinking about the:
EASTER EGG HUNT
EASTER SUNDAY, March 27, 3:30 PM
BOLO, be on the lookout for:
Kindergarten Roundup at Richland
Park Elementary School. Dates
and Information will be posted on
the school marquee at the corner
of Richland Park and Richland Bend.
Richland Mother’s
Association
Hello, Moms in the neighborhood. There is an active mother’s association and we have activities during each month for the moms and kids. This is a great opportunity to meet new people and make new friends for you and your children. If you have any questions or would like to attend or help plan some events, please call Kris Kennedy at 972-783-0091 or Bonnie Abadie at 972-664-0525.
SCOUTING FOR FOOD DRIVE
FEBRUARY 12
Attached to this month’s newsletter please find a bag that is being delivered so that Pack 526 (Richland Elementary’s Charter) can collect canned food during the annual Scouting for Food drive. This is the largest door-to-door food drive in the metroplex and the food will be delivered to area food banks for distribution to those in need. Hats off to Pack 526 for their efforts!
PLEASE REMEMBER TO LEAVE YOUR CANNED FOOD IN THE BAG PROVIDED
ON YOUR FRONT PORCH
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH BY 9 AM
WE WANT YOU!WE WANT YOU!WE WANT YOU!WE WANT YOU! For Fun and Adventure
CUB SCOUT PACK 526CUB SCOUT PACK 526CUB SCOUT PACK 526CUB SCOUT PACK 526 Meets Monthly at
Richland Elementary Contact Charlie Patchen
@ 972-690-5817
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Annual Homeowner’s Association Meeting Following a slide show from the past year’s activities, on November 17, 2004 the RHA Annual Meeting opened with a proclamation and certificates of appreciation being presented by the Richardson Police Department to the RHA Crime Watch for 10 years of outstanding service. Since the inception of the RHA Crime Watch there has been a 51% reduction in property crimes! RHA Board members, Bill Greenhaw and Bob Sherman presented possible signage options to the Association for beauti-fication of the entry ways on Walnut and Audelia. This has been a long-term goal of the association to improve the entry way signage, and progress should begin next year. The RHA was privileged to have five members of the Richardson City Council present to participate in a Question and Answer session. Members brought up the following issues for discussion: timing for the Abrams Road improvements, extension of the wall adjacent to the 400 block of Park Bend, temporary asphalt road repairs versus permanent repairs throughout the neighborhood, possible future expansion of Walnut to six lanes, parking on the correct side of the street, pet leash laws, and additional lighting at the park. The annual meeting concluded with approval of the 2005 slate of officers for the RHA Board of Directors, and a plea for interested neighbors to volunteer for RHA activities, committees or Board positions.
Emergency Numbers Police - Fire - Ambulance
9-1-1 Fire Department Non-emergency 972-744-5700 Police Department Non-emergency 972-744-4800 Citizens Information Center 972-744-4104 Library 972-744-4350 Neighborhood Integrity 972-744-4166 Special Pick-up Request Line 972-744-4400 For numbers not listed, call 972-744-4100
Visit the New RHA Website
Our Website has undergone a facelift! There is a completely new look along with photos, and new features like neighborhood email discussion groups and classified ads. Join the lists to find out what’s going on in Richland Park/Richland Oaks. Get your questions answered about neighborhood events, city construction, crime, and many other issues. Resi-dents may post free classified ads for garage sales, for sale items, and more! As always, our web address is:
http://www.richlandhoa.com
Visit us today! —Webmaster
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Join us for our annualJoin us for our annualJoin us for our annualJoin us for our annual Easter Egg HuntEaster Egg HuntEaster Egg HuntEaster Egg Hunt Sunday, March 27Sunday, March 27Sunday, March 27Sunday, March 27
Thousands of
Eggs!
The Easter Egg Hunt and all activities of the day are provided to you by the Richland Homeowners Association. It would not be possible without all of the wonderful neighborhood volunteers.
The Hunt starts at 3:30 at Richland Park!
(Park Bend at Lois)
Free photos with the Easter Bunny
3:00 - 4:00 There will be games
and prizes for all ages.
Don’t miss the FUN!!!
Bring your basket
and your Friends!
Additional details are available on our website at
www.richlandhoa.com
New for this year… Come see who will win our
Grand Prize drawing.
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Color the picture above and return it to 618 Goodwin by March 21st.
Winning entries will be selected by age group and will be announced at the
Easter Egg Hunt.
The winners will receive a special prize!
For additional copies or to select a different coloring page, please visit our website
Annual Easter Egg Hunt Easter Sunday, March 27
Richland Park (Park Bend at Lois) Free photos with the Easter Bunny will be taken from 3:00 to 4:00 only. The Hunt begins promptly at 3:30.
Name Age
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Richland Park Crime Watch Patrol
As the year 2004 drew to an end, it marked the 10th anniversary of the Richland Park Crime Watch Patrol. In 1993, due to numerous resi-dential burglaries, mostly from garage doors being left open, local homeowners associations asked the City for help and the Police Depart-ment soon developed a pilot program to meet the homeowners needs. Formed in 1994, the Patrol is a community based program that in-volves citizens patrolling their community, as-sisting the police in detecting and preventing crime. In mid 1994, with the guidance of Officer Mike Sandlin, Chuck Kurka and Tom Brown be-
came leaders of the patrol with 51 resident members volunteering their time, vehicles and fuel, to patrol the Richland Park neighborhood. In just six short months the crime rate was down significantly from 185 incidents in 1993 to 133 in 1994. The seven years prior to 1994 averaged 161 incidents per year. The past ten years have averaged 77 incidents per year, or a 52% improvement. On November 17th of 2004 at the Richland Homeowners Association general meeting held at Richland Ele-mentary, the Association and RPD recognized the members of the Patrol for their dedicated contribution to our neighborhood safety and certificates were awarded each member. Of the original 51 members, the following 28 people are still actively patrolling today: Tom Brown, Dave Coppedge, Ron Coyne, L.C. Craig, Rudy & Dot Hale, Alberta & Syd Hammond, Alta & Tom Holland, Larry Howell, Keith & Louise Kent, Cal Kinney, Jan Kurka, Gary Knecht, Ken Lilly, Ernie Mansfield, Charles Peavy, Vern Ruuska, Richard Steenson, Gwyne & Van Stock-ton, Harry & Jean Wood, Sandy Ylda and Carl & Nancy Wenholz. Membership of the Patrol has averaged around 60 people during the past 10 years. Today’s membership stands at 62. Leadership has alternated about equally between Tom Brown and Carl & Nancy Wenholz during the years. In 1996 the Wenholz’s formed a Patrol breakfast group which still meets once a month with our po-lice representative, averaging 18 in attendance. Your patrol does make a difference. You also can help us make a difference by closing your garage doors and making sure you do not leave items in your cars parked outside that might attract burglars. We always wel-come new members—each donating 3 hours a month to patrolling. Please contact Nancy or Carl Wenholz for additional information or fill out and return the application blank in this newsletter. Nancy & Carl Wenholz Co-leaders
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Richland Park Crime Watch Patrol Statistics indicate that crime is down considerably in the neighborhood since the patrol was begun in 1994 and we all feel a little safer. We believe that in spite of the improvement, we can be even better. If we had a few more patrol members, we think, we can accomplish this objective. Please give careful consideration to becoming a part of the patrol. It only requires a few house of training and just 1 to 1 1/2 hours every two weeks and you can choose the time. In addition, you will become acquainted with a great group of Richland Park/Oaks neighbors. An application blank is printed below. Please fill out and return to Nancy Wenholz at 638 Tiffany Trail (or, call her at 972-690-9504 and she will pick it up) by the end of February. Your help will make a difference. Thanks.
APPLICATION CRIME WATCH PATROL
NAME: DATE OF BIRTH: ADDRESS: D.L. NUMBER: HOME PHONE: WORK PHONE T-SHIRT SIZE: M L XL XXL WINDBREAKER SIZE: M L XL XXL IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, CONTACT: NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: ALTERNATE PHONE: REFERENCES: NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: RELATIONSHIP: NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: RELATIONSHIP: ARE YOU ABLE TO DONATE THREE HOURS A MONTH TO ASSISTING THE RICHLAND PARK CRIME WATCH PATROL?
I UNDERSTAND AND GIVE MY FULL CONSENT TO THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
CONDUCT A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT MY CHARACTER
REFERENCES MAY ALSO BE CHECKED. (THIS INFORMATION WILL BE CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT
ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE).
SIGNATURE: DATE: OFFICIAL USE ONLY: OFFICER ID# APPROVED DATE
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Crime Patrol application
Crime Patrol application
Crime Patrol application
Crime Patrol application
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In touch with Richland College
January 2005 Teaching, learning, community building in our neighborhood
Campuswide renovations already underway, more to come Made possible by $4.9 million in Maintenance Tax Notes and $54 million in Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) bond funds, Richland College will be renovating and expanding our campus facilities to continue to serve your educational, training, and community needs with the ongoing quality you have come to expect of us as your neighbor.
Among many projects, our Maintenance Tax Note renovations will include: re-piping and updating the efficiency of the more than 30-year-old HVAC system and other physical plant systems; de-silting the lake; rein-forcing the banks and gabion-basket retaining wall along Lake Thunderduck; replacing fume hoods in science labs; re-carpeting buildings on campus; resurfacing the jogging trail, tennis courts, and many of the parking lots; replacing roofs on some buildings; repairing side-walks; and installing a card-access system to exterior entrances to our buildings.
Richland’s portion of the $450 million CIP bond package that Dallas County voters approved last May will fund seven major projects on campus: a new math/science/engineering building; an addition to our Fine Arts complex, including a multi-purpose conference space; expanded parking; a Learning Resources Center expan-sion; gymnasium expansion and upgrade; student cafeteria expansion; and demolition of a portable building to make way for an expanded physical plant.
Although the Maintenance Tax Notes projects will be completed within the next 24 months, the CIP pro-jects will be scheduled for completion over a six-year period. So, for the next six years you will see construction and construction vehicles necessary to complete these much-needed additions and improvements to our cam-pus.
However, as with all major construction on campus, we remain committed to our college mission of teaching, learning, and community building. We will continue to work with you and your neighbors to minimize interruptions in the neighborhood and continue to communicate our progress to you through your association newsletter.
This neighborhood newsletter goes to all 965 homes in the Richland Park and Richland Oaks additions. The newsletter is published 5 times a year in Febru-ary, April, June, August and October. Advertising in the newsletter is an excellent way to get your message into those homes. Sizes and rates for a one-time ad are as follows: Full page: $100 Half page: $50 Quarter page: $ 25 Business card: $ 10 There is a 10% discount for members of the RHA. When space is available, small classified ads will be carried free for RHA members. The deadline for April newsletter is March 30. Call Pam Vickery at 972-480-0132 for more information.
JUST IN TIME FOR
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS! After Jan. 6, all community members can join Richland College’s 3,000-plus square-foot Fitness Center for $20 per month. Get in shape with our state-of-the-art fitness equipment, including VR2 Strength Systems by Cybex, treadmills, Lifecycles, Stairmasters, Smith Machine, free weights and more. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Friday 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Sunday 1-4 p.m. To register, go to the Continuing Education Regis-tration desk on the first floor of Thunderduck Hall or call 972-238-6144 to pay by phone (you will need a credit card).
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If you have questions about current or future real estate needs,
contact us for a free consultation!
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This is not intended to solicit property currently listed.
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RICHLAND PARK/ OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION –2005 Dear Neighbors: Happy New Year! It’s time again to begin our Membership drive for 2005. We hope this will be the year that everyone gets involved in the neighborhood and the year we have 100% paid membership. Please help your Neighborhood Association continue to provide the services it has in the past with your membership dues and volunteer in an area of interest to you. We need your expertise and new ideas. Our neighborhood is fortunate to have experts in all areas. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call any Board Member for fur-ther information. Thank you for your support. Our membership dues of only $30.00 are a small investment in the community. Your dues help The Neighbor-hood Association provide many benefits, such as
• Maintenance of Entry Landscaping
• Crime Watch Patrol (All patrol members are volunteer.)
• Social occasions such as Fall Festival, National Night Out, Bike Rally, and Easter Egg Hunt
• Neighborhood Newsletter
• Yard & Christmas Awards (Only paid members can receive an award)
• Representation at City Meetings; interaction with Police and Fire Departments
• Neighborhood Directory (Only paid members receive directory) PLEASE take a few minutes and complete the form below and enclose it with your check of $30.00 and mail it to RHA, P. O. Box 852636, Richardson, TX 75085-2636. Please consider volunteering to serve in one of the following areas: ( ) Crime Watch Patrol ( ) Membership Canvassing ( ) Beautification Committee ( ) Board Position ( ) Fall Festival ( ) Social Chairman ( ) Easter Egg Hunt ( ) Website Committee ( ) Block Captain ( ) Other interest Name ___________________________ & ____________________________________ Last First Last First
Address _______________________________________________________ Phone __________________________ E-Mail ___________________________ (Will NOT be published in directory)
Work or Cell Phone # _____________________ (This will not be published in the directory. Crime Watch Patrol uses the number to contact you should the need arise when you are not at home. Amount Enclosed ______________ If for some reason, you cannot join the Association, please fill out the form and return it so we can have the correct information. Any questions, please call Carolyn Sherman, 972-783-6305.
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Remember to pay your 2005
Richland Park/Oaks Homeowners
Association Membership dues
