February 2010

Glenbrook Valley Civic Club

“Glenbrook Valley Is A Deed Restricted Neighborhood”

2010 Officers

President

Ann Collum 713-645-0241

Vice President Shannon McNair

713-847-6685 Recording Secretary

Alsine Ryan 713-641-3670

Membership Secretary Norma Navarro 713-645-3409

Treasurer Vicky Schoppe 713-643-7643

Directors at Large

Jamie Oyler (NE) 713-645-5936 Roxanna Ramirez (NW) 713-644-5860

Saundra Hughes (SWI) 713-645-7617

Dolores Thacker (SWII) 713-645-1886 Gilbert Martinez (SE) 713-643-1735

Section Directors

1. Karen Guerrero 713-645-4625 2. Billimarie Gannon 713-644-8110 3. Robert Searcy 832-279-5332 4. Emma Valdes 713-644-0858 5. Larry Rucker 713-649-3535 6. Robert Searcy/Interim 832-279-5332 7. Allison Kennedy 281-501-3-9512 7X. Bob Johnston 713-644-4212 8. Karen Kemper 713-641-1469 9. Dolores Thacker 713-645-1886 10. Karen Carpenter 713-640-1336

11. Don Browne 713-256-7475 12. Michael Smith 832-656-5665

Helpful Numbers

Deed Restrictions Karen Carpenter 713-640-1336

Or Any Director

Citizens-on Patrol 713-641-5373

HPD Broadway Storefront 713-847-4155 - 8751 Broadway

Non-Emergency Police 713-884-3131

Heavy Trash Pick-up 2nd Thursday of each month

Southeast - 713-928-4101

Neighborhood Protection/ Public Works

24 hour number - 311

Airport Noise 281-233-3900

Street light problems - 311

District Council Member James Rodriguez 832-393-3011

E-mail: [email protected]

State Representative Dist. 147 Garnet Coleman 713-520-5355

E-mail [email protected]

State Senator Dist. 6 Mario Gallegos 713-678-8600

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Glenbrook Valley Civic Club [email protected] glenbrookvalley.org

February 2010

No Parking on the

Yard Ordinance

It’s official! Wednesday, January 27th, City Council approved Glenbrook Val-ley’s application to participate in the “No Parking on the Yard Ordinance.” It is now

illegal for residents, or visitors to proper-

ties in Glenbrook Valley, to park vehicles

or equipment in the front or side yard.

The Ordinance states “vehicle or equip-

ment shall mean and include any house trailer, mobile home, motor vehicle, truck, passenger motor vehicle, motor home, camper cabin, motorcycle, trailer, boat, farm machinery or similar equipment or any truck with more than two axles or any trailer, mobile home or motor home with a length exceeding twenty feet.”

Violations may be reported to 311 where Glenbrook Valley’s participation in the ordinance is verified, and then it is re-ferred to the Houston Police Department for enforcement. The fine for a vehicle cited in violation of the ordinance is $150.00 per day.

2010 Membership Drive

The response to our annual membership drive has been great! Thank you to all who have sent in their 2010 dues. There’s still time if you haven’t. As a conven-ience, you may pay your membership dues by credit card or PayPal on our web-site, glenbrookvalley.org. Just click the Dues/Donations link at the top of the page. You can also mail it to us at Glen-brook Valley Civic Club, P.O. Box 262164, Houston, TX, 77207-2164.

La ordenanza de no

estacionar en el jardín

¡Es oficial! El miércoles, 27 de enero, el Concejo municipal aprobó la aplica-ción de Glenbrook Valley parar partici-par en “la ordenanza de no estacionar en el jardín.” Ahora es ilegal para residen-

tes o visitantes a propiedades en Glen-

brook Valley estacionar sus vehículos o

equipo en el jardín de enfrente o al lado.

La ordenanza declara “los vehículos o

equipo significará e incluirá un remol-que de casa, una caravana, un vehículo motor, una cabina de caravana, una mo-tocicleta, un remolque, un barco (o una barca), equipo de agrícola o equipo pa-recido o cualquier camión con más que dos ejes o cualquier remolque, caravana o autocaravana con una longitud de más que veinte pies.”

Se puede reportar violaciones a 311 don-de se verificará la participación de Glen-brook Valley en la ordenanza, y luego se la referirá al Departamento de la Policía de Houston para ejecución. La multa por un vehículo citado en violación de la ordenanza es $150.00 por día.

Campaña de membresía 2010

¡La reacción a nuestra campaña anual de membresía ha sido tremenda! Muchas gracias a todos que ya mandaron su cuo-ta para 2010. Todavía hay tiempo si no. Como una conveniencia, puede pagar su cuota de membresía por tarjeta de crédi-to o por PayPal en nuestro sitio Web, www.glenbrookvalley.org. Nada más haga clic en el vínculo Dues/Donations al principio de la página. También pue-de mandárnosla a Glenbrook Valley

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Bingo

Our annual Covered Dish and Bingo game will be Thursday, March 11 at 6:30 p. m. in the Fel-lowship Hall of Glenbrook United Methodist Church, 8635 Glen Val-ley. Mark your calendar so you won’t miss all the fun with your fellow Glenbrook Valley residents. The event is free for Civic Club members and $10 for guests. If you haven’t had a chance to mail in your dues yet this year, you may pay at the door!

Prizes are needed for the Bingo game. If would like to donate a prize or know of an area business that will donate a prize, please let Shannon McNair know. Prizes in the past have ranged from gift cards to area businesses to household items, hotel packages, and sporting event tickets. The more prizes, the more games! For more information contact Shannon at [email protected]. Hope to see everyone there!

Bingo

Nuestra comida de platos comparti-dos y juego de Bingo anual será jueves, el 11 de marzo a las 6:30 p.m. en la sala comunitaria de la iglesia metodista Glenbrook United,

8635 Glen Valley. Apúntelo en su calendario para que no pierdas toda la diversión con sus residentes con-socios de GlenbrookValley. El evento es gratis para los miembros del Club cívico y $10 para invita-dos. Si no ha tenido la oportunidad de enviar su cuota para este año to-davía, ¡puede pagar en la puerta!

Se necesitan premios para el juego de Bingo. Si le gustaría donar un premio o si sabe de un negocio del área que donará un premio, por fa-vor déjeselo saber a Shannon McNair. Los premios en el pasado han variado de tarjetas de regalo para negocio del área a cosas para la casa, planes de hotel, y entradas a eventos deportivos. Lo más pre-mios que tenemos, lo más juegos tendremos! Para más información comunique con Shannon en Shan-n o n . M c N a i r @ s b c g l o b a l . n e t . ¡Espero verlos a todos allí!

Holiday Decoration Removal

2009 was a great year for Christmas decorations in Glenbrook Valley. But all good things must end. All decorations should be removed by now. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ……The Grinch

Quitando las decoraciones de los días festivos

2009 era un año tremendo para las decoraciones navideñas en Glen-brook Valley. Pero todas las cosas buenas tienen que terminar. Todas las decoraciones deben haber sido quitado ahora. Muchas gracias de

antemano por su cooperación....El Grinch (un carácter del libro a quien no le gustó la Navidad!)

Winter Planning for Spring and

Summer Beauty

It’s too early to start working out-side, but it’s not too early to begin planning for improving your lawn and flower beds. Consider plants and shrubs that are low mainte-nance if you don’t have a lot of time to spend in the yard. Glen-brook Valley’s Yard of the Month competition takes place from May through September.

Planear durante el invierno

para la belleza de la primavera y el

verano

Es demasiado tempra-no comenzar a trabajar afuera, pero no es demasiado temprano para co-menzar a planear para mejorar su césped y jardines de flores. Consi-dere plantas y matas que no necesi-tan mucho mantenimiento si usted no tiene mucho tiempo para pasar en el jardín. La competición del Jardín del mes en Glenbrook es de mayo a septiembre.


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Special Azalea Award

March is the month for azaleas! It’s unfortunate that their blooming period is so short. Glen-brook Valley Civic Club will pre-sent a certificate of award for out-standing azaleas this year. Winners will be published in the April news-letter.

Un premio especial para las azaleas

¡Marzo es el mes de azaleas! Es una lástima que su periodo de flore-cer es tan corto. El Club cívico de Glenbrook Valley presentará un certificado de premio para azaleas sobresalientes este año. Se publica-rán los nombres de los que ganan en el boletín de abril.

Unlicensed

Vehicles

It is unlawful to drive 3 or 4 wheel-ers, go carts, mini-motor cycles, or any other unregistered vehicle on a public street or utility easement. If you observe such activity please report it to HPD by calling 713-884-3131. You will need a general description of the vehicle and its driver, plus a specific address. For instance giving the location as the intersection on South and East is

not a priority dispatch, but 123 South at East is supposed to reduce response time. For the safety of the neighborhood and the rider, report illegal activity.

Los vehículos no licenciados

No es legal manejar vehículos de 3 o 4 ruedas, carretas, motocicletas minis, o cualquier otro vehículo no registrado en una calle pública o la comodidad (easement) para utilida-des. Si usted observa tal actividad favor de reportarlo a HPD llamando al 713-884-3131. Necesitará una descripción general del vehículo y de la persona que lo maneja, más una dirección especifica. Por ejem-plo dar la localización como el cru-ce de South y East no es despacho de prioridad, pero 123 South en el cruce con East debe reducir el tiem-po de responder. Para la seguridad de la vecindad y la persona que ma-neja, reporte actividad ilegal.

A Class: Heavy Trash 101

Pick up for heavy trash in Glen-brook Valley is the second Thurs-day of each month.

EVEN months (February 11, April 8, June 10, August 12, October14, December 13) you may put out anything in the acceptable heavy trash category. Even everything.

ODD months (January, March 11, May13, July 8, September 9, No-vember 11) only tree waste – limbs, branches, logs, etc. Odd, they’ll

only take tree material!

If a resident has placed the wrong material out, the City will not pick it up. If tree waste and other

material is mixed on “tree waste” day nothing will be picked up! As a part of Community Standards, residents that placed heavy trash on the curb that was not picked up will be reported to 311.

Una clase: La basura pesada 101

Recogen la basura pesada en Glen-brook Valley el segundo jueves de cada mes. En los meses PARES (11 de febre-ro, 8 de abril, 10 de junio, 12 de agosto, 14 de octubre, 13 de di-ciembre) usted puede poner cual-quier cosa aceptable para la basura pesada. Meses pares – todo.

En los meses NONES (enero, 11 de marzo, 13 de mayo, 8 de julio, 9 de septiembre, 11 de noviembre) sola-mente los desperdicios de los árbo-les—ramas, troncos, etc. Meses

nones, ¡nada más material de ár-

boles!

Si un residente ha puesto afuera material equivocado la Ciudad no lo recogerá. Si se mezclan los des-perdicios de árboles con otros ma-teriales en el día para “desperdicios de arboles”, ¡no se recogerá nada! Como parte de los Estándares de la comunidad, los residentes que pu-sieron al bordillo basura pesada que no se recogió serán reportados a 311.

You are the eyes and ears of the neighborhood

S t o p, L o o k Report Problems!

Curbside

Recycle “Green” Cans

Tuesday, Feb. 9

Tuesday, Feb. 23

Tuesday, Mar. 9

Thursday

Feb. 11 Junk waste

To report problems or Code Violations—311


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Crime Statistics for November, 2009

Murder: 0

Rape: 0

Robbery 0

Assaults: 0

Burglary: 0

Burglary of Motor Vehicle: 7500 Glenbrae 7900 Glen Prairie 8600 Glen Valley

Auto Theft: 7900 Wilmerdean

Narcotics: 0

DWI: 0

Statistics collected are for Glen-

brook Valley residential only and

exclude apartments, shopping

centers and peripheral busi-

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We hate to report that there is sus-pected gang activity in the areas around Glenbrook Valley. Just be-fore the holidays, a big fight broke out among students from Ortiz Middle School. A large group of students ended up behind Chase Bank on Broadway. Several stu-dents were fighting and they had a large audience. It was reported that one of the students was injured and transported to the hospital’s emer-gency room. The condition of the student was unknown. A concerned neighbor on Cayton reported the incident to the Houston Police De-partment and to C.O.P. This is not the first time that she’s stepped up to report crime in her area. Well, done neighbor! One recent Sunday morning a neighbor saw a truck being broken into across the street from their home. They called the police, but it

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Community

Calendar

Thursday, Feb. 11

P.I.P. 7:00 p.m.

8300 Mykawa All residents welcome!

Tuesday, Feb. 16 C.O.P. 7:00 P.M.

Park Place

Regional Library 8145 Park Place Blvd. All residents welcome!

Thursday, March 11

Annual Covered Dish &

Bingo Game 6:30 p.m.

Fellowship Hall Glenbrook Methodist Church

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glenbrookvalley.org

took them 31 minutes for the po-lice to respond. Again, we say well done neighbor! Our best defense is to be aware of what is going on in your block. Keep a watch out for yourself and your neighbors. Report a crime or a suspicious ac-tivity to the Houston Police imme-diately. If the crime is in progress or you feel threatened in any way, call 911. If it is a non- emergency situation call 713-884-3131. All of our residents of Glenbrook Valley over the age of 18 are wel-come to join or visit C.O.P. at our next meeting, Tuesday, February 16, at Park Place Regional Library, 8145 Park Place Blvd., 7 p.m. Don't be shy, come join us and see if you would like to become a pa-troller or just a friend of C. O. P. We would really like to meet you. Take Care, be safe, and above all let's all help keep Glenbrook Valley a place we all want to live. Happy Valentine's Day, Happy Mardi Gras, Happy Rodeo, Happy Hobby Fest, and we hope to see you at our next meeting.

Hobby Fest

Saturday,

February 27

11 a.m.—4 p.m. Follow the signs on Telephone Road to enter the airport and Hobby Fest. The Glenbrook Valley “Mod Squad” will be par-ticipating in the Chili Cook-off. Come support our fantastic “Chili Team!”

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