From: CA Communicator
Date/Time: 3/9/2018 9:05 am
Subject: CA Communicator - Weekly Bulletin - Mar. 9, 2018

CA Communicator March 9, 2018 ‌ ‌ ‌ — Click the icons above for more photos and content from Sun City Texas — In this Issue  CA NEWS Time Change & Smoke Detectors CA Board "Know the Job" Today Advisory Committee Applications due Today Recycle Political Signs through Mar. 10 Golf Course Open House: Mar. 12 Advice to Your Younger Self: Mar. 12 Volunteers Needed for EMC Drill: Mar. 13 Vendor Fair: Mar. 16 Woodshop Grand Reopening: Mar. 19 Water Matters Town Hall: Mar. 23 Spring Plant Sale: Mar. 24 Update Your Information by Mar. 30 Update on New Amenity Center: The Retreat Friendly Reminders: Fishing & Restrooms New Service for Veterans in Sun City Vote for the Dog Park Name: Last Chance!   CITY/COUNTY NEWS Downtown Parking Georgetown Library National Finalist  AROUND SUN CITY Nature Club: Critters Down Under: Mar. 20 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Coming Events Quick Links CA News Time Change & Smoke Detectors Set your clocks one hour forward before going to bed Saturday night as daylight saving time begins on Sunday, Mar. 11, at 2 a.m. This is also a great time to change your smoke detector batteries or replace your smoke detectors altogether, especially if they are more than 8-10 years old. CA Board "Know the Job" Friday, Mar. 9 9 - 10 a.m. Cowan Creek Florence/Georgetown Rooms Are you thinking of running for the Board of Directors? Are you on a team supporting a candidate? Do you want to learn more about the elections process? Click Here for more information. Applications will be available beginning Tuesday, Mar. 20. If you have questions, email [email protected]. Visit the Elections page >> Deadline is Today to Apply for an Advisory Committee The Advisory Committees need people who are willing to use their experience and skills to advise the CA Board and Staff regarding Sun City’s management and operations.  Click Here for information about the committee vacancies, descriptions and the application process, including how to apply, Deadline is today, Mar. 9, by 4 p.m. at the Member Services Office or online. Apply Here >> Recycle Political Signs through March 10 After the last election, Sun City recycled over 2,000 election signs! Winning signs will be returned to the candidates for reuse, the other signs will be 100% recycled. Drop off your signs at one of the two trailers, one at Legacy Park and the other in the far parking lot of Cowan Creek Amenity Center, will be available for you to deposit the signs instead of throwing them away. Legacy Hills Golf Course Open House   Monday, Mar. 12 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.   Golfers and non-golfers are invited to tour the beautiful Legacy Hills Golf Course. Carts will be provided as needed and the golf course staff will be available to help answer any and all questions. We look forward to seeing everyone! Call for Submissions Advice to Your Younger Self Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give to your younger self on graduation day? Click Here to email Jaime Calder your submissions (250 words or less) by Monday, Mar. 12, for possible inclusion in the May Sun Rays. Photographs highly encouraged. Volunteers Needed for EMC Emergency Drill Tuesday, Mar. 13 NEEDED: Volunteer "evacuees" and "victims" The Sun City Emergency Management Committee (EMC) conducts a community emergency preparedness drill each year to familiarize residents in the evacuation process and improve the skills of our trained volunteers and staff in case of an actual emergency event. To make the exercise as realistic as possible, residents are needed to play the role of evacuees and victims. Plan to arrive at one of the Evacuation Centers between 9:00 – 10:30 am. This will only take an hour or less of your time. Social Center Ballroom – for evacuees needing shelter Activity Center – First Aid for victims with simulated injuries (or, upon arrival a volunteer can help simulate an injury by giving you a card with a description of ‘your injuries’ for the treatment team) Cowan Creek Amenity Center – for evacuees needing shelter plus a First Aid Center for victims with simulated injuries (see AC First Aid above) Pet Centers – Social Center Ballroom and Cowan Creek - for residents with a pet and seeking shelter No need to RSVP. For questions email the EMC at [email protected] Mark your calendar! Vendor Fair  Friday, Mar. 16 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. • Free to Attend Social Center Ballroom & Parking Lot Come to our spring Vendor Fair. Meet local businesses ready to help you with that next project, trip or service. Come visit with your friends and neighbors and check out what your Sun City Texas Vendor Fair has to offer! Please click below to see the list of vendors. View List of Vendors >> Woodshop Grand Reopening Ribbon Cutting & Open House Monday, Mar. 19 1303 Sun City Blvd.  Open House: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Ribbon Cutting: 10:15 a.m.   The Woodshop will celebrate its reopening with an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event will include giveaways and a tour of the facility which now includes 1,124 additional square feet of working space and new computerized equipment.   Find out more >> Water Matters Town Hall  Friday, March 23 9 a.m. • Ballroom Please join the Sun City Texas Water Matters Team as we address water conservation techniques like the use of drip irrigation, xeriscaping and what we can do to prepare our sod for the hot summer months. Spring Plant Sale Saturday, Mar. 24 • 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sun City Gardens, 104 Sun City Blvd. There will be a wonderful selection of Perennial, Vegetable, Herb, Texas Natives & Adapted plants, as well as Geraniums grown in the club green house. Tall & Bearded Iris will be offered at great prices in order to reduce the club’s inventory. Compost & Compost Tea will be available. And don't forget to visit the Nursery for an eclectic selection of "rescued" plants at low cost. Find out more >> Update Your Information by March 30! Even if you have been listed in the printed directory in the past, it is critical that each resident log into the website to check and update their profile in the online directory by March 30! You can also visit the Member Services Office to make updates to your profile information. How to check your profile >> Update on the New Amenity Center: The Retreat Submitted by Board President Steve Ashlock, [email protected]   Construction on the new amenity center off Cattleman Drive is underway and we’re on schedule to open the facility in late fall. The new Amenity Center will be called The Retreat and will include a fitness center, visual arts room and a multi-purpose room which will seat up to 300. The multi-purpose room can be sectioned off into smaller rooms and includes a stage, a space for set-building and storage for AcTAG and a catering kitchen. Other amenities in this area include pickleball courts, a pond for irrigation, overflow parking for bus outings and hiking trails. Friendly Reminders: Fishing & Restrooms  Submitted by Jim Romine, Executive Director, [email protected] 1.   When fishing at the Cowan Creek Fishing Pond, please remember you cannot fish on the side by the tee boxes on hole #9 at Cowan. There is signage that reflects the area that is off limits for fishing for safety reasons (you don’t want to be hit by a golf ball coming off a tee box).  2.   Whenever you are out and about in the community and nature calls, please use a restroom to relieve yourself. Our native areas are not your restroom and your neighbors do not want to see you like this. I am sorry I even have to ask this one! New Service for Veterans in Sun City Veteran Burial Benefits Every Wednesday in Sun City Veterans can meet with a Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery (CTSVC) volunteer in Sun City to learn more about the veterans burial benefits preregistration process every Wednesday from 1 - 3 p.m. in the Social Center Lobby just before you enter the Ballroom. The CTSVC in Killeen, TX, accepts preregistration forms for burial benefits earned by veterans while serving their country. There is no charge for burial of eligible veterans, spouses, and qualified dependents.    Burial benefit includes the grave plot, the opening and closing of the grave, a concrete grave liner for casketed burials, a headstone or marker, and perpetual care of the grave. Interment options include casketed burials, interment of cremated remains in a columbarium or in-ground burial section, and a scattering garden for cremated remains.  Visit the CTSVC Facebook page >> LAST CHANCE! Vote for Your Favorite Dog Park Name  Submitted by Frank Feist, Dog Park Coordinator   In an effort to add some fun and creativity to our list of dog park improvements, we would like to give the park a name! Dog park users have submitted the following names for consideration. Please take a moment to vote and tell us your favorite by Sunday, Mar. 11.   We look forward to a name that best represents the Sun City Texas personality and we thank you for your help in this selection process. Dog Park Name Choices The Barking Lot Canine Courtyard Sun City Bark Park Woof Gang Park Scentral Park Happy Tails Dog Park Camp Canine Park Click here to vote >> City/County News Downtown Parking Two downtown parking ambassadors will start working later this month in the downtown parking zone around the Williamson County Courthouse Square. The primary roles for the part-time City of Georgetown employees will be to provide information to residents and visitors on the Square and to enforce the three-hour parking ordinance. The downtown parking ambassadors are expected to start by mid-March. Free Parking Lots These ambassadors will help direct visitors to free parking lots downtown, while providing directions to restaurants, shops, and government offices. Free parking lots are located at 10th and Main streets, Sixth and Main streets, Seventh and Rock streets, Austin Avenue and Fifth Street, Martin Luther King and Eighth streets, and Martin Luther King and Seventh streets. There is a public four-story parking garage at Fourth and Rock streets. The free parking lots and garage do not have a three-hour limit. Find out more >> Georgetown Library National Finalist The Institute of Museum and Library Services has named the Georgetown Public Library a finalist for the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The library is one of 29 finalists. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries for service to their communities, celebrating institutions that demonstrate extraordinary and innovative approaches to public service and are making a difference for individuals, families, and communities. Find out more >> Around Sun City Nature Club: Birds and Other Critters in Australia & New Zealand   Tuesday,, Mar. 20 2:30 p.m. • Ballroom   The Nature Club invites Sun City Residents to attend a program on Birds and Other Critters in Australia and New Zealand with Ed Rozenburg. View photos of some of the most unique creatures from the lands down under, including venomous snakes, spiders, jellyfish and octopus.   Visit their website >> Additional Information Coming Events New Neighbor Round Up Friday, Mar. 9 Find out more >>   CA Board Info Event "Know The Job" Friday, Mar. 9 Find out more >> Advisory Committee Applications Due Friday, Mar. 9 Find out more >> Legacy Hills Golf Course Open House Monday, Mar. 12 Find out more >> EMC Emergency Response Drill Tuesday, Mar. 13 Find out more >> Vendor Fair Friday, Mar. 16 Find out more >> Woodshop Grand Reopening! Monday, Mar. 19 Find out more >> Golf Multi-Vendor Demo Day Thursday, Mar. 22 Find out more >> Water Matters Town Hall Friday, Mar. 23 Find out more >> Spring Plant Sale Saturday, Mar. 24 Find out more >> Board Candidate Application Filing Period Begins Friday, Mar 30 Find out more >> Deadline to check your contact info for this year's Directory. Friday, Mar. 30 Find out more >> EMC Town Hall Tuesday, Apr. 3 Find out more >> Garage Sale Saturday, Apr. 7 Find out more >> Board Candidate Filing Period Ends Friday, April 13 Find out more >> Quick Links  Free Tax Preparation & Electronic Filing Every Friday thru Apr. 13 Find out more » Volunteers Needed! High School State Golf Championships May 14-15 & 21-22 Find out more » Get Your CA Statements by Email: Sign Up Today >> Hidden Ravine Natural Area Parking & Trail Maps Find out more >> Modification Application Deadlines Find out more >> Residential Standards Inspections Find out more >> Legacy Hills Grille We have new items on our regular menu. Daily Specials 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 512-688-5213 for reservations. View their website >> ____________ Say "NO" to Golf Carts & Grandkids Many grandchildren will be in our community for the spring break holiday, and there will be a temptation to allow them to drive a golf cart. It is against the law and extremely dangerous for anyone under the age of 16 and/or anyone without a driver’s license to drive a golf cart. Please, DO NOT let grandkids get behind the wheel. Georgetown police officers may issue you a ticket. Contact us at 512-948-7701 or visit our website at www.sctexas.org

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