Bentwater Life - January 2012

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President Melanie GonzalesVice President Not determined as of time of going to pressSecretary/Treasurer David Regenbaum

Not determined as of time of going to pressJohn JosephBlair SmithNot determined as of time of going to pressNot determined as of time of going to press

General ManagerDawn M. Cleboski

ManagementVan Smith

AdministrationValerie OverbeckMartha Sullivan

Entrance DepartmentKerry Stephenson

Maintenance SupervisorRandy Broyles

Landscape and Irrigation ManagerDamon Collins

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Elizabeth and Jerry Gregorek

Newcomers!

Please join us in welcoming Elizabeth and Jerry Gregorek from Sugarland, TX. He is an engineer and she is a physical therapist.

PARK IN THE MEADOWS FOUNTAINPhoto by Scott Ashy

A beautiful rainbow captured at the Park in the Meadows fountain. This is the Life!

Lane and Lucas Hyman, five-year old twins

Twins Lane and Lucas Hyman are the five-year old sons of famed dermatologist in The Woodlands, Dr. Joel Hyman and wife, Carrie Ann, and grandsons of Bentwater property owners Tom and Lynn Watkins.

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Brown Shrimp - New Approach To Determine Weight Stats Per Edible Portions

Another shrimp research paper by Bentwater Resident, Dr. Charles Caillouet, was recently published in Marine Fisheries Review (http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr732/mfr7322.pdf ). Below is a summary of its findings:

"Our research paper (http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr732/mfr7322.pdf ) demonstrated a new approach to determining the statistical distribution of weight per shrimp tail (edible portion) in annual landings of brown shrimp in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Shrimp are size-graded and marketed according to size-class intervals expressed in count, the number of tails per pound. These intervals are called count categories. Management of shrimp stocks in the Gulf of Mexico is scientifically based on results of demographic modeling of shrimp populations, which requires information on the size and age distributions of shrimp in the landings. We devel-oped a simulation method to convert pounds landed within count categories into annual distributions of tail weight, from which age distributions can be estimated and used in future demographic modeling."

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BLO – FUN, FUN, FUN

YESTERDAY and TOMORROW

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The Bentwater Ladies Organization ended the year with plenty of excitement and fun. We began the holiday season in November with two fun filled days of shopping at the BLO sponsored Bric-A-Brac at the Yacht Club followed by a bus trip into Houston for the Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market. It would not be an exaggeration to say that some serious retail therapy was done by the ladies that week! The next week we were entertained at our monthly luncheon by students from the Sam Houston State University Opera Workshop. Everyone was impressed by the caliber of the students and their fantastic voices. It left us wanting more and a number of the ladies are planning on heading north one weekend to see one of the opera workshop’s performances at Sam Houston’s new state-of-the-art performing arts center.

We all took a break for Thanksgiving to enjoy our families and friends, but were once again hard at work the next week put-ting the final touches on two of our premier events, the Holiday Dinner Dance and the Holiday Home Tour. The Dinner Dance was December 2-3 at the country club. About 250 BLO members and spouses enjoyed the dinner dance with friends enjoying a great meal from the chefs at the club and a great band that kept us dancing all night.

The next week we continued our celebration of the holidays at the annual Holiday Home Tour. Hundreds of Bentwater

residents and friends were treated to seven beautifully decorated homes at this charity event. Bentwater Ladies Organization is grateful to the seven homeowners who opened their homes for two nights so we could “ooh and aah” at their beautifully deco-rated homes. The homeowners were Roger and Julie Rodriguez, Len and Marlene Keeling, Greg and Lynn Hullinger, Gary and Sandy Eiland, Wanda and Michael Morgan, Sam and Laurie Burtch and Bill and Dee Soderman and the charities that ben-efitted from the home tour were the American Cancer Society, the Assistance League of Montgomery County, Fourway Bap-tist Church, Cafe` Hope, Montgomery County Youth Services, Montgomery County Women’s Center and the Montgomery High School Music Department. The BLO also wishes to thank all of its members and their friends that gave up a few hours to serve as greeters and traffic control that helped to make this year’s tour a success.

Speaking of success, our BLO chili team, the Hot Chicks won best decorated booth at the Chili for Charities Cook-Off in November and we gave checks to the Assistance League and the Montgomery County Animal Rescue and the Bric-A-Brac raised $2100 which will also be given to a charity or charities determined by the BLO board.

We ended the year with a very special luncheon in December with entertainment by the Amen Chorus, a talented group of

Bentwater residents directed by Keith Ann Gearn who treated us to some old fashioned Christmas carols. The last event of the year was on December 15 when the Bentwater Ladies Organi-zation board thanked all of the ladies that worked so very hard to make 2011 a special year with a Volunteer Appreciation Party at the home of Ann and John Cavanaugh. Everyone who had contributed in some way to make the year a success was invited to the party. This year there were 54 ladies in board and activity positions. Add to that the additional committee mem-bers and you have about 100 ladies in active BLO roles each year. It is the continued dedication of all of these members that makes a year full of Bentwater Ladies Organization events suc-cessful. Thanks to all of the ladies who have contributed their time to BLO activities this year. It is your efforts that make us successful each year.

The Bentwater Ladies said “thank you” on December 5 to all of the Bentwater employees with our Cookies for the Staff day. Many Bentwater residents and BLO members baked cookies-hundreds of dozens of cookies – that were collected and boxed. It is just a small way for the us to say thank you to the staff for

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making our lives in Bentwater easier and more enjoyable. We would like to thank all of the Bentwater residents who donated cookies for our Bentwater employees this year.

Bentwater Ladies Organization ended the year with 519 mem-bers. We have a new slate of officers who are already hard at work preparing for the next year. The January meeting is not to be missed. This is when everyone signs up for the many different activities that BLO has to offer. From art to lunch and antiques to needle and tea and bridge groups, there is an activity for most everyone. We also have three different dining groups you and your spouse can become a part of-casual dining in, dining out and gourmet din-ing offers just the right meal for anyone’s tastes. In addition to these social groups there are many committees which you could join - table decorators, greeters, chili cook-off, Holiday Home Tour, Hol-iday Dinner Dance and others.

President Jill Cambern and her board will be looking for you at the January meeting which will be on Monday January 9, 2012 at the Yacht Club. We hope to see you there. Happy New Year from Bentwater Ladies Organization!

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Richard Aiple, Country Club General Manager, and Rae Jean Young

Becky Harper and Mary Beth Cottrell

At this annual fall event hosted by Bentwater Yacht & Country Club, community and club organizations are invited to participate by vying to win funds for their favorite charity. Tasting a wide variety of chili, visiting with friends, dancing to great music…what a night!

Chili For CharityCook-off

Two-Time Winner for the United Way, Chili Chef Extraordinaire Patrick O’Neil.

The wine tasting booth is always popular

Fun for all ages, the crowds get bigger every year.

The Pizza Shack

Real East Coast Style PizzaVoted Best of Montgomery County

8 years in a row by The Conroe Courier's People's Choice

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Sandy Wagner and Diane Ragsdale Katy Tucker, Beverly Smith, Sandy Smith

Karen Ruffner, Toni Sellers and Laura DahlbergKathy McBane, Helen McParland and Beth Witt

Amy Hammett, Patrice Edwards, Karen Walker and Myrt Husband

Karyn Lutzenberg, Thelma Miller, Claudia Riedlinger

Helen Lockner, Dee Baethke, Karen Laukaitus

Anne Davis, Marsha Krezel, Katy Tucker, Susan Jackson, Gerry Titus and Dorothy Woodall

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Terri Furce - PresidentResident of Bentwater

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Florals

A presentation by Pam Hoke – Gilmore’s Florist

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Bentwater Garden Club members gathered to hear a presentation by Pam Hoke of Gilmore’s Florist of Conroe. Gilmore’s has been in business since 1937. Floral design-er Pam Hoke graciously agreed to come to Bentwater to demonstrate techniques and give helpful hints concerning creating lovely arrangements for the home. She used natural foliage and flowers found in many yards and gardens in the Conroe and Mont-gomery area, in addition to flowers from Gilmore’s shop. After creating numerous beautiful arrangements, garden club members received these floral creations as door prizes. Members hope to use the knowledge they gained to create their own natural decorations for their homes.

Pam Hoke, Gilmore Florists

Janet Clark and Ann Cavanaugh

Elvira South, Bonnie McCracken, Nancy Koehler and Judie

Janice Glass and Susan DayPat Edwards, Judie Krippel, Lynn Guilbault, and Sue Koslki

Stephanie Hatley and Donna Shepherd

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Marilyn Parker and Susan Kove

Delores Asiedeu, Shirley Quinlan and Shirley Slawson

Judie Krippel and Susan Kolski Dayna Savage and Les Gotsch Linda Reed, Betty Lou Morgan and Charlsie Rogge


It'sMosquitoSeason!

It'sMosquitoSeason!

LGA Continues To Raise Funds For Cancer2012 Bentwater Ladies Golf Association Cancer Board Members are making plans for another big fundraising year in Bentwater. In 2011, the BLGA Cancer Board raised $140, 315 for the American Cancer Society. This is more than $30,000 than was raised at Bentwater the previous year. The Bentwater Ladies Golf Association began this fundraising effort 21 years ago and has raised almost $3,000,000 for the American Cancer Society.

First Place - Gross winners in the second flight - were: P. Sands, L. Humphries and Faye Powell. Not pictured is Sandy Eiland.

LGA Tournament NewsCongratulations to the 2011 LGA Fall Fling Invitational Winners

First Flight 1st Gross Diana Henigan, Diane Dill, W McGhee, S. Davies

1st Net Connie Smith, S. Roberson, K. Smith, T. Hudspeth

Second Flight 1st Gross Faye Powell, Sandy Eiland, P. Sands, L. Humphreys

1st Net Katy Tucker, M. Barlow, K. Bouman, R. Gosch

Third Flight 1st Gross Laurie Burtch, Pat Wagner, C. Early, L Franklin

1st Net Charla Marlett, Kathy Sisco, B. Davis, R. Korry

2012 Bentwater Ladies Golf Association – Raising money for American Cancer Society

Pat Wagner, Laurie Burtch, C. Early and L. Franklin, First Place - Gross winners in the third flight at the BLGA Fall Fling tournament.

Diana Hennigan, w. McGee, Diane Dill and S. Davies show off their winner’s vouchers after coming in First Place - Gross in the first flight at the Fall Fling.

First Place - Net winners in the first flight of the BLGA Fall Fling were S. Robertson, Connie Smith, K. Smith and T. Hudspeth

B. Davis, R. Korry, Kathy Sisco and Charla Marlatt accept their winnings for First Place - Net in the third flight.

The Needle and Tea group of BLO is comprised of wonderfully talented ladies who meet once a month to enjoy fellowship and needling. We have ladies who do needlepoint, crocheting, knitting, quilting, cross stitch, crewel, mending or just about any kind of sewing you can think of - one lady makes doll clothes, another Christmas ornaments. All sewers are welcome -we have beginners to experts who are more than happy to help beginners get started.

We meet the third Wednesday of every month in private homes from 1-3pm. We “needle” for one hour and “tea” for one hour. If you are interested in joining our group, please email Ann Cavanaugh at [email protected].

A big thank you goes to the following hostesses this year who have opened their homes for our group - Pat Edwards, Mary Shumaker, Peggy Hanigan, Bonnie McCracken, Lynn Guil-bault, Marilyn Fellers, Janice Barnett, Carolyn Jones, Judie Krippel and Ann Cavanaugh.

Needle and Tea Contributed by Ann M. Cavanaugh

Barb Michels and Lynn Guilbault

Marilyn Fellers Mary Shumaker

Peggy Hanigan and Bonnie McCracken


CRIMESToPPERSPOA General Manager to serve on Board of Directors

Bentwater POA General Manager Dawn Cleboski was recently named to serve on the board of the Montgomery County Crime Stoppers, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. This group is dedicated to helping keep Montgomery County a safe place to live, work, and play. Their mission is to work with area law enforcement agencies, the news media, and members of the public to publicize and gain intelligence on felony crimes occur-ring in Montgomery County and to assist in the apprehension of felony fugitives, wanted or residing in Montgomery County. Cleboski hails from a law enforcement family with her husband, two sons, a brother and other relatives having served the public in various law enforcement agencies including the Houston Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and Harris County Sheriff ’s Office. She has supervised more than 100 off-duty law enforcement patrol groups during her career.

Recent News from Crime Stoppers - At the 23rd Annual Texas Crime Stoppers Convention recently held in McAllen, TX, Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Deputy and Montgomery

Barb and Don Ori with internationally renowned superstar, Dolly Parton.

Dolly Parton Greets Bentwater Residents Backstage at Recent Verizon Wireless Theater ConcertBentwater Residents, Don and Barb Ori, were invited to meet Dolly Parton backstage after her recent concert at the Verizon Wireless Theater. “She is so multitalented and plays almost every instrument, sings or tells stories for two solid hours. We had a blast.” said Barb.

County Crime Stoppers Coordinator, Brandy Bice, was pre-sented an award for the Greatest Dollar Recovery and the Most Cases Cleared for 2010. This is the first time in their 30-year involvement with Crime Stoppers that Montgomery County has won this award.

Deputy Bice was also personally recognized as one of only four law enforcement officers selected for consideration as the Crime Stoppers Coordinator of the Year. This award is a direct reflec-tion of Deputy Bice’s efforts in promoting Crime Stoppers through the board, personal appearances, and multiple media outlets, all of which have proven invaluable to our county.

Do you have information about a felony crime committed in Montgomery County? Would you like to give this information to the proper authorities, but don't want to get involved for fear of retribution or other issues?

1-800-392-STOP www.montgomerycountycrimestoppers.org


MOB – Men Of Bentwater

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The Men of Bentwater (MOB) recent meetings featured John N. Hennigan, Montgomery County Health District Chief Executive Officer, who presented an introduction to MCHD and Amy Antley, MCHD Cardiac Coordinator, who discussed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillators (AEDs). Leonard Glass presented Piloting on the Houston Ship Channel. The MOB members present were very interested in the material as well as security at the facilities to prevent terrorists attacks.

Nominations for the 2012 Board were accepted as well as solicited from the floor. At the January 18th luncheon, the new board members for 2012 will be announced.

A recap of the fall included a great experience at our Oktoberfest with sauerkraut, brats and beer supplied by the MOB. All members and spouses were invited. Everyone that attended enjoyed the outing in the Park in the Meadows, the weather cooperated well within the first hour and was tolerable during the second. Thanks to Bob Bowe, Leonard Glass, Ed

Busen, David Alff, Tom Goodwin, Mark Love and Spider Mohle (original member of the MOB) for providing us with cooking expertise that made our day enjoyable. Our gratitude is also extended to Jim Linse for providing transportation and muscle to the effort as well as MOB Board Members; Jack Visage, Al Franklin, Robert Miner, Dan Leasure, Pat Horsley and Jim Hamilton for providing supplies and their presence to make this event a success.

The MOB participated in the Chili for Charity Cook Off with Frank Husband, Robert Miner, John Wigenbach and Ron Arnoldi taking the lead in preparing some of the best chili on earth. The chili continues to disappear prior to the voting. It was an enjoyable time for all the MOB Members and families to be a part of this worthwhile endeavor.

A very popular event last year, the Christmas Dinner Theatre, coordinated by Jim Hamilton, was a great success. Everyone left with a good feeling of fun and fellowship with the MOBSTERS. Come join us.

Sauerkraut , Brats and Beer were on the menu

MOB meeting in progress A lively discussion

Oktoberfest at Park in the Meadows

The winner’s booth – Bentwater United Way Little known fact: Bentwater is the only community in the national United Way network that has their own campaign. Congratulations to all!

UNITED WAYBEnTwaTER CaRES: MCUw SUPPoRTS ChIlI foR ChaRITy Cook off

Contributed by Susan Gramatges

With a chill in the air and chili in the pot, the Bentwater Mont-gomery County United Way Leadership Committee competed in the Chili for Charity Cook Off in November.

Bentwater resident, “Chef ” Patrick O’Neil, along with wife Sharon and several Leadership Committee members, dished out O’Neil’s secret recipe chili for all to taste.

“I enjoy cooking chili at cook offs because of the camaraderie. The people are a lot of fun,” O’Neil said. “I generally cook a pretty hot chili, but I wanted it to have a really good chili flavor, so I adjusted the spices for the Bentwater cook off.”

Again this year, along with chili, the committee members shared their homemade cookies and passed out bottled water to the hungry crowd.

Besides chili, cookies and brownies at the cook off booth, the O’Neil’s brought their 4½-year-old bird Buddy, who goes with them to every chili cook off. Buddy is a Caique parrot, which is a species from Western South America, but he is a born Texan.

This was the second year the Bentwater MCUW Leadership Committee sponsored a chili cook off booth. In 2010 O’Neil’s chili won Judge’s Choice. O’Neil donated the winnings, over three thousand dollars, to MCUW.

Patti Mennes, Rhonda Gaskamp, Beryl Korb having fun preparing the United Way booth

Rhonda Gaskamp, in full costume reflecting the Shamrock theme for the United Way booth, and winning chef, Patrick O’Neil.


NSRW – North Shore Republican WomenThe first meeting of the New Year will be Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 10:45 a.m. at Bentwater Country Club. The guest speaker will be NSRW member, The Honorable Claudia Laird who will reflect on her first year of being a sitting judge in Montgomery County.

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North Shore Republican Women will host a membership coffee and cocktail party in January as part of our effort to entice like-minded conservative Republican women to join our group and become informed and involved. Please check out our web site at www.nsrepublicanwomen.org or look us up on Facebook at North Shore Republican Women for dates and locations. Con-tact Gail McKinnon at 713-870-6866.

Texas State Representative Brandon Creighton sharing the results of the 83rd legislative session with NSRW

Leona Frank, NSRW Caring for America/Community Outreach Chairwoman, and NSRW President Ann Kate

Sandi Curtis, Campaign Activities Chairwoman

The Golf Goddesses of Bentwater

Golf Goddesses of BEnTwaTER

The Golf Goddesses of Bentwater gathered in mid October at The Falls Golf Resort in New Ulm for their 11th annual "Golf God-dess Get-Away". The Golf Goddesses concept was originated by five ladies who met in the BLGA's nine hole group in 2000:

Marilyn Colbert Mary Peterson Linda Pierce Carole Piperi Janice Slaughter

Over the next ten years, the group has significantly grown. The name "Golf Goddesses" evolved because it fit the spirit of the group: women who loved golfing together, focused on improving their skills, and shared a passion for keeping fun in game. To achieve the latter, Golf Goddesses grant themselves the right and responsibility to invoke any goddess rule of their own making which will reduce stress AND speed up play, but did not disadvantage another goddess. Since Goddesses play for fun, rather than money, protecting the field has no meaning in a goddess golf game. This year's get-away included 25 lady golfers, all from Bentwa-ter, who enjoyed golf, laughter, great food and - new this year - line dancing!


The travel from Bentwater holds no borders. Recently, Mike and Joan Castleberry fulfilled one of the trips on their

“bucket list,” and organized an African safari to Tanzania with six other Bentwater couples. The trip began with air travel to Amsterdam followed by a second flight to Kilimanjaro Airport in eastern Africa.

First on the list of places to visit was the Tarangire National Park, the third largest park in Tanzania. This park consisted of two rivers, hills, and the famous “upside down tree”, the baobad tree, and a concentrated population of many African animals including elephants, giraffes, zebras, impalas, wildebeests, wart-hogs, ostriches, and lions. The group of fourteen was divided

into three land rover type vehicles with open tops for photo-graphing and viewing the wild animals from narrow, dusty trails.

The primary destination was the vast, famous Serengeti National Park. The travelers were housed in canvas tents and provided with native, healthy food prepared on-site over wood fires. Here, the guides treated the group to early morning and late afternoon sight-ings of cheetahs, lions, leopards, hyenas, hippos, jackals, various birds and thousands of gazelles. Particular highlights of the trip were the discovery of a lion that had killed a gazelle and was car-rying it to a shady tree for breakfast as well as a cheetah enjoying lunch under a tree while being challenged by jackals trying to steal the kill. Later, the group observed many elephants seeking rain water on large granite rock outcroppings which was quite unusual. Truly, a lesson learned was that the lion was really “King” and the elephants were the smartest animals of all.

The final wildlife destination was the Ngorongoro Crater, an ancient collapsed interior of a volcano some twelve miles wide.

A balanced population of the African wildlife was observed here including the endangered black rhino, thousands of wildebeests and persistent hyenas.

An important segment of the trip was the cultural exchange which the guides called learning and discovery or “L and D”. A visit was made to a tribal Maasai village where native Maasai warriors and their wives explained their way of life which typi-cally revolves around the grazing of goats, sheep and cattle. A primary school was visited where students were eager to try their limited English and to see pictures of Texas and their own images on digital cameras. “Hakuna Matata”, which as in Lion King means, “Don’t worry, no problem”, was prominently dis-played on the blackboard.

The group consisted of Bentwater Residents Mike and Joan Castleberry, Ron and Brenda Clements, Bob and Mary Ann Jordan, Bob and Sally Bierman, Bob and Marie Hentges, Mike and Nicki Moranville, and Gene and Marilyn Colbert.

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A Tanzania Bentwater

Safari

A giraffe in the wilderness

Wildebeests and Zebras grazing

The Bentwater Safari Group

Taking a photo of a lion at a REALLY CLOSE distance

Sharing a bit of Texas with some local school children.

Mike Castleberry obviously happy with his most recent photo.

A beautiful giraffe captured in the sunset.

Step back from my cubs!

The elephant walk


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A TributeYou are invited to share a photo and/or story of someone in your family or a Bentwater neighbor that is an active member of the armed forces. Be sure to include:

Name

Rank

Branch of Service

Mailing Address, if possible (Many neighbors would like to send cards and letters, not to mention cookies.)

Thank you for joining us in paying tribute to active military personnel who are Bentwater property owners or their families, whether they be spouses, children, grandchildren, nieces, neph-ews, cousins or other family members.

We hope this tribute column in BENTWATER LIFE will be a heart-warming experience for everyone and your chance to express your personal gratitude to America’s finest!

Please send to: [email protected]

Nicole, Kyle and Marine Corporal Kenny C. Knapp

Marine Corporal Kenny C. KnappContributed by Bentwater Resident Sue Ashy

Recently deployed to Helmond Province, Afghanistan, for his third combat tour, Marine Corporal Kenny C. Knapp is married to Nicole, daughter of Scott Ashy and granddaughter of Joe and Sue Ashy. His first tour was in Iraq and this is his second time in Afghanistan.

Nicole is staying in San Diego with their three-year old son, Kyle, while awaiting a new son next year. We are very proud of them and are thankful to the whole family and all who serve this nation.

On behalf of Bentwater Property Owners, we thank you for your service to our country and look forward to seeing you when you get to visit the Ashys at Bentwater.

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VETERanSAppreciation

BOOTHSponsored by BENTWATER POA Chili For Charity Cook-Off

We pause on Veteran’s Day to say thanks to our veterans and to express the depth of our gratitude for their service to our country. Continuing our tradition of honoring our veterans, the POA sponsored a Veteran’s Appreciation Booth, the recent Chili for Charity Cook-off. It was manned by Bentwater POA staff and Bentwater Residents Dick and Betty Lou Morgan.

A complimentary American Flag and pin with a hearty handshake on behalf of Bentwater property owners for their service to our country was given to each veteran when they visited the booth.

A variety of donated prizes were raffled that evening with the $165 proceeds going to the American Legion, C. M. Joslin Post 618, located in Willis. The raffle winners were:

Listed below are just a few of the veterans that live in Bentwater:

If you are a current or former member of our military, we would like to add you to our register. Contact: [email protected] or 936-597-5532.

Paul Ashcraft Army and Air ForceJoe Ashy Air ForceBob Best NavyBob Bierman ArmyEd Brown ArmyLew Brown MarinesJay Burke Air ForceMike Castleberry NavyJoe Clinton ArmyJohn Coleman ArmyJonathan Cook Air ForceJoe Constantino ArmyClint Denny Air ForceBert Dunken ArmyLarry Edwards NavyJerry Elder ArmyBruce Fingerle ArmyGil Goddard ArmyMike Gorman Coast GuardErnest Hagan NavyJim Hamilton MarinesPatrick Harren ArmyDarryl Herrington Army

Roger Hughes ArmyRobert Hook ArmyJohn Joseph ArmyChip Keener NavyJohn Lipinski ArmyDoc Meador NavyJames Mitchell NavyDavid Murray ArmyDonald Ori ArmyScott Porter Air ForceBruce Sellers MarinesGary Sewell Air ForceBlair Smith ArmyDan Smith Air ForceGerald Sorsdal ArmyWes Spincic ArmyRichard Styla MarinesSam Ward Air ForceSkip White NavyBetty White NavyJohn Wingenbach ArmyDoyle Wofford ArmyStan Zinn Marines

Nancy Fingerle Bentwater Travel BlanketSandy Smith Bentwater cherrywood CD HolderSandi Hughes Digital CameraPat Dinhoble Trunk OrganizerBob Goodside iPod Speaker

Every morning we awake to freedom. Know that it is because our military continues to stand on the front lines, not just at the borders of our own soil, but also on the soil of weaker nations, helping to extend and strengthen freedom around the world. Join us in thanking these men and women who honored us with their service.

Veteran’s Appreciation Booth sponsored by Bentwater POA

Hard working volunteers, Dick and Betty Lou Morgan, helping man the Veteran’s Appreciation Booth.


Retiring in the near future and making Bentwater his perma-nent home, Colonel Vincent B. Jefferson is the Director of Space Forces, US Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, cur-rently assigned to 3rd Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Colonel Jefferson serves as the senior space advisor to the des-ignated air component commander(s) for EUCOM and AFRI-COM. He is responsible to the commander(s) for coordinating, integrating, and staffing activities to plan, execute, and assess space operations and effects to achieve joint force commander objectives in the area(s) of responsibility.

Colonel Jefferson graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Math-ematics and received his commission through the Reserve Offi-cer Training Corps. He also earned his Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from West Coast University in 1997. His previous assignments include: 9th Missile Warning Squadron at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. as a Missile Warning Operations Crew Commander and Chief of Standardization and Evaluation; 1013th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. as Chief, Phased Array Sensor Training; 3rd Space Operations Squadron, Falcon Air Force Base, Colo. as a mission-ready Satellite Operations Crew Com-mander and Assistant Chief

UHF Follow-on Satellite Operations; 14th Air Force, Vanden-berg Air Force Base, Calif. as Operational Exercise Officer and Chief, Current Operations for 614th Space Operations Flight; 16th Air Force at Aviano Air Base, Italy as Chief, Space Opera-tions during the Air War over Serbia (Operation ALLIED FORCE); 50th Operations Support Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. as Weapons and Tactics Flight Commander and later as the squadron’s operations officer; Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. as Chief, Weapons and Tactics. He was Commander of the 328th Weapons Squadron at the United State Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. He served as the Deputy Commander, 614th Air and Space Operations Center, 14th Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. and as the Director of Operations and Exercises, 14th Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. As the 14 Air Force A3, he was responsible to the 14 Air Force commander for the operational readiness of 28 weapon systems operated by more than 12,000 people, in 155 units, at 44 locations. Recently he was the Commander, 460th Mission Support Group, 460th Space Wing, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., providing civil engineering, security and pro-tection, logistics readiness, contracting, military and personnel support, education services and family support services to Air Force Space Command units as well as other units and agencies throughout the Front Range area

Assignments January 1986 – October 1988, Missile Warning Operations Crew Commander and Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, 9th Missile Warning Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.

September 1988 – June 1992, Chief, Phased Array Sensor Training, 1013th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

June 1992 – October 1994, Satellite Operations Crew Com-mander and Assistant Chief, Ultra-High Frequency Follow-on Satellite Operations, 3rd Space Operations Squadron, Falcon Air Force Base, Colo.

October 1994 – April 1996, Exercise Planner, 14th Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

April 1996 – July 1997, Chief, Current Operations, 614th Space Operations Flight, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

July 1997 – September 1999, Chief, Space Operations, 16th Air Force, Aviano Air Base, Italy.

September 1999 – August 2000, Commander, Weapons and Tactics Flight, 50th Operations Support Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.

August 2000 – January 2002, Operations Officer, 50th Opera-tions Support Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.

January 2002 – April 2003, Chief, Weapons and Tactics Branch, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.

April 2003 – July 2005, Commander, 328th Weapons Squadron, United States Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

July 2005 – May 2007, Deputy Commander, 614th Space Operations Group, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

May 2007 – June 2007, Deputy Commander, 614th Air and Space Operations Center, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

June 2007 – May 2008, Director of Operations and Exercise, 14th Air Force (AFSTRAT), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

May 2008 – Jul 2010, Commander, 460th Mission Support Group, 460th Space Wing, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.

Jul 2010 – Present, Director of Space Forces, US Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, (DIRSPACEFOR, USAFE and AFAFRICA), 3rd Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Major Awards and Decorations Legion of Merit

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster

Joint Service Commendation Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters

Combat Readiness Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Kosovo Campaign Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

NATO Medal

On behalf of Bentwater Property Owners, we thank you for your service to our country and look forward to seeing you enjoying life at Bentwater.

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Bentwater United Way recently hosted an employee fair at the fitness center inviting personnel from the POA, country club and sales office to attend. A number of health and employee assistance agencies as well as Chase Bank were invited to provide information to employees to secure assistance they may need and to inform them of opportunities on how to get involved in their community. Those agencies in attendance were:

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Marilyn Kasmirersky with Lone Star Family Health Center visiting with Bentwater employee Blas Velasquez

L to R: Bentwater United Way Committee Mem-ber Susan Gramatges with Bentwater employees Beatriz Noyola, Gloria Madrid and Jose Urbina

L to R: Bentwater United Way Committee Members Abe McCoy and Stan Hemmeline with Linda Rickets, a Montgomery County Literacy volunteer.

Bentwater employees Rob Brown, Heather Derryberry and Roberto Tello

Montgomery County Women’s Center representative Holly Hochhauser with Bentwater POA employee Horace Washington

Tammy Neighbors with Chase Bank visits with Bentwater employee James Nickerson.

Bentwater POA employees Santos Vargas, Miguel Valdes, Cecillo Rivero and Jose Vargas with Bridgewood Farms representative Cathy Silva


Literacy Volunteers of America, Girl Scouts of San Jacinto, Montgomery County Women’s Center, Bridgewood Farms, New Danville, Lone Star Family Health Services and Mont-gomery County Emergency Assistance. Free blood pressure and blood glucose checks were given as well as numerous door prizes including gift cards to Walmart and Kroger. ELITE CUSTOM

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Grammy's Cookie Convoy is on the move again. We are gear-ing up for our next shipment of 5,000 "chocolate chip cookie hugs," along with as many cards, and letters to the troops serv-ing overseas. This project began in 2005 from a chance meeting on the putting green with one of our esteemed servicemen, who was also an employee of Bentwater at the time. Because of the special support from our Bentwater community, along with help from many others, we have shipped over one hundred thousand cookies, cards, letters, and several thousand hand sewn pocket hearts to our troops overseas.

We are planning our packing party for the next shipment on Sunday, February 5th at the Bentwater Yacht Club. We would love for you to join us that day to share in some fun, and fel-lowship. We could use your hands and hearts to help us send a little piece of home to those who serve our country courageously and unselfishly.

Please be assured that any organization or individual who would like to help us with writing cards and letters to the troops will be most appreciated. I promise the words written by each hand will be cherished by every set of eyes that will be reading them. Each card or letter makes every cookie taste a whole lot sweeter. Please let me know if you, or if you possibly know of someone else who might like to help us with this important part of the project.

Please add your name to our list of volunteers by contacting: Marlene Summers at [email protected] or 936-449-4053

Check out our website: www.troopsproject.com - and also "like" us on FACEBOOK at Grammy's Cookie Convoy.

Come Help To Pack Cookies For Our Troops!

Contributed by Bentwater Resident and Grammy’s Cookie Convoy Founder, Marlene Summers

Grammy's Cookie ConvoySunday, February 5th – Bentwater Yacht Club

Bric-A-BracANOTHER SMASHING SUCCESS!

In November of each year, Bentwater Ladies Organization (BLO) hosts BRIC-A-BRAC, a pre-holiday shopping extravaganza. It was held this year at Bentwater Yacht Club, giving each Bentwater lady the opportunity to shop for those exquisite one-of-a-kind or hard-to-find boutique items without having to leave our community. There was some heavy duty shopping going on!

Katy James spectacularly singing Etta James “At Last” for a special friend


Marlene Summers, Founder, with multiple awards and letters of appreciation from the troops as well as a sample of those awesome cookies!

Grammy’s Cookie Convoy Float designed and made by Bentwater POA staff for July 4th parade

Holiday shopping has begun!

Ann Davis with her display of beautiful Mary Kay products

The wide variety of merchandise included matching tees, hats and jewelry

The joys of the holidays beckon Discussing the fabulous flavor of the toffee samples

Ginger Oakes showing some of her unique jewelry

Janita Love and Friend enjoying the day Decisions…Decisions


Return to Vengeance starring Lorenzo Lamas, Daniel Baldwin and Burton Gilliam was recently filmed in historic Montgom-ery. Bentwater Resident Tim Grant was invited to participate in a supporting role.

Lorenzo Lamas is the son of 1950’s movie stars, Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas. Daniel Baldwin and his brother Alec Baldwin are two of the five Baldwin Boys who are all actors. Burton Gilliam is best known for his role in Blazing Saddles.

This action movie was filmed by Walker-Cable Productions. For more information on Walker-Cable Productions, visit www.walkercableinc.com.

MOVIE INMONTGOMERY

Left: Bentwater Resident and rookie movie extra, Tim Grant, with Lorenzo Lamas, star of “Return to Vengeance”, a movie recently filmed in Montgomery. We’ve been told that this may not be Tim’s last movie. He appears to be suited to be a star!

Movie Star Lorenzo Lamas on Bentwater Resident Tim Grant’s bike “Bob”.


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Harborview neighbors held their 5th Annual Wurstfest. With 26 in attendance, some of the delicious foods prepared and served by residents were Sauerkraut, German potatoes and sau-sages, cole slaw, deviled eggs, brisket, Cajun dirty rice, Italian spinach pasta shells, apple crisp, apple puffs and much more. Fall decorations graced the Harborview gazebo and tables. The weather was great and fun was had by all.

Oktoberfest is a 16–18 day beer festival held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, running from late September to the first weekend in October, since 1810. It is one of the most famous events in Germany and is the world's largest fair, with more than 5 million people attending every year. In the United States, German-Americans are the country's largest self-report-ed ancestral group. Correspondingly, there are hundreds of large and small Oktoberfest celebrations held annually throughout the country, the largest being in Cincinnati, Ohio. Wurstfest is a unique celebration rich in German culture and full of Texas fun located in New Braunfels, Texas, which started in 1961 and always starts on the Friday before the first Monday in Novem-ber. Right here in Bentwater, Harborview does Wurstfest, Southeast Texas style!

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The Bentwater Sales Corporation has announced a new program that will save Bent-water Yacht & Country Club members 50% of their membership transfer fee when they list their home with Bentwater Sales Corporation. It’s called the Expert List-ing Program and it is available to all homeowners that maintain a Sports Club, or greater, membership level. Steve Seay, Director of Sales & Marketing for Bentwater Sales Corporation, had this to say about his team and this unique offer, “We feel that our team of Sales Executives is second to none in the area. With fifty-plus years of combined experience serving Bentwater clients, we are the experts on the Bentwater lifestyle and real estate opportunities within the community. We are very sensitive to trends in the local real estate market and closely follow the impact of the national economy on sales, values and financiing. That’s why we’re so excited to be able to offer this unique opportunity to the homeowners of Bentwater.


A recent “get to know you and get to visit with you” picnic was held by the neighbors in the Club Island Way area. It was a great turn-out although there were one or two traveling that could not make it.

Everyone pooled together to buy the delicious meats, paper goods, etc. and brought their favorite dish to share. The menu was dynamite and many recipes were discussed. We also over-heard a lot of stories reviewing recent golf games, which just got better as the day went on.

Neighbors attending included Margaret Ellis, Chris and Mary Beth Cottrell, Leona Frank, Jim Leonard, Betty Gardner, Nate and Gerusa Parks, Jo Blair, Gloria and Martin Flores, Marshal Perry, Rex and Pam Calvert and daughter Courtney, Jim Jones, Sherri Benton, and Pat Dinhoble.

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Congratulations to all of the Bentwater Yacht & Country Club Junior Program players. They earned the top position in their age division in the USPTA Lake Conroe Junior Grand Prix Circuit and were selected to compete on the Lake Conroe Team at the State Championships. The tournament was held in New Braunfels, Texas at John Newcombe Tennis Ranch.

TENNIS Bentwater Junior Program Players Win!

Bentwater junior players William Cima, Vincent Levantino, Austin Stutts, Kase Har-ris, Brook Stutts, Tanner Harding, Maria Levantino, and Abby Hafner with coaches Mike Doty and Shaun Maddox.

Maria Levantino, Andrew Penshorn, Stephanie Cima, Jill Harris, Dave Boler, Brooks Harris, William Cima, Vincent Levantino and Kase Harris.

Gene and Marilyn Colbert

Candace and Nick Frazier

Sherrie and Bruce Waggoner

Travis and Thelma MillerGeorge and Joanie Dempster

Bentwater junior players included William Cima, Vincent Levan-tino, Austin Stutts, Kase Harris, Brook Stutts, Tanner Harding, Maria Levantino, and Abby Hafner. Coaches Mike Doty and Shaun Maddox are also to be congratulated for their efforts.

Coaches, players and parents enjoyed a great weekend with a lot of activities. Tennis anyone?

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Dawn Cleboski, Bentwater POA General Manager

General Manager’s Message

As we close 2011 and embark on the coming year, it is time to reflect on the changes we want or need to make, to prepare a plan for those changes and resolve to follow through with the plan. This is the time for “out with the old and in with the new”. We should look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead, per-haps try to break out of comfort zones, and work diligently to realize our full potential in every aspect of our daily lives.

We have an opportunity to maximize the impact we make in the lives of those we come in contact with as we attempt to bet-ter ourselves and the world around us. The adage of treating others as you would like to be treated is a winning solution.

First, we may have to make changes in how we treat ourselves. Investing the time to create a healthy lifestyle now can produce years of dividends in your future. You may want to sign up for fitness classes at the Sports Club, committing to exercise on a regular basis, and/or enjoying the facilities of our community whether it be on the golf course, tennis courts, swimming pool, biking or taking a relaxing walk around your neighborhood or the Park in the Meadows. Make conscious decisions for health-ier eating and sleeping habits. Those good habits will produce the energy needed to reach out to those in our community, the surrounding area and beyond.

You may want to participate in the whirlwind of activities at the club and/or the plethora of social, political and charitable organizations throughout Bentwater. There is no substitute for getting to know those in your community, identifying with them and assisting when needs arise. We are not an island unto ourselves and are designed to need each other. You can extend yourself to others throughout the community and because of those efforts, your life will be more fulfilled.

You may wish to consider making contributions of time and talents to better the lives of those who may not be as fortu-nate. Bentwater is filled with people who give of themselves to organizations that benefit our extended community. Your life becomes much more enriched by touching others.

When you resolve to enhance your life, keep in mind that typically Americans struggle with following through with the resolutions that they make. Twenty percent break them after the first week and eighty percent are broken before the end of the year. There are some key things that can assist in achieving the goals you have deemed important to you for this new year.

• Makeaplan.Aplancannotsucceedifthereisnotone to follow.

• Outlineyourplanwithwaysyoucanmeasureyour progress.

• Focusonthegoalandnotthecircumstances.

• Makeaproandconlist,keepingitavailabletoencourage you when you become tired or disheartened.

• Shareitwithothers.Youmayfindthattheyencourageyou or even join you.

• Trackyourprogressandrewardyourself.

• Don’tgiveupifyoufalter,getupandkeepgoing.

• Thisisn’tatemporaryfix,youareenhancingyourlifefor the rest of your life.

As the ball drops and the confetti falls, remember…

This Is The Life!

Make the most of yours.

Bettering Ourselves And The World Around Us Staying Focused On The Goals

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This short bibliography is only a small number of articles com-piled by Mayor Webb Melder, City of Conroe, Texas while searching brackish water treating technology. Clearly, there has been brackish water knowledge in the literature since before 1971. Available literature, processing brackish water technol-ogy and interest in brackish water as a potable water source has grown rapidly since 1971. The cost of processing brackish water to potable water has declined by 50% or more in the last decade. State Water Plans since 2001 have stressed the need for brackish water use as an alternate to overstressed aquifers and surface water building cost. Texas Water Development Board has funded brackish water studies and assisted financially in the construction of brackish water plants. Brackish water is an alter-native to building new surface water and extends use of existing surface water and potable aquifer water resources.

1971, November, Popkin TWDB Report # 136 Ground-Water Resources of Montgomery County, Texas Detailed discussion of groundwater resources in Montgomery County, TX with maps showing aquifer profiles and depths.

http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/Ground WaterReports/GWReports/Individual%20Report%20 htm%20files/Report%20136.htm

1998, February TRANS–TEXAS WATER PROGRAM Southeast Area Technical Memorandum - Desalination Report Brown & Root, FEB 20, 1998,Sponsors: Sabine River Author-ity of Texas, Lower Neches Valley Authority, San Jacinto River Authority, City of Houston, Brazos River Authority, and Texas Water Development Board.

This document is a product of the Trans-Texas Water Program: Southeast Area. The program’s mission is to propose the best economi-cally and environmentally beneficial methods to meet water needs in Texas for the long term. The Phase I study concluded that desalination is feasible only if the required future water demand cannot be met by other, more conventional water supply meth-ods. High capital costs, high-energy requirements, high costs of operation and maintenance and brine disposal costs result in desalting production costs several times higher than other con-ventional water supply sources.

The Phase I Report, however, did not specifically evaluate the concept of desalination of brackish groundwater. Studies per-formed by others for the Texas Water Development Board

suggest that this specific desalination source water method may have merit and deserves review.

A desalting plant sized to meet the San Jacinto-Brazos basin demand short fall in 2040 is proposed for study. The desalting plant will be sized to deliver 44,600 afy (40 mgd) to southeast-ern Harris and northern Galveston counties. Construction of this facility would begin in approximately year 2038 to come online to meet demand shortfalls in year 2040. Assumed data: Input TDS 2,300, 31wells @ 1,500 feet spacing, design treated water 40 million gallons per day with 85 % design recovery of charge water. 44,600 Ac-Ft/Yr. Projected $1.84/1,000 operating cost with projected construction cost of $151 Million exclusive of debt service and final resolution of brine disposal.

http://www.sra.dst.tx.us/srwmp/ttwp/br-ocs/final/ DESAL_REPORT.pdf

2006 Chapter 2, Geology of the Gulf Coast Aquifer, Texas Ali H. Chowdhury, PhD, Mike Turco. TWDB PUBLICATION # 365. Detailed discussion of how Gulf Coast Aquifer (Texas) was formed over geological time with cross section diagrams and maps.

http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/ground waterreports/gwreports/r365/ch02geology.pdf

2006 Chapter 13 Status Report on Brackish Groundwater and Desalination in the Gulf Coast Aquifer of Texas Sanjeev Kalas-wad, Ph.D., P.G and Jorge Arroyo, P.E. TWDB Report # 365. Detailed report with projections of water volumes and TDS val-ues in Regional Planning Regions G through P. Projects Region H to have 60.8 million Acre Feet of brackish water with a TDS less than 3,000 plus another 25 million Acre Feet of brackish water with TDS of 3,000 to 10,000. Availability is projected to be high with production cost low to moderate.

http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/Ground WaterReports/GWReports/R365/ch13-GulfCoastBrack Paper.pdf

2006-2007 El Paso brackish water plant. Plant design objective is to blend moderately fresh ground water with RO treated brackish water product to meet 27.5 million gallons per day (MG/D) of useable drinking water. Wells: 13 moderately fresh water and 13 brackish water with three (3) residue disposal wells.

Cost $ 87 million. Reference: SJRA Phase 1 product @ 22.3 MG/D using Lake Conroe water with cost reported at $ 500 million.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/ El-Paso-s-15-year-wait-for-desalination-plant-is- 1794691.php

Houston Chronicle August 9, 2007, Deep well injection of Desalinization Concentrate in El Paso Texas: William R. Hutchison- EL PASO WATER UTILITIES. LBG_Guyton, 2006, Desalinization in Texas. John Seifert and John Rogers. Government Engineering May-June 2006

2007 Membrane Desalination Cost, American Membrane Technology Association. Discusses membranes used for desalination and desalinization cost reduction of over 50 % in last decade.

http://www.amta.org.com

2008, April Guidance Manual for Brackish Groundwater Desalinization in Texas Prepared for Texas Water Development Board by NRS Consulting Engineers. Case study on develop-ment of the North Cameron Regional Water Desalinization

SHORT LIST BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brackish Water Knowledge

Plant producing 2.2 millions gallons per day of drinking water for less than $1.40 per 1,000 gallons.

http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/innovativewater/desal/ projects/northcameron/

http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/RWPG/rpgm_ rpts/0604830581_BrackishDesal.pdf

2009, As of July, 2009, NRS Consulting Engineers reported six Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination plants in operation with three additional RO plants in design phase. Recent information and constructed plant locations may be found at:

http://www.nrsengineeers.com

2011, VSEP membrane technology. This relatively new tech-nology in membrane desalting technology claims to be able to reduce membrane residue from desalinization to 3 % from more typical 25 %.

http://www.vsep.com/technology/index.html

Lake Conroe Communities Network Board Member Dan Davis for Mayor Webb Melder - Winter, 2011

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Bentwater is blessed to have many wonderful people living in our community and none more delightful then the 91-year old tennis player, Vicki Askew. She moved here in 2011 from Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, and wasted no time getting involved in all of the activities that Bentwater has to offer.

Vicki can be seen playing bridge, working out in the fitness center, or attending North Shore Church… but most impres-sive is her love for the game of tennis. You may see her during a weekly private tennis lesson with our Director of Tennis, Mike Doty, or perhaps during her early morning tennis match with friends Susan James, Francis Halter and Ruth Moser. If that is not enough tennis for the 91 year old, she participates on the

Tennis & Vicki AskewA Love Of The Game For A Lifetime

C-Pink North Country Women’s League Team Workout Drill, plus she can be seen at the Saturday morning Club Drill. Vicki started playing tennis at the age of 50 and quickly fell in love with a game that can be played for a lifetime.

Vicki’s love for tennis has been widely recognized by the instal-lation of a beautiful six-court tennis center with three indoor/ three outdoors courts that have been dedicated in her name and donated to the city of Ebensburg.

Vicki has two sons, Rod McMahon, who lives on the other side of Lake Conroe, and Vince McMahon, who is the owner of the WWF World Wrestling Federation, and 12 great grandchildren.

Susan James, Francis Halter, Ruth Moser, Vicki Askew 91-year old Vicki Askew

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End of December 2011 December 19 – 30 Monday through Friday -M.I.S.D. Winter Break

December 20 Tuesday -The Crighton Theater presents the ‘Cow-boy Christmas Show with Michael Martin Murphey’ at 8 pm. For more info, visit www.crightontheatre.org.

December 20 – 28 Tuesday through Wednesday -Starting at sunset on December 20, Hanukkah. It lasts for eight days begin-ning at sunset the previous day and is also known as the Festival of Lights.

December 21 Wednesday -Toyota Center hosts the Houston Aeros vs. the Texas Stars at 7:05 pm.

December 23 Friday -Toyota Center presents ‘Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Winter Tour 2011’ at 4 pm and 8 pm.

December 24 Saturday -Christmas Eve

-Bentwater - Golf Shop closes at 1 pm. Golf Carts must be checked in by 3 pm

December 25 Sunday -Christmas Day - The birth of Jesus Christ, described in this passage from the Gospel of Saint Luke in the New Testament, has been celebrated by Christians for more than 1600 years. The Christmas season begins on the First Sunday of Advent and ends on Epiphany. Christmas is also a popular secular holiday which focuses upon the many versions of St. Nicholas and other traditions such as Christmas carols, mistletoe, Christmas cards, and gift giving.

-Bentwater - All Club Facilities will be closed in recognition of the holiday.

December 26 Monday -Toyota Center hosts the Houston Aeros vs. the San Antonio Rampage at 7:05 pm.

December 28 – 29 Tuesday and Wednesday -Bentwater Golf Academy hosts the Holi-day Junior Golf Camp starting at 9 am. For more info, contact Bentwater Club at 936-597-6219

December 30 -Toyota Center presents ‘Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best Live Tour Ever!’ at 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm. For more info, visit www.toyotacenter.com

December 31 Saturday -New Year’s Eve

-Reliant Stadium hosts the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas. Kick off your New Year’s Eve as the Big Ten faces off against the Big 12 at 11 am. Come early and enjoy TexFest, the official pregame party. For more info, visit www.meinekecarcarbowloftexas.com.

-Bentwater - Celebrate the New Year at the New Year’s Eve Bash at the Country Club at 7 pm. For reservations, contact Bentwater Club at 936.597.6219.

-Reliant Park presents ‘Young Jeezy’ in con-cert. For more info, visit www.ticketmaster.com.

-The Hobby Center presents ‘Bach and Time’ at 9 pm. For more info, visit www.thehobbycenter.org.

January 2012 January 1 Sunday -New Year’s Day

-Toyota Center hosts the Houston Aeros vs. the Oklahoma City Barons at 5:05 pm.

January 2 Monday -Bentwater - 2012 Fitness Challenge Begins, start out the new year with a healthy perspective on life. For more information, contact Bentwater Club at 936.597.6219

January 6 Friday -Toyota Center hosts the Houston Aeros vs. the Rockford IceHogs at 7:35 pm.

-The Hobby Center presents ‘Free of the Ground’ at 7:30 pm. For more info, visit www.thehobbycenter.org.

-Day of Ephipany - It commemorates three events—the baptism of Jesus (Mark 1), the visit of the Wise Men to Bethlehem (Mat. 2), and the miracle at Cana (John 2).

January 7 Saturday -Reliant Stadium presents ‘Monster Jam’ at 7 pm. For more info, visit www.reliantpark.com.

January 9 – 15 Monday through Sunday -The Hobby Center presents ‘The Addams Family’. For more info, visit www.thehobbycenter.org.

January 11 Wednesday -Bentwater - Boat Show Bus Trip to Reli-ant Park at 12 pm. For more info, contact Bentwater Club at 936-597-6219.

January 13 Friday -M.I.S.D. Student Holiday

January 14 Saturday -Bentwater - Ladies Golf Association hosts the LGA Chili Open at 10 am. For reservations, contact Bentwater Club at 936.597.6219

-The Crighton Theatre presents, ‘Suzy Bog-guss’ at 7:30 pm. For more info, visit www.crightontheatre.org.

January 16 Monday -M.I.S.D. Holiday recognizing Martin Luther King

January 20 Friday -Toyota Center hosts the Houston Aeros vs. the San Antonio Rampage at 7:35 pm.

-The Society for the Performing Arts pres-ents ‘Joshua Bell, Violin’ at 8 pm. Joshua Bell has been captivating audiences worldwide since the age of 14 with his musicality, debuting in a highly acclaimed orchestral event with the Philadelphia Orchestra. For more info, visit www.spahouston.org.

January 20 – 22 Friday through Sunday -The Christian Youth Theater presents, ‘Annie Jr.’ at the Crighton Theatre. For more info, visit www.cythouston.org.

January 21 Saturday -Reliant Stadium presents ‘Monster Jam’ at 7 pm. For more info, visit www.reliantpark.com.

January 21 – 22 Saturday through Sunday -Reliant Park hosts the Houston Gun Col-lectors & Antiques Show from 9 am until 6 pm and the 26th Annual Tristar Collectors Show. For more info, visit www.reliantpark.com.

January 22 Sunday -Toyota Center hosts the Houston Aeros vs. the San Antonio Rampage at 5:05 pm.

January 23 – 30 Monday through Monday -The Hobby Center presents ‘Bring It On’. For more info, visit www.thehobbycenter.org.

January 25 - 29 Wednesday through Sunday -Reliant Park hosts the Houston Auto Show. For more info, visit www.houstonautoshow.com.

January 27 - 28 Friday through Saturday -The Owen Theatre presents, ‘Nunsense’, a musical by Dan Goggin at 8 pm. This show is about a fund raiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia.

January 27 – 29 Friday through Sunday -The Christian Youth Theater presents, ‘Annie Jr.’ at the Crighton Theatre. For more info, visit www.cythouston.org.

January 30 Monday -The Houston Museum of Fine Art pres-ents the ‘7th Annual Movies Houstonians Love Film Series’ at 7 pm. The series was developed by the MFAH film committee in order to introduce new audiences to the museum’s year-round film offerings. For more info, visit www.mfah.org.

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