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February 2013

Special Offer Extended to Residents!

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2 oz of Friends & Family

5 oz of Delicious Food

3 oz of Great Conversation

1 oz of Chocolate bar

Cross Creek Ranch Valentine’s Love & Chocolate Adult Mixer

Saturday, February 9th

7pm-10pm at the Community Room

Live Music • Food • Drinks

Combine ingredients. Shake well for a great time at the Cross Creek Ranch Love & Chocolate Valentine Adult Mixer.

Join us at Cross Creek Ranch’s Love & Chocolate Valentine Adult Mixer on February 9th at 7

pm. with an evening of food, drinks, live music and dancing.

Dress to impress in cocktail attire, and capture the memories with friends in a photo booth.

Pick up your complimentary tickets at the CCR Fitness Center today!

Imagine the convenience of controlling your home’s thermostat and lighting, monitor appliances and arm or disarm your security system right from a mobile device.

Stop by the Welcome Center for a demonstration of an impressive home entertainment and security package from Connect One on Thursday, Feb 7 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm and Saturday, Feb. 9 from 10am to 12pm, offered exclusively to residents of Cross Creek Ranch.

The all-wireless package includes a 55-inch LED 3D Smart TV and sound bar, wireless blue tooth and a Blu-Ray Disc Player. It also includes two monitoring cameras, a lighting package and one-year of monitoring service.

Locally owned and operated since 1989, Connect One is an A+ member of the Better Business Bureau having completed more than 200,000 home entertainment and security installations.

Currently, our new homebuilders are offering this package for a limited time to those who purchase a new home in Cross Creek Ranch thru March 15, 2013. However we’ve asked Connect One to extend this limited-time offer to our wonderful residents!

Stop by the Welcome Center to learn more about these amazing home technologies.

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your neIghborhood Cross Creek Welcome Center281-344-9882

Cross Creek Ranch Fitness Center281-344-0078

Homeowner Intranet www.crosscreekranch.net

Café at Cross Creek Ranch281-341-1587

Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library281-346-1432

servIce provIders Homeowners Association - CIA ServicesRenea Miksch, HOA Community [email protected]

Trash -Royal Trash Collection713-526-1536

Water -Severn Trent Services 281-398-8211

Cable/Internet - AT&T U-Verse www.att.com/u-verse

City of Fulshear281-346-1796www.fulsheartexas.gov

Fulshear Post Office281-533-9146

Fort Bend County Sheriff281-341-4665

Fulshear Police Department281-346-2202

Fire Department281-346-2800

Animal Control281-342-1512

Emergency - 911

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Save a Life By SharingCross Creek Ranch Community Blood Drive Share your most precious gift through donating blood at the Cross Creek Ranch Community Blood Drive. Cross Creek Ranch has teamed up once again with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center to host a community-wide blood drive.

CCR Community Blood Drive

Saturday, February 23rd *11 am – 3 pm

Community Room

If you are in good health and want to make a difference in someone’s life, donate blood by signing up today at [email protected] or visit www.giveblood.org and login to Digital Donor. Enter sponsor code J937.

Cross Creek Ranch Cooking Demo by Ray’s Grill

Get the inside scoop from Chef Denver of Ray’s Grill Cooking Demo. The demonstration will give you a firsthand look at Chef Denver’s skills in the kitchen while you enjoy tasty samples. Chef Denver is one of the masterminds behind this neighborhood grill and bar’s most popular dishes. Who knows? You may be able to pick up a tip or two and cook to impress at your home!

Ray’s Grill Cooking DemoWednesday, February 20th * 6pm

Community Room

Space is limited, and you must R.S.V.P to reserve your spot for the demo. Email Robin at [email protected].

Fort Bend County Library Fulshear/Simoton Branch hosted a special interaction activity were children and parents teamed together to play games, make crafts, and enjoy stories.

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Get Swimsuit Ready with Beach Body BingoSpring Break is almost here and that means so is swimsuit season. The Cross Creek Fitness Center is here to help get you swimsuit ready! This month, we will be running our Beach Body Bingo program from February 15th to March 8th. This program will provide you with several free workouts and the chance to win a cash prize! Be on the lookout - sign ups begin on February 11th. To sign up, stop by the Fitness Center and ask one of our friendly staff members.

YOGA AnD PIlAteS PRIvAte InStRuCtIOn

The Cross Creek Fitness Center is now offering Yoga and Pilates private and small group instruction.

Yoga focuses on physical postures, called “asanas,” together with breathing exercises and meditation techniques to increase flexibility, strength, balance and promote stress reduction and body awareness. Classes can be designed to be more active, purely for relaxation or somewhere in between.

Pilates is a systematic whole body conditioning routine with emphasis on core stability, correct posture, spinal alignment and breath. Pilates increases strength, flexibility and total body awareness.

Private and small groups can be tailored to specific needs using one or both disciplines, whether for general health and fitness or for a specific need or condition.

To learn more about Yoga and Pilates instruction, contact April Zieschang at [email protected] or 281-344-0078.

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6:45 - 7:45Zumba(Beatriz)

9:00 - 9:45Sculpt & Tone(Kristen)

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shafer Elementary Shafers’s Keep Encouraging Youth toward Success (KEYS) mentor program offers a different view of volunteering. Mentors are adults who make a commitment to a child on the brink of success, spending 30 minutes per week with them during the school day for the duration of the school year. It isn’t tutoring: it’s talking. If you are interested in becoming a mentor at Shafer Elementary, please contact Alicia Leung at [email protected].

Huggins Elementary Huggins Elementary school has a new principal. The Lamar CISD Board of Trustees approved Doug Waddill as the principal at Huggins for the 2012/2013 school year. He has a bachelor’s degree in Music from Harding University and his master’s degree in Administrative and Supervision from the University of Houston. He has seven years of teaching experience in Fort Bend ISD and Lamar CISD, one year of administrative experience in the private sector and three years of administrative experience in Brenham ISD. Most recently, Waddill has served as the assistant principal at Velasquez Elementary, beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. Let’s welcome Mr. Waddill to Huggins.

Cross Creek Ranch will open a sparkling new pool in the summer of 2013, as the fast-growing west Houston master-planned community expands its already impressive aquatics amenities. Located south of the intersection of Fry Road and Flewellen Oaks, Cross Creek Ranch’s second pool will be open to all residents with ample surrounding shade structures and lounge seating to create an ideal family retreat. The 75-foot long pool also will host swim meets and be available for lap swimming.

The new pool at Cross Creek Ranch will join the community’s signature Water Park at Adventure Island where families enjoy a 200-foot water slide, Splash-n-Spray Park, wading pool and tanning shelves with water jets to create one of west Houston’s most complete water experiences.

Two Proposed Elementary schoolsDuring their December Board meeting, the Katy ISD Board of Trustees approved a recommendation by Superintendent Alton Frailey to retain the services of SBWV Architects for the design of proposed Elementary Schools No. 36 and No. 37. Funding for the design and construction of the two new elementary schools is available through 2010 Bond project savings.

“The project savings are a direct result of the intense bidding competition in 2011,” said Katy ISD Chief Operations Officer Tom Gunnell. “We are fortunate to have been able to build all of our new schools below projected costs, lending us the opportunity to use savings for additional schools without cutting anything out of our original bond plan.”

The recommendation for both campuses comes as a result of the growing population in the district’s southwestern quadrant and the need for at least two new elementary schools as early as 2014. One school is proposed for the Pine Mill Ranch development and the other within the Cross Creek Ranch development. The new schools will be refined repeats of the three new elementary schools opened in August 2012. Construction proposal recommendations will be presented to the Board at a later date.

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• February 9th - Cross Creek Ranch Valentine’s Love & Chocolate Adult Mixer 7 - 10 pm

• February 14th - Valentine’s Day

• February 15th - Beach Body Bingo

• February 18th - President Day

• February 20th - Ray’s Grill Cooking Demo 6pm-7pm

• February 23rd - Cross Creek Ranch Community Blood Drive 11 am - 3 pm

calendar of events

www.crosscreektexas.comwww.facebook.com/crosscreektexasto receive community updates and event photos

Nature SightingsWhat type of wildlife have you seen in CCR? Share your story at [email protected].

Red-winged BlackBiRd

One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored,

the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on

telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff

up or hide depending on how confident they feel. Females are a subdued,

streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow.

Look for Red-winged Blackbirds in fresh and saltwater marshes, along watercourses, water hazards on golf

courses, and wet roadsides, as well as drier meadows and old fields. In winter, you can find them at crop

fields, feedlots, and pastures.

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