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MAY - JUNE 2011Gleannloch Farms

A Change in Color?

Brooke Donelson - Klein Oak Lauren Brasfield - Klein High

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27Sometimes change is hard to take. From the moment we discover wewill be parents, we want the best for our children. Please keep up with the re-zone issue and attend the meetings.

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My husband, Ken, and I have lived in Northwest Houston since 1976 and in Gleannloch Farms for 6 years. Ken is a business broker in the area. My 88 year old mother as well as our daughter and son in law also live in Gleannloch. With the arrival of their twins, Bryce and Lauren, in Feb., there are 4 generations in Gleannloch! I am running for the Board of our HOA to help contribute to keeping Gleannloch the premier community it is for future generations. The following are my experiences and accomplishments which I feel qualify me to serve.

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Because of the growth here in Spring the Klein ISD is looking at options for the high schools. Currently the school board is looking to rezone Gleannloch Farms and this will take effect in the 2012-2013 school year because the campus is overcapacity and projected to grow. Please be aware that there is a Community Forum on May 31st from 7:00-8:30pm at Klein Oak High School. The board vote will be July 11 at 7:00pm at Klein central office. The web site has the information WWW.KleinISD.net. then click on the high school zoning link to the left for pertinent dates.

Q: How will this effect Gleannloch residents?A: You are assuming in this scenario that Gleannloch is being rezoned. There are currently viable options that do not change or rezone Gleannloch. This will be decided on July 11, 2011 at the board meeting.

Q: I But if we are re-zonned will my child be able to finish out at Klein Oak High school and will transportation will be provided? A: No, if the subdivision is rezoned in 2012, juniors and seniors may be grandfathered but will have to provide their own transportation or ride a bus from a predetermined, designated stop in a nearby neighborhood. (this is the current draft policy and that must be Board approved so that is also subject to change)

Q: If you have a current 8th grader (Class of 2015) -Freshman in the fall , live in Gleannloch and we are rezoned is there a chance that my student may attend Klein Oak for 2 years and then transfer to Klein High School ?A: Yes, if the subdivision is rezoned in 2012.

Q: Are there any exceptions to keep my student at Klein Oak if we are rezoned?A: When a family simultaneously having children zoned to two different School district high schools, a year by year transfer shall be granted in order for the younger siblings to attend and be graduates of the high school currently attended by the older siblings.

The transfer may be revoked by a written request from at the parent of guardian by June 30 of each school year. Note: Subject to be approved by the board.

In the school year of 2011-12, if a ninth grade student earns a varsity letter in any athletic program, or has officially been selected for a varsity program for the following year, this student will be granted the option to remain at Klein Oak through graduation as long as the student provides their own transportation or rides a district bus from a pre-determined, designated stop in a nearby neighborhood. Note: Subject to be approved by the board

In the school year of 2011-12, If a ninth grade student lettered in music or other UIL non-athletic events, or was member of good standing of the drill team for the entire school year or qualified for a varsity program for the following year, and is rezoned for 2012-13 the student will provide their own transportation or ride a district bus from a pre-determined, designated stop in a nearby neighborhood. Note: Subject to be approved by the board. All transfer students are subject to existing UIL eligibility requirements.

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Q: Is there a chance for a current 8th grader (Class of 2015) to start at Klein to attend all 4 years at Klein?A: No

If you still have questions. There is a Board meeting May 9th and the information will be place online for public comments. http://www.kleinisd.net this is the high school zoning link on July 11 the Board will vote at 7pm and this will be the final vote for the plans to re-zone.

This information is subject to change. To keep up with the latest news visit Kleinisd.net or attend the zoning meetings.

Kayla Gebbie (Incoming Freshmen): I don't want to change schools, or deal with the construction. Plus, I like the song "Black and Yellow" and they don't have a song called "Blue and Yellow!"

Rodney and Marcus Ripley (Sophmore & Freshman): Rodney doesn't want to leave Klein Oak due to his position on the football and track teams. Going to Klein would be okay bud he'd rather stay at Oak. Marcus would like to stay at Klein Oak as well, and attend the school that his brother is at.


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Clays 17717 Clay Road, Houston Featuring burgers, sandwiches and hearty meat-centric plates on the menu, Clay’s Restaurant is also home to live horses, chickens, goats, sheep and emu children can feed for a modest 25 cents. Clay’s also provides a sandbox for little ones, open space where older kids can bring footballs and Frisbees and free live music for adults. Kids meals including fries and a drink cost under $6.

Lupe Tortilla 22465 Tomball Parkway ( Hwy 249@ Spring Cypress) Dine on the patio while the kids play in the giant sandbox or let them expend energy while you wait.

Joes Crab Shack 17111 Tomball Parkway, Houston, Texas, 77064 Coloring pages and kids menu with variety along with a great patio and playground make Joe’s a family favorite.

The Backyard Grill 9453 Jones Rd., Houston, Texas, 77065 Great American style food, a sandbox for the kiddos and breakfast on weekends. Great menu selections for little one, all for under $5 including drink.

Santa Fe Flats 21542 HWY 249 (Near Jones Rd.), Houston, Texas, 77070 Great Menu and Cool Sandbox! Kids eat free on Monday with purchase of Adult Entree. All kids meals under $5 and include a drink and cookie for dessert.

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As a child, my wife Ann spent many summer days with her sisters rambling through Midwest farm country, picking blackberries for their traditional family fruit cobbler. The recipe had been handed down through five generations from Great Great Grandmother Cordelia Hudson.

Two decades later, when Ann and I moved to the suburbs, Ann resolved to resurrect the family tradition. She located a large blackberry patch next to the woods behind my neighbor David’s house. Every week in midsummer, she would disappear for a couple of hours, reappearing at home with a fresh bucket of blackberries. A couple hours later- voila! Grandma Cordelia’s homemade blackberry cobbler.

But a few years ago, my neighbor David had the blackberry bushes cut down. They blocked the view from his patio, he said, and he wanted a better vista. Ann related the tragedy that evening: “David tried to tell me those weren’t blackberries. He said, ‘Those are just ol’ sticker bushes.’ “ Ann rolled her eyes in mild disgust. Fearful I was hearing the swan song of an enjoyable family tradition, I chimed in with a helpful suggestion. It seemed to me the plump blackberries at the store were even better candidates than the ones Ann had been bringing home. Ann didn’t warm to my proposal. Picking the berries was part of the “whole experience,” she informed me curtly.

But Grandma Cordelia’s cobbler, I learned, is a versatile dish. Apparently any fruit will do. Persevering, Ann purchased blueberry bushes to plant in our front yard. A year later the first harvest was ready. Voila! Grandma’s fresh cobbler - with blueberries! Last week Joseph found blackberry bushes growing wild a couple miles from my house. Ann announced that blackberry picking would be a great family activity. Funny - a two mile walk in the hot sun to pick blackberries off sticker bushes didn’t sound like a fun family activity to me. It was a pretty long walk under the hot sun to the blackberry patch, and between the boys complaining and Ann telling me what great quality family time we were having, I was feeling pretty miserable. I felt my anger overflowing toward my good friend and neighbor David: Why oh why did you cut down those beautiful blackberry bushes in your backyard, you inconsiderate ignoramus?

But when we arrived to the sunny meadow, dotted with flitting birds and butterflies, we found many bushes, and indeed they were covered with blackberries. It was tricky reaching over the thorny branches to get the juiciest ones. The boys and I got into a healthy male competition about who could pick the most. And we laughed with male satisfaction to hear the other fellow yelp when a sticker found its way to vulnerable skin. In retrospect, it really was a good family time. And Ann was right – that evening the blackberry cobbler topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream was the best dessert I ever had.

It seems that Grandma Cordelia’s recipe neglects to mention the most important ingredients – effort and love. For all we do in life, when we put these into the mix, it makes everything better.

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!Farmers markets begin sprouting open as the first warm breezes start reminding us that spring and summer are just around the corner. Fertilized by increasing interest in foods that aren’t trucked or flown in from thousands of miles away, here are three great markets in our area that are stocked with fresh produce for your kitchen table.

Tomball Farmers MarketOpening April 2 thru July 30, providing the are eighteen weeks of the freshest, locally grown produce around. Conviently located at the corner of FM 2920 ( Main Street) and Cherry Street in Historic Downtown Tomball. 8am - 12 pm Daily.

Debbie’s Garden and Farmers MarketFresh local produce,from town around the area. Working with the local farming community, they offer Dustin Eggs from Weimar, Reed Honey from Magnolia and our own produce from Kalbow farms in Cypress. Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 9am-6pm and Sunday, 9am - 4pm. Located at the Corner of Old Hempstead Hwy and Huffmeister Rd.

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Dilorio Farms and Roadside Market The DiIorio Family has been growing fruits and vegetables for the public for four generations. DiIorio’s is a 20,000 square foot, fan cooled, roadside open air produce market that is open 12 months a year, 7 days a week. 750 Hightw 290 East, Hempstead Tx.

Canino’s Produce A favorite of local chefs, Canino’s is a giant farmers’ market that has been offering a tremendous selection of fresh fruits, vegetables, beans, vinegars, and even milk and eggs for years. Go to the very back for the best deals and the freshest hard-to-find items. Whatever you do, don’t miss the tamales. Open every day 6 a.m.-8:30 p.m. 2520 Airline Drive

Theiss Farm The Theiss Family has been producing vegetables and other farm and ranch products for over 158 years in Harris County. The main location of Theiss Farms Market began in the late 1970’s as a little stand under a shade tree selling homegrown tomatoes to friends and neighbors. We are known for our “Best tasting sweet Corn in Texas.” Come see us beginning with our opening in May, just behind the HEB store off Stuebner Airline, just north of Louetta. We sell our homegrown tomatoes and our summer sweet corn and a wide variety of fresh fruits and other home grown vegetables raised on our own farm. Open 7 days a week starting in May.

Jiral Farms Jiral Farms is a local Farmer's Market family owned and operated for 16 years. We first opened to the public May,15 1995 and offer fresh seasonal produce from our farm and from other local farms and sell our produce to Kroger and Canino's market located near Downtown Houston. We are known for our famous "homegrown tomatoes"! We also grow yellow squash,zucchini squash, mustard greens, collard greens, pickling cucumbers, corn, watermelon and also offer AC's Bees local honey from Spring, TX. Providing the weather is kind to us, we will open mid-May and close at the end of July when the season comes to an end. We are located at 9520 Spring Cypress Rd. next to Gleannloch Farms. Our hours of operation are Monday - Saturday 9am - 7pm and Sunday 10am - 5pm

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Every day I would drive by the church located here in Gleannloch Farms at 19920 Champion Forest Drive. I was curious about this location. So I asked if I could stop by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints and take some photos inside. I grew up in Minnesota where I only knew of 2 faiths, Catholic and Lutheran. I was surprise to learn that this location was a meeting house and was open to people of all ages, faiths and backgrounds are welcome. The church building serves nearly 1,100 Latter-day-Saints who reside in Gleannloch , Tomball, Spring and Klein areas. The 15,00 square foot meetinghouse has a "cultural hall" for sports and cultural arts activities. I found the tour to be delightful and I appreciate now how this is a wonderful addition to our subdivision.

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So where do you find a good pick up game of basketball here in Gleannloch? On an average Sunday around 3pm you can find quite a few guys in their of early 30's to mid 40's in age, and out on the court. Everyone is professional, friendly and from the Gleannloch subdivision. They always welcome new players and although the games are quite competitive, it is not super intense competition. Nobody is trying to re-live their high school glory years and end up with a visit to KSF Orthopedics and a professional visit with our local Gleannloch doctor, Dr George for knee surgery or ACL reconstruction!

The group gets together every Sunday at Frank Elementary School here in the subdivision. Occasionally during the summer they also get invites to play indoors at Klein Collins. They get together for the exercise and friendship more than anything else. There is a sign up for league play at Champion Forest Baptist Church, and play begins in June. Some of the usual suspects out on the court are Jim Houston, Truett Akin, Dr Tad Shirley , Mike Sumrald, Dr Bart Kennedy and Jason Spottswood, Julian Deakin, Eric Adams and Sean McAlister.

If you would like to join the group and get on the mail list contact email : [email protected]

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The helicopter ride donation is by Helicopter Services, Inc., at Hooks airport. 19931 Stuebner Airline, Spring, Tx. 77379 Telephone 281.370.4354 Fax. 281.251.1207 The owner/ General Manager is Jim Watkins. He was gracious enough to donate this prize to SNAPP (Klein Oak Senior Night after Prom) which is flight in a Robinson R-44 helicopter with a certified flight instructor.for two passengers.

Thank you for giving back to the community!!!

Community Electronics Recycling & Document Shredding Day

Saturday, June 11thNoon - 4 p.m.

Corrner of Champions Forest Dr. & Spring Cypress Dr.

Bring your unusable computers, cell phones and office electronics for recycling.

The Goddard School

The Goddard School, a private preschool for children 6 weeks to 6 years, is scheduled to open this summer.

8727 Eastloch Drive(Near Spring Cypress and Champions Forest)

For more information please call 281.251.4507 or visitwww.goddardschool.com

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if you are new to Gleannloch and want to meet your neighbors, please join us for BINGO (Babies In Need of Going Out) night which meet once a month. This is a night for the ladies to relax, have fun, and enjoy good company.

For additional information, please contact Maria Sonnen at 832.830.3489 or [email protected].


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Fishing for Summer ValuesI do not need to remind you that it is hot in Texas this time of year. E-mail requests for light, refreshing wines keep coming in. I also get requests for wines $5 or less that are good for everyday drinking. There are good wines that fill these requests, but the packaging may not be what you’re used to purchasing. You need to think inside the box in order to find the $5 value wines that you used to get in the bottle. Maybe you have noticed that the price of gas, food and everything else has gone up lately. The cost of glass, cork, labels, shipping and everything else that goes into producing a bottle of wine has gone up as well. Wineries have turned to the box to save money and to bring good wines to the consumer at a bargain price. One such winery is Fish Eye. The Pinot Grigio is a light white with flavors of green apple and citrus. A well-balanced wine to sip by the pool. The Shiraz is not a typical shiraz. This red wine is light with blackberry flavors. I chilled the shiraz and it was very refreshing. Fish Eye wines are made in California so that explains the lack of spice on the finish that a typical Australian shiraz would possess. I give both the Pinot Grigio and the Shiraz 3 out of 5 corks.

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