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Hi! Hearthstone Neighbors!
D HEARTHSTONE STATISTICS
O L as of August 11, 2020
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8 Active Homes
12 Pending Sales
Reneé Baker 48 Homes Sold in
Hearthstone Resident 32 Years
39 Years Real Estate Experience the Last 6 Months
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ALL SECTIONS OF HEARTHSTONE
Hearthstone Garden Club hearthstonegardenclub@gmail.com
President - Christine Kalmbach 832-755-2954
Children’s Co-op Kelly Blackstone 713-548-3827
hearthstonemoms@gmail.com
Swim Team Hugh McKinney 713-822-5490
Hearthstone Country Club 281-463-2201
Hearthstone HOA, Inc.
SCHOOLS
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7; Hearthstone Green,
Horne Elementary School 281-463-5954
Sections 1, 2, 3 & 4; Avila Ct. Estates, Hearthstone Meadows. Owens Elementary School 281-463-5915
Labay Middle School 281-463-5800
BOARD MEMBERS Truitt Middle School 281-856-1100
President: Christine Kalmbach
Cy-Falls High School 281-856-1000
President-Elect: Shannon Bouffard
www.cfisd.net
1st Vice President: Cat Viola
2nd Vice President: Marci Moreno TRASH/WATER
3rd Vice Presidents: Carol Boyd, Shaunda Gomez, and Tara Haire Water District Spencer Rd PUD 281-469-5740
Secretary: Christina Saha WCA (Waste Corportion of America) 281-368-8397
Treasurer: Debbie Mosely
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY Fire/Ambulance 911
INFRAMARK Harris County Constables 281-463-6666
2002 West Grand Parkway North, Suite 100, Katy, TX 77449 Sheriff 713-221-6000
Office: 281-870-0585 | Mobile: 281-371-4154 Poison Control 800-222-1222
Customer Service: 281-870-0585 | www.inframark.com Animal Control 281-999-3191
Manager: Katie Ivanics Katie.Ivanics@inframark.com Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation 713-941-8972
I am here to assist you with all your HOA questions and concerns. Please Mosquito Control 713-796-6900
feel free to contact me at any time. Children’s Protective Svs 713-394-4000
DPS Sex Offenders website http://records.txdps.state.tx.us
COMMITTEES Harris Co. Public Health & Envir 713-439-6000
Architectural Control - Virgil Hydes Street Light Repair (give pole #) 713-207-2222
Community Relations - Terry Gingell www.centerpointenergy.com/outage
Security - Scooter Cantrell To report gas leaks 713-659-3552
Street Repair 281-463-6300
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REMINDER: Thank you to the ladies and others who are serving in Leadership this
Please be mindful of the Harris County Leash Law and be certain that year!
your pets are on a leash when not confined to your home or backyard.
This month, on September 15th at 6:30 PM, we plan to have an in-person
WEBSITE social with an option to join virtually! We will have a plant swap (please
Hearthstone Board is excited to announce that Hearthstone HOA has bring a plant to swap) and will have some fun games with proper social
partnered with a technology company NabrNetwork to bring to you distancing in place at Hearthstone Country Club, 7615 Ameswood Drive,
Townsquare, which has been selected as our official, Board-approved Houston, TX 77095. Please be sure and RSVP to Christine Kalmbach at
communication tool/website for Hearthstone HOA! Accessible via mobile 832-755-2954 or at HearthstoneGardenClub@gmail.com. Please be
phone, tablet and desktop - and completely private. A Townsquare sure and check our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/groups/
welcome letter was recently sent out to all homeowners. If you didn’t hearthstonegardenclubtx and we will be launching a new website soon!
receive the letter please follow these steps to sign up.
Some upcoming meetings will include guest speakers on Snakes,
1. Access townsquare at https://inframarkims.com/what-we-do/ Container Gardening, Orchids, Plant Propagation, Ponds/Aquatic
association-management/ Features, along with our Annual Holiday Auction (a community favorite
2. Click on townsquare in the right-side menu and we are looking for Business Sponsors and donations), our Annual
3. Confirm your zip code and select “I live in Hearthstone HOA” Holiday Party and our Officer Installation Dinner as well!
4. Select “I am an owner”
5. Enter your unique Account Number DO’S AND DON’TS OF DEED RESTRICTIONS
Deed restrictions or often called “restrictive covenants” (especially in
If you don’t have your account number please call 281-870-0585 or email the context of homeowners associations) are restrictions contained in
Katie.Ivanics@Inframark.com to assist. Please note moving forward this incorporating documents that limit how a property can be used or what
will be the new website and the old Hearthstone website will no longer can be built on it. Subdivision developers create these restrictions in
be used. order to keep size, quality and nature of housing consistent in an effort to
maintain market value of the subdivision.
For the most part, Hearthstone residents abide by our deed restrictions.
Yards are kept clean and neat. Home exteriors are washed and unsightly
mold is removed. Our neighbors file the required ACC forms when making
changes to their home exteriors or adding a room or other structure.
Trailers are not parked in driveways or on the street for extended periods
of time and commercial vehicles are kept in garages.
However, there are always a few who, from time to time forget or are
not well informed about to do’s and don’ts of our deed restrictions. We
need your help. We need everyone to follow the deed restrictions. If you
aren’t familiar with them, they can be found in the documents section
of our website. If you’re not sure, call the management company. Our
management company inspects the community once a month checking
for violations. There are times when they will miss something. If you have
a neighbor who is a continuing violator, call the management company.
If you want to remain anonymous call Katie Ivanics directly and let her
know.
Moving forward, the Board has instructed the management company
to continue to inspect closely for violations and follow up with notices
allowed by law.
HEARTHSTONE YARD OF THE MONTH
August arrived and the dog days of summer are here! If you’re having 1) The first notice is a courtesy letter.
a ruff time with the heat, roll over to lovely 14303 Sandalfoot, home 2) If the violation is not cured within 30 days a second letter is sent.
of Rodney Scarborough. You will find a paws-itively lush green yard 3) If the violation continues another 30 days it is referred to our attorney
bordered by ferns, caladiums, roses, impatiens and bottlebrush under and a third letter is sent. The attorney letter results in a $302.50 charge to
the shade of magnolia, pine and a live oak tree. Overall a winner... very the homeowners account.
fetching! 4) Continuing violations and/or non-payment of a homeowners account
can lead to a notice of foreclosure.
SEPTEMBER HGC NEWS
Thank you to our guests and members who were able to join us virtually For the good of all of our homeowners in Hearthstone, let’s keep our
for our monthly August meeting! We loved learning more about Herb community clean and neat. Thanks to all of you who already abide by
Gardening from Kim Paredes! Thank you, Kim! the rules and thanks in advance to those few who will strive to do better!
We are also pleased to announce our new Board for 2020-2021 STOP THAT BARKING
President: Christine Kalmbach Many dogs left alone all day get lonely, bored and restless. Many find
President-Elect: Shannon Bouffard relief in barking. Some respond noisily to any and all activity. But, nothing
1st Vice President: Cat Viola is as annoying as incessant barking - even for dog lovers. If your dog is a
2nd Vice President: Marci Moreno yapper or a yowler, please consider some of these bark-abatement ideas
3rd Vice Presidents: Carol Boyd, Shaunda Gomez, and Tara Haire to keep the noise down in your area. Your neighbors will thank you!
Secretary: Christina Saha
Treasurer: Debbie Mosely • Training. Always the first recommendation for any behavioral problem!
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Help is as close as the Yellow Pages. Training not only helps your dog, BOARD MEETING
you’ll be surprised how much it helps you, too. You may get some insight Board Meetings are now bi-monthly, usually on the 3rd Wednesday at 6
into why your dog barks so much or what it is trying to communicate. PM. Hearthstone Country Club.
• Citronella collars. A humane alternative to the electric-shock, anti- LOST & FOUND PETS IN HEARTHSTONE
barking collar and costs about the same. Available on the web and in Folks in Hearthstone are very helpful in getting lost pets reunited with
pet stores. their owners, but all dog owners should ensure that there is a tag on each
dog with their name, address and phone number. Local pet stores have
• Confinement. Sometimes simply bringing an outspoken dog indoors machines that make tags like this while you wait. At least that would help
or confining it to a crate can cut down on the disturbance to neighbors. found dogs get back home quicker and with less trauma.
• For inside dogs, reduce stimulus. Close drapes to help muffle street
HEARTHSTONE HOA EMAIL ALERTS
noise or leave a radio on to mask it.
Just register at the site using “Join our Mailing Lists” on the opening page.
You will be automatically added to the email group. This group will be
• Companionship. Dogs are pack animals; they need companionship
used to quickly but sparingly, get information out to members between
- a cat, bird or another dog. Consider a mid-day visit from a pet-sitting
newsletters. If you would like these messages sent to more than one
service or drop your pooch off at a friend’s place or a day-care facility
email address, just register again with each address you want included
once or twice a week.
in the group. The addresses will not be sold, distributed or used for any
purpose other than association business. Your address will not even
Keep in mind that dogs who bark from loneliness or boredom, may not
be shared among group members. Messages sent to the group will be
do it when you are home. Meanwhile, your neighbors may be getting
limited to those authorized by the HOA Board of Directors. If you have
serenaded while you are away.
already joined the email group, you do not need to do so again.
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR HEARTHSTONE EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS
HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE When making any changes to the exterior of your home, please keep in
The Harris County Constable’s Office, Precinct 5 is now offering a class mind that you must first submit an application and receive written approval.
on Rape Aggression Defense (RAD). RAD is one of the best women’s self- An application can be obtained by sending a request to customercare@
defense courses available. It’s a program based on realistic self-defense inframark.com. The call center main number is 281-870-0585. The hours
tactics and techniques. It is a comprehensive self-defense course for are 7 AM to 6 PM Monday through Thursday and 7 AM to 5 PM on Fridays.
women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and
avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defensive
“THE HEARTHSTONE NEWS” IS AVAILABLE ONLINE
training. If you’re interested in more information and signing up, go to
The Hearthstone Newsletter can be viewed (in color), online at
this link:
krenekprinting.com. Go to www.krenekprinting.com, Click on
newsletters, Select Highway 6, Select Hearthstone and Click to read.
https://constablepct5.com/index.php/rad
Make sure if you or your family goes on vacation to put in a “Vacation
SAFETY TIPS - AVOID BEING A VICTIM
1. Call the constable’s office anytime you see a suspicious person and do
Watch” with our department. That way you’ll know your house is being
not let race, age or gender influence you calling (a suspicious person is
watched by our patrol deputies. You can fill out a vacation watch form
anyone you do not recognize on your street).
online here:
2. Call the constable’s office when you see a suspicious vehicle (any
vehicle parked in front of your neighbor’s home or driving around your
https://constablepct5.com/index.php/vacation-watch/
street that you don’t recognize).
https://constablepct5.com/index.php/special-watch/
3. Always keep all your doors and windows locked even when you are at
home.
Or you can call our dispatch at 281-463-6666.
4. Always keep your overhead garage door in the down position.
5. Remember neighbors looking out for neighbors are how the police
HEARTHSTONE STREETLIGHTS catch the bad guys.
The Hearthstone HOA coordinates maintenance of all the streetlights
6. Make sure to do a vacation watch whenever you go out of town.
throughout the community. This includes the “cobra head” lights like
7. If someone comes to your door, always go to the door and acknowledge
you see along many streets and highways, as well as the decorative light
that you are there and remember to never open the door for anyone that
poles along Huffmeister and in some of the neighborhoods.
you do not know. The bad guys in almost all cases do not want you to be
home. Then always call the constable’s office so that we can check them
Cobra head streetlights need to be reported to CenterPoint, using the
out. When they leave your house, they are going to your neighbors.
pole number, which is the “address” for the light. It is a six digit number
8. If you have children that stay at home alone, no matter what their age,
facing the street. You can report streetlights that are not working or
they need to go to the door and have a preplanned story for whoever is
staying on during the day at http://cnp.centerpointenergy.com/outage
there (my dad is working on the computer, he says to come back later).
(Google streetlight outage) or give us the pole number and we will do
Then have them call the constable’s office.
it for you.
9. Never do business with people you don not know and trust. Never
open the door for solicitors. If no one in the neighborhood buys anything
Outages or problems with decorative streetlights should be reported to
from them, the companies that they work for will quit sending them into
Inframark at 281-870-0585. Please note the exact intersection or closest
your subdivision.
address. The association has a contractor doing a monthly nighttime
10. Always lock your vehicles and never leave anything of value in plain
inspection for lights that are out, but if you see a problem, please report
sight (covering up an item with a jacket doesn’t count).
it, so we can achieve our goal to keep all the lights on all the time.
Our dispatch number is 281-463-6666 (please put this number in your cell
phone as 911 constable or A constable so that it is one of the first contacts).
TRASH DAYS
Trash days are Tuesdays and Fridays with recycling pickup on Fridays. If Officer Roy Guinn, Community Relations and Crime Prevention
you have questions, call 281-368-8397. Harris County Constables Office Pct. 5 • 281-463-6666
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HEARTHSTONE MOM’S CO-OP
ATTENTION MOMS!
If you’ve ever considered joining a mom’s group, look no further! Located right here in STEVE TOUCHY
Hearthstone, our group is designed to celebrate our kids and of course... ourselves! Each year
we host several events for the moms, kids and families to get to know our neighborhood Attorney At Law
pals. Events include a Spring Festival, Summer Splash Bash, Back to School Talent Show, Fall Serving Businesses and Families Since 1983
Festival & Hot Momma Chili Cook-off, Bad Mom’s Christmas Dinner & Ornament Exchange,
Holiday Market and Santa Visits. Dues are $30 for the year and cover the cost of all planned Copperfield/Cypress
events for the kids. Contact Nicole Allen at 610-248-4745 or email hearthstonemoms@
gmail.com for more information. Please also check out our website at https://sites.google.
com/view/hearthstone-moms-co-op/home. • Wills • Trusts • Probate
• Divorce • Employment
TEENAGE JOB SEEKERS • Adoption • Consumer Law
If you are between 12 and 18 and would like to be added to the teenage job seeker’s list, • Incorporation • Collections
please fill out the form on our website (www.krenekprinting.com, click submissions and • Partnership • Liens
choose Jobseekers) with your name, birthdate (mo. & yr.), phone number, year you will
graduate and the name of your newsletter/subdivision. Check the list of jobs you want on • Real Estate • Commercial Law
your form. Please make sure your email is correct, we send emails in the summer to make
sure all the info is still good and that you want to stay on the list. If we do not hear back
from you after 3 tries, we will remove you from the list until we do. Must have parent(s)
permission.
281-858-0700
stevetouchy@yahoo.com
DISCLAIMER: Neither the subdivision, nor Krenek Printing is responsible for those listed on 15840 FM 529, Suite 280
the Teenage Job Seeker List. Please ask for and check out references if you do not personally Houston, Texas 77095
know those listed. This is just a list of teenagers from the subdivision who wish to find part Located in the Chase Bank Building on FM 529
time jobs. Responsibility for any work done by these teenagers is between those seeking
helpers and the teens and their parents.
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TEENAGE JOB SEEKERS NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE
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8 TIPS FOR STUDYING AT HOME EFFECTIVELY
1. TRY ACTIVE STUDYING: Active studying is
as simple as asking questions before, during
and after study time. Not only does this help
to give your study session direction, but it also
helps keep you on track and reflect on how to
improve for your next study session!
Questions to ask yourself before you study:
What am I about to learn?
What do I already know about this subject?
Questions to ask yourself while you study:
How does this information fit into a bigger
picture?
Do I understand what I have just read?
Can I paraphrase it?
Are there any key words or ideas that I need to
write down? Why are these words and ideas
important?
Questions to ask yourself after you study:
What can I take away from this study session?
What do I need to review or learn next time?
2. GET A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP: Students of all
ages should get at least eight hours of sleep
HOW TO STUDY AT HOME every school night. It’s the best way to ensure
(WITHOUT GETTING DISTRACTED) that the brain is refreshed and ready to process
Studying at home has its perks: it’s a comfortable, low-pressure environment. However, there all of the information learned during the day. It
are a few reasons it can be difficult to study at home; with so many distractions, it’s easy to may be tempting to stay up late to cram, but it’s
procrastinate-when you do start, it’s easy to get off track. more beneficial to get enough rest. A full night’s
sleep is especially important the night before a
At home, procrastination and distraction can prevent you from accomplishing what you test-a good night’s sleep makes you more alert
need to get done. Watching TV, taking a nap, scrolling through social media or other activities and improves memory for test material, leading
(maybe even cleaning your room!), are big productivity killers that take you away from your to better test results.
goal of studying for or completing that assignment.
3. STUDY AT THE RIGHT TIME: Every student
Fortunately, there are a few tricks you can use to help you be more productive. Here are 8 has his or her own daily highs and lows. Some
ways to help you stay focused and get more done when studying at home. people are night owls while some people
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prefer the morning. Take advantage of the time of the day you feel most
productive and don’t try to force yourself to study when your brainpower
isn’t at its peak. Try to study when you are most alert, so you are able to
process and retain the information that you are studying.
4. HAVE A DESIGNATED STUDY AREA: Whether it’s the kitchen table or
the desk in your bedroom, create an area to study that is a designated
study zone. Try to reserve your bed for sleeping and avoid studying in it
(it can be all too easy to take a nap!). Most importantly, keep your study
space clean and organized so you can put more time into studying (and
less trying to find a pen that works).
5. EAT PROPERLY: Don’t forget to eat! Your body (and your brain) needs
fuel to help stay in top form. Plus, it’s difficult to focus when your stomach
is growling. Have healthy snacks while you study, but make sure they’re
prepared in advance so you don’t spend too much time away from your
work. More time away means more opportunity to be distracted!
NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS DAY -
6. CREATE A TIMETABLE: Creating a timetable helps organize your time, SUNDAY AFTER LABOR DAY
schedules your breaks and is especially useful when you have multiple Each year on the Sunday following Labor Day, grandchildren across
subjects to study. Write your schedule down so you can remember it the country honor their grandparents. There is a special bond that
and refer to it often. Set reasonable limits for how much time you spend can only be shared between grandchildren and their grandparents.
studying each day and break your study session up into manageable Grandparents are full of hugs and kisses, family history, wisdom, patience,
chunks of time. love and guidance. National Grandparents Day gives grandchildren the
opportunity to show love and appreciation to their grandparents.
7. USE A TIMER: Use a timer to help keep track of time and to make sure
you stick to the timetable you created. Setting a timer helps keeps you National Grandparents Day has its very own song. The National
focused on the task at hand, committed to working until the timer goes Grandparents Day Council of Chula Vista, California announced in 2004
off and helps keep you on track to cover all the material you need to. that A Song for Grandma and Grandpa by Johnny Prill would be the official
Above all else, it helps keep your break time effective and guilt-free song of the United States National Grandparents Day holiday. The Council
(because you’ve earned it!). presented Prill with the National Songwriter’s Award in recognition of his
highly popular composition A Song for Grandma and Grandpa.
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STUDY TIME
Although it seems convenient, studying at home can be difficult- The forget-me-not is the official flower for National Grandparents Day.
procrastination and distraction can happen easily. But with a little bit of
planning and organization, it can be an effective (and comfortable) place National Grandparents Day is expected to grow in significance over the
to study. Try some of these tips for studying at home to help you stay next decade and beyond as the number of grandparents in the United
focused and more efficient with your study time. States rises from 65 million in 2011 to 80 million in 2020 as a result of the
baby boom. Show your appreciation for everything your grandparents
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area r esidents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the
Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s.The Walk will take place
on Saturday, September 26, 2020,atLa Centerra Shopping Center
in Katy, Texas. On walk day, participants will honor those affected by
Alzheimer’s disease with Promise Flowers during the poignant Promise
Garden Ceremony - a moving display of hope to represent the personal
reasons participants join together to fight Alzheimer’s.
This year’s challenge is whether we will be able to come together of 1,300
walkers or not. So we have two plans - Plan A is to have the big event. Plan B is
CRAFT SHOWS to have a virtual event that may be held in various neighborhoods, businesses,
schools and other smaller communities where people can come together
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profit, community-service based organization. Our fundraising efforts are org/walk. Even though the office has been closed, the Alzheimer’s Association
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the event year after year and our membership is committed to its success stay-at-home order. The 24/7 Free Hotline can be a lifeline for those who
suffer from the disease and those who care for them, call 800-272-3900.
This year’s show will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at the Support Groups are meeting virtually, please check www.alz.org for times
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