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Helpful Info on Austin Safe Routes to School Website

Posted Aug 21, 2010 10:00am by Cheri Hartman in Local Interest | no comments

Just a little reminder: The first day of school is Monday, August 23 and soon our neighborhood will be buzzing with students, parents and teachers.

Austin Safe Routes to School is a City of Austin-sponsored program designed to improve safety and encourage more kids to walk and bike to school. Their website offers tips for students, parents, drivers and educators. Please click here for helpful tips and resources.

Travis County Farmers Market Reopening

Posted Aug 13, 2010 12:36pm by Cheri Hartman in Local Businesses | no comments

Dates: Wednesdays – Fridays, noon – 7 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 am – 2 pm
Location: 6701 Burnet Road (by Pour House)

The Travis County Farmers Market is reopening on Burnet Road in its original location. For more information, please read Addie Broyles’s article at Austin360.

Yahoo Group Guidelines Meeting, August 1

Posted Jul 28, 2010 9:30am by Cheri Hartman in Events, Website Related | Comments Off

Date: Sunday, August 1
Time: 2:30 – 5 pm
Location: Village Christian Apartments Activity Room, 7925 Rockwood Lane

Our NSCNA Yahoo Group guidelines are up for their annual review. Last year, the Media Committee formed a task force to create guidelines for the NSCNA Yahoo Group. These guidelines were developed to keep the group discussions lively and on topic and help everyone interact positively. The board approved and posted the guidelines on June 24, 2009. The guidelines can be found here.

This meeting is open to all neighbors who would like to participate.

Directions to the Village Christian Apartments Activity Room can be found here.

Congratulations Anderson High School Wind Ensemble

Posted Jul 23, 2010 4:27pm by Cheri Hartman in Events | Comments Off

We received the following press release from Anderson High School:

Anderson High School Wind Ensemble is scheduled to compete in state honor band finals on Sunday, July 25, at the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention in San Antonio. Ensemble Conductor Ryan Zysk says Anderson is one of 10 University Interscholastic League (UIL) 5A bands scheduled to participate in the highest level of concert band competition in the state.

“This is a huge honor for Anderson High School,” AISD Fine Arts Director Greg Goodman said. “The only other time Anderson advanced to this level was in 1975 when the school competed in the UIL 4A division. This honor solidifies Anderson as one of the top wind ensembles in the entire state of Texas. Congratulations to the students, parents and wonderful music directors Ryan Zysk, Corey Bergdorf, Shannon Gill, and Jesus Torres.”

“This success is unprecedented for our school, rare in our District, and for our music region,” Anderson Fine Arts Department Facilitator Richard Frazier said. “Our region includes Pflugerville and Westlake. Additionally, Anderson scored higher than ensembles representing school districts in the San Antonio, Waco and Houston areas.”

Unlike marching band competition, which are generally conducted in a stadium with hundreds of family members and friends cheering students on, state honor band finals will be adjudicated by a panel of five highly qualified judges, who will listen to a variety of recorded performances. The recordings will be presented anonymously.

The winner in San Antonio will be named the Texas Music Education Association 5A Honor Band and perform at the Texas Music Educators Association convention in February, 2011.

Contact Mr. Frazier at 414-0917 for more information regarding the Anderson High School Wind Ensemble.

Membership Committee Shares Survey Results

Posted Jul 9, 2010 9:00am by Cheri Hartman in Membership | Comments Off

The 2010 NSCNA Membership Committee would like to thank all NSCNA member households who participated in the membership survey distributed at the May 4 General Meeting. We also thank the additional 29 members (out of 48 who were randomly selected from the membership roster) who completed and returned the survey by mail.

The purpose of the survey was to identify what considerations are important to North Shoal Creek neighbors in making a decision to join the neighborhood association. The Membership Committee reported these findings to the Board of Directors and requested they consider these priorities when making plans and decisions that affect the neighborhood.

The Top 10 Priorities from the May 4 General Meeting (15 Responses out of 30 Attendees)

Crime Prevention and Alert Notifications
Volume and Speed of Traffic
Monitoring Commercial Development
NSCNA Newsletter
Access to Board Meetings and Meeting Agendas
Organizing Neighborhood Watch Patrols
Expenditure of $25,000 Nissan Funds
Sidewalk Repair and Maintenance
July 4th Celebration
Expenditure of Membership Household Dues

The Top 10 Priorities from the Returned Mail Surveys (29 Responses out of 48 Households)

Crime Prevention and Alert Notifications
Volume and Speed of Traffic
Monitoring Commercial Development
Sidewalk Repair and Maintenance
NSCNA Newsletter
Organizing a Block Captain System
Organizing Neighborhood Watch Patrols
Expenditure of $25,000 Nissan Funds
Expenditure of Interest on $25,000
National Night Out

To see a complete list of all results or receive a copy of the survey, please contact a member of the Membership Committee at Membership [at] nscna [dot] org. Again, thanks to everyone who participated!

Independence Day Parade Photos

Posted Jul 6, 2010 12:04pm by Cheri Hartman in Events | Comments Off

I hope you enjoyed the NSCNA Independence Day Parade and Celebration this weekend. We had a great neighborhood turnout and a fun time was had by all.

We’d love to share your photos from the event with everyone. We can post them here on our website at nscna.org. In addition, if you use Flickr to host digital photos, you can add pictures to the Life in North Shoal Creek Flickr pool, which includes photos from all around the neighborhood.

If you have photos you would like to share with the group, please send them to me at MediaChair [at] nscna [dot] org.