Lazybrook Civic Club

HOUSTON, October 4, 2011 – Mayor Parker and the Houston City Council officially recognized the Lazybrook/Timbergrove Super Neighborhood Council. They successfully completed all the preliminary steps, which include gathering diverse stakeholder representation, creating an organizational structure and drafting by-laws. There are 57 recognized super neighborhood councils.

“With the creation of the first Lazybrook/Timbergrove Super Neighborhood Council, the hard work of numerous stakeholder representatives has paid off,” said Bill Morfey, president of the Super Neighborhood. “The stakeholders within the greater Lazybrook/Timbergove area are excited to employ the council framework to advance their common interests and tackle their common problems.”

At the recognition ceremony, the council was introduced to their city liaison. The liaison helps the council with their super neighborhood action plan, which identifies and prioritizes improvement projects, and helps the council shepherd priority projects through the appropriate city processes. Lazybrook/Timbergrove’s liaison is Ruben Vela in the Citizens Assistance Office.

“We appreciate the effort and talent the city of Houston supplied Lazybrook Civic Club to help in the organization of our Lazybrook/Timbergrove super neighborhood council to bring our combined neighborhood’s ideas to the city,” said Shane Davis, president of the Lazybrook Civic Club.

Lazybrook and Timbergrove are deed-restricted subdivisions located along the wooded banks of White Oak Bayou in the near northwest quadrant of the city. The Lazybrook/Timbergrove super neighborhood offer close-in housing in attractive settings. The area also includes the Brookhollow Business Park located along both sides of Loop 610 North and west toward Highway 290.

Super neighborhoods offer a great way for neighborhoods to implement projects and plan for the future of their area. For more information about the Super Neighborhood Initiative, call the Planning and Development Department at (713) 837-7701 or go to www.houstonplanning.com.

A trail is coming to Jaycee Park!

The Kinder Foundation has just selected Jaycee Park to receive a $100,000 donation specifically for building a new trail!  Thank you to the Houston Parks Board for presenting our park to this foundation.  We will update you as we have more information.

Very generous community organization donation!
Rotary Club generously sponsored a table with a $5000 donation to the park! “Rotary is a worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders. Members of Rotary clubs, known as Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

There are 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds. As signified by the motto Service Above Self, Rotary’s main objective is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.”  Here is the link to the Heights Rotary Club if you are interested in joining this club: http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?cid=3935

If you could spare a few moments to send a quick thank you to these organization (via email or regular mail), I’m certain it would be greatly appreciated.

Kinder Foundation Houston Parks Board
Nancy Kinder                   300 N. Post Oak Ln.
PO Box 130776                 Houston, Tx 77024
Houston, TX 77219

Email to both organizations can be sent through: deborah@houstonparksboard.org

Heights Rotary Club
Clint Horne: clintmaryalice@kw.com
Wade Bradford: gcp3c@comcast.net

We are very grateful for both of these very generous donations to improving our park and our area especially considering the current tough economic environment.

Trees at the park
The old, established trees in the park are taking a really big hit with the drought. Many of them have either turned completely brown or are in the process of turning brown.    Ben has been working over time (for free) to help keep some of the key trees from dying.  The head of Urban Forestry at the City said that just because they are brown does not mean they are definitely dead.  We will know more next spring when we see which ones come back. Please pray for some much needed rain for these and all the city’s trees.

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Contact Ileana Desalos at 713-922-6742 or friendsofjayceepark@yahoo.com. You can also see more information at the Houston Parks Board website under ‘Projects’ where you can find Jaycee Park www.houstonparksboard.org .

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– By Birgitt Haderlein Owner of To Fit You, Wellness coach/Fitness Consultant

This has been the hottest summer ever! Having said that I have been impressed with all of the Lazybrook residents who in spite of the heat found ways to keep their exercise program going. I may not know all of you by name but I am out a lot and can pick you out if we were to play name that exerciser. Last month I shared with you my first strengthening and walk class I did for the neighborhood. What a great time it was. I am gearing up for the next class (fall session) starting September 14 and looking forward to meeting all of my participants. (The spring session begins February 8. 2012.)

I have been in the fitness industry over 25 years and still the main question I get asked is how can I lose this weight that suddenly crept on?

I have learned to let the client continue to talk because at some point in our conversation they always find the best answer to their own question. Although you do have all our own answers you still need the support and accountability to get fit. Sure you have obstacles that get in the way – your schedule, your job, your kids, the weather, the knee injury from college…but ultimately you have the body that you accept.

I’m going to REPEAT that so it will really sink in. You have the body that you accept. You may not realize it but you already posses everything you need to transform your body, and it all starts by taking the responsibility for the body that you have today.

You are in the current shape you are in because until this moment you have been OK with it.

Oh I know you are not thrilled with it and you have even talked about losing weight and getting fit- but you haven’t changed what you accept.

Here’s how to transform your body in three steps:

Step one: Feel Disturbed
It has been said that emotion creates motion. This is essential when it comes to personal transformation. So to transform your body you must first decide that you can’t live another day in the body you currently have.

Get your emotions stirred up. Make a list of all the reasons your ready to lose weight and get fit. Get disturbed.

Step Two: Decide What You Want
Without clarity you will never get were you want to go. Now that you are disturbed with the body that you have, decide what the body that you have will look like.

Think in concrete and specific terms. You may want to take before and after pictures – this will help you have a vision of what changes you want to make.

When you get a clear picture in your mind of what you’ll look like in your “after” picture decide what the caption will read.  “I lost 4 inches of my waist”.

Step Three: Take Action
The time spent between inspiration (now) and taking action determines whether you will succeed or fail. Don’t allow yourself to get stuck in analysis paralysis – there is always something that you can do immediately.

Take action now by emailing me or calling me to set up a fitness consultation to be the best you, you can be.

The healthier and happier life you wanted is closer than you think. I am here to get you there.

Get Disturbed!
You have to get disturbed with your current shape in order to take the action you need to transform your body. How do you get disturbed? Try these:

• Go shopping for a swimsuit
• Try on all of your “skinny clothes”
• Look at old pictures of when you were in better shape
• Go to the doctor for a physical.

I will leave you with this final thought. When you finally accept that you can do anything you want in your life you will et the life you want.

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