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June 1^st only Audibel Hearing Innovation Tour Semi EXPO!

Open House NewSound Hearing Center

June 1^st, June 2 , June 3^rd

^{4032 South Lamar Suite #450}

^{Austin, Texas 78704}

^{(512)416-6600 or (877)557-6863}

Questions? Call our neighbor - Patricia Summers - at 829-4479

The Cub Scouts from Pack 101 are doing their annual Scouting for Food on May 22nd. The Scouts would like collect on Saturday, May 22. The Scouts will collect on Saturday but you don't need to be home. Just set your donation out by the mailbox by 8am. The most requested items are food, such as canned tuna, canned veggies, pasta and sauces, beans and peanut butter.

This is a food drive to support our local food banks. All the donations stay in Dripping Springs.

Thank you for supporting Scouting and Helping Hands Food Bank.If you have questions call Stephanie and Chris Heinchon at 858-0701.

It feels great to help the scouts help the community!

News About Oak Wilt

Deanie Dart shared this with us:

At the HOA meeting recently Jack Breese shared some good info about when to trim oak trees and, most importantly, when not to. The info is important due to the oak wilt problem that has swept Austin area - and various groups and agencies advise against pruning from February through Fall; best time to prune to avoid oak wilt is cold weather....I noticed a number of our neighbors trimming their oaks and it made me think we could share this info through our Preserve Ladies blog and on the HOA website. We use Certified Arbor Care in Austin - they are very knowledgeable, and we got the best price from them after having several services bid our job..... see www.texasoakwilt.org. Deanie

When to trim our trees is always helpful. In my last neighborhood our trees were the only ones spared from oak wilt because they were fairly new - we planted them 28 years ago. The extension agent that came to examine them said that oak wilt can spread through interlocking roots and since our trees were newer, they were not part of the neighborhood's Live Oak Root System. He also warned the neighbors against burning logs from trees that died or were cut down due to oak wilt because the ask could spread the disease. The site Deanie supplies also shows how insects spread oak wilt. That site mainly mentions Red Oaks in Texas. Live Oak trees are a little hardier.

another site is the United States Dept. of Agriculture's page on Oak Wilt, it's symptoms and treatment. You can find it at http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/howtos/ht_oakwilt/toc.htm.

Summer in Texas

Thank You Shari Breese for these wonderful reminders of how beautiful our part of the world is! Spring is such a great time for rebirth - the earth wakes up and puts on her finest outfits. Its later in the summer, after days in the 90's+, that she calms down some. I'd hate to think anyone would take this time for granted.

In recent travels we drove to Cleveland and the "wild flowers" along the road were daffodils. It was so pretty - but nothing like the colors we have here. I've since learned that Round Rock is the Daffodil capital of Texas and had a daffodil festival in March. I'll have to catch that one next year. I never though of Texas being very daffodil friendly. Those bulbs need cold weather.