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HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!
Got Goggles?Registration will open on March 12th for the Cypress Cyclones
swim team. The Cypress Point Cyclones is a recreational team that endorses swimming as a fun and healthy way to spend time in the summer while learning good sportsmanship and proper swimming strokes and fosters community spirit at the same time. Members of our team are not limited to the Cypress Point neighborhood, so invite your friends! If they live in a neighborhood that does not have a team, they are welcome to swim with us. Some of the other neighborhoods represented on the team are Northlake Forest, Park Creek, Stablewood Farms, Stable Gate, Villages of Cypress Lakes, and Lakes of Rosehill. Practices begin mid-April and meets begin May 14 and end June25th. This is the Cyclone’s 9th year as a team! We have swimmers of all ages – from 4 to 18! The only requirement is that you can swim the length of the pool, unassisted.
This team has a lot of fun – swimmers truly enjoy the camaraderie and friendships they build. They support each other, learn from each other and compete to win!!! This season we will compete against Ravensway, Cypress Mill, Bridgeland, Blue Marlins, and Concord Bridge. For more information visit www.cypresscyclones.com or email [email protected]
Cyclone Sponsors NeededThe swim team is always needing more sponsors. Sponsors
help defray the many costs that the swim team incurs throughout the swim season. The community is always encouraged to patronize the swim team sponsors as much as they can. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact [email protected]
All-state Music StudentsHonored At TMEA
Four students from Cy-Woods High School have won the All-State title. They are:
To achieve All-State status, students begin auditions in November with thousands of music students across the State. Students are selected to All-Region, All-Area and All-State band, Choir and Orchestra.
Less than 1 percent of the students entered achieve this award—the highest accomplishment a music student may achieve in Texas.
The students will participate in the TMEA 2011 Clinic and Convention, to be held Feb. 9-12 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio—the largest music educator convention in the United States. While at the convention, students will rehearse and perform with renowned conductors from all over the world. In addition to these individual accomplishments, the Cypress Woods Varsity Mixed Choir was one of two Class 5A mixed choirs from the State selected to perform at the TMEA Convention. Under the direction of Marsha Robinson and Jason Womack, the concert will take place on Friday, Feb.11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Ballroom A at the San Antonio Convention Center.
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Spring Gift MarketCypress Point subdivision (corner of Barker Cypress and Spring
Cypress) will be hosting their first annual Spring Gift Market on March 26th at the Recreation Center. This will feature all types of crafts from jewelry, yard and home decorations, fragrances, candles, you name, they’ll try to have it. Are you interested in having a booth? Inside booths will be $50 for a 10 X 10. Inside space is limited and is on a first come first serve basis. Outside booths will be $35.00 and are the same size. Outside booths can be larger upon the vendors request if they need more space. The fees for the booths will go toward heavily promoting the event in the area and we will submit info for other subdivision newsletters as well. If you are interested in having a booth, please contact Brenda Karsteter at: [email protected]. Hurry, it will be here before you know it!!!
Craft Show - Cypress fellowship15014 Spring Cypress March 25th & 26th
10 am - 4 pm both days! Spend the day with us shopping with your girlfriends! We will
have local vendors and concessions! A limited number of booths are still available for vendors. Proceeds benefit the Cypress Fellowship building fund! Please contact Erica Ryan for more information at 713.632.4265.
Butterfly Festival for Family FunMessiah Lutheran Church is hosting its annual Butterfly Family
Festival on Sunday, April 10, 12-3:00 PM at 11522 Telge Road in Cypress. The event will include a barbecue lunch, a silent auction, a raffle, a live butterfly release, and games and activities for all ages. Lots of free activities, including two free shows with a professional magician and a chance to meet a clown and her friend (pictured)! The day’s events will benefit Chrysalis, A Grace Place for Children, featuring a Christian preschool, after school, and summer camp programs. Chrysalis Christian Preschool admits students of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin.
Bring the whole family to see the butterfly release, eat some great food, and have some fun! Craft booths are invited. Call 281-807-0764 or go to www.messiahlc.org for further information.
Messiah Lutheran Church is a grace place, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Messiah is located at 11522 Telge Road, ½ mile north of Highway 290. Regular worship times are at 8 and 10:30 AM on Sundays. The Education Hour is 9:15-10:15 AM on Sundays. For more information, 281-890-3013 or www.messiahlc.org All people are welcome at Messiah.
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The subject for this month is the food your dog eats and how it can be
used to train him.The single most important training exercise
you can do is to always PICK UP the food bowl when your dog finishes his food or after 10 minutes, whichever is sooner. If you leave the food bowl down all the time, your dog forgets that you supply the food. He starts to think he doesn’t need you for anything and may start getting “too big for his britches”. I’ve seen dogs that potty all over the house because they have no respect for their owner. If a dog lifts his leg on the couch or the drapes, that’s not a potty training issue, that’s definitely a dominance issue. The dogs don’t need their people because their food is right there whenever they want it. Even if the bowl looks empty, pick it up. There may be one morsel of food left and the dog still thinks the food is right there whenever he wants it. Whoever controls the food is boss… it’s that simple! Forget about going through the doorway before you dog, feeding yourself before feeding the dog, or any other rules you read about how to assert your dominance. It really IS all about the food.
You should feed your dog twice a day. If your dog didn’t feel like eating and skips a meal, it would be only 24 hours between meals instead of 48 hours. Also, dogs love rituals, especially their feeding ritual. And, it gives you twice as many opportunities to train him.
Speak! IT’S All AbouT THE fooD!by Carol Pitlock
After you prepare your dog’s food, tell him to SIT, then say STAY. You then lower the bowl to the floor. If he gets up, quickly raise the bowl up and say SIT again. When the bowl is on the floor and you stand up, say OK to release him. His reward for good behavior is his food. Your dog should work for everything except water.
Once your dog really knows SIT, it can be quite useful. If he starts to jump up on you, quickly move aside and say SIT. He should then fall into a sit. When he does, immediately praise him with GOOD SIT. The bad jump has turned into a good sit!
I tell my dog to SIT and STAY when I am putting a leash on his collar. If he gets up, I stop and hold the leash up until he SITs again. If he gets up repeatedly, I put away the leash and start over again.
Some trainers say that you should feed your dog on a regular schedule and many people go to extremes to keep to the schedule. My life always seems to get in the way of doing that. My dogs have never suffered any ill effects from irregular feeding schedules. One of the benefits is that they don’t wake me up early on the weekends to get breakfast.
If you have a young child that your dog may treat like a littermate (playing too rough, nipping, etc.), you prepare the food bowl then give it to your child and have him put it down for the dog. That shows the dog that the child is dominant over him. You should do the SIT and STAY commands and pick up the bowl after he eats. This works for anyone in the house that the dog thinks he outranks (including spouses).
If your dog does not get along well with another pet in your home, you can use mealtime to help defuse the situation. For example, if the dog does not get along with the cat, take a hand towel and rub it over the cat to pick up her scent. Use the towel as a placemat for your dog’s food bowl. He will start to associate the cat with the pleasant experience of eating his food. You can make a “placemat” for the cat as well.
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Dear residents, this is a letter that was submitted that I just couldn’t pass up. This will warm your heart as you read it:
Dear Mr. Unsicker,I wanted to write this letter today to tell you about a remarkable
student at Rosehill Christian School. Kaitlyn Burke did something this weekend that will forever touch our family. Kaitlyn is a senior this year (and co-captain of the cheerleaders) so every last game, last class, last Sadie Hawkins dance, last Homecoming are all going to be precious memories for her. With that in mind, a date to Sadie Hawkins is someone with which you would want to have an amazing time. Because she is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside, she chose to ask our son Joshua. This is not a great choice from a worldly perspective. Joshua is a 16 year old with autism, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, water on his brain, and extreme speech delay. Joshua has really good days, but he also can have times where he has “melt downs” and not always is easy to handle or fun to be around. Looking from the outside you would ask, “Why would this beautiful girl give up her dance to take a chance on not having the night of her dreams?”
Kaitlyn took Joshua and not only gave Joshua some of the sweetest memories, but gave Lonnie and me something we never thought would happen. We had the joy of getting our only son ready to go to a dance, and experience a night he normally would not have experienced.
Kaitlyn Burke has such a servant’s heart. She truly models Jesus in her actions, thoughts, and speech. We feel so blessed and honored that she is in our lives. I wanted to write you to let you know what this remarkable young lady did.
The amazing thing is she thanked us for letting her take Joshua to the dance. She is someone I know Rosehill Christian School is proud to have among the student body. I have included a picture of Joshua and his date. I understand that he had a wonderful time.-Thank You, Beth Wright
Kaitlyn, is the daughter of Kevin and Bertha Burke. She is following her older sister, Kristen, by also graduating from Rosehill Christian School. The Burkes have a son, Kraig who is currently a 9th grader at Rosehill Christian School. Lonnie and Beth Wright have three children: Joshua, Jaycee, and Jessica. Their two girls
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Families from all over the Houston area are opening up their homes and lives to foreign exchange students through the EF Foundation for Foreign Study.
EF Foundation is a leader in high school foreign exchange, bringing more students to the United States than any other exchange program. A nonprofit committed to promoting global awareness for over 30 years; EF Foundation leverages a committed network of local coordinators to connect thousands of students with caring American families each year.
EF exchange students come from more than 30 countries around the world and are between the ages of 15 and 18. The majority of students stay for a full high school year. In the past, exchange students have come to live in Texas from as far away as Germany, Hong Kong, Australia and Norway, to name a few.
I am an International Exchange Coordinator for EF Foundation. I will be working with the community to secure host families for a number of students this year.
In order to raise awareness of this life-changing opportunity, we need the community to see local narratives of the wonderful families and students who have had unforgettable experiences through the program.
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