Villages of Northpoint - July 2021

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Villages of Northpointe Security Director

Andy Elmore .............................................. hit02@scbglobal.net Waste Management................................................... 281-376-8802 Centerpoint Energy .................................................. 713-207-2222 Tomball Post Office................................................... 281-516-0513 Harris County MUD #281 (water and recycling)...... 281-376-8802 Harris County Constable Precinct #4 24-hour Dispatch ................................................ 281-376-3472 Villages of Northpointe Patrol Officer Deputy Kelly........................................................ 281-376-3472 SCHOOLS Tomball Independent School District................. www.tomballisd.net

Fairfield Republicans are a group of conservative like-minded neighbors residing in Fairfield and neighboring areas. While we are predominately residents of Fairfield and the adjoining subdivisions, we welcome people from other precincts to attend our meetings as well.

Our group meets every month to provide information to our community about current legislative priorities and other pertinent information. We can be found on Facebook and NextDoor under the heading of Fairfield Republicans. Please check those pages for confirmation of the upcoming meeting dates. In addition, you may contact Bill Ely, Precinct 0124 Chair at 832-919-4999 for more information.

Canyon Pointe Elementary.................................... 281-357-3122 NorthPointe Intermediate...................................... 281-357-3020 Willow Wood Junior High.................................... 281-357-3030 Tomball High School............................................. 281-357-3220

Beverly Jurenko

Jesse Ybanez

Tomball Memorial High School............................ 281-357-3230 TAX ENTITIES: Tomball ISD Tax Office......................................... 281-357-3100 .

www.tomballisd.net and follow the link to the Tax Office

MUD #281 & NorthPointe WCID...................... 713-462-8906 ................................................................. www.wheelerassoc.com Harris County Appraisal District........................... 713-957-7800 ............................................................................... www.hcad.org Electric Company Choices.......................................866-7974839 ............................................................... www.powertochoose.org

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The Cypress-Tomball Democrats will hold its next virtual monthly meeting Tuesday, July 20, 2021. There is a meet and greet at 6:30 p.m.

The general meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. To request the ZOOM access code, email cytomdems@yahoo.com.

The speakers will be Jesse Ybanez and Beverly Jurenko. Jesse and Beverly are our Senate District 7 State Democratic Executive Committeeman and Committeewoman (SDEC). Jesse started working with Democrats in the Cy-Fair area in January 2007. He’s been involved in Voter Registration, Get Out the Vote (GOTV), phone banking, block walking, and preparing door hangers since then. He is a Veteran and a founder of the Cy-Tom Dems Club.

Beverly also became active in the Democratic Party in 2007 when she founded “Americans in Belgium for Obama”. Beverly is the Founder of Inside Edge Consulting LLC, where she provides coaching for executives struggling to embrace Diversity & Inclusion and empowerment coaching for those early in their career development.

All are welcome to attend and to join this growing club, which meets on the third Tuesday of every month.

For more information & access to the ZOOM Virtual meeting, contact Charlene Shafer at cytomdems@yahoo.com, or visit the club’s Website at CyTomDemocrats.org.

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Our Constable, Mark Herman had a fleet of brand new Dodge Charger patrol vehicles delivered to us just in time for the summer months!

These patrol cars are being deployed in your communities with some of the finest police safety equipment on the market to protect your families and our deputies.

I looked across my living room the other day and noticed a green glob on the wall. I try to keep a fairly clean house so I was a little surprised to see this and wondered what the heck it was. I walked over for a closer look and realized it was a green tree frog! Now how did this little guy get in my house? I guess it doesn’t matter—I just had to get it out. Success. He’s now outside where he belongs.

American tree frogs can be found around just about any body of water from Delaware to Florida, in the Gulf states, in Arkansas, eastern Texas, western Tennessee and Kentucky and parts of southern Illinois and Missouri. In Texas, their range is relatively small. They reside east of the I-35 corridor throughout the piney woods and coastal prairies ecoregions.

The most interesting thing about the American green tree frog is that they can change color. When it’s resting and is cool, the frog will be gray in color. Once it warms up and is active, it turns vivid green.

Male tree frogs are noisy little things. During mating season, March to October, they produce a nasal honk or bark which they repeat up to 75 times per minute. Their mating call is distinct from their other calls and is used to defend their territory or to announce rainfall.

Rainfall is especially important to them since breeding takes place after a rain. After a male fertilizes a female’s eggs, she deposits the clutch in shallow water among aquatic plants. Depending on the area of the country, a clutch can be from 700 eggs to 2100! The eggs hatch in about a week and the tadpoles turn into frogs in about a month.

When full-grown, they’ll only be about two and a half inches long.

Tree frogs have interesting feet. They have sucker-like adhesive disks on the end of their fingers and toes which they need to aid in climbing and clinging to grasses and floating vegetation.

Their diet consists of mosquitoes, flies, crickets, moths and other small insects.

Tree frogs live in groups called an army or chorus. They are largely nocturnal and breathe through their skin.

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