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2015 Dues are Past Due

Dues become due and payable beginning

May 1, 2015 Please make checks

payable to Turtle Creek HOA

You can either Mail it or

drop it off at

1224 South Chestnut Avenue

YOUR $$$

go a long way Thank YOU very MUCH!

There are several that

have not paid. Please go to www.turtlecreekba.com

to see if you are on the list of not paid.

Turtle Creek’s Spring Meeting

April 12, 2016

1224 South Chestnut Avenue at

7:00pm

The meeting should be over about 8:00pm

If you have items you want to

discuss, please bring those thoughts and let’s see what we

can do.

Refreshments will be served

Hope to you see you then

Our entrances signs are in need some care. They are beginning to show some wear and tear. Some day soon, you might notice that they are not there. The Sign company will come and pick them up and take them back to their shop where they will do a complete care package that will make them look brand new again. Depending upon the cost, we will try to get all of them done at the same time or perhaps one entrance at a time. We will be installing some more decorative lights in the addition to replace those that still have telephone poles. The Floor beds are in desperate need of updating and that will happen with the Spring planting about late March to mid April. The Scrubs need trimmed and we need to

install metal edging around the curbs to keep the mulch inside the beds. I will be spending sometime this year at nursey’s to try and determine what plants will do well there and will add much needed beauty and freshness to our entrances. This updating is something that we have been wanting to do for a couple of years and now, it really needs to be done!

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Turtle Creek has done a very good job at maintaining it’s allure to buyers wanting a home. That is mainly due to the quality of care and maintenance that is shown throughout the addition. Currently there are just 4 homes for sale with aver-age price of $123,675, market time of just 45 days. There are 3 Pending Sales with an average price of $163,233, market time of just 73 days. There are 6 Closed sales in the past 6 months with an average market time of $137,544, market time of only 54 days

REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT FOR TURTLE CREEK

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Have you checked out YOUR web site at

www.turtlecreekba.com There is a list of

“Service Providers” with those that live here in Turtle Creek

being listed first and others in the same field listed second and so on. If you

have a “service” that you would like to have listed here please go to the web

site and follow the instructions.

There is also many are areas to check-out here, such as back copies of the

Newsletter, dues reports, check book balance reports, places to see as well as

many other items to visit.

On January 23rd of this year, Cliff and Fonda Boyles at 1220 South Chestnut Avenue here in Turtle Creek celebrated 70 years of Marriage Bliss. Although I don’t get to see much of them during the Winter months, I see a lot of them the very first day it starts to warm. Cliff (90) is busy mowing the yard while Fonda is working either in the house or out in the flower beds. If Cliff is not mowing the then he doing things in his garage. When asked how this wonderful marriage lasted so long, his reply was “clean living, hard work, eating good and following the “rule book”, the Bible.” He said he was discharged from the Service on the 10th of January and got married on the 23rd.“I don’t know why I waited those 13 days.” If you ever want to see a very happy and loving couple, stop by and say “hello and way to go!” They Have a World War II Story to tell in their Garage of History. He makes bird houses too!

I must say, I’m sorry to you and all of you here in Turtle Creek. I questioned whether or not to say this but I feel I had to because as your President, some of my duties have slipped. I tried to keep up with things as best I could as they came up but in many cases just could not. Beginning in early April of 2015, My Wife, Pam was found to have Pancreatic cancer. I spent just about every minute with her in her fight with this awful cancer. There were many days of no sleep, there were many tears, there were many prayers but on June 21, 2015, Father’s Day, she lost her fight. The world I knew, the girl, the woman, the wife, the Grammy that I had for 48+ years was gone and my world was shattered into a thousand pieces. I have been “adjusting” to this new world one moment at a time where somedays I move 2 steps forward and the next day fall 7 steps backwards. I know that others here in Turtle Creek has experienced the same loss and to you, my prayers, my thoughts, pour out to you, for now I know your pain, your grief. It’s an adjustment that no one ever plans for and in many cases never even dream about ,but it happens, and when it does you wonder around thinking about what will I do, how will I go on, but we do. We stumble, we fall, we cry. But we do move forward, for there are others that we must love and care for, with each day being a first and a new “adjustment” in our day of things to do, alone. One day at a time I have begun to put things back together. This newsletter is one of those “things”. There will be more for I do have many steps still in front of me to conquer and I will. I might fail some, but I will keep trying until I win. We loved each other with no excepts, we did everything together with no excepts, we were as one. I thank you and each of you for your understanding and with a promise I am getting things done, one step at a time. Art

70 Years and Counting!

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For A Better Yard MOLES IF you have a MOLE problem, apply an insecticide that is for the control of Grub worms. IF you remove the MOLES food source, the chances are the MOLES will go else where for their meals. Apply that NOW so as NOT to have to fight them on the defense but rather have a strong OFFENSE so that they don’t get started in the first place. Be sure to apply the insec-ticide in your flower beds too. You may have to do this several times to rid your yard and flower beds of these pests. A good Lawn Service can also do this for you as they treat your lawn.

SCALPING YOUR LAWN A one-time scalping needs to be done to every BERMUDA lawn (not Fescue) each and every Spring. To scalp your lawn set your mower to the lowest setting, now the lawn, and pick up the clip-pings. This removes the old dormant grass and allows the sun to warm the soil causing the grass to green up faster. Scalping will also make the lawn healthier and thicker. This process should be done after March 15th or whenever the chances of a hard freeze has passed. After scalping, BERMUDA needs to be maintained at a 2.5” height. For FESCUE, keep it mowed at 2.5” or higher in the Spring and eventually raise mowing height as temperatures get warmer. In the heat of the Summer FESCUE needs to be at least 3 inches tall.

SPRING DEAD SPOT Spring DEAD SPOT is an airborne fungus that effect highly-maintained BERMUDA lawns. The lawn care industry does not have a definitive cure or preventative that addresses this unsightly problem. The good news is that within the first few weeks of growing season, warmer temperatures combined with high nitrogen fertilizer work together to promote recovery to the effected areas About now is a great time to apply a very good balanced growth fertilizer to your lawn as well as a good weed control to prevent weeds from growing.

CORE AERATION Over time your soil naturally becomes compacted, leaving the subsoil undesirable for healthy lawn growth. Walking, playing, mowing, and watering compact particles reduces the air space necessary for root growth. Compaction is greatest in the upper 1 to 1.5 inches of soil and needs to be relieved by mechanical aeration. This mechanical pro-cess plugs 2-3 inch deep, finger size holes into the soil to improve the air, water, and nutrient exchange with your roots. Again, a Good Lawn Service can to this for you.

Here we have just 3 of the many photos of the Turtle Creek Halloween Parade 2015 To see MORE, Go to YOUR WEB site www. turtlecreekba.com

February 2016

The private social network for Turtle Creek Hi Art,

Welcome to Nextdoor Turtle Creek, the private website for Turtle Creek residents. Great

neighborhoods are built through the support of residents like you!

Soon you'll start getting updates from your neighbors at art@artjiles.com.

In the meantime, here are three easy ways to get started:

Stop the weeds! Apply weed control now. Then water it into your soil!

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Clean out those flower Beds and re-mulch them

You might consider seeing if your Lawn mower will start. IF NOT take it in NOW. Avoid the crowds!

Pull out the Lawn mower, change the oil, plug and start it. Check other equipment too

Apply a good top growth and root growth feed to your lawn about the 22nd

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Start planting those flowers and veggie garden AFTER about the 15th.

Apply a good weed control product now

Apply a good product that will

promote top growth and root growth

You might consider having your Air

Conditioner serviced for the coming Summer HEAT

Tax deadline is moved this year to

the 18th! Giving you 3 extra days to put it off!

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HOMEOWNERS MEETING at 7:00pm 1224 S. Chestnut Av

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April 2016

March 2016

First day of SPRING!

SPRING BREAK-NO SCHOOL!