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Tomball Business & Professional Women 13th Annual"Fall Food Fest" will be held at Tomball United Methodist Church on Baker Street Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM.

Last year we were able to give 6 high school Seniors scholarships plus one additional scholarship to a Lonestar college receipient and one scholarship to a Leadership North Houston recipient from our organization. We are hoping that we will even be able to give more this coming year.

This event serves as  one of our organizations's primary fund-raising effort to secure funds for scholarships. Additionally our organization's fund-raising contributes to numerous community needs.

Local restaurants will be providing samples of their food. Pizza, Cassaroles, Chicken Friend Chicken, Soups, Mexican food, Deserts, Pies and More!

Adult Plates are $8.00. Seniors 60 and over are $5.00 and children under 10 are $2.50. If you don't have time to stay To Go Plates are also available.

A raffle, along with a silent auction, is part of our fund-raising efforts for this event.

Raffle tickets are presently being sold with the winners of the raffle items announced at the Food Fest. Raffle tickets are $5.00 apiece or 5 for $20. In previous years I have sold 4 winning tickets. You could be my next winning ticket! Please come and support our scholarships for High School seniors and others in need.

We appreciate Tomball United Methodist Church on Baker Street allowing us to use their Church for our fundraiser. This is an easy location to get to. If you are coming from 2920 turn north on Baker and you will curve to the church on the left. If you are coming from SH 249 turn to the east on Baker and the Church will be on your right.

For all your Spring/Tomball/Magnolia TX Real Estate needs, contact me today!
Marchel Peterson
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Cell: 832-721-8332

The pictures above were taken Labor Day weekend. I was going to post them right away but then the wild fires started and after that the lake issue seemed trivial. Now that the fires are over I am back to posting about Lake Conroe. Lake Conroe is a back up water supply for Houston and with the severe drought we have been in they have had to start taking water out of Lake Conroe. It is so sad to see the lake being depleted but at the same time I understand why it has to be done.

If you have followed my blog you know that we are in two active sail boat clubs on the lake. We were out at the lake Labor day weekend and it looked like a ghost lake. Typically you would see several sailboats and a lot of motorboats out on the water. We saw maybe three motorboats, a couple of jet skis and NO sailboats on the lake.

We have a Catalina 22 which is a relatively small sailboat. We have the retractable keel and keep it at Conroe Yacht Club on dry ground. Our friends with the larger boats have had to find creative ways to get their boats off the water.

I expect it is going to be several years before the lake is back to normal. We will miss our sailboat races but in the grand scheme of things people having water to live with is more important.

Please pray for rain in Texas. It is going to take a lot of rain to get us back to normal levels.

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Marchel Peterson
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Cell: 832-721-8332

Lake Conroe Sailing Association's Thursday night races are in the middle of the season and we are still experiencing plenty of wind. Typically in the summer our winds die down and lots of races get canceled due to lack of wind.  Not so this year!

The wind is the good news but the bad news is that we are not experiencing any rain.  We have lived here for almost 15 years and this is the driest we have ever seen our area.  My sister lives in the Denver area and for some odd reason they seem to be getting all the rain.  Typically at this time of the year they look brown and dull and we look green and lush but that is not the case this year.  Again trying to find a positive out of our drought we do have a lot of wind so consider coming out to join us on Thursday nights.  You don't have to own a boat to participate people are always looking for crew.  I help on the committee boat and my husband crews.  For more information visit Lake Conroe Sailing Associations website.

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Marchel Peterson
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Copyright © 2011 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved. *Lake Conroe Sailing Association Thursday night sail boat races!!*

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The pictures above were taken at the Augusta Pines firework display last year. My slideshow will be the only fireworks we will be seeing in Harris County this year as all firework displays in Harris and Montgomery County have been cancelled due to our severe drought. We had a nice thunderstorm the other night but being about 17 inches low the ground just immediately soaked it up.

We have lived here since December 1996 and it is so strange not seeing the fireworks stands open. Usually they are doing a booming business but this is also the driest that it has been since we have lived here. Typically the entire day of the 4th I hear firecrackers going off but today it has been blissfully quiet. As much as we love our fireworks we love our Texas land more and I’m proud to see everyone going along with the fireworks ban. (Mind you there is a $500 fine being imposed if you do shoot a firework and that means any kind of firework.) As dry as everything is I think we all understand the importance of no fireworks this year.

On the other hand our dog Dundy does not like fireworks and is THRILLED about the ban (lol).
I wish you all a happy 4th of July.

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Marchel Peterson
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Auburn Lakes is a master planned community covering over 500 acres in unincorporated Northwest Harris County.  It is conveniently located just south of The Woodlands off of Gosling and Rayford Rd.   As you can see from my title Auburn Lakes call themselves the closer woods and the name is totally appropriate. 

As The Woodlands has grown their amenities are getting closer and closer to Auburn Lakes. If you are not sure that you want to live in The Woodlands but do like having access then Auburn Lakes could be the perfect solution for you.  An additional bonus is that it is closer in to Houston also.

When the community is finished there will be around 1200 homes.  Some of the amenities the community offers its residents are a community center with a banquet room and an open air pavilion; Olympic size swimming pool along with a play pool.  A very cool amenity is an indoor fitness center; as I was taking picture I could see residents working out in the fitness center.  If you like nature you will enjoy the nature parks and playgrounds.  Tennis courts are also available for the residents.

If you are in to playing golf portions of the subdivision are being developed along the Willow Creek Golf Course, a private 18-hole championship course.  You are also just a few miles away from Augusta Pines Golf Course; not to even mention all the golf courses in The Woodlands.

There are 4 different Auburn Lakes communities to choose from so there's something fro everyone:

Auburn Lake The Pines has homes starting from $190,000 to about $260,000.  The builders in The Pines are First Texas Homes, Infinity Classic Homes and Lennar Homes.  The lot sizes are approximately 60' by 120'.

Auburn Lakes The Retreat has homes starting from $340,000 to $490,000.  The builder in The Retreat is Village Builders.  The lot sizes are approximately 80' by 130'.

Auburn Lakes The Reserve has homes starting from $230,000 to about $300,000.  The builders in The Reserve are First Texas Homes and Lennar Homes.  The lot sizes are approximately 70' by 120'.

Auburn Lakes The Estates has homes starting from$650,000 to $1 million.  The custom builders are Cannon Custom Homes, Croix Custom Homes, Marshall & O’Connor and Meadowlark Homes.  The lot sizes are approximately 90'/100' by 150'.

The subdivision is located in the acclaimed Klein ISD. The grade school at the moment is Northampton Elementary, the intermediate is Hildebrandt and the high school is Klein Oak.  Ground is soon to be broken for a new elementary school on Rayford close to Gosling.

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Marchel Peterson
Results Realty
Cell: 832-721-8332

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Tomball is celebrating the National Day of prayer by having a prayer event at the historic Tomball depot.  The event will take place Thursday May 5th at 12:00 noon.  They are asking us to meet at the Gazebo by the Tomball depot and it should last about 30 minutes.

This years theme is “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”.

The National Day of Prayer was officially created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress, and signed into law by President Harry Truman. Since 1952, every president has signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation. President Barack Obama on Friday April 29th proclaimed May 5th 2011 as the National Day of Prayer, continuing a long tradition in the face of protest. For the complete story here’s an article from the Christian post.

I am planning on being at the Gazebo at noon. I hope you will join me on May 5th in praying for our nation, our military and all these national disasters we are experiencing in our country.

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Marchel Peterson
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Cell: 832-721-8332

One of the many things that I love about living in Spring is the fact that we live so close to Lake Conroe.  I took these photos at our first Lake Conroe Sailing Association Thursday night race. Let the season begin!!!

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Copyright © 2010 Marchel Peterson, All Rights Reserved. *Lake Conroe Sailing Association racing season begins!!!!*

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Lake Conroe Sailing Association has started their racing season.  We had the first Thursday night race this last Thursday.  We keep our sailboat on the other side of the lake at Conroe Yacht Club so for the Thursday night race my husband crews and I help on the committee boat. 

If these pictures don’t make you want to come and join us I don’t know what will.  We will have Thursday night races from now until September.  The races start at 6:00 PM at the lighthouse in front of Seven Coves .  Come join us!!

One last note you do not have to live at the lake to sail at the lake.  We live on the border of Spring/Tomball and it is an easy commute to the lake for the Thursday night race.

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It has been incredibly dry in Spring TX this spring so we have been making a concerted effort to keep our bird bath full as the birds are quite thirsty.  The other morning I noticed a beautiful blue bird land on the bird bath and ran for my camera.  It was the right place at the right time as before I knew it my beautiful blue bird had been joined by 4 friends.

I have found that my facebook friends cannot see the slide show.  If you would like to visit the show please visit bird bath time in Spring TX.  I am including one additional picture for those friends.

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If you are buying or relocating to Spring TX, Magnolia TX or Tomball TXand need help from a professional REALTOR®, Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332.

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One thing you will want to consider when you are buying or building a country home in either Harris County or Montgomery County is where you are going to get your water and how your septic will be handled. For the most part our country subdivisions are on community water and have their own septic systems. There are of course exceptions to this but I show in country subdivisions all the time and this seems to be the norm.  Now if you are not in a subdivision then chances are good that you will have to have both septic and a well.  Since we don’t deal with a lot of wells most of this post is going to be about Aerobic Septics.

In the homes built prior to around 1998 you will probably find the conventional septic systems.  After 1998 most of the septic systems are going to be Aerobic septic.  In both Harris and Montgomery Counties I think the only septic that is available is now the aerobic septic.  As these conventional septic tanks get older many of them don’t pass inspections.  When they don’t pass inspections the remedy usually ends up being with the owner having to put in a new aerobic septic.  You are probably looking at a cost of $6000 to $8000 depending on how big of a system that you get. This is something that is regulated by the state and counties so you will need to get your permits.

The Aerobic septic acts like a small scale sewage treatment system.  It is similar to a tank system but produces a high quality secondary effluent which is sterilized and then used for surface irrigation.  This means that at someplace on your property there will be a sprinkler system that will go off at night watering the yard so to speak with the discharge.  You will want to mark the sprinkler head so you don’t run over it with the mower.  Should you have any problem with the sprinkler heads you can find replacement parts at your local hardware store.

You MUST have a maintenance contract with an aerobic septic system company.  This is a requirement and if you don’t chances are the county will find out and ask you to see them in court.

There’s not a lot of maintenance involved but you will have to put chlorine tablets in (believe me you will know if you forget to put them in).  These are not the same tables as you use for a pool.  Typically you can put in two tablets at a time and then check every 2 weeks to see if it needs more.

Basically the difference between the aerobic system and the old tank system is that the fluids are moved to the end of the line and then they are disbursed onto your lawn by a sprinkler system.  I know that sounds gross but it does not smell and you will probably find that to be the greenest part of your yard.

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If you are buying or relocating to Spring TX, Magnolia TX or Tomball TXand need help from a professional REALTOR®, Marchel can be reached at Marchel@AgentwithResults.com or by phone at 832-721-8332.

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