April 2017
Vol.5 Issue 4
Shady Shores News
C O M M U N I T Y
E V E N T S
C O M M I T T E E
Message from the Mayor
Hello,
I hope that you have had the opportunity to visit Town Hall in the last few weeks and have seen the additions
to Olive’s Garden/Gazebo. Many new plants are decorating the gazebo, new lights lighting it up and the memorial bricks installed on the pathway to the gazebo. The bricks (which you may still purchase) are to honor
or in memory of Shady Shores’ residents, their families, and friends. What a wonderful way to pay tribute to
those we love and honor. I think you will see a number of our past residents commemorated.
If you have not seen the additions to the Town Hall grounds, I encourage you to stop by and take a few minutes to look at the plants, lights and especially the memorial bricks. If you have not had the opportunity to
purchase a brick and would like to, they can still be purchased at Town Hall or on the Shady Shores website.
See you at the memorial garden,
Cindy Aughinbaugh
Mayor of Shady Shores
NICK AUGUSTINE
JACK NELSON
CINDY AUGHINBAUGH
PAULA WOOLWORTH
TOM NEWELL
CANDIDATE FORUM
The Community Events Committee hosted a Candidate Forum on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Frank Graham, the moderator, opened the event by asking each candidate to take one minute to introduce themselves before the question session
began. Frank asked each candidate the same question with a one minute response time. The questions were submitted
by email prior to the noon deadline on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. CEC members met at 1:00 pm to review and organize
the questions for the evening event. It was obvious that Shady Shores residents put thought into their questions: concerns about road repair, growth in our city, ordinances, and taxes. The two questions that closed the session were excellent, addressing why a candidate would desire the office they chose to seek and what qualities the candidate felt they
could offer the city. The candidates did not have access to or knowledge of the questions before Frank Graham presented each one. Each candidate articulated their opinions in a straight forward manner and never hesitated with their
response. The Forum was professionally handled. It was educational and demonstrated once again what an outstanding
group of people live in and support the Town of Shady Shores. Your Vote Counts (see page 3 for voting information)
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NOTES FROM TOWN HALL
April 2017
The Town Council met in Regular Session on April 10, 2017. Agenda items for the
meeting consisted mainly of staff and committee reports to the council regarding the
many projects that are in the works at the moment. Staff reported that the paperwork
had been submitted to FEMA to change the original grant request to an “Improved Project.” The change will allow the town to make additional repairs to the Lakeshore Road
in addition to those repairs that FEMA will allow. Also, staff worked with Deborah
Robertson from Span along with representatives from Corinth, Hickory Creek, and Lake
Dallas to apply for grant funding so that the towns could offer Span transit services to
their residents at a lower cost. Councilmember(s) Jack Nelson and Tom Newell were
appointed to serve on the Budget Committee. Councilmember Jack Nelson also agreed
to work with staff to review and develop new procedures for the issuance of building
permits.
As always, Amber and I are available to answer questions.
Wendy Withers, TRMC, CMC
IMPORTANT DATES
Lake Master Plan Meetings
Potential Funding for Shady Shores Road
The May 2 meeting will be held at the Armed Forces
Reserve Center, 1860 Summit Avenue, Lewisville,
Texas. The May 4 meeting will be at the Lakeside
Middle School auditorium, 400 Lobo Lane, Little
Elm, Texas. Both meetings will have a formal presentation beginning at 6 p.m., followed by an open house
forum for individual one-on-one discussion with
Corps representatives. The public can view maps, ask
questions and provide comments about the project.
Comment forms and instructions for making comments will be provided at the meeting. The formal
presentation to be used at the meetings will be available shortly before the meeting on the USACE website at:
Here are the dates and locations of the upcoming
NCTCOG public meetings where the information on the
proposed program will also be presented.
Tuesday, May 9
6:00 pm
Richardson Civic Center
411 W Arapaho Road
Richardson, TX 75080
http://www.swf.usace.army.mil/About/Lakes-and
-Recreation-Information/Master-Plan-Updates
Monday, May 15
6:00 pm
North Richland Hills Library
9015 Grand Ave
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Wednesday, May 10
2:30 pm
NCTCOG
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ELECTION INFORMATION
Early Voting begins April 24, 2017. A list of dates and times for early voting is attached. During early voting,
you may vote at any location within the county. On election day, May 6, 2017, you must vote in your precinct
at the designated location. Voters are required to present an approved form of photo identification to vote in
all Texas Elections
Shady Shores Community Center will be the voting location on election day.
EARLY VOTING DATES AND TIMES
April 24-29
May 1-2
Monday - Saturday
Monday and Tuesday
8 am to 5 pm
7 am to 7 pm
LOCATIONS
(I HAVE INCLUDED THE LOCATIONS CLOSEST TO SHADY SHORES FOR A COMPLETE
LIST, PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE)
DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINI
STRATION
701 KIMBERLY DRIVE
DENTON, TX
LAKE DALLAS ISD ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING
104 SWISHER ROAD
LAKE DALLAS, TX
CORINTH CITY HALL
3300 CORINTH PARKWAY
CORINTH, TX
LITTLE ELM PUBLIC LIBRARY
100 W. ELDORADO PKWY
LITTLE ELM, TX
TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AND VIEW THE SAMPLE BALLOT, VISIT
THE DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION PAGES.
SAMPLE BALLOT
EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS (COMPLETE LIST)
CANDIDATE INFORMATION
VOTER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
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NATIVE FLOWERS ARE WILDFLOWERS
Polly and I worked at a Nature Festival this past weekend. Several people said to us, "native plants are
just weeds and twigs, aren’t they?" No, they are not! Many people forget that wildflowers are always native
plants. So you won’t get the wrong impression of natives, we are going to share with you some unusually
beautiful native plants.
Texas Sage
Believe it or not, there is a lot of Texas Sage around the Shady Shores Town Hall. These
shrubs produce flowers with deep blue to purple petals with two to six flowers clustered together. Sage blooms profusely. Like all shrubs, this plant is woody.
Zexmenia.
This lovely plant has small orange/yellow flowers. Each flower has eight 2” petals. It is
another range plant. Zexmenia is drought resistant. It will bloom from May to September.
Wine Cup
Wine Cups are beautiful deep red-purple (think Burgundy) plants shaped like a small tea cup
(without a handle). We have a patch of wine cups in our front flower bed. This plant will grow
well in variant numbers of soils from sandy, to rocky, to clay and it will even grow under mottled shade. They only bloom from April to June. Wine Cups make a worthwhile addition to
your garden.
Yellow Texas Star
Flowers have five large yellow petals; each is about ½ inches long. It’s sort of like the five
points of the Texas star (flag). They have two horn-like tips on the petals. These are range
plants.
Desert Willow
Desert Willow is a small shrub with leaves that sweep upward. From its name you can tell it
is very drought resistant. Too much watering will kill this plant. Polly and I have two
Desert Willows in our yard. Desert Willows have lovely small flowers that bloom from late
spring through summer.
Trumpet Vine
The Trumpet vine has a tendency to spread (invasive) so just know it will take effort to
control it. The flowers will have a cluster of about five trumpet-shaped petals. Right
now, they are blooming profusely. Bees and Hummingbirds pollinate the Trumpet;
they love the nectar. Bees are its best-known pollinator. We have also found mocking
birds nesting in the Trumpet Vines as well as Honeysuckle Vines.
Theses few plants are samples of the incredible Range Plants of North Central Texas that can be an excellent
specimen in your landscape. As always, Polly and I enjoy and welcome questions about landscaping with
native plants.
Cecil and Polly
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KEEP SHADY SHORES BEAUTIFUL
CLEAN-UP
COMPUTER CRUSHING
LESSONS IN FIRE
EXTINGUISHER SAFETY
FIREMAN TALKING TO
A GROUP
DEMO SET
UP
PAPER
SHREDDER
WATCH CAREFULLY
FIRE IS OUT
THANK YOU, LCFD
BASEBALL TEAM VOLUNTEERS
PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS AND SETTING MEMORIAL BRICKS
HOT DOGS & BURGERS
Shady Shores Clean-up Day was a successful event. By noon, we had four dumpsters loaded with debris, a
truckload of computers ready to be crushed and the paper shredder had been busy all morning. The Lake
Dallas Spikes Baseball Team volunteered their time and work. Thank you for your participation. At 11:30
am, the LCFD arrived to demonstrate the safe use of a fire extinguisher. To our delight, the gardeners came
early in the day to set the first order of memorial bricks and plant native plants around the Gazebo. To top
it all off, CWD cooked hot dogs and hamburgers with all the fixings for lunch. It was a great day.
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The Wild Side of Shady Shores – Greater Roadrunner
Photos & Article by Rebecca Morgan
The most famous bird in the Southwest, featured in
folklore and cartoons, and often seen running down
the road, is the Greater Roadrunner. They are longlegged, ground-dwelling birds in the cuckoo family
that can be found in our area year-round.
Roadrunners can reach 21 inches in length; have a
wingspan just over 19 inches, and weigh up to 19
ounces. They are tan or brown with extensive blackish streaking on their upperparts and chests; have
long necks; distinctive long blue legs; and very long
straight tails that they use as rudders. Their heads
have short crests that can be raised or lowered at will, and their blue bills are long, heavy and
curve slightly downward.
Roadrunners have four toes on each foot, with two toes positioned forward and two toes backward, leaving an easily recognized “X” shaped footprint. According to Native American legends,
Roadrunners are revered for their courage, strength, speed and endurance. Their distinctive Xshaped footprint is a sacred symbol that disguises the direction the bird is heading and is thought
to prevent evil spirits from following. One of these birds living near a home is said to bring good
luck to the residents. If a Roadrunner crosses the road in front of you from left to right, it is
supposed to bring good luck. If it crosses from right to left bad luck is sure to follow.
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Roadrunners mate for life and are very territorial with both the male and female defending a
territory of approximately a half mile in diameter from intruders.
Breeding season is from early March to late October.
The male will gather sticks and twigs for nest building
material, but the female is responsible for actually
building the nest which she typically builds on a platform of sticks 3 – 10 feet off the ground in a sturdy
bush or small tree. She then lays 2-6 white to pale
yellow eggs which hatch 20 days later.
Young Roadrunners develop quickly and can leave the
nest and catch their own food within a month. However, it is not uncommon for the parents to continue feeding them for up to 40 days.
Roadrunners can survive without drinking water as long as they eat prey with a high-water content. They rapidly walk around running down small animals including insects, spiders, tarantulas,
scorpions and mice but are especially fond of lizards and snakes, including rattlesnakes. To kill a
snake, Roadrunners will run circles around the snake using speed and agility, leaping into the air
to stay clear of the snake’s fangs, then rushing in stabbing the snake with its beak. Repeated
blows stun the snake so it can be seized and slammed against the ground crushing the bones in
the snake’s head.
If the snake is too long to swallow all at once, a Roadrunner will walk around with a length of
snake still protruding from its bill, swallowing it a little at a time as the snake digests.
Contrary to its well-known cartoon representation, the Roadrunner does not go “beep beep.”
And despite the cartoon character’s perennial victories over Wile E. Coyote, real-life coyotes present a
real danger.
When a Roadrunner runs, they lean over, lower their
heads, stretch out their necks and hold their tails
straight out. With their bodies, almost parallel to
the ground they are aerodynamic and can run at
speeds of up to 20 m.p.h. making them the fastest running bird capable of flight. But they cannot
outrun a coyote which is more than twice as fast. They must also avoid raccoons, domestic cats,
hawks, and skunks.
Greater Roadrunners can survive up to 8 years in the wild.
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Community Events Committee
presents
The Calendar for 2017
DATE
EVENT
TIME
MAY 20, 2017
SPRING FLEA MARKET
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
FALL FLEA MARKET
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
FALL CLEAN UP
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
OCTOBER 28, 2017
HOOT ‘N HOLLER
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
NOVEMBER 11, 2017
CHILI COOK-OFF
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
DECEMBER 2, 2017
SHADY SHORES
CHRISTMAS
2:00 PM - 7:00 pm
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The first order of Shady Shores Memorial
Bricks are installed around the walkway to
Olive’s Garden. Plan a visit soon to see
what promises to be a very special spot for
the residents of Shady Shores.
If you want to order a brick, click the link
below and follow the instructions for ordering a brick with the wording of your choice.
KSBB Memorial Bricks
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May 20th. from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm The
Community Events Committee will host
our Spring Flea Market. Make you plans
now to participate. The fee is $20 for a
space. The fee is refundable for Shady
Shores residents and not for nonresidents. Look on the Shady Shores
website and Facebook for more updates.
It is not too early to explore the world of
chili recipes. The Cook-Off is always a
fun event. It seems like it is the most
relaxing event we share. It is nice to set
aside some time for visiting with
neighbors and enjoying delicious bowl of
chili before the Thanksgiving, Christmas,
New Year hits with its activity.
The Community Events Committee and
KSBB welcome you to join us on Thursday following the Town Council Meeting.
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Texas Abate Confederation
Members of the Texas Abate Confederation were present at the Shady Shores Town Council meeting to
receive a proclamation declaring May 2017 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. The Texas ABATE
Confederation, Inc. is comprised of several chapters throughout the State of Texas. Lake Cities ABATE is
one of these chapters. Texas ABATE Confederation and its chapters are an alliance dedicated to the protection of the individual rights of motorcyclists through political changes and awareness, charitable
works, public education and the promotion of motorcycling.
Texas motorcyclists today enjoy a much more "user-friendly" environment than what once was due to
the efforts of all Motorcycle Rights Organizations (MRO's) that have operated in the State of Texas since
the seventies.
The Texas ABATE Confederation has been the leader on many issues and, most certainly, the leader in
the effort of "Unity" which effectively combines the efforts of all MRO's. A list of some of those efforts is
listed below:
1.
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5.
Full use of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes.
Instituted Handicapped License Plates for motorcycles.
Re-instatement of the Rider Education Fund.
Revising medical exemptions for not wearing helmets.
Substitution of Motorcycle Safety Course Attendance for DOC as a requirement after some traffic
offenses.
6. Working with other MRO's to change the direction of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
7. Working with other MRO's to eliminate discrimination of health care benefits.
8. Resisting the onset of "no-fault" insurance in the State of Texas.
9. Amending the helmet law in Texas to allow freedom of choice for adult riders
10.Working with other MRO's against the worldwide unity of motorcycle regulations and standardization.
11.Worked with the TMRA2 and TX COC&I in getting a trike bill passed to allow those unable to ride two
wheels access to operator training and licensing.
12 Created a working relationship with the Texas Confederation of Clubs and Independents to ensure
any Calls to Action are expedited.
13.Created AMSEP (ABATE Motorcycle Safety Education Program) a non-profit corporation dedicated to
safety.