Author: Deborah Southerland

From Maria Shelby:

The annual 4^th of July pool party will be held on Wednesday, July 4^th from 10:30 am to 2 pm.  We will have a multitude of games for the children and door prizes for the parents.  Unfortunately, AFD officials informed me that their fire trucks will not be able available to lead us in a neighborhood parade prior to the event.  However, we will have plenty to do without their presence including water volleyball, watermelon relay races, pie-eating contests, badminton in the grassy area, and the ever popular coin toss in the pool.

In addition, there will be door prizes from Frost Bank, Which Wich, My Fit Foods, tickets to watch the Round Rock Express baseball games, and others to be announced at the event.  In addition, we will have a tattoo parlor. 

The food this year includes grilled hot dogs, chips, watermelon, flavored ice pops, and some type of sweets for dessert.  This is one of the biggest events of the year and we are excited for it to take place!  The weather forecast for next Wednesday is hot and sunny!

Bring your American spirit, family and the kids’ goggles so they can see those coins underwater.  Lastly, bring some folding chairs as we might run out!

Please take note of this fun (and free!) family summer music series — several of the performances (specifically, those at the Little Walnut Branch and Milwood Branch) are located close to Scofield Farms.  The following information is provided by the City of Austin:

The City of Austin’s Music Division and the Austin Public Library is
launching a series of summertime music performances for Austin’s youth.

The new six-week summer concert series, “Music for Kids”, will showcase 20 free,
musical performances suited for children, teens and families at library
locations throughout the city.

“The Music Division is thrilled to introduce this summer kids’ program in the
city,” said Don Pitts, Music Program Manager. “This is a great way to
highlight local talent and the positive influence of music on our children,
youth and families.”

Music for Kids, June 13-July 21, will feature Austin singer-songwriters
Lucas Miller, Gina Chavez, Neal Kassanoff and Courtney Sanchez, who will
each perform solo acts at various libraries. The series will also include
popular special guest musicians like Marcia Ball and Guy Forsyth.

Visit www.austintexas.gov/MusicForKids to learn more. These performances are
part of SRP’12, the Library’s summer reading program for youth. For a
complete list of SRP’12 events, check out www.austinsummerreading.org.

Please join us at the Scofield Farms ROA Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 22, at  the Westview Middle School Cafeteria (1805 Scofield Lane).  Registration will begin at 6:30 pm, and the meeting will begin at 7 pm.  Agenda items for the meeting will include reports from the Scofield ROA Board of Directors, as well as the election of one homeowner to the Board. If you are unable to attend, please complete the proxy form and return to Certified Management of Austin ( CMA ) office by May 21, 2012, or you may send it with a neighbor who is attending. Your signed proxy will help meet the required quorum of ten (10%) percent.

Our new neighbor, University Federal Credit Union, will host a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, April 14 from 10 am to 1 pm. The event will feature refreshments, a $50 incentive for new accounts, and a chance to meet University of Texas head football coach Mack Brown from 10:30 – 11:30 am. Please see the note from UFCU below regarding the event and how it may affect our neighborhood:

As you know, we are having our Grand Opening on April 14th with Mack Brown. We anticipate quite a large crowd. We have arranged to have 2 APD officers on-site for crowd control as well as a shuttle service that will be picking up members from the nearby ACC campus. Parking will not be available at our site. We will be encouraging all event goers to park at the ACC campus. I wanted you to be aware that even with our good intentions; there may be some that will park on the street on Scofield and surrounding areas. We do anticipate that this will be kept to a minimum.

Please see the UFCU Web site for further details.