KLVB’s Busy Summer “Vacation” 2021
This summer, Keep Lago Vista Beautiful volunteers worked at the Lago Vista Middle School to transform an out-of-control planter into a peaceful garden. On a recent Saturday, about 20 KLVB volunteers made short shrift of the planter’s existing overgrown shrubs. After the planter was cleared, they prepared the space with new dirt and compost. Cash donations from KLVB members and individuals along with plants from the LVES garden are completing the project. A great way to help the students to get this budding teaching garden off to a great start.
Educator Jennifer Bailey McCaughey described the project. “KLVB was wonderful to donate their time to help clean out these beds. They all worked so hard and did a beautiful job. All the beds were ant and weed infested. This is such a great learning area that was not being used or taken care of. It will now be a beautiful peaceful learning area for all students. The main idea for these garden beds is to provide the 3 culinary classes with healthy organic herbs and veggies. This is a “job” area for our SEPD (4th grade - 8th grade) to take care of on a daily basis.” She continued, “This is a wonderful way for all the kids to recognize how beneficial planting and growing healthy foods is for them and their families. My hope and dream is that this will have a long-lasting positive impact on these children so they can share healthy choices for generations to come…I will tell all that our kids are excited to eat, plant, and grow in this new learning area.”
In other news, Dawn Point is well on its way to its rebirth as an artistic point of entry to the Municipal Complex. Due to this joint effort of the City and KLVB, the sculpture is in place and many of the flowering plants and irrigation systems have been installed. Decorative masonry is being added along with the remaining plantings and electricity. Keep your eye on this space, as the final effect will be gorgeous.
4th of July Parade goers will remember KLVB volunteers busily collecting trash after the event. Recently volunteers collected donated stone to be recycled in future landscaping projects, freeing up precious funds for new plants. Also, 100 saplings donated by The Bartlett Tree Experts thru their Legacy program were distributed thru KLVB to increase community awareness and appreciation of trees.
Along with these special projects, volunteers monitored and maintained the group’s 17 adopted beautification spots throughout the City. (How many can you identify?) Adopt-a-Spot maintenance included: protecting new trees at Bowden Point from the local stags who like them as scratching posts; pruning and replacing damaged plants and trees at the Windmill at Paseo De Vaca, Faye’s Garden, the planters at City Hall, the Library Courtyard, the Green Space on Municipal Way, the Golf Ball Water Tower, the Wind Spiral, the Clubhouse at LV Golf Course, and the corner of Boggy and Lohman’s, to name a few.
And there was help! Over the summer the Girls Volleyball team and football players from LVISD pitched in to help on some projects. Many of the new and replacement plantings around town were purchased with funds granted by the Lago Vista Women’s Club, for which KLVB says “Thank You” KLVB thanks all these groups for their support!
In total, the volunteers of KLVB worked a phenomenal 825 person-hours on cleanup and beautification of our public spaces during their summer “vacation”. As President Denise said recently “The City of Lago Vista should be proud and happy they have such giving, hard-working volunteers doing their best to make Lago Vista a beautiful place in which to live and grow.”
Be a part of the excitement at KLVB. The club meeting occurs on the second Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at LV City Hall, but check the website as location and time may change. All are welcome, and we love our first timers! Check out our Facebook page, visit www.klvb.org or call President Denise Sellers at 512-467-4582 for more information.
Educator Jennifer Bailey McCaughey described the project. “KLVB was wonderful to donate their time to help clean out these beds. They all worked so hard and did a beautiful job. All the beds were ant and weed infested. This is such a great learning area that was not being used or taken care of. It will now be a beautiful peaceful learning area for all students. The main idea for these garden beds is to provide the 3 culinary classes with healthy organic herbs and veggies. This is a “job” area for our SEPD (4th grade - 8th grade) to take care of on a daily basis.” She continued, “This is a wonderful way for all the kids to recognize how beneficial planting and growing healthy foods is for them and their families. My hope and dream is that this will have a long-lasting positive impact on these children so they can share healthy choices for generations to come…I will tell all that our kids are excited to eat, plant, and grow in this new learning area.”
In other news, Dawn Point is well on its way to its rebirth as an artistic point of entry to the Municipal Complex. Due to this joint effort of the City and KLVB, the sculpture is in place and many of the flowering plants and irrigation systems have been installed. Decorative masonry is being added along with the remaining plantings and electricity. Keep your eye on this space, as the final effect will be gorgeous.
4th of July Parade goers will remember KLVB volunteers busily collecting trash after the event. Recently volunteers collected donated stone to be recycled in future landscaping projects, freeing up precious funds for new plants. Also, 100 saplings donated by The Bartlett Tree Experts thru their Legacy program were distributed thru KLVB to increase community awareness and appreciation of trees.
Along with these special projects, volunteers monitored and maintained the group’s 17 adopted beautification spots throughout the City. (How many can you identify?) Adopt-a-Spot maintenance included: protecting new trees at Bowden Point from the local stags who like them as scratching posts; pruning and replacing damaged plants and trees at the Windmill at Paseo De Vaca, Faye’s Garden, the planters at City Hall, the Library Courtyard, the Green Space on Municipal Way, the Golf Ball Water Tower, the Wind Spiral, the Clubhouse at LV Golf Course, and the corner of Boggy and Lohman’s, to name a few.
And there was help! Over the summer the Girls Volleyball team and football players from LVISD pitched in to help on some projects. Many of the new and replacement plantings around town were purchased with funds granted by the Lago Vista Women’s Club, for which KLVB says “Thank You” KLVB thanks all these groups for their support!
In total, the volunteers of KLVB worked a phenomenal 825 person-hours on cleanup and beautification of our public spaces during their summer “vacation”. As President Denise said recently “The City of Lago Vista should be proud and happy they have such giving, hard-working volunteers doing their best to make Lago Vista a beautiful place in which to live and grow.”
Be a part of the excitement at KLVB. The club meeting occurs on the second Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at LV City Hall, but check the website as location and time may change. All are welcome, and we love our first timers! Check out our Facebook page, visit www.klvb.org or call President Denise Sellers at 512-467-4582 for more information.
Sheldon Green and Ken Blake take the first step in retiring “Old Glory”.
Organizers Mike and Margaret Leitko present flag retirement protocol.
Mike Leitko and Dan Sellers respectfully burn the pieces as KLVB participants begin their vigil.
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 KLVB HONORS AND RETIRES OLD GLORY LAGO VISTA TX – Keep Lago Vista Beautiful marked the 19th anniversary of 9/11 with their first Flag Retirement Program. This ceremony, held at Bar-K Park on the evening of Sept 11, 2020, respectfully retired ten American Flags according to the guidelines developed by the US Scouting organization, in accordance with The United States Flag Code, Title 4, Section 8k. This Program was developed by KLVB members Mike and Margaret Leitko. The steps to retire a flag are simple yet symbolic. As a flag ceases to be a flag when it is cut into pieces, the first step was to cut each flag carefully into 4 pieces. The blue star field was retained intact, because it represents the union and “no one should ever let the union be broken”. Then the pieces were placed carefully into a fire, with members maintaining a vigil over the fire until the last piece was consumed. Each member was invited to share their memories of Sept 11, 2001 and how it has affected them. The evening ended on an uplifting tone as the ashes were gathered to be interred in a flower bed at a KLVB beautification spot. All agreed that the program was meaningful and useful. Sheldon Green commented “Proper disposing of Old Glory is consistent with KLVB’s mission, and recalling and sharing the tragic memories of 9/11 by all was indeed touching.” Organizer Mike Leitko confirmed “we hope to have this become a proud event for KLVB and our Community in the future.” |
SPRING 2020
LAGO VISTA ISD - KLVB TO THE RESCUE
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Last Spring, KLVB volunteers rushed to the aid of a languishing flower bed at the Lago Vista Middle School, taking it from bare to blossoming in a morning. The decision to call in the experts was made by Eric Holt, Middle School Principal. Holt, along with Assistant Principal Kerri Walker, Counselor April Woodburn, Registrar Monica Kaiser, and Secretary Sue Kunze, had already performed the heavy lifting of cleaning the flower bed. These hard-working staff members removed what turned out to be three truckloads of overgrown plants. Holt continues “At that point, we were a little stuck on what to do next, so we called in the professionals.” KLVB volunteers amended the soil with compost, planted flowering native perennials, and mulched the bed to retain moisture. Damianita, Dallas Red Lantana, Pink Skullcap, and Radio Red Autumn Sage will bloom with marvelous color to welcome back the happy returning students in the fall. As Principal Holt says: “Thank you again everyone! Groups like this make Lago Vista very special!”
TRASH OFF
October 17 2020
Successful? You be the judge!!
Trash - 17 containers = 85.63 tons metal 3 containers = 20.53 tons. Electronic waste = 1200 lbs.
Total number of vehicles served 500
Trash - 17 containers = 85.63 tons metal 3 containers = 20.53 tons. Electronic waste = 1200 lbs.
Total number of vehicles served 500
