T E C H T E R R A C E

UNIT News
Published by the Neighborhood Association serving the community bounded by
University, Nineteenth Street, Indiana and Thirty-fourth Streets, Lubbock, Texas
A biannual newsletter published by the Tech Terrace UNIT Neighborhood Association Fall 2010

Holiday Home Tour Bylaw Revisions Committee Reports School reports Important Dates Contact your city
The 27th Annual Bylaws task-force Numerous residents Keep abreast of City of Lubbock offers
volunteer on upcoming events. services to help
Tech Terrace puts forth proposal
committees to help the Page 3 residents.
Holiday Home Tour for bylaws neighborhood. What are
is just around the revisions. Page 2 they up to? Page 4
corner. Our neighborhood Interested in
Page 1, 2 & 3
December 4, 2010 hosts two incredible Volunteering?
fine arts magnet There are many ways
schools. Get their you can help in the
Page 3 report. neighborhood.
Page 3 Page 1, 2 & 3

A Message from TT-UNIT
NA President -M.T. Martin
Our little square mile neighborhood is
often called unique. For a number of
reasons this is the case. There are not
too many areas with the diversity of
population, property sizes and
architectural styles that we enjoy.
Certainly two very individual and mature
parks, a commercial center, a primary
and middle school of renowned,
distinguish us from other neighborhoods,
throughout the City. Our geographic
location makes us a highly desirable and
sustainable place to live. However, we
cannot escape the inevitable problems of
a neighborhood largely built before the
prominence of the automobile, central
heating and cooling, TV and the internet.
The code sweep of the neighborhood last
Spring resulting in nearly four-hundred
citations and including forty junk vehicles
are evidence of aging and neglect. For us
to make our neighborhood and its
components great, each of us has to take
an active and responsible role. We
cannot rely on the City to be as diligent
and effective as we might like. We can’t
afford it. A good neighbor must be alert to 11:45-1:00. Dates vary, so please check
what is happening; the security, www.mytechterrace.org or contact Laura
preservation and improvement of our Anderson at
neighborhood depend on it. Ultimately, lauradennyanderson@gmail.com for the
what truly distinguishes one place from next meeting date.
another are the people who live there. A LET'S HAVE SOME FUN PEOPLE!!!!!
group of determined individuals, working
together as a neighborhood association,
in my mind, is the means to achieve
sustained distinction. Please come to our Welcome to the
meetings, keep up with the Blog and join Neighborhood
a committee.
This time of year brings many new
student and TTU residents to the UNIT
Social Committee Sets the neighborhood. We are glad to have you
Stage for Fun as neighbors! UNIT residents work
together to keep our neighborhood family-
The social committee is a FUN group who friendly, safe and stable. We strive to
share a common goal of uniting the protect our well-kept homes, considerate
neighborhood through planning & and friendly residents, great magnet
organizing meaningful, inclusive, & FUN schools, beautiful parks, churches and
events. Some of these include: spring
open house tour featuring homes for sale, convenient shopping. Welcome to the
summer movies in Wagner park, fall chili best square mile in Lubbock!
cook-off, and holiday home tour. We are
ALWAYS looking for new members to join
our committee. The only requirement is All the information in this newsletter and more
can be found on the blog and soon on the new
that you are FUN & ready to promote
FUN in the neighborhood!!! We need your Tech Terrace UNIT neighborhood association
ideas, so please join us! We meet at the website. Both addresses are at the bottom of
this newsletter,
Schlotzsky's at 19th & Memphis from

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SAFETY COMMITTEE
Aesthetics Committee Works
R E P O RT to Improve Appearance of the
Brandy Davis, Chair
Neighborhood and Works to
Property crimes are on a steady rise in Alleviate Wagner Park
UNIT in 2010 according to LPD
Neighborhood Services, so please Concerns:
keep these safety tips and prevention
measures in mind as you evaluate the
vulnerability of your property:
Keep all doors and windows closed and securely
fastened. An open window or door is an open
invitation for burglars. Thieves are also quick to
spot weak locks that may be easily forced open.
Doors should have deadbolt locks with a one
inch throw and reinforced strike plate with three
inch screws. All windows should have window
locks.
Install a peep-hole in your front door.  If
replacing your front entrance door, consult
professionals about which material is most
difficult to kick in.
Secure sliding glass doors. Place a metal rod or
piece of plywood in the track and install vertical
bolts. These will help prevent burglars from
forcing the door open or lifting it off the track.
Always lock the door to an attached garage.
Don't rely on your automatic garage door
opener for security.
Create the illusion that you are home by using
timers on lights, radios and TV's. Making your
residence appear occupied, even when no one is
home, will deter criminals.
Keep the perimeter of your home well-lit.
Installing low voltage outdoor lighting is a cost-
effective way to discourage intruders, as well as
highlight a house.
Never leave clues that you are away on a trip.
Have a trusted neighbor collect mail and
newspapers while you are away so delivered
items do not accumulate. You can also ask a
neighbor to park in your driveway or parking
place to make it appear that you are present.
Lock all gates, including side, front and alley
access to your property.
Allow dogs to stay outdoors, weather permitting, replace it with a metal-roofed, open-sided concrete
to alert you of strangers approaching and
roaming the alley.
Install safety cameras and an alarm system.
Keep some shades and blinds up and curtains
open to maintain a normal, everyday
appearance in your residence.
Never leave a message on your telephone
answering machine telling people that you are
not home. A message that you will return at a
certain time leaves your home vulnerable in the
interim.
Be careful what you post on Facebook and other
social network sites which might give
information about when your home is
unoccupied during the day or extended vacation.  that ignores the fact that the
Keep shrubbery trimmed away from entrances
and walkways. While large, ornate hedges may
be beautiful, they also provide a hiding place for expressed the opinion that mainly the “rich” who
burglars who need only a minute to break in
through a window or door.
Organize a community watch program to
protect your neighborhood block. An alert
community is a safe community.
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T E R R A C
Tech Terrace -
U.N.I.T.Neighborhood
Association
Aesthetics Committee
Helen Liggett, Chair
The Aesthetics Committee is a diverse group of
neighborhood supporters addressing a
wide range of aesthetics issues. Aesthetics
concerns may be found in Code Enforcement, Park
Usage, Zoning Compliance, Yard of the Month and
many other areas. The role of the Aesthetics
Committee is to identify areas of concern regarding
the beauty and integrity of our neighborhood,
research information regarding those issues,
present the information to the full Neighborhood
Association membership for decision, and then
execute the decision made by the full membership.
Currently, we are awarding Yard of the Month
honors to three properties per month, attending
zoning board hearings to preserve the single family
residency of the neighborhood, and fighting to
preserve the pavilion and bathrooms in Wagner
Park. Additionally, we are instituting a new
Holiday Decoration recognition this year and
attempting to bring Theater in the Park back to
Wagner Park, its home of more than 14 years
before it was moved two years ago, to its great
detriment, and the detriment of the whole
neighborhood and City of Lubbock. Our biggest
issue has been the pavilion and bathrooms at
Wagner Park.
Only recently did the Neighborhood Association
learn of plans by Parks and Recreation to tear
down the historic pavilion at Wagner Park and
pad, such as is found in parks in South Lubbock.
This would result in a generic structure that has no
historic significance, does not harmonize with the
neighborhood architecture and, does not have the
facilities of the current pavilion that are so valuable
- the bathrooms, secure storage and a walled side
which is so acoustically helpful to Westwinds
Brass and other events. The
City seems to feel that since it
does not have the money to
give other parks bathroom
facilities, it should tear out the
existing facilities at Wagner
Park to be “fair”. Of course,
City will have to spend significant money to tear
out the existing facilities. The Parks Board
live in the U.N.I.T. use Wagner Park, therefore, it is
unfair for the “common folk” throughout Lubbock
to subsidize bathrooms for the “rich folk” to use in
Wagner Park. Again, this ignores the fact that
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significant tax-payer funds must be expended to
tear out and replace the pavilion, and the fact
Wagner Park is used by people from all over
Lubbock.
Additionally, it ignores the fact that Wagner Park is
loved and used by residents from all over Lubbock.
Wagner Park has several unique features. First, it
is near a large and successful magnet elementary:
Roscoe Wilson Elementary. This school, as a
magnet school, has students from all over
Lubbock. Naturally, after playing in Wagner Park
during school, out of neighborhood students wish
to return with their families when school is out.
Secondly, Wagner Park has structures not found in
other city parks, including the climbing wall and
sports courts. These features make Wagner
uniquely desirable as a place for ALL Lubbock
residents to congregate. The Homeschool
Association, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Roscoe
Wilson classes, Westwinds Brass, Theater in the
Park, to name just a few - all of these value the
available bathrooms and pavilion in Wagner Park
and represent citizens from all over Lubbock. The
Parks Board will be revisiting the issue of
destroying Wagner Park’s pavilion at the next
public meeting on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at
noon City Hall, Committee Room 103, 1625 13
Street. Anyone who can attend to support the
pavilion and bathrooms is greatly needed.
Alternatively, please send the letter, after
modifying it to fit your circumstances, found at
http://www.techterracenews.blogspot.com.
Feel free to contact me at helenlig@yahoo.com
with any issues you would like to see
addressed by the Aesthetics Committee.
Task‐Force
Proposes


Revised
Bylaws
for
Vote
at

Oct
28,
2010
Meeting
The
Bylaws
Committee
met
and
made
a
Einal

proposal
on
May
19,
2010.

The
Committee’s

goal
was
to
revise
the
bylaws
to
reElect
that
the

UNIT
is
a
Neighborhood
Association,
(opposed

to
a
Homeowner’s
Association),
and
have

greater
involvement
in
the
UNIT’s
leadership.

In

order
to
accomplish
this,
the
proposal
includes

the
following:

(a)
extends
membership
to
non‐
resident
homeowners,
resident
tenants
and

business
representatives;
(b)
deEines
the
roles

of
the
ofEicers;
(c)
provides
for
governance
by
a

board
of
directors,
including
four
regional

directors;
(d)
establishes
six
committees

(communications,
beautiEication,
events,

Einance,
city
relations
and
safety);
and,
(e)

provides
for
3
general
meetings
(January,
April

and
October).

The
bylaws
were
presented
at
the

July
meeting
and
will
be
voted
on
at
the
October

meeting.

If
you
would
like
a
copy
of
the
bylaws,

please
contact
Dustin
Burrows
at:


dustinburrows@mhbg.com
or
790‐7369
or

www.mytechterrace.org.
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Financial Committee Report
Cyd Seideman, Chair
For our new neighbors, you will be interested
in knowing that our neighborhood's sole
inflow of funds is through our annual Holiday
Home Tour - which began in 1983. Each
year, several neighbors open their homes to
fellow homeowners, neighbors, and citizens
of Lubbock to showcase the individual
house's architecture, history and interior
design. The charm and friendliness of our
district draw people to the tour, and many
have been enjoying this event for years. From
this revenue, we have managed the business
of the organization - from printing to the
Home Tour to Movies in the Park to Pumpkin/
Kite/Fall Festivals to Block Parties and to the
Lawnmower Drill Team in the Fourth on
Broadway Parade.
(Technically, our by-laws call for annual dues
of $1, but 2010 is the first year we have
actually begun a process to collect those dues.
Be ready - you'll be called upon to pay your
dues before you vote on any matter that
comes before the members!)
Additionally, My Tech Terrace - U.N.I.T.
Neighborhood Association plays a larger role
within our boundary area than just running the
business of the organization. Financially (and
often physically!) partnering with the schools
and City of Lubbock Parks & Recreation
Department has helped create or purchase
new playground equipment at Wagner Park, a
running track at Tech Terrace Park, trees
everywhere, and a garden center at Roscoe
Wilson, to only name a few!
Twenty-seventh Annual
Holiday Home Tour
December 4, 2010 2-4 PM
Tech Terrace residents have opened their
homes for the Holiday Home Tour for over 25
years. This year Cyd Seideman and Ami Hill-
Rendon are co-chairing this great event.
What a wonderful way to enjoy your
neighbors and your neighborhood than by
ringing in the holiday season together.
Since 1983 the Holiday Home Tour has been
the main fund-raising event for the Tech
Terrace UNIT neighborhood association. In
past years, money from
this event has been used
to improve the
playground at Wagner
Park, help construct the
organic garden at Roscoe
Wilson, install sign
toppers, maintain the
color gardens and help
build the marque at
Hutch.
Tickets normally go on sale in November at
most of the Plaza Shopping Center stores.
This year tickets will cost $10.
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We still need volunteers to help with the ticket “unbounded
love
for
his
fellow
man”,
and

sales in November as well as hosts and “encouragement
and
unselEishness
toward

hostess from the homes on December 4. If others”
and
we
have
resolved
to
practice
these

you are interested in helping please contact same
qualities
in
our
own
lives,
neighborhood

Ami at 806-438-4424 amiliz4joy@aol.com or and
community
each
day.


We
will
do
this
by

Cyd at 806-239-6937 wearing
our
“CHAPS”
every
day
which
stands

cydseid@suddenlink.net for
CHARACTER,
HONOR,
ACHIEVEMENT,

PRIDE,
SAFETY,
SECURITY,
and
SUCCESS.
School Reports WE
have
had
a
busy
few
weeks
hosting
our

parents
for
Curriculum
Night,
celebrating

Hutchinson Middle School: former
Roscoe
Wilson
student
Buddy
Holly’s

Dear
Neighbors, birthday
with
a
Chuckwagon
Cookout
lunch,
and

It
has
been
a
great
start
to
the
school
year
at
 a
host
of
wonderful
cars
from
the
1950s
brought

Hutchinson
Middle
School!

Our
FOCUS
for
the
 to
us
by
the
Nifty
Fifty
Car
Club,
as
well
as

year
is,
“KAIZEN,”
which
is
Japanese
 Grandparent’s
Day
and
our
16
de
Septiembre

terminology
for
GROWTH
AND
IMPROVEMENT.

 Celebration.


Everyone
has
hit
the
ground
running
this
year
 Our
Wrangler
Staff
has
been
hard
at
work

with
the
adoption
of
the
new
c‐scope
 implementing
our
new
district
C‐Scope

curriculum
and
increased
enrollment
of
900
 Curriculum
and
striving
to
integrate
this
with

students!

 our
Core
Knowledge
framework
as
well.
Hutch
students
spelled
out
the
word
“HOPE”
on
 Roscoe
Wilson
Elementary
has
earned
the

the
football
Eield
in
early
 EXEMPLARY
rating
for
the
second
consecutive

September
to
raise
money
 year
and
Eive
GOLD
STAR
Performance
Awards

for
the
American
Diabetes
 for
student
performance
by
the
Texas
Education

Association.

We
were
 Agency.






thrilled
to
have
help
from

Dr.
Keith
Dye,
director
of
 We
invite
you
to
join
us
for
some
of
our

Texas
Tech’s
Goin’
Band
 upcoming
events
which
include
but
are
not

from
Raider
Land
and
their
two
drum
majors,
 limited
to
Western
Day
on
October
1st,
PTA
Oct.

Ali
Phillips
and
Michael
Harrison. 21st
–
hear
2020
Committee
members
share
the




 $1,077,894.00
of
proposed
improvements
for

You
are
invited
to
Goals
Night(s)
on
Oct.
14
(for
 our
school
or
check
out
voteforlisd.com,
and
you

7th
and
8th
grades)
and
Oct.
19
(for
6th
grade).

 must
NOT
miss
the
neighborhood
event
of
the

There
will
be
an
informational
meeting
each
 season,
the

Roscoe
Wilson
Fall
Festival
on

night
from
5:00‐5:30
regarding
the
proposed
 October
23rd!
LISD
Bond,
(improvements
speciEic
to

Hutchinson
can
be
seen
on
the
LISD
website)
 Do
stop
by
to
visit,
and
as
you
are
driving
by
our

and
parents
will
travel
through
their
student’s
 school
between
the
hours
of
7:00
a.m.
‐8:00
a.m.

schedules
from
5:30‐7:00
pm
to
meet
teachers
 or
3:30
p.m.‐
4:00
p.m.
please
drive
slowly
and

and
learn
about
the
academic
goals
for
the
 avoid
cell
phone
use.

Many
have
been
ticketed.


school
year.

 We
are
always
in
the
market
for
quality

Hutch
has
an
OUTSTANDING
PTA
and
they
will
 volunteers
to
assist
with
Recycling,
Gardening,

have
information
and
spirit
items
available
both
 Science,
Math,
and
Reading
Tutors.

If
you

nights
in
the
cafeteria.

As
always,
we
appreciate
 happen
to
visit
Chick
Fil
A
for
dinner
on

the
Tech
Terrace
Unit
NA
for
your
continued
 Thursdays,
be
sure
to
mention
that
you
support

support
of
our
students.

Thank
you
for
all
that
 the
Roscoe
Wilson
Wranglers
as
they
will

you
do
to
make
our
neighborhood
a
great
place
 donate
a
portion
of
the
proceeds
to
our
PTA
for

to
live
and
raise
children. students.

We
also
collect
Box
Tops
for

Sincerely, Education
on
behalf
of
our
students.


Heidi
Dye,

Principal Our
school
is
clearly
a
reElection
of
our

community,
which
I
believe
is
truly
a
treasure.


Roscoe Wilson Elementary: Much
of
the
success
we
experience
at
Roscoe

Howdy

Neighbors, Wilson
is
due
in
large
part
to
the
heartfelt

dedication,
generosity,
and
support
that
is

The
Roscoe
Wilson
Wranglers
have
“Saddled
Up
 received
from
our
PTA
and
neighborhood,
to

for
Success”
again
for
the
2010‐2011
school
 which
we
are
most
grateful!


year!


As
Wranglers,
we
take
pride
in
our
 Thank
you
for
your
continued
support
of
our

neighborhood
school
where
almost
70
years
ago
 school!

GO
WRANGLERS!
children
and
their
parents
(in
what
used
to
be
 Paula
Finney‐
Principal
Roscoe
Wilson
southwest
Lubbock)
watched
with
eager

anticipations
as
the
beautiful
building
was

completed
and
opened
in
January
of
1940.


Named
Roscoe
Wilson
Elementary,
the
building
 Lubbock High School:
had
8
classrooms
for
270
students.

Today
499

students
strong,
and
a
waiting
list
of
students
 Although
LHS
is
not
in
the
UNIT
neighborhood,


it
is
the
feeder
high
school
for
Hutchinson

hoping
to
enroll,

we
cherish
the
rich,
history,

Middle
School.

LHS
lead
the
region
with
8

tradition,
and
diversity
of
our
school
and

National
Merit
semiEinalist
for
2011.

LHS
is
also

community.

We
have
studied
about
Mr.
Roscoe

home
to
the
regions’
only
International

Wilson
who
is
remembered
for
his
“sense
of

Baccalaureate
Program.

honor”,
absolute
unshakable
integrity,”

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 T E C H T E R R A C E U N I T

2010 – 2011 Slate of Nominees for Officers for Tech Terrace-UNIT

Neighborhood Association
Voting for new volunteers to lead our Neighborhood Association will take place on October 28, 2010 at Hutchinson
Middle School Cafeteria 5:30 pm. The Nominating Committee presented this slate of candidates at the July meeting.
According to the existing bylaws nominations may be made from the floor as well.
President:
Susan
Tomlinson with
his
wife
Mary,
has
 been
married
for
11
years,
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Kirk
Rodriguez CITY CONTACTS:
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home
and
lived
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 and
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Tomlinson
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needs
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a
family,
and
 Hutch)
Volunteer
work
with
 held at Hutchinson Middle
founda>on
for
a
strong
 2009. she
proudly
tells
people
 the
SP
Food
Bank
and
Ronald

School Cafeteria.
community. around
the
city
where
she
 McDonald
House
Ac>ve

Secretary:

Deanna
Pearson lives.

The
UNIT
truly
is
a
 Member
of
St.
E's
University
 October 28, 2010 5:30pm
Vice
President:
Darrell
Vines neighborhood
and
not
just
a
 Parish:
Enjoy
golfing,
 January 27, 2010 TBD
13
year
resident
of
the
UNIT.
 place
to
live. gardening/outdoors
and
 April 28, 2010 TBD
Darrell
Vines
is
a
Texas
Tech
 First
lived
on
31st
Street
and
 traveling.
emeritus
professor
of
 for
the
last
4
years
has
lived
 Holiday Home Tour
electrical
engineering
and
 on
26th.
She
and
David
have
 December 4, 2010

LISD Bond News Board of Directors

The Citizens’ 2020 Long-Range Planning Committee has made a formal Michael Martin — President- 789-8834
recommendation to the Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees for a bond project Ami Hill-Rendon — Vice-President- 438-4424
Cyd Seideman — Treasurer - 797-7081
for school improvement. According to LISD media advisories this bond
Deanne Pearson — Secretary- 777-6285
can be done without raising the tax rate due to districts’ modest debt and
aggressive repayment of debt.
Committee Chairs
The bond proposal includes four areas: school and academic Celeste Yoshinobu — Communications/Newsletter Editor
improvements; arts and athletics; safety and security; technology. The cyoshinobu@yahoo.com
neighborhood schools, Hutchinson Middle School and Roscoe Wilson Helen Liggett — Aesthetics helenlig@yahoo.com
Elementary, will receive upgraded classroom technology, air conditioning, Brandy Davis and Austin Keith — Safety
heating, restrooms and security. Hutch will add an outdoor track and a Cyd Seideman — Financial cydseid@suddenlink.net
Laura Anderson —Social
$1,500,000 face-lift of the exterior of the building including landscaping. lauradennyanderson@gmail.com
Roscoe Wilson will add playground equipment on site. Please go to Dani Brady —Schools
www.voteforlisd.com for a complete list of projects and specifics about the
bond financing. Early voting is Oct 18-29.
Thank you Dan and Denise Pope for
generously providing printing of our
Compiled from LISD media advisory and voteforlisd.com with the approval and assistance of
Laura Vinson- Co-chair 2020 Committee. newsletter.

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