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Volume Ii, Issue vIII

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News for the Residents of the Villages at Western Oaks AND Legend Oaks I

Tennis Tips

Submitted by Fernando Velasco

Watch for Dehydration - Avoid Heat Stress by: •

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Submitted by Deputy James Kitchens, Travis County Sheriff’s Office Dear Friends, Greetings! It’s time again to gather your neighbors and team up with your Law Enforcement Agency to give crime a going-away party. National Night Out is an annual event normally held on the first Tuesday of August. This year it will take place on October 7, 2008. National Night Out is sponsored by the National Night Out Association of Town Watch. This past year’s National Night Out campaigns involved citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, business, neighborhood organizations and local public officials from more than 9,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide. In all, more than 29.5 million participated in National Night Out last year. National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for and participation in local anti-crime efforts, and to strengthen neighborhood spirit and law enforcement – community partnership. But its primary goal is to send a strong message to criminals to let them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. Along with the traditional display of porch lights and front-yard vigils, cities, towns and neighborhoods celebrate NNO with a variety of events and activities such as block parties, cookouts, visits from local law enforcement officers, parades flashlights walks contests and youth programs. NNO has proven to be an effective, inexpensive and enjoyable program to promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships in our fight for safer communities. The benefits that your community will derive from NNO will most certainly extend well beyond the one night. (Continued on page 2) Copyright © 2008 Peel, Inc.

Schedule practice time in the morning and late afternoons. • Wear light-colored clothes with breathable material. • Wear white hat to protect face, skull and neck • Drink 18-20 oz of fluid two or three hours before your match, then again another 8-10 oz ten to twenty minutes before match. • During play, drink 8-10 oz every ten to twenty minutes (during changeovers.) • If you have heat cramps, stretch the muscle, and take rehydration drinks with glucose and electrolytes. • If you feel light-headed and think you might faint, lower your head or lay down on your back with your feet up. It would be a good idea to stop playing and to sit down in a cool area. • Take two coolers on the court. One full of ice and water to drink and one with ice only with a towel. Between games, soak your towel in the cooler and refresh your face, neck and wrists. Enjoy your tennis games and stay “cool”  

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National Night Out - (Continued from Cover Page) The Travis County Sheriff’s Office has promoted National Night Out for the past 25 years. Our participation has grown from helping with a handful of neighborhood get-togethers to more than 4,000 participants enjoying block parties, carnivals, parades and an assortment of other activities. Our involvement has grown from a couple of crime prevention officers, to dozens of patrol officers, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, majors, county commissioners and the Sheriff. National Night Out is a great way to get together with your neighbors, find out what’s going on in your community and visit with local law enforcement officers about that you can do to help reduce the opportunities for crimes to occur. Participation can be as simple as a small block party, or as big as a parade or carnival. To get involved, or to find out how to register your event for National Night Out, call the Travis County Sheriff’s Office at 854-8413 or 854-9770. Deputy James Kitchens Travis County Sheriff’s Office Community Services & Outreach Unit (512) 854.8413 Fax: (512) 854.4719

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Submitted by Sheri Hicks on baked on food. Use to clean toilets, floors, windows and stove Green Up Your Everyday Cleaning tops. Sprinkle baking soda into a slow drain and follow with When I began going green, I started with the chemicals under my sink. I had already deduced by the chemical components, the vinegar, the reaction will help loosen clogs and open drains. ingredient list and the disposal warnings - they couldn’t be good for 3. Pure Essential Oils are good substitutes for synthetic fragrances. the planet. What I didn’t know is that despite heavy marketing claims Sprinkle your favorite essential oil (my favorites are lavender, that these products were not only safe but necessary to keep my home peppermint and lemon) in a bowl of water to sit on the counter, beautiful and healthy, they were actually causing far more harm than sprinkle in closets, vacuum bags or vehicle carpets for a safe air good. freshener. Be careful, essential oils are toxic to cats if applied I was shocked to find, during my research, that the EPA estimates directly to their fur. indoor air pollution is up to five times greater than outdoor air 4. Grain alcohol with high alcohol content is an effective disinfectant pollution in part due to common household cleaners, aerosols, air or even window cleaner to replace the harsher ammonia-based fresheners, disinfectants, and even dry-cleaned clothing (solvent window cleaners or petroleum-based disinfectants. It can also be emissions). Recent studies also show a link between common used in the occasional after cleaning cocktail! As with all alcohol household cleaners and asthma, the number one childhood chronic products, keep out of reach of children. illness. The reason for this is that the chemical compounds in these 5. Lemon juice is a natural stain remover and laundry brightener; a products, when used and even while stored, emit harmful gasses that safe alternative to bleach. I recently removed a black grease stain can cause eye, nose and throat irritation and respiratory issues. They from a pair of white pants with the power of pure lemon juice. It are also linked to headaches, loss of coordination, nausea and liver, can also be mixed with vinegar to make a powerful disinfectant kidney and central nervous system damage. In some cases, they have that can be used in the kitchen, in the bathroom, on floors and been known to cause cancer in laboratory animals and humans and anywhere else germs may be lurking. are suspected in links to neurological issues including ADHD and If you shy away from making your own cleaning products, there Parkinson’s disease. are now many safe non-toxic alternatives available on market You don’t have to compromise between the health and safety of shelves. My favorite for nonyour family and a clean environment. Below are my top five green toxic dish soap (both liquid cleaning solutions. Not only are they non-toxic and as effective as and automatic dishwasher commercial cleaners but all of them are significantly less expensive soap), laundry soaps and than their commercial counterpart, something I appreciate in the midst softeners are made by of today’s rapidly rising gas and grocery prices. Seventh Generation but 1. Baking soda is a very low cost yet extremely versatile foundation there are other good to green cleaning. Among other things, it can be used as a products such as Mrs. deodorizer, a stain remover, and a mild abrasive that can be used Meyers and Planet. For on porcelain bath and sink fixtures and stovetops. I once removed an even bigger boost permanent marker from my coffee table by scrubbing with baking to the environment, use soda and a damp cloth. cloth rags that can be 2. Vinegar acts as a mild disinfectant and often boosts the power of washed with the laundry baking soda. Nothing, not even Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser, can instead of disposable products compete with the combined power of vinegar and baking soda such as wipes or paper towels.

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The Village Gazette NatureWatch

by Jim and Lynne Weber Geology 101: The Edwards Plateau Located in central Texas, the Edwards Plateau is a “physiographic recharge zone, where water runs off the higher elevation areas west region,” meaning it has distinct characteristics in terms of landscape, of the fault and drains into the lower elevation areas east of the fault plants, and animals. The eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau is very – the Edwards aquifer – which was once one of the only sources of abrupt and forms a steep escarpment, a feature actually visible from drinking water for our region before the building of reservoirs along space! The Edwards Plateau is indeed a plateau with a relatively flat the rivers. topography, situated at a higher elevation than regions to the southeast. Time, wind, and water erosion have revealed many of the limestone However, on its’ southern and eastern edges, many rivers have eroded layers. Of those layers that are currently exposed, the youngest layer downward and cut steep valleys into the plateau, creating the canyons is called the Edwards group. Once hundreds of feet thick, most of and adjacent hills. The erosion by these rivers creates the landscape this layer is eroded away and only about 50 feet or less remains on the tops of the highest hills. It is characterized by the "swiss that we call the Texas Hill Country. The rocks underlying the Edwards Plateau are layers of limestone cheese" limestone we often trip on when hiking the ridges. that were deposited in a warm, shallow sea during the Cretaceous The next oldest layer underneath the Edwards group is period about 100 million years ago. At that time, the area of the a transition zone called the Walnut formation, which Edwards Plateau was located closer to the equator, and the climate formed when this area was near the shore of of the Earth was generally warmer than today’s climate. Limestone a nearby landmass, and is characterized by formed as a chemical precipitate from the seawater in this warm, abundant fossils of many kinds of shallowshallow sea, along with the deposited calcareous remains of billions water marine creatures and includes silts of tiny sea creatures. During the drainage of that ancient sea and the and sands washed off of the land. formation of the Gulf of Mexico, a break and a slip occurred in the As you might expect, this layer Earth’s crust, centered along a linear fault zone. Running in an arc is soft and crumbly (often called from west of Uvalde to about Waco, this fault zone forms the primary (Continued on page 7)



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THe Village gazette @kËjk_\gcXen_\i\ Nature Watch - (Continued from page 6) 'marl'), and contains many marine fossils, mud crack impressions, and even dinosaur tracks! Beneath the Walnut, and often the oldest layer we can see easily, is called the Glen Rose formation. It represents the vast majority of rocks exposed at the surface of the Plateau. The rocks of the Glen Rose are much more varied, created by deposits from salt marshes, beaches, lagoons, deep sea water, and flowing river water, which means that during this period there were many shifts between land and marine-based environments. Because of this variation, hard and soft rock alternate, and as the softer rock erodes more rapidly, large bands of the harder limestone are exposed. This gives the hills their terraced or balconied appearance, and hence the Spanish name “Balcones.” Because of our unique geology and the resulting soils formed from the limestone deposits, central Texas is a very biodiverse area with a large number of different species of plants and animals. It’s yet another reason for all of us to do what we can to protect and preserve it for future generations! Send your nature-related questions to [email protected] and we’ll do our best to answer them.

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The Village Gazette Texas + Flood = Higher Risk Submitted by Victor Thompson

During the dry season, it’s sometimes hard to remember that Texas actually is a high-risk state for flooding. In fact, Texas actually led the nation in insurance payments for flood-related damage until 2005. The risk is not just to our coastal communities, either – inland areas are just as vulnerable. For example, “Flash Flood Alley” in Central Texas, with its steep hills and winding rivers, is particularly prone to flooding during heavy rainfall. Don’t underestimate your chances of being a flood victim. During the course of a 30-year mortgage, homes in a high-risk area are three times more likely to be damaged by flood than by fire. In fact, about 25 percent of all Flood claims paid are for policies in low-to moderate-risk communities. Texas homeowners were paid more than $2.7 billion for flood damage during the last quarter century (through 2004). Obviously, no one can stop a flood. But here are a few steps you can take to limit that damage and out-of-pocket costs: • Get Flood insurance. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that your Homeowners policy provides coverage for flooding – it doesn’t. You need a separate Flood policy. You don’t have to be in an area where Flood insurance is required to be eligible for it. If your community participates in the

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THe Village gazette Kayak For Fun, Fitness Or Fishing We live in the best place in the USA to be a kayaker. Lake Austin & Travis are in our backyards and Lady Bird Lake, the San Marcos, Colorado and Guadalupe rivers are also close - within two hours there is even more unexplored territory. The Texas Parks & Wildlife has created numerous “Texas Paddling Trails” for you to explore across the state. You can kayak for fun and sun, to enjoy nature, for cardiovascular and muscular fitness, to catch fresh and saltwater fish or even to become a competitive paddler. Kayaking is experiencing exponential growth and participation has tripled since 1998. Boats have become more stable and less expensive. You can choose from sit-ontops, sit-inside, touring boats and inflatables that come in plastic, wood or kevlar. Choose a single kayak or a double that is big enough for a friend and even a child or dog.

Submitted by Bill Sleep Best yet, kayak skills are easy to learn with a little instruction. There is no need to paddle 2 miles in a zig-zag pattern when 1 mile is in order. (Remember surviving your first summer camp canoe experience.) As is the case with learning golf or tennis skills, basic paddling skills training will make you efficient and the sport more enjoyable. It’s also important to understand how to select the right boat, accessories and equipment, how to efficiently load and transport the boat and the importance of safety. Once your skills have improved, there are many new places to paddle and different ways to use your paddling skills. For instance, you can join Canyon of the Eagles kayak tour on Lake Buchanan or register for a recreational canoe race like the Great Castell Kayak race on the Llano.

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The Village Gazette August Landscaping Submitted by Ron Kerwin

August is a great month to stay inside and make your plans for this fall’s plantings. Browse the catalogs for ideas and bulbs to order now to plant in November and December for next spring’s display. If you are going to work in the lawn or garden, plan it around the early morning or evening in the cooler hours. Drink plenty of water to keep from dehydrating. The July heat may have already taken its toll on your annuals. If they are beyond help, pull them out and replace them with more heat tolerant varieties. If they are okay but overgrown, you can trim back your annuals and perennials by 1/3 to 1/2 to get better flowering in the fall. You can also trim off the dead or damaged canes and the errant chutes from your roses to enhance the fall blooms. Fertilize your roses right after you prune, as this application is very important. Do NOT trim flowering shrubs, like Indian Hawthorns, after July or you will probably trim off the buds (look like berries) that would provide the flowers next year. Rework your beds to prepare them for fall plantings of flowers or vegetables. Bury in the compost materials and add the mulch

on top. They will be ready for planting when it is time. You can fertilize your lawns this month with a 3-1-2 ratio 50% slow release nitrogen fertilizer. This is a good fertilizer for your shrubs and flowerbeds too. The heat stresses all our lawns, shrubs etc. We will probably not get much rain so we will have to water with irrigation systems or drag around sprinklers to keep everything from burning up. 1 inch of water per week should be enough. Do not water in mid-day, as most of it will simply evaporate prior to getting into the ground. Irrigate in the early morning if possible. Water deeply, not frequently. Watering in the evening can lead to plant diseases. Maintain the water in the soil of your beds more effectively by having a good thick layer of mulch. Most every month I comment on the benefits of thick mulch but it is a topic worth repeating, as its benefits are many. If your property is in need of new sod, it can be put in now with no problems as long as you water it properly. With new sod, you do not have to suffer with mud in the fall and winter.

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The Village Gazette Helping Your Child Adjust to Preschool There are plenty of benefits of preschool - it can be a great place for kids to interact with peers and to learn valuable life lessons such as how to share, take turns, and follow rules. Preschool can also prepare kids for kindergarten and beyond. But going to preschool does come with its fair share of emotions, for both the parent and the child. For a kid, entering a new preschool environment filled with unfamiliar teachers and children can cause both anxiety and anticipation. For parents, there may be mixed emotions over whether the child is ready for preschool. The more comfortable you are about your decision to place your child in preschool and the more familiar the setting can be made for your child, the fewer problems you - and your little one - will encounter. Easing Your Child’s Fears Spend time talking with your child about preschool even before it starts. Before the first day, gradually introduce your child to activities that often take place in a classroom. A child accustomed to scribbling with paper and crayons at home, for example, will find it comforting to discover the same crayons and paper in his or her preschool classroom. Visiting your child’s first preschool classroom a few times before school starts can also ease the entrance into unfamiliar territory. This offers the opportunity to not only meet your child’s teacher and ask about routines and common activities, but to then introduce some of those routines and activities to the child at home. While you’re in the classroom, let your child explore and observe the class in his or her own way and choose whether to interact with other children. The idea is to familiarize your child with the classroom and to let him or her get comfortable. You can also use this time to ask your child’s new teacher how he or she handles the first tear-filled days. How will the first week be structured to make the transition smooth for your child? Although it’s necessary for you to acknowledge the important step your child is taking and to provide support, too much emphasis on the change may just make your child’s anxiety worse. Young kids can pick up on their parents’ nonverbal cues. If you feel guilty or worried about leaving your child at school, he or she will probably sense that. The more calm and assured you are about your choice to send your child to preschool, the more confident your child will be.

The First Day When you enter the classroom on the first day, calmly reintroduce the teacher to your child, then step back and let him or her set the tone. This will allow the teacher to begin forming a relationship with your child. Your endorsement of the teacher will show your child that he or she will be happy and safe in the teacher’s care. If your child clings to you or refuses to participate in the class, don’t get upset - this may only upset your child more. Follow the guidelines described by the teacher beforehand, and go at your child’s pace. Suggestions for leaving your child at preschool are simple but can be hard on a parent. Always say a loving good-bye to your child, but once you do, you should leave promptly. Never sneak out. As tempting as it may be, leaving without saying good-bye may make your child feel abandoned, whereas a long farewell scene might only serve to reinforce a child’s sense that preschool is a bad place. A consistent and predictable farewell ritual can make leaving easier. Some parents wave from outside a certain classroom window or make a funny good-bye face, whereas others read a short book before parting. Transitional objects - a family picture, a special doll, or a favorite blanket - can also help comfort your child. Also, keep in mind that most children do well once their parents leave. Regardless of whether your child is eager or reluctant to go to preschool, make sure that a school staff member is ready to help with the transfer from your care to the classroom when you arrive in the morning. Some kids may jump right in with their classmates, whereas others might want a private cuddle and a story from a caregiver before joining the group. Many preschools begin with a daily ritual, such as circle time (when teachers and children talk about what they did the day before and the activities that are ahead for the day). Preschoolers tend to respond to this kind of predictability and following a routine will help ease the move from home to school.

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Submitted by Luis Escobar I spoke with a man yesterday who has a “great watchdog”. His dog These dogs are all barking inappropriately. In other words this is nuisance lets him know when his neighbor is outside, when the kids down the barking. Birds, squirrels, leaves, cats, lizards or other dogs and people are street come home from school or are outside playing, when there is not things we need Rover telling us about. Fires, someone breaking in, or a squirrel on the lawn, when the mail arrives, when the neighbors unexpected things are what we want to be notified about. get a UPS delivery, when a bird lands, a cat is out, when someone As I said, Rover is not a barker. He’ll look towards the sound of walks their dog, and on and on. WOW was I impressed. I couldn’t other dogs barking but he doesn’t join in. The times he did join in help wondering how many times this guy was getting up to check we corrected him. We consistently on these alerts from his dog. I’m guessing a lot as he knew exactly let him know that we didn’t need to what his dog was barking at. I got tired just thinking about having know if the Yorkies saw someone or to check on all that activity. even if he saw someone. It was none I almost asked him how he would know if there was something that of his business, but if he wanted really needed his attention. To my thinking this wasn’t a watch dog, to watch he could do so quietly. but a nuisance barker. Can dogs learn the difference? Thankfully the Now he basically ignores the answer is YES! Rover can learn to distinguish the difference, as long cacophony of the “watch dogs”. as we know the difference. But he will alert us to unusual Rover is not a barker. I wish I could say that about the other dogs in events. our neighborhood. There are two yorkies behind us who go ballistic One night I was having trouble when anyone walks by. There is Rover’s friend Emma the mixed sleeping and got up and went up mutt next door who tries to tell the yorkies to shut up. There’s outside in the middle of Charlie the lab down the street who barks at every dog that walks the night. Rover didn’t by his house. You can follow us around the block, just by listening hear me go out but he did to the barking. (Continued on Page 15)

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THe Village gazette Natural Watch Dog- (Continued from page 14) hear me come back in. He gave a couple of warning barks and started growling when he heard the front door open. The door opening in the middle of the night was unusual. He woke Cathy, alerting her to my sneaking back in. Even though he ratted me out he still got lots of praise for raising the alarm. Dogs will naturally alert you to the things out of the ordinary. They WILL warn about unusual events, even if they are corrected for barking at the wrong things. If Rover is a nuisance barker the chances are that over time we’ll just tune him out. It’s like the boy who cried wolf. When the wolf really comes we won’t believe him. Nuisance barking CAN be corrected but it’s important to address the cause(s) and not just the symptom(s). Dogs bark for various reasons such as calling the pack, trying to scare someone or something, because they are afraid, or because they’re bored. It’s often stressful not only to us and our neighbors, but

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to the dogs as well. This is especially true with issues of separation anxiety. Do you have a neighbor whose dog is creating a nuisance with his constant barking? How you approach this might be difficult. You might ask if their dog is ok because it seems to be upset a lot. If it only barks when the owners aren’t home they might not even know it’s barking. Ask about the dog with concern instead of confrontation and you may have a better chance of getting the owner to understand there’s a problem. Once the inappropriate barking is under control you’ll have a natural watchdog. One who alerts you to something out of the ordinary, and one who’s warning you can trust. Once we can trust Rover’s warning we’ll know when we have to really check on things and it won’t be because the kids down the street are outside playing. The results?  Happy Dogs = Happy Families and Happy Neighbors.

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The Village Gazette IT’S YOUR MONEY Give Your Finances a Clean Sweep

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The Village Gazette Family Volunteering: Doing Good Together

Submitted by Wendi Baird During a recent camping trip, my children were shocked to see the a common mantra today. I firmly believe that one way to combat the amount of trash left along the river bank following a long holiday selfish and materialistic attitudes prevalent in our society is through weekend. “Didn’t the people see the empty trash cans,” asked my Family Volunteering. It’s one thing to tell our children that we need to daughter with all the childlike wisdom of an eight year old. As we help others. But actually doing volunteer projects together as a family looked downstream, we noticed a lone Park Ranger walking along the instills life lessons that won’t be readily abandoned later in life. banks with a trash bag picking up all the empty cans and other garbage According to the website www.DoingGoodTogether.org, family left behind by the holiday revelers. volunteering “is a hands-on way to teach children the values of I saw the light bulbs go off simultaneously in my kids’ minds … kindness, compassion, tolerance, community responsibility and good “Mom, can we go back to our camper and get some trash bags to citizenship.” The website is full of ideas for family volunteer projects. help, too?” To be honest, my first thought as a mom was that I didn’t One of my favorites is one that even the youngest children can do. want my children touching all that germ-infested garbage. But then Create a “Giving Box” from an old coffee can or shoe box. Let your I realized what a great learning opportunity this could be. Here was children decorate it and then place it in a prominent location in your a problem, and it was one that we could work together as a family to home. Encourage your children to fill it with any loose change they remedy. So after walking along the river banks, filling up two trash find. Then as the Holiday Season approaches, let your children help bags with garbage, we finally caught up to the Park Ranger downstream. choose where the money will be donated. For example, they could Although he was very appreciative of the help, he was quite surprised use the money to buy a toy to donate to Blue Santa or to buy canned by our efforts. “You shouldn’t have to do this,” he said. “It isn’t your goods to donate to the local food pantry. trash or your responsibility to pick it up”. Our children still talk about that family experience of picking up trash I don’t know what was more disappointing that morning – the fact along the Frio River. It was gratifying to all of us to see how clean the that this beautiful park was strewn with garbage (while empty trash riverbank looked after spending just a few minutes helping that lone cans sit in plain site) or the surprise shown by the Park Ranger that park ranger. But, more importantly, it reinforced to us as parents that someone would voluntarily help pick up the garbage. it’s one thing to teach your children something, but the impact is far It seems that the phrase “That’s not in my job description” has become greater when you show them!

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The Village Gazette Meet Devion Devion, who turned 6 years old in July, has been in foster care four years. While Devion loved the gifts he received for his birthday, the greatest gift he could get is a forever family. He said “it doesn’t matter what type of family, just a forever family”. Devion is with wonderful foster parents who spend a tremendous amount of time helping the children to overcome trauma, heal and grow. Devion has flourished in their home! Here is a paragraph from the foster mom: Devion came to our home just before his 4th birthday. Upon coming to our home Devion quickly became our “Peanut” because he was so tiny for his age. Our little Peanut is growing and thriving and has grown 6 inches in two years. Devion’s only little in physical size. He is convinced he is the biggest kid around and that he can do anything anyone else can do. This little man lights up any room he enters with his smile and personality. Devion loves attending church and enjoys singing in

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