May 2014 archive

A rededication Ceremony will be held on Monday, May 19 at 10:30 for Schwartz Park. Last Fall the City of Houston spent a considerable amount of time and money ($449.672.71) updating Schwartz Park located at 8203 Vogue. Among other things a handsome new entrance was designed and constructed.

This park adds a great deal to the quality of life in our Ridgecrest Community and it is always a pleasure to see the number of people who take advantage of its facilities. Among other things the park has a baseball field, a tennis court, paths for walking and a newly added skateboard area.
Probably the facility that draws the greatest number of people is the swimming pool. This has also been updated and is a great addition to the quality of life in this community.

Having raised my three boys in this area, my husband and I have always been grateful for the ready access to such great facilities. My boys learned to play tennis, enjoyed baseball games with their friends and hit the swimming pool almost every day of Houston’s warm summers. We appreciate that all these facilities are being kept up and modernized for the young people who live in the community now

Phyllis Miller

On March 29, Weldon Tiedt gathered together a hard working crew of friends to begin the installation of the new signs that he and Robert Morgan had designed and built.   These handsome signs were designed to stand tall so that the word “Ridgecrest” was not obscured by the plantings in the esplanade and were built strong so they would last a long time.

They used the design that had been used before but added the trees.  Robert did the routing of the letters, logo and trees while Weldon painted and bolted the signs together.

The first sign was installed at the end of the Hammerly esplanade at Wirt and the second at Hammerly and Bingle.   Here you see the entire crew of hard workers – Michael Goff, Kevin Holland, Hani Al-Twaijri,  David Reynolds, Weldon Tiedt and Robert Morgan.

On April 19th the crew assembled again to mount the last two signs to complete the project.  Two of the signs are on Hammerly at the crossroads of Wirt and Bingle.  The last two are on Bingle at the crossroads of Hammerly and Longpoint.

The Hammerly signs.

 The Bingle signs

As the photos show all four signs stand tall and are topped with brass caps to make a handsome presentation for the Ridgecrest Civic Club.  Weldon, Robert and the entire group are to be congratulated for all their hard work.   The results look good and make the esplanades much more attractive.