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Mabank approves
The Ranch at Cedar Creek subdivision
Special to The Monitor
MABANK–Paperwork has been completed, and The Ranch at Cedar Creek is
ready for development to proceed.
The city of Mabank recently approved the plat, roads and utilities for
the long-awaited subdivision, located just west of the Cedar Creek
Country Club.
Developer G. Richard Goins filed the plat and restrictive covenants with
Kaufman County, which now enables purchasers to close on contracted
lots.
Tracy Nowell, owner of Johnson Monroe, Realtors and agent for the
development, said the property has been offered publicly and through the
Henderson County Board of Realtors Multiple Listing Service for about
six months.
“We started a limited marketing campaign last November, knowing that it
would take a few months to complete and get city approval. The
development process always seems to take longer than one might expect,”
Nowell said.
“We, along with several buyers who already have contracts on their
preferred lots, are excited to finally get going full steam,” Nowell
added.
The Ranch at Cedar Creek covers 139 acres of prime East Texas real
estate, uniquely situated between the northern shores of Cedar Creek
Lake as its western boundary and Cedar Creek Country Club as its eastern
boundary.
It features approximately 7,000 feet of Cedar Creek Lake shoreline and
3,500 feet of golf course frontage, rolling hills, elevated interior
terrain with panoramic water views and picturesque acreage.
The Ranch at Cedar Creek is currently offering Phase One golf course and
interior lots.
Phase Two, which will commence development in the next year, will offer
waterfront, water view and acreage lots.
Most lots in Phase One are 80 feet wide and 130 feet in depth. A select
number of lots are larger, due to topography.
Golf course lots range from $55,000 to $75,000, and interior lots range
from $25,000 to $35,000. The development runs down the west side of the
front nine of the Cedar Creek Country Club.
The Ranch at Cedar Creek is an exclusive gated community, and has been
annexed by the City of Mabank, which will provide water and sewer
services. All utilities are underground.
A social membership at Cedar Creek Country Club (initiation fee
only/subject to normal club approvals) is included with each lot
purchase. This membership may be upgraded at an additional charge,
subject to club and membership approval.
In order to protect the future value of Ranch owners’ investment, tight
but reasonable restrictive covenants have been created, and
architectural control of all improvements will be maintained.
“This is just a great development,” listing agent Sue Stalcup said.
“The views of the golf course are just outstanding,” Stalcup said. “We
have builder packages that are being offered for the first time for
multiple-lot purchases.
“The ranch is a first-class place for a recreational second home,
retirement home or to raise a family,” Stalcup added. “Access to the
country club and the lake – all within 45 minutes of downtown Dallas –
The Ranch has it all! Call me, and we’ll find you the perfect lot.”
The Ranch at Cedar Creek is located off U.S. Highway 175 at the turn for
the Cedar Creek Country Club, at what is currently Kaufman County Road
4022, past Country Club Drive about one-quarter mile on the south side.
There is a second entrance off Briarwood from the south, next to the
CCCC clubhouse.
Additional information on The Ranch at Cedar Creek can be obtained from
Sue Stalcup of Johnson Monroe, Realtors at (903) 887-4477, or toll-free
at 1-800-723-4166. Johnson Monroe, Realtors is located at 210 W. Main in
Gun Barrel City. Schell’s
documentary to appear at video festival
Special to The Monitor
GUN BARREL CITY–Gun Barrel City resident Jack Schell has just received
some good news.
His nine-minute documentary, “A.K.A Donut Dollies,” has been accepted
into this year’s 19th annual Dallas Video Festival.
His production will be shown, along with four other short documentaries,
at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, in the Kalita Humphries Theater at the Dallas
Theater Center.
He will also be appearing there at 6:30 p.m. at a “Meet the Film Makers”
reception.
“A.K.A Donut Dollies” illustrates a special mobile recreation program
provided by American Red Cross girls to American soldiers in forward
areas of Vietnam.
He used 38-year-old photos and slides sent to him by 19 former “Donut
Dollies” and voiced the narration himself, along with former Donut
Dollie Jennifer Young.
The Dallas Video Festival runs from Aug. 8-13 at the Angelika Theater
and The Dallas Theater Center.
Schell is the owner of Golden Days Media, a Gun Barrel City production
company, specializing in using clients’ own photos, slides, film, and
videos to create video shows for special events such as reunions,
anniversaries, memorials, birthdays and documentaries.
He is retired from a 42-year radio and TV career in Dallas where he “did
everything from behind and in front of the camera to on-air personality
and/or program director for stations including KVIL, KRLD, KMGC, KNUS
and KLUV.”
His websites are www.goldendaysmedia.com and
www.jackschell.com.
Duckworth reminds Cedar Creek
Rotarians of goals
Monitor Staff Reports
GUN BARREL CITY–It was a greatly reduced crowd at the Rotary Club of
Cedar Creek Lake weekly luncheon Friday.
Many Rotarians were introducing new teachers at the annual Mabank
Independent School District’s New Teacher Luncheon (see related story),
club president Barbara Turner noted.
Assistant district governor Randi Duckworth of Wills Point told the
gathering the District’s emphasis this coming year will be on four
goals:
• membership growth and retention,
• Rotary Foundation giving,
• leadership development and
• the family of Rotary activities.
Duckworth reminded the gathering of Rotary guidelines and service goals,
adding the group “has some great goals this year.”
In club business, those present witnessed Duckworth formally inducting
new member Linda Holbrook, a resident of the Kings Creek Golf Course
development.
Holbrook is a partner in the Powertrain sales group, which provides
new/used/reconditioned vehicle parts.
Turner also reminded the gathering of the upcoming Celebrity Waiter
Dinner, the club’s biggest annual fund-raiser, set for Saturday, Aug.
19, at the Athens Country Club. Tickets for the event are $60.
Turner added the event’s traditional auction includes many outstanding
items, such as trips to Cancun, the Caribbean and Las Vegas, along with
golf packages, fishing packages, dining packages and shopping sprees.
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