As the weather heats up,  the Kingwood community swimming pools are beginning to open.  Several have weekend hours during the months of May and September.  All Kingwood pools will be operating on summer hours no later than June 4th.

The majority of the villages that are members of KSA participate in the cooperative pool tags for many Kingwood villages.  Residents of participating villages that are current on the homeowners and trails associations dues may receive id bracelets. 

Residents of villages participating in the cooperative pool tag system will be able to use other village pools that use the ID bracelets.   Non-Kingwood residents may purchase id bracelets for $125 per family to use the pools of participating villages.

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Dad mows the yard, cooks all the meals, and handles all repair jobs. Mom does all the grocery shopping, is in charge of taxiing the kids to their ‘practice du jour’, and takes care of the laundry.

Division of household duties such as these sounds all too common these days. In most cases, the handling of family finances falls to a particular spouse as well. However, when it comes to the family finances, it is imperative that both spouses play a role. If not, the result could be a devastating blow when a spouse is left to pick up the pieces.

The primary risk faced by a household which has one spouse managing the family financial affairs alone is that the other spouse is left completely in the dark. Being the financial decision maker in the family, if something were to happen to you would your spouse be able to step in and manage the family wealth? More times than not, the death of a spouse is the immediate situation people think of. But the same can be said about being a spouse of a soldier being sent half way around the world for the next year, or someone who is too ill to continue handling the family finances. Even if you expect your spouse will turn to a financial planner or advisor for help when you’re not available, will your spouse even know where to look for such help much less what questions to ask?