Welcome to the Land’s End Homeowners Association website.  The Land’s End Community is located on the shoreline of Lake Fork, near Yantis, Texas. The community consists of 126 residential lots (79 lake lots, 45 golf lots, 10 villa lots) that are adjacent to The Links of Land’s End golf course and the shoreline of Lake Fork.  Currently there are 90 homes in the community.

The Land’s End Homeowners Association was formed to maintain high living standards for the community, and  it works to ensure that property values for the residents are maintained along with a comfortable rural life. The HOA works to balance architectural control with the desires of each owner to express their individual preferences for custom home design and materials. The large lots in the community provide plenty of room between houses, and all our homes are custom, so you won’t see the “cookie cutter” look often found in city developments.  Read more and learn how to navigate our site…

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Wood County Animal Program

September 13, 2022 – Letter from Tom Keenan

Dear Friends and Neighbors:

I was recently approached to help do SOMETHING to address the number of animals in Wood County that need to be saved.  Addressing the problem begins with initiating a program that provides resources to spay and neuter stray animals and those owned by individuals who improperly care for their pets. There are shelters in Hawkins, Mineola and Winnsboro, but nothing in Quitman, Yantis, or Alba.  The cites with shelters do not take animals from the county.  The small Mineola shelter has saved 263 animals so far this year.  I don’t have numbers for the other shelters, but those numbers are small compared to the number of animals that need help in the unincorporated areas of Wood county.   Most of the rescues are done by Lake County Ladies to the Rescue, often with the help of the Sheriff’s department.   Our own Georgia McLain is one such individual and she is the founder of Safe Haven Animal Rescue of East Texas.  These ladies are notified of the animals, pick them up, care for them, get the necessary shots, spay or neuter them…then find homes for them.  The Animal Protection League, out of Longview and Sulphur Springs, has mobile units that help address the veterinarian issues, the ladies pay for all other expenses, hence the reason for founding the Safe Haven Animal Rescue of East Texas a 501 c (3).  The county does provide $20,000 per year for spaying and neutering but those funds cannot be used for shots, food or care.   There are an estimated 3,500 dogs that need sterilization and many thousand feral cats. This represents about a $500,000 fix.   

The first several problems to deal with include creating an awareness program to educate people of the available resources, including pet food for those unable to feed their animals.  Other than animals being dumped the biggest problem with over population is households that can’t afford to provide shots, sterilization or even food for their animals.  These are the individuals that need the assistance and education.  Besides providing awareness of the known resources and offering immediate help to the animals in holding areas, we need to get a grant writer to secure additional funds.  The final issue, which is sometime in the future, is to convince the county to put up the funds to build a shelter.     

Please make checks payable to Safe Haven Animal Rescue of East Texas.  Mail to: SHARET, P.O. Box 77, Quitman, Texas 75783.

If you have any questions or suggestions please let me know. 

Thanks, 

Tom Keenan.  (214.334.3114)  

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