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f e at u r e StHe perfect fit | 32Cattle Rustlers in 2011?

get ting to know georgetownHearing, My way | 42Miss Deaf Georgetown finds her place

d e pa r t m e N t Slive and learnwHo’s wHo for georgetown scHools | 11How Georgetown’s schools got their names

a giving viewHelping gentle Heroes | 14Horseshoe Club focuses on equine adoptions

a FitneSS viewfifteen anD fearless | 16Young rock climber braves the cliffs

createtHe gift of Music | 19Living life in song

a buSineSS viewa plastic surgeon’s outlook | 24Doctor helps people look their best

tHe woMan BeHinD tHe wHeel at MiDas | 28Woman drives business with integrity

tHrougH tHe lenSpHotograpHs froM our reaDers | 38Community submits their photos for your enjoyment

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a HealtHy viewtHe Ministry of caring coMMunity | 52Seniors find abundant amenities and quality care

great expectationSHypno-wHat?! | 55A peaceful approach to labor

an animal viewa Dog’s life at HoMe anD on tHe Hunt | 56Family dog goes on the hunt

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they labored for the kids, and they made a difference.

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once, these named Georgetown campuses. As Georgetown grew and geographical lines changed, these schools were renamed to honor outstanding community leaders. Only two, Dr. Douglas Benold and Jack Frost, are still alive. Most spent their lives as educators; some followed other professions, serving GISD in other ways. Who were these special people?

Annie Purl Elementary (East-side) honors the first valedicto-rian of Georgetown High School

among three graduates in 1892. Miss Annie began teaching at 19; her career at Georgetown Gram-mar School on University Avenue spanned nearly 50 years as both teacher and supervising principal. In the late 1940s, the school was renamed for her, but that build-ing has been gone for years. She started a Mother’s Club “to pro-hibit the driving of cattle across the school grounds,” among other goals. When she retired in 1950, she immediately started her own primary school. Miss Annie be-lieved “we must find where each child needs help and nurture that child.”

George Washington Carver Elementary (Westside) is named

for the world-renowned African-American botanist, a science professor at Tuskegee Institute who developed numerous uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes. Georgetown sold the former site of Carver Park to GISD for a dol-lar. The school opened in 1964 for African-American students, just before the national Civil Rights Act integrated campuses nation-wide.

Everette Williams Elementary (Central) recognizes longtime high school principal “Pop” Williams, a smiling, mild-mannered man who ran a tight ship. Former burly football players, now middle aged, still brag about being “paddled by Pop.” Mr. Williams served as

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assistant superintendent and later, as a trustee after he retired. The mission-style school, built in 1924, was the high school until 1975; from 1978-1982, it became Georgetown Junior High. Repurposed through two renovations, Williams stands as Georgetown’s oldest school.

Raye McCoy Elementary (George-town Jr. High / Northside) honors a beloved Spanish teacher who taught in Georgetown for 27 years. She coached students in speaking events and later served six years on the school board. Mrs. McCoy began her education in a one-room schoolhouse and earned money during college playing piano for local dance bands.

Jack Frost Elementary is named for a former superintendent who led the district between 1969-1988. Mr. Frost gave Georgetown the phrase “Eagle fight never dies,” but he is also known for dapper attire, civic involvement, and a pep-rally speaking style. After retiring, Mr. Frost worked with young people for years as a driving instructor.

Dell Pickett Elementary opened in 1993, honoring an amazing English teacher who drove a classic Porsche. Mrs. Pickett, conscientious, witty, for-mal, and immaculately dressed, held the respect of colleagues and students alike, even when she allowed “graduat-ing 8th-graders” to exit the old school via the slide from her second-floor room. During her 25 years in GISD, Mrs. Pickett also served as a teacher evalu-ator and the final word in proofreading GISD written material.

Patricia Webb Cooper Elementary recognizes a young woman who taught fourth grade for 10 years at Williams, Pickett, and Carver. Ms. Cooper spon-sored a chapter of Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering and coached an award-winning TAME team. She was widely known for her kindness and outreach to others.

Jo Ann Ford Elementary memorializes an outstanding educator whose career spanned 48 years. A tireless community force, Dr. Ford presented her ideas with the words, “Have I got an opportunity for you!” Few people said no to her, and her legacy includes the seeds for a com-munity clinic, Family Outreach, Mission

of Mercy, mentoring programs in both GISD and Jarrell, and the Sun City geogra-phy “bee.” She served as principal at Carver, Pickett, Williams, and Benold.

James Mitchell Elementary honors a creative businessman who came to George-town in the mid-90s. Mr. Mitchell envisioned a partnership of schools, parents, and community that led to the GISD Education Foundation. He helped nurture Partners in Educa-tion, Business Link, Helping Hands Tutoring, and Project Mentor.

Douglas Benold Middle School recog-nizes progressive educational contribu-tions by a longtime family physician. In 1967, Dr. Benold ran for school trustee to advance integration more quickly than the planned “one grade a year for 12 years.” His election, along with another candidate, “flipped the balance” to expedite integration. Dr. Benold remains active as a trusted Georgetown leader.

James Tippit Middle School honors a favorite high school biology teacher. Mr. Tippit worked in Georgetown 23 years, spending short stints as an ad-ministrator but always returning to his

love of the classroom. He supported his students in extracurricular activities, seldom missing junior varsity events and earning the “E Award” (Enthusiastic Eagle!).

Charles Forbes Middle School recog-nizes a gentleman whose leadership touched numerous areas of George-town: mayor, GISD trustee, 1972 Most Worthy Citizen, Chamber of Commerce president, Georgetown Hospital Board, Boy Scout Council, Rotary Club, church elder, trained vocalist, baseball fan, plus other endeavors. Mr. Forbes worked as an Humble/Exxon wholesale distributor and real estate broker.

Sipriana (Chip) Richarte High memo-rializes a school nurse whose dedicated efforts encouraged young women to make education a priority. Her own life offered testimony to continuing educa-tion despite obstacles.

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With a smile on her face and tears in her eyes, Nancy Crouse handed out the last Horse-

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“When people decide to adopt one of the horses, we have a celebration ceremony,” said Nancy, who co-founded the non-profit Horseshoe Club with Debbie Chandler in 2009. “We take pic-tures of new donors, share stories

about their horses, and give out certificates of adoption as well as a beautiful framed picture of their horses. Everyone has a great time, and there are always a few tears.”

Twenty-four horses serve almost daily with the therapeutic riding programs for children and adults at ROCK, and the Horseshoe Club is designed to help provide for the daily essentials, such as feed, or the hoof and veterinary care needed by these horses. More than 17 of the horses have been adopted at some level.

“The Horseshoe Club focuses on the heroes of ROCK—the horses,” Nancy said. “Without these gentle giants, there would be no equine therapy, no miracles that happen on a daily basis. Helping to pro-vide for the horses frees up more funding, which makes it possible for even more children, stroke victims, and soldiers to participate in ROCK’s therapy programs.”

The establishment of the Horseshoe Club grew out of a casual conversation one afternoon between Nancy, Debbie, and Kar-ron Wilson, the Executive Director of ROCK. “I asked Karron if they had an adopt-a-horse program,” Nancy explained. “Fifteen minutes and a little brainstorming later, the Horseshoe Club was born.”

Nancy and Debbie have long shared a passion for supporting

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“We have always been inter-ested in working with or starting charities,” said Nancy. “Over the years, we have looked for some-thing that would benefit the com-munity as well as being something we both loved. This has been a perfect fit for both of us.”

Since its founding, the Horse-shoe Club has raised close to $60,000 for the horses that serve with ROCK. Donors can choose from five monthly adoption pack-ages, ranging from the modestly-priced hoof care package, which covers trimming and shoeing, to the full care package, which provides for a horse’s complete feeding and veterinary care.

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fifteen-year-old Ste-fan Haase stands at The Sanctuary behind Georgetown’s St. David’s Hospital, contemplat-

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“You have to be mentally pre-pared,” Stefan says about rock climbing, a sport he first learned on a Georgetown Adventure Camp trip to Colorado when he was about 13. “If you have just one sense of doubt that you can do it, then you’ll fail.” Stefan doesn’t intend to fail; in fact, he plans to keep going until he achieves his dream: climbing Yosemite’s soar-ing granite rock faces with the pros.

For now, he practices religiously at The Sanctuary and other local venues, and he’s slowly adding to the climbing equipment that he’s purchased with money from mow-ing lawns. His parents are behind him every step of the way. His dad, Tim, acts as his belayer, standing firmly below Stefan, feeding him slack or tightening the rope if he begins to fall. Stefan has had a few falls—and the rope burns to show for them—but he’s also practiced falls, along with the complicated moves he needs to cling to hori-zontal overhangs, slick surfaces, and protruding boulders.

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Mom Lynne Haase describes her son’s prowess with a mixture of awe and alarm: “You’ll be watching him climb and suddenly you realize that he’s got all of his weight on those fingers. His feet are still looking for his next pur-chase. Or, he’s had to dyno over to grip something like a tiny crevice.” (Dyno stands for “dynamic move,” or in short, swinging like a gymnast from one point to another.) Lynne shudders, but also beams, about her son’s daring. “He’s always been into these kinds of individ-ual, extreme sports. He did BMX riding when he was younger, and he was into all the tricks. He does dirt bike riding. He

likes kayaking. Rock climbing fits in with all that.”

“There’s a high penalty for error,” Tim acknowledg-es, referring to climbers all over the world who have made deadly

mistakes during climbs. “But you can do it safely,” he adds. Stefan learned from a good teacher, Joe Armstrong, the youth adventure coordinator at Georgetown Parks and Recreation Center. He’s also taken on challenges like Enchanted Rock, where the slick granite surfaces are similar to those in Yosemite.

Stefan’s dedication to achieving his dream is most evident in his garage, where he and his dad have built what Lynne calls “The Bat Cave.” Beneath a loft where kayaks are stowed, Stefan has screwed rocks, wooden handholds, and an elaborate finger board com-prised of holes that are different sizes,

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He’s going to need those moves to be perfect when—not if—he gets to Yo-semite, where he might try to climb “low tech.” That means little to no technical gear, just pieces of knotted rope and climbing shoes. “It’s for purists,” Tim says. For Stefan, it’s for the fearless.

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With “The Empty Chair,” Carlie found her fresh start. When the traffic light switched to green, she quickly maneuvered her car off the road and jotted down the words and the music for the chorus on her to-do list. The finished song became a favorite with her church and has since been performed every Thanksgiving.

“Usually something emotional triggers inspiration for me,” said Carlie. “The night before working on that song, my husband and I had watched the television in shock as the reports aired of the atrocious shootings at Fort Hood. Good writing, I think, comes from truth, and sometimes it takes an emotional experience to uncover that truth.”

Carlie spends anywhere from a few hours to several months ar-

ranging, editing, and notating the music she writes. She may then commit several years to compil-ing, copyrighting, and record-ing the finished work. All of this, though, begins with that initial moment of inspiration, which can strike at any time.

“Sometimes I wake up in the early morning hours with a phrase going through my head,” she said. “Sometimes a melody starts to form while I’m driving, and I’ll jot it down in scale degree numbers on the back of my to-do list or church bulletin. Sometimes the

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Carlie began her musical career at the age of four when her maternal grand-mother gave her an old black upright piano. “I thought that old piano was wonderful,” said Carlie. “I liked playing so much that my parents enrolled me in piano lessons when I was in the second grade. By that time, I was playing by ear

and writing little songs.”Her family further encouraged her

love of music. “There was a lot of sing-ing in our family, at church, in the car, or wherever,” Carlie explained. “We at-tended the Church of Christ, which was totally a cappella singing, and my dad and brother led singing and my sister sang alto. Our music services may have left a lot to be desired, but singing a cappella really trains your ear.”

Upon graduating from high school, and after a brief stint as a math major at Abilene Christian University, Carlie soon discovered music theory and attended The University of Texas as a music major. She participated in the univer-sity’s Piano Pedagogy program, studying piano and music theory teaching meth-ods and then leading her own piano and music theory classes.

“In that program, I found a career I loved, and I acquired the skills that I would use for the next 20 years,” said Carlie. “After my husband finished law school, we moved to Hereford, Texas, where I opened a piano studio. I had between 25 and 35 students, and I loved teaching both the private piano lessons and the keyboard-applied theory.”

While teaching music and rais-ing her own fam-ily, Carlie continued

studying voice and piano and eventu-ally finished her Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition at West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University). At the encouragement of friends, she began to share her com-positions with musical groups at her church and in the community.

In recent years, Carlie has recorded two CDs of her music, including Medita-tions and Musings: Sixteen Piano Solos for Quiet Times, and she is working on two more musical collections, as well as a children’s book/CD combination entitled Music for Bird Lovers.

“When I compose a new piece of mu-sic, I hope that someone will enjoy play-ing it or hearing it someday,” Carlie said. “I think that my task as a composer is to find and to bring to life the music that is already there, within the words. For me, this is such satisfying work. That mo-ment when the words and music come together into a new song is amazing.”

Carlie’s notes scribbled on the back of a “to do” list.A song Carlie wrote for her grandson

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the urgent call came in from St. David’s George-town hospital. Could Dr. Craig Staebel please get over there immediately?

A child had been bitten in the face by a dog, with multiple cheek and nose lacerations and a tear through his upper lip. Dr. Staebel hurried to the hospital, where he stitched up the wounds on his first patient after opening Georgetown Plastic Surgery. Thanks to his ex-pert work, the wounds healed very quickly, with little scarring. He continued to monitor his patient for several months.

From that rewarding start, Craig Staebel has been in the business of helping people enjoy the way they look after illnesses, accidents, or cosmetic procedures.

Craig acquired his medical school training at Texas A&M. His aha! moment came as a third-year med student, when he studied at a veteran’s hospital to gain detailed experience in sewing wounds.

One day, Craig watched a resident remove a can-cer from a patient’s nose, leaving a sizable hole. The resident then performed a “flap.” He cut an island of skin and lifted it up, but left it attached to the blood vessels. Rotating and repo-sitioning the skin section, he stitched it over the hole. Craig loved this application of anatomy—“the manipula-tion and transfer of normal body tissue to repair injuries and defects”—and decided plastic surgery was the field for him.

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Who’s that blonde woman stand-ing under a van jacked up on a lift at Midas? She’s

Diana Hoffman, that’s who. Does she know an air filter from an oil filter? You bet she does. In fact, she’s the driving force behind the Georgetown Midas. She owns it.

And she’s not a hands-off kind of owner. “Integrity above all else” is one of her mottos, and she’s quick to model integrity for her employees. As the first woman to own a Midas franchise (in Killeen, Texas), she earned her male em-ployees’ respect because she was “out in the shop working as hard or harder,” she says. “I made a point to say, ‘Hey, I wouldn’t ask you to do anything that I wouldn’t do. I’m right out here in the grease and loving it.’”

You could say Diana grew up with grease under her fingernails. She learned to be a gearhead to keep up with her five older brothers. They all worked on the snow-mobiles at her father’s snowmobile dealership, and “we had a shop in the backyard where we fixed bikes for the neighbor-hood kids. Bicycles and

motorcycles,” Diana says. “It’s what I had to do to be in the fam-ily,” she adds with a grin. Living with five brothers also convinced her that, when she grew up, “I had to do something where I called the shots. I don’t like being told what to do.”

A three-year stint in the army right out of high school taught her something else: a can-do atti-tude. She joined in 1979, at a time when women weren’t exactly wel-come in the military. She learned

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In 1982, at the age of 22, she left the army with a goal: to have her own automotive business. She chose a Midas franchise because her research persuaded her that Midas was the best. She began working at the shop in Killeen, eventually became its manager,

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When Diana decided to build the Georgetown shop, Midas tried to persuade her not to build in Georgetown. The com-pany didn’t think it was a viable location. But Diana knew Georgetown was the right place, so she built it anyway. And she built it her way, with more space so that “it’s easier for customers to get in between bays, because I take customers out and let them look at their cars,” Diana says. She installed above- ground lifts because they’re easier to maintain, and she built a room just for the compressors because, as she explains, “it’s annoying if you’re out in the shop talking to a customer and the compressor kicks on.”

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he two bow-legged cowboys felt lucky. They were hurtling down FM 487 in a pick-up, two saddle horses

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Cattle rustlers? In an age of satellites and Silverados? Yep. And according to Doug, steal-ing cattle is just as big a business now as it was in the old horse and saddle days. But just as there have always been cattle rustlers in Texas, there have always been lawmen to catch them. And that’s where Doug Hutchison comes in. At 6’7”, he may sit tall in the seat of a high-tech pickup—rather than

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in a worn leather saddle—but be-ing a Special Ranger for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) is a natural fit for Doug.

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las back when “it was still a lot of row crop country” with open land, cattle, and horses. “We were outside all the time,” Doug recalls, riding horses, fishing, hunting, just kicking around. Doug spent summers and weekends at his grandparents’ 422-acre ranch in Gainesville. He gobbled up ranch life, from bouncing along on a tractor in his grandfather’s lap to roaming all over the spread. Hard work—plowing, loading cattle into trailers, mucking out horse stalls, hauling grain—was bliss for him. Coming home was “just a grind” he remembers.

But at home in Dallas waited his other passion: law enforce-ment. He worshipped his uncle, Max Mallicote, a University Park police officer, and he made friends with the officers who patrolled his own neighborhood. “If there was something that happened, I’d be down there waiting by the police car ‘cause I wanted to talk with the policeman,” Doug says with a grin. He was mesmerized by “those dark blue uniforms

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and that big radio antenna on the back of the car. Those old guys would stand there with the car door open and that radio squawking, and man, I was just eaten up with it. I wanted to know more about it.”

In high school, Doug dogged the footsteps of the school resource officer, who took the teen around in his car and told him police stories. After Doug graduated from high school in 1973, he headed straight into law enforcement as a public service officer, mostly direct-ing traffic and writing parking tickets. Then he headed to the police academy. He began his career with the Irving Po-lice Department in 1977, and he retired from there in 2004.

Although he “wouldn’t take anything” for his 29-year career in city police work, he swore when he retired that he’d “never wear the badge again be-cause I was just used up” from dealing with drunks and drug addicts. For two and a half years, he went back to his first passion and “cowboyed on some ranches around Gainesville.” When a buddy urged him to apply for an open-ing as a Special Ranger, he knew that was the only job that could pull him back into police work. “It’s an entirely different end of the spectrum from being a city cop,” Doug says. “I’m able to be out in the country and have my hands in two things I love most: law en-forcement and farming and ranching.”

And it’s a love that keeps him busy. “Cattle prices being at an all-time high this year has really caused a spike in theft cases,” Doug reports. In 2010 alone, nearly 7500 head of cattle were stolen

in Texas. That’s triple the number stolen in 2007. Stealing someone’s cow is like stealing the 12-14 calves she might produce in her lifespan, Doug says. “You might as well take a big, fat paycheck out of the rancher’s hand.”

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TSCRA is “an outfit that is really heavy on tradition,” Doug says. “I feel really honored to be in it.” TSCRA began in 1877 when some cattlemen formed the association to put a stop to rampant cattle thefts, and in 1893 the association’s rangers became commis-sioned peace officers. Today, TSCRA boasts more than 15,000 members and has 29 Special Rang-ers, each riding range over an assigned district. Doug puts in plenty of windshield time covering Wil-liamson, Travis, Hays, Caldwell, Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, and Washington counties.

What’s the difference between a Texas Ranger and a Special Ranger? Both have the authority to investigate crimes and arrest criminals, and both are commissioned by the Texas Depart-ment of Public Safety. Yet, “the Special Rangers are separate from the Texas

Rangers,” Doug says. “We’re not actually

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gate fraud on livestock loans, like when people get a loan from the bank [to buy cattle] and then sell the cattle without telling the bank—all kinds of slick deals like that.”

Not just anyone can step into the boots of a Special Ranger. “You have to have at least eight years of police expe-rience, as well as a background in farm-

ing and ranching,” Doug says. Although he didn’t become a Special Ranger until 2006, the job seemed tailor-made for him. You could say he’d been trying on aspects of it all his life, and when the job came open, the then 51-year-old slipped right into it.

Doug now fishtails down dirt roads in a truck equipped with “police frequency radios and large capacity weapons.” He peers through binoculars at cattle in pastures, then flips open his laptop to check their markings in TSCRA’s database of 100,000 registered brands. He takes photos of tire tracks and footprints; he chats with local folks in country cafes and sale barns to sniff out leads on thefts.

Every day, he puts on blue jeans, boots, a tie, and a Resistol hat. He se-cures a Colt 45 with a mammoth ivory grip in its holster. He pins on a badge fashioned from a 1947 Mexican cinco peso engraved with a longhorn steer. It’s a uniform with a perfect fit.

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What Kirsten Coahran heard was like static from a fuzzy AM station at full blast. At the front of the class, she faced forward and strained to read the teacher’s lips. Sweat beaded on

her forehead and her nose. She could make out what the teacher was saying as long as she could see the teacher’s lips. However, when the teacher turned to write on the blackboard, Kirsten couldn’t follow the lesson.

I’m deaf, but no one knows it. I’m not even sure what deaf is. I just know I’m different. They think my hearing aids make me hear, but when everyone is talking and the clock is ticking and the cars outside are screech-ing and rumbling, all I hear is a blizzard of sound. My sister says the kids call me re-tard and stupid. I hate it. I’m not a retard. I just can’t hear them.

“She’d be so exhausted by the time she got home from trying to read lips and hear instructions over the background noise,” said Terri Coahran, Kirsten’s moth-er. “It just got worse and worse.” It’s not that Kirsten’s teachers didn’t care—they just weren’t equipped to teach deaf children. It wasn’t until Kirsten joined Texas School for the Deaf in the sixth grade that she received what every child needs: acceptance and nurturing in a way that would allow her to blossom.

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Terri and Randy Coahran adopted Kirsten and Kacie as three-year-old twins. Developmentally and emotionally delayed, both girls struggled in school. However, Kacie had caught up with her peers after a few years. But Kirsten had a much harder time. “Her reading was delayed because her language was delayed,” Terri said. They were told that Kirsten had a mild hearing loss prior to adoption, and she was fitted with hearing aids shortly after being placed in their home. However, her hearing kept diminishing at every six-month check up.

By third grade, Kirsten started coping by disassoci-ating—an involuntary attempt to escape reality. “She’d roll her eyes back into her head,” Terri said. Terri

would hold Kirsten on her lap, wrap her arms around her tightly, and rock her. “I’d tell her she was safe and how much we loved her,” Terri said. However, Kirsten continued to deal with her emotions the only way she knew how. She’d bang her head against the wall and even broke her own ankle by bashing it over and over against her foot board. “She was suffering so much at that point,” Terri said. “I think she just gave up.” The psychiatrist who had been treating Kirsten said, “Enough! I’m home bounding her and putting her on suicide watch.” Kirsten was eight years old.

When Kirsten was in the fifth grade, one of the mothers from her Girl Scout Service Unit told Terri about Texas School for the Deaf (TSD). Reluctantly, the family started thinking of Kirsten as being deaf and not just “hard of hearing,” and they visited the school. “We expected the school to be quiet and maybe reserved,” Terri said. Then kids came barrel-ing out of classrooms making loud noises and sounds as they hustled from both ends of the hallway to their next class. Lights were flashing (letting students know it was time to change classes), doors were banging, children were shouting to each other and fingers were flying as they signed to one another!

“When we saw how the school helped students with varying degrees of deafness, we were convinced it was the place for Kirsten,” Terri said. Kirsten was nervous but also happy to see other kids like her. “There were kids from all over Texas: Amarillo, Houston, Dallas,” Terri said. Kirsten didn’t know sign language when she joined TSD but picked it up in only one semester. It helped that the school has a signing-only policy in the classroom.

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Deaf like MeIt didn’t take Kirsten long to feel

at home at TSD. “She got involved in everything she could,” Terri said. She started having sleepovers with other girls at the school. “I was with kids who were just like me,” Kirsten said. And no one made fun of her.

In 2008, Kirsten had the largest loss of hearing she had ever experi-enced. It left her deaf in one ear and with minimal hearing in her remain-ing ear. “I was watching for signs of depression—any kind of emotional duress,” Terri said. But they never surfaced. Over her six and a half years at TSD, Kirsten became very involved and joined the drama club. She played Betty Rizzo—the char-acter played by Stockard Channing in the film version of Grease—in the school’s deaf musical, and she stole the show. She performed in other school productions and loved doing sign language to the music. She got to make videos in her video technol-ogy class, and by the ninth grade, she was playing volleyball. Terri, who now works at TSD, could see how much fun Kirsten was finally having at school and with friends. Kirsten even earned her Girl Scout Silver Award for teaching sign language to a group of girls. Like most deaf people, Kirsten thinks it’s great when people want to learn to sign.

Through her work with deaf drama productions, Kirsten

Kirsten styles her sister’s hair.

learned more about hair styling and makeup and practiced on her sister Kacie’s hair on the weekends. That helped Kirsten decide she wanted to be a hair stylist. So when she gradu-ated from TSD in 2010, she searched for a beauty school that would ac-cept her. Unfortunately, the private beauty schools she was interested in couldn’t (or wouldn’t) accommodate her hearing disability. As soon as the schools learned she was deaf, Kirsten didn’t hear back from them or they just flat turned her down. She was even told, “If you can’t hear how to mix the chemicals, you could melt the skin off of someone’s face.” Kirsten was humiliated.

Then they heard about Avenue Five Institute in Austin, and Terri and Kirsten went to visit. With a part-time interpreter provided by the state and an FM device for hearing purchased just for Kirsten by Avenue Five, Kirsten enrolled and will gradu-ate this fall.

Just 10 years ago, Kirsten was huddled in a corner, wishing she

could disappear. However, last month, Kirsten Coahran, Miss Deaf Georgetown, participated in the Miss Deaf Texas Ambas-sador Pageant.

“Kirsten has been deaf all of her life. It’s not going to get better, and that’s okay. Being deaf is who she is, and instead of us always trying to fix it or find ways to make it better, she just needed to be herself,” Terri said.

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excursion to the library, and stop by the dining room for ice cream. One might get a manicure at the Red Poppy Salon, check e-mail at the Blue Hole Cyber Café, and finish off the day at the Balcones Movie Theatre.

What draws senior adults and their families to Wesleyan Homes, though, involves more than the amenities at the Georgetown non-profit’s two retirement community campuses, the Wesleyan at Estrella and the Wesleyan at Scenic.

“We try to build environments that are gracious and homelike [to] support older adults [in] living as independently as possible,” ex-plained Chris G. Spence, president of Wesleyan Homes, “enabling their pursuit of their own interests while promoting wellness and involvement. We promote dig-nity, independence, and personal choice; we focus on delivering the highest possible quality of care.”

The Wesleyan at Estrella offers independent and assisted living facilities, along with one devoted to memory care, and the Wesleyan at Scenic provides services that range from skilled nursing and rehabilitation to memory care and long- term care. “Some residents

need more help, some less, some want all possible help, and some are fiercely independent, “Chris said. “The interaction between caregiver and resident is often more important than the care performed.”

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Staff members are not the only ones committed to maintaining the supportive community of Wes-leyan Homes. Community leaders, clergy members, and laypersons serve in volunteer positions on the nonprofit’s board of directors, and more than 100 community mem-bers regularly donate time and resources to the Wesleyan com-munity. “With Wesleyan Homes, Georgetown keeps its elders close to the heart,” Chris says.

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A Faithful FoundationLifestyle Options at The Wesleyan TRADITIONAL VALUES.From the beginning, Wesleyan Homes has been about one thing: Serving older adults and their families as a vital member of the Georgetown community. For over 50 years now, as Georgetown’s only not-for-profit family of senior living communities, we hold fast to our heritage as a Christian Ministry while continuing to grow and support the changing needs of seniors as they age.

ESTABLISHED CONTINUUM OF CARE.The multiple campuses of Wesleyan Homes represent a full range of residential living, life enrichment and healthcare choices for seniors who wish to live with independence and security.

The Wesleyan at Estrella is a neighborhood of independent living apartment homes gracing 40 acres of nature’s beauty including an all-new addition of 60 assisted living apartments and memory care. Comprehensive skilled nursing, rehabilitation and Alzheimer’s services are available at The Wesleyan at Scenic. And, Wesleyan Hospice offers both in-home hospice care and hospice care to those residing at senior care facilities.

CENTRAL TO YOU IN CENTRAL TEXAS.Wesleyan Homes believes every individual deserves to live their very best years with an optimistic and grateful spirit. For that reason, our faithful foundation for the future of retirement living will continue here in Georgetown … close to home and close to you.

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it’s a strange word that’s been on a lot of lips lately. Movie stars, TV personalities, ev-eryone’s talking about it. So what is HypnoBirthing? Is it as

crazy as it sounds? And can you do it in Georgetown?

You can, according to Georgetown’s own licensed HypnoBirth educator, Heather Hilton. She explains that HypnoBirthing is a method of self-hypnosis for childbirth, but the hypnosis is more comparable to the meditation found in yoga rather than an act on one of magician David Blaine’s specials. And you won’t find mothers-to-be and their partners squawking

like chickens after five sessions of hypnosis classes. The hypnosis simply allows the women to relax.

The HypnoBirthing process is two-fold. “First,” Heather says, “we’re reprogramming the deep-seated beliefs about birth. Because we all have them, we’ve all heard them: labor equals pain, birth equals trauma.”

Heather jokes that the class tagline is “Shift Happens.” She explains, “That’s what we’re asking of people when they come to class. [They need] to be willing to completely shift their thinking about birth.” To encourage this shift, Heather teaches a different vocabulary. “You have this whole

database in your mind of what a contraction is, of what it means when water breaks, or when you’re in labor. You say the word surge, however, and it doesn’t have the same database. You don’t have the same preconceived notions,

so we’re creating a whole new mindset about it.”

The second part of HypnoBirthing is to teach expectant mothers how to deal with the sensation of labor and how to approach it calmly, comfortably, and peacefully. “This is the biggest sensation a woman has ever felt in her body before,” Heather says, “but it shouldn’t be scary.”

HypnoBirthing allows women to let go of their preconceived fears and misconceptions. Women can become more in tune with their bodies so that during labor they can allow their bodies to do what needs to be done. “We’re not asking for your body to go over and above,” Heather says, “or perform some magical feat. All we’re asking is for your body to perform the way it’s supposed to.”

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For more information on HypnoBirthing and HypnoBirthing class schedules, visit the Web site at www.hypno-birthingtexas.com or call at 512-636-0659.

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it’s late afternoon as Linda Fletcher walks by the front door of her home stealing a glance through the beveled glass. Shaking her head, she

grins at Chevy, the family’s five-year-old black Labrador retriever sitting patiently at the end of the walk. This is a daily ritual at the Fletcher house. Chevy sits wait-ing for the sound of Jere’s truck, signaling his return home.

Chevy takes her role as a mem-ber of the Fletcher family very seriously. Besides greeting visitors, her official duty, she quietly moni-tors the whereabouts of Linda, Jere, and their daughter Cortney. But what makes Chevy special is her exceptional skill as a retriever,

a skill that makes Jere, an avid hunt-er and sports shooter, very happy. The instinct to retrieve is in her blood, he says.

Retrievers are bred to pick up birds. And unlike a pointer, which goes into the field ahead of the

hunter and freezes in a pointing position to show where the birds are hidden, a retriever stays with the hunter, and at the sound of a shot, automatically looks for the falling bird.

When out with Jere, Chevy dutiful-ly listens for those crackling gunshots, and she is rarely disappointed. Jere is a good shot. He is an active member in the National Sporting Clay Associ-ation (NSCA), an organization that promotes competitive recreational marksmanship. Sporting clay sim-ulates actual field shooting, Jere explains. The “birds” are clay disks sent spinning into the air and shot at by hunters to demonstrate their prowess as good shots. Members receive points or “punches” at fre-quently held tournaments based on shooting accuracy and ranking in the competition. Jere competes regularly in these tournaments and is a certified Master Shooter in Sporting Clays, the highest level in the field.

Although Chevy finds these tournaments disappointing since it is hard to get a good grip on shattered sporting clays, she does compete in tournaments held for

hunting dogs. At her first Euro-pean Pheasant Hunt or “Tower Shoot,” Chevy retrieved over 25 pheasants released from a tower to simulate natural flight.

Chevy is also well educated in the do’s and don’ts of hunting. At four months of age, she learned to fetch on command at the Top Gun Kennel near Hallettsville. Chevy also attended Snake Proof-ing Class at Winter Kennels in the Hill Country. There, trainers use live rattlesnakes to teach dogs to walk away at the first scent of a snake. It really works, Jere says. Now, when they walk through tall brush, Chevy can smell the snake and steer Jere in another direction.

When not hunting, Chevy goes through her daily drills using a training dummy to simulate a fall-ing bird. This isn’t work for her. This is her playtime. It’s a dog’s life, but what a life it is.

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Blues, Orchards, and the SmokiesGeorgetown couples take to the road to discover Tennessee

hardwoods and ever-greens stretched up from a blanket of late spring wildflowers. The van bumped and

bounced over the winding gravel road. Mike Strange gripped his armrest tighter and leaned closer to the window. He could not take his eyes off the trees that lined the Southern Appalachian road.

“Everywhere I would look, there was a tree,” Mike explained. “We spent 35 miles on that back road, and I was able to just sit there and look at the trees. The Southern Appalachians are unbelievable. They are just absolutely gor-geous.”

The Appalachians served as the final stretch of a three-part Tennessee road trip that Mike and his wife, Margaret Rice, took with their good friends Dave and Nancy Snow in late spring. “We love having the opportunity to travel together when we can,” said Mike. “The Snows have a timeshare in Gatlinburg, so we decided to make it a trip.”

The journey began with an overnight stop in Memphis, where the couples sought out live music along Beale Street, caught an afternoon concert in an open-air garden, and visited B. B. King’s Blues Club. They marked the sec-ond stage of the trip with a visit to

Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry.

“Our favorite moment in Nashville was seeing Little Jimmy Dickens perform,” said Mike. “At 90 years old, he is still going strong and so much fun as a performer. He wore an authentic Nudie suit [named after tailor Nudie Cohn], too, complete with all the decorations and embellishments.”

When the quartet reached Gatlinburg and the final por-tion of their trip, though, ev-ery urban attraction faded in comparison with the beauty of the Great Smoky Moun-

tains. They spent the week that followed exploring the Southern Appalachians, looking for wild-life, and discovering some of the region’s best-kept secrets.

“We stumbled across some-thing we didn’t expect to find in the midst of the Smoky Moun-tains,” Mike explained. “An apple orchard, called Garver Orchards. We spent one afternoon there, ate at the restaurant, and went home with all kinds of jams and jellies.”

Avid travelers and longtime Georgetown residents, Mike and Margaret allow little time to pass between trips. “We love spending time together and exploring,” said Mike. “We are big readers and art lovers. Sometimes we will read about a place that we’d like to go to, and then plan a trip that way. Sometimes we just go out walking to see what there is to see.”

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isupport increasing high school from four to five years so that students have more time to serve their communities. Increasing high school to five years would allow for incorporating service activities into the school day. I am a junior in high

school, and I find it hard at times to balance academ-ics and service because of my ever-fluctuating sched-ule. Between preparing for SATs, ACTs, prepping for AP tests and other demanding projects, I just do not have much time to volunteer.

Volunteering is important because it helps keep our communities viable. Additionally, employers and col-leges look for well-rounded students who participate in extracurricular activities and community service in addition to maintaining good grades. Incorporating service into the high school curriculum would help students provide greater service to the community, meet the expectations of colleges and employers, and expose young adults to the gratification that comes with giving back.

Student involvement in projects outside of their im-mediate scope of studies also helps students coun-teract selfishness. Many students go to school to get their diploma but do not think about giving back to their community. “I go to high school to make friends and get an education,” some might say. Learning to give back to the community instills self-satisfaction, a sense of accomplishment, and selflessness. For example, several of my fellow high school classmates went on a field trip through their church to fix houses

Time To ServeA Reader’s View

for poor people in our town. The work was tedious, and they often received red punishments from the sun because they worked long hours. However, when they had finished, they said they felt accomplish-ment when they stepped back to view their work. “We fixed the houses ourselves,” one told me. “It felt good to say ‘I did that all by myself. I was able to make a change in these poor people’s lives.’” Another explains how emotionally moved she was when she saw tears of joy spring into the homeowners’ eyes. “From that moment on, I decided that I wanted to continue making a change in people’s lives by help-ing them,” she said.

Some argue that increasing high school to five years would result in burnout and that attendance would drop in the fifth year. However, that may not necessarily be the case. Schools could sprinkle extra-curricular activities and service projects throughout the five years so that students would continue to be engaged, yet they’d have to attend such activities in order to obtain a high school diploma. There will always be students who drop out anyway, so what does it matter? It’s their decision.

Adding community service projects to the required curriculum in high school would allow students the time to give back, better prepare students for college and future jobs, and teach young people the impor-tance of giving. I know I’d have another year of high school, but it would be worth it.

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Beat the Heat!!• ride in a cart and if you do walk, use a pull cart• Wear a hat. There are large brim hats that have SPF built in, mesh on the sides for

ventilation, and some even soak up water to stay cool!• Choose a golf shoe that will keep you cooler. leather shoes will breathe better than

synthetic ones. Several styles of mesh golf shoes are available for ladies. Sandals with spikes are available for men and ladies. Don’t forget a pair of socks with mois-ture wicking material!

• The same is true for golf gloves. A leather one will breathe better than a synthetic one. Mesh gloves are also available for ladies. Make sure you carry a few gloves with you and switch out.

• Dry Hands is a product that can be put on your hands to prevent them from sweat-ing; helping you grip your clubs better.

• Wearing a moisture wicking shirt is one of the most important things you can do to stay cool. Many of these shirts also come with SPF built in to the fabric.

• Cool down neck bands contain small beads that when soaked in water, ab-sorb liquid and keep the neck band wet helping you to stay cool.

• Chilly Pad towels are chamois-like towels that when wet stay cool for 1-4 hours. These can be wrapped around your neck for relief. To reactivate the towel , simply re-wet it.

• On days when you golf, eat small light meals beforehand.

• The most important tip for playing in extreme heat is to drink lots of water!! Start drinking hours before your tee time. Make sure you avoid drinking alcohol beforehand. This will actually promote dehydration.

Don’t let the summer heat stop you from en-joying the game of golf. Playing early in the day, planning ahead of time, and following these tips will keep you swinging. See you on the course!

have you ever hit the greatest drive only to be disappointed by hitting a fat wedge shot?

If so, then these tips are for you:If you have a problem with hit-

ting fat shots, chances are you are hitting the ground before the ball.

To correct this, make sure you are not sliding forward on your downswing or leaning back at impact. As you are hitting the ball, do not let your left wrist break down and avoid dipping your body.

To make a downward strike, keep your weight on your front foot and the shaft of the club lean-ing slightly forward. At impact, remember to keep your hands in front of the club head.

DO NOT TRY SCOOPING THE BALL!!

Lastly, make sure to rotate your hips and upper body through the impact zone. Your arms should feel connected and move in unison with your upper body throughout the swing.

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Saturday, October 1, 2011San Gabriel Park, Georgetown

Fun Run @ 8:00 a.m. 5K @ 8:30 a.m.Enjoy beautiful San Gabriel Park; come for the run and stay for the fun. Prizes and entertainment will follow. Proceeds from this event benefit the Williamson/Burnet County Meals on Wheels and Senior Nutrition Program.

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Charity run Benefits CommunityGeorgetown 5K raises funds for local programs, such as Meals on Wheels and Head Start.

Several sneaker-clad chil-dren and mascot Tom the Trotting Turkey will kick off the Third Annual Har-vest Fest 5K and Family

Fun Run at San Gabriel Park on Saturday, October 1. As the sun warms the cool fall morning, the pint-sized competitors will scram-ble for the finish line of the ½ Mile Fun Run and the promise of their very own medal. Soon after, adult participants will lace up their own running shoes to compete in the 5K, with the goal of raising funds for local community-assistance programs and winning a hand-painted turkey.

“The event will benefit Wil-liamson-Burnet County Oppor-tunities,” explained Linda Gus-nowski, a Senior Vice President of FirstSouthwest who serves as

the event director for the Harvest Fest 5K and Family Fun Run. “This organization provides Meals on Wheels, the Senior Nutrition Program, and Head Start 0-5, as well as emergency assistance and affordable housing for low to moderate income families throughout Williamson and Burnet counties.”

Hosted by St. John’s United Methodist Church, the two-year-old fundraiser developed in response to increased community needs during the past few years. “Since the economic downturn, many non-profits have suffered because of cuts in government and foundation grants, as well as a reduction in donations by individuals and businesses,” said Linda. “Unfortunately, at the same

time, the number of people request-ing services has grown.”

The Harvest Fest receives sponsorship from several area businesses, namely the Scott and White Health System of Round Rock, as well as support from individuals and families around

Georgetown. “Last year, thanks to our participants and sponsors, we were able to raise over $10,000 for WBC Opportunities,” Linda said. “When people find out that an event will benefit a local non-profit, they help in any way they can, whether with money, food items, or their own time. The gen-erosity of this community never ceases to amaze me.”

For participants of all ages, the fundraiser also serves as an op-portunity for fun-filled recreation. “This event is unique because we try to make it enjoyable for the whole family—it gives people the opportunity to get outside and to have fun,” explained Linda. “We have a kids activity area for small children to play games and win prizes, and our turkey mascot, Tom the Trotting Turkey, joins in the 1/2 Mile Fun Run. We love this event and hope to continue it for many years to come—to make it bigger and better each year.”

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Harvest Fest 5K and Family Fun RunSaturday, October 1, at San Gabriel Park1/2 Mile Fun Run begins at 8:00 a.m.5K begins at 8:30 a.m.

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Tom the Trotting Turkey with representatives from WBCO (William-son Burnet County Opportunities), the beneficiary of the 5K run Proceeds.

The awards for each age group are hand-made by the confirmation class at St. John’s uMC as one of their service projects.


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unplug and Get Outside!You don’t need a cell phone app to explore the outdoors. A weekend workshop can show you how.

put down the remote. Now, step away from the TV. Close the lap-top—eBay won’t crash without you. Turn off

your cell phone. Yes, really. This is an intervention. We’ve

got to get you outside, that place with fresh air, waving grass, 100 percent sunshine, buckets of stars. But don’t worry, we’re not tossing you out in the wilderness with no preparation. Georgetown Parks and Recreation Center hosts an Outdoor Family Workshop just for moms, dads, and kids who want to get outside more, but have no clue how to actually do so.

“Our society as a whole has become more indoors,” observes

Youth Adventure Coordinator Joe Armstrong. “It’s kind of sad, be-cause the outdoors is good for kids. It’s good to get them out there, using their imagi-nations, and it’s good for families to do stuff together.” Every October, Georgetown Parks and Rec offers a version of Texas Parks & Wildlife’s Texas Outdoor Family program, designed to acquaint families with activities like fishing, kayaking, archery, and rock climbing. Kids can take

part in sessions like “Wild-life Detectives” and “Insect Investigation,” too. For those families who want it, there’s a night of camping as well.

Doing all that can be intimidating—and expen-sive—for families. “We give them a little help, a little knowledge, and help them be brave enough to go out on their own later,” Joe says. Georgetown Parks and Rec furnishes all the food and equipment for the activi-ties—fishing rods, kayaks, life vests, ropes, tents, etc.—and participants learn from ex-perts and volunteers.

As the day winds down, families who stay to camp gather around at Booty’s Crossing for Tent 101 class. “We set up camp, do a meal time, and then drive to Lake Georgetown to catch the sunset,” Joe explains. “We do an optional night hike on the trail back to camp. We talk about night vision; I have smell jars and let kids figure out the smells. I go over owl calls, and we play games. At camp, we roast marshmallows, tell stories.” By that time, families are ready to turn in for a night of stars and crickets. They crawl out of tents the next morning for a camp breakfast and one more activity, like canoeing.

“We have families who come every year,” Joe says, “just to hang out as a family.” No equipment to buy, no meals to plan—just pure fun. Without a cell phone app. Reall.

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Mallets and MerlotPolo at the Ranch

Sunday October 23, 2011

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2 | first friDay on tHe square. Evening Event, Shop, Food, Music, Shops open late.

2 | cHilDren’s story tiMe at Hill Country Books for 3-5 years olds, 10:30-11, 719 S. Main, hillcountrybookstore.com

3 | preDict your tiMe 5k & kiDs 5k. San Gabriel Park, 8am, Music, Breakfast Tacos provided by El Patron. georgetownrunningclub.com

6 | sun city Market. 9am-noon, 2 Texas Drive, (Held every Tuesday) gtfma.com

8 | georgetown farMer’s Market. 3:30-6:30, San Gabriel Park, 303 E. Morrow, (Held every Thursday) gtfma.com

8 | frankly sinatra. Frank SinatraTribute, 6pm, Tony & Luigis, 1201 S. Church (Every Thurs)

8 | georgetown toastMasters cluB. 7-8pm, Georgetown ISD Building, 603 Lakeway Drive. (also meets same place & time on Sept 22) [email protected] or 703-203-7913.

10 | aDventure georgetown. Lake Travis Paddle & Rappel for ages 12 and up. Pace Bend Park, Lake Travis, 8am-4pm, adverture.georgetown.org

10 | Market Days on tHe square. Arts & Crafts & Artisans, Food, Music, Ultimate Play Zone for kids. thegeorgetownsquare.com

10 | cHilDren’s story tiMe at Hill Country Books for 5-8 years olds, 10:30-11, 719 S. Main, hillcountrybookstore.com

10 | poetry reaDing with Mike Gullickson, 6:30-8:30, Hill Country Books, 719 S. Main, hillcountrybookstore.com

11 | teMple orcHestra with Southwestern University Pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa in “Great Russian Composers.” Georgetown Symphony Society, Klett Center for the Performing Arts, 4pm, Adults $25/$20; students $5. 864-9591, www.gsstx.org

If you have an event you would like to

include in next month’s issue, send

your information to [email protected] by the 15th of the

month and we’ll do our best to include you.

13 | prenancy Help center of williaMson county Benefit 2011. 7pm, Kindred Oaks Event Center, 2100 CR 176. [email protected], 512-868-0153

15 | cookBook signing anD cocktail Hour. Hill Country Bookstore, 5-7pm, free. Meet famed Texas chef Jon Bonnell. He will be signing copies of his latest cookbook, Jon Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine. Enjoy appetizers the chef himself prepared and wine provided by the Georgetown Winery. www.hillcountrybookstore.com

16 | pHilly cHeesesteak nigHt. Georgetown American Legion Post 174 @ VFW, 1000 N. College St., 5-7pm. $6 Take-out Available. Proceeds benefit Boys State, Veterans Assistance, Scholarship. Support the American Legion Programs.

17 | live Music at Manhattan Pie Pizza, 7:30-10:30, 1501 Park Lane, 512-868-5500

17 | Boys & girls cluB of georgetown Dinner. Heritage Oaks Rec Center featuring The Ace in The Hole Band. 6pm

18 | Dance georgetown. Night Club 2 Step led by Tom & Ying Apel, 7-10pm, Sun City Center 2 Texas Drive. dancegeorgetowntexas.com

19 | Boys & girls cluB of georgetown golf tournaMent. Berry Creek Country Club, registration noon, 863-7000, for sponsorship opportunities call Bill Stanley 876-6865

22 | 23rD annual rotary cHarity golf tour & wine tasting benefiting Youth Education and the Georgetown Animal Shelter. ALL INCLUSIVE price of $125/player or $500/team. Includes Green Fees, Cart, Mulligans, Throw, Lunch, Dinner, On-course Contests, Wine Tasting. Cowan Creek at Sun City, 11:30am registration. Register online at www.georgetownrotary.org or email [email protected]

24 | williaMson county wine & fooD festival. 6pm-8pm, Georgetown Public Library, thegeorgetownsquare.com

24 | JoHnny nicolas (texas Blues) concert at The Beacon, 8pm, 658-7737

24 | JoHnny nicolas (texas Blues) concert at The Beacon, 8pm, 658-7737

25 | fall fest at St. Helen’s Church benefits area charities, Games, Petting Zoo, BBQ, Music, Rock Wall, Car SHow, Auction, 10:30am, 2700 East University, 863-3041

September


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S e p t e m b e rO p e n i n g D a t e s

subject to change

2 Apollo18

9 Contagion

16 Drive

16 StrawDogs

23Abduction

23 DolphinTale

23 Moneyball

30 50/50

30 Courageous

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save tHe Date:Oct1 | Harvest fest 5k anD faMily fun run. San Gabriel Park. 8am, 5K

run/walk, ½ mile kid’s run, refreshments and kid’s activities. www.harvestfest5krun.org

Oct1 | st. JoHn’s uniteD MetHoDist cHurcH funDraiser. Food, Music, fellowship, Auctions

Oct1 | wine fest at tHe vineyarD at florence. 254-793-3363

Oct1 | 1st annual Hero fest. San Gabriel RV Park, 40005 Heritage Hollow, Artisans, Food, Music, Raffle, Auction, Wounded Soldier Speaker, [email protected] (booth spaces available)

Oct7 | pregnancy Help center golf for life at Star Ranch

Oct15 | DeniMs & DiaMonDs fur Ball benefiting Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter, see ad on page 57 of this issue

Oct15 | pink Heels fasHion sHow

Oct16 | Hope alliance 5tH annual golf tournaMent at Cimarron Hills

Oct22 | pink Heels 5k

Oct22 | pink Heels paraDe

Oct23 | r.o.c.k. polo at Schwertner Ranch, see ad on page 68 of this issue

Oct25 | pink Heals tour on the Square


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