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F E AT U R E STHE RIGHT STEP | 30Joe Austin’s journey to coaching football at Southwestern

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ALICEA JONESEDITOR’S NOTE

Thinking of summer’s end, I’d been feeling a sense of urgency about doing something fun with my family before school resumed. I would have loved a family vacation on the fine, soft sands of Hawaii or in a cool, stone villa in Italy. Maybe one day, I’ll actually go to those dreamy places, but for now, I’ve discovered that there is so much to enjoy within a day’s (or hour’s) drive from Georgetown.

On a whim, I took my daughter and her friend down to Bandera to a horse ranch. Even though it was 100 degrees, we had a great time. We took a trail ride through acres of wooded terrain as long-eared jackrabbits bounded back and forth in front of us. In between the wrangler’s descriptions of the

various types of livestock on the ranch and stern reminders to keep my toes pointed up in the stirrups, I took in the quiet of this secluded hill country—no cars, no airplanes just the peaceful chirps of kingfishers and yellow-throated warblers. An hour later, we were back at the ranch where I kicked back by the picture window in the chow house, watching the girls trotting their horses around barrels in the arena. But the highlight of this trip was finally, after seven years of living in Texas, seeing—with my very own eyes—a wild hog. Even in the dark, I could make out its rotund, barrel-like dark gray frame illuminated by my headlights. I had been hearing about the wild hogs of central Texas, and I feel initiated now that I’ve actually seen one.

One day, I hope to make it to some exotic destinations that require a passport. But until then, I want to seek out the wondrous charms of the destinations that require only a tank of gas and a road map.

Speaking of fun places to visit within a day’s drive from Georgetown, Chet Garner, founder of the popular PBS television show The Daytripper, has set up shop right here in Georgetown! Find out more about Chet and his adventures on page 36 (“Trippin’ with Chet”). Who knows? Georgetown may be the next destination spot!

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If Berry Creek Tennis Director Jory Ereckson could dis-pense one word of advice to his Berry Creek Tennis Club students, as well as to all

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Jory’s father’s advice to “keep it between the lines” means mak-ing tennis simple and fun for his students. Tennis “is a sport you’re really never too young or old to start. I like to challenge all my stu-dents, whether they are beginners or veteran players. I try to quickly figure out the way a person learns, so that makes the teaching part easy.”

He enjoys helping each student attain goals—to play collegiate tennis, to enjoy recreational tennis, or to advance to more

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“Keeping it between the lines” is not just about making sure tennis balls stay on the court, however. Jory urges his students not to take tennis so seriously that they compromise their physical and emotional health. “Do something good for your body every day,” Jory says. “It’s one of the greatest instruments you’ll ever have.” Be kind to your body, warm up, stretch before and af-ter playing, drink lots of water, and wear sun-screen, Jory advises. “I’m not a dietician or fitness coach,” he admits, “but I do know how to guide

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two years for Collin County Commu-nity College, where his team won the National Junior College Athletic Associa-tion Division II Championship. He was also a three-time All-American during that time. In 2006 he ranked number one in doubles and number six in sin-gles nationally. Recently, he competed on United States Tennis Association 5.0 men’s team, winning in sectional com-petition and finishing second nationally.

Jory has celebrated victories as a coach, too. Recently, he won the 2010 United States Professional Tennis As-sociation Texas Facility Manager of the Year Award, as well as the 2011 USPTA Lessons for Life Award. Berry Creek Tennis Club members also nominated him as the Capitol Area Tennis As-sociation (CATA) Tennis Professional

of the Year for 2011. He received this award in 2008, when he gained CATA recognition for the growth in the Berry Creek junior and ladies programs in just eight months as director. Jory’s titles and recognition could easily go to his head, yet it is his students’ progress in which he takes true pride. “I feel they are an exten-sion of me, and I’m really happy when I see them succeed.” He also acknowledges his Berry Creek Tennis Club staff, without whom “the awards I’ve received would not have been possible.”

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“So, what’re you doing this weekend?”

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Angel Fund was born.“At that point, we were actu-

ally calling it the Karen and Tyler fund,” Dr. Randoll says, “because she’d regularly come in and put money into the account.”

The fund was never publicized; but occasionally, people would request that their bills be rounded up, letting the clinic “keep the change.” Other times, people would contribute small donations when they adopted a pet from Northwest Pet Hospital. Every time a client would donate money, the proceeds would go to the Karen and Tyler account. After a period of time, Karen, Tyler and their be-nevolent owner moved away from Georgetown, and the fund was renamed the Angel Fund.

Since it was first created in 1999, the Angel Fund has largely been kept a secret, and funds are dispensed with much discre-tion. The Northwest Pet Hospital allocates Angel Fund money only to longstanding clients who take good care of their pets but cannot pay for their pet’s procedure in full.

Another criterion for drawing on the fund is that the pet must have “a survivable problem,” Dr. Ran-doll explains, “meaning that we

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might treat a pet that’s been run over by a car, but we won’t [use the fund to] treat a pet with cancer or heart disease.”

Dr. Randoll estimates that the Angel Fund has helped hundreds of animals since its inception. Last summer alone, the Angel Fund was able to provide burn creams, bandages, and food to treat ani-mals that were victims of the 2011 Bastrop wildfires.

“It’s all about helping people do the right thing,” says Dr. Randoll, who remembers treating a dog that had been hit by a car and was found lying on the side of the road. “A client of ours brought him in. It wasn’t her dog, and she didn’t have money to take care of him, but she wanted to help.”

After the dog was treated, it bounced around to a couple of foster homes and was eventu-ally adopted. In the end, the story was a success all around: The dog healed and found a home; the cli-ent was able to help without being out of pocket; and a deserving family gained a new pet.

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Police officer Ed Anderson is no stranger to cruis-ing around town in a recognizable vehicle. Rather than the blue and

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Ed explains, “I’m a stickler for following the rules. I guess that explains the profession I went into.” In his kitchen, everything has a place, and Ed hesitates to in-terrupt that flow. Once he discov-ered that baking was surprisingly relaxing for him, it quickly became an enjoyable part of his after-work routine. His process is so fine-tuned that he can have an order of two dozen gourmet cupcakes knocked out in less than an hour. Ed says, “I don’t mind doing it because it’s something that I really love to do.” And he’s got quite a knack for it!

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Ed constantly works to dream up new Kopcakes creations. Cur-rently in the works is a breakfast taco cupcake. Ed says, “It would be savory and sweet, but not too much of either because you’ve got to balance that line . . . you’ve got to hit it dead center.” Some of Ed’s colleagues at the police station have earned the privileged role of taste testers. When Ed brings a new flavor to the station, he’s con-fident that the guys will give him their honest feedback. Ed says, “For the most part, they’re sitting there and they’ve got cupcake all over their faces, so I know it’s pretty good.”

The positive feedback Ed has received has encouraged him to take the leap into entrepreneur-

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Kopcakes are certainly a treat to put on Georgetown’s radar. Ed’s passion and determination to kick-start his business will no doubt have many new and repeat customers speeding his way to snatch up a dozen treats—or more. Ed says, “I care about mak-ing a product that people actually enjoy and want to come back for. For me, that’d be the biggest thrill in the world.” �

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Photographer Brit-ton Orrange braced himself, anticipating impact of the paint-ball blasting toward

him. Also aimed his way was a phantom digital high-speed camera, which he stood in front of—rather than behind—waiting to capture the paint as it burst onto his skin. The camera, fir-ing at a rapid 2,500 frames per second, was an essential com-ponent of his ballistics photo shoot. Britton still has a couple of faded scars from that day, but he also has a couple of unbelievable photos. He’s a a mod-ern-day renaissance man with a Cannon 5D Mark 2; his interests are complex, inspired, and follow many dif-ferent directions. But wherever he goes, he

says, “I’ve always got the urge to bring the camera.”

A native to Georgetown, Britton got his start in a high school pho-tojournalism class he took almost seven years ago. He admits, “The only reason I was in the class was because a girl that I liked was taking it, and that was my way of spending some time with her.” He wasn’t all that interested in learn-ing photography. Britton credits his teacher, Barbara Boatwright,

for being particularly instrumental in encouraging his natural tal-ent and revealing aspects of his photos that he had unknowingly captured. The class profoundly influenced how Britton perceived the creative industry and allowed him to consider career options that had never before been on his radar.

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Britton is an intuitive photogra-pher; he instinctively knows what he wants from a shot. Thanks to his technical training, he knows how to make it happen. He describes his style as constantly changing, some-thing that he’s still trying to define. Britton says, “I shoot one way and I feel weird if I shoot that way again; it feels like I’m not trying as hard. I want to figure out how to shoot a bunch of different ways, and maybe it’s the post processing that makes it my style.”

Britton’s portfolio is, essentially, a mix of his personal and commercial work, of people and products. It exhibits a broad range of locations and photo shoots—an interesting collection of fast-paced photos of bullets exploding through objects, black and white fine art stills from Death Valley’s sand dunes, as well as a number of exquisite photos from high fashion shoots.

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Today, Britton is back in central Texas working as a first assistant to a global technology brand in Round Rock. His day job provides him the opportunity to work with a team of professionals in the technical photography field while using large format cameras. Britton spends the majority of his free time pursu-ing freelance opportunities in the area; many of his recent endeavors include high fashion photos taken with underwater housing equip-ment, action shoots captured dur-ing professional paintball tourna-ments, and the occasional wedding for a close friend. A lot of his work is centered around the burgeoning fashion scene surrounding Austin. Britton is passionate about being one more person that helps trans-form this area from an occasional visiting site to a permanent loca-tion in the industry.

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relationship with my coach was affected. He was trying to figure out why I wasn’t playing as well,” Joe remembers. “I was at my rope’s end.”

Joe simply wasn’t used to doing things halfway. As a kid, the Des Moines, Iowa, native had always done his best at whatever he took on: bowling, baseball, hockey, football. Sitting on the couch in front of a TV wasn’t his style; he was always outdoors, often with his older brother, Ryan. At age eleven, he earned a black belt in taekwondo. He followed family tradition and become an Eagle Scout. During his senior year in high school, he helped his team make the playoffs for the only time in almost thirty years. No, halfway just wasn’t an option for Joe.

But what if I can’t play football well anymore? Joe turned to his old high school coach, Tom Gruen-ing, who’d been a role model for

St. Ambrose University quarterback Joe Aus-tin lay on the football field with pain shooting through his body, willing

himself to get up. The fake he’d just attempted hadn’t worked. As two defenders had barreled toward him, he’d jumped about four feet in the air to throw over their heads. They sandwiched him mid-air and slammed him into the turf.

Joe was only nineteen, a sopho-more. He got up and went on to set a school record of twenty-eight completions in one game. Football was his life. But in the moment of that hit, the direction he’d planned for his life changed.

Now, the man hired to get Southwestern University’s football program back on its feet after a sixty-two-year absence can look back at that moment without re-gret. “There’s a purpose for what you’re going to be doing [in life],” Joe can now counsel his players, “and if you’re prayerful about it, and if you look forward, you’ll get to see the next step.”

STEPPING BACKJoe never played the same after

that tackle, but he couldn’t figure out why. No matter what thera-pies he endured, he experienced excruciating pain and frustrating weakness. He just couldn’t make the big throws, couldn’t pivot or sprint like he needed to. Accord-ing to X-rays, however, nothing was wrong. “I felt bad because I didn’t play as well… and I felt like I was letting my team down. My

him. Coach Gruening advised Joe to pray about it, so he did. “Where do I need to be?” he asked God. “I didn’t know if I was going to play anymore, but if I did, I wanted to be at a school where, even with-out football, I’d really like it.”

In January, he transferred to Concordia St. Paul, a Division II school that signed him with a scholarship. He put everything he had into spring training; he gritted his teeth through every drill, every exercise to strengthen his back. But in the end, the trainers sent him for a bone scan.

LOOKING FORWARDJoe sat in the surgeon’s office

staring at the X-rays of his spine. “The L5 vertebra is fractured,” the surgeon told him. He needed to insert two large screws and about twelve inches of wire. Joe remembers thinking, “I don’t care what you’re doing. Let’s just get it done.” He still clung to his f

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Coach Joe Austin of Southwestern University


THE RIGHT STEP from page 31

dream of playing football. He had the surgery, endured an itchy cast, and waited.

Four days into summer train-ing camp, however, Joe knew his football career was done. “I was still in a ton of pain. I just didn’t have the strength or mobility to be able to make the throws,” he says. “I’d been a football player since junior high. It’d been my number one focus since my sophomore year of high school.”

“I knew that I wasn’t done with football, even if I couldn’t play,” Joe says. He became a student coach and completed a degree in communi-cation at Concordia. “I was looking at going into sports journalism or broadcasting.” To prepare, he be-came editor of the school newspa-per; he worked in radio and cable television; he wrote press releases for the school’s sports information office. He completed an MA in organizational management. But he kept coaching at Concordia, as assistant offensive coordinator. The team set over seventy offensive records and made it to the top twenty-five in the nation three times in a row. Maybe, Joe thought, coaching is where I should be.

Over the next thirteen years, he coached and transformed struggling football teams—the University of Dubuque Spar-tans and the Hanover College Panthers—into record-smash-ing, yardage-eating winners.

STEPPING ON A NEW FIELDNow, the fresh-faced thirty-

three-year-old with a red-tinged crew cut steps onto the field with a huge challenge ahead: get a Division III team together by the 2013 season. Build a practice field, hire a staff, order uniforms and helmets, consult with food ser-vices about the diet for football players, and find the football players—he’s been doing all that. Now comes the coaching part.

One of the keys to his success in coaching goes back, oddly enough, to his BA in communication. “The thing I learned most from studying commu-nication theory is that you have to be flexible as communication continues to change,” Joe says.

Gone are the days of communicating with players by phone or even email, which they don’t answer—but “I’ll text a player once,” Joe says with a snap of his fingers, “and I get an instantaneous reply.”

He doesn’t communicate only about passes and tackles, however. He also has something important to tell his players: how to get up when you’ve been knocked down by something that, if you let it, could ruin your life plans. “We get players who go through all kinds of life-changing events, from deaths to injuries to getting dumped by a girlfriend,” Joe says. “I share with them some of my background.” He tells them what

he learned long ago, that there is more to life than football: “Football and life are interrelated. The things you need to do well in football are the same things you need to do well in life.” Set priorities. Manage your time, your money, your talents, and your affections. “When a player plays in the program that I’m in charge of, he’ll leave it being able to be success-ful as a husband, as a father, and in a vocation.” He’ll look forward, see the

next step, find his purpose.Once, Joe stepped off the field as an injured player, but

he looked forward, saw his next step, and found his pur-pose in life. “Coaching is my vocation,” he says firmly. “It’s what God’s called me to do.” �

Top to bottom: Junior High Football, 1991-92; Tim Hu! (friend and teammate), Coach Tom Gruening, (high school head coach) and Joe Austin; Joe Austin in action at St. Ambrose University, 1998; Hanover College, 2008, (Photo by Joe Robbins).


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But Chet had a different take on vacations. He wanted to show people that there are so many beautiful and majestic places to visit just outside Austin. “You can have life-changing adventures every weekend just by getting in your car,” he said. That’s when the idea of The Daytripper started germinating. “I wanted to show them the wonderful things to see just right outside the city.”

He pitched his idea to KLRU, Austin’s PBS station, in 2008 through their greenlight commit-tee, and the decision makers liked it. That was the easy part. The hard part was finding sponsors to fund his brainchild. He had saved up some money of his own, but f

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his young band of filmmakers staging elaborate attack scenes in the movies they created, such as Attack of the Killer Space Noodles from Mars, Parts 1–3. However, as many of us do when the respon-sibilities of adulthood hit us, Chet put his movie dreams on hold for a sensible job that fulfilled his law school degree. But his inter-est in movie making continued to roust him. “I didn’t want to protect other people’s intellectual property [through trademarks and copyrights]. I wanted to make my own intellectual property,” he said. So while he worked as a lawyer, he burned the candle at the other end, dreaming up video ideas and developing concepts. As a Christian, Chet said he knew that God would guide his ideas and his success.

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many blessings, including his wife and high school sweet-heart, Laura, who has supported him from the very beginning. She was Chet’s original field producer, which helped to keep salary expenses down. “I just stood by his side and did what needed to be done,” Laura said. Chet’s original crew included his wife, his college classmate, Nathan Locklear, and Na-than’s friend, Richie, who is still on the crew. He credits this rag-tag team—who initially worked on a promise instead of a paycheck—for his success. “Richie Lozano is our producer, cameraman, and editor, and we work together every day. We brainstorm future episodes. He’s an awesome sounding board.” Their audio technician is Kellie Baldwin, who started out as an intern, and Mary Adolph, who is their field producer. Lindsay DeMoss is associate editor and Austin Powell is the music supervisor. One of the newest members of the The Day-tripper crew is Andrew Ramsammy. His official role is execu-tive producer, but on a small crew like this, that means that he does “everything,” Chet says.

Having completed the filming of the Waco episode and ob-tained his first sponsor, Chet left the law firm in June 2009 to pursue his dream. The Austin Daytripper premiered in October. “We shot a bunch of episodes and [first] came out with The Austin Daytripper.” The show featured many venues that are an easy drive from Austin. “It became a state-wide celebra-tion of day trips… as opposed to day trips just from Austin,” Chet said. When asked where he’ll shoot next, his answer is a quick “No Texas town is safe.” So watch out Georgetown, we could be next, especially since Chet and his family recently relocated here from east Austin. He’s also opened an office on the Square. “We came to Georgetown because of things like the Square, the Red Poppy Festival, and the school district.”

WHAT’S NEXT?“I have no idea where this will be in the next thirty, forty,

or fifty years—if this will be the place I ride out and I become The Geriatric Daytripper and I’ll only go places on a Rascal and only eat things you don’t have to chew.” Chet doesn’t know how long The Daytripper will last, but he’s not worried. “Hav-ing a law degree is a pretty good safety net.” �

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it wasn’t nearly enough for twelve episodes. So, while still at the law firm, he raised funds during his off hours for his project by contacting potential sponsors. Sometimes he worked into the night at the law firm in order to get in his bill-able hours. Chet found that raising enough money for twelve shows was nearly impossible. People would say, “You want how much? You don’t even have a show yet.” So Chet had to ratchet down his expectations and his budget by reducing the number of shows in the first season. “We raised $12,000 for our first five episodes,” he said. “If you ask anyone around, they’ll say you can’t even make one episode on less than $75,000.” His pilot show featured Waco, followed by Bastrop, Burnet, Fredericksburg, and a combined episode featur-ing Luling and Shiner. Within six months, he rebranded The Austin Daytripper to The Daytripper. The show is now televised statewide and has won two Emmy Awards. PBS has been the most shocked at his success. “They ask me, ‘Chet, how are you doing this?’”

“I want to show people that there’s all this great stuff

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In 1998, six months out of nurs-ing school, Hope opened her first memory care home in east Texas. The care focused on providing specialized activities to keep resi-dents’ minds engaged, monitoring their psychiatric medications, and providing a secure environment.

Wanting to be closer to fam-ily, Hope moved to Austin, and in 2006 she opened The Lodge at Rocky Hollow. “I tried to build The Lodge just like you would build your own home,” Hope says, “with attention to every detail, to make it a home and not a commercial facility.”

Inside the lodge, a cozy feeling prevails. Honey-colored walls lead from the great room to private and semi-private rooms furnished with residents’ personal belong-ings. “Each apartment has its own shower,” says Hope, “helping to provide privacy and dignity to the

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“I’ve always had the philosophy that everyone in the building takes care of everyone,” notes Hope. “None of the staff sits behind a desk. They’re up interacting with residents, getting to know them.”

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Autoimmune Diseases: Managing The TriggersDoctor seeks triggers for rheumatoid arthritis

Several years ago, Dr. Darush Rahmani treated a patient with rheuma-toid arthritis spreading from his wrist into other

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“If you tell your colleagues about it, they’ll think you’re crazy,” says Dr. Rahmani, who has been practicing rheumatol-ogy for six years, because “there’s no science” behind the idea that physical injuries can cause auto-immune diseases. Nonetheless, Dr. Rahmani has seen several patients who similarly developed autoimmune diseases after trau-matic physical accidents such as vehicle collisions and falls.

“It may have been a coinci-dence,” says Dr. Rahmani, “but this is all stuff that needs to be investigated further.”

According to Dr. Rahmani, when it comes to autoimmune diseases and their root causes, the medical community still has much to discover.

Sometimes, the triggers come in the form of environmental toxins or medications; other times they are genetic. But one thing is con-stant for all autoimmune diseases: For whatever reason, the body has decided to attack its own tis-sues abnormally.

“It’s usually a two-hit theory,” says Dr. Rahmani. “You have a genetic propensity to develop an autoimmune disorder, but then there’s something that triggers it.”

The good news is that, to some extent, these autoimmune disor-ders are preventable if people stay away from certain triggers. Smok-ing, for example, is notorious for causing rheumatoid arthritis to worsen, says Dr. Rahmani. “For the most part, patients have a genetic component to get rheuma-toid arthritis, but we’ve found that smoking or tobacco use causes it to flare up.”

Though stress hasn’t

been directly linked to specific au-toimmune diseases, Dr. Rahmani says he’s noticed, in his practice, that patients who are under stress are more likely to experience flares of lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.

When possible, he advises, patients should stay away from stress, tobacco, and excessive drinking.

“Keep a good diet, stay away from processed foods; go organic when you can. Try to exercise on a daily basis, and try to keep a generally healthy lifestyle to keep the disease from progressing or flaring up. There’s no hard sci-ence behind this, but it’s common sense.” �

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Stephen Simank crouched down in a field with his ten-year-old son Kyle. “Let’s keep the wind on our faces, so the deer

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And now Kyle, their oldest child, runs GunsPlus.

The Simanks and the staff at GunsPlus offer many years of hunting experience to their cus-tomers. “When someone comes in to buy a gun for hunting, it’s more of a consultation,” Stephen says. “We ask what they’re hunting and where they’re hunting, because it makes a difference in the equip-ment they need.” Some customers know exactly what they want, and GunsPlus can fix them up, too. With a large selection of new and used rifles, shotguns, large-caliber hunting pistols, and optics, GunsPlus is well stocked for the hunting season.

Stephen believes it’s a good idea to be prepared. “We can clean up rifles and shotguns before the season so they’re ready to go. But some guys will take their gun out on the opening day of dove season, then start having trouble with it,” he explains. Last year, the GunsPlus crew stayed up all night to fix guns so hunt-ers could get back to the hunt the next day, instead of having to wait weeks. “That’s what you get when you have hunting enthusiasts

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“Guns can hurt you,” Stephen warns, “but respecting them and understanding that they’re always loaded helps to make hunting safe for everyone.” Hunter safety courses are available for kids and new hunters through the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.

“It’s great that we get to use our hunting experience to help cus-tomers,” Stephen says. “When a customer returns to the store and tells us all about their great hunt-ing trip and how they enjoyed the gun we recommended to them, that’s very rewarding.” �

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It’s late in the work day, and your desk is still piled with unfinished projects. Do you stay late and miss your son’s soccer practice? Do you call

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ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS. As you strive toward your goals, use these three techniques.

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tions to your Outlook calendar or smart phone. Want to spend more time with your family? Write down such actions as “delegate more at work,” “meet my spouse for lunch,” or “call travel agent about summer family vacation.”

3. Manage your time by ana-lyzing your 24-hour clock. Re-view your work day by half-hour periods, and write down how you spend your time. Do you spend too much time chatting with cowork-ers? What about that hour you spent on Facebook instead of on a report? Those time-wasting ac-tivities eat into your goals. Cut the casual discussions, and you’ll have time to squeeze in thirty minutes of exercise before ferrying your child to piano lessons. Ignore Facebook and—wow—you have that time to walk with your spouse after dinner. Set a specific number of hours you will work each day, and when you hit that number—leave!

Merriam-Webster defines bal-ance as “the pleasing harmony of various elements.” Finding balance among your family life, your work demands, and your personal needs isn’t easy; the greatest things in life never are. But if you make the effort, you will create that “pleasing harmony” in your life.” �

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Many people know Georgetown resi-dent Gordon B. Lo-gan as founder and CEO of the national

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Gordon estimates that Sport Clips will have provided over 24 million minutes of free calls by the end of this year. “We’re very proud to work with [the VFW] on that,” says Gordon.

Gordon is also on the VetFran

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“Finding jobs for veterans is a very high priority,” says Gordon. “Right now the unemployment rate among veterans is higher than average. But we’re doing everything that we can to provide opportunities to our soldiers once they get out of the service and to help them get a start in their civil-ian life and civilian careers.”

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For my April 1912 flight across the English Chan-nel as aviation pioneer Harriet Quimby, I donned a hooded, plum-colored

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in Kingsbury, Texas, the museum houses restored and reproduced planes from yesteryear, includ-ing replicas of the 1909 Bleriot XL flown by Harriet Quimby and a Fokker Dr.I flown by WWI German fighter pilot Baron Manfred von Richthofen.

The aircraft are flying models built closely to original specifi-cations, but with more modern motors. The Curtiss Canuck, the equivalent of the American Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny,” is an original JN-4(Can) number C.30. Built in Cana-da, Canucks were used as trainers in Texas to teach American and Canadian army pilots to fly. After the war, surplus Jennies became the plane of choice for barnstorm-ers who flew across the United States, taking passengers for rides

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Located approximately ninety miles from Georgetown, the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome makes a nice day trip. Visitors can take part in monthly workdays (call the museum or visit the website for dates). During the museum’s two major events, the Air Fair in April and the November Fly-In, partici-pants dress in period costumes and can do walk-arounds and peer into the cockpits of the old planes, allowing their imagina-tions to soar to the heights. �

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WHEN DID YOU LEARN YOU HAD BRAIN CANCER?

Six years ago, I took my daugh-ter, Brooke, to the library’s story time for her first Halloween. Sud-denly, my vision was so blurred the whole room seemed wavy; I felt so weird and confused that my body completely covered in chills. I called my husband, John. At home, all I could do was lie down. The feeling was indescribable.

The next morning, I woke with little improvement. I prepared a bottle for Brooke, and not long after feeding her, something didn’t feel right, even more so than before. John remembers hear-ing the most eerie and terrible yelling over the baby monitor. He raced into our nursery and found me having a grand mal seizure. An ambulance rushed me to the hospital; after several days and countless tests, we had

an answer. I was twenty-eight years old, with a six-month-old baby, and I had brain cancer. All I could think was “But my baby has to have a mommy!” (Today, Kelly has officially been tumor-free for 5 years.)

WHAT BEHINDTHESCENES WORK IS INVOLVED FOR THE RACE?

It’s almost like planning a huge wedding where everyone has to sign a waiver, but instead, we’re working to raise a great deal of money for brain cancer research. From the beginning, I was fortunate to connect with Bill Schroeder, our invaluable race director. After securing the date, place, agenda, and timeline, I approached potential sponsors, promoted the race with social and print media, and opened registra-tion.

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packets, anxiously checking the weather, setting up, communicat-ing with sponsors, hosting packet pick-up… and much more. It’s a big rush, in a good way.

WHY IS THIS RACE DIFFERENT?This is the only race in Central

Texas supporting brain cancer research. I’m proud to say that last year we raised over $25,000! About 350 registrants and nine brain tumor survivors crossed the finish line, while several more joined us in celebration. The over-all winner was a brain cancer sur-vivor, too! We ask families to send loved ones’ names so that we may recognize our survivors and honor those we’ve lost. This event is about families, and we want it to be memorable for each one. �



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After theater school and seven years in the busi-ness, Michelle Perry “got tired of work-ing in the dark” and

came into the sunlight in 2005. She interned at an organic farm and then managed a farm and vineyard before becoming garden manager of Georgetown’s Monu-ment Cafe, overseeing the produce farm.

What advice does Michelle offer the home gardener? “Take care of the soil. It’s all about the soil.” To nurture healthy, resilient plants, build up good soil by adding compost and rock minerals, such as greensand, lava sand, or rock phosphate, and by mulching.

Mulch also helps to retain moisture—a plus when you’re attempting to “drought-proof” a garden. Michelle recommends using fall leaves as great no-cost mulch. Harvesting rainwater and limiting afternoon sunlight will also aid in conserving water. Michelle’s parting counsel? “Everyone should tear out their grass and plant vegetables!”

Here are some of her favorite garden-simple recipes. �

W H A T ’ S C O O K I N ’

BYAPRIL JONESPHOTOS BY CAROL HUTCHISON

Backyard Garden CuisineMonument’s gardener on drought-proofing your garden

W Israeli SaladI traveled with a group of Israelis in Mongolia, and they taught me this yummy dish.

Ingredients:1 pound homegrown or farmer’s

market tomatoes 1 pound cucumbers1 small red onion1 bunch cilantrojuice from ! lemon (or lime if you

prefer)

Preparation:Cut the tops off the tomatoes and use your finger to scrape out the seeds and juice; discard. Dice the tomatoes, cucumbers, and onion. Finely chop the cilantro. Combine ingredients with the lemon juice and a dash of sea salt if it suits your taste. It helps to let the salad sit for a half hour or more to let the flavors combine before serving.


Stir-Fried Green Beans XIngredients:1 Tbs oil (grapeseed, peanut, or coconut

oils are my usual choices for stir fries)1 Tbs fresh ginger, finely chopped2 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped, or

put through a garlic press1 pound green beans, trimmed and cut

into two-inch pieces1 Tbs soy sauce or tamari2 tsp rice vinegarhot sauce to taste (I use a generous squirt

of sriracha)rice or noodles for serving

Preparation:Heat the oil and ginger in a wok, large frying pan, or skillet. When the oil is very hot, add the garlic and cook for about thirty seconds. Add the green beans, soy sauce/tamari, rice vinegar, and hot sauce, and cook four or five minutes, stirring often, until the beans are al dente. Serve with rice or noodles. This is a great side dish, or you can cook tofu or sliced chicken breast in the ginger and oil before adding the garlic and beans for a one-pot meal.

Skillet Tomatoes and Summer SquashIngredients:1 small onion, coarsely chopped1 Tbs olive oil1 pound summer squash, chopped

into !-inch pieces (any variety or combination works—choose

small-to-medium-sized squash for the best flavor and texture)

2 cloves garlic, chopped or put through a garlic press

1 pound homegrown or farmer’s market tomatoes, chopped

Preparation:I make this dish in my cast iron skillet, but you can also use a frying pan. Sauté the onion in olive oil until soft. Turn up the heat and cook the squash, stirring frequently until it browns a bit. Reduce heat to medium and add the garlic for a minute or two. Add the tomatoes and cook on medium heat until the tomatoes reduce and the squash has softened. I love to serve this with polenta or over cheese grits. You can also substitute okra or eggplant for the squash.

Grilled Eggplant, Summer Squash, and Red Bell PeppersIngredients:2 or 3 Asian eggplants1 or 2 medium summer squashes (I prefer

zucchini or scallop squash, but any variety works)

2 red bell peppersolive oilsalt and pepper

Preparation:Slice the eggplants longwise into "-inch slices. Sprinkle each slice with salt, and leave it for twenty minutes or so to sweat. Meanwhile, slice the squash into "-inch slices and cut the bell peppers in half, removing stem and seeds. Dab the eggplant slices with a paper towel. Coat everything generously with olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Grill over medium heat for four or five minutes on each side. Serve hot or cool. Save the leftovers for grilled veggie sandwiches with goat cheese or fresh mozzarella and fresh basil!

Capellini with Fresh Tomatoes and Basil TIngredients:2 pounds homegrown or farmer’s market

tomatoes4 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped, or

put through a garlic press" cup fresh basil leaves, chopped" cup olive oilsea salt and freshly ground black pepper,

to tastegrated parmesan cheese to garnish1 pound capellini pasta (or other small

pasta shape)

Preparation:Cut the tops off the tomatoes and use your finger to scrape out the seeds and juice; discard. Dice the tomatoes. Mix tomatoes, garlic, basil, olive oil, salt, and pepper, and marinate for at least one hour at room temperature. Cook the pasta according to directions on the package. Toss the warm pasta with the room temperature sauce, garnish with parmesan, and serve.


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1 | FREEDOM KARAOKE. Every Saturday! 8-12pm, VFW Post 8587, 1000 N College

2, 23, 30 | BINGO! Knights of Columbus 112522, All proceeds to charity, Doors open 5pm, session 6:30pm, Sun City Ballroom 2 Texas Dr. Bring your favorite snacks & beverages and enjoy an evening of fun and fellowship. PLEASE, NO CHILDREN UNDER 7 YEARS OLD. 512-864-0825

5 | SENIOR UNIVERSITY. Free Lecture, “The Supreme Court Ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Car Act,” from Dr. James Rohack (former pres of AMA, TMA, Advisor to Pres Bush and Obama), 7pm, Sun City Ballroom, 2 Texas Dr. Reception to follow, 512-819-7680, admin@seniro-u-org

5 | BURGER WEDNESDAY. EVERY WED, Full lunch $5.50, 11am-1pm, VFW 8587, 1000 N. College

6 | THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SOIL. Presentation by Jason Sanders of Gardenville (Texas Disposal), 1:30pm, Gtown Parks & Rec Comm Rm, 1101 N College, Free, Visitors Welcome georgetowngardenclub.org

6 | BLUEGRASS/GOSPEL CONCERT with The Marksmen, Georgetown Lions Club’s Fundraiser for Georgetown Charities, 7pm, GHS Klett Preforming Arts Center, $10 tickets. Georgetowneveninglions.com

6 | SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL. “El Nino Pez,” Argentinean Film presented by Southwestern Univ, Olin Rm 105, 8-10pm, Ellen Davis, 512-863-1570

7 | FIRST FRIDAY. Stroll, Shop the Square, shops open late, music, thegeorgetownsquare.com

8 | SHOUBOU CON. Anima & Mana Convention, 1-6pm, Fan Panels, Martial Arts, Cosplay is encouraged, Free to 9 years and up, Gtown Public Library, 402 W 8th, teenspace.georgetown.org/shoboucon-2012

If you have an event you would like to

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

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

9 | WO/MEN FORE HOPE GOLF TOURNAMENT. Cimarron Hills Course, supports Hope Alliance, hopealliancetx.org

9 | BRAIN POWER 5K. Benefiting the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation, 8am, Southwest Williamson County Regional Park. (Note: a change from last year, when the race was held at Berry Springs Park)

13 | SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL. “La Yuma,” Nicaraguan Film presented by Southwestern Univ, Olin Rm 105, 8-10pm Contact: Ellen Davis, 512-863-1570

13 | LUNCHEON. Seeds of Strength, a women’s giving circle, 11-1, Courthouse, Limited Space Christine Hightower at [email protected] or [email protected]. Individual and a limited number of group memberships are available. Please visit the web site www.seedsofstrength.org

13 | OPEN HOUSE WITH TOASTMASTERS. 7pm, Georgetown ISD Admin Building 603 Lakeway Dr.

14 | SPAGHETTI DINNER. Marine Corps League, VFW Post 8587, 5-7pm, $6, Public Welcome, 1000 N College St.

15 | SHOEIN. Salvation Army needs volunteers to help set up, 4pm, McKinnley Centerat First United MethodistChurch,salvationarmywilliamsoncounty @gmail.com

16 | AN AFTERNOON WITH TCHAIKOVSKY. Georgetown Symphony Society. GHS Klett Center for the Performing Arts, 4pm. The Temple Symphony Orchestra performs the Overture to Swan Lake, the Piano Concerto No.1 (with guest artist Michelle Schumann), and the Symphony No.4. Pre-concert lecture, 3:15pm by Dr. Ellsworth Peterson in the Little Theatre. Adults $27/$20, students $5. 512-864-9591, www.gsstx.org

S E P T E M B E R E V E N T S


DALE’S ESSENHAUS3900 FM 972, Walburgwww.Dales-Essenhaus.comFamily Karaoke Thursdays 7-111 Roy Heinrich & the Pickups 7-117 Warren Rew Band 7-118 Gabriel River Band 7-119 Today is Dale’s Birthday14 Graham Warwick 7-1115 Ruby Creek Band 7-1121 Golden Oldies Show 7-1128 DeWayne Davis DeLuxe Band 7-1129 RADIOSTAR 7-11

Advance Tickets $10

GERMAN WALBURG RESTAURANT3777 FM 972, Walburgwww.WalburgRestaurant.comLive Music every Fri & Sat NightThe Walburg BoysMusic in the Biergarten

HARDTAILS BAR & GRILL1515 IH 35, Georgetownwww.HardtailsBarandGrill.comSundays: Bloody Mary Bu!et ‘til 2pmMondays: Steak NightTuesdays: Free PoolWednesdays: Karaoke1 SIX KILLER BAND 9-17 The STOOCH BAND 8-midnight8 GARY LEE COX BAND 9-113 BRIAN HANKINS & BREWER

NATION 8-midnight14 GROOVE KNIGHT 8-midnight15 AMERICAN GYPSY BAND 9-120 SONNY WOLF BAND 8-midnight21 L.C. ROCKS - OUTDOOR SHOW!22 THE SHAKEDOWN BAND 9-128 THE CRUSH 8-midnight29 PLANET TEXAS 9-1

TONY & LUIGIS RESTAURANT1201 S. Church, Georgetownwww.TonyandLuigistx.comEVERY THURSDAY EVENING Frank Sinatra Tribute, 6-9pm

GEORGETOWN18 | VFW & LADIES AUX MEET. 6:30pm

potluck, meet 7:30pm, VFW 8587, 1000 N College

20 | SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL. “Undertow,” Peruvian Film presented by Southwestern Univ, Olin Rm 105, 8-10pm Contact: Ellen Davis, 512-863-1570

21 | MOTHERS OF MINISTRY, MOMS. 1st Meeting of the year, 9:30am, First United Methodist Fellowship Hall. breakfast, devotions, speaker, childcare for 6 mo – 5 yrs. Moms who foster friendships with other women, minister and support each other and provide service to mothers in the community. [email protected]

21 | WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL. San Gabriel Community Center, 6-9pm, 445 East Morrow St. Tickets $25. Purchase at www.localwineevents.com, 512-686-4222

23 | ART SHOW OPENING. Sun City Visual Arts Club, 3-5pm, Sun City Activity Center, see more than 130 judged paintings and meet the artists, see demonstrations, refreshments. Art work will remain on display through Oct 25, Kathy Rhodes 868-2901

27 | OPEN HOUSE WITH TOASTMASTERS. 7pm, Georgetown ISD Admin Building 603 Lakeway Dr.

27 | SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL. “Zona Sur,” Bolivian Film presented by Southwestern Univ, Olin Rm 105, 8-10pm. Contact: Ellen Davis, 512-863-1570

28 | FISH FRY. all you can eat $8, (under 12 $4) 5-7:30pm VFW POST 8587 1000 N College

29 | BOLERO. Learn to dance with Dance USA, 7-10pm, taught by John Shaw & Bertha Lopez, Village Center 1 Texas Drive, Sun City dancegergetowntexas.com

30 | SUPERHERO RUN. CASA of Williamson and Travis counties, 7-10:20am, Mueller Lake Park & Hanger, 4550 Mueller Blvd in Austin, www.casasuperherorun.com for prices, register at www.active.com/running/austin-tx/casa-superhero-run-2012 or call 512-539-2677

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City Lights Theatres combines first run movies with a casual dining menu, offering a wide range of choices, including fresh grilled burgers, homemade fire cooked pizzas & several appetizers to choose from. Place your order at the concession and your order will be delivered to you.

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Aman plods behind his mule-drawn plow, cresting a gentle hill. A dried cornhusk skitters across the rich black

furrows as he pauses, wiping his brow. A bird call sounds, and he glances over his shoulder toward the thicket along the river. He returns to his task, but thoughts about recent Indian raids on the settlements intrude.

Fast forward from the late 1800s to 2012 in eastern William-son County. Though this area was once highly desirable farmland for settlers, today, little of the fertile Blackland Prairie crescent extend-

ing from the Red River southward to Central Texas and eastward toward coastal plains exists in its natural state. With goals of preserving historical context, native vegetation, and unique geographical features, the county purchased 348 acres three years ago. In December 2011 the Wilco Commissioners Court approved the Blackland Heritage County Park project. The site lies beyond Georgetown, two miles east of Jonah on Highway 29. Some parts are still under active cultivation.

According to Randy Bell, Direc-tor of Williamson County Parks and Recreation, there’s no target date for activating the park, but he sees an exciting challenge with great potential. “Park develop-ment always occurs in phases, depending on funding. We have to interface public needs like hiking trails and restrooms with resourc-es at hand. We’re balancing visi-tor safety with habitat sensitivity. Some state parks might provide general models, with their focus on natural and cultural resources, but we also have a ‘dream model’ developed by Baker-Aicklen and

Go to www.parks.wilco.org and scroll down on the left for details and

illustrations.

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Timeline on the PrairieCounty park will connect past, present

Associates, Inc., and I like think-ing about how this tract might eventually look.”

The master plan accommodated significant public input along with the realities of the site—views, soil conditions, floodplain, and even not-so-historical overhead transmission lines. There are four distinct zones within the park with names like Last Frontier and River Lands, and there’s an active spring that flowed even during the 2011 drought. Popular ideas for future development include maximum open space, a viewing tower and water feature on the eastern end, and even, perhaps, a boardwalk meandering through the tree canopy.

No authentic farm buildings remain now, but Randy envisions interpretative displays that would allow young people and urban folks to understand rural life in Texas during the late nineteenth century. Randy says, “Blackland Heritage County Park has the goal to connect nature and history for Wilco citizens.” While human influence ebbs and flows, he adds, land that is preserved is timeless. �


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Polypharmacy refers to the problems that occur when a patient takes more drugs than are medically necessary. This often occurs when multiple health care provid-ers are prescribing medications to treat

chronic conditions and working independently rather than working together and communicating about a patient’s treatment plan. The more drugs a person takes, the more likely they are to experience compli-cations due to polypharmacy.

WHO IS AT RISK FOR POLYPHARMACY?In the United States, people 65 and older make

up about 13 percent of the population, but they take about 30 percent of all written prescriptions. Because

they tend to take more medications than younger people, older patients are more likely to have adverse reactions to their prescription and non-prescription drugs. The elderly often have more than one chronic illness with at least one prescrip-tion to treat each condition. Quite often patients are taking multiple medications prescribed by different health care providers to treat one condition, which can increase the risk of polypharmacy.

SIGNS OF POLYPHARMACYThis condition can be easily

overlooked because the symptoms are often associated with another

chronic illness or simply aging. Some symptoms that are caused by adverse drug interactions are:

HOW CAN POLYPHARMACY BE AVOIDED?Talking with your doctor and pharmacist can help

to avoid adverse drug reactions; open dialogue with a limited number of health care providers can minimize problems. It is important to be knowledgeable of the medication you are using and keep your doctor informed of all the prescription and non-prescription medications you take. Keeping a thorough list of medications or taking pill bottles into every doctor’s visit can be helpful.

“As long as your doctor knows and carefully moni-tors the medications you are on, the benefits of tak-ing the medications far outweigh the risks,” said Dr. Ashton Wickramasinghe, internal medicine physician for Lone Star Circle of Care.

Another way to potentially avoid a harmful reaction is to have all prescriptions filled at one pharmacy; this will allow the pharmacist to check for harmful drug interactions. If you are taking several medications, ask your pharmacist to run your medication through the drug interactions database to avoid potential problems. Patients who are organized and take medi-cation as directed by a doctor will be less likely to have adverse drug reactions than those who do not. �

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