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Baby Tiger Nation | 9
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The daffodils have sprung up in my yard, showing their bright yellow faces. I planted the bulbs four winters ago, and every spring they faithfully return. They remind me of the seeds we plant with our words and deeds. The hug we give a hurting child, the kind words we share to soothe a grieving soul, the time and money we give to help people we will never meet. These seeds produce a bountiful, recurring harvest that regenerates our community and the people who live here. Spring is nudging me to reconsider how I spend my sowing time. Am I planting seeds that will reap a regenerative harvest? Maybe you’re asking the same question. If your life is anything like mine, you find yourself running from one end of town to the other, dropping off kids, picking up this and that, and meeting needs (and wants). But even in the busyness, I can sow seeds, though often hurriedly, along the way. I can empathize with a child’s fears about growing up; I can wrap my arms around a stressed new mother. I can write a real story that touches the hearts of real people. That’s what we’re all about at Georgetown View Magazine: planting seeds into the lives of our readers through the stories of friends and neighbors who courageously invite us in. If some of the seeds take root and pop up year after year, bringing beautiful colors and fragrant offerings, we will be gratified. It is with a heart for sharing that we bring you this April issue. Let us celebrate together the newness of spring and the seeds planted within these pages, as well as the ones sown long ago.
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Baby Tiger Nation You may remember Ursula James, the Southwestern senior who wrote about the acceptance she received from the Vietnamese people while she lived and studied in their country (see our March issue, “What Ursula James
Matters Is. . .,” page 43). This article is a broader view of her experience there and how it sparked her dream of working for social justice.
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really want people to know that Vietnam is a friendly and open country,” says Southwestern University student, Ursula James. An anthropology major, Ursula and 11 other students from around the U.S traveled to Vietnam last spring with SIT (School for International Training) to study everything from Vietnam’s politics to religion to music. “The SIT program is a fieldwork-based immersive program,” Ursula explained. It was a crash course in fieldwork. The students didn’t spend a lot of time in a classroom. “The SIT philosophy was that the whole country was our classroom.” The students’ home base was in Ho Chi Minh City, but they never stayed in one place for more than two weeks. For the first three months, they were together 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. In the fourth and last month the students separated to a location of their choosing to work on their own month-long research project. Ursula chose the city of Hoi An, which in 1999 was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). “[The experience] was very challenging,” Ursula admitted, “but rewarding.” One of the first things Ursula likes to do when talking about Vietnam is to clear up any misconceptions people might have about the country and the people. “Vietnam is not the place we think it is, this war torn and bitter country,” Ursula said. “It’s a very young country. There was a big baby boom following Doi Moi (the period of market liberalization in the mid-80’s). Vietnam [today]
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has a very optimistic and positive attitude supported by a bustling economy.” In Asian markets, China and Japan are known as “tiger nations,” which means they have highly developed and industrialized countries. Vietnam is considered an emerging or “baby tiger nation” and the Vietnamese people are very excited about their economic opportunities. “For the most part you don’t even see the vestiges of war, and people don’t talk about it. It was almost like they didn’t want to offend us by talking about the war,” Ursula said. “The phrase they always said, which I think is largely indicative of the Buddhist background of Vietnam, is ‘we only look forward; we don’t look back.’ I think that’s a good philosophy.” The government’s communist influence was reflected in the
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way some people spoke, such as the phrases they used, but the country is listed as one of the safest Asian countries. The students’ Internet and Facebook connections were affected by the government’s Internet restrictions, but they faced no other difficulties. “You don’t go to a developing country to have a blast; you go to have an experience,” Ursula said. She had the right attitude. Often, the students didn’t have the most basic necessity, toilet paper, and they had to wash all of their
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clothes by hand. But they also learned to negotiate their way through another country. While living by herself in Hoi An, Ursuala had to pay her bills, buy her groceries, and conduct her research all in a language she had been unfamiliar with three months prior. “You go abroad to learn about other cultures, but you also go abroad to learn about yourself,” she said. Because of this opportunity Ursula became more confident and empowered. She believes that could have happened in any location, but she experienced Vietnam, which in her words, is a “bustling, crazy, chaotic, developing nation” where merely crossing the street could become a hair-raising adventure. One of Ursula’s most touching adventures occurred while studying sustainable development in the rural Mekong Delta. She and her fellow companions met some local high school students. One girl invited them to her home. “It was a dirt floor shack with a bunch of coconut trees in the back,” Ursula said. “But immediately when we came in they started cutting up all this fruit, like their biggest coconut. They gave us these jelly drinks (grass-flavored cubed jello with coconut milk poured
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over it) and all their sugar. These people have nothing but they were giving us everything they had. It was a humbling experience.” That experience strongly resonates with Ursula. “I am very interested in social justice, particularly regarding nutrition and poverty. I’m very interested in the food system. It’s cheaper to buy a Big Mac than it is to buy fruits and vegetables. I want to work on those issues.” Ursula will graduate from Southwestern this spring where she will immerse herself in another, totally different culture: Las Vegas. She has plans to join the Teach For America program this summer. She will teach elementary-age students in Las Vegas while earning a master’s degree in elementary education at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. She is committed to Teach For America for two years. After that Ursula would love to earn a Ph.D. “My dream is to attend UC Berkeley,” she said. “It may seem like anthropology in Vietnam has nothing to do with teaching first graders in Las Vegas,” Ursula said, “but it’s all connected. It’s culture and social justice and understanding people and how the world works.”
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H
igh in the mountains of Honduras, Lynda Peters tried to hold the flashlight still for the dentist she was assisting. She shifted her feet and steadied her weary arm as the dentist delicately attended to the teeth of the patient in front of him. Rain drizzled through the lush foliage and thick jungle growth outside the small school in the village of Las Crucitas. Without the aid of electricity and running water, the medical mission team Peters was part of had to make do as best they could. In this instance, that meant providing medical care by the light of handheld flashlights.
More village residents, both young and old, sat outside the makeshift dental office along the floor of the school corridor, waiting their turn. As soon as the dentist finished, Lynda would turn her attention to scrubbing and sterilizing the dentist’s silver instruments for use with the next patient. Little did she and her husband, Norm Peters, know that their May 1989 mission trip as part of a non-profit medical mission team would end up changing both of their lives.
“After that week of service, and our first one outside of the United States,” Lynda explains, “our hearts were deeply touched by this unique opportunity of humanitarian service that we felt we just had to do it again. We both returned in August that year, and I returned multiple times over the next year. It [became] obvious [that] this had become an important part of our lives . . . a way to share our abundance.” Within the year that followed, the longtime Georgetown residents decided they wanted to devote more than just their free time to serving the medical needs of those living in remote areas of Central
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H
ave you ever thought that you had a clearcut plan for your life, only to have a seemingly small act redirect your future? That is what happened to author Susan Mallery. While in college, studying accounting, Susan signed up for a continuing education class on writing romance novels. She says, “By the time the class was finished, I had decided I wanted to be a writer. I finished my degree, turned down a lucrative job offer with a well-known firm, and took a leap of faith in myself.” It was a good decision. From her first book, released in 1992, Susan has published over 100 books and novellas. Her latest novel, Already Home, is a story set in Georgetown.
Unlike the majority of her novels, Already Home is not a romance novel. “It’s a mother/ mother/daughter story,” Susan says. The main character, Jenna Stevens, returns home to Georgetown reeling from her recent divorce. As the story progresses, Jenna is torn between the mother who raised her and her birth mother, who suddenly wants to be a part of her life. Susan adds, “It’s also a story about female friendship and the connections we make with other women in our lives.” The Writer at Work Susan was an avid reader as a child and says her “favorite stories were always more about emotion than action.” She “stayed up late with Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth”
from Little Women. Susan reread A Little Princess until her book was literally in tatters. As a teen, she began reading romance novels but never thought about becoming a writer. Since publishing her first novel, Susan has kept a rigorous schedule, completing a new book every three or four months. Does Susan ever get writer’s block? “Writing is my profession,” replies Susan, “and I treat it as such. On those days when the writing isn’t flowing as easily, I’m still there, in front of my computer, working until I get the pages done. With my schedule, I must be disciplined.”
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Already Home from page 17 The idea for a book “usually starts with a central question, and then morphs into thoughts of the people who would be in that situation.” The inspiration for Already Home came to her one day as she was chopping onions and halfway listening to a news report about a woman reuniting with her birth parents. Susan thought, “But what if she never wanted to meet them?” Susan says, “I put down the knife, raced to my desk, and started writing. We had to order takeout that night.” Susan spends the most time on the beginning of a story. She does a lot of plotting before she starts, “but even so, the characters don’t become clear to me until somewhere around chapter three. Every character is an individual who thinks and reacts differently from every other character.” Setting the Novel in Georgetown Susan feels that the people are what make a town come to life. She grew up in California and now resides in Seattle, but she lived in Sugar Land for several years. She says, “I was astonished when my new neighbors brought casseroles
and cookies to welcome me to the neighborhood. Texas really is a whole other country. I love it.” This experience was further reinforced by the stories Susan’s assistant, Jenel Looney, related about Georgetown after moving there. For example, Jenel recalled how a stranger asked her husband, who was waiting for her outside the post office, if he needed help. Susan thinks “that outgoing friendliness is really something special.” Jenel further intrigued Susan with descriptions of walking her dog at the Bark Park, Market Days on the Square, and cycling on the hike and bike trails. Georgetown seemed too nice to believe, and Susan “couldn’t resist setting a book there.” Jenel handled much of the research for the Georgetown backdrop, sent information from the Visitors’ Center, relayed pictures she took of the Square, and checked details in the final manuscript. Jenel’s photos and Susan’s first two chapters of the novel are viewable at www.alreadyhomenovel.com. Susan wove that Georgetown charm and hospitality throughout the story. “When Jenna opens a kitchen store just off the Square, neighboring shop-
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e’ve all seen them—doctors who seem to work around the clock. They run from exam room to exam room during the day and make hospital rounds at night. Do they ever get time to enjoy activities that don’t require a stethoscope, probe, or patella hammer? This is the question I asked the husband and wife team, Drs. Dominic deKeratry and Esther Fields of Central Texas Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates. Their answer might surprise you. While Dr. Fields says, “I like my down time—space from what I do every day,” Dr. deKeratry dives into unusual lessons when he gets home. “We train them by letting them fly around the house,” said Dr. deKeratry. Wayward children? No, homing pigeons. When the doctors aren’t administering breathing tests or performing surgery, they spend their time training and caring for the 70 homing pigeons that reside in their backyard. They, in this case, is Dr. deKeratry and a bucket of pigeon food. Dr. Fields is a confessed animal lover. But on her days off, she’d rather relax listening to classical rock or jazz rather than teach homing pigeons how to race home from Six Flags. “Up north,” she said, “I used to see [pigeons] all the time.” She grew up in New Jersey. “So they’re nothing to get excited about.” These two doctors have been married less than a year, which you’d notice if you saw him straighten the emerald and diamond necklace—his wedding gift to her—that was hanging half out of her lab coat or if you saw her flash admiring glances his way. Wed in November 2010, Dr. deKeratry made sure Dr. Fields knew about his hobby early in their dating relationship. “It’s funny that a pulmonologist has pigeons,” Dr. Fields said. “There are some very famous, classic diseases caused by allergens to pigeon exposure,” she said, reminding him of his allergies. But
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DOCTORS’ ROOST from page 21 Dr. deKeratry says he just lives with that risk. Despite Dr. Fields’ view of “common pigeons,” Dr. deKeratry interjects that she knows the difference between wild pigeons and homing pigeons. “Thoroughbred,” he says of the latter. “Plough nag,” he says of the former. “There’s a big difference.” He should know; he’s raised homing pigeons since he was a boy. “There was a girl in my fourth grade class who invited everybody over for a swimming party,” he said. Her father had a coop full of homing pigeons in the back yard. Young deKeratry was smitten. “I went home with seven pigeons that day.” Today, he not only owns a small troop of these winged wonders, but he also races them. “I love my birds, and I think they’re fascinating.” One of the reasons these birds are so extraordinary is that they can find their way home from hundreds of miles away. Homing pigeons were used as “flying correspondents” in wartimes past, relaying important messages to and from the front line. The Day Job So what do homing pigeons have to do with being an interventional pulmonologist? Absolutely nothing. But that’s the point. People seem to function more effectively and feel whole when they take recreational breaks away from their day jobs—especially when those
day jobs require tremendous mental and physical energy. Drs. deKeratry and Fields start their day at about 5:45 am. They have coffee, feed the pigeons, of course, and head out either to their Georgetown or Round Rock offices or to St. David’s Georgetown Hospital (where in addition to their practice, Dr. deKeratry is the Director of Critical Care, and Respiratory Services). Drs. Fields and deKeratry are also co-directors of Interventional Pulmonary Services at the hospital. This means that they’re very busy helping very sick people breathe better. The two doctors love what they do, but one work day usually lasts 12 to 15 hours. Some nights, they actually sleep at the hospital. They not only treat patients with breathing problems that can be controlled with medications, but they are also among the few doctors in Texas who perform cryospray ablation (CSA), a technology that treats tumors and scars of the airway. Dr. deKeratry said. “Cryobiology has evolved over the years and the concept [is that] if you freeze something, you can destroy the abnormal tissue but you don’t destroy the underlying architecture of the organ, or in the airway, the bronchial tube,” Dr. deKeratry said. The freezing kills the bad cells and promotes the growth of new, healthy cells with no scarring, unlike typical laser procedures. “It is the newest instrument in our therapeutic repertoire for treating airway problems,” he said. According to Drs. deKeratry and Fields, this procedure has been used for other medical applications, but only a handful of hospitals in Texas use this procedure for pulmonary problems. “Seven percent of the population has asthma. That’s 1.3 million people in Texas alone,” Dr. deKeratry said. Drs. deKeratry and Fields also specialize in a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty. “This is the new treatment for severe asthma,” Dr. Fields said. “It is a non-medicine treatment for patients who have severe asthma . . . and can’t
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get relief.” Bronchial thermoplasty treats the “squeeze” in the airway that cuts off air. They use a bronchoscope and the patient, because of sedation, is too sleepy to remember the procedure. “The studies show . . . that there was an 84 percent reduction in the requirements for people to go to the emergency department. We’re the only ones in Texas doing this,” Dr. deKeratry said. “We’ve had great success with it,” Dr. Fields said. “Every one of [our patients] has had significant response.” New Love, New Life The two doctors wanted to be the first to offer this new procedure. But why in Georgetown? As newlyweds, Drs. deKeratry and Fields weren’t sure where they wanted to live and establish their practice. Dr. deKeratry’s children from a previous marriage live in Belton, so he didn’t want to be far from them. They learned that St. David’s Georgetown Hospital was searching for pulmonary critical care doctors. They interviewed, and the rest is history. Drs. deKeratry and Fields agree that Georgetown is blessed with many good doctors and that there is a great deal of expertise and potential at St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, which appealed to them. “We really like Hugh Brown (CEO, St. David’s Georgetown Hospital),” said Dr. deKaratry. “He is a very honest and forthright man. From the very beginning, we felt comfortable with his leadership,” he said. And of course, they’ve fallen in love with Georgetown’s quaint character—so much so that they’ve purchased five acres. Ample space for 70 pigeons.
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eorgetown’s Red Poppy Festival signals the arrival of spring. Perky, prolific red poppies, the distinctive flowers have been a part of Georgetown’s heritage for over seventy years and have earned our town the title “Red Poppy Capital of Texas.” Every year, artists put paint to canvas and compete to be named the Red Poppy Festival’s featured artist. The winning artist’s work is displayed at the visitor’s center, is raffled off and a lucky winner gets to take the prized painting home. However, the painting continues to enjoy an extended hour of fame as it graces hundreds of official festival posters, banners, and t-shirts. Meet Patricia Lyle, this year’s Red Poppy Festival featured artist with her painting Red Poppies! Patricia, along with several of her art students, entered the contest after classmates decided to paint red poppies. She gleaned inspiration for her painting from several red poppy photos she had taken around Georgetown over the past couple of years. Turned up toward the sun, many of the poppies she’d capture were “yearning for the light,” she says. She spent four sessions creat-
ing the painting that contrasts warm orange and hot red poppy petals with cool blue and green background leaves and stems. “And over all appears the light—the glorious light—that the poppies, and all of us, reach for throughout our lives,” explains Patricia, for whom painting is always that glorious experience. Patricia’s artistic interests began at the age of 12 when she received her first set of paints, big brushes and a wooden palette. From that time, Patricia claims she “was hooked” on painting and has been painting ever since. She encourages budding artists to get started by doing lots of drawing. “Observe and make marks, many marks, and then find paint and paint away!” Art classes, workshops, reading about art, and visiting art galleries and museums also spark creativity. “Studying art opens our eyes to wonders all around us,” Patricia says. Patricia captures the wonders around her by using dramatic color when she wants to emphasize the subject or focus of the
painting. Some of her other works have a quieter tone, but she says, “Pushing warm and cool colors in a painting can have quite an impact.” While she primarily paints in oils, she does use other mediums such as acrylic, watercolor, porcelain paint, and specialty materials such as gold leaf and inks. Patricia has two art studios at her Round Rock home, where she conducts classes for adults and children on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. She also teaches classes and workshops in the area and enjoys “making art with other people.” You can view Patricia’s artwork in several galleries and art venues in Georgetown, Round Rock and Austin, as well as on her Web site, www. PatriciaLyle.com. Catch Patricia at the Red Poppy Festival, April 16-17, where she will be signing posters. She welcomes everyone to stop by to say “hello.”
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n a balmy summer afternoon in 2001, Helen Hays and her daughter, Kathy Keller, strolled leisurely through the park, talking about nothing and everything. More than 30 years had passed since Kathy’s older sister, Debbie, had died in a car accident at 18. Kathy was sixteen when it happened. “I miss my sister so much; I wish I had a sibling,” Kathy said. Helen hadn’t planned to bring up the subject. However, when Kathy shared her deep sorrow and longing, Helen couldn’t help divulging the secret. “It was like God just hit me right in the back of the head.” She knew God wanted her to tell her surviving daughter what she had kept secret for five decades. “Kathy, you have a brother,” she said. In the mid-fifties in the U.S., people shunned girls who got pregnant out of wedlock. However, Helen found herself in that predicament. “My mother never told me about [the facts of life].” She said of parents who seemed distant, “I never felt loved.” Consequently, Helen fell for the first boy who showed her kindness and affection. “I thought I was in love,” Helen said. Pregnant and avoided like a leper at a beauty pageant, Helen carried her baby and her shame—shame she remembered every time she glimpsed herself sideways in the mirror. “I was an outcast.” Helen tried to hold back tears that have waited years to overflow. “Back then . . . if a girl got pregnant, they were no good,” she said. “And all of these years, I have felt unworthy.” Helen’s parents, unable to feed another hungry mouth, whisked her away to San Antonio—to stay at a Catholic home for pregnant teens. “(I found) no love there, either,” Helen said. Though no one used the word “punishment,” buckets of dirty mop water and calloused knees seemed to be her penance. A.W. and Blanche Hoyt, a Georgetown couple, had been looking to adopt. Their landlord heard about Helen’s situation and she introduced the two families. They arranged the adoption. On the day John was born, the Hoyts drove from Georgetown to the hospital in Cameron bearing an embroidered white cotton dress—a gift for Helen. They gave Helen the dress. Helen gave them her baby.
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A SECRET CARRIED from page 31 Two years later, Helen married another young man, and they had two daughters together. Helen’s girls brought her years of joy, but she thought about her son every day. Was he well? Happy? “I always prayed that he was cared for and loved,” said Helen. As if this burden weren’t enough, the loss of her oldest daughter left Helen with two gaping holes in her heart. Raising John The Hoyts had named the baby John and raised him in Georgetown. He had a happy childhood, every moment of which they captured on film. They taught their son the virtues of hard work, honesty and treating others with dignity and respect. By the time John began elementary school, he wondered why he didn’t look like his parents. At age seven, he finally asked the question, “Dad, Mom, Am I adopted?” When they told him yes, he wasn’t angry. Instead, he knew—intuitively — that the woman who had carried him and given him to the Hoyts did so for his sake. “I always knew there was a good reason this happened, and sure enough there was,” John said. “My mother gave me life.” Raised by “hard-working and principled,” middle-class parents, “It was understood that I would go to college,” John said. Speaking of his adoptive parents, who are now deceased, he said, “I was very blessed.” Meanwhile, Kathy (who is three years younger than John) worked more than
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27 years as a consumer sciences teacher at Georgetown High School. Even though they had mutual acquaintances, John and Kathy never met. So when Helen told Kathy that she had a brother, Kathy scrambled to put the pieces together. “The funny thing is, I had always wished for an older brother,” she said. All this time, Helen feared Kathy wouldn’t love her if she knew the truth. “I didn’t want her to be embarrassed of me,” Helen said. Instead, Kathy was overcome by her mother’s courage and was excited to find out she had a brother. Helen contacted her cousin, a Georgetown resident, and with his help and a phone book, they found the Hoyts. “I didn’t want to cause any trouble for them,” Helen said, concerned about interfering with their family life. The Meeting “After many prayers (I mean many prayers),” Kathy said in her memoir, “… (Helen) made her first telephone contact with A.W. and Blanche Hoyt, John’s loving parents.” Kathy worried that the Hoyts wouldn’t want anything to do with her or her mother. God’s timing proved perfect. “Before Helen contacted my parents that day,” said John, “I had really been thinking about [my adoption]. It was really odd,” John said. They arranged to meet at the Stagecoach Inn in Salado on October 9, 2001. Helen and Kathy waited nervously in the reception area watching every fortysomething man who came through the restaurant. Could that be him? Will he
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like us? Kathy wondered. But, as soon as John walked in, Helen and Kathy knew. The tall, Lincoln-esque man with calm, deep-set eyes and a strong chin was indeed Kathy’s brother, Helen’s son. They embraced. John and his wife Susan invited Helen and Kathy’s family to their home for everyone to meet. The Hoyts shared their albums filled with John’s baby photos. They spent hours together, laughing, crying and remembering. “I personally treasure the precious scene with mom sitting between them on the sofa looking through the photos,” Kathy said. “Mother felt so accepted.” They even let Helen take the photos home so she could make copies. In a Christmas card from the Hoyts, they said to Helen, “It has worked out so well meeting you again. We tried to get John a sister and now he has one.” Ten years later, you would think John and Kathy had been raised together. They play tennis, take weekly walks in the park and enjoy sharing meals and playing cards. Their families also celebrate birthdays and holidays together. “We’re committed to seeing each other,” John said. And what does Helen say about her newfound family? Perhaps she sums it up best in this excerpt from one of her poems: God’s arms wrapped Around me today, He gave me perfect love And it is here to stay. I can now jump with joy Have great words of cheer, Give smiles and laughter And banish those tears.
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ust beyond a field of longhorn cattle in the rustic hamlet of Walburg, a unique, taste-tempting, toetapping treat for folks of all ages beckons. Billed as “a Bavarian family experience,” the Walburg German Restaurant (known to some as the Mercantile) smoothly blends music, outstanding German and American cuisine, and a vast selection of beer and wine into memorable evenings. Customers who first experienced the restaurant as babies are now bringing their own children in strollers, and Walburg Restaurant has even attracted celebrities like Jane Seymour, Robert Duvall, John Travolta, Robert Urich, and a couple of Texas governors, naming only a few. The Walburg Restaurant opened in August, 1987, under the sole proprietorship of Ronny Tippelt and German master chef Herbert Schwab. In mid-2001, Randy and Rachel Light joined the ranks, adding their own unique flare to the mix. Randy, Rachel, Ronny and his wife Carol strive for an atmosphere that they
describe as “celebration station, all year long.” Randy, who moved to Walburg when he was 11, coordinates the facilities and services, while Ronny manages the band and ensures that the German connection remains authentic. Ronny emigrated from Germany in 1982 after marrying his Texas sweetheart, Carol. Carol was studying abroad in Germany when the pair met and married at Munich Okto-
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berfest. Using a culinary-trained staff and Ronny’s German background, Walburg Restaurant has perfected recipes from his Bavarian heritage to reflect Texas tastes. Over the years, native European visitors have given their seal of approval to the recipes. Popular German menu items include sauerbraten, Wiener schnitzel, bratwurst, Rinder Roulade, homemade sauerkraut, & German potato salad. Along with the German cuisine, the restaurant is famous for hand-battered chickenfried steaks, burgers, and enormous grilled rib-eyes. The bountiful weekend buffet and mouth-watering dessert case beg customers to sample it all! A culinary tour of Walburg can be complete only after trying homemade desserts like the Schwartzwaelder Kirsch Torte, Bienenstich, or one of the featured cheesecakes. The restaurant is housed in a vintage structure built by Hy Doering in 1882; the “mercantile” served as a general store for the German farm community of Walburg for many years. Today,
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the cavernous interior showcases memorabilia of all kinds, most notably the collection of beer steins. Some steins belong to customers, some were gifts, and many commemorate the Munich Oktoberfest. Large round tables, called stammtisch, were handmade by Vince Vrazel of Corn Hill, and one was a gift from the Austrian consulate in Houston. While the food tantalizes and satisfies, the music makes the Walburg German
Restaurant an entertainment destination. The Walburg Boys have toured in Germany, regularly appearing in Munich Oktoberfest and all across the U.S. at festivals as far away as New Jersey, Minnesota, and Georgia. At nearby Wurstfest in New Braunfels, the Walburg Boys delight audiences with their yodeling, vocals and musical variety. Ronny describes their repertoire as Texan/Alpine (Swiss, Bavarian, Austrian) country with occasional Cajun or zydeco, all high energy, for sure. The Biergarten is open Friday and Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. from April through November, featuring live entertainment, a classic arcade, bar, and kitchen under a giant blue and white tent in an oak grove. During October, there is music pulsing from two stages. The Brushy Creek Brass Band has performed for the last 20 years as the second “house band.” So, Bavaria, minus the snow-capped mountains, awaits. It’s a welcoming place at the (World Famous) Walburg German Restaurant.
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hen plotting retirement, most people fantasize about the freedom to do what really matters to them — more time with friends and family, especially grandchildren: cruises, trips to exotic locales, and volunteering for causes dear to them. Freedom to enjoy a day without the chore list looming. Imagine a community designed to support that dynamic and fulfilling lifestyle. Imagine then, the Oaks at Wildwood. Chris Wales, the Director of Sales and Marketing with Blackburn Communities, explains the concept. “Maintenance-free high-end homes for active adults first became popular in Ohio retirement communities, but quickly spread to other states as retirees began to appreciate the advantages,” Chris notes. One compelling benefit is that a professional management company sees
to all exterior maintenance. Landscaping, including mowing, edging, fertilizing, weed control, and flower planting in common areas, is management’s responsibility, as is street, driveway, and sidewalk repair. No more scraping, caulking, priming, or painting on sweltering summer afternoons. Instead, Oaks at Wildwood owners are enjoying the pool or meeting friends in the clubhouse for afternoon gatherings reminiscent of the salons of Europe. Here, World War II veterans, attorneys, published writers, a composer, and past industry and military leaders discuss the issues of the day, swap stories, and enjoy their preferred refreshments. Former residents of New Zealand, Viet Nam, and Brazil compare notes. Lively neighborhood parties fill the clubhouse. Yoga classes at the fitness center and the bridge club are favorites with this energetic group. “The sense of community is a strong draw for the Oaks,” Chris continues. “With only 86 homes on seventeen acres at completion, the development’s smaller size fosters a connectedness that is hard to find in larger subdivisions.
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Word of mouth brings many new owners to the Oaks.” Listen as the homeowners describe what makes this community unique. When Dr. Jay Wilkey first came to Georgetown on a scouting trip for a retirement home, he had two critical requirements from his wife, the Rev. Dr. Gláucia Vasconcelos Wilkey: first, it had to be near her daughter and the grandchildren; and it had to be close to water. When Gláucia discovered that her home would face a pond visited by herons, she knew this was the place. Initially, she had reservations about relocating from cosmopolitan Seattle, but finds that Georgetown and nearby Austin cultural opportunities amply fill her desires. She is especially enthusiastic about the Palace Theatre and the Georgetown Symphony Society. As former college professors, both she and Jay appreciate the educational atmosphere Southwestern University provides. When asked what brought him and his wife to Georgetown from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Robert Reynolds deadpans, “My snow shovel broke.” What he really appreciates about the community,
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Oaks at Wildwood though, is the support offered by his neighbors. Shortly after Jay and his wife relocated to the Oaks, his wife fell and sustained serious injuries. Jay shakes his head in amazement. “We hardly knew the neighbor, yet he drove me to the hospital following the ambulance.” Sylvia Dickey Smith, a published mystery author, and husband William Smith, a retired colonel, hail from Round Rock. “What sets this community apart is the camaraderie and sense of genuine care among the owners. The afternoon gatherings give us a chance to see if anyone needs help,” she says.
Their neighbors agree the Sylvia and William, as some of the first residents, helped set the tone for the Oaks. “Your neighbors become your extended family,” Sylvia reflects. All concur that the worldview held by their neighbors is an important component of the Oak’s atmosphere. “Most of the owners here have traveled extensively; some have visited all continents. We accept and value the diversity of experiences held by our friends and neighbors,” Gláucia states. Come, explore the lifestyle you’ve dreamed of and make it your reality.
30 Wildwood Drive Georgetown, TX 78633 Chris Wales, Director of Sales & Marketing 512.864.3210 chris@oaksatwildwood.com info@oaksatwildwood.com www.OaksAtWildwood.com Monday thru Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm Sunday: 1 pm to 6 pm
The Oaks at Wildwood has won the Austin Home Builders Association Small Community of the Year Award for the last two years.
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studio, although she is working on her teacher training. “I have so much fun serving the needs of the business [that] I don’t necessarily have to be teaching at this point.” While Georgetown has other pockets of yoga classes and instructors, who, Shawn adds, are all “amazing yoga instructors,” Moksha Yoga also tries to bring different yoga workshops into the community. “We wanted to provide workshops so people could have an immersion in yoga and not just do the same workout routine. We’ve done beginner yoga, partner yoga, meditation yoga, and prenatal yoga.” They also have unique classes, such as “Yoga Groove” taught by a husband and wife team, Anna Easterling and Kelly Parker. It’s a combination of dance and yoga. “Heavy cardio,” Shawn says, “but lots of fun.” The Friday “Happy Hour” yoga class is designed to be restorative. People come to stretch, relax, breathe, and generally unwind from their week. In sponsorship with Scott and White Hospital, Moksha Yoga also hosts a free class for breast cancer survivors. This is one of the most important reasons Shawn and Jeff decided to open the studio. They have a strong desire to give something back to the community. “I
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Yoga on the Square want people to come to classes; I want people to come to workshops,” Shawn says, “but I want people to connect more to their community.” Longtime proponents of local animal shelters, Shawn and Jeff have personally rescued horses and dogs, and as Shawn says, “multitudes of four-legged creatures.” With these and other needs in mind, she and Jeff began a “donation series” of classes. Each donation class has a theme, and all of the proceeds go to local causes. Last year the studio managed to donate over $1500 to the community after being open only two months. It is Shawn’s vision to one day see the studio operate on a donations-only basis. “The more people who come to those classes and the more people who want to give back, the more we’re going to open our doors to that because it’s the right thing to do,” she says. Shawn encourages people to consider yoga when they think about their local exercise options. Whether they go to her studio or someone else’s, Shawn says, “Just having the chance to go to yoga and participate in the community is a really powerful thing.”
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ay Bell Clark collects antique “receipts”—handwritten, flour-smeared recipes from her ancestors and other cooks, back when kitchens were stocked with “oleo” and shortening. One of her favorites is the cake recipe her grandmother prepared for fam-
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ily birthdays. It doesn’t rise like modern cakes do, she says, but it is still delicious. May Bell remembers sitting on the kitchen counter, watching her mother cook. Today, May Bell’s children and grandchildren gather in her kitchen. Although May Bell adored fudge when she was young, her grandchildren have different preferences. Tommy, Cale, and Reese like munching on butter cookies and decorating holiday cookies best. May Bell is now adding her own recipes to the family collection, especially those concocted from seasonings she picks up during travels with her husband, Alvie. She experiments with the seasonings to create new recipes that will one day become part of the collection her children will inherit.
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Birthday Cake (Grandma May Bell Whitehead’s original recipe) Ingredients: 1¼ cups sugar 2/3 cup milk 2 eggs 2/3 cup butter 2 tsp baking powder 2 cups flour Flavoring, to taste (I use vanilla) Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter. Add sugar, flour, baking powder, and milk. Mix well. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Add flavoring. Pour into prepared (greased and floured) cake pans. Bake for about 30 minutes. (It will look flat and heavy, but it tastes great.)
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Sourdough Biscuits (Alvie’s favorite!) Ingredients: 1 cup warm water 1 package dry yeast 1 Tbs + 1 cup sugar 4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 6 cups flour ¾ cup oil 2 cups buttermilk Instructions: In a bowl, mix together warm water, dry yeast, and 1 Tbs of sugar. Set aside. Mix remaining dry ingredients (baking powder, baking soda, 1 cup sugar, and flour) in a large bowl. Add oil, buttermilk and yeast mixture. Mix. Cover bowl tightly and store in refrigerator for 12 hours. Roll amount needed on floured surface. Cut to biscuit size and place on baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Dough keeps for up to 2 weeks in refrigerator.
Hot Fudge Pie (This is an old recipe and has no crust—so don’t panic!) Ingredients: 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, cut in pieces ½ stick oleo (or margarine), room temperature 1 cup sugar ¼ cup flour 1 tsp vanilla Pinch of salt 2 eggs Ice cream Instructions: Mix together unsweetened chocolate and oleo (margarine). Melt the oleo and chocolate mixture in a sauce pan. Remove from heat. Add sugar, flour, vanilla and salt to chocolate mixture. Beat in 2 eggs. Bake in greased 8-inch pie tin (pan) at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Pie should still be chewy. Serve hot with ice cream.
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focused more on what there is to do and see and people to meet right here in Central Texas. Our goal is to find a great little hole in the wall to eat at, sit and talk with the locals, adventure off the highways and onto the dirt and country roads.” The Eubanks’ adventures include tours of Texas Wine Country, hikes along the Austin greenbelt, canoe rides down the Colorado River in Bastrop, and visits to the Outdoor Corral — a “walk up” outdoor theater — in Wimberley. Their most recent trip was to Lockhart, Texas. “We did the barbecue crawl,” explained Gina. “We went to the famous
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Texas by Harley joints and tasted their brisket, sausage, and ribs along with a cold bottle of Big Red, which you have to have with barbecue. In some of the places you were standing and ordering right in the actual smoke house… [where] the walls were covered in years of smoke and soot.” The Eubanks sampled at Lockhart’s big four – Blacks Barbeque, Chisholm Trail Barbeque, Kreuz Barbeque, and Smittys Market – which together draw 5,000 visitors weekly. “Time seems to have stopped from generations back in some of these restaurants,” Gina said. “They are still using the same smoke houses, recipes, décor and tables and chairs from three or four generations ago,… [and] they are still run by the original families that started them.” Newly transplanted from McKinney, Texas, the Eubanks chose Georgetown to be close to their two grown children, who live in the greater Austin area. “In the short time we have been here,” said Gina, “we have fallen in love with Georgetown and its people. We really enjoy all of the activities right here on the square and [in] the surrounding areas. Georgetown just feels like those old, loose, holey blue jeans: comfortable.”
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Georgetown, Georgetown How Does Your Garden Grow? “In the beginning God created the Earth and all the marvelous plants and animals. He made them all different and distributed them to different parts of the Earth so that they could live in harmony with the weather conditions of the area where they were placed.” www.texasstar.org/index.php?pg=gardening-philosophy
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and you will see bluebonnets, Indian paintbrushes, buttercups and other wildflowers in full bloom up and down the side of the road. “Many plants are native to Central Texas and will grow in Williamson County, on both the east and west side of Interstate 35,” says Wayne Rhoden, Williamson County Master Gardener. Native trees such as desert willow, redbud, mountain laurel and Mexican plum grow well here. Perennial plants such as red and yellow columbine, Blackfoot daisy, Engelmann daisy, fall aster, and shrubs such as Texas sage and ‘Yellow Bells’ esperanza also do well. There is one wine cup, Callirhoe involucrata var. lineariloba, which grows in only three Texas counties: Williamson, Menard and Kimble. Though Georgetown is Carol Hutchison
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he plants found in and around Georgetown are tough. They have to be. They’re up against extreme heat and lack of adequate rainfall during the summer. Their roots have to burrow through heavy clay on the east side of Georgetown and cling to the sparse, alkaline-based soil on the west side. And then there is the large population of deer that love to graze on ornamental plants. It’s a miracle that any plant grows here! But plants do grow—they even flourish—in the area. Go for a drive in the spring
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known as the “Red Poppy Capitol of Texas,” the much-celebrated perennial is not native to Texas. Seeds from Europe were planted in Georgetown after WWI when a Georgetown resident planted them at her home. From there, they were spread by birds, bees, and people and they now sprout up all across Georgetown in the spring. Georgetown is one of the few places in the United States where red poppies reseed themselves from year to year. Scheduled watering and fencing to guard from deer are a few of the ways to overcome the challenges of gardening in the area. Rhoden also suggests 8- to12inch raised beds, amended with mulch, compost and/or manure, to alleviate soil issues. “In some instances, soil just needs to be brought in,” he says. A soil analysis, performed in coordination with Texas A&M University will reveal soil conditions and recommendations. For more information on this and the myriad of other services provided by the office, call 943-3300 or visit the office located at 3151 SE Inner Loop Ste. A. Georgetown, Georgetown how does your garden grow? With ‘Yellow Bells’ and Williamson County wine cups all in a row!
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he big red rooster’s “cock-a doodle-doo” reminds everyone of days in the country and weekends at grandma and grandpa’s farm. Today, it’s a sound also heard while children stand at the end of the block waiting for the bus, or as parents back out of the driveway and head off to work. Chickens, it seems, are moving in on the city. A growing number of folks in the area are enjoying backyard chickens for pets, eggs, and even meat. Residents like Darla Ward, her husband, and their three children tend almost two dozen. It all started when an uncle gave Darla’s two-year-old son a couple of chickens as pets. That two-yearold son is now 14. After building a coop and buying a few more chickens, the family decided they enjoyed keeping them around. A clucking and crowing blend of Production Reds and Buff Orpingtons waddle up to Darla as she throws out feed. Production Reds have beautiful dark red plumage,
while Buff Orpingtons are a soft, golden color. “We name the chickens that stand out in some way, but we don’t name them all,” Darla says as she points out Johnny Bob, a beautiful black and white rooster. Chickens, she’s discovered, are entertaining to watch as they playfully chase each other around the yard. “Hens can be pets, like dogs or cats, if you spend a lot of time with them,” says Darla. And like other pets, chickens have to be watched and cared for. Even in an urban setting, coyotes and neighborhood dogs can attack chickens. Opossums and raccoons often swipe eggs from the coop. Darla has come to know her chickens’ habits and counts them regularly to make sure they’re safe. While most of her flock sleeps in the coops at night, a few roosters and a hen snooze up in a tree. This past winter’s below-freezing temperatures provided Darla with new worries. Some of her roosters’ combs were frostbitten. Even with all their upkeep, chickens provide the Wards with many benefits. The Wards advo-
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cate eating healthy and organic food; they grow vegetables, herbs, and fruits in their garden. Darla believes that, just as fresh homegrown vegetables taste better, the same goes for eggs. The chickens earn their keep by eating bugs, which also helps minimize the need for pesticides. The Wards are not the only people setting up coops in their backyards and gathering fresh, delicious eggs. According to Janet Crouch, Vice President of Ideal
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Christine Switzer
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ou don’t have to go to the museum to enjoy artistic talent. Great art is hanging in the corridors of our very own St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. Two corridors converge right and left off the main lobby at St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. Known as the Healing Arts Gallery, these hallways showcase paintings, photographs, and other artwork by local artists. The gallery’s volunteer coordinator, Jan Ligameri, said that monthly shows display 30 to 40 pieces. Jan Ligameri tends the gallery with care. “Georgetown is very much an artist mecca,” she said. “It is uplifting and inspiring to see the different styles of art. The patients and visitors really enjoy it, and the hospital and the artists love it too.”
The Old and the New by Rhea McDonald During March 2011, the Healing Arts Gallery showcased husband and wife team Roy and Rhea McDonald. The Old and the New by Rhea McDonald captures the artist’s portrayal of light and atmosphere through strong use of color.
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Out of the Blue by Roy McDonald While his wife portrays the natural world through painting, Roy McDonald focuses on capturing nature with photography. The Central Texas artist depicts light, color, and form in simple, moving ways, as illustrated by Out of the Blue.
Above the Fog by Wes Odell Wes Odell has had photographs showcased in the Healing Arts Gallery with the Williamson County Art Guild. Above the Fog captures the Golden Gate Bridge and the award-winning photographer’s love of black and white.
Gone is the Barber by Wes Odell A Sun City resident, Wes Odell took Gone is the Barber in ghost town Bannock, Montana. Odell praises the Healing Arts Gallery for allowing local artists to share their work and for brightening the experiences of people at St. David’s.
The Dying Oak by Kirk Witmer Kirk Witmer describes his paintings as “representational realism” and draws inspiration from the Central Texas countryside around Georgetown and neighboring areas. The Dying Oak began as a photograph of the view along Highway 95 near Elgin and Taylor.
Bee Industrious by Kirk Witmer Also a member of the Williamson County Art Guild, Kirk Witmer has had work showcased in the Healing Arts Gallery. The oil painting Bee Industrious captures the Liberty Hill artist’s desire to tell a story through his paintings.
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Tour Old Georgetown by Car By
Sue Fuller
Historic Homes of Georgetown will be available in mid-April from the Georgetown Heritage Society. Contact GHS at 869-8597 or georgetownhs@verizon. net, or stop by Grace Heritage Center at 811 S. Main on Fridays, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Copies will also be available at the Williamson Museum, the Visitor Center, and the Georgetown Antique Mall, all located on The Square in Georgetown.
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hat’s 12 miles long and has 109 front doors, some as old as 150 years? Easy—it’s the driving tour of historic homes in old Georgetown! The Georgetown Heritage Society’s new booklet, Historic Homes of Georgetown, features photos and information about 109 structures, with a fold-out map to guide you as you drive, cycle, or walk past them. As you follow the map through Old Town, you’ll see a variety of architectural styles, from early solid-stone buildings to highly-embellished Victorians and the cleaner lines of Prairie-style homes and Craftsman bungalows. Most are homes occupied by families, though a few homes have been repurposed for commercial use; the booklet also showcases historic churches and schools. Taken together, these buildings give a picture of Georgetown’s life from the 1860s to the 1930s. Georgetown grew slowly from its founding in 1848 until after the Civil War; few structures survive
from that period. One that does is the John J. Dimmitt House, located at 921 W. University Avenue on a large lot bordering the South San Gabriel River. Built in 1866 of 18-inchthick limestone blocks hauled to the site in ox-drawn wagons, the home is one of Georgetown’s oldest. Dimmitt, a surveyor, county attorney, and partner in the Georgetown Railroad, was instrumental in getting Southwestern University moved to Georgetown. Georgetown experienced a golden age during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Thanks to the cattle and cotton industries, the founding of Southwestern University in 1873, and the coming of the railroad in 1878, Georgetown prospered. Population grew from an estimated 320 in 1870 to 2,790 at the turn of the 20th century. Prosperity and growth spurred a building boom, leading to the establishment of local lumber mills and construction companies, including the well-known Belford Lumber Company. The Belford Company built many of the beautiful homes included in the tour. Perhaps the most elaborate is Charles Belford’s own home, built in 1896 at 1230 S. Austin Avenue (then called Brushy
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Street). Belford used the finest materials in his Queen Anne style home, which features a corner turret on its elaborate wraparound porch and retains its original leaded and art-glass windows. Amazingly, only three families in its 115-year history have owned the home. Builders followed the changing styles of the early 20th century, abandoning the elaborate ornamentation of the Victorian era in favor of cleaner lines. The tour includes a number of beautiful Prairie-style homes, such as the Judge Cooper Sansom House at 1252 Main Street, and many Craftsman bungalows, the most common Georgetown homes built in the 1920s and -30s. Perhaps the most outstanding bungalow on the tour is the C. Byron Atkinson House, built in 1915 at 911 Walnut Street. Its low-pitched gabled roof, cobblestone chimney, oversized porch piers, and shingled foundation that tapers outward at the base are typical of California-style bungalows. No matter what your taste in architecture, you can grab Historic Homes of Georgetown, settle into your car, and head back in time to old Georgetown.
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Field of Flowers Day: A Celebration
of Life at Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery
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s the weather turns warmer, you have a long list of things to do with your family: take photos among the bluebonnets, spend time outdoors with friends, meander through a local festival. Nowhere on that list is “spend the afternoon in a cemetery”—but it should be. Tucked off University Avenue, on Berry Lane just past the toll road, Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery is a tranquil place filled with art and monuments dedicated to celebrating life. The cemetery’s staff takes pride in their resurrection of the lost art of “memorialization.” Statues, metalwork, and monuments grace every corner of the cemetery. A trickling fountain surrounded by a rock pathway and towering trees sits at the center, flanked by well-tended and adorned graves. Visitors can follow a nature path featuring plaques with quotes by Saint Francis, while a statue of the Virgin Mary keeps a watchful eye, and wind chimes play melodies in the trees. This isn’t like any cemetery you’ve ever visited. According to director Amy McKay, “Our Lady
of the Rosary Cemetery is much more than a final resting place for the families that we serve. The expansive property allows for areas of peaceful reflection and contemplation. We like to provide various opportunities for the families of our customers to celebrate the lives of their loved ones through the numerous events we sponsor throughout the year, such as the Field of Flowers event.” Owners Nick and Ellen Brumder conceived the idea of the Field of Flowers event several years ago. It is held every April, when the flowers and landscape of the cemetery are in full bloom. The event has been well attended by the families with loved ones buried at Our Lady of the Rosary, as well as by the community at large. Amy says, “The goal of the Field of Flowers event is to provide the community with a wholesome family activity, to gather and celebrate the beautiful area that we live in, and to commemorate the lives of their loved ones. We offer scheduled nature walks to learn more about the natural landscape of our grounds and the central Texas area.” Nick, a master blacksmith, will also be on hand to lead
tours of the unique monuments on the property. The beautiful, hilled landscape of wildflowers is always a popular photo opportunity for families. Bluebonnets and other Texas wildflowers cover the grounds and the rolling hills, and the artwork and trees provide beautiful backdrops for photos. Festivities always include live music, free food, and a raffle for a free burial space. The event provides a unique opportunity for the community to learn about the sacred grounds, the natural xeriscaping used in the cemetery, and this unique local business. This year’s Field of Flowers event will be held Saturday April 9th, from 2:00–5:00 pm. The entire community is invited to attend and join in this delightful celebration of life.
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Find the Easter Bunny!
Each month we hide an object somewhere in the magazine. If you can find it, you could win a prize! In this issue, the bunny you see here is hidden somewhere in one of the ads! Find it and email the correct location to graphics@ viewmagazineinc.com or snailmail the answer to Georgetown View Magazine, P.O. Box 2281, Georgetown, TX 78627. This month’s winning answer will be selected at random, and will win a $50 gift certificate to Tony and Luigi’s Restaurant! Congratulations to JR and Joan Slaydon for winning the March contest! Last month’s frog prince was found in the Texas Beauty Scapes ad on page 17.
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APRIL NOW | WC4C Child Development Center enrolling Infants – 4 years, Opens April 11 kathy.keller@wc4c.org 1 | First Friday on the Square. Stores open late, food and music. thegeorgetownsquare.com 1-30 | Photography Exhibit. “A Taste of Texas,” by Sun City Photographers. Reception, April 1, 6-8pm, meet the photographers, some items for sale. 1-May 1 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. At The Palace, Fri and Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm georgetownpalace.com 5 | Sun City Farmer’s Market. 9am-noon, Social Center Parking Lot, 2 Texas Drive 7 | Farmer’s Market. 3:30-6:30pm, San Gabriel Park, 303 East Morrow Street 7 | Georgetown Garden Club presents “Flower Show Designs” 1:30pm at the Georgetown Parks and Recreation Center, Community Room, 1101 N. College. georgetowngardenclub.org 7 | Sun City Home Garden Tour. 10am-3pm, The Oaks at Del Webb Blvd. Sctxca.org/suncity/clubsgroups/sites/garden/index.html If you have an event you would like to include in next month’s issue, send your information to jill@viewmagazineinc. com by the 15th of the month and we’ll do our best to include you.
9 | Market Day on the Square. Over 100 arts and crafts booth, play zone for kids ages 9-4, 1:30 pm, Performing Arts Studio presentation / 2:00pm Victor Andrada, Vocalist and guitarist. thegeorgetownsquare.com 9 | Easter Bonnet Parade and Great Egg Hunt. For all ages and pets – parade around the courthouse wearing your finest bonnet (required for people and pets), must check in before 11am. thegeorgetownsquare.com 9 | R.O.C.K. Barn Dance. Featuring Two Tons of Steel. Rockride.org, rockbarndance@rockride.org 9 | Old World Stone Carving Competition and Art Festival. At The Vineyard in Florence. Call Shawna 254-793-3363 10 | Children’s Advocacy Center Open House. 12pm, 1811 SE Inner Loop. Also, to be held April 12 and 26 at 8:30am. Come learn how you can help abused children and non-offending family members. wilcocac.org 11 | Shower of Fashions’ Ladies Fashion Show from Kay’s Kloset and Joni’s, 10am at The Worship Place, 611 Sun City Blvd. All ladies welcome! $5 at the door. Door Prizes!! marysnow3@yahoo.com
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13-14 | Sun City Singers Annual Spring Concert. Folk Songs, Show Tunes and Other Favorites. Sun City Social Center Ballroom, 7pm, Tickets $8 available at Sun City CA Office. 13-17 | Age of Arousal. A play based on George Gissing’s, “The Odd Woman.” times vary. Southwestern University Fine Arts Center. southwestern.edu/sarafim/calendar 14 | Child and Family Expo. United Heritage Center at Dell Diamond. roundrockexpress.com 15 | Community Montessori School holds a Prospective Parents Coffee, 9-11am, 500 Pleasant Valley, RSVP 512-863-7920 15 | American Legion 174 selling Philly Cheesesteaks for dine in or take out, from 5-7pm at 1000 N College. Proceeds benefit Boys State, Veterans Assistance and other charities. 16-17 | Red Poppy Festival on the Square. join friends and neighbors on the Square with: Parade, Open Car Show, Marketplace, Safe Place Kids Village, Red Poppy Bike Ride, Red Poppy 5K and Kids 1K, Saturday Night Concert (Mark Chesnutt!) and more! Parade starts at 10am on Saturday, check out poppy.georgetown.org for lineup. 16-18 | Auditions for “Wait Until Dark” at the Palace Theatre. georgetownpalace.com 19 | Books for Texans. 7pm at Williamson Museum on the Square. williammuseum.org 23 | Georgetown Golf Scholarship, 3rd Annual Golf Tournament. At Cowen Creek to benefit Georgetown Boys and Girls Golf team. GTGF09@yahoo.com 30 | Picture Circus to celebrate El dia de los ninos / El dia de los libros. Georgetown Public Library, 10am-4pm, 401 W. 8th, www. library.georgetown.org 30-MAY 1 | Family Frio Fun Float. For ages 8 and up at Garner State Park. Pre-trip mandatory meet April 26 at Parks and Rec Office 7-8pm. adventuregeorgetown.org MAY 1 | WC4C May Day Tea Party Fundraiser. For girls 3-103, 1pm. kathy.keller@wc4c.org MAY 7 | Mom’s Whitewater Adventure. On the Upper Guadalupe near Spring Branch, ages 12 and up adventuregeorgetown.org
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Bond Election - May 14
Public Safety Operations and Training Facility Early voting: May 2 - 10 Election Day: May 14 Proposed facility details 70,000 sq-ft of interior space for: • Police Department operations • Fire Department administration • Emergency operations center • 24-hour emergency communications center • Indoor training and locker area • Small tactical training building • Evidence garage
Projected timeline Design: 2011 – 2012 Construction: 2012 – 2014
Cost Estimated $29.5 million
Bonds for a Public Safety Operations and Training Facility will be on the May 14 ballot for Georgetown voters. The proposed site for the facility is on D.B. Wood Road one-fourth of a mile south of Williams Drive. The 20-acre property was purchased by the City last year.
(Fire Station 5 is proposed to be built on the property, but is not on the bond proposal.) Earlier this year, a 16-member Citizen Task Force recommended pursuing a bond election for the facility. In March, the city council called the bond election for the facility.
Property Tax Impact 5 cents* estimated tax rate impact *Growth in the tax base, as well as changes to existing property valuations, can affect the tax impact each year.
Property Tax Impact 65-or-older Homeowners who are 65-or-older or disabled whose City taxes are frozen will not have their property taxes increased if the bonds are approved, under current City taxing procedure.
Existing Public Safety Facilities 1 - Includes Police operations, Fire administration, emergency operations center, 24-hour emergency communications center, indoor training and locker area 2 - Evidence garage
Police Department 809 MLK, Jr. Street • 12,200 square-feet • Built in 1911 • Possible future use: art center
A - Tactical training building
Fire Department Administration 816 S. Main Street • 8,200 square-feet • Built in 1892 • Possible future uses: leased retail, Visitor Center
More information and election details at georgetown.org
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