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I go to the gym—sometimes begrudgingly—to work up a sweat and to offset my high-calorie indulgences. The gym is not a place where I expect to learn poignant life lessons, but last week I did. During my workout, I observed a severely disabled young man. His knees appeared permanently bent at 45-degree angles and only the outside of his feet made contact with the ground. Yet, he climbed up on the treadmill and walked. Slowly, but he walked—pushing himself when it would have been easier to quit. He was still walking when I left. This month, we’ve included several stories about people who kept walking when it would have been easier to sit. Walking, in this sense, refers to the story about the woman whose fight against depression only made her stronger; the family who finally found a teacher to help their little boy talk; and the football player who built a successful business and career despite being cut from the roster three times. These kinds of testimonies pick me up when life knocks me down. I hope you’ll find encouragement in these stories, too. Keep walking!

Correction: An error was made in the What’s Cookin Section of April’s Issue. We regret that photographs attributed to Mae bell Clark were incorrect. We apologize for this error and hope you enjoyed her yummy recipes.

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eorgetown teacher Shelley Peachey first met the Thomas family when she taught one of their pre-school sons. Windy Thomas appreciated Peachey’s teaching style. What the Thomases didn’t know was that their paths would cross again when their youngest son Jeremy, who had special needs, would also have Peachey as a teacher. Windy Thomas had been searching for help when she learned about the Georgetown Independent School District’s Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities, or “PPCD” program. “My youngest son has Sensory Processing Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,” Windy explains. “He had been with therapists at home and entered the school system at the tender

age of 3. He did not know how to speak at all . . . He only ate three foods, he was socially inept, was not potty trained, still took a bottle, and carried his pillow and ‘blankey’ everywhere.” It was a very challenging situation, but Windy says Shelley Peachey and the PPCD program were able to work miracles in Jeremy’s life. More Than A Teacher Shelley Peachey has a life-long love of teaching. She began tutoring neighborhood children when she was just 12 years old and went on to tutor her classmates in high school. In her second year of college she volunteered to help her elementary school music teacher conduct a class at a special needs school. It turned out to be a life-changing experience for Peachey. She switched her major and eventually became a special

education teacher at the same school where she had volunteered. Now Peachey is changing the lives of students in GISD. The Georgetown Independent School District PPCD program provides early intervention serving children from three to five with an identified disability. For children like Jeremy, the PPCD program can mean the difference between struggling and success 

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Learning to say from page 9 later in life. Peachey explains, “In the classroom, I work with children to improve developmental delays in language, readiness skills, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, self-help skills, sensory processing, and social emotional readiness. The PPCD Program is special because it is an early intervention program for children at risk for success in the general education environment.” The PPCD program “also allows for parents to connect with the school system, to create a positive plan to address any developmental delays that their child may experience, and to be introduced to support networks and other available programs or services that may benefit their child.” For parents like Windy Thomas, Peachey is a miracle worker. “Shelley is a person who loves children, I mean really loves them,” Windy says. “She doesn’t just teach children, she molds them. She comes at them from all angles, be it from teaching them the basics of the ABCs to how to be the little citizens that they need to be. She helps children grow not only intellectually but personally, no matter where or what they come from.”

You can tell that Peachey loves her job, and as Windy says, loves children. “My job is rewarding in many ways,” she says. “It allows me to be creative and innovative, and to work and learn with many different professionals, such as the speech, occupational, and physical therapists. I enjoy the support and guidance of an outstanding campus

“She doesn’t just teach children, she molds them.” administration and special education department. But the most rewarding part of my job is by far the children I serve. It is so exciting to see the children progress as the year unfolds.” Peachey helped Jeremy make huge strides, to his parent’s delight. “Shelley advocated for the necessary therapists that he needed. She taught him to speak, to make friends, to eat more than three foods, to be a child, to hug, and most of all, to say ‘I love you.’ You really can’t know how much just teaching him to speak meant,” Windy says. “We were able to communicate with words instead of semi sign lan-

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guage and fits; we broke the bottle, and we were able to leave the bottle and blanket at home. We were also able to potty train and socialize in more public places.” Jeremy’s mother is convinced that Jeremy is the child he is today due to Peachey’s help. She encourages other families facing similar challenges to find a great teacher to work with their child. She says, “If it weren’t for her, we don’t know where our Jeremy would be today. We will never be able to thank her enough for the joy that she has brought to our lives.” Peachey advises that families seek out early intervention if their child is having developmental difficulties. They can do this by becoming well informed and looking to the Georgetown School District for help. GISD has many programs in place to help families, such as Child Find, a parent liaison, and a highly trained and successful special education department and staff. Parents may contact GISD for further information. 

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t was a good idea. More than that, it was a good idea at the right time, from a determined lady, who found an energetic sidekick, who recruited talented artisans, who formed a coop, which grew a loyal group of volunteers, who have made Handcrafts Unlimited a presence on the Square for almost 30 years. By all standards, the shop has been an ongoing success, surviving economic waves quietly, staffed entirely by friendly volunteers. First, Mary Engvall was the lady with the idea. She had been displaying her craft items in Austin at the Old Bakery and Emporium on Congress Avenue. Alert to the needs and opportunities of her hometown, Mrs. Engvall felt that a similar venue here in Georgetown would be a great way to showcase local talent. The artisans would benefit from a central

storefront where handmade items could be sold through a cooperative consignment system, modeled after The Old Bakery. Dr. Martha Mitten Allen, a history professor at Southwestern University (SU) from 1960-1997 and Mrs. Engvall’s neighbor, became the energetic sidekick. Martha had organized a bicentennial exhibit at SU featuring outstanding local quilters. In talking with Martha about the idea for Handcrafts Unlimited, Mrs. Engvall told her, “If you can organize that quilt show, you can do this.” Now, looking back, Martha laughingly acknowledges that it was hard to say no to Mary Engvall. Besides the initial start-up work, Martha served as the first director for the Handcrafts Unlimited board for a number of years. She still goes in regularly to work on the “quilt in progress.” And the timing was right in 1983. Georgetown had been chosen as a Main Street, U.S.A. grant recipient, and the renaissance of the Square had begun. The town was ripe for new ideas to attract people to downtown. Seeking a suitable building, the two women located a double-store facility in good shape, complete with tall, pressed-tin ceilings and wooden flooring. Handcrafts Unlimited has

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he gym is a place some folks are inclined to avoid. Those big, scary machines are intimidating, even mocking. The treadmill, with its high-tech buttons and display screen, seems to invite humiliation. But hiring a personal trainer is a good way to tame gym fear. In fact, having a personal trainer can be empowering. Just ask trainer Leesa Hill, who says physical fitness is so much more than weight loss. “Exercise is for more energy during the day. It’s for sleeping better at night. It’s for completing everyday tasks, and quality of life,” Leesa explains. After working as a biology teacher and coach for several years, Leesa decided to stay home when her twins were two. She soon found a way to combine her two loves, coaching and being a mom, when she signed on as a personal trainer at the Georgetown Recreation Center. Leesa is ACE (American Council on Exercise) certified, and holds a degree in physical education and kinesiology. “I love it because it’s just like coaching, and it’s for people who are enthusiastic about being here,” Leesa explains. She also teaches many group fit-

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icture a road trip: a group of teenagers up early on a Saturday morning, prepared, ready, and packed into as few cars as safely possible to head out on a mission with their leader. Wouldn’t they rather sleep late? Not these kids. The members of the F2 Art Club, a photo group at Georgetown High School, would rather be out shooting photos with their teacher and mentor, Michael Yentzen. Michael teaches photo art classes at GHS and is the creator and leader of the photo club, as well as having his own business, Zen Ox Photography. But Michael didn’t always know that he wanted to be a photographer or a teacher. His first memory of a camera was when he won an elementary school contest—his prize was a camera. He remembers toting it around, feeling the hard plastic case in his hands, and

plugging in the flashbulbs he had to buy separately. In high school, he put aside the camera for pencils and paint brushes, and as he entered college, he chose a practical route—engineering. Then one day Michael read a photo class description that peaked his interest. He signed up, discovered how art and photography intertwined, and everything changed for him. He switched majors to study photography. As graduation neared, he began thinking about that practical route again. Could he find a job that incorporated his photography? Then he thought of his mom. Her teaching profession had always brought her so much joy. Of course! What better way to work with cameras day-to-day than to share that love and knowledge with kids? So he got his teaching certificate, began student teaching, and when the opportunity arose at GHS, he took it.

For three years Michael has taught Art 2 Photo through Art 4 Photo. After taking Art 1 as a freshman, students may begin taking Michael’s classes. Art 2 Photo teaches photography basics. The only equipment needed is a camera. Any camera. Art 3 Photo is hands-on exploration of printmaking, art video work, and shooting with Holgas—inexpensive plastic cameras that leak light, helping to add artistic distortions. The most intensive course, Art 4 Photo, is all about creating a college portfolio. Once kids have begun that very first art photo class with Michael, they can join the F2 Art Club. And what does F2 stand for? An “f-stop” refers to a camera setting that determines how much light is let in as a photo is taken, and the “2” is a wide aperture setting, letting in more light. More light equals more distortion, Michael explains, thus creating a more thought-provoking work of art. 

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Besides their photo shoots, club members meet after school twice a week. They gather in Michael’s classroom, a backdrop of equipment, photos, and colorful paraphernalia. Energetic discussions and active participation begin. Where will they go on their next shoot, Austin or Conroe? What will be their focus—a cityscape, people, or a particular lighting effect? This is also a time for sophomores and juniors to rub elbows with seniors. Student Chandler Allen describes the club as “a whimsical place where we have the opportunity to express our uniqueness.” This blending of individual and team efforts is particularly obvious as the kids huddle over each other’s photos, deciding which ones are most suited for photo contests and picking which ones show off that student’s talents the best. But the biggest team effort has to be the club’s fundraising for their trip to New York City. All year long, they work to raise money for this eagerly anticipated trip. Past fundraisers have included collecting clothes, toys, and furniture for

with people who spend thousands of dollars on their collections, so it’s cool for the kids to see how the industry actually operates and that there’s a market for what they do.” “These students,” says Michael, “work really hard, and sometimes don’t even realize how hard they’re working.” He hopes that when the students leave for college that “they know what makes a photograph great and are able to defend that decision, and that they apply their design skills to all that they view and create from now on,” whatever path they choose. But in the meantime, the kids are focusing on the skills Michael shares with them, working on their own lasting impressions. And that’s a picture worth a thousand words! 

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a garage sale, and holding art shows at Down The Alley Bistro, where students showcase and sell their own photos. Michael helps with the front-end planning but says, “The kids take ownership of everything they do.” They handle the advertising and getting people to the events. And spring break sees the group on their way to New York City. Amidst the skyscrapers, bustling people, and bright yellow taxis, Michael guides the kids to the Annual AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers) Photography Show. The students gaze at museum-quality contemporary and nineteenth-century photos, as well as art photos and video. Over 75 galleries participate. Michael notes that “you are there as an observer

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“I was never the best kid. I couldn’t bust an assignment; I had to work from whistle to whistle. You knew what you were going to get out of me. I was going to work as hard as I could. There was as much value in that as there was in being a superstar athlete.” —Jeff Novak

eff Novak tried his best even when he knew he wasn’t the best. A walk-on in college, then an NFL player who experienced three cuts from the team before his career steadied, Jeff realized early that football would be but a small slice of his life. “Every single Tuesday of the year, they’d bring in [new] players to work them out. You’d see them bring in a bunch of offensive linemen and know they were trying to find somebody who may be more athletic and better than the bottom two or three guys. So if you weren’t in the top five and you were player No. 6, 7, or 8, you knew there was a chance every Tuesday [that] your nametag might be off the locker,” Jeff said. Jeff made the decision early in his career that he would give his best to football but at the same time, invest in what was really important to him: diversifying his interests and preparing for the future. While playing in Florida for the Miami Dolphins and the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jeff had launched a company with a college teammate called Saber Security, a low voltage wiring business in Texas. From Florida, Jeff managed the accounting and payroll after games and practices. During off-season, he’d fly to Texas to manage the company on site. But the company was difficult to manage from a distance and the profit margin was narrow. He eventually sold the company to his partner. “I just thought I should be doing something that had bigger opportunity,” he said. This decision coupled with a career-stopping injury created the perfect timing for Jeff’s new venture: Intra Focus marketing, a software marketing and analytics company.

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prepared Jeff for life beyond the end zone. “A lot [of skills] are transferable from professional sports to the real world that don’t get taught in school,” Jeff said. “I’ll argue all day that we have more transferable skills than most people…because we know about accountability and teamwork—putting the team before yourself.” He lists many of his teammates who have gone on to obtain advanced degrees and run successful companies. “But we don’t ever hear about those people,” he said. “You hear about the guys getting busted for tax evasion or domestic abuse.” Today, Jeff’s professional team is his business. And he uses the perseverance and tenacity he learned on the football field to grow what is now IF Marketing, a full-service advertising agency in Georgetown. He also uses the extensive network he built while playing professional sports. “The interesting thing about sports is that it opens a lot of doors when you’re 

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done playing. People are interested in your experiences and what it was like playing in the NFL. It provides you with a big network, he said.” It’s not hard to see why people want to be around Jeff Novak – and it has little to do with his stint in professional football. “It seems that Jeff never tires, he is always working and he manages to make a success out of just about everything he does,” said Joy McVean, the company’s vice president of account services and Jeff’s older sister. “He has drive, determination and lots of heart…always has,” Joy said. “The people at IF marketing and advertising work extremely hard for him, not because he demands it… but because they want to. He’s a good boss and an even better man.” This drive is inherent in the Novak family. There are six siblings. “We’re all sort of intertwined in each other’s business,” Joy said, mentioning that their mother Judy Novak, a former healthcare CEO, now heads up the front office managers and staff for another brother who owns First Choice ER. “One thing I always said was do whatever you want to do. All you

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to mastering a “canter pirouette,” a very difficult maneuver, in which the horse turns a very small circle. Another amazing exercise is called the “piaffe,” which is trotting on the spot. In dressage, the preferred horse type is the “warmblood,” a horse somewhere between a draft horse and an Arabian. Leigh says warmbloods “are made well for the sport” and can endure the years of training required to reach top levels. Trainers don’t saddle dressage horses until they reach at least three or four years of age, so their strong legs will carry them through years of training. These horses hit their stride at ages 11 to 15, a fact uncommon in most western riding. Leigh and her 20-year-old horse, Roca, a German Rheinlander, are preparing to show at the highest dressage level, which is called Grand Prix. Leigh rode jumpers as a youngster. She jokes and says “back when I was 10 feet tall and bulletproof I would jump over anything.” Leigh plays polo, received her second degree black belt in tae kwon do, and has played tennis at high levels. As an accomplished rider and athlete, she expected to rise to the Grand Prix level of dressage very quickly. But it has taken 10 years. “It looks

so easy, but it is a very difficult thing to master,” says Leigh. She now has great respect for the time and practice required of the sport, and she treasures the indescribable bond she has with Roca. Leigh’s dressage barn is full of riders at all levels who plan to participate in the summer show season. In other high-level equestrian events, such as racing or cutting, big money is at stake. In dressage, riders win a ribbon or a horse blanket and bragging rights. “These riders are in it for the love of the horses and the sport—nothing else,” says Leigh. 

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“H

elp, my ex-husband is coming over—and he’s got a gun.” Two police officers responded to the woman’s panicked call. Evelyn McLean, supervisor over the officers at the time, arrived at the woman’s home a few minutes later. The officers on scene were already questioning the woman’s teenage daughter just inside the front door. The younger children remained upstairs in the house. “I asked if everything was code 4—meaning if everything was all right—and they said yes,” said McLean. Standing in the entryway of the home, McLean scanned the surrounding area. There was a stairway, partially hidden by a wall, just beyond the entryway. McLean, out of the corner of her eye, caught sight of a gun barrel moving out slowly from behind the wall at the bottom of the stairs. “I was thinking so fast,” she said. Had the man arrived and somehow gotten upstairs? If the intruder was the exhusband, McLean didn’t want him to know that she knew he was there. Nor did she want a hostage situation, especially not one involving small children. Still, her officers and the family could be in the direct line of fire if she didn’t do something. She contemplated possible scenarios and, in seconds, made her decision. “I pulled my gun out and took cover behind [another] wall.” Not sure what was happening, one of the other officers pulled out his gun as well. Gun, McLean mouthed to the officer, pointing in the direction of the emerging gun barrel. The gun behind the wall came into full view, then the hands that held it, then a pair of legs. McLean and the other officer were ready to fire when a young woman, about 18 years old, showed herself and the gun she had been hold-

ing. She had heard about the threat and had come to protect her teenage friend. Fortunately, McLean’s quick assessment avoided a horrific incident.

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The Cream Rises Anticipation: a prior action that takes into account or forestalls a later action: the act of looking forward (Webster’s Dictionary). That’s what Evelyn McLean had to do in that situation—think of all the possible outcomes—speedily. Evelyn McLean’s ability to anticipate, decide and act, among other qualities, helped in her advancement toward becoming the first female Captain with the Georgetown Police Department. “She’s not afraid to get her hands dirty, [to] get in the mix and get things done,” said Assistant Chief of Police Roland Waits, who was on the hiring committee when McLean joined the department 15 years ago. “I’ve watched her advance through the ranks.” Besides passing the written tests required for promotion to captain, Georgetown Police Department has recently revamped the criteria requiring more rigorous testing across a spectrum of attributes. “We wanted to get a total assessment of the candidates (for captain),” Waits said. “To put them in some uncomfortable positions that maybe they haven’t been in.” From The Beginning So how and when did Evelyn McLean decide she wanted to wear a badge and chase bad people? Had she belonged to ROTC in high school? Did she have relatives on the force who influenced her? No, on both counts. Evelyn McLean knew she wanted to be a cop in her early 20’s when a police officer told her to drive his police car away from a crime scene for her safety while officers apprehended an armed suspect. 

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A Capacity to Anticipate from page 41

A Round Rock police officer had invited her on a civilian patrol ride. “[The ride] was so slow and boring,” she said. Because she had to work the next day, she decided about one a.m. to stop for the day. As they headed back to her car, an off-duty police officer called for assistance on his hand-held radio. Someone was banging on the front door of his house. “He’s got a gun,” he said. Suddenly, a humdrum patrol around town became a howling, screeching rescue. “When we arrived at his house,” McLean said, “the off-duty officer was rolling around in the front yard fighting the man for the gun.” The officer McLean was riding with told her to take the patrol car and get out of there. “So I got in the driver’s side of the police car and I’m like, wow, I’ve gotta do this job.” It was her Cagneyand-Lacey moment. “I knew I wanted to be a police officer after that.” Of course, being a woman on the police force probably has little resemblance to an episode of Cagney and

Lacey, especially in a male-dominated field. “Being a female in law enforcement, especially in a leadership position, has its own challenges,” Assistant Chief Waits said. Nonetheless, McLean quickly interjects that her male coworkers have always treated her with respect. She recalls only one time when her gender affected her treatment. She had responded to a domestic disturbance call and because of the cultural preferences of this particular family, the husband refused to talk to her because she was a woman. McLean merely let a male officer handle communications with him. Law and Marriage In law enforcement, as in life, success comes with a bit of give and take. On that note, the divorce rate amongst law enforcement personnel ranks among the highest when compared to other high-stress professions. However, what if both husband and wife hold positions in this noble profes-

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sion? Evelyn has been happily married to the Assistant Chief of Police for Pflugerville Police Department for 18 years and they have a 12-year old daughter. Their secret, at least in part, lies in anticipating the need for identity outside the police department. They seldom talk about police work at home. In addition, they have interests outside their jobs. “I love real estate and have my real estate license,” she said. They also spend time at their lake house and on their farm where they tend cows, goats and chickens. “Being a cop is not my whole life—my identity.” One might say that Captain Evelyn McLean not only anticipated what would make for a successful career but also for a successful life. 

Evelyn McLean is a graduate of Travis County Sheriff’s Academy, Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas and FBI National Academy. She also obtained her bachelor’s degree from Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, attends First Baptist Church Georgetown and mentors a fifth grade student at McCoy Elementary School.

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ettye McCrary has been tweaking her recipe for a lasting marriage for over 62 years. That’s how long she and her husband Ed have been together. It all started as an eighth-grade crush in a farming community east of Dallas, where their world revolved around school, hard work in the fields, and family time. Family and big dollops of understanding—those are the two main ingredients Bettye says she stirs into her recipe for a happy marriage.

Ed adds another ingredient to that recipe: good cooking. He particularly mentions his namesake recipe, “Ed’s Favorite Pineapple Cake.” Bettye and Ed share the importance of family with their two sons, Guy and Bruce, now grown and with families of their own. Bettye continues to use that key ingredient, her cooking, to enrich family gatherings. It’s understood among her grandchildren that her Southern Pecan Pie makes an appearance at every holiday. 

Strawberry Bread Ingredients: 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 3 tsp cinnamon 2 10 oz. packages frozen strawberries, thawed 4 eggs, well beaten 1¼ cup oil 1 tsp vanilla

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Instructions: Mix together dry ingredients. Make a hole in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in all liquid ingredients. Mix thoroughly by hand. Pour into 2 greased and floured loaf pans (5½” X 9½”). Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.

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My Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Casserole

Hamburger Pie Casserole

Ingredients: 3 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes ¾ stick oleo or butter, melted 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup canned evaporated milk ½ tsp vanilla ½ tsp nutmeg ½ tsp cinnamon

Ingredients: 1 pound lean ground beef 1 can (14 oz.) green peas, partially drained 1 egg, beaten ½ cup milk 1 can (10¾ oz.) tomato soup 1 medium onion, chopped 1 cup cooked egg noodles Salt & pepper, to taste Grated cheese, to taste (your choice)

Instructions: Mix ingredients together and spoon into large casserole. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Topping Ingredients: 1 cup crushed corn flakes ¾ stick oleo or butter, melted ¾ cup brown sugar ½ cup chopped pecans Instructions: Mix ingredients thoroughly and pour over casserole. Bake at 400 degrees for an additional 15 minutes.

Ed’s Favorite Pineapple Cake This is a three-layered cake. It’s even better served the day after it’s made. Ingredients: 1 Duncan Hines® yellow cake mix ½ cup vegetable oil 1 11 oz. can mandarin oranges with the juice 1 large can crushed pineapple, drained 1 4 oz. package instant vanilla pudding mix 4 eggs 1 9 oz. carton regular Cool Whip® Instructions: Mix together cake mix, oil, eggs and oranges. Pour mixture into three 9-inch layer pans that have been greased and floured. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until done. Cool. Mix pineapple, pudding mix and Cool Whip. Spread thickly on each layer before placing next layer on top. Spread remaining mixture on entire cake. Refrigerate.

Pecan Rum Pie Ingredients: 1 unbaked 9-inch pastry shell 4 Tbs margarine ¼ cup rum 1⁄8 tsp salt 1 cup chopped pecans ¾ cup light brown sugar ¾ cup light corn syrup 3 eggs, unbeaten 1 tsp vanilla Instructions: Cream together margarine and sugar, thoroughly. Set aside. In a bowl, add rum and vanilla to corn syrup. In a separate bowl, add salt to eggs. Add corn syrup mixture and egg mixture to the creamed butter and sugar. Mix well. Add pecans. Pour into pie tin lined with pastry shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes.

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Instructions: In a pan, brown ground beef and onions. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add peas and tomato soup. Mix. Place meat mixture in casserole dish. In a bowl, place cooked noodles, beaten egg, and milk. Mix. Pour noodle mixture over meat in casserole dish. Top with grated cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Chicken & Noodle Casserole Ingredients: 1 can (10¾ oz.) cream of mushroom soup ½ cup milk ¼ tsp black pepper ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables (do not have to thaw) 2 cups cooked chicken, cubed 2 cups medium egg noodles, cooked and drained ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese Instructions: Mix soup, milk, pepper, Parmesan cheese, vegetables, chicken, and noodles in a 1½-quart casserole. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top. Serve.

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Bettye’s Favorite Meat Loaf Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 3 Tbs green pepper, chopped 2 Tbs onion, chopped 1 jar (2 oz.) chopped pimento 1 can (6 oz.) tomato paste 1 egg, beaten 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper ½ tsp chili powder ½ tsp celery salt 10 soda crackers, crushed (can use more or less) 1 can (10¾ oz.) tomato soup (optional) Instructions: Place all ingredients (except tomato soup) in a bowl and mix well. Form mixture into 1 or 2 loaves for loaf pans. (If desired, pour 1 can of undiluted tomato soup over top of loaves). Bake at 325 degrees for 1½ hours.

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ts body may not be sleek or missile-proof or careen through the streets of Georgetown bringing a halt to crime, but Georgetown’s future bookmobile will be able to ease boredom and loneliness in a single stop by providing hours of entertainment and education to those unable to make it to the library themselves. The WOWmobile (the “WOW” standing for “Words on Wheels”) will deliver library materials to Georgetown residents with limited mobility, such as those in retirement communities and

nursing homes. During the summer, bookmobile routes will also include a school location, the Boys and Girls Club, the Getsemani Center, a low-income housing complex, and three city-owned swimming pools. A WOWmobile librarian will finalize all locations and schedules next fall. Elbert Hubbard, American writer and philosopher (18561915), said, “This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.” Mr. Hubbard had yet to see radio, TV, computers, game systems, and iPods, but his words still ring true today, especially in light of nationwide budget cuts to education. Despite the financial climate, the Georgetown Public Library secured City Council approval to purchase and operate a bookmobile. The Georgetown Library Foundation recently joined forces with the library’s most dependable benefactor, the Friends of the Georgetown Public Library. “The potential of the combined organization is tremendous,” said Louise Beyer,

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President of the Friends of the Georgetown Public Library. “The fact that this comes at a pivotal time for our bookmobile drive means that the WOW project will have broad community support.” Last month the Friends kicked off a fundraising campaign to raise the necessary $150,000 to pay for the bookmobile and books. The goal is to have the bookmobile operational by February 2012. To donate or volunteer to this worthy cause, visit www.wowmobile.com. You can access the Web site from both the library Web site and the Friends of the Georgetown Public Library Web site. Donations by check may also be sent to The Friends of the Georgetown Public Library, 402 West 8th Street, Georgetown, TX, 78626. “Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind,” proclaimed American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). It’s doubtful he envisioned a bookmobile that will take books from person to person, but what a vision! Not even DC Comics thought of that. 

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From the Kitchen (and the pen) of Chef James Ramsey, Silver and Stone Restaurant

ver the next couple of months, I will be shar-

ens such as

ing a few of my stories with you, recipes and

ours, the crew

experiences that, as a chef, I experience on a

is transformed

daily basis. The culinary industry is an interesting, fun,

into a rugged

and challenging lifestyle and I cannot wait to tell you

pirate ship,

more about it.

like a group

Operating a premier restaurant is one of the most challenging and rewarding endeavors one can tackle. Try to picture a Swiss clock that has a hundred cogs and gears constantly being changed and reworked. Restaurants are similar to a fine timepiece. A restaurant must run seamlessly, day in and day out without mistake, or it quickly becomes outrageously obvious to our guests. When you enter Silver and Stone, you are entering as an honored guest.

that is battle ready—scared, calloused and perhaps even, at times, a bit jaded to the outside world. But, we know we belong in the kitchen. It is our world. We create the rules and break them accordingly. We know where we stand with each other and those around us. We do not react to things like “normal” folk and we love that, (normal, being guests who choose not to work in our insane world). We burn ourselves daily and laugh

Silver and Stone is not without its share of trials and

to prove our manhood. Our stories line the kitchen walls

tribulations. Though the final product is glamorous,

like pictograph battles in the ancient caves. Even so, we

the workings are a bit less so. It is back-breaking work

are definitely the most fun people you will ever spend

consisting of 12 and 14 hour days filled with intense and

the evening with. That is, if you can keep up! The people

sometimes insane conditions. Generally, in unique kitch-

who choose to work in this industry wouldn’t have it any other way. Much of our job is just that, a job. We continue, day to day, in what we consider the monotonous part of our job. We arrive every morning ready to tackle our daily work load, which consists of checking in thousands of dollars of extremely perishable products, cleaning, organizing, scheduling, detailing equipment , making the stocks, aging the steaks, creating the sauces, reductions and dressings And then there is

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the knife work which can some-

out, trying to keep that feeling

times take days, if not weeks, to

alive. We work for the days when

prepare. We always have food in

we can present a wine dinner or

preparation or partial preparation for the next shift. With

special event truly showcasing our talent, see that smile,

just fifteen or so entrees there are hundreds of different

hear that sigh and then, silence when someone under-

items to prepare. In a truly scratch kitchen this is the

stands the beauty and complexity of our creations. We

most important part of what we do – we, in the industry,

are like sculptors removing the veil over a masterpiece

call it “prep work.”

for the public for the first time, and waiting for the result. Butterflies accompany pins and needles as we listen for

I have worked in the restaurant industry for many years now and cannot see myself doing anything else. Though it does have its difficulties, it is an incredibly rewarding

the inevitable reaction. We will always wait for the feedback. The only difference between a chef and a sculptor is we get to experience that feeling 500 times a day.

career. Seeing the smiles and hearing the sighs when our guests try our food for the first time is truly a breath-

I look forward to talking to you again soon, Thanks…

taking experience. You would think that to this day I

Chef Ramsey

would be used to it, but I find myself giddy whenever I see that look, after that first bite. It has become a feeling I can never get enough of. It is because of that feeling we find ourselves working into the night, day in and day

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attie Meyers paused for a moment to soak it all in: the warm winter sun overhead, lush pasture grass around her feet, and hundreds of fluffy, russetcolored chickens. Fertile lowlands spread out around her in every direction, and Central Texas hardwoods clustered around the edges of Vital Farm’s Onion Creek Farm in southeast Austin. She could not take her eyes off of the small flocks of free-grazing hens as they clucked, scratched, and pecked their way to a breakfast of herbs, seeds, and bugs from among the grasses. “It was

wonderful being able to see the chickens in their natural state, being raised humanely for their eggs and meat, Pattie said. “The hens were happy with the mild weather, and [they were] laying up a storm.” As the sales and marketing manager for The Monument Café in downtown Georgetown, Pattie frequently visits farms whose products the Café considers featuring on its menu or in the soonto-be-opened Monument Market. “We want to know that a farm’s practices fit the model that we want to support,” Pattie explains. “We look to support food that is local, healthy, delicious, and conscientiously created.” Pattie quickly confirmed that Vital Farm’s pasture-raised, organic eggs were a perfect fit for the Monument Market. “They have a smart, aggressive business model in place,” she said, “and they are determined to get higher quality eggs and poultry into people’s Patti Meyers in front of Monument Cafe. hands. But they

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are doing it in a sustainable, friendly way—in classic Austin style.” Visiting the farm this past January was not just about business for Pattie. “I must admit that I also had a personal interest,” she explained. “I have a few laying hens of my own, and if you love chickens, you enjoy seeing them in different settings—especially when they are being raised properly.” During her tour, she learned about the egg grader that washes and sorts eggs by size—a “ crazy contraption that works like a charm,” said Pattie—as well as the movable “chicken tractors” and fences that allow the hens to roam free under the sunshine. One of the most pleasant and memorable aspects of the visit, Pattie said, was the “groovy atmosphere at the farm,” created by the owners Matthew O’Hayer and Jason Jones and their families and employees. Spreading over 27 acres along the banks of Onion Creek, the farm opens for public tours a couple of times a year.” 

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weddings, though they are no longer held on the Zion playground. Zion Lutheran School in Walburg holds the reputation among local educators for turning out academically solid students. Last January, Kathy scored high marks of her own when she was named the Lutheran Schools Missouri Synod Early Childhood Educator of the Year. Her peers chose her from 1,200 early childhood teachers from all across Texas. Impressive, but not surprising for someone who is just as passionate about teaching today as she was when she started Zion’s full-day kindergarten program 31 years ago. “I can’t remember a time when I did not want to become a teacher,” Kathy says. Teaching at Zion Lutheran School is both a “joy and privilege” for Kathy because she has the freedom of starting each class day Christy Hulllm

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athy Pitts still recalls her first kindergarten class. The class loved to play “wedding” and held a ceremony on the playground during recess one day. Each student had a part to play: bride, groom, pastor, attendants, etc. “I even remember who the bride and groom were. They were so cute!” Kathy recalls. Years later, when the “groom” actually did get married, Kathy says his bride was surprised to find out he had already been married. She loves “being able to see former students grow up and become wonderful adults.” She is still invited to their

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with prayer and the liberty to discipline with Christian principles. “Being able to integrate the faith into every subject is so awesome! To see the smile on a child’s face when they learn to know Jesus or when reading ‘clicks’ with them is just so rewarding,” she says. It’s the number one reason she never tires of teaching. Kathy, who holds a master’s degree in elementary education, continues to be a student in her own right. She’s kept up with the times by taking classes and training on the cutting edge technology Zion has recently implemented. “I love my new document camera and Mimeo teach board!” she raves. She is also excited about being able to teach sentence structure, parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, etc. by using the phonics-based program in the school’s new reading curriculum. Kathy claims that “it’s the best program I’ve ever taught!” For Kathy, teaching at a school that has been in existence for almost 130 years never gets old. It just gets better. 

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hile we no longer go to the extent of melting down pots, weapons, and other metal objects to reuse for new materials, as people did during WWI and WWII, Texas Disposal Systems keeps Georgetown beautiful—and “green”—through its recycling services. What happens to all those cans, bottles, and plastic cartons Georgetown residents set out by the curb once a week? Verna Browning of TDS says that they are taken to a processing center where materials are sorted, packaged into bails, and sent to manufacturers that turn them into new products. For example, by sorting, crushing and tumbling glass to get rid of its sharp edges, TDS creates a beautiful glass rock that they sell as a beautiful mulch or

decorative landscape treatment. Glass rock is sold at Georgetown’s Garden-Ville store, located at 250 Walden Drive, the same site as the City of Georgetown Collection Station, which TDS also operates. Residents can drop off trash and recyclables, and the processing center handles the materials or transfers them to the landfill, as appropriate. “Texas Disposal Systems,” Ms. Browning says, strives to “reuse and repurpose materials to the greatest extent possible and landfill them as a last resort.” The TDS landfill is used mostly for non-biodegradable waste, like Styrofoam, which reportedly takes up to 500 years to decompose. Texas Disposal System’s recycling services aren’t just for residents. The Green Builder Program provides hauling, sorting and reporting services to local

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developers and contractors to help them achieve a green rating. They obtain green certification when they recycle a minimum of 50 percent of their construction and demolition waste. Texas Disposal Systems has implemented a new program called “Green School Solutions” for public and private schools. Mitchell Elementary School third grade teacher Jennifer Doherty is piloting the program in Georgetown Independent School District, and Ms. Browning says that the Mitchell kids are “doing a tremendous job in diverting waste from the landfill. The school places a recycle container by every trash can to collect food waste, cardboard, paper products, plastic bottles, aluminum cans, etc. “All materials that can be recycled are being recycled, and it is paying off. The campus goal is to be virtually trash free. Trash pickup for the school has gone down to a couple of trash pick-ups per week, while the recycling and composting pickup is almost daily. It’s a creative solution that is a win-win for everyone,” Rob Dyer, Mitchell Elementary School principal says. 

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he two boys had a surefire plan. They’d take Wayne’s boa constrictor for a walk, and girls would flock to them like bees to honey. The plan might have worked except that no girls appeared, and the snake bit Jim on the arm. “We didn’t know much about girls back then,” Wayne admits sheepishly. What Wayne Zeh and Jim Root did know about was friendship. And the friendship that began In Houston when they were 14 years old eventually led them to create Zoot, a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital and luxury boarding facility in Georgetown. “I would never have thought I’d be in business with Wayne,” Jim admits. “We went to the same high school [Stratford in Houston], but we both took different paths in college. I went the MBA route, and he decided to be a vet. We all knew he should have been one from the beginning.” Growing up, both boys had pets, but Wayne’s were funkier: rats, snakes, an iguana, an African Gray Parrot, and quail. Jim remembers that Wayne kept his pets’ cages “immaculate.” A passion for animals was “in Wayne’s blood,” Jim adds. A passion for business was in Jim’s blood. The outgoing teen had a lawn care business. He

even schemed with Wayne about becoming exterminators together. “There were these great big tree cockroaches in Houston, and we joked that someday we’d start a roach extermination company and call it Zoot,” Jim says. Zoot was a combination of Zeh and Root. That quirky plan, of course, never panned out. Jim went off to Stephen F. Austin University for a bachelor’s in business and marketing, while Wayne ventured to The University of Texas for a bachelor’s in marketing. They kept in touch as Jim got an MBA from Pepperdine, and Wayne changed course and went to vet school at A&M. For 20 years, Jim’s career with companies like the Frito-Lay Division of PepsiCo and Shell Oil took him all over the country in various executive level sales and marketing roles. He eventually landed in Dallas. Wayne, meanwhile, built his first veterinary practice in Harker Heights. One weekend, Wayne came to Dallas, and Jim showed him where he boarded his dogs. Seeking a change from the corporate world, Jim asked Wayne, “Do you think we could make any money if we did this together?” Wayne said they could, if they joined it with a veterinary clinic. “Then, over a margarita and a napkin, we put this thing together,” Jim says. Turns out Wayne was looking

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or the past year, Aubrey Walling has been the reigning Miss Georgetown. “I’ve felt like a real, live Disney princess,” she says of the experience. The Miss Georgetown pageant is a scholarship pageant and, according to Aubrey, is not a typical beauty pageant. “It’s classier,” Aubrey says. The pageant puts more of an emphasis on talent and communication instead of the contestants’ bodies and appearance. “It’s more about poise and modesty,” Aubrey says. “The pageant was very much

“Whether I won or not, I wanted to know I had put forth my best effort. I wanted [winning] to be a pleasant surprise, and it definitely was.” the epitome of Georgetown and I wanted to represent the epitome of a Georgetown girl.” Aubrey admits to choosing her song for the talent portion of the pageant three months in advance, but says she didn’t want to put pressure on herself to win. “Whether I won or not, I wanted to know I had put forth my best effort,” she explains. “I wanted [winning] to be a pleasant surprise, and it definitely was.” Aubrey graduated from Georgetown High School in May 2010 and began Austin Community College in the fall, which was not her original plan, but it allowed her to be available for her duties as Miss Georgetown. “Many of the previous winners went away to school and didn’t have the time or opportunity to embrace being Miss Georgetown,” Aubrey says, “but I wanted to make sure I did.” During her reign, Aubrey rode in parades, participated in fundraising walks for leukemia and diabetes, and attended the Pink Heals Tour for breast cancer awareness.

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She sang for a few events, including this year’s Red Poppy Festival. Aubrey also assisted with the 2011 pageants for both Jr. Miss Georgetown and Miss Georgetown. She took part in the Jr. Miss workshops and acted as mistress of ceremonies for the pageant. Aubrey chose the theme (“Georgetown in the Night”) for the 2011 Miss Georgetown pageant and participated as a fill-in act before handing over her crown. “I really enjoyed representing the town I’ve grown up in and love so much,” she says. Next year Aubrey will earn her associates degree through a program at the Dream Center in Los Angeles. The Dream Center is a non-profit organization devoted to working with the community. Members work with people of all backgrounds; as Aubrey says, “it’s for anyone and everyone.” Aubrey believes she would like to run her own non-profit group someday, and the Dream Center will give her the opportunity to explore that avenue by continuing the work she began as Miss Georgetown. 

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s a child, Elizabeth Clark often felt invisible, as if she were on the outside looking into other people’s lives. She felt somehow different from those around her. These feelings were accompanied by anxiety and emotional sensitivity, as well as extreme weariness. “I spent a lot of time sleeping,” said Elizabeth, “and I experienced a lot of performance anxiety. I even worried about college when I was still in grade school!” Elizabeth didn’t know it yet, but she was in the depths of depression. For most of her adolescence and young adulthood, Elizabeth’s life followed a pattern similar to that of her childhood. She found herself battling with anxiety and weariness, confused by what she was experiencing and hopeless that she would ever know a different life. “During that time, I was sleeping from 15-17 hours per day,” she explains. “I withdrew from college. . . . I was always waiting for ‘the other shoe to drop’ or for something bad to happen.”

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riencing the same things I was experiencing.” During the three years that followed, that small group community, along with medication and professional counsel, helped her to move toward healing. “I experienced a number of important breakthroughs during that time,” she said, “but the biggest key to my own healing came in acknowledging that I need other people

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“Today, my life is no less complicated than it was before,but now I am free to be who God created me to be in my life.” In addition to counseling, she sought out a local support group made up of other women who were experiencing the same symptoms that she was. “That group was very helpful to me, [because] it combated the isolation that is so common with depression,” she said. “It also showed me that other people were expe-

and then choosing to connect.” A long-time Georgetown resident, Elizabeth and her two daughters recently relocated to Round Rock to be closer to family in Austin. “Today, my life is no less complicated than it was before,” she said, “but now I am free to be who God created me to be in my life.” 

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20 | Philly Cheese steak Night. Georgetown

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American Legion Post 174, 5-7pm, benefitting Boys State, Veterans’ Assistance, Scholarships.

6 | First Friday on the Square. Art & Jazz, see

Take-out available. VFW 1000 N. College St.

GHS students’ art in stores and restaurants on

20 | Youth Unbound Inaugural Golf Tournament.

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