Georgetown View Magazine/ November 2011 by Georgetown View

November 2011

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Greater Than Willpower | 48

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Through the Lens

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Great Expectations

Greetings | 6 Learn from the Best | 63

Friends, Neighbors, and Writers | 57

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I’d like to say that, every Thanksgiving, I tie on an apron and produce a feast worthy of Southern Living, complete with a golden turkey, fluffy mashed potatoes, glistening green beans, and homemade yeast rolls so divine that the angels themselves might have kneaded them. I do tie on an apron, but what ends up on the table is more high school

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are starving by the time you serve dinner, they will gobble it down, no matter how lumpy the potatoes are. They may even be thankful. Being thankful is what our November issue is all about. We have many stories of people who remind us that however slick the path gets

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drugs and depression to share his story in order to help others climb out

Alicea Jones Carol Hutchison Nancy Bacchus Emily Treadway Christine Switzer Kathy Buckley Karen Pollard Cynthia Guidici Meredith Morrow

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in life, we can find our footing and be better people because of our slips. A reader, Vivian Kincaid, writes about surviving the hardships of World War II and about dangerous, sometimes lonely stints in the Peace Corps—all of which taught her that the people in her life are more important than the objects. Joey Kramer emerged from the dark pit of

destroy himself with drugs; the experience of his recovery shaped both Alicea and her father. All of these people fell or were pushed down by life’s circumstances, but they stand taller now. In fact, they are thankful; were it not for the bad times, they would not appreciate the good as deeply as they do.

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he tap-shoed dance troupe from Georgetown’s Performing Arts Studio faced an expectant audience in the Lila Cockrell Theatre in San Antonio. Only a few hours earlier, the troupe had discovered that the musical recording for their performance had been stolen in a car break-in. The troupe’s director, Lisa Holmstrom, though, knew what she needed to do. Smiling encouragement at the young dancers lining the stage, she picked up the microphone and launched into a spirited a cappella version of “Hit the Road, Jack.” “The audience was dazzled with the troupe’s performance,” says

Lisa, who owns and operates the Performing Arts Studio. “We have always taught that ‘the show goes on,’ even if the music doesn’t. I am certain that these types of experiences on the stage will benefit students in life, whether helping them to have confidence in a job interview or when giving a speech, or just in being able to ‘step up’ when necessary.” Helping students develop greater personal confidence along with technical proficiency has always been central to the instruction offered at the Performing Arts Studio. For more than 25 years, Lisa and a cadre of committed dance instructors have provided quality dance and vocal performance classes to students of all

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ith a wide smile on his face, and his watchful mother close, the six-year-old boy rang the red bell in his hand and called greetings to those entering and leaving the Walmart in Georgetown. Passersby smiled in return and often paused to drop a handful of coins or a wad of crumpled bills into the familiar red kettle standing nearby. “He was so excited to be there and ring the bell,” said Gary Kovar, who has served as coordinator for the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign in Georgetown since 2006. “The people loved him and

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wanted to give. My experience has been that if you’re out there ringing the bell, then people are ready to give. We have a very caring community.” More than 100 volunteers serve for 1,200 volunteer hours every holiday season in support of the Red Kettle Campaign. From the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve, regardless of the weather, volunteers of all ages stand with the red kettles for one-hour shifts at the north and south entrances of Georgetown’s Walmart. “All the volunteers that serve with the campaign are just excited to be there,” says Gary, who became involved in the campaign through the San Gabriel Breakfast Kiwanis Club. “They are enthusiastic about helping the Salvation Army and the local community. We don’t ask people for money—we’re just there, and we smile and greet people, and people want to give.” When Gary’s Kiwanis Club adopted the red kettle as a service project in 2004, donations totaled $5,000. Within a year, giving tripled to $15,000, increasing again in 2006 to $25,000. When Gary took over as coordinator for the Red Kettle Campaign in 2007, he added a second kettle, and donations further multiplied, doubling in the next two years and reaching

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a record $57,450 in 2010. “The campaign has really grown,” explained Gary. “We quickly discovered that it was too big for our Kiwanis Club to handle alone. When I took over as coordinator, I realized we needed more people to help, so I started spreading the word and going to other clubs looking for volunteers. My goal is to keep volunteers out there with the kettles.” Gary has been able to do that with the help of people from every segment of the Georgetown community. Volunteers include parents with small children, student and retiree groups, and members of local churches, non-profits, and other organizations, such as the Sertoma and Rotary Clubs and Heritage Baptist Church. The Georgetown High School Band, the GHS Honor Roll Society, and the Georgettes have also helped out. “It’s really easy to give an hour of your time,” said Gary. “Just giving that hour can help raise money that stays in Georgetown and is used for the local community. I hear so many stories from people all the time about how the Salvation Army has helped them, and I feel good about being a volunteer with the Red Kettle Campaign. We raise money in our community, and it stays to help in the local community.” 

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Finding Fitness in a Different Beat Scottish social dancing isn’t just about skirling bagpipes, burly men, or frenetic clogging By

Nancy Bacchus

or nearly two years, a Georgetown group has combined an energetic fitness regimen, elegant movement, and social interaction to enjoy an historic pastime: Scottish country (social) dancing. Dressed in traditional Scottish clothing, the members take part in “progressive” dances, moving across and around the floor. It’s a trend taken up by groups across the nation. The Georgetown group formed in Sun City and then moved their weekly practices to San Gabriel Presbyterian. A core of eight dancers, the oldest 83 years young, makes up the group. Their talents are showcased in an annual Ceilidh (from Gaelic, pronounced “caylee,” meaning “party”) celebrating the church’s Scottish heritage.

Jeannie Wood discovered the delights of Scottish social dancing when her career took her “across the pond” to Dundee, Scotland. There she attended a charity barn dance, dancing with coworkers and strangers in progressive jigs, reels, and strathspeys (slow dances) steeped in tradition. When Jeannie returned home, she located groups for Scottish country dancing in states where she worked: Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, and Nevada. She bought the shoes, soft-soled gillies with long, long laces, and learned how Scottish country dancing differed from other traditional Gaelic dances. While living in Sun City, she located a Scottish country dance group in Austin and connected with its founder, Anne Marshall. She convinced Anne to become an instructor for the Georgetown group. This style of dance evolved in rural Scotland over three centuries and was standardized in 1923 by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Yet the eight basic dance elements diverge into more than 11,000 creative combinations in clubs throughout the world. Dances are performed by sets of three or four couples (male/ female or female/female). “Skip steps” danced on the balls of the feet are aerobic and allow quick

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transitions. Strathspey movements rely on strength and balance, developing core muscles. Both dance tempos strengthen calf muscles and inner thighs and incorporate arm movements that are great for upper toning. Beyond physical benefits, a 32-bar progressive dance demands concentration and enhances memory. How challenging is Scottish country dancing? A 2010 study at the University of Strathclyde tested 70 women, ages 60 through 85, for strength, stamina, flexibility, and balance. Half of the group was active in other sports, while half engaged in country dancing. When the study compared results, the dancers had stronger legs, walked more briskly, and showed more agility than the sports participants. Not a bad deal—especially when fun and graceful costumes complete the package! 

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efore the rifle ended up on Richard Risener’s stained and scarred work table, it had been to war. A German soldier had carried the Mauser 98K rifle on the battlefields of World War II, until it fell into the hands of an American soldier and, later, was inherited by that soldier’s grandson. Now that grandson was going off to war himself. “Can you customize my granddad’s gun for me?” he asked Richard before he shipped out to Afghanistan. Richard, a gunsmith, ran his hands over the gun’s dark wooden stock, felt the scratches and dents, fingered the rusty bolt-action handle. Mausers, he knew, belonged to a prestigious line of hunting and military rifles designed by German brothers Paul and Wilhelm Mauser beginning in the late 1860s. Mausers are classics. Normally, he’d try to persuade the young man to leave it as it was. But this wasn’t his heritage—it was the young soldier’s. “Sure,” Richard told him. “I’ll work on it for you.”

Heritage is something that Richard greatly respects. Each time he pulls apart the mechanisms of an antique firearm, he marvels at the invention and craftsmanship that went into creating it. Gunsmithing—making or repairing guns—is an old art, he says. And he’s making sure it doesn’t become a lost art. Taking up Arms Richard took up gunsmithing to keep from going ballistic after long, demanding days as a school administrator in Oregon, a job he retired from in 1996. “I’d go out to my shop in the evenings and get involved in repairing or making guns and not worry about the school day,” Richard remembers. He had no formal education for it, just what he’d learned from books or tinkering. He began building muzzle-loading guns, like the sort Revolutionary War soldiers carried, when a friend asked him to reassemble the pieces of his great grandfather’s muzzle loader. “First thing I had to do was find out

what the original rifle looked like,” Richard says. He learned a lot of history in the process. “Most rifles of the time were built in Pennsylvania by German craftsmen,” Richard reveals. “And in Pennsylvania there were different ‘schools of thought,’ which meant that a rifle from a certain school had a particular shape of stock or distinctive furniture on it”—brass fittings, for example. Fathers taught their sons the trade or apprenticed them to a master gunsmith. “That’s where the saying ‘lock, stock, and barrel’ comes from. Apprentices learned to make the lock, to craft a stock, to build their own barrel. They did it all by hand.” That tradition lives on as Richard passes on his skills to his son, Rick. Together  Richard Risener

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Aiming at the Art Richard gravitates to the old guns, however. He points to a Colt Thunder revolver splayed open on his work table, its tiny, delicate innards—pins, springs, bolts—corralled in a box. Guns like that are “so old and have so many parts that you just sit back and wonder, ‘How did they come up with this idea?’” Richard says. “The technology to put all that together back in those days is fascinating. At that time, you had to build it, then go back over it again and again until you got it perfect.” When Richard works on a gun, he dons glasses with magnified lenses, and his hand hovers over the pliers, screwdrivers, picks, tweezers, and brushes that litter his work table. Like a surgeon, Richard has to have “good feeling in your hands, good eyesight, and a lot of patience.” He also has a few modern tricks. “Oven cleaner,” he says, “will take off all that old oil and gunk on a stock” before he sands and oils the stock to make it look brand new. He buffs barrels to a blinding shine, then sends them elsewhere for “bluing,” a chemical process that turns a barrel shades of black or gray and makes it more rustresistant. He polishes or replaces the “furniture.” He might push a “button” through the barrel to

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recalibrate it. Then he fits the gun back together, like pieces of a delicate but deadly puzzle. At any given time, Richard might be working on guns as diverse as a Kentucky musket, a Civil War Colt revolver, and a modern AR15. All reverberate with history. When the soldier laid his grandfather’s Mauser on the table, Richard knew it would take about $1600 to give the gun new life. He solicited donations of labor and skills from friends and returned the young man his heritage for about half that amount. “It was my way of saying thank you for all he was doing for our country,” Richard says. It was the act of a true gunsmith. 

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Wearable and Edible Art: A Fall Fashion Show

A fall fantasy fashion show takes over Georgetown’s art scene

n the first Saturday in October, masked fairies wove in and out of Stinger Studio, showcasing a medley of meticulously styled hair, art, costumes, and food. On the night of the soiree, the studio brimmed with supporters eager to indulge in the fantasy-themed evening. The event, which will be reprised next year, united several local artists and businesses to present Georgetown with “a collaboration of costume, food, and style—a fall fashion show to thrill the senses.” Laura Eliel of Bittersweet Catering recruited friends Sonia Colonna-Mathis, owner of Stinger Studio, and Alli Wilkinson of Green Alley Salon to coordinate the event that culminated in an exceptional art experience. Sonia was instrumental in providing the event’s remarkable backdrop. The studio is home to several selections of Sonia’s captivating artwork, including a series of paintings created with toothbrushes rather than paintbrushes. In addition to hosting the event, Sonia sculpted the masks and wings worn by the models and coordinated the costuming. Sonia says many of the beautifully crafted masks were part of her masquerade series, while others were inspired by local jewelry designer Andrea Flinchbaugh

of Crystal & Stone. Not only did Sonia create, crochet, and design many of the costumes, she also modeled the wearable art alongside the stylists and employees of Green Alley Salon. The women of Green Alley Salon looked stunning portrayed as fairies mingling with the crowd, each adorned in art and style. They presented beautiful creations from Bittersweet Catering’s movable feast, including a carousel of chocolate raspberry mouse, pumpkin cranberry cake bites, and salmon ceviche with mango salsa. Count on Laura to experiment with interesting textures and flavors to create irresistible edible art. She even arranged each creation to coordinate with the outfit of the model serving it! Like Stinger Studio and Bittersweet Catering, Green Alley Salon experiments with the unexpected. Proprietor Alli Wilkinson says, “The salon is unique in that we embrace the ‘green’ aspect of the beauty industry.” It’s the first salon in Austin to offer energy-efficient blow dryers in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint. Kelsey Van Dusen, the celebrity stylist who created the event’s hair designs, notes that the salon’s blow dryers are mounted from the ceiling, making work more practical for the stylists: “It’s nice not having to worry about getting tangled up in cords!”

While Sonia made many of the models’ dresses, some were donated by Keri’s Fairy Godmother Foundation, a non-profit organization that makes it possible for girls in any financial situation to rent attire and accessories for special events. Sweet Sunday Events contributed to the event’s design and details, and the edible table decorations displayed around the studio were carved by Chris Marino Food Designs. Joining to inspire style and art, Laura, Sonia, and Alli certainly know how to throw a party. The successful evening was just a sample of fearless Georgetown artists and business owners brimming with creative energy and looking to share their talents with the community. 

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Planning for a Good Night’s Sleep By building from the ground up, the doctors and staff at the Georgetown Sleep Center have created an ideal setting for treating sleep issues By

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he triangle is a strong structure. Three sides reinforce each other to stabilize the whole. Our health is something like this. Three concerns—diet, exercise, and sleep—combine to stabilize our physical and mental well-being. Wait—sleep? Yes, sleep. Most people ignore this side of the health triangle. Our culture poohpoohs sleep and admires those who are “productive” on as few zzz’s as possible. Some people even feel guilty about getting a full

night of sleep. Other people long for a sound night’s sleep but find it elusive. Problems such as sleep apnea, insomnia, and restless legs syndrome interrupt their rest. Whether we cheat our sleep needs or wish we could get more sleep, the results are the same: impaired concentration, irritability, and health problems. To improve our diets, we consult nutritionists and read books. To take our exercise up a notch, we rely on gyms, personal coaches, and even TV. And since

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2005, we’ve been able to turn to specialists who can help us address sleep issues in a facility that is nearly unique in Central Texas: the Georgetown Sleep Center. Best-Laid Plans Dr. Jim Curlee moved to Georgetown in 1997 with years of medical service at Ft. Hood behind him. Sleep medicine was just getting started when Dr. Curlee began to work out a vision for a sleep center in Georgetown. The purchase of several acres of land brought the opportunity to design a building that allows specialists and sleep techs to integrate sleep medicine with other health issues. Sleep labs existed already, but the care they provided was often uncoordinated. Patients might see short-term improvements in their sleep, but follow-up was spotty, and patients often didn’t integrate treatment into their overall health plans. Dr. Curlee addressed these shortfalls by designing a facility that coordinates the expertise of specialists, the attention of trained sleep lab technicians, and individualized treatment plans to support long-term health. Simply leasing

an existing building would have meant forcing patients’ needs to fit a current floor plan. Instead, the Sleep Center was planned with the success of the patientstaff team in mind. When patients seek treatment at the Georgetown Sleep Center, they enter a calming environment that promotes a sense of well-being. Patients encounter green space outdoors and find comfortable seating areas inside. Then, a doctor evaluates the patient’s health history and discusses sleep issues. Sleep studies are conducted in rooms like those found in upscale hotels, each with a private bath. Even such details as the texture of the sheets are chosen to create a restful environment. Certified sleep techs help patients settle in and then monitor them throughout the study. Dr. Curlee praises the sleep techs as “phenomenal”; each is a trained member of a professional team working for patients. After the sleep study, Dr. Curlee, Dr. Alyson Ryan, or Dr. Keilty Darnall meets with the patient to explain the results and to make recommendations. The doctors understand how sleep interacts with other medical conditions. They

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ost days for Kay Hall begin before sunrise. She may start by walking a pair of collies or watering a lawn, feeding a parrot or petting a cat. She may pick up mail, drop off deliveries, or stop by a business for a quick walk-around to make sure everything is in order. “My days usually begin very early and can be very long,” explained Kay, who owns and operates Pet, Plant, and Home Care by Kay, a local business

Kay’s cat, “Muechi.”

“My motto is to treat people—and animals—the way I would want to be treated.” that provides personalized care to homes and businesses in the immediate Georgetown area. “My services range from caring for animals to overseeing a home or business while clients are away.” Kay’s primary business centers on pet care, which can encompass everything from oncea-day feedings to multiple periods of interaction and care. During an average month, she may have responsibility for as many as 90 pets, ranging from cats and dogs, to cows, horses, ducks, emus, and rabbits. Regardless of the number, she always provides personalized attention. “My parents have always been animal lovers, and we always had pets,” said Kay, “so I have a love for animals of all kinds. My motto is to treat people—and animals—the way I would want to be treated. The most rewarding thing for me is to open a door and be greeted by pets at home in a familiar, comfortable environment and happy to see me.” Kay is also prepared to provide specialized care to aging pets or pets with health concerns. She

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draws on a background in health care to help meet the medical needs of these pets and their families. “I have a special place in my heart for those pets with health concerns,” said Kay. “I have had a number of situations that have involved more detailed care, such as one very special family with an aging cat and dog, both of which required multiple visits daily to provide subcutaneous fluids, which are similar to IV fluids. I want pet owners to feel confident that their animals will be given the utmost attention.” Kay tailors her services to her clients’ needs. In addition to pet care, her services include plant watering, mail pickup, trash disposal, and even general supervision and maintenance. “Each visit that I make to a home or business is customized to the needs of the client,” Kay explained. “I like to have a consultation with each client to meet and to go over their needs. Consultations are free of charge and give me a chance to introduce myself and, if possible, meet the animals.”

“The most rewarding thing for me is to open a door and be greeted by pets at home in a familiar, comfortable environment and happy to see me.” While caring for people’s pets, plants, homes, and businesses, Kay has at times encountered the unexpected. “I have had a few surprising situations,” she said. “I have been able to find and clean up things like clogged A/C drain lines that were backing up into a house and a leaky icemaker in a refrigerator. Thankfully, I was there and able to alleviate major damage and prevent a very soggy return for the homeowners.” Assisting a close friend with her pet, plant, and home care business eventually led to Kay taking the business over when the friend retired. Today, after more than five years in business, Kay maintains her commitment to personalized care. “Many of my clients and I have had a working relationship as well as a friend-

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A free-fall off the edge nearly cost Joey Kramer his happiness. Here he shares how he regained altitude in his life—and how others can, too

ike a lot of kids in the sixties, Joey Kramer thought up a name for his future band. “If a smith is a master craftsman,” he reasoned, “then Aerosmith would be the masters of getting you off the ground, of getting you up, of getting you high.” Joey sat in his high school class, scribbling the name of his would-be band all over his books, daydreaming of being on stage with screaming crowds below. Joey’s dream came true, but it carried him through some turbulence that would change him forever. Now, at 61, Joey Kramer’s hindsight is 20/20. He wants to share what he’s learned with anyone flying low and out of control. Love and Abuse As a child, Joey hid in the crawl space under his closet with his slot cars to avoid his father’s fists. His father, a World War II veteran, suffered from what experts today call post-traumatic stress disorder. Joey knew his father loved him, but he grew up confusing love with abuse. Even worse, he learned to put himself always in a “one down” position, which meant nothing he could do was ever good enough, even for himself. Discovering the drums as a teen gave Joey an escape from his anxiety. “Everything I’d experienced up to that point—all the emotions I couldn’t articulate or understand, I could feel being

channeled through those two wooden sticks and onto the heads of those drums,” he explains. Joey played in numerous bands and never took a lesson. “I’m definitely a feel, or street player,” says Joey. But like a lot of teenagers at that time, Joey discovered another escape—drugs. In 1970, after a stint at college, Joey began jamming with Tom Hamilton and Joe Perry. Soon after, Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford joined, and Aerosmith was formed. The band shaped rock ’n’ roll history, but as their music exploded into record deals and long trips on the road, Joey still suffered from what he calls “the not good enough syndrome.” Steven Tyler was also a drummer and an intense perfectionist, so Joey fell into that familiar one down position with Steven—the same role he played against his father.

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Crashing to the Ground One morning in 1987, after spending all night alone with cocaine and Vodka, Joey realized he’d hit rock bottom. “I was sick and tired of being sick and tired,” he remembers. “I had a real love affair with cocaine and alcohol. It was my biggest downfall at the time.” It was difficult, but Joey asked for help and finally entered a rehabilitation facility. He recommends rehab to anyone facing addiction but warns that “you can’t make anybody get sober. They have to want it for themselves.” After spending only a month there, he never went 

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More Turbulence In 1995, sober and successful again, Joey had it all. He’d been drug- and alcohol-free for nine years—but then he suffered an inexplicable breakdown. At a recording session he found himself unable to stop tears from rolling down his face. He was emotionally, spiritually, and physically bankrupt. “That was yet another bottom for me,” says Joey, “a bottom that was going to teach me a life’s lesson.” That same day he was on a plane to Steps, a rehab facility in California. “I know that most people who go to that place where I was don’t come back,” he says in a quiet voice. “There was a lot of intestinal fortitude involved—one of the things I inherited from my father—the strength I showed myself when I went through negative things in my life.” At

Landing in Texas Aerosmith is still touring and recording after more than 40 years. But when Joey’s not out on the road, he kicks back in Georgetown with his wife, Linda, and their dog, Lucy. “I fell in love with Georgetown because it’s kind of small and sleepy, but at the same time, it’s not. People are very respectful of me and my privacy here, which I treasure,” Joey says. All the graphic details are in his book, but Joey says he wouldn’t change a thing: “If I changed anything, my path would be completely different and I wouldn’t be where I am. At the moment, I happen to be very happy, and I wouldn’t want to change that.” As Joey has learned the hard way, “There’s always some good in the bad.” 

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back to drugs and alcohol. “I went after my sobriety with the same vengeance that I went after drugs,” explains Joey. Even today, 24 years sober, he still has drugs and alcohol shoved at him. And Joey firmly replies, “Why would I want to do that? I’m sober.” One by one, the band members all became clean and sober, and with this second chance they worked hard and rose to the top again with hits like “Love in an Elevator” and “Dude (Looks Like a Lady).”

hopes, will show others that they, too, can take off again after crashing. “My intention, when I wrote the book, was to help people,” Joey explains. “We’re all the same. Our circumstances are different, but the pain that we feel is all the same.”

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you can to help preserve those investments.” (4) Establish a gift fund. It’s too late for this year, but consider establishing a gift fund for next year. Lynne recommends setting up your checking or savings accounts to automatically move a certain amount each month to another liquid account—one you wouldn’t normally touch for your day-to-day expenses. Even if you can afford to put in only a small amount each month, you might be surprised at how much you’ll accumulate in a year. (5) Protect yourself from identity theft. Unfortunately, identity theft goes up during the holiday season, so take steps to protect yourself. According to Lynne, you should take only one debit or credit card with you when you shop—and look around whenever you use it. Identity thieves have been known to copy down credit card numbers and even photograph credit cards with cell phones. Also, if you’re shopping online, make sure you’re on a secure Web site. One way to check for a secure site is to look for “https” in the Web address, along with the icon of the locked padlock on your browser’s status bar. By following these suggestions, you may be able to remove a lot of the financial stress that often accompanies the holidays—and that, by itself, can help you enjoy the season even more.

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n approving roar reverberates across Darrell K Royal-Memorial Stadium in Austin as husky, well-padded players storm the field. The band plays “Texas Fight,” and the burnt orange sea radiates energy as another Longhorn football game begins at the University of Texas. On the sidelines, Charlie Craven observes, as he has for perhaps the 500th time over the past 46 years. He knows which players may not be back up to full speed. He knows that football players, despite their protective gear, run a high risk of injury. Conditioning, strengthening, and rehabilitating players has been Charlie’s life’s work. He has brought new ideas to the playing fields, along with kindness and dedication. The “boys” affectionately call him “Doc” and joke with him, enjoying his booming laugh. Learning About Athletics Charlie was involved in sports the way most small-town boys were in the late forties and fifties. First came Little League. He remembers his earliest uniform—a white t-shirt with “Leander” printed on it and a blue cap, worn with jeans and whatever kind of sneakers a kid had. Later, his All-Star team, outfitted in “real” uniforms, played well enough to end a season only two runs away from advancing to the National World Little League tournament. As a teen, he played football, basketball, and baseball for his hometown team, and then high school gave way to the big world of college. Until the early sixties, the Texas lifestyle did not feature universal air conditioning. College football players kept fit over the summer by working on ranches, in oil fields, or in construction. Overall conditioning was, at best, inconsistent. Time-honored wisdom held that football players, college-aged or younger, should be tough enough to make it through practice without

stopping for water. Enter Charlie Craven, a UT graduate student in Physical and Health Education (now the Department of Kinesiology). He was intrigued by some “new science” regarding proper hydration. As a young coach at Del Valle, Charlie bucked tradition by giving his players water breaks and discontinuing salt tablets. And he continued to ask himself, “What can I do to improve the conditioning of my players?”

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Back to UT Around 1965, Charlie returned to UT, where head coach Darrell Royal allowed him to start a nonmandatory strength and conditioning program and to incorporate rehabilitation techniques. Charlie was the “lone ranger” for a while, clearing out an unused room and scavenging equipment, spending about five hours a day, gratis, on this new program. At the same time, as an associate professor, he taught classes in coaching theory and in physical education for elementary children. For three years running, Charlie, with about 50 others from across the nation, attended the Seattle Sports Medicine Symposium. He learned protocols for treating injuries to ankles, shoulders, knees, and hamstrings and brought them back to the UT team doctors. Based on Charlie’s input, the UT medical staff implemented techniques by the late sixties and early seventies that literally put players “back on their feet.” Not surprisingly, other schools noticed that UT’s conditioning/rehab program allowed injured athletes to return to sports. “It was great seeing guys return . . . something that hadn’t happened before,” Charlie remembers. “It was so rewarding to see them recovering for life.” Over the next several years, Doc seized opportunities to “spread the word” about strengthening and conditioning. He spoke at YMCAs and conducted coaching seminars throughout Texas so that pre- 

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college athletes could train more safely. Title IX in 1972 ushered in more sports programs for young women and, hence, new training techniques. In 1978 Charlie Craven became a founding member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, which set consistent standards and “put some teeth into” training guidelines for all athletes. This achievement alone has had an immeasurable impact nationwide. Charlie Craven, after being inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Fame

Doc Craven’s Advice “Do you know,” he asks, “that kids have open growth plates until sometime after puberty? We shouldn’t overtrain too early.” He advises parents to let kids have time to grow and mature before taking on an intense training overload. “Today,” Charlie comments, “kids get better prenatal care, better food early, and they’re bigger, but they still need the right training. I want to help them develop right and rise to the demands of their sport.” Doc Craven marvels at new gizmos that increase safety and help trainers: devices to track lightning, a pill that regulates core temperature, underwater treadmills with cameras (“not much like the old pool at Gregory Gym”), and helmets with sensors. He applauds new research into the dangers of concussions and shakes his head about earlier knee surgeries that immobilized people in full-leg casts for six to ten weeks. Charlie needs some prodding before he will discuss the honors he’s garnered over his career, but his wife Margarette beams as she explains the plaques, pictures, and other memorabilia displayed in their lovely home. This year, he was award-

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ed honorary membership in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, for his leadership in creating UT’s training program. After retiring in 2008 as Associate Professor Emeritus, Charlie continued as the rehabilitation specialist for UT football. In 2003 the UT swim team honored him with the Frank Ervin Award, and he was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 2001. In 1988 Charlie received the Texas Excellence Teaching Award (College of Education). Unquestionably, he has one of the best collections of championship rings in town. Despite such recognition, Charlie says that “seeing athletes up moving again is the best reward.” A Tradition and a Heritage Two groups of athletes have been especially important in Charlie’s life. His adult children—Chris, Dianna, and Kelli— played sports during their formative years, and two participated at college. In recent years, he’s had the fun of cheering on six grandsons and one granddaughter (no doubt while making sure they’re in good condition). Name a sport, and a grandchild has played it—soccer, swimming, baseball, softball, football, volleyball, basketball, golf. Now one grandson is a sportswriter for Taylor Press. Another plays for Southeastern Louisiana University. Even without the Longhorns, that’s enough to keep Charlie busy, but if the family needs more action, there’s always their ranch near Bertram. Waves of change eroded conventional wisdom about athletics and athletes during the sixties. In best cases, institutions such as UT carried new research forward to open-minded young people who validated the changes. In rare cases, one person single-handedly, doggedly might push new ideas into wide acceptance. Charlie Craven is such a person, and thousands of athletes at UT and around the nation have benefitted from his determination. Perhaps Darrell Royal said it best in 2010: “I guess you could say [Charlie] touched more players—with his hands and with his heart—than darned near anybody here.” 

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Georgetown TV and Audio A friendly family store clears up the static around shopping for entertainment systems By

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uying a television and sound system can be a daunting experience. To choose among plasma TVs and a vegetable soup of acronyms such as LED, LCD, and DLP—all references to state-of-the-art entertainment technology—you need a knowledgeable salesperson willing to walk you through the process. Detleff Knoll and Georgetown TV & Audio have assisted customers in the Georgetown area for over seven years. Detleff

enjoys sharing his expertise from more than 40 years in the television and audio business to help customers decide what model, size, and features best suit their needs. Always tuned in to the newest technology, Detleff makes sure his staff is welltrained in the latest advancements. “It’s a very competitive market,” Detleff says. “Customers Shirt from Germany hanging in the service center. now check the Georgetown TV & Audio is a Internet and shop around to find family-owned business committed the best deal.” to high standards of customer serGeorgetown TV & Audio strives vice and has maintained its excelto provide customers with great lent reputation and loyal customer deals and exceptional service. base in the greater Georgetown “Our greatest product is our serand Sun City areas. Customers vice,” Detleff adds. Not only has are welcome to just stop by to Georgetown TV & Audio been ask questions, Detleff says, since named a Sony Factory Dealer, but there’s a lot to consider before the store is also recognized as a you’re ready to buy. Sony Platinum Service Center, the Detleff met his lovely wife, Conhighest honor awarded a dealernie Knoll, in Luetjenburg, a small ship for exceptional service.

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town in the Hamburg area of Northern Germany where Detleff was already involved in the electronics industry. Connie and Detleff later relocated to Marble Falls in the mid 1970s, where they owned a television and audio store for 20 years before moving to Georgetown. Detleff and Connie enjoy the smalltown character of Georgetown and the wonderful people who live here. He and his family are very thankful for their continued support of Georgetown TV and Audio and look forward to the opportunity to serve them for many years to come. Connie Knoll manages the bookkeeping side of the family business while their son, Thomas Knoll, specializes in repairs and service on almost all brands of television. Their daughter, Jessica Sharpe, “does everything” around the store, Detleff says with a smile. She even represents Georgetown TV and Audio at local trade shows like the one held recently in Sun City. Both Thomas and Jessica rival Detleff in their knowledge of the business and are often found in the showroom answering questions on the latest LEDs/LCDs and plasmas, including high-end SONY XBR televisions. Penny, the family Border collie, is also active in the family business, posing for print ads and cable commercials for the store and greeting customers with a polite “hello” sniff or a graceful wag of her tail. Georgetown TV & Audio carries the entire Sony television line and offers a selection of high-definition flat-panel televisions and home theater systems by Sony, Samsung, and Toshiba. The store’s showroom is a great place to see some of the many selections available and get answers on either residential or commercial systems. If you’re still not sure which product is for you, you can arrange a free in-home consultation. Whether you are a novice shopper just starting the purchasing process or an electronics pro well-versed in the latest technology, Georgetown TV & Audio can help you choose the right components. 

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Greater Than Willpower

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Alicea Jones

ne day when I was supposed to be running an errand for my father, I doubled back, peeked through the window, and saw him inject a needle into his arm. His chin flopped down to his collarbone as if his head were too heavy for his neck. I was 10 years old. Now I understood why he nodded all the time and why things like my mother’s sewing machine had been disappearing. He had been selling them to get a fix. My father was a heroin addict. At that age, I didn’t understand the death grip of heroin, but it seemed that it made Daddy want it more than he wanted his family. It made him take the grocery money and fall into an intermit-

tent stupor when I tried to talk to him. It was going to take something mighty powerful to make him stop taking the drug. When I reached my teens, I started thinking about ways I could help him. If my five siblings and I intervened, and if my dad would just tunnel deep and gather up all of his willpower, he could get sober. So we decided to have a talk with Daddy, a family intervention of sorts. We sat in a circle, pouring out our angst and desire for him to get sober. Even though he was nodding in and out of coherence, surely the appeals of his children would be powerful enough to make him stop using drugs. “We can take you to rehab. Please, we want things to be like they were before. Just use your

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willpower. We’ll help you,” we pleaded. While cathartic for us, this encounter did nothing for my father. Eventually, my father became very ill with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart caused by infection related to his drug use. We thought this diagnosis would be his turning point. When my sister and I walked into his hospital room, we were afraid for him. We were afraid that he would die, if not at that time, then eventually from his drug abuse. We wanted to save him, so we visited often and tried to encourage him. We hoped that this near-death experience and our visits would coax him out of using drugs. They didn’t.

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Useless Help So many people tried to help my father but, ironically, in many cases, their help enabled his addiction. He’d tell them a sob story about needing to pay a plumber to get our toilet unclogged or there being no food in our refrigerator. The circumstances were true, but the money usually went to drugs. My grandparents also tried to help my dad. They sent him to a camp for recovering drug addicts. He stayed clean for a while, but the call of heroin was too strong. When I was in junior high school, my father was arrested and sent to the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC), a facility for addicts. At least now he’d have no choice but to quit, I thought. My mother took us to visit him on family day, and I was so happy that he was sober. His skin glowed, and his eyes were clear and focused. He even shared his plans to move our family to a farm where we could raise chickens. I smiled and told him how much I was looking forward to our new life. When he was released from CRC, I would stand in line with him at a treatment center where he received methadone, a substitute for heroin. The goal was to wean addicts off heroin and then, eventually, off methadone. I thought that being there with him somehow would give him the encouragement he needed—that somehow my presence would be powerful enough to help him toward recovery. A few months later, he was back on heroin. The Final Cry By the time I turned twenty, I had given up on my dad. I had lost all hope for him. It seemed nothing anyone could do would help him. I avoided his phone calls. So

d r o L e h t n i t s u r t o t r . n It is bette a m n i e c n e d i f n o c t u p o t n a h t did the rest of the family. He just wanted money anyway. Eventually, he stopped calling. Then late one night in my early thirties, my phone rang. Hearing my dad’s voice after so many years froze me like the two seconds after a car wreck. I thought I had cast off all affection for him, but he was my father and I still loved him. “Alicea, I need your help. I’m on skid row. I have no money and no place to go. It’s dangerous down here, and I’m afraid. No one will help me. I want to kick the habit— I mean it this time. I’m tired.” Was he conning me again? I’d asked myself this question so many times before. Then he said, “I’ve been praying.” Praying? A drug addict, praying? I figured if he could pray, I would, too. All night I prayed. “Oh, God, let it be so. Please give me my father back.”

It was 5:30 a.m. as I rolled slowly down a Los Angeles street, feeling as if I were in a funeral procession. Windows up, doors locked. I was praying for my father and for myself. Greasy bags, newspapers, and scraps of forgotten food splotched the street. Shadowy figures clothed in baggy hues of faded gray and brown meandered past the buildings and stared into the street. There he was, standing on the curb waiting for me. Tired. Gaunt. Soon, we’d be sitting in the same car, closing the years between us, for better or for worse. And for the first time, looking at my father’s worn, dejected frame slumped in the passenger’s seat, I realized that his deliverance was going to take something more powerful than anything I or anyone else could do. During my father’s 40-year enslavement to heroin, my family and countless others tried to

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help him, often depending on our own resources and my father’s willpower. Yet now—when my father had nothing and no one, and I had no answers—I realized that only God could bring my father back. “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” (Holy Bible, Psalm 118:8 KJV). Lean on Me Seventeen years Daddy and Me have passed since that dark morning on skid row; for 17 years, my father has been heroin free. Although I’m the one who picked up my dad from skid row and drove him to a detox center, it was God who softened my hardened heart and allowed me to see that I needed to trust Him with my father. And it was God who allowed my father to come to the end of himself. A story appears in the Bible in the fifth chapter of the Book of Mark. A woman, sick with uncontrollable bleeding for twelve years, had seen many doctors and in the process spent all her money. Nothing helped. Actually, she got worse. But she had heard stories about Jesus’ healing of the sick. When she finally saw him, she touched the hem of his clothes and was healed. After exhausting all of her resources, she too came to rely on a power greater than her own. This story and many others appear in the Bible to tell us that we are limited in our strength but that nothing is

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More than 28 million Americans are children of alcoholics. (Source: National Association for Children of Alcoholics www.nacoa.org)

ever beyond God’s power. As I reflect on my father’s addiction and other life challenges since then, it often seemed that God was ignoring my prayers. But I’ve learned that sometimes God intervenes only when I cease depending completely upon my own power and resources. My faith would not have been as strong had God delivered my father after the first prayer. And I never would have thought that feeling helpless and hopeless about my dad would be the turning point for both of us. We had no more answers, which was exactly where we needed to be. Epilogue: I just returned from visiting my dad in California. We had a lovely time together laughing, joking and reminiscing. When it was time to say goodbye, I studied his humbled eyes and was reminded that my father wasn’t a bad man. He was a good man who, because of drugs, made some regretful choices. 

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he broad smile on her daughter’s face immediately caught Debra Seamans’ attention. She hadn’t known what to expect at the end of the weeklong Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville, Texas, but one look at her special needs daughter, standing among a group of friends, grinning and waving to her parents, told Debra everything she needed to know. “When my husband and I picked her up at the close of camp, she had this beaming smile and introduced us to her new friends,” explained Debra, who currently serves as the president of

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the Georgetown Evening Lions Club. “The Texas Lions Camp allowed my daughter to feel for the first time that she could be just like everybody else, and that is an amazing gift.” Sponsored by Lions Clubs across the state, the Texas Lions Camp provides a place where children with physical disabilities, diabetes, and Down syndrome can enjoy a traditional summer camp experience, complete with horseback riding, swimming, and camping. Club members sponsor children through financial donations and often travel to volunteer during the camp’s closing ceremony. “A Lion sponsored my daughter the first time,” Debra said, “and Lions Clubs across the state raised money to cover all the costs. She ended up attending the camp for six years, and it literally changed her life. So, for me, becoming a Lion was natural. I joined the Lions Club shortly after her first year at camp, and I will be a Lion for the rest of my life so other children have the same chance to find out how great they can be.” In addition to supporting the Texas Lions Camp, the Georgetown Evening Lions Club provides volunteer and financial support for service and community initiatives, such as

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he Oaks at Wildwood, a retirement condo community in Georgetown, was the gate to friendship for then-acquaintances Sylvia Dickey Smith and Joan Upton Hall. “We didn’t even know each other well enough to exchange phone numbers,” Joan says. Now Joan and Sylvia work together. They teach writing classes and attend a critique group together. They travel to writing conferences and participate actively in the San Gabriel Writer’s League—together, of course. “It just goes to show that where you live can connect you in a very real way,” Sylvia says. Writing is a second career for both ladies. Joan taught school for 28 years, but for as long as she can remember, she always wanted to write. “Before I even learned how to write, I would scribble my stories on paper,” she says, “and then I would show them to my mother. Now everyone can read

what I write.” Joan has two new books coming out soon, Arturo’s Grail, the third book in her Excalibur Regained urban fantasy series, and the first of a futuristic mystery series, Dream Stalkers. The first book in the Excalibur Regained series, Arturo el Rey, won first place in the Writer’s League of Texas annual novel contest, and Dream Stalkers won first place in the Houston Writer’s Guild novel contest. Sylvia’s newest book, A War of Her Own, won the first prize award this year for best novel from the Press Women of Texas and second prize from the National Federation of Press Women. Carola Dunn, author of the Daisy Dalrymple and Cornish mystery series, calls Sylvia’s main character, Bea Meade, “a spunky

heroine who… takes charge of her own life.” This is an important theme to Sylvia, who came to the writing game later in life. “I found my voice in writing,” she says. “And it’s important to me to help guide other women who have not found their voice to find what they want and how to go about getting it.” Author Jessamyn West said, “Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.” No offense to Jessamyn West, but she didn’t know writing friends Sylvia Dickey Smith and Joan Upton Hall. 

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erry Parker, a Texas Department of Public Safety K-9 trooper, opens the back door of his black and white squad SUV. A three-year-old black Labrador with a badge dangling from her collar pokes her head out. Her name is Hannon, and her tail swings her whole body when she sees Terry, her partner, with whom she has worked for two years. She’s clearly eager to get to work. Terry takes out a rolled-up towel, and Hannon’s ears perk up as she

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fixes on the object. Terry plays tug with her, whooping and praising as if encouraging a child. Then, when Terry gives the command “Find it!” to Hannon, she goes where his finger points, in hopes of earning that rolled-up towel. Puppies on a Mission The DPS looks for service dogs for drug and bomb detection anywhere it can. There are no set guidelines for choosing a breed. High-energy dogs, such as Labradors, Belgian Malinois, German Shepherds, and even heelers, are good candidates. A good majority of DPS dogs, including Hannon, come from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Canine Breeding and Development Center. Some of the puppies don’t end up meeting TSA’s criteria but make a perfect fit for the DPS. All TSA puppies are named in honor of 9/11 victims. Hannon was named for New York City Firefighter Dana Hannon, who died while bravely attempting to rescue sur-

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vivors at the World Trade Center. Dana was only 29 years old. Getting to Know a Hero Dana Hannon’s FDNY firefighter buddy, Eddie Egan, thinks it’s great that Hannon bears his friend’s name: “Dana’s memory will never be forgotten,” he says. Dana always aspired to be a fireman. He began his career at the young age of 18 as a volunteer fireman in Wyckoff, New Jersey. But his dream was to become a New York City fireman—not such an easy feat, with applicants from all over America competing. In the meantime, Dana took a job as a firefighter in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he earned a medal of valor for a fire rescue. Dana finally achieved his goal in November of 1999, when he was assigned to FDNY, Ladder 34, in Harlem. “If you looked up ‘Probationary Fireman’ in the dictionary, you would see Dana’s picture,” Eddie remembers. “He knew that you had to keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.” Dana rotated to another fire station, Engine 26, in downtown Manhattan, just before September 11. Dana Hannon

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available when I’m needed,” explains Terry. When consent to search is refused, he says, “We can do what is called a free air sniff of the car.” The dog doesn’t actually enter the vehicle. If Hannon alerts, then the officer has probable How Drug Dogs cause to search. Are Trained Hannon and DPS dogs receive Terry were recently intense training, in dispatched to a three-month K-9 assist an Austin school, in detecting trooper in searchillegal drug odors ing a vehicle. such as cocaine, Hannon alerted, heroin, meth, and and $107,320 was FDNY firefighter Dana Hannon marijuana. Training found in a hidden begins with the dog’s reward: a plain compartment. It was suspected that white rolled-up towel. “You just have illegal drug residue was on the cash. the best time playing with the dog with The money was seized for investigation the towel,” says Terry. “Then you start of drug trafficking, and Hannon got her tying a 30-gram marijuana bag to the towel. towel. Now when they get the towel, Terry Parker is one of 34 Texas DPS they smell the odor. They associate dog handlers and has been a trooper this odor with the towel and with fun. for 14 years. Hannon is his first drug That’s how you get them scent-associdog. He notes, “It’s getting harder to ated,” Terry explains. After weeks, then get in the K-9 program.” Terry says months, of training, Hannon was keen on finding those elusive drugs. On Duty Area law enforcement agencies, including city police and sheriff’s departments, call on Hannon and Terry when stories don’t add up and they suspect drugs are hidden in a vehicle or a building. “My number one duty is to be

about working with Hannon, “She’s my sweetheart, but I still have to treat her as the working dog that she is.” When Terry learned about Dana Hannon, he felt “proud to know that K-9 Hannon is named after a very respected NYC Firefighter who gave his all for the citizens of this nation. And I’m confident that K-9 Hannon will continue to give her all in the war against illegal drugs.” Much like her namesake, Hannon is a model employee, bravely going where danger lies and emerging victorious, to the satisfaction of her superiors. Drugs are as dangerous as fire, spreading through neighborhoods and destroying lives. Where does the instinct to protect and serve the community come from? Maybe it comes from those who have gone before and from deep down in our best natures—the same place Hannon found her instinct to sniff out drugs. 

Clockwise from right: K-9 Hannon wants the towel. Trooper Terry Parker and K-9 Hannon. Trooper Terry Parker plays tug with K-9 Hannon.

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“thin shot” in golf is when a player hits the ball too high. Players who hit a lot of “thin shots” tend to swing the club too steeply into the ball. This is caused when a player slides or sways past the ball on the downswing, therefore causing them to force the club down in order to make contact with the ball. When this happens, they will slide or sway too far and catch only the top of the ball. The problem actually starts on the backswing. It is caused by lifting the club without incorporating a good shoulder turn. Remember, if you don’t wind up going back, you have nothing to unwind on the downswing. This will in turn cause you to slide or sway. The solution is to swing your arms back wide and make a full shoulder turn, making sure your left shoulder is under your chin. Think of turning your back to the target. Also, it is very important that you do not get too eager

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to hit the ball. Do not start your downswing before you finish your backswing. If you make a good smooth turn going back, you will be in position to make a more solid strike coming down. The result? No more “thin shots”! 

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Healing with Chinese Medicine

Worried about prescription drug side effects? Dreading a surgery? You might look into Chinese medicine By

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atch any amount of TV and you’ll see them: slick commercials featuring people hiking, gardening, teaching, living a great life because they’ve taken the prescription medication being advertised. Maybe you hit the mute button until Dancing with the Stars or Wipeout comes back on. Who wants to hear the list of scary possible side effects anyway? Hedy Chen thinks you should. “Some of the side effects create more problems than your own original illness does,” Hedy, the owner of Chinese Acupuncture Clinic, points out. Some side effects, in fact, include the risk of death, yet commercials still urge people to “ask your doctor to prescribe that medication for you!” Hedy marvels.

“I wish more wrong. “I treat people could a patient as a know how much whole person, Chinese medicine not isolating a can do for them,” part from the rest says Hedy, who of their body,” grew up in TaiHedy explains. wan and holds a From the moment master’s degree in patients walk Chinese medicine in, Hedy begins from the wellobserving them— known Academy their posture, of Oriental Meditheir color, their cine in Austin. gestures—and Hedy, an herbalist her observations and a licensed guide her quesacupuncturist, tions and exam. explains that Someone may Herbs that are mixed for treatment Chinese medicine come in, for exis more than just acupuncture. ample, with shoulder pain, she Patients can find natural, alternasays, but “I will go through a very tive treatments for a wide array thorough consultation and point of illnesses. By combining herbal out to them what they need to do remedies and acupuncture, Hedy to improve their overall health says, she has treated patients for rather than just treat the pain. I menopausal symptoms, migive people very personal attengraines, irritable bowel syndrome, tion.” Hedy also commands a fully hypertension, kidney failure, stocked herbal inventory. liver angioma, sciatica, edema, Chinese medicine “is all about alcoholism, impotence—the list nourishing and healing every part goes on. She often helps patients of the body,” attests client Kris avoid the side effects of prescripRallens, a former nurse. “Hedy tion drugs or painful surgeries. In has this amazing working knowlfact, she believes, many surgeries edge of Chinese medicine. She are unnecessary and predispose loves to explain it, and she’s easy patients to further complications. to understand. She’s given me a Chinese medicine involves whole new perspective on caring more than simply treating what’s for my body.” 

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rom a hotel room in Rome, the excitement of arriving in such a beautiful city still fresh, and the beauty and magnificence of Michelangelo’s works etched in his mind, Stan Mauldin made another journal entry: “There were several paintings by Raphael in several rooms prior to our entry into the Sistine Chapel. We stopped in a residential area by the Vatican and had a fabulous lunch.”

Stan and Jen at the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Stan, vice-principal at Forbes Middle School, and his wife Jen, principal at Ford Elementary, spent part of the summer break traveling from Rome to Venice and back down to the Amalfi coast. They visited more than a dozen cities and experienced history, food, art, hospitality and adventure unlike on any trip before. It was their longest excursion and one they weren’t ready to return from. Jen and Stan traveled light, toting only backpacks with bare essentials for a 16-day trip. “This makes it really easy to travel,” says Jen. “We visited laundromats, where we saw a lot of Americans and Australians doing the same thing.” There was no cell phone service, but Stan and Jen survived just fine—only checking in with a quick email to family from Internet cafés and hotel lobbies. Stan grins and says, “It was kind of nice. It helped lighten the load.” The food in Italy exceeded their expectations. Stan and Jen enjoyed seafood in the coastal towns, tried pesto, anchovies, eggplant parmesan, and savored their daily gelato. They tried to stick with family-owned restaurants, going for something

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arrying and relocating to Austin with her new husband were happy events for Jacque Austin, except that she didn’t know a soul in Central Texas other than her husband, Stephen. “I would complain about not having any girlfriends to do things with,” said Jacque, “and Stephen was obviously listening.” He noticed an announcement about an upcoming TOWN-Austin meeting and showed it to her. She went to the first meeting and was hooked. TOWN stands for Texas Outdoors Woman Network. This group is an off-shoot of the Texas Parks and Wildlife group called BOW (Becoming an Outdoor Woman). Several BOW alumni created TOWN as a regional alternative to the statewide BOW, “to provide all women the opportunity to experience outdoor activities in a safe, non-threatening, and supportive environment.” Jacque says, “We’ve discovered that the ‘non-threatening aspect’ is critical to many women. To assure a positive comfort level, if we’re kayaking, biking, or hiking, we make certain that no one is left behind. If we’re camping, various members will lend equipment to new folks and help set up campers and tents.” Jacque notes that new members

often comment on what a friendly group TOWN is, and she quickly found this out for herself. “I never imagined that I would be able to kayak because I have such a fear of the water. After TOWN-Austin kayaking on Yegua Creek about six months with TOWN-Austin, two members on Lake Somerville—the 2012 calbegan encouraging me to try kayendar even includes a group trip aking. They loaned me their extra to Yosemite National Park. TOWN kayaks and accompanied me on also hosts monthly meetings with paddling excursions. I selected a guest speakers. PFD—personal flotation device— Whether you’re a woman with their advice. So despite my familiar with outdoor activities or fear, I can enjoy the discoveries to you’ve never tried them before, be found in a creek or on a lake— this group of ladies will welcome like bugs, spiders, and birds!” you. Jacque says, “Enjoying these Although there’s not a TOWNactivities with friends provides an Georgetown group yet, the Austin emotional high, and sharing the group plans outings in Georgeexperience is just perfection.”  town and all over Texas. Jacque remembers wonderful bike rides in San Gabriel Park and hikes on Goodwater Trail, and she even hosted a music outing at one of the restaurants on the square. But TOWN-Austin travels the state and more—fall camping in colorful Lost Maples Jacque and other Townies toasts to good birding in the morning State Park, kayaking

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W h a t ’ s C o o k i n ’

Inspiration and Innovation By

Christine Switzer

childhood among Swiss and Italian immigrant farmers in California’s Salinas Valley, highlighted by Catholic festivals and fiestas, along with his father’s love of cooking and grilling inspires Mark Bunte when he creates meals for his family and friends. “Food was a big part of the culture where I grew up,” explains Mark, a food scientist in research and development and quality assurance with EIEIO, Inc., an Austin-area manufacturer of gourmet coffee and creamers. “I really learned to cook with my father. He loved to cook for us eight kids. He barbequed a lot and really enjoyed it.” While building on these rich traditions, Mark also enjoys approaching cooking with imagination and creativity. “I like experimenting in the kitchen,” he explains. “I don’t think that I do anything the same every single time. It’s a lot of fun to try something different and to make my family and friends happy, too.” 

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California native blends tradition with imagination in the kitchen and at the grill Clam Chowder Makes 6 servings Ingredients: 4 strips bacon, cut in ¼-inch cubes 2 bay leaves 1 white onion, finely diced 1 large carrot, finely diced 2 stalks celery 1 clove garlic, smashed and finely diced 1 pound Idaho potatoes cut into ½-inch cubes 1 stick salted butter 4 Tbs all-purpose flour 3 cups heavy cream 3 cups whole milk 3 cups clam juice 24 oz. fresh raw clams with juice 1 6-oz. can crab meat, drained 4 dashes Tabasco sauce 1 tsp salt 1½ tsp fresh ground pepper 1 tsp “Old Bay” crab seasoning 3 to 4 Tbs fine sherry

Instructions: Cook bacon over medium-high heat until crisp. Drain all but 2 Tbs of the fat. Add butter and melt. Add onion, celery, carrots and bay leaves, salt, pepper and Old Bay seasoning. Sauté for 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and sauté until vegetables are soft. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Whisk in clam juice slowly, stirring constantly until there are no lumps. Add milk and potatoes. Bring to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes. Add fresh clams with juice and hot sauce. Simmer until potatoes are soft, approximately 10 minutes. Add cream and crab meat. Slowly bring to a simmer and simmer 5 minutes. Add sherry, stir thoroughly, and serve with saltine crackers.

Cornbread Stuffing Makes 8–10 servings Ingredients: 1½ cups dried California figs, chopped ¼ cup honey 2 Tbs fresh lemon juice 3 cups water 2 Tbs olive oil 2 white onions, finely chopped 1 Tbs rosemary leaves 3 fresh sweet Italian sausage links, removed from casing 12 large cornbread muffins, crumbled, or 1 loaf cornbread, cubed (about 5 cups) 2 eggs, lightly beaten ¾ cup heavy cream ½ to 1 cup chicken stock Instructions: Rehydrate the figs: Bring the 3 cups of water to a boil. Add the figs, honey, and lemon juice. Cover and set aside for 20 to 25 minutes until the figs are tender and soft. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat 2 Tbs olive oil over medium heat and sauté the onions with rosemary. Add the sweet Italian sausage and sauté until browned. Scrape the sausage into the bowl with the figs. Add the cornbread pieces and season well with salt and pepper. Mix with a fork until well combined. Wisk the eggs, cream, and ½ cup stock, and pour mixture over the cornbread. Add more stock if the stuffing is dry. Stir the stuffing and place in a covered, buttered baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes covered and 10 minutes uncovered.

BBQ Grilled Turkey Ingredients: 12- to13-pound turkey 1 lemon, quartered 1 Gala apple, quartered 1 orange, peeled and quartered 3 cloves garlic, peeled ¼ cup olive oil ½ cup honey Poultry Creole Seasoning 2 ½ Tbs paprika 2 Tbs salt 1 Tbs ground coriander 1 Tbs fresh ground black pepper 1 Tbs onion powder 1 Tbs cayenne pepper 1 Tbs dried thyme 1 Tbs Herb de Provence 1 Tbs Zatarain’s Blackened Seasoning Blend all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight container. Turkey Basting 1 stick salted butter 1 cup chicken stock 1 clove garlic, crushed and chopped 2 tsp Poultry Creole Seasoning Melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Add Creole seasoning and chicken stock. Bring to boil and remove from heat. Set aside. 1½ cups apple wood smoking chips 1½ cups hickory wood smoking chips Soak wood chips in water 1 to 2 hours prior to starting the grill. Instructions: Prepare the turkey: Remove the giblets and neck from the body cavity. Scrape out the kidneys, located on the right and left side of the bird’s spine above the pelvis area. Rinse bird thoroughly, inside and out, with cold water. Thoroughly dry the bird with paper towels, inside and out. Drizzle the olive oil on the inside and outside of the bird, coating well. Liberally season the bird on the outside and inside the body cavity and neck cavity with

the Creole seasoning. Loosen the skin between the turkey breast and thighs with your fingers. Sprinkle the poultry seasoning between the meat and skin, as best you can, and replace the skin. Insert 1 wedge each of lemon, apple, and orange inside the neck cavity of the bird. Drizzle 1 Tbs of the honey over the fruit. Tuck the skin underneath the turkey and secure it with toothpicks so the neck cavity is sealed. Insert the lemon, apple, and orange wedges inside the body cavity of the bird. Drizzle the fruit with the remainder of the honey. Tuck the wings behind the turkey so they are secured. Return the legs to the tucked position if they are untucked. Prepare the grill: Build your normal charcoal fire with briquettes and let it burn down until covered with grey ash. Prepare the grill for indirect heat cooking method by placing half of the coals on each side of the grill and a drip pan in the middle. Place the turkey on the grill, breast side up, and add 1/3 of the smoking chips on each side of the coals. Every hour, baste the turkey with the bastings, and add 3 or 4 charcoal briquettes and another 1/3 of the smoking chips to each side of the grill. Cook turkey until internal thigh temperature is 180 degrees Fahrenheit and meat liquids run clear, 3½ to 4½ hours. Let the turkey rest 15 to 20 minutes before carving.

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W h a t M a tt e r s IS …

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People! A Reader’s View

n this age of must-haves—perfect bodies, more money, bigger houses, fancier cars—it’s well to look at what really matters. What or who in life is important? For me, the “who” takes precedence over the “what.” From a young age I knew that you gave help, but you also asked for it when you needed it. When at age three I had gone out into the world to seek adventure, it was a young girl who noticed me when I was lost and a policeman who took me to the station, notified my parents, and fed me sandwiches until my father came to take me home. During World War II, while I was living in a village with a concentration camp in it, we (my mother, sister, and I) noticed how the more able helped those who were feeble or too little as they struggled on their way to camp. Subsequently, the women of the village prepared whatever food was allowed to be brought in. The men assisted with the occasional inmate who was released. When, at the beginning of 1944, the Germans requisitioned our house and we had to vacate it within two days, it was the amity of friends and neighbors that took over the worry of packing up and took in my siblings and me while my parents went to look for another place to live. My parents in turn were able to house some of those neighbors’ sons and others who

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were hiding out from the Germans. My mother-in-law was my refuge, a shoulder to cry on, when I was overcome with homesickness my first months in America. She was never too busy for a hug or a “listen.” She unwittingly staved off some of the mental and physical abuse my husband heaped on me. It was during my Peace Corps stints that I experienced numerous small kindnesses from total strangers. In Poland a woman took me into her house and gave me cake and coffee when I landed on her doorstep after I overshot my train stop. Other people went out of their way, literally, to help me carry my luggage or packages. In Kenya, after I learned the tribal language of my region, the “mamas” assured me that in case of trouble they would be my refuge. This in thanks for teaching their children English. I’ve been blessed with three great kids. It’s through their largesse and occasional hands-on help that I can pursue my volunteer work, where I’ve met innumerable folks who, like me, are people lovers. What do I need in life? Food, a roof over my head, and some clothes. Anything else is overabundant. Whom do I need in my life? My family, numerous friends and acquaintances, neighbors: the people who sustain you just by being around you when you feel helpless. That’s what matters. Vivian Kincaid

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November 1-30 | The Caring PlacE needs your help to ‘Fill Er Up.’ 100,000 pounds of food is needed for the upcoming busy season. Please drop off food at 2000 Railroad or learn how to do your own donation drive. caringplacetexas.org 1 | Sun City Farmer’s Market. 2 Texas Drive, 9amnoon, every Tues thru Nov 22. gtfma.com/suncity 3 | Frankly” Singing. Sinatra Tribute, every Thursday Evening, Tony and Luigi’s, 1201 Church St, 8642687 (reservations accepted) 3 | Grace Academy Open House. Student presentations, tours, classroom observations and more. 9:45am to 12 noon. RSVP at 864-9500 www.GraceAcademy-gt.org 3 | Georgetown Farmer’s Market. 445 E. Morrow, 3:30pm-6:30pm, every Thursday thru Nov 17. gtfma.com

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3 | Herbs for Cooking. Wayne Rhoden, Williamson Co. Master Gardener and Authoritative Speaker will do a presentation on growing and using herbs in your cooking. A mini-program on planting gardens with edible plants will also be presented by Marlene Gillman, Chairman TGC Special Project. Georgetown Garden Club meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Georgetown Parks and Rec Community Room, 1101 N. College. Visitors welcome. Free. 746-2076. georgetowngardenclub.org 4 | First Friday. 6-8pm on the Square, shop, eat, live music. thegeorgetownsquare.com 5 | Georgetown Farmers Market. 3:30-6:30, San Gabriel Park, 303 E. Morrow, HELD EVERY THURS gtfma.com 6 | Casino Night for Literacy Council of Williamson County, Viva Las Vegas! 7:3010:30pm, Allen R. Baca Center, 301 W. Bagdad Rd, Round Rock. Prizes, Casino Games, Auction, Refreshments, literacycouncil.wc-org

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Mike O’Meara has been helping clients with investment decisions for 16 years. O’Meara Financial Services is an independent firm located in Georgetown offering a wide range of products and services.

Mike O’Meara, Financial Specialist 104 Country Rd, Suite 102 Georgetown, TX 78628 (512) 931-2480

Mike O’Meara is a Registered Representative offering securities through United Planners Financial Services, Member FINRA, SIPC. O’Meara Financial Services and United Planners are independent companies.

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Williamson County

Regional Animal Shelter 1855 SE Inner Loop Georgetown, TX 78626 512.943.3322 http://pets.wilco.org

November Opportunities Whisker Wednesdays:

Adopt cats over 1 yr old for free

New Volunteer Classes:

Mittens

Nov 3 and 15, 5:50-6:30 pm.

(submit online application before class) Our Mission is to provide humane care to the unwanted or abandoned pets and assist the participating entities in enforcing state law and local ordinances and to otherwise serve the citizens in a cost effective manner. Our Vision is to save every healthy and behaviorally sound companion animal. To save all dogs and cats that are medically treatable and/or can be behaviorally rehabilitated.

Mittens is a one year old spayed female tabby. She needs a home that will have a little patience with her. She has become somewhat temperamental in the shelter but we feel will adjust in a loving environment.

Phantom

Phantom is a 3 yr old mixed breed dog. He has been in the shelter twice. He has also been through 12 weeks of Triple Crown Training. He is great with other dogs and loves people.

Amos

I am Amos, and I have the shiniest coat ever. What an adorable face! I am house trained and I love everyone, love to play with toys and exercise too. Bring your dog to the shelter to meet me to see if we are a match. I am 2 years old and weigh 60 pounds.

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