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View From the Top

A “Sensible” Sunroom | 52

Party-flavored Pies | 82

All About

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Childhood, Naturally | 15

Animal View

Childhood, at a child’s pace Giving View

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I’ve been thinking about Thanksgiving since August, when I accompanied Carol Hutchison to photograph the dishes for this month’s “In the Kitchen with Chef Nikki.” As Carol focused her ginormous camera lens on a plate of greens sautéed with garlic, I perched on a barstool in Nikki’s kitchen and scarfed down some of her brined turkey, warm from the oven. Oh. My. Goodness. That was the best turkey I’ve ever eaten. I bet leftovers don’t last long at Nikki’s house! One year, leftovers didn’t last long at my family’s house, either—for an entirely different reason. After we partook of our Thanksgiving feast at noon, Daddy staggered off for a nap. Meanwhile, the rest of us cleaned things up, watched an entire football game, and migrated back to the kitchen for the glorious leftovers safely tucked in the fridge. Plates piled, we were deep into a competitive game of SkipBo when we heard rustling in the kitchen. Mom went to investigate. “What have you done?” came her shriek. “This food is no good now!” we heard Daddy shout. “It’s been sitting out here since lunch!” He’d gone to sleep when the food was still out; when he woke up hours and hours later, it was still out—at least that’s what it looked like to him. So he threw it in the trash. All of it. My parents are no longer with us, but my brothers and I still laugh about the “leftovers fiasco.” We didn’t get days and days of leftovers that year, but we got a story that we can hand down to our kids. This month’s main features focus on two people who know how important it is to have stories to hand down. Cody Hirt grew up hearing stories around the campfire, and he now circles up around fires with veterans who need to tell—and hear—stories in order to heal from war. Coach Rhonda Farney invites role models to come talk to the young women she coaches, and those players leave high school knowing that they, too, can succeed in the world. Whatever stories you cook up this holiday, may they be happy ones— leftovers included.

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What would a child’s typical day look like in a Montessori learning environment? Children often have free choice of activity. Children may be working or playing independently, each on their own activity, such as art, geography, block play, language or math activity, practical life, etc. Children may help in the preparation of a snack. As a group, the children may sing, read stories, 

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their love of learning. I seek to help the children develop a sense of joy and wonder in their hearts [and] a sense of independence and confidence in who they are and what they are capable of accomplishing… If children have the opportunity to fall in love with their world and its inhabitants in their early years, they will grow up wanting to contribute, to help, to preserve what is they already love so dearly.

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discuss [related] topics, learn poems, and do group movement activities. Children may participate in a nature craft or cooking activity if they want to do so. When lunchtime arrives, the children will be in charge of setting up the lunch tables, often using real tablecloths, ceramic dishes, glass tumblers, and cloth napkins. The children who are able to count may figure out how many settings are needed and where to place each setting. After eating and visiting together, the children may pack away their leftovers, wash their dishes, and go out into the backyard to tend to the garden or the chickens and, of course, to play.

You have trained as a Montessori guide. What does that role encompass in a Montessori learning environment? One of greatest responsibilities of the Montessori guide is to observe each child. As a guide, I watch, listen, and try to attune myself to each child’s specific interests. Children may be engaged in a wide variety of activities, from geography puzzle maps, to practical life activities such as flower arranging or washing a table or their pair of shoes, to sculpting with Play-Doh or learning the sounds of the alphabet by playing sound games or tracing letters made of sandpaper. My role then is to link the children to the environment so that they can develop and grow to their greatest potential—to nourish and tend

What do you think makes a Montessori-based learning environment so valuable for young children? Children are natural learners. A Montessori learning environment is based on the premise that all children, no matter the external factors to their existence, culture, socioeconomic level, etc., have particular tendencies to develop to their greatest potential. Montessori environments are carefully designed to encourage these natural human tendencies to flourish. Children learn by doing. By participating in family and community life, in a variety of meaningful activities, children develop concentration, control over their bodies, discipline, and a joy of contribution. Young children have a great capacity to contribute in daily life. They have tremendous desire to bake, garden, sweep, mop, dust, scrub, fold, and on and on. Contrary to what some people believe, this type of practical life activity lays the foundation for all other learning to come. These early years are the foundation of the rest of one’s life. 

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For more information about Hope for the Rio Dulce, visit www.hopefortheriodulce.com.

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travel, room, board, and tuition— expenses many families couldn’t afford—in order to provide them with education past sixth grade. “Most of the adults in attendance never even had the opportunity to finish elementary school,” Eckert says. “Now, their children will have the chance to study through junior high near their own homes.” Eckert is the founder of Hope for the Rio Dulce, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes educational, social, and economic development of Q’eqchi’ villages. Eckert founded the organization four years ago when a missionary friend contacted him unexpectedly to tell him she was retiring and to ask him to take over her ministry. Eckert works full-time but devotes nights and weekends to working on projects for Hope for

Ryan Eckert delivers keys for the new junior high to the village leader.

the Rio Dulce. He keeps in contact with village leaders weekly by phone and visits the area several times a year. “I help because the people need our help,” Eckert says. “I feel a connection to the people and am inspired by their struggle for a better life. It’s an opportunity to make a positive impact on the world. A lot of people dream about doing something in their lives but never

get around to it. For whatever reason, I was presented with the opportunity to help people in Guatemala and decided I would give it a shot.” The Q’eqchi’ are often overlooked and discriminated against because of complicated racial divisions. Most villagers live in dirt-floored huts with no electricity and have few clean water sources, very little government help, and limited educational support. Hope for the Rio Dulce promotes equality for the Q’eqchi’ by developing projects that foster ecotourism, provide clean water, promote sustainability, and expand education. Members of Hope for the Rio Dulce infuse every project with a strong belief in community and Elementary kids at school. Christian faith.

Many of the several hundred donors hail from St. Helen Catholic Church in Georgetown. “I think the members of Hope for the Rio Dulce would consider themselves missionaries,” Eckert says. “Everyone has a personal motivation, but whether they have gone to Guatemala or donated for a project, they did it for a reason—to bring a little bit of love and hope to people in need.” 

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o this day, twenty-sixyear-old Misty “Hoopstress” Smith is still amazed by how much a single invitation changed her life. “About four years ago, a friend invited me to attend a hula hooping workshop she was hosting,” recalls Misty. “I had no idea what she meant by that. I thought [hooping] was [done] just around your waist,” she says. Misty attended the workshop as a supportive friend and left the class feeling invigorated by what she’d learned. That night, she hooped for an Misty with a few of her handmade hoops.

additional six hours. She’s been hooping every day since then. “It’s not just hula hooping,” explains Misty, a Georgetown resident since the age of two. “It’s more a meditative alignment of your body and your soul. It’s called a flow art.” With any type of flow art, participants keep the momentum going through muscle memory, flowing through the moves and letting their bodies react rather than consciously thinking about individual movements. “It’s wonderful!” Misty says, beaming. “It’s like my cup of coffee; it’s like my therapist. I know it sounds crazy, but once you get into the flow of it and you feel the energy, you’ll see what I mean.” Before that fateful hooping seminar, Misty admits, she lived life a bit aimlessly. “I didn’t know what my passions were,” she says. “Hooping totally changed everything.” Through hoop dance, Misty has found her purpose. She’s making a living and a lifestyle off of hooping, offering at

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least one free Community Hoop Jam per month through her hooping group, Circle of Play; custommaking hoops; and teaching private and group hooping classes. “I love performing,” says Misty, who dances with regular, LED, and fire hoops, “but my heart is in teaching.” Misty gladly shared some of her favorite hooping tips with the Georgetown View: Pick the right hoop. There are many sizes, weights, and types of hoops, Misty says. Before you commit to one, try out several to determine which works best for you. Many hoops you’ll find in stores are kid-sized and too lightweight to provide a real workout. For maximum effect, use an athletic hoop. Misty can design an athletic dance hoop fitted for you specifically, or you can find athletic hoops on ETSY or at Hoopnotica.com. Wear appropriate clothing. Misty recommends that beginning hoopers wear yoga clothes that won’t catch or impede their

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aking the transition from college student to full-time employee proved challenging for Nick Bachan, who, like many college graduates, opted to move back in with his parents in Georgetown for several months while job hunting. Nick jokes that that time was basically “a mixture of depression and snacking… Serious answer, though: I was job-hunting, thinking about going back to school, and constantly writing things that had no real home.” For Nick, the biggest difficulty was reconciling his aspirations to become a sitcom writer with “grown-up” necessities like paying for gas and electricity. He needed

a mentor in the entertainment field to show him how to break into the industry. Around that time, he began listening to the Nerdist and You Made It Weird podcasts, finding that each episode brought the inspiration, insight, and guidance that he craved. “Sometimes the next best thing to meeting someone in person is listening to them on a podcast,”

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says Nick, who estimates that at least 95 percent of podcasts are offered online for free. Though podcasts cover many topics, including politics, science, and language-learning audio recordings, Nick was most drawn to comedy and entertainment podcasts. “I was listening to people I really admired tell their stories and hoping it would rub off on me,” he recalls. Nick remembers listening, in one particularly inspiring episode, to television host and comedian Conan O’Brien trace his career from writing for Harvard University’s undergraduate publication The Harvard Lampoon to his present-day successes. “If Conan were on a show like 60 Minutes, it wouldn’t just be him talking for an hour and a half and going into so much detail, so that really attracted me to the podcasting format,” says Nick. After nearly a year and a half of devotedly listening to his favorite podcasts, Nick teamed up with James West, a fellow comedy

writer he’d befriended in college, to cohost their own podcast, Thoroughly Unimpressive. For less than fifty dollars, the duo bought a microphone and a unique web domain name and installed a free audio editor and recording program. The next step was attracting guests to their show. “Basically we just asked friends to come on and had fun with it,” says Nick. At the time, the setup consisted of one microphone shared by the two hosts and their featured guest. “Anybody who’s done any kind of sound design would have walked in and said, ‘No. This is horrible,’” says Nick. To achieve professional-grade sound quality, “you really need to have a mike on each person with pop filters in front of them. Everyone needs to have headphones to hear how they sound, and everything should be fed through a mixing board, which then goes into a computer to be edited.” Working on Thoroughly Unimpressive was “definitely a learning experience,” says Nick, who now owns a complete recording system and has branched off to start his own weekly podcasting

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series, Nick vs. the Podcast. He hopes the show provides a fun, informative environment in which he can connect with like-minded guests and listeners. “I’m not in it to make money. It’s more for the potential of reaching people who are interested in the things that interest me,” says Nick, who now has a job in Austin. Many of his guests

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er tiny hand trembled as she turned the colorful page of her new storybook, following the voice on the tape recorder. Comforting arms seemed to wrap the little girl in a hug as she listened to her mother tell the story; she hadn’t heard her mother speak in a long time. Once in a while, Mommy stopped to point out a pretty picture or count the animals on the page: “Can you count with me, sweetie? One, two, three, four! That’s right, baby.” And for a moment, the miles and prison bars that separated them vanished. For the past ten years, the Women’s Storybook Project of Texas has helped bring these precious

moments to children all over the country. “The Women’s Storybook Project of Texas is a nonprofit organization that connects a child with his or her incarcerated mother through literature,” explains Judith Dullnig, founder of the WSP. Every month, dedicated volunteers of various ages, professions, and faiths give a Saturday to drive the minutes or hours to six of Texas’ eight female prisons, where they meet with incarcerated mothers. In order to participate in the program, each mother must exhibit ninety consecutive days of good behavior. When they enter the meeting room, incarcerated mothers find smiling volunteers and tables laden with brand-new books donated by individuals, churches, and other organizations—a cornucopia of children’s literature, from recently published books to classics such as Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things Are; the selection encompasses

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ome teachers never stop teaching. Rhonda Farney hasn’t taught in a classroom setting for several years. As head coach and women’s athletic coordinator for Georgetown High School, her classroom is the gym, but that’s not where her team’s lessons end. According to Rhonda, “a good coach is a good teacher.” That atttitude says a lot about Rhonda, whose list of accolades is long and whose team, the Georgetown High School Lady Eagles, won the UIL 4A State Championship last spring. This year brings different challenges, of course, but as Rhonda notes, every year is different. “The dynamic on the team will be different, but I think we have the potential to have a very good year.” Obviously, the team can’t ignore last season. They can’t pretend it didn’t happen. “We have to validate and look back and appreciate what we did last year,” Rhonda says, “but to be challenged this year, we have to look toward the future.” Rhonda doesn’t measure great years by the number of wins, or championships won, in a season. “We don’t set out to win. We set out to try to achieve excellence in whatever we do, and winning just kind of takes care of itself.” Winning State was a great experience, but Rhonda wants her team to know that they will, during their lives, do many things much more important than playing a basketball game. “Basketball is really not all that I am, and it’s not even the most important part of who I am,” Rhonda says. “Do I love what I do? And do I love coaching? Absolutely! I can’t imagine doing anything else, but

there’s a lot more to it than just those things that happen in the gym. The older I get, the more I realize it’s so much more about developing the whole person, not just the athlete.” Rhonda’s lessons with her team begin before the season and continue through the year. Each school year, the Lady Eagles choose a theme that permeates everything they do. This year it’s “No Pressure, No Diamond.” And if these girls are diamonds in the rough, Rhonda and her staff are there to help them shine— on and beyond the basketball court. “I want our girls, when all is said and done, to grow as people and to have a lot of opportunities.” Rhonda loves to travel, but when she was a young woman from a small Texas town, she never thought she’d travel to all the places she read about in her beloved books. She never thought she’d see sites like the Eiffel Tower, but she has; and now she encourages the girls to think about traveling. Since 1998 the varsity students and their parents have raised funds to compete in out-of-state basketball tournaments during Christmas break, but they also strive to make each trip an educational experience. They’ve been to Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and other places in between. Rhonda remarks, “There’s nothing quite like taking them to the memorials or the Holocaust Museum in D.C. or to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.” For many years, the team has also taken a sixweek etiquette course. “I keep hearing feedback from our former players about our etiquette piece,” Rhonda says. “They told me how much more confident they 

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were when they went to college, just knowing which forks to use, what to talk about at the dinner table.” Last year Rhonda also had someone come in and talk to the girls about skincare and the importance of first impressions. “The year before, we did the high ropes course through [Georgetown Parks and Rec],” she says. Some of the girls’ practice time is used for these programs. “I’m a big believer,” Rhonda says, “that just one more hour of practice is not going to make us or break us. Yes, we have to practice, but there are some things that enhance the practice, and I think this is that type of thing. So we’ll have the girls come in sometimes early. We always have practice on Saturdays, and we do some of this then. We just work it into their schedules. It’s not really going to be something extra; it’s time they would have been spending with a basketball in their hands.” This year Rhonda is bringing in several women of varying backgrounds and accomplishments to speak to the girls. “We’ve been moving toward this for a few years,” Rhonda says, “but it’s nothing to the extent that I planned for this year.” A banker will speak to the girls about the importance of establishing a credit score and how to protect themselves from identity theft. Two young women who own and operate an all-green hair salon will talk about entrepreneurship. “I have a photographer who moved here from Scandinavia twenty years ago. We’re going to choose one

(Left to right) Maddie Anderson, Haley Frias, Nicole Elliott, Rhonda Farney, Caitlyn Buttram.

of the girls randomly, and she’s going to photograph that girl,” Rhonda says. “And while she’s doing that, she’s going to talk to the girls about photography and her business and about what it was like coming to another country when she didn’t even speak the language and how she managed to do that.” Most of the speakers are local because, Rhonda adds, “we live in such a phenomenal community. We have all of these resources, and we should use them.” A successful insurance agent from Georgetown will talk about different types of insurance. She’ll also provide the girls with scenarios, such as getting in a wreck with an uninsured driver, and explain what they need to know in that situation. A breast cancer survivor and her female oncologist are going to speak about their experience. A local legislator will talk to the girls about how she makes tough decisions. “I’ve got a female judge who’s going to talk not only about family law, but also [about] being a mother,” Rhonda says. “I have

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somebody coming to talk about selfdefense. So you can kind of see that what we’re doing is about a whole lot more than basketball.” The speakers will address not only the girls but also their mothers, grandmothers, and sisters. Rhonda thought it was important to invite them because she hopes the girls and their families will go home and initiate a dialogue about the things they’ve heard. “It will provide them with more experiences,” Rhonda says, “and I’m convinced that … when these kids have more experiences, they’re more confident. When they’re more confident, they’re better students, better athletes, and better people.” 

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Campfire C Shift in perspective motivates Cody Hirt to give back

ody Hirt lumbered out of his truck, thoughts churning about the upcoming hunt. How was he going to help take a group of veterans—wounded veterans—out to hunt in the rolling hills of Mason, Texas? Cody dropped the tailgate and began pulling out his gear. Uncertainty and a little guilt came along with the action. He was a healthy, average guy who had never served in the military; could he find some common ground with these vets? “Do you need a hand with your baggage?” Cody glanced up at the man coming over to meet him. “Sure,” he replied. Stopping in front of Cody, the man handed him his prosthetic arm. “Here you go. I hope that helps.” Cody stared at the object in his hands, stunned. As understanding dawned, he laughed, feeling the trip’s roiling uncertainties slip away. The weekend’s activities were starting to look like any other hunting trip. Little did Cody know that this particular trip would redefine his life. A West Texas Farm Boy As a child, Cody spent days under the unforgiving Texas sun, surrounded by miles of mesquite trees and cotton fields. “I grew up out in west Texas on a little farming ranch, in an area called St. Lawrence. You won’t find it on a map,” Cody says. Aside from the physical distance from everyday conveniences—the nearest grocery store was

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of being in a war zone. Now they were together again, sharing stories and a few jokes. Cody listened to the music of the campfire, but what drew his attention was the young man next to him. want to do this for me’ completeOnly nineteen years old—a kid ly changes him,” Cody explains. in Cody’s eyes—he seemed bareLeading up to a trip, Cody and ly old enough to make his mark his team coordinate a private on the world, but he had. On the Spotting and ranging sheep for US Army SSG John Botts and SSG Justin flight or other means of transeighth day of his deployment in Lynn at the Tres Ninos Ranch in Pandale, TX portation, arrange a stay on a Iraq, his convoy of trucks hit an private ranch, and put together a variety only talk about the ideals of service and IED (improvised explosive device). The of hunting gear for the veteran. Donors sacrifice. “It was time for me to start blast tore off both legs, but rather than provide all the services and equipment. making a difference in this world, sacwait for help, the young man dragged Once the veterans reach their destinarificing whatever I needed to in order himself over to his friends’ truck, wanttion, the pace of the trip and whether to change people’s perspectives on life ing to pull them to safety. As this young they spend their time hunting or just the way mine had been changed,” says man humbly relayed his story, Cody was hanging out is up to them. “It’s 100 perCody. struck with a profound thought. cent about these guys,” says Cody. It was time to give back to those who “His outlook on life was more positive Since 2008, Veteran Outdoors has served this country. than mine. It wasn’t that I was negataken about 150 veterans on twenty to tive; it was just that my perspective was forty-five trips each year. From spear Veteran Outdoors wrong. I thought I had a bad day when fishing in Mexican waters to black bear What began as one hunt for a group my email was slow,” Cody explains. “His hunting in Alaska, VO has traversed of veterans became a life mission for bad day was: He got blown up, lost two North America and looks to one day go Cody. He and Wes founded Veteran legs, and died three times on the way to on safari in Africa. Outdoors, a nonprofit organization the hospital.” For Cody, the last six years have been staffed entirely by volunteers, that Cody marveled at the attitude this filled with planning, hard work, and surprises wounded veterans with their young man and his fellow soldiers exsacrifice. He wouldn’t have it any other dream hunting or fishing trips. Cody uded. Humble and self-sacrificing, these way. “I get everything out of it. Veteran took the knowledge that his dad and six men had every right to be bitter and Outdoors combines my passions: givgrandpa passed down to him and creangry about their catastrophic injuries, ing, hunting, and appreciating people,” ated an avenue to serve these brave but they chose to see the blessings beCody says. One night in Mason, Texas, heroes. hind the wounds. Surviving the worst, forever changed his perspective on “A lot of people don’t think these trips they came to appreciate life and, in so life, inspiring him not only to serve, but make such a difference with the veterdoing, strove to be better men. also to appreciate those around him. ans, but they have a bigger impact than Cody wanted to be a better man, too. It’s a life lesson Cody hopes to one day anyone knows. The therapeutic effects These men fought for the freedom of pass along to his children around the of our trips are unbelievable; the awarea nation, fought for him. Cody made a campfire.  ness that a veteran has that ‘people decision that night: No longer would he

(Left) W7 Ranch, Quemado, Texas, December 2009. (Center) Hunting for blackbuck antelope on the historic LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, TX with US Army SSG John Botts and US Army CW3 Pat Scroggin. (Right) Hunting with Marine Captain Ryan Voltin.

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o paraphrase Sherlock Holmes, “The game was afoot.” Tera Hampton, owner of Sensible Redesign, slipped into detective mode as she accepted a challenge: Decorate a room as completely and economically as possible using “repurposed” items from the stores at The Caring Place (TCP). Tera saw the task as “one-hundred percent doable,” noting that “purchases at TCP help the community and help my clients.” This particular project offered a blank slate, an empty sunroom in her daughter’s new home. Tera described the room as “about ten by twelve feet with several windows and one wall open to the adjoining room, neutral walls, basically plain, an open identity.” As a customer familiar with “fabulous finds” at TCP, Tera came

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navy, green, and white, just waiting for her creative touch. They were good quality, unique, and easily a focal point for the sunroom. The panels were easy to overlook, but Tera’s practiced eye saw the possibilities. Small accent items for the sunroom came last. Tera targeted a hammered metal bowl, a $2.00 metal planter, and an interesting white metal lamp. Other incidentals, such as white pottery plates, some candlesticks, navy napkins, and three packages ($2.00 each) of white wooden curtain rings, also made the selection cut. As the shopping spree wound down, both Tera and Pam were drawn to a whimsical metal wall decoration, a many-leafed tree that made them smile. the chairs, Tera claimed a forlorn, round metal card table for $10.00. In her mind’s eye, it was already spray-painted, and the scruffy center was stylishly covered with chevron fabric. She praised the versatility of lightweight, functional pieces that can be easily moved within a room. Tera next selected an entertainment center with clean, modern lines, visualizing it minus the doors and painted white. Voila! Open storage shelves for board games ($2.50 at TCP), lush plants, baskets, or books were the next find. Finally, she decided on a “super cool coffee table, with brass inlays on top and claw feet. I’m not crazy about the color, but I know it can be transformed.” This piece would be refinished with a gel stain. Then, from stacks of curtains on a bottom shelf came an “Aha! moment,” one that unified Tera’s evolving plan. There lay two panels, eighty inches long, $3.00 each, richly patterned in

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hat structure stands fourteen feet tall with a vented, gabled roof, shimmers silver and white in the sunlight, and has been described as “basically a big erector set”? The Sun City Horticulture Club greenhouse, completed this past January, after a lot of work. The greenhouse was a part of the club’s 2005 Master Plan, and Lynsie Lander, president of the club, credits Randy Brown and Paul Barry for keeping the project on the to-do list. By 2012 the club had raised enough funds through biannual and year-round plant and compost/mulch sales to purchase their commercial-grade greenhouse. Then they had to put it together. Randy Brown oversaw construction, Lynsie says, and “our members installed the greenhouse using skills gathered over lifetimes—the average age of our ‘crew’ was sixty-eight.” After

roughly six months, they saw the result: a building of 24 by 36 feet. Lynsie says, “The Horticulture Club takes great pride that we are self-sufficient. The club also raised funds to construct the maintenance barn, drilled the onsite water well, installed the underground plumbing to 290 raised beds,” and added a rainwater harvesting system this past summer. The club didn’t have to rely on plants purchased from wholesalers for the 2013 Spring Plant Sale. Members raised all the vegetables sold—from twelve varieties of

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tomatoes to Swiss chard and eggplant—as well as most of the herb transplants, including such fragrant delights as basil, oregano, and dill. “The greenhouse has given members the opportunity to learn how to grow plants from seed in a controlled environment,” says Lynsie. “The whole crew is on a learning curve with soil mixtures, fertilization methods, and timing to have the plants as perfect as possible for the two plant sales we have each year.” In addition, club members can rent beds to raise their particular favorites.

The club’s efforts are a boon, however, for the entire community. Lynsie notes that they have “raised plants for the Sun City Community Association for use in their common areas” and that both groups are interested in raising more Texas native and adapted plants to reduce water consumption. The greenhouse is open to the general public on Thursday and Saturday mornings, when an array of plants, pine bark mulch, and cotton burr compost is available for sale. The club’s “big erector set” has raised the bar for those helping to green up Sun City and the surrounding community. 

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High school senior turns found objects into art By

Meredith Morrow

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en minutes after the last bell rang, Arden Baxter buzzed into the local Goodwill store on her weekly after-school scavenger hunt. She wasn’t searching for anything in particular, but she was confident that the missing piece she needed would find her as she browsed through the aisles. Her treasure peeked up at her from among the gentlyused teddy bears and previouslyloved board games. The bald Cabbage Patch baby doll was exactly what her sculpture needed. Seventeen-year-old Arden gravitates toward sculpture and ceramics because she enjoys the variety these media offer, and she loves working with different materials and textures.

She sculpts primarily with found objects. Arden explains, “I usually have a theme that I’m working with, and then I’ll come up with the [mixed] media that best show it.” One of her sculptures, The Thief of Childhood, is a statement on how television has displaced children’s imaginations and the creativity they develop by playing with toys and interacting with people. Arden started the project after finding an old, boxy TV. She removed the tube and was left with just the TV’s shell, in which she began arranging her old toys. “I started playing with the depths because I wanted to show the different layers,” Arden says. “When I had it together, it didn’t seem cohesive enough,

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so I waited a bit, mulled it over, and realized that if I had one unison color, it would kind of tie everything together.” Once she was satisfied with each toy’s placement, she spray painted the entire sculpture a lackluster gray to symbolize the emotionless interaction and detachment of the TV versus vibrant, imaginative play. Following The Thief of Childhood, Arden completed The Great Divide sculpture, a visual commentary on how women balance gender scripts within the workforce and at home. Arden strung lengths of chain in uniform rows on one side of a discarded mannequin. On its other side, she glued delicate white feathers in an upward direction. She then

Arden Baxter displays some of her other art pieces.

went over the silver chains with white spray paint to unify the piece and emphasize the difference in texture rather than color. “I really like the contrast between chain and feathers,” Arden says. “I thought that contrast really got across my point of the clash between being independent and having your own career yet also being what society feels as feminine and taking care of the children and the motherly side of women.” She explains that her “intention for the piece was that the chain represented women being strong, independent, and selfempowered, while the feathers symbolized the softer, more feminine side of women, like motherhood and other gender scripts. However, the piece is up for other interpretations depending on the feelings of the viewers. [The piece] is really trying to balance both.” The task of attaching the chains to the mannequin posed its share of snags; the tedious process yielded quite a few scratches on her hands. She says, “With the different curves of the mannequin, it was really hard to get the chain to do what I wanted it to do. I followed the contours

of the body; that was probably the most difficult part.” Carol Watson, Arden’s art teacher, has been instrumental in encouraging her innate talent and cultivating her artistic interests. Carol describes Arden as “tough as nails. She’s ambitious and she thinks. She’s tenacious; Arden has a lot of intellectual stamina.” There’s usually a method to Arden’s madness; she rarely begins a piece without planning, preparing, and organizing her plan of action. A mathematician at heart, Arden feels that she often processes information with the left side of her brain, the side that some experts believe focuses more on logic and sequencing and less on intuition and feelings. “I always think a lot about my pieces,” she says, “and Mrs. Watson has made me think less and put more emotion in it. She knows I overanalyze; I think I’ve tried to relinquish some control and just go with the flow.” Arden is already a few months into Mrs. Watson’s AP Art Portfolio class, and she’s working to create a portfolio to submit to colleges. “It’s 3D, so it incorporates both sculpture and ceramics, which I’m really excited about,” she says. The portfolio is a collection of eight to twenty-four pieces, ten of which will culminate in a concentration piece linked by a common theme or idea. “So far, I’ve created mostly sculptures,” Arden says, “but this past year I worked in ceramics and really enjoyed it. I might investigate more ceramics…” She is considering a ceramics dishware series; however, she adds, “I am thinking about exploring more about the human form or the topic of women in history.” “I’m the type of person that picks one thing that is way too ambitious and ends up spending half the year on it,” she confesses. “So I need to scale down and make sure that I get a lot of my pieces done!” “There’s usually a method to Arden’s Undoubtedly, this resolution madness; she rarely begins a piece means many more trips to her favorite thrift shop to prowl for without planning, preparing, and new treasures just waiting to organizing her plan of action.” be transformed into art. 

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miling as their third greyhound, Daisy, “watched” TV with their children, Judy Puetz wondered that she and her husband Eric had ever hesitated to adopt one of the retired racers as a pet. They had been concerned about allergies and worried about how the dogs might behave around their children. They also thought that the dogs might be hyperactive, having been bred for racing, and might have difficulty making the transition to a more docile life as part of a family. “Allergies were definitely a factor in this decision,” Judy explains, “[and] neither of us had [ever had] a dog as a pet. Initially, we had some reservations based on a few false assumptions.” Judy and Eric mistakenly assumed that grey-

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homes. Since the average greyhound’s racing career is approximately three to five years, many of these animals could then live the majority of their lives in retirement.” “Greyhounds that are no longer making a profit for the racing industry [are often] disposed of,” explains Chris Miller, who has served for several years as a greyhound adoption advocate, activist, and volunteer in and around Georgetown. “That’s why finding loving homes for these retired racers is so important. Every dog we place in a home is a life saved. I’ve helped find homes for greyhounds with varied backgrounds—including those that are

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Brined Turkey  Brining a turkey results in an extra juicy, tender bird. Brine fresh turkeys only, however, never frozen. Ingredients: 3 cups apple juice 1 cup orange juice 2 gallons cold water 8 cloves garlic, minced 2 cups brown sugar 4 Tbsp whole black peppercorns 1½ cup kosher salt 6 bay leaves Preparation: 1. Combine all ingredients in a large sauce pot. Bring to a boil. Stir in salt and sugar. Remove from heat and cover. 2. After brine cools completely, pour it into a large pot or brining bag. Place uncooked turkey in the brine. 3. Refrigerate at least 15 to 20 hours. 4. Remove turkey from brine and rinse. Soaking the turkey in water for 10 minutes will remove all excess salt. Discard brine. 5. Pat the turkey dry and prepare it for roasting, using your favorite seasonings and/or stuffings. Follow the cooking temperatures and times listed in the instructions that accompany the turkey. (Want to review turkey basics? Visit www.butterball.com for tips and how-to videos.)

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Sweet Potato Gratin  Ingredients: 2 cups coconut milk 1 Tbsp chipotle pepper puree (found in grocery stores in the salsa aisle) 5 sweet potatoes, peeled, thinly sliced Salt Ground black pepper Preparation: 1. Whisk coconut milk and chipotle puree until smooth. 2. Arrange potato slices in an even layer on the bottom of a casserole dish. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the coconut milk mixture. Season with salt and pepper. 3. Repeat with the remaining potatoes, coconut milk, salt, and pepper to form 8 to 10 layers. 4. Press down on the layers to completely submerge them in the coconut milk mixture. 5. Cover and bake at 375° F for 30 minutes or until the coconut milk has been absorbed and top is browning.

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Hearty Greens with Garlic  Ingredients: 1½ lbs fall hearty greens, such as kale, mustard greens, and Swiss chard 3 Tbsp coconut oil 10 garlic cloves, sliced thin 1 pound large fresh spinach ¼ tsp red pepper flakes Salt Ground black pepper Preparation: 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Drop hearty greens into the boiling water and blanch for 2 minutes. Immediately plunge blanched greens into ice cold water to stop cooking. Pat dry and set aside. 2. Sauté garlic in coconut oil until

golden. Remove garlic and set aside. 3. Set heat to high and add blanched greens. Cook for 2 minutes, and then add spinach. 4. Season with red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper to taste. Cook until spinach wilts, about a minute, stirring frequently. 5. Return garlic to the pan and stir. Serve immediately.

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 Winter Squash and Apple Soup Ingredients: 1 large butternut or other winter squash, peeled, seeded, cut into 2-inch pieces 2 medium onions, peeled, quartered 4 garlic cloves, peeled 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, quartered 4 cups low-sodium vegetable stock (I prefer organic) Salt Pepper Chili powder Preparation: 1. In a large roasting pan, toss squash, onions, garlic, and apples with oil to coat. Season with salt, pepper, and chili powder. 2. Roast at 400° F, stirring every 10 minutes, until fork tender and lightly browned, about 30 minutes. 3. Transfer half the cooked vegetables and 2 cups of vegetable stock to a food processor. Puree until smooth. 4. Repeat with remaining vegetables and broth. 5. Return pureed mixture to pot, thinning the soup with stock if necessary. 6. Season with salt, pepper, and chili powder. Bring to a simmer. 7. Serve immediately with fresh cilantro as garnish.

Caramel Apple Dipped in Chocolate and Sea Salt  by Monica Brownlow Due to space restrictions, this recipe was left our of Oct issue, we thought it was too good not to share.

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brown sugar, and corn syrup in the saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the mixture forms a smooth brown liquid with no sugar granules remaining. Slowly add the condensed milk. Continue to cook, stirring often. Once the mixture

comes to a boil, begin monitoring the temperature. For a thick, toothsome caramel layer on the apple, cook the caramel until it reaches firm-ball stage (245° F), about 12 minutes. For a thinner, softer caramel layer, cook the caramel until it reaches soft-ball stage (235° F). Remove the caramel from heat and add vanilla; combine. Dip the apples in caramel mixture, and then set them aside to cool on a piece of parchment paper. 3. Meanwhile, place the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave the chocolate until it begins to soften; then remove it from the microwave and stir it briskly. The chocolate should melt as it is stirred. If parts of the chocolate remain solid, microwave it for another few seconds and stir again. Do not let the chocolate melt completely in the microwave; it should melt as you stir it. Dip the apples in the melted chocolate, and then return them to the piece of parchment paper. Sprinkle them with sea salt, and allow the chocolate to harden before serving.

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H o w ’ s T h at W o r k ?

A Race to Gobble Up

Running club and Sertoma revamp a Turkey Day tradition By

Meredith Morrow

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eorgetown’s Turkey Trot race is back this Thanksgiving Day— with new pluck. Race director and Georgetown Running Club president Bill Schroeder is excited to plan this pre-feast race.

What motivated you to reorganize this race? We know there’s a need. Last year, over 100 people just showed up for a run in San Gabriel Park, and it wasn’t even an official race. I think it’s a good segue into a family-oriented day, and lots of runners are used to some type of Thanksgiving Day race, no matter what city they are in. They look for who’s doing what. Austin’s Turkey Trot is getting so big that people are shying away from it, so it’s nice to have a local alternative. If we have it at 8 A.M., people can run and still get home in time to prepare their Thanksgiving dinners. Why is this race unique? The race is five miles, which is different from a traditional 5k or 10k. Many turkey trots range from four to six miles. This year, we’re going to have really cool, long-sleeved technical shirts. Most races

use short sleeved shirts, because obviously there’s not a big demand for long-sleeved shirts in Texas, but it’s unique. The tech shirt is a better quality than the normal cotton race shirt. It sets us apart a little bit.

available. Additionally, we’ll be collecting non-perishable food for The Caring Place during packet pick-up and on race day.

Whom does this race benefit? We’re partnered with Sertoma, a service organization with extensive knowledge of which organizations need help. Appropriately, the turkey-themed race benefits Meals on Wheels, a program that delivers hot meals to homebound individuals year round. Part of the proceeds will go to Georgetown Park Pals, a new organization working to enhance the social, cultural, and recreational wellbeing of all Georgetown residents by making all programs and facilities financially and physically

What about awards? About eighty-four awards will be given away, and since we expect about 300 runners, that’s a great ratio of available awards. That’s what’s fun about a race like this—lots of people who don’t always get an award are shocked to hear their names announced from the podium. We’ll have turkey trophies for the overall winners and medals for the age bracket winners. We’ll also have overall male and female winners and “masters” awards for male and female runners over the age of forty. 

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“Teeth! They are very much in style. They must be very much worthwhile! … They sure are handy when you smile. So keep your teeth around awhile.”

ou and your teeth will have a very long relationship, so you want to make sure it’s a healthy relationship, because when your teeth are healthy, the chances are your whole body is healthy, too. “Bacteria live in your mouth,” Dr. Ryan Roberson of RR Den-

—Dr. Seuss, The Tooth Book tistry explains. “If there’s a lot of inflammation in your mouth, if your gums are bleeding, then that bacteria can enter into your bloodstream. This can compromise your arteries, veins, and heart. People don’t realize that.” Dr. Cory Roach, also of RR Dentistry, acknowledges that medical emergencies resulting from an abscessed tooth or a chronic infection in the mouth are the exception today rather than the norm. “That’s why medicine is great,” Dr. Roberson asserts, “and going to the

dentist regularly is so beneficial.” Just as an annual physical is important to keep your body healthy, prevention is key with routine dental care. Dentists can catch problems and concerns in their earliest stages, and they can apply sealants and fluoride treatments to keep teeth healthy. Three main factors affect not only your teeth but also your health: genetics, homecare, and diet. People who are genetically predisposed to have high levels of bacteria in their mouths, people who don’t brush and floss their teeth consistently, and people who have a steady diet of sodas, sugars, and starches hit “the trifecta,” as Dr. Roberson says, of dental concerns. “But we can all control what we eat. We can control how much time we spend cleaning our teeth,” he says. “The only thing we can’t control is our genetics.” Dr. Roach adds, “A lot of people think they’re just going to lose their teeth, that it’s part of the natural aging process, but it’s not. There’s no reason why anyone should lose their teeth as long as they’re taking care of them. Even with poor genetics, no one is doomed to lose all of their teeth.” It all comes down to the value we place on dental hygiene and health. “If you take care of your teeth,” Dr. Roach says, “they should be with you forever. It’s not like they have a life expectancy that’s much shorter than yours.” And that’s good news for everyone’s smile. 

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Party-flavored Pies

Wilson Hailey’s hobby brings Thanksgiving cheer to Beijing By

Meredith Morrow

ast November, Wilson Hailey and his flatmates spent three days boiling, basting, and baking nonstop to host a Thanksgiving feast for their fifty closest friends—in Beijing, China, where Wilson moved in 2007. They coupled the ridiculous portions of Thanksgiving grub with a selection of tasty, traditional pies. “I got the idea that pies were easy to make,” Wilson says, “and Beijing didn’t have any good pie places. So I thought, why not explore the possibility of selling pies?” He never dreamed that his last-minute Thanksgiving business idea, which he called Rager Pie, might take off. Of the sixty-plus pies he made for his feast, he took half to other Thanksgiving parties around

town and informally surveyed his friends to see how well the party pies were received. Most of the pumpkin, pecan, and fruit pies he baked were from beloved Western recipes. “I would literally show up at someone’s party with a bunch of pies, ask guests to let me film them taking a bite and going crazy, and then edit the whole thing into a Rager Pie promo party video,” says Wilson. “At that point, Rager Pie was still little

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more than a joke, and my focus was on other things,” he adds. However, unbeknownst to Wilson, a writer for one of the more influential expat magazines attended one of his Thanksgiving-themed parties. Believing that Rager Pie was a legitimate start-up company, she wrote an article showcasing the party pie delivery service. Wilson remembers, “My phone started randomly ringing off the hook with orders for pies!”

“I had a ton of fun with this, because I was the catalyst for fun at a party.” Wilson embraced this unexpected demand and began delivering pies to parties around Beijing. He says, “Usually, I would get there, and people would be cliquish, wall-flowery, and unentertained. Then, I’d start making people dance and jump and go crazy while I captured everything on camera. That energy was contagious and provided something different to the party scene.” Rager Pies were more than novelty Western desserts—they were party pies! “I had a ton of fun with this, because I was the catalyst for fun at a party,” Wilson remembers. Delivering pies been one of his favorite pet projects. In fact, the pie deliveries might just show up again this holiday season. Wilson says, “That’s the great thing about China. Over here, the opportunities are wilder, easier to find, and all about being friends with the crazies who invest their lives in this place.” 

To see Wilson’s pies in action, search for “Rager Pie Promo Video” on youtube.com.

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EX T RA VIE W

Bringing Light to Students

Grid Earth Project supports teacher‘s efforts with solar light By

Josselyn Brueske

To find out more about the Grid Earth Project, visit www.GridEarth.org

n the remote village of Fireburn in the jungle of Central America, Cormen Wupip attempted to teach a handful of students how to read. Flickering candlelight dimly lit the grass-walled schoolroom, and the children struggled to see the pages before them, but Cormen was afraid to use lamps full of fuel to bring more light to the room. All one student had to do was knock over a lamp, and they might all be engulfed in flames. It had happened before. Cormen looked out at the heads bent over books before him. Not one Fireburn student had ever passed the basic Primary School Exam—but now they had a teacher who was determined to shed light on the students of this tiny school buried in the jungle. Cormen cared enough to undergo a difficult commute—an hour of rough road, two crank bridges, a five-mile canoe trip, and a hike through the jungle—in order to teach these kids during the week. But his efforts were useless if he

was the only one who cared. Fortunately for the students at Fireburn, someone else did care. Recently Cormen and every family in Fireburn received solar powered lights from the Grid Earth Project, a 501(c) 3 Charity based in Georgetown, Texas. As Grid Earth Executive Director Audrey Cochran puts it, “Whether a village consists of one hundred children or ten, they all deserve the same chance for a safe education.” Grid Earth was created to help impoverished communities replace dangerous lighting such as candles and fuel-oil lamps, which caused burns, deaths, respiratory illnesses, and eyestrain; victims were predominantly under age sixteen. In a place so remote that visitors are nonexistent, with the exception an occasional jaguar, students are now using the most advanced solar light technology to learn and improve their lives. Audrey explains that Grid Earth provides solar powered lights at no charge to those without access

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to electricity and who live at the bottom of the economic pyramid. “Our goal is to end energy poverty through education while saving lives and improving health at the same time. The switch to solar also creates instant savings.” Grid Earth distributed the lamps to the ten families in Fireburn and the school as part of a distribution that included 600 households. Grid Earth also works with other charity and nonprofit groups to provide solar lighting for individual projects. Since its beginning in 2010, Grid Earth has shipped lamps for distribution in countries all around the world. Where students were falling behind, education is now flourishing. Students in Fireburn now study under clean, safe, and bright solar light. No child will ever again risk his or her safety in order to get an education in Fireburn. And about that exam? After just one year of Cormen’s teaching, aided by solar lights, three students passed the basic exam 

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A Stone’s Throw

Preserving a Part of Texas History Pioneer Farms opens Tonkawa Exhibit By

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Photos By Megan Fox

For more information about Pioneer Farms’ hours and Steve Ashley’s Tonkawa Exhibit, visit www.pioneerfarms.org

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“But it sparked my imagination.” Years later, Steve Ashley still has a profound appreciation for Indian artifacts and culture. His passion led him to create the new Tonkawa Exhibit, a permanent collection at Pioneer Farms in Austin that includes handcrafted replicas of Tonkawa walking sticks, spears, bows, and arrows, as well as various Indian artifacts that Steve has excavated. “We find the arrowheads and the knives, but all the wooden things—the spears, the bows, the arrows—rotted away. All we see is a few flint pieces, and we wonder how they used them,” he says. Steve found most of the artifacts at Walnut Creek in Austin, Gunpowder Creek in Waco, and Crystal Falls in Leander, he says. He estimates he’s found several thousand items, many of which are featured at the exhibit. “This is one of the largest, thinnest flint tools ever found in

Texas,” Steve says, pointing to a replica of a biface, a hide-scraping tool he found at the Ashley Site. The site, along lower Walnut Creek, was named for Steve after he arranged for the site to be listed as protected. Since Steve found the original biface on City of Austin property, he was not allowed to keep it. Instead, he cast a silicone replica. The Tonkawa Tribe has been “advising us on the accuracy of some of the [replicas],” Steve says. “They were most helpful with information and images.” The exhibit is open Fridays through Sundays during Pioneer Farms hours, but on Saturday mornings Steve will be there, teaching and telling his stories. Lucky visitors might learn how to say “red stick” in Tonkawa, hear about the time Steve attended a Tonkawa powwow, or get instructions to make their own Tonkawa spear replicas! 

The Tonkawa are a nomadic tribe famous for its strong warriors and hunting prowess. Tickanwa-Tic, the name the Tonkawa call themselves, means “They all stay together.” For more information on the Tonkawa Tribe, visit TonkawaTribe.com. 86

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