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From Our Publisher Anyone else out there working and teaching at the same time? Welcome to September 2020! Hopefully by now the kids are back to school, and life is getting somewhat back to normal--but if it’s not and we’re all still home schooling, here are a few ideas to help keep you and the kiddos from going crazy. Like many of you, I’m working from home. In addition, this fall finds me settling into my role as a 4th grade teacher, which got me thinking: what was I learning in 4th grade and how did I absorb what I learned? Well, I’ll tell you, it wasn’t from staring at a computer all day. I loved hands-on activities and field trips, so that’s what the Kasprzak 4th grade class has been doing. For instance, the Sam Houston Memorial Museum is a great place to start. You’ll learn not just historical events, but also our own local history. Next, try Space Center Houston where there is plenty to do all day that’s both educational and hands on. To top it off, if you get the Houston CityPASS, you save money on the Space Center, the Aquarium, and the Houston Museum. These are just a few ideas that are fun for the whole family. Importantly, these hot spots are practicing social distancing and keeping facilities clean and sanitized. Until next month, keep your head up and remember time and patience will take care of everything.
Lindsey Kasprzak
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SEPTEMBER 2020
Business of the Month Delta V Chiropractic & Sports Medicine - Page 6 Features Squeaky Pig Food Blog - Page 5
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Spring Fire Department - Page 9
5 Jefferson Davis Highway - Page 13
Conroe/Lake Conroe Chamber - Page 14
Learn From Lady Justice - Page 19
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By: Raigan Mayo Food Blogger
Mini Chicken Tacos I love to make quick and easy meals and this one fits in great. I typically get a rotisserie chicken from my local grocery store and we often have leftovers. Reinventing leftovers is key to making my life easier and reducing food waste. For this recipe I used leftover chicken and diced it really small, mix with taco seasoning, add juice of one lime. Next I make the cheese taco shells by adding shredded cheddar in small piles on a sheet pan and cook at 350 degrees until the edges start to brown. Add chicken, top with a little queso and guacamole and enjoy!
Makes 6 mini chicken tacos Ingredients 1 1/ 2 cups of leftover chicken(depending on how many you want to make) 1 Lime 1 tsp Chili Powder 1 tsp Onion Powder 2 tsp Cumin Powder 1 tsp Salt( I use Himalayan pink salt, be forewarned that if you table salt or kosher salt it will take less) 2 TBL of Bacon Fat Heat bacon fat in a pan, add spices to fat(this allows seasonings to bloom and activate naturally occurring oils), then add chicken. Heat chicken to 145 degrees, squeeze lime juice and mix well and set aside. Cheese Tacos I use cheddar but you could use any kind. I take about 1/8 cup (or about .25 to .33 ounces) of cheese and make 6 separate piles on a non stick pan. Bake at 350 until the edges are turning brown. While the cheese tacos are still hot, add 1/4 cup of chicken, drizzle with queso. I use a pre made queso. You can serve these with sour cream, guacamole, or ranch.
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By: Taylor Smith Sciatic pain, knee pain and neck pain- these are just a few symptoms we’ve all experienced at least once in our lives. The medical field’s answer to these, and many similar problems, is to prescribe a medication to alleviate the pain. But, once the medication wears off, we’re left again with the symptoms because we haven’t addressed the cause of the issue. Going to the root cause is the only way to rid ourselves of these issues permanently. The body is an interconnected web. Pain in one area may be the result of a problem in another. Understanding that web and the interplay between the various muscles, bones, nerves, and trigger points is vital to properly diagnosing a problem, but more importantly, in fixing it. This is Dr. Paul Harris’s specialty! Dr. Harris is the owner of Delta V Chiropractic and Sports Medicine, located in The Woodlands off of Sawdust Road. Lone Star Local Guide Page 6
Dr. Harris’ office is welcoming, warm and friendly- just like him. On your first visit, Dr. Harris will sit down with you to review your medical history, listen to you explain your symptoms, and diagnose and treat the cause of them. For me, I was having some pain in my knee, especially during squats. By engaging me with dialogue, and listening to me, he learned that I regularly do Olympic weightlifting. This helped him identify what could be the cause of my knee pain and provided him with valuable insight into how I might have injured myself. Next, he asked me to per-
form some bodyweight squats and other movements as he continued to probe for identifying where exactly the pain was located and what movements specifically were causing the pain. At this point, he was fairly certain of the cause of the issue and knew exactly how to attack a treat-
ment plan. He utilized a scraper (also called an IASTM tool) on the muscles above my knee and applied suction cups in the area to draw blood flow to the muscles, reducing soreness and helping to loosen tight muscles. After that, Dr. Harris provided me with several stretches and foam rolling techniques to institute into my regular warm-up, or just to do at home to help the muscles around my knee relax and recover. The whole process with him took about 40 minutes. After this, I felt as
good as new! “I do whatever I can to make my patients feel better, and I try to give them at least one homework exercise movement the first day so that they can be sure that the muscles are being worked or stretched properly. I also personally try to follow up with my patients within the next couple of days. I text, email or call to find out how it went. I want to make sure they actually got what they were looking for in our visit. Delta V was started to help you move better and feel better. I think movement is essential and I want to help my clients get moving, in the right ways, as soon as I can.” But you may be thinking, I don’t work out, I just need to be adjusted or I was in a car wreck and I have horrible neck pain all the time. Dr. Harris is your one stop shop! Just like his business name says, “Chiropractic and Sports Medicine”. Dr. Harris is able to work out that horrible neck pain with some deep muscle work followed by a quick adjustment. After a visit with him, you’ll be feeling like your old self in no time! You may also be concerned
about seeking healthcare during COVID. Dr. Harris understands that and takes preventive measures to keep the office as safe as possible. “ In between clients, every touch surface is cleaned, social distancing is in effect, and every person in the office is masked at all times to keep everyone as safe as I can.” Dr. Harris explains that his motivation is simple. “I want to make an impact in people’s lives and at the end of the day, I leave knowing I had a positive impact because people leave with a smile on their face.” For more information about Dr. Paul Harris or if you would like to request an appointment you can visit his website at: www.deltavsportsmed. com or visit him on Facebook and Instagram.u
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No Fire Hydrant, No Problem BY: Tracee Evans
to fight a fire. Most structure fires require several lines, and flowing 300 to even 1,000 gallons of water a minute is not that rare. For example, a fire engine carries anywhere from 750 – 1,000 gallons of water, and with one single line flowing, that is 5-7 minutes of water flowing capability. That means hooking up to a fire hydrant within a couple of minutes or needing a tanker or additional engine to keep water flowing onto the flames. “Our biggest enemy is always time,” said Spring Fire DisBecause fires rarely happen
The National Fire Protection As-
next to a hydrant, drafting water
sociation sets nationally recom-
and running hose lines are two
mended standards for the fire
of the most basic firefighting skills,
service. Currently, the standard rec-
making firefighters experts at mov-
ommends a 150 gallons of water a
ing water.
minute minimum from a single line
trict Chief Chris vonWiesenthal. “Seconds count throughout the whole response event. From the time it takes to report the fire to 9-1-1, to the time it takes to arrive on the scene, as well as the time it takes to extinguish the fire, the clock is always working against us.” In areas with weak or even no fire hydrants close by, firefighters have to bring even more water. Using Water Tenders -- fire trucks also referred to as tankers that are designed to carry large amounts of water -- and portable folding water tanks, firefighters can shuttle water to the tanks to support firefighting
(Training photo of crews using a fire hydrant system to refill Tanker 74 taken by Spring Fire District Chief Chris vonWiesenthal.)
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(Photo of multiple fire units providing mutual aid response to put water on the three alarm Motel 6 fire in October of 2019. Photo taken by Joe Buvid.)
Spring firefighters carry differ(Training photo of Spring Fire’s Tanker 74 bringing water to an engine taken by District Chief vonWiesenthal)
“Drafting,” and with the use of
fire, this operation may involve
multiple Water Tenders, this system
multiple tenders making dozens of
can sustain large volumes of wa-
trips to carry water to the scene.
ter flow for extended periods.
The fire engine driver is responsible
“Spring Fire has two tankers
for seeing that this water delivery
that can carry 3200 gallons of wa-
process moves as quickly as pos-
ter apiece,” added VonWiesen-
sible.
thal. “They are equipped to get
Hose lines for Fire Attack are
water from neighboring hydrant
the responsibility of the first engine
systems, or other large bodies of
to arrive. Otherwise known as the
water such as streams, rivers or
“attack pumper,” the first engine
lakes.”
on the scene takes the responsi-
Drafting is the process where
bility of flowing the water onto the
water is sucked in through pumps
fire. “In a large fire, such as the
built into the tender, which then
Motel 6 fire, different engines will
brings the water back to the fire
position on different sides of the
scene where it is dumped into the
fire. All may serve different roles in
portable folding tanks.
a large, coordinated effort to ex-
Depending on the size of the
tinguish a multiple alarm blaze.”
ent sizes of hose for different purposes. “A typical attack line to fight a house fire is 1 3/4 inches in diameter,” added vonWiesenthal. “The largest hose Spring Fire carries is not for fighting fires but for quickly suctioning water out of the portable tank. Those hoses are six inches in diameter, over three times the size of the standard attack hose.” The bottom line is you need water to put out a fire. When hydrants are not easily available, firefighters need to learn creative ways to get water onto the fire as quickly as possible in order to save lives and property. Spring Fire District Chief Chris vonWiesenthal,
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Jefferson Davis Highway: The Persistence of a Confederate Memorial By: W.F. Strong
On July 29, 1925, a full 60 years
After all, President Abraham Lin-
two great leaders of the critical
after the American Civil War, Miss
coln had a highway already, that
period of American history.“
Decca Lamar West of Waco, Tex-
stretched from New York City to
as, wrote a strongly-worded letter
San Francisco. She wrote:
The
honorary
highway
of
which she wrote was almost fully
to Chief Thomas H. MacDonald,
“The Jefferson Davis Highway
realized. Today, the Jefferson Da-
the head of what was then the
directors are doing constructive
vis Memorial Highway still exists –
Federal Bureau of Public Roads.
work in every state, and patri-
but only in bits and pieces – from
Miss West was an influential
otically the women of the United
Virginia to California. You’ll find
member of the United Daughters
States feel that nothing could
United Daughters of the Confed-
of the Confederacy. She was lob-
tend to the greater unity and un-
eracy markers along highways in
bying for a coast-to-coast high-
derstanding of the people than
Georgia and Louisiana and Ari-
way to honor the former presi-
that two transcontinental high-
zona. But New Mexico had them
dent of the Confederate States.
ways should be named for the
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It was one of at least 250 markers placed along U. S. roadways which tried to rebrand Jefferson Davis, to make the enslaver equal to the emancipator. The plaque on the boulder in Brownsville was stone cold propaganda. The plaque identifies Davis as President of the C.S.A. The word “Confederacy” is not spelled out there. Were they hiding the word from Davis’s resume? He is lauded as a United States soldier and senator. It says he resigned as senator, but it omits the fact that he resigned to create a new country where slavery would be forever legal. Finally, he is declared a martyr, but a martyr for what? Hundreds of thousands died for his cause, but he didn’t. President Ulysses S. Grant believed the contentiousness that resulted from the Civil War would, in time, pass. In 1885, in his famous all removed from along I-10 two
eracy in 1927, was later moved to
years ago. You can see the Texas
a city park after the state passed
markers along U.S. 90 and 290 and
on certifying that memorial route.
I-35, and along Highways 59 and
It was a simple, large boulder
77 South, toward the border. Oth-
with a plaque praising Jefferson
ers have been removed – includ-
Davis. Some wanted the boulder
ing those in Elgin, San Antonio and
removed altogether because it
San Marcos.
honored Davis, who was a trai-
Brownsville just removed its
tor to the U.S. Others felt that re-
marker after a contentious de-
moving it would be an attempt to
bate.
erase history.
The
marker,
originally
placed on Palm Boulevard by the
My contention is that the mon-
United Daughters of the Confed-
ument itself tried to erase history.
memoirs, he wrote: “As time passes, people, even of the South, will begin to wonder how it was possible that their ancestors ever fought for or justified institutions which acknowledged the right of property in man.” And yet these arguments over monuments persist. This article was edited for broadcast by Texas Standard producers for the Texas Standard radio program on Apple podcast
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The People’s Court September
a
Precinct 5 which covers some
ner and more recently Judge
change in our Justice of the
of Magnolia. Judge Trey Spikes
Judy. The appeal of JP Court,
Peace Courts in Texas. Due to
presides over Precinct 2 which
is that most of the procedural
legislation passed last year the
is comprised of most of Conroe.
rules which cause difficulties
amount a person can sue for
Judge Matt Beasley presides
for those without attorneys in
in Justice of the Peace Courts
over Precinct 3 which covers
higher courts do not apply in
increases
to
some of Magnolia, Spring and
JP Court.
$20,000. This change will surely
The Woodlands. Judge Jason
come in and tell the judge
increase the caseload all our
Dunn covers Precinct 4 which
what happened in their case
JP Judges handle, which is al-
includes those cities on the
to get a ruling. The public will
ready over ten thousand cases
59 corridor as well as some of
also find a court staff at the JP
per year each in Montgomery
Conroe.
level that is very accustomed
County.
1
from
marks
$10,000
People can simply
You may be asking
JP Courts handle several
to guiding those without at-
yourself if this increase effects
types of cases. On the crimi-
torneys through the process
Small Claims Courts? If so, you
nal side Class C Misdemeanors,
of filing and service. Some JP
will be surprised to hear that
which are comprised mostly
Courts even provided forms for
Small Claims Court was done
of traffic offenses, are filed in
the public to utilize.
away with during legislative
JP Courts. JP Courts are also
In the days of Judge Wap-
sessions of years past leaving
where parents end up when
ner a person could only file for
the JP Court as the only remedy
their minor children are not
damages of up to $5,000 in JP
for those who do not want the
regularly attending school. JP
Court. The trend that contin-
rigors of procedure required in
Courts are where evictions are
ues to increase caseloads in
the higher courts.
filed and where animal sei-
JP Court is a reflection of the
Montgomery County has
zure cases take place in the
good work these courts do in
five excellent JP Judges. Judge
instance of animal cruelty. Fi-
our community and kudos to
Wayne Mack presides over Pre-
nally, JP Courts are most known
the legislature for making these
cinct 1 which is comprised of
for handling “small claims” civil
courts more accessible to the
most of Montgomery.
cases.
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Matt Masden presides over
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By: Jennifer Brown With
With health and safety conditions improving in some countries and potentially deteriorating in others, countries and destinations have started re-opening their borders to more than just essential travelers. Now more than ever clients have been asking where it is okay for them to travel both now and in the future. August 6th the US State Department lifted their global coronavirus travel advisory and said they would be go-
A vacation isn’t meant for you
changing information so we can
ing back to their system of coun-
to be cooped up in a room at a ho-
give you the best advice for your
try specific travel advice. Lifting
tel, resort, or hostel. It’s about im-
travel planning. As it’s been no
the global advisory was welcome
mersing yourself in the destination
easy task to keep track of all the
news for those that are ready to
and culture. During a pandemic,
rules and regulations put in place
travel, but even before this was
it’s not quite as easy to capture
by each country, we constantly
lifted, Vagablonde Travel had
the full essence of the destination
refer to the country specific tour-
proudly sent over 150 travelers to
but at Vagablonde Travel we are
ism board or health department.
Mexico, since the end of June.
trying to stay on top of this ever-
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• Will all the amenities at your
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hotel or resort be available like
helpful during our travel planning
the spa?
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• FDA Coronavirus Testing Information – to learn more about the types of tests available and the steps involved. • WTTC Safe Travels Stamp – The World Travel and Tourism
• Is there a country-wide cur-
• IATA Travel Regulations Map
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few that will prevent you from ex-
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a Global Safety Stamp which al-
periencing what you want to?
Association (IATA) has developed
lows travelers to recognize gov-
• Is it possible to have a desti-
an interactive map that gives a
ernments and companies around
nation wedding and have a large
rundown of travel restrictions by
the world which have adopted
gathering? What measures are in
country. The map is a great re-
health and hygiene global stan-
place to provide safety for all in-
source but should be used in con-
dardized protocols – so consum-
volved?
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ers can experience ‘Safe Travels’. Vagablonde Travel Owner & President Jennifer Brown
So, with all these extras hoops
tourism board and health depart-
we are jumping we also under-
ment websites for a more com-
stand our clients might desire something more intimate and domestic! Americans want to vacation close to home. After months of sheltering in place, we’re desperate to travel again, but nervous about social distancing and shared spaces. According to a Travel & Leisure article posted on July 1, “Data shows travelers are opting for mountainous, rural destinations like the Adirondacks and Catskills in New York, northern Minnesota, and more.” VacaLone Star Local Guide Page 23
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