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S.A. is proud to be Military City USA

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ay is national Military Appreciation Month, and it’s a good time to think about why San Antonio’s nickname — “Military City U.S.A.” — is so appropriate.

More than three centuries ago, conquistadores arrived at the San Antonio River and established the Presidio San Antonio de Béjar as the headquarters of Spanish colonial power. The Alamo was a strategic defense post in Texas’ struggle for independence. Texas Rangers and Confederate troops came and went.

In the 20th century, the U.S. military began a steady expansion here.

The first military airplane flew at Fort

Sam Houston’s parade field in 1910, and by 1950 Randolph, Kelly and Lackland were official Air Force bases.

While the federal Base Realignment and Closure process shook the city with the shutdown of Kelly AFB, more change has expanded Brooke Army Medical Center and rebuilt Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, now part of the massive Joint Base San Antonio.

Lackland is also the beating heart of Air Force basic training. Fifty Fridays a year, hundreds of young men and women graduate from basic to become airmen.

In April, I attended one of those graduations, along with hundreds of invited friends and family members who hailed from across the country to cheer their loved ones as they stepped into the Air Force ranks. After the ceremony, I noticed real estate agent John Thurman, a tall civilian gentleman, warmly greeting some of those visitors as they swarmed out of the paradeground bleachers.Thurman has become a passionate proponent of civilian outreach to the rank-and-file military folks stationed here, and to those who visit town to see enlistees or do business.

As an “Honorary Commander,” an unofficial designation given to civilian volunteers who help the Air

Force (the Army calls them “Honorary Quartermasters”), Thurman wants families to know San Antonio is a friendly place, one they’ll want to enjoy while they’re here, and return to in the future.

Thurman is one of many such community volunteers, from the venerable MilitaryCivilian Club and the Ambassadors program to the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee.

It’s not just about patriotism, or warm and fuzzy feelings for the folks in the armed services. It’s also good business to appreciate visitors. One recent study indicates that military-related visits generate 2 million hotel-room stays a year. And that’s just one aspect of the enormous economic and professional impact the military has on our town.

This year, as groups and individuals around town geared up for May’s Military Appreciation Month events, headlines announced the Army is considering a $95 billion budget cut and “force reduction.”

The Chamber estimated the city could lose thousands of military and civilian personnel over the next five years.

The hard fact is that these days, while the military presence is still strong here, America’s armed forces are eversmaller and leaner, if no less proud and patriotic. In World War II, when Kelly

was in its heyday, more than 10 percent of Americans had family members in the service. Today that number has shrunk to less than 1 percent. And there’s not much that most folks can do about it but adapt.

Thurman and many other San Antonians are doing what they can to boost San Antonio’s image with the many visitors who travel here to visit or work with the military.

Just saying “thank you” to active-duty folks and veterans is another way we can all help – as many do. The nonprofit Paseo del Rio Association’s May 16 America's Armed Forces River Parade is a great time to show your support. From May 1-16, you can also donate to the group’s Yellow Ribbon Project. For a $5 donation, you can sponsor a yellow ribbon to help line the River Walk as a visible show of gratitude (see https://www.thesanantonioriverwalk. com/events/yellow-ribbon-project). This fall, San Antonio’s Celebrate America's Military, organized annually around Veterans Day, is another time when opportunities to say “thank you” abound.

As Military City U.S.A, we have much to be proud of, and much to be grateful for. How can you help express that in your life today?

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Local leaders are not taking the possible drawbacks lying down, but more must be done. There has to be a groundswell of support to get military commanders and the politicians at the national level on board.

The loss of active-duty personnel and related services at the venerable Army post will create not a ripple effect but a virtual tidal wave that could disrupt area economies and

community ties for years to come.

If the reduction happens, forecasts call for nearly a half-billion dollars in lost revenue a result, with the impact reaching into virtually everyone’s wallet. The auto industry, trades, services, housing stock, education and so much more could take a hit if the Army draws down its troop strength.

According to the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, the loss could be as much as $382 million.

Restructuring and budget restraints mandated by the federal government include a 25 percent reduction in soldiers over the next five years, according to a 2014 assessment. Experts say that equates to a possible loss of 3,949 soldiers and 1,985 civilians from Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis.

The draw down actually creates a bigger crater in the San Antonio financial landscape once 9,008 family members are added to that 5,900-person reduction. The figure grows to nearly 15,000.

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ANNEXATION MEETING The MAY Department of Planning & 7 Community Development invites the far North Side community to attend an informative session on San Antonio’s plans for annexation. The meeting takes place at 7 p.m. at the Cliff Morton Development & Business Services Center, 1901 S. Alamo St. For more, visit http://www.sanantonio.gov/planning.

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JAG JAMBOREE Current and future Johnson High School Jaguars are welcome to attend a festival at the campus, 23203 Bulverde Road, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Organized by the Jaguar Pride Association, the family fun includes athletic games, food, inflatables, a cake walk and a dunking booth. A $10 wristband covers games and inflatables.

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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING Trustees of the North East Independent School District regularly meet 5:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month in the boardroom at 8961 Tesoro Drive. To confirm dates and times, call 407-0533.

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DISTRICT 9 NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in Stone Oak Methodist Hospital, classroom No. 1, 1139 E. Sonterra Blvd. The hospital is just off U.S. 281 North.

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A NEW GOODWILL DONATION STATION HAS OPENED at 16915 Blanco Road, just south of Loop 1604. Officials with the nonprofit say the station, which debuted March 22, is conveniently located to make it easier for residents to donate gently used goods. Goodwill, which has been serving San Antonio since 1945, operates 18 retail stores, more than 25 donation stations and 10 Good Careers Centers in San Antonio, New Braunfels, Seguin, Laredo and surrounding areas, and three Good Careers Academies. It also oversees 17 contracts for services ranging from document management to grounds maintenance, officials said. For more, call 924-8581 or visit www.goodwillsa.org.

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EXTENSION continues at a rapid clip, said District 9 Councilman Joe Krier. “The new extension of Hardy Oak will run from Stone Oak (Parkway) to Knights Cross (Drive) and will include a shared-use path and sidewalks, as well as curbs and driveway approaches,” Krier said in a news release. “Street excavation through the project site, chipping out rock and demolition and hauling off rock and debris is underway. Over the next several weeks, (the city’s Transportation & Capital Improvements) will begin trenching for utility work, laying water line and storm drain and trenching for streetlights.”

CARSON THOMAS ‘TOM’ MILLER, A JUNIOR AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL AND A WIND-ENSEMBLE MEMBER, has been named a winner in Sam Houston State University’s Texas Emerging Composers Competition. The Texas Music Educators Association All-Area trumpet player submitted a composition earlier this year, which a panel of composers and university faculty gave high marks. Miller received a certificate plus $300, and heard the college’s Old Main Brass Choir, conducted by Joseph Vranas at the 53rd Annual SHSU Contemporary Music Festival, perform, “A Night On False Light,” the student’s piece.

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Think Through Math representatives paid a visit to the school on April 6 to celebrate with a pizza party and great prizes.”

GIFTED-AND-TALENTED THIRD-GRADERS FROM 16 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NORTH EAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT took part March 24 in the first #techacademy at Encino Park Elementary School. Participants included Canyon Ridge, Coker, Encino Park, Harmony Hills, Huebner, Larkspur, Longs Creek, Northwood, Oak Grove, Oak Meadow, Stone Oak, Tuscany Heights, Vineyard Ranch, Wetmore, Wilshire, and Wilderness Oak. During the event, students learned about computer programming and received instruction from NEISD technology specialists.

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to clean, maintain and upgrade the green space at 22635 Wilderness Oak Road.

For more on Panther Springs Park or to volunteer, contact the Natural Areas Division at 207-5318 or visit www. sanantonio.gov/parksandrec/volunteer.

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by ERIC MORENO 289-acre tract, which introduced the city’s sixth dog park, included a celebration he recent ribbon cutting 9 Councilman Joe Krier We would like the old style of the ad like featuring the first one.District In amenities add heralding the debut of and the family paraffin hand treatment. In bullets add “all inclusive dentalofoffWyatt for all McDaniel. A Panther Springs hasinsurance? ask path from Wellness Wilderness your dental needs”Park and “NO us about Club.Oak Also,Elementary change years of experience School through the park is called Wyatt’s the city searching for volunteersto 18 Way to commemorate the 7-year-old, to help with upkeep — as the who died after a pile of dirt collapsed park’s birth is one achievement, on him at an equestrian facility in 2013. maintenance is another.

He was a student at the school.

“We always welcome the support and “The trail that connects the school to the help of volunteers in all our natural-areas Parman Branch Library has been named parks,” said Robert Rinn, the city’s assistant ‘Wyatt’s Way’ in honor of a former student manager of Natural Areas for the Parks and at Wilderness Oak,” said Melissa Sparks, a Recreation Department. “It’s an opportunity spokeswoman for the city’s Transportation for people to give back to their parks & Capital Improvements. “His family and also learn more about how we can came out for the grand opening and the maintain and preserve these natural areas.” ribbon cutting and they were very excited During the planning and development to have Wyatt remembered in this way. The phases of the project, residents had people in the community were able to rally the opportunity to register as Friends around them and get this accomplished.” of Panther Springs Park members.

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PANTHER SPRINGS continues from pg. 17 “Panther Springs Park shows what residents can accomplish,” Krier said.

“Neighbors rallied behind this project, supported the 2012 bond election, and got all of us on board to make this a reality that we can all now enjoy.”

Philanthropist and developer Dan Parman donated 7 acres to the park, a parcel that encompasses the dog park, park entrance and parking lot. The San Antonio River Authority donated the remaining 279 acres of land to the city.

The project was funded with $2.5 million from the 2012-17 bond program.

“This is the first new park that has been opened in District 9 since Hardberger Park opened in 2010,” Krier said. “Since I came into this position over a year and a half ago, the residents of this area have said to me that they wanted a park where they can take their kids to experience nature.

In the past, parks were constructed to feature things like elaborate playgrounds and basketball courts and things like that. Now, I think we all want more green space and want to experience nature.

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Efforts to create the park started about a decade ago and involved multiple partners including the city, the Mays

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Family YMCA, the San Antonio Public Library, the North East Independent School District, the Wilderness Oak Alliance and many individual residents.

“There was only one park north of Loop 1604 (and) Stone Oak Park in the fastest growing area of the city,” said David Walsworth, former president of the Wilderness Oak Alliance and a

longtime supporter of the park. “The 78258 and 78260 ZIP codes had less park and outdoor recreational space per capita than other council districts. Area residents wanted facilities and amenities such as the park and made those wants known.”

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“It’s not an easy volunteer position, but we do it for the girls,” Rudolph said.

The middle school students work on Silver Award projects, with one to four girls collaborating on a meaningful cause, officials said. It’s the highest award a Cadette can earn.

Presently, two Scouts distribute information about fire safety for pets, while two others build a bookshelf to house media at a dialysis center.

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TROOP 44 continues from pg. 19 Department Lt. Jim Reidy at Station 46.

Though printing costs were high, Malena’s father said they could produce the brochures at his office and the stickers were made at the Rudolphs.

Fundraising from cookie sales provided $200 apiece to each Silver Award project.

Malena, Sarah and a few other Scouts distributed stickers and brochures at the March 11 grand opening of Panther Springs Park, including at the dog park.

“We had quite a few animal lovers there who were interested in learning more about protecting their pets in an emergency,” said Melissa Sparks, a spokeswoman with the city’s Transportation & Capital Improvements. “The girls did a great job of providing information and interacting with the people who were attending the event.”

So far, the girls have circulated more than 400 brochures to people at dog parks, pet stores and more, including Phil Hardberger Park.

“We like seeing people’s smiles on their faces when we help them, and it feels good when we see that,” Malena said.

They are bringing their pet-safety awareness campaign to the east side of Hardberger Park, 13203 Blanco Road, from 8:30-11 a.m. May 16. Then,

Animals Inside: Pets & Fire Safety, a Silver Award project by Malena Desai (left) and Sarah Rudolph (right), entails giving out fire-safety information to pet owners, as well as a sticker to put on their door telling first responders how many pets are inside a home. Photos by Collette Orquiz

they visit the park’s west side, 8400 N.W. Military Highway, during the Pooch Parade 8:30-11 a.m. June 6.

Meanwhile, Cadettes Gillian Guthrie and Kayla Isbell tackle another duty, “Distraction During Dialysis,” building a bookshelf and collecting books, DVDs and magazines for the dialysis center at Fresenius Northwest Kidney Disease Center,

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“To me it just feels really good to help people,” Kayla said. You just feel good to not just sit there and see other people needing help.”

Kayla got the idea from her mother, the center’s director. She constructed the bookshelf in her father’s shop and, when completed, it will stand 5-feet

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“It’s really refreshing helping somebody that isn’t yourself for once,” Gillian said.

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“Most of the time it’s pretty fun, and it feels good to give back because you don’t really realize how much your community needs you until you really look into it,” Gillian said.

Troop leaders Rudolph and Isbell have begun researching new tasks for their Scouts. Rudolph and Mona Desai, Malena’s mother, recently reconnected with Reidy at SAFD and are considering a large landscaping venture later this year.

In addition to working towards their Silver Awards, the troop just concluded a food-donation drive for area fire stations, baked cookies for San Antonio State Hospital patients and collected items for the San Antonio Food Bank.

Mona Desai attributes the troop’s success to the girls’ lasting friendship.

“I think that’s helped them when they go out to the community,” she said. “They’re able to show that they can work together and have a really successful troop that can provide services for the community.”

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APRIL 27 - JUNE 2, 2015 lanes or free-access lanes,” said Renee Green, the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority’s director of engineering and operations, as well as director of Bexar County Public Works. “This project will reduce congestion and double the number of lanes that exists today.”

The Alamo RMA is an independent governmental agency created by the Texas Transportation Commission and the Bexar County Commissioners Court in 2003 to help expedite area transportation projects.

Proponents say the proposed 281 expansion of nearly 8 miles from 1604 to Borgfeld Road is meant to relieve traffic congestion and increase better traffic flow, and give motorists more commuting and transportation options.

But not everyone supports the idea.

“This has been a political fight from day one — a targeted tax on 281 commuters,” said Terri Hall, founder and director of Texans for Toll-free Highways.

“Our politicians have enabled unelected boards to steal the non-toll funding for this roadway, jack up the cost and engage in highway robbery to turn a freeway into a tollway on their watch.”

Meanwhile, the Texas Department of Transportation, the agency that has oversight for many of the state’s toll

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decision on whether to add toll lanes to an 8-mile stretch of U.S. 281 north of Loop 1604 won’t get any traction until the federal government reviews an Environmental Impact Statement, officials said.

On the table now is a proposal — which is derided by a consortium of anti-toll activists — that calls for adding six “managed lanes” to 281 in which motorists are charged when they use them. Critics claim Texans’ taxes already fund the roads, so it’s unfair to make motorists pay again to drive on them.

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Today there are six free-access lanes for this stretch of 281.

Under the proposal, four new freeway lanes would have free access for motorists, and two new managed lanes would require a fee (with some exceptions), for a total of six new lanes. These would be built in the middle of the existing six free-access lanes, for a total of 12 — 10 free lanes and two managed.

In addition, the 4.36-mile stretch of 281 from Stone Oak to Borgfeld Road would give motorists a choice between managed lanes and free-access lanes. Currently there are four existing free-access lanes.

Six new managed lanes (four free and two managed) would be added to this stretch of 281 for a total of 10 lanes.

One controversy putting the brakes on toll roads is a recent problem with the state’s toll-tag system, in which motorists with a specific electronic TxTag on their vehicles are allowed to go through tollways without stopping

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In the meantime, the ongoing 281 Environmental Impact Statement — which started in 2009 — awaits a “record of decision,” when it is finished, from the Federal Highway Administration, which will review the study. Its approval paves the way for funding and development.

“The EIS basically takes a look at what is going to be the effect of the surrounding environment that is caused by that project,” said Monica Ramos, a spokeswoman with the Alamo RMA. “In the EIS we have to explain what our two proposed alternatives are for the 281 road,” Ramos added. “We either build and here’s what happens, or we don’t build and here’s what happens.

We recommend that we build the roads and this is why we believe that. We call that our ‘preferred alternative,’ as opposed to our no-build alternative.”

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But during the legislative session, transportation officials admitted improper billing led to tens of thousands of TxTag motorists being overcharged by as much as $1.7 million. Upset TxTag customers voiced their grievances, and state lawmakers grilled TxDOT officials and billing vendor Xerox Corp. after the mishap came to light.

“TxDOT is committed to correcting any inaccurate billing, helping customers settle their accounts and improving their overall TxTag experience,” said Josh Donat, a spokesman for the San Antonio office of TxDOT. “Recently, we began sending $1.7 million in refunds to TxTag tollway users who incurred and had paid fees related to stalled transactions in the prior tolling system. In addition, we are also waiving unpaid fees that resulted from this interrupted transaction processing.”

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Hall said the latest revelations only show that toll roads are not good for motorists.

“Commuters were promised a non-toll expansion to this highway years ago,” Hall said. “It was paid for with gas taxes. Then a bait-and-switch happened, turning it into a tollway. When the citizens rejected the double-tax toll plan, TxDOT sent the money elsewhere and then said, ‘Sorry, there’s no money to fix it without tolls.’”

Hall said tollways represent extra taxation.

“That’s a clear conversion of freeway lanes into toll lanes — a double-tax ripoff. We will not stop until this freeway is expanded without tolls as promised in public hearings in 2001,” she said.

Officials from Alamo RMA, however, insist that existing free lanes will remain that way.

“One thing to note is that these are not designated as ‘tolled’ lanes but rather ‘managed lanes,’” Ramos said. “By designating them as ‘managed lanes,’ we can allow buses and registered car-pool drivers to access the lanes for free. Every lane that people drive on now for free now will still be able to drive on for free once this is built. The managed lanes are the ones that will be in the middle lanes.”

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According to Silman and others, collected rainwater is perfect for irrigation.

Not only is it free, but also plants prefer it because rainwater lacks salts and other minerals, which could hinder root growth.

APRIL 27 - JUNE 2, 2015 The Stone Oak POA held its Spring 2015 Rain Barrel Workshop March 7, the third since beginning the program in March 2014.

Meg Lorente, the Stone Oak POA property manager, said 33 residents attended. The POA will continue holding workshops each spring and fall as long as there’s a demand.

Lorente said the POA tried to make water conservation part of community life and set an example through xeriscaping.

“We wanted to bring area residents into that (effort) as well,” she said.

The POA formed a project committee with representatives from the San Antonio Water System, Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District and Texas A&M University’s AgriLife Extension Service.

“Out of several meetings, came the idea,” Lorente said.

AgriLife was already providing seminars across San Antonio. To make the sessions more affordable and accessible to Stone Oak residents, the POA shares the $25 per person workshop expense with Trinity. The cost includes the collection barrel, the only equipment needed.

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SALOCALLOWDOWN.COM RAIN BARREL continues from pg. 24 Barrels can usually be placed near a gutter or porch overhang, but instructors work individually to help property owners identify the best places in their yards. Depending on roof composition and pitch, a 1,000-squarefoot covering can yield about 600 gallons of rainwater from a 1-inch rainfall.

SAWS supports rainwater-collection projects and provides workshop information about rebates, plus homeowners’ yardand garden-conservation alterations.

Cory Van Pelt of the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio office said due to El Niño, this is a good time for rainwater-collection systems.

El Niño is the name given for warmer-than-usual ocean temperatures near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, causing increased rainfall across the U.S. southern tier.

The El Niño current, he said, indicates near-normal rainfall during spring, followed by a drier summer, and then more autumn precipitation.

The region is also in the grip of a five-year drought.

Collecting rainwater makes sense in average periods, in case El Nino doesn’t last past year’s end, Van Pelt said.

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An instructor indicates how a rain-collection barrel can conserve water for home irrigation during a recent class. The Stone Oak Property Owners Association offers workshops during the fall and spring. Advocates say collecting rainwater makes sense because it is free and plants prefer it. Photo courtesy/Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

help participants modify barrels. After drilling a hole in its top, a 1-gallon pot plant container is inserted and filled with small rocks to filter water running from a rooftop or gutter. Two more holes are made – one for overflow, or to connect to a second barrel – and one near the bottom for a spigot or garden-hose attachment.

Together, three or four people can build a rain barrel in about five minutes.

Folks leave the event with an understanding of how they could

help conserve water, and each takes home a rain-collection barrel.

“We’ve had nothing but positive comments. It’s been very well received,” Lorente said.

Silman has been collecting rainwater in two 55-gallon barrels he took home from last year’s first workshop. He’s had no trouble filling them, he said.

He uses a rain chain extending from a gutter to the opening of the barrel, and said he always has an

overflow. Besides rain chains, another option is to direct a downspout to a couple of inches above the opening.

“It’s obviously not going to be enough to irrigate the lawn; we use it to water our indoor and outdoor pot plants,” Silman said.

Stone Oak POA maintains 11 miles of medians. In 2007, the POA began implementing a plan to reduce irrigationwater consumption by targeting 8.5 miles of medians by switching from turf to hardscape, where appropriate, and converting the remainder to a more efficient irrigation plan.

The POA has completed five of the 8.5 miles, resulting in 1,514 irrigation sprays and rotors being capped. With watering no longer necessary or drip irrigation handling the remaining turf, water consumption has been reduced 60 percent the last three years.

The next workshop is in September.

Information will appear in a mailed newsletter to all Stone Oak property owners, as well as in July’s billing.

For additional details, visit www. stoneoakpoa.com, or go to the Parman Branch Library, 20735 Wilderness Oak Road, or call 207-2703. Workshops are held at POA headquarters, 19210 Huebner Road (at Blanco Road), Suite 100. To register, contact Angel Torres at the AgriLife Extension office at 467-6575.

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Chris Taylor (left) and Dalton Lett, along with Alec Mire (not shown), represented the Reagan High School DECA, or Distributive Education Clubs of America, chapter at the international conference in Orlando, Florida, in late April. Photo courtesy/NEISD

Some of the credit goes to a clever commercial the pupils produced highlighting the campus’ shop and its merchandise, educators said.

The School-based Enterprise, or SBE, which is the store at the Stone Oak campus, was among 285 such ventures in the country achieving recertification this year, and at gold level – the highest of three tiers.

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“I am beyond proud of my students and all their hard work,” Moore said.

“They have done a beautiful job with the store this year and deserve every ounce of recognition that they are receiving.”

Since 1943, DECA has prepared emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges worldwide.

In addition to achieving gold-level certification, the Reagan SBE chapter placed first in the video challenge.

Competing student teams were asked to incorporate primary elements found in advertisements, such as grabbing viewers’ attention, generating interest and desire, and encouraging viewers to act.

The group filmed commercials touting vital new products or services recently introduced in their campus SBE — in this case, a phone charger with the Reagan Rattler logo. Conducting business since

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Taylor and Lett wrote a 16-page paper detailing the research and operations of the campus site for the current school year, as part of the program’s recertification effort.

The Reagan DECA team infused levity into its video, which advertises the importance of having a portable phone charger on campus, a dilemma students commonly face during school hours.

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The video involves a call to action for viewers to “make their life easier” by acquiring a portable charger, and highlights other popular Reagan SBE items. The sales pitch is delivered in an easygoing tone.

Lett and Taylor said they developed an advertisement they thought best represented the school.

“We decided to add some humor in the script, so it could better grab the attention of the people who watched it,” Lett said. “The script was accomplished in a period of three days, the filming of our video only took 45 minutes.”

Reagan’s SchoolBased Enterprise received recertification at gold level at the recent Distributive Education Clubs of America, or DECA, International Career Development Conference. Photo courtesy/NEISD

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In addition to the competition submission, the students’ video can be seen during morning news announcements on campus.

Moore said while this is her second year at the high school, Reagan’s DECA program continues to evolve.

She attributed much of its growth to leadership skills exhibited by student participants such as Lett, who’s also the chapter’s vice president of fundraising.

“Last year we had 29 members, 25 of

which competed at district, 19 of which advanced and competed at state, and four of which advanced and competed at the international level,” Moore said.

One of her students last year, Andy Young, was a finalist in the Principles of Marketing event.

This year, Reagan’s DECA membership has more than doubled to 59. Forty-seven students vied at the district level, 33 advanced to state competitions, and three contestants ascended internationally.

In addition to Lett and Taylor, Alec Mire represented the Reagan chapter in Orlando. The chapter president, Mire has reached international competition each of his four years in school.

The Reagan DECA group received awards including a $150 gift card to DECA Images, the organization’s store featuring related products, apparel and educational materials, and a $100 cash prize from DECA SBE’s premier sponsor, Otis Spunkmeyer.

Lett and Taylor said they’ve received positive feedback from classmates and friends about their video.

“They felt we entertained them while also informing them about the school store,” Taylor said. “We can honestly say that receiving this recognition and being able to advance to ICDC is a huge honor.”

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Mary Claire Becan, director of the new Magik Performing Arts Center at 5359 Casa Bella Road, has seen acting turn a key that can open the door for a child into a world that is, well, magical.

“Performance art is a transformative thing. It gives you sympathy for other people because you’re taking on their character and trying to think what they’re thinking,” she said.

Whereas productions at the wellknown downtown theater at 420 S. Alamo St. have been aimed at young audiences for generations, the recently opened performing-arts venue is a teaching center designed to offer knowledge about the craft of acting to child thespians.

Shelley Weber, director of education and outreach at the Magik Theatre, said she felt the new location was needed to reach more families.

“Our founder, Richard Rosen, started Magik 21 years ago with a plan to serve as many people as possible,” Weber said. “We started Magik Performing Arts Center because we felt the need for a secondary location to expand the learning opportunity outside downtown.”

With its constant run of professional performances, Magik had limitations on its time and space and it was difficult to expand a teaching program.

“The downtown location teaches on Saturday mornings only — and summer camp, Spring Break, as well,” Weber said.

“But the new school will allow afterschool and weekend classes as well as serving the home-school population.”

Becan, whose educational background is psychology, has for several years owned and managed the Northside Performing Arts Center. There she saw what acting could to do to bring new dimensions to children’s personalities and abilities.

“People learn so many things in addition to this one thing – performance activity – that you can carry into different areas of your life,” she said.

Becan tells her own story of

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“When I was a kid, I had the worst temper,” she said. “I was angry at people all the time. When I was in third grade, my best friend told me she couldn’t be friends with me anymore because I was too mad all the time.”

“So my mom was always trying to find outlets for me. I tried soccer, I tried sports, I tried horseback riding — and I enjoyed those things, but there was something about finding dance and theater that gave me the right outlook and kind of changed my personality overnight almost. It gave all of that energy and intensity a place to go,” she added.

Becan said kids fall into two different categories of acting students.

“A lot of times parents have a child that’s a precocious child and outspoken and intense and they have such a personality. And their friends are telling them they’re such an actor, that they should be in acting classes,” she said.

“But we also see a lot of parents putting their kids in classes who need a self-esteem boost or who are shy around their friends. And acting class is practice for that. It’s practice for talking to other people,” she added. “We see both ends of the spectrum — parents wanting to nurture and encourage their little star. But we also see parents wanting to bring out the confidence that they hope their child will have.”

Becan said acting can provide a way for a special-needs child to express himself or herself.

For example, “Oftentimes a child on the autism spectrum needs things presented very clearly and very literally,” she said.

“We had a deaf child – a high schooler – and I just saw such a different person from the day he started classes to his last day with us. He blossomed in self-confidence and the things that he would try.”

Even children who face physical challenges can find expression in theatrical arts, she added.

“I had a student once in a wheelchair with tracheal tubes. He could still do a lot of things that other kids were doing. He might not be able to get up and run around with them, but he could still memorize his parts and be ready for memorization day,” she said.

“You expect them to prepare at home for their characters. I think whether you’re dealing with a disabled child or another child, they rise to every challenge – they rise to the occasion.”

As a single mother, Becan began to think of spending more time with her child and less time as a business owner.

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to close the business. A few months later they called me back — and it was the perfect partnership,” she said.

The teaching facility is located in a 5,000-square-foot facility that Becan said was called Minitown in its former life.

“It had a beauty salon, a mini-H-E-B and a movie theater. The beauty salon has become our dressing room with tables and lights. We do improv classes in the former movie theater,” she said.

The performing arts center can accommodate up to 90 students in its six classrooms. There are plans to add full-length productions to the classes in the future, and Weber said there’s also a discussion about whether to bring Magik’s Theatre for the Very Young to the new performing arts center.

“That’s being held at the Pearl right now, but we are discussing a possible move in the fall,” Weber said.

The school offered a preview event at the end of March and began accepting registrations for students to start classes the following week.

Becan is eager for kids to get the experience of acting classes for a host of reasons.

“You can learn a lot about acting from a book,” Becan said, “but there’s nothing like a full-spectrum production to help a child learn experiences like being in front of an audience and forgetting a line or covering up when a fellow actor forgets a line or having to hit those cues.

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“I have a student who just received a scholarship for her 4-H (Club) activities, and as part of her qualifying she had to give a huge speech. Her mom called me and thanked me for the things her daughter learned here.”

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