Seguin Magazine — August 2019 by Seguin Gazette

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August 2019

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Hope at the Heart Art with hope

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Vol. 6, No. 3 Seguin magazine is published twelve times a year by the Seguin Gazette. PUBLISHER Elizabeth Engelhardt

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An inside look from our WRITERS... “Working on Under The Hood this month was a treat. Kelly Hyde, Navarro ISD transportation coordinator, met with us on her day off to show off the district’s new vehicle. She explained the ins and outs of the bus and was a delight to work with. If only all interview subjects could be so accommodating.” – Dalondo Moultrie

“Kim Martin and Sara Harborth are very passionate about their mini ponies. To them it’s not just about showing the animals, but it’s about camaraderie and getting to sharing the experience. It was interesting to see the bond they have with the mini ponies.” –Valerie Bustamante “Getting to spend the afternoon, driving through the Hill Country with my mom and having a relaxing afternoon under a Oak Grove, drinking a couple of cold craft brews is my idea of a good time. I love going new places, and Family Business Beer Company is one I will definitely go back to.” – Felicia Frazar

ugust is always a busy time of the year for us, with all the excitement of back to school and Labor day my calendar is always full. In this issue you will find stories for everyone, starting with creative options for the lunch box and a look under the hood of Navarro’s newest school bus. Felicia also took her family on an adventure to Family Business Beer Company in Dripping Springs, they really enjoyed seeing the Texas Hill Country on a Sunday afternoon. Lizz got to meat up with Kolleen Kallus the creator of Hope at the Heart and see a beautiful art piece done by her. We also visit with Bill Bender a local Realtor who enjoys standup paddleboarding and Tom Teboe a local firefighter with a voice who performs at several local venues in the area. This magazine is truly a labor of love and I really do hope you enjoy this issue, so turn the page and come on in!

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The city of Seguin will celebrate 181 years with golf, barbecue, music and homemade ice cream. Each year, the Seguin Conservation Society hosts the annual celebration at Heritage Village. The event is an opportunity to celebrate the town’s heritage, make new friends and sample ice cream.

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The family and friends of Allan Dreibrodt are honoring his memory and legacy to the children of Seguin through the Allan Dreibrodt Memorial Foundation Fundraiser starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Columbus Club of Seguin, 1015 S. Austin. The event will include live and silent auctions, gun card raffle, barbecue dinner and music by Clint Taft and the Buck Wild Band. Tickets are $25 each.

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Children from around the area spend two weeks over the summer building their stage presence during the Stars of Texas Camp Broadway. This year’s camp culminates with the children’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” on July 26, 27 and 28 at The Texas Theatre.

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The city of New Berlin will serve up German-style sausage and fixings at the city’s largest fundraising event. Festivities will take place all day including dance, bingo auction, kids games, country store, raffle and more at the New Berlin Community Center, 8815 FM 775, New Berlin.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Church hosts its largest fundraiser on Labor Day weekend at the Seguin Events Complex — Coliseum. With music, food and fun with its annual Bazaar. The event includes everything from turkey legs to funnel cakes, live music, bingo, silent auction, car raffle and more. 12 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

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Healthy options Go back to school with these healthy lunches BY HANNAH RUIZ-GRUVER

Lets face it, school lunches tend to get boring, a sandwich, chips, a drink, a bag of cookies and maybe some fruit every single day. You could always go with the standard prepackaged lunch meal, crackers, cheese and a meat but then again where is the fun in that? We decided to come up with some fun, healthy school lunch possibilities to pack. So off to the grocery store we went to find fun food items to pack in a lunchbox. • Meal one includes homemade hummus – just a bag of garbanzo beans in the food processor with cumin, powdered garlic, salt, dried onion and tahini – baby carrots, cucumber slices, pita chips, ranch dip and a peeled orange. • Meal two is a spin on a traditional “Lunchable” crackers, turkey lunch meat, Colby jack cheese, with the addition of cucumber

slices, ranch and strawberries. • Our third choice has turkey and cheese roll ups – just roll meat and cheese in a burrito sized tortilla and cut into bite sizes and you could always add the child’s favorite condiments – baby carrots and ranch dip with grapes on the side. • Choice number four is a chicken pita with lettuce and tomatoes, and strawberry slices as a sweet snack. You could always add an extra veggie as well. Other choices include cheese sticks, apple slices or baked chips especially if your child isn’t a fan of an item in one of our lunches. Package the lunches in reusable meal prep containers, use plastic portion containers for dips and add in a bottle of water or juice and your kids will really enjoy these budget friendly options for lunch!

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he bells and whistles for this month’s Under The Hood featured vehicle are far from the type customarily found in this space within Seguin Magazine. That’s because this month’s vehicle is no hot rod or fancy street racer designed to cure someone’s need for speed. In fact, one of the features of this month’s vehicle quenches the owners’ need for no speed. Allow us to introduce you to the Navarro Independent School District’s newest special education bus. “By law, a (department of transportation)-certified bus is only allowed to travel 60 miles per hour...on the highways,” said Kelly Hyde, Navarro ISD transportation coordinator. She said the district’s newest ride is a converted, 37-passenger bus modified to carry three wheelchairs. After those changes,

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the bus now is able to carry 30 students on the bus seats and another three students secured in wheelchairs, Hyde said. The IC Corporation Integrated CE S model year 2020 bus boasts a 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engine pumping out 220 horsepower and 520-lb torque. It comes with a fivespeed, automatic transmission, all of which add up to allow the bus to reach a top speed of 75 mph, though that would never happen because of the governmental mandates restricting drivers to no more than 60 mph, Hyde said. The district took delivery of the bus a couple months or so before the school year ended. Students felt privileged boarding the fleet’s newest ride. “The kids are always happy to get a new bus,” Hyde said. It also comes with seat-belts. Every new school bus rolled out since the 2018 model year is required to come with a three-point-harness safety belt for each seat, Hyde said. That’s a far cry from the school buses of days gone by that felt a tad less safe with 18 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

all of the sliding along the slippery seats. Those older seats came with their own safety advantages, though, Hyde said. “You have to understand that the seats are designed from the factory to compartmentalize the child in the event of a crash,” she said. “It’s designed to keep the child in the seat as long as they’re sitting correctly. It’s designed to keep the child within the space in the event of a forward or rear impact.” Navarro’s new CE S has alarms on it that will stop the lift from operating in certain circumstances. There is a four-camera video monitoring system that records what happens on the bus. It has a remote-controlled wheelchair lift for wheelchair-bound passengers. “We have about every safety feature that you can get,” Hyde said. The bus cost NISD about $103,000. It is worth every penny considering the precious cargo it hauls.

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day spent with family is always a good day. Especially when we decide to take a short trip to the Hill Country and spend the afternoon under a canopy of oak trees, listen to a little live music and enjoy some craft brews. My mom, sister, her kids and I, took a road trip through the Hill Country and found ourselves at Family Business Beer Company. The brewery is located north of Dripping Springs, less than five miles from Hamilton Pool.

The journey there was pretty as we took the route on Ranch Road 12 through Wimberley. My mom had not been to Wimberley before, so the quick glimpse had her in awe. The landscape of rolling hills, orchards full of grapevines and unique homes captivated our interest for the majority of the hour-and-a-half drive. We also discovered there are a number of breweries, wineries and distilleries along Ranch Road 12 waiting to be discovered and explored. Once we made it to the brewery, we found

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a picnic table in the Oak Grove and took it all in. The canopy provided a lot of much needed shade for the several dozen tables outside the taproom. A fenced in area with a large playscape offers a place for children to play outside, while parents enjoy the fresh air. There’s even a Pokestop for those who enjoy trying to “catch em all” with Pokémon Go. The large metal, air-conditioned, building is divided with the tap room on one side and the brewery on the other. During the week, Family Business offers tours of the brewery. The tap room offers customers a place to sit comfort-

ably while having a beverage and listening to live music. When we went, Chris DeVore was strumming his guitar while belting out some classic songs. Owners Gino Graul, Danneel and Jensen Ackels opened the brewery last year. Jensen Ackels is best known for his role in the popular television show “Supernatural.” Family Business Beer Company serves 15 different brews, each created on site. The beers, like at most breweries, are dependent upon the season. Being first timers, we adults each caught a flight and sampled four different kinds and found a couple types that we really liked. GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING ~ SEGUIN 23

We also scoped out a taco truck, tha was on site, where we purchased some chips and queso, and my sister grabbed a BLT taco. A snocone shop, also onsite, offered a little something extra for the kiddos. The kids played cornhole while the adults talked. They then swapped out the bean bags for a deck of cards and a round of War began between my sister and her youngest after we relocated to the patio between the tap room and the oak grove. The long patio offered a little bit of a cool breeze with an added burst of cool air from the tap room doors and large fans over head. There were big tables with benches and rocking chairs placed throughout the patio. The business is also pet friendly, as long as the pets are friendly. Several guests took that into account and brought their pups out for a visit. Several dog bowls filled with water were placed around the property, as well as large coolers with cups for the human visitors. When it was time to leave, my sister purchased some beer to take home. No need to wonder how fresh it is since you watch them fill the can straight from the tap and seal it right there. We purchased some other items from the breweryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shop, then headed home. It is definitely a trip worth taking again and I look forward to spending another Sunday afternoon there. 24 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

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Hope at the heart A Seguin artist shares what brings her hope

BY LIZZ DANIELS

ope gets people through their day, it’s a tool to use when the goin’ gets tough. For some, it might be all they have. Though for artist Kolleen Kallus, hope isn’t something to use occasionally. Instead, it’s a part of her life she can always call on, good times or bad. Much like her paintings, Kallus’ life has developed in layers. She began her career as a public school teacher before moving into

corporate education, and eventually, becoming a mother. Adopting her first child gave her the inspiration to pursue her dreams. “In my previous careers there wasn’t enough inner grit down into who I am,” Kallus said. “Once my husband and I matched with our first birth mom, we knew I was going to stay home, but once our daughter was born, I had this feeling of needing to be the fullest expression of who I am. I knew I wanted to model that for her.

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That was incredibly important to me.” Discovering that inner purpose allowed her creativity to flourish. She began experimenting with photography, but found the medium too limiting to fully express her artistic vision. So, she turned to the blank canvas. Kallus’ in-home studio is filled with natural light and a stark emptiness that invites creativity. There are no stacks of glossy canvases waiting to be purchased, in fact, only one of her paintings is in the room. It is a work in progress that lays on a color-splattered cloth patiently waiting for inspiration to strike in the form of another layer of paint. “What I do is unconventional in the sense that I follow the inspiration exclusively,” Kallus said. “I have to tune into that creative channel. I feel like we all have it, and when I’m in my joy, that hopeful place, something will pop in. I’m not having it be representational, I’m always trying to achieve a feeling.” Kallus believes all people are connected, and that is what drove her to brand her artistic works as “Hope at the Heart.” She currently has more than 100 original paintings in the community, with a list of individuals waiting for their own unique piece. Her “matching” process is a critical component of what she does. She takes on a potential client, gets to know them, and then waits for the painting that is right for them to emerge. This is not art for 28 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

“I have to tune into that creative channel. I feel like we all have it, and when I’m in my joy, that hopeful place, something will pop in. I’m not having it be representational, I’m always trying to achieve a feeling.” - Kolleen Kallus

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the sake of hanging on a wall, but the personal connection to the individual who takes it home. “When I birth a painting, and I match it with a client, it is an extremely personal process,” she said. “Every painting is different, and I don’t usually work with time frames because I want to make sure the piece belongs with the person I match it with. A lot of people will say art is art, but I say, no. I painted the thing, and this has a purpose.” This “lighted purpose,” as she calls it, comes from within. Kallus’ work is a spiritual endeavor, though she doesn’t place much religious emphasis on it. Every piece is accompanied by a unique set of words written to encapsulate the feelings expressed in the artwork. This combination of writing and visual art helps develop the “inner landscape” Kallus wishes to share with others, allowing them to experience the kind of hope she lives with on a daily basis. “Usually what will happen is the piece will come out, then the title, and the words,” she said. “When I’m doing the most joyful thing, being on the floor playing with my nine year old, that’s when it’ll happen. That’s how I know I’m supposed to be doing this, because it’s me.” Kallus’ personal goal is to grow her brand with Hope at the Heart both in name and purpose so that her work can continue to speak its truth. In delving into her creativity through painting, Kallus has found a metaphor for her life — each fresh layer of paint offers new opportunity to see things in a new light, and hope is always there if you just choose to look for it.

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Local Realtor uses sport to meditate and sell houses BY ANITA MILLER

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slight breeze blew through the tall cypress and pecan trees along the Guadalupe River as Bill Bender slid his standup paddleboard into the water at Max Starcke Park just above the dam. Still early, the park wasn’t crowded. Bender and his bright orange board had the water all to themselves. “I call it my orange desk,” quipped Bender, a local Realtor who took up the sport of stand up paddleboarding four years ago. He’s lived on Lake Placid and Meadow Lake and is a long-time kayaker and water skier. Fittingly, he specializes in waterfront property. “Sometimes I’ll be sitting in my office thinking, ‘You know what? I’m heading down to the water,’” he said. With the use of a small anchor and a retractable dog leash, Bender is able to situate himself in a shady spot and drop anchor. “I meditate for a while and do yoga or make real estate calls,” he said. Other times, he’ll stop to soak up the sun, or take off along one of the established paddling trails.

“We are fortunate in Seguin to have two of them in Starcke Park,” he said “One takes you up to Lake Seguin. It’s four or five miles of incredibly beautiful cypress-lined banks with blue heron and a variety of birds and wildlife.” The other trail, also between four and five miles long, launches from Starcke Park East on the downside of the dam and takes paddlers to Meadow Lake and Lake Nolte. “I like to come at least once a week, even in the wintertime,” 61-year-old Bender said. “We have warm days here so I take advantage of it and get a little sunshine and lay out in the sun in the middle of the wintertime.” All the gear it requires, in addition to the board and single paddle, is the anchor, retractable leash and life jacket. Bender became interested in stand up paddleboarding after reading about paddleboard yoga. He decided to give it a try at an exhibition in San Marcos by Austin Kayak/Canoe. “They had some paddleboards and I asked them to

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let me demonstrate one,” Bender said “I paddled out and tried a headstand and it worked and I was hooked — I really enjoyed it.” For one, he enjoys the vantage point of being above the water. Though he doesn’t fish from his board, Bender said plenty of people do. “Fly fishermen love it,” he said. “It gives you the advantage of being able to stand to cast and to see the fish through the water.” Stand up paddleboards come in different models. “It’s kind of interesting that the first one I picked out is the one I’ve stuck with, but I’ve had fun paddling on different boards,” he said “ Some you can take out into the surf, 34 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

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Tom Teboe shares how he balances life and music

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s any parent knows, leading a life of one’s own, caring for minor children and running a household simultaneously requires balancing skills reminiscent of a tight-rope walker. Seguin Fire Department Battalion Chief Tom Teboe doesn’t walk ropes, but knows a great deal about balancing his home, work and showbiz lives. It wasn’t always that way for the musician/band leader/husband/father/fireman. But after taking a little break from one, Teboe is back to doing well juggling all the roles. Back in about 2012, things got so hectic with dealing with family issues, playing with his band and his regular job, that Teboe took a nearly fiveyear hiatus from his music. The band, Tom Teboe and the River City Ramblers, in its first incarnation was playing several gigs a month and it proved too much, he said. “Music became a job instead of a passion. When that happens, something has to give,” Teboe said. “You can’t quit the fire department, so I took a break.”

Toboe reconstituted the band around 2017, and the River City Ramblers are having fun performing and playing their brand of traditional country and western swing music, Teboe said. “Now we’re not as busy and that’s by design,” he said. “We only play twice, maybe three times a month so that I can maintain a healthy balance with family, the fire department and music.” The River City Ramblers is a five-piece band that plays music in area dancehalls. Members of the band include Herb Steiner on pedal steel guitar; Ron Knuth, playing the fiddle and guitar, and providing vocals; Jim Cleckler on bass and providing harmony; drummer Gary Bernhard, who also adds vocals; and lead singer Teboe, who also plays the rhythm guitar. The band gets the occasional musical assist from vocalist Brianna Teboe, who just happens to be Tim’s wife and the group’s manager. “She also, aside from managing the band and doing all

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of our booking, comes up and sings as well,” he said. “She comes up and does two or three songs on each set on nights she’s there. ” Brianna’s voice offers audience members a break from the male-dominated tones the Ramblers offer. She said she enjoys getting in on the act. Brianna tries to make it to almost every show and sometimes they make it a family affair. Seeing her husband perform the music, which he loves to do, does her heart good, she said. Being a part of the scene and watching Tom grow and progress are added bonuses, she said. “It’s wonderful seeing him up there, but really just the people he gets to play with has just been incredible,” Brianna said. “All the people Tom gets to play with, they’re professional musicians and that’s what Tom gets to do. These guys have recorded with Elvis Presley and they’ve been on the Opry. It’s humbling to be in the presence of those kinds of musicians.” While he gets to play with some topnotch talent, Tom is no slouch himself, Brianna said. And he has a story unique to most. “It’s impressive,” she said. “(He’s a) small-town fireman by day, he’s a rancher, we have a hay business and he’s on the tractor all day long sweating and everything. Then he takes a quick shower and the next thing you know he’s a superstar. “People come visit us and they’re like, ‘Oh my God. He’s a musician and he’s good and he’s a singer.’ It’s really great to see.” The back story isn’t run of the mill either. Tom grew up in the Church of Christ singing but without instruments. His maternal grandfather sang in the church and he later learned his paternal grandfather played guitar around the house. When he was a kid, his mom bought a keyboard and a drum set, so the entire family learned to play those instruments. The entire clan was into singing, including Tom, he said. “We’re a singing family,” Tom said. 38 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

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“Coming through high school, I was in band. I wasn’t a football player, I was in choir; I lettered in choir.” At the age of 25, he taught himself to play guitar and the River City Ramblers formed as a group around 2008. They played together a few years until it became too much for Tom and he stepped away. Now the band plays all over the place but primarily at venues such as the Silver Center in Seguin, Martinez Social Club just outside of San Antonio and the Geronimo VFW hall. They have plans to immortalize their sound by recording their music, Tom said. “We’ll be heading to the studio for our first recording and get our first CD put together in August,” he said, adding that they won’t be recording any original tracks this go round, but that it could be an option in the future. “I have songs I’ve written but I’m not going to include them in this album.” Tom is in a better space now than he was a few years ago. He said he has a better handle on everything he has going on and his various interests are working in concert giving him a peace he enjoys along with the ability to do the things he needs and wants. Being a battalion chief is only a part of the big picture he’s harmoniously painting. “The firefighting has its schedule. It’s a continual schedule. I can tell you 10 years from now — if I’m still on the shift — what day I’ll be working,” he said. “I’m there for 24 hours and get off in the morning and go home. Depending on what time of year it is, (determines) what I’m going to do for the day. We cut and bale hay, we run cattle and all kinds of ranch work.” The stability allows Brianna to book gigs months in advance. Tom Teboe and the River City Ramblers just have to show up. “When they call us at the beginning of the year, she sets aside evenings when the band will play,” he said. “I take a shower, change clothes and head out to whatever dance hall has us booked.”

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Miniature Ponies

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light breeze flowed through the trees as the summer heat was cooling down and the sun was setting over a Guadalupe County ranch. Together, friends Kim Martin and Sara Harborth, tended to a pair of miniature horses, Cody, a 10-year-old mini and Sunny, a 22-year-old mini. Harborth trimmed Sunny’s mane while Martin took to cleaning up Cody’s hooves one by one. For the past six years, the two women have traveled together with a group of friends around the state to compete in miniature horse shows.

Kim It was originally Martins son Kyle that got involved in showing minies. However, as Kyle got older, his interest shifted, Martin said. “He lost enthusiasm because of girls and high school and driving,” Martin laughed. “I took on Cody because he’s part Arenosa and he can be a little bit of a wild child. He’s 10 but acts more like a 4-year-old, 5-year-old. We took him up and had somebody work with him on driving and they didn’t get along well. Other than the driving, I’ve taught him by watching (Sara).” Martin and Cody have grown together, Harborth said. 42 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

“I mean, they started from the bottom, literally you’re talking from the bottom up. They came from the bottom up,” Harborth said. “Neither one of them were really versed in it and they learned. They worked together. I mean, I’ve seen blood, sweat and tears literally, not necessarily in that order, come from these two.” Competing in about two to three shows a year — Martin and Cody tend to compete in a handful of classes together, including western pleasure, jump and obstacle. “I still got a lot to learn but I get out there and have fun. If I do well, I do well,” Martin said. “It’s always a learning experience.” Sara While Harborth and Martin started competing about six years ago together, Harborth’s mini pony love started long before. “In 2011, I got my first horse, a little mini. I had been after my parents very adamantly saying ‘I want a horse. I want a horse. I want a horse,’” Harborth said. “And my parents were like No, we don’t need a horse or anything. We have one acre.’” After more persuasion, Harborth’s parents finally let her get her first mini. “We had met another family that had had minies and I came home one

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day and said, ‘Mom, I’m going to buy a horse,’” Harborth said. “My parents finally caved in and they let me buy this mini. He was a square-headed little thing, but I loved him. He was the best thing ever.” From one mini pony there became two and then five, Harborth said. “It was just me and my mom for the longest time showing. For some time my brother also got involved in showing,” she said. “We literally had about 35, at one point. We just started showing and exhibiting and back in those days, there was a show every weekend and we were always going.” At the age of 16-years-old Harborth started working with a trainer in North Texas and traveled all over the country every weekend for two years, she said. “We would put 21 horses on the trailer and we would go all over the place. It was amazing. So I learned my time management skills from getting People into the arena,” Harborth said. When Harborth was done working as a trainer, she came back to Seguin. “I came back home, but I wasn’t done working with People. So I started training again, but it really wasn’t for me,” Harborth said. “I can train a horse, no problem, but I didn’t want to be in that bracket.” So Harborth turned to amateur competing and together with a group of other competitors including Martin, they started traveling to shows. Harborth was Martin’s farrier prior to them traveling, but they’d known each other from the community, Martin said. “We both knew each other because she’s with one volunteer fire department and I’m with another one,” Martin said. “We knew each other from around the community and then our friendship really grew once we started showing.” “It’s beautiful, blissful chaos because it’s always fun. You never know who’s going to go flying out of the cart,” Harborth said while laughing. 44 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

More than just a group At the start, about 10 to 15 people would travel with Harborth and Martin to a show. “At some point, we had about eight kids, a mother-daughter combo, my mom and my boyfriend and then Kim,” Harborth said. “We’d take about 14 to 16 horses every time we’d go to a show. Of course, some of the kids have graduated high school and moved on.” Harborth and Martin now have about five other people they travel with to shows. “We try to make at least two if not three of the Glen Rose shows and then a Belton one,” Harborth said. “We literally show up and we unload the trailer and people and there’s chaos and madness, but it’s good stuff. We’ll get a whole row of stalls and we’ll turn one into like a kitchen area and one into a dressing room. This is just fun. It’s just soul food.” Those in the group either compete in the amateur or youth divisions. “There’s so many incentives and high points that you can compete for. Kim competes with the minies and I compete with my ponies mostly,” Harborth said. “We have a COOL (Conquering Obstacles Overcoming Limitations) division, which is our special ed kids. One of our kiddos competes in the COOL classes, and he does exceptionally well. I mean, he is excellent. They have designed these programs for basically everybody.” All of the various horse shows are very inclusive, Harborth said. “There’s something for the older generation, there’s Golden Age, it’s really awesome. They have given everybody an outlet to come and compete,” she said. Their next goal is to make it to the national competition in Oklahoma next year, which has anywhere between 2,500 and 3,500 horses from all over the country and Canada. “We’ve conquered the local show circuit. So we’re moving up toward nationals,” Martin said.

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