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StoneWerks Grille in the Vineyard – www.stonewerks.com Trilogy Pizza Bistro – www.trilogypizza.com Trilogy Burgers Bistro – 210-600-4129 Thai Chili – www.stoneoak.thaichili.net Smokey Mo’s BBQ – www.smokeymosbbq.com/location/ sanantonio/stone-oak Milano Italian Grill – www.milanoitaliangrillsa.com Paesanos 1604 Italian Restaurant – www.paesanos1604.com Torchy’s Tacos – www.torchystacos.com/locations/sonterra Don Adolfo’s Bar and Grill – www.donadolfos.com Freebirds – www.freebirds.com Rolling Rooster – 512-740-6456
Restaurants: While restaurants have closed on-site dining, their kitchens are still open for take-out or delivery. Scuzzi’s Italian Restaurant offers delicious Italian cuisine. The restaurant is offering a pricing special of 50% off your take-out order, or 20% off any delivery order. Find them at Uber Eats, Door Dash, Postmates or Grub Hub
Fast food restaurants also continue to staff their drive though lanes and offer takeout, curbside and mobile order options – many 24/7.
Aldaco’s is offering their popular fajita special beginning at 11 a.m., as well as enchilada family meals. You can order and pay online and pick up curbside. Visit them at at www.aldocosretaurants.com. Another specialty cuisine that provides variety from mom’s home cooking is Greek food from Demo’s. Demo’s Greek Food at the Vineyard Shopping Center is offering curbside and delivery through Grub Hub and Door Dash. Find them at www.demosgreekfood.com. Find these restaurants, along with others, near Stone Oak. You can check out their menu and delivery options at their websites. 4
Sonic – locations.sonicdrivein.com/tx/san-antonio Whataburger – locations.whataburger.com/tx/san-antonio McDonald’s – www.mcdonald.com/us/en-us/locations/tx/sanantonio Chick-fil-A – www.chick-fil-a.com/locations/tx/stone-oak Raising Cane’s – www.raisingcanes.com/tx/san -antonio Subway – www.subway.com Pizza Hut – www.pizzahut.com Domino’s Pizza – www.dominos.com Papa John’s – locations.papajohns.com Churches: While their physical buildings may be closed, churches are continuing to serve spiritual needs by streaming services and making uplifting messages, music and studies available via their websites and on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. You can continue to contribute financially via online giving.
Check the website of your place of worship for information, or consider these Stone Oak Congregations.
Local owner Lindsey Waldmeir assures parents that all equipment is sanitized before and after every event, and continually during the course of the party. Find Lindsey at www.games2u.com, www.facebook.com/ games2usanantonio, 210-545-GAME (4263).
Crown of Life Lutheran Church - www.crownoflifesa.org NorthRock Church - www.northrocksa.com Bulverde United Methodist Church - www.bulverdeumc.org Abiding Presence Lutheran Church - www.aplc.org Camp Bow Wow: Cornerstone Christian Church - www.sacornerstone.org Are your pups getting stir crazy as well as the kids? Do you need a trained professional to look after your pup as UPS Store: you care for others? Camp Bow Wow is offering “barking With so many establishments closed, people are relying lot” doggie drop off and pick up to minimize the necessity on shipping services more than ever. The locally owned of person-to-person contact. Find local owner Frank UPS store at 1150 N. Loop 1604, Suite 108, will remain Wetegrove 210-496-9969 or visit www.campbowwow.com. open, whether you are sending mail or packages, or you need business services like faxing, printing, notarizing, or Keep yourself healthy: shredding while you work from home. Call 210-493-9933. Do you enjoy a relaxing massage? Do you depend on physical services to increase mobility and relieve pain? Home Maintenance: Therapists from TaiChi Wellness Spa can bring their As we all are being told to be vigilant about hygiene, what equipment to you and perform reflexology, massage, chair better time to get a jump on spring cleaning? The trained massage and needleless acupuncture in the comfort and experts from Window Genie can help rid your home privacy of your own home. All equipment is rigorously of toxins – inside and out. They provide house and roof cleaned and sanitized before use. Local owner Julia Jin washing, interior and exterior window cleaning, concrete suggested a detoxification massage could be a welcome power wash and gutter clean. Each technician wears addition to your health and wellness routine. During this disposable gloves and booties and will don a mask upon time, TaiChi Wellness Spa will also offer their wellness request while working inside your home. Consultations are dumplings to the public by special order. This nutritious always free. Call Jay Beyler at 210-787-4959 or visit dish has long been a customer favorite due to it nourishing www.windowgenie.com/north-san-antonio. ingredients and immune boosting herbs. Call them at 210998-9382. You can count on at least one spring storm to bring high winds and hail to the San Antonio area. Set up that overdue Pure Barre: roof inspection to stop exterior damage from wreaking havoc While most fitness studios and gyms have closed, Pure inside. Locally owned and operated Stephens Roofing will Barre is offering Live Stream classes to members and handle all the communication of your inspection or estimate non-members alike for $5 a class via Zoom. They offer electronically, so there’s no need for you to physically interact traditional and low impact cardio formats that require no with a representative in any way. Call Stephens Roofing at special equipment. Call them at 210-529-1728 to see a 210-785-0994 or ed@stephensroofing.net. schedule and receive an access code by email. Murphy’s Law: Your air conditioning unit stops working right when you are spending more time at home. The professionals at Champion AC are ready and able to come to your rescue and fix your heating or air conditioning unit that has decided to take an unsanctioned holiday. They have deep cleaned their facility and are following all CDC recommendations so you can be sure the technician you invite into your home has taken every precaution necessary to get your job done in a safe and responsible manner – for everyone involved. Find veteran owned Champion AC at www.championac.com or call or text 210-699-0022. What to do with the kids:
Smoothie King: The Smoothie franchise will offer a free enhancer of “Immune Booster” vitamins and minerals in each smoothie. Pre-order and pay through the App and curbside or drive through to minimize interaction. Medical Professionals: 7to7 Dental and Orthodontics is a valued member of the local community and stands with families in Stone Oak to continue to provide emergency dental service as well as cleanings. The dental office has always practiced rigorous sterilization safeguards to prevent disease but has added hourly lobby cleanings as well. A reminder - most care is covered by dental insurance, which removes any worry about additional out-of-pocket costs for patients during this time of economic uncertainty.
Games2U: What about scheduling a private party for your child and a few friends? They are going to want to be with others at some point, and a Games2U event allows them to The health and safety of patients, community, and staff is the interact safely in your own controlled home environment. utmost priority for Alamo Plastic Surgery. The Office and
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Surgery Centers will continue to remain OPEN consistent with the COVID-19 information from Baptist, Christus and Methodist Systems. The practice is taking all precautions consistent with the CDC – Center for Disease Control. Inperson visits will involve fewer than 3 staff members, and any unnecessary patient interaction will be reduced. Dr. Albright, a Stone Oak resident, also offers virtual consultations via multiple platforms. Call or text 210-670-5302, or visit www.alamoplasticsurgery.com.
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Monique Bordelon Real Estate, LLC, Broker Associate RE/MAX Preferred, Realtors has leveraged Nevelow Eye Associates will remain open and maintain her former broadcast journalism experience to enhance normal office ours to serve our patients. The doctors and her real estate business using video. Before the pandemic, staff are taking extra precautions to ensure patients remain professional videos were useful, now they are a must. The safe and healthy during visits. Call us with any questions at full-length infomercials virtually walk a buyer through 210-349-2437 or visit www.drsnevelow.com. listings, as Monique points out cool and interesting features/ upgrades of the home. She incorporates a map to show Hill Country Vision-Stone Oak is still open. They are viewers where the home is situated in proximity to schools, serving urgent and emergencies and folks who need more hospitals, shopping. These professionally narrated videos contact lenses or glasses to see. They have implemented help clients learn about our listings, even while they cannot social distancing policies and are keeping patients safe by travel to San Antonio. Monique predicts the videos will be waiting in their cars and reducing their schedules so only one even more in demand this spring with lower interest rates patient is in the office at a time. and tight inventory. Monique lives and works in Stone Oak. Call her at 210-483-5000. Real Estate: Spring traditionally is the hottest time of year for residential Ruth Horace Real Estate is working with clients via video real estate sales, and with interest rates at historic lows, chat using Facetime, Whatsapp, Zoom and others to make buyers and sellers can both benefit. Terri Saari, Broker/ the process easier. Now is a great time to get your home Owner of Kristalli Real Estate is already equipped to handle ready for the market! She is doing prelisting tours via these transactions seamlessly, with little or no in-person virtual tours to create an action plan for your home. Ruth interaction. Her team can leverage technology and their Horace has been in the real estate industry since 2004 and
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Assisted Living and Retirement Communities: Independence Hill Retirement Community is closely following the direction of the CDC regarding COVID-19 in order to keep the virus out of our buildings while still providing the best care for all. We have issued the following visitor restrictions at all Independence Hill Communities in these times of uncertainty. • Visitors WILL NOT be allowed until further notice. • All employees and healthcare providers are screened daily. • We are asking our residents to stay home, while we handle all things for them, including grocery shopping, food delivery, daily calls to wish them a great day, etc. Independence Hill will not be conducting community tours at this time, however, their Lifestyle Specialists are available by phone to answer any questions and to provide a virtual tour of different floor plans that they would love to share with you. Call 210-615-4000 to reach them. Questions or Concerns about Coronavirus? Call the City of San Antonio’s hotline at 210-207-5779 to ask questions about COVID-19. The hotline will operate from 8 a.m.7 p.m., Monday – Friday; 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. weekends. Operators will be available in English or Spanish. You can also access the city’s website at www.sanantonio.gov.
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Life on the Links New PGA Pro Introduces Ideas for Instruction By Amy Morgan
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he Club at Sonterra is delighted to introduce new PGA Head Golf Professional, Jay Kragh. Jay brings the prestige of his PGA membership to Texas from his previous position in Florida. Jay has several new ideas to invigorate the Club at Sonterra’s golf program. This summer, he’s revamped the PGA summer program for junior golfers 13 and under. He compared the Junior Linksters team competition to “Little League for golf,” and called it an opportunity for young players to improve their golf skills in a fun, friendly format. This program is open to the community, so invite friends! Adults, too, can benefit from new instructional programs. Jay’s holding monthly adult clinics to address topics like chipping, pitching and bunker play in a group setting. And for those looking for an easy way to get started, Jay has planned a golf-ready program to demystify the game and provide an on-ramp for adult beginners. Interested? Call the golf shop at 210-491-9900 or schedule a tour with Membership Director Deborah Routon at 210496-1560.
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arm weather inspired you to take your furry family member to the beach. Just W as you sit down to relax, you notice a dog wearing orange goggles running down the sand on a mission. It’s a member of the K9s for Conservation pack. That dog is playing a very important role to protect endangered sea turtles.
That is where K9s for Conservation dogs come in. When tracks are observed or a female spotted, specially trained dogs come to sniff out the nest. Without the help of the dogs and their humans, many nests would elude detection. The orange goggles distinguish K9s for Conservation dogs from other pups just enjoying a romp across the sand. Once volunteers collect the sea turtle eggs, they are raised in incubators until they hatch and are large enough to be released. K9s for Conservation founder Chris Fritz learned of this program when he visited the State Park Aquarium. He began recruiting teams to resume the effort when he realized the original K9s had died, leaving the program dormant.
Early in the last century, sea turtle eggs were being collected on Mexican beaches and sold through the black market. Numbers of the endangered species were plummeting, so K9s for Conservation runs solely on donations. Supplies and equipment are costly. Find out how to get involved on the organization’s Facebook and Instagram page.
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hile many of his counterparts dream of Spring Break trips to the slopes or beaches, Ronald Reagan Senior James Morin spent his vacation building a Habitat for Humanity house with his father. The two can be found installing siding and roofing during most of James’ breaks from school. James said he finds it very meaningful to interact with the future residents and know he is giving back to his community. When he’s not working with his hands, James is a scholastic whiz. He’s ranked third in his class and is one of Reagan’s seven National Merit Finalists, while holding down a part time job at Chick-fil-A. James particularly enjoys STEM subjects, his favorite - physics with Mr. Pannkuk, the teacher who encouraged him to compete in the school’s Quiz Bowl. While just a sophomore, James participated in the Science Bowl competition sponsored by the Department of Energy that advanced to nationals in Washington D.C. He continues to compete and looks for a return to the final round this year. He also excels in UIL Academics, qualifying in math, science and calculator – even advancing to State competition. Not content to rely on his natural abilities, James devotes hours to analyzing past practice tests and conquering any misunderstood concepts. He also led the Texas novice Latin team to win first at Nationals. With all these academic qualifications, one mighty mistakenly label James as one- dimensional. However, he also sings Bass in Community Bible Church’s choir and taught himself to play piano. He categorizes himself as a “stealth choir guy,” since he practices his musical activities outside of school.
James Morin is a scholastic whiz. He’s ranked third in his class and is one of Reagan’s seven National Merit Finalists, while holding down a part time job at Chick-fil-A.
To complete the well-rounding of his pursuits, James has earned a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and runs Spartan races with his father. The two have traveled across the state and completed 10 of the cross-country obstacle courses, which involve running dozens of miles across hilly terrain, climbing ropes, scaling 12-foot walls and submerging in pits of water. James jumped into a 30-mile race when he was just 17, the youngest runner to compete, as minors are usually prohibited from the grueling events. While a staunch competitor, James remains quiet and humble. The self-directed thinker says, “If you are not the best you can be, you are doing something wrong. You should be the best you can for yourself and others.” He is grateful to God for blessing him and for helping him in his achievements. James was admitted to MIT and will study Mechanical Engineering there.
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Tennis Trailblazer Coach Ran Celebrity Tournaments, Developed Junior Program By Amy Morgan
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t’s a rare privilege to get in on the ground floor of a new trend. Trailblazers like Bob Sassano are a special breed. Bob pioneered Florida’s tennis program in the 1970s. He was such an important player the United States Tennis Association recognized him with a Tennis Education Merit Award for his contribution to the game in 1976. Among his accomplishments, raising $384,000 for junior tennis in the Florida Keys. Bob made his mark coaching juniors “When you work with young players, it is a four-year project. There is no end to the ability for improvement,” he said. He loves that tennis is an “honest game” that exposes a player’s talent and dedication. “You can’t just show up and play a little to make an impact.”
Bob Sassano pioneered Florida’s tennis program in the 1970s and made his mark coaching juniors.
Bob was brilliant at developing talent and motivating kids to excel in a way that was challenging yet inspirational. His skills were put to good use with his own family members, all of whom contributed in various ways to the tennis programs he ran. In fact, Bob’s most cherished memories are of his family playing and embracing the sport together. His daughter Lisa was named an All-American tennis player at Trinity University in 1985 and currently coaches the tennis team at Saint Mary’s Hall. His son Michael was ranked 200th in the world. Daughter Susan modeled the tennis fashions and joined his wife running the pro shop. Son JB helped maintain the tennis courts. “It was a family affair,” he said. “We worked together for 30 years in one capacity or another, starting when the children were still in school. If you have an occupation you love, you are never really working a day in your life. And if your family is involved, it is that even more rewarding,” Bob added.
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Over the course of his decades-long tennis career in Florida, Bob ran leagues, taught lessons and put together celebrity tournaments, rubbing elbows with the likes of Chris Evert and Bjorn Borg. The star-studded events were the biggest in the business. Jackie Gleason, Sonny Bono, Lloyd Bridges and Linda Carter were those who lent their names to high profile tournaments. Sometimes Bob was able to play a match as well as coordinate. He proudly displays his finalist trophy from the 1982 Linda Evans Bonaventure Inter-Continental Celebrity Pro-Am in his home at Independence Hill Retirement Community. His corner apartment is filled with memorabilia from tennis and travel, along with a restored player piano and his collection of instrument-quality harmonicas. Bob wrests great musical tonality from the harmonica, playing a moving rendition of “How Great Thou Art” for church services at Independence Hill. He often accompanied the choir at St. Justin’s Catholic Church in Key Largo, where his late wife of almost 66 years, Shirley, also worked. Recently, he played “Ave Maria” at St. Bernadette’s Cathedral in Lourdes, France, on a trip with the Knights of Malta. Bob offered his coaches’ expertise about the difference between an expert versus one who is merely “good.” Whether instruments or sport, “a good player plays until he gets it right, the expert plays until he can’t get it wrong.”
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