Tex Appeal Magazine | May 2017 by Temple Daily Telegram

October 2013 Tex Appeal

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Envision the future Group offers support for children’s hospital in Temple

In the boardroom of the Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation, a group of tireless volunteers and foundation staff members are putting finishing touches on the 2017 Boots and Bandanas fundraiser to be held May 20, benefiting the Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center. Their goal is to add another specially equipped ambulance to the hospital’s current emergency vehicles. By CATHERINE HOSMAN

A firm foundation

Challenges welcome by traveler, educator and philanthropist

Jewelry cuisine

Learn the art of jewelry making Walk through the doors of the Bead Bistro in Killeen and there is a sensory overload of colors and textures. Colorful strands of beads hang on walls; ceramic beads and natural stones are kept in containers on countertops; fresh water pearls are displayed at the “oyster bar”; glass beads from the Czech Republic are in the “Czech Bakery,” and semi-precious stones are stored at the “stone cold grill.” By CATHERINE HOSMAN

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On the islands in the Visyasas region of the Philippines, people struggle every day to find enough food to sustain themselves. The waters are bountiful with fish and shellfish. In the jungle, fruit trees yield their seasonal harvest. Despite their ability to have enough food to eat, what they eat doesn’t have the nutritional value needed to ward off malnutrition. “They hunt, fish and gather fruit, but it depends on what you catch, and find,” said Jennifer Graham, Ph.D., executive director of the Temple College Foundation. “Most children from poor families aren’t getting enough protein in their food. They eat rice every day, but aren’t getting enough nutrients to be healthy.” By CATHERINE HOSMAN

Revitalizing temple

Business brings retail downtown Ask Pam Shepperd what she does at The Hub, and she’ll tell you she likes to stay behind the scenes of Temple’s newest retail establishment. She and her husband, Joe, leave the day-to-day operations to their managing partner and co-owner, Holley Gosh.

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TexTalk Neighbors StoneGate Furniture Consignment Gallery

TexTalk SPOTLIGHT Temple Area Builders Association

TexTalk SCENE Temple Salvation Army fundraiser

TexTalk CALENDAR Upcoming events in May

Gift Guide Mother’s Day ideas

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Clockwise from top left, Pam Shepperd and Holley Gosh, The Hub; Nancy Birdwell, The Visionaries; Dale Koebnick, Bead Bistro; Susan Fergus, Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation; Jan Chase, StoneGate Furniture Consignment Gallery; Jennifer Graham, Temple College Foundation.

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Contributors

ADVERTISER’S INDEX

PROFILES Highlighting women in business

TexFIT Live and Let Liv Yoga in Killeen

TexADVENTURES Discover Lampasas

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Tex Appeal Life & Style in Central Texas

Dear Readers,

Women’s roles in business continue to change as women take on more responsibility in their own businesses, in corporations and foundations. Much has changed since I first entered the workforce, when jobs available to women were somewhat limited. At the time, most of the opportunities were in traditional careers such as teaching, nursing, accounting and office administration. The women who moved into these fields often excelled, taking on increasing responsibilities as they advanced in their professions. Their valuable contributions were crucial to the success of their workplace. As the editor and publisher of the Temple Daily Telegram and Killeen Daily Herald since 1987, and publisher of Tex Appeal Magazine since 2012, I have seen more doors opened to women who are increasingly rising to the top ranks in their companies and now serve as CEOs, presidents and executive directors. The proverbial “glass ceiling” of advancement and promotion continues to break in workplaces across the country. According to the Department of Labor, women make up 57 percent of the workforce as of 2015; 70 percent of women with children under the age of 18 participate in the labor workforce, but there still remains a considerable gap between men’s and women’s earnings. However, women continue to excel in all areas of business, from leadership roles in corporations to entrepreneurs starting their own businesses. Once again Tex Appeal celebrates Women in Business by highlighting some of the businesswomen in Central Texas and the contributions they are making to the community. Pam Shepperd and Holley Gosh are making a difference in the community with their new mall, The Hub, in downtown Temple. The Hub, located in the former Casey’s Furniture Store building, offers a unique shopping experience to patrons, page 45. Meet the Visionaries of McLane Children’s Hospital, and the women of Baylor Scott & White – Central Texas Foundation. They have been donating time, effort and fundraising to help the children of Central Texas since 2008, page 20. Dale Koebnick retired from her role as director of IT at Metroplex Hospital after 22 years to begin her own business. Read about her career-altering trip to Israel and the coin that inspired her to start the Bead Bistro in Killeen, page 37. Jennifer Graham’s passion for education has taken her from Central Texas to the far corners of the world, where she taught classes in developing countries. The executive director of the Temple College Foundation since 2010, Graham manages the Foundation’s $7 million budget. Recently, she and a team of four students returned from a six-week journey to the Philippines, where she taught island residents about sanitation, nutrition and economic development, page 27. When Jan Chase and her husband, Mick, returned to Killeen to care for her ailing parents in 2009, they knew they had to find a way to make a living. In 2011 they opened the StoneGate Furniture Consignment Gallery. Opening the gallery was a natural choice for Chase, who enjoyed visiting garage and estate sales and resale shops with her sister Robin. Together they have a talent for taking the old and making it new again, page 11. Meet Lisa Kelly, owner of Live and Let Liv Yoga in Killeen. What started out as a simple idea for a business has become a lifestyle for Kelly, page 62. You don’t have to travel far to find interesting sites, galleries, museums, restaurants, cafes and a swimming hole. Travel west on U.S. Highway 190 and discover all that Lampasas has to offer, page 67. The working women of Central Texas, regardless of position, are valuable assets to our community. Whether they are teachers, shop owners, CEOs or foundation directors, we are proud to acknowledge and recognize some of their noteworthy accomplishments. I sincerely hope you enjoy Tex Appeal’s Women in Business issue for 2017.

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The team at StoneGate Furniture Consignment Gallery includes (clockwise) Mick and Jan Chase, Kimberly Hurley and Robin Carpio.

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Repurposing with gently used furniture and décor

Story by CATHERINE HOSMAN Photos by GARY L. HANSEN

an Chase, co-owner of StoneGate Furniture Consignment Gallery in Killeen with her husband, Mick, does more than just collect and sell gently used, high-quality furniture. She is a caretaker of the memories that each piece carries with it when it enters her shop. “There is a story with every piece that comes into the store,” she said. “People inherit their parents’ and grandparents’ stuff, other people come in and the memories are hard to part with.” Some people even become emotional as they leave behind a beloved piece of furniture that was in their family for years. Then there are the customers who come into the store and see a chair or a table that reminds them of their childhood, feeling a connection to their mother or grandmother who once had a similar piece. They intend to come back to buy it but by the time they return, the piece is sold. “We move things around and then someone sees it,” Jan said. “As things leave, new things come in. It’s more than furniture, it’s people’s stories, people’s lives.” Since Dec. 1, 2011, Jan and Mick, and her sister Robin Carpio and her husband, Danny, have been taking in gently used, quality furniture on consignment. “Everyone has a different gift,” Jan said. “Robin is the best on the computer and with staging. Mick and Dan run the store. Kimberly, our newest team member, handles the marketing and advertising. My favorite job is hanging art on the walls every day.” “We make it all work together,” Robin said. “We can get furniture from 10 different families and it all works together.” “I love being here, seeing the people who come in here, and I love being around beautiful things,” added Hurley. Jan said their hope is to find the right person who can appreciate the furniture that once meant so much to someone else. 12

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Nancy and Rick Hoxworth browse the shop for new accessories for their home.

An invention of necessity The idea for a furniture consignment store was an invention of necessity. In 2009, the Chases moved back to Texas when the homebuilding market in Washington State took a severe downturn and Mick became unemployed. They decided to move near Jan’s family in Killeen. It was a central location while Mick looked for construction work in the Central Texas area and in North Texas, near where they raised their family in Sherman.

“We weren’t able to find employment in any of those places, and at the same time we realized my Mom could no longer continue to function without someone meeting many of hers and dads needs,” said Jan, a Killeen High School graduate. Her parents were elderly and her mom suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. To stay in Killeen, however, Jan and Mick said they had to find a way to make a living doing something they enjoy, and be able to take care of her parents. That’s when Jan and Robin got the idea

Furniture and other household items are for sale at StoneGate Furniture Consignment Gallery in Killeen.

Jan Chase enjoys helping people, especially military families, furnish their homes with quality furniture, accessories and home decor at affordable prices. to start a consignment furniture business out of Robin’s home. Each woman was a picker in her own right. They would find furniture at garage sales and resale shops. They would refinish, repurpose, reupholster, if necessary, and resell it at staged estate sales. As their inventory grew, the living space in Robin’s home shrunk. Soon there was only a path she and her family had to walk through and around the furniture she stored. They knew it was time to think brick and mortar. “We started to visit consignment

shops from San Antonio to Amarillo, and every town in between,” Jan said. “We found that if it was a clothing consignment shop overhead was greater than if it was a furniture store.” Jan said they had their eye on one property in south Killeen when their current location on Stan Schlueter Loop became available. Their shop is a collection of fine, gently used quality furniture that comes from various places. Sometimes it’s the reassigned soldier and his family, but they don’t want to take the

furniture with them; or the grandmother who died and her family wants to make sure the furniture gets another life with a new family. The furniture is a juxtaposition of antique, modern, contemporary and sometimes rustic. The shop displays the furniture in vignettes that best show off the settings. A person could walk in and buy a whole room with one glance. Jan said she enjoys helping people, especially military families. They can furnish just a room, or a house, with high quality goods at a lower price than retail. “People have called from as far away as Korea and Germany who saw things on our Facebook page and asked us to hold it until they come in,” Jan said. “If they find something used and it wears well, if it doesn’t make it to their next assignment, it’s not as great a loss. We want to be an option for people.” TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

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Guests Laugh the Night Away at Temple Salvation Army fundraiser

1. Buck and Aida Brandemuehl and Virginia and Don Dady of Temple came to “Laugh the Night Away” with Bean & Bailey during a benefit for the Salvation Army’s McLane Center of Hope Women and Families Residence in Temple. 2. Salvation Army Corps Officer Dan New 3. Michael and Carol Lynch with Nancy Ingram, all of Temple. Photos by GARY L. HANSEN 16

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4. Maj. Sheila New and Anthony Smith 5. Kim and Paul Kieiper 6. DeYette Pauer and Linda Smith, co-chairs of the event.

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Belton Senior Center Country Dance May 4, Old Friends performing May 18, Good Ol’ Boys performing. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Bring a small food item for the snack table. 842 Mitchell St., Belton Call 254-778-4751 for more information. 7th Annual Harker Heights Farmers Market May 6 to Oct. 28 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join us every Saturday to shop local produce, baked goods, local honey, handcrafted items, furniture, farm eggs and much more. The Market provides a venue where local farmers, producers and artisans can come together to provide a variety of fresh produce and related products directly to the consumer. Seton Medical Center Harker Heights 850 W. Central Texas Expressway Call 254-953-5493 for more information. Harker Heights Family Campout May 13, check in 3 p.m. May 14, check out noon. $10 per person Free, 5 years old and younger Preregistration required. All attendees must be registered by May 5. The campout is an opportunity to spend quality family time together and enjoy a variety of activities including

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hiking, stargazing, kayaking, s’mores and more. Bring your own tent and sleeping supplies. Electricity is limited and a restroom/shower facility is located on site. This year we will have a family cookout with hotdogs and hamburgers for dinner, and a pancake breakfast Sunday morning is also provided. Dana Peak Park 3800 Comanche Gap Road Call 254-953-5466, email devans@ ci.harker-heights.tx.us, or visit www. ci.harker-heights.tx.us/parks for more information.

Once Upon a Playground Now through May 25 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free with regular museum admission $4 (ages 13-59); $3 (ages 60 plus); $2 (ages 5-12) Children under 5 free This exhibit explores the classic metal and wood structures that have populated playgrounds for most of the 20th century — towering metal slides, giant jungle gyms, whirling merry-go-rounds, bouncing seesaws — which have become beloved artifacts of childhood. This exhibit offers a visual tribute to these vanishing

calendar TexTalk playgrounds of our past, celebrating their place in American culture and the collective memories of generations. Temple Railroad Museum 315 W. Avenue B., Temple Call 254-298-5172, or visit www. templerrhm.org for more information. The area in front of the museum is currently under construction. Please follow the Amtrak detour signs to reach the museum.

Temple Civic Theatre presents “The 39 Steps” May 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 8 p.m. May 25 at 7 p.m. May 21 and 28 at 2:30 p.m. $20 adults, $12 students This is an adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 thriller where a select group of actors portrays every hero, villain, spy and love interest from the 1915 John Buchan’s novel. The script is full of allusions to (and puns on the titles of) other Hitchcock films including “Strangers on a Train,” “Rear Window,” “Psycho,” “Vertigo,” and “North by Northwest.” Temple Civic Theatre 2413 S. 13th St., Temple Call 254-778-4751 for more information. The Scott & White Visionaries of McLane Children’s Hospital presents Boots & Bandanas featuring country music legends, The Bellamy Brothers and John Conlee May 20, 6 p.m. This year’s event is to provide a new,

West Temple Park 121 Montpark Road, off West Adams behind Temple Fire Station No. 7 Call Mary Coppin at 254-778-2104 for more information.

specialized pediatric ambulance. The McLane Children’s Transport Team covers more than 30,000 square miles across Central Texas, making more than 1,000 service calls annually. With the addition of a second ambulance in their fleet, the transport team can reach more families faster, in their most desperate time of need. The Backyard at Schoepf’s Bar-B-Que 702 E. Central Ave., Belton Call Marcine Chambers, Baylor Scott & White Foundation, at 254-724-2768 or email marcine.chambers@bswhealth.org for more information and tickets.

Temple Farmers Market May 23 and 25 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Support your local farmers market and shop local. The market is every Tuesday and Thursday through the summer.

Harker Heights Memorial Parade & Ceremony May 27 9 a.m., parade 10:30 a.m., ceremony The parade starts at Wildewood Drive and proceeds north on Farm-toMarket 2410/Knight’s Way; turning right onto Miller’s Crossing and continuing to Harker Heights City Hall. Following the parade, a Memorial Ceremony begins at the Veteran’s Monument in front of City Hall and features a traditional wreath laying to honor those who gave their lives. Call 254-953-5465, visit www. ci.harker-heights.tx.us/parks, or email nbroemer@ci.harker-heights.tx.us for more information. Movies in the Park “Moana” May 27, 6:30 p.m. festivities begin Movie starts at sundown Bring your blankets and chairs to enjoy the outdoors and a free familyfriendly movie. Miller Park 1919 N. First St., Temple Call 254-298-5440 or visit templeparks.com for more information. Email upcoming events to editor@ texappealmag.com.

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The Visionaries, first row from left: Paula Wilson, Joanna Moore, Chair Betty Thrasher and Mary Melton; second row from left; Laura Cloud, Jo Ann Leibowitz, Martha Tyroch, Carol Scanio, Julie Michaux, Maria Posey, Susan Fergus, vice president of donor relations, Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation; Marcine Chambers, senior foundation officer of donor relations, Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation and Debbie Potts.

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Not pictured: Visionaries President Karen Lairmore, Polly Parnell, Ann Messer, Megan Keilla, Ann Barkemeyer, Kristina Ridgeway, Nancy Birdwell, former chief development officer, Scott & White Health System, Michelle DiGaetano, Dee Ann Griffin, Melissa Mullins, Stacy Schoepf, Sharla Winkler, Barbara Chandler, Kim Keiper, Debbie Lynd and Jana Sharpley, president, Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation.

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n the boardroom of the Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation, a group of tireless volunteers and foundation staff members are putting finishing touches on the 2017 Boots and Bandanas fundraiser to be held May 20, benefiting the Baylor Scott & White McLane

Children’s Medical Center. Their goal is to add another specially equipped ambulance they call “Little Brother,” to the hospital’s current emergency vehicles. This will allow a trained transport team to reach any part of Bell County or beyond to transfer a sick or injured child to McLane Children’s Hospital for care. “The ambulance travels everywhere,” said Betty Thrasher, who has been the chair of the Visionaries since 2010. The Visionaries are a volunteer group

of women who put their passion and dedication toward improving the lives of children, not just in Central Texas but all over the state and sometimes beyond. “These women are leaders in our community,” said Susan Fergus, RN, vice president of donor relations for the Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation. “These ladies started the charge in 2008 and came behind us 100 percent to help raise money for a children’s hospital.” Fergus said it was a communitywide Continued TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

effort that continues today, and that it has made a huge difference for children who may have had to travel out of the community for care. Prior to the new facility opening in 2012, the children’s hospital was housed on the fourth floor of Scott & White Memorial Hospital, now known as the Baylor Scott & White Medical CenterTemple. “In 2008, we did a study about how many children in our community came to Scott & White,” said Nancy Birdwell, former chief development officer for the Scott & White Health System. “Fiftyseven percent came to Memorial and 43 percent were going someplace else.” That translated to about 750 families every year leaving the area for their children’s health care, she said. The children’s hospital is a member of the Children’s Miracle Network, and through CMN, nearly $10 million was raised between 1985 and 2005 for the facility, largely in corporate donations. But all those generous donations didn’t stop the need to transfer children to outside pediatric hospitals. “If a child was seen in a NICU emergency and there was no room, they would have to be sent to Austin, Houston or Dallas,” said Martha Tyroch, a former NICU nurse and a member of the Visionaries. Because there was no separate pediatric emergency room, children were seen in the same ER as adults. “There were times the hospital ran out of beds and there was no place for the children and we would have to send them away,” Birdwell said.

How it started Around 2008, volunteers, Birdwell, and board members of the Scott & White Board of Trustees came together to talk about raising money to help sustain the children’s hospital. “We needed to raise money for the children, their children and their grandchildren, and for generations to come,” said Julie Michaux, charter Visionary member. To generate interest in the community, Michaux said the board asked for a list of women’s names who would like to support the children’s hospital. They were given the names of 540 women, all community leaders, who would support the cause. Their first 22

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Guests celebrate the 2012 grand opening of McLane Children’s Hospital. Below: The Visionaries hope to raise enough money for a second, smaller transport ambulance.

of Central Texas.” They talked about the NICU, equipment that was needed, bringing in cancer doctors and providing dialysis for children. In 2008, the Scott & White Inaugural Visionaries Ball was held at the Morris Foster Estate in Salado. That evening they raised $450,000 for the children’s hospital.

meeting was at a local hotel restaurant where they met over coffee. Some people didn’t respond, others came and brought their encouragement and excitement about the children’s hospital. “Most people are interested in helping the little ones,” added Michaux. “We were all part of the original group.” The women had to start from scratch. “Our first step was to meet with everybody

from the Board of Trustees at Scott & White. Drayton McLane Jr. was present, as well as Dr. Knight,” Birdwell said. “We put together statistics of the number of patients who came to this area, which revealed the complicated areas we were not equipped to take care of the medical needs of the children and would have to send them to other hospitals. We put a case together and listed real reasons why this hospital would change the footprint

Beginning of a vision The former Kings Daughter’s Hospital was acquired by Scott & White in 2009. While construction was underway to retrofit the facility, which needed to be gutted and rebuilt from the inside out, the Visionaries went to work. Michaux had a connection through her daughter who worked at Dell Children’s Hospital and asked how they raised needed funds for that new facility. They did it by hosting galas. That led the Visionaries to host eight special events in 2010 that raised $650,000. “We found that we couldn’t do eight major events every year, but we had to do Continued TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

Guests enjoy the inaugural Boots and Bandanas Gala benefiting McLane Children’s Hospital Scott & White in 2013.

something,” said Michaux. “We decided to do a major fundraiser every other year and held our first Boots and Bandanas in 2013.” With the funds raised that year, McLane Children’s Hospital was able to buy a much-needed digital blood irradiator. With continued fundraising by the Foundation, through corporate and private donations, help from the community, and a generous donation from the Drayton McLane Jr. family, the McLane Children’s Hospital opened its doors in October 2012. Prior to the opening, the Visionaries celebrated this triumph by hosting the grand celebration in August 2012. Every donor, whether they gave $1 or $1,000,000, was invited to the event. “It was a night filled with special guests, speeches, food, facility tours and capped off with dancing and desserts under the tent,” said Michaux. “We, as a children’s hospital, don’t survive without philanthropy support,” said Ellen Hansen, chief nursing officer and chief operations officer at McLane Children’s Hospital. “Fifty-five percent of our patients are on Medicaid. That doesn’t cover some costs, so we rely on our philanthropists to help us buy the equipment and supplies we need.” “We are all grandmothers,” added Michaux. “You have a different perspective 24

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as a grandmother. Children who are important to you now have a facility this close. It’s amazing for all of us.” Birdwell said pediatric specialists want to work in a children’s hospital. “We had to recruit a caliber of people we needed when we decided to have our own hospital.” Because the hospital was a new stateof-the-art facility, it was easy to attract these physicians. Initially, there were only 40 pediatric providers, Birdwell said. Now there are more than 160 pediatric specialists serving the children of Central Texas. “Every time I walk into the hospital, I get smiles, chills,” said Birdwell. “People who work there, and the quality of the staff is amazing. And now, our kids don’t have to travel to faraway places for treatment, they can come right here.” “The hospital is such a friendly place for patients and their families,” said Marcine Chambers, Senior Foundation Officer of Donor Relations. “Colorful animal murals are painted on the walls by a Central Texas artist and the staff paid for privilege of having this done.” When the hospital first opened, the facility served 3,000 children. “Today we have over 54,000 admissions,” said Hansen. “That’s 32 percent more than when we opened. We see about 80 percent of the children in our community,

but still need to send 20 percent elsewhere for cardiac or organ transplants. We don’t have that.” Fergus said working with the Visionaries through the Foundation takes her beyond herself. “We are here to guide the Visionaries and help get the job done. My parents taught me to give back to community, to be civic-minded. Someday when I retire, I will continue my work as a Visionary.” Today the McLane Children’s Hospital is the only free-standing hospital between Austin and Fort Worth/Dallas. Fergus said there are not many hospitals like this, in a community this size. “It is the fruits of our labor and we want to see it continue to grow,” she said. ‘We wouldn’t be able to do without the Visionaries,” Hansen added. “They don’t have to do it. They want to do it. People in the community see our challenges and want to be a part of the change and make a difference in so many ways other than donating money.” Jana Sharpley, president of the Baylor Scott & White Central Texas Foundation, said the Foundation is very thankful for what the Visionaries have done in the past, and in support of what they are doing for future fundraising for the Children’s Hospital. “I am fully committed to this group of volunteers who have left their thumbprint in Central Texas,” she said.

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Jennifer Graham is the executive director of the Temple College Foundation.

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A firm foundation

Challenges welcome by traveler, educator and philanthropist Story by CATHERINE HOSMAN Photos by GARY L. HANSEN and contributed by JENNIFER GRAHAM

n the islands in the Visyasas region of the Philippines, people struggle every day to find enough food to sustain

themselves. The waters are bountiful with fish and shellfish. In the jungle, fruit trees yield their seasonal harvest. Despite their ability to have enough food to eat, what they eat doesn’t have the nutritional value needed to ward off malnutrition. “They hunt, fish and gather fruit, but it depends on what you catch, and find,” said Jennifer Graham, Ph.D., executive director of the Temple College Foundation. “Most children from poor families aren’t getting enough protein in their food. They eat rice every day, but aren’t getting enough nutrients to be healthy.” Graham said bananas are good, but people still don’t get enough vitamin A and C. “They can eat mangoes, but they’re only seasonal,” she said. Graham recently returned from a six-week trip to the Philippines where her mission was to teach the people about nutrition, sanitation and economic development. She traveled with four student team members (three had never been out of the state, let alone the country), on a travel grant from the Rotary District 5870 and the Rotary Club of Temple. On this trip, Graham, a world traveler, and her team, visited six islands and cities where they taught 500 women in rural villages construction skills and how to build a solar-powered food dehydrator “to provide livelihood opportunities and sustainable nutrition through preserved foods,” she said. Working with the Rotary Clubs in each city that provided lodging and meals for the team, Graham and her team,

Maxsine Tayanes, 16, a high school student in the Philippines, helps Jennifer Graham build a dehydrator for a school for autistic students to help give them a livelihood project. The students will learn to dry and package food for sale.

“It was emotional, powerful. There were a lot of tears and the team’s lives were changed forever.”

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local residents and Rotary Club members worked 10 hours a day for three days to build one dehydrator. “Once we were introduced, we would go to town to buy the supplies we needed for a build,” Graham said. The Visyasas region is an underdeveloped area and although Graham said people aren’t starving, there

is a high incidence of malnutrition. By building the dehydrator and teaching the community how it works — there are no moving or mechanical parts and it is operated by the sun — they can take their crops and preserve them for all seasons. Eleven dehydrators were built, including one for a school, a women’s association that can now dehydrate snacks to be sold, an orphanage and a farmer’s association. “The farmers association harvests mushrooms, squash and root crops,” she said. “They make chips from the squash. Fresh food is caught or hunted. Children go out at low tide to collect sea urchins, mussels and shellfish.” Because there is no refrigeration, any meat they catch has to be hung out to Continued TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

Jennifer Graham, center, and her helpers take a break from building a solar powered food dehydrator for the community.

dry, and attracts legions of flies. Any fish they catch is dried on the side of the road and is walked on by people and water buffaloes. The dehydrator is a one-piece structure that has a tower to hold up to eleven trays of food. As hot air rises into the tower, it removes moisture from the food and the moisture escapes through the tower’s vents. “On a sunny day, it takes seven hours to dry a tower of food,” Graham said. With a dehydrator, they can dry sardines, a source of protein, in a day. In each area where they built, they bought supplies from local merchants, and at the end of the build, they donated the leftover supplies to the townspeople. “It was emotional, powerful. There were a lot of tears and the team’s lives were changed forever,” Graham said. 28

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Funding a college In her role as the executive director of the Temple College Foundation, Graham is responsible for $7 million in assets and manages the student housing complex and the historic building where the Foundation is based. “A $5 million endowment provides annual scholarships, while the Leopard Loan Program provides more than $100,000 annually to assist students with no-interest loans that allow them to get into or stay in classes,” Graham said. The Foundation also helps with scholarships, teacher awards, gifts to the college, including a $1 million gift for an addition at the Mary Marshall Activities Center. Graham is responsible for three major fundraisers each year: the Drive for Scholarships Annual Golf Classic,

the Kings of Cuisine, a Cruise for the College, and the Low Brow High Brow Tea that “brings donors and scholars together to allow them to meet, encourage each other, and understand both the values of giving and achieving.” She is at the helm of the Workforce Preparation Program that offers on-thejob training for students “in every area of the workforce with a specialization in soft skills like accountability, productivity and customer service.” “They get to know what to expect in the work place,” she added. Graham said up to 20 students per semester work the program at the Foundation. “They do everything from creating and printing marketing materials, answering phone calls, cleaning, maintenance and running fundraising events,” she said. “They are

all project managers and must manage their own project plans.” Students in the program are responsible for finding their own resources and meeting their own deadlines. “We are empowering, teaching and giving responsibility to the students,” she said. “If they screw up, we call them out for it in the hope they don’t make that same mistake.” Students can stay in the program for a semester or their entire college career. “Once they work with us they know I’ll vouch for them,” Graham said. Local businesses approach Graham when they have job openings. They know her students are ready to work. “We have a good placement program with students wanting to move Continued TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

Jennifer Graham, center, with some of her Workforce Preparation Program students at the Temple College Foundation headquarters. Back row from left are Garrett Street, Hector Mexquitic, James Mitchell, Cherisse Timms, Isaac Hebert, Jeremy Cabrera and Claryssa Rodriguez; Middle row from left are Mark Lopez, Renee Houston, Jennifer Graham, Justin Garcia and Haimei Xie; front row from left are Chris Vasquez and Susan Thompson.

into the workforce post graduation,” she said.

A passion for teaching Graham shares her life with husband, Temple City Manager Jonathan Graham, whom she met when she was living in Arizona. A mutual friend introduced them, knowing they would like each other. But he lived in Central Texas and she was in Arizona. He asked her to look for a job in Texas and she was hired by the Temple Independent School District in 2000 and she moved to Temple to marry Jonathan. But that didn’t stop Jennifer’s wanderlust for service travel. “I love adventure travel, but service travel is different,” Graham said. “Service travel feeds my soul.” She worked at Temple ISD as a teacher and later a principal until 2009, when she accepted the position at the Temple College Foundation. Graham’s unique early life experiences helped to shape the educator that she became. 30

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“Travel challenged me to think and understand things I don’t see or feel here all the time. Travel makes me understand things in new ways.”

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She was born blind to a teenage mother and father who gave her up for adoption, and was raised by a loving couple who adopted her. Her parents did everything they could to restore her vision and she endured several surgeries in childhood to regain the vision in her right eye. Graham grew up in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Her mother was an insurance broker and her father was a 747 pilot for

Pan Am Airlines and flew internationally during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. By the time she was 18, she discovered her travel privileges and for six years, she spent every moment she could in an airplane, hopscotching across the globe from one Pan Am airport to the next, in alphabetical order. “I’ve been all over,” she said. “I did a lot of traveling, attended Oxford for one year and an academy in Venice.” Graham said she was looking for challenges and international travel afforded her that luxury. “Travel challenged me to think and understand things I don’t see or feel here all the time. Travel makes me understand things in new ways,” she said. She saw her travels as a cultural revolution and used travel to learn about different cultures, history and international politics. When she traveled, it wasn’t as a tourist. She traveled to the places locals would go to gain that intimate experience. Her international experience, and Continued

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a little tune called “Bullet the Blue Sky” by U-2, that she heard at one of their concerts, steered her into the direction of education. She received her Bachelor’s of Liberal Arts from the University of San Diego, a master’s in educational administration from the University of Phoenix, and her Ph.D. from Bernelli University. “At all three institutions, my focus was on inner city and third world education, which allowed me to teach in four countries, on three continents and in three states,” she said, adding that this past Christmas she spent two weeks in China teaching English. During her career as an educator, she has taught in elementary, middle and high schools from Arizona to Temple, and said her favorite position was as principal at the K-12 grade Disciplinary Alternative School in Temple. “We developed programs based on good teaching practices,” she said. “It was engaged teaching and learning from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., a longer day for students and a harder day for teachers,” she said. If students didn’t get a C or above, Graham said they used extra time for tutoring; if they maintained a C or above they were allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities. Some of those activities included yoga for anger management, working in a community garden and Frisbee golf. “We would put students in charge of teams and it had a concrete reward system, but rewards were not concrete,” she said. Students gained self-fulfillment and self-respect. They were in charge of themselves and maybe other people. “We saw kids who came in as a jerk and became a team leader,” she said. “Once you give people the opportunity to manage themselves, they will take the reins.” Working with students and teachers from around the world taught Graham to be resourceful and determined. She’s seen children in Barbados gather under a tree and call that a classroom. She’s visited libraries in the Philippines that consisted of nothing more than castoff third-grade handwriting books from California. “But those limitations don’t define learning,” she said. “They may be hurdles, but they are not boundaries.”

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alk through the doors of the Bead Bistro in Killeen and there is a sensory overload of colors and textures. Colorful strands of beads hang on walls; ceramic beads and natural stones are kept in containers on countertops; fresh water pearls are displayed at the “oyster bar,” glass beads from the Czech Republic are in the “Czech Bakery,” and semi-precious stones are stored at the “stone cold grill.” Harker Heights resident and Bead Bistro owner Dale Koebnick invites students into her “bistro” to teach them how to turn baubles into jewelry cuisine. The kitchen is at the back of the shop and it is the place where metalsmithing comes alive. Tools of the trade hang on the walls and on pegboards — hammers, torches, safety glasses, tape, files, face masks — just a few of the items aspiring metalsmithers need to ply their trade. The diner, a separate space off the main floor of the shop, is where Koebnick teaches her classes on jewelry making from stringing beads to wire wrapping a medallion. In fact, it was wire wrapping that led Koebnick, retired IT director for Metroplex Hospital, to her new career as a jewelry designer and maker. She was visiting Jerusalem in 2011 with St. Paul Chong Hasang Catholic Church, her second visit to the ancient city. “I’ve been to a lot of places, but this is one place I wanted to go back to,” she said. “History is everywhere and for a Christian, it is phenomenal.” While on the trip she learned about an antiquities dealer whose house was around the corner from the hotel where she was staying. Koebnick, along with several fellow travelers, went to the home

ABOVE: Crimping a wire during a bead stringing class at the Bead Bistro. BELOW: This 1,000-year-old Jesus coin Dale Koebnick purchased on a trip to Jerusalem, Israel, inspired her to begin a new career as a jewelry maker.

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where they were shown a collection of millennia old artifacts, most not for sale.

“It was all interesting,” she recalled, but nothing really piqued her curiosity. Then their host brought out an item he was sure she would like — a 1,000-year-old coin struck with the image of Jesus Christ to commemorate the anniversary of his crucifixion. Koebnick held the coin in her hand, examining the piece. She said it was like looking at a 1,000-year-old photograph of an event that happened 2,000 years ago. “There were no cameras 2,000 years ago. It was very unusual to look at,” she said. As the child of a career military father, her dad was in the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command, Koebnick’s family moved around North America and overseas to Goose Bay, Labrador. Along the way, her family collected mementos during their Continued TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

Dale Koebnick gets ready to teach a bead stringing class at the Bead Bistro. From left are Sheri Wilson, Jerri Eldridge, Koebnick and Diane Hill.

reassignments to display in their home. It was the special gifts she received from her father during his deployments to Thailand and Vietnam during the 1960s that she kept in a box hidden in the drawer of her night stand, occasionally removing them to recall the memories. “This (the coin) wasn’t something you wanted to keep in a box,” she said, about her Jesus coin. She decided to make it into a pendant and attended a wire wrapping class. She even created complementing earrings and a bracelet. It was the first wire-wrapped piece of jewelry she ever made, but it wouldn’t be the last. “It is my most special piece,” she said. “When I look back at that wire wrapped coin I realized that my wire wrapping also looked like it had been done 1,000 years ago.” But she wanted to do better. “This piece got me started on a real path,” she said. Koebnick was still in her position as the IT director at Metroplex Hospital when she began to take jewelry making 38

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classes. She studied wire wrapping, stringing, metalsmithing, epoxy clay and torch enameling, traveling all over the country to take classes from premier jewelry makers. She became so passionate about her

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— she’d wake at 5 a.m. to get ready for work — she’d don her work clothes, new jewelry and head out the door. “It was so exciting to have something new to wear and I made it,” she said, with her enthusiasm for her art reflected in her smile and eyes. “It is rewarding in so many ways.” Now, she said, she makes her jewelry first then she goes out to buy an outfit that matches her creation By February 2012, she shifted gears, retired from her career after 22 years, and opened the doors to the Bead Bistro in April 2012. Her husband Bob, a U.S. Army veteran and helicopter flight instructor, came along for the adventure. “Bob is very visual, he loves working with customers and he has a knack for helping them choose the right color beads for their projects,” she said.

Digital age Koebnick started at Metroplex Hospital at the cusp of the digital age. When she took the helm of the technical department in 1990, there were no management information services or information technology positions. “There was no such thing as a director of IT when I was first there,” she said. She was hired as the data processing director working with dumb terminals that transferred all internal information to a mainframe in Florida. During her career Koebnick said she saw medical technology change from manual data entry on paper, passed to the data entry department, to data entry being done in real time. She was on the ground floor when the EMR (Electronic Medical Record) was introduced. With the new technology, data entry could be done on mobile computers by nurses, physicians and other care givers at the patient’s bedside. Regardless of the hardware at the time, Koebnick said if anyone wanted to get into computer programming and networking, “health care is where it’s at.” “The health care field tech (team) helps people, saves lives and is so interesting,” she said. “You are not just a computer tech, you are working with patients.” To help prepare hospital employees for the new technology, Koebnick traveled to other Adventist Health System 40

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Dale Koebnick and her husband, Bob, get supplies ready for a bead stringing class.

Hospitals around the country teaching change management using Dr. Spencer Johnson’s book, “Who Moved My Cheese.” “Technology has improved the way physicians and patients communicate,” she said. “With today’s technology, a doctor can show a patient their CT scan on a tablet at their bedside.”

Back in the diner While Koebnick and her students are busy stringing beads, Bob is at the front desk, taking care of the business. Showcases filled with jewelry designed and created by Koebnick and some of her students fill the store. There are fine jewelry pieces and custom hand-crafted chains. In the diner, where the beading class is taking place, her students begin working on a pair of earrings. “Bob, I need a crimping plier,” Dale

calls out to her husband, who promptly brings her the tool she needs. Also at the students’ fingertips are round nose pliers, inserts and spacers, and other tools of their trade. “She gets us excited when we accomplish something new,” said Diane Hill. “This is another way for us to explore our own creativity and create personal gifts for family and friends.” “She’s fearless,” added Sheri Wilson, a student for three years. “She’s a great instructor and won’t let you get anything wrong.” Jerri Eldridge, who makes much of her own clothing, said she enjoys making original jewelry to accent her new outfits. “I like working with people,” Koebnick said, as she begins to work with a wire destined to become an earring. “I like helping them either put something together or teaching them how to do something new.”

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Revitalizing Temple

Family business brings retail back to downtown Photos by GARY L. HANSEN

sk Pam Shepperd what she does at The Hub, and she’ll tell you she likes to stay behind the scenes of Temple’s newest retail establishment. She and her husband, Joe, leave the day-to-day operations to their managing partner and co-owner, Holley Gosh. The Hub is located in the former Casey Furniture Store historical building that once served as a harness and tire shop, a Ford Model-T dealership, and an armory during World War II. “When the Casey building became available, we discussed buying it,” Pam said. “I felt that if we did buy it, the best use for it would be retail, as there is very little retail in downtown Temple.” The Shepperds already owned several historic downtown buildings that are home to “great tenants Cheeves Bros. Restaurant all the way around to Pignetti’s Restaurant,” Pam said. The Casey building was in great condition but still needed major restoration. “Before Joe and I married, I had a career in commercial design,” she said. “After I graduated from Texas A&M University-College Station, I returned to my hometown, Houston. That was in the late 1970s and the new technology — desktop computers — was driving the trend toward designing office spaces using cubicles and modular furniture,” she said. She took her experience and worked on the design aspects of the restoration for the Casey building. “The City of Temple provided some grant money that was used to help with the cost of replacing the façade and Temple EDC gave a grant for a new elevator,” Pam said. She said Joe thought it would be a good investment and part of the effort to revitalize the downtown area. “However, I didn’t want to operate another business,

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and I have zero expertise in retail — other than I like to shop,” she said. “Enter Holley Gosh.” “Holly had been working with us for the past five years in our various business concerns, including our company, Heartland Resources Inc., which began as an independent producer of natural gas.”

A match made in geology class Pam and Joe met 42 years ago in geology class at Texas A&M University, where they were lab partners. They took an immediate liking to one another, but marriage wasn’t even a thought. “We were just good buddies for the rest of our time at A&M,” Pam said. After graduating in 1977, Joe went to work in the oil industry and Pam went home to Houston. In 1981, Joe received a

promotion and moved to Houston. One night, he called his former lab partner and invited her to dinner. That night he told her that he didn’t want to be just friends any longer. Not long after their reunion they became engaged and were married in March 1982. The newlyweds quit their respective jobs, left Houston and moved to Belton, Joe’s hometown, where they started Heartland Resources and began their venture into the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. When their children were born — Ben (1984) and Emily (1986) — Pam became a stay-at-home-mom. She remained active in their church, her children’s schools and volunteering in the community. “Ben was a senior in high school, in Continued TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

The Hub is a collection of individually owned boutique shops all under one roof in downtown Temple.

2001, when I went back to working with Joe at Heartland,” she said. “But in 2006 Joe wanted to diversify. We sold our oil and gas properties to Three Forks Energy, with Joe retaining a partnership interest. With the proceeds from that sale, we began to purchase commercial real estate properties, and Heartland became the vehicle for those investments. At the same time, we formed TOR Energy LLC so that Joe could pursue his own oil and gas development prospects.”

A family enterprise The Shepperds partnered with their daughter, Emily and son-in-law, TJ Jones, in 2010 and began building apartment properties in areas where the oil and gas shale plays were booming. “With TJ’s expertise in real estate and management, Emily’s as a petroleum landman, and Joe’s knowledge of the oil industry in Texas, we built three apartment buildings,” she said. “Energy Lodge LLC was the product of this merger. Joe chose the areas then he and I scouted locations on which to build the lodges. I was involved in the design 46

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aspects of these projects. Emily and TJ now own and operate them.” In 2015, their son Ben, a geologist, merged his geological consulting firm with TOR, “so we’re keeping it all in the family.” “By then we had three grandchildren and I wanted to slow down,” Pam continued. “Holley had been hired to

help me cut my workload.” Gosh was excited at the prospect of developing the Casey building, Pam said. “She wanted to operate the business and management side of it. So in May 2016, Joe and I bought the building that Joe dubbed, ‘The Hub,’ and we partnered with Holley.” The restoration process included

Holley Gosh is the owner of the Sweet Eileen Vintage Café and Ice Cream Shop. Gosh, left, was helping her employee, Brittnee Evangelista prepare a lunch order.

removing the dropped ceiling, revealing a 16-foot-high ceiling with original stamped tin; removing plaster from interior walls that revealed the original brick; and relocating original wooden slats from a closet upstairs, where there had once been a World War II armory, to the cafe walls. “You can still see some of the inscriptions from that time,” Pam said. A false floor was removed and concrete was added to level the flooring. The original hardwood floors on the second story were cleaned and left in place. During the six months of renovation, Pam said they set about finding vendors to lease the 16,000 square feet of available retail space. “We pitched the concept of a central check-out, with employees of The Hub manning the check-out and assisting shoppers. Many of the vendors that we started with already owned shops — so they had the inventory. The idea that they could lease a space at The Hub and not have any overhead was appealing,” Pam explained. By Dec. 1, 2016, The Hub was home to a collection of shops that offer unique

The Hub and more on the way,” Gosh said. “I think we’re off to a really good start and I learn something new every day.”

gift items, men’s, women’s, children’s, baby clothing and shoes, kitchen items, toys, specialty foods, stationary, jewelry, home décor, original art and handmade furniture. There is also a dedicated space for 10,000 Villages, a fair trade program that imports handmade items from artisans (mostly women) from 30 countries. Holley’s lifelong friend, Julie Cox Houston, is now the manager of The Hub, “along with the other employees (many of them students at Mary HardinBaylor) who keep the wheels turning,” Pam said. “We now have 40 fabulous shops in

A sweet deal In addition to being the co-owner and managing partner of The Hub, Gosh also owns Sweet Eileen’s Vintage Café and Ice Cream Shop, the food trailer permanently parked inside on the first floor. Sweet Eileen is a restored, 1967 Shasta Starflyte trailer that Gosh and her husband, Matt, found in Winters, Texas. “She needed a makeover,” Gosh said. “It took quite an effort to squeeze her into the building — through an opening in the alleyway.” Now Sweet Eileen’s is a draw to downtown Temple. Workers and visitors can lunch on freshly made sandwiches, homemade pickles, soups, salads, cookies, and handmade ice cream sandwiches. “Recently the trend is to restore and repurpose the historic buildings and bring a new vibe to downtown areas,” Pam said. “That is what we want, to be a part of in downtown Temple and we hope others will join us.” TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

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3614 SW HK Dodgen Loop, Temple (Next to Cracker Barrel) \ 5RGENT#ARE4EMPLE48 COM AFC Urgent Care Center in Temple is the quality, quick and convenient health care alternative for individuals and businesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We treat every patient with respect and compassion,â&#x20AC;? said Vicki Langan, owner of the Temple AFC office, which has been serving the community since 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We serve our communities by providing the highest quality medical care in a quick and convenient manner.â&#x20AC;? With a background as a CPA and executive management experience in the retail and service industry, Vicki and her husband, Pat, were the first franchisees to open in the system. Originally opening under the Doctors Express brand they have officially rebranded under the American Family Care (AFC) network of more than 170 urgent care clinics across the U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despite the fact that new AFC Urgent Care signage has been installed, very little will change,â&#x20AC;? said Langan. For example: s 7E STILL HAVE THE SAME LOCAL OWNERSHIP s 9OU WILL STILL BE GREETED BY THE SAME GREAT STAFF s 9OU WILL STILL BE TREATED BY THE EXACT SAME EXPERIENCED doctors s !LL OF THE SAME INSURANCE PLANS WILL BE ACCEPTED s /UR AFFORDABLE CO PAYS AND OTHER PAYMENT RATES WON T change s !S ALWAYS YOU WILL STILL RECEIVE THE SAME QUALITY healthcare and convenient services

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AFC Urgent Care is open seven days a week with no appointment needed. Hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday Noon to 6 p.m. Discounted 3ELF 0AY RATES ARE AVAILABLE ALTHOUGH MOST INSURANCE PLANS ARE accepted including Tricare, Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna, United and Baylor Scott & White. !S AN ADDITIONAL CONVENIENCE !&# 5RGENT #ARE OFFERS ON LINE patient registration through your mobile device or tablet. Patients will know how quickly they can see the doctor and can receive text messages letting them know it is time to arrive at the office. Medical Director, Dr. Ryun Summers along with Dr. Joshua Hull are the full time physicians and are always on site. Dr. Summers leads his professional medical team which includes licensed 2. S -! S AND 8 RAY 4ECHS !&# 5RGENT #ARE IS READILY AVAILABLE AT convenient times patients can count on when their primary care PHYSICIAN IS UNAVAILABLE AND EMERGENCY CARE ISN T REQUIRED

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Caroline Home Design

Moody, Texas 318-225-2502 | carolinehomedesign.com Kendra Coufal is on a mission – to make her clients’ “special space more beautiful.” Coufal is the owner of Caroline Home Design, which is named for her daughter, Caroline, who “gives me the desire to follow my passion of interior design, home renovations and decorating,” Coufal says. Her business slogan reflects her goal to serve her clients: “Adding a touch of life, a taste of home!” Coufal’s experience ranges from complete commercial and home renovations (gut and rebuild – design and project management), specific room renovations (gut and rebuild – design and project management), exterior landscape designs, blank slate designs/consultations, and even down to simple room decorating and staging. “I deliver personalized service, customized designs, Designer Kendra Coufal and a first-class product to my clients. I learn about the client’s design and functionality goals for their space ensuring no stone is left unturned,” Coufal says. Clients appreciate Coufal’s ability to keep the design true to their taste, working within budgets and time frames while delivering “head-turning design” they will enjoy and be proud of. “I have a selective taste for class, character and uniqueness, working with all styles from old world to traditional to modern and an elegant mixture of everything in between,” Coufal says. “I aim to serve clients not only through direct relationships, but also through the coordinated and creative partnerships with builders, architects, design centers, Realtors and other professionals of the real estate design and improvement sector.”

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5610 E Central Texas Expy. Suite 3, Killeen | 254-680-4450 | houseofsmiles.net If you are looking for a great place to regain your smile, then look no further than House of Smiles in Killeen. Since 1989, the caring staff uses the latest technology to help you and your family maintain a lifetime of beautiful, healthy smiles. House of Smiles today is a One Stop for an Array of General and Cosmetic Dental Procedures. Patients are rarely referred out of the clinic due to the extensive technology and know-how ability provided In-House. In the last year House of Smiles has introduced “Same Day Crowns” using the Modern CAD CAM Technology as well as Digital technology for XRAY imaging to the practice. In addition to general dentistry, the office provides services, such as Orthodontics, Implants, Invisalign, Lumineers and Pediatric Dentistry. “We focus on preventative dentistry, and if treatment is ultimately required, we focus on a treatment which will last a longer term and suit the patient’s requirements the best,” said Dr. Aditi Saxena, owner of the Clinic. For more than 25 years, House of Smiles has served all patients throughout the Killeen/ Fort Hood and Harker Heights area including those that have served so well in the military. Dr. Aditi Saxena D.D.S.

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Rodney Dunn Company, Inc. 1400 South 31st Street, Temple 254-774-7355 | rodneydunn.com YOU HAVE KNOWN US FOR YEARS RODNEY DUNN COMPANY, INC. is a full service real estate company located in Temple, Texas, USA. Our company has historically been one of the top producing residential real estate companies in the Temple-Belton Board of Realtors. We have consistently been honored as the Temple Daily Telegram’s “READER’S CHOICE –Simply the Best Residential Real Estate Agency.” It’s important to select the right real estate professional to help you buy or sell in today’s market. With over 172 years of experience, the ladies of the Rodney Dunn Company, Inc. deliver proven results, expert market knowledge, and strong negotiating skills! “The ladies at the Rodney Dunn Company, Inc. truly epitomize the company motto of Service Beyond the Sale,” stated Rodney Dunn, owner and broker of the company.

The people we provide a service for aren’t just clients. They’re our neighbors and our friends in the communities we live in. That being the case, we have a vested personal interest in growing our community. We are family. It is a privilege to continue to build our real estate business by helping you with the many details of your real estate transaction. Our commitment is to help make your real estate transaction a positive experience and provide service beyond the sale. Together, we will make your dreams come true.

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Marvina’s Optical Boutique

5 Meadowbrook Drive, Suite D, Temple | 254-771-2522 Marvina has over 30 years of experience in the optical field. She formally worked for Family Vision for over 15 years and is certified by the American Board of Opticianry. Marvina has lived in the Central Texas area for over 35 years and has two children. Having a passion for people has lead her to offer personalized service to customers, something that seems to lacking in the big cities. “I have lots of lab experience and love being able to offer one-day service on most single vision lenses,” said Marvina. “I keep everything locally in state, which keeps jobs in Texas.” Her boutique carries many brands: Gucci, Elle, Adrienne Vittadini, Jimmy Crystal, Charmont and more. Come visit Marvina in her new location at 5 Meadowbrook Drive, Suite D, located off West Adams near Shipley Donuts.

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Legacy Dental

1109 S. 31st Street, Temple | 254-774-8181 | legacydentaltemple.com Our awesome hygienists make the difference… together they have over 56 years of dental experience! Rachel Nieto joined our team in 1992. Patients enjoy Rachel’s sense of humor, but also appreciate her comprehensive approach to health. Alissa Rambeau joined our office in 2001. Alissa is dedicated to providing gentle care and making the patient feel comfortable. She enjoys the personal relationships she develops with patients and loves working with them to improve their dental health. Charity Hohhertz joined us in 2007. As soon as you meet Charity, you will recognize her passion for people. She is dedicated to providing excellent care and loves helping patients take pride in their smiles.

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Our hygienist are extraordinary educators and would love to be your personal oral health coach. Dr. Megens would like to thank all of our many loyal patients as well as welcome new patients to join our Legacy Dental family.

Zooty’s

1401 South 31st Street, Suite I, Temple | 254-770-0904 | zootystemple.com Amy Thomas is the owner of Zooty’s, a gift shop that specializes in custom monogramming and embroidery services. A Temple native, Amy opened the shop in 2009 because she believes it is important to shop locally. “It helps grow the economy and there is no other shop like Zooty’s in Temple,” she said. Zooty’s carries brands requested by her customers. Nora Fleming, Neon Buddha, Eleven Stitch, Beaufort Bonnet Company, and Votivo Candles are but a few. “My mom always told me to add something ‘zooty’ to give it the final touch,” Amy said, explaining the inspiration behind her shop’s name. The staff of Zooty’s is happy to create gift baskets for graduation, weddings, Mother’s Day and any special occasion. They are known for their excellent customer service and their “do every- and anything attitude,” which includes wrapping presents for customers and taking packages to their cars.

Amy Thomas, owner

“We go the extra mile, and that personal service is from another time when people made time for each other,” Amy said. “Once customers walk in the door, they are ours for life.” Zooty’s is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, and 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday. TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

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Confetti Rentals

2802 Capitol Way, Belton; 3101 Courtney Lane, Killeen 254-939-3302 | confettirentals.net Chris Cowan turns vision into reality. Chris is the owner of Confetti Rentals, a full service event rentals, design, and decor firm with showrooms in Belton and Killeen. “We are purveyors of pretty. Collectors of the classics and the curious. Unabashed hoarders. Delighters in good design.” The Confetti Rentals warehouse is packed with over 120,000 trend-setting linens, table runners, chair sashes, chair covers, beautiful place settings, unique centerpieces, dramatic backdrops, modern lighting, lounge furniture, and basic tables and chairs. “We have the area’s largest design showroom, created to surround you with beautiful wedding displays and unique ideas and decor that can be tailored to suit your style. Confetti Rentals offers complimentary design sessions with options for everyone, from the DIY bride to the bride who wants to leave set up to a trusted team of professionals. “Not only do we have an extensive collection of carefully curated pieces, we have a dedicated, experienced staff that can decorate your event from set up to take down so that you can relax and enjoy your party.” Confetti Rentals is the “someplace” that has everything you are looking for with the know how to bring it all together. So dream. Dream BIG. And call Confetti today to get started.

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Live and Let Liv Yoga enhances people’s lives

Story by SALLY GRACE HOLTGRIEVE Photos by GARY L. HANSEN

isa Kelly describes herself, her husband, Curtis, and their two children, Case and Liv, as a military family that put down roots in Killeen. Three years ago she decided that the Killeen community needed a yoga studio and that she would open and operate one. There was just one hitch — she’d never done yoga before. “I kept hearing people say they missed not having a dedicated place to practice yoga,” she said. “I was an army nurse by trade and working very hard on Fort Hood. I didn’t have a yoga background or a business background, but I had a people background.” After seriously thinking it over, Kelly called Curtis and said, “I think we should open a yoga studio.” She researched it, saw a lot of benefits, wrote a business plan and bought her first yoga mat the day she went to interview a potential instructor. She said everyone who told her about yoga was such a believer in it, she thought, “OK, we have to make this happen.” “I hadn’t even tried yoga until I hired my first teacher,” she said. “I, of course, started taking classes in my own studio and I fell in love with it. Then I completed my teacher training and I became certified as well.” Live and Let Liv Yoga just celebrated its three-year anniversary. Since opening, Kelly has added a classroom to the studio and continues to increase the number and type of classes offered. “They always say you shouldn’t try to be everything to everyone,” Kelly said. “But we didn’t have that choice in Killeen, we had to try to be everything to everyone because we were the hub of what anyone was going to experience, so we started offering everything: restorative yoga, vinyasa flow yoga, hot yoga, kids 62

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yoga and prenatal yoga. We wanted to give everyone some kind of exposure with the idea being there is some form of yoga for everyone.” The studio also offers barre, Pilates and ballet-esque blend, along with guided meditation classes and yoga teacher training programs. Kelly emphasized that regardless of a person’s age, gender, flexibility or strength, there is a type of yoga that will suit them. “As a nurse and someone with a really big health background, it’s the only thing I’ve found that is literally for everybody,” said Kelly, who has been in the fitness and wellness community for a long time. The Live and Let Liv yogis are encouraged to practice various styles of yoga depending on their needs and moods. “Just like every day you wake up is different, each day you may need a different type of yoga,” Kelly said. “That’s what the studio does, it gives people options. One day you might want some type of intense yoga where you’re going to sweat and workout because you had a really rough day and want to release some toxins. Then maybe some days you don’t want to get off the mat and you just want to sniff essential oils and take a moment to quiet your mind, and that’s there, too.”

Personal time In a world where everyone is busy running around, taking an hour out of the day purely for one’s personal wellbeing is something a lot of people just don’t do anymore, Kelly said. “Even if we go to the gym, it might be for us but not always entirely for us,” she said. “It’s because we want to look good on the beach or a wedding, where as a lot of people who take that time out for yoga are looking for something more — a better quality of life. Whether it looks Continued

Students at Live and Let Liv Yoga practice their routines.

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better or not, they want to feel better on the inside.” She said that’s what keeps a lot of people coming back to the studio. “What draws them here is wanting a stronger core, wanting to be more flexible or wanting to manage stress,” she said. “But what keeps them coming back is realizing it just makes them happier and more self aware.” Kelly hopes all of the lessons she has learned since opening her yoga studio will be conveyed to her daughter, the namesake of Live and Let Liv Yoga. Liv was just eight months old when Kelly opened the studio. “She was born on June 21, which is the first day of summer and is also international yoga day,” Kelly said of her daughter. “She has grown up in the studio and watched it grow.” Kelly said Liv does yoga and is a natural born yogi. “She is this ball of energy and light everywhere she goes,” Kelly said. “She was part of the motivation behind the studio. When you have kids, you want to show them that they can make life better and that they should always leave a place better than they found it. Maybe a lot of that comes from being a woman and having a girl — you have to show her that you can leave your mark on the world no matter what anyone tells you.” Recently, Liv went to school intentionally wearing one pink shoe and one purple shoe. “Yoga is about being OK with who you are and where you are on your path,” Kelly said. “That’s one of the things I try to show Liv. If today your path tells you a pink shoe and a purple shoe is the way to go, then that is the way you go, regardless of what the world tells you is right or wrong. Just like with yoga, what is happening in your space on your mat is uniquely you and it belongs to nobody else but you.”

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A place for everyone Kelly said she feels a responsibility to the future women of the world and wants to teach Liv and other girls self acceptance and confidence to make their own decisions. “I love my husband and my son, but they have more permission to do things,” Kelly said about naming the studio after Liv. “Yoga is a lot about finding permission to live your life, permission

Lisa’s daughter, Liv, 3, participated in a citywide day of yoga in Killeen. Photo contributed by Lisa Kelly.

to not being perfect all the time. Liv is growing up in a world that is going to tell her that everything she does is right or wrong. I want her to have permission to make her own decisions, to have the confidence to wear a pink shoe and a purple shoe.” Kelly believes that Case, who just turned 6, will also be positively influenced by the studio. “He will understand that it’s normal for women to go out and do great things,” she said. “While his sister is the namesake, he is learning a different kind of view on women and becoming part of a future generation of men who just assume opening and running businesses is what women do.” The clientele at Live and Let Liv Yoga is a mixed bag, which is exactly what makes the studio special, Kelly said. She said the mainstream community has sold yoga as a tall, slender woman’s sport, and “that’s just not what it is at all.” “I think anyone who comes through our doors immediately realizes it’s not stereotypical in here,” she said. “Our

instructors, much like our students, come in all shapes, sizes, ages and genders, which makes it much more approachable to everyone.” There are currently 13 instructors at the studio. Some teach one class a week and some lead multiple classes each week. “I encourage them to teach in the style they enjoy,” Kelly said. “If they are unique and authentic in how they are teaching, it creates a unique and authentic experience for students.” Owning a yoga business is challenging, stressful and unlike any other life Kelly said she could have imagined. She said it’s not for the faint of heart and it’s not for people who don’t have yoga in their life. “Every business owner should have yoga in his or her life,” she said with a laugh. “The truth is, it is a daily challenge, but with great challenge comes great reward. There is something about knowing that at the end of every day, you somehow had a hand in making the place you live better. That is what makes it worth it.” TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

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Lots to love in Lampasas

Spend a day exploring past, present in small Texas town Story and photos by SALLY GRACE HOLTGRIEVE Photos also contributed by the Lampasas County Museum

he small town of Lampasas contains an interesting history, natural sulphur springs, a nature park, painted murals, a sculpture garden and unique shopping and dining options. Only half an hour west of Killeen, the calm, quiet town makes for an ideal daylong escape. Begin your day at the Lampasas County Museum, 303 S. Western Ave., for a history lesson via the museum’s many treasures. The museum was established in 1978 and is completely volunteer run. All funding comes from fundraising, private donations and grants. The building recently got a makeover, complete with new air conditioning and a skylight that floods light into the many exhibits. The volunteers enjoy teaching visitors about the artifacts — all of which came to the museum locally — and telling the story of Lampasas. “We were founded because of our sulphur springs,” Volunteer Carol Wright said of the town. “Native Americans used the waters and the word traveled, more people came here to bathe in and drink the water, then began to build a town.” The springs are comprised of cold water, and on some days the sulphur smell is still quite strong, Wright said, adding that sulphur is known for its curative powers and was believed to cure everything from sores and fevers to infertility and bad dispositions. Train transport reached Lampasas in 1882 and the town’s population boom took place at the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th century. At one time, there was even a 200-room luxury hotel in Hancock Park.

The Lampasas County Courthouse was completed in 1884. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1971.

The museum contains a detailed miniature of the old hotel, which burned to the ground and is no longer there. They also have a display of old storefront and population signs, various military items such as duffel bags, signed vests from World War II and a quilt made from souvenir pillow tops — many of which say Camp Hood. There is a display of boots from a revered local bootmaker, a refrigerator in a kitchen set-up from a former Piggly Wiggly and tools from oiling mohair and wool — a big industry in Lampasas at one time. “The town started with sulphur,” volunteer Amy McDaniel said. “Then wool and mohair was a main industry, then growing cotton. A drought in the

1950s stopped that growth, and Lampasas became a ranching community.” Visitors can get up close to items such butter churns, ice boxes and washboards — they are not kept behind glass — to get a glimpse at everyday Lampasas life in the past. The museum will be opening an education center soon, Wright said. It will include a television screen and seats and provide more information on all the exhibits and the county through multimedia. There is a life-size recreation of the elegant, local First National Bank counter, a sewing and quilting display that represents a skill still popular in the area, an old fortune telling dispenser that used Continued TEXAPPEALMAG.COM

This Lampasas County Museum exhibit shows an early blacksmith shop and tools found on a ranch.

to sit on the square by the courthouse and a collection of toys that belonged to a local girl in the early 1900s. “One of the dolls is actually wearing a dress that belonged to the girl,” McDaniel said. “Beside it is a picture of her wearing the dress.” Even the restroom holds county history. An old pharmacy calendar hangs on the wall and there is a display with small tins and boxes from various drugstores that existed in town. The volunteers are happy to provide visitors with maps and brochures of more things to do when they leave the museum, or offer their opinion on favorite streets for seeing grandeur or historic homes. “If you want to see a real piece of Texas, this is where you come,” Wright said. After checking out the museum, spend some time wandering around the town. There are a variety of things to do 68

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within walking distance of the museum, depending on your interests. There is a self-guided walking tour brochure and one featuring the location of the town’s murals. The Vision Lampasas mural project has filled the side of 10 buildings with larger-than-life depictions, including “Water is Life,” “Portraits of the Past,” and “Small Town...Big Sound.” All of them provide fantastic picture opportunities on their own or as a background for a group or family photo. The Lampasas County Courthouse, completed in 1884, is the third oldest operating courthouse in Texas. There are informative markers surrounding the courthouse that relay stories of both the building and the town. In beloved classic-small-town-Texas style, rows of historic buildings surround the courthouse square on all four sides. Stores include antique shops, women’s

Lampasas County Museum’s replica of a 200 room hotel that used to be in Hancock Park.

and western wear, florists, an event center and functional businesses such as law and real estate offices. Newly established store Cork & Press has a selection of Texas wines, olive oils and books that make it hard to find a reason to leave. There’s even a delicatessen inside. “The books are all from Texas A&M Press and we have every title they have published,” said Cassie Langdon, who is in charge of the deli. “We have Texas wines from four different vineyards and Texas olive oil. Everything is Texas.” The shop opened last November and must exist a certain number of days before they can serve alcohol by the glass, which

is the plan for the near future. They will also host wine tastings on the weekends. For now, you can purchase a bottle of wine and a book (or several) to take home and enjoy at the end of your day-trip. Next door to Cork & Press is Eve’s Cafe, which serves German dishes, sandwiches and award-winning desserts. Evelyn Sanchez, who is from a small town in Germany, opened the restaurant in 1995. “It just keeps getting bigger and bigger,” Sanchez said with a laugh. “Well, the place isn’t getting bigger, but the crowd size sure is.” She attributes her continued success Continued

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Murals are painted on the sides of 10 buildings in Lampasas. Volunteers from Vision Lampasas worked to paint each one, which depicts part of Texas culture.

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to making everything fresh. “Our days start with cutting pork loin, making spaetzle noodles, gravy, broths, salad dressing, cheesecakes, mocha tarts, and everything else fresh and in house,” Sanchez said. “It’s also just laid back. People love to come here because it feels like home. It’s not a franchise, we’re local and we cater to individual needs.” The interior of the cafe is cozy and whimsical, with puppets attached to the ceiling and quirky posters with German sayings tapped to the walls. After lunch at Eve’s, head over to Wildflowers on the Wall for ice cream, located on the opposite side of the square. The antique shop is owned by Linda Moore-Lanning, who also owns Cork & Press. An old fashioned soda counter serves treats inside. “This is part of a vision my mom has,” Meridith Lanning said. “We had a store like this in Phoenix, but mom wanted to get into more unique pieces, one’s you won’t find at every antique store and mall.” The shop specializes in unique decor and furniture pieces, as opposed to knick knacks. “The soda shop came about when we were trying to think of what would

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Meridith Lanning scoops ice cream behind the counter of the soda fountain inside Wildflowers on the Wall.

If you go From Killeen head west on U.S. Highway 190 for about 30 miles. Turn right on East Fourth Street and drive one mile to Pecan Street. Turn right and you’ll find the historic square in downtown Lampasas. The Lampasas County Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 512-556-2224. bring people back in on a regular basis,” Lanning said. “We’re hoping to help Lampasas grow as a destination. There are the springs, art in the park, so many different things. We want to be part of the draw.” Linda Moore-Lanning researched areas all over Texas before selecting Lampasas. “Because there are three highways that come together here, she decided this would be a good location,” Lanning said. “She thought the shop was in an ideal place by the courthouse, and squares are a big deal in Texas, you know to go there to look for interesting things.” After stops at My Girls and The Trading Post — the other antique shops on the square — drive to Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden in Campbell Park for some art in a park, take a swim in Hancock Springs Free Flow Pool, visit the 16-acre Cooper Spring Nature Park, or stroll along WM Brook Park, known as “the Riverwalk of Lampasas” complete with a playground, suspension bridge and

outdoor theater. Spend the rest of the afternoon at one of the above parks, or if you’re feeling ambitious, play in several or all of them. You’ll probably be hungry after hours outdoors, so before you head home, dine at one more local spot for dinner. Molly Lesley with the Lampasas Chamber of Commerce recommended local restaurants for every mood. Toupsie’s, north of town, specializes in Cajun and Creole food, but is also known for their delicious hamburgers, Lesley said. “There are three Mexican restaurants, Alfredo’s, El Rodeo and Medina’s,” she said. “Everybody in town has their favorite one, but all have something different to offer. The Twisted Oak Grill just opened up south of town and offers a variety of food. There are also two Italian restaurants, Giovanni’s and Roma’s, both along Key Avenue.” Depending on when you visit, you’ll be able to see wildflowers. “The best Bluebonnets are on (Highway) 281 South,” Lesley said. “Though you’ll see them driving in any direction.” Lesley encouraged visitors to come at any time of year, though, noting the rich history and authenticity of the town to be a rewarding experience. “I would encourage everyone to go by the museum,” she said. “The people that work there are so knowledgeable. They get excited talking about history, and it excites you in turn. Apart from the historical aspect, people here are just so friendly and there are wonderful places to shop, dine and relax.”

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