Georgetown View Magazine/ July 2011

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f E aT U R E sLookIng For Juan | 30Recovering a lost friendship

get ting to know georgetowna taLk WIth BILL skInner | 44The View’s Publisher speaks his mind

d E pa R T m E N T sLive and LearnsLed dog dreaMs, Part II | 9Georgetown and Alaska connect at Iditarod

a FitneSS viewtransForMIng Into a teaM | 15Grass roots basketball

createhIstory ILLustrated In hand-PaInted MaPs | 17Maps as works of art

a bUSineSS viewMy, What straIght, WhIte teeth you have! | 22Get a new look with cosmetic dentistry

hIstory oLd and neW at the rattLesnake Inn | 26Good food and family fun

a natUraL viewto Market to Market | 28Farm to market; fresh produce

tHroUgH tHe LenSPhotograPhy Contest | 34National Preservation Month Photography Contest winners and some additional entries.

a bUSineSS viewPooLsIde dreaMs | 38Beautiful, custom designed pools

a PassIon For WeLLness | 40Integrating traditional and holistic healthcare

a giving viewgIvIng and servIng LoCaLLy | 43Junior Forum helps local charities

a traveLer’S viewPaInted ChurChes oF east texas | 49Touring colorful places of worship

wHat Mat terS iS…My tWo aCquIred ChILdren | 51Georgetown family opens home and heart

wHat’S cookin’CaterIng to CuLInary CreatIvIty | 53Cooking inspired by Travels to France

a HeaLtHY viewLIttLe MIraCLes—deLIvered Fresh daILy | 57More than one way to birth a baby

PHiLantHroPYBerry Creek | 58Scenes from Berry Creek Cancer Fund Tournament, Golfers raise monies for local cancer victims

goLFer’S cornergettIng dIstanCe | 59Tips from Pro Bill Easterly

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The reason why my garage looks like a landfill is because it’s hard—downright excruciating, really—to let go of some things. I have an emotional attachment in some way to many of the boxes in my garage. Kindergarten Artwork and Clothes to Wear When I Lose a Few Pounds are both boxes that hold meaning for me. The Artwork box helps me hang on to my child’s early years and the Smaller Size Clothes box keeps hope alive. Another example is my boxes of books—the ones I’ve been acquiring thinking I’ll read them sooner or later. If I live to be 90 and read a book every week, I’d still have several left unread. But if I get rid of them, I would feel like I’m giving up too early or metaphorically cutting my life expectancy. Each one

of those books could come in handy some day, especially the children’s books. I hold onto those for two reasons: the first is that I’ll save a lot of money if I ever become a grandmother; the second is that they remind me of the hour upon hour I spent in a rocking chair with my little one, reading Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and Charlotte’s Web. It seems like sacrilege getting rid of books that hold such life-affirming memories. Yet memories are stored in my brain and in my heart, not my garage. The things I acquire and save are only representations of the real experience. In this month’s issue, we’ve included a short story from one of our readers (What Matters Is…) about acquisitions. Unlike the boxes in my garage that may or may not still be there come fall, this reader’s acquisitions are permanent because she purchased them with her heart.

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The snow-covered streets of Anchorage, Alaska, come alive each March with thousands of fans, each trying to glimpse

their favorite Iditarod musher at the ceremonial start of the 1,150-mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome. Photogra-phers appear in excess, snapping photos of all the bright colors against a white background and trying to capture snow flying from the paws of a passing sled dog team. Georgetown veterinarian Dr. Patrick Breen was part of that crowd. His dream of becoming

an Iditarod veterinarian became a reality when he was selected, among veterinarians all over the world, to conduct pre-race exams on hundreds of Iditarod sled dogs.

Pre-race exams began a few days prior to the race start. Mush-ers and dogs started showing up early in the morning at the Idi-tarod headquarters in Wasilla. Dr. Breen finally got to meet and put his hands on those magnificent dogs. He noticed right away that the dogs have a presence about them. He says, “They are elite, world-class athletes.” Most of the dogs were in terrific shape. Dr.

Breen explains that “There is an extensive amount of paperwork involved. The dogs must all have documentation of EKGs, lab work, microchips, vaccinations, and deworming.” It only took one day to complete the pre-race exams, but Dr. Breen examined about 75 dogs.

After the pre-race exams are complete, the ceremonial start gets underway. The actual start is one day later, at Willow Lake, approximately 70 miles north of Anchorage. The race lasts from 9 to 17 days. Dr. Breen returned to Texas shortly after the race officially began, satis-fied that he had

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fulfilled his dream. He was asked to return next year, and the gleam in his eyes suggests he will go.

Dr. Breen says, “These dogs absolute-ly love to run.” During his trip, he heard four-time race winner Lance Mackey issue this challenge to any naysayers and folks against dogs pulling sleds in the snow: “Just spend one week with me and the dogs, and you will change your mind.” At the ceremonial start in Anchorage, Dr. Breen witnessed musher after musher stop their sled to pet and love every single dog before shaking hands with fans. No doubt the dogs are loved.

Dr. Breen feels that the knowledge he gained in treating sled dogs will help him diagnose and treat his own George-town patients in the area of orthopedic exams as well as internal medicine. For a few weeks in March, when the small animals of Georgetown let their good doctor go where it’s very cold, it’s for a good cause, and they will surely benefit from it in the end.

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Visit Farah and Abe Mack’s Georgetown home on a Friday night in the spring and sum-mer, and you might have

to step over the gangly teenage boys sprawled on their living room floor, talking smack as they play Xbox, text on cell phones, or jam to iPods. The sleeping bags and pillows littering the floor give the impression that this is a typical sleepover.

But come Saturday morning, when they line up for Farah’s breakfast of waffles, sausage, grits, and eggs, the boys trans-form into more than just friends at a sleepover. They pull on silver uniforms edged in neon green and shrug into green warm-ups that bear a Transformers-inspired logo. Once they lace up the black basketball shoes with the neon green soles, they aren’t just four-teen- and fifteen-year-old boys. They are The Elite 2014. And they are headed to a tournament on a mission: to play the best basket-ball possible.

Farah and Abe founded the team because they wanted their son, Dion, to be on a club team that stressed academic achieve-ments and gave players national, rather than simply local, expo-sure. The boys may all graduate in 2014, but college recruiters are

scouting their age level now. “We have been very blessed in

that what we needed to start the team just kind of came to us,” Far-ah marvels. They found two high-caliber coaches, Reggie Freeman, a University of Texas graduate who went on to play professional basketball, and Chris Thomas, a 13-year veteran basketball coach. The two carefully recruited 10 players from the Austin area to play on the AAU Division I team. “When we recruited the kids, we also recruited the parents,” Abe adds. “We decided that we were going to have parents that were involved.” Parent Desmond Mil-venan says that’s why she chose the team for her son Ross. “I felt like this was a good combination of the coaches, the parents, and the kids all striving for the same thing.”

The Elite 2014 purposely enters tournaments in which the boys play varsity-level, older teams. “To be the best,” says power forward Ross Milvenan, “you have to play the best.” The boys practice twice a week at a gym in Hays County, and on off days each follows a personalized workout. The team’s motto is “hard work pays off,” and their hard work shows on the court. The players are “spe-cialists at their positions,” says Farah. “When Coach Reggie pulls

five off the floor and puts in five, it’s like the same boys are on the court.”

The hard work isn’t just on the court, however. Forward A. J. Huff, who attends Dripping Springs High School, says he’s already learned what most col-lege kids are still figuring out: “If I put school before everything else, then it’s not hard [to balance basketball and academics].” Abe posts players’ academic achieve-ments, GPAs, SAT scores, etc. next to their pictures on the team Web site. He even posts the SAT Question of the Day. “Academics are important,” Farah insists, not just to get onto a college team, but “because that ball is going to go flat at some point. They’re go-ing to need something else to fall back on,” and that something is a good college education.

Catch The Elite 2014 in a game, and it’s easy to imagine them transforming into college athletes. They can dribble, shoot, block shots, and steal balls with amazing skill. But once the game’s over and the uniforms come off, they transform back into teenage boys who love Xbox and have, as Ross describes it, “really good chemistry.” That’s their secret weapon.

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With careful preci-sion, Chris Smith began to add tiny dots to the penciled figure of

the Civil War-era canon near the edge of the map. Dot after dot, he steadily brought the image to life with the dark-brown Rapidograph ink pen in his hand, capturing the play of shadows on the weapon itself and the fine graininess in the great wooden wheels supporting it.

“I start with the pencil sketching to figure out my composition, or the arrangement of items on the map,” explained Chris. “The back-ground colors are then painted with acrylic. Once that is com-plete, I begin to ink the images for the map using a Rapidograph pen and the stipple technique. This method involves marking the surface of the map with thousands of small dots.”

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Both passion and patience bring Chris back every day to the large drafting table in his bedroom-turned-studio, where he creates these one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn historical maps. Aided by the il-lumination of several bright lights, he works on the maps slowly and painstakingly, taking anywhere from a few months to a year or more to finish each one.

“I think what is most challeng-ing is trying to decide where to put things,” said Chris. “For example, when I worked on the Republic of Texas Map, which was my first piece, I started with the shape of the Republic and then did all the work around it. Luckily, my tech-nique allows me to make changes and to fix mistakes.”

Chris uses an acrylic sepia wash to give each map an antique look. In addition to creating a light-brown background color, the acrylic acts like a coating on the

map, allowing the ink to sit on top of the paint. “When mistakes or misspellings occur, or when I change my mind,” he explained, “then I can use a damp cloth to wipe up the ink or just paint over what I have done.”

In his first series of hand-drawn maps, Chris focused on Texas history, creating maps titled The Alamo, Texas Revolution, and The Mission Trail, as well as Texas Ranger Badges and Flags of Texas. He conducts ex-tensive research for each map, lo-cating and verify-ing names, dates, and other facts, and he takes considerable time on the conceptual design as well.

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The creative process for Chris begins long before he picks up the Rapidograph pen. In addition to conducting research and spend-ing time on conceptual design, he frequently draws inspiration from the work of other artists, such as the maps of cartographer John Davis and the pen and ink illustra-tions of German painter Albrecht Durer and contemporary illustrator Jack Unruh.

“From childhood, I have always had a fascination with old atlases and maps,” Chris explained. “Euro-pean maps from the 1400s to the 1600s, for example, were hand drawn and full of illustrations such as ships, sea ser-pents, and historical figures. I still find that maps that combine art, history, and geography all in one, especially illustrat-ed maps, really help to inspire me.”

Despite his childhood fascination with illustrated maps and atlases, Chris did not originally plan to work as a fine art-ist who uses maps as the subject matter of his illustrations. He earned a Bach-elor of Fine Arts in commercial art from Texas State University (then Southwest Texas University) and spent a decade and a half working as a graphic design-er. During that time, he started Smith Map Studio as a side business with the assistance of his wife Wendy.

Then, when the economy tumbled in 2008, Chris found himself the subject of a corporate layoff. “That turned out to be an unexpected blessing,” he said. “Now I could follow my true passion, and since then, I have been working full-time creating maps. Wendy man-ages the business end of Smith Map Studio, and she is very supportive of my work and my schedule.”

On a typical day, Chris spends be-tween two and three hours drawing and painting maps, often back-dropped by his favorite country and classic rock

music, such as that by Waylon Jen-nings, the Rolling Stones, and the Doors. The rest of his time may be spent in conducting historical research, processing map orders, and coor-dinating schedule commitments. During spring and fall months, he also participates in fine art shows, such as Austin’s bian-nual Pecan Street Festival.

Last year, Chris began work on a second map series titled Battlefield Civil War. In June he released the first map in the series, which measures 60" by 40" and covers Pennsylvania to West Texas, focusing on eight decisive battles—such as Gettysburg and Shi-loh—that occurred between 1861 and 1865. As with every map, Chris created this one by adding one dot at a time.

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Oh, if the walls at the Rattlesnake Inn could talk. They’d tell the story of a place that’s had more lives than

there are rattles on a snake’s tail. After all, the Rattlesnake Inn has been around since 1919. And it sure isn’t the same place now as it was then, or even four years ago.

The walls might start by telling how the Rattlesnake got its name. Look down at those original yel-low pine floors, they’d say. They were hand milled in Florence, Texas. Two of the boards didn’t fit, so workers took them back to Florence to cut them again. When they returned the next day,

they found a pair of rattlesnakes settled into the open space in the floor. Someone said, “This is a rattlesnake inn!” And the name stuck. Current owner Jon Hop-kins hasn’t seen fit to change that. “I thought it was a cool name,” he admits.

The Rattle-snake could tattle about how its owners served

liquor during Prohibition, and how they stashed empty bottles in six-by-four concrete cubbyholes underground. “We were running a water line, digging down, and we thought, ‘Man, this is a big rock!’” says Jon as he describes the Rattlesnake’s renovation in 2007, when workers pried off the con-crete lids, afraid they might find a body, and discovered the hidden bottles. December 5, 1933, the day Prohibition was repealed, marked the day that the Rattlesnake Inn “officially” opened as a bar.

The old planks might mention that the Rattlesnake had stints as a steakhouse and as a bordello. They might display scars from the

50s and 60s, when, Jon explains, “it was the closest watering hole” to Fort Hood and drew a large amount of soldiers. “They’d come down and get rowdy, and with all the farmers and ranchers here. . . . Well, they’d get into fights.” The country tavern turned peaceful again when the soldiers were fi-nally banned from the Rattlesnake by a commanding officer.

In 2007, Jon talked a bunch of guys at Dell, where he still works, into investing in his dream for the Rattlesnake. “I wanted to own a bar,” Jon confesses. “I went through college bar tending, and I thought it was cool, making people happy.”

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Jon took a broom to the walls and to the Rattlesnake’s ornery reputation. He enclosed an open area and installed a shuffleboard, pool tables, and an Internet jukebox. Last year, he created a spacious outdoor area complete with a stage, a dance floor, a cabana bar, and dozens of picnic tables where families can gather, the kids can run around, and folks can enjoy live music. The Rattlesnake now welcomes everyone from families to soldiers to bikers to toe-tapping old timers. And “everybody gets along just fine,” Jon is delighted to say.

“We are proud to be THE largest live music venue in Wil-liamson County,” Jon adds. “We feature live music every Friday and Saturday night and are a venue for up-and-coming bands.” For early birds, the Rattlesnake offers dancing to live music from 4-7 on Sundays.

The walls now smell of pulled pork and nachos, and of the rich cobblers handmade by Davi Richards, who runs the expanded and modernized kitchen. The half-pound burg-ers are grilled outdoors and sandwiched between buns that

were made to “handle a big old sloppy burger,” Jon says. Davi makes everything fresh, from the salsas to the soups to the queso.

The Rattlesnake has shed its rough old skin for a slick new one, but the history is still there. It’s in the walls.

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On a sunny, warm Thursday afternoon in San Gabriel Park, Greg Coley arranges his bright red rad-

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arl Doering had met Juan about 10 years earlier. He had heard about the Mexican restaurant in the store and how the aroma of tamales and chorizo drew Southwest-ern University students there every day.

Curious, Carl not only discovered a good place to eat and shop, but he also found Juan who was to become a good friend. Even when Juan was busy training a new cashier or inspecting the produce aisle, he was glad to stop what he was doing to visit with Carl.

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odd turn oF eventsJuan had been as punctual with his loan payments

as he was when opening the store every morn-ing. Then around the time of his trip to Mexico, the loan became delinquent. Surprised, Carl checked at the grocery store for several weeks, hoping to get information about Juan’s whereabouts. Finally, Carl got the news he had been dreading. “We discovered he had gone to Mexico and had a bad accident,” Carl said. Someone told Carl that Juan had died in the accident. But Carl was not ready to say goodbye to his friend, at least not that easily. “Digging into it,” he said, referring to his search, “we found that he did not lose his life but he lost part of his mind because of the accident.”

It was true. The accident had been violent, and Juan lay in a Mexican hospital in a two-week coma. Carl, not knowing anyone in Juan’s family, continued asking around the neighborhood for Juan, but no one he asked knew his whereabouts. He did however know that Juan owned a home in downtown George-town that he had been renting out. So Carl decided to step in for his friend. Every month, Carl would go to pick up the rent. With the rent money, Carl paid

Juan’s loan payments, property taxes and insurance. Carl deposited the excess into a savings account at Walburg State Bank that he opened in Juan’s name and continued to keep the property taxes current. Carl did this for twenty years.

For Carl, collecting Juan’s rent was the only gesture of friendship he could offer to his missing friend. Yet Carl was restless; he wanted to find Juan. Over the years, he would periodically search the neighbor-hoods and contacted Hispanic churches in the area. Still, no Juan.

About four years ago, Carl decided to take a differ-ent tact in his search. “I contacted a missing persons company out of Austin,” he said. “They found twenty different Ramirezes in and around Austin, Round Rock and Georgetown,” he said. “I figured one of them might know: a nephew, a niece, a cousin or something. But none of them panned out.”

Two years later, following a tip, Carl drove down West 17th Street in Georgetown. He slowed down when he came to the small one-story church he had been told about—a beige brick building with a green and white sign out front: El Buen Pastor Pentecostal Church, Rev. Jacinto Castillo. Carl knocked on the

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front door. “The pastor came out and I asked him whether he had ever heard of Juan Ramirez. “Absolutely,” Pastor Castillo exclaimed. “He’s a member of our church.” Pastor Castillo went on to tell Carl that Juan’s sister, Susie Orona, brought him to church every Sunday. Carl felt as if he had just won a mara-thon.

“She was living in Round Rock,” Carl said. “My wife [Dolores] and I went up to her door and asked who she was, and I told her who I was. I told her I was looking for Juan Ramirez.” Juan was there, and Susie invited them in.

Juan walked slowly into the living room toward Carl. Juan and Carl stood face to face for the first time in 25 years. Carl knew Juan right away. It took Juan a few seconds longer to recognize Carl. “He didn’t say much because his mind wasn’t clear,” Carl said. Susie told Carl about a young relative who deposited Juan at her doorstep 25 years ago. “He had become [Juan’s] legal guardian and took [Juan] for everything he owned then dropped Juan off with me and never came back,” Susie said. Juan was

like a baby and Susie had to do every-thing for him.

Carl told Susie about the house Juan owned in Georgetown and how Carl had been collecting the rents all these years. Susie was skeptical at first, but when Carl told her about the $9,000 that had accumulated in the bank ac-count, her heart leaped.

Susie desperately needed to move but finding a place she could afford proved impossible. She had her three boys and Juan to care for. So when she heard that there was a home in Georgetown and cash to fix it up with, she could hardly believe it.

“I was just in shock,” Susie said. “You don’t see this kind of thing where people are looking out for someone else. I know this was a blessing from God,” she said.

With the help of the church, Pastor Castillo, and the money Carl had saved for Juan, Susie was able to make repairs to Juan’s home and move in this past year with Juan and her high school son. “I truly believe God had His reason for it to happen this way and wait this long,” she said. “I think I can say Mr. Doering is an angel sent from God.”

Juan has partially recovered since

the accident and is able to dress

himself and hold a conversation.

But he still struggles with his

memory. “He forgets things that

happened an hour ago,” Susie said.

But Juan remembers important

things from his past, like his friend

Carl Doering.

(Above) Pastor Jacinto Castillo, Susie Orona, and Juan Ramirez. (Right) Images of home owned by Juan Ramirez.


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during a warm day in early April, when temperatures spiked into the low 90s and a warm, blustery

wind wafted across the Texas Hill Country, Jim Keaton paused mid-way through digging a big hole in the backyard of a Round Rock home. He surveyed his work, calculating how much further he had to go and imagining what the custom-designed pool would look like once it was finished. A moment later, he was back at work. As soon as he had the hole large enough, he would begin the plumbing installation. Next would come the rebar structure.

“Building something that lasts is meaningful to me,” said Jim. “I want a finished pool to be distinc-tive and beautiful—a one-of-a-kind creation that is special to the owner. I try to design pools that are individually customized and as unique as each homeowner and their home. I want to bring the homeowner’s vision to life.”

Owner of Leander-based Jim Keaton Pools, Jim specializes in custom pool and spa construction and renovation for residential and commercial clients. He travels throughout Texas as a custom-built pool contractor, including to points along the Gulf Coast such as Rockport, Port Aransas, and

Corpus Christi. He most frequent-ly, though, works in Georgetown and other communities in and around Central Texas.

“Georgetown is a special place for me to work in,” he said. “The landscape is spectacu-lar—it has that ultimate Texas Hill Country feel—and the residents have a wonderful attitude and pride in their community, and it shows.”

As a complete builder, Jim chooses to either complete or supervise each phase of construction on the 15 to 20 pools that his company custom-builds every year. He hires subcontractors, such as his brother John Keaton who specializes in rebar

structures, to finish certain phases of the pool construction. He car-ries out all of his own supervi-

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“I am purposeful about limiting the number of pools that I build each year,” Jim explains. “I want to ensure the qual-ity, craftsmanship, and on-time delivery of services that I promise to my custom-ers.” His commitment to quality encom-passes every aspect of the company’s construction methods and procedures. “We want to make sure that our pools have structural integrity,” he explained, “and that they adhere to the highest standards in the industry.”

Once a pool is built, Jim takes time to teach the homeowner about proper pool maintenance and provides weekly maintenance and monitoring for at least 30 days following the pool’s com-pletion. “We stick around for at least a month,” he said, “to make sure no leaks occur and that no other problems come up.” In addition to creating custom-built pools, Jim also provides weekly pool maintenance services, including clean-ing and inspection, throughout Central Texas. “I service roughly 25 pools a week,” he said, “and 90 percent of those are our own customers.”

With his more than 20 years of expe-rience, as well as dedication to quality and creativity, Jim gains most of his business through word-of-mouth refer-rals from satisfied customers. In 2009, he was recognized for this expertise and excellence with a “Best of the Best” award from the Architectural Digest for one of his custom-built pools near Lake LBJ.

Jim took his first job in pool construc-tion 30 years ago, soon after graduating from high school in 1981, and he never looked back. After learning everything from plumbing and steel construction to deck installation, Jim established his own business in 2000. The business has long been a family-affair, and his daughter Sarah works alongside him

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carmen Davailus smiled as she finished the coaching call. Even though it was only the second conver-

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Several unanswered e-mails and voice mails awaited her attention, but Carmen enjoyed a moment of quiet satisfaction and gratitude. She was doing work she loved and helping one more person move toward greater overall well-ness and well-being.

“I enjoy supporting people in taking those little steps toward health,” said Carmen, a nurse practitioner who owns and oper-ates Georgetown Integrative Health (GTIH). “Some-times that means taking a closer look at what they eat, getting real about achiev-ing that healthy weight, sleeping better, dropping a bad habit, or even

improving on unhealthy relation-ships. Simple techniques and per-spectives can make huge changes in a person’s life.”

Carmen’s passion for preventa-tive lifestyle choices and health-care coaching led her to establish Georgetown Integrative Health as a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) clinic in 2010. She draws on more than 30 years as a registered nurse and 11 years as a nurse practitioner, as well as her knowledge of holistic health, to help educate and equip her clients.

“I believe a big part of the health care crisis is the lack of resources for patient education and empowerment,” Carmen explained. “Your health care provider probably wants to spend time talking about the things you can do to be more healthy, but the time is just so limited. This can be very frustrating for both the pa-tient and the provider.”

To help fill this healthcare gap, Georgetown Integrative Health offers a variety of services that focus on overall health and well-ness, including stress manage-ment, weight loss, and health education and coaching. In her

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“Our society has a tendency to wait for a problem to happen and then grab some kind of a pill or other quick fix to make it better,” Carmen explained. “I prefer to focus on the prevention of illness and disease and to help people change their perspective to one of choosing health in the first place, rather than fixing a problem once it happens.”

Carmen’s own experience with stress-related illnesses in the past helps her to connect with and understand the challenges faced by her clients. “I believe that so many of us experience

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Since many chronic and acute ill-nesses either have their origins in or are exacerbated by stress, Carmen said that she wants to empower her clients to better recognize the impact of stress on their lives and then learn how to become more stress resistant. “I teach simple techniques and tools,” she explained, “that can actually start to reverse the negative impact stress has on your body and mind in less than one minute.”

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Giving and Serving LocallyThe Georgetown Area Junior Forum makes things happenfor local nonprofits

ayoung lady walked up to the table out-side Walmart and handed over several bags of school sup-

plies, including folders, crayons, pencils, paper, and backpacks. She then dug her hand deep into one of the bags and, with a smile on her face, pulled out a birthday card and showed it to the group of women seated at the table.

“She had come to purchase an iPod for her boyfriend for his birthday,” explained Christy Hall, President of the Georgetown Area Junior Forum (GAJF). “But when she heard what we were doing with the Fill the Bus drive, she bought school supplies instead and donated them in his name. We always walk away with won-derful stories from this event, but this is one that I will never forget.”

Through this young woman’s generosity, and that of countless others, the educational and chari-table nonprofit has been able to collect several thousand dollars’ worth of school supplies every August for needy students in the Georgetown Independent School District. “The Fill the Bus program has come to serve such an im-portant role for the district,” said Christy. “Our community really comes out in droves to support it every year.”

A chapter of the Junior Fo-

rum Incorporated (JFI), a Texas nonprofit dedicated to promoting volunteerism among women in local communities, the GAJF also collaborates on community ser-vice projects with the Boys & Girls Club, Hope Alliance, Eagle Locker, and R.O.C.K. (Ride On Center for Kids), among others. Members choose a focus area every year, such as women or children in need, and then find creative ways to assist with specific needs in that area.

“GAJF works very hard to pro-vide support for other nonprofit organizations in the Georgetown community,” said Christy. “The service projects that GAJF con-tributes to have really grown over the years, and we do more than just raise money. We get involved in practical, hands-on ways, too, such as through mentoring, painting rooms, building crafts, and helping with events.”

Upon the invitation of friends, Christy joined GAJF soon after the chapter was established in 2005. She quickly caught the vision of the organization and, during her second year with the group, served as the vice president of fundraising. In this role, she launched the Fill the Bus program

in collaboration with Georgetown ISD and area businesses.

As president of GAJF for the past two years, she has focused on supporting the creative initia-tives of other members. “We all seek out opportunities for serving, and we work together to make things happen,” Christy explained. “I see my duties as president to help make the wishes of the group come to life. Our members are very dynamic women who have wonderful gifts and huge hearts and love this community.”

A longtime Georgetown resi-dent, Christy has seen her pas-sion for community service catch on with her family as well. “My husband and our three daughters help out with the service projects. Serving with GAJF has become a great learning experience for my entire family.”

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On his days off, which rarely come, Bill Skinner dons a faded pair of jeans, tee shirt, and dusty old boots and digs holes on his family’s 100-acre ranch in Mason, Texas. He digs the holes, fills them with

water, and makes ponds so that he and his grandson Axel can feed the ducks and turtles that gather there. And when the turtles sleepily slip away, Bill lets Axel take the lead, finding other animals to feed such as the ranch’s goats and donkeys and Paco Pete, the resident Chihuahua. Bill lets Axel lead the search and even pauses with him for inspections such as watching a beetle crawl under a rock. When the day is done, Bill thinks not of his burnt skin or sore arms, but he leans back on his porch chair and enjoys the satisfaction of this kind of day.

The Bill who allows his grandson the freedom to make discoveries on the ranch is the same person who has built a magazine—the one you are hold-ing—based upon a similar, undogmatic and easygoing leadership style. On most weekdays, you’ll find Bill at Cianfrani’s or Tony & Luigi’s Restaurant, or some-where on the Square hunched over a yellow pad. His reading glasses are slid down from ice blue eyes and rest near the tip of his nose as he checks off a list of clients he wants to visit. He usually wears jeans. And except for the buttoned-down shirt, the Bill who runs Georgetown View looks like the same Bill who runs the ranch.

In a recent interview, Bill talked about his easygoing style as the leader of Georgetown View Magazine and his involvement with the city of Georgetown.

hoW do you aCCount For the suCCess oF the MagazIne gIven What soMe WouLd CaLL a “LaId BaCk” LeadershIP styLe?

“The magazine runs itself. It is well-written and well−thought out. I’m very happy [when I see] where we’ve come from over a short period. The people who work for the magazine have molded it into the closest resounding board for what Georgetown really

is. My wife [Jill] says I’m too laid back. But to me it’s a synergistic management style—collaborative and needing everyone’s input. To me, that’s the best way to represent the community: to have good people with good ideas. The best thing about this magazine is that it encompasses all sorts of ideas and thoughts. It’s not just one person. I think that’s why it’s so popular.”

you’ve LIved In severaL CItIes In texas. Why dId you deCIde to start a MagazIne In georgetoWn? Why not soMeWhere eLse?

“We did look at other cities, but we are personally connected to Georgetown. Jill grew up here, and our kids went to public school and Rabbit Hill School in Georgetown where Ms. Batts—who is still there—taught them. Jill’s sister was associate director of residence life for Southwestern University for 5 years, and my brother and sister-in-law live in the Serenda subdivision. My sister-in-law has taught at George-town High School since 1989.


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“We lived in Berry Creek and moved to Lake Austin in 1991. Lake Austin was a central point between our jobs at the time. A lot of people [lived in] George-town before, moved away then came back. And they all want to give back to this community. They’re so grateful to have a warm place to come back to. I think it will be one of the best cities [with a population of] 100,000 in the United States in the next seven years.”

sPeakIng oF gIvIng BaCk, you’ve Men-tIoned your Interest In the LoCaL nonProFIt seCtor. hoW does that PLay Into your PuBLICatIon?

“I want to make sure we are reaching out to any of the nonprofits that need help. If they’re having a fundraiser, I want to give space in the magazine for it. For example, Zion Lutheran Church had a guest speaker, Don Piper, author of 90 Minutes In Heaven, and because we ran an ad, [the event] attracted 600 people. It makes me feel really good. Even today I like telling that story. In the future, you will see even more recogni-tion of the nonprofits in our area and the important role they play in providing re-sources to the Georgetown community.

I am also on the advisory board of Texas Nature Project, and we’re starting a new initiative: a live and learn center for homeless kids. We want to teach the life skills that they will need to become successful adults. Childhood homeless-ness is a much bigger problem than many realize, and we want to provide the skills and nurturing these kids des-perately need.

you graduated FroM LeadershIP georgetoWn June, 2011. hoW has It aFFeCted your thInkIng aBout georgetoWn and the vIeW?

“The Leadership Georgetown program takes future leaders and helps them learn more about what a real leader does. A manager manages systems; a leader leads people. [Leadership Georgetown] teaches the difference. [As a business owner] my people are my number one resource. If I take care of people, they will take care of me. [Leadership Georgetown] reinforced the premise that as a business owner, my company has to care about the commu-nity and get the employees involved in the community.

“Our leaders need to manage [Georgetown’s] growth and need to be able to see ahead to make sure we don’t

do anything that is going to destroy this sense of community, altruism, and philanthropy.

What roLe do you see the MagazIne PLayIng In georgetoWn’s Future?

“I want to use the magazine to promote growth and prosperity for the community and be one of the main sources of information as Georgetown grows. I want [the magazine] to be the sense of connectedness between the community, churches and businesses and to hit all the important topics. I’m not interested in doing journalism, such as street and road closures. I’m interested in creating a better way of life through connecting people. I’m not interested in the woman who makes jewelry in her garage—I’m interested in how jewelry making helped her to deal with cancer. It’s not my magazine. It belongs to them. Mel [Pendland, Cham-ber of Commerce president] told me that, if you give back, it’ll all come back around.”

Leadership Georgetown class of June 2011.

Bill Skinner with Chamber President Mel Pendland and Mayor George Garver

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Painted Churches of East TexasHand-painted churches offer a glimpse into Texas towns of the past

Becky Booth took a step forward and tilted her head for a closer look. Hand-painted flowers blossoming in blue and

pink stretched across the ceiling of St. Mary’s Church of the As-sumption in Praha, Texas. The pe-rennial blooms stood tall against a broad expanse of blue sky and white cumulous clouds. A golden cross rose in the background, sur-rounded by three angels in flow-ing, pastel-colored robes.

“The murals and finishes are really amazing,” said Becky, “It’s hard to believe that they are all just hand-painted. From the outside of the church, you would never imagine the treasure that is inside.”

While her tour mates snapped photographs, Becky stood a moment longer and listened to the tour guide, a docent from the nearby Greater Schulenburg Chamber of Commerce, share about the history of the church and its distinctive artwork.

“The beauty of the church is unexpected, especially when you learn its history” Becky explained. “Because it was the frontier, the settlers had to use the materials available to them to build their churches. It is incredible to see something so miraculous tucked away in a tiny farm community.”

Dating from 1855, St. Mary’s stands as one of the oldest of sev-eral historic painted churches in southeast Texas. These churches were built between the mid-1800s and early 1900s by German and Czech immigrants to the region and then decorated by artisans using stenciling, freehand, and marbling techniques to create stunning frescos and murals on the walls and ceilings.

“The churches are very differ-ent, depending on when they were built,” said Becky. “Some have really vibrant colors and stained glass windows, while others have more pastel colors and windows that let in a lot of light. Most have been restored, so you can see what a church originally looked like and what it looks like now.”

Many of the historic painted churches of East Texas can be found in the neighboring com-munities of Praha, Ammannsville, Dubina, and High Hill, and guided tours are available through the Greater Schulenburg Chamber of Commerce.

A longtime Georgetown resident and avid traveler with her husband Bill, Becky joined a daytrip hosted by the Berry Creek Country Club to see the painted churches in late April. “You can just travel from one small com-munity to another to see the churches,” Becky explains. “You have to get off the beaten path, but it is well worth the trip.”

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When we moved to Georgetown, it was the first time she had had a room that wasn’t a hotel closet, a stranger’s home, or the backseat of a car. She has changed her room around and redecorated so many times I can’t keep count. But one thing for sure, it will always be “her” room.

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Mixed Berry CobblerIngredients:filling:7-8ripepears(mayusecannedpearsas

well)¾cupfreshberries(blueberries,

blackberries)½cupsugar2Tbscornstarch1⁄3cuplemonjuice1Tbscinnamoncrust:1¼cupsflour½cupsugar½cupbrownsugar½Tbscinnamon¾cupbutter(cutintoslices)

Instructions:preheatovento400degrees.peel,core,andslicepears.Verybrieflysautépearswithbutterand½Tbscinnamon.inalargebowl,combinethesugar,cornstarch,andtherestofcinnamon.putthefruitintoabowl,addthelemonjuice,andtoss.addtossedfruittoathree-quart,glassbakingdish.infoodprocessor,puttheflour,sugars,andbutter.pulseuntilcrumblyandputontopofthefruit.Tip:thisstepcanalsobedonebyhand.Bakeforapproximately35-40minutesin400ºoven.

Pesto Cream Cheese BallsServes 8-10

Ingredients:8oz.blockofcreamcheese,softened1½-2Tbspesto1tspcinnamon1Tbsparmesancinnamonpecansorwalnuts2Tbsbuttercinnamonsugar

Instructions:meltbutterinmedium-sizedpan.addnuts.coatthemwellandcookfor5-10minutes.meanwhile,makemixwith3partssugarto1partcinnamon;spreaditontoasheetofwaxpaper.Whennutsarefinished,takethemoutwithaslottedspoon,andplaceonthewaxpaper.Liberallycoatnutswithcinnamonsugarmixture.Whencool,crushintosmallpieces.mixcreamcheese,pesto,cinnamon,andparmesan.formintoballs,thenrollintopieces.putinrefrigerator.Tip:canbemadeuptooneweekinadvance.

goat Cheese with honeyServes 12

Ingredients:1poundgoatcheese2-3Tbscream½cupchoppeddatesorfigs1⁄3cuphoney

Instructions:mixgoatcheese,cream,anddatesorfigstogether.formintoindividual-sizedballsorpatties.putinrefrigeratoronehouroruntilfirm.Justbeforeserving,drizzlewithhoney.

Pastry PuffsMakes 24 puffs

Ingredients:1packagepastysheets,thawed(twosheetsperpackage)6oz.freshspinach2Tbsoliveoil4clovesgarlic½tspnutmeg½tspblackpepper8oz.fetacheeseorgoatcheese1eggyolk

Instructions:sautéspinachinoliveoilonlowheat;addgarlic,pepper,andnutmeg.Removefromheatandaddfeta.Rolloutpastrysheetsonflouredboard.cutinto12squares.putfillinginthemiddleandfoldpastrytoformtriangles.pressedgesfirmlytogetherandputonpreparedbakingsheet.putyolkindishandadd½Tbswater;mix.Brusheachpastrywitheggwash.Bakein375ºovenfor20-25minutes.

Pesto ChickenIngredients:BonelesschickenbreastBreadcrumbs(freshorstore-bought)Eggs,lightlymixedpestoButter,meltedprovolone

Instructions:Trimeachchickenbreast.Rollineggwash,theninbreadcrumbs.putonatraythathasbeenbrushedwithmeltedbutter.spreadsomepestooneachbreast,drizzlewithmoremeltedbutter,thenbakeat400ºfor20-25minutes.putasliceofprovoloneoneachpieceandbakeforfivemoreminutes.

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“s ome people want to have their baby in the hospital,” says Heather Hilton, licensed midwife,

doula, HypnoBirthing® educator, and owner of Georgetown’s new-est alternative to hospital birth, the Central Texas Birth Center. “They want the epidural, and that’s fine. But we offer a different experience here.”

The Central Texas Birth Cen-ter opened this April and hosted its first birth the same month. The inaugural member had his footprints added to a wall in the reception area for all to see, and a few more footprints are scheduled to join his in the upcoming weeks. The Central Texas Birth Center supports Georgetown, Round Rock, Hutto, and the surrounding areas between Waco and Austin. They accept insurance and also offer water births, home births, and well women exams. Child-birth education and new mommy classes are available to all women, not just clients of the birth center. Their Web site provides a calendar of classes and events.

Heather has had a home birth practice for three and a half years and has now partnered with nurse-midwife Sandra Tallbear, who has over 18 years of experi-

ence. Heather and Sandra share the same philosophies and passion. They want women to have a wonderful childbirth experi-ence in comfort-ing, soothing surroundings, whether that’s one of the two beautiful birth center rooms or the client’s own home. “I realized women were missing something [during childbirth],” Heather ex-plains. “They’re being sold this bill of goods that birth is this awful thing that has to be endured to get that beautiful baby. It doesn’t need to be like that.”

Safety is always a primary concern when a woman discusses out-of-hospital birth. “What makes it safe to birth outside the hospital is the willingness to transport if things fall outside the realm of normal. We understand and respect that,” says Heather. She points out that Central Texas Birth Center is conveniently lo-cated within a three-mile radius to three hospitals. Midwives moni-tor mothers and babies closely during labor, but both Heather and Sandra believe the

low rate of intervention during labor is what keeps their hospital transport rate typically around 10 percent. “Birth is an amazing process and we trust it to work,” Heather says.

Heather has had clients ask her if she will do everything within her power to make sure they don’t go to the hospi-tal. “My answer is no,” Heather says emphati-cally. “I will do everything possible to make sure they have a healthy baby.”

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The June 2011 Golf Tournament to benefit the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Georgetown was a huge success raising $50,000. Tournament winners were: Bobby Castle and David Tamburro with team members Kyle Rader and Ken Williams. Bobby and David were this year’s biggest donors. A big George-

town View thanks to them and all who contributed and worked so hard to make this a really great benefit. All monies received from the tourna-ment stay in Williamson County.

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all too often, people think that if they swing faster, it will automati-cally give them more distance. Unfortunate-

ly, this will, many times, result in a loss of control.

Here are a few tips to help you maximize your distance while still maintaining control of your swing.1 In order to create an efficient

swing, your feet need to be positioned at a comfortable distance apart. Having your feet too close together will restrict your body movement and re-duce the power of your swing. Remember to position your weight evenly, allowing you to make a smooth fluid swing without losing your balance.

2 Power is not created by trying to reach as far back as you can; this is a waste of energy. Power is created by your shoulder turning. When your shoulder stops turning, your backswing is done. It is important to re-member to TURN, not SWAY. In other words, turn your weight, not shift it.

3 When focusing on the lower part of your body, try to get the feel of your right hip and the club moving into impact together. As you down swing, your lower body should be turn-

ing hard toward the target. As you you come down, remember that you’re guiding the club, not steering it.

4 Last but not least, too many people have heard the phrase “Keep your head down”. Let’s rephrase that. “Keep your head in position and your eyes on the ball”. You want to focus on keeping your chin high enough

to make a good shoulder turn, one where your shoulders stay under your chin. If you are pushing shots to the right, do a quick check and see whether you are blocking your shoulder with your chin. If so, chin up and eyes down.Remember, your swing doesn’t

have to look pretty, but needs to be fluid and under control.

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Georgetown. And with the recent addition of the Monument Market, we can apply a few more entic-ing adjectives: local, fresh, and organic.

The Monument Market debuted on April 29 to an eager and excited public. Open year-round, seven days a week from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., Monument Market sources all of its meat, dairy, and

produce from local producers.

Rusty Winkstern, owner of the Monument Café and Monument Market, wants the Market to have the same feel as

a farmers market but in a store-like setting. “We’re really more of a specialty market,” Rusty says, “selling local and organic products.”

One of the reasons Rusty and his business partner, Clark Lyda, wanted to expand their business was to strengthen their relationship with the agricultural community. “We felt the market would allow our producers to grow with our operation.”

In years past, markets were a focal point of the community and Rusty wanted to bring that same experience to Georgetown with the Monument Market. “Markets are incredible,” he says. “They’re great for the community and they’re great for the producers and growers.” The Monument Market also provides a hometown feel and sense of community unlike larger specialty and organic chain markets in the Round Rock and Austin areas.

Opening the Monument Market was always a part of Rusty and Clark’s long-term plans. But as anyone driving down Austin Avenue has seen, construction didn’t stop there. They added a production garden behind the Monument Café to supply the very freshest organic produce. And, by the time this article goes to print, Monument’s very own beer garden should be open to the public, a first for the Georgetown area.

Of all his businesses and innovations, Rusty says, “I think it brings a lot of energy to the block here and I hope it brings traffic to the downtown area. We have a lot of great merchants, a lot of great businesses in downtown Georgetown, and I think the more we can do as a community to bring businesses, more restaurants downtown, I think it will really create a sense of place.”

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“i’ve never known anyone to want to get out of the hobby once they’ve had Martins,” explains Alfred Owens. Alfred has 338

white gourd houses for Martins hanging in racks, and he loves to linger on his front porch, watch-ing the beautiful birds glide above the green fields surrounding his home.

Each February for the last 16 years, hundreds of Purple Mar-tins have made their long jour-ney from wintering in Brazil to Alfred’s bird houses at his Weir farm, Windy Meadow. Martins nest in colonies, primarily, from the central United States to the east coast, and up into Canada. A few visiting Purple Martins may show up in Weir, quietly rest on a power line, and fly away, but when Alfred’s own resident Martins return each year, he says, “You can tell by their actions, and they make a lot of noise.” He smiles and adds, “It’s just like a person who is so excited to be home—they’re in and out and just a constant chatter.”

Alfred grew up in Central Texas and retired from the USDA’s Soil

Conservation Service. He proudly states, “I’m a conservationist at heart.” A member of the Purple Martin Conservation Associa-tion, he has learned a great deal about the birds over the years and loves to share that knowledge with everyone. He says, “People who have Martins will come to my house, for instance, after a late freeze, to see how my birds fared.” Alfred believes his is the largest colony in the area.

In January, Alfred and Kay O’Toole, another local bird en-thusiast, prepared all 338 bird houses with pine needles for the birds’ early spring arrival. Kay had driven out to see the birds one day back in the winter. Alfred found her reading the placard he displays for passersby. He explained to her how his birds would be back in February. Kay knew she wanted to learn more, and now she helps Alfred care for the birds. “I’m an apprentice,” Kay says with a laugh.

Alfred demonstrates how he lowers the homemade rack of numbered gourds with a boat winch and checks each house every few weeks. Monitoring is

necessary because snakes, as well as predator birds—English Spar-rows and European Starlings—will destroy the eggs and the nest. Alfred finds a nest that has been taken over by an English Sparrow. “Ah, see, this is what we have to do—remove the nest so the Purple Martins can have it back.” For a moment Alfred stops, looks up at the many birds dancing through the air, and asks “Now do you still wonder why I do this?” The birds seem to be putting on a show.

Each year the Martins leave around the first of August and migrate back to Brazil. Then a hush descends over Windy Mead-ow. Alfred settles in for another quiet winter and looks forward to that spring day when he will hear that familiar chat-tering, and the Purple Martins will be home again.

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7 | voLunteer orIentatIon & handLIng CLass at Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter, 5:30-6:30pm, 1855 SE Inner Loop, They need your help, wilcopets.org

7 | FarMer’s Market. 303 E Morrow,3:30-6:30, buy local produce and meet the growers gtfma.org

9 | 2nd saturday Market days on the square. Booths, art & Craft, music, food, Ultimate Play Zone for kids, Great Fun, thegeorgetownsquare.com

12 | oPen house at Williamson County Child Advoacy Center, 8:30-noon, wilcocac.org. Also held on July 26, wilcocac.org

12 | sun CIty FarMer’s Market. 2 Texas Dr, gtfma.com/suncity

13 | Burger LunCh. VFW Post 8587, 1000 N College, 12:30-1:30pm YUM (also on July 27)

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14 | aLzheIMer’s suPPort grouP. The Lodge at Rocky Hollow, County Road 245, 1-2pm, thelodgeatrockyhollow.com

15 | PhILLy Cheesesteak nIght. Georgetown American Legion Post 174, 1000 N. College St, 5-7pm, Take out Available. Really Great Food! All funds go to local non-profits.

16 | usa danCe. Georgetown Chapter 5034, Come meet, dance, learn, July is Two–Step! Sun City Social Center, 2 Texas Drive, 7-10pm, $7 ($4 for students and members) This is fun! usadancegeorgetown.org

16 | LIve MusIC at Manhattan Pie Pizza, 1201 Park, Super Food and Music, 6:30-9:30pm, 868-5500

19 | voLunteer orIentatIon & handLIng CLass at Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter, You get to Volunteer and play with animals – Win-Win! 5:30-6:30pm 1855 SE Inner Loop. Wilcopets.org

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