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get ting to know georgetowna CapaCity to aNtiCipate | 40Georgetown PD’s first female captain

d E pA R T M E N T slive And leArnlearNiNG to say i love you | 9Special teacher helps special kids

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I go to the gym—sometimes begrudgingly—to work up a sweat and to offset my high-calorie indulgences. The gym is not a place where I expect to learn poignant life lessons, but last week I did. During my workout, I observed a severely disabled young man. His knees appeared permanently bent at 45-degree angles and only the outside of his feet made contact with the ground. Yet, he climbed up on the treadmill and walked. Slowly, but he walked—pushing himself when it would have been easier to quit. He was still walking when I left.

This month, we’ve included several stories about people who kept walking when it would have been easier to sit. Walking, in this sense, refers to the

story about the woman whose fight against depression only made her stronger; the family who finally found a teacher to help their little boy talk; and the football player who built a successful business and career despite being cut from the roster three times. These kinds of testimonies pick me up when life knocks me down. I hope you’ll find encouragement in these stories, too.

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Georgetown teacher Shelley Peachey first met the Thomas family when she taught one of their

pre-school sons. Windy Thomas appreciated Peachey’s teaching style. What the Thomases didn’t know was that their paths would cross again when their young-est son Jeremy, who had special needs, would also have Peachey as a teacher.

Windy Thomas had been searching for help when she learned about the Georgetown Independent School District’s Pre-school Program for Children with Disabilities, or “PPCD” program. “My youngest son has Sensory Processing Disorder and Obses-sive Compulsive Disorder,” Windy explains. “He had been with therapists at home and entered the school system at the tender

age of 3. He did not know how to speak at all . . . He only ate three foods, he was socially inept, was not potty trained, still took a bottle, and carried his pillow and ‘blankey’ everywhere.” It was a very challenging situation, but Windy says Shelley Peachey and the PPCD program were able to work miracles in Jeremy’s life.

More tHaN a teaCHerShelley Peachey has a life-long

love of teaching. She began tutor-ing neighborhood children when she was just 12 years old and went on to tutor her classmates in high school. In her second year of college she volunteered to help her elementary school music teacher conduct a class at a spe-cial needs school. It turned out to be a life-changing experience for Peachey. She switched her major and eventually became a special

education teacher at the same school where she had volun-teered. Now Peachey is changing the lives of students in GISD.

The Georgetown Independent School District PPCD program provides early intervention serv-ing children from three to five with an identified disability. For children like Jeremy, the PPCD program can mean the difference between struggling and success

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later in life. Peachey explains, “In the classroom, I work with children to improve developmental delays in lan-guage, readiness skills, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, self-help skills, sen-sory processing, and social emotional readiness. The PPCD Program is special because it is an early intervention program for children at risk for success in the general education environment.” The PPCD program “also allows for par-ents to connect with the school system, to create a positive plan to address any developmental delays that their child may experience, and to be introduced to support networks and other available programs or services that may benefit their child.”

For parents like Windy Thomas, Peachey is a miracle worker. “Shel-ley is a person who loves children, I mean really loves them,” Windy says. “She doesn’t just teach children, she molds them. She comes at them from all angles, be it from teaching them the basics of the ABCs to how to be the little citizens that they need to be. She helps children grow not only intellectu-ally but personally, no matter where or what they come from.”

You can tell that Peachey loves her job, and as Windy says, loves children. “My job is rewarding in many ways,” she says. “It allows me to be creative and innovative, and to work and learn with many different professionals, such as the speech, occupational, and physi-cal therapists. I enjoy the support and guidance of an outstanding campus

administration and special education department. But the most rewarding part of my job is by far the children I serve. It is so exciting to see the chil-dren progress as the year unfolds.”

Peachey helped Jeremy make huge strides, to his parent’s delight. “Shel-ley advocated for the necessary thera-pists that he needed. She taught him to speak, to make friends, to eat more than three foods, to be a child, to hug, and most of all, to say ‘I love you.’ You really can’t know how much just teaching him to speak meant,” Windy says. “We were able to communicate with words instead of semi sign lan-

guage and fits; we broke the bottle, and we were able to leave the bottle and blanket at home. We were also able to potty train and socialize in more public places.” Jeremy’s mother is convinced that Jeremy is the child he is today due to Peachey’s help. She encourages other families facing similar challenges to find a great teacher to work with their child. She says, “If it weren’t for her, we don’t know where our Jeremy would be to-day. We will never be able to thank her enough for the joy that she has brought to our lives.”

Peachey advises that families seek out early intervention if their child is having developmental difficulties. They can do this by becoming well informed and looking to the Georgetown School District for help. GISD has many pro-grams in place to help families, such as Child Find, a parent liaison, and a highly trained and successful special educa-tion department and staff. Parents may contact GISD for further information.

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i t was a good idea. More than that, it was a good idea at the right time, from a determined lady, who found an energetic sidekick, who recruited tal-

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First, Mary Engvall was the lady with the idea. She had been dis-playing her craft items in Austin at the Old Bakery and Emporium on Congress Avenue. Alert to the needs and opportunities of her hometown, Mrs. Engvall felt that a similar venue here in George-town would be a great way to showcase local talent. The arti-sans would benefit from a central

storefront where handmade items could be sold through a coopera-tive consignment system, mod-eled after The Old Bakery.

Dr. Martha Mitten Allen, a his-tory professor at Southwestern University (SU) from 1960-1997 and Mrs. Engvall’s neighbor, be-came the energetic sidekick. Mar-tha had organized a bicentennial exhibit at SU featuring outstand-ing local quilters. In talking with Martha about the idea for Hand-crafts Unlimited, Mrs. Engvall told her, “If you can organize that quilt show, you can do this.” Now, looking back, Martha laughingly acknowledges that it was hard to say no to Mary Engvall. Besides the initial start-up work, Martha served as the first director for the Handcrafts Unlimited board for a number of years. She still goes in regularly to work on the “quilt in progress.”

And the timing was right in 1983. Georgetown had been cho-sen as a Main Street, U.S.A. grant recipient, and the renaissance of the Square had begun. The town was ripe for new ideas to attract people to downtown. Seeking a suitable building, the two women located a double-store facility in good shape, complete with tall, pressed-tin ceilings and wooden flooring. Handcrafts Unlimited has

been there ever since. News of the store spread; ar-

tisans came forward, anxious to display their handiwork. Today, Handcrafts boasts over 200 ven-dors, all over 50 years of age, who support the shop through a per-centage of their sales. Although kaleidoscopes of quilts, large and small, are the focus at Handcrafts, other lovely items tempt prospec-tive buyers: detailed woodwork, delicate baby clothes, fine bas-kets, photography and paintings, ceramics, jewelry, stained glass, and much more. Everything must be new and handmade. Artisans may leave their work for six months, and special orders are available through Handcrafts.

Martha credits the success of Handcrafts Unlimited to the com-mitment of the volunteers. “The level of participation is a wonder-ful thing. We have strong skills, a strong volunteer network. Cur-rently, nearly 50 volunteers work regularly scheduled shifts six days a week. Some have volunteered since the ’80s.”

Since 1986, Handcrafts Unlimit-ed has sponsored the annual quilt show that attracts people from across Texas. This year’s show on April 1-2 saw over 1,000 in at-tendance. Mary Engvall would be delighted.

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The gym is a place some folks are inclined to avoid. Those big, scary machines are intimidat-ing, even mocking. The

treadmill, with its high-tech but-tons and display screen, seems to invite humiliation. But hiring a personal trainer is a good way to tame gym fear. In fact, having a personal trainer can be empower-ing. Just ask trainer Leesa Hill, who says physical fitness is so much more than weight loss. “Exercise is for more energy during the day. It’s for sleeping better at night. It’s for completing everyday tasks, and quality of life,” Leesa explains.

After working as a biology teacher and coach for several years, Leesa decided to stay home when her twins were two. She soon found a way to combine her two loves, coaching and being a mom, when she signed on as

a personal trainer at the Georgetown Recre-ation Center. Leesa is ACE (American Council on Exercise) certified, and holds a degree in physical education and kinesiology. “I love it because it’s just like coaching, and it’s for people who are enthusi-astic about being here,” Leesa explains. She also teaches many group fit-

ness classes, such as water aero-bics, spinning, and body toning.

Leesa tailors workouts to each client’s needs. She can meet clients for every workout, once a month, or simply do one or two sessions to get them started. Leesa says, “It’s a good idea to learn what to do, how to do it, and the safe way to do it.” Emulating how others use weight machines isn’t always the best idea. Despite appearing fit and knowledgeable, they may operate the machines incorrectly. A trainer can dem-onstrate how to adjust and use equipment and how much weight a person should lift to avoid debili-tating injuries. Trainers can also help with proper diets, another important factor in fitness. Person-al trainers offer knowledge, and knowledge is the key to success.

Leesa coaches people of all ages including a gentleman who turns 100 in August. She has several other clients in their 90s. Leesa says simple things, like turning your head side to side, become limited as we get older. She works on their range of motion so that driving is safer for them. They report that their balance is better, and they can complete daily tasks with greater ease.

Leesa has other success stories, too. She helped a high school student with her workouts during the school year. Leesa was in the

stands, cheering her on, when the student’s basketball team made it to the state finals. Leesa smiles with pride and says, “Not many people knew she worked out be-fore school at 6 a.m.” Another suc-cess story involves a client who initially told Leesa she was not a runner, didn’t like running, and didn’t want to try. She changed her mind after working with Leesa and is now excited to be running two miles without stopping. Leesa has helped another client who is a breast cancer survivor. She un-derwent a mastectomy, extensive abdominal surgery, and recon-struction. She thought one sit up was impossible, and now she can do 20. She gets stronger every day. It thrills Leesa to see the excite-ment on her clients’ faces when they are successful. “That’s a great feeling I can give someone,” Leesa says. “It’s empowering!”

Leesa has witnessed countless success stories that have little or nothing to do with weight loss and good looks. It’s about be-ing in good health at any stage of life. Personal training is for all ages, abilities and limitations. Leesa says, “After a workout, you can leave the gym with confi-dence every day, because you just did something you thought you couldn’t do.” Eventually, those beastly machines will seem like, well, just machines.

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as few cars as safely possible to head out on a mission with their leader. Wouldn’t they rather sleep late? Not these kids. The members of the F2 Art Club, a photo group at Georgetown High School, would rather be out shooting pho-tos with their teacher and mentor, Michael Yentzen.

Michael teaches photo art classes at GHS and is the creator and leader of the photo club, as well as having his own business, Zen Ox Photography.

But Michael didn’t always know that he wanted to be a photogra-pher or a teacher. His first memory of a camera was when he won an elementary school contest—his prize was a camera. He remem-bers toting it around, feeling the hard plastic case in his hands, and

plugging in the flashbulbs he had to buy separately.

In high school, he put aside the camera for pencils and paint brushes, and as he entered college, he chose a practical route—engineering. Then one day Michael read a photo class de-scription that peaked his interest. He signed up, discovered how art and photography intertwined, and everything changed for him. He switched majors to study photog-raphy. As graduation neared, he began thinking about that practi-cal route again. Could he find a job that incorporated his photogra-phy? Then he thought of his mom. Her teaching profession had al-ways brought her so much joy. Of course! What better way to work with cameras day-to-day than to share that love and knowledge with kids? So he got his teaching certificate, began student teaching, and when the opportunity arose at GHS, he took it.

For three years Michael has taught Art 2 Photo through Art 4 Photo. After taking Art 1 as a freshman, students may begin tak-ing Michael’s classes. Art 2 Photo teaches photography basics. The only equipment needed is a cam-era. Any camera. Art 3 Photo is hands-on exploration of printmak-ing, art video work, and shooting with Holgas—inexpensive plastic cameras that leak light, helping to add artistic distortions. The most intensive course, Art 4 Photo, is all about creating a college portfolio.

Once kids have begun that very first art photo class with Michael, they can join the F2 Art Club. And what does F2 stand for? An “f-stop” refers to a camera setting that determines how much light is let in as a photo is taken, and the “2” is a wide aperture setting, letting in more light. More light equals more distortion, Michael explains, thus creating a more thought-provoking work of art.

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Besides their photo shoots, club members meet after school twice a week. They gather in Michael’s class-room, a backdrop of equipment, photos, and colorful paraphernalia. Energetic discussions and active participation begin. Where will they go on their next shoot, Austin or Conroe? What will be their focus—a cityscape, people, or a particular lighting effect? This is also a time for sophomores and juniors to rub elbows with seniors. Student Chandler Allen describes the club as “a whimsical place where we have the opportunity to express our uniqueness.”

This blending of individual and team efforts is particularly obvious as the kids huddle over each other’s photos, deciding which ones are most suited for photo contests and picking which ones show off that student’s talents the best.

But the biggest team effort has to be the club’s fundraising for their trip to New York City. All year long, they work to raise money for this eagerly anticipat-ed trip. Past fundraisers have included collecting clothes, toys, and furniture for

a garage sale, and holding art shows at Down The Alley Bistro, where students showcase and sell their own photos. Michael helps with the front-end plan-ning but says, “The kids take ownership of everything they do.” They handle the advertising and getting people to the events. And spring break sees the group on their way to New York City.

Amidst the skyscrapers, bustling people, and bright yellow taxis, Michael guides the kids to the Annual AIPAD (Association of International Photog-raphy Art Dealers) Photography Show. The students gaze at museum-quality contemporary and nineteenth-century photos, as well as art photos and video. Over 75 galleries participate. Michael notes that “you are there as an observer

with people who spend thousands of dollars on their collections, so it’s cool for the kids to see how the industry ac-tually operates and that there’s a market for what they do.”

“These students,” says Michael, “work really hard, and sometimes don’t even realize how hard they’re working.” He hopes that when the students leave for college that “they know what makes a photograph great and are able to defend that decision, and that they apply their design skills to all that they view and create from now on,” whatever path they choose. But in the meantime, the kids are focusing on the skills Michael shares with them, working on their own lasting impressions. And that’s a picture worth a thousand words!

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Brenda Bedell’s musical journey began when she was very young and her father inherited an an-tique upright piano. She

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much growth she’s experienced in her 30 plus years as a piano teacher.

A year ago in January, Brenda Bedell launched Dolce Music Studio, a unique twenty-first-century learning experience. The studio, with its modern equipment and elite instruction, caters to over 140 students from Georgetown and surrounding areas. A team of gifted musicians teaches lessons for the piano, guitar, drums, violin, cello, viola, and bassoon, as well as voice and youth choir. Many faculty members are professional musicians, and many have bach-elor’s degrees in music education, as well as extensive experience in music instruction.

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“A lot of people don’t know what Mongolian stir-fry is,” says Georgetown resident Jon Schneider, owner of the Georgetown Genghis Grill.

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eff Novak tried his best even when he knew he wasn’t the best. A walk-on in college, then an NFL player who experienced three cuts from the team before his career steadied, Jeff real-ized early that football would be but a small

slice of his life.“Every single Tuesday of the year, they’d bring in

[new] players to work them out. You’d see them bring in a bunch of offensive linemen and know they were trying to find somebody who may be more athletic and better than the bottom two or three guys. So if you weren’t in the top five and you were player No. 6, 7, or 8, you knew there was a chance every Tuesday [that] your nametag might be off the locker,” Jeff said.

Jeff made the decision early in his career that he would give his best to football but at the same time, invest in what was really important to him: diversify-ing his interests and preparing for the future.

While playing in Florida for the Miami Dolphins and the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jeff had launched a company with a college teammate called Saber Security, a low voltage wiring business in Texas. From Florida, Jeff managed the accounting and payroll after games and practices. During off-season, he’d fly to Texas to man-age the company on site. But the company was dif-ficult to manage from a distance and the profit margin was narrow. He eventually sold the company to his partner. “I just thought I should be doing something that had bigger opportunity,” he said. This decision coupled with a career-stopping injury created the perfect timing for Jeff’s new venture: Intra Focus mar-keting, a software marketing and analytics company.

off tHe fieldFor those who are of the opinion that professional

football players can’t also be perceptive businessmen, it may be a surprise to learn how playing football

prepared Jeff for life beyond the end zone. “A lot [of skills] are transferable from professional sports to the real world that don’t get taught in school,” Jeff said. “I’ll argue all day that we have more transferable skills than most people…because we know about ac-countability and teamwork—putting the team before yourself.” He lists many of his teammates who have gone on to obtain advanced degrees and run suc-cessful companies. “But we don’t ever hear about those people,” he said. “You hear about the guys get-ting busted for tax evasion or domestic abuse.”

Today, Jeff’s professional team is his business. And he uses the perseverance and tenacity he learned on the football field to grow what is now IF Marketing, a full-service advertising agency in Georgetown. He also uses the extensive network he built while play-ing professional sports. “The interesting thing about sports is that it opens a lot of doors when you’re

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done playing. People are interested in your experi-ences and what it was like playing in the NFL. It provides you with a big network, he said.”

It’s not hard to see why people want to be around Jeff Novak – and it has little to do with his stint in professional foot-ball. “It seems that Jeff never tires, he is always working and he manages to make a success out of just about everything he does,” said Joy McVean, the company’s vice presi-dent of account services and Jeff’s older sister. “He has drive, determination and lots of heart…al-ways has,” Joy said. “The people at IF marketing and advertising work ex-tremely hard for him, not because he demands it…but because they want to. He’s a good boss and an even better man.”

This drive is inher-ent in the Novak family. There are six siblings. “We’re all sort of inter-

twined in each other’s business,” Joy said, mentioning that their mother Judy Novak, a former healthcare CEO, now heads up the front office managers and staff for another brother who owns First Choice ER. “One thing I always said was do whatever you want to do. All you

have to do is believe in yourself,” Judy said. “I think they’ve all done it. I’ve been fortunate watching that happen. I think I’ve been very blessed.”

BrowNstoNes iN GeorGetowN?Jeff and his brother Jack recently

joined forces to form the real estate development firm Novak Brothers. You may have seen their sign on the way to Wal-Mart on Rivery Blvd. Jeff’s new venture? Texas Brownstones. If you’ve visited Boston or Manhattan, or watched the Cosby show, you’ll re-call stately brick homes, standing like soldiers in a row. An urban village, the Novak Brothers’ development of 115 brownstones is part of a mixed-use community currently under construc-tion. The community will include full and limited service hotels, five res-taurants, hundreds of thousands of square feet of high-end retail space and 150,000 or so square feet in office space. “There is a market for an at-tached single family fee simple product, and we’ve already pre-sold two,” he said. Market research revealed that people, especially professional busi-nesswomen, like being able to walk to a restaurant or movie theatre while hav-ing the security of living in a community with neighbors close by.

“The jewel of the sight for me is our hike and bike trail that runs right through it. You can literally get on a bicycle and get to downtown George-town or out to our lake, mountain bike around the lake and never have to be on a public street which is pretty cool,” he said. It’s also pretty cool that Jeff continues to keep his eye on the end zone, driving down line, gaining real estate along the way.

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some riders compare dressage to figure skat-ing. Jeanne Dake, trainer at Austin Dressage Center, likes to compare

it to dancing, where the woman is always right. In dressage, the horse is always right. The horse is trained, but there must be a strong connection and a strong bond in order to create harmony between horse and rider. Jeanne explains, “If something goes astray, it’s 99 percent the rider’s fault.”

What is dressage? The French word means “training.” It’s a tra-ditional English riding event that originated around 500 BC, when knights trained their horses for battle. Today, dressage riders sit tall in the saddle, with their formal hats and military-style coats, and move as one with their perfectly groomed horses, executing grace-ful and precise maneuvers. Those same maneuvers once protected knights as the horses reared and twisted away from an approach-ing saber. Leigh Fulkerson, owner of Austin Dressage Center, says that dressage is “the basis of all [riding] disciplines.”

Within dressage, each exercise is a stepping-stone to the next level. A “shoulder in” is a very ba-sic maneuver. It eventually leads

to mastering a “canter pirouette,” a very difficult maneuver, in which the horse turns a very small circle. Another amazing exercise is called the “piaffe,” which is trot-ting on the spot.

In dressage, the preferred horse type is the “warmblood,” a horse somewhere between a draft horse and an Arabian. Leigh says warm-bloods “are made well for the sport” and can endure the years of training required to reach top levels. Trainers don’t saddle dres-sage horses until they reach at least three or four years of age, so their strong legs will carry them through years of training. These horses hit their stride at ages 11 to 15, a fact uncommon in most western riding.

Leigh and her 20-year-old horse, Roca, a German Rhein-lander, are preparing to show at the highest dressage level, which is called Grand Prix. Leigh rode jumpers as a youngster. She jokes and says “back when I was 10 feet tall and bulletproof I would jump over anything.” Leigh plays polo, received her second degree black belt in tae kwon do, and has played tennis at high levels. As an accomplished rider and athlete, she expected to rise to the Grand Prix level of dressage very quickly. But it has taken 10 years. “It looks

so easy, but it is a very difficult thing to master,” says Leigh. She now has great respect for the time and practice required of the sport, and she treasures the indescrib-able bond she has with Roca.

Leigh’s dressage barn is full of riders at all levels who plan to participate in the summer show season. In other high-level eques-trian events, such as racing or cutting, big money is at stake. In dressage, riders win a ribbon or a horse blanket and bragging rights. “These riders are in it for the love of the horses and the sport—noth-ing else,” says Leigh.

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“Help, my ex-husband is coming over—and he’s got a gun.” Two police officers responded to the woman’s panicked call. Evelyn McLean, supervisor over the officers

at the time, arrived at the woman’s home a few min-utes later. The officers on scene were already ques-tioning the woman’s teenage daughter just inside the front door. The younger children remained upstairs in the house.

“I asked if everything was code 4—meaning if everything was all right—and they said yes,” said McLean. Standing in the entryway of the home, McLean scanned the surrounding area. There was a stairway, partially hidden by a wall, just beyond the entryway. McLean, out of the corner of her eye, caught sight of a gun barrel moving out slowly from behind the wall at the bottom of the stairs. “I was thinking so fast,” she said. Had the man arrived and somehow gotten upstairs? If the intruder was the ex-husband, McLean didn’t want him to know that she knew he was there. Nor did she want a hostage situa-tion, especially not one involving small children. Still, her officers and the family could be in the direct line of fire if she didn’t do something. She contemplated pos-sible scenarios and, in seconds, made her decision.

“I pulled my gun out and took cover behind [an-other] wall.” Not sure what was happening, one of the other officers pulled out his gun as well. Gun, McLean mouthed to the officer, pointing in the direc-tion of the emerging gun barrel. The gun behind the wall came into full view, then the hands that held it, then a pair of legs. McLean and the other officer were ready to fire when a young woman, about 18 years old, showed herself and the gun she had been hold-

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ing. She had heard about the threat and had come to protect her teenage friend. Fortunately, McLean’s quick assessment avoided a horrific incident.

tHe CreaM risesAnticipation: a prior action that takes into account

or forestalls a later action: the act of looking forward (Webster’s Dictionary). That’s what Evelyn McLean had to do in that situation—think of all the possible out-comes—speedily. Evelyn McLean’s ability to antici-pate, decide and act, among other qualities, helped in her advancement toward becoming the first female Captain with the Georgetown Police Department.

“She’s not afraid to get her hands dirty, [to] get in the mix and get things done,” said Assistant Chief of Police Roland Waits, who was on the hiring commit-tee when McLean joined the department 15 years ago. “I’ve watched her advance through the ranks.”

Besides passing the written tests required for pro-motion to captain, Georgetown Police Department has recently revamped the criteria requiring more rigorous testing across a spectrum of attributes. “We wanted to get a total assessment of the candidates (for captain),” Waits said. “To put them in some uncomfortable posi-tions that maybe they haven’t been in.”

froM tHe BeGiNNiNGSo how and when did Evelyn McLean decide she

wanted to wear a badge and chase bad people? Had she belonged to ROTC in high school? Did she have relatives on the force who influenced her? No, on both counts. Evelyn McLean knew she wanted to be a cop in her early 20’s when a police officer told her to drive his police car away from a crime scene for her safety while officers apprehended an armed suspect.

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A Round Rock police officer had in-vited her on a civilian patrol ride. “[The ride] was so slow and boring,” she said. Because she had to work the next day, she decided about one a.m. to stop for the day. As they headed back to her car, an off-duty police officer called for as-sistance on his hand-held radio. Some-one was banging on the front door of his house. “He’s got a gun,” he said.

Suddenly, a humdrum patrol around town became a howling, screeching rescue. “When we arrived at his house,” McLean said, “the off-duty officer was rolling around in the front yard fighting the man for the gun.”

The officer McLean was riding with told her to take the patrol car and get out of there. “So I got in the driver’s side of the police car and I’m like, wow, I’ve gotta do this job.” It was her Cagney-and-Lacey moment. “I knew I wanted to be a police officer after that.”

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life, success comes with a bit of give and take. On that note, the divorce rate amongst law enforcement personnel ranks among the highest when compared to other high-stress professions. However, what if both husband and wife hold positions in this noble profes-

sion? Evelyn has been happily mar-ried to the Assistant Chief of Police for Pflugerville Police Department for 18 years and they have a 12-year old daughter. Their secret, at least in part, lies in anticipating the need for identity outside the police department. They seldom talk about police work at home. In addition, they have interests outside their jobs. “I love real estate and have my real estate license,” she said. They also spend time at their lake house and on their farm where they tend cows, goats and chickens. “Being a cop is not my whole life—my identity.” One might say that Captain Evelyn McLean not only anticipated what would make for a successful career but also for a success-ful life.

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Ed adds another ingredient to that recipe: good cooking. He particularly mentions his namesake recipe, “Ed’s Favorite Pineapple Cake.”

Bettye and Ed share the importance of family with their two sons, Guy and Bruce, now grown and with families of their own. Bettye continues to use that key ingredient, her cooking, to enrich family gatherings. It’s understood among her grandchildren that her Southern Pecan Pie makes an appearance at every holiday.

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its body may not be sleek or missile-proof or ca-reen through the streets of Georgetown bringing a halt to crime, but Georgetown’s

future bookmobile will be able to ease boredom and loneliness in a single stop by providing hours of entertainment and education to those unable to make it to the library themselves.

The WOWmobile (the “WOW” standing for “Words on Wheels”) will deliver library materials to Georgetown residents with limited mobility, such as those in retirement communities and

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Elbert Hubbard, American writer and philosopher (1856-1915), said, “This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.” Mr. Hubbard had yet to see radio, TV, computers, game systems, and iPods, but his words still ring true today, especially in light of nation-wide budget cuts to education.

Despite the financial climate, the Georgetown Public Library secured City Council approval to purchase and operate a bookmobile. The Georgetown Library Foundation recently joined forces with the library’s most dependable benefactor, the Friends of the Georgetown Public Library. “The potential of the combined organization is tremendous,” said Louise Beyer,

President of the Friends of the Georgetown Public Library. “The fact that this comes at a pivotal time for our bookmobile drive means that the WOW project will have broad community support.”

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From the Kitchen (and the pen)of Chef James Ramsey,Silver and Stone Restaurant

over the next couple of months, i will be shar-

ing a few of my stories with you, recipes and

experiences that, as a chef, i experience on a

daily basis. the culinary industry is an interesting, fun,

and challenging lifestyle and i cannot wait to tell you

more about it.

operating a premier restaurant is one of the most chal-

lenging and rewarding endeavors one can tackle. try to

picture a Swiss clock that has a hundred cogs and gears

constantly being changed and reworked. restaurants

are similar to a fine timepiece. A restaurant must run

seamlessly, day in and day out without mistake, or it

quickly becomes outrageously obvious to our guests.

when you enter Silver and Stone, you are entering as an

honored guest.

Silver and Stone is not without its share of trials and

tribulations. though the final product is glamorous,

the workings are a bit less so. it is back-breaking work

consisting of 12 and 14 hour days filled with intense and

sometimes insane conditions. generally, in unique kitch-

ens such as

ours, the crew

is transformed

into a rugged

pirate ship,

like a group

that is battle

ready—scared,

calloused and

perhaps even, at times, a bit jaded to the outside world.

but, we know we belong in the kitchen. it is our world.

we create the rules and break them accordingly. we

know where we stand with each other and those around

us. we do not react to things like “normal” folk and we

love that, (normal, being guests who choose not to work

in our insane world). we burn ourselves daily and laugh

to prove our manhood. our stories line the kitchen walls

like pictograph battles in the ancient caves. even so, we

are definitely the most fun people you will ever spend

the evening with. that is, if you can keep up! the people

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of checking in thousands of dollars of

extremely perishable products, clean-

ing, organizing, scheduling, detailing

equipment , making the stocks, aging

the steaks, creating the sauces, reduc-

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the knife work which can some-

times take days, if not weeks, to

prepare. we always have food in

preparation or partial preparation for the next shift. with

just fifteen or so entrees there are hundreds of different

items to prepare. in a truly scratch kitchen this is the

most important part of what we do – we, in the industry,

call it “prep work.”

i have worked in the restaurant industry for many years

now and cannot see myself doing anything else. though

it does have its difficulties, it is an incredibly rewarding

career. Seeing the smiles and hearing the sighs when

our guests try our food for the first time is truly a breath-

taking experience. You would think that to this day i

would be used to it, but i find myself giddy whenever i

see that look, after that first bite. it has become a feeling

i can never get enough of. it is because of that feeling

we find ourselves working into the night, day in and day

out, trying to keep that feeling

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we can present a wine dinner or

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hear that sigh and then, silence when someone under-

stands the beauty and complexity of our creations. we

are like sculptors removing the veil over a masterpiece

for the public for the first time, and waiting for the result.

butterflies accompany pins and needles as we listen for

the inevitable reaction. we will always wait for the feed-

back. the only difference between a chef and a sculptor

is we get to experience that feeling 500 times a day.

i look forward to talking to you again soon, thanks…

chef ramsey

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pattie Meyers paused for a moment to soak it all in: the warm winter sun overhead, lush pasture grass around her feet,

and hundreds of fluffy, russet-colored chickens. Fertile lowlands spread out around her in every direction, and Central Texas hard-woods clustered around the edges of Vital Farm’s Onion Creek Farm in southeast Austin.

She could not take her eyes off of the small flocks of free-grazing hens as they clucked, scratched, and pecked their way to a break-fast of herbs, seeds, and bugs from among the grasses. “It was

wonderful being able to see the chickens in their natural state, being raised humanely for their eggs and meat, Pattie said. “The hens were happy with the mild weather, and [they were] laying up a storm.”

As the sales and marketing manager for The Monument Café in downtown Georgetown, Pat-tie frequently visits farms whose products the Café considers fea-turing on its menu or in the soon-to-be-opened Monument Market. “We want to know that a farm’s practices fit the model that we want to support,” Pattie explains. “We look to support food that is

local, healthy, delicious, and conscientiously created.”

Pattie quickly confirmed that Vital Farm’s pasture-raised, organic eggs were a perfect fit for the Monument Mar-ket. “They have a smart, aggressive business model in place,” she said, “and they are determined to get higher quality eggs and poul-try into people’s hands. But they

are doing it in a sustainable, friendly way—in classic Austin style.”

Visiting the farm this past Janu-ary was not just about business for Pattie. “I must admit that I also had a personal interest,” she explained. “I have a few lay-ing hens of my own, and if you love chickens, you enjoy seeing them in different settings—espe-cially when they are being raised properly.” During her tour, she learned about the egg grader that washes and sorts eggs by size—a “ crazy contraption that works like a charm,” said Pattie—as well as the movable “chicken tractors” and fences that allow the hens to roam free under the sunshine.

One of the most pleasant and memorable aspects of the visit, Pattie said, was the “groovy at-mosphere at the farm,” created by the owners Matthew O’Hayer and Jason Jones and their families and employees. Spreading over 27 acres along the banks of Onion Creek, the farm opens for public tours a couple of times a year.”

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kathy Pitts still recalls her first kindergarten class. The class loved to play “wedding” and held a ceremony on the

playground during recess one day. Each student had a part to play: bride, groom, pastor, attendants, etc. “I even remember who the bride and groom were. They were so cute!” Kathy recalls. Years lat-er, when the “groom” actually did get married, Kathy says his bride was surprised to find out he had already been married. She loves “being able to see former students grow up and become wonderful adults.” She is still invited to their

weddings, though they are no longer held on the Zion playground.

Zion Lutheran School in Walburg holds the reputation among local educa-tors for turning out academically solid students. Last January, Kathy scored high marks of her own when she was named the Luther-an Schools Missouri Synod Early Childhood Educator of the Year. Her peers chose her from 1,200 early childhood teachers from all across Texas. Impressive, but not surprising for someone who is

just as passionate about teaching today as she was when she started Zion’s full-day kindergarten program 31 years ago. “I can’t remember a time when I did not want to become a teacher,” Kathy says.

Teaching at Zion Lutheran School is both a “joy and privilege” for Kathy because she has the free-dom of starting each class day

with prayer and the liberty to dis-cipline with Christian principles. “Being able to integrate the faith into every subject is so awesome! To see the smile on a child’s face when they learn to know Jesus or when reading ‘clicks’ with them is just so rewarding,” she says. It’s the number one reason she never tires of teaching.

Kathy, who holds a master’s degree in elementary education, continues to be a student in her own right. She’s kept up with the times by taking classes and train-ing on the cutting edge technolo-gy Zion has recently implemented. “I love my new document camera and Mimeo teach board!” she raves. She is also excited about being able to teach sentence structure, parts of speech, capital-ization, punctuation, etc. by using the phonics-based program in the school’s new reading curriculum. Kathy claims that “it’s the best program I’ve ever taught!”

For Kathy, teaching at a school that has been in existence for almost 130 years never gets old. It just gets better.

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While we no longer go to the extent of melting down pots, weapons, and other metal

objects to reuse for new materi-als, as people did during WWI and WWII, Texas Disposal Systems keeps Georgetown beautiful—and “green”—through its recycling services.

What happens to all those cans, bottles, and plastic cartons Georgetown residents set out by the curb once a week? Verna Browning of TDS says that they are taken to a processing center where materials are sorted, pack-aged into bails, and sent to manu-facturers that turn them into new products. For example, by sorting, crushing and tumbling glass to get rid of its sharp edges, TDS creates a beautiful glass rock that they sell as a beautiful mulch or

decorative landscape treatment. Glass rock is sold at Georgetown’s Garden-Ville store, located at 250 Walden Drive, the same site as the City of Georgetown Collection Station, which TDS also operates. Residents can drop off trash and recyclables, and the processing center handles the materials or transfers them to the landfill, as appropriate.

“Texas Disposal Systems,” Ms. Browning says, strives to “reuse and repurpose materials to the greatest extent possible and land-fill them as a last resort.” The TDS landfill is used mostly for non-bio-degradable waste, like Styrofoam, which reportedly takes up to 500 years to decompose.

Texas Disposal System’s re-cycling services aren’t just for residents. The Green Builder Program provides hauling, sorting and reporting services to local

developers and contractors to help them achieve a green rating. They obtain green certification when they recycle a minimum of 50 percent of their construction and demolition waste.

Texas Disposal Systems has implemented a new program called “Green School Solutions” for public and private schools. Mitchell Elementary School third grade teacher Jennifer Doherty is piloting the program in George-town Independent School District, and Ms. Browning says that the Mitchell kids are “doing a tremen-dous job in diverting waste from the landfill. The school places a recycle container by every trash can to collect food waste, card-board, paper products, plastic bottles, aluminum cans, etc. “All materials that can be recycled are being recycled, and it is paying off. The campus goal is to be vir-

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The two boys had a sure-fire plan. They’d take Wayne’s boa constric-tor for a walk, and girls would flock to them like

bees to honey. The plan might have worked except that no girls appeared, and the snake bit Jim on the arm. “We didn’t know much about girls back then,” Wayne admits sheepishly.

What Wayne Zeh and Jim Root did know about was friendship. And the friendship that began In Houston when they were 14 years old eventually led them to create Zoot, a state-of-the-art veterinary hospital and luxury boarding facil-ity in Georgetown.

“I would never have thought I’d be in business with Wayne,” Jim admits. “We went to the same high school [Stratford in Houston], but we both took different paths in college. I went the MBA route, and he decided to be a vet. We all knew he should have been one from the beginning.”

Growing up, both boys had pets, but Wayne’s were funkier: rats, snakes, an iguana, an African Gray Parrot, and quail. Jim remem-bers that Wayne kept his pets’ cages “immaculate.” A passion for animals was “in Wayne’s blood,” Jim adds.

A passion for business was in Jim’s blood. The outgoing teen had a lawn care business. He

even schemed with Wayne about becoming exterminators together. “There were these great big tree cockroaches in Houston, and we joked that someday we’d start a roach extermination company and call it Zoot,” Jim says. Zoot was a combination of Zeh and Root.

That quirky plan, of course, never panned out. Jim went off to Stephen F. Austin University for a bachelor’s in business and marketing, while Wayne ventured to The University of Texas for a bachelor’s in marketing. They kept in touch as Jim got an MBA from Pepperdine, and Wayne changed course and went to vet school at A&M. For 20 years, Jim’s career with companies like the Frito-Lay Division of PepsiCo and Shell Oil took him all over the country in various executive level sales and marketing roles. He eventually landed in Dallas. Wayne, mean-while, built his first veterinary practice in Harker Heights.

One weekend, Wayne came to Dallas, and Jim showed him where he boarded his dogs. Seeking a change from the corporate world, Jim asked Wayne, “Do you think we could make any money if we did this together?” Wayne said they could, if they joined it with a veterinary clinic. “Then, over a margarita and a napkin, we put this thing together,” Jim says. Turns out Wayne was looking

for a change, too. Fortunately for both of them, their wives, Court-ney Root and Christina Zeh, were completely on board.

“We’re thinking, okay, what are we going to name this thing,” Jim recounts, “and then we looked at each other. ‘We gotta name it Zoot!’ And so the name was resurrected.”

Zoot offers premium animal care in a facility that has won awards for its Hill Country design. “The advantage to boarding with us is we have the hospital right next door,” Wayne points out. “If there’s a problem with a pet, we’re right there.” Wayne, along with Drs. Jensen Young, A. J. Clem-mons, and Renee Mead, utilizes state-of-the-art equipment, such as digital X-rays, to diagnose and treat patients.

For Jim and Wayne, Zoot has been the perfect blend of friend-ship and business. Jim says, “Wayne is in and out of exam rooms and doing surgeries all day. Our arrangement allows him to focus on what he does best, and it allows me to take my 20 years of business experience and do what I do best.” And who wouldn’t want to work all day with wagging tails and purring cats—and rats, birds, bearded dragons, and alligators?

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for the past year, Aubrey Walling has been the reigning Miss George-town. “I’ve felt like a real, live Disney princess,” she

says of the experience.The Miss Georgetown pageant is

a scholarship pageant and, accord-ing to Aubrey, is not a typical beau-ty pageant. “It’s classier,” Aubrey says. The pageant puts more of an emphasis on talent and communi-cation instead of the contestants’ bodies and appearance. “It’s more about poise and modesty,” Aubrey says. “The pageant was very much

the epitome of Georgetown and I wanted to represent the epitome of a Georgetown girl.”

Aubrey admits to choosing her song for the talent portion of the pageant three months in advance, but says she didn’t want to put pressure on herself to win. “Whether I won or not, I wanted to know I had put forth my best effort,” she explains. “I wanted [winning] to be a pleasant surprise, and it definitely was.”

Aubrey graduated from George-town High School in May 2010 and began Austin Community College in the fall, which was not her original plan, but it allowed her to be available for her duties as Miss Georgetown. “Many of the previous winners went away to school and didn’t have the time or opportunity to embrace being Miss Georgetown,” Aubrey says, “but I wanted to make sure I did.”

During her reign, Aubrey rode in parades, participated in fund-raising walks for leukemia and dia-betes, and attended the Pink Heals Tour for breast cancer awareness.

She sang for a few events, includ-ing this year’s Red Poppy Festival. Aubrey also assisted with the 2011 pageants for both Jr. Miss George-town and Miss Georgetown. She took part in the Jr. Miss workshops and acted as mistress of ceremo-nies for the pageant. Aubrey chose the theme (“Georgetown in the Night”) for the 2011 Miss George-town pageant and participated as a fill-in act before handing over her crown. “I really enjoyed represent-ing the town I’ve grown up in and love so much,” she says.

Next year Aubrey will earn her associates degree through a program at the Dream Center in Los Angeles. The Dream Center is a non-profit organization devoted to working with the community. Members work with people of all backgrounds; as Aubrey says, “it’s for anyone and everyone.” Aubrey believes she would like to run her own non-profit group someday, and the Dream Center will give her the opportunity to explore that avenue by continuing the work she began as Miss Georgetown.

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lives. She felt somehow differ-ent from those around her. These feelings were accompanied by anxiety and emotional sensitivity, as well as extreme weariness. “I spent a lot of time sleeping,” said Elizabeth, “and I experienced a lot of performance anxiety. I even worried about college when I was still in grade school!” Elizabeth didn’t know it yet, but she was in the depths of depression.

For most of her adolescence and young adulthood, Elizabeth’s life followed a pattern similar to that of her childhood. She found herself battling with anxiety and weariness, confused by what she was experiencing and hopeless that she would ever know a dif-ferent life. “During that time, I was sleeping from 15-17 hours per day,” she explains. “I withdrew from college. . . . I was always waiting for ‘the other shoe to drop’ or for something bad to happen.”

In her late twenties, Elizabeth sought assistance through her local church. “I realized that what I was experiencing was not only affecting my personal relation-ships with other people, but my relationship with God as well. That is when I took a step to get help. I never knew that what I had experienced in my childhood was depression until I began to receive pastoral counseling.”

riencing the same things I was experiencing.”

During the three years that fol-lowed, that small group commu-nity, along with medication and professional counsel, helped her to move toward healing. “I expe-rienced a number of important breakthroughs during that time,” she said, “but the biggest key to my own healing came in acknowl-edging that I need other people

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and then choosing to connect.”A long-time Georgetown

resident, Elizabeth and her two daughters recently relocated to Round Rock to be closer to fam-ily in Austin. “Today, my life is no less complicated than it was before,” she said, “but now I am free to be who God created me to be in my life.”

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5 | day of prayer. GHS Football Field, 6:30pm (rain location, Main Street Ministry, corner of 10th)

6 | first friday oN tHe square. Art & Jazz, see GHS students’ art in stores and restaurants on the square. Vote for your favorite at the Visitor’s Center between 5:50 and 7:30pm, Shop and take your receipts to the Visitor’s Center when you vote and enter a drawing to win a prize (1 chance for every $10 spent).

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May 15 (10:00 AM)Run to Temple VA Hospital for presentation of funds raised

More than just a Biker Bar, Hardtails Bar & Grill is the Spot for Live Music & Central Texas Food & Fun! Just a short drive north of Austin. We have the Best Happy Hour 11:00AM to 7:00 PM M-F Weekly Specials & Events Including the Best Live Music in

Georgetown. Special Events & Free Pool Nights

Hardtails Bar & Grill: 1515 N I-35 • Georgetown TX • 512-869-5454Hog Alley: 1525 N I-35 • Georgetown TX • 512-930-5475

Saturday and Sunday, May 14 & 15, 2011

Vets Helping Vets

GEORGETOWNProjectGraduationThis all night party is for seniors from Georgetown High School and Richarte to celebrate graduation in a drug and alcohol free environment.

The Big Event! May 27Georgetown Recreation Center Check in from 9:30 until 1 1/2 hours after graduation ends

What to Do!All night food fest Karaoke D.J. Dancing Inflatable JoustingPalm Reader Casino – Win Prizes Cash Cube Photo BoothMagician / Hyptonist Billiards Wii Volleyball BasketballWashers Obstacle Course

What we Need!We need to raise $60,000 in cash and prizes – All students need to leave with a prize. We need prizes from gift cards to ipods to computers. We need volunteers. We need donations of Gatorade in individual bottles, cookies, chips, pretzels…Snack Attack Food!! We need your help to provide peace of mind that our students are safe on graduation night.

How to Help!Donate money by credit card at www.georgetownprojectgraduation.comDonate checks made out to Parents for Pride to Sherry Brown, 306

Ridge Run Dr, Georgetown, Tx. 78628Donate a prize, contact Denise at [email protected] drinks and snacks, contact Roy at [email protected] your time as a volunteer (must be at least 24 years and

complete a background check through www.georgetownisd.org)

The Big Event!

What to Do!

What we Need!

How to Help!

Rabbit Hill SchoolNow Enrolling for Summer Camp

Open House, May 5, 6:30pm–7:30pm

Swimming Lessons for ages 3 and upFun Swim Monday – Thursday for ages 4 and up

Spanish and Sign Language Classes • Exciting Field TripsRabbit Hill is a Private Christian School

established in 1965 and is a Fully Licensed Child Care Facility serving children ages 18 mths – 11 years

Operating Hours:Mon- Fri 6:15am – 6:30pm

2055 FM 1460 • Georgetown512.863.2881www.rabbithillschool.cominfo@rabbithillschool.com

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Art,Music&PhysicalEducationAcademic&BiblicalCurriculumChildren18months–Pre-KLowChild/TeacherRatiosGreatLocation!Our philosophy is to build a safe and nurturing environment where children can learn, grow, and play in an atmosphere predominated by love and sharing with others.

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Tues & Thurs9:30am-1:30pm

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Meet Our Veterinarians

Award-Winning Facilities

Dr. Wayne Zeh has been a practicing veterinarian in Central Texas for 17 years. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1993 from Texas A&M University. In addition to canine and feline pets, Dr. Zeh’s interests include exotic pets and geriatric pet medicine.

Dr. Jensen Young is a gradu-ate of Texas A&M University (B.S., Biomedical Science) and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. He also participated in the prestigious Veterinary Clinical Program at Texas A&M. At Zoot Pet Hospital, Dr. Young’s interests include internal medicine and orthopedic surgery.

Dr. A.J. Clemmons attended Texas A&M University where she received her Bachelor’s in Animal Science and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. Her professional inter-ests at Zoot include canine and feline internal medicine and reproduction. She is also an avid equestrian and is often compet-ing with her horses when she’s away from the hospital.

Zoot Pet Hospital has received a 2010 Hospital Design Merit Award for excellence in cutting-edge veterinary hospital design in the 45th annual Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition. Zoot was one of only ten similarly recognized pet hospitals nationally, and the sole award-winner in the state of Texas.

3981 Highway 29 West, Georgetown | (512) 864–ZOOT [9668] | ZOOTPETS.com

The Most Modern Medical, Surgical, And Dental Care For Your Pet Family

Documents

Georgetown View Magazine/ May 2011