ALAMO HEIGHTS KInG WILLIAM MOnTE VISTA OLMOS PArK TErrELL HILLSVol 3 Issue 3 sePTeMBeR 2014

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Parents give mixed grade to new AHISD online registration

Proposal reviewed for CVS pharmacy in Alamo Heights

Reopened Broadway-Hildebrand means relief for businesses neighbors

San Antonio Academy blind card-trick expert subject of documentary

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PARCEL AT ALAMO HEIGHTS CROSSROADS COULD SEE NEW USE

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Property owners could release details in fall existing structures could be razed or sold

COMMUNITY NEWS

Revived Alamo Heights Tex-Mex restaurant gets new location same menu

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Technology and exercise program work together in this new North Central digital gym

Feel empowerment through art at this new Sunset Station gallery with a Hawaiian name

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Many times the letter writers say something like ldquoToo bad whoever wrote lsquoOur Turnrsquo didnrsquot have the courage to put his or her name on itrdquo

Actually ldquoOur Turnrdquo is signed each month and the names of the editorial board run at the bottom mdash Harry Lees Gregg Rosenfield and myself The three of us select a topic for each issue and then a staff member is assigned to write ldquoOur Turnrdquo based on that consensus

The editorial is considered the ldquovoice of the newspaperrdquo and is never signed in the traditional sense Instead it is an opinion piece chosen by the newspaperrsquos senior management that offers a viewpoint hopefully informed by reason and research

Sometimes readers get editorials confused with news stories and features which do carry bylines mdash the name of the writer

Rest assured the three people who select the editorial topics for LOCALmdash Lees the company president Rosenfield the publisher and myself the editor mdash hang our names out there every month Wersquore not hiding

Just look for the little box at the bottom of ldquoOur Turnrdquo We welcome your calls cards emails and letters whether yoursquore for or against our take on an issue or just want to add your voice to the conversation

Editorials are not news stories

ometimes I get letters from readers

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SArsquos red-hot political football by susan yerkes

Budgets are no fun Just thinking about the city of San Antoniorsquos annual budget is enough to give me a headache

Since San Antoniorsquos fiscal year starts Oct 1 the City Council is scheduled to vote on the 2015 budget in September This year wersquove already heard plenty about one of the biggest and most contentious budget issues mdash so-called legacy costs for police and firefighters

Legacy costs mdash expenses a business or organization has incurred in the past that stretch into the future mdash are a big deal these days mostly when it comes to health care and pension benefits Back in the 1980s many folks criticized the

city for committing to extremely high legacy costs for public-safety folks in the wake of bitter city bargaining with the police and fire unions A quarter of a century later the chickens are coming home to roost City Manager Sheryl Sculley knew it would be a tough battle

Nobody likes giving up benefits And when unions get involved itrsquos natural they should fight tooth and nail to protect membersrsquo benefits while negotiating for more

With that in mind for over a year now Sculley has taken her compelling case to the city through the media When it comes to heath plans and pension contributions San Antoniorsquos police and firefighters receive far more and pay far less than their civilian counterparts That includes zero health insurance premiums for themselves and their families and their deductibles are $250 and $500 respectively San Antoniorsquos first responders have a deal almost unparalleled anywhere in or outside Texas

In the last 10 years the cityrsquos share of medical costs for public-safety personnel jumped from $2146 million to nearly $52 million In the same decade those costs for civilian city employees (who have taken some benefit reductions) increased from $1574 million to just $2025 million

You can see where this is going

Whether the city will eventually go broke can be argued depending on whose statistics you use and therersquos a mind-numbing array to choose from including the cityrsquos at httpwwwsanantoniogovinfoaspx and the combined police and fire unionsrsquo at wwwPublicSafetyFactscom

The key issue is more simple As legacy costs continue to rise our tax dollars keep stretching to provide basic city services beyond police and fire protection from libraries to street maintenance Nationwide city leaders call it crowd-out and many US cities have taken a giant hit because of it

Last fall Manhattan Institute senior policy adviser Stephen Eide produced a detailed study on crowd-out in which he said rising legacy costs force cities to either raise taxes take on more debt or spend less on schools roads public transport libraries assistance for the poor and other public functions

ldquoTroublingly many governments are choosing (to cut non-legacy spending) creating the paradox of government that spends more and more to do less and lessrdquo Eide said Itrsquos an eye-opener no matter where you live

So far the negotiations on the police and fire contracts which nominally expire Oct 1 have been unproductive A breakthrough

before the final council vote on the new budget is unlikely No problem for the unions since a generous evergreen clause in their contracts keeps current provisions intact for 10 years after the deal expires

Sculley however says another provision in the union contracts allows the council to unilaterally change employee benefit plans when they approve a new budget If that happens the unions will almost surely go to court dragging out the process and costing more taxpayer dollars

To get council membersrsquo support for a fight with the powerful and popular police and fire unions will be tough but Sculley reportedly has support

While the union benefits have dramatically boosted San Antoniorsquos legacy costs folks who run smaller cities are also increasingly focused on crowd-out and the need to keep careful watch on future benefits obligations

The only way you have a say in how your taxes are spent is to let your elected leaders know yoursquore paying attention to where your money is going now and what todayrsquos commitments mean to your future tax rates

What do you think about legacy costs Let your elected representatives know And while yoursquore at it let me know too

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Such is the case regarding San Antoniorsquos aborted plans to funnel $32 million to an ill-advised downtown streetcar project The politicians changed their minds after a petition calling for a charter-amendment vote that could have derailed the proposal landed at City Hall with thousands of signatures

Now the City Council under new Mayor Ivy Taylor has decided to pull its support Meanwhile the amendment could be on the May ballot

In a LOCAL Community News editorial several months ago we urged city leaders to abandon the project which carries a total price tag of $280 million or more

Though VIA Metropolitan Transit has pushed the project for months as part of a larger multimodal transportation system itrsquos clear to see the 5-plus miles of

tracks that would service the downtown area serve only a few not the many

San Antonio abandoned streetcars in the 1930s and with good reason Their day is long over Today the city and a dozen surrounding communities have an excellent bus system provided by VIA Downtown streetcars would just be a novelty to dazzle a few touristsrsquo eyes but at $280 million do we really need them

There was never community consensus for the streetcar system which represents a colossal waste of taxpayer money

A better use for that money is local street repair and maintenance projects or reallocating funding to pay for the expansion of US 281 and Loop 1604 thereby replacing the use of proposed tolls

The widespread lack of public support for the streetcar initiative has been no secret to local leaders Opposition started growing the minute the public learned of the deal

Any future projects of this magnitude mdash including streetcars and light rail mdash deserve a public vote rather than bureaucrats and politicians alone deciding the issue

Streetcar provides valuable lesson

hen the people speak elected leaders would be wise to listen W

-the local community news editorial board includes Harry lees gregg rosenfield and thomas edwards

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intimate imPressionism from tHe national gallery of art The McNay Art

Museum is one of only five sites in the world to host this exhibition of nearly 70 smaller-scale works by impressionist and post-impressionist masters The works are traveling during renovation work at the National Gallery in Washington DC The intimacy of the worksrsquo size and setting is enhanced by the subjects which include people and places well-known to the artists The museum has scheduled a wide range of activities in conjunction with the exhibit more details are at wwwmcnayartorg Hours will be extended for the duration of the show and there will be a $10 surcharge for entry to the touring exhibit

yoUng QUiltmaKers The ldquoTexas Art Quilts and Modern Masterpiecesrdquo exhibit at the

Institute of Texan Cultures now has a related show ndash ldquoTexas 4-H Quilts and Student Masterpiecesrdquo That show features six student quilts made as part of 4-H studies of textiles and clothing some students create such bedcovers for charitable organizations including Quilts of Valor and Project Linus Both exhibits are open during regular hours 9 am-5 pm Monday through Saturday and noon-5 pm Sunday Admission ranges from $6 to $8 The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

art WitH lego BricKs The San Antonio Botanical Garden has a new garden-inspired

installation ndash 27 pieces of sculpture made entirely of Legos 500000 of them Sean Kenney a New York artist has designed and built 14 displays around the grounds featuring birds animals plants and humans Admission costs $8 to $10

the Botanical Garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue It is open from 9 am to 5 pm daily

canstrUction North Star Mall is hosting the 9th annual Canstruction design-build

competition as one of the San Antonio Food Bankrsquos SA Goes Orange for Hunger campaign events to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief On Sept 7 11 teams representing local chapters of The American Institute of Architects and the Society for Design Administration have 12 hours to assemble sculptures using about 30000 cans of food The sculptures will remain on display in the common areas Mall visitors can cast a vote for the Peoplersquos Choice Award announced on Sept 19 The public is also asked to donate canned food at guest services in the Saks Fifth Avenue wing

terrell Hills The City Council meets at 5 pm in City Hall 5100 N New Braunfels Ave

scHool Board meeting Trustees of the North East Independent School District

meet 630 pm on the second Monday of each month at 8961 Tesoro Drive To confirm dates and times call 407-0533

alamo HeigHts The City Council meets 530 pm at the temporary City Hall 1248

Austin Highway Suite 220 A second meeting same place and time is Sept 22 To confirm the location call 822-3331

dUrty nellyrsquos tUrns 40 The bar nestled at the base of the Hilton Palacio del Rio up against

the Market Street bridge is celebrating its 40th birthday with food and drink specials music toasts kilts and sundry other events Many of the goings-on also will benefit the 100 Club which helps support the families of police and firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty that includes a raffle with a trip to Ireland as the prize Durty Nellyrsquos is a replica of a bar built in Bunratty Castle at Limerick in 1620 and still in use For more on the raffle go to www100clubsaorg or to wwwdurtynellyspubcom which also has information on the events and giveaways during the birthday celebration The Palacio del Rio is at 200 S Alamo St

Plant sale Native and well-adapted plants good choices for drought-tolerant

landscaping will be for sale at the San

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Antonio Botanical Garden from 10 am to 2 pm Volunteers will be available to help with plant selection Admission costs $8 to $10 The garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue

san antonio UrBan Pet marKet Vendors of pet products and services adoptions

dog-agility demonstrations and food trucks for the humans are all part of this free monthly event at Travis Park East Travis and Navarro streets downtown It runs from 10 am to 2 pm and offers plenty of pet information as well as shopping and all proceeds go to animal-rescue groups It takes place the third Saturday of the month except for September when itrsquos on the second Saturday For more go to httpsa-urbanpetmarketcom

teJano rancHing family day On the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month the Institute

of Texan Cultures offers a look at the indelible impact of Tejanos on Texas ranching There will be vaqueros plus examples of the distinctive cooking and music of Tejano ranch folk There is no admission cost for this Second Sunday

event which runs from noon to 5 pm The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

olmos ParK The City Council meets 6 pm in City Hall 120 W El Prado Drive

alamo HeigHts indePendent scHool district The board meets 7 pm in the board

room of Central Office 7101 Broadway

rancH cHic fasHion sHoW The American Cancer Society will present a show ndash with the

help of Wrangler Cavenderrsquos and jeweler Kendra Scott ndash featuring Western-themed clothing modeled by cancer survivors The event is from 630 to 9 pm at the Rosenberg Sky Room 847 E Hildebrand Ave on the University of the Incarnate Word campus Individual tickets are $75 a row of 10 seats is $800 To reserve a seat contact Renee Silber at 595-0249 or reneesilbercancerorg

ldquotWo Women looK Westrdquo This exhibit at the Witte Museum is subtitled ldquoPhotographs of

King Ranch by Helen C Kleberg and Toni Frissellrdquo which lets you know it will have an insiderrsquos viewpoint Kleberg and her husband Robert ran the ranch and

Frissell was a well-known New York fashion photographer in the 1930s and rsquo40s More than 50 photos of ranch life during that era will be on display along with items owned by the Klebergs in the Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery at the Robert J and Helen C Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center Admission to the museum 3801 Broadway ranges from $7 to $10

taste of tHe HeigHts The annual fundraiser presented by the Alamo Heights Chamber

of Commerce runs from 7 to 10 pm at the Witte Museum 3801 Broadway Silent auctions for various goods and services will supplement the main entertainment food from an array of San Antonio restaurants Part of the proceeds will benefit the Witte and Morganrsquos Wonderland Advance tickets cost $50 which includes valet parking They can be purchased through a link at wwwtasteoftheheightscom

viva Havana Musical Bridges Around the World presents Viva Havana an evening of

Cuban cuisine salsa Cuba libres and a special performance Attire is Cuban chic or cocktail The proceeds benefit the nonprofitrsquos outreach program Kids to Concerts The event which is at the Tobin Center for the

Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle starts at 7 pm with a cocktail hour and silent auction performance and dinner at 8 pm and dessert coffee and Latin dancing at 9 pm A VIP reception is 6 pm Admission is $250 per person and sponsorships are available For more visit wwwmusicalbridgesorg or call 464-1534

landa nigHts The gardens around the Landa Branch Library are the setting for this

annual event raising funds to maintain the lovely site The party which runs from 630 to 1030 pm will feature dancing and a raffle Dinner will be provided by The Monterey with some all-star support chef Andrew Weissman Biga on the Banks and Bakery Lorraine plus noted bartender Jeret Pena Individual tickets cost $100 and raffle tickets are $100 tables for eight can be reserved starting at $1250 Tickets are available through a link at landagardensorgblog Landa Library and Gardens are at 233 Bushnell Ave

ldquofantastic mr foXrdquo Opera San Antonio helps open the Tobin Centerrsquos Carlos Alvarez

Studio with this much-loved family-

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friendly comic opera by Roald Dahl The Childrenrsquos Chorus of San Antonio will perform between acts Shows are at 730 pm except for Sept 28 when the curtain goes up at 2 pm For ticket information and purchases call 223-8624 or go to wwwtobitobincenterorg

Historic HomeoWner fair Information products and services related to caring for all

types of older homes will be available at this annual event presented by the cityrsquos Office of Historic Preservation Demonstrations and educational sessions will be offered and an assortment of exhibitors will be available to answer questions as well as information about their products and services The fair runs from 930 am to 3 pm in the Full Goods Building at the Pearl 200 E Grayson St Therersquos no admission cost

race for tHe rescUes This 5K runwalk benefits Snipsa ndash the Spay Neuter Inject Project

of San Antonio ndash which provides spayneuter services and specialized medical care to rescued animals You can participate with your dog too The race starts at the Alamo Heights swimming pool 250 Viesca St Individual competitive runners step off at 8 am runners and walkers with dogs set out two minutes later Registration fees range from $15 to $30 (until race day when it rises to $35) For more go to wwwsnipsaorg and click on the race item to access a registration form

Watersaver landscaPe toUr This annual tour focuses on landscapes that use water

wisely but also feature smart color-filled design and minimal maintenance There will be several representative landscapes in one neighborhood plus a variety of distinctive yards in other parts of town The tour runs from 9 am to 3 pm therersquos no admission cost A list of the

addresses in the tour will be available at wwwwatersaverlandscapetourorg

national nigHt oUtThe annual event held to prevent crime and get

neighbors acquainted with each other returns to San Antonio communities For details important dates registration and more visit httpwwwsanantoniogovSAPDNationalNightOutaspx or check with local police departments

tUesday mUsical clUB The venerable club begins the 92nd season of its Artist Series with

a performance by the ETA3 Trio on flute clarinet and piano On Nov 11 itrsquos organist Christopher Houlihan on Jan 27 pianist Simone Dinnerstein and on March 3 soprano Ava Pine Three of the concerts are at 2 pm at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church 227 W Woodlawn Ave Houlihanrsquos performance will be at 730 pm at Trinity Universityrsquos Margarite B Parker Chapel Tickets are $75 for the season or $25 for individual concerts theyrsquore available through a link on the website wwwsatmcorg or for single tickets at the door

san antonio cHamBer mUsic society The 72nd season of performances

presented by this San Antonio institution opens with the Jerusalem Quartet The rest of the season features Quartetto di Cremona Nov 16 New York Woodwind Quintet Jan 25 St Lawrence String Quartet Feb 22 and Elias Quartet March 29 Performances are at 315 pm at Temple Beth-El 211 Belknap Place Single tickets are $25 season tickets also are available Both can be purchased at wwwsacmsorg and individual tickets are sold at the door

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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ldquoCocktails and Culturerdquo at the Witte Museum made everyone feel like a kid again living out the childhood fantasy of wandering through the museum in darkness with only a flashlight (and not getting in any trouble)

They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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They say itrsquos never too late to have a happy childhood

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Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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5 Tips to Increase Your Homersquos ValueIncreasing your homersquos value is easier than you might think Follow these time-tested tips from your real estate experts and realize the gains when you go to sell Budget and the Remodel When thinking of remodeling keep the changes in line with either the characteristics of the original property or bring in a new style completely but plan and budget ahead of time with your contractor Regular Maintenance The wheels come off the wagon for many property owners by not recognizing early enough that the paint around the door jams is peeling or the roof is in need of some attention A lot of money can be saved by not letting minor issues turn into big ticket items Street Impressions Also known as ldquoCurb Appealrdquo Many property owners only spruce up when putting their property on the market however many buyers are now looking at homes through such sites as Google Earth and we can only guess when that picture was taken Today matters just as much as tomorrow when it comes to buyersrsquo eyes As always the Kitchens and Baths For the past 50 years and for the next 50 years the kitchens and baths will be the two most important areas for buyers inside your home When sprucing up and renovating pay special attention to these areas Lighting and Mood Whether yoursquore considering selling your home or yoursquore just looking to create a feel-good environment for you and your family changing out harsh overhead lighting with softer light sources from different areas throughout a room can make a huge difference in your home Use corner lamps upward floor lighting and indirect lighting from behind furniture to set the mood For more ideas or to get a free home selling consultation contact Gina Candelario or Michael Berger licensed real estate agents with Kuper Sothebyrsquos International Realty

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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ndash gas water sewer cable and power Melissa Sparks a spokeswoman for the

cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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Many times the letter writers say something like ldquoToo bad whoever wrote lsquoOur Turnrsquo didnrsquot have the courage to put his or her name on itrdquo

Actually ldquoOur Turnrdquo is signed each month and the names of the editorial board run at the bottom mdash Harry Lees Gregg Rosenfield and myself The three of us select a topic for each issue and then a staff member is assigned to write ldquoOur Turnrdquo based on that consensus

The editorial is considered the ldquovoice of the newspaperrdquo and is never signed in the traditional sense Instead it is an opinion piece chosen by the newspaperrsquos senior management that offers a viewpoint hopefully informed by reason and research

Sometimes readers get editorials confused with news stories and features which do carry bylines mdash the name of the writer

Rest assured the three people who select the editorial topics for LOCALmdash Lees the company president Rosenfield the publisher and myself the editor mdash hang our names out there every month Wersquore not hiding

Just look for the little box at the bottom of ldquoOur Turnrdquo We welcome your calls cards emails and letters whether yoursquore for or against our take on an issue or just want to add your voice to the conversation

Editorials are not news stories

ometimes I get letters from readers

who want to agree disagree

or just comment on ldquoOur Turnrdquo in LOCAL Community News the editorial that offers opinions on weighty matters of the day

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SArsquos red-hot political football by susan yerkes

Budgets are no fun Just thinking about the city of San Antoniorsquos annual budget is enough to give me a headache

Since San Antoniorsquos fiscal year starts Oct 1 the City Council is scheduled to vote on the 2015 budget in September This year wersquove already heard plenty about one of the biggest and most contentious budget issues mdash so-called legacy costs for police and firefighters

Legacy costs mdash expenses a business or organization has incurred in the past that stretch into the future mdash are a big deal these days mostly when it comes to health care and pension benefits Back in the 1980s many folks criticized the

city for committing to extremely high legacy costs for public-safety folks in the wake of bitter city bargaining with the police and fire unions A quarter of a century later the chickens are coming home to roost City Manager Sheryl Sculley knew it would be a tough battle

Nobody likes giving up benefits And when unions get involved itrsquos natural they should fight tooth and nail to protect membersrsquo benefits while negotiating for more

With that in mind for over a year now Sculley has taken her compelling case to the city through the media When it comes to heath plans and pension contributions San Antoniorsquos police and firefighters receive far more and pay far less than their civilian counterparts That includes zero health insurance premiums for themselves and their families and their deductibles are $250 and $500 respectively San Antoniorsquos first responders have a deal almost unparalleled anywhere in or outside Texas

In the last 10 years the cityrsquos share of medical costs for public-safety personnel jumped from $2146 million to nearly $52 million In the same decade those costs for civilian city employees (who have taken some benefit reductions) increased from $1574 million to just $2025 million

You can see where this is going

Whether the city will eventually go broke can be argued depending on whose statistics you use and therersquos a mind-numbing array to choose from including the cityrsquos at httpwwwsanantoniogovinfoaspx and the combined police and fire unionsrsquo at wwwPublicSafetyFactscom

The key issue is more simple As legacy costs continue to rise our tax dollars keep stretching to provide basic city services beyond police and fire protection from libraries to street maintenance Nationwide city leaders call it crowd-out and many US cities have taken a giant hit because of it

Last fall Manhattan Institute senior policy adviser Stephen Eide produced a detailed study on crowd-out in which he said rising legacy costs force cities to either raise taxes take on more debt or spend less on schools roads public transport libraries assistance for the poor and other public functions

ldquoTroublingly many governments are choosing (to cut non-legacy spending) creating the paradox of government that spends more and more to do less and lessrdquo Eide said Itrsquos an eye-opener no matter where you live

So far the negotiations on the police and fire contracts which nominally expire Oct 1 have been unproductive A breakthrough

before the final council vote on the new budget is unlikely No problem for the unions since a generous evergreen clause in their contracts keeps current provisions intact for 10 years after the deal expires

Sculley however says another provision in the union contracts allows the council to unilaterally change employee benefit plans when they approve a new budget If that happens the unions will almost surely go to court dragging out the process and costing more taxpayer dollars

To get council membersrsquo support for a fight with the powerful and popular police and fire unions will be tough but Sculley reportedly has support

While the union benefits have dramatically boosted San Antoniorsquos legacy costs folks who run smaller cities are also increasingly focused on crowd-out and the need to keep careful watch on future benefits obligations

The only way you have a say in how your taxes are spent is to let your elected leaders know yoursquore paying attention to where your money is going now and what todayrsquos commitments mean to your future tax rates

What do you think about legacy costs Let your elected representatives know And while yoursquore at it let me know too

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Such is the case regarding San Antoniorsquos aborted plans to funnel $32 million to an ill-advised downtown streetcar project The politicians changed their minds after a petition calling for a charter-amendment vote that could have derailed the proposal landed at City Hall with thousands of signatures

Now the City Council under new Mayor Ivy Taylor has decided to pull its support Meanwhile the amendment could be on the May ballot

In a LOCAL Community News editorial several months ago we urged city leaders to abandon the project which carries a total price tag of $280 million or more

Though VIA Metropolitan Transit has pushed the project for months as part of a larger multimodal transportation system itrsquos clear to see the 5-plus miles of

tracks that would service the downtown area serve only a few not the many

San Antonio abandoned streetcars in the 1930s and with good reason Their day is long over Today the city and a dozen surrounding communities have an excellent bus system provided by VIA Downtown streetcars would just be a novelty to dazzle a few touristsrsquo eyes but at $280 million do we really need them

There was never community consensus for the streetcar system which represents a colossal waste of taxpayer money

A better use for that money is local street repair and maintenance projects or reallocating funding to pay for the expansion of US 281 and Loop 1604 thereby replacing the use of proposed tolls

The widespread lack of public support for the streetcar initiative has been no secret to local leaders Opposition started growing the minute the public learned of the deal

Any future projects of this magnitude mdash including streetcars and light rail mdash deserve a public vote rather than bureaucrats and politicians alone deciding the issue

Streetcar provides valuable lesson

hen the people speak elected leaders would be wise to listen W

-the local community news editorial board includes Harry lees gregg rosenfield and thomas edwards

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intimate imPressionism from tHe national gallery of art The McNay Art

Museum is one of only five sites in the world to host this exhibition of nearly 70 smaller-scale works by impressionist and post-impressionist masters The works are traveling during renovation work at the National Gallery in Washington DC The intimacy of the worksrsquo size and setting is enhanced by the subjects which include people and places well-known to the artists The museum has scheduled a wide range of activities in conjunction with the exhibit more details are at wwwmcnayartorg Hours will be extended for the duration of the show and there will be a $10 surcharge for entry to the touring exhibit

yoUng QUiltmaKers The ldquoTexas Art Quilts and Modern Masterpiecesrdquo exhibit at the

Institute of Texan Cultures now has a related show ndash ldquoTexas 4-H Quilts and Student Masterpiecesrdquo That show features six student quilts made as part of 4-H studies of textiles and clothing some students create such bedcovers for charitable organizations including Quilts of Valor and Project Linus Both exhibits are open during regular hours 9 am-5 pm Monday through Saturday and noon-5 pm Sunday Admission ranges from $6 to $8 The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

art WitH lego BricKs The San Antonio Botanical Garden has a new garden-inspired

installation ndash 27 pieces of sculpture made entirely of Legos 500000 of them Sean Kenney a New York artist has designed and built 14 displays around the grounds featuring birds animals plants and humans Admission costs $8 to $10

the Botanical Garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue It is open from 9 am to 5 pm daily

canstrUction North Star Mall is hosting the 9th annual Canstruction design-build

competition as one of the San Antonio Food Bankrsquos SA Goes Orange for Hunger campaign events to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief On Sept 7 11 teams representing local chapters of The American Institute of Architects and the Society for Design Administration have 12 hours to assemble sculptures using about 30000 cans of food The sculptures will remain on display in the common areas Mall visitors can cast a vote for the Peoplersquos Choice Award announced on Sept 19 The public is also asked to donate canned food at guest services in the Saks Fifth Avenue wing

terrell Hills The City Council meets at 5 pm in City Hall 5100 N New Braunfels Ave

scHool Board meeting Trustees of the North East Independent School District

meet 630 pm on the second Monday of each month at 8961 Tesoro Drive To confirm dates and times call 407-0533

alamo HeigHts The City Council meets 530 pm at the temporary City Hall 1248

Austin Highway Suite 220 A second meeting same place and time is Sept 22 To confirm the location call 822-3331

dUrty nellyrsquos tUrns 40 The bar nestled at the base of the Hilton Palacio del Rio up against

the Market Street bridge is celebrating its 40th birthday with food and drink specials music toasts kilts and sundry other events Many of the goings-on also will benefit the 100 Club which helps support the families of police and firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty that includes a raffle with a trip to Ireland as the prize Durty Nellyrsquos is a replica of a bar built in Bunratty Castle at Limerick in 1620 and still in use For more on the raffle go to www100clubsaorg or to wwwdurtynellyspubcom which also has information on the events and giveaways during the birthday celebration The Palacio del Rio is at 200 S Alamo St

Plant sale Native and well-adapted plants good choices for drought-tolerant

landscaping will be for sale at the San

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Antonio Botanical Garden from 10 am to 2 pm Volunteers will be available to help with plant selection Admission costs $8 to $10 The garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue

san antonio UrBan Pet marKet Vendors of pet products and services adoptions

dog-agility demonstrations and food trucks for the humans are all part of this free monthly event at Travis Park East Travis and Navarro streets downtown It runs from 10 am to 2 pm and offers plenty of pet information as well as shopping and all proceeds go to animal-rescue groups It takes place the third Saturday of the month except for September when itrsquos on the second Saturday For more go to httpsa-urbanpetmarketcom

teJano rancHing family day On the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month the Institute

of Texan Cultures offers a look at the indelible impact of Tejanos on Texas ranching There will be vaqueros plus examples of the distinctive cooking and music of Tejano ranch folk There is no admission cost for this Second Sunday

event which runs from noon to 5 pm The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

olmos ParK The City Council meets 6 pm in City Hall 120 W El Prado Drive

alamo HeigHts indePendent scHool district The board meets 7 pm in the board

room of Central Office 7101 Broadway

rancH cHic fasHion sHoW The American Cancer Society will present a show ndash with the

help of Wrangler Cavenderrsquos and jeweler Kendra Scott ndash featuring Western-themed clothing modeled by cancer survivors The event is from 630 to 9 pm at the Rosenberg Sky Room 847 E Hildebrand Ave on the University of the Incarnate Word campus Individual tickets are $75 a row of 10 seats is $800 To reserve a seat contact Renee Silber at 595-0249 or reneesilbercancerorg

ldquotWo Women looK Westrdquo This exhibit at the Witte Museum is subtitled ldquoPhotographs of

King Ranch by Helen C Kleberg and Toni Frissellrdquo which lets you know it will have an insiderrsquos viewpoint Kleberg and her husband Robert ran the ranch and

Frissell was a well-known New York fashion photographer in the 1930s and rsquo40s More than 50 photos of ranch life during that era will be on display along with items owned by the Klebergs in the Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery at the Robert J and Helen C Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center Admission to the museum 3801 Broadway ranges from $7 to $10

taste of tHe HeigHts The annual fundraiser presented by the Alamo Heights Chamber

of Commerce runs from 7 to 10 pm at the Witte Museum 3801 Broadway Silent auctions for various goods and services will supplement the main entertainment food from an array of San Antonio restaurants Part of the proceeds will benefit the Witte and Morganrsquos Wonderland Advance tickets cost $50 which includes valet parking They can be purchased through a link at wwwtasteoftheheightscom

viva Havana Musical Bridges Around the World presents Viva Havana an evening of

Cuban cuisine salsa Cuba libres and a special performance Attire is Cuban chic or cocktail The proceeds benefit the nonprofitrsquos outreach program Kids to Concerts The event which is at the Tobin Center for the

Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle starts at 7 pm with a cocktail hour and silent auction performance and dinner at 8 pm and dessert coffee and Latin dancing at 9 pm A VIP reception is 6 pm Admission is $250 per person and sponsorships are available For more visit wwwmusicalbridgesorg or call 464-1534

landa nigHts The gardens around the Landa Branch Library are the setting for this

annual event raising funds to maintain the lovely site The party which runs from 630 to 1030 pm will feature dancing and a raffle Dinner will be provided by The Monterey with some all-star support chef Andrew Weissman Biga on the Banks and Bakery Lorraine plus noted bartender Jeret Pena Individual tickets cost $100 and raffle tickets are $100 tables for eight can be reserved starting at $1250 Tickets are available through a link at landagardensorgblog Landa Library and Gardens are at 233 Bushnell Ave

ldquofantastic mr foXrdquo Opera San Antonio helps open the Tobin Centerrsquos Carlos Alvarez

Studio with this much-loved family-

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friendly comic opera by Roald Dahl The Childrenrsquos Chorus of San Antonio will perform between acts Shows are at 730 pm except for Sept 28 when the curtain goes up at 2 pm For ticket information and purchases call 223-8624 or go to wwwtobitobincenterorg

Historic HomeoWner fair Information products and services related to caring for all

types of older homes will be available at this annual event presented by the cityrsquos Office of Historic Preservation Demonstrations and educational sessions will be offered and an assortment of exhibitors will be available to answer questions as well as information about their products and services The fair runs from 930 am to 3 pm in the Full Goods Building at the Pearl 200 E Grayson St Therersquos no admission cost

race for tHe rescUes This 5K runwalk benefits Snipsa ndash the Spay Neuter Inject Project

of San Antonio ndash which provides spayneuter services and specialized medical care to rescued animals You can participate with your dog too The race starts at the Alamo Heights swimming pool 250 Viesca St Individual competitive runners step off at 8 am runners and walkers with dogs set out two minutes later Registration fees range from $15 to $30 (until race day when it rises to $35) For more go to wwwsnipsaorg and click on the race item to access a registration form

Watersaver landscaPe toUr This annual tour focuses on landscapes that use water

wisely but also feature smart color-filled design and minimal maintenance There will be several representative landscapes in one neighborhood plus a variety of distinctive yards in other parts of town The tour runs from 9 am to 3 pm therersquos no admission cost A list of the

addresses in the tour will be available at wwwwatersaverlandscapetourorg

national nigHt oUtThe annual event held to prevent crime and get

neighbors acquainted with each other returns to San Antonio communities For details important dates registration and more visit httpwwwsanantoniogovSAPDNationalNightOutaspx or check with local police departments

tUesday mUsical clUB The venerable club begins the 92nd season of its Artist Series with

a performance by the ETA3 Trio on flute clarinet and piano On Nov 11 itrsquos organist Christopher Houlihan on Jan 27 pianist Simone Dinnerstein and on March 3 soprano Ava Pine Three of the concerts are at 2 pm at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church 227 W Woodlawn Ave Houlihanrsquos performance will be at 730 pm at Trinity Universityrsquos Margarite B Parker Chapel Tickets are $75 for the season or $25 for individual concerts theyrsquore available through a link on the website wwwsatmcorg or for single tickets at the door

san antonio cHamBer mUsic society The 72nd season of performances

presented by this San Antonio institution opens with the Jerusalem Quartet The rest of the season features Quartetto di Cremona Nov 16 New York Woodwind Quintet Jan 25 St Lawrence String Quartet Feb 22 and Elias Quartet March 29 Performances are at 315 pm at Temple Beth-El 211 Belknap Place Single tickets are $25 season tickets also are available Both can be purchased at wwwsacmsorg and individual tickets are sold at the door

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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ldquoCocktails and Culturerdquo at the Witte Museum made everyone feel like a kid again living out the childhood fantasy of wandering through the museum in darkness with only a flashlight (and not getting in any trouble)

They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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5 Tips to Increase Your Homersquos ValueIncreasing your homersquos value is easier than you might think Follow these time-tested tips from your real estate experts and realize the gains when you go to sell Budget and the Remodel When thinking of remodeling keep the changes in line with either the characteristics of the original property or bring in a new style completely but plan and budget ahead of time with your contractor Regular Maintenance The wheels come off the wagon for many property owners by not recognizing early enough that the paint around the door jams is peeling or the roof is in need of some attention A lot of money can be saved by not letting minor issues turn into big ticket items Street Impressions Also known as ldquoCurb Appealrdquo Many property owners only spruce up when putting their property on the market however many buyers are now looking at homes through such sites as Google Earth and we can only guess when that picture was taken Today matters just as much as tomorrow when it comes to buyersrsquo eyes As always the Kitchens and Baths For the past 50 years and for the next 50 years the kitchens and baths will be the two most important areas for buyers inside your home When sprucing up and renovating pay special attention to these areas Lighting and Mood Whether yoursquore considering selling your home or yoursquore just looking to create a feel-good environment for you and your family changing out harsh overhead lighting with softer light sources from different areas throughout a room can make a huge difference in your home Use corner lamps upward floor lighting and indirect lighting from behind furniture to set the mood For more ideas or to get a free home selling consultation contact Gina Candelario or Michael Berger licensed real estate agents with Kuper Sothebyrsquos International Realty

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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SArsquos red-hot political football by susan yerkes

Budgets are no fun Just thinking about the city of San Antoniorsquos annual budget is enough to give me a headache

Since San Antoniorsquos fiscal year starts Oct 1 the City Council is scheduled to vote on the 2015 budget in September This year wersquove already heard plenty about one of the biggest and most contentious budget issues mdash so-called legacy costs for police and firefighters

Legacy costs mdash expenses a business or organization has incurred in the past that stretch into the future mdash are a big deal these days mostly when it comes to health care and pension benefits Back in the 1980s many folks criticized the

city for committing to extremely high legacy costs for public-safety folks in the wake of bitter city bargaining with the police and fire unions A quarter of a century later the chickens are coming home to roost City Manager Sheryl Sculley knew it would be a tough battle

Nobody likes giving up benefits And when unions get involved itrsquos natural they should fight tooth and nail to protect membersrsquo benefits while negotiating for more

With that in mind for over a year now Sculley has taken her compelling case to the city through the media When it comes to heath plans and pension contributions San Antoniorsquos police and firefighters receive far more and pay far less than their civilian counterparts That includes zero health insurance premiums for themselves and their families and their deductibles are $250 and $500 respectively San Antoniorsquos first responders have a deal almost unparalleled anywhere in or outside Texas

In the last 10 years the cityrsquos share of medical costs for public-safety personnel jumped from $2146 million to nearly $52 million In the same decade those costs for civilian city employees (who have taken some benefit reductions) increased from $1574 million to just $2025 million

You can see where this is going

Whether the city will eventually go broke can be argued depending on whose statistics you use and therersquos a mind-numbing array to choose from including the cityrsquos at httpwwwsanantoniogovinfoaspx and the combined police and fire unionsrsquo at wwwPublicSafetyFactscom

The key issue is more simple As legacy costs continue to rise our tax dollars keep stretching to provide basic city services beyond police and fire protection from libraries to street maintenance Nationwide city leaders call it crowd-out and many US cities have taken a giant hit because of it

Last fall Manhattan Institute senior policy adviser Stephen Eide produced a detailed study on crowd-out in which he said rising legacy costs force cities to either raise taxes take on more debt or spend less on schools roads public transport libraries assistance for the poor and other public functions

ldquoTroublingly many governments are choosing (to cut non-legacy spending) creating the paradox of government that spends more and more to do less and lessrdquo Eide said Itrsquos an eye-opener no matter where you live

So far the negotiations on the police and fire contracts which nominally expire Oct 1 have been unproductive A breakthrough

before the final council vote on the new budget is unlikely No problem for the unions since a generous evergreen clause in their contracts keeps current provisions intact for 10 years after the deal expires

Sculley however says another provision in the union contracts allows the council to unilaterally change employee benefit plans when they approve a new budget If that happens the unions will almost surely go to court dragging out the process and costing more taxpayer dollars

To get council membersrsquo support for a fight with the powerful and popular police and fire unions will be tough but Sculley reportedly has support

While the union benefits have dramatically boosted San Antoniorsquos legacy costs folks who run smaller cities are also increasingly focused on crowd-out and the need to keep careful watch on future benefits obligations

The only way you have a say in how your taxes are spent is to let your elected leaders know yoursquore paying attention to where your money is going now and what todayrsquos commitments mean to your future tax rates

What do you think about legacy costs Let your elected representatives know And while yoursquore at it let me know too

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Such is the case regarding San Antoniorsquos aborted plans to funnel $32 million to an ill-advised downtown streetcar project The politicians changed their minds after a petition calling for a charter-amendment vote that could have derailed the proposal landed at City Hall with thousands of signatures

Now the City Council under new Mayor Ivy Taylor has decided to pull its support Meanwhile the amendment could be on the May ballot

In a LOCAL Community News editorial several months ago we urged city leaders to abandon the project which carries a total price tag of $280 million or more

Though VIA Metropolitan Transit has pushed the project for months as part of a larger multimodal transportation system itrsquos clear to see the 5-plus miles of

tracks that would service the downtown area serve only a few not the many

San Antonio abandoned streetcars in the 1930s and with good reason Their day is long over Today the city and a dozen surrounding communities have an excellent bus system provided by VIA Downtown streetcars would just be a novelty to dazzle a few touristsrsquo eyes but at $280 million do we really need them

There was never community consensus for the streetcar system which represents a colossal waste of taxpayer money

A better use for that money is local street repair and maintenance projects or reallocating funding to pay for the expansion of US 281 and Loop 1604 thereby replacing the use of proposed tolls

The widespread lack of public support for the streetcar initiative has been no secret to local leaders Opposition started growing the minute the public learned of the deal

Any future projects of this magnitude mdash including streetcars and light rail mdash deserve a public vote rather than bureaucrats and politicians alone deciding the issue

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intimate imPressionism from tHe national gallery of art The McNay Art

Museum is one of only five sites in the world to host this exhibition of nearly 70 smaller-scale works by impressionist and post-impressionist masters The works are traveling during renovation work at the National Gallery in Washington DC The intimacy of the worksrsquo size and setting is enhanced by the subjects which include people and places well-known to the artists The museum has scheduled a wide range of activities in conjunction with the exhibit more details are at wwwmcnayartorg Hours will be extended for the duration of the show and there will be a $10 surcharge for entry to the touring exhibit

yoUng QUiltmaKers The ldquoTexas Art Quilts and Modern Masterpiecesrdquo exhibit at the

Institute of Texan Cultures now has a related show ndash ldquoTexas 4-H Quilts and Student Masterpiecesrdquo That show features six student quilts made as part of 4-H studies of textiles and clothing some students create such bedcovers for charitable organizations including Quilts of Valor and Project Linus Both exhibits are open during regular hours 9 am-5 pm Monday through Saturday and noon-5 pm Sunday Admission ranges from $6 to $8 The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

art WitH lego BricKs The San Antonio Botanical Garden has a new garden-inspired

installation ndash 27 pieces of sculpture made entirely of Legos 500000 of them Sean Kenney a New York artist has designed and built 14 displays around the grounds featuring birds animals plants and humans Admission costs $8 to $10

the Botanical Garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue It is open from 9 am to 5 pm daily

canstrUction North Star Mall is hosting the 9th annual Canstruction design-build

competition as one of the San Antonio Food Bankrsquos SA Goes Orange for Hunger campaign events to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief On Sept 7 11 teams representing local chapters of The American Institute of Architects and the Society for Design Administration have 12 hours to assemble sculptures using about 30000 cans of food The sculptures will remain on display in the common areas Mall visitors can cast a vote for the Peoplersquos Choice Award announced on Sept 19 The public is also asked to donate canned food at guest services in the Saks Fifth Avenue wing

terrell Hills The City Council meets at 5 pm in City Hall 5100 N New Braunfels Ave

scHool Board meeting Trustees of the North East Independent School District

meet 630 pm on the second Monday of each month at 8961 Tesoro Drive To confirm dates and times call 407-0533

alamo HeigHts The City Council meets 530 pm at the temporary City Hall 1248

Austin Highway Suite 220 A second meeting same place and time is Sept 22 To confirm the location call 822-3331

dUrty nellyrsquos tUrns 40 The bar nestled at the base of the Hilton Palacio del Rio up against

the Market Street bridge is celebrating its 40th birthday with food and drink specials music toasts kilts and sundry other events Many of the goings-on also will benefit the 100 Club which helps support the families of police and firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty that includes a raffle with a trip to Ireland as the prize Durty Nellyrsquos is a replica of a bar built in Bunratty Castle at Limerick in 1620 and still in use For more on the raffle go to www100clubsaorg or to wwwdurtynellyspubcom which also has information on the events and giveaways during the birthday celebration The Palacio del Rio is at 200 S Alamo St

Plant sale Native and well-adapted plants good choices for drought-tolerant

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Antonio Botanical Garden from 10 am to 2 pm Volunteers will be available to help with plant selection Admission costs $8 to $10 The garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue

san antonio UrBan Pet marKet Vendors of pet products and services adoptions

dog-agility demonstrations and food trucks for the humans are all part of this free monthly event at Travis Park East Travis and Navarro streets downtown It runs from 10 am to 2 pm and offers plenty of pet information as well as shopping and all proceeds go to animal-rescue groups It takes place the third Saturday of the month except for September when itrsquos on the second Saturday For more go to httpsa-urbanpetmarketcom

teJano rancHing family day On the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month the Institute

of Texan Cultures offers a look at the indelible impact of Tejanos on Texas ranching There will be vaqueros plus examples of the distinctive cooking and music of Tejano ranch folk There is no admission cost for this Second Sunday

event which runs from noon to 5 pm The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

olmos ParK The City Council meets 6 pm in City Hall 120 W El Prado Drive

alamo HeigHts indePendent scHool district The board meets 7 pm in the board

room of Central Office 7101 Broadway

rancH cHic fasHion sHoW The American Cancer Society will present a show ndash with the

help of Wrangler Cavenderrsquos and jeweler Kendra Scott ndash featuring Western-themed clothing modeled by cancer survivors The event is from 630 to 9 pm at the Rosenberg Sky Room 847 E Hildebrand Ave on the University of the Incarnate Word campus Individual tickets are $75 a row of 10 seats is $800 To reserve a seat contact Renee Silber at 595-0249 or reneesilbercancerorg

ldquotWo Women looK Westrdquo This exhibit at the Witte Museum is subtitled ldquoPhotographs of

King Ranch by Helen C Kleberg and Toni Frissellrdquo which lets you know it will have an insiderrsquos viewpoint Kleberg and her husband Robert ran the ranch and

Frissell was a well-known New York fashion photographer in the 1930s and rsquo40s More than 50 photos of ranch life during that era will be on display along with items owned by the Klebergs in the Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery at the Robert J and Helen C Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center Admission to the museum 3801 Broadway ranges from $7 to $10

taste of tHe HeigHts The annual fundraiser presented by the Alamo Heights Chamber

of Commerce runs from 7 to 10 pm at the Witte Museum 3801 Broadway Silent auctions for various goods and services will supplement the main entertainment food from an array of San Antonio restaurants Part of the proceeds will benefit the Witte and Morganrsquos Wonderland Advance tickets cost $50 which includes valet parking They can be purchased through a link at wwwtasteoftheheightscom

viva Havana Musical Bridges Around the World presents Viva Havana an evening of

Cuban cuisine salsa Cuba libres and a special performance Attire is Cuban chic or cocktail The proceeds benefit the nonprofitrsquos outreach program Kids to Concerts The event which is at the Tobin Center for the

Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle starts at 7 pm with a cocktail hour and silent auction performance and dinner at 8 pm and dessert coffee and Latin dancing at 9 pm A VIP reception is 6 pm Admission is $250 per person and sponsorships are available For more visit wwwmusicalbridgesorg or call 464-1534

landa nigHts The gardens around the Landa Branch Library are the setting for this

annual event raising funds to maintain the lovely site The party which runs from 630 to 1030 pm will feature dancing and a raffle Dinner will be provided by The Monterey with some all-star support chef Andrew Weissman Biga on the Banks and Bakery Lorraine plus noted bartender Jeret Pena Individual tickets cost $100 and raffle tickets are $100 tables for eight can be reserved starting at $1250 Tickets are available through a link at landagardensorgblog Landa Library and Gardens are at 233 Bushnell Ave

ldquofantastic mr foXrdquo Opera San Antonio helps open the Tobin Centerrsquos Carlos Alvarez

Studio with this much-loved family-

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friendly comic opera by Roald Dahl The Childrenrsquos Chorus of San Antonio will perform between acts Shows are at 730 pm except for Sept 28 when the curtain goes up at 2 pm For ticket information and purchases call 223-8624 or go to wwwtobitobincenterorg

Historic HomeoWner fair Information products and services related to caring for all

types of older homes will be available at this annual event presented by the cityrsquos Office of Historic Preservation Demonstrations and educational sessions will be offered and an assortment of exhibitors will be available to answer questions as well as information about their products and services The fair runs from 930 am to 3 pm in the Full Goods Building at the Pearl 200 E Grayson St Therersquos no admission cost

race for tHe rescUes This 5K runwalk benefits Snipsa ndash the Spay Neuter Inject Project

of San Antonio ndash which provides spayneuter services and specialized medical care to rescued animals You can participate with your dog too The race starts at the Alamo Heights swimming pool 250 Viesca St Individual competitive runners step off at 8 am runners and walkers with dogs set out two minutes later Registration fees range from $15 to $30 (until race day when it rises to $35) For more go to wwwsnipsaorg and click on the race item to access a registration form

Watersaver landscaPe toUr This annual tour focuses on landscapes that use water

wisely but also feature smart color-filled design and minimal maintenance There will be several representative landscapes in one neighborhood plus a variety of distinctive yards in other parts of town The tour runs from 9 am to 3 pm therersquos no admission cost A list of the

addresses in the tour will be available at wwwwatersaverlandscapetourorg

national nigHt oUtThe annual event held to prevent crime and get

neighbors acquainted with each other returns to San Antonio communities For details important dates registration and more visit httpwwwsanantoniogovSAPDNationalNightOutaspx or check with local police departments

tUesday mUsical clUB The venerable club begins the 92nd season of its Artist Series with

a performance by the ETA3 Trio on flute clarinet and piano On Nov 11 itrsquos organist Christopher Houlihan on Jan 27 pianist Simone Dinnerstein and on March 3 soprano Ava Pine Three of the concerts are at 2 pm at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church 227 W Woodlawn Ave Houlihanrsquos performance will be at 730 pm at Trinity Universityrsquos Margarite B Parker Chapel Tickets are $75 for the season or $25 for individual concerts theyrsquore available through a link on the website wwwsatmcorg or for single tickets at the door

san antonio cHamBer mUsic society The 72nd season of performances

presented by this San Antonio institution opens with the Jerusalem Quartet The rest of the season features Quartetto di Cremona Nov 16 New York Woodwind Quintet Jan 25 St Lawrence String Quartet Feb 22 and Elias Quartet March 29 Performances are at 315 pm at Temple Beth-El 211 Belknap Place Single tickets are $25 season tickets also are available Both can be purchased at wwwsacmsorg and individual tickets are sold at the door

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

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923 Present Past future tour We came as romans for today the color morale Palisades 6 pm White rabbit $17

925 caroline rose 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $7

926 the aquabats emilyrsquos army 6 pm the korova $18

927 the everlasting tour martina mcbride 8 pm majestic theatre $3950$7950

928 marc anthony 7 pm atampt center $6212$20158

930 the corazon tour santana 730 pm tobin center $5950$430

102 Juanes 730 pm tobin center $4450$9850

103 del castillo 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $15

105 broken bells 7 pm aztec theatre $36

106 Zoe 7 pm aztec theatre $32$52

LOWDOWn continues from pg 10

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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5 Tips to Increase Your Homersquos ValueIncreasing your homersquos value is easier than you might think Follow these time-tested tips from your real estate experts and realize the gains when you go to sell Budget and the Remodel When thinking of remodeling keep the changes in line with either the characteristics of the original property or bring in a new style completely but plan and budget ahead of time with your contractor Regular Maintenance The wheels come off the wagon for many property owners by not recognizing early enough that the paint around the door jams is peeling or the roof is in need of some attention A lot of money can be saved by not letting minor issues turn into big ticket items Street Impressions Also known as ldquoCurb Appealrdquo Many property owners only spruce up when putting their property on the market however many buyers are now looking at homes through such sites as Google Earth and we can only guess when that picture was taken Today matters just as much as tomorrow when it comes to buyersrsquo eyes As always the Kitchens and Baths For the past 50 years and for the next 50 years the kitchens and baths will be the two most important areas for buyers inside your home When sprucing up and renovating pay special attention to these areas Lighting and Mood Whether yoursquore considering selling your home or yoursquore just looking to create a feel-good environment for you and your family changing out harsh overhead lighting with softer light sources from different areas throughout a room can make a huge difference in your home Use corner lamps upward floor lighting and indirect lighting from behind furniture to set the mood For more ideas or to get a free home selling consultation contact Gina Candelario or Michael Berger licensed real estate agents with Kuper Sothebyrsquos International Realty

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

The City of San Antonio Metropolitan HealthDistrict and the YMCA of Greater San Antonio have teamed up to

Fight DiabetesWhether you are at risk for type 2 diabetes or are currently

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

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Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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Such is the case regarding San Antoniorsquos aborted plans to funnel $32 million to an ill-advised downtown streetcar project The politicians changed their minds after a petition calling for a charter-amendment vote that could have derailed the proposal landed at City Hall with thousands of signatures

Now the City Council under new Mayor Ivy Taylor has decided to pull its support Meanwhile the amendment could be on the May ballot

In a LOCAL Community News editorial several months ago we urged city leaders to abandon the project which carries a total price tag of $280 million or more

Though VIA Metropolitan Transit has pushed the project for months as part of a larger multimodal transportation system itrsquos clear to see the 5-plus miles of

tracks that would service the downtown area serve only a few not the many

San Antonio abandoned streetcars in the 1930s and with good reason Their day is long over Today the city and a dozen surrounding communities have an excellent bus system provided by VIA Downtown streetcars would just be a novelty to dazzle a few touristsrsquo eyes but at $280 million do we really need them

There was never community consensus for the streetcar system which represents a colossal waste of taxpayer money

A better use for that money is local street repair and maintenance projects or reallocating funding to pay for the expansion of US 281 and Loop 1604 thereby replacing the use of proposed tolls

The widespread lack of public support for the streetcar initiative has been no secret to local leaders Opposition started growing the minute the public learned of the deal

Any future projects of this magnitude mdash including streetcars and light rail mdash deserve a public vote rather than bureaucrats and politicians alone deciding the issue

Streetcar provides valuable lesson

hen the people speak elected leaders would be wise to listen W

-the local community news editorial board includes Harry lees gregg rosenfield and thomas edwards

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intimate imPressionism from tHe national gallery of art The McNay Art

Museum is one of only five sites in the world to host this exhibition of nearly 70 smaller-scale works by impressionist and post-impressionist masters The works are traveling during renovation work at the National Gallery in Washington DC The intimacy of the worksrsquo size and setting is enhanced by the subjects which include people and places well-known to the artists The museum has scheduled a wide range of activities in conjunction with the exhibit more details are at wwwmcnayartorg Hours will be extended for the duration of the show and there will be a $10 surcharge for entry to the touring exhibit

yoUng QUiltmaKers The ldquoTexas Art Quilts and Modern Masterpiecesrdquo exhibit at the

Institute of Texan Cultures now has a related show ndash ldquoTexas 4-H Quilts and Student Masterpiecesrdquo That show features six student quilts made as part of 4-H studies of textiles and clothing some students create such bedcovers for charitable organizations including Quilts of Valor and Project Linus Both exhibits are open during regular hours 9 am-5 pm Monday through Saturday and noon-5 pm Sunday Admission ranges from $6 to $8 The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

art WitH lego BricKs The San Antonio Botanical Garden has a new garden-inspired

installation ndash 27 pieces of sculpture made entirely of Legos 500000 of them Sean Kenney a New York artist has designed and built 14 displays around the grounds featuring birds animals plants and humans Admission costs $8 to $10

the Botanical Garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue It is open from 9 am to 5 pm daily

canstrUction North Star Mall is hosting the 9th annual Canstruction design-build

competition as one of the San Antonio Food Bankrsquos SA Goes Orange for Hunger campaign events to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief On Sept 7 11 teams representing local chapters of The American Institute of Architects and the Society for Design Administration have 12 hours to assemble sculptures using about 30000 cans of food The sculptures will remain on display in the common areas Mall visitors can cast a vote for the Peoplersquos Choice Award announced on Sept 19 The public is also asked to donate canned food at guest services in the Saks Fifth Avenue wing

terrell Hills The City Council meets at 5 pm in City Hall 5100 N New Braunfels Ave

scHool Board meeting Trustees of the North East Independent School District

meet 630 pm on the second Monday of each month at 8961 Tesoro Drive To confirm dates and times call 407-0533

alamo HeigHts The City Council meets 530 pm at the temporary City Hall 1248

Austin Highway Suite 220 A second meeting same place and time is Sept 22 To confirm the location call 822-3331

dUrty nellyrsquos tUrns 40 The bar nestled at the base of the Hilton Palacio del Rio up against

the Market Street bridge is celebrating its 40th birthday with food and drink specials music toasts kilts and sundry other events Many of the goings-on also will benefit the 100 Club which helps support the families of police and firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty that includes a raffle with a trip to Ireland as the prize Durty Nellyrsquos is a replica of a bar built in Bunratty Castle at Limerick in 1620 and still in use For more on the raffle go to www100clubsaorg or to wwwdurtynellyspubcom which also has information on the events and giveaways during the birthday celebration The Palacio del Rio is at 200 S Alamo St

Plant sale Native and well-adapted plants good choices for drought-tolerant

landscaping will be for sale at the San

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san antonio UrBan Pet marKet Vendors of pet products and services adoptions

dog-agility demonstrations and food trucks for the humans are all part of this free monthly event at Travis Park East Travis and Navarro streets downtown It runs from 10 am to 2 pm and offers plenty of pet information as well as shopping and all proceeds go to animal-rescue groups It takes place the third Saturday of the month except for September when itrsquos on the second Saturday For more go to httpsa-urbanpetmarketcom

teJano rancHing family day On the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month the Institute

of Texan Cultures offers a look at the indelible impact of Tejanos on Texas ranching There will be vaqueros plus examples of the distinctive cooking and music of Tejano ranch folk There is no admission cost for this Second Sunday

event which runs from noon to 5 pm The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

olmos ParK The City Council meets 6 pm in City Hall 120 W El Prado Drive

alamo HeigHts indePendent scHool district The board meets 7 pm in the board

room of Central Office 7101 Broadway

rancH cHic fasHion sHoW The American Cancer Society will present a show ndash with the

help of Wrangler Cavenderrsquos and jeweler Kendra Scott ndash featuring Western-themed clothing modeled by cancer survivors The event is from 630 to 9 pm at the Rosenberg Sky Room 847 E Hildebrand Ave on the University of the Incarnate Word campus Individual tickets are $75 a row of 10 seats is $800 To reserve a seat contact Renee Silber at 595-0249 or reneesilbercancerorg

ldquotWo Women looK Westrdquo This exhibit at the Witte Museum is subtitled ldquoPhotographs of

King Ranch by Helen C Kleberg and Toni Frissellrdquo which lets you know it will have an insiderrsquos viewpoint Kleberg and her husband Robert ran the ranch and

Frissell was a well-known New York fashion photographer in the 1930s and rsquo40s More than 50 photos of ranch life during that era will be on display along with items owned by the Klebergs in the Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery at the Robert J and Helen C Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center Admission to the museum 3801 Broadway ranges from $7 to $10

taste of tHe HeigHts The annual fundraiser presented by the Alamo Heights Chamber

of Commerce runs from 7 to 10 pm at the Witte Museum 3801 Broadway Silent auctions for various goods and services will supplement the main entertainment food from an array of San Antonio restaurants Part of the proceeds will benefit the Witte and Morganrsquos Wonderland Advance tickets cost $50 which includes valet parking They can be purchased through a link at wwwtasteoftheheightscom

viva Havana Musical Bridges Around the World presents Viva Havana an evening of

Cuban cuisine salsa Cuba libres and a special performance Attire is Cuban chic or cocktail The proceeds benefit the nonprofitrsquos outreach program Kids to Concerts The event which is at the Tobin Center for the

Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle starts at 7 pm with a cocktail hour and silent auction performance and dinner at 8 pm and dessert coffee and Latin dancing at 9 pm A VIP reception is 6 pm Admission is $250 per person and sponsorships are available For more visit wwwmusicalbridgesorg or call 464-1534

landa nigHts The gardens around the Landa Branch Library are the setting for this

annual event raising funds to maintain the lovely site The party which runs from 630 to 1030 pm will feature dancing and a raffle Dinner will be provided by The Monterey with some all-star support chef Andrew Weissman Biga on the Banks and Bakery Lorraine plus noted bartender Jeret Pena Individual tickets cost $100 and raffle tickets are $100 tables for eight can be reserved starting at $1250 Tickets are available through a link at landagardensorgblog Landa Library and Gardens are at 233 Bushnell Ave

ldquofantastic mr foXrdquo Opera San Antonio helps open the Tobin Centerrsquos Carlos Alvarez

Studio with this much-loved family-

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friendly comic opera by Roald Dahl The Childrenrsquos Chorus of San Antonio will perform between acts Shows are at 730 pm except for Sept 28 when the curtain goes up at 2 pm For ticket information and purchases call 223-8624 or go to wwwtobitobincenterorg

Historic HomeoWner fair Information products and services related to caring for all

types of older homes will be available at this annual event presented by the cityrsquos Office of Historic Preservation Demonstrations and educational sessions will be offered and an assortment of exhibitors will be available to answer questions as well as information about their products and services The fair runs from 930 am to 3 pm in the Full Goods Building at the Pearl 200 E Grayson St Therersquos no admission cost

race for tHe rescUes This 5K runwalk benefits Snipsa ndash the Spay Neuter Inject Project

of San Antonio ndash which provides spayneuter services and specialized medical care to rescued animals You can participate with your dog too The race starts at the Alamo Heights swimming pool 250 Viesca St Individual competitive runners step off at 8 am runners and walkers with dogs set out two minutes later Registration fees range from $15 to $30 (until race day when it rises to $35) For more go to wwwsnipsaorg and click on the race item to access a registration form

Watersaver landscaPe toUr This annual tour focuses on landscapes that use water

wisely but also feature smart color-filled design and minimal maintenance There will be several representative landscapes in one neighborhood plus a variety of distinctive yards in other parts of town The tour runs from 9 am to 3 pm therersquos no admission cost A list of the

addresses in the tour will be available at wwwwatersaverlandscapetourorg

national nigHt oUtThe annual event held to prevent crime and get

neighbors acquainted with each other returns to San Antonio communities For details important dates registration and more visit httpwwwsanantoniogovSAPDNationalNightOutaspx or check with local police departments

tUesday mUsical clUB The venerable club begins the 92nd season of its Artist Series with

a performance by the ETA3 Trio on flute clarinet and piano On Nov 11 itrsquos organist Christopher Houlihan on Jan 27 pianist Simone Dinnerstein and on March 3 soprano Ava Pine Three of the concerts are at 2 pm at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church 227 W Woodlawn Ave Houlihanrsquos performance will be at 730 pm at Trinity Universityrsquos Margarite B Parker Chapel Tickets are $75 for the season or $25 for individual concerts theyrsquore available through a link on the website wwwsatmcorg or for single tickets at the door

san antonio cHamBer mUsic society The 72nd season of performances

presented by this San Antonio institution opens with the Jerusalem Quartet The rest of the season features Quartetto di Cremona Nov 16 New York Woodwind Quintet Jan 25 St Lawrence String Quartet Feb 22 and Elias Quartet March 29 Performances are at 315 pm at Temple Beth-El 211 Belknap Place Single tickets are $25 season tickets also are available Both can be purchased at wwwsacmsorg and individual tickets are sold at the door

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local loWdoWnTake a quick look at whatrsquos new in the community from opening and closings to news tidbits

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Thursday September 18 700 ~ 1000 pm

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San Antonio Tx

Tickets cost $50 or two for $90 Business AttireFor information or tickets contact Roland Mazuca atrolandmazucaiwretireorg 2108297561 ext 150

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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6

47

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10 september 2014

(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

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Majestic Theatre 224 e Houston st 226-5700

samrsquos Burger Joint 330 e grayson st 223-2830

The Korova 107 e Martin st 995-7229

Tobin center 100 Auditorium circle 223-8624

White Rabbit 2410 N st Maryrsquos st 737-2221

96 siempre san antonio nina diaz Lonely Horse david Garza 7 pm tobin center free

910 vikki carr with mariachi cobre 730 pm tobin center $2950$7950

911 Lisa morales 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $12

912 blues and brews Jimmie vaughan 7 pm aztec theatre $17$40

913 soul track mind 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $12

916 Prong 7 pm backstage Live $11

917 overkill evil united aggravator metalriser 7 pm backstage Live $21

918 thatrsquos my kind of night Luke bryan 730 pm atampt center $40$75

919 demi Lovato mkto 730 pm atampt center $5163$8369

920 Limp bizkit machine Gun kelly 630 pm aztec theatre $35$50

921 tamela mann 6 pm tobin center $25$65

923 Present Past future tour We came as romans for today the color morale Palisades 6 pm White rabbit $17

925 caroline rose 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $7

926 the aquabats emilyrsquos army 6 pm the korova $18

927 the everlasting tour martina mcbride 8 pm majestic theatre $3950$7950

928 marc anthony 7 pm atampt center $6212$20158

930 the corazon tour santana 730 pm tobin center $5950$430

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103 del castillo 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $15

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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neiman marcUs fall fasHion sHoW cocKtail amp cUltUre at tHe Witte mUseUmsama HaPPy HoUr

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mel laracey (left) and gretchen rose

Kyle sharp (left) elijah Zane tara d richardson chris labrie and Whitney owens

Hayley and Bill cleary (left) lonnie Koehl nick schott Jan and Briar Koehl

Jennifer and Bob shemwell (left) neal dalrymple Karen diaz monika dalrymple and John Wald

margie Baire (left) anne campbell caroline and Josie decherd

Katye Brought (left) speedy and anthony Perez

ldquoCocktails and Culturerdquo at the Witte Museum made everyone feel like a kid again living out the childhood fantasy of wandering through the museum in darkness with only a flashlight (and not getting in any trouble)

They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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They say itrsquos never too late to have a happy childhood

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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grayson st eatery521 E Grayson St

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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intimate imPressionism from tHe national gallery of art The McNay Art

Museum is one of only five sites in the world to host this exhibition of nearly 70 smaller-scale works by impressionist and post-impressionist masters The works are traveling during renovation work at the National Gallery in Washington DC The intimacy of the worksrsquo size and setting is enhanced by the subjects which include people and places well-known to the artists The museum has scheduled a wide range of activities in conjunction with the exhibit more details are at wwwmcnayartorg Hours will be extended for the duration of the show and there will be a $10 surcharge for entry to the touring exhibit

yoUng QUiltmaKers The ldquoTexas Art Quilts and Modern Masterpiecesrdquo exhibit at the

Institute of Texan Cultures now has a related show ndash ldquoTexas 4-H Quilts and Student Masterpiecesrdquo That show features six student quilts made as part of 4-H studies of textiles and clothing some students create such bedcovers for charitable organizations including Quilts of Valor and Project Linus Both exhibits are open during regular hours 9 am-5 pm Monday through Saturday and noon-5 pm Sunday Admission ranges from $6 to $8 The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

art WitH lego BricKs The San Antonio Botanical Garden has a new garden-inspired

installation ndash 27 pieces of sculpture made entirely of Legos 500000 of them Sean Kenney a New York artist has designed and built 14 displays around the grounds featuring birds animals plants and humans Admission costs $8 to $10

the Botanical Garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue It is open from 9 am to 5 pm daily

canstrUction North Star Mall is hosting the 9th annual Canstruction design-build

competition as one of the San Antonio Food Bankrsquos SA Goes Orange for Hunger campaign events to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief On Sept 7 11 teams representing local chapters of The American Institute of Architects and the Society for Design Administration have 12 hours to assemble sculptures using about 30000 cans of food The sculptures will remain on display in the common areas Mall visitors can cast a vote for the Peoplersquos Choice Award announced on Sept 19 The public is also asked to donate canned food at guest services in the Saks Fifth Avenue wing

terrell Hills The City Council meets at 5 pm in City Hall 5100 N New Braunfels Ave

scHool Board meeting Trustees of the North East Independent School District

meet 630 pm on the second Monday of each month at 8961 Tesoro Drive To confirm dates and times call 407-0533

alamo HeigHts The City Council meets 530 pm at the temporary City Hall 1248

Austin Highway Suite 220 A second meeting same place and time is Sept 22 To confirm the location call 822-3331

dUrty nellyrsquos tUrns 40 The bar nestled at the base of the Hilton Palacio del Rio up against

the Market Street bridge is celebrating its 40th birthday with food and drink specials music toasts kilts and sundry other events Many of the goings-on also will benefit the 100 Club which helps support the families of police and firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty that includes a raffle with a trip to Ireland as the prize Durty Nellyrsquos is a replica of a bar built in Bunratty Castle at Limerick in 1620 and still in use For more on the raffle go to www100clubsaorg or to wwwdurtynellyspubcom which also has information on the events and giveaways during the birthday celebration The Palacio del Rio is at 200 S Alamo St

Plant sale Native and well-adapted plants good choices for drought-tolerant

landscaping will be for sale at the San

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san antonio UrBan Pet marKet Vendors of pet products and services adoptions

dog-agility demonstrations and food trucks for the humans are all part of this free monthly event at Travis Park East Travis and Navarro streets downtown It runs from 10 am to 2 pm and offers plenty of pet information as well as shopping and all proceeds go to animal-rescue groups It takes place the third Saturday of the month except for September when itrsquos on the second Saturday For more go to httpsa-urbanpetmarketcom

teJano rancHing family day On the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month the Institute

of Texan Cultures offers a look at the indelible impact of Tejanos on Texas ranching There will be vaqueros plus examples of the distinctive cooking and music of Tejano ranch folk There is no admission cost for this Second Sunday

event which runs from noon to 5 pm The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

olmos ParK The City Council meets 6 pm in City Hall 120 W El Prado Drive

alamo HeigHts indePendent scHool district The board meets 7 pm in the board

room of Central Office 7101 Broadway

rancH cHic fasHion sHoW The American Cancer Society will present a show ndash with the

help of Wrangler Cavenderrsquos and jeweler Kendra Scott ndash featuring Western-themed clothing modeled by cancer survivors The event is from 630 to 9 pm at the Rosenberg Sky Room 847 E Hildebrand Ave on the University of the Incarnate Word campus Individual tickets are $75 a row of 10 seats is $800 To reserve a seat contact Renee Silber at 595-0249 or reneesilbercancerorg

ldquotWo Women looK Westrdquo This exhibit at the Witte Museum is subtitled ldquoPhotographs of

King Ranch by Helen C Kleberg and Toni Frissellrdquo which lets you know it will have an insiderrsquos viewpoint Kleberg and her husband Robert ran the ranch and

Frissell was a well-known New York fashion photographer in the 1930s and rsquo40s More than 50 photos of ranch life during that era will be on display along with items owned by the Klebergs in the Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery at the Robert J and Helen C Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center Admission to the museum 3801 Broadway ranges from $7 to $10

taste of tHe HeigHts The annual fundraiser presented by the Alamo Heights Chamber

of Commerce runs from 7 to 10 pm at the Witte Museum 3801 Broadway Silent auctions for various goods and services will supplement the main entertainment food from an array of San Antonio restaurants Part of the proceeds will benefit the Witte and Morganrsquos Wonderland Advance tickets cost $50 which includes valet parking They can be purchased through a link at wwwtasteoftheheightscom

viva Havana Musical Bridges Around the World presents Viva Havana an evening of

Cuban cuisine salsa Cuba libres and a special performance Attire is Cuban chic or cocktail The proceeds benefit the nonprofitrsquos outreach program Kids to Concerts The event which is at the Tobin Center for the

Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle starts at 7 pm with a cocktail hour and silent auction performance and dinner at 8 pm and dessert coffee and Latin dancing at 9 pm A VIP reception is 6 pm Admission is $250 per person and sponsorships are available For more visit wwwmusicalbridgesorg or call 464-1534

landa nigHts The gardens around the Landa Branch Library are the setting for this

annual event raising funds to maintain the lovely site The party which runs from 630 to 1030 pm will feature dancing and a raffle Dinner will be provided by The Monterey with some all-star support chef Andrew Weissman Biga on the Banks and Bakery Lorraine plus noted bartender Jeret Pena Individual tickets cost $100 and raffle tickets are $100 tables for eight can be reserved starting at $1250 Tickets are available through a link at landagardensorgblog Landa Library and Gardens are at 233 Bushnell Ave

ldquofantastic mr foXrdquo Opera San Antonio helps open the Tobin Centerrsquos Carlos Alvarez

Studio with this much-loved family-

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friendly comic opera by Roald Dahl The Childrenrsquos Chorus of San Antonio will perform between acts Shows are at 730 pm except for Sept 28 when the curtain goes up at 2 pm For ticket information and purchases call 223-8624 or go to wwwtobitobincenterorg

Historic HomeoWner fair Information products and services related to caring for all

types of older homes will be available at this annual event presented by the cityrsquos Office of Historic Preservation Demonstrations and educational sessions will be offered and an assortment of exhibitors will be available to answer questions as well as information about their products and services The fair runs from 930 am to 3 pm in the Full Goods Building at the Pearl 200 E Grayson St Therersquos no admission cost

race for tHe rescUes This 5K runwalk benefits Snipsa ndash the Spay Neuter Inject Project

of San Antonio ndash which provides spayneuter services and specialized medical care to rescued animals You can participate with your dog too The race starts at the Alamo Heights swimming pool 250 Viesca St Individual competitive runners step off at 8 am runners and walkers with dogs set out two minutes later Registration fees range from $15 to $30 (until race day when it rises to $35) For more go to wwwsnipsaorg and click on the race item to access a registration form

Watersaver landscaPe toUr This annual tour focuses on landscapes that use water

wisely but also feature smart color-filled design and minimal maintenance There will be several representative landscapes in one neighborhood plus a variety of distinctive yards in other parts of town The tour runs from 9 am to 3 pm therersquos no admission cost A list of the

addresses in the tour will be available at wwwwatersaverlandscapetourorg

national nigHt oUtThe annual event held to prevent crime and get

neighbors acquainted with each other returns to San Antonio communities For details important dates registration and more visit httpwwwsanantoniogovSAPDNationalNightOutaspx or check with local police departments

tUesday mUsical clUB The venerable club begins the 92nd season of its Artist Series with

a performance by the ETA3 Trio on flute clarinet and piano On Nov 11 itrsquos organist Christopher Houlihan on Jan 27 pianist Simone Dinnerstein and on March 3 soprano Ava Pine Three of the concerts are at 2 pm at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church 227 W Woodlawn Ave Houlihanrsquos performance will be at 730 pm at Trinity Universityrsquos Margarite B Parker Chapel Tickets are $75 for the season or $25 for individual concerts theyrsquore available through a link on the website wwwsatmcorg or for single tickets at the door

san antonio cHamBer mUsic society The 72nd season of performances

presented by this San Antonio institution opens with the Jerusalem Quartet The rest of the season features Quartetto di Cremona Nov 16 New York Woodwind Quintet Jan 25 St Lawrence String Quartet Feb 22 and Elias Quartet March 29 Performances are at 315 pm at Temple Beth-El 211 Belknap Place Single tickets are $25 season tickets also are available Both can be purchased at wwwsacmsorg and individual tickets are sold at the door

sUBmitting events Email all the details along with your contact information two months in advance to tipssalocallowdowncom

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An Evening of Fine Art and Elegant Jazzbenefiting the Connections community outreach programs

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Thursday September 18 700 ~ 1000 pm

CHRISTUS Heritage Hall 4707 Broadway

San Antonio Tx

Tickets cost $50 or two for $90 Business AttireFor information or tickets contact Roland Mazuca atrolandmazucaiwretireorg 2108297561 ext 150

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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2

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(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

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LOWDOWn continues on pg 11

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96 siempre san antonio nina diaz Lonely Horse david Garza 7 pm tobin center free

910 vikki carr with mariachi cobre 730 pm tobin center $2950$7950

911 Lisa morales 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $12

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913 soul track mind 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $12

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917 overkill evil united aggravator metalriser 7 pm backstage Live $21

918 thatrsquos my kind of night Luke bryan 730 pm atampt center $40$75

919 demi Lovato mkto 730 pm atampt center $5163$8369

920 Limp bizkit machine Gun kelly 630 pm aztec theatre $35$50

921 tamela mann 6 pm tobin center $25$65

923 Present Past future tour We came as romans for today the color morale Palisades 6 pm White rabbit $17

925 caroline rose 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $7

926 the aquabats emilyrsquos army 6 pm the korova $18

927 the everlasting tour martina mcbride 8 pm majestic theatre $3950$7950

928 marc anthony 7 pm atampt center $6212$20158

930 the corazon tour santana 730 pm tobin center $5950$430

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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Hayley and Bill cleary (left) lonnie Koehl nick schott Jan and Briar Koehl

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ldquoCocktails and Culturerdquo at the Witte Museum made everyone feel like a kid again living out the childhood fantasy of wandering through the museum in darkness with only a flashlight (and not getting in any trouble)

They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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5 Tips to Increase Your Homersquos ValueIncreasing your homersquos value is easier than you might think Follow these time-tested tips from your real estate experts and realize the gains when you go to sell Budget and the Remodel When thinking of remodeling keep the changes in line with either the characteristics of the original property or bring in a new style completely but plan and budget ahead of time with your contractor Regular Maintenance The wheels come off the wagon for many property owners by not recognizing early enough that the paint around the door jams is peeling or the roof is in need of some attention A lot of money can be saved by not letting minor issues turn into big ticket items Street Impressions Also known as ldquoCurb Appealrdquo Many property owners only spruce up when putting their property on the market however many buyers are now looking at homes through such sites as Google Earth and we can only guess when that picture was taken Today matters just as much as tomorrow when it comes to buyersrsquo eyes As always the Kitchens and Baths For the past 50 years and for the next 50 years the kitchens and baths will be the two most important areas for buyers inside your home When sprucing up and renovating pay special attention to these areas Lighting and Mood Whether yoursquore considering selling your home or yoursquore just looking to create a feel-good environment for you and your family changing out harsh overhead lighting with softer light sources from different areas throughout a room can make a huge difference in your home Use corner lamps upward floor lighting and indirect lighting from behind furniture to set the mood For more ideas or to get a free home selling consultation contact Gina Candelario or Michael Berger licensed real estate agents with Kuper Sothebyrsquos International Realty

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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CaRD TRiCKS continues from pg 01

But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

22 september 2014

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

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intimate imPressionism from tHe national gallery of art The McNay Art

Museum is one of only five sites in the world to host this exhibition of nearly 70 smaller-scale works by impressionist and post-impressionist masters The works are traveling during renovation work at the National Gallery in Washington DC The intimacy of the worksrsquo size and setting is enhanced by the subjects which include people and places well-known to the artists The museum has scheduled a wide range of activities in conjunction with the exhibit more details are at wwwmcnayartorg Hours will be extended for the duration of the show and there will be a $10 surcharge for entry to the touring exhibit

yoUng QUiltmaKers The ldquoTexas Art Quilts and Modern Masterpiecesrdquo exhibit at the

Institute of Texan Cultures now has a related show ndash ldquoTexas 4-H Quilts and Student Masterpiecesrdquo That show features six student quilts made as part of 4-H studies of textiles and clothing some students create such bedcovers for charitable organizations including Quilts of Valor and Project Linus Both exhibits are open during regular hours 9 am-5 pm Monday through Saturday and noon-5 pm Sunday Admission ranges from $6 to $8 The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

art WitH lego BricKs The San Antonio Botanical Garden has a new garden-inspired

installation ndash 27 pieces of sculpture made entirely of Legos 500000 of them Sean Kenney a New York artist has designed and built 14 displays around the grounds featuring birds animals plants and humans Admission costs $8 to $10

the Botanical Garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue It is open from 9 am to 5 pm daily

canstrUction North Star Mall is hosting the 9th annual Canstruction design-build

competition as one of the San Antonio Food Bankrsquos SA Goes Orange for Hunger campaign events to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief On Sept 7 11 teams representing local chapters of The American Institute of Architects and the Society for Design Administration have 12 hours to assemble sculptures using about 30000 cans of food The sculptures will remain on display in the common areas Mall visitors can cast a vote for the Peoplersquos Choice Award announced on Sept 19 The public is also asked to donate canned food at guest services in the Saks Fifth Avenue wing

terrell Hills The City Council meets at 5 pm in City Hall 5100 N New Braunfels Ave

scHool Board meeting Trustees of the North East Independent School District

meet 630 pm on the second Monday of each month at 8961 Tesoro Drive To confirm dates and times call 407-0533

alamo HeigHts The City Council meets 530 pm at the temporary City Hall 1248

Austin Highway Suite 220 A second meeting same place and time is Sept 22 To confirm the location call 822-3331

dUrty nellyrsquos tUrns 40 The bar nestled at the base of the Hilton Palacio del Rio up against

the Market Street bridge is celebrating its 40th birthday with food and drink specials music toasts kilts and sundry other events Many of the goings-on also will benefit the 100 Club which helps support the families of police and firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty that includes a raffle with a trip to Ireland as the prize Durty Nellyrsquos is a replica of a bar built in Bunratty Castle at Limerick in 1620 and still in use For more on the raffle go to www100clubsaorg or to wwwdurtynellyspubcom which also has information on the events and giveaways during the birthday celebration The Palacio del Rio is at 200 S Alamo St

Plant sale Native and well-adapted plants good choices for drought-tolerant

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Antonio Botanical Garden from 10 am to 2 pm Volunteers will be available to help with plant selection Admission costs $8 to $10 The garden is at 555 Funston Place at North New Braunfels Avenue

san antonio UrBan Pet marKet Vendors of pet products and services adoptions

dog-agility demonstrations and food trucks for the humans are all part of this free monthly event at Travis Park East Travis and Navarro streets downtown It runs from 10 am to 2 pm and offers plenty of pet information as well as shopping and all proceeds go to animal-rescue groups It takes place the third Saturday of the month except for September when itrsquos on the second Saturday For more go to httpsa-urbanpetmarketcom

teJano rancHing family day On the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month the Institute

of Texan Cultures offers a look at the indelible impact of Tejanos on Texas ranching There will be vaqueros plus examples of the distinctive cooking and music of Tejano ranch folk There is no admission cost for this Second Sunday

event which runs from noon to 5 pm The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

olmos ParK The City Council meets 6 pm in City Hall 120 W El Prado Drive

alamo HeigHts indePendent scHool district The board meets 7 pm in the board

room of Central Office 7101 Broadway

rancH cHic fasHion sHoW The American Cancer Society will present a show ndash with the

help of Wrangler Cavenderrsquos and jeweler Kendra Scott ndash featuring Western-themed clothing modeled by cancer survivors The event is from 630 to 9 pm at the Rosenberg Sky Room 847 E Hildebrand Ave on the University of the Incarnate Word campus Individual tickets are $75 a row of 10 seats is $800 To reserve a seat contact Renee Silber at 595-0249 or reneesilbercancerorg

ldquotWo Women looK Westrdquo This exhibit at the Witte Museum is subtitled ldquoPhotographs of

King Ranch by Helen C Kleberg and Toni Frissellrdquo which lets you know it will have an insiderrsquos viewpoint Kleberg and her husband Robert ran the ranch and

Frissell was a well-known New York fashion photographer in the 1930s and rsquo40s More than 50 photos of ranch life during that era will be on display along with items owned by the Klebergs in the Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery at the Robert J and Helen C Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center Admission to the museum 3801 Broadway ranges from $7 to $10

taste of tHe HeigHts The annual fundraiser presented by the Alamo Heights Chamber

of Commerce runs from 7 to 10 pm at the Witte Museum 3801 Broadway Silent auctions for various goods and services will supplement the main entertainment food from an array of San Antonio restaurants Part of the proceeds will benefit the Witte and Morganrsquos Wonderland Advance tickets cost $50 which includes valet parking They can be purchased through a link at wwwtasteoftheheightscom

viva Havana Musical Bridges Around the World presents Viva Havana an evening of

Cuban cuisine salsa Cuba libres and a special performance Attire is Cuban chic or cocktail The proceeds benefit the nonprofitrsquos outreach program Kids to Concerts The event which is at the Tobin Center for the

Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle starts at 7 pm with a cocktail hour and silent auction performance and dinner at 8 pm and dessert coffee and Latin dancing at 9 pm A VIP reception is 6 pm Admission is $250 per person and sponsorships are available For more visit wwwmusicalbridgesorg or call 464-1534

landa nigHts The gardens around the Landa Branch Library are the setting for this

annual event raising funds to maintain the lovely site The party which runs from 630 to 1030 pm will feature dancing and a raffle Dinner will be provided by The Monterey with some all-star support chef Andrew Weissman Biga on the Banks and Bakery Lorraine plus noted bartender Jeret Pena Individual tickets cost $100 and raffle tickets are $100 tables for eight can be reserved starting at $1250 Tickets are available through a link at landagardensorgblog Landa Library and Gardens are at 233 Bushnell Ave

ldquofantastic mr foXrdquo Opera San Antonio helps open the Tobin Centerrsquos Carlos Alvarez

Studio with this much-loved family-

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friendly comic opera by Roald Dahl The Childrenrsquos Chorus of San Antonio will perform between acts Shows are at 730 pm except for Sept 28 when the curtain goes up at 2 pm For ticket information and purchases call 223-8624 or go to wwwtobitobincenterorg

Historic HomeoWner fair Information products and services related to caring for all

types of older homes will be available at this annual event presented by the cityrsquos Office of Historic Preservation Demonstrations and educational sessions will be offered and an assortment of exhibitors will be available to answer questions as well as information about their products and services The fair runs from 930 am to 3 pm in the Full Goods Building at the Pearl 200 E Grayson St Therersquos no admission cost

race for tHe rescUes This 5K runwalk benefits Snipsa ndash the Spay Neuter Inject Project

of San Antonio ndash which provides spayneuter services and specialized medical care to rescued animals You can participate with your dog too The race starts at the Alamo Heights swimming pool 250 Viesca St Individual competitive runners step off at 8 am runners and walkers with dogs set out two minutes later Registration fees range from $15 to $30 (until race day when it rises to $35) For more go to wwwsnipsaorg and click on the race item to access a registration form

Watersaver landscaPe toUr This annual tour focuses on landscapes that use water

wisely but also feature smart color-filled design and minimal maintenance There will be several representative landscapes in one neighborhood plus a variety of distinctive yards in other parts of town The tour runs from 9 am to 3 pm therersquos no admission cost A list of the

addresses in the tour will be available at wwwwatersaverlandscapetourorg

national nigHt oUtThe annual event held to prevent crime and get

neighbors acquainted with each other returns to San Antonio communities For details important dates registration and more visit httpwwwsanantoniogovSAPDNationalNightOutaspx or check with local police departments

tUesday mUsical clUB The venerable club begins the 92nd season of its Artist Series with

a performance by the ETA3 Trio on flute clarinet and piano On Nov 11 itrsquos organist Christopher Houlihan on Jan 27 pianist Simone Dinnerstein and on March 3 soprano Ava Pine Three of the concerts are at 2 pm at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church 227 W Woodlawn Ave Houlihanrsquos performance will be at 730 pm at Trinity Universityrsquos Margarite B Parker Chapel Tickets are $75 for the season or $25 for individual concerts theyrsquore available through a link on the website wwwsatmcorg or for single tickets at the door

san antonio cHamBer mUsic society The 72nd season of performances

presented by this San Antonio institution opens with the Jerusalem Quartet The rest of the season features Quartetto di Cremona Nov 16 New York Woodwind Quintet Jan 25 St Lawrence String Quartet Feb 22 and Elias Quartet March 29 Performances are at 315 pm at Temple Beth-El 211 Belknap Place Single tickets are $25 season tickets also are available Both can be purchased at wwwsacmsorg and individual tickets are sold at the door

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

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912 blues and brews Jimmie vaughan 7 pm aztec theatre $17$40

913 soul track mind 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $12

916 Prong 7 pm backstage Live $11

917 overkill evil united aggravator metalriser 7 pm backstage Live $21

918 thatrsquos my kind of night Luke bryan 730 pm atampt center $40$75

919 demi Lovato mkto 730 pm atampt center $5163$8369

920 Limp bizkit machine Gun kelly 630 pm aztec theatre $35$50

921 tamela mann 6 pm tobin center $25$65

923 Present Past future tour We came as romans for today the color morale Palisades 6 pm White rabbit $17

925 caroline rose 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $7

926 the aquabats emilyrsquos army 6 pm the korova $18

927 the everlasting tour martina mcbride 8 pm majestic theatre $3950$7950

928 marc anthony 7 pm atampt center $6212$20158

930 the corazon tour santana 730 pm tobin center $5950$430

102 Juanes 730 pm tobin center $4450$9850

103 del castillo 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $15

105 broken bells 7 pm aztec theatre $36

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LOWDOWn continues from pg 10

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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5 Tips to Increase Your Homersquos ValueIncreasing your homersquos value is easier than you might think Follow these time-tested tips from your real estate experts and realize the gains when you go to sell Budget and the Remodel When thinking of remodeling keep the changes in line with either the characteristics of the original property or bring in a new style completely but plan and budget ahead of time with your contractor Regular Maintenance The wheels come off the wagon for many property owners by not recognizing early enough that the paint around the door jams is peeling or the roof is in need of some attention A lot of money can be saved by not letting minor issues turn into big ticket items Street Impressions Also known as ldquoCurb Appealrdquo Many property owners only spruce up when putting their property on the market however many buyers are now looking at homes through such sites as Google Earth and we can only guess when that picture was taken Today matters just as much as tomorrow when it comes to buyersrsquo eyes As always the Kitchens and Baths For the past 50 years and for the next 50 years the kitchens and baths will be the two most important areas for buyers inside your home When sprucing up and renovating pay special attention to these areas Lighting and Mood Whether yoursquore considering selling your home or yoursquore just looking to create a feel-good environment for you and your family changing out harsh overhead lighting with softer light sources from different areas throughout a room can make a huge difference in your home Use corner lamps upward floor lighting and indirect lighting from behind furniture to set the mood For more ideas or to get a free home selling consultation contact Gina Candelario or Michael Berger licensed real estate agents with Kuper Sothebyrsquos International Realty

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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20 september 2014

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

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at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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san antonio UrBan Pet marKet Vendors of pet products and services adoptions

dog-agility demonstrations and food trucks for the humans are all part of this free monthly event at Travis Park East Travis and Navarro streets downtown It runs from 10 am to 2 pm and offers plenty of pet information as well as shopping and all proceeds go to animal-rescue groups It takes place the third Saturday of the month except for September when itrsquos on the second Saturday For more go to httpsa-urbanpetmarketcom

teJano rancHing family day On the eve of Hispanic Heritage Month the Institute

of Texan Cultures offers a look at the indelible impact of Tejanos on Texas ranching There will be vaqueros plus examples of the distinctive cooking and music of Tejano ranch folk There is no admission cost for this Second Sunday

event which runs from noon to 5 pm The Institute is at 801 E Cesar Chavez Blvd

olmos ParK The City Council meets 6 pm in City Hall 120 W El Prado Drive

alamo HeigHts indePendent scHool district The board meets 7 pm in the board

room of Central Office 7101 Broadway

rancH cHic fasHion sHoW The American Cancer Society will present a show ndash with the

help of Wrangler Cavenderrsquos and jeweler Kendra Scott ndash featuring Western-themed clothing modeled by cancer survivors The event is from 630 to 9 pm at the Rosenberg Sky Room 847 E Hildebrand Ave on the University of the Incarnate Word campus Individual tickets are $75 a row of 10 seats is $800 To reserve a seat contact Renee Silber at 595-0249 or reneesilbercancerorg

ldquotWo Women looK Westrdquo This exhibit at the Witte Museum is subtitled ldquoPhotographs of

King Ranch by Helen C Kleberg and Toni Frissellrdquo which lets you know it will have an insiderrsquos viewpoint Kleberg and her husband Robert ran the ranch and

Frissell was a well-known New York fashion photographer in the 1930s and rsquo40s More than 50 photos of ranch life during that era will be on display along with items owned by the Klebergs in the Russell Hill Rogers Texas Art Gallery at the Robert J and Helen C Kleberg South Texas Heritage Center Admission to the museum 3801 Broadway ranges from $7 to $10

taste of tHe HeigHts The annual fundraiser presented by the Alamo Heights Chamber

of Commerce runs from 7 to 10 pm at the Witte Museum 3801 Broadway Silent auctions for various goods and services will supplement the main entertainment food from an array of San Antonio restaurants Part of the proceeds will benefit the Witte and Morganrsquos Wonderland Advance tickets cost $50 which includes valet parking They can be purchased through a link at wwwtasteoftheheightscom

viva Havana Musical Bridges Around the World presents Viva Havana an evening of

Cuban cuisine salsa Cuba libres and a special performance Attire is Cuban chic or cocktail The proceeds benefit the nonprofitrsquos outreach program Kids to Concerts The event which is at the Tobin Center for the

Performing Arts 100 Auditorium Circle starts at 7 pm with a cocktail hour and silent auction performance and dinner at 8 pm and dessert coffee and Latin dancing at 9 pm A VIP reception is 6 pm Admission is $250 per person and sponsorships are available For more visit wwwmusicalbridgesorg or call 464-1534

landa nigHts The gardens around the Landa Branch Library are the setting for this

annual event raising funds to maintain the lovely site The party which runs from 630 to 1030 pm will feature dancing and a raffle Dinner will be provided by The Monterey with some all-star support chef Andrew Weissman Biga on the Banks and Bakery Lorraine plus noted bartender Jeret Pena Individual tickets cost $100 and raffle tickets are $100 tables for eight can be reserved starting at $1250 Tickets are available through a link at landagardensorgblog Landa Library and Gardens are at 233 Bushnell Ave

ldquofantastic mr foXrdquo Opera San Antonio helps open the Tobin Centerrsquos Carlos Alvarez

Studio with this much-loved family-

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friendly comic opera by Roald Dahl The Childrenrsquos Chorus of San Antonio will perform between acts Shows are at 730 pm except for Sept 28 when the curtain goes up at 2 pm For ticket information and purchases call 223-8624 or go to wwwtobitobincenterorg

Historic HomeoWner fair Information products and services related to caring for all

types of older homes will be available at this annual event presented by the cityrsquos Office of Historic Preservation Demonstrations and educational sessions will be offered and an assortment of exhibitors will be available to answer questions as well as information about their products and services The fair runs from 930 am to 3 pm in the Full Goods Building at the Pearl 200 E Grayson St Therersquos no admission cost

race for tHe rescUes This 5K runwalk benefits Snipsa ndash the Spay Neuter Inject Project

of San Antonio ndash which provides spayneuter services and specialized medical care to rescued animals You can participate with your dog too The race starts at the Alamo Heights swimming pool 250 Viesca St Individual competitive runners step off at 8 am runners and walkers with dogs set out two minutes later Registration fees range from $15 to $30 (until race day when it rises to $35) For more go to wwwsnipsaorg and click on the race item to access a registration form

Watersaver landscaPe toUr This annual tour focuses on landscapes that use water

wisely but also feature smart color-filled design and minimal maintenance There will be several representative landscapes in one neighborhood plus a variety of distinctive yards in other parts of town The tour runs from 9 am to 3 pm therersquos no admission cost A list of the

addresses in the tour will be available at wwwwatersaverlandscapetourorg

national nigHt oUtThe annual event held to prevent crime and get

neighbors acquainted with each other returns to San Antonio communities For details important dates registration and more visit httpwwwsanantoniogovSAPDNationalNightOutaspx or check with local police departments

tUesday mUsical clUB The venerable club begins the 92nd season of its Artist Series with

a performance by the ETA3 Trio on flute clarinet and piano On Nov 11 itrsquos organist Christopher Houlihan on Jan 27 pianist Simone Dinnerstein and on March 3 soprano Ava Pine Three of the concerts are at 2 pm at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church 227 W Woodlawn Ave Houlihanrsquos performance will be at 730 pm at Trinity Universityrsquos Margarite B Parker Chapel Tickets are $75 for the season or $25 for individual concerts theyrsquore available through a link on the website wwwsatmcorg or for single tickets at the door

san antonio cHamBer mUsic society The 72nd season of performances

presented by this San Antonio institution opens with the Jerusalem Quartet The rest of the season features Quartetto di Cremona Nov 16 New York Woodwind Quintet Jan 25 St Lawrence String Quartet Feb 22 and Elias Quartet March 29 Performances are at 315 pm at Temple Beth-El 211 Belknap Place Single tickets are $25 season tickets also are available Both can be purchased at wwwsacmsorg and individual tickets are sold at the door

sUBmitting events Email all the details along with your contact information two months in advance to tipssalocallowdowncom

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An Evening of Fine Art and Elegant Jazzbenefiting the Connections community outreach programs

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Thursday September 18 700 ~ 1000 pm

CHRISTUS Heritage Hall 4707 Broadway

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Tickets cost $50 or two for $90 Business AttireFor information or tickets contact Roland Mazuca atrolandmazucaiwretireorg 2108297561 ext 150

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

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LOWDOWn continues on pg 11

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Backstage Live 1305 e Houston st 689-2856

Majestic Theatre 224 e Houston st 226-5700

samrsquos Burger Joint 330 e grayson st 223-2830

The Korova 107 e Martin st 995-7229

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96 siempre san antonio nina diaz Lonely Horse david Garza 7 pm tobin center free

910 vikki carr with mariachi cobre 730 pm tobin center $2950$7950

911 Lisa morales 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $12

912 blues and brews Jimmie vaughan 7 pm aztec theatre $17$40

913 soul track mind 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $12

916 Prong 7 pm backstage Live $11

917 overkill evil united aggravator metalriser 7 pm backstage Live $21

918 thatrsquos my kind of night Luke bryan 730 pm atampt center $40$75

919 demi Lovato mkto 730 pm atampt center $5163$8369

920 Limp bizkit machine Gun kelly 630 pm aztec theatre $35$50

921 tamela mann 6 pm tobin center $25$65

923 Present Past future tour We came as romans for today the color morale Palisades 6 pm White rabbit $17

925 caroline rose 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $7

926 the aquabats emilyrsquos army 6 pm the korova $18

927 the everlasting tour martina mcbride 8 pm majestic theatre $3950$7950

928 marc anthony 7 pm atampt center $6212$20158

930 the corazon tour santana 730 pm tobin center $5950$430

102 Juanes 730 pm tobin center $4450$9850

103 del castillo 8 pm samrsquos burger Joint $15

105 broken bells 7 pm aztec theatre $36

106 Zoe 7 pm aztec theatre $32$52

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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ldquoCocktails and Culturerdquo at the Witte Museum made everyone feel like a kid again living out the childhood fantasy of wandering through the museum in darkness with only a flashlight (and not getting in any trouble)

They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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pHaRMaCY continues from pg 01

The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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CaRD TRiCKS continues from pg 01

But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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For more information about these programs please call today orvisit us online at wwwDiabetesHelpSAcom

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IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITrsquoS A WONDERFUL DAY

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

22 september 2014

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

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at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

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friendly comic opera by Roald Dahl The Childrenrsquos Chorus of San Antonio will perform between acts Shows are at 730 pm except for Sept 28 when the curtain goes up at 2 pm For ticket information and purchases call 223-8624 or go to wwwtobitobincenterorg

Historic HomeoWner fair Information products and services related to caring for all

types of older homes will be available at this annual event presented by the cityrsquos Office of Historic Preservation Demonstrations and educational sessions will be offered and an assortment of exhibitors will be available to answer questions as well as information about their products and services The fair runs from 930 am to 3 pm in the Full Goods Building at the Pearl 200 E Grayson St Therersquos no admission cost

race for tHe rescUes This 5K runwalk benefits Snipsa ndash the Spay Neuter Inject Project

of San Antonio ndash which provides spayneuter services and specialized medical care to rescued animals You can participate with your dog too The race starts at the Alamo Heights swimming pool 250 Viesca St Individual competitive runners step off at 8 am runners and walkers with dogs set out two minutes later Registration fees range from $15 to $30 (until race day when it rises to $35) For more go to wwwsnipsaorg and click on the race item to access a registration form

Watersaver landscaPe toUr This annual tour focuses on landscapes that use water

wisely but also feature smart color-filled design and minimal maintenance There will be several representative landscapes in one neighborhood plus a variety of distinctive yards in other parts of town The tour runs from 9 am to 3 pm therersquos no admission cost A list of the

addresses in the tour will be available at wwwwatersaverlandscapetourorg

national nigHt oUtThe annual event held to prevent crime and get

neighbors acquainted with each other returns to San Antonio communities For details important dates registration and more visit httpwwwsanantoniogovSAPDNationalNightOutaspx or check with local police departments

tUesday mUsical clUB The venerable club begins the 92nd season of its Artist Series with

a performance by the ETA3 Trio on flute clarinet and piano On Nov 11 itrsquos organist Christopher Houlihan on Jan 27 pianist Simone Dinnerstein and on March 3 soprano Ava Pine Three of the concerts are at 2 pm at Laurel Heights United Methodist Church 227 W Woodlawn Ave Houlihanrsquos performance will be at 730 pm at Trinity Universityrsquos Margarite B Parker Chapel Tickets are $75 for the season or $25 for individual concerts theyrsquore available through a link on the website wwwsatmcorg or for single tickets at the door

san antonio cHamBer mUsic society The 72nd season of performances

presented by this San Antonio institution opens with the Jerusalem Quartet The rest of the season features Quartetto di Cremona Nov 16 New York Woodwind Quintet Jan 25 St Lawrence String Quartet Feb 22 and Elias Quartet March 29 Performances are at 315 pm at Temple Beth-El 211 Belknap Place Single tickets are $25 season tickets also are available Both can be purchased at wwwsacmsorg and individual tickets are sold at the door

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An Evening of Fine Art and Elegant Jazzbenefiting the Connections community outreach programs

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Tickets cost $50 or two for $90 Business AttireFor information or tickets contact Roland Mazuca atrolandmazucaiwretireorg 2108297561 ext 150

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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6

47

2

10 september 2014

(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

LOWDOWn continues from pg 09

LOWDOWn continues on pg 11

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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neiman marcUs fall fasHion sHoW cocKtail amp cUltUre at tHe Witte mUseUmsama HaPPy HoUr

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mel laracey (left) and gretchen rose

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Hayley and Bill cleary (left) lonnie Koehl nick schott Jan and Briar Koehl

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ldquoCocktails and Culturerdquo at the Witte Museum made everyone feel like a kid again living out the childhood fantasy of wandering through the museum in darkness with only a flashlight (and not getting in any trouble)

They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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They say itrsquos never too late to have a happy childhood

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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Enjoy an evening of fabulous music cocktails heavy hors drsquooeuvres a silent auction with a large selection of fine art Listen to the elegant sounds of upright bass and piano provided by the dynamic father and son duo George and Aaron Ellington Prado

1 grayson st eatery 521 E Grayson St is now open for lunch and dinner Converted from a 1940s-era duplex used by military families into a Texas bistro the restaurant located not far from the former Pearl Brewery features Southwestern-themed plates and ldquocomfort foodrdquo the owners said The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday For more call 437-0138 or visit wwwgraysoneaterycom (See story on page 24)

2 la fonda alamo HeigHts 8633 Crownhill Blvd rises again in this latest incarnation of the Tex-Mex restaurant The original opened in 1958 in the Stewart Center in Alamo Heights then moved to the Sunset Ridge shopping center before closing March 31 Resurrected by the Hasslocher family owners of Frontier Enterprises

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47

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(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

LOWDOWn continues from pg 09

LOWDOWn continues on pg 11

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

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at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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(which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) the new version occupies the former Raffles Longtime bartender Juan Romero and manager Bill Sheridan have come back and no major changes are planned for the menu the management said Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 824-4231 or visit httpwwwlafondaalamoheightscom (See story on page 25)

3 mana HoUse 1160 E Commerce St Suite 100 is a new art gallery debuting in Sunset Station just east of downtown According to a release ldquomanardquo is a Hawaiian word suggesting ldquoa life energy that flows through all things empowering an individual and thus the community at largerdquo In addition to art exhibitions the gallery offers yoga wellness workshops story times and music Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday but vary on the weekends because of special events For more call 518-321-3906 visit wwwfindyourmanacom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomfindyourmana (See story on page 22)

4 KoKo fitclUB alamo HeigHts 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 recently opened

its doors in The Shops at Lincoln Heights Trainers say the digital gym is ldquothe first health club that uses technology to bring strength training cardio exercise and nutrition planning together in one placerdquo According to a blurb on the Facebook page ldquoKokorsquos cardio and strength machines know your body and guide you more skillfully than a human personal trainerrdquo The center is open 24 hours for members There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday For more call 776-7773 or visit httpalamoheightskokofitclubcom (See story on page 23)

5 mission ortHodontics 156 W Sunset Road Suite 100 is now open and offers ldquofriendly and relaxed orthodontic care that will put you at ease while delivering the highest level of professional work possiblehellip (to) achieve and maintain a healthy aesthetic smilerdquo A complimentary consultation for Invisalign or other braces is also available Hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday For more call 822-7797 check out wwwmissionorthodonticscom or visit wwwfacebookcommissionorthodontics

6 sHe BUys HoUses casH 4801 Broadway is a woman-run real estate investment firm located in Alamo Heights

that pays cash for houses and offers a fast closing without Realtor commissions selling fees or hassles according to owner Kim Joppie ldquoWe buy property lsquoas-isrsquo so no clean-out is required The people we typically help are those with distressed property they want to get rid of fast tired landlords folks being relocated (especially military families) those going through divorce foreclosure or who have inherited a homerdquo she said She Buys Houses Cash can make a cash offer on a house within 24 hours and can close in seven days Joppie says Hours are by appointment For more call 254-4790 visit httpwwwshebuyshousescashcom or go to httpswwwfacebookcomshebuyshousescash

7 mencHiersquos froZen yogUrts 999 E Basse Road Suite 177 plans an October grand opening in The Shops at Lincoln Heights The storersquos mission statement is ldquoWe make you smilerdquo and it offers frozen yogurt in more than 100 flavors and 70 fresh toppings Hours are 11 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 11 pm Friday and Saturday For more visit httpwwwmenchiescom or httpswwwfacebookcommenchiestheshopsatlincolnheights

in otHer neWsresidents in alamo HeigHts Will

receive only one statement for all their taxes this year which will be mailed out by the Bexar County Tax Assessors Office According to a newsletter Alamo Heights asked Bexar County to collect the cityrsquos property taxes to save money and create convenience The county already contracts with the Alamo Heights school district to do the same thing city officials said Advantages to the new system according to officials include a single check for all taxes paying by mail telephone online and using a debit or a credit card online tax information for residents and title companies and the availability of online or e-statements Residents can visit httphomebexarorgtax starting Oct 1 for more information Questions also can be directed to Cynthia Barr the cityrsquos finance director at 882-1502 or email cbarralamoheightstxgov

officials Unveiled sWeePing cHanges to alamo stadiUm 110 Tuleta Drive during a rededication of the 74-year-old facility on Aug 16 The stadium and the adjacent Convocation Center which reopened in January received $35 million as part of a San Antonio Independent School District bond issue in 2010 to fund the renovations Overall work included the restrooms locker rooms concession areas press box

LOWDOWn continues from pg 09

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926 the aquabats emilyrsquos army 6 pm the korova $18

927 the everlasting tour martina mcbride 8 pm majestic theatre $3950$7950

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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ldquoCocktails and Culturerdquo at the Witte Museum made everyone feel like a kid again living out the childhood fantasy of wandering through the museum in darkness with only a flashlight (and not getting in any trouble)

They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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They say itrsquos never too late to have a happy childhood

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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5 Tips to Increase Your Homersquos ValueIncreasing your homersquos value is easier than you might think Follow these time-tested tips from your real estate experts and realize the gains when you go to sell Budget and the Remodel When thinking of remodeling keep the changes in line with either the characteristics of the original property or bring in a new style completely but plan and budget ahead of time with your contractor Regular Maintenance The wheels come off the wagon for many property owners by not recognizing early enough that the paint around the door jams is peeling or the roof is in need of some attention A lot of money can be saved by not letting minor issues turn into big ticket items Street Impressions Also known as ldquoCurb Appealrdquo Many property owners only spruce up when putting their property on the market however many buyers are now looking at homes through such sites as Google Earth and we can only guess when that picture was taken Today matters just as much as tomorrow when it comes to buyersrsquo eyes As always the Kitchens and Baths For the past 50 years and for the next 50 years the kitchens and baths will be the two most important areas for buyers inside your home When sprucing up and renovating pay special attention to these areas Lighting and Mood Whether yoursquore considering selling your home or yoursquore just looking to create a feel-good environment for you and your family changing out harsh overhead lighting with softer light sources from different areas throughout a room can make a huge difference in your home Use corner lamps upward floor lighting and indirect lighting from behind furniture to set the mood For more ideas or to get a free home selling consultation contact Gina Candelario or Michael Berger licensed real estate agents with Kuper Sothebyrsquos International Realty

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

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Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

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Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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play areas seating storage sports lighting sound systems and security infrastructure (electrical and plumbing) storm drains sidewalks parking stone wall lighting landscaping and irrigation and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant access including an elevator to accommodate wheelchair use Officials said the turf for the first time has been striped for soccer games and a digital scoreboard similar to those at Division I universities has been added

terrell Hills firefigHters Have a neW fire engine that debuted during the annual Fourth of July Parade The vehicle manufactured by the Sutphen Corp replaces a Pearce Ford fire engine the city relied upon for 23 years ldquoThe new apparatus brings with it enhanced firefighting capabilities as well as numerous new safety features to protect our firefightersrdquo according to a statement from the city

tHree neW firefigHtersParamedics have joined the Alamo Heights Fire Department Nicholas Metcalf Samuel Wieland and Christopher Thompson

olmos ParK residents are Being laUded for coordinating tree-trimming

projects with the Public Works Department to keep low-hanging boughs from being a hazard to traffic and utility crews Residents who want to know if their tree limbs need to be cut back can call the city at 824-3281

several alamo HeigHts city emPloyees received honors during the recent Texas City Management Association convention in Galveston City Manager Mark Browne was recognized as the outgoing TCMA Region 8 board representative Information Services Manager Marian Vargas received the Barney L Knight Texas Certified Public Manager Scholarship and Community Development ServicesInterim Director David Harris was recognized as the outgoing TCMA board vice president

trinity Professor david H HoUgH received tHe astronomical leagUe aWard during a recent national convention in San Antonio The award recognizes his contributions to the field including a 33-year study of a quasar in the constellation of Cancer also known as the Crab According to a Trinity spokeswoman ldquoHough is a longtime mentor to the Leaguersquos National Young Astronomer program and has judged research papers and projects of high school students while also sharing a love for astronomy with amateursrdquo

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They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

And Barbie herself would turn green with envy (the new go-to color by the

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

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Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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ldquoCocktails and Culturerdquo at the Witte Museum made everyone feel like a kid again living out the childhood fantasy of wandering through the museum in darkness with only a flashlight (and not getting in any trouble)

They even added some enticing adult touches such as a glass of wine and fancy hors drsquooeuvres

The childlike mayhem continued at the San Antonio Museum of Art for Second Friday Happy Hour where anyone left in town on Friday evening gathered at the sculpture garden to play with friends enjoy snacks and cold beverages listen to live music stroll among the priceless art and generally feel happy to be alive

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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aHiSD continues from pg 01

Though several parents said the districtrsquos first-time requirement to enroll kids online left them frustrated school officials countered that most of AHISDs 4750 pupils were registered by Aug 25

ldquoWe knew there would be problems and we found some as our parents began to register their childrenrdquo said Superintendent Kevin Brown ldquoSome had difficulty scanning their proof of district residency documents into the system Others were confused by the way some of

Superintendent process confused some parents

the registration questions were wordedrdquoBrown pledged those issues will

be fixed when students register for the 2015-16 academic year

Maritza Weiss who has four children enrolled in the district said it took her several tries to get one of her youngsters registered

ldquoFor some reason she wasnrsquot in the systemrdquo Weiss said

In the end she took the advice school administrators had sent parents about the new registration system ldquoIf you are having problems go to your school and office staff will gladly help you complete the registrationrdquo Which they did in her case

One parent of a senior who asked that her name not be used was not happy

She said ldquoIt took me three days to get my daughter registered And that made no sense to me Wersquove been in the district since kindergarten and I never had a problem registering her beforerdquo

Other parents complained they did not receive notice of the new system until a couple of weeks before the start of school adding that it took several tries to get their children enrolled

But overall Brown said registration proceeded with few major problems

He said the district adopted the

aHiSD continues on pg 14

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Though the fuss doesnrsquot compare to the troubled rollout

of Obamacare Alamo Heights Independent School District officials promise that online registration will go smoother next time after some parents complained about the new process

14 september 2014

aHiSD continues from pg 13

new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

signing into the system because they did not have their home-access password

But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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5 Tips to Increase Your Homersquos ValueIncreasing your homersquos value is easier than you might think Follow these time-tested tips from your real estate experts and realize the gains when you go to sell Budget and the Remodel When thinking of remodeling keep the changes in line with either the characteristics of the original property or bring in a new style completely but plan and budget ahead of time with your contractor Regular Maintenance The wheels come off the wagon for many property owners by not recognizing early enough that the paint around the door jams is peeling or the roof is in need of some attention A lot of money can be saved by not letting minor issues turn into big ticket items Street Impressions Also known as ldquoCurb Appealrdquo Many property owners only spruce up when putting their property on the market however many buyers are now looking at homes through such sites as Google Earth and we can only guess when that picture was taken Today matters just as much as tomorrow when it comes to buyersrsquo eyes As always the Kitchens and Baths For the past 50 years and for the next 50 years the kitchens and baths will be the two most important areas for buyers inside your home When sprucing up and renovating pay special attention to these areas Lighting and Mood Whether yoursquore considering selling your home or yoursquore just looking to create a feel-good environment for you and your family changing out harsh overhead lighting with softer light sources from different areas throughout a room can make a huge difference in your home Use corner lamps upward floor lighting and indirect lighting from behind furniture to set the mood For more ideas or to get a free home selling consultation contact Gina Candelario or Michael Berger licensed real estate agents with Kuper Sothebyrsquos International Realty

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITrsquoS A WONDERFUL DAY

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

22 september 2014

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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new computerized system in response to numerous requests from parents to streamline registration

ldquoMany parents told us they were tired of filling out the same forms year after year and they asked us to consider a computer-based registration systemrdquo Brown said

The district selected eSchoolPLUS which also manages student registration for a number of other schools in Texas

Brown said the district began sending notices about the new system to parents last May There also were weekly notices

Even the Alamo Heights Parent Teacher Student Organization sent emails to parents with a tongue-in-cheek reminder

ldquoIf you donrsquot get these forms submitted electronically or send hard copies with your student on Prep Day the admin staff will hunt you down Wersquore not kidding Theyrsquoll be calling you Your student will be calling you Yoursquoll get a bunch of text messages from your student all in lower case and no punctuation with an accusatory tone Itrsquoll be awful and your kid will be frustrated and yoursquoll be frustrated and it will make for a terrible dayrdquo

But the note also added a ray of hope ldquoDonrsquot wait If you still have trouble you can stop by the school office and pick up the forms that you need The

office staff is happy to help yourdquoThe flurry of emails from the district and

the PTSO resulted in a flood of parents trying to log on to the system with a predictable result ndash it bogged down officials said

In fact the district posted a notice on the registration website telling parents ldquoOnline registration is periodically running very slowly due to a problem with the vendorrsquos system If you are experiencing difficulty please try later Thank you for your patiencerdquo

However other parents reported few if any problems with the computerized registration

ldquoPersonally it was pretty simple for me This sure beats filling out those forms by hand year after yearrdquo said Debi Flume whose son Ray attends Alamo Heights Junior School and whose daughter Faith is a freshman at Alamo Heights High School

The best part ldquoWhen you open your account

all your info is thererdquo she saidBrown said some parents had difficulty

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But the password is easily recovered through a prompt on the sign-in page which helps people who may have forgotten their password or user name the superintendent said

Once parents got that straightened out registration went smoothly Brown added

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITrsquoS A WONDERFUL DAY

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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The site is at Ellwood Avenue and Austin Highway where last year a major apartment and retail complex was planned until the developers pulled out after a public outcry

But Richard Peacock Jr speaking on behalf of Broadway Ellwood Co mdash the group that owns the parcel mdash said new plans for the site could be unveiled as soon as this fall

ldquoWe are beginning to narrow down the proposed uses for our site to those that we feel meet (our) criteria with the intention of presenting something to the community in the early fallrdquo Peacock said in an email

The strip of land includes an old apartment building and three vacant homes

ldquoThe owners have received a permit for demolition of the propertyrdquo said City Manager Mark Browne ldquoI do not know when they plan to demolish That is all we have at this pointrdquo

Peacock said the existing properties could be razed or sold in September

ldquoIn the meantime we also continue to work to demolish the existing apartment structures and hopefully donate or sell the existing homes mdash a process we anticipate completing by the end of Septemberrdquo Peacock said ldquoWe remain optimistic that we will be able to present a redevelopment proposal that will be enthusiastically received by the community in which we all liverdquo

More than a year ago a vision for the site included the construction of the ambitious Alamo Heights Gateway project

Alamo Manhattan a Dallas-based development company had planned to build the six-story 220-unit luxury apartment complex on that the property mdash close to Broadway and Austin Highway mdash at an estimated cost of $30 million

Many residents objected to the size of the complex while others claimed it would give the city an economic shot in the arm by attracting more retail outlets to Alamo Heights

But as the objections mounted the

Developers want to make project acceptable to communityby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Now that the controversy over an aborted retail-and-

residential complex is months in the past new plans to develop a 17-acre parcel in the heart of the city could be revealed soon officials said

firm later terminated its contract with Broadway Ellwood Co after the City Council voted to limit and scale down the apartment complex to four stories and 120 units according to officials

ldquoWe did come up with (a special-use permit) that we thought would be tolerable to the city but in the end it was not suited for them (Alamo Manhattan) so they declined to take what we wanted and they canceled their contractrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper

He recalled how much the issue one of the most controversial in decades for Alamo Heights divided the community

ldquoIt was really splitrdquo Cooper said ldquoThere were a lot of people who really encouraged the new development there They werenrsquot really specific whether it was apartments or retail or if it was offices They just wanted to see something happen And then there was another group of people who really didnrsquot want to see anything happen so it was split between those two groupsrdquo

Officials with Broadway Ellwood Co have publicly released updates over the course of the year They are reassessing their options and are in discussions with various stakeholders as to the best way to move forward according to property co-owner Peacock

He said the owners of the property want to see it redeveloped into something special that is worthy of the Alamo Heights community containing the key elements of quality architecture a use that is beneficial to Alamo Heights and one that also has economic viability

ldquoSince terminating our contract of sale with the previous purchaserdeveloper this past spring we have received numerous inquiries from parties interested in our siterdquo Peacock said in the email ldquoWe have taken the necessary time over the summer to carefully evaluate not only the various proposed uses but also the entities behind each proposal

ldquoAs we have vetted the various proposals we have to do so in light of our determination to see that any redevelopment meets our three previously stated objectivesrdquo he added

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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CaRD TRiCKS continues from pg 01

But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

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Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

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at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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The pharmacy would be built on land owned by the University of the Incarnate Word at the site of the Kathleen Martin Enrollment Center an admissions building at 4600 Broadway

However a provision in the city code from 2010 disallows any new drive-thrus in Alamo Heights which means the developers would have to apply for a special-use permit followed by City Council approval

ldquoRight now there is an interest in the applicant to have a drive-thrurdquo said David Harris interim director of the Community

Zoning changes request for a drive-thru on the tableby bain serna

ALAMO HEIGHTS mdash Plans for a new CVS retail-pharmacy store are

moving ahead but the proposed building will have to reflect the cityrsquos architecture and a request for a drive-thru is still up in the air

Development Services Department ldquoThere may also be an interest with the City Council and (Architectural Review Board) to allow for something like that The Planning and Zoning Commission even stated that they wanted to allow them the opportunity to

at least allow them to apply for onerdquo Meanwhile contract negotiations are

under way for the purchase of the property between CVS representatives and the UIW

Discussions for the past two months involving the council the ARB the university and CVS have ranged from the outer aesthetics of the store to where the building will sit on the property

During the July 28 regular council meeting city leaders tabled the matter to review the project

ldquoWe had a joint meeting with the ARB which was absolutely wonderful because it allowed the City Council to hear from the ARB and their thoughts on the proposed CVS buildingrdquo said Place 1 Councilman Bobby Hasslocher of the Aug 5 joint session ldquoWe hammered out some issues such as the placement of the building what we would prefer to see not what we insist but what we prefer to see The typical CVS building the big block building we didnrsquot care much for We wanted them to look at a different form of architecture that blends in more with Alamo Heightsrdquo

According to Hasslocher the building shouldnrsquot resemble a standard CVS pharmacy

ldquoCVS was very open-minded and wanted to build something to make the Alamo Heights community happyrdquo said Mayor Louis Cooper ldquoThey wanted to start

somewhere so they gave a drawing of one of their standard stores We want to have the ability to build a special or unique type of CVS but definitely not the lsquocookie-cutterrsquo one that they submitted to us earlierrdquo

So far CVS appears willing to work with the city officials said

ldquoThey are planning to submit a new proposed store design a building that is front-loaded and that is flush out against Broadwayrdquo Harris said

Another issue on the table is a possible zoning change for a rear lot on the property from parking to a B-1 business zone to make the entire parcel mdash which contains four small lots mdash zoned for a business district

The B-1 designation allows for pharmacies

ldquoThe property theyrsquore looking to purchase is made up of four smaller lots and one of those lots is zoned P for parkingrdquo Harris said ldquoThe rear portion is zoned P and the front (three) parcels are zoned B-1 business district What they were requesting initially was to have the entire parcel zoned a B-1 The original submission they gave us proposed a design that wouldrsquove put the building to the back of the property and that wouldnrsquot be allowable in a P zone so that was the genesis of the requestrdquo

A decision by the council is pending officials said

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cvs Pharmacy is looking at an admissions building owned by the University of the incarnate Word as a site for a new store Photo by rudy B ornelas

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

at long last say merchants the intersection of east Hildebrand and Broadway is fully open again Photo by rudy B ornelas

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

22 september 2014

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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Business owners grateful to persistent customersby eiLeen Pace

Business owners and Mahncke Park residents are breathing a collective

sigh of relief with the reopening of the intersection at Broadway and Hildebrand to two-way traffic after an 18-month construction project

Though the announcement came July 31 it took another couple of weeks and intermittent lane closures for striping concrete work and some landscaping before the lanes returned to normal up and down Broadway and along Hildebrand west of Broadway

For much of the project only the eastbound lanes of Hildebrand remained opened which created headaches for motorists trying to reach US 281 They had to take a long detour through Brackenridge Park

ldquoIrsquom impressed that they (city crews) were able to get the project finished pretty much on schedulerdquo said Jon Lindskog owner of Cheesy Janersquos Burgers which is located south of the intersection

The project to improve drainage and traffic flow on one of the near-North Sidersquos busiest crossroads began early in 2013 with the closure of westbound lanes on Hildebrand from New Braunfels Avenue to the San Antonio River The city shut down lanes on Broadway for varying periods of time allowing crews to add stormwater drains under the intersection Along with the new drainage system crews installed the necessary utilities beneath the street

ReOpeneD continues on pg 18

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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cityrsquos Capital Improvements Management Services said the project finished on time

ldquoIf a project goes over schedule each contract is typically written with a section that allows us to charge damages each day that it goes over Thankfully that wasnrsquot an issue hererdquo Sparks said

After the dust settled new curbs and landscaping had been installed along Broadway new traffic signals were operational and the much-anticipated drainage system was in place The system is designed to channel a 100-year storm event

Lindskog is happy to have that drainage system finished During past floods the water has risen to Cheesy Janersquos parking lot

Though the construction took some time and often meant delays the rewards are worthwhile for motorists and residents such as the neighbors in nearby Mahncke Park city officials said

ldquoResidents now have a drainage system that can handle a 100-year storm event as well as better traffic flow and a beautified areardquo Sparks said ldquoNow that lanes are open theyrsquoll benefit from some additional turn lanes in the intersection bike lanes sidewalks and even new traffic signalsrdquo

Lindskog said his business has returned to pre-construction levels of two summers ago

ldquoIt happened immediatelyrdquo he said ldquoThe street opened on Thursday night and we were immediately busier at Friday lunch the next dayrdquo

Many businesses along Broadway did some hand-wringing over the past 18 months but things now are looking up

ldquoMost businesses were very patient and worked with us to ease any construction-related issues they facedrdquo Sparks said

WashTub manager Leo Sanchez said the car wash had a lot of faithful customers who kept coming despite the detours

Subway manager Tricia Mascorro said the construction did have an impact on her sales but now business is slowly recovering

ldquoItrsquos kind of going slow but itrsquos getting thererdquo she said ldquoItrsquos not like it was before the construction but itrsquos getting thererdquo

Staff in the ATampT building across Broadway kept coming to dine but drivers going south on Broadway were reluctant to cross to the other side of the street while it was torn up Mascorro added

Now she is happy with the new streetldquoIt looks beautiful They

really did a beautiful jobrdquo she said ldquoThe streets are wider

Lindskog is grateful to the patrons who kept coming to his restaurant

ldquoI just want to thank our regular customers who came to us during the construction the ones who found their way to us on the back streets and kept coming all these monthsrdquo he said

ReOpeneD continues from pg 17

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

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ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

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As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

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Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

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more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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But that hasnrsquot stopped Richard Turner 60 a blind man often described as the worldrsquos top card-trick expert whose notable talents will be highlighted in a documentary due out late next year called ldquoDealtrdquo

Turner has also gained plenty of young fans while teaching classes for 12 summers at San Antonio Academy in Monte Vista

ldquoItrsquos a story that just sounds like fiction but itrsquos realrdquo said Luke Korem director of the upcoming documentary which includes segments at the academy ldquoItrsquos important because Richard is extremely inspiring You canrsquot help but be inspired and entertained when yoursquore around himrdquo

Turner born in 1954 or the ldquoyear of the full deckrdquo as he calls it (including jokers

Film should be released by fall 2015by coLLette orquiZ

Seeing the outcome of a card game is never easy especially if your vision is nonexistent

an entire deck has 54 cards) is sometimes billed as a card magician but he considers himself a card mechanic because of the way he manipulates the outcome of the deck

ldquoI could explain what Irsquom doing but itrsquos not how itrsquos being done itrsquos that itrsquos being donerdquo Turner said

This summer was particularly special because Korem and a film crew out of Austin spent time at the academy to capture Turner teaching and joking with his students

ldquoI thought it was really fun and I liked learning all the tricksrdquo said Michaela Vail 12 from Castle Hills ldquoI think itrsquos really good that he does because I feel like he stands for the blind community in generalrdquo

Michaela has been attending Summer at the Academy for the past couple of summers and was invited to be a part of the documentary because of her own sight limitations She was born with a genetic defect called Leberrsquos congenital amaurosis Her father Neal Vail said what vision Michaela does have occurs in the periphery but she can see things up close and very large

Turnerrsquos classes are two and a half hours long and his son Asa 19 has been helping since he was 7 The elder Turner teaches students simple tricks to take home and show their family and friends

While hersquos regaling the kids with anecdotes the one trick he teaches them is the five-dollar or dozen-cookie trick When all is said and done his young

learners are able to trick a friend or family into handing over money and sweets

Itrsquos all in good fun Turner saidldquoPeople enjoy being fooled and

people enjoy fooling people so it works both waysrdquo he added

When Turner is not teaching at the academy he is flying to locations near and far most of the time with his son and wife Kim He is booked for card gigs and motivational speaking events until September 2015

Turner started learning his craft in 1961 while watching the television show ldquoMaverickrdquo featuring James Garner as a Wild West poker-playing cardsharp At the time Turner still had his sight

Because he was the oldest in the family Turner said he felt like he had to win That meant finding ways to make sure he always controlled the outcome of a game

At 9 Turner and his younger sister contracted scarlet fever One day they could see the chalkboard at the school and the next day they couldnrsquot Turner attributes the disease to his loss of sight since there is no history of blindness in his family

Though he is without sight Turner reports an unusual side effect known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome in which

CaRD TRiCKS continues on pg 26

michaela vail (left) who has sight limitations listens to card-trick mechanic richard turner (right) who also is blind during a summer class at san antonio academy Photo by collette orquiz

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For more information about these programs please call today orvisit us online at wwwDiabetesHelpSAcom

20 september 2014

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITrsquoS A WONDERFUL DAY

At Alamo City Medical Group everyone on our dedicated care team takes pride in our preventive care approach and works with you to achieve and maintain your bestpossible health and well-being

Wersquore proud to welcomeBeverly Gutierrez MDto the ACMG Downtown Nix family

Now accepting new patients call 210-225-4810 for an appointment Se habla espantildeol

wwwacmgcom

414 Navarro StSuite 809

San Antonio

Welcome To The Right Relationship

WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

22 september 2014

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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grayson st eatery521 E Grayson St

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Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITrsquoS A WONDERFUL DAY

At Alamo City Medical Group everyone on our dedicated care team takes pride in our preventive care approach and works with you to achieve and maintain your bestpossible health and well-being

Wersquore proud to welcomeBeverly Gutierrez MDto the ACMG Downtown Nix family

Now accepting new patients call 210-225-4810 for an appointment Se habla espantildeol

wwwacmgcom

414 Navarro StSuite 809

San Antonio

Welcome To The Right Relationship

WeinBeRg continues from pg 01

The beautiful old Spanish missions of the Southwest and the stories of the men of faith who established them in the challenging New World have inspired Weinbergrsquos historical mystery novels And the process of writing them has illuminated this Northwood residentrsquos life in surprising ways

Since retiring in 1999 from Trinity University where she chaired the Department of Modern Languages Weinberg has published 10 impeccably researched novels most set in the 18th-century Spanish territories of Texas and New Mexico ldquoApache Lancerdquo ldquoFranciscan Crossrdquo and ldquoSeven Cities of Mudrdquo focus on Franciscan pioneers in San Antonio and New Mexico

A separate four-book series features Fray

by susan yerkes

Curiosity started at very early age

Florence Weinberg is a writer with a mission Make that many missions

Ygnacio Pfefferkorn a real-life German-born Jesuit missionary working in Sonora New Mexico and his return to Europe during the heat of religious struggles in the Catholic church Her most recent book ldquoAnselm a Metamorphosisrdquo delves into fantasy realms And now shersquos hard at work on a new novel about the Alamo

A tall stately woman with a ready smile and piercing intellect Weinberg has spent much of her life in scholarly pursuits Yet the love of nature and wide-open spaces and a rugged athleticism born in childhood bring energy and sparkle to her personality and her work

The only child of two dedicated teachers Weinbergrsquos Depression-era youth was full of challenge and adventure Her father an engineer who worked on a highway from Chicago to El Paso met her mother while involved in the project When the job ended the pair settled in Alamogordo New Mexico where her dad taught high school and her mother was an elementary school teacher Thatrsquos where Weinberg was born in 1933 Her childhood was idyllic though times were hard

ldquoI was my fatherrsquos lsquogal Fridayrsquo ldquo she said ldquoI was big and strong so I helped plant the harvest build fence and bale hayrdquo

By the time she could walk she was riding horses and when she wasnrsquot helping her dad she was exploring the wilderness on foot or in the saddle And even as a toddler she was soaking up all the knowledge her world offered

ldquoI am fascinated by the way Florence grew up with such brilliant parents in such difficult timesrdquo said Linda Shuler a fellow author and former drama coach who has

become one of Weinbergrsquos close friends ldquoI remember her telling me about when she was still almost a baby sitting on the wooden floor of this tiny country schoolhouse way out West while her mother taught classesrdquo

With a passion for language and art and well-read parents Weinberg was always learning and creating She wrote and illustrated her first book ldquoYwain King of All Catsrdquo when she was 3 and started first grade at 4

Her father enlisted in World War II and was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge When he returned home the family moved to a 360-acre farm by a lake in northern Arkansas

ldquoThere was nothing but an abandoned Civil War cabin and a large barn on the propertyrdquo she said ldquoMy father rebuilt the cabin and we lived there without electricity at first and then we had a six-volt system with a generator he created out of an old washing machine Even through my high school years we had no telephonerdquo

As a newcomer to the Ozarks and a tall highly educated teenager Weinberg struggled to make friends in high school and found the key in basketball where she also excelled

Offered a scholarship at Park

northwood author florence Weinberg mdash showing a whimsical side mdash is a former trinity University instructor now working on a novel about the alamo from a tejanas perspective Photo by Josh Huskin

WeinBeRg continues on pg 21

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21

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

22 september 2014

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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KoKo fitclUB999 E BASSE ROAD SUITE 184

For more call 776-7773 or visit alamoheightskokofitclubcom

On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

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TuesdayFFiday

Simple Free ParkingDowntown Tuesday offers FREE parking at downtown

city-operated garages lots and meters on Tuesday

evenings after 5 pm Theyrsquove also partnered with over

70 businesses to provide Tuesday-only

specials including drink discounts free

appetizers and buy one get one deals appetizers and buy one get one deals

Find more at wwwdowntowntuesdaycom

FREE PARKING5 pm to 2 amEvery Tuesday

Some exclusions apply

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24 september 2014

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

grayson st eatery521 E Grayson St

For more call 437-0138 or visit graysoneaterycom

trade

Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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WeinBeRg continues from pg 20

College (now Park University) in Missouri she planned to major in art then focused on languages instead

While working on her masterrsquos degree at the University of Iowa she met Kurt Weinberg a professor 20 years her senior Despite the age difference and the fact he was Jewish while her upbringing was Protestant it was a match made in heaven And although her parents first opposed the marriage they too came to love and accept her husband After the couplersquos move to San Antonio Florence Weinbergrsquos widowed mom eventually came to live in the Alamo City too Weinberg cared for both her husband who had Parkinsonrsquos disease and her mother who suffered a stroke in their last years

ldquoFlorencersquos heart is as big as her mind is brilliantrdquo Shuler said ldquoShe is as loyal and dedicated to her friends as she was to her familyrdquo

Author Bill Stephens another of Weinbergrsquos good friends and a member of her Daedalus Writing Group agreed

She can be counted on both as a friend and as a fellow writer he said

ldquoHer books are not only suspenseful mysteries but compelling historical views of the life and times of the period At her own expense she has spent untold time effort and money traveling the regions where her books are set so readers are transported back in historyrdquo he said

That passion for research brought an unexpected gift to Weinbergrsquos life

Her lifelong interest in theology and religious history inspired an interest in the stories of the Spanish missions When she adapted the life of Pfefferkorn for a series of novels she found herself drawn closer to the Catholic church

ldquoAfter Kurt died and my mother was struggling with her illness I increasingly felt something was missing I felt the need for a church home I found myself drawn to the Catholic apostolic churchrdquo she said

Seeking help from Jesuit scholars to ensure the accuracy of her novels she was led to Our Lady of Guadalupe a small simple church on El Paso Street She was immediately drawn to the atmosphere there and to Associate Pastor James Marshall

ldquoOn my second visit I said lsquoConvert mersquordquo she said Today she is deeply involved with the church as a Eucharistic minister and lector Itrsquos just one more fascinating and unexpected chapter of her life

And as for that book on the Alamo ldquoIt will not be a deification of the Travis-

Bowie-Houston mythologyrdquo Weinberg said ldquoIt will be from a Tejana womanrsquos point of view and will deal with the resentment many Tejanos felt of the whites who came in and usurped their landsrdquo

ldquoThe more blowback the betterrdquo she added with a smile

22 september 2014

BUy localLearn more about newest purveyors of goods and services in your area

mana HoUse1160 E COMMERCE ST

SUITE 100 IN SUNSET STATIONFor more call 518-321-3906 or

check out findyourmanacomor wwwfacebookcomfindyourmana

2106848350wwwhandlingwithcarecom

bplovskysatxrrcom

Contact Barbara for a FREEin-home consultation

Are You A Senior Overwhelmed At the Thought Of Moving

Let Us Help You Make The Transition With Peace Of Mind

WE DO ALL THE WORK FOR YOUbull Plan and facilitate the movebull Sort and pack household itemsbull Unpack amp organize kitchen bath closets computers amp electronicsbull Arrange furniture accessories and hang pictures in the new home bull Arrange for estate sale and charity donation

Enrolling Now for January 2015San Antonio Center8626 Tesoro Drive Suite 112San Antonio Texas 78217(210) 253-3254

your calling

concordiaedusanantonio

DiscoverEarning your MBA fromConcordia University Texas isbull Affordablebull Flexiblebull Convenient

In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

23salocallowdowncom

BUy localLearn more about newest purveyors of goods and services in your area

KoKo fitclUB999 E BASSE ROAD SUITE 184

For more call 776-7773 or visit alamoheightskokofitclubcom

On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

855 E BASSE RD SAN ANTONIO TEXAS 78209

210-930-1040

EMERITUS AT LINCOLN HEIGHTS IS NOW A PROUD MEMBER OF THE BROOKDALE FAMILY

SAME NAME SAME GREAT CARE SAME

LOCATION IN THE HEART OF ALAMO HEIGHTS

Welcome home

TuesdayFFiday

Simple Free ParkingDowntown Tuesday offers FREE parking at downtown

city-operated garages lots and meters on Tuesday

evenings after 5 pm Theyrsquove also partnered with over

70 businesses to provide Tuesday-only

specials including drink discounts free

appetizers and buy one get one deals appetizers and buy one get one deals

Find more at wwwdowntowntuesdaycom

FREE PARKING5 pm to 2 amEvery Tuesday

Some exclusions apply

is the new

24 september 2014

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

grayson st eatery521 E Grayson St

For more call 437-0138 or visit graysoneaterycom

trade

Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

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la fonda alamo HeigHts8633 Crownhill Blvd

For more call 824-4231 or visit lafondaalamoheightscom

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The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

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(855) 755-8734

Wedgwood Senior Apartments is a 55+ Luxury Apartment Community that offers peace of mind in a gated complex We are conveniently located in the Castle Hills neighborhood of San Antonio across from the Park North Shopping Center Alamo Draft House Movie Theater and close to the North Star Mall Quarry Golf Club great restaurants and places of worship ~We offer spacious Studio 1 amp 2 bedroom apartments available in a variety of floor plans ~Housekeeping and meal plan options are available We feature an attractive list of apartment and community amenities as well as several personal care services that are available for our residents to choose from We invite you to come relax by our newly renovated swimming pool relax in our salonspa and socialize with other residents in our movie room and new fitness center For your convenience we also offer an onsite restaurant with a delivery option available and a courtesy shuttle to get you wherever you need to go

WedgwoodApartments013myLTSMailcomwwwWedgwoodTexascom

6701 Blanco RoadSan Antonio Texas 78216

ONE MONTHFREENew renters only

With signed agreement

bull Courtesy patrol provided for buildingbull Fire detector system and emergency alert system in

each apartmentbull On-site service coordinator to assist with supportive

services to enhance standard of livingbull Chapel game room TV room library thrift shop

ballroom laundry room garden patio amp restaurantbull Lunch program available Monday ndash Fridaybull Socials ndash Birthday parties bingo bake amp rummage

sales blood pressure amp blood sugar checks and morebull Government rental assistance available

Granada Homes

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mana HoUse1160 E COMMERCE ST

SUITE 100 IN SUNSET STATIONFor more call 518-321-3906 or

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In what used to be a building to store gunpowder Mana House is lighting a fuse to illuminate an art gallery an office a co-op and a place to hold events

ldquoIt was kind of like the space created the vision which I think sometimes itrsquos the opposite Itrsquos a very unique way of creating a businessrdquo said Emily Reynolds founder of both Mana House and Defining Delicious a food and beverage public relations firm

In the space located at 1160 E Commerce Suite 100 Reynolds has built what she calls a ldquocreative nexusrdquo Mana

lsquoManarsquo means empowerment at Sunset Station gallery

House has huge windows that let in light and also has exposed brick walls instead of the typical white ones seen in mamy galleries

Reynolds is the brains behind Mana House which stems from her love of all things Hawaiian and a desire to create a community filled with art food and ways to make connections Each month subjects inspired by artworks will be celebrated and the artists behind the works will be on hand at the gallery

Mana House had a soft opening Aug 1 with artist Jeannette MacDougall exhibiting her collection ldquoA Change of Sceneryrdquo The topic for August was sustainability and MacDougallrsquos mixed-media paintings and photographs depicted landscapes hidden behind layers of paint and textures to represent distressed environments and a call for conservation

Reynolds described the inaugural opening as a success Guests enjoyed good conversation a jazz band and organic local hors drsquooeuvres she said

ldquoItrsquos not just a gallery in a sense that we just put paintings on the wall and have people walk through Itrsquos art coming to liferdquo Reynolds said

Hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday with varying times for events

Mana is a word for power in Hawaiian but the founder of Mana House

mdash a new art collaborative in Sunset Station mdash has taken the translation a step further to mean empowerment

by coLLette orquiZ

at the soft opening of mana House aug 1 guest aimee avila studies one of the works by featured artist Jeannette macdougall Photo by collette orquiz

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KoKo fitclUB999 E BASSE ROAD SUITE 184

For more call 776-7773 or visit alamoheightskokofitclubcom

On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

855 E BASSE RD SAN ANTONIO TEXAS 78209

210-930-1040

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24 september 2014

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

grayson st eatery521 E Grayson St

For more call 437-0138 or visit graysoneaterycom

trade

Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

25salocallowdowncom

la fonda alamo HeigHts8633 Crownhill Blvd

For more call 824-4231 or visit lafondaalamoheightscom

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

Your One Stop ShopFor All Of Your Cake Candy and Baking NeedsCAKE CLASSES KIDS CAMPS BIRTHDAY PARTIES

Cake DecoratingCake DecoratingClassesClasses

FOLLOW US

210-475-30321010 NW LOOP 410 STE 102

SAN ANTONIO TX 78213

COME AND JOIN US FOR ONE OF OUR

PURCHASE A CLASS AT REGULAR PRICE AND BRING A FRIEND FOR

WWWOVERTHETOPCAKESUPPLIESCOMTHE SAME CLASS

50 OFFLimited spaces availableExpires October 31 2014

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Valid at Castle Hills Jimmyrsquos Egg onlyOffer Expires May 31 2014

SIGN UP TODAY

5 $20 PURCHASE REQUIRED

September 302014January 15 2014

The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

SpecializingIn Hard To Find

PlumbingRepair Parts

Come See Why We Are The Best In San

Antonio

WWWFAUCETPARTS-TXCOMbull HANDLESbull STEMS

bull CARTRIDGESbull FAUCET WASHERS

(210) 733-35831109 FRESNO

20 OFFYOUR NEXT PURCHASE

With this ad

26 september 2014

A Realtor WhoCares About HistoricProperties amp TheirCommunities Rosemary Roessling Sales amp Investment Properties

210336-6621sarose612000yahoocom

Home Team of America John Matte Broker115 W Kings Hwy San Antonio TX 78212

he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

L U X U R Y S E N I O R A P A R T M E N T S

No Deposit or Community FeesCall today for more information

(855) 755-8734

Wedgwood Senior Apartments is a 55+ Luxury Apartment Community that offers peace of mind in a gated complex We are conveniently located in the Castle Hills neighborhood of San Antonio across from the Park North Shopping Center Alamo Draft House Movie Theater and close to the North Star Mall Quarry Golf Club great restaurants and places of worship ~We offer spacious Studio 1 amp 2 bedroom apartments available in a variety of floor plans ~Housekeeping and meal plan options are available We feature an attractive list of apartment and community amenities as well as several personal care services that are available for our residents to choose from We invite you to come relax by our newly renovated swimming pool relax in our salonspa and socialize with other residents in our movie room and new fitness center For your convenience we also offer an onsite restaurant with a delivery option available and a courtesy shuttle to get you wherever you need to go

WedgwoodApartments013myLTSMailcomwwwWedgwoodTexascom

6701 Blanco RoadSan Antonio Texas 78216

ONE MONTHFREENew renters only

With signed agreement

bull Courtesy patrol provided for buildingbull Fire detector system and emergency alert system in

each apartmentbull On-site service coordinator to assist with supportive

services to enhance standard of livingbull Chapel game room TV room library thrift shop

ballroom laundry room garden patio amp restaurantbull Lunch program available Monday ndash Fridaybull Socials ndash Birthday parties bingo bake amp rummage

sales blood pressure amp blood sugar checks and morebull Government rental assistance available

Granada Homes

Efficiencies amp One Bedrooms starting at $335 a month

Granada HomesRetirement Community on the Beautiful San Antonio Riverwalk

with ALL BILLS PAID

311 soutH st mary rsquos stsan antonio tX 78205

210-225-26 45wwwgranadahomesnet

Granada Homes IntroduceshellipRiverwalk Salon

(on Premises)

Men amp Women Haircuts Hair Color Manicures Shellac Solar Nails Spa

Pedicures Eyelashes and Waxing

Mon-Sat 10a-6p 210-227-4743

27

Find

mor

e LO

CAL

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s on

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aloc

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com

LOCA

L D

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Get the kind of clean that only comes

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system delivered by a team of specialists

TheMaidsSAcom

210-822-2526

Referred for a reason

LOOK LIKE A STAR IN YOUR EVERTHING-SHINES-BRIGHTER KITCHEN

New customers only Not valid with

other offers

$35 OFFYOUR FIRST CLEAN

ACCREDITEDBUSINESS

reg

reg

reg

in

SEND YOUR RESUME TOJaselle Luna - Advertising Director

jlunasalocallowdowncom or call 210-338-8842

Attention 09ers

IS HIRING INALAMOHEIGHTS

Competitive Exciting amp Fun CultureSalary Plus Commission bull Benefits bull Opportunity for Growth

NEW CLIENTS

ONLY(COMPLIMENTARY

EXAM FOR ONE PET PER HOUSEHOLD)

Complimentary Exam

TM wwwvitalpetcomQuality medicine in a caring family environment

VITALPET NORTHWOOD ANIMAL HOSPITAL1634 NORTH EAST LOOP 410 SAN ANTONIO TX 78209 | (210) 828-1406

WINK Beauty Bar

Schedule Your Appointment Today Online or by Phone

210-254-9736

1621 N Main St San Antonio TX 78212

w w w w i n k b e a u t y b a r s a c o m

FullHighlights

$70 Reg $85+

With Ad Expires 9302014

PartialHighlights

$60 Reg $70+

With Ad Expires 9302014

BrazilianBlowoutStarting at

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SAN

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BUy localLearn more about newest purveyors of goods and services in your area

KoKo fitclUB999 E BASSE ROAD SUITE 184

For more call 776-7773 or visit alamoheightskokofitclubcom

On Aug 18 Edwards opened Koko FitClub a digital gym franchise that specializes in personal training by computer at 999 E Basse Road Suite 184 in The Shops at Lincoln Heights

ldquoWhat we try to do is take the complicatedness of working out out of the equationrdquo Edwards said ldquoWe help people not only to work out but to stay motivated and on track because we feel like the real thing that makes people successful is consistencyrdquo

Koko FitClub uses smart training

koko FitClub steps it up in The Shops at Lincoln Heightsby coLLette orquiZ

As an English professor and mother of three finding time to work out between teaching

and caring for the children became cumbersome for Leslie Edwards until she discovered a gym concept that takes the guesswork out of exercising

and a 45-minute session equivalent to a 90-minute workout in a spa-like atmosphere Sessions at Koko FitClub are split into two workouts 30-minute strength training and 15 minutes of cardio

Koko Fuel provides a personalized nutrition plan

The name Koko is inspire by a Japanese word that means ldquoindividualrdquo

Adopting a futuristic approach an MP3 smart trainer explains exercises through headphones and guides members on the digital screen A clientrsquos goals and current fitness level and conditioning are entered into the machine to choose the best exercises

ldquoWe understand that people have busy lives and we want to just help them take the questions or the excuses out of the equation not to work outrdquo Edwards said

Fitness instructors are available during

guest walk-in hours to help and answer questions but the gym is open 24 hours seven days a week for members

They are issued a Koko Key which stores their customized workouts and progress

Edwards said she also wants to have healthy meal cooking classes and go hiking on the weekends as part of an effort to build a community inside and outside of the fitness center

There is staff on hand to help with workouts and assist guests from 7 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday and 7 am to 1 pm Friday and Saturday

Koko fitclub is a digital gym where members plug in their Koko key mdash a UsB drive filled with all of their workout information mdash and are guided through their exercise by a computerized trainer Photos by collette orquiz

855 E BASSE RD SAN ANTONIO TEXAS 78209

210-930-1040

EMERITUS AT LINCOLN HEIGHTS IS NOW A PROUD MEMBER OF THE BROOKDALE FAMILY

SAME NAME SAME GREAT CARE SAME

LOCATION IN THE HEART OF ALAMO HEIGHTS

Welcome home

TuesdayFFiday

Simple Free ParkingDowntown Tuesday offers FREE parking at downtown

city-operated garages lots and meters on Tuesday

evenings after 5 pm Theyrsquove also partnered with over

70 businesses to provide Tuesday-only

specials including drink discounts free

appetizers and buy one get one deals appetizers and buy one get one deals

Find more at wwwdowntowntuesdaycom

FREE PARKING5 pm to 2 amEvery Tuesday

Some exclusions apply

is the new

24 september 2014

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

grayson st eatery521 E Grayson St

For more call 437-0138 or visit graysoneaterycom

trade

Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

25salocallowdowncom

la fonda alamo HeigHts8633 Crownhill Blvd

For more call 824-4231 or visit lafondaalamoheightscom

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

Your One Stop ShopFor All Of Your Cake Candy and Baking NeedsCAKE CLASSES KIDS CAMPS BIRTHDAY PARTIES

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SAN ANTONIO TX 78213

COME AND JOIN US FOR ONE OF OUR

PURCHASE A CLASS AT REGULAR PRICE AND BRING A FRIEND FOR

WWWOVERTHETOPCAKESUPPLIESCOMTHE SAME CLASS

50 OFFLimited spaces availableExpires October 31 2014

10 OFFYOUR TOTAL

TEXT CAKETO 51660

Not valid with any other offer

Valid at Castle Hills Jimmyrsquos Egg onlyOffer Expires May 31 2014

SIGN UP TODAY

5 $20 PURCHASE REQUIRED

September 302014January 15 2014

The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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A Realtor WhoCares About HistoricProperties amp TheirCommunities Rosemary Roessling Sales amp Investment Properties

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

L U X U R Y S E N I O R A P A R T M E N T S

No Deposit or Community FeesCall today for more information

(855) 755-8734

Wedgwood Senior Apartments is a 55+ Luxury Apartment Community that offers peace of mind in a gated complex We are conveniently located in the Castle Hills neighborhood of San Antonio across from the Park North Shopping Center Alamo Draft House Movie Theater and close to the North Star Mall Quarry Golf Club great restaurants and places of worship ~We offer spacious Studio 1 amp 2 bedroom apartments available in a variety of floor plans ~Housekeeping and meal plan options are available We feature an attractive list of apartment and community amenities as well as several personal care services that are available for our residents to choose from We invite you to come relax by our newly renovated swimming pool relax in our salonspa and socialize with other residents in our movie room and new fitness center For your convenience we also offer an onsite restaurant with a delivery option available and a courtesy shuttle to get you wherever you need to go

WedgwoodApartments013myLTSMailcomwwwWedgwoodTexascom

6701 Blanco RoadSan Antonio Texas 78216

ONE MONTHFREENew renters only

With signed agreement

bull Courtesy patrol provided for buildingbull Fire detector system and emergency alert system in

each apartmentbull On-site service coordinator to assist with supportive

services to enhance standard of livingbull Chapel game room TV room library thrift shop

ballroom laundry room garden patio amp restaurantbull Lunch program available Monday ndash Fridaybull Socials ndash Birthday parties bingo bake amp rummage

sales blood pressure amp blood sugar checks and morebull Government rental assistance available

Granada Homes

Efficiencies amp One Bedrooms starting at $335 a month

Granada HomesRetirement Community on the Beautiful San Antonio Riverwalk

with ALL BILLS PAID

311 soutH st mary rsquos stsan antonio tX 78205

210-225-26 45wwwgranadahomesnet

Granada Homes IntroduceshellipRiverwalk Salon

(on Premises)

Men amp Women Haircuts Hair Color Manicures Shellac Solar Nails Spa

Pedicures Eyelashes and Waxing

Mon-Sat 10a-6p 210-227-4743

27

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e LO

CAL

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Get the kind of clean that only comes

from a unique 22-step deep cleaning

system delivered by a team of specialists

TheMaidsSAcom

210-822-2526

Referred for a reason

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New customers only Not valid with

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Attention 09ers

IS HIRING INALAMOHEIGHTS

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NEW CLIENTS

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EXAM FOR ONE PET PER HOUSEHOLD)

Complimentary Exam

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VITALPET NORTHWOOD ANIMAL HOSPITAL1634 NORTH EAST LOOP 410 SAN ANTONIO TX 78209 | (210) 828-1406

WINK Beauty Bar

Schedule Your Appointment Today Online or by Phone

210-254-9736

1621 N Main St San Antonio TX 78212

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BrazilianBlowoutStarting at

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24 september 2014

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

grayson st eatery521 E Grayson St

For more call 437-0138 or visit graysoneaterycom

trade

Grayson St Eatery 521 E Grayson St just off a revived Broadway and near the Pearl serves up a dash of art along with fresh foods robust wine and beer Live music will be offered when cooler weather arrives

Restaurateur Oscar Montiel said he and longtime friend Johnny Moreno both worked in other fields ndash Montiel in medicine and Moreno at Southwest Airlines before he went to culinary school ndash when they

New eatery brings culinary show to off-Broadwayby eiLeen Pace

A former psychiatrist and an airline employee have turned a 1950s duplex near

Fort Sam Houston into a bistro that is defining the term ldquooff-Broadwayrdquo for the newest hippest part of San Antoniorsquos center-city development

decided to open the restaurant last spring The menu changes daily and varies

seasonally Signature items include Smoked Beet Salad Squid Ink Pasta Grayson St Torta the Cuban Sandwich and the Off-Broadway Burger made with arugula and topped with bacon jam

ldquoMy menu evolvesrdquo said Montiel who often visits the Pearlrsquos farmers market ldquoWersquore becoming more and more farm to table We would like to get more local growersrdquo

The restaurant makes the pasta on site smokes its meats and vegetables and keeps soups simmering

ldquoI love souprdquo Montiel said ldquoMy mom used to cook a lot of soups so I have that craving Itrsquos like comfort foodrdquo The restaurant accommodates gluten-free and other special diets

The wine list offers selections from Chile Argentina Italy the Loire Valley and several from the Hill Country Fifteen craft beers are served on tap and in the bottle

The dining room showcases Montielrsquos other passion mdash art According to the restaurateur who said he owned a gallery in Los Angeles for 10 years the pieces are on consignment He plans to add permanent art in the backyard

Montiel designed the property to be sustainable using condensation to water the

plants He also plans to xeriscape And he wants to become a fixture in the community

ldquoI want to have a vertical gardenrdquo he said ldquoI want to get the community involved to provide a space for perhaps the folks at the (nearby San Antonio) AIDS Foundation to come here and work the garden if they would like to and perhaps take back some of the food for their own userdquo

Hours are lunch 1130 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and dinner 5 to 10 pm Tuesday through Saturday

grayson st eatery features dishes such as the grayson st Pasta (left) and off-Broadway Burger (above) both made with ingredients from local farmers Photos by collette orquiz

25salocallowdowncom

la fonda alamo HeigHts8633 Crownhill Blvd

For more call 824-4231 or visit lafondaalamoheightscom

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

Your One Stop ShopFor All Of Your Cake Candy and Baking NeedsCAKE CLASSES KIDS CAMPS BIRTHDAY PARTIES

Cake DecoratingCake DecoratingClassesClasses

FOLLOW US

210-475-30321010 NW LOOP 410 STE 102

SAN ANTONIO TX 78213

COME AND JOIN US FOR ONE OF OUR

PURCHASE A CLASS AT REGULAR PRICE AND BRING A FRIEND FOR

WWWOVERTHETOPCAKESUPPLIESCOMTHE SAME CLASS

50 OFFLimited spaces availableExpires October 31 2014

10 OFFYOUR TOTAL

TEXT CAKETO 51660

Not valid with any other offer

Valid at Castle Hills Jimmyrsquos Egg onlyOffer Expires May 31 2014

SIGN UP TODAY

5 $20 PURCHASE REQUIRED

September 302014January 15 2014

The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

SpecializingIn Hard To Find

PlumbingRepair Parts

Come See Why We Are The Best In San

Antonio

WWWFAUCETPARTS-TXCOMbull HANDLESbull STEMS

bull CARTRIDGESbull FAUCET WASHERS

(210) 733-35831109 FRESNO

20 OFFYOUR NEXT PURCHASE

With this ad

26 september 2014

A Realtor WhoCares About HistoricProperties amp TheirCommunities Rosemary Roessling Sales amp Investment Properties

210336-6621sarose612000yahoocom

Home Team of America John Matte Broker115 W Kings Hwy San Antonio TX 78212

he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

L U X U R Y S E N I O R A P A R T M E N T S

No Deposit or Community FeesCall today for more information

(855) 755-8734

Wedgwood Senior Apartments is a 55+ Luxury Apartment Community that offers peace of mind in a gated complex We are conveniently located in the Castle Hills neighborhood of San Antonio across from the Park North Shopping Center Alamo Draft House Movie Theater and close to the North Star Mall Quarry Golf Club great restaurants and places of worship ~We offer spacious Studio 1 amp 2 bedroom apartments available in a variety of floor plans ~Housekeeping and meal plan options are available We feature an attractive list of apartment and community amenities as well as several personal care services that are available for our residents to choose from We invite you to come relax by our newly renovated swimming pool relax in our salonspa and socialize with other residents in our movie room and new fitness center For your convenience we also offer an onsite restaurant with a delivery option available and a courtesy shuttle to get you wherever you need to go

WedgwoodApartments013myLTSMailcomwwwWedgwoodTexascom

6701 Blanco RoadSan Antonio Texas 78216

ONE MONTHFREENew renters only

With signed agreement

bull Courtesy patrol provided for buildingbull Fire detector system and emergency alert system in

each apartmentbull On-site service coordinator to assist with supportive

services to enhance standard of livingbull Chapel game room TV room library thrift shop

ballroom laundry room garden patio amp restaurantbull Lunch program available Monday ndash Fridaybull Socials ndash Birthday parties bingo bake amp rummage

sales blood pressure amp blood sugar checks and morebull Government rental assistance available

Granada Homes

Efficiencies amp One Bedrooms starting at $335 a month

Granada HomesRetirement Community on the Beautiful San Antonio Riverwalk

with ALL BILLS PAID

311 soutH st mary rsquos stsan antonio tX 78205

210-225-26 45wwwgranadahomesnet

Granada Homes IntroduceshellipRiverwalk Salon

(on Premises)

Men amp Women Haircuts Hair Color Manicures Shellac Solar Nails Spa

Pedicures Eyelashes and Waxing

Mon-Sat 10a-6p 210-227-4743

27

Find

mor

e LO

CAL

deal

s on

line

at s

aloc

allo

wdo

wn

com

LOCA

L D

EALSsalocalloWdoWncom

Get the kind of clean that only comes

from a unique 22-step deep cleaning

system delivered by a team of specialists

TheMaidsSAcom

210-822-2526

Referred for a reason

LOOK LIKE A STAR IN YOUR EVERTHING-SHINES-BRIGHTER KITCHEN

New customers only Not valid with

other offers

$35 OFFYOUR FIRST CLEAN

ACCREDITEDBUSINESS

reg

reg

reg

in

SEND YOUR RESUME TOJaselle Luna - Advertising Director

jlunasalocallowdowncom or call 210-338-8842

Attention 09ers

IS HIRING INALAMOHEIGHTS

Competitive Exciting amp Fun CultureSalary Plus Commission bull Benefits bull Opportunity for Growth

NEW CLIENTS

ONLY(COMPLIMENTARY

EXAM FOR ONE PET PER HOUSEHOLD)

Complimentary Exam

TM wwwvitalpetcomQuality medicine in a caring family environment

VITALPET NORTHWOOD ANIMAL HOSPITAL1634 NORTH EAST LOOP 410 SAN ANTONIO TX 78209 | (210) 828-1406

WINK Beauty Bar

Schedule Your Appointment Today Online or by Phone

210-254-9736

1621 N Main St San Antonio TX 78212

w w w w i n k b e a u t y b a r s a c o m

FullHighlights

$70 Reg $85+

With Ad Expires 9302014

PartialHighlights

$60 Reg $70+

With Ad Expires 9302014

BrazilianBlowoutStarting at

$75With Ad Expires 9302014

bull Haircuts amp St y l ing bull M ineral Bar

bull Fragrance Bar

WithComplimentary

Hair Cut

WithComplimentary

Hair Cut

E

CR

WS

S

Postal C

ustomer

Prsrt S

td U

S P

ostage Paid

Perm

it 6450 S

an Antonio TX

4204 GA

RD

EN

DA

LE ST

E 201

SAN

AN

TON

IO T

X 78229

CO

MM

UN

ITY

NE

WS

25salocallowdowncom

la fonda alamo HeigHts8633 Crownhill Blvd

For more call 824-4231 or visit lafondaalamoheightscom

eat localLearn about the newest neighborhood places for breakfast lunch dinner or drinks

Your One Stop ShopFor All Of Your Cake Candy and Baking NeedsCAKE CLASSES KIDS CAMPS BIRTHDAY PARTIES

Cake DecoratingCake DecoratingClassesClasses

FOLLOW US

210-475-30321010 NW LOOP 410 STE 102

SAN ANTONIO TX 78213

COME AND JOIN US FOR ONE OF OUR

PURCHASE A CLASS AT REGULAR PRICE AND BRING A FRIEND FOR

WWWOVERTHETOPCAKESUPPLIESCOMTHE SAME CLASS

50 OFFLimited spaces availableExpires October 31 2014

10 OFFYOUR TOTAL

TEXT CAKETO 51660

Not valid with any other offer

Valid at Castle Hills Jimmyrsquos Egg onlyOffer Expires May 31 2014

SIGN UP TODAY

5 $20 PURCHASE REQUIRED

September 302014January 15 2014

The latest incarnation now owned by the Hasslocher family of Frontier Enterprises Inc (which includes Jimrsquos Restaurants) is at 8633 Crownhill Blvd

ldquoWe have greatly exceeded expectationsrdquo said manager Bill Sheridan ldquoI guess people missed their fixrdquo

In addition to Sheridan longtime bartender Juan Romero has also returned

La Fonda Alamo Heights first opened on Broadway in 1958 Tucked into a corner of the Stewart Center for

Revived La Fonda Alamo Heights living up to legendby oLiver J bourGoin

Though La Fonda Alamo Heights has risen again at a new location under

new owners the restaurant kept some of the same staff that helped make it a go-to spot in Alamo Heights for Tex-Mex cuisine

more than 40 years it thrived in the spot where the Lion amp Rose is now

In 1999 Luna Notte left the Sunset Ridge Shopping Center on North New Braunfels Avenue and that space became La Fondarsquos new home Owner Rick Shaw sold the restaurant to new proprietors in 2013 but it closed on March 31 of this year Then the Hasslochers took over

Still in the 78209 ZIP code the new La Fonda Alamo Heights sits just inside Loop 410 where Raffles used to be No drastic changes to the menu are expected

ldquoI love the family atmosphere caring about employees treating them rightrdquo said Sheridan who moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 1979 ldquoOver the years I got to know people who have made me feel like a part of their own familyrdquo

La Fonda has room for 140 diners inside and there are a half-dozen tables on the outdoor patio A staff of 60 includes many employees placed at Jimrsquos Restaurants the past few months while the building which had been vacant five years was renovated

Though Jimmy Hasslocher is in charge of day-to-day operations his father company founder G ldquoJimrdquo Hasslocher 92 still takes an active interest in the business and recently came into La Fonda with blueprints under his arm and offering a strong handshake

ldquorsquoMr Jimrsquo still comes in to check on things mdash dailyrdquo Sheridan said

The manager said two of his favorites from the menu include the regular plate mdash enchilada rice beans chili and a tamal mdash and the Guero Guapo Especial which was named after him and features chopped steak with queso rice and pico

ldquoAll our food is made to orderrdquo Sheridan said ldquoNothing is pre-preparedrdquo

Hours are 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and 11 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

though la fonda alamo Heights has reopened under new owners and at a new location it still features the drinks (left) and sizzling tex-mex cuisine (above) that have made it a popular dining spot for decades Photos by collette orquiz

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he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

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Home Team of America John Matte Broker115 W Kings Hwy San Antonio TX 78212

he sees colors shapes patterns and images In addition he is able to see in both the blue and red spectrums no matter the brightness of the environment There is no medical explanation for condition he said

When he turned 21 he became a student of the late Dai Vernon who was considered the worldrsquos best card-trick expert at the time

ldquoIt was just the greatest experience blessing if you wouldrdquo Turner said

Turner also spent years practicing for hours each day mdash at the grocery store on the road and even chatting on the phone

ldquoUnlike a piano player I can practice anywhere and everywhere and what I would do is I would take a move that I want to learn I would analyze it break it down piece by piece moment by moment frame by frame and get it in my subconscious and then it would become an obsessive habitrdquo Turner said

Turner still practices about four hours a day

While Turner has turned shuffling cards into a show of magic and mystery hersquos had plenty of other

adventures too mdash swimming with sharks driving a motorcycle until his father told him to stop and earning a black belt in the martial arts

Korem said now is the perfect time to tell Turnerrsquos story He said the card mechanic motivates others

ldquoI donrsquot try to inspire them it just somehow happensrdquo Turner said

With nine months of filming in the can production wonrsquot be complete for another three months The crew has worked around the clock editing and transcribing interviews and footage for release in the fall of 2015

ldquoIf we were to tell the story 40 50 years down the line say when hersquos passed away and itrsquos historical it wouldnrsquot be the samerdquo Korem said ldquoYoursquore not going to get to live the momentsrdquo

A handful of people have asked to document Turner but Korem was given the green light because his father is a professional magician and a long-time friend of the card mechanic

Next stop for the film crew Turner and Turnerrsquos family is The Magic Castle in Hollywood the clubhouse for the Academy of Magic Acts and a nightclub for magicians and those who love illusionists

MagiCian continues from pg 19

L U X U R Y S E N I O R A P A R T M E N T S

No Deposit or Community FeesCall today for more information

(855) 755-8734

Wedgwood Senior Apartments is a 55+ Luxury Apartment Community that offers peace of mind in a gated complex We are conveniently located in the Castle Hills neighborhood of San Antonio across from the Park North Shopping Center Alamo Draft House Movie Theater and close to the North Star Mall Quarry Golf Club great restaurants and places of worship ~We offer spacious Studio 1 amp 2 bedroom apartments available in a variety of floor plans ~Housekeeping and meal plan options are available We feature an attractive list of apartment and community amenities as well as several personal care services that are available for our residents to choose from We invite you to come relax by our newly renovated swimming pool relax in our salonspa and socialize with other residents in our movie room and new fitness center For your convenience we also offer an onsite restaurant with a delivery option available and a courtesy shuttle to get you wherever you need to go

WedgwoodApartments013myLTSMailcomwwwWedgwoodTexascom

6701 Blanco RoadSan Antonio Texas 78216

ONE MONTHFREENew renters only

With signed agreement

bull Courtesy patrol provided for buildingbull Fire detector system and emergency alert system in

each apartmentbull On-site service coordinator to assist with supportive

services to enhance standard of livingbull Chapel game room TV room library thrift shop

ballroom laundry room garden patio amp restaurantbull Lunch program available Monday ndash Fridaybull Socials ndash Birthday parties bingo bake amp rummage

sales blood pressure amp blood sugar checks and morebull Government rental assistance available

Granada Homes

Efficiencies amp One Bedrooms starting at $335 a month

Granada HomesRetirement Community on the Beautiful San Antonio Riverwalk

with ALL BILLS PAID

311 soutH st mary rsquos stsan antonio tX 78205

210-225-26 45wwwgranadahomesnet

Granada Homes IntroduceshellipRiverwalk Salon

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NEW CLIENTS

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EXAM FOR ONE PET PER HOUSEHOLD)

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210-254-9736

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With Ad Expires 9302014

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