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February - March 2008
Just doing what comes naturally...
Cleta Miller The People’s Choice for 2007
Selling GREEN-BUILT Waterfront Estates
Angee Specht 512-680-6825
Kim Lookabaugh 512-773-1847
Cleta Miller 512-496-3758
830-693-9302 Marble Falls
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We’re selling “Lifestyles” in the Highland Lakes! OVER 20 YEARS REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE IN THE AUSTIN/HIGHLAND LAKES AREA If you want experience, professionalism, plus expertise... call Cleta Miller and the “Action Team!”
Lake Austin - Lake Travis - Lake Marble Falls - Lake LBJ - Inks Lake - Lake Buchanan If you have questions regarding lakefront property... call Cleta, she is THE WATERFRONT EXPERT!
Cleta MILLER
Fifth Generation Texan:
is just doing what comes naturally.
Living in the Texas Hill Country not only brings you close to nature, it makes you part of it. Like the Pecan tree, you can become deeply rooted into it’s landscape. As a fifth generation Texan, and living in the highland lakes area for more than 30 years, it’s a pretty good bet that Cleta Miller has her roots firmly set. She’s a country girl at heart, and she has put that heart into championing many causes. Lending time and leadership to her community and state has become part of her very nature.
Cleta has received numerous awards for her service to the area. Working tirelessly on many projects, including the Mansfield Dam Bridge Project, with the late Jake Pickle stating, “Her persistence and stubbornness got this bridge built!” Cleta Miller has dedicated untold hours serving the Highland Lakes community. Included in her long list of accomplishments: serving as past President of the Lake Travis Chamber of Commerce, member of the Austin Board of Realtors and Austin MLS, member of the Highland Lakes Association of Realtors and Highland Lakes MLS. She organized and presented the first annual Lake Travis Chamber of Commerce Community Awards Banquet, the Annual Travis Fest and the Lake Travis Community Halloween Party. She initiated projects such as planting wildflowers along 620 and Highway 71, and was a member of the LCRA drought Management Committee, Lake Travis ISD Budget and Financial Advisory Committee, Lake Travis Governmental Advisory Committee, the Texas Work Force Commission, Lake Travis PTA Officer and much more. Cleta has never let the grass grow under her feet, she owned and operated a restaurant in Westlake, where she supplied catering for Lady Bird Johnson, John Connally and other dignitaries. She worked as a teacher and coach and served as the office manager for District 8 Texas Agricultural Extension Service that managed 18 counties, and acquired banking experience when working as a commercial loan officer.
It’s All in the Name
Action Team Properties
Cleta has always sprung into action when things needed to be done, and she brings that the same hard work ethic to her real estate business, Action Team Properties, located in beautiful Marble Falls. Knowing the entire Highland Lakes chain, Cleta is considered to be “The Lake Expert” and is ready to share that information with her clients. She works with clients throughout the U.S. and abroad to find the perfect property, and for those
looking to sell. She is especially fond of working with “green” builders, and other select clients searching for that special lake front property. Action Team Properties is solely built around quality. It is truly a team, consisting of highly qualified, experienced professionals who have been individually selected to become Action agents. Kim Lookabaugh, Action agent, is especially service oriented and sales minded. She is genuinely interested in serving you and your real estate needs. Whether buying, selling, leasing or just looking, Kim is always happy to help. She represents many clients in the purchase and sell of single family residences and income producing property within the cities of Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Burnet, Kingsland, Spicewood, Granite Shoals, Johnson City, and Llano. Kim prides herself in being the re-location "expert". Living in the Highland Lakes area for more than 23 years, with eight of those years being in Marble Falls, makes her very knowledgeable of local schools and amenities. If a new home is on your horizon, call her at 512-773-1847 or check out her website at www.kimlookabaugh.com. Angee Specht, Action agent, arrived in the area by way of East Texas and Alaska, and has been living in the Austin area for about seven years. She is an enthusiastic go-getter, and is one of the friendliest people you will find in the real estate community. She is a hard worker, representing both buyers and sellers, using her knowledge and outgoing disposition to satisfy all parties involved in her transactions. She has the ability to make everyone with whom she comes into contact feel like they are the only person in her world at that moment. Having lived in other areas of the country before moving here, she has acquired a unique perspective on properties and residents in this area, which ensures satisfaction beyond all expectations. With these qualities and expertise, it is guaranteed you will be a satisfied winner in all your real estate dealings with Angee! Cleta Miller and Action Team Properties have exclusive access to powerful tools and innovative technology for marketing property. Employing the services of photographers and internet companies to produce custom design systems to properly showcase clients properties. Cleta is proud of her Texas roots, and she is happy to work with those who are looking to put down their own. NATURAL FX January 2008
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Through the Soul2Soul: A Retreat for Couples® experience, you and your partner will have the opportunity to explore deeply while practicing the following key principles for a healthy, joyful relationship!
PRINCIPLE #1: Dig in your own suitcase! Rather than rummaging through your partner’s suitcase, look intently and honestly in your own and do what needs to be done to put those things away. In other words, be willing to heal your own wounds.
by Kate Bares-Johnson
In my relationship work with couples, I have found there are certain key elements necessary to create and maintain healthy, intimate relationships. Unfortunately, by the time couples get to my door they are already out of balance and suffering, and their energy is usually invested in blame and battle. Rather than referee, I encourage them to explore the purpose of their relationship, as well as the purpose of the conflicts, and to use the discord to learn something about themselves and their partner. More often than not, it is soon revealed that both partners have the same desires for their relationship, but somewhere along the way, began to work against each other. Recognizing this, the first step is to get back to basics. To begin, I encourage them to explore what each has brought to the relationship. When we enter into partnership, we come with a suitcase packed with life experiences, including wounds and resentments from past relationships, fears, needs, and painful beliefs about ourselves and even about love. In other words, we come into relationships with wounds that can and will be healed through a new experience of love. With the awareness of these principles and a willingness to practice them, your relationship will begin to heal as you work toward healing yourSelf and supporting your partner in doing the same.
Yes you CAN have the relationship of your dreams!
PRINCIPLE #2: Honor and validate your partner. The very distinct differences between masculine and feminine energy, even in same-sex relationships, is necessary to the balance of all intimate relationships. Learning to recognize, understand, and support these unique qualities, rather than judging or criticizing, is honoring and validating to your partner.
PRINCIPLE # 3: Do not attack! Resist attacking your partner or yourself in thought, word, and action. If you only practice this one principle, your life and your love will change dramatically. PRINCIPLE #4: Remember that you are on the same team. If a teammate makes a mistake and lets the team down, we generally forgive, encourage and pick up the slack if needed. Rather than take each other’s mistakes and mishaps personally, remember you are teammates in life, working toward the same goals.
PRINCIPLE #5: Remember the Higher Purpose of your relationship. We all need to feel a sense of purpose in our lives, yet we often fail to see a higher purpose for our intimate relationships. When in alignment and committed to something greater than ourselves, our relationship has more meaning, life has more value, and love has no limit!
Join us for Soul2Soul: A Retreat for Couples® March 28-30 and discover the Soul of your relationship through this profoundly healing and enlightening journey for couples.
To register, visit www.thecenterforwellbeing.com or contact 512-249-5683
Kate Bares-Johnson, Founding Director of The Center for Well Being in Austin, specializes in Intuitive guidance and counseling for individuals and couples, Soul Integration Therapy® (S.I.T.®) Childhood and Past Life Regression Therapy, Codependency Recovery, and Spiritual/ Life Guidance. Through private sessions, on-going classes, or full weekend Intensives, her work lends a very real and powerful approach to life as a “choice”. NATURAL FX January 2008
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Visit www.thecenterforwellbeing for upcoming retreats and classes or contact 512-249-5683 or kate@thecenterforwellbeing.com to schedule a consultation.
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history in the spotlight:
SPICEWOOD Baptist Church
Celebrating a Century of Ministry
For one hundred years, this beautiful white country church has ministered to those within the small community of Spicewood. While this pectoral church is reminiscent of days gone by, it is still very much alive, active and GROWING. A full year of celebration is underway, kicked off with a “Happy Birthday Church” theme and reception held in January. February turns the focus to “God Loves His Church”, in recognition of members being married for more than 50 years. March’s theme is “Upon This Rock”, when on March 30, orders will be taken for engraved memory stones which will be placed in a walkway at a future date. On April 13, it is “Member Recognition” when current and former members are recognized with a “Guess Who is the Baby” contest. May’s emphasis will be “Founding Mothers”, starting with an “old fashioned” tea party for all ladies on May 3. Hats and dress of yesteryear are encouraged. On May 4, Sunday morning services under the tabernacle, complete with hand fans and an on-thegrounds picnic lunch. Games and a sing-along will continue until mid-afternoon. “Founding Fathers” will be the June theme with another tabernacle service. The service will be followed with lemonade and cookies, along with an antique car show. During the month of July, the theme is “God Bless our Church and Nation”, and will have a Christmas in July time of replenishing the kitchen. August 2, is a day of outreach to the community with a concentration on “Springs of Living Water”, that will be followed by an heirloom plant exchange. The worship service scheduled for September 7, will be followed by “Tastes and Smells of the Bible”. It’s focus will be on, “Tree of Life” to encourage a look back at family trees and most importantly, the lineage of Jesus Christ. On October 4, is “Pastor Recognition”, as tribute to pastors and former pastors and their families. Sunday, October 5, will be “Pastor Appreciation” Sunday. October 10, will be an old-fashioned Ice Cream Social after the evening service. “Thanksgiving” will be the focus in November, with a combined worship service and potluck lunch scheduled for November 30. December’s focus of “Happy Birthday Jesus” will be full or typical Christmas celebrations, such as the Country Christmas.
Everyone is invited!
Sunday worship services: 8:30 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday evening service: 6:00 p.m. Wednesday service: Sweet Hour of Prayer, at 7:00 p.m.
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Dorothy McCormick, wife of Paster Bill McCormick, with daughter, Kimberley.
< Deacons of Spicewood Baptist Church pictured with their wives. Sitting from left to right: Marilyn Hollingsworth, Dorothy McCormick, Inez Perez, Karen Lacey, Judy Jung. Standing from right to left: Steve Jung, Carl Siniard, Mae Siniard, Billy Seymour, Binnie Seymour, Bob Lacey, Billy Perez, David Prather, Sue Prather, Pastor Bill McCormick, Bill Alman, Archie Hollingsworth, Maxine Alman, Jim Murdock, Donna Murdock