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See What Grows Cultivating a refuge in the persnickety Panhandle soil

Andi and Sandy Wardlaw

What’s in Bloom From sherbet hues to rosette embroidered garments, this month is all about petal power, with the freshest prints straight from the garden.

The Dirty Work

Because each year builds on the last, there are things you can do this fall and winter to prepare for your 2011 spring and summer garden.

Eat What You Grow Veggie gardens will often give you more crop than you can cook, so having extra recipes in your back pocket will help keep your meals new and fresh.

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On the cover 34 See What Grows Take a drive through any Amarillo neighborhood and you’ll surely spot the house of a gardener. You’ll know them by their thriving landscapes and equally matched fearlessness. This month, we introduce you to a few green thumbs who know how to do it right.

Features 20 What’s in Bloom

From sherbet hues to rosette embroidered garments, this month is all about petal power, and we mean clothing that is artfully rendered with the freshest prints straight from the garden.

32 Waterworks

Make this the summer you finally install a water feature to create your own backyard oasis.

44 The Dirty Work

Because each year builds on the last, there are things you can do this fall and winter to prepare for your 2011 spring and summer garden.

48 Eat What You Grow

Veggie gardens will often give you more crop than you can cook, so having extra recipes in your back pocket will help keep your meals new and fresh.

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sections

photo by Shannon Richardson

Online Page...............................8 Out & About...........................10 The Way I See It....................16 Get Involved..........................18 Dress Code..............................20 Inside..........................................30 Outside......................................32

Special Feature.....................44 Inspire........................................46 What’s Cooking?..................48 Events........................................55 Let’s Eat!....................................61 Retro Rewind.........................70 Spotlight..................................72

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Shannon Richardson Shannon has been photographing commercial/ advertising work for the past 14 years. His photography has won numerous Addy awards including three best of shows as well as being featured in the Graphis Photo Annual 2001, JPG Magazine and Shots. He is currently working on a photographic book about Route 66.

Jeff Harbin Jeff is a husband, father of two little boys, a firefighter with the Amarillo Fire Department and the owner of Life of Riley Photography. He was born and raised in Amarillo and is proud to work in the community. His passion for art and the creative process began as a child and led him to his love of photography.

Andy and T Price Andy and T own Real Food Café, located inside Blue Sage Art Gallery at the corner of Mississippi & 6th Street. The couple have been creating and serving their “made-from-scratch food with a wholesome flare” for more than 10 years.

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Donna, a West Texas native, has lived in Amarillo for 11 years. She received her Associates Degree of Applied Science in Photography from Amarillo College in May 2009. Donna is a member of the Texas Professional Photographers Association and specializes in commercial, real estate, event and portrait photography. She has two daughters, Alex and Krista.

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s soon as my husband and I purchased our home (on a double lot, with huge, empty gardens), I wished I’d listened to my dad when he tried to teach me about gardening.

My father, who was raised on a farm in Kansas, knows everything there is to know about growing anything.

Growing up, my mom fixed me strawberries and cream for breakfast, zucchini bread, fried eggplant and homemade meatballs made with fresh parsley from dad’s herb garden. I didn’t know then that we were blessed because they worked so hard to put real food on the table every night, even if that included things like beets, spinach and squash that I hated choking down. What we couldn’t consume by summer’s end dad canned so we could have fresh ingredients year-round.

Dad still lives in the home of my childhood and still tends the gardens he started back in 1966. Although the plots are smaller, he says he can’t live without his rhubarb and horseradish. Even as I’m writing, I called to verify a few facts with him, and sure enough, the first thing he started talking about when he answered the phone was his latest harvest from the garden.

So this month, as we visited the gardens of the Wardlaws and the Vermeulens, it felt like home. I think gardeners are on to something. Every one I’ve ever spent time with seems peaceful and happy. They’ve learned patience from nurturing seeds into full-grown plants and simple joy from the fruits of their labor.

Now, I can credit my dad’s efforts and my mom’s healthy, delicious meals with good eating habits as an adult. Most of the things my mom forced me to try when I was young I now like, although I’ll never eat another beet as long as I live. I love a healthy portion of fresh veggies. It makes me feel good and feel better about myself when I eat well.

Our friends, Andy and T Price, who have once again supplied us with healthy food fresh from the garden, feel the same way. Trust me when I tell you that they’ve got a gift for turning simple, straightforward ingredients into delicious creations. Their recipes will give you something to savor.

As always thanks for reading,

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Enjoy an extensive photo gallery of images from the cover story, “See What Grows,” as well as extra shots from “What’s in Bloom,” this month’s fashion feature.

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Red, White and Zoo The Amarillo Zoo celebrated the Fourth of July weekend with a scavenger hunt, horseshoes, a hula-hoop contest, and activities such as pie-eating contests and a hot dog buffet. Onlookers cheered on Solomon the lion as he attempted to break the 72 oz. Big Texan steak record.

1. Micah, Carter and Isaiah Smith, 2. Katie Buck, 3. Andrew Davis, 4. Andy Chase Cundiff, 5. Zolena Lee and Noah Ramon, 6. Lillian and Lyla Castillo, 7. Shirley and Robert Davis photos by Donna Alexander

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People from across the Panhandle came to participate in the Independence Day Celebration in Canyon on July 3rd.

Commemorating a tradition for more than 35 years, guests enjoyed a hometown parade, sponsored by Education Credit Union, and an arts and crafts fair on the Square.

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1. Tearanee Lockhart, and Kimosa and Jamall Adams, 2. Nicole, Rene and Shannon Steelman, 3. Linda Manhkhomg, Justina Koukeokingthale and Komamy Koprasert, 4. Carter Andrews, 5. Brendell and Renleigh Kingham, 6. Kelsey Coburn, Laura Haney and Rachel Cantrell, 7. Carolyn and Ronnie Arendall

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Summer Fiesta The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce held its third annual Summer Fiesta on June 24th. The event featured 12 restaurants, so guests were treated to plenty of food and live music by The Golden Spread Chorus.

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1. Geneva Murillo and Frank Trevino, 2. Linda Ott and Ronna Wells, 3. Jocelyn Maldonado, 4. John Cardwell and Bruno Tiburcio, 5. Mikki and Hannah Hart, 6. Jessica and Kevin Black photos by Donna Alexander

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On June 19th, the Amarillo Botanical Gardens hosted its first annual regulation Croquet Tournament benefitting the Gardens. Organized by “Croquet Your Way,” the Sticky Wickets croquet tournament featured 21 teams that battled the heat and each other to earn first place along with awards for best dressed player, guest and referee. Guests enjoyed catering provided by OHMS, live music by The Martinis, and refreshments provided by Budweiser and the Party Stop.

Decorations and design were provided by Parie Designs.

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1. Beth Duke, Jim Simms and Richard Ware, 2. Andrew Mitchell, Jeff Irwin and Brandon Kuhn, 3. Billy Krause, 4. Betty and April Farrell, and Jamie Singleton, 5. Susan and Kenny Knight photos by Donna Alexander

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High Noon on the Square The 16th season of High Noon on the Square, a summer weekly entertainment series, continued on June 30th.

Guests enjoyed a free musical performance on the Potter County Courthouse lawn by Yvonne Perea and lunch catered by Schlotzsky’s for $6. Proceeds from the event benefit Amarillo’s Center City.

1. David and Marian West, 2. Rhease and Tommy Wells, 3. Maddie Mosley, 4. Kristin and Maggie Thomas, 5. Yvonne Perea, 6. Truman, Iris, Bryce and Kaci Jordan photos by Donna Alexander

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June Jazz Hosted by Amarillo College, the 14th annual June Jazz concert series continued on June 22nd. The five-week free concert series was held in the Pit Amphitheater at Amarillo College’s Washington Street Campus. Guests were entertained by that evening’s musicians, Polk Street Jazz.

1. Gina and Seraph Cox with Mia, 2. Kimberly Felton and Lacy Henninger, 3. John Paul, Preston and Rascal Kelly, and Jessi McClendon, 4. Morgan Key and Jacob Breeden, 5. Cole and Brittani Campbell, 6. Thelma Brown and Janette Whitsett photos by Donna Alexander

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the way i see it

Jon Mark Beilue

Confessions of a Cereal Killer I n one small respect, I’m a little bit like Will Rogers. He never met a man he didn’t like. I never met a cereal I didn’t like. Or nearly.

Oh, wait, I forgot about Grape Nuts. I don’t know what the late outdoorsman Euell Gibbons saw in that stuff, but I’d rather cut up tree bark and pour milk over it. Post Toasties is nothing to write home about either. A little too bland for my taste buds. Trix does me no favors either.

But other than that, cereal and I have had a lifelong love affair. I’ll eat anything from the kiddie stuff – who am I kidding, I love the kiddie stuff – to that healthy colon-blow Mueslix mixture. Just give me a bowl, some cold milk, a big spoon and get out of my way.

It obviously began as a kid, mostly on Sunday mornings.

Because of church, no one had time to cook so we just threw the boxes on the table and had it at various times of the morning. Much of my childhood was spent intensely slurping cereal, reading the back of the boxes and trying to determine if sending in six box tops was worth a bathtub submarine.

It wasn’t. But having a real live record on the back of a cereal box was. We’re going back more than four decades now, but I believe it was on the back of Alpha-Bits.

Doesn’t really matter but with a purchase of a certain cereal, there was a record from The Archies on the back that you cut out and put on what was once called a record player.

And, lo and behold, it worked. It might have been flimsy and gimmicky, but the lyrics from “Bang-Shang-A-Lang” and “Sugar Sugar” sounded pretty good.

And about that sugar sugar. It was on the name of half the cereals in those days: Sugar Crisp, Sugar Pops, Sugar Smacks. And what didn’t have sugar already saturated in it got plenty poured on it. Yes, Rice Krispies had that otherworldly “snap, crackle and pop” sound, but it helped if those rice kernels were floating above a milky pile of sugar.

Now, they’re called Golden Crisp, Corn Pops and Honey Smacks.

But Post and Kellogg’s aren’t fooling anybody. It’s the same. Remember that singing bear? Can’t get enough of Super Sugar Crisp.

The life span of a box of cereal in our house is about 36 hours. I’ve been known to eat three bowls at once. The love of cereal didn’t end at puberty for me nor anyone else in our abode.

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It works as a snack, especially at bedtime. It works when supper didn’t quite fill you up. It can work any time. Within the last week of writing this, the dog twice wanted outside to take care of business around 3 a.m. While up, I checked the cabinet. All right, Cocoa Pebbles.

Here I sat at the kitchen table, at 3:15 a.m., crunching on Cocoa Pebbles and reading a magazine.

Oh, yes, Cocoa Pebbles with Fred Flintstone on the front. That’s No. 1 on my cereal list. Don’t laugh. It says on the front it’s an excellent source of Vitamin D. Also in my starting five are Lucky Charms -- the lucky hearts and green clover marshmallows are outstanding – Sug – er, sorry, Golden Crisp, and the timehonored Frosted Flakes and Frosted Shredded Wheat.

Heck, I’ll try Dora the Explorer cereal, a lightly sweetened cinnamon corn puff.

But it doesn’t have to be just cereal for sixth-graders. Honey Bunches of Oats, Cranberry Almond Crunch, whatever.

I’m easy.

Is there nothing better than eating all your cereal, but then having that sweet milk left over and gurgling it down from the bowl?

I don’t care if I do get weird looks in restaurants.

Apparently I’m not the only one crazy about cereal. I counted 137 different kinds of cereal in boxes at the neighborhood grocery store. There were 75 on the ultra-healthy Kashi counters, and 35 cheaper brands in sacks.

According to reports, the average American eats 160 bowls of cereal a year, or 10 pounds. Despite all the cereal advances, it’s still somewhat comforting to know that the No. 1 cereal sold in the U.S. is still Cheerios, created by General Mills in 1941. I counted seven different flavors of Cheerios at the store.

John Harvey Kellogg is basically the Godfather of Cereal.

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A Perfect Fit

Helping kids start off on the right foot

By Michele McAffrey

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ost of us are fortunate enough to not worry about how we’ll provide shoes for our children as they grow. However, Jeff Parsons and Jeanette Davis discovered that’s not the case for a number of children who live in affordable housing in Amarillo.

As a division of Multi-Housing Outreach, A Step Up began in April of this year when Jeanette heard about Jeff’s work with the kids who lived in affordablehousing apartment complexes. Since 2002, MHO has been establishing relationships with families in these apartments, first by bringing Easter baskets, then helping with school supplies each year, and finally with presents for children at Christmas.

When Jeff started MHO, the one thing property managers told him that parents were most concerned about were shoes. Of the people they distributed supplies to, about 40 percent asked for shoes the first year. The next year, requests went up to 50 percent and in 2009, as high as 60 percent. Specifically, MHO gave supplies to 868 kids and 500 requested shoes.

The ministry allows only $30 per child for Christmas gifts, which doesn’t leave enough money to also purchase shoes. Out of need and Jeanette’s compassion, A Step Up was born.

According to Jeanette, there are an estimated 1.5 million pairs of shoes in Americans’ closets and about 300 million were thrown away last year.

“Everyone has shoes they don’t wear in their closet,” says Jeanette. “If they could just spare us a few shoes, it would help.”

Jeff and Jeanette found that kids borrow shoes from each other so it will look like they have more than one pair. In the summer, they spend their time barefoot or in cheap flip flops but that’s not up to dress code or sufficient for school; they will need athletic shoes. Jeanette told me she hates it for those who already live below the poverty line to have to choose between a pair of shoes for a growing child or food. The children they help have started growing to the point that parents just can’t afford to keep up.

So far, the ministry has collected 1277 pairs from a spring shoe drive involving area schools. They’ve also had help from area businesses and

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Above: Shoes Collected at First Baptist Church’s Vacation Bible School shoe drive Left: VBS students Austin Moomaw, Jeffrey Booth, Haven Hughes, Ashley Bolding and Christina Gay Below: Jeanette Davis brings a load of shoes into A Step Up’s facility. photos by Jeff Harbin, Life of riley photography

churches. This summer, First Baptist Church decided to get involved.

Robbie Barrett, FBC’s Minister of Education, heard about A Step Up and immediately knew a shoe drive would be a perfect fit for this year’s VBS. They were able to collect 555 pairs plus $500 in donations to use towards the purchase of more shoes. After First Baptist’s shoe drive, the ministry will still need up to 2400 more pairs of shoes.

They basically need to double what they already have since they expect 500 to 700 kids at this year’s back-to-school distribution and hope to have enough shoes to give each child an everyday and also an athletic pair of shoes.

When I visited their facilities, I was touched by the amount of work the team has done to prepare for August.

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and Front Porch ministry lets them use a mobile home to store donated shoes. Every room is filled with bins of shoes that need to be sorted and cleaned. Upon seeing the crowded rooms, it’s clear they Donate the following items: also desperately need a • All sizes of new and gentlylarger building. used shoes This type of volunteer work is perfect for college or high • New socks, all sizes school students and church • New white athletic small groups who can come shoelaces, all lengths help sort shoes into sizes and and new black or brown clean them if they are gently shoelaces for everyday shoes used. A Step Up’s back-to• 409 Cleaner school distribution will be the first Saturday in August. They • Mr. Clean Magic Erasers or will go on location to the 13 generic equivalent affordable housing sites they • Strong paper towels visit. Their hope is that area schools will begin referring • Shoe polish in all colors children who are in need.

• Monetary donations to aid After their August distribution, in the purchase of new they will have another drive shoes and socks in bulk to replenish what they’ve given out for BTS. They plan Drop all donations off at on collecting more shoes in 2123 S. Van Buren at the September or October but Amarillo Area Baptist Assoc. encourage people to donate year-round.

You can also volunteer with a Jeanette, Jeff and the small group or as an individual people who support them are to help sort and clean shoes. passionate about their cause.

They feel they’re making a difference in the lives of the families they reach in a very tangible way. To ensure that I grasped the depth of need in Amarillo, they told me of a child who received a pair of shoes from them during an outreach. After fitting a boy with tennis shoes, one of the ministry partners, Brooks Boyett, offered to cut the tags off them but the young man repeatedly refused. Brooks finally asked him why he wanted to keep the tags.

He quickly replied, “Because these are the first pair of new shoes I’ve ever owned.” am

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Bloom

What’s in

Allow your looks to blossom with chic clothing inspired by florals. From sherbet hues to rosette embroidered garments, this month is all about petal power, and we mean clothing that is artfully rendered with the freshest prints straight from the garden.

photos by Shannon Richardson location courtesy of Uncommon Twists Garden Center make-up by Patti Stapp, First Impression hair styles by Beto and Jessica Roys, Ugly Press Hairdressing model: Tawn Williams fashion assistants: Myriah Towner and Natalie Neal

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Previous Page: Walter by Walter Baker blazer $79.99; Essential by Milano tank $24.99, Stein Mart Sara Campbell skirt $159, Lilly Finch Gianni Bini peep-toe wedge $89.99; Carol Dauplaise ring $15, Dillard’s Straw tote $119 and charms $39, Talbots Seasonal Whispers NYC bracelets $141, Raffkind’s Marc by Marc Jacobs sunglasses $90, Et Cetera This Page: Gaby & Eden tank $49.99, Stein Mart Linen pants $109, Talbots Elaine Collection New York jacket $180, Lilly Finch Gianni Bini sandals $89.99; Gianni Bini handbag $139; Coach sunglasses $188; M. Haskell cuff bracelet $22; Lauren Ralph Lauren earrings $24, Dillard’s Next Page: WE tunic $29.99; Bamboo Traders shorts $14.99, Stein Mart Jessica Simpson wedges $69.99; Carol Dauplaise ring $15, Dillard’s Brighton earrings $30, Raffkind’s Bracelets $6.99; parasol $6.99, World Market

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Previous Page: T.A.G. dress $95; w. kleinberg pink belt $175; Yvette Floro clutch $250, Lilly Finch Calvin Klein heels $98; Lauren Ralph Lauren hat $38; Coach sunglasses $188, Dillard’s, Bracelet $12.99, World Market Earrings $26.99, Talbots This Page: Richard Malcolm dress $49.99, Stein Mart Jessica Simpson sandals $89.99; Coach purse $298, Betmar Beach hat $38; M. Haskell earrings $18 and cuff $25, Dillard’s

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This Page: D & Y jacket $139.99, Stein Mart Sara Campbell dress $325, Lilly Finch Vince Camuto pumps $98; Lauren Ralph Lauren necklace $58 and earrings $24; Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses $135; Kenneth Cole bracelets $48, Dillard’s Next Page: Skirt $109; cardigan $69.50; bracelets $30.99/each, Talbots Gianni Bini peep-toe heels $89.99; Lauren Ralph Lauren earrings $24; Betmar Beach hat $38; Dooney & Burke tote $235, Dillard’s

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Next page: Antonio Melani dress $179; Lauren Ralph Lauren wedges $120; Antonio Melani clutch $99, Dillard’s Earrings $26.99 and bracelet $38.99, Talbots

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Waterworks Warren Reid

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hen you’re on the back patio and the birds are chirping, the only thing missing is the tranquil sounds of a trickling water feature. The simple solution is to create one, and since they’ve become so popular, the construction and maintenance of a ceramic fountain couldn’t be easier.

Step 1:

Choose a pot, urn, rock or statue to use as a water feature. For this project, we used a small Aquabasin, a ceramic bubbler assembly kit and an Oase pump. Select a location that is visible but not too exposed to wind.

Step 2: Dig a hole the size of the Aquabasin or an area to set it on that is solid, level ground. Insert and level the Aquabasin in its new location.

Step 3: Place the Oase energy efficient long-life pump into the Aquabasin. Pump sizes will vary depending on pot size and whether or not you desire to see a bigger fountain of water. Use a ceramic potriser kit if needed.

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Connect tubing to the pump and cut it to fit the size of the pot.

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Place pot or water feature on top of the Aquabasin making sure it is straight and level.

Insert ceramic bubbler into the pot.

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If your water feature is working properly, pour or place eggsized or larger rock around the pot on top of the Aquabasin.

Finish decorating or landscaping around the water feature.

Fill Aquabasin and pot with water.

Check for leaks and overflows. If there are none, plug pump into a grounded AC outlet.

Now that your new water feature is finished, you’ll be able to enjoy the sound and beauty of your work. Maintenance on this water feature is relatively simple. Check the water level in the Aquabasin every two to three days because of evaporation loss. (Fountains and ponds can lose one inch of water per day.) To prevent mosquitoes, drop in one mosquito dunk, a biological mosquito control, per month. Algae should not be a problem with the Aquabasin, but if it does grow, add Fountaintech once a week; it’s safe for birds and animals. Don’t forget to drain your fountain or water feature when temperatures drop below freezing or damage to your pot or pump may result. am

Warren Reid

Warren’s parents, Jim and Sheila Reid, opened Coulter Gardens in 1979. Now the owner, he works alongside his two children, James and Madalynn, and together they keep Coulter Gardens in the forefront of the gardening industry.

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See What Grows Cultivating a refuge in the persnickety Panhandle soil

By Jennie Treadway-Miller

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ake a drive through any Amarillo neighborhood and you’ll surely spot the house of a gardener. You’ll know them by their thriving landscapes and equally matched fearlessness.

They aren’t afraid of the fickle soil, the temperamental wind or the scorching summer heat, for they know the secret to growing abundant gardens. It’s all in the soil treatment, timing, and trial and error. Gardening in this parched land can be a challenge, but if you glean a little wisdom from those who know, it’s an obstacle even the most timid green thumb can overcome.

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Black-eyed Susans

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If Andi and Sandy Wardlaw were to give you directions to their house, they could easily say, “When you’ve reached Eden, you’re here.”

Their house is positioned at the end of a cul-de-sac, and where their yard ends, Southwest Park begins. (This means no fighting traffic for the 4th of July fireworks show.) The Wardlaws moved to the neighborhood more than a decade ago, so the fruit of their labor is the result of experimentation, master gardener wisdom and a lot of patience.

“This has been a 13-year project,” says Sandy. “But we started out just like everyone else.”

In fact, Andi started out with a little Andi Wardlaw plot of garden space when she moved to a ground-floor apartment in Amarillo in 1977. Originally from Mexico, she moved with her family at five years old to a little town outside Tucumcari, New Mexico. Even on the dry, parched land of her parents’ ranch, her family kept a modest garden. The seed, as she puts it, was sewn early.

After marrying Sandy in 1979, Andi moved into her house which had a yard, enabling her to plant a larger garden. However, once their boys, James, 23, and Joseph, 17, came along, gardening took a back seat as most hobbies tend to do when parenting and family needs become priority. But the boys grew older and Sandy retired from a long career with the Fire Department. When the Wardlaw family moved into their current home, their interest and time for gardening grew.

“We started out with just the patio and have added a little more each year,” says Andi. “When we first moved here, we were just excited to have grass and a sprinkler system. But every year we take out more grass. It’s very hard to take care of.”

You could easily spend an entire afternoon in the front yard, lounging under the pergola watching the Koi fish casually swim in the neighboring 40-inch-deep pond. Their newest feature is a winding gravel path connecting the front and back yards, lined with hostas, golden sedum, creeping Jenny and stone. Yet, it’s the Boston ivy that covers the brick façade of the house that immediately tells newcomers they’ve arrived at the home of a green thumb.

“In 2004 I joined the Randall County master gardener’s program,” says Andi. “It’s a way to learn from other gardeners and share with the community. I just enjoy it so much.”

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as well as the Edible Landscape currently in progress. As a master gardener, she is required to spend a minimum of 50 hours per year in community service, something that is easily achieved as this has become her full-time passion. In addition to the physical labor, Andi performs speaking engagements and instructs others how to build and maintain their own gardens.

The Botanical Gardens also serve as a retreat for Andi during the late fall and winter months, when her garden beds are bare and the ivy has withered leaving a brown, vein-like remnant of spring and summer.

“I don’t like winter,” she laughs. “It’s so desolate.

The only things that don’t die are Day Lilies the evergreens. I’m one of those people who need sun, so I go to the Botanical Gardens or work on my gourds. I dread the first day of winter.”

Along with her master-gardener status, Andi is also known for her freehand-carved gourds, a wintertime hobby that became a creative outlet for her and provides a little income now and then. The process of drying, carving and painting gourds takes upwards of a year and all of them are for sale.

In the backyard, which is as much of an oasis as the front, grape vines, petunias and a myriad of other plants thrive in the fickle Amarillo soil. The secret, say the Wardlaws, is in the amendments.

“Nature isn’t good to us here so you’re lucky to achieve what you can, especially with the soil,” says Andi. “You have to amend it with compost, cow and horse manure, and lately we’ve been using expanded shale. Do the soil work first, because if you don’t, everything will die.”

After cutting away the pesky grass, the Wardlaws till the clay ground, lay down wet newspaper, build up the beds with rich soil and compost, and plant their seedlings a good foot above ground level. They suggest starting small as a means to familiarize yourself with your own soil and reconcile what grows and what doesn’t.

“Sometimes things just won’t grow here and that happens to everyone,” says Sandy. “And sometimes what does well in my yard won’t do well in others. You just need experience to figure it out.”

Getting the experience, for this couple, is part of the fun. There’s never a plant they won’t try. In fact, Andi has her eye on a kiwi plant.

“I don’t know,” she laughs. “I heard they grow well here. So we’ll see.”

Andi’s handy-work isn’t restricted to her own yard or the Botanical Gardens. Together with other master

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Doug and Sue Vermeulen

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gardeners, she helped put together a handful of beds at The Children’s Home, specifically for house parents Doug and Sue Vermeulen. While the vegetable gardens at 34th and Bowie are a community service hot spot for area master gardeners to get in their required hours, they mostly serve as educational and bonding opportunities for the Vermeulens and their kids.

“It used to be mandatory to have a garden, at least that’s how it was when we first got here. And so I thought if we’re gonna do it, we’re gonna do it right,” says Doug.

Though it’s no longer required for house parents to keep a garden, the Vermeulens see no reason not to. In fact, with each season, their crops just keep growing.

Married in 1977, Doug and Sue moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, so Doug could attend Reformed Bible College.

Upon graduating, the couple went to their first post at a halfway house for women re-entering society after prison.

Their role was to reintegrate the women with their children, and from that experience the Vermeulens learned that many of these children were without foster homes.

With a heart for kids and unmatched patience, the two began Daybreak Ranch in Rockford, Michigan, a home on a 20-acre plot of land for a specialized group of boys who couldn’t get into foster care. By this time, Doug and Sue had their own two children, Jason and Joshua, so with the six foster kids, the ranch was a full-time instructional haven. They gardened, raised horses, pigs and llamas, worked on cars and gave young boys a loving place to run, learn and grow.

When the last foster child left Daybreak Ranch, Doug and Sue agreed to take a few years off and focus on home construction as an alternate career. However, their passion for children persisted and soon the Vermeulens relocated to New Mexico on a 60,000-acre boys and girls ranch where they were responsible for 10 boys and more than 400 heads of cattle. However, in 2001, only a year into the program, the president of the ranch decided to close it and the Vermeulens moved to Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch. Looking for a more hands-on experience, Doug and Sue finally landed at The Children’s Home in Amarillo in June 2003, where they parent children from ages five to 10 in a group home according to the Family Teaching Model. With them, they brought their horticulture experience and passion for learning. Gardening was on the top of their list of lessons to teach.

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put it in the ground and watch it grow. Here we had to learn about mulching and soil and watering, what grows, what doesn’t. All of it. The master gardeners came here faithfully to help us.”

Leo Reed was one who helped them get started. He would show up at random times on differing days with truckloads of mulch. He’d test the soil and advise Doug and Sue on how to treat it.

“In March we had three gardeners help us figure out where to plant things and put everything on raised beds.

Those master gardeners are so funny. ‘Lay down exactly three to five sheets of wet newspaper,’ they said,” Doug laughs.

“Yeah, but we’ve had so few weeds than we’ve ever had,” adds Sue. From tomatoes and zucchini to pumpkins and corn, the Vermeulens and their kids raise quite a crop. And everyone does their share of the labor.

“Last year we had a different group of kids and they just loved it. We had a little five- year-old girl who’d sing while she weeded,” says Doug. “This year the kids weren’t thrilled about gardening when nothing was coming up, but now they’re so excited.”

With their bounty, the children learn the obvious lessons of how plants grow and require proper care, but the lessons continue inside. Fresh vegetables make their way into nearly every meal, and many little hands help to prepare them. They show their vegetables at the Tri-State Fair each year, as well as their leather crafts and woodworking projects. Last year, the kids won a combined 46 ribbons, which are on display in the hallway at their house.

“We had so many pumpkins that we had a pumpkin sale. We decided that we’d use our earnings and go on a trip. We made $330 and went to Carlsbad Caverns,” says Doug. “That may not sound like a big deal, but to stay in a hotel was a really big deal to the kids.”

Together, Doug and Sue have raised more than 400 children, and to put it plainly, they just do the best they can with them.

“Everything is about learning, and gardening is the best illustration of life,” says Doug. “These kids always think they’re going somewhere else. They don’t put down roots, so gardening touches their biggest problems.” am

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special feature

The Dirty Work: Your 12-Month To-Do List January

February

• Order seed catalogs now.

• Start seeds indoors for cool-season plants.

• Water trees, shrubs and perennials, if no natural precipitation has fallen. Hydrated plants survive freezes better than dry plants.

• Provide food and water for the birds.

• Prune dormant trees and vines.

• Order seeds for starting indoors.

• If you must salt your walks, use a plant-friendly ice melt. Never use salt.

Greg Lusk

• Don’t forget the birds.

• Now is a good time to build a compost pile or bin.

• If the weather is nice, use the opportunity to clean up the garden.

• Prune peaches and plums by 50 percent and grapes by 80 percent.

• Clean and trim plants, but don’t prune spring flowering shrubs and trees yet.

March • Scalp your lawn and fertilize with a high nitrogen fertilizer.

• Cut back Liriope and ornamental grasses.

• Plant cool season vegetables.

• Dig and divide perennials.

• Prune, fertilize and add additional mulch to roses.

• Start warm-season seedlings indoors.

• Fertilize beds with a balanced fertilizer.

• Check and maintain your sprinkler system.

• Don’t let seedlings dry out, but they should not be kept soggy either.

• Apply dormant oil for plants that are prone to scale.

July

August

September

• Water early in the day so that leaves will be dry by evening.

• Keep deadheading annuals and perennials.

• Continue fertilizing annuals and potted plants.

• Spend a few minutes every morning deadheading spent flowers. Add only disease-free trimmings to the compost pile.

• Stop feeding roses so they won’t be tender when cold weather arrives.

• Fertilize your lawn again and water deeply.

• Check sprinkler system and make repairs and adjustments.

• Continue deadheading to keep the garden neat and flowers blooming.

• Divide Irises and share with friends.

• Fertilize annuals to encourage a flush of late-summer and early-fall color.

• Make your compost pile ready for fall leaves.

• Check sod for grubs and treat if necessary.

• Spent annuals and perennials may be cut back to clean them up.

• Scatter poppy seeds for spring blooms.

• Fertilize annuals and latesummer perennials.

• Take pictures and make notes.

• Water deeply and replenish spent mulch.

• Fertilize roses.

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• Take pictures and make notes.

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ecause each year builds on the last, there are things you can do this fall and winter to prepare for your 2011 spring and summer garden. From composting to pruning, there is much to be done during barren months. So rip out these pages and slap them on the fridge because the dirty work starts now.

Greg Lusk

Greg grew up in southeast Colorado and attended West Texas State University where he earned a BS in Horticulture. During college, Greg worked at a commercial greenhouse where he gained experience in greenhouse production, maintenance and sales. After graduating, Greg worked as a personal horticulturist for Mr. and Mrs. T. Boone Pickens and owned a landscaping company. He began working at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens as the operations manager/horticulturist in July, 2009. Greg and his wife Dawnette have been married for 24 years and have three children.

April

May

June

• Prepare to plant warmseason vegetables.

• Buy plants that are not in bloom so they’ll start quicker.

• Water more deeply and less often as plants are now established.

• Keep cool-season weeds under control.

• Plant warm-season vegetables and bedding plants.

• Check and maintain sprinkler system, remembering to shut it off after a rain.

• Fertilize your lawn.

• Watch for early insect and disease problems.

• April 16th is the average last date of frost in Amarillo.

• Early spring flowering shrubs may now be pruned.

• Apply a pre-emergent to help control summer weeds.

• Take pictures of your garden to begin a record book.

• Keep new transplants damp until they are established.

• Work early in the mornings before the heat of the day.

• Apply mulch to retain moisture and control weeds.

• Keep weeds removed while they are small.

• Pinch mums to keep them from getting leggy and tall.

• Take pictures of your garden and admire your work.

• Fertilize annuals to promote flowering.

• Deadhead roses and early perennials.

• Fertilize roses.

• Take pictures of your garden and make notes in your record book.

October

November

December

• Don’t put leaves in the trash. Compost them.

• Finish planting spring bulbs.

• Provide food and water for the birds.

• Cut off your sprinkler system and manually water as needed.

• Clean and oil garden tools.

• Monitor your sprinkler system and reduce watering frequency if the temperature is cooler.

• Start winter bulbs in pots for the holidays.

• Plant spring flowering bulbs.

• Continue gathering leaves, as you can never get enough organic matter.

• Mulch your beds and roses.

• Mulch perennials and pull up annuals.

• Plan next year’s garden using the notes you made and pictures you took. am

• Watch the weather and protect frost-sensitive plants that you want to winter indoors.

• Plant fall plants such as pansies and ornamental kale.

• Clean out bird feeders.

• Fall is the perfect time for heavy projects while the weather is cooler.

• First average frost is October 31.

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AreYou Insane?

Suzy Winter

“Oh, bless your heart!”

“Do you enjoy torture and insane little heathens?”

“You’d have to be crazy to teach that age group.”

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es – I am and I do. I teach middle school. Seventh grade English to be exact, and I love it (some days). Those responses are what I usually hear when I tell people my occupation along with you poor, unfortunate soul stares.

Am I insane? Well – let’s just say I get this age group. First of all, my youngest of three children just completed eighth grade and will begin her high school career this fall. I suppose I’ve had children in middle school for roughly nine years total now, plus I’ve been a youth leader for this age group off and on my whole adult life. They are quirky and change personalities quicker (and more often) than my oldest daughter changes clothes.

I have seen a student start off the week as a quiet, reserved child, then morph into a jock, then a skater, next a brainiac, the class clown, then the gangster-bad-boy-wanna-be all within a week’s time. Kids do this to see which personality receives the most attention.

Middle school can be “all about me” and attention seeking, but it can also be a time of testing for a student, especially if they try avoiding the spotlight.

This is a quality that makes up an archetypal hero in literature; it’s also a quality that makes up the life of a middle school student. Their morals are tested. Their faith is tested. Their way of thinking is challenged.

Their families often undergo big changes: a new sibling, divorce, remarriage, step-siblings, moving and sometimes the death of a parent.

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“I thought this year was going to be hell, but you somehow transformed it into heaven for me.”

Middle school can be the furnace that burns away the dross and fashions them into the young man or woman they are meant to be.

This is also a time when personalities begin to solidify. Two of my three children navigated the murky waters of middle school relatively unharmed. One child finished his middle school year through home school because of the personal demons he needed to vanquish. He later emerged a stronger person. If I could tell a parent one thing, and on occasion I have, it would be this: “stand strong and be there for your child because sometimes it’s going to get worse before it gets better. But you need to be his life support. You need to be his parent.”

“Do you enjoy torture and insane little heathens? You must be crazy to teach that age group.” Well, I must because I’m beginning my seventh year. This is a hard group to teach but I believe any grade level has its challenges. When I was a substitute teacher, I used that time to scope out different grade levels. I didn’t click with younger elementary and high school; back then high school seemed scary.

Middle school kids have their ups and downs too but there’s never a dull moment. I don’t need to watch “Glee,” “Mean Girls,” or other shows like that. I have plenty of drama in my classroom, as well as comedy and occasionally a tragedy or musical.

“Bless your heart.” My brother-in-law used to joke that you can say just about anything good or bad about a person if you just follow up with “Bless their heart.” For example, “He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed, bless his heart.” Guess it softens the remark. So go ahead and say it, “You teach middle school, bless your heart.” And it does bless my heart.

It blesses my heart to read the end of the year essays my seventh graders write about what they liked or didn’t like about English. So far, the number one thing has been the simple act of “believing in them” or “putting up with them.” But my favorite quote of all came from a young man who more or less said, “I thought Suzy Winter Suzy is a freelance writer this year was from Amarillo where she going to be hell, lives with her husband, but you somehow Kent, and their transformed it into three children. heaven for me.”

Well, bless his heart. That is why I am a middle school teacher. am

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what’s cooking?

Eat What You Grow Veggie gardens will often give you more crop than you can cook, so having extra recipes in your back pocket will help keep your meals new and fresh. And if you don’t grow your own goodies, the Farmer’s Market is just down the street.

photos by Shannon Richardson recipes provided by T and Andy Price, Real Food Café

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Roasted Corn with Chili Lime Butter

Picadillo Stuffed Peppers

Rustic Peach Tart with Brandied Whipped Cream

Cantaloupe with Mint Syrup

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what’s cooking?

Picadillo Stuffed Peppers

Roasted Corn with Chili Lime Butter

Use whatever peppers you like: Poblano, Anaheim, red or green.

1 lb ground beef *

2 tablespoons tomato paste

6 ears of corn in husks

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 stick butter, softened

Salt and pepper to taste

1 teaspoon cumin

2 tablespoons chili powder

1 large clove garlic, minced

1 teaspoon chili powder

Juice of 1 lime

1 small onion, diced

1 - 1 ½ cups water

1 tomato, seeded and diced

4 - 6 poblano peppers, roasted and peeled

½ cup golden raisins 2 tablespoons capers, drained

Mix soft butter, chili powder and lime together. Roast corn in husks in 350 degree oven or on grill until hot (20-30 minutes). Pull back husks and silk, removing both. Top corn with Chili Lime Butter.

¼ pound white cheddar cheese

Brown ground beef in olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add garlic, onion and tomato, cook on medium heat a couple of minutes. Add raisins, capers, tomato paste, Dijon, cumin and chili powder. Add 1 cup water and simmer until thick. Repeat with ½ cup water until the meat is tender (about 20 minutes). Place peppers in a shallow glass baking dish. Stuff with Picadillo mixture. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Top with cheese immediately and let rest about 10 minutes.

Makes 4 - 6 servings *We use Pai-Dom Meat (locally raised, grass-fed beef ). Visit their website at www.paidom.com.

Cantaloupe with Mint Syrup

Rustic Peach Tart with Brandied Whipped Cream

1 cantaloupe, peeled, seeded and sliced

1 unbaked 9 to 10-inch pie crust

1 cup water

4-5 large ripe peaches, sliced

½ cup sugar

2 tablespoons flour

½ cup fresh mint leaves, chopped

½ cup sugar

Boil water and sugar together until syrup consistency. Let cool to room temperature, add mint and let steep for a couple of hours or overnight before using.

Use syrup for fresh fruit, iced tea or cocktails.

1 teaspoon pumpkin or apple pie spice 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 tablespoon sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, mix peaches (no need to peel), flour, sugar and spices. Let sit about 10 minutes. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay pie crust on paper. Pile peach mixture in center of uncooked crust, leaving a 2-inch border. Fold dough toward center, pleating and pinching together; brush dough with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 2030 minutes until golden brown. Let rest 15-30 minutes before cutting. Serve with Brandied Whipped Cream or vanilla ice cream.

Brandied Whipped Cream ½ cup heavy cream 1/3 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon brandy Whip cream with powdered sugar to desired consistency. Stir in brandy.

Serve immediately.

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Featured Event

2010 West Texas Futurity Amarillo will host the 2010 West Texas Futurity this month, a free event showcasing the best cutting horses and riders in the country and featuring a number of local competitors.

Sanctioned by The National Cutting Horse Association, the competition dates back to 1920, when it was just a spectator event in Fort Worth the year prior.

photo by Dawn Baxstrom

Cutting is the act of separating individual cows from a herd and preventing it from rejoining, and while some riders require full head gear to compete, others will ride “bridleless” with only a neck rope and leg pressure to guide their horse. Competitors will have two and a half minutes to work a maximum of three cows. The event is sponsored by the American Quarter Horse Association, the Big Texan, Coors Cowboy Club, Hoffbrau Steak House, Tejas Trading Co. and Sleep Inn & Suites.

August 14-22 Events begin daily at 8 a.m.

Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Avenue 376.7767

To have an event listed on the calendar, email details to michele.mcaffrey@amarillo.com or fax a press release to 806.345.3282.

View an updated listing of events throughout August at amarillomagonline.com

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Arts & Entertainment

Texas Musical Drama 8:30-10:30 p.m. Show runs every Tuesday through Sunday night through August 21st.

Pioneer Amphitheatre at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, 655.2181

August 6

First Friday Art Walk 5-9 p.m. The Galleries at Sunset 3701 Plains Blvd., 353.5700 Shakespeare in the Park “Romeo and Juliet” 7:30-9 p.m. Don Harrington Discovery Center lawn 1200 Streit Dr., 355.9547

August 7

Shakespeare in the Park “Romeo and Juliet” 7:30-9 p.m. Don Harrington Discovery Center lawn 1200 Streit Dr., 355.9547

August 13

Amarillo Opera “Musica Variada” 7:30 p.m.

Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts 500 S. Buchanan, 378.3096

August 15

Tribute to Elvis and Buddy 7:30-10:30 p.m. Show features Kraig Parker and the Royal Tribute Band with Johnny Rogers as Buddy Holly. Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts 500 S. Buchanan, 378.3096

August 17

Celebrating the Arts 4-7 p.m. Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts 500 S. Buchanan, 378.3096

August 19

Third Thursday 6:30-9 p.m. Amarillo Museum of Art 2200 S. Van Buren, 371.5050 “A Feminine Ending” 8 p.m. Amarillo Little Theatre 2019 Civic Circle, 355.9991

August 20

“A Feminine Ending” 8 p.m. Amarillo Little Theatre 2019 Civic Circle, 355.9991

August 21

Center City Block Party 5 p.m.-12 a.m. Downtown Amarillo from 10th and Polk, 372.6744 “A Feminine Ending” 8 p.m. Amarillo Little Theatre 2019 Civic Circle, 355.9991

August 22

“A Feminine Ending” 2:30 p.m. Amarillo Little Theatre 2019 Civic Circle, 355.9991

August 26

“A Feminine Ending” 8 p.m. Amarillo Little Theatre 2019 Civic Circle, 355.9991

August 27

“A Feminine Ending” 8 p.m. Amarillo Little Theatre 2019 Civic Circle, 355.9991

August 28

“A Feminine Ending” 8 p.m. Amarillo Little Theatre 2019 Civic Circle, 355.9991

August 29

“A Feminine Ending” 2:30 p.m. Amarillo Little Theatre 2019 Civic Circle, 355.9991

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Benefits & Fundraisers August 2 America Supports You Texas 9:30 a.m. “Let’s Make Some Cool Ties for the Troops” event. R&R Quilts & More, 4332 Teckla Blvd. 674.0904.

August 6

Hearts in Harmony 6:30 p.m. Concert benefitting Kairos Outside. Family Life Fellowship 3900 SW 58th, 316.7141

August 7

America Supports You Texas Fundraiser 6-9 p.m. Route 66 Motor Speedway 3601 Amarillo Boulevard E. 383.7223

August 12

MS Dinner of Champions 6 p.m.

Roast and toast honoring Jerry Hodge.

Proceeds benefit the National MS Society. Amarillo Civic Center Heritage Ballroom 401 S. Buchanan, 468.8005

August 20

9th Annual Boy Scout Auction 7 p.m. Auction catered by Big Texan.

Camp Don Harrington 15427 FM 1541, 358.6500

August 21

9th Annual Boy Scout Sporting Clays Classic Tournament 7:30 a.m. Camp Don Harrington 15427 FM 1541, 358.6500

August 28

Santa in the Summer 7 p.m.-12 a.m.

Event benefitting the Eveline Rivers Christmas Project includes live music by Insufficient Funds with dinner provided

by Coors Cowboy Club. Eveline Rivers Christmas Workshop 4th and Jefferson, 372.3985 2010 Walk to Cure Diabetes 9 a.m. Thompson Park 2400 N. Polk, 356.6042

Classes & Seminars August 7

Xeriscape Gardening 10 a.m. Taught

by Neal Hinders owner of Canyon’s Edge Plants. Learn about the different aspects of Xeriscape Gardening. Amarillo Botanical Gardens 1400 Streit Drive, 352.6513

Giant Worlds: A Voyage to the Outer Solar System Open through August 31st. Don Harrington Discovery Center 1200 Streit Dr., 355.9547 Rock On! Exhibit open through September 5th. Amarillo Museum of Art 2200 S. Van Buren, 371.5050 Wet Paint Open through September 5th. Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Foran Gallery 2503 4th Ave., Canyon, 651.2244 New England Family Goes West: Bugbee Clothing and Textiles Open through October 3rd. Panhandle Plains Historic Museum, Textile Gallery 2503 4th Ave., Canyon, 651.2244 On, On Buffaloes: West Texas A&M Sports Open through October 15th.

Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Bivins Gallery 2503 4th Ave., Canyon, 651.2244 Bringing Up Baby Open through October 3rd. Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Bivins Gallery 2503 4th Ave., Canyon, 651.2244 Always WT: A Review of the University’s First Century Open through November 7th. Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Harrington Changing Gallery 2503 4th Ave., Canyon, 651.2244

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August 3

Starlight Theater 7 p.m. Featuring the Golden Spread Barber Shop Chorus and Palo Duro Metro Chorus of Sweet Adelines Sam Houston Park, 4101 Line Ave., 378.9391

August 6

Kevin Fowler 10 p.m. Midnight Rodeo 4400 S. Georgia, 358.7083

August 9

Orian Walsh 9 p.m. the 806 2812 SW 6th, 322.1806

August 10

Starlight Theater 7 p.m. Featuring The Martinis Sam Houston Park, 4101 Line Ave., 378.9391

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August 12

Bulbs 10 a.m. Taught by Bob Hatton and Greg Lusk. Learn about the various types of bulbs. Amarillo Botanical Gardens 1400 Streit Drive, 352.6513

Music in the Gardens 7:30 p.m.

Featuring Tennessee Tuckness. Amarillo Botanical Gardens 1400 Streit Drive, 352.6513

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August 13

Amarillo Reads Lecture 11 a.m.-12 p.m. then again from 1-2 p.m. Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts 500 S. Buchanan, 378.3096

Exhibitions

Johnny Cooper 10 p.m. Midnight Rodeo 4400 S. Georgia, 358.7083

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August 17

Starlight Theater 7 p.m. Featuring Insufficient Funds Sam Houston Park, 4101 Line Ave., 378.9391

August 19

Friends of Fogelberg Concert 7 p.m.

Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts 500 S. Buchanan, 378.3096 Music in the Gardens 7:30 p.m.

Featuring Dan Baker. Amarillo Botanical Gardens 1400 Streit Drive, 352.6513

August 20

American Rock and Roll Concert 8 p.m.

Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium 401 S. Buchanan, 378.3096 Reckless Kelly with Tommy Gallagher 10 p.m. Midnight Rodeo 4400 S. Georgia, 358.7083

August 26

Music in the Gardens 7:30 p.m.

Featuring Lonesome Goat. Amarillo Botanical Gardens 1400 Streit Drive, 352.6513

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Brantley Gilbert 10 p.m. Midnight Rodeo 4400 S. Georgia, 358.7083

Nature Snake Feeding 3 p.m. every Saturday in August. Wildcat Bluff Nature Center 2301 N. Soncy, 352.6007

Have you found yourself with extra space? Not sure what to do with it?

Lunch with the Longhorns 1:30 p.m.

The park longhorns are fed daily near the Headquarters Building. Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 Park Road 5, Canyon, 488.2227 Non-denominational Church Service 9:00 a.m. Held every Sunday at the covered area of Old West Stables. Casual dress. Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 Park Road 5, Canyon, 488.2227

August 10

New Moon Hike 9-10 p.m. Join the park interpreter for a guided hike on the Juniper Riverside Trail. Reservations limited to 40. August 8th deadline. No pets, please. Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 Park Road 5, Canyon, 488.2227

August 14

Bird Walks and Talks 8:30 -10 am. Meet at the Wildlife Viewing Blind at the Palo Duro Trading Post to begin the walk.

Bring binoculars. No pets, please. Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 Park Road 5, Canyon, 488.2227

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Second Saturday 10 a.m. “Biologists Against Rattlesnake Roundups” Wildcat Bluff Nature Center 2301 N. Soncy, 352.6007

August 24

Full Moon Hike 7:45-8:45 p.m. Full moon hike in the canyon. Park in the dirt parking lot on Alternate Road 5.

Group size limited to 40. No pets please.

Reservations required. August 22nd deadline. Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 Park Road 5, Canyon 488.2227

August 28

Bird Walks and Talks 8:30 -10 am. Meet at the Wildlife Viewing Blind at the Palo Duro Trading Post to begin the walk.

Bring binoculars. No pets, please. Palo Duro Canyon State Park 11450 Park Road 5, Canyon, 488.2227

Special Events August 6

WTAMU Summer Commencement 7 p.m. First United Bank Center Canyon, 651.2044

August 20

Amarillo’s Largest Garage Sale 12-5 p.m. Amarillo Civic Center North and South Exhibit Halls 401 S. Buchanan, 378.3096

August 21

Amarillo’s Largest Garage Sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Amarillo Civic Center North and South Exhibit Halls 401 S. Buchanan, 378.3096

Sports and Recreation August 3

Fiesta Night 7:30-9:30 p.m. Southeast Swimming Pool 3400 S. Osage, 342.1564

August 4

Thompson Family Night 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Thompson Swimming Pool 2400 N. Polk, 381.7919

August 5

Southwest Pool Family Night 7:30-9:30 p.m. Southwest Swimming Pool 4800 Bell, 359.2082

August 7

Dillas vs. Laredo Broncos 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 8

Dillas vs. Laredo Broncos 6:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 9

Dillas vs. Laredo Broncos 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 10

Dillas vs. Laredo Broncos 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

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Dillas vs. San Angelo Colts 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

Dillas vs. San Angelo Colts 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

Pirate Night 7:30-9:30 p.m. Southwest Swimming Pool 4800 Bell, 359.2082 Dillas vs. San Angelo Colts 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 13

Dillas vs. San Angelo Colts 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 14

Route 66 Roller Derby 7 p.m. Amarillo Civic Center North Exhibit Hall 401 S. Buchanan, 378.3096 Dillas vs. San Angelo Colts 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400 West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767

August 15

West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767

August 16

West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767

August 17

West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767

August 18

West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767

August 19

West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767 Dillas vs. San Angelo Colts 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 20

West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767

Battle of the Badges Boxing 7 p.m.

Amarillo Civic Center Coliseum 401 S. Buchanan, 378.3096

West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767

August 22

West Texas Futurity Cutting Competition 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th Ave., 376.7767 Dillas vs. San Angelo Colts 6:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 24

Dillas vs. Edinburg Roadrunners 7:05 p.m. Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 25

Dillas vs. Edinburg Roadrunners 7:05 p.m. Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 26

Dillas vs. Edinburg Roadrunners 7:05 p.m. Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 27

Dillas vs. Edinburg Roadrunners 7:05 p.m. Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

August 28

Higher Focus 2010 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Event includes praise/worship bands, inspirational speakers, 5K run/walk, 10 mile open road cycling ride, food and drinks. John Stiff Memorial Park 4800 Bell, 463.2431

August 29

AQHA 2010 Adequan select World Championship 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th, 376.7767

August 30

AQHA 2010 Adequan select World Championship 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th, 376.7767

August 31

AQHA 2010 Adequan select World Championship 8 a.m. Amarillo National Center 3301 E. 10th, 376.7767

Dillas vs. San Angelo Colts 7:05 p.m.

Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa 3300 E. 3rd, 342.0400

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Joe Taco With great staff, attention to detail and a quality menu on their side, the three owners of Joe Taco – David Wilson, Colby Monroe and Kevin Hawkins – couldn’t be more pleased. The three-year-old restaurant offers a variety of made-from-scratch Mexican dishes, from Baja to authentic, traditional and Tex-Mex. Favorites include the grilled tilapia fish tacos topped with mango salsa and a side of chipotle ranch dressing, a grilled vegetable medley and green rice. Served alongside is Joe’s signature margarita with chips and salsa. Joe’s offers a fun, casual atmosphere with live music three days a week and a choice of indoor or shaded outdoor patio seating for dining.

7312 Wallace Blvd., 331.8226, joetaco.net Happy hour specials are also offered daily, Monday through Friday evenings from 4-7 p.m. and all day on the weekends. Open Sunday-Thursday 11a.m.-9p.m. and Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

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3501 SW 45th, 354.8294, abuelos.com $$ c ^ Aldacoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tacos Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find this small, authentic Mexican restaurant on historic 6th street. Get ready for authentic Mexican food served in a quaint atmosphere. Aldacoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walls are covered with pictures and old posters and the wait staff is always friendly, ensuring that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll enjoy yourself. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to have fun here, especially on live music nights. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tip: try not to fill up on the homemade chips and salsa so you can enjoy the rest of the delicious food. 3623 SW 6th, 374.4945 $ y T C B L Bistro The intimate, cozy atmosphere creates the ideal date place, not to mention the food is plated perfection.

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Your kids will love the big fish tanks while you wait for your table. Warning: Spicy means spicy. They mean business. 5901 E. Amarillo Blvd., 383.9008 $ Blue Sky Blue Skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s burgers and homemade fries are the perfect companions to a Lone Star Beer or an Oreo shake. Be prepared to share the one-size-feeds-a lot cheese fries.

4201 I-40 West, 355.8100 $ C y T ^ CafĂŠ Marizon Enjoy the quaint cafĂŠ atmosphere in an historic building on Polk. CafĂŠ Marizon serves up great homecooked taste with consistently tasty specials of the day.

Go early so you can have a piece of the homemade pies and cake. 705 S. Polk, 374.3058 $ y Country Barn The Country Barn serves up more than the expected steaks and BBQ. Home of the ultra tender Bonsmara beef, their steaks are sliced up, cooked fresh daily and served in an authentically western atmosphere. Yee haw! 8200 I-40 West, 335.2325, countrybarnsteakhouse.com $$ c

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Cowboy Gelato Who says Italian-style gelato and cowboy hats don’t mix? We’ll admit that the saloon décor and “Hi ya’ll” greeting might throw you, but this isn’t your average ice cream shop (it is Amarillo, after all). After more than a few sample spoonfuls of gelato, we settled on the lime and the banana chocolate chip, but it’s all good.

2806 SW 6th Ave., 376.5286 $ Coyote Bluff Café Don’t let the outside fool you. This is seriously good food. The full pound, green chili cheese burger is Southwest divine (add jalapenos for extra zip). Cool off with an ice cold beer. 2417 S. Grand, 373.4640, coyotebluffcafe.com $ C ^ Crush Wine Bar & Deli Have you always wished for your very own Cheers? A place where everybody knows your name? Forget the beer and peanuts, Crush Wine Bar & Deli has that beat by a mile. Not sure how to choose from the extensive wine list? No worries, they’ll school you on their favorites and you can try a smaller pour just to be sure.

Give the excellent tapas, sandwiches and desserts a try as well. 701 S. Polk, 418.2011, crushdeli.com $$ C y ^ Dale’s Grand Burger Looking for a quick stop to grab a tasty lunch?

Then try locally-owned and operated Dale’s Grand Burger. We urge you towards their famous Grandburger and homemade onion rings. 1900 Bell, 358.8228 $ y NEW

Dyer’s Bar-B-Que If you’re a meat lover, Dyers is the place for you. Their all-you-can-eat lunch special is hard to beat. Wash it all down with sweet tea and finish up with a heaping bowl of hot fruit cobbler. 1619 S. Kentucky, 358.7104 $$ ^ Eat-Rite The food at Eat-Rite isn’t just good for you, it’s delicious as well. Feast on the organic salad bar or choose from a variety of tasty sandwiches. 2441 I-40 West, 353.7476, eat-rite.com $ El Bracero Mexican Restaurant For ten years, El Bracero has provided hungry patrons with delicious meals and great traditional Mexican food. The Nachos con Carne appetizer and a Michelada are a must. If you have big eaters to feed, try the Parrillada. 3303 Bell, 355.0889 / 2116 S. Grand, 373.4788 $cT El Torito Restaurant Sink your teeth into authentic Mexican food at El Torito.

Start with the variety of salsas made fresh daily and then move on to the guacamole and the handmade tamales. The chicken and sour cream enchiladas are a customer favorite. 3301 I-40 West, 220.2415 c $$ English Field House Restaurant Visit a piece of Amarillo history at the English Field House. Named for Amarillo’s first airfield, the restaurant offers great cooked-fresh café food. Take the family for Sunday breakfast. It’s worth the drive. 10610 American Drive, 335.2996 $ Fatcat Fish & Grill From seafood to cheeseburgers and steaks, Fatcat Fish & Grill offers fresh-cooked food at a reasonable price.

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Golden Light Café As the oldest operating restaurant in Amarillo, the Golden Light has been in business since 1947, all in the same location. For a great burger and fries, this is the place to go. 2908 SW 6th, 374.9237, goldenlightcafe.com $ C T^ Green Chile Willy’s As the owners say, the way you like it is the way they fix it. Hand-cut grilled steaks, excellent burgers and grilled chicken; you name it, they’ve got it.

And you can’t beat the country atmosphere for a relaxing good time.

13651 Interstate 27, 622.2200, greenchilewillys.com $$ ^ Hayashi Japanese Restaurant Hayashi offers a fun atmosphere for a night out with friends or family. Cook tables allow diners to watch their chef in action or sit back and relax in the Tatami room with low tables and floor seating.

The cuisine is Japanese-style with a sushi bar. 3401 I-40 West, 790.9316 c $$ Hoffbrau Steakhouse Family-owned Hoffbrau has been serving Texas-style steaks and beer for three decades. We recommend one of their Gr8 Steaks or something from their Hill Country Favorites list upon your first visit. Guaranteed, you’ll go back again.

7203 I-40 West, 358.6595, hoffbrausteaks.com $$ c Hummer’s Sports Café Hang out with friends and eat your fill of their great appetizers. Start off with a platter of raw oysters and a bucket of beer. We highly recommend the steak.

2600 Paramount, 353.0723 $$ c Joe Taco Great atmosphere and a variety of southwest favorites make Joe Taco a great place to sit and relax. Especially while enjoying one of their signature margaritas. 7312 Wallace Blvd., 331.8226, joetaco.net $$ c T ☎ y Jorge’s Mexican Bar & Grill In the mood for fajitas? Look no further than Jorge’s Mexican Bar and Grill, specifically their new location at Hillside and Bell. Portion sizes are generous and prices are reasonable. 6051 S. Bell, 354.2141 $$ c y ^ Jorge’s Tacos Garcia At Jorge’s, serving authentic Mexican food is a family affair. In the same location since 1999, the Veloz family serves up traditional favorites that keep their loyal customers coming back time after time. Try the Swiss enchiladas or the Chile Relleno Lampriados. You won’t be disappointed.1100 Ross, 372.0411, tacosgarcia.com $$ c

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K-N Root Beer If you’ve tried K-N’s yummy burgers and floats, then you know why they’ve been a success for more than 40 years. The K- N Special, a double meat, double cheese burger melts in your mouth. You can’t beat the old-fashioned icy mug of root beer! 3900 Olsen, 355.4391 $ Kabuki Romanza Who says you can’t enjoy fresh sushi aboard a boat in the heart of the Panhandle? Kabuki Romanza serves teppan-style cooking and fresh sliced sushi in a dining area that resembles a boat, surrounded by special effects that add to the tropical feel. 8130 I-40 West, 353.4242, kabukiromanza.com $$ – $$$

C^ Las Brisas Las Brisas is the perfect place to unwind at the end of a hectic work week. Relax with friends, a great glass of Merlot and a juicy steak served on sizzling butter. Heck, who needs to wait for the weekend? 3311 Olsen, 331.2800, lasbrisassouthweststeakhouse.com $$$

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Leal’s Leal’s serves dishes that blend the traditional flavors of Mexico with a few new twists that will delight you.

Try excellent non-traditional items like quail and salmon along with new sauce combinations and desserts. Let’s not forget about their fresh-squeezed lime margaritas, some of the best margaritas anywhere. 1619 S. Kentucky, 359.5959, lealsmexicanfoods.com $$ c T Lone Star Bar & Grill Visit Lone Star Bar & Grill for classic American grill-style food including savory steaks, burgers, chicken sandwiches and more, all at an affordable price. You’ll also enjoy downhome friendly service. Their guarantee: no hot beer and no small steaks. FM 1151, 622.9827 $$ c Macaroni Joe’s Macaroni Joe’s isn’t just a place to eat a great meal. The Tuscan inspired rooms are the perfect place for creating memories. Whether for a first date, the start of a new life together or celebrating important milestones, Joe’s offers excellent service and an exquisite food and wine menu. They’re at the top of our list. 1619 S. Kentucky, Suite 1500, 358.8990, macaronijoes.com $$-$$$ c y ☎ ^

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Malcolm’s Ice Cream & Food Temptations Malcolm’s offers the ultimate in classic soda-fountain food: burgers, sandwiches and salads - everything’s good. Be sure you save room for dessert. Better yet, start with a treat. After all, it’s the most important part of the meal at Malcolm’s.

2100 Paramount, 355.3892 $ Oscar’s Burritos Oscar’s Burritos doesn’t take up a lot of space, but what they lack in room they make up with big taste. With everything homemade and fresh, their authentic cuisine is sure to satisfy any craving.

Stop by their drive through and pick up one of their famous brisket specialty burritos or come in and enjoy a delicious stuffed avocado. 4206 S.W. 45th, 350.4400 $ Outlaws Looking for a steak lover’s paradise?

Drive over to Outlaws Supper Club and you’ll discover just that. In a casual environment, you’ll find some of the finest steaks in Texas. We recommend the prime rib with tasty calf-fries but get there early because they go fast.

10816 SE 3rd Ave, 335.1032 $$ c Pacific Rim The Pacific Rim offers a variety of AsianFusion cuisine in a unique setting. One of the best things about this place is the greeting you’ll get from Andy, the owner. But let’s talk food. Their lettuce wraps are outstanding. In fact, everything is good. They even offer speedy delivery. 2061 Paramount, 353.9179, pacificrimam.com $ C Pizza Planet For dine-in or take-out, Pizza Planet offers some of the best pizza in town. If you like a good chef salad, this is your place. Be prepared to share; it’s huge.

2400 Paramount, 353.6666 $ – $$ C The Plaza A long-time Amarillo favorite, the many loyal customers of the Plaza attest to the great food and affordable prices. Eat your fill of the fresh chips and hot sauce and enjoy the laid back atmosphere.

Perfect for a family night out, they offer enough variety to suit the pickiest eaters. 3415 Bell, 358.4897 $ c Real Food Café Located in Blue Sage Pottery & Art Gallery, this quaint café serves up an abundance of scrumptious crêpes.

Everything is made from scratch including savory and dessert crêpes, soups and salads. Start with a bowl of soup and feast your way to their Cordon Bleu. For dessert, the chocolate crêpe sure made us happy. 3302 6th, 570.3859 $

Robinson’s BBQ Robinson’s has mastered the art of BBQ. We especially love their BBQ sandwiches. But don’t limit yourself to just a sandwich - they also serve tasty Frito pies. If you’re in time for breakfast, try their excellent breakfast burritos.

5920 Hillside, 358.2194 $ Sabaidee Sabaidee offers a fusion of Asian tastes along with delicious, authentic Laotian dishes like sticky rice with beef jerky, chicken wings and tomato sauce and papaya salad. Try the Sabaidee Special for a guaranteed taste-treat.

2313 S. Georgia, 331.6720 $ Saffron You can experience the rich culture of the Middle East right here in Amarillo.

Saffron’s menu consists of traditional Greek, Persian and Mediterranean dishes. The dining area is small and simple but this really ads to the authenticity. Leave room for the Baklava.

1511 S. Nelson, 367.8899, $ C Scott’s Oyster Bar If you are a fresh oyster connoisseur, Scott’s is the place for you. Even though it’s a little on the small side, the quick service and excellent seafood make it one of our favorite places to hang out.

4150 Paramount, 354.9110 $$ y C Smokey Joe’s A welcoming bar and grill located in the historic antique district on Route 66, Smokey Joe’s is one of Amarillo’s bestkept secrets. With an outside patio and live music on the weekends, this is the place to be. When you visit, ask for the Legendary Spink. You won’t regret it.

2903 6th St., 331.6698 $$ c y T Taqueria El Tapatio Taqueria El Tapatio serves up authentic Mexican flavor in every dish they offer.

It’s just plain good food. The generous portions and affordable prices are easy on your pocketbook too.

3410 S. Coulter, 331.6248 $ C Texas Roadhouse This is one place that you don’t have to worry about your kids leaving a mess. Everyone does; it’s okay to throw your peanut shells on the floor at the Roadhouse. Bread lovers will rejoice over the rolls and steak lovers will drool over the meat on display as soon as you walk through the door. Be ready for a wait, but the food’s worth it. 2805 I-40 West, 352.7427, texasroadhouse.com ☎c$^

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Joe Norman & Company

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oe Normanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s philosophy is a simple one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realize I am not just building a house â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I am building someone a home. I build every house as if it were my own,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Joe started building homes in 1980 and started his own company in 1995 after running two other construction businesses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoy making people happy with their new home. I get excited about taking care of their needs and standing behind my product,â&#x20AC;? says Joe. A person who purchases a Joe Norman home can be sure of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outstanding quality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Providing the most value for the dollar while maintaining superior quality is my ultimate goal,â&#x20AC;? he adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spend a lot of extra money putting more concrete in my

foundations and slabs, using energy efficient windows and installing high-efficiency installation.â&#x20AC;?

His homes also feature lots of woodwork, crown molding, large closets with plenty of shelves and safe rooms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also build oversize garages with large doors to accommodate long pickup trucks,â&#x20AC;? he notes.

Joe credits his excellent, knowledgeable and experienced building superintendent, L.V. Perkins, for helping him build superior homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve used many of the same subcontractors since 1983, so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change around much.

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Hans Keyner

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ans Keyner, owner of Keyner Construction proudly states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once you become a Keyner client, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a client for life.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the official motto of Keyner Construction, and considering the amount of repeat business the company receives from their satisfied customers, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to see why. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We keep track of all our clients,â&#x20AC;?

Hans says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to build a continued relationship with each one.â&#x20AC;?

Since 1995, Keyner Construction has built custom homes and remodeled existing homes in the Amarillo and Canyon areas.

Arna Reynolds, president and CEO of Amarillo Community Federal Credit Union, is part of the Keyner family.

Keyner custom built a house for her. In a testimonial, Ms. Reynolds said she felt that Keyner Construction spent a lot of time

finding out her likes and dislikes and always listened to her concerns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our customer service is second to none. We tailor our services to the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique wants and needs,â&#x20AC;? Hans says.

Another client, Marla McGill, recently remodeled half the home she acquired from her parents. She wanted to modernize the house and came to Keyner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She wanted many new updates and we had to think outside the box to make it flow,â&#x20AC;? Hans says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, the old and the new blend seamlessly. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell the difference.â&#x20AC;?

One of the things that impressed Ms. McGill was the fact that the workers were very considerate of her and her small pets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I look around, I think the quality of the workmanship is outstanding,â&#x20AC;?

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t 28 years old, Perfecto Mancha is one of the youngest builders in Amarillo. But don’t be misled by his age. He has been around the building industry since he was a child, learning the business from the ground up from his grandfather and great-grandfather, who were also builders.

“I started in high school and worked between football seasons and summers.

I took on projects on my own. It was my summer job. I learned the ropes in the business,” Mancha says. “When my buddies were at the pool, I was working.”

Mancha started his company when he was only 22 years old, and takes pride in the fact that his homes are truly custom built, one-of-a-kind homes that

he designs himself, putting in special features such as extensive woodwork and exquisite ceilings.

“When we say custom, we don’t use the term loosely. We mean there won’t be another home like yours,” he says.

His unique designs and quality craftsmanship are well-known locally.

In May 2010, Perfecto won four out of six awards given by the Texas Panhandle Builders Association. “‘Experience the Power of Change’ is our slogan,” he says. “It means trust in me and let me do something different for you. I bring a different flavor to my homes. I bring something Amarillo is not accustomed to.”

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he first home Sam Colson built was in 1982 in the Windsor addition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started with Carl Mitcham and custom built our house. People who liked our home wanted me to build one for them, too,â&#x20AC;? Colson says.

In 1991, business led Colson to Red River, New Mexico where he built him and his wife, Winona Colson, now a realtor and owner of RE/MAX Highplains Realty, a dream home perched on the top of Bobcat Pass, 4 miles outside of Red River.

Sam and Winona moved back home to Amarillo in 1999 and fell in love with the River Falls Development which overlooks Palo Duro Canyon. He built his current house there, at 15301 Canyon Pass Road in River Falls. The home has a spectacular view of the canyon and the wall-to-wall

window design of the home takes advantage of its location.

Colson says his company specializes in building high-end, custom homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our homes typically feature quality cabinets and unique trim work. We work with our designer from start to finish. He designs a lot of homes for a lot of the highend builders,â&#x20AC;? Colson says.

The designer Colson is talking about is his nephew, Ryan Handley, co-owner of Fusion Designs, who has 15 years of experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoy the process of finding clients the perfect place and then giving them all the services I offer,â&#x20AC;? Colson says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try to build to the location of the home and accent accordingly.â&#x20AC;?

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retro rewind

Furr Food Store While the name is synonymous for buffet dining today, the Furr family business began as a chain of grocery stores. After establishing a small monopoly of stores in Kirkland, Texas, in the early 1900s, Crone Webster Furr took over the M System franchise in Amarillo in 1924. Four years later, he acquired the area Piggly Wiggly stores and combined the two smaller companies to form one – Furr Food Stores. By 1948, the company was expanded and renamed Furrs Incorporated. With his sons, Key and Roy, and his son-inlaw, J.L. Sparks, the Furr family operated grocery stores in more than 30 cities from Fort Worth to Denver for three decades, eventually owning a chain of 130 supermarkets, drug stores and cafeterias.

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Homes $250,000 & up

Indian Hills

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Wolflin

Sleepy Hollow Wolflin heart’s desire.

Superb location amid other luxurious homes, this residence features pegged wood floors, two fireplaces, downstairs master suite, formal rooms, basement. and an enormous amount of storage. Serenity is the

3204 Lipscomb 4/3.5/2 $699,000 Tamara Bonifield 673-7319 www.tbonifieldteam.com

mood in this mature yard with large trees for a quiet afternoon of reading.

3501 Kensington 4/3.5/3 $795,000 Tamara Bonifield 673-7319 www.tbonifieldteam.com

Professionals’ dream in fantastic heart of Sleepy Hollow location built by Kenny Howell. If you desire graceful living among beautiful surroundings, you must see this updated home with something for everyone. Boasting gorgeous amenities and special touches around every corner and offering an outdoor kitchen and covered pavilion with fireplace for your entertaining pleasure.

spotlight

Larry Offerdahl South Dakota native, coin collector, director of parks and recreation

by Kristen Blackstock

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orn and raised in South Dakota on his parents’ farm, Larry Offerdahl knew he wanted a different career from his father’s. While studying economics at South Dakota State, Larry discovered he had a unique passion for park management.

“I don’t even consider it a job. It’s a hobby,” says the nine-year director of parks and recreation in Amarillo. “Part of what I enjoy every day is going to work and finding new opportunities or creating new ones.”

After graduating with a degree in Park Management and beginning his career in South Dakota, Larry set out on a new adventure in McKinney, Texas, when he became a park director in 1984. Along for the ride was his wife, Deanna and their three children, Nicole, Shelly and Neal. After 17 years in McKinney, Larry forwent Washington and New York for Amarillo, where he became director of parks and recreation in 2001. When Larry isn’t master planning for potential new projects or designing new ways to help with water conservation in Amarillo parks, he enjoys scouting for new additions to add to his coin collection. am

Q&A

One of my favorite childhood toys was… a BB gun. My brothers and I would go exploring with our BB guns along one of the creeks that ran through our farm in South Dakota.

One movie I could watch over and over again is… “Grease.” The music and characters in this movie come together for a very enjoyable experience.

If I were a character in a book, I would be… the character that creates the surprise ending in the novel. I enjoy finding ways to make each day have some kind of special meaning.

The greatest piece of advice I’ve ever received is… my father’s advice, “always be positive, don’t take yourself too seriously and enjoy each day to the fullest.”

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If I had an open plane ticket to anywhere, I would go to…

Stockholm Sweden to visit my relatives.

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The most famous or interesting person I’ve ever met is… Arnold Palmer. I met Mr. Palmer when I worked in the Dallas area as our city planned a new golf course.

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