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Design Specialist Tradition Outdoor Living defines mastery of style and function for your backyard!

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[6] OUT & ABOUT [10] Top 5 Summer Trends [11] Summer Running Guide [12] Patio Chic [16] My Favorite Teacher Contest Winner!

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[19] Magnolia Ponds [20] Space Locker For NASA

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Editor in Chief Vicki Nordquist | vicki@uptowncountrymagazine.com Editorial Director Grace Lamar

[23] Frazier’s Ornamental & Architectural Concrete

Photographer Heather Holloway

Creative Director Mike Reeves

Contributing Writers Josef Bichler | Harvey McEwan | Grace Lamar | Brigitte Barry Advertising Kristine Pirtle (832) 602-7929 uptowncountry@gmail.com

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[28] Embracing the Barn Door [29] 3 Secret Ingredients For Savory Home Grown Tomatoes

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Out & About May 12 Spring Classic Golf Tourney BeneďŹ tting Lone Survivor Foundation Join us for the 10th annual North Cypress Spring Classic Golf Tournament at Blackhorse Golf Club with a 1:30 shotgun start All proceeds will be donated to the /RQH 6XUYLYRU )RXQGDWLRQ D & QRQ SURĂ€W organization created by Marcus Luttrell to offer therapeutic services to service members and their

families during family retreats Black Horse Golf Course

May 14 - Cypress Spring Artisan Market Day The market is a gathering of high quality vendors bringing fresh local produce, pastured meats, free range eggs, goat cheese, honey, jellies, pasta, pickles, live plants, natural home and pet products, soaps, lotions, and much more right to

your neighborhood. Local artists will bring their unique art work. Hours: 12:30-3:30pm Parking lot adjacent to the Activity Center 16902 Bridgeland Landing The Bridgeland, Cypress

May 27 Honky Tonk Chili Challenge The Honky Tonk Chili Challenge, sponsored by Quick Quack Car Wash and H-E-B, is a full day of old style country music and a CASI sanctioned chili cookoff with teams from across southeast Texas. Performing are Liz Talley, Doug Boggs & the Cowboy Jazz Band, Tony Booth, and Amber Digby & Midnight Flyer.

10am-6pm Tomball's historic downtown Depot

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May 28 Memorial Day at The Woodlands

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Here’s your chance to participate in a competitive (certified course) 5K or enjoy the morning with a 5K walk. There’s also a 1K kids fun run so bring out the family and help support the work of Impact a Hero. http://impactahero5k.com/5k-information/

Squeeze in one more race before the summer truly sets in. And make it a scenic one near the University of Houston Clear Lake. Flat and fast 5k and 10k courses followed by a super after party. A series of races created to showcase unique venues throughout the Houston metro area. Each race features a family-friendly atmosphere and offers something for all ages and skill levels including 5k, 10k and kids 1k runs. www.runhouston.com/

The Original Mud Run Houston 23235 Margerstadt, Waller, TX 77484 May 27, 2017 5K Dog Mud Run @ 9:35 am, 10K at 10:30 am & Kid’s Mud Run @ 12:00 pm Are you ready to play DIRTY? The Original Mud Run is a 5K/10K military style obstacle course. Take on the 5K, 3.1 mile course with 18 plus obstacles and or 10K, 6.2-mile course with 30+ military style obstacles. www.imudrun.com/HOUSTON

Houston Heights Association Fun Run Marmion Park – 1800 block of Heights Boulevard 77008 June 3, 2017 6:15 am The flat, fast, out and back 5K course is certified by the USA Track and Field and the Gulf Association Track and Field. After the 5K runners take off, walkers have the opportunity to do the track and there’s a 1K kids fun run as well. www.houstonheights.org/html/fun_run.html

HAA Fun Run 4810 Westway Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77041 June 3, 2017 7:00 am

A Step Forward for Hispanic Women 5K Run/Walk 4400 Falcon Landing Blvd., Katy, TX 77494 June 10, 2017 6:15 am A Step Forward for Hispanic Women 5K-1K Run/Walk is put on by The Wellness for Growth Foundation which empowers underprivileged Hispanic women through wellness education and skills for economic growth. Exercise, prizes, music, raffles, food truck and fun for the entire family! Join for a fun morning and support a worthy cause. Race Day Agenda My First Step Forward: 1K run/walk for kids 12 and under. A Step Forward for Hispanic Women: Timed 5K run/walk for the entire family. www.wellness4growth.org/5k-family-walk

1st Street 5K No Label Brewing Co. , 5351-A 1st Street, Katy, TX 77493 June 17, 2017 7:30 am Love beer? Love exercise? It doesn’t matter which you love more - head out to the No Label Brewery for a fun 5K that ends with beer tastings! www.runintexas.com/beerrun

Grab the whole family and your running shoes and head down to the Westway Business Park. Why? Because there will be a 5K fun run and walk to benefit Camp Hope, a transitional housing facility for veterans. www.haaonline.org/funrun/

Dad’s Day 5K

Keller Williams Premier 5K Run/ Walk

Father’s Day weekend is a good time to remind Dad of his importance to the family. Have some family fun at the Dad’s Day 5K, a wellness event to promote awareness and education about prostate cancer. There’s a 5K timed race and a 3K family walk followed by refreshments and an awards ceremony. www.dadsday5k.org/

22762 Westheimer Pkwy #430, Katy, TX 77450 June 3, 1027 8:00 am-1:00 pm The Keller Williams Premier 5K Run/Walk is for EVERYONE! Proceeds will benefit Cinco Charities, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing temporary housing for patients who are receiving treatment in the West Houston/ Katy area for serious medical conditions. Running enthusiasts, supportive families, local organizations, businesses and individuals wanting to just come out and have some fun will truly enjoy what we have planned for our 4th annual event. http://kwpremier5k.com/

Funfest Superhero Run 900 Bay St N, Texas City, TX 77590-6452, United States June 3, 2017 7:00 am -11:00 am

550 Prairie Street, Houston, TX 77002 June 17, 2017 6:30 am

Run for Wellness - Freedom Park 5K 18050 Westheimer Pkwy, Houston, TX 77082 June 25, 2017 Challenge yourself to run a 5k every month with the Run for Wellness free race series. Freedom Park is the place to be, bring your friends and commit to a strong run every month. Great for beginners as well as those working towards longer distances. http://thehwp.org/?page_id=1388

Running a 5K or 10K is one of many fun activities put on by the Texas City Chamber of Commerce. Bring the family (kids can participate in the 1K fun run) as after running you can enjoy live entertainment and most importantly food! https://www.facebook.com/events/1399633400070850/ www.uptowncountrymagazine

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Before you get too excited dreaming about summertime and soaking up rays on the beach, savor the spring at home in your own backyard.

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our patio doesn't have to just be a square slat of concrete with two or three plastic chairs for sitting and a portable grill on it. With a little imagination it can be a place where family and friends meet to enjoy all the great weather spring has to offer. Here are some ideas for making your patio the place where everyone wants to spend some time.

PATIO COVER: Spring can mean 75 degree weather with a clear blue sky or it can mean 90 degree weather with storm clouds on the horizon. What better way to assure that your patio can be used no matter what the weather than a beautiful patio roof.

From shingles to tile, a cover for your patio is almost a must in our area. When spring turns to summer, then that cover is a necessity to protect from the broiling sun. There are also great new metal roofs that are as beautiful as they are practical and long lasting.

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OUTDOOR KITCHEN: Cooking meat or veggies on the grill and enjoying an outdoor meal is something most everyone enjoys. It often starts as a blank spot on the patio which can be turned into an outdoor kitchen. Add a smoker, grill, refrigerator, sink, and large counter space and a bar for friends to watch you cook and you have just doubled the fun for your backyard.

Using materials, such as brick, stone, stucco, granite countertops and a steel frame with mildew- and mold-resistant ÀEHU ERDUG RQ WKH RXWVLGH SURYLGHV long-lasting or even lifetime warranties.

Check with a outdoor building expert on the ventilation for your outdoor kitchen to make sure smoke from grilling doesn't bother guests. Your outdoor kitchen will add value to your home and provide you with hours of quality time with friends and family.

Add some colorful outdoor furniture and you are already for friends and family this spring.

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My Favorite Teacher Contest Winner!

Diem Tran, seventh-grade math teacher at Dean Middle School, was awarded the local Barnes & Noble My Favorite Teacher Contest winner during a surprise classroom visit on March 24.

Lillian Reitz, community business development manager for Barnes & Noble Champions, delivered the news to Tran along with Dean administrators and the students who wrote nominating essays.

“You are obviously very wellrespected and well loved,” Reitz said to Tran. “Congratulations, because our store honors you as our favorite teacher.”

Seventh-grade student Kaitlen Hanham authored the winning essay, which was required to be 500 words or less and describe how a teacher LQÁXHQFHG VWXGHQWV· OLYHV and why they appreciate and admire them.

Hanham and other students who submitted essays

read them aloud in front of Tran and classmates.

“You have motivated me to work hard. You have stayed long days so I could have a better grade, be an excellent student and be a role model to my peers,” Hanham said, reciting the essay. “Maybe one day we can teach the people around us to be role models just like you taught all of us.

“You make us love math because of the way you teach us,” Hanham continued.

“You make the class fun and exciting. The best thing about being a student is connecting with your teachers and having them there for you when you need them.”

Hanham and fellow essay writers earned certicontinued

“You make us love math because of the way you teach us,” Hanham continued. “You make the class fun and exciting. The best thing about being a student is connecting with your teachers and having them there for you when you need them.”

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omes with waterfront views and accents are admired by many. This is because being around water offers a feeling of beauty, allure, and serenity. A backyard pond is the kind of structure that can turn your average backyard into a landscape masterpiece. Make your yard alive with the soothing sounds of the environment.

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Cy Woods NASA 1: Dr. Mark Henry, CFISD superintendent, signs a student-created locker for the NASA HUNCH program at Cypress Woods High School on April 13th.

Photo by Teresa Homsi, Cypress Woods HS

Superintendent Dr. Mark Henry visited Cypress Woods High School to sign a student-built locker that will be sent to the International Space Station. The locker was created by Cy Woods HUNCH (High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware) students: senior Owen Theeck, junior Mason Kubecka and senior Trace Burton.

HUNCH is a project-based learning program which provides students with drawings to reproduce and create hardware.

The HUNCH program also extends to culinary and other family consumer science programs.

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Cy Woods NASA 2: Dr. Mark Henry, CFISD superintendent, speaks to senior Owen Theeck after signing a NASA HUNCH locker on April 13 that will be sent to the International Space Station.

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According to NASA’s HUNCH director Stacy Hale, “I have about 90 school districts and 27 different states that participate in HUNCH. We’ve had over 2,400 students this year alone be part of the HUNCH program.”

The locker was a built-to-print project, meaning it had a set design drawing. Burton built the knobs to open/close the locker, the sleeves for the screws and the seals. Theeck worked as a designer and traced the parts. Kubecka made the top and bottom panels and the locker door. Overall, the students have been working on the project for about two years, making 21 lockers.

“It feels really accomplished to be able to say your signature’s up in space, not many people get to say that, especially at our age,” Theeck said.

Along with Dr. Henry, the students, teachers involved and school administration also took part in signing the locker.

“I’m extremely honored and proud of these great teachers, sponsors and students,” Dr. Henry said.

“I’m proud, just like when I see a great choir or a great athletic team, and I see all of these smart minds, doing these great things. I’m proud to be a small part of it. It’s an excellent job and my name will be in space, who would have thought that?” h

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Cy Woods NASA 3: Cypress Woods students and staff hold up the locker created in the NASA HUNCH program that will go to the International Space Station. Pictured, left to right, are teacher Donald Bennett, senior Trace Burton, senior Owen Theeck, junior Mason Kubecka and teacher Steven Britt.

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Cy Woods NASA 4: Signatures from CFISD representatives including Superintendent Dr. Mark Henry and Cypress Woods students adorn a NASA HUNCH locker destined for the International Space Station.

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Embracing the Barn Door

dding ding g a modern airy look, while embracing the rustic country look, sliding barn doors have left the farm and are showing up in homes and urban spaces. They are the perfect compliment to doorways with wide openings and in spaces that just won’t work for a normal hinged door. Available in a mirage of styles and hardware, if a barn door is what you are looking for, it’s best to go to the expert LQ GRRUV WR PDNH VXUH RI WKH ÀW DQG hardware that will work best for your space.

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3 SECRET INGREDIENTS FOR SAVORY HOME GROWN TOMATOES No matter what variety of tomato you choose, the only ones worth your time are fresh and homegrown. There is no shortage of places to buy tomato plants – from big box stores to your local garden center. And unlike some vegetables, there are only four things that a good tomato bush requires – fertile soil, plenty of sun, water and warm weather, but not blazing heat.

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KRAUSE SPRINGS

Best Watering Holes In Texas Looking for a place to cool off this Summer?

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Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Well

Krause Springs

221 Wood Acre Drive. Wimberley, TX 78676 Reservation are required for swimming access $9.00 Per Adult $5.00 Per Person (Children 5-12 years) FREE for Children under 4 years Jacobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Well swimming hole is situated over an artesian spring fed by the Trinity Aquifer. The aquifer is actually 140 feet below the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface, and the well leads to one of the Lone Star Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest underwater cave systems.

404 Krause Spring Rd, Spicewood, TX 78669 Day Guests: $8 per Adult (12+ years) $5 per Child (4-11 years) FREE for Children under 4 years A well-known camping & swimming site located in the beautiful Hill Country of Texas. It is located in Spicewood, Texas approximately 30 miles west of Austin. The 115 acre property is listed on the National Registry of Historical Sites and has been privately owned by the Krause Family for over 50 years. Krause Springs has many natural sites to explore. There are 32 springs on the property, and several feed the manmade pool and WKH QDWXUDO SRRO ZKLFK à RZV LQWR /DNH 7UDYLV ,W¡V D refreshing treat to swim in the Springs during the hot summers of Texas!

Hamilton Pool Dripping Spring, TX 78620 Must make reservation prior to swimming Park Fee: $15 per vehicle +DPLOWRQ SRRO LV D PDJQLĂ&#x20AC;FHQW VZLPPLQJ KROH WKDW lies beneath a gorgeous 40-foot waterfall. The intimate grotto and accompanying pool were formed when an underground river caved in after millennia of erosion.

If you are looking to mix fun with a backdrop straight out of National Geographic Magazine, Hamilton Pool is your place for a swim.

Hippie Hollow 7000 Comanche Trail, Austin, TX 78732 Park Fee: $15 per vehicle Hippie Hollow is Lake Travisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;clothing optionalâ&#x20AC;? swimming hole. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for true aquatic freedom, Hippie Hollow is your spot. Just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look to close, because there really are nude hippies in live 3D. 32

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Balmorhea State Park Swimming Pool Toyahvale, TX 79786 $7 Adult: Daily FREE for Children under 12 years If you happen to be driving 60 miles west of Fort StockWRQ DQG Ă&#x20AC;QG \RXUVHOI GHVLULQJ D QLFH ZD\ WR FRRO GRZQ youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in luck. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be around the corner from Balmorhea State Park; the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest spring fed pool.

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FRIO RIVER

WINDY POINT

Frio River at Garner State Park

Bob Wentz Park â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Windy Point

234 RR 1050, Concan, TX 78838 $8.00 Adult (13 years and older) FREE for Children under 12 years Garner State Park is a great place to visit for a swim or hike, or to enjoy a relaxing weekend. With 2.9 miles of Frio River winding through 1,774 acres of scenic Hill Country terrain, the park offers lots to see and do!

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7144 Comanche Trail, Austin, TX 78732 Park Fee: $10 per vehicle Lounging with the kids by the shoreline, scuba diving, DQG ZLQGVXUĂ&#x20AC;QJ ² HVSHFLDOO\ ZLQGVXUĂ&#x20AC;QJ ² DOO ZRUN perfectly at Windy Point. Although it is populated in summer, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big park, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of parking and lots of space for everyone.

Boykin Springs Recreation Area, near Jasper Angelina National Forest, Zavalla, TX 75980 Located in the heart of east Texas, the 153,179-acre Angelina National Forest is located in Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Jasper counties. The forest lies in the Neches River Basin and on the north and south shores of Sam Rayburn Reservoir, a 114,500-acre lake on the Angelina River formed by the construction of Sam Rayburn Dam in the early 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Inks Lake-Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Waterhole 3630 Park Rd 4 W, Burnet, TX 78611 $6.00 Adult: Daily FREE for Children under 12 years If you want to get out of town a little farther, and prefer to dodge the tubing crowd south of Austin, head northZHVW WR ,QNV /DNH +HUH \RX¡OO Ă&#x20AC;QG PRUH RI D UXUDO Texan lake culture. This place is a little quieter, slower, not quite as cosmopolitan, and still plenty of fun for the IDPLO\ 5HQW ERDWV VZLP Ă&#x20AC;VK DQG HYHQ WDNH D ZLQHU\ tour at nearby Fall Creek Vineyards while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the area. Nowadays, droughts are a big factor in whether or not youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll enjoy watering holes in a particular area. The cliffs are fun to jump off of for those of you who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid of heights. Aside from the swimming hole, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SOHQW\ WR GR LQ WKH SDUN IRU DOO \RX WKDW OLNH Ă&#x20AC;VKLQJ hiking, and camping. www.uptowncountrymagazine

Deep Eddy Pool 401 Deep Eddy Drive, Austin, 78703 $8.00 Adult (18-62 years) $4.00 Junior (12-17 years) $3.00 Child (1-11 years) If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a traditional public pool experience in the heart of Austin, Deep Eddy is it. Having been around for 100 years, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the oldest public pool in Texas. Today, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a super popular swimming hole operated by the City of Austin and featuring lots of fun events throughout the summer. For instance, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got 6SODVK 3DUW\ 0RYLH 1LJKWV ZKHQ WKH\ VKRZ Ă&#x20AC;OPV RQ DQ LQĂ DWDEOH VFUHHQ Photos courtesy of: Hamilton Pool: Terry Perry Krause Springs: Brian P. Barnes Frio River: Manuel Oblitas Bob Wentz Park-Windy Point: windypointpark.com

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