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Sallie Gibbs Home, 1900 (Formerly Located on southeastern corner of 11th Street and Avenue M)
by Sallie Gibbs. There were other female business leaders in 19th century Texas, but few exercised the control she did over financial matters. She was the largest shareholder of the Gibbs Bank and oversaw the largest expansion of landholdings in the Gibbs Brothers’ history. Indeed, by the time of her death in 1918, Gibbs Brothers & Company owned some 150,000 acres of land and were generating revenue from land sales, timber sales, and oil and gas leases. It was this success in land and mineral resources that allowed the Gibbs Brothers to grow beyond the banking world. In 1923, the family reorganized the bank as the “First National Bank” of Huntsville and provided a
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greater share of ownership throughout the community. The bank continues to thrive as the longest-operating bank in Huntsville and remains locally owned. Since the 1920s, Gibbs Brothers & Company has divested much of its land holdings (while keeping much of the mineral rights on the land they previously owned), emphasizing instead investment portfolios and management of its numerous local properties in Walker County. The company has also preserved a family-centric philosophy that has helped promote unity among the family and its business holdings. According to oral history, the family’s philosophy was aptly illustrated by Sallie Gibbs, who
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would summon her children and command each of them to go outside and return with a stick. Once the sticks were gathered, the Gibbs’ matriarch would take one and break it. Then she would bind the remaining sticks in a bundle, which she would then fruitlessly attempt to break. A quick display of the unbroken bundle reinforced to the children the strength found in unity. Although the company’s business focus has changed and changed again over the years, the company in all of its manifestations remains a Walker County success story, one that will this month celebrate its 175th year in existence. Over this extended period, it has been owned
by the same family and occupied the same incentives that they hoped would aid in rehalocation, the only such business with that claim bilitating inmates. in the storied state of Texas. Both Sandford and Thomas played a large role in bringing the railroad to Huntsville. Such Civic Impact an arrangement required $50,000 in up-front Beyond the financial success of Gibbs money to the rail company, and the Gibbs Brothers & Company, family members have Brothers donated $9,000, more than twice had a substantial impact on the community’s the amount of any other single donor. The rail civic, educational, and cultural affairs. Sam arrived in 1872. Houston counted Thomas and Sandford as friends and, according to the historical marker on the northeast corner of 11th Street and Sam Houston Avenue, he would often whittle outside their store. Such was their relationship that General Houston named Thomas Gibbs as an executor of his will and, in the contingency of misfortune to Margaret Houston, guardian of the Houston children. Sandford Gibbs was appointed as one of three Directors of the Texas Penitentiary system in 1871, serving alongside Strother Green, one of the highest-ranking African-American officials in the southern United States. Along with Peter Royal, they recommended proposals such as modest pay for inmates who worked in the penitentiary Sandford and Sallie Gibbs and a reduction of time for good behavior, With Family
With a major state agency and a tap-line rail, Huntsville became a prime candidate for a “Normal Institute,� a training school for teachers in the state of Texas. Following a grant from the Peabody Education Fund, Sandford donated a fifth of the funds necessary to purchase the Austin Hall structure, which served as the first building of what is now Sam Houston State University. In addition to donating land for the W. T. Robinson Medical Park—where the Huntsville Memorial Hospital is located—and a portion of the land on which I-45 was built, members of the Gibbs’ family have also had a healthy involvement in more direct civic engagement. Five members of the Gibbs family have been elected to Huntsville City Council, and they have collectively served a total of 12 years as Mayor and 33 years as councilmembers. Given the family’s extensive financial, charitable, historical, and civic presence in the community, it’s no surprise that the Gibbs Brothers & Company is not the only landmark associated with the family in the community. The site of the Wynne Home Arts Center was originally a wedding gift to Samuella Gibbs from her uncle and aunt, Sandford and Sallie. The Sallie Gibbs
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when you feel settled in,� he said. A couple of months later, one of Dick and Susan’s daughters, Susan, was put in the hospital. During this period, too, the family’s rent checks were returned, a gentle courtesy recalled by both Frances and Dick 46 years later.
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pocket park is nestled in a portion of the site formerly occupied by her home, which formed one of the City’s most notable structures, standing from 1896-1950. Additionally, the T. C. Gibbs Park and the J. Phillip Gibbs, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts are named for Sandford’s and Sallie’s son and grandson, respectively. Mary McAshan Gibbs Elementary is named for the daughter-in-law of Sandford and Sallie. SHSU’s 1,600-acre Gibbs Ranch was a gift from W.S. and Ruth Gibbs in 1993, and their financial gift also made possible the W.S. Gibbs Conference Hall in the Walker Education Center. The parks, schools, and centers—touching as they do on education, recreation, rehabilitation,
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and arts—loom large in a community such as Huntsville. And, although most of these landmarks are physically more impressive than the entry-way at 1118 ½ 11th Street, their foundations were laid by a “small stock of goods” first offered for sale 175 years ago this month. Seven descendants of Sandford Gibbs still live in the Huntsville area: Clay Scantlin, Donald Gibbs, Mac Woodward, Mary Laura Gibbs, Mary Lee Woodward Nichols, Bill Woodward, and Mike Robinson. They, along with their hundred or so closest relatives, will be celebrating the 175th Anniversary of the Gibbs Brothers & Company this month.
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Our Mother Turtle Experience By Reba Winslow While closing up our exterior building for the evening, I found a large snapping turtle out by our back double gates in the backyard. My dash hound Cuddles was barking and being nosey, so I decided to relocate the turtle.
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First, using a four foot 2� X 2� stick, I poked it to make “her� move from the gate so I could open it. Snapping and digging into the sand around the gate, the turtle was stubborn and
I went to the back yard and relocated the turtle a third time using the shovel and a metal trash can with lid. I placed Crazy Turtle in the trash can (she was as big as the bottom of the can) and placed the lid onto the can. My hubby then relocated her down to the lake waters. Hopefully “Crazy Mommy Turtle� will find another location to lay her eggs. This is the third large turtle we have found on our property this year, maybe due to the excessive rains we have had. I hope the turtles find another location, so my dog is no longer bothered, and I do not have to continue relocating Crazy Turtles!
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By Winston Spencer, Jr. Photos by Lisa Saleme Meet Dr. Everett Wilson, educator, retired Naval Commander, and Professor Emeritus from Sam Houston State University—but, most of all, an advocate for humanity and hero to all who love learning. I always knew what I wanted to do in life. The reason I knew I wanted to be a teacher was because of my father. Today, I’m a retired professor, but I operate my own bird resort as a hobby. It is truly remarkable what you have accomplished and that you are still active as an octogenarian. Don’t be shy; tell us more about your life. I oversee my bird project; it is only par for the course of my life. It’s a hobby now, but I like to think I had a small part in the lives of more than 10,000 students—not only in life, but in
the world of Academia as well. Today, I watch over my birds in much the same manner. I’ve tried, watched with, and learned from all who I have been privileged to engage with. I gleaned wit, experience, and maybe some charm.
I was able to graduate valedictorian of my high school class in 1946. It was up to me to carry the hopes and dreams of my family. I first went to Indiana University, then later completed my final two years at Indiana State University with a B.S. in Biology—after which, Dr. Wilson, tell us about your father. I would teach for the first time in my homeI would follow my father’s instruction and town, as well as coach basketball, which is still go far beyond what almost anyone except him king in the state of Indiana. could have ever imagined. I was born July Are you still a big basketball fan? 13, 1928 to Maxine and Clarence Wilson. My love for life began on our family’s farm Yes. I am. I even predicted the eventual NBA in Perrysville, Indiana. While young on this Champion Cleveland Cavaliers. seemingly typical farm, I developed a special I remember I wanted to be a medical doctor, bond for the love of life and longed to study it but I just didn’t like the sight of blood. As if to the fullest. My father only had a sixth grade a degree in biology was not difficult enough, education, but he told me to be a teacher. He I later returned to Indiana State University, was a farmer and bus driver, in addition to where I earned a Master’s in Chemistry. picking up mail for the railroad.
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Why did you leave your home state? I would never have left home, my home state, had it not been for world events. In 1952, I found myself drafted into the Korean War by the United States Navy until 1955. After the war, I would return to my home state, but this time I would teach biology, as well as coach my old high school basketball team. However, I only taught for 18 months, because I got a job in chemistry making a thin transparent wrapping called cellophane for the Olin Chemical Company. By 1957, I found myself back in school, this time at Purdue, where I would earn a PhD in Endocrinology, then on to Southern Illinois University as
a professor for the first time in 1960. Soon after that, I was recruited by Sam Houston State University, but I told them that the only way that I would stay was if they let me do my post-doctoral at Cambridge University in England under NATO. NATO?! Yes, that NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. I had the honor of helping to pioneer research back in 1961, in what we know today as In vitro fertilization (IVF). Bob Edwards would go on to capture the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2010 for IVF. Back in 1962, I would go on to become a Rhodes Scholar.
Wow, that’s one of the most prestigious honors in the world. Why did you choose IVF? Because my professor told me he thought it might be a good idea. When I came back to the States in 1962, I became an associate professor at Sam Houston State University, and quickly rose to the rank of Dean of Science. Tell us more. I saw all of the social transitions of 1960s America and the growth of Sam Houston State University becoming a major institution of higher learning. During my time, I helped to bring in more funds and the number of instructors with PhDs went from 50 percent
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to over 90 percent. I remained the Dean of Science for 15 years until 1979 during a golden age in the history of the department. We researched everything. We had so much money for research, we almost didn’t know what to do. Before everything was said and done, we brought in well over $35 million for research and sustained development of not only my department, which was becoming the envy of the university, but other schools were able to partake of the bounty in a research boom as well. I could not quit. I was able to establish an international scholarship fund in honor of my father, Clarence Wilson, as well. I continued to try to serve my community by sponsoring local science fairs and expanding
these fairs to include similar events in Belize and Mexico. Along the way, you have forced us as a society to be honest with ourselves by challenging our commitment to math and science in the public school system. Many times I would use my own home and my own resources to host dozens of students from Alaska to Antigua, from Indiana to Japan, and from Mexico to Turkey. Many were from disadvantaged backgrounds, and I tried to forty-four years with the university, I was help them and encourage them to outstanding awarded Emeritus status. academic careers. In 2004, I was awarded the Pinnacle Award as an outstanding advocate Please explain to us what that means. of international students. After more than It’s from the Latin root emeriti, which means to have earned one’s discharge through a wealth of service. Tell us about 2008. I suffered a stroke that impaired my speech, but not my mind or my spirit. Today, I still have remarkable stamina and keen wit. Along the way, I have always taken good notes from all of my instructors, including legendary college basketball coach John Wooden. He taught us, “Never let what you can’t do interfere with what you can.” That was one of Coach’s sayings. He also said, “If you don’t have time to do something right, when will you have time to do it over?” From that, I learned that life is not a rehearsal. Today, Dr. Wilson can be found at his exclusive ranch, where he raises several species of birds— including chickens, ducks, turkeys, peacocks and quail.
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I just love animals. (At the time of this interview, the writer got to witness firsthand his paternal spirit. With his faithful dog Uno barking, he quickly sprang to his feet like a man 50 years younger, grabbed his shotgun, and fired a single shot to ward off a coyote lurking near his henhouse.)
computers less. We should concentrate more on the three “R”s in school and put as much emphasis on acquiring trade skills as professional ones. The focus of education should revert to its original purpose—in other words, a profession is where one professes their faith through their occupation, and a vocation is a calling to a particular skill. In my opinion, both are worthy of each other, and both are needed, if properly understood.
Along the way, have you taken time to smell the roses in life and still keep up with current events and issues? Dr. Wilson, you have lived a rich life. How would you like to be remembered? College has become too expensive, in my opinion. It forces students to become victims I only want to be remembered as one who of predatory loans, saddling them to a future wanted to help everyone I met get a chance at with debt. I also feel the students should use a better life.
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Photo by K2 Images After months of planning, the Rita B. Huff Board of Directors voted in April to make the adoption center a “no kill” shelter. This change brought the adoption center closer to its original purpose, says Debbie Toney, a former member of the board and now its interim executive director. “It started out to save animals,” she says. “How it got away from that, we’re not really sure, except that they were just overcome with animals. Through the years, it became more prevalent to euthanize them. We decided as board members that we needed to do something about it. We were going to wait until we built the new shelter, but as time went on, we realized we could not wait.” The adoption center board and staff hope that other changes will also take place in the near future. A low-cost clinic offering spaying, neutering and vaccinations to the general
Read Story Online postcardslive.com public is now being considered. In addition, plans are moving forward to construct a new, larger shelter. “We are getting closer every day,” Debbie says. Rita B. Huff Adoption Center found adoptive homes for 30 dogs and 20 cats during the month of July, and Debbie hopes that those numbers will increase. To make the shelter more accessible, the adoption center is now open from noon until 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and from noon until 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays; Sunday hours may soon be added. “When you adopt an animal from Rita B. Huff, you are adopting a fully vetted, healthy
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The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History is a must-visit, Photos by Kelly Sue providing an educational and fun Photography experience for the whole family. I loaded up my preschooler and baby for the hour drive to Bryan to check out the museum, which was founded in 1961 by the American Association of University Women to provide hands-on education of natural sciences. The museum was originally located in the Brazos County Courthouse, and as the collection grew, found a new home in the Brazos Center, a multi-use
facility operated by Brazos County. The new location afforded the museum both increased square footage and exposure. Upon arrival, visitors can begin the journey through history by picking up a museum visitor guide at the front desk. The guide gives extra details about the exhibits and ensures nothing is overlooked. The first display when walking into the main showroom is the featured Tarzan: Myth & Mystery exhibit. My preschooler and I got a thrill seeing the majestic (though
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Outside the showroom, a separate room houses the wildlife exhibit. Toads, scorpions, snakes, and turtles from around Texas are housed in aquariums for amphibian and reptile lovers to enjoy. A real, working observation beehive provides a glimpse into a life of pollination and honey making. I could not bring myself to take a close look at the tarantulas, though my preschooler assured me they are gentle spiders and nothing to fear. I did make friends with a Common Snapping Turtle named Boris. He may have been watching me closely to see if I would feed him, but I like to believe he simply wanted to be my friend. Carter Creek Nature Trail is across from the museum entrance and is a great opportunity to continue the natural history education in the great outdoors. The floodplains of the Brazos Valley are a perfect home for many native Texas plants and animals, and trail markers along the way point out where they can be found. Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History exists to serve the community and has numerous
homeschool groups. Brazos Valley Museum is a unique location for a children’s birthday party, too, with party themes of the child’s choosing, such as mad scientists, creepy crawlies, outer space, or dinosaurs, and a museum instructor provides relevant crafts and games. As a resource for teachers, the museum hosts teacher workshops throughout the year, and has Discovery Kits available to rent for use in classrooms. Discovery Kits are available in a variety
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a Chuck Wagon Cook Off and the 8th Annual Buffalo Stampede: HalfMarathon and 5K Race. Volunteers and Members are vitally important to maintaining the museum. Giving of your time or financially helps ensure the Brazos Valley Museum is around to educate and engage the community for a long time. The museum website, www.brazosvalleymuseum.org, provides a list of volunteer opportunities, from assisting in events like the half-marathon, to adopting
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Inspiration Village By Samantha Barker Photos by Libby Rogers Inspiration Village is a residential ranch, designed for intellectually-disabled adolescents and adults, carved out of 90 acres of East Texas Piney Woods on Hwy 94 in Trinity. The non-profit 501 (c)(3) was formed in February 2005 by a group who has invested everything to turn this dream into a reality. We recently walked the grounds with co-founder Connie Price to hear about the work being done and the impact they are having in the lives of clients they have been working with from Trinity and the surrounding counties. What is the story behind Inspiration Village? What made you guys decide to start this place? I have a son with severe autism. He is a client here. His father and I were watching a news program about a lady who had been running a group home for several intellectually-disabled men, and she had been locking them up in a shed. What do you make of that? We already
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Well, we helped found it, but we are not running it. We have a board of directors and an advisory board. My husband is on the board of directors. I am considered a non-paid worker. My daughter does work for Inspiration Village, she does a lot out here, and one of my sons is a client. My husband and I did purchase the land, which we rent to Inspiration Village for $1.00 a year. We kept a small piece of the land and are in the process of building a house there so we can be here fulltime and continue working to get things where we want them to be. What services do you offer at Inspiration Village? We would love to grow it into a full-time operation with some independent housing in the future, but for now, Inspiration Village is a day program. We start running the vans early, around 6:45 every morning, and we pick up in most of the surrounding counties. We are actually open from 9:00-3:00. Once all the clients arrive, they go with their groups to their stations. Right now, our clients run from 18-78 years old. Each month, they switch stations so that everyone can work every area. Some different areas we have are the goats and the chickens, the cows and miniature horses, the garden, the kitchen, the craft room, and the activity room. The clients are all given certain chores depending on
their ability, and they are expected to do their jobs at each station. It gives them pride and a sense of purpose to have something that people are relying on them to do. They have friends here they can socialize with and accomplish tasks with. Plus, a lot of times, just working with the animals can help calm the clients. Along with the day-hab here on the ranch, we do day trips. We have been to the Lufkin zoo, the movies, bowling, one year we tried the Rodeo. We take them to pools and the splash pad in Huntsville. They like to get out and experience things and have fun. I know Inspiration Village is non-profit. Do the clients pay, or do you have any type of support coming in from the community? We contract through DADS (Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services), and they pay about $20.00 a day usually, which is not very much when you consider what is being done out here. We have several fundraisers throughout the year. We do catfish plates at
Joseph’s Restaurant once or twice a year. We have had a booth at places like the fair, Fair on the Square, and the Mushroom Festival, where we sell the crafts the clients make. For Halloween this year, we are going to do something new. We are going to have a haunted drive through some of the trails here and have booths set up around. Hopefully, we can get some new people to come out and see what we have going on, and also raise some money to continue to build the necessary facilities to help more clients in the future. We have had some businessmen from the community come out to help us. Dean Price and Ed Tindall have both been out here on their dozers doing work, helping clear the land. Ed did the pads for the buildings when we bought them. Mike Fulsom, he has been with us since the beginning and does a lot to try to get the word out about Inspiration Village–including telling Postcards about what we are doing out here. I have people say all the time, “Oh, you guys are doing fine.� I know that when you look at what we have been able to accomplish, it may seem like we don’t need any help; in truth, my husband and I both work full-time jobs and put nearly everything we make into this place out of our own pockets. Inspiration Village is a non-profit, but we still have bills. We still have needed facilities to build. Right now, we have three full-time employees, one part-time employee, and the gas bill to pick up the clients every day is over $1,000.00 a month on its own. There are a few things we could greatly benefit from,
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Health Matters by Shannon Brown, CEO Huntsville Memorial Hospital With children heading back to school and September being National C hildhood O b esity Awareness Month, I thought it appropriate to spotlight this problem and offer some practical and easy solutions to start implementing healthy change during the upcoming school year. Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled; today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. If we don’t solve this problem, one third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives. Many others will face chronic obesityrelated health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma. Thirty years ago, most people led lives that kept them at a healthy weight. Kids walked to and from school every day, ran around at recess, participated in gym class, and played for hours after school before dinner. Meals were homecooked with reasonable portion sizes, and there was always a vegetable on the plate. Eating fast food was rare, and snacking between meals was an occasional treat. Today, children experience a very different lifestyle. Walks to and from school have been replaced by car and bus rides. Gym class and after-school sports have been cut; afternoons are now spent with TV, video games, and the Internet. Parents are busier than ever, and families eat fewer home-cooked meals. Snacking between meals is now commonplace. In total, we are now eating 31 percent more calories than we were forty years ago–including 56 percent more fats and oils and 14 percent more sugars and sweeteners. The average American now eats fifteen more pounds of sugar a year than in 1970. Eight to 18-year old adolescents spend an average of 7.5 hours a day using entertainment media, including TV, computers, video games, cell phones, and movies. Only one-third of high school students get the recommended levels of physical activity. Now, that’s the bad news. The good news is that, by making just a few lifestyle changes, we can help our children lead healthier lives. Any combination of the following simple steps--making fruits and vegetables part of every meal, limiting treats, walking and playing, even shopping together--can add up to make a difference in and help build healthy habits for life.
Childhood Obesity A busy family can benefit from food that’s nutritious and easy to eat on-the-go, like fresh fruits and vegetables. Children and families tend to consume more of the foods they have easy access to. Keep fruits and vegetables within reach, and you’re more likely to make healthy choices. Eating nutritious meals in right-size portions will help you and your family be healthier and give you the energy you need to get through the day. Preparing healthy meals doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive—it just takes planning. Sit down together as a family, and let everyone make suggestions for meals and activities. The entire family will be more willing to try new things when they help pick them. This can be a pleasant way to spend time as a family. When families sit down to eat together, children are more likely to eat healthy. So, keep the television off and spend time eating and talking together around the table.
Reduce screen time and get active! The time spent in front of the screen could be better spent being more physically active. Have your family establish goals that everyone can achieve together. In the first few weeks, you may not achieve every goal, but if you stick with it, physical activity will become a part of your family’s routine. Set effective goals that are specific, achievable, and forgiving. Rather than saying you will exercise more, set a goal like walking for 30 minutes a day, three times a week. The best way to begin increasing your family’s physical activity is to schedule time for it. Start by identifying at least three 30-minute time slots this week for activities like taking a walk, playing sports, or doing active chores. Choose times of the day or week when everyone is most likely to stick to the schedule. Everyone has a role to play in reducing childhood obesity, including parents, elected officials from all levels of government, schools, health care professionals, faith-based and community-based organizations, and private sector companies. Your involvement is key to ensuring a healthy future for our children.
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“MY DAWG” “My Dawg” we would call each other every time we would greet. Some thought it kinda silly; to us it was kinda neat. Much time behind the windshield, one end of the state to the other, We would talk about all subjects, he became just like my brother. Problems of the world we solved, no subject was ever off base, No trip was ever boring unless we were on a chase. For years “my dawg” was lonely, searching for his one true love. His prayers were finally answered, “Lady Gwynn” from heaven above. His humor was infectious, prank phone calls he would make. Scenarios were always crazy, and his voice was always fake. A poet, photographer, philosopher, and more, His sudden passing rocked our very core. He was a brother and I will miss him so. This world was not his home, and so he had to go. We will meet again one day, he will be at heaven’s gate. It’s not my time to go yet, so “my dawg” you’ll have to wait. Someday I’ll get my call from heaven and St. Peter, I just hope it’s not a prank call from “my dawg,” Jeffrey C. Jeter. In memory of Jeffrey C. Jeter by Mike McDowell
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Photos by K Images “Knowledge, Experience, Professional, Proven”— the four words which one finds written across the HomeLand Properties’ website. “Family” could be added to the list. For in this full-service real estate office, the employees care for one another, teach, share, and push one another towards success, benefitting each other and ultimately (and most importantly), the consumer. From the outside, HomeLand Properties may look like your typical small town real estate company, but this company packs a punch. Maintaining a relatively small operating staff of about 20, HomeLand Properties maintains and covers a wide and vast array of real estate, from their management of some 180 residential and commercial properties to their coverage of approximately 40 counties in East Texas in land sales, currently totaling 52,000+ acres in 270+ different offerings. Gross sales range between $50-100 million on an annual basis. “We keep our office and the staff small to better focus on selling real estate instead of managing people,” real estate broker and co-owner Andy Flack shared. John Paul Lampson and Flack have worked together for 32 years, starting HomeLand Properties in 1990, and have resided at their current location for 20 years. Like many members of our close community,
Flack and Lampson came to Huntsville to attend college and decided to remain. John Paul garnered his initial degree from Lee College and possesses 32 years of experience as a State of Texas Real Estate Broker. Andy earned a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness from SHSU and has completed over 40 post-graduate hours in real estate economics. HomeLand Properties’ brokers and agents are members of the National Association of Realtors, the Texas Association of Realtors, and the Huntsville Board of Realtors. Flack has also completed course work to be associated with the Rural Land Institute as an “Accredited Land Consultant.” The Land Report, a magazine whose articles concern topics of interest to those who own or seek to own or invest in land, has awarded the brokers at HomeLand Properties America’s Best Brokerages for the past three years. This company, which seeks to be ahead of the curve technologically while remaining relatable and in touch with their clients’ needs, emphasizes the need for quality communication and presentation of information through their internet website and marketing platform. While multiple listing services are useful, much information is omitted and ambiguous, thus the need for quality information is paramount
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1600 Normal Park Drive Huntsville, TX 77340 (936) 295-2500 homelandprop.com confident in you to learn new things. We really are like a family here. Andy even walked me down the aisle at my wedding,” Arlie reflected. Continuing with the family theme, Arlie’s mom, Linda Stamm, moved to East Texas a couple of years ago to join the HomeLand crew and in order to be closer to her grandchildren. Often hers will be the first smiling face you see as you enter the company office. Linda works on the front lines answering questions from realtors, contractors, consumers, and more. She also manages approximately 180
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Living with Children Q: The woman I’ve been dating (a single mom with two young boys) and I have decided to get married. My only reservation concerns the stepfather thing. I’m not clear (and neither is she) on the proper role and responsibilities of stepfathers, especially in the area of discipline. Advice would be most appreciated. A: I happen to have extensive experience in this area, given that I grew up with a stepfather. Before my mother remarried when I was almost seven, she gave me some invaluable information and very good advice. She told me that when I was in my stepfather’s home, he was “the father.� I was to respect and obey him as well as I respected and obeyed her, which was a high standard. My mother’s little talk let me know that her primary allegiance was no longer to me; it was to her new partner, as it should have been.
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The reason the risk of divorce is higher in a second marriage where one or both parties is bringing children in tow is because my mother’s attitude is no longer the norm. In fact, even such highly respected people as Dr. Phil advise that in step-families, a parent should only discipline his or her biological children. That is extremely bad advice. It sets up a situation where parenting conflicts are nearly inevitable. The problem actually begins before the second marriage. Following divorce, a single mom tends to center her life around her kids. (I realize there are many variations on custody and visitation these days, so I have decided to keep things simple and talk in terms of the most common of those variations—the mother has primary custody.) Her eventual second husband, no fool, sees what is happening and realizes he must successfully “court� both her and her kids. He tries his best to
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be a fun guy. In the process of all this, and on both sides of this coin, very dysfunctional precedents are being set. After the marriage, the precedents in question lead to a set of predictable difficulties: the children complain to their mother when step-dad tries to discipline; mom reinforces their resentment by adopting a territorial, protective attitude toward them; the stepfather begins to feel that he is a “second-class citizen� in his own home. I am firm in my conviction that from the get-go, the step-parent, whether male or female, must have complete disciplinary discretion where step-children are concerned. In other words, there is no special set of rules or restrictions that apply uniquely to step-parents. When the parties involved believe that “step� is the operative word, as opposed to “parent� or “family,� that’s when the problems begin. As
someone else has put it, “When you think of yourself as a step, it becomes inevitable that you will be stepped on.� And to those moms—and I’ve met more than a few—who don’t trust their new husbands to discipline properly, my question becomes: “Then why did you marry him in the first place?� By the way, most mental health professionals claim that kids resent it when they are disciplined by step-parents. My retort is, “So what?� Kids usually resent being disciplined, no matter who the discipliner is. Besides, kids do not know what they need; they only know what they want, and they usually want what is not in their best interests—which is why they need parents for at least eighteen years. www.rosemond.com
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Tuna Stuffed Avocados Ingredients 1 can solid white albacore tuna, drained 1/4 cup diced yellow pepper 1/4 cup diced onion 1/4 cup diced tomato 1 whole avocado, pitted 1/8 cup chopped cilantro 2 Tbs lime juice 1 cup Greek yogurt Salt and pepper to taste Directions 1. Halve the avocados lengthwise and remove the pits. Reserve the skins.
2. Scoop out the flesh into a bowl and mash. 3. Add yellow pepper, onion, tomato, cilantro, 1 Tbs lime juice, salt and pepper. Stir gently until everything is combined. 4. Make sure your tuna is drained, and add to the avocado mixture. Stir gently. 5. Make your sauce by adding 1 Tbs lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper to the greek yogurt. Stir together. 6. Scoop tuna and avocado mixture into the avocado skins. 7. Drizzle with olive oil, top with yogurt sauce.
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Directions 1. In a greased 9 x 13 pan, mix the box of rice, cans of celery and mushroom soup and one can of water. ( If you want moist rice, add the extra can of water.) 2. Arrange the raw chicken on top of the rice mixture. 3. Cover and seal with foil. 4. Bake at 350 degrees for 2 1/2 hours and “Don’t Peek!”
Reuben Casserole Ingredients 6 slices rye bread, divided 1 lb pastrami or corned beef, thinly sliced or shaved 1 (14.5 oz.) can sauerkraut 4 cups Swiss cheese, shredded 1 cup dill pickles, chopped 1 cup milk 1/3 cup Thousand Island dressing 1/4 cup mustard 3 large eggs 2 tsp caraway seeds Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350º F and lightly grease a 9×11-inch baking dish with butter or non-stick spray. 2. Take four pieces of rye bread and cut them into cubes. Place remaining bread in food processor, pulse until you’ve got fine breadcrumbs and set aside. 3. Spread cubed bread out along the bottom of your baking dish, then cover with 1/2 of pastrami. Top beef with sauerkraut, pickles, half of caraway seeds and 2 cups cheese.
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Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 1. Cook and stir the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until the meat is browned, breaking the beef up into crumbles as it cooks, about 10 minutes. Drain off excess fat, and transfer the beef into a mixing bowl. 2. Slice the zucchini in half the long way, and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, leaving a 1/2-inch thick shell all around the zucchini. 3. Chop the scooped-out zucchini flesh, and add to mixing bowl. Stir in the bread crumbs, garlic, spaghetti sauce, black olives, and Parmesan cheese; mix the stuffing well. 4. Lightly stuff both halves of the zucchini with the meat mixture. Place the zucchini halves into a baking dish, and cover tightly with foil.
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5. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, remove from oven, and remove the foil. 6. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese over each zucchini half. 7. Move an oven rack to within 6 inches of the oven broiler’s heat source, turn on the broiler, and broil the zucchini until the mozzarella cheese is browned and bubbling, about 5 minutes.
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