Seguin Magazine - June 2019

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June 2019

What’s on your Burger?

We sample different toppings for hamburgers

FatHer’s daY FasHIOn Five local dad’s show off their style

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Yum, is really all I can say, this burger was not only fun to eat but to make and shoot as well. Check out Culinary Creations on page 16 to see what made this burger delicious.

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very month the Seguin Gazette team works extremely hard to bring Guadalupe County Seguin Magazine and this issue is no different.

For this issue, Valerie got to visit with Richard Cook to learn about the amazing trade of bootmaking. She also went to Austin for a day to see what our state capital has to offer.

Felicia took a trip to the sheriff ’s office to get Under the Hood of the SWAT vehicle and then went out to Kingsbury to play with pigeons. Honestly, it’s pretty amazing to learn how smart these birds really are.

This issue, we also introduce Seguin Gazette’s assistant managing editor’s favorite finds and a story about a helicopter school in Seguin.

Priscilla made one last visit to Matador Stadium and spoke with David Cardenas from Zion Hill Running Club. What this group of coaches is instilling in Seguin’s youth is outstanding.

Then, of course, we cannot forget our fathers. Really if you haven’t noticed this issue is full of things for guys. Tera and Elizabeth put together an amazing fashion shoot at Seguin Brewing Company with a great group of Seguin dads.

As always, I am so proud of the work the team we have has put out. So turn the page and enjoy!

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42 Pigeon Racing

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SIZZLINFIVE All Summer Long

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The Seguin Public Library is kicking off its annual push to encourage children to read during their time away from school with the Summer Reading Program. Each week area children can look forward to fun and exciting programs that are expected to be out of this world. Adults can participate too, with games and prizes. For more information, visit www.seguintexas.gov/library .

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The sounds of music fill the park each year during the Summer Concert Series. This year, area residents can expect RIO on June 9th, Clint Taft and the Buck Wild Band on June 16th, Gacho Sol on June 23rd, the San Antonio Symphonic Band performing the Patriotic Concert on June 30th, and the Seguin High School Matador Band and Texas Lutheran University Community Music Academy on July 7th.

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For one night, Seguin’s own Fairy Godmother waves her magic wand and turns the Seguin Events Center into a grand ballroom for the Seguin Police Department’s 10th Annual Cinderella Ball. The yearly father-daughter dance offers the chance for area daughters of all ages to be treated like a princess. This year’s event is set for 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21.

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Area restaurants and caterers try their hand at taking home the title of best in the city during the Silver Center’s Taste of Seguin. With guest judges and a people’s choice award local chefs put their best foot forward for the tasty event. This year the event begins at 6 p.m. on June 25 at the Silver Center.

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extras - other great toppings are avocados, jalapeños and mushrooms.

But for these burgers ,we chose a sunny side up fried egg. the egg added an interesting texture and flavor to the burger that i wasn’t expecting to enjoy, but i really did.

p Bun - obviously you can’t have a burger without a bun, while you could wrap it in lettuce if you are no carb, but for us we picked up H-e-B hamburger buns in the deli.

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D uring the summer months in South Central Texas firing up the grill is a regular occurrence. Most weekends the smell of BBQ wafts from neighbors’ yards. Texans love to grill and with so many choices to throw on the pit, why not?

So we decided to partake in the grilling scene and throw some hamburger patties on the fire – But what’s in a burger patty; ground beef and seasonings? Sometimes what makes a burger are the toppings so while our patty was juicy and full of flavor we wanted to dress it up, so we headed to the store to find some great burger toppings.

Tomatoes - I prefer tomatoes on the vine, because of their flavor and color.

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Lettuce - A good leafy lettuce can make any burger look more appetizing, so we went with Better Burger leaf lettuce from H-E-B.

Onion - Onions can be mean, they can ruin any girls carefully placed makeup with one slice, but on a burger an onion can be so tasty, I chose a red onion for the color and quite honestly they are the best tasting onions.

Pickles - Let’s face it, there are great pickles for a burger and then there are great pickles to eat with popcorn. These Claussen kosher dill pickle sandwich slices have a great flavor and they pair well on a burger.

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Bacon - While I was cooking the thick cut bacon by H-E-B, I had plenty of visitors to the office break room because it’s really hard to find someone who doesn’t love bacon. On a burger a good cut of bacon can add great flavor.

Condiments Mayonnaise, Mustard and Ketchup are all the basic choices for a classic burger.

Cheese - With so many kinds of cheese to choose from it’s so hard to pick a favorite. We went with swiss and mild cheddar to help enhance the flavor of the burger.

Heath Anders Opens up his Closet

By Priscilla Aguirre

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eguin Realtor Heath Anders keeps his style business casual, filling up his closet with company T-shirts, Texas Lutheran University polos and Robert Graham button-ups.

“I don’t look at myself as having a style,” Anders said. “I’m a creature of habit. I know what I like and I wear the same kind of stuff every week.

Some of my stuff is a little louder and brighter than others, but I’m very casual.”

Anders runs a real estate company with his business partner Matt Pierce. With Anders being his own boss, he said he has the freedom to dress up or dress down.

“It just depends what I’m doing that day; 90% of the time I wear jeans with a nice pair of shoes,” he said. “Usually, I wear a buttoned-down shirt that’s untucked, and that’s kind of how I roll every day.”

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During the work week, some days require a “put together” look while other days Anders will wear his Anders Pierce company polo with jeans and boots.

“I wear a lot of Anders Pierce shirts for work,” he said. “I’ve got a ton of those. I own my own business and I like to walk around with my name on it and promote us … If I’m going to go out and show and drive around some 100-acre piece of property and it’s a nasty day, I’ve got one of my Anders Pierce polo shirts on with boots and jeans because you never know where you are going to wind up. That’s the nice thing about running your own business.”

During the weekends, Anders reps his alma mater Texas Lutheran University, where he also serves as a member on the development board.

“My kids make fun of me because, as a TLU graduate, I wear my TLU shirts every weekend,” he said. “My wife went to Trinity (University), so I wear some Trinity stuff. I always seem like I’m supporting and wearing my TLU colors or some kind of higher education on the weekend.”

When Anders goes shopping, he said he is usually drawn to T-shirts that are unique and different such as the brand Robert Graham.

“When I shop, I’ll be honest, I walk into Saks or whatever and I see something on the mannequin, and that’s it. I don’t mess around. I don’t really like to shop. I just see it and grab it,” he said.

I just wear a lot of Robert Graham shirts just ‘cause I like those, they are kind of different and I like them, so I usually buy a lot of them it seems like.”

Anders credits his current style to a sales representative he met at a clothing store while he was in high school.

“I was in high school and I didn’t know how to match anything or put anything together,” Anders chuckled. “But he was that kind of guy that would say ‘you need that shirt, you need that belt, these are the kind of shoes you wear with that’. So if there was anybody that helped me, in the beginning, it was probably him.”

As for suits, Anders said he sticks with Hugo Boss, adding that he normally lets the professionals pick out his shirts and ties.

“If I need to buy suits and things like that, I go straight to one of the sales guys and say ‘hey, I need this’” he said.

“I let them kind of do it because I don’t really have a real eye for that. At least, I don’t think I do.”

Although Anders wears shirts that have collector cars on them and struts in different button-ups, he said he is a pretty straightforward guy that has a casual style.

“My shirts are unique, but my jeans and shoes I wear every day are pretty straightforward,” he said. “It’s really just the shirts that grab my attention. I used to just wear polos all the time but I’ve kind of gotten away from that. It’s really just a whole lot of TLU, Anders Pierce and Robert Graham.”

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rom its Instagrammable murals, trendy restaurants and fast pace life — the city of Austin is a whole other animal.

Which is why it’s one of my favorite cities in Texas.

While most enjoy Austin for its nightlife and going out on the famous “Dirty Sixth Street”, I prefer its day life partly because I’m not a fan of huge crowds and bars.

Austin has tons of attractions, restaurants and activities to do, which makes for the perfect day trip.

Texas Capitol One of the first stops anyone visiting Austin has to make is to pop by the Texas Capitol, 1100 Congress Avenue.

While it’s one of the touristy things to do in town, it’s still a must see.

Austin was originally named the state capital by the

Republic of Texas in 1839 and the Capitol used to be a log cabin with two rooms and a meeting room. In 1853, a new capitol was built out of limestone but in 1881 it caught fire.

It took more than 1,000 people to build the current Capitol and in May 1888 the building was opened and dedicated.

When walking inside the Capitol, it’s such a breathtaking experience. From the four-story interior rotunda that carries the dome and rotunda archways to the plasterwork, it’s all so exquisite. There are also several historical tidbits scattered around the inside of the building as well as on the grounds with the different monuments.

Mount Bonnell For the outdoor enthusiasts, Austin isn’t just about urban life, but it also offers a variety of activities to do in the Texas sun. There’s Zilker Park, Barton Springs Municipal Pool, Barton Creek Greenbelt, McKinney Falls State Park

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and then there’s Mount Bonnell located at 3800 Mount Bonnell Drive.

A popular tourist spot since the 1850s, Mount Bonnell is a spot along Lake Austin, on the Colorado River. According to the Austin Visitor Center, Mount Bonnell is actually the highest point in Austin at 775 feet.

To get up to Mount Bonnell, you have to drive through the huge hilltop mansions and park along Mount Bonnell Drive. Up from the road, you can take the staircase that leads you to the top. Be prepared to wear comfortable shoes because the stairs are a little brutal. Once you’ve made it to the top the view is worth it. It overlooks the water and all the riverfront properties. There is a pavilion area where you can sit down and look out at the river, but a lot of folks enjoy walking through the small trails available.

SoCo South Congress is my absolute favorite area to visit in Austin anytime I’m there. While parking can be a pain especially when you don’t want to reverse into a spot on the busy street, it’s worth it.

No matter who I’m with I enjoy walking the whole SoCo strip and going into every storefront especially since there is a lot to choose from.

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Store. They even sell some favorite childhood candies.

Other shop choices include Allens Boots, Mi Casa Gallery, Monkey See Monkey Do and Parts and Labour.

Parts and Labour has a great selection of home decor and handcrafted art prints.

‘Graffiti Park Every time I’d drive up to Austin I made it my mission to stop by “Graffiti Park.” While its formal name was the HOPE Outdoor Gallery, everyone calls it “Graffiti Park.”

It opened in 2010 by Helping Other People Everywhere Events as a way to bring muralists, street artists and the public together to display inspirational and educational messages.

It didn’t matter whether I’d been to “Graffiti Park” two months before or even five, but each time I was in town I had to stop by because there were always different art pieces done by artists from all over the world.

You could even leave your own mark using the spray cans that were sold on site.

When I drove up to Austin most recently “Graffiti Park” was on my list to visit, but this time it was behind a tall fence.

After more than 10 years since it opened, “Graffiti Park” closed last year. According to HOPE Events, the new Hope Outdoor Gallery is expected to reopen sometime this summer in a bigger space near Austin-Bergstrom

International Airport at Carson Creek Ranch.

Eats Any time I’m in Austin, finding a spot to eat is my favorite thing to do.

Instead of choosing to go to the same spots every time, I always opt for a new a place to try out. I’ll either open up my Google Maps app to look at the restaurant icons nearby or go to Instagram and look at the #Austinfood tags.

For barbecue, I opt for Black’s BBQ and for brunch I enjoy Austin Ale House. If I’m in the mood for some bomb Korean, Charm Korean BBQ is the place.

However, this time around I really wanted a burger. So I decided to search through the maps app and found Hut’s Hamburgers.

Located near the corner of West 6th Street and West Avenue, Hut’s Hamburgers sits in a white diner-esque looking building with red and blue accents and a covered entrance that looks like it belonged to a lounge.

And right beside it was the tiniest parking lot.

While from the outside it didn’t look too inviting, once you walk in you’re greeted by tons of sports memorabilia, framed photos from wall to wall and checkerboard floors. It was my kind of place.

The menu featured a classic diner menu with sandwiches, hot dogs, salads, chicken fried steak, but it was the hamburger menu that I was there for.

From the Chubby Chuck’s and Milner’s Mushroom Burger to the Ritchie Valens Burger, there were just so many options.

I chose the All American Buddy Holly Burger with the works. It reminded me of some good home cooking. It’s definitely worth going back for and I recommend anyone who is in the mood for a hearty burger to check it out. Next time you’re there, order the onion rings. They’ll change your life.

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SWAT — Armored Personnel Carrier 2008 Ford F-550 • V-8 • Weighs: 19,000 pounds

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everal years ago, law enforcement agencies in Guadalupe County joined together to create a SWAT (special weapon and tactics) team.

When the Guadalupe County Combined SWAT team gets a call for service, they gear up and take a variety of equipment with them.

But none more important than the Armored Personnel Carrier.

“Any time the SWAT team gets called out it goes with us, it is just the nature of the business,” SWAT Commander and Guadalupe County Sheriff ’s Sgt. Robert Locker said.

The 2008 Ford F-550 serves various purposes from safety to equipment storage.

The armored exterior helps protect the team members and others from bullets.

“If we have to get someone out of an area that is not very friendly, then we use this vehicle,” Locker said.

The vehicle sports a camera system that includes video capabilities for

both day and night situations.

It can carry about 10 to 14 people to any call if necessary.

“If you want comfort, we can put up to eight people in the back, two in the front,” Locker said. “We’ve done as many as a dozen or more. If we are going anywhere in town, you’ll see two guys in the front, probably have 10 guys on the benches and two guys sitting on the back with their feet on the running board.”

Empty the F-550 weighs about 19,000 pounds.

That doesn’t include the team or the various tools they carry.

“We carry breaching tools, less lethal munitions, tear gas or CS gas, window breaching tools, door breaching tools, chains, pretty much anything what we need for an operation, we carry in this truck,” he said. “We have other tools that can augment what we do and the capabilities in our auxiliary vehicle, a Ford Excursion.”

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Celebrating

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The Fathers..Austen Hill, of State Farm, Roger Gonzales, of Camp Gladiator, Philip Redix from Seguin, and Brandon Allen, of Edward Jones They are...

“The man that gave you the hard work ethic, never give up attitude, the drive to do more than he did, the love for life and to just enjoy it no matter what anybody thought of you. They are your first love, the man that was always there -- just a phone call away at any hour, the man that was my go to person for every little thing in life that needed fixing kind of dad.”

Hill has on a light grey men’s double pocket guide shirt by Coleman -$35.99,blue indigo Nautica men’s flat front stretch shorts–$39.98 and boat shoes by Sperry Lanyard- $69.98 Hill second look is a Chaps men’s flamingo woven shirt-$21.99

Redix is wearing white Nautica men’s flat front stretch shorts-$39.98, White Izod men’s performance T-shirt-$11.99, Van Heusen men’s shark never tuck woven shirt-$33.60 and Navy Skechers men’s edmen bronte slip-on shoes$49.98 Redix second look is a blue button up by U.S. Polo Assn. men’s polka dot woven shirt-$19.99

Gonzales has on flat front grey twill shorts designed by Nautica -$39.98, U.S. Polo Assn. men’s color block polo -$17.99, and charcoal Nautica galley 360 lace boat shoes-$39.99 Gonzales’ other is a blue button up by Coleman men’s guide fish woven shirt-$35.99

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Bootmaking Learning a timeless trade

By Valerie Bustamante

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he workroom is filled with Texas and cowboy memorabilia. There are sketches on the worktable that faced a wall with more than 100 wooden boot lasts. The rolls of leather stored in the room gives it its own unique scent.

The smell of leather is not unfamiliar for Richard Cook, but it’s something he decided to make a part of his life when he became a bootmaker 20 years ago.

Cook discovered the craft when he befriended wellknown Texas bootmaker Jack Reed.

“My first law enforcement job was in Burnet and when I was working for the Burnet Sheriff ’s Department, I met Jack Reed,” Cook said. “He had moved to Burnet just before I got there from Henderson. He was in bad health — Henderson was in east Texas where it’s pine country and it was bad for his lungs because he had emphysema.”

Reed, who died in 2004, had his first boot shop in Henderson, and over his career taught several individuals how to construct boots from scratch.

Cook knew he wanted to join the ranks.

“I knew I couldn’t be a lawman all my life and I was going to have to do something when I retired,” Cook said. “I talked to Jack and asked him if he’d be interested in teaching me how to make boots because he had several students

during his lifetime, so he agreed.”

And in the summer of 1999, Cook became Reed’s last student.

“We had since moved to Kerrville. I had heard he was getting bad so when I talked to him he said he needed to talk to me,” Cook said. “So I went up to talk to him and by the time I left we agreed that I was going to be his last student and buy him out.”

Cook knew he wanted to become a bootmaker when he first saw Reed at work.

“He was a master at what he did. He worked for many bootmakers. He worked for Lucchese, Ray Jones,” Cook said. “In fact, Ray Jones, which is based out of Lampasas, was a very well known bootmaker. What today in the business is called a Ray Jones design was actually designed by Jack Reed.”

For the next year, Cook drove up to Burnet on his days off to master the trade. While Cook was no stranger to handcrafting — he was originally a sculpture before turning to law enforcement — bootmaking was a whole other world.

“It was very different. I had to learn to work leather, cut leather, sharpen knives, how to sew and work several kinds of machines,” Cook said.

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Cook opened his first shop in Stonewall near Fredericksburg and Johnson City before moving it to its current location at 9150 FM 1101 in Zorn in 2006.

Cook’s shop still carries the memory of his teacher as he inherited many of Reed’s machines and tools, including a unique collection of wooden lasts.

Creating the perfect boot Today, Cook designs boots for people all over, from Texas to Europe, with customers coming as far as France and Sweden to grab their own pair.

With minimal advertising — his main channel is his business website — Cook’s customers usually just walk into his shop off the street.

“There are two kinds of people when they walk through the door. Either they know exactly what they want or they don’t know what they want other than they want a pair of cowboy boots,” Cook said. “If they’re a cowboy or rancher, they know exactly what they want.”

Most of the time customers come in with an idea for a design, which Cook helps them tweak, however, Cook also enjoys coming up with his own and using some of Reed’s.

Some past boots Cook has crafted feature the state of Texas emblem the University of Texas longhorn and a bumblebee.

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from including kangaroo, elephant, and crocodile.

“Once we get the design down and the leather they want — and there’s lots of different leather you can make boots from — I quote them a price,” Cook said. “At that time they’ll either agree or not agree. Then I ask for $500 deposit or if it’s a high dollar boot I’ll ask for half payment.”

Once a deposit is made, Cook takes the measurements and starts the process.

An average pair of boots takes about 40 hours to make, Cook said.

Unlike most store-bought boots, Cook said he guarantees a right fit.

While Cook has designed and made more than hundreds of boots the past 20 years, it’s hard to pick a favorite, he said.

“My favorite pair of boots is really a hard question to answer because you have to be open-minded about the designs people want,” Cook said. “I like anything with the Texas flag. I made myself a pair of boots that I like. I saw a picture of Hank Williams sitting in his chair with his legs crossed and he had these boots with a specific design so I recreated them.”

With the custom boot business shrinking, many say it’s a dying trade, however, Cook said he hopes not.

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Years ago, I found a company from Australia that made kangaroo leather, but they went under and everybody had to scurry around to try to find other companies. It’s been up and down.”

It’s also become harder to find the materials to create stacked heels as well as businesses that sell wooden lasts, Cook said.

However, Cook said he wouldn’t change his profession for the world.

“I call the shots and I’m not beholden to anybody on how my work is going to look. From start to finish I’m in control of what it looks like and the customers like that,” he said. “They want to know their boots are being made by a skilled, known craftsman.”

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Running

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rom learning discipline to accomplishing great tasks, the non-profit organization Zion Hill Running Club teaches athletes several lessons, but the three the club strives for are kindness, integrity and honesty.

“These values can not only take them in great lengths on the track, but also in the community and in their classroom,” running coach David Cardenas said. “We try to promote positive influences, positive examples in every area of life not just in athletics.

This year, we were blessed to become a non-profit organization to help pave the way for these kids, to have the resources so they can accomplish great tasks.”

Growing up, Cardenas competed in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) meets, the same races Zion Hill runs in. Cardenas learned how to run and picked up running techniques from his grandfather Armando Guerrero Sr. before passing them down to his daughter Madison, who encour34 Seguin ~ Guadalupe County living

aged Cardenas to start the running club in Seguin.

“It started off with her (Madison) mere interests in the same passion of running,” Cardenas said. “I think she just got bored with me and said ‘Dad, what else can we do?’ So, we started a club and we’ve been blessed and fortunate to have new faces come in and enjoy the same passion we share.”

Zion Hill, also known as Seguin Area Youth Athletics, has grown over the years as the club has more than 30 members.

Last summer, the program sent six athletes to the AAU Junior Olympics (nationals).

With a larger club, Cardenas hopes to send more runners to the national meet this year.

“Our six athletes all competed very well and I’m proud of their effort in nationals last year,” he said. “This year our goal is to maybe even take more. These kids work hard day in and day out every practice. We try to set them up for success on the track

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and our goal this year is to make it to North Carolina and send a new group of athletes.”

In order to qualify for nationals, the runners need to perform well in the district and regional meets, which are in late June. With training already in session, Zion Hill hits the track on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:15 p.m. at Seguin High School to prepare for the Saturday AAU meets, which are typically in San Antonio.

From interval training to a repetition of meter relays, the runners work hard to be successful, Cardenas said.

“The coaches here do an amazing job with these kids,” he said. “We generally try to encourage the kids. It’s not just about work, but they also have fun. Thursdays are relay days. If they work hard Monday and Tuesday, Thursday is like a fun day. The family gets involved and run alongside the kids. We try to be a very family-friendly

“We tend to just live by those three principles of kindness, integrity and honesty. By the measure you treat people, that’s how you will be treated and that’s what we live by here.”

-David Cardenas

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environment.”

The club members also contributes to the Seguin community, volunteering their time at homeless shelters and in local non-profits.

“At Zion Hill Running Club, we are family-oriented,” sprinting coach Ray Medrano said. “We do everything together as far as training to going out and doing community involvement as well. We’ve taught the kids to help assist the community.”

Medrano, who is going on his second season with the club, said he sees the kids in the program becoming more successful on the track and in the classroom.

“The most important goal for these kids is to teach them how to work hard, overcome the pain and strive for their goals,” he said. “Also, try hard in the classroom and be leaders in the community. The majority of these kids that we work with, their grades are up and get all A’s, which is a major goal for us.”

The program is open to children ages 5 to 18. Although training and meets have already started, Cardenas said he welcomes all athletes to reach out as he will never turn away a runner from joining the organization.

“If you share the same passion for running that we do you’ll be embraced with welcome arms,” he said. “Not only if you are the greatest athlete, but we also embrace all athletes any soul that is willing to take that challenge and come out to work with us on a daily basis.

“We tend to just live by those three principles of kindness, integrity and honesty. By the measure you treat people, that’s how you will be treated and that’s what we live by here. We welcome all and we let the program speak for itself.”

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Taking Flight

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eady to go up, up and away?

Well, it doesn’t take super powers to gain the ability to soar amongst the clouds. Area residents can learn to do it here at home and then fly off into the clear blue yonder.

Sitting in Seguin’s backyard, mere mortal area residents have access to a flight school teaching several super courses for current and aspiring helicopter pilots, said Kimberly Demore, manager of Veracity Aviation.

Veracity, located at 2475 Rudeloff Rd, runs its courses 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week. Students with a variety of interests take the classes, Demore said.

“People do it for all sorts of reasons,” she said. “We live in Texas, sometimes people have a ranch down south and don’t have enough time to drive to it.

Sometimes they get their private pilot license and fly down themselves.”

Others seek out Veracity because

they are in the process of changing careers to become pilots, or because they just want to fly for fun.

Veracity has courses for beginners to earn private pilots licenses, which mostly are used for recreational flights.

The company teaches an instruments training course, which allows pilots to familiarize themselves with helicopters’ instrument panels to better handle the crafts in bad weather, Demore said.

She said the company has courses for folks to earn commercial pilot licenses, which are required for anyone wishing to fly for any type of payment.

“Commercial services are anything you’re going to be paid to do,” Demore said. “When you only have your pilot license, you’re only doing it for recreational purposes.”

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Veracity teaches flight instructor courses for those willing to pass on their flying knowledge. And there’s a

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“People do it for all sorts of reasons. We live in Texas, sometimes people have a ranch down south and don’t have enough time to drive to it. Sometimes they get their private pilot license and fly down themselves.”

-Kimberly Demore

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course for flight instructor instrument training. That one allows those who pass it to teach learners about the instruments used in landing and other maneuvers during inclement weather, Demore said.

“The last course we teach is a helicopter airline transport pilot course,” she said. “Generally if you’re looking to fly jobs like air (evacuation), (medical flights), some of those larger jobs are going to require you to have the ATP license just to prove your time, experience and level of knowledge.”

For folks who already have their fixed-wing license, the company offers a host of “add-on” courses to earn certifications, Demore said.

Helicopter training is available for people as young as 14, she said. Learners have to be 16 before they can take a craft up on a solo trip.

The minimum age to be granted a pilot’s license is 17 and commercial licenses are given only to those 18 years old or older, Demore said.

Licenses are granted after certain numbers of successful hours of training. The good people at Veracity are ready to help their next students take flight practicing in the company’s Robinson R22 and Robinson R44 helicopters, Demore said.

Even for perspective students not so sure helicopter piloting is for them but still a little intrigued, Veracity is ready and willing to help.

“If anybody is curious about doing flight lessons, we have what’s called a discovery flight and they can learn how to fly,” Demore said. “If they want, what they can do is schedule with me a discovery flight, which includes 30 minutes of ground instruction with a certified flight instructor and 25 minutes of hands-on flight.”

The fee is $150 in the R22 and $235 in the R44, she said. Veracity offers other services as well.

“We do helicopter services, such as chartered tours, surveys for like pipeline, power line, agricultural accounts,” Demore said. “We do hog hunts and eradication.”

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For the Birds

Guadalupe County couple races Homing Pigeons

By Felicia Frazar

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n the early 1900s, homing pigeons were used to carry dozen racing pigeons to train with. messages and are credited with helping to win wars.

“An old-timer took an interest in me,” Lelton Morse said.

Now, the fowl are winning races.

“He wanted to keep a kid out of trouble and off the streets On a piece of land just outside of Kingsbury, and gave him something to do. He gave me these pigeons and I’ve been going since I was a kid because of him.”

Lelton and Phyllis Morse have several lofts filled with With those six pigeons, Lelton Morse joined a club in Racing Homing Pigeons. Together the couple breeds the birds and trains them to race. southern Arizona to race.

“These are direct relatives of what we won the war with “I won every local race that year with six pigeons as a ­— these are carrier pigeons,” he said. “I’ve done this a long, kid with him coaching me,” he said. “I’ve been racing ever long time. I sure don’t know everything, but I sure do know since.” a lot.”

Throughout the years, Lelton Morse stepped back from Lelton Morse got his start at racing pigeons when he was racing for various reasons but was always drawn back to it.

“I got out for a while, got married, and got back into the a child after a client of his grandfathers, gave him half a

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game and then had my son, Wayne and I got out of the game for 20 years,” he said. “I just got back in. This is my seventh year back.”

After getting his initial start into the world of pigeon racing, Lelton Morse said his competitive nature and curiosity about the birds’ abilities took over from there.

“I like competition, but, there is something really soothing about knowing I raised all of these guys and that I trained them, I put them up on my truck and we exercise three times a week,” he said. “When I look at (this particular) pigeon, he is pretty special to me because he was top pigeon this year. For me, that guy has been to Kansas City this year and came home. He went to Oklahoma and came

home. How does he do that? Not only does he beat the odds of weather, wind, hawks, hunters, but then comes home it is the fact that they overcome the odds to stay here and stay competitive and then go week after week and never lose their drive, come home to this place and be here.”

The bird’s age determines which group they race in — Old or Young. The young birds are yearlings which includes all birds born in the same year. While the old birds are those born in prior years.

“I’m a young bird specialist,” Lelton Morse said. “I don’t care much about flying old birds, but a lot of guys do. Your young birds are born that calendar year.”

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they come home. It is strange to understand to what drives The number of miles the birds fly is dependant upon them, to what makes them come home.” their age group.

The pigeons are taken to different locations and released.

The young flyers are released at ranges of 100 to 300 They are judged by how fast they fly back to their lofts. miles — airline miles — and the older birds can vary from Each bird is marked with a leg band and a tracking 100 to 500 miles, Lelton Morse said.

The amount of intelligence of a pigeon fascinates Lelton device. Once the birds are banded, they are given a specific number, along with the year they were born, and that Morse. serves as their official registration system.

“These guys get so smart, it is unbelievable,” he said.

“They know feeding times, they know schedules of when “There is a microchip and when they come across the pad it scans him in like Walmart, so you can’t cheat,” he said. they get out, they’ll play and practice, they learn how to come into these boxes. It is pretty neat how intelligent they “There is no way to cheat the system. There is no way to say a pigeon accomplished something it didn’t.” are.”

There are three driving factors for which a homing On race days, Lelton and Phyllis will have a picnic at their house and wait for their feathered friends to come home. pigeon will fly home — mates, food and roost.

“You can see them coming in and you get excited,” he However, Lelton Morse said it still hasn’t been said. “You think, ‘Man, that little guy has come all the way pinpointed on how they find their way home. from Oklahoma City.’ You get excited when you see them.”

“Scientists have not figured out how they do it,” he said.

“They have not figured out the key to what they hone to.

Lelton said he enjoys getting to share his pigeon racing experience with his family, although their son doesn’t do as They don’t know if it is a magnetic pool or smell or what it is. It is not sight, because we take them in all directions and much now as when he was younger.

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“I think for us, there has been a lot of family time because of this,” he said.

“My wife, Phyllis, gets so excited. We spent so much time as husband and wife together because she is driven by them and she is very fascinated with them.”

The couples’ lofts currently house about 540 birds that vary in color — silvers, grizzles and white — and age but they all perform the same task, to race.

While they race against hundreds of groups here in the states, it is a drop in the bucket compared to races in other countries.

“Across the world, it is still huge.

Here we race against hundreds, there you race against thousands,” Lelton said.

Lelton Morse, who recently retired, also breeds his pigeons separately from his racers.

“We usually only breed for about two to three months,” he said. “They are in here for those 60 to 90 days depending on how special they are. They’re housed in a bigger loft for the remainder of the year waiting until the next breeding season.

The pigeons selected just for the purposes of breeding are called prisoners.

“Those can never be released, that is why they are called prisoners. We buy them from other lofts or even other countries that come here. If you let them out they are going to try to go back to where you bought them from.”

The couple strives to make their flock better each year and are very selective when it comes to bringing new pigeons and genetics into their lofts.

The Morse’s pigeons are banded and registered through the American Racing Pigeon Union, Inc (AU). Their home club is the Hill Country Invitational Racing Pigeon Club based out of Bandera and they belong to the New Braunfels Racing Pigeon Club.

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