From tractors to test tubes, this hands-on hub teaches the next generation where food, knowledge and hard work come from.
From mystery ingredients to mentorship, this youth cooking challenge serves up inspiration in every bite.
When tools are shared and time is donated, even a busted bike becomes a symbol of something bigger.
10 CHAIN REACTION
When tools are shared and time is donated, even a busted bike becomes a symbol of something bigger.
16 GENERATION CHEF
From mystery ingredients to mentorship, this youth cooking challenge serves up inspiration in every bite
20 COOL JOBS, HOT FUTURES
Hands-on experience means more than job training — it’s a head start on a meaningful future.
26 PLANTING SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE
From tractors to test tubes, this hands-on hub teaches the next generation where food, knowledge and hard work come from.
30 BEYOND THE BELL SCHEDULE
Every student has potential. Sometimes all it takes is someone who refuses to give up on them.
34 ARTIST ALLEY
Your front-row seat to Seguin’s art scene
36 FACES OF SEGUIN
Submitted photos from our readers
38 SAVE THE DATE
See what events are coming up
Sun basks through the windows of an old one-room Hispanic school on the Big Red Barn property, showing off the classic piano and other historically detailed furniture to explain to visitors how education looked in the past.
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here’s something really special about watching your kids grow into themselves. Lately, I’ve seen my own teenagers working jobs, learning skills and taking care of the people they love in small, quiet ways. They’re not perfect at it. They forget things. They mess up. They get worn down by the repetition of school, work and all the in-between. Some days, they come home frustrated and tired and wondering what the point of it all is.
But they still show up. They keep learning. They keep trying. And honestly, that feels like the most important part.
This month’s issue is full of stories like that. Young people who are figuring out things in real life, and the adults who are showing up beside them to help.
We spent time with a couple who built a classroom that looks nothing like a traditional one, but works for kids who need something different. There’s an HVAC company that’s bringing high school students in to learn hands-on skills while earning paychecks. A 4-H cooking contest where kids are learning how to follow a recipe, improvise when things go sideways, and still finish the dish. A community bike shop where the real work is about more than wheels and wrenches. And an agriculture center that’s helping kids get out of their desks and into the kind of learning that sticks.
These aren’t just programs. They’re places where young people are given chances to grow, even when the path is messy and uncertain.
So here’s to the kids who are still figuring it out. Who come home tired but keep going. Who don’t have it all together but are trying anyway. And here’s to the people in their corners, reminding them that effort counts, growth takes time and they’re worth showing up for.
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WHEN TOOLS ARE SHARED AND TIME IS DONATED, EVEN A BUSTED BIKE BECOMES A SYMBOL OF SOMETHING BIGGER.
Every Saturday morning in Seguin, a small group of volunteers sets up tools and workbenches in an old school building tucked alongside the city’s bike trail. What happens over the next three hours is simple but significant: Community members arrive with broken bikes and leave with wheels that work and, often, a deeper connection to the place they call home.
“We started this as an idea during a church conversation,” said Pete Silvius, co-founder and current president of Community Cycles Seguin. “We were
talking about using a building owned by the church, and I brought up how interesting the location was. It was right on the bike path.”
That detail struck a chord with Silvius, who works for Seguin ISD and has spent two decades teaching outdoor and physical education.
“We teach kids how to ride bikes in school,” he said. “And almost every kid tells me they have a bike at home but it has flat tires, or the chain’s off, or it needs just one thing to get going.”
“I told the group, ‘What if we used
the building to help get those bikes fixed?’” Silvius continued. “It could be a way to promote more use of the trail, and just help kids — and really anyone — get moving.”
From that conversation, Community Cycles Seguin was born. Silvius, along with Travis Church, Jim Dyas and Eric Norman, launched it as a standalone nonprofit.
“It’s not connected to the church anymore, it’s a standalone nonprofit,” he said. “But the church has been really gracious in letting us use the space. And now, most of the volunteers aren’t affiliated with the church at all. It’s truly community-led, which feels really right.”
The model is based on donation, reuse and shared knowledge. The group receives bikes from the public and from the Trek store in San Marcos, which donates all of its trade-ins.
“We assess every bike. Some we keep whole and repair, some we strip for parts,” said Silvius. “Then we either give them away or sell them at a really reduced rate. The goal is just to get people riding again.”
Every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, so long as they have enough volunteers, the group hosts a workshop that’s open to the public.
“People can bring in a bike that needs help getting back on the road,” Silvius said. “We have parts, tools and volunteers who will help. And it’s all on a free-will donation basis.”
While anyone is welcome, youth have always been central to the vision.
“We’ve had some youth groups come through and learn bike maintenance,” Silvius said. “We’ve taught them how to fix a tube or check brakes. Some have helped out on Saturdays. But we haven’t had a strong link with the high school yet, and that’s something I’d love to develop. There’s so much potential with existing school programs.”
That potential, he says, is limited mostly by volunteer capacity.
“The biggest barrier is our volunteer base,” he said. “We need more people who are passionate about bikes and
about making Seguin more accessible. Right now, we usually have three to 10 volunteers each week. But it’s hard to be consistent — people have lives.”
As an organization, they have been grateful for some local partnerships.
The Sunrise Lions Club has been tremendously supportive, Silvius said. The Seguin Area Foundation donated $10,000 last year, which helped with expansion, he added.
The group also works directly with other nonprofits to distribute bikes.
“We ask partner organizations to refer people who could benefit from a bike,” he said. “We’ve given bikes to people who use them for work, school or daily errands. Some are kids going through tough times. A bike can bring some real joy.”
One key contributor behind the scenes is Travis Church, one of the founding volunteers. Church designed the nonprofit’s website, which Silvius said is outstanding. Church also puts together a monthly newsletter that Sivlius considers to be second to none. The volunteer’s work keeps people informed and plugged in.
Silvius, who moved to Seguin 25 years ago and now calls it home, says the nonprofit fits naturally into his broader work with the school district.
“It’s all interrelated,” he said. “I run the Outdoor Learning Center, and we just wrapped up a summer program to get kids outdoors. Community Cycles doesn’t feel like something separate — it all aligns.”
While the group has made clear progress in just two years, Silvius is the first to say there’s more to do.
“We’re not where I hope to be yet,” he said. “But the need is there. The interest is there. And the community — when it shows up — it makes this possible.”
The community-led program is sure to grow and keep giving back with such great leaders as Silvius, who see the bike trail as not only a road to connecting neighborhoods but also people.
“We’re trying to help create the kind of community we want to live in,” said Silvius. “And we’re just getting started.”
STORY BY ALEX LOWE PHOTOS COURTESY OF MONIQUE JARZOMBEK
The kids from Guadalupe County are about to get cooking. The annual 4-H Food Challenge is soon to get underway, where kids from Seguin and surrounding Guadalupe County communities will put their best plates forward to impress judges while learning a lot about nutrition and team building, Monique Jarzombek explains.
“This is a program that is run out of the 4H. I served as the Clemens 4H Club Manager for the last three years. I’m considered to be the project leader for the Food Challenge Contest. It is kind of like the shows you would see on The Food Network where there are people baking and cooking different things for the judges to sample. Except that here, you are placed on a team, given an ingredient and then you work together to create a dish based on this ingredient,” she said.
They are given one of four categories, a side dish, a main dish, an appetizer or a healthy dessert. The kids have forty minutes to prepare a dish and create a presentation. They are given coupons in
which they can go to the grocery store and obtain the other components of their dish. “Depending on their age divisions, they are given certain utensils they can use. The younger participants are not allowed to use any heating devices or cutting utensils. The older participants are all given the same utensils and tools as the younger participants, but they are allowed to use an electric skillet. The seniors are allowed the use of a hot plate or portable grill in addition to the other tools,” she said. “During their forty-minute preparation of the dish, all the age divisions are also working together to create a presentation that will be given to the judges as they serve them their dish. The presentation is a five-minute oral lecture that talks about the ingredients used, the nutritional value, the steps involved in preparing the dish, safety concerns, recommended serving sizes, that kind of information. The judges listen and judge that aspect as well as the presentation of the meal on the plate. It is a lot to squeeze into five minutes. Typically, each team
member will handle a different element of the oral presentation.”
The challenge is not only about teaching kitchen and food preparation skills, Jarzombek said. Participants learn other valuable life lessons that they can take with them.
“The public speaking is really an important part of the process,” says Jarzombek, a kindergarten teacher from Cibolo. “The kids learn how to write and prepare to speak in front of others. They learn skills like how to make eye contact when speaking, which is a valuable thing to know for their futures. Of course, the senior level kids are a lot more fluid and polished in this aspect as they likely have done this before.”
The event is just one of many activities conducted under the banner of the 4-H club. 4-H is a U.S.-based network of youth organizations whose mission is engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development. The name comes from the occurrence of the initial letter H four times in the organization's original motto: head, heart, hands and health. The goal of 4-H is to develop citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills of youth through hands on experiences.
“The kids are learning things like the difference between mixing and folding, how to properly measure when preparing, how to properly cut and the nutritional impact of the foods they prepare and eat,” she said. “They are also learning how to organize themselves and work within a group of their peers and how to solve problems. All of these are useful skills that will help them moving forward in their education and later their careers.”
Jarzombek explains the process of the event which has grown by leaps and bounds.
“Within the 4H, in the fall there is a county contest. Anyone with any of the 4H clubs can coordinate their teams. For about six weeks in the fall, we meet over in my house on Mondays or Tuesdays where we run these practices,” she said. “The contests usually occur in October. At the county level, you can have as
many as two teams competing in each age division. They all go on to compete and have their presentations judged and the first and second place finishers move on to district. Guadalupe County is part of District 10. They would move on to compete against teams from surrounding counties like Bexar County and Kerr County. It can get quite large. I think there are like 14 counties so if everybody is bringing two teams, that can get to be
quite large. Now for the seniors, if they get first or second place in the district, they get to move on to state which is held in June in College Station. There are 12 districts so if you have four teams coming in from each district you can have 48 teams competing at state. And then from there, if you are the winner, there is a national contest as well.”
Jarzombek, who studied at Texas A&M, has been involved with the contest
for about eight years now. She is one of the volunteers who is crucial to any 4-H project. You don’t need to be an expert to offer your time and services.
“I grew up in 4H and I participated in the food and nutrition project. I don’t have any formal training, but I grew up involved in cooking within my family quite a bit,” she said. “I enjoy it. It is a labor of love. My background as a teacher helps.”
— IT’S A HEAD START ON A MEANINGFUL FUTURE.
ISTORY BY SYDNEY SEIDEL
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRENDA FLORES
n Seguin, where summer heat often pushes into triple digits, HVAC work isn’t just a trade, it’s essential. And thanks to Joe Cools AC & Heating, it’s also becoming a pathway to brighter futures for high school students who are learning hands-on construction and mechanical skills.
For Brenda Flores, who manages the company’s marketing and operations alongside her husband, Joe, the work carries a deeper meaning. In a town where a large portion of the population is Hispanic and many families face economic challenges, career opportunities that don’t require a four-year degree can be life-changing. When college isn’t always an immediate or affordable option, trades offer practical and empowering alternatives.
“A lot of families here don’t have the resources to send their kids to a university right away,” Brenda said. “This gives them another path. It shows them there
are good jobs out there where they can earn a living, contribute to their families and stay local if they want.”
After Joe was laid off from his truck-driving job in 2012, the couple decided to take a leap of faith. Joe put the HVAC training he received years earlier to good use, and Brenda brought the communication and people skills she developed through years of working as a server. With nothing but a shared dream and a home office, they launched Joe Cools — starting out as the only employees and building everything from the ground up.
Today, they have grown the business to include seven employees working in the field, including two students from Seguin High School.
Getting involved with the school district is one of the most rewarding parts of their journey. As Joe Cools expanded and Seguin ISD’s Construction Trades program evolved, it felt
natural to connect their mission to the students' growing interest in realworld skills.
One of those connections came during a tiny home project organized by the school’s Trades Booster Club. A student approached Joe and Brenda, asking if there might be any job openings. They gave him an opportunity to work during spring break. His strong work ethic and eagerness to learn stood out immediately. The Flores’ offered him a job after his graduation that summer and they even attended his signing day at the school, celebrating his official entry into the workforce. Today, he remains an employee at Joe Cools.
For Brenda, the experience was especially rewarding for her when the student’s construction trades teacher, Jason Rice, visited their company on his own time to thank them. Rice encouraged the student to finish his school year strong and reminded him that people were investing in his success. Brenda believes this kind of combined support — from both educators and employers — can truly change the course of a young person’s life.
“Seeing this young man realize there were people rooting for him and supporting him was an awesome thing,” Brenda said. “It makes me really excited for what’s to come for him.”
At Joe Cools, there are no prerequisites for students to start. Everyone begins with the basics, which typically take place on new construction sites where the open layout makes it easier to understand HVAC system design and installation. This hands-on approach allows students to learn by doing, building their expertise step-by-step.
As they gain experience, team members are introduced to more advanced skills such as brazing, building plenums and using the equipment. Brenda emphasizes that every team member brings their own strengths. If one person isn’t confident in a particular task, chances are someone nearby feels the same. That shared learning environment helps build teamwork and confidence.
In addition to HVAC, Joe Cools often handles projects that involve plumbing, electrical and carpentry. That variety gives student-workers chances to apply power tools and construction skills they’ve picked up in Rice’s classes and see how those lessons translate to real job sites.
This early exposure is valuable because so many entry-level jobs today expect candidates to arrive with some kind of experience or familiarity with the tools of the trade. By working during high school, these students gain a head start. They leave with more than a paycheck but with purpose and practical knowledge that sets them apart in the job market.
While Brenda would love to see these students stay with Joe Cools for the long term — especially because she’s passionate about developing a strong, skilled workforce in Seguin — she also knows that wherever they go, the experience and support they’ve received will carry them forward.
Brenda and the rest of the team at Joe Cools encourage other small businesses in Seguin to follow the trend of hiring students and embracing the idea that higher education isn’t the only path available after graduation. As more businesses recognize the value of investing in local talent, Seguin can continue growing a workforce that’s not only skilled, but deeply rooted in the community.
"It’s really cool to see companies in the same industry come together,” Brenda said. “There’s often this idea of rivalry but when everyone unites for a shared purpose, it shows what’s possible.”
Additionally, the Floreses encourage students to stay curious about learning a trade and remind them that success comes in many forms. For those unsure about their path after high school, the growing trades program within Seguin ISD, combined with part-time opportunities at companies like Joe Cools, offers a practical way to explore career options.
For the Floreses, giving students that first chance isn’t just good business. It’s a commitment to the future of their town and its young people.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ABBEY SHULTZ
Down Cordova Road sits a barn, a stable, a schoolhouse, a church and a garden, otherwise known as an assortment of classrooms.
When September rolls around, the gravel lot of Big Red Barn fills with school buses almost every day of the week. A few thousand kids are expected to spend time this fall at the agricultural and heritage center, where Kay Wilman and volunteers ranging from retired teachers to farmers take a different approach to teaching.
“Farm Bureau creates a lot of the materials that we use to teach with,” Wilman said. “And they even have the curriculum out there. A teacher can go out to [the Texas Farm Bureau] website and pull curriculum that applies, let’s say to math, and math as it relates to a cornfield or wheat or pecans.”
Texas Farm Bureau creates materials that align with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) that Big
Red Barn references for its days with Texas students. They also provide scholarships to the schools so that they do not have to bear the additional cost of entrance for the day.
“So the kids don’t have to pay for this,” Wilman said. “We do have a nominal fee of $3 a head, but when a school system has 1,000 kids, that’s $3,000.”
When elementary students first enter, they are met with rows of tables. Volunteers then arrange them by school before they split up for activities.
“When we have fourth graders, we concentrate mostly on agriculture and ranching, gardening, horticulture,” Wilman said. “When we have the smaller kids, we usually filter in a little bit of heritage.”
In the agriculture wing, different volunteers usually equipped with teaching or farming experience run cubicle displays of crops and livestock.
At one station, kids learn how milking a cow works with a lit up anatomy model that moos when the job is done, and at another they can pedal a bike to create electricity.
“We also do nutrition classes with the kids,” Wilman said. “The goal is for them to learn where their food comes from. And then we put the nutrition in there and help them understand, what you grow in your garden is very nutritional for you.”
On the other side of the barn is the pecan museum, where every year the Big Red Barn hosts activities for Seguin Pecan Fest. There lies more displays dedicated to pecans.
“We talk to the kids about the history of pecans and where the name came from – how the early Americans, Native Americans, harvested versus how we harvest now,” Wilman said. “We teach them about all the different varieties and how long it takes for a tree to produce the pecans.”
The last wing houses historical agriculture equipment. Volunteers show visitors old tractors, tools and more to look at how ranching and rural life looked in centuries passed.
“Our equipment display, antique tractors, tools, etc., all of the things you see are pretty much donated,” Wilman said.
There is more for little guests to do beyond the big red building, though, like in the garden the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners cares for.
Depending on the age group, kids learn about the differences in the way certain vegetables grow, see how certain herbs deter pests from destroying crops and more.
“They have questions that they have to read and figure out the answer,” Master Gardener Janice Knobles said. “We’ll have the name of the plant, but we will also have one right here [in the garden plot] that fits their question.”
Also on the property is a combination of replicated buildings and historic buildings moved to the land, including a historic church, two schools, a ranger station, a justice of the peace house and more laid out like an old town or village.
“This church dates back to 1890,
and some of our private schools like to bring their kids in here because they are parochial schools,” Wilman said. “They always want to come into the church and they’ll have the kids sing some songs.”
The one-room school house is always a stop on field trips, with blackboards, unique desks and, of course, a piano. Wilman says volunteers take younger kids to see how school used to
look in comparison to their experiences.
“We’ll take them into one of the schoolhouses and we’ll talk about how they went to school back in the 1800s,” Wilman said. “You had different sized desks because you had all your grades together… [and] every little one-room schoolhouse would have a piano.”
Through it all, students also traverse a butterfly garden, livestock brought
by local ranchers and farmers and more informational sessions about the heritage and agriculture that surrounds them every day.
“The Guadalupe County master naturalist helps with the wildlife, and we have some Farm Bureau people who will do that as well – we don’t depend on our own,” Wilman said. “We do use experts in the community for this.”
EVERY STUDENT HAS POTENTIAL. SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES IS SOMEONE WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP ON THEM.
STORY BY ALEX LOWE
PHOTOS BY FELICIA FRAZAR AND COURTESY OF MARCOS SAENZ
For students in Seguin who may be struggling to get through high school, there is another way forward. Help is available in the form of Marcos Saenz. The lifelong Seguin resident has worked with Seguin Youth Services for 30 years, always dedicated to helping young people of the city achieve goals. Along with his wife, Sheryl, the pair recently developed an innovative strategy for helping Seguin’s most vulnerable students continue their high school education instead of becoming dropout statistics.
Marcos had a plan to identify highrisk students and to find a way to help them stay engaged in their quests to obtain diplomas even if that meant taking them out of traditional classroom settings. Marcos began interviewing students and directing them to an online program of study that allows them to pursue their high school diplomas outside traditional classrooms. The results have been remarkable.
“We started working with the Broady Academy a little more than a year ago,” Marcos said. “We wanted to do something
that would help these kids who wanted to quit school find a way to get their high school degree. My wife Sheryl played a big role in this. It was actually her idea. At first, we started just with kids from the Seguin Youth Services who had told me that they weren’t going to finish school. No way. They just weren’t going to go back.”
They started with about 10 to 15 students, Marcos said. When they finally got to the moment where they saw students on stages receiving their diplomas, it was an awesome, wonderful experience, he said.
“We knew right from then that we had to open it up,” Marcos said. “The parents got to know about it. The school got involved with it. Now it has grown to a point where we have graduated 101 kids.”
Partnering with San Antonio-based Broady Academy, the solution offers a high school online program as an alternative to the GED. To earn their regionally accredited high school diploma, the learner must successfully complete a minimum of 24 credits, which includes four
English, four math, three science and four social studies credits.
“It is a legitimate high school diploma that requires the student to be proficient in English, math, science and social studies, all the things they would need to get the same degree in a traditional high school education,” Marcos said. “What it doesn’t do is offer electives. It is a streamlined course schedule that allows the student to move at their own pace and be responsible for their progress.”
About 85% of the students that Marcos has directed into the program are from Seguin.
“When we identify a student who is struggling in traditional school settings, I interview them. If it sounds like something they might do well at then we bring them in and talk with them,” Marcos said. “I tell them right from the start that from the moment they sign this piece of paper, they will be held accountable, by me, for following through. I call them every day. I keep on top of them. It can be midnight and they might get a call from me to make sure they are keeping up with their work.”
In such a short period of time, the program has produced just over a hundred graduates. It is a figure made all the more impressive considering that Marcos doesn’t advertise it.
“The reason we limit this program strictly to word of mouth is simple,” Marcos said. “We would prefer that most students graduate in the traditional way. I think everyone should go to school for the full 12 years and do it that way. But some of them aren’t heading in that direction. So, they need a program that gives them someone who will push them. A high percentage of these kids are those who are having problems getting along in school, socially. They may be victims of bullying. They don’t handle the structure well. This is for those kinds of kids that need that kind of help.”
A recent graduate is 16-year-old Seguin resident Mariah Savage.
“I heard about the Broady program from my time at Seguin Youth Services. Some kids who had worked through it told me about it. And Marcos Saenz told me about it,” Savage said. “I decided it was
something I wanted to do. I wanted to get out of high school early. I didn’t like the environment. So, I interviewed with Mr. Saenz and he helped me figure out if it was right for me.”
For Savage, who is planning to become an ultrasound technician, there was never any question that the program was her best way to obtain a diploma.
“It is a totally online course schedule
that you take entirely from your home,” Savage said. “This was the way I needed to do it. I would recommend it to any student struggling with a traditional high school setting. It offers you freedom to work as you need to work.”
For Marcos and Sheryl, helping the young people of Seguin has been a lifelong labor of love.
“My wife and I have been with
Seguin Youth Services for almost 30 years now. She is always researching, always working, to see that every kid that can graduate, does graduate,” he said. “We are always looking for ways to improve the facility and make it serve the community better. It has been a long road. We’ve seen a lot of people come and go through these doors. Hopefully, they are impacted for the better.”
LIBBY BUSSKOHL
MIXED MEDIA
Seguin high school has been the home to many artists throughout the years trickling through its classrooms year after year. Some left their marks on paper, some on canvas. and a bright few on the citizens of Seguin itself. One such blooming and talented artist is the massively talented Libby Busskohl.
Busskohl’s art stretches across many mediums and genres as does the art of many gifted with the ability to pluck something from the murk of nothing. Busskohl captures
whimsy and emotion with a confidence that many seasoned artists never quite master. Inspired by her own imagination and an urge to show the world what she sees in her mind's eye, Busskohls says, “I love that there is no limit to what I can create.”
Immensely complicated in its simplicity, her art shows us that the shackles of youth can be just the kindling to spark an inferno of expression. Brusskohl does this not just through pencil but with music as well, showing talent in not only one instrument but four: cello,
violin, percussion and voice.
Showing not only talent, but passion for music and the arts, Busskohl is quite modest in her achievements and abilities. As such, she wishes to thank her teachers and very proud mother Marisol Busskohl. Seguin High School and the citizens of Seguin are fortunate to have such a talented artist willing to burn her initials in the ever-growing list of individuals that left their marks not only on the town's halls, walls and galleries but on its people as well.
This event is entirely free of charge. Parents and students are invited to enjoy food, sweets and refreshments, and the splash pad all while enjoying some music from DJ DTrayne. Child must be present to receive a backpack.
Location: Park West, 601 N. Vaughan Ave.
SUMMER YOUTH VOLLEYBALL CLINIC: FIFTH – 9 AM - 2 PM
Athletes ages 8-14 will be introduced to passing, serving, setting and attacking the ball, while learning teamwork and sportsmanship. Each clinic will conclude with a short scrimmage. Cost is $20 per participant.
Location: Seguin Volleyball Complex, 950 S. Austin St.
SEGUIN’S 187TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: EIGHTH – 5:30 - 8 PM
Join us for Seguin’s 187th birthday. We’re celebrating indoors again this year.
Location: The Texas Theatre, 425 N. Austin St.
SINGO BINGO FUNDRAISER: NINTH – 4 - 8 PM
The Seguin Sunrise Lions Club returns to host another Singo Fundraiser to assist with community service projects for the club. Come join us for a musical trip back in time for a good cause.
Location: The Silver Center, 510 E. Court St.
FREE MENTAL HEALTH SEMINAR: TENTH – 1 - 5 PM
NAMI Family & Friends is a free, four-hour seminar that informs adults who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. The seminar is open to adults (18+). Registration required.
Location: Seguin Schoolyard, 225 N. Saunders St
GUADALUPE COUNTY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION MEETING: FIFTEENTH – 6 - 8 PM
Dinner plates $15.00 by Next Door Catering. Guest speakers: Charlie from the Charlie Bee Company and Guadalupe County Wildlife Biologist Olivia Kost. Please RSVP at guadcountywma@gmail.com.
Location: The Big Red Barn, 390 Cordova Road
THIRD THURSDAY IN DOWNTOWN SEGUIN: TWENTY-FIRST – 10 AM - 8 PM
Enjoy food, music and shopping. We’re all open until 8 p.m. and offering great deals and fun.
Shop and restaurant specials galore throughout downtown.
Location: Central Park, 201 S. Austin St.
TURN TEXAS BLUE GALA AND DINNER: TWENTY-EIGHTH – 5:30 - 9 PM
The Guadalupe County Democratic Club presents its annual Turn Texas Blue Gala and Dinner with featured speakers including former San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and State Rep. Gene Wu. Advance tickets only $45. Cash bar. For ticket info, call or text Sharon Tate at 830-401-1979.
Location: Fiesta Ballroom, 735 Interstate Hwy 10
