Seguin Magazine - September 2018

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September 2018

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“Barbara Behal was a great person to feature in Closet Closeup. She had a story for almost everything in her closet and I enjoyed hearing them. I love the passion she has for all of the organizations she is a part of ” .— Valerie Bustamante “Writing about the importance of chiropractics was mind-blowing. I didn’t know it could make a difference in someone’s life until I wrote this story. I definitely learned a lot.”

— Priscilla Aguirre “The creative side of our personalities should always be celebrated.

Fortunately, I was able to spend time with two active creators within our community. Barbara Gettig designs beautiful custom wreaths while Denise Jeffers carefully crafts her own miniature gardens. It was a delight to be able to watch these artists not only create but also to pass that joy forward to others through their masterpieces.”

— B. Kay Richter “Making the journey to The Cave Without A Name was a great adventure for my niece, nephews and myself. The underground formations are incredible and the tour guides are awesome and knowledgeable. I highly recommend people make the drive and see all this cavern has to offer.”

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eptember begins my favorite time of year, – high school football time! I caught my love for football while photographing on the sidelines. While I don’t get out to the games as often as I would like, I am thrilled to have a Matador under my roof.

Thats right, my oldest started at SHS this year. It is weird to have a freshman in high school, but I am looking forward to the joys that comes along with it. My little love – my girl – has started her third year at Emmanuels Day School. She truly is a mini me and it really is fun to see her grow and learn.

With this issue Zach spoke with Freddie Sagebiel, Cathy Beicker and Joe Belmarez about their love for football and their support of the Matadors. Felicia made some great tailgating food for our culinary creations and Priscilla learned the benefits of chiropractic care from Dr. Dominic Scaramozi.

For all our non-football fans, or if you just want to read about something else, Kay visited with Barbara Gettig about the beautiful wreaths she creates at The Shop, and with Denise Jeffers about the mini gardens that she crafts, those are cute! Valerie went into Barbara Behal’s closet – I love that lady’s purple hair and Felicia took her niece and nephews to The Cave Without A Name in Boerne.

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Each year one of the oldest high school football rivalries comes to life as the Seguin Matadors take on the New Braunfels Unicorns in the battle of the Guadalupe River Bowl. This year’s gridiron matchup will kick off at 7:30 p.m. at Unicorn Stadium.

September 15th

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Each year community members gather at Seguin Knights of Columbus Hall to raise funds for Guadalupe County youth who exhibit during the yearly Youth Livestock and Homemakers Show. The event includes social hour, steak dinner, dance, live and silent auctions.

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The city of Schertz will celebrate 60 years since its incorporation as a city with the IBCA sanctioned SchertzQ Barbecue Cookoff.

The event will include live music and a family zone, crafts and business vendors, food, beverages, fireworks and more. For more information, visit Schertz.com

September 22nd

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Hermann Sons Life - Seguin is bringing in a host of food trucks to show off their culinary creations with a Food Truck Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the lodge, 2918 W. Kingsbury St. The event will include a variety of food selections along with arts and crafts vendors, plus a lot of activities for children.

September 29th

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The First United Methodist Church’s front lawn will turn to a sea of orange, as the fall gourds come in, creating the annual Pumpkin Patch. The month-long event includes photo stations, education stations, story time and, of course, the chance to purchase a pumpkin. Other events like Puppies in the Patch will offer a variety of fun events to come out and enjoy. Community members are invited to come out early on Sept. 29 to help unload the pumpkin truck.

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arbara Behal has many roles in the community — whether it’s with Relay for Life of Guadalupe County, the Silver Center or the Zontas.

Regardless of where she is in town or in the country, Behal represents her organizations well by wearing their designated t-shirts with pride.

Behal’s collection of organization t-shirts started more than 20 years ago when she joined the American Cancer Society.

“Back in 1989 my mother lost her brother to cancer and then her sister had cancer and she lost her from cancer. So there was a little voice in my mind that said ‘get involved with the American Cancer Society’ so I did and it just escalated,” Behal said.

In the early 2000s, Behal became a volunteer lobbyist with the organization and once a year she visits Washington D.C. for the Lights of HOPE ceremony.

“When I go to Washington D.C. I have to have my Cancer Network shirts so I’ve got those that I take up there,” she said. “When we go up on the hill we all wear a light blue shirt and black or tan pants. When you’re up there and you see thousands – almost everyone you see has blue shirts so you know that we’re up there. We make a statement.”

While she is an active participant of the Relay for Life event in Guadalupe County, which takes place every April, Behal said she enjoys 14 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

visiting other relays around the country.

“When I got to those relays I don’t wear any of my relay committee shirts because people will think I know something and I don’t, so I wear my American Cancer Society shirts,” Behal said.

For her roles in Zonta, the Silver Center, the Kingsbury United Methodist Church and the Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce, Behal said she also has other shirts she likes to wear to each of their events.

When Behal isn’t out and about volunteering — some of her favorite things to wear, include skirts, Southwest-style blouses, capri pants and anything with bling.

“I’m getting to like skirts in the summertime because it’s cool and pants in the winter. I also like capri pants in between,” she said. “I like bright colors. A lot of times I end up in black, but I do like orange, teal and anything bright.”

Some of Behal’s favorite stores, include Southern Good, Tomé, Bealls, Bling & Company and Carriage House in Goliad.

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“When I got to Houston I have several stores that I like to go to. When I got to Ruidoso, New Mexico I have my favorite stores up there as well,” she said. “Some of them I don’t even know the name of I just know where they are.”

For jewelry, Behal said she likes to stock up on goods when the Guadalupe Regional Medical Center has its annual sale “They have their masquerade sale several times a year and everything is $5. I go buy a lot of jewelry there. People go ‘oh, that’s a gorgeous ring you’ve got.’ And I say ‘thank you — $5,’” Behal said.

Although her most sentimental piece is a necklace with a cross her husband gifted her when they were dating in the 1950s, she said.

The one thing Behal is most known for though is her streaks of purple hair.

“That is actually for Relay for Life for the survivors. About eight years ago I went to the National Relay Summit and I called my hairdresser and I said ‘hey, can you put some purple in my hair?’ so she did,” Behal said, “I’ve been going like that ever since. When it gets faded out people notice. The other night I was working the bar at the Silver Center and one of the men came up to me and said ‘where’s the purple? It’s fading.’ People always notice my purple hair.”

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y d a e r u o y e r A For some

Food

By Felicia Frazar

With football season finally here, watch parties are popping up all over town.

In celebration of the season, I decided to work up a couple of quick and easy recipes that are a scoring play for any game day.

I cooked up hot wings, pull-apart sandwiches and mini corn dogs.

I started off making a Grilled Ham and Cheese Pull-Apart Load from Betty Crocker.

I love grilled cheese. Growing up, that’s probably one of the foods I’d ask for the most. I like them especially cheesy and melty.

When I started making my own, I began adding more cheese and different meats to see what I liked best.

Now, when I came across this super simple recipe, I knew it would probably become a favorite, and it didn’t fail to disappoint myself or my family.

Like the sandwiches before this, I made some adjustments.

The recipe calls for a 10 – to 12-inch Italian loaf of bread. While that wasn’t readily available when I went to the store, I substituted in a 10-inch county white bread.

I also crammed in a little more ham and cheese than the recipe calls for. Next time, I’ll put even more Swiss to make it that super melty sandwich.

I think next time, I’ll slice the bread into slightly smaller pieces.

Cooking it on the grill helped Keep in mind, the recipe I’m keep things a little bit cooler in the sharing for the mixture and the house, and in the fall months, it will sauce is doubled. offer a great opportunity to enjoy The Mini “Skinny” Corndog the outdoors.

Muffins were something different Hot wings are pretty much a and fun. Again, corndogs are still a staple with football and for me. favorite of mine.

However, my family isn’t too big on The only thing I changed from spicy.

Best Yummy Recipes’ version was So, for the Boneless Buffalo the 1 percent milk to 2 percent.

Wing recipe – which I pulled from However, I think next time I the website Best Yummy recipes — might use a little less flour, add a which allows for a lot of flexibility. little more cornmeal and a splash I took the original recipe for more honey. the batter and doubled it after the The small treats are great for first batch of bites pretty much adults and children. exhausted the mixture.

They’re easy to grab and go, and The blend of spices gave the take little prep time. chicken without the sauce a great I think the only complaint I flavor and I think with some slight received was I forgot the sides to adjustments, I can really boost the make it a full dinner. Next time, I’ll taste. remember.

Some might see the cayenne pepper and paprika and shy away.

However, because it is such a small amount compared to the flour it only gives the chicken a subtle hint of flavor. It is not overpowering nor is it spicy.

My family was able to eat it without the sauce and didn’t even notice the addition.

Again, because of this, it makes it easier to adapt and make different flavors of wings like lemon pepper, garlic parmesan or whatever flavor you prefer.

For the buffalo sauce, I used Louisiana Hot Sauce and real butter, again doubling the recipe.

Mini (Skinny) Corn Dog Muffins

A healthier alternative to deep fried corn dogs…

Ingredients 3/4 cup Cornmeal 1 1/4 cup flour 1/4 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup 2 precent milk 1 egg beaten 1/4 – 1/3 cup honey 3-4 hot dogs Directions Put all ingredients, except the hot dogs, into a bowl. Mix well with a whisk until well combined.

Drizzle in honey on top of batter.

Cut up hot dogs to your desired size. Place in greased muffin tins.

Scoop out batter with a measuring cup and pour batter over hot dogs and bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes, or until the tops are starting to turn golden brown.

Serve warm with ketchup and mustard. Reheats well.

Adapted from Best Yummy Recipes. http://www.bestyummyrecipes.com/mini-skinny-corndog-muffins/

Grilled Ham and Cheese Pull-Apart Sandwich Loaf Ingredients: 1 loaf county white bread (10 to 12 inches) 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened 1 tablespoon spicy brown or country­-style Dijon mustard 6 slices (1 oz each) Swiss cheese 3/4 pound thinly sliced fully cooked ham Directions: Heat gas or charcoal grill.

Spray 25x18­inch sheet of heavy d ­ uty foil with cooking spray. Without cutting all the way through, cut loaf of bread into 12 (3/4­inch) slices, cutting to within 1/4 inch of bottom.

Stir together butter and mustard. Spread every other slice of bread with slightly less than 2 teaspoons mustard mixture, creating 6 sandwiches. Fold each slice of cheese in half diagonally; tuck each into sandwich. Divide ham evenly among sandwiches, tucking in to fit. Place loaf on center of foil. Seal edges, making tight 1/2­inch fold; fold again, allowing space for heat circulation and expansion.

Place foil­wrapped loaf on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 20 to 25 minutes or until cheese is melted and loaf is hot, turning loaf frequently.

To serve, open packet carefully to allow steam to escape.

Remove foil from loaf; pull apart sandwiches.

Recipe by Betty Crocker

Boneless buffalo wings Ingredients: oil for deep frying 2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon paprika 1 egg 1 cup milk 3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch chunks 1/2 cup hot pepper sauce 2 tablespoon butter Directions: Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Combine flour, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and paprika in a large bowl. Whisk together the egg and milk in a small bowl. Roll the nuggets in the flour mixture, dip in the egg-milk, and then roll in the flour again — double coating the chicken.

Refrigerate breaded chicken for 20 minutes.

Fry chicken in the hot oil, in batches. Cook until the exterior is nicely browned, and the juices run clear, 5 to 6 minutes a batch.

Combine hot sauce and butter in a small sauce pan, cook on the stove on low heat until butter is melted. Pour sauce over the cooked chicken; toss to coat.

Recipe adapted from Best Yummy Recipes http://www. bestyummyrecipes.com/boneless-buffalo-wings/

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Chiropractic

Benefits

By Priscilla Aguirre

any individuals take painkillers to alleviate the pain they might have in the body, and in most cases, the pain goes away and won’t come back. However, sometimes it doesn’t, leaving the person to consume more medication every day.

Because of this, the United States is in an opioid crisis as of right now. According to drugabuse.org, more than 115 people in the U.S. die after overdosing on opioids every day.

Although there are many solutions other than painkillers to help someone in discomfort, chiropractics has proven to be a safe option.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2017 supports the use of spinal manipulative therapy as a first line treatment for low back pain.

They also discovered, from a consumer survey, that chiropractics outperformed all other back pain treatments, including prescription medication, deep-tissue massage, yoga, pilates and over-the-counter medication.

Six-year chiropractor Dr. Dominic Scaramozi of Pecan Country Chiropractic, 1300 N. King St., explains the benefits of seeing a chiropractor and his experience in the field.

“There is more to chiropractics than pain,” Scaramozi said.

“We’ve seen lives change and everyone should have that ability to live their life to the fullest potential. Just like driving a car, regular maintenance is required. Well, regular maintenance is required on your body too.”

Manual adjusting chiropractics Many see a chiropractor if they feel pain in their body. However, Dr. Scaramozi recommends to see a chiropractor even if there is no pain.

“People want it fixed now and most of the things that come through my door didn’t happen now,” Scaramozi said. “It happened over a period of time, it just didn’t cause pain, therefore they didn’t know what was going on, and by the time the pain came the problem had already been boiling underneath for a while.”

In chiropractics, there are several ways to be treated.

At Pecan Country Chiropractic, Scaramozi uses manual adjusting to help restore the alignment and mobility of the vertebrae. In some cases, Dr. Scaramozi may use instruments to detect a subluxation — an incomplete or partial dislocation of a joint or organ — and adjust the spine.

“A lot of times when there is stress in joints, the joints will change position and it’s my job to determine how that joint is locked,” he said. “Finding out it’s locked and unlocking it the right way, so that way you can decrease the stress on the joint and the stress on the tissue around it. I do that based upon examinations and X-ray findings if I take an X-ray.”

The main thing that sets Scaramozi office a part from other chiropractors is the way he diagnoses and evaluates someone.

Scaramozi performs a full-body evaluation to make sure he is working on the right area in an individual’s body.

“We don’t guess here, it’s too important. That’s why we do the full evaluation. It’s too easy to hurt somebody and my goal isn’t to hurt anybody,” he said. “My goal is to get their life back and so I do a due diligence to find out exactly what’s going on.

When I adjust, I know exactly what I am adjusting and why I am adjusting it, there is a purpose. Not to just make it feel better in that area.”

A patient’s story At the office, Scaramozi said he has seen numerous of cases that are mind-blowing. But, he shared a story about a patient that had a positive outcome in just the first adjustment.

“I had a patient who came in for lower back pain and pain down his leg into his hip, and it was restricting all his motion and sleep,” he explained. “He was just not feeling good.”

This patient was a commercial airline pilot who was medically discharged from the airline he worked at because he couldn’t pass his cockpit test, Scaramozi said.

“He couldn’t pass because he couldn’t get his left arm over his head so he had to retire,” he continued.

After having two previous surgeries on his arm, the patient still couldn’t lift his hand over his head, so he went in to see Scaramozi.

The patient underwent a full body evaluation and Scarmozi found the issue in his neck, upper back, shoulder and lower back.

After the first adjustment the patient lifted his hand over his head in disbelief, he said.

“After just the very first adjustment to his shoulder and rib, he put his hand over his head and kind of was speechless,” Scaramozi said. “He said if he had just went to a chiropractor that practices like I do, he could have still been flying these days and not doing what he is doing today.”

From the experience and other life-changing events he’s seen in others, Scaramozi said he strongly believes others should consider chiropractic.

“That was kind of the impact a chiropractic adjustment can have on somebody,” he said. “It can be someone who is just having headaches forever to someone who had to medically retire because they had to move their arm, and it was just joint dysfunction that was keeping their arm from moving, nothing else.”

“Don’t knock it till you try it” The pharmaceutical industry is thriving due to the opioid crisis.

Although there are times to use medication, Scaramozi believes temporary relief won’t help alleviate the root of the problem — which is why he suggest going in for a checkup.

“The earlier I could find it, it’s easier to manage,” he said. “A lot of patients say that they are just getting old, but it’s the age of the problem not of the person. The age of the problem is something that is going on for a while usually, it just hasn’t been detected because there is no outward systems, at least noticeable systems.”

Although Scaramozi is a chiropractor, he said each chiropractors has their own techniques in their practice.

“I’m not the chiropractor for everybody and not every patient is the patient for me,” he said. “There are other techniques that are less hands on that can help patients … There are other techniques that aren’t hands-on and aren’t as forceful and by forceful, meaning adjusting manually.”

From research and patient outcomes, chiropractics has shown to be an option that can help anyone.

According to thegoodbody.com, a study looked into prescribed medications versus spinal manipulation and found that 56 percent of patients who saw a doctor saw a 30 percent reduction in low back pain after four weeks. But 94 percent of patients who underwent chiropractic treatment saw a 30 percent reduction in low back pain after four weeks.

Chiropractic may be unusual to some, but Scaramozi said to give it a go and see what happens.

“Don’t knock it until you try it,” he said. “There is a technique that probably suits you better than another one. But at least come in with a friend or family and see what happens.”

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estled in the heart of the Hill Country, just under the surface is a place that offers spectacular and unique views of the world underground.

Cave Without a Name is located just 10 miles northeast of Boerne, and depending on the route driven it’s between an hour-and-a-half to two hours to get there through the beautiful Texas Hill Country.

When guests arrive at the properties entrance, they travel a mile down a narrow road to an unpaved parking lot and small store front.

Inside the business, is a register surrounded by gems, minerals, artifacts and a plethora of souvenirs.

Guests are then taken on a guided tour into the heart of the cave, approximately eight flights of stairs down to the cavern.

Tennis shoes are a must as the stairs are slippery.

The staircase is lit by a strand of iridescent lights and the sun from the original hole that was discovered nearly 100 years ago.

Inside the first portion of the cavern, visitors get a quick glimpse into what they can expect to see on the hour-long tour.

However, that quick glimpse pails in comparison with what lies ahead.

Guests get to see the different formations that were created over the years — between 100 to 400 million years or so, according to the Texas State Historical Association.

“Estimates of the cave’s age vary from 100 million up to 400 million years, when the land was covered by a shallow sea that carved out large underground cavities,” the site said.

There are several rooms within the large cavern that offer various sites of stalactites and stalagmites, helicites, columns and draperies.

Some of the formations offer names such as “Texas-sized bacon,” “Queen’s Throne,” “The Nativity scene,” “Bethlehem” and “T-Rex.” On a hot Texas summer day the cavern is an especially cool place to hang out as the cave is at

a constant 66 degrees, 100 feet below the surface.

According to the Texas State Historical Association, the cavern was discovered about 91 years ago when a goat fell into a hole, which lead to the cave’s discovery on a piece of property owned by a rancher named Short.

It was later discovered that the cave was much larger than imagined and soon people began exploring it.

James L. Horne eventually bought the property, renaming it The Horne Ranch, Inc. and opened the cave for visitors to check out.

Horne even held a contest to name the cave, however a young boy visiting the cave said it was too beautiful to name and “Cave Without a Name” was born.

In the ‘90s, Eugene and Jolene Ebell owned the property and opened it up to the public.

A trip through the cave is not only fun, but educational for kids and adults alike.

Cave Without a Name is located at 325 Kreutzberg Rd., Boerne, TX 78006.

The cave is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day from Memorial Day to Labor Day and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday between Labor Day and Memorial Day, and is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. For more information on Cave Without a Name, visit www.cavewithoutaname.com

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riday Nights in the fall in Texas mean one thing, Football. This issue’s fashion was photographed by Lizz Pumphrey, modeled

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Eleanor has on a brown jacket by She+Sky $49.97, black burnout shirt by Col Story $19.97, New Mix jeggings $19.97, Qupid black crinkle ankle boots $47 and mother of pearl cross necklace $29.97, turquoise bracelet $12.97 by 2 Queen B’s.

Audrey is wearing a gray long top by My Story, $20, flower kimono also by My Story $30.97, black Umgee jeans $34.97, Yellowbox Kathleen shoe in gray $46.67, layered turquoise necklace $18.97, orange beaded necklace $16.10 and Bracelet $16 all by 2 Queen B’s.

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Lauren is wearing a black top by She +Sky, $28.97, serge pants by Monkey Ride jeans $40, Tessie shoes in black by YellowBox $45.97, a turquoise necklace $22 and leather wrap as a bracelet $24 both by 2 Queen B’s.

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othing says full circle quite like a wreath, which says a lot about Barbara Gettig.

In the old days of Greco-Roman times and a little earlier, a man of honor or distinction would wear a laurel wreath on top of his head, as if he were walking beneath a halo.

In those earlier times, the practice of placing a wreath at the gravesite of the deceased was also common. The wreath represented the circle of life.

Gettig knows something about that as she is in her 60s, with a good life and a full career behind her. In her retirement years, she still wishes to bring joy to others and create.

Her creativity dates back to a craft she learned as a little girl with her mother.

Many customized wreaths around Seguin, are most likely the work of Gettig who works with Jeff Koehler, owner of 38 SEGUIN ~ GUADALUPE COUNTY LIVING

The Shop at Design Associates, located at 110 W. Nolte St. Though Gettig has only worked with The Shop for a couple of years, her wreaths are the outcome of a lifetime of work with flowers and wire.

“My mother and Jeff have both been my mentors,” she said. “Jeff has great ideas, and this process is definitely not just me. I am able to play off and work through his ideas. We work well together like that.”

Gettig’s inspiration not only uplifts her art but also weaves a sense of subtle style and grace into her creations for others.

And she meticulously surveys her art before she sends it out into the world.

“Every time I do one, I say this is my favorite creation,” Gettig said. “But if I don’t like it, then the wreath gets redone.”

Gettig’s art is decorative, unique and original. Her custom wreath designs have been part of the local Seguin

market for years.

Prior to the start of wreath designing, Gettig was an educator working in Seguin ISD for 36 years retiring in 2010. She worked for Texas Lutheran University for another six years before making her retirement real.

However, she had some unfinished business as she noticed that there was a need at The Shop.

“An individual had left The Shop and the owner had not found a replacement,” she said. “So I applied for the job.”

From there her background with flower arrangements as a personal hobby grew into a side business that quickly became part of the business’ culture.

“My mother was very active and knowledgeable in the field of design,” Gettig said. “She learned all of those basic design elements and she, in turn, taught me.”

Although she did a lot of the research on her own, Gettig said that the flower arranging just came naturally to her because of the background with her mother and making personal arrangements centered around the holidays.

“I have done flower arranging for a long time, but I did it as a personal hobby,” Gettig said. “I learned it from my mother. She was very active in the garden club. The garden club had juried shows, so you had design elements that you had to know and incorporate into your arrangements…

My mom did that kind of work. She participated in the juried shows and things. She was self-taught, but she learned those design elements.”

When her own child came along, Gettig made sure to decorate for every holiday. Sometimes, friends would ask if she could decorate for them.

She obliged and of course, she also incorporated flower arranging into her school teaching.

“In the ‘80s, we had the mini-classes,” she said. “One 25 minute (period) of the day, kids would go to these minicourses. And I took my mother’s books, and I used that to teach flower arranging. I grew up in a home where she was making flower arrangements.

We would go buy materials and then she would do it.”

Naturally, Gettig developed a reputation for being quite good with floral arranging.

Eventually, the day arrived when a customer had an unusual request.

“About two years ago, a customer asked The Shop owner at Christmas if we could do a custom door decoration,” Gettig said. She wanted a wreath. And that is when we started with the custom wreath designs.”

And the rest was serendipity.

Gettig’s custom wreath designs were a hit. And soon, she was making a custom order for every major holiday and even special occasions.

While Gettig admits a lot of the design is a personal choice, she also says it was Koehler who pushed her design boundaries outside of the norm.

“I am pretty left-brained, but Jeff pushed me out of my comfort zone,” she said.

When it comes to design elements, Gettig calls special attention to one of the most important parts of the design process.

“The most important aspect is the scale and proportion,” she said. “You don’t want these little dinky things.”

Gettig also stressed several other design aspects which she maintains in her work.

“I use odd numbers,” she said. “It is best to go wider, working your way towards the top of the wreath. I also use deeper colors from the bottom to the lighter colors on top.”

The important aspect of Gettig’s wreath making is that it is a fun activity.

“I get to play,” she said. “I get to create every day and have fun. I do what customers request but I also enjoy creating and people are happy

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By Zach Ienatsch

igh school football in Texas is more than just a sport. It’s a lifestyle. It’s the life blood of every town from the Rio Grande Valley to the Panhandle. It’s a time when everyone is synced to the same rhythm and cheers for the young people in their community. There’s simply nothing quite like it.

Few people know this as well as Freddie Sagebiel, Cathy Beicker and Joe Belmarez.

“I can not remember a time when I didn’t have a season ticket to the Seguin Matador football games,” Beicker said.

A 1973 graduate of SHS, where she played clarinet in the band and also served as a twirler, Beicker is now co-president of the sports booster club alongside her husband — going on 25 years in the position.

Every Friday night during football season, home or away, rain or shine, Beicker is present to run the concessions, cheer on the Matadors and continue the Friday Night Lights tradition.

“I’ve always gone to the games every Friday. That was just what you were supposed to do,” Beicker said. “I went as a kid and then I married my husband and had kids and we still went every week. I think in my entire lifetime, I’ve only missed three games.”

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already the owner of Matador football season tickets — going on 54 years now.

“A friend of mine had season tickets and he convinced me to get one too so we could watch the games together,” he said. “The people at the ticket office know me. Even when I show up past the deadline to get tickets, they have some held just for me. My kids came and graduated from Seguin, but I still buy tickets. Even when it was just a handful of fans watching them go 0-10, I still bought tickets.”

Sagebiel begin watching the Matadors hit the gridiron when his brother was an SHS senior and played in 1961.

“I started following since my brother played,” he said. “I lived in Houston for four years and I still went back and forth. I think I missed a total of four games — that’s home and away — in all.”

Beicker owns eight season tickets to her name, which she lends to her friends and family members. Her booster club duties and running the chains keep her busy and not always focused on the game, but seeing anyone at all in her seats makes her glad other people can experience her favorite activity with her.

“These tickets will be handed down to other generations when I am gone,” Beicker said. “These games have been a

family affair for a long time. My kids would stand in front of me and my husband when they were little and now they have kids of their own who come out with us. I’m ready to pass the baton when the time comes.”

An owner of his own season tickets, Sagebiel has yet to sit in his seats on the top row of the stands as he is usually running up and down the sidelines moving the chains.

“I’ve never sat in my seats, but I still pay for them,” he said. “They are on the top row so the year I retire, I’ve already got my season tickets ready to go.”

Being a member of the chain crew for about 38 years has offered Sagebiel a different view of the sport he enjoys, and the team he loves.

“I’ve been part of the chain crew for about 38 years. The first game I ever worked was when Brett Belmarez was the quarterback,” he said. “It is different. You get a different perspective, you hear a lot of things, you see a lot of things.

I’ve stood next to Johnny Manziel. I’ve worked a lot of out of town games whey they needed someone on the chain

crew and the coaches see me.”

After retiring as a warehouse supervisor, Belmarez’s son, who works in IT at Seguin ISD, reached out to his dad about coming on board at the school district because of his love for Matador football. Belmarez now serves as a lunch monitor for the elementary schools.

“I wasn’t crazy about the job at first but then I really started connecting with the kids,” Belmarez said. “My wife told me to just stick it out one more year, but now I’m going to orientation next week for my 13th year with Seguin ISD. I’ve met the parents of the students and have watched the kids grow up and I really like it. It’s very nice.”

Belmarez never played football himself, but says he really enjoys watching the sport from his usual seat in the stands: Section C, row 7, seat 5. From this spot, Belmarez has seen “people come and go and seen so many wonderful memories” but remains “in the same ol’ seat.”

“I enjoy football,” he said. “I never played because I wasn’t a big kid in school. I would’ve been blown apart by

the other kids. But I like watching it and the way these kids play the game. I’ve seen so many kids come through this school and then go on to play in college and professionally.

It’s an exciting contact sport.”

Beicker asks that people close to her refrain from making plans on Fridays during the fall, as she already has a commitment.

“When we get invited to a wedding or something on a Friday night in the fall, I’m bewildered,” she said. “How can you plan something else on a Friday during football season? That’s blasphemy.”

Beicker may seem like an outlier fanatic, but she says she’s not alone and many other lifelong fans have a passion for high school football too.

“A lot of people have season tickets,” she said. “Some people have had them for decades. For us, it’s about supporting the hometown team. It’s important for us to have this commitment to Matador football.”

The commitment Beicker refers to is a sense of community she hasn’t seen satisfied in any other place but SHS football games. All summer long, she works to assemble the upcoming season’s program by selling ads and acquiring graphic designers, in addition to being a professor at Texas Lutheran University.

“I get the feeling I don’t see everyone in sync like this for anything else,” she said. “The whole town comes together.

Regardless of whether you’re Republican or Democrat, we’re all for one purpose and that is to support and love our kids. This is what middle America is all about.”

Sagebiel agreed, adding that the Matador games do more than put the sport on display.

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“I’m from Seguin and I love football. Football is always the thing that kept this town together. It brought this town together,” he said. “To me, these are the best kids in Seguin.

The ones out here paying the price — working hard in the band and playing football — and they deserve to be recognized.”

The grandeur of high school football is not just the sport itself, but the other participants who contribute to the spectacle, such as the marching band, cheerleaders, dance team and the crowd. You can surely expect to see Beicker, Sagebiel and Belmarez there every Friday, rooting for the boys in black and gold.

“When the band marches out, it’s heartwarming. When the team runs on to the field and the band plays the fight song, I could just cry,” Beicker said. “When I hear the fight song at the parade, I jump to my feet. I had the fight song as my ringtone for the longest time and my car’s license plate says ‘GO MATS’. You can’t do it for this long and fake it. If you were to cut me, I would probably bleed black and gold. It wouldn’t be red and it definitely wouldn’t be blue.”

Like all Matador fans, Sagebiel is excited for the new season and all it brings.

“This year is going to be an exciting year. I really think we are going to be a surprise team. We’ve got some good kids and some good coaches.” he said. “Maybe the fans will come out and appreciate it. I hope the fans of Seguin realize that we’ve been a really tough district and we’ve been behind the eight ball for a while, but everything turns around. I just like being around kids.”

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This is readily apparent since Jeffers was a third-grade omewhere between farming and art lies an interesting middle region called miniature gardening. teacher and she built a miniature garden of the downtown Seguin square, compete with the pecan tree, for her Gardening is like farming in that it involves classroom. working with plant life and, therefore, involves a lot of “I was surprised how much all of the students loved it,” the same practices and techniques. But gardening is unlike Jeffers said. farming in that the point of is human nutrition.

Jeffers doesn’t consider herself as an artist, she just loves Ggardening is aesthetic the sense, gardening bleeds into making stuff. The important thing, she said, is the process. art.

“You have to enjoy doing it. The craft is its own reward,” But the garden is not really an artwork or a canvas in she said. the traditional sense for two reasons. First, a garden is not Thus, her aesthetic views about miniature gardening strictly man-made. The natural processes of vegetative life remain free and open allowing a million miniature gardens are always at work in the garden, growing, changing and to bloom. dying. Second, gardens are never truly finished because of “You have to know who you’re doing it for,” she said. those processes.

Yet, Denise Jeffers is a true artist. Her work is lively in the “If you’re doing it for someone else, you have to know what they like. If you’re doing it for yourself, just make it sense that is often still living.

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something that will bring a smile to your face. Miniature gardening and large-scale gardening, it’s the joy that it brings. It’s not supposed to be tedious.”

The main motive for gardening is the beauty. People may not always have space for a garden, let alone a farm.

Part of truly appreciating beauty is recognizing the human form, and people have been making miniature replicas of others for as long as they have been able to combine stone tools with symbolic thought.

Somehow, miniature gardening did not really become a trend until the past three or four generations. The Asian tradition goes back to the 12th century with the art of Bonsai in Japan. Bonsai involves dwarfing and pruning trees so they can grow in small pots.

In her article, “The Miniature Garden in History by Barbara McGraw,” the author cites predecessors to

miniature gardening, such as rock gardening and trough gardening. One of the best known to urban types being windowsill gardening.

The credit for creating a miniature garden is Anne Ashberry, who owned a nursery in Essex, England, during the 1950’s, McGraw said.

“She originally began planting miniature gardens in troughs set on pedestals to enable handicapped and elderly people to continue gardening in comfort,” McGraw wrote. “She also gave these small gardens to people living in apartments or those with small balconies or courtyards.

Others blessed with health and mobility simply saw the charm in these small gardens. Never overdone, they were true miniature reflections of a well-landscaped garden.

Many of her creations were exhibited throughout England.

Even Princess Elizabeth received one as a gift.”

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Jeffers, who is a Master Gardener, enjoys gardening and to her, the size of the garden doesn’t matter.

“You can make your garden as little as you want it or as big as you want it,” she said.

Many miniature gardens are more commonly called “fairy gardens.” An entire industry has sprung up around producing the miniatures for these settings, replicating the little elves, fairies, elves and gnomes.

But Jeffers doesn’t seem to buy into the industry around her art. Instead, she opts for finding things lying around her house. This offers an affordable option and even recycles everyday materials found at a yard sale or estate sale.

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art is the audience of her son and grandson. She always considers the question, “how would this go over with them?”

“To tell you the truth, because I have a son and a grandson, I’ve never actually had a fairy in any of mine,” she said. “So, I’ve always called them miniature gardens because I have boys and I want them to like it.”

The only thing one truly needs for miniature gardening is their imagination. But it is still gardening, and the basics are the essentials to the craft.

“I like to make sure the plants do well before I put other stuff in it,” Jeffers said. “I like to make sure the plants are going to be successful.”

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BBQ Wrap

Over the past few issues of Seguin, we’ve featured barbecue joints from around Central and South Texas, each offering their unique twist on tasty smoked meats. Take a barbecue tour and try these places out for yourself!

By Steffanie Agnew

LOCKHART, TX Black’s Bar-B-Q Black’s is one of Lockhart’s most iconic BBQ restaurants, opened in 1932 by Edgar Black Sr. Certified Angus beef brisket lean or with fat, pork spare ribs, barbecue chicken, chopped beef brisket, are only some of the tasty meats available at Black’s.

The meat is smoked over post oak wood, but not put directly over the fire, Chad Nevill, a fourth-generation Black’s family member, and store manager of the Lockhart location., said.

“Post oak is a native wood to Texas and has been used the entire time that we’ve been open,” he said.

“We’ve always had good luck with post oak.”

One of the most iconic menu items is the business’s homemade sausages. Edgar Black Jr., the son of founder Edgar Black Sr., standardized the sausage recipe, which contains trimmings from brisket and pork. The recipe is 80 years old, and uses a technique where each ring is hand stuffed and hand tied before being smoked.

Those that come to Black’s can choose from three different flavors of sausage: original, garlic or jalapeno cheddar.

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The giant beef rib is also one of the main draws to Black’s, Nevill said.

According to Black’s menu, “Each bone is 9 inches long with about 2 inches of flavorful marbled beef piled on top.

Each rib will weigh about 1 pound.”

Of course, every good barbecue meat wouldn’t be complete without sides and desert.

Barbecue goers can choose from a range of sides from potato salad to green beans to mashed potatoes and more. They can top it off with desert choices from peach or pecan cobbler, banana pudding and ice cream.

Kruez Market Kruez Market started as a grocery store, opened by Charles Kruez Sr., in 1900. Keeping with German meat-market style tradition, Kruez smokes in brick pits over post oak wood, allowing for in-direct heat cooking. Kruez smokes with a “low and slow” style to get that delicious flavor in the meats.

Barbecue goers can choose from a variety of different meats: beef brisket, boneless prime rib, regular ribs, smoked sausage, pork chops, spare ribs, and smoked turkey.

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barbecue joints, and Kruez Market offers a delicious selection of these as well customers can choose from original flavor, jalapeño cheese, dry cured or jalapeño dry cured.

No meal is complete without a couple of sides, and Kruez has a lot to choose from. German potatoes, beans, sauerkraut, coleslaw, mac and cheese, cheddar cheese, jalapeño cheese, tomatoes, avocados and chips, can complement a meal.

City Market is one of the most iconic barbecue joints in Central Texas, producing unique and delicious meats that draw people from around the state and beyond. The restaurant offers a limited menu, of three kinds of meat: brisket, pork ribs and sausage.

The meat is smoked over an open wood-fired brick pit and a gas-fired rotisserie smoker is also used, said Joe Capello Sr., the pitmaster of City Market It’s an open pit and the wood we use is post oak,” he said.

Smitty’s Market “We use post oak because you get a good flavor and it burns, Lockhart is a city rich in barbecue history, and Smitty’s is the way we like it to burn.” very much a part of that history. In 1948, Edgar A. “Smitty” Capello said nothing special is added to the meat, and the Schmmidt, who worked for the Kruez family since he flavor comes from cooking on the pit and smoker. was 13 years old, bought Kruez Market and continued the City Market was founded in 1958 by brothers Lanos and history of great barbecue.

Howard Ellis. The business has remained in the family and In 1999, his daughter, Nina Schmidt Sells, established is now owned by Lanos’s son, Buddy Ellis, who has kept Smitty’s Market in the original Kruez Market building, things exactly as they are. while her brother Rick moved Kruez Market to a larger One recipe that hasn’t changed since opening is the location down the street. all-beef sausage recipe. It’s a German-style sausage with a Those who stop by Smitty’s can choose from brisket, pork casing. Bull meat and trimmings are used, with black shoulder clod, prime rib, pork chops, pork ribs, smoked pepper, red pepper, and salt. Barbecue goers can choose turkey breast and sausage. Their sausage selections include from hot sausage or cold sausage when ordering their meat. regular and jalapeño.

While the sausage is known for tasting amazing, there’s The meat is cooked in brick pits with post oak wood. another meat on the menu that Capello said draws the Only salt, black pepper and red pepper are used as to create crowds. the rub that is used to season the main course a day before “Almost everybody who comes wants the rib,” he said. “I it is thrown on the pit. think the secret sauce we put on them is what makes them There’s lots of sides to choose from to complete a meal: taste great.” beans, potato salad, coleslaw, bread, crackers, avocado, The sauce on the ribs was created by Capello. It is a cheese, mac and cheese, pickles, onions, chips and Blue Bell thicker version of City Market’s famous yellow sauce that ice cream. is house-made and produced, and is also an original recipe that’s remained since City Market opened. The sauce was LULING, TX made by Lanos’s wife, Delma, Capello said.

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Luling Bar-B-Q sits across the street from City Market and while their competitor offers a limited menu, they’ve chosen to stand out with a diverse selection of meats.

Barbecue goers can choose from seven different meats, including beef brisket, pork loin, turkey breast, sausage, ribs, chopped beef and chicken.

Ken Blevins, business manager of Luling Bar-B-Q said the all-beef sausage with a leaner cut was the number one item on the menu that was the big draw.

The barbecue joint stands apart from City Market and many other older barbecue places in how the meat is cooked, Blevins said.

Instead of using an open pit and wood cooked barbecues, Luling Bar-B-Que uses natural gas and a smoke box.

“What we do is, we try to bridge the gap between flavor, and getting it as healthy as we can,” he said. “We use natural gas on the rotary top of it, and then have a smoke box where we inject the amount of wood that we put in it on a 13-hour cooking cycle. Just enough wood, smoke in it to flavor, but not so much that it’s burning it the whole time.”

Continuing their unique-steak, they also differ from many other places in type of wood used to cook meat.

“We’re the only ones in the county that uses mesquite,” Blevins said. “Everybody else has gone to post oak because so many of them still cook over a wood fire. You can’t cook over mesquite for 13 hours because the wood is too hard, but it’s good for flavoring in short durations.”

In addition to the large selection of meat, Luling Bar-B-Q offers a large selection of sides to go along with it. People can choose sides including potato salad, coleslaw, pinto beans, macaroni and cheese, fried okra, potatoes, broccoli salad, pea salad, onion rings, fries, soda, tea or coffee. They can top off their meal with pie or cake.

Luling Bar-B-Q is family owned and operated. It has been in operation for 32 years since 1986, but Blevins said his family purchased it in 2002 and has ran it since. Patricia Chambers, Ken’s mother, is the current owner.

SEGUIN, TX Davila’s BBQ Davila’s BBQ is one of the first places to come to mind when thinking of Seguin and barbecue. Located on 418 W. Kingsbury Street, they feature 10 different kind of meat selections and 10 different handcrafted sandwich selections, as well as burgers, 11 sides, desert options and an ever-growing menu.

Adrian Davila, a third-generation pit-master at Davila’s BBQ, said historically their trademark menu item is their sausages, which uses the original recipe created by founder Raul Davila. The all-beef link has a pork casing stuffed with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper.

Nowadays the most popular item is Davila’s brisket, Davila said.

But there’s another item on the menu that gets the prize for uniqueness.

“Our most unique item though would be our lamb ribs,” he said.

“People come far and wide for them. Lamb ribs are almost never found in other traditional Texas barbecue places.”

To get the mouth-watering flavor that Davila’s is known for, meats are smoked with mesquite wood and cooked hotter than most other barbecue joints cook their meats.

“We cook faster and hotter, where the traditional moniker is low and slow,” Davila said. “Our style is a little different.”

The wood and heat aren’t the only thing that sets Davila’s BBQ

apart. The restaurant also uses cayenne in their rub to create an Asado technique of cooking. Asado is a Hispanic style of cooking meat.

Davila’s isn’t afraid to step outside of traditional barbecue offerings, always trying new items on their menu.

“We have done things that have recently gotten national attention on the national food shows, like our barbecue Frito pie,” Davila said. A recent hit being sold on the food truck is the brisket grilled cheese ON SALE NOW BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY! sandwich.

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