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page 9 The Harper News
January 21, 2011
Last time i shared how
patience and being humble
changed my approach with
my rescued Paso, Lissi.
Things have improved;
she has had more confi-
dence in herself and is more
trusting in me. She and I will
have an interesting Journey.
I know she has a lot to
teach me, but my younger
Paso, Diosa, couldn't be
more different. Diosa will be
four in March. She's a very
cute Palomino. She loves
everyone and is always
interested in what's going
on. She's had to learn about
boundaries, she likes to be
in the middle of the action.
As a young horse, her
enthusiasm can be over-
whelming. Diosa hadn't
been started with a saddle
on her when she arrived at
my home. She had not been
fed well and her feet
weren't in good shape.
Over the past six months
she and I have done ground
work, stepping on tarps,
jumping barrels, trail walks
and spending time to cre-
ate a partnership. It was
time to find out what she'd
think about things on her
back and a cinch around her
belly. I always try to work
from where a horse is and
not focus on the finish line.
Each horse has things
that create fear and lack of
confidence in themselves
and the environment and
most important, trust of the
human in their life.
Diosa is the type of
horse that can manage most
of her emotions. When she
is unsure, she is able to
move from fear to curiosity
pretty quickly. My horse
Zuni requires more proof
that the threatening plastic
bag isn't planing to have
him as a snack! Diosa would
walk to the same plastic bag
and pick it up or paw at it.
Diosa was mentally and
physically prepared for her
first ride.
What I like to do is take
time and simulate the
process. I asked Diosa to
move around me on the
lead rope. Moving her
hindquarters and then the
forequarters,asking fora
bend in her body which let
me know how yielding she
would be when I rode her.
Everything a horse does on
the ground will be a good
indicator of how they will
respond to a rider.
At my age of (something
something) getting a “heads
up” about what a horse will
do on the first ride is pretty
important. I continued ask-
ing Diosa for forward move-
ment. She stayed cairn and
responsive to all my
requests.
I decided to put my bare-
back pad on her and cinch
her up to find out if she
could handle that. I lifted
the pad several times then
threw it carelessly over
her back.
She thought, 'That's
interesting!" I repeated it
on both sides of her to be
sure it wouldn't concern her
as it showed up on the
opposite side from where I
stood.
I took the halter and lead
off her. Now I'd see the
truth if she'd stayed put,
not move away from me
while throwing the pad on
each side.
Luke 14:29 -30 "For if he
lays the foundation and is
unable to finish it, everyone
who sees it will ridicule
him, saying, ‘This fellow
began to build and was not
able to finish.’"
Take the time it takes to
put a strong foundation on a
young horse. It will take
some time, but it pays divi-
dends later. Next time
Diosa's first ride!
If anyone has specific
questions for me please
contact me at my new e-
mail address: kinshiptrain-
ina@vahoo.com. I would
really enjoy hearing from
ya'ii.
Texas Tech Brings the Human Resources Management
Certificate Program to Fredericksburg
Texas Tech University
(ITU) at Fredericksburg will
host the Human Resource
Management Certificate
program at the Hill Country
University Center (HCUC)
with classes beginning in
February. The center is
located at 2818 E. US Hwy.
290, Fredericksburg. The
deadline for applying for
this program is Friday,
January 28,2011.
This program is offered
through a partnership
between Texas Tech
University’s University
College Outreach and the
Society for Human Resource
Management (SHRM), a
worldwide organization for
professionals in all disci-
plines of human resources.
The total cost of the pro-
gram is $1,295. National or
local SHRM members are
eligible for a $100 discount.
The program is best suited
for professionals in the
human resource field, but
could also be beneficial for
supervisors, accountants
and attorneys if they work
with human resources
issues.
Professionals who regis-
ter for the program will be
required to complete 40
hours of coursework that
represent six key compo-
nents of human resource
management, individuals
who successfully complete
required coursework and
testing will receive a cer-
tificate in human resources
management and will be
better prepared to take
national certification exams
in the discipline.
Required class meetings
will be held at the Texas
Tech University classrooms
at HCUC in Fredericksburg
on two Fridays each month,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during
February, March and April,
2011. Instruction will be
delivered via interactive
Video Conferencing. Use of
this technology allows area
students to benefit from
programs on the main cam-
pus without leaving
Fredericksburg.
Topics covered in the
program include "Strategic
Management" and
"Occupational Health, Safety
and Security" among oth-
ers. Courses are taught by
leading professionals in the
human resources field rep-
resenting businesses that
include United
Supermarkets, LLC and the
American Bank of
Commerce.
Prospective students are
encouraged to register
online by January 28,2011
or learn more about the
program by visiting
www.uc.ttu.edu or by call-
ing 806.742.7202, ext. 270.
Texas Tech University’s
University College, which
includes the off-campus
sites in Fredericksburg,
Marble Falls, and Junction,
offers more than 40 online
and off-campus degree and
certificate programs. Area
residents are encouraged
to take advantage of this
valuable program by
enrolling today.
Local Grant Provides New
Opportunities for Future Teachers
Local Texas Tech stu-
dents at the off-campus
sites in Highland Lakes,
Fredericksburg and
Junction who are studying
to become teachers can
now learn advanced tech-
nology thanks to the award
of a local grant. The White
Family Foundation of
Horseshoe Bay has awarded
the Texas Tech University
(TTU) Teacher Education
Program (TEP) a grant to
purchase iPads and applica-
tions (apps) to be used for
teacher training.
Says Dr. Kelly Fox, pro-
gram coordinator for TTU’s
Teacher Education Program,
"We are so excited to
receive this grant and
grateful to the White Family
Foundation for their gen-
erosity. Our graduates will
be teaching the technologi-
cally-advanced students of
the 21 st century. We need
to prepare teachers to use
mobile technology in the
classroom, and there are
many wonderful education-
al iPad apps available for
teachers to use resources
to prepare today’s children
for tomorrow’s jobs.”
The future teachers will
be trained in the iPad envi-
ronment and educational
applications that can be
used to teach a variety of
content areas including
math, science, history, and
reading. Faculty will utilize
iPads in the university
courses and teach students
how to write lesson plans
that use mobile technology
and educational applica-
tions. In turn, the students
will write lesson plans that
utilize iPads and share the
plans with classmates and
teachers in the public
schools. The goal will be for
the pre-service teachers to
deliver a lesson plan using
the iPad in their field expe-
riences in the public
schools.
Fox adds, “The award of
this iPad initiative grant by
the White Family
Foundation will result in
highly qualified graduates
who are knowledgeable in
effective teaching strate-
gies that include mobile
technology. Most impor-
tantly, the project will have
a positive impact on chil-
dren in the Hill Country
school districts and result in
improved student engage-
ment and achievement.”
Texas Tech estimates the
faculty will undergo training
and incorporate the iPad
applications into the cur-
riculum during the Spring
2011 semester. The goal is
to make the iPads a fully-
integrated portion of the
Teacher Education Program
curriculum by Fall 2011.
For more information,
contact Dr. Kelly Fox at
Texas Tech University at
Highland Lakes: (830) 798-
9548 or k.fox@ttu.edu.
Set The Date! Rockets 2011
Students from fifty par-
ticipating high schools
across Texas will gather to
launch eighty rockets they
have designed and built as
part of SystemsGo, aero-
science studies.
First-year rockets will
launch one-pound payloads
one mile high. Advanced
students will launch rockets
that exceed the speed of
sound.
When: Thurs - Sunday,
May 5, 6, 7, 8, 2011.
Launches scheduled every
half hour from 8:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. daily
FREE Admission
Where: Hillview Ranch,
located north of
Fredericksburg off the
Willow City loop. Signs will
be posted, and maps to the
site, launch schedule, and
complete listings of activi-
ties are posted online at
www.ian8teeducation.ora.
For online map searches
and gps: N 30 degrees
24.470; W 98 degrees 40.91
Public Activities:
Spectator areas for viewing
rockets, SystemsGo 101:
Model rocket building for
middle school students,
Demonstrations, Guided
tours and Food Concessions
are provided on site.
Exhibitors include NASA,
University of Texas, Hill
Country Texas Tech College,
Kettering University
Texas A&M University, Texas
Space Grant Consortium
and more.
Why: The goal of the pro-
gram is to promote engi-
neering studies and
research, develop work
force skills, and encourage
students to enter academic
January is for Planning
Now is the time to think
about our year’s activity of
gardening. This is the time
that we plan what to plant
and in what location are we
placing this year’s vegeta-
bles. Have you received
your seed catalogs yet? I
bet you have already
ordered a few seed packets.
Remember to pay attention
to which companies are
offering heirloom and
organic seeds.
One of the major guide-
lines that I consider is:
When is Easter? Well, this
year it is late —Apr. 24 is
the date. As you may or may
not know the last freeze of
the season is usually around
or on Easter. However, the
average latest freeze in the
Texas Hill Country is usually
April 15; this is going to
make for an interesting
gardening year.
A good thing is with
Easter being as late as it is
we will have the Highland
Lakes Lawn and Garden
Show before Easter. The
Lawn and Garden Show will
be March 26 at the
Community Center in Burnet
as it has been for the last
several years.
Duties for January
Now is the time to
prune those live oak trees.
We have been waiting since
August to do this and the
time is upon us and the
weather is certainly coop-
erating with us. The freezing
temperatures that we are
experiencing make for the
best time to prune our
trees.
Be thinking about pur-
chasing your corn gluten for
the control of weeds in the
yard. This should be applied
late next month. Here in the
Hill Country, our weather
does not read the calendar
and it is always different
from what we think it
should be. So we have to be
prepared for the unexpect-
ed.
Remember Our
Feathered Friends
Our feathered friends
need to be provided with
water and food during these
harsh winter months. There
are several places to pur-
chase feed for the birds, one
very obvious is your local
feed store. Purchase several
different kinds of grain and
mix them to provide a bal-
anced mix to appeal to all
the birds we have that win-
ter in our locale. Unless you
are feeding eagles like the
lady in Alaska, you can find
the feed you need. As we
discussed, they need water;
so make sure you provide a
source of water for them in
a convenient but protected
area.
Weather
The weather has blessed
us with more rain this week
and all moisture helps
toward our wildflowers in
the spring. We had some a
week or so back and now
this really nice rain we just
received this weekend. It
may not be as much as we
would want, but for us at
Oatmeal it was two (2) inch-
es more than we had. Praise
God!
Have You Noticed?
Of course, how could you
not notice the colorful and
plentiful possumhaw trees
with their bright red berries
and their naked dormant
appearing limbs in contrast.
Possumhaws are my favorite
trees in the wintertime and
they have become so plen-
tiful on the roads and high-
ways, they just make me
smile when I see their shin-
ing bright red berries. I
hope that you are enjoying
them as well.
A Gardeners New
Year’s Resolutions
Here are a few of mine:
1) To weed more and at
the right time (not after the
harvest only).
2) to water regularly, not
just when the plants are
wilted.
3) To create a compost
pile.
4) To clean my tools after
each use, not just at the
end of the season.
5) To place plants where
they grow their best ...not
just where it’s convenient
for me to plant.
6) To experiment more
and record the results.
7) My wife Patty has
another for me...to finish
one project before begin-
ning a new one.
Other Garden Duties
This is the preferred
time to plant trees as is
February and March. Hope
you have selected what you
want to plant and where.
Always keep in mind the size
of the tree at its maturity.
Plant “native” whenever
you can; they are less sus-
ceptible to diseases and
more likely to stay healthy
and grow vigorously. Check
with your local garden cen-
ters and nurseries for the
exact species you need to
plant for your chosen loca-
tion.
Other things to do this
month are:
1) It is time to spray our
fruit trees with dormant oil.
I like Orange oil for this.
2) Mulch vegetation for
freeze protection and water
retention in the soil
3) Start selecting onion
sets
4) Keep watering regularly
5) Provide cover for those
extra sensitive to cold
plants
6) Plant strawberries and
vegetable seeds later this
month
7) Start tomatoes in your
greenhouses (if you have
one)
8) Still can plant fruit trees,
berries, grapes, and pecan
trees
9) If you still have your
Christmas tree, then plant it
if it is alive or recycle it if
not
10) For more things go to
my book, Gardening in the
Texas Hill Country read
pages 100-105.
Till Next Month!
Keep your souls and your
soles in your garden!
Remember the True Master
Gardener: Jesus said, “I am
the vine; my Father is the
Gardener.” John 15:1
Have questions or com-
ments? Contact Bill
Luedecke at The Luedecke
Group Realtors, P.0. Box
1632, Bertram, TX. 78605 (no
Post Office in Oatmeal) or
email bill@texasland.net.
For additional gardening
web sites, go to his web site;
www.TexasLand.Net and
click on links. Soon there
will be www.TexasGardener.
ora.
Deadline for Retroactive Stop Loss
Special Pay Extended
The deadline for eligible
service members, veterans
and their beneficiaries to
apply for Retroactive Stop
Loss Special Pay (RSLSP) has
been extended to March 4,
2011, allowing personnel
more time to apply for the
benefits they've earned
under the program guide-
lines.
The RSLSP was established
to compensate for the
hardships military members
encountered when their
service was involuntarily
extended under Stop Loss
Authority between Sept. 11,
2001, and Sept. 30, 2009.
Eligible members or their
beneficiaries may submit a
claim to their respective
military service in order to
receive the benefit of $500
for each full or partial
month served in a Stop Loss
status.
When RSLSP began on Oct.
21,2009, the services esti-
mated 145,000 service
members, veterans and
beneficiaries were eligible
for this benefit. Only half of
the eligible claimants have
applied for this benefit.
For additional informa-
tion and to apply, go to:
http://www.defense.qov/sto
ploss or contact Tami
Elliott, Gillespie County
Veterans Service Officer at
(830)997-3758.
Point Announces 2011 Theatre Season
and career paths in STEM
fields that lead to careers in
the engineering industries.
Our innovative Aeroscience
Studies science, technology,
engineering, and mathe-
matics (STEM) curriculum
uses inquisitive learning
based on a problem- and
project-based model to
invoke and stimulate skills in
design, development, test-
ing, analysis, and innova-
tion.
Students experience
hands-on research through
design and development
projects within the engi-
neering industries.
Endorsed by NASA and cer-
tified by The Space
Foundation.
For more information, see
www.lqniteeducation.org
or info@iqniteeducation.org
or call 830-997-3567.
The Hill Country Arts
Foundation Point Theatre
has announced its 2011 the-
atre season which includes a
lineup of comedies and
Broadway musicals. The
visual and performing arts
colony, located on the sce-
nic Guadalupe River, enters
its 52nd year of entertaining
families with performances
on the indoor and outdoor
stages.
“Most of the shows this
year will be new to the Hill
Country and to our audi-
ences, but we’re also offer-
ing a couple of favorites,”
said a Point spokesperson.
Two one-act comedies,
“Almost, Maine” and “Cut”
will kick off the indoor sea-
son Feb. 11 -26. “Almost,
Maine,” by John Cariani, was
performed as a full length
play last year. This year, it is
being reprised as a one-act
play due to popular
demand. Patrons will also be
able to enjoy “Cut,” by Ed
Monk, a one-act performed
by the Ingram Tom Moore
High School theatre depart-
ment.
“Almost, Maine” deals
with life and love in the
small, mythical town of
Almost, Maine while “Cut” is
about the confusion that
develops when actors
rehearse a play within a
play and begin to forget
who is playing whom.
The next production in
The Point’s indoor theatre
will be “The Dixie Swim
Club,” March 25-April16.
The southern comedy is by
Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope,
and Jamie Wooten, who also
penned the popular plays
“Christmas Belles” and
“Dearly Beloved.” “Swim
Club” is a tale about five
women whose friendships
began years ago on their
college swim team.
In the summer, The Point
moves outdoors to its 700-
seat theatre on the river
bank. Families will enjoy the
classic fairy tale, “Sleeping
Beauty” by David Kisor and
Joseph McDonough, June
10-25. This version promises
action, comedy, romance,
rock ‘n roll and even a little
bit of opera as a wicked
fairy places a curse on a
beautiful princess that only
a prince can break.
The Point will really rock
with its next summer pro-
duction of “Buddy: The
Buddy Holly Story,” July 8-
23. The musical, by Alan
Jones and Rob Bettinson, is a
celebration of the rock and
roll star’s life and music.
Over 20 hits including
“That’ll be the Day,” “Peggy
Sue,” and “Oh, Boy!” will be
featured.
A Texas comedy entitled
“Daddy’s Dyin’: Who’s Got
the Will?” ends the summer
season Aug. 5-20. The play,
by Del Shores, follows bick-
ering siblings who are
reunited at their home as
their father lies on his
deathbed.
The Point moves back to
the indoor stage in the fall
with a yet to be announced
production tentatively
scheduled Sept. 16-0ct. 8.
It will be a white Christmas
in Ingram as The Point pro-
duces its final show of the
season, “Irving Berlin’s
White Christmas,” Nov. 18-
Dec. 17. The musical is based
on the beloved movie by
Norman Krasna, Norman
Panama and Melvin Frank,
book by David Ives and Paul
Blake, and music and lyrics
by Irving Berlin.
“White Christmas” details
the story of two Army men
who team up to become a
top song and dance act
while wooing two sisters. In
addition to the title song,
audiences will enjoy over 18
songs including “Heat
Wave,” “Snow,” and
“Sisters.”
For more information or to
make reservations, call the
box office at 830-367-5121
or visit www.hcaf.com. The
Point Theatre is located at
120 Point Theatre Rd. South
off Hwy. 39 in Ingram.
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