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January 2024 PUBLISHER

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Happy New Year, Dripping Springs! As we stow away our holiday decor, the clearing and cleaning of our space is symbolic of the new year ahead. An act that is seemingly refreshing and daunting at the same time. You have likely heard of choosing a “Word of the Year.” A trend I feel was implemented for those who didn’t want the added weight, pun intended, of starting a workout regimen, yet still wanted to feel as if they accomplished something life altering throughout the year. My word for 2023 was Intentional. My intention was to cut down on chaos by focusing on one thing at a time and completing it. Whether within our family or work, I aimed to conquer tasks with dedication, avoiding distraction, in hopes of getting more done. This would ultimately help me become more organized. That may sound elementary to some, but I struggle as wearing the working-mom hat is hectic. Can I confidently say I dominated my word, that my calendar is meticulously organized, that my house has been Marie Kondo-ed for efficiency, and every minute of my waking being is spent doing something meaningful? I think I spit out my coffee, no. The word did stick with me, however. It gave me a nudge when I was trailing off, and that was the point. I encourage you to choose a “Word of the Year” and see the positive impact that may come from implementing it. While crafting our Health and Wellness issue we’ve sought out local stories that aim to guide and inspire you as your new year commences. Through the pages you will find the health benefits of honey, winter freeze prep tips, 2024 design trends, mental and physical wellness guidance from local doctors and trainers, inspiring stories from accomplished athletes, and healthy food options. Let us approach this year with optimism, a blank canvas to add to our legacy. Every day is an opportunity to make a positive impact. Performing acts of kindness, no matter how small, is a simple resolution to implement. Each act sends a ripple through our community. Return your shopping cart, darn it. Wishing you all a bright and promising 2024.

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Imagine learning baseball from Mike Trout or working on your shooting stroke with Steph Curry. Local youth lacrosse players can now live that dream. “I tell people, this is like T.J. Watt coaching your youth football team. This guy is at the top of the sport and

After college, the pros came calling. An all-star in both his first and second seasons in the Premier Lacrosse League, Nolting will continue his playing career in May. “Dripping Springs gave me an opportunity to be close to a growing city and

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still be in a rural area in Texas. There’s so much room for growth in lacrosse,” says Nolting. “The area has so many great athletes and kids are already seeing that when you’re coached correctly, you’ll pick up the game pretty fast. The work you put in is quickly rewarded.” The program is growing with more than 150 players signed up this spring season. In addition to new leadership, this year brings additional opportunities as DSYSA expands the program to include girls-only teams. Spring registration is now open for grades first through eighth. Students interested in playing can attend several local clinics this month. DSYSASports.org/DSYSALacrosse

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If you view fitness as a luxury, you’re always going to have a sense of guilt when you prioritize it. Does this scenario ring a bell? We make the conscious decision to embark on a fitness journey. Whether it’s fueled by the promise of a new year on the calendar or a shift in life’s seasons, our motivation peaks, and we’re determined to make this commitment a reality. We get up earlier, work out five days per week, eat “clean,” journal, meditate and get in the best shape of our lives, both mentally and physically. Then, a kid gets sick. Doctors’ appointments and having a kiddo home from school puts us behind in work. We stay up late to catch up on work and miss our early morning workout. A work lunch pops up. Well, there’s no way I can stick to my “diet” at a restaurant. I guess today is a wash. Which leads to “I’ll start over on Monday.” Which soon turns into “I’ll try again next month.” Before we know it, another year has passed, and we’re making the same

promise to ourselves that “this is the year,” yet we trust ourselves a little bit less, because we’ve made this promise before and let ourselves down. The problem isn’t lack of discipline or willpower. Derailment is part of life. We just need to make a little perspective shift. Problem: The issue is how we see health and fitness. Society expects a lot, with parents devoting extensive time to kids’ activities and constant work connectivity. Balancing marriage, friendships and exercise is challenging, leading to thoughts like “It must be nice to have time to work out.” In other words, we view taking care of ourselves as a luxury. If you view fitness as a luxury, you’re always going to have a sense of guilt when you prioritize it. This is where the perspective shift comes in. Ask yourself: How do I want to present myself to my kids, spouse, colleagues and friends? CONTINUED >

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Spending time on our health and fitness is not a luxury. It is a responsibility.

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You likely aim to show up confidently, fully engaged and connected. You want to be an example of a purposeful life. It’s unlikely that your vision of your best self involves being tired, stressed and neglecting your own needs for others’ expectations. The truth is, our actions, not just words, impact everyone around us. We are either inspiring a higher-level existence or reinforcing unhealthy social norms. If we let that perspective sink in, the most important shift in our thinking takes place. Spending time on our health and fitness is not a luxury. It is a responsibility. Solution: Once we make the fundamental mindset shift, once we give ourselves permission to prioritize our health and fitness, it’s fairly straightforward to put a game plan together. My framework has three components: clarity, strategy and speed. Clarity is simply getting specific on what we want to accomplish. How do we want our body to look, feel and perform? From here we can translate the vision into specific fitness goals such as losing fat, improving our mobility, or building muscle and strength. To use the analogy of a GPS system, clarity is the equivalent of typing in my destination. It’s where I want to go. Strategy is putting the pieces together. I don’t put a time frame on my clients’ strategies. Rather, I look at what they need to do consistently that will over time get them the results they want. I never get glued to a strategy; the plan must be flexible and adapt to the changing seasons of our lives.

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treatment plan very specific to each patient,” she says. To help keep Dripping families smiling, she welcomed Dr. Daniel Vorhees to her practice in June and opened a second location at The Offices at Sawyer Ranch in December. “We can now serve patients on each side of town more easily,” she says of the new location and their original office across from Dripping Springs High School. “Dr. Vorhees and I truly care about our patients. It was important to find someone with the same mentality,” she says of their common vision. And, the similarities don’t end there. The two have somewhat of a shared family, educational and professional history that began with his father and her father-in-law practicing together at Austin Oral Surgery. “There are all these crazy connections,” she says.

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Did you know your oral health is a window to your overall health? Poor dental alignment has been linked to a variety of health problems, including heart disease, respiratory function and sleep disorders. “Getting the right alignment and bite makes everything better,” says Dr. Carly Cunningham of Cunningham Orthodontics, a native Texan who grew up in the footsteps of her orthodontist father. “Orthodontia can increase self-confidence and promote lifelong oral health,” she says. The American Association of Orthodontics recommends children see an orthodontist by age 7. “I can tell at that age what they’re going to need long term,” says Dr. Cunningham, whose patients are about an 80/20 split of kids and adults. She’s Invisalign certified and her practice offers both traditional braces and Invisalign, with a trial set available for the latter. “We customize each

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Both Dr. Cunningham and Dr. Vorhees are graduates of Texas A&M Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas. While attending dental school, Dr. Vorhees says he asked if he could shadow Dr. Cunningham at her office in Dripping. “I knew after the first 30 minutes into the day that I wanted to do ortho,” he says of the experience. “They said, if I did well in dental school, I could come back and work with Dr. Cunningham,” adds Dr. Vorhees, whose expertise includes TMJ disorders and dental sleep medicine. He also had the opportunity to serve patients under Dr. Cunningham’s husband, Dr. Russell Cunningham, a well-known, local oral surgeon, who lives in Dripping with Dr. Cunningham and their daughters, Camryn and Stormy. “Our families go way back,” Dr. Vorhees says. Our mothers even served together at the Alliance of the Texas Dental Association, an organization for spouses of dentists. Born and raised in Austin, Dr. Vorhees is married to dentist Tianne Vorhees, whom he met in dental school. The couple share a 1-year-old daughter and are expecting another child this summer. “It really has come full circle. To be able to come back here and work with Dr. Cunningham — it’s surreal,” he says. “I know he’s going to love and take care of my patients like I would,” says Dr. Cunningham.

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DripFit MOMS EMPOWERING MOTHERHOOD BY REDEFINING FITNESS AND FRIENDSHIP IN THE HILL COUNTRY

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hen a baby is born, there is the emergence of not just one, but two new lives: the infant and the mother. A woman’s identity made new. Her mentality, priorities, body image and her cherished new title of mom, have all changed in a matter of hours. Mom to four boys, Jessica Miles was in the thick of it. Living in Houston with her then two boys, Jessica joined Baby Boot Camp to stay active. A job shuffle took the Miles family to California where she opened her own franchise as a cost-efficient alternative to a gym membership and the added perk of meeting new moms.

In the summer of 2018, the Miles family again shifted gears and landed in Dripping Springs. Missing her mom community, Miles saw a need to be filled in the Hill Country. Knowing women of the Dripping community could benefit from so many aspects of this kind of routine, Miles became a Certified Group Fitness Instructor and began her own Baby Boot Camp in 2019. The name wasn’t quite fitting for the ladies of Drip and was rebranded to DripFit Moms in 2021. “I thrive on connecting people, and what I’ve seen happen time and time again are women who never knew each other previously now leaning on each other,” says Miles.

“The community rallies around each other when someone is sick, has a baby, needs prayer. We are there for each other.” More than an exercise, the DripFit community comes together monthly outside of workouts for events like Moms’ Night Out. A community for all seasons of motherhood, you don’t need to have a baby in a stroller to participate, or even one at home. It’s a community of women supporting each other, getting healthy, and finding their people. Operating six days a week with two instructors, workouts are held at Headwaters and Highpointe. For more information and workout times visit, DripFitMoms.com.

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BEE H E A LT H Y Vista Brewing’s Karen Killough Taps into Local Honey’s Benefits

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1 . N AT U R E ’ S V E R S AT I L E H E A L E R Humans have been using honey as food and medicine for thousands of years: as a sweetener, an antibacterial, an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory. “It’s great for allergies,” Karen says, explaining the more local the honey, the bigger the benefit.

2 . K N O W YO U R B E E K E E P E R Karen, whose first taste of beekeeping was as a child on her grandfather’s Virginia cattle ranch, has 16 hives on the 21-acre property, where she and her husband, Kent, opened Vista Brewing in 2018. Her hives were rescues and called the property “home” before they did.

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3 . S U S TA I N A B L E P R A C T I C E S She doesn’t use chemicals to treat her bees who forage the property’s organic vegetable garden and the seven acres of wildflowers they planted. “My style is hands off. They’ve survived millions of years without us,” she says.

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This year, her bees produced about 250 pounds of honey — some bottled and sold at Vista and some incorporated in menu items like their Honey Tamarind Pulled Pork Sandwich and Hive Mind Honey Ale.

5 . C E L E B R AT I N G B E E S Last summer marked Vista Brewing’s Third Annual Honey Festival, in collaboration with Hays County Bee Keeper’s Association, and the release of Hive Mind Honey Ale, which has a unique origin. “We were at our

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FROM SPRINTER to marathon runner

BONNIE POPE NURTURES A LOVE FOR RUNNING IN THE COMMUNITY ARTICLE BY CHRISTINA THOMPSON | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ABIGAIL THOMSEN

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Bonnie Pope’s inspiring marathon journey began in middle school with a love for sprinting. She gradually increased distance, as she ran cross-country in high school and then joined a running club while studying biology and Spanish at UT Austin. After facing pacing challenges in her first marathon, valuable lessons shaped her long-distance running career. Joining the Austin-based running group Gilbert’s Gazelles significantly boosted her performance. Bonnie ran the iconic Boston Marathon in 2021 and 2022, followed by the New York Marathon in 2023, conquering her third major world marathon. The Austin Marathon remains her favorite with its live music, challenging course and hometown feel. Bonnie has been a pacer for the Austin Marathon for three years. Balancing an intense training schedule with family commitments and her work as a nurse practitioner, Bonnie opts for early morning runs with groups like Team Rogue. “My husband, two children and dad are my biggest supporters and inspire me to live a healthy lifestyle,” she says. Race nutrition, including a high-carb breakfast and strategic gel consumption, is pivotal. For aspiring marathoners, Bonnie recommends joining a running group and getting fitted for the right shoes. She emphasizes a structured training approach and says recovery— including hydration, healthy eating and ample sleep—is vital. Sharing her love of running with the next generation inspired Bonnie to start a weekly running club at Belterra’s Rooster Springs Elementary School where she chairs the PTA’s healthy lifestyle committee. Bonnie offers this advice to aspiring runners: “It’s not just the destination; it’s about the training, the miles and the friends you meet along the way.”

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Although winters in Dripping Springs might not be as bone-chilling as those in other regions, we do have an occasional deep freeze. The unforgettable “Snowpocalypse” of 2021 serves as a vivid reminder that proactive care can make all the difference when it comes to safeguarding our homes. After the freeze, Mend Service’s master plumber Chris McIvor worked tirelessly helping repair the damage. “I saw a tremendous amount of damage to houses, businesses and apartment complexes. The unfortunate thing is that a lot of this damage could have been avoided by taking the necessary steps, but some people just aren’t aware of what those steps are.”

Chris shares his insights on how to protect your plumbing against another potential winter freeze that could wreak havoc on homes: 1. Make sure all accessible piping is insulated, including in attics and garages. 2. Drip faucets at a steady pace. 3. Open cabinets on any sinks on an exterior wall to allow heat from the house to warm the pipes. 4. Insulate outside hose bibs using manufactured covers. 5. Isolate and drain tankless water heaters.

6. Valve off, turn off, and drain your irrigation system. Drain any backflow devices outside. 7. Contact your pool contractor to find out how to best protect pool equipment. 8. Locate water shut-off valves and ensure that they are working properly. Often homeowners are unaware of where these are located, and if they haven’t been used in a while, some of them can be difficult to turn. 9. If you suspect your pipes are frozen, the best thing to do is turn off your water and notify a plumber immediately. Often plumbers can prevent further damage if they’re notified quickly enough. Contact Mend Services for plumbing, electrical, HVAC or specialty construction needs. MendServices.com | @mendservices (737) 210-1191

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Keep perspective and take life one day at a time. Know your mission and have something fun to look forward to in the calendar. Find humor along the way for micro-moments of relief. See stress as your ally, masterfully guiding you through a productive yet joy-packed life. I believe in you and I’m cheering you on. Now, go make 2024 your best year yet! YO U R PAT H TO V I B R A N T L I V I N G

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The Power of Protein NUTRITIONAL THERAPY PRACTITIONER MEAGAN TYNES TALKS NEW YEAR HEALTH GOALS

Protein is essential in supporting muscle health, promoting healthy aging, and keeping you full. Aiming for at least 30 grams per meal will have you on track to build new muscle and help lose weight. Fuel up with these foods that pack the protein!

1. Gre e k yogurt With 20 grams per cup, Greek yogurt is a great go-to for protein. Build a delicious yogurt bowl, drop a dollop in your smoothie, or substitute for sour cream in dips.

2 . C otta ge Che e se Cottage cheese contains 14 grams of protein in half a cup, and it’s more versatile than you think. Whisk into scrambled eggs, blend into pasta sauce, or spread onto avocado toast for a protein boost.

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A comprehensive estate plan includes several items … the details of which can become confusing. Most people have heard of a will, which distributes your assets upon your death. But there is another, similarly named item called a living will. A living will is also known as an advanced directive or a directive to physicians.

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A living will is a legal document that allows you to convey your wishes for your end-of-life medical care. In it, you leave instructions indicating whether or not you would like to receive life-sustaining treatment should you become incapacitated and have an irreversible or terminal condition, such as Alzheimer’s, severe brain trauma, cancer or organ failure. You may decide that you want to receive life-sustaining treatment, which could include breathing assistance, supplemental feeding or kidney dialysis, for example. You may decide that you do not want these measures administered. You can customize your care plan by drafting specific instructions for certain circumstances as well. Regardless of which route you choose, the document provides for comfort measures and does not affect hospice care.

CAN’T I SIMPLY TELL SOMEONE MY WISHES?

Of course, but documenting your wishes utilizing a written, valid legal document reduces the potential for disagreement and confusion among loved ones, clearly states your intentions, allows your doctor to proceed without delay, and is legally enforceable.

IS A LIVING WILL THE SAME THING AS A DO NOT RESUSCITATE (DNR)?

No. While both documents give instructions regarding your medical care, a DNR is typically used for an emergency situation, where someone finds you not breathing or with a stopped heart. A DNR would tell a caregiver that you do not want to be revived, but it does not govern an ongoing treatment plan. A living will is one piece of the estate plan puzzle. It helps reduce the stress on your family of making a difficult decision if you encounter a serious injury or illness and ensures that your desires are followed. As always, reach out to an experienced estate planning attorney for more details. NanceLegal.com

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“Health and wellness” can sound like a nebulous idea and an overwhelming goal. Where does one even start to pursue and achieve them?

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To help identify starting points, I open up discussion about these four cornerstones with each and every patient: Sleep, Mental Health, Exercise/ Movement and Food. From the perspective of holistic care and functional medicine, I believe it’s very hard to heal anything if these four cornerstones are not addressed and optimized. They are all integral parts of our body’s function and homeostasis and all intimately connected. A strong mental health and spiritual foundation is vital for healthy relationships and cultivating virtues like self-control that enable good decisions about what we consume (from food choices to social media). More movement means better blood sugar and insulin control, a stronger cardiovascular system, and better sleep. Quality sleep means more hours of stable cortisol and blood sugar levels and time to heal from emotional and physical stressors. Science supports this approach to holistic, functional care. A study in India in 2018 found that heart disease patients who practiced meditation (including mindful attention, forgiveness and relaxation) for five sessions per week for six months experienced significant drops in fasting and post-meal blood sugar levels. This suggests that meditation could be a component of a plan for heart disease prevention. Studies done at the University of Rochester revealed that those who generally sleep less than 7 hours a night over the course of decades have brains with higher burdens of the protein tangles that can lead to dementia. The biochemistry of energy metabolism makes it clear that the avoidance of processed sugars and empty carbohydrates can lower the risk of

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Un l o c k i n g We l l n e s s EXPLORING THE TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH OF CHIROPRACTIC BIOPHYSICS FOR SPINAL HEALTH

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These days we have many different options for approaches to healthcare and wellness strategies. Within each of these options there are more options. This can make it tough to choose what route to take for each scenario you could face. Let’s take this opportunity to explain chiropractic from a high level and then my favorite approach, Chiropractic BioPhysics. Doctors of Chiropractic are licensed by the state in which they practice. They have completed a four year doctorate program and passed a four part national board exam. The curriculum is heavy in anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, manual technique, and diagnosis/treatment of neuro-musculo-skeletal conditions. The chiropractic approach acknowledges that your body is innately intelligent and that interference in this system leads to various forms of disease. The aim of the chiropractor is to remove interference from the nervous system utilizing various techniques such as spinal manipulation (adjustments), therapeutic exercise, manual therapies, spinal traction, and other various modalities without the use of drugs or surgery. This is important because a healthy nervous system is vital to every function in the human body. The nervous system includes your brain, your spinal cord, and all of the nerves that leave your spine to perform their millions upon millions of duties. Helping you take good care of the structures that support and protect that system is the primary role of the chiropractor. Chiropractic Biophysics, commonly referred to as CBP, is a specialized chiropractic technique that combines the principles of spinal biomechanics, physics, and engineering. Unlike many approaches that focus on pain relief, CBP places emphasis on structural correction of the spine. This correction then leads to the relief of pain without missing the root cause.

We know from a plethora of research that a healthy spine is essential for overall health and that deviations from the ideal spine lead to a wide range of health issues beyond just musculoskeletal pain. Taking good care of that spine is something that oftentimes is overlooked, and I’d like to help change that. Our team’s job is to help you improve your relationship with gravity. This is important not only to relieve pain and improve the function of your body but also to prevent injury and degenerative conditions that develop over time. We know that in our physical world the structure of something will determine its function. If the structure is compromised, so goes the function. Dysfunction over time leads to further degradation of the structure, and so on and so on. Interventions that support the normal structure of the body, and therefore the normal function, can have profound long-term effects on health and longevity. With CBP we analyze the spine and posture with precision and in great detail to create a specific plan for each patient. CBP then utilizes very specific exercises, manual adjustments, and tractions in order to restore the best spinal biomechanics for that patient. Does chiropractic treat everything? Of course not. However, the research is clear that a healthy nervous system improves all health outcomes from all conditions. You can give your body an advantage by getting quality chiropractic care. And please check out IdealSpine.com for a wealth of information and research regarding spinal health. Don’t know what your spine looks like? Set up a new patient exam with a qualified CBP practitioner and create a plan to optimize your nervous system! PrecisionChiropracticATX.com

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“I’m obviously very pro–physical book,” says Sunday Bookshop’s owner, Dixie Frenchette. “I love how it feels in my hands, actually seeing the progress I make as I read, and of course, filling a bookshelf.” New year goals often center around fitness and physical health. However, many of us overlook the opportunity to create positive mental health habits.

“Pick books that you want to read,” she continues. “I don’t subscribe to the idea of “guilty” pleasures; reading is a hobby and should be fun. Don’t be ashamed if you want to read only girly romances or books about slaying dragons. If you’re reading things that excite and entertain you, you’re more likely to keep picking up that book.” ShopSundayBooks.com | @sundaybookshop

“I have found that being on my phone for long periods leads to having higher anxiety levels,” says Frenchette. “When I put the phone down and spend more time reading, it allows me to focus solely on one thing, and my anxiety goes way down because it’s impossible to multitask when reading. It also allows you to escape in a way that movies and television don’t allow because you use your brain to visualize the characters and the setting.” If you’re not accustomed to reading for pleasure, it can be hard to know where to start. “Set a goal to read a certain number of minutes each day,” Frenchette shares. “It can be as little as five minutes, but I can almost guarantee that once you start, you will quickly be reading more.”

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ARTICLE BY MICAH WIENER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS Dripping Springs has long been known as the gateway to the Hill Country. Coming in 2026, our area’s unique placement on the edge of the landscape will be home to a world-class research facility. The University of Texas Hill Country Station will support biological and environmental research, educational programs and public outreach.

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Funded by a $50 million gift from the Winn Family Foundation, along with another $150 million in estimated institutional and additional philanthropic support, the Hill Country Station will cover 340 acres. It will help landowners and policymakers better understand how changes in climate, species and development affect our land, water and other natural resources. DSCL recently spoke with Kenneth P. Wray, Ph.D., Managing Director for the Texas Field Station Network about this unprecedented natural gift.

WHY IS STUDYING THE EDGE OF THE TERRAIN IMPORTANT?

In the Hill Country and the Edwards Plateau, a large number of species have evolved in this very unique ecosystem over millions of years. As we continue to experience global changes in temperature and precipitation, the edges of these long-standing ecosystems are going to be the first places we see the effects of these changes. Studying the edges of major ecosystems allows us to monitor the situation and detect these changes as they are happening. In some cases, it may allow us to act to prevent the loss of biodiversity.

WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE INITIATIVE?

We want to bring world-class research and researchers to this unique ecosystem. This will strengthen the relationships between researchers and our stakeholders, including private landowners, private businesses, and local and state agencies. And we want to use this scientific research to help educate the next generation on the importance of conserving biodiversity and managing natural resources.

HOW WILL THIS IMPACT LOCAL LANDOWNERS?

Much of the research has direct impacts on local ecosystems. The Hill Country Field Station will be no different. It is a primary objective to work directly with private landowners to help them make data-driven land management decisions. FieldStations.UTexas.edu

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“Our organization’s mission is to raise David and Jacki James lost their son Peyton to suicide in 2014. He was only 13. The following year, Jill Kubin and Sue Harris reached out with the idea of the Peyton Heart Project to raise awareness and help prevent suicide. The organization spreads its message through small, colorful knitted hearts. The hearts are placed in public places around the world for people to find during their everyday lives. The delicate hearts are made by hand and each one represents the heart of a life lost to suicide. Attached to each is an inspirational quote and information about how to share on social media.

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David lives in Dripping Springs and recently received the Lifesaver of the Year award from the Southeast Texas Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. DSCL spoke with him about the project and what’s next.

What is the mission of the Peyton Heart project? Our organization’s mission is to raise global awareness about suicide and bullying and to help end the stigma surrounding mental health issues. On a personal level, for me, it is so no parent ever has to go through the living hell of losing a child. I didn’t want Peyton’s death to be in vain. As an educator (30 years in the classroom and now retired), I knew knowledge and education would be the key to raising awareness. This is a way for me to use Peyton’s story to help others.

How can the local community help? Anyone in the community can crochet, knit or create hearts, and we can always use more. We constantly have people requesting hearts from us so that they can raise awareness in their communities. In addition, I do presentations for both adults and students where I use Peyton’s story to help them better understand the warning signs of suicide, mental health issues, and other relevant information.

What’s next? I would love to continue to grow the Peyton Heart Project and use our message to save as many people as I can. ThePeytonHeartProject.org

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