Cover – Traci Hayes Brown
Traci Brown Traci spent her early years in San Antonio, and then moved to Boerne when she was a freshman in high school. Her mother had a wonderful job at USAA while her father lived in Arizona. With a...
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Cover – Nicole Erb
Nicole Erb Nearly a life-long resident of the area, Nicole’s childhood was shaky from the onset. After a lengthy hospital stay after birth, Nicole was sent to live with her grandparents, while her mother quickly moved to the Medina...
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Cover – Julee McClelland
Julee McClelland has stared down triple negative breast cancer. She has awakened to find her husband has left in the dead of the night, making her a single mother with no real income. But through it all, Julee grasped...
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Cover Story – Shawn Beach (Calamity Jane’s)
One of the staples of the Main Street shopping district, Shawn Beach and her retail locations, Calamity Jane’s and Daisy Pearl, have long been setting the standard for not only customer service, but the trends and fashions that dictate...
Read moreCover Story – Heather Tessmer
Heather Tessmer, local attorney, is well known around the area for her billboards that cite “Ever argue with a woman?” Bringing a chuckle from most that read it, the statement has other meanings for Tessmer as much of her...
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When Life gives you Cacti, Make Moonshine!
If you’ve been to Comfort for some window-shopping, odds are you have stopped into Hill Country Distillers. You’ve raised your eyebrows when you see the selection of “moonshine” because it conjures images of backwoods guys making illegal ‘shine, but...
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A Place of Refuge – Carolyn Chipman Evans
A PLACE OF REFUGE Few people have devoted as much of their lives to the preservation of nature and to our local conservatory as Carolyn Chipman Evans. As CEO of the Cibolo Nature Center and Farm, Evans has spent...
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Solid Realty – Cali Redd & Jessica Johnson
Real estate is a tough business. Ask Cali Redd and Jessica Johnson. Two women, whom through a string of events found themselves at stages of life where getting into real estate just made sense, so they made the jump...
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Kristy Watson – Art, Adventure & Country Living
Watson begins, “I was born in Freemont, Michigan, which is on the western side of the state, right near Grand Rapids. I was the youngest of 6 kids, grew up on a farm and, as you can tell by...
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