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Online at: CanyonLakeMagazine.com 1 2 Online at: CanyonLakeMagazine.com Online at: CanyonLakeMagazine.com 3 contents Publishers: 6 Canyon Lake High School Sows Seeds of Community Circular Magazines Success a division of 9 Hill Country Insurance Agency: Hometown Customer Service Backed by a Major National Insurer 10 Tejas Smiles Brings Grins to Community 13 Marrying for Love...Not Money! 16 Camp Bullis: Meet Your Neighbor Sales Rachel Danley 20 San Antonio Family Helps Fight Against Terrorism Graphic Design Sheryl Hawkinson Jessica Combs 23 Schlitterbahn: The Henry Family Adventure Katrina Gelino Administrative Jared Hawkinson 28 An Astronaut’s Cosmic Perspective Jack Hatcher Faith Pena Jared Hawkinson 31 Finding the Right Personal Trainer Albert Salazar 32 Flight to the North Pole To advertise your product or services in 36 Football Exhibit Canyon Lake Magazine, please contact 40 New Braunfels Railroad Museum Rachel Danley at 210-348-3709 or by email at 44 St. Jude’s [email protected] 46 Spring Branch Tennis Center Stalled for Funding Canyon Lake Magazine is published by Community 48 Canyon Lake Dam Circular Magazines, a subsidiary product of White- 51 Puzzles Frisbie Media. 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We encourage you to visit our web site at www.CanyonLakeMagazine.com and let us know what’s on your mind. 4 Online at: CanyonLakeMagazine.com Online at: CanyonLakeMagazine.com 5 Canyon Lake High School (CLHS), of the Comal Independent School District (CISD), has many outstanding teachers and innovative programs in place to cultivate the harvest of our youth. In response to First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to reduce childhood obesity, CISD has joined with their food service provider, Chartwells, to bring chefs to each of the schools in the district to teach kids about nutrition and healthy eating. With regard to the school, Superintendent Dr. Marc f that is true, then we might also say Walker says this high school spotlights rigorous academics, that the minds and imaginations of exemplary extracurricular and athletic programs. But perhaps even more importantly, CLHS provides unique our children are the rich soil in which learning modalities designed to improve the lives of Iwe grow our future. To use another, students through extra-ordinary opportunities. more modern metaphor (one for the “Th e campus off ers a broad range of challenging knowledge worker in the information academic courses as well as skilled workforce opportunities that students can expect to encounter after they graduate age in which we live), best-selling author school. Th ey also gain skills to support any career venue as Stephen R. Covey asks and answers this they navigate life after high school.” question: “When in one’s lifetime is the So students leave CISD better adjusted to life and better best time to get the cultural overlay, the prepared to get jobs than most schools and they’ve already learned how to apply their skills in practical terms when software, to be completely in harmony they enter college. with our ‘hardwired’ gifts?” You might CLHS is CISD’s newest “comprehensive” high school. say teachers and coaches sow the seeds of One of the standout programs at CLHS is their audio/video success and provide a nurturing growth production class. Th is popular discipline gives students hands-on experience in fi lm production, environment. from script to screen. With literally hundreds of broadcast and cable channels available on television, the explosion of digital media, mobile applications and the Internet, content creation is an area of explosive career growth. 6 Online at: CanyonLakeMagazine.com Canyon Lake High School (CLHS), of the Comal Independent School District (CISD), has many outstanding teachers and innovative programs in place to cultivate the harvest of our youth. In response to First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to reduce childhood obesity, CISD has joined with their food service provider, Chartwells, to bring chefs to each of the schools in the district to teach kids about nutrition and healthy eating. With regard to the school, Superintendent Dr. Marc f that is true, then we might also say Walker says this high school spotlights rigorous academics, that the minds and imaginations of exemplary extracurricular and athletic programs. But perhaps even more importantly, CLHS provides unique our children are the rich soil in which learning modalities designed to improve the lives of Iwe grow our future. To use another, students through extra-ordinary opportunities. more modern metaphor (one for the “Th e campus off ers a broad range of challenging knowledge worker in the information academic courses as well as skilled workforce opportunities that students can expect to encounter after they graduate age in which we live), best-selling author school. Th ey also gain skills to support any career venue as Stephen R. Covey asks and answers this they navigate life after high school.” question: “When in one’s lifetime is the So students leave CISD better adjusted to life and better best time to get the cultural overlay, the prepared to get jobs than most schools and they’ve already learned how to apply their skills in practical terms when software, to be completely in harmony they enter college. with our ‘hardwired’ gifts?” You might CLHS is CISD’s newest “comprehensive” high school. say teachers and coaches sow the seeds of One of the standout programs at CLHS is their audio/video success and provide a nurturing growth production class. Th is popular discipline gives students hands-on experience in fi lm production, environment. from script to screen. With literally hundreds of broadcast and cable channels available on television, the explosion of digital media, mobile applications and the Internet, content creation is an area of explosive career growth. Online at: CanyonLakeMagazine.com 7 Walker says that students work in the classroom in teams to (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corp.) go on to join the military. develop characters and build plots for short fi lms. Once the storylines Th is past year CLHS is also extremely proud of graduating senior are complete, they develop pre-production documents and produce Zach Henshaw who was nominated for the High School Football the shorts. Each year, CLHS fi lm students enter their movies in the Awards (aka Inspireum Awards). Th is is a national competition that internationally acclaimed SXSW Film Festival held in Austin in the honors students who demonstrate exemplary traits of character, “High School Experimental Category.” courage, contribution and commitment and inspire their teammates. CLHS has also developed special programs geared for students Henshaw was one of only 50 semi-fi nalists selected by a prestigious interested in science, technology, engineering and math. STEM panel of professional athletes including former NFL quarterback Troy programs, as they are called, include the rigorous curriculum of Aikman. Congratulations Zach Henshaw! Way to go buddy. classes like engineering math. “Th e primary focus of engineering Comal ISD has clearly planted some innovative seeds to help math is robotics, which takes into the lesson such STEM concepts guarantee the successful growth of their students at all three high as mechanical engineering, computer programming, hydraulics and schools. To learn more about the district’s plans and to get up-to-date pneumatics,” Walker says. news, address and information about any of the CISD schools, visit Th e school also has an active Army Junior Reserve Offi cers Training them at: Corps for students interested in a career in the armed forces. JROTC was founded with the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916 Comal Independent School District “to instill in students in secondary educational institutions the values 1404 IH 35 North of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility and New Braunfels, Texas 78130 a sense of accomplishment.” According to the armed services chiefs of (830) 221-2000 staff , 30-50 percent of graduating JROTC cadets from all branches www.comalisd.org 8 Online at: CanyonLakeMagazine.com With Allstate, they say, “you’re in good hands.” With Allstate agent reputation and a good product. I know because I was a customer and personal fi nancial representative Harbans Soni, you’re in hands before I was an agent.” that not only can help you secure property and casualty insurance, but Indeed, the insurance business is a “second life” for Soni. He also fi nancial security for your future. Soni’s Hill Country Insurance decided to become an Allstate agent after selling his successful San Agency in Canyon Lake is a one-stop shop for those who seek both Antonio pest control business a dozen years ago. He chose Allstate insurance and fi nancial products including IRAs, mutual funds and because he had always been a satisfi ed customer.