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cover featureBoerne Handmade Market:Crafty, Creative, One-of-a-Kind Finds!by Lauren T. Stumberg

accountingBeyond the Tax Return!by Jason Nelson, CPA

wellbeingTop 3 Supplements Vital for Healthby Dr. Michael Garcia, DC

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HHe remembers it vividly, like it was just yesterday. She was standing before him wearing a white, puffed long-sleeve blouse, which against her sun-kissed skin shone brightly in the moonlit evening. Her honey-blonde hair framed her face. As he reluctantly told her that he was going to report for active duty the following Monday, her eyes began to well with tears. She blinked and one slowly streamed down her cheek.

“It was a moment I will never forget: the look on her face, her words, the embrace. We were so young and so old at the same time. And that Monday, as I packed up my bags and stood beside my fellow soldiers as we headed to war, I knew that it was her that was going to get me back home safely.”

Some people spend their entire lives searching for love, purpose, meaning. But for Carl Stevens, he learned early on what brought him happiness. She was one of them. Dorothy Jean Stinson

Stevens better known as “Miss Jean” was his pride and joy—the love of his life. Married for 61 years, they built a lifetime of wonderful friendships and memories together. Carl’s prosperous career as an internationally respected business mentor and college profes-sor introduced many opportunities for travel. And there, always by his side, was Miss Jean.

They traveled to dozens of countries around the world—him speaking to students and industry professionals and her working on a project that would later inspire those around her and impact gen-erations to come.

Both of them fond of new experiences and delicious cuisine, Jean began gather-

ing recipes of the finest foods she’s tried during her travels. She visited 49 states, 66 countries on 6 continents. It was a fitting hobby for a foodie. She met enthusi-asts who shared her same pas-sion, from world-renowned chefs to self-taught home cooks; Jean collected hundreds upon hundreds of recipes.

Although they always seemed to be on the go, Jean managed to attend several culinary schools, seminars and demonstrations throughout her time—trying, perfecting and adding her own touch to the dishes. With a little push from a good friend John F. Baugh, founder of the nation’s largest food distributor SYSCO, her unique collection was pub-lished and is now sold through-out the country by one of the nation’s most knowledgeable sales-business professionals and her biggest fan—her husband, Carl. The profits made from the 300-page cookbook will go direct-ly to the Jean Stevens Scholarship fund—an endorsement of the passion and adoration both Jean and Carl have for educating future generations.

“She absolutely loved chil-dren. She has always had that drive in her, to teach, to help shape young minds. Unfortunately, we were not blessed with biological children of our own. But we still had many ‘unfamily’ members, as we like to call them, so she gave her energy to others around her,” Carl said. “This cookbook, this unique collection of recipes that

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Jean has gathered throughout the years, is just a way for her to give back. It’s a way for her legacy to live on. Her passion for the Lord and giving will be present through each meal someone makes from this book.”

Like Jean, Carl had a unique devotion to learning and a persistence to pass it on. Always eager to figure things out, Carl’s dedication, forward-thinking philosophy, and his ability to sell just about anything, brought him an unwavering success at a young age.

He was a double major in psychology and business at Vanderbilt University. Since graduating from his home-state school many years ago, he has received dozens of acco-lades and recognition for this expertise in his field. He co-authored several books on the topic of selling, which have been adopted in colleges across North America and has created a number of effective business mod-els and programs used by the some of the largest and most successful companies in the world. In addition, he was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame, Council of Peers Award for Excellence, the highest award in professional speaking, which he shares with former President Ronald Regan, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Art Linkletter, Earl Nightingale and Og Mandino to name a few.

“I have lived a lifetime of great success. God has truly blessed me in more ways than one. One of those blessings has been my ability to speak publicly. I love offering my knowledge to those eager to hear, and as you can see I love to tell a good story,” Carl jokes. “But none of this success would be worth anything if I couldn’t continue it somehow. And that is what my intention

is for Miss Jean’s cookbook. She and I were different in many ways, but we also shared a lot of things. One of those things was our love for educating. I feel it’s my obligation to pass it on somehow. The more money we can provide to the Jean Stevens Scholarship, the more opportunities, those who are awarded it, are given. That’s what I hope to do. Her legacy will live on through the students. It’s the one thing she wanted. And even though she’s gone now, I’m going to continue to help her achieve that dream.”

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Crafty, Creative, One-of-a-Kind Finds!What could be better than a Saturday spent shopping in Boerne? How about a Saturday spent shopping in Boerne at an event filled with unique, creative and one-of-a-kind finds? Sounds pretty good, right? Well mark your calendars for Saturday, April 18th and be sure to attend the Boerne Handmade Market. This fun, local shopping experience happens only twice a year, so make sure not to miss it!

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Boerne Handmade Market held its first event in October of 2012 as a result of co-founders Alyssa Mantooth and Rachel Russo’s desire to create an event where the talents of their very crafty friends could be showcased. “We thought it would be fun to start something that would give our creative friends an outlet to share and sell their creations. We never imagined that it would be as successful as it has been and that so many others outside of our circle of friends would want to participate as well,” said Mantooth enthusiastically.

Along the way, co-founder Rachel Russo felt called in another direction and started Vault: Fostering Community which is a local organization to support foster families in the local community and help get things together at a moments notice when a new child is placed in their care. With that taking much of Russo’s time and attention, Beth Zampese stepped in to fill her shoes at Boerne Handmade Market.

Mantooth and Zampese both share a passion for handmade treasures and creative souls. Together the pair work tirelessly to find vendors that will fill up each market with products that will keep BHM shoppers coming back for more! “We have tons of new vendors for this upcoming spring market as well as the return of many of the crowd favorites from past markets. This event marks the 6th Boerne Handmade Market and each event just seems to get better and better. We couldn’t be more thrilled with the vendors that are scheduled and the products they will be offering,” stated Zampese.

The vendors of Boerne Handmade Market come from all over Texas and offer everything from bath and body products to home decor to children's items and even food items. The main requirement is that the items for sale must be made by the vendor or an employee

of theirs. According to Mantooth, “BHM is actually a juried market so we can turn vendors away. We strive to have no more than 20% of any type of product at each market. This ensures we have a good product mix and don’t become overrun with only jewelry or baby clothes for example. We want both our vendors and our shoppers to have a great experience and by having the market offer a variety of products we feel we can achieve this.” Zampese added, “Even our vendors that have returned market after market continually try to bring new and different products to each BHM. It is that variety that will keep the shoppers coming back and allow the event to evolve and develop.”

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products we feel we can achieve this.” Zampese added, “Even our vendors that have returned market after market continually try to bring new and different products to each BHM. It is that variety that will keep the shoppers coming back and allow the event to evolve and develop.”

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pavilion at the Pavilion Food Park & Events where the market is held, but now we have outgrown that and have many vendors outside of the pavilion as well,” said Mantooth. In addition to the vendors having grown in number, so have the shoppers. “Each market we see more and more traffic. The word is definitely spreading about Boerne Handmade Market and it’s exciting to see the growth. In fact, we are even extending the event hours by one hour to accommodate more shoppers this time and will be open from 9am to 4pm, instead of opening at 10am as we have in the past!”

In addition to all the shopping going on at the event there will also be live music, food trucks available for snacks or meals and a playground for the kiddos. The event is free to attend and shoppers will receive a free reusable shopping bag (while supplies last).

“This event began as a way to give back to the community while offering a one-of-a-kind, unique shopping experience and we feel like we have accomplished that. To us the event is a small, huge success!”

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MARCH 17SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

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RReceipts, records, and the seemingly endless influx of tax forms in your mailbox indicate only one thing: tax season has begun. This ritual of gathering and organizing your financial and tax documents is performed at the beginning of every year in order to file your tax return. In most cases, this also involves delivering those files to your tax professional. However, when most people visit their tax preparer, their only thoughts are getting the taxes filed and out of mind.

Instead of the rush to file and be done with your taxes, take this time consider if there are other items you should be considering. Are there other questions your tax preparer should be asking you? Are there questions you should be asking them? What other “house keeping” items need to be looked at in your financial portfolio? Below are a few scenarios that many individuals tend to overlook, but should be considered:

1. GENERATIONAL PLANNING: If you own a business, whether large or small, do you have a plan to deal with the transition to the next generation? Do you want to pass your business to your children, or grandchildren; do they even want it? There is a substantial amount of effort put into building a business, but often not much thought is given regarding business continuity once the owner is no longer willing or able to keep working. Without generational planning the business owner may be burdening the next generation with something they are not ready to run or operate, or even fully understand. Turning a company over to those who are not ready could result in the company meeting its demise, or being sold off for far less than it could be worth. A scenario any business owner would find appalling. Don’t let the future of your business fall by the way-side. Consider speaking to a professional regarding generational planning.

2. RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS: Are you properly utilizing the best type of retirement account for your tax situation; is there something better you could be doing? There are many different types of retirement plans available for a business owner. Over time, a retirement plan that was used at the inception of business may not be the most appropriate as the business has matured. The retirement plan in place may not only be

affecting the business owner, but the employees as well. Take some time to review your company’s retirement plan. As with aging technology, your retirement plan may need an upgrade.

3. BENEFICIARIES: When was the last time you looked at the beneficiaries on your various accounts? Depending on how long ago you set up those accounts, it could be years since you chose your beneficiaries. Are they still the people you want receiving funds upon your death? This would apply to retirement accounts, life insurance, and any annuities with a death benefit or a residual payout. As time marches forward and lives change, it becomes easy for individuals to forget to update their beneficiaries. Remember, the beneficiary listed on the account(s) is who will get the funds upon your death, regardless of who is designated by your Will. There have been instances where ex-spouses are still listed, a person’s parents are listed because they were single at the time of designation and are now married, or a child is left off because they had not been born at the time of beneficiary selection. It is important to visit this issue on an annual basis to make sure the beneficiaries listed are in tune with your current intentions.

by Jason Nelson, CPA

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4. WILLS: A tax preparer cannot prepare a Will for you, but should ask if you have one. If there is no Will, then the tax preparer should be able to recommend an attorney they trust or have worked with in the past. If you already have a Will, it may be a good idea to have your tax professional look it over to make sure it takes into account the current tax laws that may have changed over the past few years. Some existing Wills do not properly address the changes in the estate tax exemption, or the Generation Skipping Tax exemptions, or the relatively new portability rules.

5. ESTATE PLANNING: For those with large estates, is estate planning/gifting being addressed? If not properly communicated, your tax preparer may not be aware if you have an estate tax problem. Not only do you have to take into consideration your current net worth, but you may need to consider future inheritances, which could create potential estate tax issues. Tax preparers with estate tax knowledge may be able to pick up on subtle details on your tax return and realize there could be a problem. However, not all net worth line items gen-erate income and without communication this could create potential problems. The good news is the estate tax currently does not kick in for an individual until their net worth is $5.43 million ($10.86 million married). However, there are proposals being considered to drop this to a lower amount which could make this a hot topic again.

While it may seem most important to just get the tax return done, these are a few of the items that are important to discuss with your tax professional now before a problem occurs. Communicate any concerns and let your tax preparer help you be proactive this tax season.

Jason Nelson, CPA, is a Tax Manager with Akin, Doherty, Klein & Feuge, P.C. (ADKF).

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Top 3 Supplements V ital for Health

III am a firm believer that supplementing vitamins and minerals is not a substitute for quality food and exercise. Synthetic vitamins and minerals are not as effective or read-ily absorbed by the body. Having said that, today’s food does not have the same nutritional value as it did 50 years ago. If you were to narrow it down to three supplements that were critical to health and well being these would be it.V I TAMIN D3

Vitamin D3 (the activated form of Vitamin D) is not a vitamin and is actually a hormone that is used by the body. It plays a crucial role in the body’s immune function all the way to developing bone strength. It has been studied intensely and has been linked to preventing certain cancers, some depres-sions and other conditions. The winter months are especially important to supplement since sunlight is not as readily avail-able. 15-20 minutes of sunlight exposure in shorts and a t-shirt is enough to get your daily amount. If you are stuck inside, be sure to consider this important supplement. 1000 IU’s is a great start and 4000 IU’s is the max range according to most experts. OMEGA 3’S

Omega 3’s are anti-inflammatory fats essential to the body, meaning we cannot produce them. Inflammation can be a good thing, for instance, if you cut your self you would certainly want an inflammatory reaction of white blood cells, etc. Too much of good thing is never good though. Today our society is battling systemic inflammation from eating the standard American diet. The foods we eat (corn, soy, etc), have sky rocketing amounts of Omega 6, which is inflamma-tory. Low Omega 3 levels have been linked to swollen arterial vessels, depressions, irritability and the list goes on. The best

way to get your recommended Omega 3 intake is with high quality fish oil or you can eat fresh Atlantic salmon twice a week, by far the safest. The international recommendations are between 500mg-4000mg of EPA and DHA. The higher the number of mg, the more intense the support to your body.P ROBIO T ICS

Probiotic literally means “for life.” We have a symbiotic relationship with the bacteria in our body, we cannot live with out them and they cannot live with out us. Since 80% of your immune system is housed in your gut it goes without saying that probiotics are a must. If you have ever experienced bloat-ing, gassiness, cramping after sugary meals, you may be expe-riencing a bacterial imbalance. Have allergies? Try paying attention to your gut and what is happening in there on a daily basis. I am not a big fan of commercial, sugar-ridden yogurts. Try sauerkraut, Greek yogurt or high quality supplement.

Well, there you have it, the top three supplements the human body can greatly benefit from. I am sure there are many more supplements that are beneficial but did not get mentioned. These are just what I have found to work for my family, my patients and myself. The three supplements mentioned are a great foundation to build health from inside out. As a Structural Chiropractor, inside out healing is important and I always recommend that supplements are never a replacement for real food.

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It comes as no surprise to us of the Real Estate Classes Institute staff that Texas is a BIG state with BIG requirements. Along these lines and, within the context of a real estate trans-action, are such issues as private property, mineral and water rights with corresponding responsibilities and documentation between the parties to the transaction (buying/selling).

For example, are you familiar with the STATUTE (the Texas Water Code), that requires a seller whose home is located in a municipal utility district, (MUD), is required to give a buyer special and specific notice which includes the then current applicable taxes, any bond indebtedness and any fees, of the MUD?.

Also according to the Water Code, the seller must choose one out of 3 types of notices. That’s where a knowledgeable Realtor is a tremendous benefit when buying or selling a property.

As to the stats this month, the reports indicate there are currently 287 active single family homes for sale in Kendall County. The average list price today is $726,671. The lowest list price is $135,000 and the highest is $7,250,000. The under contract/SOLD report reflects 113 properties these past two months. The average sales price was $357,072 and the average days on market were 187 days. The longest days on the market was a prop-erty reflecting 820 days. The highest priced closing was $1,400,000.00.

The report reflects Cordillera Ranch subdivision with 45 active single family homes for sale from $465,000 to $2,800,000 and Tapatio Springs subdivision with 14 active single family homes for sale from $399,000 to $2,400,000.

(Stats are according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors MLS services as of 2-26-2015. These figures do not include “non-MLS” listings such as for sale by owner nor does it include ALL new construction not entered in MLS service.)

For more information and assistance, contact your local REALTOR®. Real Estate Classes Institute strives to bring added value and information in support of profession-al real estate agents and the principals to transactions.

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OUTDOOR FAMILY FAIR 10:00am to 2:00pm | Main Plaza – BoerneThis community focused event provides Kendall County families of all ages with the opportunity to enjoy and learn about local services and organizations that are available. A lot of fun available for the whole family at this event!

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING6:00pm to 8:00pm | City Council Chambers124 Old San Antonio Road – Boerne

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9TH ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT 10:30am | Boerne City LakeThis event is co-sponsored by the Boerne Police Officers Association, Boerne Family YMCA & the Boerne Parks & Recreation Department. Children are welcome to participate in this free community event.

SPRING FEVER FESTIVAL AT THE HERFF FARM 10:30am to 1:30pm | 33 Herff Rd. – BoerneIncludes a series of workshops on gardening basics, native and drought-tolerant plants, permaculture, backyard chickens and more.

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The taxpayer spent 24 days in connection with making repairs and performing maintenance on the vacation home and classified the days as nonpersonal (and non-rental). However, even though the taxpayer endeavored to maintain adequate records, the IRS and the court counted some of the 24 days as personal because they contained a combination of personal use (that is, relaxation) and repairs. Also, some of the tax-payer’s records were suspect. As a result, the number of personal days identified by the court was sufficient to preclude the deduction of tax losses against nonrental income.

Taxation of the gain from a subsequent sale of the property is another issue. If the taxpayer sells the property at a gain, the larger of the gain or total tax depreciation deducted during the holding period is taxable.

“The rules and tax-planning strategies for a vacation home are complex if the home is rented,” said Stern. “Vacation homeowners are advised to consult with a tax accountant or tax attorney to maximize the tax benefits from vacation home rentals.”

RRecent stock market gains and low mortgage interest rates are enabling more individuals to purchase vacation homes. In addition to offering personal enjoyment, vacation homes can be rented to help offset expenses and reduce the owners’ taxes.

“But, beware,” cautions a research fellow for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. “A 2014 tax court case highlights how poor recordkeeping and the manner in which days are spent in connection with repairing a vacation rental home may eliminate eligibility to deduct losses.”

Dr. Jerrold Stern discusses the court case and key vacation rental home rules in a new article on the Center’s website (http://www.recenter.tamu.edu/pdf/2089.pdf).

“Typical expenses associated with vacation rental homes include mortgage interest and real estate taxes, which are deductible under any circumstances,” he said. “In addition, if the property is rented more than 14 days, a proportionate amount of expenses such as rental management com-pany fees, utilities, maintenance and tax depreciation may also be deductible.”

Stern explains that the latter expenses can generate a tax loss (deductible against non-rental income) if the number of personal-use days does not exceed the greater of 14 days or 10 percent of the number of rental days.

“Taxpayers must maintain careful records, such as a logbook of how time was spent while at the property along with receipts for all expenses,” he said. If the property is rent-ed for 14 days or less, the rental income and related expenses are ignored for tax purposes.

“A 2014 court case illustrates that the IRS assesses personal-use days very carefully when days are spent repairing or maintaining the property,” said Stern. “In the case, the concern was whether tax losses could reduce nonrental income.”

by David S. Jones, Senior Editor, Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University

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101 TIMBER MOUNTAIN DRIVE RIVER MOUNTAIN RANCH� is lot is priced to sell! � e lot is situated on the � rst street in the subdivision and is a corner lot with some oaks. Subdivision has three gated parks with water access. Exemplary Boerne Schools.

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735A FM 289 Home is nicely tucked back o� the road. Secluded with trees surrounding the property. Custom built home with unique two sided rock � replace, windows all across the back of the house with covered patio for watching the wildlife. Master bedroom is downstairs but has a spiral staircase up to a multi-use area. Secondary bedrooms are on opposite end of the home upstairs. Living room has high ceilings, large kitchen for the person that likes to cook! Recently installed carpeting/ new water heater 02/2015.

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103 DEER TRAIL RANGER CREEK SUBDIVISIONConvenient to town yet the gi� of a serene, park-like back yard – your own little oasis! .75+/- acres, 2200 sq � , 4 bedrooms (one being used as a study), 2 full baths, one story, some updating, carport, storage shed, native plants for low maintenance. Ranger Creek, no city taxes, highly acclaimed Boerne School District.

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