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Burleson Star, Sunday, March 2, 2008 * SA
WINE DE-MYSTIFIED
See RELAY | Page 9A
Yearbooks published by Taylor for the
‘We are pretty excited,” Dearinger said.
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Engagement Announcement
Engagement Announcement
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TRAVIS MCGLOUGHLIN AND BRITTNI WILLIS
Allen and Cindy Willis of Burleson are proud to announce the
engagement of their daughter, Brittni Willis of Burleson, to
Travis McGloughlin of Burleson. Travis is the son of Rhonda
Owen of Alvarado and Bill McGloughlin of Corpus Christi. The
couple will be married in the spring of 2008.
Brittni is a 2005 graduate of Burleson High School and is cur-
rently employed with Top Producers Real Estate.
Travis is a 2000 graduate of Alvarado High School and attend-
ed the University of Texas at Arlington. He is employed as an
assistant manager at National Oilwell Varco.
“The Award of Excellence is given each
year to a small percentage of yearbook
staffs nationwide that demonstrates excel-
lence in yearbook,” said Mike Taylor, mar-
By SALLY ELLERTSON
Special to the Burleson Star
By LUKE HARRIS
news@thestargroup. com
____co-chairmen
aJ^cancer survivors.
Steele
holding my hand and the doctors
coming in to say that there appeared to be a
mass on my brain. I think I was in shock, but
I knew deep down that it was going to be ok.”
She didn't have to undergo any other
treatment. In 2002, less than a year after
We Are
SURVIVORS
Relay for Life leaders
have experienced the
horrors of cancer
before, while she was sleeping, she suf-
fered a grand mal seizure. Trisha had
two more grand mal seizures in the hospital.
A CAT scan of her brain pinpointed the
tumor.
“I don't remember much about that week-
end in the hospital, but I do remember Betsy
things that motivates me
to write this is that doing so forces me to
articulate things I’ve “known” for
decades, and to check my facts. Wine
presents a long history and a huge prod-
uct and knowledge base that allows for
lifelong learning. For me, the former
University Professor, that is what makes
it fun.
Roughly 80 percent of wine purchased
in the United States is bought by women,
and most of that will be consumed with
2-3 hours of purchase. Suppose you
bought a bottle of wine for tonight’s din-
ner, and while you were at the store
picked up several other bottles for later
use. Good idea - saves fuel and travel
time. Now you have three or four bottles
to store. If you are like a lot of us, it
won’t be long before you have a case or
two to store. (A standard case in the
USA is 12 750ml bottles, or 6 1.5L bot-
tles). What to do with all this wine until
you are ready to serve it?
You do not need to purchase a fancy
wine storage cabinet or “cellar” - but
that is an option. What you do need to
do is respect the wine as an organic,
evolving entity, and provide conditions
within your budget that will keep it safe
and healthy. Those who read this col-
umn regularly know that I am not big on
rules, but there are a few “suggestions”
that will help keep you wine drinkable
longer:
• Keep your wines cool, and more
importantly keep them at a stable tem-
perature. In those areas of Europe that
have a long history of wine production,
wines are kept in underground cellars.
Cellar temperature, year around, is in the
50-55 degree Fahrenheit range. In
Texas, without a temperature controlled
wine cabinet or a true cellar, that is
impossible to achieve. Birgit and I
aspire to build a combination Storm
Cellar and Wine Cellar at our home,
which would solve the problem [and pro-
vide a comfortable place to weather the
weather].
• Store your wines in a dark area.
Many wine bottles are colored - and that
is a clue to their long term storage poten-
tial. Clear glass (known as “flint” in the
industry) indicates a wine of relatively
short storage potential.
• Store wines so that the cork is wet at
all times - on their sides or up side
down.
• Seek a location with minimal vibra-
tion.
That does not have to be expensive.
The cheapest solution is to store your
wine in cases [either with the cases on
their side or with the cases opening
upward and the bottles upside down].
If you have a cellar, great. If you don’t,
store your wine on the floor in an interi-
or closet. In a two story home, store
your wine downstairs - and under the
stairs is often not too bad a location - in
spite of vibrations.
• Do not store your wine over the
refrigerator - hot, uneven temperature
and vibrations...
How long to store wine?
General Advice:
Port, Sherry and other fortified wines
(alcohol 18 percent or more) can be
stored for many years, almost indefinite-
ly-
Big red wines (Bordeaux styles,
Cabernets, Merlots, Malbecs, Zinfandels)
generally have strong tannin structures
and can age for many years.
Lighter reds (Burgundies, Pinot Noirs,
etc.) and most white wines are best con-
sumed within 3-5 years of the harvest
year (the Vintage date on the bottle is the
year of harvest). Undated wines (NV,
non-vintage) should be consumed early.
The next column will focus on fall out
and sediment in stored wines.
that list is pretty cool.”
Megan Morris, a freshman at Tarrant
County College, was the editor of the BHS
yearbook being honored in the “Yearbook
Yearbook.”
“The competition gets tougher year
after year,” she said. “Advisors and jour-
said she was very proud of the yearbook nalists across the nation peruse the pages
more of the following areas: cover design,
theme development, layout design and
e-mail. “It just proves photography. Taylor Publishing recog-
she was diagnosed, Trisha walked the sur-
vivor lap in Burleson's first Relay For Life. In
2006, Trisha celebrated being cancer free for
five years.
“I had never heard of Relay For Life
before it was brought to Burleson,” Trisha
said. “ I walked as a survivor because I want-
ed to be part of making a difference. I want-
ed to be part of something bigger than me -
to fight, to end this horrible disease!”
Brenda, now 54 and a financial advisor
for Woodbury Financial Services dba
Gammon Financial in Burleson, had
K| been married just one year when she
Kg was diagnosed with cervical cancer.
The couple will celebrate 25 years of
■ marriage in February.
Hi “I had surgery three days after I was
H diagnosed,” Brenda said. “I remember
PI being scared and angry. My daughter
was six years old. The hardest part
was realizing that I couldn't have
more children, that I might not live
to see my daughter grow up, and that
I may not live to be a grandmother.”
Brenda counts herself among the
lucky because her cervical cancer
was caught through a pap smear at
I her regular check-up.
| “I am a huge believer in early
| detection. If not for my pap smear,
"reesonstar i might not be here today,” Brenda
said.
Three years ago, Brenda got
talked into walking the survivor
lap by fellow cancer survivors, Maggie
Kramer, Judie Miller and Kay Buening.
“That got me hooked .. . walking around
the track with people outside the track cele-
brating my survival made me start to cele-
Wine storage:
How to and
how long
In the last column I wrote about ways
to learn more about wine. My first expo-
sure to wine was at an early age at my
parents’ dinner table.
That was many years ago,
and I dare say that few of
my friends were privi-
leged to begin the wine
exploration journey at
such a young age. Much
of what I write about is
BrUCe “Stuff I’ve picked up along
Anderson theway-” one of the
EDUCATION
BHS Yearbook Garners Award
Imagine walking the track at Kerr Middle
School for 12 hours. Imagine walking it with
your friends, family, and co-workers.
Imagine the difference that your walking will
make in the life of a cancer patient by your
efforts to raise money for cancer research,
education, advocacy, and patient services.
Brenda Gammon and Trisha Schoonover,
both cancer survivors, know what a differ-
ence the American Cancer Society's Relay
For Life of Burleson makes. They are the co-
chairmen of the 2008 event, which
is slated to take over the stadium at
Kerr Middle School from 6 p.m. on ®
Friday, April 25, through 6 a.m. on W
Saturday, April 26. n
“I think that if you have been r
touched by cancer, in any way, shape i
or form, you need to come out on |
April 25,” Trisha said. “Just see what |
it is all about. You won't regret it.” I
Trisha, 41, is a lifetime resident of |
Burleson who works as a senior sales '
analyst for Williamson Dickie in Fort
Worth. In 2001, she was diagnosed
with a brain tumor “about the size of a
bar of soap on the left side of my brain.
I was two months shy of my 35th birth-
day.”
She was actually facing another sur-
gery. Trisha was scheduled to have her
ti
Bruce Anderson and his wife, Birgit (Bee), are wine-
makers at Sunset Winery in Burleson. Sunset Winery is
the first in Johnson County since before prohibition.
Wine-related questions may be sent to
bruce.fhe.winemaker@sunsetwiner.com.
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MARK PATE AND MELISSA PHILIPS-DUNAWAY
Monty Philips of McKinney and Alice Swanson of Burleson are
proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa
Diann Philips-Dunaway of Burleson, to Mark Pate of
Stephenville. Mark is the son of Rodney and Leann Pate of
Stephenville.
Melissa is a 1998 graduate of Burleson High School. She is cur-
rently employed as a medical biller at Innovative Infusions.
Mark is a 1997 graduate of Stephenville High School and is
currently employed as a police officer.
The wedding is set for Sat. May 24, 2008, at St. Matthew
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Burleson.
It is definitely an honor. Knowing how time before and after school, during class, keting manager. “We applaud these staffs
for their outstanding work and support
their efforts in scholastic journalism.”
Dearinger said the 2007 yearbook is
also a finalist for the Star Award from the
The 2008 “Yearbook Yearbook” marks Interscholastic League Press Conference,
the 22nd edition according to Marilyn The winner will be announced in April.
Morris, who plans to pursue a major in Scoggins, editor of the publication,
speech pathology and hearing science at
the University of North Texas in the fall,
The Burleson High School yearbook <
staff has been recognized by Taylor happy to be honored in the distin- for theme concepts, page designs as well
Publishing with an Award of Excellence fished publication. as cover and photo ideas.”
honoring its accomplishments in year- «It is such an honor to be chosen as an Yearbooks published by Taylor for the
book design and coverage. example for the Yearbook Yearbook 2007 school year were evaluated in one or
The BHS yearbook is featured in the because so many schools look to it for more of the following areas: cover design,
2008 ‘Yearbook Yearbook,” a publication guidance and ideas for their yearbook,”
that features the best yearbooks published Morris said in an c mail. “It j—t pre— r_____________-____« -r-«
by Taylor in the past year. Judges selected that our book was a success. Being the nizes only the top 5 percent of yearbook
the BHS yearbook among the best of the editor of the 2007 book was extremely staffs for outstanding yearbook achieve-
year. time consuming, but the end result was so ment.
Rachel Dearinger, publications advisor rewarding - we got excellent feedback
for BHS, said she was very excited about from all the students and faculty.
being featured in the publication. “All the staff and our sponsor, Mrs.
“We are pretty excited,” Dearinger said. Rachel Dearinger, spent so much of our
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many books Taylor publishes, to make am] many weekends up at the school try-
that list is pretty cook” ~ ing to perfect our yearbook. I am very
excited to see how many rewards it will
get.”
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ndZendaGammon, co-chairmen for the
Trisha Schoonover ana cancer survivors.
knee scoped on a Friday, but the night Re|ay for Life of Burleson, a
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