connections plus magazine march 2013
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Our Mission is to provide Central Texas with a magazine that delivers community information, business resources, education, diverse articles, and creativity. Our goal is to encompass the voice & essence of all our readers through an all inclusive magazine where we can come together, learn from one another and appreciate the diversity within our community. We strive to Connect & Educate Central Texas through a magazine that focuses on “The People of our Community” – One Issue at a Time. “If we all would just work together, there is no limit to what we could overcome and achieve.”TRANSCRIPT
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Editorial & PR Director:Jessica Rivera
Vice President:Jose Rivera
Graphics Design Director:Jose A. Rivera
Staff Writer:Terryn Kelly
Contributors:Twila HillErin Faya
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Our mission is to provide Central Texas with a magazine that delivers community
information, business resources, education, diverse articles, and creativity. Our goal is to encompass the voice and essence of all our readers through an all inclusive magazine
where we can come together, learn from one another, and appreciate the diversity within
our community. We strive to connect & educate Central Texas through a magazine
that focuses on “The People of Our Community” – one issue at a time.
“If we all work together, there is no limit to what we could overcome and achieve."
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lives of Women, Owners, Moms, Entrepreneurs, and Networkers who are focused on success for
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With a few well-known barbecue places in Belton, one restaurant in particular has caught the attention of the BBQ Posse, which is a group from The Dallas Morning News.
There are a total of 16 restaurants the group put on a list to pinpoint their most favorite barbecue, and Miller's Smokehouse made the
cut. Although the smokehouse was not originally a restaurant, it soon evolved into one.
"We started in the end of September 2006," Owner Dirk Miller said. "It started out as a processing plant and we processed deer. I started making sausages and decided to start selling them out of here."
Since then, his business has grown tremendously, which has resulted in him having to move the processing over to Main Street. People from miles away are coming to get a taste of his barbecue. "We just started this a few years back barbecuing and now we have people traveling from Dallas and Austin," Miller said. "We have had some of the big name critics come here and they have given us a great report. On rib day, people line up out the door and we will sell out by 12:30 p.m. or 1." Miller has been barbecuing for fun since he was in high school, it is a passion for him.He likes to experiment with different seasonings to develop a signature taste. "We do all of our own flavors from jalapeño and cheese to hot links, Polish sausage, snack sticks, summer sausage and jerky," Miller said. "They are my personal recipes, I tinker with them all the time and I come up with some pretty good recipes." In 2011, he attended the Texas Meat Processors Association in Bryan College Station, where he entered his summer sausage and ribs. He won grand champion for both of them. Even with the growing recognition of his work, he continues to work hard in hopes of appearing in the Texas Monthly Magazine. Miller arrives at his restaurant at approximately 4 a.m. most mornings to prepare his barbecue for the many customers he will serve later that day. The hours may be long but dedication is important when running a business. "You have to love it and we love what we are doing," Miller said.
Central Texas BBQBy: Terryn Kelly
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Our mission is to encourage and promote Hispanics to vote in elections throughout Bell County and beyond. Our goal is to double the number of active Hispanic voters
as well as the number of local Hispanic leadership by 2020.
Nuestra misión es fomentar y promover los hispanos a votar en las elecciones en todo el Condado de Bell y más allá. Nuestro objetivo es duplicar el número de
activos votantes hispanos así como el número de dirigentes hispanos locales para el año 2020.
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Bell County Habitat for Humanity, Inc. is a non-profit affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, an ecumenical, Christian housing ministry dedicated to seeking to put God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope in Bell County and the surrounding area. By building affordable, energy efficient homes for low-income families using volunteer labor and providing a zero percent mortgage, Habitat is maintaining affordable housing and eliminating poverty housing one family at a time. We are a United Way Agency.
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