Loma Vista Family Of The Year

[Louella Kammann]

Frompitches to plants. From hardballs to hibiscus. From the strike zone to the root zone. Those phrases are a way of describing the transition made by a Major League Baseball player who, with his daughter, has developed one of the leading plant nurseries in the nation.

While being developed in the minor leagues, he was playing in Des Moines when he met the young woman who would become his wife. He went on to a 17-year major-league career, serving as a two-time all-star relief pitcher for the California Angels, Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers.

One of his buddies on the Red Sox was traded to the Kansas City Royals. When Mark came for a visit, he found he loved the hunting and fishing in the KC area. In fact, he liked it so well that he moved his family to Olathe after retiring from baseball. He also sold his share of the partnership in California and bought a home with a tree nursery in Olathe. He called it Loma Vista Nursery.

As Loma Vista Nursery continued to grow and evolve, Lyndsi came back to work at the nursery. She worked in every department and became vice president of the company, which is now headquartered in Ottawa, Kansas.

Loma Vista Nursery offers various varieties of pot-in-pot trees, shrubs, roses, grasses, perennials and groundcovers. The tree farm produces field-grown shade and ornamental trees, upright junipers and spruce, as well as many other deciduous and evergreen varieties. Loma Vista serves customers from Denver to Indianapolis.

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Mark Clear had an All-Star career as a major league pitcher while working in a tree nursery during the offseason. After retiring from baseball, he moved to Kansas and opened a nursery which is now operated by his daughter, Lyndsi Oestman, and has become one of the leading wholesale suppliers of plants, trees and shrubs in the nation.

Loma Vista Nursery has shipped throughout the Midwest since 1991, but our roots in horticulture run deep. Founder Mark Clear first discovered his passion for plants working on a California avocado ranch in his youth. His lifelong dream of becoming a nurseryman was thrown a curve ball when he signed to play professional baseball in the year of 1974. Throughout his career as an

All-Star MLB pitcher, Clear continued to pursue his love of horticulture. He purchased a nursery in southern California in 1979 and operated that nursery until he retired from baseball in 1991. He then moved to Kansas, bought property and continued following his passion growing plants and selling plants.

Today, Loma Vista Nursery remains family owned and operated. We apply the same persistent pursuit of achievement that allowed Mark a successful 17 year career in MLB. Because of our focus on healthy plants, timely delivery, and unrivaled value, the nursery operation has grown to one of the largest in the midwest.

Let the celebration begin! Loma Vista Immersion Academy students rang in the Lunar New year last week with a school-wide family fun night. Parent Laine Gen shares, on Friday, Loma Vista Immersion Academy celebrated the Lunar New Year with a community building night of food, crafts and entertainment. The Redwood Empire Chinese Association performed a Lion Dance and then invited students to participate and experience the costumes and drumming. Local restaurants Simmer and City Chopsticks donated delicious Vietnamese and Chinese food and fifth-grade students ran a crafts table for making lanterns, Year of the Pig puppets and fans. School librarian Alex Porrata also helped the students raise money for sixth-grade camp by raffling off baskets of books in English and Spanish about Lunar New Year.

The product sits at the crux of two macro trends: the explosive growth of the RTD beverage segment, which is up +80% this year*, and the rise in popularity of tequila, which holds the third-largest share of the spirits category*. With the novelty of tequila-based RTDs, Loma Vista Tequila Soda offers Boston Beer an opportunity to stake its claim in the space.

Loma Vista Tequila Soda was inspired by the mind-soothing, body reinvigorating, deep purple and fiery orange sunsets that can be seen from the highest point on the multi-generational Yarborough family ranch in West Texas. This pristine peak, aptly named Loma Vista, is a place where gathering at dusk to revel in the view is not only a good idea, but a decades-old tradition. Steeped in natural beauty, it calls adventurers from all over to kick up their boots, let loose and rediscover their inner wild.

"Because we know not everyone can trace the winding trails out to Loma Vista's remote, yet awe-inspiring view, we worked in collaboration with Justin Yarborough of the Yarborough ranching family to develop Loma Vista Tequila Soda, an authentic lifestyle brand rooted in a real place, a real story and real tequila," said Sammy Cohen, The Boston Beer Company's co-head of brand innovation. "As refreshing as the view that inspired it, this transportive beverage offers folks everywhere the chance to drink in the magic of an all-day, Loma Vista sunset, one sip at a time. It's an indescribable and totally immersive experience that we're so excited to share. When the sun sets, we drink!"

The Boston Beer Company aspires to be the most innovative consumer-oriented beverage company in the world. Its two-fold innovation strategy includes thoughtful expansion of existing product lines to meet consumer needs as well as purposeful development of new brands that capitalize on current and future industry trends. While some new products are launched nationally, others will be released in a limited number of markets to test and learn before being released to broader audiences.

Inspired by the deep purple and fiery orange sunsets that can be seen from the highest point on the multi-generational Yarborough family ranch in West Texas, Loma Vista Tequila Soda is a spirits-based, ready-to drink beverage made from premium tequila blanco, real lime juice, carbonated water and natural flavors. Created in collaboration with Justin Yarborough of the Yarborough ranching family, Loma Vista Tequila Soda offers everyone the chance to drink in the refreshing magic of an all-day sunset, one sip at a time.

He worked for many years and retired from Farmers Insurance Company. His favorite pastimes included traveling, spending time with his close family and friends, and watching the Dodgers and Raiders games and other sports. We will greatly miss his patience, thougtfulness, witty humor and the special way that he loved each and every one of us.

Following the burial service, the family will have a reception at Cisco's Mexican Restaurant at 1712 E. Avenida de Los Arboles, Thousand Oaks 91362, in the Garden room. In memory of Jim, we encourage you to please wear your favorite resort attire such as Tommy Bahama.

Kindergarten is for children who turn five years old on or before September 1 in the school year they will be attending. We offer 17 elementary school sites, all with Kindergarten programs. For a full list of elementary school sites visit our schools website.

If your child is currently attending a VUSD school (i.e., TK) and they will be attending a VUSD school next year, there is no need to complete the pre-online enrollment application. You will only need to complete the annual update that will be provided at the start of the Fall of each school year.

If you are a current VUSD family but would like to transfer your child to a different school, please complete the Intradistrict request and submit to your boundary elementary school for processing.

If you live outside of the VUSD district boundary, you must first you must first apply for an Interdistrict transfer request from your district boundary. Once your request is complete, submit it to your district boundary to ensure they process your release request.

Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is a bridge between preschool and Kindergarten that gives young learners a head start and provides them with an opportunity to learn and grow in an environment that is tailored to meet their academic and social-emotional needs.

To give you an example, I need look no further than my own birth records. I was adopted when I was just 5 days old. To a mother and father who already had two biological children of their own. I was the only adopted kid on the block. My Mom told me my family was special. Looking back on it now, I guess we were also modern.

45 years later, I gave birth to a baby boy, conceived with love (and IVF). I used a donor egg to get pregnant, which is an example of modern technology at its finest. I know dozens of women who have gone through fertility treatments as well, including one of my best friends. She got pregnant after three rounds of IVF. Four years later, she and her husband adopted a little girl from China.

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Robbie Fulks, 'Upland Stories' (Bloodshot). An agitator of the 1990s alt-country scene in Chicago marks his 53rd year with accumulated perspective and resignation added to his longtime and rarely questioned storytelling, wit, musicianship and Americana knowledge.

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