Week 7 is a not so distant memory! 256,699 miles eased

down the road and 141 teams have made it across.

Welcome to Week 7 Walk Across Texas 2018

Important Dates–at-a-Glance

Celebrating 21 Years of WAT Brazos County

T e x a s A & M A g r i L i f e E x t e n s i o n

Brazos County Walk Across Texas 2018

April 4, 2018

WAT dates—February 10- April 6, 2018 Week 1: February 10-16, 2018 Week 2: February 17-February 23, 2018 Week 3: February 24-March 2, 2018 Week 4: March 3-9, 2018 Recharge Event, March 8, 2018; Wolf Pen Creek

Week 5: March 10-16, 2018 Week 6: March 17-23, 2018 Week 7: March 24-30, 2018 Week 8: March 31-April 6, 2018 LAST DAY TO ENTER MILES/WRAP UP FORMS APRIL 13!

Got Success Story?

Share your success stories. We want to hear them. Email to Flora Williams at fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu

Last call for Most Valuable Person Deadline April 8 by Midnight

Time is running out to nominate your team’s stand out person or people. See page 7 for details.

Sponsors

The 833 Miles n More Club

"There’s no BS, U, in these shoes!" 1 STEP FORWARD 2 STEPS BACK 3 Dean Soup 7 Deadly Shins 8 2 Much Bunch 979 Walkie Talkies A Team A Walk to Remember AABS Above And Beyond Strides ALL EAHRs 2018 ARCH Marchers ARCHI 8 Are We There Yet Beast Mode Recsters Benchlikins Blue Team Bluebonnet Bunch Brazos County Walking Warriors Bryan ISD TSC Team A Bryan ISD TSC Team B Bush School Office of Energetic Exercis-

ers Bushwalkers BUSI Walk Implementers Business As Usual CATs CEDP Movers and Shakers CEOS Chemistry Staffers Chicks with Kicks Chocolate Walkers Christopher We Be Walken! Cirque de Sore Legs CONquerors CONtinual Motion Crazy 8

CS Squares Team One CS Squares Team Two CVM Busy Bees DARS Detour de Arlington Devastating Divas Diamonds in the rough Division of ReSOREch Duces Tecum Dynacisers 2018 Easier Said Than Run Elliott Big Hat EOTC Clan Ewok in the Park Family Fitness Feud Flab U Less 8 Fleet feet Heart And Sole Holy Walkamole Holy Walkamolies Holy Walkamolies #1 HROE Professional Development IBT Roadrunners IGY6 In A Walka Da Vida In It to Thin It JustDOIT Justin and the Pussycats Keep Austin Walking Weird Kickin Asphalt!!! Kiss My Asphalt LAW AND ORDER SPECIAL FITNESS

UNIT Left TAP Shoe Lets Get Fiscal Look whos Walking

The 833 Miles n More Club (Continued)

71.Marthas Minions 72.Nervous Recs 73.Not Fast Just Furious 74.Not Fast Just Furious 75.ODSL Bluebonnets 76.ODSL Lonestars 77.Off Like a Kilt 78.On your Left 79.Ponderous 80.Powerhouse Team 81.PPRI School of Walk 82.PPRI Walkers 83.Public Partnership and Outreach Team

A 84.Public Partnership and Outreach Team B 85.Rad Runners 86.Red Team 87.RELLIS Racers 88.RELLIS RAMBLERS 89.Residence Life Team 1 90.Right TAP Shoe 91.Risky Resources 92.Rock the Pavement 93.SBS Kiss My ALS 94.Seven Groovy Chicks and an Old Dude 95.Shes Got Legs 96.Shut Up And Walk With Me 97.Sim Sinners 98.Small Animal Dream Team 99.SOBAcisers 100.Sole Patrol 101.Sole Train 102.Stack Stompers 103.Stat Steppers 104.Step Potential 105.Steppers in the Name of Love

106.Straight out of BVCOG 107.Stress Walkers 108.Swifties 109.Tail Draggers 110.Take a Walk on the Mild Side 111.Talent Ed 112.TCALL Trailblazers 113.TCALL Walkers 1 114.Team Grit 115.Team StuAct 116.Team Walk This Way 117.the abc team 118.The Dogs Are Barking 119.The Hugbanks Hikers 120.The Left Overs 121.The Pharmacy Sole Train 122.The Poor Unfortunate Soles 123.The Walking Ped 124.The Wanderers 125.The Wayfarers 126.These Dogs Are Made For Walking 127.TTI ViPs 128.Unfortunate Soles 129.Vixen Voyagers 130.VSCS Happy Feet 131.W.A.I.T. 8 132.Walk Force 1 133.Walk It Out 134.WALK THIS WAY 135.Walking our Asphalt 136.Walking So We Can Eat 137.Walking Warriors 138.WAT a Bunch of Losers! 139.Women Warriors 140.WW Warriors 141.Your Pace or Mine

Team Captain Appreciation

1. Alexandra Lodge 2. Alexis Ramos 3. Allison Sprouse 4. Amanda Johnson 5. Amy Jenkins 6. Andrea Field 7. Andrew Stowers 8. Angeline Medina 9. Anita Pitt 10. Ann Bowman 11. Anna Blackmon 12. Anna Taggart 13. Ashley Williams 14. Autumn Biggers 15. Barbara Herrman 16. Barbara JEANNE

Prestwood 17. Barbara Ybarra 18. Bedalina Hernandez 19. Benny Holland 20. Betsy Hardi 21. Bill Cox 22. Bonita Magby 23. Brianna Johnston 24. Brice Massingill 25. Bridget Sebesta 26. Brittany Hensley 27. Candy Gallego 28. Carol Court 29. Cee Ellis 30. Charlotte Hold 31. Christina Bookout 32. Claire Kolb 33. Cristina Vela 34. Cynthia Billington 35. Daniel Collins 36. Deanna Cowan 37. Deanna Lormand 38. Debbie muesse 39. Deborah Daniel 40. Deborah Parker 41. Debra Hargrove 42. Diane Cornwell 43. Diane Vulgamott

44. Dorothy Rainwater 45. Dorothy Thompson 46. Drew McMillen 47. Dylan Murray 48. Edith Arambula 49. Elizabeth Morris 50. Elizabeth Stewart 51. Emily Naiser 52. Emma Boutet 53. Eric Chapman 54. Erica Ritter 55. Esther Medina 56. Flora Williams 57. Francesca Vargas 58. frida hernandez 59. Georgia Hines 60. Glenda Evans 61. Glenda Rose 62. Griselda Vazquez 63. Gustavo Roman Sr. 64. Jane Ondrasek 65. JANETTE HICKER-

SON 66. Jeannie Elwood 67. Jenna Jakubik 68. Jennifer Enloe 69. Jennifer Ford 70. Jennifer Ford 71. Jennifer Linnell 72. Jessica Paul 73. Judith Miller 74. Julie Austin 75. Kalyn Cavazos 76. Karen Giles 77. Katelynn Kellogg 78. Katherine Houle 79. Katlin Keppler 80. Kelly Cox 81. Kendall Kulhanek 82. Kevin Moore 83. Kim Hagerty 84. Kit Darling 85. Kristi Holstead 86. Kylie Schaper

87. Latha Vasudevan 88. Laura Higgins 89. Laura Jakubik 90. Lenny Sanders 91. Lesley Mizer 92. Libby Louder 93. Linda Saenz 94. Lindsay Hackett 95. Lisa Patke 96. Liz Burnett 97. Lou Blinn 98. Luz maria Romero 99. Lynn Reed 100.Madison Metsker-

Galarza 101.Mandy Stark 102.Maria Malaga 103.Maria Martinez 104.Marisol Moreno 105.Marissa Avila 106.Mark Matusek 107.Marla Madison 108.Mary Parrish 109.Mary Stevens 110.Melissa Perez 111.Merribeth Kahlich 112.Michael Weldon 113.Missy Stevens 114.Nathaniel Garrow 115.Nicolina Davis 116.Nina Lasater 117.Noah Nettles 118.Norma Trejo 119.Paige Ericson-Graber 120.Paige Ericson-Graber 121.Pam Edgerley 122.Pam Golub 123.Pamela Luckenbill 124.Pamela Thamm 125.Patricia Mora 126.Patricia Perry 127.Paul White 128.Pete Koeneman 129.Phil Lasley

130.Rachel Habiger 131.Randee Heuberger 132.Randy Parker 133.Rebecca Thompson 134.Renee Wiens 135.Rhonda Faust 136.Robert Steele 137.Rose Mesecher 138.Sally Medina 139.Sara Mendez 140.Sarah Lopez 141.Scott Bauer 142.Sean Speed 143.Shawna Rendon 144.Sheila Jones 145.SHELBI WEAVER 146.Shelia Amos 147.SHELIA ROBINSON 148.Sheri Meyer 149.Sherri Payne 150.Sherrice King 151.Snow Havlik 152.Sonya Gordon 153.Stacy Lucht 154.Sue Elliott 155.Susan Sassano 156.Sylvia Pursley 157.Tammi Warford 158.Tassie Hermann 159.Taylor Barfield 160.Taylor Boriskie 161.Theresa Turrubiartes 162.Therese Corte 163.Tim Adams 164.Timothy Hein 165.Tonya Foster 166.Traci Lacy 167.Valerie Andrews 168.Vernieca Watts 169.Vonda Morrison 170.Wendy Kreider 171.Yixiao Xu

Movers and Shakers

"There’s no BS, U, in these shoes!" In A Walka Da Vida Steppers in the Name of Love The Wanderers LAW AND ORDER SPECIAL FIT-

NESS UNIT CVM Busy Bees Small Animal Dream Team Holy Walkamolies #1 Cirque de Sore Legs The Dogs Are Barking Sole Patrol 8 2 Much Bunch IGY6 Walking our Asphalt A Walk to Remember Walk Force 1 Step Potential Heart And Sole Powerhouse Team On your Left Off Like a Kilt

Stat Steppers 51.00 EOTC Clan 47.00 Team Walk This Way 45.10 Fleet feet 37.00 Duces Tecum 27.00 RELLIS RAMBLERS 22.00 In A Walka Da Vida 20.50 Kiss My Asphalt 17.60 Your Pace or Mine 17.30 CEOS 13.00 WALK THIS WAY 12.00 CEDP Movers and Shakers 9.75 Look whos Walking 9.50 LAW AND ORDER SPECIAL FIT-

NESS UNIT 9.00 Heart And Sole 8.60 Keep On Steppin 7.50 Diamonds in the rough 7.00 SOBAcisers 6.40 IGY6 6.00 On your Left 5.00 The Left Overs 4.28

1. Gail 362.50 2. Melanie 358.13 3. Bill 325.69 4. Cynthia 224.52 5. Deyanira 193.50 6. Taunyana 170.09 7. Zackary 162.00

8. Terrell 104.00 9. Emily 97.47 10. Susan 94.00 11. Shannon 84.91 12. Debbie 65.88 13. Cheri 43.00 14. martha 18.00 15. ANGIE 16.78 Total Miles: 2320.47

1 CEOS 1762.85 2 SOBAcisers 1487.87 Total Miles: 3250.72

1 CVM Busy Bees 3296.99 2 Small Animal Dream Team 3200.00 3 Holy Walkamolies #1 3125.73 4 The Dogs Are Barking 3002.00 5 Sole Patrol 2809.06 6 Off Like a Kilt 2444.16 7 On your Left 2420.34 8 Fleet feet 2227.90 9 Your Pace or Mine 2227.63 10 PPRI Walkers 2138.16 11 Marthas Minions 2114.85 12 ODSL Bluebonnets 2105.58 13 Sole Train 2032.14 14 Shes Got Legs 2011.17 15 Chicks with Kicks 1975.38 16 PPRI School of Walk 1972.60 17 ODSL Lonestars 1904.69 18 Beast Mode Recsters 1880.67 19 IBT Roadrunners 1873.20 20 The Pharmacy Sole Train 1856.86 21 The Poor Unfortunate Soles 1742.69 22 CEDP Movers and Shakers 1658.78 23 ARCH Marchers 1597.50 24 Look whos Walking 1593.58 25 Nervous Recs 1573.07 26 ALL EAHRs 2018 1570.13 27 Walking So We Can Eat 1553.78 28 Chocolate Walkers 1545.07 29 Justin and the Pussycats 1506.29 30 Vixen Voyagers 1501.75 31 1 STEP FORWARD 2 STEPS BACK 1497.69 32 Residence Life Team 1 1470.44 33 Stack Stompers 1453.37

34 3 Dean Soup 1403.41 35 Team StuAct 1396.73 36 JustDOIT 1394.86 37 TCALL Walkers 1 1375.71 38 HROE Professional Development 1335.12 39 Diamonds in the rough 1330.86 40 The Hugbanks Hikers 1328.39 41 CONtinual Motion 1314.16 42 7 Deadly Shins 1299.85 43 Bushwalkers 1293.03 44 Left TAP Shoe 1279.53 45 Right TAP Shoe 1276.18 46 These Dogs Are Made For Walk-ing 1259.24 47 A Team 1256.07 48 Christopher We Be Walken! 1246.45 49 Sim Sinners 1225.59 50 the abc team 1219.60 51 SBS Kiss My ALS 1211.22 52 TCALL Trailblazers 1206.86 53 Easier Said Than Run 1170.32 54 Holy Walkamolies 1166.05 55 Kickin Asphalt!!! 1107.79 56 Public Partnership and Outreach Team A 1103.15 57 CONquerors 1089.43 58 Bush School Office of Energetic Ex-ercisers 1081.00 59 Public Partnership and Outreach Team B 1035.04 60 Talent Ed 1030.81 61 DARS 1014.00 62 Chemistry Staffers 982.90 63 Business As Usual 973.48 64 APCC Theme Team 948.82 65 Stat Steppers 935.00 66 VSCS Happy Feet 921.22 67 StuAct Steppers 854.97 68 WAT a Bunch of Losers! 833.54 69 Beutel Beauties 811.91 70 Step Up 2 761.35 71 STEPS Do The Math 746.38 72 Wannabes 685.78 73 The Walking Workers 373.47 74 Beutel Strudels 291.12

75 Will Walk For Wine 0.00 Total Miles: 111453.64

1 WALK THIS WAY 1884.50 2 Red Team 1779.54 3 Brazos County Walking Warriors 1722.95 4 Blue Team 1228.44 5 Risky Resources 1224.36 6 Duces Tecum 1093.56 Total Miles: 8933.35

1 Cirque de Sore Legs 3013.78 2 Walking our Asphalt 2716.90 3 Take a Walk on the Mild Side 2432.85 4 BUSI Walk Implementers 2085.23 5 Kiss My Asphalt 2001.41 6 Swifties 1773.35 7 Not Fast Just Furious 1769.31 8 Rock the Pavement 1666.92 9 Keep Austin Walking Weird 1654.61 10 Are We There Yet 1535.60 11 The Walking Ped 1528.14 12 TTI ViPs 1351.55 13 Detour de Arlington 1026.21 14 Kiss My Asphalt 0.00 Total Miles: 24555.86

Teams Placings by Organizations

Texas A&M University System

Texas A&M University

Brazos County

Texas A&M Transportation

Institute

1 In A Walka Da Vida 5334.54 2 LAW AND ORDER SPECIAL FITNESS UNIT 3619.00 3 Walk Force 1 2836.24 4 8 2 Much Bunch 2777.58 5 Step Potential 2618.73 6 RELLIS RAMBLERS 2367.58 7 Holy Walkamole 2037.50 8 RELLIS Racers 1572.29 9 Flab U Less 8 1525.73 10 EOTC Clan 1252.00 11 Team Walk This Way 1123.69 12 Keep On Steppin 627.91 Total Miles: 27692.79

1 CS Squares Team One 2075.24 2 CS Squares Team Two 1905.16 Total Miles: 3980.40

1 Walk to Remember 2628.00 2 Lets Get Fiscal 1156.35 Total Miles: 3784.35

1 979 Walkie Talkies 2548.48 2 Shut Up And Walk With Me 1793.54 3 Rad Runners 1718.02 Total Miles: 6060.04

1 "There’s no BS, U, in these shoes!" 5889.01 1 IGY6 2764.94 2 Seven Groovy Chicks and an Old Dude 2329.00 3 Crazy 8 2077.28 4 Women Warriors 1766.71 5 Straight out of BVCOG 1462.93 6 The Left Overs 1105.09 Total Miles: 17394.96

1. ARCHI 8 1536.28 2. Fit for Duty 149.80 3. CLRC Ironmanikins 0.00 Total Miles: 1686.08

1. Miles in Mascara 587.68 Total Miles: 587.68

1 Steppers in the Name of Love 4967.00 2 Devastating Divas 1209.1 Total Miles: 6176.1

1 Tail Draggers 1482.25 Total Miles: 1482.25

Teams by Organizations (Continued)

Texas A&M Engineering Extension

Service (TEEX)

City of College Station Community Services

Texas A&M System Office Employee

Wellness

Texas A&M EHS

Brazos Valley Council of Governments

Texas A&M Health Science Center

Employee Wellness

Texas A&M Foundation

Lincoln Recreation Center Seniors

AgriLife Extension Employee Wellness

Most Valuable Player Award

Nominations

Who: Most inspiring team

member

When: By April 8, 2018

How: Email nominations should be sent with

an explanation of why this team member has

been an inspiration to you or your team. Type

your details, attach a picture or two, and

push the send button to

fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu by April 8, 2018. No

later entries will be accepted.

We are winding down:

Individual Wrap Up Forms are found at

http://walkacrosstexas.tamu.edu/wat-2016/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/WAT-

Individual-Wrap-up-Form.pdf

Team captains will need to retrieve this information from team members af-

ter WAT is over and enter it by April 13. Solo Walkers should enter infor-

mation as well.

Family friendly Taco Boats. This simple

recipe will have kids and adults asking for

more! Perfectly portable taco, ready for

toppings of your choice!

https://youtu.be/i53KeVXVZnA

Ingredients

8 ounces of lean ground beef

1/4 finely diced onion

1/2 cup diced tomato

1 teaspoon chili powder

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon cumin

8 ounce tube of reduced fat crescent rolls

1 cup shredded reduced fat sharp cheddar

cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2. Clean your hands and your preparation

area.

3. In a large skillet brown lean ground

beef for 4 – 5 minutes. Add finely diced

onion, diced tomato, chili powder, garlic

powder, and cumin. Stir together and con-

tinue cooking until beef is cooked

through. Remove from heat. Food safety

note: ground beef should be cooked to a

minimal internal temperature of 160 de-

grees Fahrenheit.

4. On two large baking sheet, unroll cres-

cent rolls and press seams together to

make one large sheet. Cut sheet into 8

squares. Divide beef

mixture evenly

among all 8 dough

squares and top with

shredded cheese.

Pinch crescent roll

around filling and to

make a cup (or boat!)

to hold filling in.

5. Bake at 375 de-

grees for 12 minutes

or until golden

brown.

It’s not too late...Walk Across Texas Shirts Still

Available

Purchase at the Brazos County Health Depart-ment. Short-sleeve only S - XL $10.00 2X - $12.00 3X - $13.00 For t-shirt purchases, contact Sara Mendez at SMendez@brazoscountytx.gov or 979-361-5730.

REMINDERS

Report your miles weekly-Aim to have miles to the captain by Monday and captains report no later than Tuesday of each week for newsletter purposes.

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If you are part of a worksite wellness or other group, make sure you follow their guidelines for tracking miles and other participation requirements.

Chair/BLT Nutrition Education Extension Assistant: Katie Cook-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Treasurer: Sheri Meyer-Texas A&M University System FCH County Extension Agent/Advisor: Flora Williams-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Members: Alice Kirk-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Ashley Hernandez-Texas A&M University Intern Barb Herrman-Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness Volunteer Christina Bookout-Texas A&M University Intern Connie Arden-Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness Volunteer

JJ Macias-Texas A&M University System Kelley Melcher-Blue Cross Blue Shield Kendall Kulhanek-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension In-tern Kirstin Brekken Shea-Texas A&M University Kourtney Martin-Texas A&M University Kylie Schaper-Brazos County Health Department Intern Lesley Ward- City of Bryan Mary Parrish- Brazos County Health Department Michael Lopez-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Pat Pierson-Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness Volunteer Sara Mendez-Brazos County Health Department Sue Boyette-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Master Wellness Volunteer

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability,

religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners

Courts of Texas Cooperating.

For more information contact: Flora Williams at fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu or Katie Cook at Katie.Cook@ag.tamu.edu

Brazos County Office of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service or at 979-823-0129 HAPPY TRAILS!