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Wednesday, October 25, 2000

Teen's interests range from goats to government
Distinguished Scholar described as good role model who lends a helping hand when needed
By Guy H. Lawrence
Caller-Times

George Gongora/Caller-Times

Beau Schilling, a senior at George West High School and a Caller-Times South Texas Distinguished Scholar, raises goats and stays interested in politics. He is also active in band and academic groups.

Beau knows agriculture.
   "Agriculture has been a part of my family for the past three generations," said Beau Schilling, 18, a senior at George West High School.
   Beau, who started showing goats when he was in the third grade, is president of his 4-H Club and the county 4-H council. Beau has served as president of the Junior American Boer Goat Association. And he won grand champion market goat at the Hill Country District Junior Livestock Show, San Antonio Livestock Exposition and twice at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
   But that's not his sole interest or talent. He is drum major and has been inducted into the National Honor Society and has competed in University Interscholastic League competitions.
   This Caller-Times South Texas Distinguished Scholar in career and technology ranks second in his class of 86 with a 97.3 grade average, or 102.86 with honors classes figured in.
   Ismaro Cardenas, a Live Oak County agricultural extension agent, describes Beau as a dedicated, hard working, outgoing young man who is always ready to give a helping hand when needed. For his 4-H Club, Beau has organized a goat show, which raises money for the club, Cardenas said.
   "People from all over the state have come down for it, and he has done most of the legwork for it," Cardenas said. "He has been a real good role model for the younger kids. I don't think he has time to scratch his nose, but he still finds time to help."
   Beau and his parents, Holly and Stanley Schilling, oversee an embryo transfer program to breed South African boer goats. The family is interested in breeding South African boer goats because the breed produces billies that weigh about 300 pounds and does that weigh in at about 250 pounds.
   Through the Texas 4-H Congress and State Rep. Judy Hawley's Capitol Scholars program, Beau also has participated in mock legislative sessions in the state Capitol. The experience has encouraged him to remain interested in politics, he said.
   "Very few people are fully aware of what is going on around them, and I think it is very important to stay on top of that," Beau said.
   Beau has been raised on the family's farm, ranch and seed business, which has led him to be self-motivated and a perfectionist, his mother said.
   "He has been raised in an adult world ... and he does like we do," Holly Schilling said. "It's that type of world where it is busy all the time."
   After finishing high school, Beau plans to attend Texas A&M University, although he has not chosen a specific field. He is considering biotechnology.
   "It opens up a wider spectrum careers to choose from," Beau said.



Staff writer Guy H. Lawrence can be reached at 886-3792 or by e-mail at lawrenceg@caller.com

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