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Shopping Map and Guide to Salado Inside Salado VVillageillage VVoiceoice Vol. XXIX, Number 8 Thursday, June 1, 2006 254/947-5321 fax 254/947-9479 www.saladovillagevoice.com 50¢ Institute marks its 25th anniversary with free Wilmer Lecture on June 4 A big day in the life Future (Future 500), Peace of the Institute for the at Home and is a director Humanities at Salado on the national board of will come June 4. On that SCORE Foundation, a day, the organization will partner of the U.S. Small celebrate its 25th year of Business Administration programs and will honor that promotes the growth the two Harry Wilmer’s and success of small who were instrumental in businesses nationwide. the life of that organization The purpose of the with the creation of a new Wilmer Memorial Lecture lectureship in their honor. is to honor Harry and Hank Marilyn Tam The first, annual Wilmer and to remember Wilmer Memorial and Miller’s Outpost. the children and family A birdbath and bird feeder attracts blue jays to the Salado Public Library. Lecture will be held 3-5 She is also a successful members of those who p.m. June 4 at the Salado entrepreneur, having have died and to bring to Civic Center. This new developed and built three consciousness the stories lectureship will combine companies in fields as and spirit of humanity in Library blooming with color BY KAREN KINNISON and Luther Brewer, Bill The Harry Wilmer II diverse as corporate the grief and celebration and pink calla lilies. LIBRARY ASSISTANT Wright, Shelley Smith, lectureship, formerly held training, internet business of life and death in the Nestled among the Patty Campbell and in January, with the Harry and computer software. community. plants here and there are Just when we thought Marsha McGuire worked Wilmer III (Hank) Wilmer Tam consults 25th Anniversary two “reading” frogs, a the Salado Public Library to begin the fantastic Memorial Lecture, held in globally with Fortune Celebration to Follow snail rain gage, and a cute had cornered the market transformation of our June, to create the Wilmer 500 companies, Wilmer Lecture “welcome” toad. on world class volunteers- front grounds. Memorial Lectureship in governments and non- Twenty-five years As of this week the --here comes Ruth Dodd She has two young memory of both the late profit organizations ago, Dr. Harry Wilmer’s entrance to the Library and her crew. girls who regularly help Harry and Hank Wilmer. on leadership, change dream of an Institute for also has a wonderful little Ruth Dodd is a recent out as “her crew”-- Amy As with the previous management, diversity and the Humanities in Salado birdbath sitting in the transplant to Salado and Crystal Smedley, who Wilmer lectures, it will how to profitably integrate became a reality when middle of bright purple from Magnolia, Texas. In are sisters and students be free and open to the social and environmental Liz Carpenter gave the flowers and a large bird Magnolia, Dodd was the at UMHB. And also public. concerns into businesses. first speech to that group, feeder nearby. “Head of the Landscape helping on occasion is Pat A u t h o r , Currently she heads exploring the topic, “What Now the library staff Committee” at the Gron, a friend of the girls. businesswoman, and the Us Foundation, a non- is an Educated Person?” and its patrons and visitors Magnolia Public Library. Under Ruth’s able philanthropist, Marilyn profit organization that she Since that time, the are really enjoying their One day this spring supervision, they helped Tam, is scheduled to founded 10 years ago to Institute has grown in size short walk up to our doors. she visited our library and with the initial planting, give that lecture. She fulfill her lifelong mission and influence, bringing The canna lilies alone have made a few suggestions mulching, and trimming. is the founder of the to promote the highest world class speakers to sparked much comment to Marsha McGuire, the More work was done in Us Foundation, whose common good. The Us central Texas. due to their spectacularly library director, about April and May so that the purpose is to create action Foundation uses her own On June 4, The Institute perfect look. doing some more colorful front grounds now shout to support the highest extensive experience to will commemorate its 25 “We here at the library landscaping in the front. with color and variety. common good, and the spring-board socially, years of programming are very grateful to Ruth, Ruth and her crew have The colors include interconnectedness of all. environmentally and with an anniversary Amy, Crystal and Pat for planned, purchased, and giant begonias, petunias, Marilyn Tam has had spiritually responsible celebration beginning all their hard work and planted every new bulb, snapdragons, verbena, an extraordinarily diverse programs. at 5 p.m. immediately generosity,” McGuire flower, vine, shrub, and hydrangeas, coleus, day life, from her beginnings In keeping with that following the Wilmer said. “We didn’t think tree in the ground at the lilies, climbing garden in a traditional Chinese mission, she has written Memorial Lecture at the our beautiful library library. roses, salvia, dahlias, family in Hong Kong to the book, How To Use Salado Civic Center. The could be improved upon Earlier this spring “her several vines and a her meteoric rise through What You’ve Got To Get public is invited to attend much---but oh were we crew” and David and weeping cherry tree, as the executive ranks of What You Want, in which this celebration. delightfully wrong.” Emmy Alvarez, Marilyn well as beautiful yellow the international business she shares her personal The Salado Institute world to become an philosophy of giving back for the Humanities began influential corporate that links philanthropy in 1980 when Dr. Wilmer, Greene Literary Festival nears leader, speaker, author and with business success. his wife, Jane, and a small The Judy & A. C. Greene Literary respected philanthropist. In addition to her Room Theatre of scenes from the book at number of like-minded Festival, June 9-10 is presented by the Her distinguished corporate leadership, the Salado Civic Center at 7 p.m. on June citizens, founded the Living Room Theatre of Salado. background includes Tam became a founding 9 with a reception and book signing. Institute to create a public Steve Harrigan is this year’s guest pre- prominent executive roles member of the World On June 10, another 7 p.m.performance forum to foster discussion senter whose recent blockbuster, Chal- at numerous world-class Peace Network in 1996 features the work of Pat Merrill, Patsy on important issues. The lenger Park, gleaned raves in the New companies, including and served for five years Sanford, Chester Critchfield and others idea behind the Institute York Times Book Review, “...probably CEO of Aveda, President on the International board whose subject is Salado Creek: Pat’s grew out of their desire the best science-factual novel about the of Reebok Apparel and of The Reebok Human Legacy: The Sa-lah-oh. The play is to explore the concepts of space-faring worlds of Houston and Cape Retail Group, and Vice Rights Awards. Ultimately scheduled for one performance only at the humanities in a non- Canaveral in the nearly half-century President of Nike, May she was awarded the the new Thomas Arnold Center. Reser- academic environment. since the first astronauts were chosen…” Department Stores, Reebok Human Rights vations are available beginning June 1 by The first lectures didn’t Stephen Harrigan speaks following Britannia Sportswear Award herself. She is also calling 254-947-8300. Admission to all a board member of Global SEE INSTITUTE, PAGE 12A performance by members of the Living of the events is $20. INSIDE Wednesdays in the Park Bulk Rate CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2B U.S. Postage Paid begin here June 7 Permit No. 50 CHURCH 10A Wednesdays in the Park, sponsored by Salado, TX 76571 CLASSIFIEDS 1C Salado ISD and the Chamber of Commerce, FORUM 2A will begin June 7, 10-11 a.m. in Pace Park. Subscribe SHOPPING MAP 6B The theme for the first week is “It’s a Bug’s Today Rooted in Salado SPORTS 6A Life.” Free and open to children ages three- Since 1979 to-12. No reservations required. 254/947-5321 Page 2A, SALADO Village Voice, June 1, 2006 Education-reform law will gobble up entire $8.2 billion surplus; Voters FORUMFORUM will judge results on November 7 One of the remaining loose ends Off the trailing the recently completed special An Open Exchange of Ideas session, is just how many dollars were Record purloined from the $8.2 billion State by Ken Clapp surplus to fund the school property tax reduction and teacher pay raise approved by the Legislature? tual citizenship after paying a fine and This column tried (for days) to dis- back taxes. cover the exact dollar-amount lawmak- Two-to five-year residents would go ers had grabbed to pay for their court back to their native lands; make applica- mandated education finance “reform” tion for immediate re-entry and citizen- legislation. The Governor and Lt. ship. Short termers (less than two years) Governor’s offices; our own Senator would be deported. Troy Fraser’s group; and the leadership It also requires that immigrant appli- within the House-Senate acted mysti- cants learn English - which incidentally fied. has been part of the current require- Even the Legislative Budget Board ments for American citizenship since admitted they “just didn’t know.” 1905. Our thinking at that point: “maybe” Senators added a fence along the the numbers needed more time for Mexican border, as a “sop” to appease objective crunching-computation.