Candidate Forum 4:30 p.m. April 25 at Civic Center Salado illageillage oiceoice VOL. XXXV, NUMBER 52V VTHURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013 254/947-5321 FAX 254/947-9479 V V SALADOVILLAGEVOICE.COM 50¢ Village Aldermen set hearing to annex part of I-35 Salado aldermen will A public display of classic and antique Lincolns will be conduct a public hearing at Stagecoach Inn on April 20. on the annexation of I-35 and its service roads dur- ing their regular meeting Lincolns gather 6 p.m. April 18 at the Mu- nicipal Building, 301 N. Stagecoach Rd. here April 19-21 In other business, the (PHOTOS BY ROYCE WIGGIN) board will conduct a pub- Happy The 25th Anniversary according to the group’s lic hearing before consid- Lincoln and Continental secretary Dean Forbes. ering renewing the Village Anniversary Owners Club meet will be The Lincoln group then Burn Ordinance. Tim and Marilyn Fleisch- held in Salado April 19-21. began meeting on the third Aldermen will also con- er celebrated their 25th A quarter of a century weekend of April here sider appointing Josh Brat- anniversary April 16 with ago, the three Texas Re- in Salado so that it could ton to the Village Planning a Salado Chamber After gions of the Lincoln & accommodate holding and Zoning Commission. Hours party at the news- Continental Owners Club the Mid-America meet in The board will also paper office. Marilyn is joined for the first time to Salado for the National review Emergency Op- shown above with Troy put on a car show in Sala- LCOC. The regional erations Plan Annexes and Kelley and Larry Sands do. LCOC clubs have contin- the year-to-date financial while Tim is shown at left Don and Micki Ellis, ued to meet together the and quarterly reports. with Rita Zbranek and longtime residents of Sala- third weekend in April at The meeting is open to Mary Hodge. The party do from The Lone Star Re- the Stagecoach Inn ever the public. was attended by about gion, Sonny Gray and Ron since. 200 well-wishers. Stein from the Gulf Coast The welcoming party Region and Ed Green from on Friday began in the hos- the North Texas Region pitality suite at Stagecoach organized the show. Inn, but now gathers at the Pending legislation could quickly Doc Ellis made ar- City Garage, owned by rangements with the his- Don and Micki Ellis. The toric Stagecoach Inn. For City Garage houses the El- bring sewer service to Salado the first few years, the lises collection of vintage A bill has passed the Laws Code to allow for authority’s water system, lorem taxes, impact fees, group shared the hotel on automobiles and memora- Texas House that may al- a municipality, county or sanitary sewer system or grants, sales and use taxes the first weekend in April bilia from the golden era low the Corn Hill Region- other political subdivision drainage system, includ- and any other source to with the Packard Club, but of the roadside garage. al Water Authority (RWA), to petition the RWA board ing revenue from contracts provide for the adminis- they soon grew so large While there is judging which provides wastewa- to add that municipality, with member entities or trative and operating ex- they had to have the Stage- and awards presented, the ter services in the Jarrell county or other political customers. penses of the authority. coach all to themselves. cars are also on display at area, to expand to include subdivision as a member Under contract with If both houses pass the “We then moved to the the Stagecoach Inn for the Salado as a service area. entity. the RWA, a member entity bill by a two-thirds major- second weekend in April public to view on Satur- House Bill 701 passed HB 701 and SB 1844 (such as the Village of Sal- ity, the bill will take im- and partnered with the day, April 20. the House April 11. Senate further amend the Special ado or a Municipal Util- mediate effect. If it passes Buick Club and that tradi- Bill 1844 was introduced District Local Laws Code ity District formed in an by less than the super ma- tion continued until 2009,” on March 20, but has not to allow the authority to area of Salado) may make jority, the law will go into yet passed that body issue bonds or other obli- payments from any of the effect on Sept. 1, 2013 af- The bills amend the gations payable wholly or member entity’s sources of ter being signed by Gov. Special District Local partly from revenue of the revenue, including ad va- Rick Perry. Golf Club to meet with owner The Salado Golf Club fied public accountant. by floods in recent years. golf course and develop directors will meet 11 a.m. Bolick added that the Getting those holes open the property for housing. April 23 with Morris Fos- Salado Golf Club con- would be a priority of the However, no contracts ter to discuss the purchase tinues to pursue other Salado Golf Club. have been signed for of the local Mill Creek funding avenues toward That money could be the purchase of the golf (PHOTO BY WAYNE WOMAC) golf course property and the purchase of the golf match to the money that course. Salado knife maker Bill Smith hand-crafted a histor- operations. course. the Salado Golf Club has The mission of the Sal- ically-accurate Bowie knife that is now on display at The Golf Club has If the group is able to raised. ado Golf Club is to make The Alamo in San Antonio. Smith presented the knife raised more than $710,000 purchase the golf course, Rumors had been cir- the golf course a member- to Alamo historian and curator Dr. Richard Bruce towards the purchase price it will then actively pur- culating around the vil- owned entity with all prof- Winders. The knife is now on display with others like of the golf course, accord- sue funding the work to lage that a large investor its returned into the facil- it in a display at the Alamo museum in San Antonio. ing to Bruce Bolick, certi- restore the holes damaged was going to purchase the ity. Masons lay walkway around College ruins Masons were fun- Lodge #166. The three damental in laying the were assisted by Truitt groundwork for the estab- Bradly, Master of Salado lishment of a college here Lodge and members Brian when Salado was still very Arnett, Jim Cumby and much a frontier commu- Tim Fleischer. nity. Masons such as Col. As the Masons were E. Sterling C. Robertson, moving dirt, Bryan Jame- Orville T. Tyler, Maj. A.J. son, archeology steward Rose and Dr. Welborn with the Texas Histori- Barton were among the cal Commission and Art early trustees of the Sala- Tawater, volunteer arche- do College. ological steward, sifted (PHOTO BY DR. DOUGLAS B. WILLINGHAM) (PHOTO BY TIM FLEISCHER) Col. E. Sterling C. Rob- through the dirt in search (Clockwise from top left): ertson went further, donat- of artifacts. Among those Doug McNeese pours ing the 100 acres of land identified were pieces of base into a walkway that was sold in lots for the glass, a button and a piece around the Salado Col- establishment of Salado, of a school desk. lege ruins. Ty Tulloch is the sale of which helped to Meanwhile, local Boy shown above in his trac- fund the creation of Salado Scout Alan Sirois, Parker tor digging the trench for College. Umpleby and Monroe the walkway. At left, Sal- Last weekend, Salado Moore worked to clean ado and Belton Masons Masons reconfirmed their up the entrance to Salado are shown with Salado long connection with Sal- College. Last year, Sirois College Foundation direc- tors and other volunteers. ado College by laying a repaired the walkway and Pictured are (front, from walkway around the ruins steps leading up to the left) Dr. Wallace Davis, of the 1860s building. ruins as his Eagle Scout Nancy Kelsey, Bill Kinni- Working on behalf of project. He continues to son, Beverly Turnbo, Tru- the Salado College Foun- volunteer at the Salado itt Bradly, Mary Hodge, dation, three Masons College. Doris Kemp, Eagle Scout brought their personal Chet Sutton (CBS Con- candidate Alan Sirois, tractors: Doug McNeese struction) finished the Monroe Moore and Park- and Conrad Hinkle, of work with his equipment er Umpleby. Back, Jim Salado Masonic Lodge to roll out the crushed Cumby, Ty Tulloch, Con- #296 and Ty Tulloch, gravel. rad Hinkle, Brian Arnett (PHOTO BY TIM FLEISCHER) and Doug McNeese. Master of Belton Masonic Page 2A, salado Village Voice, April 18, 2013 FORUMFORUM An Open Exchange of Ideas The Left and Right agree: Time to break up big banks BY AMY DEAN gress who had approved should not be underwrit- these handouts. ten with public guarantees Moments of consen- The push to break up of solvency. In this case, sus between left and right the banks is drawing sup- liberals and conservatives don’t come frequently port from both ends of the have a set of shared in- in Washington, and we political spectrum for a terests. That has created should heed them when simple reason: The biggest an opportunity for Wash- they occur. banks now unquestionably ington to learn from its Your kids aren’t your own Right now, that means dominate the U.S. econo- mistakes and take action breaking up the banks. my. Their size gives them to preempt future banking The TV cable-news The fallacy is that anyone Until recently, the idea an unfair advantage over disasters.