Who is Horton Foote? Salado VVillageillage VVoiceoice Vol. XXX, Number 38 Thursday, February 21, 2008 254/947-5321 fax 254/947-9479 www.saladovillagevoice.com 50¢ Gems, jewels & more during Artfully Yours Diamonds might be a Both her parents are jew- girl’s best friend, but the elers and both her grand- Artfully Yours Winter Fes- parents were also jewelers, tival is your place to find artists and gemologists. out about these and other She is currently managing gemstone treasures. her family’s jewelry store, The three-day event, “bentons,” in Salado. She scheduled for Feb. 22-24, will be hosting a work- focuses on the artist and shop, “Beading Basics.” artisan who make Salado This workshop will consist and the surrounding area of basic tools you will need home. One focus will be to get started, as well as on jewelry, including se- some troubleshooting with lecting gem stones, the the engineering aspects of mythological powers they putting beads together to are thought to possess, and make a necklace or brace- the basics of the latest ar- let. “I will bring tools so tistic craft of beading. everyone will get “hands- On Feb. 23, Frankie on experience” at con- Gene Sidaras, a silver- structing a piece of jew- smith who creates her elry,” says Brandy. Each works of art at her Salado attendee will learn how to gallery, FSG Fine Jew- make a necklace/bracelet Grace Jones in her dress store in Salado. She died February 16, 2008. elry will make a presenta- using both wire and silk tion. Along with her own string techniques. A pam- fine jewelry, Frankie fea- phlet outlining the tools Salado’s Grace Jones will long be tures work of other artists and steps will be given for Amazing Grace: “whose work I just like!” practice at home. Work- remembered for her style, class she built a successful mod- Frankie will conduct a shop size is limited to 10. Salado’s Grace Jones and continued her educa- about her politics and em- elign career with the likes seminar titled “The Birth The three-day, Artfully died February 16, 2008 in tion at Baylor University braced her civic responsi- of Mary Alice Rice and of Birthstones”, a geeky, Yours Winter Festival is Gonzales, Texas follow- and the University of Tex- bility. She raised money John Powers. Her marriage and sometimes weird, look chock full of seminars, lec- ing a short illness. She was as. for political candidates of to Lt. Col. Jack Jones in at the meaning of birth- tures, workshops, author 87, born on November 6, In 1943, while still a her choice, including Hu- 1946 led her to Berlin dur- stones and their historical readings, music, gallery 1920. stduent at The University bert Humphrey and Lyn- ing the tense Berlin Airlift spheres of influence. “Do tours, theater performanc- She is preceded in death of Texas Grace read an ar- don Johnson. She served years and to a tour of Ja- I believe this stuff?” says es and visits to workshops by parents Juddie Finch ticle in LOOK magazine on countless boards includ- pan during which Grace Frankie. “Nah, but it’s fun, and studios of artists and Rosanky and William about the desperate need ing the University of Texas was named as one of the and by the looks of it, you artisans. Seminar topics in- Rosanky, her brother Bill for licensed women pilots School of Architecture, the five best-dressed women should live long and pros- clude woodworking, bead- Rosanky and a nephew to become part of the new Scott and White Medical in Japan. She was the first per if you wear the right ing, gemstones, stained Billy. She is survived by Women’s Army Air Force. Center, and the Institute American to perform the ones!” glass, home design, song her nephew John Rosanky, She immediately obtained for Humanities in Salado. intricate Japanse tea cere- Carolyn Dachs brings a writing, and car restora- his wife Rhonda and a her private license from She was proud of serving mony. President Dwight D. true passion for design to tion. great-niece Miki Rosanky Bobby Ragsdale Fly- with her dear friend Lady Eisenhower would name jewelry. She is the owner A complete schedule and her husband Kevin ing School in Austin. She Bird Johnson on the board Grace as an “ambassador of Gregory’s, a stunning of performances, presen- Matocha, all of Salado. joined the WASP, complet- of the National Wildflower abroad” to Japan. jewelry gallery that at- tations and seminars is on She is remembered ed her training at Avenger Research Center. She also In the mid-1950s, Jack’s tracts a distinguished Page 1B of this edition by countless friends and Field in Sweetewater, Tex- sat on the board of the assignment took the couple crowd. Carolyn attended Salado Village Voice. admirers and other fam- as and began to ferry mili- Salado National Bank and to New York. She steered The Fashion Institute of Three-day show passes ily members including her tary planes. She flew all served twice as the Presi- her career into modeling Technology in New York are $10 in advance or $15 cousin Richard Crozier manner and size of aircraft dent of the Salado Cham- for commercials, including where she earned her de- at the door of Salado’s and wife Barbara, of Gon- from AT-6 trainers to B-17 ber of Commerce. American icons Kodak and gree in fashion buying and Civic Center. Each dem- zales. bombers, out of one of the In lieu of flowers, me- Ford. merchandising. Carolyn onstration or workshop is Grace, a fourth genera- heaviest-trafficked airports morials may be made to In 1961, Grace and Jack will follow Frankie’s pre- $25 or four for $75 when tion Texan and the great- in the country, Love Field the Lady Bird Johnson returned to Central Texas sentation with an informa- purchased in advance. grand-daughter of a Ger- in Dallas. She became a Wildflower Center or the and opened the dress store tive seminar of her own, Registration and a com- man immigrant for whom commanding officer of the Institute for the Humani- that would carry her name, “Detailing Diamonds” plete schedule of activi- the town of Rosanky WASP stationed at Black- ties at Salado. “Grace Jones” above its - everything about cuts, ties are available on line was named, was born in land Air Force Base near Dossman Funeral Home door. The old First State color, clarity, and quality. at www.artfullyyours.org Waelder, Texas. Follow- Waco until the WASP were of Belton was in charge of Bank building at the corner She will touch on how to or by calling the Salado ing her graduation from disbanded near the end of arrangments. of Main Street and Royal sell and buy diamonds. Chamber of Commerce at Smithville High School, the war. For more photos and continues to carry her Brandy Benton has 254/947-5040. Grace attended the San After the war, she information about Grace name above it today. been making jewelry since Marcos Baptist Academy moved to New York, where Jones, please turn to 10- she was two years old. She was passionate 11A. INSIDE Turn to Page 1B Bulk Rate U.S. Postage Paid ALENDAR OF VENTS C E 2B Permit No. 50 CLASSIFIEDS 1C for complete schedule Salado, TX 76571 FORUM 2A of events for OFF THE RECORD 2A Subscribe SHOPPING MAP 4B Artfully Yours Today Rooted in Salado SPORTS 7A Since 1979 Winter Festival 254/947-5321 SALADO Page 2A, Village Voice, February 21, 2008 Demos keep primary cauldron boiling; Writer notes lighter political FORUMFORUM side and a “Special” invitation An Open Exchange of Ideas This year’s somewhat bizarre presi- dential primary c­ontest has passed the three-quarter mark, with the Repub- Off the lic­an nominee on the verge of grab- Record bing the brass ring, and Democ­rats embroiled in a rac­e that’s still too- by Ken Clapp c­lose-to-c­all. We use the term “bizarre” advisedly Our group (of pol-kibitzers) first nic­k- bec­ause GOPer John Mc­Cain, despite named the Guv “Goodhair.” Later c­hanged leading his pac­k with 903 c­onfirmed to “Landslide” after his “showing” in last delegates (1191 needed), is c­ausing the year’s elec­tion. And now we need a new right-wing of his party some major epithet to designate his speedy support- disc­omfort sinc­e “Mac­” is not c­onsid- hopping from one GOP presidential c­an- ered a true-blue (or red) c­onservative. didate to another. Skittishness resulting He lac­ks (say the righteous right) from his “new best pol-pals” inability to loyal Tory c­redentials and is tagged hang on to the nominating torc­h. a “moderate” by hard-c­ore leaders, First there was “Americ­a’s Mayor” - along with the blathering “Hate Voic­e Rudy Giuliani, who was the objec­t of Per- of the GOP” Rush Limbaugh. ry’s affec­tion. We all thought at the time The term “moderate” (in GOPtalk) that old Ric­k was angling for Veep - until is almost as bad as being c­alled a “lib- he let slip that he really preferred Mike Rebates for Non-Taxpayers? eral.” Huckabee! DEMO BATTLEFRONT Then Giuliani “bailed out” and “Huc­k” Should non-taxpayers get a tax rebate? Over on the Democ­ratic­ Primary hasn’t enough delegates to host a “get- That had been the revealing stic­king point side the situation is more “unique” ac­quainted” party (provided his evangeli- in the Washington debate over an ec­o- than “bizarre,” in that the leading c­on- c­al friends ever “party”) so Perry is now nomic­ stimulus pac­kage.