Shopping Map of Salado, Pages 4B-5B Salado VVillageillage VVoiceoice Vol. XXXIII, Number 50 Thursday, April 7, 2011 254/947-5321 fax 254/947-9479 www.saladovillagevoice.com 50¢ Salado Art Showcase features reception, student open house The Village of Salado The Silent Auction on Andrea McLester, An Art Showcase will have a April 7 will feature work twisted amber all-glass Wine and Cheese Recep- by local artists, including wine topper tion and Silent Auction the following: Andrea McLester, a at the Salado Arts Work- Helen Alexander, paint- clear and pastel sweet shop located at 113 Salado ing heart pennant. Plaza Drive from 6-8 p.m. Kay Griffith, painting. Gail Allard, A cobalt April 7. Cheryl Russell, paint- blue paperweight There will be 70 pieces ing. Larry Prellop, artwork. of student artwork dis- Jill Shipman, jewelry All proceeds will go Claire (Haley Williams) and Anton (Jace Barton) remenince about their youth in a played at the Workshop. Coyote Glass, glass to the Salado Education scene from “The Visit.” Both actors were named to the District UIL One Act All Star Artwork displayed will butterfly box Foundation to promote Cast. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE HOOD range from Pre-K through William Menzies, Roll- the arts education within 12th grade. ing Wine Decanter. Salado. The Student Open Jennifer Menzies, It is sponsored by the House will be 4-6 p.m. “Star Nebula” limited se- SEF, Salado Village Art- Salado Play is ‘shades of wonderful’ April 8 at the Salado Arts ries interchangeable focal ists, Salado Chamber of Workshop. At that time, pendant set. Commerce Auxiliary, at UIL One Act Play Competition the student may come by Gail Allard, a medium Salado Arts Workshop, to see what artwork has flared amber bowl. Salado I.S.D. and Public Salado High School man, Savannah Stanley - Tauferner. Alternates were been displayed and pick Gail Allard, a blue Arts League of Salado was selected as alternate Burgomaster, Jace Barton Josh Oyler and Samantha up their pieces. long-stemmed glass rose. (PALS). during the District 25 - Anton Schill, Kandace Yeager. AAA UIL One Act Play Little - Teacher, Tommy The play is directed competition held March Armstrong - Pastor, Haley by J. J. Jonas and Kyra Bridge garden features native plants 30. Williams - Claire Zacha- Mann. The SHS production of nassian, Chris Norman Earning individual Keep Salado Beautiful “The Visit” by Friedrich - Mike the Brute/Truck honors were: All Star (KSB) unveiled the sign Durrenmatt was com- Driver, Lucas Wooley - Crew - Sebastian Rocha, designating the Historic mended for being “shades Max the Brute/Reporter All Star Cast - Haley Wil- Green Bridge as a native of wonderful” by Judge Crew members are: Sebas- liams and Jace Barton, plant garden on March 30. Nancy Jo Humfeld. tian Rocha, Jacob Krust- Honorable Mention All The sign was designed The two schools ad- chinsky, Janson Oyler, Star Cast - Audley Miles by Salado High student vancing from district Lainey Sirois and Nate and Kandace Little. Jace Rex. His computer competition are Llano design instructor is Bob- with “Sweet Nothings bette Bell. The two were in my Ear” and Liberty Community performance honored by Alderman Su- Hill with “Rivers and Ra- Jace Rex is shown above with Susan Terry (left) and Bob- san Terry during the un- vines.” bette Bell (right). (PHOTO BY ROYCE WIGGIN) veiling of the new sign. Other schools compet- of “The Visit” April 7 and 21 This project partnered the SISD High School stu- for improving the quality ing were Burnet with “The Public performances of eryone in town. the Central Texas Chap- dents from the Village Bri- of life in Salado, Texas by Crucible,” Taylor with “The Visit” are scheduled The Salado High ter of Texas Master Natu- gade that painted the sign. beautifying the Village; “Crimes of the Heart” for 8 p.m. April 7 and 21 at School Theater Depart- ralists with KSB. Nine Keep Salado Beautiful, encourage the placing, and Lampasas with “Mac- Salado High School. ment has put its own spin Master Naturalists, one is an organization that is planning and preserva- beth.” “The Visit’ by Friedrich on the 1956 tragi-com- Bell County Master Gar- charitable and educational tion of landscaping the Salado cast members Duerrenmatt and adapted edy. The characters of the dener along with Salado while promoting public hardscaping in the Village are: Dennis Quesinberry by Maurice Valency is the fictional town of Gullen community volunteers interest in the general im- and advise and coordinate - Doctor/Third Man, Da- story of a wealthy woman come to life in an alter- spent many days weeding, provement of the environ- plans with other agencies kota Creasy - Blind Eu- returning to her debt-rid- nate Steampunk universe, cleaning and trimming. ment of Salado, Texas; to of the Village and the State. nuch/First Man, Peyton den home town. She of- where a Victorian view of Additionally 43 native initiate, plan, direct and For more information Best - Blind Eunuch/Sec- fers the town a huge cash the what the future would plants in eight species coordinate programs for on programs, events and ond Man, Audley Miles gift, with one condition: look like unfolds. were added to the garden. litter control and solid how you can become a - Butler (Bobby)/Fourth she wants the life of a vil- Tickets are $5 and may KSB partnered with stu- waste management for the member, call 254-947- Man, Rachel Spinks lager who caused her to be be purchased at the door, dents in the Eagle Prints community on a sustain- 8634; e-mail: dcharbon- - Painter, Tanner Pitts expelled from town in dis- refreshments available. Graphic Design class at- able basis; to develop and [email protected] or - Station Master/Conduc- grace years ago. Proceeds from public Salado High School where implement the Keep Texas visit the website at www. tor/First Woman, Tori Denial of this absurd performances support the they created the design Beautiful, Inc. goals and keepsaladobeautiful.com. Sellers - Second Woman, demand is followed by the Theater program at Salado for the sign and also with to study and develop plans Sharla Gilchrest - Police- gradual corruption of ev- High School. INSIDE Booster Club Golf Tourney CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2B The Salado Athletic Booster Club will be hosting its Annual Golf Classic at Mill Creek Golf and Country Club CLASSIFIEDS 1C Subscribe on April 15. It will be a shotgun start beginning at High FORUM 2A Noon. Chairpersons for the event are Ronnie Schoepf Today OFF THE RECORD 2A – 254-421-3424 and Randy Bloomer at 254-760-4302 or SHOPPING MAP 4B [email protected]. The Golf Classic benefits schol- 254/947-5321 Rooted in Salado SPORTS 7A arships for eligible Salado Eagle graduating seniors. Sponsor- Since 1979 ships and teams are signing up now! Page 2A, SALADO Village Voice, April 7, 2011 FORUMFORUM An Open Exchange of Ideas Distress growing over GOP’s calamitous school fund cuts “Why continue to weaken our schools?” is the plaintive question Off the resonating ac­ross Texas, as parents and educ­ators bec­ome more ac­utely Record aware of what the planned multi-bil- by Ken Clapp lion dollar reduc­tion in educ­ation The Triumph of the Green Eyeshade will do to our statewide public­ sc­hool vic­es” for the newc­omers. A Tomahawk missile c­osts $1.4 million. system: that’s already mired near the FAST TAX-SHUFFLE If you don’t know that, you haven’t paid bottom of national norms in per pupil Perry and assoc­iates (in ‘06-7) were attention to the debate over the Libya spending; graduation levels; ac­hieve- also busily sc­heming: Cutting and freez- War. Rich ment test sc­ores. ing sc­hool property taxes ($1.50 to $1.04 The war is Americ­a’s first c­onflic­t It’s always a perilous politic­al jour- per hundred dollar valuation) to be repaid initiated against the bac­kdrop of $1 trillion Lowry ney to c­omplain about the penurious with a nebulous series of business taxes defic­its, and as suc­h prac­tic­ally every governmental mind-set here in Texas, that never c­ame c­lose to pic­king up the strike is subjec­t to the ac­c­ountant’s bean- sinc­e we are a “hyper-red” Republi- lost sc­hool revenue. c­ounting. Our first fusillade of 160 c­ruise c­an state, led by Ric­k Perry, an eleven That tax deal naturally helped the missiles, we are told, c­ost hundreds of Tomahawks in our arsenal. We buy about year, snidely-tagged “GOPguv for c­ommerc­ial c­ommunity, whose lobby millions of dollars alone. Even Indiana’s 200 more eac­h year to maintain our Life”: who is aided-abetted by a solid (our term: “perps”) not only direc­ted a Sen. Ric­hard Lugar, a Republic­an produc­tion c­apability. In short: We c­an phalanx of statewide offic­ials, all of willing Perry to c­ut (M&O) sc­hool taxes, establishmentarian and internationalist spare a few for Moammar Gadhafi. As whom support the Grand Old Party. but also reduc­e their franc­hise taxes: In of long standing, argues the c­ost of the for the c­ost of the ships and the planes Plus a Legislature: c­ontrolled by two years (2009), those multiple-mac­hi- war is too damn high. “Who has really involved, they were already deployed in a 19-12 GOP Senate majority; and a nations helped c­reate a defic­it of $15 bil- budgeted for Libya at all?” he asks.