Salado FFA Leadership teams at District and Regional competitions
Two Leadership teams advance to State contest
Salado FFA members competed in Leadership Development Events. The CenTex FFA District Leadership contest was held Nov. 13. Area competition was held Nov. 21.
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Lady Eagles struggle at Polk City Tournament
Salado gets sportsmanship trophy
Salado Lady Eagles struggled against their red dirt opponents at the Polk City Tournament in Abilene Nov. 19-21 but came home with the Sportsmanship Trophy before the Thanksgiving break.
The girls will host teams from around the state during the Coach Smith Tournament Dec. 1-3.
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Eagles beat Faith Academy in season opener
Tatum leads Salado with 21 points, 19 from free throw line
Justin Tatum scored 19 of his game-high 21 points from the free throw line, where he went 19 of 24 to lead the Salado Eagles past Marble Falls Faith Academy in the basketball season opener at home Nov. 20.
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How to Ensure People Get End-of-Life Healthcare They Want
Advanced directives give people choice
By Dr. David R. Grube
My mom paid a painful price for not completing an advance directive about her preferences for end-of-life medical care. She was an intelligent and organized woman who had everything in her and my dad’s life planned out and written down. She even drafted her own obituary. Ironically, she never discussed her end-of-life care goals with my father or her physician son (me), preferring to talk about “more pleasant subjects.”
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The Facts and just the facts please
To the Editor:
I’m weary of the mayor sermonizing and cheerleading in his segment in the Salado Village Voice. What bothers me is the incessant underlying message that the mayor is trying to keep the Salado flock on the correct path — albeit and arguably his path — using questionable methods.
Lady Eagles versus McGregor
Salado Lady Eagles 55
McGregor Lady Bulldogs 61
Salado Lady Eagles played McGregor on the road Nov.17.
A Stupendous Bounty
Our lot has improved in ways that are unimaginable
We live in an age of miracles. Throughout all of human history, material progress essentially didn’t exist until around 1800. The economic trajectory was flat until the human lot began to improve in ways that would have been unimaginable in prior millennia.
Putting things in perspective
Putting things in perspective.
Kim Hill lives a long days drive from here. Diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia at age three, she remembers, “Days of chemotherapy and radiation treatments were painful and frightening. I never felt good when I was little. I always had pain, terribly nauseated, and stuck with big, long needles. I was always being taken out of school, in the hospital, or sick at home. I had few friends because in school, I thought every one was talking about me or looking at me.”
Christmas parade will kick off Stroll weekends
Christmas Stroll weekends Dec. 4-6 and 11-13
Salado will kick off its annual Christmas Stroll with a Main Street parade at 5 p.m. Dec. 3. Entries are now being accepted for the parade, which will begin at the corner of Royal and Main St. and proceed north to the Salado Civic Center for hot chocolate and cookies with jolly old St. Nick.
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