Remember the old Dunkin Donuts commercial? “Time to make the donuts…”
For a lot of Salado students, life becomes kind of like that. “Time to feed the animals.”
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News
Masons to be honored for longtime service
Salado Masonic Lodge #296 will celebrate 290 years of Freemasonry when it gathers to present service pins of 65 years, 60 years and 50 years at 11 a.m. Sept. 28 at the Lodge Hall, 95 South Church St.
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I-35 Mainlane Closure Sept. 24-25
I-35 Northbound and Southbound Mainlane Closures in Salado (Bell County)
FM 2484 crossing lanes will also be closed to set bridge deck panels
WACO — On Tuesday, September 24, from 7:00 pm to approximately 1:00 am Wednesday morning, all northbound mainlanes near FM 2484 in Salado will be closed. Northbound traffic will detour off the freeway at Exit #286 (FM 2484) to the frontage road and reenter the mainlanes just south of Amity Road. In addition, the northbound-side frontage road will be closed to through traffic and open to local traffic only, between Salado Plaza Drive and FM 2484, during the same hours as the mainlane closure.
Texas Drought | Help by Planting Seeds of Water
Native and Adapted Plants Help Keep Rivers Flowing
By John Michaelson
AUSTIN, Texas – With drought conditions persisting through the state, more Texans are discovering a solution in their backyards – and putting native plants into landscaping can pay off in more ways than one.
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Always Preventable: Suicide Awareness Month in Texas
A Troublesome Increase Among Middle-Aged Men
by John Michaelson
AUSTIN, Texas – September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and according to mental health experts, taking the steps to possibly save someone’s life does not require any special skills or training. Melissa Heinen, who coordinates suicide prevention services, said people who are contemplating ending their own lives often speak out – and when they do, friends, family and neighbors need to listen and take action.
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Firefighters answer the calls
SVFD volunteers are first on the spot when lives, property are in danger
Now it is our turn to be on the spot for them
When the call comes, they answer it.
Doesn’t matter if it is during Sunday school, dinner time with the family, the middle of a Little League baseball game or the middle of the night.
When the emergency comes, they answer it.
DPS Announces Driver Responsibility Incentive Program
Discounts based on total household income
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is now offering eligible drivers with unpaid Driver Responsibility Program (DRP) surcharges significant reductions in fees owed as part of a new Incentive Program. In addition, drivers can now apply for the already existing Indigency Program and the new Incentive Program through one application process, which ensures that customers who are denied indigency status will automatically be considered for the Incentive Program if they are eligible. Both programs were created by the Texas Legislature.
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Texas reservoirs could reach all-time low
Written by Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
COLLEGE STATION – Within two weeks, reservoir water levels could reach an all-time low throughout the state, according to Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas State Climatologist in, College Station.
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Salamander is one in a series of fights
Some considered the six month extension by the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) in listing the Salado salamander and Georgetown salamander as endangered as a victory of sorts.
But Rep. John Carter (R-31) sees it differently. Not as a victory but as an opportunity. And the battle, Rep. Carter said Sept. 5 at a gathering of stakeholders affected the Salado salamander proposed listing, is not just about the salamander but about litigation and science.
Foundation raising funds for interstate gateway signs
Welcome signs will feature glasswork, sculpture by local artists
They didn’t get much notice, but the Salado Community Foundation is in the process of raising $25,000 for the construction of an artistic gateway sign for the southern entrance to Salado.
Tourism Department chairman Debbie Charbonneau learned that TXDOT will begin work on the gateway signs in either October or November.
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