Buda Bits
by SANDRA GRIZZLE
Dr. Boone “Bo” Goodgame, Hematologist/Oncologist, at Seton Medical Center-Hays, will speak at the Onion Creek Senior Citizens Center in Buda on Thursday, July 21, at noon. Dr. Goodgame grew up in Uganda, where his father taught at the nation’s only medical school. He moved back to Texas at age 14, studied mechanical engineering at UT and received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He returned to East Africa with his wife and daughter during his final year of medical school, where they worked at a hospital in rural Kenya. Dr. Goodgame completed his internal medicine and oncology training at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He remained at Washington University on faculty for two years, taking care of patients with cancer and conducting clinical and translational research in lung cancer. The doctor is now active in helping the Seton Healthcare Family and UT Southwestern Medical School, for which he serves on the clinical faculty, in building an academic cancer center. He practices oncology at Seton Medical Center Hays and is the medical director of the Shivers Cancer Center.
Not only is the month of July hot and dry, it is also special since there are five Fridays, five Saturdays and five Sundays! This will not happen again until July 2016.
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Belated birthday wishes go out to Tracy (Raymond) Adams on July 16 and Ralph McClendon on July 17. McClendon enjoyed lunch and playing dominos with family members on Sat., the 16th, the day before his 74th birthday.
Birthday wishes also go out to two-year old Maggie Koehn and Mike Owens on July 22; Debbie Lyons on July 24; Nell Watkins on July 25; T. J. Higginbotham and Walter Rudzinski on July 26; Elva Opiela on July 28.
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Sam and Mary Leming celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary on Monday, July 18th.
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The free movie in Buda City Park on Friday, July 22 will be “Despicable Me” which is rated PG and will start at 9 p.m.
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Enjoy your lazy and hot days of summer.
