Here is a recap of what was featured in the Wednesday, Oct. 19, e-edition of the Taylor Press. The e-edition is emailed to subscribers and available at www. taylorpress.net.
MAMMOGRAMS SAVE TEXANS YEARS OF LIFE
According to the Texas Cancer Registry, an average of 20.2 years of life were lost for each female breast cancer death in Texas from 2015-2019. In Williamson County, 267 women died of breast cancer during that time. Understanding your family history, knowing the symptoms of breast cancer and keeping up with regular mammograms are three areas Martinez said women should pay close attention to.
Overall, the fiveyear relative survival rate for female breast cancer was 99.4% if diagnosed at an early stage and 75.7% for those diagnosed at a late stage, according to the Texas Cancer Registry.
In Taylor, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center provides mammograms at their location, 305 Mallard Lane. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers free breast cancer screening tests for women who have low incomes or no health insurance. To see if you qualify visit https:// www.cdc.gov/cancer/ nbccedp/screenings. htm.
EARLY VOTING BEGINS UNDER 5%
Early voting began Monday, Oct. 24, and compared to the primary, more voters trekked to the polls to cast their ballot.
For the Nov. 8 general election, early voting has begun with 15,128 of the county’s 414,868 registered voters, 3.65%, casted votes.
In Taylor, 722 people cast a vote at city hall the first day of early voting, while the Williamson County Annex in Hutto had 832 ballots cast. On day one of early voting, the Cedar Park Library was the most popular location with 1,337 votes cast.
Early voting continues until Nov. 4.
Election Day is Nov. 8.
Polling is open from noon to 6 p.m. Oct.30, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 4.
Area locations to vote include in the auditorium of Taylor City Hall, 400 Porter St., and at the Williamson County Hutto Annex, Suite 200, 321 Ed Schmidt Blvd.
LIGHT INSTALLATION AT FM 1660 AND CHANDLER ROAD SOON
HUTTO – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will install a traffic signal at the heavily traveled intersection of FM 1660 and Chandler Road in Hutto. The signal is part of the Austin District’s non-site-specific signal installation program, which will install high priority signals across the 14 counties in the district.
Currently, the intersection has stop signs on FM 1660, and vehicles traveling on Chandler Road have free movement and do not stop.
Austin Traffic Signal Construction Co., Inc. is the contractor. The project is currently underway and is anticipated to be completed in early November.
LADY DUCKS ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOAL
The Taylor Lady Ducks are playoff bound after defeating Caldwell Friday night in one of their last district games of the season. Then in their first matchup Caldwell defeated the Lady Ducks 3-1 in a fiveset match. Caldwell needed 75 points to win the match and the Lady Ducks gave up 71 points on errors. The Lady Ducks came into Friday’s game with a point to prove and they did it in a big way.
The Lady Ducks allowed Caldwell to only score five points in the first set on their way to a 25-5 victory.
Caldwell responded in the second set winning 25-13. The Lady Ducks took the third set 25-20 and closed out the fourth set 25-17 and clinched their spot in the playoffs.
