Here is a recap of what was featured in the Wednesday, April 5, e-edition of the Taylor Press. The e-edition is emailed to subscribers and available at www. taylorpress.net.
NO FOOLING
It may have been April 1, but the “Food Dudes Cookers” didn’t fool around as they helped raise money for a good cause and sent folks home with smiles and full bellies.
The Taylor Educational Enrichment Foundation’s Sixth Annual “Food Dudes” event Saturday, April 1, at the Williamson County Expo Center supported classroom and educational initiatives.
Hundreds of visitors showed up to sample and vote on the homemade victuals prepared by the “Food Dudes” volunteers.
Victors in five categories received frying-pan cast-iron trophies.
The best-in-show award went to Sean and Cassie Leschber’s “Krazy Korn,” featuring cream corn topped with brisket, sriracha, cilantro and green onions. According to Anita Volek, TEE Foundation director, about 400 tickets for the event.
To date, the foundation has raised about $500,000 in support of Taylor ISD teachers’ classroom needs, ranging from butterfly farms to microscopes for kindergartners, according to officials.
Find out how they got this “Food Dudes” idea on Taylor Press website.
FORMER COLLEGE STAR SET TO LEAD DUCK ATHLETICS
Taylor Duck athletics is looking to soar even higher under the guidance of new athletic director Earven Flowers. Flowers, a former Division I football player at the University of Kentucky, has been on the Ducks sideline since 2018 and will now take over as athletic director and head football coach. He said he preaches “commit to the T on your chest” as a line of motivation for players.
“It’s Taylor first, and it’s all about that. Have that championship mindset,” he said.
Flowers will take over for Brandon Houston, who resigned in March after two years in the position. Flowers now steps into Houston’s position to begin a new era in Taylor.
