Here is a recap of what was featured in the Wednesday, Sept. 13, e-edition of the Taylor Press. The e-edition is emailed to subscribers and available at www.taylorpress.net.
NEVER FORGET: FIRST RESPONDERS TO HONOR FALLEN
Taylor came together in solidarity this week to remember the deadliest terrorist attack in history.
The Taylor Fire Department hosted its annual Patriot Day Memorial March and Remembrance to honor those who died in the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. The event began at 7 p.m. Monday during the 22nd anniversary of the attacks.
Emergency vehicles and uniformed personnel were lined up along the streets. Once the march reached the park, a patriotic ceremony followed including a keynote speech by Belton Fire Department Chief Jon Fontenot.
Taylor has held the ceremony to remember the attacks every year since the first anniversary.
ST. MARY’S TEAMS UP FOR FALL FESTIVAL
It took a “joint effort” from both St. Mary’s Catholic School and St. Mary’s Assumption Church to pull off its 89th annual festival.
The St. Mary’s Catholic Community Fall Festival Homecoming Celebration was held at the church and school grounds Sunday, Sept. 10. Proceeds from the event went to both the school and the church.
Tessa Streit, St. Mary’s Catholic School’s development and marketing director and organizer of the festival, said the school and church consider itself as one entity.
Spread throughout the entire campus, the festival had games, live music, auctions, concessions and a raffle drawing.
One of the most popular features was the dunking booth, where five staff and faculty members volunteered to have water dropped on them.
While Streit does not have an official count yet as far as attendance, she estimates that around 1,000 people attended the festival. Streit described the festival’s atmosphere as one filled with joy.
