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TAYLOR CITY COUNCIL Second/Fourth Thursday at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 400 Porter St.

KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St.

This Saturday, Sept. 9, there are four Taylor events happening all day.

Heritage Square Farmer’s Market The Farmer’s Market is typically every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Heritage Square, 400 N. Main St. Booths provide high-quality locally grown produce, responsibly raised meats and unique handmade goods from local farmers, ranchers and artisans. For updates, visit https://www.facebook.com/heritagesquarefarmersmarket.

AUSTIN – The Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association is pleased to announce the appointment of new members for its 2023-2024 Board of Directors. FCSTAT is the only professional organization dedicated solely to representing family and consumer sciences educators in Texas.

HUTTO – The Hutto City Council will determine the tax rate after two public hearings next month. Public hearings are set for the council to vote on the proposed tax rate.

District drops tax rate HUTTO – Hutto Independent School District board of trustees adopted a fiscal year 2022-23 tax rate that is $0.1854 lower than the current year’s rate. The 18.5 cent drop results in a total that is also lower than the no new revenue rate.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

AUG. 20 Unwanted Person-No Report-1600 block of W Second St Accident Minor-Report Taken-800 block of Debus Dr Unwanted Person-No Report-700 block of E Second St Assault-Report Taken-1100 block of Burkett St Accident Hit And Run-No Report-Samsung 1530 FM 973 Welfare Concern-No Report-N Lynn St/Davis St Shots Fired-Unable to Locate-Heritage Square 400 N Main St Animal Bite-Citation-300 block of Dickey St Unwanted Person-No Report-Quickway Grocery 1802 W Second St 911 Call-No Report-500 block of Simon St Suspicious Circumstances-No Report-Pest Patrol 1007 N Main St Unwanted Person-Subject Advised And Complied-Lakeside Apartments 1209 Vance St Credit Debit Card Abuse-No Contact-Mcdonalds 2501 N Main St 911 Call-No Report-2500 block of Cherrylawn Dr Suspicious Circumstances-No Report-2100 block of Jason Dr 911 Call-No Report-200 block of Davis St Parking Complaint / Violation-No Report-W Lake Dr/Howard St Abandoned Vehicle-Vehicle Red Tagged-2700 block of W Lake Dr Theft-Report Taken-800 block of W Second St Disturbance-No Report-City Lake Apartments 210 W Lake Dr Suspicious Circumstances-No Report-N Lynn St/Davis St Accident Hit And Run-Unable to Locate-N Main St/NW Carlos G Parker Blvd Accident Hit And Run-Report Taken-N Main St/ Chandler Rd Suspicious Vehicle-No Report-Trinity Lutheran Church 3505 N Main St Suspicious Circumstances-Unable to Locate-500 block of Sloan St Reckless / Erratic Driver-No Report-S Rio Grande St/ SW Carlos G Parker Blvd AUG.

“Deliberately Diverse” represents the individual thoughts and opinions of a group of Taylor friends who almost never completely agree about anything but are gratified by the opportunity to stimulate deliberately diverse discussions in our beloved community. Today’s column represents the thoughts and opinions of Mitch Drummond, not the Taylor Press.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

AUG. 13 Shots Fired-No Report-Sunrise Hotel 2003 W Second St 911 Call-No Report-Holiday Inn 180 NW Carlos G Parker Blvd Theft-No Report-500 Block of Lenora Dr Animal Complaint Dog At Large-Unable To Locate-Davis St/Mallard Ln Threat-Unable To Locate-Murphy Park 1600 Veterans Dr Animal Welfare-No Report-Walmart 3701 N Main St Theft-No Report-500 Block of Lenora Dr 911 Call-No Report-900 Block of Washburn St Animal Complaint Dog At Large-Warning Issued-500 Block of Sloan St Animal Welfare-No Report-500 Block of Sloan St Juvenile Complaint-No Report-Lenora Dr/Burkett St Accident Minor-Report Taken-W Second St/N Main St Criminal Mischief-Report Taken-2000 Block of Holly Springs Dr 911 Call-No Report-900 Block of Grand Teton Trail Disturbance-No Report-Randy’s Ice House 1321 W Second St Accident Minor-No Report-100 Block of First Ave Disturbance-No Report-2000 Block of Holly Springs Dr Assault-Report Taken-S Main St/E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Accident Minor-Report Taken-1200 Block of S Main St Suspicious Person-Unable To Locate-700 Block of Debus Dr AUG.

A jobs fair has always been part of the East Wilco Business Expo but this year, it has has hit 11 (This Is Spinal Tap reference). Monday we started hearing from companies who are planning to move to our area from South Korea.

From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3, SS Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church will host Granger’s Annual Bazaar at Parish Hall, 500 W. Davilla St. And from 10 to 11 a.m., there is an optional mass, 100 N. Brazos St.