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Public budget workshop scheduled HUTTO – The public is invited to weigh in on city budget priorities Saturday, May 13. The workshop starts at 9 a.m.

The results are in for local elections, and the people have chosen to keep incumbents in office. At the city, Dwayne Ariola wins his election with 63.50% of the vote, which means there is no need for a run-off.

Festival fills Heritage Square On Saturday, May 6, people had the opportunity to pet a chicken or a tractor at the annual Blackland Prairie Day festival. This year, the event was held in Heritage Square, rather than along Main Street.

Through Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the City of Taylor already has a strong connection to South Korea. But now that connection is growing even stronger.

City of Granger Proposition A For 88.73% Against 11.27% City of Hutto Place 1 Brian Thompson 57.40% Robin Sutton 42.60% Place 4 Peter Gordon 65.40% Nicole Calderone 34.60% Place 5 Dana Wilcott 46.84% James Weaver 26.66% Marcus Coleman 26.50% City of Thrall City Commissioner Anja Martin 76.19% Fernando Rodriguez 23.81% City of Coupland Proposition A For 58.22% Against 41.78% Granger ISD Trustee Jason Huf 30.19% Daryl Stefek 24.40% Josh Richter 19.08% Sandra Carpenter 18.36% Peter Reese 7.97% Hutto ISD Proposition A For 60.99% Against 39.01% Proposition B For 58.25% Against 41.75% Proposition C For 57.02% Against 42.98%.

HUTTO – Developer MA Partners and the city staff have re-negotiated an agreement for developing the Co-op District (420 State Highway 79) with a new twist – a provision to give the land back to the city if a specific construction deadline is not met. The new terms were approved by the City Council at the May 4 meeting.

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On Thursday, May 4, Oasis Church in Taylor hosted the National Day of Prayer in Heritage Square. Led by youth from local churches, they joined the nation in calling on a higher power to watch over the country.

A group of Taylor High School students observed a Day of Service at Down Home Ranch on April 20, to mark the anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. The effort was led by THS counselor and Columbine graduate, Laurie Morris.

Here is a recap of what was featured in the Wednesday, May 3, e-edition of the Taylor Press. The e-edition is emailed to subscribers and available at www.taylorpress.net.

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.

WALLER – The Taylor Ducks started their playoff journey at Waller High School Thursday, May 4, and only needed five innings to get the job done. The Ducks faced Houston Scarborough in round one and shut them out on their way to an 18-0 victory.

At the April 27 meeting of the Taylor City Council, Jose Barraza, one of the volunteer coaches at Thunderbird Wrestling Club, which meets at Concept Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, 310 N. Main St., said grappling is still alive and well in the city. “We have a wrestling club that has been meeting for a couple of years,” said Barraza, who attended the meeting with his two boys, Vincent, 13 and Adrian, 11. “We grapple. We do folk style wrestling, which is kind of traditional kind of what evolved from Pet Brown, but Pet brown’s style still had submissions, which were dangerous locks. Throughout the years, they were taken out little by little to make the sport safer.” For more information, go to https://thunderbirdwrestling.com.

Learn to Fish Day Summer is approaching, and so is the common activity of fishing. Learn to fish at the Southwest Williamson County Regional Park in Leander from 8 a.m.