Taylor

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.

As the Taylor Independent School District readies for Phase 1 of the $82.5 bond construction, officials are tweaking project timelines to keep the budget on track. “We received the guaranteed maximum price for Drymalla (Construction) for Phase 1 construction … which is approximately $2.3 million, so that leaves us with an overage of approximately $160,000 or 7 percent,” said the bond’s project manager Aaron Mullins at the Feb.

Attorneys organizing landowners in Taylor’s extraterritorial jurisdiction have placed a Friday, March 3, deadline to join up for legal representation in a potential mass action lawsuit over development limits the city.

Trades Day Career Fair Wednesday, March 1 — Over 1000 high school students from Taylor and surrounding areas are already registered for the Trades Day Career Fair from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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

Monthly Luncheon Every 3rd Monday — Monday, Feb. 27 at 11:45 a.m., join Mayor Brandt Rydell give a State of the City address at Taylor ISD Events Center, 3101 N.

Wintertime in Central Texas doesn’t exactly invoke mental images of lush, green gardens or fresh produce straight from the garden, but if you are wanting to harvest crops in the spring you need to start now. Despite the confusing weather and temperatures this time of year, February is an underrated month for gardening. It’s actually one of the very best times to plant a vegetable garden.

The Junior Woman’s Study Club’s first meeting of the 2023 New Year was held Thursday, Jan. 12, at Mas Fajitas. Twenty members attended the event hosted by Shannon Car roll, Mar y Jane Hammack, Janie Kol lman, Moppy Miller and Melissa Whit e. After the luncheon, Anne Wentrcek conducted a brief business mee t ing. Paulette McConchie, on behalf of the Williamson County Child Welfare Board, expressed her grateful appreciation to the members for their generous December donations toward the purchase of Christmas gifts for the families served.

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

HUTTO – Area residents drove through and dined in as volunteers dished up hundreds of servings of soup during the Hutto Resource Center’s fifth annual Souper Bowl. Volunteers from the HRC and Hutto Independent School District staffed the event on Sunday, Feb.

PERCUSSION PARK OFFICIALLY OPENS Recently, Murphy Park has gotten a little more upbeat thanks to the addition of percussion playground equipment. On Saturday, a ribbon cutting was held to officially open Percussion Park in Taylor.

A community meeting hub with fitness components that could include a climbing wall, onsite childcare, a multipurpose classroom and an observation deck, covered by a roof that provides fresh water for lush rain gardens below.