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Graham D. Luhn American Legion Post 39 meets for their monthly meeting Feb. 1. American Legion members and veterans are invited and encouraged to attend the monthly meetings held on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Legion Hall, 1310 Sycamore St. in Murphy Park in Taylor. Facebook / American Legion, Graham D Luhn Post 39

The last weekend of Black History Month will include a celebration at Fannie Robinson Park. On Saturday, Feb.

Spring is just around the corner and weeds will be emerging in your rangeland shortly, so it is time to take your Private Pesticide Applicator Training. For the first time in many years, there are new herbicide active ingredients registered for weed control in pasture and rangelands. Some of the most effective weed control products must be applied very early in spring to small weeds, and in some instances even before weed seeds germinate. Note that a Private Applicator License will be required to purchase and/ or apply RESTRICTED USE (RU) herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides.

The Travis-Williamson Counties Czech Heritage Society will meet Wednesday Feb. 16, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Sometimes we’re so busy chasing all the things we haven’t got that we forget to notice the things we already have, the people in our lives and the fortunate circumstances in which we live. One day, a professor entered his classroom and told the class to prepare for an exam.

On Feb. 2, a member of a group of Granger High School boys athletics players and outdoor adventures course students visits a Granger resident before Winter Storm Landon came through the area. The students partnered together to help the community by visiting many Granger door steps. The young men offered assistance by aiding people with various winterizing tasks to prepare for the winter storm closed much of the area down Feb. 3-4. Students wrapped faucets, covered plants and more. Facebook / Granger ISD

the whole community has an essential role to play in the growth “I takes a village to raise a child” is a popular proverb with a clear message: and development of its young people. Now, thanks to the new initiative Taylor-Aides, volunteering in the Taylor public schools has never been easier.

Legacy Early College High School is accepting applications for the 2022-23 school year. Legacy ECHS accepts 50 students per year into the school.

The Taylor ISD school board and Superintendent Devin Padavil congratulate six students at the January board meeting for being awarded academic all-state honors, excelling both athletically and academically. Honorees, from left, are Lindsay O’Dell, Thomas Oman and Christian Rohlack. Not pictured are Kiera VanBrocklin, Natalie Alderete and Rhett Richardson. Photo by Tim Crow

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

The Farmers Market is typically every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Texas law allows bees and bee hives to qualify for reducing property taxes on plots ranging from 5 to 20 acres, similar to livestock or raising hay. Dennis Herbert drafted the original legislation for the current bee law that allows small acreage land owners to receive their agricultural valuation if they wish to raise bees on their property.

Spring is just around the corner and weeds will be emerging in your rangeland shortly, so it is time to take your Private Pesticide Applicator Training. For the first time in many years, there are new herbicide active ingredients registered for weed control in pasture and rangelands. Some of the most effective weed control products must be applied very early in spring to small weeds, and in some instances even before weed seeds germinate. Note that a Private Applicator License will be required to purchase and/or apply RESTRICTED USE (RU) herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides.

EAST CHINA SEA – Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Jacob Fisher, of Hutto, acts as the investigator during a toxic gas drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while conducting routine underway operations.

HUTTO – This year, the Austin Texas Art Region received over 1,400 individual submissions and 27 senior portfolios. Schools submit student art pieces to compete at the regional level. These entries are then judged by several panels of highlyqualified professionals who select either Gold Key, Silver Key or Honorable Mention recipients.