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Although the Taylor Independent School District projects to spend more money than it will receive during the 2023-2024 school year, officials say the move is a calculated one. Taylor ISD expects to receive $45 million in total revenue this coming academic cycle, which is about $1.3 million less than its expenditures.

Taylor mom reflects on life of daughter poisoned by fentanyl NICOLE LESSIN [email protected] When former Taylor High School student Grace Samuelson was a little girl, her parents took her to see Disney on Ice’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” and she attempted to warn the fairy tale princess that she was about to be poisoned. “She stood up and yelled, ‘Don’t eat that apple,’ when she was getting ready to eat it,’’ said her mom, Billie Samuelson.

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.

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

MCDADE – The McDade Watermelon Festival Barbecue Cook-Off will be all-day July 7, 143 Bastrop St., McDade. For more about registration or tickets contact Aaron Griffith at 512-934-8227.

At 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 6, Linda St.

GRANGER – Two Granger High School class of 2023 athletes were named in their respective sports to the Texas High School Coaches Association 2A All-State Super Elite Team with Mattie Wilkie in softball and Nathan Tucker in baseball.

EUGENE, Ore. – A pair of former Taylor High School stars will be on center stage as Fred Kerley will compete in the USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships on July 6–9 with Jarvis Anderson in the U20 showcase.

Barbara Jean Hajda, of Rosenberg, passed away Thursday, June 29, at the age of 79. Barbara Jean Hajda was born Feb. 24, 1944, in Granger. The family will greet friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, July 6, at the Bethany Lutheran Church with a funeral services at 11 a.m. by Rev. Kevin Haug.

GEORGETOWN – The Williamson County Commissioners Court is not going to rush its decision on how to respond to the Citizen Bond Committee’s recommendation of a bond election for road and park projects.

Two basketball standouts in the area will return for yet another installment of the Taylor Press 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament which enters its 10th year with creator Jason Hennington. Taylor High School star boys basketball player B.J.

THRALL – Farm families, agricultural businessmen and interested community members walked the fields to learn the latest farming innovations at the Stiles Farm Foundation’s annual field day June 20.

“Don’t worry about getting older. You’re still going to do dumb stuff.

17th Airborne Division Paratrooper Carl Oscar Edward Carlson was born June 18, 1922, and killed in action March 24, 1945, within weeks of the end of World War II on May 8, 1945. The division, “The Golden Talons,” was an airborne infantry unit of the Army with the motto, “Thunder from Heaven.” Operation Plunder began the evening of March 23.