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The Dickey Museum and Multipurpose Center will honor and celebrate Dickey Day, their annual celebration of the birthday and legacy of Dr. James Lee Dickey, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Fannie Robinson Park Pavilion, 206 S. Dolan St. This year, the first since Dickey’s historic home was destroyed by arson last summer, Dickey Day will be cosponsored by the City of Taylor and the Blackshear/O.L. Price Ex-Students Association in order to display banners promoting the event on City-owned property, such as Heritage Square and the Taylor welcome signs.

On your mark, get set, go . . . to the first beer station. The fifth annual Taylor Veterans 5K Beer Run, hosted by the American Legion Graham D. Luhn Post 39 in Taylor, is set for Saturday, Nov. 5 in Murphy Park. The race is open to anyone who wants to participate. The course is 3.1 miles with eight beer stations throughout the race. Each station has water and a 4-ounce taster, which equates to two and half beers during the race. Runners are not required to drink beer.

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

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

HUTTO – Plant a tree, get a tree. The community is invited to celebrate Texas Arbor Day at 9 a.m.

For the past six months, nationally recognized Photographer David Valdez has been crisscrossing Williamson County, documenting this moment in time before Samsung Austin Semiconductor and other global tech companies utterly transform the landscape. Valdez, the former chief photographer for the United States Chamber of Commerce and a photographer for former President George H.W. Bush, is doing this for a photography exhibit entitled “Still Making History” that will be featured in March of 2023 at the Williamson Museum in Georgetown to celebrate the 175 Anniversary of Williamson County.

Cool season crops like spinach and lettuce are both nutritious and fun to grow. Both will continuously produce through the fall, winter and into the spring. They thrive in welldraining soil, preferably sandy loam.

“The first step in meeting your customer’s expectations is to know those expectations.” — Roy H. Williams, author, and founder of the Wizard Academy Institute.

The City of Taylor is looking for citizens who want to learn more about their city for the 2023 LEAD Taylor Program. The program is a community-focused, collaborative program that provides participants an indepth look at government operations, community planning and awareness, as well the opportunity to learn about Taylor ISD, economic development, civic organizations and much more.

Downtown was fully loaded and gassed up Saturday welcoming visitors from all over. The fifth annual Taylor Main Street Carshow was the biggest in the event’s history.

WILCO – The second annual Williamson County Fair and Rodeo was held in Taylor last week. The event featured musical acts, the best of the best cowboys and much more. The original headliner for Saturday, Mark Chestnut, had an emergency and had tot cancel. Corry Morrow stepped in to perform and entertain.

HUTTO – The Hutto ISD community recently celebrated a milestone for one of their own. Last week marked a very special moment for the Superintendent Celina Estrada Thomas, who calls herself the Head Hippo. Thomas celebrated her five-year anniversary with Hutto ISD.

HUTTO – Hutto ISD recently announced the Hippos of the Month and staff members of the month for October..

HUTTO – Students at Ray Elementary School had an opportunity to partner with their fathers to cut up. The annual dad and student pumpkin carving event was held at the school last week. Fathers and students used premade designs or came up with their own to carve, paint and decorate pumpkins for Halloween.

The Taylor Youth Ducks varsity team will be competing for the Texas Youth Football League Championship this Saturday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m.