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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.

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

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.

Celebrate African American History Month by exploring resources that the Hutto Public Library has on African American culture and history. Stop by the library to pick one up today, or you can reserve materials anytime at https://hutto.biblionix.com/catalog. For more information about these titles, visit https://linktr.ee/HuttoLibrary. Facebook / Hutto Public Library

Hulon Leroy (H. L.) Farrell, Jr.

James “Jimmy” W. Barrington, 80, of Cedar Creek, passed away in his sleep Friday, Feb.

Frank Bernard Fields, 43, of Taylor, passed away Monday, Feb. 7.

New weekly cases of COVID-19 in Williamson County remain higher than late last year but continue to spiral downward. Confirmed cases, which include past and current cases reported to the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), increased by 2,532 in Williamson County Feb.

Taylor ISD and Hutto ISD maintain online dashboards for the community to monitor COVID-19 activity at its school campuses. Here are the campuses’ figures from Monday, Jan. 3. For the latest statistics, visit http:// www.taylorisd.org for Taylor or http://www.hipponation.org for Hutto.

“Plan vacations by memories, not by clocks.” Author unknown, but good advice Planning a summer vacation can be easy or challenging in the weekly newspaper business, depending on how you look at it. But a couple days off when warmer weather returns has been on my mind this week.

Williamson County Precinct 2 Commissioner Cynthia Long is the recipient of the 2022 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Road Hand Award. She was recognized for the award Feb. 7 at the State Transportation Forum.

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.