Downtown Projects Approved Remaining 2013 Bond Funds to Be Used FERNANDO CASTRO Board Recommended the Street Board Made Some [email protected] Endeavors

The largest selection of fashion frames in Williamson County Taylor 601 Mallard • 512-352-3016 Remember to thank a Round Rock Veteran and 2120 Round Rock Ave. • 512-388-1333 Serviceman every day! www.TaylorPress.net SERVING EASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY SINCE 1913 SUNDAY • JUNE 6, 2021 $1.00 vol. 108 issue 23 Downtown projects approved Remaining 2013 bond funds to be used FERNANDO CASTRO Board recommended the Street Board made some [email protected] endeavors. modifications to the staff PATSCHKE & Remaining money from “There’s approximately proposal and has recom- a 2013 bond for downtown $800,000, give or take, of mended a prioritized list of P PATSCHKE P Taylor street improvements remaining funds” said Tom projects.” P Real Estate LLC P has some direction. Yantis, Taylor assistant city At the top of the list of We can help you with On May 27, the Taylor manager. “The staff took is the implementation of ALL your real estate needs. City Council approved using a recommendation on the a wayfinding sign plan, Wayfinding signs are a priority for unused which was authorized in www.patschkeproperties.com the funds for a number of use of those funds to the bond funds for downtown Taylor projects. street projects in downtown. Main Street Advisory Board (512) 365-1905 Photo by Fernando Castro The Main Street Advisory back in April, and the Main See PROJECTS page 3A INSIDE TIGERS Taylor TO THE DEI still SKY at work FERNANDO CASTRO Graduation was a wild ride for seniors. See [email protected] more photos on pages A8-A9. ROAR A Taylor committee that Thrall students launch rocket aims to address the city’s diverse population will efore Thrall High School students set sail for the summer, meet for the third time this they set their sights high in the sky. Wednesday. On May 14, Thrall students built and launched 24 model B On June 9, the Taylor rockets. The launch was part of a business English class project for Diversity, Equity and technical report writing. Inclusion (DEI) committee Bob Haisler was the class instructor. Chris Munson of the Austin will meet at 6 p.m. The committee is a volunteer group See ROAR page 2A of community members with thoughts about diversity, equity and inclusion. This is not a city committee as the municipal LEFT: Emma Wicker stands with a model rocket about to launch at Thrall High School May 14. See DEI page 3A Waddles looks to take down the competi- BELOW: Andrew Butler, teacher Bob tion. Read all about it on page A7. Haisler and Matthew Thiele prepare to launch a model rocket at Thrall High School May 14 as part of a class project. Granger COVID-19 UPDATER Courtesy photos HS names County # of cases Williamson 40,025 Harris County 401,345 principal Dallas County 260,853 A new principal has been Tarrant County 218,419 named at Granger High Bexar County 184,539 School. El Paso County 136,196 On May 17, Travis County 83,878 the Granger Bell County 22,634 ISD school Bastrop County 7,239 board approved Milam County 1,460 Shane Wagner In Williamson County as the new high 476 Deaths school princi- WAGNER 50.51% Fully Vaccinated pal. He begins July 1 under the direction of the also recently hired Superintendent Jeni OBITUARIES Neatherlin. Billy Ronald Black “I am truly blessed for this Nelson Ray Hall opportunity,” said Wagner, Dawn Kasper Layssard Clifford Wilson Mahlow See PRINCIPAL page 3A FIVE DAY FORECAST Precip Low Hi 21 riders pit stopping in Taylor on Sunday SUN 50% 71° 85° MON 25% 75° 88° JASON HENNINGTON wide network of individuals [email protected] committed to raising funds and TUE 35% 75° 87° On Sunday, June 6, Taylor awareness for cancer research WED 25% 74° 87° will have a few bicyclists stop- and support services. Each ping in for a stay. year, approximately 80 students THU 25% 72° 85° Twenty-one riders from Texas spend 18 months volunteering Find up to date weather forecasts at TaylorPress.net 4000 for Cancer will stop in in the Austin community, learn- Taylor as a part of their route ing about developments in can- across the United States. cer research, and fundraising a Texas 4000 for Cancer is a minimum of $4,500 per rider FOLLOW US registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit before embarking on a 70-day, led by students at the University more than 4,000-mile bike of Texas at Austin. The orga- ride from Austin to Anchorage, On their ride across the United States, 21 bicyclists will stop in Taylor June 6. 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All by a best-selling author, Rick Riordan, students were able to choose their favorite titles from a large selection that was made possible by the quick action of librarian Kerrie Zeitler and Principal Chelsey Ellison. “I found out about this incredible opportunity on a Friday afternoon,” said Zeitler. “There were only a Students eagerly look through the selection of Rick Riordan books before making selections that they will get to take few pallets of books being home and keep. Taylor Middle School librarian Kerrie Zeitler is all smiles over offered to schools nation- Photos by Tim Crow a large delivery of books that will be given away to students. wide, so I knew we had to move fast. By the time we wanting to read and find- into the library and looked made the purchase a few ing a love for reading,” said at that big pile of books minutes later, there were Ellison, “and these books are before we took them to the only two pallets left.” high interest titles from a big cafeteria,” said Zeitler. “He Zeitler said the books name author.” looked at the pallet of books were made available by An autographed copy of and told his friend that he First Book, a company that a special edition, No. 881 couldn’t wait to come to provides books for Title 1 out of 1,000, was discovered school on Friday to get his schools at reduced prices. in the large stack of books. books. Just to see the excite- This large pallet of books So were several boxed sets ment that the kids have to cost the school just $350 and with price tags of $100 each. pick their books and to be brought a lot of excitement The books were displayed able to keep their books just to the campus. on tables for students to eas- warms my heart and gives “We have been brain- ily make their selections of me hope that these kids will storming about how to books to take home. turn into lifelong readers and Taylor Middle School assistant principals Sean Schobinger and Yesenia Rodriguez deliver a get kids reading more and “I had a student that came lovers of literature.” pallet of over 1,000 Rick Riordan books to the library. ROAR page 1A Area Rocketry Group helped with the event. The endeavor was what Haisler called the student’s Science, Technology, English and Math (STEM) project. Their report was to come up with a team name, safety guidelines; weather and launch data, recovery efforts and an executive summary. STEM is a teaching philosophy that integrates four disciplines into a cross-disciplinary program to instruct in real-world applications and teaching methods. The U.S. Department of Education says that to meet the demands of the dynamic and evolving workforce, building students’ skills, Cooper Dube and Luke Fisher prepare for a model rocket content knowledge and literacy in launch at Thrall High School May 14. STEM fields is essential. Courtesy photos Students in Bob Haisler’s business English class at Thrall High School celebrate a model rocket launch May 14 at their campus. PROJECTS page 1A Alaska, as the culmina- tion of their experience. Unfortunately, due to ROUTE DESCRIPTION the continued closure The Ozarks route was added in 2013 to reach more people of the Canadian border, with our message across the American Midwest and Canada.

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