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(512)365-1905 www.TaylorPress.net SERVING EASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY SINCE 1913 SUNDAY • FEB. 28, 2021 $1.00 vol. 108 issue 9 INSIDE Boil water notices lifted North of Granger under notice Friday FERNANDO CASTRO Commission on Environmental [email protected] Quality) have passed the necessary tests,” said Kendra Dubee, Taylor city Taylor citizens, and most east communications coordinator, “and Williamson County residents, can now we officially rescinded the boil water safely drink the water coming out of notice as of 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. their taps. 26.” On Friday, Feb. 26, the boil water Winter storms knocked out power notice for Taylor city water customers and also led to rolling blackouts in was rescinded. Earlier in the week, the area earlier in February. The local water in Thrall, Granger, Hutto and water treatment plant, operated by most neighboring water systems were the Brazos River Authority, lost power Taylor city crews work on a fire hydrant on Third Street Feb. 24 as the deemed safe. city navigated water pressure returning to the city and boil waters in “The water samples that the city effect in the wake of winter storms in earlier this month. of Taylor submitted to TCEQ (Texas See LIFTED page 3A Photo by Matt Hooks Lady Ducks softball got underway this past week against Gatesville. See Page 7 for results. CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH ERCOT faces DECORATING DOORS capitol Taylor Middle School celebrated Black History Month by Taylor ISD recognizes maintenance staff. decorating classroom doors with lots of fun facts and information. Read about it on Page B1. hearing FERNANDO CASTRO [email protected] Power failures in the area and throughout Texas were the subject of legislative hear- ings at the state capitol this past week. Officials from the Electric Tigerettes down Del Valle on opening night. See Page 8 for all the highlights. See ERCOT page 2A COVID-19 UPDATER Search County # of cases Williamson 34,527 Harris 344,898 Daphnie Knapek and her students decorated the door to their science classroom with a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. Dallas 244,335 Photo by Tim Crow begins Tarrant 204,750 Bexar 164,592 El Paso 122,966 for new Travis 75,047 STUDENTS LEARN THROUGH CONTEST Collin 69,745 Bell 20,484 TIM CROW AD Bastrop 6,508 [email protected] Milam 1,324 JASON HENNINGTON Sixth grade social studies [email protected] In Williamson County teacher, Cynthia Rios, wanted 362 Deaths to include black history topics Less than a month after 33,250 Recovered in her lessons during the month trustees extended the contract of February. So, the Taylor of Taylor Athletic Director Middle School teacher devel- (AD)/Head Football Coach oped a contest to help students Robert Little, the search has OBITUARIES learn about a diverse group of begun to fill the positions. TMS social studies teacher, Cynthia Rios (center), is shown with four of the Roy Vasquez Almazan Individuals they may not have At the Feb. 1, special winners from her Black History contest. They are Josiah Riojas, Alyssa Nixon, Clarence Martin David called meeting, the Taylor Allyson Bevins and Zehcora Rochez. Not pictured is Elysia Riojas. Dorothy Mae (Rodenbeck) Leschber See CONTEST page 3A Photo by Tim Crow Ray Allen Ponton See SEARCH page 3A Raymond Arnold Raesz Thomas Merchant Sheppard III FIVE DAY FORECAST Firefighter injured in fire last week Precip Low Hi FERNANDO CASTRO He was treated for a pos- SUN 55% 53° 74° [email protected] sible head injury and then MON 85% 45° 57° taken to a hospital. A Taylor firefighter is back “After some evaluation by TUE 24% 45° 62° on the job after he was injured the doctor,” said Baum, “he WED 7% 52° 70° in a fire last week. was released to duty.” On Feb. 24, the Taylor Fire THU 24% 52° 75° The fire department was Department battled a house called to the fire around Find up to date weather forecasts at TaylorPress.net fire in the 700 block of West 11:07 p.m. They found the Seventh Street. No house occu- fire mostly in the house’s pant was injured, but one fire- garage. fighter sustained a minor injury. “The garage area was FOLLOW US “While we were overhauling pretty much completely gut- inside of the house,” said Chief ted and it did extend into A fire blazes in the garage of a house in the 700 block of West Seventh Street in Taylor Daniel Baum, “some of the Feb. 24. ceiling collapsed inside of the Photo by Damon Adkins house.” See INJURED page 3A Long TTermerm Mortgages VIC’S & Air Schmidt Insurance Agency Providence Now AAvailablevailable A hometown tradition of honesty & trust A Caring Community Funeral Home Located in Historic Downtown Hutto Contact Steven Kovar Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration, Appliances 115-A East Street | PO Box 30 | Hutto, TX 78634 512-671-2232 P: 512-759-3277 | F: 512-759-2830 807 Carlos Parker Blvd NW SERVING TAYLOR & SURROUNDING AREAS SINCE 1978 [email protected] Taylor, TX www.schmidtinsuagency.com Mortgage Loan Offi cer #500148 512.352.5909 Email: [email protected] 35352-720435352-72042-72042-7204 Locally owned and operated www.taylorprovidencefuneralhome.com 103 N. 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Serving Taylor and Surrounding Locally Owned Communities for Over 35 Years & Operated 1508 W. 2nd • Taylor, Texas 76574 512-352-2838 OfÀ ce [email protected] 512-844-8883 Cell Terry Tschoerner Richard Rumley M-41984 Owner Manager 512-269-1382 | www.plumbout.com 2A TAYLOR PRESS SUNDAY, FEB. 28, 2021 Residents asked to join MAIN STREET REDUCED TO ONE LANE virtual public workshop The city of Taylor will host a vir- part of creating a new comprehen- tual public workshop to solicit input sive plan. from the public on the next phase of “To build a successful new plan, the city’s new comprehensive plan we really need to understand the pri- Wednesday, March 10, at 6 p.m. orities and concerns of the commu- The workshop, titled “Defining nity through a robust and inclusive a Preferred Path Forward,” will community engagement process,” be conducted over Zoom. All resi- Yantis said. “This workshop is a great dents are welcome to participate. opportunity for residents to tell us To register and receive a link what they think about the differ- to the workshop, http://bit.ly/ ent options for Taylor’s future. I am TaylorTXCompPlan. excited to receive the community’s Additional information about the feedback on the growth scenarios.” planning process is available under A comprehensive plan is a policy Community & Events on the city’s document used by city leaders, website, http://www.taylortx.gov. developers, business owners, and The public workshop is the next residents to make decisions about phase of the comprehensive plan- how cities should grow and develop ning process that began in the fall of in the future. The city’s current 2020 with a series of webinars and comprehensive plan was adopted in workshops designed to gather public 2004, and Taylor has seen a great input. In the workshop on March deal of growth since then. Lionheart 10, facilitators will review the popu- Places, LLC, an urban design, plan- lation, housing, and development ning and landscape architecture firm trends and projections for the city will facilitate the development of the of Taylor and explore two different city’s new comprehensive plan over scenarios for how to accommodate the coming year, along with consul- this growth. The growth scenarios tants from Verdunity, a planning and will be presented with an analysis of engineering firm focused on develop- how well each scenario achieves the ing fiscally sustainable plans. The goals of the Envision Taylor process. new plan, called “Envision Taylor,” is During the workshop the city and an opportunity for the community to consultant team will be requesting help shape the future of Taylor. feedback from participants on which For information about the growth scenario they prefer and comprehensive plan, please call why. Development Services at 512-365- Assistant City Manager and 3863. Information is also available Development Services Director Tom on the Community and Events sec- City workers were working on underground water system issues on Main Street between Third and Fourth streets Yantis says that the community tion on the city’s website, http:// in Taylor this past week. S.H. 95 southbound was reduced to one lane in downtown. engagement process is an important www.taylortx.gov. Photo by Fernando Castro ERCOT page 1A Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which What’s the difference between has an operations center in Taylor and ERCOT and Oncor? is headquartered in In short, one manages the electricity and the other delivers the Austin, were questioned power. You pay your bill directly to a retail electric provider, but by state lawmakers that’s neither of these entities. Thursday and Friday, Feb. 25-26. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow Energy executives, of electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers, repre- utility companies senting about 90 percent of the state’s electric load.
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