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The city of Thrall let their voices be heard this past Election Day on Saturday, May 7. The residents went to the polls and voted on two separate propositions for Thrall ISD.

Taylor’s plan for the future has been amended amid concerns from the public and on the Taylor City Council. On Thursday, May 12, the council approved 4-1 to approve an ordinance for an amendment to the Envision Taylor Comprehensive Plan.

It’s almost graduation, and we want to celebrate our local seniors. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins or just good friends, submit photos of your senior for our Senior Moments & Memories pages in the Sunday May 29 edition of the Taylor Press.

The Taylor Public Library is a place to be quiet, but its director recently had plenty to shout out about what’s going with the facility. On May 9, Karen Ellis was the guest on the sixth episode of “Taylor Talk with Jason Hennington,” the Taylor Press video interview series with city of Taylor staff on Facebook.

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

Heritage Square Farmers Market 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.

Graham D. Luhn American Legion Post 39 meets for their monthly meeting May 3. American Legion members and veterans are invited and encouraged to attend the monthly meetings held on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Legion Hall, 1310 Sycamore St. in Murphy Park in Taylor. Facebook / American Legion, Graham D Luhn Post 39

Our Lady of Guadalupe will host its Annual Red Spring Festival May 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hot Rods at the Hall will be May 14 from 9 a.m. to noon at American Legion Post 526, 12141 FM 2268 East in Holland.

People from Czech families are asked to attend a meeting to preserve their Czech heritage and ancestry. Travis-Williamson Counties Czech Heritage Society will meet Wednesday, May 18, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Georgetown Palace Theatre will present “Something Rotten” at the Springer Stage from April 15 to May 15. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, this rollicking show has been called “a valentine to musical theatre.” Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical.

“During times I’ve felt like throwing in the towel, I keep going when I realize that means one more piece of laundry to deal with.” — Modern-day motivational message Laundry. Who really enjoys the sorting, washing, drying, folding, and hanging up? Makes me tired just thinking about it.

Mothers mark their namesake holiday early by having breakfast with their kindergartner children May 6 at Hutto Elementary School in Hutto. Facebook / Hutto Elementary School.