I am excited to announce that I have packed up my stuff here and moved over HERE.

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Keep Hutto Beautiful is proud to announce the return of the fall session of the Hutto Farmers Market. The market will run every Saturday for eight weeks starting on September 18. This season the market will be open, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (The market will not run on October 9 due to the Olde Tyme Days events.)

Come on out and buy fresh vegetables, eggs, home-baked goods, and beautiful plants from our wonderful vendors!

Every week a speaker will be available at the Keep Hutto Beautiful booth at 11:00 a.m. to give informative talks on a variety of topics such as gardening, composting and the importance of bees. On September 18, Wayne Rhoden will be on hand to give helpful advice and information on fall vegetable gardening.

Also, don’t forget to sign up to become a member of Keep Hutto Beautiful. Your annual membership of just $25.00 allows KHB to continue to provide events such as the farmers market and community clean up events.

Keep Hutto Beautiful will take your cardboard for recycling on these Saturdays as well.

Hope to see you at the market! 

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The Hope Alliance emergency shelter, which provides safety and resources for women in crisis and their children, is experiencing its own crisis this summer. According to CEO, Patty Conner, there is an urgent need for family-size toiletries including shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste, and lotion. Also needed are deodorant, razors, feminine hygiene products, and hand sanitizer. 

Ms. Conner said, “It may be due to families being away on summer vacations or the sluggish economy, but donations of necessary items and cash are down considerably.” Hope Alliance is looking for individuals, families, businesses, churches or other groups who are willing to collect these items and deliver them to the Hope Alliance main office at 1011 Gattis School Rd., Suite 106, in Round Rock. “Many of our survivors quite literally arrive at the shelter with only the clothes on their backs. These supplies are crucial to helping our residents feel safe, comfortable, and well cared for” said Ms. Conner.

For more information call 512-255-1212 or visit www.hopealliancetx.org

Founded in 1984, Hope Alliance is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to providing services to those affected by family violence and sexual assault in Williamson County. Hope Alliance provides a 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency domestic violence shelter, therapeutic counseling, and support services at no charge to the approximately 5,000 individuals and families it serves each year. Hope Alliance is an affiliate of the United Way of Williamson County. 

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Party performer Chicken Dog - actually a team made up of a human (Darren Peterson), two dogs, and a scarlet macaw - draws from a repertoire that includes pirate stories, juggling, unicycling, puppets, yo-yo tricks, accordian music, clowning, giant bubbles, and a little science and math - for good measure.

You won’t want to miss this summer’s spectacular performance of Chicken Dog Circus on Friday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hutto Public Library! Performance is free and open to the public. 

 

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On Tuesday, August 4th, neighborhoods throughout the City of Hutto are being invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the “26th Annual National Night Out” (NNO) crime and drug prevention event.

National Night Out, which is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), will involve over 15,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases around the world.

In all, over 37 million people are expected to participate in ‘America’s Night Out Against Crime’ on August 4th. NNO 2009 is being supported in part by TARGET, the national corporate sponsor.

If your neighborhood is interested in participating please call or email Amy Ross at 512-846-2057 or Amy.Ross@HuttoTX.Gov  for an application and further details.  The deadline for all applications and serious inquiries is Friday, July 30, 2010 at 12:00PM.

Due to the recent weather events and current park conditions, the Fritz Park Birthday Celebration was postponed until Friday, July 9. Please join the Hutto Parks and Recreation Department on the 9th for a family friendly evening full of games and excitement. Fritz Park turns five years old this summer! The fun will begin at 6:00 p.m.at Fritz Park with the Games2U video game trailer and laser tag games along with the Park Kids Summer Camp staff hosting the Horseshoes and 2-on-2 Basketball tournaments along with loads of other games for all ages. Birthday cake and plenty of treats will be served at 8:45 pm. As sundown occurs around 9:15 pm, last summer’s blockbuster sci-fi adventure movie hit “Star Trek” will be playing on the big screen.

The jazz quartet, Jitterbug Vipers with Sarah Sharp, originally scheduled to be part of the celebration, has been rescheduled for Friday, August 27 at 7:00 p.m. Also returning on August 27 will be the Higher Power Martial Arts studio. They will give their demonstration in mastery of the Hawaiian Jujitsu discipline at 6:45 p.m. For more information regarding these new dates and times, please contact the Hutto Parks and Recreation Department at 512-759-4000. Come out and enjoy these community events in the park and under the stars. All events are free! Hope to see you there!!! 

 

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Did you know that the City of Hutto Website has a fancy little feature that lets you scope out all the good yard sales slated for this weekend before the weekend is here?!

Click here to see a google map of all the scheduled yard sales in Hutto for this weekend and plan your Yard Sale strategy!