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September 5, 2007
If you live in the Brushy Creek area and are looking for something to do this weekend, stop by the community center for the national amateur Kung Fu and Tai Chi championships.
There will be inflatables, martial arts vendors and craft booths. Get there at noon to hear Austin musician Guy Forsyth sing the national anthem, or show up at 7 p.m. to see the main event championships.
For more information, go to www.kungfu-taichi-championships.com.
The event will be held at 16318 Great Oaks Drive in Round Rock.
August 30, 2007
- Round Rock open house
- Sept. 11 remembrance in Taylor
The City of Round Rock is seeking public comment about a proposed road west of Interstate 35 and just south of Sam Bass Road.
The city is proposing to extend Creek Bend Boulevard to meet up with Wyoming Springs Drive in a four-lane road. Hairy Man Road could be realigned, too.
The open house is from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Allen R. Baca Center for Senior and Community Activities, 301 W. Bagdad Ave.
If you’d like to pay tribute to the victims and heroes of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, head to Taylor on Tuesday evening for a special lineup of patriotic events.
The event will start at 7 p.m. on North Main Street with a parade of firefighters, police officers and EMS workers. Speeches, songs and a fly-over by a helicopter start at 7:30 p.m. in Heritage Square.
August 28, 2007
Come party with the 600 or so residents of this Williamson County town just east of Georgetown on Saturday at the annual Weir Street Dance.
Sponsored by the Weir Volunteer Fire Department and the Weir Country Store, the community event will be held Saturday, Sept. 4, near the fire department and store at the intersection of FM 971 and FM 1005.
There will be face-painting, a moonwalk, clowns and other entertainment for the kids starting at 6 p.m., said Mayor Mervin Walker. At 8 p.m. country band Outlaw Underground kicks off the dancing.
Walker has served Weir for 20 years in his official capacity as mayor and as the unofficial caretaker of the town.
The owner of the country store, Doyle Foster, is adding a full-fledged restaurant and bar to the town hangout, which should be open by the end of the year.
August 23, 2007
Get ready for the first gaming tournament for teens at the Round Rock Public Library.
Mario Kart Double Dash on the Nintendo GameCube is the challenge. Be there.
Who can play: Anyone who thinks they have skills who’s 12 to 18 years old. When: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 8 Where: 216 E. Main St., Round Rock
Registration begins at noon the day of the tournament. If Mario Kart isn’t your game, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Dance Dance Revolution also will be available for open play. And yes, there are prizes.
This is the first in a series of tournaments, with the finale to be held Dec. 29. For more information, call (512) 218-7006, or visit www.roundrocklibrary.org.
