Meetings
- • Blessings of Grace Produce 9a Sept 19 & 21
- • St. Vincent de Paul 10-11a Sept 21, 201 N Vale
- • Quiet Zone, Sept 18, 6:30p
- • City Council, Sept 19, 5:30p
- • JEDCO, Sept 12, 5:30p
- • City Council Budget Hearing, Sept 14 6p
- • City Council Tax Hearing, Sept 15, 6p
School Dates
- • Student Flu Shots, Sept. 19 – last day to register is Sept 15
- • School Health Advisory Council, Sept 20, 1p
- • Football at Centerville, Sept 22, 7p
Safety Seminar
Jefferson First Assembly of God, 605 E Clay, will be holding a Safety Seminar 1-2:30p on Saturday Sept 16th. Chief Perez will be speaking and we will have coffee and desserts.
Outdoorsman Oasis
Heritage Baptist Church will host the 3rd Annual Outdoorsman Oasis on Saturday at the Jefferson Visitors Center. Guest speaker will be Darren Barnett. For more information, contact Heritage Baptist Church.
PAACC Meets
The Pyland African American Cemetery Charter (PAACC) will hold it’s Annual Board of Directors meeting Saturday, September 23, 2023, 11:00 a.m. at Pyland Cemetery. The Public is welcome. Contact us @ www.thepaacc.org
Tractor Show Help
We need your help. The 5th Annual Antique Tractor Show begins this Friday. This event is 100% underwritten by Francene and Diamond Don Rainey as exhibitors and spectators attend the event free of charge. All events cost money for trophies, advertising, insurance and other misc. expenses. Last year, we only received $100 from Red Bus. We have made two requests to businesses for donations to support this event and have received NOTHING. If we don’t receive sufficient donations by September 22, to cover our expenses, this will be our final event. I’m sure all of your businesses were very busy last week with visitors from all over the world attending the 21st Annual Diamond Don AHRMA. You can say THANK YOU by making a donation to the Tractor Show – to keep this great event in Jefferson.
Poinsettias
The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club is pre-ordering Poinsettias for the Christmas Holidays. Plants are $18 each this year and are available in Pink, Red, and White. Deadline to order is Sept. 27. Forms and more information can be obtained at the Excelsior House Hotel.
Game Night
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Jefferson Group is hosting a game night starting at 6p Sept 27 at the Jefferson Visitors Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Coat Drive
The Jefferson Rotary Club will be holding a Coat Drive starting October 1. Last year the group provided 50 coats for kids in the area and they are hoping to double that number this year. The drive will run through December 1.
National Night Out
Jefferson will celebrate National Night Out on Oct 3 from 5:30-8p at the Jefferson Vistor Center, 305 E Auastin. This is a free event to come out and meet the public servants who serve Marion County – Police, Sheriff, Fire Departments and EMS. There’s games, free food, and lots of activities.
Meet the Author
Former Jefferson resident and retired Episcopal Priest David Puckett will be preseting his new book, Eye on the Sparrow, at a Meet the Author event sponsored by the Jefferson Carnegie Library at 530p Oct. 11. There will be wine and light refreshments served and the event is free and open to the public.
Garden Grants
Dig in and let Texas Farm Bureau help students make the connection to agriculture through our Learning from the Ground Up Garden Grant Program AND our new Homeschool Garden Grant Program.
The deadline for garden grant applications for public and private schools is Sept. 25. Get the details and sign up: https://txfb.us/gardengrant23
Seminar
Sign up now for our “To Reduce Litigious Issues in Government Agencies” class on Oct. 6 at Texas Tech University Jefferson Professional Education and Academic Advising office, 120 E Austin Street.
Cost $59, register at https://bit.ly/45SapUc
Farmers Market
- • The Mims Community Center 12728 Fm 729 north side of Lake O’the Pines, is back open for the Fall and will run through early October. For additional information, call 903-930-5104.
- • The Historic Jefferson Farmer’s Market is open every Saturday through the end of October in the First National Bank parking lot in downtown Jefferson.
- • Jefferson Academy Marketplace is open across from the old Napa store. They have yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, carrots, beans, herbs, and blackberries. All grown at the Academy.
Thanksgiving Dinner
The 4th Annual Elderly Thanksgiving Dinner will be held at the Jefferson Community Center located at 501 N Haywood St. Jefferson, Tx 75657 on Saturday November 18th starting at 3pm until all food is gone. Dine in and delivery options will be available. We look forward to serving the elderly, disabled, as well as the Marion county Sheriff and police department.
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Bees
Honeybees are out in full swarm now that summer is almost here. If you have bees, don’t call an exterminator. Instead, call Stanford Brantley at 903-742-2765 and let him help remove and relocate them.