Our Town: June 16

Meetings

City Council, 5:30p, June 20

Alzheimer/Dementia Support Group, 6p, June 20, Cypress Place

Commissioners Court, 9a, June 26

Marion County Resources Coalition, 11:30a, June 26

VBS

• New Prospect Baptist Church, June 26-30m 8-11a

• Lake O’ the Pines Baptist Church, June 26-30 9a-12:15, Family night July 2p

Heat Alert

Texas Division of Emergency Management wants to remind everyone that summer heat is here and safety precautions should be observed. Remember: Heat-related deaths and illnesses are preventable; never leave people or pets in vehicles; and hydrate before going out into the heat.

Open House

Salon Rouge Spa & LaFleur Couture will hold an open house to showcase their recent expansion from 10a-5p June 24th at their new location, 314B N. Polk Street. Ribbon cutting will be at 2p and vendors will be on hand from noon to 3p.

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.

Farmers Market

  • • The Mims Community Center 12728 Fm 729 north side of Lake O the Pines, is holding a farmers market every Saturday from 10am to 2pm through July 8th for the Spring Growing Season and then will reopen for early fall season. For additional information, call 903-930-5104.
  • The Historic Jefferson Farmer’s Market is open every Satuday through the end of October in the First National Bank parking lot in downtown Jefferson.
  • Jefferson Academy Marketplace is now open across from the old Napa store. They have yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, carrots, beans, herbs, and blackberries. All grown at the Academy.

Aqua Texas

Aqua Texas will be holding an Open House starting at 5p July 13 at 12728 FM 729. Local and state leadership, engineering, environmental and customer service teams will all be on site to meet you and answer questions. This is a great time for you to have your questions and concerns answered face to face. This is just another step we have taken, in many steps, since our January meeting that kicked this off! The MCRA will be helping to facilitate this and will be there alongside our friends and neighbors!

Cheer Clinic

Jefferson High and Junior High Cheerleaders are hosting a mini-clinic June 27-30 for grades PreK-6th at the high school. For more information or to register, https://tinyurl.com/cherclinic23. or contact Misty Randolph at 903-407-0693 or mrandolh@jeffersonisd.org

Beef

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office is holding a Beef Cattle Production and Management Lunch-and-Learn Webinar series from 12-1p every Tuesday in June. Topics include: 6/20 Disaster Preparedness. For more information, contact Ashely Pellerin James at anpellerin@pvamu.edu or 936-261-5035.

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