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Weekly News Summary

Week ending Friday, 29 September 2023

"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted."

James Madison​, 4th US President and Founding Father

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Willow Park Events for Fall 2023, October

Summary: Willow Park Events for October 2023 - National Night Out on 03 October / Five Willow Park events for the Fall of 2023: 09 September at 7am with a 9/11 Remembrance; (cancelled) Water Project Ribbon Cutting in September; National Night Out 03 October; Lincoln the Brave Car Show in November; and Christmas Tree Lighting early December.

Williams Weekly: 25 September 2023

Newsletter from Roger Williams, the US House Rep. for Texas District 25, which includes Willow Park.

US Senator Cruz Newsletter, 22 September 2023

Summary: Ted Cruz is one of two senators who represent the state of Texas in the US Senate. Read his 22 September 2023 Newsletter. Topics include the following: religious freedom; school choice; job creation; illegal immigration and protecting Texas borders; NIL rights for student athletes; war against oil.

Cancelled: 26 September 2023 Council Meeting

Meeting Page with cancellation notice.

Parker Co in Today's History. On 25 Sept 1867, Oliver Loving of the Goodnight - Loving Trail died.

Summary: On 25 September, 1867 Oliver Loving of the Goodnight - Loving Cattle Trail died, although his burial in Weatherford's Greenwood Cemetery was postponed until the Spring of the 1868. Oliver Loving was a Texas pioneer, Texas Ranger, and the basis for the famous character in the 1985 book and the 1989 miniseries "Lonesome Dove," both by Texas author Larry McMurtry.

WPC News Summary, 22 September 2023

A compendium of Willow Park Civics weekly news summaries, emailed to WPC Blog subscribers. The week in a glance; the year in a list. "If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership, you are practicing followership." Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of UK

Updated Blogs and Issues

  • Willow Park Civics Blog > Wherever you may wander, wherever you may roam… Native Texans keep Texas home.

    • Added article. "Staying Put," Dr. M. Ray Perryman, 20 September 2023

  • Willow Park Civics Blog > Foster Care in Parker County

    • Added article, "One-third of Texas foster care caseworkers left their jobs last year as the agency continued putting kids in hotels," The Texas Tribune, 26 September 2023

Upcoming Events

on the Willow Park Civics Calendar 

  • August, September, October, 2023, Parker County Transportation Bond Community Meetings, PC Transportation Bond

    • Willow Park Civics Blog > Parker County Transportation Bond and Willow Park Streets.

       

  • 03 October 2023, National Night Out, held at the Public Safety Building, this annual "block party" connects local neighborhoods and law enforcement.

    • Willow Park Civics Blog > Willow Park Events for Fall 2023, October

  • 10 October, 2023, 6P, City Hall, City Council Meeting

  • 17 October, 2023, 6P, City Hall, Planning and Zoning Meeting

  • 24 October, 2023, 6P, City Hall, City Council Meeting

Current Public Notices 

  • Advertisement For Bids, October 21, from 1 - 5 p.m. City Of Willow Park Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements Re-Bids, The Community News 29 September 2023

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