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HomeMy WebLinkAboutreporter.apr06© City of Georgetown, 2006 VOL.4 • NO.4 A Publication of the City of Georgetown April 2006 Georgetown’s biggest downtown festival on the weekend of April 29- 30 celebrates our harbinger of springtime—the Red Poppy flower. Saturday events include the Red Poppy Ride for Scholarships, the Red Poppy Parade,and an American Muscle Car Show featuring Corvettes, hot rods, and other performance cars. Music, food, and fun continue on Sunday. Featured performers include Off the Record, Sara Hickman, Pitchfork Henry (formally known as the Grassy Knoll Boy), comedy hypnotist C.J. Johnson, Will Kimbrough,and the Georgetown High School Jazz Band. For a complete event schedule and other details visit online at www.redpoppyfestival.com, or call the Georgetown Convention and Visitors Bureau at 1-800-436-8696. Saturday, April 29 8 a.m.Red Poppy Ride for Scholarships begins 10 a.m.Red Poppy Parade through downtown 11 a.m.American Muscle Car Show begins 11:15 a.m.Performing Arts Entertainers 12 p.m.Off the Record 1 & 3 p.m.C.J Johnson, magician & hypnotist 1:45 p.m.Georgetown High School Jazz Band 2 p.m.Code Blue Band 4 p.m.Pitchfork Henry 5:30 p.m.Gypsy Cowgirls 7 p.m.Will Kimbrough 8:30 p.m.Rodney Crowell performs at Street Dance on the Square Sunday, April 30 11 a.m.Church on the Square 12 p.m.Grace Notes 2 p.m.Sara Hickman 2:30 p.m.Clickety Cloggers 3 p.m.Acrotex Performance 4 p.m.Band of the Hills & Pure Country * Performers and schedule subject to change Daylight Savings Time Begins April 2 Time to change your smoke detector batteries! A message from the Georgetown Fire Department Trash Collection Note Texas Disposal Systems requests that when you roll out your residential cart for pickup, put the wheels against the curb. After TDS workers pickup, they turn the carts to the side. Putting the wheels against the curb will help them see your cart needs emptying. Also, please put your cart away on the evening of your pickup day. Your neighbors will thank you. Red Poppy Festival APRIL 29-30 •Rodney Crowell performs at the Saturday night Street Dance on the Square. Event Schedule Friends of the Georgetown Public Library are collecting books for their seventh annual book sale. Please donate new or gently used paperbacks, hardbacks, videos, CDs, and DVDs. Blue collection barrels are located at the following sites: Georgetown Friends of the Library BOOK SALE Books, CDs , and DVDs Wanted! Public Library, Hill Country Books, CiCi’s Pizza, BreeZe Salon, HEB (Williams Drive), Walmart, First Texas Bank (Williams Drive and Del Webb Blvd.), Sun City Market, and the Sun City Activity Center. The book sale will be June 1 - 4 at the Georgetown High School commons area. “An alt-country icon”according to National Public Radio, Grammy-winning Rodney Crowell is the headliner for this year’s Red Poppy Festival. A singer, producer, and songwriter, Crowell’s songs have been hits for numerable artists including Willie Nelson, Rosanne Cash, Bob Seger, Crystal Gayle, and The Oak Ridge Boys. A Houston native, Crowell learned his craft in Nashville with fellow musicians Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. He also played with Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band in the 1970s. Crowell performs in a free concert at the Saturday night Street Dance at the Red Poppy Festival. 2 0 0 6 Discover the latest news about the city at www.georgetown.org With the sound of bulldozers working in the background, a crowd gathered on February 28 to celebrate the groundbreaking for the City Lights Georgetown 12 movie theater. Georgetown’s first multi-screen cinema is expected to open in November. The theater is located in the Rivery Park development at the corner of Rivery Boulevard and Wolf Ranch Parkway. Project developer Mark Schulman, whose family has been in the movie business for nearly 100 years, was excited to be launching a venture many years in the making. Mel Pendland, who is president of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, was involved in help- ing to bring the project to Georgetown. “We’re not only going to get a movie theater, folks, we’re going to get the best in Central Texas,” said Pendland. The cinema will feature stadium seating, video conferencing capability, and Art Deco styling echoing Georgetown’s historic Palace Theater and other classic movie houses from the 1930s and 1940s. Details about the City Lights theater can be found at www.citylightstheaters.com. Online registration is now available 24 hours-a-day for many Parks and Recreation classes, leagues, and special events at www.georgtownparks.org. To use the online registration you must establish an account. Call the Parks and Recreation Department at (512) 930-3595 during business hours in order to get the user ID and password you will need prior to online registration. Once you have established an account, you will be able to use the web site to register for many Parks and Recreation classes, leagues, or events. There is Parks and Recreation an additional fee for online registra- tion. All major credit cards are accepted. Swim lesson registration for Georgetown residents begins at 8 a.m. on May 1. Registration for nonresidents begins at 8 a.m. May 2. Swim classes are offered for children and adults. To register, call Parks and Recreation at (512) 930-3595, or visit the web site at www.georgetownparks.org. Cost is $30 residents and $40 for nonresidents. Traffic enforcement on I- 35 is a significant responsibility for the Georgetown Police Department, which has law enforcement jurisdiction on I-35 within the Georgetown City Limits. “Our primary reason for enforcement on I-35 in Georgetown is to reduce traffic accidents,” says Georgetown Police Chief David Morgan. Police department figures indicate that in fiscal year 2005, Georgetown police responded to 336 motor vehicle accidents on I-35. That represents, on average, one accident on the Interstate nearly every day of the year and 22 percent of the total number of accidents city-wide last year, which was 1,528. In addition to vehicle accidents, police responded to 1,476 reckless driving calls last year, of which 50 percent or 742 were for drivers on I-35. Unfortunately, fatalities and serious injuries occur each year on I-35. To help increase traffic safety, the Texas Department of Transportation provides funds City Lights Movie Theater Breaks Ground The Georgetown City Reporter is a publication of the City of Georgetown Public Information Office located in City Hall, 113 E. Eighth Street, Georgetown, Texas, 78626. For questions or comments, contact Keith Hutchinson, Public Information Officer for the City of Georgetown at (512) 930-3690, or by email at pio@georgetowntx.org. though Selective Traffic Enforcement Program grants. The grants help to fund traffic enforcement for roadways where more than 50 per- cent of vehicles are speeding. Last year, TXDOT provided nearly $34,000 to the Georgetown Police Department through the program. According to a traffic survey completed in 2004, about 80 percent of drivers on I-35 in the Georgetown City Limits were speed- ing. Since that time, the number of I-35 drivers that are speeding has decreased to about 69 percent. For drivers on I-35 who were issued a speeding ticket last year, the average speed was 83 miles per hour. More than 85 percent of tickets on I-35 were given to those driving 80 mph or faster. “Our traffic enforcement on I-35 has made a difference,” says Morgan. “Ticketing those driving at speeds well above the limit is one way we can improve safe conditions, which is a job we take seriously.” I-35 Traffic Safety Is Priority for Police Georgetown Mayor Gary Nelon, Georgetown Chamber President Mel Pendland, project developer Mark Schulman (at far right), and members of the construction and development team for the project turned the ceremonial shovels of dirt to officially break ground at the site. A Blood Drive to benefit the Scott and White Blood Center will be held at the Recreation Center in April. Call Brandi Williams at (512) 930-3596 for details or to schedule an appointment. The annual Easter Egg Hunt begins at 9 a.m. on April 15 at Georgetown McMaster Athletic Complex. Free for children up to age 10. More than 25,000 candy eggs. A grand prize egg for each of five age groups.