Places That Hold Our History: Nonprofit Month, Week 2
How Mason saved its movie house, who helps care for a 1757 fort in Menard, plus free concerts and a fish fry for an old schoolhouse.
Letter from the Editor
Dear neighbors,
Yesterday was Veterans Day, and across the Hill Country, people paused to thank the men and women who served. To every veteran reading this, and to the families who waited at home: thank you. We don't say it often enough.
A day like that sends you looking for the places that hold a town's memory. Every town has a few. The courthouse. The cemetery on the hill. The old schoolhouse somebody still mows. The theater where your grandparents had their first date.
Places like that don't last on their own. Somebody fixes the roof. Somebody raises the money. Somebody shows up on a Saturday with a paintbrush and a thermos.
This week, Nonprofit Month visits two groups who do exactly that. In Mason, the Odeon Preservation Association bought a movie house in 1994 to keep it from closing, and it has kept the lights on ever since. In Menard, the Presidio de San Sabá Restoration Corporation helps care for the ruins of a Spanish fort that dates to 1757. One holds a town's Friday nights. The other holds a piece of Texas older than Texas.
You can help both without spending much. A $4 ticket to a Western at the Odeon this weekend. A free afternoon walking the Presidio grounds. And on Saturday night in Castell, a fish fry that raises money to keep the old schoolhouse standing.
The weather will cooperate most of the week: sunny and mild through Friday, with showers possible Saturday evening.
Pick a place that matters to you, and give it a little of your time. It has held on this long because people like you kept showing up.
With love,
Katie Milton Jordan, Editor
[email protected]
🌾 Fresh off the Porch
📅 This Week (Nov 12–18)
Townie Picks: five for a history-minded week
[Mason] Angel and the Badman at the Odeon | Fri, Nov 13–Mon, Nov 16 | 7–9 p.m. nightly | Odeon Theater, 122 S. Moody St. A classic John Wayne Western on the big screen. Tickets $4.
[Castell] Castell School House Fish Fry | Sat, Nov 14 | 6–8 p.m. | Castell General Store, 19522 W. RR 152. Hosted by the Castell Community Club. Supper, music, an auction and a raffle, all to help preserve the Castell Schoolhouse.
[Menard] Menard Field Day | Fri, Nov 13 | 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | The Menard Station, 211 Frisco Ave. Hosted by the Hickory Underground Water Conservation District. Free. Bill Neiman of Native American Seed talks native grasses, John Davis, who owns the Menard Station, talks rainwater harvesting, and Meredith Allen and Caroline Runge speak for Menard's water districts. Information tables, free Dickie Doodle Dawgs for the first 50 (courtesy of Brady Storage Concepts) and a drawing for a 50-gallon rain barrel and other prizes. Questions: 325-597-2785.
[Junction · Brady · Mason] Piatigorsky Foundation Concerts | Free classical music in three towns, with cellist Evan Drachman and pianist Richard Dowling. Junction: Thu, Nov 12, 6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 202 S. 8th St., with a reception after. Brady: Fri, Nov 13, 1:30 p.m., McCulloch County Library, 401 E. Commerce St. Mason: Sat, Nov 14, 4 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 224 Broad St.
[Mason] Annual Mason County Wild Game Dinner | Sat, Nov 14 | 5:30–9 p.m. | Fort Mason City Park Community Building, 1015 San Antonio St. Hosted by the Mason County Chamber of Commerce. Wild game and auctions, supporting the Chamber.
More this week
[Llano] Storytime: Pre-K | Thu, Nov 12 | 10–11 a.m. | Llano Library, 102 E. Haynie St.
[Junction] Astronomy with Buddy | Thu, Nov 12 | 6:15–7:15 p.m. | South Llano River State Park, walk-in camping parking lot. Check the park's alerts page before you drive out.
[Mason] Puncher Football Live at the Odeon | Thu, Nov 12 | 6:30–9 p.m. | Odeon Theater. The Punchers' game, live on the big screen. Free.
[Mason] Taylor Hughes & Krystal King | Thu, Nov 12 | 7–9 p.m. | PorchLight Distillery, 113 N. Spring St.
[Fredericksburg] 3rd Annual Casino Night | Fri, Nov 13 | 5:30–10 p.m. | Hangar Hotel, 155 Airport Rd. Hosted by the Fredericksburg Police Department Foundation Fund.
[Mason] November Rock Hunt | Sat, Nov 14 | 8 a.m.–3 p.m. | Meet on the west side of the Mason County Courthouse; the hunt is on private land. Hosted by Mason Country Collectibles. $40 a person.
[Llano] Project Graduation Golf Tournament | Sat, Nov 14 | 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | Llano River Golf Course, 2835 W. RR 152. A four-person scramble for the LHS Class of 2027.
[Junction] Explore Bowhunting | Sat, Nov 14 | 11 a.m.–2 p.m. | South Llano River State Park, main day-use area. Archery and game-dressing demonstrations with the TPWD Archery Team. No sign-up needed. Check the park's alerts page first.
[Buchanan Dam] Rumble at the Reserve | Sat, Nov 14 | 11 a.m.–2 p.m. | Highland Reserves Winery, 15603 E. State Hwy 29. A show-and-shine cruise-in with Lake Area Rods and Classics. All cars, trucks and bikes are welcome, with no entry fee. Live music from Billy Scott, plus food and drinks. Bring nonperishable food, coats or sweaters for local families in need. A gift-basket raffle supports local children's charities through LARC.
[Llano] Llano Christian Academy Dinner & Fundraiser | Sat, Nov 14 | 5–9 p.m. | John L. Kuykendall Events Center, 2200 RR 152. Dinner at 6, then live and silent auctions.
[Mason] 2026 Texas Top Gun Shootout | Through Sun, Nov 15 | Katemcy Rocks Offroad Park. The rock-crawling competition wraps up Sunday.
[Llano] Mahjong at 1892 Emporium | Sun, Nov 15 | 2–4 p.m. | 1892 Emporium, 109 W. Main St. Open play plus lessons for beginners. Space is limited, so reserve ahead.
[Llano] Family Time | Tue, Nov 17 | 3–5:30 p.m. | Llano Library.
[Llano] Business After Hours | Tue, Nov 17 | 5:15–6:15 p.m. | The Falls, 301 Bessemer Ave. Hosted by the Llano Chamber with the Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center. Everyone welcome.
[Mason] Mason County 4-H Blood Drive | Wed, Nov 18 | 10 a.m.–2 p.m. | Mason County AgriLife Extension Office, 505 Moody St. Appointments encouraged.
[Llano] Autumn Gold Barrel Racing | Wed, Nov 18 | 3–9:30 p.m. | John L. Kuykendall Events Center.
[Mason] Classic Movie: The Deer Hunter | Wed, Nov 18 | 7–10:15 p.m. | Odeon Theater. Free, with donations appreciated. Rated R, and just over three hours long.
🗓️ Coming Up
[Llano] Llano County Job Fair | Thu, Nov 19 | 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Workforce Solutions, 1500 Ford St. Hosted by Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area.
[Llano] Storytime: Pre-K | Thu, Nov 19 | 10–11 a.m. | Llano Library.
[Llano] Farmers & Crafters Market | Sat, Nov 21 | 9 a.m.–1 p.m. | Llano Courthouse Square, 801 Ford St.
[Llano] Christmas Bazaar & Open House | Sat, Nov 21 | 2–6 p.m. | Llano Art Guild, 503 Bessemer Ave. The bazaar runs through Dec. 24.
[Mason] The Cat in the Hat at the Odeon | Sat, Nov 21–Mon, Nov 23 | 7–9 p.m. | Odeon Theater. $4.
[Llano] Family Time | Tue, Nov 24 | 3–5:30 p.m. | Llano Library.
[Luckenbach] Thanksgiving Ball with Dale Watson & His Lonestars | Wed, Nov 25 | 7 p.m. | Luckenbach Dancehall, 412 Luckenbach Town Loop.
🌡️ Hill Country Briefing
Rivers and roads. Heavy rain upstream pushed the Llano River out of its banks from Junction to Llano between Sunday night and Tuesday. The river has been falling since, but some low-water crossings and river roads in Kimble, Mason and Llano counties may still have debris or damage. If water covers the road, turn around. Check your county's emergency page or the sheriff's office before you drive a crossing you haven't seen since the weekend.
Weather. Sunny and mild today and Friday, with highs near 75 and lows in the upper 40s. Saturday starts mostly sunny, then brings a 36% chance of showers in the afternoon and a 50% chance Saturday night. Sunday holds a 35% chance, with a high near 68, and Monday turns mostly sunny and cooler, in the upper 60s. If you're headed to a Saturday supper, bring a jacket.
Fire. Llano County lifted its burn ban this week. Kimble County's ban stays in place. Mason, McCulloch, Menard and Gillespie counties have none.
Land and water. Texas drought shrank again on the latest Drought Monitor, to 60.8% of the state from 67.6% a week earlier. That map is dated Nov. 3, before the weekend rain. It showed no drought in Mason County, with about 15% of the county rated abnormally dry, down from about a quarter the week before. (Last week we said the county showed no dryness at all. About a quarter of it was abnormally dry. We regret the error.) Brady Creek Reservoir stood at 84.3% full on Nov. 9, and the Highland Lakes ran between 94% and 99%.
Agriculture & Livestock. Producers Livestock/Cargile in San Angelo drew 1,142 head to its Nov. 5 cattle sale, up from 973 the week before, and heifers felt it. Heifers weighing 400 to 499 pounds averaged about $342 per hundredweight, roughly $36 below the prior sale. Steers held closer to steady, and slaughter cows averaged higher in the middle weights. At the Nov. 3 sheep and goat sale (4,261 head), light lambs and 50-to-69-pound kids averaged higher, while 70-to-89-pound lambs eased. APHIS lists no new screwworm detection or zone change naming a county in our area.
Market Snapshot. Cattle, Nov. 5 averages per hundredweight: steers 500 to 599 pounds, $355; steers 600 to 699 pounds, $326; heifers 500 to 599 pounds, $311. Sheep and goats, Nov. 3 averages per pound: lambs 60 to 69 pounds, $3.98; kid goats 40 to 49 pounds, $4.58. Under the federal rates announced Nov. 3, mohair repays at $7.65 a pound, unchanged from the week before. Hay prices and demand stay good on USDA's Oct. 30 report, with a new one due Friday. Pecans: Texas deliveries are still too light for USDA to quote a price.
Season Watch. Deer season is in its first full week. South Llano River State Park schedules hunt closures Nov. 22–25 and Nov. 30–Dec. 4, so plan park visits around those dates.
🪶 Featured Story
Places That Hold Our History
One is a movie house on a courthouse square. The other is a stone fort on the edge of a ranch town, older than the state around it. Neither one would still be standing without neighbors who decided it was worth the trouble.
The night Mason bought a theater
In 1994, word got around Mason that the Odeon might close or be turned into something else. For a lot of people in town, that was hard to picture.
So Mason residents organized. They formed the Odeon Preservation Association, and with financing from Mason Bank, the group bought the building. Longtime preservation leader Spider Johnson, now the association's president emeritus, was among the people who led that effort.
Others carried the work too. Local histories also name Jane Hoerster among the neighbors who pitched in to save the theater.
Buying it was the first step. Keeping it took the next thirty years.
Thirty years of fixing what time wears out
The work started in the mid-1990s and hasn't really stopped. The association's to-do list reads like an old house's: the façade, the marquee and its neon, heating and cooling, projection and sound, stage lighting, dressing rooms, the lobby and the seats. Some of those jobs came around more than once. The sound and the seating got a second round of improvements years after the first. In 2010, as theaters everywhere moved from film to digital projection, the association raised $125,000 to make the switch.
Its stated purpose covers both halves of the job: to "provide cultural programming in rural Mason County through movies and live performances and restore and maintain historic Odeon Theater." Today Carol Burke serves as president. Kyle Martin is vice president, Thom Canfield is treasurer and Channy Ory is secretary, and other board members serve alongside them.
What a ticket keeps running
The Odeon isn't a big operation. In fiscal 2024, the association reported $98,205 in revenue. That money runs a movie house, books concerts and keeps up an old building that always needs something.
That's why a $4 movie ticket matters more than it looks. So does a concert seat: Los Texmaniacs play Dec. 12, at $25 in advance or $30 at the door, with a lower price for students. Every ticket helps keep the marquee lit.
The Odeon still does what it was built to do. This week alone, it shows the Punchers' football game live on Thursday, the John Wayne Western Angel and the Badman Friday through Monday, and a free classic screening on Wednesday. And in October, we gathered there for Hill Country Venture Fest.
A fort older than Texas
West of Mason, in Menard, the history runs deeper still.
Spain established the Presidio de San Sabá in 1757 as a military post on the San Saba River. The Spanish Army held it until 1772. Long after the soldiers left, the stone ruins remained.
The site today belongs to Menard County, which owns and manages it. Helping the county is the Presidio de San Sabá Restoration Corporation, a volunteer nonprofit incorporated in 2001. In its own words, the corporation "assists with funding for special projects and upkeep of the Presidio."
That split matters. The county holds the land and the responsibility. The corporation, run by volunteers, raises money for the extra work the site needs, project by project.
The current restoration began in 2011 with a grant from the Texas Historical Commission. Later phases move ahead as money comes in. It's slow, careful work, the kind measured in rebuilt walls and stabilized stone, and it depends on volunteers who believe a 269-year-old place is worth the trouble.
Free to walk, any day of the year
The Presidio is easy to visit. It sits at 191 Presidio Road in Menard, open year-round for self-guided visits, with no admission charge. Groups can arrange a tour in advance through presidiodesansaba.org, and living-history interpreters and reenactors use the grounds for events.
Go on a clear afternoon this week. Wear good walking shoes, bring a hat and give yourself an hour. If you're bringing a school class, a church group or a family reunion, set up that tour first. Walk the grounds and picture a Spanish garrison on the Texas frontier, a long way from home.
A third place, this Saturday
Not every old place has a nonprofit with a board and a website. Some have a community club and a fish fry.
On Saturday evening, the Castell Community Club serves supper at the Castell General Store from 6 to 8 p.m., with music, an auction and a raffle. The money goes toward preserving the Castell Schoolhouse. It's the same idea as the Odeon and the Presidio, on a smaller scale: neighbors raising money, one plate at a time, to keep a building their town remembers.
How to help
The Odeon Preservation Association, Mason. The easiest way to help is to buy a ticket. Angel and the Badman runs Friday through Monday at 7 p.m. for $4. You can also donate through the theater's website at theodeontheater.com. Questions go to [email protected] or 325-347-9010.
The Presidio de San Sabá Restoration Corporation, Menard. Visit, and bring someone with you. To give toward the restoration, contact the corporation through Terrell Kelley at 325-396-2817, or write to PO Box 1592, Menard, Texas.
Know someone who loves old places? Send them to thetownie.ai so they can follow along with Nonprofit Month.
The work of keeping
Old places don't stay standing because they're old. They stay standing because somebody keeps choosing them. They patch the roof, change the bulbs in the marquee, raise the money for a stone wall nobody alive helped build.
That's the quiet thread through this week. Saturday night, buy a ticket, a plate of fish or a raffle chance, and you'll be part of it. Next Thursday, Nonprofit Month turns to homes, health and pets.
💼 2 Things Your Business Needs to Know This Week
1. Your building's story is part of what you sell
Walt says: If your shop sits in an old building, people want to know about it. Visitors stop on a square because it looks like somewhere with a past, and they stay longer when someone tells them a little of it. You don't need a museum exhibit. One framed photo of the building in its early days, a line on your website about what it used to be, or a short caption on your Facebook page will do it.
Before you post it, check your facts. Ask the county historical commission, the library or the oldest customer you've got.
This week: find one true thing about your building's past and put it where customers will see it.
2. A state preservation grant opens its next round in December
Nadine says: The Texas Historical Commission's Texas Preservation Trust Fund pays for restoration, preservation planning and similar work on historic properties. Grants usually run from $10,000 to $50,000. You have to match every state dollar with at least a dollar of your own cash, and the money comes as a reimbursement after you spend it. Public and private owners can apply, nonprofits included, but the property needs a historic designation (a National Register listing, a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark or similar) or a finding that it qualifies for one.
The commission expects the next application cycle to open in early December. If you own an old building, now's the time to find out whether it qualifies, before the deadline gets close. Details are on the Texas Preservation Trust Fund page.
This week: read the commission's grant page and check whether your building has a designation.
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🌿 Dear Hazel Mae & Fern
This week's topic: "How do I keep Grandmother's photos and letters from falling apart?"
Dear Hazel Mae & Fern,
When we cleaned out my mother's house, I came home with three shoeboxes of old photographs and a bundle of letters my grandparents wrote during the war. Some are curling, some have rubber bands stuck to them, and I don't know who half the people are. How do I take care of them?
Signed, Shoeboxes in Brady
Hazel Mae says:
Honey, the shoebox did its job. Now it's time to retire it.
Start with the rubber bands and paper clips. Take them off gently. Rubber dries out and sticks, and metal clips rust. If a band has already stuck, leave it for now rather than tear the photo.
Get acid-free archival boxes and folders. Most craft stores carry them, and they're inexpensive. Stand the photos upright or lay them flat, but don't pack them so tight they bend. Keep the letters in their envelopes if they fit, unfolded if they don't.
Stay away from the old "magnetic" photo albums with the sticky pages. They yellow everything they touch.
Store the boxes in a closet inside the house, where the temperature stays even. The attic and the garage are too hot in summer and too cold in winter.
Write on the backs of photos with a soft pencil, never a ballpoint pen. And if you can, scan the best of them, so one family copy isn't the only copy.
Fern says:
Now for the part that matters most. Write down who's in those pictures while somebody still knows.
Call your aunt. Call your mother's old friend from church. Bring a few photos and a pencil, pour the coffee and just ask. "Who's this, standing by the truck?" You'll get names, and if you're lucky, you'll get stories too.
Read the letters slowly. Your grandparents wrote them for each other, not for you, and that's what makes them precious. Somewhere in that bundle is a voice you haven't heard in a long time.
A box of unnamed faces is just old paper. A box with names and stories is a family.
Got a question for Hazel Mae & Fern? Send it in: [email protected]
🧭 What We Keep: Horoscope for the Week of November 12, 2026
Notes from the porch swing: twelve signs, twelve ways to keep something worth keeping. Pour a second cup and find yours.
Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 19)
You'd rather build something new than fix something old. You like a clean start and a fresh board. This week, try the fixing instead. Sand a chair, rehang a sagging gate or patch the screen door that's been slapping all fall. Go slow. Look at how the first person put it together, and you'll learn what they knew. There's a kind of pride in making an old thing work again that a new one can't give you.
Keep this week: a worn hand tool that still does the job.
Taurus (Apr 20 – May 20)
You take care of good things, and you notice when somebody else doesn't. A crooked headstone, a hall with peeling trim, a churchyard that needs mowing: you see them all. This week, do more than notice. Lend your steady hands to a workday at a church, a cemetery or a community hall. You don't have to run it. Just show up early, bring your own gloves and stay until the last chair is stacked.
Keep this week: a good pair of work gloves.
Gemini (May 21 – Jun 20)
Every town needs a storyteller, and you've got the knack. People tell you things they don't tell anybody else. Use that gift this week. Sit down with an older neighbor and ask how the square looked when they were young. Which store sold what, where everybody parked, who ran the café. Then write it down that same night, before the details slip away. Some day, somebody will be glad you did.
Keep this week: a pocket notebook.
Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)
You're the family keeper: photographs, recipes, birthdays, the stories that get told every holiday. This week, pick one old recipe card, the one in somebody's handwriting with a grease spot in the corner, and cook it. Follow it exactly, even the strange parts. Set the table for whoever will come. When they ask where the dish came from, tell them. Some history is best kept on a plate.
Keep this week: a recipe card in a loved one's handwriting.
Leo (Jul 23 – Aug 22)
A Friday night at the picture show was made for you: big screen, popcorn and an audience to share it with. Don't go alone. Round up a crowd, the grandkids, the neighbors, the friend who never gets out. Arrive early and talk to the folks behind the counter. Every ticket you buy at a small-town theater helps keep the lights on for the next show, and you love to keep a good thing going.
Keep this week: a ticket stub, tucked in your wallet.
Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)
Those shoeboxes in the closet have been waiting for you. Nobody enjoys putting a family's history in order quite like you do. Clear the kitchen table, set out a few folders and start with one box, not all of them. Sort by decade, label in pencil and set aside the faces nobody can name yet. Then make a list of who to ask about them. By Sunday, you'll have turned a jumble into a story.
Keep this week: a soft pencil and a fresh label.
Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22)
Old places belong to everybody, and you know how to bring people together around them. This week, plan a small outing with friends or family to a historic marker you've passed a hundred times and never stopped to read. Read it out loud. Talk about it on the drive home. You'll be surprised how many people want to come along when someone simply asks. That someone is usually you.
Keep this week: a photo of everyone standing together.
Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21)
You dig deeper than most, and you don't quit until you find the answer. Turn that on your own corner of the world. Look up the history of your street, your house or your family name. Ask at the county courthouse, the library or the oldest person you know. You'll turn up something nobody else in the family knew. Share it at the next family dinner and watch the room go quiet. Happy birthday this week to the Scorpios.
Keep this week: an old deed, map or newspaper clipping.
Sagittarius (Nov 22 – Dec 21)
You love a road trip, and the back roads are calling. Pick a town you haven't visited in a while, one you usually drive straight through. Park on the square and walk it. Find its oldest building and stand in front of it for a minute. Then stop somewhere local for a bite on the way home and ask the person who serves you what the town was like when they were growing up.
Keep this week: a postcard from somewhere close to home.
Capricorn (Dec 22 – Jan 19)
You respect things that last, because you're built to last too. You know that big projects get done a little at a time. This week, put a few dollars toward a group that keeps something old standing, a theater, a schoolhouse, a historic site. Don't wait until you can give a lot. Small gifts from steady people, given year after year, do the most good. You of all people know that.
Keep this week: the receipt from a gift that mattered.
Aquarius (Jan 20 – Feb 18)
You see new uses for old things. Where others see an empty storefront, a closed schoolhouse or a leaning barn, you see what it could be next. This week, share that vision out loud. Sketch it on a napkin. Tell a friend who owns an old building what you'd do with it. Every old place needs someone who can picture its future, and someone else willing to listen.
Keep this week: a napkin sketch you're proud of.
Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)
Old letters move you more than most things do. The loops of somebody's handwriting, the way people used to sign off. This week, write a letter of your own, by hand, to someone you love. Tell them something you've never said out loud. Use good paper, take your time and mail it with a real stamp. Somebody may read it decades from now and treasure it the way you treasure theirs.
Keep this week: a stamped envelope, ready to mail.
Until next week: keep the porch light on, label the photos and save a seat at the picture show.
🐾 Pet of the Week: Ren
Meet Ren, a gentle boy with a face you won't forget. Ren is a two-year-old mahogany fawn Boxer, and he's looking for his forever family.
Ren's family is going through a hard season at home, and they love him enough to find him a place where he'll get the time and attention he deserves. He's a little shy right now, so he'd do best with someone patient who can help him build his confidence and teach him a few basics.
Underneath the shyness, Ren is a friendly, smart dog. He walks well on a leash and gets along with other dogs. His best buddy is Lucy, a French Bulldog who's also looking for a home. Ren is neutered and up to date on his vaccinations.
If Ren Were Human…
I'd be the quiet one at the party, standing near the kitchen until somebody brings me a plate. Give me a few minutes, though, and I'll be telling you my whole life story.
I'd show up early to help, walk you to your truck and remember your dog's name. And I'd want a best friend who'd sit on the porch with me and not say much at all. Lucy fits the bill. Maybe you do too.
Meet Ren: Email [email protected] or call 325-347-6929. Second Chance Mason Animal Rescue would love to introduce you, and to tell you about Lucy too.
Photo by Suzanne Demaree
See y'all next week!
Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts, keep an eye on the river roads, and save room for fish on Saturday night.
Next week: Homes, Health, and Pets. Nonprofit Month continues on National Rural Health Day with the groups helping families build homes, see a doctor close to home and give animals a second chance. Then, on Thanksgiving week, we'll gather the whole month into one simple guide to giving locally.
Have something for The Townie? An old building with a story, an event coming up or a nonprofit doing good work in your town? We'd love to hear about it.
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Editor's note: Event details come from public calendars, organizer posts and the hosts themselves. Nonprofit details come from each organization's public materials and federal filings, confirmed by the organizations. Weather, river and market figures come from the National Weather Service, USGS, the U.S. Drought Monitor, the Texas Water Development Board, USDA and Producers Livestock/Cargile, current as of this edition's writing. Grant details come from the Texas Historical Commission. Please check with each host before you go.
