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You’ll get an extra hour of sleep on Sunday if you remember to set your clocks to “fall back” by one hour before going to bed Saturday night. For more information, click here.

City Lights is doing it again, hosting a Huge Screen football party this coming Saturday at 7 p.m. The University of Texas Longhorns will compete against Texas Tech’s Red Raiders, and you can watch the game for free on a movie screen. Get your gang together and head over to City Lights. You might want to bring a few bucks to buy beer, popcorn, burgers, pizza, sodas, etc, but you’ll view the game for free.

The accolades just keep rolling in for our Hometown. Southern Business & Development magazine has included Georgetown in a list of Smart Small Towns. We made this list because of Southwestern University, as the magazine featured small college towns in this article. They call Georgetown an “Up and coming business location.” Boy, isn’t that the truth? Seems like every day, we hear about some new business coming to town. (Speaking of which… I saw a sign yesterday that Souper Salad is now hiring, so if they haven’t opened yet, they should do so soon. If anyone knows for sure, please post a comment.)

This is just too cool; I had to share it with you. On Saturday, October 25, City Lights Theatres will show the Texas vs. Oklahoma State  on the big screen - for free! They will charge for the pizza, burgers, beer, and soft drinks, but you can watch all the football action for free. And for those of you (like me) who don’t really care about football but are married to people who do, you could plop your spouse in front of the game and then go see a couple of movies for yourself. Hmm… I think I may have just planned my Saturday.

According to the article on the Williamson County website, there are several early voting locations in Georgetown. Three are full-time, meaning they’re open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6. The fourth location will be open part-time, on specific dates only. (See below)

Full-time Locations Open October 20 - October 31, 2008 Monday - Saturday, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sunday, Noon - 6 p.m.

Williamson County Inner Loop Annex

301 SE Inner Loop

Sun City Social Center

2 Texas Drive

Parks and Recreation Admin Building

1101 N College St

Part-time Location Open October 23 - October 25, 2008 October 29 - October 31 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Georgetown ISD Admin Building

603 Lakeway Drive

The other day as I left HEB, I briefly considered renting a movie. I hadn’t caught Sex and the City in the theatres because I felt asking my husband to go would be cruel and unusual, so I decided to wait until it was out on video. And now it was out on video, but I felt conflicted because renting it seemed so frivolous, in light of all the economic woes on the news. (Catholics don’t have a monopoly on guilt.) I don’t think I would’ve felt as conflicted if it had been a movie that Larry would enjoy, but renting this movie would mean spending $5 on myself. No one else would benefit from this, which meant I had no way of justifying the expense as doing something nice for someone else.

Until.

I realized that our local economy depends on us, each one of us. The owners and employees of the establishments in Georgetown need us to loosen our grips on our wallets. I know the news is scary, but try to remember that news is national, and much of it doesn’t apply to our little Central Texas microcosm. We enjoy sound fundamentals in our local economy, but that will only continue if we all make a conscious effort to support local businesses. Mel Pendland, president of our Chamber of Commerce, said it beautifully in an open letter to the community at large. We cannot let our fear become a self-fulfilling prophecy. So chin up. Get out there today and make a point of spending some money right here in Georgetown. Buy yourself a new outfit or a new stereo. Go out to eat with a couple of friends.

Just don’t rent Sex and the City. It wasn’t worth $5.