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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.

I don’t know how I missed this one, but I just discovered that Georgetown was named one of the 10 best places for golf nuts by US News and World Reports back in July. We just keep racking up the accolades! Georgetown is the place to be. According to the article, we have 20 courses nearby.

My husband would like everyone to know that he beat his brother at golf recently… twice. He would not like everyone to know how many times his brother has beat him. They play at the Georgetown Country Club, where my brother-in-law is a member. They like it because there are very few sand traps, and because the membership dues are not astronomical.

Golfers out there, which course is your favorite, and why? Please post a comment to share your experience with others.

Now’s your chance! A production company will come to Georgetown next Monday and Tuesday to film scenes at Southwestern University for an HBO movie starring Clare Danes. According to Main Street Manager Shelly Hargrove, “It’s a movie about an real-life autistic woman named Temple Brandon who transformed the cattle industry.” They’re looking for extras in their late 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s. If you’re interested, complete this registration form and email it to tgcasting@yahoo.com along with a photo.

The ladies in our Graphics Department designed a lovely postcard for the Georgetown team at Moreland with this year’s Georgetown Eagles’ football schedule. I addressed all my postcards, and then decided to post one here for your benefit. Enjoy! Feel free to print it out and hang it on your refrigerator.

Earlier this week, while working a shift at the Visitors’ Center on the Square here in Georgetown, TX, I flipped through the new Fall brochure from the Parks and Recreation Department. The fitness offerings are fantastic, with everything from aerobics to Laughter Yoga. There are soccer leagues and kickball leagues and tennis lessons, and Georgetown even has a Skate Park now. Oh, and did you know we have two Disc Golf Courses?

But the Rec Center also offers a whole lot more than fitness. Some of the class offerings that surprised me:

Canine Good Citizenship Training Class How to Use Oil Pastels Kids in the Kitchen…Foreign Food Beginner Argentine Tango

Registration is available online, although you will pay a small fee for this convenience. (Sorry, but that always boggles my mind. I would think that it would be more convenient for them, too, to have as many people as possible register online. I think the people who take up their time in person should have to pay a small inconvenience fee. But then, I’m an online kind of girl.)

Check out everything the Rec Center has to offer, and next time you run into someone from the Parks and Recreation Department, thank them for enriching the lives of the people in this town. Anyone who claims there’s nothing to do hasn’t looked very hard.