The Chamber and its Ambassadors named the Taylor Press as the March Business of the Month. The Press and Publisher Jason Hennington were nominated for their “commitment to local news
TAYLOR PRESS A lot has happened at the Taylor Press over the last three months. In February, Richard Stone retired as publisher and is now enjoying some time off. Richard made it official in the February edition of Pints, Politics & Culture, rightly named “The Exit Interview.” During the event, Richard interviewed retiring Taylor city manager Isaac Turner. The two came to Taylor around the same time, and left their respective positions around the same time. In March, Jason Hennington was named publisher. Prior to becoming publisher, Jason was active during the first few months of the year. In January, his youngest daughter Tiana turned 3 years old, and had a Paw Patrol party with family. That same weekend, Jason performed some of his music live on stage at Black Sparrow in Taylor. It was his first time being on stage since 2008, and even after 20 years of writing and performing music, it was his first time ever performing in his hometown. Later that month, Jason organized a surprise party for his wife’s 30th birthday. She was excited to see all of her family from El Paso along with some of her family in the Austin area and her co-workers. His daughter Jasmine (7) won several awards this quarter at school including A Honor Roll and excelling in math and reading. She also competed in her first UIL event and took third place overall in Oral Reading. For the bookkeeper Carolyn Hill, she said she had a good start to the year. The highlight of Carolyn’s life is seeing one of her children enjoying the heck out of things they really love. Jessica is special needs and enjoys all sports, mainly because in Taylor, these kids
April 2019 Newsletter
play all the sports. The Harlem Globetrotters coming to Austin was that highlight for Jessica. Carolyn kept watching her during the game and her eyes would get big and her eyebrows would raise, but she did not say very much . . . until . . . they hit the car and the next few days, constantly remembering tricks or things they had said. Carolyn said they had excellent seats, and were close enough that they got wet when they dumped the ice cooler on a fellow player. The Taylor Press also welcomed Jonathan Jones, although he has been with the team since December. Since January he and his family have been leading the normal American life. In January they had the opportunity to meet some of the people from the TV show Memphis Street Outlaws at the Little River Dragway. Jonathan’s father-in-law had a bout with the flu and oxygen deprivation that left him hospitalized for seven days. He is doing better now. Jonathan also had a run in with the flu that lasted almost two weeks. His wife and both of his sons are doing good. His wife bought 100 chicks from Tractor Supply, so in addition to their dogs, cats and rabbits, she now has chicks to keep her busy. And, Jonathan finally bought a new golf cart in March, now if he could just find the time to play some golf it would be worth it.
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