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		<title>First Annual Red Poppy Pageant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The First Annual Georgetown Red Poppy Festival Pageant will be on Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 10:00am at Everette L. Williams Elementary School Audirorium, 507 E. University Avenue, Georgetown, Texas.  
PRIZES:
Overall contest with the highest score will receive the title “Miss Red Poppy Festival Queen 2010”, a bouquet of flowers, a beautiful 4” crown, an embroidered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/19/first-annual-red-poppy-pageant/</link>
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		<title>Now Accepting Applications for Georgetown Citizen Academy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Maybe you have wondered what happens in the police or fire department when you dial 9-1-1, or where you might find a new City park in the future. Or how the City decides how to spend annual road maintenance funding, or how water from Lake Georgetown is purified to become the safe drinking water [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/18/citizen-academy-accepting-applications/</link>
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		<title>Arbor Day Tree Planting Honors Vets on April 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A special Arbor Day tree planting on Saturday, April 17 will be dedicated to the men and women of Georgetown who have served their country in the armed forces. Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8587 in Georgetown will help plant trees at the event. Other volunteers are encouraged to attend and to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/17/arbor-day-tree-planting-honors-vets-on-april-17/</link>
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		<title>Citizen Police Academy Starts April 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Citizen Police Academy is a ten-week course taught by police officers to give participants an inside view of the Georgetown Police Department. The program covers the history of policing, laws and code of criminal procedure, criminal and accident investigations, weapons, crime scene investigations, officer safety, and the court system.
Classes for 2010 will start on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/15/citizen-police-academy-starts-april-8/</link>
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		<title>Register for Co-ed Youth Soccer Today!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early registration for Co-ed Youth Soccer offered by Georgetown Parks &#38; Recreation is underway and will run through March 28, 2010. A $5 late registration fee will be added starting on March 29.
Pre-K through seventh grade leagues are available at a cost of $30 for Georgetown residents and $40 for nonresidents. All games will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/11/register-for-co-ed-youth-soccer-today/</link>
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		<title>Census Count in Georgetown Could Hit 50,000</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Has Georgetown hit the 50,000 population mark? Estimates show that Georgetown may have already surpassed 50,000, but the definitive answer awaits the results from the 2010 Census. Most survey forms will be mailed out next week, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The City of Georgetown planning department projects that the city’s population reached 50,000 in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/10/census-count-in-georgetown-could-hit-50000/</link>
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		<title>City Council Election for District 3 in May</title>
		<description><![CDATA[District 3 will be the only contested seat in the city council election on May 8. Keith Brainard, the incumbent, filed on Friday and will seek re-election for District 3. Danny Meigs filed for the District 3 seat earlier in the filing period, which ended yesterday.
Bill Sattler, the incumbent for District 4, filed earlier and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/09/city-council-election-for-district-3-in-may/</link>
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		<title>Donations Needed:  Benefit Sale for Animal Shelter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doing some spring cleaning? If you&#8217;ve got new or gently-used items in your home, consider helping out our homeless animals by donating them to the Garage Sale fundraiser benefitting the City of Georgetown Animal Shelter, now in its 11th year.
Beginning February 10, you may bring donations during the specified times to the rear of the old library [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/08/donations-needed-benefit-sale-for-animal-shelter/</link>
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		<title>Indoor Pool Construction Still In Progress; Pool Will Remain Closed Until March 13.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to unforeseen delays with the contractor, the Indoor Pool at the Georgetown Recreation Center will be closed until Saturday, March 13.  We will reopen the pool on the 13th for normal operating hours. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information, please call the Georgetown Recreation Center at (512) 930-3596.
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		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/05/indoor-pool-construction-still-in-progress-pool-will-remain-closed-until-mar-13/</link>
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		<title>Spring Break at the Georgetown Public Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March means spring break and special programs at the library. On Tuesday, March 16, from 10 a.m. until noon, members of the Native Plant Society will be helping with plant-related arts and crafts projects. This will be a new twist on our usual art event and we think it will be fun and educational. Wednesday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.georgetown.org/2010/03/03/5131/</link>
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