The tomato trucks are still running and the school pickup lines have settled into their September shape. Most of what's on this week is small and indoors, and the library is carrying a lot of it. The bigger news is at City Hall, where the past week's agenda was mostly roads and water.
This Week
Tuesday, 1 p.m. — Drop-in senior tech help at the Dixon Senior/Multi-Use Center. Ninety minutes, no appointment, second Tuesdays through October 13.
Tuesday, 3 p.m. — Nintendo Switch Gamedays at the Dixon Library on North First Street. Ages 10 to 18, after school.
Wednesday, 5 p.m. — Dixon Farmers Market at Pardi Plaza, First and West A. Every Wednesday through October 28.
Thursday, 11 a.m. — Morning Book Club in the library's front room, until noon. Fiction and non-fiction, second Thursdays.
Friday, 7 p.m. — Trivia Night at Joystick Gaming Lounge on Gateway Drive.
Saturday, 2 p.m. — DIY: Junk Journals at the library. Supplies provided while they last.
Saturday, 7:30 p.m. — Movies in the Park at Hall Park on East A Street. Every Saturday through October 3.
From the Council
The council met Tuesday. Three things on that agenda matter if you drive or drink the water here: a contract of up to $159,560 to design this year's street repaving; a contract of up to $126,055 to review speed limits citywide; and roughly $137,000 across three firms to run pilot testing at the Homestead drinking water well. The council was also set to adopt its five-year list of capital projects. These were scheduled votes, not results, and the packet is the place to check outcomes.
The Planning Commission meets Tuesday at City Hall, 600 East A Street. Two items on the agenda: a cannabis use permit and development agreement for The Artist Tree at 240 Dorset Court, and model home designs for 58 lots in the Homestead subdivision. Both meetings take public comment in person, including on things not listed.
The council's next regular meeting is September 15.
On the Calendar
Thu, Sept. 17 — Meet & greet with State Sen. Cabaldon and Assemblymember Wilson, registration recommended
Sat–Sun, Sept. 19–20 — Solano County Home & Garden Show
Tue, Sept. 22 — Teen career talk with the California Conservation Corps, registration recommended
One Local Thing
Lambtown turns 40 this year. It opens Saturday, October 3 at 9 a.m. at the Dixon May Fairgrounds on South First Street and runs through Sunday, October 4, billing itself as California's largest sheep and wool event.
Four decades is a long run for anything, and it is worth saying plainly what the festival is: a weekend built entirely around sheep, lamb and wool, in a town that still has the pasture to justify it. People drive in for it. Some of them come with spinning wheels.
If you have lived here a while, you already know whether you go. If you moved here in March, this is the one to try. It is the clearest look you will get at what Dixon actually does for a living. Admission and the weekend schedule are on the festival's site.
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