Gallons of Chili for a Good Cause

I had the pleasure again this year to attend the 9th Annual Jonah Chili Supper, a fundraiser aimed at keeping the Jonah Community Center going strong.   In a previous life, the community center served as the Jonah Community School, built in 1922 in this idyllic farming community between Georgetown and Taylor.    45 gallons of chili and all the fixins’ were served up.   While enjoying their chili, diners savored the music of the Taylor Czech Chorus Band.   As I was getting ready to call it a night, my best image literally danced into my camera lens as Carl Lidell and his wife Grace(opening photo) waltzed to the band’s rendition of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.”   It was magic, particularly considering that Mr. Lidell, a former Williamson County Commissioner and Jonah farmer, will celebrate his 90th birthday February 23.   Mr. Lidell attended school here in 1929 and was certainly in his element.   Posted here are photos I shot to accompany a short story I wrote for the Williamson County Sun.