Each year, Settlers’ Day celebrates the individuals and businesses that make significant contributions to Deer Park. This year’s honorees represent deep roots, quiet dedication, and a strong commitment to local service, with each story reflecting the city’s history and ongoing growth.
Starting this Friday, Deer Park’s Settlers Day weekend features many old and new events to keep you hopping around town. People can see a lively parade, rodeo, fire station demonstrations, youth baseball tournaments, and a farm swap. Food vendors, live music, and family-friendly activities throughout the town. Additionally, there’s an opportunity to give back at a Special Olympics fundraiser, complete with water fights involving local fire and law enforcement personnel.
Every year, the heart of Deer Park beats a little louder as residents and visitors come together to celebrate Settlers Day. This beloved tradition, steeped in history, offers a joyous weekend filled with events and activities for all ages.
The Deer Park Rotary Club members picked three students for November’s Student of the Month.
We are fortunate to live in a community where people work together, support each other, and create fantastic events. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Deer Park’s daylight trick-or-treating event, Pumpkin Lane. Leslie Stansbury and Sandra Coleman started the annual event to help keep children safe while out trick-or-treating. The event changed hands and was run by the Deer Park PTO for a few years, and then Danielle and Isaiah Prosser took on the task of keeping Pumpkin Lane alive for the past four years
The Friends of the Deer Park Library will hold their first book sale of the summer on June 11th – 12th. Three additional sales are scheduled to take place throughout the summer months.
The Deer Park Kiwanis Club’s WinterFest 2020 Committee is pleased to name local business and community leader Doug Knight as its Honored Citizen of the Year. Doug is the president of four local family businesses: Knight Construction, Knight Boat Docks, Knight Wall Systems, and Knightcom Inc.
Julie Ives, one of Horizon Credit Union’s top employee volunteers in 2018, presented two $250 donations to non-profits in the Deer Park community – one
After six years in management with State Farm, Billy Costello decided to open his own agency here in Deer Park. He feels truly blessed to
Each year you will find both the Clayton Fair Royalty and the Miss Deer Park Representatives at Pumpkin Lane. Most years Clayton is set up