Thursday, Sept. 17 • Sunny and hot, with a high near 99; clear tonight, low around 76.

A car show is a good excuse to spend an evening on Main Street, and tonight's Yukon cruise comes with another reason to go: registration fees and donations will help the Veterans Museum. The museum will be open during the event, so there's a chance to make a visit part of the evening, whether you arrive in a classic or the car that gets you to work.

We've also got the details of tonight's Piedmont data-center hearing, a school-calendar reminder for Mustang families, and a week of book browsing, crafts and library activities. First, one timing detail for anyone heading through Yukon: the road closure begins an hour before the cruise.

- Riley

In this issue:

The Gist: Cruise-In for a Cause brings classic cars to downtown Yukon tonight from 5 to 9 p.m., with Park & Show registration fees and direct donations benefiting the Yukon Veterans Museum. You don't have to register to cruise. The organizer also lists free professional photos at the Yukon Welcome Sign, $5 giant pizza slices from 405 Pizza and lemonade from The Lemon Mill. The museum will be open during the event.

Why It Matters: The evening's traffic change starts before the activities do. The city's closure notice says Route 66/Main Street will close between Third and Sixth streets from 4 to 10 p.m. That's useful to know even if you're only passing through on the way home. For those staying downtown, the museum benefit gives the evening a local purpose beyond admiring the cars.

The Gist: Piedmont's City Council will consider the proposed data-center rezoning at a special meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Piedmont Area Veterans Association, 240 Edmond Road NW. The official agenda and packet include a public hearing and possible action on the request from Cimarron ProjectCo LLC and Cimarron DevCo LLC. A separate item concerns the companies' annexation petition. The packet describes a 633.55-acre site and approximately six data-center buildings proposed in phases over four to seven years.

Why It Matters: This is an opportunity to hear the proposal and the city's review in the same room. The packet reports that the Planning Commission recommended denial pending further independent studies, while city staff recommends adding a special-use-permit requirement and a decommissioning clause. Those are recommendations, not a final council decision. The meeting is at the veterans association building, and the agenda links both the original proposal and the applicant's Sept. 8 revisions for readers who want the documents before the hearing.

The Gist: Mustang Public Schools students have no classes Monday, Sept. 21, while staff take part in professional development. The district's current notice says classes resume Tuesday, Sept. 22. Elementary and intermediate parent-teacher conferences also begin Tuesday; the district calendar lists elementary conferences from 3:30 p.m. and intermediate conferences from 4 p.m.

Why It Matters: It's a three-day weekend for students followed by a school day with evening appointments for some families. The conference start times describe the event windows, so your own appointment still needs to come from your school. The district calendar also lists a second elementary/intermediate conference date on Sept. 24. Middle and high school conferences fall in October.

Dunkin's official store locator lists 331 N. Mustang Road in Mustang as “Coming Soon.” The address has its own location page, but that page doesn't give an opening date yet. For readers wondering about another coffee stop along Mustang Road, there's a specific address to keep an eye on.

This is separate from the existing Yukon location at 717 N. Mustang Road, which the same locator lists among nearby stores. The Mustang listing is a planned location, so it isn't a place to send someone for coffee this morning. Here's the store page for updates.

THURSDAY | SEPT. 17

Cruise-In for a Cause | 5 to 9 p.m. | Downtown Main Street | Yukon. Classic cars and a benefit for the Veterans Museum. Main Street closes between Third and Sixth streets from 4 to 10 p.m.

Paper Beads | 6 to 7:30 p.m. | Mabel C. Fry Public Library, 1200 Lakeshore Drive | Yukon. Adults 18 and older can make rolled-paper beads for jewelry and other projects; materials are provided. Registration is required.

Pinecone Flower Art | 6 to 7 p.m. | Piedmont Public Library, 1129 Stout Drive NW | Piedmont. Master Gardeners Debbie St. John and Marsha Smith lead this free class for ages 19 and older. Registration is required.

Special City Council meeting | 6:30 p.m. | Piedmont Area Veterans Association, 240 Edmond Road NW | Piedmont. The agenda includes the data-center rezoning hearing and possible action described above.

FRIDAY | SEPT. 18

Community Coffee at the Yukon Veterans Museum | 8 a.m. | 1010 W. Main St. | Yukon. The Yukon Chamber's morning gathering is at the museum this week. Details: Chamber calendar or (405) 354-3567.

SATURDAY | SEPT. 19

Friends of the Library Book Sale | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Old Library Building, 510 Elm Ave. | Yukon. The Friends' monthly sale supports the library, with four hours set aside for browsing.

Brown Bag Book Club | 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Mustang Public Library, 1201 N. Mustang Road | Mustang. Adults 18 and older discuss Billie Letts' The Honk and Holler Opening Soon over their own lunches. Registration is required.

MONDAY | SEPT. 21

Preschool Storytime | 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. or 11 a.m. to noon | Mustang Public Library, 1201 N. Mustang Road | Mustang. Ages 3 to 6 can join stories, songs, rhymes and a craft or learning activity. Registration is required.

Community Prayer | Noon | Yukon Chamber of Commerce, 10 W. Main St., Suite 130 | Yukon. Listed on the Chamber calendar; the Chamber can answer questions at (405) 354-3567.

TUESDAY | SEPT. 22

Storytime | 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. | Piedmont Public Library, 1129 Stout Drive NW | Piedmont. Designed for birth through age 5, with older siblings welcome. The session is currently waitlisted.

Oil Pastels by the Slice | 4 to 5 p.m. | Mabel C. Fry Public Library, 1200 Lakeshore Drive | Yukon. Children in kindergarten through fifth grade explore oil pastels in a hands-on art workshop. Registration is available through the event page.

WEDNESDAY | SEPT. 23

Community Conversation | 9:30 to 11 a.m. | Library Program Room, 1200 Lakeshore Drive | Yukon. The city's listing places this week's gathering in the library program room.

Mother Goose Storytime | 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. or 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. | Mustang Public Library, 1201 N. Mustang Road | Mustang. An interactive storytime for infants and toddlers with their caregivers. Registration is required.

Oil Pastels by the Slice | 4 to 5 p.m. | Mabel C. Fry Public Library, 1200 Lakeshore Drive | Yukon. A second date for the kindergarten-through-fifth-grade workshop, with its own registration page.

Bad Art | 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. | Mustang Public Library, 1201 N. Mustang Road | Mustang. Kindergarteners through second graders get art supplies and an unusual challenge: make the worst art they can. Registration is required.

If someone you know usually takes Main Street home, this is a useful issue to pass along before tonight's closure. And if you have a local opening, event or neighbor's accomplishment you'd like to see here, hit reply and tell me about it. Thanks for reading!

- Riley