Good morning, Amarillo.

The Amarillo Downtown Lions Club is hosting an Oktoberfest German sausage festival on Saturday, Oct.

10 at Polk Street Methodist Church. Advance tickets cost $12, meal ticket holders 18 and up can win a silver dollar, and kids 5 and under eat for free.

Another Chance House will host an open house Saturday, Oct.

10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 209 S. Jackson, featuring lunch + live music and guided tours of its program.

Downtown Amarillo is seeing a revival as community groups renew its historic buildings from before the Great Depression and the mid century, shown during a photowalk on Sept.

4 that captured the restored Paramount Building and busy Polk Street hosting weekend events (photos by local photographers).

Mission Amarillo reached a milestone by gifting 20,000 pairs of shoes since 2010 as local school needs continue to grow across Amarillo - the nonprofit now invites community members to collect shoes to help meet rising demand.

Parad-Ice will open a second store next to China Max at Westgate Mall food court for Christmas—continuing the Solorio family's 76-year legacy of offering Mexican ice cream and paletas in Amarillo.

The Lucille and Leo Caiafa Jr. Center for Advancement will launch free fall classes for women in Amarillo tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with a time management class by Goodwill Industries (located at 2308 S.W.

7th Ave), and more sessions are scheduled later in October and November.

West Texas A&M University received a $9.75 million USDA grant to build a new beef cattle research feedlot complex near Nance Ranch — its largest federal grant — that will expand student training and research; the training building is set to complete by June and funding runs through Sept. 30.

Recycled Games at 4310 S.

Western St. in Amarillo hosts Dungeons & Dragons training every Saturday with sessions at 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., providing beginners a chance to learn the game; interested folks can reserve their spot by calling 806-553-0697.

Lake Meredith (a local water site) has a water safety advisory that warns visitors not to drink from affected faucets or fountains.

Park officials urge visitors to use bottled water for drinking, cooking, and brushing teeth until further notice.

Thousands of monarch butterflies are seen in the Texas Panhandle as migration peaks; local spots including Amarillo Botanical Gardens (Greg Lusk noted it had been years since such a large migration) offer views before a cold front pushes them south, with a second flyway arriving later in October.

The Amarillo NAACP is hosting a mental health forum for people of color at the Amarillo Area Foundation auditorium (corner of 10th and Polk) this Saturday, Oct.

10. The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and starts with a free coffee and donut period from 9:30 to 10 a.m.

The Don Harrington Discovery Center received over $5,200 from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation grant, which provided four Defibtech AEDs (lifesaving automated external defibrillators) to help staff respond faster in cardiac emergencies.

The Amarillo Fire Department hosted its annual Stand Down for Safety event this week, partnering with the Police Department to highlight mental health support for first responders in Amarillo.