Taco Steve among the vendors at Sunday's 50th birthday party at Sam Peden Community Park.

I'm told that Powell's Pigs & Cows, Shawn's Southern BBQ and other vendors will be on hand Sunday for Community Park's 50th birthday party.

What will not be available is NABC's iconic Community Dark, so named as a pun directly referencing the park, which is located just down Grant Line Road from NABC's original Pizzeria & Public House location on Plaza Drive.

That's because there is no provision in current law for exceptions to Community Park's mandated "dry" status. This came up earlier in the year, when briefly it appeared the park might be the ideal venue for IndieFest.

However, Republicans in county government did not possess the will (or interest) in changing the law, and so in spite of the ready availability of  temporary sales permits, and the profits to be accrued by controlled and otherwise perfectly legal consumption of alcoholic beverages, beer cannot be involved in the party.

For those alleging that I've been letting the GOP "off the hook," please reread the preceding, and recall my general attitude toward prohibitionist spasms.

At the newspaper, papa provides the details and praises the old white males.

Community Park at 50: Concert planned to celebrate New Albany park, by Chris Morris (News and Tribune)

... Despite the many changes to the park in the last 50 years, Community Park is still one of New Albany and Floyd County’s most used parks. And on Sunday, Aug. 16, the Floyd County Parks Department will host a free concert at the park to celebrate its 50th birthday ...

... The concert begins at 6 p.m. on Aug. 16 with the Jessie Brown Band from Nashville kicking off the festivities. Midnight Special-The Classic Rock Experience will take the stage at 7 p.m. and the headline act, Shenandoah, the 1991 Academy of Country Music Vocal Group of the Year, will close out the festivities. The concert is being funded by user fees and a grant from the Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County. The concert will conclude at 10 p.m.

Stephen "Taco Steve" Powell, his taco cart, and downtown New Albany.

Meet Taco Steve of Powell's Pigs & Cows.

You may know him as Stephen Powell, formerly of NABC, and now a taco entrepreneur in downtown New Albany.

This is Stephen's Taco Cart, which he's setting up on the corner by Hugh E. Bir's on Fridays and Saturdays starting at 6 p.m., past midnight -- or until he runs out of food.

Stephen gets his smoked pork and chicken from Shawn Pitts, operator of Shawn's Southern BBQ on State Street.

The tacos look like this ...

 ... and Ed Needham is a satisfied customer.

On Tuesdays through the favorable weather season, Stephen will be setting up by Comfy Cow on Market Street between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Credit and debit cards are accepted, and he's been known to produce vegetarian black bean tacos.

Most of you know Stephen from his decades of bar service, so now you can visit him for all your taco needs.