Lifestyle

The Canton Lions Club provided free eye screenings at the Van Zandt County Library July 17.

The handheld screening device used by the club is capable of reading a person as young as 6 months old’s vision and only takes seconds to perform.  

The device has flashing lights and sound that attracts attention and then “locks” on the eyes with results appearing on a screen.  The reading is done from about three feet.  

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Todd the young dog is a thinker. 

Todd likes to watch what is going on before joining in with the other dogs. It's as if he is considering things. 

Although a smaller dog than his siblings, he can act like a lion once he joins in the play. He would do well in a home without other dogs or with dogs that are friendly and accepting.

Todd would enjoy swimming, playing fetch and wrestling with you.  He has a lot of energy and a lot of love. 

He is a shepherd lab mix, neutered and current on vaccines.

Please call the Van Zandt County Humane Society at 903-962-5700 to adopt Todd.

As his final act as Rotary Club president, Joshua Wintters bestows the honor of Paul Harris Fellow on Rotarian Don Cannon in recognition for Cannon’s selflessness in service to the community of Canton. Another recipient of the prestigious honor was Rotarian Linda Brockman, not pictured.

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Torin Lee Hammons was born at 9:39 a.m. June 19, 2015, in Tyler weighing 8.1 pounds and was 19.1 inches long.

His parents are Britne Reeves and Trevor Hammons of Canton.

Grandparents are Don and Shanna Reeves of Jefferson and Buddy and Leslie Lindsey of Ben Wheeler. 

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Lion Lace Melton introduced Johnny Blevins at the July 15 Lions Club meeting.  Blevins updated the club on the upcoming Country Inn and Suites and the status of Splash Kingdom.

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Saturday, July 25, gospel singer Michael Bridges of Forney will be in concert at the Myrtle Springs School as part of the Straw Hat Dinner Theater.

The concert will consist of gospel and country songs.

Bridges was raised in Allen and is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University with a degree in music. He also attended Southwestern Theological Seminary. Currently he serves as worship pastor/minister of music at First Baptist Church of Sunnyvale.

Bridges travels all over the area with the band Living Proof for concerts, camps, revivals and retreats “sharing the Christ through music and testimony,” alumni member Tresea Stringer said.

He has appeared at Lakeside Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church and the Convention Center in Canton; the high school and First Baptist Church in Wills Point; Van High School and other venues in the area.

The Talent Box, a nonprofit community theatre, will host a special event fundraiser featuring Larry Stilwell, an Elvis impersonator. 

The event will be held July 25 at The Wills Point Community Room, 307 N. Fourth St., in Wills Point. 

The evening will begin with dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by the entertainment at 7:30 p.m.

Stilwell is an award winning Elvis tribute artist. He started his professional career in the Dallas area in December 2005.  Since beginning his career, Stillwell has done hundreds of shows, ranging from casinos and corporate events to private and public events. 

He has won numerous Elvis contests

Admission for the event is $20 per person. 

Prepaid reservations are required and may be made by calling the theatre at 903-873-8945.  Leave your name, telephone number, and number in your party.  Your call will be returned. 

"Start with Land" will be the program topic to be presented by Tresa Tatyrek of Dallas for the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at the main county

library located on First Monday Lane in Canton. 

Tatyrek’s talk will include information about the Bureau of Land Management website, the Virginia Northern Neck online records available through the Library of Virginia, North Carolina Grants which are being put up by the North Carolina Archives, and Pennsylvania Patents Indexes and surveys.

The East Texas Dental Society recently named Canton dentist Ann Aduddell as its 2015 Dentist of the Year.

Aduddell practices at Mill Creek Dental.

She grew up in Mesquite and began practicing dentistry in Plano. In 1999, she and her family relocated to Canton to her in-laws old homestead.

She is a graduate of Baylor University in Waco and later served four years in the U.S. Navy, first as an intelligence officer before moving to Naval Control of Shipping.

Gary Walker and Kenneth Pruitt updated the Canton Lions Club on the sports complex which has been proposed to the city of Canton and Canton Economic Development Corporation.  The facility would feature baseball and soccer fields and tennis and basketball/volleyball courts.  The project is still in the preliminary stages of feasibility, location and design, they said. Proponents are gathering information which has been requested by the Canton City Council.