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Melinda Bass of Wills Point and Virginia Reid-Yost of Terrell will direct the Rogers and Hammerstein's musical "Annie Get Your Gun" at the Talent Box community theater in June.

The show opens with regular performance seating at 7:30 p.m. June 17.  Other regular performance seatings are 7:30 p.m. June 18 and 2 p.m. June 19 and 26. 

Dinner theatre performances are 6:30 p.m. June 24 and 25. Limited regular seating may be available on these evenings. 

A reception will be held following the opening night performance.
Admission for this production is adults $15, seniors and students $13 and children 12 and under $10.

Dinner theatre admission is $22 per person with $15 for children 10 and under. 

Reservations are required and may be made by calling the theatre at 903-873-8945.  Leave your name, telephone number, date of the performance you wish to attend and the number in your party.  Your call will be returned. 

Local health enthusiast Bob Moore will be among those making the 12^th Brookshire Grocery Co. Heroes Flight next week.

BGC will escort a group of seven World War II and 24 Korean War veterans to Washington, D.C., May 30 through June 1.

BGC provides the Heroes Flight at no cost to those selected to recognize WWII and Korean War veterans for their service and sacrifices.  While in the nation’s capital, the veterans are able to visit numerous memorials, including those built in their honor. Several BGC employees will accompany the group as guardians.

Moore served in the Army from August 1954 to July 1956. He was stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., Fort Sheridan, Ill., and in the headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, where he served in the Far East Quartermaster Operations as NCO in charge of efficiency program. He was a corporal in the Pacific Theatre.

The Whitton Homecoming Dinner will be at noon on Sunday, June 5. 

The meal will consist of chicken and dressing, meatloaf, potatoes, green beans, California corn, salad, tea and desserts.

Donations will aide in the upkeep of the community center.  “Enjoy lunch and catch up with friends and family,” organizers said.

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CISD Administrative Secretary Stacie Wilkerson administered the oath of office to newly elected trustees Julie Stern and Clay Nicklas, right, and re-elected trustee T.A. Hale.

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The Gathering Place Worship Center will be hosting its second annual Prayer and Worship Conference June 9 through 11. 

Speakers will include Barbara Wentroble, Jim Hodges, Dr. Don Crum, Cheryl Ballard and Gail Long. 

All sessions are free to the public.

 For more information and conference schedule visit www.tgpwc.org.   

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The Canton ISD Education Foundation rolled out the cash May 6 by delivering grants to teachers around the Canton ISD campuses.

A total of $19,466.01 was awarded to teachers who applied for grants ranging from ecosystem sustainability to new equipment in culinary art classes, to help further the education of students throughout the district.

Teacher Denise Stapleton at Canton Junior High received a grant for $120 for her project, “The Worm Factory.”

“Students may gain firsthand experience and basic knowledge of the process of decomposition and ecosystem sustainability. Students retain information through hands on experience and the purchase of this project will provide a platform for this to happen to encourage curiosity,” said Stapleton.

Mastery through Mimeo Magic was the goal of a team of first grade teachers to bring interaction Mimeo Magic whiteboards to classrooms. The grant for the whiteboards was $5,000.15

Canton Marketplace has announced that World Master Chef Sharon Van Meter has launched Miss Petie’s Southern Kitchen inside the 93,000 square foot indoor shopping facility.  

The restaurant is open for Canton residents as well as Trade Days visitors, according to information from the marketplace. “Everyone can enjoy dining, wine tasting and then shop until they drop with the hundreds of vendors inside Canton Marketplace,” they said.

Van Meter graduated from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, France, and now boasts more than 40 years of culinary experience. She has been the executive chef of the Ritz-Carlton International, a professor of American Cuisine at Le Cordon Blue and the executive chef at Neiman Marcus in Dallas.

Her career includes her role as the executive director at Milestone Culinary Arts Center for more than five years and in 2009, Van Meter became the first female director of the American Culinary Federation Texas Chefs Association.

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety is reminding drivers to use extra caution around motorcycles on roadways as part of Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month.

“Every driver has a fundamental responsibility to help keep our roadways safe for all travelers, and DPS is calling on motorists to be cognizant of motorcycles while on the road by always looking twice,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “Motorcyclists inherently are more vulnerable, so we also encourage individuals on motorcycles to always wear helmets and other protective gear to better guard against potential injuries.”

During commencement ceremonies May 27, Emily Kate Nicks and Samantha Oakley will be leading the Canton High School Class of 2016 as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

The 2016 Eagles will graduate at 7 p.m. Friday, May 27, at CHS.

Emily Kate Nicks, 18, is the daughter of Joe and Jamie Nicks. She has been a CISD student for eight years and maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Since the passing of Precinct 2 Constable C.B. Wiley on May 6, the county has held its breath concerning who would fill Wiley’s unexpired term. Constable Wiley was up for election in November. He had won the republican party primary against his challenger Jesse Ison.

After a lengthy executive session May 24, the commissioners voted 3-1 to appoint Ison to fill Wiley’s unexpired term.

Commissioner Virgil Melton Jr. made a motion to appoint Ison, with Commissioners Tim West and Bobby Chaney for the motion. Commissioner Pct. 1 Brandon Brown was against the motion.

But before the decision to appoint Ison to fill the term, citizens of VZC stood up and campaigned for the nomination of David Wiley and Anthony Katsoulas to fill the term. Both are serving as reserve deputies for Precinct 2. Both Wiley and Katsoulas spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting. David Wiley is the son of C. B. Wiley.