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Castillian Lodge #141 in Canton has announced a number of activities coming up during the fall season and they are as follows: Saturday, Oct. 11: Carter Blood Center hosted inside the Castillian Lodge facility on State Highway 64 in Canton from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is planning to conduct the following construction and maintenance work in Van Zandt County during the week of Sept. 8.

The old man had just settled into the makeshift wooden ground blind from which he had hunted since the early 60s. Oh, he had ‘doctored’ up the blind many times with sheet metal and plywood, but a blind has been in place since he first began hunting the spot many years ago.

Elvis Allen, Chairman of the Van Zandt County Historical Commission, came to ‘A Wicked Read’ bookstore in Canton Aug. 30 to sign copies of his book, ‘ Building A County: Van Zandt County, Texas 1848-1992.’

When the Texas Star Quilters Guild put out the call for all quilters to enter this year’s annual Quilt Show, we were hoping to have a lot of entries. We are excited to report that we have received over 100 entries.

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Speakers for the Constitution Day program scheduled for noon Wednesday, Sept. 17 in Van Zandt County have been announced.

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Canton Attorney Joel Elliott of the Elliott Law Firm P.C. was the guest speaker Sept.

Since I was a youngster growing up in very rural Red River County in Northeast Texas, I’ve felt a need to have a ‘camp,’ someplace away from home where I could occasionally go and retreat to what substitutes for ‘the wild.’