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Canton Texas Rotary Club inducted new member Tiffany McBride and Emily Hartford on April 6. Joe Zoubi was also inducted as a new member on April 13.

The Van Zandt County Genealogical Society held its regular monthly meeting on Feb. 25. The program was changed at the last minute, due to the speaker, genealogist Emily Richardson, becoming ill the night before. The substitute program, regarding DNA research, was very informative and enjoyed by all.

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The Canton Lions Club District hosted a pajama party for the Van Zandt County ABC Room, located in Canton next door to the Sheriff’s Office, last week. The Lions Pajama party is annual in January and provides donations of pajamas of all sizes. Terri Davenport, Financial Officer, and Pat Murrey, volunteer, explained that the ABC Room is an in-house emergency resource center that distributes new items, such as clothing, diapers, and formula, to clients of CPS caseworkers and investigators. Van Zandt County Community Partners strive to ensure that the ABC Room is stocked with everything a child, from newborn to 18 years old, would need in an emergency situation when the child is taken out of their home due to neglect, abuse and/or drugs. The ABC Room’s only fundraising event is the Annual Bunco Celebration being held February 20 in the Deen Building at the Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided by the Canton St. Therese Catholic Church Ladies Guild. Call (903) 3605221 for information.

Governor Greg Abbott Jan. 20 celebrated the strength of the Texas workforce and economy following the December employment release from the Texas Workforce Commission showing Texas again surpassed its alltime record for total jobs for the 14th consecutive month.

Did you know blood transfusion is one of the most frequently performed procedures in hospitals? In fact, one in seven hospital patients will require blood during their stay. To support this urgent community need, Carter BloodCare asks residents to Give for Texans in February.

The Van Zandt County Pet Project is urging pet owners to make sure that their pets are spayed and neutered. “Help fix East Texas,” said a VZC Pet Project spokesperson.

The Van Zandt County Appraisal District issued a reminder this week, advising local property owners that the deadline to pay 2022 property taxes without penalty or interest charges is rapidly approaching.

The Martin’s Hundred Chapter, Texas Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, met on Oct. 12, 2022 in the Community Room of the Tri-County Public Library in Mabank, Texas. The members enjoyed a presentation by Carrie Woolverton on Women of the Mayflower, which detailed the stories of the 18 women who sat sail from Plymouth, England in September 1620 to make the 66 day voyage to reach the New World. Only five women survived to prepare the First Thanksgiving Feast in 1621 in Plymouth Colony.

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