Mark your calendar now! 8th Heritage Day Celebration, downtown Bonham, Saturday May 3. Free entertainment for all the family, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Vendor and entertainment info please call 903-583-0302 or email judyteller@cableone.net.

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge will offer free spring break activities for the family, Monday, March 10 – Friday, March 14. Texas Master Naturalist Gerry Shehan will lead guided nature walks on Harris Creek Trail, 10:00 a.m., Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, weather permitting. To participate, meet Shehan at the Visitor Center. Nature videos will be shown at 11:00 a.m. daily, in the Visitor Center Meeting Room. Then, drop in for nature craft activities any time between 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., also in the Meeting Room, Visitor Center. Open air tram tours along Wildlife Drive will go at 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., weather permitting. To make a your reservation, call 903-786-2826.

Prep work at the playground site has started this week!

Dave Kenyon (second from right) of Sweetwater Farm Greenhouse in Denison assists a customer Saturday during the Fannin County Master Gardeners' 9th annual Garden, Lawn & Home Expo.

On Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 12:00 in the Commissioners’ Courtroom, the Denton County Office of History & Culture will host a lecture by local storyteller and traveling museum docent, Janet Latham on the Post-Civil War Reconstruction. Janet Latham’s lecture educates the listener on the history of the Lee-Peacock Feud, the longest and bloodiest feud in Texas history, through the voice of Dorinda Pierce, a local school teacher of the time.

The election will determine Bonham City Council members for Ward Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and will be held in conjunction with the Charter Amendment Election, as well as the local option election regarding (1) the legal sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption only; and (2) the legal sale of mixed beverages in restaurants by food and beverage certificate holders only. There will be no Bonham ISD Board of Trustees election since both incumbents are running unopposed.

The Bonham Fire Department wants to remind you that when you turn your clocks forward on Sunday, March 9, also make a life-saving change in your household – change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. This simple habit takes just a moment, but is the best defense your family has against the devastating effects of a home fire.

5:30 p.m. Monday, March 10

9:00 a.m. Monday, March 10

Heard Nature Investigators – March 9, April 13, May 4. New! Heard Nature Investigators is a nature club designed for children in 1st-5th grade. Kids, come on your own or bring an adult as we investigate a different nature topic each month. Learn about dinosaurs, how animals winter survival, and what lives in Bullfrog Pond.

6:00 p.m. Monday, March 10

This annual event gives the Clothing & Textile project participants an opportunity to display the skills that they have learned in constructing and buying their own outfits, while helping to benefit the local community. In addition to the show, a delicious luncheon will be provided, consisting of a baked potato bar, a salad bar, and a dessert table complete with a chocolate fountain. All proceeds from the ticket sales benefit the Fannin County Family Crisis Center.

Sam Rayburn escorting Lucinda to President Roosevelt’s inauguration in Washington D.C. in 1941. photo courtesy of Sam Rayburn Museum, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, the University of Texas at Austin

Richard Glaser, Criminal District Attorney, released a list of people who entered into plea agreements with his office during the February dockets before Judge Laurine Blake of the 336th District Court of Fannin County. The following individuals either entered guilty pleas and accepted responsibility for their conduct without further court action or their cases went to trial and a Fannin County Jury rendered the verdict and sentence indicated.

Richardson church to host an all-day workshop for the unemployed and under-employed

Twenty-three defendants have been taken into custody and are facing charges ranging from Manufacturing and Delivery of Marijuana, Manufacturing and Delivery of a Controlled Substance and Fire Arm Smuggling.

The City of Bonham and the Bonham Economic Development Corporation (BEDCO) announce a BEDCO-funded Heritage District – Save Our Structure pilot program to assist new prospective tenants or owners in assessing “what does it take” to get a building up to code for business occupancy.