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				<title><![CDATA[Hunting and Fishing in Texas]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:43:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Each year, September 1 marks the beginning of a new year for hunters and anglers in Texas.  That is the date when the previous year&#39;s statewide licenses expire and new licenses take effect.  It also
marks the opening day of dove season in the state.   

                Texas residents have many options when it comes to purchasing hunting and fishing licenses.  Separate licenses can be purchased for different types of hunting and fishing, or combinations thereof.  Residents also have the option of purchasing the "Super-Combo"
package.  This package includes a Resident Hunting License, a Resident Fishing License and all 5 state stamp endorsements (archery, freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing with a red drum tag, upland game bird, and migratory game bird) at a discount price. The Super Combo package  is
$64 for most residents; for senior residents, the cost is $30; for resident disabled veterans, the package is free; for resident active duty military, the package is a]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[StriperMaster Lake Texoma Fishing Report 9/4/2008]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:17:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[After a hot summer and a few weeks rest, the month of September finds me back to daily striper fishing on Lake Texoma. With the unusually cool days the end of last month and the cloudy and misty days from the outlying remnants of the hurricane, the fish have turned on with a fury. We are still finding alot of stripers working bait on the surface. Sometimes they are on the small side but the ferocity of their taking the bait makes for fun Burning a slab through a school of them will get you good hits and occasionally a big one will try and yank your pole out of your hands. 

This past week I have been mainly using live bait. I still have the slabs ready but I have let the stripers dictate which way I go after them each day out. I&#39;m still fishing off the main river channel, ledges and flats.related to the deeper water where the stripers have been grouped up. Most mornings you can find acres of stripers working the surface from west of Highport all the way to Washita Point and e]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[OLIVER! Opens Theatricks Season]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:12:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[When the curtain opens on Theatricks&#39; production of OLIVER! on September 5, the audience will see the culmination not only of six weeks of hard work by cast and crew, but also the most recent part of the ongoing dream of the people who established the Sherman Little Theater in 1926.

What started 82 years ago has become the Sherman Community Players, which has earned recognition as an exemplary community theater in Texas. Part of the reason for that designation is its children&#39;s division, Theatricks, which teaches children, adolescents and young adults the art of theater.

Theatricks, under the direction of Webster Crocker, has two arms. Club Theatricks presents three productions each year and teaches a semester of theatrical workshops. Project Theater serves as an educational resource for area teachers, as its cast and crew travel across the area presenting plays frequently based on children&#39;s fairy tales.

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				<title><![CDATA[Last  Call for Vendors for Sherman Arts Festival]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Tue, 2 Sep 2008 05:55:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Sherman Arts Festival 2008 is giving the last call for arts and crafts and retail boutique vendors for this year&#39;s event.  No applications will be considered after September 4.  This will be the 26th year for the festival;  in 2007 attendance was 12,000.  There are still a few spots available for selected types of goods, with preference going to hand-made items sold by the craftsperson.  
New for this year will be Shop &#39;N&#39; Stroll; select arts, crafts and boutique retail  vendors can set-up the afternoon of Sept. 19 and be open for business from 5:30 p.m. until dark that evening, as well as the traditional Saturday set-up and sales on Sept. 20   Shop &#39;N&#39; Stroll will be promoted as a special event as Sherman High School drew a bye in their football schedule for that date.
For information and vendor applications, go to www.shermantx.org or contact the Sherman Dept. of Tourism at 903 957 0310 or toll free, 888 893 1188.
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				<title><![CDATA[Body-Spirit-Mind: A Refreshing Workshop]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:42:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[What happens when Victory Home Health and Hospice teams with the Alzheimer&#39;s Association for some creative community needs assessment  What happens is, a refreshing half-day workshop free, open to the public, and with 3 free social work CEU&#39;s as a bonus!  The Alzheimer&#39;s Association and Victory Home Health and Hospice in response to an assessed need in Texoma for affordable, quality, educational opportunities, offer Body-Spirit-Mind: A Refreshing Workshop.  Texoma Medical Center&#39;s Behavioral Health Center is providing beverages and healthy snacks for the workshop.

	Thursday, September 25th is the date and the Continuing Education Auditorium at Grayson College is the place.  Anyone interested in the health of the body, spirit and mind is welcome to call 903-868-0230 to pre-register for this event.  Registration will be open at 8 am and the workshop will begin promptly at 8:30 am.
  
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				<title><![CDATA[Theatricks to Host Story-telling]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:22:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[The Theatricks Advisory Council will be hosting the story-telling portion of the Sherman Arts festival Saturday, September 20 in the air-conditioned lobby of the Honey McGee Playhouse which is being sponsored by Moseley and Associates.

The story-telling will begin at 10 a.m. and go until 1 p.m. The story-tellers that will be sharing their stories are Doris Haynie, Belinda Sakowski, Margaret McCord, and Tom Medley. Each story-telling session will last about 45 minutes.

So make plans to come and share your stories with us the day of the arts festival!

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				<title><![CDATA[OLIVER! Cast!]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:13:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Theatricks&#39; season opener, OLIVER! is cast and currently in rehearsals.

After two nights of hearing 80 individuals audition and one night of call-backs, Webster Crocker and his artistic team of directors, Sylvia Rivers, Vocal Instructor, Fred Freeman, Orchestra Conductor, and Amy Dean, Choreographer, have put together a talented cast of 45 adults and young people. Fifteen of them will be performing the first time for Theatricks.

Theatricks produced OLIVER!, in November, 1996 with a smaller cast and without production elements that are available now. The 2008 production involves a much larger cast and the addition of new production elements.

OLIVER! is one of the most beloved musicals, vividly bringing to life Dickens&#39; timeless characters with its ever-popular story of the boy who asked for more. Winner of three Tony awards, OLIVER! is full of familiar toe-tapping songs including: Food Glorious Food; Where is Love; Consider Yourself; You&#39;ve Got to Pick ]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sunset Commission Reports]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:30:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[The state has many agencies that carry out the daily functions of state
government, such as the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Workforce
Commission.  The Sunset Commission provides the legislature with some
oversight of these agencies.  The Sunset Commission is comprised of
legislators appointed by the Lt. Governor and the Speaker of the House,
and its goal is to make the government smaller, smarter and more
efficient. 

Agencies come up for review before the legislature at least every twelve
years; the reviews are staggered, so that an average of 25 agencies come
up for review in any given session.  During the interim, the Sunset
Commission compiles reports on the agencies scheduled to be reviewed in
the upcoming session.  The sunset process sets a date for an agency to
be abolished unless legislation is passed allowing the agency=s
continuation.  Most agencies are not abolished, but rather undergo
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				<title><![CDATA[Calling All Champions...for Alzheimer's Memory Walk]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:34:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[	Are you a champion  Would you like to be  The Alzheimer&#39;s Association needs people of passion and compassion to become champions for the cause...and YOU are invited, welcomed, urged and encouraged to be one!
	According to Wikipedia "a champion is one who has repeatedly come out first among contestants in challenges or other tests, one who is outstandingly skilled in their field."  In this year of Olympics, we all experience such champions in our living rooms each time we turn on the television.  Wikipedia continues and speaks to another type of champion, the type you are asked to become. It is also possible to champion a cause.  Such a champion may take on responsibility for publicizing a project and seeking funding.  Such a champion is beyond a simple promoter.
	If Alzheimer&#39;s disease is to be cured or even become a manageable disease like diabetes, champions are essential.  Saturday, September 27, 2008 presents a unique opportunity to become a champion at the Alzheimer]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Couple Named August Photographers of the Month]]></title> 
				<link>http://www.texomaland.com/articles/2282</link> 
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				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:52:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[The Friends of Hagerman NWR have chosen two persons as Photographers of the Month for August, 2008. Michael and Grace Haight were reluctant to begin studying wildlife photography, but say a class on this topic changed their course of their photography forever. Pottsboro weekenders, the Haights have an album of their photos taken at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge featured on the Friends website during the month.

The Haights&rsquo; photography is done primarily from either a hunters blind or vehicle. In future, their goal is to not only capture the wildlife in the image, but to also capture some aspect of its behavior, to tell a story about the particular bird or animal.

Each month the Friends spotlight a new album of 12 photos taken at the Refuge on their website, www.friendsofhagerman.com. Interested photographers may contact the Friends through friendsofhagerman@gmail.com.



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				<title><![CDATA[People Section Classifieds & Volunteers]]></title> 
				<link>http://www.texomaland.com/articles/2281</link> 
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				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:25:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Because of the overwhelming plea for public classifieds, we have decided to turn them on for individuals.
As you can also see additional tweaks are starting to occur.  Along with having businesses post news and information, we are going to start adding more people public features as well in the near future.
You can see that we have already added some social portal features to the site.  Check it out and let us know what you think!
I am also interested in seeking volunteers to help manage the people section.  We are starting to get ads galore from India for free laborers.
If your interested, then let me know.  
Thanks for the support, maybe we can make MyLocalLink.com, Planoland.com, MyCraigRanch and Texomaland.com a place to go to for all business and social needs.]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[First Script to Screen Workshop Held - More to Come!]]></title> 
				<link>http://www.texomaland.com/articles/2280</link> 
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				<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 07:55:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Kirk Everist, Austin College Assistant Professor of Communication led a group of wanna-be film makers in releasing their creativity Tuesday evening in the first Script to Screen workshop.  Dr. Everist helped the group turn on their imagination, in addition to speaking on the bones of script writing.

The workshops are offered as an aid to those planning to enter the 24 Hour Script to Screen Short Film Contest sponsored by Sherman Arts Festival.  Attending is not a prerequisite for entering the competition.

On August 20, another session will be held, led by Dr. Brent Boessen.  To register, go to http://www.24hourscript2screen.org.]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Back To School Time]]></title> 
				<link>http://www.texomaland.com/articles/2279</link> 
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				<pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:56:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[One week left to take advantage of this
offer-Call and schedule before it&#39;s over!
Need to service or repair your garage door for the kids to get in, or maybe it needs replacing. Call for this months special pricing on door replacement and operator replacement. 
Let me know you seen this ad and you will
get 10% off service call.
Offer good thru Aug. 30, 2008.]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Backyard Birds]]></title> 
				<link>http://www.texomaland.com/articles/2278</link> 
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				<pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:45:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Second Saturday  at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge will feature Texas Master Naturalist Nancy Collins.  On August 9, at 10 a.m.,  Ms. Collins will speak on creating a "bird-attraction" in a north Texas yard, following  four simple steps to your own "birdscape".

Ms. Collins is  co-owner of the Wild Bird Center in Denton, and along with her partner, Owen Yost, writes "Bird Poop" - a monthly compendium of bird knowledge. She is an avid watcher and feeder of Texas&#39; wild birds (and a few squirrels), a member of the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, National Wildlife Federation, the National Wildlife Rehabilitators&#39; Association, Audubon Society and Native Plant Society of Texas

Ms. Collins  says "Attracting all sorts of birds to your yard is inexpensive, educational, therapeutic, and fun!  Fortunately, north Texas is home to hundreds of bird species, many of which you can attract to your yard simply by providing what they want and need."  There will be plenty of]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Texas Do-Not-Call Registry]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:55:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Texas, along with the national government, has a Do-Not-Call Registry which allows individuals and businesses to limit the amount of phone calls they receive from telemarketers.  This week I will discuss what services the registry provides, and what the limitations of the list are.  

            Since 2004, consumers have been able to register their phone
numbers on the Texas list.   This "No Call List" will be maintained by
the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). The list prevents telephone solicitations, including text messages or images, to residential and wireless phone numbers from all telemarketers operating in Texas.  Consumers may register for the list in 3 ways: online, over the phone, or through the mail.  Registering online is free and convenient, and is available at any time.  There is a charge of $2.25 per number to register by mail or over the phone.  It may take up to six months after registration for telemarketing calls to fully stop.
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				<title><![CDATA[Script2Screen Workshops Slated]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:19:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Calling all film-makers and would-be-film makers!  Sherman Arts Festival will host the second annual &#39;24-Hour Script to Screen&#39; Film Contest  September 12-13.   During the month of August two workshops are scheduled to help entrants prepare for the competition.  

 "The Art of Storytelling for Script Writing" workshops will help a writer turn an idea into a real story, an interesting story, one that might make a good movie script.  Workshops cost $5 per person, and will be held at the Sherman Youth Center.  Pre-registration is necessary, as space is limited.

The first workshop will be led by Dr. Kirk Everist on Tuesday, August 5, from 6:30-9:30 PM.  On Wednesday, August 20, Dr. Brett Boessen&#39;s workshop will be held, from 2:00-5:00 PM.  Both men are assistant professors in Communications Studies at Austin College.  After attending one of the workshops you&#39;ll just need a video camera and 24 packed hours to be ready to compete!

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				<title><![CDATA[Bella Fontana Spa Hosts Alzheimer's Class for Professionals]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:16:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Thanks to the generosity of Bella Fontana Spa in downtown Sherman, the Alzheimer&#39;s Association - Greater Dallas Chapter will offer a unique learning opportunity for paid professional care providers.  The Professional Caregiver Class is Wednesday, August 13, 2008 in the Pat Nuckols Community Room of Bella Fontana Spa.  The Spa is located at 101 East Jones, just a block off the square in downtown Sherman.  This course is specifically designed for paid providers of services to persons with dementia, and includes a wealth of information about Alzheimer&#39;s Disease.  There will also be multiple opportunities for care providers to share their experience with each other. 

The course is from 9am to 3pm with a one hour break for lunch on your own.  The course presents critical information for home health/hospice nurses and aides, sitters, nurse aides or companions who care for persons with any type of dementia. 

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				<title><![CDATA[Herbal Tea Lady to be at Sherman Arts Festival]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:37:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Terry Irvin, Grayson County Herbal Tea Company, treated members of the Texoma Herb and Old Rose Society to a tea party featuring her new chocolate mint tea today, at their meeting at Frontier Village.  Terry, a Master Gardener,  and her husband Randy grow and process herbs at their farm southeast of Sherman, and are popular on the festival circuit.  On September 20 Terry will be at Sherman Arts Festival with her herbal teas and a variety of tea pots, cups, and other tea related merchandise.  Look for her on the Municipal Lawn!]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[StriperMaster Lake Texoma Fishing Report 7/25/2008]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:28:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Sorry for the delay in posting a new report, been extremely busy as the striper fishing on Lake Texoma this past two week has been outstanding. Our Lake Texoma stripers have been making morning runs like clockwork. Although you can catch these fast moving stripers on live bait, I prefer to use slabs, 1 1/2 and 2 ounce white and chartreusse Lorens Slabs and we find large schools of stripers working the surface top water baits, "Pencil Poppers" and "Chug Bugs". 

Due to the amount of boat traffic on the lake, I have been having the best luck with slabs. During this time of year we have more boats than normal. It gets shoulder to shoulder and accidents can very easily happen. When chasing these schools of Lake Texoma stripers be very cautious and courteous to your fellow fisherman. The lake water temperature is 86 degrees with a lake level of around 617 feet and dropping and the air temperature has been in the hovering around 100 degrees.

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				<title><![CDATA[Earlybird Discount for Sherman Arts Festival Ends August 1]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:38:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Sherman Arts Festival 2008 is giving arts and crafts vendors a price break on booth space at the event until  August 1.  There are still good spaces available for selected vendors, some with electricity available.    The festival is slated for Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9 &#45; 5, on the Sherman Municipal Lawn.  This will be the 26th year; in 2007 the attendance was 12,000.  The vendor committee meets weekly to review applications and is ready to consult with those who are new or considering becoming vendors.
Complete information about vendor opportunities, including food vendorship, is available online at www.shermantx.org; once at the site, click on Celebrate Art to reach the festival page.  The Sherman Dept. of Tourism, 903 957 0310 also has complete information.
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				<title><![CDATA[MOSCOW RULES]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:49:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[MOSCOW RULES
Dan Silva
G. P. Putnam & Sons

Gabriel Allon, the spy made famous by Daniel Silva, has taken a sort of sabbatical in MOSCOW RULES. He has just been married and he and his lovely wife, Chiara, have come to Umbria, Italy and are enjoying the quiet of the countryside in a huge mansion. Chiara was left to sleep, walk and swim in the beautiful house while Gabriel (under the pseudonym of "Alessio Vanelli) was sequestered in the drawing room working on his latest project." Gabriel (Alex for short) has been commissioned by the Pope, himself, to restore a beautiful painting by the artist, Poisson. The days are long and lovely until one day when Alex is summoned by his long-time fellow spy, Uzi Navot. He never finished the Poisson.

Navot persuades Gabriel to postpone his honeymoon for a bit, because a critical situation has arisen. A noted newspaper reporter, Boris Ostrovsky, is reported to be coming to Italy to meet with someone he can confide a great Russian sec]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[ROAD TO NOWHERE]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:03:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[ROAD TO NOWHERE
Paul Robertson
Bethany House Publishers

The gavel banged on the table loudly starting the bi-monthly meeting of  the "Jefferson County North Carolina Board of Supervisors."  Joe Esterhouse has been the chairman of the Board for forty years and ROAD TO NOWHERE by Paul Robertson shows the reader how badly Joe dreads this meeting more than any prior meeting he has attended for two reasons. The first reason is that his long-time friend , Mort Walker, is no longer a member of the board. After his untimely death a strange woman, Eliza Gulotsky (a weird woman as far as Joe is concerned), is finishing his term. The second reason, and an important one, is the letter he needs to present to the board &#45; one that is going to cause so much trouble.

Joe has received a letter from the North Carolina Department of Transportation regarding a road that may be built from the side of the mountain down through his town of Wardsville. This short letter is about to start a ]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[SHERMAN THEATRE OFFERS DINNER THEATRE]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:21:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[The first two weekends in August, the Sherman Community Players Board of Directors will be hosting a dinner theatre production of the Neil Simon comedy LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS as a benefit for the local theatre group.  This is the seventh year for the event, which in the past, has played to sold-out houses.

The format is very much like the dinner theatres in the Dallas area, which were so popular several years ago. The event will be held in the Honey McGee Playhouse located directly behind the Finley Theatre, and seating will be limited to only 94 people.  Candlelit tables of four on varying levels surrounding three sides of the performance area make for a very intimate dining and theatre-going experience.  A salad course is served, and then the first act of the play is presented, followed by the main course.  The second act is performed next, followed by dessert, and then the final act.  An attentive wait staff serves the catered meal and complimenary wine is available.
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				<title><![CDATA[Sherman Arts Festival Preview]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:18:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[Texoma Woodcarvers Guild 2008 Nativity Scene is now on display in the foyer of the Sherman Public Library.  For the third year, each member of the group has contributed one carved piece to the project, which numbers seventeen figures.  The pieces are carved of butternut, using an angles and planes technique, and will be on exhibit at the library through the month of July.
The project is a charitable fundraiser for the group, with proceeds to be donated this year to Home Hospice of Grayson County.   The winner of the Nativity Scene will be chosen Sept. 20, at Sherman Arts Festival.
Also on display at the library are a variety of carving styles and pieces, representative of the members&#39; work.    The Annual Show and Sale for the Texoma Woodcarvers will take place Sept. 19 &#45; 20, on the stage of the Sherman Municipal Ballroom.
The woodcarving group meets on the second and last Tuesday evening of each month except December, at 6 p.m., at the Sherman Senior Center.  In addition membe]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[StriperMaster Lake Texoma Fishing Report 7/11/2008]]></title> 
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				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:15:00 CST</pubDate> 				
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					<![CDATA[  Striper fishing on Lake Texoma the first part of July as started out extremely good. We are finding large schools of stripers working the surface in open water and also in the shallows early in the morning. This sure makes for easy pickings. We have been using "Pencil Poppers" and "Chug Bugs" to catch the top water stripers we have found. 

    I am off of Live Bait Fishing for the next few weeks. When the stripers go deep, I am using 2 ounce Lorens Slabs and the new 1.5 ounce TNT 180 from TrollingNolansTackle.com as samples and they have worked great. The fish I am targeting have moved out to the main lake areas and are just about everywhere you look for them, deep water, shallows, ledges and along the banks. For the next couple of weeks I will be strictly using topwater baits and slabs as we have been catching much better quality of fish on them compared to the live bait. 

   There are alot of striper guide boats and weekend anglers on the water chasing the topwater st]]>
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