The quilts travel for one year after the contest and following their tour, they are auctioned at the National Quilt Museum Benefit Auction.

Snakes of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge will be the topic for a special presentation on Sunday afternoon, July 27, at 3:00. pm. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Intern Aaron Blount will speak on identifying snakes at the Refuge, their importance to the local ecology, and safe handling for removal. Blount will also display some of his pet snakes. photo by Allen Rich

Arrest- July 16, 100 Block E 5th St. Arresting Officer Cpl. Cory Brookshire. Officers were dispatched to a business in reference to a theft.

Bonham will be going quilt crazy during the 5th Annual Bonham Quilt Hop Friday and Saturday, July 25 – 26. The event kicks off Friday from 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. with quilts being displayed in eight different locations citywide including the Creative Arts Center, Sam Rayburn Library Museum, Fannin County Museum of History, Fannin County Historical Society, Bonham Public Library, Bonham Senior Nutrition Center, Bonham Civic Center and the Bonham Visitor Information Center.

If you work in any of the three themes of this exhibit, we would love to have you enter our non-juried show.

(L-R) Members of the Sam Rayburn Foundation Board of Trustees, Dee Kelly, Ft. Worth; Sharron L. Cox, Secretary/Treasurer, Bonham; Pete Geren, Ft. Worth; Cindy Kelly Barnes, Austin; and Dr. Don Carleton, of Austin, Texas. They are standing before the Statute of Sam Rayburn housed in the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas.

Do things really come alive at night in the museum?

Dr. Amanda Boutot, board certified behavior analyst and associate professor of special education at Texas State University, will speak about play-based applied behavior analysis with infants or toddlers with autism. Boutot is also the coordinator of the graduate program in autism and applied behavior analysis at Texas State University. Her research is in early identification and early intervention in autism.

Libby 360 by Barbara Oliver Hartman - 8-pointed star design on tie-dyed background

The Bluestem Master Naturalists of Grayson County will offer a seminar titled Invaders of Texas, a Citizen Program to Detect and Report Invasive Species. This seminar will be taught by Justin Bush, the Invasive Species Coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. Invaders of Texas will be offered Sunday, July 20, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Grayson County Courthouse, second floor assembly room, 100 W. Houston Street, Sherman, Texas.

The 2014 Bonham Quilt Hop offers the chance to see hundreds of beautiful quilts and interesting quilt demonstrations. Additionally there will be fun and games, and many vendors will be on hand to sell quilts and fabric-related items. Free shuttle bus service to all locations will be provided on Saturday, courtesy of TAPS.

10:00 a.m. Monday, July 21

We are growing rapidly and offer a terrific opportunity for professional development and increasing responsibility.

9:00 a.m. Monday, July 21

How often do you get a chance to save a life?

Application deadline 5:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Resumes submitted without a completed application will not be accepted.

6:00 p.m. Monday, July 21