Dr. John Ballotti, Sherry Johnson and Debbie Patterson visit the Blacklands Cafe, representing the Commerce Community Action Program, or C-CAP. Sherry discusses the planned bus trip to the Choctaw Casino in Durant, Okla., Wednesday, March 18. The deadline to make a reservation is Thursday, March 12. Debbie discusses the "We Care Fair" for non-profit organizations Saturday, April 25. And Dr. Ballotti says the Community Garden, on property behind the First United Methodist Church, is ready for spring gardeners.
Steve Killian, superintendent of Cooper Lake State Park, says the park will be full of campers and other visitors the next two weeks for spring break. Steve says about 50 percent of the park's visitors come from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Carol Taylor, Hunt County Historical Commission chairman, reflects on the arrival of the 2020s, 100 years after the "Roaring '20s" of the 20th Century. Carol says the 1920s weren't so "roaring" in rural parts of Texas.
Dr. LaVelle Hendricks, associate professor of counseling at Texas A&M-Commerce, says a diversity, equity and inclusion meeting for A&M-Commerce students, faculty and staff will take place at 12 noon Tuesday in The Club of the Sam Rayburn Student Center.
