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NE Texas Children's Museum Enjoys A Big July

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Sharline Freeman, director of the Northeast Texas Children's Museum in Commerce, says the museum had its best July ever, with almost 4,000 visitors from 128 cities.  Sharline says the museum has recently received contributions of an outdoor construction play area from At-Home Real Estate and an indoor slide from the Heritage Land Company.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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