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VOLUME 134, NUMBER 47
Your County Seat Newspaper Since 1882—Home Of The World Famous First Monday Trade Days
2 SECTIONS, 16 PAGES WITH INSERTS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016
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Falling into festivals Canton’s annual Fall Festival was held Oct. 8, with a crowd of young and old joining in celebration of a new season. A highlight of the Festival was Dinner on Main Street. The event was catered by Buttermilk’s. Diners were seated in the center of Main Street to enjoy a dinner under the autumn sky. The children’s area consisted of fall activities including painting, bobbing for apples and bounce houses. Proceeds generated from the Fall Festival will be used for the Main Street program beautification projects. The Canton Fall Festival is a project of the Canton Main Street advisory board. See more photos on 7B.
A table in downtown Canton is decorated for the Dinner on Main Street event. The dinner was held as a fundraiser as part of the Canton Fall Festival. Photo by Faith Caughron
Marching to the beat
Fall festivals fill calendar October is festival season, and the weekend of Oct. 14-16 will have six festivals or events for Van Zandt residents to choose from. Whether it be the eclectic Edom Festival of the Arts show or the Canton Quilt Show, there is something to please all ages. US Highway 80 Sale The Hwy. 80 Sale will begin at 8 a.m. daily Oct. 14 through 16 and will draw crowds from far and wide looking for a bargain, according to the East Texas Tourism Association. Organized to promote and increase tourism trade and traffic along US 80, the first coast-to-coast, all-weather highway in
See FESTIVALS, Page 8A
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CHS Band hits right notes By Britne Hammons News Editor
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CHS Senior Jared Miller practices on his alto saxophone while CHS Band Director Mike Bartley looks on.
alking into the Canton High School Band hall, one could see the plentiful trophies and awards displayed or brass tubas waiting patiently in a corner. If visitors are really lucky, they might get serenaded by the smooth and throaty notes of an alto saxophone being played by senior band student
Invasion of the crickets Hordes of crickets hit VZC
By Tommy Phillips County Extension Agent Our office phone has been lighting up like a pin ball machine the last few weeks due to insect calls. A round of calls we have been experiencing, seeing and hearing has been the compliant of multitudes of crickets all around the county. You see them everyone you go…on sidewalks, on walls, yards, etc. Cricket outbreaks are one of the most predictable pest events of the year in most areas of Texas. Late summer and fall are when adult crickets become especially abunClassifieds Local Obituaries Opinion Sports
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dant around homes and commercial buildings. Although the cricket species associated with outbreaks in Texas have not been well studied, most belong to the Gryllus assimilis complex, and are collectively referred to as black field crickets, or field crickets. Biology Field cricket eggs are laid in the fall, approximately two weeks after females mature and develop wings. Firm, bare soil sites are preferred for egg-laying. A single female cricket may lay from 150 to 400 eggs. Eggs remain in the soil throughout the winter and hatch the following
WEATHER 2A 81/65
10/13 A few thunderstorms possible. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 60s.
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10/14 Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the upper 60s.
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10/15 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the low 70s.
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87/70
10/16 Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the low 70s.
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10/17 Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the low 70s.
Jared Miller. Canton High School Band Director Mike Bartley hears a multitude of musical notes a day, whether it be from the percussion line or the delicate trills of a flute. Bartley’s office at Canton High School has a front stage ticket to the band hall of CHS, where students come to learn, play melodies and leave with the appreciation of music firmly tucked in their being.
See BAND, Page 3A
more lights, more bugs Outdoor lighting is the most important single cause of severe cricket infestations around homes and commercial buildings.
spring. Cricket nymphs can be identified by the incomplete development of the wings. Immature crickets require approximately three months to complete their development and become adults. Once the cricket reaches the adult stage it is capable of flight and mating. Cricket outbreaks occur when large numbers of nymphs complete their development and embark on nighttime mating flights.
See CRICKETS, Page 8A
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