GOOD MORNING: Volunteerism does a community good
Herald Democrat
Tuesday I was excited to get to go to see the Grayson County commissioner s court in person and watch as some long-time volunteers for Texoma Exposition and Livestock Show were honored. Some of those ladies volunteered for more than 40 years and I tell you a little secret, at least one of them said she was just stepping away from her official position. She fully plans to continue to volunteer.
This past year has been an odd one for a zillion reasons, but one of them is the lack of the number of times I have talked to volunteers for the various organizations in the county. Generally a year would see me talking to dozens of those people about the work they are doing for the community.
Denison formally annexes Loy Park
Herald Democrat
Efforts by Denison to incorporate Loy Lake Park into the city concluded this week as city leaders formally annexed the property into the city. The Denison City Council quietly formalized the annexation during a meeting Monday night as a part of the consent agenda with no individual discussion.
The annexation came nearly four months after the city and Grayson County announced plans to transfer the park from county to city ownership in an effort to make best use of the 200-acre site. Loy Lake Park is in the center of our community and it sets directly in our path for our growth. We are going to grow organically moving west from Highway 75 and quite frankly, we couldn t stop it if we wanted to. As it sits right now, Loy Lake has very little opportunity improvement but so much potential to become a point of pride in our region, Mayor Janet Gott said late last year.