How many technicians does it take to change the light bulb at the top of a three-hundred foot tower? Probably just one if it’s Jon Johnson. He climbs towers—radio, TV, communication— for Shipman Communications of Denison, the company that keeps police and fire departments all over Texoma talking to each other. We see those flashing [...]

Laura Barajas has patrolled downtown Sherman for ten years, armed only with a radio and her formidable chalking stick. She wears a grey Sherman P.D. t-shirt, blue shorts, and a farmer’s tan. She walks about a mile on each of her routes, taking approximately eight thousand brisk steps a day. Barajas writes an average of [...]

Shawn Teamann wants to pump you up. Shawn Teamann was born in Anna and played football for Southeastern Oklahoma State University while earning a Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education. When his gridiron career ended, he took up natural bodybuilding. His mother, Jan Thomas, was an amateur bodybuilder in the lightweight division during [...]

In her fifty-seven years behind the reference desk at the Denison Public Library, Dixie Foster has been asked some strange questions. “All in all it’s an interesting job and I learn something new every day. Working in a library is fascinating.” There was the curious ten-year-old who wanted to know, “How do snakes take baths?” [...]