Fishing on Lake Texoma took on a new twist when the lake got its first stock of Striped Bass. A species known for its voracious appetite and extreme power, stripers, or rockfish or linesiders or rollers or squidhounds or greenheads or, if you are of an ichthyologic bent, Morone sasatilis, are saltwater fish that spawn in fresh water.
Month: December 2006
Remembering Dr. Sara
After 38 years of marriage, the doctors P.T. and Sara Swamy had discussed most every subject—including death. Sara’s mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, as well as her aunt, lived well past 90, and Sam, as Sara affectionately called her husband, was sure he would precede her in death, but a automobile accident took Sara’s life on June 17, 2005, the day after her 62nd birthday.
Grayson’s Attic
Every old house had an attic.
Grayson County has a big attic on Walnut Street in Sherman. It’s called the Red River Historical Museum.
Terry Spearman
Most kids draw dogs and bunnies, airplanes and cars: Terry Spearman drew politicians. Actually, he was probably past the bunny stage when he began doing political cartoons for the Durant Daily Democrat, but it seems unlikely that bunnies ever came off his pencil, even when he started.
Exploring Our Neighborhoods
There are neighborhoods in Texoma’s towns where, if no modern automobiles intrude, a visitor could believe he was back in the the 1920s or 30s. In contrast, the growls of earthmovers drown out the birds around the new developments near US 75 and US 82. This dichotomy of old and new may be Texoma’s signature.
Acting Up
Every story has a beginning. For Ron Cassady, managing director of Main Stage, a division of the Sherman Community Players (SCP) designed specifically for adults, that start was 32 years ago. It was 1974, and SCP was still small. “I kind of came in on the low end of it when it was still a little group,” says Cassady. “It’s grown and I’ve grown with it and grown with the community.”
Lee Hudgins: Cowman
Traveling west from Sherman on U.S. 82 where Bar 7 Road hits the highway, you top a rise. The horizon reaches out as the land falls away, and you are out of the cross timbers and onto the prairie. This dividing line is a great fold in the earth’s crust running from central Texas to Montana. Geologists call it the Preston Anticline, and it is where the West begins.
Texoma’s Multi-Million Dollar Homes
We pass them on our way to work. Situated on a well-manicured landscaped hill, tucked deep into a stand of old-growth oaks, or sitting stately in the center of a large parcel of acreage, surrounded by pristine white pipe and wire fencing, at the end of a private road. They are Texoma’s Multi-Million Dollar Homes.
Life Designs: Carol Davis
Long before HGTV, Carol Davis was performing magical makeovers on Sherman homes and offices. She approaches every job with an almost ferocious enthusiasm. “I’ve always been passionate about the interior design business,” Carol said.