.ugb-dd3c00a .ugb-blockquote__text{font-size:23px !important} While the term “Renaissance Man” is often overused, Edward Michael “Mike” Southerland came close if not having fully achieved such a recognition among his many... Read More
Author: Dan Acree
Texoma Living! Magazine Closes
As reported by KTEN-TV on May 4, 2010 After nearly four years and seventeen issues, Texoma’s best-read publication will publish for the last time with the release of the May/June edition. Owner and publisher Dan Acree said the rocky economy of... Read More
Stairway to Heaven
Diamond Pointe towers above Lake Texoma and provides a private enclave with a view for owners.
For Extra Body
Reading the labels on common everyday products can be revealing.
No Batteries Needed
Discovering the world of books was a far greater gift than little army men or toys that required batteries to power a child’s imagination.
My Best Christmas
Looking back at all of my Christmases I see a theme, loving and sharing. That’s the gift mom gave to me. There’s always someone who needs something that you can give. Even if you have no money, you can share what you do have. It’s the love you give away that matters most.
Card Man Doug
The phone is ringing off the wall, comic book collectors are perusing the shelves of graphic novels, and two kids are rifling through a stack of football cards up front, in the constant bustle of the sports collectable business that surrounds Doug Coleman every day
Horror House
Tucked away off Taylor Street in Sherman is a hidden house of horror. Next door to a snow cone stand, and within sight of Fairview Park, the old Anderson Slaughterhouse has been gutted and transformed into its own spookier, creepier twin.
Child Guidance Center
Help, Hope and Healing is what the Child and Family Guidance Center has tried to do ever since it was founded in 1966 by Mrs. Alma Howell, pediatricians Dr. Max Woodard and Dr. Don Freeman, and members of the Grayson County Mental Health Association.
Cowboys at Work
The alarm sounds at 4am. In a dimly lighted barn the horses are fed and saddled, the stalls cleaned, all before the light of day, all before the real work can begin. The mornings may be routine, but the rest of the day is far from it.