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Residents living in and around Canton can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. Canton Senior Citizens Center will host this community event on Feb. 25, located at 200 Groves St in Canton.

Multiple programs have rolled out of the Van Zandt County Sarah Norman Library this month including: Blind Date with a Book; Get to know the Librista App; Celebrating Black History Month and Support the VZC Library on Amazon. Blind Date with a Book

The great outdoors beckons people of all ages. Fresh air can be hard to resist and the benefits of spending time outdoors are so numerous that it behooves anyone, including seniors, to answer the call of nature.

The Colfax Cemetery on Highway 17 in Van Zandt County is home to a new tabernacle, erected to replace the original tabernacle that stood for decades. Shelly Huff, trustee of the Colfax Cemetery Association, said that the new tabernacle has a lot of improvements but still carries a bit of the old tabernacle’s history to present day.

A resolution and a contract calling and ordering a city election to be held on Saturday, May 7, were approved unanimously by the Van City Council during their meeting Feb. 10.

“I am Sandra Plaster, your VZC Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace. Having served since Sept. 8, 2017, and after much prayerful consideration, I will be seeking a second term as your Justice of the Peace in the Republican Party election on March 1, 2022.

Van Zandt Farm Bureau and Texas AgriLife Extension Service will hold a two-night forage management series with the topic of “Dealing with High Fertilizer Costs” at the Farm Bureau Event Center, 220 Burnett Trail in Canton on Feb. 15 and 22.

For the third straight meeting, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court tabled the reading of the minutes from three previous meetings during their regular session Feb. 2.