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Van Zandt County Genealogical Society members and guests learned all about how to be Sherlock Holmes at their meeting on Saturday, May 27 in Canton. Tamara Hallo, renowned genealogist and instructor, showed how genealogists really are amateur detectives, becoming sleuths in the search for ancestors and family history.

Busy summer planned at VZC Library Here it is end of May, first of June already. Yay for the graduates and school is out.

Following a presentation by the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Department May 24, the VZC Commissioners Court unanimously approved the appointment of a new communications and technology administrator for the department. Lt. Joe Maddox of the VZC Sheriff’s Department was named to the new position in the sheriff’s department following a presentation by Maddox and VZC Sheriff Joe Carter to the commissioners’ court during its regular session. “I know this is not budget time but there is a need for this new position,” pointed out Carter to the commissioners’ court. “This new P-25 radio program brings our radio emergency communications for VZC from 1970s technology up to modern day technology. It is a big program with lots of working parts to it with a big budget. I want to make this system a success.

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“Same bank. Same name. Same family. New look,” shares East Texas based Austin Bank regarding its new logo, tag line and brand colors. The bank is the same bank it has always been, with the same commitment to its customers, employees and communities. They have simply modernized their look. The Austin family and all leadership remains the same. Austin Bank is proud of its commitment to the communities they have served for over 120 years.

The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office released the following arrest report from May 9-May 17. Michael Jose Alvizo, 33, Edgewood, arrested on site for driving while intoxicated.

The new officers of the Martin’s Hundred Chapter, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, were installed at the Tri-County Library in Mabank on May 11. Tamara Mouliere facilitated the installation of President Carrie Woolverton, Vice President JoAnn Bowman, Chaplain/ Librarian Rebecca Rosson, Treasurer Sherrie Archer, Secretary/ Historian Patricia Thibodeau and Registrar Karen Hall.