There will be both a reception and a reading and book signing with Sandra Brown. She will have her two latest books, “Rainwater” and “Slash Cut” for sale and autographing..

A reception with light refreshments will be held in the “Clock Room” on the 5th floor of City Hall beginning at 6:30 P. M. A donation of $35.00 is suggested to attend both the reception and the reading..

Tickets to attend only the reading and book signing beginning at 7:30 P.M.are $20.00.

Go to wwwfriscolibrary.com for tickets and more information. Tickets can be purchased at the “ask me” desk on the first floor of the library.

Hope to see you there.

November 15, 2009, 1-5 p.m

What:

Mosey on down to the Frisco Heritage Museum for the Shawnee Trail Cowboy Day, 1-5 p.m., Sunday, November 15 and witness authentic Old West gun fights or catch a free ride in a stagecoach. Explore the museum for a look at artifacts used by real cowboys and learn about the Shawnee Trail. The exhibit includes items of clothing, maps, spurs, guns, saddles and other memorabilia never exhibited before now.

Some of the structure in Heritage Center will also be open to the public in conjunction with this event.

Dr. Rogers was Frisco’s first doctor and first mayor.

Please try to be there to support this important project of the Heritage Association of Frisco.

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In addition to hundreds of recipes contributed by local cooks, Volume 2 of the Frisco Heritage Cookbook contains historic information on the town’s early restaurants, well-known cooks, and old-time recipes such as Rabbit Stew and Poke Salet. It is useful and enjoyable reading for the cooks and cookbook collectors in your family.

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The book is hard back, spiral bound, 400 recipes and 12 pages of Frisco food history. $20 plus $4 S&H.

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HAF members with Maetha Smith Great-Great Niece of William and Abbie Allen (early leaders of education and the Methodist Church) at the dedication of Allen Elementary.

Mr. Isbell with former teachers and students

Ken Creager , James Roy Kanaman and granddaughter (descendants of Z.T. Acker) unveil plaque

Volunteers who have served this year tell me that it is a really enjoyable experience and they are eager to serve again.

School tours last about an hour. We try to keep groups limited to twenty students. Three groups touring the museum at a time is the norm. Each group is chaperoned by a teacher and/or several parents. Behavior has not been a problem at the museum. If behavior should become a problem, the whole group would be asked to leave.

Training for school volunteers and volunteers who will on want to be greeters at this time, is being conducted at the Museum on three Thursdays in September. Scripts/ museum information have been prepared for tours conducted inside the museum and for tours outside the museum. This training program is intended for volunteers who have not previously served; it is being offered as a refresher course for returning volunteers. The course is optional for returning guides, but will be mandatory for new guides.

The first week will be an introduction to and walk through the museum. Volunteers will receive the script for the inside tour and the training schedule. A detailed discussion of the script will be held the second week. The third week volunteers will conduct a tour of the museum with a qualified mentor.

Oh, yes! Training classes are on Thursdays – September 10, September 17, and September 24 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Heritage Museum, 6455 Page Street – next door to Babe’s.

If you are interested please contact: Betty Jo King

rking35482@aol.com

Program topics and schedules are as follows:

• July 30 – Farming in Early Denton County & Early 20th Century Life –
• August 6 – Historic Hispanic Families of Denton County –
• August 13 – Farming in Early Denton County & Early 20th Century Life –
• August 20 – Ranching, Brands, and Cattle Trails –

Each presentation provide a range of information about Denton County, which can also provide a snapshot of what life was like in other small communities in this region of Collin and Denton Counties. These traveling museum programs also include various illustrations and real artifacts dating from the late 1800s to 1900 that provides participants with a real “hands-on” point of view. The storytelling style of these programs is appropriate for school-aged children (K-12) and adults, and audience interaction with the artifacts is encouraged.

For more information, contact the Frisco Heritage Museum at 972-292-5665 or visit the web at http://www.friscomuseum.com

Present the attached letter with the organization’s barcode to your cashier upon checkout. After they have scanned your Kroger Plus Card you will be enrolled for the current year of the Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation Program. Every time you shop at Kroger and use your enrolled Kroger Plus Card, Kroger will contribute a percentage of your eligible purchases to the Kroger Neighbor to Neighbor Donation fund. Once a card is scanned with the barcode, it will be active for the remainder of the program year.

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