May 2023

Sarah Graves was recently announced as a 2023 recipient of the Sherman Rotary Club Ben Blackburn Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. She is a graduate of Texoma Christian School. During her high school years, Graves was a member of the National Honor Society serving as vice president, the student council serving as secretary, Sisters in Service, worship team, and varsity cheer team serving as captain. She is the daughter of Christopher and Ivy Graves. She plans to major in health science when she attends Baylor University in the fall. In the future, she hopes to become an occupational therapist.

Sherman Community Players will bring the Tony-award-nominated blue-collar musical “The Full Monty” by Terrence McNally and David Yazbek to the Finley Theater stage beginning June 2. A SCP news release said the play tells the story of six long-unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York who, desperate for a way to earn money, decide to produce their own Chippendales-style dance show after seeing their wives’ enthusiasm for a performance by a touring group that comes to their city.

Sherman Independent School District knows that just because school is out for the summer doesn’t mean that all families can afford to replace the meals their children generally get at school. For that reason, the district is providing a summer meals program and it kicks off with a party at Hawn Park, 900 S. Dewey Ave., on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.