Lifestyles

Graham High School staff member Toni Stansell can be seen at every Steers football game. Stansell loves football. Forget about college on Saturdays or NFL on Sundays. It is the Friday night lights and high school football that she loves. In particular, it is the Graham Steers that she loves. She can be seen in the stands every Friday, cheering and crocheting for the team she loves.

Crocheting, yes, she brings her hook and yarn to every football game. It is her way of keeping calm during the game. It is also her way of giving back to the parents of her “adopted sons.”

Our Daily Bread begins its 10th year of operation on Monday at First United Methodist Church. The program provides a free hot lunch and sandwich supper to all who attend. Due to the rise of COVID-19 cases, the church has made changes to the way the program will work.

Beginning Monday, July 6, and running through August 14, the church will be handing out meals from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. via curbside pickup. These changes allow the program to continue in a safe manner until the number of COVID-19 cases begin to drop in Graham and Young County.

The Graham Community Food Bank and Graham Area Crisis Center both received facelifts recently when volunteers from Oak Street Baptist Church and HighRidge Church each took part in service projects.

Graham High School was the host of a 2019 Fellowship of Christian Athletes Fields of Faith event on Oct. 9. According to a release from Big Country East FCA, approximately 1,800 students gathered at Newton Field for the 11th annual event.

Students from Olney, Graham, Newcastle, Bryson, Breckenridge, Throckmorton, Perrin, Mineral Wells and Woodson traveled to the event to hear music from the Lucas West Worship Band. Pastor Shane Pruitt from Dallas was the guest speaker.

Cristina Reeve is a champion.

Diagnosed in 2013 with triple-negative breast cancer, she went through chemotherapy, mastectomy and hysterectomy and she won. “We did everything we thought was appropriate to end the fight,” she said. She fought a battle against breast cancer and defeated it; or so she thought.

It’s time for local artists to think about entering their works in the annual Lake Country Show in Graham, hosted by the Graham Art Guild and presented at the Old Post Office Museum and Art Center.

The juried show, for paid-up members of one’s local art club or guild, will be held from Saturday, Aug. 5 through Friday, Aug. 25. There is a limit of five entries per person; $25 entry fee for up to five pieces.

Registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 1 and 2, at the OPOMAC, and a reception will be held at the same location at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5.

The 12th annual Run for the Children 5K and 10K event was on Third and Oak Street in Graham last Saturday, May 20.

Will Walton won overall on the men’s side with a time of 19:52 while Sarah Roye won overall on the women’s side with a time of 21:47. A full list of results for the 5k and 10K run can be found here.