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The Graham Regional Theatre closes their 2016-17 year with a summer musical performance of “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” which will be showing for two weeks starting Friday, June 23, at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Auditorium.

GRT Director Christian Sanders has been working with a cast of over 40 members for the last five weeks to make sure the performance is ready for its debut Friday.  Preparation for the scheduling of show must be done far in advance though, Sanders said.

Graham Junior High Principal Ginger Robbins and Assistant Principal Audra Barrett were named by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals as the Region 9 Principal and Assistant Principal of the year.

The portion of U.S. 380 from Graham eastward to the limits of Bryson in Jack County will be designated as the Henry H. King Memorial Highway after the decision passed in the 85th legislative session.

King served in the Army during World War II, and as a prisoner of war survived the Bataan Death March and the destruction of Nagasaki by atomic bomb.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 216 on March 26, to be effective immediately. The bill was first filed by District 68 Rep. Drew Springer on Nov. 14, 2016, and passed both the Texas House and Senate.

For a second year the Graham Regional Theatre is hosting their Youth Summer Camp which leads up to a performance of “The Lion King Jr.,” Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium.

“The Lion King Jr.” is two-act musical adapted from the larger musical version of “The Lion King,” that will be performed entirely by the children in the GRT Youth Summer Camp. The play was chosen based on being a well known story, GRT Director Christian Sanders said.

Three events in Graham shared success for a third year in a row last Saturday, with the main event, the Food Truck Championship of Texas, drawing in huge crowds despite the possibility of bad weather.

The first steps towards the digitization of 136 rolls of microfilmed archives of The Graham Leader have been taken by the Library of Graham through the University of North Texas’ program, The Portal to Texas History.

The Portal to Texas History is an online resource for rare, historical and primary source materials from or about Texas that was created by and is maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries. The Portal has hundreds of content partners across the state who provide a growing collection of resources online.

The 2017 Food Truck Championship of Texas took place on the Graham downtown square last Saturday and attracted droves of visitors from all around who wanted a bite to eat.

Food trucks came from all around to compete for the $10,000 grand championship prize that this year was won by The Gypsy Kit for a second time. The Gypsy Kit also won the prize during the first food truck event in 2015 and were beaten the second year in 2016 by the food truck Bite my Biscuit.

2017 Food Truck Championship Winners