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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

The executive director of Virginia’s House in Graham and Dr. Goodall’s House in Breckenridge, Susie Clack, stepped down last week, and Trish Remington was named to the post for both organizations.

Remington stepped down from her position of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) coordinator for Virginia’s House and Dr. Goodall’s House to take up the role as executive director of both centers. Clack recommended Remington to the Virginia’s House executive committee who then presented the idea to the Virginia’s House board, which made the final decision.

The Graham High School song starts with, ‘Let our voices loudly ringing, Echo far and near,’ and just like the song, the class of 2017 let themselves be heard during their graduation ceremony Friday.

Parents, friends and family members filled the GHS gymnasium to honor the graduates and their high school achievements. At the front of the presentation sat 174 graduates and, one, distinguished honor graduate Hudson Peavy, led the invocation.

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.