March 17, 2011 - The 5th Annual Spring Break in Bonham Bluegrass Festival will be held March 18-19 at the Fannin County Multi-Purpose Complex at 700 FM 87 (Hwy. 56 and FM 87) in Bonham. On Friday the festivities are from 1-10 p.m. and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. until 10 p.m.

March 17, 2011 - The Fannin County Master Gardeners will meet on Monday, April 4, at noon in the Williams Building at the First Presbyterian Church located at the corner of Center and 9th Street in Bonham.

Following the business meeting there will be a special program on how to grow vegetables in hay bales, presented by Frances Robinson, who is a master gardener from Lamar County. Robinson will also discuss how to preserve and store seeds from plants in your garden.

March 17, 2011 - During the feral hog hunt in the county recently, a total of 137 hogs were harvested. Of those, 55 were given away to people requesting them, the rest were either utilized by the owner for personal use or sold in Windom to the State Buying Facility. A total of 12 teams signed up and three separate individuals. Winners were as follows: first place ($1000) - Brad Phillips of Telephone, second place ($750) - Alan Andrew of Honey Grove, and thirdplace ($500) - Andy Moss of Chicota. Daily prize winners were Brad Phillipsof Telephone, Holly McCutchin, of Dallas, Austin McKinney of Lewisville, Michael Sylkatis ofMcKinney, Ray Lopez, of Farmers Branch, Frank Payne of Chicota, Alan Andrew of Honey Grove, and Steve Bennett of Trenton.

March 17, 2011 - The Fannin County Master Gardeners' seventh annual 2011 Garden, Lawn & Home Expo is set for Saturday, March 26, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Bonham Civic Center, located at 1000 W 5th St. in Bonham, on the corner of State Highways 121 and 56.