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(1-888-637-6347)Museum workshop set for FridayAUSTIN––The Texas As-

sociation of Museums (TAM) and the Texas Historical Commission (THC) will host a museum services workshop on Friday, Dec. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Brenham Heritage Mu-seum at 105 S. Market St. in Brenham.

Titled “Can You Hear Me Now? Connecting to Visitors through Real Sto-ries of Artifacts and Place,” the workshop will focus on effective storytelling in museum interpretation and how object-based narrative can strengthen the impact of an exhibit.

Join TAM and the THC to

learn how to use storytelling to connect your museum with your audience in rele-vant and meaningful ways.

Topics covered will in-clude engaging multiple perspectives, identifying the “four truths” of a story, reframing questions, and ap-proaching difficult history.

Instructor Erin L. Mc-Clelland is an interpretation specialist from Austin with extensive experience in his-toric and public spaces.

She has a bachelor’s de-gree in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis, and a master’s degree in American Studies from the University of Texas at

Austin. In 2010, she was elected to

the TAM Council and cur-rently serves as chair and secretary of the Long-Range Planning Committee.

“This workshop offers participants the opportunity to learn what really reso-nates with museum visitors and what gets them engaged with exhibits, collections, and place,” said Laura Casey, state coordinator of the THC’s Museum Services Program. “At the THC, our tagline is ‘real places telling real stories,’ and this work-shop will demonstrate how that phrase and mission can be brought to life.”

The workshop curricu-lum was developed by the American Association for State and Local History, with grant funding from the Insti-tute of Museum and Library Services.

Online registration is available at http://www.prismnet.com/~tam/educa-tion.html.

The $35 fee includes a box lunch and workshop materi-als. Advance registration is required by Dec. 2.

For more information re-garding the THC’s Museum Services Program, contact the History Programs Divi-sion at 512-463-5853, or visit www.thc.state.tx.us.

New Diana elementary releases honor rolls Robert F. Hunt Elemen-

tary School at New Diana ISD has released its honor roll for the 2nd six-week period of the current school year.

The “A” Honor Roll in-cludes:

1st Grade—Avery Cowan, Talan Ferguson, Kadence Higginbotham, Avery How-ard, Donald McDowell, Kiera Oliver, Madasion Smith, Katelyn St Clair, Chloe Bon-nette, Branson Hankins, Luke Little, Kendall Luther, Noah Randle, Lydia Smith, Marty Sullivan, Sutton Ware, Aaron Weathermon, Gracee

Wisdom, Christiana, Carlyle, Brooklyn DeSomer, Ayden Dollison, Samuel Garrison, Austin Hineman, Hadley Overby, Rachel Robertson, Keaton Bogue, Brinklie Brown, Olivia Carder, Ady-son Gray, Kaiden Robinson and Dianely Rojo.

2nd Grade—Tyler Ben-son, Sophia Carder, Mav-erick Jester, Peyton Loftis, Fara Mahfood, Harrison Oney, Kaden Reynolds, Aimee Waller, Payton Ware, Meaghan English, Madison Magee, Abigail Shafer, Cohle Sherman, Matthew Smith

and Robert Woods.Also, Jayden Atkins, Pax-

ton Diaz, Addison Ferguson, Emma Hamilton, Jon Moore, Ashlyn Norsworthy, Au-drey Stark, Jagger Walker, Ryan Delorme, Grayson Howard, Tyson Howell, Dy-lan Hughes, Reagan Reece, Aiden Rodriguez and Christa Shadowen.

3rd Grade—Joshua Brown, Sophia Carder, Raeley Hol-comb, Hayden McMillan, Chelsea Mitchell, Layla Stapleton, Sckyler Bias, Lil-ian Maddox, Allie Sims and Kamrin Wilson-Woodall.

Also, Gavin Winn, Kath-erine Yount, Brendan Don-aghy, Demi Ferguson, Ryder Gibson, Avery Holcomb, Hailey McIntire, Logan Sim-mons, Torri Ward, Elizabeth Hagler, Tiffany Hedrick, Symry Mitchell, Jacob New-land and Abigail Thornton.

“A” Average includes:1st Grade—Maverick Al-

len, Starrmia Dixon, Joseph Maranto, Brooklyn Watson, Liam Donaghy, Elizabeth Hutchison, Bailee Yates, Har-lie Easterling, Landon Holly, Juan Alba, Hayden Cheshire, Delilah Loza-Duarte, Nathan

Perkins and Remington Rountree.

2nd Grade—Peyton Aber-nathy, Kynli Martin, William Newland, Austin Kerns, Lau-rel Thomas, Garrett Christie, Trinity Quinn, Rian Thomas and Daylen George.

3rd Grade—Steven Fore-man, Trinity Patty, Jonathan Shadowen, Alydia Ditmore, Mackenzie Ludgate, Leon-drea Peake, Ashley Trujillo, Diana Hardwick, Mason Mal-lon, Sadie Thomlinson and Brayson Birdsong.

Survivors of colorectal cancer needed for researchThe University of Texas

at Tyler College of Nursing andHealth Sciences invites men and women to partici-pate in a research study for colorectal cancer survivors, Dr. Pam Martin, college in-terim dean, announced.

Participants must be at least 18 years old, have been diagnosed with Stage I, II or III colorectal cancer within the past five years (since January 2008), able to read and write English and willing to complete testing of memory/thinking and questionnaires.

Testing will require one to one-and-half hours of time

at a location of the partici-pants’ choosing.

Registered Nurse Lynn Summers, a doctoral nurs-ing student at UT Tyler, is conducting the study.

“The purpose of this research study is to under-stand the effect of treatment for colorectal cancer on memory and brain func-tion,” said Summers, who is the daughter-in-law of a colorectal cancer survivor.

“Some persons who have been diagnosed with cancer have reported their thinking ability has been affected by treatment. The research is not clear if this is a com-

mon problem for colorectal cancer survivors.”

If desired, participants will be entered in a drawing at the conclusion of the study for one of two $50 Walmart gift cards, she added.

For more information, call Nurse Summers, 903-780-5077, or e-mail lynn.sum-mers.study@gmail.com.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teach-ing, research, artistic per-formance and community service.

More than 80 undergradu-ate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler,

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TYLER — The Texas Depart-ment of Transportation today was joined by members of the Texas Transportation Com-mission in Tyler to showcase Fleet Forward, a program designed to streamline the number of TxDOT vehicles and heavy equipment in order to increase productivity while reducing maintenance and storage costs.

The fleet reduction will save the agency approximately $50 million annually and make it possible to address other Tx-DOT projects benefiting Texas drivers over the next decade.

“In 2012, I challenged the department to come up with $2 billion in savings over the next few years,” said Com-

missioner Jeff Austin, Texas Transportation Commission. “Fleet Forward is our most comprehensive cost-savings initiative so far, impacting every area of TxDOT and ulti-mately saving Texans money, while making our workplace better and safer.”

Fleet Forward was first piloted earlier this year in the TxDOT Tyler District where 114 pieces of heavy equipment and vehicles have been removed as part of this cost savings program.

To date, 11 districts have im-plemented the fleet-reduction program resulting in 2,250 as-sets removed. Once completed, Fleet Forward is expected to successfully reduce TxDOT’s

TxDOT claims changes will save moneycurrent 16,000 vehicle fleet to 10,000 by ensuring team mem-bers have the right vehicle, at the right time for the right cost.

“Through our department-wide cost savings program, we have become better stewards of the money taxpayers entrust to us,” said Phil Wilson, Tx-DOT executive director. “Fleet Forward makes good business sense, and as we roll this pro-gram out statewide, we’re con-fident our stakeholders across the state will agree.”

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Date and place of wedding and parents and grandparents of the couple).

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Anniversary pictures of couples married 50 years or longer will continue to be published free.

Wedding stories must be submitted for publication within 60 days of the wedding, following The Mirror’s standard form (available at The Mirror office). The standard form includes a brief description of the bride’s dress and her attendants’ dresses. Names of musicians and a brief description of flowers are also included.

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