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East Texas’ Premier Taxidermy Studio

February 26, 2013
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East Texas’ Premier Taxidermy Studio

The Sportsman’s Memory Shop

GRAPELAND- Taxidermy has been around for centuries. Saving trophies has always been one of man’s favorite pastimes. The Sportman’s Memory Shop in Grapeland, Texas has been helping hunters preserve their trophies since 1980, and has become East Texas’ premier taxidermy. Bobby Shaw and Robin “Trap” Coppedge started the business as two friends with similar interest in hunting, fishing, and taxidermy. Today they have an amazing team of artists who “bring ‘em back to life,” as they say.

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The Country Music Hall of Fame: Who Should Get In Next?

August 24, 2012
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The Country Music Hall of Fame: Who Should Get In Next?

by Music Critic Jeff M. Willoughby

The recent Pro Football Hall of Game enshrinement ceremony, held in Canton, OH, really got this country music historian to thinking about the Country Music Hall of Fame in good ole Nashville, TN. There have been plenty of individuals and groups in Music City U.S.A. who have been overlooked for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and in some cases for no particular reason either. Some of the omissions have been utterly shocking and indeed inexcusable but then again there are others who over time have sadly and unfortunately faded from the collective memory of those in charge of the Hall of Fame. I have taken the liberty of compiling a list of the top twenty-five country music acts and other influential people in the business who should be given this most prestigious honor as soon as possible, and they are in no particular order:

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ShareLunker Program Coordinator to Retire

March 19, 2012
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ShareLunker Program Coordinator to Retire

ATHENS—David L. Campbell, coordinator of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program, will retire at the end of March.

Campbell has worked for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for 46 years. He was inducted into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in 2011.

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Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins

July 11, 2011
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Lightnin’- Bluesman Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins had ties to Houston County. A statue was erected in his memory across from Camp Street Café in Crockett. Locals say Hopkins played on the street and in establishments along Camp Street in his youth. Camp Street was in the center of the Black Business District in Houston County. Hopkins music was heard from Camp Street all the way to Carnegie Hall. Lightnin’ Hopkins recalled Houston County, none too fondly, and mentions it in his music. Hopkins sang about serving on a chain gang for the county.

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