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9^th Family Fun Festival signals back to school

The 9th Family Fun Festival (Billy Vier Family Festival) has become a Pottsboro tradition that signals back to school for Pottsboro area youngsters. Named after Billy Vier, who was the Pastor of the Preston Community Church, the festival is now sponsored by the Pottsboro Ministerial Alliance and is held the last Friday before Pottsboro ISD begins fall classes.

Pastor Vier and the Preston Community Church organized the first Family Festival in 2006 and it attracts over 1,000 visitors each summer. Pastor Vier passed away a few years ago and the Pottsboro Ministerial Alliance and tons of volunteers prepare games, food booths and fun activities for a night of free family fun.

This year, the free fun includes Door Prizes. Hot Dogs and Hamburgers while they last! Face Painting, Duck Pond, Obstacle Course, Homemade Ice Cream, Cotton Candy, Water, Snow Cones, School Supplies, Photo Booth, Vision Screening for kids, Ring Toss, Popcorn, Bounce House, and more. School supplies will be given out for all ages.

Everything is FREE! The 9th Annual Family Festival will be held in Friendship Park on FM 120 in Pottsboro, on August 14, 2015 from 5pm – 9pm and is open to the public.

The Pottsboro Ministerial Alliance is a cooperation of six churches in Pottsboro that work together to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the whole community, including an annual high school senior scholarship award and an annual Easter Sunday sunrise worship service.

PMA also organizes and serves an annual Thanksgiving meal for the entire community, and more than 300 people gather in fellowship and worship for this popular holiday event.

PMA coordinates and conducts the ”Great Days of Service” events for the Pottsboro area.  For two days, they scour our community looking for and meeting the needs of residents in Pottsboro and the surrounding areas.  Hundreds of people from our local churches mow yards, wash windows, build wheel chair ramps, repairing roofs and decks.

Northeast Texas Children’s Museum receives Mega Lung Exhibit

The Northeast Texas Children’s Museum is pleased to announce the purchase of a 9’ tall Mega Lung. The purchase was made possible through a Tobacco Grant from Hunt Regional Healthcare and is the only lung of its type in the state. The lung will be available to schools and special events in the area. This unique lung has been shown on the Dr. Oz Show.

“The lung is an amazing teaching tool for all ages. Children and adults can actually walk through the lung to see how this amazing part of our body works. It can be used in health classes, for Drug Free Week, and for special events,” said Sharline Freeman, Executive Director of the Children’s Museum. Plans have already been made to take the lung to Rally Around Greenville and the Bois d’Arc Bash in Commerce. “We want to make people in northeast Texas aware of this wonderful teaching tool that is now available,” Sharline Freeman continued.

When traveling to schools, a lesson on the lung will be included with the presentation. Students can walk through the lung to complete the lesson. Inside the lung, students will be able to see how the different parts of the lung work. The large lung will include pictures and examples of lung-related diseases. “It is hoped that the lesson will impact students and encourage them to maintain a healthy lung,” said Elana Barton, Director of Development.

For additional information or to schedule having the exhibit at a school or special event, call the Children’s Museum at 903-886-6055.