His memorial was probably just what Orril Fluharty would want: laughter, memories, fellowship among friends in his beloved Pescadero Community Church, where he had preached for more than 50 years.

SACHSE, Texas—The majestic horned head of a black wildebeest stares from the trophy room of a home in Sachse, a community northeast of Dallas. The person who shot the animal is Clarissa Norcross, a petite 42-year-old single mom.

•Boonville-Oneida County Fair. Info 942-2251 or visit www.frontiernet.net/~boonvillefair/. •5 p.m. Richie Evans Night at Utica-Rome Speedway, Route 5, Vernon.

DURANT, OK -- Thousands of new residents have made Durant their home over the past decade, and several new businesses have also gone up seemingly overnight, from the Multi-Sports-Complex to the new Holiday Inn Express. The Durant Industrial Authority has

Those of us parents who have matured into hyper-active adults are not that far removed from our childhoods. We haven't really aged. We've just become older kids.