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! Lake Palestine East Volunteer Fire Department is holding its fifth annual fish fry from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the fire station, located on FM 346, three miles south of Teaselville. The meal will consist of fish, cole slaw, pork and beans, huspuppies, french fries and a drink. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 10 and under. For more information, call 903- 825-2151 and leave a message. The event is sponsored by 1st State Bank, Frankston, and all proceeds benefit the fire department.

! The Cherokee County Republican Club meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Legacy of Harvey Collins restaurant, 204 W. 6th St., Rusk, on Tuesday, May 6. Guest speakers will be candidates in the November Election. All members are encouraged to attend and bring a guest. The event is open to the public. For more information, call 903-586- 2669 or visit the Republican Club website at www.cherokeetxgopclub. org

! Patricia Upchurch, author of "Summer Blessings," will visit The Texas Store to sign her book from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Upchurch, a member of the Texas Writers Network, Mystery Writers of America and Romance Writers of America, lives in Tyler with her husband, Jim. "Summer Blessings" tells the story of Catherine Blessing, her husband and their blended family. They return from their annual January cruise to find that Catherine has won the state lottery. A special vacation for all the members of their family has been a dream of Catherine's. They use a part of the lottery award to lease a large estate on the small island of St. Xavier in the Caribbean. The family ranges from Catherine's precocious three-year-old grandson to her 100-year-old mother, 21 in all. The summer is a grand experience starting with a plane crash and going on to a nervous breakdown, a group of nudists and the discovery of a large scale money laundering scheme. Life with the Blessings is a neverending adventure.