| Community Briefs (Updated Wed., March 12)
Rawhide at Wild Horse Pass, 5700 W. North Loop Road, Chandler, is offering a variety of activities for all ages. • 18th Annual National Festival of the West March 13-16. Gates open at 10 a.m., and the event features three stages of continuous Western music and cowboy entertainment. The cost is $12 for adults, $11 for seniors, $4 for ages 5-12, free for 4 and under. For more information, visit http://festivalofthewest.com or www.rawhide.com. • Easter Eggstravaganza will begin at noon March 22 and 23 for kids of all ages. Included are Easter egg hunts for ages 0-4, 5-8 and 9-12; photos with Cowboy Cottontail from noon-7 p.m. • 23rd Annual M&I Bank Bon Vivant - A Celebration of Fine Food & Drink March 29. Features sampling of more than 300 varieties of wines, ales, liqueurs, microbrews and non-alcoholic beverages.
Wine-import company offers Italian brand
KleeNagel Ltd., a Spring Township wine-import firm known for bringing Castle of Dracula Marsecco to the United States has imported a Prosecco — a light, semi-sparkling Italian white wine. Prosecco and Marsecco are bottled by Ottomar Rudolphe Vlad Dracula Prince Kretzulesco, the modern-day royal descendant of the infamous Romanian ruler Vlad Tzepes — on whom Bram Stoker's novel, “Dracula," is based. The wines are available at The Sheraton Berkshire, Wyomissing, and Bube's Brewery, Mount Joy, Lebanon County; and soon will be available at G Lounge, a new nightclub in Philadelphia. Orders also are available through the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's special liquor order program by completing an order form in any State Store. l l l Penske Truck Leasing, Green Hills, opened a 12,000-square-foot facility that offers commercial and consumer truck rental services, truck leasing and contract maintenance in Lubbock, Texas.
Sheriff's administrator testifies in Rockwall County DA's theft trial
When did you get assigned to start investigating all the rumors and anything you ever heard about the district attorney?" he asked. "We investigated all the leads that were brought to our attention," Chief Goelden said. "We went a lot of places and looked at a lot of things." Former DA's investigator Teresa Chamberlain testified that she made personal travel arrangements and bid on eBay items for her boss. "Why didn't you say no to these things?" special prosecutor John Schomburger asked. "He was my boss, and he wanted me to do it," she replied. Mr. Sumrow often told employees, "I hired you, and I can fire you," Ms. Chamberlain said. "He would say it in a joking manner, but everybody took it seriously. … Mr.
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