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Vigil
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Brandon Stokes signs a remembrance for his friends, Anthony Callan and Zakk Samuel.
This photo and others are available through Photo Gallery at www.scntx.com.
School junior. Samuel was not unlike his
fellow musician who he was in town vis-
iting.
“Anthony had a unique personality,”
classmate Sabrenah Mendoza said. “I
had a class with them last year and they
were always cutting up.”
Samuel and Callan were best friends.
They went through their brief lives
together and left them in same way —
together.
Friends signed large remembrance
cards throughout the evening and some
wandered through the crowd finding
friends for a hug and a tear.
The smell of cigarette smoke mixed
with sweet candle scents wafted through
the air.
Quiet conversations screamed with
emotion.
Callan’s father, William, listened as
Joseph Davis, one of the first people to
stop at the crash, described the accident
scene to him and related Callan’s last
moments of life as Davis saw them.
Callan asked Davis questions in a very
low yet curious voice, needing to know
details about the last moments of his
son’s life.
Through tears, smiles and reflections
Connie Callan talked with dozens of
folks, offering all well-wishers her undi-
vided attention.
Connie talked about the last time she
and Anthony spoke on Friday.
“He was getting ready to go to work,
and it was a couple of nights before at
work, and he was so excited (because)
some people had come in and they were
a little drunk and they ordered the most
expensive thing on the menu and they
got it and they ran out the door, plates
and all,” she said. “He thought that was
the funniest thing he’s ever seen in his
life. I told him ‘Baby, don’t work too
hard,’ and he said ‘Ah, never Mom.
Maybe something funny and exciting
will happen.’”
That was the last conversation I ever
had with my son,” she said, as the emo-
tion overwhelmed her.
A helicopter shined its Night Sun light
toward the vigil and the observers
returned the favor by holding their can-
dles to the sky.
Constable Truitt said Anthony spent
the night at his house Nov. 20. Anthony
and Matthew Truitt, the constable’s son,
were close friends.
The Colony freshman Shannon
Ranney huddled with three of her friends
and talked about Anthony’s charisma.
“He was always smiling,” she said.
“He really lit up a room.”
Anthony’s parents made brief state-
ments to the gathering, mainly offering
gratitude for the outpouring of love and
support.
“Anthony would be so happy to see
all this,” William Callan said, adding that
even in death his son continued to give
as an organ donor. “Yesterday, he saved
three lives.”
“He loved all of you ... so much,”
Connie Callan said “And you all meant so
much to him.”
A memorial fund has been estab-
lished at Wells Fargo Bank under
Anthony Callan Benefit Memorial Fund;
account number 6019088746.
A viewing is scheduled from 7 to 9
p.m. today at the Mulkey-Mason Funeral
Home, 148 W. Church St., in Lewisville.
The funeral service will be at 1 p.m.
Thursday at the First Baptist Church of
the Colony on South Colony Boulevard.
Burial service will be at the Rose Lawn
Memorial in Denton.
Lights
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special events coordinator for The
Colony Parks and Recreation
Department.
Holiday in the Park will host a
number of activities for attendees
of all ages. Activities include pie
and cookie baking contests, an
ornament creation station for chil-
dren, pictures with Santa, a
Christmas wrapping contest and
performances by Kids Count Too
and students from Stewart Creek
Elementary School.
The highlight of the evening will
be the debut of The Colony
Honor
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“Young people such as our
inductees, who work hard to
attain academic success, deserve
to be congratulated,” National
Honor Roll Publisher Lynn
Romero said in a press release.
“Honoring their achievements
provides motivation and encour-
ages them to continue striving
toward their goals.
We’re proud to include them
in the National Honor Roll.”
The National Honor Roll
offers several benefits that can
contribute to the success of its
Christmas Spectacular Light Show.
The light show will encompass the
entire structure of Central Fire
Station, 4900 Blair Oaks, and will
incorporate other lighted elements
of the neighboring Historical Park.
The light show will depict more
than 60,000 lights and will be set to
Christmas music favorites. The
show will utilize high-tech comput-
er software and high voltage and
electronic equipment.
The Colony Christmas
Spectacular Light show will run
nightly from sunset to 10 p.m. until
Jan. 2, 2008.
For information on Holiday in
the Park or The Colony Christmas
Spectacular Light Show contact
The Colony Parks and Recreation
Department at 972-625-1106.
student members.
For students in the 2006-07
school-year, National Honor Roll
set aside $25,000 to be shared
among 25 of its qualifying
inductees.
A strong grip on all academic
subjects helps get students
noticed and that falls in line with
Riley’s interests.
“I really enjoy everything,"
she said. “So I don’t know that I
have a favorite subject.”
The National Honor Roll con-
tacts potentially qualifying stu-
dents after reviewing informa-
tion about their academic per-
formance.
Only students with a B aver-
age or better are eligible to be
listed.
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