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Community Calendar
Community Calendar runs daily in the Review. Nonprofit and charitable organizations may e-mail items to lricks@athensreview.com. Regularly scheduled events will run at the bottom of this column as space permits.
• Volunteers are needed to deliver meals to the elderly for Meals on Wheels. The local route takes about an hour to run. For more information contact Gladys Bowman at 903-675-8577.
• The Texas Game Warden Museum at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is looking for individuals interested in volunteering their time to open the museum on Saturday and Sundays to visitors. For more information call 903-670-2251.
• Caring Hearts Hospice, at 1837 West Main in Gun Barrel City, are looking for volunteers. For more information and to register for a training session call 903-887-4788.
• The Seven Points Volunteer Fire Department is accepting applications for volunteer firefighters. All training will be provided by the fire department or other fire service agencies at no cost to the volunteer. Applicants must be at least 18-years-old, live within two miles of the Seven Points fire district and be able to pass a drug test and background check. For more information call SPVFD Chief Joe Dobbs at 214-385-6344.
Tuesday, Feb. 2
• The Henderson County Literary Club will meet in the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church at 9:30 a.m. Joy Morgan Davis, of Dallas, will be the guest speaker.
Friday, Feb. 5
• Drop by the Henderson County Clint W. Murchison Memorial Library during your lunch hour to see local author Chuck Keyes. Also, you will be able you buy a copy of Cynella’s Gift and have him sign it. The event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday Feb. 5. The library is located at 121 S. Prairieville St. in Athens.
Saturday, Feb. 6
• Gun Barrel City Assembly No 369 International Order of the Rainbow for Girls will host a chili cook-off at Cedar Creek Masonic Lodge, on 402 Legendary Lane, in GBC, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Attendees are asked to contribute a $5 donation for adults and $3 donation for children 12 and under. To enter the cook-off mail the $20 entry fee to Mrs. Mae Glidewell at 12801 Farm-to-Market Road 773, Murchison, Texas 75778. For more information call 903-469-4251 or 903-479-3542.
• St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, on 2101 East College Street, will host a breakfast forum at 9 a.m. Pancakes, sausage and fruit will be served. Candidates running in the March 2 primary will be in attendance.
• Henderson County Girls Softball Association will hold sign ups at Cain Park from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. For more information call 903-681-0716.
Tuesday, Feb. 9
• The Henderson County Art Society will meet in the lower level of the East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society at 10:30 a.m. Maureen Killaby will be doing an oil still life demonstration. Visitors and new members are welcome. For more information go to www.hendersoncountyart.org or call Toni at 903-675-7800.
• The Women of St. Matthias Episcopal Church will host the 54th anniversary of the always highly-anticipated Smorgasbord. It will be 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 205 Willowbrook Dr., next to Bel Air School.This year will celebrate the life and works of the woman who founded the event, Mary Jane Gould. The Smorgasbord is dedicated to her memory. Her generosity of spirit, her warmth, humor, culinary delights, and passion for her church are legend. For more information, call 903-675-3210.
Thursday, Feb. 11
• The Star Harbor Bridge Club will sponsor a fundraiser for the Star Harbor Building Fund at Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Church, on County Road 3062, at 10 a.m. Doors will open to serve coffee at 9 a.m. The $20 fee will include lunch and the chance to win prizes. Entries must be submitted by Feb. 8. Make checks payable to Star Harbor Building Fund — include attendees names and phone number — and mail to Judy Ellis, 7 Shoreline Drive, Star Harbor, Texas 75148. For more information call J.D. Ferguson at 903-489-0973 or Judy Ellis at 903-489-1991.
• Lone Star Republican Women, on 112 North Palestine Street, will host a forum featuring County Judge candidates Charles Curtis and Richard Sanders; Texas State Board of Education candidates Dr. Don McLeroy and Thomas Ratlift and County Commissioner Precinct 4 candidate Ken Geeslin at 10 a.m. Those with questions are asked to arrive early. For more information call 903-852-5253.
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Collision near busy intersection
Above, first responders help a person just taken from one of the autos in a collision near the intersection of Farm-to-Market 2495 and State Highway 31. At press time, little is known about the conditions of those involved. However, the husband of one of the drivers, Lindy Hempling said his wife Dora was not seriously injured.
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Athens man arrested for alleged drug possession
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Mabank voters to decide on tax rate increase
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Famed Austin musician to appear on Wofford House porch
The East Texas Arboretum has scheduled a concert for Friday night on the porch of the Wofford House with Austin Musician Suzanna Choffel.
The show is scheduled for 8 p.m. A VIP party is set for 6 p.m. -
Renovations celebration
More than 50 community leaders, school board members, Athens Independent School District faculty and staff, Athens Chamber of Commerce members and friends gathered at Athens Intermediate School for the ribbon cutting to celebrate the new additions.
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Public voices views about city taxes
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The hearing was held in council chambers Wednesday morning, giving members of the public a chance to state their views. -
HCSO continues to search for alleged copper thief
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County conducts first of two tax rate hearings
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DA McKee leaves Iraq, returns home
The last American combat troops left Iraq last Friday, 7-1/2 years after the U.S.-led invasion, and two weeks ahead of President Barack Obama's Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal from the country.
The final troops to leave, the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, rolled in convoy across the border and into Kuwait, officially ending combat operations, which began in March, 2003.
In that group was Henderson County District Attorney Scott McKee, who left his office and family in January to serve his country with the U.S. Army National Guard. McKee arrived in Dallas at DFW Airport on Saturday just in time for his 40th birthday Sunday.
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