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Early morning fire damages area home
A residence in Shady Oaks sustained extensive interior damage in an early morning fire Tuesday.
The Shady Oaks Volunteer Fire Department was able to confine the flames to a portion of the double-wide structure on County Road 1616.
SOVFD Captain Betty Wilson said the department was paged out at about 8:55 a.m. When the jumper unit arrived, the fire had spread from the laundry area to a bathroom and a bedroom on the south side of the house.
The residents of the house were not present when the fire broke out.
“The man was at work, and the woman had taken a child to the doctor,” Wilson said.
Firefighters were able to stop the flames from spreading to other areas of the house which sustained smoke and water damage. Shady Oaks Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the blaze by 11:16 a.m.
The Athens Fire Department was paged out for mutual aid and served as back-up but never came on the property.
“I was pleased with the performance of our fire department,” Wilson said. “Anytime you can save a trailer house, you’ve done well.”
The Henderson County Fire Marshal’s Office was called to help determine the cause of the fire. Investigator Shane Renberg said he did not believe the fire was of suspicious origin.
“We went out at the request of the fire department.” Renberg said. “We haven’t determined what started it yet.”
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AEDC board approves two performance agreements
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The proposed agreements with Abby Development and the Athens Jet Center are very similar, said AEDC President/CEO Brian Malone.
He said the agreement with Abby Development provides a maximum incentive of $75,000 for infrastructure. -
Local historic treasure recovered
Athens Masonic Lodge No. 165 recovered tokens from its past — both large and small — from a building it had once called its own.
Lodge Secretary Randy Daniel, who is Athens’ mayor, said members retrieved two time capsules last Saturday with the permission of the Ginger Murchison Foundation, the current owner of the building.
The lodge, he said, met on that corner, the southwest corner of the Henderson County Courthouse square, for about 75 years. -
Eustace FFA does well in Fort Worth, San Antonio
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Church News
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Tenth grade poetry
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Community Calendar
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On the right track
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Chamber optimistic about 2010
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Scholarship available through HCRSPA
If your senior son or daughter plans to attend a college or university in the summer and/or fall, and pursue a program in which he or she will receive teacher certification, a major in education or a teaching degree in a subject area with teacher certification, then this scholarship is for you.
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Two injured after highway collision
Two people were injured Wednesday when a pickup truck driven by a 13-year-old boy attempted to drive across U.S. Highway 175, only to be struck by a west-bound motorist.
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