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.
Saturday, Dec. 5
• Light Up Athens will hold “Celebration on the Square” beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event will include a story teller entertaining children with Christmas stories in Ginger’s Park and Christmas music provided by Leslie & Friends at the north side of the court house. The tree lighting ceremony takes place after the parade and Santa will be at his home to visit with children.
• Trinity Valley Community College Theater Department will present “A Tuna Christmas” in the auditorium. A six-performance run is scheduled Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Five cans of non-perishable food will be redeemable for one free admission.
Sunday, Dec. 6
• The Henderson County Republican Women and the Cedar Creek Republican Club will hold a joint Christmas Party and dinner at the Ranch House Restaurant in Gun Barrel City. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by Jimmy Dale and Dotty Hartsell. Attendees should bring a new unwrapped toy that will be donated to the Rainbow Room. For more information call 903-887-4867.
• Lakeland Community Concerts will host the Trinity Valley Community College Choir and Symphonic Band in a free Christmas concert at the Dogwood Baptist Church, on 6467 Farm-to-Market Road 2494, at 3 p.m. Shuttle services will be provided from the TVCC north parking lot. Santa Clause will in attendance. For more information call Stewart Cochran at 903-489-2022.
Monday, Dec. 7
• Henderson County Senior Citizens will sponsor a country western dance at the Senior Citizens Building, on State Highway 31 east, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All ages are welcome. Music will be provided by the Highway 31 Band.
Wednesday, Dec. 9
• Henderson County Retired School Personnel will hold its meeting at the First United Methodist Church activity building at 2 p.m. A Christmas program will precede the business session. Refreshments will be served. Any and all retired school employees are invited to attend.
Friday, Dec. 13
• Light Up Athens will hold its annual Keep Athens Beautiful Christmas Decorating Contest. The Keep Athens Beautiful board members will judge displays on Dec. 14. The awards will be for Keep Athens Beautiful, Residential, Children’s Choice and Best decorated business. To enter a display call 903-675-7961.
Monday, Dec. 14
• Trinity Valley Community College community services will hold a Financial Aid Seminar at 6 p.m. in the Library Classroom on the Athens campus. The purpose of this seminar is to provide information about different forms of financial aid that may be available to students enrolling in non-credit workforce training. Students interested in financial aid for the spring should plan to attend this seminar. For more information call 903-675-6212 or visit www.tvcc.edu/communityservices.
Monday, Dec. 21
• Henderson County Senior Citizens will sponsor a Christmas dance at the Senior Citizens Building, on State Highway 31 east, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All ages are welcome. Music will be provided by the Highway 31 Band.
Regular events
• Genesis HospiceCare and First Presbyterian Church will host a five-week series “Coping with Grief during the Holidays.” A meeting will be held at the church, on 306 East Tyler Street, every Wednesday — from Dec. 2 to Dec. 16 — from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited to any or all of the free sessions. For more information call 903-675-4730.
• Trinity Clinic Canton education room, 18780 Interstate 20, will host monthly bereavement support groups the first Friday of each month from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The facilitator will be Nora Gravois, LMSW. For more information or to register call 903-266-3400, ext. 127 or 800-777-9860.
• The Workforce Solutions East Texas Job Club meets each Tuesday, at 205 North Murchison Street, Suite 101 in Athens, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. It helps job seekers with various aspects of conducting job searches, interviewing techniques, resume writing and current job trends.
• The Athens Lions Club meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Meetings are at the Tilo’s Cuisine in Heritage Square at 12 p.m. For more information call 903-477-0301.
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Downed airplane located
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office and Texas Department of Public Safety Game Wardens assisted in locating an plane that went down in Lake Palestine early Thursday. The Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash.
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City hears presentation for new apartment complex
The Athens City Council heard a presentation, Wednesday, from a group that hopes to obtain a grant to build an apartment complex in south Athens.
Jay Oji, of Sphinx Development Corporation, said the 80-unit complex called Robbins Villas would be built on a tract of land where Robbins Road intersects with Loop 7. The affordable housing units would cost about $12 million to construct. -
Coaches tell Kiwanis about programs
Two of Trinity Valley Community College’s newest coaches spoke to the Athens Kiwanis Tuesday at the Country Club.
Trinity Valley Community College Head Softball Coach Ashley Johnston, and Volleyball Coach Tosha Spain, also head up two of the newest programs on campus. -
Adams addresses Chamber
The Athens Chamber of Commerce brought in Hue Adams Wednesday at its monthly luncheon to remind local business leaders of the finer points of being a leader.
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Athens Hornet now flying Hornets
A former Athens High School student Bryan Sory is now flying FA-18C Hornets, the U.S. Navy’s frontline fighter plane. Lt. Commander Sory flies for VFA-151, The Vigilantes, based in Lemoore, Calif. VFA-151 deployed aboard the U.S.S. Lincoln in December, 2011, and is currently flying missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the overarching operation that encompasses, among other things, ongoing counter-terrorism and nation-building efforts in Afghanistan.
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Commissioners re-appoint three current Fair Park Board members
The Henderson County Commissioners Court, by a 3 to 2 vote, Tuesday, voted to re-appoint three current members of the Fair Park Board to new terms.
Chairman Bob Miars and members Ken Hayes and Mark Davis were chosen to serve an additional two years, with their terms to run through Dec. 31, 2013. -
Walmart workers cooperate with APD
Walmart employees and the Athens Police Department spoiled a scheme to steal televisions from the store, Monday afternoon, leading to three arrests.
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Man named in plane theft
Had it not been presence of a truck that authorities were able to trace to a Nacogdoches man, the search for a plane stolen from Athens Airport might be as difficult as finding a single bird in the sky.
The 1980 model Cessna reported missing on Jan. 28 was recovered Monday by the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office, which had been assisting the Athens Police Department in the case. -
Dancin’ with Henry
Four-year-old Janiyah Ray gets funky during halftime of the Athens Hornets' varsity boys game against Rusk last Friday at AHS Gym. Henry the Hornet (also known as Will Carter) began a dance routine as halftime began, and Ray couldn't help but run out of the stands and join in — much to the delight of the home crowd.
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Students help honor veterans
Congressman Jeb Hensarling is asking students across the 5th Congressional District to help him honor the service and sacrifice of veterans by participating in the annual Valentines for Vets program. Pictured are students at Bel Air Elementary who took part in the project. In the front row are Kaytlen Hurley, Meagan Miranda, Coralyn Happel, Reagan Farley, Emily Rodriguez, Julian Cazares and Camryn Pair. In the second row are Alondra Carillo, Louis Delagarza, Morgan Gould, Alexis Robles, Caroline Moore, Madison Wilson and Renee Campbell. In back are Amy Gould, Caleb Humphries and Ricardo Sanchez.
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