With the arrival of April, it is assumed winter is past. Well, April Fool. I read of a little girl who was asked when winter would be over. She said that her neighbor would plant his garden first, then it would freeze. He would plant it again, and again it would freeze. Then he would plant i…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The release of the James Bond film “No Time To Die” has been pushed back several months because of global concerns about coronavirus.
Megan Alford, hearing aid specialist with the Audiology & Hearing Clinic in Paris, presented an informative program on hearing loss at the Paris Quota club’s meeting Feb. 26 in the Lunchroom at Lee Academy for the Arts.
Eileen Hook and Teresa Millikin were hostesses for the Feb. 20 meeting of the Newcomers Club held at the Paris Country Club.
Every four years we are blessed (hopefully not cursed) with an extra day. It’s leap year and the month won’t end until midnight Saturday. What will you do with the extra day?
Blossomway Garden Club and Paris Garden Club have worked together to implement an exciting project at Paris Landing State Park, in partnership with PLSP officers. Nine woodpecker houses were recently purchased and then donated on Feb. 11 to the park by the two clubs. The park officers will b…
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A new member was installed, and organ and tissue donation was discussed at the Quota club meeting Jan. 22 at the Lunchroom at Lee Academy for the Arts.
Paris native Felicia Renee Riggs was hooded on Jan. 18 as a doctor of education from the Richard W. Riley School of Education and Leadership of Walden University.
A local student was named to the dean’s list at The University of the South, known by its town’s name, Sewanee.
Old Janus has packed his bags and will leave our scene in a few days. Janus, the mythological Roman god and namesake of January, has two faces, one looking backward, the other forward. He controlled, or thought he did, beginnings and endings, time, doorways, duality and on ad infinitum.
James and Pam Hefner of Paris announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Hefner, to Jeffrey Thomas Marcinek, both of Chattanooga.
Quintell Osbron (center) greets his twin great-grandsons, Baylor and Julian LoVette, who were born in October, for the first time. The proud father, Osbron’s grandson Daniel LoVette (left) of Fairhope, Ala., and Osbron’s daughter, Margie Osbron LoVette (right) of Foley, Ala., sit with him.
Several Henry Countians graduated from Bethel University during the school’s Fall 2019 commencement ceremony Dec. 7.
Larry and Connie Wilson of Smith Road in Paris will be marking their 50th wedding anniversary Friday, and plan a reception Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church.
Larry and Judy Pettenger of Paris are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today.
Billy and Sheila Hopkins of Paris will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary on Wednesday.
BOSTON (AP) — Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose determined battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday. He was 34.
Dorothy and Jerald Sykes are seen in a current photo and one from their wedding in 1954. The Sykeses will be celebrating their anniversary on Wednesday. They were married Dec. 11, 1954, at the Ruff Street Church of Christ in Paris, with the late James Wells officiating. Dorothy Sykes is the …
Dr. Jeffrey Lynn Fletcher and Ms. Katelyn Amanda Powell are pleased to announce their engagement.
Regina and Chester Wilson of Paris will be celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary on Dec. 22. The couple was married Dec. 22, 1999.
Members of the Class of 1957 at Henry High School met for their annual reunion Oct. 5 at Anne Brewer’s home. Those who attended are (seated, from left) Margaret Presson Morgan and Rebecca McCoy Cathey; (middle row) Joyce Guinn Cook, Grace McCain Wonderly and Anne Scott Brewer; and (back row)…
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The first week of December is National Hand Washing Awareness Week. Hand washing is such a simple and basic act, yet it is the easiest way you can prevent the spread of disease.
Amber Leigh Ward and Ashton Thomas Cate, both of Bentonville, Ark., announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
The holiday season has arrived. This time of year, for most people, is a joyful time of year filled with parties, celebrations, shopping, gifts and social gatherings with family and friends.
Don and Carol Norwood of the Pleasant Hill community will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary from 2-4 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Paris Convention Center, 1510 E. Wood St.
We cautioned you here last week about choosing a tree simply on the basis of autumn color and disregarding possible problems down the road with some of them. Well, shoot, where are the ones that have good autumn leaf color and other good qualities to boot?
Sandra & Kailey’s Dance Studios of Murray and Paris recently attended the Southern Association of Dance Masters Dance Convention and Competition in Memphis. Furthering their education, students as well as instructors attended eight hours of training in genres such as tap, ballet, jazz, h…
Meagan Hart puts a decoration on the Paris Board of Public Utilities’ Festival of Trees entry Friday at The Old Paris 5 & 10 Event Center, 110 W. Washington St. The display is set to open at 8 a.m. today with a Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce coffee.
Just as we are wallowing in the luxury of the most colorful time of the year, I will ply my trade as spoilsport No. 1. This is in addition to my efforts in organizing a Paris Pessimist Club here.
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Sarah Catherine Ulderich of Holladay and Matthew Thomas Williams of Paris were united in marriage in a noon ceremony Sept. 10 at the Camden Church of Christ.
Well, here it is: November. Thank Heaven we live in an area of the world that welcomes the month. In England and most of northern Europe, the gray (“grey” there) curtain of winter has already descended with the infamous London fogs, rain and other slippery features of nature’s often nonfeasance.
Travis McLeese, executive director of the Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, was the guest speaker for the Paris Quota club’s Oct. 23 meeting at the Lunchroom at Lee Academy for the Arts.
Jake and Judy Wade of Nance Circle in Paris are marking their 65th wedding anniversary today.
Brandy M. Johnston and Sean C. Crowley of Toledo, Ohio, were joined in marriage in a Sept. 21, 2019, ceremony in Toledo.
Amanda Nicole Taylor of Puryear and J-Michael Hudson French of Paris announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
The Paris Woman’s Club met at the First United Methodist Church’s Heritage room.
One new massive wedding and special event venue is now open in Henry County with a second to open soon.
Must Jesus bear the cross alone,
Lydia Shoemaker and Jeffrey Walker, both of Jackson, announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
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The Grove High School Class of 1954 had its 65th anniversary reunion Oct. 5 at the Old Paris 5 & 10 event center in downtown Paris, walking across the street to have this photo taken on the front steps of the courthouse. Class members shown are (front row, from left) Margaret Bucy Donald…
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I am trying to get enough of you together to form a new club here. It will be called the Paris Pessimist Club (as opposed to Optimist) and will be open only to you gardeners who have become distraught to the point of dangerous despondence in this Year of Our Lord 2019.
Doris Day teamed up with Les Brown and his Band of Renown in 1944 as World War II was nearing its close with her first big hit, “Sentimental Journey.” Close your eyes and go back, if you’re old enough, and imagine the lyrics. It will bring tears to your eyes
The E.W. Grove School Class of 1956 held a reunion Sept. 21 at Ann & Dave’s restaurant. From left are (kneeling) RoEllen Smith Rushing and Carolyn Berry Folks; (standing) Jane Thompson Gibson, Janice Hutson Waddy, Robert Evans, Linda Adams, JoAnn Scott Lamb, Susie Bucy Ross, Joyce Hutson…
Many years ago, there was an industry called Bowling Green Rubber Co. located on North Market Street across from the present Family Fun Center bowling alley.
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More than a dozen members of the Paris Optimist Club visited Tuesday evening with one of its most longtime members, Post-Intelligencer Editor Emeritus Bill Williams (seated), 85, now a resident of AHC of Paris because of Parkinson’s disease. Optimist Chris Mooney (right) presents him with a …
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