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Community running club begins

Personal trainer Ashley Vandam (of Training BY Ashley) is starting a free running club that will meet once a week at the Cain Center for a 3-mile walk/run.

Ashley said she started the club “to bring the community together with the goal of better health. People will be more motivated to get healthier if they have friends or family doing it with them!”

The walk/run will be at each person’s individual pace.

“The goal is to get the community in shape and get each individual to the 100-mile mark,” Ashley said.

The first run will be held this Monday at 7:30 a.m. at the Cain Center.

For questions or more information, check out Ashley’s Facebook page.

West Nile confirmed in Anderson County

The Texas Department of State Health Services announced yesterday that the season’s first case of human West Nile illness in East Texas. An adult male in Anderson County has been confirmed with the neuroinvasive, or more severe, form of the disease.

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It’s Fiddlers time

The words to a popular country song declares, “If you’re gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.”

Beginning on Friday night, May 31, Athens will not be in short supply of fiddlers when the 82nd Annual Athens Old Fiddlers Reunion comes to town.

Festivities for the annual event will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday night with an open jam session on the courthouse lawn. On Saturday morning, June 1st, the Fiddlers Contest will kick off at 9 a.m. and will run throughout the day with the Grand Champion Playoff beginning at around 5 p.m. At 8 p.m., there will be a Street Dance that will be held in front of the Bandstand on the Downtown Courthouse Square. With concession and novelty stands set up along the sidewalks and a carnival just off the Courthouse Square, there is something for everyone of all ages.

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Obituary: James A. Glover

Funeral services for James A. Glover, 65, Athens have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the Carroll-Lehr Funeral Chapel with Rev. Erick Graham officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Memorial Park.

James died Thursday May 23, 2013 in Athens.

He was born July 3, 1947 to Racel Odell and Audrey Lee Irby Glover and had been a resident of Athens most of his life. He attended Athens High School and later completed his education to become a Peace Officer. James served the City of Athens as a Police Officer for five years and then served 19 years and retired from the City of Tyler Police Department.

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Obituary: Celeste Welch

Graveside Services for Celeste Welch, 95, of Athens, formerly of Tyler are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the Noonday Cemetery in Noonday with Pastor Tom Bragdon officiating.

Mrs. Welch went to be with her loving husband on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Athens.

Celeste Brooks Welch was born Dec. 2, 1917 in Gresham, Texas the daughter of James Andrew Spivey and Annie Laura Holbrook Spivey. She was a longtime member of the Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler. She served as the First President of the East Texas Square and Round Dance Association. She loved to crochet, was a wonderful seamstress but her true passion was gardening. Granny was a loving and caring woman to all and truly enjoyed spending time Continue reading “Obituary: Celeste Welch”