Category: Community

Winners for the 2013 Old Fiddlers Reunion

Fiddlers Winner
The 2013 Fiddlers Grand Champion is Lydia Elseth (left) of Nacogdoches. (MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN)

Grand Champion

1. Lydia Elseth, Nacogdoches
2. Mia Orosco, Lorena

Seniors 66 and Over

1. Tom Fonville, 74, Fint
2. Larry Boddie, Fort Worth
3. Bill May, Teague

Adult 30-65

1. Kevin Freeman, Greenville
2. Katie Howell-Chapman, Decatur
3. Randy Finley, Breckenridge

Young Adult 19-29

1. Mia Orosco, Lorena
2. Ashley Finley, Breckenridge

Youth Adult 18 and Under

1. Katie Crawford, Burleson
2. Jessica Sell, Willow Park
3. Anthony Orosco, Lorena

Open Division

1. Lydia Elseth, Nacogdoches
2. Gene Banks, Athens

Judges

Little Red Hayes
Texas Shorty Chancellor
Benny Bennett

HCPAC to stage ‘The Last Romance’

This is what happens when your sister catches you making out with your girlfriend regardless of your age. Rose (Mary McCreary) catches Carol (Bernie Crudden) and Ralph (George Guillot, Sr.) in an interesting position in HCPAC’s heart-warming comedy, The Last Romance. The show runs June 6th,7th,8th,9th,13th,14th,15th. Reservations may be made by calling 903-675-3908 or on line at www.hcpac.org. (COURTESY PHOTO)
This is what happens when your sister catches you making out with your girlfriend regardless of your age. Rose (Mary McCreary) catches Carol (Bernie Crudden) and Ralph (George Guillot, Sr.) in an interesting position in HCPAC’s heart-warming comedy, The Last Romance. The show runs June 6th,7th,8th,9th,13th,14th,15th. Reservations may be made by calling 903-675-3908 or on line at www.hcpac.org. (COURTESY PHOTO)

HCPAC press release

The Henderson County Performing Arts Center, in conjunction with King Sand & Gravel, announces the tender, romantic comedy, “The Last Romance” written by Joe DiPietro.

A crush can make anyone feel young again — even a widower named Ralph. On an ordinary day in a routine life, Ralph decides to take a different path on his daily walk — one that leads him to an unexpected second chance at love. Relying on a renewed boyish charm, Ralph attempts to woo the elegant, but distant, Carol. Defying Carol’s reticence — and his lonely Continue reading “HCPAC to stage ‘The Last Romance’”

HCPAC sets summer camps

camp pic

The Henderson County Performing Arts Center announces the opening of four summer camps in california beginning on Monday, June 10. There will be two performance camps for children ages 6-7 during the week of June 10 through 14 and the second for children ages 8-9 during the week of June 17 through 21. There will be presentations for each camp on Friday, June 14 and Friday, June 21 at 6:30pm. The younger camp will be doing an adaptation of a children’s book and the older campers will do a one-act play. The instructor for Continue reading “HCPAC sets summer camps”

Athens angler catches state record

Athens resident Bryan Smith, a volunteer at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, caught the new fly rod state record channel catfish from the Center’s casting pond on May 24.

TFFC press release

When Bryan Smith of Athens isn’t helping visitors to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) catch fish, he does some fishing on his own.

On Friday, May 24, the TFFC volunteer took advantage of some free time to do a little fly-fishing.

“Fly-fishing is my passion, and nothing could have been greater than what happened that day,” Smith said. What happened was a new state record for heaviest channel catfish caught on a fly rod. The fish weighed 20.8 pounds and was 35.5 inches long.

After being photographed, the fish was released back into the TFFC casting pond, qualifying it for both state and TFFC catch-and-release records. The fish is also the new TFFC casting pond water body record. Plus it was Smith’s fourth Big Fish Continue reading “Athens angler catches state record”