List of fall festivals

LIST OF FALL FESTIVALS
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Oct. 29 — Mabank Central Elementary — Fall Festival from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Mabank City Pavilion. Be ready for ghoulish games, spooky snacks and freaky fun. Wear your costume.

Oct. 29 — City of Tool — Fall Festival from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 at Tool City Hall. Event is for children ages 12 and under and cost is free. Train rides, cake walk, games, candy, inflatables, hot dogs. For more information, call 903-432-3522.

Oct. 31 – Faith Church of Athens — Trunk or Treat from 5-8 p.m. at the church, located at 901 Mission Ave., Athens.

Oct. 31 — Faith Fellowship Church — Fall Festival from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the church, located at 5330 US Highway 175 East in Athens. Admission is free. Candy, bounce houses, door prizes, hay ride, game booths, concessions. Visit www.ffcathens.com for more information.

Oct. 31 — Athens Church of God and Athens Nazarene — Fall Festival from 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the church, located at 509 Robbins Road. Family fun, music, hot dogs, sno cones, cotton candy, games, Toys for Tots kickoff (please bring an unused, unwrapped toy for a needy child in the area).

Oct. 31 — FBC Gun Barrel City — Fall Festival from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the church, located at 522 West Main. This annual event has become a favorite for everyone and is attended by hundreds of families from the surrounding communities. Game booths, cake walk, train ride, hayride, concessions. Free admission. Concessions for sale at a bargain.

Oct. 31 — FBC Malakoff — Fall Festival from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the church, 220 W. Mitchum in Malakoff, 903-489-0228. Candy, hot dogs, sno cones, popcorn, inflatables, games, trunk or treat. Fun for the whole family.

Oct. 31 — Dogwood Church — Fall Festivall from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the church, 6467 FM2494, Athens. Family games, fun, candy, cake walk.

Oct. 31 — Lake Athens Baptist — Fall Festival from 5-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the church, 5151 FM 2495 in Athens. Free games, bounce house, hayrides, food, cake walk, candy, face painting, fellowship and more. Safe fun for the whole family. Facebook event page here.

Nov. 1 — Eastern Hills Church of Christ — Pumpkin Patch from 4:30-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 at the church, located at 1200 E. Corsicana St. in Athens. Join us as we celebrate the Light of the World this fall. For more information, call 903-675-3975.

AHS swim team competes in first meet of the year

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The Athens High School swim team attended the first meet of the season this past weekend in Nacogdoches. Allison Hardin (far right) placed second in the 50 freestyle and first in the 100 freestyle. Lauren Takata (center) took sixth in the 100 backstroke, and Nathan Garner (left) placed in the 50 and 100 freestyle. (Courtesy photo)

City of Athens receives recycling grant

The City of Athens today announced it has received a grant for a glass recycling container. The announcement was made on the city’s Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/CityofAthensTexas/posts/1637934253139775

We first reported about this a couple of weeks ago. 

The grant is worth about $9,000 and will pay for a roll-off receptacle to collect glass for recycling, changing out the receptacle, and for an education piece to be designed by Keep Athens Beautiful.

“Keep Athens Beautiful is very pleased that our partnership with the city resulted in a grant from the East Texas Council of Governments to provide a container at the city collection site for the citizen of Athens the opportunity to recycle glasses,” said Keep Athens Beautiful Executive Director Carol Morton. “The biggest question we get is, ‘Why can’t we recycle glass or where can we recycle glass.’ Now we will have an option for them.”