On most days, the trails surrounding Pat Mayse Lake can make for a pleasant stroll, but on Saturday and Sunday, the Barber Hills trails around the lake were home to
After two years of pandemic-forced cancellations, the Mad Max Mud Run is back, with a new location and some new attractions for mud-runners young and old. The Mad Max Mud
The year of 2020 will never be forgotten; that can be said by everyone. The Lamar County Chamber of Commerce saw firsthand how businesses and business owners struggled to keep their doors open. The fact remains that our local business community are champions. They endured so much and had to change the way everything was done. They continue to feel the strain of what they have gone through, but what champions they are for what they have done.
The sales tax numbers continue to increase in our area, and people are supporting our local economy. The chamber worked closely with businesses during the difficult time, but the people of our community were the ones that stepped up and supported each other.
Community members have started a fundraiser for stands at the newly installed Paris Pump Track, with the goal of having the stands in place before the international qualifying pump track competition on May 29.
âThereâs still about $10,000 that needs to be raised,â said Lea Emerson with DeadCat Media, who organized the fundraiser. âThe whole goal is to have that done by the competition.â
The stands will be named in honor of Casey Ressler, who suffered a brain aneurysm this year and was integral in bringing the pump track to Paris, she said. All money raised will go to the Great Paris Development Foundation and will be used for stands, lighting and other amenities. Screen Graphics is also selling T-shirts to help with the fundraising, available to order online at stores.inksoft.com/pump track paris/shop/home. The fundraiser is at facebook.com/donate/725164721321960/.