By Rich Flowers
rflowers@athensreview.com Feb 11, 2021
Feb 11, 2021
The electronic sign that stands along State Highway 31 at the Henderson County Regional Fair Park Complex is getting a larger, more up to date, replacement.
Fair Park Manager Howard Calloway told Commissioners Court on Tuesday, the new sign will cost about $190,000. At the meeting Commissioners authorized Calloway to apply for a 2021 Community Development Grant through the Athens Economic Development Corporation to pay for part of the sign.
The county is applying a grant of $38,000. The sign has been up there for about 15 years, Calloway said. Some of the components in it are broken. Some are obsolete and you can t replace them.
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By Rich Flowers
rflowers@athensreview.com Feb 5, 2021
St. Paul School was educational trailblazer
The history of Henderson County is seeded with stories of Black educators who endured hardships to equip students with the skills and understanding they would need as adults.
James Williams Smothers founded The St. Paul Training School in Caney City almost a century ago. Stories in the
Huntsville Item and
Athens Review survive to help piece together the history of the school founded to pursue the industrial arts, develop social skills and increase knowledge.
A 1947 story in the
Review is the account of a severe storm that hit the school causing major damage to the facility and crops that were grown on the site.