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ABOUT THIS MONTH'S COVER:
Photographer Jean Owens captured Jason
McDaniel's mule colt frolicking in the
flowers during his first spring.
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There are gifts that come
wrapped in pretty paper to
celebrate special occasions,
and then there are gift s that seemingly
pop up out of nowhere. Back
in February, the city of Paris received
a couple of the latter.
The first came when the stars of
the CBS sitcom “Mike and Molly”
discussed honeymooning in Paris,
Tennessee. They not only chatted
about our “mini Eiffel Tower,”
but also about the World’s Largest
(we’re sure they meant “Biggest”)
Fish Fry. Right on the heels of that
coup, a videographer with CNN
rolled into town to film a short
piece about Paris that aired during
Oscar week. He was interested in
parallels between Paris, Tennessee,
and Woody Allen’s Oscar-nominated
film, “Midnight in Paris.”
While all of this coverage appears
to have materialized out of
thin air, nothing could be further
from the truth. Years of work by the
Jaycees, the Paris-Henry County
Chamber of Commerce and others
landed the Fish Fry in a food
festival book, which was the hook for the “Mike and Molly” piece.
And locating an Eiffel Tower here,
which captivated the CNN videographer,
had everything to do with
our forward-thinking Chamber and
city commission, as well as PARIS!
Co-Founder Art Nellen, who
hatched the plan that eventually
brought the tower to town.
Thanks to these two priceless
television events, an even wider
audience now knows about our
community and may just give Paris
new consideration when it comes
to tourism, business location and
retirement. Fish Fry is the perfect
time to toast all of the folks who
have worked so hard through the
years to make sure our little town
gets noticed for all the right reasons.
You know who you are; thank
you so very much!
Happy Hushpuppies!
See you at the Fish Tent…
Editor and Publisher of PARIS! Magazine
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