PARIS!

FOR THE SUMMER 2024

On The Cover: SPLASH! Ivan Wohlgemuth got a good soaking at our local Splash Pad while on vacation with his family. His mother, Amy, explained the family was from Idaho, traveling across the United States. When they heard about our Eiffel Tower, they just had to stop in Paris to take a look. While there, the water park became a “must-play” site.

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Editor’s Notes

It’s The Good Ol’ Summertime in Henry County!

By the time this issue of PARIS! rolls off the press, my youngest daughter, Addy Kate, will have graduated from Henry County High School and be on her way to Bethel University pursuing her nursing degree. Addy Kate was just a baby when I started working for PARIS! Magazine. I have such wonderful memories of her helping me stuff envelopes and deliver magazines. Once she was older, she’s taken several of our cover photos and written a few articles. Thank you, pretty girl. I’m so proud of you and what you’ve accomplished!

As the class of 2024 prepares to move into adulthood and further their education, John Watkins encourages us to do the same with his humorous article to keep your knowledge “growing.” Looking for something to do this summer? Read Rhonda Stanton’s article to fill your Tuesday nights with music and Denecia Gregson gets us ready for the upcoming Henry County Fair.

Want to get more involved? Check out the events at Krider Performing Arts Center and get inspired to join after you read Noah Way’s Spotlight piece on Steve Hulbert.

PARIS! In The Summer offers up a sampling of history, too. Check out the Paris Henry County brochure from long ago and Shannon McFarlin clues us in on the Whitehall Circle gang that used to rule the neighborhood. And what’s summer without some grillin’ and fishin’? Steve McCadams will have you heading to the pond for some fishing after you read about his Casting For A Cure Fishing Rodeo. Check out Paris Cuisine for a couple of new takes on a grilled favorite.

Karen Geary lets us know about a new day group forming in town to help loved ones with memory loss and lighten the load on their caregivers. My father, Charles McNutt, recently lost his battle with the disease, and I want to dedicate this issue in his memory. He
loved our small town and was boastfully proud of it and PARIS! Magazine. He always had a copy to hand out.

I’ll miss you, Daddy.

Smantha

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In This Issue

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REMEMBER WHEN: Revisiting a 1960s Brochure Highlighting the Paris Region

This piece of local history sheds light on the relocation and vacation recruiting efforts of the Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1960, in this brochure for the “Capitol City of Kentucky Lake.” Read More >>

FEATURE: Summer is Safe Boating Season

By Karen Geary

Although National Safe Boating Week is held each year before Memorial Day, the folks at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency believe any day boaters are on the water, safety is paramount. Read More >>

GREAT OUTDOORS: KIDS FISHING RODEO Signaled Special Start to Summer

By Steve McCadams

Once school let out for the summer, most of my classmates couldn’t wait to head out to the swimming holes of youth. For some it was a public pool, competing for space at the diving board. Others just splashed it out in a rural creek or pond somewhere. Read More >>

FEATURE: THE STARS ARE SHINING Over Eiffel Tower Park

By Rhonda Stanton

In 2020, the City of Paris Parks and Recreation Department was honored to receive a State of Tennessee Travel Enhancement Grant earmarked for improvements at Eiffel Tower Park. The first order of business was to create sidewalks leading to the Eiffel Tower from the parking lots on either side of it. While all visitors would have better access to the tower, individuals with disabilities would especially benefit from this improvement. Read More >>

AROUND OUR TOWN: Join Us in Fair-a-dise at the Henry County Fair

By Deneicia Gregson

It’s summer, it’s getting hot, and it’s County Fair time across Tennessee! Henry County is no exception with our “Week in Fair-a-dise” coming up August 9-17. Read More >>

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Legendary Singer-Songwriter JACKIE DeSHANNON

By Shannon McFarlin

Even after decades of hit songs, the little girl from the State Line is still earning accolades. Sharon Lee Myers, known to most as Jackie DeShannon, was from the Crossland area of Henry County and claims both Kentucky and Tennessee as her home. Read More >>

SPOTLIGHT: STEVE HULBERT, More than Meets the Eye

By Noah Way

Steve Hulbert is a local massage therapist, a supportive husband to a special education teacher, and a father of two adult boys. He was born in the small, unincorporated town of Davis, Illinois. Steve relocated to Paris in 2012 to be closer to family, which is when he opened his own business, Tree of Life, on West Blythe Street. Read More >>

REMINISCENCE: Growing Up On Whitehall Circle

By Shannon McFarlin

It may be hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Whitehall Circle did not exist. What did exist was the large Antebellum ‘White House’ surrounded by farm fields. In those far off days, Park Street was a dirt road and there was a wooden bridge, with no railings over the Town Creek that flows there. Read More >>

FEATURE: "I Will Give You R.E.S.T." Ministry Offers Respite For Those Living With Memory Loss

By Karen Geary

The word “respite” just sounds peaceful, but for caregivers of individuals experiencing memory loss, the word can be a lifesaver. Beginning July 11, Trinity United Methodist Church will become the site of the R.E.S.T. Respite Care Program aimed to provide enrichment, engagement and social contacts for individuals – identified as “friends” — with early to mid-stage dementia and reduce burnout of their caregivers. Read More >>

JUST FOR FUN: Spring Crossword Fun

Join these patriotic birds for our Paris-themed crossed in the summer issue of PARIS!
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FACES & PLACES: People & Events About Town

Don’t miss this fun section chock full of the latest happenings in Paris and Henry County. In one of many scenes in this edition, teacher Beka Raspberry joins kids on their ”Cat City School Bus” during Rhea School’s Fish Fry Parade. Read More >>

IN THE GARDEN: Keep Your Knowledge GROWING

By John Watkins

I had someone ask me the other day, “John, have you been gardening all of your life?” To which I promptly replied, “Well, not yet!” In reality, there are some days that it feels like I’ve put in a couple of lifetimes in the horticultural field, while other days feel like I’m starting all over and learning new things I never thought about before. Read More >>

PARIS CUISINE: The All-American Hot Dog

Every dog has its day, and for hot dogs that day is July 4. Approximately 150 million hot dogs are consumed on Independence Day, enough to stretch from DC to LA more than five times, according to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council. (Yeah, who knew that was a thing?) Americans eat about two billion pounds of hot dogs every year. Laid end to end that’s enough to encircle the world more than 25 times. The average hot dog is consumed in six bites. Read More >>