What's Happening Oct. 27 -- Halloween at the Hatchery; Redistricting

Oct 27, 2021

The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center - Texas Parks and Wildlife will host the annual event from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. Admission is $1 per person (cash only, please) and benefits local nonprofits. Guests may enter through the main parking lot as well as the overflow parking lot located on Peninsula Point Drive.

If you have questions, please contact Kate Barkalow at 903-670-2266, katelyn.barkalow@tpwd.texas.gov.

Michael V. Hannigan @mvhannigan

The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center Halloween at the Hatchery event returns from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. Admission is $1 per person (cash only) and benefits local nonprofits. Enter through the main parking lot or the overflow parking lot located on Peninsula Point Drive.

The posts are free thanks to our sponsors: Athens Screen Printing, Tinsley Law & Title, and Gibson Pharmacy, R&R Lawn Specialist, and Hope Springs Water.

COUNTY REDISTRICTING

Henderson County continued the redistricting process recently by meeting with its attorneys and other stakeholders to redraw local political subdivision maps.

According to the County's blog post:

While making small shifts to the Commissioner Precinct lines, the group also had to redraw smaller subdivisions such as voter tabulation districts (formerly known as voter boxes).
In fact, County Judge Wade McKinney said most of the work of redistricting involved those voter districts.
"The new State House districts really caused a lot of work to be done inside the Athens loop," Judge McKinney said.
Other subdivisions such as Justice of the Peace or Constable precincts were changed "very little," according to the Judge.

A public hearing on the new maps is expected to be called in the near future.

TUESDAY IS ELECTION DAY

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 2. There are only a couple of more days of early voting remaining.

Statewide, there are 8 Constitutional Amendments on the ballot. You can learn what those are here.

In addition, there are several local elections which you can learn about here.

Early voting will be conducted at the Henderson County Elections Center in Athens, the Chandler Community Center, and the Lakeview Assembly of God Church in Seven Points Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.