There will be fly-overs and aerobatic demonstrations from time to time. On Saturday, the public will have the opportunity to take sight-seeing flights by airplane or helicopter. Athens police this week are monitoring traffic at several intersections and pulling over motorists who are not buckled up. Thursday, police will be watching traffic at the intersection of S. White Street and Park Street near the Post Office and at Decatur Pike at Holiday Drive. Gentry was thrown out of his pickup truck when it hydroplaned and hit a guardrail.
Gentry is listed in fair condition.
A Decatur truck driver has been killed in a traffic accident near Rogersville. Adkins swerved his truck to try to avoid hitting the car, skidded off the road, up an embankment, and into a bridge. The wreck happened on U.S. 11-W this past Saturday. Adkins died at the scene. One person in the car was killed and the driver was critically injured.