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April 8, 2017 (42 Tournament Bracket, Washer Pitching Bracket, Photo Album1, Album2) - Local cook teams won the overall titles at the 2017 Shelby County Grill Fest with 'Shelby Savings Bank' led by head cook Will Lucas claiming the Grand Champion trophy and Reserve Champion going to 'Blowin' Smoke BBQ', head cook Adam Bradshaw. People's Choice award was won by Shelby County Outlaw Cookers.
Twenty-one cook teams were vying for the $6,750 in prize money and a year's worth of bragging rights. As part of the Grill Fest festivies, a 42 tournament was held Friday night at Sombreros Restaurant and team Top Hufferd and Shelby Johnson won the first place title. In the washer pitching contest the dynamic 'Josh' duo of Josh Jones and Josh McAdams claimed the victory. Top winners in the 42 tournament and washer pitching tournament each received prize money and trophies.
Individual category results were as follows:
Chicken
1st place - ($1,000) Shelby Savings Banks from Center, Texas. Head cook was Will Lucas.
2nd place - ($750) Farmers State Bank from Center, Texas. Head cook was Joey Lawson.
3rd place - ($500) Blowin' Smoke BBQ from Center, Texas. Head cook was Adam Bradshaw.
4th place - Ray Jones Chevrolet Pigtail Cookers from Center, Texas. Head cook was Marlin Jones.
5th place - Bayou BBQ from West Monroe, Louisiana. Head cook was Benjy Lewis.
6th place - Shelby County Outlaw Cookers from Center, Texas. Head cook was Preston Whitney.
7th place - Big Daddy BBQ from Reklaw, Texas. Head cook was David Mason.
8th place - B & D cookers from Center, Texas. Head cook was Bobbie Daw.
9th place - Tipsy Texans from Tenaha, Texas. Head cook was Steven Shires.
10th place - Tyson Foods from Center, Texas. Head cook was Heath Sellers.
Pork Ribs
1st place - ($1,000) Tyson Foods from Nacogdoches, Texas. Head cook was Heath Sellers.
2nd place - ($750) Babee' Blue's BBQ from Keithville, Louisiana. Head cook was Damon Blue.
3rd place - ($500) Shelby Savings Banks from Center, Texas. Head cook was Will Lucas.
4th place - Bayou BBQ from West Monroe, Louisiana. Head cook was Benjy Lewis.
5th place - Tipsy Texans from Tenaha, Texas. Head cook was Steven Shires.
6th place - First Bank and Trust East Texas from San Augustine. Head cook was Tim Hopkins.
7th place - All Smoked Up from Jacksonville, Texas. Head cook was Oley Willis.
8th place - Git'cha Creek Country Cookers from Rusk, Texas. Head cook was David Chandler.
9th place - Big Daddy BBQ from Reklaw, Texas. Head cook was David Mason.
10th place - Up In Smoke from Jacksonville, Texas. Head cook was John Paine.
Brisket
1st place - ($1,000) All Smoked Up from Jacksonville, Texas. Head cook was Oley Willis.
2nd place - ($750) Four Shadows from Commerce, Texas. Head cook was Tony Chancellor.
3rd place - ($500) Blowin' Smoke BBQ from Center, Texas. Head cook was Adam Bradshaw.
4th place - Tipsy Texans from Tenaha, Texas. Head cook was Steven Shires.
5th place - Roughrider Tire & Truck Parts from Center, Texas. Head cook was Jared Nutt.
6th place - Shelby Savings Banks from Center, Texas. Head cook was Will Lucas.
7th place - Tyson Foods from Center, Texas. Head cook was Heath Sellers.
8th place - Babee' Blue's BBQ from Keithville, Louisiana. Head cook was Damon Blue.
9th place - Shelby County Outlaw Cookers from Center, Texas. Head cook was Kyle Windham.
10th place - B & D cookers from Center, Texas. Head cook was Bobbie Daw.
Pinto Beans
1st place - All Smoked Up from Jacksonville, Texas. Head cook was Oley Willis.
2nd place - Two Brothers Cookerz from Center, Texas. Head Cook was James Bridges.
3rd place - Shelby County Outlaw Cookers from Center, Texas. Head cook was Rachel Morman.
4th place - Shelby County Outlaw Cookers from Center, Texas. Head cook was Preston Whitney.
5th place - Bayou BBQ from West Monroe, Louisiana. Head cook was Benjy Lewis.
6th place - Unknown
7th place - Blowin' Smoke BBQ from Center, Texas. Head cook was Adam Bradshaw.
8th place - Tyson Foods from Center, Texas. Head cook was Heath Sellers.
9th place - Unknown
10th place - Unknown
April 7, 2017 - The William Carroll Crawford Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic held their April meeting at the Sam Samford Lodge in Center on April 1.
Hostesses for the meeting were Judy Lee, Janice Butler, Gina Ferrem and Jean Corbell, all descendants of Benjamin Franklin Adams and his wife Brazilia, who arrived in Texas and received a land grant from the Republic of Texas in 1840.
The District Representative of District IV, Susan Aikin of Nacogdoches and Elizabeth Pate, current president of the William Carroll Crawford Chapter led the installation ceremony for the ladies elected to serve for the 2017 - 2019 term. They are: President Judy Lee, Vice-president Gina Ferren, Treasurer Merle Howard, Recording Secretary Tina Dubose,
Registrar Maggie Casto, Chaplain Pollene Estelle Walker and Historian Barbara McClellan, who was unable to attend the meeting. Sheri Hribal and Sarah Waller will continue to serve as sponsors of the JJE Gibson Chapter of the Children of the Republic of Texas.
Members of the Chapter will attend the annual DRT Convention in Dallas in May and the next scheduled meeting will be in September, with a welcome back luncheon.
April 7, 2017 - Wear blue on Friday, April 7 to raise awareness and illuminate the truth about child abuse. Gather your family, work place or school and take a photo and send it to Shelby County Today be featured on our website.
#GoBlueDay: Wear BLUE tomorrow to show your support for #childabuseawareness and #ChildrensAdvocacyCenter!
April 6, 2017 - Farmers State Bank would like to announce the 20th Anniversary of their branch in Shelbyville, Texas.
A special thanks to all of our customers for making this possible. It is always an honor to serve and to be a part of our local community. On Friday, April 7, we will host an Anniversary Celebration in Shelbyville. Refreshments will be served.
April 7, 2017 - Shelby County VFW Post 8904, Auxiliary, and members of the community gathered at the Veterans Memorial marker on the downtown courthouse lawn to observe the 100th Anniversary of the United States entering World War I on Thursday, April 6, 2017.
Quartermaster Larry Hume spoke, “This courthouse behind us had only been standing for 32 years when the United States of America entered World War I.”
Past Post Commander Mike Langford then stepped up and hung the memorial wreath in honor of this momentous day.
“On June 5, 1917 saw the first of three draft registrations for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. The draft was a little different in World War I than it had been in previous wars, the Civil War, as you could no longer hire someone to serve in your place. During the Civil War you could, you could go hire someone to go fight in your place,” continued Hume.
Shelby County has participated in all wars before World War I and since. ‘Our boys’ signed up voluntarily and by draft serving both overseas and stateside. All Americans who served during this time will be remembered along with the 507 from Shelby County known to date.
Hume recognized the Shelby County Veterans who died during the war from combat, disease, or accident. “Remember no one is truly dead until they are forgotten and we plan to see that this doesn’t happen to our World War I Veterans from Shelby County, Texas.”
Before concluding the program, Hume mentioned two Veterans who had recently passed, Myron Bounds and Earl Wood.
Over the months until we celebrate wars end on Veterans Day, November 11, 1918, Hume said we would like to get as accurate an accounting of Shelby County WW I Veterans as possible. If there is one in your family please contact QM Hume.
April 5, 2017 - Help full fill the growing need for food boxes and join with Shelby County Outreach Ministries by donating each month the selected "Food of the Month." For the month of April, the highlighted food is dried beans, rice (in bag), and pasta!
Beans, rice, and pasta are economical foods which can be used to create filling dishes that are low in fat and packed with complex carbohydrates.
Bring your "Food of the Month" items to Shelby County Outreach Ministries located at 930 Shelbyville Street next to the railroad tracks at MLK Drive from 9am until 2pm weekdays.
Donations are always welcome of canned meats, peanut butter, and can vegetables. Monetary donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 1029, Center, Texas 75935.
Be part of helping to replenish supplies in their food pantry. Volunteers are welcome as well. Thank you and God Bless!
April 4, 2017 - Shelby County VFW Post 8904 and the Auxiliary gathered on the downtown Center square at the Veterans memorial to honor those who served during "Operation Restore Hope" including Veteran Sean Martin.
Larry Hume, Quartermaster, opened the program, "I would like to welcome you all today on this beautiful, glorious day that the good Lord has given us," which was followed by a prayer given by Cynthia Islas, Post Chaplain.
Honoring those who served in Somalia, Hume said, "Americans consider themselves to be a compassionate people, and the United States military has a long tradition of humanitarian relief operations both within and outside the continental United States. And never has this humanitarian impulse proven more dangerous to follow than in 1992 when the United States intervened to arrest famine in the midst of an ongoing civil war in the East African country of Somalia. Ultimately hundreds of thousands were saved from starvation, but unintended involvement in Somalia’s civil strife cost the lives of thirty American Soldiers, four Marines, and eight Air Force personnel during the years of 1992 to 1994. The American military has established the conditions for peace in midst of a famine and civil war but unlike later in Bosnia, the factions were not exhausted from the fighting and were not yet willing to stop killing each other and anyone caught in the middle. There was no peace to keep and the United States withdrew all military combat troops in March of 1994. The American G.I. had, as always, done their best under a difficult circumstance to perform a complex and often confusing mission. The best military in the world can only lay the foundation for peace; it cannot create peace itself."
Hume then introduced post member, Sean Martin, who served in Somalia and asked him to hang the memorial wreath. Martin was asked to speak and he recounted his travels in Somalia which began in Mogadishu where they would make supply runs and ended near the border of Ethiopia before being pulled out of Somalia, "I was only about 15 miles from the Ethiopian border and we were up there drilling water wells, mainly just drilling water wells and acting as support for the French Foreign Legion."
Taps was presented by post member John Piersol to end the program.
April 4, 2017 - The SCSP Playday is scheduled for Saturday, April 8. Last year many Shelby County riders won awards. Pictured in the 6 and under age group are Jacob Griffin of Joaquin, winner of the all around saddle, along with other award winners including Lucinda David of Joaquin, Ryder Klein of Center, who also was pole bending champion, and Dakota Horne of Shelbyville.
For family fun and entertainment come ride or support local riders. Admission is free. For information please contact Nat Klein at 936-598-8453 or email Carmen_hibbard@yahoo.com.
Submitted by Billie Jean Kay, Joaquin, TX
April 4, 2017 - "Cultivating Joy" - Center Garden Club's 51st Annual Small Standard Flower Show this Friday, April 7th at the Center Community House is open to the public from noon until 4pm! No admission fee.
Come and view the colorful and competitive exhibition of plants, floral designs and horticulture. Garden Club members have prepared Educational Exhibits, Sculptures, and Floral Designs.
Center High School, Intermediate School, and Elementary School students will also have on display an array of beautifully creative and inspiring arrangements.
Buy a chance to win a Beautiful Urn Planter, filled with a colorful selection living plants! Members of the Center Garden Club will be selling raffle tickets for $1.00 per chance! Drawing will be held April 7, 2017, during the Flower Show.
The Center Community House is located at 423 San Augustine Street, Center, Texas.
April 4, 2017 - Approximately forty-five students participated in a hands-on floral design activity under the leadership of Center Garden Club members Ann Hitt, Janette Wittmann, Cherry Jones, and Carolyn Bounds.
Pictured are just a few of Ms Corbell's, Ms. Crouch's, and Ms. Dutton's classes who learned about floral design while in Ms Hayes and Ms. Barbee's Science Labs today at CES in preparation for Center Garden Club Flower Show Friday, April 7th, at Center Community House.
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