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June 8, 2016 - Area children were treated to a puppet show, performed by Puppet Wise, at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library in Center on Thursday, June 9th during two shows held in the morning and afternoon.
(From left) District III Director, Nita Beale; Southern Zone Director, Linda Goller; President, Texas Garden Club, Inc, Carol Moore; Center Garden Club members Robbie Kerr, Linda Bordelon, Jackie Hancock, Cindy Brown, Lisa Albers, Shirley Owens, Cherry Jones, and Judy Matthews.
June 9, 2016 - Center Garden Club hosted the 59th District III southern Zone Garden Club Workshop on June 8 during National Garden Week at the Community House in Center, Texas.
Representing 19 counties in the Southern Zone, 43 East Texas Garden Club members attended the following workshops: Presidents, Linda Goller, Southern Zone Director; Treasurers, Jackie Hancock, District III Treasurer; Awards, Linda Jean Brown, Awards Chairman; Youth, Shirley Haley, Polk Co. Garden Club; Publicity, Linda Bordelon, Center Garden Club; Programs, Judith Bussey, Newton Garden Club; Open Forums conducted by State Texas Garden Clubs President Carol Moore and Linda Goller, Southern Zone Director. Shirley Owens of Center Garden Club presented the afternoon program "House Plants:Nature's Air Filters."
Various plants and hanging baskets which were donated by Center Garden Club members were used as door prizes. The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce provided a booklet on "Historical Markers & Sites of Shelby County." County Agent Jheri-Lynn McSwain provided favors of flower seed packages, "Bloom Where You Are Planted" Note Pads by Center Garden Club, and pens for the workshop were donated by State Farm (Sandy Wheeler), Farmers State Bank, Shelby Savings Bank, Texas State Bank, and Agrilife Extension.
Submitted by Linda Bordelon, Center GC Publicity Chairman
June 9, 2016 - Austin Finance was welcomed to their new location at 854 Hurst Street, Suite 110, in Center, Texas by Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and community members Thursday morning, June 9th.
"I'm just glad everyone could come today to be here at Austin Finance. And they have had a journey in our community and they've been long time chamber members and we appreciate that but we have new management," said Pam Phelps, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director. Phelps then gave introduction to Greg Wilson, President of Austin Finance.
"We have been in business for 20 years this year so we are celebrating our anniversary. We've been in Center I believe for eleven years," expressed Wilson. "We love this community; we know a lot of people here. You guys have been fantastic to us and we greatly appreciate it." He introduced the team members: Mike Flood, Regional Manager; Savannah Gerrard, Branch Supervisor; Cindy Sowell, Manager; Debra Espinoza, Assistant Manager; and Ashley Rooks, Account Manager.
Pam Phelps also gave recognition of Scott Foster who is representing Murray Mathews, Mathews Real Estate, the developer of Hilltop Marketplace.
June 8, 2016 (Photos submitted by Larry Hume) - The Shelby County Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8094 and Auxiliary gathered at the memorial marker on the grounds of the downtown historic courthouse to lay a memorial wreath in remembrance of the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day on Monday, June 6th.
Laying the memorial wreath was Post Commander Gene Hutto. Post Quartermaster Larry Hume thanked everyone for attending and gave the history of D-Day. He also commended those attending for helping to make sure this day wasn't forgotten nor did it go unnoticed in Shelby County.
On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
June 8, 2016 (Schedule Flyer) - The 27th Annual What-A-Melon festival is rolling into downtown Center, Texas starting July 6th for 4 days of fun in the sun! The four days of festivities, July 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, is looking for participants to join in and help make this the best What-A-Melon Festival ever.
The What-A-Melon Festival's biggest attraction, the Largest Watermelon Contest, has been moved to Thursday evening and the winning melon will be on display for festival visitors to see and have photos made with. The weigh-in will be July 7th at 5pm under the big tent following be entertainment on the stage.
The Pet Show will be held July 8th along with more entertainment on the stage Tejano style starting at 7pm.
The What-A-Melon Fun Run/5K will jumpstart Saturday's activities at 7am. Register at www.runsignup.com and proceeds from the run will benefit the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library. The What-A-Melon Pageant has been moved to Saturday morning at 10am. To register, contact Tonya Bailey at 936-598-3793. Cruise on by and see the Car Show in the First Baptist Church Parking Lot starting at 3pm.
The fan favorites - Seed Spitting Contest and Speed Eating Contest is set for 4pm. Participants are invited to also participate in the Watermelon Decorating Competition which requires a real watermelon. Let your creative juices follow and carve a melon or just decorate it to enter into the contest.
If you are interested in having a music act Thursday - Saturday, contact Tim Hopkins at 936-598-3311 or email thopkins@fsbctx.com no later than June 17th. All contests have monetary prizes for 1st - 3rd place winners!
The What-A-Melon Festival is sponsored by the Center Rotary Club.
June 7, 2016 - The first annual Mike Wood Memorial Scholarship fundraiser was held this past Saturday, June 4th, at the First United Methodist Church in Joaquin. The meal was a catfish dinner with all the trimmings and started at 11:00am.
Workers gathered from the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department, Masonic Lodge, and Methodist Church. Mike was a member of all three of these groups as well as being the mayor of Joaquin at one time. It gave us all a great deal of pleasure to be able to honor Mike with this first fundraiser. We were able to serve 130 plates and took in donations exceeding $2000.00. These funds will enable us to award scholarships to future graduates of Joaquin High School.
Many thanks to all who worked and to those who donated their money to honor this fine man.
June 3, 2016 - Pictured are students who performed in Clara Murphy’s Piano Recital on May 26, 2016 at First Baptist Church in San Augustine, Texas.
From left: (Back row) Mason McGown, Brady Lane Wells, LeAndra Wilson, Zach Bennett, Rebecca Bullock, Peyton Stephens, (Front row) Zoe McKinney, Raven Jenkins, Cesily Hilton, Justine Chavez, Bethany Dorsey and Clara Murphy. Not Pictured: Natalia Bahena, Kailey Sowell.
June 2, 2016 - Each year, Nacogdoches Medical Center together with The Surgery Center of Nacogdoches, recognizes local graduating seniors with scholarships to support them in furthering their education.
This year, 5 scholarships were awarded to students from seven high schools in both Nacogdoches and Shelby Counties. Nacogdoches Medical Center congratulates these outstanding students, and are proud to support their continuing education.
From left: Haylee Hardy - Central Heights ; Jeff Patterson, NMC CEO, Davis Pierce - Nacogdoches ; Destiny Scaief - Woden; Emily Foley - Woden; not pictured is Zoey Stuever - Center
June 1, 2016 (Photos) - First Reponders enjoyed a delicious bar-b-que lunch prepared by the Shelby County Cookers on Wednesday, May 25 at an Appreciation Lunch held at the John D. Windham Civic Center and presented by McAdams Propane. Center Independent School District and the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors hosted the event.
First responders including police officers, department of public safety officers, constables, Sheriff Deputies, firemen, medics, Game Wardens and law enforcement officials were honored guests.
Public servants and peace officers carry a responsibility for maintaining order, enforcing the law and protecting the lives and property of our citizens. Often, service involves personal sacrifices and even personal danger.
The appreciation lunch recognizes the contribution law enforcement makes to the community. Sponsoring the event were Specter, Inc., Raymond Construction and Spartan Structures.
June 1, 2016 - Timpson Masonic Lodge #437 held a ceremony and luncheon on Saturday May 21, 2016 honoring Timpson residents, lodge members and recente graduates.
The Community Builders Award was given to Robin Connell. Several individuals received the Lamar Award including Fred Wilcox of Timpson ISD, as well as recent graduates Sheldon Scroggins and Isaiah Molloy. Scroggins and Molloy were individually awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
William (Bill) Hairgrove was awarded the 40-year Service Award.
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