Shelby County Today

December 22, 2021 - The Pine Terrace Property Owners Association are proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Christmas Lights contest. Donna Holt, president of the association, was excited about the number of Pine Terrace home owners who decorated this year which made it a hard decision to pick the winners. She expressed that so many did a wonderful job!

First place - Randy and Benita Collard Family

Second place - Ben and Nikki Postell Family

Third place - Jesus and Christy Rodriguez

Fourth place - Bob and Terri Latcher

Signs have been placed in the yards signifying the winners.

December 22, 2021 - Jared Tovar achieved the honor of being listed on the Dean's List of scholars at the University of North Texas (UNT) for the 2021 Fall Semester. He also achieved the same honor for the 2021 Spring Semester.

In a letter received from Marilyn Wiley, Dean of the G. Brint Ryan College of Business at the University of North Texas, it stated, "Please accept my congratulations for achieving at least a 3.5 grade point average for the 2021 Fall semester. In recognition of your outstanding academic achievement, your name has been placed on the Dean's List of scholars at the University of North Texas.

"As a Dean's List scholar, you join a very select group. Only 20% of the G. Brint Ryan College of Business undergraduate students earn this honor. This distinction of high scholarship should be reflected on your resume throughout your career.

"Your accomplishment is one in which you should take great pride. The faculty and administration of the University of North Texas are very gratified by your hard work and dedication. We are all proud of your outstanding performance."

Jared Tovar, Salutatorian for the Class of 2020 and the son of Erika and Jose Tovar, is a current junior at UNT entering his fourth semester this coming Spring. He is pursuing a major in accounting with a specialization in audit and will be interning with KHA Accountants in Flower Mound, TX under the audit department.

Tovar has received his UNT ring for completing more than 60 college credit hours. After receiving his Bachelor’s, he will then go into grad school and focus on taking the CPA exam!

December 21, 2021 - Congratulations to Odessa Link the winner of the quilt.

The James-Antioch Community Center wants to thank everyone who purchased tickets this year. The ticket sales were over $2,900. The entire proceeds will go to the Community Center for upkeep and utilities of the building.

We also want to thank the quilters who participated in making of the quilt and all the ones who sold tickets. This was truly a group effort.

Thank you,
James-Antioch Community Center

From left: (row in front of court bench) Sheriff Kevin Windham; Jimmy Lout, Commissioner Precinct 2; Leadership Shelby County class -  Anna Lee, Tammy Hanson, Landon Oliver, Tanner Peace, Cindy Eubank, Terry Adkison, Collin Mathews, Veronica Berry, Anna Register, Cancee Lester, Brianna Suell, Marie Jackson; (back row behind court bench) Roscoe McSwain, Commissioner Precinct 1; Stevie Smith, Commissioner Precinct 3; County Auditor Clint Porterfield; Tom Bellmyer, Commissioner Precinct 4; and County Clerk Jennifer Fountain.

December 20, 2021 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class participated in Government Day November 17, 2021, and attended the Shelby County Commissioners' Court.

During their day the participants also visited the County Auditor, County Clerk, Wastewater Treatment plant, and Mill Creek treatment plant. The Leadership Class then visited the John D. Windham Civic Center where they had lunch with City of Center Mayor David Chadwick, who spoke on finance growth in Center and Chad Nehring, City Manager, who gave a presentation on growth in the City of Center.

The class toured the Center Police Department with Chief Jim Albers, and they met Center Police Officer Brian Wright and his partner K9 Nyx who demonstrated a mock narcotics search.

Center Fire Department was their next stop where they were hosted by Center Fire Chief Keith Byndom. Chief Byndom showed the newest trucks the fire department has added to their fleet, as well as the ladder they have had for some time now. He explained about the new paging system to receive alerts on their phones, and described the importance of the Jaws of Life to the department. Chief Byndom was very thankful for the department volunteers.

The Shelby County Leadership program is meant to aid in the development of the future leaders of Shelby County and to give the participants a more in depth understanding of the businesses, community, and governernment entities of Shelby County. The program covers history, education, government, healthcare, business and economics.