July 23, 2015 - Ashley McGhen and her husband, Charles, recently moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming from Texas. After their move they visited Lyons Park in Cheyenne where the Cost of Freedom Traveling Memorial was setup on Saturday, June 27th.
The traveling memorial is a tribute to Vietnam veterans as well as other war veterans. The couple found the name of Army Spc. Cory Bertrand, from Center, Texas, on the memorial and took a photo to share.
July 12, 2015 (More photos) - The 2015 What-A-Melon Festival Pet Show entertained audience members under the big tent with cuteness, tricks, and personality.
July 12, 2015 - Years ago it was the drought; this year it was the rain. The largest watermelon entry for 2015 was Doug Cogswell's melon which weighed 96 pounds.
July 12, 2015 - Competition was tough at the What-A-Melon Festival Seed Spitting and Speed Eating events held under the big tent during Saturday's festival activities. Special judges in the Speed Eating competition were Tanya Echols from Cleburne, Texas and Kaye Weiland from Burleson, Texas who had scheduled their vacation to include three days of What-A-Melon Festival activites.
July 6, 2015 - Let's play ball! Center is hosting eight baseball tournaments starting Saturday, July 4th. Teams from all over will converge on Center for Regional and State baseball games.
The Center Youth Baseball League will be hosting the following tournaments: (Click the tournament to see the bracket. Brackets will be updated daily.)
(Due to rain delays on July 4th, some games have still been ongoing the morning of July 5th. These brackets show progress as of 1:16am.)
July 1, 2015 (More photos) - Reverend Michael Hale was honored Sunday, June 28, 2015 with a church luncheon following a morning musical and then a retirement celebration reception at 2:30pm.