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2026 East Texas Poultry Festival Queen's Pageant This Saturday

September 25, 2026 - The 50th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival Queen’s Scholarship Pageant will be held Saturday, September 26 and reigning Queen Payton McGee will crown the 2025 Miss East Texas Poultry Festival Queen in the Center High School Cafetorium. The coronation ceremony will begin at 7pm. General admission is $5.

The Presenting Sponsor for the pageant is HR Group. Gold Sponsors are Badders Law Firm, Blake Furniture, Dazzle Me Pink and Blue, and JML Management.

50th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival Kicks Off with Doo Dah Parade

September 23, 2026 (Photo Album) - Many Shelby Countians flocked to downtown Center for the kick off of the 50th East Texas Poultry Festival with the 2026 Doo Dah Parade. Several businesses, organizations, and contestants from the Poultry Festival pageant decorated their rides to impress the crowd. The Junior Chamber of Commerce members led the way around the square.

Successful Summer Youth Blast 2026 at Perry Sampson Park

August 31, 2026 - (Photos submitted by Lisa Carpenter) - The fifteen year for the Summer Youth Blast at Perry Sampson Park was a success! On Saturday, August 29th the community gathered at the park for the 2026 "Leaving a Legacy" and enjoyed a day of fun, fellowship, and purpose with speakers Sis. Ruby Gaddis, Sis. Zebra Riggans, Sis. Mary Jones, Evangelist Sylvia-Michelle Bennett, Pastor Francis Dade, Evangelist Lisa Carpenter, and Kimberly Clark - National Youth Speaker.

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