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Cody Hamilton Wins the Silver Stick Award - March 12, 2010
Submitted by Tammy Hamilton
Each year at the Shelby County Livestock Show a senior is selected to receive the coveted Silver Stick Award. This award is given in Memory of Mr. Bill Cooper by his family. This year’s recipient is Cody Hamilton.
Cody is a senior at Joaquin High School; he has been participating in the County Livestock Show since 1998. The show began in 1997, with the help of Mrs. Jane Cooper, and the next year a pee wee class was started. Cody began his show career with a pen of rabbits at the age of 5. After showing rabbits for a few years, Cody began raising goats and he has been showing goats ever since. He raised his first heifer when he was only eight, at that time you had to show a heifer before your first steer. Since then he has shown five steers and raised a scramble heifer. Cody always enjoyed raising and showing cattle, but the drop in the number of animals auctioned kept him from showing one anymore. Cody has been very fortunate to win several Grand Champion Awards, Reserve Champion Awards and other prizes. Because of many businesses and families like the Cooper’s continuing to give and support the kids in our community, many winners are still to come.
Cody would like to say “THANK YOU” to each and everyone who has ever given and supported the county show, because of you he will always have many fond memories to look back on.
Pictured is Cody Hamilton receiving his trophy belt buckle from his FFA Advisor and Ag Science Teacher Josie Nichols. |
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Pine Grove Residents and Staff Appreciate Hillcrest Baptist Church - March 12, 2010
Submitted by Peggy Hughes
Each Friday morning, David Lee, Sylvia Hearn and Allie Hughes bring smiles to our resident’s faces with the faithfulness of a handshake, a hug followed by an old fashioned Heavenly Highway sing along.
Bro. Vaughn then shares the saving grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Bro. Vaughn has been a volunteer here since the building first opened many years ago.
Hillcrest Baptist, thank you for your personal touch in our residents lives each week!
I will do whatever you ask in my name” John 14:13 |
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Thank You from Lacy White Terry - March 11, 2010
Submitted by Lacy White Terry
My family and I would like to thank everyone for the gifts, calls, visits, and especially the prayers, during my illness and hospital stay. God is good to me and has blessed me beyond measure with loving family and friends. Please continue to pray for me and may God bless each of you. |
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Center
United Pentecostal Church
Brings Comfort and Cheer
to Pine Grove Residents
- March
10, 2010
Submitted by Peggy
Hughes
The one who believes
in me will also do the
works that I do.”
John 14:12
Your wholehearted
efforts and the warmth
you share clearly show
how much you care of others.
This morning
Gina Porterfield, Delicia
Eaves, Christy Mills,
Christene Borders, and
Hugh Fleming shared the
blessed hope of Christ
in song, with the name
of Jesus being lifted
high. Some of the old
familiar hymns sang were,
This World is Not My Home,
O For a Thousand Tongues
to Sing, He Keeps Me Singing,
and many more.
Pine Grove
residents join in singing
along.
This morning
a special guest, Charles
Gilbert shared his piano
talents and was loved
by all.
We invite
you to join us the first
Wednesday of each month
at 10:00 AM to listen
to Pastor Steve Harris,
and the second Wednesday
beginning at 10:00 AM
the Border Sisters are
faithful to come and sing.
Volunteers
are helping people by
touching lives!
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Thank
You From the McCollister
Family -
March 10, 2010
Submitted by Joyce
Johnson
The family
of Mr. Kenneth McCollister,
would like to take this
time to thank everyone
for your prayers, flowers,
food, phonecalls, and
whatever you've done to
console our hearts during
our time of bereavement.
We would like to extend
a special thanks to Hicks
Mortuary and our local
VFW Post #8904. May God
bless each of you. |
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Logansport
AA and Al-non Recovery
Group Meetings -March
09, 2010
Composed by Leah Williams
The Logansport
Recovery Group would love
to invite anyone in recovery
to one of their meetings.They
will be having AA and
Al-non meetings on Monday
at 7pm and Thursday at
8pm. The group in located
at the Logansport Chamber
of Commerce. All meetings
will be open meetings.
For more information please
feel free to contact Regina
at 936-248-3904. |
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Taylor
Hughes Wins 1st Runner up
- March 9, 2010
Submitted by Lessie
Hughes Taylor
Hughes took 1st runner-up
for her solo in the Judges
Choice Award at Talent
on Parade competition
in Texarkana Texas. She
is the granddaughter of
the late Mayor Steve Hughes
of Joaquin and Lessie
Hughes of Carthage.
Taylor also won lots of
other awards for her group
numbers. She takes
dance at Rowes.
She is 5th grade GT student
at Baker Koonce in Carthgage.
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| Thank
You From Daughters of
the Republic of Texas
- March
9, 2010
Submitted by Billie
Dawson, Chapter President
The William Carroll Crawford
Chapter of the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas,
would like to thank the
many people that helped
to make our
“Republic of Texas
Celebration” a success.
Our Corp. Sponsors: State
Farm Ins., Boles Feed,
Ace Hardware, Monco Motors,
Mangum Funeral Home,
Ray Jones Chevrolet, Napa
Auto Parts, Center Tire,
Nacogdoches Coca-Cola,
Texas State Bank, O’Rielly
Auto Parts, Farmers State
Bank, Auto Trader.com,
Town & Country Real
Estate, Nobel Energy,
Bounds Ins., Shelby Savings,
Stock It & Lock It,
Wal-Mart, and Brookshires.
Individual Sponsors: Judy
& Tommy Lee, Roscoe
Mc Swain, Sarah Hribal,
Lewis Jones, Venorah Mc
Swain, Lavonne & Mike
Wood, and Gail & Nolan
Sholar.
A special thank you
to the many community
volunteers; Barbara Mc
Clelland, Jennifer Whittlesey,
Nora Robinson, Madeline
Gill, Linda Perry, Carolyn
Hooker, Linda Sholar,
Terri Lacher, Kim Wolf,
Kim Payne, Sommer Heardon,
Elaine Bailey, Amber,
Sally, Nicolle, Kerri,
Penny, Roy Masterson,
Dorman Edison, Steve Edison,
Don Casto, Leonard Irish.
To the husbands of the
DRT, I know thank you
can not cover all the
things you have done in
preparation for our event
as well as everything
you did on Saturday, we
know without you it would
not be possible, so KUDOS
TOO YOU!!!!
Our hope is that the
community enjoyed the
day as much as we did,
we look forward to next
March and dedicating the
“Reba January James
Heritage Library”
The money earned from
this event is the beginning
of the “Reba January
James Heritage Library”
fund. If you would like
to donate to this fund
you may send a check made
out to WCC/DRT (put library
fund in memo section)
Elizabeth Pate, 394 CR
1601, Center, Texas 75935.
Thank You and God Bless
Texas |
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Kamari
Gray Dances Her Way to
the Top - March
9, 2010
Submitted by Judy
Owens
 Kamari
Gray, 1st grader at
Tenaha Elementary School,
took first place in
the 12 and Younger Solo
Dance Competition at
the Regional Competition
held in Texarkana, Texas
on Saturday, March 6th.
Kamari is the daughter
of Kendrick and Crystal
of Tenaha, Texas. She
takes dance at Rowe
Performing arts in Carthage,
Texas.
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The
East Texas Disciples Meeting
- March
8, 2010
The East Texas Disciples,
a new chapter of the Christian
Motorcyclist Association,
is forming in Center.
CMA National has chapters
through out the USA and
CMA International has
chapters in 26 countries.
Membership is approaching
150,000. There are no
membership dues or fees.
CMA is funded mainly by
one fund raiser held in
May each year called Run
for the Son. Forty percent
of the funds raised are
used to support CMA. The
other sixty percent is
given at twenty percent
each to, The open Doors
Ministry (bibles distributed
all over the world), The
Jesus Film (shown world
wide) and Missionary Ventures
(motorcycles and other
forms of transportation
given to pastors and missionaries
to enable them to get
to small towns and villages).
The only qualification
for membership is that
you are a Christian; you
don't have to ride a motorcycle.
The next meeting of the
East Texas Disciples will
be held at Sam Samford
Lodge, located on Hwy
96 south between Hwy 7
and Loop 500 at 2:00pm.on
March 13th. The State
Coordinator and Northeast
Texas area Representatives
will be present. Weather
permitting, ride your
bikes. We will have a
"Bike Blessing"
and go for a ride after
the meeting. Contact,
Paul Ragan at 936488-1168
or paulragan@hughes.net
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Timpson
Volunteer Fire Department
Thank You - March
5, 2010
Submitted by Beth
Andrews
The Timpson Volunteer
Fire Department would
like to gratefully acknowledge
contributions and thank
all for their continued
support.
James & Nita Foret
and Don & Mary Gatliff
all made donations to
the Timpson VFD in memory
of Gene Bogue.
Howell Glen Hudson and
Lillian Courtney both
made donations in memory
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Relay
for Life T-Shirts for
Sale - March
5, 2010
Submitted by Kristin
Whisenant
 
We still have Relay for
Life t-shirts for sale.
They are $18/each. Contact
Kristin Whisenant at 591-9506,
Christie Stringer 598-6627,
or Tiffany Pope 591-8933. |
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Fifty
Dollars Could Win You
a 2010 Ford Mustang -
March 4, 2010
Submitted by Martha Rushing
Farmers State Bank Employee
Relay for Life Team will
give away a Red 2010 Ford
Mustang for a $50 donation
raffle. Drawing will be
held at the Shelby County
Relay for Life 2010 on
April 30 at 7pm at the
Center Roughrider Stadium.
All proceeds will go to
the Shelby County Relay
for Life fundraiser. For
more informatin about
Shelby County Relay for
Life, visit Relay for
Life online at
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=24203

Raffle
Rules: You must be at
least 18 years old to
win. The winner will be
responsible for all taxes,
title, registration fees
and insurance and vehicle
will not be delivered
until all taxes and fees
have been paid by the
winner. Winner must also
provide a SSN, which will
be used solely for filing
IRS Form 1099 as per Federal
Law. Purchase of raffle
tickets are not tax-deductible
contributions.
To purchase
tickets, ask any Farmers
State Bank employees
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22nd
Annual What-A-Melon Festival
Logo Design Contest -
March
4, 2010
Entries are now being
accepted for the Annual
What-A-Melon Festival
Logo Design Contest.
Logo Design entries must
be at least 8.5 inches
by 11 inches and limited
to no more than four (4)
colors including (black).
Entries must include the
following elements in
the design:
1) What-A-Melon
2) Center, Texas
3) July 8, 9, & 10,
2010
All designs must be original.
Pictures will not be accepted.
One entry per person.
The winning design will
become the property of
the What-A-Melon Festival.
Entries should include
on the back of the entry
the name of the artist,
address and phone number.
The contest is open to
students, amateur and
professional artists.
Only one design will be
chosen and the winner
will be awarded $100.00.
Entries must be submitted
to:
Vickie Hudson, Edward
Jones Office
720 Hurst Street, Suite
1
Center, Texas
For More information,
you may contact:
Vickie Hudson at 598-5011.
Entries will be accepted
March 8-31, 2010 |
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