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November 30, 2018 (Application Form) - The Blue Santa Team is ready to get to work!
This year things are going to be done a little differently, with a deadline on returning forms set for November 30th. If you know of any child in Shelby County that may not have any Santa this Christmas, please fill out this form. One for each child and turn back into the Center Police Department Dispatch, or Shelby County Today. This form will need to be returned to the PD no later than Thursday, November 30th 2018. Any form turned in after the due date will NOT be accepted. This ensures us plenty of time to get all the toys we will need. Remember, all forms are anonymous.
Forms or Monetary donations can also be mailed to BLUE SANTA at P.O. Box 322 Center, Tx 75935. If you would like to donate new toys, clothing, hygiene items please bring them to the Center Police Dept. Boys and girls of all ages will be needed, infant to 15yrs old. The entire Blue Santa team would like to thank everyone for your generous donation to the Blue Santa program. With your donation and others like yours, we will be able to provide Christmas to many children in Shelby County. Again thank you, we can not do it without you! Let Blue Santa help You make a Childs Christmas blessed this year.
Thank You,
from the Operation Blue Santa Team!
November 30, 2018 - Toledo Bend Retired Teachers Association donated over 200 scholastic books to the 2nd graders at Center Elementary on November 29, 2018. These books were given to the students to take home. The goal of the retired teachers is to encourage reading not only at school but also at home. Toledo Bend RTA is one of the local units of the Texas Retired Teachers Association.
Pictured with the students standing on the left are Nina Sue Smith, Gloria Holmes, and Christine Patton and standing on the right are Tharasa Netherly-Thomas and Cristy Byndom.
November 30, 2018 - The annual County Attorney Toy Drive has begun according to County Attorney Gary Rholes. The Toy Drive needs donations of new, unwrapped toys for boys and girls ages 3 through 12 or monetary donations.
The toys are then distributed by his office. “The need is great this year, so we really need help from our generous Shelby County Citizens,” Rholes stated.
Anyone needing further information can call the County Attorney’s Office at (936-598-6100).
November 28, 2018 - Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library would like to thank the William Crawford Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Texas Book Festival (#txbookfest) for making yesterday's Genealogy Workshop: Climbing Your Family Tree, such a wonderful success! We had a great turnout and learned so much from the women who came to teach and share at the workshop.
A big thank you to:
- Maggie Casto, Registrar of the William Carroll Crawford Chapter
- Vickie Martin, Secretary of the Shelby County Historic Commission
- Barbara McClellan, former Research analyst for the Creek-Muskogee Tribe, east of the Mississippi
- Gail Sholar, co-historian of the William Carroll Crawford Chapter
Without your hard work this would not have been possible!
Another big thank you to the people at the Texas Book Festival. Without the funds provided by them through a grant, we would not have been able to purchase books to update many sections of our nonfiction area, including the Genealogy section!
We look forward to doing this again in the spring! The date will be announced after the New Year!
November 28, 2018 - Shelby County employees worked to bring Christmas cheer to the courthouse on Wednesday, November 28th. Santa's helpers were District Clerk Lori Oliver, Tara Jones, Shelley Murphree, Nicol Shedd, Angela Walling, Judge Allison Harbison, and Officer Kevin Gratehouse. The tree was donated by Dellinger's Christmas Store.
November 27, 2018 - Today is #GivingTuesday, which is day set aside for donating and giving back to charities and your community. This Giving Tuesday, I ask that you consider donating to Shelby County Outreach Ministries, Inc. We have been serving Shelby County for over 20 years now. We have multiple programs that help in many ways. We run off donations from our community. Help us help others this season. You can mail donations to: P.O. Box 1029 Center, TX 75935.
Another way you can give back is by doing your online shopping at: AmazonSmile.com Go to the website, search and select Shelby County Outreach Ministries, Inc. as the charity you want to contribute, and then shop til you drop. Thank you for the support through the years, and I hope you consider us on this #GivingTuesday. God Bless.
Josh Crawford
Administrative Assistant at SCOM
November 26, 2018 - Mathews Real Estate invites everyone to come out to Holiday on Foster today, November 26th starting at 5:30pm for a great time and a great cause! Bring the kids out to visit and a picture with Santa Clause and visit with a Center Police officer who is helping with Operation Blue Santa. Instead of Santa giving out gifts, Santa will be asking for toy donations for Blue Santa. The Center Police Department officer will have a Patrol unit ready for kids to see the lights and hear the sirens.
Holiday on Foster will include local vendors having a Christmas Bazaar with lots of gifts for the entire family! Face painting for the kids is $5 each and enjoy hot cocoa as well as door prizes offered by the vendors.
Holiday on Foster is hosted by Elite Hair Design, Hope Community Medicine, Lasting Impressions, Mathews Real Estate, and Pineywoods Beverage. Vendor booths will include Barnwood Divas, Boom Boom Photo Booth, CaJewel, Damsel in Distress, Gram's Kitchen, Hughes Florist and Gifts, Payne & Payne Home N'Suchlike, Perfectly Posh by Krista, Sandy Fuller, Sister Sage, Snell Photography, and Younique by Jana C. Keele.
November 26, 2018 (Blue Santa Form) - The Center Police Department Ladies Auxiliary has donated a Beautiful lighted Christmas wreath for Operation Blue Santa to use to raise funds for the Toy drive. Raffle Tickets will be sold for $1 each, and will be drawn on December 9th during Cookies & Cocoa with Santa. Please come by the Center PD to purchase your tickets. We will also have the wreath and tickets available tonight at Holiday on Foster!
Don’t forget about the Toy Drive RAFFLE DRAWING! Bring in a Toy to the Center Police Department and be entered into a drawing for a Christmas Movie Package: 32 inch Smart TV, DVD player, Popcorn, Cocoa, Cozy Blanket, and a Christmas movie set. One entry per person, one entry per day! Please bring in a New in package toy, Boy or Girl or all Ages! Drawing to be held on December 9th at the close of Cookies & Cocoa with Santa! Get your picture taken with Santa that day also!
Deadline for forms is November 30th! If you know of any child in Shelby County that may not have any Santa this Christmas, please fill out this form. One for each child and turn back into the Center Police Department Dispatch, or Shelby County Today. This form will need to be returned to the PD no later than Thursday, November 30th 2018. Any form turned in after the due date will NOT be accepted. This ensures us plenty of time to get all the toys we will need. Remember, all forms are anonymous. Forms or Monetary donations can also be mailed to BLUE SANTA at P.O. Box 322 Center, Texas 75935. If you would like to donate new toys, clothing, hygiene items please bring them to the Center Police Dept. Boys and girls of all ages will be needed, infant to 15yrs old. The entire Blue Santa team would like to thank everyone for your generous donation to the Blue Santa program. With your donation and others like yours, we will be able to provide Christmas to many children in Shelby County. Again thank you, we can not do it without you! Let Blue Santa help You make a Childs Christmas blessed this year.
November 26, 2018 - Tis the season of giving and many of the kids attending the showing of "The Grinch" at the RIO Theatre on Friday night received an early Christmas gift thanks to the generosity of Old Salem Missionary Baptist Church.
After hearing Nita Adkison advise families of the unexpected gift as parents were paying for their movie tickets, Shelby County Today inquired with Nita who responded, "Old Salem Missionary Baptist Church called today and they donated $500 to give for children's tickets tonight." She advised the money provided tickets for 84 kids!
Nita said, "Everybody that came up, until those tickets were gone, they only had to buy adult tickets and it was so exciting... (Old Salem MBC) just wanted to spread some Christmas cheer. Isn't that awesome!"
The RIO Theatre had a full house on Friday night and was thankful to see all the families; however, they regretted having to post a SOLD OUT sign. "The Grinch" will be showing through Tuesday, November 27th.
November 26, 2018 - The Piney Woods Photographic Society held their regular monthly meeting this past Saturday, November 17, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church in Center, Tx. The monthly challenge "Seasons"showed some awesome photography done by members; along with a workshop on "Photographing Family Holidays" presented by Billie Jones. The next meeting will be the third Saturday in December, at the First United Methodist Church, on Porter St. in Center, Tx. from 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. There will be an informal meet and greet at the December meeting with refreshment and of course "camera talk". Visitors are always welcome, anyone interested in photography, whether it be very beginning or more advanced is invited to attend and share knowledge with each other. This is what the PWPS is known for, helping others to advance their skills in photography. For more information contact Billie F. Jones, 936-591-2426, or "Like" us on Facebook.
To see all the November Challenge submissions, check out our Flickr page,https://www.flickr.com/groups/pineywoodsphotographic/
November Challenge " Seasons"
1st Place Tie - Melissa Sweet-Leavins, Jacksonville, TX
1st Place Tie - Sam Flarity, Marshall, TX
2nd Place Tie - Lawrence C. Davis, Center, TX
2nd Place Tie - Jan Huffman Carter, San Augustine, TX
3rd Place - Melvin Henson, Milam, TX
The Piney Woods Photographic Society would also like to recognize three of their members for claiming Top Honors with their photography during the month of October.
Billie F. Jones, (left) Best of Show, Sassafrass Festival, San Augustine, Tx.
Lawrence C. Davis, (center) Best of Show, Piney Woods Festival, Nacogdoches, Tx.
Jan Carter, (right) Best of Show, East Texas Poultry Festival, Center, Tx.
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