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July 15, 2025 - Donations are being accepted to help the Oscar Rios Family with medical and travel expenses. On the 4th of the July Oscar Rios was traveling to see a fireworks show when he was involved in a horrible crash and he is still in a coma.
Prayers are also greatly appreciated!
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July 4, 2025 - The Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights were recited at the 1885 Historic Courthouse on July 3, 2025, in recognition of Independence Day.
Lawyers April Prince, Stephen Shires, Scott Peal and Jeff Adams gathered before the courthouse and took turns reading portions of the text.
The program opened with Stephen Shires explaining what they would be reading and introducing the other lawyers present.
The reading of the Declaration of Independence (Video 2:50) was performed first followed by the reading of the Bill of Rights (Video 12:15) which are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
A new addition for 2025 was the includision of "The American's Creed," read by Maggie Casto (Video 17:20) who was present and is a member if the Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
A goal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association is for there to be a formal reading of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights to be performed annually in each of the 254 Texas counties.
July 3, 2025 - What better way to celebrate 4th of July than to present veterans with quilts! The Scrap Happy Quilters group visited Pine Grove Nursing Center in Center and presented Quilts of Valor to resident veterans. The patriotic quilts were given to Clyde Smith, David Boyd, Darry Rushing, David Satterwhite, and Aubrey Wilson.
Pine Grove expresses their appreciation to the group of quilters for their gifts which brought excitement and joy to the veterans. Happy 4th of July from the Scrap Happy Quilters and Pine Grove Nursing Center!
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July 3, 2025 - Scrap Happy Quilters will not meet in July. The group typically meets the 1st Saturday of the month at the James/Antioch Community House at 9am. Happy 4th of July!
July 2, 2025 - Planning for the largest festival ever, Frontier Days will move to July 10 through July 13, 2025. Changes to the dates of this year’s Frontier Days have been made for the first time in 62 years moving the festival from the first weekend to the second weekend of July.
This move will allow a full carnival for Thursday evening, Friday evening, all day Saturday and Sunday after church. All our regular Frontier Days activities will continue these days. Although, the carnival will continue Sunday afternoon we will still have our community church service that evening and Saturday will still be the main day starting with a parade and ending with the street dance with even more activities added in between.
Make your plans to join in the largest and best Frontier Days yet!
More information on events will be posted soon. This year will mark the 63rd year of Timpson Frontier Days and 140 years since Timpson, Texas was founded in 1885. We do have a celebration due, come one, come all!
From left: O'Neal Jones, Feleshia Thompson, Misty Wright, Laura Romero, Courtney O'Rear, Ginger Borders, Clay Ihlo (not pictured: Felicia Cloudy)
June 30, 2025 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Shelby County Class of 2024-2025 was recently honored with a graduation celebration.
Chamber President, Deborah Chadwick congratulated the class during opening remarks. Diplomas were presented to the 2024-2025 graduating class. A donation to the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library has been made in honor of the Leadership Class 2024-2025.
Class members are: Ginger Borders, Farmers State Bank; Felicia Cloudy, Center ISD; Clay Ihlo, Shelby Savings Bank; O’Neal Jones, City of Tenaha; Courtney O’Rear, Children’s Advocacy Center; Laura Romero, Shelby Savings Bank; Feleshia Thompson, Texas A&M Extension Agency; Misty Wright, Work Force Solutions.
Leadership Shelby County is a nine month long program presented by the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce designed to identify potential leaders and develop within these individuals the knowledge, skills and vision necessary to enable them to actively participate in the enhancement of the quality of life in their communities.
Each month, starting in October, with a “hands on” approach, the class studies specific topics including Heritage, Local Government, Economic Development, Health and Social Services, Agriculture, Education and Quality of Life.
Thank you to all the local leaders and businesses for sharing your time and knowledge. Also, a huge thank you to Center ISD transportation department for transporting us all over the county each month.
June 30, 2025 - Shelby County Outreach Ministries is in need of donations due to the growing number of clients. Shelby County Outreach Ministries, located at 930 Shelbyville Street, is accepting donations of fresh produce, canned foods, and monetary donations. For more information please call 936-598-4990.
June 27, 2025 – Farmers State Bank announces the winners of this year’s third annual photo contest.
Landscape/Nature Category:
1st Place: Janice Carter “Two Sisters”
2nd Place: LeaAnn Robertson “Mesa Mansion”
3rd Place: BJ Wood “Lovers Spat”
Fine Art Category:
1st Place: Lawrence Davis “World Upside Down”
2nd Place: Billie F. Jones “Decades of Labor”
3rd Place: Lawrence Davis “Hiding in the Shadows”
Human Interest Category:
1st Place: Danny Pickens “Asleep at the Reel”
2nd Place: BJ Wood “That’s What I Like about Texas”
3rd Place: Julie Cantrell “Goodbye”
Best in Show Category: Janice Carter “Two Sisters”
Best in Show - Janice Carter “Two Sisters”
All of the contest entries are on display in the lobby at the bank’s corporate location on 115 Shelbyville Street, Center, Texas. The public can vote for the “People’s Choice” award in the lobby through July 1st. The contest received 72 entries this year with photographers from Milam, White House, Nacogdoches, Center, Joaquin, Tenaha and Timpson.
This year’s judge is photographer Elton Scifres. Mr. Scifres has a gallery in Nacogdoches that he shares with his wife. He is also the current chairman of the Nacogdoches Photography Club.
Farmers State Bank is currently celebrating 121 years in business. From 1904 – 2025 the bank has served as a source of financial strength to meet the needs of its market areas by offering a comprehensive range of financial products and services to meet the needs of individuals, businesses and government entities.
Whether it be with direct personal contact with our customers or with the use of the extensive online services offered, Farmers State bank remains dedicated to the tradition of being a true “Community Bank.”
Learn more at www.fsbctx.bank.
June 26, 2025 - Today’s program at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library for the 2025 Summer Reading/Discovery program: “Color Our World”, was all about Reuse, Renew, Recycle with Art: Bottle Animals. Our participants created animals from plastic drink bottles. Using only pictures as guides, they chose which animal to make, then created their own version of that animal.
The children had a great deal of fun using their imagination to craft animals out of colored paper, tape, and glue. The results were amazing. Even the youngest kids had a great time.
We appreciate the parents and grandparents who came and helped. This could not have been a success without you!
There will be two more programs: Thursday, July 3rd, “Magician Corry”; and Thursday, July 10th, “Daughters of the Republic of Texas – Traveling Trunk”. Both programs are at 10:30 a.m.
The Summer Reading Program is sponsored by the Center Noon Lions Club.
The library will continue its Tuesday and Friday craft programs through July 29th.
June 25, 2025 - The University of Texas at Tyler announced the students who were named to the spring 2025 Dean's List which included four Shelby County students. The two local students are Akeelah Garrett, Center, attending the School of Nursing and Makayja Horton, Shelbyville, attending the College of Education & Psychology.
To qualify for the university's Dean’s List, a student must have completed 12 or more credit hours of undergraduate college-level credit in the awarding term with a grade point average of at least 3.75.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 10,000 students. Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.
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