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August 30, 2017 - Local efforts to collect items for Hurricane Harvey relief has been overwhelming and the trailer is half filled with supplies. Hillcrest Baptist Church has been a staging location for sorting of supplies coming in from all over Shelby County.
At Hillcrest Baptist Church, Donna Hughes visited with Shelby County Today about the donations being collected to help Hurricane Harvey victims, "We don't need any more clothing at this time. However, baby clothing such as onesies or something they could sleep in would be great or baby items which are used daily such as diapers, formula, baby food... we are trying to think of their immediate needs. Any kind of toiletries are really good such as tooth brushes, tooth paste, or hand wipes. I think more blankets, towels, wash clothes would be good."
Additional items Hughes recommend which are still needed: tarps, only clothes needed at this time are larger sizes of undergarments such as underwear and socks, first aid kits, bandages, antibiotic creams, Tylenol/ibuprofen, pet food, ensure nutritional shakes, can food with easy open lids, and large plastic totes to group food and other items in for transportation.
She did advise the efforts for collecting supplies has been a county wide effort and definitely not just Hillcrest, "The community has just really come together to get us all this stuff and to get loaded up. It's been pretty amazing." They are hoping to have the trailer filled so Don Bush can leave with it on Friday, so, please bring donations as soon as possible.
Hughes reported at 1:30pm they did not have any evacuees on site although some had stopped in earlier, "We are a pass through town but we have the facilities (kitchen and showers) to house anybody that is tired, that needs to stop and shower, or get a hot meal. If they want to spend the night that is fine or they can stay the duration; we can keep them for two weeks. But they can also stop off here and rest up and leave. We don't mind. We have the facilities here to house upwards of 75 people."
Bro Gordon Vaughn, pastor at Hillcrest, said the church is doing the shelter and it isn't supported by FEMA since the county is a pass through county. Bro. Vaughn said the church has facilities to accommodate evacuees and the support from the community and other area churches all throughout the county makes it where the church can serve as a shelter. If evacuees don't stop, then volunteers will just continue collecting donations and sorting them for transport to Houston. The heart of all the volunteers to serve is there in whatever way it is needed.
A group is also planning to go on a feeding mission in a couple of weeks. "Anybody who would like to volunteer to go down to Corpus Christi on a feeding mission let me know because we will be going in about two weeks. Volunteers will be cooking and delivering meals to people in shelters. The trip will be a whole week but well worth it," said Bro. Gordon. If interested in going on the feeding mission, call 936-488-0923.
Hillcrest Baptist Church is located at 901 Southview Circle, Center Tx, (936) 598-2704. Anyone who can drop off donation items, they can just pull behind the church under the covered walkway and drop off their items even in the rain. Or if you need someone to come pickup items, call the church or Donna Hughes.
August 30, 2017 - Panola College announces evening classes at Shelby College Center and Shelby Regional Training Center will be canceled tonight with both sites closing at 5 pm today. We also stress that students should not put their life in jeopardy driving to ANY Panola College campus.
If water is covering the road, turn around and do not drive through it.
August 30, 2017 - Many Shelby County residents have headed down south to Houston to help with rescue efforts. Dean Mize, owner of ETX Outdoor Living, has been working hard to rescue stranded people and many of his actions have made national news coverage including images on CNN and an interview with KPRC2 News of Houston.
David Koonce and Rick Campbell, both members of the Shelby County Bass Anglers, traveled to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. During their work they picked up a news crew out of Philidephia reporting for NBC10 who interviewed them and evacuees. Click here to view the interview video. The interview starts at 5 mins and 50 seconds in.
Another Shelby County person who left to help with rescue efforts is Jeff Stewart (CrypoHulk) of Tenaha who is working with the Texas Navy Rescue group to help stranded victims. Constable Jake Metcalf also left out yesterday taking much needed supplies and to assist with rescue efforts.
If you know of additional Shelby County folks helping and would like to give recognition of their efforts, email info@shelbycountytoday.com.
August 30, 2017 - The Tri-County Community Action Harvest for Homes Food Pantry will be closed tomorrow (August 31) due to weather conditions. For any questions, please call 936-598-6315 ext. 501.
August 29, 2017 - (Album) - Participants in the 2017 Broiler Show picked up their chicks for this year's show at Center ISD's new Ag Science Building Thursday, August 24, 2017.
Extension service representatives greeted the youth as they signed in and began to gather their chicks.The chicks lined the main hall of the building, and the majority of participants and family members entered classrooms where they tended to and counted their newly acquired chicks.
The chicks will be grown until the Broiler Show and Sale held during the East Texas Poultry Festival on October 7, 2017.
August 28, 2017 - The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will serve as a drop site for donations to those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Items needed are cases of water, non-perishable food items, personal care items, clothing for small children to adults – this includes undergarments and socks, tarps, items to make small repairs, dog and cat food, animal crates and garbage bags.
Members of Hillcrest Baptist Church will carry the items by an 18-wheeler to the victims. No donation is too big or too small. Donations will be accepted at the SCSO until Thursday afternoon. If you have questions or if need your donation picked up, please contact Leah Chase at the SCSO at 936-598-5601 or 936-572-0423.
August 27, 2017 - (Album) - Despite pending rain a full house attended the Shelby County 4-H kickoff event held Sunday, August 27, 2017 in the gym next to their new facility located at 266 Nacogdoches Street in Center.
AgriLife Extension agents and team members welcomed all. Jheri-Lynn McSwain, County Extension Agent, Family Community Health Agent, "Welcome to Shelby County 4-H. I'm glad that you came out today in spite of [Tropical Storm] Harvey. And I'm glad Harvey hasn't produced as much rain as we anticipated, yet. So, thank you for coming out on this Sunday afternoon."
For those new to 4-H, McSwain addressed, "We're glad that you are here to explore the opportunity that 4-H can offer you." She spoke about what 4-H is about, "It is an organization that has been in existence for over 100 years, so it's well grounded." Texas has more than 550,000 youth who are involved in 4-H experiences. Projects include record book and leadership, food and nutrition, photography, textiles and fashion, robotics, taxidermy, shooting sports, archery, virtual fishing, livestock (beef, goats, rabbits, poultry), and horse project.
Megan Dunn, Shelby County 4-H president, introduced herself, "This year I was announced District 5 4-H President, elected, so now I'm on the Texas 4-H State Council and I'm really excited to be able to explore those adventures with the other state council members and come back to y'all and tell y'all the new experiences that we have to offer here in Shelby County. Our club is a little bit different this year; now we are countywide. And as y'all can see, y'all are all going to be together throughout the year. So, its going to be a lot of fun."
Dunn continued to explain that she is the Texas 4-H Livestock ambassador. She said as she mentioned different projects around the room, "The livestock project is my passion but that doesn't mean for y'all that it has to be yours. That's what I am here to promote as the Livestock Ambassador program, but I'm also here for the food, the fashion, and photography which is an awesome part of 4-H. Another thing is just get out there and try to find your passion, that's what I'm all about, is go out there and figure out which project is yours, go explore, try everything you can, and then we will go from there."
Lane Dunn, County Extension Agent for Agri Natural Resources then began presentation of awards. The 'I Dare You' Award was presented to Lance Holloway who started 4-H in the 3rd grade and is now in the 8th grade. He has competed in State indoor archery events and State outdoor archery games in San Antonio. He won People's Choice award as a junior contestant in photography at the East Texas Poultry Festival. He has competed many times in virtual fishing and has won three times in the countywide tournament. In 2016, Holloway competed in the Outdoor Challenge and he and his partner placed 1st in the state. In shotgun he has won numerous high point belt buckles in county shoots and the District 5 high overall three in the last five years and placed 2nd at the State Whiz-bang this year.
A second 'I Dare You' Award winner was Wesley Wages. He has been in 4-H since 8 years old and in the 3rd grade. He started off with goats and poultry projects along with many others. Wages passion is the Heifer project. Along with maintaining all of his livestock projects, he maintains good grades and is always willing to come out and serve including working with Ag Ed Day. Community service is important to him.
A Gold Star Award was presented to Lauren Vandrovec. She began in 4-H at the age of 5 as a clover coming to meetings along with her older brother. She started as a member of the Shelbyville 4-H and has been a member for more than 8 years. She is currently a junior at Shelbyville High School. Her first project was raising a pen of rabbits. The project nearest to her heart has always been the horse project and includes drill, barrels, poles, stakes, team penning, ranch sporting, trail and western riding. She has been successful in horse judging and quiz bowl. Vandrovec has also participated in poultry, food, fashion, and photography. She has held various club officer positions for her club.
Another Gold Star Award was presented to Blake Griffin. He has been involved in 4-H for many years as well. He has been involved in poultry project, livestock project showing steers, shooting sports, and the horse project. His passion is also horses and has competed on the District and State level. He won Paul Harvey's Top Hand Award. This year in Abilene at the State Horse Show he placed 1st in cutting, 1st in breakaway roping, 2nd in team roping, and 2nd in tie down calf roping making him the high point roper at the State show.
The 'Friend of 4-H' Award was presented to Hawkeye Hunting Club and its owners Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brueggeman and their son Kevin. Fairly new to Shelby County, they started off by helping the shooting sports project allowing 4-H to utilize their facility. They participated in the livestock show and sale.
Dunn said speaking about the Brueggemans, "[The kids] can't do this without people coming in and giving their support to go and then, that support allows these kiddos to go on and go to college and do some things that they have dreams on and I think [the Brueggemans] realize how important our youth are and we greatly appreciate that."
The Shelby County 4-H Club will meet the 1st Monday of each month at 6pm in the County Extension Office which is now located at 266 Nacogdoches Street in Center. The club will not meet on September 4th due to it being a holiday and will meet on September 11, 2017 at 6pm.
Upcoming events and project kick-off schedule:
- August 29 - Food at 5:30pm, Textiles at 6pm, Robotics at 6:30pm
- September 1 - Enrollment opens
- September 3 - Last day to order 'One Day 4-H' shirts
- September 11 - 4-H Club meeting at 6pm
- September 18 - Shooting sports and archery at 6pm
- September 23 - One Day 4-H at Historic Courthouse at 8am
- September 25 - Taxidermy at 6pm
The AgriLife team is Lane Dunn, County Extension Agent, Agri Natural Resources Agent; Jheri-Lynn McSwain, County Extension Agent, Family Community Health Agent; Feleshia Thompson, Better Living for Texans Extension Assistant; and Daphne Lovell staff secretary. Dunn said, "Please don't hesitate to contact us as you may have some questions over today or any other things."
Links:
- Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelbycountytexasextension
- To sign up: https://www.4honline.com/ (Open enrollment starts September 1st)
August 26, 2017 - Looking for something to do besides watching Hurricane Harvey? Mike and Nita invite you to go to the Rio Theatre to watch Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature and a chance to win!
For a Back to School celebration this Saturday only, August 26th, there will be drawings for Nut Job 2 spinners, frisbees, t-shirts, dodge balls, journals, and a grand prize of a $50 gift certificate to the Rio. Come out for a night of fun watching the Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature.
Enjoy the crazy action in the movie and get away from nature's nutty weather! Box office opens at 7pm and movie starts at 7:30pm. Show ends at 9pm.
August 23, 2017 - President Helen Collard called the Golden Harvest Ministries Club to order at 11:30 AM on August 21 at the Fellowship Hall at First Baptist Church in Center, Texas. Joe Anderson led members and guests in singing favorite hymns, and Alice West accompanied on the piano.
Maudie Warr and David Mathis celebrated August birthdays, and anniversary greetings went to Mike and Linda Bordelon who celebrated 52 years on August 14. A special cake was shared with members.
Ron Barbee presented a program on the work and opportunities of Texas Baptist Men which included relief given in times of natural disasters. These men serve as first responders.
The tables were decorated with late summer flowers from Linda Bordelon's gardens.
Submitted by Linda Bordelon, Reporter
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August 22, 2017 - An open house was held at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office’s new location at 266 Nacogdoches Street in Center on Tuesday, August 22, 2017.
Andi Foster, Chamber Ambassador President, spoke welcoming words, “Good morning everyone and welcome to the AgriLife Extension open house and on behalf of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, Directors, and staff, we extend our congratulations to you today at your open house, your new facility, and our appreciation for being a chamber member.”
Foster then gave Lane Dunn, Extension Agent, an opportunity to introduce everyone, “This is Jheri-Lynn McSwain, our Family Consumer Health, Felicia Thompson who is our BLT (Better Living for Texans) assistant, and Ms. Daphne Lovell is our staff secretary that is helping us out and keeps us going good. Then, here is our County Judge [Allison Harbison] and Commissioner Jimmy Lout and we owe them a lot and lots of praise and thanks for this great facility and we really do appreciate it. It’s been utilized already but I think you can see how well its gonna be utilized in the future.” Dunn also introduce Sheila Lewis, AgriLife’s District Administrator.
Jheri-Lynn McSwain gave a description of the new building, inviting everyone to take a tour and visit all the offices. She said, “Look around and look at all the 4-H projects that we have on display. We are really, really, really proud of that. In the past parents would come in and they would say ‘What’s 4-H? Tell me about 4-H.’ You can only tell somebody verbally but if you could show them, then that really tells the story. We’ve already had that experience with a gentleman came in and he just went through everything and he was like, ‘my child wants to do that, and that, and that.’ I think that is going to be a great visual tour to give people.”
McSwain gave special recognition to Peaches Conway for attending. Conway was the Gold Star 4-H member for Shelby County in 1954 and she brought memorabilia for everyone to see.
The first 4-H Kickoff at the new facility will be held Sunday, August 27 at 2pm. The AgriLife Extension agents invite everyone to come out to the kickoff and learn more about 4-H.
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Shelby County Extension Office Has Fresh Beginning at New Location
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