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Around Town
October 13, 2016 - Newburn Chapter # 1135 Order of the Eastern Star will be having their 28th annual Chicken Dressing Dinner on Friday, October 28, 2016 starting at 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 217 Cora St., Center, Texas.
Donation are $6.00 per plate. Dine in or take out. Contact Vicki Jernigan 936-427-2746 or Carole Ann Chance 936-598-7558 for more information.
October 10, 2016 - (Album) - A fun fan favorite of the East Texas Poultry Festival is the Strut, Cluck, and Crow Chicken Clucking Contest which was held Saturday, October 8th with a large crowd attending. Youngsters of all ages took to the stage competing for Chicken Clucking bragging rights.
The following won their divisions:
Roosters and Hens Division
1st place - Cody Porter
2nd place - Dillon Reynolds
3rd place - Zachary Sanford
Pullets Division
1st place - Clayton Walker
2nd place - Shawn Chesser
3rd place - Karley Broadway
Chicks Division
1st place - Jose Valadez
2nd place - Will Hawkins
3rd place - Seth Sneed
Peeps Division
1st place - Slayde Porter
2nd place - Cooper Collette
3rd place - Marvrick Woodfin
October 9, 2016 - The Center Noon Lions Club held their drawing for the 2016 Jeep Sport Wrangler fundraiser and East Texas Poultry Queen Madelynn Hutchins drew the winning ticket which belonged to Debbie Daw.
Daw's husband, Bobby Daw called her on the phone to inform her that the ticket he had bought earlier at the festival from Lions Club member Sammy Arnold and had put her name on it had won the Jeep. She was not impressed until Lions Club member Danny Foster took the phone and told her she had indeed won!
The next four tickets won $250 each. Over 420 tickets were sold. Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit community projects.
October 4, 2016 - It's Poultry Festival Time!
Saturday, October 8, 2016
7:30am - Poultry Festival 5K Fun Walk/Run
10:00am - Food / Arts & Crafts Booths Open
Quilt Show (Sponsored by Scull Timber Company) - 10:00am to 3:00pm in Historic Courthouse
Can-A-Rama - 10:00am to 3:00pm in First Ladies of Texas Building
Photography Show (Sponsored by Vieux Carre’ Photography) - 10:00am to 5:00pm at 106 Nacogdoches Street
10:00am - 4-H & FFA Broiler Show Sift
11:30am - East Texas Community Choir
12:00pm - Broiler Show
12:00pm - Carnival Opens
12:00pm - The Randy Rant Band
1:00pm - Patriotic Tribute by Charles Delaney
2:30pm - Johnson’s Lost Crowes
4:00pm - Darrin Morris Band
5:30pm - “Strut, Cluck and Crow” Chicken Clucking Contest (Platinum Sponsor Debrah J. Worsham, DDS)
6:00pm - Lion’s Club Jeep Drawing
7:00pm - 4-H & FFA Broiler Show Auction
2016 East Texas Poultry Festival Food Booths
Tyson Foods (Chicken Tenders & Fries - 4 Coupons)
First Christian Church (Funnel Cake - 6 Coupons)
Shelby County Outreach (Moodyville Ribeye Sandwich - 7 Coupons)
Shelbyville Lions Club (Cheese Sticks - 4 Coupons; Jalapeno Poppers - 4 Coupons)
Mt. Zion Church (Turkey Legs - 8 Coupons)
Cathy Fields Scholarship (Sweet Shop - 2 Coupons)
Cathy Fields Scholarship (Chicken Spaghetti - 5 Coupons)
Shelbyville FCA (Corn Dog - 3 Coupons)
Templo Principe de Paz (Chicken Fajita Taco - 1 Coupon; Pork Taco - 1 Coupon)
Friendship Baptist (Hamburger - 4 Coupons; Cheeseburger - 5 Coupons; Fries - 2 Coupons)
Mu Alpha Theta CHS (Nachos - 3 Coupons; Nachos w/ Chili - 4 Coupons)
St. Therese Catholic Church (Tamale - 2 Coupons; Gordita - 2 Coupons; Corn - 2 Coupons)
Triumph Church (Catfish, Fries, Hushpuppies - 8 Coupons; Crispito - 2 Coupons)
New Life Church (Taco Salad - 5 Coupons; Coffee - 1 Coupons)
First Baptist Church (Ice Cream - 3 Coupons)
2016 Steering Committee
Festival Chairman - Jim Sawyer
Festival Co-Chairman - Josh Payne
Festival Coordinator - David Chadwick
Grounds Coordinator - Rick Campbell
Carnival - Buster Bounds
Chicken Fajita Luncheon - Bryan Wages
Electrical - Rob Payne
Festival Tent Coordinator - Roy Blackshear
Entertainment - Danny Paul & Sally Windham
Fence - John Howard
Arts & Crafts Booths - Polly Montemayor
Security Coordinator - Bobby Daw
Broiler Show - Lane Dunn
Chamber Booth - Rose Specter
Quilt Show & Can-A-Rama - Jheri-Lynn McSwain
Photography Show - Billie Jones
Chicken Cooking Contest - Natalie Oswalt
Queen’s Court - Caroline Corbell
Thursday, October 6, 2016
10:00am - Opening Ceremonies (Sponsored by High Roller Wells) on Historic Downtown Center Square
- Invocation - Rev. Bobby Bressman, First Baptist Church
- National Anthem - Center High School Band, Director Chris Smith
- Pledge to the Flag - Timpson ISD Kindergarten
- Cutting of the Feathers - 2016 East Texas Poultry Festival Queen Madelynn Hutchins & Court
- Welcome - County Judge Allison Harbison, Center Mayor David Chadwick, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce President Meg Camp
Quilt Show (Sponsored by Scull Timber Company) - 10:00am to 3:00pm in Historic Courthouse
Can-A-Rama - 10:00am to 3:00pm in First Ladies of Texas Building
Photography Show (Sponsored by Vieux Carre’ Photography) - 10:00am to 5:00pm at 106 Nacogdoches Street
10:00am - Food / Arts & Crafts Booths Open
10:10am - F.L. Moffett Kindergarten Classes
10:10am - Phelps, Fults, Rogers
10:20am - Fuller, Fitzgerald, Covington, Grande
10:40am - Rowlett, Fisher, Hamlin, Araiza
11:30am - “Flashback to the Past” Shelbyville Fourth Grade Classes
12:00pm - Center Elementary First Grade Classes
12:00pm - Ruiz, Bennett, Cordray, Bryan
12:10pm - Cox, Elder, Caraway
12:20pm - Stewart, Sullivan, Jurecka, Penner
12:40pm - Center Elementary Second Grade Classes
12:40pm - Hooper, Campbell, Klein, Radney
12:50pm - Clary, Lyles, Hill, Helms
1:00pm - Hroncich, Ward, Knebel
1:10pm - Center Elementary Third Grade Classes
1:10pm - Mathews, Murry, Barlett, Schultz
1:20pm - Gregston, Parker, Corbell, Crouch
1:30pm - Chisenhall, Wheeler, Dutton
2:30pm - Open Microphone
4:00pm - Carnival opens
6:00pm to 10:00pm - Carnival Arm Bands $18
6:30pm - Improv – Center High School Theater
7:00pm - Danny Paul Windham and The Pine Hill Review, Thomas Morrison and the Pack of Strays
Friday, October 7, 2016
10:00am - Food / Arts & Crafts Booths Open
Quilt Show (Sponsored by Scull Timber Company) - 10:00am to 3:00pm in Historic Courthouse
Can-A-Rama - 10:00am to 3:00pm in First Ladies of Texas Building
Photography Show (Sponsored by Vieux Carre’ Photography) - 10:00am to 5:00pm at 106 Nacogdoches Street
11:30am - Center Christian Academy Pre-K3 and Pre-K4
12:00pm - Homegrown & Homemade - Danny Paul, Sally Windham and Friends
1:00pm to 5:00pm - Carnival Arm Bands $18
1:30pm - Pep Rally
3:00pm - Open Microphone
5:00pm - Carnival Continues
Gospel Night
5:30pm - The Parmer Family
6:15pm - Hands of Praise Revival Tabernacle UPC
6:45pm - Unspeakable Praise First Pentecostal Church of Joaquin
7:00pm - The Borders Sisters
7:30pm - Stellar Walker, Vocalist with First United Methodist Church of Center
8:00pm - Chassity Davis, Vocalist
8:30pm - Center First United Pentecostal Church Praise Team
October 6, 2016 (More Photos) - Dollies and flutter bums took to the stage bringing 50's sounds to the East Texas Poultry Festival. The Shelbyville 4th graders sang 'At the Hop,' 'Yakety Yak,' 'Shake, Rattle and Roll,' 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,' 'The Twist,' 'Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay,' and 'Always Be Together.'
The 40th East Texas Poultry Festival is a 'Fat City.'
Slang of the 50s (http://www.citrus.k12.fl.us/staffdev/social%20studies/pdf/slang%20of%20the%201950s.pdf)
Flutter bum: a good-looking boy
Dolly: cute girl
Sounds: music
Blast: a good time
Fat City: a great thing or place; Happy; a good situation
October 6, 2016 (Photos) - F.L. Moffett kindergarten classes took to the stage and performed Thursday, October 6, 2016 at the 40th East Texas Poultry Festival to a large crowd of spectators.
Coming soon are photos of Shelbyville 4th graders and Center Elementary students who also entertained festival goers.
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October 6, 2016 - The 40th East Texas Poultry Festival has kicked off as members of the community flocked to the big tent on the Center square for the opening ceremonies October 6, 2016.
Jim Sawyer, Festival Committee Co-Chairman, welcomed everyone and thanked sponsors of the event. Allison Harbison, Shelby County Judge participated in the opening event and she said, "This is a time for the whole county to come together, cross county rivals in football are friends here."
Incoming Shelby County Chamber of Commerce President Meg Camp also made a statement welcoming everyone, "Welcome, on behalf of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce we welcome you to the 40th East Texas Poultry Festival."
"It is a time to celebrate our chicken industry, the poultry industry here in Shelby County, what a vital industry it is for all the growers and all the children who have been actively raising those chicks, I can't wait until this Saturday with the broiler show," said Camp.
Camp thanked all of the volunteers who commit their time to the poultry festival and make the event possible. She stated Jim Sawyer and Josh Payne are co-chairmen of the festival and they are supported by a steering committee of around 30 people. She stated the Chamber Ambassadors, Junior Chamber members and Ambassador children who will be helping in the coke booth.
Madelynn Hutchins, East Texas Poultry Festival Queen and court were on stage and they were all introduced by Sawyer. Following their introduction, the Queen performed the ceremonial cutting of the feathers.
During the event, Timpson Kindergarten students recited the Pladge of Allegiance and the Center High School Band performed the Star Spangled Banner.
October 5, 2016 - SWEPCO personnel departed the Fayetteville Service Center early Wednesday, October 5, bound for Macon, GA, to assist Georgia Power with restoration from Hurricane Matthew. Additional personnel from Rogers and Greenwood, Ark. joined the Fayetteville group en route.
SWEPCO has crews going to Georgia from Longview, Texarkana, Shreveport, and Fayetteville. The roster includes supervisors, line, service, engineering, support and fleet employees.
An additional 50 contractor personnel were released from SWEPCO to work in Orlando, Florida.
October 4, 2016 - The Center Police Department announces the appointment Center Police Officer Chris Knowlton to Sergeant.
Knowlton has been employed with the department since July 11, 2009 and since then has served as a patrol officer and Narcotocs Detective. He is currently the Assistant SWAT Commander of the department.
Currently, Knowlton holds an Advanced Peace Officer License with the State of Texas and holds additional TCOLE certificates, some of which include: Field Training Officer; Basic Narcotics Investigator; Basic Instructor; Basic Firearms Instructor; Basic, Advanced and Advanced Hostage Rescue SWAT Certificates; Police K-9 Training (Basic Handler).
Knowlton has also achieved his Bachelors of Applied Arts and Sciences with an Area of Specialization in Law Enforcement Administration and an Area of Professional Development in Public Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University. He is also currently a Law Enforcement Instructor for the Angelina College Police Academy.
October 4, 2016 - The "Center Garden Club" proudly announces the Yard of the Month to the Jaimes family. Lisa Albers and Judy Matthews present the Yard of the Month sign to the family.
This is the time to dig and divide your spring perennials. Your Tulips and Dutch hyacinths should be chilled at 45 degrees for a minimum of 45 days in the refrigerator. Wait until mid-December to plant chilled bulbs. Oh yes...don't forget to remove damaged or dead branches. Please, keep your garden tidy as plants wind down for season.
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