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October 10, 2016 - It's that time again!! Put a smile on a childs face! Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes are available for pick-up and drop-off in Center at Steel Building Supply, M&M Insurance on Hurst St., and Simply Personal (located beside Center Floral). Last week to drop off is November 14th!
https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/pack-a-shoe-box/
If you need shoeboxes or brochures for your church please let me know! For more information, contact Ashley 936-332-7467.
November 17, 2016 - Our speaker for our November 15, 2016 meeting was Colleen Doggett. We thank Colleen for being available since our designated speaker, Chad Pate, was unavailable.
Teddy Hopkins opened the meeting with the pledges of allegiance and a prayer.
Colleen gave to the group a brief history of the newspaper the "East Texas Press". The first paper was The Timpson Times started in 1885 by G.S. Espy as a weekly paper. The editors were J. H. Truit and J. M. Truit with a subscription rate of $1.50 per year.
The paper changed hands several times in the early years. In 1900, the new owners, Mr. And Mrs. J. D. Ford changed the name to The Timpson Weekly Times. In 1911, Syl Winfrey and Tom Molloy brought the paper and continued publishing a daily and a weekly paper until June 1945.
December 1962, Joel D. Milner brought the paper and in 1985 it was again sold to Rex Bell and Luna Bell who changed the name to the Timpson News. When Douglas and Florence Reeh brought the paper in 1993, the new name for the newspaper was the Timpson & Tenaha News. After Mrs. Reeh’s husband passed away, she sold the paper to Hilda Pena on June 17, 2010.
The name of the paper changed again to "Our Town Times" in 2015 after the paper was brought by Chad Pate in 2014. Mr. Pate was born and reared in Timpson and was he was a graduate of SFA University. Chad brought the paper into the 21th century by putting the news online. This not only put the news in the hands of subscribers but also made history as being one of the first newspapers in east Texas with a fully functional mobile app. Even with all the different owners throughout the history of the newspaper, it has always strived to share the local news with readers so they would know what was happening in the area.
After Colleen’s speech there was a discussion on designations for historical cemeteries for Shelby County. Fairview received a historical designation from the state of Texas this past year. A new gazebo was recently built in Fairview cemetery with a map plat inside for easier grave location. Anyone wishing to know more information on obtaining historical designation for local cemeteries, places, or buildings can go to the state website www.thc.texas.gov for additional information.
Ms. Doggett, current chairperson for the Shelby County Historical Commission, will assume the position of chairperson for the cemetery committee for the coming 2017-2018 year.
November 15, 2016 - Members of the Patroon Baptist Youth Group 18 and Under visited the SCSO Monday afternoon. The youth provided officers with treats and expressed their appreciation for keeping the county safe. Sergeant Adam Renfro (left) and Deputy Kurtes Lawrence (right) visited with the group and talked about daily operations at SCSO. The SCSO appreciates the kind support from Patroon Baptist Church. We are very honored to have the opportunity to visit with young members of our county.
Visit the Shelby County Sheriff's Department online at http://www.scsotx.org
November 14, 2016 - Thank you for our fundraiser
The CHS classes of 2002-2003, and family of Linda Moore Johnson would like to thank everyone who participated in the recent Linda's Heart fundraiser. From volunteering time and donating to purchasing plates! Linda and her family are very appreciative of all the work.
Special Thanks to: Tyson, Shelby County Cookers, Sanford & Sons Lawncare, and Menzies.
November 14, 2016 - On Veterans Day afternoon, November 11th, Shelby County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904 and the Auxiliary visited 15 veterans at Holiday Nursing Home. Each was recognized and presented the emblem of their military service.
It was a double special day for Mr. Charles Sanford as it was also his 95th birthday. Mr. Sanford served in the US Army with the signal corps during World War II and was on Omaha Beach, D-Day plus 2.
The post and auxiliary would like to thank activity director Heather Allen for setting up the program and providing refreshments afterwards.
November 14, 2016 - Donna Dugger, for the City of Center Municipal Court, was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Texas Court Clerk's Association (TCCA) at their annual conference banquet on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 in San Marcos, Texas. The Distinguished Service Award recognizes a service, program, task or endeavor performed by an individual in a court profession, serving in a non-judicial capacity, which benefits the entire membership in a distinctive way by showing dedication and commitment.
November 14, 2016 - Shelby County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904, Center, Texas is proud to announce the winners of this year’s VFW youth essay programs Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen.
Co-winners of the Voice of Democracy program are both seniors at Joaquin High School, Reagan P. Hovey and Darby D. Hughes. Each wrote and recorded an essay on the theme “My Responsibility To America”.
The theme for Patriot’s Pen was “The America I Believe In”. The essay of Joaquin Jr. High School student Kayla Fletcher won first place.
Awards were presented at the Joaquin ISD Veterans Day program that was held Friday, November 11th. Along with a framed certificate the Voice of Democracy winners received a $100 check from the post and the Patriot’s Pen winner was presented with a $50 check.
Each will now compete at the District level with the district winner competing at the state level and then on to the national competition. The National Voice of Democracy winner receives a $30,000 scholarship and the National Patriot’s Pen winner is awarded $5,000 cash.
Our post and auxiliary wish each the best in the upcoming competition. The district results should be known by the end of the month.
November 11, 2016 - Congratulations to Breanna Westerfield on being selected as employee of the month at the Center ISD Intermediate campus. Way to go Breanna!
Farmers Insurance and John Michael Burns are proud of our educators.
November 11, 2016 - I would like to congratulate Leigh Porterfield and Terry Scull, on them being elected to the City of Center City Council, I feel both candidates will do a great job to help Center. I would also like to thank all the people of Center that came out and voted. I appreciate all the support I received.
Thank You!
Jud Matthews
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November 10, 2016 - Texas Quick Care, PLLC. received a warm welcome in Joaquin on Haslam Strip Wednesday, November 9, 2016 as they celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting event.
Members of the community from both sides of the river including Joaquin's City Councilmembers and Mayor and Logansport's Mayor and Mayor Elect were part of the crowd of excited attendees of the celebration as well as Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors.
Jessica Hopkins, Practice Manager, LVN thanked everyone for attending the grand opening.
"This has been a long time coming and I know everybody has waited and waited and waited for this grand opening and here it is. We're just so grateful that you guys are out and we can't wait to take care of you and take care of the community," said Hopkins.
She introduced Christine Owens, FNP, provider for the facility and Dr. Mark Mettauer, Cardiologist and owner.
Dr. Mettauer extended his appreciation to Bill Baker, Joaquin Mayor, for the invitation to be in Joaquin and working with their schedule. He said when he spoke with the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce last year, he did so with the expectation of opening multiple clinics in East Texas, mainly in Shelby County where he is from.
"What I do for a living, being a heart surgeon, you really kind of have to be in a big area, big city to be supported and also to be good at what you do," said Dr. Mettauer.
Taking care of patients in the Shelby County area, friends and his family is part of what Dr. Mettauer says is an added motivation to being a business owner in Shelby County.
"That's really what I love doing and when I'm at St. Luke's in the Woodlands, which is really their second biggest hospital in Texas now, they always talk about how really great the people are from East Texas," said Dr. Mettauer.
He spoke of when he was a child living in Shelby County and how far away health providers were, being over an hour and 15 minutes away.
"I just want to do my little part to help take care of the folks back here, because rural East Texas is in sore need of some good care and we just thank Christine for being a good product to this community and giving back to the community, and that's what I would like to do here as well," said Dr. Mettauer.
Mayor Baker shared his appreciation of Texas Quick Care for having established itself in Joaquin, "On behalf of the city of Joaquin we welcome you, we are so happy you're here. It did have a few bumps, but it's finally here and we've got Christine a local P.A. that's going to help a lot. Somebody told me it was 1950s since we've had a doctor in Joaquin. Hopefully we can grow from here. This is our first step in trying to provide healthcare, make people want to stay in Joaquin, make people want to retire in Joaquin."
"I'm beyond excited, it's where I've always wanted to be, it's what I've always wanted to do. So, I knew going off to Shreveport and Natchitoches to study for the last seven years at Pineland finally paid off. So, I'm just excited to be able to help out my community," said Owens.
Frances J. Freeman, Ph.D., spoke on behalf of the Logansport Chamber of Commerce in recognition of the business opening.
"We've got three mayors here today to help you cut. We've got our outgoing mayor from Logansport and our newly elected mayor of Logansport and of course the mayor of Joaquin, all three of them here. We are representing coalition between Joaquin and Logansport, we are two towns separated by a lot of good rivalry and a river and two states, but economically and in terms of getting married, knowing people, we are very closely related. The more we work together I think the more we can both accomplish for our people, and we've been really pleased at all we've been doing this last year," said Freeman.
Texas Quick Care, PLLC. is located at 12815 U.S. Highway 84 East in Joaquin. Their phone number is 936-269-3210 and their office hours are Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm.
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