October 26, 2015 (Photo by James Greer) - Center ISD Cross Country boys team competed in the Region III, 2A-6A Regional Meet at Kate Barr Ross Memorial Park, Huntsville, Texas and placed 4th qualifing for the state meet. Giovanni Angel won 7th place.
October 20, 2015 - Family, friends, chamber abassadors, chamber board members, and community members gathered inside the walls of Bounds Insurance Agency to celebrate 50 years of success on Tuesday, October 20, 2015.
October 14, 2015 - Made to Ride (M.T.R.) M/C, a motorcycle group from Center, was driven by a desire to help the community and decided to volunteer some hours on Sunday, October 11th to clean up the St. Paul's cemetery on Tenaha Street which was in need of some tender loving care.
October 10, 2015 - The Center Roughrider Class of 1957 made a $5,000 donation to the Catherine Pinkston Roughrider Scholarship Foundation (RSF) Friday morning, October 9th. The donation will provide a perpetual scholarship to a graduating senior each year forward. Accepting the donation on behalf of the RSF was scholarship foundation representatives Jerry Pinkston, Becky Jeans, and Lisa McAdams. Following the donation, the class enjoyed breakfast at Pickles and Petunias.
October 6, 2015 - Jackie Kirkwood retired from the Air Force Reserves on Saturday, September 12, 2015 after 28 years 3 months and 17 days of service. He retired as a Master Sergeant, Chaplain Assistant for the 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
Kirkwood of Tenaha, Texas is the principal for the Shelby County Alternative Educational Cooperative which represents seven school districts in Shelby and San Augustine counties. He is a helps with the GriefShare program hosted by First Baptist Church of Tenaha.
October 3, 2015 - Editor's note: Photos from the run will be posted Sunday.
The downtown square was packed with runners and walkers in the crisp cool air Saturday morning to participate in the 4th Annual Chicken Run in support of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Deep East Texas.
After miles of pavement, the top male overall runner was Givani Angel with a time of 15:34.937 which is a pace of 5:01 a mile. The top female overall runner was Arianna Rodriguez whose time was 20:50.273 which is a pace of 6:43 a mile.