May 6, 2024 - Shred Day is scheduled for this Friday, May 10th from 10am until 2pm. The Shredding truck will be on the downtown square in front of the Chamber offices.
The Shredding service is provided free to the public as a service of the Shelby County Beautiful Clean program of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and our generous Presenting Sponsor, Republic Services and our generous Gold Sponsor, Farmers State Bank.
Community members are invited to bring documents that need to be shredded.
May 3, 2024 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Teacher Appreciation reception will be held Wednesday, May 8th at the Windham Civic Center in Center at 4:30pm. The reception is held annually to salute and recognize the dedicated administrations and teaching staff of all the Shelby County school districts. Each campus Teacher of the Year will be recognized by his or her Principal and receive a Certificate of Recognition.
April 17, 2024 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Ribbon Cutting to celebrate with the Rotary Club of Center the new renovation of the Redditt Room of the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library on Tuesday, April 30th at 12 noon.
The Rotary Club of Center utilized a Rotary District 5910 grant to remove the stage and replace the carpet in the Redditt Room where children activities are often held along with other adult community programs and meetings.
April 17, 2024 - Mike Belgard. PA-C and CEO of HOPE Community Medicine will be the guest speaker at the April Wellness Wednesday, April 24th at noon at the AgriLife Extension Office. He will discuss new treatments and technology available for Diabetes and Hypertension (Blood Pressure).
Mike will also talk about the availability of low cost medications and the expansion of medical service for our rural population via their Mobile Clinic.
We are looking forward to a very informative session.
April 4, 2024 - The community is invited to an Open House at HOPE Community Medicine, to see, and learn about, the new Mobile Clinic. The Open House will be held on Friday, April 5, 2024, at 10am, at HOPE Community Medicine 304 Logansport Street in Center.
March 26, 2024 - M&M Insurance has opened a second office in Center, Texas and everyone is invited to attend the Ribbon Cutting on Thursday, March 28th at 10am. The second Center office is located at 510 Shelbyville Street.
March 22, 2024 - March is National Save Your Vision Month, a month designated to promote good eye health and serves as a reminder to take care of your vision. Doctors from Golden Eye Clinic will be the guest speakers at the March Wellness Wednesday, March 27th at noon at the AgriLife Extension Office.
March 18, 2024 - The Annual Grill Fest, Presented by Farmers State Bank, was held last weekend at the rodeo arena. Area cook teams competed for prize money. There were also jackpot competitions, a washer pitching and 42 tournament, karaoke and entertainment.
March 6, 2024 - Join the Fun at Grill Fest next weekend, March 15th and March 16th. In addition to sampling great barbeque you can participate in the 42 Tournament and the Washer Pitching Tournament, both sponsored by Shelby Savings Bank.
Both events will be held on Friday evening this year. Registration for the 42 Tournament begins at 5:30pm and the Tournament begins at 6pm. Registration fee is $10 per person/$20 per team. Winning team takes the jackpot prize.