The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 2015 Page: 3 of 16
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Community News
iday, January 16,20151 3A
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Deadline Monday, Jan. 19th, 3 p.m.
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► BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ◄
Published in
The Light and Champion, Friday, January 30, 2015
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A ‘Dream
Parents:
Brodie & Tiffany Steptoe
Swayzie Jane
Steptoe
December 9, 2014
8:44 a.m., 19-1/4 inches
6 lbs 15-3/4 oz.
you would like to pick up your medical records, you may
do so at the office until January 30. The hours are Mon-
day through Thursday 9 a.m. until-12 p.m. and 2 4 p.m.
Festivities will begin at 5:30 pm. Fried fish will be on
the dinner menu.
Everyone is welcome. Members are asked to bring
$7 each to help with the meal. Non-members are $12
each. There will be no charge for Gold Level members.
Membership packets for 2015 will be available for
new members, renewals, and anyone wishing to up-
grade membership level.
on Saturday, Jan. 24 from
10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The
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Gates Chapel hosts program January 18
Gates Chapel Baptist Church will host its Men and
Women Day Program Sunday, Jan. 18 at 2:30 p.m. Speak-
ing on behalf of the women will be Sister Ann Patton and
Bro. Michael Martin will speak to the men. Everyone is
invited to attend.
James/Antioch monthly meeting January 17
The James/Antioch Community Center will hold
their monthly meeting on January 17 at 6:30 p.m. There
Woodmen of the World meet January 19
Woodmen of the World Chapter 250 will have their
officers installation dinner Monday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. The
Chapter will provide the meal at Sombrero’s Mexican
Short Methodist Church holds concert
Short Methodist Church will host a concert featur-
ing Heather Hart and husband, Ed Held, Friday, Jan. 16
at 6:30 p.m. Please come out and enjoy a night of great
singing with fellowship to follow
Martin Luther King event set for January 19
The 20th Annual MLK Day March/Parade will be
held on Monday, Jan. 19 at 4p.m. All march and parade
participants will meet in the middle of the Downtown
Center Square at 3:45 p.m. The route is Shelbyville
Street to Martin Luther King Drive and then to the Mt.
Zion C.M.E. Church.
Center ASA announces softball signups
2015 Center ASA Softball Sign-Ups will be Friday,
January 30 from 6-9 pm and Saturday, January 31 from
9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Center Softball Fields. The cost
is $80 for girls 5 years and up. Please bring your child’s
birth certificate when you sign up. There will be sam-
ple uniforms for the girls to try on in order the get the
correct size for the season.
Green Acres holds chili cook-off
Green Acres of Center would like to invite the com-
munity to join in for their 2nd Annual Chili Cook-off
Thursday, Jan. 29 at 2:30 p.m. If you are interested in
participating as a contestant please contact Jessica
Davis at 936-598-2483. Prizes will be awarded for first
through third place winners; and all participants will be
recognized. Get your special chili recipe together and
invite all your friends. Green Acres is located at 501
Timpson St. in Center across from CVS.
Wild game cook-off/banquet set for Feb. 7
Good Christian Men Rejoice, Wild Game Cook Off
and Banquet Saturday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Windham
Civic Center. God has put it on our hearts to work with
men of all churches in this East Texas area as a large
outreach to men and boys in Shelby and surrounding
counties.
This will require us to link arms together and work
side by side for the glory of our Lord. Please join us
every Tuesday in January at 6:30 p.m. The Windham
Civic Center has been booked in order to fit space and
time frame needed to maximize outreach.
In the first planning meeting we will form the needed
committees. Be in prayer about how you can best serve.
There is a need for all men whether hunters or not.
There is a need for sides, desserts, utensils, leadership,
etc. Please pray about getting involved and most of all
bringing your unchurched friend. Tickets will be pro-
vided and free of charge as a way of inviting and pro-
moting the night.
Join with us in a fun time as the gospel is presented.
Contact David Koonce at, 590-0994 or Michael Hale at
Get the news you want when you want it!
Visit www.lightandchaiupion.coiu
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through April 26 will be submitted. For more informa-
tion call 598-7226.
Community Activities
Record pickup at Dr. Steve Oates office
If you were a patient of Dr. Steve Oates Jr., this is to
Community Activities Conf d
thing containing gasoline or liquids, or car batteries or
smoke detectors.
These services are provided free to the public as a
service of the Shelby County Beautiful Clean program
of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce. For more
information please contact the Shelby County Chamber
of Commerce at (936) 598-3682 or info@shelbycoun-
tychamber.com.
Wallace Chapel announces event
Wallace Chapel Baptist Church will hold a music ap-
preciation day Saturday, Jan 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Community Activities Cont’cl
feed you dessert. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.. Admis-
sion to the dessert theatre is $5 for adults and $3 for
students.
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Huxley Helping Hands food pantry January 17 Seed Savers Swap set for January 23
Huxley Helping Hands, a local mission group from
the Huxley Community, is holding a food pantry for the
residents of Shelby County. Identification and proof of
residency is required. Only one box per household The
event will take place at Hillcrest Baptist Church Janu-
ary 17 at 9 a.m. Hillcrest Baptist Church 901 Southview
Circle Center, Texas.
Come see what Shelby County is growing. The
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service - Shelby
County is pleased to announce our Second Annual
Free Savers Seed Swap. Drop off your labeled veg-
etable, herb or flower seeds and/or bulbs, corms,
rhizomes to the Extension office in the court-
house annex, 1st floor office suites from January 6
through January 2. Labeled envelopes to package
your seeds can be picked up at the extension office.
The actual seed swap will be held on Friday, Jan.
23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Shelby County
Courthouse, 2nd floor meeting room. Vegeta-
ble, herb, and flower seeds, garden guides, rec-
ommended planting varieties, fruit information
and cooking with herbs recipes will be available.
If you have questions or need additional information,
call at the Shelby County Extension office, 936-598-7744.
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Historical Society sets meeting January 20
The Shelby County Historical Society will hold its
monthly meeting on January 20, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the
Shelby County Museum on Pecan Street. The speaker this
month will be David Swanzy.
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notify you that his office will be closing January 30. If Timpson banquet set for January 22
Timpson Area Chamber of Commerce will begin its
2015 year with the annual Membership Banquet Thurs-
and Friday 9 a.’m. untfi 12 p.m. The records will be avail- day, Jan. 22 at the Frontier Cafe, 101 Austin Street in
able free of charge. Please call (936) 598-5626 before you Timpson,
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Her Senior Year presented by CHS students
The Center High School Department of Theatre pres-
ents its Winter Production of “Her Senior Year” on
Thursday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.
at the CHS auditorium.
“Her Senior Year” is the
story of a young and popu-
lar girl in a small school
whose storybook life is
interrupted when she dis-
covers she has a serious
illness. All of her friends
are affected by her strug-
gles but are inspired by
her courage. They laugh
together -a lot -but they
also cry together and grow
together.
If the show were a mov-
ie it would be rated PG-
-appropriate for anyone 4th
grade or older, but due to
the serious issues that the
disease causes, the mate-
rial may not be for the very
young.
The January 22 show
begins at 6 p.m. Admission
is $3 for adults, $2 for
students.
The January 23 « dessert
theatre* evening begins
at 7p.m. and features
desserts prepared by
the CHS Culinary Arts
students. Come having
eaten dinner and we will
“2014 Bundles of Joy”
Celebrating babies born in 2014
Cash Check Visa M/C
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Shred, recycle days planned for January
The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Shelby
Restaurant for members and their guests. Delegates to Beautiful Clean Commit-
the WO.W State Convention in Corpus Christi April 46 tee announces dates are
set for two important re-
cycling events. The third
annual Document Shred
Shelbyville Little Dribblers sign ups underway iid3oria m
Sign ups are going on now through January 19 for until 2:30 p.m. Electronics
Shelbyville Little Dribblers. Gaines start on January 24. Cost Recycling Day will be held
per child is $25 and $15 for additional siblings. Make checks
payable to Shelbyville Little Dribblers. If you have ques-
tions or comments, please contact Coach Roland (Home) recycling trailers will be
936-368-2775, (cell) 214-686-7833, or email jerod.roland@ located on the downtown
gmail.com. Center Square.
Electronics are the fast-
est growing waste stream
in the world and recycling
electronics saves valuable
resources. Acceptable
ill be a short meeting and a pot-luck supper. Bring a fa- items include: computers
vorite covered dish and come visit with neighbors. and monitors, televisions,
printers, DVD and CD
players, microwave ovens,
copiers and fax machines,
telephones, cell phones
and chargers, GPS Units,
PDA and Tablets, video
and camera equipment
and cables and power
cords.
Unacceptable items in-
clude: No large household
appliances such as refrig-
erators and dishwashers,
lawn equipment or any-
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Dolan, Leah. The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 138, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 2015, newspaper, January 16, 2015; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1279119/m1/3/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.