The Community Calendar is a brief, free listing of programs and meetings that are nonprofit or community service events. Events should be open to the public and free to attend. For maximum exposure, information should be submitted two weeks prior to the event. Email the who, what, when and where, including a street address and a contact for more information. Calendar items are not taken on the phone. Email to news@lightandchampion. com. Calendar information runs in date order as space is available.

Purchase of a pug mill and installation of CopSync equipment for Pct. 5’s deputy constable dominated the Shelby County Commissioners’ Court meeting Wednesday, Feb.

Two Shelby County students placed at the 2024 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo held January 12 through February 3. Kyndle Carrington, a Joaquin FFA member, captured Reserve Champion Yearling Heifer with SRM Peggy Lynne 114 ET in the Junior Santa Gertrudis Heifer Show on January 22.

I read an interesting story the other day related by William Barclay. It seems a minister accepted a position with a new congregation. He was warned by those who knew this congregation that it was a dead church, and he would be better served not to go there. Nevertheless, he accepted the position and soon discovered that the church was indeed dead.

HOPE Community Medicine is excited to share a beacon of health and happiness with the community, proudly announcing the Grand Opening of their new Mobile Clinic. The Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting celebration will be held on Friday, Feb. 23 at 11:00 a.m. at HOPE Community Medicine, 304 Logansport Street in Center.

A Shelby County Chamber of Commerce New Owner Ribbon Cutting for Deleite is set Wednesday, February 21 at 10:00 am. The Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors invites everyone to join them.

Join the Center Police Department Ladies Auxiliary for a fundraising Spring Craft Party. Grab a friend and get crafty in decorating cute springy door hangers to show off your personal crafty work.

Shelby County Outreach Ministries, Inc. will receive sealed bids until Tuesday March 5, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. for a drainage improvement project. Proposals received late will not be considered. For proposal/contract documents, contact the architect at 936-8752320, or cphilp@mckinleygolden. com.

Carolyn and Robert Eakin will celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary by affirming their vows with family and friends at the First Baptist Church of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on February 17, 2024. They were married on February 15, 1964, in the Frost Chapel of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport, La.

Wallace Creek Baptist Church located at 108 South Marcus Street in Timpson has announced their 2024 annual programs and dates. The next program will be Pastor and Wife Appreciation Day on Sunday, March 10 at 3:00 p.m.