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Media Release 08/15/2025 – 08/22/2025
Centralia Parks complete Pickle Ball courts
Kids Club has begun, the Centralia Recreation Center’s air-conditioner needs repaired and the new outdoor pickle ball court is complete and ready for action.That is some of the news from the Centralia Park Board’s August 18 meeting.Parks Director Erle Bennett said between eight and 12 people are using the new Pickle Ball Courts every morning before the day gets warm with a similar number in the evenings. He also announced the Bicentennial Park West softball field renovation project was complete and the Centralia R-VI School District was paying half the $7,830 bill.Regarding Kids Club, Bennett said the Centralia Recreation Center after-school program had 29 children enrolled so far.Bennett also said the first part of the park’s walking trail is complete.Those using the trail may notice a change in the park’s foliage.The Park’s TRIM grant will fund the removal of 36 trees, Bennett said.
Centralia Football Panthers decisively win season opener
Take a 26-14 home-field win from the Mexico Bulldogs The Centralia High School Panthers Football team is undefeated.They opened the 2025 season with a 26-14… Login to continue reading Login…
Centralia Panther Cross Country Team returning for more gold
They are back and ready for the long-run.
It's Time to Get Back…
Summer seems to always go way too fast. There are so many things we enjoy about summer…family vacations, sports, swimming, fishing, boating, etc. And at some point we say the words, “It’s time to get back to school.”
Centralia Lady Panthers summer softball action
Filling Nathan A Toalson Bicentennial Park with visiting teams and their parents, playing in a travel-league against teams such as Father Tolton and afternoon visits to places such as North Shelby and Moberly to play against teams with which Centralia Panthers Head Softball Coach Liz Bostick had worked summer ball teams with – that is how the majority of the Centralia Panthers Softball Team spent their summer.During the 20 coach-player contact days permitted by MSHSAA, Bostick and her girls worked to keep the softball version of “ring-rust,” at bay. “Travel-ball, camps like we do every year,” Bostick said, wiping sweat from her forehead from the walk-in closest-sized space allotted her by the Centralia Park department, charitably called the “Softball Shed,” sandwiched between the concession stand and the park storage shed.
Pastor's Desk: Sparrows That Fall
Recently we traveled to Utah on vacation. The mountains, valleys and scenery were beautiful! During our visit we traveled from a low valley up a mountain side.
Radio operators reach across the continent on AECI Field Days
There was not a lot of noise, beyond the hum of the trailer’s air conditioner, the afternoon of June 28 at Mexico’s Lakeview Park.
CPL Summer Reading Celebration a hot success
Reading and summer heat came together on the back lot of the Centralia Public Library, Saturday, July 26.