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Jul
16
fall-festival
Fall Festival is just over 8 weeks away. Wednesday morning Enola Gay welcomed Ina Gore, Susan Neal and Tracy Dennis to KSST’s Good Morning Show to talk about events. Among new things, there will be a Best of Youth award during the September 13 Parade. On the same day, there will also be a Barbeque Cookoff to benefit Relay for Life. The Senior Citizen Day will highlight an oldest man and woman in Hopkins County as well as a longest married couple. The petting zoo should be much larger this year. County Artist Keith Anderson will perform on Star Night.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jul
8
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is Ready to Receive Stew Entries For This Year
July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Tuesday the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce began to send out letters to stew cooks and sponsors encouraging them to take part in this year’s Stew Contest on September 20 during Fall Festival. A record 122-teams participated last year. Chamber President and CEO Meredith Caddell says the chamber is now accepting entry forms for teams that want to enter. Ms. Caddell says each team will need a sponsor to pay the $150 entry fee. Stew teams get $100 of that back to buy ingredients. Those teams who wish to keep their stew site must submit their paperwork by August 29. Carolyn McKinney and Jackie Thornton are heading up the chamber’s Stew Committee this year.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jul
4
cover-girls
Fall Festival Cover Girl Coordinator Tracy Dennis is looking for Cover Girl Contestants. Young ladies that would like to participate as a contestant this year need to sign up by noon on July 25. Contestants must be from Hopkins County and be entering their junior year of high school. Each contestant will be required to decorate a window in a downtown business, decorate a float to ride on in the Fall Festival Parade, sell raffle tickets and participate in two days of events. Events include cow milking, bottle-feeding a calf, driving a tractor through an obstacle course, saddling and mounting a horse, cutting up a chicken, a calf scramble, goat tying and new this year, roping a steer head. Cover Girl entry forms and information packets are available at Hopkins County Regional Civic Center office. Entry fee is $25. Contestants also need to turn in a printable head shot picture. The winning Cover Girl will receive a $750 scholarship and a $100 Visa Gift Card. First runner up receives a $500 scholarship and a $75 Visa Gift Card. 2nd runner up will receive a $50 Visa Gift Card. The reigning cover girl is Somer Gregory of Sulphur Springs High School.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jul
3
From Humble Beginning, Morning Chapel Summer Work Program is Expected to Have 60 Youths Involved This Year
July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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The Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church’s Summer Youth Work Program began 10 years ago when a donor gave $1,000 to start the program. Four children participated and earned paychecks. The Reverend Harold B. Nash believes 60 children age 12 to 15 will participate this year. The program is open to all children. Deadline to apply is Monday. Applications are at the church and at KSST. The actual work program takes place for two weeks beginning July 14. Work will include picking up trash and doing things such as painting for the elderly. New this year is an intern program that will be available at no cost for employers. Internships will be available in areas such as broadcasting, credit union and cemetery upkeep.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jun
30
summer-work-program
Morning Chapel Baptist Church will have its 2-week Summer Youth Work Program beginning July 14. Youths ages 12-15 need to apply by July 7. Applications are at the church and at KSST. The youths do tasks such as mowing lawns of the elderly, picking up trash and cleaning up Mel Haven Cemetery. Children are paid $100 a week. There is also a paid intern program that is free for businesses. Church members Corey Spigner and Wilbert Roland and pastor H.B. Nash discussed the program on KSST’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay Monday morning.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jun
28
Threatening Weather Shortens Independence Day Concert on the Square Program
June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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The annual Independence Day Concert on the Square was shortened due to threatening weather Saturday night. After the entry of veterans, presentation of the colors, pledge of allegiance and the national anthem, the Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra was able to do a John Williams Olympic Fanfare, some Gershwin Porgy and Bess Selections and a tribute to Richard Rogers as dark clouds gathered over the Square. Feeling they had about 15 minutes before rains came, the symphony changed the program to get in guest conductor Riley Bridges leading the orchestra through Sousa’s Semper Fidelis March. The after Irving Berlin’s God Bless America, the fireworks began.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jun
28
Dairy Festival Pageant on Ch. 18 Tuesday at 7 p.m.
June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Dairy Festival Pageant will be aired Tuesday night at 7 p.m. on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Communications Cable.
This year’s Pageant culminated in the crowning of Haley Reynolds as Queen for 2008. First runner up was Britney Cheatham, second runner up was Alyssa Burney, and third runner up was Kaitlyn Potts.
Sulphur Springs High School graduate and current Baylor University Theatre student Brandon Woolley provided entertainment.
John Ginn was master of ceremonies.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jun
26
Symphony Spokeman Says Independence Day Concert Saturday to Include Salute to Richard Rogers, Louis Armstrong Music and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture Along with Usual Patriotic Favorites
June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Tom Stewart with the local symphony league says this year’s Independence Day Concert on the Square program Saturday night will be mostly traditional patriotic tunes and a couple of Sousa numbers. Stewart adds there will also be a salute to composer Richard Rogers, the music of Louis Armstrong and Tchaikovsky’s stirring 1812 Overture. The final number, Stars and Stripes Forever will include fireworks. Stewart discussed the concert on KSST’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay Thursday morning.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jun
26
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Local officials continue to plan for possible disasters that could impact Hopkins and surrounding counties. There was a planning meeting Thursday at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital led by Joyce Vanginault with the Texas Department of Health and Rex Morgan, local emergency management coordinator. The Civic Center has been designated as an emergency medication clinic in the likelihood that tens of thousands of doses of medicine have to be given. Disasters might be a pandemic flu or other illness or even floods, fires or hurricanes.
donjulian@ksstradio.net
Jun
25
Friday Night Free Concert on the Square to Complement Saturday’s Independence Day Concert
June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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In conjunction with the Saturday night Independence Day Concert on the Square, there will be a free Friday night concert on the square featuring the Freddy Steady 5. City of Sulphur Springs Director of Tourism Joey Baker says the concerts are partnerships between the Northeast Texas Symphony League, the city Tourism Department, the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Business Alliance. Baker says he has known Freddy Krc; the driving force behind the Freddy Steady 5 since the 80’s when Krc was a drummer for Jerry Jeff Walker Baker says Krc is comical but is also a serious musician. The Freddy Steady 5 will feature Texas pop from the 60’s and 70’s replete with a go-go dancer, Miss Donna.
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