Stew Cooks–Pictures are in and available for pick up at the Chamber at 300 Connally Street
Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting for Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln.
Thank you to everyone who attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting for Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln. Hundreds of guests were treated to a fabulous lunch, hosted by the Toliver’s as they shared their beautiful new showroom with the community. Representatives from Ford & Ford Credit were on hand to show their appreciation to the Toliver Ford Family for their dedication to the Ford brand and to this community by making such a tremendous investment here in Sulphur Springs. We encourage you to stop by their location on Gilmer Street and check it out! They also have a new full service wash bay, so each car that is serviced leaves the dealership more beautiful than when it entered!
5th Annual Gifts of Love Adoption Cards Available at the Chamber office.
Each year, many seniors in our community spend the holidays alone and receive NO gifts to brighten their days. The Lamar County Human Resources Center has taken on Delta County, Hopkins County and Red River County, so they have about 270 homebound and disabled clients that will be available for adoption for Christmas through their annual Gifts of Love program. If you would like to adopt a senior, please contact April Miller at 903-784-2580. The Chamber of Commerce has the adoption cards at our office. After looking at the cards…these people don’t want much…most of them are requesting a book and/or a jacket…maybe shoes or a purse. All the gifts and/or donations need to be returned with the card, no later than December 5th. Those who don’t want to adopt a senior, but would like to make generic donations, may drop items such as blankets, robes, toothbrushes, soaps, books or money at the Chamber office. Those generic donations will go to the seniors that were not adopted. Also, if you would like to help in delivering these items on December 19th, please make arrangements with April.
58th United Finals Rodeo-Nov 21st, 22nd & 23rdRodeo Kick off Bash-Thursday the 20th @5:00–square
It is such an honor for Hopkins County to host the United Finals Rodeo in Sulphur Springs at the Civic Center! Let’s show the Cowboys & Cowgirls just how excited we are that they are coming to town. Here is what we are going to do…1st…be on the square, Thursday, November 20th at 5:00. We will have a ribbon cutting, the Circle E Stagecoach will be downtown for kids to take pictures on, Several Rodeo contestants will be downtown to sign autographs and we will have a great kick off for the Rodeo. The rodeo will run Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 and then again on Sunday at 2:00.
Who can show the most Rodeo Spirit??? We will award 1 business with $50 and 4 Rodeo Tickets
Remember the old Rodeo Days? When we all dressed up western, wore our boots, hats & bandanas? Well, we want to see what business in town can take us back to those days! It is so important for us to show the rodeo cowboys and cowgirls how thankful we are that they are in Sulphur Springs for their finals rodeo. We want every business in town to welcome them to Sulphur Springs! We would like for every business to dress up, decorate the front of your business and/or windows, put “welcome rodeo fans” on your signs/marquees…anything you can do to transport Sulphur Springs back into the old rodeo days on Friday, November 21st! That is the first night of the rodeo and we want the contestants and fans to see that we support them! A committee of folks will make their way through town Friday morning to see which business went all out & we will award them with $50 and 4 rodeo tickets!!! Come on Sulphur Springs…dust off your boots, put your cowboy hat on straight and let’s celebrate the rodeo.
Sulphur Springs Symphony League Auction, November 22nd @ 6pm
The Sulphur Springs Symphony League will hold its annual fundraising auction on November 22 at 6 p.m. On that Saturday, listen to KSST Radio 1230, watch Suddenlink Channel 18 or follow on KSSTradio.com to bid, win and enjoy the fun of the auction. This year’s auction features several new and unusual items and experiences, so be sure and tune in.
The list of auction items will appear in the News-Telegram, Millennium Shopper, and frontporchnewstexas.com. Items will also listed on the Symphony League’s website at www.SulphurSpringsSymphonyLeague.org and Facebook page. Have that information available during the auction, so you can keep up with the fast-paced, all volunteer chaos that occurs for only six hours each year. To bid that evening, call 903-885-0700 and speak with our Hopkins County celebrities on the telephone bank.
Proceeds from the auction allow us to produce the Independence Day Celebration and Fireworks show as well as the Children’s Concert. The Symphony League also supports the SSISD strings program through an annual scholarship and other endeavors.
For information about getting your business represented in the auction or for questions about the auction process contact Linda Galligher at 903-439-6713 or Kayla Price at 903-885-1586.
CASA Cookie Walk, December 5th from 9am-Noon at FUMC Family Life Center
Please stop by the Family Life Center at First United Methodist Church, Friday, December 5th between 9:00am and Noon for a Room full of Cookies! Cookies are $5/pound and all of the proceeds benefit our local CASA program..
Christmas in the Park, Saturday 11/29 & Friday 12/5th from 5:30-8:30pm
Hopkins County Historical Society invites you to the Annual Christmas in the Park! Visit with Santa, See light displays, listen to music, sample cocoa, cookies and old fashioned cider. Adult $3 and Children under 7 are FREE.
Lion’s Club Electric Lights Parade and Christmas on the Square, Friday, December 5th
Line the streets of Connally and around the Square for the beautiful electric lights parade. If you are interested in entering the parade, stop by the Chamber office for the rules and entry form!
Along with the parade will be Tree Lighting, Snow Slide, White Tigers, Petting Zoo, Bounce Houses, Pony Rides and Vendors All beginning at 5:30
North East Texas Choral Society presents “Once Upon a Christmas” December 6th & 7th
The 18th Annual Christmas concert promises to be the best ever. The 100 voice community-based choir is composed of singers who are your friends and neighbors from Hopkins and surrounding counties. This program will help to start your visions of sugar plums and Santa during the first half of the concert. The singers will celebrate the birth of the Christ child during the second half. The live choral music presentation is in the auditorium of the Civic Center. Performance will be Saturday, December 6th at 7:00pm and Sunday, December 7th at 2:00pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Tickets for children 6-12 are $5 and kids 5 & under are free. The family ticket is $25 for two adults and any number of children 6-12. Tickets may be purchased from www.netchoral.org, or the local banks and any choral society member. Please join the North East Texas Choral Society for “Once Upon a Christmas”. You will be glad you were a part of the sold out crowd!
Holiday Toy Drive, November 1st-December 9th at Hopkins Place…benefitting Blue Santa
Hopkins Place is partnering with Hospice Plus for a Toy drive. All toys will go to the Blue Santa Program. December 9th from 5-7pm, they will have a drop & drive along with carolers, hot cocoa and candy canes at Hopkins Place, 890 Camp Street in Sulphur Springs.
Dr. Ray Perryman to speak at Economic Outlook Conference, December 17th from 11:30-1:00pm
Get your tickets now to hear noted economist, Dr. Ray Perryman on Wednesday, December 17th at the Hopkins County Civic Center. This year, you may email specific questions to [email protected] and we will ask Dr. Perryman to address these, so don’t miss out! Tickets are $15 which includes a wonderful lunch. For more information, please call the Chamber at 903-885-6515! Deadline to order tickets is Wednesday, December 10th!
**ATTENTION ALL CHAMBER MEMBERS…Membership Directory Deadline is December 1st**
Chamber Members, we are going to print a little earlier than normal for the 2015 Membership Directory. We are going to have it ready for distribution the first part of January, so we need you to do a few things…
1) If you would like to place an ad in the guide (5,000 distributed each year), please call Lee Ann Peugh at Echo Publishing.
2) Please go to www.sulphursprings-tx.com and click on the membership directory. Please check to make sure that we have the correct information for your business. We have been trying to check and recheck it but I’m sure we have made some errors, but we want to fix them.
3) If your membership investment is past due, payment arrangements need to be made prior to
December 1st.
4) If you find information that needs to be corrected, please call the Chamber at 903-885-6515!
Would you like to recognize an Outstanding Educator?
Here is your chance…this year the Chamber of Commerce Education Committee wants to allow all Hopkins County Citizens to nominate their candidates for “Outstanding Professional Educator” (Administrator, Counselor, Diagnostician, or Teacher) “Outstanding Para Professional Educator” (Secretary or Aide) and “Outstanding Auxiliary Educator” (Maintenance, Custodial, Transportation, Nurse or Cafeteria). We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to nominate that “special educator” that has had an impact in their lives. You may pick up a nomination form at the Chamber office at 300 Connally Street and then either fax, e-mail or mail it in, no later than December 31st! Our fax number is 903-885-6516, our e-mail address is [email protected] and our mailing address is P.O. Box 347, Sulphur Springs, TX 75483. Don’t miss this opportunity to recognize a special educator!
Nominations for Large and Small Business of the Year!
Please submit your nomination for Large Business of the Year or Small Business of the Year. Nominations should be for those businesses which exhibit outstanding community involvement—civic, church, educational, benevolent, humanitarian or other. You may pick up a nomination form at the Chamber office at 300 Connally Street and either fax, e-mail or mail it in, no later than December 31st! Our fax number is 903-885-6516, our e-mail address is [email protected] and our mailing address is P.O. Box 347, Sulphur Springs, TX 75483.
Additional Chamber of Commerce Banquet Nominations
Many other awards are presented at the Chamber of Commerce membership banquet (February 13, 2014). Aside from the awards mentioned above, nominations are also being accepted for:
Citizen of the Year—Echo Publishing Company—P.O. Box 598, SS, TX 75483
Woman of the Year—Beta Sigma Phi Organization—P.O. Box 72, SS, TX 75483
Caregiver of the Year—The Pilot Club—P.O. Box 145 Brashear, TX 75420
Community Pride Award—Adult Leadership Class—P.O. Box 347, SS, TX 75483
Agriculturist of the Year—Professional Ag Workers—c/o AgriLife Extenson, P.O. Box 518, SS TX 75483
Each of these nominations should be submitted in writing and mailed to the above mentioned address.
Your Kids Can Have a Holiday Adventure with the YMCA!
Your kids will have fun at the Hopkins County YMCA during the Christmas Holidays at ECLC Campus. Activities will include arts & crafts, games and physical activities daily. The camp is for kids ages 4-12 years old. The cost is only $50 per week and it will go from 7:30am -6:00pm December 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 and January 2nd. This is a great place for your children if you don’t have time off from work! For more information, please contact Laura Rodriguez at 903-455-9622 or [email protected]
We would like to welcome the newest member to the Chamber of Commerce
Banker’s Products & Printing, located at 216 North Jackson in Sulphur Springs. For more information contact Linda Gail Niergarth at 903-438-0500.
7 Star Travel Center, located at 1600 W. Shannon Road in Sulphur Springs. For more information please contact Mohammed Babar at 903-558-1854
Janet Martin Realty, located at129 Gilmer Street in Sulphur Springs. For more information, contact Janet about all of your real estate needs at 903-885-1234.
That’s all for now…have a GREAT week!
