Sign up for the Spring Break Sewing Workshop
On Monday through Wednesday March 12-14th The Agri-life extension office is hosting a Spring Break Sewing Workshop. It will be from 9:00 am to 3:00-ish p.m, and the $10 cost covers all three sessions. You will learn how to read a pattern envelope, measure for correct size, prepare fabric for cutting, pattern placement, applique, etc. You can also learn how to hem, repair a ripped seam, and sew on a button. There will be various...
Spring Break Sewing Workshop and More By Johanna Hicks
Spring Break Sewing Workshop Have you wanted to learn to sew, but didn’t know where to start? Do you have a sewing machine, but you don’t know how to use it? Are you looking for something to do during spring break that doesn’t break the bank? I have the perfect solution for you – the Spring Break Sewing Workshop! Our 4-H’ers recently participated in a 4-H Sewing Fun Day, and the question was brought up...
Stop, Drop and Roll, 4H Exchange Trip, and Summer Sewing Workshop: By Johanna Hicks
Stop, Drop, and Roll – Good Advice All the Time! “Stop, Drop, and Roll” is the simple safety technique for children in case of fire, but this technique could also be applied to our lives all the time. When we think about our family life, social life, and career life, we are constantly putting out fires, while sometimes putting enormous pressure on ourselves and forgetting about our own wellbeing and/or welfare. Often, we are so...
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Offers Something for Everyone and Summer Sewing Workshop
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Offers Something for Everyone Did you know that every state in the United States has an Extension Service? Did you know that every county in Texas has Extension Agents who work with them and that some agents in smaller counties work more than one county? Were you aware that some of the larger counties have multiple agents to cover the large territory? How much do you really know about your Hopkins...
Sewing Workshop Open to the Public Saturday Jan 31st.
Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Agent Johanna Hicks is offering a sewing workshop at the Extension Office on Houston Street on Saturday, January 31. It was originally just for 4H students and Ms. Hicks has now opened it up to anyone because of requests for such a class. Ms. Hicks says you can bring your favorite sewing machine. Some machines are available at the workshop site. Ms. Hicks says work will center on cutting and sewing a...
Seat Belts, Cooking, Sewing; Agrilife June 2, 2017
WHAT YOU MAY BE MISSING AT NIGHT! By now, you are probably familiar with the “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Taking those few seconds to buckle your seat belt is the most important step you can make to protect yourself in a crash. Fortunately, most Texans now buckle up, but some groups of motorists continue not taking the message to heart and not consistently using their seat belts. The demographic of motorist most likely to be...
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Offers Upcoming Workshops & Events
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Offers Upcoming Workshops & Events When individuals ask what Texas A&M AgriLife Extension does, we often find it difficult to put in a couple of sentences! The truth is, we offer many educational workshops, programs, camps, special events, and newsletters. Our honorable county judge told our staff that we are the envy of East Texas – now that’s saying something! The month of August brings...
Johanna Hicks To Retire As Extension Agent
When Hopkins County Commissioners Court convened for what is the last scheduled meeting of 2022, County Judge Robert Newsom announced what he called a bit of sad news: it would be Johanna Hicks’ last regular Extension activity report during Commissioners Court. Hicks plans to retire at the end of January as Hopkins County’s Family and Community Health Extension Agent. Hicks has dedicated 27 years of service to educating...
Family & Community Health In Hopkins County
Johanna Hicks Note: This is the 5th in a series of Extension program impacts for 2022 By Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent For Family and Community Health in Hopkins County, [email protected]. I want to start by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. I know this is a bittersweet time for many as they have experienced loss, financial issues, illness, breakdown of relationships and other hardships in 2022. However, we all...
A Year in Review – Master Wellness Volunteers
By Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife FCH Extension Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] This is the fourth in a series of program impacts conducted by the Family & Community Health Extension agent. Relevance Volunteers are the backbone of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Hopkins County has a strong group of 14 Master Wellness Volunteers who have received 40 hours of training in the areas of health and wellness, nutrition,...
