ATCOG Director Chris Brown to Speak to Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel
Chris Brown, Executive Director of Ark-Tex Council of Governments The Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel invites all retired education personnel in the area to attend a meeting on Tuesday, January 8 at 10:00 am at The Oaks Bed & Breakfast, 516 Oak Avenue in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Chris Brown, Executive Director of Ark-Tex Council of Governments, will present a program about services for seniors offered through ATCOG, and...
Meal a Day Gets Donation from Food Truck Food Drive
Two local family-owned food vendors had a desire to help a local worthy cause during the holidays. The Meal a Day program was selected, and during the Christmas weekend, the families assisted the Meal a Day program with a unique food drive on Saturday December 22, 2018. David and Kimberly Slaughter of Slaughter’s BBQ and Glenn Norfleet of Fireside BBQ set up their Food Trucks on the parking lot of Fix N Feed in Sulphur Springs....
Como-Pickton FFA Welding Challenge and Floral Challenge Contest Results
North Hopkins FFA Floral Challenge Team Floral Challenge Grand Champion Shelby Aulsbrook of Sulphur Springs FFA with Chanda Neal, Como-Pickton FFA Advisor Floral Challenge Reserve Champion Faith Wheeler of North Hopkins FFA with Michael Bowen, Como-Pickton FFA Advisor The Como-Pickton FFA Chapter hosted the second annual Challenge Contest of December 12, 2018. Schools participating were Grand Saline, Longview, Mineola, North Hopkins,...
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department Annual Employee Christmas Party
Employees, volunteers and their families were invited to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department annual Christmas party held on Friday December 21, 2018 in the sally-port. After a welcome and greeting from Sheriff Tatum, a brief year-end recognition was made for department employees who have gone ‘above and beyond’ in their duties during 2018. Recognized were Dispatcher of the Year Gretchen Howell, Seizures officer...
New APRN Joins Dr. Graves in Trinity Orthopedic Clinic
December 21, 2018 – Miss Jennifer Flowers graduated in 2016 with her Masters degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She had worked in a Pediatrics clinic while completing her degree through Nebraska’s Creighton University, and then gained experience in Orthopedics in a clinic there. She applied to Christus Mother Frances hospital to be nearer her Texas family, and was hired back in the summer. Since then, she has found her...
Lions Club Christmas Parade Winners, Mayor’s Choice Awards Announced
The Lions Club meets Tuesdays at noon at Pizza inn Sulphur Springs opened the 2018 holiday season with a number of activities… the Downtown Business Alliance Tree Lighting Ceremony, a Christmas Tree Decorating Contest sponsored by EMS, and the annual Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade, all on Monday December 10, 2018. Floats and other entries entered the “Best Of” competitions in the parade, and we learned the...
Meal A Day Drivers and Lowe’s Make Wish Come True for a Needy Shut-In
During a normal delivery morning of Meal a Day meals, two volunteer drivers discovered a real Christmas wish by a housebound homeowner whose is on their regular route. Here’s the story as told by Karon Weatherman, Seniors Center Director. “This is a story of a very sweet woman whose storm door and front door were falling apart. Loyd and Mary Ivey deliver Meal A Day to her, her husband and her son every Monday. The couple...
Sulphur Springs City/Mel Haven Cemetery Site of ‘Wreaths Across America’ Project Honoring Veterans
Over 100 persons gathered outside City Cemetery’s Myra Wilson Chapel on the morning of Saturday December 15, 2018 for the first local participation in the Wreaths Across America project. Following a brief ceremony, these participants helped place over 500 live fir wreaths upon the gravestones of military veterans in both the City and adjoining Mel Haven cemeteries. The wreaths, manufactured by the Worchester Wreath Company in...
New CMO Dr. Martin Fielder is on OB/GYN Team at Trinity Clinic
CMO Dr. Martin Fielder, OB/GYN Dr. Martin Fielder brought a military medical background with him when he joined the Sulphur Springs medical community in 2013. Making the transition from serving at Bethesda Naval Hospital upon retirement from military service, he moved his family to Hopkins County, Texas. Since then, he has been part of the OB/GYN team at Trinity Clinic, and during 2018 was named to the administrative staff as Chief...
Bright Star Christian School Presents Band, Choir Christmas Concert Dec. 18
The Bright Star Christian School invites you to the annual Christmas Concert on Tuesday December 18, 2018 at 7pm in the sanctuary of Bright Star Baptist Church at Como, Texas on Hwy. 11 East. The 30-member concert band, under direction of Richard Shanks and Jeff Smith, as well as the 10-member chorus, directed by Krista Branch, have prepared a number of classic holiday compositions for the audience. An elementary program featuring...
