Chamber Connection – November 5, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection November 5, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Heritage Square Car Show, Saturday, November 7th from 8-3, downtown Sulphur Springs! This Saturday Nov 7th from 8 am to 3 pm the 10th annual Heritage Square Car Show, which is hosted by the Downtown Business Alliance will be downtown on the Square. Everyone is welcome to come out and see all the 180 plus classic cars and trucks. They will have the Nationwide Insurance...
Winter Wedding? Check Out Twogether in Texas!
Winter Wedding? Check Out Twogether in Texas! The Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons are rapidly approaching. Many weddings take place during this time of year because of the beautiful decorations and wintery themes. Every week, I notice that several couples have applied for a marriage license. That’s good, but some are missing out on a great opportunity to receive valuable information and save $60 along the way! The Twogether in...
How to Recognize and Prevent Tree Hazards
How to Recognize and Prevent Tree Hazards The intense rain following a short intense dry period has made some changes in our soils that can create some re-settlement issues in our landscape. Trees can physically move during expansion-contraction cycles of the soil, increasing the risk of becoming hazardous. To help understand this process, Larry Tankersley, Extension Associate Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries University of...
Rock Creek Health & Rehabilitation ‘Mini Stew Contest ‘
The Hopkins County Stew Contest was such a success that Rock Creek Health & Rehabilitation’s Activity Director, Judith Beck, decided to bring a mini stew contest to her residents. Four stews were provided by Hospice Plus, Bethany Home Health, Cypress Home Health and Judith Beck. Four resident judges took their task of determining the best stew very seriously before determining the winner, Cypress Home Health. ...
Meal-A-Day Driver Needed for Monday Route
Meal-A-Day, Monday Route 1 needs a driver. If you would like to give up an hour of your time and help us out please call me and let me know. It is an in town route that goes around by Hospital, Library and that area. You will be blessed more than you know. Meal-A-Day provides lunch time meals for people 50 years old or better. Meals cost $2.00 each, delivered or picked up at the Senior Center. Call ahead to make sure they will have...
Miller Grove News
Another good week in the Grove. I am thankful for the rain we have had lately. I know many pools were starting to get low and a burn ban was issued for Hopkins County so maybe things will be greening back up, at least until the first frost hits. Congratulations to our two celebrities in Miller Grove – Aleight Bessonett for winning the Hopkins County Cover Girl title for 2015 and Ashley Purser who brought home 1st place honors....
Chamber Connection October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection – October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Thank you Hopkins County for Making the Stew Contest a Success Who would have thought that regardless of 9 inches of rain, we would still be able to have a successful stew contest? A very special thank you to the 123 teams that cooked stew this year. Please know how very much we appreciate your dedication to this event. It is because of you that we continue to...
Plan and Plant Trees in the Fall
Plan and plant trees in the fall As I am writing this I remember last weekend and the amount of water running thru Buford Park during the stew Cook-Off. Last weekend the Hopkins County 4-H members were assigned and successfully sold drinks during the 2015 Stew Cook-Off. It was a lot of hard work from everybody to overcome the weather and ground conditions but having seen our younger 4-H members carrying and advertising their...
