CANHelp “Play it Forward” Tennis Tourney Rescheduled to May 4 at SSHS Complex
According to Shanna Martin, Director of CANHelp, due to a rain forecast, the Tennis Tournament fundraiser will not be held on Saturday April 13, but will be played on Saturday May 4, 2019 at SSHS Tennis Complex. All teams currently registered will be included on the roster for the make-up date. Also, registration has re-opened for additional teams that may want to play on the new date, with check-in at 8:30am on Saturday May 4....
1 Culinary Arts Team, 2 Robotics Teams From SSHS Place At SkillsUSA Texas Championships
Sulphur Springs High School had three teams that earned honors in robotics and culinary arts competitions at the SkillsUSA Texas Championships. Of the SSHS Culinary Arts students who advanced and competed at the state level in SkillsUSA in Corpus Christi this past weekend, the team of Melina Rivera and Valerie Lindsey competed in the Commercial Baking 3-5 Tier Job Demonstration event. Melina Rivera and Valerie Lindsey earned a perfect...
Crawfish Boil on Celebration Plaza is Saturday April 27
Each year, Sulphur Springs Rotary Club members put on the “Claws for a Cause” Crawfish Festival to raise funds for community projects they support all year. Carrie Nuckolls, a fourteen-year member of Rotary, past President of the local club, and “imagineer” of this amazing fundraising bash spoke about the event during a KSST Good Morning Show interview. Like others selected as President and President-elect of...
Tira News for April 10, 2019
BY JAN VAUGHN We want to express our sympathy to Pat and Tommy Dickens and family. Pat’s mother, Wanda Elmore, passed away on April 4, 2019. Her service was under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home on Saturday. Please be in prayer for the family. Dustin and Natalie Weir spent Saturday night at Robert and Yvonne’s home. On Sunday Dacy, Destri, and Yvonne hosted a baby shower for Everly Rose Weir and her mom and dad, Natalie and...
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Easter Egg Hunt Moving to Saturday April 27 at 10:30am
According to Alvin Jordan, Deputy for the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department, the annual Easter Egg Hunt and Cookout has been rescheduled for Saturday April 27, 2019 from 10:30am til 1pm. Jordan stated “After much consideration about the thunderstorm forecast for April 13, and checking the availability of the Civic Center grounds for an alternate date, it was decided that we will hold the Easter Egg hunt on Saturday April...
Safety Precautions Can Help Reduce Lawn Mower, Garden Tractor Accidents
By Dr. Mario Villarino Dr. Mario Villarino,Texas AgriLife Extension AgentAgriculture and Natural Resources Warm weather is finally here, or at least for this week, but also several days of rain. Remember the say “April showers bring May flowers,” so rain should be welcome most of the time. The challenge is to keep up with lawn care in-between rainy days. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Safety program, most homeowners...
LADY CATS SOFTBALL USING WAKE UP CALL TO RACK UP DISTRICT WINS
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said his team’s 3-1 loss to Mount Pleasant served as a wake up call for his team. Since the March 29 loss, the Lady Cats have won three straight games with double digit hits in each game. The Lady Cats used 14 hits Tuesday night to defeat Greenville, 11-3 in Greenville. Coach Carrillo said his team hit the ball much better than they did in the Greenville game on March 22 at Lady Cat Park,...
WILDCATS BASEBALL COACH CALLS GREENVILLE LOSS MOST DISAPPOINTING OF THE YEAR
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said his Wildcats have had some disappointing losses this season but he said Tuesday (April 9) night’s 10-9 loss at Greenville was the most disappointing. He said the Wildcats finally got the bats going. The Wildcats had 12 hits and they scored nine runs. The Wildcats led Greenville, 9-5 going into the bottom of the seventh. The Lions scored four times to send the game into extra innings...
Water Oak Students Help Dinner Bell
Students from Water Oak Elementary School in Sulphur Springs made their yearly trip Wednesday to First United Methodist Church. The eager volunteers took part in Dinner Bell duties. Clad in latex gloves, the students made sure everyone had a desert. Once everyone was served, they sat down to a plate of spaghetti and had a few cookies too. Dinner Bell-1-2019-April-1 Dinner Bell-1-2019-April-2 Dinner Bell-1-2019-April-3 Dinner...
