Como-Pickton FFA Shines at the East Tx. Fair Dairy Show, Wins Best Jersey Herd and Supreme Grand Champion Gilt at Texas State Fair
According to FFA Advisor Chanda Neal, the Como-Pickton FFA Dairy Show team traveled to the East Texas Fair in Tyler on Saturday September 29 and came home with some top awards. Baylee Bowen Congratulations to Miss Baylee Bowen whose Jersey cow earned Grand and Reserve Champion, as well as the Showmanship Award in the Intermediate Division. Miss Presli Cummings won the Senior Showmanship Award and received a Scholarship from the East...
Saputo Donates to the Sr. Citizens Building Fund
Karon Weatherman accepts a $1,000 donation from employees of Saputo The employees of Saputo in Sulphur Springs, Texas are quite committed to helping good causes in their town, and donate regularly to funds they wish to support. The Sulphur Springs Sr’s Citizens Center is one of these causes. This $1,000. donation goes toward the fund for a new, larger building for the Seniors to meet in. Currently, the total in the Building Fund...
Get Educated! Sr. Citizen Expo is Tuesday Oct. 9, 2018
Report from Karon Weatherman, Director, Sulphur Springs Sr’s Center: Just one last reminder about the 12th Annual Senior Citizens Expo. It will be held again this year at the League Street Church of Christ Fellowship Hall Please go around to the Back to enter. This year the Hopkins Country Marketers Association has shortened the time. It will be from 9:00 – 11:00 Flu shots will be giving by the Hospital but they will not...
Perfect Plans for Panther Alumni: Next Weekend…
The North Hopkins Alumni Homecoming is coming up on Saturday, October 13, Registration, visiting, and bingo will begin at 4:30 p.m. A barbecue meal be served at 5:30. The Monday Night Jam Band will provide dinner music. There will be a program honoring the Classes of 1968, 1978, and 1988 for their 50-, 40-, and 30-year reunion. Please help spread the word. All former North Hopkins students, staff, and their guests are encouraged to...
SSISD Board Meets Monday in SSES Library
AGENDA REGULAR BOARD MEETING SULPHUR SPRINGS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SULPHUR SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2018 6:30 PM I. CALL TO ORDER: Invocation Pledge to American Flag & Texas Flag- Bowie Primary Students II. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS A. Announcement by the President whether a quorum is present, that the meeting had been duly called and that the notice of the meeting had been posted in accordance...
Wildcats Keep Pace with District Leaders; Defeat Forney Jackrabbits 56-47;
by Butch Burney Dueces were wild for the Sulphur Springs Wildcats Friday night as they scored two touchdowns in every quarter and then stopped the Forney Jackrabbits on a pair of key two-point conversions in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats needed a win Friday at Gerald Prim Stadium to keep pace with district leaders Corsicana and Ennis, but Forney didn’t make it easy. The...
Lady Cat Volleyball Came Up Short in 5th Set
Friday for the second home match in a row, the Lady Cats’ volleyball team took a district opponent into a fifth and deciding set and then came up short. The Lady Cats lost to Texas High 3-2 in Wildcat Gym on Friday. The Lady Cats started off well winning set one, 25-19. Texas High bounced back to even the match with a 25-17 win in set two. The Lady Cats then took a 2-1 lead in sets with a set three win, 25-22. Again Texas High...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report September 26-October 2, 2018
Wood County Sheriff’s Report for September 26, 2018 to October 2, 2018 includes:Disturbance: 3; Thefts: 7; Burglaries: 6; Terroristic Threats: 1; Criminal Mischief’s: 3; Inquests: 0; Suspicious Circumstances: 4; Suspicious Vehicles: 13; Suspicious Persons: 3; Alarms: 9; Harassments: 1; Criminal Trespasses: 6; Scams: 1; Frauds: 0; Abandoned Vehicles: 2; Cows Out: 32; Horses Out: 5; Welfare Checks: 2; Assaults: 5; Dog Bites: 0; Fires:...
Talent Abounds in Hopkins County By Johanna Hicks
As I write this week’s column, I’m surrounded by 4-H Project Show entries – photography, art, sewn items, baked goods, metal work, leather work, wood work, needlework, horticulture, and more. We have some very talented youth, and every October, our 4-H members have the opportunity to exhibit they handiwork as part of the National 4-H Week kick-off. The public is invited to view the entries at the Texas...
