Bluff Bears Plan Donkey Basketball
The Sulphur Bluff Class of 2016 is planning Donkey Basketball as a Senior Trip fundraiser on Thursday March 10, 2016. Games start at 6:30 pm in Bears Gym. Tickets are $8 at the gate.
Onstage at Main Street Theatre!
Veteran director David Woody and his cast will stage eight performances of Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” at Main Street Theater March 10-20, 2016. Leah Connor plays the role of Amanda Wingfield who lives in the family home with her two adult children, Tom Wingfield (Ken Schroeder) and Laura Wingfield (Aldin Green). Denver Dodson plays Jim, Laura’s gentleman caller. Tom also narrates the play, and...
Annual Hay Clinic is March 30th
by Mario Villarino As our winter season starts dwindling into spring, our pastures and hay meadows must be getting for the spring and summer hay season. Depending on the farmer plan our hay schedules are mainly divided in a fall-winter cycle and a spring-summer cycle. The fall-winter cycle relies on winter crops, mainly rye grass and a short crop before or wheat and oats. The rye grass crop picks during February and March and must be...
Business History Month: Bright Star Floors
Mike Miller opened Bright Star Floors nine years ago in a great business location along Interstate 30 East in Sulphur Springs. Mike possessed three decades of experience in the flooring installation business when he opened his doors, and that experience lends a priceless value to the customer who is considering a flooring decision. Today’s new products are the best ever offered because the technology is constantly improving, yet...
Business History Month: Just Country
For the past twenty-plus years, the family business “Just Country” has remained exactly that: country handmade decor. DeOnna Watkins is today’s owner of this successful wood-product designer business in Sulphur Springs, Texas which was begun by her parents Don and Linda Gammill. In 2016, Just Country continues to serve new outlets and find new ways to please those who love expressively quaint home decor....
Business History Month: Party Gear+
Back in 1987, The Paper Factory started in the VF Mall in Sulphur Springs, Texas. After 25 years and several ownership changes, the last company that owned the chain decided small town America was no longer a priority and chose to rely on metropolitan and internet sales. Thad Gregory had managed the store for the last 15 years that The Paper Factory was open and decided there was still a need for a party store in Sulphur Springs and...
Library Events with Hope Cain
Sulphur Springs Public Library’s Hope Cain joined Enola Gay on KSST’s Good Morning Show to inform listeners about March informational events for adults in the community, and an interactive “I-pad Tour” of the Music Box Museum on Tuesday March 8. Hope and her staff invite all ages to get familiar with “your” public library and come in often! ...
Business History Month: Big Smith’s Bar-B-Q & Catfish
Big Smith’s is owned and operated by Steve and Donna Smith of Sulphur Springs, Texas. Steve and Donna have been married for 30 years. They have lived in Hopkins County for 27 years, raised their two sons there, and lovingly call it their home. Steve and Donna are very active with the Boy Scouts. They’ve been leaders for 16 years. The two believe very strongly in being positive role models and helping mold young men with...
Miller Grove News by Brandon Darrow
I don’t know about you, but I have really enjoyed the spring-time weather we have been having. It feels nice to leave the house in the mornings and not have to put on a jacket. The days are getting longer and daylight savings time will be here next weekend – Sunday, March 13 to be exact. Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour on the night of Mar. 12. Congratulations to all of the students who walked away making the...
