Chamber Connection January 21, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection January 21, 2016 by Meredith Caddell Thank you to everyone who attended the ribbon cutting for Reilly Springs Jamboree! If you missed the ribbon cutting for the Reilly Springs Jamboree-Hopkins County’s Original Music Venue, last Saturday evening you missed a great time. Tony Rame y was guest singer for the Reilly Springs Jamboree for the evening. Enola Gay, producer, provides a wonderful event every...
Team Meeting Set to Kickoff Relay for Life
The 2016 Relay for Life season has begun! RFL Event Lead Amber Henry shared the news during Thursday’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay. Amber is inviting everyone to the kickoff Team Meeting on Monday January 25 at 6pm in the League Street Church of Christ Fellowship Hall. If you already have an established RFL team or wish to form one, you are invited to the informational meeting. In the planning stages is the annual “Kiss It To...
Animals of the Week: Lavern and Shirley
Lavern and Shirley are a bonded pair similar to last week’s featured animals. Lavern is a Pit mix and Shirley is an Aussie mix. Both range in 1-3 years of age, have tested heart-worm negative, and are not yet spayed. They were found together at the Pilot station and brought to the Animal Shelter shortly after Christmas. Both dogs are energetic and love people, unable to stand still for more than one second unless there was...
25th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony
DSC00199 DonJ-01 DSC00129 DSC00134 DSC00140 DSC00200 On Monday, January 18, 2016, 7 pm, The East Caney Missionary Baptist Church and Hopkins County African American Leadership Conference presented the 25th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony. The keynote speaker was The Honorable Judge Morris Overstreet, former judge, Texas Criminal Appellate Court. Dr. Dan Jones, President/CEO of Texas A&M-Commerce once...
SSHS BPA Qualifies 13 for State Competition
The Sulphur Springs High School Business Professionals of America students attended a Regional Leadership Conference at Plano High School on January 16, 2016. Thirteen (13) students qualified for state, and seven (7) students and three (3) teams will be state alternates. State Qualifiers Sean Allemang placed first in Java Programing. Mario Basio placed third in C++ Programming. Lydia Burleson placed first in Advanced Word Processing....
SS Elementary School Without Electricity Most of The School Day
by Allison Bledsoe On Thursday, after a morning accident on Lee Street, Sulphur Springs Elementary School was without electricity or phone service for several hours during the school day. Sulphur Springs ISD sent out emails and phone calls to parents notifying them of the outage. Children remained at school and were kept in rooms and areas with windows. The school’s cafeteria had already begun cooking lunch and had no...
Mount Vernon Varsity Cheer Squad Wins Spirit 3A State Championship
The Mount Vernon High School Varsity cheer squad won the first Spirit 3A State Championship on January 13, 2016 at the University of Texas in Arlington. The Spirit competition is composed of three competitive categories: fight song, time out band dance and the time out cheer. Mt. Vernon took the top score in the time out competition with a 98.167. They placed fifth in the fight song competition which allowed them to progress into...
Chamber Connection January 14, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection January 14, 2016 by Meredith Caddell Reilly Springs Jamboree Ribbon Cutting-Saturday, January 16th at 6:30pm We will be hosting the ribbon cutting for the Reilly Springs Jamboree-Hopkins County’s Original Music Venue, this Saturday, January 16th at 6:30! Tony Ramey will be the featured guest for the Reilly Springs Jamboree, with Enola Gay as producer. The show starts at 7:00. They are located at 109 CR...
