September 2015 Schedule of Activities at Cooper Lake State Park
Can you believe it? The month of September is at the door! August has been a busy month here at Cooper Lake State Park in spite of the “dog days of summer”. Surprisingly, the nights over the past few weeks have been just perfect for getting outside and exploring nature. With September comes the Labor Day weekend and the end of summer camping trip. If you haven’t already made your reservations for a campsite it may be too late. The...
Hopkins County Stew Site Renewal Underway
The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce has mailed out letters to last year’s record number of stew cooks encouraging them to renew their stew sites for this year’s 46th annual contest on Saturday, October 24. Some cooks have already turned in their paperwork. Stew cooks have until September 18 to renew their sites. Those not renewed in time will be available to anyone on Monday, September 21 at 8 a.m. More than 150...
AUGUST RED RIVER FLOAT TRIP – AUGUST 27, 2015
1398 AUGUST RED RIVER FLOAT TRIP AUGUST 27, 2015 Last week I asked for information about Smoky, or Smokey, Road. Why was it given the name? It’s FM 2716 that cuts across from the Country Club Road, 1529, over to Highway 24. Up about Walker and Echols country. Thomas Peters said he thought it was because it used to be a lot of small farms up that road. Lots of little houses beside the road. They all burned firewood and therefore the...
Animal of the Week: Sweetie the Chihuahua
Sweetie, a Chihuahua mix, is between two and three months old. She still has all of her baby teeth. She was surrendered by her previous owners to the Animal Shelter on August 21. Officers of the Shelter believe Sweetie is also mixed with Terrier. She is a very curious and adventurous animal, prone to exploring the Shelter whenever able. “She gets along with pretty much everything,” Animal Shelter Officer Brandi Blanch...
Extension Celebrates Family Mealtime by Johanna Hicks
Extension Celebrates Family Mealtime Join us September, 2015, as Texas A&M AgriLife Extension celebrates family mealtime by MAKING IT FUN! Eating meals together promotes: Quality time for child and adult interaction. Family dinner provides time to share activities from the day or discuss upcoming events. A food & health connection. Eating together provides an opportunity to talk about and model good nutrition and health...
Summer 42 Tournament at the Senior Citizens Center Winners!
Saturday, August 25th was the date of the Summer 42 Tournament at the Senior Citizens Center. 28 teams battled it out for 1st – 4th place. The Senior Center has three 42 Tournaments a year. The next Tournament will be the “Earl W. Martin 42 Tournament” during the Hopkins County Fall Festival. The Tournament will be held on Saturday, October 24th at 1:00 PM at the Senior...
Friday Night Movie!
This weeks Friday Night Movie is ‘The Boxtrolls’! This movie is about Eggs, an orphan, lives with the Boxtrolls, which is a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who inhabit a cavern beneath the city of Cheesebridge. When villainous Archibald Snatcher hatches a plan to get rid of the pretty harmless beings, Eggs decides to go above ground, where he meets and befriends feisty Winnifred. Together, Eggs and Winnifred...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Tira News By Jan Vaughn Dorreice (Horn) Shuptrine, of Plano, shared that they enjoyed a visit from the Vaughns – J.C., Jake, and John – from Cooper, on Saturday, after the hunting show in Ft. Worth. They had some good laughs and shared fried apricot pies. The North Hopkins Alumni officers are working on plans for the annual school homecoming. The group voted last year to change the date from the first Saturday in November...
