Dairy Festival Parade Saturday
David Watson told KSST Morning Show listeners that the Dairy Festival Parade is Saturday morning at 10 a.m. The parade will begin at Buford Park down Connally Street to Celebration Plaza and down Gilmer Street to Lee Street. The theme for the parade is “Just Moo It”, a sports theme, and the Bryant Fisher Family will serve as Parade Marshalls. The Fisher family is a long time dairy family in Hopkins County. The parade...
All about Broody Hens
Like any other day, you go out to your chicken coop to collect eggs. There in the nesting box is one of your hens. Like usual, you slowly reach under her, but as you get close enough to touch her, she puffs out her feathers, spreads her wings slightly, and releases an ear-splitting screech. Congratulations! You have a ‘broody hen’. That means she’s ready to ‘set on’ or hatch her ‘clutch’ of...
Hot Air Balloon At Dairy Fest This Weekend
Hot air balloons will be a big part of the first weekend of Dairy Festival this Friday and Saturday. Thirty (30) balloon pilots will return again this year. A special shape balloon from Albuquerque is of a huge beagle. A few balloons will participate in media flights Friday morning, weather permitting. Glows and flights are scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings at Shannon Oaks Church grounds from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. ...
My Incubator Turkeys
Just imagine the life of a baby turkey. How long do they have to be in that little egg? Our flock of turkeys gave us eggs this springs. We decided to incubate them inside to keep skunks from eating them. While incubating turkey eggs you must make sure that the humidity and heat is set just right. The temperature in the incubator needs to be 99 degrees F the humidity set at 50-60%. The incubator we use has water channels in the bottom...
Dairy Festival Balloons This Friday Night!
David Black, chairman of the Dairy Festival Balloon Committee, says 30 pilots will be bringing their balloons, families and friends to Hopkins County for the festival’s first weekend. Weather permitting, you’ll see hot air balloons in the air early Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, so keep an eye to the sky! Also, the pilots like getting “deep in Dairy Festival” by participating at the parade, milking...
Registration Open for Dairy Fest 5K Milk Run
The annual 5K Milk Run will be taking place at a new time and a new place during this year’s Dairy Festival. Race Director Holly Fain discuss the Milk Run on KSST’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay Tuesday morning. The Milk Run is scheduled for Friday night at 7 p.m., a new date and time. The place will be different as well. The Milk Run will begin at Shannon Oaks Church, the location of the Hot Air Balloon lift and glow,...
Celebration Square Movie Night!
Nobody wants to spend their Friday night at home watching soap operas. Come out to the square Friday June 12, 2015 for the Friday Night Movie! It’s the original, ‘Jurassic Park’. Even if you are not a fan of dinosaurs, take this opportunity to catch up with friends, family, at Celebration Square. This movie was selected because of the upcoming release of the latest installment in the ‘Jurassic Park’...
Emblem Memorial Day
EMBLEM MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE and cemetery meeting will be held at 10:30 Sunday, June 14th at the Emblem Cemetery Chapel on FM highway 71. The special speaker will be Rebecca Hathcoat, and music will be presented by Zack Ferrell. A covered dish lunch will follow the morning service.
