The Gala Live Auction Videos are Being Released
Sulphur Springs, Texas – The individual videos highlighting the items to be auctioned off as partof the Gala Live Auction on January 27 are beginning to be released. A single video describingeach auction item will be available for viewing on the Foundation’s Facebook page. Not only are the items explained, but the donors are also highlighted. There will be eleven ortwelve videos in total, so be sure to follow the Foundation on...
Reunion Tower Might Be The Best Show in Texas on New Years Eve
DALLAS — Reunion Tower is an iconic place in Dallas and come New Year’s Eve, it will be surrounded by thousands of people viewing its fireworks and drone show. While the planning for the show starts at the beginning of the year, it’s these last few days of 2023 where the hard, physical work begins. Crews unload 15,000 pounds of fireworks off a couple of trucks, along with scaffolding to place the fireworks. There will also...
Foundation’s Gala Highlights Community’s Uniqueness
December 28, 2023 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has hosted an annual Gala for eighteen years. It has changed and grown through the years with the Foundation finally settling on a program that suits the crowd. Yes, it is a fun night punctuated with amazing food, fine wines and beers, live music, games, and frivolity. It is also an important night of fundraising for the Foundation...
Did You Drink ‘Big Chief’ Soda?
December 28, 2023 – While clearing out part of my shop, I came across a collection of old soda bottles. Most of them were Pepsi bottles touting the 1972 Dallas Cowboys, but one was unique. It’s impossible to know what flavors of soda were inside this bottle, but one thing is clear, it’s a ‘Big Chief’. My bottle is from a bygone era when independent bottlers were almost as common as modern fast food...
Trading Post for December 27, 2023
Linseed oil for decks, $35 per gal. Coleman clean fuel, $25 per gallon. 21″ Pulsar push mower, new, $250. 21″ Troy Bilt Mower, new. $250. 903 335 8666 or 903 951 8547 For sale JD 2550 cab tractor with loader and hay forks. Near Winnsboro, $16,000. 903 717 1194 Seen: two stray dogs. One is a shih tzu, one looks like a Papillon. The Papillon is black and white. The dogs were seen in the area behind Watson Realty Co. For more...
Foundation’s Gala Highlights Community’s Uniqueness
Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has hosted an annual Galafor eighteen years. It has changed and grown through the years with the Foundation finallysettling on a program that suits the crowd. Yes, it is a fun night punctuated with amazing food, fine wines and beers, live music, games, andfrivolity. It is also an important night of fundraising for the Foundation since proceeds are usedto fund annual...
GSC Enterprises and the McKenzie Family are Supporters of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation
GSC Enterprises and the McKenzie family are long-time supporters of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation. Barbara McKenzie was a founder of the organization and Mickey McKenzie is a current director on the board. They will be sponsoring the upcoming Gala with proceeds going toward an expansion of the Surgical Services wing at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. Posing with Gala Chairs John...
Brad Davis will be Performing Live January 12th at the Texan Theater in Greenville Texas
Brad Davis and the Electric Guitar Trio will be performing at the Texan Theater in Greenville, Texas, January 12, 2024! Doors open at 6:30pm. The awesome show begins at 7:00pm! Kerosene Drifters and Matthew Fiock will also be performing that night. Tickets are $40. The Cafe will be open for dinner. Come and enjoy the show! Brad Davis January 12th at Texan Theater
Dinner Bell Menu For January 3, 2024
A NEW YEAR for Dinner Bell, our 13th! We start 2024 with gratitude to Heilman Properties (John and Mary Heilman) for repeat performances as a Dinner Bell Community Partner. The meal is comprised of “good luck” for 2024 food items. MENU Ham (Progress/Prosperity) pigs root forward when going for food Fried Cabbage (Dollars) the more the merrier Blackeyed Peas (Pennies) to jingle in our pockets Creamy Grape Salad (12 At...
Feed the Birds, Count the Birds and Help the Birds
December 26, 2023 – Bird feeding enthusiasts can up their game and help birds world wide by uploading data on what they see at their feeders. FeederWatch, powered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York, hopes that bird feeders and watchers will join their initiative and upload data on what they see. You can help too. Sign up, download the app, and watch the birds. True there is a little more to it, like identification,...
