Fire Event Encourages Young Women to Explore a Career in Wildland Firefighting
October 2, 2023 – PALO PINTO, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service hosted the third annual Sisters in Fire event Sept. 30 at Worth Ranch, a Longhorn Council BSA property. Thirty-five young women between the ages of 13 and 18 from 22 Texas counties and one Oklahoma county attended the event. “The Sisters in Fire program was created to introduce young women to wildland firefighting and natural resource careers,” said Emily...
Barbara Bush Primary Will Host a Halloween Carnival October 6th
October 2, 2023 – Barbara Bush Primary School invites Students and Family to their Annual Halloween Carnival Friday, October 6, 2023, beginning at 5:30pm, at the Barbara Bush Primary Campus. You can expect Carnival Games, a Silent Auction, snacks, and more. Cost is $1 for two tickets, $5 for ten tickets, and $10 for an unlimited wristband. Barbara Bush Halloween Carnival
Solar Eclipse Picnic October 14, 2023
October 2, 2023 – Head over to CraversTX on Park Street in Sulphur Springs for a picnic and viewing of the Solar Eclipse this month. Find out more by clicking here. CraversTX Garden in 2022
2023 Cattleman’s Classic & Ribeye Roundup – Event Schedule
October 3, 2023 – It all happens on Celebration Plaza on Saturday October 7, 2023. Dinner starts at 6:30PM.
Paris District Road Report for week of October 2, 2023
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Oct. 2, 2023. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such as...
Gala Live Auction Always Offers Exciting Items
September 30, 2023 – Each year the items offered as part of the Gala live auction cover the gamut of options. From trips and sporting excursions to a lady’s luxury package and one-of-a-kind items. These unique offerings are all for a good cause…improved Hopkins County healthcare. Though Gala silent auction items may be bid on in person or online, bidders must be present (or have a friend in attendance willing to bid) in order to...
Winners of the Hopkins County Junior Commercial Heifer Show 2023
September 30, 2023 – The record books are examined and the interviews complete. The livestock judging finished around 11 AM on Saturday. The winners of the 2023 show are as follows. Kash Ballard – Grand Champion Benjamin Brewer – Reserve Champion Kohen Moss – Division Champion Rhayne Thomas – Division Reserve Champion Top Herdsman Senior Division – Catherine Starzyk Top Herdsman Junior Division...
Controlling Goat Weed From Master Gardener David Wall
September 27, 2023 – NOTE: This article written for vegetable gardens, not pasture-land. Several years ago, a local land owned was showing his 200 acres of pasture land and mentioned he wanted to invest in a goat herd because of all the goat weed on the property. He wasn’t happy to learn that goats detest goat weed. Usually, the only way they’ll eat it is if the field is brush hogged and later baled. Even then, they’re not happy...
Trunk or Treat with Community Bible Fellowship Church
Get ready! On October 29, 2023, starting at 5pm, head over to Community Bible Fellowship Church in Sulphur Springs for Trunk or Treat.
Dinner Bell Menu For October 4, 2023
Dr. Andrew Yoder and his experienced team at I Focus Vision Care, this week’s Community Partner, use the latest equipment to acertain the health of your eyes! If needed he will prescribe corrective lenses for you. Stylish eyewear and prescriptive lenses are available on site! GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church...
