Tradin’ Post for Wednesday, June 13th, 2018:
For sale: Masterbuilt propane smoker with 2 propane bottles. Used very little. $100.00. Call 9033481233. For Sale: Antique buffet or storage cabinet 2 doors with small storage (silver) drawers within each door unit. $200.00 or best offer; antique hall tree $125.00. Call for pictures and measurements of each. 903-348-9585 Need someone to clean gutters and roof, weed eat around stock pond and help with occasional other yard work....
Meet Dairy Festival Contestants #1, #2 and #3, Kaitlyn, Cassidy and Alexis
This week on KSST Radio and Channel 18 TV, we will interview current Queen Jaci Reed and all eight contestants for the 2018 title of Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen, in the order that they will appear on Pageant night. All the contestants entered as 17-year-old Juniors in local high schools, and all will be Seniors when school starts this Fall. Each is very excited about the Pageant on Saturday June 16 at 7 pm in the SSISD...
Dinner Bell Menu For June 13th, 2018
DINNER BELL MENU June 13, 2018 Community Partner Carol and Don Worsham and Family Menu: Parmesan Chicken Breasts Long Grain and Wild Rice Pilaf Oven Roasted Butternut Squash, Sweet Potatoes and Carrots Garden Salad Yeast Rolls Peach Cobbler Crisp Cottage Cheese and Gelatin (the no added sugar dessert) Served Wednesdays at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs,...
Mary Ivey Crowned Senior Queen : Ms. Hopkins County Senior Pageant Celebrates Beauty, Talent
Meet the new Ms. Hopkins County Senior Classic, Mary Ivey, crowned during the 9th annual Pageant on Saturday June 9, 2018 at the Hopkins County Civic Center. Mary is 70 years old, is a wife, mother of 2 and grandmother of 2. Her hobbies include zip lining and white water rafting with her husband Loyd, fishing, gardening and taking care of her dogs. Her talent presentation was a Daisy Mae skit. Mary is a member of Lake Highlands...
CHESS Book Fair Friday
CHESS is hosting a book fair this Friday, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Central Baptist Church This book fair is composed of homeschool families setting up tables and selling their used homeschool materials. These materials range from entire used curriculum sets to single books used in homeschooling. The monies go to each individual family. Homeschool book fairs such as these benefit everyone involved. Sellers make a little extra cash...
Meal a Day Menu for June 11th-15th
Meal A Day Menu June 11th – June 15th Monday Chicken Fried Chicken Mashed Potatoes Providence Vegetables Roll Tuesday Spaghetti and Meatballs English Peas Garlic Toast Wednesday Tater Tot Casserole Corn Squash Tossed Salad Thursday Sliced Ham and Dressing Sweet Potatoes Green Beans Roll Friday Chili Cheese Dogs Fritos Pickle...
A Spectacular Night with the Hot Air Balloon Glow: 2018 Dairy Fest
The Balloon glow is always a crowd favorite of the Dairy Festival. This year viewers enjoyed the “Spider-pig” and “Ladybug” as well as many other beautiful hot air balloons. The hot air balloon pilots amused spectators as they lit up their balloons to keep time with the music which played in the background. It was an amazing show that could only be described as spectacular. Several pilots talked with onlookers...
2018 Dairy Festival Parade: Party till the Cows Come Home
The Dairy Festival Parade matched this years Dairy Festival Theme of “Party till the Cows Come Home” as each float was decorated to resemble many different sorts of parties: Tea-parties, Luau’s, slumber parties, masquerades, and much more! All the floats were creative and had intricate designs. As usual, many of the floats threw candy to the delight of the children in the crowd. The Dairy Museum gave out stress...
2018 Junior Dairy Show
At the 2018 Junior Dairy Show 26 Local FFA and 4H students in 3rd grade through high school competed to see who raised the best calves this year. Only calves born September 1st or after of last year were eligible to compete. The top 15 placed calves will be sold to the top bidder and the students receive the money. Many of the students try to buy their calves back since they forge strong bonds over months of caring for them. This...
Chillin’ at the Ice Cream Freeze Off
Friends of all ages visited at the Ice cream freeze off while enjoying an exciting assortment of ice cream flavors. This year’s freeze off brought several hundred people out to the Shannon Oaks Church Lawn where the ice cream cooks had set up in the shade. There were a variety of flavors for all types of folks. Fruit flavors included Banana, Plum, and Peach. A highly talked about flavor included Vanilla Dr. Pepper. Others included...
