Chamber Connection January 31, 2019
The Chamber has moved to its temporary location as of Friday, January 18th. Our new location is 128-A Jefferson Street which is a bit misleading. If you are looking for us, we are in the small building across from First Baptist Church and next to First Presbyterian Church off College Street. Come by and see us anytime!! We hope to be in our permanent location on the South side of the square by May. Big...
Pecan Fundraiser Adds to Senior Citizen Center Building Fund
Karon Weatherman, left, Susan Vaughn, left Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center Pecan Fundraiser garnered $1,600 for the New Senior Citizens Center building fund.. Susan Vaughn led the fundraiser. The result of the Pecan Fundraiser brings the total raised for the building fund thus far to $70,621.71. Karon Weatherman, Senior Citizens Center Director says, “W e still have a long way to go to get the 1.2-million that we need for...
Thornton Files to Seek Place 6 on Sulphur Springs City Council
Tuesday afternoon, January 29, 2019, Landon Thornton filed for Place 6 on the Sulphur Springs City Council. Thornton will face Doug Moore in the May 4th Municipal Election. Both men will seek a one year term to fill the unexpired term of Dan Froneberger, who resigned from the council in April last year. Moore was appointed in May to fill the place until the next election. Thornton is a senior at Sulphur Springs High School and a...
Bright Star Baseball Announces Partnership with The Miracle League
Sulphur Springs, TX — (January 30, 2019)— Today, Bright Star Baseball announced a new partnership with The Miracle League, an organization that builds baseball and playground facilities for children with special needs. With this new partnership, Bright Star Baseball will continue its Celebration Field campaign to raise funds to provide transformative experiences for youth and adults of all abilities through the magic of inclusive...
Chaffer’s Place Academy and Arts Offers Musical and Homeschool Education
Bringing a background of performing arts as well as homeschool skills, Kenya Duffey Chaffer and her husband Charles Chaffer have opened a first-of-it’s kind school in Sulphur Springs. On Tuesday January 29, 2019, the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting at Chaffer’s Place Academy and Arts located near downtown at 410 Main Street. Kenya and Charles opened the doors of their building to a host of friends...
AgriLife: Tomato Grafting Workshop Set for February 7, 2019
According to Purdue Extension, vegetable grafting has attracted tomato growers’ attention as an approach to control soilborne diseases and improve crop yield. By grafting scion plants that have desirable fruit characteristics onto rootstock plants that have disease resistance, stress tolerance, or vigorous root system characteristics, grafted plants combine beneficial traits from both the scion and rootstock plants. Many growers who...
Avoid the Flu This Season: Tips from Infection Control at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs
Ben Pegues is an RN at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital and works daily in the Infection Control department of the hospital. Not a bedside nurse, Ben and his colleagues in Infection Control are a team on the lookout for infection in every department of the hospital, from surgeries to ICU and of course, with infectious diseases like the Flu. During a KSST Morning Show interview, Ben gave some insight into where we stand locally this...
“Shawls of Love” Volunteers Filling Local Need During American Heart Month
‘Shawls of Love’ volunteers from Sulphur Springs have joined the American Heart Association in connection with The Children’s Heart Foundation to celebrate American Heart Month by knitting and crocheting red hats for babies born in February at Christus Mother Frances Hospital. The crochet group meets monthly at the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center, and members also work on their projects at home and during their own...
