Quarter Auction Fundraiser Harvests Fun and Profits for Lights of Life Campaign
Meredith Caddell, CEO of the Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation, came up with an idea for an exciting and different kind of fundraiser for this year’s Lights of Life campaign. On November 3, 2017 in the Civic Center banquet hall, she put on a “quarter auction” where attendees could bid inexpensively on very desirable prizes from local merchants, earned when their paddle number was drawn from the hopper. It turned...
Freeze Damage & How to Spot It By Mario Villarino
Fall, winter, and spring bring the danger of frosts and freezes to Texas gardens, orchards, and landscapes. Although sporadic and unpredictable, these cold spells have left their mark on horticulture in Texas by wiping out peach crops, freezing pecans in their shucks, forcing the replanting of spring vegetables, killing valuable landscape plants, and necessitating the replacement of beloved avocado, citrus, and fig trees. Home...
Walk and Talk Reaches Half-way Point By Johanna Hicks
Walk & Talk Reaches Half-way Point Several years ago, an initiative was created to encourage individuals to get up and get active. “Walk Across Texas” is designed to inspire physical activity and comradery among teams of up to eight people with the ultimate goal of logging 833 miles (distance from Beaumont to El Paso) during an 8-week period. The on-line link allows participants to calculate miles according to the type of...
Tira News November 3, 2017
by Jan Vaughn Kim Beck won the Reserve Best in Show for Photography at the Hopkins County Fall Festival. The photo was a black & white of street lamps lighting up a rooftop. She won several other blue & red ribbons in different categories. Kim was also working the Hopkins County Stew contest for the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce. She comments, “It was so cold! But we had a great turnout and it was hard work, but worth...
CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic-Quitman Opens Expanded Space, Services
QUITMAN, TX – After weeks of construction the new CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic – Quitman will open its expanded space to the public and patients of CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System. The newly updated location offers advanced facilities providing the highest quality of care and increased access to needed health care services for the patients of Northeast Texas. “We have built out approximately 2,200 square feet that...
Jimmy E. Lancaster
Jimmy E. Lancaster, age 74, of Point, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. A family planned Memorial Service, to celebrate his life, will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, November 4, 2017, at United Presbyterian Church in Greenville. Jim was born in Lampasas, TX, on March 17, 1943, to William Edward and Loene Harrell Lancaster. After graduation from Lampasas High School, Jim made the decision to join the...
FUMC Hosts Annual Hamilton Bake Sale and Harvest Festival November 9-11.
If you love home-baked goods,, plan to be at the Hamilton Bake Sale, a traditional pre-Thanksgiving event on Thursday November 9 at First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs. The bake sale will open at 8:30am, and lasts until sold out, which is usually way before noon. So don’t be late! That same weekend is Harvest Festival at FUMC where the good cooks prepare and serve stew and chili, provide family fun and offer...
Leista Pringle
Funeral services for Leista Pringle, age 68, of Leander, TX, have been scheduled for 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Morning Chapel Church with Pastor Rudy Williams officiating. Corey Spigner, Jay Yarbrough, Peyton Tilley, Curtis Bush and Will Jenkins will be serving as pallbearers. Nephews will serve as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Friday, November 3, 2017 at Tapp Funeral Home....
Hall Dispels Rumors of Congressional Run
AUSTIN, TX – On Tuesday, it was announced that U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas), of Congressional District 5, will not be running for re-election. The announcement likely will cause a domino effect of opening seats across Northeast Texas. “United States Congressman Jeb Hensarling has a servant’s heart, and I am so very thankful for his commitment and service to the people of CD-5 for all these years,” stated...
