Chamber Connection March 2, 2017
It’s time for the Spring Fever Bike Rally!!! Saturday, March 11th is the date for the Spring Fever Bike Rally. Hopkins County will be expecting 500-600 cyclists who will ride in either a 10 mile, 25 mile, 38 mile, or 58 mile ride. Matt Dunn will be providing entertainment on Celebration Plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., so either sign up to ride in the rally, or come out and cheer on these athletes!! It’s an entertaining day in...
Brice Duane Gregg
Funeral services for Brice Duane Gregg, 85, of Como, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 4, 2017 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jimmy Henry officiating. Military Honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with family serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, March 3, 2017 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Brice passed away on Wednesday, March...
PJC-Sulphur Springs Announces Continuing Ed Classes
Classes in health care and Microsoft Word are available this month from the Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center’s Continuing Education Department. The Nurse Aide Skills Refresher class is for any student wanting to refresh their Nurse Aide skills prior to their certification test. Students must register 48 hours in advance. The class is offered Wednesday, March 8, from 5 to 9 p.m. A Nurse Aide class will be...
Two Big Cattle Sales Set for March
The Sulphur Springs Livestock and Dairy Auction will host two big cattle sales events in March. The first will take place Monday, March 6, when a special stocker cow consignment sale will be held during the regular Monday Stocker Sale. This special offering will include more than 250 head of calves, heifers, mixed breed cows and bulls, and will sell at 3:30 p.m. Included in the sale will be 80 young cows, mostly Black Angus. Forty...
Ten Wildcat Powerlifters Qualify for Regional
Ten Wildcats’ powerlifters have qualified for Saturday’s regional meet in Lindale. The qualifiers are Alex Rodriguez and Oscar Yanez in the 114 pound weight class, Cason Goodson in the 132 pound weight class, freshman George Greenway V in the 148 pound weight class, Carson Bridges in the 165 pound weight class, Cor’Tavius Pruitt, Vincent Morales and Isaiah Neal in the 181 pound weight class, D’idrec Dugan in...
Dorthy Crabb
Funeral service for Dorthy Crabb, age 82, of Emory will be held Friday,March 3, 2017 at Elm Baptist Church. Officiating will be Bro. John Stewart. Burial will follow in Elm Cemetery. No visitation has been planned.Mrs. Crabb passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Tyler, at Hospice of EastTexas. She was born Sept. 4, 1934, in Dallas, to Raymond and Ruby Cox McFarlain. She married Walter Wayne Crabb in Dallas, on Sept. 5,1953. She was a...
Library Hosts Will Presentation Thursday
The Sulphur Springs Public Library and local attorney Joel Sheffield present “Why do I need a Will?” on Thursday, March 2, 6-8pm. Refreshments will be served and the drawing for a family pack of tickets to Scarborough Fair will be held after the program. Writing a will isn’t the most pleasant of tasks. After all, by doing so you’re not only acknowledging your own inevitable demise but actively planning for it. That might...
A & M-Commerce Celebrates Centennial March 10
By Scott Cason and Mary Grace Rodriguez COMMERCE, TX—On March 10, Texas A&M University-Commerce will celebrate its centennial as a public institution of higher education. The small, private college originally known as East Texas Normal College began as a privately funded teacher’s college in Cooper, Texas. Through the visionary efforts of founder William Leonidas Mayo, the college’s appeal to become a state institution was granted...
