Thursday Activities at Hopkins County Fall Festival
Thursday’s Hopkins County Fall Festival will host a number of events and begin preparation for the final and busiest weekend of the event. Exhibitors will set up commercial booths in the regional civic center from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Events on the grounds will begin at 10:30 am. At 10:30 a.m., Lone Star Action Sports –BMX—will be in the Civic Center Driveway doing exhibitions for Sulphur Springs Elementary Schools. The students will...
Rain or Shine, Stew is On
Rain is expected but that will not wash out the contest. The ground will soak up much of the rain quickly due to dry conditions according to event planners. Also, the sandy soil and sidewalks at Buford Park will benefit those cooking and attending the event. Lightning is the only thing that would stop Saturday’s Hopkins County Stew Contest. A few stew cooks may not participate by choice should the weather be disagreeable....
Black Oak Baptist Church Growth
At one of the oldest country church structures in Hopkins County, the Black Oak Baptist Church congregation is experiencing a growth spurt in 2015. Increased regular attendance is calling for the addition of Sunday School classrooms and expansion of the Fellowship Hall/Family Life Center. A Fish Fry Fundraiser is planned on Saturday October 24 at noon, with all-you-can-eat fish, trimmings, and homemade desserts served by donation. The...
John Geary Callaway
Funeral services for Mr. John Geary Callaway, 67, of Winnsboro, will be conducted Friday October 23, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Beaty Funeral Home, 816 W. Broadway, Winnsboro, TX. Visitation is set for Thursday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Lee Cemetery. Mr. Callaway passed away on Monday, October 20, 2015 in Tyler. John Geary was born on September 8, 1948 in Wood County to John R. Callaway and Doris...
IRS Issues Scam Warning
The IRS continues to warn consumers to guard against scam phone calls from thieves intent on stealing their money or their identity. Criminals pose as the IRS to trick victims out of their money or personal information. Here are several tips to help you avoid being a victim of these scams: Scammers make unsolicited calls. Thieves call taxpayers claiming to be IRS officials. They demand that the victim pay a bogus tax bill. They con...
Food, Music, Bingo, and Prizes at Senior Citizen Night at Fall Festival
Hopkins County Fall Festival 2015 Senior Night at the Regional Civic Center was sponsored by the Hopkins County Marketers Association. The Marketers Association supplied prizes for Bingo at 4:00 PM. At 5:00 a dinner of Salads was served. The salad meal was prepared by Karon Weatherman, Joni Hughes and Pamela Johnson. Monty Tipps and Main Street started performing at 6:00 PM. During the performance The Hopkins CountyMarketers...
10 Year Drought Broken as Lady Cats Earn Playoff Spot on Senior Night
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team earned a playoff spot with a 3-1 district win over Texas High Tuesday night in Wildcats Gym. The loss eliminated the Lady Tigers. The Lady Cats won 25-21, 23-25, 25-18 and 25-16. The Lady Cats last qualified for the playoffs in 2005. Senior Sarah Womack had 21 kills. The Lady Cats, 8-4 in district play and in third place, host Pine Tree Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the Middle School Gym. The Sulphur...
Getting ready for November
Getting ready for November In just a few days from now November will be here. As I was trying to recap the multiples activities we conducted at your Hopkins County Extension Office during October, many successful programs came to be. As always, thank you very much to those volunteers interested in helping out the Extension Office. One new event was the celebration of Beef Day, October 16, 2015. We will welcome any comments (good or...
Marriage is America’s Most Effective Anti-Poverty Program
Column from the Archives Every now and then, I receive feedback from my column. In looking through my past correspondence, one that particularly touched the readers was “Marriage is America’s Most Effective Anti-Poverty Program.” It was written in October, 2013, and with another Twogether in Texas marriage education workshop scheduled for November, I thought this might be an opportune time to bring it out of the archives! Whether...
Wendy’s Now Open
The Wendy’s restaurant in Sulphur Springs opened on Tuesday, October 20. The chain restaurant establishment saw success for its first day from both its employees and its customer turnout. “We’ve been very pleased with today’s success,” Co-Owner Mike Cox said,” What counts, of course, is a year from now. We’ve been in our ‘honeymoon’ phase, so in a year from now we’ll know...
