Eggshells and Banana Peels for your Tomato Plants From Master Gardener David Wall
There’s a lot of confusion lately about what egg shells can do for your tomatoes. Literature, in the past, recommended putting egg shells in the planting hole before you transplant. It’s also recommended you crack an egg and drop the whole thing in the hole. This will help your tomato plant perhaps late in the season or, better yet, if you plant a tomato in the same spot next year! The calcium in egg shells is highly desired by tomato...
State Fair Announces Food Winners
August 28, 2023 – Do you say “Corn Dog” or “Corny Dog”? Order it either way at this year’s State Fair of Texas and you won’t be turned away from the Fletcher’s concession stand. The correct term although for the State Fair mainstay is actually “Corny Dog”. An annual must-have since 1942 for lots of fairgoers, although there are plenty of other options around the State Fair...
Merlene Teer
Funeral service for Merlene Teer, age 87 of Sulphur Springs, formerly of Como, will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Bro. B.J. Teer and Bro. Jimmy Gulledge officiating. Interment will follow at Black Oak Cemetery with Jeremy Pool, Richard Pool, Dustin Barrett, Brody Clark, Grayson Barrett, John Glenn and Jacob Glenn serving as pallbearers. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the...
Please Be Seated Program Continues in Northeast Texas to Help Children Travel Safely in Approved Safety Seats
August 27, 2023 – PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation safety officials in Northeast Texas today reminded the public about a program to help parents ensure their children remain safe when traveling in a vehicle. “If you see an unrestrained child traveling in a vehicle with Texas license plates, call the hotline and tell us the date, location and license number,” said Monica Yates, TxDOT transport funding specialist based...
Paris District Road Report for week of August 28, 2023
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Aug. 28, 2023. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such...
Bridget Reed
Memorial service for Bridget Reed, age 70, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, August 28, 2023, at First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs, Texas. Mrs. Reed passed away peacefully, on August 25, 2023, in her home surrounded by her loving family. Bridget was born on July 1, 1953, in Sweetwater, Texas, to Doyle and Reba (Mercer) Feagan. Bridget is a graduate of Sweetwater High School. She married Mack...
Charles Eldon Lane
Charles Eldon Lane, of Scroggins, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, suddenly at his home at the age of 74. Chuck was born on August 6, 1949, in Osage City, Kansas to Harold Albert and Ila Jean (Russell) Lane. Chuck served in the United States Navy from 1969-1975. He married his high school sweetheart, Mary Lee Price on March 9, 1968, in Burlingame, Kansas. They moved to Mount Vernon in 1991. Chuck was very active in...
ERCOT Operating on Thin Margins
August 25, 2023 – As record heat continues all across Texas, cooler temperatures cannot come soon enough to give Texas’ Power Grid some needed relief. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) has issued several Voluntary Conservation Requests across Texas during the heat wave as the difference between forecasted supply and demand on the grid has been very narrow. As the pastel lines on the graph below get closer...
Hopkins County Enters Drought, Burn Ban Coming?
August 25, 2023 – Although North East Texas has avoided severe drought so far this summer, the latest repot from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows Hopkins County has now entered the lowest level of drought at the D0 or “Abnormally Dry” stage. As other counties in Texas are rapidly moving up the scale, some in Central Texas have achieved the most severe level of D4 or “Exceptional Drought” and more counties...
Dinner Bell Menu For August 30, 2023
Diversified Storage is making its third appearance at Dinner Bell this year! A great big thank you to the Dollason family and their employees for supporting Dinner Bell so strongly!!! GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 10:30 on Wednesday. MENU Chicken Pot Pie Broccoli Salad Buttered French...
