Understanding Pesticide Applicator Licenses By Mario Villarino
Understanding Pesticide Applicator Licenses: Do YOU need a license? If so, which endorsement do you need? The Texas Pesticide Law requires that you must be licensed or certified by the Texas Department of Agriculture in order to lawfully use a restricted-use pesticide, state-limited-use pesticide or regulated herbicides. The law is designed to ensure safety of humans, animals, plants, and the entire ecosystem. License types are below:...
Dike Community Early Voting Is Under Way Now
April 26, 2023- Voting to make Dike, TX a Class C incorporation is holding early voting for the May 6th election. Early voting started Monday April 24 and will be continuing through May 2nd. Should the vote be passed to make Dike a city, elections for a Mayor as well as a new City Commissioner will be in effect from the same ballot Currently there are two candidates for the mayoral position, Dru Bell and Brett Lester. Also, there are...
Lady Cats Golf Qualifies for State Meet
Coach Whiney Spigener and her squad had themselves an incredibly solid outing last week. Lady Cats golf placed third as a team at the Regional tournament in Canton to qualify for the 4A state meet held in Kingsland on May 15-17. It is the first time in 31 years Sulphur Springs sends her women’s golf team to the state tournament. “We set that goal at the beginning of the year, and they achieved it,” the golf coach...
A Potential Danger In Sweeteners By David Wall
For so many of us, especially for diabetics, it’s important to check the sugar content in products. We normally think “no sugar,” “less sugar,” or “lite” must be better for us, and in most instances, such is smart thinking. Recently, however, an ingredient often found in regular or no-sugar products has been found to be unwanted, an in some case, perhaps downright dangerous. Some years back, I wrote an article about artificial...
Chamber Connection – April 26
Get your networking on at the next Business After Hours, set for Thursday, May 18, at CANHelp on Gilmer Street. The event is scheduled for 4:30 to 6 p.m. and is open to the public. This is an excellent opportunity to network as well as get familiar with CANHelp and its mission. If you are a Chamber of Commerce member and want to host a Business After Hours (or Before Hours), we have some openings for you! We are scheduling our monthly...
Sulphur Springs City Wide Clean-up Underway
April 25, 2023- The annual City-Wide Spring Clean-Up is taking place now through Saturday, April 24-29, 2023. Sulphur Springs residents may bring large items to discard from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on clean-up days to the city collection site. To verify the person arriving with garbage is a resident, living within the city of Sulphur Springs, those bringing large items to discard will be asked to show proof of city residents by presenting a...
Dike Volunteer Firefighters Receive Donation To Purchase New Engine
April 25, 2023- Dike Volunteer Firefighters received a donation of $50,000 to go toward the purchase of a Fire Engine apparatus. Hopkins County Fire Chief Andy Endsley and members of the Dike Volunteer Firefighters were on hand to receive the check. Engie Solar and Blattner Energy held a press conference at the Dike Community Center to announce their donation to the Dike Volunteer Fire Department. Food was catered for all those...
Roger Reed
Roger Reed was born on March 30, 1954, and went to be with the Lord on April 24, 2023. Roger was a loving husband, father, son, and Pappy. He was born and raised in Sulphur Springs, TX. He spent five years in the US Army. Attended Texas State Tech College, receiving his associate degree in automotive, and a certificate in meat processing. He returned home in 2006 to open Reed Scrap Metal with his brother, Richard Reed. With his love...
Roy Mack Spigner
Roy Mack (Chuck) Spigner was born on August 29, 1945, to the blessed union of Elvira and Genoa Spigner Sr. Roy was the youngest of Five children, raised in the St. Mark Community. He received his formal education at Douglas High School and was a part of the 1963 graduating class. Making the greatest decision of his life, Roy accepted the Lord as his personal Savior at a very early age. He was an active member of the St. Mark Baptist...
Dike Meeting Delivers Solar Reality Check
April 25, 2023 – On Monday night, speakers with first hand knowledge of the effects that Solar Power Plants can have on all aspects of rural life in Texas spoke at a meeting held at the Dike Community Center. Andy Ivey and Joanna Friebele spent about two hours talking with Dike Community Members, and at least ten people from Franklin County who are fighting their own Solar Power Plant. One of the points made by the speakers that...
