Senior Citizen’s Center Reopens With Numerous Upcoming Activities
Starting Monday, April 5th, all activities at the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center will resume as usual. Here is a list of the weekly activities and posters which give more details. If you are a Senior Citizen, come get involved! All our classes are free, and the Meal a Day meals we prepare are $2 each for Seniors. Please call 903-885-1661 to reserve your meal that day.You will be welcome!Karon Weatherman, Director ...
Meal A Day Menu For April 5-9, 2021, 2021
The Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center reopens this week, after being closed for more than a year due to COVID-19 precautions. Thanks to all of the volunteers who continued to donate their time on weekdays to prepare and deliver meals to shut-in elderly and senior adults in the community during the closure. The Meal A Day Menu for April 5-9, 2021, includes: Monday – Broccoli Chicken Divan, On a Bed of Rice, Candied Carrots and...
2.5 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Headed To Texas, 200 Allocated To Hopkins County
More than 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week. The Texas Department of State Health Services is allocating 1,094,920 first doses to 2,011 providers in 200 counties, including 200 doses destined for Sulphur Springs pharmacies. Brookshire’s and Walgreens Pharmacies each are slated to receive 100 doses of the Johnson & Johnson 1-dose COVID-19 vaccine during the week of April...
Local Senior Joins Governor’s Century Club With 100-Year Honor
Hopkins County resident Frances Anderson turned 100 years old in 2021, and has received a Certificate of Award from Texas Governor Gregg Abbott. According to Karon Weatherman, Director of the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center, Frances and her daughter Sandra stopped by the Center to pick up her Certificate Of Award. Frances turned 100 during March. Frances was originally from South Mayde, Texas near Sherman, born in March 1921. She spent...
Meal A Day Menu For March 29-April 2, 2021
Although the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center will remain closed through April 4 due to COVID-19, volunteers continue to work weekdays preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly and senior adults in the community. The Meal A Day Menu for March 29-April 2, 2021, includes: Monday – Chicken Chow Mein On a Bed of Rice, Egg Roll and Oriental VegetablesTuesday – Beef Spaghetti, Italian Vegetables and Garlic SticksWednesday –...
2,970 First-Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines Allocated To Hopkins County Providers This Coming Week
The state is ramping up COVID-19 vaccine distributions next week as eligibility to receive the vaccination expands to everyone age 16 or older. A total of 2,970 of the more than 1 million first-doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be shipped out to providers across the state have been allocated to two Hopkins County providers in Week 16 of vaccine allocations (March 29). Christus Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has been...
Texas To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility To All Adults Starting March 29
DSHS To Launch Website Where People Can Register For COVID-19 Shot Through Some Public Health Providers Texas Department of State Health Services and Health and Human Services at 10 a.m. Tuesday, announced that the state’s vaccination plan is expanding again at the end of next week. All adults will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas beginning Monday, March 29. The Texas Department of State Health Services, in the...
Work On Grays Building In Pacific Park Progressing With Roof Work
Deadline For Community Members To Complete Online Pacific Park Improvements Survey Is March 19 Work on the Grays Building in Pacific Park is progressing with the roof being installed Wednesday. Crews were on scene using equipment to lift large metal panels to the top of the building to be placed and secured atop the metal frame. Over the last month, framing and plumbing top-out were finished. Electrical rough-in was nearly complete,...
Senior Citizens Center Reopens April 5
On March 16, 2020, the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center the City of Sulphur Springs announced the facility would be closing its doors to all activities except Meal A Day food preparation and delivery pick up in an effort to better protect those high risk individuals who frequent the facility from COVID-19. Today, after a year, city staff announced the Senior Citizens Center will soon reopen for regular activities. “We are...
Be Well, Live Well
By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., FCH Extension Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] Texas A&M AgriLife Extension prides itself in providing quality, research-based, evidence-based programming. A relatively new program, targeted toward individuals ages 50 and over, covers topics that are relevant to that age group. Before I get to the details of the upcoming program, I want to share a little background information....
