Chamber Connection – Dec. 29: Grand Opening, Business Before Hours, Banquet Scheduled During First Week Of January 2022
By Butch Burney As 2021 comes to an end, it is time to get nominations in for those individuals and businesses that have been outstanding this year. Nominations are being accepted for Citizen of the Year, Woman of the Year, Small and Large Businesses of the Year and other superlative recognitions. The awards will be announced at the Chamber’s membership banquet on Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Hopkins County Civic Center. Nominations can be sent to [email protected] or mailed to the following addresses: Citizen of the Year—Chamber of...
read moreRep. Fallon To Hold Town Hall Meeting Dec. 21 In Rockwall County
Pat Fallon, Congressman for the 4th Congressional District will hold a Town Hall meeting at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 21, 2021, at Heath City Hall Community Room, 200 Laurence Drive in Heath to give an update on the latest in federal legislation. For more information, visit fallon.house.gov or visit Rep. Fallon’s social media pages @Reppatfallon. The Fourth Congressional district encompasses the 18 counties across Northeast Texas, including all or part of the counties of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt,...
read moreCommunity Players Announce Grand Reopening Of Main Street Theatre, Other 2022 Events
Audition Call For Barbecuing Hamlet Set Dec. 13, 15 and 16, 2021 Jeannie Perkins this week officially announced plans for the grand reopening of Main Street Theatre in January 2022, followed the next weekend by the first live stage production since February of 2020. And, for those interested, an audition call is scheduled next week for the planned March production. The brick façade is finished. Most of the electrical had been completed. Community Players were still waiting last week for the water to be turned back on and installation of new...
read moreChamber Connection – Dec. 8: Time To Get Recognition Nominations In
By Butch Burney As 2021 comes to an end, it is time to get nominations in for those individuals and businesses that have been outstanding this year. Nominations are being accepted for Citizen of the Year, Woman of the Year, Small and Large Businesses of the Year and other superlative recognitions. The awards will be announced at the Chamber’s membership banquet on Thursday, Feb. 10, at the Hopkins County Civic Center. Nominations can be sent to [email protected] or mailed to the following addresses: Citizen of the Year—Chamber of...
read moreLions Club Recognizes Parade Winners
Top Prize Donated To Blue Santa In addition to providing a little extra holiday cheer each year, the Sulphur Springs Lions Club’s Lighted Christmas Parade also features a friendly competition among participants, with recognition doled out to the top three nonprofit and small business entries, and a trophy and cash prize going to the top rated large business entry in the parade. Entries were judged by a panel of judged from out-of-town, who notified the Lions Club of their choices for parade winners, Sulphur Springs Lions Club recognized...
read moreSights And Sounds Of The Season Are Focus Of Sulphur Springs ISD Fine Arts Students
Sulphur Springs ISD Fine Arts students over the next two weeks will provide holiday cheers as the program launches its annual Sights And Sounds of the Season tour across district campuses, including a number of night performances so they can share holiday cheer with the community as well. Some, like the Jazz Band, started their season early with a concert during Heritage in the Park. Students also performed during the 15th Annual Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade. And, the Wildcat Jazz Band will play next in the lobby of Alliance Bank...
read more5 SSHS Choir Students Advance To TMEA Area Contest
Middle, High School Choral Music Students To Perform Concert Dec. 7 Sulphur Springs High School Choir students competed at Texas Music Educators Association Pre Area contest on Thursday, December 2, 2021. Five SSHS choir students, two freshmen and three sophomores, advanced to the TMEA Area competition. SSHS Area Choir Qualifiers Celeste McCoy, Axel Garcia, Lausen Ost, Colbie Glenn and Summer Patterson Students advancing from Pre-Area to Area include Axel Garcia, Lausen Ost and Colbie Glenn; and freshmen Celeste McCoy and Summer...
read moreWildcat Theatre Christmas Show Will Be Performed Dec. 11 In SSHS Auditorium
t’s time for the annual Wildcat Theatre Christmas show. Every year, one of the audience’s favorite shows is selected as the December advanced class production. This year, the SSHS thespians will be performing “The Most Amazing Christmas Play Series in the History of the World,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium. “In this hilarious comedy, seniors Anayeli De La Cruz, Lucy Braddy, AllieGrace Woodard, Caleb Talmage, and Brandon Williams are joined by juniors Khira Young...
read moreSulphur Springs Lit Up In Holiday Merriment During Friday’s Christmas Tree Lighting, Parade
Families and community members gathered downtown Friday night for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting. Over the next hour, people continued to arrive in pairs, trios, groups and singles, to finish packing Celebration Plaza and along the 15th Annual Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade route. Sulphur Springs Christmas Tree Lighting and 15th Annual Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade Visitors to downtown were able to shop at local businesses and check out the items available from the vendor booths Friday night on the plaza. Some used the time...
read moreFundraiser, Church Offering, GoFundMe & Bank Accounts Set Up To Benefit Koby Crump Medical Fund
Como-Pickton Youth Injured In Tree Trimming Accident Faces Long Recovery Community fundraisers are planned and accounts have been established to benefit the Koby Crump Medical Fund for a local youth injured in a tree trimming accident, and a couple of schools are pitching in to help as well. According to the Koby Crump Medical Expenses GoFundMe account established Dec. 1 by Nancy Attaway, Mike Harman and Terry Satterfield, 17-year-old Koby Crump suffered extensive damage to his spine during the accident while tree trimming Sunday. He has...
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