Kindness Matters: Vender Wright Sings to Residents of Carriage House Manor
Vendor sings familiar favorites acapella and shouts “Thank you, Jesus” often during her joyful presentation Vender is not only the talented Ms. Hopkins County Senior Classic 2019, she is a loving and gifted singer who volunteers regularly at Carriage House Manor Nursing Home in Sulphur Springs. “Though she doesn’t have a family member in residence here, she likes to come out to cheer people up and lift their spirits, and the residents love her!” stated Melissa Harris, Activities Director at Carriage House. During...
read moreCHRISTUS Weekly Business Report for April 29, 2020
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News Sulphur Springs, Texas, April 29, 2020 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. HEROES work here! For the safety and health of the community and our ministry, CHRISTUS Health is screening all associates and visitors to our hospitals to help lessen the risk of infectious disease transmission among our patients, associates, and guests. (1) Entrance to hospital through Emergency...
read moreChamber Report, Nod to ‘Biz of the Week’ Heritage Christian Counseling
This is the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce weekly report for the final week of April, 2020, submitted by Chamber CEO Lezley Brown. Some people hate change… they hate it. There are others that just drink it in, and I fall in that category. I just want to share that as we work to re-open Hopkins County, we should embrace a spirit of change with caution.Things may look differently than they did before we headed into the COVID-19 fog. In all actuality, we don’t know what day to day life is going to look like for sure.I’ve read about all the...
read moreForest Academy Cemetery Association Cancellation
The Forest Academy Cemetery Association annual Memorial Day celebration scheduled for Sunday, 3 May 2020, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 Virus situation. See everyone next year! Thank youAny questions, please call Bill Alford 903-243-0617
read moreParis SBDC to Hold Virtual Meeting: Small Business Disaster Loan Information
The Paris Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. to address disaster loans and specifically updates on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding. The purpose of the meeting is to update businesses on new information available and present an opportunity for them to direct questions to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and SBDC. Presenting will be Susheel Kumar, SBA Public Information Officer, Office of Disaster Assistance, Field Operations Center – West with...
read moreHopkins County Dairy Festival 2020 News
According to David McCaig, President of the Hopkins County Dairy Festival Board of Directors, just as 2020 has been a different kind of year, so this year’s Dairy Festival will be a little different from the normal, too. At this time, plans are to hold an abbreviated one-day Dairy Festival event on Saturday August 8, 2020. Features of that day are to be a Parade in the morning, the Judges Dinner in the afternoon, and the Pageant that evening in the SSHS Auditorium. A milking contest will also likely be held, with the date, time and...
read moreSulphur Springs Public Library to Start Summer Reading Program Early
Summer Reading Program is a long awaited event for our families here inHopkins County! The excitement leading up to and during summer reading program isinvaluable as it provides incentive and encouragement to children to keep reading over the summer. Our goal is to instill a love of reading for pleasure and strengthen families through time spent together. With the sudden changes to our community and schools, the library feels it important to begin the Summer Reading Program early this year and offer online access to the reading logs. Sulphur...
read moreMiller Grove Cemetery Memorial Service Cancelled
The Miller Grove Cemetery Memorial Service scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2020 has been canceled due to Covid19. Donations may be sent to:Carol Dunn, treasurer14380 FM 1567 WestCumby, Texas 75433 Thank you,Phyllis Haywood
read moreNETBIO Sale Still On For May But With Some Restrictions
The Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization will hold its next pre-conditioned calf and yearling sale on Wednesday, May 20. Producers have consigned nearly 5,000 head of cattle to the sale. The sale, held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Market, will begin at 1 p.m. Calves consigned to the sale will have been weaned by April 5 and have had their boosting shots by April 20. Due to COVID-19 guidelines that restrict large gatherings, Sulphur Springs Livestock has arranged the auditorium so that auction attendees are seated six feet apart....
read moreKindness Counts! How Hopkins County Sewed Up the Need for Protective Masks for Health Workers
Medical workers say “Thank You!” to the Hopkins County Medical Masks Sewing Group Wendy Armstrong recognized a need in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic and helped mobilize an effort to fill it. The “Hopkins County Medical Mask Sewing Group” grew, in just a few weeks, to 447 members strong, but they’re not all from Hopkins County. How did one person’s idea go nation wide, and possibly even international? KSST News talked with Wendy by phone on April 20, 2020. “Although it looks like we have...
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