Updated: “Whipped Challenge” Is New Dairy Festival Food Contest
Extension agent Johanna Hicks and her office staff and volunteers knew it was a great idea…and Saturday June 16 proved it! All eight teams of local food-minded people were hungry to win when they entered the three-round creative competition. First they attended an orientation and reminder of the rules, then the teams were turned loose to find their preparation tables. The audience included local foodies and fans enjoying the shade on the grounds of the Civic Center complex. (Video presentation below.) The four-member teams worked...
read moreTAMUC Offers Summer Fun for Almost Everyone
By Laura Owens Texas A&M Commerce is hosting their FALL New Student Orientation this summer. Students arrived on June 14th to find energetic upperclassmen who were eager to help them get started. Students experienced several informational sessions around the campus, took identification card pictures and set up accounts. The day ended with a rally in the auditorium and special interest sessions. The day was filled with fun and camaraderie. New students were introduced to the TAMUC Mascot, Leo the Lion and the school spirit hand sign....
read moreDinner Bell Menu For June 20th, 2018
DINNER BELL MENU June 20, 2018 Community Partner City National Bank Menu: Beef and Chicken Fajitas with traditional toppings Pinto Beans Seasoned Rice Sopapilla Cheesecake Butterscotch Pudding (no added sugar dessert) Served Wednesdays at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs, TX.
read more2018 Senior Ice Cream Freeze Off: Sign Up Today!
Please see attached Flyer for the 2018 Ice Cream Freeze Off that will be held on Thursday, July 12th at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center. If you would like to enter a Freezer Full of Ice Cream Please call or email Karon Weatherman at (903)-885-1661. Please tell her what flavor you will be making. Please have your Ice Cream here early so we can have everyone lined up and ready to serve at 2:00. The Judges will be the Senior Citizens that attend. If you have never been to one of my Freeze Offs I give all the Seniors who attend 3...
read more“Battle of the Badges” Blood Drive This Saturday in SS
First responders know how important it is to have a safe and abundant community blood supply. Carter Bloodcare is bringing a mobile unit to Sulphur Springs, Texas to be placed on the Jay Hodge Chevrolet lot on Saturday June 16, 2018 from 8am til 3pm. Members of law enforcement, fire and emergency teams will enter into friendly competition for the most donations of “the gift of life”, and invite the public to get involved. Anyone who donates blood on Saturday can “vote” for the first responder unit they wish in the...
read moreQueen Jaci Plans College, Career Onstage in Musical Theater, Business
She’s loved singing, dancing and acting all her life. Her first big break to fame was a local one, as the 58th Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen, crowned in 2017. Jaci has absolutely loved the role, and hopes that the new Dairy Festival Queen will have as much enrichment and enjoyment wearing the crown as she has. Now, Jaci plans to take her singing, dancing and acting skills to school at the University of Central Oklahoma, located at Edmund, Oklahoma, to pursue a major and degree in Music and Musical Theater, with a minor in...
read moreVideo Presentation: Preview of Benefit Album Set for Caps and Flasks; Pullen, Cortez Present Ajaneece Johnson
A preview of an album being produced by a Sulphur Springs High School graduate, Santiago Cortez, will be presented at Caps and Flasks Friday, June 15, 2018, 9 p.m. until midnight. When the album of Cortez original music is produced, one half of the proceeds will be given to needy families in Sulphur Springs. Tristan Pullen, also a SSHS grad and well known local actor/director, says Ajaneece Johnson, who began her career as a background singer for Usher and is now a singer/song writer, will present two songs that will be on the album Friday...
read moreNitrate and Prussic Acid Management By Mario Villarino
The One Health concept is a strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment. To promote improvement in community health, The Hopkins County Leadership Advisory Board is sponsoring a two series event (July 6 and 13) at 6:30 PM at the Hopkins County Extension Office with the idea of conducting an open discussion related to pet and human health (Dr. Leah Larsen) and clearing up the Human Vaccination Confusion (Danielle Altenbaumer, Department of...
read moreMeet Dairy Festival Contestants #7 and #8, Lucia and Caitlyn
It’s a full week of rehearsals for the eight Dairy Festival contestants on the stage of the SSISD Auditorium inside the Civic Center. That’s where the Coronation Pageant will be held on Saturday June 16th at 7 pm. Tickets will be $10 at the door, and the exciting evening will be filled with beauty, creativity and talent. Let’s meet the final two contestants from a KSST Morning Show interview held on Thursday June 14, 2018. Contestant #7 Lucia Yanez came away from last weekend’s Milking Contest with smiles and fun...
read moreSt Luke Missionary Baptist Church VBS
St Luke Missionary Baptist Church invites the public to attend our VBS. (The is God Squad) 6pm to 8:30pm, June 25th, – 29th, 2018. Troy Young Pastor Information call 903 421 3699
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