Senior Bowling Leagues Offered at Classic Lanes
The Sulphur Springs Bowling Alley “Classic Lanes” has Bowling Leagues for Senior Citizens on Monday and Tuesday Nights. If you are interested in more details please call Justin at (903) 885-5046. Contact Karen Weatherman if you are interested in Free Bowling Game Coupons at the Senior Citizens Center if you want to try your hand at bowling.
read moreDistinguished Guests from Texas A and M University Commerce Visit KSST
Dr. M. Lavelle Hendricks, a professor at Texas A and M Commerce is also the pastor of East Caney Missionary Baptist Church. He also is responsible for organizing the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Ceremony 27 years ago. The event has grown in attendance and in stature, and this year will include dozens of recognitions of local persons who reflect the values of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his lifetime. During a Good Morning Show interview on KSST and Channel 18 TV, Hendricks brought along two guests who also uphold the high...
read moreThree Great Opportunities with Approaching Deadlines By Johanna Hicks
Three Great Opportunities with Approaching Deadlines! If you are the least bit familiar with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Hopkins County, you know that we always have something going on! Extension provides many educational programs, so today, I want to focus on three upcoming events. 1) ¡Si, Yo Puedo Controlar Mi Diabetes! is a 7-lesson series to help individuals manage their type 2 diabetes. This series is slightly different from my previous diabetes sessions because it will be presented in Spanish. Angela Doddy, Christus Trinity...
read moreAuthor Caleb Pirtle III Visits KSST and Channel 18 TV
This Texas Writer was born at Kilgore, Texas and went to public school at New London. With a degree in journalism from the University of Texas, he began his writing career as a reporter for the Ft Worth Star Telegram. His career moved forward when his talents in coaxing out the back story was discovered by Texas Governor John Connally who hired Pirtle as chief of media relations for the state’s first tourism branch, the Texas Tourist Development Agency. Decades of meeting people through travel has supplied fodder for the 75 books he has...
read moreDinner Bell Menu For January 10, 2018
Dinner Bell Menu for January 10, 2018 Amanda and Jarred Pickett this week’s Community Partner. Happy New Year from The Dinner Bell Ministry of The First United Methodist Church. New Year’s Day Stew Green Chili Cheese Cornbread Muffins Green Salad Do Nothing Cake Pineapple and Mandarin Orange Dessert (low sugar dessert) Same time (11:45 a.m.). Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church). Served at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs,...
read moreBecome a Master Wellness Volunteer! By Johanna Hicks
Become a Master Wellness Volunteer! Be a part of something BIG! In the United States, 86% of all health spending is related to chronic conditions – things like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and many others. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these costs can be managed and potentially reduced through education and lifestyle modification. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Hopkins County is seeking participants for its Master Wellness Volunteer Program. The...
read moreLake Fork’s Patriot Sporting Challenge Makes $100,000 Donation to Folds of Honor
Garry Schnabel, Executive Director of the Patriot Sporting Challenge and Chuck Roy, founder and board member, visited the KSST Good Morning Show to share some good news about the success of the inaugural event of the 501c4 organization and it’s 501c3 arm, PSC Patriots. Plans are now going forward for the 2018 Patriots Sporting Challenge which will further the work of the national organization, Folds of Honor. Following is a press release, dated December 13, 2017. Yantis, Texas – The Patriot Sporting Challenge recently presented to...
read more“Ladies Night Out” Fun and Festive First Occasion for Downtown Business Alliance
It was the first ever “Ladies Night Out” merchant event! Shoppers and diners took advantage of late hours at over three dozen shops, eateries, stores, boutiques, wineries and coffeeshops in the shopping district of Sulphur Springs. Business was brisk until 8pm when the participating merchants closed their doors and converged at a central meeting place, The Venue at 219 on Main Street. That’s where door prizes were awarded and the “Tacky Christmas Sweater” contest was held. Dinky Weeks, manager of The...
read moreDinner Bell Christmas Meal Marks Last of 2017
This weeks Dinner Bell is the last for 2017. The Community meal will resume January 10th, 2018, 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church. 9,501 meals were served at the Dinner Bell in 2017. That’s about 1,000 more than 2016. Judy Gilreath has an incredible outlook for 2018. “We hope to serve another 1000 more in 2018”, said Gilreath. Judy overseas each aspect of the meal preparation. While preparing the pork loins for the meal, she recalled butchering techniques learned over her years of cooking. Although Judy loves...
read moreLocal Dairy Legend Passes Away, Just Short of 100 Years Of Age
Wilma White, matriarch of one of the oldest dairying families in Hopkins County, passed away peacefully at her home on December 15, 2017. Wilma was 99 years old, and just one month short of her 100th birthday. Her late husband Eldon White established White’s Dairy in 1935 right after they married, just as the new industry was starting to take hold in the county. According to Wilma in a 2015 interview, her father gave them their first cows and the herd began to grow, as did their family. White’s Dairy was one of the first to modernize...
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