Chamber Board Members Getting Ready to “Do the Stew!”
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Board Members Kim Beck and Amber Gilbert will be on duty before daylight on “Stew Day” in Hopkins County, October 28, 2017. By that time, the stew grounds in Buford Park will house 165 different stew sites. A walk-through of the sites is always interesting because you meet new cooks and familiar, even famous ones, too. Winners of the Super-Stew contest in Beef and Chicken categories and Super-Campsite winners may be positioned side by side with first-year cooks on the stew grounds. You can get an...
read moreHelp-A-Child Chili, Brisket, Ag Mech Contest Winners at 2017 Benefit
2017 HELP A CHILD CHILI & BRISKET WINNERS AND PRIZE SPONSORS 1st Place Chili –INTERSTATE BODY SHOP Sponsored by: INTERSTATE BODY SHOP 2nd Place Chili—SULPHUR SPRINGS PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS Sponsored by: Association Local 3237 3rd Place Chili—SULPHUR BLUFF EASTERN STAR Sponsored by: Sulphur Bluff Eastern Star CHILI PRIZE SPONSORS: INTERSTATE BODY SHOP CNB of YANTIS JAY HODGE CHEVROLET 1st Place Brisket—DEEP SOUTH Sponsored by: Wade Bartley Auctions 2nd Place Brisket—Y-TOWN SMOKERS Sponsored by: Peoples Communications 3rd Place...
read moreFall Festival Chili Cookoff at Seniors Center Demonstrates Good Taste Among Chili Lovers
Fifteen entries of “Texas” chili were entered crock-pot style in the Senior Citizens Day Chili Classic for Fall Festival. Entries were judged, then served to local chili lovers at the Seniors’ Center at noon Tuesday October 24. The judges scored each sample of chili based on four criteria: color, aroma, consistency and taste. The points were added up and the winners proclaimed before the audience. Besides cash prizes, trophies and certificates, the winning cooks also gained bragging rights as the best chili makers in...
read moreLocal Musician/Songwriter Earns Guitar Endorsement from Alvarez Guitar Co.
Brad Davis of Commerce, Texas is a 53-year-old seasoned professional musician. He plays guitar plus a number of instruments, owns and operates a recording studio where he engineers, mixes and produces music projects for himself and others. He stays in demand as a sessions player in Nashville. On the client list of his music company, BDM Music, is the likes of Willie Nelson and Billie Bob Thornton. Brad is a Grammy-winner for his collaboration on a song called “The Wind”. Recently the Alvarez Guitar Company sought Brad out to...
read moreDBA Awards Special Honor to a Beloved Business
Downtown Business Alliance awarded a plaque to Leota Cone and John Sellers with City National Bank for their dedication to the DBA Fall Decorating Contest. The bank has decorated its downtown location for fall for years and members of the community look forward to seeing the beautiful display of fall decorations each year. City National fall display 2 City National fall display 3 City National fall display...
read moreJewelry and Wine makes for a Really Good Time: Main Street Uncorked
The first annual Sulphur Springs street-wide “Uncorked” wine tasting was held on Saturday Oct. 21st from 2:00 to 7:00 pm. Around 25 vendors were selling wine, jewelry, olive oil, cheese, jams, knives, clothes, home decorating items and much more. With 300+ attendees throughout the day, Uncorked was an event for everyone-tables were set up with crayons and paper for families to color on, while everyone enjoyed the music from the talented bands. Bands included: The Jonathans, the Birthright Blues Project and the Jason Walden Band....
read moreDBA Decorating Competition: WINNERS
The Downtown Business Alliance (DBA) has announced the winners for their annual Fall Decorating competition. The DBA had 17 entries this year. Entries were judged on October 2oth. 1st place: Ramey & Sheffield Attorney Office- Judges were surprised by with the “live” scarecrows in the awesome fall setting 2nd place: Carriage House Nursing Home-This display included a large old wagon with Tons of pumpkins and fall flowers. Honorable Mention: Hopkins County District Clerk’s Office-Their fall decorations included a...
read moreKIDZ ZONE…A Wildly Popular 2-Day Feature of Fall Festival Returns
According to Leanetta Pryor, Fall Festival Board member, this year’s Kidz Zone will offer more fun than ever for various age levels…carnival games like pencil pull, duck pond, ring toss, balloon pop, the petting zoo as well as face and hair painting stations for the younger set under the Kidz Zone tent…the Texas Snake Show and Professor Newton’s Science Show nearby …bounce houses, horse rides and Mechanical Bull near Kidz Zone…popular life-size Water Bubble Balls and a Pony Hop race, plus a barrel train...
read moreDinner Bell Menu For October 25, 2017
Dinner Bell Menu for October 25, 2017 Open Door Sunday School Class this week’s Community Partner. It is NO CONTEST at Dinner Bell this Wednesday. We will serve a prize worthy Hopkins County Stew!!! Hopkins County Stew Green Chili and Cheese Cornbread Muffins Cheese Sticks and Pickles Garden Salad Honeybun Cake Butterscotch Sugar Free Pudding Served at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs, TX.
read morePhotos from the Fall Festival Parade
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