Dinner Bell Menu For October 11, 2017
Dinner Bell Menu for October 11, 2017 The Lions Club this week’s Community Partner. Shepherd’s Pie Bacon Infused Green Beans Garden Salad Buttered French Bread Do Nothing Cake Pineapple Cottage Cheese Sugar Free Dessert Served at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs, TX.
read moreJohn Chester Dutch Oven Cookoff Results at Indian Summer Day 2017
The 2017 John Chester Dutch Oven Cook-off at Heritage Park on Saturday October 7 was attended by ten cooking teams, all in the adult division. Seven cooks were from Hopkins County and three were from outside the county. The teams fed over 250 persons who came to enjoy the food at Indian Summer Day. Cook0ff Director this year was Chris Wilson, son of contest founder Rick Wilson. OVERALL WINNERS WERE: Donnie and Katie Martin Fred and Wanda Crist Geary Almon and Dan Powell PLACE WINNERS WERE: MEAT…Rick Wilson and Marie Chester...
read more5th Annual MADD Glow Walk
By Savannah OwensThe 5th Annual Mother’s Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Glow Walk was held Saturday September 30th, 2017, at Celebration Plaza. With over 150 participants forming nine teams and some individual walkers the square was packed with people wanting to bring awareness, support victims and their families, and remember their loved ones. They raised $16,000, of their goal of $19,000. Many of the businesses in Sulphur Springs help out and donate, even Sulphur Springs High School was involved, the Drill team performed a routine at...
read moreLocal Cattlemen Realize Success with Ribeye Roundup, Concert
The NETBIO Board of Directors were pleased with the outcome of Friday’s Ribeye Roundup event on Celebration Plaza. The third-annual event featured over 30 steak-cooking teams, a well-attended educational talk by Trent Loos about the benefits of eating beef, a delicious, well-executed meal for 1200 persons and a huge crowd on the plaza for the Stoney Larue concert. A partial list of Ribeye winners includes Sulphur Springs Country Club as top winner in the Restaurant Division, and the teams of Smoke House Rats I, Smoke House Rats II and...
read moreRibeye Roundup Under Way
Preparations for the Cattleman’s Classic Ribeye Roundup have Celebration Plaza swarming this Friday afternoon as the sound check for the 8pm concert falls into place. The setup for the cooking teams is also well under way, with some of them already hard at work on their steak dinners. Anticipation for heavy crowds and great entertainment is high. Show up from 2-5pm for activities such as the Producer Trade Show & Program featuring Trent Loos, and 8pm for the free concert.
read more“Walk to Remember” Spirit Awards Earned By Local Companies
In addition to individual donations, Terrific Tuesday’s annual fundraiser “Walk to Remember” is also supported by local businesses. Of the companies who donated money for the cause through payroll deductions, Saputo Industries was the most generous, giving $1,000 through the year. The company was honored with the new “Community Spirit “award. Wesley House Assisted Living and Wesley Oaks Memory Care was, for the fourth consecutive year, the Spirit Award winner. Wesley’s Mini-Walk and other donations brought...
read moreMore Fall Festival Plans Announced…There’s Fun for Everyone in October!
Fall Festival President Tracy Dennis shared the newest additions to the Hopkins County Fall Festival schedule of events in a KSST interview on the Good Morning Show with Enola Gay. The Fall Festival Golf Tournament is set for Monday October 9 at Sulphur Springs Country Club. Players can still enter even on the morning of the event. Lunch is at 11am and tee-off is at 12:10. Thee are lots of nice prizes and door prizes. Dixie Golf will also be present. On Wednesday October 11, the Cover Girl Dinner and Meet and Greet. Outgoing Cover Girl is...
read moreOctober-No Time to be Bored By Johanna Hicks
October – No Time to be Bored! One statement that you definitely will NOT hear around our office is, “I’m bored with nothing to do.” Below is just a sampling of the opportunities that are offered through the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office: National 4-H Week – even though the official week ended on October 7, we invite you to view the entries that were submitted by Hopkins County 4-H members as part of the 4-H Project Show. Photography, woodworking, baked goods, and holiday entries have been submitted as of this writing. Entries...
read moreTerrific Tuesdays Goal Crosses Finish Line with “Walk to Remember”
The Terrific Tuesdays annual fundraiser reached and even exceeded it’s goal of $10,000 with the “Walk to Remember” in the hospital Gardens. The final total, counting all the Mini-Walks, private donations and registration/T-shirt sales in the final hour, amounted to $10,891. This ensures another year of the Tuesday Respite program for local sufferers of Alzheimers and other dementia. The program is held at First United Methodist Church on Tuesdays from 9am til 2pm, facilitated by Director Tammy Reardon and her staff of...
read moreSenior Chili Cook Off: Contestants Needed
The Senior Citizens Center needs more entries for people to Cook Chili for the Chili Cook Off on Tuesday, October 24th at the Senior Citizens Center. You just need to make a crock pot full of Chili, and you might win a prize! Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place! Please contact Karon Weatherman as soon as you can if you are interested and want to participate. Karon Weatherman Program and Marketing Director Senior Citizen’s Center 150 Martin Luther King Blvd Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482 (903)...
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