You’re Invited to a Royal Evening Out
By Savannah Owens The Lil’ 4’s club is hosting their Annual Kings and Queens Ball on Saturday August 12th at 4:00 pm. The Ball is a dinner as well as a talent show and pageant put on by the kids. It will be held at 200 Fuller street (Lil’ 4’s Building), and everyone is welcome to attend. This is a black tie event (no jeans or sneakers) and parents are requested to come. This is Lil 4’s 8th year of hosting the ball. This year’s colors are gold and white. Letitia Conliffe, president of the Lil’...
read moreFirefighters Combat Challenge: A Feature of Hot August Night Aug. 11, 12
North Hopkins Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bobby Harris and Hopkins County Fire Chief Andy Endsley were guests on the KSST Good Morning Show to talk about this weekend’s ‘Hot August Night’, an annual fundraiser for Hopkins County Fire Departments. There are two main features: a BBQ Cook-off held as a fundraiser with serving at 5pm Saturday Aug 12, and the Scott Firefighters Combat Challenge, which is an International competition for firefighting departments of all sizes. The first section of the firefighter challenge will...
read moreMeal A Day Menu For August 7th-11th
Meal A Day Menu August 7th — August 11th Monday Steak Fingers with Gravy French Fries Green Beans Cole Slaw Tuesday Smoked Sausage Sauerkraut Corn Bread Black Eyed Peas Wednesday Sloppy Joe Baked Beans Tater Tots Tossed Salad Thursday Chicken Noodle Casserole Broccoli Roll Friday Sliced Ham With Pineapple Baked Sweet Potatoes English Peas Roll
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Mitchell Chapel Community Meal Menu for August 10th, 2017
Hello Everybody I’m Letting You All Know That Its COMMUNITY FEEDING TIME AGAIN… This Thursday, August 10th, 11:00a.m. Until 1:00p.m., The Mitchell Chapel COGIC (402 South Jackson Street) Is Giving Away A Free Hot Meal To Everybody In The Community That Is In Need. Menu: Cajun Style Beans, Rice, Cornbread, Salad, Dessert And A Drink… So Come By And Enjoy A Good Hot Meal With A Side Of Great Conversation With One Another.
read moreShining Star Productions Says ‘Be Our Guest’ for Beauty and The Beast August 11-13
Amanda Thompson Brandenburg is no stranger to the SSISD Auditorium stage, as she “grew up there” during her school years. Now Amanda’s own company, Shining Star Productions, will mount the largest production to date, Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ featuring a cast of 51. Due to overwhelming response to her audition call, Amanda decided she wanted to accommodate the overflow of talented youngsters and also form a “junior cast” which will stage one special performance on Saturday August 12 at...
read moreWho’s Getting a Pumpkin Patch in Sulphur Springs?
Shannon Oaks Church is going to have a new event for the community this fall: a pumpkin patch! The Patch will be open September 29th and every weekend in October, everyone is welcome to attend! Admission will be $5 per person. Children 2 years and under will be free. The church is hoping to get local schools involved and wants it to be an event the community looks forward to every Fall. The pumpkin patch will offer several activity centers including: a hay bale maze, a hay ride, photography back drops, a fun tire playground, a hay bale...
read moreDairy Queen Donation for the Senior Center Building Fund
Destanie Walls, General Manager, from Main Street Dairy Queen presented the Senior Citizens Center a Donation Check for the Building Fund for a New Senior Center. The proceeds came from Dairy Queen’s carnival last Saturday and were divided between the Lil 4’s and the Building Fund for the Senior Citizens Center.
read more“On the River” with Eddie’s Back to School Float
August 5, 2017 was a beautiful clear Saturday on the Red River. I had been invited on a “Back to School” float with the Eddie Trapp family, but declined the float portion, preferring to wait at the rendezvous point under the Highway 271 State Line bridge north of Paris, Texas. You might already know Eddie, author of the article “On the River With E.T” published in the Cooper Review, and of a dozen compilation volumes from his adventure journals he has kept since his high-school days from 1963. Eddie Trapp with nephew...
read moreGood Times at the Dairy Queen Back To School Carnival
Everyone who attended had a good time at the Back to School Carnival hosted by Dairy Queen.”Teams from both locations chipped in to help! We would like to make it an annual thing, and maybe switch between [the Main Street and South Broadway] locations.” Destanie Walls, GM for Main Street Dairy Queen, said. Students and families enjoyed bounce houses, duck pond games, dunking booth, the bake sale, face painting, and a photo booth. Dontations from the bake sale will go towards the new Senior Citizen Center and the Lil’...
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