Early Childhood Specialist Leads PJC-Sulphur Springs Workshop
Area child care employees will have an opportunity on March 25 to learn from a well-respected early childhood education specialist in a workshop at Paris Junior College. The workshop meets Texas Department of Family and Protective Services continuing education. Early childhood specialist Lisa Murphy, M.Ed., founder and CEO of Ooey Gooey, Inc., will lead the workshop designed for all child care employees. The training provides caregivers an opportunity to learn the newest techniques for addressing children’s behaviors, to discover the latest...
read moreComo-Pickton ISD Bingo Night Set For This Saturday
The annual Como-Pickton ISD/PTO Bingo Night has been set for Saturday, February 4th, 2017 at 6 pm in the Como-Pickton school cafeteria. A bingo card for the entire night will be $10 and $0.50 for additional cards. Foods such as Dominos pizza, nachos, Chick-Fil-A sandwiches will be available for purchase.
read moreKid’s Trout Fishing Day Saturday 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Peavine Pinon Pool
On Saturday February 4′, 201 7, at Buford Park Peavine Pinion Pool, located behind the Civic Center, the Larry Buster Memorial Sulphur Springs Kids’ Trout Fishing Day will take place. The event, which is sponsored by the National Wild Turkey Federation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Inland Fisheries Division, the City of Sulphur Springs, local merchants, civic organizations and many individual contributors, will run from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. Soft drinks and hot dogs will be provided, and there will be drawings for door prizes for...
read moreMeal A Day Menu for February 6th-10th
Meal A Day Menu February 6th – February 10th Monday Cheese Burgers Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Pickle Pork and Beans Potato Chips Tuesday Oven Omelet Sausage Patties Blueberry Cake Orange Slices Wednesday Beef Patty with Au Jus Gravy Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Roll Thursday Apricot Glazed Chicken Breast Rice Broccoli Corn Friday Soft Beef and Cheese Tacos Lettuce and Tomatoes Refried Beans ...
read moreStarbucks Ribbon Cutting
January 30th, 2017 was an exciting, highly anticipated day for most Sulphur Springs residents. Starbucks finally opened early Monday morning and held it’s Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting at 2 pm that same afternoon. Before the ribbon cutting, drink and dessert samples were handed out to visitors. Despite a full parking lot, the lines have been considered quite painless to many customers, so far.
read more4-H Sewing Day at the AgriLife Extension Building
With every machine occupied, and ironing stations at the ready, 4-H’ers worked diligently on projects. Activity mats for Alzheimer patients, and Prayer Quilts were the main focus.
read moreFriday Gras in the Celebration City
The Celebration Association is sponsoring Mari Gras Sulphur Springs style! The celebration will kick off with a Krewe of Barkus Parade at 4 PM, followed by a lighted parade, a $10 Hypnotist Show, and a $15 Masquerade Ball that will be held at 219 Main St. Festivities will begin February 24th, to enter the parade call Kaydee Hauerwas at 903-335-9900.
read moreMiller Grove Homecoming King and Queen
Miller Grove High School announced their Homecoming King and Queen, Luke Brignon and Candace Earp, during the Homecoming ceremony held Friday night in the gym after both the girls’ and boys’ basketball games in which they triumphed over the Sulphur Bluff Bears. Pictured left to right are: Homecoming Court nominees Douglas Smith (senior) and Isabella DeLong (senior), 2nd Runners-Up Trent Wolfe (senior) and Kayla Ford (senior), King Luke Brignon (junior) and Queen Candace Earp (senior), 2nd Runners-Up Aleigh Bessonett...
read moreBecome an Advocate for SAFE-T’s Sulphur Springs Outreach
SAFE-T Crisis Center is an agency that provides services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Recently, the Office of the Attorney General Sexual Assault Prevention & Crisis Services Crime Victim Services Division certified Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas, Inc. (SAFE-T) for the OAG Sexual Assault Training Program (SATP). The SATP shall provide forty hours of training, including but not limited to the following topics of dynamics of sexual assault, system response, prevention, working with survivors, local...
read moreSulphur Springs Lions Club Meets and Eats
The Sulphur Springs Lions Club meets each Tuesday at the Pizza Inn in Sulphur Springs, TX. Tail Twister Don Sapaugh was in attendance. The service club recently served lunch at the Dinner Bell at the First United Methodist Church. President Candace Ashmore wants to encourage everyone to join Lions Club. She notes that it’s not just a men’s organization. The Lions Club will be partnering with the Pilot Club for the annual Hoop Dreams event starting late January 2017. Click here for an article on Hoop Dreams 2016. Texas Lions Camp...
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