RSVP 12th Annual Hopkins County Recognition Banquet
Volunteer of the Year and Station of the Year were named at the RSVP 12th Annual Hopkins County Recognition Banquet Thursday afternoon, June 16th at New Beginnings Fellowship Church in Sulphur Springs. Roughly 80 to 100 people attended, and the Banquet was catered by Murray’s BBQ. Tim Walsworth was master of Ceremonies. RSVP Director Kelly Hamill lead the Recognition of Guests and introduced Musician and Singer Enola Gay Mathews and Dusty Starr Williams who both provided musical entertainment to the crowd. Station of the Year was...
read moreCommunity Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 18th, at Pacific Park in Sulphur Springs the community will be celebrating Juneteenth. The celebration will begin at 10:30 am and conclude at sundown. Juneteenth was born June 19, 1863 when General Gordon Granger and troops arrived in Galveston, Tx with the delayed news that slaves had already been freed by the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln two and a half years earlier on January 1, 1863. June 19th was coined as Juneteenth and the celebration was on! Sulphur Springs’s...
read moreDairy Classic Sale set for Thursday
The Dairy Classic Sale, sponsored by the Northeast Texas Livestock Association, will be held Thursday, June 16 at the 1:o p.m. at the Sulphur Springs Livestock and Dairy Auction. Funds raised from the Sale will be used to support local youth and future dairy farmers. The Sr. Dairy Show, which took place Saturday, saw Braden Lennon from Hopkins County 4-H win Grand Champion. Baylee Bowen from Como-Pickton FFA won Reserve Grand Champion. Breanna Bowen from Como-Pickton FFA won Showmanship, and Elida Miller from Hopkins County 4-H won Top...
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Dairy Festival 5k Milk Run Results
5k Race Top Female Overall Winners Place Name City Bib No Age Overall Total Time Pace 1 Elizabeth Gillette 944 18 5 19:17.6 6:13/M Top Female Masters Winners Place Name City Bib No Age Overall Total Time Pace 1 SABRINA RAMIREZ 176 46 24 26:04.6 8:25/M Top Female 9 and Under Place Name City Bib No Age Overall Total Time Pace 1 TRINITY MARTIN 154 9 89 46:27.6 14:59/M Top Female 10 to 14 Place Name City Bib No Age Overall Total Time Pace 1 KRISTINA WADE 190 13 25 26:32.2 8:34/M 2 MAURIE FLECKER 134 13 27 27:28.4 8:52/M 3 OLIVIA NORRELL 163 14 32...
read moreTX Championship Ice Cream Freeze Off Set For Saturday
The Texas State Championship Ice Cream Freeze Off, overseen by Chamber of Commerce President Meredith Caddell, is set for Saturday, June 11 at 4 p.m at the grounds of the Hopkins County Civic Center. This will be the 15th year of the annual competition as part of the Hopkins County Dairy Festival. Entries in the competition will be split into two main divisions: Little Dip for ages 12 and under, and Big Dip for ages 13 and older. Another division is also being added this year for the first time. The First Timers division will allow...
read moreYMCA Summer Program – The Best Summer Ever
The Greenville and Hunt County YMCA is holding a summer camp program for kids ages 5-12 years old at the Sulphur Springs Elementary School. All day campers will participate in activities such as swimming, creative art projects, physical fitness, and the summer reading program. The campers will go on field trips, be introduced to guest speakers, receive a water bottle, and much more. Warm breakfast and lunch will be provided through the Summer Food Program and Morning and Afternoon snack will be provided all summer. A $30 registration...
read moreOver 100 Entries in Dairy Festival Parade Saturday
Grand Marshall Mark Sustaire and family will lead the annual Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade Saturday, June 11th. The parade will leave the Buford Park staging area at 10 a.m. and follow the traditional parade route down Connally Steet to Celebration Plaza then out Gilmer Street to South Broadway and conclude at the corner of South Broadway and Lee Street. Sustaire will follow the color guard and be followed by the reigning Dairy Festival Queen Sidney Dietze. Four anniversary Dairy Festival Queens are expected to participate in the...
read moreScenes From Memorial Day Ceremony on Celebration Plaza
Skies were cloudy but didn’t deter the crowd of participants at the May 30 “Honor Our Veterans” Memorial Day observance in downtown Sulphur Springs. Mrs. Darlene Stanford, Executive Director of Kindred Hospice in Greenville was the organizer. She has a soft place in her heart for Veterans, especially the elderly who served during their lifetime. Mrs. Stanford arranged for a brief but moving commemoration of the meaning of Memorial Day (Remembrance Day, Decoration Day) and utilized Hopkins County leaders for the formalities....
read moreDairy Festival Queen and Contestants
The Dairy Festival season will soon be upon Hopkins County once again. Contestants for the Dairy Festival Pageant have been announced, 8 soon-to-be senior girls from Sulphur Springs High School. The reigning Dairy Festival Queen is Ms. Sidney Elaine Dietze. Sidney Dietze is the daughter of Jason and Jill Dietze and the sister of Peyton and Jason Luke Dietze. Sidney loves to sing, play sports, participate in theater, and work with children. She is the Salutatorian of her class, Class president, Varsity Volleyball Team Captain, Class Favorite:...
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