Wilder, Hicks, Mabry Top Three in 5K Milk Run
Everett Wilder, 1st, has won 6 out of the last 7 races; Ross Hicks, 2nd, won last year, and Nathan Mabry, 3rd, graduated as a 2015...
read moreQueen’s Coronation Pageant Coming Up Saturday June 20th
Enola Gay chatted with Lynda Hager about Dairy Festivals past and present on Monday’s Good Morning Show. Lynda is a 50-year Dairy Festival Board member and has helped in just about every aspect and feature over the years. Her special love is the Pageant, the talent presentations and the contestants themselves. Lynda was Hopkins County dairy royalty before there was a Dairy Festival Queen. As a SSHS sophomore, she was honored to represent Hopkins County in the huge Dairy Sale in Sulphur Springs as that year’s select...
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Milking Contest a Dairy Festival Highlight
Six contestants are vying for the title of Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen. One of the competitive events for the contestants is the Cow Milking Contest. Festival Queen Contestants and their parents compete each year. This year in the Regional Civic Center, the contestants, parents, and Hot Air Balloon pilots milked Jersey cows provided by the Koon Family Farm. Judging the milking contest this year were two county Justices of the Peace, B. J. Teer (show pouring the milk following weigh-in) and Brad Cummings. In the parents division: Ben...
read moreNortheast Texas Junior Dairy Show at the Dairy Festival
Dairy Cattle are a major segment of the Hopkins County Dairy Festival. The Dairy Cow Show was conducted in the Regional Civic Center Arena on the first Saturday of the Dairy Festival. A number of dairy breeds were represented. Here Hannah Caudle shows the Grand Champion in the All Other Breeds Division. With the win she took home the Don and Marilyn Smith Award. The Smith’s have owned and operated a dairy farm in Hopkins County for 40 years. They retired from the dairy business last year. Don was the M. C. for the Festival Queen...
read more2015 Dairy Festival Underway!
“Just Moo It!” is the invitation from Pam Black and Missy Caddell, 2015 Festival Board President and Vice President! Dairy Festival is a 9-day-long annual celebration which honors the history and heritage of Hopkins County in the dairy industry. Events are planned June 12th through the 20th. Friday morning the pair visited the Morning Show. Black said that over 200 runners have pre-registered for the 5K Milk Run and others are expected to sign up at the event prior to the run. The balloon glow will follow the run. She said that...
read moreDairy Festival Parade Saturday
David Watson told KSST Morning Show listeners that the Dairy Festival Parade is Saturday morning at 10 a.m. The parade will begin at Buford Park down Connally Street to Celebration Plaza and down Gilmer Street to Lee Street. The theme for the parade is “Just Moo It”, a sports theme, and the Bryant Fisher Family will serve as Parade Marshalls. The Fisher family is a long time dairy family in Hopkins County. The parade features various entries including the Hot Air Balloon pilots, Festival Queen candidates, a variety of floats and...
read moreHot Air Balloon At Dairy Fest This Weekend
Hot air balloons will be a big part of the first weekend of Dairy Festival this Friday and Saturday. Thirty (30) balloon pilots will return again this year. A special shape balloon from Albuquerque is of a huge beagle. A few balloons will participate in media flights Friday morning, weather permitting. Glows and flights are scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings at Shannon Oaks Church grounds from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
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Dairy Festival Balloons This Friday Night!
David Black, chairman of the Dairy Festival Balloon Committee, says 30 pilots will be bringing their balloons, families and friends to Hopkins County for the festival’s first weekend. Weather permitting, you’ll see hot air balloons in the air early Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, so keep an eye to the sky! Also, the pilots like getting “deep in Dairy Festival” by participating at the parade, milking contest and Ice Cream Freeze-off. So, wherever you are, plan to “Just Moo It” to Hopkins County for...
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