Northeast 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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Registration Open for Dairy Fest 5K Milk Run
The annual 5K Milk Run will be taking place at a new time and a new place during this year’s Dairy Festival. Race Director Holly Fain discuss the Milk Run on KSST’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay Tuesday morning. The Milk Run is scheduled for Friday night at 7 p.m., a new date and time. The place will be different as well. The Milk Run will begin at Shannon Oaks Church, the location of the Hot Air Balloon lift and glow, go west on the service road and then left again on Sewell Lane and end at Shannon Oaks. Those running in the...
read moreCelebration Square Movie Night!
Nobody wants to spend their Friday night at home watching soap operas. Come out to the square Friday June 12, 2015 for the Friday Night Movie! It’s the original, ‘Jurassic Park’. Even if you are not a fan of dinosaurs, take this opportunity to catch up with friends, family, at Celebration Square. This movie was selected because of the upcoming release of the latest installment in the ‘Jurassic Park’ series. ‘Jurassic World’ will be in theaters this weekend. This is so also a great opportunity for...
read moreEmblem Memorial Day
EMBLEM MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE and cemetery meeting will be held at 10:30 Sunday, June 14th at the Emblem Cemetery Chapel on FM highway 71. The special speaker will be Rebecca Hathcoat, and music will be presented by Zack Ferrell. A covered dish lunch will follow the morning service.
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