Wildcats Golf Team Takes Second Place And First Place At Recent Fall Golf Tourneys
The Wildcats Golf Team has had a good fall, finishing second at one tournament and winning another. At both tournaments, the Wildcats had the top individual medalist.
The Wildcats finished second at a windy tournament last Thusday, Oct. 10, at Thorntree Country Club in DeSoto. They trailed only the host school.
Despite battling a sore leg ligament, Wildcats junior Kip Childress shot a five over par 77 to win the tournament. Senior Colton Bench shot 81 and junior Grant Mohesky had 84. Also for the Wildcats, Caleb Kesting shot 104 and Rylan Brewer shot 115. The team’s total was 346.
The Wildcats won a Monday, Oct. 14, tournament held at Sulphur Springs Country Club. Their team total was 323.
Battling muscle pulls, Bench shot a one under par 71 to win the tournament. Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge said Bench was one over entering the last three holes but, then, had two birdies and just missed a third with a lip out to finish at one under. Childress continued to battle with his sore leg ligament but shot 79. Mohesky also shot 79. Brewer shot 94 and Kesting 101.
Coach DeLorge said the Wildcats would resume tournament play next semester.
Wildcats Team Tennis Playoff, Lady Cats Volleyball District Match On Game Day Tuesday
Playoff Team Tennis and district volleyball are on the menu for this Tuesday game day. Wildcats Team Tennis is taking on Jacksonville in bi-district playoffs. Because of concerns with rain, the match was moved to indoor courts at Texas High in Texarkana. The match got underway at 10 a.m.
Jacksonville was the runner up in their district and the Wildcats were third in their district. These teams played in a Whitehouse tournament on Aug.15 and the Indians won, 16-3. For the Wildcats it was their second match of the day. The Wildcats have a 6-12 season record.
Meanwhile the Lady Cats Volleyball Team begins play in the second round of district play on this game day Tuesday. The Lady Cats are at Royse City. There will be freshmen and JV matches at 5 p.m., with the varsity match to follow at around 6:30 p.m.
The Lady Cats are third in district with a 3-2 mark. The Lady Bulldogs are tied for fourth with a 2-3 record. The Lady Bulldogs have won their last two district matches. The Lady Cats won Friday at Texas High, 3-0. The Lady Cats played one of their best matches of the year in the first round against Royse City winning 3-0 at home on Sept. 27.
Hopkins County United Way 100 Percent Club For Oct. 15
Hopkins County United Way Tuesday afternoon recognized the following businesses and organizations whose doantions met or exceeded the goal for their group as part of the 100% Club for Oct. 15, 2019:
- Southwest Dairy Museum
- Dr. William Longino
- Corner Grub
- Professional Land Title
- Everything Unique
- The Propane Co.
- Abboe’s Collision Center
- Oxford Bros.
- Water Oak Elementary
- Ion Jiu Jitsu
- Janet Martin Realty
- Dr. Daniel Lawrence
- Dr. Matt Johnson
- Winburn Milk Co.
- Legacy Ag Credit
This year’s goal is to raise $165,000 to benefit 20 local agencies.
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On Violation Of Probation, Gregg County Warrants
A 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Monday afternoon for violation of probation, which he was on for an indecency with a child conviction, according to arrest and jail reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office staff were notified by Wood County officials that Levi Shae Williams had been arrested and was in custody at Wood County jail on the felony Hopkins County warrant. Transported Deputy Melvin Jackson was notified, picked Williams up and drove him to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked on the charge Oct. 14, according to arrest reports.
According to jail records, Williams was convicted and jailed June 8, 2017, to serve a 6 month state jail commitment. He was released from jail Dec. 5, 2017.
He remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday morning, Oct. 15, on the warrant for violating probation on the indecency with a child charge. He also is wanted in Gregg County for contempt of a court order/disobedience of a court court order, according to jail reports.
Commissioners Approve Electric Distribution Requests, Ranchitos Plat
Rosemont, Houston Street Building Project Tabled
Hopkins County Commissioners Court on Monday tabled a building project, but approved a plat request and requests for re-routing of electrical distribution facilities in three precincts.
Electric Distribution
The Commissioners Court approved requests from Farmers Electric Cooperative Inc. for existing electrical power distribution facilities to be re-routed across Quail Lane, southeast of Colquitt Road in Precinct 4; County Road 3520, near County Road 3518 in Precinct 3; and County Road 2310, west of County Road 3345 in Precinct 2.
“When you hear those, those are new installations and off of growing. So when we see those we should welcome new houses or new facilities there, each one of these,” Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom noted.
Final Plat
The Commissioners Court also removed a final plat request for Texas Ranchitos, a housing addition just outside Cumby City Limits. tabled at the Sept. 23 meeting.
“I went out and looked at it . He does have the water and he has the sewer. They city provide the sewer so I have no problem with it,” said Precinct 4 Commissioner Joe Price.
A public hearing regarding the proposed annexation of property owned by Texas Ranchitos LLC, was held during the May 8 Cumby City Council meeting. A request had been made to annex the property into the city so the properties would receive water and sewer service from the City of Cumby.
Rosemont, Houston Street Project
The county at the close of the bidding period, had received two proposals for building at the corner or Rosemont and Houston Streets.
Precinct 1 Commissioner Mickey Barker said before the bids are discussed or considered more discussion is needed on what the building should be used for. Baker recommended that the bids be tabled pending more in-depth discussion. Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley seconded the motion and the rest of the court unanimously agreed to table it.
Grand Opening for the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum
The Time is Here!
(October 15, 2019 Commerce, Texas) – The streets have been painted; Amazing Airways is installed; and the businesses are ready to open. Children are now needed to complete the scene at the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum. Children and families are invited to the Grand Opening on Saturday, October 26 from 9:30 to 4:30 at 100 Maple Street.
The Grand Opening will feature a new look for Main Street with detailed replicas of many local businesses. As Project Manager and Designer, Beckey Thompson has created a professional look with color detail for each of the businesses on Main Street. These businesses include Hunt Regional Healthcare, Family Smiles Dental, Brookshire’s Grocery, Lone Star Eatery, Commerce Veterinary Clinic, and the playhouse sponsored by Mandy Stewart with RE-Max and Cliff and Brooke Jones with Castlerock Customer Builders. “With the expertise of Beckey Thompson as Project Manager and Designer, the Children’s Museum’s Main Street reflects a professional and talented builder. I do not know how or what would have been accomplished without Beckey “, said Sharline Freeman, Executive Director of the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum.
Visitors can look forward to experiencing Amazing Airways, a large exhibit sponsored by Charles Schwab of Greenville. Amazing Airways is an exhibit that is found in only fifty-five museums throughout the United States. The internationally acclaimed original Amazing Airways is an impressive pneumatic air system that will engage children and adults as they explore the properties of air.
Other new exhibits and refurbished previous exhibits will provide a creative, hands-on experience for all visitors. Main Street will feature a road and gas station. Each business on Main Street has become a four-sided building with a high level of realism in the design. New furnishings create a new experience for children. The Grand Opening on October 26 brings a new era to the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum. One of the best children’s venues in the state can now be found in Commerce, Texas.
For additional information, contact:
Sharline Freeman, Executive Director
Northeast Texas Children’s Museum
NW Corner Culver and Highway 50
Commerce, Texas 75428
Telephone: (903) 886-6055 or (903) 456-4789
Email: [email protected]
Sulphur Springs Police Arrest Man On Gregg County, Bonham Warrants
A traffic stop lead to the arrested of a 35-year-old Sulphur Springs man on Bonham and Gregg County warrants, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Officers Victor Reyna and Adrian Pruitt reportedly stopped a Ford Escape at 9:55 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in the 1400 block of College Street for a traffic violation.
A records check showed passenger Bradley Scott Kenne to be wanted in Bonham on a credit or debit card abuse charge and in Gregg County for violation of probation, which he was on for a possession of less than 2 grams of marijuana charge, according to arrest reports.
Kenne remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday morning, Oct. 15. Bond was set at $5,000 on the Gregg County charge and $15,000 on the Bonham charge, according to jail reports.
Hopkins County United Way Adds Nearly $4,000 Toward 2019-2020 Campaign Goal
Hopkins County United Way campaign workers turned in nearly $4,000 in additional pledges and donations collected during week three of the 2019-2020 campaign to benefit 20 local organizations.
As of the Oct. 15 report meeting $45,812.54 of the overall $165,000 goal had been reached, up $3,962 from last week.
Bill Owens, HCUW campaign co-chair, thanked all of the volunteers out there working hard getting packets out to local businesses and organizations and collecting their donations. He expressed appreciation to all for their contributions.
Campaign Co-Chair Beverley Owens encourages campaign workers who have yet to do so to go out and pickup donation packets that are ready to turn in.
Tim Glenn turned in a number of packets including those for Legacy Ag Credit, Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission and Southwest Dairy Museum. He reported City National Bank will start their campaign push soon.
Kayla Price Mitchell reported Corner Grub and Professional Land Title met goal.
HCUW Presidents Mike Jumper turned in packets for Dr. Daniel Siriphongs as well as a private donation.
Beverley reported a number of others contributed, including Summit Dental, Dr. Daniel Lawrence and Dr. Will Longino and Everything Unique.
The HCUW officers extended thanks to Carolyn McKinney and Southwest Dairy Museum for providing the location for Tuesday’s meeting, including a table with fall decor.
The next HCUW campaign report meeting is scheduled to return to the Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Office at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Panda Express has scheduled a Give Back Day, Thursday, Oct. 17, with 20 percent of sales of orders placed with an event flyer going to HCUW. Customers must show either a paper or digital copy of the event flyer, or mention HCUW for 20 percent of their purchase to go to HCUW.
Commissioners Court Agrees To Partner With City To Use Mechanical Concrete To Stabilize Some Roads
Inter-local Agreement To Be Presented To Sulphur Springs City Council in November
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday agreed Monday to partner with the City of Sulphur Springs to re-use parts of scrap tires utilizing the process called mechanical concrete to help improve some city and county roads.
Essentially, the county will collect scrap automobile and light truck tires at regular intervals, approximately twice a month. The scrap tire generator would pay the county a $1 per tire disposal fee, according to the agreement approved by the Commissioners Court.
Inmates from Hopkins County jail would remove the sidewalls from tires on Houston Street by the jail, using a $4,500 tire ring removal device purchased and jointly owned by both the city and county.
The tire rings would then be used in road rebuilding to help stabilize the road bases, a process called mechanical concrete. Ideally, it will save money in the rebuilding process, help stabilize and extend the life of some roads, while helping to get rid of scrap tires as well, according to city and county officials.
Mechanical concrete serves as a good road base, especially if there’s not much on top such as asphalt or concrete, which are designed to keep water out to keep the road base from eroding. With mechanical concrete, that’s not an issue; it holds up even with water, according to Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell.
One of the prime roads considered by both entities for use of mechanical concrete, if all parties involved agree, is Pipeline Road. Of course thousands of tire cylinders would be needed for a project like that, Maxwell and Commissioners Court members noted.
Maxwell said the road repair process on Pipeline would not be repaired with paving right off. The mechanical concrete would be used to stabilize the road, opening it up enough so that it’d be passable if say an ambulance needed to use it to shave a few minutes off its response time.
Maxwell said that a smaller road, one in Precinct 3 that is low and often has water crossing it following a downpour, would likely be used to test the mechanical concrete process.
The city would not use the process for every city street that is rebuilt, but it could provide a suitable base for a street that’s not asphalt or concrete paved and has a bar ditch, Maxwell said.
The cylinders would be stored at a city site. The sidewalls would be disposed of in roll-off trash containers provided by the city, according to the agreement.
The initial length for the agreement, as approved by the Commissioner Court, would be 1 year. Initially, the proposal was for 5 years, however, until the process is tested, it was recommended that the agreement be for one year. However, the agreement would be automatically renewed from year to year unless terminated earlier by either the city or county, the document approved by the county states.
The scrap tire generator would pay the county a $1 per tire disposal fee, which would be used to pay licensing fees for the patented mechanical concrete process, disposal of sidewalls and for jailers to supervise trusties.
While the Commissioners Court unanimously approved the inter-local agreement with the city, the proposed agreement will still have to be presented to and approved by Sulphur Springs City Council, County Judge Robert Newsom pointed out Monday.
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell said the agreement seems like a reasonable one and he anticipates an agreement to be present to the City Council at their regular November meeting for consideration.
Pecan Season! Corsicana Shelled Pecans Offered Through the Sr’s Center
Karon Weatherman, Director of the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center, knows that the good cooks of Hopkins County want fresh pecans for their holiday baking, and she is making it easy to get the freshest from Northeast Texas trees. She also knows the community is eager to help with fundraising for the proposed Senior Citizens Center, so here is a great way to do both!
You can place your orders for 1-pound bags of freshly shelled pecans now at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center. Orders must be in by October 31, 2019 at the Senior Center. Cost is $11.00 per bag. Orders must be pre-paid. One trip will be made to pick up pecans at Green Tree Pecan Farm near Corsicana, during the first week of November. When the pecans arrive back in Sulphur Springs, you can pick up your orders at the Seniors Center at 150 MLK Drive. With questions, call Karon at 903-885-1661 or email her at [email protected]. Checks should be made out to Susan Vaughn, the volunteer handling the pecan orders.
These pecans are large and delicious, and come from the Green Tree Pecan Farm located near Corsicana, Texas. All of the proceeds from this year’s Pecan orders will go toward the Building Fund for a new Senior Citizens Center for Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County.
