Saltillo Cross Country Teams Finish 1st, 2nd at District
The Saltillo ISD Boys and Girls Cross Country teams had a successful day at the District meet. All six teams earned either first of second place honors.
The varsity girls won first place team honors. That group included Ofelia Cabrera, Chandler Bain, Brianna Tawil, Coach Bill Giles, Kristina Wade, Raegan Speir, Makensa Morris and Yadhira Alonso.
Varsity boys Andrew Redburn, Dillon Beadle, Coach Bill Giles, Garrett Tarver, Gunner Tarver, Coy Collins, Jayden Holloway and Beckham Hoover also went home with first place team honors.
The junior varsity girls earned first place team recognition. That team includes Bianca Castro, Paisley Kastner, McKenna Gurley, Coach Bill Giles, Julianna Giles, Allie Lane and Trinity White.
The second place junior varsity city boys team included Cale Hoover, Evan Andrews, Jacob Sexton, Chris Boekhorst, Luke Ritter and manager Landon Gilbreath.
The junior high boys team composed of Trey Tully, Adrian Don Juan, Michael Gonzales, Rowdy Speir, Chase Eastman, Colton McGill, Jonas beadle, David Whitworth, Ethan Sexton, Eathan Rees, Will Gurley, Tristan Rains, Christain Trejos, Caden McGill and Tobin Potter earned first place team honors.
The junior high girls Sarah Korsmo, Jazmine Castro, Maysen Pipkin, Coach Bill Giles, Ryleigh Redar, Cali Morris, Gabby Ross and Jasmine Alonso earned second place team honors.
EDC, WorkForce Commission Hosting Oct. 15 Conference
Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation and Texas Workforce Commission are partnering to offer “Building our Future Workforce” Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Registration for the event is $15, which includes lunch. The event is slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue through 2 p.m. Oct. 15 at Sulphur Springs Country Club.
The agenda includes presentations by TWC staff, round-table and open discussions.
Topics to be discussed include the skills development fund, skills for small business, self-sufficiency program; Jobs, Education and Training Apprenticeship Program, adult education literacy, and high demand job training/Texas Industry Partnership.
For additional information, contact SSEDC at 903-439-0101 or [email protected]
Mesquite Man Arrested Near Cumby On Reckless Driving, Drug Paraphernalia Charges
A 19-year-old Mesquite man caught a deputy’s attention as he sped past him, stopped near an address for which he’d previously been issued a criminal trespass warning, and was jailed on two misdemeanor charge, according to sheriff’s reports.
A sheriff’s deputy reported seeing a Honda Civic traveling at an excessive speed on FM 275 at County Rod 4792 about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9; stationary radar showed the car to be traveling at 93 miles per hour in the 65 mph speed zone. The deputy turned around and pursued the car. The officer pursued the car for about half a mile with the overhead lights activated. The car turned onto Old Paradise Road before stopping, the deputy alleged in arrest reports.
Upon approach, the deputy, in arrest reports, noted the radio on the car to be turned up loud and had to ask the driver twice before he turned it down. The deputy alleged the man began reaching around in the passenger side of the car so he grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the vehicle. The man then began reaching into his pockets, so the deputy placed him against the vehicle and put handcuffs on him, the deputy alleged in reports.
During a patdown of the 19-year-old Mesquite man, the deputy reported feeling a cylindrical object and what to him felt like money. The man allegedly claimed to be unsure what the object was but agreed to let the officer check inside his pockets. The deputy alleged finding several bills of US currency and a clear glass pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke marijuana, crack cocaine and other substances; it was reportedly clean with no visible residue. The man allegedly admitted to using to smoke marijuana, which made the object drug paraphernalia and resulted in his arrest, according to arrest reports. The car was searched but no contraband was found inside of it, the deputy reported.
The teen was alleged to be “argumentative toward officers and, at best passively compliant with officers attempting to perform their duties” during the traffic stop and search, according to arrest reports.
After the car was searched, its registered owner was contacted to respond at the location. The man reportedly claimed to be headed to the owner’s residence on Old Paradise Road. However, the man was found to have an active criminal trespass notice, prohibiting him from being at the address, the sheriff’s officer alleged in arrest reports. When the man contested the validity of the warning, the officer advised it was valid. Additionally if the owner, a woman, was at the location, he would be arrested for trespassing.
The 19-year-old Mesquite man was taken to jail for reckless driving and possession of drug paraphernalia. At the jail, he allegedly continued to be argumentative with officers throughout the book-in process. He was released from the county jail Thursday morning, Oct. 10, on $1,000 bond on the reckless driving charge, according to jail reports.
Ewton Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Controlled Substance Possession
Anthony Glenn Ewton, 52, of Sulphur Springs was sentenced Wednesday in the 8th Judicial District Court to 20 years in prison for controlled substance possession.
Jury selection was scheduled Sept. 9, with the trial set two weeks later for Ewton on possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance on Jan. 13 and possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance with intent to deliver on July 19, 2018. He was jailed Sept. 24 and sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 9, following a sentencing hearing.
Assistant District Attorney Jodi Cox presented information about Ewton’s “long history of criminal behavior,” then the state asked for the maximum 20-year sentence; that was the sentence Ewton received from the judge, according to 8th Judicial District Attorney Will Ramsay.
Cumby Man Accused Of Hiding Methamphetamine In His Boot
Cumby police allege Joshua Case intentionally brought methamphetamine into a correctional facility in his boot.
Cumby Police Officer Zack Steward reportedly stopped the 19-year-old Cumby man, who he knew did not possess a state-issued driver’s license, about 6:15 p.m. Oct. 9, on West Main Street. Case was taken into custody for no driver’s license.
At the jail, he was asked questions and searched as part of the book-in process, Steward reported. The jailer reported finding a baggy containing a clear crystal-like substance believed to be 0.75 gram methamphetamine in a boot Case was wearing at the time of his arrest.
“After my investigation was complete it is determined that Mr. Case intentionally brought a prohibited substance in a correctional facility,” Steward alleged in arrest reports.
Consequently, Case was also charged with having a prohibited substance in a correctional facility. He remained in the county jail Thursday morning, Oct. 10; his bond remained at $10,000 on the prohibited substance charge.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
SCU Serve Warrant, Arrest 2 At Sulphur Springs Apartment Complex
An attempt to serve a warrant at a Van Sickle Street apartment complex reportedly resulted in not one but two arrests, according to police reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Special Crimes Unit Lt. Mark Estes Estes and Sgt. Joe Scott went at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 9 to the apartment complex, where 27-year-old Darien Tre Sims was reported to be staying, to serve him with one felony and two traffic warrants. When patrol officers attempted to contact him, 27-year-old Trinay Deshawn Robinson allegedly refused to open the door at the address, Estes and Scott alleged in arrest reports. Upon finally making contact with someone there, they had Sims walk out of the apartment, according to arrest reports.
Sims allegedly refused officers commands and was placed onto the ground using “the least amount of force possible to make the arrest.” Sims was placed into handcuffs and officers checked the residence.
Trinay Deshawn Robinson
Police reportedly saw suspected marijuana in plain view on and around the toilet. They also allegedly found some inside the toilet and baggies beside of it. Sims was taken to jail, where he allegedly admitted the marijuana was his and that he was trying to destroy it by flushing it down the toilet, the SCU officers alleged in arrest reports.
Robinson reportedly claimed she got scared and hid in a closet. She too admitted she knew Sims was trying to flush and destroy the marijuana, the SCU officers alleged.
Sims was arrested on a warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for a burglary of a habitation, as well as warrants for speeding and no driver’s license. He also was arrested for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, according to arrest reports. He remained in the county jail Thursday morning, Oct. 10. His bond on the tampering with evidence charge was set at $10,000, according to jail reports.
Robinson was arrested for hindering apprehension, a third-degree felony offense, according to arrest reports. She remained in the county jail Thursday morning, Oct. 10, in lieu of $10,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports.
ITLA Show Underway
Thursday morning the Hopkins County Civic Center was packed with horns and buckets and people tending to their animals. At one end of the arena judges and spectators watch yearling longhorn bulls mill around a paddock.
Pam Kinsel was busy watering and feeding her longhorn steer ‘Birthday’. He is 13 years old (around 65 in human years), and possibly the oldest steer at the show. Pam admits there are younger steers at the show, and ones with larger more dramatic horns as well. But she could not leave ‘Birthday’ at home, “He’s part of the herd.”
The ITLA show will continue through Saturday night. The public is welcome to come and visit the show.
“The Never Ending Story” Fantasy Takes Stage at Main Street Theater October 18-27
You may fondly remember the 1980’s children’s fantasy movie, ‘The Never Ending Story”. If so, you’ll want to take your offspring to see the stage version in Sulphur Springs this month! Community Players has cast more than two dozen local individuals for roles in this play, and a number of parents and their children were selected to play parts. “It’s serving as a kind of a hold-over from the popularity of the movie. If you saw it as a kid, you’ll want your kids, or your grandkids, to experience it too. I think that’s why we ended up with families involved this time. And the neat part of that is, they’re working on sets together too, as well as other essential elements of putting on a play. It is gratifying to see the dedication this play has stirred in this cast”, stated Director David Woody.
In brief, a boy who is being bullied at school is also in anguish over the recent death of his mother. He finds a mysterious book and begins to read it, learning about a world called Fantastica which is a much happier place then his real life! That’s when his own story begins to unfold and parallel the book, and the characters begin to come to life. In the stage adaptation, some of the characters are costumed as puppets, others represent magical animals, and others enact the adults which appear in the story line. The play concludes with a compelling yet magical, positive ending you’ll long remember.
You will have six opportunities to attend, over two weekends. Performances on Friday October 18 and Saturday October 19 start at 7 pm, and on Sunday at 2 pm. The same schedule holds for the following weekend, October 25, 26 and 27. Tickets are $10 each, and reservations are strongly recommended. Main Street Theater, 225 Main Street in downtown Sulphur Springs, has seating for 80 persons. You can purchase tickets online by following the link at communityplayersinc.com. You can also reserve your seats by calling 903-885-0107 and leaving a message. However, reserving your seats with a phone message holds your seats only until 6:55 pm. If you have not claimed your reservation and paid for your tickets at Will Call prior to that time, your seats may be given to others who are waiting.
Following the run of The Never Ending Story, the 2019 season will conclude with a Christmas production called “Christmas Carol, a Radio Play”. Auditions are scheduled at Main Street Theater on the evenings of October 21, 22 and 23 at 6:30 pm. The holiday play will be staged December 12-15, 2019. If you would like to be part of live community theater or support it through donations, you can phone 903-885-0107 or mail to Community Players, P.O. Box 321, Sulphur Springs Tx 75483.
Hay Now: Some Advice On Hay by Mario Villarino
Developed by Dr. Mario A. Villarino, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Hopkins County, Texas
One of the first considerations when purchasing hay is that it should be based on individual animal requirements. According to Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olsen, forage specialist in Texas A&M AgriLife for optimal production, forage quality should be matched as closely as possible to the nutritional needs of the animal. Low quality forage can result in reduced animal performance and increased supplemental feeding costs. Whereas hay of sufficient quality, little or no supplementation will be necessary to meet the animals’ nutritional needs. Round Bale: Keep in mind that not all forage or hay is created equal. There is great variation between forages and nutrient content can vary dramatically even within a particular type of forage. Several factors influence hay quality, such as maturity (time of harvesting), forage species & variety, fertilization, temperature, leaf to stem ratio and weather at harvesting/baling. Regardless if you are buying hay or feeding the hay you raised it is a good idea to test the hay to determine what if any supplementation will be needed when the hay is fed. When collecting samples a good practice is to sample approximately 10% of the bales from a particular cutting or load using a hay probe. Often times a hay probe can be borrowed from your county extension office. Samples should be taken from bales that would represent hay from the entire field. After taking samples from 10% of the bales combine the samples and remove a portion of the composite to send off for analysis. Crude protein content is the most common thing people think about when testing hay. While crude protein content is important, a good estimate of TDN (total digestible nutrients) is as important and in many cases more important than crude protein. There are a multitude of both commercial and university forage labs around the country. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory does offer forage analysis as a service out of College Station, TX. For additional information on forage testing or available forage labs contact your local beef cattle or livestock specialist or a ruminant nutritionist. If you haven’t done so already, now is the time to get a nutrient analysis of all available hay and forage, sort your cattle based on their nutrient requirements, properly match available forage and hay to the different groups of cattle and make sure their nutrient requirements are being met. Feeding cattle is never cheap but producers with information about what they are feeding can be more efficient.
Coming Up:
Field Day for Producers and Grassland Managers: October 18, 2019- FREE Register by calling 903-885-3443.
Northeast Texas Dairy Producers Conference (DOPA) October 30, 2019- $10 Register by calling 903-885-3443.
PAT CEU Credits: November 6, 2019 $30, Register by calling 903-885-3443.
Pesticide Applicator Certification (new licensee only): November 13, 2019. $30, Lunch included. Register by calling 903-885-3443.
