Many From Area Graduate From PJC
Paris Junior College is pleased to release the certified roll of graduates from the spring graduation ceremony held Friday, May 17, 2019 at Noyes Stadium.
Area students receiving associate degrees:
• Campbell: Evelin Castillo, Colton Cummings
• Como: Marco Gonzalez
• Cumby: Candace Earp, Grant Earp, Brayden Freeman, Alyssa Hebert, Natalie White
• Dike: Lexi Overly
• Emory: Laura Garcia, Daniel Torres
• Pickton: Parker Cummings, Gladys Pulgarin
• Point: Garrett Shaw
• Saltillo: Sylvia Feijen
• Sulphur Bluff: Jaden Goldsmith
• Sulphur Springs: Kimberly Chisom, Carlos Delgado, Candice Jarrel, Justus Kelley, Emma Lane, Joshua McElvaine, Shakoja Mosley, Kendall Myles, Diana Ramirez, Ashley Rodriguez, Cassidy Seaney, Amy Sprague, Joshua Tucker, Christopher Walker, Kristy Williams, Kamryn Wimberley
• Wills Point: Savannah Clark, Jennifer Morrison
• Wolfe City: Skylar Cook, Chance Watson
Students from the area receiving certificates:
• Brashear: Diego Perez
• Campbell: Jeffrey Jones
• Celeste: Aubrey Coffey
• Commerce: Asael Hernandez, Mauro Hernandez
• Cooper: James Williams
• Cumby: Jacob Bova, Tyler Crumpton
• Dike: Taylor Josey, Tyler Kelley, Wesley Mcdonald
• Emory: Alyssa Hall, Karl Jansson, Thomas Wilson
• Lone Oak: Maria Davila
• Mount Vernon: Chase Hyman
• Sulphur Springs: Derek Anderson, Whitney Davis, Job Escobar, Javier Gonzalez, Ethan Hill, Marcus Hood, Bryan Luna, Jonathon Rininger
• Winnsboro: Cody Stephen
• Wolfe City: Shelby Greenway
• Yantis: Samuel Earle, Daylon Roberts, Rusty Wilkey
The Hopkins County Ice Cream Contest Winners Are…
Top honors in the Hopkins County Ice Cream Contest were awarded to Kim Dillard for her butter pecan ice cream. Dillard received a trophy and $100 check for having the first place Super Scoop entry. She also went home with the $250 Visa gift card.
Earning second place honors in the Super Scoop with a creamy strawberry ice cream was James Ross. He received a $50 check. Tonya Ross earned second place honors in the Big Dip Classic category with her creamy vanilla ice cream; she too received a $50 check.
The $75 prize and first place trophy in the Big Dip Classic category was awarded to Kim Bailey for her vanilla pudding ice cream. Bailey also earned first place honors in the Big Dip Fruit category with her strawberry ice cream, for which she received a trophy and $75 prize.
Second place honors and a $50 prize in the Big Dip Fruit category went to Chris Beach’s strawberry ice cream. Receiving the $25 third place prize i the Big Dip Fruit category was the team of Ryan and Valarie Feagley with their pineapple vanilla ice cream.
Kaylee Stone went home with a trophy, $75 check and first place bragging rights in the Big Dip Novelty category for her birthday cake ice cream. Joe Price won the $50 Big Dip Novelty prize with his second place snicker doodle ice cream. Jayden Askew won third place and $25 in the Big Dip Novelty category with a mean mint ice cream.
In the First Timers division, Sheila Funderburk won the first place trophy and $75 prize with her blackberry ice cream. First Timer Shiloh Childress won second place in the division with a salted caramel in Heath ice cream, for which he received a medal and $50 check. Nick Plunk’s Butterfinger ice cream won third place in the First Timers category, garnering a medal and $25.
In the Little Dips category, first place was awarded to Addison Bowers; she received a trophy and $25 check for her banana ice cream. Mikah Wiblin’s go bananas-banana Nutella ice cream won second place honors in the Little Dips category, garnering a medal and $15 check. Third place in the Little Dips category was awarded to Emerson Godwin, who received a medal and $10 check for the maple brown crunch.
The event was not only once again held at but this year sponsored by Shannon Oaks Church. Hundreds filled the field behind the church to sample the cool confections entered in the contest. A few local businesses also provided ice cream and floats for those attending, while others offered games such as hula hoop fishing, a bean bag toss and balloons in addition to information about their services. Music was also provided throughout the afternoon and evening.
Many stayed to hear the 1st Calvary Division Band out of Fort Hood’s Lonestar Brass Band, while kids played in a sand pile and families awaited the start of the Hot Air Balloons Rally and Glow Saturday night.
PETA Protests Dairy Festival Ice-Cream Freeze Off
By Savannah Owens
PETA representatives were outside the Shannon Oaks church front lawn with signs protesting use of cow milk and encouraging veganism. However, the protests did not deter the hungry crowds.
The church has hosted the Ice-Cream Freeze off at their location for the past three years, but this is the first year the Freeze off was taken over from the Chamber of Commerce and run by Shannon Oaks church members. The church members handled everything from contestants, judges, and even staffing the event. The church members also built structures for the ice cream contestants to provide ease of serving to the public.
Community support was high, as many residents and visitors were out to try the delicious flavors including; Reeses Peanut Butter, Oreo Cookie, Butterfinger, Blackberry, Peaches and Cream, Chocolate Cherry, Fruity Pebbles, Strawberry, Butter Pecan, and of course classic Chocolate and Vanilla. The ice cream didn’t last long; most of the contestants had run out by 6:15pm.
Magic Scoop was out with free scoops of “Just Chocolate”, “Fresh Lemon Sorbet”, and “Banana Pudding” flavored ice cream.
DQ was also in attendance offering free coke floats and soft serve ice cream.
It was a fun outing, and while the warm weather kept the crowds to the shaded spots, there were many smiles and happy faces as people enjoyed sampling the many favorite ice-creams.
Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade
The Hopkins County Dairy Festival Parade went off without a hitch, with local pageant royalty, elected officials, local businesses and even a few church groups in on the fun.
Among the entries helping show they are Over the Moon for Dairyland during the festival’s 60th anniversary were the contestants in this year’s Dairy Festival Queen’s Pageant and Coronation and the “little kids” who will be helping out at the pageant.
The parade also featured several large trucks, tractors, several fire trucks, and ambulance and other emergency services vehicles.
The Corvette and Jeep Clubs showed off their rides, some decorated to reflect the parade theme. The band percussion section played. The chase teams and crews for tonight’s Hot Air Balloon Rally and Glow participated as well.
Among the special guests were the Budweiser Clydesdales team and the Army’s 1st Calvary Division Band from Fort Hood.
Families lined the parade route in lawn chairs, with blankets, umbrellas, some sitting on the pavement, others at tables at local businesses and others standing to get a glimpse of the many conveyances in this year’s parade. Children collected handfuls and some even bags full of candy, treats and stuffed cows tossed and handed out along the parade route.
Black and white spots, milk and dairy products, and cows dotted many conveyances, others participating and attending the parade and festivities Saturday, June 8, showed their love of milk and support for the dairy industry by wearing t-shirts, handing out ice cream and dairy snacks.
Hopkins County Dairy Festival Celebrates 60 Years
Hopkins County is celebrating it’s 60th Dairy Festival Anniversary. This is a time honored tradition that brings many visitors to Sulphur Springs to celebrate and enjoy the festivities. This year’s theme is “Over the ‘Mooon’ in Dairyland”. The opening ceremony was yesterday at 12pm.
Schedule of today’s events:
Dairy Festival Parade at 10am
Hopkins County Jr. Dairy show at 10am
Bobby McDonald Milking Contest (held in the civic center arena) at 3pm
Ice Cream Freeze Off (at Shannon Oaks Church) at 5:30pm
Dairy Aires Hot Air Balloon Rally and Glow (Shannon Oaks Church) at 6pm
The fun continues! Keep your calendars marked for June 15th for the Whipped Cooking Contest (Heritage Park) at 9am and the Queen Coronation Pageant (SSISD Auditorium) at 7pm.
Intoxicated Person Complaint Results in Controlled Substance Arrest
A 47-year-old man was arrested on a controlled substance charge just before 7 a.m. Friday, June 7, after police found him in possession of suspected methamphetamine.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Brandon Murphy was dispatched to the 1200 block of Texas Street, to a report of a person thought to possibly be intoxicated and to be in possession of weapons. Murphy reported finding a man, identified in arrest reports as Milton Pineda, outside the residence from which the 911 call had been made. After contacting the man, Murphy noted he appeared to him to be under the influence of a narcotic.
Murphy alleged the man had bloodshot eyes, was very talkative and seemed agitated. Pineda was placed into handcuffs and patted down as a safety precaution. A black pouch with two plastic baggies containing a white crystal-like substance Murphy believed to be methamphetamine was found in Pineda’s front pocket, the SSPD officer alleged in arrest reports.
Consequently, Pineda was arrested for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone, according to arrest reports.
High School Edge and Three Sports Camps Gear Up Monday
The Edge conditioning program begins its’ six week run beginning on Monday (June 10) and there will also be three SSISD athletic camps next week.
The Edge, offered free again this summer after its’ affiliation with Michael Johnson Performance last summer, will run Mondays through Thursdays through July 18. Boys and girls entering ninth through the twelfth grades will have The Edge from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. Due to a new UIL rule, Wildcats football coaches will be able to conduct skill work with football players on Edge days from 10 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. The Edge for Middle School athletes will begin July 1. There will also be thirty minute skill work for Middle School football players.
SSISD will also be offering camps for boys basketball, girls basketball and for softball next week.
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta will be putting on his boys basketball camp next week Monday through Thursday in the main high school gym. Camp for entering kindergarten through fifth graders will take place from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.. Camp for boys entering sixth through the eighth grades is from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Camp for entering ninth grade boys also takes place from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Camp for the two youngest groups is $50 with a $35 cost for ninth graders.
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell will offer her girls basketball camp next week in the main high school gym Monday through Wednesday. A camp for entering second through fifth graders takes place from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Camp for entering sixth through ninth graders will be held from noon until 2 p.m. Cost of girls basketball camp is $50.
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo will be offering his softball camp next week Monday through Wednesday in the Multipurpose Building. Softball camp for girls entering second through the fifth grades takes place from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Camp for girls entering sixth through the ninth grades takes place from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. Cost for softball camp is $50.
Dairy Fest Kicks Off Friday With Opening Ceremony, Hot Air Balloons
The Hopkins County Dairy Festival kicked off Friday with an opening ceremony, complete with ribbon cutting. A representative from Sentator Bob Hall’s office sent certificates “extending most sincere congratulations” on the opening ceremony which commemorates the the festival’s 60th anniversary.
Recognized was Lynda Hager, who not only has been involved with the Dairy Festival for a long time, but has been a member of the Dairy Festival Board of Directors for 55 of the event’s 60 years.
To honor that commitment, Hagar has been named grand marshal for the Dairy Festival Parade, which is scheduled to depart at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 8, from Buford Park, down Houston Street to Church Street, past the square and out Gilmer/South Broadway Street to Lee Street.
“It’s been fun every year. We have a great board that stays here and keep working on it. It’s a working board,” Hager said.
She said the honor of being asked to lead the parade as grand marshal is “so special.”
Hager said the festival has seen many changes over the years. For instance, the props used during the annual HCDF Queen’s Pageant and Coronation were once all made locally. Now, many of them are rented for cost and efficiency. Also, the floats once were 40 feet long. They’re smaller of late so that they can be constructed and stored in home garages until they’re ready to make their way to the park for the procession.
Opening events started with the Hot Air Balloons Media Fight at 6 a.m. Friday and weather permitting, will continue with the Hot Air Balloon Rally and Glow from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight (June 7) at Shannon Oaks Church on East Shannon Road. Check it out here:
A Hot Air Balloon Rally and Flight will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., and at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at Shannon Oaks Church.
The Dairy Festival will include a Jr. Dairy Show at 10 a.m. and Milking Contest at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8 at Hopkins County Civic Center Arena.
A Texas Championship Ice Cream Freeze Off will be hosted for the first time by Shannon Oaks Church, competitors will bring canisters filled with their homemade confections to the rear of the church at 1113 Shannon Road at 5:30 p.m. Once all samples have been taken for judging and competitors are in place, ice cream will be served to the general public. For $5 get a container and spoon, and feel free to sample as many of the entries as desired as long as supplies last. And, anyone interested in testing their recipe against others’ is welcome; simply complete the entry form which can be downloaded from shannonoakschurch.org, and bring your entry on time to the event. There’s no entry fee.
The Dairy Festival will continue Wednesday-Saturday, June 12-15, for the annual carnival, to be held on the Civic Center grounds. The Whipped Challenge will begin with check-in at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 15, at Hopkins County Heritage Park and culminates in the Coronation Pageant at 7 p.m. in the Civic Center Auditorium.
Hopkins County Records For the Week of June 7, 2019
Applications for Marriage Licenses
- Brandon Douglas Fain and Danielle Marie Watley
- Dustin Roach and Tayona Webb
- Nolan Keith Garmon and Kylie Jalayne Singleton
- Alex Blake Aguilar and Hope Ferrell
- Jeremy Don Reynolds and Kathy Sue Whitson
- Christopher Layne Rogers and Lauren Marie Pedron
- Niko Quinn Sandoval and Ashley Marie Moran
- Brandon Wayne Ross and Elizabeth Midgley Fischer
- Felip Hernandez Hernandez and Maria Chavarria Rodriguez
Land Deed Transactions
- Araceli Mejia Fuentes, known as Araceli Resendiz, to Esteban Resendez; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- The Ranches at River Ridge LLC to Juan Francisco Velasco and Maribel Velasco; tract in the James Hansley survey
- Plaza Street Fund 25 LLC to BESMA LLC; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Bobby G. George and Charles R. George to Alejandro Velasco and Maribel Velasco; tract in the Garvins Residence and Business Addition
- Francis Lee Cole to RBM Farms LLC; tract in the Hugh Parsons survey
- Gary Waldrep to Jeffrey John Redding; tract in the E. Melton survey
- US Bank National Corporation to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; tract in the GW Russell survey
- Brenda Crow and Brooksey Crow to Cody Shea Pipkin and Kayla Michele Pipkin; tract in the John M. McLaughlin survey
- Linda Jane Dixon to Joseph E. Strickland, Most Reverend, Bishop Diocese Tyler; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Carol Lucas and Terry Lucas to Carol Beatriz Lucas and Terry Don Lucas, trustees for the Terry and Carol Lucas Living Trust; tract in the John Norris survey
- Edna Helm Perry and Robert Perry to All Star Sleep Clinic LLC; tract in the S. Coy survey
- Christopher Lewis Hill and Sharon E. Hill to Lucia Hickman; tract in the James Lee survey
- Ada Louise Jones independent executor for James Ardell Jones, deceased, to Ada Louise Jones
- James Rickey Payne and Katherine Payne to Michael Brown, Sara Brown, Billy Scott Norris and Lori Norris; tract in the Elizabeth Melton survey
- Charlotte Zahn and Wm C. Zahn to David Peterson and Kathleen Peterson; tract in the Elizabeth Melton survey
- Judy H. Purdy and Glen D. Spencer to Sarajagha Incorporated; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Kayce Lanham to Triple Crown Investors LLC; tract in the E. Melton survey
- Donovan P. Simmerman to Douglas P. Simmerman and Kevin J. Simmerman; tract in the George W. Downing survey
- Dale Frank Froneberger, trustee for the James Froneberger Family Trust, to Karen Lynn Froneberger McMan and Dale Frank Froneberger
- Brenda Tucker and Clyde Tucker to Misty Tucker; tract in the JC Sanders survey
- 100 mph + Property Management LLC to Ashley Ash and Jared Ash; tract in the Jose Ybarbo survey
- Velma Faye Henderson Lightfoot, independently and as independent executor for the JW Lightfoot Estate, to Mallory Horne and Mike Horne; tract in the Rock Creek Addition
- Jimmy D. Goldsmith and Joyce Goldsmith to Nicholas Clay Harrison and Tara Renee Harrison; tract in the William Gregg survey
