SSISD Sports Camps: Football, Volleyball
The final two SSISD sports camps are scheduled next week, Wildcats Coach Greg Owens football camps and Wildcats Coach Tony Martinez’ tennis camps.
Coach Owens will offer football camps for two different age groups next Tuesday through Thursday (July 31-August 2). A camp for boys entering the third through the eighth grade is scheduled from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. Cost is $50 per camper. Coach Owens will also have a freshman football camp for entering ninth graders from 9:30 a.m. until noon. Cost is $20 per student. Coach Owens stresses that every ninth grade football player is encouraged to attend.
Coach Martinez will have tennis camps for two different age group Monday through Thursday (July 30-August 2). Camp for kids entering kindergarten through the sixth grade will take place 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. each day. Another camp for boys and girls entering the seventh grade though the twelfth grade will follow from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Cost for tennis camp is $50.
Enrollment forms for football and tennis camps are available on line at www.ssisd.net. Campers can also be enrolled if they are brought to camp early on the first day of camp.
Local Emergency Planning Committee is Active in Hopkins County
Approximately 75,000 vehicles pass through Hopkins County each day traveling I-30. The I-30 corridor between Little Rock, Arkansas and Dallas, Texas is one of the heaviest traveled roadways for truck traffic in the south. That is just one of the concerns discussed by the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) during an every two month meeting that took place Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at the Hopkins County Civic Center.
Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, LEPCs must develop an emergency response plan, review the plan at least annually, and provide information about chemicals in the community to citizens. Plans are developed by the committee with participation from community members. The purpose of the local committee is to establish a framework for dealing with various emergencies and disasters that can affect the county. According to Hopkins County Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director Andy Endsley, a plan is in place but that plan is constantly reviewed and expanded to meet the needs of growth in the county.
Members of the committee include representatives from industry, fire, law enforcement, along with public health officials, elected local and state officials, emergency management directors, and media.
The community emergency response plan identifies facilities and transportation routes of extremely hazardous substances. Truck traffic presents the possibility of hazmat events that could affect the area. Recently the county fire department responded to a truck fire on the interstate. The driver did not know what his cargo contained nor did he speak English. Without the information regarding contents, the firemen were at a disadvantage in fighting the fire. Some materials do not react well to water as a means of extinguishing a fire. The fire was contained and extinguished after some time spent in determining the cargo through the trucking company dispatch.
Several industries in Sulphur Springs utilize materials that are considered hazardous and plans are in place to deal with any possible emergency created by the materials.
Description of emergency response procedures, on and off site, designation of a community coordinator and facility emergency coordinators to implement the plan, outline of emergency notification procedures, description of how to determine the probable affected area and population by releases, description of local emergency equipment and facilities and the persons responsible for them, evacuation plans, training program for emergency responders, and methods and schedules for exercising emergency response plans are a part of the assignment carried out by the LEPC.
Wildcat Football Season Tickets Go on Sale Next Week
by Don Julien
Next week (July 30-August 3) is season ticket week for Sulphur Springs’ football fans. The activity will take place at the High School Media Center Monday through Thursday from 8:15 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and on Friday from 8:15 a.m. until noon. Fans are asked to enter the high school from the Connally Street entrance. Price of a five-game season ticket package is $50 for chair back seats and $40 for the rail back seats.
Monday and Tuesday next week will be for existing ticket holders to renew their seats. Seats not renewed will be available for others.
On Wednesday, ticket holders who have renewed their tickets may seek upgrades. Tickets that are left will go on sale to the general public Thursday and Friday.
This year’s season tickets will feature the September 7 home opener against Lovejoy. The following week (September 14) the Wildcats will host Terrell in a Homecoming district opener. The Wildcats play Forney at The Prim on October 5. Corsicana comes to town on October 19. Kaufman plays the Wildcats on Senior Night at Prim Stadium on November 2. All home games start at 7:30 p.m.
The Wildcats only scrimmage this season takes place Thursday, August 23 at 7 p.m. at Gerald Prim Stadium. Wildcats road games are against Frisco Wakeland (August 31), Royse City (September 21), Ennis (October 12), Greenville October 26) and North Forney (November 9).
SSHS Athletics Fills Coaching Positions
by Don Julien
Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens has once again filled all the slots on his coaching staff. He thought that was done earlier this month until Lady Cats Assistant Basketball Coach Ashton Wells resigned to become the head girls basketball coach at Winona. The Sulphur Springs school board accepted Coach Wells resignation at a July 9th meeting.
Monday night (July 23), the Sulphur Springs School Board approved Coach Owens choice to replace Coach Wells. He is Jeremy DeLorge, a graduate of Tarleton State University. DeLorge will assist new Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell who was hired to replace Coach Jeff Chapman who has moved to Paris to become her head girls basketball coach and girls athletic coordinator.
Jeremy DeLorge is the brother of Brandon DeLorge, who Coach Owens recently hired as a Wildcats Assistant Basketball Coach. Brandon will coach freshman for Wildcats Head Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta. Brandon DeLorge comes from Bland where he was the head boys coach. Coach Brandon DeLorge replaces Cameron Warren who will now be a baseball assistant coach. Coach Warren replaces Coach Jason Meskimen who is moving from baseball assistant to track.
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Celebrates A Special Delivery; Dr. Tris Delivers 13,000th Baby
Sulphur Springs, TX – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs had a special delivery on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 by OB/GYN, Dr. Somjai Tris.
Dr. Tris delivered his 13,000th baby at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs.
He began his practice in Hopkins County in November, 1980 and his first delivery was in the first quarter of 1981. Dr. Tris was instrumental in the planning and development of the current Perinatal Department, which opened in May, 1997.
The Perinatal Department is a department with 8 Labor-Delivery-Recovery-Postpartum rooms and 4 post-partum rooms. The nursery recently obtained a Level 2 certification.
Dr. Tris is one of the providers who provide OB services to our community along with our CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic providers which include OB/GYN’s Dr. Darryl Doughtie, Dr. Martin Fielder, Dr. Tiffany Gebel and midwife Deb Logan.
The associates of the Perinatal Department are hosting a reception for Dr. Tris and his staff and the new family on Wednesday, July 25 at noon in the Perinatal Department.
Mesquite Man With 10.7 Pounds of Meth Arrested by Local DPS; Wanted by U S Marshalls
Daniel Lopez, 38, of Mesquite is in Hopkins County Jail held without bond on a warrant out of the U S Marshalls Service and for Manufacture Deliver 10.7 pounds of methamphetamine ice.
Lopez was stopped for a traffic violation by DPS Trooper Aaron Hanna at the 129 mile marker on I-30 Monday evening, July 23, 2018, around 9:30 p.m. Showing signs of nervousness and criminal activity, Lopez gave consent to search the vehicle he was driving. In an aftermarket compartment, the trooper found the 10.7 pounds of meth. It was also found that he was wanted on the U S Marshalls’ Service warrant.
PJC Health Department Gets New Equipment
Paris Junior College students in the Emergency Medical Services Program recently worked in the new ambulance simulator, which will be on display Thursday at the Health Occupations Open House from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Paris Junior College will be showcasing new health occupation program equipment and upgrades to the public on Thursday, July 26, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., in the Bobby R. Walters Workforce Training Center.
Through generous community grants, Radiology Technology has received new equipment, the Nursing Department has received medium and high-fidelity simulation equipment, Emergency Medical Services has an ambulance simulator, and Surgical Technology has received new lights and a new setting.
Students are excited to have already begun using the new equipment. Faculty will be on hand to answer questions and the new equipment will be operating during the tour.
For more information, call 903-782-0330. The Workforce Training Center is at the northern end of the Paris campus at 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas.
Cumby Officer’s Memory and Service Honored by Congressman Ratcliffe
Congressman John Ratcliffe honored the service and memory of Cumby Police Officer Jarrod Friddle Monday morning when Robin Bass, Deputy District Director for the congressman (front, right) presented a flag and certificate to Jarrod’s wife, Carrie Friddle . Officer Friddle died due to a sudden medical event following a work shift earlier this month. The presentation was made during the regular session of Commissioners Court , July 23, 2018.
