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Dinner Bell Menu For August 16, 2017
Dinner Bell Menu for
August 16, 2017
Our Savior Lutheran Church
this week’s Community Partner.
This Wednesday before the students go back to school our menu stars old fashioned comfort foods. Flapper Pudding (so easy a flapper could make it) is a 1920’s vintage dessert that has been reworked to remove the raw eggs in the original recipe and renamed Pineapple Dream Dessert. It tastes just like the original that was the favorite dorm dessert at the University of Texas in the late 1950’s. Chicken Pot Pie is a staple our great-grandparents grandparents ate often for Sunday lunch. Join us as we walk down Memory Lane in Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church, at 11:45 a.m.
The Menu:
Chicken Pot Pie
Bacon Infused Green Beans
Garden Salad
Hot Rolls and Butter
Pineapple Dream Dessert
Low Fat, Low Calorie Pineapple Cake
Tea or Water
Couple Traveling Through Sulphur Springs Lost Their Pet, “Tootsie”
Sulphur Springs area residents are asked to be on the lookout for “Tootsie”. A couple traveling I-30 eastbound to Tennessee stopped in Sulphur Springs at the 7-Star Travel Center located on the I-30 South Service Road near State Highway 19. While they were fueling their vehicle, their pet “Tootsie” flew from the auto and is now declared “lost”.
They spent some time looking for the bird but had to stop their search to continue their travel. The bird has developed more orange on it’s belly since the photo was taken.
If you have information on the location of “Tootsie”, please call (325) 642-9465 or (903) 243-3416 . The local number is that of one who has contact with the couple that lost their pet.
Commissioners Close Two Polling Places, Move One
Monday (August 14, 2017) morning during their regular session Hopkins County Commissioners eliminated two polling places. Wesley United Methodist Church as a polling place was closed due to their proximity of other polling locations and the voting place at VFW was closed due to electricity issues at that location. Commissioners also agreed to move the Senior Citizens Center polling place to Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. The move is to assist in crowded conditions due to meals served at the Senior Center during voting hours.
Sheriff Lewis Tatum will spend just under $44,000 to purchase and install a new freezer for jail. The larger freezer is needed to handle all produce from the inmate garden and meat production at the inmate farm.
Lady Cats in McKinney Tuesday Night
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness says one of his goals this year is to play a tougher schedule. He feels that will pay off later this season. The Lady Cats won three and lost three in a Garland tournament Friday and Saturday. The Lady Cats, now 4-4 this season, will play next at McKinney North Tuesday evening.
Coach Maness says he saw a lot of positives. The Lady Cats defeated South Garland and Carrollton Newman Smith and lost to Mesquite Horn. That qualified the Lady Cats for the top championship bracket. They opened play there with a big win over Hallsville. Coach Maness says he is not sure the Lady Cats had ever defeated Hallsville before.
He says on Saturday the Lady Cats lost to a very good Sachse team and also to Wylie. Coach Maness says his team did not play as well Saturday as he wanted them to. Still he says the Lady Cats finished eighth among 28 teams in one of the toughest tournaments in the Metroplex. Coach Maness says he was very pleased with the Lady Cats’ net play and their offense. He singles out Kaylee Jefferson and Autumn Tanton for their play. He says setter Lexie Whisenhunt is getting better.
Wildcat Football First Practice Monday
The Wildcats’ football team has their first practice of the season Monday evening (August 14) from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Multipurpose Building. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says players will be anxious and excited and he adds everyone is ready to get to work.
He says having spring ball makes him less anxious now. Coach Owens says after spring football, coaches know what they have coming back. On the other hand, it’s been a couple of months since the Wildcats completed spring football drills. For that reason, Coach Owens says coaches will start players off back at ground zero. He is counting on good levels of retention of things learned this spring to quickly move things along.
Coach Owens says his coaches have been ready for practice to start for weeks now adding they would like to be playing a game tomorrow. He is counting on players showing up in good shape. Otherwise he says they will find themselves behind players that are in shape.
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Lady Cat Volleyball Gains Experience in Garland Tourney
Playing tough competition in the championship bracket of a Garland tournament Saturday (August 12), the Lady Cats’ volleyball team lost matches to Sachse and Wylie. The Lady Cats lost to Sachse, 25-12, 25-14 and to Wylie, 25-16, 25-16. The Lady Cats ended up winning three matches and losing three matches in the tournament.
One of the wins was a championship bracket victory over district foe Hallsville. The Lady Cats had been 0-15 against the Lady Bobcats during the past 11 years coming into this season. The Lady Cats are now 4-4 for the season. Lady Cats Coach Justin Maness said competition was strong in the championship bracket but he added he wants his team to experience this. He said playing teams like Sachse and Wylie would only make the Lady Cats better.
Coach Maness said the tournament play revealed several things the Lady Cats need to work on and he said they would begin to address those things Monday. On Saturday, Coach Maness said Kaylee Jefferson led the team in kills with 15 while Autumn Tanton added 10. Lexie Whisenhunt had 25 assists. Anden Hammack led the team with 15 digs. This week the Lady Cats play at McKinney North Tuesday (August 15) at 6:30 p.m.
They will compete in a Wills Point tournament this Friday and Saturday (August 18-19).
County Commissioners Begin Assessment, Repair on Flooded Roads
Monday morning Hopkins County Commissioners and crews were surveying each of the roads in their precincts for flooding and water damage. Heavy rains between 8-9-inches fell in the northern sections of the county and the remainder of the county also received heavy rains. Sunday morning, Sulphur Springs Police and the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department were alerting local residents to stay off the streets and county roadways if possible until waters recede from flooding. The National Weather Service also issued a flood warning for the county Sunday morning.
Commissioner Precinct 4 Danny Evans said his precinct had 12-15 roads closed due to flooding and one culvert washed out. The culvert was replaced Sunday afternoon. He said he has had no calls of any roads completely washed out.
Commissioner Precinct 3 Wade Bartley said the roads in his precinct are in pretty good shape. He said a road he built two weeks ago had washed out and his crews were checking other areas that had been inaccessible Sunday.
Commissioner Precinct 2 Mike O’Dell said a couple of roads had washed out but his crews were working on those roads Monday.
Several culverts washed out in Precinct 1, according to Commissioner Mickey Barker. Some of the culverts were newly placed but he said his crews are working on those Monday.
Among roads reported under water Sunday morning:
HWY 19 North of Sulphur Springs
FM 69 North of Fm 1537 and North of I-30
FM 269 South of I-30
FM 2653 North of Brashear
FM 3134 between Hwy 11 West and FM 71
FM 71 West at the County Line
FM 3236 1.5 foot over roadway
FM 900 now underwater
Rains continued Monday morning delaying some work.
Woman Found In Woods With Prohibited Weapon
Shannara Marchell Stevenson, 36, was the subject of a welfare check by Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers in the area of I-30 and CR 3354. The vehicle of located near the 140-mile marker and she was located “in some trees west of the 139-mile marker on the westbound I-30,” according to the report made by the arresting officer.
Stevenson was found with her “bug out bag” and to be nervous and talkative. During their talk, she was found to have a pistol wrapped up in a shirt. The officer asked her about possible drugs and she said she might have some inside her bag. No drugs were found in the bag but a large knife approximately 12-14 inches long was found. She did remove marijuana, less than 2 oz from her clothing and gave it to the officer.
Stevenson, who gave no address, is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Unlawful Carrying Weapon, Prohibited Weapon, and Possession of Marijuana less than 2 oz.
