Dinner Bell Menu For July 12, 2017
Dinner Bell Menu for
July 12th, 2017
The Ten Percent Club
is this week’s wonderful Community Partner.
The Menu:
Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Ham Salad Sandwiches
Pimento Cheese Sandwiches
Zesty Potato Salad
Slang Jang
Fruit Melange
Tea or Water
SSISD Board Approves Resignations/New Personnel Monday Night
Personnel changes approved at the Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board meeting Monday night, July 10, 2017 include:
Resignations
Sonja Bolton Transitional 1st Teacher ECLC
James Cartwright Assistant Principal Middle School
Amy Neal Science Teacher Middle School
Jesus Diaz DeLeon Spanish Teacher/Head Girls Soccer Coach High School
New Personnel
Brandi Brunson Kindergarten Teacher ECLC
Chelsea Holcomb Kindergarten Teacher ECLC
Josephine McNally Kindergarten ESL Teacher ECLC
Laura Kring Grade 2 Teacher Travis
Trevor McClure History Teacher Middle School
Rachel Robinson English Teacher Middle School
Lance Thompson History Teacher Middle School
Martha Bilbrey Math Teacher High School
Madison Millsap English Teacher High School
Mary Kate Wilder English Teacher High School
Cooper ISD Head Start Has Limited Number of Placements Available
Cooper ISD Head Start registration is continuing with a limited number of placements still available. The Cooper ISD Head Start program provides full day educational services to eligible preschool children. Students must be 3 or 4 years of age before September 1, 2017.
For more information please call 903 300 3864 or come by the Head Start office at Cooper Elementary School, 1401 SW 8th Street in Cooper, Texas. The office is open from 8 a.m.- 4:00 pm. daily.
42 is the “National Game of Texas” and Popular in Hopkins County
The popular domino game of 42 originated in the Lone Star State in 1887, and 130 years later, it’s thriving popularity has spread worldwide. Hopkins County, Texas is home to several tournaments. One of these is the George Dorner Memorial 42 Tournament, held since 2014 at the Sulphur Bluff Methodist Church on the second Saturday in July.
Dorner was an active member there and a contributing part of his home community, serving in the Masonic Lodge for 50 years, in Eastern Star for 27 years, on the school board and as a charter member of the volunteer fire department, and as owner/operator of the Sulphur Bluff “Dorner Store” for 28 years. He delighted in the students who attended Sulphur Bluff school and saw many of them grow to success as adults. His family felt that a 42 tournament was a fitting memorial for him.
This year, 18 teams entered the Memorial Tournament. Winners (pictured below) by team: First Place David Caldwell and Jim Potts; Second Place Travis and Patsy Patridge; Third Place Ronny Martin and Joey Martin. Each of the winners received a custom metal trophy or plaque custom created by the Sulphur Bluff FFA Department.
Proceeds from the tourney are used to purchase Bibles to be given to graduating Sulphur Bluff students during the class Baccalaureate Service.
First Place Jim Potts/David Caldwell with Patricia Dorner
Second Place Travis and Patsy Patridge
Third Place Joey Martin and Ronny Martin
A History of 42:
FORTY-TWO (DOMINO GAME). The inauspicious beginning of the domino game 42 occurred in 1887 in the tiny Texas school community of Trapp Spring (now a part of Garner), located in Parker County about forty-five miles west of Fort Worth. Two Trapp Spring boys, William Thomas, age twelve, and Walter Earl, age fourteen, really liked to play cards but were forbidden to do so by the cultural mores of the time. They turned to dominoes, which was not deemed to be sinful. The two boys devised and fine-tuned the rules for a new card game with dominoes called 42. It is a bidding game, with trumps, where two teams of two players each face off against each other in an attempt to win the most points. A standard twenty-eight piece (double-six) domino set is used. The game’s name comes from the fact that forty-two points are available each hand. The first team to accumulate 250 points wins the game.
Thomas and Earl introduced the game to their families, and they taught it to their small community. Thomas delivered fruit from his father’s orchard to nearby Mineral Wells, and he also taught those townspeople to play 42. Later the Thomases and Earls moved to Fannin County in Northeast Texas, again introducing 42 to the locals. The game quickly spread throughout the state, and by 1940 folks were learning and playing 42 in every corner of Texas. Participants heralded 42 as a fun game that promoted good, clean fellowship. During World War II Texas military men even took the game overseas and taught it to their fellow countrymen.
The game of 42 quickly wove itself into the fabric of Texas communities and families and was passed down orally from generation to generation. Only in the 1990s were the rules, strategy, and history of the game finally published in book form, with Winning 42: Strategy & Lore of the National Game of Texas. The book also contains a chapter on famous Texans from all walks of life who grew up playing 42.
More than 120 years later, the game is still quite popular in Texas, where it’s played in homes, churches, and clubs, as well as at impromptu neighborly get-togethers. Weekend 42 tournaments, many associated with local festivals, are held in communities throughout the state during the year. Hallettsville hosts an annual state championship, and the Texas Senior Games crowns 42 champions each year. Enthusiasts have also established websites where players of 42 from all over the state or the world can compete against each other anytime, twenty-four hours a day. The game is still being passed on to the future generations of Texans. On June 17, 2011 the game of 42 was designated the official State Domino Game of Texas.
DeLeon Leaves Lady Cats for Lady Tigers
Lady Cats Soccer Coach Jesus DeLeon has resigned to become the new head coach of the Texas High Lady Tigers. Coach DeLeon submitted a letter of resignation to Athletic Director Greg Owens last Monday, July 3. By the end of the week, Coach DeLeon was notified that his resignation had been accepted by the Sulphur Springs School District.
Coach DeLeon indicated he had been seeking another job to help his wife in her job search. She recently lost a position at a Sulphur Springs company and has some job prospects in Texarkana. Coach DeLeon will be replacing one of his friends in the coaching profession, Dustin Holly. Coach Holly is leaving Texas High for a head coaching job at Wichita Falls Rider. Coach DeLeon and Coach Holly coached against each other years ago in Wichita Falls.
Coach DeLeon was Lady Cats Soccer Coach for eight years making the playoffs all but one season. The Lady Cats greatest success under Coach DeLeon occurred during the 2016 season. The Lady Cats advanced to the third round of the playoffs with victories over Whitehouse in bi-districtand Waxahachie in area. The Lady Cats lost out in a close third round match to Mansfield Legacy. Before coaching at Sulphur Springs, Coach DeLeon had coaching stops at Houston , Corsicana, Wichita Falls and Round Rock.
soccer ball net
Senior Ice Cream Freeze Off: July 13th
Below is all of the YUMMY flavors of Ice Cream that you will be able to sample on Thursday, July 13th at 2:00 at the Senior Citizens Center.
“Veterans Voices”, a Popular KSST Program
Local attorney Tommy Allison is the host of the weekly Veteran’s Voices program, heard live on KSST each Monday morning at 8:10 am. Listeners to ksstradio.com also catch the program streaming and find it to be entertaining and helpful.
Tommy Allison, host of KSST’s Veterans Voices program
According to Tommy, he spends part of each week researching sources of news of interest to Veterans. Sources include American Legion and VFW magazines, bulletins from military branches, clippings that listeners send to him and articles that he has notices in local publications. News topics during the program may include Veterans benefits, pending legislation, career opportunities in the branches of service and interesting military history. Listeners frequently contact Tommy regarding articles he has mentioned. When he gets inquiries from Texas Veterans, he refers these callers to the Bonham VA facility, the Regional VA offices in Waco, or Veterans Land Board in Austin, as well as attorneys and other professionals that help Veterans at no charge to them. Routinely, he refers callers to Hopkins County Veterans Service Officer Danny Davis as a good source of information and assistance.
Frequently, the Veterans Voices program will include updates on the Veterans Memorial located in downtown Sulphur Springs. The Memorial, which includes ___ walls with names of service members inscribed, an eternal flame, a water feature, a kiosk area, service flags, soldier statues, lighting and seating, is now five years old. It was dedicated on July 4, 2012, but is an ongoing memorial as names of servicemen and women can still be added to the walls. Tommy was on the committee that created the Memorial. A former Marine, he is also a charter member of the US Marine Corps League, a service organization that was founded in Sulphur Springs about seven years ago. When Tommy started the Veteran Voices radio program a few years ago, he found local businesses that were eager to support his efforts. Today, West Oaks Funeral Home, Northeast Texas Janitorial Supply and Circle E Western Store sponsor the program and extend continued support of the weekly Veterans program.
Aggravated Assault Charges Filed
When Hopkins County Deputies arrived at the location of a disturbance at a residence on State Highway 11E, they were told by the resident that Jonathan Ray Weems, 37, of Winnsboro had brandished a knife and stated he was going to kill them. The complainant also stated that Weems had vandalized the inside of their residence.
The arresting officer also noted that it was his belief Weems was under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of the arrest.
Weems is in Hopkins County Jail charged with three counts of Felony 2 Aggravated Assault Date/Family/House with a Weapon. He is being held on $50,000 bond for each count.
Stolen Firearm Found During Disturbance Call
Sulphur Springs Police responded to a disturbance in the 200 block of Locust Street Saturday evening around 8:30 p.m. There they found Meldrick Dewayne Roland, 26 of Sulphur Springs in close proximity to a Chevy 2500 Pickup. He admitted that he was the last person in the vehicle and the one who drove the pickup to the location. In the vehicle was a firearm laying in plain view with the window down. A check on the firearm showed it to be stolen.
Roland is in Hopkins County jail charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, a Felony 3 and Theft of a Firearm, a State Jail Felony. He is being held on a total of $30,000 in bonds.
Felon in Possession of Firearm Arrest Made by Cumby Police
Sunday evening, Cumby Police stopped a 2002 Jeep Cherokee at the 113-mile marker for having a broken tail light . The smell of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle created the need for a probable cause search inside the vehicle. A stolen Ruger 9MM semi-automatic pistol was found underneath the back passenger seat.
The firearm had been stolen out of Sherman, Texas according to a records check. Also found in the vehicle were three unknown pills inside a clear plastic bag.
Xavious Amad Taylor, 21 of Dallas was arrest for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, a Felony 3, and is in Hopkins County jail held on a $20,000 bond.
