Local Sports Camps Preview: Baseball, Softball June 6-9
There will be two Sulphur Springs ISD youth sports camps coming up next week.
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack will be offering his Baseball Hitting Camp next Tuesday through Thursday in the Multipurpose Building. There will be baseball camp for students entering first through the third grades from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. each day. Then there will be camp for those entering the fourth through the ninth grades running each day from 10:30 a.m. until noon.
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo is offering his Softball Camp next Tuesday through Thursday in the Multipurpose Building in the afternoon each day. One softball camp, for students entering second through the fifth grades, will take place each camp day from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Another softball camp, for students entering the sixth through the ninth grades, runs from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. each camp day
Cost of baseball and softball camps is $50 per child. There should be sign up brochures for each sport on the SSISD web site. Kids may also be registered on camp day at the camp site. The coach of the camp may also be contacted for registration information.
Camps will also be available this summer for girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, volleyball, boys basketball, football and tennis.
Alliance Bank’s 90th Anniversary
On June 13, 1927, then Sulphur Springs State Bank was chartered by two of the largest shareholders of First State Bank which had been closed for insolvency. The original Sulphur Springs State Bank opened at the Southeast corner of Main and Gilmer streets with Jim Lindley as President and Charles Ashcroft as Vice President. The first year the bank turned a profit and paid a dividend, a trend that has been sustained for 90 years.
In 1933 a fire at the original location facilitated the move of the bank to its current location on the North side of Celebration Plaza. In 1937, when the Carnation Milk Plant opened and began buying grade A milk, the bank executives recognized the potential impact that the dairy industry could have on Hopkins County. To encourage cotton farmers to convert some land to pasture, the bank made attractive loans on dairy cows to anyone contracted to sell to Carnation. This started a very strong relationship between the bank and the dairy industry that remains to this day.
Sulphur Springs State Bank began serving Greenville and Hunt County in July of 1990. It expanded into Wolfe City and Commerce in August of 1993. In February 1996, the bank purchased Colonial Bank of Greenville and now has 2 branches serving that community. In October of 1996, Sulphur Springs State Bank 
officially changed its name to Alliance Bank, as it began expanding its footprint outside of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. Alliance Bank completed construction of its branch in North Rockwall and a Loan Production Office (LPO) in Mckinney, Texas in January 2016. Additionally, the bank owns and operates Galyean Insurance Agency and Alliance Bank’s brokerage company-Alliance Bank Financial Services.
KSST sat down with Linda Galligher, Senior Vice President of Alliance Bank and employee of 15 years, to talk about the 90th Anniversary. “It’ll be really fun! We’ll be celebrating the whole month of June with various events put on by the marketing team that will last until the independence day celebration, and we’re already looking forward to our 100th year celebration.”
Tune in on June 21st to KSST’s Morning Show with Enola Gay, and special guest Tom Sellers to find out more about all of the exciting events planned.
Presidents throughout Alliance Bank’s history:
J.C. Lindley 1927-1943
Charles F. Ashcroft 1943-1946
George S. Prim 1946-1963
L.F. Bridges Jr. 1963-1978
W. Gerald Prim 1978-1984
L.F. Bridges III* 1984-1996
B.J. Williams 1996-1999
Thomas C. Sellers* 1999-present
*Denotes President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Community Calendar June 1-5, 2017
Kindergarten Registration for SSISD is open online through Friday June 2 via Skyward Family Access. For more information, go to ssisd.net. Registration is now open for all grade levels for the coming school year at ssisd.net.
There are a few slots available for the Genealogy Detective children’s workshop on June 10. Contact the Hopkins County Genealogical Society at 903-885-8523.
You can enter your homemade ice cream recipe now, for the Texas State Championship Homemade Ice Cream Freeze-off coming up on Saturday June 10. There is no entry fee, and it’s open for youth to adult contestants. Contact the Chamber of Commerce at 903-885-6515 or hopkinschamber.org. If you just want to eat homemade ice cream, them come to the contest at 5:30pm on Shannon Oaks front lawn. Cost is $3 person, all-you-can-eat.
There’s going to be a Fish Fry at Posey Baptist Church on Saturday June 3 at 5pm. Cost is donation for all-you-can-eat.
Brashear Cemetery Association annual meeting is Saturday June 3 at 10:30am at the Brashear Baptist Church Family Life Center. A meeting will be held at 11am with covered dish to follow.
The Long Cemetery Association annual meeting is Saturday June 3 at 11am at the Long Cemetery. They will honor the 150th anniversary of the cemetery followed by a covered dish lunch.
Caney Church and Cemetery at the Pickton Memorial Day is Sunday June 4 at 10:30am with special music and covered dish lunch.
Aiguier Cemetery Association memorial and homecoming is Sunday June 4 on the cemetery grounds, with a pot luck meal at noon followed by business meeting.
Second Arrest in Three Days; This Time in DFZ
Skye Lynn Hargett, 26, returned to Hopkins County Jail early Thursday morning after one day away. Hargett had been arrested Tuesday, May 30th, along with another woman for possession of methamphetamine less than one gram. Her Thursday, June 1, 2017, arrest was for the same amount of meth but this time in a drug free zone and this time, she was with Michael Wade Mauldin, 39.
Thursday morning between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. a Hopkins County Deputy noted a 1995 Ford F-150 parked at the Pickton Post Office. The deputy recognized the driver, Mauldin, as one who had a record for narcotics use. The deputy asked consent to search but was denied consent. He then called for a K-9 and the K-9 made a positive alert on the vehicle. Inside the vehicle was a plastic bag containing suspected methamphetamine. Mauldin denied ownership as did Hargett.
Both Hargett and Mauldin were arrested. Mauldin is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram in a Drug Free Zone and is being held on a $10,000 bond. Hargett was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram in a Drug Free Zone and with the previous charge for which she had been bonded out of jail, she how is being held on a $30,000 bond.
A Chat with 2017 Dairy Festival Board President
For the 2017 Dairy Festival, Carolyn McKinney is wearing two hats…at least! She is the President of the Dairy Festival Board of Directors and she is the Director of Administration of the Southwest Dairy Museum, which is a top sponsor of the Dairy Festival. In fact, she invites you to the Southwest Dairy Museum during the week of June 12-17 for a free junior size ice cream cone, served from 11am-4pm to museum visitors.
In her KSST Morning Show interview with Enola Gay on June 1, Carolyn expressed her appreciation to the other board members for their dedication and hard work year after year and festival after festival. This being the 58th annual Dairy Festival, Carolyn gave a grateful nod to board member Lynda Hager who has served in almost every capacity for over 50 years! All the committee members are ready for a great 2017 Festival, and they invite you to “Opening Ceremonies” on Celebration Plaza at 12 noon Friday June 9.
Dairy Festival is a celebration of the dairy industry and the bounty it has brought to Hopkins County. This year’s Grand Marshals will be Joe Don Pogue and David Fowler. Parade Marshals will be the Bobby McDonald family. In fact, the annual Milking Contest has been renamed the Bobby McDonald Milking Contest in honor of his years of assistance. Early on, Bobby supplied cows from his herd for the contestants to milk, and in later years continued to promote this unique element of the Festival. Be sure and attend the Milking Contest at 4pm on Saturday June 10 under the shade trees on the Civic Center grounds. Contestants will include Queen hopefuls and their parents as well as hot air balloon pilots and their families.
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce CEO Lezley Brown took the theme “It’s Your Moo-ve” to heart and announced a move in time and location for the Texas State Championship Homemade Ice Cream Freeze-off. It will be held on the front lawn of Shannon Oaks Church starting at 5:30pm on Saturday June 10. All-you-can-eat homemade ice cream will be served until it’s all gone at a cost of $3 per person. If you think you’re a pretty good homemade ice cream “cook”, enter the contest and compete for prizes and title. It’s easy and it’s free! Just contact the Chamber at 903-885-1661 or visit at 300 Connally Street. Complete rules and categories are posted at hopkinschamber.org.
Following the Ice Cream contest, stay for the Balloon Rally and Glow from 6-9pm and the 5K Milk Run at 7pm at Shannon Oaks Church on East I-30. There will be a final Rally and Glow on Saturday June 10 at Shannon Oaks, 6-9pm.
A Dairy Festival Carnival will be set up at the Civic Center June 7-10 as the very first activity of this year’s festival.
During all this activity, watch for the Dairy Festival Queen Contestants who will be out meeting people and selling tickets to the Pageant set for June 17 in the SSHS Auditorium of the Civic Center at 7pm.
Brookshire’s Donation Supports the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum
As Brookshire’s Grocery carts travel at the Children’s Museum, the “Customer in Training” sign can be seen just above the heads of the young customers. Since 2009, the Brookshire’s Grocery area has been one of the most popular areas in the Children’s Museum. Their continuing support goes toward supporting this exhibit. “As the items are constantly purchased and then restocked, many of the empty containers need to be replaced with Brookshire’s Grocery items, “said Sharline Freeman, Executive Director of the Children’s Museum.
Brookshire’s Grocery has included signage to add to the authenticity of the area. Dennis Anderson of Kartridge Korner added a “beep” for scanning each item. Each new addition has resulted in the increased popularity of the area. Young shoppers sometimes clear the shelves in their enthusiasm to scan and purchase the items.
As the number of visitors has increased each year at the Children’s Museum, the Brookshire’s Grocery area has had additional “Customer in Training” young shoppers. “This has been a great partnership. Our annual Easter Egg Hunt is sponsored by Brookshire’s Grocery. We appreciate their continuing support.”, said Donna Tavener, President of the Board of Directors of the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum.
Broc Hohenberger, Manager of Commerce Brookshire’s, presents the Brookshire’s donation to Sharline Freeman, Executive Director of the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum. The donation of Brookshire’s supports the very popular Brookshire’s Grocery in the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum.
For additional information, contact:
Sharline Freeman, Executive Director
Northeast Texas Children’s Museum
NW Corner Culver and Highway 50
Commerce, Texas 75428
Telephone: (903) 886-6055 or (903) 456-4789
Email: [email protected]
Warrants Served on Trahan
Hopkins County deputies were sent to the Ferrari Inn to serve an active Hopkins County warrant for the arrest of Ritchie Adam Trahan, 49. During the arrest procedure, deputies found two smoking pipes, one of which had residue of methamphetamine.
Trahan was wanted for Violation of Probation for Impersonate Public Servant and for Violation of Probation for Manufacture Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram in a drug free zone.
Last year, while living in Como, Trahan confessed to Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sergeant Lenwood “Bo” Fox that he had representing himself as Detective Fox to his niece via Facebook. Trahan impersonated Fox and used the detective’s authority as an officer to induce his niece to not make accusations against him.
Trahan is now in Hopkins County jail being held without bond for the two probation violations and for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Chamber Connection June 1, 2017
BIG NEWS for the Ice Cream Freeze-off!! I have a big announcement regarding the 16th Annual Ice Cream Freeze-off! We have changed the time and location. The Ice Cream Freeze-off will still be held on Saturday, June 10th, but the time has moved to 5:30 p.m. and the location has moved to Shannon Oaks front lawn. Come enjoy all-you-can-eat ice cream for $3.00 (while it lasts), then watch the hot air balloons take flight at 6 p.m. all in the same place! We can’t wait to see you there! We still have category space available for people to make and enter their homemade ice cream. If you are even barely considering it, just go for it! There is no entry fee!!! Call the Chamber for more information, (903) 885-6515, or visit our website at www.hopkinschamber.org. We all scream for ice cream!
Texas Heritage Bank is hosting an open House on Thursday, June 1st from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Texas Heritage Bank is hosting an Open House on Thursday, June 1st from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Make sure and stop by for good food, prizes, giveaways, and an authentic chuckwagon. Food includes Dutch Oven brisket, chips, drinks, and Dutch Oven cobbler. Yum!!! Texas Heritage Bank is located at 215 N. Hillcrest in Sulphur Springs. See you there!
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is offering Cooking with Chef Cruz on Tuesday, June 6th at 6 p.m.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is sponsoring “Dinner Tonight -Cooking with Chef Cruz” on Tuesday, June 6, at the Hidden Lakes Hunting Lodge in Yantis, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Chef Cruz Minjarez will demonstrate recipes using red stag, buffalo, duck, and quail. Family & Consumer Sciences Extension agents will share recipes for side dishes as well as information on food safety and storage of wild game. Early registration by May 12 is $20. After May 12, registration is $25. The first 20 to register will have the opportunity to serve on the tasting panel. Registration information is found at http://hopkins.agrilife.org, or you may contact the Extension office at 903-885-3443.
The Root’s of Hero’s Restaurant will host their Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting on Tuesday, June 6th
The Root’s of Hero’s Restaurant will host their Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Celebration on Tuesday, June 6th at 8:30 a.m. The Root’s of Hero’s is located inside The VF Outlet Mall on Bill Bradford Road in Sulphur Springs, Suite 111. Come on by and sample their menu and welcome this restaurant to Hopkins County.
Camp Brave Heart will be held June 8th and 9th at First United Methodist Church
Cypress Basin Hospice’s Camp Brave Heart will be held June 8th and 9th at First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. each day. This is a free, children’s grief camp that is offered to our community. They are looking for children ages 6-12 that would benefit from this camp as well as community volunteers that would like to help with camp activities. Questions about the camp should be directed to Shiles Hubbell at (903) 577-1510, and questions about volunteering should be directed to Niki Haynes (903) 577-1510
Opening Ceremonies Ribbon Cutting for the Dairy Festival is scheduled for Friday, June 9th at noon
The Dairy Festival officially kicks off with a ribbon cutting celebration on Friday, June 9th at noon on Celebration Plaza. Make plans to be there and celebrate the start of the Dairy Festival!
5K Milk Run is scheduled for Friday, June 9th
It is time for the 59th annual Hopkins County Dairy Festival’s Balloon Rally and 5k Milk Run! This year’s chip timed race will be held on Friday evening, June 9 at 7:00pm. Imagine running down a country road, on a beautiful summer evening in Hopkins County, beneath a sky filled with colorful balloons. This unique family event features an out and back course that begins and ends at the balloon glow and launch area! Stick around after the race and enjoy the amazing sights and sounds of brilliantly colored balloons and live entertainment from the main stage. All runners 18 years and older will have their bib numbers entered in a drawing for a ride in a hot air balloon on Saturday, June 10th. All winners will be announced on Friday night after the run. Register today at: www.hopkinscountydairyfestival.com.
Here is the schedule for the Dairy Festival events:
Friday, June 9, 2017
Hot Air Balloon Media Flight
6:00 AM—9:00 AM (Weather Permitting)
Shannon Oaks Church
Opening Ceremonies
Ribbon Cutting
12:00 Noon
Celebration Plaza
Hot Air Balloon Rally and Flight
6:00 PM—9:00 PM (Weather Permitting)
Shannon Oaks Church
5K Milk Run
7:00 PM
Shannon Oaks Church
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Hot Air Balloon Rally and Flight
6:30 AM—7:30 AM (Weather Permitting)
Shannon Oaks Church
Dairy Festival Parade
10:00 AM
Buford Park (Parade Participants Arrive By 9:00 AM)
Parade Route (Leave Buford Park. Connally Street to Downtown.
Downtown to Gilmer Street. Parade Ends at Gilmer & Lee Street.
Junior Dairy Show
10:00 AM
Hopkins County Civic Center Arena
Milking Contest (Dairy Festival Queen Contestants, Parents & Balloon Pilots)
3:00 PM
Hopkins County Civic Center Arena
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Ice Cream Freeze Off
5:30 PM
Shannon Oaks Front Lawn
Hot Air Balloon Rally and Flight
6:00 PM—9:00 PM (Weather Permitting)
Shannon Oaks Church
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Hopkins County Dairy Festival Coronation Pageant
7:00 PM
Civic Center Auditorium
Sulphur Springs Public Library presents their Summer Reading Program for June and July
The Sulphur Springs Library is hosting a summer reading program called Knights and Princesses Summer Reading Program 2017. Every Tuesday at 3 p.m., they offer multiplayer Minecraft. Storytime with Medieval Times will be held Wednesday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m., and the Summer Reading Program Kickoff and Registration will be held on Thursday, June 8, at 6 p.m.
Hunt County Regional is offering March Mobile Mammography Coach in Sulphur Springs
Hunt County Regional Hospital is offering the Tubby Adkisson Memorial Mobile Mammography Coach on June 22nd in the Spring Village Shopping Center in Sulphur Springs. All insurances accepted at Hunt Regional are also accepted for the Mobile Mammography Coach, including Medicare and Medicaid. They can also help with payment resources for uninsured/income-eligible women or those who choose to pay cash. For help with payment resources please call The Bridge Breast Network at (214) 821-3820 x 21.To schedule individual screening mammograms, please call (903) 408-5010. Appointments and pre-registration are requested.
Lezley Brown
President/CEO
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce
300 Connally Street
Sulphur Springs, TX 75482
903-885-6515-office
903-885-6516-fax
www.sulphursprings-tx.com
