Chamber Connection March 2, 2017
It’s time for the Spring Fever Bike Rally!!! Saturday, March 11th is the date for the Spring Fever Bike Rally. Hopkins County will be expecting 500-600 cyclists who will ride in either a 10 mile, 25 mile, 38 mile, or 58 mile ride. Matt Dunn will be providing entertainment on Celebration Plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., so either sign up to ride in the rally, or come out and cheer on these athletes!! It’s an entertaining day in Hopkins County! For additional information, visit our NEW website www.hopkinschamber.org!
SS Public Library presents Why Do I Need a Will on Thursday, March 2nd from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The Sulphur Springs Public Library is offering a class called Why Do I Need a Will by local lawyer Joel Sheffield on Thursday, March 2nd from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Library, 611 North Davis Street. Attend this class hear discussion about wills, probates, power of attorney, and relationships affecting wills such as children, step children, and exes. The class is free to the public, and refreshments will be served. Each attendee will have a chance to win a Family 4 Pack of Tickets to the 2017 Season of the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. For more information call the Library at (903) 885-4926 or visit the website at www.sslibrary.org
Plain & Fancy will host their 20 Year Anniversary Ribbon Cutting on Friday, March 3rd
Plain and Fancy will host their 20 Year Ribbon Cutting Celebration and Open House on Friday, March 3rd from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. They will offer a free dessert bar that night! Come by and celebrate 20 years of success with Plain & Fancy!
Lil’ 4’s Club will host their Ribbon Cutting Celebration on Saturday, March 4th at noon
Lil’s 4’s Club, a tutoring and mentoring company in Sulphur Springs, will host their ribbon cutting and grand opening on Saturday, March 4th, at noon. They are located at 200 Fuller Street in Sulphur Springs. Please join us to learn about this new business and enjoy fellowship and refreshments.
Building 429, Josh Wilson, and Chris August are coming to Sulphur Springs, Friday, March 3rd
Building 429, Josh Wilson, and Chris August are coming to Sulphur Springs for their “Worship in the Round Tour” Presented by The Way Radio Group, and 99.7 & 100.9 The Way on Friday, March 3rd, at 7p.m. in the SSHS Auditorium. Tickets are available at my997theway.com and at The Way Radio Station at 616 N. Hillcrest Drive in Sulphur Springs. VIP, General Admission, as well as discounted Youth Group tickets are available! For more info call (903)885-7639.
| 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 March 23rd 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. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is offering Parenting Connections Classes Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is offering “Parenting Connections”, a 4-lesson series on Child Growth & Development, Parent-Child Communication, Positive Discipline, and Developing Your Child’s Self-Esteem. The series (2 lessons per session) will be held on Thursday, March 23 and Thursday, March 30, 6:00 p.m., at the Hopkins County Extension Office, 1200-B W. Houston, Sulphur Springs. Please call 903-885-3443 to enroll. |
Wesley United Methodist Church will host Free AARP Tax Aid on Saturdays until April 8th
Wesley United Methodist Church will host free AARP Tax Aide starting this Saturday, February 4th, from 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. They will complete your taxes for free every Saturday and Tuesday until April 8th. Each tax preparation day will last from 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church is located at 614 Texas Street in Sulphur Springs.
Hopkins County Fall Festival is Hosting the Circus!
The Hopkins County Fall Festival is hosting the Kelly Miller Circus on Tuesday, March 21st at 4:30pm and 7:30pm, and Wednesday, March 22nd, at 7:30pm. The Big Top performances will be on the Civic Center grounds. Tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce!
Welcome to the Chamber!
Welcome to our newest members of the Chamber of Commerce! Brittany Square Apartments and Lil’ 4’s Club, we are thankful to have you!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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
Meal A Day Menu for March 6th-10th
PJC-Sulphur Springs Announces Continuing Ed Classes
Classes in health care and Microsoft Word are available this month from the Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center’s Continuing Education Department.
The Nurse Aide Skills Refresher class is for any student wanting to refresh their Nurse Aide skills prior to their certification test. Students must register 48 hours in advance. The class is offered Wednesday, March 8, from 5 to 9 p.m.
A Nurse Aide class will be offered from 5-9 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays from March 20 to April 12. The clinical portion of the class will meet Mondays through Thursdays, April 17-May 2, also from 5 to 9 p.m. The class offers preparation for entry level nursing assistants.
Medication Aide Update will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 24. The course fulfills Texas Department of Health specifications on annual renewal requirement. Med Aides should take this course one month before their certification card expires.
Another health care class, Phlebotomy, Basic & Clinical, will provide technical and clinical training to prepare students for work as a phlebotomist in hospitals, physician offices, group practices, independent laboratories, health maintenance organizations and public facilities. The class is offered from 6 to 9 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, March 20-June 12.
Microsoft Word Level 1 covers creating, saving and opening documents; editing documents; cut/copy/paste and find/replace; formatting text and paragraphs; formatting documents; and creating and formatting tables. The class meets Friday, March 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For information or to register, call 903-885-1232.
Two Big Cattle Sales Set for March
The Sulphur Springs Livestock and Dairy Auction will host two big cattle sales events in March.
The first will take place Monday, March 6, when a special stocker cow consignment sale will be held during the regular Monday Stocker Sale. This special offering will include more than 250 head of calves, heifers, mixed breed cows and bulls, and will sell at 3:30 p.m. Included in the sale will be 80 young cows, mostly Black Angus. Forty will have calves by their side. There will also be 12 virgin Black Angus bulls, 10-12 months old — all tested and fertile.
“This will be a good addition to our regular sale and will offer some very nice cattle,” said co-owner David Fowlers. The regular sale begins on Monday at 12:30 p.m.
The second March event at the Auction Market will be the NETBIO Pre-conditioned Calf and Yearling Sale on Wednesday, March 15. The consignment book has already been closed on this sale that features more than 8,000 head of cattle that have been through the NETBIO pre-conditioning and weaning program.
This sale will be broadcast on the Internet and the Sulphur Springs Livestock Auction will be accepting bids at LMA Auctions.com. Internet buyers should register in advance in order to bid.
DEMAND GOOD
Buyers and sellers filled the house at the NETBIO Pre-conditioned Calf and Yearling Sale Wednesday held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Auction. Tommy Long and Ron Stanley (l-r front) were among the crowd where bidding was active and 7,716 head of cattle were sold.
Ten Wildcat Powerlifters Qualify for Regional
Ten Wildcats’ powerlifters have qualified for Saturday’s regional meet in Lindale.
The qualifiers are Alex Rodriguez and Oscar Yanez in the 114 pound weight class, Cason Goodson in the 132 pound weight class, freshman George Greenway V in the 148 pound weight class, Carson Bridges in the 165 pound weight class, Cor’Tavius Pruitt, Vincent Morales and Isaiah Neal in the 181 pound weight class, D’idrec Dugan in the 220 pound weight class and Ian Blanch in the 275 pound weight class.
Wildcats Powerlifting Coach Casey Jeter said he was proud of his guys and he was also happy to top the nine lifters that qualified last year for then Powerlifting Coach Jeremy Offutt. Coach Jeter said his lifters would have a weigh-in Friday at Lindale. The regional meet gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday. The top 2 lifters in each weight class will qualify for the state meet. Each class also has an automatic qualifying weight total. Coach Jeter said 5 of his lifters are in the top five in the region. He added all ten of his lifters are capable of earning points.
Coach Jeter said the four top teams in the region are Waxahachie, Huntsville, Hallsville and Sulphur Springs.
Library Hosts Will Presentation Thursday
The Sulphur Springs Public Library and local attorney Joel Sheffield present “Why do I need a Will?” on Thursday, March 2, 6-8pm. Refreshments will be served and the drawing for a family pack of tickets to Scarborough Fair will be held after the program.
Writing a will isn’t the most pleasant of tasks. After all, by doing so you’re not only acknowledging your own inevitable demise but actively planning for it. That might explain why so many adults avoid this cornerstone of estate planning. According to an AARP survey, 2 out of 5 Americans over the age of 45 don’t have a will.
But creating a will is one of the most critical things you can do for your loved ones. Putting your wishes on paper helps your heirs avoid unnecessary hassles, and you gain the peace of mind knowing that a life’s worth of possessions will end up in the right hands.
“A will is an important way you can stay in control over who gets what of your property,” says Sally Hurme, an attorney with AARP, “and by planning in advance you can also save your family time and money.” – 10 Things You Should Know about Writing a Will, AARP magazine, by Brett Widness, Updated May 2012.
A & M-Commerce Celebrates Centennial March 10
By Scott Cason and Mary Grace Rodriguez
COMMERCE, TX—On March 10, Texas A&M University-Commerce will celebrate its centennial as a public institution of higher education. The small, private college originally known as East Texas Normal College began as a privately funded teacher’s college in Cooper, Texas. Through the visionary efforts of founder William Leonidas Mayo, the college’s appeal to become a state institution was granted by the state legislature in the spring of 1917. Professor Mayo’s long-held dream of making a college education an affordable reality for Texans was realized, but Mayo did not live to learn of his triumph. The telegram announcing the good news arrived minutes after Mayo’s passing.
We will honor our 100 years of history as Lions with a number of events designed to celebrate our institution’s history and how we are going to make our next 100 years even more inspiring. Please join us at 9:30 a.m. on the lawn of Heritage House for a morning rich with new music, fun and an exciting look at where our great university has been and what the future holds for our next century as Lions.
Our Century as Lions schedule of events
8:30 a.m.: Welcome Reception on Heritage House lawn, coffee and continental breakfast
9:30 a.m.: Celebration opening, original fanfare performed by the Student Brass Ensemble to celebrate our 100 years as Lions;
Welcome and introduction by President Ray Keck;
Presentations and proclamation by Sen. Bob Hall and Rep. Dan Flynn;
Proclamation by Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Joe Straus, read by Noah Nelson;
Guest Speakers: Student Body President Will Horton and Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp;
Our Century as Lions retrospective by President Emeritus Dr. Keith McFarland;
Connecting with our Century as Lions and a look forward, Vice President for Media Relations and Community Engagement, Noah Nelson;
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Fight Song performed by the Student Brass Ensemble
10 a.m.: Procession along walking mall to Groundbreaking at Gee Lake, self-guided tour of the Our Century as Lions light pole banners
11 a.m.: Nursing & Health Sciences Building Groundbreaking, Gee Lake at University Drive:
Connecting our past and our future, Commerce Mayor Wyman Williams;
Looking forward to our next 100 years, President Ray Keck;
Remarks delivered by Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp, Rep. Dan Flynn and Sen. Bob Hall;
Perspectives on the New Nursing and Health Sciences Building, with a timeline given by Alicia Currin: Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith, Health and Human Performance; Dr. Barbara Tucker, Nursing; Dr. Larry Lemanski, Biological Institute for Regenerative Research;
The memorial garden project, Vincent Phillips, class of 2016;
Alma Mater performed by Brass Choir and Chorale;
Closing remarks by Noah Nelson.
Winnsboro Police Report February 20-26, 2017
Winnsboro Police made three arrests, responded to 132 calls for service, and issued 23 citations and 32 warnings during the February 20-26, 2017 report period.
Sarah Harless, 34, of Roswell, New Mexico was arrested February 26 for Public Intoxication.
Kendrick Craddock, 40, of Mt Pleasant was arrested February 26 for Possession of Marijuana less than 2 oz.
Dwayen Gerloff, 33, of Mt Vernon was arrested February 26 for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram.
There were no accidents reported during the period.
Homeless Man Fires Weapon Near School
Gunshots fired in the vicinity of Douglas Intermediate School Tuesday resulted in a soft lockdown of the school and Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies seeking the individual who fired the weapon. Police responded to a call that identified the individual as a male “…wearing a white T-shirt and black beanie running down Putman Street.”
SSPD Sgt. Matt Glenn found the man on Jennings Street. In his possession were ammunition and a magazine to a firearm. The handgun was later found lying on the ground in close proximity to where the man was detained. A witness told Sgt. Glenn that the man had discharged several rounds in the direction of houses as well as people.
Jeremy Blake Mosely, 31, a homeless man in Sulphur Springs was arrested for Deadly Conduct and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. He is in Hopkins County jail being held on a total of $45,000 in bonds.
