Frost Warning for Hopkins County
With temperatures falling at or below 32-degree between 1 AM and 10 AM Sunday morning, a frost warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for Hopkins County and parts of North and Central Texas. Residents in the warning area are encourged to protect vegetation that may be killed or harmed by frost.
Phone Outage at Memorial Hospital Should be Resolved Saturday Afternoon
An unexpected electrical event at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital created an outage for phone service there Saturday, March 19th. The problem is expected to the resolved Saturday afternoon after 1 p.m. according to a hospital spokesperson.
Wildcats Earn Playoff Spot with Overtime Win
The Wildcats’ soccer team grabbed a playoff spot with a winner take all victory over Hallsville, 2-1 in overtime Friday night. After falling behind 1-0 in the first half, the Wildcats answered to tie the game. Tanner Ramirez scored his second goal in two games to even the score. The score remained tied after regulation. During the first overtime period, the Wildcats got a second goal as Gerardo Arellano scored for the Wildcats. The Wildcats defense made it stand up. The Wildcats wound up in third place in the district standings. They will play Lufkin in a bi-district match. Details still have to be ironed out.
Senior Night Prepares Lady Cats Soccer For Playoffs
In what amounted to a warm up game for the soccer playoffs next week, the Hallsville Lady Bobcats defeated the Lady Cats, 3-1 at a chilly Gerald Prim Stadium Friday night. Faith Singleton scored the lone Lady Cats goal after an assist from Mileena Zirretta with just 3:01 left in the contest.
The Lady Cats ended up in third place in the district race. They will face Whitehouse in a bi-district playoff match at the end of next week. Details are still being firmed up. The Lady Cats compiled a district record of 8-5-1 and a season mark of 17-6-1.
Wildcats Defeat Mt Pleasant 12-2
The Wildcats’ baseball team evened their district record at 1-1 with an impressive 12-2 win over Mt. Pleasant Friday night at Eagle Stadium. The game was called after four and a half innings due to the ten run rule. The Wildcats had two six-run innings.
In the second, Mason Buck singled and then he scored on an Easton Silman single. Ryder Caddell walked, Michael Arnold had a bunt single, Ryan Humphries walked, Cole Cooper drove home two runs with a single. Triston McCormack got on on an error and Heston Golightly plated a run with a sacrifice fly.
In the third, Silman walked, Caddell singled, Arnold walked, Humphries singled driving in two runs, Cooper singled, McCormack drove home a run with a sacrifice fly, Buck singled and Silman was hit by a pitch.
Ryan Humphries got the pitching win allowing only 2 runs.
The Wildcats will play in Greenville next Tuesday night at 7 p.m. The Wildcats season record is 4-6-1.
Heart Breaker for Lady Cats in 5-4 Loss to Lady Tigers
The Lady Cats’ softball team lost a heart breaker at Mt. Pleasant Friday night. The Lady Tigers edged the Lady Cats, 5-4. The loss dropped the Lady Cats district record to 3-1. Their season record is now 19-3.
The Lady Cats will play Greenville at Lady Cat Park next Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Atmos Energy to Perform Routine Maintenance/Flare in Hopkins County
GREENVILLE, Texas (March 20, 2016) – Atmos Energy crews and contractors will oversee a controlled natural gas flaring Tuesday – Thursday, March 22 – 24, and possibly again on Monday, March 28, 2016. Flaring will begin at approximately 7 a.m. each day and may continue eight to twelve hours. The flare location is on Hopkins County Road 2319 just east of FM 1870. The company will be working on a a section of natural gas pipeline in the area as part of normal, routine maintenance operations.
“Flaring” is a standard industry practice to safely burn natural gas that must be removed from a specific section of pipeline so employees can work on the pipe. People in the area will notice a large, controlled flame and moderate noise during this process. Atmos Energy employees will be on site to monitor the process as natural gas is vented into the atmosphere.
The Hopkins County Fire Department, Sheriff’s Department, Volunteer Fire Departments in the area, 911 operators and county and city officials are being advised of the flaring prior to the work beginning on March 22.
Rain in Forecast Prompts Game Time Change
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said Friday morning his varsity only will play at Mt. Pleasant at 5 p.m. this evening if the Mt. Pleasant field does not get any more rain this afternoon. If the field in Mt. Pleasant does gets more rain, the varsity only contest could be played in Mt. Pleasant on Monday at 5 p.m.
All other scheduled SSHS Wildcats and Lady Cats games remain at scheduled times.
Tira News
By Jan Vaughn
Floyd and Martha Payton visited Point First Baptist Church on Sunday. Martha’s great nephew Zachary Honzell is pastor there, along with his wife Ashley and son little Von. The church hosted the Silver Chord Choir from First Baptist Church in Wylie. This choir sings and presents a very inspirational message at the RV parks in South Texas. Martha also has a brother who sings in the choir. Martha reports, “We had lunch in the dining area for one and all. One member has a large smoker – he did the briskets and the others brought food to share for a delicious lunch. Several members from our family were there also, which made a very enjoyable day.”
Our son, Delayne Vaughn, was on Spring Break the week of March 7-11. He came for a visit that Thursday evening. Our daughter, Tiffany. and her family ate with us on Thursday night, after the North Hopkins Open House and Book Fair, and then again on Friday evening, and we enjoyed visiting and playing games. Delayne returned to Waco on Saturday afternoon. We kept our granddaughter, Jaidyn Joslin, and great-grandsons, Rylan, Brailon, and Slaiden Joslin on Saturday evening. Our family has been enjoying Spring Break this week.
I hope to have more reports from Spring Break activities next week.
I always need and appreciate input from my friends to help keep me informed of news in our community. If you have any news pertaining to Tira residents, past or present, please contact me, Jan Vaughn, at 903-945-2190 or 903-438-6688 or [email protected].
Miller Grove News
by Brandon Darrow
This week there have been two deaths to report with connections to our small community.
Deanna (Higginbotham) Arnett passed Mar. 14, at the home of her daughter, Julie Brewer, of the Divide community. She was born Sept. 21, 1960, in Dallas, the daughter of Bobby D. Higginbotham and Golden Nadine (Wright) Higginbotham. Visitation was held Mar. 16, from 6-8 pm. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 pm, Thursday, Mar. 17, 2016, at West Oaks Funeral home in Sulphur Springs by Rev. Byron Houck. Graveside was held in the Barker Cemetery where others in Deanna’s family are buried. She is survived by her husband of 15 years, Danny Arnett; two sons, Michael and Brian Evans; one daughter, Julie Brewer; two grandsons, Chad Norris and Easton Brewer; and many other friends and family.
Bennie Cordell of the Divide community also passed this week, on Mar. 16, in Sulphur Springs. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, Mar. 20, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with interment to follow in Miller Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Sat., Mar. 19, from 6-8 pm at the funeral home. Ms. Cordell was 80 and is survived by three daughters, one being Stephanie Bland of the Divide community.
Happy Birthday to Ann (Kernes) Moseley & Scott Baylus on Mar. 22; Sheena (Petty) McCraw & Pamela Potts on Mar. 23; Clinton Lennon on Mar. 24; Billy Menge on Mar. 25; and Cody Jennings, Denise Gilliland, Jackie Burns, Kim (Miller) Fox & Kay (Miller) Blanton on Mar. 26.
As you travel the highways and byways don’t forget that all roads lead back home and back to Miller Grove. Please send me any newsworthy information. My email address is [email protected].
