Open Carry Policies For Businesses in Sulphur Springs
After new laws regarding open carry went into effect at the beginning of the year, a number of businesses in Sulphur Springs have adopted new policies regarding open carry.
Business such as EZ Mart will allow open carry so long as the weapon remains holstered. Tractor Supply has no policies regarding open carry, but has no issue with open carry. Super Handy Convenience Stores has refused to release a statement on open carry at this time. Joe Bob’s Convenience Stores is still determining their policy for all of their stores.
Restaurants serving alcohol, such as Muddy Jakes and Lou Viney’s will not allow any weaponry inside the building and will have signs posted at the entrances.
Fix & Feed will not allow any weapons in the store and will have signs posted at the front entrance.
First Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church are currently undecided on open carry and will soon discuss the issue within their separate churches.
Wal-Mart Corporate offices sent a letter to their Texas store managers at super centers selling alcohol, such as the super center in Sulphur Springs, stating that greeters are required to approach customers and ask to see their concealed handgun license as the management deems appropriate.
Lady Cats Soccer Wins Pair at Tourney
The Lady Cats’ soccer team opened the regular season with a pair of wins in a Terrell tournament Thursday. Both wins were by shutout. The Lady Cats topped Lindale, 3-0 and then edged by Huntsville, 1-0. The Lady Cats, now 2-0, play host Terrell and Dallas Conrad Friday. The tournament continues Saturday.
Wildcats Powerlifters Begin Season
The Wildcats new powerlifting coach is Jacob Alford. Coach Alford was a powerlifter in high school at Lindale and was a state qualifier his senior year. He says things have been going great since team members began to lift right after the end of the football season. He’s noticed they’ve gotten a lot stronger.
Coach Alford says he’s had a lot of lifters participate and he’ll be able to choose between 18 and 20 to take to meets. He plans to take 11 lifters to Lindale for the Wildcats first meet of the season. Coach Alford says he has a mostly young team with several veteran lifters mixed in. He’ll have junior Taylor Ibarra back. Ibarra just missed making weight for last year’s regional meet in the 132 pound class. Coach Alford also has sophomore Dustin Crabtree back. He qualified for the regional meet in the 123 pound class. Coach Alford says he is anxious but excited to get the season underway Saturday.
PJC Biomedical Students Tour MD Anderson Cancer Center
Touring the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston were Paris Junior College students (from left) Marin Ivers, Kimberly Cox, Cameron Copeland, Cheyenne King, Wesley Giddens, and Michael Edenhoffer.
Six students in the biomedical and laboratory sciences program at Paris Junior College recently traveled to Houston to visit the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Accompanying PJC Science Division Chair Jack Brown on the trip were Marin Ivers, Kimberly Cox, Cameron Copeland, Cheyenne King, Wesley Giddens, and Michael Edenhoffer. They were among some 425 students on the tour who are interested in transferring into the MD Anderson programs.
“Each program takes only 15-30 students and PJC is still the only college that they guarantee entry for those PJC students successfully completing here,” said Brown.
During the tour students heard from the department chairs speak about their programs, what they were looking for in students, success rates, pay, job outlook and more. According to Brown, the talk was held in the AT&T Auditorium on the second floor of the hospital and so many students attended there was an overflow lecture room.
Students then broke into smaller sessions specific to the program they were interested in to get more details from the department heads and to ask questions.
During the tours each lab director explained how the lab worked, what students would learn, and how what they learn was used in the real world of medicine and beyond.
“The students were all very impressed with the university, professors, and labs – which are very advanced,” said Brown. “They like the fact that class size was just 15-30 students, depending on the program.”
Republican Candidates for Commissioner Precinct 1 Address PEG
Candidates for the Republican primary spoke Thursday night in a forum sponsored by the Political Enlightenment Group or PEG. Candidates who were present but had no opposition in the primary election were introduced. However four Republican candidates for Commissioner Precinct 1 and three of the four Republican candidates for the office of sheriff addressed those present in Heritage Hall located next to Best Western Motel in Sulphur Springs.
Candidates for Commissioner Precinct 1 include Maci Newsom, Micki Barker, Ray Fouse, and Patrick Chase.
Symphony League Elects New Officers and Appoints Two to Board
Sharla Campbell and Adam Whitson were appointed to the Sulphur Springs Symphony League Board of Directors during the first meeting of the League in 2016. Both Campbell and Whitson volunteered with the Symphony League during the annual auction. New officers for 2016 are President Linda Galligher, Vice President Maleta Reynolds, Treasurer Carol Bridges, and Secretary Kayla Price.
The Symphony League is a non-profit organization that produces the annual Independence Day Celebration on Celebration Plaza, the annual Children’s Concert for all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders in Hopkins County, sponsors and coordinates the Dallas Opera2Go performance at the SS Middle School, offers an annual scholarship to a SSHS graduating senior, and provides various other forms of support for the SSISD music program. The Sulphur Springs Symphony League is the volunteer organization that operates the Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra, which is a group of professional musicians.
This year marks the 25th year of the Symphony, the Independence Day Celebration, and the annual auction.
For more information on the League or to become a member, visit www.
Brashear News
Brashear News
A New Year has begun! I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas Holiday and New Year’s Celebration. We had a great time with family and enjoyed a quiet New Year’s. I hate to admit it but we did not make it to see the big ball drop. Should I just say, we are not nightowls.
We had another major rain event on the 26th and 27th. I have never seen so much water in our pasture. The water was over our driveway. No damage thank goodness. We want to pray for the people who lost so much during the tornadoes.
I would like to let everyone know that we are starting up a new session of Divorce Care. It will be held on Wednesday evening at 6:00 pm at the First United Methodist Church in the basement. I would really like to encourage those who are hurting from separation or divorce to attend. This program is to help you make it through this difficult time. If you have any questions, call me at 903.612.8806. Child care will be available.
To all of the people who live in Brashear, please let me know if you have anything you would like to share with the world. I know everyone gets tired to just hearing about the Youngs. Remember to call me at 903.612.8806; email me at [email protected]; or drop by CR 1119 and visit.
Take care and please take the time to smile when you cross someone’s path. You never know what a difference a simple smile can do for someone.
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Tira News
By Jan Vaughn
Yvonne reported that she and Robert had two family Christmas get-togethers. Mike, Dacy, Elise, and Eli came on December 19th. Also, Dustin Weir brought their three nieces and nephews. His wife, Natalie, had to work. On Christmas Eve, they celebrated with Destri, Eben, Mena, and Emmy and Dacy and the kids. Everyone played outside and then spent the night. Yvonne adds, “Several of us went to the Christmas Eve service at the Tira Methodist Church and Wesley took his first communion.” Dustin, Natalie, and the kids were in Chicago to visit Natalie’s mother for Christmas.
Yvonne shared that Garry Crowson’s wife, Reba Gail Parkey Crowson, passed away unexpectedly on Monday. Her funeral was scheduled for Friday afternoon, under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home. Please remember the family in your prayers.
Kim Beck reports, “Our son, Jason Beck, and two of his Navy friends came to visit over the holidays. They got some country love, with backroading and target shooting and eating some home cooking. They loved our little Tira community!”
Joyce Dodd would like to express “kudos to the North Hopkins Ag Department for delivering Christmas gifts to several of our Hopkins County shut-ins. It was such a blessing to many.”
Landon and Laiken Joslin took their sons, Rylan, Brailon, and Slaiden to Beaumont for a late Christmas visit with their sister, Dixie, on Saturday, January 2nd. They spent the night at Piney Shores Resort on Lake Conroe, before returning home on Sunday.
Our daughter and grandchildren, Tiffany, Morgan, Kenden, and Jaidyn, and friends, Abby and Darris, joined us for snack foods, games, and fireworks on New Year’s Eve. They were back on New Year’s Day for black-eyed peas and cabbage.
Tiffany, Kenden, Jaidyn, Darris, and I met Elizabeth Steinsiek and her family, Will, Tonja, Gabriel, and Khristina, of Chicago, and Tracy, Jordyn, Madison, and Lani, of San Antonio, for an afternoon of bowling on Wednesday, December 30th. Michael and Chip had to work and missed out on the fun.
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].
Wildcats Open Season With Tie
The Wildcats’ soccer team opened the regular season with a 1-1 tie with Carrollton Newman Smith in a Forney tournament Thursday. The Wildcats, 0-0-1 for the season, will play host Forney at 9:45 a.m. Friday and then College Station at 4:45 p.m. Friday. The tournament continues on Saturday.
