Relocation for Farmers Morning Market This Saturday Only
Morning and Evening Markets at Celebration Plaza will not take place this Saturday, June 27th. However, some of the farmers and vendors do plan to set up on Main Street at Coleman Dam. Fresh vegetables, eggs, canned good, and baked goods will be available. The morning only market will open at 7 a.m. and continue until noon this Saturday.
The markets are preempted this weekend by the Independence Day concert featuring the Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra. The patriotic tribute along with fireworks is an annual tradition that takes place on the Saturday before the 4th of July.
Both Morning and Evening Markets will return next Saturday, July 4th and continue each Saturday through July, according to Hillis Bass promoter of the market.
“Updated” Legacy of Faith, Family, Farm; Funeral Services Set for Brody Lee Koon
Faith, family, farm are three words that remind Hopkins County residents of their friend and neighbor, Brody Koon. Known state-wide for his work with registered Jersey dairy cows, Mr. Koon was known locally as a godly, meek, strength to his church and community. From a social media post by his granddaughter, Jandi, showing Brody sitting with his great-grandson singing “This Little Light of Mine” to preparations to honor his memory, family, neighbors, and friends mourn his death. Mr. Koon died Tuesday morning at Carriage House Manor in Sulphur Springs.
Funeral services for Brody Lee Koon., age 88 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 26, 2015 at First Baptist Church Sulphur Springs – Worship Center with Dr. Richard Jackson, Rev. Fred Lewis and Pastor Mark Bryant officiating. Interment will follow at Sherley Cemetery with Daron DeWitt, Kody Koon, Michael Lawrence, Kyle Koon, Joshua Holland, Kory Koon, Casey Emerine, John Holland, Koyt Koon, Kade Koon and Chase Koon serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are John Willis, Wayne Galyean, Maurice Flora, Glenn Friddle, Johnny Dobson, Charles Carter, Dick Pogue, Tom Glidwell and Bob Taylor’s Sunday School Class. Visitation will be held Thursday, June 25, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
He was born on November 27, 1926, the son of Herman Curtis and May (Stockton) Koon in the Bonanza Community. He was a member of the First Baptist Church Sulphur Springs, where he served as Deacon Chairman, Vice Chairman, served on various committees and received the Deacon Emeriti’s Award. He served on the Sherley Cemetery Association Board, Sherely Water Board and on the Board of Directors of Peoples National Bank. He served as Director of the American and Texas Jersey Cattle Club. He received the Pioneer Dairy Award and various other awards including the Top FFA Award “American Farmer”, Top FFA Regional Award “Star Farmer – Southern Region”, Star Lone Farmer, and was State Vice President of the Texas Future Farmers of America. He was a prominent business man, lifelong dairyman which included him breeding and promoting registered Jersey cattle that were sold in the U.S. and abroad. He was most of all a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, passionate about his faith and sharing the gospel message.
He married Mary McDonald on June 7, 1950 in Sulphur Springs. She survives.
Other survivors include sons, Randy Koon and wife, Shelia and Kris Koon and wife, Miki, both of Brashear; daughters, Jana DeWitt and husband, Weldon of Sulphur Springs and Karman Holland and husband, Brad of Brashear.; grandchildren, Daron DeWitt, Kody Koon and wife, Breanna, Jandi Lawrence and husband, Michael, Kyle Koon and wife, Misti, Joshua Holland and wife, Tanna, Kory Koon and wife, Katie, Emily Emerine and husband, Casey, John Holland, Koyt Koon, Kade Koon and Chase Koon; great-grandchildren, Landri Lawrence, Sam Lawrence, Ayden Koon, Addyson Koon, Kase Saucier, Kynslee Koon, Kaydence Koon, Colter Holland, Emerson Koon, Addie Emerine and Gentry Emerine.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Marvis Koon; one sister, Juanita Koon and one grandson, Jace DeWitt.
Memorials can be made to the First Baptist Church Sulphur Springs, Youth and Children’s Ministry, 116 Oak Ave., Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482.
Altercation at Home Leads to Arrest
An altercation Tuesday evening in the 900 block of College Street resulted in the arrest of Takeshia Lynn Barrett, 34. Barrett, who lives at the address with her roommate, attacked the roommate with a metal broom stick during a heated argument.
BARRETT,TAKESHIA LYNN aka MOORE,TAKESHIA LYNN
She confessed to the attack following an interview at the Sulphur Springs Police Department. Charged with aggravated assault date/family/house with a weapon, she remains in Hopkins County Jail Wednesday morning. Her bond is set at $30,000 by Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer.
Independence Celebration! SS Symphony Orchestra & Fireworks Extravaganza!
Saturday June 27th make your way to Celebration Plaza for the Sulphur Springs Independence Day Symphony Orchestra & Fireworks Extravaganza!
Concert starts at 8:00 pm and fireworks commence at dark. Make sure to bring your blankets or lawn chairs and make yourself comfortable while downtown. Keep in mind that limited concessions will be available. Bring a bottle of water, and take advantage of this great opportunity to spend time with your family and friends.
KSST Radio 1230 AM will have a small booth at the event. Please stop by and sign up to win a U.S. Flag Kit. It includes the Flag of the United States, a pole, and a base. A total of 10 flags will be given away. As is tradition, KSST Radio will be recording the entire event for playback on Suddenlink Cable Channel 18 and will be broadcasting live on KSST, ksstradio.com, and the KSST smartphone app.
Four streets around Celebration Plaza will be closed for this event. Jefferson Street will close Friday evening at 5 PM to make way for the main stage. Main, Oak, and Gilmer streets will close and not re-open until after the fireworks have finished. Jefferson Street may remain closed until Monday morning due to stage disassembling.
Stay tuned to KSST Radio 1230 AM and ksstradio.com for updates.
Story and Photos by Molly Clegg, HS Intern
Aphids in Sorghum
Aphids are commonly a common pest of crops and ornamental plants. Aphids mode of survival relies on having massive amounts of babies to offset the tremendous losses due to predation by other insects and birds. Most of the times, aphis only cause problems when those reach high numbers and the damage to the plant gets to the point of affecting overall plant development. This is known as economic threshold. From time to time, aphis populations adapt and adjust to changes to survive. This is the case of the sugarcane aphid (SCA) that has recently become one of the most important pest of sorghum in Texas and southern US. These aphids originally where found feeding only in sugarcane since their name. By 2013, the sugarcane aphis was found affecting sorghum first in south Texas and then northern parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi. In many parts of Hopkins County, sorghum is a very important crop, since feral hogs are not as attracted to sorghum as they are to corn.
This pest can be controlled, but growers must frequently assess infestations to properly time an insecticide if needed, to prevent crop loss and harvest difficulties to honeydew accumulation. The damage to the plants are done by sucking of the plant tissue and accumulation of aphid waste, also known as honeydew because of its sticky feeling similar to honey. Aphids are very small insects. They are hard to see with without magnifying glasses but since they multiply rapidly (remember I explained they have many babies because they have many predators) a population overrun can happen rapidly. Aphids also have the tendency to accumulate in clusters underside the plant leaves. Sugarcane aphids are pale yellow, gray or tan. They have structures on their bodies called cornicles or “tailpipes”, feet and antennae black. Large numbers of aphids can turn a complete plant sticky and shiny. There are other aphids affecting sorghum so call the Hopkins County Extension Office at 903-885-3443 if you suspect aphid infestation in a sorghum crop.
Mario A. Villarino DVM, Ph.D.
Hopkins County Awaits Supreme Court Ruling
Tomorrow or any day this month, the nation could receive the ruling by the U S Supreme Court regarding same-sex marriage. Same sex couples in states which currently ban their marriage are now making wedding plans as courthouse officials are getting ready for different scenarios. Steadfast foes to same sex marriage are working on their strategies to keep up the opposition.
Marriage license bureaus are bracing for a rush of applicants if the court overturns bans. Meanwhile, there’s been a series of planning sessions by groups that intend to explore religious objection responses to protect “traditional marriage” limited to heterosexuals. In Texas, the state legislature passed a bill that allows pastors and other ministers who object due to religious beliefs to be excused from performing same sex marriages. However, state officials will be faced with the requirements of the law.
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom told KSST News Tuesday afternoon (June 23) that the reaction of the state and county depends on how broad the ruling by the Supreme Court. He stated that he has not pondered the question but that local Justices of the Peace have discussed the issue. Both Justices of the Peace, Brad Cummings and B. J. Teer, told KSST News that they would reserve their comments until after the decision of the court is published. Traditionally those individuals elected as Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 and JP Precinct 2 do a number of marriage ceremonies each year.
Hopkins County Clerk Debbie Shirley said her office would await instructions from the State of Texas Department of Vital Statistics regarding application forms and licenses for marriage if the court ruling allows same sex marriage nationwide. Shirley said that her office is a branch of state and local government and would follow their directions in the matter. She said that her office would follow state law “like I always do.” She hopes to have a little leeway in being able to respond to immediate requests for marriage license. Correct forms are needed for both application and license and those would have changes in how they are worded.
Marriage application forms, approved through the state, are provided to Shirley’s office on vender software. The vender would make changes to the software, she said. The applications are required by state law to be a certain size and format as well as worded according to law.
Licenses are not available on software but are printed by a specific printing company. Her last purchase of license was $900 for 500 copies. She recently ordered new licenses and would probably need to order corrected licenses should the Supreme Court rule in favor of a nation-wide mandate favoring same sex marriage.
KSST will continue to follow the question as same sex couples in the nation, state, and county await the Supreme Court ruling. We will revisit local officials should the court favor same sex marriage.
Winnsboro Police Report for June 15-21
Winnsboro Police arrested seven, answered 156 calls for service, issued 26 citations and 31 warnings during the week of June 15-21. During that time, one minor two car accident on Market Street was reported on Thursday.
Arrested on Monday, Raun Collier, 35, of Winnsboro for possession of a controlled substance. Tuesday, a Tyler man, Demetrius Williams, 20, was arrested for public intoxication.
Wednesday was a busy day with three arrests: Melvin Collins, 51, of Winnsboro was arrested for Simple Assault. Samantha Wilson, 25, of Winnsboro was arrested on a municipal warrant. James Thomason, 28, of Winnsboro was arrested for theft under $50.
James Swann, 31, of Winnsboro was arrested Thursday for DWLI with previous conviction.
On Sunday, Trevor Seabolt, 22, was arrested for Public Intoxication, Resisting Arrest or Detention.
Pickton Woman Charged With forgery
June 23, 2015 – Forty (40) year old Nessica Rachele Hale, of Pickton, Texas was arrested at 3:25 P.M. on June 18, 2015 in the 4200 block of Lamar Avenue and charged with fraud by using or possessing more than five (5) items of identifying information.
Nessica Rachele Hale
As Hale attempted to use a credit card at the Cave Wave Car Wash to wash her vehicle, the credit card company refused payment and management called the Police Department.
During the investigation, Hale was allegedly found to be in possession of several documents of identification with different names and addresses on them. Hale was also charged with forgery of a financial instrument and credit card abuse.
The items of identification were reported to have been stolen from vehicles in Hunt County, Texas. The investigation continues.
Information provided by www.eparisextra.com
Hospital Seeks Express Care Location
The Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board is moving slowly toward setting up Memorial Express Care or urgent care for so-called minor emergencies. Monday night the board asked questions of Wayne Cooper, owner of the Radio Shack Building, a possible site for Express Care. Questions dealt with insurance, maintenance, taxes, utilities and parking. The board indicated negotiations on a lease should continue. The board also got a CHRISTUS partnership progress report during executive session.
Michael McAndrew, Memorial CEO, stated that after consulting with Trammel-Crow real estate and leasing division, he is much more comfortable with the retail building that formerly housed Radio Shack. He calls the building one of the best locations available at this time for an express care facility. The facility is less costly than expected.
Dr. Scott McDermont told the board that the hospital medical staff is overwhelmingly positive toward the partnership with CHRISTUS.
Celebration Preparations Postpone Movie
Sulphur Springs’ annual Independence Day Celebrations on the Square pushed ‘Godzilla’ to next week.
‘Godzilla’ filled with angst.
The preparations on Celebration Plazas will prevent the weekly screening. Do not fret… ‘Godzilla’ will return at his regularly scheduled time on Friday, July 3rd.
