Miller Grove High School Homecoming King and Queen
Miller Grove High School announced seniors William Clinton and Mika Massey (center) as 2015 Homecoming King and Queen just after winning the varsity basketball games against Savoy Cardinals Friday night at the Miller Grove High School Gymnasium.
Also pictured are (from left) seniors Destri Danley, Tatom Sink, 2nd Runners-Up Lilla Csenkey and Logan Miller, 1st Runners-Up Lacey Taylor and Dustin Emerick, Miranda Frobish, and Aaron Smith.
Also announced were 2015 Miller Grove Basketball Beaux Logan Miller (senior) and 2015 Miller Grove Basketball Sweetheart Aleigh Bessonett (sophomore).
Miller Grove High School’s State Championship Team
Miller Grove High School’s first ever Cross-Country State Championship Team was presented with state championship rings following the Homecoming ceremony Friday night at the Miller Grove High School Gymnasium.
The purchasing of the rings was made possible by the generous donations of the community to show how proud they are of the hard work of this history-making team.
Pictured left to right: Coach Ana Billingsley, Riley Mitchell, Derek McCreight, William Clinton, Logan Miller, Aaron Smith, Brennan Green, Trey Lester, Coach Gary Billingsley, and Coach Jan Heijligers.
Campuses Restructuring Proposal
Sulphur Springs School Superintendent Michael Lamb has been floating a plan to restructure the district’s K-5th grade classes.
The idea was been circulating enough for opposition to arise. During public forum Monday night ECLC Kindergarten Teacher Mickie Wilson, parent Mary Taylor and concerned citizen John Davidson expressed concerns.
Lamb would like to see 4th and 5th graders combined at Sulphur Springs Elementary, Kindergarten and Head Start moved to Douglas with ECLC and the three primary campuses having K through 3rd grade.
I talked with Lamb about the idea.
Principal Kristin Monk Promoted
Monday night the Sulphur Springs School Board has selected Sulphur Springs Elementary Principal Kristin Monk to replace retiring Assistant Superintendent for Learner Services and Elementary Operations Betty Lawson. The personnel change takes place July 1.
I talked about the change with School Superintendent Michael Lamb.
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Cyclamen Persicum, Cold Tolerant Plant for your Garden
The days are warming up and so are the willingness to start working our gardens and plots. During the few warm days this week, I started putting my backyard in shape again. With the cold weather, the grass die out and the roses dormant, there is a lot to do during February.
To begin the removal of unwanted plants and overgrowth as well as non-used containers and structures needing to get discarded to make room for spring. This week you should find primroses and cyclamen at full bloom. These two ornamental plants adapted to cold weather carry color in the winter (cyclamen) and early warm days of spring (primrose).
As I was going thru our Texas A&M AgriLife archives, I run into this information from Brenda Orbaugh, a Master Gardener that wrote “If you think all tropicals are too much of a diva to be grown as a house plant indoors year round, let me introduce you to Cyclamen persicum. Everybody loves the bright colors of cyclamens, but for a long time I was afraid of them. After all, don’t they require lots of care, perfect humidity, fertilizing etc. indoors? I now know that this plant is for everybody, even busy folks like me.
One dark cold day in December, I stumbled across a display of cyclamen. You know, the plants alongside the poinsettias that you see every Christmas? Beautiful variegated heart shaped leaves and flowers with upswept petals that look like velvet, why, who could resist? So I bought one thinking, “This little beauty will lift my spirits so I’ll just enjoy it until it dies in a few weeks.” This cyclamen had other plans, let me tell you! I placed it in my dining room window where it would get indirect southern light and most nights I emptied my water glass on it as I cleared the table. Each night at dinner, I would think, “Surely this gorgeous floral display will not go on much longer.” But it did. Now beside the profusion of sweet red flowers, (this plant is also available in pink and white, but I can only vouch for the red) the other thing I noticed and love about this plant is how forgiving it is. During one of those whirlwind kind of weeks where I hardly saw my dining room table I found it drooping and looking half dead, all its beautiful red flowers crispy and brown. I hurriedly threw water on it, thinking it was a goner, but what do you know?
The next day it had perked back up, so I removed the dead blossoms and within a few weeks that plant had replaced the dead leaves and had a new crop of buds. Now I try to keep a better eye on it and when it starts to droop I give it a drink from my water glass. This plant is in bloom nearly 365 days a year. And did I mention I have never fertilized it?. Keep your eyes open for a cyclamen at your local retailer. When you find one, place it in a location with good light but not a baking west sun, and keep it moist but not soggy. And remember, it is very forgiving so if you neglect it occasionally, don’t despair. It will perk back up and reward you with cheery floral display. I have yet to find any other houseplant that is so forgiving, has beautiful foliage, needs no fertilizer and blooms almost non-stop. It’s a keeper!”.
For more information on this or any other agricultural topic, please contact the Hopkins County Extension Office at 903-885-3443 or email me at [email protected].
GED Tests, Discounts Available Until February 28
From now until Feb. 28, adults can take advantage of two new special offers from the GED Testing Service to help them study for and pass their GED test.
Adults studying for the GED test can take the GED Ready practice test for $1. This is $5 less than the practice test normally costs. By taking a practice test, a student can learn if they’re ready to pass the GED test, what skills they should work on in order to pass, and get a personalized study plan with specific pages and chapters to study in their study materials.
In addition, adults who are ready to take their first GED test will save $10 when they schedule. This discount is specific to first-time test-takers when they schedule any of the four GED test subjects: Reasoning Through Language Arts, Mathematical Reasoning, Science, or Social Studies.
To gain information on how to benefit from these offers, adults can log in to the MyGED website at GED.com.
For information on taking GED classes locally, contact the Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center at 903-885-1232, or the Adult and Family Literacy Program at Paris Junior College, 903-782-0424.
Culinary Arts Team Places Second with Broccoli
A Sulphur Springs High School Culinary Arts Team finished second at the Regional FCCLA
convention in Waco last weekend and qualified for state competition in Corpus Christi in early
April. Team members are Leon Johnson, Deketra Mosley and Destiny Watkins. The students
earned $2,000 in scholarship money to attend a culinary academy. They prepared steak Diane,
Indian soup, chocolate mousse, mashed potatoes and broccoli.
Diversified Minerals Coming Soon
The Sulphur Springs Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation has sent out
invitations for a groundbreaking for a company called Diversified Minerals on February 20 at 11
a.m. The Oxnard, California company, makers of cement and construction and environmental
products, will be located at 46 Pioneer Parkway located west of Clayton Mobile Homes Road and
south of Main Street.
Radio Shack, when will it end?
RadioShack Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 5th, 2015. Our local store is slated for a March 31st, 2015 closure. KSST spoke with store management on Monday. No plans or schedule for liquidation of the current merchandise are available. Official information from company headquarters in Ft. Worth, TX has been delayed and intermittent. Though unfortunate, bankruptcy was anticipated as RadioShack has posted 11 consecutive quarterly losses.
Five members of our community will be looking for new employment. The store has been staffed with 2 full time, and 3 part-time employees. Current employees are on edge, waiting for the next blow to fall.
North Hopkins Lady Panthers fall to the Hornets
North Hopkins junior Miranda Rushin focuses for a free-throw during Friday’s game against Boles. The Lady Panthers lost to the Lady Hornets 40-34.
