Sulphur Springs Celebration Market And Family Movie Night Coming Up Soon
March 6, 2023- Coming up on May 20 Celebration Market will be open each Saturday through September 16 and Family Movie Night will begin from June 2 through August 11. The arts are encouraged throughout the Market, giving the talented community a cultivated, public environment to sell, network, perform and grow. Sponsorship provides free live music from amazing local musicians, as well as free admission movies for families, every Friday evening.
Mark your calendars for fun activites at Celebration Plaza.
Wildcats Baseball Goes 2-2 in Wylie East Tourney, Plays Three Games Series Starting Thursday
Coach Jerrod Hammack and his squad wrap up tourney play with their recent outing in Wylie East.
At the Raider Invitational, Sulphur Springs went 2-2.
Friday saw nothing but success for the baseball team as they beat both of their foes on the day.
In their first game, the Wildcats faced Royse City. They dispatched the Bulldogs 3-0 for their first win at the Wylie East invitational.
Later Friday though, Sulphur Springs faced Frisco Liberty and unlike their win over Royse City, the Wildcats found themselves trailing early.
The Redhawks got out on top first, leading 1-0 after three.
It was not until the fifth inning that Coach Hammack’s squad struck back, putting two runs in en route to a 2-1, come-from-behind win versus Liberty. Four singles and a Wildcat hit by a pitch put Sulphur Springs up 2-1, more than enough to win over the Redhawks.
While Friday was fun for the baseball team, Saturday saw two losses for the Wildcats.
The second and final day for the Wylie East tourney had Sulphur Springs pitted against Plano West and Lake Highlands.
First, against the Wolves, Plano West scored early and often in a 8-0 rout of the Wildcats. Coach Hammack’s squad managed just three hits in the loss.
Game four saw more offense from Sulphur Springs, but pitching & defense gave up just as many runs as the Wildcats picked up a second straight loss, 8-3.
While Lake Highlands (6) made contact with the ball half as many times as the Wolves did (12), a costly three errors combined with the hits allowed the Scots to propel themselves to the 8-3 win over Sulphur Springs. Coach Hammack’s squad did strike first in their final game in the tourney, but eight of the next 10 runs being scored by Lake Highlands certainly did not help the Wildcats’ case.
With tournament play coming and going, Sulphur Springs plays a three game series prior to the start of district play.
Matt Mitchell leads the team in batting, now 8 for 18 on the season, with six runs batted in and crossing home himself four times.
Going 2-2 over the two-day tourney, Wildcats baseball is now 4-3-1 on the season.
Next up, Coach Hammack and his squad have a three-game series with Gilmer this week, starting Thursday.
The schedule for those games is as follows:
- Thursday vs. Gilmer (6:30 P.M.)
- Friday @ Gilmer (6:30 P.M.)
- Saturday vs Gilmer (12 P.M.)
Fans who cannot attend the three-game series with the Buckeyes starting Thursday may be surprised to learn that district play starts next week for Sulphur Springs.
They tee off their district season next Tuesday, Mar. 14 at Liberty Eylau.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Don’t Forget To Spring Your Clocks Forward For Daylight Saving Time
Just a friendly reminder: don’t forget to adjust your clocks (if they don’t change automatically) when you head to bed Sunday. It’s time to spring forward 1 hour for Daylight Saving Time. Otherwise, you’ll likely arrive an hour late for church or any other appointments or activities you have scheduled Sunday.
Those who are not at their best first thing in the morning might consider going to bed an hour or so earlier Saturday night to make up for the hour of sleep lost springing forward tonight.
While most change the time before turning in for the night, the official time change for most of the United States will take place at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, March 12, 2023.
If you’re in the US, (with only a two exceptions) DST begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. In other words, time officially advances forward one hour from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. local time on the second Sunday in March and then during late fall, goes back fan hour from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. on the first Sunday in November.
Texas and most of the central part of the US is located in the Central Time Zone. The East Coast will change their clocks an hour before we do, and California and the West Coast will spring forward two hours after we do.
While you lose an hour of sleep tonight, you’ll be gaining an hour of daylight starting Sunday, allowing people to take advantage of the natural daylight, especially for outdoor activities. The main impetus for DST first being enacted was to save energy.
Some believe, based on studies, that the extra hour of daylight could be beneficial in reducing the number of road accidents and injuries during the hours more people use the roads. The Transportation Department touts DST as a means to reduce crime, as more people tend to be out and about during daylight hours as opposed to night time. Others claim changing time messes with circadian rhythms and therefore sleep patterns, which could contribute to more crashes and workplace injuries due to tiredness.
Approximately 40% of the (more than 70) countries in the world observe Daylight Saving Time, moving their clocks forward to take advantage of the natural light. Whether you are on DST or Standard time depends on which hemisphere you are in, as the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are opposite those in the Northern Hemisphere, and the date varies by and within countries.
DST began in the USA in 1918. The current federal policy – the Uniform Time Act, has been in effect since 1966. While beginning and end dates have varied by a few weeks, the current time change dates have remained firm since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 was enacted, with the US Department of Transportation designated to oversee DST and US time zones.
In the US and Canada, DST will begin on March 12, 2023. However, most states at one time or another have proposed do away with the twice yearly time change, to remain on DST all year in the US.
In fact, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, more than 350 Daylight Saving Time-related bills and resolutions have been introduced in virtually every state since 2015. But, non of significance passed until 2018, when Florida became the first state to enact legislation to permanently observe DST. Since then, 18 states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions to try to do away with biannual time changes, each proposing either DST or Standard Time be observed year-round. However, Congress must change the law which does not currently allow full DST before states can adopt those proposed changes. Legislative action still pending on the issue.
This year alone, according to the NCSL, 68 pieces of legislation, counting carry over bills from 2021, have been submitted for consideration in at least 28 US states; Texas was not one of them in 2022. However, Texas was one of 33 states in which legislation addressing DST was proposed in 2021. In fact, of the 80 pieces of legislation filed in 2021, nearly a dozen documents were submitted to Texas Senate and House combined; but all 11 failed in Texas..
Two states — Arizona and Hawaii — and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands observe permanent standard time, NCSL reports. The Navajo Nation, which falls within more than one state and/or time zone is the exception for Arizona.
In Europe, however, DST won’t take place until March 27, 2023. Australia, New Zealand, most of South America and Southern Africa observed observe DST beginning in either September or November through March or April, when Standard Time begins.
Regardless your stance on DSL, local emergency responders remind the time change is good time to make biannual batteries changes in smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms to test to ensure these potentially life-saving devices in your homes functioning properly.
Wildcats Soccer Falls in PKs at Paris
Coach Alexi Upton and his squad did not have the outing they were hoping for, falling in PKs at Paris.
Friday’s loss at Wildcat Stadium is the first for the men’s soccer program since non-district play wrapped up in late-January.
In Paris Friday, Mar. 3, Sulphur Springs looked to complete the season sweep over the other Wildcats, in doing so winning the District 15-4A title.
Unfortunately for Coach Upton and his squad, falling in PKs did the opposite for the men’s soccer team.
“[It] wasn’t the result we wanted,” the men’s soccer coach said following his team’s loss in Paris.
Coach Upton said his team got little help from officiating in a wild game, but still persevered and drove the opposing Wildcats to PKs, falling there in Paris Friday.
The men’s soccer coach said his squad still has a chance to win district, having good goal differential, especially so considering Paris slipping in goals.
Edgar Salazar scored the lone goal for Sulphur Springs Friday, unassisted, as the athlete continues to have a stand-out season.
Falling in Paris though brings the men’s soccer team’s season record to 15-8-1.
Friday’s loss also snaps an eight-game winning streak for the squad.
Next up Coach Upton and his squad return to home Tuesday, Mar. 7 hosting Chapel Hill.
That game kicks off at the Prim Tuesday at 7:30 P.M.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Dike Man Arrested for Theft and Failure to Register As Sex Offender
March 6, 2023 – RUBEN JAMES ANZABDUA was arrested at the Bexar County Jail by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies after his release on March 5, 2023. He was transported to Hopkins County without incident.
He was indicted on the current charges, Theft and Failure to Register As Sex Offender, by a Hopkins County Grand Jury on January 5, 2023. The 57 year-old man reports himself as a Dike Tx resident.
ANZALDUA,RUBEN JAMES
ANZALDUA,RUBEN MORALES
RUBEN JAMES ANZABDUA, 2023
ANZABDUA was convicted of SEXUAL ASSAULT of a 14 year-old girl on August 19, 2010. He has a lengthy criminal record including convictions for Burglary and Retaliation.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Member Of Texas State Senate Bryan Hughes Files Bill For Illegal Voting
March 6, 2023- Senator Bryan Hughes has filed a bill recently that would make illegal voting a state jail felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor. Examples of Illegal voting are:
- voting or attempting to vote in which the person knows they are not eligible to vote.
- Voting or trying to vote more than once in an election.
- Voting or trying to vote a ballot belonging to another person or by impersonating another person.
- Marking or attempting to mark any part of another person’s ballot without their consent or specific instruction on how to mark the ballot.
State Sen. Bryan Hughes’ bill on illegal voting was debated on Monday in the senate committee on state affairs. The bill reads as follows, “A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally: (1) votes or attempts to vote in an election in which the person knows of a particular circumstance that makes the person [is] not eligible to vote.”
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested for Solicitation of a Minor
March 3, 2023 – Bradley Cyrus Butler was arrested on March 3, 2023 and charged with Online Solicitation of a Minor. The 34 year-old man reports he is employed by a local retailer.
Hopkins County deputies were finally able to locate the accused at his place of employment. During a consensual interview, Butler allegedly confessed to the illegal online contact. Online Solicitation of a Minor is considered a third degree felony.
Butler was taken into custody and transported to Hopkins County jail without incident. Butler was released from Hopkins County jail prior to Monday March 6th, 2023.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Consider an Indoor Garden in 2023
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener
What? Are you crazy? Who ever heard of trying to grow a cucumber, pepper, tomato plant, etc., inside a home. Well, until coming to Mt Pleasant, TX nearly 20 years ago, I sure hadn’t. As it turns out, there are several advantages to indoor gardening. I’m not talking about a 300 plant indoor garden, but for a family, perhaps one each tomato, pepper, cucumber, melon, etc., plant would suffice. Let’s just say 4 plants total.
Outdoor gardens, for most, are the way to go. Plenty of sunshine, air, space, etc., are available. Of course, there are the usual tornados, hail storms, drought, unbearable heat, diseases, bugs, snails, locust plagues (OK, that one might be a stretch!), WEEDS(!) and so on problems. OK, the first outdoor advantage above was sunshine. I’ll admit that having a room that provides
six hours of direct sunlight is difficult to find. One expert gardener and construction person in our area had an indoor beehive in his home (Yes, his wife is still married to him!) and added an extra room to the home that had glass walls and roof! The hive is gone, but the indoor garden room is still there. There are, however, what we call fluorescent or LED grow lights that can be hung directly over your vegetable plants. A combination of two or three will, as far as a plant is concerned, be just like sunlight. More on this later.
Obviously, we need containers for our 3-4 vegetable plants. 5-gallon containers are usually considered the absolute minimum, but in the case of say a cherry tomato plant, something like an 8” deep 8’ X 14’ container would suffice, but the bigger, the better on up to a cattle feeder pot (circular 21” X 21”) is MUCH better.
Soil is critical, so what to put in the container? In most instances, a single soil type just doesn’t do that well. You could have a mixture of potting soil, gardening soil, mulch, and compost, but for me, that starts to get complicated. I would use inside what I use outside, which is pure compost with a pH of 5.5-6.5. This mixture voids the need for fertilizer for at least two years. Well, we start a small indoor garden, which voids the outdoor problem areas. So, what are some advantages? First, we have disease free soil. Yes, we paid $5-$15 for our soil, but it’s germ and disease free. Even if you have disease free soil outside, plant roots can always go deeper and find some diseases or pests. Along with disease-free soil, you get disease-free plants. OK, we agree that new vegetable plants are usually disease-free, but indoor plants will stay that way for the entire season.
After soil comes sunlight. With adequate “sunlight,” you never have to worry and multiple cloudy days. The most important aspect here is light quality. Incandescent light bulbs can mimic sunlight, but they normally generate too much heat for your plants. LED (best) and fluorescent lights can mimic sunlight without the heat. Blue lights provide seedling and plant growth light, while red lights aid flower development. Contact your hardware store’s lighting department for which bulbs are the best.
The third biggie for indoor vegetable plants is climate control. You have no 100° days to stop all tomato production and no 75+ days without rain. There is no hail, wind, etc., which cause so many problems. If your house humidity to really low, you can simply add a humidifier. A ceiling fan (best) or room fan can provide gently breezes for your plants to aid in pollination, cooling and aid in mold/fungus prevention. Also, plant movement strengthens the plant stem. Extra watering is important for indoor vegetable plants, because they tend to dry out faster indoors due to lower humidity.
Now that the big three (sunlight, soil, & climate control) are taken care of your vegetable plants can now grow and produce all year long, including right on through winter! Yes, you had to pay for a more elaborate setup, but remember, one plant each will continually provide enough tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc., for the family.
You don’t have to tear up the back yard top put in the larger garden. The fact that your yard soil is poor, or the children’s playground would be impacted is negated. Land is no longer a requirement. Access problems for those with limited mobility are eliminated. Last, but certainly not last, THERE ARE NO WEEDS!!!
Wildcats Basketball Falls Shy of Upset in Regional Semifinals
March 5, 2023 – Coach Brandon Shaver’s team gave it their all, but came excruciatingly short to upsetting Faith Family Academy in the Regional tournament.
Sulphur Springs fell to the Eagles, 62-48.
Falling behind early, the men’s basketball team played from behind the entire game. Each time the Wildcats made big shots, FFA came right back with some impressive shots of their own.
Sulphur Springs kept it tight, training by nine heading into the second quarter, and consistently stayed right around that deficit for a vast majority of Friday night’s fourth round playoff game.
It was not until the third that the Eagles started to build momentum and increase the distance between themselves and Sulphur Springs. Their nine point lead ballooned to 11 and 14 at times, putting Coach Shaver’s team in a crunch with time winding down on a comeback.
It was about the time FFA started to feel like they had won Friday’s Regional Semifinal contest when the Wildcats started to chip into their deficit.
Unfortunately though, as had been the case early Friday in Commerce, the men’s basketball team found themselves in a bit of fouling trouble, and with less than four minutes to go, trailing by three, their hopes for an upset were squashed shortly thereafter as the Eagles put the game out of reach with free throws.
The Wildcats fell to FFA 62-48.
Two seniors, Parker Whisenhunt and Kordrick Turner, playing in their final game Friday, lead the team in scoring at 13. Branson Lynn (nine), Cole Theofiledes (six) and Malachi Myles (four), plus the two aforementioned Wildcats, comprised almost all the scoring for Sulphur Springs in the fourth round loss.
Friday’s final score does not demonstrate just how close the Wildcats came to upsetting the No. 1 team in all of 4A.
The Eagles were pushed to the brink, and had it not been for foul calls going the other way, Sulphur Springs may have had a fighting chance to move on to state.
FFA showed exactly why they are a program potentially heading to a second straight state title game, the reigning champs of 4A, and if they beat Aubrey Saturday in Commerce they do just that.
Unfortunately for Wildcats basketball, their season comes to an end with the fourth-round playoff loss.
They end their season with a 31-8 (10-0) record, going perfect in district play for the 2022-23 season. They eked out Bi-District, comfortably winning Area and Regional Quarterfinal championships before falling in the Regional tournament to Faith Family Academy.
They also set a program record of wins at 31.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Mr and Miss Paris Junior College 2023
Paris Junior College sophomores Meilana Lopez and Ryan Davis were named Mr. & Miss PJC 2023 during halftime of the Dragon basketball game against Kilgore College.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
