Extension Demonstrates Christmas Joys At Annual Holiday Program
The 48th Annual Extension Christmas Joys holiday program returned to Southwest Dairy Center Monday, where two sessions -were all but at capacity.
Many of residents will remember this program as “Christmas Show & Tell,” started by long Hopkins County Extension Agent Janie Crump. When Johanna Hicks took on the position of family and consumer sciences Extension agent for Hopkins County, she kept the holiday tradition going. The annual Christmas program has grown over the past few years to the point that reservations are now required.
For a cost of $5, to offset costs of the event, including a thick booklet filled recipes, patterns and directions for all of the foods, crafts, gift-giving ideas, and stress management tips discussed and introduced during the Christmas Joys program. Each participant also registered for chances to win door prizes, enjoyed refreshments and received goody bags as well. The program and booklet includes ideas to do with children and students, as well as a few sewing ideas, crafting ideas, and some really delicious recipes using real dairy products. Door prizes were drawn throughout each session.
Hopkins County Extension Agent Johanna Hicks presented “Johanna’s Joyful Journey,” which included a little bit of sewing, a little crafting, and some recipes.
Master Wellness Volunteer Joann Brennan’s program featured “Broccoli for all Occasions,” as well as some no-bake sweet treats. She explained her change to healthier eating, which includes a lot of broccoli, which she’s learned to like.
Master Wellness Volunteer Susie Faltesek presented “Creative Christmas Pots,” ways to use small to mediums sized plant pots to create festive Santa and Mrs. Claus figures to dress up home holiday décor.
Hunt County Master Gardener Pat Abramson presented “Pat’s Pampering Presents,” Jo Alice McCue presented “Tis the Season to Season up and the Southwest Dairy Museum staff contributed as well.
Man Allegedly Barricaded Himself In Restroom, Flooded Diner
A 59-year-old man ended up in jail after he allegedly barricaded himself in a restroom and flooded a diner, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded just before 10 p.m. Nov. 9, 2021, at a West Industrial Drive diner, where a person was reported to have barricaded himself in the restroom and was flooding the facility. Upon arrival, the deputies observed the issue. They then breached the door and removed the Sulphur Springs man from the restroom.
The 59-year-old was taken into custody at 10:20 p.m. and jailed just before 11 p.m. Nov. 8, on a Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief charge as the damages from the flooding were expected to be less than $750. He remained in Hopkins County jail on the charge Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 9, 2021.
KSST does not publish the names or photos of people charged with misdemeanor crimes in staff-generated reports, only those accused of felony offenses.
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.
Paris Junior College Homecoming Wraps up With Awards, Crowning
Paris Junior College wrapped up Homecoming weekend on Saturday with the Distinguished Alumni Awards presentation and the crowning of a King and Queen.
Honored for their contributions to both the community and to Paris Junior College, Brad Hutchison, Class of 1964 and Lynn Patterson, Class of 1974 received their awards from Dr. Pam Anglin, PJC president.
Saturday evening Nathaniel Windham of Pickton and Baylee Metcalfe of Sand Springs, Okla., were crowned during halftime of the men’s basketball game. Other members of the Homecoming Court included Beau Brewer of McKinney, Rylie Hardison of Mt. Pleasant, Da’May Jones of Houston, and Jessika Roberts of Forney.
Paris Junior College Lynn Patterson (left) and Brad Hutchison (right)
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After receiving their 2021 PJC Distinguished Alumni Awards, Lynn Patterson (left) and Brad Hutchison, (right)
are shown with PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin.
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Crowned Saturday evening during the Paris Junior College men’s basketball game were King Nathaniel Windham and Baylee Metcalfe.
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.
Information From the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Center Classes
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Instructor Charla Holzbog, right, gives counsel to first year student Kenia Herrera of Sulphur Springs as she studies for one of her classes. For information about the Center, call 903-885-1232.
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.
Lady Cats Volleyball Earns Two Superlatives Plus Four Make All-District Team
The Lady Cats Volleyball team received two superlatives and four Lady Cats made the 15-5A All-District Team selected by the district’s head coaches Monday.
Senior Brooklynn Burnside was named the District’s MVP blocker. Another senior Peyton Hammock was selected as the District’s MVP setter.
Hammock and fellow senior Parris Pickett were chosen as Academic All-State.
Lady Cats chosen to the All-District First Team were Parris Pickett and Laney Hurst. Juniors Addisyn Wall and Mali Maeker were named to the All-District Second Team.
Earning All-District Honorable Mention were seniors AJ Dodd and Myssiah Dugan plus Kinslei Smallwood.
11 Lady Cats earned Academic All-District status: Parris Pickett, Peyton Hammack, Brooklynn Burnside, fellow seniors Kaslyn Hurley and Elli Kate Daniel, and juniors Addisyn Wall, Mali Maeker, Laney Hurst, Crimson Bryant, Kinslei Smallwood and Mary Taylor.
The Lady Cats made it in to the playoffs as the fourth seed with a 7-5 district mark. Their season record was 21-18.
Sulphur Springs fell to an athletic and talented Lufkin team in the Bi-District round.
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.
November-December Tips For Gardeners
By Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources, [email protected]
Don’t forget to give your landscape a steady amount of water, through irrigation or by hand, if there is not adequate rain. As soon as the November weather appears to be settled, it is time to select and plant such annuals as pansies, violas and ornamental cabbages and kale. Plan now for your spring flowering season with a mixture of annuals and perennials.
Don’t get in a hurry to prune woody plants. Late December through February is usually the best time to prune them.
Place orders for seeds this month so you will have them available when you are ready to plant. By ordering early, you will be more certain of getting the varieties you want. In addition to ordering seeds that you are already familiar with, try a few new kinds each year to broaden your garden contents.
November through February is a good time to plant trees and shrubs. In the Panhandle, planting is often delayed until February or early March. Bring in late-blooming plants such as decorative kalanchoes or Christmas cactus so they may finish flowering in the warmth of the house. Reduce the fertilization of indoor plants from late October to mid-March. An exception would be plants in an atrium or a well lighted window.
Drain gasoline from power tools and run the engine until fuel in the carburetor is used up. Drain and store garden hoses and watering equipment in a readily accessible location. The lawn and plants may need water during a prolonged dry spell.
Continue to set out cool-season bedding plants, such as pansies, violas, stock, snapdragons, and dianthus. Prepare beds and individual holes for rose planting in January and February. Use composted manure, pine bark, and similar materials mixed with existing soil.
Use good pruning practices when selecting Christmas greenery from landscape plants. Don’t destroy the natural form and beauty of the plant. Prolong the life of holiday-season gift plants by providing proper care. Check to see if the pot wrap has plugged up the bottom drainage. Don’t overwater. Keep out of drafts from heating vents and opening doorways. Fertilizer is seldom needed the first few months.
Take advantage of good weather to prepare garden beds for spring planting. Work in any needed organic matter, and have beds ready to plant when needed. Don’t forget tulip and hyacinth bulbs in the refrigerator. They can be planted any time in December if they have received 60 or more days of chilling.
Want to start cuttings of your favorite Christmas cactus? As soon as it has finished blooming, select a cutting with 4 or 5 joints, break or cut it off, and insert the basal end into a pot of moderately moist soil. Place it on a windowsill or other brightly lit area. The cuttings should be rooted within 3 to 4 weeks.
Don’t spare the pruning shears when transplanting bare-rooted woody plants. Cut the tops back at least one-third to one-half, to compensate for the roots lost when digging the plant. Take advantage of bad weather and holiday time to study seed and nursery catalogs as well as good gardening books. Berrying plants, such as holly and yaupon, may be pruned now while they can be enjoyed as cut material inside the house.
For more information on this or any other agricultural topic please email me at [email protected] or call the Hopkins County Extension Office at 903-885-3443.
Hopkins County United Way Receives Over $75,500 In Donations, Pledges During Final Week Of 2021-22 Campaign
Total Pledged So Far Totals Over $185,000 To Benefit 18 Agencies
Hopkins County United Way campaign workers weekly to cheer for each donation and pledge announced during the weekly report meeting. This week, however, the cheers were especially big as the campaign goal got ever closer to the $40,000 needed to meet the $150,000 goal for the 2021-22 campaign. When HCUW 2021-22 Campaign Chair Kristy Moseley called out the weekly total of $75,530.58 in pledges and donations collected, the room erupted in whooping celebration because that puts the total at $185,952.15 generously contributed by the community to help 18 local non-profit agencies that provide essential services, assistance and enrichment opportunities for people of all ages and segments of the community.
“I am proud to say we have met our goal,” Moseley said. “We have exceeded the goal. Which is so exciting. We just thank everyone for all of their hard work going out and getting the packets, and all the people who donated. We still have some big companies’ [donations] out there that are coming in – just like the hospital that extended. That’s exciting to know that we’re getting it up there even further.”
Mosley referred to a campaign conducted at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, where a contest is being extended one week, with a prize of the most valued parking spot for one lucky contributor. Last week, the hospital associates had contributed $9,349. This week, Daniel Tapia reported the employee contribution had increased to $10,502, with the parking space contest campaign extended through next week to give some who many not yet have contributed a chance to do so. And, he anticipated, CHRISTUS will again make a corporate match of $5,000 as well, for a total of $15,502 so far from CHRISTUS MFH-SS and counting.
Grocery Supply Company pledged $14,966 – a $2,500 corporation contribution and $12,466 from employees, Berning reported.
Judy Smith reported a contribution of $13,067 from Flowserve employees.
Hopkins County Hospital District EMS and Communications’ 11 employees pledged $5,646.58 to the HCUW 2021-22 campaign.
“We had great participation from our local banks. We are so grateful to them and all who donated,” HCUW Executive Secretary Susan Berning said.
“We had a very nice participation from Alliance Bank and employees. I’m very excited to turn that in,” said Beverley Owens, noting Alliance Banks’ overall contribution was 110% of the goal.
Johns Sellers reported City National Bank’s corporate goal was $2,200 and the employee goal for HCUW was $4,000. The bank smashed those hefty goals, with a $6,010 contribution (150 percent) from employees and another $5,490 corporate match from CNB, for a total of $11,500 from the bank.
In fact, when Lynda Hager had HCUW campaign workers draw names of bank employees from a shaker to win cash prizes, as has been the tradition for the Bankers Clearinghouse, she noted that 57 of the 86 names in the hopper were from City National Bank employees. The rest of the names were from Guaranty Bank and Trust and Alliance Bank. To get their name in the hopper, employees from the three banks had to pledge at least $60 to HCUW. This is the last year for the Bankers Clearinghouse, campaign workers reported at an earlier meeting. Aside from the already dedicated funds (including the $500 awarded Tuesday – two $100s, four $50s and five $20s) the Bankers Clearinghouse made a contribution to HCUW in lieu of an annual hamburger fundraiser and pledged the balance remaining in the fund to HCUW as well.
While only those who contributed at least $60 annually were entered in to the drawing, local HCUW and banking officials reported many additional bank employees also made pledges and donations to HCUW that were less than $60, but no less important.
Moseley expressed gratitude to Sulphur Springs ISD, who did very well also. The total pledged for all SSISD campuses, including the administration, special services, maintenance, transportation and technology departments, was $12,056.
Moseley reported a 100% donation from Saltillo ISD and Dixon and Dixon Insurance also contributed.
Tim Glenn expressed appreciation for A&G Commercial Trucking’s contribution which exceeded the business’ goal.
Dinh Tran brought in some large jars that had change that was donated for HCUW.
Beverley Owens turned in a packet husband Bill Owens collected from East Texas Physical Therapy, which like those of all of the local businesses he collected donations from, met the goal. She also turned in packets from Linda Galligher from Heath Hyde and Carl Bryan, which were 100% of the goal, and reported for Debra Evans that Pioneer Café made a very nice donation. Galyean Insurance met goal too.
Markeda Fisher and Kayla Price Mitchell were unable to attend but turned in contribution from Town Square Antique Mall. Mike Horne received donations from Wesley Cooper at CBJ, Wesley Cooper at Cooper and Partlow (formerly Northwest Mutual), Cowboy Trucking, Remax Advanced, McMahan Auto and Air. Beth Dattamo from Atmos received a great contribution from Carriage House Manor. Dr. Yoder collected donation packets from Barnes Chiropractic, Richard Fleischer, Yoder’s Eye Focus Vision Care Office, Affordable Chiropractic and Hill Family Chiropractic.
Berning reported a personal contribution from Helen Sapaugh and a donation from Stephanie’s Hair Salaon. Other donations reported at the Nov. 9 meeting were from ReMax, McMahan Auto Air. While tallying the day’s donations, Berning received a text message for the donation from David Watson and the staff at Coldwell Banker, all of which Berning also expressed appreciation.
“What the $185,000 means, is typically, there may be some employee turnover, so we may not necessarily get all of that pledged money. But, any time you’re over the goal we feel like you’re going to be able to fund those organizations as budgeted in that brochure. That’s what’s so very important. That they can depend on getting that money from us next year. That’s so exciting,” Berning said.
“It’s exciting. I just thank everyone for all of your hard work and your help. It’s been an amazing campaign. I’ve learned a lot, just to be able to do great things for our community; that’s what we do here. Our community’s going to benefit from it for sure,” Moseley concluded.
Lady Cats Basketball in Tyler For Tuesday Game Day
The women’s basketball team will be back on the road on this Tuesday game day to take on Tyler Legacy on Nov. 9.
The contest between Tyler Legacy, formerly Tyler Lee, and Sulphur Springs is the second game of the regular season for the Lady Cats.
New head coach Erica Delley and her squad lost their season-opener last Friday, Nov. 5 when they hosted Prestonwood.
The home-opener did not go as planned for the women’s basketball team as the visiting Lady Lions cruised by Sulphur Springs, 51-13.
The loss dropped the Lady Cats basketball team’s record to 0-1.
Coach Delley and her squad will no doubt be looking to get back in to the win column today when they travel to Tyler to take on Tyler Legacy.
The win on Tuesday versus the Lady Raiders would put Sulphur Springs back at .500 at 1-1.
It will be another tough contest for the Lady Cats basketball team when they take on Tyler Legacy starting with the junior varsity at 5 P.M. followed by the varsity squad at 6:30 P.M.
The women’s basketball team will also be on the road Friday when they travel to the DFW metroplex to take on Mesquite Horn.
Friday’s road match will be varsity only at 5:30 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.
Man Accused Of Shooting Through A Wall Into Neighboring Apartment
A 44-year-old Sulphur Springs man was accused of shooting through a wall into a neighboring apartment Monday night. No one was reported to have been injured, but the man believed to be responsible was arrested.
Sulphur Springs Police responded at 8:26 p.m. Nov. 8, 2021, to Wildcat Way in reference to a gunshot. Authorities were told a bullet came from an adjacent apartment through the wall and a bathroom mirror. A bullet was found in the bedroom of the apartment where the mirror was reportedly shot.
Officers at that time attempted to contact the occupants of the apartment from which the bullet came. Unable to do so, police called for the special response team (SWAT) to assist at the location. SWAT made entry to the apartment from the apartment, where they reported finding Jeffrey Allan Sherwood and observed a loaded handgun within reach of him, SSPD Cpl. Chris Rosamond noted in arrest reports.
Sherwood was taken into custody at 10:19 p.m. Monday and booked into jail at 10:48 P.M. on a third-degree felony deadly conduct charge for allegedly shooting through the apartment wall, according to jail reports. The 44-year-old Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday morning, Nov. 9, 2021, in lieu of $10,000 bond on the charge.
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The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
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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.
Police Asking For Public’s Help In Case Of Unconscious Man Found At Park
Sulphur Springs Police Department is asking for the public’s help in the case of an unconscious man found at a park Monday.
According to a media release, SSPD officer responded around 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, to a 911 call of an unconscious male in the boat ramp parking area of Coleman Park.
Upon arrival, police officers reported finding male who was unconscious but breathing, lying next to his truck. He had apparently suffered blunt force trauma to his head. Authorities notified EMS and requested they respond.
EMS personnel transported the male to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital. SSPD investigators were called to the scene, along with the Texas Ranger assigned to Hopkins County.
No additional details are being released about the case regarding the unconscious man found at the park at this time as the investigation is ongoing Tuesday morning.
SSPD asks anyone who has information about this incident to please contact SSPD Lt. Rusty Stillwagoner at 903-885-6438 or Crime Stoppers at 903-885-2020. Tips to Crime Stoppers are handled in such a way that the caller’s identity remains confidential.
