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Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center and Beginning of Fall Semester

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Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center and Beginning of Fall Semester

Dana Smock, left, office manager at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center, assists second-year student Jocelyn Perez as she completes paperwork for the fall semester, which begins August 30. For more information about PJC, call 903-885-0195.

Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Dana and Perez beginning of fall semester
Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Dana and Perez beginning of fall semester

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.

Paris SBDC Webinars Offer Small Business Survival Tips

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Paris SBDC Webinars Offer Small Business Survival Tips

The Paris Small Business Development Center continues webinar presentations from author, entrepreneur, and USA Today columnist Rhonda Abrams (author, entrepreneur, and USA Today columnist) for a five-part online webinar. 

Widely recognized as one of the nation’s foremost experts on small business, entrepreneurship, and business planning, Abrams has helped millions of entrepreneurs launch and grow their own businesses. In these webinars, she shares specific “do-it-now strategies” to help small businesses survive thrive in this new world. 

The webinars are scheduled for next four Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Each webinar is live, with time allowed to take questions. Details for each are listed below. 

August 10, 2021: “Money, Money, Money. Getting, managing, and spending money,” tackles the tough challenge of proper pricing for goods or services. Always difficult, in this new Covid-affected world it’s particularly challenging. Register at https://bit.ly/3lRxHW3.

     Aug 17, 2021: “Surviving Amazon” shares specific strategies for independent businesses – regardless of industry — to compete against tough online competitors, including the 800-pound gorilla, Amazon, especially in a post-Covid world. There are also many other large platforms – including delivery services like DoorDash or InstaCart — presenting a two-edged sword for small businesses, bringing new customers but calling the shots and often taking huge percentages. Participants will learn how independent businesses within one industry came up with winning strategies to beat Amazon. Register at https://bit.ly/3xzllUE.

     Aug 24, 2021: “Start Lean, Stay Lean” demonstrates how to make the most of every dollar, for those new to business and those with decades of experience. Make the most of every dollar including keeping costs down, negotiating techniques, managing inventory, and more. Learn about “minimal viable products” as well as ways to keep costs from inching up year after year. Register at https://bit.ly/3yMfJI0.

     Sept 1, 2021:  “Pricing: Getting Paid What You Should” addresses setting the right price for goods or services when too high loses customers and too low hurts profit. Learn if setting professional fees is art or science, when to work for free, discounting, and how women business owners can get paid what they’re worth. Register at https://bit.ly/3yF3qgM.

     The Paris SBDC is partially funded under CARES Act Cooperative agreement #SBAHQ20C0059 by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBDC is committed to helping clients that have been affected by COVID-19. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is a federal law and provides funds to SBDC’s to provide expanded services and resources due to the pandemic.

The Paris SBDC is a partnership program with the U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of Texas, and Paris Junior College. Advising services are offered by the Paris SBDC without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, sex, or disability. Special provisions will be made for limited English speaking individuals and those with disabilities. Those interested may contact the Paris SBDC at 903-782-0224.


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.

Man Caught With Fake ID Card, Someone Else’s Debit Card

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Man Caught With Fake ID Card, Someone Else’s Debit Card

State troopers caught a 23-year-old man with a fake ID card and someone else’s debit card as a result of an Interstate 30 east traffic stop Sunday morning, according to arrest reports.

Jose Antonio Canisales (HCSO jail photo)

Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Arturo Ugalde stopped a Honda Civic at 8:11 a.m. Aug. 8, 2021, on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 121 for speeding and no seat belt. During a roadside interview, Ugalde observed indicators of deception and nervousness, and received conflicting stories from the driver and other occupants of the car. The driver reportedly presented a US resident card as ID.

In the front seat where the man had been sitting Ugalde reported finding a debit card with a bank logo on it. No occupant was identified as the cardholder. The driver claimed the card belonged to a friend who owned the car, and must have left it inside. The vehicle owner, identified as the back seat passenger, denied any knowledge of the cardholder, and said it must belong to one of the driver’s friends. A call to the debit cardholder’s issuer’s fraud department, however, revealed the card had been reported stolen on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. The driver, however, insisted it was his friend’s card and that he could call him. When the man attempted to contact the cardholder via Facebook messenger, the other party did not pick up even though he was shown on the media app as active.

The car was released to the back seat passenger identified as the owner, and the man who had been driving was taken into custody and transported to jail for further investigation.

Ugalde noted the residency card the man had presented appeared to be the wrong shade and the picture on it was not in the correct format. The highway patrol trooper contacted the US Customs office in Dallas, where an agent verified the card was not assigned to a person by that name nor did the person by that name have any legal status. The man admitted he had bought the card from a guy in Virginia about a year ago.

The man, identified in arrest reports as a 23-year-old El Salvador resident named Jose Antonio Canisales-Martinez who listed a Virginia address as his place of residence, received warnings for the traffic violations but was booked into Hopkins County jail at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8, 2021, on fraudulent use or possession of identifying information and tampering with a government record for the ID and bank cards found during the traffic stop, according to arrest reports. The 23-year-old remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 2021, in lieu of $20,000 on the fraud charge and $2,000 on the tampering charge.

Forage Grasses and How Best to Handle Them in Different Regions of Texas, by Mario Villarino

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Forage Grasses and How Best to Handle Them in Different Regions of Texas, by Mario Villarino

Developed by Dr. Mario A. Villarino, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Hopkins County, Texas

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Cool-season annual forage grasses are well adapted to most regions of Texas with soil texture generally the most important factor in adaptability of each species.

The choice of therefore, is largely dependent on the producer’s management philosophy and livestock production needs.

Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Forage Specialist indicated: Be aware cool-season annual grasses can produce different levels of forage.

Regardless of species, it is important cool season annual forage grasses be established under a fairly narrow set of conditions to ensure maximum success potential. 

Maximum fall forage production is generally a function of moisture, planting date, planting method, and fertility. Adequate stored soil moisture can be critical to maximizing forage production; thus, many producers choose to leave cool-season annual pastures fallow during the warm months of the year to conserve soil moisture.

Where moisture is generally not limited, such as in East Texas, cool-season annual forages may be successfully sod-seeded into warm season perennial grass swards. This practice is used to increase forage nutritive value, extend the grazing season, and reduce winter feeding costs.

The warm season grass, however, should be grazed or mowed short prior to establishment of cool season annual grasses. When sod-seeding cool season forages into warm season pastures, a light disking operation can improve establishment and early forage yield.

A soil sample should be obtained well before the time to establish the cool season pasture. Adequate P and K should be present and soil pH should be 5.5 or higher. If planting into a clean-tilled seedbed, necessary P, K, and especially limestone should be incorporated into the soil ahead of planting.

Phosphorous can also be applied at planting in the seed furrow as 18-46-0. If overseeding into a warm-season grass sod, P, K, and limestone can be surface-applied with good results.

Nitrogen is generally second only to moisture as a limiting factor to plant production. On heavy textured soils and where available, N fertilizer may be applied as anhydrous ammonia pre-plant in clean-tilled seedbeds.

Typically, however, N is applied as a dry form of inorganic N fertilizer, such as ammonium nitrate or urea and either incorporated into the seedbed during preparation, or as a top-dress at various times during the forage growth cycles.

Liquid formulations of N, such as 32-0-0, may also be used to top-dress forages. Nitrogen application rates will vary with region of the state. In East Texas, 100 to 200 lbs of actual N per acre may be required for small grain-ryegrass combinations. As fields are planted further west in the state, less N is applied due to reduced moisture availability.

Planting for fall pasture should be made as early as possible to allow maximum forage production prior to winter dormancy, but this is a region specific.

In Central and Northeast Texas, for example, late-summer plantings on prepared seedbed (i.e., late August, early September) can capitalize on the bimodal precipitation pattern to provide pasture for grazing by late October or early November.

If sod-seeding, then a mid-October time frame would be more desirable to capitalize on the somewhat reduced growth rate of the warm-season perennial grass. If planting in South Texas, the timing could very well be later in the year.

dallis grass

Seeding rate and planting depth can be critical elements in stand establishment. Small grains are generally seeded at 90 to 100 lbs PLS/acre. Tall varieties of wheat can be planted as deep as two to three inches in late August and produce good stands.

This aspect can be important for later summer plantings when producers attempt to plant to soil moisture. Semi-dwarf wheat, on the other hand, suffers from poor emergence if planted greater than one inch due to a much shorter coleoptile (a protective sheath covering the emerging shoot) length.

Rye should not be planted any deeper than three-fourths inch. Ryegrass is generally not drilled, as are the small grains, but simply broadcast at a rate of 30 lbs PLS/acre over a field generally as part of a fertilizer application.

For more information, see Forage Establishment Fundamentals, SCSC-2015-05 and Annual Winter Pastures for East Texas, SCSC-2006-05. Legumes may be used in much of the eastern one-third of the state where moisture is not limiting as a means of extending grazing season length, increasing the nutritional plane of grazing livestock, and/or reducing the amount of N fertilizer required in a pasture program. 

Several forage legumes are widely adapted to and used in Texas. Most species make good hay and are relished by both cattle and white tailed deer.

However, baling legume hay requires much experience. If baled too dry, there is much leaf shatter loss and baled too moist results in fungal growth and additional potential problems.

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 m-villarino @ tamu.edu.

Winnsboro Police Media Report Aug. 2-8, 2021

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Winnsboro Police Media Report Aug. 2-8, 2021

The Winnsboro Police Department’s weekly media report for Aug. 2-8, 2021, included the following:

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Arrests

  • Kyle Owen, 20 years of age, of Winnsboro, was arrested on August 4, 2021, on a Wood County Warrant. 
  • Justin Williamson, 25 years of age, of Tyler, was arrested on August 5, 2021, for multiple Winnsboro Municipal Warrants and for Possession of  less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substance. 

Calls For Service

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 121 calls for service during this reporting period. 

Citations

The Winnsboro Police Department issued 32 citations and 44 warnings during this reporting period. 

Cumby Man Accused Of Shooting A Pregnant Woman

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Cumby Man Accused Of Shooting A Pregnant Woman

A 43-year-old Cumby man is being held in Hopkins County jail Tuesday morning after allegedly shooting a pregnant woman, who later died, enhancing the charge from aggravated assault to capital murder, according to sheriff’s reports.

Jason Cory Sanders (HCSO jail photo)

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call just before midnight requesting assistance for a person with a gunshot wound at a residence in Hopkins County, just north of Cumby. Deputies, Cumby Police, Emergency Medical Services, medical personnel from local fire departments, and HCSO Criminal Investigators responded at the scene, HCSO Chief Deputy Tanner Crump. noted in a press release Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 2021.

“Law enforcement arrived on scene and found Margret Ann Sanders had suffered a gunshot wound to her torso. Emergency Medical Services provided medical care and airlifted the patient to a hospital for further treatment,” Crump reported.

Law enforcement officers processed the scene and interviewed all involved people. Texas Rangers were called to the assist in the investigation. During the investigation, it was determined Jason Cory Sanders shot a female family member in the torso with a small caliber firearm during a domestic disturbance.

Sanders claimed he wielded a firearm in order to fire a shot and scare his wife during a verbal altercation. The woman was struck. Jason Sanders was taken into custody early Tuesday morning, Aug. 10, 2021, for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon-family violence and tampering with physical evidence.

Sanders reportedly asked to use is phone to message his boss. However, he was allegedly seen by a deputy deleting a message thread from Facebook. He allegedly admitted the message thread was between him and the victim.

“During the early morning hours, Mrs. Sanders succumbed to the injuries sustained from the gunshot wound. Further, investigation revealed the victim is believed to have been pregnant. Based on the evidence obtained in this ongoing investigation, an arrest warrant was obtained for capital murder. Mr. Sanders was booked into the Hopkins County Jail without incident,” Crump stated late Tuesday morning.

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.

Volleyball Set For Tri-Match Season Opener Today at SSHS Main Gym

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Volleyball Set For Tri-Match Season Opener Today at SSHS Main Gym

Coach Bailey Dorner’s Lady Cats volleyball team are prepped and set for their regular-season opener at home today at the SSHS Main Gym.

The Lady Cats are set to host a tri-match today, between Sulphur Springs, North Lamar and Sherman, with the Lady Cats games taking place at 9 A.M. (versus North Lamar), with Coach Dorner’s team taking on Sherman later in the day at 1 P.M.

Before the Lady Cats get started this morning to get their season underway, they hosted three scrimmages on Saturday.

Coach Dorner’s squad had their first three scrimmages last Saturday, hosting a slew of teams. They first played Midlothian Heritage at 10:40 A.M., followed by a scrimmage with Lakeview Centennial, and lastly against Forney at 1:50 P.M.

All three scrimmages (the only of which for Coach Dorner’s squad this season) took place in the SSHS Main Gym on Saturday, Aug. 7.

The Lady Cats regular-season opening triple-match between North Lamar and Sherman will take place at 9 A.M. and 1 P.M., respectively.

Sulphur Springs’ second match of the day will be broadcasted on KSST 1230 A.M. at 1 P.M., and if possible, will be broadcasted live to KSST’s Youtube channel.

The volleyball season schedule can be found here.

Volleyball on Wood Floor with net

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City, County Celebrate National Health Center Week, Aug. 8-14

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City, County Celebrate National Health Center Week, Aug. 8-14

City and county officials proclaimed Aug. 8-14 as National Health Center Week, in celebration of the “legacy of America’s Community Health Centers, and their vital role in shaping the past, present, and future of America’s health care system.”

Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers during the regular City Council meeting Tuesday, Aug. 3, and Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom during the regular Commissioners Court meeting Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, each read a proclamation designating the week in the city and county. Each encouraged “all Americans to take part in this week by visiting their local Health Center and celebrating the important partnership between America’s Community Health Centers and the communities they serve.”

Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers presents a framed proclamation of Aug. 8-16, 2021, as National Community Health Centers Week in Sulphur Springs

Community health centers have for more than 50 years “have provided high-quality, affordable, comprehensive primary and preventive health care in our nation’s underserved communities, delivering value to, and having having a significant impact on America’s health care system,” the officials read from the proclamation.

Community health centers provide health care for 30 million Americans in more than 14,000 communities across the nation, in rural and urban communities. That’s one in every 12 people in the US who receives health care from a community health center, making them the country’s largest primary care network, the proclamations read.

They “often provide the only accessible and dependable source of primary care in their communities,” and healthcare provides at community health centers “develop new approaches to integrating a wide range of services beyond primary care, including oral health, behavioral health, and pharmacy services, to meet the needs and challenges of their communities.” They are governed by patient-majority boards, which engages patients in their own health care decisions.

“Community Health Centers are locally owned and operated small businesses that serve as critical economic engines, helping to power local economies by generating $63.4 billion in economic activity in some of the country’s most economically-deprived communities,” Sellers read from the proclamation.

CHCs reduce overall costs of care by helping manage patients’ chronic conditions, which keeps them out of costlier health care settings like hospital emergency rooms; and “are on the front lines of emerging health care crises, providing access to care for our nation’s veterans, addressing the opioid epidemic, and responding to public health threats, including COVID-19,” Newsom read from the document.

Man Accused of Threatening Woman, Shooting At A Residence

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Man Accused of Threatening Woman, Shooting At A Residence

A 35-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly threatening a woman, then shooting at a residence Sunday night, according to arrest reports.

Jose Emiliano Hernandez-Lopez

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Communications Operators dispatched Deputy Nick Marney and Sgt. Tanner Steward at 8:50 p.m. Aug. 8 to an FM 2560 address, where an intoxicated male with a weapon was reportedly making threats to a woman.

Upon arrival, the deputies found Jose Emiliano Hernandez-Lopez behind the residence. They reported smelling an alcohol odor emitting from him while talking to him. He also admitted to discharging a .40-caliber handgun behind the residence.

They were told the male had discharged his firearm from inside of a vehicle toward the residence, drove on the driveway beside the house a second time and discharged his weapon toward the house a second time, then approximately four more times from inside the vehicle in the direction of the residence. They did report finding damage to the front passenger side door of the man’s vehicle that appeared to have been caused by discharging a firearm from the inside of the vehicle, with a projectile striking the door. Deputies saw two spent .40-caliber cartridges in the rear seat of the vehicle. Based on that information, Hernandez Lopez was taken into custody at 9:27 p.m. on the felony assault charge.

Hernandez-Lopez remained in Hopkins County jail Monday night, Aug. 9, on the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge for allegedly shooting at a residence and threatening a woman. Bond was set at $50,000 on the second-degree felony charge.

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.

Sports Teams Ramping Up in Week Two of August in Preparation for Fall Seasons

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Sports Teams Ramping Up in Week Two of August in Preparation for Fall Seasons

Even though it is only week two here in August, teams are ramping up activity as they gear up for their fall seasons and fall semesters.

Volleyball hosted three scrimmages on Saturday, amongst others, and are prepared to for their season-opener tomorrow Tuesday, Aug. 10.

The Lady Cats volleyball program played their first scrimmages of the fall season on Saturday when they played three of them; first with Midlothian Heritage at 10:40 A.M., followed by a scrimmage with Lakeview Centennial, and lastly against Forney at 1:50 P.M. All three scrimmages took place in the SSHS Main Gym.

Coach Bailey Dorner’s Lady Cats will be hosting a tri-match tomorrow between Sulphur Springs, North Lamar and Sherman at 9 A.M. and 1 P.M., respectively. 

Next weekend, Coach Bailey Dorner’s Lady Cats will travel to the DFW metroplex when they participate in the Garland Tournament on Aug. 13-14. 

To round out the pre-school semester games, Sulphur Springs will travel to Greenville on Tuesday, Aug. 17 to take on the Lady Lions at 5:30 P.M.

To see the volleyball schedule in its entirety, click here.

Volleyball on Wood Floor with net

Team tennis hosted two DFW schools, Sherman and Denison, at the tennis center in the SSISD Athletic Complex last week on Monday, Aug. 2 at 9 A.M. and 2 P.M., respectively.

They went 1-1 against the two teams.

Earlier today they travelled out to Mesquite Poteet for their third match-up of their season.

It will be a busy time for the tennis team, coached by Tony Martinez, as they will compete against three more schools before the school year begins next Wednesday on Aug. 18.

Those teams are:

  • at Bullard High School (in Tyler), on Wednesday, Aug. 11 at 9 A.M.
  • and versus Greenville, on Thursday, Aug. 12 at 4 P.M.

To see the full tennis schedule, click here.

Football is also gearing up for their first scrimmage. Coach Greg Owens’ Wildcats enjoyed their time off after the Edge ended and are now entrenched in two-a-days. 

The first scrimmage for the Wildcats football team is this Friday, Aug. 13 when they make the long trek out to Texarkana to take on Liberty Eylau at 7 P.M. 

After that Coach Owens’ squad will take on Pleasant Grove at home on Aug. 20 in their last scrimmage of two before their home-opener on Friday, Aug. 27 versus Frisco Wakeland. 

For the football schedule, click here.

Wildcat Football

Last but certainly not least is Wildcats cross country, who will host an intra-squad meet right here in Sulphur Springs at the SSISD Athletic Complex this Saturday, Aug. 14. 

The Saturday after school starts, Aug. 21, Coach Ross Hicks and his squad will make the short trip out to Commerce when they participate in the Commerce Tiger Invitational. 

Wildcats XC will also be hosting they first invitational in Sulphur Springs at the SSISD Athletic Complex on Sept. 25.

The cross country season schedule can be found here.