Welfare Check In Como Results In Warrant Arrest
A welfare check in Como resulted in a warrant arrest, according to sheriff’s reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Communications Operators dispatched Sgt. Scott Davis and Deputy Aaron Chaney at 5:52 p.m. Aug. 25 to a Gaskins Street residence, where a man reportedly threatened to harm himself.
Upon arrival, deputies reported contacting the man reported to have possibly making suicidal statements. Deputies encountered a man they believed based on observation to be “highly intoxicated by alcoholic beverage,” according to arrest reports. The resident denied making any cry for help and said he “did not have any suicidal ideations,” Sgt. Davis alleged in arrest reports.
A records check, however, showed the 71-year-old man to have an active warrant for his arrest. Thus, Davis took Marcos Olguin Resendiz into custody at 6:12 p.m. on the violation of parole warrant. He remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, 2020, on the charge, according to jail reports.
According to arrest reports Resendiz was on parole for two felony driving while intoxicated charges. He was arrested in 1994 on a second DWI charge, then on July 23, 2011 and Dec. 15, 2011 was arrested on third and fourth DWI charges. He spent a 3-day commitment in jail May 19-21, 2017 as part of the punishment for the third or more DWI charge, according to jail reports.
Resendiz returned to jail from June 10 to July 7, 2018 for violating probation on both third or more DWI charges. He spent the night in jail July 7, 2018 on a public intoxication charge. He was assessed two 4-year commitments in Texas Department of Criminal Justice for violating probation on the two felony DWI charges and jailed July 10, 2018, according to jail records.
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.
Hicks: Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes Series Coming in September
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County
Face-to-face programming has been put on hold for a while, but that doesn’t mean opportunities have stopped. “Do Well, Be Well with Diabetes” is a five-lesson series targeted toward individuals with type 2 diabetes. Recent research indicates that 10% of the Hopkins County adult population has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, 31% are obese, and 17% are smokers. In addition, 35% report no leisure-time physical activity. Through the diabetes series, individuals will learn the impact of healthy diets, physical activity, and stopping smoking on controlling diabetes.
Do you know how to recognize foods high in carbohydrates? Do you know what your numbers should be when you go to the doctor? Do you know the symptoms of diabetes? Can you recognize complications that can be caused by out-of-control blood sugar? This series will help equip you with information that can help you make healthier food choices and manage your diabetes. Get the facts you need. Ask the questions you need answered. Get encouragement to make positive changes. Caregivers, spouses, relatives, neighbors are also welcome! Here are the details:
- When: Wednesdays, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30
- Time: 3-5 p.m.
- Where: Zoom – log onto your own device to a live program facilitated by medical experts & professional educators
- Registration: contact 903-885-3443 (my office) on or before August 27, or e-mail [email protected]
- Cost: $10 covers materials that will be mailed each week – handouts, copy of power point, recipes, and more
You will receive the links each week to log on. The featured speaker is Alicia Fowler, PA-C, Bonham Specialty Clinic. Thanks to my Extension colleague in Fannin County for sharing this information with us! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our Extension Office.
Arts & Crafts Show Time!
Recently, an individual stopped me in a local store and asked about Fall Festival. Even though I’m not the coordinator of Fall Festival, I can tell you that it will take place in October, complete with parade, carnival, Kids’ Zone, and more! The Arts & Crafts Show is always a popular event and applications have gone out to those who exhibited in past years. New vendors are always welcome!
As a reminder, the Arts & Crafts Show is designed for home artisans to sell their hand-made, hand-crafted items. The booth fees have been reduced this year to make it easier for those who might have been negatively impacted by the Corona virus. Applications have already been coming in! We will have safety precautions in place to protect visitors and vendors.
Write the dates on your calendar and make plans to attend:
- When: Friday, Saturday – Oct. 23, 24
- Where: Sulphur Springs High School cafeteria and north entrance
- Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday
Any youth sports organization, church group, or civic organization interested in hosting a concession inside the high school may contact me and I’ll give details.
Closing Thought
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. – “Time gets better with age”
— Contact Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., at Hopkins County AriLife Extension Office, P.O. Box 518, 1200-B West Houston St, Sulphur Springs, TX 75483; 903-885-3443; or [email protected]
Stew Contest Deadline Is Aug. 28, Photography Contest Ends Aug. 31
Chamber Connection — 8/27/20
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce
The deadline is almost here for the 5th Annual Chamber of Commerce Photography Contest! Let me review the basics. Anyone of any age can enter as we have a children’s category. The picture must be newer than Jan. 1, 2018, and must have been taken in Hopkins County. The contest will be open from Aug. 1 to Aug. 31. There are seven categories you may enter: Natural World, Travel, People, The Hopkins County Experience, Altered Images, Mobile, and Children’s Category. Only digital images are accepted (no prints). To submit your photograph, email the picture to [email protected]. Rules and releases will be available on the Chamber of Commerce website. I cannot wait to see your beautiful photos!
Please remember … Friday, Aug. 28 is the last day to submit your registration form to cook in this year’s Hopkins County Stew Contest. No registrations will be accepted after this date.
Business Highlight
During the year 2020, The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is highlighting a business each week.
Please join me in congratulating our Business of the Week for Aug. 27, Onin Staffing. You can read biographical stories at the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook page and Instagram page.
Dermatology & Skin Cancer Surgery Center Opening Sulphur Springs Office Soon
By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs, Texas, August 25, 2020 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ.
New Staff
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- Sulphur Springs is excited to welcome Dr. Chris Meltsakos, our new Orthopedic Surgeon with fellowship training in Sports Medicine. Dr. Meltsakos will be accepting new patients at 103B Medical Circle, beginning on Monday, Sept.7.
Sports Medicine
FREE Saturday Walk-In Clinic for school athletes is just around the corner. The Saturday sports clinic will be held every Saturday from 9am to 11 a.m. on Aug. 22 through Nov. 14. Athletes will get an exam and free x-ray to determine a plan of care to treat their injury. The location will be the CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Orthopedic Office at 103B Medical Circle in Sulphur Springs.
For more information about our Sports Medicine program, or Orthopedic services, please call our office at 903.885.6688.
New Services
Dermatology & Skin Cancer Surgery Center will be opening an office in Sulphur Springs and accepting patients under the care of Roxanne Swafford, FNP. She will begin seeing patients on Oct. 1, at 1228 Church St., Suite D. To schedule your appointment, call 972.390.9002 and
select “Option 1”. You may also schedule online at www.mdbarrows.com.
Our hearts are here for yours
Advanced Heart Care and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Health System have delivered heart care in Northeast Texas for over 40 years. Together, we will continue providing leading- edge heart care to the communities in which we serve. Available right here in Sulphur Springs
hospital is our team of heart specialists at Advanced Heart Care made up of Cardiologists and Electrophysiologists, our state-of-the-art Cath lab, Pulmonary Medicine, Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and Heart Attack Care 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. We look forward to helping you take an active role in your heart health with our team approach for your care. For more information on the Cardiology group, and their capabilities to see patients in person or via telemedicine, go to www.advancedheartcare.com.
Hospital Visitation
For the safety and health of the community and our ministry, CHRISTUS Health is screening all associates and visitors to our hospitals to help lessen the risk of infectious disease transmission among our patients, associates, and guests.
- 1 Entrance to hospital through Emergency Department 24/7
- 1 Visitor per patient
- Visitors must be between the ages of 16 years-old and 65-years old
- All visitors are screened at the door, including a temperature taken
- All associates are screened at each shift, including a temperature taken
- Visiting hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (subject to change)
- ALL hospital visitors are required to wear a mask. Visitors should bring their own mask; homemade cloth masks are acceptable.
COVID-19 Testing
Experiencing Symptoms?
If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, cough, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, chills, muscle pain or headache, or diarrhea, please call your provider for either a face-to-face appointment or a telemedicine consultation.
If your provider determines you need to have a COVID-19 test, they will send you to the appropriate outpatient location for testing.
If you are experiencing an emergency, please present to the Emergency Room. At this time, we are preserving our Emergency Room COVID-19 tests for those who are experiencing an emergency. Otherwise, we would ask that you follow the steps above
If you do not have a healthcare provider, CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic welcomes new patients. Please call 903.885.3181 to talk to one of our associates about setting up an appointment.
Don’t Delay Care
We want to be perfectly clear – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances remains a safe place for all to receive quality care. Go to the Emergency Department or call 9-1-1 if you are urgently ill. While COVID-19 is new, our processes and procedures in place for infection prevention and preventing the spread of illness are not. To learn more about COVID-19, go to ChristusTMF.org
or www.cdc.gov.
Hopkins County Aug. 25 COVID-19 Counts: 5 Deaths, 2 New Cases, 42 Active Cases
HHS Aug. 25 Reports 1 Assisted Living Facility Resident Recovery
Hopkins County Emergency Management officials at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, announced they’d received notification of 2 new positive COVID-19 cases in Hopkins County, which increases the total of active cases to 42. There were no recoveries reported Aug. 25.
That brings the total so far in August to 83 new positive COVID-19 cases and 94 recoveries. The cumulative totals since midMarch for Hopkins County are 235 positive cases and 193 recoveries.
Officials reported only one patient in the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs on Aug. 25, the same as was reported on Aug. 6. That’s one less patient in the COVID-19 unit than officials reported on Aug. 24; local officials did not have information as to whether or not the patient was discharged or transferred to another floor or another facility.
COVID-19 Death Reports
Texas Department of State Health Services’s COVID-19 dashboard Tuesday, Aug. 25, reported another death for Hopkins County, bringing the total to 5 COVID-19 fatalities. Previously, DSHS/Health and Human Services reported Hopkins County residents died on July 17, Aug. 23, Aug. 2 and Aug. 4. The latest Hopkins County resident to die as a result of COVID-19 reportedly died on Aug. 17.
Deaths are added to the DSHS COVID-19 dashboard based on death certificates sent to the state Vital Statistics office which list COVID-19 as cause of death.
Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities
Texas Health and Human Services Commission reported no active cases in the nursing facilities in Sulphur Springs as of Aug. 11. One of the four facility has, in the past, had three employees who tested positive for COVID-19, but those cases were no longer active on Aug. 11. There have been no nursing home residents in Sulphur Springs who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the state data.
One assisted living facility in Sulphur Springs on Aug. 11 continued to have three active cases among employees. One additional resident recovered from COVID-19, increasing the number of resident recovering to two and reducing the number of active COVID-19 cases among residents to six, according to the Aug. 25, HHSC report.
Data for nursing and assisted living facilities is typically 2 weeks behind. It is self-reported by facility staff to HHSC, and is then reviewed for data entry and transcription errors. HHSC investigates every assisted living facility that reports a COVID-positive case for compliance with health and safety regulations. Data on any resident after discharge from a facility would not be reflected in the state report, according to HHSC.
Child Care Centers
Texas health and Human Services reported no changes in COVID-19 cases among licensed child care centers in Hopkins County since the state first started making the data available on Aug. 19. There were no active cases among the four child care facilities in Hopkins County as of Aug. 24. Two of the facilities have reported one employee who has tested positive for COVID-19 since March. One of the facilities has had two employees test positive since March. The fourth facility has had one enrolled student and one employee test positive for COIVD-19 since March, according to the HHSC report.
This state report includes only data licensed child care centers, school-age programs, and before or after-school programs had self-reported to Texas Health and Human Services Commission as of Aug. 24.
Free Testing Offered At Civic Center
Free oral COVID-19 testing will continue to be offered at Hopkins County Regional Civic Center to anyone. Symptoms are not required in order to be tested. Children can be tested, provided they are accompanied by an adult.
Those testing are asked to register online at GoGetTested.com prior to arrival.
Testing began Thursday afternoon, continued Friday and Saturday, and is expected to continue to be offered at the Civic Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Sunday for another week. At 5 p.m. Monday, officials reported 139 tests had been given out at the Civic Center.
With Some Key Players Returning, Lady Cats Volleyball Team is Expected to Feature Mix of Experience and Youth
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team continues with skills, conditioning and strength work preparing for this season. Their first official practice will be on Labor Day, September 7. Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner has scheduled some scrimmage matches on September 12, The Lady Cats open the regular season on the road at Greenville on September 15. Coach Dorner says she has some key players returning who played club volleyball last spring before the pandemic interruption. She says senior Sadie Washburn is one of those. Washburn will be one of only five seniors this year. Some of them will be new to the varsity. Coach Dorner says junior Brooklyn Burnside has been a beast this summer and she too played club ball last spring. Junior setter Peyton Hammack also is a club ball player. Coach Dorner says she also expects some contributions this year from several members of a talented freshman team last season. Coach Dorner is looking forward to this season but she also has fond memories of last year’s Lady Cats’ team, her first as head coach. She says they had bumps and bruises along the way last year, especially in some tournament game losses. But she says at the end, during the playoffs, her team was playing perhaps their best volleyball of the season. The Lady Cats shocked a highly favored Hallsville team in bi-district and then played toe to toe with a talented Forney team in a close Area round loss.
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.
Exterior Design For New Senior Citizens Activity Center Revealed
After several consults with Adam Panter of Rees Architecture Planning and Interior Design, a design plan for the new senior citizens activity center has finally been drafted.
Senior Citizens Center Director Karon Weatherman Tuesday afternoon released some of the drawings for the center to give community members a glimpse at the planned facility. The draft is for 8,331 square feet to better accommodate the myriad of activities hosted by the Senior Citizens Center.
“I’m excited this is finally coming to fruition. It’s going to be so pretty. There’s going to be lots of windows and a skylight,” said Weatherman.
The only windows in the current facility on Martin Luther King Drive are in the front doors. The facility is also maxed, hard pressed to find places to store everything, much less host more than one activity at the center at the same time. And, any large event has to be moved to another facility.
Initially, the plan was for the facility to be 10,000 square feet, but due to reduced available funding, the plan has been scaled back. Some of the funding earmarked for the project had to be used to abate asbestos from an old nursing home on the property that had to be torn down. Also, the city purchased a section of property behind the intended site from the adjoining property owner, according to Weatherman. so the new building could be moved a bit to better position it to reduce potential for flooding, an issue for the former nursing home that sat on the property. The site had to be raise a little as well to prevent flooding.
A fund established to raise funds for interior furnishings for the new facility currently has $107,610.71. Now, a Building Committee is being formed to fund raise, with the goal of raising an additional $350,000-$400,000 to expand the current design to provide a larger meeting space and potentially expand the Meal A Day area. If funding allowed, an addition could be added during the main construction or at a later time.
So what will the new facility include? The central portion of the building will be meeting areas. Weatherman has asked that this be similar in construction to the Civic Center Exhibit Hall, in that it can be split up into three smaller halls to allow more than one activity to be held at the same time at center or it can be opened up as one big meeting hall for larger gatherings. Even at full capacity, however, the meeting area will only house about 160 people, Weatherman noted.
Events such as the annual dinner for residents age 90 and older and the Senior Olympics generally have a larger attendance and would likely still have to be moved to another venue, according to Weatherman.
Thus, the push of a Building Committee to raise additional funds to expand the facility.
Weatherman said it is her understanding that an area designated for additional parking at one end of the property as well as the grassy area between the building and parking lot could be used to expand the meeting hall and potentially the Meal A Day area.
The Meal A Day program will be enclosed on one side of the building with a drive up to an awning with three parking spaces in front of a door where volunteer drivers could load coolers of prepared food to be distributed to program recipients. The Meal A Day would be self-contained with its own storage, freezers, and restroom, but closed to the rest of the facility.
The new center is to include a craft room, media room, arts and crafts area with its own sink, library and a kitchenette area with a microwave, refrigerator and sink that could be utilized by clubs who use the facility in the evenings for meetings. There would be one centrally located restroom area in the building, Weatherman reported.There’s also an area in the back where water will flow to prevent flooding at the site as well as on neighboring properties. There will even be an outdoor area where visitors can sit and enjoy the outdoors, Weatherman noted.
Sulphur Springs Man Back In Jail 3 Weeks After Release From Custody
A 63-year-old Sulphur Springs man is back in jail 3 weeks after his release after having bond revoked on three felony charges, according to arrest reports.
Randall Keith Reynolds was arrested June 1, outside the hospital in Sulphur Springs on three warrants for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to arrest reports. The 63-year-old Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County jail until Aug. 3 on the charges. His bond was set at $50,0000 per charge, according to jail reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Richard Greer was made aware of the three orders revoking bond on all three aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges. He contacted Reynolds at a West Spence Street residence and took him into custody at 2:08 p.m. Aug. 24, according to arrest reports.
Reynolds was transported to Hopkins County jail, where he remains on the charges, according to jail reports.
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.
Two Alba Women Arrested Following State Highway 19 Traffic Stop
Two Alba women were arrested early Tuesday morning following a State Highway 19 traffic stop, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Chaney reported initiating a traffic stop at 1:43 a.m. Tuesday, August 25, on State Highway 19 south at County Road 1174 on a southbound Honda Civic that had a defective tail light. Upon contact with the three occupants, a records check was conducted using the women’s information.
The driver, a 36-year-old Alba woman, was found to be wanted in Kaufman County on a motion to revoke on a driving while intoxicated charge. All three were detained until dispatchers could confirm the warrant as active.
While speaking with the occupants, Chaney reported asking if any had been previously arrested. One occupant allegedly admitted to being arrested for family violence and the front seat passenger admitted she had been arrested for methamphetamine possession. When asked if there was anything illegal in the car, all three advised there wasn’t. The driver agreed to let officers search the car.
HCSO Sgt. Scott Davis arrived to assist as Chaney was searching the car, so Davis waited with the three women. Dispatchers confirmed the warrant, and the woman was placed into custody. A bag containing a crystal-like substance suspected to be methamphetamine was allegedly found in the passenger’s side front seat next to the passenger’s belongings. Davis detained the front seat passenger while the vehicle search continued. The woman, identified in arrest reports as 57-year-old Tamela Perkins Owens of Alba, allegedly claimed the contraband and was arrested at 2:01 a.m. August 25 for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Both Owen and the driver were taken to jail. The car was released to the third woman. Owen remained in the county jail late Tuesday morning on the felony controlled substance charge. The driver remained in jail on the Kaufman County warrant, according to jail reports.
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.
Man Accused Of Trespassing Inside Tenant’s Residence
Deputies arrested a 76-year-old Sulphur Springs man accused of trespassing inside a tenant’s residence, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Communications Operators dispatched Sgt. Richard Greer at 10:25 a.m. to a County Road 1190 residence for a dispute regarding a landlord reportedly entering a tenant’s house.
The property was one of the man’s rental properties. The man allegedly walked into the house for no reason, Greer and Deputy Dan Turrentine noted in arrest reports.
Legally, renters have the same rights to expect privacy in their residence as homeowners would in their residence, according to Hopkins County Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford. The landlord had reportedly entered the residence previously and was asked by the tenant at that time not to reenter the house without permission. Officials reported the property owners previously warned by officials not to enter a rented property without the permission of the tenant unless there is an emergency situation.
The landlord allegedly reentered the residence Monday without the tenant’s permission and without an emergency. Thus, he was arrested August 24 on a criminal trespassing of a habitation, according to arrest reports.
The 76-year-old rural Sulphur Springs resident remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday morning, August 25, on the Class A misdemeanor trespassing charge, according to jail reports.
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.
